Will looked around after he stepped out of the underground tunnel.

In front of him were dozens of broken pillars and glass shreds.

Looking up, his face brushed with the coldness of the moonlight. The half open roof was beautifully scattering the blue light inside, making the interior glow with white and blue essence.

Step.

Taking his step away from the tunnel entrance beside his feet, he first examined for threats.

He didn’t sense anyone around him at this moment. Not even Tira.

She was a professional when it came to stealth missions. Even Will was amazed not being able to trace anything about her.

Once he confirmed there were no threats around, Will slowly called out her name.

"Tira?"

"..."

No reply came.

He waited for another minute, but still no reply came back.

’That’s weird... I am sure everyone heard footsteps.’ Will thought, his left hand already reaching towards his sword.

But before he could touch it, Will sensed something heading straight towards his head at insanely high speed. He forgot about everything and ducked as fast as he could.

STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB–!!

"Haah..!!"

Will caught his breath, rolled on the ground and quickly jumped up in the air.

He noticed no one below, but five sharp needles stabbed on the ground where he once stood.

He unsheathed his Zweihander from his back, laced its edge with blue embers, and made several smooth arcs in the air.

The blade produced dozens of blue ember slashes launched in all directions. Some hit the pillars, while others hit the blindspots at the same time.

This would make it hard for the attacker to change location quickly.

Next, Will chanted a spell and created a blob of highly concentrated fire sphere above his head. It was half the size of Will’s body, and the temperature was 1500 Celsius. This was enough for the metal to melt. The sphere concentrated and spun rapidly till tiny fragments started to shoot from it due to centrifugal force. Every place inside the building got stabbed with burning embers.

This continued for the next three minutes till the spell wore off.

"..."

Will looked below.

Everything had burned now. The pillars now had melted portions, the walls had holes in them, and the temperature of the room had risen beyond water’s boiling point.

No one would have survived this.

Will slowly landed onto the ground.

Still holding the huge blade, he checked on the surroundings.

No one was in sight.

He thought back on the events which had just happened.

Tira was supposed to appear at this time, but in her place an attack took place. Even the location which they were currently hiding in was chosen by Tira herself.

They all trusted her, because she was with Doctor Anise when Tira was a small child. There was no way she would betray them.

If that wasn’t the case then, the only possible explanation would be...

"Tch.." Will clicked his tongue as he deduced.

Tira must have been caught by the rebels. They probably imprisoned her or worse she was already dead. Then they used her name and technique to send fake news to the Queen. They chose this specific location.

But the main question was...

’Who was the one that leaked info about Tira being a spy of ours?’

As Will asked himself, the person in question revealed herself.

Clap. Clap. Clap. Clap. Clap.

"Bravo~"

A familiar female voice reached Will’s ear from behind. He instantly turned to her.

A female in a butler uniform, with an unbuttoned shirt, topped with a black coat and a body skirt, approached him. She was clapping as her long cherry hair flew by the wind. Her aphrodisiac red eyes glinted at Will, and her lips curled in a seducing smirk as she stopped.

"Long time no see Willy Darlin~"

"You...!!"

Will’s blood pressure rose as soon as he met her eyes. It was the maid they had hired to take care of Leon. She was the one who betrayed them, because of which they had to change their hideout.

"Yes. It is I. Hehehe Mhh~" she said, "You are still as tough as ever, Willy. I enjoyed your little fire show."

"Is this all you’re doing? Did you set this up?!" Will demanded.

"Oh my!" she acted amused. "You are so smart Willy. Need a kiss?"

"Shut the fuck up and tell me where is Tira!"

"Ah? Thinking about her while you have me standing here. That’s cheating you kno—"

"Quit the nonsense." Will said in a serious tone, as he raised his Zweihander, the pointy blade hovered an inch before her chest.

She looked down, and then grinned. A blush appeared on her face. She moved her body ahead despite the blade slowly digging at her chest.

"AAhhh... This is.. This feels so good!"

She bit her lips when she said this.

A chill ran down Will’s face as he saw that, as soon as his blade touched her bare cleavage, it started getting dissolved.

"...?"

Will looked at the girl with terror.

"You... What are you? What did you do to Tira?"

She just grinned as she moved closer to Will, the blade was half dissolved now.

She looked at Will, and at the blade. Lowering her face close to the blade, she stuck out her tongue and licked the blade all over.

Gulp. Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

Will saw the blade getting dissolved by her saliva. She didn’t let a single drop of the dissolved blade fall on the floor, she gulped, dragging each and every drop down to her throat.

"A... succubie?" Will answered.

The girl’s cherry eyes lit up, and she beamed a smile at Will and said, "Yeah, Willy. I am a succubus. And as for your spy Tira..."

She grinned, licked the side of her lips where a drop of the dissolved blade stuck, and said.

"I drank her." She said while patting her belly. "She tasted delicious, her fluids slid right through my throat... Mhhh... It was so electrifying."

"...?!"

Will couldn’t believe what he just heard.

Will tried to maintain distance between him and her, but his body didn’t move. The natural aphrodisiac of a succubus’s body would make anyone go still.

’My body... I can’t move it... This is bad, I have to inform the others!’

He couldn’t move at all.

"Kee...uk..!!"

He tried to scream, but the succubus gripped his neck tightly.

"They can’t hear you Willy~ We have already casted a high tier barrier that even that bitchy spirit can’t sense. Why do you think no one came up during our fight earlier, hm?"

’Shit!! If I can’t inform them, then—’

"I can let you live Willy. Just tell me why is it that you and your Queen are so dead set on protecting Leon."

She must have noticed it when she was assigned to take care of Leon.

Will gritted his teeth. If they found out what Leon could do, then they would do anything to get their hands on Leon.

This was bad. Leon was so close to waking up, if anything happened before, then everything would be ruined. They wouldn’t be able to change the past.

Grip.

The succubus’s grip tightened around Will’s neck.

"Hey. I am being very nice to you." She said in a cold tone, "if you can’t answer, I will just have to ask the others. Hm?"

She noticed that Will was grinning.

"Why is it that you are smiling?" She asked. "Do you think I am joking?"

Will just grinned even harder. He had already devised a plan on how to inform the others. In fact, it was already executed. Now he just had to mock her to make it play.

"Speak!" She shouted, saliva splattered on Will’s face which burned his flesh like acid.

Will opened his mouth, trying to say something.

"Oh? Are you ready to speak now?" She let go of his throat enough to make his vocal cords vibrate. "Now speak."

"Keek..! No wonder, Cyan—Ke–kek!!"

"Cyan?" The succubus repeated. "What has it got to do with him?"

Will continued visibly struggling to speak.

"No wonder.. Cyan keeps calling you a whore." Saying this, he raised his hand between their faces and flashed a middle finger at her. "Suck it. You creepy whore—"

Pop–!

The succubus’s hand tightened in one heartbeat, and Will’s head popped out of his torso.

His headless body fell on the ground, still writhing like a dying fish out of water. The succubus still held the head with the same grin expression and cocky look. It pissed her off so much. She couldn’t keep it in, and spat on the face before dissolving it too and drinking it as well.

"Ugh.. you taste awful." she commented looking at the body, "when was the last time you bathed?"

She kicked the headless body. Then shifted her focus to the stairs leading to the underground tunnel.

She undid the barrier and was about to take a step, before the headless corpse of Will stopped writhing and suddenly stood up and dashed towards the tunnel.

"Eeeek!!"

The succubus yelped, startled, and couldn’t think straight for a second.

Will’s headless corpse stumbled on the stairs and fell with a loud thud.

"..."

The succubus was still processing.

"What the fuck."