"HrrrhaaaaAA!! Hrh... Mmhm. Faaa... Well?"
"Mhm... No. That is not it, but there is visible improvement in your punches. ...Why are you scared of a rock? It cannot hurt you, nor it moves around. Some people and creatures do not need enchanted hands to break rocks."
"Uh... Why do this even. I do not feel like it."
"Because it is necessary. Because you had the chance to learn more Magic, and did not very much. Because we have to work with what we have available. Because things are not going to get any easier."
"Ghh..."
"Well, well! Gheeh! She is just sleepy! That is all! Lacks her usual snooze time. Muuu... Happy nappin'!"
"YOU DIM-"
"Wait. You know full well how chaotic and distracting battles can be. That is that too. ...I will be right there! In the meantime, hold the swords as swords, and not as scissors."
"Khh!! Whateeeever..."
"Haaaa... Fine. Fiiine."
"Mm-hm-hm-hm. I have told you once, but your Founder started from nothing just the same. Magic fists combat is a rarer path to take, but suitable for you as backup if you keep on improving your Defensive Magic."
"I just... Graaaaah!! Okay!"
"Magic should be the extension of your will. If... you are concerned with getting your delicate hands hurt with enhancements, that is not the way."
"Shamans would say... within acceptable limits."
"They would be right then. It is about how you use it. Alas, if unchecked, it can lead to the likes of the Shadowlord at worst."
"Wh... Wh-What? I uh... I have never heard of such a thing."
"For a good reason. Let the horror to be forgotten for many, many ages. ...Sometimes, the solution is what others would call... saving the world."
"Not... something to do at most once, huh."
"Mm-hm-hm-hm. No. No... Not at all."
"..."
"...Time for your turn. Slash!"
"Mmm-haaa!"
"I said: Slash!"
"Kggh... Huuaaaaa!!"
"What is this?"
"Gh... Bro! Well-"
"Ah. You slash as if you do not wish to hurt me. Uh-huh... Not only that does not teach you anything, but you embarrass me greatly if you think you can land a hit. Ever. Do it like you mean it, or throw away one of those swords, and stop using two to seem cool. Then-"
"Whooaa! Bro!! Daaaaa-aaamn!"
"...I am the one speaking. Maybe you like to interrupt each other, but you will not do the same to me."
"Gh... Whoa."
"Guys... Look, you do it for yourselves. My goal... has always only been to... see her again. Since you two are here, I do feel responsible. The Lava Shark was a job well done, but it hardly ends there."
"Bro... I said it before, but there is no such crime. That is crap if someone said so!"
"Mmm-hm-hm. It was a crime. They acted as they should have. They were... scared, but... they do not understand her."
""...""
"Enough. Left arm! Left... arm! Why is that a problem? Better, but still lacking. Next-"
"Oh pleeease. His left hand is only good for ONE thing. Really."
"Wuuuhuhuhuu! Sisteeer! She knows! Eyayaaa! She knows!"
"Sh-SHUT UUUP!!"
"Gweehee! Well, Sister, you can say the hand... has its ups and downs! Gwooh!"
"DIMWIT!! Graaaaah!!"
"Easy there, pudding! I have been in too many fistfights before! You have to do better if you think you can punch me! Eh! Eh! Eheheee..!"
"ONE HIT, ONE KILL!!"
"Not my fault, but you can aaalways lend a hand!"
"GrrrrAAAAAHH!!"
"What if I get off to insults? What then!?"
"GUUUURYAAAAAAAH!!"
"Check this evasion out! Gehe! Hrrh-urhm. You squander my training, mm-hmmm-hmmm."
"Mmm-hm-hm... This should work too. Astara, your standards would shatter, but... Mmhm."
https://youtu.be/-cZ86IVw_fA
"Healing Magic."
"Mmhm. Still a use of Magic. Only a dimwit would assume you cannot use Healing or Defensive Magic this way. I would even call them the better approach if you need to mess with organs, or... to rip out a heart."
"...Red is the color of Heresy. They carved out the First Heretic's heart as well."
"That is what I think, and... my past experiences would support the idea. Yet, he somehow keeps coming back. ...You Demons could help yourselves if you absorbed the Lifeforce of those you kill."
"No, Mistress. We do not do that because it is dishonorable to your opponent. They fought well, and if they lost, they lost because they were not strong enough. The same goes for us Demons."
"Is that really so? Huuh..."
"...I cannot go back now. I absorbed the Lifeforce of a human."
"Ah-hahahaa! Sounds like a backwards rule if you ask me!"
"There is no such a rule. That was my decision. Perhaps a human would call it flawed, but... What Ish-Khalel-dem said to the first Demons was: You shall be flawed because I am too."
"We say that he and the Goddess are a part of this world from the beginning."
"Mistress, that is not the truth, but I do not know what is."
"...Fair enough. The act did ultimately help you."
"I was left to vanish after a warrior defeated me. He did not finish me off, but I would have disappeared not before long. However, another human found me and brought me to his home. Gave me clothes and food and medicine and care. Eventually, he grew frustrated when my hands and knees started to turn to ash. One night, I found him studying anti-petrification. I realized that he did not understand Demons, but I could tell the genuine and pure need to help me so I killed him. I absorbed his Lifeforce and in doing so he helped me greatly as he wished."
"Kchh... You are something, Sister. Just do not star messing with our members."
"I have not experienced what humans would call an issue, Mistress."
"...Ahaha-hahahaaaa! Of course not! They are scared of you! Demons kill us! Hahaha! ...Almost done."
"..."
"Hrh... What is it? Ask, and I might answer."
"Why do this, Mistress? Ishpen was a large enough experiment."
"That is correct, but at the same time I cannot say if it helped or not. It was necessary. Besides, now even the city I was once from is gone. There is nothing left. Ishpen served another purpose. We can strike like that at any moment. We do not need to act often, but... they never know. It nurtures fear, paranoia... that makes them do actions beneficial to us while we do not have to lift a finger!"
"Yes."
"...Now... focus upon this heart and tell me if you sense anything."
"..."
"If it is NOTHING then SAY IT IS NOTHING!!"
"...I do not sense much, but there is a slight move of Lifeforce energies towards the North. It is impossible to intercept a soul before it lefts for the Astral plane to a greater effect."
"IS it? Because THAT IS EXACTLY what I think SHOULD be done! No matter... Hm. Change of plans then. Absorb whatever Lifeforce left in the body, if you want, and meet me at the southern gate."
"Your kindness is vast, Mistress."
"...Fhah... You cannot use Stealth Magic so if somebody sees you, it is unfortunate for them, but as always, do not be seen."
"Yes."
"We are going to inspect the site of the now dead Basilisk. I need to see it since you gave me an idea."
"Of course, Mistress, however, the forests at night around here are full of Horned Tartars."
"Oh? And is that a problem?"
"I believe the expression is: Child's play for a Demon. As Kahlal-dem Septimus would have put it."
"Hm-hmmm-mh. Do not take too long."
https://youtu.be/j4xsfkhcw-A
"Krukuku-gahaaa-kchaaa!! Gigigi..."
"Is... uuh... is this a problem? The Witches looked... well, friendlier!"
"Gweee-heeee..!"
"Witches and Wizards are monsters, yes, but still on the more neutral side. This... is what you could call a Succubus."
"What do you mean... could..? My impression of Succubi-"
"WHAT you are thinking of are... haaa... It is the Community of Golmoran Sisters in Exile."
"...Eh? I am not sure I follow."
"The same Succubi you, and most others would think of. Different in name only. They say there is a reason due to a leader of ages past, but you can probably trust a Succubus, on this anyway, about as much as you can trust a Fairy. Almost nobody calls them... THAT."
"Hooh... They wanted to differentiate themselves. Got it. ...I think."
"Srrrr-guguguuu... Uuu..."
"...I cannot shake the feeling that she somehow resembles-"
"No!!"
"!!!"
"She is dead."
"..."
"I understand what we see, but I am not telling you to forget. I am telling you to accept it. That she is gone."
"...I know."
"This is a monster. She preys on the feelings, and your connection to somebody you knew, but you can see that it is the most the monster is capable of. A warped resemblance at most, if you can even call it one. There are worse things than being a monster's meal if you dwell on death too much."
"..."
"Some would call her an Erubea now. They all might come from the same origin, but... hah... let's leave Succubi to how we always understood them. I am sure many would agree. Now... get ready!"
"Gigigi.... Krrrrr-kururuu... KchhhAAAAAAA!! UuuuuUUU!!"
https://youtu.be/3h47k0rb8Gk