"I see," Sanguisa said. "You should've told me about this sooner."
"I tried to tell you, but you were a bit too focused on killing all girls and such," Daemonium replied. "How is a succubus supposed to do that?"
"Anyways, can we stop by my house for a moment?"
"Okay. Is there anything you need?"
"I have a special sunscreen that prevents me from shriveling up in the sunlight, and I think it's wearing off. I need to go back and reapply it."
"Well then, lead the way."
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"I'm sure we'll get there any time now," Daemonium said, hiding his concern.
"Are you sure you know where you are going," Sanguisa asked. "Because I feel like I will die if I step out of this forest."
"Well," Daemonium then looked out of the brush to see a town in front of him. "We made it!"
"Are you sure this is it? We've been here for about three days now, how do I trust this is the right one!?"
"Well, you can certainly trust me! When it comes to this kind of thing, I'm never wrong!"
"Except for the past ten times in which you were wrong."
"Look, just let me go and get the sunscreen myself. It won't be a problem."
Daemonium left the forest, not to be seen for a while. While he was gone Sanguisa entertained herself with dolls she had brought from home, ignoring the screams and explosions coming from the town. It was about an hour before Daemonium came back, with a black robe in his hands. He was pretty bruised and beat up from the trip.
"Soo," said Daemonium. "At least it wasn't a human village. I got an elf village this time!"
"They still beat you up though?"
"Correct." A few tears went down his cheek.
Sanguisa looked at the robe. "What's this for?"
"You can go out into the sun with this on' right?"
"I guess." Sanguisa tried on the robe. It was made for the average elf, so it was a bit too small for the tall vampire.
"Hold on a moment," Daemonium said rushing back into the town. Only a few seconds before screams and explosions could be heard again, with it now being two hours until he came back. This time he had more robes, some fabrics, and a sewing kit.
"Now we can make a robe for you," he said, out of breath.
"I think you need to take a breath first," Sanguisa said, looking concerned. "The blood really messes up the cute doll look."
She understated it. Imagine a squashed tomato, blended with dirt and peppers, poured on top of a decaying rat, and then beat into a pulp. All topped with a hint of salt.
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"Seriously," Sanguisa said. "Why didn't you sneak in with a disguise?"
Daemonium thought about it, put his finger up like he was about to say anything, then forgot his point and just said "I don't know".
Sanguisa sighed. "Well, let me-"
"There he is!" That yell came from a random guard who went out towards the forest. "GET HIM!"
Sanguisa was forced to pick up Daemonium and run as many spells were fired their way.
It was a long period of running (and almost dying from sunlight) until they got away. There they rested for a little while. Sanguisa yelled at Daemonium for a bit before sewing the robe together. Meanwhile, Daemonium looked at his stats.
General Info Stats Spells Name: Daemonium Dissimulato Rex STR 24 Amare Species: 50% Demon + 50% Succubus DUR 25 Lovely Pheromones Age: 16yrs 37days INT 28 HP: 1/40 SPE 32 Level: 11 LCK 14 Exp: 1204/4096 CHR 87 Spells Known: 1
Daemonium looked at it in disbelief. He managed to get tons of experience from that mob encounter. Seeing this made him quite excited. If he weren't so weak right now he would probably grind for some more experience. Of course, even if he did Sanguisa would probably stop him. He was supposed to be practicing stealth and not combat after all.
"I'm done," Sanguisa said, with a completely stitched up robe on. "And it seems to work too!"
"Well then," Daemonium said. "It seems like we can continue where we left off?"
"Not now." Sanguisa shook her head disapprovingly. "You need to rest before you die from exhaustion. I'll go off and get some health potions when you rest."
"You can't just do that after I already went out. We can't have two weak shadows on our hands. We'll just die anyway!"
Sanguisa was already out though.
Since Sanguisa left, Daemonium decided to try one spell he glossed over in a book while running through the city. It was supposed to be a more concentrated version of Lovely Pheromones called Lovely Kiss, which was so effective that you could practically mind control the victim. However, it was much harder to use, as you needed to touch a living being for thirty minutes in total to start the spell. It also required knowledge of at least one of Amare's spells and at least 75 Charisma, but that was taken care of already.
To officially learn it, all he needed was a living creature to test it on. And no, plants and bacteria don't count.
Daemonium decided to look around for a monster settlement he could test it on. He eventually stumbled upon a pack of wild ogres. They are extremely tough humanoid monsters with blue skin and horns on their head. They tend to cover themselves in monster skins and wield giant clubs. They are quite tough, so it's recommended to only combat them around levels 25-35, but the experience reward more than makes up for it. Plus, their horns, skins, and bones are all really useful, with the clubs also being surprisingly effective weapons.
Daemonium was glad he found humanoid monsters, as he wouldn't be able to get close if he found something more monstrous like a mimic or a slime. He then used his shapeshifting abilities to transform himself into an ogre. He didn't change in size though so he wasn't as big as them (they were about as tall as Sanguisa if not taller). However, he was aiming to sneak in as an ogre cub. Ogres were very protective of their children, after all, so he was certain that this would allow him to stay on for the longest period of time.
Daemonium quietly rolled into the pack, latching onto one of the females to start the time needed to activate the spell. Now there was only one problem left:
How do you stay in a place that smells like diapers for thirty minutes straight?