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Chapter 9
Nigun Grid Luin is on his knees in the presence of the cardinals, who were genuinely surprised by his survival. Nigun told them a made-out history, about how he is the only one who survived.
"It's that so… an entire scripture decimated by one person," The cardinal of Fire said.
"Who is that Witch Queen of Nazarick, I have never heard her name before," the cardinal of Wind asked. Nigun could only smile in his mind.
"They would never know, they are not recordings of Nazarick… but they are records of Galadriel Melkor, I need to be careful and gather as much information from the forbidden text and sacred ones, I shall not fail my lady," Nigun thought with new devotion.
He is now serving a living God, a being that surpasses the six great gods, the Ancient One.
"What can you tell us about this… magic caster, how did she defeat an entire scripture," the cardinal of Light asks.
"She can use six-tier magic," Nigun said, shocking all the cardinals.
"Six tiers…" one said.
"That's impossible!"
"That powerful!"
"Enough!" said Raymond Zarg Lauransan, the cardinal of earth and the commandant of the six scriptures.
"Nigun, did she use anything in particular?" he asked.
"Yes, the item was the one in charge of destroying Dominion Authority," the cardinals gasped.
"I am glad that you made it alive, it would have been a long recovery if we have lost all of you… But you did good, now we know about this, Witch Queen, we need to think what we can to about this," the cardinal of earth said.
"But what can we do?" asked one of them.
"Can she be a god-kin?" the cardinal of Darkness said.
"It can be someone uses tier six magic can only be a god-kin," the cardinal of wind said.
"But from which god is she a descendant?" one of them said.
"We need to be wary with this, we don't know if she is an enemy of humanity," the cardinal of earth said to which everyone agreed.
"Thousand Leagues Astrologer wasn't able to use her abilities to provide us with any information at all, which leaves us blind to this new wildcard in the world," the cardinal of water said.
"We need to take it slow; I propose we invite her to our city and see for ourselves," the cardinal of light said, surprising everyone in the room. Except for Nigun, who is smiling all this time.
"What are you talking about?! She killed the entire Sunlight scripture; how can you just invite her like that!" the cardinal of wind rage.
"I agree with the cardinal of light," the cardinal of water said.
"If we can get her on our side, would have recovered what we lost, someone as strong as she, would give us an advantage," everyone is silent for a few moments, reflecting.
"I think the same, maybe we could pass the fact she kills our soldiers if she joins the black scripture, especially if we can get that item she uses," the cardinal of earth and the commander of the six scriptures said.
"I see… I don't like it, but I can see your point," grumble the cardinal of wind.
"Now, we would send our spies to find anything we can of this, witch queen but for now, we must focus our attention in the north, the Argland council," the cardinal of earth said.
"Nigun, please leave us, rest well you have earned," Nigun bow and left the room.
As he was walking, he couldn't stop smiling about what just happened.
"Just as expected, those fools have not idea of what is going on, everything is going to my Lady's prediction," Nigun said.
He thought about the future of the Theocracy. He loves his home, honestly. But the corruption of the nobles and the ignorance of the clerics made him angry.
He has seen the light, the true being that deserves his prayers. He knows that the Ancient One could bring the Theocracy to a golden age.
On his time in her lady home, Nazarick, he saw beings that he would have a hunt in the past, but now he understands clearly that there is no difference from them to him. The only thing that matters is to serve the supreme one, that's it.
He stops walking when he saw a picture on the wall, a beautiful painting, that represents her lady in all her glory. But he is brought back from that moment when someone's voice interrupts his dreaming.
"Oh, you made it alive," he heard the voice of one of the black scriptures.
"Lord Quaiesse," Nigun said.
"Please, don't use Lord with me, just Quaiesse," the blond men with gentle pink eyes, said holding a small smile.
"If you said so, what are you doing here?" Nigun asked.
"Just going to pray to our gods," Quaiesse said.
"Mm, to pray… " Nigun said looking at the painting, catching the interest of the blonde who looks the paint as well. The painting didn't do justice to the beauty of his lady.
"Quite the painting, the Ancient One… the supreme deity, the god of our gods, I often wonder who she was," Quaiesse said.
"Sadly, there is not much about her in the public scriptures, only in the private journals of our gods," that brought the attention of Nigun.
Even though he is a part of the six scriptures, he is not allowed to see the holy texts like the cardinals. Something that he must find out at any cost. He wonders, how did he read those sacred texts.
"You have read it?" Nigun asked him.
"Not much of it, only what our god Surshana wrote the last day of his existence before facing the eight greed kings, that he never stops loving her and that his only regret was not to ask her for a +18 pictures, whatever that means," Quaiesse said.
"I see..." Nigun whispered.
"What about you, Nigun, are you going to pray?" Nigun let out a snort.
"Later, I have things to do… oh, by the way, I think we would have a very interesting visitor soon," Nigun said with an enormous smile.
"Oh, who is it?"
"The Witch Queen of Nazarick," Nigun said with a big smile.
"Who..." Quaiess said.
Nigun left, leaving a very confused Quaiesse alone, after all, he must report back to Lord Demiurge. The plans for the new age are starting to move, and Nigun knows that there would only be one winner.
Back in Nazarick, in a room full of armors and weapons of every class, Galadriel is standing looking at the armor she is wearing.
"What do you think, Yuri?" Galadriel asked the older sister of the Pleiades.
"You look like the perfect warrior queen you are, my lady," Yuri said with devotion.
"Mm…" Galadriel said as she looks herself in the mirror. She is the one who took the adventure job. It would be good for her to be outside and see things firsthand.
So, with the help of Demiurge and a very sad Albedo, they created this persona of her. The background must be believable and easy to remember.
She would be Elian, the dark warrior princess. She is from a lost kingdom far away and become an adventurer to find purpose in her life.
Easy to say and ambiguous as well. Now she is choosing her armor. She is now wearing a black armor, very tight to her body, and a black helmet. Simple but sufficient. Since she is going to only use the basics of the warrior class, she decides to pick only one sword.
A sword that is made by one of her long friends, Warrior Takemikazuchi. He became so obsessed with an old game from the last century, called the Witcher 3, that he spends quite a lot of time and money to recreate the Aerondight Silversword. Although not as strong as his primary weapon, it would do a fine job still.
"Now, what about Lupusregina and Narberal?" she asked as the two Pleiades stood in front of her.
Narberal is using a simple brown tunic with a white shirt and dark saggy pants, Lupusregina is wearing a very generic cleric outfit, she almost looks like a battle nun, with that blue with black colors.
Still, it would do the job, she guesses. She wanted to travel alone, but she didn't hear the end of it. They were completely freaked out of her going alone like that.
So, she decides to take both, Narberal and Lupusregina. It would make sense since she was going as a warrior, Narberal as a magic caster and Lupusregina as a cleric. A very complete group. Still, she wanted to go alone.
"You two look great," she said at the two blushing maids.
"Now, remember, when we are outside, you will call me Elian, you would be Nabe and you Regina, understood?" Galadriel said.
"Yes, my lady," both of them said.
"Good," Galadriel said, as she thought back to the meeting with the guardians.
It took time to understand the big plan that Demiurge came out with, but she understood most of it, mostly.
The Witch Queen would be able to draw the attention of the nations around Nazarick. While Elian the mysterious warrior princess will grow to become a new hero for the people of the new world.
Meanwhile, Galadriel Melkor would be this zooming threat on the horizon.
She believes that things can go in different ways, but regardless if things didn't go as a plan, she would have many safe wards. She also sends undercover agents to these nations. In the Re-Estize Kingdom, Solution and Sebas would work to get intel in the nation. In the south, with Pandora's Actor, he would take the mantle of the Witch Queen while she is Elian. They would switch depending on the situation.
And with Rubedo, she would go to the Baharuth empire as a noble girl with Yuri as her servant.
Galadriel got quite worried about sending so many people outside Nazarick, so she decides to give the guardians and the people that would travel outside Nazarick World Items.
The world's items she gave are not as powerful as the twenty, but still, it would protect them from another world Item if the worst happens. Back in Yggdrasil, they were around 200 world items. So, she doesn't know how many are in the new world now, and some of them have quite an annoying effect. Still, she doesn't know what kind of reaction those items would have here, but she won't risk it. Especially when it comes to protecting the people of Nazarick.
Demiurge is exploring ways to create scrolls and to expand the espionage across the continent. Shalltear and Cocytus would be in charge of a response team, in case something happened. Mare and Aura would create a fortress nearby Nazarick's entrance. And Albedo would coordinate with Demiurge everything that happens. That will be a lot of work, but it must be done.
So, she prepares herself for a long day, but deep inside her, she is very excited.