Okay this chapter is not as long as the other but never mind.
Regarding the Devil's voice actor, that is Luke Millington Drake. I would be very honored if he had the time and read a few fanfics and just gives the devil his voice.
So if Luke should read this: I really like your voice and how you portray the devil in the show is just awesome and I hope we will hear this voice more.
In the game Cuphead, anyway, I got a little further with my S rank series yesterday and also started the P rank on the first island.
Until then and I have updated my profile a little bit you are welcome to drop by if you want to write to me somewhere else except on ;) )
In the hay maze, the three cups continued. Cuphead was not really surprised by the showers and found them rather lukewarm. But Mugman did not give up. He wanted to see that his brother was also afraid and not always the fearless of the two. "Give it up Mugsy nothing in this maze will scare me" said Cuphead as he pushed aside a paper-maché ghost that appeared in front of him saying "Boo!" with a speech bubble. "Oho no I won't brother" said Mugman who was still thinking positively. Only Cuppy shook his head. He actually wanted to be with Alicia and Blood, but since the salesman wouldn't let him in, he had to stay with them, which annoyed him a bit. But like Alicia he also missed his brother. I wonder if Mugman would get along with Mugsy? he asked himself as a skeleton display fell into his face. He wasn't thrilled about it and grumbled while he followed the other two and didn't notice that not only he but also Alicia and Cuphead were in great danger.
From the forest came the Third finest Demons and Lilith with her rivals. She saw the two mazes and decided to send Silk and the other rivals with some of the demons to the smaller maze and the rest to the other maze. It was clear that the visitors were panic-stricken. They ran away in fear. Even the ticket seller at the entrance to the two mazes ran away in a panic. But before any of the demons could set foot in the labyrinth, Lilith landed in front of them and stopped them. "Stop you are going into the small maze" she ordered the rivals, a turtle demon and a vulture demon. "What why should we go in there?!" asked Silk indignantly in a growling voice. She wanted to finish Alicia off after hearing about the signed marriage proposal. But Lilith was not thrilled with the Malamute Demon. "You know why," Lilith said as her feathers and everything around them grew colder. Even the hay on the outside wall began to freeze.
She knew that Silk had no chance against Lilith, so she went growling after the others who were already in the labyrinth. Lilith meanwhile looked at the remaining demons which consisted of the small round demon, two scorpions, a spider and a flying eye. "You go in there and get me the queen, understand?" Lilith ordered them. The spider went in first followed by the eye, the little round demon and the scorpions. Lilith was about to swing into the air when she heard a gasp from far away. "Okay" King Dice said with a gasp when he saw Lilith waiting for him from a distance. He took his legs in his hands and stopped next to her, "Sorry Lilith I was late the boss made me-", "Yes I know" she interrupted him and pointed to the bigger maze he was running into. With everyone in the maze, Lilith took to the skies and watched from above as the demons fought. Her gaze fell on the rivals.
"Okay what did you want to talk to me about?" asked Alicia Blood as they continued to walk through the maze that showed them various shivers and terrors. The employees weren't the only things that were creepy. No, there were also dolls moving and making scary noises in the maze. But both young adults ignored it. Blood looked around several times before going to a corner with Alicia. No one was supposed to know. Blood Alicia felt a little uncomfortable. The wolf looked at her again and stared at her deeply with his red eyes. Okay now you're scaring me. "About the nightmares you've been having lately" he said in a low voice. Alicia's eyes widened when he said that. She knew that Cuppy knew about it, as did the two brothers, but she hadn't told Blood. She didn't want to burden him with it because he almost always looked annoyed. Yes, the wolf rarely smiled, and it showed. But how did he know about it? "How did you know that I have nightmares?" she asked him.
Blood continued to look around before continuing to speak. "Because I was awakened by a nightmare of yours," he said. Now I feel bad Alicia looked down gloomily and leaned her head against Blood's stomach, staring at the floor. The wolf stroked her back "Yes I've been having nightmares lately" she said. "Do you want to talk about it?" Blood asked her. Alicia nodded her head while telling him about the nightmare. These were almost always the same. She was in complete darkness. She knew that she was alone, but then she realized that she was lying on something soft and warm. She looked down and saw that she was lying on a huge hand. Or rather a hand with claws. She knew that the hand belonged to the devil or Lucifer. But even if she always hoped that it was Lucifer, it was always the devil who wanted to have her for himself. With each nightmare he went further and decided to bring her under his control. She should belong only to him so much was certain if she really stayed with him.
Blood was not very enthusiastic about the nightmare, nor when he heard that it could also be visions. Just like this one in which he could come. But Alicia told him that he and another fox could help her and Cuppy get back home. "Oh, so scary" Cuphead said as he pushed a pumpkin with pipe cleaner legs out of the way so he, Cuppy and Mugman could keep walking. The three cups continued undisturbed through the labyrinth while a scarecrow from the outer wall looked after them to scare the three, but it did nothing. "Lame" said Cuppy while Mugman stared at both of them. A cardboard cutout of a corncob appeared and started laughing. But the brothers were not amused by this either "Ugh".
But what the three cups did not know was that in the labyrinth the rivals, a turtle demon and a vulture demon were looking for them. The same was true for Alicia and Blood. King Dice, who was still panting, saw the two Scorpion Demons running after the spider. "Oh ho! Ladies" he said as he appeared behind the scorpions who twitched their eyes before looking at him. "I've been looking for you two" he said with a mischievous look as his eyes wandered to them. "You know, I was just thinking. Get rid of bright boy over there, and Alicia's all ours" he pointed to the spider demon who was standing at a fork in the road and didn't know where to go or where Alicia and Blood were. The scorpions giggled while King Dice rubbed his hands together and watched the whole thing. The spider demon noticed that the two scorpions were coming to him and turned around but couldn't react when they poked him with their stingers, causing him to disappear.
With one less on the list, King Dice walked up to the two Demon Scorpions "Ouch. You two are monsters" he said while bending down and staring at the two. He straightened up again "Oh, I sure hope your never turn on me!" he said and hoped the scorpions didn't go for his throat. But they only giggled and were ready to get him with their stingers. But instead they hit only themselves while King Dice avoided them. Lilith heard it from above and saw King Dice going further into the maze in the direction where Alicia and Blood were. "Oh brother" Cuppy said slightly annoyed as they turned the next corner where the turtle demon was waiting for the three brothers and tried to stop them which didn't really work. "This is the worst one yet" said Cuphead as he tipped the turtle over so that it was lying on its back with its arms and legs flailing and sighing. Until of course Silk appeared in front of him. "Well look at that, a turtle lying on its back" she said and started laughing. This didn't really please the turtle demon who only said "Roar" before he was hit by an arrow from Caterina and exploded as well.
Meanwhile, King Dice encountered the little round demon who was also looking for Alicia and Blood and had destroyed some of the cardboard displays. King Dice was amazed by the power of the little demon. Therefore, he decided to use it as a weapon to eliminate the other demons that were in the maze with him. "Burpy, buddy" he said and took him in his hand. "Have I got plans for you" that also pleased the demon, which is why he chirped with joy again. Not really happy was Alicia who was already yawning. Not from boredom but because she could hardly sleep properly due to the nightmares. And well, if you have two awake mugs in the house, you can not sleep in unless you want to be thrown out of bed by them. Yes, she still has a slight grudge against Cuppy and Cuphead because of that. But also both got their pillow in the face for it.
But both did not see the flying eye that flew behind them. This tried to follow Alicia but did not notice that King Dice with Burpy flew behind them. He used his new weapon to knock out the eye. Or to reduce it to ashes. "Bullseye!" he said, and continued to follow Alicia and Blood, but they were no longer there, which annoyed him. "Oh! Where did they go?" he asked as he looked around but saw no sign of the young lady and the wolf until he saw paw prints on the ground that he followed. The Vulture Demon, sitting on the wall, had a better view of both mazes and saw the three cups as well as Alicia and Blood. He flew after the two cups and spat a fireball in their direction which almost hit them but fired a hole through the hay bale through which the two passed "Wow, that was kinda cool" said Cuppy "Yeah, they're adding new stuff" said Mugman as he went through the hole first "Nice for the people who come back every year". Cuppy followed him through the hole while Cuphead crawled through it and suddenly felt a slight pain on his shoulder to which he looked where an orange liquid lay. "Ow!" he yelled as Cuppy and Mugman turned to look at him.
"Hey, that's real acid" there was a short silence before Cuphead continued "Neat!". The Vulture Demon wasn't really thrilled about this, but saw Alicia and Blood and was about to catch them when he himself was caught by a green flame beam that Burpy had fired. "Oh no Darling is mine!" he said, following Alicia and Blood. She was unintentionally back in her demon form which Blood noticed. "Um you turned again" he whispered to her. Alicia looked at him confused until she looked down at her hands and moaned. But the staff thought it was some kind of costume, so they thought nothing of it as Alicia and Blood walked past them. She tried to calm down and did not suspect that the little round demon had it in for her. Not because he wanted to send her packing, but because he had mistaken her tail tip for another opponent. That's why he jumped out of King Dice's hand and ran after her, or rather jumped after her. "Hey wait Burpy!" said King Dice as he ran after him.
"Well great a dead end!" said Alicia annoyed as she turned around with Blood and saw the little demon standing a few feet in front of them. "Um, what's that?" asked Blood as he pointed his finger at Burpy. Alicia was about to answer him when the thing started spitting a green beam of fire at the two of them, which they both luckily dodged. "Okay, that stupid thing is definitely not friendly!" said Alicia as she transformed into her Wyvern form. Burpy saw it and was very startled by the size and roars. So much so that he couldn't avoid the blue flames coming out of the wyvern's mouth. Not only King Dice saw the blue flame beam he almost ran into, but also Henchman who nervously looked into the mirror with Amnon. "So, how are they doing?" asked a voice behind them as the two turned and saw the devil coming towards them with a towel around his horns and body. Amnon smelled that he had taken a fresh shower. "Did you use the same shower shampoo that Alicia always uses?" he asked him. It smelled like cinnamon. "Yes, well guessed Amnon, it's the same one my dearest Alicia uses," but his gaze quickly fell on Henchman who was blocking the mirror with both arms and smiling nervously. He knew he could not hide the truth.
So he put both arms down. The devil looked at him annoyed while Amnon only sweated more. "Uh, not so good. Dice is the only one left" he said and showed him the mirror in which King Dice was standing in front of the angry Wyvern. This didn't really please the devil who hoped that his threatening words would be enough to cheer up the demons. But apparently he has to use higher measures to get to his beloved Alicia. Amnon and Henchman already suspected what he meant. "Then I have but one final recourse. To unleash the Four Horsemen" When they both heard this, they began to gasp in fear. Amnon clung to Henchman and trembled. "B-but boss, they're untamed primordial beings. They fear nothing!" Henchman explained to him. "To even lay eyes on them is enough to make anyone freeze in terror!" But the devils did not care. He wanted to have both cups and Alicia come what may.
"Release them!" he roared. "Ah, jeez" said Henchman while Amnon fainted. The gate opened and a quartet of four undead, primordial, flaming demonic skeleton warriors. All of them have glowing red eyes and each of them rides a flaming demonic stallion with visible tendons and bones sticking out. All of them look identical, yet each wields a different weapon. These ran out of the gate through which a jet of flame came and made their way to the labyrinth. "You come with me and pick up the queen while you two get the cups!" says a rider with a sword while disappearing with the rider who had a saber. The other two rode on down the path to get the two cups. "We're almost through the maze, and I'm still not frozen in terror!" Cuphead said when he saw the exit from afar. But Mugman did not want to give up. Neither did King Dice who was standing in front of Alicia who was still angry with him. "You!" she said in a demonic voice. "I never thought I'd see you here again after that shrinking thing!" she said with a snarl.
King Dice was about to say something when he felt someone standing behind him. He swallowed nervously and scanned the person behind him. He felt fur, skin and ... bones? Something was wrong. He turned around and was greeted by a horse snout that smelled in his face. He wiped the snot from his face and stepped back a bit when he saw the two riders and immediately froze to stone. "I don't know, Cuphead" said Mugman as he hid the horse mask behind his back. Cuppy saw this and grinned mischievously "Anything can happen" he added. "Heh! Oh, I think I know excarly what's gonna happen" The ticket seller who had been hiding before returned from his hiding place and took his hat which he put back on before the shadows of two apocalyptic horsemen took him over and he saw them and immediately petrified with fear.
Both riders who were with Alicia and Blood had their mouths wide open. The lower jaw of the rider with the saber even fell off. He was able to catch it before he reattached it to his jaw, only to open his mouth again. "Um, what's that?" asked Blood, who was sitting on Alicia's back. She looked from the riders to him. "I don't know, either some staff or dolls," she said as she transformed back into her demon form. Both riders shook their heads as both young adults walked past them towards the exit. "Wait!" said the rider with the sword as he and the other stopped in front of Alicia and Blood and drew his sword which he held in front of Alicia's nose. "Really great guys but we want to get out of the maze" said Alicia as she pushed the sword aside and was already walking past the Rider again. But the horse blocked her and the rider grabbed her hand. "Oh no you're coming with us to the boss" said the rider and pulled Alicia closer to him. Only now she realized that they were not employees but real riders of the apocalypse.
"Let go of me!" she said and tried to free herself but the rider lifted her high on his horse. "Oh no I won't, the boss is asking for you and is eagerly waiting for you" said the rider as he ran out of the maze with Alicia and the other riders. "What the..." he braked his horse as he saw the other two horses running away without riders and almost collided with them. They saw the reason right away when Mugman with the horse mask looked out of the exit in confusion and also scared the other two horses who also threw the other riders off. Only Alicia stayed on the back of the horse that ran away in panic. "Whoa, slow down!" yelled Alicia but the horse didn't listen to her but kept running towards the forest. Alicia knew that she could only get out of the situation by grabbing the reins. She did so and brought the horse to a stop. "Hoo!" she said as the horse stood on its hind legs and stopped. "Good boy," she said and stroked the horse, which had calmed down again. She heard the others calling for her from afar, so she went to them with the horse. "Wow, when did you get so good at riding?" Cuppy asked her as she got off the horse. "Not really," she said as the horse nudged her with its head.
She knew why when she gave him an apple that the horse ate while she was petting it. The group decided to go back home, but the horse followed them, which Alicia noticed. "Hey I know you like me but you already have a rider so why don't you go to this one?" she asked the horse snorting as she stroked its head. He knew that Alicia meant well and decided to go to his rider while Alicia went to the cottage with the others. "Honestly, Mugsy, when we was kids, that horse mask did make me freeze in terror" Cuphead said as he opened the gate through which the group passed "But nothing scares me anymore" he said proudly. But Mugman was still skeptical about that "Not even the Devil?" he asked him, but Cuphead just shook his head and went with him and the others through the front door. But the devil wasn't really thrilled about that and growled again. "If you want something done right, I guess you have to do it yourself" with his trident he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and stood in front of the entrance door of the cottage. Of course, he couldn't help but look into the window that belonged to the guest room where he saw Alicia, who had apparently received a small burn from Burpy. "Damn that hurts!" she said as Blood tended to the wound. The devil was furious when he saw his beloved Alicia covering her mouth in pain. That's why he went to the doorknob and was about to open it when suddenly.
"Excuse me!" the devil tried to pull himself together when he heard this voice and looked behind him. Behind him was the elevator from which his auditor came. He actually wanted to avoid this one, and he wanted to avoid it all the time. "Stickler! What are you doing here?" he asked, slightly annoyed. This raised his index finger "I have recounted the souls 36 times and have yet to locate-", "Yes, yes, yes. I didn't get the cup's soul yet, but I am literally just about to-" but before he could speak further, the auditor interrupted him. "Furthermore, the bylaws of Subsection 7, Paragraph 7 through 37," he lifted the book and a magnifying glass "specifically signifies if you have failed to collect a soul within a 30-day period, the soul reverts to its original owner" that did not really please the devil. "And it has been precisely 31 days, therefore your pursuit of said souls is unauthorized" The fact that he could not get the two souls bothered him, but Alicia belonged to him because there was no time limit. So he could wait a long time before he got her. But unfortunately Stickler still remained a thorn in his side, like the rivals Lilith had brought back after they had failed to snatch the souls. "Stickler, Stickler, Stickler. I am going to get those souls one way or another" he pointed his trident at him "Pity you won't be around to see it" he fired a jet of flame at the auditor.
Alicia heard the explosion like the familiar tantrum she knew all too well. "Don't tell me he" She looked out the window and saw the devil walk into the elevator and say "Oh, forget it" as he disappeared with the auditors. "He really can't leave me alone can he?" asked Alicia annoyed as she looked away from the window until she heard a snort that sounded familiar. Don't tell me that "Oh look who's here!" said Cuppy as Alicia turned and saw the horse opening the window. Alicia was partly pleased and partly annoyed to see the horse again. "Hey, what are you doing here?" she asked, stroking it on the forehead. "Couldn't find your rider, huh?" asked Blood as he stroked the horse as well. "I guess there is another reason why it came here" said Cuppy.
Yep, the horse lay down in the garden next to the goat that thought nothing of it and slept on. "Apparently he wants to stay with me" said Alicia as she jumped out of the window and sat down next to the horse that continued to sleep. The fact that the devil didn't have a chance to get Alicia to join him bothered him as much as the fact that the elevator suddenly got stuck. "No! No, no, no, no, no!" said the devil as he pressed the button several times to go down. "It's stuck" he said with a groaning voice "Looks like we'll be here for some time" said the accountant who immediately started singing which annoyed the devil so much that he disappeared from the elevator with his trident and left the accountant alone who continued singing undisturbed. "Finally peace from these sticklers" he said and sat down on his throne as if nothing was going on. But suddenly he heard a familiar laugh that he knew all too well. His eyes wandered to the wall mirror that showed Alicia with a horse from the Apocalyptic Riders tickling her with his muzzle.
He was still angry that she did not lie next to him and let him caress her. Oh yes, how he would like her to lie next to him in bed and run her hand through his fur while he lifted her chin to look into her eyes before their lips touched and he pulled her closer to kiss her. His tail touched hers and knotted with it. Yes his love for her was strong and he would not rest until she was in his power. Then she would not only have his powers but he would have hers as well. She was not a normal demon, he knew that. Because she was much stronger than him and that was more than important for him. With this strength he could put the islands in fear and terror as he had done it many many years ago. The tapestries were not there without reason. They were all events that he had done at that time. Oh how he would like to repeat this with someone at his side of course. Alicia is perfect for that no doubt.
"Oh yes my dearest Alicia you will soon be mine and I won't care if those pesky cups or that wolf stop me! You will be mine and no one else's!" he said and laughed diabolically again. Henchman and Amnon entered the throne room with a serving table on which was the devil's favorite cup repaired with glue and the golden teapot. "Boss, you are in a good mood despite the failure," said Henchman, handing him the cup with the brewed tea. The devil took the cup and drank it completely before giving it to Henchman. "Oh yes, because I know how to win over my dearest Alicia," he said, rubbing his hands together as he pointed with his tail to the test tube with the blood sample he was laughing at. The black toon blood mixed with the red blood and became one. Yes, the devil had found a way to mix the toon blood that was in Alicia with her own. All he needed was fear, anxiety and adrenaline. Only then will she have to belong to him. Otherwise she will bleed to death. And the king of the underworld would not like that.