The Damned Demon - Chapter 593

Chapter 593 Curious About The Key?

As Asher and Lysandra were straightening their attire, the rustle of scales against stone announced a certain serpent's unceremonious return.

She slithered into view with a wide, satisfied smile plastered across her serpentine face, her size still reduced to small proportions, "Well done, brat! With the amount of seed you pumped into her, I wouldn't be surprised if she gets pregnant with two or more children, ohuhuhu. What if all of them turn out to be blessed with the blood of the Primarch??"

Lysandra, her cheeks still tinged with a flush, focused intently on buttoning her dress, choosing to ignore Lori's intrusive commentary as if the walls themselves were more interesting.

Asher, who had caught Lori being a peeping tom earlier, shook his head with a mixture of amusement and annoyance.

He gave her a helpless look and retorted, "You don't know the meaning of privacy, do you? But now that we have done as you wanted, it's your turn to stick to your words."

Lori's hiss cut through the cavern as her vertical pupils narrowed, "Ssssss, even if the skies were to come crashing down, I wouldn't renege on my words," She proudly raised her serpentine head into the air as she added with gleaming eyes, "This is my calling...to fulfill my destiny and my father's wish after avenging his death."

She then lowered her gaze to look back at Asher, "But you better prepare a cozy, large cave for me to live. Otherwise, it will be very hard to take care of my precious soft scales. You have no idea how difficult it is to follow my scale routine, sssss..." she remarked, glancing admiringly at her own shimmering scales.

"You have to be kidding me..." Asher muttered under his breath before adding louder, "Unfortunately, the only space we have got is the seas near our kingdom. It's not like we have lands lying around to accommodate the last descendant of Hydra," he explained, hoping to preempt any later demands.

"What?! What kind of puny king are you if you can't even arrange a few hundred acres of land for my majestic self? I don't want my scales to get damaged under the scorching sun," Lori hissed back, her tone dripping with exasperation.

"For fucks sake, you are a peak Soul Devourer. Unless you run out of life crystals, the sun isn't hot enough to destroy your scales. But since you are so worried, I will take care of your scale routine for you. Happy?" Asher asked, his voice laced with exasperation as he pondered the absurdity of pampering a centuries-old serpent.Th.ê most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m

"Ohuhu, now that sounds like a reasonable offer...But! I still need a place to store my father's skeleton," Lori said with an adamant look, making Asher realize this was probably the real reason why she was asking for a huge place.

"We can store it under the sea in a place where no one will dare go near. Only you can go as you wish," Asher said in a reassuring way.

"Under the sea? Ssss..." Lori hissed with a contemplative look as if she wasn't so sure of the idea.

"You are the last descendant of Hydra. If I recall correctly, Hydra once ruled the seas along with the Kraken until its descendants split off, and most of them moved to the lands, including your ancestors. Isn't it better to live and explore your ancestor's true roots?" Asher asked with a narrowed gaze.

Lori let out a low hiss, "Sssss...fine. Maybe His Greatness would want me to do that."

"I should get back to my kingdom. It's already very late," Lysandra suddenly announced, her voice echoing slightly in the vastness of the cavern.

Asher turned to face her, his expression solemn but supportive, "You should. But let me know if you need anything, okay? Don't keep it to yourself. Remember what I said about allies looking out for each other, okay? If anything happens to one of us, it will affect everything." His words were earnest, emphasizing the fact that she wasn't alone in this.

"Nervous? What do you mean?" Asher's brow furrowed, his curiosity deepening with each cryptic hint Lori dropped.

Lori's smile turned sly as she began to slither away, her body moving with sinuous grace, "Not so fast, brat. If you want to know more about the legendary Void Reaver, you know what to do."

Asher clicked his tongue in frustration, watching Lori's retreating form.

Despite his irritation, her knowledge of the Void Reaver, especially her casual mention of the sword's name, meant she held crucial information.

With a resigned sigh, he followed her deeper into the cavern.

Almost an hour later, Asher found himself aimlessly tossing random items into his Damned Dimension, already bored with the mundane task of packing. Lori's collection seemed endless and eccentric.

"Don't forget this too," Lori's voice called out from behind him.

As Asher turned, he instinctively caught a human skull that flew towards him.

He winced in disgust, the skull still adorned with bits of flesh and dried blood, coated in a gooey liquid, "What the fuck is this?" he exclaimed, holding the skull at arm's length and trying to grip it with just his fingers.

Lori, now wearing round spectacles that sat atop her serpentine head, glanced up from a large, dusty book she held with her tail.

Without missing a beat, she responded, "That is the head of a Peak S Rank Hunter I killed in my younger days. I have been carefully preserving it using my saliva so that I can eat its brain when the time is right. Don't you know the benefits of doing so? You have too much to learn, tsk, tsk."

Asher stared at Lori, the absurdity of the situation dawning on him as he juggled the preserved head of a hunter. Just what kind of benefits was she going to get from eating this disgusting stuff? On second thought, it was better to not know.

Even the skull seemed to plead mercy to him with the half-

broken jaw and eye sockets.

And why was she wearing human spectacles? It was not like it could serve any purpose unless this eccentric snake took a fancy to it. However, he did notice that she had a lot of old books and scrolls, probably snatched from her victims.

But he had enough and flung the skull into his Damned Dimension as he placed his hands on his hips and said, "Are you taking me for a ride here, or do you really know anything?"

"There it is!" Lori excitedly called out as her tail stopped flipping at a certain page in the book she was holding.