"Gold Port? Rather uncreative name for a port city..." Vaskul murmured to himself as he came across a sign pointing to the direction of said city, "I sincerely hope it's a human town and not of those monster wannabes' villages..." Earlier on in the day Vaskul had came across two towns, one named Lady's Village and one called Succubus Village. Suffice to say, Lady's Village did not take kindly to him, even though he had his disguise on, and the reason why he did not go to Succubus Village was just plain obvious. "I need to buy a map. And preferably find out which place has the least amount of monsters in the process. Hopefully I won't get into a minor spat with another supposed noble or lord like Cassandra, last thing I need is the authorities wanting my skull on a pike."
...
Having arrived rather easily to Gold Port, Vaskul looked around to try and find some merchants or anyone who would know something important about the world he was now in. He soon spotted and picked out a purple-haired man with three others of varying types. Most likely adventurers or "Heroes." Vaskul cleared his throat and politely got the man's attention.
"Yes?" The man said.
"Ah, Pardon me, but I'm rather new to these parts. I'm an adventurer, and my ship was unfortunately destroyed when I went exploring and now I am stuck on this new land. Would you be kind enough as to inform me of my new whereabouts or at least give me a map?" Vaskul intially started out in his normal voice, but quickly changed it to what anyone might expect out of a wizard.
"A Wizard eh? Good to see that I'm not the only one!" The Purple-haired man's Wizard friend chuckled with amusement. "Hope you aren't too bad a person!"
"Merlin, there's no need to tease him, he might take it the wrong way!" The Priest amongst them, as well as the only woman, lectured the Wizard.
"Of course Karen, of course," Merlin smiled knowingly, "Marcellus, we had that spare map right? Why don't we be charitable and give it to a fellow adventurer and Hero?"
"Well I do think we had one spare... Erm, Lazarus, do you have it in your pack?" Marcellus questioned the other warrior in the party.
"Um... Yeah, I do. Here's the spare," Lazarus pulled out the map in his bag and gave it to Vaskul.
"Ah! Thank you very much!" Vaskul gave a false smile, "I will certainly remember this... Thank you Heroes!" He waved goodbye as he moved away.
"Ilias be you, my fellow wizard!" Merlin laughed alongside his friends as they bid him farewell.
Once Vaskul was a safe distance away, he smirked.
Idiots. But why did they say Ilias be with you? Ilias is just a primal Light element. There's nothing that good about her... And since when people find out about Ilias' Name? It hasn't been THAT long since I named her... I think. Just how much time has passed here since I sent her to this world? Vaskul idly thought as he read the map.
"Let's see... I'm at Gold Port in the Gold Region of Sentora, the central mass of this world. The North Continent is called Hellgondo, and the Monster Lord, whatever that's supposed to mean, lives there. The South Continent is called..." Vaskul blinked in surprise. "Ilias? It's also apparently has the least amount of monsters and is one of the centers of her 'faith' along with San Ilia, while Hellgondo and the northern parts of Sentora has the more noble and powerful monsters. Seems like Ilias inherited a distate for whores and mockeries from me... Good for her. Such a habit can and will get her far in Faerun."
Vaskul sighed. It would a long journey to get to Ilias Continent, and even then he wasn't guaranteed quiet and silence from interlopers and rapists while he figured out what the hell is going on... Although he could pay a visit to the "Monster Lord." Surely he could gain something from there, and if he was right when he scryed the world earlier, that place is also where those two necromancers lived...
Might as well go there while I'm close to it. Vaskul reasoned as he recasted Levitate and flew there, much to the surrounding populance's shock.
*At The Monster Lord's Castle; In the middle of the Night*
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Vaskul surveyed the Castle before him. It was rather grand and wonderous, and was hardly the malevolent, trap-filled labyrinth that so many beings such as Psaro, Zoma, and the deceased Baramos Gonus had made or took over.
It's nice. But it's nowhere near as good as Charlock Castle. Vaskul reminisced on his previous explorations. He shuddered upon remembering the state of Alefgard when it was under Zoma's reign... I am so happy Zoma couldn't interact with Astral Projections. He thought as he casted Invisibility on himself and causally flew in one of the castle's open windows.
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Alipheese Fateburn the XVI was just getting to sleep when she felt a strange breeze come in through her window. Curious, she got up and looked out... To see nothing. She was about to dismiss it when the door to her room suddenly opened. Naturally, she was a bit freaked out. She unconsciously activated her eye powers and dispelled most of the magics in the area...
Only to see a freakish man with leathery skin staring right at her.
Vaskul quickly wrapped his hand around the girl's throat to prevent her from screaming. He didn't know or care to find out how she managed to dispel his magic, but it had little importance compared to her waking up everyone in the castle. Using his normal demilich voice, and casting an illusion to make his lips loose and torn up, he calmly and quietly said:
"Ssssssshhhhh..." Vaskul's torn mouth had loose pieces of flesh on it, and they gently fluttered against the breeze he caused by saying that. "Go to sleep child..." He casted Sleep, and the girl closed her eyes. Poor brat would probably have nightmares. "... Meh, she'll be just be fine. Nothing to worry about..." Vaskul did not bother to check if the girl was asleep, and left the room.
Meanwhile Alice XVI was trembling and after she figured out the man had left, she got up and followed him against her better judgement to find out just why he was here.
Vaskul stalked the hallways and corridors of the castle, trying to figure out where the libary was. There was always a library in a castle, and there was always a treasury to go with that. "Where are you?..." He rasped, the ivoric carvings on his boots causing subtle noises to echo throughout the hallways. He turned to his left and opened a door. There was nothing in there except for some jail cells. Most likely a prison. He walked off again and repeated this process a few times, until he encountered a small girl with abnormally large breasts, most likely some form of freakish and unfortunate Imp. Why this world kept on insisting on torturing him like this, he didn't know. All he knew was that he wanted to kill her, but ultimately knew she was best left alive.
"A... A human!? Here?!" The Imp looked afraid at the appearance of the skeletal-like man with flesh that seemed to be stretched across his bones... The Dark gleam in his eyes froze her in place.
"Do you know where your library is?" He whispered hoarsely.
"I- It's the s-se-seventh r-right turn from here, and your si-sixth left turn from there... Y-You c-can't miss it!" The Imp stuttered.
"Good," Vaskul promptly backhanded the Imp and knocked her unconscious, just to make sure she didn't alert anyone, "Let's see if she was right..."
He took the directions and quickly found the library, much to his delight. "Hehehe!" He flew up to the top shelfs and scanned them for anything useful. "The Great Monster Wars... Lord of the Underworld... Necromantic Arts... Oh my! What a wonderous find, and so quickly as well!" He gleefully brought them to a table and started reading. Eventually, he flipped to a page in the history book and found that the large source of the darkness he felt when he was first nearby this world was apparantly Alipheese Fateburn the First, also known as the "Dark Goddess."
Most likely a Primal Dark Elemental, he thought as he read on. He also got a relatively good description of the Six Ancestors this "Alipheese" created.
So that Nine-Tailed Kitsune was hiding something... She resembles this "Tamamo-No-Mae" too much to dismiss, and those other Ancestors give me a good idea of what some of those great sealed powers were as well, He assumed that 7 of the Great Sealed Powers he felt when he scryed the place was probably Alice the First and her Ancestors. But that doesn't solve what the other 2 powers were... Vaskul came to the section of the book about Ilias and her "Angels."
Cruel, Twisted, Pathological Liar, Petty, Backstabbing, and Greedy. That sounds a lot like me. Did she accidently influence herself by reading through my mind? It would certainly affect any normal person. I'll certainly have to get acquainted with her soon if this is all true as well... Vaskul thought as he closed the book and opened the book titled the "Lord of Hell."
He began to read the passages and began absorbing the information.
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Long ago, during the center and most destructive period of the Great Wars, when the Three Seraphim and Six Ancestors were all fighting at once, a Horrific and Bloodthirsty Demon fell from the Heavens itself and shattered the world into Three Continents... The sleeping demon, awakened by the Carnage and Chaos that emanated from the constant fighting, bellowed to the Three Seraphim and Six Ancestors:
"I am Estark. That is all I can remember... I do not even remember if I am good or evil, orderly or chaotic, Savior or Satan. Have you come here to destroy me?"
The young and arrogant Lucifina scoffed and sarcastically said that they indeed came to kill the Evil One. In response, The Emperor took it seriously and gripped his terrifying scimitars:
"Is that so?... If that is your wish, then so be it. But know that I will not go down easily..."
It was at this point the Emperor got off his crater and stood high above the 9 Interlopers, and glared down upon them, and said the words that would go down in history as the words that brought down Heaven and Hell itself to their knees:
"DO YOUR WORST!"
The Seraphim and Ancestors fought valiantly and vigorously, but even then they were no match for the Demon King, and were stepped upon as mere ants in his almighty presence. The Goddesses of Light and Darkness came down to smite the blasphemer, but try as they may, the Invincible Estark walked through even their strongest attempts, and cut them where they stood, and to this day, Ilias has but two grand wings when she used to have ten, and Alipheese has but her snake-like tail replacement for the legs Estark tore from her.
Unsatisfied, the Evil One would go on to slaughter millions of angels and monsters, driving the two warring races to near-extinction whilst he united and led the race of man to his bid and call. While fighting in the wars, the Dark Dream Nokturnus would be summoned by the old chieftain and the former Animists of Sabasa. When Nokturnus finally left, Sabasa had become the burning and desolate desert it is today.
It is rumored that it was Estark who founded Sabasa and Grangold while Ilias founded San Ilia and Alipheese founded Grand Noah to combat the threat of Estark, but it is ultimately only transparent rumors and nothing more.
Another story would be of how an elven-like, Demon Warrior by the name of Psaro the Manslayer was seen duelling the Emperor in one-on-one combat, with the victor unknown.
And the last widely known rumor would be of the Archfiend Mortamor being seen in the nightmares of everyone across the land. It was assumed Alipheese and Minagi managed to drive away the Archfiend before his foul schemes could be unleashed, though the presence of Mortamor and Grandmaster Nimzo had made their terrifying existence known...
The Wars had over time slowly devolved into a futile resistance against Emperor Estark, with the former rivals Ilias and Alipheese working together to bring the Demon down... Years turned to decades... Decades to Centuries... Until finally, Lord Estark was confronted by Ilias and Alipheese, and was put to an eternal sleep by their song. The wondrous and beautiful song the two sang to the restless Emperor lulled the Demon to sleep. Upon this event, the two Goddesses brought the sleeping Emperor to an unknown location, where they sealed him away in a prison where no human, monster, or angel could ever reach or know of. And there Estark will sleep, until the end of time and space, he will sleep, forever more incapable of terrorizing the world he once held in an iron grip.
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So no one except this "Alipheese" and Ilias know where Estark is? Damn, it might actually become necessary to find and talk with Ilias to find Estark... Though it is probably only a matter of time before the seal on Estark wears off... I'll have to think on this, to say the least. Vaskul thought as he closed the book, now looking at the last book he picked up.
"Necromantic Arts... I hope it has something useful in it that gives this world some credit," Vaskul mused.
Just as he was about to read it, he heard faint footsteps coming to the Library. Not wanting his presence to be known yet, Vaskul Polymorphed into a snake and hid in one of the crevices, hoping that was enough to hide him from whoever came here.
"Come now Alice. You really shouldn't be up this late," a young, childish-like voice lectured the spying Alice.
"But Tamamo, there was a scary man in there!" Alice complained back to the voice.
"Now, now. It was nothing, there couldn't be anyone here. The security is always high in the Maou's Castle," the young voice, presumably Tamamo, reassured the young yoma.
"But he literally came in through my window and tried to strangle me..." Alice pouted, not happy that she wasn't being taken seriously.
Tamamo sighed. Why did it have to be now of all times that Alice had to get nightmares or irrational fears? "Come on, your mother won't be happy about you being up this late. It's not healthy to be awake all night."
"But he was right there! I saw him turn into a snake and hide somewhere when he heard you coming!" Alice protested, pointing at where Vaskul previously was, causing the Wizard to glare at her in a rather pissed-off fashion from his hiding spot.
Tamamo pinched the bridge of her nose. She honestly just wanted some sleep at this point. "If I go in there and show you it's all just your imagination, will you go to sleep?" she offered.
"Yes!" Alice agreed.
Sighing in defeat, Tamamo walked in the library and looked around. It was relatively empty, and no one seemed to be in here... But Tamamo started to feel that something was off when she noted some books were out though. Books that hardly anyone wanted to read... So why was that old book "Lord of the Underworld" out on the table? Hardly anyone would be interested in that part of the Wars. Tamamo grimaced at the memory of being crushed by Estark. That... That was definitely something she never wanted to look back and think about again. And then there was another history book on the Great Wars along with "Necromantic Arts" written by the Artistes, Shirome if she recalled correctly, left on the table when she was sure they were in the various bookshelves.
She sniffed the area, and at that moment knew for sure someone was, or still is, in here. "Come out. I know you're hiding somewhere," she stated to whoever was hiding in the shadows. She waited, then heard a small hiss as a black snake came into view.
The snake slowly morphed into that of a freakish man, and he smiled at Tamamo, "Quite the sharp sense of smell you have, Tamamo-No-Mae! I was curious as to what an 'Ancestor' of this world was truly like. I must say I am disappointed," he greeted politely, yet still insulting her at the same time, "Ah! But where are my manners? I am Vaskul, a travelling wizard."
Tamamo could see through Vaskul's smile. He was definitely dangerous if he already knew her to be an Ancestor, and could be especially dangerous to someone as young as Alice, "Alice, go to sleep in your room. Now!" She commanded the young yoma.
"Oh... Okay..." The Lamia did not get far before Vaskul teleported in front of her.
"Ah ah ah ah! I can't have you alerting the rest of the castle, now can I? You can just stay right here!" Vaskul waved his finger in a mock-scolding way.
"Let Alice go off on her way. She can't do anything to really hurt you, and no one would believe her if she did try to rat you out," Tamamo told Vaskul.
"Perhaps. She can go free once I'm done with business here. Besides, a little lack of sleep won't hurt her!" Vaskul rasped, scaring Alice to slither off and hide behind Tamamo.
"Why are you here anyways? Did you come here to kill the Monster Lord like the rest of those idiotic 'Heroes?' And why are you researching Estark? That's a touchy and controversial topic to learn about, even for the Artistes' standards," Tamamo questioned, walking towards Vaskul and gauging him carefully.
"Kill your pitiful ruler? Oh! Why that's... That's... A waste of time. Who cares for such weaklings? As for Estark... Heh, well I have been looking for a certain Secret for a long time, and Estark is the only one left who could possibly know it, whether it be in his mind or body." Vaskul cryptically answered, keeping an eye out for any attempts by her to try and attack him.
"Pitiful? Weak? Why would you call mom that?..." Alice asked quietly behind Tamamo.
"I've been alive a long time youngling. Even your Primal Elemental, Alipheese the First, is but a baby compared what I've seen and done. Though, I will give her credit along with Ilias for putting Estark to sleep. That's about the only weakness Estark truly has to be honest, and singing him a lullaby like a Mother does to a Child is truly the most godly way of beating him. A wonderful job if I do say so myself!" Vaskul sarcastically praised.
"You didn't answer the question, why are you after Estark? What Secret is so important that you need to go and release him of all people?" Tamamo ignored the hidden jab at her creator and steeled herself for a fight. She absolutely could not allow anyone to release Estark. Doing that could result in the end of the world as they knew it! And all for some "Secret" this man wanted...
"That, my fuzzy little friend, is my own business!... And you know what? I think I'm wasting time here! So, I'll take my leave, but not before I leave you all a little gift..." Vaskul sighed and casted Create Undead and formed an average Wight.
The abominable thing had a vague and twisted semblance of what could've once been human, and had a look in its eyes that spoke of pure hatred and insanity. Its dry and coarse skin was stretched far across its bones, and was shallow and pale enough for them to see the veins and bones just beneath. The clothing it wore was torn and smelt of blood and rot. Its gray hair was ragged and clumped up in a greasy mess, and its eyes darted back and forth, barely restraining itself from attacking Alice and Tamamo.
"What... What sort of monster is this?" Tamamo had seen all sorts of monsters, from her personal creations, to her sisters' creations, to the ones that evolved over time, but she had never seen one like this.
"Like it? It's a Wight. A relatively weak undead creature, but it is rather useful, much more than a goddamned Zombie by any stretch. If you want to know the details, it's basically a human who died in, or had, extremely violent and/or a hateful nature, and was reanimated as this. Careful now, if it kills you, you'll become just like it~!" Vaskul said in a joyful sing-song voice, "Now Wight, attack those two!" He cackled loudly as he casted Wraith Form and flied away through the ceiling.
"Gah!" Tamamo just barely got of the way before the snarling Wight could slash her with its misshapen claws. Immediately losing interest in Tamamo, the Wight turned to the nearest one, Alice, and lunged at her. Alice ducked out of the way and tried to move away, but the Wight had some basic intelligence and grabbed her tail and yanked her back to it, pinning her against the floor.
"Eee!" Alice squealed and squirmed about, but to no avail. She could smell the horrid stench the Wight had as it opened its mouth. It was like a pile of decomposing rats had a week-old bucket of blood poured onto it. But just as the Wight was going to bite, Tamamo got her hands around its head and cleanly tore it off, instantly killing the undead abomination.
Curiously enough, instead of blood pouring out, all Alice got on herself was a cloud of dust... And maybe some yellow fluids leaking from her privates. Alice curled up in a ball and shivered from the experience, apparently traumatized by the Wight.
"Damn... That thing could give even the Artiste's best creations a run for their money..." Tamamo sighed in relief and comforted Alice.
"There there... It's all okay... You're alright now. He can't hurt you anymore..." She sincerely hoped that this one encounter with that freak did not traumatize Alice enough to turn her into another Black Alice. She would have to wait until she could defend herself before she could be allowed to interact with humans... Especially if ones like Vaskul were running around doing whatever they wanted nowadays.
"Wait, where's the books?" Tamamo noticed that the "Necromantic Arts" book was missing, "I have a feeling that I'm going to be getting to know Vaskul quite a bit in the future..."
*Meanwhile with Vaskul*
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While Tamamo was comforting a traumatized Alice XVI, a certain jackass by the name of Vaskul was flying rapidly towards the South in a wraith form, laughing his ass off at his little parting "gift." They didn't even notice he came back while they were fighting the Wight and realize he grabbed the Necromancy book and got away again!
"HAHAHAHA! Ah ha... I haven't had that much fun since I replaced Orcus' larva snacks with diet pills!" He cackled, quickly zooming by various towns and villages. He briefly considered reading the book he had, but decided to keep that for later when he arrived at Ilias Continent. When he finally arrived, he saw a small village, and saw only slimes and humanoid slugs in the area. "This will make for an excellent starting point!..." Vaskul thought aloud as he landed in an open patch of land. He used his magic to uproot and cut up some nearby trees and made a basic cabin with a door.
Inside his makeshift home, Vaskul used Create Greater Item to make various necessities for an average human body: A bed, a cooking pot, some shelves, a fire pit and a rocking chair. Satisfied, Vaskul brought out some of his more magical items to make for a small and portable scrying place. He was done with his little set-up soon enough.
"This will do for now. All I have left to do now is to wait and see for an event to happen so that I can safely find Estark," Vaskul smiled viciously, "It would not be wise to bring attention to myself now... I'll just wait and slowly gather my power and knowledge of this world until I can go out knowing what will happen. And perhaps getting in contact with Ilias again will benefit me... Heh, It will all come in due time..." With that, Vaskul sat on his new rocking chair and began reading "Necromantic Arts."
...
"That was most... 'Informational...'" Vaskul commented to himself as he finished the book. Suffice to say, the book had more lewd content than he would've liked. "But I suppose it was not completely worthless. At least now I can set up and predict some basic spells this world might have, which isn't that much to be honest," Shrugging, he put the book away and went to sleep for once.
Vaskul's plan continued like that for years on end. Instead of charging headfirst into things, he would wait and take notes. When Monsters attacked? They died. When humans came close by? They suddenly had the urge to not go near. There was a plethora of good reagents nearby? You bet he was taking it. He enjoyed this simple life, fake as it may be. It gave him a chance to appreciate the finer things in life and actually try to be an alchemist, though his attempts might've been explosive at first.
He eventually learned of a quiet village of humans called "Ilias Village" nearby, with Enrika, a supposed 'trading' place. Vaskul pondered on whether he should try his hand at being a merchant. He certainly had enough materials and magic to make a crap-ton of enchanted rings and such, and he could make reasonably good potions now, but he had... well, bad social skills was an understatement. He really could not keep up a facade even if he was disguised as a completely normal human. But he really wanted to get a chance to drink alcohol again... But then again, Vecna didn't become a god by being loyal, Vaskul wouldn't get money and respect if he was a coward.
After making several potions and enchanted items, and smoothing out his skin as well as combing his hair, Vaskul felt he was ready to try his hand at being a merchant. Perhaps he'll head off to... Ilias Village? That could be a good place to start out at. Going to Enrika would be a bad idea if it really was a trading center for merchants. "Off I..." Vaskul cleared his throat, "Off I go!"
He was casually walking down the path, happy and cheerful, when he saw a group of seemingly brutish men chuckling and laughing at something. They were blocking his path to Ilias Village. Not wanting his clean pinstriped clothing to get dirty from the mud and dirt, Vaskul called out to the men.
"Excuse me, fine sirs, but would you be kind as to please move along? I do have plenty of things to be doing now." He politely inquired.
The men turned and looked over him, greedily looking over his enchanted items and various potions. "Now looky 'ere boys! A merchant all alone... Oh how sad! How's about we give ya a helpin' hand and take the burden of all them items for ya?" He guffawed with laughter along with the others.
"Ah! You're interested in buying my magical jewelry? Or perhaps you would be interested in buying a potion of strength?" Vaskul forcefully smiled, still wanting to have a good day. He wasn't in the mood to deal with this right now.
"Ohohoho! A magic man! That there s'plains your backwards-ass clothing! Welly now, us commoners don't take kindly to random witches or wiz'ards comin' in-a town now! So, how'sa bout this? You drop your shit, and get the hell outta Ilias Continent, and we'll a..." The Man stood aside to reveal a woman and a child surrounded and being harassed by the goons. "Let 'im go to ya for free, notta bad deal, eh?"
"Hm..." The Man motioned for the goons to move aside so Vaskul could get a closer look. The woman instinctively shielded her son away from him. "I feel like I've met someone like this boy before... And the woman feels... Off. I just know there's something off about this one. Is she with your bunch?" he questioned, looking back at the leader with a smile that could give nightmares.
"Er... No sir. We just now got her. Is that a problem?" he sweated bullets from Vaskul's scrutinizing gaze, and suddenly had his personality perform a 180.
Vaskul stroked his chin in thought. He knows he felt this aura before from this woman. He's never met her, but something about her seems familiar along with that boy... Could it be? "Well, there is a slight problem here," He winked at the woman.
"Wha- What's that?" The Man felt like there was a bad thing coming very soon.
"I'm not a slaver. And if I was, well, I wouldn't be making deals with bitches like you," Vaskul snapped his fingers and chanted Kaboom.
"Oh shit! He's a castin-!" The Man never got to finish his sentence, for he exploded into tiny pieces afterwards.
The other thugs cried out for help before they too, were snuffed by an explosion. Never dropping his smile, Vaskul turned and noted his bloody clothes.
"Would you perchance be interested in buying my products?" He joked, trying to play off his quick and deadly deeds for laughs. It's how he slipped out of trouble sometimes with other Worlds, and he hoped it would work here as well.
"A- Ah... No thank you... Thank you for helping us though. They were..." The Woman paused for moment to come up with the right way to say it around her child, "Harassing us. But why would you help us though?" She asked.
"They blocked my path you know, and I'm not a patient man. I was in a happy mood today as well, and they ruined it. So! I decided to vent out a little anger. Is there something wrong with that?" Vaskul happily chirped, "I presume you live in Ilias Village?" He then said, trying to steer the topic away.
"Well yes, technically... We're outcasts from the town. Nobody wants anything to do with us. At best they ignore us and refuse to have anything to do with us," The woman said sadly.
"Really now? Why's that?" Vaskul questioned.
"They believe me to be some witch or dark magic user," the woman sighed, "I don't even know why they do, they just think there's something wrong with me and my son."
"Oh what fools! Magic is a wondrous thing to be admired and respected! Not to be thrown away and feared!" Vaskul claimed.
"Well you can't really blame them. With all of the dark elves that used to run around luring men away a few years ago, the townsfolk became very superstitious around any Monster or Magic-related things," She reasoned.
"Dark elves?... Oh! You mean the group I slaugh... Er, Got rid of recently... yes, I definitely did not massacre them. Not in the slightest..." Vaskul did remember a band of Dark Elves that tried to rape and enslave him a while back, and well... they didn't come out of his cabin. It was also around that time his cabin smelled a lot more like death, but that wasn't relevant. Not at all...
The Woman massaged her head as if she had a headache from the oddity she was talking to right now, "But where are my manners? I am Lucifina, and this is my son Luka!" She shifted the conversation to something a bit more pleasant now.
Lucifina? Isn't that the name of that idiot creation of Ilias who pissed Estark off? That would certainly explain her aura... But what is she doing here? Vaskul thought, "And my name is Vaskul, pleased to make your acquaintance!" At his name Lucifina widened her eyes for a split-second, but it went away the next.
"The pleasure is all mine! And please, let us at least treat you to dinner and get you some clean clothes, after all, if not for us, you wouldn't have to wash your..." Lucifina looked at Vaskul's pinstriped pants and oddly fancy black coat, trying to find the right way to describe it... nicely, "Exotic Clothing."
"Oh, this? Ah don't worry. It's nothing!" With another snap of his fingers, Vaskul magically removed the blood from his clothes and used the blob of blood to water the nearby trees. "But I do fancy the idea of eating with company again..."
*At Luka and Lucifina's House*
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"Here you go you two!" Lucifina smiled widely as she served the two the food she had made.
"Thank you Mom!" Luka thanked as he dug in.
"Ah, I appreciate it, Lucifina!" Vaskul adjusted his tongue glands to actually receive signals and pleasure and thus got to savor the taste. Truthfully... It was quite delightful! "Quite excellent food you've made!... Though, if you would be so kind, I'd like to ask a few questions..."
"Sure! Just as long as they aren't too personal." Lucifina said as she began to eat.
"Thank you. Now, I am rather new to these lands, and I keep hearing about this "Ilias." Would you mind telling me what she means to the average folk?" Vaskul asked, blowing off some steam from his soup.
"You don't know who Ilias is?" Luka idly thought aloud, "But even the monsters know who she is. How do you not know?"
"As I said, I am rather new here. About the only thing I know about this new land is that the local monsters are exclusively rapists and slavers rather than some of the ones I knew from my lands," Vaskul answered vaguely.
"Well, Ilias is the Goddess of Light and is considered to be the one who created the world," Lucifina answered. "The Monsters here were created by her renegade creation Alice the First, otherwise known as the Dark Goddess, and that resulted in a great war. After she managed to defeat Alice the First and seal her along with her Ancestors, Ilias became the center of faith in the world."
Oh, so the little light elemental Ilias calls herself God now huh? Pretentious prick!... Vaskul thought as he processed the answer.
"Hm... Not what I expected to hear," Vaskul knew Lucifina knew more than that. It just didn't add up. She had the aura of a lesser light elemental, clearly had the name of one of those "Seraphim" angels Ilias created, did not back down from him back when he pretended to consider the thought of keeping them as slaves despite the odds quite clearly being against her, yet she says a generic answer like that? Perhaps dropping a name would... Persuade her to be more honest.
"Then of what of the Emperor, Estark? Who is he to the common person? All I know is that it is ill-advised to speak about him," Vaskul smirked when he saw Lucifina's eyes widen. Luka seemed to be clueless as to who Estark was however.
"Mom? Who's Estark?" Luka asked.
"Just... Esturk was a horrible person. You'll know more when you're older someday," Lucifina shot a brief glare at Vaskul that screamed "We're having a long talk later."
In response, Vaskul's smirk grew to a disturbingly long and murderous smile. Now he knew for sure that this Lucifina was the same one as the one mentioned in that book he read years ago... She even said "Esturk." No one knew that except for those who happened to hear Estark mumble in his sleep or delve deep into his mythos, and Lucifina did not strike Vaskul as the type of person to go reading about History in-depth like that.
He was even happier at the implications of Luka not knowing who this "Estark" is. It could either mean that he was sheltered (Not likely seeing as how he and Lucifina got cornered by those thugs earlier) or that people in general just did not know about Estark. Perhaps Ilias managed to sweep that under the rug? It has certainly been a long time since those wars supposedly started, and being the chief "God" of whatever Pantheon this world had would give her a lot of leeway as to what she could say and how many would believe her. For all he knew, all Estark was to the majority of the world was a mere myth like Erdrick defeating Zoma on his own.
Pretending to be satisfied, Vaskul finished his dish and excused himself, "I'll be outside if you need me!" He tipped his hat off to Lucifina as thanks for the food and went out to wait for her.
Soon enough she too came to meet Vaskul. She had a grim expression on her face, and had her arms crossed. After a long pause, she said: "Alright. Enough stalling. Who are you?"
Snickering, Vaskul turned to face her, "Why, I am Vaskul. A travelling wizard selling various enchanted items and potions. Did I not tell you this already?" He grinned.
"Not that, I meant your true self. I've noticed there's a bit too much darkness in you. Far more than a normal man should be able to stand, and that energy also has a distinction to it that separates it from the one normally felt from say, a slime or dragon. And then there's your knowledge of Estark. No one except me and a few others even know he exists, yet somehow an ordinary man casually drops it during dinner as if he's common knowledge. What even are you?" Lucifina shot an accusatory look at Vaskul.
Scoffing, Vaskul cracked his neck and dispelled the illusion on his eyes and teeth, revealing the jewels lodged in his skull. "First off, I am not human. Not anymore. Secondly, that 'Darkness', as you call it, is called Negative Energy. Thirdly, I've known about Estark even before your 'Ilias' was even born. Of course he's common knowledge to me," Vaskul rasped in his true voice.
Startled, Lucifina took up a defensive posture and Vaskul felt a burst of light energy. "And as for you... You are obviously not human yourself. You have too much Light in you than say... A normal man, should be able to withstand. There's also your stance and look in your eyes. It screams of old age and experience, just as much as perhaps an Angel of Ilias would have? And lastly, there's your name. I've seen a few books written by the monsters, and there's quite a few recurring descriptions of Ilias' Seraphim. From Eden, Micaela, and lastly... Lucifina. You can't trick someone like me, youngling. I may not have a good understanding of current events today, but I certainly know this world's past."
Sighing, Lucifina dropped her arms and the sudden burst in light magic dispersed, "You're right. I'm not human. I am one of Ilias' Seraphim... Did you come here to bring me back to her or something? Because if so, you're in for a fight..."
"No. I've no major interest in Ilias yet. She doesn't concern me yet," Vaskul lied. Of course he was interested in getting a potential pawn back under his command! He was the very first thing she even spoke to! And of course he'd be interested in seeing how she's grown while he was gone.
"Then why are you here?..." Lucifina looked at a lost for words.
"Quite simple. I desired answers for things I did not know," Vaskul would've rolled his eyes if he had pupils right now, "And a Seraphim seemed like a good source of knowledge. Speaking of which, why are you here? Aren't you... I don't know, supposed to be with Ilias? Unless Ilias is nearby of course..." Vaskul idly thought.
"Oh. I... Rebelled against her. Me and Micaela saw the truth about her... And we wouldn't stand for it anymore. So... We left." Lucifina admitted, feeling safer now that she knew Vaskul wasn't working with Ilias.
"Micaela? Ah, the other Seraphim. I assume she's nearby?" Vaskul guessed.
"Yes. She's in Enrika," Lucifina said.
Enrika? Heh. Guess that meant I would've met one of Ilias' creations either way, Vaskul thought.
"Well now... I suppose there's one last question I have, then you can ask me whatever you want to ask," Vaskul mused.
"What would that be?" Lucifina asked.
"What is 'Faerun' to Ilias? Has she ever said anything about that? And, vain I know, what does 'Vaskul' mean to her?" Vaskul figured it was probably pointless to ask Lucifina where Estark was. Chances were that she figured out he was after the Emperor and attempt to stop him, and well... Vaskul wasn't in the mood right now to deal with that.
"Oh! Um... Well... I heard Ilias once murmer something about one day finding Faerun or the uh... 'Promised Land', if I remember correctly. She seemed really obsessed with 'Faerun' for some reason. And as for your name... Well..." Lucifina's cheeks blushed so hard that she looked like a tomato.
"Well? Come on, it can't be that bad," Vaskul put on a brave facade, but secretly he was terrified of the thought of what an overly obsessive elemental could think of.
"Back when she actually slept, I could occasionally hear her moan in ectasy while saying your name, and the bedsheets seemed to twist and jump at completely random intervals..." Lucifina said.
Vaskul's Sapphire Soul Gem became a Ruby.
"And whenever she thought she was alone, me and Micaela could hear faint wet noises..."
Vaskul's Onyx Soul Gem became a Ruby.
"Come to think of it, I do remember some clear liquids on her bed every now and then..."
Vaskul's Amethyst Soul Gem became a Ruby.
"Also I once walked in on her in the shower, singing in a strange sharp language. I think one of them was 'Vaskul'... She didn't find out thankfully."
Vaskul's Turquoise Soul Gem became a Ruby.
"And I do remember the one time she got drunk, I think she started flirting and saying some really perverted stuff with something that wasn't there, but I don't think Alcohol has that effect on people... Does it? And after that, she... Did something lewd while everyone else was away I'm guessing, as there was a lot of feathers all over the place when I got back."
Vaskul's Emerald Soul Gem became a Ruby.
"Also, I recall a time where she spun around in circles singing some sort of song about 'Vaskul'."
Vaskul's Moonstone Soul Gem became a Ruby.
"And then she seemed to be rehearsing at one point in time for someone she wanted to meet badly again. You would believe how lame and cheesy some of her lines were."
Vaskul's Ruby Soul Gem slowly darkened to a scarlet color.
"I also remember her curled up and quietly crying, begging for 'Vaskul' to return and bring her to 'Faerun' like he 'Promised'. It was... Disturbing seeing my creator like that. It was like I didn't even exist to her, and all that mattered was the 'Promised Land'.
Vaskul's Two Diamond Soul Gems became Bloody in color.
"And I think there was more. Maybe Micaela remembers some?"
"Please stop. I think that's enough of scarring me for all eternity..." Vaskul weakly raised a hand in a stopping gesture, even going the extra mile and changing his voice to sound pleasant. "I did not think one conversation would make someone this obsessive... the hell is wrong with everyone in this world?..." He muttered.
"Oh! I'm sorry. You wouldn't believe how strange things can be in Heaven," Lucifina said, "I haven't even gotten to the really embarrassing stories yet!"
Vaskul's Phylactery could've passed for a strawberry if wasn't an orb, and if it wasn't stored in Vaskul's skull like a normal brain.
"Please don't. I don't want to hear a Light Element's sick fantasies of me. That's just wrong on a whole new level. Even Mind Flayers and Aboleths wouldn't want to have something like that happen to their victims," Vaskul would've been outright begging if his pride allowed it.
"... Okay." Lucifina seemed a bit disappointed at that, but decided to stop.
Vaskul looked up to see it was almost night-time, and they still haven't gotten around to Lucifina's questions. Oh dear Ao, I spent almost half a day listening to someone recounting the times she saw her own creator fantasize about me... What am I doing with my life? He groaned. He was going to have nightmares for centuries.
"... Well now, I did say after I asked my questions, you could ask yours. So go ahead and ask away," he said, wanting to get this over with.
"Alright," Lucifina got more serious now, "Why are you all the way out here in Ilias Village of all places? For someone like you, I would've thought you'd be somewhere near a place where you can get information that isn't tainted with Ilias and Superstition."
"I am only out here because I am waiting for an opportunity for something to happen. For now, I decided I would just wait out here and slowly improve and build upon my skills in alchemy, and perhaps learn more about Ilias and the Monsters of this world."
"There you go again. You act as if you don't know much about Ilias, yet you claim to be older than her, and you said you had no major interest in her. What is with that? What relationship do you think you have with her?"
"That... Well, I'm certain you won't really believe me, but I actually met her long before she arrived to this world. I technically gave her sentience, and had her go here, promising her that I would return someday to take her to Faerun. Quite clearly much has changed, and now I need to wait and bide my time, get an idea of what exactly I'm dealing with at this point."
"You're right, I do find that hard to believe... But it does explain her odd attachment to your name, Vaskul... and why she seems obsessed with Faerun..." Lucifina hummed, "You'd do best to avoid her. If you ever do meet her in person, she might act all warm and snuggle up to you, say things she'd never say about others... but she's completely insane. I'm certain she'd try to wrap you around her finger, trying to make you her own if she got the chance, chain you up mentally like a slave. She'd talk about how you might be smarter or stronger than her, but she would secretly desire to make you her own, like a dog to come at her beck and call. Of course, that's assuming you're actually telling the truth!"
Huh. Sounds like a typical BDSM relationship taken up to eleven. It can't be that bad, but then again, best not to take any chances whatsoever... Vaskul dismissed the thought of that for the sake of his sanity, and said, "I see. Did you want to ask anything else?"
Lucifina didn't seem to have any more questions, "I don't, not for now anyways."
"Alright. I'll see you later then!" Vaskul said, waving her goodbye as he walked back to his own house.
"Farewell!" Lucifina waved him off, and went back in her house.
*Tomorrow*
...
"Ugh... Daytime already? But I finally got to go to sleep after several dozen nightmares!" Vaskul whined to himself as he pulled the pillow over his face.
... The Sun wouldn't just stop shining because he asked it too, and the day would go on.
"Fine... I'll go," Vaskul got up and prepared for his day, "Perhaps I'll pay Lucifina a visit. She seemed friendly enough when I left," He thought aloud as he walked down the dirt road. Eventually he arrived at her house to see Luka practicing with a twig against a tree, "Hello, Luka!" Vaskul greeted as he came up to the child. "Might you know where Lucifina is?"
"Mom? She went out to get some plants or something for dinner," Luka said as he continued swinging the small stick against the tree.
"Ah, okay. What are you doing?" Vaskul then asked.
"Me? I'm training! I want to be a Hero one day, but since nobody wants to help me become one, I decided to train myself!" Luka proudly demonstrated his skills by wailing away at the tree with a twig.
Cute. Must be a running trait in Ilias' family line, Vaskul inwardly smiled. It reminded him of his mortal youth, when he was a warrior fighting to protect those he loved. Fat load of good that did him. Good thing his old master Kyous found him and trained him as an apprentice. Good times, good times!
"Ha ha... why should you practice with a stick..." Vaskul casted Create Item, and handed a wooden sword to Luka, "When you can use a proper sword?"
"Wow! Thanks!" Luka gleamed with joy as he set out to continue sharpening his "skills" by flailing away at the tree.
Oh dear. Even a Goblin has better skills than that. Vaskul sighed mentally. Perhaps while he waited for something to happen he could train this boy? Might provide a good distraction every now and then when he got too frustrated searching for Estark, "Now, now Luka. That's no way to swing a sword!" Vaskul stopped Luka and stepped forward.
"It's not?" Luka tilted his head.
"Yes, it's not. First off, you don't have any defense nor do you keep your guard up. You can't really be thinking that your enemy will just let you flail and swing away at them, right? Right. You need to keep a balance between attacking and defending," Vaskul demonstrated by creating another sword, this one being made of iron, and quickly cutting at the tree then promptly jumping back and holding his sword in a defensive position.
"I see..." Luka seemed to be catching on quick. Maybe he's taking this seriously because this might be the only time anyone shows any compassion and trains him? Probably.
"Another thing to remember is to circle around your opponent if you're in an area open enough for that. Not only will you be able to see anyone who might want to jump in and help your opponent and attack you, but the person you circle around will also have to be constantly turning around to keep you in their line of sight," Vaskul said as he circled around the tree. "You see how I don't have to look away to see my surroundings? Doing this, I can both look around the area to keep an eye out for potential enemies while keeping my opponent in sight."
Luka looked eager to try this out and test it.
"Lastly, we have natural weaknesses. Everything has a weakness. Whether it be a slug's weakness to salt, a slime's weakness to fire, to a dragon's natural arrogance, or even a Succubus' perverted nature, it is still a weakness. Luka, I'd like you to try and tell me how you could exploit those weaknesses." Vaskul gestured for Luka to talk.
"Um... I could throw salt at one of the slug girls and distract them while I charge in while they're wounded. I could probably use a torch or something hot to burn the local slime girls and prevent them from regenerating... I might be able to try and challenge a dragon to fight or give herself a handicap to try and prove that she's better. I have no idea what to do for a Succubus though," Luka answered/guessed.
"Good, good. All of those work rather well. As for a Succubus, well, you might think at first that they would only have normal strengths and limits like any other monster, but they are extremely perverted." Vaskul said.
"But that won't work... I'm only 5 years old..." Luka pointed out, unsure how this was supposed to work.
Vaskul sighed, "They are nymphomaniacs for damn near everything Luka, even for young boys like you. Besides, there's worse things for them to try and rape," Vaskul raised a finger before Luka could ask, "Anyways, a Succubus is perverted and thinks about sex first and then everything else. That includes fighting. So, if I was fighting a Succubus, I could say... Reveal a bit of my torso or legs, and that would distract them far longer than a normal monster, giving me a chance to attack. Of course, that's not to say a Succubus will instantly bow down because you showed them a bit of skin for about five seconds, but it will provide you a short window of time to attack them when they're vulnerable... No, that does not mean you should undo your pants and flash them. While that might confuse them or distract them for a few minutes, that also saves them the effort of having to undo your pants to rape you. And the whole point of me doing this training session is to make sure you don't get raped." Vaskul told Luka.
"I thought this was training, not Psychology..." Luka whined.
"Luka, if you know your own capabilities and your weaknesses, and you know your opponent's capabilities and weaknesses, you will know exactly what to do for that opponent and how to properly defend or dodge their every attack. And if they can't hit you or harm you that much, how can they win? You see what I am saying?" Vaskul lectured Luka.
"I see..." Luka said, obviously not really understanding at all, "Can you train me some more later?" he then asked.
"Heh heh... Well, I don't see why not!" Vaskul decided, much to Luka's delight.
The two continued the for awhile, with Vaskul pointing out various errors in Luka's fighting and attacks, until Lucifina came back with a basket full of plants and berries.
"I'm home Luka!" She said aloud, "Oh! Vaskul! I didn't expect to see you here. Did you need something?"
"Me? Oh no. I just came by earlier to say hello, but I saw Luka here trying to train and I decided to help him a little," Vaskul said.
"A little?" Lucifina looked at him as if he was crazy, "You helped us a lot! We've been trying to get him a practice sword for years now, but as you know..." She shook her head in disgust. "Why can't they just be nice? We haven't done anything to them. All we want is to just get a sword for Luka..." She sighed.
It's probably because the townsfolk know there's something off with you, and that frightens them. Perhaps they act like cornered animals when they're scared? Vaskul thought, "Well, either way, I wasn't going to let Luka go out into the world fighting like he was before. At least now he'll do better," Vaskul said as he gestured towards Luka's improved fighting.
"Oh. Wow. You got him from flailing his stick around to mediocrely handling an actual practice sword?" Lucifina smiled deeply, "I don't know how to properly thank you," She said.
"Perhaps by making more of your wonderful food?" Vaskul joked, shrugging as he said that in a comedic fashion.
Lucifina laughed along with Luka as the three went inside to eat dinner.
...
This cycle continued for several more years, Vaskul would come along and see Lucifina and Luka, he would advise, train, and condition Luka for the outside world, have a wonderful chat with Lucifina, head inside and have dinner together. Of course, Vaskul continued his little search for Estark every once in a while, and would scry out the world, and take some notes on this world's local necromancy and magics.
Until one fateful day when Lucifina contracted a disease that the local Doctor said would kill her in a few days...
"Please! Do something! You're a wizard right?! Can't you help her?" Luka begged Vaskul.
"Now, now Luka. Be calm and rational. Let me see what I can do, and in the meantime you go and see if anyone's willing to help her out?" Vaskul told him.
"R-Right... I'll go see now!" Luka said as he ran out towards the village.
"Now then... How should I help you?" Vaskul rasped as he looked closely at Lucifina.
She coughed and sweated horribly. The disease was far worse than he thought.
"I-It's too late... It doesn't matter now. There's no way I can survive..." She wheezed.
"Don't be so depressing and hopeless. I can easily cure you... Now hold-" Vaskul was cut off by her holding up her hand.
"You don't get it... Ilias sent this! She wants me to return to my angelic form so that I'll go back to her..." She said.
"I do not see how that affects my magic-..."
"If she sees me alive and well as a Human, she'll question how this can be... She'll wonder how I could've recovered without returning... And she'll see you... And attack you for interfering in her plan. There's no way you can survive for long. You might-" Lucifina had a coughing fit, "You might be able to take her down one-on-one..."
"Correction, I'd kill her within 5 minutes if I prepared and broke out all of my spells," Vaskul gently reminded her.
Lucifina looked at him with some doubt again, before breaking out into a coughing fit, "...Either way... she would quickly adapt and send the entire heavenly host against you... You'd be forced to either die or flee into hiding like me and Micaela was... And I don't want to have to bring that down on you..." Lucifina smiled weakly.
"So what I hear is that you want to die so that Ilias will leave you alone? You do realize that Luka-"
"He'll be fine... I know he will be. You practically made it so that he'll live even if he was dumped into a place with no food, water, or shelter. You'd be surprised how many skills and talents he's found while training under you... And I know that you're the reason why he's so good at improvision... I'm sure he'll make for a legendary hero... Just like Marcellus..." Lucifina envisioned.
"Marcellus?..." Vaskul remembered that as the same man he met in Gold Port all those years ago... "Ah. The Hero I met. Yes, Luka is a lot like him..."
"You met Marcellus?" Lucifina questioned, eyes wide.
"Yes. I met him back in Gold Port from I first arrived to this place... I believe he and his friends were either preparing or were waiting for the moment to attack and kill the Monster Lord. He and his friends were wonderful people," Vaskul answered, getting a relieved sigh from Lucifina, "Funny, how I would wind up helping the son of the first man I met here..." Vaskul chuckled, "And even more Ironic once I realize that that same child is the grandson of Ilias, who I had given the blessing of sentience to so long ago without even realizing it..."
"Hehehe... If your tales are true, then that really is ironic, isn't it?" Lucifina laughed as well before coughing. She spasmed briefly before getting control of herself, "Ah... It would seem my time is coming. Is Luka here yet?"
"No, but he will be soon," Vaskul said, "You know, you don't have to die..." Vaskul had that gleam in his eyes that screamed that he had a plan.
"Really...? How? How can you possibly-" Lucifina was interrupted by a quick "Shhh..." from Vaskul.
"I am a Necromancer as I made abundantly clear to you and the others who know of me. I can quite easily raise the dead, and I can even resurrect those who have been dead for centuries. I do not think it is beyond my powers to resurrect you when the time is right. All I would need is your dead corpse. It doesn't even have to be completely intact, though I would prefer it to be so, because I can easily heal the decomposed tissues. All I need is your consent to this idea," He said, having a gleeful smile on his face.
Lucifina mulled over the idea. It seemed rather easy, but there was a chance it could go wrong... Or she could be resurrected at the wrong time...
"Do not fear. I will only resurrect you if Ilias is dead, or if you are needed to help in a decisive battle. As I said, the choice is yours, my dear friend," Vaskul waited patiently as Lucifina thought it through.
"... Yes. You can resurrect me, and you can safeguard my body until then to make sure you can resurrect me," Lucifina said.
"Wonderful. I do hope to see that time come soon, but until then, I suppose this is goodbye," Vaskul got up, noticing that Lucifina's son had come back, "It would appear Luka has returned. I should leave and wait until nightfall to retrieve your body. Farewell, Lucifina. It was nice knowing you," Vaskul waved goodbye one last time.
"Farewell, Vaskul!..." Lucifina smiled back to him one last time.
...
"Well...? Did you?..." Luka asked.
"I'm afraid my magic would just not work on her for some reason. I don't know why... I'm sorry. I wish I could help, but I can't," Vaskul somberly said, "She's close now... You should be there for her in her last moments... I'll get the coffin ready." He trudged off.
"No M-mother..." Luka rushed in to see his mother...
*Later On... In the middle of the night*
...
Vaskul had already packed most of his things. He might as well head to Sentora now that Lucifina was gone and Luka had picked up on most of his training. All that was left now was to go and retrieve her body so that they could act on their plan. Vaskul eventually came up on the village graveyard and found her grave, still freshly dug, and unburied it.
"Let's see here..." Vaskul busted the casket open and found her dead body, still as peaceful and calm as ever... Albeit being a lot paler. He calmly lifted her body and opened a portal to his Genesis World and laid her down there, where she could remain without making him look suspicious. Resealing and burying the Coffin again, Vaskul took one last look at the village. Sighing, Vaskul went on his way towards Sentora to the North.
On his way there, he passed by Luka's home, and saw Luka.
"Where are you going Vaskul?" He asked, noticing the bag heaved over Vaskul's shoulder.
"I'm off to Sentora. I've got nothing else here to do anymore. Lucifina's dead, you're all caught up and know my training, and the locals here hate my guts for what I can be like and how I blew up some of their best men back when I first met you two," Vaskul admitted.
"Oh... I see," Luka sounded hurt at this.
"I'm sure, that one day, you'll be a great warrior Luka. I'm sure you can fulfill your desire for coexistence, and can defeat the Monster Lord. Who knows? Maybe one day we'll meet each other again, and then we can talk and laugh about our adventures... But for now, I guess this is goodbye, my faithful student," Vaskul almost had a grieving tone there.
"Oh... I see. I suppose I'll see you again one day as well Vaskul... And thank you, for being there to help me when I needed it..." Luka said, "Goodbye, Vaskul!"
"I'll see you later!" Vaskul said as he walked off to Sentora, eager to see what awaited him...
Author's Notes:
So, here we see Vaskul traumatize Alice and make her afraid of the undead, as well as meeting and befriending Lucifina and Luka, and train Luka to become a better swordsman...
We'll see what else Vaskul gets up to in Sentora later on...
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