When Leila saw Feon being possessed by Remus, she immediately summoned her sword back into her hand. Her instinct almost made her lunge towards the girl and cut her in half, but she knew that would also kill the knowledge on how to defeat the Hero.

Hearing his explanation, the first thing that came to her mind was how it really was dark magic. Soul sacrifice. She would reject that kind of offer any time, especially when the demon lord himself was the one who offered it.

However, he said that the soul didn't have to be humanoid. So they could sacrifice monsters? Animals?

She hated to think of it, but that would make the sacrifice barely tolerable. They really needed power to defeat the Hero, or else more innocent lives will be lost. And if a bunch of goblins or kobolds or trolls would be sacrificed for that, what did it matter? She killed their kind many times to save people attacked by them.

But it was still distasteful. And she felt filthy even thinking about it.

And that didn't take the account of the demon lord secretly adding something to the ritual. Maybe a little bit of corruption so he could control or at least influence whoever used it.

One of the people gathered awkwardly asked who would volunteer first. She would readily volunteer herself if this were a holy ritual. But with this situation, she was hesitant. She was afraid. Afraid that she might lose her soul to the dark if she did the ritual.

And so Leila just stood there, looking at the reaction of the rest of the group.