Roy first tried to use the Renegade's ability to transform into his demon form, but as expected, it failed.
The demon form is almost entirely a physical transformation, and it seemed ineffective in this space of consciousness.
Or perhaps Roy's current sanity was too high, preventing him from influencing his physical body through his consciousness like last time when his sanity had collapsed, and then having the physical state feed back into his consciousness.
In that case, he could only try his angel form!
A beam of holy light descended from the sky, and Roy successfully transformed into his angel form.
White hair, silver eyes, and a face so rational it lacked any expression.
Bathed in the holy light, the women around him instantly began to rapidly dissolve, even faster than snow melting under the sun.
The palace shook even more violently, as if a magnitude ten earthquake had struck. Even Ellreresha's voice trembled.
"How can you be an angel? This is impossible! Ah—!"
Ellreresha let out a piercing scream, her voice losing its former beautiful and pleasant quality.
This succubus, due to a lack of information, had thought Roy was just a powerful Belial subordinate. So, she pulled him into her world of consciousness, intending to kill him through mental attacks.
This strategy was indeed very effective against ordinary demons. Unfortunately for her, Roy wasn't a demon, but a Nephilim.
What was the concept of Ellreresha directly pulling an angel into her consciousness space?
It was like when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II, taking the "Little Boy" back to Tokyo as a trophy, and then detonating it right there in Tokyo.
Ellreresha was in immense pain, but while it was easy for her to pull Roy in, whether she could send him away depended on whether Roy was willing.
At this moment, Roy was unleashing holy light in Ellreresha's consciousness world. It was all true damage, and he didn't even need to do anything else to make her wish she were dead.
"Face the holy light!"
Roy fully unleashed the holy light ability of his angel form. After obtaining his second pair of wings, he also unlocked a new aura after the Aura of Courage: the Guardian Aura. This aura seemed to protect Roy from dark creatures.
But using this aura now was really making Ellreresha suffer, especially since Roy was right inside her consciousness space.
Finally, under the double torment of the holy light and the Guardian Aura, the magnificent and resplendent palace could no longer withstand the power of the holy light and began to show signs of collapse.
This also meant that Ellreresha's world of consciousness was starting to shatter.
Everything went black!
When he opened his eyes again, Roy found himself back in the subway station.
Having become an angel in Ellreresha's world of consciousness, Roy was also in his angel form in the real world. As for Ellreresha, she was behind Roy, lying on the ground with her eyes rolled back.
Could she be brain dead?
Theoretically, if a person's spirit is completely destroyed, it could lead to brain death.
However, although Ellreresha's physical condition was average, she was still a demon, so she shouldn't die so easily.
Out of caution, Roy didn't revert to his human form but first checked on Ellreresha.
\[Detected special character Ellreresha. You can absorb the power of fate to obtain rewards!\]
Ellreresha was indeed still alive, so she was probably just unconscious.
Perfect, Gerald wanted Roy to capture this guy alive, and now was a good opportunity.
Roy returned to his human form and was about to pick up Ellreresha when she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him with an innocent and naive gaze.
"Daddy!"
Roy: ???
Wait, how did the seniority suddenly jump up like that?
Roy looked at Ellreresha in shock and quickly took a few steps back.
"Y-you, what did you call me?"
"Hehe, Daddy!"
Roy tried to calm down. Could this succubus be trying to pull some trick again?
It was really too vulgar!
Roy hated playing on familial relationships the most!
So, Roy grabbed Ellreresha by the neck.
"Daddy, it hurts!"
"Stop pretending, succubus! You won't deceive me!"
Roy's eyes turned silver, and he directly used the Eyes of Judgment and the Fear Domain, wanting to make the succubus reveal her true colors.
What surprised Roy greatly was that, according to the Eyes of Judgment, the sins on Ellreresha's body had disappeared.
Could it be that the succubus's consciousness had been completely destroyed by the power of the holy light, and the succubus before him was just a blank slate with a few remaining memories and instincts?
Looking at Ellreresha's tearful expression, Roy still chose to let go.
As a result, the moment Roy let go, Ellreresha hugged his thigh tightly and wouldn't let go, constantly calling him Daddy, Daddy.
Roy started to get a headache.
Could it be that demons are like birds, imprinting on the first thing they see when they open their eyes and considering it their parent?
This was too outrageous!
Suddenly having an extra daughter left Roy at a loss for what to do.
If he followed his previous agreement with Gerald, then handing over this whitewashed succubus to him would be just right.
But now, looking at Ellreresha's pure eyes, Roy didn't really want to do that.
What good could come of entering the FEA's lab?
Just as he was hesitating, Roy heard a clear, cold voice.
"Huh? Have you already finished the fight?"
Iris appeared in the subway station at some point, her eyes covered by a black veil fixed on Roy and Ellreresha.
Roy felt a little awkward because his current posture with Ellreresha wasn't very proper, especially since she was stark naked.
"Um, Ms. Iris, the situation is a bit complicated right now!"
"A succubus? And a pure one at that? Where did this succubus come from?"
Iris didn't seem to care whether Ellreresha was wearing clothes or not. After all, in the Bible, no one wore clothes in the Garden of Eden.
It was a certain serpent that tempted Eve and Adam to eat the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, and only then did they feel shame and start wearing clothes.
"Well, I just fought this succubus in her world of consciousness, and in the end, I destroyed her world of consciousness, and she became like this."
Iris nodded in understanding.
"I see."
After saying this, Iris turned around to leave.
This situation surprised Roy greatly.
"Wait! Ms. Iris, aren't you going to deal with this demon?"
Iris stopped and looked at Roy.
"This demon's past sinful soul has died. The current her is just a pure newborn, without any sin. I will not attack a sinless being. That kind of behavior is no different from a demon."
So that's how it is...
Maybe angels also have a system of justice points. Killing sinners strengthens them, while killing the sinless damages them.
Back in the private club, although Isabella was injured by a girl, she only knocked her unconscious and didn't kill her. That might have been the reason.
Roy began to be glad that he hadn't randomly killed anyone after obtaining angel blood, otherwise, he didn't know what might have happened.
But now a problem had also arisen. If Ellreresha couldn't be killed, did he really have to hand her over to Gerald?
Looking down at the succubus who was hugging his leg, rubbing against him, and sniffing him, Roy started to get a headache.
"Ms. Iris, do you have any suggestions?"
This time, the white-robed nun didn't stop.
"I have no suggestions, but pure succubi are very rare. Only succubi born outside of hell and baptized by holy light can be so pure. I hope you can educate her well."
Since the white-robed nun said so, it was probably better to keep Ellreresha.
But how to settle her was another problem. The current Ellreresha was just like a child, and Roy had never had any experience taking care of children. The most he had done was hold a baby.
Wait, didn't he have an experienced mother figure by his side?
Roy's eyes darted around, and he immediately took out his phone and dialed a number.
While Roy was on the phone, he didn't notice that the door to the subway office in the distance quietly opened a crack.
An hour later, FEAR's forces entered the subway station. Gerald personally led the team and saw an unusually disheveled Roy.
"Mr. Black, where did that guy go?"
Roy gave a wry smile.
"I had a fierce battle with her, and in the end, that guy ran away."
Gerald's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"What? She ran away?"
Gerald clearly couldn't accept this. After all, FEA had lost more than a dozen agents, Amalgamated Tech had also lost more than a dozen researchers, and it had caused riots in East Los Angeles, resulting in at least thousands of casualties.
Such a big incident, if they didn't find something to make up for it, Gerald's position would be in jeopardy.
Hmm, such a big black pot, even if someone had to take the blame, it had to be someone with enough weight.
"Yes, that guy escaped back to hell."
Gerald's face changed colors, looking very unpleasant.
After a long while, Gerald finally showed a wry smile.
"How did things develop like this?"
"Mr. Orrin, during the battle, I obtained some information. That woman is the daughter of the King of Lust."
Roy didn't reveal Ellreresha's true state, not wanting to take the blame.
Hearing this, Gerald's expression became as disgusting as if he had swallowed a fly.
"Damn it! Another hell lord, that's the third one already! Can't these guys just settle down a bit?"
After cursing for a while, Gerald still managed to control his emotions.
"Mr. Black, I still need to thank you for your assistance. I will pay you the agreed-upon fee, but you'll have to wait a few days."
"It's okay, then I'll head back first. I'm feeling very unwell."
Roy actually wasn't injured at all, but he deliberately acted as if he was mentally traumatized, similar to the succubus incident.
Gerald didn't think much of it and nodded, letting Roy leave first. He would be very busy next, and he didn't have time to worry about Roy.
"Oh right, Mr. Orrin, there are three people rescued from the crashed helicopter in that office. They might need emergency medical attention."
"I understand, I'll arrange for someone!"
Gerald waved his hand, then looked at the subway tunnel with a worried frown.
Leaving the subway station and out of the sight of the FEA agents, Roy instantly went from looking like he was on his last breath to being full of energy.
At this moment, Roy's phone suddenly rang.
He took it out and saw it was Dahlia's number.
Could something have happened to Ellreresha?
That shouldn't be the case! That was a demon Iris had checked and said was fine!
"Hello, Dahlia, is something wrong?"
"Roy, you'd better come to the apartment to take a look. The woman you asked me to take care of is constantly crying and looking for you."
Black lines appeared on Roy's forehead.
This apartment was the same one Dahlia had lived in before.
Roy definitely couldn't take Ellreresha back to the Dolphin Hotel, so he decided to put her in Dahlia's apartment first and have her watch over her for a while.
Beelzebub's cult had been purged by Iris, so presumably, they wouldn't be able to retaliate against Dahlia for a while.
"Can't you coax her?"
"Uh, Roy, I've coaxed babies before, but I've never coaxed a baby this big! Do you want me to pick this woman up and sing her a lullaby?"
Roy imagined the scene in his head and was immediately speechless.
Indeed, Dahlia always picked up Cici to coax her, and Ellreresha was only a few centimeters shorter than Dahlia, so picking her up was definitely impossible.
"Hold on, I'll go to your apartment right away."
After thinking about it, Roy decided to go to Dahlia's apartment to avoid any trouble.
Dahlia on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Roy, hurry up, I can barely hold on anymore!"
"I'll be there soon!"
Roy hung up the phone and then ran towards Dahlia's apartment.
Dahlia's apartment was located in the eastern part of downtown, where the security was relatively better, and the rent wasn't cheap either.
Because of the commotion in the eastern district, almost everyone in the downtown area had closed their doors and hid at home, so there were hardly any people on the streets.
The City of Angels seemed to have lost its prosperity and liveliness overnight.
Arriving at Dahlia's apartment, Roy knocked on the door. The door that had been broken by the two policemen earlier had already been repaired.
Dahlia cautiously looked through the peephole to check who was knocking. Only when she saw it was Roy did she open the door.
"Dahlia, how's the situation?"
Dahlia looked helplessly at Ellreresha rolling around on the floor.
"She keeps saying she's hungry, but she won't eat the food I made for her, and she won't drink the milk I offered her. I don't know what else to do."
Hmm? Hungry?
Just as he was thinking this, Ellreresha saw Roy come in. Like a baby who had just learned to crawl, she quickly crawled towards Roy and hugged his leg.
"Daddy, hungry, food!"
Roy's face darkened. This scene always made him very awkward, especially since Dahlia was looking at him with a strange expression right now.
"Let go, let go quickly!"
After finally getting Ellreresha to let go, Roy sat on the sofa and looked at her.
"What exactly do you want to eat?"
Ellreresha looked at Roy curiously, seeming not to understand what he was saying.
"Roy, her current situation is very similar to a child who has just started learning to speak, so if you say sentences that are too long, she won't understand."
There was such a thing?
Roy had no choice but to use both gestures and words to ask Ellreresha, looking quite like he was teaching a child to speak.
"You... want... to... eat... what?"
This time, Ellreresha finally understood, and then Roy saw her suddenly pounce towards Roy's crotch.
Dahlia's expression instantly became even stranger.
"Wait a minute, Dahlia, let me explain!"
Ellreresha (Mathilda May)