A slow decline
Royal Makai
Demon Lord's fortress
Meeting hall
Royal Makai. The heart where the Demon Lord and other high-ranking mamonos reside is in the darkest and deepest part of the dark demonic realm. The demonic energy in the domain is at its peak as mamonos are driven to new heights of power and lust. Even the veteran heroes from the Order had a hard time, maintaining their sanity from the concentrated demonic energy presence in the realm. It won't take long before they become monsterized.
The Demon Lord's fortress sits at the centre of Royal Makai. The castle is more enormous than anything to be seen in the human realm or any demon realm. There are parts that extend underground beside the parts that can be seen from above ground. It is often invaded by the forces of the divinities and humans from the order, but it is an impregnable fortress that has been able to withstand any attack no matter what. The castle is pretty much equipped with most of the necessary facilities, but it is said that there is an extremely high number of bedrooms, perhaps because the Demon Lord and her husband spend most of their time having sex, trying to build the power to break the original Chief God's settings.
Surrounding the Demon Lord's fortress, lies the Succubus Castle Town, the largest city in the world. Built and created by the Demon Lord's subordinates, mostly succubi, as a place to allure human men into the cursed place. Not only a place for residential purposes but a variety of entertainment and red-light distinct. It also hosts the Royal Demon Art Museum and the headquarters of the Sabbath. Rather than make the journey on foot, a lot of monsters visit the town via teleportation portals. Outside the Castle Town, Royal Makai also hosts a vast Tentacle Forest.
If someone is curious about the Tentacle Forest, it is a place of horror that any humans or even mamonos themselves.
Two massive doors open slowly from the room to let a mamono into the hall. A very elegant and voluptuous succubus with very long white hair, similar to Druella and other daughters, rather intricate horns (compared to other succubi) and magnificent wings. Dressed in the finest silk and decorated with shiny and expensive jewellery. She appeared to be young but actually, she was over a thousand years. Her presence makes other mamonos envious of her while inspiring aura to be a better mamono.
Demon Lord. Lilith.
Originally, Lilith wanted to spend more time with her husband until she received urgent news from the Sabbath which she frowned upon hearing it. Nevertheless, she went ahead to what brought her attention from the Sabbath.
As she entered the hallway, she see eight familiar mamonos, sitting down and discussing among themselves. However, they are not ordinary mamonos that Lilith will be dealing with.
Baphomet. Serving as the leader of the cult known as Sabbath. They may appear to be a child-like appearance but they are indeed the most powerful mamonos. Their unique appearance is their two big horns on their head, fluffy paws on their hands and legs and tails on their back. The choice of their weapon is a scythe.
As soon as Lilith appears, they immediately stop the bickering and bow to the powerful lord.
"What is going on, Baphomet?" Lilith asked one of them, presumed to be the leader.
Baphomet (Not her actual name) stood up from her chair. Wearing minimal clothing and a purple cape behind her back. Baphomet is the leader of the 'Demon Lord Army' Sabbath, commanding all the little girls of all races; using magic and spreading the 'joys of little girls'. It is also the main army force.
"My lord. We have a situation within our empire." Baphomet speaks in an uncomfortable and serious tone.
Lilith sensed Baphomet is not in her usual cheerful mood so she sit on her throne while facing Baphomet.
"How bad is the situation?" Lilith asked.
"Bapho-sama… I will explain as it becomes complicated." Before Baphomet could speak out about the situation, another baphomet stood out.
A white long silken hair was tugged under her oversized dark green hat with her two horns in it. Unlike the other baphomet within the table, her dress is an elegant robe with shades of black, purple and green.
Shirokuto. The White Goat of Wisdom. Her Sabbath specialises in researching magic.
"But before that, please observe the recording and see it for yourself." Shirokuto prefers her lord to see something… disturbing.
As the recording started, Lilith became uneasy. She is at a loss for words as something terrifying got her to watch.
According to the recording, the whole field is filled with these green crystals and a small patch of blue crystals. The ground becomes hideous, unnatural and grotesque. A few craters with green rock crystals started to sprout these crystals in the field. Many corpses lying on the field. Humans. Mamomos. Mounting Beasts. Livestock. All of them have green rough crystal-type skin surfaces on their bodies. Even worse, there are new creatures which have never been seen before. And they appear to be unfriendly. Towns and cities become empty with the majority of the buildings having to infest with these green crystals or rotting. The atmosphere appeared to be misty. Few trees appear but wither down and have crystal surfaces. Rivers become solidified with unnatural green crystals. Thunderstorms appear and become more violent.
Desolate. Lifeless. Hopeless.
Lilith is devastated. She had never seen such a horrifying place before to the point of being a complete waste.
'Just how do these things happen? Where do these come from?' Lilith thought.
"When did this happen?" Lilith asked in despair.
"About ten hours ago. And it is getting worse." Shirokuto gravely responded.
"How bad?"
"Well… As for the current rate, ten nations were fully completely destroyed by these green crystals. Another twenty or more are on the verge of collapsing and many more to come." Shirokuto brings out the bad news to Demon Lord Lilith. She also shows the world map to Lilith.
(A/N. For context, there is about the size of the Russian Federation in the real world except for the distance toward the capital is about 5%.)
Lilith is speechless. She slowly stumbled back to her throne, shaken and turned pale. Feeling this immense pressure of these 'green crystals' affecting her realm, Lilith needs to do something fast. Other Sabbath leaders are in a tight spot similar to their lord.
"Demon Lord Lilith… What should we do?" Baphomet asked as she needed some solutions to these 'green crystals'.
"What options did we have?" Hearing from Baphomet, Lilith quickly breaks away from her thought and remains composure in the grave situation.
"After much discussion, there are two options, my lord. Either researching or destroying these green crystals." Shirokuto explained.
"Go on."
"Researching will help us understand these 'green crystals' properties and counter them. However, there is a problem."
"Problem?"
"These green crystals are considered… untouchable," Shirokuto explained.
"Untouchable, you say?"
"A single touch will cause the living to be 'crystal' like those corpses before. A sniff from the surrounding will cause someone to collapse and die within seconds. Even if we get a sample of these, we must be vigilant at all times. Any carelessness of any green crystals touching the ground will become this…" Shirokuto gravely explained.
"Would it be better to destroy them? It will be much easier than doing such a complicated solution." A black baphomet replied in a sarcastic tone.
A black baphomet has tattoos on her head, chest and crotch area along with her usual minimal clothing. She wearing the grotesque tentacle cape on her back.
Kuroferuru, Black Goat of Devil Mud. An ''Extremists Sabbath specialising in nymphomancy. Magic involving sex.
"It is a shame that I am helpless against these soulless crystals. Such a distaste of ravaging our nation." Kuroferuru scoff.
"I also agree with you, Kuroferuru." Another brown baphomet agreed.
The brown baphomet wearing modern 'gyaru' clothes on her. She applied nail polish on her cute paw.
Momonika. Playground Sabbath. Having fun is her doctrine.
"It won't be so simple. While destroying them is an easier option to deal with, it will hurt the soil to become infertile or worse be uninhabited for anyone. Also, these green crystals have grown exponentially, infecting with their toxin." A light emerald hair baphomet disagrees with her fellow Sabbath leaders. She worried about the soil's properties.
A light emerald hair baphomet dressed as a farmer. Unlike other baphomet, she has massive breasts on the small girl's body. Baphomet usually loathes young girls with large breasts, however, she is a special case.
Marune, the goat-horned village girl. Specialising in farming and improving produce.
"Are you serious? A lot of our people and friends were killed by these… rocks." A brown furry baphomet was surprised to hear.
A brown furry baphomet has a collar on her neck and wearing lewd clothes.
Ropurotto, the Sorcerous Beast. Specialising in theriomancy. Magic of fusing with beast form.
"Still, we need a sample to research as it will help us to treat people's illness and the nation's welfare," Greilia argued.
"Totally agree." Runya agreed with Greilia.
"That's stupid. Getting rid of them (Tiberium) is the main priority. They are killing everyone within our realm." Kuroferuru angry replied.
"But these crystals are unpredictable and knowing without their properties is suicidal to our economy and sovereignty." Shirokuto counter-argued.
"ENOUGH!" Lilith was displeased with the chaos that started at the table. Every baphomet stop bickering among themselves and listen silently to their lord.
"So… Our two options are either research or destroy these green crystals. Can we do both?" Lilith asked.
"Yes, we can. But judging from our situation, we don't have enough members to do both options. Clearly, you must understand that my Sabbath is the smallest. Even with combined force from Baphomet, it is still not enough to deal on a super large scale operation." Shirokuto spoke out.
Shirokuto Sabbath has the smallest in manpower but their magical power is much greater than the average baphomet.
"However, I had earlier contact with Saphirette as she also had the same problem in her homeland. Only she detected it much earlier compare to us and working on the solution but it will take time, my lord."
"Polvoe also affected?" Lilith wondered.
"Not only Polvoe but a few other demon realms were also affected. Mainly Lesciate, Zipangu, Mist Continent and Dragonia."
"Does the human realm have those?"
"From what I can see, there are none."
"WHAT!? NONE?" Lilith shocked.
"Ah ha. No wonder. They are the REAL culprits of the mess. We should conquer more human realms to our rule." Kuroferuru quickly jumps to a conclusion.
"Don't be silly… There is no concrete evidence that The Order did it." Shirokuto denied Kuroferuru's accusation.
"I still stand by my claim that they(humans) did it." Kuroferuru insisted.
"Enough," Lilith said.
"Let's vote. Raise your hands if researching is a better option." Lilith asked the eight main Sabbath leaders for their opinion.
Shirokuto, Marune, Greilia and Runya raised their paws.
"Raise your hand if destroy is a preferable choice," Lilith asked again.
Baphomet, Kuroferuru, Momonika and Ropurotto raised their paws.
'So it a draw. It is up to me for my decision.' Lilith thought.
It is a hard decision. A decision that will change the nation. Research or destroy.
The research will help to discover the properties of these green crystals but is time-consuming and spreading continue.
Destroy will stop the spread of these green crystals but will ruin the environment and livelihood.
'I am sorry but I have no choice.' Lilith made up her mind.
"I had decided. We have to destroy them as quickly as possible." Lilith announced her choice.
Demon Realm of Lesciate
Southern Eastern Region of Lesciate
Druella couldn't believe what she had seen. A whole field filled with these green crystals, emitting the deadly mist. Buildings infested with green crystal, popping out. A few Dark Knights went out to scout the area. None of them come back.
"Princess Druella. This is hopeless. Our knights could not stop it. A single touch or sniff near these crystals is a death sentence. Our magicians did some damage but it always grows back within a few seconds." Wilmarina reported back to Druella.
"Argh! I will try to use my magic spell on them." Druella stubbornly refuses to be defeated by these rocks.
Druella cast her favourite spell on these green crystals. If she could change a pile of rocks into a sexy golem, so these green crystals. Or what Druella thought.
A dark cloud of pure demon energy was poured from Druella's hands; straight to the green crystals. Slowly, these crystals consume it, hoping to montersize it. And then Druella waits for a good result.
It changes… nothing.
Not only that, a sudden shake from the ground, starts growing green crystals at an unnatural rate. A few Dark Knights did not escape in time as these green crystals pierce through their armour or flesh. By the time of the sudden halt, its field expanded by fifty yards.
Too shocked by what happening, Druella felt defeated for the first time. Her magic accelerated the growth of the green crystals. She cursed herself for her bad luck.
"Curse… Wilmarina."
"Yes. Forth Princess…" Wilmarina listen to Druella's command.
"Close the border. Order your troops to secure the southern eastern area. Nobody will know what happens in here." Druella ordered Wilmarina.
"Are you sure? What if…" Wilmarina wants to speak out.
"NOBODY KNOW ABOUT IT! GET IT?" Druella interrupted and yelled at Wilmarina.
"Yes, Forth Princess…" Wilmarina obeyed immediately.
Druella left the area in frustration. Not a great day for Druella.
Polove
Saphirette Spherica is racking her brain of solving the environmental crisis. She tries to find any solution to the growing threat. These green crystals were highly dangerous to the environment and living. Luckily for her and her team managed to contain the spread thanks to her early detection of these 'things'.
They discovered something extraordinary. Using demonic energy accelerates the growth rate of these crystals. So Saphirette instructed her members not to use it. However, with or without demon energy presence, there is nothing to prevent the growth of these green crystals.
Saphirette hopes one day that she finds the solution but it is going to take a very long time.
Dragonia
Throne Room
"What the hell is this report? Where the hell did these 'things' come from? Why are the First Airborne Troops doing anything to safeguard our people?" A red dragon angrily throws the report on the floor.
A tall woman with a black crown over her sliver long hair sitting on the throne. She has an attractive body with scales on her arm and legs. A mighty garnet pair of her majestic big wings and massive tail on her back. Her hip is covered with scale and golden one-piece loin clothes in it.
Dragon Queen Deonora.
She received a few settlements infected by these 'green crystals'. Estimate the number of civilians and tourists killed by over thousands. This severity cripples the nation's economy as it depends on tourism. Even worse, some harbours were completely destroyed also by 'green crystals' as well. This restricted tourists from entering or leaving Dragonia, ruining the mood for the civilians and tourists. The result of people's fear began to soar due to the event of misfortune and mistrust of the queen's troops.
"Calm down, your highness." A sliver-black dragon holding an aquamarine sword by her side, trying her best to calm the enrage dragon queen.
"Commander Alto-Eris. Find those culprits and order the Fifth Airborne Troop to increase patrol and surveillance on our nation. Make sure it will not happen again." Deonora order Alto-Eris.
"Yes, my queen." Alto-Eris obey her queen.
The red dragon queen is frustrated when Alto-Eris left the throne room upon receiving her queen's order.
She returned to her throne and rub her eyes in exasperation.
Unknown to Deonora and other Dragonia's citizens, the Brotherhood of Nod had monitored the patrol pattern for the past two months. Turn out that their troops patrol less at night time and the NOD took advantage of their weakness.
Zipangu
A black hair fox girl dressed in black cleavage kimono and long black stockings with getas. Many 'curse eyes' and foreign languages appear from head to toe. She has eight tails on her back. On her left hand carried a pearl bracelet on her wrist.
Amanomiya Koyoi. Inari. One of the Seven Princess and Elt's wife.
She is assisting her fellow mamonos and other survivors to a safer place as they have been hit hard by these 'green crystals'. She had never known these green crystals appeared out of the blue and that they are dangerous as well. She did use her magic against them but it made it worse. Seeing how futile and hopeless, she ordered her fellow mamonos and sympathetic human followers to lead the remaining refugees to a safer location.
However, it becomes grim as these green crystals start to spread at an unpredictable rate and infected whenever there is habitable land available. Soon, it will engulf the whole nation.
If worse come, she has to ask her clan for help. They may have some hostility against her since she becomes one but judging how dire the situation is, she hopes that her clan co-operate with her. She prayed to her god and hoped for the best.
Court Alf
Al Mar
A sea bishop is humming her song as she awaits more tourists to visit the islands where humans and mamonos get married in their churches and temples and also have fun. She dresses in a white and green long sleeves shirt, leaving her midriff exposed. Her four-cross crown sits on top of her long light emerald hair.
Arial. First Song Island 'Al-Mar' Diva.
Unfortunately for her, NOBODY is coming to her island. She thought they come a bit later but it worried her as it is six hours late. So she send a few sea bishops to find out what happened. A while later, only a single sea bishop comes back and she looks terrified and exhausted.
"What happens?" This confused Arial.
"My diva… It is terrible and horrible…" A scared sea bishop.
"Calm down… Tell me what happened… slowly." Arial calmly the fearful sea bishop.
"I went to the harbour and it is destroyed by these green crystals…"
"Green crystals?"
"Yes, my diva. None of them survived. It is horrible… My friends went there to investigate the harbour but they are immediately killed by going near these things. Worse of all, there are strange algae floating in the water which we get caught by surprise. I am lucky to escape but my friends were not fortunate… I… let my friends die... *Sniff. *Sob." The sea bishop is traumatized as she is the only survivor.
She wept while putting both of her hands over her face. She burst into tears. Arial tries to comfort her. Still, Arial is shocked to hear and it breaks her heart. A few sea bishops came later to nurse the traumatized sea bishop to the hospital.
Arial needs to report to the other divas. Urgently and dire situation. She is expecting the worse to come in the future but she needs to hear other divas' opinions for the next course of action. Whether their choice is, the whole nation of Count Alf will depend on their decision in the future.
Three weeks later
Demon Realm of Qisan
"Mana Shot!" A group of witches and wizards cast their spells.
Magic formed into multiple fireballs and throw at these green crystals at a 'safe' range. Explosions occur and destroy some portions of these crystals. Seem to have cleared some areas but it is not enough as the crystal starts to grow slowly in a second. It is too much for the Demon Lord's Army.
It is getting worse. These green crystals spread to double the size, destroying the unfortunate nations and erasing borders. Despite their best to stop the spread, they still feel frustrated and exhausted due to the enormous amount of work.
Strange three-leg creatures with their grotesque appearance attack their troops unexpectedly and unpredictably. They can't negotiate and simply attack the troops. The Demon Lord's army had trouble dealing with these. The worse part of all is if enough toxins are in the troops, they transform and become 'them'. Avoidance is the preferred choice.
Although they can replenish their mana through sex and unlimited stamina or even have magical tools or potions, it becomes repetitive as they don't enjoy their sexual content and feel being 'forced' for the sake of destroying these cursed crystals. Sometimes, they had to bring their loved ones to the frontline. This affected their morale and mood.
Baphomet and Shirokuto felt the immersed amount of stress to deal with their troops' morale and clean up the field of green crystals. Until another baphomet come along with its solution.
"Bapho-sama. Shirokuto…"
"What is it, Marune?" Shirokuto asked the panting Marune.
"I think I have a solution… but I need every co-operation." Marune recovered from her running.
"What gives?" Baphomet curiously asked.
"It is called De-growth. It will call the earth spirit to sever the roots from growing but it requires everyone's cooperation in concentrating their mana due to the large size." Marune explained.
Shirokuto did not like it. While it is helpful, mana depletion is going to be a problem as it leaves them vulnerable. However, Baphomet becomes desperate as she wants to solve the problem asap. Any solution is much better than no solution at all.
"How effective is it?" Shirokuto is unsure of the effectiveness of the magic.
"I did some tests and it does work but it is mana-intensive compared to other spells."
"Worth the shot… We do it now." Baphomet agreed.
"But it is too early…" Shirokuto becomes sceptical.
"I insist. We have wasted a lot of time and resources; just to get rid of these green crystals that harm our environment and mamonos." Baphomet spoke in an impatient tone.
"But…
"No, but. It is either now or never. After all, what could go wrong?" Baphomet hastily decided as she is confident in Marune's ability.
"Guard."
"Yes. Baphomet…" A guard responds.
"After lunch, gather all magicians in the main area and await instructions."
"At once. Baphomet." The guard obeyed the leader.
Shirokuto could sense something sinister about to happen but she did not voice it out for she need to get it done.
A few hours later
The main area
All the witches, wizards and other powerful members of the Sabbath are gathered in the main area. Baphomet, Shirokuto and Marune are present as well.
"Listen, everyone. I had found the solution but I need all of your mana to be transferred to me with full cooperation from you to combat these things." Marune announced.
Members of other Sabbath worried. Until Baphomet stepped up.
"I know all of you are tired, wanting to see your loved one. I too feel that as well. But we are closer to winning against these things. Marune has come out with the solution but I need everyone's cooperation. Have some faith in Marune." Baphomet encourages everyone.
Soon everyone feels invigorated as they immediately transfer their mana to Marune. Baphomet and Shirokuto also transfer whatever their mana is left to Marune.
With the enormous amount of mana stored with Marune, she points her hands at the field of green crystals.
"De-Growth!" Marune cast her spell.
Strong powerful magic fired at the field of green crystals. Radiant light purple emits throughout the whole infected area before dying out.
Does it work? Everyone thought. A witch cast a fireball spell upon the green crystals. It destroys the crystals but doesn't shows signs of regrowth.
At last, everyone cheered for Marune for the victory against these green crystals. Despite their exhaustion, they are still happy and hugging each other. They can finally go home and see their family or loved ones.
However, it is short-lived as an injured familiar appear in the main camp. Medical witch tends to her wounded but she needs to give a warning to the leaders.
"What happened?" Baphomet asked the familiar in confusion.
"The portals… are destroyed… by these… fast moving birds in… the sky…" A familiar stammer while gasping for her recovery.
"WHAT?!" Baphomet is shocked.
The portals had been set up further away from their main camp in case it had been compromised by these green crystals. Hearing the bad news, shocked everyone as they are going to get stuck in the wasteland. Panic ensues within.
"Everyone… Calm down… I am sure that we figured it out…" Baphomet tries to calm her troop when she heard something. Loud. Fast.
Ten of these flying circular things approach the mamonos army.
"What the…"
Armageddon bombers release their hatch with their weapon: Tiberium Vapor Bomb to be exacted. Once it drop and released on their targets, multiple explosions killed those unfortunate mamonos upon impact. They couldn't defend themselves as their mana are almost exhaustible.
They either fly due to massive force and die by falling or exploding, spilling out their blood.
"ARGH…" These mamonos received the full blast.
Baphomet immediately gathered many survivors to either tend to the wounds or try to flee after the onslaught. But it just getting started.
Soon after, another fifteen Armageddon bombers fly toward them. The survivors arm themselves with their magic to shoot down the bombers. However, their magic attack couldn't damage or reach the bombers as their limited magic reserve prevented them from performing the stronger magic attacks against them.
Also, this time, they are dropping something different: Tiberium seeding. Once it lands, it produces a decent amount of green crystals spawning at the spot. It also kills those unfortunate mamonos that are being 'targeted'. One by one, the numbers are dwelling. The mamonos realised that they are doomed and started to panic and scream in despair and desperation. Soon, it covers the whole field making it impossible to escape even if they try to use their magic portal.
"Egh!" Shirokuto received a hard fall. She had never felt so intense. Despite the merciless attack by these bombers, she has somehow survived.
Also, she did not see Baphomet. Hopefully, she managed to get out alive but right now, she can't move. Shirokuto's violet eyes start to see fear as she saw the witches die by these green crystals. Even her best witches of her own Sabbath also fell to their death. She is shaken in fear as she starts to feel guilty about sending her own kind to their doom.
'What have I done?' Shirokuto started to regret it. However, her hazy stare causes someone to die.
Then, she feels someone push her. When she recovered from her fall, she realised something horrifying and it scarred her.
Shirokuto see a dying Marune that got pierced through by these green shards. Blood clot and crystalise into a green rocky appearance slowly around the wound. Marune coughs out blood and gasps for air.
"MARUNE!" Shirokuto screamed in despair as she burst into her tears.
"Run…" Marune said her dying words.
But it is not over yet. Ground shook at an unnatural speed and uncontrollably, sending shockwaves within the area. Multiple pillars of green clouds of mysterious air popped out from the ground.
Shirokuto sees the surrounding of these green crystals starts to crack. Within seconds, shards flying at high speed scattered in all directions. Some of them aiming at Shirokuto. Realising Shirokuto had nowhere to escape, she closed her eyes and await her fate.
NOD Base
Operation Center
Legendary Insurgent POV
Oh, poor little girls. Did you enjoy the toys that I had given it to you? I am sure these girls enjoyed it as much as I did. I give a wicked smile while watching these young girls slowly dying in the Tiberium field after activating the Tiberium Vein Detonation.
A few hours earlier, scouts reported to me that at least three Sabbath groups were within the area. Their leaders were also spotted as well. With such familiar symbols, such a good opportunity for me to kill them. I send the first wave of bombers to destroy the portals they had set up so they don't have to escape.
Although baphomets are indeed powerful monsters, as long as they are within the Tiberium Field, nobody will survive the toxicity. Even by a slim chance, they will die in the most agony, slow and painful death.
"Sir, we are engaging the Tiberium seedings. Can we proceed?" The pilot called out through radio communication.
"Yes. You can proceed." I give a green light on the third wave of bombers.
"Acknowledge, commander." The pilot obeyed my order before cutting off the communication.
Normally, the field will grow back to fill the empty space. However, I allowed the bombers to drop the seedings. After all, I had to make sure these young girls stayed DEAD and keep the Tiberium growing. Didn't want nuisance messing up the growth of Tiberium.
If wondering how these bombers could fly longer and deeper into the dark demon realm. A few months ago, an experimental base was set up whether humans could survive using our technology.
The scientists had discovered an air-tight containment suit which most Saboteur (engineers) wore will survive the atmosphere in the dark demon realm for a long time. In addition, vehicles seem to protect humans from being exposed to demonic energy as long they aren't damaged too badly. So it is possible to set up a base.
However, there is a downside. The food and water within the realm are considered to be harmful because of demonic energy presence. One way to replenish the supply is by Carryall transport. But the pilot must be cautious of their surroundings as they are being attacked by an Ion storm or anti-air defence. Also, setting up bases in the dark demon realm could be costly to maintain unlike in the human territory. So the further the base, the more expensive it maintain. I would not commit fully and only use their bases to gather Tiberium resources until I find the right opportunity to invade their capital.
There is a considered option to extend pipelines to transport supply and Tiberium resources but it requires massive funding, time and commitment to the projects. As well as increase security to protect the resources.
But… That is for another day as I considered it… low priority for now.
"LEGION. Any updates from the neighbouring kingdom?" Bored of seeing cute little girls dying in their homeland, I decided to call LEGION for any updates.
Tiberium is doing the work within nearby demon realms or monster-friendly territory so there is nothing to worry about. Instead, I will be focusing on human settlement. I refused to call the Nurenth because that name is stupid. That all.
"Commander… I have some information from our scout. It is within Nurenth territory." LEGION answered my response.
"Let's hear it then."
"This town was besieged by nearby mamonos camp. Mostly Amazons. Constantly being raided and 'groom hunting', the villagers are on the brink of rebellion and someone important will be coming down to rectify the situation within a few days." LEGION explained as it show me the location on the LCD.
"Who is it?" I wondered.
"Princess Violetta Consentino. The eldest twin of King Ericus's two children. Age: Nineteen. She is known to be courageous and have a sense of justice. Trained at the age of six and become a hero at the age of sixteen under the training of Old Lesciate. She left Lesciate about a year before the fall due to some family and personal reasons." LEGION briefly reveal the important person's background and show her appearance in my LCD.
Young is expected for her age. She looks beautiful with her long (Rapunzel-type) red hair and red eyes. Her skin is naturally white and have a slender body with great vigour body. However, her clothes start to piss me off. For her top, she white long sleeves shirt decorated with golden linen and a blue cape behind her back. Both shoulder and elbow are protected by brass equipment. And for the bottom, she wears a blue mini-skirt, exposing her thick thighs and white long stockings and boots. She carried a long sword and a small shield.
Wow! Is this how every female dressed in battle? No wonder the mamonos tempt these female humans to join their side. Quite sad for them. To be fair, human in this world is free from environmental issue compared to mine.
"How her political influence?" I asked.
"Her royalties and the people love her for her kindness and commitment to the society a better place. Always defend the weak to all providence within Nurenth. However, her relationship with the church and nobles is best: abyssal because she spends most of the time defending against the demon, ignoring the church's order. She also refused all noble's invitations to the marriage." LEGION further explained.
Interesting. Maybe I can use her as an influencer to spread the goodwill of NOD and Tiberium usage. Just a little bit of our method to make her join our sides. After all, I need manpower to increase our army and harvest Tiberium.
"Gather the forces and inform me when ready," I commanded the LEGION.
"Acknowledge, commander."
Well, it's time to play as 'good guys' on these poor natives. There is a saying: Control the media. Control their mind.
Author Notes:
I wished that I could do it sooner but I injured my wrist while writing this chapter. First of all, an apology for the multiple POVs in this chapter but I want to showcase other demon realms' response to the Tiberium in their land, saving for the Mist Continent which will be revealed later on.
Next, the demon lords will be in a world of pain as the three greatest Sabbath leaders are either dead or missing while being ambushed by NOD. A further decline is expected in a later chapter.
Lastly, it may be the last chapter published in KC… well… gone a bit far in erasing fanfic that is not up to his standard. This is why I published my work in AO3 but in the NSFW version but it is going to take time to edit the chapter.
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