Ch19: Unexpected Recruit
Upon entering the sewers, we made a right in the area where there were a few poor souls having to live down in the muck and we were met with a face I kind of expected to see, but surprised as to the fact that I could tell it wasn't who I thought it was. It was Emperor Hakan II, but he had no trace of demonic aura in him... yet. "You?!" Serena growled at the Emperor as I had to hold her back with my grasp. "Hold on, Serena. I don't sense anything bad in him," I frowned, looking at Hakan's surprised face.
"Er... yes... well... I wish to help you in defeating Belial. His guards are constantly watching me... and I fear that he will eventually try to possess me..." Hakan said, his personality looking to be the shy type, unlike what he was in the game. "Well, that would explain why I didn't smell any demonic stench on you earlier. It was because you weren't Belial... you need to be brave, Emperor. You need to fight his influence as much as possible. Trust me when I say that his powers are not to be underestimated," Serena frowned at him.
"Y-Yes... I wanted to apologize for my behavior at the court... if I had sided with you, the guards would've killed me... I can open the gate so you can proceed... you obviously plan on going to the Oasis for something... and I'm sure it must be something that Belial fears," Hakan said as he walked forward and unlocked the gate, the way open for us to proceed downwards. "Thanks, Hakan. Remember: be strong," Megan warned as our group went down into the sewers that would lead to the Dahlgur Oasis.
"Wow... this place is really pretty at night," mom gawked as she looked at the beauty of the oasis under the night sky, the only things breaking the complete peacefulness being the spots of demons around the area. "It'll look even prettier without all of these demons in our w-" mom was about to say until she puked once again onto the ground, something coming out that, for once, I didn't recognize at all!
It looked to be a young girl, around the age of 10, with a very cute face, very small assets in the front and back, and having horns on her head that curved backwards like a ram's. It was Serena that was in shock as to who this could possibly be. "L-L-Lilith?! Is that you, girl?!" Serena gawked as she looked at the young girl that had been puked up by mom's acids.
"T-That's Lilith?! The daughter of Mephisto, the Lord of Hatred?!" Megan immediately exclaimed, some of the demons hearing her and proceeding towards us, only to be stopped in place by me freezing them into ice sculptures with Ray of Frost and then melting them to nothingness with Disintegrate. "I'd heard about Lilith from looking at Cain's journals during our trek to Caldeum," mom said as she looked at the young girl, providing her a shirt and pants to wear to cover her up, which she gladly accepted. "She was apparently a rebel demon that fell in love with Inarius, one of the Archangels, and stole the Worldstone to create Sanctuary many years ago..."
The young woman nodded at this, and looked at us with big eyes. "Someone needs to take her back to Caldeum to rest up. She isn't equipped to fight baddies yet," Serena frowned. "Really? That wasn't the case for you," I frowned at the imp. "Well, that's because I'm a completely different species than Lil here. I'm an Imp and she is a Succubus. Succubi don't redevelop their powers until a good five hours after birth... and I can tell that something else is going on with her... she has no memory of anything that has happened before today," Serena frowned. "How can you tell that?" Megan asked. "Since I was the same kind of creature as she was at some point, I am able to look into her mind... and it is completely void of anything relating to her origins. It is instead full of fear and uncertainty."
"Well... I need to ask, but what different monsters did you assume other than a Fallen Maniac, a Succubus, a Soul Lasher, and an Imp?" Megan asked. "Believe it or not, an Oppressor and Andariel, Maiden of Anguish," Serena frowned. Megan's reaction to those to words were priceless, as she actually fell on her ass from jumping. "You were a Lord of Hell?... That is the surprise of the century..." Megan gawked as I helped her back up. "So who will go back with me?" Serena asked. "Well, I think I will," Megan frowned. "Okay then. Just be careful around Adria," mom warned her. "I know," Megan frowned as the three used the Horadric portal pad to go back to the camp.
"Well, we only have a duo of mother and daughter now, so it's onward to find out where Zoltun Kuelle's head!" I smirked at mom as we went forward. "I still think that this is definitely one of the weirdest quests we've done thus far... finding a mad sorcerer's severed head so that we can have him tell us where to find the Black Soulstone? Sounds very weird to me," mom frowned. "Well, it's not only weird, but dangerous as well," I warned her. "Got it. Dangerous. And that's what this whole game is, right? Danger?" "In a nutshell, yes."