Despite their low-level appearance, this party was fairly well known as a C-Rank party in the city of Baltimore. They seemed to specialise in removing bandits and monster caves. However, never seemed to rise higher despite their hard work.
However, some felt they were a little disgusting because of their lack of manners and violent ways of dealing with things. The guild couldn't interfere because they finished quests and reached the needed quotas for their rank.
The leader, Adolf, rushed to complete their quest in order to compete with an up-and-coming rookie who garnered a lot of dislike from the male adventurers because they always saw him with different women who were all SSS-Rank beauties!
"Hurry Chad, Brian if we are late the boss might have to deal with that handsome prick and end up punishing us for it!"
'The quest seemed simple, to eliminate some bandits. Although that new handsome bastard who prances around also took the quest. I am confident we can clear this one, because my party know the bandits responsible! Haha, we just need to ask them to hide in the secret tunnels for a short time, and the guild will pay us the reward, as always!'
"Boss, are you sure that the leader won't kill them both? Didn't we want to trap that woman and enjoy a taste first before selling her off?" Chad, the ranger, spoke with a foreign accent; it seemed to come from the western kingdom of Franberg, on the other side of a mountain range from the kingdom of Grigor.
A place known for mercenaries and its thriving spice trade, Franberg didn't have good relations with Grigor due to them rejecting their prince's proposal for the second princess.
"Chad, don't be so eager. The boss always samples the women first you know that." The bald mage gave a sinister grin before patting the ranger on the back with his huge hands. Brian, a former slave who fought in the arena of Franberg, learned of his divine powers after meeting a wealthy merchant named Dorothy, who freed him.
Sadly, he tricked the young lady and abused her before he used the skills gained from the arena to beat her to death. Afterwards, Brian took most of her wealth and fled to Grigor, where he met Chad and Adolf.
"Tsk, stop speaking! Look, there's some goblins, hurry it means the boss is in the back!"
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The three vagabonds rushed across the plains and began to tread the secret path through the sharp underbrush and narrow path to the hideout.
As they grew closer, the path became a small ravine leading towards the mouth of a cave.
"This is where the boss is hidden this time, look the mark above the cave. I will go and see if they are in the back room, stay here and wait for the signal." Adolf, the leader, ordered and approached the mouth of the cave.
Because the boss of the bandits was very cautious, he killed any of the people who returned from outside, 'outside' being the term used for their hidden adventurer parties. So only the leaders were given the correct method of bypassing the traps until they reached the hideout and disabled them.
Any who broke this code was killed on the spot, or the traps would be reactivated to ensure swift death.
However, the mouth of the cave was a good place to hide loot and goods. Because the traps were easy to bypass, and only the main path was trapped.
"Boss, Boss, it's me!" Adolf called out as he entered the dark cave. A goblin with a rusty knife immediately attacked him, and without hesitation, he used his sword and slit its throat, killing the monster.
Adolf approached the box of money and opened it while he searched for the hidden switch behind it. Once his hand landed on the cold brick, he pressed it down twice before revealing a secret passage, the stone and cave shaking as the sound of rolling stones and metal sounded.
"See, told you I knew the boss was here." Adolf sneered and made a rude gesture towards the two men waiting outside.
"Cunning bastard..." Brian cursed and watched Adolf leave the cave, leaving the box of goods for later.
Once inside the tunnels, he passed many rooms filled with sleeping areas where the bandits would normally rest after drinking; there were a few female bandits who weren't permitted to leave, still sleeping in the beds, the foul smell of men and women lingering in the small caves used to sleep.
'One of these days, I will join the main force and enjoy sex with these babes; even after dozens of men, they are still prime beauties... Unlike those women far beyond our reach... damn, that redhead is the one I want so bad.'
'This is dangerous. I have to flee... run, Adolf! Run! This place is no chamber of love!'
Blood, entrails and flesh covered the cavern walls, bones and skeletons all hanging from the ceiling, distorted and bent into bizarre shapes, and an enormous river of blood flowed, black and red like a mixed soup of sticky blood from goblins and humans, forming a moat around the centre of the room where two 'things' sat entwined together.
There was little light, only a small set of crimson flames that billowed and flickered around the two 'things' that looked at the man with dark eyes... a dark pair of purple and ocean blue orbs watched like monsters in the dark.
"It seems the goblin cannot talk, he's quite stupid, My lovely Witch."
Once again, the angel's voice came from the monster's lips. Only a pair of long horns and silver hair appeared while the female's scarlet hair shone like fresh blood oozing from a wound, her horns smaller yet glowing with eerie darkness.
"A...ah....aah....AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
'Demons! They are demons, actual demons! I have to move, body... move!'
"Oh my love, it seems he is terrified of you, handsome figure~ what should we do? I feel a little jealous..."
"Why should you be my dear? You know your appearance is the one I favour. So, why worry about something so simple?"
"You flatter me, my King."
'King? Demon King? I-Impossible, a Demon King and Queen cannot be in a monster cave in the kingdom of Grigor!'
"Hey~ little doggy, why are you so loud? Is my husband too beautiful? Or maybe... you have filthy thoughts about me?"
'I'm no dog... no dog... don't speak with such a tempting and devilish voice....!'
The sound of a woman's voice entered his mind, and his lust grew, a beastly instinct that overwhelmed him.
"W-Who... are... you....?" The man finally found the strength to speak and glared at the demonic pair.
"Oh my? It seems I was right, this filthy mutt!" Stay with us at m.v.l.e.mpyr
Adolf suddenly felt a dull pain in his right side—the next moment, a sound of flesh colliding with rock echoed as he looked down. Something tore apart the right side of his body like a pair of invisible hands. His arm and leg were missing before he began to fall forward into the river of blood.
"Gyaaaaaaaaaa!"
"I don't want to die; I don't want.... to...Help....help....hhe....lp!"
Like a dog, he desperately tried to climb out of the deep, sticky river, his wounds burning from the demonic blood and heat of the bubbling river. Adolf's terror caused him to become crazed, yet while he suffered, the two in the centre began to kiss each other and ignore him.
With eyes of desperation and utter horror, he watched those 'things' make love while his body started dissolving in the poisonous blood.
He once loved red hair... from the moment he saw that beautiful princess who appeared in Baltimore.
However, in his dying moments, only terror remained because of the red-haired monster, which sang such a beautiful song of pleasure while he could only die in agonising pain.
This was the first sighting of the most feared demon queen, the consort of blood.