Chapter 314 - The Devil"s Fangs
Nina can"t help but think about how the day is being "unexpected." If it wasn"t enough for them to discover that the Alliance also has a King, Eve"s brother, pirates attack the cat-clan again.
The cat-clan always had to deal with pirates, but the attacks had stopped since Eve"s fame started to grow.
[They must know that Mirya left the Alliance with Eve and think we are helpless... a fatal mistake.] Nina thinks as she smiles.
Then she quickly talks to the cat-girl in front of her. "Warn the elven troops; I will prepare our sh.i.p.s."
The cat-girl nods and runs towards the forest to the west of the city while Nina sends other cat-girls to prepare the warriors.
The loud rumble of a bell is heard by everyone, warning the entire city of Oxard about the attack, and within seconds, all cat-girls get prepared to fight; even those without combat skills take up arms to defend their home.
Nina talks to Lucien respectfully. "Wait here, please, L- My King. I"ll get this over quickly."
But Lucien has no intention of letting the cat-girls fight alone, especially after he accepts the t.i.tle of King.
He drinks his entire gla.s.s of wine in a single sip before smiling at Nina. "I will help you resolve this really quickly."
Nina imagines that Lucien and his group are very strong, just like Eve, and although she doesn"t want to bother him, she knows that with his help, she can prevent the death of her people in the fight.
"I didn"t want to have to bother your majesty with our problems, but your big sh.i.p.s and some extra troops would be really useful for us," Nina responds.
Lucien strokes Angela"s hand as he smiles at her lovingly and talks to Nina. "Sh.i.p.s? Nah, we don"t need sh.i.p.s for such a simple task."
Before Nina says anything, Marie comments. "Well, if she wants sh.i.p.s, we can do that with our magic as well. How many sh.i.p.s do you want? 10? 50? 100?"
"Hahaha..." Lena makes a fake laugh while mocking Marie. "Do you really think you can make 100 ice sh.i.p.s?"
Marie smiles. "Do you want to bet?"
"Your next five turns of sitting on hubby"s l.a.p during meals, okay?" Lena replies.
"Ten. And you will have to say that I am a better ice wizard." Marie replies.
Nina is confused by the strange conversation while they are being attacked by pirates. [What the h.e.l.l is going on? Turns sitting on his lap?]
Lucien shakes his head while thinking aloud. "I believe this is a case of healthy compet.i.tion..."
"I"m sorry, my King, but we need to act fast, or the pirates will be on the beach soon," Nina speaks respectfully.
"A mile and a half," Lucien replies, and before Nina makes a confused expression, he explains. "The pirates are a mile and a half away, and they are in a strangely weak group... there must be something wrong."
"Something wrong?" Nina is really confused by the way Lucien knows about the distance of the pirates and their power level. Well, it"s thanks to L.u.s.t and Envy, of course.
"Have your troops be prepared to defend the city while you come with my wives and me to meet them at sea," Lucien explains as he walks towards Rose.
Then he looks at Lena and Marie. "Sorry, my dears, but I have something different in mind this time."
While the blue-haired sisters pout, Lucien c.a.r.e.s.ses Rose"s face. "We are going to do something great... something that will serve as a warning for everyone to understand what happens when they try to attack the people under our protection."
Rose excitedly smiles at Lucien as she materializes a big stone throne behind him. He sits on the throne as he pulls her into his arms.
She sits on Lucien"s l.a.p and makes the throne float up into the sky, towards the sea.
"Let"s go!" Angela speaks as she leaves the longhouse. Some of Lucien"s wives who don"t like to fight prefer to stay in the longhouse as he mentally suggested, but most of them follow him, whether flying in their own way or on Angela"s floating platform along with Nina and Lua.
Raquel and Estela avoid the fight because the mature mother is still learning to fight while the little girl is too young for that. However, Little Ko, although younger than Estela, feels a strong d.e.s.i.r.e to follow Lucien, just as Oya will always be by his side in battles.
Most of the cat-clan warriors gather at the docks to confront the pirates, but then they see Lucien"s big throne flying towards the sea, followed by his wives and Nina, who orders them all to stay there.
Just as it is easy for the cat-girls to perceive Lucien and his wives flying through the sky illuminated by Argerim"s two brilliant moons, so it"s to Theodore"s mercenaries too.
The spy lady is the first to notice Lucien and Rose in front of the group. "What is that in the sky... a throne? F.u.c.k! Why is there a throne flying towards us?"
The mage who leads that s.h.i.+p begins to prepare his spell while he speaks to his troops. "They have a powerful mage, so be prepared to block their spells!"
The mercenary mages begin to prepare a magical barrier and offensive spells, but the spy lady does not know what to do. [s.h.i.+t! s.h.i.+t!! s.h.i.+t!!! What I"ll do?!]
"What are you waiting for?!" The leading mage is angry to see the spy lady standing. "Go; take a bow and fire an arrow at that d.a.m.n throne!"
The lady takes a bow as well as the other few mercenaries with those mages and starts preparing to fire arrows at Lucien and Rose.
Simultaneously, in the air, Lucien gently holds Rose"s chin and smiles at her. "My little vampire... let me see how powerful you have become."
Rose smiles confidently at Lucien. In his arms, she forgets all her worries and feels only positive feelings.
She moves her lips towards Lucien"s while he gently brings her face towards his, and both make cuts on their lips with their teeth to start an incredible b.l.o.o.d.y kiss.
And then their lips covered in blood touch, and the vampire magic is activated at the same time that Lucien arouses his demonic energy inside Rose and also nourishes her with his life mana.
So, as expected, Rose"s magic is boosted a lot by their incredible bond, which gets stronger and stronger every day.
"Mmmm~~." Rose m.o.a.ns softly as she and Lucien kiss pa.s.sionately.
She moves one of her hands gracefully in the air. Between her fingers, a brown glow runs, and at the same time, the ocean ground below them begins to shake.
*Tremble* *Tremble* *Tremble* *Tremble* *Tremble*
The tremors spread to many areas as Rose releases all her magic just as she did that time in Portgreen. The land under the sea trembles, the land under the beach trembles, the land under Oxard trembles, and even the elven troops in the forest on the west side of the city feel Rose"s incredible power.
"F.u.c.k! F.u.c.k!! F.u.c.k!!!!" The lady spy curses her bad luck while her s.h.i.+p shakes along with the sea.
Strong waves generated by the earthquakes rock the five mercenary sh.i.p.s as a strong wind carries loose leaves.
The mercenaries realize that their plan went awry too late to escape. The earthquakes get even stronger, and then a loud sound shakes their hearts as well.
*CREEEEAK!!!*
A giant stone spike coming from under the sea penetrates one of the mercenary sh.i.p.s, impaling it like a living creature that has been trapped and immobilized by a hunter"s arrow.
"d.a.m.n!!!" The leading mage is shocked to see the s.h.i.+p next to him abruptly stop as it is lifted several meters from the water by the stone spike.
All the magic barriers of the mages on that s.h.i.+p were broken immediately, and part of those who were not killed by the stone spike begins to fall into the water as the s.h.i.+p continues to be lifted.
*CREEEEAK!!!*
A second stone spike penetrates another s.h.i.+p before the mercenaries are able to react, and followed by another three loud noises, the five sh.i.p.s are trapped by Rose"s spell.
The stone spikes are so incredible that their foundation comes from far below the ocean ground, and they are tens of meters wide so that even the strong sea currents cannot damage them.
Rose continues to kiss Lucien while making her stone spikes lift the five sh.i.p.s several meters away from the water and lock them there as monuments or statues in the middle of the sea; a warning to enemies of the cat-clan as Lucien asked.
Since Rose"s goal was not to cause much damage to the sh.i.p.s but to capture them, her stone spikes killed few mercenaries, and those who survived, try to contain their fear and prepare to defend themselves. Even those who fall in the water use magic protection items and prepare spells.
Lucien stops kissing Rose when she is almost out of breath, lets her lick his lips again, and then looks at the mercenaries while still sitting on the stone throne.
Then he speaks to his wives, who arrived next to his throne. "Those sh.i.p.s will be like statues, and the pirates" bones will be Its decorations; don"t waste our resources."
Lucien"s wives cannot help but laughs at his strange sense of humor as they share the same thought: No mercy to their enemies.
*SCREEEEECH*
Ella and Aria initiate the attack with their powerful sound attacks while Marie and Lena cast ice spells.
The young girls are very eager to demonstrate their power development to Lucien and jump on the sh.i.p.s to kill the mercenary mages.
Mia, Kylee, Maggie, Anne, Rebecca, and Lorelai are the most excited about the melee combat. Even Elsie joins her cousin to fight; after all, she hates pirates just like everyone else in the Alliance.
Lucien"s wives that use ranged weapons stay on Angela"s floating platform, killing those mercenaries who try to escape.
Scarlett and Olivia jump on one of the sh.i.p.s while Ca.s.sidy and Astrid on another. As warriors, they enjoy fighting as well as Lucien.
Nina and Lua, next to Angela, as well as the cat-girls on the beach and at the docks, are impressed as they see what Lucien"s group is doing to the pirates.
Not only is it a one-sided ma.s.sacre, but they are also killing them as a demonstration of power and brutality. Even if future pirates cannot witness that battle, they will see the mercenary sh.i.p.s on those bizarre stone spikes and know that the legends are true.
The cat-girls didn"t know what to think of Lucien as their King a little while ago, but his popularity has started to grow unbelievably now.
Even though he is a man, which Eve has proved to be their most detestable and weak beings, if they have to has a King like Lucien, someone who defends them while brutalizing their enemies, then that doesn"t seem that bad.
Lucien watches his girls fighting the mercenaries as he continues to c.a.r.e.s.ses Rose and Amelia, who jumped on his l.a.p while L.u.s.t and Envy sit on the top of his throne.
"Hmm..." Then he gets curious about a conversation Ca.s.sidy is having with one of the mercenaries.
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