Only the swish and splash from our feet moving along the water echoed in the dark space we were walking in. We were only nine people: well, seven demons, a sorcerer and a human, in the vast darkness. Two of us only carried old fashioned oil lanterns with us, trying to light the way for those who couldn't see their way through the dark; Solon and me, and still maintain ourselves hidden among the shadows for any kind of unwanted encounter.
As I scanned our walkthrough, I could see the walls from what appeared to be a tunnel, were covered in cracks and thick layers of new and already wasted vegetation. The water was dark, not because there was no light, but because it seemed like its "natural" color. It was cold, and slightly slimy, with the strong essence of dead matter, a fact I was not going to be much detailed on, because each time I thought about it, it made me cringe in disgust.
Droplets of water added up to the sound of a running squeaking rat, that due to the light from the lanterns, hissed. I jumped and literally clawed the demon in front of me clothe. Leviathan who was behind me and the one with one of the lanterns, raised his free hand, elevating some of the murky water and drew it towards the still violent rat, splashing it with it and causing it to squeak away.
Lucifer demanded,
"Levi, don't waste your energy for a mare rat."
Levi stumbled a little, bumping into me and standing straight as an arrow.
"I'm... I'm sorry, Lucifer! Won't happen again!"
I sighed feeling both relieved that the rat was gone and bad for Levi. The poor man just wanted to protect me, I think, even still, he did scare the thing away from me, why reprimand him like that.
I released Lucifer and looking up at his stern face I commented,
"You shouldn't be so harsh on him... He was only trying to..."
Lucifer interjected,
"It was all for nothing. Let us move on, or we'll be putting ourselves in more danger than we already are."
As much as Lucifer had various lovable aspects about himself, there were some things that made me want to slap him. I put on my "I'm angry at you" smile and stepped away from him until I was next to Levi. Levi seemed shocked at how he immediately tensed up, especially now that Lucifer had a shadow over his glaring red eyes.
He lifted his head, seeming bigger and imponent than usual.
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THE SHADOW BOOK OF DEMONS: NEAR THE END OF DAYS
FantasyTwo years ago, I waved goodbye to the Devildom. Days passed, and I've dedicated myself to studyng at the university as your average human student, surounded by average humans; no magic spells clases, no hell creature anatomy and no finding myelf try...
