Chapter 40: Chapter 40. Marcus Arrives
Hel's point of view
Lilith's anger was sky high, you didn't need to be very smart to see it, but this was not the moment, besides we could also take advantage of this demanding request for Balthazar to learn how to inscribe runes, it is a job that I could never observe when I was a player and as I understand very useful, at the same time complicated to learn.
The first thing will be to stop Lilith, she would surely jump for the little emperatrix, if it wasn't for my presence.
Forcing a stronger voice, I decide to stop her tantrum.
- Lilith content, this is no time for stupidities, you will take care of helping Saun, besides, take Velona with you, Irina, you rest at home and take care of the shopping - Lilith looked at me and I could notice her displeasure, but together with Irina, she bowed her head and left the throne room.
- Well, little empress, explain to me the reason for this strange mission - My voice relaxed as I asked her, but I could see that she was surprised by her eyes.
She coughed a couple of times.
- Today I will receive the visit of a very problematic immortal, he can cause a great imbalance in this war with the black shells, besides his attitude is annoying to say the least, so we have decided that you will be my bodyguard on this day, your presence alone has a certain overwhelming effect, as long as he can be more focused on you than on annoying, that will reduce any possible problems he may cause -.
- I mean, you want to use me as a deterrent - She nodded.
- Well, I can do that without any problem - I began to laugh, louder and louder, as I activated [Terror of the Abyss], the aura of the abyss began to spread from me, as the mist was exuded like a smoke, I could see the guards in the throne room trembling, likewise the servants.
- Tell me little empress, is that enough deterrence, or does your majesty need more - I was no longer laughing so much.
- Let me remind you something, neither mine nor myself, we are tools to show off to another, not even if you want to intimidate, even when you train a dog of prey for the purpose of scaring visitors, remember, they can also bite you - I stopped the skill and walked behind the throne, to his left, playing my role as a bodyguard. But the already silent throne room, ended with a deadly atmosphere.
- I'm sorry, I didn't intend to use you as a tool, if we really get through this day without too many incidents I will reward you with access to the instruction to become a rune inscriber - She spoke in whispers, to which I simply nodded.
Who would have thought that Irina would be so good at reading people, playing the offended if it gave the expected result, then I have to thank her for helping me.
For half an hour I just waited standing next to the little emperatrix, without any conversation at all, I could see how the mermaid was trying to find some topic to break the ice, but always being unproductive.
After that half hour, the door opened, from it more than a dozen soldiers entered, all humanoid birds, with feathers stained with brown, ochre and yellow colors, their faces were similar to that of eagles.
They all wore light armor, a mixture of leather with a metal I do not know, the aesthetics of this armor was really beautiful, their metal plates, integrated into the leather, always had feather shapes, compact and beautiful, on their backs a long bow, decorated the tips with sharp blades with the same aesthetics of feathers, finally, two very curved daggers, similar to some of the Arabic area in the real world.
His armor had a very interesting specialty, his bows were integrated into the armor, just so as not to hinder his wings and the string of this one, was wound on a small hook at his waist.
After the entrance of the soldiers another bird entered, this one with light armor but fused with medieval nobleman's regalia, a long furry cloak, comfortable clothes under the armor, even a crown where there should be a helmet.
By the way he walked I could notice his arrogance, the arrogance of power, which he himself sustains.
His head always high, he never lowered his gaze, even when he crossed the throne room.
His eyes only contemplated one thing in the room, that was the little emperatrix.
At no time did her eyes end on me.
Only when I was already in front of the throne, he looked at me. He looked puzzled, but there was no fear.
Saun's point of view
Since we are in Caer ys, I was given a mission, to look for beasts for our army and food for them.
In these days, I have only been able to get, several creatures of animal kind, from raptors, bulls and several birds, these in particular were a variant of crows, these crows have an extremely hard beak with some protuberances, which allows them to nail themselves to their prey and get trapped, They then release an anesthetic along with a solvent, thus liquefying their victim while they just absorb, in truth these little guys are one of the top predators of the reptile eaters, a species one rank above, besides being very feared if they come in a flock.
These little guys have a great weakness, that is that if you are faster than them and catch them from behind, they can't do anything to you.
Thus, I have been using them, calling them from the abyss, to improve my hunting, giving me two more reptile-eaters to the collection.
With this I am sure my lord Hel will be pleased.
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