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We quickly gathered every single piece of Mister Teddy, including his Golem Core which was shattered into pieces, and then I used Synthesis to merge it all back together. I even added extra materials, such as the fur of various high ranked monsters, and poured an elixir into the golem core, healing it completely with Synthesis.
FLAAAASH!
The entire teddy bear was reconstructed, but now, it was gigantic and white colored?! He had now become a Polar Bear, it seemed!
"Oooh! Mister Teddy! You're okay now?!" Celica was shocked.
"Gaaao gaaoo!" Mister Teddy happily hugged her, he seemed to emanate a light aura of healing and protection.
"Oh? It seems his powers evolved… Could it be the new materials I added? And the Elixir too!" I said.
"Eh?! You gained new powers, Mister Teddy?!" Celica was shocked once more.
"Gao gaooo!" Mister Teddy suddenly raised his paws, generating a barrier made of light. And then shining light of healing.
"Oh, he became a paladin! He can use protection and healing magic." Mist said surprised. "We need to make him some armor then!"
"Gaoo!" The Teddy Bear seemed happy.
"Uwaah! So cool! You can now support us even better, Mister Teddy!" Celica seemed finally relieved.
And me? Well, not only Zephy was stuck to me but also Aquarina. The two of them didn't wanted to let go of me!
"It was so scary…" Zephy wanted me to spoil him.
"I need some hugs to recover from this experience…" Aquarina sighed, hugging me tightly. Also wanting me to spoil her
"Geez you two…" I sighed. "Well, how about we have a meal and discuss what just happened now?"
Like that, as we made sure everything was now safe, we made a camp. Sadly there was no leftover Fishman King meat, or not even bones at that, the damn parasite and his swarm ate it all.
However, we still had tons of other meat from all the sea monsters we fought to come to the boss room anyways! So I used Cooking Magic to cook tons of shellfish, crabs, crayfish, and several types of fishes we caught.
The aroma was relaxing, and while enjoying the fish soup that I warmed from our previous meal, we sat around the bonfire to warm ourselves and calm down, finally discussing what happened.
"Sarach… So he's a servant of the Demon Lord of Swarms…" Aquarina said. "Just how many are there?" She wondered.
"It would be better if we ask one, right?" I said with a sigh. "Beelzebub, come out."
FLASH!
"Ugh…" Beelzebub sighed, looking back at everyone else.
"Wait, that cocoon thing you have… is a demon lord?!" Zack wondered.
I had only told Aquarina the truth about this and Ignatius, my parents' kind of knew a bit, but not totally, and didn't asked either so they seemed to not really mind my powers, as bizarre as they could be seen.
"Well…"
Like that, I explained them I am somehow capable of absorbing souls of beings defeated nearby, and that's how I made Ignatius and Beelzebub into spirits after incubating their own souls inside my Soul Scape. I didn't went into details, leaving it really vague.
"S-So this guy is really Beelzebub…" Zack was shocked.
"You're Beelzebub?! The Lord of the Flies?!" Celeste was shocked.
"I-I don't know who he is…" Mist said.
"Me neither…" Celica shrugged.
"Well, what's important is the info he can bring to us. I've tamed him and he's an obedient spirit." I nodded. "So, Beelze, how many Demon Lords are out there? Also did you know of Sarach?"
"I did know about him, but barely anything…" Sighed Beelzebub. "Well, to sum things up, there were Seven Demon Lords that served the previous Demon King." He said while munching on a strawberry pie slice I gave to him to convince him to spill the beans.
"Leviathan was the Demon Lord of the Seas, Death was the Demon Lord of… well, Death. Beelzebub, me! Was the Demon Lord of Flies… And well, the former Demon Lord of Swarms. There were four others. The Demon Lord of Destruction, Ashura, the Demon Lord of Temptation, Lilith, the Demon Lord of Illusions, Illusia, and the Demon Lord of the Void, Null. All four of those were also killed by your parents, they're gone." Beelzebub said.
"So Arachne wasn't even one?" I wondered.
"No, she was actually a Demon General, right below us. It seems the spider woman decided to get that title for herself after my death and now calls herself the Demon Lord of Swarms, tch! I was way stronger than her anyways!" Beelzebub said angrily. "So anyways, the heroes didn't really destroyed everything left behind, once the demon king we served was slain, they just disappeared and decided to live on their own. So that gave room for many survivors to take on! And well, lo and behold! We've got that damn Arachne taking my place. She's probably way stronger than before, a lot of years have happened since the demon king's death."
"Yikes…" I sighed. "So because our parents didn't wanted to commit mass genocide we're now going to get attacked by these people filled with resentment, ugh."
"I remember Sarach, he was a little baby parasite worm that Arachne picked up when she was a younger. She tamed him and taught him speech. But now seeing the monster he became, he really just deserved to get killed! I had no idea he hunted down the Mimic Demons either! This is not something our Demon King would agreed upon! He never liked the idea of demons hunting other demons." Sighed Beelzebub.
"That damn Arachne must have become just as tyrannical! If she's truly chasing you guys, she might already be in this continent. Just let your parents kill her, she's probably a bitch. Nom…"
"Huh, so that's that I guess." I sighed. "Arachne… What sort of powers does she has? And who the heck is Lolth though?"
"Hmmmm… For that you'll have to give me another slice." Beelzebub laughed.
BONK!
I bonked his head.
"Don't get cocky now, I might give you another later but just be nice and answer the questions!"
"Ouch! You're so mean! Tyrannical slaver!" Cried Beelzebub. "But fine, fine!"
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