Author's Note: Alright, bitches, welcome back to Vulpine Overlord! XD I've got to say, this one was a real treat to write. I hope y'all enjoy the conclusion to this little mini-arch and the rest of this story to come! :)
AdVictoriamCustodes, beta, co-writer, editor, whatever you wanna call it: And from this chapter onwards, you get to enjoy my commentary too! How fun!
Also, for those of you whining about lack of lemons, chill. There is such a thing as story pacing to consider, y'know. V1 is all about setting Naruto up to deal with the New World. There's going to be more than enough debauchery to make Slanesh proud… we've already written it.
...In fact there's more chapters unpublished than published. We're almost about to start V3 :P.
DrunkManSquakin, Prime Degenerate: Speaking of da lewdness in later chapters: IMPORTANT! The lolicon and "child" pregnancy tags have been updated in light of a new addition to the harem! I have also removed yet another typo I found in the Content Warnings section... because I suck at editing and just now spotted it. XD
With that outta the way, on with the fic!
Chapter Eight: Downfall of Castle and Country Part 2
AdV: Otherwise called, 'Run Like a Bitch no Jutsu!'
Just south of the border, now back in their homeland, seven battered and bloodied men and women limped on without looking back, without resting. They may be home, but that… thing... might still be chasing them! (1)
The sound of a wolf snarling at them caught the leader's attention, and without even looking at it, he skewered the beast with his spear, shambling away and leaving it to bleed out. Captain Zulphas Azrael of the Black Scripture had never lost a serious fight before… let alone a fight alongside his comrades, so this… this was enlightening.
"There's always a bigger fish, as they say," he muttered. He knew there were two, in fact… he just thought there were only two: Platinum Dragon Lord of the Arcland Council State and a godkin with whom he was very familiar―Zesshi Zetsumei. Never in a million years, however, had he imagined himself being bested by a vampire of all things.
...or what appeared to be one?
He didn't know, nor did he care at the moment. What mattered right now, the only thing that mattered right now, was that they needed to get back… to warn the cardinals of this threat to humanity before it could cause any more trouble!
While the poor, unfortunate souls down south hobbled on home, Naruto and his daughter were having a much better time in Carne Village. The two redheads, plus Albedo―who kept to herself, uncomfortable with the thought of… mingling with such lower lifeforms―were seated around a large wooden table outdoors, sitting opposite of the village chief and Enri.
The whole of Carne was there, laughing and drinking while listening to Naruto regale them with outlandish stories; including the small troop of Goblins Enri had summoned with the Horn of the Goblin General, most of whom were sending him wary glances from time to time.
Enri, laughing at another quirky tale Naruto wove about his homeland, felt a frown tug at her lips as she noticed this.
She looked at them with a pout.
"Stop that, you guys..."
Five of the goblins closest to them shared a glance over their table, unsure what they should do; on one hand, they could tell this stranger was trouble with a capital T… but it was clear their lady liked him. Their guts were telling them to keep her away from him… but she obviously wouldn't take kindly to it.
"He's dangerous," one muttered under his breath, still loud enough for everyone to hear. Hushed arguments broke among their ranks. Throughout their conversation, the youko eyed them with a spark of mild amusement in his eyes. He rested his chin on one hand, and listened in for a bit before addressing their leader, who looked a bit flustered.
"It's fine, Enri." Naruto assured with a quick chuckle. ''If anything, they ought to be praised for having such good instincts. Hell, if I wasn't dangerous, I wouldn't have been able to protect this village."
Many a human present shared a hearty chuckle at that.
Enri turned her pout, now reinforced with a puffed out cheek, on him. "But it's so rude…"
Unbeknownst to her, the blonde earned a shred of respect from Albedo for being so considerate and subservient to her lord.
"Again, it's fine," Naruto repeated with a warm chuckle. "I don't mind it at all. And it is their job to protect you." he pointed out.
"Mou…"
Naruto chuckled sheepishly. "I'm sorry, but that was just so cute!"
Enri blushed, looking away in embarrassment and drawing many an amused chortle from the other villagers.
Tayuya elbowed her father.
"Oh, stop it, Boss," the redhead grunted. "Keep that up and she might pass out."
"But it's so fuuun to get her all flustered." Naruto mock-wined teasingly.
Aaand now, the poor blonde was bright red from her collar to the roots of her hair. Literally everyone present swore they could see steam rising from her head. Even some of the goblins chuckled at that. The friendly interaction between their lady and the outsider was enough to put most of them at ease.
Albedo, meanwhile, did a wonderful job of hiding how much she wanted to strangle the woman.
A short time later, at the village's well, Naruto and Enri were having a goodnatured squabble over who should carry the buckets back.
'I insiiist," the latter whined. "You've done more than enough for me."
"Having you carry them is no way for someone of my stature to treat a lady," Naruto fired back with a warm chuckle. "Relax and let me spoil you!"
Of course, Enri turned beet red at that. "You're a noble, though," she said. "And the hero of my village; I couldn't possibly let you do all of the hard work…"
Albedo and Jugem, meanwhile, just stared at the two in confusion.
The former had tagged along to ensure the blonde hussy didn't try to seduce her lord while the latter was here to ensure that this "Lord Kurama" person didn't try and have his way with Lady Enri.
That all being said, Albedo was feeling rather… conflicted. On one hand, this worm was daring to go against the will of a Supreme One! But… on the other, she was doing so out of common courtesy of all things, wanting to do the manual labor for him like a good underling instead of letting Lord Kurama carry the buckets himself. How was she supposed to react to that?! (2)
At the same time, though, Albedo knew damn well that this little shit was also putting the moves on her master, making the succubus want to choke a bitch, regardless… but to do so would go against Lord Kurama's orders to be civil.
Thankfully, Jugem was there and he came to the rescue, taking the buckets himself with an exasperated, but amused sigh.
With that matter settled, the group then started to head back. But then, something started nagging Naruto, so he decided to ask about it.
"Hey, Enri," he began. "Could you answer a question for me?"
She perked up, looking rather curious. "What do you want to know, Lord Ainz?"
''It's just… this well seems so far away from your village. Why doesn't anyone build an aqueduct?"
"What's an aqueduct?"
''...You've never heard of one?" Naruto asked with a frown. Considering what he'd seen in E-Rantel, this world definitely had the tools to construct such a thing.
She shook her head.
He pursed his lips.
"What about a water tower?"
Enri put a finger up to her lips.
''...maybe?"
Naruto sighed and chuckled. "An aqueduct is like a man-made… river, I suppose you could say," he told her. "You basically find a water source in the mountains and dig a trench that leads to your village―covered in stone and mortar so animals don't get into it, and maybe some filters if you know what you're doing. As for a water tower, it's basically where the water is collected so you can distribute it around the village, kinda like this well here. In my… homeland, every house and every home has these small, metal ones that bring fresh water."
"That sounds amazing." Enri said, wide-eyed. "Your home must be a paradise to live in."
"I suppose it was at one point," Naruto chuckled as they walked past the new fence. "I like it better here, though, believe it or not. It's much more…'' mid-sentence, Naruto paused, tilting his head.
His ears twitched.
Something was coming.
Seconds after he realized this, a blur of movement raced past the goblin guards and headed towards him. His eyes widened. What was she doing here…?
"F-F-F…'' a stuttering, crying Shalltear ran up to him.
Naruto knelt down, placing his hands on her shoulders to steady the loli vampire.
"Breathe, Shalltear, breathe…"
Said vampire did precisely that, taking several deep breaths and doing her best to calm herself down enough to speak.
"Now, tell me, what's wrong."
"F-Fumiko! It's… it's Fumiko!"
Naruto paused, a chill enveloping the village square at that name.
''...tell me what happened."
It was absolute carnage…
No less than 1,000 corpses riddled the field… possibly more.
It was hard to tell, as more than half of them were… well, only half-there.
Among the dead were several of Shalltear's Vampire Brides and… what appeared to be six adventurers…? Naruto didn't know or care what they were, but took note that one was an elderly woman in a gold and white dress, her head blown clean off. Another was a large man with two shields, clearly a tank of some sort, a hole in his chest. The third was a black-haired man wielding a chain that reminded him of Aura's whip. He'd been ripped in half. A woman decked out in green and white was also among the dead, a massive hole in her back as she apparently tried to flee. Beside her was a man face up and burnt to a crisp. His armor was mostly blue in color with white and gold accents and clutched in his cold, dead grasp was a massive, fantastical sword that could only exist in an MMO. Finally, the last one was a… boy? Girl?
A fucking trap.
The final one was a brown-haired trap dressed like a fucking leprechaun; this one lay bloodied and broken, clearly a victim of Fumiko's.
And in the center of it all, the completely inert pinkette stood hunched over with her tetsubo in hand and a dead look upon her face.
"What happened?" Naruto demanded through gritted teeth.
Still hysterical, Shalltear did her best to explain coherently. "Th-they came from the… the Theocracy…"
"BANZAI!"
Naruto's pigtailed daughter landed ― or rather crashed ― in the middle of the forward company, her beating stick at the ready as a concussive shockwave followed the impact. The impact stunned all who were caught in it and without wasting a moment, Fumiko dashed forward towards the first enemy she saw: he was short, garbed in green, wielding a rapier, with a cloak and a miniature top-hat that made him look like a fop.
He was the first to die.
The petite girly-man-looking fucker's comrades all reeled at the crunch that followed as Fumiko smashed into the back of his spine. She let out a giggle of childish glee and watched him bounce along the ground like a ragdoll, each and every impact accompanied by another crunch or pop.
Of course, Shalltear wasn't far behind; brandishing her oddly-shaped lance, the vampiric loli carved through the party's entourage.
Fumiko, meanwhile, dashed and swung her tetsubo at another, but this one actually didn't die, much to her surprise... and immeasurable glee.
The man in question, apparently the leader of this group, grunted in exertion as he parried her blow and tried to counter attack, but it glanced off of her armor… and by the time he pulled his spear back for another try, the kijo had recovered from the initial shock and deflected his blow with a blissful look that made his skin crawl.
Finally, she'd found someone who could put up a fight~!
While Fumiko tried her best to smash through the human, and as said human tried his best not to die, Shalltear was tearing through the last vestiges of the army. Two of the "adventurers", a large, burly shield bearer and a man wielding a weighted chain, engaged her, but Shalltear made quick work of the former, her lance piercing through his mighty tower shield like it were made of wet paper.
The man with the chain fared no better; when he tried to bash her head in with the weight, Shalltear caught it with nary an ounce of effort before yanking him upwards. Clearly, those wings on her armor weren't just decorative, either, as with a mighty flap, she took to the air, dragging the would-be assailant with her and then impaling him as well.
Then, she swooped down to attack another of those few who remained. But then, a bright, golden light caught her attention and when she gazed upon the old woman invoking the power of her apparently-magical dress, Shalltear... shivered.
Such a thing should have been impossible; the undead don't shiver! But, when she saw what the woman was doing, something deep and primal within Shalltear told her that it was dangerous, that she had to run. Raising her free hand, she created a spear of light, covered in magic runes; a circle of magic appearing before the woman's forehead, Shalltear chucked the spear at her. (3)
The light drew closer and grew brighter, not ceased by its caster's sudden and brutal death…
"Get outta the way!" Fumiko shouted, slamming into the vampire.
...and then, the light meant for her hit the kijo instead.
"FUMIKO!" Shalltear cried out, unable to see the last Supreme One's child in the middle of the blinding light. Then, when the light faded, Fumiko stood still and unresponsive, a dead expression upon her face… and the vampiric loli's vision turned red.
''...W-when I came to my senses, she was still stuck like that. I-I… I didn't know what to do." Shalltear said, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand to no effect as more just kept on coming.
Albedo was silent, wanting to berate the vampire, but she couldn't bring herself to do so. Shalltear just looked so pathetic right now...
As for Naruto, he suddenly felt more lost than ever before in his life. Never before had he felt such pain… seeing his baby like this… it hurt so much… Naruto grit his teeth and tried the first thing that came to mind.
"D-Dispel Magic!"
A green aura formed around Fumiko and then shattered. The spell had no effect.
"I… I tried everything," Shalltear told him, still bawling her eyes out.. "Dispel Magic, Greater Dispel Magic, Remove Curse, Destroy Magic… nothing had any effect… I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" she babbled, hiccuping.
Naruto took a deep breath and did his best to calm himself. He looked down to a ring on his left forefinger. This was Shooting Star, a magic ring Momonga-Senpai got from Yggdrasil's gacha system before handing it over to him the day before those servers shut down.
It was a very simple, but powerful item that allowed him three uses of the spell Wish upon a Star without paying its XP cost. He looked at his daughter and closed his eyes, a blue aura surrounding him as he extended the finger that ring was on towards Fumiko.
"I wish," he said, "to remove this mind control effect on Fumiko-chan!"
The aura shattered and the spell had no effect, the charge in his ring having gone to waste. And Naruto stood there in utter shock. Even a Super-Tier spell had no effect on his baby girl.
And then…
"SON OF A BITCH!" Naruto roared, punting a nearby severed head as hard as he could and sending it flying clear over the horizon. Albedo and Shalltear flinched, a sense of unimaginable dread washing over them… and then, as soon as it came, it was gone.
Turning his head to look down at the crying Shalltear, Naruto tried to say something, but felt himself choke. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, he finally found the strength to speak. He then approached her and in that moment, it took every ounce of Shalltear's self control for the poor thing not to run away.
"It wasn't your fault, Shalltear," he said, cupping her cheek and urging the vampire to look him in the eye. He gave her a smile, pained though it may have been. "Neither of you could've expected something like this to happen… or done anything to prevent it. What's done is done. Now we just have to pick ourselves up and carry on."
"B-but."
"No buts!" Naruto ordered swiftly. ''Now, can you tell who was responsible?"
Sniffling, Shalltear wiped her eyes. She looked around.
Pointing towards one of the apparent adventurers, she sniffed.
"T-there. That one."
Naruto took a deep breath and walked over to the headless, elderly woman's corpse. He took one look at her and saw that the dress was definitely magical. It had a strong aura, too… He extended a hand out to her and cast a spell.
"All Appraisal Magic Item!"
...and then he flinched. 'No way…' Naruto thought.
That thing was fucking World-Class!
He took a deep, calming breath. "Downfall of Castle and Country," he mused aloud. "Explains why nothing worked… that dress is a World Item!"
Albedo looked at him utterly shocked. "Really?"
"Yeah… the only way to guard against them is with another World Item… and because its user was apparently killed before the mind control could take full effect, we… I…" He hesitated. "A hard reset is the only thing that might snap her out of it." Naruto said, finishing with a snarl.
Truth be told, he didn't even know if that would work. It was just the first thing that came to mind.
"Dammit!" His clawed hands dug into his skin as he gripped his hands, trying to think of some other way to undo what has been done.
Nothing. He could think of nothing else.
''...dammit!" Naruto swore again.
Meanwhile, as Naruto's rage mounted to greater heights in tandem with his sorrow, a flustered and confused Enri was trying to converse with a suddenly quiet and downtrodden Tayuya.
"Listen, Tayuya, I don't mean to pry, but…'' she said, wringing her hands while holding back a blush as she thought of him. "Why did Lord Ainz leave so quickly… and who was that pale-skinned girl? She looked like a…"
''...a walkin' corpse?" Tayuya questioned, giving her a small smile.
Enri was startled by her bluntness. "Eh…? Oh no-no-no!" she shook her hands, "I wouldn't go that far."
"Bullshit," Tayuya snorted crudely, giving her a shrug. "Have it your way, though." Then she frowned, growing silent for a moment before letting loose a sigh, "And as for why Boss left like that…''
"Boss?" Enri blinked in confusion. Wasn't this girl Naruto's daughter?
"I just call him that to fuck with him," Tayuya explained, waving it off. "As I was about to say, well… Fumiko's my sister. Sounds like she got into serious trouble." She sighed again, before grumbling to herself. "Not that it's a surprise or anything."
"Sister? Oh, I wasn't aware you had one."
Tayuya pushed aside an annoying strand of hair that kept getting in her hair away, "Yeah, I'm the younger one… but I swear, I feel like the older one most o' the time." Tayuya chuckled weakly. "She was sent south with that pale-ass one a bit less 'an a week ago to take out any o' them bitches who got too close to yer village."
Enri and the chief were shocked to hear that to say the least. To think he'd go so far out of his way to help them without even letting them know, let alone asking for anything in return...
Unbeknownst to them, Fumiko and Shalltear had originally been assigned to hunt bandits in the area for anyone with skills and the like unique to this world… and proved very unsuccessful in that as no one ever lasted long enough for them to really appraise the poor bastards. Mostly thanks to Fumiko. But, after catching wind of Carne Village being attacked while he wasn't looking, he'd given them a new assignment.
"I never would've imagined that he'd go so far to help us," Enri muttered.
"I'm guessin' he's helpin' you specifically," Tayuya told her with a shrug. "I think he likes ya."
The blonde turned beet red at that, sputtering helplessly.
The redhead snickered at that. No wonder Boss liked teasing her; she was just so cute! But, Tayuya's enjoyment was interrupted by the distinct sound of a Gate opening behind her and she flinched when Boss' voice rang in her head.
"Everyone, back in Nazarick! NOW!"
"Something wrong?" It was the chief who'd asked this while poor Enri's imagination left her a bit… distracted. (4)
"Gettin' called back..." Tayuya sighed. "Sorry ta cut this short."
"Are you sure you don't want us to help?"
Naruto smiled halfheartedly, thirty minutes later, giving Cocytus a nod. "I'm sure," he said. "Literally everyone offered to help, but I just can't bring myself to watch you guys fighting one of your own to the death… this hurts enough as it is."
"...I understand," the massive insectoid told him, placing a hand on the youko's shoulder. "Be safe, Lord Kurama."
"As safe as I can be," Naruto replied with a humorless chuckle. "Both of my baby girls are fucking beastly in a fight… I made damn sure of that."
Cocytus nodded and turned to walk through the Gate provided by Aureole.
Shalltear, still donning her lance and red armor, opened her mouth to say something, but hesitated. She… didn't know what to say and so, the little vampire wordlessly followed Cocytus back to Nazarick, tears pouring down her cheeks once more.
Naruto took a deep, calming breath as he stood before Fumiko a moment later. After ensuring that everyone else had been called back and calming down, he returned here, to where Fumiko still stood unmoving and mentally prepared himself for what he had to do.
He stared down the form of his daughter, knowing full well that this would not be easy—physically or emotionally. But he steeled himself.
"Now or never," Naruto told himself, and with that in mind, he cast his first spell.
"Reinforce Armor!"
Of course, it was a defensive one; he was intimately familiar with both Fumiko's and his own builds and knew damn well that she was one of the few beings in this world who could actually hit him... and do some heavy damage while she's at it. So, anything that could even slightly tip the scales in his favor would be needed.
But, then, she didn't move. Naruto stared and tried another.
"Shield Wall!"
Again, she didn't move. Then, Naruto recalled that Fumiko hadn't reacted to him trying to cast all of those spells earlier, or to his attempts to shake her out of that trance she was apparently still in.
"I… I see…" the youko muttered, a spark of realization in his eyes. "So you're not gonna react to anything I do unless it's an actual attack, huh? Sorry, honey, but Papa's gonna take full advantage of this." With that established, he cast Message. "Albedo," he called out. "Change of plans. Send the Pleiades… all seven of them."
A pink-haired girl in red hakama and a white haori disappeared into the portal behind three hours later, having been sent back when she and the others were done. The Gate spell dissipated soon after. (5)
His MP back at full, many a nasty trap in place, and now sporting every single known buff in all of Yggdrasil that could even slightly benefit his build, Naruto spent the next ten minutes or so making himself look like a damn idiot by running around in a circle repeatedly yelling, "Maximize Magic: Demonic Landmine!"
After Naruto had a few hours to calm his tits and get his head in the game, the youko's strategy became more refined as he prepared for the fight. That said, Naruto was careful to only spend one-quarter of his MP on casting that spell… and these weren't the only mines he had planted in preparation for this battle.
During his time in Yggdrasil, Naruto managed to recreate a spring-loaded mine he'd once learned about in one of the World War II games he'd played. Known as the Schrapnellmine 35 and given many nicknames, his favorite being the Bouncing Bitch, said mine was one that shot up three feet into the air before exploding; it was by far Naruto's favorite boobytrap and he had quite a few of them in place. Knowing Fumiko, more basic shit like bear traps and pitfalls were useless, and she'd just outrun the blasts of conventional mines, so they were all out of the question. But the Bouncing Bitch would be of some use, particularly in conjunction with his Chains of Hell.
Again, he needed every single advantage he could get, no matter how small. Not only was she at a major advantage in this upcoming bout, sporting a build tailored for fighting players like himself, but her gear was also on par with his own... and that was saying something.
Divine Class items could only be crafted and this could only be achieved by way of inserting data crystals into a vessel of some kind, usually weapons or armor crafted from sufficiently rare materials... and these crystals were incredibly rare drops that Naruto and the others took ages to farm.
But farm they did...
So, of course, that armor set of hers, Embrace of Lilitu, was among said items. Its first Set Bonus, which she got from wearing two of the four items in the set, made Fumiko immune to stun effects and instant death abilities of any kind. So, the likes of Grasp Heart and Assassination were out of the question, as were most of Naruto's crowd control spells and abilities like Sap and Paralysis. Its second Set Bonus, which came from wearing the gear set as a whole, also made her immune to critical hits―thereby making Naruto's Bloodthirst ability, his primary self-heal, completely useless.
And if to add salt to the wound, her armor's second Set Bonus also quite ironically made her immune to mind control and other charm effects of any kind, reflecting such abilities back to the caster, the victims of this effect being treated as though Fumiko had cast sad spells or abilities upon them.
...Downfall of Castle and Country notwithstanding, of course. Such was the power of a World Item.
That aside, the club she wielded, Thunderclap of the Demon King, was another Divine Class item; it was a nasty piece of work that doubled her chance to land a crit, which was very useful to her build. Like Naruto's sword, it also had an on-hit effect, reducing the movement speed and Physical Defense stat of anyone she whacked with it by 50% for 10 seconds. It also had a 10% chance to stun on impact.
Thankfully, the Slow and Sunder abilities of Thunderclap didn't stack… though the duration would refresh if he was hit a second time while they were still up. They did, however, stack with Sunder Armor, one of the most common abilities among martial classes, which she just so happened to have. As the name implied, it was a debuff ability that weakened one's Physical Defense stat.
Needless to say, her gear was far from the only thing that made her dangerous as one would expect.
Finally, not only did he have to deal with all of this shit, but he would have to do so twice because of one of her rings! The item in question, a Ring of the False Life, instantly restores its user's HP to full when it drops to zero. Unfortunately, the damn thing was an extremely rare item that couldn't be crafted… one with an abysmal drop rate and bound itself to its user when equipped. As such, he couldn't just borrow Shalltear's for this. (6)
Naruto took a deep, calming breath and mentally prepared himself for the fight to come. "Alright," he said, "it's go time!"
And with that, Naruto was enveloped by a pillar of blue-white light, several arcane glyphs and incantations floating in the air around him.
Meanwhile, back in Nazarick, the floor guardians and Tayuya were gathered around the Mirror of Remote Viewing as they watched the fight unfold.
"Isn't it a little early for that?" Demiurge asked, as he recognized what was going on in an instant. Naruto was kicking this fight off with a Super-Tier spell. It was the highest, most powerful form of magic, only usable by the Supreme Ones themselves.
"It's like a skill," Cocytus explained. "It doesn't use any MP, but after he's done using it, he won't be able to cast another one for some time."
"That, and it's got a long-ass castin' time," Tayuya chimed in. "Given 'at Fumiko-chan won't respond until she's attacked, this is the best time for Boss to pop one off."
"I see," Demiurge commented. He wasn't very familiar with this level of magic, so he didn't know its mechanics all that well. "Thank you for clarifying."
Naruto winced as the timer ran out. "Sorry, honey," he said. "This is gonna hurt me more than it hurts you."
And boy, was it gonna hurt! What he was about to cast was one of the most powerful single-target spells in all of Yggdrasil, second only to Missiletainn.
"Devil's Hammer!"
The pillar of light dispersed and something blew a hole in the clouds above. A flaming projectile, a meteor about the size of a tire, careened towards the still-unmoving Fumiko.
BOOM!
The earth shook, the booby traps left untriggered by sheer luck as the meteor hit Fumiko dead center.
And then…
Naruto heard her laughing... cackling... like a madwoman. It legitimately gave him chills.
When the dust settled and Fumiko was revealed, a maniacal grin on her face.
"That really hurt, Papa~!" She turned to face him, taking on a stance while she was at it. "You might wanna be careful or I'll think you're tryin' ta kill me~!"
"So you still recognize me," Naruto observed, raising an eyebrow. He also took note that the spell clearly hadn't knocked Fumiko below 50%. Good...
"Of course I do, Papa~! Why wouldn't I?" Then, she blinked in confusion. "Wait, why do I wanna kill you again…?"
Naruto frowned in thought. "So Albedo was right about that…"
The succubus warned him not to let his guard down when he attacked her. Upon pulling up the master screen to check on her status, the image listing the 8th Floor NPCs' names had hers shown as red and thus hostile. She had also guessed that Fumiko would be very confused, all things considered, but still very prone to attacking him.
His words only confused the pinkette even more, but she pushed it aside. "Doesn't matter," she grunted, pouting childishly. "I did nothing wrong! I was just sittin' there, mindin' my own business and you went and spanked me outta nowhere!" Then her pout turned back into that psychotic grin as she continued. "Buuut, if nothing else, that means I finally have A WORTHY OPPONENT~!"
What followed was a thunderclap as she was enveloped with pink lightning and charged at Naruto, the earth blowing apart under her as she predictably used Sprint to close the gap.
As its name implied, it was a class skill that greatly increased movement speed in a sudden, instantaneous burst. Granted to Fumiko through her Berserker class in particular, this ability had a ten second cooldown, thanks to her high Special stat.
Knowing her build, she was also likely to be using it in combination with Bullrush, but, if so, Fumiko wouldn't get the chance to see how far she'd fling Papa quite yet as her charge was cut short.
"Chains of Hell!"
That spell stopped Fumiko in her tracks... and soon after those shadowy chains pinned her to the ground, pulling the kijo down to her knees, no less than twenty little black, metal contraptions shot up from the ground, her Sprint and attempted Bullrush having triggered every last one of Naruto's Bouncing Bitches. Then, the instant the little bombs hit the apex of their jumps, they exploded. (7)
"GYAAAH!"
Naruto winced again when he heard the scream, his heart aching at the sight of his baby being showered with shrapnel. But he muscled past it and cast another spell. With her amulet and Physical Attack stat, those chains would only keep Fumiko pinned down for a few seconds, so Naruto had to make every last one of them count.
Unfortunately for Naruto, Fumiko had High-Tier Magic Resistance, like most other lvl 100 characters, so she was immune to most spells below 7th-Tier. Of course, there were some that bypassed this immunity, Chains of Hell being among them, but Cloud of Knives was the only one he knew that actually did damage... and it was an AoE DoT, meaning it wouldn't do enough damage over time to one single target to justify its mana cost.
In other words, he'd get more bang out of his buck by using spells of a higher tier, so that was precisely what he did.
"Maximize Magic: Explosion!"
BOOM!
The earth shook once more from yet another blast and a mushroom cloud formed as the pink-haired kijo found herself bathed in hellfire.
Still not below 50%...
However, through Life Essence, a spell he'd cast upon himself before the fight, he noted that she was getting close, so he cast another spell—this one afforded to him by being a Ninja.
"Kawarimi no Jutsu!"
Fumiko, chains and all, switched places with Naruto and he stretched his hand out towards her.
"Hellzone Grenade!" (8)
Fumiko blinked as every Demonic Landmine in the area became visible to her. Many, many dozens of circles and orbs of orange light seemingly flickered into existence around her and she knew damn well what they were… One of the nastier aspects of said spell was that it could be placed on the ground as a circle or in the air as an orb, despite the name… and the spell Papa just cast, Hellzone Grenade, had a very specific effect on them...
"Uh-oh…"
BOOM!
"Oh, wow," Albedo muttered uncomfortably, reeling from that last explosion in particular. "Even I would have felt that one…"
And that was saying something…
"Lord Kurama truly isn't holding back," Demiurge chimed in.
"He can't afford to," Tayuya said, a deep, worried frown upon her face. "Fumiko-chan is… really fuckin' deadly."
Yet another mushroom cloud shot upward, this one much bigger than the last, and the tremor that accompanied it could be felt for literal miles.
But, when the dust cloud parted in the wake of a black and pink, crackling blur coming towards him, Naruto knew right then and there that he was in desperate need of a blindfold and a cigarette, because this was about to hurt like a bitch.
WHACK!
The youko was sent flying back on impact, bouncing away like a tumbleweed and crashing through many a tree and hill along the way, but he managed to roll onto his feet and stop himself just in time to see her.
'Theeere it is…' Naruto thought.
The girl was now enveloped with a mantle of black and red fire, her eyes aglow with demonic power and bloodlust as she charged at him.
It was a sign that her most powerful ability had been triggered: Demonic Frenzy.
Aaand there was no way in hell he was about to do the same amount of damage his Hellzone Grenade had done in a reasonable amount of time… especially not with that gear of hers… so, he only had one option at the moment: run like a pansy bitch until it petered out!
"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!" And when he saw her leap into the air, Naruto knew damn well what was coming next and got the hell out of there!
"RAAAWR!"
BOOM!
That… barely missed. Despite having seen it coming and knowing where she'd land, Naruto had dodged her attack by a hair's breadth!
"Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope!"
He'd only be able to take three more of those swings at the very fucking most and he knew it… so Naruto whipped out a Greater Healing Potion and chugged it while he ran for dear life, going up in smoke and reappearing a safe distance away while he was at it by way of Shunshin no Jutsu.
Fortunately, he knew damn well that it was only a matter of time before she hit him, so he countered her tetsubo's movement speed debuff in advance with Speed of the Mongoose—one of the many buffs the Pleiades had stacked him with before this fight. Thanks to that, his natural foot speed, the head start he got from that Shunshin, and the speed boosts he got from being a Rogue and a Ninja, he was just barely able to outrun her now.
"COME BACK HERE SO I CAN BREAK YOU LIKE A TWIG, PAPA!" Fumiko shouted, her words far too cheerful-sounding for his own liking.
"HELL, NO!"
And from there, the chase was on...
'On the bright side,' he thought, 'I won't have to worry about scaring off the boys with a daughter like that…'
Truly, anyone with the balls to throw down with her would have his undying respect!
"To think she's capable of making a Supreme One flee," Demiurge muttered, clearly very troubled by what he was seeing.
"Boss knows his limits," Tayuya pointed out, "and every little detail about us like the back o' his hand. He has ta run… 'least for now."
"Why is that?" Aura asked, looking concerned.
"Demonic Frenzy," Tayuya said.
"I see…" Demiurge replied knowing full well what she was referring to.
"Is that an ability of some kind?" The elven girl's frown deepened. She didn't like the sound of that.
"It's a class ability of the Demonic Berserker," Albedo chimed in. "When the user drops below 50% HP, it triggers immediately―leaving them with a minimum of 1 HP if the attack would have killed the user―and doubles the majority of their stats for the next 30 seconds."
Now everyone was concerned. That… sounded terrifying.
"It also provides the user with a temporary shield," the succubus continued. "Until that shield absorbs an amount of damage equal to what just brought her below 50%, or until those thirty seconds run out, Fumiko is immune to damage of any kind."
"And that Hellzone Grenade did a shit ton," Tayuya added, returning her attention to the fight. "So Boss is waitin' for 'at ability ta wear off."
"I'M SORRY FOR MAKING YOU SO BROKEN!" Naruto shouted as he zipped on by, still running for dear life.
And broken she was… Thanks to a combination of class skills, racial stats, gear, and exploitative motherfuckery, Naruto managed to get her Physical Attack stat up far beyond 100. One of those skills was a passive one, simply named Brute.
Like Naruto's Nimble Warrior, Brute took a set number of points, that being 40 in its case, from MP and the same amount from Magical Attack, reallocating them to her Physical Attack. She'd have 35 in either stat by sheer virtue being a Level 100 kijo were it not for this ability.
That said, after accounting for this ability and a few other factors, Naruto got Ankoro Mocchi Mochi to crunch the numbers for him one day, just for shits and giggles and she came back with a two-fucking-hundred points in that stat! It still wasn't nearly as high as Touch Me's hilariously absurd 500, but damn was she a close contender when that Demonic Frenzy triggered!
Seriously, though… how did that man get it so high…?
BOOM!
Questions for later...
Naruto let loose a surprisingly girlish yelp and ran the other way as yet another strike just barely missed. 'Oh fuck, fuck all kinds of duck!'
Thanks to another ability of hers, Mighty Leap, Fumiko had just launched herself at Naruto in an attempt to take a swing at him, but the youko had seen her using it, and stopped running at the last second, resulting in his daughter flying right over his head.
The ability also had a five-second AoE stun effect, but he managed to evade that, too, just like last time. Thanking whatever god may be smiling down upon him for Global Cooldowns still being a thing in this new world, he went up in smoke and kept running. (9)
Fumiko huffed in annoyance and continued her pursuit.
Unfortunately for her, that ability had a 25 second cooldown, so that was her last chance to hit him with it while Demonic Frenzy was still active... The fact that she'd used it twice also told Naruto that this game of cat and mouse was almost done.
As if on cue, the instant that thought crossed his mind, that aura dissipated, her eyes returning to their golden hue. She also started slowing down, her Movement Speed having also been reduced to normal.
Naruto took notice immediately and spun around to meet her gaze a good thirty feet away as he pulled Wrath of Jigoku from its scabbard.
Checking her HP once more, he saw that she was higher than it should have been. That one blow she'd landed was pretty rough, too, so Naruto knew it was a crit—meaning she'd healed back some of the damage dealt by his Hellzone Grenade, thanks to Bloodthirst, which she of course had access to as well.
It was one of the reasons why Demon Knight was such a deadly combination with Demonic Berserker. The abundance of self-heal abilities combined with her Ring of Regeneration and Demonic Frenzy meant that she could potentially end up in a state of nigh-constant Frenzy, her HP going back up to above 50% by the time her shield went down, meaning she could trigger it again... and again... and again, the duration and shield refreshing every time.
This, in combination with all of her stuns and knockbacks, was how she aided in the defeat of the Eight Guild Alliance... and just another reason why Naruto ran when Demonic Frenzy triggered... and why he wasn't using Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Any crit she landed on them would still count back in Yggdrasil and he didn't want to test if it did here for obvious reasons.
Of course, Fumiko hadn't stopped running towards him, so Naruto cast another spell.
"Grinding Sphere!"
An orb of spiraling, blue energy formed in his free hand and the kitsune chucked it right at his charging daughter. But, Fumiko barreled right through it, completely ignoring the damage done as it hit her dead center and exploded in a deadly burst. (10)
"Mirror Image!"
Then, just as Fumiko used another Sprint, her tetsubo about to come down upon Naruto head, a dozen more kitsune appeared and the one she swung at faded from existence. When he did, the kijo then screamed in agony once more at the hot pain erupting across her back.
Fumiko roared and took a swing at him, but then he faded away once more and she felt another hot pain across her back… and another… and another. And with every hit, she felt heavier, her strength starting to wane. She knew it was a debuff of some kind.
Despite her armor being completely intact and the fact that his sword did fire damage, Naruto could smell the blood as it started to spill, thanks to another ability of his: Grievous Wounds. It was a fairly common one among martial classes, one that caused the target to start bleeding profusely, dealing damage over time until they were healed.
Unfortunately, Fumiko-chan also had a counter for that: her Ring of Regeneration, a Divine Class ring that buffed the wearer's Resistance and HP stats while also halving the damage of bleed effects and passively healing its wearer for 1% of their HP every 5 seconds.
Of course, as a tank, Naruto had one too, but the ring in question was more dangerous on her for a number of reasons, which was just another reason why he needed to end this first round quickly.
Fumiko snarled, lashing out as best she could to try and hit Naruto but it was to no avail; every last swing missed completely, opening her up for another hit, followed by another... and another... and another.
More and more, her body got heavier; more and more, her vision got blurrier… and when the fifth hit landed, she started feeling… cold.
Naruto roared and with one last swing, he struck Fumiko down and she started to fade away. When she did, the youko fell to his knees, wracked with grief; he wanted to hurl, but he needed to do this; he needed to knock her back out of that.
Then, he looked up as she started fading back into existence a good twenty feet away.
"Woooah~!" Fumiko groaned, wobbling goofily. "That felt weeeird."
Naruto perked up, a gleam of hope in his eyes. Now that he thought about it, the Ring of False Life technically counted as a free rez because it respawns the user at full health, free of debuffs and the like. Their cooldowns aren't reset, though, nor is their MP, but still… perhaps this was all he needed to do…? Maybe, just maybe, the ring was good enough?
"Gotta admit, Papa," Fumiko chirped, "I wasn't expecting you to get the drop on me like that, though I guess I should've… you are a ninja, after all."
"Yeah," the youko replied with a sad smile. "I am."
And then his hopes were all but dashed when the pinkette took on a fighting stance, her armor aglow once more.
"It won't happen again, though," she growled eagerly. "I know all of your tricks, Papa, and I will win, this time~!"
Naruto shuddered, feeling sick to his stomach once more and gripping his sword tightly.
"Now for the hard part," he muttered. Killing her once was hard enough, both physically and otherwise, but now… now, he had to do it a second time! Even his dark side, the character with whom he'd battled time and time again to keep himself from acting like a monster, couldn't bear the thought of harming his baby girl… and both Naruto and Kurama wanted to hunt down whoever was responsible for this situation and make them suffer.
But, that would have to wait; despite his reservations, Naruto got up and prepared for battle once more.
"Feast of Blood!"
The crimson gore spilled by that last exchange seemingly came to life and leapt towards Naruto as his form took on a crimson glow, invigorating him, healing him, the lingering aches and pains he still suffered from her first blow now fading away.
His daughter, meanwhile, just giggled and let the spell run its course. The pinkette was just having so much fun that she wanted this fight to last as long as it could.
Naruto sighed in relief, rolling his shoulders and taking a halfhearted stance.
"You ready, Papa?" Fumiko questioned eagerly. The evil grin brought an odd smile to Naruto's face; she was so adorable… but at the same time, that somehow made this both easier and harder.
It was a strange feeling...
"Ready as I'll ever be." He sighed again. Fortunately, he still had more than two-thirds of his MP left and now he was back at full health, so he had more than enough fight in him… physically speaking, at least.
"Good!" Fumiko chirped, her grin widening with her growing bloodlust, before the ground beneath her feet exploded.
Cursing, Naruto got the hell out of her way with a well-timed Shunshin no Jutsu. Then, soon after she zipped on by, he chucked another Grinding Sphere at her.
Fumiko cried out and spun on her heel, but Naruto was already prepared for her charge.
"Grease!"
The pinkette fell flat on her face while her father backed away. Then, the youko opted for one of his class skills this time around, one that he could use once a day per tail. His tails fanned out, a little ball of ghostly fire flickering into existence at each tip.
"Kitsunebi!"
This was a spell-like ability of the Kitsune racial class. Initially functioning as a 1st Tier Fire spell, it scaled with its user to a maximum of 9th Tier, as indicated by the number of fireballs per usage. At its strongest, this fire was said to be capable of setting the sun itself ablaze.
Then, with nine flicks, the fireballs in question flew towards the prone kijo and lit her the fuck up. As one would expect, the grease only amplified this ability's potency, but at the cost of being consumed immediately.
Naruto was forced to raise his arm so that he could shield his eyes from the intense glow, feeling yet another pang in his heart. He didn't know how high the fire went, but the in-game manual said it could melt through dwarven alloy… which was equivalent to modern, industrial-grade steel. Considering that stuff could withstand temperatures of over 2,000 degrees celsius...
"Iyaaah~!"
Naruto winced; his heart ached at the sound. But, he forced his grief down and, while his GCD ticked away, the youko backpedaled some more to ensure that he was out of her reach. So, when she tried to charge again, he backpedaled some more while casting Chains of Hell.
Of course, there was a reason he didn't just cast fly to stay out of her reach and pepper her from afar: Naruto gave her something for that too―the Blackwing Amulet.
It was "only" Relic-Class, but still very useful for her build. In addition to reducing the duration of pin-down effects by 50% and doubling her natural movement speed, it also granted her the ability to fly for up to one hour a day... which was more than long enough to be a problem if she ended up using that.
So, he kept his ass on the ground in hopes that she would do the same, which she did. It pained him so much to be exploiting her personality like that, but he knew Fumiko-chan hated fighting dirty... and if he was going to live through this, he'd have to use every advantage he had.
"Maximize Magic: Explosion!"
Boom!
With his head now in the game, Naruto just kept kiting her from there, using all of his tricks, speed, and agility to evade her attacks. There was no room for him to make even the slightest of mistakes; she knew how he fought and she wasn't giving him any time to think, so he just acted and prayed for the best.
Eventually, their fight brought them back to where it all started.
"Papaaa," his daughter growled childishly, her temper obviously fraying after failing to hit him for what felt like an eternity. "Sit still!"
"Sorry honey." Naruto grunted, not so much parrying her attack as he redirected it, aiming the majority of its force away from him. There was no actual way he could block her hits dead on. "Papa can't do that. He very much likes living, you know."
Gnashing her teeth, his daughter renewed her assault with a Demonic Roar, but Naruto poofed away just in time to evade.
That ability was bad news, too, being a ranged knockback that stuns anyone caught in the blast wave for five seconds... seconds he knew she'd use to their fullest to try and stunlock him.
Needless to say, he simply could not let that happen.
"Grease!"
As such, Naruto pulled a fast one on her and cast another spell. What followed was a predictable thump as poor Fumiko fell flat on her face.
"Kitsunebi!"
BOOM!
"This is hard to watch," Aura commented. She let out a sigh and started rubbing Shalltear's back comfortingly as the vampire loli kept bawling her eyes out.
"No parent should ever have to go through something like this," Albedo growled. "When I get my hands on the bastards who did this to her, I will make them wish they were never born!"
Aura glared at her as Shalltear's bawling grew louder. 'Nice way to rub in the salt, Albedo!'
Tayuya, meanwhile, let out a sigh and got up to walk away.
Aura looked at her oddly. "Where are you going, Tayuya?"
''I can't keep watchin' 'is," she said evasively, headed for the doorway. When she reached it, she stopped and looked down at her feet. "I… I'll be back in a bit."
Yet another blast rocked the countryside as a panting Naruto averted his gaze; he simply couldn't bear to look anymore.
"Papaaa~!" The groaning sound coming from what looked like a lump of charcoal broke him out of his stupor.
Turning his gaze back towards her, his ears and tails drooped.
"Fumiko…''
"Papaaa~!" Fumiko moaned, moving her arms and slowly ― painfully ― raising herself on her hands and knees.
Naruto watched, silent and solemn.
Her limbs buckled, barely having the strength to support her weight.
Bits and pieces of her armor seeped down her form like a mass of viscous, disturbing ooze, having been melted by the extreme heat.
"Papa's very sorry, honey…''
"PAPAAAA!"
Naruto's eyes widened when Fumiko managed to stand up and charge him again, covering the distance between them in what seemed like the blink of an eye. That black and red aura had returned and she took another swing at him. "Shit!"
Naruto felt his bones pop at the sheer force and he cursed himself for not keeping track of Fumiko's HP as her tetsubo slammed into his chest. He coughed up blood and he was sent flying once more, bouncing along like a damn ragdoll all the way.
'That was a stun and a crit! That was a stun and a crit! Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!'
"RAAAH!"
BOOM!
Then, with a Mighty Leap, the frenzied pinkette slammed her tetsubo down hard, causing Naruto to bounce up and then she smacked him again. Thankfully, she didn't stun him a second time or land another crit, so by the time he was done bouncing, that five-second stun from her Mighty Leap had already worn off and he went up in smoke.
Dragging his sorry ass up, a good distance away, Naruto shook his head. His ears were ringing and he felt like he had a concussion. 'This is way worse than any PvP I've been through.' Naruto though idly, sweating bullets as he got the fuck out of dodge, another potion in hand. All Fumiko needed was another clean hit with that bat of hers and he'd be out.
"GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN!"
Naruto pumped his legs faster as he ran for dear life once more. "NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!"
And so, the chase was on once more.
This time, however, Naruto was quite a bit more prepared and did everything he could to keep her at bay.
"Chains of Hell!"
Once more, Fumiko was pinned down by that infernal spell, but unlike before, it barely lasted a second before shattering like glass. It was a second that Naruto didn't waste, however, as he kept running without skipping a beat.
But then, something grabbed his attention, as well as Fumiko's.
The both of them perked up at a shrill, melodious sound coming from above. It was a flute. (11)
"She didn't…" Demiurge muttered.
Albedo couldn't help but smile. "She did."
"I mean, that is her sister," Aura chimed in. "If that was Mare or even Shalltear, I wouldn't be able to just sit back and watch, either."
"But Lord Kurama's orders…'' the bespectacled demon sputtered halfheartedly, before getting playfully shoved by the small elven girl.
"Oh, don't be such a grouse."
Demiurge frowned deeply but said nothing. Truth be told, he was tempted to do the same, but the demonic Floor Guardian had an image to uphold.
"Tayuyaaa~!" Fumiko wined. "No faaair~!"
Indeed it was… The redhead in question now floated well above Naruto and Fumiko, playing a tune on her flute, a black vortex still closing behind her.
The pinkette, meanwhile, felt drunk… and not in a good way; she felt heavy… she could barely move, her knees weak and vision blurred.
Naruto, meanwhile, felt invigorated, the pain was gone and even the dizziness he'd still felt from that last blow was ebbing away. Even the fatigue was gone! Hell, the youko felt like he could run a mile, slay a dragon, and take on a small country! All in the same evening!
But, at the same time...
"Sorry baby girl," Naruto lamented, turning around to face his still-frenzied daughter. "Daddy's gonna have to hurt you now. A lot."
Once more, the pinkette was enveloped by black chains of shadow, these being far stronger than Naruto's as his younger daughter was a dedicated support caster.
''...You know I hate spankings." Fumiko muttered grouchily, feeling herself grow more and more sluggish.
"Stop you it, you," her father grumbled. Then, he took a deep breath and drew his sword, levelling it at his creation. "This is hard enough already."
The pinkette giggled, "Goody, nothing easy is fun~!"
That put a smile on her creator's lips, albeit a sad, shaky one.
Tayuya's music then stopped abruptly and the redhead yelled at him. "Stop pussyfooting and beat her ass already! That spell ain't gonna last forever, damnit!"
Naruto's smile abruptly widened. Her rough, but good-natured words made his spirit soar despite the situation.
...He really was happy he had them…
'Tayuya, darling… thank you.'
Then the smile dropped, and he prepared to face his daughter in mortal combat once more. (12)
And when he finally got his claws on them, the bastards responsible for this mess were going to pay dearly for making him do this.
Princess Fumiko (8th Floor NPC; created by Naruto)
[The Hot-Blooded Daddy's Girl]
Racial Classes:
Kijo (female Oni): 10
Demon Knight: 10
Demonic Berserker: 10 (13)
Job Classes:
Warrior: 15
Barbarian: 15
Berserker: 10
Warlord: 10
Slayer of Good: 5
Weapons Master: Warclub: 15
Total Level:
100 (30 Racial, 70 Job)
Character Stats:
HP: 100
MP: 0
Physical Attack: Limit Exceeded (estimated to be 200)
Physical Defense: 50
Agility: 80
Magical Attack: 0
Magical Defense: 50
Resistance: 80
Special: 100
Karma Rating:
-500 (Extreme Evil)
DMS Notes and Trivia:
1: Well, that's bound to have some interesting consequences later on... =3
2: I can't help but imagine her reacting like that, lol.
3: I must say, the manga version of Shalltear's Holy Lance looks so much cooler! There is just no comparison to the anime version!
4: She's so cute; I fucking love writing how she reacts to being teased in this fanfic.
5: I couldn't find a description of her, so I went with something inspired by Sakura from Fire Emblem: Fates/If. I dunno why, but for some reason, I find it easy to picture that girl being a pinkette, though said game could quite easily be to blame, lol.
6: There's a lotta conflicting information on how Shalltear survived the Wail of the Banshee in canon; some sources say it was a recovery item, while others say she rezzed herself somehow with a spell. I'mma go with the former, since it seems more plausible.
7: Yes, I know that it's juvenile, but the term "Naruto's Bouncing Bitches" was just... so much more fun to type than it should've been. XD
8: There's a bit to unpack here because I didn't want like three numbers so close together as that feels like it would be distracting. So, in order:
I dunno about canon, but in this story, Grease, Chains of Hell, and Cloud of Knives get around the resistances of higher-tier monsters that should be immune to spells of their level because they are summoning spells. Bitch ain't gonna be "immune" to a Wall of Stone, because that doesn't make sense, so there's no way in hell that she'd be immune to the D&D version of Summon Banana Peel. Your attempt to actively coat her in grease would fail because her barrier would presumably eat said grease, hence Frostbolt and shit like it being absorbed as well, but that's about it.
Chains of Hell falls under the same logic, for the most part. It summons physical chains that wrap around you and pin you down like an edgy-ass version of Earth Bind. I don't see High-Tier Magic Nullification negating either of those, so it won't be in this fanfic.
That aside, yes, Kawarimi, the Change of Body Stance technique, is a two-way teleport in this version. Makes way more sense than its canon version in Naruto proper.
Also, yes, I stole Piccolo's Hellzone Grenade from Dragon Ball Z... because I fucking had to. That name is just too damn cool!
9: Global Cooldowns are a thing in many MMOs to keep players from spamming their abilities in too rapid a succession or stacking them onto macros; basically, whenever you use an ability, every other ability is put on a one-second cooldown, save for the ones that are unaffected by GCD, of course, but those are few and far between.
10: Yes, that is indeed a chuckable Rasengan. While Kishimoto-san's implementation and usage of the technique in question were... shoddy to say the least, it's still iconic, so I felt inclined to give Naruto a variant of it that is a combination of Rasengan and Rasen Shuriken as a callback.
11: When AdV and I were writing this scene, this part gave him chills. I was rather proud of myself, I'll admit, lol.
12: No, Google, we didn't mean to write that with a K…
ADV: BWAHAHAHAHA… at least it got the reference.
13: A common criticism I get is that Demonic Sorcerer should be a job class, rather than a racial one. I beg to differ because the very first racial class we ever see, right there on Momonga's stat card, is Skeleton Mage... and it's not the only one of its kind, which got me thinking.
If skeletons can have Skeleton Mage, Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton Archer, and Skeleton Rider, presumably among others, then it stands to reason that similar classes for broader categories like demons, angels, winged creatures in general, and so on would also exist.
That said, I simply took this information to its logical conclusion and made six classes like that... so far, lol, Two of them belong to characters who will be revealed later in this volume. I hope that clears things up. :)
Parting Notes: And that's another done!
I hope I didn't overdo it on the explanations and shit. Felt like this fight might have had way too much exposition... or rather that the exposition in question may have been too sloppy. But, it's the best I could do for now.
AdV: I personally wouldn't bother, as my experience tells me reviews are oft done by sheep, but whatever ^^.
DMS: Eh, it depends on the review, though a good chunk of the complaints most certainly are, lol.
That aside, the next updates for Vulpine Overlord and The Mirran are scheduled for the 19th of this month.
After that, the next two updates for both fanfics should be on the 5th and 19th. See y'all then and I hope y'all have a good one, eh? :)