Chapter 124: Delinquent Becomes a Demon Lord....
Alicia and Ryuji kissed, wrapped in each other's embrace, licking and sucking their mouths and tongues; Alicia didn't quite understand what was happening. Her mind felt hazy as Ryuji's hands wrapped around her hips. She could feel something filling her body, its cold, sweet taste flowing throughout her belly and invigorating her.
Meanwhile, Ryuji's mind didn't seem to be focused; he felt fixated on the sweet flavour that numbed his mind, holding Alicia's head so she could not escape until Akari and Ryo made a sound, causing her to push Ryuji away, his body flopping down with a thud.
"Huah... that felt weird, Ryuji.... though you seem better, thank god...."
She patted her lips, looking at Ryuji's pale, unconscious body, breathing slowly; his injuries healed... but unlike Alicia thought, Ryuji didn't sleep peacefully...
Within his mind.
Bang!
*Smash*
Like a collapsing dungeon wall, Ryuji's will crashed, his walls shattered, and his soul drifted like a sailboat being forcefully tugged, pulled by an uncontrollable force. Ryuji tried desperately to resist, fearing his sanity was going to collapse like the dungeon walls that vanished and turned into nothingness.
Yet he failed... he found himself standing above a cold, smooth black platform, two glowing azure-black doors ahead of him. The feeling of suppression poured heavily when Ryuji's hand touched the door handle, forcing him down.
"Fuck... this door...." Ryuji cursed and glared.
On the door's handle floated black words: Betrayer.
'It can't be helped...' Ryuji, realising he couldn't resist, clicked his teeth and twisted the twin black metal handles.
However, as the wind started to howl and the doors slowly slid open, the stones grinding with a low groan, he suddenly found himself back inside the dungeon, with Alicia's thighs beneath his head, and Akari and Ryo talking together with a bright voice.
"Ryuji?" Akari saw his eyes open first, her mouth opening wide before morphing into a smile.
"Oh...." Alicia noticed Ryuji awakening, her thighs a little sore from his head; while she blushed and lowered her head, a relieved smile flashed across her delicate features. "Are you alright?"
"Sorry about that kiss. I had no idea you would taste so delicious..." Ryuji muttered, his head still dazed and dizzy when he tried to stand up.
"Wait, Ryuji, I think you're still too weak...." Ryo muttered, his eyes drooping while worried about his classmate.
"Yeah, have some of the soup Ryo made; it's very nutritious and helps your head become clear." Akari chimed when Alicia helped Ryuji rest his head back onto her lap.
A bowl filled with light-golden soup shimmered before Ryuji; the scent caused his nostrils to twitch, and his eyes narrowed from the spicy and strange scent of onion, pepper and other strong herbs. Ryo passed him a spoon, which Alicia took and began to stir the soup, her eyes darting away from Ryuji's gaze as she began to spoon the soup into his mouth.
"This isn't bad," Ryuji commented when he noticed his mind becoming much clearer, yet with a tinge of sweetness that reminded him of a familiar taste.
'Is this....'
While Ryuji had the soup, his focus returned.
Within the depth of his body, his soul shivered. Something wriggled and invaded his soul like a strange poison invading one's blood, crawling down his veins, seeping towards his heart, causing his body to freeze. Ryuji sensed it was something strange... a black ooze or blood that seemed to have entered his body somehow.
He tried to control the strange feelings in his chest, feeling his desire and feelings intensify as he climbed off Alicia's lap.
'Something isn't right...'
Ryuji felt stronger than ever—he looked at Alicia and the other two, who turned away when he did, causing him to feel strange. 'Why were they avoiding his gaze?'
So when he noticed a dagger dropped by a goblin, and in the reflection, his eyes remained black.... they didn't revert to his normal state. That was when Ryuji felt alarm bells going off in his mind. Because he didn't feel different. Normally, when his eyes turned black, it was during combat or excitement...
Yet he felt calm... apart from the strange ooze flowing through his body.
Ryuji was losing control of his desires and emotions.... he clutched his fists together, confused and scared. Something was changing within him as if someone was recreating his body inch by inch.
He wiped his lips and tried to remain normal, "Elf lips really do taste like honey; thanks to that, the soup didn't taste so bad."
Yet Ryo, Akari and the Elf girl could only stare nervously, not saying a thing, only remembering the bloody Ryuji who almost died before his eyes changed and he kissed Alicia so violently.
"We should leave..." Ryuji said while looking at the exit portal and black chest; he looked back to the others while Alicia avoided eye contact; she became like a scared deer the moment he started moving around; that kiss might have scared her.
"You're right, we should get back... I didn't touch the chest because we did nothing." Ryo added with a nervous smile while Ryuji waved him off and nodded.
"O-Okay... let's go... alright, Miss Alicia?" Akari added, offering a hand to the elf.
'What did those doors mean?' .
'Why is he being called the Betrayer?'
'Who did he betray?'
'Betrayer?'
Ryuji remembered the name attached to the doors; meanwhile, Ryo stepped towards the chest and touched the strange black gemstone. "It's weird. Why is the chest black... didn't the guide say they only came in bronze, silver or gold?"
"What!?" Ryuji looked up to Ryo as he snapped the lock and opened the chest...
At that moment, the dungeon began to quake, and its walls started to collapse, forcing Akari, Alicia, and Ryo to the other side, falling into the portal. Their eyes of shock as Ryuji stood in the centre of the dungeon, as darkness enveloped his body.
[The Betrayer has finally Awoken!]
[Congratulations! Demon Lord Has Reached Level 10!]
[Demon Lord Form - Unsealed!]