Chapter 140: The Signs of Falling in a Fallen Angel

Styx was taken by shock by a group of surprise visitors to the dungeon.

He detected them the moment they stepped into the external dungeon city, where his dungeon "border" reached up to.

At the forefront were Peacock and Ygralea. The former was one of the Monster Lords from the western region of the Abyssal Forest, whilst the latter was a a beautiful woman with long green hair and antlers, also an envoy for The Void. Despite her charming appearance though, she was a brutish fighter who ripped and tore her enemies apart with her bare hands. She was at the Fourth Step, yet as powerful as a Fifth Step ranker or Monster Lord.

Peacock had very fanciful hair that shimmered under the light. By staring at it closely, the various colors and patterns made one's mind spin and become disoriented.

Behind them were several other exotic species mainly of the Third and Fourth Step in strength. They clearly weren't from the Maple Dragon Kingdom, not only due to the kingdom's strength which was disproportional to their group presence, but also a flame-like tattoo on their forehead representing The Void.

They had a trail of caravans which Styx could tell had strange spacial extension charms in their internal space. He couldn't tell what they were, nor what was in them, but he suspected it was materials to build their temple.

He would have preferred if they had at least given him some forewarning that they were coming though.

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Leading a group of monsters and surrounded by dungeon wives and several tiger beastman guards, Styx met the procession of people from The Void with a big grin on his face, albeit slightly forced. Loreley stood by his side with her nose turned up towards Ygralea. Whilst there was no enmity between the two factions, they were both envoys for their respective factions and as such had come into conflict when recruiting.

"I would have preferred if you sent a message ahead of time so I could prepare."

"We will keep it in mind," Ygralea nonchalantly said without faltering, leaving Styx to wonder whether she meant it or not.

Either way, Styx had agreed to this long ago and was not about to go back on his word. Not to mention the mere presence of both The Void and Heaven's temples would deter many forces that would otherwise attack.

They also formed a connection between Styx and outside empires, allowing him to trade for rare goods and also sell his own speciality products. Should war ever wage between Heaven and The Void, as unlikely as that was, Styx would remain as a neutral territory. As long as he held enough value to both sides, that is unlikely to cause too much friction between them.

"Come, I will show you several locations where you can construct your temple. I would offer to do it for you, but…"

Styx trailed off while looking towards all the good carrying various construction materials and people.

"We have everything to build our own temple along with our own craftsmen. Please just show us the locations as to where we can construct it."

Styx nodded his head and lead several people through the town and into the dungeon. Along the way, he showed several locations that they can use to build the temple, which turned out to be quite large according to their description.

Peacock also showed a lot of interest in the internal dungeon structure, his hair lighting up as he breathed the mana rich air in.

"We'll build it over there."

Ygralea was very happy with a large patch of land in the eastern caverns of the dungeon. This was near the intersection of some of the dungeon's mana lines, causing the mana in the air to be denser here.

Loreley had been oddly quiet this entire time, her large pitch black halo silently rotating above her head. It wasn't long before she turned to Styx and stated, "Heaven wishes to send down their own team to build their temple."

"Oh? Why now all of a sudden?" Styx asked with a sly grin on his face, already knowing the answer.

"Now was just a good time to do it."

Loreley didn't appear to be lying at all, but Styx knew she had been communicating with Heaven ever since Peacock, Ygralea and their procession arrived.

'Who are you kidding, aren't you just putting a rush on things know that Ygralea and her faction are ready before you? It isn't even a contest,' Styx thought to himself in his mind before deciding to use the situation to his advantage.

"Only if you are no longer mad at me," He stated with a glint in his eyes.

Loreley tapped her foot on the ground subconsciously, her brows furrowing in annoyance. Styx reached out wrapped his hand around her waist, pulling her into his body before she could collect her thoughts.

"...I am no longer angry," She reluctantly said, but Styx wasn't about to let things go that easily.

"Then prove it to me."

Ygralea watched with great amusement as Styx used his other hand to hold the side of Loreley's face. He moved lowered his head and tried to kiss her, but the fallen angel wasn't about to let him get away with that.

Loreley grabbed Styx's face with an open palm and forced his head away with enough force his neck cracked and threatened to break as if he didn't have a Second Step avatar.

"Control yourself, you dungeon in heat. I am not like my sisters who you can trick with sly words and empty promises."

The fallen angels cold gaze pierced through Styx, but he had already expected this. He released the enraged angel and backed away with an smile that said "I'm innocent" plastered on his face.

Turning to Ygralea, he motioned for her to come over.

"Well, Miss Ygralea, I recall your priests also need help in expanding their mana channels. That extends to you as well, so how would you like to be the first to experience it?"

As if organised beforehand, she coordinated perfectly with Styx. Her smile didn't so much as falter as she used a ground shrink technique to close the distance between the two of them in a single step.

"I would be honored to have the dungeon lord grace me with such a gift~"

Loreley's emotions were in turmoil at this. Rapidly calculating in her mind, she decided that she wasn't about to let The Void's envoy beat her in this regard too. Her inhibitions rapidly crumbled in the face of her inner conflict and she acted in a moment of frustration.

The fallen angel's black halo shone brightly and Styx not just saw, but felt the incredible amount of mana radiating from her body as she teleported between Ygralea and himself, knocking her away with her wings. Her seemingly powerless hands grabbed Styx's clothing with an irresistible force and she pressed her lips against his.

'Even Aura in heat has more control over her actions than that!'

Styx winced as he felt his teeth were about to be knocked out, but he didn't let it show. He kissed her back and pressed his tongue in between her pursed lips. She allowed him to pry them open before his tongue to slip inside her mouth.

Loreley was completely amateurish in matters between the two sexes. Styx wriggled his tongue inside her mouth and captured hers whilst she moved hers around like a lost kitten, unsure as to what she should do. Her mind and thoughts were running around in circles at an incalculable speed, but she was quickly adapting.

"Is this… it? This is what you tricked my sisters into doing, didn't you?" Loreley steadied her breathing and pulled her head back, a thin strand of saliva still connecting their lips. "Ursula has yet to have her mana channels increase, despite your promises."

Styx picked up Loreley in a princess carry, the stunning fallen angel not resisting his man handling this time. She was already filled with guilt, but she was determined to at the very least prevent the envoy from The Void taking the lead.

Styx moved his face into the crook of her neck and deeply inhaled her scent, causing Loreley to momentarily blush.

"It is one part of it. The key to it is to build up trust between them and myself. Ursula doesn't think deeply about it, but her being able to trust her body in my hands is the first hurdle to cross."

"Why?"

Styx didn't answer verbally but instead opted for demonstration instead. Countless mana threads extended out from him and begun wrapping around Loreley's body.

Ygralea had already sent her workers off to start laying the foundation for her temple and begin construction whilst she watched this exchange from the side with great interest. Upon the mana threads coming into existence, she detected the movement of mana and her eyes abruptly glowed in a violet hue.

Neither of the envoys or their entourage had a piece of Styx inside of them nor were they of the Fifth Step, so they couldn't see mana without the assistance of high levelled techniques. Peacock could see it though, and his brows rose in surprise at the incredibly dexterous usage of mana.

Loreley noticed the others surprise and Ygralea's glowing irises and pulled her halo in front of her face before being surprised herself.

Styx's mana tendrils tightened around her thighs, moderate breasts and waist in an erotic way, yet the sensation they gave was different. They were trying to enter her body, but the rejection within her subconscious was an iron wall before them.

They weren't powerful and even a First Step ranker could resist them unconsciously, let alone a Fourth Step fallen angel.

"This is…"

"You need to relax and leave your body in my hands."

No matter how he said it, this was an incredible step of trust from one person to another. It was similar leaving your very life in the hands of another, and there was always at least some level of hesitance or rejection in this.

Loreley glanced at Ygralea one more time before closing her eyes, strength leaving her body as her muscles relaxed. She wasn't like Styx's dungeon wives and most of the citizens who had unconditional trust in him and subconsciously accepted his mana, she had to actively retract her defences. She had known Styx for long enough that she could at least place that trust in him momentarily.

Styx's mana tendrils abruptly slipped through her skin and entered her mana network. Her channels were incredibly large and laced with what Styx could only assume was holy energy from Heaven.

Loreley's cheeks flushed crimson and her breathing accelerated as she felt her connection with Styx become incredibly powerful. She felt him inside her body, as if filling up every cell at the same time.

He ran his tendrils through her body and massaged the channels, slowly at first before become more vigorous. Her hands wrapped around his neck whilst she hid her face in his chest, unwilling to show her flushed expression to the others nearby, particularly the antlered, green haired envoy.

Without warning, Styx abruptly pulled all his mana tendrils out of the fallen angel, leaving her feeling as if there was now a void in her body. She looked up at his face at a loss, wondering what happened, and saw a very stern expression on his face.

"What is it?" She asked, standing on her own feet with her expression returning to normal.

"...Demons."