The days that followed were calm and uneventful.
One after another, Pan Long met several more of the Abyss's great fiends.
None were as famous as Graz'zt, the Dark Prince, and they were slightly weaker than him. But every one of them was a genuine Demon King—the kind it would take a whole band of Heroes to defeat.
The great fiends thanked Pan Long for his outstanding performance in the battle to suppress Cang Ye. Quite a few brought gifts.
One fiend's gift was especially unusual: a sealed Succubus.
Pan Long had seen plenty of Succubi, but the one presented to him as a gift was rare.
She was a chaotic good Succubus, and she had even attained a fairly high level as a Temple Ranger.
Temple Rangers worshiped chaotic good deities. Each contributed to the cause of Goodness in their own way, and they belonged to all sorts of different branches. What they shared was skill with the bow and the ability to use some Divine Magic.
They were rather like the famed Arcane Archers among the elves.
Good Succubi were rare, but they did exist. Pan Long knew of one famous example: Elocithia, the Succubus Paladin who had left behind the Silver Skull Legend. She was widely known, though no one knew where she was now.
Meeting another one made Pan Long curious. Since she could also use Divine Magic, he wanted to talk with her.
The Nine Provinces World hardly offered a favorable environment for Divine Magic. The experience of an ordinary Cleric or Paladin probably would not help him much, but the experience of a Demon who could wield good-aligned Divine Magic was valuable.
The Succubus Ranger told him, "Feel the fire of Goodness and justice in your heart—your joy in all that is beautiful, your