In a circular room made out of stone, there was a circular table at the middle of the room and eight thrones around it. The walls were gray and made out of stacked stones. The thrones were white and had soft cushions on it.

First to appear is Avaritia with her attandant. He looks around, before saying"I'm the first one again...Fuck."

He then sits down, puts his feet on the table and starts to spin a knife in his hand, while waiting for the others.

Next to appear is Ira with her twin sister Arin. Both wearing a set of black armor. Like always, Ira is without her helmet and Arin has her on her head. For some reason, she looks frustrated and pretty angry.

She sits down and puts his right arm on the arm rest and leans his head on the fist of his right arm. She looks around by moving her black eyes.

"Why are there eight thrones?"she asks Avaritia, who shrugs his shoulders and answers"Don't know. I guess we have to find out.

Time passes in silence, until Gula appears. He is wearing a fancy black suit with a red tie.

"Good Eveing, fellow Lords. How do you do?"he asks in a fancy tone.

"Good."Avaritia replies and Ira just looks at him with angry eyes. She seriously is in a bad mood today.

Immediatly after, Luxuria appears with Xeeht behind her. She looks at Gula, who looks back at her and says"Good Eveing Madam."

She doesn't reply and just sits down. She cleared her throat and asks"Who the fuck is he?"

"Thats Gula when he is drunk."Avaritia answers her.

"Huh?"she lets out with a dumbfounded voice. She looks at him again and says"I guess he looks like Gula....Aaah whatever."

She then looks around and asks"Why is there eight thrones?"

"I don't know."Avaritia answers again.

Soon, Acedia appears and starts to ask"Why is-."

"No one knows."Avaritia answers before she could finish her question, as he already knew the question.

Invidia appears and sits down on his throne. He looks at the eighth throne for a second, before starting to look at the ceiling.

And finally, Superbia appears with his attandant. He sits down on his throne and looks at the empty eighth throne in front of him, across the table.

"No one knows why there is the eighth throne."Avaritia tells Superbia, before he could ask about it.

"I see...So lets wait and find out."he tells the other six.

Luckily, they don't have to wait at all, as the last person arrives with a black smoke, while saying"No need to wait."

As the black smoke dissapears, they see figure wearing a black clothes and has his face covered with a scarf.

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He sits down onto the chair and cathes eyes of all of the Demon Lords. The female lords know, who he is, as they regonized him by his voice. The males don't, as they haven't met him in person.

"Who are you supposed to be?"Superbia asks him.

"The Eighth Demon Lord."he says and takes off his hood and scarf, revealing his face to others."Sin of Despair, Despond."

Silence immediatly falls onto the room.

Invidia doesn't really care.

Gula is slightly surprised.

The females are also surprised, but slightly.

Avaritia mutters"Bloody hell."

And Superbia, he seems slightly angry and so, he yells"What the fuck is going on here? Why would a hero suddenly become a Demon Lord. And a completly new sin with that."

"First of all. I'm a mercenary. Second. Ask your Goddess about that. I'm just doing my part of the deal with her."he replies to her.

"I would she even talk to a lowly human!"he yells out and gets onto his feet. He then slams his fist on the table, cracking it a little.

Echo just looks at him and seems unfazed by it.

"You have something to say about my actions?"is said by a beautiful and clear female voice.

Everyone immediatly looks around the room, looking for the person, who the voice belongs to, but they don't see anyone. Echo, knowing that voice well, just sits there and finds their expressions amusing.

"Show yourself!"Superbia says in a commanding voice and the next moment, a woman wearing black dress appears behind Echos throne

"Here I am."she says and everyone looks at her. Their faces freeze in fear, as they see the Goddess Nox behind Echos throne, with a evil smile on her face.

"Francis...Is there anything, you don't like?"she asks and Superbia or Francis replies"Of course not dear Aunt. How will I ever dare to defy you."

"Good."she says"Thats what I thought."

She then suddenly puts her hands on Echos chest from behind the throne and says"Now then...My husband here will be the one, who leads you now. As he is the only one, who could actually fucking accomplish something. Luxuria: you just don't care about the war. Same goes for Avaritia and Acedia. Gula: you waste too much time on eating amd fucking. Ira: Your private army is starting to lose it's strength. Invidia...I have nothing. Your just useless. And Superbia. You talk big, but don't accomplish anything."

When she stops talking, all of the lords stay quiet, as they know she was right.

"So I want this thing over in a year. This shit you call war, has been dragged out for too long."Nox adds, before dissapearing from the room. But before she did, Echo felt how she slipped something in his coats innerpocket.

"Like you heard her. I will take over now."Echo says, breaking the long silence in the room.

He then throws a small disc on the table and a blue hologram appears with a Lost If remains heroes.

"There are fifteen Heroes left. The Legendary Hero has been fallen and the most dangerous one currently is the Blade Dancer Mari. As for the mages, they can be easily killed by a strong mage. The Berserker is a stupid brick, so ise magic against him. As for the Priestess, she may never be hurt."

"What makes the Priestess so special, that she is off limits?"Avaritia asks him.

"She is my daughters mothers. Thats all you need to know."he asnwers him. He really doesn't care about Evelyn, but he doesn't want the daughter to raise without a mother. Thats the only reason, he won't kill her.

"And before any of you think to use her against me, you will regret it. I know hundreds of ways to make you beg for death."he says.

"Any questions?"he asks them and all of them nod, exept Superbia, who looks at him and says"I will never follow you!."

"Okay. Whatever. I can take all of them down on a single night, If I bothered to do so. But I'm not in the mood."he replies to him.

Francis looks at him with a pissed of face, before dissapearing from the room.

"Well. I'm gonna go get drunk."Gula says and dissapears.

Invidia had already dissapeared before and as for Avaritia, he asks"How big is the Kingdom treasurery?"

"Million or so gold coins."Echo replies to him.

Avaritia lets out a small whistleing sound, before dissapearing with his attandant.

Now, only Echo and the three sexy Demon Lords are left.

"Well well Echo. You actually didn't die."Ira says in a slightly mocking voice."Tomorrow, midnight, The Field, our fight."

She says and dissapears with her sister.

"So you and her?"Luxuria asks Echo, who looks at her and sees that Xeeht behind her has dissapeared also.

"Nope."he replies.

He looks at both Luxuria and Acedia and the two girls look at each other and then him.

"""Threesome?"""they ask each other the same time. Realising that, they laugh a little, before they dissapear at the same time.