A few days later, the heroes and the battalion of soldiers had set out to Ylsfu to exterminate the demons there. So the nineteen heroes, with Walther and the battalion of seven hundred soldiers are walking in a five people wide line, towards the kingdom. In that group, there is Echo too, who obviously needs to go for a few reasons.

Now, the only thing, that the people in the group could hear, were the sounds of soldiers footsteps and the clanking noise of their armor. They kept following the road for hours, until they stopped at the small clearing on the side of the road, to rest and eat for an hour.

Everyone had scattered around and were resting around the place. The heroes were sitting in a group and chatting, while Echo was sitting under the tree and leaning against the dark brown tree branch. His right hand was resting on his right knee, that he has pulled up, with his left hand holding onto his right one.

He looks at heroes, who are happily chatting, even though five of them are already dead and more will follow after this mission.

He then looks at the soldiers and sees their grim and serious expression on their faces. It can be easily said, that they know all too well what is about to come.

After getting tired of looking at people, he looks at the sky and thinks about Sky, who is waiting him back. Unfortunately, it's gonna be a long time, before he will return and she already knows about it, as he explained to her and Nina, before departing, why he won't be back so soon. Hr hates being away,but he has to do that.

Time passes quickly, as Echo stares at the sky, while in deep thoughts. Only, after being patted onto his shoulder, he returns and looks around a second or two.

In front of him, he sees Walther, who tells him"It's time to move."

"Ok."Echo simply replies and pushes himself up with his hands. He then brushes off the grass and other things from his cloak and pants.

He looks at the group and then, sighs, before following them.

In Luxurias castle, Xeeht is in a circular room, with a small chest in front of him. Right now, he is meditating in front of the chest. The chest itself is made out of dark brown wood and has golden lines for decoration. This chest doesn't have any visible lock and can be just opened.

As he keeps doing that, Luxuria enters the room, wearing a red dress. Immediately, after feeling her mistress enter, Xeeht stops meditating and immediately gets up and turns around, to bow towards her.

"Xeeht. What is this about making a deal with Echo?"Luxuria asks in a cold voice, from him, while crossing her arms in front of her chest.

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"It's simple Mistress. He gets what he wants and you will get, what you want."Xeeht replies, while still bowing in front of her. Xeeht won't stop bowing, unless Mistress allows tells him to stop it she leaves the room. So until she does one of those, he won't stop bowing in front of her.

"And what is it, what I want?"Luxuria asks Xeeht, in even colder voice.

"Him."Xeeht answers and the next moment, his head is grabbed by Luxuria, who lifts him up in the air, with only her left arm. Her nails slowly start to dig into his face, but he doesn't resist at all. He could do something, but instead, he just lets his hands hang there and do nothing. Reason for it, is because he is to loyal, to do anything back to her.

"What makes you think, I want him? I'm an Amazonian. A race of female warriors. A race, that doesn't like men. So should, I, an Amazonian, want some man, who throws cards?"she asks him in a completely cold tone, as her nails dig deeper into his face. "You're lucky, that you aren't a man or you would have been killed a long time ago."

"Mistress. You said, that you find him interesting. It was the first time, you ever found a man interesting. So I made a deal, to deliver him, to you."Xeeht answers to her, still not struggling.

"So what was your deal with him?"Luxuria asks, with a slight anger in her eyes.

"The plan was....

As Echo was walking, he suddenly sneezes loudly and Evelyn, who was walking next to him, said"Bless you."

"Thanks."he replies to her.

'Someone talking shit about me?'

Back to Xeeht

"Hmm."she lets out after hearing his plan and lets go of him, letting him drop onto his feet. Xeeht immediately goes to a bowing position again.

Luxuria herself, turned around and took a few steps, before turning around again, to look at Xeeht.

"Let me guess. He wanted Acedia?"Luxuria asks him, now in a lot warmer voice.

"Yes Mistress."

"And did you tell him, how I would get him there?"She asks him.

"Yes."Xeeht answers"I told him, that he has to impress you, for you to help him."

"At least you can do something right. Now go where you have to and finish your job."Luxuria tells Xeeht, before leaving the room, leaving the demon alone in the room once again.

Xeeht touches the wounds made by Luxuria and mutters"Thank you Mistress, for your punishment."

Xeeht then looks at the chest in front of him and opens it, to see a inner side of a white mask in there. He takes the mask and the next moment, he disappears from the room, leaving the empty chest there.

In the next moment, he appears in an another throne room, with humans inside of him.

"Demon! Get him."is shouted by a king in his sixties.

Immediately, all of the guards in the room run towards Xeeht, with their swords in their hands. He looks around and then chants"[Sleep]."

The next moment, everyone just collapses on the floor and are sleeping. Only one, who was still awake beside Xeeht, was The king, who looked at Xeeht with a face full of terror. The king was too old to run away and now, could only watch, as Xeeht approached him with a dagger in his hands.

He walked up the steps and when in front of the king, who was too terrified, to even say a word, he put the dagger against the kings cheek and slowly pulled the dagger down with the flat side.

He put the tip of the blade near the kings eye and then pushed it through his eye and bone, into his brain, killing him.

Xeeht then grabbed him by the collar and just threw him off from the throne and grabbing the crowd from his head too.

Xeeht sat down on the throne, sideways, with his legs tangleing over the right arm rest, while leaning his back against the left one. He then started to spin the crown around his finger, while watching it.

"False report sent, killing the king done and now, time to create a coup d'etat."

He said that and a maniacal laugh followed it.