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Thraxis muttered to himself as he looked out from the window of the ancient building that he and the others of the coven called their home. Shadows twisted about the dark stone that made its walls and even with it being high up in the mountains the large estate didn’t often see the light of the sun. It was the place of demons, and he was the lord of all those who were within… well, almost all of them. As the gryphon continued to walk down the hallway he was on the way to the prisoners were he had several guests inside that were being resistant to his desires, and while normally it was just a matter of time he needed the information that was inside their heads urgently for another matter of his.

Before he could start to make his way down into the deeper recesses of his abode however his walk was interrupted by a deep blue blur that landed right in front of him, the griffin-vixen quickly standing up to bow to her herald. “You have news Yakshini?” Thraxis asked. “I have not sent you on any assignment that I know of.”

“I came to report a breach in the surrounding area,” Yakshini said. “It’s a powerful entity Herald Thraxis, and before I would engage with it I wanted to inform you so that we may take appropriate action. So far it does not seem hostile nor actively engaging against us.”

“Mmmm, we’re a little out of the way for the curious tourist to find this place,” Thraxis said as he rubbed his grey beak, the two starting to walk together a bit as he saw the hybrid’s long tail feathers drag against the ground. “Have you determined if this creature is demonic or divine in nature?”

“I determined that it could sense my presence and left before I could get a read on it,” Yakshini replied. “But this creature is avian and glows with an unnatural light I have definitely not seen in our coven. Do you wish for me to go and intercept them?”

Thraxis thought about it for a moment before he shook his head and waved a hand to the griffin-vixen. “I wish to see such a creature that is like us and yet not mine for my own eyes,” Thraxis stated. “Go down and tell Thanarik that I will be joining with him in short order in order to deal with the prisoners while I see to this new creature. Also have Nyx on standby down there as well in case I need help finding the trespasser in case they prove to be more mischievous than originally thought.”

Yakshini nodded and practically disappeared in front of him once more, and as the demon bird spread his own wings he found himself walking up instead of down in order to take flight. A mysterious creature around his domain… it was hard to believe that anyone who would get close to this place wasn’t looking to become part of or destroy the coven, but he trusted his seeker to know if this other avian posed a threat to them. Once he had gotten to an open balcony Thraxis merely stepped off the edge and allowed himself to plummet down the side of the mountain until he opened his wings and began to fly. With his senses searching for a powerful creature somewhere in the surrounding area it didn’t take long for him to find his target and start to fly down towards it.

When Thraxis got close enough where he could sense the aura of the other creature he landed on a high point some feet away so he could see what he was dealing with. With the ever-present darkness he could see a blue glow that came from down on the forest floor, and when he managed to see the creature he found that it was an avian with deep black feathers that had a blue glow tinting them. He could also see why Yakshini couldn’t tell what sort of power he had since even he was having trouble identifying it. As he silently moved down to another branch to get a closer look the demon gryphon suddenly had to spread his wings and jump off as blue fire engulfed the entirety of the tree he stood on.

“I should have guessed that you would be able to sense me skulking about,” Thraxis said as he ruffled his feathers while landing on his feet and smoothing back his red mane. “I must admit that I prefer my confrontations in this regard anyway. In any case you are quite the phoenix, what’s your name?”

“Slypher,” Slypher replied as he continued to eye Thraxis up, which the demon gryphon expected was due to the power that he radiated. “You are quite the demon as well, at least from what I can sense. I may not be a demon but I’m somewhat adjacent to such a thing and know corruption when I smell it, so what’s your name?”

“Thraxis,” Thraxis introduced. “Considering that the flames that you startled me with weren’t meant to burn I’m assuming that you’re not here to attack me and my coven, though it makes me wonder why you are here.”

“I go where the winds take my wings for fun and frivolity,” Slypher explained simply. “I often meet new and interesting creatures and often corrupt them or consume their souls, though I feel that you seem to enjoy being the one doing the corrupting. Since you didn’t immediately start attacking me I assume you don’t mind my being here, and being an impressive creature such as yourself I’m thankful for it.”

Thraxis found himself smirking at the flattery of the phoenix, and as he saw him approach he gave him a little wink. “Perhaps I could intrigue an equally impressive creature to join my little coven here,” Thraxis replied as he went over and put a hand on his shoulder. “Since you know the joys of corruption as you say you have than perhaps we can work something out in order to make your stay a bit more… enjoyable? You say that you can corrupt and consume souls, but how is your mental manipulation?”

The beak of the phoenix perked up a bit about hearing the demon ask that and as the two talked a bit more while flying their way back to the coven monastery Thraxis found Slypher to be quite in line with his own way of thinking. While he didn’t have his own coven of avian servants and minions he did have creatures that served at his beck and call and others that he had essentially enslaved by completely consuming their souls. It was an intriguing discussion and the phoenix seemed just as interested in what the gryphon had to say concerning the demonflight and his role in it. By the time the two got to where they needed to be Slypher was all in on helping with their little subjugation problem as they landed on the roof of the old monastery.

Once the two had started to walk inside and down to the dungeons they found two minions of Thraxis that seemed to be waiting for him. The first was the gryphon’s loyal ram thrall Thanarik, the loincloth clad muscular man merely nodding to his herald before he moved away to check on the others in the dungeon. The other was Nyx, whose purple eyes scanned over the phoenix that came with him, who was one of his most loyal infiltrators. Nyx was the first that he had corrupted and as such was always willing to do whatever was needed to bring others into the coven as Thraxis led Slypher to the first prisoner in question.

When the three got to the prison cell the runes on the wall were clearly glowing with profane energy as they looked between the bars and saw someone sitting there. This demon was more of the traditional sort with draconic features and two sets of horns that framed his otherwise canine face. Slypher made mention that it reminded him of someone he knew before his eyes began to glow and he reached out a hand. Even with the cell being completely warded the demon, whose name was Bass, still had on a collar and set of cuffs that had him chained to the wall.

“Ah, I think I’m starting to see the problem here already,” Slypher said as he turned to Thraxis. “Your enthrallment attempts are being resisted more profoundly than what you’ve come across before, am I right? I’m guessing that you might have summoned him here in order to trap and entice him into becoming part of the coven?”

Both Nyx and Thraxis had a slightly surprised look on both their faces as they nodded their heads with Thraxis saying that he was also aiding a rather rambunctious treasure hunter and had a way to reach them. “Yeah, the problem is that I can see a connection between the two of you that’s likely due to whatever ritual you used to bring him here in the first place,” Slypher continued to explain. “Since you control your coven they’re going to have the same problems, but it’s something that I think that I can help you with. I just need a sip of Nyx’s corrupted essence here before we begin.”

“Me?” Nyx asked. “Why?”

“So that they’re bound to your particular brand of demonic power,” Slypher replied. “I could just as easily go in there but if I use my essence he’s going to be bound to me, and I think that your coven is going to want to mold and shape him if they spent this long imprisoning him. Plus it’s only a small draw, with you being so close to your herald you should replenish in no time.”

“Go ahead Nyx,” Thraxis said.

“Yes Herald,” Nyx replied, though his was punctuated by a slight yelp of surprise as he felt the hand of the phoenix grope against the sheath contained in the rubber of his outfit, causing him to turn his corrupted gryphon’s head and smile at the grinning phoenix. “Oh I like you, you’re frisky. Don’t take too much, you might find yourself wanting to join us after all.”

“Perish the thought,” Slypher replied before continuing to grope his groin, which as he did tiny flames began to dance over the body of the phoenix before they cascaded over to the gryphon. Thraxis could sense that it was similar to his own methods of soul corruption and entrapment as he saw a trail of purple light or smoke start to drift up from the beak that was open in pleasure. As it continued to rise up the other man put his beak over it and the gryphon mage could sense that the essence of Nyx was actually being consumed, and though he continued to keep an eye on it to make sure that Slypher wasn’t trying to do anything funny he could see from the growing bulge in the latex of the other gryphon’s shorts and his half-lidded purple eyes that he was certainly enjoying himself.

It only took a few seconds before Slypher backed away from Nyx and for a second there was almost a look of concern on his face, though it quickly turned to glee as he held his stomach. “Oh… oh yes, this energy…” Slypher said as he held up his hand, which as he did blue flames sprang up from it that quickly turned to a purple hue similar to the gryphon he had fed from as he chuckled. “Quite the demonic essence indeed.”

Thraxis found himself crossing his arms as the flames quickly extinguished but the purple tint remained, the power seen spreading through the body of the phoenix as he continued to laugh. The purple tint on his arm and stomach feathers quickly started to radiate outwards as his fingers twitched and quivered while his claws grew bigger and curved. While the gryphon normally saw such a transformation from the bodies of those that he had taken the souls from this was something interesting, the creature using a vessel of his corruption in order to absorb and mimic its power. As Thraxis glanced over towards Nyx he could see his thrall licking his lips and rubbing himself while watching as Slypher sprouted a pair of horns while his forearms and shins grew scalier and glowed with the same purple light.

Purple fire began to drip from Slypher’s beak as his eyes went from blue to a similar hue, which was also the same color that his throbbing maleness had become as it jutted out proudly from his groin. With the infusion of demonic essence the phoenix was also a bit more muscular than before and his tail feathers had morphed into a gryphon similar to his own or Nyx’s. “Yes, this will do just fine,” Slypher said in a voice that crackled as though made of the same fire that also dripped from the thick glowing purple talons on his fingers and toes. “Go ahead, it’s time for you to claim this demon as your own.”

Thraxis didn’t have to be told twice and after telling Nyx to stand by to make sure that everything remained under control the other two avian creatures made their way into the cell. The sizzling of fire on stone could be heard in the otherwise silent room and the gryphon could sense that the dripping flames were pure corruption, which once they were inside the cell the demon also seemed to sense as he looked up with those bright orange eyes. “So you’ve brought another in an attempt to break me,” Bass said with a scoff as he looked over at the phoenix whose black feathers and scales seemed to absorb the light around him, though the glowing purple made him look quite dashing in Thraxis’ opinion. “If you two are going to try to seduce me it’s not going to work, and while I’m more than happy to have you shake those feathers for me it will not lead you any closer to inducting me into your coven or finding Keyek before she locates the dark secret.”

“We’ll see about that,” Thraxis said as he nodded over to Slypher, who stepped forward. “My friend here thinks that he’s pretty good at molding minds, so let’s see how well he does with a demon of the same consistency.” As the gryphon stood by to watch Bass could clearly already feel the radiating energy of the corrupted phoenix that was approaching him, and as Slypher reached out his hand the claws once more were wreathed in flame. Bass tried to pull away but with the chains around his ankles and wrists there was little he could do other than let the other man touch against the palm of his hand that had been outstretched.

“That flame is what represents my control over your mind,” Slypher said as he watched the demon look down at the flame, which merely flickered on his skin without burning him as the phoenix looked around. “Since you’re a goo demon the more I have control over your mind the more I have the same for your body, so all you have to do is watch the flame as it begins to spread to transform your body.”

Though Bass looked like he was about to say something his eyes seemed to be fixated on that flame and let out a slight gasp when it did begin to spread over his palm and start to curl around his fingers. “This is… impossible,” Bass said in shock as he watched his hand start to turn a shiny unnatural black like the one that had gotten behind him, watching as he grew black claws that dripped with the same ichor-like substance along with purple flames. “This is incredibly hot, but you shouldn’t be able to do this, I’m a demon, a demon can’t be corrupted by another demon no matter how sexy he is…”

“Who says that I’m a demon,” Slypher whispered in his ear as he started to rub rhythmically up and down his chest with just the lightest touch that caused the other man to shudder. “You can feel the heat, the flames that are causing you to lose your resolve just like they’re eroding your form. Watch the fire, see the flames dance and flicker in front of you as they spread with each moment of your willpower draining away.”

Bass groaned as those purple claws scratched under his chin and kept his gaze on his arms as the other hand caught fire as well, causing his transformation of his body to spread up both his limbs. Though he was a demon of goo he always had control over his form, yet as he felt the hand continue to press against his chest and the beak next to his ear continue to whisper to watch the flames consuming him the demon found his body becoming increasingly unstable. It was like the fire that was slowly engulfing his form was melting him like candle wax, though what came with the spreading flames and increasingly gooey skin was a sense of pleasure unlike anything he had ever felt before.

“It seems that you may have underestimated him,” Thraxis said as he watched the demon began to pant, watching the purple fires of corruption starting to spring up elsewhere as the hypnotic commands continued to enthrall the demon. Even though he was talking Bass didn’t even seem to notice him and was instead groaning loudly as his wings were starting to melt while the phoenix behind him pressed his muscular body up against his back and ignited his passions. “I’d like to think we loosened the cap for him, but at this rate there’s going to be nothing left of you.”

“Wait, maybe I was a bit hasty in my resistance,” Bass said as he looked up, his eyes starting to tint from the orange they were to the purple like the corruptive flames that he found himself unable to tear his gaze away from. “You win, I’ll tell you where she is.”

“I know you will,” Thraxis said as he pressed a hand against Bass’ head, feeling the purple hair on his head becoming gooey as it turned as black as the rest of his body as the demon was starting to lose control. “Those flames burning away at whatever the demon equivalent of a soul might be is powerful enough to completely change you, and all you can do is watch them as they engulf you completely.”

When Thraxis put his hand on the head of the restrained man the gryphon had to keep himself from smirking as he sensed that it was the demon’s own power that was causing him to melt like that. Slypher had managed to get into his head and had him using his own powers against him, using his own energy to nudge his mind that the flames were doing what he said. It was a simple but elegant solution and clearly working as Bass continued to say that he didn’t want to become some formless, shapeless blob in a cell. With Slypher continuing to whisper into the ear of the demon that his flames were really causing him to deform and lose his features it was time for Thraxis to step in and take what was his.

With strands of shiny rubber-like goo starting to form between the muzzle of the demon the gryphon told him that the only way he could avoid such a fate was to join the coven, and the only way that was going to happen was if he showed his loyalty. With Slypher behind him continuing to feed his power and hypnotic suggestion there was something else that he was giving the goo demon, watching the draconic creature quivering as the glowing purple cock started to sink between the cheeks into the tailhole of the man in front of him. The pleasure was helping to keep Bass completely enthralled along with the power of the phoenix, Thraxis watching the flames start to dance in the eyes of the demon as he could see the thick cock of the gryphon bobbing in front of him.

Bass let out a grunt of pure desire as he found himself staring blankly ahead, and as Thraxis watched the gooey muzzle start to push against the sensitive flesh of his shaft. By this point most of his body had been turned to goo and his horns and ears had completely melded into his skull while the rest of his features completely disappeared. It would have been impossible to tell what the creature was and the only thing that remained was his eyes that had the purple flames still dancing in it along with the entirety of his gooey black body. Thraxis began to slowly thrust his hips forward and as he did he could feel the power of the demon start to transfer from the hold of the phoenix to his own power, Slypher giving the reins of the hypnotically enthralled creature to him to mold into his own image.

The demon sucking on his cock began to let out a muffled groan as the phoenix thrusting into him continued to control the fire that danced around in his vision and mind. Both Thraxis and Slypher morphed and molded the creature that had succumbed to them, watching the deforming muzzle start to transform into a beak. As more avian features started to form in the midnight black goo of the body of the demon the gryphon watched those glowing eyes look up at him as he thrusted his cock deep into the throat of his new thrall. When he whispered what he wanted Slypher to do the phoenix continued to pump his cock into the tailhole that was framed with new dripping tail feathers.

“Feel the flames as they harden that new form of yours,” Slypher said in a whisper as he leaned forward, stroking the stretched out throat of the raven-headed goo creature that was sucking with growing eagerness. “Fueled by your herald’s cock and his demonic power you are able to use that goo that you’ve become, which is exactly what you wanted. Those hypnotic flames continue to burn away anything in your mind that isn’t that of the form that your herald wants, that of a strong, powerful goomancer that has the power of their demonic energy to enhance your polymorphic goo powers. You… are Deadraegal!”

Deadraegal… the name sealed in the form and mindset of the creature that Thraxis desired, a wonderful demonic goo raven that would serve him with his powers. With no more loyalty to Keyek the gryphon could already sense the information that was inside of his head, though with his new beak full of cock the information was mentally relayed to him. The image that he was given was that of a sigil… and he knew that with the demonic power that he took from the new raven he can use it to teleport himself to the temple where Keyek was about to breach. But such a thing was going to take some time, and as he looked over at the phoenix that the two were thrusting into there was something else that he wanted Slypher’s help on…

Once they had christened the new goo raven and played around with his restrained body, which despite the creature being gelatinous in nature the bindings continued to hold the gooey creature for them to use, Thraxis and Sypher left Deadraegal to recover while they made their way to another section of the dungeon. “I’m glad that you’re still interested in helping with a few more problem cases,” Thraxis said as the purple and black phoenix walked beside him. “While soon we will be able to follow Keyek and disrupt her from her quest of finding the dark secret hidden in the Craghelm ruins there is something that I would like you to use your unique ability on.”

“Of course Thraxis,” Slypher replied with a dark chuckle. “This corruption is… quite nice, and I look forward to using it more. Who are we breaking this time?”

“Someone that attempted to dispatch me,” Thraxis said as they eventually got to another door, this one not quite as warded but with more physical barriers as the woman barred within sat on the metal bench. From the way that the cell was situated to keep people from being around and the splatters of blood on the floor it was clear that this assassin was quite capable. “She goes by the name Eclipse and she’s been a tough nut to crack, but with you here I think that perhaps you can figure out the best way to corrupt her mind.”

“Of course,” Slypher replied as he looked at the one that Thraxis called a kitsune from the safety of the steel door, the gryphon watching the other avian assess the creature for a few minutes before turning back to him. “Well while I’m not versed on demons in all realms most tend to get their power from manipulation of the desires of the one you’re trying to corrupt, unfortunately in this case what she wants more than anything is to kill you. All we need to do is manipulate a few of her memories and we can make sure there is no resistance to your will.”

“Hmmm… well, if you believe that you can cause such a mental alteration that would bypass her desires I would like to see it,” Thraxis said. “The only thing is that you will not get close to her like you did with Bass. I’ve had a few coven that tried to get near enough to enthrall her only to end up with broken wings or at the very least bruised egos.” The phoenix just gave him a smirk and asked if there was someplace in particular that they could go in order to up the romance of the area, which as he nodded he found his head tilting slightly in confusion…

As Eclipse continued to sit there in a meditative pose she suddenly felt a tingle in her body, one that caused her to look about for the cause only to see that she was still alone. “It seems that someone is trying a new approach in order to break me,” Eclipse mused as she continued to glance about the empty cell, unaware of the purple tendrils of fire that began to seep through the cracks of her cell. “I can sense this power is something far different though, a new creature not like the one that imprisoned me…”

When there was still no response the kitsune continued to sit on the bench with her legs crossed and her hands at her side as she continued to try and scheme on how to escape from the monastery and the coven of demonic birds that controlled it. She had been trying to figure out how to do so ever since she had been captured and though she had managed to almost escape a few times it wasn’t enough for her to get out. At the moment she was resting and recovering from her latest attempt and as Eclipse felt another brush of arcane energy she suddenly became aware of a presence around her… and it definitely wasn’t Thraxis.

When Eclipse attempted to jump up from her sitting position it felt like someone had grabbed her underneath her armpits and was pulling her upwards. At first she thought the devious bird had somehow managed to teleport inside her cell and try to restrain her, but just as she was about to reverse the grab and slide out of the demonic gryphon grasp she found herself unable to move. It was as if her mind was disconnected from her body, and it began to feel like she was floating she looked down and found that was exactly what was happening! She let out a gasp of shock and her legs were able to kick out as they were pulled out of her body, which immediately slumped back against the wall with her white-furred head pressing against the stone while she continued to drift upwards.

Eclipse continued to fly through the air and get pulled through several walls until she suddenly found herself in a bedroom that was lit with candles. After regaining her bearings she saw that she wasn’t alone in the room either; not only was there a strange purple glowing phoenix in the room but as her gaze came across the demonic gryphon that stood there she immediately tensed. “Thraxis…” Eclipse said as she quickly assessed the situation. “Seems you finally want to face your fate head on, if you hold still I will make it quick.”

Thraxis just smirked and when he didn’t make a move Eclipse knew that the powerful mage was not to be underestimated, but she couldn’t waste an opportunity and sprang forward to attack… except that she found that her legs were unresponsive to her. “As you can see you’re not really in the position to threaten me at the moment,” Thraxis said as Eclipse looked down to see what was holding her back her eyes widened slightly in surprise when she found that her body was a translucent white, almost ghostly form. “I have to say I’ve never seen a soul removed so cleanly from a person’s form before, and yet you continue to stand defiantly against me. This isn’t going to happen however and I have something very special prepared for you rather than just taking your essence and leaving your body to be warped by the demonic power of the coven.”

“I’m honored that you would personally attempt this yourself,” Eclipse replied as stoically as possible, though she could feel herself faltering slightly. Whatever strange new powers this demonic phoenix had in was a situation that she hadn’t expected, and she didn’t like being surprised by someone that she was supposed to be eliminating. “Go ahead then, do whatever it is that you want to try to do to me, if you dare.”

Eclipse steeled herself for whatever attack was about to happen, but as Thraxis walked up to her soul all he did was continue to look at her. Unbeknownst to the kitsune the magic that was being used to slowly erode her willpower was already happening, the phoenix taking all the memories of him that she had and slowly burning them away while the demonic gryphon stealthily infused his power into the gaps left behind. It made it easy that her emotions were so passionately tied to them and with her soul just out in the open like that they could both work their magic on her without the assassin being able to do much about it. While it would be fun to completely take her soul or to watch his new phoenix friend consume it in front of her own eyes he had far different plans for such a lovely and deadly specimen such as this one.

With the soul form Slypher extracted making it easy for the gryphon to keep her from moving with his power Thraxis had decided to take the lead on this one’s enthrallment to show the phoenix how it was done, not to mention the perverse pleasure of turning her as he went up and stroked along her vulpine jaw. Already the gryphon could see confusion in her eyes that was tinted with lust as the corruption seeped into her very essence, watching the white of her body start to shift to a purple hue in some areas. Nevertheless she quickly recoiled from the touch and when she did it caused the gryphon to chuckle. He gave Eclipse a few seconds to recognize the strange feelings that she had no doubt just had and then turned back to face her once again.

“What’s wrong, my dear?” Thraxis said in as genuine a voice as he could muster while looking her in the eyes. “You seem distraught.”

“Wouldn’t you be?” Eclipse replied in a huff. “Here I am in your bedroom as a spirit and you are trying to seduce your reaper.” As the kirin looked down at herself she also came to another realization as she rolled her eyes. “And could you have at least apparated some clothing for me in this form?”

“I think you need to realize that it’s you that came to bear your soul to me,” Thraxis replied, watching her straighten up slightly in confusion as the body of the corrupted phoenix began to glow even more intensely. “Although I can understand why you’re so hesitant, you’ve given up quite a lot to come here and after all that you find you might be a little unsure of what you’re doing. I want to tell you though that your initial instinct to try and come to me was the right one and deep down you know that your feelings are correct.”

For a few seconds Eclipse wasn’t sure what was going on; the gryphon wasn’t making any sense, that wasn’t why she had come to see the demonic creature in the first place, was it? As she tried to figure out what was going on she was surprised that she didn’t have any recollection of the exact reason why she was actually here… in fact, other than her initial reaction she didn’t know much about Thraxis at all. In the back of her mind there was something that she was trying to remember, but every time she tried to bring up the recollection it almost immediately evaporated. Once again she felt the touch of the demon gryphon, this time on her ethereal chest, but this time she found herself just looking at it instead of recoiling.

“Oh, you poor thing,” Thraxis said as he came up close, continuing to use his own power to make everything from the cadence in his voice to the movement of his body as hypnotic as possible while also steadily filtering in more demonic magic. “All you wanted to do was be in the loving embrace of my wings and were met with setback after setback, but now that you finally made it here you can be exactly where you want to be. Don’t you remember when I found you abandoned by your assassin guild after finding out about my power and wanting to leave your calling in order to join me?”

At first Eclipse wasn’t sure how to respond but as he felt her ethereal head get held against the gryphon, whose smirk on his beak couldn’t be seen, images began to come into her mind that seemed to tell a story. The memory of her accepting the job to take down the leader of the demonflight had been corrupted and twisted by Thraxis to instead show her being betrayed and run out by her colleagues after making the case to join them. As she started to remember how her home had been burned down and she had been chased to the mountains her vulpine feet began to shift and change, becoming more bird-like in nature as her fur grew thicker to cover them. When he could see that he was able to fill the gaps in her memory with the story he had concocted he nodded to Slypher and the phoenix let go of the energy hold on her soul form.

Though Thraxis could see the assassin trying to fight back against the new narrative in her mind it was already too late. The memories she was attempting to hold onto were burned away and the emotions that remained were tethered to ones of his creation. He could see the confusion in her eyes abating and while her willpower told her that something was going on Eclipse couldn’t find the footholds to keep her resistance up. As the minutes passed and the two continued to talk Thraxis knew it would only be a matter of time before those walls came completely crumbling down.

As the memories that the two avian creatures were providing came flooding back to her Eclipse suddenly found herself hugging on to Thraxis’ chest, squeezing against him as she found herself grateful that he would take her in. This time when she backed away it was so that the two could share in a kiss, which as she did her face started to warp into a beak as the corruption of the demon fully took hold. With her memories burned away and the hypnotic suggestion burrowing into her brain the mind of the changing creature was as good as his, and with the fact that she seemed to genuinely believe that she had come to his sanctum to seek refuge when she had originally done so to kill him made it all the sweeter. As their kiss continued on eventually it was her that actually pushed him onto the bed, which made Thraxis smirk when he found that she was still quite the domineering creature as tiny wings began to flutter behind her back that were quickly growing.

The sensitive moment they had shared was quickly replaced with a carnal need and as Eclipse’s ghostly form slid up onto the bed she found that what she really wanted in Thraxis was a lover. Images of wild and passionate sex filled her mind and caused her to ache in her pussy for that demon cock inside of her as her tail morphed into feathers that was befitting of her new body. The gryphon was more than happy to oblige and put her down on her back, which caused her to let out a lustful squawk as her antlers morphed into a pair of horns while the two kissed once more. It was the demon’s embrace she wanted, her new voice was telling her, and as Thraxis whispered in his ear how much he knew she wanted this it caused a shiver to go down her spine.

It wasn’t long before he was between her legs, his hands pressing against her breasts as her fur was replaced with thick white feathers. While it hadn’t been clear what she was becoming before he could tell what she was now while she laid beneath her. The increasingly demonic snow owl let out a cry of pleasure as her folds were teased by his cock, which as Thraxis lifted her legs a bit he found that they were still quite muscular in nature. She was still going to be an agile assassin whose prowess on the field would be matched only by her allure, the only difference is that she would be fighting for him as he began to thrust his hips forward.

With the soul form solidified under him Thraxis could feel her slick inner walls squeeze around his shaft as it pushed in, yet Eclipse felt only pleasure from the insertion as there was no physical form limiting her. As he watched her squirm in pure ecstasy at being taken by the creature whom mere hours ago she had wanted to kill he realized that she would need a change of name to suit her new body. Syvlini… that had a nice ring to it, and when he told her that she had willingly given her his mind and body to become such a creature there wasn’t any resistance in the corrupted creature. The new information soaked into her soul like a sponge as she grabbed onto his hips and wrapped her legs around him to go deeper, trying to show off her prowess to her new herald and that he had made the best choice possible in giving her the honor of converting her.

Meanwhile as Slypher watched Thraxis begin to rock the bed with his movements in breaking in the latest member of the flock he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Yakshini standing there. “I have word from Ignis that he has used the rune given to us by the demon to finally hunt down where exactly Keyek is,” the vixen-griffin said as her eyes gazed upon her herald hilt deep in the pussy of the demonic snowy owl’s soul. “As much fun as I’m sure herald is having he’ll have to wait to properly break in his newest servant, but perhaps after this he could have both of us together…”

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Deep in the ancient ruins of the Craghelm a lone gryphon made her way through the narrow stone wall that separated her from her goal, avoiding the solid door that had blocked the entrance to the innermost chamber. It was a tough squeeze but Keyek managed to get through, and as she stumbled out to the other side her eyes lit up with what she saw. The ancient artifact at the heart of the ruins sat on a metal pedestal that was in the middle of the room surrounded with neon glowing lights. It had confirmed everything that she knew about this place and would be the greatest find in her treasure hunting career.

But this was the stage where many adventurers had lost their lives, she reminded herself as she took out one of the custom gadgets she had and scanned the rooms for any anomalies. The last thing she needed was to step on some sort of pressure plate or trip something that would cause the entire complex to come down on her head. Though she knew that she was not welcome in this place she continued to remain cautious as she went through the safe path that her device found before she found herself at the pedestal in the middle of the room. Fortunately being in this place she could examine the pedestal itself and when there appeared to be nothing there to disarm as she carefully pulled the canister off and found the silvery runic cube to be warm to the touch.

“Stop right there!” Thraxis shouted, causing Keyek to nearly drop what she was holding as she suddenly saw two demonic creatures with one of them being someone she hoped she wouldn’t run into. “Did you really think you could just come in here and steal the heart of the ruins like that?”

“I mean, sort of,” Keyek replied with a sheepish grin as she continued to hold the cube. “I would ask if you knew what was inside this cube but I’m guessing you do, and if it was in the right hands it would create untold technology for the entire world! There’s no way that I’m going to let you keep it down here.”

“First of all, you know that this region and all that is contained within it is my property,” Thraxis retorted. “Second of all you don’t know what that kind of technology is capable of, so you’re going to be a good girl and return that orb to me right now.”

“I’m sure it works with all your coven girls,” Keyek replied as she shifted her body before pulling out another strange device. “But I’m not one of them!” As she fired the device Thraxis quickly dodged out of the way of the ball of energy that was sent towards him, but as he did the gryphon quickly made a run for it. Though she wasn’t sure how she was going to squeeze through the entrance she had used with the artifact she was going to give it a try, except she skidded to a stop as a wall of purple fire blocked her path.

Once more Keyek turned and fired another shot, this time at the phoenix that had caused her to be trapped there, before a gooey tentacle wrapped around her wrist and caused her to drop the weapon. As Thraxis summoned more from the ground in order to restrain the notorious treasure hunter Keyek managed to slip out of his grip and try to make a run for the actual door to try and open it. Slypher swooped in to stop her but she managed to jump out of the way, only for her to once more get trapped in a puddle of goo that the demonic gryphon had put down in order to stop her. The second she stepped on it her feet suddenly became encased, and it also caused her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

There was a loud metallic crack and the three stopped dead when they saw that the cube had nearly split down the middle as it rested next to the downed gryphon, and as Keyek slowly turned her head towards it she let out a gasp as a thick silvery substance started to ooze out of it. At first it just looked like some sort of liquid metal but it wasn’t long before it immediately seemed to dart for her, which caused her to let out a cry as it began to coat her body. As both Slypher and Thraxis cautiously stepped forward they could see her trying to scrape the substance off of herself as it completely consumed her clothing, leaving her completely naked as tendrils of the silvery substance pushed into her ears and nostrils while continuing to coat her.

“It’s… it’s in my head!” Keyek shouted as she tried to hold her hands against her ears, only to be far too late as the nanites continued to infiltrate and coat her form. The other two avians could see that silver veins began to appear in her eyes and as the futile struggle of the nanites turned to her wiggling on the ground as her fingers and toes began to twitch. “I… it’s… it’s taking control… help, my mind… these thoughts… aren’t… mine!”

Keyek let out another groan but this time her hands seemed to be starting to move of their own accord as silver tendrils could be seen in the yellow scales of her hands, which seemed to be swelling with new growth along with her feet. “So that’s what was in there,” Thraxis said as the two began to watch her with more of a curious interest as her shouts of help were interrupted by a language that neither of them knew. “It looks like the nanites within are corrupting her mind and body…”

“I… I feel so strange,” Keyek said as she began to try to crawl over, her body still shifting and morphing from the nanites that had suffused inside her as her muscles thickened while the sclera of her eyes were nearly completely silver. “Must… find others to corrupt, must convert, infect… infect…” Once more she started to speak in the strange language as they could see that her body was trying to get up, only for Thraxis to hold her down with the goo that was still there. While it would have been fitting for Keyek to have been turned into a vessel for these nanites the fact that they seemed to have the same plans as him was something he couldn’t abide by, and as he could sense that they were sentient through the contact in the goo he knew that he wasn’t going to be controlling the mind of the gryphon…

…he was going to control the mind of the nanites that had already corrupted it.

As Slypher agreed to help once more he made a comment where he wondered if this was perhaps the work of a synth eagle he knew about, but Thraxis just told him to concentrate that demonic power inside him so that he could use his magic to essentially reprogram the nanites. From the looks of the silvery body of the gryphon it was clear they didn’t have much time before she was completely corrupted by the nanites themselves and if they were going to have a chance it would be while they were busy with Keyek. As he focused on the goo that he had already summoned, purple flames suddenly surrounded his body and he could feel his demonic power growing as he focused on absorbing the nanites and manipulating the hivemind that comprised them.

Though he wasn’t sure that considering the nanites as sentient and using magic that would normally control such creatures would be enough in this case Thraxis found that he was starting to feel like he was starting to influence the nanomachines. They were also partially organic and in integrating with the gryphon they were even easier to pump his demonic essence into, and as he did he found that he could start to bend them to his own purpose. It wasn’t long before he could start to see the gryphon’s body changing once more, the silvery sheen disappearing from her body even though the nanites were still fully integrated into her. It was being combined with something new and as Thraxis continued to use his power with the soul manipulation of the nanite’s mind the hissing and growling that was coming from Keyek’s mouth turned to moans of pleasure.

Once he had managed to set the body of the gryphon back to right from the previous transformation it was time to mold the newest member of his coven the way he wanted it, and he found with the nanites it was rather easy to shape the creature as the metal plates that were on his arms and legs turned to thick black scales with glowing yellow ridges as similar claws sprouted from her fingers and toes. As he kept the slightly thicker build Thraxis watched her groan in pleasure as a pair of horns pushed their way out of her head that were black at the base that had yellow tips as her cyan markings on her arm turned a similar color. As the changes solidified she slowly began to shift her position from being on all fours to getting into a sitting position, and as she did both he and Slypher had found that the nanites had made one more addition to her anatomy that they hadn’t seen before.

“Ugggh, wha…” Keyek said as she looked down and saw the rather large throbbing cock between her legs, which caused her eyes to widen as she looked at it. “Oh, the nanites had given me a means to disperse them into others. Wait, I suddenly just knew that, also I can sense that my gun is not going to fire because I chipped the focus crystal when it dropped to the ground.”

“It seems that you’re starting to get used to your new friends quite well,” Thraxis said as he went over and helped the nanite goo-infused gryphon to her feet, looking down at the heavy sheath and erect member that she sported. “I suppose I could get rid of that if you want to.”

There was a moment of pause as Keyek looked at the throbbing member, squeezing it with her larger clawed hands that sent a shiver of pleasure down her spine. “Actually, I think I can do it myself,” Thraxis watched as his newest servant concentrated and the thick throbbing member shrunk, her hand stroking and stimulating it until it completely pulled into her body where her fingers were pushing into her reformed pussy. “Ah, that was a rush, I’m going to have to remember I can do that. Thank you for saving me herald and you can now call me Kordhven the tinkerer, and I look forward to serving the coven with all the technology that I can manipulate at my fingertips.”

“I suppose a decent ending came out of this after all,” Thraxis said as he turned towards Slypher, who had turned back to his original blue feathered state without any of the demonic corruption present. “I suppose I have you to thank for it, had you not broken Bass when you did then this little thief would have made off with one of the most important dark artifacts of the runes and potentially gotten herself infected with the nanites before becoming something else. Not to mention you also helped me with the nanites themselves and with the rather burdensome mercenary, and as such I was wondering if you would like to join the coven yourself.”

“Hmmmm, join a group of debaucherously demonic birds,” Slypher replied, his gaze going back to the new Kordhven who was still running her hand between her reshaped legs with one hand while the other started to rub against her breast. “Perhaps this would be a conversation best suited for another place, one that we teleported from that might be a little more comfortable.”

About an hour later the group once more found themselves in the bedroom that had been where Syvlini had been created and bred by Thraxis. When the three of them had returned back to the monastery Thraxis had a talk with Slypher about being inducted and using his soul powers to help with his own, and after a bit of convincing Slypher sealed the deal and this time said if he took a bit of Thraxis’ power it would allow the transition to the demonic phoenix to happen permanently, or at last as permanently as he could make it. Even though Thraxis knew what Slypher usually did in order to extract soul essence he was not expecting when the phoenix slid over to where he sat and got down on his knees right in front of him.

“Just think of it as me learning my place, herald,” Slypher said with a wink as he slowly stroked up and down the gryphon’s cock while Kordhven massaged the shoulders of the demon lord. “With this gift of essence I bind myself to the coven and the one who controls it, willingly giving myself to the corruption of the demon.”

Once he had finished speaking Slypher leaned in and started to suck on the throbbing shaft that he had stimulated to full hardness, and as Thraxis huffed while watching the black beak leaning in and quickly enveloping his shaft he could see the demonic traits manifesting themselves once more. The eyes of the phoenix quickly shifted from blue to purple as a pair of horns began to push their way out of his forehead. As he leaned forward it was to not only start bobbing his head up and down but also because of his entire body twitching as his lean frame grew with more muscle while his feathers turned the same deep black as before. It was a beautiful sight watching someone willingly corrupting themselves while sucking him off, and as he heard huffing behind him the gryphon turned to see the other avian had stopped massaging him and started to stroke his cock.

After taking a second with grabbing his horns and really shoving his cock down into the throat of the phoenix he could feel the essence being pulled from him to fuel the transformation and corruption of the creature between his legs. From the feel he could almost tell that it was going straight to Slypher’s core, transforming and mutating him as his claws grew out and glowed with the same purple hue. By the time he drew off of the demon lord Thraxis felt drained but also euphoric as the other man pulled off of him, standing up and flexing his muscles as he let out a roar. This phoenix was the embodiment of corruption, and like everything else he was all his as the gryphon told Slypher that he may have his pick of servants for celebration.

To the amusement of Thraxis the phoenix pointed to the one that was right behind him as well as requesting the other two that he had a hand in mind controlling and transforming, the demon gryphon calling him insatiable as he summoned the other two up to the room. As they waited for the owl and raven demons to come up Slypher and Kordhven hopped up on the bed, and just as the gryphon was about to get on all fours he told her to get behind him and see about regrowing that new cock of hers. She was all the happier to oblige and as the two knelt there Thraxis watched as the demon gryphon pressed up her feminine body behind the demon phoenix while her thick cock slid out from her groin and was pushed into his backside.

The two remained like that for a while with Kordhven reaching forward and stroking Slypher until the other two came in, and as they did the phoenix already knew where they were going to go. After telling his current lover to stay inside him, which was fairly easy since they had managed to get to the hilt before the others had come, he motioned for Syvlini to once more get down on the bed on her back. The demon owl was all too happy to support one of her fellow coven members and as she was slid into position she let out a hoot as her pussy was brought right up to the throbbing cock of the phoenix. With a bit of position shifting Slypher managed to make it so that Kordhven continued to remain inside of him while he slid his shaft into the tight tunnel of the owl in front of him.

That had just left the demon goo raven, which Slypher had get up on the bed in front of him so that he had something to suck on and for Deadraegal to put that new body of his to work. It wasn’t long before long tentacles began to coil around and slither against the three of them as his cock was pushed into the maw of the insatiable phoenix, and as Thraxis watched he could see the purple of his feathers and eyes growing brighter as the lust that he normally fed on seemed to be fueling his demonic powers as well. Fortunately as purple flames began to dance around the bed he didn’t seem to have to worry about them burning down the monastery, and instead of just watching he decided that he would go and let his newest converts have some fun with one another.

“Looks like you had a very productive day,” Yakshini said as Thraxis turned to see her and Nyx standing there with bemused looks on their faces while he closed the door to the bedroom behind him. “I realize that getting those three that you had turned was quite the priority, but had you intended on snagging the phoenix too or was that just some sort of luck of the draw?”

“Let’s just say that sometimes mental manipulation can be more subtle than using magic to warp one’s mind,” Thraxis replied as he went over to his two servants and gave them both a kiss. “But I’m glad that you’re actually here you two, one of the things that Slypher has given to us besides his own body and soul is a lead on someone that I would like to recruit as our spymaster. Given that our little flock is growing we need to start growing our leadership roles and while those in that room are a good start this creature might have the means for us to get eyes in ears in a lot of places at once.”

Thraxis handed the piece of paper that the phoenix had written down the name and location of the target on to Yakshini, who read it while the three of them walked to the balcony of the monastery. “Well I know where this town is for sure and given the general description I don’t think he’s going to be that hard to find,” Yakshini said. “But what is this part at the bottom where he says that I may have to coax the real him out? What does that even mean?”

“Apparently this creature is able to inhabit the bodies of alternate versions of himself,” Thraxis explained as he recalled what the phoenix had said to him. “If we’re going to want to make something stick we’re going to need the one that is actually able to have this ability, otherwise he says that we’re wasting a great amount of potential. He also says that it’s possible that since we’re thinking of corrupting him that we might already be on his radar, so regardless of what’s going on once you make contact with this Serathin make sure that you bring him back here so that we can talk.”

Both Yakshini and Nyx nodded but before they flew off Thraxis found himself inspired by what he had seen with the phoenix and had the griffin-vixen lean against the balcony with him coming up from behind. As he nuzzled against her neck and began to push his cock up between her legs he could sense the devotion and loyalty that came from both her and the gryphon that had started to strip out of his rubber attire. The corruption that had seeped into them after taking their souls was so absolute that even just the touch of their herald’s body was enough to send them into a frenzy. As the three avian creatures enjoyed the touch of one another their eyes glowed in the darkness that surrounded them that was matched only by the purple light that came from one of the rooms.

For a light that shined so bright it was interesting to find how deep in darkness that phoenix was capable of succumbing too, Thraxis thought to himself as he began to thrust up inside of Yakshini. Her wings flapped about in pure pleasure, the glowing of the sigil on her stomach intensifying strongly from the pure lust, while Nyx waited for his turn while completely naked. Thraxis continued to smile as he looked forward to seeing how deep the phoenix could possibly go, especially with his two thralls showing him just how deep he could control their minds…