Chapters 3 and 4

-Demon King's castle dungeon, evening time-

"Move it! Get in the cell!"

After receiving the king's orders, the subordinates did their jobs, moving the people, now slaves to the dungeon. These girls are the rewards the king is going to give to the demon lords.

"Why are you putting us in here? What's going to happen to us?"

"Shut up, you'll all know soon enough."

The girls were clueless, not knowing at all why they were taken to this place.

There were around fifteen to twenty girls. The king made sure there was at least one girl for each demon lord, maybe two if the lord was lucky enough to get what was extra.

They were all put in one big cell, with just two bunk beds. They just waited, some were crying, some were fighting for the beds, and some were asking the guards why they were taken to this place.

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-castle throne room-

There were fourteen lords present in front of the king, they were all in a line facing him. They all had smug, ugly faces and some were fat. They all had agitated and/or impatient looks on their faces.

"Your majesty, what was the reward you wanted to give us? Tell us already, we have been standing here for quite some time."

"I'm sorry."

The king then stood up from his throne.

" Welcome demon lords, I hope you all had safe travels. I was going to wait till Demon Lord Leon arrived to present your rewards, but you seem to be in a hurry to get them so please follow the guards over there. They will take you to them."

He pointed towards two guards, and then the demon lords left.

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" What are we doing in this dungeon, this place stinks"

Then after walking a little way in the dungeon, they finally made it to the cell.

"My lords, his majesty has instructed us to tell you that these women will be your rewards. Choose which you want, once you do they are yours. The king has also set up special rooms in the castle for you all. He also stated to have fun, you deserve it."

After hearing that, the lords now instead of impatient looks, turned to pretentious smiles and eyes full of lust.

The girls after hearing that explanation now started to panic, then the doors to the cell were opened.

All the lords went in and grabbed whatever girl they liked, either by the hair or with brute force, the girls were screaming trying to get out of the lord’s grasp.

One of the girls was able to slip out of their grasp and hid.

Now, hiding in darkness on the floor under one of the beds. A human girl sat shaking in fear as she watched the demon lords manhandle and drag the other girls away.

She was also trying to cover her ears, but she could still hear the horrible cries and screams of terror from the others as the demon lords dragged them away.

That was just the selection, she didn't want to imagine what might happen after being dragged away. Then after what seemed like hours, but was actually just a minute or two, there was silence.

Even though she had escaped from the demon lord's grasp, she still trembled and cried. Then she heard footsteps.

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-Demon Kings castle throne room-

"Your majesty, Lord Leon has just arrived and is requested to see you."

"Bring him in."

A minute or two after the subordinate left, the room doors opened showing Leon standing in front of them, with a tired look on his face.

" My King, I'm sorry I'm late the boat I took was a little late taking off."

Almost with an annoyed look, the king spoke.

"It's alright, those damn humans are all horrible, useless workers anyway, so I understand."

"Oh, it's not entirely their fault my king, I did ask them to take me here on short notice, so I'm somewhat to blame. But that's off-topic, my king what was the reward you wanted to bestow to me and the other demon lords?"

"Well Leon, the other lords already received their rewards. I was going to wait for you, so I could present them to you altogether, but the other lords got impatient."

Then Leon's content face started to show some interest.

"It's alright, my king but what were the rewards?"

"If you follow those guards by the door, they'll show you to them, but by now I don't think they'll be any left."

After the king said so, Leon then followed the guard out of the throne room.

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-Castle dungeon-

Clamp, Clamp. (the sound of footsteps. )

The girl still sat in the dark, scared to death, and heard footsteps. As if they were reminders of the horror she just witnessed, she silently waited as the steps grew closer to the cell.

"Creak"

Then the door of the cell opened. The last time that happened the others in the cell were forcibly taken away while screaming in terror.

She closed her eyes, covered her ears, and tried her best not to make a sound.

The guard looked around the cell, but couldn't see any girls.

"I'm sorry my lord, but it seems that the other lords got a little too greedy and took all the rewards for themselves."

" It's alright, seeing where the rewards were placed, I could guess what they were."

Thinking the lord might be saddened by the fact he was too late to get a reward the guard said.

"Well then, my lord, his majesty still prepared special rooms for all the lords, so shall I escort you there."

"Yea, let's go"

With a somewhat content look on his face, Leon turned towards the entrance.

"sigh"

After hearing that conversation, She silently sighed in relief, it seems she has completely gone under the eye of the lords and guards, well not all of them.

Leon heard that sigh, it was faint, faint enough to not alert the guard, but Leon heard it. He looked around the cell but didn't see anything. Then he looked under the bed and in the darkness was a human girl.

"Could you wait by the entrance, I want to be alone for a moment."

"Oh, of course, my lord."

The guard then went towards the entrance of the dungeon.

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After the guard was far away Leon looked closely at the girl. He was still outside the cell, but he could still see her hiding and also shivering in the darkness.

"Step, step"(footstep sounds)

He then walked in, he slowly made his way over to her. Leon nor the girl said a word, she didn't even know Leon was moving towards her, all she could hear were his footsteps.

Leon was now a foot away from her, standing looking down at the darkness under the bed.

He crouched down, very slowly, he knew if he made any startling move she might get even more frightened.

Now as he was staring at her, he softly and kindly asked,

"Are you alright?"

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