Hearing a man's voice from outside the farmhouse, Lorthr quickly gets out of bed and quickly makes his way to the front door. Opening to see a black-beardedarded man with an expression of total fear all over his face.
"What in God's name are you talking about here Paul." The man looked for an explanation for this sudden visit in the early morning.
"As I just told you our neighbors something terrible has happened to Bruni and his wife Oddny you and your family should be aware of it," Paul tells Lorthr. "It is to believe that the demon brought up back at the great hall that time now had struck again, this time killing two people."
When this discussion was happening another person added to the conversation. "You speak of the demon, are you sure of this Paul?" Halla asked.
"By the Gods, I mean it to be true as those hearts were ripped out from their chest without the need of a weapon, but my hands."
Hearing that means that had to be done by a demon with such force to comment on such an act.
"Rips out, you saw it with your own eyes, are you saying?" Lorthr asked.
"Yes by the Gods, yes, I have seen it and can't unsee such a thing." Paul is seen to be very much. "I was to meet Bruni today and came to see that instead as my welcome."
"What about the boy their son told me he had as well didn't share the father and mother's fate."Halla's tone was filled with concern for the little one's life.
"The boys live, but not without witnessing the death of his parents making him unable to speak at the moment with tie slaves."
"It is at least good that he was blessed enough by God's protection." Halla is happy about that yet Lorthr is more concerned about demons.
A creature was near their home if it had chosen to keep on going with its hunt. Their home would have been the next target.
"Father, mother, what's going on." The one asking was Arfast getting up along with his brother Sigehelm. It was only those two and no Thorkell to be seen at the time.
"Sigehelm, Arfast where are you brother Throkell."
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[Outside the woods, Xalroz and Sannoth]
Sannoth sleeps soundly after a night of great passion for sex with lord Xalroz. The time and position they have done and finished in.
She was feeling the sticky white liquid between her legs having been filled to the max limit where it was leaking out of her body.
Sannoth then starts to hear something being hit that causes the demon to awaken, opening her eyes and witnessing Xalroz in his naked drow elf body throwing punches one after the other at random trees.
This is a curious thing to see him doing." Lord Xalroz, why are you hitting that tree?" She asked.
There was no answer, it seemed he was in deep focus, so she had to be quiet and let him do what he is doing right now.
Xalroz fist strikes against the hard skin of the body of the tree taking it piece by piece. In return, his hands were suffering at the same time bleeding from cuts created by each swing from left or right.
After just seconds more with one more punch putting everything into it where finally at the end the tree's whole body fell to one hitting hard to the ground.
Done he stood in place with bleeding hands as drips of blood fell to the ground. Sannoth get up from the ground walking up to Xalroz from behind arms held around his new body.
"You awakened Sannoth." He comes to notice her now when being touched. "Yes you look to be busy at the moment, so I didn't say anything to try to get your attention."
Xalroz let it be this way for a few long seconds till he broke it off to turn and face her. "You must wonder why I was punching this tree."
"Well it was a sight to see you doing that, I thought you would be sleeping still with me." The detection of disappointment wasn't hard to hear in her voice about that.
"I had to test up this body strength level to see what damage it can cause now and the pain that can be endured."
Sannoth reaches for one of his hands picking it up her face. She then started to lick the cut wounds on the knuckles of that hand to taste the red liquid that made its way into this demon's mouth.
Xalroz watches in the silence of her doing this for a short time till moving that same hand against the face. "You shouldn't hurt yourself like that "
"I don't mind the pain that has been a part of my existence ever since I was born," Xalroz said.
"I don't know much about you Lord Xalroz, it has always been a mystery about your history. No demon would open up about your reasoning for having a war with the gods."
"That's because none knew what started. It only followed and obeyed me when I showed them the power I held." Xalroz took back his hand from Sannoth as she quickly thought to have overstepped yet it was a chance to learn right now.
"I don't mean any disrespect by trying to pray, but I do want to know more of you Lord Xalroz if you are willing to open up to me."
"And what that is going to accomplish Sannoth talking about the beginning of it all of my never-ending goal to destroy every God won't make any difference." Xalroz was harsh but spoke truthfully.
It is not the first time someone did this asking for his heart to be open and to enter to know more about Xalroz. Time in the past he speaks of it to certain people, ones that gain his complete trust to have the right of learning.
As each time the secret was told so does his sorrow of suffering grow during them. So Xalroz made it clear that he would no longer speak about it to anyone again.
"Forgive me I may have pushed you too far and upset you because of my selfish request. I will keep in mind to never do it again."
Sannoth is indeed feeling to have done wrong at this moment looking down, but unexpectedly she felt a hand touch the top of her head. Knowing clearly to be Xalroz looking right at him for this kind of affection.
"You're not at fault, just a curious demon that is all."