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Naofumi Itawani was an average Japanese individual, he lived with his parents and was currently attending college, at the moment he was inside a local bookshop looking for a good light novel to read, but as always he was met with self-indulging isekai. He was about to leave the section before he heard the sound of something hitting the ground, he turned around and saw that a book was now on the floor
"Huh? How did this fall?" he said as he went and picked up the fallen book and analyzed it, it was a rusty red book that was fairly big and wide, he observed the sides and saw that it seemed to have a lot of pages, he looked at the back to see if there was a synopsis but it didn't, he turned back to the front of the book were the title was written in big golden letters
"Record of the cardinal weapons? At least the title doesn't give away the whole story" he sarcastically said as he opened the book to see what it was about
"An event called the waves of calamity would hit the world and threatened to end all of existence, to combat this, the citizens of the world would use an ancient ritual to summon heroes from another earth, These heroes would wield the legendary holy weapons that could repeal the waves" He started to read, it sounded kind of like an isekai, which was a bit discouraging but it could be worth a damn. He flipped the page only to be meet with it being blank
"What the? Why is it blank?" Naofumi asked confused as he flipped through the pages only to find that the entire rest of the book was blank, suddenly the book began to glow a bright light
"AAAhrrrgh!" Naofumi screamed as the light consumed him whole
"We did it! The summoning was a success" a voice called out from a dark chamber as it observed the four bodies on the ground
"What?" Naofumi asked as he got up and looked at the voice who called out, a man standing in front of a group of people wearing dark robes, Naofumi looked around the room before seeing the people summoned to his left
There were three other people inside the summoning circle with him and Naofumi was terrified of what he saw.
One of them wielded a spear that he was currently using to support himself as he got up. He was a extremely tall, slender, somewhat muscular and broad-shouldered humanoid moth creature with greyish-lavender skin and pupil-less cerise-pink eyes, over which he was wearing a gold-rimmed, heart-shaped sunglasses with cerise-pink lenses. His mouth was full of sharp, cerise-pink colored teeth, with a single golden fang that sits to his far left of center. He was wearing a pair of long black heeled boots. He had fluffy white fur with small red love-hearts around his neck that plumes up from an coat's break-line. He was bald with moth-like antennae; the right appearing like a large white with black heart striped feather while the left appeared smaller and lacking the white areas. He had an extra set of arms just above his hips with both sets of arms having pitch black hands. He was wearing some sort of floor-length red coat with white fur at the wrists, as well as black and white striped fur trim down the center-front to the bottom hem and three white stripes on both hips. This coat was pinned with a gold chain and gold love-heart shaped broach fastenings at the breast. He also fashioned a vivid-red top hat that had a wide, asymmetrical zebra-print hat-band, which his antennae poke out like feathers
The one holding up a sword as she got up was a short, slim humanoid with cedar-brown skin, and long curly hair kept into pigtails with bangs by black hair ties. Her hair was colored in a desire-red that features the insides colored in a faded dark navy-blue, and white swirled-streaks on her pigtails and one on her bangs. Her eyes have white irises, red sclera and slit black pupils, and having some type of makeup consisting of burgundy eyeshadow on her eyelids, and black lipstick on her lips with a strip across the center of her mouth that has fangs inside. Her clothing consisted of a white skull-shaped earrings, and a sleeveless dark navy-blue coat with burgundy lining and two desire hearts on the left side of the fur collar. Her coat was worn over a sleeveless, black turtleneck crop-top that includes two desire hearts on the chest. Her loose pants are colored in navy-blue and desire-red in a striped pattern, held by a dark navy belt with a white heart-shaped buckle. For footwear, she wore navy low-heeled shoes with white pom-poms on top. Velvette accessorized with black-striped fingerless opera gloves with alternating colors - white for her right glove and desire red for her left.
The one carrying a bow and currently cleaning his knee from dust was a tall and slim-figured, who sports a flat-screen television for a head, with the monitor projecting eyes with red sclera, small cyan pupils and different-colored outlines - black for his right and cyan for his left. The screen also showed a mouth full of sharp, cyan-colored teeth, with something that looks like blood seems to drip out of his mouth. He also appeared to have dark navy-blue skin with sharp, cyan claw-like fingers. He wore a navy-blue tuxedo with the jacket sporting coattails, red-trimmed cyan lapels, thin cyan stripes and cyan lining, worn over a red-and-black striped waistcoat which itself is worn over a collared bluish-white shirt with an upside-down broadcast symbol and a rather large, red bowtie. He also was wearing heeled dark gray dress shoes with cyan-colored laces, toes, and tips on the heels. Having a black top hat on his head, with red and blue designs reminiscent of a broadcast symbol and radio wave symbol, respectively. He has two TV antennas that stick out the top of the hat, the right one bent into a zigzag
Naofumi looked at the monsters before him and felt the urge to scream in fear, but before he could, the gems carved in their weapons glowed a faint light as Naofumi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head that caused him to held it with his left hand while trying not to fall to the ground after just getting up. When the pain stopped and he opened his eyes again, his vision was blurry for a moment before returning to normal as he looked at the other three people summoned alongside him, but instead of the monsters he saw before, he found a trio of humans, the moth creature was replaced for a Hispanic man with silvery-white hair in a buzzcut style, the short doll like creature was now just a black woman with red eyes and the TV headed humanoid was now a white man with blue eyes and short brown hair that had a red underside
Naofumi blinked multiple times as he scratched the side of his head, he was sure that they were monsters just a second ago but when he tried remembering what they looked like before, he found himself blank on the details, not even remembering anything about how they looked before the headache, he just brushed that aside, thinking that he was imagining things before as he was very stressed and must have hit his head or something
Naofumi decided to ask the robed individuals what was going on but before he could say anything, the one with the spear had already raised his voice.
"Where the fuck are we?! Why are we here, you shit heads!?" The spear wielder said as he pulled out a gun from his coat, causing the bearer of the shield to jump back in fear as he saw the gun
"I will blow your fucking heads out if you don't answer!" The spear wielder screamed but before he could pull the trigger, a sharp sting of pain almost like an electrical shock coming from his hand caught him by surprise, making him drop the gun. Awkwardness filled the room as the other summoned heroes and robed individuals looked at the spear wielder as he held his hand in pain
"Did you just have a muscle cramp? Was it from masturbating too much?" The sword wielder remarked with astonishing sass, the spear wielder didn't respond with anything more than a annoyed growl at the short red hair as he quickly and smoothly picked up the gun and pointed at the sword wielder momentary before pointing the weapon back at the robed individuals
From the group of robed people standing in front of them, a man with some highly decorative collar walked up to them and bowed his head to them
"Oh Heroes of legend! Please save our world!" he repeated what he had said before, like a machine.
"What?! What is that supposed to mean?" They all asked in unison, although the shield wielder didn't carry the same spiteful tone as of the other heroes
"It is very complicated, but to simplify, we have just finished an ancient ritual and summoned you Heroes of the four Cardinal Weapons," the robed man answered, still not lifting his head up, especially since the spear hero was pointing his gun at his head now. "Our world is teetering on the brink of destruction now. Without your help, we are going to be destroyed. Please, lend us your strength, Heroes."
They all narrowed their eyes at the robed people, but while the one bearing the shield seemed to actually consider the offer, the other heroes didn't seem to care in the slightest
"Bitch, I don't give a flying fuck if your world is going to explode, that's not my frickin problems to deal with" the sword wielder replied cruelly, the lack of care in her voice over shadowed by her rude demeanor
"Yeah, I'm a busy man! I have movies to film and clubs to run! Can't waste my time here!" The spear wielder added to the comment of the short burnett, twisting the hand he was holding the gun while still pointing it at the general direction of the summoners
"But-"
"No buts! You really think we're okay with you kidnapping us out of the blue, especially me?!" The bow wielder shouted as he walked out from the group of heroes and approached the leader of the robed individuals "I have a media empire back home that won't last shit if I keep wasting time here!"
"Now give some darn good reasons to stay then we can talk about helping you guys out, capriche?" The sword wielder said as he grabbed the robed man by the clothes, as his body started to release blue electrical crackles that were going rampant on the room, not hitting any person but toasting anything else that it hit. The robed man looks absolutely terrified but he simply cleaned the sweat on his forehead as he tried to recompose himself to a more calm state
"Great heroes, whatever demands you four have, can be discussed with the king, he is awaiting to see the four of you and more than willing to satisfy your any request to the best of his capabilities" the robed man with the fancy collar said in a pleading tone, the sword wielder stared deeply in his eyes before letting the man go, as the robed man gasps for air repeatadly while on his knees
"Alright, we'll see what he has to offer and if it's worth a damn, show the way" the bow wielder said coldly as he looked at the other people in robes in the chamber, who all collectively swallowed down their saliva in fear of the bow bearer, as they split their little formation to allow the heroes to pass as they, the robed man with the colar gets up and spreads out his arms in the direction of a illuminated door to show the heroes to follow him, the bow wielder looked back at the other people summoned alongside him and snapped his finger as he walked behind their reluctant guide, both sword and spear rolled their eyes before following the bow, Naofumi also followed but in a slower pace and staying some distance away from the trio of weapon holders
'These guys... They're intese! One of them literally pulled out a gun! And the other was like a lightning rod! What did I get myself into?' Naofumi wondered, magically being teleported to a different word was one thing but being summoned along three bonkers individuals was another thing entirely, specially when one had super powers
They followed the robed man through corridors and flights of stairs, when they reached the window, the four stopped to look at the outside view, seeing the town bellow filled with active, Naofumi was in awe of the sight and quickly looked at the other heroes to see their reactions, the spear had a neutral expression on his face, the sword had a look of disinterest and even seemed to cringe at the sight, the bow had his gaze deepen as if he was thinking profoundly on what he was seeing, either dread or amazement. Naofumi couldn't tell if those were good reactions to have in this situation
When they got to the throne room they get a glimpse of the supposed king they were to meet, an elderly man wearing expensive garb of gold and purple, a crown adorned in jewelery and rings on his fingers sitting in a grand wood throne, with a smaller one by his side that was probably meant for a queen that was probably now deceased
"So these are the Legendary Heroes," the king says as he studies each of them, particularly the shield hero "I am Aultcray Melromarc XXXII, King of Melromarc. Please introduce yourselves, Great Heroes."
"Vox, chef and founder of VoxTek and the main man leading my world into a bright and safe future" the sword hero introduced himself as he took a step forward, having a confident smile on his face as he presented himself, as his posture seemed to ease up compared to before, he looked to the bow and spear wielders as he nodded to them, indicating for them to follow his lead
"Valentino, movie producer and director, I also own clubs for those of refine tastes..." The spear hero said as his voice was quite sexually suggestive in the last part as he left out a chuckle, spinning the spear he held as if it was cane before laying it on his shoulder
"Velvette, Fashion designer, critic,
Social media influencer" the sword hero exclaimed quick and to the point as she looked at the king momentarily before she picked up a phone from her pocket and messed with it for a few seconds before letting out a annoyed grunt as she put it away back in her pocket, if Naofumi had to guess, he bets that she just now realized that there was no signal and thus her cellphone would be useless, although she seemed to have noticed something strange in her vision that seemed to have pulled away her attention for the moment
"I'm-"
"I see, Velvette, Vox and Valentino, correct?" The king cuts Naofumi off before he could even begin talking, with the timing being almost on purpose, and the fact he had dismissed the shield wielder presence completely even after he made direct eye contact with the Japanese boy, that was suspiciously like a jab at him
"Hey! You skipped over me!" Naofumi cried out not wanting to be glossed over when the other three all had a chance to
"Ah, forgive me shield, please introduce yourself" the king said as motioned for Naofumi to present himself, as the shield hero took a step forward
"Naofumi itawani, 21, college student" Naofumi decided to be direct to the point just like Velvette, but the king seemed slightly annoyed at the shield bearer for whatever reason, as if his introduction was more of a bother to him
"I suppose I owe all of you an explanation. My country and the rest of the world are going down the path of destruction." Aultcray began to recount what was currently happening in this world. He began explaining what the waves of calamity were. They could happen anywhere at any time, lasting for multiple hours or until the boss is killed. During that time monsters would continue to pour out of the wave and even after it stopped, any monster already here would remain until slain "The waves are said to become stronger over time. They last longer, and the wave bosses and all under them will be stronger. There are even written accounts of waves with more than one wave boss...It is best to summon you now when the waves are weak to give you time to strengthen yourselves to stay ahead of the waves growing threat"
"Now, you should all check your statuses," Aultcray said as Naofumi looked in confusion. Staring at the others, only one of them seemed to know what the king was talking about.
"Oh for fuck sake, you three didn't notice this yet? Look in the bottom right of your vision. There's an icon, focus on it losers" Velvette said and the others turned their vision to try and find it. Looking at the icon a menu-like project popped up in front of them, they were surprised by it and looked at the bunch of numbers on the digital screen, but while Naofumi was dreading the fact he had only 1 attack point, Vox was analysing that screen almost religiously as he marveled at what that information could mean for the goals he had in mind, Valentino was annoyed by the bland gray color of the screen, wishing for it to match more his style, and just like magic the screen changed to a pink color with a decorative border with a heart motif, he looked as happy as a child on Christmas at this sudden change as he didn't even questioned on how and why that happened
"Okay I get it now, but we can't do this for free you know? If what you described was accurate, we are going to need some incentive ... A darn good incentive" Vox inquired as he motioned a hand to the king while having a devilishly smile on his face
"Of course, you will be rewarded handsomely and not just at the end, but after every wave we will reward you heroes. Every step of the way." The king said as he nodded while closing his eyes, that seemed to please the three of the Vee's just enough for them to obliged... for now at least
"So we just form a party with the four of us, right?" Valentino said as he looked at the other Vee's before looking at Naofumi, closely examining him. From what Valentino could see at a surface level, the kid was average in the worst sense of the word, he didn't seem very knowledgeable, strong or useful in ways that matter for a group such as they. But Valentino could tell that the boy had a decent physique and a okay face, he saw potential for him to be a good fuck boy if given the right tutoring. The other two Vee's didn't seem to care for the boy, he seemed too naive and useless, with his only notable trait being that shield in his arm
"Actually, you can't. The weapons of legend repel each other by nature. You will have to adventure and recruit party members yourself." A man standing a few feet away from the king said as Naofumi actually was unsure how to feel about this.
On one hand that could be a major deterrent for their collective survivability, he needed people to attack for him since he was sure that he wouldn't be able to cause any damage with his shield, he considered that the sword wielder would need assistance in fights due to her petite frame making her vulnerable, he also thought that the bow hero would be lacking in close corner combat and as such would need someone like him to protect him, although that display of electrokinesis could indicate the contrary
But on the other hand, they were grade A assholes, they were easily the meanest, most deranged people he has ever met, psychotic even. The one that seemed the least insane was Velvette but she was just so unsympathetic to everyone else that she was definitely going to be a hassle to work with, but he did find her kind of cute.
Vox seemed like a dude from a serial killer documentary on Netflix from how he dressed and the weird smile on his face, Naofumi feared what could happen to him if the bow hero snapped at him considering what he did a few minutes prior. He also seemed to be a bit control obsessed, Naofumi saw how he seemed to be trying to be taking charge of stuff, he seemed to be leading the other two somehow as if they knew each other and he was the one that introduced himself first, almost like he wanted to be seen as their leader
Valentino was a pimp, that was obvious for Naofumi, plus the fact that he was packing heat and was more than willing to shoot it at an instance instead of taking the rational path weren't exactly convincing him that the spear wielder would be a good teammate. Naofumi also didn't like the weird looks he was receiving from him... Was the spear hero checking him out? That definitely made him shiver in fear at the lustful gaze of the pimp
"The sun is beginning to set. We will gather tomorrow to pick out your party members. Get some rest." Aultcray said as a girl in a maid outfit walked up next to them, Valentino had his smile perk up as he took a good look at her
"Please come this way, we have prepared rooms for you." The girl said as Naofumi and the others followed her. Soon enough, they found themselves in a hall with various doors that all had luxurious interior room, Vox and Velvette enterred one and Naofumi tried to enter alongside them but was stopped by Velvette
"Sorry boy, only people with real weapons can come inside" Velvette said as she blocked the entrance to the room with one of her arms
"But I'm also a-" Naofumi tried to argue but was stopped when Velvette placed the tip of her sword at his chest
"Don't make me repeat myself" Velvette said as she sent one mean look his way, Naofumi mumbled in annoyance but obliged, going away into one of the different rooms after realizing that he shouldn't even want to spend time with those lunatics, Velvette looked to see Valentino trying to convince a maid to have sex with him
"So, how do you say that we spend a night together, having some casual fun under the sheets?" Valentino said as he charmed the maid with his smooth voice, getting her to giggle a bit while curling a lock of hair
"Val! Get your ass over here!" Velvette shouted out for the moth, who responded by frowning and flipping her off, before he looked back at the maid
"Come by that room in a hour, okay~?" Valentino said as he pointed to one of the different rooms as he winked at her before walking away into the room the other Vee's were in
"What the fuck you want? I was just about to enjoy myself " Valentino said as he looked at the other two, Velvette was laying on a couch while Vox was looking out of the balcony of the room
"We have things to talk about, important things" Vox said as he turned around to face his coworkers, a maniacal expression on his face "Like how we will take over this dirt pile!"
"That will be hard, no? We are a media conglomerate, a modern media conglomerate. I can do without my films, just open a few strip clubs and motels, sell erotica, spice up the drug scene and boom! Easy, but you two? Not so easy" Valentino said as he pointed at the two other sinners, who looked at each other and then at the moth demon chuckling
"Ha! You do know I'm the head of marketing, right? My job is to make people buy crap they don't need and follow the trends I manage. You and Vox wouldn't have gotten to the top without me!" Velvette proudly proclaimed as she pointed her sword at Valentino as if threatening him
"That does leave you out of your element Voxy, without television and broadcasting, you're just a hunk of sexy meat to pull around" Valentino said as he and Velvette looked at the television demon, both agreeing that without modern technology like tv screens and broadcasting networks, Vox didn't have as much power as he once had.
"Hahahahaha! Me? Dead meat? Val, your brain really is only good for making porn" Vox said laughing as he looked down while shanking his head for a bit, before suddenly pouncing on Valentino and grabbing him by the collar of his coat
'I'm the face of our group! I'm the preacher whoose voice can pull on the strings of the masses! The guy with the plans!" Vox screamed as he brought Valentino closer to his face, his left eye gained a black spiral and the pupil became a cyan electric symbol as he angrily looked at the moth."And if you think I'm dead meat, I'm going to take away your heart by pulling it out from your dick!"
"... Keep talking dirty to me like that~" Valentino said as he looked at Vox less with fear and more lust, Vox couldn't help but make an annoyed expression as he lets go of Valentino's coat
"Case is, I'm sure that this whole place is aching for a group of visionaries like us to take it and reshape it into a glorious empire!" Vox said as he walked back to the balcony and looked at the city below, seeing the people below going on through the end of their routine as the night drew upon them
"We just need to overthrow the current government" Vox said nonchalantly as he laid a hand in the balcony "simple as that"
"And how do we do that, mister "I-got-a-plan"? We can't control the masses without controlling the media, which is currently stuck in the dark ages" Velvette commented as they would have to do a lot of heavy lifting to get back to were they would have the power to do Vox's crazy idea, they would need to start the industrial revolution just to get newspaper into the hands of the people to manipulate the information they receive, and getting to the digital age would be even harder
"We will find a way, we always do! For now we just play along with this game of "Heroes" until we can move some pieces on the board" Vox said as he decided that the best course of action would be to gain the public trust by doing whatever this hero business was all about, make the people become infatuated with them before using that to claim power
"Well, I have a maid to rock the booty off, see ya" Valentino said as he started to walk towards the door, waving his fellow sinners a goodbye
"Surprise she would want to fuck a moth head like you, the people here are surprisingly chill with looks" Velvette commented as she looked at Vox, both wondering how that was, their unusual appearance should be shocking the people of this castle but they were treated as if they were just average humans instead of sinners given demonic forms that reflected their obsessions and vices during life. It couldn't just be because they were desperate for salvation that they would ignore such a thing, but it felt that there's something else in place that they were unaware of in the moment
"Bitch, moth or not, I'm inressitable like a drug!" Valentino said as he made a sexy pose on the door before he left.
They awoke the following morning, they were told that they would brought to the dining hall for breakfast in a few moments and after that, they'd meet the king again to see what kind of people they would be traveling with. The Vee's were ready to be taken by a maid for their meal but the worker asked about the shield hero. With a hit in the shoulder by Velvette, Valentino was the one to relunctaly have to wake the boy up, however instead of knocking on the door, he just kicked it open and shook naofumi awake in his bed.
As they made their way back to that large throne room from yesterday, the large doors caved to their presence once they aproached, the light of the formidable room invaded them in turn. The room seemed vastly different. There were only a few nobles in attendance now, making the already large room feel even larger. The four "heroes" came to rest in the same places they stood a day ago. The king spoke with a voice that would have been well enough without the now mostly empty room to echo to further enhance it.
"Thank you for answering my summons brave heroes! Yesterday I promised that I'd provide you with talented and experienced adventures, allies willing to face the waves beside you and help answer any questions you will no doubt have in this world you now find yourselves in. I would now like to show you that as king I stand by my promises. Enter!" As the king finished, the doors behind him on both sides opened and several people filed into the room
Each of the wielders of the legendary weapons looked at the people before them and analyzed them to see what they wanted in their group. Valentino wanted all of the lovely ladies that were among the group, especially that beauty with red fiery hair and jade colored eyes. Velvette wanted people that would be strong and useful for her, be it in a fight or to acquire for her information she would need to blackmail someone. Vox wanted nothing more than loyal followers that would live and die for him, he would need people like that to start building a name for himself.
Naofumi surprisingly had very similar ideias to the Vee's for what he wanted in his party but without their outerior and malucious motives, like Vox he desired people that would be loyal to him to a fault, like Velvette he wanted them to be strong and useful, and almost exactly like Valentino he wanted one of the cute girls on display, especially the fiery red-hair
"So are we going to pick which one we want, or is it the other way around?" Vox asked the question on all of their minds, as depending on the answer the outcome of how their teams would be formed would be totally different, specially depending on who chooses first
"The latter bow hero, now brave adventurers choose your Hero!" The king said as the adventurers walk forward to be the their chosen Heroes' companion, five for Vox, three for Velvette, and all four ladies for Valentino. Naofumi realized in a moment that no one stood with him.
"Hey! What's this?! Why didn't no one join me?!" Naofumi asked as he looked at the multitode of adventurers behind the other heroes, not understanding why those assholes got companions while he had none
"This is quite unexpected, no one wants to be the Shield Hero's companion?" The king said as if surprise, although it looked a bit like he was inwardly satisfied
"I can join the Shield Hero." One of the women who were with Valentino raised her hand, it was the red hair that both Naofumi and Valentino had interest in.
"Would that be okay with you mister Valentino?" She asked him in an innocent manner as Valentino turned to face her with a deadpan look in his face
"No" Valentino swiftly and simply responded, the room fell silent for a moment, finally being broken up when a random knight coughed into his hand
"Ahh!... Okay?" The red hair obliged but it was clear that she hadn't anticipated such a response, that caused a vein in Naofumi's head to become visible in frustration as he gritted his teeth
"Ah come on Man! That's bullshit!!!" Naofumi screamed out as he looked and pointed angrily at Valentino "You got four party members, and I have none! And when one of yours decides to join me you forbid them! That's fucking unfair!"
"Sorry, I just don't trust your ability to keep her safe, that shield is so small it barely covers your arm, how are you going to defend yourself and others with that?" Valentino said as he pointed at Naofumi's arm with his spear. His remark about his capabilities and the soft mocking chuckle he did afterwards were getting on Naofumi's nerves as he looked up at the pimp only to be met with a more menacing and cruel smile, as the shield bearer walked towards him for a stare down, but he felt something press his stomach, looking down he saw the gun Valentino threaten the robed men with yesterday pressing against his body, as he was forced to back down
"What about you two? Could you lend me a hand here?" Naofumi asked as he turned around and looked at both Velvette and Vox, as the two sinner demons looked at the teammates they had, considering if one of them was worthless enough for them to give to the shield, but Velvette and Vox were both satisfied with the people following them for now
"No, it's not my problem you don't have charisma" "Sorry but not sorry, find your own" both of them responded, which further irritated Naofumi, before the shield hero could scream and complain more, the king clapped his hands together loudly to get attention back to him
"Then, Heroes! I have set aside 800 pieces of silver for Naofumi itawani since he will have to recruit others to accompany him while they are travelling, and 600 pieces for the rest of you. Each month, I will supply all of you with the necessary funds for your journey. Please take these funds and begin your journey!" The king said as some servants walked towards each hero and gave them a bag of money. After the obligatory bow of gratitude, they were kicked out of the audience chamber. As the heroes and their groups looked at each other
"Well, see you chums later" Velvette said as she waved them goodbye and went away with her team, with the others doing the same as they went around the town
Summary of what happens next: Naofumi struggles to go through his day and fight monsters with no help from a party member and keeps hating on the Vee's for having him in this situation. Vox uses hypnosis on his team to make them his obedient servants. Velvette goes around town to see what they have that she could use to make profit or get power. Valentino drugs Malty with his love gas and rapes her, with Malty waking up to vaguely remember that but being too afraid of the spear hero to say anything
Vox walked the streets ahead of the group that was supposed to be his team, as he looked side by side at the city around him, it was so primitive, so antique and that honestly infuriated him. He was a man of the future in his own words, to be in such backwaters place that probably didn't even have proper piping for bathrooms was a disgrace for him, this was more fitting for those old time fucks that refused to get updated to the times like his so despised enemy, Alastor. That fucker would probably adore living in a place like this, as impractical and slow like him
He finally decided to give his supposed teammates the time of day by asking them something that really mattered, that could thankfully get him back to a more powerful position in public precipitation
"Tell me, how does the king or the court make a announcement around here? Like in the case of an attack or plague?" He asked them, surely this place had a way to inform this kind of stuff, be it news papers, speakers or whatever, as long as it wasn't radio he would be fine with
"Why do you ask sir hero?" One of his "teammates" asked while tilting their head to the side
"Just curious" he said nonchalantly, not even bothering to look at them
"Well... It is usually announced by mouth by official representatives of the crown like knights, shouting the latest news" one of them, the largest one said as he placed a hand to his chin
"But sometimes they would use crystal balls to transmit stuff, like executions or coronations" the only girl of the group said as she remembered that the announcement of the second princess birth was made using that
"Transmit? Like, creating a screen displaying live footage of the events with audio to accompany it?" Vox stopped and turned to face the group, intense curious gaze on his eyes as he waited for them to confirm his question
"Yeah, it was something a passed summoned hero introduced to the world among other things" one of the party members, the wizard looking one said as he placed a finger to his chin. Vox's face had a smile that went from ear to ear, threatening to consume all the available space in his face
"Good, very good! Great even!" Vox replied with new found enthusiasm as that was the best possible news he could have ever gotten in this shit hole of place. This place had TV! Or something akin to it at least, that meant he could regain his power as a voice and face for the people to idolize, it also intrigued him as well in how this magic crystal ball business would work, would it be easier or harder than mechanical equipment? Could it be improved? How far did the transmissions reach? How many people had access to one? All these questions were filling him with a sense of wonder, sure it might be an annoying pain in the butt to learn how to use those things and build an empire using it but it was a start none the less.
And the thing that most particularly excited him? Those things used magic to transmit information and audio, no radio waves! Radio was finally and definitely obsolete! Now he could forget about that damned radio demon Alastor... Or not, Vox probably couldn't stop or forget hating Alastor for any amount of time
"Can you all follow me to that Alley to discuss some stuff?" The TV headed demon said as he pointed to a alley and walked towards it, his companions looked at each other and shrugged as they followed him
"What is it-" one of them began speaking only to stop as Vox turned to face them, as his left eye gained a black spiral and the pupil became a cyan electric symbol, emitting a faint light that put them in a trace
"Listen to my voice" Vox said in a voice as smooth as silk and as slick as a eel. Twisted smile on his face "You all are now my servants, I'm the hero that has come to save the world, and so my word reigns supreme in your minds"
"You will do what I say, without ever questioning it, because that's what good servants do" he began to sink messages of servitude, of blind loyalty into their brains that would hopefully be absorbed by their pitiful minds "You want to save your country, your people, the world? Just follow me and obey, that way, everything will end up fine"
"Understood?" He asked as they nodded their heads along almost zombie like
"Yes... Master" they all said in unison
"Good" Vox said as he snapped his fingers, and the group of adventurers were taken out of their trace with a bit of dizziness and a fog in their minds, Vox knew it would take a few more sessions of hypnotism until he had them barking like dogs or purring like cats at his command but all in due time "Now let's go and get stronger, before I can put my plans into motion"
Naofumi screamed and panted as he threw what was sure to be his fiftieth punch against the same balloon enemy for the last hour or so, with the thing finally popping, a notification in his vision appeared
1 exp
"All... Of... That... For just one point of experience?" Naofumi was baffled, so much struggle for practically nothing and he would have to repeat this process over and over again for maybe multiple hours just to get up one level
"This would go so faster if I wasn't the shield, or if I had teammates to fight for me!" Naofumi shouted his complaint to no one but himself as he looked at the shield in disdain. He couldn't understand why it was making him so weak, he knew a shield wasn't an offensive weapon but it could at least pack some punch! But he felt like he wouldn't be as bothered if there were people to compensate the damage factor for him, and that made him remember when they were supposed to get a party
"Those three... Damnit! Why couldn't they have landed me one of their companions? I needed it more than them!" He gritted his teeth as he reminisced on the whole ordeal, those guys had no empathy to spare apparent, they could have helped him by leading a party member each but instead they just gave him a big "fuck you" and left him to endure on his own
"Why is this happening to me? Those guys were cruel and mean from the moment they got here and yet I'm the one suffering here?" Naofumi couldn't for the life of him understand, those guys were assholes while he was nice but so far only he was screwed over and humiliated, shouldn't karma get at those three? Where was justice in the world?
"It's not fair... Not fair, not fair at all!" He screamed from the top of his lungs, the gem in his shield seemed to glow a bit before the light and color drained and a dark red took place, before it quickly changed back to the green as he huffed and went on to unleash his rage on more balloons
Valentino went up to the room he rented after having his fill of drinks and fun for the night, thinking of perhaps just masturbating tonight instead of pulling a guy or gal into the bedroom. When he opened the door, he was surprised to find his red haired companion Malty laying in his bed in her undergarments
"Oh! Hello there... What are you doing in my room?" Valentino asked as he looked at her while stepping inside, eyeing her bodily features. They were good although after being in hell for so long, he found more convencional bodies less appealing, once you fuck monsters everything else seems bland by comparison
"Well sir spear hero, I'm -" Malty is interrupted from speaking as Valentino slams the door shut, closing it with the key he got from the owner as he placed in a pocket of his pants
"Here to have sex with? That was obvious. Well let's get down to it shall we? Skipping the foreplay since you're so horny" Valentino said as he placed the spear to a side of the room and threw his coat away as he starts to undress sensually in front of Malty as he suddenly pounced on to the bed in animalistic speed and fashion as the princess saw his hands grab on to her breast, but also felt like there were two other hands touching her underwear
"But to ease you in... A kiss!" He said grinning as a pink liquid drooled from his mouth as he forced his tongue inside her mouth. Malty is very taken aback by this and tried to pull back the spear wielder but as the seconds went on, she started to feel dizzy, her surroundings blurring and its sounds becoming muffled as she felt the sweet taste of his saliva, it was addicting, relaxing, and as sweet as poison. The moth demon pulled back his tongue out from her mouth to look at her dizzy
"My! You're not my angel, but you look just like him when under my lovely spell" Valentino noted the way the red hair looked just like his beloved toy and porn star after he pumps him full of drugs, he expected more fighting than the girl's pathetic attempt to push him off but that was that, now she would be submissive to his devilish ideas for the night
"Hehe... You talk funny..." Malty said not at all there in mind, Valentino's "love" spell. As the moth took usage of her altered state of drug induced relaxation to remove her clothes as he smiles upon her form
"So many ideas, so little time..."
[Author's Notes]
If anyone wants to take this fanfic and continue it, be my guess. It's up for adoption as I'm just leaving this a oneshot, I have no intention to make more chapters for this and it was simply an creative inch I had to scratch.
