Hellprinces: A LitRPG Adventure (Salvos, Book 9) by V.A. Lewis

Author:V.A. Lewis [Lewis, V.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melas Delta
Published: 2023-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

49. Risk

It was a last resort.

Ira knew that this was risky. But as commanded by Levithus, he did it anyway. While they were both Primeval Demons, there was a clear hierarchy. Ira, himself, was a newly-ascended [Hellprince] of the Netherworld. He had only just been a Duke of the Netherworld not too long ago— his evolution recent.

He couldn’t disobey Levithus, even if he wanted to. Even if he thought this plan had too high a chance of going awry. Still, Ira was sent to the Mortal Realm for a reason. He was loyal to the Demon King above all else. That was why he was sent to oversee the other six Dukes and Duchesses, even if they didn’t know it. Because Regnorex trusted him.

Ira would obey the Demon King’s will no matter what. The others weren’t truly loyal. Given the opportunity, even Gula would betray Regnorex if she believed she could get away with it. Meanwhile, Ira himself would listen to his orders no matter what. And right now, his orders were to obey Levithus.

So the Primeval Demon of Wrath returned to Lunaris. Even if he was apprehensive, he landed at the sub-ritual site. At the deactivated circle that lay at the center of the city. He arrived there swiftly and quietly. No one even noticed him standing at the town square. He swept his gaze over his surroundings, taking in all the Humans walking about.

The city had just been through a big battle where a hundred thousand Inorian soldiers were killed. The remaining twenty thousand troops surrendered, letting Peris Dolonia and his forces reach the ritual circle and disable it just a few days ago. Half of them weren’t taken in as prisoners because the Helbir League didn’t have the resources to keep that many prisoners while sallying forth. So the ones that remained stayed guarding the city’s remaining populace— which was already a dwindled sum compared to what it had been before.

After all, they were the ones who had been sacrificed for the ritual to take place. Not all of them, of course. There had been plenty of other sacrifices brought in from Elutra— offerings that had been transported across hundreds of miles to be killed here. But apparently it hadn’t been enough, so a chunk of the citizens of Lunaris had to be sacrificed too. Then there was the onslaught of wild Demons— although, not too many since the city still had a surviving populace to protect the sub-ritual site. The wild Demons were only abundant in numbers in sites that were completely deserted or defenseless.

That was the thing. These sub-rituals might have seemed haphazardly set up to bring the Netherworld to the Mortal Realm as expeditiously as possible, but that wasn’t true. In fact, these sub-rituals weren’t even intended to be pieces necessary to come together and complete the full grand ritual.

They were distractions. Decoys. Meant to slow the Humans from encroaching on the true grand ritual at the capital of Inoria.

At Inor. Where Levithus awaited. Where Regnorex would make his triumphant return.

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