A's the Third
Disclaimer is the same as before.
WARNING! WARNING!
The following chapter is VERY, VERY dark! Events that you are about to read are very unpleasant and I apologize in advance.
"Master..." He turned to her as she materialized in his office again. "It is done. We'll be able to keep tabs on them at all times."
Chuckling, he called up a screen, well, several screens and saw the entire Yagami household. "Quite interesting... Such... compassion for them." He shook his head and smirked as he saw the redhead get out of bed. "Let's see..." A small fleck of magic and...
"OW!" The redhead yelped as she tripped over the rug that got tangled up under her feet and caused her to go head first into a chair.
"Good." He laughed at that. "So, anyway..." He narrowed his eyes at her. "Why'd you come back? Those sources of Chaos, find them!"
"I will, but, master... I want to know... You killed Olivie Segbert... What was it like?"
He sighed and leaned back in his chair. "She was considered the strongest in the wars. No one could touch her. So, naturally, I put it into people's heads that she was going to take over their countries. A few well-placed assassinations, shifting the blame and people are so willing to go to war." He closed his eyes as he thought back to that last moment.
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Olivie sat on her throne, sighing softly. "I'm sorry, Klaus, I wish things had been different."
"Too bad."
Olivie's eyes widened as she saw a man wearing a simple blue tunic, brown pants and boots. His hair reached to just his shoulders as he looked at her in amusement. "Who are you?"
"Me?" He chuckled at her. "Oh, you won't need to know my name, lovely Kaiser... Just know that I'm your executioner." He bowed politely at her. "But, I guess I can give you my title... I'm known as Death Bringer." He then shrugged at her look. "No, seriously, that's my title. I got it from my lord for ending Al Hazard."
Olivie had heard enough, a Belkan triangle appeared under her and she used one of her most powerful attacks, one that not even Klaus could ignore.
She gasped as nothing came out. "What?"
"Oh please." Death Bringer rolled his eyes at her. "A spell of that level? I don't even need to use shields to block it. I can shut off your magic with a thought little girl." He chuckled at the way she glared at him. "Oh yes, get angry. I just love the scowl of anger on your pretty face. Maybe I'll turn you into a servant when I'm done here." He chuckled as her fist connected with his body, before she fell through him and onto the floor. "Yes... I could use you... In so many ways."
She spat on the floor and rounded on him, her red and green eyes glaring at him as she tried spell after spell on him, all of them failing before they even left her fingertips. "I would never become your servant."
He sighed before snapping his fingers, Olivie's mage circle turned black as tendrils reached up and wrapped themselves around her arms and legs, spreading them as she was lifted off her feet unwillingly. "Now, why do you have to be that way?" He asked her, chuckling as she glared. "If you had just accepted my offer, I could have granted you immortality..." He shrugged. "Oh well."
Olivie's eyes widened as she saw his hand touch her on the belly. "What?"
"Ah... I see... Your time with that Klaus person... You do have a child on the way." He chuckled at the way her eyes widened. "Oh well..." His face took on a sinister look as his hand glowed black with power.
Olivie threw her head back and screamed as he forced his hand into her abdomen, before moving it around a few times, and pulling it out, leaving her body feeling like it was bathed in lava.
"Such a young life..." He shrugged at her as she stopped screaming and started panting glaring at him. "Oh my my... Such hatred... Such lovely hatred... Are you mad that I snuffed out your child's life?" He gently caressed her face. "Don't be... you're next."
She gasped as his hand reached into her chest, between her breasts, before pulling out a large white orb. 'What..?' She couldn't even get words to form, her body felt cold, very cold.
He grinned at her, chuckling heavily. "Your soul, girl... Your soul... It shall... Be quite tasty..."
Olivie screamed as he took a bite out of it, literally, leaving her to tremble in pain.
"Yes! HAHAHAHAHAHA! The pain! MORE! MUST HAVE MORE OF IT!" He laughed and slammed his hand into her chest, this time, making sure to rip through her armor and skin, before grabbing her heart and squeezing. "Such a weakness! You humans have such... Pathetic lives!" He looked at her soul, before taking another bite out of it and laughed as she writhed in pain, flopping helplessly in the grasp of those tendrils. "Just like a fish... If I squeeze too hard on your heart, you'll die and I won't get to finish my meal." Not that he needed the soul, but he found it was... Such a way to draw out the pain and helplessness that humans had when they were outmatched. Plus the beauty of the fear on her face... "If I was human, I'd say you were incredibly beautiful. But... I'm not." He shrugged and ripped her heart out, before dropping her to the ground. "Pitiful." He snorted as what was left of her soul disappeared from his hand before he threw her still beating heart on her face. "Sleep well... Saint Kaiser Olivie Segbert."
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She shuddered as she heard that story again. "So... Awesome!" Hell, if she was human, she'd be so turned on at that moment that she would need to do something to get off.
He chuckled at her. "Yes, I do do my best work when I personally intervene, don't I?"
"Master Death Bringer, what shall I do to them?"
"Whatever you want." His grin was contagious. "But don't kill them, not yet... Killing them is only reserved for after their torment has been drawn out."
"Of course!" She smirked and disappeared in a flash of black.
Left alone, he turned back to the city of Cranagan, before running a finger over the plane of glass in front of him. "Soon, my master... Soon I shall be able to free you from where you slumber. And then this section of the staff... Shall be ours to play with."
He started laughing maniacally. Somedays, it paid to be a lord under the Ma-Oh.
(-)
"Are you sure you're okay, Vita-chan?" Hayate asked worriedly as she fussed over Vita's face. "You look like you really got hurt."
Vita was blushing as Hayate touched her face. "I'm fine, really, Hayate." She grabbed the other girl's hands and smiled for her master. "I've taken worse before." Like last night.
Hearing that, Hayate seemed to tear up before lunging forward and hugging the little knight.
"Hayate?"
"As long as I'm here, you'll never have to face that again."
Vita smiled and hugged Hayate. "As long as we're with you, master, everything will be alright."
After a few moments, Hayate smiled and pulled back from Vita. "So, let's have breakfast now."
Vita nodded and helped Hayate get back into her chair properly. "Yeah, then we can go for a walk."
Hayate smiled and turned to look at the wolf in the room. "Zafira, want to come with us?" Her smile increased as he nodded. "Yay!"
"I would come with, but the head instructor at the dojo is sick." Signum spoke up. "I'm going to be a bit busy there."
"And we're getting a little low on some sauces." Shamal said after rummaging through the cabinets. "Though I suppose we could walk with Hayate until we split off."
"Of course." Signum nodded calmly. A family outing sounded like something they all needed after that horrible nightmare last night. "Shamal, are you going to hold onto the book?"
"Yes. It'll be safer if one of us has it for now."
"Alright." Signum mentally nodded to Shamal.
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"Yuuno-kun, I'm sorry." Nanoha looked down at her bed in embarrassment. "I can't believe I almost attacked you."
Yuuno rubbed the back of his head. "Hey, I'm okay. You didn't attack me, so there's nothing to worry about."
"But still..."
"Actually, your mom was talking about giving you something as soon as Raising Heart got fixed." Yuuno smiled at her, trying to change the subject. "She said that it should help you control that power until you get used to it."
Nanoha blinked, wondering what her mother had in mind.
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Hours later...
"Ah, here you are." Nanoha blinked as she saw her mother walk into the cafeteria. "And eating the ship out of food, I see." Lina laughed as her daughter blushed heavily. "Hey, it's okay, I was worse when I was younger." She cleared her throat and pulled out a square container before setting it in front of her daughter. "Anyway, this is for you."
"A box?" Chrono asked as he looked at it. Granted, it was a pretty box, but he didn't "OW!" He rubbed his head as he rubbed the spot where Lina had slapped him with a slipper. "I was joking!"
Lina snorted. "Your humor sucks, kid." She turned to Nanoha and opened the box. "It's what's in the box that matters." She sighed and revealed four round gems.
"What... Are these?" Nanoha asked as she picked one up. "...It's pretty."
"Demon's Blood Talismans." Lina chuckled as Nanoha nearly dropped it in shock. "Despite the name, I don't think they have actual blood inside of them."
"So... What am I supposed to do with them?" Nanoha blinked a few times. It felt like there was a powerful aura surrounding them.
"Wear them." Lina smiled at her daughter. "Despite the name, they're actually magical amplifiers."
"Really?" Yuuno picked one of the talismans up. "Hey! This one's got some sort of symbol in it."
Lina nodded. "Each of these things represent a different Ma-Oh that exists. Ruby-Eye, Dark Star, Death Fog and Chaotic Blue."
"Oh. So... They make magic stronger?" Nanoha frowned softly. "Wouldn't that be dangerous?"
Lina chuckled softly. "Well, there's a reason why I'm giving them to you. They not only enhance magical power, but they'll help you focus and control your power."
Nanoha flinched. "So I don't..." Her eyes watered up as she remembered what she almost did to her friends.
"Hey, it's okay, Nanoha." Lina knelt down to look Nanoha in the eyes. "No one got hurt, so, don't cry, otherwise I'll bring in some baby pictures and show them to Fate and Yuuno." She grinned as Nanoha blanched at that. "Good. I'll teach you how to use these things later, okay."
Nanoha nodded at that as they put the talismans back into the box.
Oh dear, Nanoha now has the Demon's Blood Talismans. Yeek!
Okay, I know that a LOT of you are probably a mite bit angry for what Death Bringer did to Olivie. But, let me explain.
If you ever read the Slayers novels, you'll note that what he did to her is NOT unlike what Hellmaster Phibrizzo did to Lina and Co. In fact, any high ranking Mazoku, such as a General or a Priest (never mind a lord) has the ability to cancel magic freely. Most of them need to chant a spell to do so, but the strongest lords, such as Hellmaster, don't need to chant anything, they can simply THINK the spell out of existence if they want to. Granted, that only works up to a certain level. Yes, even the Dragon Slave can be canceled by high ranking Mazoku. And by canceled, I don't mean, hit a barrier and go away, I mean, the spell doesn't even go off!
Just a little trivia for how powerful Hellmaster is... The guy rebuilt Sairagg, destroyed Flagoon, the Blessed Blade and the remnants of Zanafar, brought back all the people who had died to Copi-Rezo, unleashed the full power of the Sword of Light, left part of himself laying around as food that Lina and Co. ate, killed Gaav stupidly easy, was surprised by Amelia's Ra Tilt (not the fact that she could cast it, the fact that she hit him with it was surprising, he wasn't expecting that), ripped open a portal to Dark Star's universe to throw the Sword of Light back, while maintaining a barrier that blocked out EVERYTHING except Mazoku and really powerful humans, and it took TWO Giga Slaves to kill him.
Yes, that's right, TWO Giga Slaves in the novels. The first one was the version Lina used on Shabranigdo, the incomplete version. He got hit with it, stood up and went "suppressing that spell REALLY hurt!" She THEN cast the complete version on him, but, in the novels, he had a piece of himself inside of her (the food she ate) and made her heart explode. He just didn't expect L-Sama to smack around her naughty child after all.
