Welcome back. So the elephant in the room is season 9 obviously im not turning the abyss in a faritail wonderland. But I might pick up somthings that I like from new episodes the new character seems interesting so there may be another mistress there. Speaking of I made a huge mistake. I put down Tracer as a Harem member but I wanted to put down Phara. With that out of the way here is the next chapter.
Penny manifested in the chamber of the tower hearth, she sensed that her master and fellow mistresses were still asleep. She walked towards a staircase she had needed to make in a hurry the day before. She called for a crew of construction minions. That followed the Red head down into the darkness. In a hollowed out chasm was a pit with a metal roster, as she looked down, she saw the frightened faces of the prisoners. There was something among them, a strange, familiar connection. It could wait until her work was finished.
"Ladies and gentlemen, on the behalf of my master I apologize for the rather.. Hasty accommodations, if you sit tight for a little longer, I will make amends."
The people in the cage screamed as the ground caved in as the young woman floated up in the air. A green glow enveloped the minion crew that went to work. The cavern turned into a deep cylindrical dungeon, blue metal slithered among the walls like serpents before coming to form bars over cages that the minions caved out at inhuman speeds. With a wave of her hand, an opening appeared at the top of the dungeon and a torrent of glowing blue water streamed from above and fell into a basin deep enough to drown an ox in. Then she felt light in her head. The construction had taken its toll.
She looked at the prisoners. She barely saw them, it had gone dark except for the glow. A glow that told her the presence of auras. She pointed at a particularly bright form and waited as he was brought close. Ordering the others to be put into cells, then she threw him in the glowing water. She felt the power she could twist his body corrupt his mind, but she had no interest in corruption, she was experiencing something for the first time, a gnawing at her spectral body's insides, a weakness in her knees and a pounding in her head. She realized that she was hungry. The tower heard used to be a construct of magic able to extract it from its surrounding, but it had changed. it now held a soul it was filled by it and had merged it with its magic. The man in the water felt the waters grow cold around him as invisible fangs dug into him. His aura flared brightly as he screamed a bubbling howl and the cold water filled his lungs. Then it went out, no, it was pulled out and into the waterfall flowing upwards. That's when the real pain came, the burning pain of a soul being rented from its home, like an acid that burned him as the currents of the pool tore his body apart. Death brought no release, he was trapped in the great pool first of many until his soul was spent, and he was flushed into the darkness of the young mistresses cruel fantasies, an endless plaything for the monsters of her corrupted mind.
Penny stood up and looked at her reflection in ecstasy. She glowed with magic and aura a healthy blush colored her now rosy cheeks, her red hair shone like bronze in the sun. Her eyes gleamed with magical power as she felt like she had when she had become a maiden….magic came from the soul?
"Fredrick…his name was Fredrick….thank you for your sacrifice, it will help master's mission."
Her work done, she followed the sensation she felt earlier. As she scanned the cages, she saw the terrified faces of the prisoners. One looked at her with a smile. A slender pale woman in her mid-twenties, a river of black blueish hair fell down her shoulders as brown eyes looked back in reverence. This woman, Penny, felt a connection similar to her fellow mistresses. She was bound to the tower hearth and her master. However, this bond was cold. It held none of the affection or privileges The mistresses enjoyed. Her master had brought her what she desired, a maid. With a mental command, the cage opened, and the woman came out.
"What is your wish, my mistress?" The woman asked as she bowed low.
Penny was surprised. She had expected a brain-dead doll. But her master had indeed perfected the Evil presence spell further than any other. This woman could still think. Act as a person be rationale like and dislike things. But she was utterly devoted to the Overlord to a point where it was religious. Penny looked in her mind through the power of the tower hearth and saw herself not as she was, but as how she appeared to the maid. A goddess of night radiating a dark majesty lightning crowned like a storm beautiful and terrible.
"I want you to tell me which of them are useful for work. And which will be of interest to master."
"And if they are neither, your Highness."
"Then they are toys. What is your name?"
"Amelie my Lady. And I know some that might be of interest."
"Good. Cause I like the idea of experimenting."
Lance walked into the dungeons followed by Weiss still only wearing a set of white blue ribboned underwear and a matching bra. Her hair was loose and unkept, and she walked a bit funny, but her face looked happy and relaxed, Penny smiled at her. Also with them was a brown minion with a headman hood and hellbert that looked around gleefully.
"had a good night?" Asked penny when Weiss came to stand next to her.
"The best." Weiss awncerd blissfully.
"Aww did ice queen get treated like a princess?" Penny teased smirking.
"No he and Ruby used me like a toy and made me feel like a whore. I was used in a way that made me want to beg them to stop until I was so far gone that I begged them to keep going."
"Did not see that coming." Penny said as the proud Atleasian stretched.
"Penny I might not be ready to call master my lover yet but I am a mistress. I never really tought I would have romance. Atlas high society is very much the realm of contract marriages, I say that considering the circumstances, I have gotten a good deal offering my body once in a while is not a high price."
Penny was quite surprised, Weiss was treating her position as mistress as a political marige even more surprising, the look that Lance gave her a look of disappointment was met with a smile.
"Aww don't look at me like that My lord If you wanted an easy relationship you would have turned me into a lovesick school girl That would turn into a giggling mess every time you looked my way. At least now you can boast you actually courted me into compliance rather than buying me."
Weiss looked at Amelie and asked. "Amelie, is that you?" she looked over at lance and scanned the cages, seeing 3 more familiar faces. "Interesting indeed master, these might turn out to be useful." she walked past penny towards Amelie and nodded. "It is you. Oh! This will be fun for Blake."
"Blake?" Lance asked curious. "Do they know each other."
No But I do. We grew up together, or at least our fathers visited each other and brought us along. Her family owns the shipping company that moved most of my father's dust shipments. What people don't know is that they also finance a Faunus trafficking ring that specialized in orphans. The heiress grabbed Amelie's chin roughly and whispered in her ear, "I know you didn't know, and considering in what company master found you, I bet you started fighting your daddy's friends the moment you found out. But I am beyond caring about it at this point. I look forward to seeing Blake live out her fantasies on you."
Passing the enthralled woman, she looked into the cages, "Dr Angela Ziegler. By the gods you know how to pick them. Angela over here got her doctor's license at 15 and has made breakthrough after breakthrough since," Weiss looked Lance in the eyes the overlord could see the clockwork of her mind hard at work. "Master is there a way we could talk in privet?"
Penny waved at the two and pointed at her sleep, that's when Weiss felt a strange tugging in her mind before she heard Penny's voice.
Testing testing 1.2.3, can you hear me?
Weiss blinked and looked at her fellow mistress.
Did…did you just speak in my head?
That I did, The spell master put on you connects you to his magic. I am the spirit of the tower hearth which is the source of his magical power, so technically you are connected to me.
Lance voice entered the conversation.
So I can mentally speak with you all?
Well in the tower you can, all due respect my lord but your power is not all that great outside the tower. For now, my reach does not reach outside of it. Penny stated
Well then, let's try this out. Lance stated trying to conet to the others.
Hello? Rubys voice joined the call.
Hmmm what? Blake's thoughts felt groggy and slow. Ruby reacted teasingly
Blakie its about 10 what are you still doing in bed?
A rush of images and emotions went over the connection, causing Penny and Weiss to stiffen as their faces flushed red.
Yang, what did you do to her? Weiss asked, making penny look at her deadpanned after what the Heiress had done last night.
What didn't we do to each other? Yang said, almost proudly, I did my wifely duties.
Excuse you?! Ruby asked.
I asked master if I could marry Blake. He said yes she said yes we had a wedding night and im not getting out of this bed till at least lunchtime, what do you need?
Well, welcome to the family Blake, little warning dad's jokes are even worse than Yang's. Ruby said to her new sister-in-law.
Lance took hold of the conversation.
Weiss, what was it you wished to speak of?
Master I believe these two will be more of a asset as mistresses than thralls. Angela is a amazing scientist, and I doubt that she will keep her curiosity and drive if you enthrall her. Same with that other girl, Brigitte.
Ruby cut in. Brigitte? Brigitte Lindholm? The child genius armorer and engineer? Her inventions of aura shields changed the whole field!
Yangs feelings conveyed amusement. Now you have done it Brigitte is Ruby's celebrity crush and you have just bungled adding her to our little polyamorous relationship in front of her.
Blake poked into their minds, seemingly looking for a visual image of the two.
They are hot and useful. If master wants them, I'm in.
Lance's feelings betrayed uncertainty, yang was the first to speak up.
Sweaty you have made most of us mistresses in such a way we could fall in love with you. Why not treat yourself with two easy lovers? I know you want genuine love but if you do it right they will love you genuinely…. I know that I do…Master please don't hold back. Take what you want, you are the overlord.
The overlord looked down at the Blond that sat bound on the cold floor of the cell her eyes conveyed Hatred and fear.
"Do whatever you want with me, but let the others go!"
The voice came from the corner of the cell, a scarred brown haired woman missing an eye looked back at him.
Holly shit, that is Brigitte?! What did you do to her? Ruby asked shocked as she got the visual over the link.
Don't look at me, she looked wounded before we fought and tried to blow herself up when she was losing, I think I deserve credit for taking her alive after that little stunt.
The overlord looked at her, "Penny, be a dear and clean up our guest."
Penny snapped her finger and a blue glow enveloped Brigitte as a stream of gore crept to her from the walls, The young woman flinched as her body was healed. She shuddered as she realized that her healing had cost another person his life.
"You are brave. I make you a deal, you will undergo one of my spells if you do, I will grant you a request anything you wish that I have the ability to grand."
Angela shook her head, and tried to stop her friend. "Don't do it, I don't trust this."
"Me neither," Brigitte confessed with a frown. "But it's probably the only chance we have. That girl can manipulate the building somehow, we have no way to get out with her around." she lamented something angela had to agree with. Maybe if they broke out without this guy and the girl around. But that would still be a big maybe. Either way they did not show any intend of leaving without a victim. Angela put her fate in the Lindholm stubbornness she had grown to respect and gave her friend a nod.
Brigitte took a deep breath and looked the Overlord in his eyes, "Do your worse!"
Brigitte looked around in the dark as a feminine voice spoke to her.
"Well, aren't you stubborn."
Out of the darkness stepped a blonde woman with a rouge skin and devil horns, her violet eyes shone with power. Brigitte was surprised to see a glimmer of understanding in those eyes as well as affection?
Brigitte put up her fist ready to fight only to see the blonde shake her head. "It really sucks doesn't it?" She smiled sadly. "All the sacrifices, the pain, the fear. We gave it all in the name of saving the world. But guess what, the big bad witch is fucking Immortal." Bridgette lowered her fists she had to admit that the fact that the enemy was immortal did shake her resolve. Yang saw a glimer of weakness and struck out. "He has a way to beat her you know, maybe not kill, but he told me he can drain magic. After that, its just a matter of storage."
Brigitte shook her head again. "I don't care what you're saying, I will find a way to beat that guy."
Yang looked at the girl, with a pained expression. "I tried." Yang admitted. "I have no illusion that Master is invincible, but I have seen the way things will go if he is beaten. And I fear that now so will you."
The ground under Brigitte gave away, and she fell in a pool of viscose, sticky and warm liquid. She swam up and gasped for air as she looked around her. The darkness was filled with Salem's laughter. Bridgette swum towards a spark of light. There stirred something nearby.
"Why didn't you save us, Brigitte." Her mother's voice was raspy and her body rotting as her claw - like hands grasped a girl who splashed in the blood. The girl looked so familiar, it was like she was looking at her own pictures from back in the day. "Kelly? Kelly!" The taste of her daughter's name mixed with the coppery taste of blood as she saw her mother's corps drag the girl under. Salem's laughter increased, and other rotting faces emerged from the blood trying to drag her under, other voices came from up stream telling her to swim to come to them to come home. She started swimming, and the blood made way for water, clear and sweet water that washed away the fear. Children were playing at the lake shore, Kelly was there her daughter was safe, and her son was safe in her room. She stumbled onto the lake shore, the grass feeling soft under her bare feet. Silver eyes looked into her own, and she was kissed and lead home. Trumpets sounded as she entered the castle's courtyard. Knights saluted her banner hung proudly baring her family's coat of arms. She was carried to a warm bed in strong arms. Silver and red eyes watched over her as she drifted into a peaceful sleep. Her lover and king whispered into her ear.
"Well brave knight, what do you wish."
"My wish, I wish to be yours forever." she said, her voice filling with lust and need.
"Then so you shall be, my dear."
Brigitte opened her eyes and found herself kneeling in front of the overlord.
"Was all of that, fake?" Brigitte asked longingly. Weiss came and hugged her.
"Dont worry sister. It will be ours, it will just take a while."
Brigitte looked at her master and placed her hand on her chest, "Rally to me!" A golden light enveloped her, and she was dressed in her armor. And offered her flail to him.
My king, I am at your service. In the name of my honored fathers and mothers before me, I am a knight. But to none of the 4 kingdoms or people do I pledge myself. But to you and your mistresses I give myself to defend in battle or to love in our home.
He gently placed his blade on her shoulders.
"Stand first knight of my realm yet unnamed. My warrior queen." Brigitte stood smiling and looked at Angela, "Don't fight it Angela is amazing."
"Weiss Penny kindly escort Brigitte back to the privet quarters and help her settle in. Tell Ruby to meet me in the graveyard It's time to make our next move." The overlord ordered
The mistresses bowed and made their way up, he could hear Penny start a conversation with Brigitte to make the newest mistress more comfortable.
Angela looked up. All hate-filled defiance had left the young woman's eyes, and she crawled away into a corner, covering herself with the shackles as a weak effort to have protection, to have something, anything, between herself and the monster that had turned her friend from a defiant knight to a dark concubine in mere moments. She prayed out loud and tearfully for any and every death god or psychopomp to take her; death would be better than becoming this being's ally.
"Oh you are going to be very useful in times to come." The overlord laughed as he raised his hand that crackled with lightning. Before he sends the spell flying.
Penny smiled as Brigitte told her about her father, It felt nice to share experiences with someone else that grew up in a lab. There were differences, of course, as Brigitte was an actual human but it was nice all the same.
"Oh you like this here is the forge. Im pretty sure Ruby is in trying to discover how to use that blue metal. Uhm are you okay?"
Penny looked Brigitte over and saw the older girl blushing profusely.
"I..I think so its just, Oh why, why is my hearth rate this high and why am I embraced all of a sudden."
Weiss began to laugh, "Oh no she didn't, Yang you evil bitch."
Brigitte looked over and gave Weiss a puzzled look.
"Yang appeared in your vision while under master's spell, right?"
"The Blond? Yes."
"Well, Yang has discovered that she has magic powers as well. I believe she may have influenced the spell too,too" Weiss did not get any further as she burst out laughing again.
"He Weiss where did you tell the minions to put the blue metal?." Ruby walked up the stairs, her blacksmith apron dirty with oil and suth she halted and stopped talking as she saw bregitte immediately blushing as she saw her celebrity crush.
Penny stared at the two, a smile splitting her face. "Blood and darkness. She made you have a crush on Ruby back, now that's evil"
"Uhm Hey," Ruby squeaked, "I'm Ruby Rose im the first mistress. Welcome to the, Team?,Harem?,Family lets just call us a Family."
Brigette brushed a lock of chocolate collared hair behind her ears. "Good to be yours, I..I mean good to meet you mistress. I mean mistress aaa! Why can't I say your name?!"
Penny now started laughing as well. "My gods she made you a sub for Ruby, Oh master is going to ether tan Yang's her hide for this or enjoy this immensely."
"Guys quit it its not like if I tell her to do something she is going to do it immediately."
Penny tried to compose herself as this topic was quite serous. "Ruby you are first mistress your authority is second only to Master himself, the only being that is allowed to question your orders is Gnarl as minion master. You could quite literally tell me to walk strip and weiss to kiss me and we would be compelled to do so by the tower's magic."
"Dont be ridiculous, I'm not that powerful here, Weiss make a cat sound."
Weiss wanted to speak in protest but the only thing that came out was "Mreow?" The white haird mistress glared at her friend and hissed before being petted from behind. By a smiling Blake.
"Why thank you Weiss, a fine morning to you as well."
Weiss hissed again before looking pleadingly at Ruby.
"Point taken," said the stunned mistress, "Weiss, please stop speaking cat, your accent is horrible."
Weiss breathed a sigh in relief. And turned to Blake. "Well, I guess congratulations are in order, Had a good wedding night?"
"Oh I most certainly had, but I forgot to do one thing." Blake placed a handful of flowers in weis hands. "Dont let our mistress wait to long will you." The ebony haired beauty said as she walked away.
Weiss looked at Ruby who was chatting with the newest mistress and she felt a fist of jealousy as she realized that more than anything she wanted to be hers in the same way Blake was now Yang's. "Ruby Master requested you meet him at the graveyard, something about the next move."
Rubys gaze hardened and she stood up right. "Girls, Its time to welcome back an old friend."