Author Note: Chaos Storm and Divine Pillars of Light finally got their well deserved buffs
Chapter 6: The Court, chaos and divinity.
King Lescatie was incensed to say the least, not only these heretics came to his city to spread their corruption, the man battled and won against one of the best heroes they had, came back from the dead after Primera covertly finished him and now he was in this royal court insulting this entire nation, questioning the king's rulership and calling him an animal, so what if people who contribute nothing to the nation are dying and suffering, they should be grateful for even existing, just like that useless bedridden daughter of his who can't even produce an heir.
"You dare to question my govern you cur? If we weren't unsure on how you both have such massive amounts of spiritual and demonic energy without being monsters yourselves, you would long be dead! Or do you really think your tricks would help you against all of my heroes and priests?"
The king threatened the man who didn't seem bothered or even afraid ot his straits, was it because he knew he would simply come back from the dead again? Was there a limit to this miraculous resurrections skill of his?
"I would never believe i had a chance against a joint attack O King, but if you think death is enough to stop me once you make an enemy out of me, i can show you right now that the monsters you hate so much are the lesser of your concerns".
"Tell me O King are you prepared to shoulder the weight of your mistakes? When all i did was telling the truth".
The cur dared to threaten him again, to hell if he'll come back from death, he wouldn't let his pride be smeared by a nameless heretic who appeared from God knows where, the man deserve a infinite number of deaths and torture, the zealot king wanted nothing more than to break Sieg completely.
"Kill both and if they come back imprison and keep torturing them, make these heretics taste death until their will to go on breaks completely!"
Sieg smilled at the king and his pyromancy was ablaze wanting to feed and be kindled with the lives of these imbeciles.
The heroes and priests irate at the heretic also got pumped up wanting to end the man right there.
One unnamed hero opened the hostilities and shot a fireball at Sieg, a mage casted spears of ice, Primera together with other archers rained down blessed arrows, priests were buffing the knights who ran at the couple with massive swords read to cleave him and Beatrice in half, paladins moved in a wall formation to protect the king who had a grin already seeing the miserable end of the heretics.
Sieg who was readying himself to defend both him and Beatrice when the first move was made stopped when a large ice shield materialized defending the man from the onslaught.
"Wilmarina what's the meaning of this!" Father Noscrim fumed with rage "why are you helping the heretic you traitor daughter of mine!?"
"This is wrong father!" the icy hero spoke loudly "Sieg did no crime other than question why we let so much suffering happen in our town against our own people!"
"And it's exactly because of that he deserves a punishment, he not only smeared the customs of our noble kingdom blessed by the Chief God, in doing so he also insulted the Chief God herself!" Noscrim joined the fray and threw a beam of holy energy at the shield shattering it after it endured the previous onslaught, before a new one materialized protecting the couple making the high priest angrier at his daughter.
"I know he's harsh with his words but he meant well, if he was so evil then why didn't he finish me when he had the chance?!"
"Why did he heal my wounds when all he needed to do was wait for my own demise?"
"Why instead of destroying everything around him when he came back, instead he relented and decided to still answer the summons of our King?"
The hero tried to diffuse this situation the best she could appealing to the emotions of those present, not everyone in here was a fanatical zealot to such a point they wouldn't be grateful for their precious Hero to be alive and well, even if that was because of the actions of the man who is the current target of their hatred.
"He already corrupted you my daughter? Why are you speaking such nonsense!" Father Noscrim rebutted, ever since he set apart her from that low caste cur named Elt she has never gone against his plans, then why she's rebelling again today?
"This is what heretics do, they try to show you their good side, only to stab you in the back later and turn you into a monster, just like all the heroes we already lost during their noble missions before!"
"Then check me for corruption then, let my body speak true for the innocence of the man" Wilmarina reinforced the ice bulwark around Sieg and wouldn't move, she would stand firm for the right cause even if that made her an enemy in the eyes of those who were her allies.
"I did hit her with my dark hand before, if the Dark of old has similar properties to the Demonic Energy of the present wouldn't that mean there's already a taint in her? What do you plan to achieve with this hero of ice?" Sieg thought to himself.
"Beatrice i know we only trained real life combat for one night, but get ready, if her plan fails we'll burn down everything or die trying" Sieg whispered to his lover while Wilmarina and Noscrim had their debate, no one heard it except the half-elf hero Primera who clenched her first and stealthily moved preparing to headshot both before they even tried it, but Beatrice took note of her.
"I won't let you hurt him ever again" the blindfolded maiden also got ready.
"So be it, someone check her for corruption and if she is afflicted by those demons it pains me to say this but execute the traitor Wilmarina on the spot" the King gave his order, not for the sake of the heretic cur but for the sake of his hero which he couldn't afford to lose now.
The hero left her shield of ice protecting the undead pair then walked past them in the direction of her father and kneeled down, another hero positioned himself behind her with a sword pointed at her neck ready to strike down his colleague if it was proven she was fallen.
"You know the consequences of what you are doing my daughter?" Father Noscrim would be the once checking for corruption in her "You risk besmirching our noble name once again for the sake of a nobody you just met? Know that this time the cost of it could be your very own life!"
"If that's the cost i'm ready to shoulder it for the sake of this town i've sworn to protect" Wilmarina closed her eyes, her resolution unwavering, today she would truly be their shield and prevent a catastrophe, no one should touch or kill that man, his darkness is far too deep for Lescatie to fight against.
A almost blinding white glow shone on her body, the high priest wasn't playing around, it would pain him to lose such a competent tool but he still had his son to fall back to if the worst came to pass.
"No signs of corruption, what my daughter says is truthful" after some time using holy power in such a focused way he was spent, at least his daughter wouldn't die today.
"I implore you my King please reconsider your execution order" the girl pleaded.
"This man besmirched the pride of our kingdom lady Noscrim, even if you didn't get corrupted i can't let them go so easily" the hero clenched her hand defeated at this outcome.
"Your actions where commendable lady Wilmarina, but alas your ruler wants to take our heads even still" Sieg spoke to her, her heart was on the right place but just having proved she wasn't corrupted wouldn't be enough to defuse the low temper of this foolish king.
"Be prideful, for today you became a true shield" everyone was far enough from him he could do what he needed to and the ice shield of the hero which protected him would be cover enough so he could finish it.
Sieg then moved his hands close to his body as in prayer, before rising them above his head, his flame raged as in expectancy of what would happen next, Primera reacted first firing a deadly wind boosted arrow at the defenseless man, but Beatrice was expecting that considering how her lover died the first time in this new world and got in her way using the demon scar to defend against it, the chaos flames of the dead Demon Prince instantly burned some of the half-elf arrows while others pierced her body.
"This is bad, get behind me!" Wilmarina seeing the flames were even bigger than what he did during their fight earlier did everything she could to shield the court, together with the priests and heroes who focused on defense.
Then the man brought down both hands punching against the ground and a towering inferno spread from his position, pillars of boiling magma erupting around in a chaotic manner melted the floor of the castle, the searing heat made everyone present feel like their skin was being boiled, the older people were passing out from heatstroke, Wilmarina shield was melting at a rapid pace even when she had the help of buffs to assist her.
Primera who was outside the bulwark of the court suffered the most during this, she evaded the pillars of chaos fire with extreme nimbleness but the sheer heat greatly sapped her stamina to fight and almost died when she miscalculated and got far too close for comfort to a puddle of magma the pillars left behind.
"This heretic has the help of a Fire Elemental? No, this is his own power!"
"If these people have such zealotry for the Gods maybe his next move had the chance of changing their views on him?" Sieg thought again "Beatrice use the dark hand and give me enough time!" he screamed, his lover didn't have enough strength to carry Havel's Shield so he had to make do with what they at at the moment before adopting a prayer, this time concentrating holy power unto himself.
"The power of the Chief God?! How? Is he a Hero!?"
"His only defense is the girl, end her before he finish doing whatever his plan is!"
"Careful with her hand!" one of the original knight escorts who accompanied them screamed "i've seen him draining the life of sir Richard earlier turning him into a corpse using it, do not let her touch you!"
The onslaught resumed, luckily Beatrice was dealing only with ranged magical attacks which the Dark Hand had good enough resistences to defend against, and since Sieg's chaos storm left pools of magma around the footing of the room was precarious for the physical hitters to reach her, even then she couldn't hold on for long and some of the attacks got past her and onto him, he felt like he would be dying at any moment now, but his unfaltering prayer made it so he wouldn't be interrupted by anything.
Sieg adopted the pose of a cross then divine pillars of light fell from the heavens, blasting away the courtroom roof and everything around him vaporizing anyone unlucky enough to be hit by the pillars and leaving behind angel feathers that disappeared into motes of light.
"The power of the angels?" there was a uproar between the zealots now, even father Noscrim refused to proceed on if this man had the favour of the Chief God.
"It seems it worked" Sieg thought then he took a sip of his estus and ashen estus, healing fully before also giving his beloved a sip.
There was a uproar in the city and everyone was fearing for their lives thinking they somehow earned the wrath of their god after seeing part of the castle being blasted away by the pillars and smoke rising from it.
At this point the King's defenses were utterly broken, one by one those fanatical zealots surrendered, if Wilmarina not being corrupted wasn't enough proof, then the fact Sieg apparently invoked the wrath of the heavens itself would be proof enough for these people.
"O King do you still want to go on?" Sieg spoke once more "do you still dare call me an heretic when everything i said was the truth, or do i need to pass down judgment on you and end this entire bloodline today?"
What the king was seeing right now wasn't a heretical crossdresser, it was a Banshee from Hel announcing certain death if he didn't comply, after suffering enough to swallow his pride he receded the imprisonment and execution order and agreed to change the ways of this country to not let people suffer at the cost of sustaining the nobles and the church.
"Even if fallen, a lord is still a lord i see, rejoice O King for your actions may end up saving your country today!" Sieg said it with a sneer, a vein popped in the kings head but he wouldn't do anything.
"Let us leave Beatrice my love, we've seen enough of this city it's time to depart for a new better place"
Sieg began walking away then stopped when noticing Primera in a sorry state fallen on the ground, she did well to survive his chaos storm and divine pillars of light that was proof she was a good fighter even if it pained him to admit it, Sieg truly hoped she was caught in one of them and be reduced to ashes for what she did to him and Beatrice but maybe there will be a new chance to kill her later if she refused to let go, thinking of ways to end this sow if he ever meet her again he grinned at her.
Primera looked back at the grinning man and felt true fear, more than when he came back from the dead and was a hollow pit of darkness, right now the girl wanted anyone to take her as far away from his presence, she made a oath to never cross this monster and his woman paths ever again.
The tensions in the room rose once more, everyone was afraid he would ask for her life as compensation since she killed him once after all.
"She is a dearest friend of mine, if you find in yourself the will to forgive, please spare her sir Sieg" Wilmarina walked exhausted in their direction pleading for her friend.
"Out of respect for your sense of justice and as repayment for helping me i'll hold back my hand lady Wilmarina, go and treat your friend" everyone was relieved and Wilmarina began to thank him before he stopped her "but if she ever follows me and Beatrice, or even crosses our path again she better be prepared to lay down her life" the hero gulped down accepting it, she shouldn't be expecting him to forgive her friend for what she did against him.
Pandemonium
The Fallen God watched the proceedings with a smile on her face, this man even though he had the accursed power of light, instead of joining the Order he laid waste to most of it's forces today and dealt a huge mental blow to them while at it, all because he was a man of justice and risked death only to prove a point to those corrupt rulers of Lescatie.
"I need to have this man under my thumb" she began making plans "maybe if i invite his maiden to my side he'll come as well" she got wet imagining all the hardcore sex she would make to both once they became her loyal followers.
"But for now i need to focus on my dear Sasha" she focused on a gentle sister who currently was going around the slums spreading the news to make them run away from Lescatie and seek refuge somewhere else, in Sasha's eyes these poor people were priority to save before trying the same in the main town
"Poor Sasha, why you would want to deny your children's happiness by taking them away from our new paradise?"
Heaven
"What is that man, why he uses powers similar to my own when he is a unblessed one!" the injured Chief God was having the worst time of her life today, not only her chosen heroes were falling like flies to the wiles of those monster girls all around the world and now this mysterious couple appeared and made a joke out of her best candidates at the heart of her most important town.
"I'm relieved he has show enough mercy to not kill everyone in there, but convincing my most loyal followers that he wasn't a heretic with just that display of power... It seems my dear Lescatie is doomed to fall at any day now"
The quality of her believers decayed even more each year that passed, if even the zealots could be swayed like that what impedes a ex-hero from covertly invading a Order ruled town and monsterize everyone there after showing his holy powers, since even after turning into incubus they still retained all the boons of spiritual energy.
"My blessing is more of a curse to myself than to those monsters, why nothing can go my way?" She remembered when she did her greatest mistake of personally confronting Arthur the traitorous hero and the Demon Lord Lilith, right after she was crowned the Chief God and was almost beaten to death, her injuries hurting to this very day.
"If i took my time and approached the problem in a different way, my world wouldn't be this mess, even my angels are falling to the honeyed words of that SLUT"
A vein popped when she thought about the Fallen God, she knew that bitch was hijacking her connection to her most pious heroes and sending them into monster traps all around by mimicking the Chief God's revelations and oracles, the latest target of that whore being Sasha, but she was so injured she couldn't do anything to combat it, the Chief God choked with anger knowing that the Fallen God was far more powerful than she would ever be, and once again regretted the brashness of attacking Arthur and Llilith.
"Maybe i should show myself to that pair and ask for their help" the Chief God hadn't much to lose anymore so why would she pass the chance of getting an ally?
"After his display of exhibiting power in my name, he should be easy to convince either he'll face the consequences" the girl smiled, "and even though he looks tainted with the Dark, he doesn't actively corrupt other by his mere existence only hurting those who provoke him first, a man of justice who isn't blinded by material values is just what i need right now" the Chief God looked just like the Fallen God now, salivating at the prospect of getting Sieg for her "Just you wait Slut, soon i'll have my own Arthur and Lilith as well" she cackled.
Monster camp during the time Sieg was battling the King
Druella got her report from the Kunoichi Magatsu who watched Sieg and Wilmarina duel up to his death and rebirth, and the white succubus couldn't believe what the girl was saying.
"So you're telling me that man easily defeated Wilmarina before getting killed from a stealth attack by Primera, his corpse disappeared into ashes leaving behind the purest quality spirit energy you ever felt and moments later he came back from the dead but in his place was a deep void of malice and darkness that made you think you were staring at a Demon Lord of old?"
"Yes my lord, everything i said i've witnessed with my own eyes and there was no illusion spell at work" Magatsu answered.
The White Lilim rubbed her temples, that power spike she felt when she was speaking to Sasha must've been the announcement of his death.
"And he didn't seek for revenge even when both Wilmarina and Primera were paralyzed with fear and were easy pickings, instead he goaded them to escort him to the King and speak with the man even though that is a den of zealots" the Lilim was pensive.
"I don't know why he took such action even though his wife, i think was all alone in midst of enemies and would be the next in line if he didn't come back" Magatsu answered.
"I just hope such a being doesn't side with the royal bloodline, either my plans will become far harder to be achieved" then she smiled like a predator "but i'm curious about the man, if he has such potential then finally i can find a worthy husband!" she laughed before suddenly stopping.
"Wait you said he has a wife?! Tell me everything about her" Druella couldn't accept it, even if the man could be dangerous if he already has a wife there will be no spot for her at his side!
"Yes, my lord i don't know if they are truly a couple since both are eerily similar, for a moment i thought banshees from Hel were visiting lescatie so beautiful they are" enthusiastically Magatsu kept explaining much to the Lilim pleasure.
"Both have fair skin which looks like the highest quality porcelain and have beautiful ashen hair tied into a lovely braid, the only difference between the two was that the woman using a blindfold like that of a basilisk, and because of that it reinforced the fullness of her lips..." the kunoichi was getting wet remembering Beatrice "i almost blew my cover from looking at them and wanting a taste" Magatsu was know for being a lesbian, even though all monsters final objective is finding a husband, her pleasure was converting women.
"And you say the man looks just like her?" Druella raised an eyebrow looking at the girl who was blushing non stop and salivating like a dog.
"Yes~ ahhh if only i could bed both i would be the happiest girl ever" the kunoichi squealed, the beautiful pair was the realization of all her fetishes.
"The man is mine, if we capture them i'll let you have the girl" Druella said and the kunoichi became crestfallen.
"Well we have to adjust our plans for his presence" the white Lilim thought before a explosion was heard surprising everyone and making them look at Lescaties's direction only for a wave of fear and awe to wash over them.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" Everyone looked at the castle's direction and saw the eruption of a volcano ravaging the place they knew was the king's court, not long after it was followed by the fury of the heavens themselves
"I believe Sieg didn't like the attitude of the king" Magatsu spoke.
"Wasn't the Matango village destroyed by what looked like a volcano eruption as well?" an orc spoke with tears forming in her eyes remembering the charred corpses and the heat.
"You mean to say Sieg was the culprit for that?! Why no one ever knew of his existence before today?!" Druella looked again at the castle a part of it in ruins and smoke billowing out, she just hoped that the poor weak princess was well.
Another kunoichi came with a report on Sasha
"My lord, it seems Sieg is directly responsible for Sasha's change of mind and vowed to help her in times of need by writing a summon sign at her orphanage"
Druella wasn't surprised in the least after hearing that, maybe that's why the castle was in ruins right now.
"His summon is different from anything we have, he said it can cross time and dimensions to summon a phantom of himself to help her against anything she sees as an enemy"
The girls from the sabbath perked up, their research for everything magic would advance in leaps and bounds if they could learn his summoning method.
"Maybe the plan to turn her one of us should begin now, once she summons his help he would be a boon in our invasion forces" the kunoichi suggested.
"I'll do everything to make you mine Sieg" Druella promised to herself as she longingly gazed at the place her beloved was.