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Bearticguy7: Lol, I actually think I heard about the Kaiju system one, or at least read about it from somewhere, I can remember, but it does sound like a fun one.

Guest: I think she has a lot of trauma with everything that happened when Ylisse was in a big war some years ago and I really don't know whey many jusy write her as crazy lol, she wasn't that bad, or at least, to me she wasn't.

CrimsonSylvan: Lol, yup, the Mages are now Tanks! and I find that funny, the Mad King is too crazy to care, he just wants war, you'll see next chapter!.

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RT89: The Warrior Bunnies are getting better, there moving past their hard lives, so something like these would just very funny to them, especially because Rean himself isn't too concerned about either Lol.

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"Dialog".

Inner thoughts*.

(flashback).

[Goddess aka the system].

-Pokemon-.

Chapter 50.

Chrom got up and greeted Sumia "oh hey Sumia".

I stepped away a bit and gave the pair some space, no need for me to be a third wheel here, Sumia smiled and immediately showed something to Chrom "look! I baked you another pie!".

Chrom smiled at Sumia, he was clearly happy to get the pie "Sumia, you are too much, where do you find all the time and energy for this?".

Sumia just gave Chrom a very happy smile "oh, its nothing, really? hardly any trouble at all, there's all kinds of veggies here in Rean's My Pokéhome and everyone always seems to want help me! plus its very easy to make, I like doing it, really, honest!".

I raised and eyebrow and looked behind Sumia, right there, hiding in the trees, were Tione, Tiona and the female Xeno keeping an eye on this event, looks like Sumia has found a bunch of romantics as wingman.

Chrom looked a bit unsure but nodded to Sumia "well, if you say so".

Sumia brightly smiled now and gave Chrom a very enthusiastic nod "oh, I do say so! and today I made an extra big one so we can eat it together!".

Chrom looked happy, and he even had a very bright smile on his face now "a pie shared with friends is twice as tasty, or so my old Nurse Nan said.

Suddenly, Chrom became pensive and then he began to speak "listen Sumia, I'm... I'm sorry, about bringing you into all this, I mean, you deserve better than the battlefield, but right now that's where I need you".

Sumia blushed, happy that Chrom was think about her "oh, Chrom... it's an honor and a privilege to serve under you, besides, serving as a soldier isn't all bad, there are lots of things I like about it".

Now that surprised Chrom, even I was a bit surprised, Sumia isn't a girl you would think, that would enjoy battle and war, so I was curious now, Chrom seems to agreed with me it seems, cause he asked Sumia about it right away "truly? like what?".

Sumia smiled and quickly responded "well, the horses are fun! and now that Rean is here, I get to play with Ponyta! she's so cute with that flaming mane of hers".

Chrom smiled but then thought something was odd about what Sumia said "you mean the Pegasus? er, Pegasuses?... Pegasi?".

Er... I think it's Pegasi, or at least that's what I think a group of Pegasus are called, Sumia giggled at the way Chrom struggled and then gave him a nod "those too! I just love swooping through the sky! it's so exhilarating!.

But I like looking after them even more, combing manes, brushing teeth...".

Well, Sumia has a way with animals, in fact I've seen her attend to the Pokémon often, I even seen her read about Pokémon care in the Pokémon Center Library.

Chrom seemed to enjoy seeing Sumia very happy and excited "you do spend a lot of time in the stable and with the Pokémon, now that I think about it".

Sumia nodded, but then she looked down and sadly frowned "I do hate that they have to fight, when theyre in the thick of battle... I know we need then if we're to win this war, it can't be helped... it makes my heart ache every time I see such beautiful creatures hurt...

At least, with Rean here I can rest easy knowing that he won't let anything happen to the animals and the Pokémon".

Well, the Pokémon hardly need protecting, maybe the new ones do, but they're not going to be joining the war here until I raised them a bit, but I do keep an eye on the horses and Sumia's Pegasus, if they get injured that would mean Stahl, Sully, Frederick and Sumia won't be able to fight.

They would be a big hit to the Shepherds battle power and that would be a bad thing, Chrom stared at Sumia with concern "I don't know what to say, Sumia, except to thank you again, thank you for all the sacrifices you're making for my sake.

I swear that I will do everything in my power to end this war quickly and I promise to build a peace that will endure for generations".

Sumia looked up at Chrom and stared into his eyes, she then blushed and gave him a soft and kind smile "I know you will, Chrom, and I'm going to help you do it!".

I smiled and then decided to leave the two be, this atmosphere was the kind thats needed for them to get closer, besides, they're not even paying attention to their surroundings right now, so I left to keep myself busy with something else.

I walked over to the Pokémon Center and there, right on the Pokémon Battlefield, I saw Sully and Frederick speaking with each other, so I approached them, though I stopped myself from getting too close when I heard Frederick say "you weren't your usual self in that last fight, Sully, if something is troubling you, I'm happy to hear".

Sully frowned in frustration and then began to speak "I can't figure out how the hell you beat me when we sparred! that's what's wrong!".

Frederick sweatdropped at Sully's outburst, I bet he didn't expect that "good heavens, that was a while ago... is there really any need to compete? we fight for the same cause".

Sully frowned and sighed in frustration "but it... I don't know, it was as if I knew you were going to beat me, I've never had that feeling with anyone else... well, except with Rean and the twins but like I said before, they don't count".

Frederick nodded "when you first joined the Shepherds, I was the one who taught you, perhaps that has something to do with it".

Sully grinned and nodded "ha! I remember... I came thinking I could mop the floor with all of you and might have until you showed up! you didn't look like much back then, but you beat the crap out of me".

Frederick nervously sweat "I wouldn't say I beat the... 'ahem' yes, well, I suppose it was a rite of passage of sorts".

Oh? getting the crap beaten out of you by Frederick is a rite of passage? ha! I want to see him try that with the twins and me, Sully suddenly huffed and shook her head "I didn't sleep for days after that... I was just so damn angry".

Frederick crossed his arms and then said "perhaps this is the cause of your current consternation, when master and student first fight, the student naturally stands no chance.

The perception that one's teacher is unbeatable can be difficult to shake".

Sully raised an eyebrow and seemed a bit confused "so I can't beat you now because you beat the crap out of me when I was fifteen?".

Frederick frowned as he heard how Sully put it "it doesn't sound quite honorable when you say it in that manner...".

It really doesn't, but oh well right now I found something fun to do "hey Frederick! what's this about you beating the crap of new recruits because its a rite of passage? how come no one told me! come on! let see you do that to me!".

Frederick jumped and began to sweat, while Sully grinned "oh? that's sounds fun to watch! kick his ass Rean!".

After beating the crap out Frederick and dumping his butt inside the Pokémon Center for Chansey to heal, I went out to see about having the Shepherds finally try going inside Gaea's Labyrinth, they all seem very comfortable with their new Enchanted clothes and having access to semi decent weapons made them ready to Dungeon crawl.

So I went to Robin and told him about it, he quickly agreed and went to gather the Shepherds, after I told him to have them all wait in front of the Labyrinth's gate in Xeno Town, while I went ahead of everyone.

I arrived in front the gates leading to Gaea's Labyrinth and waited for everyone to get here, Tiona and Tione were the first to arrived, Tione walked up to me and hugged me to give me a soft tender kiss.

I returned her kiss with one of mine and then gave her a smile, Tiona of course, grinned and then walked over to me and pulled me down for a kiss as well, I was more than happy to give her a kiss as well.

Tione giggled and then spoke up "so, we're taking the Shepherds into Gaea's Labyrinth, you think they're ready?".

I shook my head "no, not really, but they're going to have to be ready soon, I need them to grow strong if they want to survive this war".

Tiona looked into my eyes and then said "you already know about this world don't you?... you know what's about to happen".

I nodded, I've never fully revealed about what I know about the multiverse to the girls, but they are aware that I know a lot about some worlds, they don't really care much about that though.

They're quite happy to just experience another world on their own, but they know, that when I get serious about something and get over involved, it's because things would get difficult for our friends.

Tione grinned and nodded "well, that means we're going to have to help everyone with everything we have!".

Tione nodded "we won't let anything bad happen to our friends Rean".

I smiled at the twins, they're hotblooded warriors, but underneath that, they're sweet and kind girls, they're really different from the rest of the Amazons in Danmachi, they're unique and it's something I love about them.

So I knew I can count on them to help with this "alright, but there's Time traveling Shenanigans involved, so there's some things that have to happen and we can't get to crazy with our actions either.

We can't alert the big guys involved in all of this just yet, so we'll do what we can and change as many things as possible, we just have to be careful with how we do it, okay?".

The twins nodded, Tione suddenly grinned and fist pumped "this feels very exciting now! just what sort of enemies will be facing!? how many fights we'll have!? I can't wait!".

Tione grinned and flexed her fingers "we'll make blood rain!".

Ah, there's that bloodlust Tione is known for, as sweet and loving as she is, she has a very bloodthirsty personality that sometimes comes out to play, kinda feel bad about our enemies now, jusy a bit though.

A few minutes later, everyone gathered in front of the gates to Gaea's Labyrinth, everyone seems excited about going inside the Labyrinth but I had a few things to say before they head in "alright guys, listen up!".

The Shepherds quiet down and gave me their full attention, I nodded at everyone and then proceeded to continue to speak "you guys have new Enchanted Clothes and seem to be now used to moving around with them on now.

You also have semi decent weapons as well, so you should be able to go into the Labyrinth and train for a bit, however, I do have to give you all a few warnings.

First, we're staying on the first floor and thats how it will stay until I say so, the next floor is a cave system, with all sorts of underground monsters, no one here is ready to fight in such enclose space and against those monsters, not yet anyways.

Two, stay away from any fortress, any fortress found in the Dungeon has an army of monster and a Mid boss, you will all die if you were to try and go into any fortress.

Luckly my daughters have cleared most of the fortresses in the first floor, but the Labyrinth has a habit of spawning new ones and I don't want any of you entering one.

Third, always stay together! the monsters in the Labyrinth are smart and capable of planning and tactics, keep a eye on each other backs and keep alert, the monsters in here are full of surprises.

And fourth, we'll leave as soon as I say so, I will be monitoring everyone and making sure each and everyone of you are safe and healthy, when I say enough, then, it is enough, you will listen and gather around me to leave as quickly as possible, okay?".

Everyone nodded, all the Shepherds heeded Rean's words seriously, even Lon'qu who is new, also got serious and nodded, the swordsman didn't know what he was signing up for when he agreed to join the Shepherds.

But he had to admit that it was both amazing and exhilarating, suddenly Lissa raised her hand to ask a question and I raised an eyebrow at her but gave her a nod to let her know to ask away "yes Lissa?".

Lissa smiled and then asked her question "you have two daughters!?".

I chuckled in amusement and shook my head "that's what grabbed your attention from everything I just explained?"

Lissa grinned and gave me an innocent look "oh, I heard everything else! but I'm sure I'm not the only one who is curious, you know?".

Chrom nodded "well, I am a bit curious about you being a father".

Robin hummed for a bit, but then nodded in agreement "what kind of children someone like you would have?".

Miriel lifted her glassed and nodded "what sort of powerful progeny someone of you power would have? that's a interesting question indeed".

I sweatdropped when I saw everyone in the Shepherds nod in agreement, well except Lon'qu, the dude looked like he couldn't care less "well, Kunou and Wiene are very powerful, they do play ping pong with the Dragons you can find in the lower levels of the Labyrinth".

Everyone gaped at the mention of my daughters playing ping pong with the Dragons as balls in Gaea's Labyrinth, to be honest, I didn't know how to feel about that myself, I'm a Dragon after all and seeing my daughters bully one like that? well, it gave me some very complicated emotions.

But before anyone could say or do anything, Tiona grinned and said "Kunou is a cutle little kitsune! that mean she's a fox girl, she's very cheerful and playful but she's also very tenacious and battle crazy.

She can use Pokémon attacks, that should tell you how powerful our little daughter is, oh! she's Yasaka's blood daughter though, but she adopted all of us as her parents and we're her family now".

Tione smiled and then spoke up "Wiene is a very special little girl, she's what you would call a Xeno, but she was born out of Rean's energy and another's, so she's something far more special.

She's a certified nurse! and you won't find a better healer everywhere, well except Asia, but Wiene looks extra cute in her nurse's inform so she wins, but it's best not to get her angry.

She's very unforgiving and brutal when fighting enemies, though you guys don't have to worry about that, to family and friends Wiene is a sweetheart".

Everyone had some very odd mental images about Kunou and Wiene, though I could tell right away that they were thinking something crazy, so I took out my smartphone and then showed them pictures of my daughters.

The girls in the Shepherds cooed and awed at how cute Kunou and Wiene looked, even Sully said they look adorable, though the guys stared at them trying to figure how two super cute and small girls can be as powerful as the twins just told them.

But a few moments later I put away my phone and then told everyone to go into Gaea's Labyrinth, unlike Kaede who was already an Oni and very powerful on her own, the Shepherds are completely human.

So, I and the twins had to keep an even closer look at their progress and condition, luckily, Astraea helped me with this by showing me their HP and MP along with their positions in the Mini Map, though Kellam's name and stats would sometimes disappeared, so I had Latias follow him and keep and eye on him just in case.

The Shepherds now inside the Labyrinth, moved like a unit but gave each other enough space to move with ease, Robin had Kellam, Frederick, Sully, Lon'qu, Stahl and Vaike in the frontline, meanwhile Miriel, Virion and Robin himself were in the middle of the formation for long range attacking.

Lissa, Sumia and Chrom were staying in the back row, Sumia and Chrom because they can move fast enough to support anyone who might need some help with ease and Lissa, because she needs to be in a position where she can move and heal anyone who needs it.

Everyone has Healing Gels and other healing items, but Lissa was still the main healer of the unit, so I had Giratina stay in her shadow and be ready to help just in case she needs it.

And so the twins and I bare witness to the Shepherds waging war against the goblins of the first floor of Gaea's Labyrinth, they were of course caught off guard at first with how vicious and fast they are.

But they soon adapted to the monsters and kept going, soon they began to find other kinds of goblins, types like Goblin Mages, Goblin Riders, Goblin Archers and even Goblin Knights.

Gaea's Labyrinth is always changing, always improving, Gaea always makes sure to add more and more new stuff in her Labyrinth for is to deal with, things to catch us by surprise and give us a challenge.

It something the girls and I are very happy about, because it lets us get stronger and improved our abilities futher and further, especially because we have to get used to fighting different types of monsters.

The Shepherds however, were having a bit of a hard time now, beating a normal unarmed Goblin is easy, beating one on full armor, or one capable of casting magic or shooting arrows at you, is a completely different story.

But Chrom, Robin and the rest proved they weren't ordinary warriors and fought on and on, it was a full on war now, an army of Goblin of all types against the Shepherds.

The battle was long and brutal, but thanks to the weapons and new clothes the Shepherds now have, they were able to keep fighting for a long time, so focused in the battle they were, that the Shepherds were unaware of the passage of time and how little by little they were getting stronger.

My Domain of Bonds is a very special one, what it does, is act as a pseudo Falna to those I consider family and friends, it allows them to grow stronger and stronger, they even develop new skills and abilities as well.

The most amazing part of my Domain of Bonds, is that it also might trigger an evolution on those I care about, we still haven't figured out the conditions, and none of the girls have been able to evolve yet, though Serafall and Yasaka had commented that they hsvr felt a small spark within them sometimes stir.

As if wanting to explode out, but they hadn't had any luck coaxing it out yet, but the Shepherds, who are human and barely getting stronger? maybe they'll be able to evolve to their higher classes on their own this way.

Who knows? but I can't wait to see it and witness just how powerful this band of warriors can really get while being humans, after all, in the game, they had limitations on the level they could reach and how high their stats could get.

But again, my Domain over Bonds destroyed those limitations, still in the game they were able to defeat Grima even with the game's limitations, just what else can they do with me helping them get even stronger?.

A few hours later, the Shepherds began to slow down and get tired, so I decided that it was enough, so I blasted then entire area around them with energy blasts and killed all of the Goblins, the Shepherds gaped at my sudden attack.

But relax when I flew towards them and landed close by, I smiled at everyone and then said "alright, that's enough for today, you guys did good and it seems like your fully used to the weapons and more importantly your new clothes.

But for now we should get back and have you guys rest, we'll proceed with the operation to rescue Maribelle after everyone is fully rested".

Everyone nodded and relaxed, with that done we all walked back to Gaea's Labyrinth gate and walked out of it, everyone immediately headed back to the Pokémon Center to take a shower and go to sleep.

Though they all looked like zombies and were a bit wobbly, no one complained though, in fact they were all smiles and chuckles, Tiona giggled seeing everyone in a good mood "and they say that Amazons are battle crazy".

I grinned and her and said "you are".

Tione rolled her eyes, while Tiona laughed and nodded "yup! but the Shepherds are about the same as us though".

I nodded and chuckled, it was true, all the Shepherds enjoyed a good battle and they all like getting stronger, which was good, motived fighters are always the best to help get stronger.

After everyone had a shower and sometime to rest, I cook some dinner and told everyone that we would be going into Gaea's Labyrinth from time to time from now, everyone immediately agreed and even seemed excited about it.

Especially because everyone got some loot from all the Goblins they killed, mostly money and materials, but I told them that they could sell the materials in Xeno Town's shopping district for some good money and that made everyone even more excited.

Especially because, now that they had money they could buy some things in Xeno Town or the Pokemart, something everyone was planning to do in the morning before we left to march to the Northroad and save Maribelle.

The next day.

Everyone woke up early and went to walk around Xeno Town, Tione and Tiona went with some of the girls to go buy stuff, so being left on my own, I decided to go for a walk, see what was happening with the Shepherds.

As I was walking around Xeno Town, I saw Virion hitting on Marie the Mermaid, but she just giggled and him and shook her head before leaving, poor Virion, Marie is a romantic and wants to be saved and held by her Knight in shinning and that's definitely not Virion.

Buf before Virion could lament his failure, Miriel suddenly walked up to him "ah Virion, there! you are".

Virion jumped as if a monster of horrible proportions had caught him "eek! I must beat a retreat! Virion, away!".

This guys is so dramatic, even when running away, Miriel frowned and called out "not so fast!" it seems Miriel came prepared, because Torterra stepped to Miriel's side and grabbed Virion with a Vine Whip before he could get away.

Virion faceplanted on the ground and I couldn't help but flinch at that, though that wasn't the end of it either, because Torterra then dragged Virion back to Miriel, his face was literally being scraped against the ground.

My guess is that Virion had bee avoiding Miriel for a while and she got tired of his shit, once Virion was dragged close enough, Torterra flipped him over and Virion groaned in pain "m-milady! could you please ask the Pokémon to... ow!.. let go of my leg?...".

Miriel, however, was not in the mood to be merciful and shook her head "no, if Torterra lets you go, you will simply run away again, now then, do you recall a promise to teach me fortune telling?".

Virion began to nervously sweat "erm, let me see... you know, I'm not sure I do...".

Miriel narrowed her eyes at Virion and continued to speak "I have not seen you since we forged our earlier understanding, you take your meals in your room in the Pokémon Center and practice archery in the dead of night.

I can only theorize from this behavior that you're attempting to avoid me, so I asked sir Torterra to give me his aid at making sure that you wouldn't avoid me this time".

Torterra glared at Virion which made him very nervous, with the respect Miriel seems to give him, there's no way Torterra wouldn't help her, Virion soon shook his head and said "no! of course not! I've just been... busy, a busy, busy bee! buzz buzz!.

I scoff at the mere suggestion that I might try to avoid you, milady".

Yeah I'm not buying it and neither is Miriel it seems "your answer is less than plausible, but regardless, here you are, you will teach me what I want to know, or I will go to Chrom.

You had ample time to prepare a standard lesson plan".

Yeah, Miriel was in no mood to play around, Virion sighed "m-milady is nothing if not incredibly, frustratingly persistent... but are you sure about this? you may be... disappointed with what you discover".

Miriel narrowed her eyes at Virion even more, which was impressive as all hell, she then frowned and asked "what do you mean?".

Virion seemed very nervous again, but it looks like he can't no longer escape any of this "well, it's only that... you see... fortune telling has nothing to do with seeing the future.

It's about seeing the emotions of the questioner, and manipulating them".

Virion was now hoping that Miriel would just drop the whole thing now, but Miriel isn't one to just ignore something new and interesting, so to his shock, she seemed even more curious now "fascinating, please, tell me more".

Virion eventually sighed but began to explain "let me think... how can I put it? it's like an exercise in persuasion, simply tell the person something that is likely to happen, yes? and then convince them it's an omen meant only for them!".

Miriel looked very interested and nodded "and you choose a vague, common event, such as any interaction with water, that way, when it occurs, the person will establish a link back to you augury.

They are so preoccupied with seeing their experience as special, they never notice, I see... so when you told me my fortune, in a way you were merely appealing to my ego".

Virion nodded "people will believe the moon is made out of cheese if you just turned their head right, really, that's all there is to it... I hope your not too disappointed?".

Miriel suddenly smiled and shook her head "not at all, on the contrary, I'm fascinated".

Virion look intrigued now and seeing that he wasn't going to run away again Torterra let go of his leg and walked away, Virion was now very curious about Miriel's take on all of this "oh?".

Miriel just went on "though my scientific mind had doubt, a small part of me believed your claims, you clearly have great insight into the human psyche".

Virion stared at Miriel in confusion "er... well..." he didn't even know what to say.

Miriel ignored that and kept going "this opens up a whole new field of very promising study, you must teach me everything you know, verbal ticks, persuasive skills, all of it, I will record your findings and study them at length later".

Miriel suddenly grabbed Virion's leg and began to drag him who knows where, which made Virion panicked a bit "a-all right, I'll do it, just let go of my leg and stop dragging me!".

Miriel just smiled at Virion and then proceeded to ignore him, poor bastard, I wonder what Miriel would say or do, if she found out that some Psychic Pokémon can get glimpses of the future?... yeah, I think it's better she never finds out.

An hour later.

After everyone shopped, rested or just relaxed, well except Virion, he looked tired and dead on his feet, looks like Miriel sucked all the knowledge she wanted from his brain, but I ignore that and gathered everyone together.

I soon took everyone out of My Pokéhome and back to the Shepherds' Camp up north of the Capital of Ylisstol, Chrom then got everyone to march to the Northroad after picking up Emmeryn, no time had passed since we left, so no one even noticed we were gone.

Which is great, no one will ever know how much stronger the Shepherds are now, it was a long march to the Northroad, but, we took breaks and even stopped by My Pokéhome whenever we needed to eat or sleep.

Eventually, we arrived to the meeting place and there we finally met Gangrel, the Mad King, along with him was a young woman standing by his side, Gangrel immediately stared at us and annoyingly began to speak "what's this, then? the Exalt herself, in all her radiance? I fear I must shield my eyes! Bwa ha ha ha!".

What an annoying prick, we were lucky this asshole didn't have a lot of voice dialog in the game, cause his voice is gritting on the nerves, Emmeryn didn't react in annoyance or anything and just calmly responded "King Gangrel, I've come for the truth of this unfortunate incident between us".

The young woman besides Gangrel, I believe her name was Aversa, spoke up "the truth? I can give you the truth".

Emmeryn tilted her head and seemed a bit confused as to why the young woman spoke up like that "perhaps milady might first share her name?".

The young woman smiled, a mocking and arrogant smile at that and then introduced herself "you may call me Aversa".

Emmeryn nodded "very well, Aversa, is Maribelle unharmed?".

Gangrel looked confused for a second "who? oh yes, the little blonde brat" Gangrel grinned and then waved his hand, a tall Plegian Barbarian came walking over, while pushing Maribelle forward.

Of course, Maribelle didn't appreciate this and began to immediately yell at the Barbarian "unhand me, you gutter born troglodyte!".

The Barbarian however just pushed her forward again, causing Lissa to call out to Maribelle in worry "Maribelle!".

Maribelle immediately turned her head towards Lissa and called out to her "Lissa? darling, is that you?".

Before anyone could say anything, Aversa suddenly interrupted Lissa and Maribelle "the girl crossed the Plegian border without our consent, and what's more... she wounded the brave Plegian Soldiers who sought only to escort her safely home".

I frowned at what we all just heard "what a bunch of bullshit...".

Maribelle immediately began to struggle against the Barbarian holding her and yelled in indignation "lies! you speak nothing but lies, hag! did they not teach the meaning of the word 'truth' in wretched crone school!?".

Aversa however, just giggled mockingly at Lissa " ... you see? no manners at all, such a nasty little bird simply had to be caged".

Gangrel maliciously grinned and began to speak "such violent temper speaks to her guilt, this will call for a weighty punishment and if she were to later confess to being an Ylissean spy? my goodness!.

It would take an act of considerable good faith to repair our relations".

Everyone glared at the obvious threat Gangrel just delivered, Maribelle growled in anger "I have done nothing wrong! it is they who should confess!.

They are the ones who invaded Ylisse, they razed an an entire village! when I attempted to intervene, they took me and dragged me across the border! let the plundered shops and charred homes of that village serve as my proof!".

Gangrel just scoffed and shrugged "that would only prove Ylisse has a bandit Problem, something I hear often of late... but indeed, tonight I shall weep salty tears into my pillow for your dead villagers".

Maribelle looked down for a second and then looked over to Emmeryn "your Grace, please!".

Emmeryn looked up towards Maribelle in worry, everyone waited to see whether she believed Maribelle or the Mad King and what would she decide to do next.

And done!.

Things are getting tense! Gangrel reallynis th worst kind of person, I really didn't like him either and was disappointed that he was a DLC character, everything about him just rubbed me the wrong way really.

But let's put that aside, first, Rean had some interaction with the Shepherds and we saw a few developments between the characters.

The Shepherds also finally got to go inside the Labyrinth for a bit andit was very intense for them, it took all of them to be able to last in there for a while but they're adapting quickly and getting stronger.

Things will escalet later though, so next chapter, expect action! but that's it from me tonight guys, this guys is going to go to sleep! so goodnight and see you all later!.