Having a stressfull situation behind you and four free days in front of you does wonders to your imagination.
"W-why have you called for me, A-Atanya-sama?"
Nigun was stuttering out of uncertainty. He was, in truth, scared of what was going to happenn.
"Come Nigun, sit down. Have some tea. Its herbal so it should help calm you a little."
Since Nigun became an angel, he could sense both positive and negative energy.
Atanya was quite literally beaming with positive energy. Now that he thought about it, she did bring Gazef back to life with little effort and without any flaws in the technique.
While this did help Niguns stress, the fact that there was another person in the room, who looked way too much alike like the man that was described to him as the guardian of the seventh floor, Demiurge, immediatly put the stress back in him.
"Ah yes, you and Demiurge havent met. Nigun, this is Demiurge the guardian of the seventh floor and the guardian in command during an attack. Demiurge, this is Nigun our future spie in the Theocracy… I think I may have said a little too soon."
"A pleasure to make your acquintance."
Demiurge smirked a little.
"T-the honour is mine, Demiurge-sama."
Nigun was sweating buckets. If he had to deal with just one unimaginably powerfull being than perhaps he could keep his composure, but two? No chance.
"Go on, take a seat. Drink the tea, it will help you calm down."
Nigun did as he was told. When he sat down on the couch he could swear that his backside was in heaven. He took a few sips of the tea and it his taste buds were delighted.
Nigun wasnt the biggest fan of tea, he could barely stomach it but this changed his oppinion in an instant. It had just enough honey and sugar in it so that he could taste them both and it was also perfectly warm. Not too hot, not too cold.
"Now as to why I have called you here, well, I need you and your remaining to gather every single bit of knowledge the Theocracy has. Essentially a spie mission."
"What If I reject?"
Suddenly a massive wave of pressure shot through Niguns body, shaking him to the core.
"That wasnt a proposal that was an order that I expect you to follow to the last letter."
And all the fear that nigun tried to supress surfaced. His hands started shaking and at this point he was sweating enough to fill an ocean.
"Now then, I suppose I should explain the plan. Unless you have any other clever questions?"
The pressure intesified and Nigun accidentally dropped the cup of tea.
He almost shrieked when that happened. Fortunately for him though, the cup and the tea simply stopped falling mid air. The cup placed itself on the table and the liquid went back into it.
´Good thing I enchanted everything in my room with spells like that. It really makes life easier.´
"Well arent you nervous."
The pressure eased a little, letting Nigun breathe.
Even Demiurge who wasnt the target of Atanyas [Commanding presence] found his breathing a little too heavy.
[Commanding presence] would cause anything below level thirty five to follow the users commands and would cause complete paralisys to anything fifteen levels up from that (fifty). Anything beyond that would get pretty bad debuffs to physical damage and agility. They would, however, be reduced with each five levels so a level hundred player would barely feel it. It was made to handle any kind of thrash mobs since there was no resistance check and anything a dungeon could spawn would be convereted into a small army since there wasnt a limit on how many things it could affect.
Although in the new world youd feel like youre being choked no matter what level you are.
"Now then. I want you and your men to go to the Theocracy. The explanation as for why have you lost almost all of your men is going to be the sudden appearance of a dungeon on the borders of the Theocracy. If there ever was any kind of demon or undead crisis in the past, that would help smoothen things up. I also want you to tell Demiurge here about your mission and any other special forces of the Theocracy. Now if youll excuse me, I am going for a walk."
And with a snap of her fingers, Atanya vanished leavin the poor, stressed Nigun alone with the arch devil.
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The capital city of the Re-Estize kingdom is old and corrupt to its core. Atanya has been there for barely five minutes and this was obvious.
Not to mention that her super hightened senses werent helping at all.
´Stale piss, shit, vomit, scraps of food, rotting flesh and is that…. Semen. Lovely.´
She got so used to Nazaricks wondrous aromas, or the general lack of them, that when she smelled something different she wanted turn away in the other direction.
Or burn the place down with a single spell, your pick.
Although the city was in a better condition than most of the towns she flew over on her way here. It actually had some paved roads, something that was totally unheard of anywhere else and it had some semblence of a sewer system.
Of course it only ran through the rich parts of the city and was overflowing with rats. There were so many rats that they could start their own kingdom if they had the intellect to do it.
Most of the guards were little less than common thugs wearing badges. As she walked through the streets she could see countless crimes happening in the backalleys and the guards just taking a purse of money and pretending that nothing was happening.
It made her sick to her stomach.
Not to mention that some thugs have been following her for the past two minutes.
´Nothing will improve my mood as much as killing some overconfident pricks.´
They were probably following her because of her black cloak looking quite luxurious. Even though it was just an item created by a spell that didnt really do anything other than look expensive and have some quality of life powers.
Atanya then saw a trio of not very official looking guards approaching her from the front. At the same time, the thugs went into a nearby alley.
Atanya could hear their conversation. It went along the lines of:
"What a good catch boys! I bet that the wench is rich to be carrying around a cloak like that!"
"I hope she looks good too. Ive been itching for some good sex for the last few days."
"The boss will be happy. Well get some pretty rich stuff and an extra whore as well. Wonderfull I tell ya´, wonderfull!"
Atanya made a mental note to make their deaths as painfull and prolonged as possible.
Soon enough the fake guards stopped in front of her.
"You dont look like youre from ´round here miss. We have orders to check any suspicious figures to find out if theyre assasins or somethin."
The other two just nodded in agreement, clearly supressing smirks and laughter on their perverted faces.
"If you have your orders I cant stop you from fullfiling them."
´That doesnt mean that I wont brutally mutelate your bodies and leave them to rot in that alley though.´
"I am glad that you see things our way miss! Now I suppose well have to do this somewhere a little more secure and hidden from the public eye. We cant let ourselves look like a bunch of rapists now can we?"
He looked back at the two others.
"Yes, we cant do something like that. With us being proper guards ´n all."
"Were not some rapist savages madame. You dont have to fear us.."
´If this was anymore obvious theyd have to be screaming I WANT TO RAPE AND ENSLAVE YOU!´
All three of them smirked.
"How ´bout that alley over there? People wont suspect anything if they cant see it."
"Fine by me."
"Excellent…"
She simply followed them into the alley. As soon as she was far enough in the thugs came from their hiding behind a few crates.
"How gullible of you miss. Now, give us everything you got, including your body. Well have some fun with you right now, and if youre good at it and wont resist than perhaps we wont have to beat and rape you senseless!"
"You should be more careful than to enter the hunters maw."
Atanya said in a distorted, monstrous voice that send a primal fear through the bodies of the rapists. She didnt even give them a chance to realize what was happening and used her speed and strength to knock all of them into a wall, breaking their spines in the process. She then proceeded to ripp of their manhood and feed it to them.
She then used the convenient ability of the cloak to clean all the blood off of her.
´All this work just to ask Gazef a few questions. Ill use the ring next time, it will be way more practical than this.´
While that was true, getting out of Nazarick was worth it no matter what. And if she could get some things done in meanwhile, all the better.
´Sooo I am going to ask Gazef about dragons, check the mages guild and possibly get some contacts with the nobility.´
She wanted to find out what kind of magic is common in this world, because from what she saw so far even a fifth tier spell is probably legendary material. If she could get some books or scrolls about dragons there, then this entire trip would be a resounding success.
Atanya also had a faint idea where Gazefs house should be. Probably near the palace or in it directly.
And yet again, the simplest of problems appeared.
´How do i get there? Why do I keep having problems like these?´
She wasnt in the mood to start navigating herself through the maze that the city was. Instead she just ligthly tapped her foot on the ground three times and immediatly knew in which way to go.
´Good thing that works.´
Atanyas senses were boosted to whole new levels. That also means that her sense of touch was improved greatly. If she concentrated on it enough, she could easily feel sound waves hitting surounding objects and such. Pair it along with her inhuman thinking speed and she can calculate what is where and what shape it has.
She can do echolocation basically.
This gave her a somewhat basic layout of the surrounding two kilometers.
´Funny. The fastest way to the palace is through the dark alleys or the sewers. Might aswell entertain myself on the way there.´
There was a small building on the way that was filled with people. It doesnt take much to know what kind of people.
10 minutes later
Atanya was standing in front of the wooden doors. This was where all of the criminals were grouped up.
She took the body of one of the watchman she killed and threw it through the door, shattering it into splinters in the process.
Hellsing – Alucards theme: A left foot trapped in a sensual seduction
"Hey guys! Hows your health-plan?"
They all drew their weapons and charged at her. She just manifested her claws.
"Apparently its great!"
And the slaughter has begun.
Three guys lunged at her from her right, she just decapitated them with a single swipe of her hand.
Two more went from the front, both of them ripped in half.
Another guy from her left, limbs torn off and tossed away.
A few others tried throwing knives at her. She just caught them and extended them the same courtesy.
Another thug with a lot more mascular build than the others charged at her with two battleaxes. She shattered them with a single hand and smashed his head against the floor, turning it into a gory mess.
The others were running for the hills now, realizing that they picked a fight with the wrong being today.
"Yes, run. That just makes it more fun!"
Atanya rushed to the doors and properly massacred those who even came close to them.
They gathered in the middle of the room, pointing their shaking weapons towards her, trying their damn hardest not to drop them. Some of them looked like they were praying.
"Theres no need to pray, your god is right here! And shes fresh out of mercy…"
They began whimpering like a bunch of kicked puppies.
Some of them tried killing themselves, probably not wanting to die by her hands. She just rushed on top of them ripped of their arms and stabbed them through their hearts with them.
"Why are you hitting yourselves? Hahahaha…"
Pretty much all of them pissed themselves at this point. And after this little trick, they got a heart attack.
"Well thats no fun."
She took a very deep breath.
She felt so fulfilled for some reason. Like she finally reached a long awaited climax.
"Why do i feel so goood…"
Atanya looked at the gorefest she created. Now that she took a closer look she realized that it wasnt some simple hideout but a brothel. Most of the slaves have either drowned or are drowning in pools of blood right now.
Except one.
A small girl with blonde hair and empty eyes. Her front teeth were missing, for an obvious reason. She had a a light fever that was getting worse and was dressed, if it can be called that, in a sack made out of some shitty material. The reason she survived was because some idiots were having their fun with her on the table.
Although when Atanya looked at her, she felt some sort of pity. She didnt know what it was, but she felt as if there was wasted potential lying on the ground before her.
Potential that could still be saved and unlocked.
"Oh dear what am I supposed to do with you… might as well put you to good use in Nazarick. [Rejuvenation] [Greater heal disease] [Heall all wounds]"
Atanya cast a few spells to restore her stamina, get rid of whathever disease she had and pretty much restore her body back to top shape.
Her breathing became lighter and her body a lot more relaxed. Although the combination of spells exhausted her mind and put her to sleep.
"Haaah… Guess Ill have to find a use for you now."
[Kiedran, you hear me?]
[Atanya-sama, where are you?]
[I am scouting the Re-Estize, dont worry I have a squad of shadow demons with me. Anyhow, I am bringing a human girl to my quarters make sure nobody hurts her.]
[A human? If that is your commad… yes I will do it.]
Atanya created a gate leading to her room. When she stepped through Kiedran was already standing there.
"Take care of her."
"Of course, Atanya-sama. If I may ask, can I come with you later?"
"Maybe next time."
"Of course, Atanya-sama."
Kiedran than took the girl into Atanyas bedroom and changed her clothes without even looking at her.
´Hes so decent.´
Not a second later the doors of her room burst open, out of it flying Kokabiel.
"Atanya-samaaaa!"
´Abort! Abort!´
Kokabiel stopped just a few centimeters in front of Atanya, more than close enough to get a good look at the outfit of the supreme being.
Atanya was wearing a simple looking black cloak with a cowl. A black shirt whose sleeves ended in fingerless gloves. It was decorated with gold and amethysts. The most eye cathing thing about it however, is the hole in the middle of the chest showing off a bit of Atanyas cleavage. She also had a smilpe balck miniskirt and matching black trousers. Both decorated with gold. To finish it off she wore simple black boots which reached reached her up to her ankles.
Of course she had to start staring and blushing.
"W-w-w-where have you been…."
´For the love of everything that has ever existed why does this keep happening?´
"I am scouting the capital city of the kingdom in which Nazarick is located. And before you ask, no you cant go with me, youd just complicate things."
Kokabiel was brought back to reality with that.
"I understand, Atanya-sama."
Atanya sighed.
"Anyway, make sure to teach Nigun and his squad to shapeshift into humans. Summon a dominion authority for them as all."
As Atanya was about to step through the portal she got an idea.
"Kiedran, is the elixir ready?"
"Yes it is Atanya-sama."
"Prepare her body for the change."
Both Kiedran and Kokabiel were suprised at the order of the supreme being, thinking that such a gift would be wasted on a slave such as this, but they could never understand the wisdom of the supreme ones so they just acknowledged the order.
Atanya stepped through the portal leading back to the gore filled brothel.
´Now, in which way was I supposed to go again? Oh yeah.´
Fifteen minutes later
Atanya finally arrived where she wanted to be. Near the palace.
´This would have taken way less time if I didnt mess around killing so much.´
On her way she met half a dozen groups of thiefs, rapists, murders, drug dealers and other such thugs. She took her sweet time killing them though, especially the rapists.
Looking around, she saw a small manner. In front of it was standing a soldier who had some bandges on his body. She immediatly knew that he was one of Gazefs men back in Carne.
She approached him.
"Is this the home of Gazef Stronoff?"
The soldier gave her a quick look.
"Yes it is. Although I dont see what youd want with him though."
She showed her face from under her hood. The soldiers eyes widened.
"Its you! The woman who saved him!"
"Is Gazef here?"
"Not right now, hes in the palace guarding the king as usual. Am sure that if you want to speak with him the king would be more than happy to let you. He spoke very highly of you to him."
´How nice of him.´
"Very well, Ill talk to him there."
And with that she left for the gates of the palace. The guards stopped her, demanding to know who she is but she just showed her face and they immediatly let her in.
´It seems like I am pretty popular here.´
Of course, one of the guards had to go with her to make sure she doesnt try anything. Of course, they knew that she was someone at least as strong, if not stronger than Gazef so they would stand little to no chance against her.
It was just protocol.
After a few more minutes she arrived in front of the doors leading to the throne room. You could hear the shouting and arguing inside.
"As much as going into the middle of a room full of nobles that are arguing with their king and amongst each other would amuse me as hell, I think Ill rather wait this one out."
"I believe that would be for the best."
She sighed.
"Doesnt seem like itll end anytime soon though."
The soldier nodded in agreement.
"The annual war between the kingdom and the empire is nearing. The nobles argue day after day about it. Cant say I understand how the king manages that puffed up lot."
It wasnt that hard to figure out why nobody liked the nobles very much.
They were a bunch of greedy, spoiled, enslaving good for nothing pieces of shit. Of course there were a few pearls here and there, but their voices are drowned when compared to the others.
"The bodyguard of the golden princess, a boy named Climb, wanted to meet you as well. When Gazef told him ´bout the fight with the scripture he was pretty excited. Said he wanted to meet you too."
´The golden princess? Sounds exactly like someone who isnt what anyone thinks about them.´
"Can I meet this boy then?"
"Well he is with the princess, think shes talking ´bout something with her adventurer friends right now. One of the two adamantite teams of the kingdom, the "Blue Rose". Dont think it would be much longer though."
´The to-do list lengthens,´
Atanya smiled.
"Sounds great. And its just lunch, there is still plenty of time left."
"I shall take you to her quarters then."
"Please do."
´So much to do, so much to get.´
Atanya was treating the situation as little more than a simple game. Shed just ask some political questions to find out about the other countries, and if in the meanwhile she gets to learn something about dragons than that would be a jackpot.
If she could also choke something out of the adventurers as well, than it would be a perfect jackpot. And if they didnt want to cooperate, well, she knew Gazefs level and he was supposed to be above adamantite level. One ability and theyd have to follow her commands.
´Am I getting too overconfident? I guess a little. So far there is literally nothing that could even count as a slight threat in this world and if somebody has world items? Too bad, I got one too.´
She followed the guard to another section of the palace.
Fortunately for Atanya, the Blue Rose was just leaving the palace and they managed to run into each other.
"Ah, miss Lakyus. This woman wishes to speak with you."
The soldier said bowing slightly.
´I guess shes nobility? I can get so many things done with just one conversation.´
"Who is she?"
Atanya pulled down her hood.
"My name is Atanya, or as I am more well known in the palace here "The woman who saved Gazef"."
Lakyus smiled.
"And my full name is Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra. Ive heard a lot about you from the warrior captain. Me and my companions would like to see your skill first hand."
Atanya glanced into a corner.
"Why are those two hiding?"
Lakyuses eyes widened for a moment while the soldier just let out a confused "Eh?".
"How did you notice us?"
"Thats one of the best skills weve got."
"I might not look very old, but Ive definetly lived longer than the three of you combined."
´By about eight thousand years, if I remember correctly.´
"Are you extending your life with magic?"
Asked Lakyus.
"Pretty much."
The two twins walked in view and introduced themselves.
"My name is Tina."
"And mine Tia."
Atanya made a quick mental note.
´Tina red, Tia blue.´
"How did you notice us? Was it magic? Only a fifth tier spell managed to find us through that skill."
"No matter how much you try to erase your presence with various skills, you cant keep your emotions in check. Thats how i sensed you."
Tia and Tina looked at her in disbelief.
"Thats the first time that happenned. What did you sense exactly."
"Curiosity, arrogance and a small, insignificant amount of killing intent."
The twins looked at Atanya in astonishment.
"Whaaaat?! But we were completely suppresing those too!"
Tia protested.
"No you werent. Just the fact that you used a skill made your body automatically and out of instict release a small amount of adrenaline into youre blood flow. That made your muscles a little tenser, your heart beat slightly faster and make your breathing sharper. All of that combined is enough for anyone who has a decent amount of fighting experience notice your intentions. Not to mention that one of you is a strong...well… lets just say one of you has their interests in the other direction. That pretty much gave her away."
´Its not like I sensed anything, the skill was just too weak to hide from a level one hundred. And I could tell that Tinas a lesbian by smelling her hormone filled sweat. Its not like I am that much different, but shes probably too hardcore for my tastes.´
Tina had to try her hardest not to let her jaw fall to the floor or start blushing.
Lakyus let out a small laugh and smiled at Atanya.
"Well now I want to have a practice fight even more! Ill find the other two members of our group and we can have a small fight in barracks."
Atanya smiled back.
´This day just keeps throwing free entertainment at me.´