The Devil's Temptation!

Blakes and Roshan remained silent as they waited for the imposter to reveal its face- but nothing happened. Their ears were attentively alert, just in case they perceive any sounds coming from another direction.

“Do you think it left?” Whispered Blake’s as he stood beside Roshan, already prepared for a fight. His elongated nails were looking ready to tear at the flesh of something, while Roshan wisely brought out his daggers instead, slowly taking them off from the side of his belt to avoid alerting their sneaky imposter.

“Do you hear that?” Roshan’s ears twitched when a creaking sound was made. From the door, the sound moved to the walls, like there was someone trying to break it from the outside. The creaking sound got louder, followed by an unwelcome bang that sent the floor shaking due to the intensity of that bang.

The coffin was still in place, and Roshan could tell that whatever was outside definitely didn’t come alone. He could sense it, the presence of soulless wandering just outside the room.

“Roshan! Behind you!” Blake yelled in alarm. When Roshan spun around to see what Blakes was warning him about, the wall behind him bursted open, and the next minute, a soulless was sent flying his way, leading the two of them to fall to the ground.

“Damn it!” Roshan cursed as the soulless tried to bite him with its black razored sharp teeths, but he gave the ugly creature a hard head bump, throwing it off him before getting hold of both his daggers.

He sliced off the Soulless head in the blink of an eye, and his hazel-green eyes glinted sharply.

More of them rushed into the room, surrounding Roshan and Blake who kept the coffin within their reach. No one else except Luderick can be responsible for waking up these dead bodies, and it was obvious they were here for the coffin.

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There was another presence in the room, one that wasn’t familiar to Roshan in any way. His eyes glanced back and forth, wanting to sight whoever owned this ominous aura, but he saw nothing.

“Keep them away from the coffin.” Came his orders. Blake twisted his head a bit as they made knuckle sounds, getting prepared to enjoy the fight as his eyes switched into a bloody red.

“On it.”

And the two demons lunged their attack at lightning speed.

Heading down the stairs, Aveline’s expression remained relaxed, she barely seemed bothered about being caught, neither did she care as long as everything happening went according to her plan.

Luderick walked beside her as they both headed down the stairs together. Aveline’s brown colored eyes were a dark red, she appeared distant, and the only thing helping her find her way through the stairs was her instincts.

“Is it time?” Luderick asked, wondering if they could succeed in their plans, and a menacing smile curved Aveline’s lips to the side.

“It is.”

Luderick didn’t want to believe Aveline was capable of doing what she said she would, he didn’t want to believe she could fool his cousin as she said she proudly said she would.

Was she even powerful enough to do something like that?

“I need you to distract them from my coffin.” She stopped walking after they’d made it down the long wooden stairs.

“Get them away from it, even if it’s for a few minutes, they shouldn’t stay near it while I commence my next plan.”

“As you wish.” Luderick bowed before leaving Aveline to herself, he went back up the stairs while Aveline continued to smile cynically, already enjoying the moment.

Roshan and Blake’s have gotten rid of half of the soulless, their main objective was to keep the coffin as far from the soulless as possible, so they focused more on the coffin, than on the soulless.

“Ahh~ by now I thought you’d have ditched those swords and fought like a real demon.” Came a familiar voice that Roshan could recognize anywhere and he stopped fighting.

Whipping his head in the direction of the voice, Luderick stood at the window, watching the fight with a playful smirk on his lips, and the sight of him only led to Roshan breaking his focus.

“You!” His voice was murderous as he turned his attention to Luderick, recalling what his uncle had done to Anna at the forest. He couldn’t kill him then since he has to stay beside Anna, but now~

“You’re still weak,” Luderick concluded almost pitifully, “using swords rather than facing them demon to demon, I thought you’d be brave enough to have control of your powers my dear nephew, considering what I did to your lovely human wife.” He smirked devilishly, and Roshan’s hold against the hilt of his daggers tightened.

“Say that again?!” He threatened in a low dark tone, meanwhile, Blake’s was enjoying the fight to pay attention to Roshan and Luderick.

“I took her blood,” he emphasized proudly, “I mean, you can’t be the only one who gets to taste something so refreshing, and may I say, it’s delicious!” He licked his lips in a lustful manner, and that’s when Roshan decided he’s had enough.

The Demon in him that Roshan has been trying hard to contain for a very long time, let loose as his hazel-green eyes turned into a molten dark red.

“Run.”

Luderick jumped out through the window, and Roshan went after him, jumping out as well.

“Hey!” Blake tried to stop him with the sound of his voice, but Roshan was already enraged to listen as the only thing in his mind was having Luderick’s head in his grasp.

“He forgot about the coffin.” Blake sighed at Roshan’s lack of control. Knowing he shouldn’t leave Roshan’s side when he’s daring to awaken his demon, he had no choice but to go after him, hoping to snap the Demon back to his senses.

Therefore, leaving the coffin without any protection.

~

Luderick landed on his feet, but didn’t hesitate to wait another minute as he bolted through the frontage of Blake’s home. He didn’t need to look back to know Roshan was right behind him, he just hoped he had given Aveline enough time that she needed to do what she needed to do.

He continued to run, but didn’t expect Roshan to appear right in front of him, it was something he never saw coming.

His eyes widened in trepidation but it was too late to turn back or even slow down, he ran straight into Roshan, only to have his neck clawed against Roshan’s tight grip.

“You messed with the wrong Demon!” His molten red eyes glinted with bloodlust and the next thing, he slammed Luderick’s body to the ground, creating a dust that encompassed them both.

His sudden magnified power wasn’t something Luderick had seen coming. Despite devouring many human souls, his powers weren’t up to that of Roshan. The Demon literally lifted him into the air like he weighed nothing, only to be slammed mercilessly on the ground.

Roshan’s hand still clawed his neck, it was so tight that Luderick was sure his hand would leave an imprint on him. He coughed out black blood while struggling to free Roshan’s grip from his neck.

“I will end you!” The rage in his eyes was nothing compared to what Luderick had witnessed before. He’s seen Roshan angry before, but was it to this extent??

“You call me weak, and you’re not ashamed that a weak demon has you trapped against the ground like this, and to say you conjure black magic would be a disgrace to anyone who hears it.”

His other free hand instantly aimed for Luderick’s throat, his nails elongated instantly as he was ready to slit Luderick’s throat at the minute.

For the first time, Luderick witnessed his own life flash right before his eyes.

“Goodbye.”

“Roshan stop!” Blake’s voice interrupted him before he could make his strike, and his hand stopped mid-way.

“You can deal with Luderick another day, snap out of it before you turn full demon!” Blake alarmingly noticed it, Roshan’s eyes were a molten dark red, and he could see the dark horns already protruding from both sides of his head.

“Roshan!”

“Shut up!!” His voice was like a clap of thunder that threw Blakes off his feet, like a wave that sent him falling to the ground and losing his stamina. The clouds above had abnormally darkened, indicating his rage.

Roshan’s cheekbones were starting to burn, revealing tiny streaks that looked no different from whiskers, except they were streaks of fire burning his face.

His undenying power.

“Roshan!” Blakes considered trying again, even if it meant risking his life to stop Roshan, “the coffin, can’t you see he’s trying to distract you?? Roshan, the coffin is no longer protected, we have to keep it away for Anna’s sake, remember!”

At the mention of Anna and the coffin, Roshan whipped his head at Blake’s direction.

“You left the coffin alone??”

As though he just came back to his senses, he released Luderick from his grip, and the Demon wasted no time vanishing from sight before Roshan could react.

“I had to stop you, you bastard! You nearly turned full Demon just now!” Blake said to him when Roshan’s face no longer showed those tiny streaks of fire, and the horns growing on his head earlier were gone.

“What??”

“Nevermind! The coffin!”

Without waiting another minute, both demons raced into the house. Blake’s had gotten rid of all the soulless earlier, and there was no sign of anyone’s presence as they headed up the stairs.

Entering the room, the coffin was still right there, where they had left it. Roshan was the first to release a sigh while Blake wiped off the sweat from his forehead.

“Phew! It’s still here.”

Roshan leaned against the wall, closing his eyes to recover from everything that happened within seconds.

His chest was practically on fire.