I follow her and we watch from within the cave as they arrive and look around the grove. "You sure you saw them here, Sugar Daddy?" the big demon asks the pretty boy... his name is Sugar Daddy? Pfft...

"Yeah, I had a harpy following him from above and she said he was last seen here, Master," Sugar replies to the large demon, holy crap he looks like a brute; big, muscular, and only wearing a loincloth while holding a large crude wooden tree trunk like club. Kinda looks like a fifteen foot tall grey ogre.

"Well then tear down this place and find him! I want his head by the end of the day or I'll have yours instead!" the ogre threatens Sugar.

"O-Of course, M-Master," he replies and a light of pink energy forms in his hands which moulds into the shape of a small hand sickle. He then starts chopping the trees down one by one and Desire gasps.

"No! My grove! I need those apples to survive out here!" she cries quietly as she watches her trees getting destroyed.

I'm not sure how or why, but I feel a pulse within me as my senses sharpen and a low growl exits my throat as the need to kill the ogre rises within my mind. Without thinking I charge out as Desire calls for me to stop but I ignore her as I hold my right arm out and I feel that same pulse I felt in town fill my hand as a dark purple energy appears and moulds into a large and lethal looking black and purple scythe with a sinister aura around the blade.

The name of the scythe then comes to my mind 'Thanatos, harvester of souls.'

"Master! There he is!" Sugar calls out, making the ogre and the other two look at me.

I take a deep breath and exhale as I feel light and agile. "Then kill him now!" the ogre tells the pretty boy who nervously complies and rushes at me with his pink energy sickle ready to strike.

I spread my legs with my left side facing Sugar and I pull the scythe back and wait for him to reach me. With a cry he leaps at me with the aid of his wings and that's when I strike, he yelps as he can't avoid my quick swing and my scythe impales him in the chest right where his heart is and continues until he's pinned to the ground.

He screams in agony as the scythe then glows and Sugar starts to shrivel into a dried up grey husk in a second. Once done, he breaks apart into ash... oh god, is that what all that ash on the ground is? The corpses of dead demons?

I pull the blade of the scythe out of the ground and glare at the ogre who looks stunned. Desire then runs over to me and grins at the ogre, why is she so confident all of a sudden?

"Jidaan! Unless you want to die, you better leave before my Master takes your soul as well," she threatens him... wait what? Master?

"Oh? So he killed my minion, what makes you think a deamon like him is a match for me?" he rumbles out back to her.

"Because my Master is a demonlord," she replies with a sadistic grin. The fuck is she talking about? I'm her Master?

"A demonlord? Bwahahahahaaa! You surely are getting desperate, Dark Desire. I'll tell you what, become my slave and I'll let you live as my personal toy while I kill your Master," he offers her and I notice her grimace.

"I'd rather have my soul destroyed than let you have me!" she replies in disgust.

I can feel my scythe just anticipating the kill of this bloated demon in front of me, and even I feel excited at the prospect of slaying him... is this my demonic side craving the kill or something... I'll admit it's kinda terrifying me, yet thrilling me at the same time.

"Then you can join his ashes among the wastes. Such a pity, you'd have made a wonderful toy," he replies and raises his club and lumbers towards us.

Desire yelps and flies off but the harpy attacks her in the air using her talons to kick at Desire. The succupony moulds her own blood red energy into a whip with razor sharp thorns along it which she starts to swing at the harpy leaving cuts and gashes on her.

I focus on the ogre and side step to the left to avoid his downward strike but the sheer force I put out makes me tumble along the ground to a sliding halt. "Ouch..." I mumble out and groan as I get back up.

"Hahahaha! What was that, demonlord? Can't you control your own strength?" the ogre taunts me making me growl aggressively.

I raise my wings and use them to launch myself at the ogre with my scythe drawn back, I reach him quickly which gets a look of surprise from him. I then swing but he avoids me hitting his chest, though I do end up taking his left arm instead.

The limb drops to the ground and the ogre cries out in pain. The harpy ceases her assault on Desire and turns her attention to our fight.

I quickly recover and twist myself around with the aid of my wings and swing for the bastard's back, but he moves faster than I thought he could and slams me with his club right in the gut, I feel bones break and organs rupture as I'm sent soaring into a few trees.

"Bastard! I will devour your heart for taking my arm!" Jidaan roars out in anger as he starts to stomp over to me.

I struggle to breathe as pain flares through me, but I can also feel my organs recovering and my bones mending quickly. With a gasp I get back up with a large amount of rage flowing through me as my body seems to have a slight aura of shadow around it.

The ogre stops and stares at me as his anger seems to fade for realisation. "You are a demonlord..." he mutters and backs off.

I feel so alive! I feel energy coursing through my veins as I can just taste the power at my fingertips! I toss my head back and let out a manic laugh that sends chills down the spines of all those present. "HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! I Feel GREAT! I FEEL ALIVE! Ohhh I will enjoy ripping out your soul!" I grin with a shiver of delight at the ogre who decides to abandon his minions and runs back towards the way he came from.

I lick my lips as I use my wings again to lunge at him and close the distance quickly where I slice off his right leg shortly followed by his left.

Jidaan cries out and rolls across the ground as he then tries to pull himself away with his remaining arm. I then land on his back tapping my scythe on my shoulder.

"Please spare me! I'll give you anything you want!" he begs for his life, pitiful.

"I don't think so, Thanatos thirsts for your soul, who am I to deny its prey?" I reply and raise my scythe high in the air.

"Nooo! I beg you! Spare me!" he continues to beg.

I ignore his pleas and swing my scythe down and impale him through his heart. The blade sings with joy as his soul is sucked right out into it making his body shrivel up and crumble into ash, I flap my wings as I'm no longer being held up by his body and land a few feet away.

The harpy and the little green ugly guy walk over to me and I raise my scythe ready to end them, but they surprise me by kneeling in front of me.

"We are yours to command, Master," they say together to me.

My mind momentarily goes blank and I lower my scythe. "What?" I ask confused as the bloodlust and adrenaline starts to wear off.

"You killed our master making you our new master, as well as the master of Felfire Town," the harpy replies, head still bowed down not daring to look at me.

I now own Felfire Town? As my adrenaline high wears off, days of being awake and using so much energy has made me tired and now I can barely stand as it all comes crashing down on me.

"Go back to town and await for my arrival," I order them both.

"As you wish, Master," they reply and quickly take off back the way they came from.

Desire walks over to me with the most creepiest smile I've seen on her yet. "Is it wrong for me to be so turned on right now?" she asks me and I just chuckle as my scythe turns back into dark purple energy before fading away. "Amazing, I thought the Thanatos scythe was lost!" she says in excitement.

I stumble forward for a few steps before collapsing. "Damien!" Desire calls out but I can't stay awake anymore and give in to the sweet embrace of sleep.

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I awaken to the feeling of laying on a soft surface, am I on a bed? I blink my eyes open and the first thing I see is a cave ceiling. "Where am I?" I wonder aloud and slowly sit up as I stretch my arms.

"Damien?" I hear the voice of Desire say next to me. I turn to her and see her holding a rag that's dipped in some kind of red liquid. "How are you feeling?" she asks me as she pats the cloth onto my forehead.

"Fine I guess... I had the strangest dream, I conjured this big ass scythe and I slaughtered a big ugly ogre and pansy pretty boy... then I'm called master by two other demons saying I now own a town... crazy right?" I reply and ask her. She just raises an eyebrow at me in reply. "Ah fuck me, it really happened didn't it," I ask her and sigh.

"Yes, it did, you are now the master of Felfire Town... and was that an invitation?" she tells me with a smile and half lidded eyes.

I grunt at her flirting and shake my head. "Alright... I can work with this, and what was that comment you made to Jidaan about me being your master?" I ask her.

"I... it was my attempt to get him to leave... but I had no idea you had that much power already!" she replies and grins.

"Neither did I..." I reply as I frown and stay silent for a few minutes as she continues to dab my forehead with the cloth. "How long was I out for?" I ask her.

"Twenty-four hours." she tells me and then hugs me gently. "Thank you for saving the rest of my grove, without it I would not have survived for very long."

I smile and pat her on the back gently. "You're welcome," I reply and yawn, damn I still feel tired.

"You need to rest still, what you did was dangerous as you summoned a soul slayer weapon, that takes a lot out of a demon, especially one such as Thanatos and as new to it as you are," she scolds me.

I huff and lay back down on the makeshift bed in thought as I remember the feelings I felt during my rampage. 'I felt so angry, so full of rage... and it felt GOOD! What's happening to me?' I wonder as I yawn again, I then feel Desire pat my forehead with that cloth again, I'll ask her what it is later, more rest sounds good right now.

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I've rested in Desire's cave for another two days now while I recover my strength, the stuff she's patting me with is a mixture of blood apple juice, fireweed, and some of her own blood. It's supposed to help me recover my energy faster and it seems to be working as I feel better every day. She's also been refraining from any lewd advances as well.

Desire has been unusually quiet since yesterday and giving me glances now and then. She's currently sitting next to me on the bed biting her bottom lip.

After a long moment of silence I can just see the gears turning in her head. She then looks at me with a faint smile. "Can I ask you something?" she asks me and I nodded in reply. "I want you to be my master," she says shyly.

I just look at her flabbergasted. "Wait, you want me to be your master?" I ask her stunned that she wants such a thing.

"Well, yes. Think about it, you can keep me fed and protected while I can keep you company and teach you about demonic powers and what I know about Tartarus... It's a win win situation, you also saved me from becoming nothing more than a plaything for Jidaan when you could have stayed hidden and let them destroy my grove... I feel like you're a demon I can give myself to both in body and soul," she replies and twiddles her thumbs.

I frown at her while thinking it over, a guide would be helpful, but I'm not sure about the company thing. I'll admit she knows how to kiss and her figure is nosebleed worthy, but she's not human... Though I doubt I'll ever see another human again for a very long time, if ever.

"Alright fine, do I have to do anything or do I just say you're mine?" I ask her, still not sure about this.

She smiles and shakes her head. "You just need to sink your pointy teeth into my neck to mark me," she replies and pulls her hair out of the way revealing her slender neck to me.

"What?" I ask dumbly as my brain shuts down.

"You just need to bite me, your demonic energy will leave a mark binding me to yourself so no demon else may claim me until you die or they're stronger," she replies with a smile, this place is going to drive me insane way before that void ever could...

I sit up and just stare at her wide eyed as I run my tongue across my two long fangs. She groans in frustration and leans over to me and grabs my head as she then puts my mouth just over her exposed neck. "Now just sink those chompers into me and just let your energy do the rest," she tells me and I sigh as I open my mouth and sink my fangs into her neck.

Instead of a hiss of pain she moans in delight as her blood coats my tongue and my eyes go wide, it tastes delicious as I give a gentle suck making her moan again. I quickly pull myself off and swallow the blood in my mouth, tastes kinda like cherries.

The two puncture marks scar over and a black marking of a human skull with horns appears over it, the two scars look like pupils on the skull.

"And that's it, I'm all yours now, Master," she says seductively again and hugs my arm while licking my cheek.

"Great..." I reply sarcastically and lick my lips as there's still blood on them. "And don't call me master, Damien is just fine," I tell her.

"Okay, Damien. We should probably head to Felfire and announce their new demonlord to them," she tells me and pulls me off her bed.

"Yeah... sounds fun," I reply but I'm actually dreading the thought of running my own town.

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