As the Enchantress Queen, Mekanshute radiated desire at every moment. Any creature that saw her would fall helplessly in love with her, obsessed beyond reason. But with the Succubus Queen reflected in his eyes, Jiang Hao felt only a chill in his hands and feet.
How could she be here?
It was the first thought that came to him once his blank mind started working again. Then came a second.
He drew Fragarach, the Sword of Vengeance, opened his mouth, and said,
"Praise the great Lady of Night..."
The Succubus Queen laughed. "Go ahead and shout, little virgin. No matter how loud you are, that old woman won't hear you."
"...Shar." Jiang Hao faltered, but finished the invocation.
Then he looked at the Succubus Queen and forced out the words. "When did you set this up?"
Demon Lords were different from Gods. Descending to the Main Plane was harder for them and demanded a greater price, along with more sacrifices.
But if large numbers of people had vanished from Ganzros City, word would surely have gotten out.
"Set this up? Your great-great-great... grandmother doesn't need anything like that. I walked here." Mekanshute smiled smugly.
Jiang Hao's pupils contracted. "You came in your true body?"
"Aren't you afraid the Churches of the Gods will band together against you?"
The Gods would not tolerate a Demon Lord entering their pasture. Driven by divine will, their Churches would charge at her with fanatical zeal, ready to fight to the death.
No matter how powerful a Demon Lord was, she would surely fall to the Churches' siege while suppressed by the Main Plane. After all, Gods could descend too.
"This is your fault." At Jiang Hao's question, Mekanshute gritted her teeth. "If not for you, why would I have called that old woman an