"Who are you?! You have no business here! Leave now and I'll forget about this!"
The cloaked woman spoke, her tone gradually changing from stern to ice-cold, and although ordinary people would've been scared out of their wits by her sudden appearance, Lukas's reaction was different, because he knew who the owner of that voice was.
"Sister! I can't believe you're alive!"
Shouting out, Lukas turned around to look at the woman, and from the moment she saw his face, her angry expression turned soft, and tears began to well up in her eyes. Fully recognizing who was in front of her, Anne put a hand on her mouth and cried silently
-Gasp!-
"Oh, Lukas, You-You're alive! -Sob!- You didn't leave your sister alone! -Sob!-Oh, I'm sorry, I-I'm just so happy to see you, I thought only I was transported!"
Running to Lukas, Anne hugged her little brother fiercely, you could practically see the love and affection on her tear-stained face. The fairy, seeing all of this, smiled gently and turned to glance at the door.
"Come out, no need to be shy. You're still her guide, act like it,"
Done speaking, Isabelle stopped looking at the door and again focused on the 2 siblings. Of course, she wasn't alone, as a smoke began to appear on her left. An adorable pug wearing a ninja costume revealed itself from the smoke, it's adorable little ears covered with a mock-ninja mask, and the mini katana on it's back, made it even more cute.
"Hrmm, you know I can't be seen by her -ruff!- they really are siblings though, crying just after a year of separation, nothing like the previous grand arbiter and arch magus,"
The doggy complained, it's drool slobbering on the ground, but Isabelle wasn't disgusted, in fact, she found it quite endearing;
"This is why it's our job to guide them, regardless of upbringing, attitude and behavior. The first thing we have to teach them is to crave power, everything will fall soon after. we can put them through situations virtually impossible to get out of, or put monsters capable of destroying the world 100 times over, anything goes, as long as they get powerful; these worlds are just the training grounds after all, their destruction doesn't mean much,"
"Yes, the real battle is, after all, far from simple, and the presence of both the grand arbiter and arch magus could be the deciding factor in our victory."
As, the 2 guides, conversed, they gradually disappeared from view, so as to not allow the 2 siblings hear their conversations.
------A few minutes later------
"Y-you're leaving already, Isabelle? But I have so many more things I need to know!"
Lukas's eyes widened as he heard Isabelle was going to leave, but she only shook her head in response, and said:
"I'm sorry Lukas, as a summon, I can't last very long, ask your sister, her guide should have also disappeared in a few hours after explaining how her power works,"
Hearing this, Lukas turned to Anne, who nodded her head in confirmation after she saw him looking at her, when Lukas saw Isabelle prepare to leave, he decided to ask her one last thing:
"I-Isabelle, my Osiris has something called judgment, what is that about?"
"That, I cannot tell you, you must learn for yourself, these cards are your weapons, they will evolve to grow more useful to you when the time comes, try getting enough mana to summon him first before asking about his power set, Hehehe,"
"Humph, y-you guys were the ones who made it that way..."
After a few more seconds of grumbling, the pair said goodbye to the fairy and left the chamber.
------A few hours later--------
In the middle of the realm of lust, there lies a tremendously large grassland, surrounded by a desert, a snowy region, a giant ocean and a ravine that goes down to the abyss, on the outskirts of the grasslands, bordering the desert, lay a small city, It's location, though relatively unknown was a safe haven for humans, as humans weren't the only ones trying to get essences, beasts, and dangerous plants require them to grow as well...
-Bang!-
"Ooh, this be the last of 'em, damn Fockin' sun's of bitches ain't gon terrorize this good city no more,"
At one side of the walled city, An old man, maybe 50 years old, finished tying up a group of bandits, their armor broken and battered, and from what you could tell, they were beaten pretty badly. Apart from that, they weren't any worse for wear apart from one guy who seemed to be the leader, had his hair burnt and his face black like charred coal, multiple burn wounds could be seen on his skin, and even the old man, who was likely a guard, couldn't help but feel bad.
"Look, it's whatcha get for tryin to cheat the system and steal from people, so it ain't my problem if ya get beat black and blue by the people yer tryin to rob,"
Saying this, the old guard looked at the "victims of the robbing", a beautiful woman about 20 years of age and a lovely looking boy maybe the same age as his nephew. They were just standing there, at the entrance of the city, harmless as a fly. But the old man couldn't help but shudder, as he saw the woman's fight with the bandits, it didn't even take a minute before all of them were, as a wise man once said, "Pegged, pegged HARD,"
The duo was of course Anne and Lukas, and though Lukas didn't do a thing in the fight, Anne had one full year to get used to her own system, centering around magic spells and potionmaking, to beat the ever living hell out of the bandits, who were woefully unprepared for the world of hurt they were getting themselves into, especially the leader.
"Aish, ye couldn't have gotten a bit easier on the ladies? ya know they woulda made fine prostitutes even if they got a few scars,"
Naturally, as they were in the plane of Lust, the most booming industry was the red light district, every city, by law of the Lord of Lust, had to have at least 1/4 of their city be a red light district. Hearing his remark, the once neutral expression on Anne's face changed into one of deep disgust, and she spat:
"I've nothing to say over voluntary prostitution to make a living, but this? This is barbaric, girls aren't girls, they're potential slaves, even boys aren't safe, and you have the gall to call this a business? it's practically an industry forced upon to you cowards by a slightly more powerful bastard,"
Her curses, although less creative than others, made both the guard and the few bandits still conscious faces pale, even the leader, who was lapsing in and out of consciousness, woke up in an instant when he heard her insulting the Lord of Lust.
"H-hey, missy. I know yer strong, but you shouldn't be talking so loud, the Lord of Lust has eyes and ears everywhere. We can't do nuthin' bout the situation, 'fraid we're to weak to do it, His top goons have mortals cards, and I heard he even has a mortal god card at his disposal"
"You mean『Lilith, fertile demoness』?"
But instead of the guard replying, it was the leader of the bandits who spoke:
"Y-yesh! itch ish a vewy shtronck cawd!"
He tried to speak but his teeth, which were shattered due to one of her spells, prevented him from speaking clearly. Anne understood it nonetheless, and finally chose to stop swearing at the Lord of Lust.
"L-let's go, Anne, we have to enter the city to stay the night, r-remember?"
"Yes, well, we'll be going, sir. Have a good day and goodbye,"
-swoosh!-
As Lukas and Anne left for the gates of the city, the old guard, who were dragging the bandits to the other entrance of the city, heard a sound, and looking up, saw a giant pair of iron scissors head his way. Panicking the old guard tried to raise his hand in an effort to block it, but in the next second, he was instantly cut up to ribbons.
-swoosh!-
The scissors began to move again, this time heading for the bandits who were tied up next to the guard, and with their screams and wails filling the forest, everyone except one woman died, but instead of being terrified, her face was ice cold, and her expression clearly showed how angry she was.
Then a tall figure appeared behind her, their feminine body covered by a beautiful blue petal dress that covered her long legs and a blood red bow decorated itself on her long head of black hair. Furthermore, she also had the giant pair of iron scissors which murdered the other bandits and the guard with only her left hand. Looking at the figure, the surviving girl recognized who it was and motioned for them to untie her. Nodding, the figure cut the rope immediately and helped the bandit up. Then, looking at the direction Lukas and Anne went, her eyes narrowed into slits and she coldly whispered:
"Anne and Lukas huh? I'm going to have fun making that bitch into my slave,"