Chapter 84: Heretic Devil (14)

Amid the scorching lava, a tiny figure slowly rose to the surface, floating atop the nearly solidified lava pool.

This was the true form of the Devil Prisoner; the lava giant had merely been her forced manifestation.

In stark contrast to her earlier terrifying, Kuangbao form, her short pink hair spilled loosely—remove her demonic horns and wings, and her Shaonv -like face appeared utterly harmless.

No one could possibly link the earlier frenzied rock-thrower to this innocent, childlike slumber.

And… she was really small!

“This devil lady is just so tiny.”

Yes, Herbert meant her height.

From a rough estimate, she was barely over one meter fifty tall.

After growing accustomed to all sorts of fierce big sisters, seeing a petite demon girl once again caught Herbert off guard and made him feel oddly unsettled.

What a huge contrast!

“No.”

Herbert scanned her up and down, lingering a moment longer on key areas before reluctantly looking away and sighing:

“Such a… tiny contrast.”

A devil of utmost wickedness.

The devil lady could not respond to his teasing.

After her frenzy, Valentina had beaten her senseless and pinned her to the ground, and now she had slipped fully into unconscious… slumber.

One could say the devil lady, with the dragon’s help, had entered an extremely deep sleep.

Devil sleeps, devil good.

Dragon helps, dragon good.

Conclusion: everyone is a good person.

Moreover, Herbert’s claim that Valentina was helping wasn’t entirely a joke.

Without exaggeration, Valentina truly had helped.

Because the devil lady herself never wanted to go berserk.

As Herbert had said before, the devil lady was among the few prisoners who had ever shown him kindness.

【Heretic Devil】、【Inciter】、【Abyss Sage】—Flora

In the world’s perception, devils were always synonymous with madness and bloodshed.

They represented chaos, evil, endless slaughter, boundless blood and fire.

Yet devils possessed immense power and insect-like reproductive capacity, impossible to eradicate completely.

And disorder, by its nature, implied the possible existence of order within!

Flora was one such exception.

Among countless mindless devils, she emerged as an exceptionally intelligent anomaly.

Compared to other devils, she was remarkably calm—a rare sage.

She was one of the few beings capable of writing the racial history of devils; that’s how she earned the title 【Abyss Sage】.

As a succubus, Flora had understood early on, when still weak, what she truly needed to do.

She did not follow the path of her kin, seeking to become a counselor or consort to powerful devils.

That path only turned her into their plaything, trapped in endless harem squabbles with her own kind.

It was meaningless and foolish.

She chose instead to find every possible way to escape the Abyss and hide among mortals.

She wandered the mortal world for centuries, assuming over a hundred different identities, learning countless skills and technologies from countless humans.

She once tried returning to the Abyss to teach these techniques to her kin—but sadly, those whose minds had been corroded by chaos could not comprehend her actions.

Instead, they saw Flora’s behavior as proof she had been corrupted by humans.

Other succubi preferred to study superior techniques involving hands, mouth, and body—far more entertaining than tedious technology.

Yet even this unique individual could not escape the chaos of her nature; she was periodically overwhelmed by the Abyss’s will, slipping into intermittent berserk states.

Unlike other succubi, who went berserk with indiscriminate attacks on all living things, Flora’s madness took a different form.

She unleashed all her suppressed chaotic instincts at once, leaving only the desire to destroy.

Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!

Hence her relentless hurling of lava balls at the Bronze Fortress—unconsciously seeking to obliterate everything before her.

Yet even in chaos, Flora retained a sliver of awareness.

For instance, when Herbert had provoked the lava giant earlier, had Flora’s consciousness not briefly awakened at the critical moment, he would now be far worse off.

Thus, from a results-oriented view, Herbert’s reckless attempt had actually succeeded.

Regardless of the process, he had ultimately succeeded in freeing Flora from her chaos earlier than expected.

Enough talk—just tell me: did it work?

If it worked, isn’t that all that matters?

Tap-tap-tap…

Behind him came the sound of devilish high heels; Crete could no longer suppress her curiosity and appeared before Herbert.

Not long ago, Crete had thought Herbert merely a talkative braggart.

But now it seemed his abilities extended beyond mere words.

He truly could threaten her safety!

If the dragon’s opponent today had been her, the outcome… was obvious.

She cleared her throat and spoke up: “Ahem, Herbert, you’ve surprised me. Perhaps I underestimated you.”

Herbert did not reply; he turned away without looking back and ordered: “Don’t bother Flora again. Explain to her what happened when she wakes.”

The devil lady would not awaken anytime soon; he couldn’t wait around forever. He’d deal with communication next time.

“Ohhh…”

Crete narrowed her eyes at his dismissive words, staring at his back with a low voice: “You’re sure you want me to do it? She won’t listen to me.”

Do you really think she’ll obey me?

Is that even possible?

Herbert turned his head, shook his head slightly, and said coolly: “How you make her understand is your problem—and my first test of you. Don’t disappoint me.”

“You said… test?”

Crete’s gaze grew more dangerous; she gritted her teeth: “Watch your wording, mortal—I never said I’d submit to you!”

“Really?”

Herbert sneered, shrugged, and spread his hands: “Then do as you please. You’re free to ignore me.”

With that, he ignored the furious devil and summoned a portal, stepping through and vanishing.

Click.

The arrogant figure vanished. Only the devil remained, standing silent in the Bronze Fortress.

Long moments passed, then a furious growl echoed from the fortress:

“Damn mortal!!!”

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(End of Chapter)