"She was that strong?" Flavna looked down in disbelief at how Beatrice single-handedly took on a lesser abomination as well as over a dozen demonlings. "That doesn't even…" Flavna swiftly turned to Ember and demanded, "You, explain! Who the hell is that?"
"The Savior of this world," Ember answered. "According to a certain High Priest."
"That lunatic!?" Flavna asked with disgust. "Oh, you're a member of his sex cult. But, no, that doesn't explain anything! I've never seen or even heard of that person before a couple of days ago. Where did the High Priest find someone like her?"
"Would you believe me if I told you it was a summoning ritual?" Ember asked.
"I could have Gamesh dig through that insolent little head of yours if you continue playing games," Flavna said.
"If you could, you would have done so already," Ember answered with a smile and looked at the blue haired captain. "Such a convenient spell is too good to be true. What's the limitation? A willing contract?"
"And here I thought that Lucarad only kept the lowest of degenerates and nymphomaniacs around him," Gamesh said.
"Some of us degenerates have a working brain," Ember replied.
"Enough!" Flavna raised her voice.
Ember sighed and spoke matter-of-factly, "The High Priest had been trying to summon a Savior for years. Used some ancient scrolls he dug up who-knows-where. A few days ago, he miraculously succeeded. A sexy being with both male and female genitalia, a pair of big titties, an impressive sex drive, and an even more impressive potential for growth.
"After a quick orgy to celebrate, he took her to the King himself. His… Majesty, gave us a couple of quests. One was to kill twenty demonlings and bring him the heads. The other was to turn one of his daughters into a skilled slut, not that she needs any help with that.
"This and that happened, most notable being one of the S.E.C.R.E.T. Guild's most prominent members unleashing a horde of demonlings with an abomination to top off the most recent Games. Feeling unwelcome by a certain Captain—and in need of help dealing with our tainted…. Friend—we returned to the High Priest only to find his entire gathering slaughtered by one of the Princesses. Then another one arrived—commander of the palace guards—only to help finish the job.
"And when the two of them and their demonic powers were not enough—yes, you heard me right: whether they acquired those powers or they had demon spirits inside them, or they were demons in disguise, they most certainly possessed powers far above their paygrade.
"Anyway, after we dealt with those two, the Queen herself showed her face, and her true allegiance. It turned out that the Queen's been cheating on her senile, drug-addled husband. Big surprise. And her fancy is having demons inside of her in more ways than one. And not just any demon. She spent the entire time holding hands with one of the Sovereigns, Beelzebub. The same one whose spirit you witnessed possess that hapless idiot. Though this was just a sliver of his spirit.
"And now Beatrice went to tear that tentacle freak a new one for being indirectly responsible for her friend's death. I imagine that after that she'll want to escalate to those directly responsible… Any questions?"
Flavna and Gamesh slowly turned their heads and looked at each other in silence.
Flavna then turned back to Ember. Still in her thoughts and after swallowing hard, she asked with a noticeably dry mouth, "What about the fire that killed over twenty people, including good Captain Rivaldo?"
"Oh, yes, I heard about that horrible tragedy," Ember said, looking distraught. "My thoughts and prayers go out to their families! Unfortunately, we were already in the tunnels to the palace by then and only learned about it after the fact. And even if we knew, none of us have any skills that help with putting out fires. Not that your soldiers would've let us try even if we did."
"'Tragedy' my ass!" Flavna growled and switched her weight to one foot, ready to jump, only to be swiftly stopped by Gamesh who put his arm in front of her.
"We might just have a far more serious issue on our hands," Gamesh said to his fellow captain.
Flavna stood still for a couple of seconds, eyeing Ember like parasite that needed to be squashed. She then took several deep, audible inhales and exhales, and, finally, said, "Take us down."
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