When they woke up, they were greeted by the sight of the witch cooking them a meal. Sensing their presence, the witch gave them a nod of acknowledgement before continue cooking.
Having a wry smile on their face, the two took a seat as they waited for the witch to finish making breakfast.
Soon enough, the witch took out a tray with three tes on it. epting it, the two non-human dig in. To their surprise, the food taste excellent.
"You are an excellent chef," Minapliment, earning a wide smile from the older witch.
They continue their meal in silence until the witch decide to ask them a question. More specifically to the sole man in the room.
"Why would a human help a witch? You should grow up to hear the tales of wicked witch that needed to be culled" the woman clearly distrust human greatly. Thankfully, he can easily answer the question.
"First, I am not from the Duchy, so I do t grow up listening to such stories," the witch had the decency to look ashamed.
"Second, who said I was a human," soon, he transformed. His horns grow from the top of his head as ck-jet wing emerged from his back. A demon tail also appear as his now red eyes glowed with power.
"A-a de-demon," the witch said, trembling as she soon find herself on the floor.
"Don''t worry, I will not do any harm to you. I never harm anydies," Mina snorted, knowing what he truly meant. After all, when his true race was revealed, heter show him several secrets other secrets, with the exception of one big secret.
One of the secret shee to know was the fact he has arge number of sex ve serving him and his clones. When asked the purpose, he only told her that it help him sustain some magic that allowed him to keep his monsters and the poption of sentiant beings alive.
She took his words for it and soone to appreciate the sex ves. After all, he don''t think she could handle being ravage by him for more than an hour without limping. At the point of two hours, she doubt she could walked. Past four, she think she would only woke up after noon.
With the sex ves, they took most of the heat of her, so Alros could only do it to her for half an hour, leaving her with slight limp instead of a limp.
The woman was still trembling, but the two immediately realize it was not from fear.
"Hahaha! When gods did not answer my prayer, the devil did so!" another round of madughter escape the purple-haired which, who stare at him in great interest.
"I will give you anything of mine! Even my body, if you destroy this wretched Duchy!" she proimed.
Alros looked at her and calmly said, "First, even if you want to or not, I will im your body. Second, do you think I am a powerful Demon Lord. I am strong but against someone capable of contending with A-rank adventurers, I know when I am beat"
The joy of the witch turned to shock, before it turn to one of eptance. "I see, and you will not let me off either," she said in a resigned voice.
"Of course," she had a defeated look, "However, I will destroy this Duchy sooner orter, when I have the necessary strength," hope flicker in her eyes.
"However, to do so, I need to know some things,"
"If I knew it, I will tell you master," she said in all seriousness.
"First, what is the history of the Duchy? To beat someone, knowing their history is a good way to do so, not to mention, I am interested to learn of the reason why witches are prosecuted," he exined.
"Understood. First, you must know, before the Hex Duchy be what it is, it is once a Dominion of Witches. Countless number of witches in this region called this ce their home. Of course, as witches could reproduce on their own, they also took in after severalrge group of people, both male and female.
Soon, the Dominion transformed from home to witches to small but sessful natures. Most of our richese from selling our potions. Our superior mana control as well asrger reserve allow us to create better potions that any other nations in the world, save for those powerful ones with ess to superior resources and knowledge.
However, such wealth and prosperity attract the unwanted attention of a greedy noble. He send spies, form alliances, and secretly form a powerful army before he assailed us.
He took the witches by surprise, killing the powerful one and taking the weaker ones down. Some manage to escape but a lot was captured. We try to resist but the nation the noble belonged to smell the opportunity to strike and send assistance to the noble.
With the might of a kingdom, even we are defeated by them. Even as we fought, more and more witches captured and turned into ves. They able to find ways to weaken witches, allowing for a more sessful capture.
At the moment, there are only 5 000 living witches, as opposed to the near 20 000 witches from before the invasion. Only 1 000 or so remained free while the rest is in very, with some witches likely being caught or close to one at the moment. After all, the Duchy Witch Hunter rarely rest.
That is why I hate this cursed Duchy. One day, I want to watch it burned," the witch said with immense hatred.
As the witch imagined the burning of the Duchy, Alros was thinking of something else. ''5 000 witches. Getting them all would strengthen me like never before, but the key thing is, do I wish to do so,''
He began to weight the benefit of having so many witches, as she doubt they would like the idea of leaving any of them behind if they could help it.
''5 000 witches would mean I have some spell caster, though it likely varied in strength. It also mean I will gain ess to some powerful potions if I took them in. Not to mention, they don''t need to be turned into sex ve, as they likely will do anything I say at the promise of the destruction of Hex Duchy,''
''However, the downside is that most of the space will be filled by witches as there are noirs for human yet, if they will ever be. There is also the fact I will need to make more clones in conjecture with the women, in case some are interested in them.
Over all, the pros outweigh the cons. Looks like I will get myself arge group of witches as subordinates,''