So a week soon passed and they were ready to head of to Chaos J Faust's domain.
The party of four just silently walked down the streets of the city - towards the eastern exit - but the uncomfortable silence still was held between them despite this being what they wanted. It wasn’t exactly a straightforward exit for awkwardness that comes from Kat’s situation as well as the fact nobody else (except Lisa) was expecting Eel to feel such longing.
Alisha being the most opposed to her leaving.
<It was very awkward bringing Katerina back and yet even more telling Alisha I’d be leaving for a couple years - mortals are so complicated! Thankfully Kee Lisa combo smoothed it out; I’ll have to get them a nice souvenir~!>
Letting out a long sigh; Eel just tapped her shoulder with her brand new spear. It was fairly simple with not many ornaments upon it - just a spear formed from the charred bones of the {Giant Green Lizard} and sharpened with a tooth. It was certainly a strong work and even had runes written in blood engraved upon the entire shaft of the armament, a combination work between the two little lovers, but that was all.
Purely made for efficiency with no ‘style’.
Something that, itself, wasn’t Eel’s style. Dragons loved treasure after all and treasure had to look nice. Elizabeth Jr’s ‘style’ being that regal ‘wild prince’ aesthetic. Perhaps it was due to a combination of her bloodlines but obviously it didn’t fit with her to have such a plain looking bone spear!
However, it wouldn’t suit her anymore not to shower Emily with praise for anything she made for her. Emily was her beautiful vanilla scented princess after all! It was also a fairly rushed job that Emily planned to slowly improve upon - what she held in her hands now was the base for a weapon she’d been expecting to use for a long time. Although she would likely struggle to find anything higher quality that of a {Sub-Earth Dragon}; their sturdiness was certainly impressive and if she hadn’t gotten lucky even Eel was unlikely to be able to pierce it’s scales. These scales no longer existed though and the reasons were quite simple. That {Pseudo-Tribulation} simply turned them into dust. Even the bones were charred (yet enhanced) by {Pseudo Stratosphere Tribulation of 9 Indigo Lightening Tribulations} which hit the corpse due to the {Sovereign of Storms} armour targeting her. If it was the real thing Eel holds no questions of whether she would live - the bones of the {Sub-Dragon} certainly wouldn’t!
Regardless of that she certainly benefited more than she lost with that encounter… She couldn’t help but be a bit worried about that weird Imp though; Demon or not he seemed like a good person.
<I wonder if he managed to escape - he was certainly stronger than me but escaping from both Jeeves and the Sovereign?>
Shaking her head the scent of vanilla filled her nose as she would bring Emily into a hug with her right arm while burying her face into the Cow’s hair. Gently sniffing that familiar and calming smell. A chuckle could be heard from the paladin and duellist in front of the little pair but Eel Jr ignored them.
“Something wrong...?” <Emily>
“Mmm? Fufufu~ not really. I was just wondering about that Imp I told you about. It’s a pointless worry since even if he was beaten down and killed - Demons just reincarnate back in their own Realm after all!” <Eel Jr>
“Hol’up, what was that!?” <Fuka>
Fuka and Lyada both stopped in their tracks to turn back and stare at Eel with wide eyes. Eel in turn just tilted her head softly with innocent eyes before she spoke in seeming surprise.
“Not common information?” <Eel Jr>
“How do you even know that!?” <Fuka>
“Shh~ it’s early morning…” <Emily>
The polite reminder from Emily got Fuka a bit speechless but she just shook her head and walked onwards - Lyada taking advantage of this to wrap her arms (and breasts) around Fuka’s shield-less right arm. Fuka certainly didn’t complain and decided to live by a mantra of ‘do not think about it and you will not worry about it’.
As for how she knew about it? Her Bloodleaf Inheritance!
She was simply taught it through her inherited knowledge but considering her ancestor was that of a famous type of bloodsucking Demon it wasn’t too surprising to her that some of it wasn’t commonly known. Among those known would be the fact humans winning a war against the demons? Impossible!
Naturally superior, live in a climate to improve their strength and they can’t even die. Mortals don’t stand a fucking chance. Not only that but in terms of ‘Toppler Ranked Individuals’ - people who can be considered in the same realm of power as the Pillars… They have many Demon Gods; at least totalling 9 but her ancestor didn’t seem to care enough to specifically say. She just noticed 9 incredibly powerful people including her ancestor. Demon Lords who are feared among kingdoms and thought to be only below the demon gods themselves - beings able to contend with the gods of the {Mortal Realm} - weren’t even particularly considered strong!
Then you have their leader!
They can punch a hole through the realms so an invasion would be as simple as her punching a few times - her physical strength alone akin to the ‘mana’ of the Infinite Mother. When fully embracing her wrathful heart even the Pillar’s may not be enough to support the {Mortal Realm}... Yet they didn’t invade the {Mortal Realm} so it was obviously something more akin to the split between the larger west and more ancient east.
Of course, Eel was no grass so she wouldn’t share their reasons and it wasn’t like all demons thought the same.
Although monolithic power the secrets in the realm were in place to continue to maintain the warring nature of the demons which was a requirement. Only reason the {Roaming Final Boss} was a thing was because Violet seemed to get bored so often visited other realms only to get angry at the dumb nature of the inhabitants. Something Eel could understand after living with humans all her life.
In contrast demons could be said to be similar but more honest. For example, a demon cannot lie as long as their name is put on the line as their name is the essence that binds them to their realm. Apparently the entire realm itself was one massive array created by the future father/mother of {Chaos J Faust} who will become a figure known by the demons simply as {The Artisan} - a demon of untold power and wit. A figure who plays with the world as if war was just a flick of their brush - a single paint of many which they hold. A more accurate term for them may be ‘The General’ though since other than being a gifted crafter they were (or rather will be) a feared warlord with armies of demons at her beck and call.
More scary yet; is she seemed to view even her own life as a magnum opus - being a monster created from meshing together other monsters and even developing her own races. Some simply made to ‘punish’ those she didn’t like with an eternity of suffering.
Not a very nice individual and certainly someone she didn’t want to fall behind!
Luckily she comes from the future and was only summoned due to being the only demon they could rely on with knowledge provided by {Demon God of Magic & Chaos - Chaos J Faust} and {Demon God of Endless Knowledge - Akaibu 'System' Indigo}. Also known as the {Before Children} due to both being created with either the bloodline or knowledge of someone who shouldn’t exist back then.
As for how they were summoned?
A smug smile appeared on Eel’s face as she continued to sniff her girlfriends beautiful white and black splotched hair.
“ Fufufu~!” <Eel Jr>
<Not my problem~!>
Why worry about it when you can’t even deal with a mere imitation of a toppler? Although she had no idea how strong this ‘Kaiser Mantis’ was; her ancestor apparently did not know either due not caring enough. She was sure it wasn’t low considering she aided Violet in the creation of an entire realm, aided the three big families in the creation of a system and didn’t get murdered by Mother after apparently sexually harassing her adopted daughter as well as breaking the seal of the Dreamer to sleep with her as well!
<Yep - not my problem~!>
So, she came to the very heroic conclusion of not telling anyone about all the useful information she had about demons as well as the origin of them.
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It didn’t take too long to arrive at the exit gate.
Although the quad was a little bit awkward it could mostly be attributed to a bit of nervousness for their first true adventurer as well as the situation with Kat. A situation Eel seemed to have the most stake but least input into - of course she herself was too busy contemplating the details of how one could ‘create’ a race of their own. Of course she had to acquire the answer from her knowitall girlfriend!
The pair were now walking side by side as Eel carried a bag full of books as well as her own rucksack and Emily consulted one of her books with a pair of cute glasses she didn’t actually need resting on her little button nose.
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