Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic
Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic. I don't own Ragnarok online I also don't own the characters of that story or the plot; taking out the changes that I will make and the characters that I will create. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.
Signed: Benji Himura
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Chapter twenty nine: Reinforcements
'Okay Benji, you are screwed, but it is okay, you have been in worse situations than this, you killed MVPs when beaten almost to death.' Benji said to himself, clearly trying to convince himself that he can beat the ogre of a man that is roaring at his face. '…damn his breath really stinks…'
Benji stands his ground and keeps his face a stoic and unworried mask of calmness, thought Benji isn't calm at all, image is everything, Vana is roaring at Benji's face, trying to intimidate Benji. 'Okay here is the plan, run like hell, dodge like crazy and if everything else fails run the castle and shut the gates.' Benji thought with an internal nod, it was good enough.
Benji leaps to his right just in time to avoid an arm swipe from Vana, Benji runs from the monster, drawing his pistol Benji fires at Vana's head, such large target is hard to miss. Vana just roars and turns, stomping the ground before charging at Benji.
Benji dodges once again, Vana hits a mass of adventurers that were watching the fight with awe, sending broken bodies and screaming adventurers to the air. Benji grinned at that, his plan worked well, if he can't kill everyone there, then he will use a not so willing or aware pawn.
Benji fires once again, this time on the back of Vana's knees and thighs, Benji knows well that he won't be able to do much with Vana on that state, but he can gradually mine his strength and speed while keeping a safe distance from the monstrous man.
Vana roars and while turning around he sends even more frightened adventurers to the air, now realizing the danger of that battlefield the adventurers try to run away from there, actually failing as in despair they only get in the other way.
Benji barely dodged a second charge from Vana and he discovered that the damaged sword wasn't damaged anymore, it was even stained with blood, but Benji knew that Vana didn't score a hit that wounded him, so the blood wasn't his, but knowing that the sword isn't damaged anymore rattles Benji's spirit, his hopes of breaking it were crushed.
At distance Dante could tell that Benji's fighting spirit lowered a couple notches when seeing the bloody and undamaged Nosferatu, Dante felt sorry for Benji, unlike the brunette Dante knew why the sword repaired itself, if the sword sheds blood it will restore itself to the original state, repairing any damage on it, as well removing any bonus that the were added on it, making useless upgrading the sword, however it was so powerful by itself that was needless.
"You are really sure that I can't go there and help?" Dante asked to Helen, if was up to him he would have jumped in the fight much before Vana scored the first hit on Benji. "Benji would shove that sword of his on your ass if you did so." Helen replied. "And I know you well enough that you would turn on Benji at the first opportunity."
"Hey I am not that bad." Dante replied. "I would wait after Vana fell before dueling with the dragon again." "You aren't going to fight with him today if you tried you can bet your blonde ass that his entire guild would jump on you armed and ready to kill you." Helen said seriously, actually knowing that Atsuko would lead the raid on Dante herself. Dante sighed, he really hated how Helen kept him on a short leash, but he couldn't really do anything, wanting or not Helen was stronger than he was.
As impossible it seemed to anyone watching, Benji heard a familiar cry, he turns to the gate and sees that the despairing troops are trying to get inside the castle, while the girls are successfully preventing the invasion, the sheer pressure of the entire army charging at once was proving too much for them to handle for much longer.
Benji takes a deep breathe and rushes to the army, not bothering to cut his way through, he jumps before reaching the edge of the group and uses the heads and shoulders of the adventurers below as stepping stones, and from that position he sees the blood on Atsuko's lips.
With a war cry more ferocious than any before Benji throws the Atroce's sword as hard he can on the crowd in at the gates. The sword, now a source of flying death cuts several adventurers before hitting the ground hard and splitting a lord knight in two, stopping in front of Atsuko.
"FUCK OFF NOW!" Benji roared at the invading forces, his voice louder than even Vana's roars, and by far more intimidating. Paralyzing everyone other than Vana in fear. "You mastered the terror tree." Itsuki commented from her watching spot. "Haven't you?"
"I SAID NOW!" Benji roared a second time, and this time the entire army runs away in fear, including the ones that Benji were stepping on. Benji lands lightly on the ground as the army runs away from him and the castle gate "I summon thee…" Benji whispered, charging his energy for what he is about to do. "Come my slaves! ARISE!"
The ground in front of the gate bursts violently as a massive blue edge tears the soil followed by an armor clad winged woman, next to her a very pale long haired woman wearing a finely worked black cape, black dress and fancy white vest, a Zealotus, a Dryad, a black haired succubus, and a blonde haired swordswoman with an eerie aura around herself. "Slaves?" Junko whispered impressed, she can't understand how Benji got slaves, much less how he summoned them, but the six slaves are easily killing every enemy in reach.
Benji let out a long breath, summoning them drained lots of his energy, and that little extra time that he took to recover is enough to Vana catch up with him, Benji is tackled hard by the berserking warrior, but instead of fly away, Vana grabbed Benji's arm hard and is squeezing it even harder.
Feeling his gauntlet whining under pressure Benji shoves his shield on Vana's face a second time and this time fires the second shot straight on Vana's open mouth, the recoil plus the instinctive throw from Vana sends Benji away, but he manages to land on his feet.
On the gauntlet the damaged plates show how close Benji was of having his entire forearm and hand crushed, Vana roars in rage and pain, the shot was even more damaging than the first since it hitted inside the tender parts inside the mouth, and the fireball badly burned the tissue up and down his throat.
"Did Benji just summon those monsters?" Haruka asked to Layla in total disbelief. "He did." Layla answered, she was as shocked as the others, but those monsters are acting as an effective shield against the fleeing army, being rested and eager to fight they give to the guild a welcomed breathing time without any aid.
Benji winces when reaching for the Vassala, while his arm weren't crushed, Vana managed to hurt him. Shoving his pain aside with practiced ease after his long months in Rune Benji swings the sword had, his target wasn't a soft target in a body, his target was another sword, the Nosferatu.
A massive sound fills the air as the swords clash, they aren't sure if is bad either, it wasn't as crude and offending as when the massive Atroce's sword hit the Nosferatu sword, Benji knew the sound, actually he could tell which sword did which sound of the one that echoed, the Nosferatu did the harsh sound of a steel slab being hit with a hammer, while Vassala almost chimed at the impact, as she slashed it way halfway through the other sword.
Vana was truly altered now, but still conscious enough to see and understand what happened, he never expected that such a tiny sword could damage his, the Atroce's sword that Benji firstly wielded he could see doing that kind of damage, but the Vassala dug much deeper in the Nosferatu then the Atroce's sword.
Forcing his already strained muscles Benji slashes forward while the blades are still locked, and to the shock of everyone watching, the upper half of the Nosferatu sword flies off as Benji's slash advanced and cleaved on Vana's shoulder, pressing on the advantage Benji continues to attack in a succession of quick but strong slashes.
Dante was shocked, the Nosferatu was considered an unbreakable sword, but Benji just broke it, and Dante noticed that Benji's fencing had improved greatly, Vana is being pressed hard, struggling to defend himself with the remainder of his sword, which got shorter at each of Benji's slashes, that send each a small piece of it flying on the air.
Benji smiled, not because he looked like winning, he was pleased with the Vassala, and with himself, he trained hard to polish his skills, and that is paying up as the gigantic man is stumbling backwards pressed by his attacks. Benji didn't trained with the Atroce's sword to wield it, he trained with it to increase the power of his muscles, to strengthen his body to use regular swords better, as he forced his body to move at the same speed that he had using a regular sword when using the massive sword, all that paired with Vassala's cutting power made them a very deadly combination.
Layla stared in shock, she and every ally, as well enemy, oddly enough Benji's slaves didn't seemed impressed at all, Atsuko noticed they actually were unimpressed by it, as if was common knowledge for them, but Atsuko also noticed the sour face on the swordswoman styled slave, she struck oddly familiar to Atsuko, but the blonde couldn't put her finger in where she saw her before.
Then resolution came, to much of a shock to everyone watching Vana's right hand, still gripping the remainder sword firmly becomes air born, severed from the body on the middle of the forearm, but Benji was far from done, as Itsuki said Benji mastered the terror tree, and Benji knew how well the terror could be used on his favor.
Luna faces away knowing what will come next, and she was right, as with a vicious down stroke Benji cleaves Vana's left leg at the middle of the thigh, and with a loud sound the massive body falls, at his side Vana had the fact that he was ready for what came next, he never held any illusions of dying a quiet death, hell he hated the thought of dying peacefully, and the death as it came for him was everything that he wished for, a vicious battlefield death, and he knew just then that Benji could make it magnificent.
With horrifying ease Benji cuts Vana's right leg with a one hand swipe of the sword, sending the massive limb flying away spraying blood, a second limb soon follows as Benji cleaves Vana's left arm by the shoulder. Now Benji was faced with a split second choice, he could kill Vana in cold blood, in Gatts's style, torturing him with knives as he doesn't have arrows and he ran out of bullets a while ago, or he could go out in a massive, violent and gruesome overkill. As sensing the choices Vana silently told Benji his preference, Benji then allowed the warrior to die as he wanted to.
With a vicious howl of sheer bloodlust Benji raises the sword holding it with both hands. Wide eyed Saya turns her face away, closing her eyes tightly and covering her ears as she crouches, chanting something, trying to isolate herself from what is about to come.
Helen stared in horror while Benji proceeded to viciously cleave Vana's body with his sword, while purposely avoiding vital stops, prolonging the agony of the fallen warrior, Dante only stared in awe, he had never seen such a beautiful thing, yes he knew that it shouldn't be, but Dante was a warrior, he fell in love with battle, and seeing such a thing for him was just another facet of battle, one that he haven't seen before, but he knew that he would try to replicate in a later time against an MVP.
No one knew how long it lasted, only Benji knew how long it took for him to utterly kill Vana, while killing the warrior Benji didn't broke safety, but Benji knew that Vana had throw such thing away a long time ago, Vana was dead, dead for good, but he died a good death, Benji saw that, Vana enjoyed his death, as disturbing as that sounds Benji felt that the warrior was thankful for what Benji was doing, he would only learn why later, but now it was time for something else.
Mustering every ounce of evil on his being as he draws a long breath Benji laughs, letting out his best evil laughter, not a silly 'want to be evil' laughter, or a silly evil guy laughter from movies and stuff, Benji had a truly evil laughter as others told him in the few times he let out such a laughter with others around.
The whole field full of watchers feel a cold shiver running on their spines as Benji's laughter filled with dark pleasure, evil amusement and superiority echoes on the valley with untold promises of suffering, but what makes their blood froze on their veins if what comes next.
Looking at his sword dripping blood Benji smiles evilly, turning his face to the right just lightly, as his eyes looking at the frightened adventurers there as he says "I need to kill more……" with his voice in a low tone, dripping with lust and hunger. No one could tell who let out the first scream, but in less than an instant everyone screamed in sheer fright, running to the hills or just teleporting away with any means available, even trampling other adventurers.
In less than ten seconds the field is desert, not a soul there other than those who belong there. Benji throws the Vassala on the ground nailing it neatly on it. "God that was rough on the throat." Benji commented while stretching and popping his weary bones back in place.
Dante felt his hard on fading at that, it was the most unattractive thing that he had ever seen on his life, at one moment Benji was standing there as death incarnated irradiating more evil and death than anything that he had ever seen before, and then it was all gone, Benji was casually relaxing on the empty field.
Helen recovers from her sudden meeting with the ground, brushing grass and dirt from her face. She can't believe that all that evil, all that violence was nothing more than a hoax, an elaborate farce.
Atsuko was as shocked as Helen, she knew that Benji used fear to scare off enemies, but she had never seen anything like that, but she noticed that other than the blonde swordswoman slave, every slave that Benji summoned seemed flushed and excited when looking at Benji being so evil, Atsuko didn't missed their expressions of hunger while looking at Benji.
Everyone is rather shocked as a black and golden blur breaks through the tight formation of the guild, snapping them out of their stupor Atsuko as well Layla and the others saw Maria running at Benji's direction, far faster than any of them, for a moment they could only wonder how such short legs could carry the girl so fast towards Benji.
Benji is a bit surprised with the sudden tackle, but he receives the girl with arms open, Maria happily hugs Benji, crying happily now that he was back, she wasn't scared of him, why would she, Benji is her knight he had done far worse to protect her.
"You are heavier that you used to." Benji said to the child. "Did you grow since I last saw you?" "Yes!" Maria exclaimed happily, she had grown full five centimeters since he was left and as well gained a couple of kilos as she putted in more muscle, yet Benji is able to easily hold her with his left hand only.
Happily perched on Benji's left forearm Maria holds on his neck, Benji pulls Vassala from the ground, holding it on a reverse grip and walking towards the gates, he can tell that the girls are confused, clearly happy that he is there, but unsure of approaching him after what they saw.
"You gals actually bought that act?" Benji asked casually. "Act?!" Leona asked in disbelief. "You slaughtered Vana as if he was nothing! Then you laughed as if you were the devil himself!" "And doing that I scared off every single adventurer from the field." Benji replied casually, gesturing with his right hand to the empty field, not even the dead and the wounded were there; other that Vana, Benji would need to deal with that.
"You mean that was all an act?" Karen asked surprised, she couldn't just accept that so easily, and she is shoved away by someone who does. Layla hugs Benji tightly, she doesn't care what Benji just did, and as far as she cares he can kill everyone else in the world that she wouldn't care.
Maria whimpered crushed between Benji and Layla, Benji hugs Layla back with his right arm, he can't express how much he missed her, her sweet scent, he knew that he was back home after so long. Layla cries happily in the arms of her lover, she missed him so badly, she wasn't the only one, but Benji already had his arms full. Atsuko settles in waiting a bit for Layla to let go, scolding herself lightly in being so impressed and stunned with the incident, but Layla had an edge that Atsuko didn't, Layla saw the massacre of the Wasted Years, for her Benji slaughtering people was natural.
Twenty minutes later Benji had time to deal with other things, thankfully it was lunch break so everyone could take a breather and pick up before the next battle that they knew that would follow, but what shocks everyone is that Benji is dealing with his slaves, most precisely how he deals with the swordswoman.
Actually how Benji seems to be trying to be digging his fingers on her skull as he squeezes her head with his right hand, holding her half meter above the ground while the girl flails in pain, in a vain tentative of escaping of Benji's iron grip. Her cries of pain make the girls look at them, but after Benji's earlier display they won't do anything.
"Chris, you and the others did well." Benji said turning to his other slaves. "You girls can go back and have something cold." "Yes master." The woman clad in fine clothes replied. "And Yami here is a minus." Benji added. "We understand." They all say as one, knowing exactly what it meant, then as suddenly as they appeared they disappear.
"Benji not wanting to intrude in your cruel torture." Atsuko said in a casual tone. "But isn't that a bit too much?" Atsuko points to the Yami's hair where dark red stains start to grow. "No." Benji answered casually. "She is a nasty child that needs punishment." "If you say so." Atsuko replied, she wasn't going to say anything else, hell she doesn't even know what is going on.
As something crunches under his pressure Benji throws the now ragdoll of a swordswoman on an unused corner of the yard without much care. "Mind in telling what that is?" Haruka asked pointing to the discarded woman. "Not right now." Benji answered. "Look I know that I just got back and we have tons of things to say, but we have one hour before a new wave of fame starving adventurers arrive, and I am really, really looking forward for a bath and a change of clothes, we can talk with more time later."
Layla, Atsuko and Haruka remain in silence after those words, not because of what he said, but because of what they have done, while Benji grabs his backpack and instructs a random guild girl to lead Aysu and Mai to a room, they follow Benji as he moves to his bedroom.
Opening his closet and finding it empty Benji turns back to his three lovers. "Where are my clothes?" Benji asked seriously. "Well…" Atsuko started nervously and embarrassedly. "We kind of borrowed them." "I mean we really missed you and took few things of your closet to wear and remind of you." Layla continued.
"Even my underwear!" Benji exclaimed checking his now empty underwear drawer. Layla blushed fiercely at that, she was the one who first raided there. "For crying out loud." Benji sighed. "Well I guess that I have no choice. Anyway girls I will shower now, go eat something, rest a little and get ready for the afternoon."
Feeling like lost puppies the trio obeys, they are feeling a bit bad for raiding his closet, but they all understood if Benji had arrived in any other day, even just one day earlier the reception would be different, so would be his reaction. Atsuko leaves to treat her wounds; Haruka to go to the restroom, but Layla strays behind and turns back to Benji's room.
She finds him half dressed, actually throwing his damaged armor over his cloak in a corner for later washing. "You hate us?" Layla asked in a meek tone, not only for her doubts and inner demons, but for disobeying his command of leaving. "Your feelings changed since we were last together?"
Benji smiled at Layla, she was so cute when skittish like that, and after throwing his breastplate over the pile Benji walks towards the silver haired knight, and pulls her to an embrace, with his right arm around her waist, pulling her body against his he says with his face close of hers. "My feelings haven't changed Layla."
The knight blushed madly at the way that she is being held and his words, a shiver runs down her spine at the contact. "I missed you and the others a lot." Benji continued. "But we both know that right now we can't just stop to catch up, even if we want it so badly." And before the knight came with a reply Benji silences her with a kiss, knowing that better than words actions will sooth Layla.
Layla just surrenders herself to the kiss, she had longed for that so much, and she had missed it so badly that it even haunted her dreams. After long moments Benji pulls away. "Just wait for a little longer." He whispered against his lips, Layla purrs when feeling his right hand holding her buttocks, lightly squeezing it. "Okay?"
"Okay..." Layla purred in delight, now utterly putty on his hands, she would do anything that he told her to do. "Good." Benji said with a smile, rewarding the knight with a light kiss. "Now go eat something, rest for a while and get ready for the next battle." Layla nodded and walks away as soon Benji let go of her.
'Now I need a cold shower' Benji thought while seeing the sexy sway of Layla's hips as she walks away with a little extra sprint on her steps. 'Too bad that I can't just relax and take her now, just god knows how much I just want to throw her in bed and take her now…… but I need the energy for the fight.'
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"So what happened to you to be glowing like that?" Erika asked teasingly to her friend. "I just got a nice kiss that is all." Layla answered with a smile, she is too happy to be bothered with such petty teasing. Erika chuckled at the knight's answer, she knew that Layla was pretty shaken with everything and that her biggest fear is that Benji loses interest on her; a little reassurance makes wonders to the knight.
Atsuko is a bit jealous of not thinking on that herself, but unlike Layla, she is pretty secure of herself and Benji's feelings, knowing that he wouldn't just lose interest; Atsuko knows the issues among her fellow lovers.
Haruka is plain jealous of Layla, but she knows better than disobeying Benji, she is practically the omega of the set of lovers, the lower ranking one even bellow Erika who is just there for Layla! But Haruka knows that she got there herself, and that it will take more time for Benji 'promote' her, that would mean that she would have to stop being bad to get the punishments that she enjoys so much.
Maria is just happy that Benji is back, even being with him just few minutes is enough, he is back and soon they will all catch up the lost time, she has so much that she wants to tell him about things that happened when he was away. Everyone else in the guild and the allies are glad that Benji is back, and much happier with the break, they were taking a massive pounding thanks to the gunslingers being organized as they were.
A little over half an hour later Karen is running to Benji's room followed close by Layla, Atsuko and Haruka. "Taisho!" Karen exclaimed while pounding on the door with her fists. "Taisho!"
"What?" Benji asked a bit annoyed after he opens the door, Karen is a bit taken back, not by Benji's words or annoyance, but his clothes, she had never seen that outfit before.
Benji is wearing black clothes, that isn't unusual, but his boots are armored black greaves, over his pants there are several black metal plates, he is with a figure hugging long sleeved black shirt and a light black and red armor tightly clad on his upper body, hanging from his left arm is a black short jacket, his now long hair still damp tied in a simple ponytail.
"What is that?!" Atsuko asked voicing what is going all their heads, no one ever saw Benji clad on that before, Atsuko and Layla raided his closet and they didn't saw that. "Inner armor." Benji replied. "But why are you pounding at my door? I am still getting ready here."
"AH!" Karen exclaimed recalling why she is there. "A caravan! There is this caravan coming this way! They are carrying this odd flag!" Benji smiled at that, of all the surprises of that day that was the best. Benji bolts out of the room; the girls sigh and run after him, impressed with the speed that he is making after everything.
After jumping out of a window and running some more Benji is by the gate, he was right it was them, the ground was vibrating weakly at the march, that would so help them, plus she was there, his girls deserved a treat after all that happened and who better than her to make that.
The girls stare confused at the commotion, is too early to be the post-lunch raid, and Benji is smiling, that wouldn't happen if it was an attack. "I thought that you were missing." A man on his late forties says to Benji in a very casual tone. "I was until a while ago." Benji replied casually. "But as you can see I found my way back."
"That is great boy." The man said with a grin. "It has been a while." "So it has." Benji replied with a smile. They hold at the other right forearm while placing the left hand in the other shoulder in a greeting. "It is good to see you alive and well boy." The man said in an honest tone. "For a while I thought that you were really gone."
"I am not an easy kill Sage." Benji replied, thankful for the worry. "Now my friend why you brought everyone here?" "For war!" Sage exclaimed. "And why else we would move armed like this?! I heard that your kittens over there would need help with today's raid, even Vana was coming down here."
"You mean that guy over there?" Benji asked pointing to the corpse still where he left it. Sage looks at Vana and then at Benji, then at Vana again. "You arrived before he did?" Sage asked. "Yeah, he charged straight at me when he arrived." Benji answered. With a pleased nod Sage turns to Benji. "That saved your kittens from being badly hurt, that guy was out seeking for a good death for a while now, he was a tiger in his last days, it wasn't pretty to see the battlefield where he passed by." Sage said in a serious tone. "It is a shame, the world lost a strong warrior but the gods gained a new one."
"Enough with the serious talk man!" A very tall and strong woman shoves Sage aside and grabs Benji in a massive hug; burring him on her ample bosom. "Don't you ever do something like this again!" she exclaimed while crushing Benji against her large body. The guild girls stare in surprise, they never saw a woman that big and large before, she is almost a bear of so large! And she actually pulled Benji out of the ground!
"AIR!" Benji exclaimed, he was happy that she were worried but she was crushing the little life that he still have out of him. "Sorry." She said with a smile. "But I mean that; don't go missing like that again!" "I am sorry." Benji replied after few deep breathes. "Mama can I ask you a big favor?" Benji asked with a smile, he knew that she wouldn't refuse him, she might be as big and strong as an MVP but she has a butter heart, and was just a big teddy bear.
"Sure." She answered with a smile. "Anything that you need and Mama can do she will do." "You see my girls over there worked really hard and really well for a really long time and I want to give them a nice treat." Benji said while pointing to his guild and allies. "Mind in preparing us a nice feast for after the battle?"
She laughs heartily at his request. "I will do it gladly! I love cooking." She answered, and then she eyes Benji a little closer. "And you need more meat on your bones; you are so skinny, even more than before." "Well I did lost weight." Benji commented. "Your girls also need more meat, look at them!" She exclaimed while pointing at Layla. "They hardly had any meat for you to hold on!"
Layla doesn't know if she takes that as an insult or a compliment. "Mama they are perfect just like they are right now." Benji said in a serious but lightly playful tone. "I am happy with their just right amount of flesh." And it wasn't a lie, every girl of the guild has either a perfect or nearly perfect figure, some are still maturing but will blossom into beautiful women. Now that Layla takes as a compliment, so does the others.
"We will show you the kitchen and you can cook to your heart's content." Benji continued. "Trust me everyone will be hungry and there will be a lot of people to eat." "Great." The woman that Benji called Mama exclaimed happily, the leads a wagon to a corner and grabs the guild's Kafra girl to use as map of the castle.
"You know I love that woman but I just don't understand why she doesn't accept that most women don't want to get more meat on their bodies." Sage commented to Benji now that Mama was away. "Most don't even need more!" Benji nodded agreeing, but it was just Mama is, she wants to see people happy and healthy, and for her that mean with a certain amount of fat and filled stomachs.
"AAAHHHHH!!" Karen exclaimed while pointing to a certain wolf rider, she recognized the girl, how couldn't she, she was the one who spoke with her every Friday! Benji notices that. "It is okay." Benji said to the sniper. "That was her disguise." "Why?" Karen asked confused, she truly felt bad and sorry for the blind girl. "Since I couldn't come and go freely I needed a way to keep in touch with Sage and everyone else, who would suspect of a blind girl being a messenger?" Benji explained. "Though she is one of the best archers that I ever saw."
"Is she blind?" Karen asked shocked, she really would hate to know that she was fooled even more. "Yes." Benji answered. "She is blind, but you will see later." Benji turns to the girl. "You and Kiba will find a sniping spot and do your job, okay Sora?" he told to the girl that nods silently.
"Enough with the peasants." A female voice filled with arrogance says. "Suzuka-hime-sama is here." "It is just me or she is too dressed to be a gypsy or dancer?" Leona asked to Katia. "Well it is skimpy enough to be one." It is true as Suzuka is wearing chaps with only a pair of panties bellow a small top and a short wide wrist jacket, all in black red and golden colors, finishing she is wearing a unicorn horn on her forehead, with the base covered by the long black hair.
"She had to come?" Benji asked to Sage, it wasn't that he didn't liked her, he just didn't liked her. "I came all the way here to help you could as well show some gratitude!" She said while hitting on Benji's chest with a closed folding fan. "You used to be so well mannered."
Layla didn't like of that underdressed slut being so defiant with Benji, but she knows better than stepping in just then. "You know as well as I do that she isn't someone that can be left behind." Sage said to Benji, ambiguously enough to Suzuka not to say anything. "And she wasn't the only one."
Benji follows Sage's line of sight and smiles seeing who is there. "If you came all the way here you could at least greet me." Benji said in a teasingly tone, to a woman hidden behind one of the wagons. Everyone thought that the girl greatly contrasted to everyone else in the small caravan, first she is wearing a kimono, tabi socks, sandals and a haori, her hair is black and short, and she looks more regal in her modesty and demureness than Suzuka who claimed to be a princess.
Walking in small steps the girl walks towards Benji. "Don't be so shy now." Benji said with a smile, he just couldn't help; Saki was just so cute like that. "It healed up?" She nodded demurely answering him. "That is good." Benji commented, he was quite worried about that.
Saki stands her hands to him, offering a carved white pendant to him. "Is this what I think that is?" Benji asked to the girl while pointing to the white pendant shaped as a Japanese dragon wrapped around a European styled sword, that white color is very familiar to him.
She nods confirming. "I wanted to add lacquer, but there aren't any in the colors that I wanted to portrait." She said in a low voice. "It is beautiful as it is." Benji replied taking the necklace. "Thank you." He added rubbing her head and giving her a kiss on her forehead.
"Okay enough with this." Haruka said annoyed. "We have been quiet for too long. Benji-taisho what is going on here? Who are those people?" While Haruka was voicing question in everyone's minds, they were wary of asking him that. Benji smiled at that, giving a final rub on Saki's head before turning to Haruka. "These are my friends." Benji answered.
"And pet." Sage added pointing to Saki. "Okay, I can understand the friends part." Haruka says and points to Saki. "But she is a normal human girl, unless you have been really naughty, she shouldn't be a pet." "Actually I am an oni." Saki pointed out from behind Benji. "And technically I also apply to the cute pet system."
Haruka stares at the girl. "Listen don't try defending Benji-taisho." Haruka said in a serious tone. "We all know that he can be very naughty…" "I never said that I wasn't." Benji chimed, hell that was fun, it would be nice see it developing. "Shush you!" Haruka turned to Benji before turning back to Saki. "And that he is quite capable of making a girl his pet. He does have four lovers."
"Six." Benji corrected her. "I had a total of six, while I am not with Mana and Shina recently." "Hush you." Haruka replied. "Actually I am an oni." Saki said a bit more forcefully, while Benji was taking everything as a joke she was getting infuriated at how Haruka is mouthing her master.
"Onis are big, ugly, have skin in odd and ugly colors, and have horns." Haruka said seriously. "And you don't have any of those." "I asked to Benji-sama dehorn me sometime after I submitted myself to his care." Saki replied seriously, lifting her front bangs and exposing a circular scar on her forehead, a bit bellow her hairline. "And I am a hairsbreadth away of pounding you to a mass of distorted flesh if you keep saying that Benji-sama is a liar and perverted man."
"Okay now that is a pet reaction." Atsuko said while dragging Haruka way. "A loyal one, say Benji where the hell you get those unique pets anyway?" "In so many places." Benji commented casually, it wasn't a lie, he just doesn't feel like telling how he found Saki at the moment.
"Anyway here is the plan." Benji said clapping his hands together. "You girls stay in the regular stations. Sage as well the attackers that he brought will be outside the gate that will give you girls almost nothing to do, so you can sit back and take a break." "Taisho." Layla says to Benji. "While I am not doubting you, isn't just ten fighters not counting that underdressed woman over there a little too few for that kind of thing?" "Trust me Layla." Benji said with a smile. "It is enough." Benji turns to Sage. "She is here right?"
"And I thought that you would never ask." Sage replied with a grin, from the wagon where Saki was hiding a woman in a long black walks out from it. "She was quite sure that she would be needed today. As far I know the only day that she won't be needed is when everyone else is dead."
"Don't say that." The woman in black said to Sage. "I know that one day people like me won't be needed because it won't be pain and suffering on this world." Then she turns to Benji. "And you seem to be suffering a lot." "A bit." Benji answered. "It has been a while Elle."
"Indeed, but as usual you are in a bad shape." Elle replied. "I will exam you later, as much as I despise battle I know that this won't be avoided. Go finish suiting yourself." "You are right, anyway I am almost done, I just need my weapons." Benji commented.
After those words Benji moves back to his room, Layla, Atsuko and Haruka follow him, Erika is organizing and calming the girls, the situation changed pretty drastically in a short amount of time.
"Goshujin-sama can you at least tells us anything?" Layla pleaded, she was confused about the strangers, several of them are male and she is very wary of them. "Sage thought that you, us, could need a hand and came to help." Benji said while moving to his room, the clock is ticking and he still wants to eat something light and drink something cold. "He is a friend of mine, I kept in touch with him and the others by letters, they live in that large farm four kilometers southwest from here, right at the feet of Mount Yukizakura."
Layla could visualize the location, it was right at the feet of the neighboring mountain, not so far from there, but it would take few hours to walk around the mountain, roughly the same time to reach Amatsu from it and then take the trail to the Silver Moon castle. "Wait you mean that this location was preselected?" Atsuko asked seriously, it was too convenient that Benji had friends so near of the castle.
"Actually it was a coincidence." Benji explained while opening his bedroom door. "Sage, me and the others bought the area of the valley of the Mount Yukizakura and the Mount Akikana, well half of each mount too, anyway we were using part of the valley for farming purposes, we build a farm there, a nice house, there is a well there too, man the river is great too, anyway it is where they live, I used to drop there every now and then. When I made the guild and gained the castle I learned that the Silver Moon castle was close of the farm."
"And why they haven't acted sooner?" Haruka asked seriously, they could use extra hands in the months that he wasn't there. "Technically they were supposed to be retired, I am pretty thankful that they decided to take arms for our sake, even thought they knew that I wasn't here." Benji answered while putting on his pauldrons.
"And what now?" Atsuko asked, she had no idea that Benji had part in a farm. "For now we keep the castle for another day." Benji answered while buckling the arm straps of his left shoulder pauldron. "After that we deal when it comes."
"What about that Mama woman that is on the kitchen?" Layla asked. "We can either have a party today or tomorrow." Benji replied. "It is for you girls." They felt nice that Benji was rewarding them for their work, but they are still nervous about everything, with so many questions to ask but not enough time to ask them, so they only observe while Benji finishes strapping the still damaged armor.
"It took a really nasty beating." Atsuko said while running her fingers on his left pauldron, feeling the dents and cuts on it. "But I am really glad that this is what is damaged and not you." she added with a smile, Benji smiles back at his lover, he too was glad for that, that pauldron saved him more than few times in the past.
Ten minutes later Benji now with two slender swords sheathed on his belt a little bellow the small of his back, with the Vassala at his back, a series of venom knives on the belt across his chest holding the Vassala on his back, and two pistols on his side is talking with Sage, who is clad in a similar armor than Benji is.
From the gate the girls watch as Benji discuss the last arrangements for the battle, Karen is a bit confused in how the blind wolf rider will do any good among the archers, but she was ordered to let her move freely on the walls. With ten minutes to the end of the lunch the guild and allies start to get tense once again, they know that it will soon start all over again.
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Junko was visibly mad, she never expected to find nearly everyone who deserted her right then, right there, so close of her, to add an insult to the injury, everyone, including Benji were wearing the armors that they worn in the clan, she knew the power of them, while Benji was the newest of the band, everyone else wasn't.
Sage himself were in the clan for good four years before he left with Benji, Junko couldn't accept why Sage would turn against her and follow someone who he only met for few weeks. When Benji deserted almost her entire wing of front attackers left with him, even her dancer and healer followed, but that wasn't the worst, the worst was that Marisa, also know as Mama left with them!
Junko could live without front attackers, lancers, dancers and healers, but Mama was the person that made everyone happy and behaved, she was the cook, well also a powerful fighter, but mostly the cook, and she was a heavenly cook.
Itsuki sighed inwardly seeing Junko fuming silently next to her, she pretty much expected that when they saw Sage approaching the castle, unlike Junko Itsuki was more aware of why Sage followed Benji, Sage respected Benji, after all it was Benji who gave them the idea of how invade a impregnable castle and executed the idea all by himself before opening the gates for them, after that Sage pretty much adopted Benji, actually laughing heartily, congratulating Benji and giving him slaps on his back when Benji rose to Major, outranking himself even being older and in the clan for a longer time.
Marisa was there because she loves Sage, plus she took a liking of Benji too, Benji was big boy and loved to eat, she loved to cook and people who love to eat so she liked Benji. Suzuka was brought to the clan by Benji, and by the desertion she wasn't even an official member, Elle was a harsh hit for the ranks, their only high lever healer, not a priestess or a monk as the usual healer, but a true healer, with next to none combative skills, armed only with healing spells and defensive spells, totally defenseless and almost useless in battle if you forget her sorcery of massive healing, but Elle moved to were she felt that was needed, and she was pretty much right, Benji needed her the most as a full fledged front attacker.
Itsuki hated what happened, it was a harsh hit on Junko and her pride, but Itsuki understood and inwardly supported Benji's decision and acts, while he could have acted slightly different, Junko was the wrong one there, but it doesn't matter, she was still her little Junko and Itsuki would be on her side forever, even if no one else would be.
However Itsuki would also enforce sense into Junko's mind from time to time, and this was a time were it would be needed, holding Junko's right wrist and shaking her head telling her 'No.' was enough, they could go against Benji at that moment, that if he was alone, but still he would deliver pain if not death to them, with his guild backing him, they are severely outnumbered and victory would be impossible, with Sage and the others there, defeat was not only a certain but it would be fast, at that moment they should let things be.
Itsuki could see that Benji was pretty much ready to kill, the message was clear in the morning, but now things are in a whole new level, he was actually prepared to do so for a long time, he is using only his under-armor, the lightest layer of it all, with enough protection to make most of attacks nothing more than a baby slap. The swords on his waist are new to Itsuki, but knowing Benji, she knew than they would be good killing tools, otherwise he wouldn't use them at all in that situation.
Not so far from there in a makeshift bench Dante and Helen are watching the developments, Helen even called some of her friends in the guild to watch, Aiko was quite eager too, she even brought snacks, sure an ice bench wasn't the best thing, but with the proper insulation it was okay, at least her juices and wine would be cool.
The formation by the gate changes slightly as Benji and the others form a line under the gate, shutting it with their bodies, Sage grins at Benji who smirks back to the older man, Benji readies his cannon guard and takes a javelin from Saki, who is clad only in a short tiger stripped kimono that barely covers the middle of her thighs and leaves her whole arms uncovered.
Saki as a monster wasn't officially in the battle, but she would fight as well, as her duty is to support Elle, for that she has a massive kanabo strapped on her back, which is a Japanese or in this case an Amatsu mace made entirely of steel, with menacing looking metal studs, a thick ring as the pommel of the mace with a red fluffy tassel on it.
After giving to Benji the spear Saki moves back a handful of meters, staying next to Elle, Elle is silently looking at the line in front of her, she knows that when the day is over they all would be hurt and the only thing that she can do is sooth their pain later.
And it begins, everyone can hear the sound of running feet and war cries getting closer, the enemy is coming, rushing from Amatsu in a mad charge, and soon they start pouring out from the entrance of the field, rushing straight to the blocked gate. "This is going to be good." Sage commented with his grin widening, he loved his new and peaceful life of farming, but from time to time he missed the thrill of battle, and he was going to get his fill of it right then.
Atsuko doesn't really knows what to think about everything, she was fed a wee bit too much information, first Benji arrives stronger than ever, killing by himself more people that she could count, then he summoned slaves, one which was still half dead in a corner, clearly alive, but quite not so alive, then there was his new outfit, sure she was used to Benji wearing unusual clothes, but that was in a whole new level, and it was hidden on his room as she, Layla and Haruka pretty much raided his closet in his absence.
Then there was his friends, Atsuko knew that there was a whole period of Benji's life that she has no idea of what happened on it, she has one just like that, and Benji doesn't know about it, but the worse was how everyone got along, it was quite well, but with this ounce of bickering, well mostly with Suzuka.
However Suzuka did braided and tied Benji's now long hair with a long ribbon before he joined the fighting force, Atsuko could still see the self-proclaimed princess holding on the back of Benji's jacket, running her fingers on his long and still damp hair while swiftly braiding it, then tying it on the middle of the length, folding it and tying it again, repeating the process another time before tying the much shorter hair together, giving a light pat on it before ushering Benji to the frontline, Benji then tied a black bandana on his head, tying the braid under the fabric, to prevent people from grabbing on his hair in battle.
Atsuko wasn't the only one mad at that, Layla and Haruka were too, the unknown woman showed an amount of intimacy that they didn't liked at all, Atsuko was more reserved on her jealously, actually she was angry because she didn't thought of that in the first place.
The entire rear guard; or the guild girls could see the approaching army, it was way different from the previous invasion, and this one was a sheer wave of attackers when all the previous started with few guilds and slowly increased in numbers.
The clash of the attackers with the defenders is loud and violent, as countless adventurers throw themselves against the shields of the defenders, to the awe of the guild girls, the defending line barely slid back half a meter and remained as a solid wall of steel even when violently pushed back by the attackers.
To everyone's shock the defenders push back all the attackers, forcing the massive wave back a good pair of meters, using the shock the defense advanced brandishing their spears and piercing the attackers violently. Pulling back their spears the defenders once again ready their shields but this time they dash forward, violently pushing back the attackers, crushing them as the waves in the rear force forward against the advancing wall of steel.
The impact on the enemy morale was visible; they were losing terrain to a much smaller force as the defenders gained a five meters radius area from the gate. However the defenders don't stop with just that, they keep thrusting their spears on the attackers, killing everyone in reach.
With a whistle between her lips Elle gives a short but loud whistle, it was what Benji was waiting, taking a leap backward and seeing Sage and Donovan one of the lancers taking his position Benji seeks for leaders on the army. Finding one Benji throws the spear at her.
The poor alchemist didn't had much of a chance or luck as the javelin hits her in the mouth, piercing her from there, Benji winced lightly, but wanting or not throws like that aren't all that accurate, she was just unlucky. Drawing a large and long knife, it is an half meter long blade, with two edges in the slight curved blade, the blade tip is larger than the middle and get larger again near of the handle, it have a small protuberance in the edge to inflict more damage with the tip of the protuberance and the other side of the edge the larger point of the blade, the tip if the edge is very thin and sharp with a slight turn to upside to the protuberance side, near of the handle is also sharp in the blade with a tips of the blade forming a guard, the part that is turned to the handle is blunt, a larger circle area in the connecting point of the handle and the blade are the main guard, and the hilt is wrapped with cloth and it has about ten centimeters of cloth hanging from the ring.
It was another unseen weapon by the girls, Atsuko never saw a weapon like that, it was too short to be called sword, but too long to be a knife or dagger, it was also thick and heavy looking, clearly made to cut not only with the sharp edge but with its weight. Benji takes few more steps back before running forward; kicking the ground Benji jumps over Sage, in midair Benji finds his landing spot and kills the person that is occupying it.
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Far from Amatsu
"He is back." A male voice says to peers in the shadowed room. "And he had to return in the very same day that we set our plans in motion." "If there is a chance of things failing spectacularly they will fail spectacularly." A feminine voice says from the shadows. "Yes it is a pity that our carefully laid plans are doomed to fail, but we knew that there was a chance of this happening when we put them in motion."
"Besides is too late to fall back." A second feminine voice commented. "Wanting or not we just added to his reputation, but on the flip side we are learning more about his skills, it isn't a bad result." "Not a bad result?!" A second male voice exclaimed. "He killed Vana! He alone not only killed Vana but slaughtered a sizable part of the army sent there, and right on this moment he is doing it again, and now our forces can't even get near the fucking gate!"
The others remain in silence, the second female smiles under the protection of the darkness, she knew quite well that things would fail, and fail badly, and she knew from the very beginning that it wouldn't work, besides isn't like she is all that interested in the Seiryu's legions, for her they are just a piece that is drawing attention of the ones who call themselves her peers, and it was pretty much time to end this farce, she endure those meetings, greed and complaints for far too long.
"Well I must say that it wasn't a pleasure." She said while resting her chin on the palm of her hand as the lights of the room suddenly are lithe, the conspirers there wince and scream, the first woman recovers first and sees the second with a pair of shades. "But it is pretty much my job to do this." She added with a smirk. "As the Legion's assassin."
End of the chapter twenty nine:
Author explanation corner:
Nosferatu sword: Another piece of original equipment, as told in the story it is a magic sword that repairs itself when covered with blood, restoring itself to its original condition, removing any damage or bonuses of itself. Unbreakable at any situation and it can't be refined, with a STR above 100 the damage in increased by 10 percent, the original damage is of 350. Shadow element weapon, the damage is neutral. Ah and for anyone curious even after being cut in half and chopped a bit it can repair itself to the former glory with the application of blood.
Terror tree: Original 'skill' tree, it contains the terror stalk, the ability to walk after a running target and always be closing in, not mattering how fast the target runs away, you are always right behind it, walking and closing in, ready for the kill, taking great pleasure in the chase.
It also contains the overkill skill, with additional damage bonuses inflicted when killing someone a bit more, those bonuses are kept for a short while after the target is dead and can be used on a new target and accumulated with the ones gained from that new one, it is a vicious circle. It works with every weapon, bare fisted, or with bunnies, well with anything that can be used to kill and as I believe that everything can be used to kill if used well (even plushies) the bonus and the skill work with everything.
Gore killing show/display, it is another skill of the terror tree, it was also used with the overkill skill in this chapter and when Benji killed Atroce, well it is used with the overkill skill most of the time. The more brutal, vicious and cruel killing, as well messy more scared the watchers will be of the user, the fear of the user will cut the stats of everyone around him in any fraction according to the fear that they feel, more scared, weaker they get, as well more confused, I am sure that everyone at least once shouted at that stupid college girl that to 'escape' from the movie's killer runs straight to the second floor, if not to the bathroom, where she has no way of escaping of, that is mostly what can happen with someone under the effect of this skill.
Evil urban legend, this is a passive skill, hell other than terror stalk all the skills of this tree so far are passive, as a vicious and evil killer you get a reputation, that reputation gives negative bonuses on those who faces you and know about your reputation, the legends can be embellished to be even more impressive than the original feat is, it only gives more bonuses. For allies this translates in positive bonuses.
Induce fear, active skill, finally…, using his voice, body language and eyes the caster can induce fear on the targets, random effects, stun, freeze, confusion, blind (you know blind fear, ok bad joke, so scared that can see what is going on), death (there is registered cases of being scared to death), coma, faint, uncontrollable incontinence (I won't translate this to everyday, but it goes with both ways). More than one effect can happen at once. It can be used with any other skill of this tree, bonuses of them are added to the effectiveness of the induce fear skill. Commands can be given using this skill to herd the targets in the way that the caster wishes.
Focus evil and evil laugher, active skills, just kidding no skill here, for the evil laughter I do have a pretty evil one, I am strictly forbidden of laughing like that in home, is such a pain, I mean there are times that a laugh like that just comes when you see something.
Summon slaves: Anyone with some knowledge knows that this is an exclusive MVP skill; it allows the MVP to call a number, usually under ten, of slaves to fight with him. And I got my own version, how sweet is that? More info about the slaves later. And for anyone wondering the blonde haired swordswoman slave is Doppelganger-chan, now properly named as Yami, for hell beats Doppelgangerko, or something like that. For those who doesn't know adding –ko is a common Japanese way to make a masculine name feminine, -ko is a common thing in feminine names in Japan. E.g.: Junko, Mariko, Nanako, Aiko.
Yami AKA Doppelganger-chan: I had long decided that she would pester Benji in the real world too, so she got a new body as a slave, more details on this later, Benji is quite pleased with that, now he can actually inflict physical pain on that pest, and boy he is nowhere near done with her, he has plenty of months of pent up stuff to inflict on her, plus he has to break her into her place as slave anyway, it is not only punishment but it is training. Minus means that she is even less ranked than a regular slave on Benji's ranks of slaves, and that means that the others are free to break the hell out of her when they want or felt that is needed, all in name of training.
Dante: Well he is a battle maniac, he gets off with battles; don't ask me I also find that weird. And I won't tell why he is afraid of Helen; I want to remember everyone that Dante is the guild leader and not Helen.
The case of the missing clothes: I don't know if is an universal trait, but my girlfriends had this habit of wearing some of my clothes, no complaint from me here, one day I might find out how and why they make my clothes look so sexy in them, quite often taking it with them for a while, it was a pain when I needed this one dark blue button up shirt for a for interview, sure I love the perfume that my girlfriend uses, but having it on you is a bit bad for a interview. Anyway because they missed Benji they raided his clothes that had a bit of his scent on it, as well reminded them of him.
Secret stash of things: With all the hints about having those around you think that I wouldn't use it now? Benji took everything that he is wearing now, other than the pistols, from one of the secret rooms; it is a good thing that he kept some clean clothes there too.
Clan friends: This is another thing that I had decided that would happen on this WoE as this is the closing of an arch if you want to call like that.
Sage: Class swordsman/lancer, he is from one of the forgotten classes, I decided to not give a fancy name to it, at least not now, but he has all the swordsmen masteries as his class is older than the current ones, who divided itself and most of the old skills. So he has spear mastery, shield mastery, swords masteries, and few more things.
Marisa: I really, really had to make this one, she was in the original concept of this WoE as well, she is huge, a very tall, broad shoulders, strong, but friendly woman, I admit that my concept on her was the stereotype for a 'Italian mother/grandmother/mother in law', those women who love to cook for people and think that everyone is so skinny and underfed, and need to eat more tasty, tasty food, and that on her mind, everyone that she care is practically her children. Any guesses on her fighting class? None? The closest relation for a class is alchemist, I can't get rid of this image of her and a rolling pin…, but she is from a forgotten class similar to alchemist (cook!), a very, very dangerous lady.
Suzuka: I felt that in the story it lacked a touch of arrogance, her character concept was made to fill that, but originally she is the 'kill with a dance girl' mentioned in an early chapter. She has an attractive and sexy body and isn't afraid of showing it to the world, with some clothes on, being high bred she is quite arrogant most of the time, it is part of her charm, anyway, she can also be considerate with those that she care for, hence the trying Benji's hair scene, more about her later.
Saki: Since I keep getting new pets I decided to throw another one in the fray, originally Saki is from Amatsu, from one of the unknown parts of it (unexplored areas), she is a monster that lived in a mountain that Benji accidentally ended on, she is an oni, a Japanese ogre as some translate it. It seems that everyone has his or her own view of onis, and there are several onis in the legends as well, as oni are famous for attacking human cities and stealing women, I came with few theories, first, the female oni are ugly as hell and the male ones went after human females because they are pretty, or the second one, oni females are just like human females with horns (any number as onis can have any number of horns, the most known ones between 1 horn and 5).
So for Saki I took the second theory, female onis are just like human females (it must hurt quite badly to mate with a male oni, the things are huge), as legends dictates that onis wear tiger stripped stuff I made Saki's under kimono with that pattern while her upper kimonos are simple ones.
As a oni Saki is very strong, I really mean very strong here, the 'how the f:ck such slim arms and delicate body gets that' kind of strength, after being tamed by Benji (tale for another chapter), and following Benji in Amatsu she didn't like how they were treated, Amatsu is pretty much Japan, and onis are demons, so they were poorly treated because of that, onis attack people, so Saki asked to Benji when they were in the farm to cut off her horn, so she would look like any other woman. I won't get in details on this one right now, it involves lots of pain.
After months, healing spells and time the scar closed, the horn dried (horns are living stuff you know), and while in the farm Saki decided to make it a pendant for her master. This pendant has the essence of the oni's strength; it gives a 20 percent bonus in STR, VIT and ATK, plus few more things that I don't tell now. But I admit that the stuff is quite powerful.
Elle: she is from a forgotten class called healer, she isn't like priests, as a healer that is all that she can do, she can't fight, the best that she can do is raise defenses around herself, but the total lack of offense is paid with an absolute mastery of the healing arts, more details later.