No Deal

Yulia musters up the strength to respond despite her body shaking like a leaf and her hand slowly pressing between her legs, "N... No deal. I'm not becoming your servant! No matter what!" she yells and The Abyss responds simply with a wave of the cigarette.

"What a selfish woman you are. If you fall higher in the tower you will die leaving your world to rot with nothing. I offered you a way out that could save your world at just the simple cost of your service and that's too high a price for you. What kind of holy woman wouldn't love the opportunity to save her world just for the simple sacrifice of herself or are you simply just so overconfident in your pitiful abilities that you are willing to risk all your friends back home? Disgusting..."

Yulia tenses at his words, clearly they're reaching her. After all it is true that sacrificing herself to save her entire world isn't that much of a price to pay from her point of view. It was what she potentially expected when she came to the tower in the first place, so why is she rejecting this offer? She bites her lip. Is it just because the voices told her not too or is it simply because she hates The demons because of the actions of Ash and Levateinn?

"Regardless..." he speaks again, breaking her from her thoughts, "I have another offer... No longer for your world since it seems you don't truly care that much if your old friends die, but for your new friends instead. As stated I have shown you the future that might await you if you reject me, so I'm giving you one last chance to avoid that future, to protect most of your new friends. I still need an Archdemon, if you don't want to sacrifice yourself for that purpose... Perhaps in your selfishness you'd be willing to sacrifice another. One of your friends, you can decide which, will be left here for me to make into my new Archdemon and in return you and the rest of your friends and even your little angel accomplice can continue to the next floor unscathed. If you take this deal she will of course not have to sacrifice herself as I know she intends to do," he says and Lemiel noticeably tenses up at his words, her mouth set in a nervous frown.

"In fact... Now would be a good time for her to say her piece... I know you were waiting to make your offer," he states and Lemiel growls.

"Fine... I will. Yulia... I was created specifically to fight against this asshole and all his creations. I am more than ready to die or worse if it means I have wiped that smug smirk off of his face for even a second. If you reject this offer he will attack and despite the images he has shown, there's no guarantee he won't start killing your friends during combat if it comes to it. There's no guarantee of victory and no guarantee that even if you win all your friends will survive. So, if you reject his offer... I'll hold him in place. I wouldn't be able to do it for long, but long enough for you and your friends to make it onto the stairs to the next floor. He won't be allowed to go after you once you're on them. The Tower's laws in such things are absolute, even he can't break them," she explains.

"She is correct. While a warrior of her power won't be able to hurt me and she won't last long she will be able to at least keep me from reaching you for a short time... However I do have one last offer... Not to Yulia... To Gambio. I've seen your plans, but I've been preventing Yulia or Lemiel from hearing them for the moment. They'll work. I promise you that, but of course they can't be performed if Lemiel sacrifices herself here. The Halo will stop me from killing her, but I have no intention of killing her anyway. Not quickly at least. Your choice... She'd be more useful than say... Isalia or her own predecessor," he explains.

Everyone looks confused and somewhat shocked at hearing The Abyss seemingly directly address one of the Voices by name, "What... What plan? What is he talking about?" Lemiel asks, sounding very scared suddenly.

"I... I don't know. I wasn't aware of any plan," Yulia responds, though her eyes widen as she seems to have come to a conclusion as to what the plan might be.

"Go ahead... Make your choice. No matter how much she doesn't want to... Yulia will listen if you tell her to do it... she knows her place and she knows that you know what's right for her," The Abyss states, clearly taunting Yulia as well as she looks down.

(Health: 100%

Mana: 100%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Reinforced Monastic Scapular, standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 syringe of poison, 1 syringe of adrenaline, 1 syringe of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of strong aerosolizing aphrodisiac, 8 days worth of rations, 3 two liter water jug, 1 health potion, 6 mana potions, A boar mask, 5 vials of Semen, Ornate Rapier (-3), 4 arrows, Quiver, 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Apples), Ash's Quiver, 6 charm arrows, Smithing Ingredients (6 steel ingots), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Vegetables), Grenade Launcher, Empty Bandolier, Silver Staff (-2 added to the effect of all spells), Smithing Ingredients (1 silver ingot), 12 silver throwing knives, twenty feet of Spidersilk rope, 1 sack of Cooking Ingredients (Fish), an Onahole, a shard of Illustone, A tarnished Silver Ring of clear mind (warded against demons and angels), Demonic Dress, Demon Horn Hairband, Spidersilk Gown, Gloves of Harvest (-3, heal for all damage dealt),.

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 12%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 12%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

Masterful Unlock (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 10%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 5%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors, Cost currently halved rounded down: 2%-10%)

Undermine (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 25%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 12%)

Life Drain (lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 2% per 1% Health healed, Cost currently halved rounded down: 1% per 1% Health healed)

Blizzard (Mastered, cost: 5%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 2)

Lightning Strike (Lvl 1, mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

God's Light: (Mastered, cost: none. Passive ability.)

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 2, Masochism Rank: 2, Lesbian rank: 1, Submission Rank: 1, Incubating Rank: 1, Large Insertions Rank: 1, Degradation Rank: 1.

Status Effect: Permanent increase to physical attribute. Combat level raised to medium

Atrophied: Permanent Decrease to Physical Attribute. Combat Level lowered to weak. (Countered previous Permanent Increase)

Faithless: Yulia gains no effect from support spells cast on her, but offensive spells cast by her double in effectiveness. Lasts until faith is restored or replaced.

Psychosexual Break: In order to deal with her trauma, Yulia has begun to subconsciously fetishize her experiences.

Deflowered: Virginity Lost, sexual experience changed to: Inexperienced, non-virgin.

Marked by The Abyss: The Abyss Welcomes You.

Companion: Cherchiel, Goma, Martin, Isalia.

Cherchiel Health: 100%

Cherchiel Mana: 100%

Cherchiel Equipment: Ultra Durable Spear( -5, -10 with Boar Mask), Ultra Durable Shield (-5, -10 with Boar Mask), Solanium Reinforced Bodysuit (add -1 to all physical actions), Staff (-1), God's Favour (Halo. Prevent **** one time).

Cherchiel Status Effect: Divine Grace. Combat Level raised to High

Goma Equipment: Runed Dagger (-1, -3 with boar mask), Hunting Horn (-2 for each ally affected), Reinforced and Nethicite Augmented Thick Hide Outfit (Negate most physical damage).

Goma Health: 100%

Goma Mana: 60%

Goma spells known: Heal (Mastered, 15%), Puppet (Mastered, 10% per active command)

Goma Status Effect: Atrophied: Permanent Decrease to Physical Attribute. Combat Level lowered to weak.

Isalia Health: 100%

Isalia Mana: 100%

Isalia Equipment: Isalia's Sword (-3, Lowered temporarily to -1), Isalia's Shield (-3, lowered temporarily to -1), Black Leather Armor

Isalia Fetish: Submission Rank: 1

Isalia Status Effect: Recovering. Combat level temporarily lowered to weak. Gains no effect from energizing effects.

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