A new chapter, and to answer some questions, yes I know the last chapter is fairly similar to canon, I wanted to look like that because I wanted to change the outcome of the history in the next chapters. So I will publish a couple of chapters today, and they will start to divert from canon, more and more. I just wanted to say that, besides that, thank you for the reviews and everything else. See you in a couple of hours.
I hope it's better now.
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Chapter 7
Galadriel was standing in front of a mirror, getting easily frustrated by the thing every minute. She was trying her hardest to move the thing at her will, but failed every time she tried.
"This fricking thing won't work, Arghh so annoying!" She said, and by accident, she just expanded the picture.
"Eh…" Galadriel turned around when she heard Seba's clapping, which did not make her feel good at all. She felt like a baby girl who could use the potty for the first time.
"Congratulation, Lady Galadriel," Sebas said with a smile on his face.
"T-thank Sebas, and sorry for making you stay with me all this time," she mumbled.
"Nonsense, lady Galadriel. Staying beside my master and following her orders is the reason for my existence. That is reason lord Touch me created me," Sebas said with full devotion. Galadriel looked at the creation of her old flame and gave a slight smile.
"Thank you," she said.
"Now, let's search for areas where there might be people," she announced, moving the view around in the mirror. For a few minutes, she found nothing, only trees and rivers, but then she discovered a tiny village.
"A village, wait, what is going on there?" she looked more closely at the strange fire and smoke surrounding the village.
"What is that? A festival?" The demon empress said.
"No, it doesn't look like a festival, Lady Galadriel," she moved the view and got close enough to see what Sebas meant. Knights move from one place to the next one, killing all that stands in their way.
Galadriel was shocked by it, and not only because of what was happening but of what she felt… or lack thereof, exactly.
She would have been screaming her lungs out or fainting already, but nothing of that was happening. Instead, she was watching and enjoying the view of humans getting massacre left and right.
She felt no pity for them, not even a little empathy, nothing. She wondered if there was a bit of her humanity left in this new body.
"What would you do, lady Galadriel?" asked Sebas with a tense body.
"Nothing, I couldn't care less of what happens to those humans," she never sounded so aggressive.
"Understood," it was the only thing that Sebas said.
She continued to look with joy as she saw a woman getting decapitated, but then she felt a shift on where Sebas was standing. When she looked, she saw Seba's stoic face, as he looks at the poor people of the village suffering. She immediately saw Touch me-san in him and for a second, she felt ashamed of herself. She looked at the image in front of her and sighed.
"What would Touch Me do in this situation, Sebas?" she asked him softly.
"I believe you know the answer, lady Galadriel," he said bowing his head.
"Saving someone in trouble is common sense…" she intoned, and Galadriel missed the slight smile that Sebas gave her.
"I would have to test my power eventually anyway, better be this way, sorry Touch me-san, I forgot your words," Galadriel stood up and arm herself with a less flamboyant armor. She made sure to not leave any piece of skin visible, even though she was wearing one of those combat dressers. She took a long red cape and a mask. Just to hide her identity.
"Sebas put Nazarick at the highest alert level, and tell Albedo to follow me full armed," Galadriel said
"Tell Demiurge about this, tell him I want the village surroundings secure, I want nothing to go in or out without me knowing," she said, as she steps into the gate. Looking to save two girls.
The girl was hugging her little sister, telling her everything would be all right. Telling her that everything would end soon.
"Prepare to die!" the knight said as he raises his swords to strike, but only to freeze for a thing coming from behind the girls.
"What is that?!" he screams.
The two girls looked behind and saw a figure coming from a portal, a woman wearing a divine dress with a long red cape and a strange mask on her.
She stood in front of the two girls and without even caring to say anything, then she just pointed her finger at the knight in front of her.
"[Arcane arrow]" she said and a bolt of light shoot out of her finger to the chest of the poor knight who died instantly.
"So weak…" Enri heard.
She felt the strange woman gaze upon her. She didn't know what could she do but only close her eyes, waiting to die the same way the knight did.
"Are you all right?" Enri opened her eyes and saw that she was still alive.
She wanted to say something, but the sudden pain in her back stopped her. The huge slash on her brought the attention of the woman.
"My lady, sorry for taking so long!" Albedo said while she stepped out of the gate.
"You are on time, Albedo," she said to the succubus who looked down at two girls.
"My lady, what are you going to do with these inferior life forms?" Albedo asked.
"I am planning on saving them, for now at least, you girl take this," Galadriel said, showing a red potion in front of her.
"Wh-what is this? I will take it but please don't hurt my sister!" the older one said begging for mercy.
"It's just a health potion, what is her problem, don't they have things like this in this world? I must be careful to not give information around, that's one reason I send a message to Albedo to not use my name in front of these people," Galadriel thought.
"Don't worry, it would heal your wound, trust me, I have not the intention of harming you after I save you," she said.
Enri didn't argue with that logic, so she drank the potion and quickly found herself free of pain. She was astonished at how fast this potion healed her.
"Do you know magic?" Enri only nods slowly.
"A friend of mine can use it, he comes to our village once in a while," the girl said.
"Good, then it is easier to explain, I am a magic caster… of the sort," Galadriel said.
"I-thank you for saving my sister and me!" the girl said on her knees. Galadriel ignored the girl, as she thought about what to do, then she realized that she needs to experiment with item summons, so she pulled out a wolf figure and activated it.
"[Fenrir call]" a black portal was open and within it, a huge black wolf appeared. The two girls saw the gigantic beast in front of them and were too terrified to do anything, even scream.
"Uwa, so fluffy and big, I was always a sucker for dogs, never had one but always love them," she thought while softly caressing the enormous wolf who seems to bark happily.
"Fenrir, smell your prize, kill any knight with the same armor, send them to hell," Galadriel said as the black wolf let a howling strong enough to be heard miles away. Then he left to hunt his prey, Galadriel looked at both of the girls and throw a couple of defense spells.
"Take this and use it if you find yourself in trouble, an army of goblins would appear and should protect you," Galadriel said.
"Th-thank you so much," Enri said.
"It's nothing," Galadriel said while she walked away.
"Wait, please may I know my savior's name?" she asked, and that stop Galadriel for a moment.
"Should I tell my name? No, it would be dangerous, perhaps if I take the names of the guild… no, again dangerous, Mm, I think I know what to do," she turns around and taking her best badass pose she spoke.
"I am the Witch Queen of Nazarick," she said and walked away.
"I hope Tolkien doesn't mind," she thought and cringe a little.
"Should I call you Lady Nazarick, my lady?" Albedo asked.
"No, I am only planning to use this name for a cover-up. I don't want for the people of this world to know our guild or my name for that matter, I don't know what kind of reaction would that bring if there is another player around," Galadriel said.
"So, when we are alone am still Galadriel, when we are around… humans, it's Lady Nazarick, understood?"
"Yes, my lady!"
In the village, the knights were facing one of the most bizarre creatures yet. A huge black wolf, that seems to be immune to any kind of damage.
"Protect me!" their captain yelled as the black wolf seems to not care at all about his pleads for mercy.
It didn't take much time for the beast to destroy any kind of defense and eat the knights one by one.
The poor people of the village saw everything and were completely terrified about this creature. When the wolf turned to them, they were already praying to any god they believed.
"Fenrir dear, that's enough," they saw how two ominous figures emerge from nowhere.
They saw how a woman with the red cape gently pet the black wolf-like creature like it was nothing.
"Good job, my dear, you did a splendid job," she said as the Fenrir answer with a bark. Galadriel ignored a very jealous Albedo looking at the wolf.
"Worry not, people of this village, you are all saved from danger, for I have come to save you," she said, using her skill [For the weak minded] which practically allow her to throw compulsion to NPCs, so instead of them being afraid of her, they would be at peace, making them easy to gain trust and control over them.
"This skill was useful in early levels; it was easy to farm when the animal you had to kill didn't fight back. On NPCs it was easy to get a better quest and to steal stuff, sadly it only worked on very low NPCs, but let's see what does this skill does in this world," she thought.
They all rushed and kneel before her. Galadriel was so confused at this moment that she had her mouth open.
"Thank you so much, you saved us!" one of them said.
"I… yeah, this is different."
Then she saw a group of soldiers arrived. She narrows her eyes and saw that they have distinct armor color. The soldiers look stunned when they saw that creature.
"What is that?!" one soldier exclaimed.
"I don't know!"
The warrior captain saw that the people were safe, and they weren't prisoners of the strange masked woman, or so it seemed, so he gave the benefit of the doubt to that person.
"So, you are the one who saved this town," he said as he got off his horse and approached her.
He stops when the huge black wolf's growl at him, only to be stopped by the woman with the white mask.
"Easy there Fenrir dear, sorry for that, he is protective," she said.
"I understand, my name is Gazef Stronoff, warrior captain of Re-Estize kingdom. Thank you for saving this town," he said, bowing deeply.
"He is strong, at least strong enough to no be affected [For the weak minded] still, I need to know more about this world," she thought to herself.
"It's no problem at all, I was passing by, I am the Witch Queen of Nazarick, It's a pleasure to meet you," she said with her regal voice, to which Gazef frowned. He had never heard of such a place, but he was not about to interrogate the one who saved these people, at least not now.
"I apologize, your grace," he said with respect.
"Don't worry about it," Galadriel said.
"Now, please tell me what-"
"Sir, we've been surrounded by numerous forces!" The lieutenant said, interrupting the meeting.
"It seems we secure the area first," Gazef said, to which Galadriel nodded.
Galadriel followed him for a while, looking and exploring, taking their time to look around to see the enemy. Then, Galadriel saw angels, an Archangel of fire, a type monster from Yggdrasil. He told her he believed that they were from a nation call Slane Theocracy, a place they believe in human supremacy. She frowns at the name; she has heard that before, but she quite could not remember it right now. But she knew that they were using a special summons item from Yggdrasil.
So, her suspicion was true. They were players here, or people using their items. After a few minutes of talking, Gazef tries to employ her as a mere mercenary, something that annoyed her to no end.
But Galadriel was more enrages that someone would have the gall to destroy her efforts. She told the warrior captain that the village was under her protection, so there was nothing to worry about.
"I don't understand why bothering saving these humans, lady Galadriel," Albedo said.
"Foundations for our future. I talk to the village elders and realized we will need a lot more resources. This is one reason I didn't use my name, being that someone may know me. I will use the Witch Queen persona to bring attention and see the reaction of other nations, I still don't know if there are players around so, using my real name would bring more attention and put us in danger, I don't want that or at least not yet," she told Albedo as they walked around.
"{Lady Galadriel, Demiurge here, we have surrounded the village and the enemy forces, as well use defensive spells to stop any kind of espionage}" Galadriel heard the message and smile.
"{Good job, Demiurge I want you to watch the enemy, if everything goes with my plan I will face them soon, I want to test the magical power of this world so if any player is waiting for me and is hostile, I want Shalltear and Cocytus ready to intercept, understood?}"
"{Yes!}" she ended the message and for a few minutes, she waited. Until she felt that Gazef would die.
"It's our time Albedo, get ready," she said and activated the item and suddenly she was standing in front of a bunch of angels and a group of people controlling them.
"Greetings, people of the Slane Theocracy, I am the witch queen of Nazarick, so let me tell you that if you surrender peacefully, I will not kill you… slowly," she said with a wide grin on her face.
"Wh-what?" the guy she supposed to be their leader said.
"Where is the warrior captain?!" he demanded.
"Who knows," she said.
"You are really arrogant, woman, don't you know who we are? Who I am?!" the guy said.
"No," Galadriel said, amused.
"I am Nigun Grid Luin, captain of the Sunlight Scripture of the Slane Theocracy, loyal servant of the Six great gods, and the ancient one!" Nigun exclaims proudly.
"Six great gods? Ancient one? Never heard of them… but there is something, something familiar… I don't remember quite well, I will have to check my journals, but for now, I must deal with these clowns," Galadriel thought.
"And where are these great six gods or Ancient One? Call them to me and let them punish me, but you can't can you? Because they don't exist, because whatever they are or better yet, whatever they were, are not here, perhaps they are dead, so again what makes them gods?" Galadriel mocked him, and Nigun's anger increased.
"You dare!" Nigun screams.
"Kill her!" Nigun commanded as two angels quickly descend on her. Galadriel felt anger for some reason, as she watched how two low-level angels tried to hurt her.
"Albedo, kill those worms," Galadriel said, and Albedo just swung her battle-ax, killing those angels in one hit. Making Nigun gasp.
"Attack all of you!" suddenly all the angels went on the attack, but they were no match to Albedo who seems quite bored behind her helmet. Galadriel was not even paying attention to the spells that they were using on her.
When they saw that, Nigun felt terror like nothing before. So he sends his angel.
"Attack, Principality of Observation!" Then, Nigun saw her hand stopped his angel attack like it was nothing.
It was something beyond anything he has seen. There was no logic in that. No one could just stop an angel attack with one hand. No one.
"[Hell flame]" Galadriel said lazily as the black fire consumed the angel.
"Impossible!" he yells.
"Just who are you...?! You would not win! I will summon the highest tier angel!" Nigun said, pulling a crystal.
"A Magic sealing crystal, Mm, if he can actually summon an Archangel or worse yet, a Seraph of the Empyrean from Yggdrasil, I would have to go serious," Galadriel thought.
"Albedo, get ready," she said, almost preparing herself for a fight, but what she saw shocked her.
"Behold! Dominion of Authority!"
The angel appeared all high and mighty, only to meet a disappointing Galadriel. That angel was not even some worthy of her. Galadriel was angry and suddenly tired.
"Wha… this is a joke?! It's a simple lvl 50 angel with 7 tier magic… and one spell, such a disappointment," Galadriel sighed.
"Is this really you triumph card?" she said lazily.
"That's right! Behold our greatest weapon…" Ningun was about to speak until the demon empress made him stop.
"So stupid," Galadriel said, stopping the ramblings of Nigun.
"And here I thought I would have a little fun…" Galadriel said while kicking a small rock nearby.
"Wh-what are you... no, Dominion of Authority, use Holy Smite!"
Nigun felt had a smirk on his face when the holy light hit her, but then suddenly disappear when she was standing there looking anything but bored.
"Mm, I think I took damage… I don't know, it felt a little warm, but that's it," she said.
"What…" Nigun whispered, and suddenly a feeling of dread came from the warrior next to her.
"How dare you?! To harm my beloved with that?! How dare you?! I will kill all of you, I will crush your skulls! I…"
"Albedo, dear, it's fine," Galadriel said, amused by Albedo's rage.
"But…!"
"Albedo, it's fine. It was an experiment, nothing more. Don't worry about it. Just stand there, with that beautiful smile of yours, and let take care of the rest. [Arcane singularity]" then, the angel shattered into millions of pieces. Like it was made of crystal.
"Impossible!" Nigun cried. As they left him alone since the rest of the surrounding people flee in horror.
"Mmm, {Demiurge, capture all the ones who flee and take them to interrogation}" she said.
"This is impossible, no one can have that power, no one!" he cries.
"Nothing is impossible for me, I am what I am," she said, removing her normal armor and mask. She used her flamboyant one, revealing her long wings, horns, and everything else.
"How… Impossible could it be… the Ancient One?" Nigun said on his knees. Galadriel could hear that, so she pushed further to see what he was talking about.
"In the past, everyone knew my name, everyone feared me, everyone respected me, I was Yggdrasil's strongest. Tell me, mortal, do you know who I am?" she said spreading her arms and wings.
"Could it be… could it be, are you… the Ancient One, Galadriel Melkor?" Nigun said with both fear and reverence. Albedo tensed because of the lowlife form use her name, Galadriel for her part was panicking.
"You will tell me everything, all of what you know, and if you prove yourself useful, I may let you live," Galadriel said as her mind was racing with possibilities, as well the problems she would face.