First Signs

(First update is here. Ugh, I wrote too much yesterday and felt awful! I'm finally feeling a little better, so I got up and wrote this update. Please forgive me for posting it so late!)

Not long before...

Far to the north of the forest lay the Succubus Queen's Camp!

A pale figure flashed into view and headed straight for the Succubus Queen's Camp!

A sinister air hung over the Camp. Every Demon on patrol steered clear of the Succubus Queen's quarters, as though avoiding a savage beast!

Even the Succubi seemed less and less able to fathom their own queen.

"My queen, I deserve death. The mission..." A deathly pale ghostly face appeared in the room. Drops of milky-white fluid began dripping from it!

"Failed?" A hazy figure stood with her back to the face, and a hoarse, chilling voice came from her.

"Y-yes!" The ghostly face seemed to tremble. More white fluid dripped into the air, only to vanish.

"So a defective failure is still trash after all!" She slowly turned, revealing a face of breathtaking beauty. It was the Succubus Queen, Lusbeta Lilith.

But she was different now. Her alluring aura was gone, replaced by waves of icy cold. The Abyss Star on her forehead had vanished, and in its place lay a cluster of mysterious, pallid markings!

"My queen, Baal is too powerful. Though I was once a Second-Level Demon myself, I... I..." the ghostly face stammered.

"Oh? So you've dealt with him before." Pale eyes fixed on the face as an eerie tension filled the room.

"But if you can't even defeat a Second-Level Demon, what use are you?" Her seductive lips parted slightly. The ghostly face floating nearby shuddered and let out a shrill cry. Before it could beg for mercy, it turned into