BXBX NOVEL Chapter 84 84 - Someone To Return To
Locked away in a phantom cage with no apparent binds, Moriyana was onlooking the creature of dark mist tearing apart Razor's body with its razor-sharp hands. Tearing his flesh, the monster threw his limbs, his eyes, and even his torn skin to float about in mid-air. His mind broken by the toxic fumes and the butchery of his body, Razor's bloodshot eyes looked about rampantly for the most minute hint of escape.
Lined with poison ivy reaching high in the sky, they were both trapped inside the fuming place with the monster tearing Razor's body every time it put itself back together. And although he didn't possess any skill to heal himself, his body being put back together was just one part of his eternal torture.
At the mercy of his captor, he let the torture continue unhindered, for he knew better than to assume this to be his end. Moriyana on the other hand was more adamant about escaping the prison of pinkish dark clouds.
"She must be really angry with me to trap me in one of her illusions," Moriyana whispered to herself.
Watching Razor's body being torn apart, Moriyana knew what kind of message Asmodia was trying to relay to her. Thankfully, however, Razor, unlike most people, was tolerant of pain and the only thing that left his lips were grunts and growls that barely discomforted her in the slightest.
'Last time I was here, she used many different ways to torture me…' Still glaring at Razor's body, she felt enraged by the fact that he only had to experience only one kind of punishment by the monster, while she on the other hand was torn apart, burned to ashes, had her lungs were filled with toxins, and her body was fused with critters for them to eat out her organs until they crawled out of her eyes and ears. 'I'm definitely not her favorite child.'
"Garden of illusion," letting go of the invisible bars around her prison cage onlooking at Razor's torture, Moriyana used her ability on herself to escape into a dream. "Have fun, hopefully, you're trapped here forever."
Spitting him with those words, Moriyana slowly lost consciousness as she drifted off to sleep. Being one of the very few who'd managed to escape Asmodia's grasp before, she knew exactly what had to be done to escape the accursed place.
Drifting into a dream, she woke up to the sight of a lone path lit up with white light shining through an open door in the distance. Making her way towards the door, she glanced about the depths of the dark abyss, reminiscing about the past and her dreadful childhood.
'Perhaps if I wasn't born a succubus, things would've been different.' Being one of the very few created by Asmodia herself, Moriyana often daydreamed about a life away from all the corruption and greed. 'Who am I kidding? I love the taste of poison.'
Unable to keep the farce she knew herself to be fortunate as she was on the side of the tyrant and not the ones suffering. And if that reasoning wasn't enough, thinking back on her heinous crimes put up an ecstatic smile on her face.
"It's been a while since I've toyed with someone," mumbling to herself, she passed right through the blinding door.
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Making her way into Moriyana's mansion, Fay Rue stood inside the shambled hall. Under her feet and scattered all around the place were pieces of timber broken off of the wall as well as the furniture. Even the paintings and the decor was no exception to the ruined state, and as she kept walking forward the floor creaked about loudly threatening to give under her feather-light weight.
"What the hell happened here?" She mumbled slowly moving towards the office.
Stepping onto a piece of glass, her foot was stabbed right into the sole. Groaning out in pain, she leaned over to take off the glass piece. As she did so, a loud thrashing sound, followed by Moriyana's grunting was heard inside the office. Instantly glancing up, she got back up and slowly made her way toward the corridor.
"Is that?" Noticing a burned body with dried-up blood painted down the corridor floor, Fay covered her mouth gasping in disbelief. "Mo-Moriyana? Are you okay?!"
She rushed forward fearful for her friend's life. Upon reaching her office desk, she found Moriyana laying down on the floor with blood seeping out of her head.
'Did she fall over?!' She wondered, getting down to her knees to check up on her.
With the blood flowing fresh, she knew that the wound was fresh.
"Heal!" Using the most healing abilities, she was able to slow down the blood flow temporarily, however without any real medical help, she couldn't do anything else for Moriyana at the moment.
"Cerebus, chimera, go find any medical supply you can in this damn place!" Their eyes glowing a light blue silver, the two wolves from her scarf jumped off her shoulders and took two individual forms. "Go now, I'll try and wake her up!"
Rushing off in different directions, the wolves began searching for anything Fay could use to path up Moriyana's wound. In the meantime, finally woken up from the ruckus, Riana crawled out of her bed and sneakily stared at Fay from the edge of the next room's door. Still terrified by the blood she'd witnessed, her whole body was shaking from anxiety. The dried-up blood and the dead ashed body made things even worse for her innocent heart.
"Wh-what are you doing?" She uttered with tear-filled eyes. Having grabbed a piece of glass, she charged over to Fay in an attempt to save her master. "Get off!"
"Wait! I'm her friend! I came here before, remember?!" Fay managed to explain the situation before the glass shard in her hand crashed against her shoulder.
"Oh…" Remembering back to her visit, Riana's head hung low in shame. "I'm sorry…it-it's j-just."
Unable to keep her tears in, she began crying out loud. Her voice echoing throughout the place was enough to pain a cold dead heart.
"It's okay, I know you're afraid, but can you help me so we can help her?" Wrapping her hands around Moriyana's unconscious body, Fay pulled her up so she could move her to a bed. "Where's her room?"
Letting go of the bloodied shard, Riana guided Fay deeper into the mansion. Watching as her hand kept bleeding, Fay felt even worse for scaring the little girl.
'She was going to attack a stranger to protect her master, I doubt she thought she could win, but still…' Wondering exactly what made her so loyal to Moriyana at such a young age, Fay kept following the girl hoping to find out more about the strange situation.