I know some of you don't like when I spend time talking about other characters other than Naruto in this story, but I need to introduce King Joseph and the third girl of the pairing along Albedo in this one...And another character that will also be the part of Naruto's guild in the near future. Who she is? Oooh! I want to see if somebody of you recognize her XD.
Here there will also be an "Appraisal" of Naruto so you'll see what abilities he has at the moment and their Level.
To be clear: I "Estimated" the Level of Power "End-of-Manga Naruto" has and tried directly translating that into "RPG Numbers" and "Stats", and he WILL improve further as the story progresses.
At the moment he has just evolved into a Hobgoblin, a Super-rare 'Variation' of one to be precise.
Pairing: Naru/ Mi (From Re: Monster) / Albedo (from Overlord) and third (AND LAST): Demon Queen Alice (from Monster Girl Quest) here "Princess Alice".
Sister figures: Jibril (from no game no life) and Mana (Who is she? But Dark Magician Girl from Yu-gi-oh of course!) and...aaand….aaaaand! You Guess: she has purple hair, she is a hero and is only HALF human. Who is she? (A huge tip: she can dance through the danger).
I changed Demon Queen Alice and Albedo's back-story to fit my fanfic. Like that, just because I can.
" You bastard" - demon talking / jutsu
"Let's finish this" - dialogue
" Can it get any worse? " - during flashback/thoughts
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or whatever I will use here in this fic.
A certain blond in an RPG World Chap 3: Joining a Guild is not as easy as it sounds, apparently it requires a minimum number of members and lots of paper-work getting signed in triple and other boring stuff! WHERE IS THE ADVENTURE IN THAT?!
Barad-se Kingdom – Capital city "Ornelia" - King Joseph Palace's Throne Room -
Not too far away from Nesteria kingdom, hidden in the middle of what the locals call [The Elvish Forest] stood a solitary, imposing mountain; sticking out from the vast sea of green like a sore thumb as if the gods had just dropped a mountain there because they had no other place to put it when they created Elrune.
In truth, legends said it was the only mountain remaining in the area as back in the time of myths that forest used to be a giant mountain range before a colossal war leveled the whole area to the ground leaving just that solitary one standing once everything was done.
And in the core of that mountain, that in itself marked the 'entrance' to Ornelia city, stood the underground Capital city of Barad-se Kingdom, out of every other small territory in the East the most vocal about Nesteria being unworthy of the title of 'Great Crown' and even more so since Joseph Thamwel's ascension to the throne at his father's death.
The city of Ornelia was initially created with the idea of it being a huge mining outpost (designed in concentric rings growing narrower the deeper one got underground and with each ring connected by narrow passages) that in the following centuries 'evolved' into a fully autonomous city and then Kingdom once the surrounding tribes of Elves and the newly-named "King" of Ornelia signed an alliance, the first and last one to date between Humans and Elves in all Elrune's history, resulting in the creation of the Kingdom of Barad-se once Ornelia and the surrounding human and elvish territories unified under a single banner.
And now, in the deepest area of that underground city now spamming for more than half the total territory of the forest, stood a sturdy-looking fortress, in truth a small self-sustaining village in itself isolated by the rest of Ornelia thanks to high walls and hosting the Royal Palace, the 'War College' for the Elite Soldiers of Barad-se and the main library of the Capital.
And inside the Royal Palace, in the throne room to be precise, at the moment there was a meeting between King Joseph and the aptly named 'Imperial War Council' ongoing, and the King of Barad-se was clearly FAR from being in a good mood.
"YOU IDIOTS!" Thundered the King slamming his fist on the armrest of his throne making the assembled men and women in front of him wince.
"Do not let those fools ruin your day, husband. They are unworthy of it." the man's wife said calmly from her own throne next to him, she was an elf and had platinum blond hair and very long and pointed ears, as she talked her ice-blue sharp eyes were glaring daggers at those who had angered her beloved making them look down in deference.
"They may not be worthy of it, but their sheer incompetence is something I cannot ignore!" Joseph answered snarling as he got up, walked down the few steps keeping him on a higher ground than his counselors and then slammed the ax he had strapped on his back on the unfolded map covering the giant round table in the middle of the room making his men jump in surprise.
"Malvas' statue lacked the Core and Varudora disappeared without a trace...Two cores of the 'Warring Trinity' are gone! HOW COULD YOU FAIL ME!? HOW COULD MY MEN, MEN THAT WE TRAINED WITH THE BEST EQUIPMENT MONEY AND MAGIC COULD AFFORD TO BECOME ELITE, FAIL?! HOW?!" the King asked making the ones around him flinch once again.
"Remember the Elvish Lore: 'With the Elemental Cores you create the Lock; with the Warring Trinity you create the Key'. Without the cores of the Lesser Titans, the ones from Varudora, Malvas, and Ifrion are useless...And without the cores of the [Warring Trinity] the ones from the [Elemental Titans] are just cute pieces of jewelry, we need all of them for the plan to succeed." the Queen added with a cold voice.
"My Lord..." one of the counselors tried saying after swallowing hard to undo the knot in his throat.
"Speak, Major Lehrgen, and make it quick!" Joseph answered growling.
"What we are looking for to create our [Final Weapon] was supposed to be only a Myth! A Legend! The fact that we instead managed to track down the location of the crypts where Malvas and Varudora were sealed in was a miracle in itself...We are still looking for the third member of the Trinity (Ifrion), but we need time!" the young man said while nervously adjusting his glasses.
"Then find that beast! Find it and bring its Core to me!"
"Of course, sir!" the man answered nodding frantically.
"This is the very LAST error I will forgive, then I will hang you and your men and replace you. What about our R&D?" Joseph asked while taking huge calming breaths.
"Ah! The core we took from the Elemental Titan of Fire is indeed a specimen worth its legends! If only I had the other four as well to study them!" the old man sitting at the opposite side of Lehrgen answered amused.
"Explain." the King ordered.
"The Magical Ore we can find in our own mines is of the rarest kind, and yet as with any other Ore, it can only channel the User's Mana to create a spell and, in the highest grade of [Magicite] case, slightly amplify it...But the Fire Core you ordered me to study...That can create its own Mana! And not only in an endless quantity, but it can also amplify the User's Magic to hundreds of times if those two Mana flows are properly mixed together!" the old man answered cackling.
"WHAT?!" the assembled councilors yelled as one, having a magic catalyst create Magic on its own was unheard of, the reason why Joseph face soon morphed into one of mad satisfaction and greed.
"Good! Very, very good! Any chance of reproducing it artificially? Our use of MagiTech makes us a force feared everywhere, but if our creations can also produce endless Mana then nobody will be able to stop us!" the King said with shaking fists, to his surprise though the scientist deflated at those words so to look mournfully at his feet.
"It's a great regret and shame for me to say that I failed in that regard..." he answered with a tone bordering on the crying.
"How come?" the other asked shocked.
"I tested it again and again, your Majesty! I analyzed everything! I dissected every man and woman that I experimented with when creating artificial cores once those failed and I found nothing...the Fire Core cannot be copied yet and only one soldier can wield its power without going mad, exploding or be drained to death of their Life Force either..." the doctor answered with a low voice.
"I see, who's the soldier?" King Joseph asked with narrowed eyes.
"One of our [Ace of Aces], 'The Devil of the Rhine'." the other answered making the room fall in a tense silence.
"R-Rhine!" a female counselor gasped in shock.
"The Rhine City Massacre, the battle where over two-thousands of our soldiers died in less than a day because of a joint ambush of our enemies...Only one of us remained alive to return to Barad-se once cut her way through the advancing forces to meet our reinforcements, giving us the key to victory by telling us what do expect and where to strike." another muttered gagging at his gore-filled memories.
"Exactly her: The Devil's child. 62 kills and 32 assists in her first mission only, promoted to Lieutenant for her job in Rhine and also known as 'Mithril' and 'The Argent'...I should have suspected it, prodigies like that are always eager to stand-out." Joseph answered amused.
"So you added the Fire Core to her standard issue [Mana Orb]?"
"No, your Majesty. Just like with my previous Test Subjects I was forced to create an artificial one as normal orbs start melting as soon as Mana flow through it from the Titan's Core. I call what I created for the Lieutenant the [Elenium Type 95] because of the main component of the outer shell being made of pure Elenium Magicite." the scientist answered.
"You used that super-rare Ore!? PURE?! WHY!?" the woman sitting near him bristled in fury.
"It was the only material able to sustain the strain of both Second Lieutenant abnormal Mana Levels AND the Fire Core working together without exploding! The 95 is not casual either! it's to remind me of the number of failures I had before this one FINALLY worked the way me and his Majesty wanted!" the other yelled in answer thus silencing the woman.
"ENOUGH! I have seen the test results and I am fine with this, having a Weapon of Mass Destruction as that Orb promises to be is more than worth the expenses in my opinion!"
"Yes, your Majesty!" both scientist and woman answered as one.
"Very well, anything else to add?" the King asked.
"I do have good news, my Lord." a shady woman dressed in black robes said coming out from the shadows to kneel in front of him.
"Talk."
"It seems like Leodas' daughter has escaped her daddy's loving embrace to go on a small adventure outside the Castle...As for now, nobody outside the Royal Family knows about this as everything is being kept under wraps." the spy answered.
"Very interesting! That monster-loving fool has finally made a mistake we can exploit! Brigadier General Ludeldorff!" Joseph said with a crazed smile.
"Yes, my Lord?" a plump old man answered standing to attention.
"Go call our dear Lieutenant! Tell her to drop everything she is doing and depart immediately for Devan for a Solo Mission. Tell her I want her to kidnap Leodas' daughter and bring her back here, harmed or not it's not a problem, I just need that brat alive."
"Yessir!" Ludeldorff answered nodding.
"Ah! And be sure to remember her to bring the [Recording Orb] with her as well, I want to see how the [Elenium Type 95] Core works on the field in a proper Mission and Battle." the King added as an after-thought.
"It will be done!" the plump Brigadier General answered as he immediately left the room.
"As for you others, tell to those pests from the Moon Islands to not slack-off, I didn't make an alliance with a bunch of islanders just to do all the job myself. Dismissed!" Joseph ordered.
"Long Live Barad-se!" the counselors answered as one before leaving in an ordinate and silent manner.
Sigh! "How can me and you become Gods if I have to work with those fools?" the King asked with a tired sigh as soon as he and his wife remained alone.
"I remember you that I have to watch my brother do the same mistakes while also being the King of the Elves...Just be patient and we both will have our perfect world," the man's wife answered showing a small, loving smile.
It would indeed surprise people to see how those two rotten souls could act so warmly with each other when nobody was looking, a pity though that it did nothing to stall their greedy, violent, mad view of everything and everybody else standing outside their small circle.
War College - Soldiers' Quarters – in the meantime -
"Lieutenant?" a man asked entering the completely dark bedroom.
"What is it?" a very young and slightly lisping voice asked back gently.
"The-the-the Brigadier General Ludeldorff needs to speak with you!" the poor soldier said scared as the faint red light of the medallion hanging from the girl's neck gave the room an eerie, blood-chilling atmosphere giving to her gentle smile a very creepy appearance.
"I will meet him immediately." she answered nodding sharply.
"A new Plot of you, you damn bastard? Another trick of yours to force me to be your Herald in here?!" she thought in rage as her fury while perfectly hidden to the outside world went directed to the heavens and the realm of the Gods.
Luckily for her, there WAS someone else listening to that was not related to whoever she was angry with that had immediately started planning its own countermeasure to Joseph' plans and whoever she was angry with.
"Being X...Someday I will have my revenge." she muttered to herself with a furious snarl.
Two days later – With Naruto and Mi – Road to Serena City -
The small convoy of merchants Naruto and Mi had joined to reach Serena City in Devan was slowly making its way out of a small and yet very dense patch of forest with the former Shinobi and Goblin Girl sitting on the carriage at the head of the group, sitting at both side of Olaf the dwarf that was driving it himself.
"...And you think your people will give me a chance to explain?" Naruto asked again unsure.
"Normally they would kill you as soon as you take a step in the city's border," the dwarf answered shrugging and making Mi look at her friend with very worried eyes.
"But luckily for you, my brother happens to know our Leader well enough, if I explain beforehand I am sure they will at least give you the benefit of the doubt." Olaf continued saying smiling.
"Gee! Thank you, old man!" Naruto answered in sarcasm.
"Eh! Next time be born as a dwarf then! Or as a human at least! My people are way more accepted in that case," he answered laughing loudly.
"It's not like I was told I would have been reborn as a Goblin..." Naruto muttered.
"What?"
"Nothing, nothing."
"City still far?" Mi asked trying to use human Language.
"Not too much, little Mi." Olaf answered gently.
"You are learning well! I am impressed!" Dhoran said happily as he peeked outside from the carriage the dwarf was driving.
"She is very motivated," one of the soldiers guarding the convoy answered smirking.
"Mi-chan is very smart," Naruto added making the girl blush at his praise.
"Thank you."
"Listen, Naruto...Who named you?" Olaf asked turning serious out of the blue and making everyone around tense subtly.
"What do you mean? Goblin too can have names." the former shinobi answered shrugging.
"Yes and no..." Dhoran said adjusting his glasses.
"Eh?"
"A name does not appear when a Monster is Appraised...Unless he or she is [Named]." Olaf explained with a toneless voice.
"Eh?" Naruto asked confused.
"[Named Monster]: Names have powers and [Names] even more so. When a Monster is [Named] it means it has a 'Special' name attached to them by either a third party or special circumstances, a [Name] given by someone else often means that the named Monster 'Belongs' to the one that named it, even if that doesn't automatically mean servitude or forced loyalty. A named Monster always presents more power than a 'Normal' one." Kurama explained.
"Somebody named you?" Olaf asked looking at him intently.
"Huhuhu! Nope! I hated the name our Elder gave me at my birth, so I went behind the old Hag's back and decided my own name...I didn't know it had THAT MUCH effect." Naruto answered smirking.
"Mi named Mi too, Naruto likes new name so I changed it!" Mi added nodding once explained by her friend what they were talking about.
"...That's it?" the dwarf asked shocked.
"Yup! Naruto Namikaze sounds cooler than 'Goblin Nori'…Right?"
"F-Fishcake? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shin, an archer born in the Lunar Islands, said before laughing so hard to almost fall from the horse he was riding.
"It means 'Maelstrom' as well, asshole!" Naruto replied furiously.
"Eh! Point taken!" the archer answered still smirking.
"Strange [Title]..." another voice said faintly from inside.
"Ah! Yes! One of your Titles is strange, any idea why?" Dhoran asked curiously.
"Strange?"
"I wrote it down...Here!" the scholar answered showing to Olaf a piece of parchment.
"It says 'e%Z"/8-Err.'…What does it even mean?!" the dwarf asked.
"Impossible appraise more." the same voice answered uncertainly.
"I know, I managed to stop them from seeing too much myself." Kurama answered bitterly.
"Can you people PLEASE mind your own business?!" Naruto asked angrily.
"We were just curious about our new friend, and I fear that we will need a High-Level Appraisal to really see through you...We only know you are named, have the [Job] 'Leaf Shinobi' (That nobody here has ever heard about) and that you have that nonsensical Title." Dhoran answered with a sorry expression.
"Tch! I love my Privacy, thank you!" Naruto answered sticking his nose up in the air and pouting.
"To be honest, we should hope NOBODY will ever discover what that Title entails..." Kurama said worried.
"Why?"
"I can translate that. It says "The Chosen One who died and was reborn from beyond the stars". It literally says that we are not from this world, if somebody discovers this we will attract too much attention, ESPECIALLY of the bad kind." the Former Biju answered.
"Shit! I am carrying a neon sign saying who I am! Anything else?"
"Luckily nothing yet, I'll alert you if something more compromising pops-out!"
"Can it be that your Appraisal failed?" the former shinobi asked curious.
"Not like that, it either works or it doesn't, it never gives 'Error Messages'. It is not how the spell works." the same faint female voice replied.
"Thea knows her spells, I wonder why it fails with you then." Dhoran muttered sighing.
"Maybe is because I am awesome," Naruto muttered to Mi in the Goblin Language.
"To me you are," she answered smiling.
"Don't talk in a Language the others do not understand, it's very impolite." Olaf admonished chuckling.
"Then learn Goblin." the reborn shinobi answered smirking.
"I already do know something."
"Really? What?"
"The essentials: 'Go away.', 'Attack my cargo and die.', 'I will chop your head off.', several curses/insults and 'Where is the Bathroom?'." Olaf answered shrugging making both Naruto and Mi sweat-drop.
"Church Ahead! Church Ahead!" one of the soldiers said in alarm while folding his binoculars.
"Church?" Naruto asked.
"The Holy Church of Elrune. People professing the faith in the Gods and only recognizing the mother of them all Elrune herself as the only god "Worthy" of being followed and adored. They usually wander around preaching left and right to bring the words of their religion everywhere. Their ranks are mostly composed of humans but lately, other races too have some members joining them," Olaf answered grimacing.
"Bad news then?" the Hobgoblin asked worried.
"Pretty much. As a Dwarf I believe in other Gods, especially the 'God of the Forge' who technically created my race in his Divine Forge (if you listen to our Lore); that puts me in their shit-list so to speak as I do not pray to Elrune exclusively like they would prefer me to do...Especially in the most bigoted ones' case that don't like whoever is not following their Religious Ideals...Or is not Human." the other answered sighing.
"...And what do they think about Goblins?" he asked looking at Mi in worry.
"Please don't make me answer that." Olaf answered shivering.
"Why they are here?" the red-haired soldier asked as she neared the front of the convoy.
"Probably doing some rounds to keep the roads safe." Olaf answered shrugging.
"Too many guards...Oooh, shit! Those are Inner Circle Guards!" Shin answered blanching as he too used his binoculars to look better.
"Naruto! Mi! HIDE!" Olaf yelled with wide eyes.
"W-W-What?"
"Inner Circle guards are the most heavily armed and better-trained soldiers of the Church, they never move outside the cathedrals or the Church HQ unless they are escorting a member of the Inner Circle, it means that somebody pretty high in the hierarchy is with them! If they see you two they will attack first and then question our corpses later!" the Dwarf explained stopping abruptly and pushing both down.
"High?" Mi asked confused.
"Cardinal is the lowest step in the Inner Circle, then there is High Cardinal, Holy Kin of the Brotherhood and then the most important one that is the Leader of the Church as a whole, bestowed with the Title [Pope] upon election at the death of his/her predecessor." Dhoran rapidly explained (and Naruto translated) as both Goblin and Hobgoblin hurriedly went hidden in one of the carriages on the far back and covered by some old drapes between the empty barrels and chests stored in there.
"Out of the thirteen members of the Inner Circle (Leader excluded as he NEVER leaves the Church HQ), only one or two would be 'open-minded' enough to not kill Goblin on sight and treat every non-human race like dirt should he or she meet us...So we better not challenge our Luck." Shin added once checked the two were hidden well enough.
"Ready?" Olaf asked worried.
Sigh! "Yes, they might have spotted us already, and since they are not attacking we shouldn't have caught their attention too much when moving those two as well, but if we make them run away they WILL notice...Let's hope that just hiding them will be enough." Dhoran answered sighing.
"Let's hope so, if we are lucky they will be too much in a hurry to check our carts thoroughly...Tell the others to move, it's time to face the music." the dwarf said steeling his resolve.
"Hai!" Shin answered nodding.
"...Eh! He fell back into Lunar...Must be worried sick himself," Olaf grunted whipping the horses in front of him into motion.
Meanwhile – With the Inner Circle Soldiers -
The two dozen guards, all wearing silver-colored armors with the shoulders shaped like lion heads and pyramidal helmets, were at the moment surrounding a duo of women wearing very concealing black hooded robes while also keeping the two away from the six-wheeled carriage they had been tasked to protect.
"What is it? Why we stopped?" asked annoyed the lone occupant of the overly-decorated gold-made carriage.
"Nothing to be worried about, Master Mazarin! Just two unknown women we almost ran over." the captain of the Guards answered taking away his helmet to show a scar-riddled middle-age face and an old-looking eye-patch covering his left eye.
"Two women?" the Clerical man repeated confused as his rotund face poked from the window of his personal transport.
"What are you doing out here alone, dear children?" he then asked with his gentlest tone and a grandfatherly smile.
"J-Just traveling." one of them answered trying to shield her companion with her whole body.
"Do not be afraid. The Great Mother Elrune is smiling upon you, making our paths cross so to stop Evil from befalling on you," Mazarin answered as he opened his carriage's door to descend.
"C-C-Cardinal!?" the Captain said shocked.
"It's okay, dear Captain. We have nothing to fear from these gentle girls. What is your name, children?" the obese man asked jovially.
"Albedo," the one protecting the other answered with unseen narrowed eyes.
"Such a lovely name! Very peculiar, but also very cute...And your friend?" Mazarin asked getting closer before stopping as he saw something was wrong with the hiding girl of the two.
"What is wrong with your friend's legs?" he asked with his face morphing into a sneer at seeing something big slither under the woman's long gown and the tip of something covered by scaled skin poke for an instant before disappearing under the cloth.
"..."
"Guards! The hoods." the Cardinal ordered making one move fast to tear off Albedo's hood to show her long raven locks, pale white horns circling her forehead and her golden eyes.
"M-M-MONSTER!" Mazarin shrieked stumbling back and making the soldiers around him prepare their weapons.
"I told you it was a bad idea!" Albedo's friend hissed as she showed possessing a long snake-like body instead of legs hiding under her robes.
"A Lamia! Kill both! KILL BOTH!" the Cardinal ordered as swords, lances, and halberds descended rapidly on the two in a flurry of shredded robes.
"ARGH! You okay?" Albedo asked as she readied her own weapon, a bardiche (a long poleaxe), and fully extending her big black-feathered wings from the hip area of her pure-white dress.
"S-S-SUCCUBUS!" one of the soldiers yelled horrified.
"Yes, I am fine but they won't let us go away alive, THAT'S WHY I SAID WE NEEDED TO BE CAREFUL!" the other girl answered as she only managed to save the hood covering her face, showing how the lower half of her body was that of a pale-red snake while the 'Human girl' top half was grey-skinned and covered in tribal tattoos on the left arm and side of the body, her 'armour' was only a black top made of metal and a 'skirt' signaling the start of her snake half.
Of her whole face, only her silver hair was visible due to them being extremely long and reaching past her waist.
"Ali-" Albedo tried saying with a sheepish smile.
"Ssssh! Not now!" the snake-girl answered as she summoned in her hands a black staff with an apple-sized red gem on the top.
"Not a simple Lamia...but a rare [Echidna]...Step back, Master Mazarin, we need to be cautious!" the Captain said with narrowed eyes as he moved in front of the cleric to shield him.
"Monsters…MONSTERS! I hate monsters! This is a road for humans to pass through! Why you are here!?" Mazarin demanded furious.
"This is a free country, we can come and go wherever and however we please!" Albedo answered haughtily.
"I am ready to buff you," the Echidna muttered as she clutched her staff hard.
"Free country?!" Mazarin said growling.
"It is a free country, yes! Free and protected by Elrune, the one, and ONLY Goddess! But this is aimed at humans! Not Creatures!" the Cardinal added seething.
"Merchants convoy incoming!" one of the guards in the rear yelled.
"Tell them to stop and wait, this is a matter of Church Affairs!" Mazarin replied uninterested.
"What is happening?" Olaf asked as soon as his cart was near enough.
"Nothing too grievous as we are just enacting a purging, those two beasts are in the way so just a minute and we will cleanse the road, my dear." the rotund cardinal answered amicably.
"Purging?!" Naruto mentally hissed as he kept spying on what was happening.
"Purging?" Olaf asked unknowingly mimicking the question.
"An Echidna and a Succubus are standing in the way, just be patient and the proud soldiers of the Church of Elrune will 'remove them' for good. This is no place for monsters, nor the road, or this world." Mazarin answered amused as both Albedo and her friend huddled close griping their weapons tightly.
"I heard Succubus' skin is so smooth that you can make a scarf with it better than any silk!" a near soldier added smirking.
"And Echidna's liver is a fundamental ingredient for Rare High-Grade Healing potions...Along tasting great. The last one I can testify personally, my dear! Hohoho!" the cardinal answered nodding.
"Damn you..." the hooded echidna growled angrily in an answer.
"You should feel honored, it is not every day that a member of the Inner Circle himself performs a purging, especially for something as trivial as pest extermination. Captain! Bring on them the full might of the Church of Elrune! PURIFY THEM! Make their screams echo to the sky and show our Goddess that we are protecting the world she created!" Mazarin ordered with a crazed smile.
"Shields up! Weapons Ready!" The Captain answered ordering the other soldiers that immediately moved information circling the two monster girls.
"Stand close to me," Albedo muttered with narrowed eyes as she glared at the soldiers closing on them.
"Naruto! No!" Mi begged with a low voice at seeing her friend hands shake in repressed anger.
"...I am sorry, Mi. I can't leave them alone against those men." he answered shaking his head.
"I was asking to join, not to not attack them." the Goblin girl answered.
"Huhuhu! You really want to Evolve, don't you? Very well, but stay close to me and be ready to retreat if things get too difficult," Naruto answered shaking his head.
"Okay!" she said nodding.
"Then follow me, we will sneak out and join the fight, like that Olaf-san and the others shouldn't look like accomplices."
With the soldiers – at the same time -
"SOLDIERS!" the Captain said rising his blade high in the sky.
"PURIFY!" he then ordered slashing down.
Ktha-Chunk! "ARGH!"
"RASENGAN!" at the same time the order was given an arrow pierced behind the knee of one of the soldiers making him stumble while a spiraling sphere of energy went slammed on the chest of another making the man's armor bend inward and twist into a spiral mark along shooting the soldier away.
"You okay? Reinforcements are here!" Naruto yelled joining the two girls with a simple-looking iron club he had liberated from the Olaf' carts beforehand.
"A-A-A Hobgoblin?" Albedo's friend said surprised.
"A silver one, you don't see them around often." the succubus added with a raised eyebrow.
"Not all of us are brainless morons that kill, eat and fuck everything that moves! Some of us do have a sense of right and wrong, and I happen to be one of them! Those bastards want to kill you just because you are not human, right?" he answered without looking away from the soldiers.
"Pretty much, yes. Apparently, that was bad enough." Albedo answered.
"Then I feel justified in kicking their ass!"
"A Hobgoblin too joined the Purging? I am happy to see our beloved Elrune smile upon us!" Mazarin asked sneering in disgust.
"You know? I bet is because people like you are around that humans have a bad reputation, I don't know you and yet I can already tell that I do not like you!" Naruto answered as a new arrow flew close to the man piercing the sleeve of his ecclesiastic robes pinning him to a near tree and making him shriek in fright.
"Another Hobgoblin?" Albedo asked curious.
"Yep! A dear friend of mine named Mi." Naruto answered smirking.
"YOU! DWARF! Move your convoy back or we won't be held responsible for collateral damages!" the Captain ordered making the merchants hurriedly backtrack.
"Why you are helping us?" the echidna asked as once again soldiers surrounded the trio.
"You seemed in need of help," he answered.
"That's it?"
"I can 'smell' bad people, and you two don't look like bad people, so I am helping!" the former shinobi answered smiling.
"Your name?" he then asked.
"Alice." the Echidna answered making Albedo turn to look at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Like the King's daughter? Cool name, I am Naruto, nice to meet ya!"
"Albedo, nice to meet you." The Succubus added shaking her head in defeat at the new development.
"We have seen the archer!" one of the soldiers said as a couple of his companions moved towards the hiding spot of Mi.
"SHIT! Don't you dare touch her! AH!" growling in rage the Hobgoblin sprang forward at high speed to attack the soldier.
"YOU FOOL! THE SHIELDS OF OUR SOLDIERS ARE BLESSED BY ELRUNE HERSEL-DOOOOOOOONG!" Mazarin started saying before the reborn shinobi's club slammed against the soldier's thick shield bending it in half and crushing the man holding it between the steel-made defense and the tree behind him and even uprooting the plant.
"Tch! This thing is too frail," Naruto hissed while looking at the broken mace he was now holding as its head was instead deeply buried inside the bent shield.
"H-H-HOY! That was too strong for an attack!" another soldier said.
"To be honest, it was..." Naruto mentally admitted.
"Eh! Welcome to your last Evolutionary Step as a member of the 'Goblin' Species! From now on your choices of evolution will multiply considerably depending on several factors, so you are back into being yourself as a 'Base' for later Level Ups," Kurama answered with a mirthful chuckle.
"Eh?"
"Your body is now a new version of your old one from your past life, only looking like a Hobgoblin; what you were before you are once again now: your speed, your strength, your agility...Everything, You have your old body back and from now on, you will only get stronger. That Giant you met in your dreams 'unlocked' your previous life's 'Stats'...Congratulations! You are officially one OP Motherfucker! Hahahaha!" the Biju replied amused.
"Why you didn't tell me sooner?!"
"It's funnier like this."
"Stop gaping like idiots! Kill them!" the Captain ordered as his own claymore sword descended towards Naruto's head.
CLANG!
"Don't stand there! Fight!" Albedo said stopping the attack with her weapon and pushing the soldier back.
"Sorry, I just evolved so I didn't expect to be this strong, this is my first fight since I evolved." the former shinobi answered taking the short sword of the soldier he had attacked first to stand close to Albedo and Alice.
"Mi! Come here, they know where you are!" he then ordered making the young Goblin hurry to join them.
"A Goblin? That's all your back-up?!" Alice hissed angrily.
"Mi is close at evolving herself and is an amazing archer, give her some credit, she will surprise you." he answered proudly making her smile.
"And you intend to use my men as a mean to make her evolve?!" the Captain asked growling.
"This world is not nice, so me and my friends need to grow strong fast if we want to survive,"
"Then you made a huge mistake, lancers!"
At that four soldiers armed with long and clearly-heavy lances stepped forward with the thick bladed tip pointed directly at the monster group's face.
"I am hating your plan, Albedo. I am hating it with all myself!" Alice admitted as she slithered a little back to take distance.
"Plan?" Naruto asked.
"It's a long story, but in short we decided to go on a little adventure on our own, unfortunately, we had to stumble on those disgusting people and we were about to be attacked, then you joined us." Albedo answered.
"And you were the one organizing everything?"
"Pretty much...Or at least she tried, I had to call a friend of mine that would have helped us enter Serena City without too much of a fuss and hopefully take some missions, just easy ones to have something to break the monotony." Alice answered sighing.
"You can take missions without a Guild? Only you two?" Naruto asked confused.
"..." Alice groaned in an answer as she face-palmed.
"...I knew I was forgetting something..." Albedo admitted.
"Really? REALLY?! They Forgot a fundamental part of their 'Plan'? That can't be true!" Kurama said shocked.
"You are joking," Naruto asked in disbelief.
"No, I am ashamed to admit that we are not, I forgot we needed to join a Guild to take missions." Alice admitted sighing.
"A bunch of monsters playing heroes? Taking missions? Who in their right mind would trust you THINGS for anything?!" Mazarin asked disgustedly.
"Lamias and Echidnas are openly recognized as trustworthy!" Alice replied greatly offended.
"Pfeh! Lies, maybe some poor peasant may, but we others barely accept to have around our beloved land King Leodas' wife and the royal princess, and that is because we trust the King's judgment and recognize that the Princess has human blood inside her veins as well," the Cardinal answered scoffing.
"I call bullshit, you people are just a bunch of morons hating whoever is not human! What's wrong with a Guild of 'Monsters' to begin with? Are you afraid to see us surpass you others? To be better than you bastards? For your interest, I plan on becoming a great Mercenary and create the strongest Guild of this world. I am gonna be a damn hero, teme!" Naruto answered with crossed arms.
"A hero Hobgoblin?" Albedo asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Why not? Either that or the closest thing to it possible," he answered shrugging.
"You? A Mercenary? A HERO? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" the Cardinal said before a full-belly laugh erupted from him making his various 'double chins' tremble along his protruding belly and the various trinkets dangling from his hips making a subtle 'ting!' sound follow his laughing.
"Goblins, Hobgoblins, all the same! You scum can't be more than mere cannon fodder! You all are weak! Pathetic! Errors of Nature that can only bother real warriors and waste space and resources!"
"Naruto," Mi said worried as she heard her beloved friend grit his teeth in anger and moving to stand closer to him to comfort him.
"Aah, yes! That must be your mate then...Another mistake of mother nature, your 'women' as well aren't even worthy of being sold for slavery or your meat to be cooked! Really, there is no use for your lot!" the rich man continued saying while ignoring the glares of Naruto's group in favor of taking out a stone barely bigger than his fist and shining in a faint purple light.
"You want to be a Mercenary? To be the closest thing to a hero? Well, then I feel obliged to burst your bubble before your silly dreams get you killed! Consider it a sign of good faith from my being a man from the Church of Elrune; do you see this pretty rock? This is a rare LV8 [Appraisal Stone] we High Clerics of the Church use to seek future candidates for the Holy Guards that protect our lands from beasts like you and other dangers."
"So?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes.
"So I am going to make you a HUGE concession and use it on you, there is a way to openly display the results instead of just me knowing, your dear 'friends' will be the ones telling you the sad truth, that you are not strong enough to achieve your goal and will never be...Nor now, nor ever." the man answered.
"You Lie! Naruto is strong! Very Strong!" Mi growled in fury.
"I would listen to the girl, he doesn't seem to be your 'everyday' Hobgoblin." Alice warned with narrowed eyes still hidden by her hood.
"Strong? He? For a Goblin maybe, but for us humans? I doubt it." the Captain of the soldiers answered shaking his head in a mocking way.
"I think I can block that thing's powers if you want." Kurama muttered snarling.
"No, let him. I want to see how good I am now and how much more I need to grow." Naruto answered mentally.
"Okay, I'll trust you on that, let's hope it won't show you have that stone inside your body or we will be forced to kill them all."
"So? What do you say?" The Priest asked with a wicked smile.
"Go on, I am curious myself." the former shinobi answered smirking.
"Very well, just prepare to be displeased. Shared Appraisal!" the old man answered holding the stone in front of himself and pointing at Naruto as he chanted loudly his Spell.
Immediately after he finished a monotone voice resounded in everyone's head along the projection of words and numbers appearing in a 'corner' of their field of vision.
Beginning Appraisal!
『Hobgoblin – [Named] - "Naruto Namikaze" - LV1
Job:
[Leaf Shinobi] (Details)
Stats:
ＨＰ：４６６３／４６６３（Green）
ＭＰ：6０７６／6０７６（Blue）
ＳＰ：7５７０／7５７０（Yellow）
CHK：Err.（Red）(Appraisal Failed)
Average Offensive Ability：4６１０
Average Defensive Ability：4５９７
Average Magic Ability：４０２２
Average Resistance Ability：5１３
Average Speed Ability：6５５５
Skill:
「Heavy Shell LV1」 「High-speed HP Recovery LV4」 「High-speed MP Recovery LV4」 「Great MP Consumption Down LV5」 「Magic Perception LV2」 「Precise Magic Manipulation LV1」 「Magic Combat Act LV2」 「Great Offensive Magic Power LV1」 「High-speed SP Recovery LV6」 「Great SP Consumption Down LV5」 「War God Spirit LV1」 「Great Vitality Granting LV8」 「Great Enhanced Destruction LV3」 「Great Enhanced Slashing LV1」 「Great Enhanced Piercing LV1」 「Great Enhanced Blunt LV2」「Vigor LV5」 「Space Maneuver LV8」 「Easy Escape LV4」「Accuracy LV7」 「Evasion LV10」「Tree Walking」「Water Walking」「Chakra Manipulation」「Ninja Training」 「Shadow Clone Technique」 「Rasengan LV3」 「Kawarimi」 「Henge LV7」「Great Probability Correction LV2」 「Stealth LV10」 「Camouflage LV5」「Poison Creation LV 3」「Blacksmith LV2」 「Danger Perception LV1」 「Presence Perception LV4」 「Heat Perception LV5」 「Motion Perception LV6」 「Shadow Magic LV7」 「Dark Magic LV7」「Great Chaos Magic LV8」「Great Wind Magic LV2」 「Great Fire Magic LV2」「Consume」 「Regeneration」 「Great Physical Attack Resistance LV2」 「Thermal Fluctuation Resistance EX」 「Great Shock Resistance LV3」「Great Poison Resistance LV3」「Paralysis Nullity」「Chaos Nullity」「Great Lightning Resistance LV8」 「Water Resistance LV4」 「Fire Resistance LV5」「Earth Resistance LV3」「Great Wind Resistance LV4」 「Dark Resistance LV6」 「Great Abnormal Condition Resistance LV7」 「Corrosion Resistance LV4」 「Fear Nullity」 「Great Pain Alleviation LV7」 「Night Vision LV3」 「Visible Range Expansion LV2」 「Enhanced Vision LV10」 「Telephoto LV8」 「Enhanced Hearing LV10」 「Hearing Range Expansion LV3」 「Enhanced Smell LV8」 「Enhanced Touch LV7」 「Luck LV8」 「Heaven Mana LV1」 「Heaven Motion LV1」 「Abundant Sky LV1」 「Fortitude LV3」 「Fortress LV5」 「Heaven Path LV1」「Heavenly Third Eye」「Heaven Protection」「Iron Will LV 8」「Leaf's Will of Fire」
Title:
「Monster Killer」 「Monster Slaughterer」 「Big Eater」「Bottomless」「Ability Thief」 「Assassin」 「Conqueror」 「Natural Calamity」「Ninja」「The Unpredictable」「He who Transcended Life, Death and Chaos 」「He Who Defeats Fate」「e%Z"/8-Err.」
Blessing:
Minor: [Great Wisdom of the Trickster God.] (Unique)
Great: [Divine Blessing of the Supreme God of Chaos.] (Legendary)』
End of the appraisal!
"W-W-WHAT THE HELL?!" The man shrieked dropping the stone and falling on his ass.
"T-There must be a mistake! Yes! The Appraisal Stone must be malfunctioning!" The Captain-ranked Guard said while still looking pale.
"There is still room for improvement...I see too many skills at a low level," Naruto muttered uncertainly.
"You got all of those from eating? Awesome!" Mi answered with starry-eyes of amazement.
"To be honest, the stats and most of those skills probably come from your past as ninja, like "Fearless", "Will of Fire" and Elemental Affinities for example (Fire and Wind especially since we both are REALLY proficient in those)...The Dark, Chaos and Shadow Magic ones come from your two Blessings and the rest either from eating stuff or that voice we heard while we were dying the first time," Kurama answered guessing.
"And the enhanced senses?" Naruto asked.
"You are...Were a Jinchuuriki the moment you died, the advanced senses used to come with the package, you never noticed because for you that was 'Normal' since we have been together ever since you were a toddler and nobody apparently thought about telling you. I guess the ones written differently are all 'unique' to you as well."
"My boy, that is a damn fine list of skills," Olaf admitted with a low whistle.
"Last time I saw stats like that...It was by Appraising an Elder Salamander Drake, a 20th Floor [Floor Boss] in Eridmun's Dungeon in the North...No LV 1 Hobgoblin should have those..." Shin said faintly.
"Drake?"
"A [Drake] is a rare evolutionary step of the Salamanders, after that there is the even-rarer [Dragon] step." Kurama said impressed.
"So I can be a Mercenary or part of a Guild?" Naruto asked aloud confused.
"Yep! You better be fast in creating or joining one too though! If news about a Hobgoblin like you roaming the streets goes around, the number of hunters out for your blood will get pretty damn long really fast!" Olaf answered patting the young man's back.
"Albedo..." Alice muttered.
"He is not normal, that's for sure, and he seems to be interested in joining or creating a Guild, so..."
"You think he may help us?"
"It would help both us and he himself, along with his friend...We would only lack two members then..."
"Yes." the echidna girl replied nodding in determination.
"I can hear you!" the former shinobi said with a sing-song voice.
"Urk!" both girls groaned in embarrassment.
"And I think that you are right, if we get the missing members to form our own Guild, I can't see why I shouldn't help you. Because I think that I have good chances of becoming someone after all, ne?" Naruto asked Mazarin while crossing his arms.
"NO! I will not stand for this! This just proves you need to die!" The Cardinal roared in fury as he opened a book in front of himself to tear away half their pages to create a wide barrier around the group.
"Cardinal Mazarin?!" the Guards' Captain said with wide eyes.
"A mere Hobgoblin surpassing me...Surpassing the current holder of the [Hero] Title The Church itself is Championing...A Monster Surpassing a human!...NO! NO! INCONCEIVABLE! IMPOSSIBLE! BLASPHEMOUS!"
"Hey, old man. Calm down." Naruto hissed with narrowed eyes.
"YOU DARE TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN!? I WON'T PERMIT YOU TO LIVE ANOTHER INSTANT INSTEAD! A CREATURE AS BLASPHEMOUS AS YOU EXISTING WILL BE A MARK OF INFAMY FOR THE CHURCH OF ELRUNE! A HERO!? A MERCENARY?! NO! YOU AND YOUR WHOLE GROUP SHALL BE ERASED ALONG THE MONSTER WHORES YOU ARE DEFENDING! NO MONSTER WILL EVER SURPASS HUMANS FOR AS LONG AS I DRAW BREATH! I WILL KILL YOU ALL! I WILL ERASE EVERY TRACE OF YOUR EXISTENCE! I DON'T CARE IF WOMEN AND CHILDREN TOO WILL DIE! WHOEVER HELPS MONSTERS. WILL. DIE! [Summoning]!" the man said making all the remaining pages of his book fly off to create a halo of light above himself.
"COME! [Dominion Authority]!" he then said as a giant being of light exited the circle, towering over everyone present with its six feet height and opening wide six angelic wings to show a rich robe made of feathers as well and a golden helmet decorated by a two crosses intersecting at the top and with an elaborated circle of runes slowly spinning behind its back.
"This is an Archangel Summon! A Level 7 Summon only me and my brothers of the Inner Circle of the Church of Elrune can call upon! A being that can carry the very will of the Gods and smite without mercy the infidels and the monsters endangering our beloved land!" Mazarin said as innumerable feathers kept raining from the sky in endless rain.
"Cardinal! If you use that me and my soldiers too will be caught in the crossfire!" the Captain said taking a step back and bumping against the barrier the cardinal had created previously.
"Then die! Die as a Martyr for the Church! I will tell about you and your men's noble sacrifice to permit me to go back to the Capital! About how you all threw away your lives to destroy this abomination we have met!" the fat man answered uncaringly.
"You don't even care about your own men?!" Naruto yelled furious.
"As I said, The most important thing is that I return home! One day I will don the robes of the High Deacon of Elrune! I will receive the title of [Pope] and will bring the words of Elrune far and wide for the glory of our Church! Those men will be remembered! They will be lauded as the heroes that permitted me to safely complete my journey!" Mazarin answered making the soldiers behind him gasp in shock.
"What?! I didn't join the Army to help you raise in rank! But to protect my Village! To protect my homeland!" a brave soldier stepped forward to answer.
"Silence! Do not dare to talk back to a Cardinal, you dirty peasant!" Mazarin answered as the Archangel launched a small burst of lightning from its hand with an uncaring gesture and making the soldier fly back screaming in agony.
"JEFFREY!" the Captain yelled with wide eyes as he and the others moved to help their fallen comrade.
"Let him die, his faith in me was not pure enough." the Cardinal said in disinterest.
"His faith...In you?!" the Captain growled.
"As future head of the Church, yes. I will one day represent the will of Elrune, she will enact her will through me...So I cannot let infidels insult her." the fat man answered.
"You know? I think the asshole has just won himself the honor of being the Test Subject for your [Chaos] and [Dark] Magic." Kurama said growling.
"You think so?"
"Yes, he is clearly sincere about killing the others and sacrificing whoever he wants to reach his goals."
"Very well. How do I use Magic?" Naruto asked.
"Just will it and the selection screen will appear. Like Magic!" Kurama answered, and Naruto could swear he felt the Biju/Skill smirk at his own joke.
"Ah-ha..." the reincarnated shinobi answered as a handy 'list' of Magic grouped by their respective Elements appeared in front of him ready to be selected by a simple touch.
"Now Punish the Hobgoblin first! Smite him with the full power of the Goddess Elrune's Judgment! [HOLY LIGHT]!
"Naruto!" Mi yelled in fear as a giant pillar of light rapidly fell from the sky pointing at the hobgoblin.
"Let's start with Chaos Magic. [Negative Burst]!" the young man intoned summoning around himself a dome of pitch-black energy that then exploded outwards obliterating the Archangel's own Magic attack.
[Negative Burst]: High Tier Defensive Magic, non-elemental. It summons a wide barrier of Pure Chaos around the user and close Allies, it stops projectile weapons and can even reflect spells right back at the sender if lower the level instead of canceling them.
"W-W-What?! That was a Level 8 Holy Spell! HOW DID YOU SURVIVE?!" Mazarin bellowed furious.
"Mine was a Level 8 Chaos Spell, unfortunately for you, my Affinity for Chaos is WAY higher than yours with Holy spells, so my Magic Defense trumped your Magic Attack canceling it." the Hobgoblin answered smirking.
"Did I said it right?" he mentally added unsure.
"You repeated my words perfectly, so you sounded even more badass, now go for Dark Magic, make that giant parrot kiss the ground!" Kurama answered amused.
"Wow..." Albedo muttered impressed.
"Down, girl." Alice answered chuckling.
"Step back, girls! I need to see if I can take him." the former shinobi asked cautiously.
"Be careful." Mi answered nodding as she and the others moved slightly back to leave him more room to move.
"AGAIN! ATTACK HIM AGAIN!" the Cardinal said screaming madly.
"Nope! Dark Magic now! [Graviga!]" Naruto intoned as a red aura enveloped the summoned angel to slam it on the ground.
"Since it flies, it is especially susceptible to that spell, now choose! Go away and let us be or keep fighting and have me kick your ass!"
[Graviga!]: High-Tier Offensive Magic, Dark Attribute. Increases the force of gravity on the Target to crushing levels with high chances of inflicting the [Paralysis] Status along causing moderate damage. Inflicts extra damage to Flying enemies and greatly reduces their Evasiveness for a short period of time.
"NEVER! I will be the next High Deacon of Elrune! I will be the next Holy Chosen of the Church! If I lose now, Elrune herself will lose!" the Cardinal answered spitting madly.
"He has lost it," Olaf muttered worried.
"What should we do then?" Dhoran asked.
"Have the others move away as slowly as possible, we need to keep everybody out of that man's range, I don't trust that barrier he has put up between us and them." the dwarf answered.
"Okay."
With Naruto -
"DIEEEEEEE! [HOLY SPEAR]!" Mazarin yelled with crazy eyes as a javelin of light appeared in the Archangel's hands to physically assault Naruto.
"Dark Magic!" the former shinobi said jumping away just in time to evade the spear and then thrusting his hand forward.
"[Hell Fire]!" at that movement, a thick wave of dark-red flames enveloped the Summon making it shriek in agony and move around wildly.
"NOOOOOOO!"
"Chaos Magic..." Naruto said slowly and with narrowed eyes.
"Eh?!" Mazarin muttered in horror.
"[Black Hole]!" the Hobgoblin then said as a small sphere of darkness, barely as big as an orange, appeared in the chest of the Archangel.
The effect was instantaneous as with a deafening scream the angel's body went forced inside the way-too-small 'hole' in space tearing the towering being to pieces as it went crammed in there without mercy until nothing remained.
"NOOOOO!" Mazarin screamed in disbelief as the book in front of him burst in flames forcing him to drop it to the floor and watch it burn.
"Ooh! That blew a hole in my Mana I fear..." Naruto moaned as he fell sitting on the ground groaning.
"You used High-level Spells in rapid succession, even if you have them AND know how to use them it doesn't mean that you already have the 'Reserves' for them as well. That Black Hole alone instantly halved your MPs and then the [Hell Fire] and [Negative Burst] took another third each, so just stick to low-level spells until you recover...In a couple of hours." Kurama answered proudly.
"You devil...Enemy of Elrune...A being spitting on the face of the gods...WHY DON'T YOU DIEEEE!" Mazarin screamed as he took a short knife from his robes to personally attack Naruto.
"No!" Mi growled as she rapidly readied her bow and arrow.
BANG! In a surprise attack, a bullet came down raining from the sky hitting the side of Mazarin's head turning the upper half of it in a burned stump.
"What the..." Naruto muttered with wide eyes as the still charging corpse of the Cardinal stumbled on its steps to fall forward to silently pour blood in front of the Hobgoblin.
"ENEMY ATTACK! ENEMY ATT-BANG!" Another soldier tried saying before a giant hole opened on his chest with enough heat to let only sparks and ashes fly outside the gaping wound while the strength behind the bullet sent the body flying forward.
"Another friend of yours?" the Captain asked growling as other two soldiers of his company fell to the roaring bullets that kept raining on them.
"No! I have nothing to do with this!" Naruto answered as he had to thank his [Danger Perception] Skill if he managed to tackle Albedo to the ground before she too could get beheaded by the unseen attacker.
"Thank you." the Succubus said uneasily.
"Wait until this new problem is gone before thanking me." the former shinobi replied as Mazarin's Barrier finally gave in under the continuous rain of bullets.
"Oh Lord! Thine Word is sacred..." a new voice, very young and lisping, was heard echoing from the sky.
"Damn it! This must be a [Flying Mage] from Barad-se!" the Captain hissed making his men regroup in a tight defensive formation.
"Oh Lord! Thine Love is boundless..." the voice kept praying as a young girl, by the looks of it barely eleven, with pale skin and gold-blond hair slowly descended until the others could finally see her face.
"A Flying Mage?" Naruto asked confused.
"Just because we are in an 'Enemy Mine' situation...Barad-se its famous for using Technology and Magic together, a prime example of it is their Flying Mage Squadrons: highly mobile, powerful Mages whose pendants can amplify their Magic and Spells even better than normal focuses and give them the ability to fly at high speed...But I have never seen one that complex-looking." the Captain answered pointing at the medallion the young girl was wearing, it was a circle of three angelic wings 'hugging' a transparent pendant encasing a red gem pulsating in power and emanating a strong red light.
"Oh Lord, forgive thine children as they believe in false gods! Show them the might of the true Lord and make their souls rejoice in your Holy Light!" the girl said as her body gained an unnatural bright aura giving her a very divine look.
"I don't know what the fuck she is talking about...But I don't like how that pendant of hers is throwing around Mana!" Kurama said growling as a fire started dancing around the girl's whole body.
"In the name of the Lord! In the Name of Barad-se! I shall pray to God, and use His power to defeat Evil! BEGONE!" the flying mage said solemnly as a giant explosion of fire engulfed everything in an awe-inspiring pillar of flames that simply erased the remaining soldiers.
"[Negative Burst]!" Naruto yelled with wide eyes.
"[Aura of Valor]!" the Captain added summoning around himself, Naruto and the girls a bright blue aura.
"[Defense Boost]!" Alice intoned summoning a clear bubble of energy around herself and the others.
"[Walls of Jericho]!" Albedo yelled making a tall wall of black rocks sprout from the ground in front of the group.
Their group effort to raise their defense as much as they could come barely in time as the pillar of fire lightly brushed against them, turning everything to dust and even lightly cracking Naruto's [Negative Burst] defensive dome.
"You are lucky that I need the Echidna girl alive, or I would have made sure to kill you. Surrender the Princess and I will respect the human rights chart established by the Great Crowns, refuse and I will exterminate whoever opposes me." the girl asked with a chilling smile as her eye turned from blue to gold under the flux of Mana from her Orb.
"The Princess?!" Naruto and the Captain said at the same time while Alice cringed.
"Nice to meet you...I am Alipheese Fateburn XVI, daughter of King Leodas and Queen Alipheese Fateburn XV and Princess of Devan...But you can call me Alice." the Echidna admitted as she took away her hood to show her face.
"Oooh, Fuck!" Naruto cursed loudly.
"I find myself agreeing," the Captain answered.
"I have orders to take the Princess to Barad-se and kill every witness, I am sorry." the flying mage said preparing her rifle and pointing it straight at Naruto's head.
"Then I won't let you do it!" the former shinobi answered furious.
"Bring it." the girl answered coldly.
AAAAND STOP! The third chapter is done, next time the battle against the mysterious flying mage and much more!
I am creating a side story, it will contain every Spell/Skill/Job I use here and explain it in detail, like that I won't make the chapters longer. It will be the "Info Dump" of this story.
You all choose Demon Queen Alice from "Monster Girl Quest" as the third girl...It will be harder than Jibril to add to the story, but I promised to let you choose so I will follow through.
Alice won't be a queen though, I remember you that she is the daughter of King Leodas...so at best she is 'Princess Alice' in here...her appearances are still the same though ^ ^.
So? Did you recognize who is the mysterious soldier that is attacking Naruto and the girls? Let's recap:
Porcelain skin.
Blond hair.
Doll-like constitution.
Rank "Mage Second Lieutenant". Then "First Lieutenant"
Uses a medallion called "Elenium Type 95" (I am using its appearances from the Manga, it looks cooler in the manga).
Her battle names are "Mithril", "Argent", "Pure Silver", "Devil of the Rhine".
Talks with a lisp.
Has a lot of issues with what she refers as "So-called 'Gods'" and "Being X" that always meddle in her life.
She starts reciting prayers the more power she uses for her spells.
She flies and 'shots' Magic through a musket rifle.
...Do no bells ring? A pity, I like the Novels, Manga and soon will watch the Anime so she stays! XD
(And I started reading the novel when it wasn't 'famous' yet, so I am not jumping on the wagon, I WAS ALREADY ON IT WHEN IT STARTED!)