On the other side of the school, frantic footsteps of several people could be heard from within the dim hallway. There was a group of students scurrying in haste for their lives. Behind them, a black shadow shrouded in the obscurity of void was creeping forward, and for every inch it advanced, all that was around were consumed into the dark.
A certain young lady was holding the hand of her teacher, Yuri-sensei, while making the run with the rest of the group. The entity seeking them was different from the rest, it was way beyond her ability as a shrine maiden. The skills she learned in her training were all useless against that thing.
Fear of the helplessness was instilling into her, she wanted to ditch the group of normal humans and escape by herself. But glancing at Yuri who was trembling in terror...
"Rika, don't worry about me and go on by yourself. I am fine, I can keep going." The brave young teacher spoke in shuddering.
Regardless, the girl knew that Yuri would completely collapse if she ever let go of her hand; hence, was hesitant to even quicken the pace of her steps. At the same time, the unknown entity was creeping ever closer to another lovely couple treading not far behind their back.
Yet, sensing that the horror was catching up to them, the boyfriend chose to let go of her girlfriend's hand and purposely tripped her leg without hesitation. Grim look was on his face as he convinced himself of the wicked deed he had just done.
"Jake!!"
"I am sorry, Jessica!" He ran without even looking back.
The betrayal shattered her heart, but there was a more pressing matter deserving her attention. The girl looked back to the wallowing dark inching towards her at a frightening pace; all colors on her face were bleached pale.
She was reminded how one of the boys fell into the shrouded darkness; screams of painful cries still echoed piercingly in her mind. The same unknown but likely gruesome fate was about to come to her, but all she could do while trembling on the ground was to wet the floor with her maidenly juice.
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Unaware of the cruelty that happened behind her in the midst of the adrenaline rush, Rika found a strange door at the end of what seemed like a never-ending hallway. Spending almost three years in this school, the young lady doesn't recall if there was ever such a peculiar gate located in this building.
An ominous aura was leaking out from its seams, implying the dreadful horror that lay inside. With no other choice, she led the group into the door, but not before sacrificing one more victim that fell behind the herd.
Entering into a spacious chamber, there were only three survivors left from the whole group. That thing had been picking them apart one by one; it seemed to enjoy the thrill of the hunt.
And as the group continued to scramble in hurry, they were soon frozen in place from a certain mesmerizing sight filled with a combination of horror and beauty.
Above on a throne of flesh and gore, an enchanting goddess of immense proportion and bare-naked body slept peacefully with the mirage of innocence. She was leaning her arms and her head on top of a vessel that hosted an unanimated corpse, as if waiting for its revival.
Meanwhile, back to the stud who was strolling through the dark while carrying a fox spirit laying feebly on his back. The two lost souls had been wandering the same halls for almost an hour, aimless roaming around to look for any clues that could help him.
Amusingly, Leo was completely clueless to where he was heading inside of this strange space. The only things he found were a few strange mindless creatures mutated in the form of an inexplicable abomination; they were distorted souls that he easily melted away with his flames.
As for Ayaka, after being forcibly taken in too much serving for her first time, she was currently experiencing an anima overload. The boy accidentally knocked out his only guide within the shadow realm with his seeds; hence, he only had himself to blame for this situation.
"*Yawn* That was a good nap. It's been a long time since I actually slept." It was about time that the spirit woke up.
"Finally! I have been going back and forth. Do you know the way around here?" Leo asked with a sigh of relief.
"Well, we are never going to find her like this. Now, give me something belonging to the girl so I can cast a spell. Her hair, her clothes, or anything that has her scent." Ayaka demanded.
Something with her scent...huh? The boy deeply thought in his head for a few moments and arrived at an epiphany. He reached inside of his back pocket and pulled out a pink pantie freshly worn by the succubus just from this morning.
It was still slightly wet from the abundance of love nectar that drenched the fabric. All of sudden, the fragrance of flowery fruit punch spread pleasantly in the air.
Hmm? You asked why he carried around the lingerie of his girlfriend? Well, isn't it a common practice for the succubus to gift her stud her panties?
"Good, it has a very strong and fresh lingering aura of that girl." Ayaka summoned a sprite made of a small portion of Lilith's anima residing in pantie and had it lead the way.
Following the sprite, they soon enter into the school gymnasium, where they found several corpses of Yoma and those unidentifiable creatures along the way. There must have been a carnage in this place, which had the boy very worried.
Then at last, at the center of the expansive basketball court, a lone figure standing in silence and idly within the piles of carcasses was finally seen. Even from a distance, the boy was able to identify his girlfriend from her voluptuous back figure alone.
"Lilith! We finally found you!" Leo was glad to see her safe and sound; yet, the succubus seemed to be slightly unresponsive.
There were stains of monster blood all over her body and the iron pole in her hand.
However, when she turned around, a suspicious white mask was seen on her face. As if she didn't recognize her boyfriend, electric spikes zapped on her pole as she assumed a hostile stance.
Stopping his steps forward, a stern expression appeared on the boy as well.