Depraved Hero's Path: Enslaved Monster Girl Harem In The Apocalypse!-Chapter 25: Slave Hierarchy & Walking The Pet

"Iron Dagger." Léa whispered. "I guess that's good, right?"

She turned around, slightly annoyed by the lack of an answer.

"Aren't you going to draw as well?"

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Léa frowned. Marianne was completely ignoring her.

"What are you looking at?"

As if she had gone completely deaf, Marianne lay her hand on the door handle and pushed.

"What are you doing? That's the Boss Monster!"

"Why is it still alive?" Marianne whispered coldly. "I told him that I need to leave. No, more importantly... Campus is filled by Monsters. Why is he keeping it alive?" She had noticed the Slave Mark on the Goblin Chief's head, but that didn't answer the question. "It needs to die for the Main Quest to conclude. For me to leave. So why is he keeping it?"

"..." Léa stared for a moment, thinking silently. "Can't say I have a clue."

"Its arms, legs, and head... It's covered in blood but has no wound. Elijah healed it. Or the Mark did. In any case, I don't understand." Marianne pushed the door open and entered the Boss Room. "He didn't share his plans, so there shouldn't be an issue if I kill it, right?"

"Wouldn't that cause problems for him? He might take it off you if you do this."

Marianne turned in Léa's direction, a disgusted expression on her face.

"Don't talk to me like we're in this together. Accepting to be a slave just to get healed. No, it's worse than that. You applied and wanted to be a Slave, you didn't just accept it. Truly, you're as pathetic as it gets."

"Suit yourself then." Léa answered coldly with a frown. "I don't care either way..." Her gaze moved towards the Goblin Chief that stood beyond Marianne, at the end of the Boss Room. "Which one of you lives and which one dies."

The words caused Marianne to chuckle, and she turned back in the Goblin Chief's direction.

She took a step closer, and the Goblin Chief shrieked loudly!

'I see. If I get any closer, it'll attack. Indeed,' Marianne stared at the Slave Mark on the Boss Monster's head. "We're not in this together." She whispered as she took out her Iron Sword and held it with both hands. 'If he says that I can't handle myself, then I need to prove the opposite. Despite the fact that we're Marked, we're not a team. I need to prove myself.' Marianne stepped forward. 'Slaves aren't equal. Right now, the ones standing at the top of the hierarchy are the Boss Monsters. They're worth more than we are, more than I am. Either I kill it and prove that I can handle myself, which will make Elijah take away the Mark and tell me to fuck off for messing up this plan of his... Or I beat it up but leave it alive, proving that I'm more valuable than it. If I prove my worth, maybe he will agree to accompany me on my way home. I don't know how things outside of campus turned out. Can I even make it home alone?'

Léa's hands trembled. She had remained outside of the Boss Room, peeking through the glass portion of the door.

'I can't just watch...' She told herself while clenching her fists. 'If she gets in trouble, would I even be able to help?' Léa gulped as the Boss Monster leaped in Marianne's direction.

***

"Hm..." Katherine puffed her cheeks, a slight frown on her face. "What's happening here?"

"Nothing much." Elijah answered. "How did things go on your end?"

"Huh? Um... Pretty well." She muttered, unable to ignore the pink-haired beauty that was on all fours by his side. "Are those chains supposed to be a leash?"

"Yes." He nodded.

"Um, I see..." Katherine scratched her wrist. "Uh... Can I ask why?"

Elijah turned in Zarath's direction and lightly pulled on the leash.

"How about you answer?"

Zarath pressed her lips together, her gaze locked on the ground.

"I-I-I've been a baaad girl."

"..." Katherine blushed suddenly and looked away. "I see, so it's that kind of-"

"It is not." Elijah scratched his head. "She might look like a normal person, but she isn't."

"Is that so?" Katherine asked, and bent her back to get a closer look at the pink-haired Zarath. "What is she, then?"

"Answer." Elijah ordered as he tightened the leash a bit.

"I'm not a normal person..." Zarath started. "I'm his special special person! I'm-"

"She's a Demon." Elijah answered after tightening the leash enough for Zarath to choke..

'Harder...!' Zarath thought to herself, unable to get the word out.

"A Demon?" Katherine asked doubtfully. "I see..."

"Show her."

"I can't! I can only do it in-"

"Show her." Elijah ordered, and Zarath was forced to try a bit harder.

"Oh, wow..." Katherine muttered as horns and a tail appeared on Zarath's body. They disappeared a second later. "A Demon, huh? That's... Kind of cool."

"It is, yeah." Elijah nodded. "If it weren't for the people she killed."

"She killed people?" Katherine asked with a frown, staring at Zarath. "She looks harmless."

"Mostly harmless, until she gets men naked."

"M-Men naked?"

"That's right! I am a Succubus, the peak of female kind! So accept your position and get on all fours as well, closer to the ground than I am, since I am superior-"

"So, anyways." Elijah interrupted, causing Zarath to choke again. "How was it?"

Katherine took the Basic Wooden Staff into her hand and stared at it for a bit.

"Amazing." She whispered. "I think you might be right. I'm pretty good at this... I think."

"You are." Elijah confirmed as he started walking. "I can tell that you're talented."

Katherine remained standing still for a couple of seconds even after Elijah walked past her.

"I am talented..." She whispered to herself. 'Hear that, shitty father?' Katherine thought with a grin before running to catch up to Elijah.

"So what are we doing with her?" Katherine asked, pointing at the crawling Succubus.

"Right now? Taking her for a walk."

"I see." Katherine nodded. "Can I hold it?"

"Do you want to?"

"Well, I don't know how long you've been walking her, but I'm sure it gets troublesome after a while. I used to have a dog, and walkin ghim for too long used to make my arm go numb."

"Yeah, alright." Elijah shrugged, handing Katherine the leash.

'What the... What the fuck?!' Zarath cursed internally, absolutely fuming. 'Masteeeeer! How dare you?!'

Elijah's eyebrows rose as floating words appeared in front of him.

[Your Marked Slave "Boss Monster Number 1" has lost 90% of its Health Points.]

[Critically low levels have been reached.]

***

"Hm." Marianne stretched her arms while staring at the whimpering Boss Monster at her feet. "That should do it." She nodded, counting the number of wounds drawn on the Goblin Chief. "Thirty-one cuts should be good, right? I won, right?"

Léa gulped at the question.

"Y-Yeah, I would say so."