"Where did you go?"
Sparks flew from the Lava Colossus's mouth. As it spoke, the temperature throughout the chamber rose by dozens of degrees.
"I met an interesting little fellow."
Compared with the other five terrifying figures, Lilith, commander of the Sixth Legion, looked tiny.
"Does this concern me?"
A massive black silhouette with eight outstretched limbs spoke from the front row of Thrones, closest to the seat of honor.
"No. Just one of my kind." Lilith, commander of the Sixth Legion and Queen of the Succubi, lazily curled her heart-tipped tail around her Throne while rolling the emotions she had collected from Annan between her fingertips.
A barely perceptible trace of gray: he wasn't afraid of her. One-third blue: he was curious. Two-thirds yellow...
"What about the matter at hand?"
"I've already told you. What can I do if you don't believe me?" She propped up her cheek and chuckled, her whip-like tail winding around her arm like a thorny vine.
"You expect me to believe the humans holed up in Middle Earth actually want a decisive battle with us?" A giant silhouette in the second row, shaped like an enormous human, spoke slowly. "Lilith, I admit your little tricks work on devils, but humans don't require them."
"If we're launching a full-scale assault, then let's wage all-out war!"
The Flame Demon, Second Legion Commander, cut them off. Its thunderous roar echoed through the Flame Hall. "My servants have already reached those mountains and marshes. They can melt those laughable city walls whenever I give the word!"
"The Sixth Legion Commander likes order. Acting chaotic in front of her won't make her like you more."
"Got it. I'll rein in my chaotic side."
The succubus bloodline really had affected Annan a little. His desires seemed amplified. In practice,