Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 762: Never Yield
Brida was originally sitting by the bed, but he soon moved to a chair.
This pink heart-shaped bed was too soft, making him feel sleepy.
Reason told him that this was not a time to sleep.
He had to stay vigilant!
“Pat pat—”
Footsteps suddenly sounded, and Brida’s gaze turned sharp as he looked in the direction of the footsteps.
His breath hitched with that glance.
He saw a beauty in a black gauze skirt gracefully approaching. It was less like she was wearing clothes and more like she wasn’t, as the key parts were only half-covered. The black gauze skirt was almost completely transparent, and she wore a silver-white cat-face mask. Her captivating eyes darted about, and her gaze felt like a small claw gently scratching Brida’s heart.
A faint pink aura diffused around the woman.
Just one whiff was enough to make Brida’s blood boil.
“You, are you a succubus?!”
Almost instantly, Brida recognized the woman’s race.
This was also what terrified him the most.
The King of Winter actually hired demons?!
If this were to get out, it would draw the scorn of all human beings on the entire continent!
“Yes, my lord, I am the senior technician here, and as you can see, I am also a succubus~”
The succubus had no intention of hiding her identity. She licked her luscious red lips, even lifted her skirt to deliberately reveal her swaying succubus tail, and then turned around to display her smooth, fair back, her slender waist, and her small, cute succubus wings.
“Damn demon, how dare you be so arrogant!!”
Brida spoke as he prepared to draw his staff and robe from his space ring, only to find that the space ring couldn’t be opened at all.
“Damn it! aren’t you afraid the King of Winter doing this will provoke the Saint Lodia Empire?”
Brida had already completely determined that what was happening today was a trap set by the King of Winter. He couldn’t understand; he was here to help the King of Winter, so why did the King of Winter want him dead? Could it be that the King of Winter was actually in league with the demons?
Had he already defected to the demons?
Without time to think further, he opened his five fingers towards the succubus:
“Space power, slumbering in the void, heed my command and condense into an incomparably sharp blade, to tear apart the enemy before me!!”
As the chant ended, the surrounding magic elements were as still as a dead pool.
And the magic power within Brida’s body was like frozen ice, stiff and solidified.
“Wh-what’s going on? Space lock? Or a magic-banishment field?”
Brida tried a few more times, but to his great regret, he couldn’t cast a single spell.
The succubus quietly watched Brida’s performance, and while doing so, she leisurely removed her gauze skirt piece by piece.
Finally, only a set of delicate undies designed by the King of Winter himself remained.
It was made of black lace, shaped like a swimwear “sukumizu” but with a semi-transparent texture.
“My lord, since you entered this room, your magic power has been completely sealed. So, you might as well lie on the bed and enjoy yourself.”
The succubus’s lips curved into a seductive smile, and she approached Brida step by step like a cat.
“Enjoy?!”
Brida snorted coldly and took an offensive stance: “I’m afraid you demons enjoy preying on our human souls, don’t you? What is your goal? To replace me and then sneak into the Saint Lodia Empire as an Array Master? Or to steal our Saint Lodia Empire’s magical technology?”
Seeing that the succubus just giggled and didn’t answer, Brida’s expression grew even more somber.
“Don’t bother wasting your effort. Our Saint Lodia Empire has extremely strict detection methods. Not a single demon has managed to harm this great nation in thousands of years, and they never will in the future! You might as well just kill me! Of course, you foolish and ignorant demons, I will live forever in His Majesty’s Magic Net, and I will watch as you are torn to shreds by His Majesty!”
“Master Mage, isn’t your act a little too much?”
The succubus looked strangely at Brida, who remained on his guard.
She brushed her long bangs back from her forehead, squatted down, and took out a box from a drawer by the bed.
With a slight twist of a button on the side, the box was about to click open.
Just as she was about to present it to Brida, Brida dodged like a mouse seeing a cat.
“Despicable demon, don’t think I don’t know what that is!”
The cautious Array Master pointed at the box in the succubus’s hand and rebuked, “That’s the box that absorbs human souls, isn’t it? As soon as it’s opened, my soul will be sucked into it?”
Succubus: “(ー_ー)ノ”
“My lord, you think too much. We succubi don’t have such magical boxes, nor do other demons. If we had such things, we would have already ruled the entire Material Plane.”
The succubus sighed helplessly, tilted the box in her hand slightly to show what was inside, and explained:
“As you can see, these are just some small props for pleasure. You can choose not to use them.”
Brida glanced at the whip, glass beads, handcuffs, collar, chains, and some unlabeled bottles and jars inside the box, looking completely unconvinced.
“This is all just flowery talk from you demons. Do you really think I’ll believe it? You’re too naive, succubus!”
The succubus hugged the box, her lips twitching. She swore that after this job, she would request a raise from the BOSS.
Time is money, and this old man in front of her was undoubtedly wasting her money. If it were someone else, she might have already finished the job!
“Alright, it seems you don’t need these.”
The succubus shrugged and placed the box on a table nearby.
“It seems you prefer it when we girls take the initiative.”
With that, the succubus licked her lips, her figure flickered, and the next second she was in Brida’s arms.
One of her hands played circles on Brida’s chest, while the other gently caressed his cheek. Her pair of rose-red eyes stared intently into Brida’s, as if they were lovers reuniting with lingering affection. Her eyes seemed to hold a mysterious fire, and this fire, along with her gaze, ignited Brida’s eyes.
“You, what do you want to do?”
Brida already felt a subtle change occurring in his body.
This was not a change that an old man engrossed in arrays should have.
“Of course, I’m here to serve you~” the succubus giggled, “You came all the way here, spent so much money, didn’t you come to relax?”
“I, Brida, will never submit to the seduction of demons!”
Even though his face was flushed, his neck was bulging with veins due to the surging blood, the old array master remained stubborn.
“Long live His Majesty Fario!”
He even shouted a slogan.
“Saint Lodia Empire For—”
The last part of the slogan ultimately didn’t get to be shouted.
Because the succubus had already sealed his mouth with her fiery red lips.
