I wandered around the citadel and couldn't find Charlotte, Midnight, Raven, nor Snowflake. I hurried off into the city and searched around for them. As I searched around I bumped into someone and stumbled backwards. I looked to see who I bumped into and noticed a woman in front of me.
She had tan skin, hazel colored eyes, and long black hair with bangs that covered the left side of her face. She wore clothing resembling a dancer and gold decorations around her neck, chest, and stomach. I noticed a Royal Crest on her stomach as well. I looked down and noticed she was barefoot. I could also see that her bottoms were slightly see through so I could kind of see her panties.
"Done checking me out, God-Emperor?" The woman smirked and placed a hand on her hip.
I looked at her face then rubbed the back of my head then chuckled softly. "Sorry, just...wow. I didn't imagine running into someone like you in the city."
"Oh? Well I wouldn't imagine a Ruler to be wandering the city either so I guess that makes two of us in surprise..~" The woman chuckled softly. "My name's Iesia Ishtar. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Ishtar..? I've heard that name before. It belongs to a Goddess right?" I said.
"Yep..~ The Goddess of Love and Sexuality, and Fertility..~ I am of not only a Royal Lineage but of Deity Lineage..~ In other words..I am a Demigod~" Iesia said then noticed my surprised face. "My Kingdom is named the Ishtar Empire and I want you to come with me there..~ I have been searching high and low for you, God-Emperor Ares..~"
"There you are!" Charlotte said then hurried to me with a bag of ingredients. "My King! We will be hosting a cooking competition at the castle and- Who's this?"
"It's Iesia Ishtar." Raven said then walked ahead, stopping beside me. She unsheathed her sword and pointed it at Iesia. "She's known as the Man Eater."
"Man Eater..? You mean...she's a whore?" I asked.
"Hey now..~ I'm no whore..~ Just simply a woman who has an unsatisfiable libido..~ Nothing is wrong with having a little fun~" Iesia giggled and shrugged.
"You kill the men after they climax. Be careful, Your Highness. Iesia isn't to be trusted. Her and her four sisters aren't to be trusted at all." Raven said.
"Now that I'm looking at you, you're Raven Nightmare. A renown mercenary. Heh...I feel like we've met before. I don't know where but your face is familiar." Iesia said.
Midnight and Snowflake walked up as well and noticed Raven having her sword drawn at Iesia. They wondered what was going on.
"She's an Amazon, Your Highness. Let her get her way and you'll never be coming back. She's also a Demigod, a Hybrid so her power might even match yours." Raven said.
"Stand down." I said then looked back at Raven. "I highly doubt Iesia could seduce me or get away with whatever she plans to do. She hasn't exerted any signs of evil but I do want to keep a watch on her now that I know her backstory."
Raven nodded and sheathed her blade then crossed her arms.
"Heh..~ The rumors were true. A generous heart. A man like you will be more than enough to continue my bloodline." Iesia giggled.
"Yeah right, bitch." Charlotte laughed.
Iesia looked at Charlotte and rose an eyebrow. "What?"
"My bloodline comes first as I am the Princess of Aevum." Charlotte said.
Iesia snickered then laughed. She held her stomach and slapped her knee. Raven chuckled a little. Iesia panted and wiped her eyes. "Charlotte Auclair, Princess of a ruined kingdom. Woman, I am an entire Queen! I am the Queen of the Ishtar Empire, Queen of the Amazons! In the hierarchy, I'm above you so that means whatever plans you had with God-Emperor Ares, I'm allowed to do them first according to your logic."
"Tch! Not happening!" Charlotte pointed at Iesia. "I don't care if you're a Princess, Queen, or even Goddess! I will be the first to fully make Ares mine and become his top wife!"
"Oh?~ Well..~ Let's have a friendly competition..~ Whoever wins gets him and even has sex with him..~ We shall let God-Emperor Ares make the rules..~" Iesia chuckled.
Charlotte handed the bag of ingredients to Raven. "You're on, but I'll let you know I always come first!"
"Yeah and I'm sure you do in bed as well." Iesia smirked.
Charlotte blushed madly and furrowed her eyebrows. "I-I haven't had sex yet, you witch!"
"Your lack of experience speaks volumes, I can smell the experience on God-Emperor Ares..~ He's danced in bed before..~" Iesia smirked.
When she said that it immediately reminded me of Jenna. I looked down a bit then closed my eyes then shook my head subtly. I looked at the women and crossed my arms.
"Alright, Snowflake I still don't know why you let them drag you in this, but whatever." I started.
"I just want to know what it feels like to be in a competition, baaa~" Snowflake said with excitement.
"Hm." I smiled. "We shall do a game of chase and capture. The Kingdoms of Luceros and Idrisid are the playing fields. I'll give you all access to the Outing Portal. You will have 2 days to find me and capture me. To win you must kiss me AND SUCCESSFULLY seduce me."
"That will be very easy~" Charlotte smirked.
"Keep dreaming." Midnight said.
"Ha. You all are about to experience a whole lot of disappointment." Iesia said.
"The game...starts...now!" I said then ran off.
"Damn." Raven said then looked at the four women. "I'll go drop these off at the castle. Good luck."
Midnight ran after me and shapeshifted into her wolf form and chased me. Charlotte chased after me as well followed by Iesia.
"Hey wait for me-" Snowflake said then tripped and fell to the ground, letting out a pained baa.
"Yep and you're already disqualified. Come with me, Snowflake you're safer eating books than messing with those idiots." Raven said.
"Okay.." Snowflake said and got up.
I sensed Midnight behind me and smirked. I stopped and turned around. I ran towards her and she looked surprised. I warped away and she skidded ahead then transformed back into her human form then looked back.
I appeared in another part of the city then bumped into Iesia then stumbled backwards. I dodged her grab then looked at her and smiled. "Heh. Seems like you knew I'd be here.."
"A Goddess knows her God well..~" Iesia said then licked her lips.
"Well...You've still gotta capture me..~" I smirked then ran off.
Iesia appeared in front of me because of her superhuman speed. I slid forward and dodged her grab once again then flipped backwards. I looked at her and chuckled then warped away. Iesia warped as well.
I appeared in another part of the city then walked around. I looked around then heard quick footsteps then spun around and used my Crest of Divinity to shapeshift into Felix then walked around.
Charlotte stopped in front of me and panted. "Felix! Thank the Heavens I found you! Do you know where Ares is?"
"I noticed him run down that alley. I don't know what he was running from though." I said, disguising my voice to sound like Felix.
"Thank you!" Charlotte said then ran down the alleyway.
I reverted back to my normal self then snuck my way past the alleyway and ran off. Charlotte came back then noticed me. She called out my name and chased after me. I laughed and warped away. She stopped running and panted.
"Curse these large breasts.." Charlotte said then held her knees and panted.
I appeared at the citadel and walked ahead, bumping into Lulu. I looked at her and she looked at me smiling. "Hey babe."
"Hey~ You seem to be in a good mood~" Lulu smiled and held her hands behind her back.
"You seem to be in a good mood as well, Iesia~" I said then dodged her grab. "I can shapeshift too and Lulu would never sound like that!"
"Heh~ You've got a keen sense for your consorts..~ I underestimated you." Iesia giggled, reverting back to normal.
"I study everyone I meet, you're not tricking me!" I said then ran ahead. I flipped on one hand, avoiding her grab then flipped over her.
Iesia looked surprised and looked back, seeing me land and heading straight for the Outing Tower. She ran after me and we entered the tower then I ran straight for the portal then went into the portal. Iesia went into the portal as well.
I exited the portal then noticed I was in a forest. I noticed a sign on the ground saying the words Rosehome Woods. I walked ahead and decided to explore the location as this area was new to me. The trees were a bright and healthy green color with a lot of roses around the forest. I entered an open area where there weren't any trees and crossed the bridge and noticed there was an entire village within the forest.
As I walked around I sensed attacks from a murder of crows and unkindness of ravens and dodged them. I summoned my dagger and began to strike down the crows and heard their pained squawking. They retreated and I looked up and noticed a woman in the air.
She had long pitch black hair, blood red eyes, and a mole under her left eye. She wore a black thin lace dress with high slits on both sides of her dress. The dress also appeared to be ripped. She had a claw mark scar on her left thigh and from her lower leg down was black talons. Her fingers were claw like with feathers from her hand all the way to her elbows. She had a single wing, but her other wing was made up of dark energy. She wore a gold crown on her head and I could tell she was a queen. I could tell she wasn't of the Mammalian Race, but was in the category the Mammalians were in called the Beastial Race. She was a part of a race called the Avian Race, a race of bird like people.
"Human...you've wandered into the wrong side of the Rosehome Woods. Humans are not permitted in the Blackthorn Kingdom." The woman said.
Charlotte panted and wheezed as she finally made it to the castle. She fell to her knees and heard Raven laughing. She looked at Raven.
"Ohohoho..." Raven tried to mock Charlotte's laugh but sounded like she was depressed.
"If you're gonna laugh like me at least get it right!" Charlotte said. "Where's the Crazy Amazon?"
"She went into the Outing Portal, but she doesn't know how random it can be. She's probably not in the most favorable position." Raven said.
"Why are these Kangaroo so angry and strong?!" Iesia yelled as she was now running away and being chased by a mob of Kangaroos. She noticed the portal and never looked so happy before. She dove into the portal then the portal closed. Iesia tumbled down the stairs and groaned as she laid on the ground.
Midnight showed up at the citadel and headed to the castle as well then reverted to her human form. "I searched the entirety of the city and God-Emperor Ares isn't there."
"That's because he isn't even in the kingdom. Using the Outing Portal is very unreliable, and travelling to Idrisid by horse will take about a week. This is a lose lose situation for all of you unless you all have some very insane luck." Raven said.
Iesia walked to the group and sighed. "No luck."
Charlotte snickered and laughed at Iesia's appearance. "You got attacked by the Kangaroos didn't you?! What an idiot!"
"Damn so we just got amnesia huh? We're gonna forget how you were attacked by Kangaroos as well?" Raven said.
"You're just a public enemy today huh?" Charlotte asked.
Raven shrugged.
"That portal is something else...How can a portal be so random..?!" Iesia asked.
"I won't be giving up so easily!" Charlotte said then stood up. Charlotte marched to the Outing Tower. "I'll be the first to have sex with Ares and there's nothing you can do to stop me!"
"Shit good luck! I won't stop you, but the portal surely will!" Iesia said.
I looked at the black feathered woman then watched her land on the ground. Her aura had a death presence to it and she seemed to be extremely angry.
"I'll eliminate every human and mammalian from the face of this planet for what they did to my clan. To my children...I am Merla, Queen of the Corvids! This is your end, Human." Merla said then summoned her scythe.