TRANSHUMANIST IN HELL

Chapter 7 – Party Star (Part 1)

The sun is already high in the sky and the whole gang with John and Lucifer at the head are currently walking towards the private beach of Asmodeus for her "morning" party.

While all the other girls are chatting between one another, especially Maria and Leviathan who have become more and more close in the last days, John and Lucifer are discussing their plan; or better how don't make Lucifer mess everything up in the hope to jump at Asmodeus at the first occasion.

"This is so annoying. Who do you think I am? Some kind of muscle-head monkey?". Lucifer is visibly annoyed with this conversation, pouting her cheeks out like her life depends on it, making her look like a squirrel.

John doesn't waste time and prepare for an attack in depth. "a monkey with a cute face that for sure".

Lucifer look at him with wide eye. "Y-you…Y-you…Hpm". Lucifer then gives her shoulders to John, too embarrassed to look at him.

In the meantime, that the gang goes to the beach, they still have half an hour on foot, John must acknowledge that the number of horny peeks from the man, and envy eyes from the women have increased considerably. For a couple of times simply glaring at them was enough to make them look the other way around, but at this point they are so much that he doesn't even bother anymore.

"*sigh* truly a bunch of annoying people". Leviathan says.

"Hpm. If they possessed at least a modicum of Pride, they could make the whole ordeal a little more interesting".

John looks back at her with a curious look. "What do you mean?".

Lucifer, understanding that she has the occasion to show her coolness, take out her chest and with her right index pointed to the sky she starts to explain.

"You see, as the Devil Lord of Pride I have the capability to perceive the Sin of Pride in every Human. Thanks to that I can find the people with the greatest amount of Pride and transform them in my followers. Every Lord has this power and each one has a particular way to attract people to her. I don't know exactly how that bitch Belial raise followers, but you can clearly see that Asmodeus gather hers using the only moment in which you Human are almost naked without feeling ashamed of yourselves. For example, Karin here has a very high level of pride. Meanwhile Scilla has more balance between pride and shame".

Lucifer can see that after her explanation John has taken a thinking pose gathering all the information that Lucifer has given to him, all to the satisfaction of Lucifer. So, she decides to go for a critical strike.

"On that note you yourself have quite the astonishing amount of Pride. You are probably the most prideful Human in this State, that is for sure".

She thought that saying this would take out an enraged or disgusted reaction from him to mess with him. Instead, he looks back at her almost like she has find hot water.

"Obviously I am prideful. I will not be where I am now if I was not prideful, both of myself and of the people surrounding me. Nevertheless, you have taken out quite the interesting argument. But this begs a question of, why is Pride a Sin? And, how you can influence it too such a degree even if there are other Gods that may have dominion on it?".

Lucifer, while secretly allowing herself a small smile for the declaration of John, continue her explanation, while in the back Karen and Scilla are arguing again because the former has more pride than the latter.

"To answer your questions, I would say that the major reason as to why Pride is considered a Sin is because the Gods don't like that lowly mortals start to have the wrong ideas about their station. Nonetheless in no other religion on the planet Pride is so much demonized has under God. The main reason being that God is such a massive control freak that he would make sure that even the mere possibility of someone challenging his authority could never happen. As you see it has beautifully backfired against him and one of his days it will kill him. I will make sure of it".

Then John grabs Lucifer right shoulder so that they look in each other eyes and sys.

"WE will make sure of it. Don't forget. We are partner in this".

Lucifer is taken back by the statement and with a heavy blush she averts her eyes and starts to walk ahead of the group not before saying.

"D-don't think of yourself too much that what you are. Even if it was time that you understood such a simple concept you have still a long way to go".

And with that Lucifer walks ahead of the group for the last 5 minutes or so of the trip followed immediately by Leviathan and Maria. For his part John simply rase an eyebrow thinking of what has happened, only for Karen to sit her head on his right shoulder saying.

"It seems you have a weak spot for our tsundere angel girl here. And here I thought that you like girls honest with themselves".

John looks back at Karin and smiles to her and use his left hand to pat her head.

"And you would be right. I value being honest with oneself. Nevertheless, she at least has started to let herself loose of some of the worst parts of her personality, but she has still a long way to go".

With that Said John, Karin, Scilla, Helly, Selina and Yuuya restarted their walk to reconnect with Lucifer and finally meet the Devil Lord of Lust. Meanwhile if John had a clear mind on his current relationship with Lucifer, she on the other hand was a complete mess of a tornado of emotions going back and forth in her head.

She is very confused by how her relationship with John as progressed in the span of such few days. She moves her right hand towards her right cheek where the shoot from the mysterious gun bleed her. The wound is now completely healed and there is not even a scar to note it, but from time to time she feels some sort of phantom pains every time she thinks of him and at their meeting in the church.

John has become some sort of an enigma for her. A complicated, annoying and confusing enigma. To prove this annoying feeling is the "scent" of Sin that he emits. Now, when Lucifer explained how the Devil Lords recruit followers, she has not said everything that there is to know. One important bit of information is that not only a Devil Lord can feel their Sin emitted from a mortal, but also all the other six Sins. Normally the average human while having all the seven sins, there is one that is superior to the other. By correctly analysing which sins is prevalent the Devil Lord can do their job without interfering with one another. There were some very noteworthy cases back in old days which made the 3° Generation of Devil Lord link their capabilities to "smell" their respective Sins to avoid such problems in the future.

But in the case of John is all wrong, kind of. What she feels from him is a very high level of Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath and Pride. But they seem almost like locked in an ever-changing battle for domination, and in all of this there is John itself that, from what she is capable to feel, is not merely helplessly victim of such powerful emotion, but it is straight up the puppeteer of the conflict, making sure that there is always a balance. Truly he is a strange puzzle.

But Lucifer hasn't the time to dwell on her ever changing and ever complicated feelings for John. Because they have finally arrived at Asmodeus's beach.


[Lucifer's POV]

If I have to say so myself, I am quite disappointed. I mean when one thinks about the Devil Lord of Lust and even more with an outgoing person like Asmodeus, at least from what my interaction with her has been, I would expect to hear a lot more noise and to see a river of her followers to flow inside of it.

Instead, we find ourselves in an unknown part of the beach kilometres away from almost any kind of civilization to a resort which is not even named and without a soul on the horizon.

As such I look back at that baka-John and ask him.

"We have arrived but there is no soul on the horizon. I can't even feel Asmodeus. Are you sure you have not been tricked? And more over how could you know where this party was going to be?".

He only replies with a smile. That irritating, sexy…WAIT!...calm down Lucifer you are the Devil Lord of Pride not a rookie.

He only says that he already known this place for other reasons and that when Asmodeus talked with him about a party in the morning, he already had an idea that it is here that she would do it.

For Lucifer remembering about yesterday is a truly annoying affair. Not only she lost the chance to meet with her from the get-go a resolve the problem there, but she also was capable to hide from Lucifer detection magic. She already knew that without her angel blood detecting with precision where the Seven Mortal Sins are in the world is going to be difficult, so she already started to work on a sort of radar that, using her new blood as a Devil Lord, would be able to find the others, even if only in a smaller radius. The fact that Asmodeus went completely under her radar was truly embarrassing for Lucifer. Even if she could not decide if it was more infuriating that she was not able to detect her or that she decided to go for John first and not for her.

'Irrelevant at the moment. John seems sure that this is the place. It means that we must go inside of it'.

When we enter inside of it we are greeted by a woman. Between 175-180 with a good amount of cleavage and noticeable hips with brown hairs. On the untrained eye she would look like a good looking but otherwise normal human woman, but she doesn't fool me. I can feel her powers. She is a succubus and a quite high ranking at that.

If I remember correctly the Devil Lords have a few demonic followers that lives in their respective Circles. Because Asmodeus is the ruler of the Second Circle her demonic flowers are Succubae.

But what it is more important now is, HOW I WAS NOT ABLE TO PERCEIVE HER?!

Lucifer scan all over her and concentrating with all her strength she can feel it. A barrier, and a strong one at that. No wonder she was not able to perceive anything there are multiple barriers all over the place both before and after this so that none can interrupt what is happening inside of this resort.

'Well. At least it is confirmed that this is the right place'.

The succubae greet all of us for coming at the party and redirect us towards the changing room. We are then divided between men and women, and we start to dress off because we have our swimsuits under the clothes.

Nevertheless, before entering I hear that violet big girl saying 'Oh! So is that kind of party' and that was confirmed by a nod from John. So I try to probe her for information.

"Karin, correct?".

The girl in question looks back at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes?".

"I heard by chance that you seem to have an idea of what is going on here. Would you care to explain us to?".

Karin gives a small shrug with her shoulders while she starts to take of her t-shirt.

"Of course. Why not?".

She takes a small pause to dress off, showing the upper half of her purple micro-bikini that show to the world how MASSIVE her chest is.

'Hpm, what a show off' Lucifer says to herself annoyingly having her remembered her lack of "firepower" in her chest department.

"You see. Asmodeus from time to time gives a party in which her most prominent sponsor meet together. No location is the same and no date is the same either. If you would look from an outside perspective then sure, it is a party well below her standards, but that is because here you will find the wealthiest and most politically influential people that support her plus members of various states in which she has a noticeable hold on it. Long story short here we will find people that will put their eyes on us from the first moment we go to the beach".

"I-I hope everything will be okay" Maria says a small hint of worry in her voice.

"But of course. There is Onee-san with us. Everything will be okay, beside. Why would that perverts look at us at all? I mean wouldn't Asmodeus throw to them all her best Succubae or something like that?" Leviathan asks visibly annoyed that a bunch of strangers would look at me with lecherous intentions.

'Well, not that they could do anything in case they want to go further than seeing, unless they want to end up beaten to a pulp'.

"It is not us. It is Lucifer specifically that they will take notice of, or at least who of them knows the truth". Karin says, giving herself a small pause and then going on.

"Lucifer is trying to challenge every one of the Devil Lord so that she can become the leader of Hell, at least this is what Darling's briefing said. As such, all these people out here that have linked their success to Asmodeus will surely be extremely concerned that a change in leadership would harm their businesses".

After hearing Karin explanation Lucifer starts to think about it. If she was her old self she would not have given Karin's words much weight, but with her encounter with John and her increasingly closer relationship with Maria, she is coming to realize that, maybe, the World is more complex than simply going towards every single Devil Lord with the same grace of a bull inside a crystal shop and thinking none will intervene.

"'Sigh', I can only hope that at least they give me the time to at least talk to Asmodeus before they do something drastic"

"One can only hope so" Scilla responded "and besides" this time she points at Karen "How many times I have to tell you that you must not call John-sama, Darling!?"

Scilla says visibly angry, even if she does her best to keep her voice down. But to no avail as Karin answer with

"Don't know and don't care. Darling loves it when I do so, and contrary to both you and Selina who are submissive bitches he likes when I am in charge in bed. Truly, one of the greatest mystery of life is how I was not able to find the both of you on your knees in front of him sucking his cock while he patted the both on the head for doing a good job".

The dreamy expression on both Scilla and Selina, plus the trails of saliva coming from their mouth, is all the answer that one's needs to know about the validity to such a claim. Nevertheless Scilla tries, in vain, to save a little bit of face.

"W-well, contrary to SOMEONE I and Selina-nee knows how to properly behave ourselves in front of John-sama".

Karin simply looks at Helly, both girl shrugging at such a bold statement that doesn't disprove what Karin has said before.

"Come on. And what about you Helly-nee? Surely even you understand that there is a certain way with which we must behave ourselves?".

"Hey don't look at me. You know that I am half Hellhound, as such I am a dog, even if a demonic one. As such you should know what my favourite sex pose is".

Karen is obviously the first to reply "Oh YES. I must admit I am quite jealous of the level, and power, of the horizontal mambo he does with you".

Fortunately for both Lucifer and Leviathan, that had become quite annoyed from the whole ordeal, and poor Maria, who is the middle of creating a new shed of red from how much embarrassed she is, John calls from outside the cabin to tell the girl to come out so that they can finally meet Asmodeus.

Once out all the other swimsuit taken from the other girls are revealed. Outside of Karin purple micro-bikini from before, there are Maria and Yuuya who has opted for a one piece white swimsuit respectively white and pink, like the ones you see in Japanese high schools. In particular Yuuya can show a little more of her bunny modifications as this is a place where everyone knows of the supernatural and of the Hybrids. Leviathan has opted for a two piece classical bikini with the top representing two sea shells to show her link to water. Helly, Selina and Scylla have all opted for classicals two pieces bikini with their respective colours being neon red, gold and blue orange stripe. Lucifer has instead opted for a two piece red and blue bikini with the top being made of a string linked to its extremities by a metal ring exactly at the centre of her cleavage.

All in all a line-up that would put a lot of super models to shame. Not that for the girls the treat was less pleasing. John is the exact definition of a Greek statue. All of his muscles, especially in the abdomen, are defined to the highest degree. John physique would be similar to that of a professional swimmer, and yet one could tell he carried even more of a punch in his muscles. But then Lucifer remembered that his body has been modified both genetically and mechanically. One can't help but to asks how much of his muscles were real and how much of it is metal.

Lucifer shakes her head. 'These are questions for another time and do not help us in our current situation'. With that in mind the gang walks towards the beach. During the brief trip Lucifer starts to have an idea of how much this place must be important for Asmodeus for her relationship with the humans. The hall is extremely decorated, but not in a way as to be oppressive or out of place for a summer weather like this. In her mind this is what humans would think of it when one would ask them how they imagine a villa that face the sea.

Nonetheless this is not the time for such thoughts. They have finally arrived at the beach. Lucifer is slightly taken back by how much "normal" the party is. By her first impression she thought that he would have seen a massive beach orgy with enough alcohol and drugs to kill an army. Instead the scene in front of her was a serene one with a lots of men in her middle to late ages hanging out with what are surely Asmodeus succubus. All in all, a part of her is a little disappointed, even if she doesn't understand why. But what worries her most is her inability to detect any of them.

She had already some suspicions, but it seems that Belial seal is more stronger than she had already anticipated. This means that she must take it out as quickly as possible.

Then the succubus receptionist call us and says.

"Sorry for disturbing all of you. But Asmodeus-sama has requested a meeting with Lucifer-sama. If it is not a problem for you I would lead you to her".

I immediately say yes. There is no point wasting time here when my target voluntarily asks for a meeting. John is obviously a little more worried than me.

"Will you be alright?" he asks.

"Of course. I am the Devil Lord of Pride. There is no problem or challenge I can not solve" I put on my charade in hope to masks the fact that I am very worried of the state of my magical powers being sealed and/or drained, but I am already dancing so I can only go forward.

Of course John is not very convinced by my response.

"*sigh* Just … Try to not bite more than you can chew".

I look at him for a moment before pouting and saying "Okay… I will try".

And with that said I follow the succubus. After a couple of minute of following her we arrives to a wooden house placed on top of a wooden structure. We enter inside and reach the balcony on the only floor that this house has. And obviously sitting on a bench there is Asmodeus dressed in something that can't even be call a swimsuit. It is a striped one piece suit, in the sense that it is only made of strings, that only covers her crotch leaving all the rest out in the air and a X shaped pad on each nipples to cover them. At least that "swimsuit" is something I would expect from the Devil Lord of Lust.

"There is no need to look at me like that. I know that all of this is not something that you would expect from a party-woman like me".

I am a little take back by her words, more so because while sitting on the bench she is giving me her shoulders, so she should not be able to tell what I think.

Nevertheless, Asmodeus stands up from the bench and takes out her sunglasses and looks at me with a serious expression. Now, this is strange. Really strange.

She doesn't say anything, but instead walks towards two mini-sofa pointed towards each other with a small table between them. She sits on the one nearest her and invite me to sit on the other so that we can talk face to face.

"Lilian". She starts to talk at the succubus that has accompanied me. "Could you be a dear and leave us alone. As Devil Lords we have much to discuss".

The succubus is clearly not happy about leaving her liege alone with who is, by all means and accounts, her enemy. But she remains professional. She gives a rapid bow and excuse herself returning to her job as a receptionist".

"*sigh* Now that we are alone. Lucifer, we have a LOT to discuss, and I want every answer possible" Asmodeus serious expression is a clear indication that there are some problems, some serious problems.

'Just, what the HELL is happening here?!".


[Maria's POV]

After Lucifer-san has gone to meet Asmodeus-san, we decided to separate ourselves in various groups trying to enjoy the beach and party. I still can see near the sea Karen and Helly having a beach-volley contest with a couple of equally 'endowed' girls, while Selina Scylla and Leviathan are playing and swimming in the crystal ocean. Even I would like to enjoy the beach with John, if I was not busy trying to make myself as small as possible while also trembling as a leaf.

"Come on Miss Maria. There is no need to be so rigid. This is a party after all!"

"Eheh. Thanks for your words Mr. Obema"

"Now, now. Quite the Mr thing. We are simply friends enjoying a party. Call me Barack please".

"O-okay… Barack-san".

"Hmm, slightly better, but we can do better. But for now we are okay with it".

I take out a sigh I didn't know I was hold, and who could tell me I am wrong when I am in front of the Ex-president of the United States of America!

In this moment I am simply blessing all that excruciating hours I spent learning English. Never I could phantom they would turn out helpful in such a case.

John for his part is talking in a very friendly way with the ex-president. From what he told me they had the occasion to meet multiple times in the past years, especially after whatever John has done that has given him the resources to start his enterprise, even if he doesn't want to tell me just now.

But, in the own words of president Obema: "So, he hasn't told you yet, eh? Well, it is not my place to tell you either, but I will tell you this. He has put off the craziest rodeo in all of human history. One single mistake and five thousand years of human civilization would have been put on reset in the very hard way".

I still can't even phantom what John has done of such an impact to make the ex-president of the USA to say such a thing. I can only hope he will say everything after we have completed all of this here in Miami.

Nevertheless, this is not the reason why I am trying to be in the dark corner has much as possible. Rather, the conversation they are having right now is very, VERY serious and I simply don't have the bravery, nor a death wish to enter inside of it.

Currently we are sit outside of the villa and in particular outside of its bar section, in the VIP-section. The are two armchairs per side separated by a rectangular table. On one side there are John and me, on the other there is the president and another girl of the establishment, which just so happens to be one of the most popular influencers of the recent years. And when you put on the table that John itself is someone with enough money to buy half of Africa and having money to spares, well, one simply has to realize when they are the small fish in the pond if they want to survive. Not that their "talk" made things easier to do.

"Back to want we were talking about John. I hope you realize that both me and the other "parties" here hope that whatever Lady Asmodeus and Lady Lucifer are talking about isn't going to make a fuss. It would be… quite unfortunate, if we had to step in to cool down the situation".

John looks calmly at him without breaking a drop of sweat

"Don't worry. Lady Lucifer objective is not to replace Lady Asmodeus. As she has proclaimed herself the Devil Lord of Pride she aims to win over Lady Asmodeus loyalty so that she can win over Lady Belial position as the Head of the Seven Mortal Sins".

Obema simply laughs at this. "*chuckles* Truly unbelievable. *sigh* She has indeed claimed the Sin of Pride for taking such a decision. Nevertheless, I don't think that winning over Lady Asmodeus is enough for your little "Rebellion"".

"*chuckles* rebellion is quite the word Obema. I would define our situation as a sinking ship and I am the unlucky bastard that has to make sure that the ship reaches safe port. But, to answer your question then yes. We plan to go to every other Devil Lord with obviously the exception of Lady Belial so that Lady Lucifer can reach her objective".

"Eh? Then I can only wish you good luck. As always all the governments which have deals with the Devil Lords will remain neutral during your confrontations but, if said Devil Lords will asks for our intervention we will abide by the contract and intervene".

"*sigh* well it had to be expected. Lady Satan is going to be a pian to deal with. Nonetheless, ww will move forward and see where our struggle is going to take us".

"*chuckles* well, at least I will have something interesting to looking for. Now, if would excuse me, this is a party made by Lady Asmodeus and we are not parting enough. Don't you agree Lara?".

The girl that for all this time has remained silent and glued to Obema-san side finally speak in a jovial and cheerful voice.

"You are absolutely right Barack-kun. Let us go to the private pool, there more girls there that needs a man to lift them up".

And with that said the both of them go away towards another pool in a different part of the villa. Leaving me and John alone and together.

'this is so embarrassing. I could not even utter a word and I was trembling all the time. *sigh* I must become stronger, or at least more reliable than what I am now'.

My internal monologue was interrupted by John.

"You have done a splendid job in handling the pressure for meeting with him".

"W-what do you mean?".

"Barack is very much still an alpha predator when we talk about politics and the like. His sheer charisma and mental pressure that have been refined by working in one of the most cutthroat political environments in the world is enough to break someone with little to no experience like you are in the moment. Maybe it has been your near-death experience, or maybe the absurdity of what we are doing has made you resistant to it. Nevertheless, I have seen legions of rookies breaking down under the sheer pressure of his presence. In that contest you have been exemplar to not break your cool. I am proud of you".

I can feel my cheeks redding under his compliments. "W-what you say? I have not done anything special". Maybe, just maybe I am becoming a better version of myself without noticing 'Hehe'.

"Nevertheless, Barack is right on one thing. This is a party and our enjoyment of it is long overdue. So, what say of trying enjoying the party Maria?"

"Yes, I would love it".

And with that we spend the rest of the morning playing around and doing various things. But then, after Lucifer returned from the gazebo where she was talking with Asmodeus, that was the signal to go away. Much to the dismay of both Karen and Helly that had become quite the celebrity with a respectable victory ratio of 5:1. Especially considering that the payment for the losers was to strip and let the, very "watchful", male audience to take photos of them. (not that they could do anything else because they know that every woman her has some kind of supernatural ability. They are surely horny, but not enough to switch off their survival instinct)

We didn't talk much during the way back. In part because a lot of use were exhausted after having fun so much and being able to enjoy the beaches for which Miami is famous, and on the other hand, because we could see that Lucifer has a serious look on her face and she has told us that she would explain everything once we go back to the Hotel.

I shared a look with John, a look of apprehension. With only one question hammering both of our minds.

'What have Lucifer and Asmodeus talked about to give her such a gloomy look'.

[End of Maria's POV]

The squad is back to the hotel and everyone is waiting for Lucifer to reveal how she is going to win over Asmodeus loyalty, but they were not in the known about the massive mental chaos that is hr mind right now.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! FUCK! HOW?! HOW IN THE NAME OF THAT BLASTED IMPOTENT ASSHOLE OF A GOD HAS THE SITUATION BECOME SOMETHING LIKE THIS!".

Lucifer situation has gone from complicated to absolutely fucked up. The reason being of the "type" of challenge that she and Asmodeus are going to have.


Flashback

We are back at the gazebo where Asmodeus and Lucifer are talking between each other.

"So, as I told you. I am having a problem with my followers. A lot of them have been victim or outright murdered by unknown people, but I am pretty sure they have some connection to the Church".

"And? Do you think I am responsible?".

Asmodeus let out a small chuckle finding the insinuations of Lucifer funny.

"No, of course no. but, in recent days my followers have begun to indicate a worrisome increase in Church's activities all around the world. I tried to talk to this with Belial-chan, but sha has told me that it was not relevant and that she would do something about this. Needlessly to say I find the whole situation quite fishy. Don't you think?".

Lucifer looks at Asmodeus with a look that tries to not betray her emotion in that moment, and I say try.

"it seems almost like you are not quite happy with the current administration of that Belia-bitch?".

"*chuckles* You are quite bad at hiding your emotions Lucifer-chan, but I will not tell you. I mean, you yourself are aiming at the big chair herself and it would be unfair for me to start showing cracks in our chain from the get-go. So, I have a propose for you".

"I am all hear".

"Tonight I will attend my real super party with tons of people in it. What I propose you is that we go in my personal chambers and we have a competition between ourselves".

Lucifer was quite happy in this moment. Finally she could challenge the Devil Lord of Lust, win against her and in doing so breaking the first seal of this damned curse.

"Okay I am in. In which way I am going to beat your ass". Lucifer was feeling a little thirsty so she takes the drink that was on the table in front of her.

"*laughing* well you can slap my ass whenever you want I don't mind it. But in relation to our battle I say that we go in my personal room and we see who can fuck John-kun better!".

Lucifer then immediately spit out what she was drinking coughing hard from the surprise.

"W-w-WHAAT?! W-w-Why?!" she is completely flabbergasted from what Asmodeus says, her face already red as a tomato. She is capable of quickly regain control of her emotions, even if her cheeks have a very deep blush on them. "Even if I accept it. Why should John not lie and say I am the winner? He is one of my allies in my objective".

""Well, I don't think so. For one he is a very honest guy when it comes to what he wants and how much he enjoys a girl's "service". And on the other hand from what I could tell, he is more like an unwilling sailor in your ship that you are taking with yourself than a crewmen that would actually support you in every single moment. But this is beside the point, there is one simple reason that I choose this type of challenge".

"Oh? And, would you pray tell me?".

"Simple. I am the embodiment of Lust. Did you really thought I would challenge you to something like a duel to death. *laugh* please. That is Satan's thing. This is not a competition between us to see who is the more powerful Lucifer-chan. This is a challenge to see who is the better woman in bed".

"And how this would translate in anything?".

"Simple enough. As the Devil Lord of Lust I and all my ancestors would consider myself unworthy of this position if I would allow someone who is worse in bed than me to be my boss".

Lucifer was cursing inside herself even more so because Asmodeus was right. As Devil Lords they and herself would never allow anyone that they consider inferior to rule over them. But this begs the question.

"Than what you are saying is that-".

"Yes, Belial-chan has won against me fair and square. Let me tell you that massive tanks that she has for tits, and that entire bakery of a bubble butt, are not there for show. They are a truly weapon of mass destruction. She is truly the embodiment of Vanity.".

"What do you mean?":

"I mean that she has won by entering in my personal strip club butt botty naked and then proceeding to being gangbanged by every man in said club. She was so dominant and skilful that said men literally collapsed from excessive orgasm. And even with her whole body covered in male semen after 3 WHOLE hours of doing so. He simply sit on a chair, looking like she owned the place and without a single hint of disgust, like all the semen in which she was covered was even less than the wind in the night, and asks me if that were all the men I had to my disposition. Which they obviously took offense in it and proceeded to do the exact same for other 6 ROUNDS".

Asmodeus then simply shrugs at Lucifer incredulous face.

"How could I not recognize her as my superior after that stunt?".

Lucifer gives a very heavy sigh letting out most of her frustration from having to go along with all of this. Nevertheless she is the Devil Lord of Pride, it would be unworthy of her title to not win a challenge at the conditions dictated by her enemy.

So, after she accepted the challenge with the promise of not revealing anything to the rest of her group she decides that she is not in the best shape to meet them and goes around the villa unseen by anyone to take off some steam. Returning then back to lead the group back to the hotel. Remaining at the head to make sure none could see how much embarrassed she was.

[Flashback Ends]

As this is a situation that she has bring completely onto herself Lucifer decides to say the least possible. Simply saying that Asmodeus has accepted her challenge that John will come with her as a supporter and "neutral judge". They will go at the night party of Asmodeus that will take place in her personal villa outside of Miami at 20:00. Then she retires inside her room trying to make order inside her mind on how she was so dumb as to accept it, even more so considering that she has absolutely no sexual experience while Asmodeus has taken God's only knows how many cocks in how many ways, but what she is angry the most is that John doesn't seem to consider himself fully on board with her plan. Even if she must admit that the two of them didn't exactly had such great opportunities to have a one to one talk. She can only hope that she is capable of finding a way to win or else everything she is fighting for will be for nothing.

[Meanwhile just outside the territorial waters of Florida]

Antioch and Fiona are on the bridge of the oil tanker looking towards the ever closing city while using the radio to direct the last preparations that their troops have to do. One of the soldiers that is helping Fiona in this logistical aspect takes their attention to him.

"Sir, Ma'am. The preparations are complete for the 75%. We are on schedule. It will be all complete for the 20:00. The time in which we will reach port is scheduled for the 21:00. The harbour security has already received out false IDs. We will reach the final destinations without anyone notice".

Antioch doesn't move, he simply continues to stare at the ocean. Meanwhile Fiona gives a nod of acknowledgement and tells her orders.

"Good. Maintain the current tempo. I want every squad that is not working on assembling the MBT or IFV doing one last round of physical and gunnery exercise. Tell them to end all of it by the 20:00. After that they will have 1 hour of rest before operation Sodoma starts".

The soldiers simply salutes and go outside of the bridge to relay her orders. Leaving Fiona and Antioch alone in the bridge. A suffocating silence permeating the whole room for a minute or two before Antioch answers.

"Operation Sodoma. From the destruction of Sodoma of the Book of Genesis of the Bible. *sigh* yet again something that we have taken from the human to our own detriment. I ask myself for how long do we plan to do this before we ends up repeating the same mistakes of the Humans?".

"It is not our place to decide what we must and must not Antioch. Our job is only to obey the orders, train the next generation of Therianthrope and leave behind our legacy as the vanguard of the new world. The rest is simply background noise".

Antioch remain silent, a lot of thoughts in his mind.

"*sigh* Maybe, maybe not. We will proceed with the operation. Soon enough the fire of our war will ravage the city where the Sin has laid her nest. Then we will know if we are capable to achieve our goal or we will simply be burn by our own fire".

And with that said he excused himself to go meditate in his chambers. Leaving Fiona alone to ponder to their conversation, herself looking on the ever near city and the night that will start everything.


[ Time Skip – Outskirt of Miami – Personal Villa of Asmodeus Gremory – 20:00]

Asmodeus is on the balcony of her personal room in her villa, or the Lust Villa as it is called by the ones who have been here before. Already a lot of her followers from the city itself, but the vast majority from abroad, are already swarming the palace. Man are dressed both in formal and elegant clothes and casual ones that are just one inch away from being street clothes. The women instead were dressed in the most outlandish, stripped and skin tight dress they could take their hands on. Just thinking on the amount of sexual energy that it is going to be produced here in a less than half an hour is making her a little wet. But she is using all her willpower to conserve her heat for when she will have her challenge with Lucifer and John.

She has been intrigued by John ever since he was capable of not only holding his ground against Satan who is the strongest one among them all, and then when she had seen the absolute "cannon" that he has between his legs. Well, obviously she could not end their trip here with only an appetizer.

'Mmh, he seems the cute intelligent type of boy. Maybe he is capable to resist my pussy for long enough I will take it as my assistant, and if he shows to be even more extraordinary…eh…eh….! Stop Asmodeus, this not the time to think about it'.

Asmodeus barely takes a hold of her own thoughts, very barely.

'Gosh, it would be embarrassing to orgasm by simply thinking about it'.

Nevertheless she is very worried about the latest news. Being the Sin of Lust means that you are the one who will interact with humans the most, which means you will have the greatest amount of followers and most of the base of operations between all the Devil Lords, even if they will continue to underestimate you and take you for a pushover.

'*sigh* well, at least I have the fortune of working with better colleague in regard to how they perceive me, especially if confronted with the previous Devil Lords of Lust'.

Unfortunately being in this position means that your bases and followers are statistically more likely to be attacked by enemy forces. The fact that 3 of her bases (read villages) have fallen with all their members slaughtered and not a single clue as to who has done it and all of this in less than a week has put Asmodeus in a very worried mental state. Obviously she has taken the matter all the way up to Belial and her fellow sins. But, between indifference of most of the other Sins and Belial giving only a small reassurance on the fact she will look on it, she was not happy about it. Fortunately Mammon is more or less on her same boat, so she has promised Asmodeus to give her all the financial support she would need to find out the culprit.

A shame that Mammon, or her followers, can't go in Asmodeus's territory because of agreements made by the 4th generation of Devil Lords after that generation Lords of Wrath and Gluttony almost went to war between each other with the serious risk of causing a civil war inside Hell. As such every Devil Lord is denied entry into each other's territory, unless previously agreed upon and only for matters in regard of Hell as a whole and not for their specific territories. Obviously the only one who doesn't have to respect this rule is the Leader of the Seven Mortal Sins, but the Leader is most of the time busy controlling Hell and making sure everything is going smoothly.

This party is as much of a recurrence as it is for Asmodeus a way to relax from all these affairs and having a good night/party.

She then decides to go back in her room and looking inside her wardrobe to find something that would mesmerize everyone.

'Now, What I should take to make John-kun look only at me'.


END

Author's Note

MY. GOD!

*sigh* I have ended the first part of this chapter. Now, originally this chapter would have "ended" with the attack from Antioch and Fiona on Miami, but *sigh* I will be honest. It has become incredibly difficult to write chapters that are so long.

As of next chapter I will impose my own personal limitation of 5000 words per chapter not counting the author's note.

The reason is simple. I am still very much a rookie when we talk about writing chapters with a huge amount of words, especially going for 10000 onwards. As such by limiting the number of words per chapter and focusing only on the more important parts of it I can produce chapters with a better schedule.

Even ore so considering that is story is only the first of a massive amount of them that I plan to do in the future and I can't personally lost 2 weeks every time for chapter, and my University schedule can't and will not allow me to do so. (I mean I have what…20 or so more story that I plan to write).

After publishing this chapter I will make and publish chapter 3 of BREAKING NEWS to give some important information on my decision on this and future story.

I can't wait to read your reviews on this chapters