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cards here. If you step outside this room, you die. If you stay in this room, I’ll give you the chance to surrender your scythes. You’ll still die, but I’ll let your friends go. Think about Leech and Lilith. I could have them killed within minutes of your death.”
    “So that’s a no to my offer to fight?”
    “That’s a definite no. I have no reason to play fair right now.”
    Shadow threw a smoke bomb on the floor and let smoke cloud the room. Before he completely disappeared, he looked at Lucian and uttered one final word.
    “Coward.”
     
     
    “General Leviathan, you said you wanted to be notified if Lucian’s forces make a move.”
    “And?”
    “They’re pursuing a rider on horseback. They should overtake him within a few minutes. Should we intervene?”
    Leviathan tried to sit up. He cringed at the pain throbbing through his side and then got angry that his injury handicapped him to the point where he had to rest for days on end to regain strength. He settled for tilting his head up.
    “Who is the rider?”
    “We saw General Baal and Astaroth leave so it’s either Lord Shadow or Lucian. Considering the fact that Lucian’s army is in pursuit…”
    “It’s Shadow.”
    “Should we cut them off?”
    Leviathan thought about this. He was annoyed at how quickly Shadow had risen through the ranks and even more annoyed that he was being considered for a promotion to major demon. He was such a young demon. Still, the child had proven his worth every time he was challenged. Leviathan decided to put aside the jealousy that came naturally to him to gain a powerful ally. Lucian, Astaroth, and Vixen had officially cemented their alliance. It was time he did the same with Baal and Shadow.
    “Cut them off. Let Shadow flee. Prepare my horse.”
    “General? Are you sure that’s wise?”
    “Do as I say. Lucian is going to learn that he doesn’t run things down here. I hate him more than all the others and he’s going to be reminded that he failed to put me down.”
    The demon bowed, exited Leviathan’s tent, and went to prepare his horse.

CHAPTER 5
     
    “So you’re probably wondering why I called you here today.”
    “I’m not. I already know the answer to that.”
    Baal raised an eyebrow at Leech.
    “Really? Why are you here then?”
    “You’ve chosen me to be your successor. You know what? It makes sense. You’re thousands of years old and it’s about time you retire. I’m more than capable of being General Baal version 2.0 and running your department.”
    Baal laughed.
    “Not even close, Leech.”
    “Oh. Well if that’s not it then I have no idea. Why did you summon me here?”
    “Before we get to that, I want to know who started calling you Leech the angel slayer.”
    “I did. It’s a fitting title, don’t you think? I’ve killed dozens of angels.”
    “You’ve killed two angels.”
    “The way I tell the story… it’s dozens. Calling myself Leech the angel slayer would be kind of ridiculous if I hadn’t killed dozens of angels. Don’t you think?”
    “And they believe you?”
    “Some do. Some realize that I only killed Ambriel and a minor angel’s body guard. It doesn’t really matter. You have to admit that Leech the angel slayer has a nice ring to it, whether I’ve killed two or two hundred.”
    “So you gave yourself a bullshit title and made up a story to back it up. Well I guess you’re learning. It’s not like everyone else in idolatry doesn’t do the exact same thing.”
    “What about you, General Baal?”
    “Never. All the stories about me are true. In fact, if anything, they’ve understated how many things I’ve killed. I earned the title Baal the badass.”
    Leech grinned but quickly remembered who he was talking to and wiped the smirk off of his face.
    “So why did you call me here, General?”
    “Well you know that a lot of my middle demons fell with their armies during the last battle. I have one army that was more than cut in half and their leader