Chương 181: A Hunt For Confections Part 2
Entry 156:
Linus Ozias POV:
As we ran through the countryside following the smell of dumplings and my servant senses, we found the fort from when we started Orleans but found only two men inside with the two camping on the fort's walls.
One of the men was wearing a large red and gold jacket and a green wreath around his head, looking rather big-boned, if you catch my drift. The other was a man wearing gold and black armor with black and red eyes who seemed to be constantly growling.
The big-boned man then says, "Not bad. Not bad at all. I prefer plump, delicious fruit, but this is not bad. Excellent form. Easy to transport. Keeps for days. And more than anything, it's easy to eat! Yes, yes, yes, yes! What is this? I can't stop putting them in my mouth! Once you start, you just can't stop! I've got no choice but to eat all the dumplings in the world!"
The other man wearing the gold armor starts to devour the dumplings as the other man laughs joyously and says, "Yes, my friend, eat! One cannot be a leader without enjoying the finer things in life."
The other man then responds by yelling, "AHHHHHHH! FATSOOO!" The other man scoffs and says, "I am not fat! I am plump! It is a symbol of my success in life." Mash then turns to me and asks, "So, do we talk to them and get the dumplings back?"
I nod, and as we walk up to them, the growling man seems ready to attack, with the other smiling and saying, "It seems we have visitors, my friend. I apologize, but these dumplings are ours as we found them fair and square." I then say, "But you see my successful friend, those were our dumplings to begin with, and they were stolen from us, so it seems we are at an impasse."
The man sighs but says, "If we could come to some form of agreement, I would ask you to take the dumplings but sell them at three times the price and give me the proceeds."
The silver-haired woman then says, "That is a ripoff, and you know it." The man scoffs and says, "When one holds all of the supply, Milady, they can make the demands."
I nod, but Mash seems ready to fight for them. "That food belongs to our organization, and we shall take it back no matter the cost. Without them, we cannot celebrate the festival."
The man then stands, takes out his sword, and says, "Well then, fighting it is; it seems you get to battle after all. My friend shows no mercy nor hesitation."
The armored man screams as he rushes us, to which I simply grab the man by the throat and toss him into the distance team rocket style, with him screaming in rage as he flies into the sky.
The round man begins to sweat, seeing the fate of his friend, says, "Mercy?" Mash then answers by saying, "The dumplings or your life." The man then gives us the dumplings. But me being a bit cheeky, I grab the man by the leg, spin them around, and toss them in the same direction, sending him flying Team Rocket Style as he yells, "We will meet again!" Now that we have recovered all the dumplings, our mission is complete.
At least that's what I thought until I saw that another batch of the dumplings was left in a sack, but the sack was moving, and as I opened it I found a white-haired woman with piercing red eyes and white lines across her skin.
She was seemingly in the process of eating some of the dumplings, but as she noticed me, she stopped, dropped the dumplings, and jumped out of the bag after cutting it to shreds. She looks at us with an empty stare as she says monotonously, "Oops. Have I cut the bag, as well? Forgive me. I do not destroy life."
She would be very intimidating if she wasn't currently eating another dumpling, but then "Orion" says, shocked, "It is not possible that is Altera or Atila the Hun. Great King of the Western World, a warrior of the Huns, the avatar of destruction? But how did she get here? And how exactly did she get inside that bag?!"
Not perturbed, the woman simply says, "Wherever there is civilization, I also exist, and I am currently here for these delicious dumplings. And how I got here, I simply walked as ray shifting is bad civilization."
I feel like I've heard that phrase before, but I am more wary of her blade as while it looks like a ridiculous rainbow sword, it is the weapon of the God of War Mars, the Photon Ray Sword.
Before anyone else can say anything, "Orion" says, "Do not underestimate this servant, both of you, as she is the epitome of a walking disaster, the end of civilization in the flesh. To put it simply, she is a really big pain in the neck."
Altera, yet again, looks at us and says, "That is a misunderstanding. I do make distinctions. In the end, it comes to feelings. I've realized there are different types of civilization. *Nom*, mmm. Basically, there are both good and bad civilizations. Dumplings are a good civilization. Moon Festival is a bad civilization. So I am taking these dumplings, nom, and destroying you for having Moon Festivals, *Nom*. If you get in my way, I will show no mercy. I will use this War God's sword, which I happened to find on the ground, to destroy you."
I ready myself as while Altera is not at one hundred percent due to the lack of having a master. She is still a formidable foe. Even I do not know if I will come out unscathed if she activates her Noble Phantasm.
Without saying a word, the Conqueror rushes at me with her Photon Ray Sword, and I take out my Blade Encarmine. Once the blade appears, reality begins to crack as my "truth" begins to take hold in this reality, and as our blades clash, it causes the ground to quake and the fort to fall apart.
Mash and the huntress jump to the ground as we battle in the air, and I find myself enjoying the fight and find myself once again lucky that she is a servant and not her true self with that truth from being the Titan Sefar that caused the end of the age of gods and gave rise to the age of man.
To be more specific, thousands of years ago, the White Titan Sefar appeared on this planet sent by an advanced alien race and, in days, destroyed nearly the entirety of the planet. All of the Gods across the world had to team up to seal her away and break her off into many pieces. One of these pieces was found in a vault by what would later be known as the Huns, and Altera was a piece of the original White Titan.
Before the battle ended, nearly all of the Gods' physical forms were destroyed and were forced into the reverse side of the world; thus, they were trapped in spiritual forms and unable to interact with the Physical Realm unless summoned with a vessel or through other means. (My head hurts.)
While the age of gods itself ended, the amount of Mana in the air lasted until around when Solomon, the King of Mages, developed modern magecraft or what would later be modern magecraft, and thus, mystery disappeared from the world and was replaced by science and physics. Now, Mages are not able to tap into the power they once held during the age of Gods, but such things were actually for the best.
Now I am battling a piece of that White Titan in servant form, and while I noticed she's unable to use the full power of that Photon race sort of hers, she is a decently formidable opponent. Altera then breaks my train of thought with an attempt to stab my chest as I slam her into the walls of the fort and then through them.
She then says, "I have truly never met an opponent that has made me struggle so much. Are you truly human?" I simply say, "I am a possibility and nothing more, and while I do admit you are a worthy foe, I find it hard to take you seriously as I feel no emotion through your strikes."
This thought gives the woman pause as she says, "This is the only life I have ever known. I cannot imagine myself as more than a warrior. Maybe that is why my blade feels empty. Would you be able to show me?" I look at her and say, "I cannot show what you could be. That is only a decision you can make, but I can provide you with what you lack."
We continue to clash. I sent the emotions behind my memories through our combat quite literally Fist no Jutsu, and as the fighting continued, I could feel her becoming more ferocious and her attacks harder. The look in her eyes, while stoic, begins to show a more lively look.
"I see." That is all that she says as I parry her strike and, with a swipe of my blade, cut her across the chest before she is able to dodge. And as she lies there, a sort of smile forms on her face.
I then hand her a dumpling, and as she chews it, I pat her on the head as she says, "I hope we meet again and you show me more emotions and this warmth*Nom*. This dumpling is good civilization." I nod as she then disappears.
As I return to Mash, she is then ray shifted away as the huntress looks at me and says, "Oh, you still here? That is surprising." I smile and say, "I am a bit more than the average human, but be honest with me. You aren't Orion, are you?" The woman chuckles as she says, "I will confirm that I am not Orion, but I feel like a lady should have her own secrets, should they not?"
I nod as while she did lie to us about her identity and the fact that she was the one that stole the dumplings, it wasn't out of anything malicious as she simply wished to enjoy the fruits of modern culture. In truth, I know she's actually the goddess Artemis, and teleporting through time isn't exactly difficult due to her nature as a Divine Spirit.
I then ask, "Why do this Huntress? What is your goal here? Other than to enjoy the dumplings I created?" The woman then prepares her bow as she says it is not only Humanity that will suffer if its incineration is completed, and as thus I wished to test you, and while the other master was still asleep, I could test you, and from what I've seen, I have little to worry about, but I would like to test you myself. Prepare yourself to fight my inhuman self."
She then jumps back and fires volleys of arrows that follow me around in the air, but I use this to flt towards her and, at the last second, flew upwards. She then makes the arrows disappear in order for her not to become a living pincushion.
I then take the opportunity to send a wave of light towards her, and as she is hit by it, she recovers and sends more arrows that split apart, and before I can dodge, she teleports behind me and fires another arrow.
I smile as I use this time to send the arrows into my reality marble to be scanned later for divinity research. I then prepare to punch her, but as she braces, I simply boop her on the nose.
This surprises her as I say, "I have no need to be tested, Huntress as I could have ended this fight in fifty different ways, but I do appreciate the fact that you would go so far for Humanity, and I have a feeling this will not be the last time we meet."
She smiles and says joyously, "That's the spirit! Let me reintroduce myself, then. I am the deity of moonlight, the elegant representation of purity, virginity, hunting, and eternity. One of the ancient gods of Mt. Olympus! I, the Moon Goddess Artemis, find you worthy! May we meet again, strange being." She then disappears as I am Ray Shifted back to the facility with all of the dumplings.
(Before you guys ask, she did not see the angel wings, and while she knows he is not normal, the essences keep him from being scanned and identified until he allows it.)
I did give the woman a dumpling for her troubles, and I do hope she enjoys it when she finds it. Silver Age Kryptonian speed is BS.
After a couple of seconds, I am rushed by Mash and the doctor as he says, "Ozzy! Thank the counterforce! Do you have them?!" I nod and give them to him as he sighs and says, "Thank you, my friend; you have saved me from having to tell them about this pseudo singularity to the director and how I lost them."
I raise the bag filled with the dumplings as I say, "Mission accomplished, Roman. I think me and Mash did some good work." Romani nods, but before he can do anything, he stops.
We then hear a certain woman clear her throat as she says, "Who exactly lost my dumplings and did not tell me?" Romani looks around, but we are already gone.
I chuckled to myself as I heard Romani yelling, "OZZZY! You Traitor!" I then look to Mash as she asks, "Should we help him?" I shake my head and say, "Let the man enjoy the Moon Festival Mash for now. Let us head to Ritsuka's room and see if she is awake and eat these delicious dumplings I help to make."
We both Smile as we head to our fellow Master's room to celebrate the holiday before tomorrow, when we shall head to Septum. But I don't notice how Mash takes my feather and keeps it in her shield as she smiles.
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