"That prick. What a dirty move." she thought to herself as she laid on the stone floor
Looking over her body she saw that her chest piece had a sizable hole where the bolt of fire had hit. The hole had opened up to her chest where she was bleeding out onto her lap. She knew full well that she had minutes left to live before her blood had all emptied out.
"Well, this is fucking great dying in some unknown cave." she muttered to herself
"Could be worse. You could be trapped forever in an unknown cave, all alone." came a new voice
"Oh, right. You're still here."
She turned her head to look at where the second voice had originated from with an expression of being unsurprised. Her eyes fell on the form of a nearly naked succubus that was chained by the hands that reached up above her head. A clear prisoner of this wrecked dungeon and its former master, now gone.
The demoness was very beautiful, as was expected of her kind to be, where it was almost mesmerizing to any commoner by standard. But had a child-like feel to match as unlike other succubus she didn't have the exaggerated curves in the bust and hips. Instead, a very slender and lithe figure that gave off an innocent aura to whoever the next victim would be.
"Yes, I'm still here. Now get off your lazy ass and save me. I'm a damsel in distress, hero." she said
"First off; names Veronica, not hero. Secondly, you are not a damsel in distress. At best you're a predator caught in a trap. Third; I'm not lazy, I'm dying."
"Mortals, always acting up to be so dramatic." she lets out a sigh, "Just heal yourself and help me out of here."
"Can't."
"Can't or won't."
"Both, but more on the can't. My mana is all dried up after that fight." Veronica responded
"Great, just great. You're gonna die here and I'll end up wasting away due to lack of energy. What a way to end my story." the demoness said, "The only upside is you had the decency to have a pretty face for me to look at."
And it was pretty, this hero of a woman that forced Lord Aug to run away. If she had to guess about this Veronica had some degree of dragon blood mixed in with her human, possibly some sky dragon due to the blue scales. Scales that had covered different patches of the skin on the cheeks and neck.
During the fight she had watched in awe as Veronica almost danced in the battle. Her moves were fluid and graceful while dodging and striking with the khopesh blade in her hands, it had reminded her of how another demoness was able to smite a fallen angel.
"Hey, hero. I got a deal for you. If you free me then I can save your life."
"Is that right? Pray tell, how are you able to heal me of this?" Veronica indicated her chest
"I know of a spell that could work; however, I need to be freed in order to properly cast it."
"That sounds very convenient for you. I cut you free then you poof away leaving me to die here."
"Fine, we can make a contract. One where if you free me of these chains then I am contracted to save your life."
Veronica was no stranger to stories or tales about how a demon will make a contract with almost anyone. It was also equally well known that no demon had ever broken a contract, it was always the mortal. But in most cases the reason is how the demon abused or twisted the terms in their favor.
That was the trick, making the contract where it wouldn't backfire on her in some twisted way. But the fact that her time in the world of the living was starting to run out quickly. So, she had to make a move to get things going and soon before she was too weak to free this temptress.
Painfully she stood up and hobbled over, nearly falling a couple of times, to the chained succubus. As she got closer and looked her over better Veronica did have to admit that this little devil was pretty hot. The younger and more lithe figure as well as the clearly shorter stature would have been a nice turn on for the hero.
"Okay, pull the chains tight, put your whole body into it. I might only get a couple of swings out of this before I hit the ground." Veronica said
"Will do." she responded as she moved to pull the chains as tight as possible
Once in place the sword came crashing down at the links closest to the wrists. One swing, two, three solid swings came crashing down on the link with what little strength that was left, but still held. With an angry growl Veronica lifts the sword high and struck down a fourth time before collapsing to the stone floor gasping her last breaths.
"By the hells you did it! I'm finally free." the succubus had cried out
"Yeppy. Mind fulfilling your end of the deal?"
"Deal? What deal? I don't remember us officially making any sort of deal. I remember me offering an idea and you saving my life like the noble hero that you are."
"Oh, you bitch." she growled before everything faded to black