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Zeke was just your average villager. Well, he was a bit of an outcast from the rest of the people in the village. Mamono would sometimes appear at the gate of the village, looking for food or shelter, some kind of help. They weren't welcome in that village. On this day, a succubus arrived at the village. Just as the villagers were about to beat her, Zeke stepped in. She was a beautiful woman with long silver hair and large, supple breasts. Her beauty was unmatchable, however, the villager's hatred for Mamono only allowed them to see a horrid demon standing before them. She seemed to have a cut on her leg. Zeke turned to the villagers and asked in a commanding voice "Did one of you do this!?" The villagers shook their heads. They weren't fond of Zeke particularly, but they would not go against him. He was very strong and was a provider for the whole village, his farm taking up half of the entire village. His crops always seemed to prosper no matter what, as if mother Nature gave him prosperity. He always helped out around the village. Always got a smile on his face. He had a family, he had someone he loved. Even friends from other villages. It was just his own village that spited him and the way he cared for Mamonos. He turned back to the Succubus on the ground and held out a hand to help her. She was about to use her magic to hypnotize him, only to see nothing but a pure soul in him. She was a Succubus, but she had her standards. She decided not to corrupt him. She took his hand and Zeke helped her up. "Your leg looks bad." "Yes. Some people were chasing me." Zeke did not ask who. He already knew who it was. He knew the Order was not fond of Mamono, but Zeke knew that all life was precious. If a being is able to think rationally and question itself rather than following mere instinct, it should not be hated.
Zeke, knowing that the Succubus could not walk well, lifted her up and carried her like a princess. The Succubus, suprised by the sudden kind treatment, felt the touch of his body and felt a warmth eminating from him. She kept her face close to his chest, hearing his heart beat as he carried her to his home. The group of villagers had already went about their business and ignored Zeke. The Succubus, being the observant one, saw this and asked "They don't like you very much, do they?" "No they don't, but I do not hate them for it. Human's can be very ignorant at times, and very hateful. They don't see what I do. They see monsters that want to be rid of humanity or worse, take men as their slaves. But I see beings that are misunderstood and only wish for others to accept them. I've met quite a few Mamono in my life. Some were afraid of me, others did not take kindly to me even being near them when I was just trying to help. Especially Elves. I had accidentally stumbled upon one of their camps and they took me prisoner. They thought I was there to kill them, just as the order tried to do. Luckily I was able to talk some sense into them." "How did you do that?" asked the succubus with a disbelieving tone. "Simple. I told them that if I was part of the Order, I would've come with a group of soldiers. The Order isn't big on the Lone Wolf tactic. They still didn't believe me but I offered them a deal. They weren't doing so well with their crops, so in return for sparing me, I gave them the secret to have a succesful harvest." "And what what would that secret be." "I'll tell you inside." What stood in front of them was a simple, two-story home. Spacious enough for two whole families. I open the door and sitting around in the den were several people.
One of the people sitting down was a man of around 25 years old, he looked very similar to Zeke, just a different color hair. Zeke's was black, his was brown. He looked at Zeke and stood up. "Hey Bro. Oo, you brought another girl home? I don't think your girl will like that." I give him a quick kick in the shin and he limps away with an "Ow! Dammit!" "Yeah, at least I got a woman. You skirt-chasing bastard." "Fuck you." "Love you too bro." Zeke lays the succubus on the now empty couch where his brother was sitting. A man with a bushy white beard stands up and pats Zeke on the shoulder. "You're doing good work son." "Thanks dad, now get me some bandages." "For what?" "For the cut on her leg." "What cut?" Zeke looked confused at his father. "The cut right-....where is it?" The cut on the Succubus' leg had vanished. There wasn't even any blood remaining. Zeke thought he was hallucinating. But then he realized "Oh right. Succubi can heal their wounds using magic." The Succubus jumped a little. "H-how did you know I was a Succubus?" Zeke's father said "It's kind of obvious. No human woman has that good of looks." He chuckled but was hit over the head with a pan. "Ow! Don't do that!" The one holding the pan was an older looking woman with grey hair. She was obviously Zeke's mother. She sat down next to the Succubus and said "Sorry about him. He can be quite the idiot." The Father rubbed the back of his head. "Owww." Zeke chuckled under his breath. The Succubus smiled at the kind family, the kind of smile that would make even the most heartless man throw his life away to see. She decided she was going to like her stay here.
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Alright guys. Hoped you like the first chapter. I realize I probably didn't do that well so I ask you not to be too harsh please. It's my first try and I would really like some positive feedback.
Zeke, knowing that the Succubus could not walk well, lifted her up and carried her like a princess. The Succubus, suprised by the sudden kind treatment, felt the touch of his body and felt a warmth eminating from him. She kept her face close to his chest, hearing his heart beat as he carried her to his home. The group of villagers had already went about their business and ignored Zeke. The Succubus, being the observant one, saw this and asked "They don't like you very much, do they?" "No they don't, but I do not hate them for it. Human's can be very ignorant at times, and very hateful. They don't see what I do. They see monsters that want to be rid of humanity or worse, take men as their slaves. But I see beings that are misunderstood and only wish for others to accept them. I've met quite a few Mamono in my life. Some were afraid of me, others did not take kindly to me even being near them when I was just trying to help. Especially Elves. I had accidentally stumbled upon one of their camps and they took me prisoner. They thought I was there to kill them, just as the order tried to do. Luckily I was able to talk some sense into them." "How did you do that?" asked the succubus with a disbelieving tone. "Simple. I told them that if I was part of the Order, I would've come with a group of soldiers. The Order isn't big on the Lone Wolf tactic. They still didn't believe me but I offered them a deal. They weren't doing so well with their crops, so in return for sparing me, I gave them the secret to have a succesful harvest." "And what what would that secret be." "I'll tell you inside." What stood in front of them was a simple, two-story home. Spacious enough for two whole families. I open the door and sitting around in the den were several people.
One of the people sitting down was a man of around 25 years old, he looked very similar to Zeke, just a different color hair. Zeke's was black, his was brown. He looked at Zeke and stood up. "Hey Bro. Oo, you brought another girl home? I don't think your girl will like that." I give him a quick kick in the shin and he limps away with an "Ow! Dammit!" "Yeah, at least I got a woman. You skirt-chasing bastard." "Fuck you." "Love you too bro." Zeke lays the succubus on the now empty couch where his brother was sitting. A man with a bushy white beard stands up and pats Zeke on the shoulder. "You're doing good work son." "Thanks dad, now get me some bandages." "For what?" "For the cut on her leg." "What cut?" Zeke looked confused at his father. "The cut right-....where is it?" The cut on the Succubus' leg had vanished. There wasn't even any blood remaining. Zeke thought he was hallucinating. But then he realized "Oh right. Succubi can heal their wounds using magic." The Succubus jumped a little. "H-how did you know I was a Succubus?" Zeke's father said "It's kind of obvious. No human woman has that good of looks." He chuckled but was hit over the head with a pan. "Ow! Don't do that!" The one holding the pan was an older looking woman with grey hair. She was obviously Zeke's mother. She sat down next to the Succubus and said "Sorry about him. He can be quite the idiot." The Father rubbed the back of his head. "Owww." Zeke chuckled under his breath. The Succubus smiled at the kind family, the kind of smile that would make even the most heartless man throw his life away to see. She decided she was going to like her stay here.
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Alright guys. Hoped you like the first chapter. I realize I probably didn't do that well so I ask you not to be too harsh please. It's my first try and I would really like some positive feedback.
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Zeke was tending to a part of the field when Succubus had walked out, wearing some clothing that Zeke's mother had given her. It was a white casual dress that matched her hair. Zeke noticed her walk out and gave her a wave. Inside each of the different patches of crops was a single flower which seemed to only poke the actual top out of the ground. It was a very familiar plant to the Succubus, but from where she did not know.
Once she reached Zeke she asked "So what was that secret you were going to tell me?"
"Oh right. Well you noticed the single flower that stood out in each patch, right?"
"Yes," the Succubus replied.
"Well...you know. With the commotion yesterday I never got your name." Zeke blushed from embarressment.
"Oh... right." The Succubus blushed as well. "It's Silvia. And it appears I never got your either." Silvia crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at Zeke.
"Oh. It's Zeke. Pleasure to meet you."
"Same to you. Now, for that secret."
"Right right. Unknown to most people, a certain plant Mamono is actually able to increase the quality of the soil around it."
"Alraune?"
"Oh God no! That would enchant the entire village in no time. The one I use is Mandragora. As they mature, their roots extend outward and fertilize the soil around them. I don't know how, I just know that I found one in a patch in my field and everything around it was prospering while everything else was dying. So I went in search of more. Very hard to find they are."
Silvia smirked. "So I've heard. But what happens when they get too old."
"Don't know. Haven't gotten to that stage yet."
"How did you get them in."
"Well, knowing that when you pull Mandragora out, they let out a disorienting scream. Well it took some hard work but I had to dig around them then lift up the patch or dirt they occupied and put it on my cart. Took me a full month just to get enough. Then it took even longer just to get them back in the dirt out here."
Silvia and Zeke continued to converse as a cart pulled up in front of the house. Zeke took notice of it and said "Sorry Silvia. I gotta go. This is important." Zeke then ran off back to the house, smiling.
Silvia entered the house and noticed Zeke holding someone in a passionate embrace. It was a beautiful young girl with long red hair. Her eyes were emerald and seemed to glow as she stared into Zeke's eyes in a passionate kiss. She took notice of Silvia and broke the kiss. "Oh don't tell me you brought another one home?"
"Sorry Luna. You now how I am."
"Oh I know. Heart of gold huh?"
"Well, since we're here. Silvia, this is Luna. Luna, Silvia. She is a Succubus."
Luna gasped and stood in between Zeke and Silvia. "I hope you didn't try anything."
Zeke put his hand on Luna's shoulder and said "Oh it's alright. She hasn't done anything."
Luna put her guard down and sighed. "Good."
Silvia extended a hand to Luna and she accepted the handshake. But inside Silvia's mind, she was thinking 'Damn. He was such a good catch too. It seems these two love each other quite a bit. Oh well.'
Zeke spoke up "Luna, I really wish you came at a better time."
"Why's that Zeke?" she asked turning to Zeke.
"Well I have to go into the next town soon to sell some crops. I should be back later tonight."
"Alright Zeke. I'll have to come by another time." Luna said with a sad tone.
Zeke gave her a hug. "Aww. Don't be sad. I'm really happy you visited. Please stay a while at least. Talk to the family for a while."
"Aww. Do I have to~? Your brother is such an ass." she pouted.
"It's okay. He knows that if he touches you, very bad things will happen."
From upstairs the voice of Zeke's brother could be heard. "FUCK YOU! I still have that scar from the last time!"
"Oh come on it wasn't so bad was it?" Zeke replied.
"You fucking BROKE MY ARM!"
"Get over it you wuss!"
Angry grumbling could be heard from upstairs. Silvia was shocked at the anger going between brothers. Zeke easily took notice of this. "Oh don't worry Silvia. My brother and I do this all the time. We still love each other, it's just a bit of sibling rivaly is thrown in there."
Zeke's father, who was sitting on the chair nearby, gave out a hearty laugh. "Ha! A bit!? I've seen you two fighting since you were both born. I thought twins were supposed to get along?"
Zeke's mother spoke up after walking out of the kitchen. "Oh please. Just because they were twins doesn't mean anything. They are still two different people. Even twins have their quarrels."
"Yes. I suppose." replied the Father.
During the conversation that he decided not to be a part of, Zeke had gone back out the back to grab the crops he was going to sell. Before anyone realized he had gone, he walked back in with a four large bundles of corn and wheat. Two hanging from straps on his arms and the other two he was carrying over his shoulders. He placed them at the front door. "Alright. I've waited too long I need to go. I'll be back early in the morning so don't wait up." He gave his mother and father a kiss on the cheek and Luna a quick kiss on her lips. He looked at Silvia and said "I'm not rushing you, but you should probably leave soon. The villagers will get uneasy and angry of they knew I was keepin you around this long." Silvia nodded.
"Okay. I'll leave as soon as possible." A hint of sadness was in her voice.
Zeke sighed. "Hey hey. Don't worry. Feel free to visit any time. Just don't try the front gate okay. There's a small exit at the back of the field that you can get through. We put it there in case of emergency." He picked up the bundles.
"Alright everyone, I'm off. See you tommorow." And Zeke left.
Silvia was saddened by this. She was hoping to bed him but obviously he was very loyal to Luna. However, she still swore to repay him for his kindness.
Luna turned to Silvia and the rest and said "Well I should be going."
"What? I thought you were gonna stay a while?" Zeke's mother asked.
"Sorry. My parents don't exactly know I'm here right now. They think I'm in town buying groceries. I know that they are some of the very few people in this village that like Zeke, but they prefer to limit my visits. Goodbye everyone." Luna left as well. Silvia decided to get to know Zeke's family before she left.
After an hour of speaking to Zeke's parents, his father had told her many stories about when he was in the military, defending the capital from attacks of ravenous beasts. As he spoke, his wife stared at him, her eyes practically glowing. It was apparent that she fell for him while he was in the military. She loved these heroic tales. Even Silvia was getting intothem stories, like a child to a fairy tale. Even Zeke's brother decided to come down to listen, even if he heard them a thousand times before.
After another 30 minutes, Silvis decided it was time to leave. She got up and said goodbye to the family. That was when they heard the knock at the door.
Zeke was on his way home, taking a nap on the back of the horse-drawn cart. He had been to the local tavern in the town, had a good time, sharing stories with strangers and whatnot. His horses ready knew the way back home easily and didn't need to be lead there. As he neared his home, he began smelling smoke. His eyes widened and sat straight up. His horses were bucking and neighing. He hopped out of the cart and out in the distance, his village was in flames. He unhooked his horse and let the other free as it ran into the distance. He rode towards the village at full speed, tears flowing down his cheeks. He entered the back gate, witnessing his whole village burning down. His home in flames. He looked into the fields, he could hear the Mandragora screaming in pain. Even through the soil they hurt his head. In the middle of the field stood two pikes. Each had a head sitting on it. He couldn't recognize the faces, all he knew they were part of his family. He couldn't move. He couldn't say anything. Tears ran down his face. He fell to his knees and screamed.
Once she reached Zeke she asked "So what was that secret you were going to tell me?"
"Oh right. Well you noticed the single flower that stood out in each patch, right?"
"Yes," the Succubus replied.
"Well...you know. With the commotion yesterday I never got your name." Zeke blushed from embarressment.
"Oh... right." The Succubus blushed as well. "It's Silvia. And it appears I never got your either." Silvia crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at Zeke.
"Oh. It's Zeke. Pleasure to meet you."
"Same to you. Now, for that secret."
"Right right. Unknown to most people, a certain plant Mamono is actually able to increase the quality of the soil around it."
"Alraune?"
"Oh God no! That would enchant the entire village in no time. The one I use is Mandragora. As they mature, their roots extend outward and fertilize the soil around them. I don't know how, I just know that I found one in a patch in my field and everything around it was prospering while everything else was dying. So I went in search of more. Very hard to find they are."
Silvia smirked. "So I've heard. But what happens when they get too old."
"Don't know. Haven't gotten to that stage yet."
"How did you get them in."
"Well, knowing that when you pull Mandragora out, they let out a disorienting scream. Well it took some hard work but I had to dig around them then lift up the patch or dirt they occupied and put it on my cart. Took me a full month just to get enough. Then it took even longer just to get them back in the dirt out here."
Silvia and Zeke continued to converse as a cart pulled up in front of the house. Zeke took notice of it and said "Sorry Silvia. I gotta go. This is important." Zeke then ran off back to the house, smiling.
Silvia entered the house and noticed Zeke holding someone in a passionate embrace. It was a beautiful young girl with long red hair. Her eyes were emerald and seemed to glow as she stared into Zeke's eyes in a passionate kiss. She took notice of Silvia and broke the kiss. "Oh don't tell me you brought another one home?"
"Sorry Luna. You now how I am."
"Oh I know. Heart of gold huh?"
"Well, since we're here. Silvia, this is Luna. Luna, Silvia. She is a Succubus."
Luna gasped and stood in between Zeke and Silvia. "I hope you didn't try anything."
Zeke put his hand on Luna's shoulder and said "Oh it's alright. She hasn't done anything."
Luna put her guard down and sighed. "Good."
Silvia extended a hand to Luna and she accepted the handshake. But inside Silvia's mind, she was thinking 'Damn. He was such a good catch too. It seems these two love each other quite a bit. Oh well.'
Zeke spoke up "Luna, I really wish you came at a better time."
"Why's that Zeke?" she asked turning to Zeke.
"Well I have to go into the next town soon to sell some crops. I should be back later tonight."
"Alright Zeke. I'll have to come by another time." Luna said with a sad tone.
Zeke gave her a hug. "Aww. Don't be sad. I'm really happy you visited. Please stay a while at least. Talk to the family for a while."
"Aww. Do I have to~? Your brother is such an ass." she pouted.
"It's okay. He knows that if he touches you, very bad things will happen."
From upstairs the voice of Zeke's brother could be heard. "FUCK YOU! I still have that scar from the last time!"
"Oh come on it wasn't so bad was it?" Zeke replied.
"You fucking BROKE MY ARM!"
"Get over it you wuss!"
Angry grumbling could be heard from upstairs. Silvia was shocked at the anger going between brothers. Zeke easily took notice of this. "Oh don't worry Silvia. My brother and I do this all the time. We still love each other, it's just a bit of sibling rivaly is thrown in there."
Zeke's father, who was sitting on the chair nearby, gave out a hearty laugh. "Ha! A bit!? I've seen you two fighting since you were both born. I thought twins were supposed to get along?"
Zeke's mother spoke up after walking out of the kitchen. "Oh please. Just because they were twins doesn't mean anything. They are still two different people. Even twins have their quarrels."
"Yes. I suppose." replied the Father.
During the conversation that he decided not to be a part of, Zeke had gone back out the back to grab the crops he was going to sell. Before anyone realized he had gone, he walked back in with a four large bundles of corn and wheat. Two hanging from straps on his arms and the other two he was carrying over his shoulders. He placed them at the front door. "Alright. I've waited too long I need to go. I'll be back early in the morning so don't wait up." He gave his mother and father a kiss on the cheek and Luna a quick kiss on her lips. He looked at Silvia and said "I'm not rushing you, but you should probably leave soon. The villagers will get uneasy and angry of they knew I was keepin you around this long." Silvia nodded.
"Okay. I'll leave as soon as possible." A hint of sadness was in her voice.
Zeke sighed. "Hey hey. Don't worry. Feel free to visit any time. Just don't try the front gate okay. There's a small exit at the back of the field that you can get through. We put it there in case of emergency." He picked up the bundles.
"Alright everyone, I'm off. See you tommorow." And Zeke left.
Silvia was saddened by this. She was hoping to bed him but obviously he was very loyal to Luna. However, she still swore to repay him for his kindness.
Luna turned to Silvia and the rest and said "Well I should be going."
"What? I thought you were gonna stay a while?" Zeke's mother asked.
"Sorry. My parents don't exactly know I'm here right now. They think I'm in town buying groceries. I know that they are some of the very few people in this village that like Zeke, but they prefer to limit my visits. Goodbye everyone." Luna left as well. Silvia decided to get to know Zeke's family before she left.
After an hour of speaking to Zeke's parents, his father had told her many stories about when he was in the military, defending the capital from attacks of ravenous beasts. As he spoke, his wife stared at him, her eyes practically glowing. It was apparent that she fell for him while he was in the military. She loved these heroic tales. Even Silvia was getting intothem stories, like a child to a fairy tale. Even Zeke's brother decided to come down to listen, even if he heard them a thousand times before.
After another 30 minutes, Silvis decided it was time to leave. She got up and said goodbye to the family. That was when they heard the knock at the door.
Zeke was on his way home, taking a nap on the back of the horse-drawn cart. He had been to the local tavern in the town, had a good time, sharing stories with strangers and whatnot. His horses ready knew the way back home easily and didn't need to be lead there. As he neared his home, he began smelling smoke. His eyes widened and sat straight up. His horses were bucking and neighing. He hopped out of the cart and out in the distance, his village was in flames. He unhooked his horse and let the other free as it ran into the distance. He rode towards the village at full speed, tears flowing down his cheeks. He entered the back gate, witnessing his whole village burning down. His home in flames. He looked into the fields, he could hear the Mandragora screaming in pain. Even through the soil they hurt his head. In the middle of the field stood two pikes. Each had a head sitting on it. He couldn't recognize the faces, all he knew they were part of his family. He couldn't move. He couldn't say anything. Tears ran down his face. He fell to his knees and screamed.
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Anjo was on her way to the village. Soaring through the air like an eagle. She heard there was a man there who deserved the blessing of the Supreme God. Anjo is an Angel. Petite and adorable. She was one of the higher Angels in heaven, even if she was a bit clumsy, she was still powerful. Out in the distance she could see a light and some smoke. "Hm. They must be making a big fire. Probably some kind of festival. I hope they have snacks." She smiled and continued toward the light. Once she got closer, joy and anticipation were replaced with dread and fear. The village was ablaze. And yet there were no screams. Everyone was already dead. Then, something broke the silence. A heart shattering scream of sorrow. She flew towards the source, hoping to save at least one person.
When she arrived at the source of the scream, she saw a lone man in front of a burning field. She saw the heads on the pikes and began to cry at the cruelty. She flew down to the man and placed a hand on his shoulder. He turned around, his face covered in tears. She recognized his face. This was the man she was supposed to find. "Please. Come with me." Zeke, seeing the innocence of this being, took her hand as she helped him back on his feet. She tried to lead him to the gate, but he could barely carry himself. He fell to his knees several times, Anjo helpin him up each time. She was small, but she was still strong. Once they left through the back gate, several figures could be seen riding horses. They were wearing light armor and had an evil aura around them. Zeke saw them and his eyes widened. A knife was thrown at them, hitting Zeke in his shoulder. He fell to the ground in pain, the knife coated in poison. Another was throw but Anjo deflected it. She gave Zeke a serious look and said "If you value your life, you will run. I will hold them off." Zeke was reluctant to leave her alone, but his concern was replaced by fear as what appeared to be a large fireball hurling towards them. Zeke ran for it like a coward, only to turn and see the ball of flames dispersed by the angel. He knew she could handle herself and ran into the woods.
Anjo, seeing the men rush towards her on their horses, gave out a bright light, frightening the horses. They knocked off their riders and galloped away. The men, unphased by the light, ran straight for the small angel. Knowing she couldn't face them alone and that Zeke was far enough away to outrun them, she fled.
Zeke rushed through the forest as fast as he could, the men slowly gaining on him. The poison from the knife was affecting his vision. He almost slammed into a tree several times. He continued onward though. His legs began weakening, barely able to carry himself. His head pounding with pain. He was ready to collapse. He began slowing down, pain running thoughout his whole body. He finally collapsed and hit the ground. As he looked up, he saw two legs. They bent down as a hand touched him tenderly. It was soft and gentle. His eyes closed and he fell into unconsciousness.
When she arrived at the source of the scream, she saw a lone man in front of a burning field. She saw the heads on the pikes and began to cry at the cruelty. She flew down to the man and placed a hand on his shoulder. He turned around, his face covered in tears. She recognized his face. This was the man she was supposed to find. "Please. Come with me." Zeke, seeing the innocence of this being, took her hand as she helped him back on his feet. She tried to lead him to the gate, but he could barely carry himself. He fell to his knees several times, Anjo helpin him up each time. She was small, but she was still strong. Once they left through the back gate, several figures could be seen riding horses. They were wearing light armor and had an evil aura around them. Zeke saw them and his eyes widened. A knife was thrown at them, hitting Zeke in his shoulder. He fell to the ground in pain, the knife coated in poison. Another was throw but Anjo deflected it. She gave Zeke a serious look and said "If you value your life, you will run. I will hold them off." Zeke was reluctant to leave her alone, but his concern was replaced by fear as what appeared to be a large fireball hurling towards them. Zeke ran for it like a coward, only to turn and see the ball of flames dispersed by the angel. He knew she could handle herself and ran into the woods.
Anjo, seeing the men rush towards her on their horses, gave out a bright light, frightening the horses. They knocked off their riders and galloped away. The men, unphased by the light, ran straight for the small angel. Knowing she couldn't face them alone and that Zeke was far enough away to outrun them, she fled.
Zeke rushed through the forest as fast as he could, the men slowly gaining on him. The poison from the knife was affecting his vision. He almost slammed into a tree several times. He continued onward though. His legs began weakening, barely able to carry himself. His head pounding with pain. He was ready to collapse. He began slowing down, pain running thoughout his whole body. He finally collapsed and hit the ground. As he looked up, he saw two legs. They bent down as a hand touched him tenderly. It was soft and gentle. His eyes closed and he fell into unconsciousness.
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Zeke awoke from a nightmare. He could hear his whole family crying and screaming in pain. He then saw Luna standing in front of him, asking him "Why? Why didn't you save me? You let me die. You abandoned me. Why? I thought you loved me?"
Zeke could not speak. He could barely breath. His sweat coated his body. But his clothes felt dry....wait where were his clothes? He was on a bed...where did the bed come from. He looked around, he was in a very homey room. His clothes were gone. He was naked in a bed. He was suprisingly calm about it. "Did I dream it all? Did I really just get too drunk by accident and end up in some women's house? But even I have a good constitution and shouldn't have gotten drunk like that?" He was still confused. Zeke took a look outside and noticed he was in the middle of the woods. Wait, even if he did get drunk, he should not have been able to get here. It looked pretty deep into the woods as well. He saw two furry....things sticking out from the bottom of the window on the outside. A were rabbit pops her head up and says "Morning~!" Which causes Zeke to fall out of the bed, practically flashing the wererabbit. The Rabbit blushed but kept her composure, poking her head up a little more and said "You okay?"
"Owwwww. " Zeke banged his head on the floor pretty hard. He was dazed for a moment and once the world stopped spinning he looked up and, standing above him, was a beautiful woman with long purple hair. She was wearing a purple nightgown that showed off her cleavage and, very clear to Zeke at this moment, she was not wearing any underwear. She looked at a certain "part" on Zeke's body and said "My my~ You're certainly up and ready to go aren't you?" Zeke stumbled onto the bed, trying not to get his ass kicked for not only looking up her gown, but also flashing her. She giggled.
"Oh don't fret over something so trivial. My name is Amethyst. Pleasure to meet you." She extended a hand for a hand shake, which Zeke gladly took.
Zeke wiped some sweat from his brow and said "Oh thank God. It was all just a dream. I should probably get going home, they're probably worried about me." Zeke got up, trying to cover himself but Amethyst stopped him. "Hmm. What is it?"
Amethyst had a face of despair. She looked at Zeke and said "I'm sorry, but you have no home to go back to." Zeke's eyes widened.
"It was all destroyed Zeke. Your whole village. After I brought you here and fought off your pursuers, I went back to see the damage. There was nothing but charred remains left. I'm terribly sorry."
Zeke practically lost consciousness from the shock, fallig onto the bed. His breathing increased, his heart pounding. Tears rolled down his face. "W-why?"
"The group that destroyed your home were a group of Incubi. They are power-hungry bastards that absorbed power from Pandomonium itself. They go around killing Mamono and stealing their energy. The Order decided to team up with them because of their similar goals. They give them money in exchange for killing the Mamono. I suspect they were chasing Silvia down."
"You know Silvia?"
"She is a close friend of mine."
"So why would they destroy the whole village?"
"To find you."
"I thought they hunted Mamono?"
"They also hunt down anyone that could possibly help the Mamono grow in numbers. That includes you."
"What do you mean?"
"Someone like you, someone with such a kind, caring heart can gain great power in a short amount of time. I know it sounds weird."
Zeke was confused. He did not understand the situation. All he knew was that his family was dead. His lover was dead. His body filled with rage. He could feel his heart filling with anger and hate. He stood upright, not bothering to cover himself and said "What do I have to do?"
"W-what?" Replied Amethyst.
"What do I have to do to bring back the Mamono? What can I do to gain power? What can I do to take revenge on these assholes?" Zeke had never shown hatred towards anyone. Now he was filled to the brim with malice. He wants revenge. He wants blood. Amethyst smiled and took him by the hand. Come with me to the capital of the Demon Realm."
Later that day, Zeke was dressed and Amethyst brought two horses from the back of the house. She tossed him a black cloak. The Rabbit was packing food. Lots of meat products and vegetables for Zeke and Amethyst. And for her, lots of raw vegetables that look like they were taken straight from the garden. She attached the packs to the horses. Amethyst got onto her horse while Zeke got onto his. The Rabbit hopped onto the back of Amethyst's and they were off in a hurry.
Zeke was silent for most of the day as they rode. Mary, the rabbit, was getting worried about him. She whispered to Amethyst "Do you think he'll be alright Amy?"
Amethyst looked at Mary angrily "Do you think he'll be alright? He just lost his whole family and the one he loved killed by a group of Incubi that are now after his head. He watched his whole village burn to the ground! Do you HONESTLY think he's going to be alright!?" She tried to keep it all to a whispering level, but Zeke stood heard it. When they turned to look at him he put his hood up, making the two feel guilty.
They passed by several towns on their way to the capital, stopping to buy provisions and to rest. It took them several days to finally reach the demon realm, and once they reached it, they decided to stop for the night. Zeke barely got any sleep during the few days, tonight was no different. He was sitting next to the fire, staring into the flames as Mary slept soundly. Amethyst pretended to sleep, keeping a close eye on him. He did not notice her watching, he was focused on the flames. In his mind, he was thinking of what he will do when he gains more power. He will find those that destroyed his village and slaughter them all. He will find the Order, and teach them a lesson about tolerance and forgiveness, and if met with resistance, he will have no choice but to crush them. But then what? He destroyed the main enemies of the Mamono. He got his revenge. The Mamono can stop living in fear and become a normal part of the world again. What will he do? His family is gone, his lover is gone. And he is not one to just move on to another woman because everytime he would bed her, he will only be thinking about Luna, feeling like he betrayed her. Suddenly there was a rustling nearby.
He had bought a hatchet whilst in one of the towns for self defense. It was actually built specifically for defence purposes and it was cheap too. Even if it was made of steel. He gladly took it. He lifted the hatchet up and, by mere instict, threw it at the source of the sound. He heard it thud against the tree. He had missed. But once he got a better look, it was nothing but a small kitten. It was shivering from fear and cold. His eyes seemed to change as he reverted back to the kind Zeke. He walked over to the animal as Mary and Amethyst got up and saw what happened. The kitten tried to hide itself but Zeke was able to pick it up gently. He pet it, apologizing to the kitten. Tears ran down his face. He had almost killed an innocent creature. He realized that he let his anger and hatred corrupt him too much. He went back to the campfire and laid down next to it, the kitten safe in his cloak. It seemed to forgive him in some way, because it was already purring and cuddling next to him.
Amethyst, realizing Zeke left the hatchet, took it and left it next to her, making sure that Zeke didn't do anything irrational again. He didn't seem to mind. Mary had already fallen asleep by now.
The next morning, Zeke was up before everyone else. Instead of his normal routine of being silent and simply getting on the horse, he had already built another campfire and made everyone breakfast, even the kitten. He was singing a happy tune with a smile on his face. When Mary and Amethyst awoke, he looked at them and said "Good morning you too. Sleep well?" Needless to say they were both confused by the new, happy Zeke. But they welcomed it quickly, after all, he made them a delicious breakfast.
After everyone was done eating, Zeke was about to get on his horse when Amethyst said "No need for that now."
"What, why?"
"Because, we are in the Demon Realm now. I can just teleport us there."
"Wow really?"
"Yep." She extended a finger and traced it downwards, a portal opening right in front of them. She went straight through, followed by Mary, even followed by the horses.
"Hmm. Smart horses." Zeke followed after.
Sorry about the lack of detail during the trip to the demon Realm but I REALLY didn't want to do it. My fingers are already starting to hurt
I'll get the next chapter up soon.
Zeke could not speak. He could barely breath. His sweat coated his body. But his clothes felt dry....wait where were his clothes? He was on a bed...where did the bed come from. He looked around, he was in a very homey room. His clothes were gone. He was naked in a bed. He was suprisingly calm about it. "Did I dream it all? Did I really just get too drunk by accident and end up in some women's house? But even I have a good constitution and shouldn't have gotten drunk like that?" He was still confused. Zeke took a look outside and noticed he was in the middle of the woods. Wait, even if he did get drunk, he should not have been able to get here. It looked pretty deep into the woods as well. He saw two furry....things sticking out from the bottom of the window on the outside. A were rabbit pops her head up and says "Morning~!" Which causes Zeke to fall out of the bed, practically flashing the wererabbit. The Rabbit blushed but kept her composure, poking her head up a little more and said "You okay?"
"Owwwww. " Zeke banged his head on the floor pretty hard. He was dazed for a moment and once the world stopped spinning he looked up and, standing above him, was a beautiful woman with long purple hair. She was wearing a purple nightgown that showed off her cleavage and, very clear to Zeke at this moment, she was not wearing any underwear. She looked at a certain "part" on Zeke's body and said "My my~ You're certainly up and ready to go aren't you?" Zeke stumbled onto the bed, trying not to get his ass kicked for not only looking up her gown, but also flashing her. She giggled.
"Oh don't fret over something so trivial. My name is Amethyst. Pleasure to meet you." She extended a hand for a hand shake, which Zeke gladly took.
Zeke wiped some sweat from his brow and said "Oh thank God. It was all just a dream. I should probably get going home, they're probably worried about me." Zeke got up, trying to cover himself but Amethyst stopped him. "Hmm. What is it?"
Amethyst had a face of despair. She looked at Zeke and said "I'm sorry, but you have no home to go back to." Zeke's eyes widened.
"It was all destroyed Zeke. Your whole village. After I brought you here and fought off your pursuers, I went back to see the damage. There was nothing but charred remains left. I'm terribly sorry."
Zeke practically lost consciousness from the shock, fallig onto the bed. His breathing increased, his heart pounding. Tears rolled down his face. "W-why?"
"The group that destroyed your home were a group of Incubi. They are power-hungry bastards that absorbed power from Pandomonium itself. They go around killing Mamono and stealing their energy. The Order decided to team up with them because of their similar goals. They give them money in exchange for killing the Mamono. I suspect they were chasing Silvia down."
"You know Silvia?"
"She is a close friend of mine."
"So why would they destroy the whole village?"
"To find you."
"I thought they hunted Mamono?"
"They also hunt down anyone that could possibly help the Mamono grow in numbers. That includes you."
"What do you mean?"
"Someone like you, someone with such a kind, caring heart can gain great power in a short amount of time. I know it sounds weird."
Zeke was confused. He did not understand the situation. All he knew was that his family was dead. His lover was dead. His body filled with rage. He could feel his heart filling with anger and hate. He stood upright, not bothering to cover himself and said "What do I have to do?"
"W-what?" Replied Amethyst.
"What do I have to do to bring back the Mamono? What can I do to gain power? What can I do to take revenge on these assholes?" Zeke had never shown hatred towards anyone. Now he was filled to the brim with malice. He wants revenge. He wants blood. Amethyst smiled and took him by the hand. Come with me to the capital of the Demon Realm."
Later that day, Zeke was dressed and Amethyst brought two horses from the back of the house. She tossed him a black cloak. The Rabbit was packing food. Lots of meat products and vegetables for Zeke and Amethyst. And for her, lots of raw vegetables that look like they were taken straight from the garden. She attached the packs to the horses. Amethyst got onto her horse while Zeke got onto his. The Rabbit hopped onto the back of Amethyst's and they were off in a hurry.
Zeke was silent for most of the day as they rode. Mary, the rabbit, was getting worried about him. She whispered to Amethyst "Do you think he'll be alright Amy?"
Amethyst looked at Mary angrily "Do you think he'll be alright? He just lost his whole family and the one he loved killed by a group of Incubi that are now after his head. He watched his whole village burn to the ground! Do you HONESTLY think he's going to be alright!?" She tried to keep it all to a whispering level, but Zeke stood heard it. When they turned to look at him he put his hood up, making the two feel guilty.
They passed by several towns on their way to the capital, stopping to buy provisions and to rest. It took them several days to finally reach the demon realm, and once they reached it, they decided to stop for the night. Zeke barely got any sleep during the few days, tonight was no different. He was sitting next to the fire, staring into the flames as Mary slept soundly. Amethyst pretended to sleep, keeping a close eye on him. He did not notice her watching, he was focused on the flames. In his mind, he was thinking of what he will do when he gains more power. He will find those that destroyed his village and slaughter them all. He will find the Order, and teach them a lesson about tolerance and forgiveness, and if met with resistance, he will have no choice but to crush them. But then what? He destroyed the main enemies of the Mamono. He got his revenge. The Mamono can stop living in fear and become a normal part of the world again. What will he do? His family is gone, his lover is gone. And he is not one to just move on to another woman because everytime he would bed her, he will only be thinking about Luna, feeling like he betrayed her. Suddenly there was a rustling nearby.
He had bought a hatchet whilst in one of the towns for self defense. It was actually built specifically for defence purposes and it was cheap too. Even if it was made of steel. He gladly took it. He lifted the hatchet up and, by mere instict, threw it at the source of the sound. He heard it thud against the tree. He had missed. But once he got a better look, it was nothing but a small kitten. It was shivering from fear and cold. His eyes seemed to change as he reverted back to the kind Zeke. He walked over to the animal as Mary and Amethyst got up and saw what happened. The kitten tried to hide itself but Zeke was able to pick it up gently. He pet it, apologizing to the kitten. Tears ran down his face. He had almost killed an innocent creature. He realized that he let his anger and hatred corrupt him too much. He went back to the campfire and laid down next to it, the kitten safe in his cloak. It seemed to forgive him in some way, because it was already purring and cuddling next to him.
Amethyst, realizing Zeke left the hatchet, took it and left it next to her, making sure that Zeke didn't do anything irrational again. He didn't seem to mind. Mary had already fallen asleep by now.
The next morning, Zeke was up before everyone else. Instead of his normal routine of being silent and simply getting on the horse, he had already built another campfire and made everyone breakfast, even the kitten. He was singing a happy tune with a smile on his face. When Mary and Amethyst awoke, he looked at them and said "Good morning you too. Sleep well?" Needless to say they were both confused by the new, happy Zeke. But they welcomed it quickly, after all, he made them a delicious breakfast.
After everyone was done eating, Zeke was about to get on his horse when Amethyst said "No need for that now."
"What, why?"
"Because, we are in the Demon Realm now. I can just teleport us there."
"Wow really?"
"Yep." She extended a finger and traced it downwards, a portal opening right in front of them. She went straight through, followed by Mary, even followed by the horses.
"Hmm. Smart horses." Zeke followed after.
Sorry about the lack of detail during the trip to the demon Realm but I REALLY didn't want to do it. My fingers are already starting to hurt
I'll get the next chapter up soon.Spoiler: show
Zeke stood in front of a massive gate, the size of 5 of the Dragons of old tales, who were large enough to bring down a city on their own. "Wow. Must be a pretty big place. Shall we go through?" he asked.
Amethyst tapped him on the shoulder and said "Uhh. The city is right behind you."
"Hmmm?" Zeke turned to see a bustling city in front of him. Mamono were everywhere, doing business like normal. Some were dressed in beautiful fancy clothing while others preferred revealing, skimpy outfits. He could see men walking happily with their Mamono wives, hand in hand, laughing together, even a few having a passionate kiss on a bench. Amethyst told him to follow her, which he did.
As they walked, he stared at this marvelous sight of coexistence. It was beautiful to him. His heart was practically leaping with joy and wonderment. Then he saw the Drow. She was a silver haired, tanned elf. She held in her hands a chain, which connected to a collar around the neck of a man. He wore tattered pants and was covered in scars and bruises, from whips and paddles. He looked at Zeke and, almost instantly, gave him a thumbs up and a big smile. Zeke, a little freaked out by the sight of someone so masochistic, put up his hood and did not take a second look. He did not understand why people enjoyed being hurt so much, and he REALLY didn't want to know.
As they continued walking, Mary hopping alonside him, he could feel the lustful stares of a group of women. Judging by the revealing clothing they wore, and the seemingly perfect hair that hung over their shoulders, he would guess that they were Succubi. He did his best to ignore them, trying not to let his lust take over. He was able to get past them but he was immediately surrounded by them.
"Hey there handsome. What's a big strong man like you doing here?" said one of them.
Another said "Oh~ Dont tell me you came here to find yourself a woman did you?"
"I think he is sisters. Perhaps we should show him a good time?" said the third.
Zeke was filling up with rage again. These women had no idea what he had gone through. He was about to go off on them when Amethyst turned towards them, a glare of sheer anger burning directly at them.
"Ohh. Looks like he's taken."
"Too bad. Let's go sisters."
The three walked away, but one turned and blew a kiss at Zeke, giggling slightly. Zeke just ignored it and continued to walk.
Once they reached the gates to the castle itself, Amethyst looked at Mary and tossed her a bag of gold. "Go fetch me some food for us."
"Okay Amy." Mary hopped away happily.
Amethyst opened the gate and said "Come this way." Zeke followed behind her. The entrance hall was enormous, just to see the ceiling was 5 stories high. The castle itself was massive, probably 1000 meters high, maybe even higher. They ascended on a flight of stairs that reached the ceiling of the entrance hall and voices could be heard above them. It was an argument. One voice sounded arrogant and prideful. Another was high pitched and fast paced. Another was calm and collected. The next was seductive and smooth. The last was angry sounding, one of the loudest onee. Once they reached the top they could see 6 Mamono arguing amongst themselves. Three of them were very petite and small. One of those three was hovering above the others and had buzzing insect wings, most likely a Beelzebub. Another was wearing a full set of armor with a large katana that was easily three times her size. The other had large horns protruding from her head and what appeared to be large paws on her hands and feet. The three taller ones, one having long black hair and an all black dress was obviously a Succubus from her perfect body and face. The other was wearing a crimson dress and cape with the collar popped up. She had almost glowing blond hair and crimson eyes. She had a fang sticking out from the side of her mouth. She was a vampire. The last one had dark tanned skin and a very revealing outfit, her nipple almost slipping out as her breasts seemed like they would bust the strap holding them in place. Judging by appearence, a Drow.
They noticed Amethyst as she walked foward, holding out a hand for Zeke to stay back a little. Zeke nodded at Amethyst and backed away. She took to a single knee and said "Greetings High Mistresses. This is the human I spoke of."
Anastasia spoke up. "Ah, thank you Amethyst. You have been a great help." She turned to Zeke. "Its a pleasure to meet you Zeke."
Zeke blushed, mesmorized by her beauty. "Oh....well umm..." He gives a slight but full-hearted bow and says "In reality, I really have no idea what I'm doing here. I'm just a normal human right? How am I supposed to help and why am I important?" The kitten, which had been sitting inside his cloak this whole time, leaped out in ran off into the corridors, for what reason he did not know. "Anyway, like I was saying-" he was interrupted.
Vfestiri, the vampire, spoke up. "See!? He doesn't even know why he's here. I told you, humans are ignorant and useless."
Hearing the word useless immdiately hit Zeke right where it hurts. More insults were thrown at him.
"Look at him! He may seem strong but I can already tell he has a weak spirit. His soul is fragile and bound to break under tough circumstances. He is no use to us." Anastasia tried to step in but the small warrior girl stepped foward and said "Look! He already lost his nerve. He's shaking. He's nothing more than a worthless pile of garbage. Now, since you have no use to us HUMAN, go leap off a building and do us all a favor."
Zeke never got a word in, images of his village burning down. Images of his family being slaughtered. Images of the one he loved being violated and murdered. All the while the word "useless" repeated itself over and over again. While the Mamono were agruing, Zeke began walking towards a nearby balcony. Once he reached it he looked over the edge. Anastasia took notice of this and tried to stop him. But it was too late, he fell over the side of the balcony. He could see the sky as he hit the ground back first, his spine snapped in half. His head was busted open. Somehow Amethyst, the Baphomet, the Beelzebub, and the Drow had gotten down there quickly, they surrounded him, trying to tell him to hold on, but he couldn't hear anything. His vision was blurry. Blood poured out of his head. He was already in a small pool of his own blood. He looked up to the sky as darkness blocked his vision.
Amethyst tapped him on the shoulder and said "Uhh. The city is right behind you."
"Hmmm?" Zeke turned to see a bustling city in front of him. Mamono were everywhere, doing business like normal. Some were dressed in beautiful fancy clothing while others preferred revealing, skimpy outfits. He could see men walking happily with their Mamono wives, hand in hand, laughing together, even a few having a passionate kiss on a bench. Amethyst told him to follow her, which he did.
As they walked, he stared at this marvelous sight of coexistence. It was beautiful to him. His heart was practically leaping with joy and wonderment. Then he saw the Drow. She was a silver haired, tanned elf. She held in her hands a chain, which connected to a collar around the neck of a man. He wore tattered pants and was covered in scars and bruises, from whips and paddles. He looked at Zeke and, almost instantly, gave him a thumbs up and a big smile. Zeke, a little freaked out by the sight of someone so masochistic, put up his hood and did not take a second look. He did not understand why people enjoyed being hurt so much, and he REALLY didn't want to know.
As they continued walking, Mary hopping alonside him, he could feel the lustful stares of a group of women. Judging by the revealing clothing they wore, and the seemingly perfect hair that hung over their shoulders, he would guess that they were Succubi. He did his best to ignore them, trying not to let his lust take over. He was able to get past them but he was immediately surrounded by them.
"Hey there handsome. What's a big strong man like you doing here?" said one of them.
Another said "Oh~ Dont tell me you came here to find yourself a woman did you?"
"I think he is sisters. Perhaps we should show him a good time?" said the third.
Zeke was filling up with rage again. These women had no idea what he had gone through. He was about to go off on them when Amethyst turned towards them, a glare of sheer anger burning directly at them.
"Ohh. Looks like he's taken."
"Too bad. Let's go sisters."
The three walked away, but one turned and blew a kiss at Zeke, giggling slightly. Zeke just ignored it and continued to walk.
Once they reached the gates to the castle itself, Amethyst looked at Mary and tossed her a bag of gold. "Go fetch me some food for us."
"Okay Amy." Mary hopped away happily.
Amethyst opened the gate and said "Come this way." Zeke followed behind her. The entrance hall was enormous, just to see the ceiling was 5 stories high. The castle itself was massive, probably 1000 meters high, maybe even higher. They ascended on a flight of stairs that reached the ceiling of the entrance hall and voices could be heard above them. It was an argument. One voice sounded arrogant and prideful. Another was high pitched and fast paced. Another was calm and collected. The next was seductive and smooth. The last was angry sounding, one of the loudest onee. Once they reached the top they could see 6 Mamono arguing amongst themselves. Three of them were very petite and small. One of those three was hovering above the others and had buzzing insect wings, most likely a Beelzebub. Another was wearing a full set of armor with a large katana that was easily three times her size. The other had large horns protruding from her head and what appeared to be large paws on her hands and feet. The three taller ones, one having long black hair and an all black dress was obviously a Succubus from her perfect body and face. The other was wearing a crimson dress and cape with the collar popped up. She had almost glowing blond hair and crimson eyes. She had a fang sticking out from the side of her mouth. She was a vampire. The last one had dark tanned skin and a very revealing outfit, her nipple almost slipping out as her breasts seemed like they would bust the strap holding them in place. Judging by appearence, a Drow.
They noticed Amethyst as she walked foward, holding out a hand for Zeke to stay back a little. Zeke nodded at Amethyst and backed away. She took to a single knee and said "Greetings High Mistresses. This is the human I spoke of."
Anastasia spoke up. "Ah, thank you Amethyst. You have been a great help." She turned to Zeke. "Its a pleasure to meet you Zeke."
Zeke blushed, mesmorized by her beauty. "Oh....well umm..." He gives a slight but full-hearted bow and says "In reality, I really have no idea what I'm doing here. I'm just a normal human right? How am I supposed to help and why am I important?" The kitten, which had been sitting inside his cloak this whole time, leaped out in ran off into the corridors, for what reason he did not know. "Anyway, like I was saying-" he was interrupted.
Vfestiri, the vampire, spoke up. "See!? He doesn't even know why he's here. I told you, humans are ignorant and useless."
Hearing the word useless immdiately hit Zeke right where it hurts. More insults were thrown at him.
"Look at him! He may seem strong but I can already tell he has a weak spirit. His soul is fragile and bound to break under tough circumstances. He is no use to us." Anastasia tried to step in but the small warrior girl stepped foward and said "Look! He already lost his nerve. He's shaking. He's nothing more than a worthless pile of garbage. Now, since you have no use to us HUMAN, go leap off a building and do us all a favor."
Zeke never got a word in, images of his village burning down. Images of his family being slaughtered. Images of the one he loved being violated and murdered. All the while the word "useless" repeated itself over and over again. While the Mamono were agruing, Zeke began walking towards a nearby balcony. Once he reached it he looked over the edge. Anastasia took notice of this and tried to stop him. But it was too late, he fell over the side of the balcony. He could see the sky as he hit the ground back first, his spine snapped in half. His head was busted open. Somehow Amethyst, the Baphomet, the Beelzebub, and the Drow had gotten down there quickly, they surrounded him, trying to tell him to hold on, but he couldn't hear anything. His vision was blurry. Blood poured out of his head. He was already in a small pool of his own blood. He looked up to the sky as darkness blocked his vision.
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"-p" A voice echoed. "up" Again. "-ake up." Once more. Zeke could feel sharp pain in his head. He could barely move.
"WAKE UP YOU LAZY BASTARD!"
Immediately Zeke sat up, as if from a bad dream. But all he could see was darkness. His head pounded and ached. His entire body was trying to shut down on him. He thought to himself 'Oh. Right. I'm dead.' He was about to lay down again when an extreme amount of pain came upon his groin. The male voice echoed again "DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP!"
"OWWWW! What the Hell!"
"You were going back to sleep."
"So!? Who the Hell do you think you are!?" Zeke turned to see who it was, only to see a man wearing a torn black hood over his face, what appeared to be moving shadows covering his face. Behind him sprouted two massive black wings. Though he seemed to be one of darkness, he gave off some kind of glow that made him visible in the blackness.
"Who am I? Oh, I'm nobody. I'm just the Angel of Death."
"Woah woah. Like the Grim Reaper?"
"No no. I know him though. But I'm on a higher level. He delivers your soul while I decide whether you should be dead or not."
"Oh. I see. So where am I? Purgatory because of suicide or something."
"Nope. Your subconscios."
"My...you mean my mind...wow. Pretty empty huh?"
"Well that's cuz your dead. But you're not supposed to be."
"Isn't that your decision?"
"Yes. But YOU decided to be a pansy and fuck up everything. Now, to put things into context. You are not dead...well you are but you're...uhhh. Hm. You are..."
"Undead?"
Death clapped his hands together "Yes! That. You're undead. But not all zombie weird undead. See, your body is dead, but your soul still inhabits it. Therefore, you are still alive but your body isn't. Of course it's not going to decay because that would be weird."
"Okay. So why are you in my head?"
"Because. I am now part of you."
".........What?"
"You heard me right. I am now inhabitting your soul. As are 4 of my friends. But they are locked away for now. You need to awaken them later. Well....now that I think about it, we have always been here."
"Always? What do you mean?"
"You, were specially chosen by the Supreme God to do great things in your life. But he knew that terrible things would happen to you. So we have been here guiding you along. Ever get that little voice in your head which path to take. That's us, keeping you safe. Now, to tell you the REAL important news, YOU will be the next Demon Lord."
"......WHAT!? That's just retarded."
"Wow. Not very high self-esteem do you?"
"Not high enough where I think myself able to be the next Demon Lord. Not to mention I'm human."
"I beg to differ. I would go into detail but unfortunately I don't have enough time to explain what is really happening so I'll give you the short version. YOU have both demon and Angel blood in you. The power of Pandemonium AND heaven are on your side. You just need it to be awakened. That's why I'm here."
An explosion could be heard.
"Woop. You better get going. People to save."
"But, how do I save them."
"Easy. Just wake up." Death reaches out and touches Zeke's head.
*****
Zeke was blinded by the light of the sun. He was being dragged by a crying Amethyst back to the castle. His ears were deafened by the screams and explosions. Nezquitala, the Dullahan High Mistress, was smashed into the castle door, splintering the outside of it. Her sword clanged on the ground at her side. She got back up and held up her blade. She shouted "FORGET THE HUMAN DAMMIT! We have to get out of here!"
"I can't!" Amethyst cried. "Its my fault he could die! I have to save him!"
"He's already dead! He didn't have a pulse! He's gone you dumb broad!"
They weren't even paying attention to Zeke as he moved his head to look down the steps to the castle, noticing several menacing figures walking up them, swords drawn. He recognized them. The ones who destroyed his village. His eyes widened. He was immediately filled with rage and anger. He ignored the pain in his head and back and stood up.
Amethyst was shocked to feel Zeke moving. She looked away from Nezquitala to see him looming over her. His spine could be heard snapping back togther, the wound in his head healing itself. He looked at Nezquitala, who was also speechless. He walked over to her and attempted to take her blade. She held onto it as he lifted her off the ground. She tried to get out of his grasp but he had a firm grip on the hilt. "Oi! Let go of my sword you crazy bastard!" She was about to kick him, only to see his foot connect with her chest, sending her flying into the door once more, breaking it down.
Zeke said in what seemed to be a demonic tone "Who is useless now huh?" He turned to the group of Incubi coming up the stairs to face him. The one in front grinned evilly.
"This should be fun. Let's go comrades!" He charged forth, the others, being smarter than their arrogant comrade, stayed back. The one who charged towards Zeke slashed at him. He seemed to go right past him, as if cutting through Zeke, only to fall into tiny pieces himself. Zeke had not moved from his position. He began to advance. The Incubi stood their ground and then leaped into the air, surrounding him from above. He looked up at them and with one swiped of the sword, killed them all.
More Incubi came, sending fireballs and lightning towards Zeke. He merely held out his palm and concentrated both of them in his hand, sending them back at the casters 10 fold. Wave after wave of Incubi came, only to be struck down by Zeke's overwhelming power. Eventually, someone was able to knock the sword from his hand, then landing a blow deep into his skull. The Incubi wanted to laugh, except he couldn't. He felt seering pain in his gut. He saw Zeke staring at him from the sides of the blade which cut halfway through Zeke's skull. The incubi looked down to see Zeke's hand deep inside his stomach. His eyes widened. Zeke's hand firmly gripped his spine and, with a quick shove with his hand, knocked the blade out of his skull and ripped out the Incubi's spine, he spun and whipped one of his comrades with enough force to break his neck. Zeke continued the slaughter.
An Incubi charged toward Zeke with his blade facing towards him for a stab. Zeke merely drove his fist into the blade, shattering the blade instead of the blade impaling his hand. His fist continued to shatter the blade, reaching the hilt and obliterating it and continuing through the Incubi's arm, destroying it. He fell to his knees and screamed in pain. Zeke gripped his head and crushed it between his fingers.
Eventually, Zeke stood on a pile of corpses. The men who destroyed his village now killed. But he knew there was more. Perhaps they had their own little village. He knew he had to find it. But for now he decided to rest. He slid down the hill using one of the corpses as a surfboard. Twas a large pile. Be crushed the skull beneath his foot, relishing the moment the organic matter spewed across the ground. He began walking towards the castle, only to stop halfway. He looked at Amethyst, who was now shaking in terror. Her eyes showed a fear like no other. Even several Mamono and their husbands cowered away from him. He didn't understand. He did very hoorible things to them but he did save the city. Why did they fear him. That's when he saw his shadow. He saw two massive bat wings protuding from the side of his shadow. He saw two horns coming from his head. He too began shaking with fear. He looked down at his hands. His fringed replaced with scaly claws, coated in blood. His feet, now also holding claws instead of toes. His skin was replaced with black scales. He had become a demon. The power of Pandemonium had taken over. He fell to his knees and began loosing control of his own mind. He can feel the power trying to corrupt him. He gripped his head and began to scream, resisting it.
*****
Anjo flew with great speed. She could see the castle ahead. She sped up. She could see an evil aura concentrating around a specific point. "That must be him. I have to hurry!" She flew towards the source.
*****
Zeke's mind was going dark. He could feel the power taking over. He was sure he would go mad and destroy everything. Then, when he was sure he was done for, he saw a light. It spoke to him "Balance is life. Life is balance. Good and evil. Evil and good. Everything is balanced. Darkness and light. Without one, the other cannot exist. Light created shadows, shadows are made by light. As the light grows, so does the shadow. But no matter what, no matter how large the shadow grows, the light will continue to shine brighter."
Zeke's eyes widened to see Anjo, who connected her lips to his. The scales disappated from his body. Warmth overtook his body. The wings on his back disappeared. Two auras came from his body, one of light, one of darkness. They grew out and began to take form. High above him, two massive figures formed. One of demonic figure, his body covered in black spikes, and the other, a glowing being with four massive angel wings coming from his back, a shining halo hung behind his head. The two being's hands interlocked, showing that they are one. They looked down at Zeke, to reveal that all three of them shared the same face. Zeke then knew that they were both him.
Anjo released her lips and collapsed, having used up too much energy. The beings retracted back to Zeke's body, who then followed after Anjo and fainted.
"WAKE UP YOU LAZY BASTARD!"
Immediately Zeke sat up, as if from a bad dream. But all he could see was darkness. His head pounded and ached. His entire body was trying to shut down on him. He thought to himself 'Oh. Right. I'm dead.' He was about to lay down again when an extreme amount of pain came upon his groin. The male voice echoed again "DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP!"
"OWWWW! What the Hell!"
"You were going back to sleep."
"So!? Who the Hell do you think you are!?" Zeke turned to see who it was, only to see a man wearing a torn black hood over his face, what appeared to be moving shadows covering his face. Behind him sprouted two massive black wings. Though he seemed to be one of darkness, he gave off some kind of glow that made him visible in the blackness.
"Who am I? Oh, I'm nobody. I'm just the Angel of Death."
"Woah woah. Like the Grim Reaper?"
"No no. I know him though. But I'm on a higher level. He delivers your soul while I decide whether you should be dead or not."
"Oh. I see. So where am I? Purgatory because of suicide or something."
"Nope. Your subconscios."
"My...you mean my mind...wow. Pretty empty huh?"
"Well that's cuz your dead. But you're not supposed to be."
"Isn't that your decision?"
"Yes. But YOU decided to be a pansy and fuck up everything. Now, to put things into context. You are not dead...well you are but you're...uhhh. Hm. You are..."
"Undead?"
Death clapped his hands together "Yes! That. You're undead. But not all zombie weird undead. See, your body is dead, but your soul still inhabits it. Therefore, you are still alive but your body isn't. Of course it's not going to decay because that would be weird."
"Okay. So why are you in my head?"
"Because. I am now part of you."
".........What?"
"You heard me right. I am now inhabitting your soul. As are 4 of my friends. But they are locked away for now. You need to awaken them later. Well....now that I think about it, we have always been here."
"Always? What do you mean?"
"You, were specially chosen by the Supreme God to do great things in your life. But he knew that terrible things would happen to you. So we have been here guiding you along. Ever get that little voice in your head which path to take. That's us, keeping you safe. Now, to tell you the REAL important news, YOU will be the next Demon Lord."
"......WHAT!? That's just retarded."
"Wow. Not very high self-esteem do you?"
"Not high enough where I think myself able to be the next Demon Lord. Not to mention I'm human."
"I beg to differ. I would go into detail but unfortunately I don't have enough time to explain what is really happening so I'll give you the short version. YOU have both demon and Angel blood in you. The power of Pandemonium AND heaven are on your side. You just need it to be awakened. That's why I'm here."
An explosion could be heard.
"Woop. You better get going. People to save."
"But, how do I save them."
"Easy. Just wake up." Death reaches out and touches Zeke's head.
*****
Zeke was blinded by the light of the sun. He was being dragged by a crying Amethyst back to the castle. His ears were deafened by the screams and explosions. Nezquitala, the Dullahan High Mistress, was smashed into the castle door, splintering the outside of it. Her sword clanged on the ground at her side. She got back up and held up her blade. She shouted "FORGET THE HUMAN DAMMIT! We have to get out of here!"
"I can't!" Amethyst cried. "Its my fault he could die! I have to save him!"
"He's already dead! He didn't have a pulse! He's gone you dumb broad!"
They weren't even paying attention to Zeke as he moved his head to look down the steps to the castle, noticing several menacing figures walking up them, swords drawn. He recognized them. The ones who destroyed his village. His eyes widened. He was immediately filled with rage and anger. He ignored the pain in his head and back and stood up.
Amethyst was shocked to feel Zeke moving. She looked away from Nezquitala to see him looming over her. His spine could be heard snapping back togther, the wound in his head healing itself. He looked at Nezquitala, who was also speechless. He walked over to her and attempted to take her blade. She held onto it as he lifted her off the ground. She tried to get out of his grasp but he had a firm grip on the hilt. "Oi! Let go of my sword you crazy bastard!" She was about to kick him, only to see his foot connect with her chest, sending her flying into the door once more, breaking it down.
Zeke said in what seemed to be a demonic tone "Who is useless now huh?" He turned to the group of Incubi coming up the stairs to face him. The one in front grinned evilly.
"This should be fun. Let's go comrades!" He charged forth, the others, being smarter than their arrogant comrade, stayed back. The one who charged towards Zeke slashed at him. He seemed to go right past him, as if cutting through Zeke, only to fall into tiny pieces himself. Zeke had not moved from his position. He began to advance. The Incubi stood their ground and then leaped into the air, surrounding him from above. He looked up at them and with one swiped of the sword, killed them all.
More Incubi came, sending fireballs and lightning towards Zeke. He merely held out his palm and concentrated both of them in his hand, sending them back at the casters 10 fold. Wave after wave of Incubi came, only to be struck down by Zeke's overwhelming power. Eventually, someone was able to knock the sword from his hand, then landing a blow deep into his skull. The Incubi wanted to laugh, except he couldn't. He felt seering pain in his gut. He saw Zeke staring at him from the sides of the blade which cut halfway through Zeke's skull. The incubi looked down to see Zeke's hand deep inside his stomach. His eyes widened. Zeke's hand firmly gripped his spine and, with a quick shove with his hand, knocked the blade out of his skull and ripped out the Incubi's spine, he spun and whipped one of his comrades with enough force to break his neck. Zeke continued the slaughter.
An Incubi charged toward Zeke with his blade facing towards him for a stab. Zeke merely drove his fist into the blade, shattering the blade instead of the blade impaling his hand. His fist continued to shatter the blade, reaching the hilt and obliterating it and continuing through the Incubi's arm, destroying it. He fell to his knees and screamed in pain. Zeke gripped his head and crushed it between his fingers.
Eventually, Zeke stood on a pile of corpses. The men who destroyed his village now killed. But he knew there was more. Perhaps they had their own little village. He knew he had to find it. But for now he decided to rest. He slid down the hill using one of the corpses as a surfboard. Twas a large pile. Be crushed the skull beneath his foot, relishing the moment the organic matter spewed across the ground. He began walking towards the castle, only to stop halfway. He looked at Amethyst, who was now shaking in terror. Her eyes showed a fear like no other. Even several Mamono and their husbands cowered away from him. He didn't understand. He did very hoorible things to them but he did save the city. Why did they fear him. That's when he saw his shadow. He saw two massive bat wings protuding from the side of his shadow. He saw two horns coming from his head. He too began shaking with fear. He looked down at his hands. His fringed replaced with scaly claws, coated in blood. His feet, now also holding claws instead of toes. His skin was replaced with black scales. He had become a demon. The power of Pandemonium had taken over. He fell to his knees and began loosing control of his own mind. He can feel the power trying to corrupt him. He gripped his head and began to scream, resisting it.
*****
Anjo flew with great speed. She could see the castle ahead. She sped up. She could see an evil aura concentrating around a specific point. "That must be him. I have to hurry!" She flew towards the source.
*****
Zeke's mind was going dark. He could feel the power taking over. He was sure he would go mad and destroy everything. Then, when he was sure he was done for, he saw a light. It spoke to him "Balance is life. Life is balance. Good and evil. Evil and good. Everything is balanced. Darkness and light. Without one, the other cannot exist. Light created shadows, shadows are made by light. As the light grows, so does the shadow. But no matter what, no matter how large the shadow grows, the light will continue to shine brighter."
Zeke's eyes widened to see Anjo, who connected her lips to his. The scales disappated from his body. Warmth overtook his body. The wings on his back disappeared. Two auras came from his body, one of light, one of darkness. They grew out and began to take form. High above him, two massive figures formed. One of demonic figure, his body covered in black spikes, and the other, a glowing being with four massive angel wings coming from his back, a shining halo hung behind his head. The two being's hands interlocked, showing that they are one. They looked down at Zeke, to reveal that all three of them shared the same face. Zeke then knew that they were both him.
Anjo released her lips and collapsed, having used up too much energy. The beings retracted back to Zeke's body, who then followed after Anjo and fainted.
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Zeke awoke from his slumber after a horrid nightmare. He found himself in a comfortable bed. He rubbed his head, ignoring his throbbing headache and looking around. He was in a large room. He got out of the bed and began walking towards the door. He continued down the hallway he had gone into and found himself in the entrance hall. He could hear some arguments from a hallway at the bottom of the stairs. He followed the sound and walked down the hallway. He came across a large door and opened it. He ended up in the dining hall, an enormous room with 10 extremely long tables set next to each other. It was empty except for some women at the end of the center table. It was Amethyst and the six High Priestesses. His entrance did not go unnoticed. Amethyst stood and ran over to him. "Zeke. Are you okay? Should you be walking around right now?"
"Well, I've got a bit of a headache but that's about it."
Amythest gave a sigh of relief. "Umm. We have to discuss something important. Very important. Now come on and sit down."
Zeke nods and walks over to take a seat next to Anastasia in the back of the group but Amythest leads him to the front of the table. "It's regarding you Zeke." Zeke is confused by this as he sits down.
"What about me?"
Then Vfestiri stood out of her chair and angrily shouted "I won't do it! I refuse to accept some HUMAN as my King! I won't do it!"
Lilo rubs her eyes, annoyed by Vfestiri's outburst. "Oh come on. You saw how powerful he was out there. At least let him try."
"NO! I won't let a lowly human become my lord. His power was merely a fluke. I doubt he will be able to control it ever again! He is nothing more than a worthless human!"
That same word rang in his ear as soon as Zeke heard it. It traveled deep into his mind and seemed to mock him. 'Worthless. Useless.' Both these words repeated constantly. But in place of sorrow, anger grew instead. Before Vfestiri could say anymore, Zeke stood up and was immediately in her face. He pointed his finger at her and yelled "LISTEN YOU FUCKING CUNT! I just saved this entire city AND your life, and all you have to say is I am WORTHLESS!? How DARE you mock me when I have done NOTHING to you!"
Vfestiri's eyes filled with fear. She despised humans, but after witnessing what happened outside, she had good reason to fear him. She looked to Nezquitala who immediately sprung into action she had her blade in front of Zeke ready to cut him down, yet her knees shook with fear. Vfestiri shouted "Hurry Nezquitala, cut down this ignorant human!"
Zeke looked down at her with a glare. Her eyes met his and instantly, images of Zeke taking away her sword and easily smashing her through the heavy gate. Brushing her off like an insect.
"Hurry Nezquitala! Kill him!"
Anastasia tried to reason with her. "Please stop now! I don't want to see either of you hurt! Just put the blade away! Please!"
Amethyst tried her best not to interfere. Sisumat, Lilo, and Misadowra had already begun playing a card game, only slightly annoyed by the situation.
Zeke continued to glare at Nezquitala, who barely moved from his position. "Go ahead Nezquitala. Kill me. Strike me down. Cleave me in half. Lop my fucking head off why don't you? After all, I'm nothing more than a lowly human."
Nezquitala finally snapped. She closed her eyes and swung at him, only to feel the blade get lighter as she sliced. She looked and saw that her blade had broken in half. She looked at Zeke, only to see an arm made of a dark aura coming out of his body. Zeke was also fixated on it. It had been what broke Nezquitala's blade. It retracted back into Zeke's body, who was as confused as everyone else. But Nezquitala had a different problem.
Nezquitala was on her knees, staring at the two halves of the broken blade, desperatly trying to put them back together. Tears ran down her face. Vfestiri tried to comfort her and put a hand on her shoulder, only for Nezquitala to snap at her. "Get away from me you Vampiric WHORE! This is your fault! If you hadn't gone and thrown your words around like that, I wouldn't have had to defend you!" She went back to crying over the blade. Zeke was confused. Lilo walked over and begun to explain to him why she loves it so.
"Ya see, she was a servant of the previous Demon Lord, or Lords, a human Male and a powerful Succubus. I'll tell you the rest of the story later. Anyway, she deeply loved the Demon King, who had thought of her only as a little sister. She knew her feelings could never be returned, so she wanted to stay that way. After he and his wife were killed, he had written in his will that his sword be given to her as a gift, so that she can become a great warrior with it. It was what she treasured most." Lilo then walked over to comfort her as well, as did the rest. Zeke continued to stand there, feeling like a total ass. Her tears made him want to cry as well. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see...himself. Except he had pure white eyes.
"Who are y-" Zeke was silenced by the clone.
"Quiet. Listen, take this and use it to fix the sword." The clone handed Zeke a small piece of paper with strange writings. Like a sutra.
"How do I use it?" Whispered Zeke.
"Just put the two pieces together and put the paper on it." The clone then disappeared.
Zeke turned and walked into the group. Nezquitala looked up at him and said "What the Hell do you want! Gonna mock me as we did you huh? Well go ahead. Just do it."
Zeke just shook his head and picked up the two pieces and placed them on the ground, the broken pieces connecting. He then put the paper onto where they had cracked. The crack began to glow and slowly disappear, the sword being repaired. Everyone looked in awe as it was magically fixed. He then picked it up, struggling a bit, and gave it a good downward swing. The blade broke the flooring and left quite a crack. It was obviously very sharp an heavier than he thought. He had become stronger. He gave the sword back to Nezquitala who stared at it in awe for a full minute before hugging Zeke. This is obviously quite shocking to the others whose mouths were agape. Nezquitala then pushed Zeke away and ran out of the room with the sword like an embarressed grade school girl. Zeke just stood there with his eyebrow raised.
"That was.... strange." Zeke remarked.
"I agree. Let's no bring this up again." noted Anastasia.
The others agreed and went back to eating. Vfestiri pointed ANOTHER finger at Zeke and said "Listen, just because you did that doesn't make you worthy of my trust. You most likely broke the blade just to fix it and gain Nezquitala's trust. Well you won't full me that easily." She went back to her seat. Zeke shrugged and followed behind and sat near the back of the group, only to have Anastasia lead him back to the front. He felt out of place in that seat. It was larger than the others. And much softer. He guessed he was supposed to feel important in that seat, but he only felt like a damned fool.
Anastasia stood and said "Okay everyone, since Nezquitala is preoccupied, we must continue with our discussion. Now as you know, Zeke has recently showed a great amount of power. The power of Pandemonium. Also, according to the newest resident of the city, Anjo, an angel, he also contains the power of heaven. The holy strength of Angels. She has told us that as part of an ancient prophecy, known by our previous demon lordship, that they would eventually by overthrown and killed by the order. Then, a human will reveal that he had both the powers of demons and angels alike and will rule over this land and destroy the Order which hunts us. That man is Zeke."
Lilo interrupted "However he has only showed us the demonic power. Though we have seen proof of the holy power within, we have yet to see if he can control both. Therefore we must put him through training to prep his body and mind for the trials to come. From the information given to us by Amethyst, we have learned that he is somewhat unstable due to the loss of his family." She turns her attention to Zeke and says "We know it's hard having to deal with it, but please know that they have not died for nothing. Believe it or not we knew them long ago."
Zeke was suprised. "You knew my parents?"
"Yes we did Zeke," spoke Anastasia. "They were spies for us. In fact, your mother was a Succubus."
"What!?"
"Yes. You are probably wondering how it is possible. Mamono can only give birth to other mamono. But your mother was married to a man who had become an Incubi."
"M-my father was... an incubi? Impossible!"
"Improbable yes, impossible? No. You see, those incubi that hunt you down. The ones that killed your family. He was once one of them. But though he had their powers, he had different views. He became a member of a secret organization that defended humanity yet also supported the Mamono. He used to be able to slaughter dozens of those Incubi. But, once he met your mother, he decided he was going to leave it all behind and settle down. Then, when you and your brother were born, all of their powers went into you. When their powers went into you, they lost it all. That's why they were old instead of forest young like other Incubi and Succubi. Your brother was a product of some of the human removed from you. I know it's weird but just roll with it okay? Probably doesn't make any sense but....just deal with it."
"Soo, where does all the angel powers come from?"
"When the demonic energies entered your body, Pandemonium noticed it and tried to corrupt you in the womb. Luckily, the Supreme God didn't want that to happen and balanced your body out. Just gotta learn to control it all."
"And how did I suppress the corruption before?" Zeke asked.
Misodowra spoke up. "Anjo awakened it by sharing her energy with you, giving up some of her power in order to awaken yours."
"And where is she now?"
"Sleeping. She awoke earlier and told us of the prophecy, but she fell asleep again. She's probably still in there."
"So I guess I'll talk to her tomorrow then."
Sisumat then said "You certainly are taking this quite well."
"Well after seeing what I did earlier, I gotta believe it. Otherwise I'd just keep denying it until I go mad."
"Hm...smart. I like that in a man."
"And I'm not into insects. Sorry." He smirked at her as she crossed her arms and pouted.
Amethyst spoke up. "And when you become Demon Lord, you may choose as many concubines as you wish. Even out of the High Mistresses you may choose...should they be willing."
Lilo raised her hand immediately. "I wouldn't mind!"
Zeke just sighed and got a depressed look on his face. Lilo tilted her head and said "Is the thought really THAT bad?" She frowned.
"No. It's just that, I already loved someone else. And she died in the slaughter. I don't think I could even begin to TRY to THINK about love another living being, let alone sleep with them."
Vfestiri said mockingly "Aww. Thatsh adorable. Pfffft. Please, some peasant girl like that is the lowest of the low. Even as a human such as yourself you were likely the most desirable male in that village. She was probably just trying to get you for protection and bragging rights. She was most likely just some whore anyway." Immediately, she was on the floor. Zeke had slapped her and put his foot on her head as she hit the ground.
"You will NEVER disgrace her AGAIN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!? Next time you speak one more ill word about her I will be more than happy to defile your body with my seed and watch you suffer through the birth of my child. If need be, to keep you from speaking one more word, I will make you my slave. UNDERSTAND!?" Zeke wanted to kill her but he knew that the fate he had chosen would have been worse than death to her. She was already crying from the pain. The thought of bearing his child was a nightmare to her.
"I understand sire! Please."
Zeke stepped off her head and left the dining hall, slamming the door behind him. Lilo poked her head under the table to look at Vfestiri who had curled up in a ball. "I would suggest you never do something stupid like that again." Lilo laughed and left. The others did the same, knowing that Vfestiri was in the wrong. They left her to wallow in her tears.
*****
Zeke was laying on his bed, hating himself. He had just threatened to RAPE someone and forcefully impregnate her. Even went as far as to threaten slavery. He despised that kind of act. He was becoming something that he hated. What was happening to him. He decided to apologize. He stood from the bed and left the room.
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This is most likely not my best chapter. May be confusing but if you have questions, ask them and I will answer. Sorry about the wait, Writer's Blick sucks. Not to mention school just started up again. Once again, wording is probably strange due to rushed writing.
"Well, I've got a bit of a headache but that's about it."
Amythest gave a sigh of relief. "Umm. We have to discuss something important. Very important. Now come on and sit down."
Zeke nods and walks over to take a seat next to Anastasia in the back of the group but Amythest leads him to the front of the table. "It's regarding you Zeke." Zeke is confused by this as he sits down.
"What about me?"
Then Vfestiri stood out of her chair and angrily shouted "I won't do it! I refuse to accept some HUMAN as my King! I won't do it!"
Lilo rubs her eyes, annoyed by Vfestiri's outburst. "Oh come on. You saw how powerful he was out there. At least let him try."
"NO! I won't let a lowly human become my lord. His power was merely a fluke. I doubt he will be able to control it ever again! He is nothing more than a worthless human!"
That same word rang in his ear as soon as Zeke heard it. It traveled deep into his mind and seemed to mock him. 'Worthless. Useless.' Both these words repeated constantly. But in place of sorrow, anger grew instead. Before Vfestiri could say anymore, Zeke stood up and was immediately in her face. He pointed his finger at her and yelled "LISTEN YOU FUCKING CUNT! I just saved this entire city AND your life, and all you have to say is I am WORTHLESS!? How DARE you mock me when I have done NOTHING to you!"
Vfestiri's eyes filled with fear. She despised humans, but after witnessing what happened outside, she had good reason to fear him. She looked to Nezquitala who immediately sprung into action she had her blade in front of Zeke ready to cut him down, yet her knees shook with fear. Vfestiri shouted "Hurry Nezquitala, cut down this ignorant human!"
Zeke looked down at her with a glare. Her eyes met his and instantly, images of Zeke taking away her sword and easily smashing her through the heavy gate. Brushing her off like an insect.
"Hurry Nezquitala! Kill him!"
Anastasia tried to reason with her. "Please stop now! I don't want to see either of you hurt! Just put the blade away! Please!"
Amethyst tried her best not to interfere. Sisumat, Lilo, and Misadowra had already begun playing a card game, only slightly annoyed by the situation.
Zeke continued to glare at Nezquitala, who barely moved from his position. "Go ahead Nezquitala. Kill me. Strike me down. Cleave me in half. Lop my fucking head off why don't you? After all, I'm nothing more than a lowly human."
Nezquitala finally snapped. She closed her eyes and swung at him, only to feel the blade get lighter as she sliced. She looked and saw that her blade had broken in half. She looked at Zeke, only to see an arm made of a dark aura coming out of his body. Zeke was also fixated on it. It had been what broke Nezquitala's blade. It retracted back into Zeke's body, who was as confused as everyone else. But Nezquitala had a different problem.
Nezquitala was on her knees, staring at the two halves of the broken blade, desperatly trying to put them back together. Tears ran down her face. Vfestiri tried to comfort her and put a hand on her shoulder, only for Nezquitala to snap at her. "Get away from me you Vampiric WHORE! This is your fault! If you hadn't gone and thrown your words around like that, I wouldn't have had to defend you!" She went back to crying over the blade. Zeke was confused. Lilo walked over and begun to explain to him why she loves it so.
"Ya see, she was a servant of the previous Demon Lord, or Lords, a human Male and a powerful Succubus. I'll tell you the rest of the story later. Anyway, she deeply loved the Demon King, who had thought of her only as a little sister. She knew her feelings could never be returned, so she wanted to stay that way. After he and his wife were killed, he had written in his will that his sword be given to her as a gift, so that she can become a great warrior with it. It was what she treasured most." Lilo then walked over to comfort her as well, as did the rest. Zeke continued to stand there, feeling like a total ass. Her tears made him want to cry as well. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see...himself. Except he had pure white eyes.
"Who are y-" Zeke was silenced by the clone.
"Quiet. Listen, take this and use it to fix the sword." The clone handed Zeke a small piece of paper with strange writings. Like a sutra.
"How do I use it?" Whispered Zeke.
"Just put the two pieces together and put the paper on it." The clone then disappeared.
Zeke turned and walked into the group. Nezquitala looked up at him and said "What the Hell do you want! Gonna mock me as we did you huh? Well go ahead. Just do it."
Zeke just shook his head and picked up the two pieces and placed them on the ground, the broken pieces connecting. He then put the paper onto where they had cracked. The crack began to glow and slowly disappear, the sword being repaired. Everyone looked in awe as it was magically fixed. He then picked it up, struggling a bit, and gave it a good downward swing. The blade broke the flooring and left quite a crack. It was obviously very sharp an heavier than he thought. He had become stronger. He gave the sword back to Nezquitala who stared at it in awe for a full minute before hugging Zeke. This is obviously quite shocking to the others whose mouths were agape. Nezquitala then pushed Zeke away and ran out of the room with the sword like an embarressed grade school girl. Zeke just stood there with his eyebrow raised.
"That was.... strange." Zeke remarked.
"I agree. Let's no bring this up again." noted Anastasia.
The others agreed and went back to eating. Vfestiri pointed ANOTHER finger at Zeke and said "Listen, just because you did that doesn't make you worthy of my trust. You most likely broke the blade just to fix it and gain Nezquitala's trust. Well you won't full me that easily." She went back to her seat. Zeke shrugged and followed behind and sat near the back of the group, only to have Anastasia lead him back to the front. He felt out of place in that seat. It was larger than the others. And much softer. He guessed he was supposed to feel important in that seat, but he only felt like a damned fool.
Anastasia stood and said "Okay everyone, since Nezquitala is preoccupied, we must continue with our discussion. Now as you know, Zeke has recently showed a great amount of power. The power of Pandemonium. Also, according to the newest resident of the city, Anjo, an angel, he also contains the power of heaven. The holy strength of Angels. She has told us that as part of an ancient prophecy, known by our previous demon lordship, that they would eventually by overthrown and killed by the order. Then, a human will reveal that he had both the powers of demons and angels alike and will rule over this land and destroy the Order which hunts us. That man is Zeke."
Lilo interrupted "However he has only showed us the demonic power. Though we have seen proof of the holy power within, we have yet to see if he can control both. Therefore we must put him through training to prep his body and mind for the trials to come. From the information given to us by Amethyst, we have learned that he is somewhat unstable due to the loss of his family." She turns her attention to Zeke and says "We know it's hard having to deal with it, but please know that they have not died for nothing. Believe it or not we knew them long ago."
Zeke was suprised. "You knew my parents?"
"Yes we did Zeke," spoke Anastasia. "They were spies for us. In fact, your mother was a Succubus."
"What!?"
"Yes. You are probably wondering how it is possible. Mamono can only give birth to other mamono. But your mother was married to a man who had become an Incubi."
"M-my father was... an incubi? Impossible!"
"Improbable yes, impossible? No. You see, those incubi that hunt you down. The ones that killed your family. He was once one of them. But though he had their powers, he had different views. He became a member of a secret organization that defended humanity yet also supported the Mamono. He used to be able to slaughter dozens of those Incubi. But, once he met your mother, he decided he was going to leave it all behind and settle down. Then, when you and your brother were born, all of their powers went into you. When their powers went into you, they lost it all. That's why they were old instead of forest young like other Incubi and Succubi. Your brother was a product of some of the human removed from you. I know it's weird but just roll with it okay? Probably doesn't make any sense but....just deal with it."
"Soo, where does all the angel powers come from?"
"When the demonic energies entered your body, Pandemonium noticed it and tried to corrupt you in the womb. Luckily, the Supreme God didn't want that to happen and balanced your body out. Just gotta learn to control it all."
"And how did I suppress the corruption before?" Zeke asked.
Misodowra spoke up. "Anjo awakened it by sharing her energy with you, giving up some of her power in order to awaken yours."
"And where is she now?"
"Sleeping. She awoke earlier and told us of the prophecy, but she fell asleep again. She's probably still in there."
"So I guess I'll talk to her tomorrow then."
Sisumat then said "You certainly are taking this quite well."
"Well after seeing what I did earlier, I gotta believe it. Otherwise I'd just keep denying it until I go mad."
"Hm...smart. I like that in a man."
"And I'm not into insects. Sorry." He smirked at her as she crossed her arms and pouted.
Amethyst spoke up. "And when you become Demon Lord, you may choose as many concubines as you wish. Even out of the High Mistresses you may choose...should they be willing."
Lilo raised her hand immediately. "I wouldn't mind!"
Zeke just sighed and got a depressed look on his face. Lilo tilted her head and said "Is the thought really THAT bad?" She frowned.
"No. It's just that, I already loved someone else. And she died in the slaughter. I don't think I could even begin to TRY to THINK about love another living being, let alone sleep with them."
Vfestiri said mockingly "Aww. Thatsh adorable. Pfffft. Please, some peasant girl like that is the lowest of the low. Even as a human such as yourself you were likely the most desirable male in that village. She was probably just trying to get you for protection and bragging rights. She was most likely just some whore anyway." Immediately, she was on the floor. Zeke had slapped her and put his foot on her head as she hit the ground.
"You will NEVER disgrace her AGAIN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!? Next time you speak one more ill word about her I will be more than happy to defile your body with my seed and watch you suffer through the birth of my child. If need be, to keep you from speaking one more word, I will make you my slave. UNDERSTAND!?" Zeke wanted to kill her but he knew that the fate he had chosen would have been worse than death to her. She was already crying from the pain. The thought of bearing his child was a nightmare to her.
"I understand sire! Please."
Zeke stepped off her head and left the dining hall, slamming the door behind him. Lilo poked her head under the table to look at Vfestiri who had curled up in a ball. "I would suggest you never do something stupid like that again." Lilo laughed and left. The others did the same, knowing that Vfestiri was in the wrong. They left her to wallow in her tears.
*****
Zeke was laying on his bed, hating himself. He had just threatened to RAPE someone and forcefully impregnate her. Even went as far as to threaten slavery. He despised that kind of act. He was becoming something that he hated. What was happening to him. He decided to apologize. He stood from the bed and left the room.
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This is most likely not my best chapter. May be confusing but if you have questions, ask them and I will answer. Sorry about the wait, Writer's Blick sucks. Not to mention school just started up again. Once again, wording is probably strange due to rushed writing.
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Vfestiri was in her room. Her room was covered in fancy decorations. She thought herself to be of high standing (obviously) and only bought the finest of decorations. She took a liking to frilly things when her own mother gave her a pretty dress when she was young. She was lying in her bed under the covers, thinking about what had happened earlier. She had gained some common sense since then. (What a fucking miracle) She realized that she was out of line back there. He was obviously very strong to so easily and quickly overpower her. She knew she was in the wrong. Truth be told, she was feeling strange since he saved the city. She was deep in thought and remembered a pain in her chest when he mentioned the woman he loved. Something made her become enraged at it. She consulted a few love stories/tragedies that involed a love triangle because this pain seemed familiar to her. Normally the main character will fall for one girl while another girl fell for him. They would know each other and she would cheer for his love. But as he would talk about her, she would have a pain in her chest. It was later revealed that the pain was known as jealousy. Realizing what was happening, she threw the book at the wall and covered herself in a huff. "As if I would be jealous of her. She won his heart. He won hers. Big whoop. Why should I care?" She then shook her head. The commoners lame tongue had crawled into her mouth. Because she spent time in the shops of her section of the city, the commoner's accent had been entrapped into her mind. She kept thinking that she shouldn't care about who he loves. Why would she be jealous. She was still confused as to why he would still be faithful to her if she was dead? It didn't make sense to her. She continued to think of the matter.
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Zeke continued to wander the halls of the castle. He now came to a large door at the end of the hall. He knocked on it and Anastasia's voice answered. Her seductive tone persuaded him to enter instead of saying he had the wrong place. He entered the room to see her lying on the bed on the other side of the room. The room was filled with beautiful decorations with many paintings of none other than Anastasia herself. She was in many forms. There was one painting of her in a knight's armor wielding a demonic looking sword. Another was of her high into the air with her wings spread, her hair practically glowing. "Enjoying the view~?" Zeke stopped and looked foward to see Anastasia wearing a golden colored, see-through nightgown. He marveled at the sight and took in her full beauty. His body moved himself foward to the bed. He was beginning to forget why he was here. She stood and as he got closer she placed a hand on his cheek. He fingers warm and gentle. "Such a handsome king~ Come, join me in my bed." She pulled him closer to the bed. In his mind he was thinking of reasons he was here. He knew this wasn't it. But his body wouldn't listen to him. She layed down onto the bed and Zeke followed her example, lying down next to her. She wrapped her hands around him and said "Such a lovely body. Such muscles~" She ran a finger up his spine, giving him chills. "I know Vfestiri was out of line earlier, but I have to apologize for her. She is very stubborn and thinks too highly of herself. Eventually she'll learn."
"That's actually why I am here. I was wandering the halls looking for her room when-" he was silenced by Anastasia's lips. She had kissed him and thrusted her tongue into his mouth. He was at her mercy.
She broke the kiss and said "We can talk later. For now, join me in bliss~" She then moved him down and removed the shoulder strap from her left side and revealed her large supple breast. Immediately Zeke was kissing and suckling her breast like a hungry child. She moaned in pleasure. Her breasts were large but firm. Soft and welcoming. He looked up at her to see her long hair glowing in the moonlight. Wait. Moon? Lunar? Immediately Zeke thought 'LUNA!' Before he knew it, he was on top of Anastasia, his hands gripping her throat. The hatred grew in him once more.
"HOW DARE SEDUCE ME WHORE! You know damn well that I love Luna! How DARE you!"
Anastasia was gagging, trying to breath. She said in a raspy voice "P-please for-*gag*give me Lord. I-I was only wishing you comfort and love."
Zeke then realized what he was doing. He released her staggered off the bed only to fall to the floor.
Anastasia coughed and said "I had no intention of bedding you. Only to give you a few moments of love. Only to comfort you. I'm sorry." She had begun to cry, she was lying, hoping for him not to hate her. She was entranced by his power and body. She knew she was at fault. She was a Succubus, but she still had her own limits. She had fallen victim to her own lusts. And she paid for it. "Please sire. I was a fool. You may punish me however you wish." She was ready to accept any amount of pain, but Zeke wasn't listening. He hadn't since he moved away from her. His head was pounding and only stared at his hands. What had he done? What has he become? He stood and ran from the room. Anastasia watched him leave, feeling hated and loathed, she crawled to the other side of the bed and cried herself to sleep.
*****
Zeke was wandering the halls again. He came across another hall and saw a sharp corner on the wall. He walked towards the corner, pulled his head back and smashed it against the corner repeatedly. He began smashing any part of his body he could into the corner. Anything that could cause pain. The back of his hand, his kneecap, his shin, his shoulder. He began bleeding from the amount of times he hit the corner until he finally fell to the floor. His head was bleeding. His handwas bleeding. He was bleeding alot. Then, when he closed his eyes, he felt something rough and wet licking his wound on his head. He opened his eyes to see a familiar ear. It was the kitten he had saved. "So there you are. I was wondering where you were." He reached up to pet her, but her head was larger than before. He then lifted the kitten up and saw that due to her time in the Demon Realm, she had become a werecat. Her hands and feet were four large fuzzy paws. Her tail swung back and forth between her legs. She had a look of concern on her face. As Zeke stared into her eyes, he saw the innocence within her soul. A beautiful white aura emenated from her body. A feeling of warmth overcame him, all the hate disappeared from him. He felt calm once more. He set her on his chest and fell asleep on the floor in the hall.
*****
Vfestiri decided to get some fresh air and left her room. She was wandering about in the halls when she smelled blood. She ran toward the source only to find Zeke sprawled on the floor, bleeding and having a young werecat sleeping on his chest. Was he attacked? What happened? 'Wait,' she realized. 'I can use this as a chance to talk to him. If he's like this, he won't be able to move much and if he tries to harm her. He picked him up, both him and the werecat continued to sleep. She took him back to her room and lay him down on the bed after wrapping his wounds. She sat there next to him. Vfestiri realized she didn't think of what to say when he awoke. That's when Zeke's eyes begin to open. She became scared, thinking he may be still angry with her she backed away quickly. The werecat awakened as well and hopped off his chest. Zeke looked at his surroundings, still in a daze, and was able to see Vfestiri after a moment.
"Vfestiri? Oh good, I was -grunt- looking for you." He stood with a grunt and staggered toward her.
Immediately, in a moment of fear, Vfestiri threw herself onto the floor in front of him. "Please Mi'Lord! I'm truly sorry. I was out of line. I was a fool and I beg for your forgiveness!" She continued to bow her head, trying not to look upon him.
Zeke chuckled. "Forgiveness?" He chuckled and sat on the bed. Vfestiri knew what was coming next. He would laugh at her foolishness and throw her onto the bed and rape her. He would continue to do so until her mind was broken and turned into his sex slave. But nothing else came.
"That's kinda funny, because I was coming here to apologize to you." Vfestiri's eyed widened.
"W-what?"
"I came to apologize. I...I said something horrible. I-I became something I hate. I let my anger get control of me. I despise rape and slavery. It all disgusts me to no end. So please, get off your knees and accept my apology."
Vfestiri rose to see the moonlight beaming down on him and refelcting off of four angel wings. The smile on his face was that of an angel. She saw purity in his eyes, it was practically radiating off of him. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She stood up to marvel at this magnificent sight. He then stood and extended his arms outward. "Now, how bout a hug?"
Immediately there was a conflict inside Vfestiri's mind. A conflict between her heart and her pride. 'It's okay, gotta keep up appearences. Just cross your arms and refuse then look away.' She then did so and said "I do accept your apology, but I refuse your gesture. It's something for commoners, not high priestesses." 'Okay, I refused very calmly.'
"Really no point in trying to show pride when you were the one on the floor begging for forgiveness now is there?"
'FUCK! He's right. All my pride went into that apology. What do I do?' That's when another little voice said 'Just give him the damn hug! It's just a hug. Cmon, you know you want to~' She finally decided to do. "Okay." She blushed as red as a beat when he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms her. A sudden warmth washed over her body. She put her arms around him and felt bliss. His gentleness, his warmth, every fiber of his being was just wonderful. She never wanted to let go. But he did. He released her and pulled her away.
"Alright. I think it's time for me to go. I'm tired."
'What? H-how can he just do something like that. Hold me in his arms then let go? I don't understand. Didn't he feel the same that I did? Or is this common for him? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!' Her body yearned for his embrace, she wanted to be held in his arms. Why? Why why WHY!? What was she feeling!?
Zeke patted his leg and the werecat followed behind him and then clung to his leg. He turned toward Vfestiri and said "You shouldn't judge people from what they are. Judge them by what they do. Sometimes 'commoners' are some of the strongest people. Try not to underestimate us. Understand?"
Vfestiri nodded and Zeke turned and walked out. Vfestiri turned and collapsed onto the bed, burying her head in her pillow and screaming. She had left her roost at the top of the filthy pile known as society and fell into a pile of disgraceful lust-filled creatures. Her heart yearned for Zeke. But why? Why would it? He changed so much in such a short period of time. She feared him but now she loved him. She suddenly felt the urge to bed him. The voice in her head seemed to make blissful sounds at the thought of bearing his child, holding each other on cold nights and walking down the street while he places a hand on her hip and held her close. She wanted him to hold her in his arms and kiss her, their bodies becoming one. But why? WHY?!
*****
Nezquitala was dreaming. She was in the middle of a great battle. She felt alive as she cut down members of the Order. Beside her stood the man she loved, clad in full plate armor. A cape flowing behind him, his armor shining in the sunlight. He gives her a look, one of his eyes showed through his helmet, he nods and they both charge in seperate directions, obliterating all in their path. This dream was a memory. She knew it was. She just enjoyed it. From back when she and the previous Demon Lord fought side by side. She took on her younger form because she enjoyed being like his younger sister. When the battle was at an end, they both walked toward each other and held each other in their arms. Laughing and smiling at their victory. The Demon Lord stood and looked proudly out on the battle field, seeing the Mamono gather up any live ones to take as trophies. That's when he heard a ruckus, one of the live ones had escaped, grabbed a sword, and threw it at Nezquitala. She was transfixed by the Demon Lord and did not repond fast enough to dodge. It impaled. But it was not her blood that was spilled. The Demon Lord knelt in front of her, the sword through his gut. She was confused. This never happened. This wasn't what happened. That's when his helmet fell off. It was not the previous Demon Lord. It was Zeke. Zeke did not seem harmed. Just angry. Very angry. His eyes gave a dark glow. He stood up straight, removed the sword from his chest, looked at the man, and charged him, slicing him in half. Nezquitala woke up and panted. Why was Zeke in her dream? Was it because of what happened earlier. She did not know. But she did know that Zeke was kind of like the old Demon King. He was considerate and kind, yet powerful and merciless. She decided to think of it tommorow and fell back asleep.
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Zeke continued to wander the halls of the castle. He now came to a large door at the end of the hall. He knocked on it and Anastasia's voice answered. Her seductive tone persuaded him to enter instead of saying he had the wrong place. He entered the room to see her lying on the bed on the other side of the room. The room was filled with beautiful decorations with many paintings of none other than Anastasia herself. She was in many forms. There was one painting of her in a knight's armor wielding a demonic looking sword. Another was of her high into the air with her wings spread, her hair practically glowing. "Enjoying the view~?" Zeke stopped and looked foward to see Anastasia wearing a golden colored, see-through nightgown. He marveled at the sight and took in her full beauty. His body moved himself foward to the bed. He was beginning to forget why he was here. She stood and as he got closer she placed a hand on his cheek. He fingers warm and gentle. "Such a handsome king~ Come, join me in my bed." She pulled him closer to the bed. In his mind he was thinking of reasons he was here. He knew this wasn't it. But his body wouldn't listen to him. She layed down onto the bed and Zeke followed her example, lying down next to her. She wrapped her hands around him and said "Such a lovely body. Such muscles~" She ran a finger up his spine, giving him chills. "I know Vfestiri was out of line earlier, but I have to apologize for her. She is very stubborn and thinks too highly of herself. Eventually she'll learn."
"That's actually why I am here. I was wandering the halls looking for her room when-" he was silenced by Anastasia's lips. She had kissed him and thrusted her tongue into his mouth. He was at her mercy.
She broke the kiss and said "We can talk later. For now, join me in bliss~" She then moved him down and removed the shoulder strap from her left side and revealed her large supple breast. Immediately Zeke was kissing and suckling her breast like a hungry child. She moaned in pleasure. Her breasts were large but firm. Soft and welcoming. He looked up at her to see her long hair glowing in the moonlight. Wait. Moon? Lunar? Immediately Zeke thought 'LUNA!' Before he knew it, he was on top of Anastasia, his hands gripping her throat. The hatred grew in him once more.
"HOW DARE SEDUCE ME WHORE! You know damn well that I love Luna! How DARE you!"
Anastasia was gagging, trying to breath. She said in a raspy voice "P-please for-*gag*give me Lord. I-I was only wishing you comfort and love."
Zeke then realized what he was doing. He released her staggered off the bed only to fall to the floor.
Anastasia coughed and said "I had no intention of bedding you. Only to give you a few moments of love. Only to comfort you. I'm sorry." She had begun to cry, she was lying, hoping for him not to hate her. She was entranced by his power and body. She knew she was at fault. She was a Succubus, but she still had her own limits. She had fallen victim to her own lusts. And she paid for it. "Please sire. I was a fool. You may punish me however you wish." She was ready to accept any amount of pain, but Zeke wasn't listening. He hadn't since he moved away from her. His head was pounding and only stared at his hands. What had he done? What has he become? He stood and ran from the room. Anastasia watched him leave, feeling hated and loathed, she crawled to the other side of the bed and cried herself to sleep.
*****
Zeke was wandering the halls again. He came across another hall and saw a sharp corner on the wall. He walked towards the corner, pulled his head back and smashed it against the corner repeatedly. He began smashing any part of his body he could into the corner. Anything that could cause pain. The back of his hand, his kneecap, his shin, his shoulder. He began bleeding from the amount of times he hit the corner until he finally fell to the floor. His head was bleeding. His handwas bleeding. He was bleeding alot. Then, when he closed his eyes, he felt something rough and wet licking his wound on his head. He opened his eyes to see a familiar ear. It was the kitten he had saved. "So there you are. I was wondering where you were." He reached up to pet her, but her head was larger than before. He then lifted the kitten up and saw that due to her time in the Demon Realm, she had become a werecat. Her hands and feet were four large fuzzy paws. Her tail swung back and forth between her legs. She had a look of concern on her face. As Zeke stared into her eyes, he saw the innocence within her soul. A beautiful white aura emenated from her body. A feeling of warmth overcame him, all the hate disappeared from him. He felt calm once more. He set her on his chest and fell asleep on the floor in the hall.
*****
Vfestiri decided to get some fresh air and left her room. She was wandering about in the halls when she smelled blood. She ran toward the source only to find Zeke sprawled on the floor, bleeding and having a young werecat sleeping on his chest. Was he attacked? What happened? 'Wait,' she realized. 'I can use this as a chance to talk to him. If he's like this, he won't be able to move much and if he tries to harm her. He picked him up, both him and the werecat continued to sleep. She took him back to her room and lay him down on the bed after wrapping his wounds. She sat there next to him. Vfestiri realized she didn't think of what to say when he awoke. That's when Zeke's eyes begin to open. She became scared, thinking he may be still angry with her she backed away quickly. The werecat awakened as well and hopped off his chest. Zeke looked at his surroundings, still in a daze, and was able to see Vfestiri after a moment.
"Vfestiri? Oh good, I was -grunt- looking for you." He stood with a grunt and staggered toward her.
Immediately, in a moment of fear, Vfestiri threw herself onto the floor in front of him. "Please Mi'Lord! I'm truly sorry. I was out of line. I was a fool and I beg for your forgiveness!" She continued to bow her head, trying not to look upon him.
Zeke chuckled. "Forgiveness?" He chuckled and sat on the bed. Vfestiri knew what was coming next. He would laugh at her foolishness and throw her onto the bed and rape her. He would continue to do so until her mind was broken and turned into his sex slave. But nothing else came.
"That's kinda funny, because I was coming here to apologize to you." Vfestiri's eyed widened.
"W-what?"
"I came to apologize. I...I said something horrible. I-I became something I hate. I let my anger get control of me. I despise rape and slavery. It all disgusts me to no end. So please, get off your knees and accept my apology."
Vfestiri rose to see the moonlight beaming down on him and refelcting off of four angel wings. The smile on his face was that of an angel. She saw purity in his eyes, it was practically radiating off of him. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She stood up to marvel at this magnificent sight. He then stood and extended his arms outward. "Now, how bout a hug?"
Immediately there was a conflict inside Vfestiri's mind. A conflict between her heart and her pride. 'It's okay, gotta keep up appearences. Just cross your arms and refuse then look away.' She then did so and said "I do accept your apology, but I refuse your gesture. It's something for commoners, not high priestesses." 'Okay, I refused very calmly.'
"Really no point in trying to show pride when you were the one on the floor begging for forgiveness now is there?"
'FUCK! He's right. All my pride went into that apology. What do I do?' That's when another little voice said 'Just give him the damn hug! It's just a hug. Cmon, you know you want to~' She finally decided to do. "Okay." She blushed as red as a beat when he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms her. A sudden warmth washed over her body. She put her arms around him and felt bliss. His gentleness, his warmth, every fiber of his being was just wonderful. She never wanted to let go. But he did. He released her and pulled her away.
"Alright. I think it's time for me to go. I'm tired."
'What? H-how can he just do something like that. Hold me in his arms then let go? I don't understand. Didn't he feel the same that I did? Or is this common for him? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!' Her body yearned for his embrace, she wanted to be held in his arms. Why? Why why WHY!? What was she feeling!?
Zeke patted his leg and the werecat followed behind him and then clung to his leg. He turned toward Vfestiri and said "You shouldn't judge people from what they are. Judge them by what they do. Sometimes 'commoners' are some of the strongest people. Try not to underestimate us. Understand?"
Vfestiri nodded and Zeke turned and walked out. Vfestiri turned and collapsed onto the bed, burying her head in her pillow and screaming. She had left her roost at the top of the filthy pile known as society and fell into a pile of disgraceful lust-filled creatures. Her heart yearned for Zeke. But why? Why would it? He changed so much in such a short period of time. She feared him but now she loved him. She suddenly felt the urge to bed him. The voice in her head seemed to make blissful sounds at the thought of bearing his child, holding each other on cold nights and walking down the street while he places a hand on her hip and held her close. She wanted him to hold her in his arms and kiss her, their bodies becoming one. But why? WHY?!
*****
Nezquitala was dreaming. She was in the middle of a great battle. She felt alive as she cut down members of the Order. Beside her stood the man she loved, clad in full plate armor. A cape flowing behind him, his armor shining in the sunlight. He gives her a look, one of his eyes showed through his helmet, he nods and they both charge in seperate directions, obliterating all in their path. This dream was a memory. She knew it was. She just enjoyed it. From back when she and the previous Demon Lord fought side by side. She took on her younger form because she enjoyed being like his younger sister. When the battle was at an end, they both walked toward each other and held each other in their arms. Laughing and smiling at their victory. The Demon Lord stood and looked proudly out on the battle field, seeing the Mamono gather up any live ones to take as trophies. That's when he heard a ruckus, one of the live ones had escaped, grabbed a sword, and threw it at Nezquitala. She was transfixed by the Demon Lord and did not repond fast enough to dodge. It impaled. But it was not her blood that was spilled. The Demon Lord knelt in front of her, the sword through his gut. She was confused. This never happened. This wasn't what happened. That's when his helmet fell off. It was not the previous Demon Lord. It was Zeke. Zeke did not seem harmed. Just angry. Very angry. His eyes gave a dark glow. He stood up straight, removed the sword from his chest, looked at the man, and charged him, slicing him in half. Nezquitala woke up and panted. Why was Zeke in her dream? Was it because of what happened earlier. She did not know. But she did know that Zeke was kind of like the old Demon King. He was considerate and kind, yet powerful and merciless. She decided to think of it tommorow and fell back asleep.
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Zeke made it to his room. He opened the door and strolled inside, his mind in blissful joy that he was able to make nice-nice with Vfestiri. The Werecat still clung to his leg happily. He looked down and said "I think I'll call you Miyu." She looked up at him and smiled, rubbing her head against him. She then hopped off and jumped onto a comfy chair nearby, getting comfy and falling asleep quickly. Zeke just strolled over to his bed and got under the covers, feeling warm and fuzzy under the nice warm comforter. (That's right. He doesn't sleep on the comforter like most people do. He sleeps under it) Thrn he could feel something wiggling around in his bed. 'Aw. Miyu~ came to sleep. How adorable.' he thought to himself. He closed his eyes only to feel her head rest upon his crotch. 'Meh. Nothing too serious. Cats do it all the time.' That's when he felt his underwear being removed. 'Now THAT is not normal!' He then threw off the covers only to see and grew circle floating above a head with black hair. Black wings protruded from her back and she had purple skin. She looks up at Zeke and smirks as she removes his cock.
"What a nice big one you have. Even for a human~ I'm going to enjoy this~"
"Woah woah hey! Who the fuck are you?"
"Anjo. You remember me right?"
"I uhh-"
Thats when he heard footsteps as someone bust into his room. The person, having a little white nightgown and a golden halo above her head, flew foward and knocked "Anjo" off of Zeke while squeeling "Noooooo!"
From this persons back was two white wings. She was the exact same size as Anjo and after several moments of bonking Anjo on the head she sat up and faced Zeke and said "Sorry about that. I'M Anjo."
"We are the same person ya know?" said the Dark Angel, who the other Anjo then kicked off the bed.
"YOU ARE NOTHIN LIKE ME!"
"I'm just a creation of your inner desires. How we were seperated I'll never know."
Zeke was frustrated by their arguing and said "I DON'T CARE WHO IS WHAT! JUST TELL ME WHY THERE ARE TWO ANGELS IN MY ROOM SO I CAN SLEEP!"
The two Anjos were surprised by Zeke's yelling. The white Anjo then cleared her throat and said "Well, you see. I am Anjo. She is also Anjo. I was the one who came down and...k-ki..."
"She is the one who kissed you."
Anjo blushed darkly after Dark Anjo said that. "It was a necessary measure! I had to do it in order to transfer my power. Stupid Demon Realm influence!"
Needless to say, Zeke was confused. "Why did you have to kiss me?"
"It's long and complicated and I don't want to go into details," said Anjo.
"So why are there two of you?"
Dark Anjo spoke up. "Because when she transfered her power into you, she absorbed some of your dark energy. Which began to corrupt her but before it could do that she was able to seperate it from her, and then I formed from what she seperated. Course I took some of her power thus giving me her form. And of course some of my power stayed in her. Which caused a small transformation in her."
"Don't say it."
"Well I wasn't going to until you reminded me. She was mast-"
She was immediately tackled and knocked out by Anjo shouting "NUUUUUUU~!!!!" She panted as Dark Anjo layed on the floor unconcious. She then began dragging her out. "Please forgive us for disturbing you. Goodnight." She closed the door after she left.
Zeke stared at the door for a moment and turned back to the bed. He slowly got back into the bed and fell asleep.
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This was a short chapter but it was basically just for reintroducing Anjo. Chapter 9 may take a while for me due to it being mostly fighting. Thnx for reading and look foward to your feedback.
"What a nice big one you have. Even for a human~ I'm going to enjoy this~"
"Woah woah hey! Who the fuck are you?"
"Anjo. You remember me right?"
"I uhh-"
Thats when he heard footsteps as someone bust into his room. The person, having a little white nightgown and a golden halo above her head, flew foward and knocked "Anjo" off of Zeke while squeeling "Noooooo!"
From this persons back was two white wings. She was the exact same size as Anjo and after several moments of bonking Anjo on the head she sat up and faced Zeke and said "Sorry about that. I'M Anjo."
"We are the same person ya know?" said the Dark Angel, who the other Anjo then kicked off the bed.
"YOU ARE NOTHIN LIKE ME!"
"I'm just a creation of your inner desires. How we were seperated I'll never know."
Zeke was frustrated by their arguing and said "I DON'T CARE WHO IS WHAT! JUST TELL ME WHY THERE ARE TWO ANGELS IN MY ROOM SO I CAN SLEEP!"
The two Anjos were surprised by Zeke's yelling. The white Anjo then cleared her throat and said "Well, you see. I am Anjo. She is also Anjo. I was the one who came down and...k-ki..."
"She is the one who kissed you."
Anjo blushed darkly after Dark Anjo said that. "It was a necessary measure! I had to do it in order to transfer my power. Stupid Demon Realm influence!"
Needless to say, Zeke was confused. "Why did you have to kiss me?"
"It's long and complicated and I don't want to go into details," said Anjo.
"So why are there two of you?"
Dark Anjo spoke up. "Because when she transfered her power into you, she absorbed some of your dark energy. Which began to corrupt her but before it could do that she was able to seperate it from her, and then I formed from what she seperated. Course I took some of her power thus giving me her form. And of course some of my power stayed in her. Which caused a small transformation in her."
"Don't say it."
"Well I wasn't going to until you reminded me. She was mast-"
She was immediately tackled and knocked out by Anjo shouting "NUUUUUUU~!!!!" She panted as Dark Anjo layed on the floor unconcious. She then began dragging her out. "Please forgive us for disturbing you. Goodnight." She closed the door after she left.
Zeke stared at the door for a moment and turned back to the bed. He slowly got back into the bed and fell asleep.
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This was a short chapter but it was basically just for reintroducing Anjo. Chapter 9 may take a while for me due to it being mostly fighting. Thnx for reading and look foward to your feedback.
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Zeke awoke after sunlight shown through the window. He rubbed his eyes and got up, holding up his hand to get the sun out of his eyes. This room was made to have it's own alarm clock. The sun shown completely on the bed. The sun had just risen and he was actually used to waking up earlier than this to work out in the field. His body would actually wake itself up normally, so why did he only wake after the sun came up. Then he realized something. That is a very nice bed. "Stupid comfortable beds. Gonna end up making me lazy. I don't like sleeping in," he said to no one in particular. He saw a robe sitting on chair next to the door. He picked it up and knew immediately is was made by some of the finest Arachne web. He once bought some Arachne-made clothing during his trip to Zipangu off of the Jurogumo trader. Nice woman. Tried to try her luck with Zeke, course he rejected her because he had Luna waiting for him. Zeke frowned after thinking about Luna and became temporarily depressed, but he shook his head and said to himself "No. The past is the past. I can't have depressing thoughts cloud my train of thought. I have to focus on the present and future. She's gone and there's nothing I can do." He sighed and tied his robe around him. "Think happy thoughts." He then pictured himself under a cherry blossom tree in a field, small fuzzy animals gathering around him, Miyu sleeping in his lap. This cheered Zeke up. But his mood still wasn't great. He still remembered what he did to Anastasia.
Zeke began walking down the hall. He left the door open a crack so Miyu can get out. He passed several Succubus maids who bowed to him and said "Good morning Master." Zeke gave them a nervous wave and smile. He wasn't used to being called that obviously. The maids giggled and kept walking.
'This sucks. I don't like being called that.' He then passed two Dullahan who quickly moved to opposite sides of the hall and stood at attention.
"Good morning my Lord." the Dullahans said.
Zeke sighed and said "Look, you can be more relaxed around me. I'm not too fond of formalities."
"No can do sir," one of the Dullahan said.
Zeke smiled and said in a commanding way "I command you to leave out formalities when speaking to me."
The Dullahan were shocked by this command. One of them stuttered "B-but my Lord."
"You wouldn't want to disobey your King now would you? Just call me Zeke from now on." Thinking they understood, Zeke kept walking.
"Very well Lord Zeke."
Zeke quickly turned and gave her an evil look.
"Y-YES ZEKE!" Just from saying his name alone somewhat flustered the Dullahan. Zeke began walking again. The other Dullahan giggled at her comrade who just kept walking.
Zeke turned back to the Dullahan and said "Make sure you spread the word okay?" The Dullahan turned back and bowed then turned back and kept walking.
He then passed a Lizardman who quickly got on a knee and bowed. Zeke sighed and walker up to her. The Lizardman, thinking she did something wrong braced for her punishment. She felt a hand be placed on her head and she was pulled up. 'Oh Goddess. What is going to do to me?' But she was not lifted into the air, just onto her feet. She looked at Zeke who removed his hand. She thought 'He must not like it when soldiers bow like that.' She then simply stood at attention. 'I tried to show a bit of humility unlike those damn Dullahan.' Then Zeke grabbed her shoulders and immediately was in her face. She was shocked. 'Oh Goddess. My King is so close. I-I could just lean in and our lips would touch. Could he have found me worthy of such a thing? Oh Goddess what should I do?' Then she felt her shoulders be pushed down into a more relaxed position. Zeke began altering her stance into more relaxed and informal positions. He moved her arms of her sides and spread her legs slightly.
He pat her head when he was done and said "No more formalities. Relax. Understand. This is a direct order from your King. Now spread the word." He then kept walking. The Lizardman, once Zeke was out of sight, then collapsed onto the ground.
'Stupid me.' The Lizardman thought and just kept walking.
Zeke passed by several rooms and thought to himself 'Ya know, this might not be so bad.' But he didn't know what he would have to go through in a few minutes.
As he walked through the halls, he realized something. 'FUCK! I'M LOST AGAIN!' But a shining ray of hope came through the halls. Amethyst came strolling down. She saw him and ran up.
"Lord Zeke!"
"Just Zeke Amy."
"What?"
"Just call me Zeke. I'm not too fond of formalities like that."
Amythest became flustered. "I-I am not worthy of such a priviledge Lord Zeke."
"Hey! Just a few weeks ago, I was just a farmer. I am not going to be used to such formalities for quite a while. Understand? Now I am ordering you to be rid of formalities when you speak to me."
"Y-yes Zeke."
"That's better."
"Oh. I was just looking for you. We need you in the training room."
"Training room? Can't I eat first? I'm starved."
"They have food waiting for you."
"Oh. Alright then. Take me there please."
"Very well."
Amythest led Zeke through the halls.
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Anastasia was sitting in a corner of the training room. The room was very large and most of the guards were in there. Though there were easily over several hundred guards, there was still room to move about. Anastasia was regretting what she did the previous night. To charm the Lord in his weakened state, when he was most vulnerable. She deserved worse than what he left her with. 'I wish he punished me more. Perhaps he'll come in and beat me. Oh Goddess, what if wants me dead? What if he wants me as a practice dummy. I DON'T LIKE PAIN!' Her head was throbbing. 'But wait. Why did he run last night? He left and he seemed to be horrified. Why?' Millions of questions buzzed through her head. Then she looked in front of her and on the other side of the small table was a large sword towering above a small patch of light blue hair. "Nezquitala?"
"Yeah. You look down right now. Something wrong?"
"No. Nothing is wrong." She blushed darkly, trying to hide her face but realizing Nezquitala couldn't see it anyway it didn't matter. But she still stealthily slipped her coushin over to her. A small growl could be heard from Nezquitala took the coushin and propped herself up.
"T-thanks."
"Don't mention it." Nezquitala's little problem was humorous to Anastasia and she somewhat cheered up.
"Are you sure nothing is wrong?"
"Yes I'm sure."
"Listen, I have known you for a very long time. I know when something is wrong. I'm your friend. You can tell me anything."
Anastasia, realizing she was right, decided to tell her the story.
..............
Nezquitala looked at Anastasia and said "So you practically forced yourself on him?"
"Yes." Anastasia blushed.
"And now you think that he's going to try to kill you by using you as a training dummy in today's training?"
"Yes."
"I may not know him very well, but in reality what you did was not as bad as what Vfestiri did and she just told me he had apologized to HER last night."
"R-really?"
"Yep."
"So there's hope?" Anastasia asked with some joy.
"Of course. At least you tried to apologize honestly after you tried right?"
"Yes."
"Well let's just hope he isn't in a bad mood."
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As Zeke was getting close to the door to the training room, some glass broke and he saw in front of him one of those evil Incubi.
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The people inside the training hall heard some ruckus and were shocked to see the Incubi smashed through the door by an angry looking Zeke. As the Incubus try to stand and get his blade ready he was surprised to see Zeke's hatchet flying toward his skull.
Zeke began walking down the hall. He left the door open a crack so Miyu can get out. He passed several Succubus maids who bowed to him and said "Good morning Master." Zeke gave them a nervous wave and smile. He wasn't used to being called that obviously. The maids giggled and kept walking.
'This sucks. I don't like being called that.' He then passed two Dullahan who quickly moved to opposite sides of the hall and stood at attention.
"Good morning my Lord." the Dullahans said.
Zeke sighed and said "Look, you can be more relaxed around me. I'm not too fond of formalities."
"No can do sir," one of the Dullahan said.
Zeke smiled and said in a commanding way "I command you to leave out formalities when speaking to me."
The Dullahan were shocked by this command. One of them stuttered "B-but my Lord."
"You wouldn't want to disobey your King now would you? Just call me Zeke from now on." Thinking they understood, Zeke kept walking.
"Very well Lord Zeke."
Zeke quickly turned and gave her an evil look.
"Y-YES ZEKE!" Just from saying his name alone somewhat flustered the Dullahan. Zeke began walking again. The other Dullahan giggled at her comrade who just kept walking.
Zeke turned back to the Dullahan and said "Make sure you spread the word okay?" The Dullahan turned back and bowed then turned back and kept walking.
He then passed a Lizardman who quickly got on a knee and bowed. Zeke sighed and walker up to her. The Lizardman, thinking she did something wrong braced for her punishment. She felt a hand be placed on her head and she was pulled up. 'Oh Goddess. What is going to do to me?' But she was not lifted into the air, just onto her feet. She looked at Zeke who removed his hand. She thought 'He must not like it when soldiers bow like that.' She then simply stood at attention. 'I tried to show a bit of humility unlike those damn Dullahan.' Then Zeke grabbed her shoulders and immediately was in her face. She was shocked. 'Oh Goddess. My King is so close. I-I could just lean in and our lips would touch. Could he have found me worthy of such a thing? Oh Goddess what should I do?' Then she felt her shoulders be pushed down into a more relaxed position. Zeke began altering her stance into more relaxed and informal positions. He moved her arms of her sides and spread her legs slightly.
He pat her head when he was done and said "No more formalities. Relax. Understand. This is a direct order from your King. Now spread the word." He then kept walking. The Lizardman, once Zeke was out of sight, then collapsed onto the ground.
'Stupid me.' The Lizardman thought and just kept walking.
Zeke passed by several rooms and thought to himself 'Ya know, this might not be so bad.' But he didn't know what he would have to go through in a few minutes.
As he walked through the halls, he realized something. 'FUCK! I'M LOST AGAIN!' But a shining ray of hope came through the halls. Amethyst came strolling down. She saw him and ran up.
"Lord Zeke!"
"Just Zeke Amy."
"What?"
"Just call me Zeke. I'm not too fond of formalities like that."
Amythest became flustered. "I-I am not worthy of such a priviledge Lord Zeke."
"Hey! Just a few weeks ago, I was just a farmer. I am not going to be used to such formalities for quite a while. Understand? Now I am ordering you to be rid of formalities when you speak to me."
"Y-yes Zeke."
"That's better."
"Oh. I was just looking for you. We need you in the training room."
"Training room? Can't I eat first? I'm starved."
"They have food waiting for you."
"Oh. Alright then. Take me there please."
"Very well."
Amythest led Zeke through the halls.
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Anastasia was sitting in a corner of the training room. The room was very large and most of the guards were in there. Though there were easily over several hundred guards, there was still room to move about. Anastasia was regretting what she did the previous night. To charm the Lord in his weakened state, when he was most vulnerable. She deserved worse than what he left her with. 'I wish he punished me more. Perhaps he'll come in and beat me. Oh Goddess, what if wants me dead? What if he wants me as a practice dummy. I DON'T LIKE PAIN!' Her head was throbbing. 'But wait. Why did he run last night? He left and he seemed to be horrified. Why?' Millions of questions buzzed through her head. Then she looked in front of her and on the other side of the small table was a large sword towering above a small patch of light blue hair. "Nezquitala?"
"Yeah. You look down right now. Something wrong?"
"No. Nothing is wrong." She blushed darkly, trying to hide her face but realizing Nezquitala couldn't see it anyway it didn't matter. But she still stealthily slipped her coushin over to her. A small growl could be heard from Nezquitala took the coushin and propped herself up.
"T-thanks."
"Don't mention it." Nezquitala's little problem was humorous to Anastasia and she somewhat cheered up.
"Are you sure nothing is wrong?"
"Yes I'm sure."
"Listen, I have known you for a very long time. I know when something is wrong. I'm your friend. You can tell me anything."
Anastasia, realizing she was right, decided to tell her the story.
..............
Nezquitala looked at Anastasia and said "So you practically forced yourself on him?"
"Yes." Anastasia blushed.
"And now you think that he's going to try to kill you by using you as a training dummy in today's training?"
"Yes."
"I may not know him very well, but in reality what you did was not as bad as what Vfestiri did and she just told me he had apologized to HER last night."
"R-really?"
"Yep."
"So there's hope?" Anastasia asked with some joy.
"Of course. At least you tried to apologize honestly after you tried right?"
"Yes."
"Well let's just hope he isn't in a bad mood."
******
As Zeke was getting close to the door to the training room, some glass broke and he saw in front of him one of those evil Incubi.
******
The people inside the training hall heard some ruckus and were shocked to see the Incubi smashed through the door by an angry looking Zeke. As the Incubus try to stand and get his blade ready he was surprised to see Zeke's hatchet flying toward his skull.
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Everybody in the training hall was amazed by Zeke's brutality. His anger was built up for some reason. Something snapped in him again. This wasn't like before. Something was aggrivating him. But what it was, even Zeke didn't know. He was hacking away at the Incubus, mutilating the corpse shouting "DO NOT FUCK WITH ME ASSHOLE! I AM NOT IN THE BEST OF MOODS!!"
He lodged the hatchet into the corpses skull once more and began tearing out the insides. He began slamming his fist into the shattered ribs and pulling out the lungs. He finally removed the hatchet, lopped off the head, tossed it into the air and kicked it like a soccer ball into the nearby wall with such strength that it exploded on impact.
He panted, standing over the corpse, covered in blood. He sniffed the air and noticed the smell of food. He saw a Holstaurus holding a tray that was meant for him. He dropped the hatchet and began walking toward her. Needless to say she was nervous. She could barely move and the others were all in shock and really didn't want to get in his way. He got close to her and leaned down to sniff the food which, only just now being realized by the Holstaurus, was right below her breasts, so now it just looked like he was sniffing her breasts, which made the Holstaurus somewhat bothered. His hot breath trailed in between her cleavage and over her breasts. The demonic energy made it feel stimulating and she began panting.
"Fooood," he said in a hungry tone as he opened his mouth with his tongue hanging out. His hands came up and to the Holstaurus (and everybody else in the room) it looked like he was just going to take what he wanted from her breasts. She braced herself and was willing to let her King have his way with her. But in a quick motion and a flawless change of tone, he took the tray into his hands, stood upright, smiled warmly at the Holstaurus and said "Thank you." then walked over to a nearby table and chowed down with a big happy grin on his face, like everything that just happened never DID happen. The Holstaurus practically collapsed on the floor, but luckily was caught by her sister Minotaurus. (Yes, her sister is a Minotaurus. Do not question me.) She was in shock and felt extremely dizzy.
The most affected by the commotion however was Anastasia who became a nervous wreck. She had grabbed hold of Nezquitala and began crying "Wahhh! I don't want to die Nezquitala! I am willing to take a punishment but that was horrifing!" Luckily she was far back so hardly anyone could hear her over their own frightened conversations. Zeke was too blissful in the delicious food.
"Relax Ana. I don't think he's gonna kill you."
"Y-you're right." Anastasia calmed down a bit. Then an image popped into her head. "What if he demotes me and turns me into his own personal slave!? He'll do terrible things to me every day! I may be a Succubus but even I don't like burning wax! What if he fills me to the point of bursting with his cum and makes me walk on all fours like a bitch in heat around town? I don't like humiliation! He'll put me through all sorts of terrible things. He might just walk me into town while I'm straddled on his cock. Though that might not be so bad at first, what if he makes cock have sharp barbs on it a pointed tip? He can do that ya know! He can grow small teethy mouths on it too. They'll slowly drive me insane to where all my thoughts will be focused on nothing but his cock. All day and all night I'll crave his thick cock in every hole on my body. Each of my meals will be nothing but his cum! Each and every single day will be filled with nothing but sexual torture. And when he's bored with me he'll just toss me aside! I won't be able to take it. My body will have become addicted to his and eventually I'll die from withdrawl! NO! I don't want that! You have to help me Nezquitala! Please!"
When Anastasia looked up at Nez, (she was grabbing onto her.) she saw a goofy grin on her face with a little bit of drool sliding down. Between her legs was a little wet spot. Anastasia slapped her and said "You're not helping! I'm in a crisis here and you're daydreaming!" That's when she noticed the room was quiet. Everybody was looking at her with wide eyes. "W-wha-huh? H-how long were you listening?"
Zeke's voice came from behind her "Long enough."
Anastasia shreeked and fell to the ground. Zeke had finished eating decided to confront her. "W-w-w-wha- Lord Zeke!?" Anastasia continued stuttering. "W-w-what do you need Mi'lord?"
"Well. I just came over here to apologize and-"
"I wil accept any and all punishment Mi'lord! Just please don't toss me aside like a-....what?"
"Yeah. I came to apologize. I almost did something I would regret for the rest of my life but almost choking you to death. So I-"
He was interrupted by Anastasia glomping him in pure joy. "THANK YOU SIRE! YOU ARE A MOST WONDERFUL AND KIND LORD AND YPU HAVE MY UTMOST LOYALTY TO YOU FOR AS LONG AS I BREATHE! IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU EVER NEED I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE! If you need release, then take your pent up desires on me! Do what you want with my body! I am YOURS!" She sat on her knees for a few moments then looked up at him. Zeke had stepped back away from her about ten steps and had an extremely confused look on his face. Ana then stood up and brushed herself off and clearing her throat. "Ahem. I mean," she got down on one knee and said "Please forgive me Lord. I did not mean to do that. I was worried about your rage and feared for my own life. Whatever punishments you may have in mind I will take them."
"Well yeah I forgave you but I still have to punish you."
"Whatever I must do than let it be."
"Well first I want you to stand up and turn around."
Almost immediately Ana was facing away from Zeke and stood at attention. Zeke came up behind her and slowly lifted her dress. This made everybody in the room stare intently at the scene, anticipating the outcome. Zeke revealed Anastasia's perfect, round, tight ass for all to see. He slowly trailed his on it, making Anastasia blush and somewhat moan. He trailed his fingers at the base of her leathery tail which made her jump a little and moan louder. Everybody had a bit of drool tailing down their chin. Nezquitala was still fantasizing from before. Then Zeke slowly pulled down Anastasia's panties, making her stick her butt out more, waiting for Zeke to do with her ass as he pleased. He ran his finger up her spine, making her shiver, and tapped her slightly and said "Now bend over a bit." She did so and panted, waiting. That's when she felt a pain as he pulled tight on her tail and raised his palm high into the air and dropped it on her ass. SLAP!! This made everyone in the room cringe as a loud yelp of pain came from Anastasia's lips as he repeatedly spanked her.
SLAP!!
"Ah!"
SLAP!!
"Oh!"
SLAP!
"Ow!"
SLAP!!
"Ahn~!"
After another minute full of spanking, he released Anastasia's tail and she collapsed on the floor, her read ass pointing up in the air, both her mouth and pussy drooling on the floor.
"ALRIGHT! Vfestiri! You're next!"
In the back of the croud a "Noooo!" Could be heard. Zeke smirked and headed straight to the noise. Vfestiri wanted to keep her honor and not get into such a revealing situation but a Minotaurus held her tight. "Just go with it Mi'Lady. I'm sorry." Eventually Zeke got to her and a circle formed around him as he gave her the same punishment.
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I will admit, I had fun coming up with ways for Anastasia to freak out. Remember, she may be a Succubus, but that doesn't mean she likes pain.
He lodged the hatchet into the corpses skull once more and began tearing out the insides. He began slamming his fist into the shattered ribs and pulling out the lungs. He finally removed the hatchet, lopped off the head, tossed it into the air and kicked it like a soccer ball into the nearby wall with such strength that it exploded on impact.
He panted, standing over the corpse, covered in blood. He sniffed the air and noticed the smell of food. He saw a Holstaurus holding a tray that was meant for him. He dropped the hatchet and began walking toward her. Needless to say she was nervous. She could barely move and the others were all in shock and really didn't want to get in his way. He got close to her and leaned down to sniff the food which, only just now being realized by the Holstaurus, was right below her breasts, so now it just looked like he was sniffing her breasts, which made the Holstaurus somewhat bothered. His hot breath trailed in between her cleavage and over her breasts. The demonic energy made it feel stimulating and she began panting.
"Fooood," he said in a hungry tone as he opened his mouth with his tongue hanging out. His hands came up and to the Holstaurus (and everybody else in the room) it looked like he was just going to take what he wanted from her breasts. She braced herself and was willing to let her King have his way with her. But in a quick motion and a flawless change of tone, he took the tray into his hands, stood upright, smiled warmly at the Holstaurus and said "Thank you." then walked over to a nearby table and chowed down with a big happy grin on his face, like everything that just happened never DID happen. The Holstaurus practically collapsed on the floor, but luckily was caught by her sister Minotaurus. (Yes, her sister is a Minotaurus. Do not question me.) She was in shock and felt extremely dizzy.
The most affected by the commotion however was Anastasia who became a nervous wreck. She had grabbed hold of Nezquitala and began crying "Wahhh! I don't want to die Nezquitala! I am willing to take a punishment but that was horrifing!" Luckily she was far back so hardly anyone could hear her over their own frightened conversations. Zeke was too blissful in the delicious food.
"Relax Ana. I don't think he's gonna kill you."
"Y-you're right." Anastasia calmed down a bit. Then an image popped into her head. "What if he demotes me and turns me into his own personal slave!? He'll do terrible things to me every day! I may be a Succubus but even I don't like burning wax! What if he fills me to the point of bursting with his cum and makes me walk on all fours like a bitch in heat around town? I don't like humiliation! He'll put me through all sorts of terrible things. He might just walk me into town while I'm straddled on his cock. Though that might not be so bad at first, what if he makes cock have sharp barbs on it a pointed tip? He can do that ya know! He can grow small teethy mouths on it too. They'll slowly drive me insane to where all my thoughts will be focused on nothing but his cock. All day and all night I'll crave his thick cock in every hole on my body. Each of my meals will be nothing but his cum! Each and every single day will be filled with nothing but sexual torture. And when he's bored with me he'll just toss me aside! I won't be able to take it. My body will have become addicted to his and eventually I'll die from withdrawl! NO! I don't want that! You have to help me Nezquitala! Please!"
When Anastasia looked up at Nez, (she was grabbing onto her.) she saw a goofy grin on her face with a little bit of drool sliding down. Between her legs was a little wet spot. Anastasia slapped her and said "You're not helping! I'm in a crisis here and you're daydreaming!" That's when she noticed the room was quiet. Everybody was looking at her with wide eyes. "W-wha-huh? H-how long were you listening?"
Zeke's voice came from behind her "Long enough."
Anastasia shreeked and fell to the ground. Zeke had finished eating decided to confront her. "W-w-w-wha- Lord Zeke!?" Anastasia continued stuttering. "W-w-what do you need Mi'lord?"
"Well. I just came over here to apologize and-"
"I wil accept any and all punishment Mi'lord! Just please don't toss me aside like a-....what?"
"Yeah. I came to apologize. I almost did something I would regret for the rest of my life but almost choking you to death. So I-"
He was interrupted by Anastasia glomping him in pure joy. "THANK YOU SIRE! YOU ARE A MOST WONDERFUL AND KIND LORD AND YPU HAVE MY UTMOST LOYALTY TO YOU FOR AS LONG AS I BREATHE! IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU EVER NEED I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE! If you need release, then take your pent up desires on me! Do what you want with my body! I am YOURS!" She sat on her knees for a few moments then looked up at him. Zeke had stepped back away from her about ten steps and had an extremely confused look on his face. Ana then stood up and brushed herself off and clearing her throat. "Ahem. I mean," she got down on one knee and said "Please forgive me Lord. I did not mean to do that. I was worried about your rage and feared for my own life. Whatever punishments you may have in mind I will take them."
"Well yeah I forgave you but I still have to punish you."
"Whatever I must do than let it be."
"Well first I want you to stand up and turn around."
Almost immediately Ana was facing away from Zeke and stood at attention. Zeke came up behind her and slowly lifted her dress. This made everybody in the room stare intently at the scene, anticipating the outcome. Zeke revealed Anastasia's perfect, round, tight ass for all to see. He slowly trailed his on it, making Anastasia blush and somewhat moan. He trailed his fingers at the base of her leathery tail which made her jump a little and moan louder. Everybody had a bit of drool tailing down their chin. Nezquitala was still fantasizing from before. Then Zeke slowly pulled down Anastasia's panties, making her stick her butt out more, waiting for Zeke to do with her ass as he pleased. He ran his finger up her spine, making her shiver, and tapped her slightly and said "Now bend over a bit." She did so and panted, waiting. That's when she felt a pain as he pulled tight on her tail and raised his palm high into the air and dropped it on her ass. SLAP!! This made everyone in the room cringe as a loud yelp of pain came from Anastasia's lips as he repeatedly spanked her.
SLAP!!
"Ah!"
SLAP!!
"Oh!"
SLAP!
"Ow!"
SLAP!!
"Ahn~!"
After another minute full of spanking, he released Anastasia's tail and she collapsed on the floor, her read ass pointing up in the air, both her mouth and pussy drooling on the floor.
"ALRIGHT! Vfestiri! You're next!"
In the back of the croud a "Noooo!" Could be heard. Zeke smirked and headed straight to the noise. Vfestiri wanted to keep her honor and not get into such a revealing situation but a Minotaurus held her tight. "Just go with it Mi'Lady. I'm sorry." Eventually Zeke got to her and a circle formed around him as he gave her the same punishment.
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I will admit, I had fun coming up with ways for Anastasia to freak out. Remember, she may be a Succubus, but that doesn't mean she likes pain.
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Vfestiri was laying on the floor in the same position as Anastasia: red ass, face down on the ground, but she didn't have much of a masochistic side so her pussy was clean. Zeke stood over her and clapped his hands together. "Okay! So....what was I originally supposed to be here for again? I forgot." Zeke gave a goofy smile with a scratch on the back of his head. A SLAP could be heard as Nezquitala came to her senses and facepalmed. Misodowra came from the crowd and walked toward Zeke.
With a smile she said "You were originally here to begin your training, but I can see," she gave a giggle as she saw Vfestiri and Anastasia being carried off to a nearby couch (why they have one couch in a massive training room even I don't know. Just throwing it in) "It appears that you've been doing some 'training' of some other kind. Keep that up Mi'Lord and you'll have the both of them as loyal slaves~" Misodowra licked her lips.
Zeke replied "Well I don't want them as slaves. I just had to teach them a lesson about...well, I don't want to talk about it right now, but anyway that was the best way to do it without becoming enraged and actually hurting them. But it still did kind of hurt me." Zeke gave a grin as he raised his hand that he spanked them with, it was red and stinging like all Hell.
A voice could be heard along with a buzzing noise as Sisumat flew above the crowd and landed in the middle and said "Ha! You certainly showed them what for huh? Ha!"
"Well it certainly was quite a sight." said Lilo as she stepped on the heads of those in the crowd, all barely noticing her weight. "Never saw those two in such a vulnerable position before. Very entertaining. Though I have to ask, what did Anastasia do?" Anastasia's ears picked as she quickly regained consciousness. "She should have enough respect for you not to try anything with you. She practically adores you by how she was talking to us yesterday. It's not like she would try to charm you or anything." Immediately Anastasia became depressed and ashamed. "She didn't do that did she?"
Zeke did not answer. He wanted to deny it but he couldn't think of anything that would help Anastasia. Lilo realized what happened. "Oh no. ANA! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"
Anastasia was on the floor and pounding her fist into the ground repeatedly. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me! It's just, he was so handsome! So strong! His power was overwhelming during the battle yesterday! I couldn't help myself!" The floor began to crack and shatter. Zeke tried to fix the situation.
"It's okay! I've met a few Succubi in my life. I know how they think. They would tell me how they were taught to try to be less forceful with human males, seeing as how you all are trying to bring peace and understanding and all that, but they told me how they held back out of respect for me. They-" that's when Zeke realized what he just said. A cry of sheer woe came from Anastasia's lips as she cried out.
"Oh woe is me! I am at a lower level than those common Succubi! Damn me! I can't take it anymore!" Anastasia had pulled out a knife and was about to stab herself but others were able to stop her.
"Well actually," Zeke tried to assure. "They told me they hadn't fed for days and were close to just jumping me. But my brother was more than willing to take them." Zeke became depressed again after the thought of his brother. "Great. Alright Zeke. Get it together. He's gone. Nothing you can do. Life goes on and all that." He breathed deep and sighed. "Okay I'm better now. So when can we start?"
Anastasia had calmed down and said "You're training can start whenever you're ready. Just point me at what or who I'm supposed to train with." That's when he heard a loud footstep. He looked behind him and there stood a very tall Minotaur. Over he shoulder she held a large axe. Her breasts were covered by what seemed to be a belt.
She smirked and looked down at him and said "Sorry Mi'Lord. Can't go easy on ya."
Zeke barely dodged her first swing as it came down aimed at his skull. He quickly jumped back and fell on his ass. "HOLY SHIT! You trying to kill me!?" The circle around them had spread out...a lot. The Minotaur lifted her axe and charged Zeke, bringing her axe up in a vertical slash. Before she could bring it up though, Zeke, using speed he didn't know he had, put his foot on her arm and leaped over her. As she turned around using a horizontal slash, Zeke ducked under it like it was Chicken Limbo and fell on his back. Unfortunately she was able to start bringing her axe down on him. He didn't have time to dodge. Zeke closed his eyes. After a moment, he realized something. He wasn't dead. He opened his eyes to see both his hands, using reflexes and massive amounts of strength, stopped the axe by clasping it in between his palms. Though he was shocked, along with everyone else, he took the opportunity to push it off to the side and shove his foot in her face. She reeled back and gripped her nose in pain. Zeke ran for it. He heard a WHIR WHIR WHIR as he turned and saw the axe hurdling towards him. He ducked under it and saw her charging him, ready to ram him into the wall and pin him. So he brought his fist back and at the last second he thrust it onto the top of her head. This hurt both Zeke and the Minotaur. The force of the punch actually knocked her out but the momentum made her keep pushing. Zeke stood there for a moment and saw her hands hang down limp. He removed his fist and she fell to the ground, unconscious.
There were cheers from the crowd. Zeke was dumbstruck. "How in the Hell did I do that?" Nezquitala came toward Zeke, clapping.
"Good work. You defeated the mighty bull at it's own game. Very nice. Good hit."
"Yeah but now I think my...hold up." Zeke looked at his hand. It wasn't broken or hurt in anyway. Not even a bruise. "The Hell."
"Isn't it obvious? Thanks to the angelic powers inside of you, you can heal much faster than anyone else can. Now then, ON TO THE NEXT ONE!" Zeke heard some quiet footsteps and saw in front of him...a large mouse. She wasn't wearing the usual cheese-looking pants, but what appeared to be a ninja outfit, a mask covering her face. Zeke was practically amused, but at the same time worried.
"I have to fight her?"
"That's right." Misodowra replied.
"But look at her." He bent down and pinched her mouse ears. "She's adorable." He could tell she was blushing under the mask as she averted her eyes. But did he sense a bit of rage? Either way, he ignored it and said "So what does she do?"
"She's mostly for espionage and stuff like that. But this match isn't about anything like that. It's to teach you not to underestimate your oponents."
"What do you AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!!" Zeke was sent flying with a quick kick to the back of his ribs. He smashed into the wall on the opposite side of the room. "Holy shit! Tough little bugger, huh?"
The Large Mouse quickly ran towards him leaping and dashing through the air like there was nothing to it. His eyes somehow saw her movements though. He knew she wasn't slow after seeing everybody else trying to follow her movements except for the High Mistresses who were following her with ease. Just before she was able to throw a kick at Zeke's head, he dashed to the left. She reached into a pouch she had and threw a few a few shuriken. He dodge most of them but had to block another from getting in his eye. It instead entered his hand. It hurt like a fucking bitch. "Ow! Fuck!" The Large Mouse quickly rushed toward him. Though in his pain, his senses quickened. His adreneline was at it's peak. He saw her movements much easier and could've sworn she slowed down. He made a fist in his hand and one of the points in the shuriken pointed out between his fingers. He made an overhead hook as she leaped to knee him in the face, driving his fist into her stomach. Luckily the cloth she was wearing was tough and hard to penetrate with a blade. She fell to the ground unconscious. Another set of cheers could be heard.
"NEXT!" Nezquitala shouted. Out came a trio: a Dullahan, an Orc, and a Lizardman. The Lizardman used dual blades while the Dullahan used a large broadsword. The Orc of course using a large hammer.
"Little unfair don't you think?"
"Time to learn how to deal with multiple enemies. Go!"
The Lizardman dashed to the left while the Dullahan went to the right. The Orc charged from the middle and they surrounded him. As they charged him he simply waited. Once they were close enough, he leaped into the air and used the Orc as a springboard. She almost fell over and was almost cut up by the charging Lizardman, who just collided with the Dullahan. Zeke landed further away and saw their collision and couldn't help but chuckle. The got up and immediately got ready again. First the Dullahan charged him, slashing at him with her blade. Though she was quick, the adreneline flowing through Zeke's body allowed him to dodge with ease. He ducked, rolled, and leaped over each of her strikes. She was fast, but it was still a large blade and could not also be seen easily because of it's size, but heard as it WHOOSHED through the air. The direction and the angle was seen easily. How was he doing this. Then he heard something. Something unnoticed until now. Someone telling him what to do. The direction of the slashes and the speed of the slash. He could hear it clearly now. In fact, there were two voices. One sounded calm and describing the slash while the other was loud and telling him how to dodge it. He almost knew who these voices were. He could picture them in fact. He actually lost control of his body, or better, he gave them control. He was suddenly in an empty space. He saw someone sitting down in front of him. He looked exactly like Zeke but his eyes were pure black. He had a large grin on his face. "Hello there. What's new?"
Feeling rather calm around this person, Zeke responded "Pretty good I guess. Almost got chopped in half earlier but other than that pretty good."
"Almost got your ass kicked by that Mouse girl huh?"
"Yep. I could've sworn there were two of you in here."
"Oh yeah. He's controlling your body right now. Just tiring out the Dullahan right now. So why are you here?"
"Just figuring out who's living inside my head."
"Well we can talk later. You've got shit to do."
Immediately Zeke was back in the Training Hall. He was shocked to see an overhead slash heading towards his head. It was slow though but the momentum was picking up. Instead of dodging however, he pushed it to the side and shoved his palm into the Dullahan's head, knocking it off. She bowed, picked up her head and walked away, but a smirk was seen on her face which signaled a trap. Zeke saw this and right behind the Dullahan was the Orc with the hammer over her head. She brought it down and Zeke dodged to the right. The hammer broke the floor and would've crushed him. As she swung in a horizontal strike, he ducked under it and out of the corner of his eye he saw the Minotaur's axe. He rushed to it and gripped the handle. It was stuck in the wall and he tugged on it. The Lizardman was right behind him and was about to cut him down when it came loose. He swung around and knocked both blades from her hands and sweep kicked her legs from under her. She knew she had lost and he could see the longing in her eyes when in the reflection of her eyes he saw the Orc coming behind him. He spun around and blocked her hammer with the axe, shattering it. He gave a swift kick in her gut and sent her back. He held the axe in his hand and then realized it was heavy. He was somehow lifting it though. This power was unknown to him. He could hear cheers inside his head and some high fives. He felt pretty joyous himself as cheers could be heard from the crowd. The Orc of course, being in her nature, bowed in front of Zeke and declared him her eternal master. He smacked his finger on her head and said "Shut it." and walked away from her. "I don't want a slave. I know how you Orcs work. If you insist on being my slave. I'll have no choice but to punish you. I refuse to take slaves."
"B-but there has to be some way I can serve you master. Please."
"Fine. But you will not refer to yourself as my slave."
"Then what shall I be called Mi'Lord?"
"Just call me Zeke. You shall be called....hmm...how about just a loyal bodyguard?"
"...." A smile came across her face. "Yes my Lord Zeke. I mean, yes Zeke. I will guard you with my life. This I swear."
"Also, find yourself a mate cause I really don't feel like sleeping with someone I don't love."
Her face showed disappointment, but she understood why. "Yes Zeke. I understand."
"Good. Now then. Go around and maybe patrol the area around the castle. Try to find a man that suits your tastes. I don't want to deal with you while you're in heat."
"Yes sir." The Orc obediently left the room, but not before giving another look back at Zeke, the look in her eyes was like the look someone gives to a person that they love but will never be loved by. A look of sorrow an longing. She left the room.
Zeke turned back to the crowd who were still cheering and some were reenacting his fight out of sheer wonder. Zeke was still suspicious that they went easy on him. He almost forgot about the axe in his hand. He saw that the Minotaur was being helped up by two other Minotaurs. He walked over and held out the axe. "I believe this is yours?"
She held out her hand but not in a taking manner. "Keep it. You've earned it. Plus you seem to handle it pretty well. It's my gift to you Mi'Lord for defeating me fair and square."
"Nah I couldn't. I feel like it wasn't fair with everyone going easy on me." He gave a grin but it shrunk after what one o the others said next.
"What are you talking about. Everyone you faced today gave everything they had. They were some of our best fighters actually. Other than the High Mistresses that is. And Nezquitala is the one who taught them too. Personal apprentices even. You defeated them yourself."
That's when it hit Zeke. It still wasn't a fair fight. Someone on the inside was helping him. Inside his head. Those two were helping him. But he felt now was not the best time to say it. They'd think he was insane. So he gripped the axe in his hand and said "Thank you." and walked away. He directed himself to the High Mistresses who were gathered around a table. The room began to empty with conversations of Zeke's fight and how they wish they were his wife or something like that. He didn't quite hear it. That's when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see the Lizardman he defeated.
"Uh. Lord Zeke?" She blushed a bright red but tried to keep a serious face.
"The answer is no."
"W-what?"
"No. I've met a few Lizardmen before. They told me about how they try to find strong husbands and whatnot. I will not take you as my wife because of reasons I do not wish to speak of. Now go, before I have to punish you for not following a direct order." He began to walk away and heard her footsteps following him.
"I will not sir."
"What was that?"
"I know the consequences. But I also know your pain. I swear I will ease your pain as your wife. So please! I beg of you to take me!"
That's when Zeke's heart began to hurt. He could tell that in her heart, this was not some simple instinct love. She actually truely loved him. He gripped the axe in his hand and said "I said NO!"
The High Mistresses saw what was happening but did not intervene. They knew he had to deal with this himself.
"Please Mi'Lord! Just give me a chance!"
"I SAID NO!" He spun around and brought the axe over his head and brought it down. She barely dodged it and stumbled back. Then she saw something she couldn't believe. Tears were running down his face. She knew she couldn't do anything for him now. But in her mind, she told herself to try for another time. Yes, another time. When he's well into his reign he will need a strong queen to stand by his side. Or at lease someone to keep him company. She would try then.
She stood and said "I understand Mi'Lord. I will go." And she did. Zeke's tears dried up. His heart felt at ease. Somehow she accepted it. He lifted the axe once more and walked to the High Mistresses.
"Ya know she would've made a good wife?" Lilo said.
"That she would. Loyal. Strong. Loving. Definitely a fine wife." Misodowra replied.
"I don't want to hear it." Zeke said grimmly. He turned toward Anastasia and said "So what's next huh?"
"I'm glad you asked. You see, there's a Dragon living up in the mountains in the South. We are trying to get her to join us here but we can't get any messengers there without going through the Order. We need you to go through and convince her to join us."
"And how am I supposed to do that?"
"Any way possible. Dragons respect strength, so I would go with beating her in a fight. But she's tough. But there are other ways I suppose. But you'll have to figure them out when you get there."
"Alrighty then. Just point me in the right direction."
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This felt like a long chapter to me -_- Took me a while that's for sure. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it.
With a smile she said "You were originally here to begin your training, but I can see," she gave a giggle as she saw Vfestiri and Anastasia being carried off to a nearby couch (why they have one couch in a massive training room even I don't know. Just throwing it in) "It appears that you've been doing some 'training' of some other kind. Keep that up Mi'Lord and you'll have the both of them as loyal slaves~" Misodowra licked her lips.
Zeke replied "Well I don't want them as slaves. I just had to teach them a lesson about...well, I don't want to talk about it right now, but anyway that was the best way to do it without becoming enraged and actually hurting them. But it still did kind of hurt me." Zeke gave a grin as he raised his hand that he spanked them with, it was red and stinging like all Hell.
A voice could be heard along with a buzzing noise as Sisumat flew above the crowd and landed in the middle and said "Ha! You certainly showed them what for huh? Ha!"
"Well it certainly was quite a sight." said Lilo as she stepped on the heads of those in the crowd, all barely noticing her weight. "Never saw those two in such a vulnerable position before. Very entertaining. Though I have to ask, what did Anastasia do?" Anastasia's ears picked as she quickly regained consciousness. "She should have enough respect for you not to try anything with you. She practically adores you by how she was talking to us yesterday. It's not like she would try to charm you or anything." Immediately Anastasia became depressed and ashamed. "She didn't do that did she?"
Zeke did not answer. He wanted to deny it but he couldn't think of anything that would help Anastasia. Lilo realized what happened. "Oh no. ANA! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"
Anastasia was on the floor and pounding her fist into the ground repeatedly. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me! It's just, he was so handsome! So strong! His power was overwhelming during the battle yesterday! I couldn't help myself!" The floor began to crack and shatter. Zeke tried to fix the situation.
"It's okay! I've met a few Succubi in my life. I know how they think. They would tell me how they were taught to try to be less forceful with human males, seeing as how you all are trying to bring peace and understanding and all that, but they told me how they held back out of respect for me. They-" that's when Zeke realized what he just said. A cry of sheer woe came from Anastasia's lips as she cried out.
"Oh woe is me! I am at a lower level than those common Succubi! Damn me! I can't take it anymore!" Anastasia had pulled out a knife and was about to stab herself but others were able to stop her.
"Well actually," Zeke tried to assure. "They told me they hadn't fed for days and were close to just jumping me. But my brother was more than willing to take them." Zeke became depressed again after the thought of his brother. "Great. Alright Zeke. Get it together. He's gone. Nothing you can do. Life goes on and all that." He breathed deep and sighed. "Okay I'm better now. So when can we start?"
Anastasia had calmed down and said "You're training can start whenever you're ready. Just point me at what or who I'm supposed to train with." That's when he heard a loud footstep. He looked behind him and there stood a very tall Minotaur. Over he shoulder she held a large axe. Her breasts were covered by what seemed to be a belt.
She smirked and looked down at him and said "Sorry Mi'Lord. Can't go easy on ya."
Zeke barely dodged her first swing as it came down aimed at his skull. He quickly jumped back and fell on his ass. "HOLY SHIT! You trying to kill me!?" The circle around them had spread out...a lot. The Minotaur lifted her axe and charged Zeke, bringing her axe up in a vertical slash. Before she could bring it up though, Zeke, using speed he didn't know he had, put his foot on her arm and leaped over her. As she turned around using a horizontal slash, Zeke ducked under it like it was Chicken Limbo and fell on his back. Unfortunately she was able to start bringing her axe down on him. He didn't have time to dodge. Zeke closed his eyes. After a moment, he realized something. He wasn't dead. He opened his eyes to see both his hands, using reflexes and massive amounts of strength, stopped the axe by clasping it in between his palms. Though he was shocked, along with everyone else, he took the opportunity to push it off to the side and shove his foot in her face. She reeled back and gripped her nose in pain. Zeke ran for it. He heard a WHIR WHIR WHIR as he turned and saw the axe hurdling towards him. He ducked under it and saw her charging him, ready to ram him into the wall and pin him. So he brought his fist back and at the last second he thrust it onto the top of her head. This hurt both Zeke and the Minotaur. The force of the punch actually knocked her out but the momentum made her keep pushing. Zeke stood there for a moment and saw her hands hang down limp. He removed his fist and she fell to the ground, unconscious.
There were cheers from the crowd. Zeke was dumbstruck. "How in the Hell did I do that?" Nezquitala came toward Zeke, clapping.
"Good work. You defeated the mighty bull at it's own game. Very nice. Good hit."
"Yeah but now I think my...hold up." Zeke looked at his hand. It wasn't broken or hurt in anyway. Not even a bruise. "The Hell."
"Isn't it obvious? Thanks to the angelic powers inside of you, you can heal much faster than anyone else can. Now then, ON TO THE NEXT ONE!" Zeke heard some quiet footsteps and saw in front of him...a large mouse. She wasn't wearing the usual cheese-looking pants, but what appeared to be a ninja outfit, a mask covering her face. Zeke was practically amused, but at the same time worried.
"I have to fight her?"
"That's right." Misodowra replied.
"But look at her." He bent down and pinched her mouse ears. "She's adorable." He could tell she was blushing under the mask as she averted her eyes. But did he sense a bit of rage? Either way, he ignored it and said "So what does she do?"
"She's mostly for espionage and stuff like that. But this match isn't about anything like that. It's to teach you not to underestimate your oponents."
"What do you AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!!" Zeke was sent flying with a quick kick to the back of his ribs. He smashed into the wall on the opposite side of the room. "Holy shit! Tough little bugger, huh?"
The Large Mouse quickly ran towards him leaping and dashing through the air like there was nothing to it. His eyes somehow saw her movements though. He knew she wasn't slow after seeing everybody else trying to follow her movements except for the High Mistresses who were following her with ease. Just before she was able to throw a kick at Zeke's head, he dashed to the left. She reached into a pouch she had and threw a few a few shuriken. He dodge most of them but had to block another from getting in his eye. It instead entered his hand. It hurt like a fucking bitch. "Ow! Fuck!" The Large Mouse quickly rushed toward him. Though in his pain, his senses quickened. His adreneline was at it's peak. He saw her movements much easier and could've sworn she slowed down. He made a fist in his hand and one of the points in the shuriken pointed out between his fingers. He made an overhead hook as she leaped to knee him in the face, driving his fist into her stomach. Luckily the cloth she was wearing was tough and hard to penetrate with a blade. She fell to the ground unconscious. Another set of cheers could be heard.
"NEXT!" Nezquitala shouted. Out came a trio: a Dullahan, an Orc, and a Lizardman. The Lizardman used dual blades while the Dullahan used a large broadsword. The Orc of course using a large hammer.
"Little unfair don't you think?"
"Time to learn how to deal with multiple enemies. Go!"
The Lizardman dashed to the left while the Dullahan went to the right. The Orc charged from the middle and they surrounded him. As they charged him he simply waited. Once they were close enough, he leaped into the air and used the Orc as a springboard. She almost fell over and was almost cut up by the charging Lizardman, who just collided with the Dullahan. Zeke landed further away and saw their collision and couldn't help but chuckle. The got up and immediately got ready again. First the Dullahan charged him, slashing at him with her blade. Though she was quick, the adreneline flowing through Zeke's body allowed him to dodge with ease. He ducked, rolled, and leaped over each of her strikes. She was fast, but it was still a large blade and could not also be seen easily because of it's size, but heard as it WHOOSHED through the air. The direction and the angle was seen easily. How was he doing this. Then he heard something. Something unnoticed until now. Someone telling him what to do. The direction of the slashes and the speed of the slash. He could hear it clearly now. In fact, there were two voices. One sounded calm and describing the slash while the other was loud and telling him how to dodge it. He almost knew who these voices were. He could picture them in fact. He actually lost control of his body, or better, he gave them control. He was suddenly in an empty space. He saw someone sitting down in front of him. He looked exactly like Zeke but his eyes were pure black. He had a large grin on his face. "Hello there. What's new?"
Feeling rather calm around this person, Zeke responded "Pretty good I guess. Almost got chopped in half earlier but other than that pretty good."
"Almost got your ass kicked by that Mouse girl huh?"
"Yep. I could've sworn there were two of you in here."
"Oh yeah. He's controlling your body right now. Just tiring out the Dullahan right now. So why are you here?"
"Just figuring out who's living inside my head."
"Well we can talk later. You've got shit to do."
Immediately Zeke was back in the Training Hall. He was shocked to see an overhead slash heading towards his head. It was slow though but the momentum was picking up. Instead of dodging however, he pushed it to the side and shoved his palm into the Dullahan's head, knocking it off. She bowed, picked up her head and walked away, but a smirk was seen on her face which signaled a trap. Zeke saw this and right behind the Dullahan was the Orc with the hammer over her head. She brought it down and Zeke dodged to the right. The hammer broke the floor and would've crushed him. As she swung in a horizontal strike, he ducked under it and out of the corner of his eye he saw the Minotaur's axe. He rushed to it and gripped the handle. It was stuck in the wall and he tugged on it. The Lizardman was right behind him and was about to cut him down when it came loose. He swung around and knocked both blades from her hands and sweep kicked her legs from under her. She knew she had lost and he could see the longing in her eyes when in the reflection of her eyes he saw the Orc coming behind him. He spun around and blocked her hammer with the axe, shattering it. He gave a swift kick in her gut and sent her back. He held the axe in his hand and then realized it was heavy. He was somehow lifting it though. This power was unknown to him. He could hear cheers inside his head and some high fives. He felt pretty joyous himself as cheers could be heard from the crowd. The Orc of course, being in her nature, bowed in front of Zeke and declared him her eternal master. He smacked his finger on her head and said "Shut it." and walked away from her. "I don't want a slave. I know how you Orcs work. If you insist on being my slave. I'll have no choice but to punish you. I refuse to take slaves."
"B-but there has to be some way I can serve you master. Please."
"Fine. But you will not refer to yourself as my slave."
"Then what shall I be called Mi'Lord?"
"Just call me Zeke. You shall be called....hmm...how about just a loyal bodyguard?"
"...." A smile came across her face. "Yes my Lord Zeke. I mean, yes Zeke. I will guard you with my life. This I swear."
"Also, find yourself a mate cause I really don't feel like sleeping with someone I don't love."
Her face showed disappointment, but she understood why. "Yes Zeke. I understand."
"Good. Now then. Go around and maybe patrol the area around the castle. Try to find a man that suits your tastes. I don't want to deal with you while you're in heat."
"Yes sir." The Orc obediently left the room, but not before giving another look back at Zeke, the look in her eyes was like the look someone gives to a person that they love but will never be loved by. A look of sorrow an longing. She left the room.
Zeke turned back to the crowd who were still cheering and some were reenacting his fight out of sheer wonder. Zeke was still suspicious that they went easy on him. He almost forgot about the axe in his hand. He saw that the Minotaur was being helped up by two other Minotaurs. He walked over and held out the axe. "I believe this is yours?"
She held out her hand but not in a taking manner. "Keep it. You've earned it. Plus you seem to handle it pretty well. It's my gift to you Mi'Lord for defeating me fair and square."
"Nah I couldn't. I feel like it wasn't fair with everyone going easy on me." He gave a grin but it shrunk after what one o the others said next.
"What are you talking about. Everyone you faced today gave everything they had. They were some of our best fighters actually. Other than the High Mistresses that is. And Nezquitala is the one who taught them too. Personal apprentices even. You defeated them yourself."
That's when it hit Zeke. It still wasn't a fair fight. Someone on the inside was helping him. Inside his head. Those two were helping him. But he felt now was not the best time to say it. They'd think he was insane. So he gripped the axe in his hand and said "Thank you." and walked away. He directed himself to the High Mistresses who were gathered around a table. The room began to empty with conversations of Zeke's fight and how they wish they were his wife or something like that. He didn't quite hear it. That's when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see the Lizardman he defeated.
"Uh. Lord Zeke?" She blushed a bright red but tried to keep a serious face.
"The answer is no."
"W-what?"
"No. I've met a few Lizardmen before. They told me about how they try to find strong husbands and whatnot. I will not take you as my wife because of reasons I do not wish to speak of. Now go, before I have to punish you for not following a direct order." He began to walk away and heard her footsteps following him.
"I will not sir."
"What was that?"
"I know the consequences. But I also know your pain. I swear I will ease your pain as your wife. So please! I beg of you to take me!"
That's when Zeke's heart began to hurt. He could tell that in her heart, this was not some simple instinct love. She actually truely loved him. He gripped the axe in his hand and said "I said NO!"
The High Mistresses saw what was happening but did not intervene. They knew he had to deal with this himself.
"Please Mi'Lord! Just give me a chance!"
"I SAID NO!" He spun around and brought the axe over his head and brought it down. She barely dodged it and stumbled back. Then she saw something she couldn't believe. Tears were running down his face. She knew she couldn't do anything for him now. But in her mind, she told herself to try for another time. Yes, another time. When he's well into his reign he will need a strong queen to stand by his side. Or at lease someone to keep him company. She would try then.
She stood and said "I understand Mi'Lord. I will go." And she did. Zeke's tears dried up. His heart felt at ease. Somehow she accepted it. He lifted the axe once more and walked to the High Mistresses.
"Ya know she would've made a good wife?" Lilo said.
"That she would. Loyal. Strong. Loving. Definitely a fine wife." Misodowra replied.
"I don't want to hear it." Zeke said grimmly. He turned toward Anastasia and said "So what's next huh?"
"I'm glad you asked. You see, there's a Dragon living up in the mountains in the South. We are trying to get her to join us here but we can't get any messengers there without going through the Order. We need you to go through and convince her to join us."
"And how am I supposed to do that?"
"Any way possible. Dragons respect strength, so I would go with beating her in a fight. But she's tough. But there are other ways I suppose. But you'll have to figure them out when you get there."
"Alrighty then. Just point me in the right direction."
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This felt like a long chapter to me -_- Took me a while that's for sure. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it.
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Everything was ready. Zeke had a suit of armor to put on but he insisted on going in normal clothing, this would make him less conspicuous. Not to mention if he were to face the Dragon in normal clothing, she should respect his bravery for the lack of armor...or she will think of him as an arrogant turd who needs to die. One of the two. Either way he was ready to go.
"Alright. My stagecoach is at the gates correct?" asked Zeke.
"Yes it is." answered Misodowra. "Once you go past the capital and reach the forest however, you'll have to leave it. You need to trek up the mountain side. You will have to watch out for other Mamono in the forest too."
"The Order haven't already gotten rid of them?"
"It's too dense. If they were able to find them they wouldn't be able to fight in such tight spaces. Plus they would easily be out numbered. So once you go in, you'll have to give them proff you're the king and whatnot. All you need to show them is this blade." She handed Zeke a rather large knife, almost as big as a machete but still smaller. Could be used for the same things though. Zeke looked at the blade and saw several writings in a strange language.
"Okay. What's this supposed to be."
"Only Mamono know what it means. It means nothing to a human so you should be able to have it in public. Just don't actually use it in public."
"Yeah yeah."
"And for the love of God, avoid those Incubi bastards as much as possible."
"And yet they're the ones who find me. Alright. I'll see you all later." As Zeke walked to the door, there was an explosion. "Oh fucking wonderful."
The door bust open and sent Zeke flying into the stairs. "GAH!" Misodowra helped him up and pulled out her whip. Zeke pulled out his trusty hatchet. In the doorway stood 5 of the Incubi. "Such a small number. I killed practically 20 of them the last time they paid a visit. Where are the other Mistresses?"
"On business."
"How fucking convinient. Damn opportunists." Over 30 of the guards of the castle surrounded the Incubi.
"Don't worry. These are highly trained to defeat them. It should be fine with such few num-" Misodowra's skin went pale as they were all blown back by a gust of wind. The guards were sent flying as the Incubi had a large grin.
"Let's get 'im boys." The Incubi charged at Zeke and drew their weapons. Zeke pulled out his knife as well and felt ready for anything. These guys were much more powerful and his adreneline was pumping. Misodowra felt her heart beat faster. She pulled her whip back and made the first strike.
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He kept running. This man seemed like nothing but a flash of blue as he zipped toward the capital. Silvia was somehow keeping up. Her wings beating as she soared through the air above him. The man looked up at her and shouted "I'll go on ahead!" and zoomed foward, a trail of lightning following him. In his head he knew Zeke was in trouble. "Don't worry. I'll be there soon. This I swear."
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Misodowra was leaning against a crater in the wall. Zeke had several blades through his gut. His rage could not be burning any greater. He tried to stand but was only pinned to the ground by another blade. The Incubi stood over him and grinned evilly. "We expected much more from you. The Order will pay us greatly for your head on a pike."
As he reached down to tear off Zeke's head, a voice was heard. A voice oh so familiar to Zeke. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY BROTHER!!!" The man jumped through the doorway and bolts of lightning burst from his hand, frying one of Incubi until he had massive amounts of burns, yet he still stood. He landed over Zeke and shoved the others away in a gust of wind. Zeke was flabberghasted.
"Y-y-you w-were," Zeke stammered.
"Dead? That's what you thought."
"H-how did you?"
"I became an Incubus. Thanks to Silvia's help of course."
Silvia came soaring in and landed next to them. "Good work dear."
"Thanks honey?"
Zeke was even more confused. His brother? The skirt-chasing bastard was giving such intimate names to one girl. AMAZING.
"We'll talk more later Zeke. But for now I gotta take care of these guys."
"W-wait. They're too strong for you to take on alone." Zeke began to stand up.
"What are you doing? You're injured!" That's when he saw something amazing. Zeke yanked the blades out of him and stood up, bleeding. He wasn't about to let his brother fight alone. "You need to lay down. You have to-" he was interrupted by a charging Incubus, but Zeke was able to knock him back since he had no weapon, having been recently impaled within Zeke. His brother was amazed at his skill.
Misodowra was coming back into consciousness and saw Zeke standing there, still bleeding from his wounds. She became disappointed with herself. Not being able to protect her king and now he stands defending her. She tried to move but was overwhelmed by pain. Her body would not listen to her. Zeke turned toward her and said with a grin "Don't worry Misodowra. I'll handle this." His eyes ha become pitch black. Yet as he spoke to her, her heart skipped a beat.
From the hallway up the stairs the Minotaur from the training came running and shouted "Lord Zeke! You left this!" She hurled the massive axe at Zeke. He caught it easily, impressing his brother even more. Zeke twirled it in his hand and said "Now. LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGIN!" His brother was surprised by this outburst but let it go till later. Now was not the time to question him. Lightning formed in his hand and a short blade formed which he held upside down like a dagger.
"Ready to send these bastards to Hell?"
"Already on it." Zeke was gone from his spot and had practically teleported to the nearest foe and cleaved him in half in one fast motion.
His brother decided it was time to fight. One of the Incubi charged him and his palm let out another blast of lightning, sending him flying. The Brother charged foward and ducked under the slash of one of them and faked coming after him as another came from behind with a thrust of his knife. The Brother leaped at the last second and made him stab his own comrade. He came down and sliced through both of them. He looked to the one who was charging some kind of red energy.
"BROTHER!" Zeke shouted and hurled his axe at the man. The Brother blasted it with lightning, making it into a spinning blade of electrified death. It cleaved through the man and caused him to explode. Blood went everywhere.
"AH!" shouted the brother as he was covered with it. "DAMMIT! That is nasty." He saw the last one trying to sneak up on Zeke. "Look out!" He shot some lightning at him but Zeke was in the middle so he raised his hand and basically caught the lightning and as it traveled through his body he gripped the enemy's head and let the power cross over to him, causing his skull to explode.
The Brother chuckled and said "Heh. Guess lightning does strike twice."
"Heh. You're fucking stupid."
They both laughed for a while.
"So Zeke. Where'd you learn to do all that?"
"I don't know. Instinct?"
"That's a stupid excuse."
"You're a stupid excuse."
They laughed again and gave each other a big, brotherly, bloody hug.
"Alright. My stagecoach is at the gates correct?" asked Zeke.
"Yes it is." answered Misodowra. "Once you go past the capital and reach the forest however, you'll have to leave it. You need to trek up the mountain side. You will have to watch out for other Mamono in the forest too."
"The Order haven't already gotten rid of them?"
"It's too dense. If they were able to find them they wouldn't be able to fight in such tight spaces. Plus they would easily be out numbered. So once you go in, you'll have to give them proff you're the king and whatnot. All you need to show them is this blade." She handed Zeke a rather large knife, almost as big as a machete but still smaller. Could be used for the same things though. Zeke looked at the blade and saw several writings in a strange language.
"Okay. What's this supposed to be."
"Only Mamono know what it means. It means nothing to a human so you should be able to have it in public. Just don't actually use it in public."
"Yeah yeah."
"And for the love of God, avoid those Incubi bastards as much as possible."
"And yet they're the ones who find me. Alright. I'll see you all later." As Zeke walked to the door, there was an explosion. "Oh fucking wonderful."
The door bust open and sent Zeke flying into the stairs. "GAH!" Misodowra helped him up and pulled out her whip. Zeke pulled out his trusty hatchet. In the doorway stood 5 of the Incubi. "Such a small number. I killed practically 20 of them the last time they paid a visit. Where are the other Mistresses?"
"On business."
"How fucking convinient. Damn opportunists." Over 30 of the guards of the castle surrounded the Incubi.
"Don't worry. These are highly trained to defeat them. It should be fine with such few num-" Misodowra's skin went pale as they were all blown back by a gust of wind. The guards were sent flying as the Incubi had a large grin.
"Let's get 'im boys." The Incubi charged at Zeke and drew their weapons. Zeke pulled out his knife as well and felt ready for anything. These guys were much more powerful and his adreneline was pumping. Misodowra felt her heart beat faster. She pulled her whip back and made the first strike.
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He kept running. This man seemed like nothing but a flash of blue as he zipped toward the capital. Silvia was somehow keeping up. Her wings beating as she soared through the air above him. The man looked up at her and shouted "I'll go on ahead!" and zoomed foward, a trail of lightning following him. In his head he knew Zeke was in trouble. "Don't worry. I'll be there soon. This I swear."
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Misodowra was leaning against a crater in the wall. Zeke had several blades through his gut. His rage could not be burning any greater. He tried to stand but was only pinned to the ground by another blade. The Incubi stood over him and grinned evilly. "We expected much more from you. The Order will pay us greatly for your head on a pike."
As he reached down to tear off Zeke's head, a voice was heard. A voice oh so familiar to Zeke. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY BROTHER!!!" The man jumped through the doorway and bolts of lightning burst from his hand, frying one of Incubi until he had massive amounts of burns, yet he still stood. He landed over Zeke and shoved the others away in a gust of wind. Zeke was flabberghasted.
"Y-y-you w-were," Zeke stammered.
"Dead? That's what you thought."
"H-how did you?"
"I became an Incubus. Thanks to Silvia's help of course."
Silvia came soaring in and landed next to them. "Good work dear."
"Thanks honey?"
Zeke was even more confused. His brother? The skirt-chasing bastard was giving such intimate names to one girl. AMAZING.
"We'll talk more later Zeke. But for now I gotta take care of these guys."
"W-wait. They're too strong for you to take on alone." Zeke began to stand up.
"What are you doing? You're injured!" That's when he saw something amazing. Zeke yanked the blades out of him and stood up, bleeding. He wasn't about to let his brother fight alone. "You need to lay down. You have to-" he was interrupted by a charging Incubus, but Zeke was able to knock him back since he had no weapon, having been recently impaled within Zeke. His brother was amazed at his skill.
Misodowra was coming back into consciousness and saw Zeke standing there, still bleeding from his wounds. She became disappointed with herself. Not being able to protect her king and now he stands defending her. She tried to move but was overwhelmed by pain. Her body would not listen to her. Zeke turned toward her and said with a grin "Don't worry Misodowra. I'll handle this." His eyes ha become pitch black. Yet as he spoke to her, her heart skipped a beat.
From the hallway up the stairs the Minotaur from the training came running and shouted "Lord Zeke! You left this!" She hurled the massive axe at Zeke. He caught it easily, impressing his brother even more. Zeke twirled it in his hand and said "Now. LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGIN!" His brother was surprised by this outburst but let it go till later. Now was not the time to question him. Lightning formed in his hand and a short blade formed which he held upside down like a dagger.
"Ready to send these bastards to Hell?"
"Already on it." Zeke was gone from his spot and had practically teleported to the nearest foe and cleaved him in half in one fast motion.
His brother decided it was time to fight. One of the Incubi charged him and his palm let out another blast of lightning, sending him flying. The Brother charged foward and ducked under the slash of one of them and faked coming after him as another came from behind with a thrust of his knife. The Brother leaped at the last second and made him stab his own comrade. He came down and sliced through both of them. He looked to the one who was charging some kind of red energy.
"BROTHER!" Zeke shouted and hurled his axe at the man. The Brother blasted it with lightning, making it into a spinning blade of electrified death. It cleaved through the man and caused him to explode. Blood went everywhere.
"AH!" shouted the brother as he was covered with it. "DAMMIT! That is nasty." He saw the last one trying to sneak up on Zeke. "Look out!" He shot some lightning at him but Zeke was in the middle so he raised his hand and basically caught the lightning and as it traveled through his body he gripped the enemy's head and let the power cross over to him, causing his skull to explode.
The Brother chuckled and said "Heh. Guess lightning does strike twice."
"Heh. You're fucking stupid."
They both laughed for a while.
"So Zeke. Where'd you learn to do all that?"
"I don't know. Instinct?"
"That's a stupid excuse."
"You're a stupid excuse."
They laughed again and gave each other a big, brotherly, bloody hug.
