8!
You have the vines on the walls claw their way into the masonry, and start constricting the entirety of the thing with its very own out-of-control garden. You see the great work of time take root in short form as the walls start to disintegrate in places under the pressure, the demons imbued into the structure of the castle seemingly getting into the spirit of things and starting to tear the place apart of their own volition. THEY WERE MORE DUST THAN STONE ANYWAY
But nevertheless gratifying to destroy! fun for the whole devilry
Meanwhile, you start to walk around the courtyard. Groundskeeper Willem's head shows you the way, and your memories tell you, in fact, where the bodies of this place are buried. As far as bodies go, you figure after spending a few minutes digging like a madwoman, these are both reasonably old and greatly steeped in tragedy. Four of them, in fact, no doubt old apprentices who met with terrible misadventure. You whistle - here, demons! Take these!
And true enough, three immediately fly into the three most well-preserved ones, which rise from their shallow graves with the great joy, delighted at the substance you have gifted them with. The fourth, sadly, is too twisted and destroyed to be of any use, so that one you just go ahead and eat out of habit.
Such a delightful bouquet of promises unkept! tragedies untold
Power vanquished! fate scorned but not defied FAIRLY RICH IN MINERALS AS WELL
You turn back to the castle just in time to see a part of it collapse, seemingly on top of someone judging by the terrible unearthly shriek, the satisfying sound of exactly 205 bones ONE WAS GIVEN AWAY snapping all at once and the supernatural whoosh and flash of a good dozen demons given ectoplasmic substance evaporating. You know this to be Reuben the guard, fatally robbed of a final confrontation with a worthy foe. GOOD fuck him
Exactly the man we were hoping to crush.Which leaves you with the last bit - the central tower, the best-preserved and most resistant to the siege tactics you have employed. With a single gesture you beckon the stable boy to assist you, and you and your three demonic corpses are conveyed to the skies, landing right on top of the tower. Crawling carefully over the top, you look for a likely entrance, and find it in the form of a small window on the roof.
When you float in through said window, however, you find yourself very much expected - before you stands lovely Lena, the last of the apprentices and undeniably among the most beautiful people you've seen in your life. She greets you quite amicably, and asks you if you and your demonically possessed corpse friends would like some dinner. aha do you see it
Oh yes. TWIN DEMONS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY how delightfully antithetical
3/3 Demonic Operatives LeftPick 3:A) Tear her face off. IT'D LOOK SO MUCH BETTER ON YOU
B) Politely decline her invitation. no need to be rude about it
C) Have a nice bit of dinner.
I'd like to see where she's going with this!D) Steal the silverware. discreetly of course
E) Comment on the weather.
That's what regular people do as far as we're aware.F) Bite her non-lethally. JUST A FRIENDLY WARNING INSTEAD MAYBE
G) Confess frankly about your intentions. we'll figure out what they are as we go
H) Vomit profusely onto Lena. WORKED LAST TIME IT WAS PROPOSED
I) Seek common ground on basis of irresistibility.
It must be difficult for people like us to be so impossibly hot all the time.J) Become incredibly poisonous. some of this plant life on you has to be incredibly lethal