you can treat my army like dogs.”
Agrat didn’t carry any weapons except for a few daggers on her belt but it looked like she wasn’t intending to use them. Her nails were sharpened into claws and she seemed to enjoy clicking them together while walking in a circle around Leech and Lilith. While he tried really hard to hate this demoness and focus his anger, he couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by her beauty. Lilith walked in front of him and was about ready to slap him. He was able to focus on her and shake himself back to sanity just in time to catch her hand.
“No worries, babe. You’re prettier. I’m going to kill her now if that’s alright with you.”
“No. She’s mine.”
“Shadow told me what happened when the two of you fought Abigor. I know the titles and rankings are stupid but she’s simply too powerful for you. I’ll kill her and you can thank me later.”
“But…”
“But nothing. Shut the hell up and stay out of my way.”
Lilith slapped him but then smiled mischievously.
“I’m still deciding whether I like Leech the powerful. I like all of the other versions of Leech but this one needs to watch his mouth.”
Leech was finally able to calm down and remember who he was talking to.
“I know you want to kill her but you have to see what I’m saying.”
“I do. Do you want me to sit down like everyone else?”
Leech knew it was a trick question and that he was being tested. He had no idea how to answer properly.
“Um… if you want to.”
“Good answer.”
Leech pulled the minotaur axe from his back. General Baal had cursed it during their last meeting and it glowed with a darker power than Leech was used to. He enjoyed knowing that he had the tools to kill almost anyone in Hell apart from the six who ruled the underworld and the Dragon.
“So the bitch won’t even fight her own battles then?”
“Says the girl who sent her army to kill us without coming here herself until most of her army was dead.”
Agrat laughed.
“That’s cute. You think I’m a hypocrite. Well I think you’re a lover… not a fighter.”
“Why is it that everyone in your department uses the same tired trick over and over? I’m not into you, there’s no chance of me being into you, and you’re wasting your energy and my time. Now take your best shot so I can kill you.”
“It’s not a tired trick if it works.”
Agrat moved in close to Leech, grabbed his right hand in both of hers, and started biting his ear. When he was almost ready to give in, he thought of Lilith and then realized that Agrat had walked right into the range of his parasitic touch.
“Ow! What the hell was that?”
“It was me proving to you that your trick doesn’t work on me. Mine seems to work just fine on you though.”
Leech attempted to use his parasitic touch again but nothing happened.
“You caught me slightly off guard, but your parasitic touch won’t work on me anymore. I moved in close so I could add your power to the list of things my ring protects me from.”
Agrat held up a ring very similar to the power-countering ring Leech had seen Shadow use as a minor demon.
“I’m just as happy to kill you with my axe if that’s how you want to play this.”
Leech charged and swung his axe in a wide arc. Agrat deflected the blow and countered by slashing his arm with her claw-like fingernails. After he stumbled a few more steps, Leech checked his arm. The cuts were deep; they had made it through his armor and left five long, bloody gashes.
“Care to try again, angel slayer?”
Leech pulled out one of his guns and took careful aim. The bullet whizzed through the air and Leech could feel a small portion of himself go with it. One of Agrat’s minions tossed her a shield and she blocked the incoming shot.
“You can take as many shots as you want. I’m pretty good at blocking and I hear that it drains you for ammunition.”
Leech didn’t like being humiliated in front of Agrat’s army but it was
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