At night,
Nefus destroyed the barrier where there were a few guards to open the path for the others.
He quietly ran back after his mission succeeded. He knew that he could not fight with Ignacia.
"Argh,…" the sound of a black knight who was bitten by the vipers
There were a lot of vipers slithering past the small hole of the wall to get into the fortress.
"Whoa, what the hell with these snakes?" another black knight exclaimed.
"Monsters attacked," one of black knights shouted.
There were many beast-men and beast-women climbing over the wall, killing all the black knights who were guarding on the wall, to get into the fortress. All of them are carnivore beasts, tigers, panthers, leopards, bears, and eagles.
The black knights and the mercenaries started to fight with them.
The black mages and the royal knights came to help and kill them.
"The snakes have venom. Be careful," one of black knights shouted.
Ignacia was using 'The Eyes of Truth' to look for the ordo demons at the way the black knight shouted. She saw the high power of monsters at the corner near the wall. She teleported to that area and found many vipers. She activated 'Fire Magic' with large frame to burn them.
Many vipers were burned and died instantly.
Ignacia activated 'Fire Magic' with large frame to burn the vipers at that area again. She heard the sound of the large serpent slithered away. She guessed that it might be Vipera, snake beast-woman, one of ordo demons. She followed the sound, using 'The Eye of Truth' to find her.
Vipera, who has upper body like woman with long green hair and black eyes, and the lower body of green serpent, lured Ignacia to the trap she had set. She dug a large hole and put many vipers inside.
Ignacia saw every energy around her clearly, although it was dark. She saw through her intention. She activated 'Fire Magic' on Katana Sword, then teleported to be in Vipera's way and stabbed into her heart.
"How?" Vipera asked. She was bleeding.
Ignacia flipped Katana Sword, then slashed from her heart to her head. She activated 'Fire Magic' to burn her and all the vipers in the large hole.
Afterward, she teleported back to fortress. She saw that everyone could killed all the beast-men and beast-women. She looked around to recheck about the ordo demons. She saw Gratia standing on the wall. She teleported to the wall but Gratia disappeared before she reached there.
The next day,
Quince came to meet Ignacia and reported, "There are 11 black knights died from snake's venom, 35 black knights were killed and died from badly injured, Commander"
"Do the same like last time," Ignacia said.
"Yes, Commander" Quince said and left.
Ignacia called Maximus and Lorenzo for the meeting.
"I called you two here to discuss about the next plan. We lost many black knights within a month. I think it's time for us to hunt them and kill them all," Ignacia said, "First of all, I want the black mages and the royal knights work together, and then divide into 3 teams, one for scouting, one for hunting, and another one supporting here."
"Yes, Commander" Lorenzo said.
"I have no problem either," Maximus said.
"Good! You both can talk together and let the scouting team start to scout for the location of demon queen castle immediately. You should choose the members who are great on the track because they cast invisible barrier on the castle. Tell them to not do anything reckless and came back to report the location. We will plan to hunt them next,"
"Yes, Commander" Lorenzo said.
"I got it," Maximus said.
"How many IM Devices that you brought here, Maximus? I want you to give them to all teams and teach them how to use it. It's better if we could communicate with each other faster," Ignacia asked Maximus.
"I brought many pieces. I think 200 up. I will give them to each team after we divided the teams," Maximus said.
"All right. Thank you," Ignacia said.
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2 weeks passed,
The scouting team could not find a clue of demon queen castle's whereabouts.
There was no sign of attack from the monsters in the past 2 weeks.
Everything seemed to be dead silence.
We could do nothing but stayed on guard.
After midnight,
Apart from the black knights who were guarding the wall and the gate, the others went to sleep after they did not see any sign of attack from the monsters.
'Whoosh' 'Whoosh' 'Whoosh'
There were 8 succubi appeared near the black knights' quarters. They targeted the weak, lustful men. They sneaked in their target rooms.
In one quarter,
A succubus enchanted her power, 'Lust Illusion' to the two black knights, letting them see her naked, sexy body.
The two black knights stared at her lustfully. They got up and walked toward her.
One of them started to touch her breast. He could not stop himself. The enchantment and his strong feeling of sexual desire led him to do what he wanted. He kissed her on the neck while playing her breast lustfully.
She looked at another black knight, luring him to join together, while rubbing the chest of first black knight who was kissing her.
A first black knight kissed her on the lips lustfully while a second black knight started to hug her from behind, squeezing her breast and rubbing her private part.
A succubus slowly drained the life force of first black knight through the kisses. She touched, squeezing his below part to arouse him more.
She enchanted the stronger power of 'Lust' to rush a first black knight to have intercourse with her.
A first black knight took off his clothes. He kissed her, raised her leg, then attacked inside her aggressively.
Meanwhile, a second black knight was backing her up, kissing her neck and playing with her breast.
A first black knight moved himself fast and rough.
A succubus kissed him on the lips and slowly drain his life force, then rushed it forcefully after he finished inside her.
A first black knight slowly lost his consciousness, then died at last.
A succubus threw him away and turned to a second black knight. She kissed him on the lips while enchanting 'Lust' on him. She took off his clothes and pinned him on the bed. She used her mouth to arouse his below part. She managed to get it inside her, being on top of him, then moved herself very fast.
A second black knight was feeling good with her move. He grabbed, squeezing her buttocks lustfully. He nearly reached his limit.
A succubus leaned forward him, then kissed him on the lips to drain his life force while moving herself relentlessly. She drained everything she wanted from him.
A second black knight died instantly.
All the succubi did the physical activity with their targets and drained their life forces. They used their power to tidy the room, made the corpses lie on the bed, being in normal condition as if there was nothing happened, then left without trace before dawn.
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In the afternoon,
Quince hurriedly came to meet Ignacia at her office and reported, "There are 29 black knights died last night. The problem is they have no wound on their bodies. They died like the people who have the heart attack, Commander"
"It's strange. Where are the corpses?" Ignacia asked.
"We moved them to the ground, preparing to send their corpses back to their families, Commander" Quince said.
"All right. I will be there. You go to tell the detail to Captain Felicia and go to the ground together," Ignacia said.
At the ground,
Ignacia observed the corpses, using 'The Eye of Truth'. She saw nothing even the trace of their magic powers. She had the feeling they did not die naturally.
Quince and Felicia came to the ground together.
"Can you check the cause of their dead?" Ignacia asked.
"Please let me check their corpses for a moment, Commander" Felicia said.
Felicia checked the corpses and found nothing, then asked, "Is there anybody here did not have their families? If we really wanted to check the real cause, we need to cut open their bodies to check the condition inside,"
"Did you know about it, Captain Quince?" Ignacia asked.
"I will check with the other vice captains, Commander" Quince said and left.
After a while, Quince came back with 2 vice captains. They pointed at 3 corpses, the black knights who have no families. They separated them and carried them to Felicia.
Felicia started to cut body, one of corpses, open. She was surprised after saw all the internal organs were dry and wrinkled.
"Commander," Felicia called.
Ignacia walked toward her and looked at the corpse, then said, "Check the other two,"
Felicia cut their dead bodies open. The conditions of their internal organs were the same.
"I think there were demons sneaked in. But what kind of demon? How could they get inside without breaking the barrier?" Ignacia said.
"I will check and strengthen the barrier again, Commander" Felicia said.
"Thank you," Ignacia said, then called, "Captain Quince,"
Quince walked toward her and said, "Yes, Commander"
Ignacia pointed at the corpses.
"Whoa, How come?" Quince exclaimed.
"I think it might be ordo demons and their underlings. They could sneak in and did not leave any traces," Ignacia said, "check their quarters to find out more clue. And bring the blueprint of army quarters to me. I want to know the zoning of those rooms."
"Yes, Commander" Quince said and left.
"Did they get poison or some kind of alchemy?" Ignacia asked Felicia.
"No, there is no effect of poison or any alchemy, Commander" Felicia said.
<So, that mean it must be the doing of Gratia and her underlings.> Ignacia thought to herself.
In the evening,
Ignacia were having dinner with Maximus and Julius. She told them about the attack of demons last night.
"What? They came inside and killed the black knights that easy?" said Julius surprisingly.
"I assumed that they might be succubi," Ignacia said.
"I had read information about them when I worked at the magic tower. They enchanted men to have sex before drained their life forces," Maximus said.
"Oh, at least, they have fun before died," Julius said.
"It's not funny," Ignacia said.
"I'm sorry," said Julius, droopingly.
"Did you know about their weaknesses, Maximus?" Ignacia asked.
"We can kill them by cutting their heads or stabbing their heart. The strong magic power might work as well but it's better to cut off their heads," Maximus said.
"I see," Ignacia said.
"You should tell the other mercenaries to be aware. They can enchant the guys who have high lust easier," Maximus told Julius.
"I got it," Julius said and asked, "Anyway, why did you think mercenaries have high lust?"
"…I didn't specify the mercenaries. You should think for yourself," Maximus said.
2 weeks passed,
There was no attack from The Ordo Demons and monsters after we were strictly on guard.
The 8 succubi observed the situation during the night. They saw some of mercenaries sneaked out of the fortress, going to the pub nearby. They targeted them and waited for the chance to get them as their sexual targets.
In the pub,
Julius and the 8 mercenaries were eating and drinking joyfully.
"I want to finish this job very quickly. It took really long time," a mercenary said.
"You're right. I really miss my wife," another mercenary said.
"Come to think of it, I've never heard you talked about woman. Are you in any relationship?" Dante asked. A man who was in his middle twenties. He has short brown hair and green eyes. He looks so friendly and easy-going.
"No," Julius said.
"What? How come? You are not that bad," Dante asked, surprisingly.
"I have a crush on someone and I still hope to be in relationship with her," Julius said, firmly.
"Who is it?" Dante asked, curiously.
"It's a secret," Julius said, smilingly.
"Let's have fun. Don't talk serious things tonight," another mercenary said.
"Cheers!" everyone said.
A few hours passed, most of them became drunk. They paid the bill and went back to the fortress.
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