Yes I am well pleased with the outcome my lady! Hearing an unexpected response the fairy queen turned around with a shocking expression to see a small rabbit that had the appearance of a bloody dying corpse, filled with maggots feasting on its rotting flesh. However, despite looking like an animal that should be in intense pain, the rabbit just sat there with an eerie calm facial expression that would send shivers to just about anyone who saw it. With shock written all over her face she asked Lanthios; how did you get in here? It should be impossible for anyone to enter without my permission!
OH really said Lanthios through the rabbit, with eyes glowing a bright teal blue.
A moment of silence fell into the domain, no one dared say a word, until the queen realized where she messed up! While calming herself down to reinstill that royalty persona she said in a stone tone; yes that right I remember now I let you in a bit ago.. She lied but she had to because the guards around here were terrified, because one had to know it wasn't an easy task to break into a being domain, especially one made by their queen! Just the mere fact that a creature can enter her domain at will was enough to crush their morale to rock bottom! Sure they will still fight if ordered but who would fight their hardest if they already believe the fight to be impossible to win from the start?
While the queen was trying to come up with a way to savage the atmosphere, Lanthios interrupted her thoughts and said; don't worry my queen, I intended to keep my side of the bargain! I will not hurt any of your people or come after your territory.
How can I be sure you'll keep your word after all, you only asked me to heal a disgusting human. How did that even benefit you compared to raising a fairy in undeath? In fact this whole plan of your sounds suspicious from the start! Even more so now!
I understand what you're trying to say but in truth I would rather keep our relationships as friendly rather than enemies, I know I can't earn your trust through words only but only through action! So all I can do is ask you to be patient and watch me, then later decide on your own if I am someone worth trusting. Even more so now, because once the other humans find out you gave that human that flower.. Well, I don't know if you know the significance of that herb but in the human world you basically just signed a one way ticket to war!
War? Why isn't it just a lesser healing herb…
I guess you don't know, well to make a long story short that herbs mixed well in alchemy can make one hell of a potion that greatly benefits humans. Which is why it is normally picked into extinction anywhere it is found.
And I just told that human we have that in abundance! I have to kill him!
NO! You can't! And before you get angry listen to what I have to say. If you kill him now the plan to kill all 100 mercenaries at the forest edge will fail! I didn't tell you about the importance of the herb, just to have you go and kill the human, that I just painstakingly had you save. No, I only told you about this to earn more of your trust. After all I could have said nothing and reap the rewards after the war between you and the humans was over. Sigh, listen after the mercenary camp is destroyed I will help you set up more defenses against the humans, ok, in fact I will even send troops and help you if a war does break out.
Um.. you talk as if you already know the location of my fairy kingdom Lanthios.
…crap..Lanthios thought
No response ugh? I guess you already know.. However it's not that surprising when I think about it, after all even right now you are talking to me through a mere puppet and not your true self.. In fact the more I think about it the more I am sure I could probably easily kill your true self. After all, if you were confident in your strength you'll be here yourself and not send a puppet.
HAHA you right queen of the fairies, however could you handle the consequence of killing me? I wonder… because as you know I am a servant of death! A judge in fact! Don't think for a second I am ignorant about our gods' shared past.. And yes that right I even know about that…
Just as Lanthios was about to finish his sentence he suddenly found himself frozen and unable to utter a single word or let alone move a single muscle… and just as suddenly he wasn't able to do anything, his stomach began to grow, and grow until even his stomach couldn't contain what was inside! Then out of the depths of his bowls came a single moth, but then another came out, and then another in a faster motion, until one became so many it was like a broken faucet was set loose in his mouth! They came out of his ear! His eyes lids! They crawled out his nose! Hell even the numerous maggots that crawl about in his flesh were in the minority! So many there were, that not a single speck of the rabbit silhouette can be seen with the naked eye! Than a single moth landed on the part of the rabbit that was oozing blood, blood that stained the rabbit fur red, that moth than began to drink the red waters of the rabbit until like a switch was taped it went crazy and starting eating the flesh of the poor corpse rabbit, this action encouraged the other moths and like a feeding frenzy they swarmed into a ever hungry horde and devoured the rabbit, in which this was all happening Lanthios could do nothing but watch but thankfully it was just a puppet so he felt no pain from the bugs onslaught. Once the feast had ended all the moths that took part in the feast disintegrate into dust leaving nothing behind for nothing was left hot a single hair or drop of blood could be found!
All this happened so fast the shocked guards asked the queen; my queen why did you do such a thing? If you wanted him dead, you need only say the word and we would have gladly done it. The queen responded with; I know but what he was about to say is a completely guarded secret that only the queen can know. Had you guys heard you would all have to die, I didn't not want that so I had to silence it! Besides it's just a puppet so no harm done.
Well that was just mean! Just because I couldn't feel pain from that doesn't mean I want to experience what it feels like to be eaten alive by bugs! Besides, I wasn't going to spell the beans anyway, I say what you did was unnecessary! And what you mean no harm done! I love all my servants! O! And before you say something the maggots' on that body are for aesthetic purposes only they don't really devour the body...I think... A mysterious voice said from behind them!
With a shocked written face the queen thought to herself, again he broke in but how? And what is he now? Is that a crow with three heads?
Now in a body of a pristine clean crow body with three heads Lanthios says; Relax, I know you are panicking in your mind right now queen or should I say Vessex!
BOOM! As soon as Lanthios called the queen Vessex the guards by the queen's facial expression changed from shock of seeing him here to a very angry expression the type of expression one would give if you insulted their mother! In their righteous anger they all said in unison; How dare you insult the queen by calling her whatever you want!
On the other hand in the queen's mind…, the explosion of thought racing in her mind was like a literal bomb went off inside her brain! She thought; How does he know my name? And not just any name, my true name? No one but me and my god should know that.. Not even my daughter knows my true name. Just who or what is he? Does he really only sever the death god?
Amongst the angry guards and the confessing yet slightly fearful queen Lanthios yelled enough! With fog ever approaching his surrounding like a cover Lanthios silhouette ever fading like it was on the verge of collapse said in a thunderous voice; listen I don't have much time left my servant as sent word to me that the human we let go is about to reach the forest ends, so I need to ready the next part of the plan so I'll leave you with this lady Vessex I how you can save your daughter! But that won't be for free. We can discuss a new set of terms after the humans are dealt with! With those final words Lanthios side that was covered in fog shattered like glasses out of existence.
My queen, what does he mean? Is there something wrong with the princes? The guards said together.
The queen answered NO! there is nothing wrong with her! I don't know what he is talking about and all of you are forbidden from ever mentioning this again or talking about what to place here to others! If I find out you did, your whole family is frog food!
With The disgruntled guards taken care of, the queen looked at the place the crow last stood with narrowed eyes and with a questioning glaze, and thought, does he really know a way to save her?