[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/KBBwK0P.png[/img][/center]Waiting for [@Ryonara] until the weekend before I post with Farris again.
[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/KBBwK0P.png[/img][/center]Victoire grinned maliciously. The time had finally come to employ the greatest tactic in the arsenal of any self-respecting Demon: Terror. Knowing very well how everyone felts about the inexorable doom spelled by her beloved roses, the Blood Countess felt like growing bolder and finishing this battle in one fell swoop. It was impossible for anything short of a miracle to detain her by now. Why not have fun with her conquest?

[i][color=ed1c24]"I'd like to beg for a moment of your attention, ladies, and gentlemen of the Triumvirate. From this moment forward, I, Victoire Bordeaux, announce that the Graveyard of the Lost belongs to the newly forged Demon Oligarchy. Demons, let us raise a toast in their name with the blood of our foes! Those who wish to escape the pain of death, leave this place now, for there's no more hope of your victory,"[/color][/i] Victoire broadcast her speech to all living beings through the battlefield using her telepathy. Naturally, if someone was immune to mental effects, or didn't have blood within themselves, wouldn't listen to her words, but this was their own fault. She left the information of whether her roses were about to overrun the landscape or not unmentioned for obvious reasons.

[i][color=ed1c24]"I really hope that the others are smart enough to capitalize on the chaos that this will generate and take down their targets while they are guessing whether I bluffed or not. Attacking while your opponent is distracted is the least I expect of any Demon,"[/color][/i] Victoire thought. Even if the Blood Countess was the one that would pull the weight of this victory —just as always— the mere fact that she was the only being in the Demon army that used team based strategies placed her in a different class than the rest. As long as the others weren't stupid enough to doubt her support, instead of capitalizing on it, the Demons had absolutely no chance of losing.

A moment later, her part of attention changed to a being waiting on the door of the chamber she claimed as a temporary base of operations. Already expecting their presence, Victoire faced the smoke demon, flashing a fanged grin. [color=ed1c24]"I see that you followed one of my children all the way to this place,"[/color] she said, calling the shadow bat to her lap and petting it, [color=ed1c24]"What do I owe for being graced with the presence of perhaps the only being in the Nexus that's brazen enough to consume my children of their own volition?"[/color] Victoire asked while eyeing the being from head to toe. Despite their difference in size, while she was sitting on her makeshift skull throne, and kept her cool confidence like this, Victoire was certain that she had everything under control.

And... if all else failed, she could just live up to her words and skewer the smoke demon from inside out by turning the blood he consumed into more Demon Roses.

[b][color=ed1c24][D. Rose Radius: 960/240/240/120/120 meters] [Catacombs/Underground Coverage: 1.6/0.8/0.4 %][/color][/b]
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