The next day, Echo was sitting under the tree, outside of the city, waiting for the heroes again. But unlike the last time, he was alone, because he had left Skyeza back at the Ninas store to protect the two catkins. He isn't sure, If that is needed, but he did it anyway to be sure.

And so he was sitting on the ground, with his back leaned against the tree and watching the rising sun. The view was beautiful, but he had to stop watching, because he heard the group coming on a distance.

He just watches them closing where he is and when they get right there where he is, he gets up and walks over to the group.

"So you decided to show up."Walther says and Echo replies"Just because I was gone for a few days, doesn't mean I won't do my job. Now show me the direction to the fortress."

"Why. Are you planning to go alone."he asks him, while they started to move again."Yep. Platoon plus twenty is too big of a group for me. Just show me the direction and I'll get there before and scout the place."

"It's that direction. About 300km away."Walther says and Echo says"See you then."before disappearing.

"Where is he going?"asks Mari and Walther replies"He is going first to scout the place."

"Isn't it dangerous?"she asks with a concerned voice and to that, Walther answers"If he dies, then it is his fault. He wanted to do that and I won't stop him."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes."

A few hours later, they had rested and were back on the road. And after a while, they found a massacre on front of them. They saw twenty male corpses wearing black clothes, with weapons next to their bodies.

Their limbs had been cut or torn off. A few burned corpses, with only the charred skeleton left.

The place just looked horrible and was covered with blood and body parts.

"Who the hell did this. An animal?"Mari asks and Walther replies"No. A man."

"Who would do something like this."Mari asks and Walther doesn't reply anything and just crouches down and examines the bodies. He finds a wound that seems to be done by a claw, but this is work of a man. And he knows only one person, who has a claw like gauntlet and is actually skilled enough for that.

"Echo."Walther mutters and now Chris asks"What about him."

"He did it."Walther replies and gets up.

"How the hell could he do it? I mean.."Chris is at lost of words. So Walther tells him"He calls himself a mercenary, so I don't doubt that he has any problem with killing. It also seems that he looted them....But we don't have time to deal with them."

"Everyone. Lets move on!"Walther orders and they start walking again on the road, while trying to avoid stepping on the corpses.

"What the hell is wrong with him. That was sick."Chris tells Mari, who replies"I agree. But I have heard that he supposedly grew up in Iraq. So maybe it isn't anything for him."

"I doubt that. He doesn't even look that he is from Iraq. He looks too caucasian."Chris replies to her.

"Because he grew up there, doesn't mean he is from there. He may as well be an European, but we wouldn't know. His doesn't speak about his past to no one. The school psychiatrist can't get anything out of him either."Mari tells Chris.

"I guess. But what ever. He doesn't concern me."Chris replies to Mari.

Later that night, Echo had set up a camp in the forest, near the road. There was also a small river nearby.

Right now he was sitting in front of the fire and staring at it, while eating the meat, he had just grilled over the fire. The meat itself belonged to one of the wolves that attacked him a few hours ago.

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As he keeps watching the fire burn, he gets a flashback of what happened six years ago.

In the middle of the desert, two people are sitting near a small bond fire. One of them is the ashened haired E-7 and the other is a girl about sixteen years old. The two were paired up for the mission and because of that, they were here right now.

Both of them were staring at the fire in front ogõf them, when suddenly she said"Hey E."

"What?"he asked her in a slightly annoyed voice.

"Lets have sex."she told him bluntly and he replies to her in a more annoyed voice"Not happening."

"Why?"she cries out while asking"Don't you want to lose your virginity."

"Because I'd probably get aids or HIV or some other shit your carrying."he adds"Also..I'm not a virgin."

"First of all: Fuck you! Second: Really?"

"Yep."he replies to her, while still staring at the flame.

"So who was the girl, who fucked the White Devil?"she asks him, because she actually is curious.

"Remember the human trafficking psycho-bitch?"he asks her.

She thinks for a few seconds and then replies"Yeah. I think she was killed a few months ago....Wait don't tell me."

"Yep."he replies"She raped me before I killed her."

"Wow. Thats the weirdest first time stories I have ever heard."she says to herself.

"It's not even a story."he tells her.

"I guess so."

A minute passes and she asks"How about a bj?"

"No."he asks her"Why do you want to fuck me so much anyway."

"Because I heard you E-squad members were supposed to be pretty durable and could last long."

"It's true, but in different meaning. Durable refers to out ability to take blows and survive poisoning. Not related to sex. The last long part is referring to our body being able to last long in harsh weather. Also it's true about sex thing. But that just considered as a side effect."he explains to her.

"Okay. So lets fuck."

"No. Not happening. Not interested."he continues"Also I'm 13 you sick person."

"Well I'm 17, so I don't see a problem."

"Well I'm not in a mood to fuck you. So stop bothering me already."

"I guess I have to use force."she says and starts moving towards him, only to hear the sound of a gun cocking and then seeing a Glock 17 aimed at her.

"Try it and you'll end up like the last person."he tells her in a cold voice, which makes her retreat back to her spot. Seeing her back in her place, he puts the gun away and keeps staring at the fire.

"Hey E."

"Not going fuck you."he automatically tells her.

"I don't care about is anymore."she continues"I was just wondering why they call you the White Devil, If you aren't even white."

"Well technically I am, but my skin is tanned."he replies to her.

"I didn't mean your skin. They call you like that, because of your hair. Right?"

"I guess so."he answers her.

"So why white and not gray? Because your hair is gray."

"Ash blond. It feels like I'm sixty If you keep using the word gray to refer to my hair."he says to her.

"So why White Demon?"

"Don't know. Maybe they can't tell a difference between white hair and ash blond hair."

The flashback ends suddenly, when he Echo notices that the flame is acting weird. He quickly gets up and focuses his senses, to find out if anyone is nearby.

After a minute of hearing nothing, he sits back down and focuses at the fire. His focus then changes to the woman, in black, who is sitting on the other side.

"What are you doing here, Nox?"he asks her after seeing her beautiful figure on the other side of the fire.

"Using my name so casually. You better be careful using my name. It will bring you bad luck."she tells him in her usual seductive voice.

"I'll remember it. Now tell me why you are here?"he asks her.

She smiles and then disappears, only to appear next to him and pulling his arm between her breasts and hugging his arm. He looks at her and says"You won't distract me with your body. Tell me why you came here and don't tell that you came to have some fun."

She pouts when she hears him and says"You're no fun, but lets get to business. I want to know why you still are with the other heroes."

"Because I need to know where Acedia and to learn about that, I need at least one of the Demon Lords attendant to tell me. And the easiest way to find an attendant, is to be the group, that is the enemy of his Master. He will probably appear to deal with us and you can guess the rest."

"So you are counting on that Xeeht or any other attendant will appear. Isn't it stupid?"she asks him, while hugging his arm even more.

"Well If you have a better plan, I would love to hear it."he tells her and looks at the fire.

"Unfortunately I can't tell you, even If I want. I have rules."she tells him.

"A goddess has rules?"

"Obviously. There is only one god, who doesn't have rules and he can do anything, simply because no one can even get to 0,001% of his power. He also is my dad."

"Ok."he just replies like that, because he doesn't know what else to tell her.

"Hey....Wanna fuck?"she asks him, to which he replies"Why should I?"

"Because I want to get a taste of it personally."

Echo stares at the Goddess and sighs.

"Fine. Lets have sex in the forest."He tells her and immediately after hearing his answer, she unzips his pants and pulls out his dick.

She herself gets onto his lap and starts rubbing his dick with her pussy, until it gets hard.

"I'm not really into foreplay. I just want to fuck."she tells him and puts his dick into her pussy. She starts moving her hips, while holding onto his shoulders. Echo himself is holding her ass, while she keeps bouncing her hips on his dick.

He noticed, that her original plan to come here, was to fuck him. She didn't even seem to wear any underwear at all under her black dress.

She lets out a few moans occasionally, while she keeps riding him. Soon, they both come and after they are done, she says"The real thing is much better."

"Good to hear."he replies to her.

"Hey Echo. If you succeed with my mission, I'll become yours. Then we can fuck all the time."

"I love that idea."he tells her.

"Good to hear....But for now, I want more."