"Uh...what is happening?" Aria's voice echoed out in bemusement, right as a screen popped up in front of me:

Apostle of Lust

Name: [ ]

Age: ???

Gender: Female

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 89 KG

Skills:

Negative Energy Generation

Mid Elemental Resistance

High Status Effect Resistance

Demonic Arts:

Bewitching Mist

Stats:

HP: 808

MP: 1160

Strength: 802

Agility: 1120

Vitality: 814

Perception: 1056

Power Level: 960,000

<Acquired Apostle of Lust>

<Please Designate a Name>

A name?

Even with the flood of information that flowed into my mind when I unlocked this hidden Skill, I'm still quite confused as to what exactly is going on here.

But I suppose the fastest way to get answers would be to play along.

A name...Apostle of Lust...Lust...yes, this should be a fitting name. Luxuria.

<Understood>

<The Apostle of Lust Will be Designated the Name Luxuria>

<Hidden Skill: Subjugate, Locked>

It did say temporarily unlocked earlier, this must be what that meant.

"Um, Kai? What just happened?" Came Aria's voice, as she walked over and poked my shoulder.

"I'm not entirely sure. After I killed her, I unlocked a Hidden Skill, and upon using it, this was the result," I responded, before the figure lifted her head and met my gaze.

She looks identical to the Greater Demon I killed, except that she's glowing and seems to be made of energy instead of a physical body.

"<I am yours to command, Master>," She suddenly spoke, surprising me.

"Tell me, are you the same being I just fought?" I inquired in response.

"<Yes, I believe so>. <I remember battling you, before perishing at your hand>."

"Then, why aren't you attacking me for killing you?"

"<I would never do such a thing>. <I will follow your every command, you need but only say the word>."

"Hm. I see. Does that mean you're going to follow me around at all times?"

<No, you can store her inside you, and summon her whenever you please>

<You need to designate command words for both those functions>

Hm, I see. In that case, designate the words Emerge and Return.

<Return is already taken, you need to select a different word>

Right, I used it for recalling Desecrator. Then, let's go with Withdraw.

<Understood>

"I'll pick this back up later, and for now...[Withdraw]," I chanted, the figure's being fading into a glowing mist, which then flowed into me.

Now, to use Devour on the corpse, I can't let a Critical Level Monster's body go to waste.

I sliced her Core out, tossing it into Treasury before I manifested Devour and proceeded to consume her corpse.

Ah, looks like Enrage is about to wear off...

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"Oh, you're back to normal. I've got a lot of questions, but more importantly...," Trailed off Aria, glancing to the right as I reverted to my normal state, before adding as I followed her gaze, "Even my strongest attacks can't break through this cage, I tried breaking through after you killed the Demon, but it's no use. Do you think Drain will work? Because it looks like those two need help."

Kelsey and Keira were still fighting the other Greater Demon, both of them covered in injuries.

Kelsey's shield had several cracks all over it, and she had cuts and deep bruises all over, with an especially serious gash across her left side.

Keira was less injured, but also in fairly bad shape, it looks like her right forearm is broken, the middle of it is badly swollen and bruised.

"No idea, only one way to find out. <Drain>," I chanted, as I approached the wall of the cage Aria and I were in, before smiling slightly as I chomped out an opening...nice, it worked.

Aria and I swiftly made our way out of the opening, before I expanded the jaws of Drain towards the other cage, creating an opening before taking aim at the Demon as he swooped down towards Kelsey with immense speed.

I fired out a Pulse Bullet as I locked on, a startled cry of pain ringing out as I hit his right shoulder, spasms erupting across his skin around that spot.

"NOW!!!" Bellowed Kelsey, gritting her teeth as she tightly gripped her warhammer.

"[Wind Spear Scattershot], [Piercing Wind]!" Exclaimed Keira, firing out a barrage of powerful, concentrated wind projectiles, before whipping her hand across as she fired out a pressurized, needle-thin beam of wind.

The wind spears tore through the Demon's wings before he could dodge them, before he quickly raised his hands up in front of his throat as the pressurized beam of wind sliced through the air towards his neck.

It cut straight through his hands and about halfway through his neck, an agonized gasp ringing out as blood gushed out and streamed down his chest, before Kelsey shot towards the Demon as his feet hit the ground with a thud.

He began to back away as his wings, hands and neck healed, starting to charge up dark energy as Kelsey closed in on him...

"<Command: Don't Move>!" I chanted, his eyes widening as his body sharply stiffened up and froze in place.

Kelsey leapt forward and bashed his chest with her shield, before spinning her warhammer around and swinging it across powerfully as he stumbled back, slamming it against the left side of his head with a crushing impact, his head snapping across to the right as blood poured down from the spot she'd struck.

As he shakily stumbled to the right, Kelsey took a step back and drew back her warhammer, gripping the end of the handle with a tight grip, her biceps and the veins across her arm popping, before she drove her forward with a fierce yell...

"[High Accel STRIKE]!!!"

A deafening crunch rang out as the head of the hammer slammed square onto the middle of the Demon's torso, blood gushing out of his mouth as an intense shockwave burst out upon impact.

As she pulled the hammer back and collapsed onto one knee, trying to catch her breath, the Demon's arms slumped to his sides as he fell over and hit the ground with a thud, a deep indent in the middle of his body.

Holy shit, that was some serious force, she likely crushed his Core to bits with that strike. Her brute strength is insane, I'd be dead instantly if she ever lands a direct hit with an attack like that.

More importantly, both Greater Demons are dead now. The question now is, do we keep going or not?

If the Dungeon Boss is something even more powerful than these Greater Demons were, I'm not too thrilled about our odds...

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