The blood demon was about six-feet-tall, and he oozed of the dark sickly lifeblood used to lure him through the summoning pentacle to this reality. He was vicious, with four large red arms and black nails five inches long, curved, lethal, jagged and razor sharp. It had been over a hundred years before my sleep since I dealt with something on this level. Even then, it had fought me to a near even match for some time before I managed to best the beast and purge it from this world.
Yet more information only a few would have access to. Not having the time to contemplate possible betrayal, I had to focus on the vicious demon before me or risk losing my head to its bladed claws. The demon’s vicious curdling roar nearly deafened me at this range in such a confined passage.
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