บท 16: Ch. 16 - Humanity Takes Action
Within the Golden City, the pope, sat on his throne along with the king, as they were in a meeting with many of the controlling powers.
"I know, it's been quite the trouble three days, our forces who were sent to deal with those falsehood gods. have been brought down. however, this is but a small setback. the party who were with them were ordered to come back and report. only a few hundred were in the war however there is good news. the mercenary we also hired is alive. bring that wrench in would you... have her explain what has happened..." the king demanded. and the pope allowed for it by the knights under him. the doors were open and two knights dragged in the woman. Freda. now in rags, non of the formal clothes she had. her eyes looked dazed as she was drugged on occasion for all that happened.
she was on her knees, her head being lifted by a hand of the knights who grabbed her hair. "speak you where!" the knight said, to her, and other knights brought in a child of her clan. a boy also in rags at point-blank with a sword.
she looked over to him, and regained her sanity, he was her purpose after all. her entire clan was. she spoke up fiercely, as she also grits her teeth. "I told you assholes what I know already!! let me go got dammit..." she shook her head and stared at the king and pope, after also breaking the nose of the knight who was holding her. they took action to hit her on the back of her head with the hilt of a sword and the other knight cut the boy's arm.
and when scream roars the king used his authority.
"ENOUGH OF THIS... NOW!" it was like the hammer coming down as it echoes a silent room.
"any more beating of the girl or child and you'll all be hanged... now speak!" his face held a position of constant anger and his voice was firm and rough to the core with a loud authoritative tone.
Freda looked up dazed again. "the war party was weak... they were pathetic... after the war... the last goblin was killed... along with the machine to kill gods... it was all gone..."
"how?" the king asked.
"but not a god..."
the pope then continued. "a Demon lord then?"
"yes..."
the room got quiet. with an ignorant individual speaking up.
"impossible. they have been long for over three centuries. longer even... and why show up to suddenly help gods?"
"They weren't helping gods... this was after the war you ignorant fool..." she said looking at the nobleman who spoke. "we marched to a city... a human residence... and a church. we attempted to stay there and then go help the other war party... and that was when we were all slaughtered.
"surly you all did some damage... to this demon lord... those weapons you all had been of godly and titan origin after all.
she chuckled.
"He killed us all with his bare hands..." she looked up and eyes the pope. "basic magic... hand to hand combat... and even used your weapons against your men... they were cattle to him."
there was a shiver. the air cold. "how is this possible...?" the king asked.
"she must be lying! send her away... conduct more experiments on her... get the complete truth out of her!" one noble said as she the. turned to him.
"What more suffering... must be done... before you arrogant asshole listens to the truth...!?" she scream. "I've said it. now you all must listen... his action are without mercy... and from I saw... he possesses an intense resent...!"
a knight gaged her.
"You are here to only speak what is needed!" he held a cloth in her mouth as she began to suffocate.
the other men did nothing and the child scream for her as he tried to break free to help. "Stop it! she said what you wanted! let her go!!" and soon he was now knocked out.
she watched and only felt anger. she hated them. and she didn't want to die. but she could do nothing. until the king spoke.
"execute that knight... now..." he declared as she was let go and the other knight pierced his back.
it was a brutal scene as she turned to see the man drop now next to her.
"go on woman..." he declared glaring at her.
she took breaths and looked right back with hatred. "not unless I know I'll be safe after this... as well as my clan..."
"Are you still under contract?"
the pope answered. "yes... the whore is..."
"then you'll be safe... now speak wrench," he told her.
she hated this feeling. of such powerlessness. yet, her will unwavering as well her fortitude. "he was saving the other race of people... the child trafficking there was completely stopped... slaves were set free... and he gave everyone one chance after making a display in public... he executed everyone personally... and anyone that stayed now... is not humans or were once..." she explained. but purposely left out her deals with him.
"he is a monster among monsters... and I believe possesses more power than the gods... I was there... so take this warning as you will..." she finished.
the king, pope, and many of the other nobles now were in silence.
"it's been three days... if assume this happened on the first of those three... this individual is likely the feeling we all felt just the other day." the pope reasoned.
"so what are you implying?" the king asked.
"that my stories are true your grace... it seems like all those fairy tales are now coming to life. a Demon, like no other, will rain hell on all life, burning all, and saving no one. a true devil is being born, and we are getting closer to the recking of our God who will save us those who follow so faithful, in the rapture." he said as the king sighed.
"You may be right... girl... on your feet... you still have to do... or that child and your family are as good as dead if you disobey... for one thing.. our men are low on morale, see to them... All of them. and then prepare for war the coming future... send this whore away to the barrack... as she is..."
she was in horror, knowing full well what was going to happen to her. she was a warrior. a merciless merc, one of a proud clan. was now diminished to but a toy for the kings' army. there was a thought that ran in her head.
'you'll all pay... dearly! even it means sighing a contract. with the six monsters of hell. I will kill you all' and she spoke as she was taken away.
"HE'LL COME FOR YOU! IF YOU LAY A FINGER ON ME...!" The room was now on alert after an outburst like that.
The king stood up, heavy boots were heard as he walked towards her. his eyes glared with magic.
"you're quite the rodent aren't you...? explain... before I have you killed..."
she let out the secret. and quickly thought. "like I said... any more harm comes to me... he will arrive and burn your city to ash-!" her mouth grabbed nearly breaking her jaw. "careful... you spinless whore... they don't need a living body down at the barracks... just a nice one they can rough up... now... answer... are you his slut...? and our ally?"
she stared at him, and regardless of her answer, there was nothing to be done. she was lifted off the ground and soon replied. "those princesses... are in danger... any more harm... and I promise you... your fucking nation burns!" she stayed strong through so much pain. and soon was punched in her stomach. she gagged as the king dropped her. "send her to her cell... and don't harm her any further... for her claim something on my children... this threat is one we cannot ignore" he said with such anger. and soon kicked her body away to guards as they flew across the door breaking the refined wood and gold plated frames.
"your grace... calm down... or do you wish for all this to come true?" the pope said to him, as he soon did calm down. "forgive me..." he turned and walked back to the throne where he sat before the other nobles once again.
"This cannot be ignored, see to it that this gets thoroughly investigated..." he said to the pope.
"I'll see it done..." the pope confirmed as he smirked. 'how interesting... why... am I burning... with so much excitement...?!' he grinned skin-crawling as the pope was excited about conflict. for it meant he was only closer to his God and his true goal.
"We cannot be careless... get in contact with the other races... elves, merfolk... surely they don't want this threat wandering around..." the noblemen took turns.
"but did you not listen... that monster is aiding them... so how do we go about this more carefully... for all we know... the other Continents is now planning against us..."
"hahaha... this is fine... we will just get to war then with the demons... they are but monsters... but I'm sure if we pull strings we can make this work in our favor" the king added. "well need to banish the werewolves... and make trouble with the race of vampires... and we have a war... get as many of the other races involved that are close to demons to make this look real... this will be an ordeal so I hope your all ready for a war like no other... we'll even get the titans and monsters of all involved." he announced as the pope nearly jumped from excited as his plans were only getting closer.
"I'll need your support and you all will keep your place in my table and a place in the sanctuary of our one true god" he cheered as his court agreed, and believing the meeting was over, they were stopped by the king once more.
"Sit down... we still have more discus.... the woman for instance... this enemy... and the probability of the other nation and races are working against us... we cannot let ourselves rest so easily. so, I want ideas... let's settle the matter for now in how we will deal with the enemy, in another time we will figure out what to do with the other races... so how should we approach this?"
he asked as he was a proper king, thinking of the threats around him as he had to always wonder what would be the best course of action.
The men talked quietly with one another, and soon an idea came up. "Let's send the woman back... she's serving up her purpose, we have no more use to a mercenary like her... and we can send her can to the mages, to be experimented on for new magic and tested on with new tools..." one suggested as another followed up. "we can also set up a trap... what I mean is, make a decoy out of her. if this creature protects her, he would likely come to her aid. we could lure out the monster and eliminate it with ease, well gain control back our city and take care of a monster." they spoke as if the ordeal would be easy, they had reasons to be so arrogant and confident.
"did you all forget that not even the weapons to kill gods can kill it...?"
"so we use the weapons if the 8 sins... we have one here... why not put it use...?"
"Have you gone mad? unless your willing to face the penalty of death upon using it yourself by all means...."
one man chuckles. "haha, no worries... we have the perfect tools in castle's prison to make use of those weapons... I'm sure we will be fine and not kill any of our people or men" the nobles kept on, plotting a trap.
The king listened and the pope wanted to jump on this chance as he spoke. "this could be a nice opportunity your grace... we can use those prisoners as well as homeless men and woman for this... and risk non of our forces... while we gain more and more information on this individuals weakness... why not humor there idea... and come back even stronger for a full-on invasion" he spoke only with the king and quietly.
He listened and thought.
"True. we have nothing to lose, all to gain... however... I feel like we are rushing this. forget it. not much just a single man can do against an army... he may have faced a few hundred. but of a few over ten thousand stormed his castle... hell be dead... so everyone's best get ready" he declared and agreed with the plans for a trap. "You all work out the details, I'll be spending time with my family now... so all of you get to work..." he told them, as he stood up leaving his seat, and let them do as they pleased now.
maps were drawn and began to form numbers of soldiers and types of magic. it was all being devised the moment the meeting was over. the pope left going to the church.
The king walled through his halls. until he reached the chambers of his bedroom. where his wife stayed taking care of his daughters. two princesses, blessings of God, were how they were nicknamed. both were no older than eight, as they were sleeping with no care in the world on their mothers' lap.
the queen spoke softly while staring at curtains. "is that you dear?" she asked. as she turned her head in the direction of the door. her eyes lifeless of color, and a haze tone of grey. she was completely blind. with a scare across the area of her eyes.
"yes, it's me..."
"our little angels are soundly asleep... don't be so loud will you..."
"of course..." while he possessed power, he cared for his family deeply.
as he had entered, the door was then locked. the queen's gentle hand over her daughter's heads came to a stop, as she turned her head downwards to her lap, she had blond hair, a slim tall figure with alluring curves, and noble posture. yet, she was fragile compared to her husband the king.
"There will be a war starting soon... someone has been causing trouble..." he said, as he walked over to her. and got down touching her cheek. he began to explain the development occurring to her.
she didn't say anything, and just listened. she raised her hand to take his hand off her skin and spoke to him. "more troubling times are coming, I hope you will keep us safe."
"of course I will... nothing is more important to me than you all..."
she felt nothing, after hearing such concerning and flattering words. "I know..." taking her hand she brought his back up to her face, only now playing along to what was supposed to be felt.
the kings sighed and stood up shortly. "I have things I must take care of... so I'll return later tonight. take our girls to their beds... there be no rest for you once I return" he told her as he left her alone once again locking her in her room.
the queen, didn't feel anything. she could see, and nor did she believe anything her husband has said to her. she looked towards her daughters, and wondered what they look like. every day. she was alone, taking care of children she couldn't see, and has a husband who left her so many scars she lost count.
"I hate it here..." she was robbed of her freedom, no one to love, forced to carry children she couldn't love or even see. married to a man who only saw her for her beauty and body and nothing more.
there was nothing for her to do, but stay in a room, locked up with a handful of maids, that would take care of her body and her children for her. she was a prison to her own home.
the king marched to the dungeon of the castle. where he would see the keeper start plans on sending the woman out once again.
with the help of mages, she was experimented on again and again until her body, was molded into something inhuman. A human bomb.
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