Modern World Warlock-Chapter 118: Torment Maiden

After Dante crashed inside the factory once again by making the pisaca go through the wall, the warlock grabbed Nihilor and threw him inside with them.

As Dante quickly entered the building, the pisaca instantly attacked him with its body fully encased in flames. Nonetheless, the warlock flung Nihilor across and hit the pisaca before it could get to him.

"Hahah…" Dante chuckled—a laugh that only Camille and Trinity were able to hear from his microphone.

The warlock was enjoying himself, avoiding the flames of the pisaca while simultaneously using Nihilor like a punching bag.

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Throwing Nihilor's body against a large machine, Dante sensed the pisaca charging another fireball. However, his smile was wiped from his face when he noticed the monster aiming at the second level, where June and Alice were located.

When the monster released the fireball, a massive shadow wall appeared and covered the area from the explosion, making Dante turn with a sharp gaze toward the pisaca.

"Hey, brainless… Did you just try attacking someone other than me?" Dante muttered. His volume was low, but Nihilor and his pisaca could clearly hear his voice.

"Good job. I almost allowed you to rampage for longer…" he continued, slowly walking towards the monster.

The pisaca couldn't move from its spot as a heavy pressure fell upon its body, getting heavier the closer Dante got.

"You are extinct for a reason… Stay that way," Dante said, covering his hand with black flame and punching through the monster's gut, making it combust as its soul burned.

With the pisaca's body turned to dust, Dante gazed at Nihilor on the ground. His face was swollen and disfigured from the barrage of punches he received earlier, and both of his arms were missing.

"Now… Your turn," Dante commented.

Nihilor believed that the warlock would execute him, but he had a different plan for the fiend.

Placing his hands together to make a symbol, Dante gave Nihilor another wicked smile. "Torment Maiden," he muttered, producing strands of shadows to appear around him.

As the shadows traveled on the ground and placed themselves under Nihilor's body, a massive structure rose behind him, making him levitate and allowing him to see the spell that materialized.

It had the same obsidian facade as the Shadow Well, with the shape of an iron maiden torturing device that seemed to be expertly carved to look like it was smiling evilly.

When the Torment Maiden's eyes glowed red, the double doors opened abruptly before Nihilor, showcasing its inside filled with obsidian spikes that were oozing with black smoke.

"No… Why are you not killing me!?" Nihilor shouted with desperation.

"There's a different plan for you… Do you know a man named Ethan Winter?" Dante asked, referring to Camille's father.

Nihilor widened his eyes in disbelief, remembering how he was ordered to corrupt the man eight years ago in order for him to betray the Jade Dragons.

"What's it to you!? You are not even from this world!" Nihilor yelled as his body was slowly dragged inside the iron maiden.

"So? I'm just doing my friends a favor," replied Dante.

"Besides… It doesn't matter where I'm at—I'll always hunt down your kind," he continued, smirking at the demon before the doors forcefully closed with Nihilor inside the torture device.

"AAARRGHH!" The demon's screams of pain and agony echoed loudly in the abandoned factory as his blood gushed out from the iron maiden's eyes, dripping down like tears on her carved, wicked smile.

When the structure slowly merged in the shadows and disappeared from the surface, Dante quickly made his way back to the room on the second floor, where June was waiting for him.

As he ran up the stairs, he sensed the umbra of more people walking in the hallways. However, he could tell that they didn't have ill intentions towards him or the detective.

Arriving at the room with the dark carriers, Dante was surprised to see that Neil and a couple of members from the Kappa Team had transferred the women who had been crucified there.

June was sitting on the floor next to Alice, with a member of the Kappa Team inspecting her injuries and putting pressure on them.

"Here…" Dante muttered, approaching June and handing her another healthstone he had in his pocket.

"Heh… How many of these magic rocks do you have?" June asked the warlock with a slight smile on her face.

"A lot—actually…" Dante replied, returning the warm smile to the woman as he reminisced all the nights he had been synthetizing healthstones in his backyard.

"Miss June told us to gather all of the victims. She thought it would be easier to move the injured here…" Neil interjected.

"Mhmm, good job. These women could burst at any moment, so it's better not to touch them at all," Dante said, making the Kappa Team members a bit proud of their prudence.

"What now?" Neil continued.

"Give me a moment…" replied Dante, walking to the center of the room while the Kappa Team members gathered at the door.

Lilith, who was still attentively watching the scene from Camille's laptop, widened her eyes and took a small, cautious step back.

"He's…" the succubus muttered with a severe tone.

"Lilith?" Camille asked, turning to the queen and seeing that she was looking away from the screen with a cold expression.

When Camille watched the live feed again, she noticed Dante was using the same magic he used to heal Clara's curse.

'Are demons not allowed to see this?' Camille pondered, reminiscing about the time the warlock used that magic for the first time and how Krom looked away for the whole duration of the spell with fear.

Any time Camille was present to witness Dante casting his warlock spells, she always felt a small sense of unease, which Dante explained was common since his magic used umbra.

However, when Dante used the unknown magic that turned his hair white, the air felt warm, cozy, and serene—the complete opposite of his usual spells.

Moreover, there was the ghostly woman who would appear whenever he used that magic, and while Camille had her suspicions about her identity, she didn't want to bother Dante with past experiences.