No Guarantees

Cherchiel smiles, "I am glad, that the voices seem to trust me, it is... appreciated," she says as Yulia continues to mull over whether or not she should go ahead with the poison plan. "I will say if Yulia was to lose her purity, she would be unable to continue forward without managing to defeat the One True God... She would be stuck here until such time as she had beaten it, With her purity she can bypass the fight completely by giving it willingly or she can lose the fight, have her purity taken from her and then be allowed to continue forward. Without it victory is the only way forward," Cherchiel clarifies and the Man In The Cage responds verifying her words.

"So... I could just go in there now, alone... Fight my hardest and... Even if I lose I'll be able to go to the next floor?" Yulia asks and Cherchiel starts to nod, but then hesitates.

"Yes, but that assumes that after the One True God... takes your purity you are still of sound enough mind to want to continue to the next floor..." she states.

"Yeah... There's always the chance that if that thing has its way with you, you'll end up broken and subservient to it, becoming one of those obedient nuns over in the cloister room," the man adds.

Yulia shivers, "I don't... I can't end up trapped here. My world needs me..." she states and then sighs, "I need every chance I can get..." she steps towards the cage and holds out the syringe of poison to the man. He takes it from her and injects it into his arm so she can see that he did so.

"Now open the cage..." he states once he's done and he tosses the syringe away where it breaks as it hits the ground.

Cherchiel looks disappointed as Yulia steps forward and with obvious hesitation, unlocks the cage door. The Cage door bursts open slamming into Yulia and knocking her on her ass with a pained yelp. From inside the cell light bursts forth and then a man emerges.

He has mid-back length, unkempt hair and is wearing a black, sleeveless version of the normal scaled angel bodysuit. Similarly black wings extend out from his back, his skin is pale and sickly, and it's unclear if that's from the poison or just his normal appearance. His eyes are uncovered and are a dark, rich brown.

"Thanks, girl..." he states and reaches down pulling Yulia back to her feet, "you should know by now, this entire floor is a test... Everything you've faced on this floor has asked you to do crazy, seemingly exceedingly dangerous or stupid things and then offered you rewards for doing them, or at least for doing them successfully. I'm no different. My identity as a traitor and a prisoner is a ruse. Like all the other angels on this floor I truly serve the One True God, although to ensure this ruse, the other angels have all been fed the lie that I am a traitor and a liar," he explains.

Cherchiel seems shocked by this statement and then her eyes narrow as she seems to doubt his words, Yulia similarly seems uncertain, "I don't know whether to trust that..." she states and he shrugs.

"I can offer you one boon and I know that what you want most right now is the boon of knowledge you failed to get from the High Priest, so here it is," he states and then points to the door leading to the One True God's chamber, "when you enter there you will be met with an altar. On the altar is a statue representative of the One True God, you will be asked to kneel before the altar and summon forth the one True God with prayer, however, much like everything else on this floor that's a trick, your prayer will empower the god and when the god is summoned it will arrive in its most powerful form. Instead... enter and destroy the statue in order to summon a weaker version of the god," he informs her and then smiles, his lips are a deep crimson colour, "of course... he is still a god and the floor boss, so don't expect him to be extremely easy in this form, but you will have a much higher chance of victory against him in that form," he finishes and then puts out his hand, "May I have the antidote now?" he asks.

Yulia almost instinctively hands it to him, before Cherchiel cautions her, "we don't know if we can trust him... If you give him the antidote now, he might betray us," she cautions and Yulia hesitates staring at his outstretched hand, her own hand now holding the syringe with the antidote.

(Health: 200%

Mana: 100%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Monastic Scapular, standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 syringe of poison, 1 syringe of adrenaline, 2 syringes of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of unknown liquid, 9 days worth of rations, 1 two liter water jug, 1 health potion, 1 mana potion, A boar mask, 2 vials of sticky white liquid, Ornate Rapier, 4 arrows, Quiver, God's Favour (Halo).

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%)

Unlock (Lvl 1, Unmastered, Cost: 15%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors).

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 1, Masochism Rank: 1,

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

Trauma Rank 1 : Costs of all spells doubled for the remainder of the floor. (Caused by first **** sexual experience)

Companion: Cherchiel

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