You never saw Hollin get upset. He was an extremely strong devil and a capable leader. I certainly did not want him to get upset with me. "Thank you, Hollin." the smaller ice devil said meekly. When Hollin asked about the 40 souls, I said "I ate them already. Irolod was so rude to me at the club that it was a fair compensation after jerking him off to completion." I said. The others snickered and tried their best to hold in their laughter. Hollin looked at my aggressor and said "Looks like you are out of luck." He was not going to do anything about it for him. Irolod had no choice but to nod and say "It seems that way." Hollin looked at me and said "I have a task for you. I want you to hunt down some demons. You scattered them across the city." He was the one that gave me permission to strike them. I sighed and said "Of course Hollin. Give me a list of targets and I will slaughter them." The other devils were skeptical. I was still just an incubus to them. Ever the shrewd devil, he already had that hit list ready. Once he gave it to me, Hollin walked off on his own. I took Mazerrith and left as well.
Zipping through the streets, I decided to make it back to the club. I could probably do it all on my own. Still, I had a huge roster of people that could come with me on this mission. They could benefit from leveling up. Kyle, Myles and Mazerrith were all mine to do what I pleased with them. I knew that the greater water elemental would not be able to resist. That was probably the point that I would be able to go on my own. I did not want to risk my original squad on this. If there were any spoils, I would share them with them. Getting them together was fine. We walked together as a large group. The docks were blown up and there were still people trying to put out the fires. It had been a couple of days. Some of them were simply chemical fires. Others were alchemical. Still others were cursed and unable to be put out by mundane means. As a demonic hideout, you would expect some of that to be in there. Eventually, the city would give up. It would then be given to the Adventurer's Guild to deal with. Walking through the district, I got the sense that I was in enemy territory. I got 8 glares.
As soon as I walked us into a secluded area, those 8 demons came out of the shadows. They were 8 demons, so I did not need to talk to them. My magic was more than enough to obliterate them. The others got some potshots in before they went down. Looking at the list. 2 of the names were crossed out. That meant I was getting my way through the bounty sooner than I thought. I looted all the bodies before they disappeared. I got about 5100 lin and a nice 63 souls. Mazerrith got to eat 3 of them on the spot. He was excited. Ororin, Nyrear, Vohrear, Grulilan and Zaranarax could each have 10 to eat. The remaining 10 were all mine. I at them right there as well. It was time to return anyway. There were 10 names on the list, so I was 20% done before the first day was over. That was good enough for me. Just as I was about to leave the territory with my team, a hand grabbed my shoulder. It was another pissed off demon. I had not noticed him, so he had to be strong. "What's your name!?" I demanded. I was tired. He was Traniros. I looked on the list and, sure enough, he was on it.
