Here the concluded part of this chapter, there going to some action here and a pit of fanservice but mostly action, can Okuyasu handle it all? Let's find out.
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Chapter 4: The Journey In Hell Begins, Now! The First One Of Many? Part 3
All Okuyasu could see was darkness, he could barely think let alone move. He heard faint mumbling but he couldn't make it out. He then heard faint buzzing from somewhere in the darkness, was this it for him? No! He wouldn't let it end for him this way, the same feeling of intense power flowed through him and burst out of him and brought him back to reality.
He saw that he was in a break room of some kind, he looked around and saw the room was dimly lit. He felt something on his shoulder and looked and saw it was Pandemonica, she was sleeping soundly against him.
"Ugh, what happened?" Okuyasu asked himself, remembering the events that happened. "Right, I was fighting that monster." He stated.
He expected to feel pain but his body felt good as new, he tried to get up but Pandemonica groaned at the movement. He stopped moving, he thought over what had happened to him and the fight with the merged monster.
"This journey is more of a handful than I thought." Okuyasu thought to himself. "Can I really do this? Can I come out of this successful? Can I come out of this alive?" He questioned himself.
While he was thinking, Cobralily came to check on him and Pandemonica and saw he was awake.
"Oh! You're up." Cobralily stated. "Good. Mother was expecting you to wake up."
Okuyasu looked at the snake demon and realized he was not wearing a disguise and panicked, now having a tense look on his face. Cobralily saw how tense he was flustered.
"B-But she's not planning something sinister! In fact she is the reason you're alive, she just wants to talk to you." Cobralily assured, having a sweatdrop.
"What for?" Okuyasu asked, still caution.
"I-I'm not sure…" Cobralily said nervously.
"Well that assuring." Okuyasu said with a cold sweat.
Cobralily helped the punk up without waking up Pandemonica, he followed Cobralily to her mother and manager of the Black Levitation. They were in the Manager's office, Dracaena was sitting at a desk and looked to be waiting for the punk.
"Here he is." Cobralily said to her mom.
"Thank you my Little Hatchling. You may go." Dracaena told her daughter.
"Understood." Cobralily nodded, and then left.
Now it was just Okuyasu and Dracaena, the room was silent and a bit tense. Okuyasu gulped and sweated a bit, Dracaena's eyes were piercing into the soul.
"I heard from Cobralily that you're looking for a Hell Beacon." Dracaena said seriously. "Is this true?"
"Y-Yeah." Okuyasu answered nervously.
"Hmmmmm." Dracaena observed him, silently judging him.
"This chick is so fucking intense!" Okuyasu thought having sweat bullets drip from his face.
"Tell me something." Dracaena finally spoke up.
"Wh-What is it?" Okuyasu asked surprised.
"Why are you in Hell? What reason could you possibly have for coming here?" Dracaena asked him, looking him directly in the eye.
"W-Well… I had a dream about building a harem.. not just any harem, a harem of Demons." Okuyasu told her. "So that's why I'm here in Hell… to build a sexy demon harem."
Dracaena got a surprised look on her face and blinked three, processing the answer she was given. I flesh and blood human travel all the way to Hell and nearly died all for the sake… of building a demon harem?
"I'm so dead! She's gonna kill me!" Okuyasu thought scared out of his mind.
Dracaena just looked at him blankly, he was sweating a stream of sweat. They were both quiet for a solid 5 minutes, Okuyasu couldn't look at the female snake demon so he was looking down.
"So the reason you're risking your life and traveled to Hell, was so you could build a harem of demons?" Dracaena asked seriously.
"Y-Yeah." Okuyasu said nervously.
"I see…" Dracaena said, closing her eyes.
Then the unexpected happened, Dracaena burst into a fit of laughter, Okuyasu looked at her with shock. The laughing lasted for a few minutes before Dracaena recomposed herself and continued to look at Okuyasu with a serious face.
"Well, you're the most interesting thing that has happened to me by far." Dracaena told him. "But by all accounts you're a complete idiot that doesn't have the slightest clue what he's doing, but nonetheless interesting."
"So does that mean you have Hell Beacon?" Okuyasu asked.
"If I did, why would I give it to you for nothing in return?" Dracaena asked him. "I'm sure you know in life that nothing is free. A Hell Beacon is not just something you can find or get for nothing." She told him.
"What do you want from me?" Okuyasu asked her.
"It's not so much what I want from you." Dracaena told him. "But what point would there be in me given it to you? With the fact that Vito now has a target on your back."
"I wouldn't know. I haven't even meant the guy." Okuyasu told her. "Just what is his deal?" He asked.
"Vito is the Sin of Envy, he's by far the strongest demon in Level 1. And he's a very shallow and easily-jealous creature, once he has his eyes on something be it good or bad… he won't stop." Dracaena told him. "Just how did you figure I might even have a Hell Beacon?"
"I did this task for this store owner that got his window smashed and after finishing it he told of this place." Okuyasu answered.
"Alright…" Dracaena said, understanding.
"S-So what happens now?" Okuyasu asked, still nervous.
"Well as I said, I can't give you the Hell Beacon for free." Dracaena told him. "But I am willing to make an agreement."
"Dammit. What do I do? How do I convince her to give him the Hell Beacon? I can't think of anything. Maybe, I'll use my gut for this one." Okuyasu thought to himself. "How about I do something no else has done." He suggested.
"Something no else has done? Interesting…" Dracaena said. "Pray tell, what are you suggesting?"
"You said this Vito guy was after me, what if I take him out?" Okuyasu stated.
"You a human… fighting a demon, not just any demon but one of the Seven Deadly Sins." Dracaena stated, thinking it over. "I was right, you are an idiot. But I'm intrigued, how about this… if you can bring back one of Vito's fangs then you have a deal."
"Alright." Okuyasu stated. "I think I bite off more than I can chew." He thought, remembering the amount of pressure Vito gave off.
There was a knock at the manager door and a few moments later, Cobralily opened the door and with her was Pandemonica. The young snake demon tried to stop her or at least calm her down but the Tired Demon wasn't having any of it barged right into the room.
"What is going on here?" She asked calmly but firm.
"We just finished up an agreement, that's all." Dracaena answered.
"Y-Yeah." Okuyasu stated.
"What kind of agreement?" Pandemonica asked, narrowing her eyes. Okuyasu sweated a bit more.
"We-Well, if I can get Vito's fang. Then Dracaena will give me the Hell Beacon." Okuyasu told her, nervously.
Pandemonica took a moment to process what he told her when the information fully sunk in, she could feel a headache coming as the shock was too much to handle right now.
"I need a cup of coffee, I'm too tired to fully deal with this right now." Pandemonica said with a groan, but the tired glare promised something bad.
"O-Okay." Okuyasu said nervously, sweating again. "I'm so dead." He thought.
Okuyasu was then dragged out the room by the Tired Demon, Okuyasu prayed to whatever God out there that would listen to spare him. It's safe to say that praying to God while he was in Hell was pointless, the slight bruising of his right cheek was proof of that.
"How could you agree to do something so stupid, even if Vito is a pathetic creature he's still more then you can handle." Pandemonica told him, now as the Sadistic Demon.
"S-Sorry. I couldn't think of anything else. Besides, he's already after me so where's the harm in facing him?" Okuyasu asked.
"Did you not catch the part where I said he's too much for you to handle, you could barely handle one of his creatures." Pandemonica said with an annoyed look.
"Just how strong is he?" Okuyasu asked her.
"Strong enough to kill you without breaking a sweat." Pandemonica told him. "It's hopeless. You're better off forgetting about this impossible task and looking elsewhere." She told him.
"It's not that easy, plus I doubt that Vito guy is going to let me leave now." Okuyasu stated.
"You're an idiot, you're only still here because I hope you take care of one of his abominations." Pandemonica reminded him.
"Right, I never got to thank you for that." Okuyasu said, scratching his cheek. "I really appreciate the help, and sorry about not talking it over with you." He told her.
"It… wasn't a big deal." Pandemonica said a bit bashfully with a blush. "B-Big seriously, you don't stand a chance." She told him, fitting herself. "What was that just now?" She thought.
"I guess you have a point." Okuyasu stated. "What am I going to do if I ever face him?" He asked.
"Just hope that never becomes a reality." Pandemonica stated, drinking a cup of coffee.
"Sounds more like wishful thinking." Okuyasu thought with a sweatdrop.
Cobralily came to the table they were at and handed Pandemonic another cup of coffee, she stared at Okuyasu for a bit. When the Okuyasu turned to meet her gaze, she flinched and walked off in a hurry, Pandemonic didn't like the way the snake demon looked at the punk.
"Hey, I never asked but just where are we? I mean where are we on Level 1 of Hell?" Okuyasu asked the Sadistic Demon.
"Envidia Town, a place for low level demons to work and have a simple afterlife." Pandemonica told him. "It's nothing special, the rest of Level 1 is just full of snake pits and wild constricts."
"Noted." Okuyasu stated.
Pandemonica observed the punk, she couldn't understand why she helped him in that fight with the merged demon creature, she figured it might have something to do with him helping her get here, she was just returning a favor that was all. But a part of her remembered the anger she felt when she thought the abomination killed Okuyasu, she shrugged it off as nothing. She thought about his quest for a demon harem couldn't understand why he risked his life for such a thing, she doubted he would be able to complete it.
"Do you honestly think you will be able to complete this harem quest of your's?" Pandemonica asked him.
"I… I'm not sure, but I have to try. When demons girls are involved, no price is too high" Okuyasu stated.
"Just how many are you gathering?" Pandemonica asked him, with a raised brow.
"I'm not really sure… 10 would probably be a good number to stop at." Okuyasu stated, scratching his head.
"Are you serious?" Pandemonica asked him. "How far did you think this through?"
"Not that far." Okuyasu answered honestly.
"You truly are hopeless." Pandemonica said with a sigh.
"Jeez… thanks." Okuyasu said with a sweatdrop.
Okuyasu could only let out a sigh, Pandemonica wasn't wrong but he wished she didn't have to be so blunt about it. Then again, not just any human being would journey to Hell of their own free will and form a proper plan.
"It would be nice to have a guide, I mean in a stroke of luck I do get the Hell Beacon. I can't be sure I'll be able to read it." Okuyasu stated.
"Hmmm." Pandemonica said, drinking a cup of coffee. "Another thing to think about."
"Yeah." Okuyasu stated.
"I've been meeting to ask you something, just how were you able to survive that beast's stomach?" Pandemonica asked him.
"I just used my Stand, The Hand." Okuyasu told her, he then explained what Stands were and how they work.
"Interesting. If you didn't this Stand then you certainly would be dead." Pandemonica stated, intrigue.
Okuyasu looked at Pandemonica and found her attractive, even with how sadistic she looked at the moment. Then a thought crossed his mind, he was about to ask her something but the Sadistic Demon interrupted him.
"I better get going, it's getting late and I have work." Pandemonica stated, getting up.
"That's right. She has that job and all…" Okuyasu thought, a little down.
"See ya around, Okuyasu." Pandemonica said, hiding the fact she was down as well but didn't understand why.
"See ya, Pandemonica." Okuyasu said, waving.
Pandemonica left the Black Leviathan, when the Sadistic Demon was gone Okuyasu was left to his thoughts, Cobralily approached the punk to keep him company. She offered him a cup of coffee, he looked at it and gave it a whiff and it smelled good, normally he would drink black tea but he figured why not give coffee a try. So he took a sip and it wasn't half back, a bit bitter but alright.
"I've never seen a human before, y-you're the first…" Cobralily admitted.
"Really? Guess the feeling is mutual. I've never thought demons would be so… friendly? Yeah that's the word." Okuyasu stated.
"Do you really plan on facing Vito and taking his fang?" Cobralily asked him.
"I'll have too if I want the Hell Beacon. It sounds like it's going to be a tough one…" Okuyasu answered, with a sweatdrop.
"You have no idea." Cobralily stated.
Okuyasu was about to respond but when a Seeker was tossed through the window, it had Vito's mark on it. Cobralily and Okuyasu freak out a bit when they saw it, the punk checked it out and saw nothing wrong with it.
"What the hell is this thing?" Okuyasu asked, poking it a few times.
"I-It's a Seeker, they oversee everything in Hell. They're basically living cameras." Cobralily answered.
"What's one doing here? And more importantly who sent it?" Okuyasu asked concerned.
Dracaena heard the commotion and saw Vito's Seeker and knew that this was a serious situation. Her face grew serious and before either Cobralily or Okuyasu could observe it farther she snatched it and glared at it.
"M-Mother, is everything okay?" Cobralily asked nervously.
"It would seem Vito isn't taking any more chances with you." Dracaena told Okuyasu.
She revealed watch the Seeker had saw there no sound so Okuyasu had to go off what was going on with sight, it was Vito confronting Pandemonica shortly after she left the demonic coffee shop, she was acting like her Sadistic Demon so her words look harsh and that only seem to enrage the male snake demon, she spoke a few more harsh words and walk past him like he was nothing, he was oozing with envy look close to exploding. He snapped her by turning his right arm into a snake and had it wrap around her and constrict her tightly. She struggles for a moment but soon loses consciousness, Vito looks at the Seeker with a glare and Okuyasu could tell it was for him, his message was clear. If he ever wanted to see Pandemonica again, he'll have to meet Vito face-to-face. After the message was given, the Seeker was to try and leave but Dracaena caught it and crushed it with her bare hand.
"His message though. I have to meet up with that snake bastard if I'm going to save Pandemonium." He stated.
"What?! Do you realize that he'll kill you if you confront him!?" Cobralily shouted.
"Yeah, probably." Okuyasu said calmly. "Pandemonica told me he's the strongest demon on Level 1, I probably won't stand a chance, but I have too." He said sweating a bit, his hands shaking.
"Why? Why put yourself in a situation that promises certain death?" Dracaena asked him, seriously.
"Because… if I turn tail and run, I'll never be able to look myself in the eyes again." Okuyasu answered.
"Hmmm…" Dracaena said looking at him.
She then lunged at him, jamming her fingers deep into his chest and biting down on his thick neck and sinking her fangs into it. Cobralily gasp while Okuyasu widened his eyes in shock and thought this was it for him, but instead of feeling his life fading he felt nothing like his mind was in a daze, Dracaena removed her teeth from his neck and pulled out her fingers. Okuyasu felt the reality return to him, he felt his neck and chest in a panic, a snake mark appear on his neck.
"What did you do?" Okuyasu asked her.
"Vito is a powerful demon, even if he's a low tier compared to the rest of the sins." Dracaena told him. "A human even with our unique powers wouldn't last with your mortal boy against him. So I gave you a boost by pumping you feel of my blood, it will make your body strong and heal faster but it's only temporary, to activate it all you need to touch that mark on your neck." She explained.
"But…. why would you do that?" Okuyasu asked, confused.
"You can't bring back the tooth if you die." Dracaena told him.
"Right…" Okuyasu said with a sweatdrop.
"Don't use it right away, you'll only have one chance so use it wisely." Dracaena warned him. "Because after one use your body will purge itself and return back to normal."
"Ok…" Okuyasu said with a nervous sweat. "I never thought I would be spending my time in Hell fighting a powerful demon to save a demon girl." He thought with a chuckle.
Cobralily handed him a new suit to replace the one he lost, it was midnight black and had dark sapphire detail and looked demonic, Okuyasu put it on and it felt more smooth and sturdy then his old one.
"It's not much, but that suit should last longer than your old one." CObralily told him.
"Thanks, it's perfect." Okuyasu said, grateful.
With the familiar determination and the sheer willpower, Okuyasu was going to face Vito with all his might… the chances of him dying were high but he had no choice but to move forward. Because, no price was too high for demon girls!
Here's the latest update to the chapter, sorry for the hold up. Things are getting tense now that Okuyasu is going to be facing a Sin Demon, what do you think his chances of surviving are? Review me your answers.
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