[Leena's POV]
"How long do you think we need to wait here?" I asked Anna as I looked in front of the elves, dancing and playing around. They seemed beyond insane… and in one word… terrifying.
"Don't know," Anna responded in her simple words as usual.
While I thought it would take some time for Morpheus to finish his thing…
-BOOM!!!!
A loud noise came from the other side of the camp, making us turn towards it. Not only us, but the other elves also began walking towards that place.
"Do you think we should go help?" I asked, as it was obvious that Morpheus was the one responsible for this.
Though before Anna could respond, chains made up of dark magic appeared from below the ground, halfway into the mud. They were trapped as such that their hands were buried in the ground along with everything below their chest.
"Huh?!!"
I was surprised. My eyes looked at all the elves within the ground, with their eyes being burnt by dark magic. It wasn't killing them, but sealing them in a way.
And from a bit far away, there was a man covered in darkness. He walked with the same creepy smile that he carried sometimes.
It was even more eerie since he wasn't even looking around.
Some of the elves that were breaking free, and moving towards him from all directions, were getting captured again within a few seconds.
"Sister… is there anyone back in our village like him?" Anna asked as wide-open eyes kept gazing into the scene in front of us.
"Strong? Maybe… but I don't think anyone had that kind of freaky control like that," I answered honestly as I looked at him walking towards us, while all the elves were now neutralized.
And it was only then, we saw there was something walking behind Morpheus. Something chained with the dark chains, something that matched the description of… sinister.
He walked one step at a time, forced under the pressure of the chains. His eyes were equally scared of the man in front of him.
Makes me wonder who is the real monster among them.
"You guys can come out now. It was just a high demon," he spoke as he looked in our direction, making our heart skip a beat in fear.
Our eyes shook as we looked at that guy again. It was clear that he was a demon… but a high demon?!!
Slowly walking out of the bushes, we took one step at a time towards them. Anna was already chanting a spell slowly while I, too, followed behind her.
"You guys go take your stuff back. I will wait here," he spoke as he turned at the demon before he pondered a little.
"Now, what should we do with you?"
The demon was scared shitless as he looked at Morpheus with his eyes shaken still. Just what exactly did Morpheus do with him?
"Morpheus."
Though a feminine voice came from behind him, as we all looked in that direction. Through the forest, a woman covered in green appeared in front of us.
Her body stark naked, covered in vines, she walked towards us in a sexy manner. From the look she seemed about 20 and if going by the racial features.
"A…. Dryad?" I spoke with my voice breaking, as I didn't expect to see 2 rare races in a single day.
'Aren't Dryad's supposed to be extremely antisocial? They never come out in front of anyone and only appear either to protect the forest?' The more I saw her, the more I got confused.
It was as if my common sense was being turned upside down.
"Nvida," Morpheus spoke as his expression turned serious. His eyes, which were playful before, now looked rather serious.
"Your chest is flat," he added, making us almost trip and fall at his stupid, perverted remark.
The Dryad stopped for a moment, as she looked at her flat chest, before holding her breasts for a moment. Didn't take more than a few moments before they started growing enough to fit her hands.
"You don't have to listen to him!!!" I shouted at the strange turn of events.
"Your friend?" Dryad asked as she looked at us, before Morpheus spoke." protection mission."
She nodded before moving closer to Morpheus and that demon while we just stood there without making any movements.
There were a lot of questions that I had at this point. Why was a Dryad coming out? Why was a demon here? How does Morpheus, a dark mage, know the Dryad? How is it all connected to elves?
And above all…
'Who exactly is Morpheus?' I asked as I looked at that man covered in darkness standing without any care about the surrounding.
"They summoned Lily Orius," the Dryad spoke in a serious note, making me fall on my butt as I almost felt my skin crawling.
"Sister?" Asked Anna as she was confused by my sudden falling on the ground. I looked at her, as she worried about me, while I gulped before explaining,
"She is one of the Royal Succubus directly under the Demon Lord of Lust."
"The Sin of Lust, huh?" Morpheus spoke as he looked at the demon before he turned to the Dryad,
"Where is she?"
The Dryad put her hand on her chin as she rubbed them a little. Her eyes lost in thought for a moment before speaking,
"I gave her to the Queen of elves."
"What?!" the demon shouted in a hurry, as he looked at the dryad with a shocked expression.
"Give him to me. He has already done enough damage to the forest," the Dryad demanded as she looked at Morpheus. Though Morpheus pondered for a few moments before speaking,
"What will happen if I don't do that?"
Silence.
A sudden silence covered the entire area as we all looked at Morpheus.
"What do you mean by that?" the Dryad, Nvida, seemed like she didn't expect that to happen. She observed Morpheus carefully as her hands grew green.
"You know that Lily was a high tier royal. Miwam, won't like it if her favorite toy got entangled with the elves and got used as an energy source," Morpheus spoke in a serious note.
"What are you getting at?" Nvida asked.
"It will be an all out war between the Elves and the Sin of Lust," Morpheus spoke before looking at the demon,
"I will need information and a bit of a trap if I need to get out of here. He will be the key to it… I can't just let you kill him now."
The tension was getting higher than anyone could see the vines around the Dryad. Even after hearing the reasoning of Morpheus, she spoke,
"I apologize, Morpheus. But I don't think I can let him go for such a reason."
"Sigh… okay. How about a few minutes of conversation with him?" He spoke as he looked at the Dryad. The Dryad seemed to be thinking about it for a few moments before answering.
"5 minutes. That's the max, I can wait."
Morpheus thanked her before he turned to that demon.
"Asbestos limm bua ahu plae hi," Morpheus spoke… in demonic language?
"Lime arou abu!!!" That demon seemed to be surprised as well when he heard that language. But it seemed that it was only the beginning of his surprises.
The more Morpheus talked, the more the demon seemed to be shocked. And not even a moment later, the demon started shouting at Morpheus.
Morpheus seemed to be calm, though, as he kept talking in a calm tone. But his words riled the demon even more.
The conversation kept going on and on. The demon was angry at first, then shocked, and then he started crying and begging Morpheus. He got on his knees and cried purple blood like those of the demons.
It was truly a sight to be seen. A demon crying in front of a human.
'Though… is he really a human?' I thought it would make more sense for Morpheus to not be a human at this point.
"So many things going on, huh? But I guess I am the reason for it to happen, so I should at least do something about it," Morpheus spoke as he looked at the demon.
The demon seemed really moved as he kneeled in front of Morpheus, before speaking,"if all you said is true, then I wish you good luck on your journey."
"Time is up," Nvida spoke as she flicked her finger and the ground ate up the demon in a second. And then she looked at Morpheus before the vines surrounded him from all sides.
"I don't usually pry into other people's minds, but this left me with no choice. This might kill you later, but," she spoke as she used a certain spell. Perhaps she was looking into his memories?
But not even a moment passed as she fell on the ground with her eyes shaken in fear, before she observed Morpheus.
"Impossible…." she muttered as she looked at the withering Morpheus in front of her, with a strange mad smirk on his face.