[Meanwhile, at Grand Noah]In the castle, the Dullahan welcomed the Queen of Grand Noah.
Dullahan: ...Welcome home, my Queen.
Queen: Rona, that Elf Swordswoman, is quite skilled. I have great expectations for her future.
Cerberus came and said with an excited tone.
Cerberus: I see… Rona"s actually gonna be my opponent tomorrow. Ya got such a high opinion of her… I"ll have to test it out for myself!
Queen: She will definitely lose to you, Cerberus. Well, unless…
Dullahan: ...My Queen. Quickly, put back on your disguise. There"s someone suspicious approaching.
Cerberus: Ya, there"s some disgusting scent coming closer, and it isn"t "that" boy"s boots.
It seems like she was still angry for when Marco knocked one of her heads out with a stomp on the face.
Queen: I understand, I"ll take my leave…
Then she left the area in the care of the two monsters.
And then, a strange monster stepped into the room across from them. She was silver and black, she had a humanoid shape, she looked like she was once a lamia from her right leg, which was her tail, and her thin body, there was a mechanical leg at her left and had three arms.
One was completely mechanical, the second was humanoid, and the third was mechanical too., she had short black hair and twintails, she was wearing only a black skirt and a silver bra. She was anything but symmetrical
Dullahan: ...Stop right there, intruder. I cannot guarantee your life if you continue any closer.
Lamiaroid: Hahaha…. A pet of the humans? Even though you"re a monster? Well, I guess that"s appropriate for obsolete monsters.
Her mechanical arms spread open, revealing tentacles and other strange organs, disgusting the monsters.
Cerberus: What"s with that body of yours? A machine monster? The h.e.l.l are you?
Lamiaroid: Do you think a flesh and blood monster can beat me…? I"ll crush you to bits, you obsoletes!
Dullahan: She seems anything but ordinary… (AN: You don"t say?) On my honor, you will not pa.s.s by here!
The Cerberus and Dullahan sworn to defend against the monster to protect the castle, at the same time, another ominous shadow was creeping through the castle…
[Meanwhile, at Grangold]
The Grangold King and the Queen Ant were working on the resources of the city.
Grangold King: Err… As for this month"s timber import amount… As I thought, not enough. Queen, can you talk to the Ant Girl division in charge of timber…?
However, the Queen Ant had a frown on her face and didn"t answer.
Grangold King: ...What"s with that heavy frown? The timber shortage is troubling, but it isn"t worthy of such a dark face…
Queen Ant: Do you have some business here, Spider Princess?
Not even glancing at the King, the Queen Ant spoke to a seemingly empty corner of the room… And reacting to her words, the s.p.a.ce she"s staring at starts to shimmer…
Taking form there was a giant spider monster, she looked like a dangerous species of spider, her spider legs and abdomen were covered in a white cloth, as if she was a miko.
Meanwhile at the spider"s head there was the upper body of a young woman, she was wearing a short white kimono and had black sleeves, she had long purple hair and red eyes.
The Grangold King jumped out in shock, knocking over his chair.
Spider Princess: Queen Ant… When I heard you had joined with the human camp, I couldn"t believe my ears. Were you captured and trained?
Queen Ant: The one requiring training is you, is it not? Chased from your hometown, and even chased from the seat of Queen Insect. (AN: Apply cold water in burned areas.) Your own brutal nature brought it down upon you. Far beyond preying on humans, you also preyed on your fellow brethren.
Spider Princess: Haha… Well, when you are hungry… Why not eat? If I lied about my base desires, what sort of Queen would I become?
Queen Ant: Foolishness… You didn"t come here to play around, did you? If you are foolish enough to make an enemy of this country, your training will be severe indeed.
Spider Princess: Haha… Queen Ant, do you still believe to be my equal? You"re no longer on my level! ...Come, Gigamander.
Queen Ant: Guh…
Suddenly, the Spider Princess used something similar to Salamander to summon a whirlpool of flames to attack the Queen Ant, which slammed her into the wall.
Queen Ant: Urhg… N… No… It cannot be… A spirit?
Spider Princess: Haha… A new power bestowed upon me by Black Alice. If you enjoy living, you better pay attention… Lest you be roasted alive.
She looked down at the Queen Ant while she gloated.
Spider Princess: My spider brethren and I will eat, eat, eat everything! The people of this country… The King… Your daughters… And you yourself! Come now, everyone! It"s time for a feast! This land has been given as an offering to us! Devour everything, until nothing remains!
Responding to her dramatic cry eight legged shadows start to appear all over, there were so many that would surely make Marco p.i.s.s on his pants…
[Back at the Monster Lord"s Castle]
Marco let out a warcry and charged forward, meanwhile Alice told him.
Alice: Marco, I"ll take out the Chimeric monsters! Use your sword to take out the angels!
Marco: Be careful over there!
Then he faced against the angels, with Cupid and Valkyrie standing in the front, since the angels were his enemies, there wasn"t that much of a choice of the method to attack them…
Cupid: Ahaha… Are you after my body too? That"s fine, I"ll enjoy raping you. Valkyrie, don"t interfe-
*Slash*
Marco used Lily to appear behind Cupid, and already decapitated her.
Cupid: ...Eh?
Marco: 1… (AN: Goblin Slayer style!)
And then, she vanished in particles of light...
*Ding*
*1/???*
*100 pt.*
*100 pt.*
Valkyrie: What?! How can the boy attack an angel?!
The Valkyrie looked at the blade on Marco"s hands, and felt an immense dark feeling from it, it was as if it was her nemesis…
While she concentrated on the blade, she saw it moving slowly, before it disappeared again.
Valkyrie: Guh!!
Marco was on her chest, with the sword inside her chest.
Marco: 2…
Valkyrie: Defeated…. So easily...
Marco turned around and raised his sword, cutting perfectly the Valkyrie from the chest to the head in two, after that, she vanished into particles.
*Ding*
*2/???*
*100 pt.*
*200 pt.*
Marco turned around and saw Alice dealing with the Chimeras. Arc-En-Ciel and Hainuwele were pressuring Granberia and Alma Elma, while the other three were just watching. Promestein"s voice was heard from a bit away.
Promestein: Sheesh, so you took out both Cupid and Valkyrie? And to think subjugation of the lower world is supposed to be the angels in the 9th Circle"s role.
In the next moment, a divine light filled the hall…
?: ...I received permission from Eden for my advent to the lower world. I shall face the Sinner.
And then, a being with pure white angel wings descended down the beam of divine light, in front of Marco. She was a human-looking woman with only grey bra and grey underwear, from her hands she was emitting lightning and she had silver hair with brown eyes, on top of her head there was 2 halos crossed between each other.
Marco: Nice, an Archangel, this will be good for my points…
Alice: Don"t let your guard down, Marco! She is a very powerful Angel!
Marco: Hah! What do you think she will do? **** me? "If I wished so I could nuke the entire continent…"
Ariel: You are the Sinner Marco. I see… You do indeed have a combat prowess beyond reason. It is dangerous to even allow a soul such as yours to partic.i.p.ate in the Samsara of reincarnation. I must violate you with this body, and suck up your spirit.
Marco: Sorry woman, I already got reincarnated once…
Ariel: Wh
Marco used this moment to shot forward and cut her, however she dodged, even though it costed her her left wing.
Ariel: Tch…
Marco: "Flash Kill…"
His sword, augmented with the lightning, cut the air in front of Ariel, who smirked at his attempt to cut h-
*Splurt*
Ariel: Gaaaah!
Her chest had an incredibly deep cut, revealing her intestines.
Ariel: H-How… How do you know Flash Kill…
Marco: I am your G.o.d!
Then Marco jumped in the air, and slashed Ariel, who was too pained to move and couldn"t fly without a wing.
Marco: 3...
*Ding*
*3/???*
*1000 pt.*
*1200 pt.*
Marco looked again at Promestein, who was looking at the ceiling, as if talking to someone.
Promestein: ...Don"t pretend you can"t hear me, Eden. I told you from the start, you should leave the Sinner to me first.
Meanwhile, Alice, who beaten the last of the Chimeras, stood next Marco.
Alice: No matter how many we tear through, there"s just no end to them… Let"s take out the leader, and finish this.
Arc-En-Ciel came beside Promestein and looked at Marco and Alice.
Arc-En-Ciel: Oh, this looks interesting. Then I"ll be the Monster Lord"s opponent…
However, Promestein waves her hand at the excited Arc-En-Ciel.
Promestein: No… There are already countermeasures in place for the Monster Lord and Hero. Your interference is not necessary.
Alice: ...Countermeasures? I don"t know what you"re planning, but you have underestimated me!
Then she leaped at Promestein while Marco panicked.
Marco: Be careful, she is talking about the seal from Grangold!
Alice"s eyes widened in recognition, and was unable to stop her attack. Then a complex magic seal appeared on Alice, stopping her in the air.
Alice: Wh…! What is this!?
Promestein: Hm? How did you get the information?
Meanwhile, intense electricity filled the air as the magic seal flickered, Marco panicked and tried to move forward, until he felt something click too near from his ears.
Marco looked behind and found an Angel Soldier, then he slashed at her, killing her too.
*Ding*
*4/???*
*100 pt.*
*1300 pt.*
Marco: The f.u.c.k is this s.h.i.t!?
He tried to rip it off, however he suddenly felt something wrong…
Promestein: Capture successful… Now for the transfer.
And then, Alice vanished with the seal, Marco wasn"t really worried for her because he knew what really happened, but was worried more about the collar on his neck, he tried to break it but he felt as weak as a normal human, and then… He realized… He wasn"t anymore in the Chakra Gate.
Marco: ...What?
Promestein: You might be wondering what happened to you… You are unable to use the thing you call the Nine Tailed Chakra Gates. That collar absorbs the aura you release and slowly expel it out, don"t worry about overcharging it, even if you use the next stage of your form, you are unable to break it.
About the Monster Lord, that was the most powerful magic seal barrier that exists. A seal I researched from ancient times, called the Six Ancesto-
She sidestepped to the right when Marco used Lily"s powers to go to her and try to kill her, but he was too slow…
He tried to charge again, but he stumbled in the ground.
Marco: What… No… Nononono…
Marco suddenly lost connection with the Spirits, and his face turned horrible, he was unable to think rationally after he heard what she said, his mask falling from his face.
Promestein: I developed a special seal against the elements of the four, apparently five spirits that covers the whole world. It works basically the same way as a seal against evil, only much more targeted…
The spirits are almost akin to a force of nature itself. To seal them, it had to be deployed across the entire world. It was quite troublesome to set up, but it seems to be worth it. Now you"re just a kid who"s decent with a sword.
In the next moment, Marco, despaired, could feel a small vibration on the ground, and a shadow was over his body, he turned around and found a Chimera looking down at him.
Marco: "SYSTEM! USE CHAKRA GATE!!!"
*Ding*
*Host is already using it.*
Marco: f.u.c.k!!
His power is contained on the collar before it was expelled out, it was never sealed… He tried to go to Kurama Gate, but there wasn"t a change, the only difference was that the collar seemed having a slight difficulty containing all the power he was releasing, however it was not enough…
[SPECIAL QUESTS]
1st. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans
2nd. Kill Ilias
3rd. Return to Lucifina"s grave
4th. Visit every places in Ilias Continent, Sentora and h.e.l.lgondo
5th. Make Alice happy
6th. Tell the truth to Alice
[EVENT QUEST]
1st. Kill Ilias
2nd. Save as many people as possible [Minimum: 100]: [0/???]
3rd. Defeat or Kill Promestein
4th. Defeat or Kill Black Alice
5th. [Optional] Kill as many angels as possible: [4/???]