It's night in the forest, a small camp has been set up, with 2 tents being pitched, flames crackling in a fire while soup is brewed.
A large, pale woman with short, slightly curly black hair was sharpening a worn axe.
Adriana looking at her [Astral Axe], the first Rare item she created, she sighed, it has already become obsolete.
Not to mention that your inventory is filled with all kinds of Common to Rare materials, not to mention that there are some Epics, even if they don't work for weapons, you can create good armor or some magical accessory that stores a lot of Mana.
As for the reason why even after so long, she hasn't forged a new weapon, it's because she focused her time on training her skills, recovering others, she even has Epic weapons in her Inventory, but they are made for Common Mages or Warriors of auras.
Adriana used Astral Energy before, they weren't very efficient, so the [Astral Axe] was still better than many Epic Weapons in that regard.
But after the Hunting World, which she visits frequently to annihilate some colonies found by her Clones, her ax is no longer useful and will need to go somewhere as a memory.
Not to mention that now that she has the Void Energy, she naturally needs to create something with it, but from the materials she has, where she even hunted for weeks in some Dark Element Dungeons she had set up.
Unfortunately the best materials for this element are Rare and there is no metal of any kind.
Adriana found herself frustrated, the lack of resources is irritating, which made her miss her "dump", where she threw all the "trash" of materials of different qualities.
Due to her absurd power and invincible body, using weapon or armor became useless, as such she stopped forging after a while.
"Is the food ready yet?" - Asked a sweet voice, Adriana came out of her thoughts, giving a light look at the soup and saying. -"Yes-"- But in the middle of her words she stopped.
Vanessa was wearing black lingerie, showing a lot of her curves, those firm and full breasts, her flat abdomen, a plump and smooth ass, that smug and seductive smile on her face.
But Adriana raised an eyebrow and Vanessa said after biting her lip. - "Do you like what you see?"
"I didn't know there was someone who wore something like that..." - Adriana said pointing to Vanessa's crotch, where we can see her tight panties, but the most notable would be a long cloth wrapped in something long and thick, as well as saggy.
Vanessa was surprised to hear that, looking down at herself and blushing.
"Will it be swaying like a windmill?" - Asked Adriana holding back a laugh, Vanessa shuddering in embarrassment, before running out to one of the stalls.
Laughing, Adriana opened her group with their wives, sending the photos she asked the System to take.
{Lily: NO FUCK!}
{Ajacky: Well... sexy?}
{Ikiria: Elephant!}
{Luria: I feel sorry, look at her face in the 3rd photo, what did you say to the poor thing?}
{Lily: It's master, what did you say?}
{Adriana: No big deal, I just said that I didn't know there were people who used something like that, I also held back my laughter, but it didn't work.}
{Ikiria: Belly hurts...}
{Adriana(1): Original, isn't it a crime to expose other people's nudity?}
{Adriana(2): Indeed, what an ugly thing!}
{Adriana(3): Poor thing, I just wanted to have my ass rolled up!}
{Adriana: Much better!}
{Ajacky: One question… why isn't it related to royalty? Have you ever played with a noblewoman...}
{Adriana: …about that…}
{Luria: Dear, royalty is something much more complex than simple nobility, I for example, was a knight, I did not inherit the rank of nobility from my family, so I had almost no obligation, so I abandoned my Kingdom or duty , it wouldn't be that heavy and it wouldn't affect so many lives. But being from the Royal Family, even if you are not going to inherit the throne, you are forced to fulfill many responsibilities and no matter how much time passes, not even if you are expelled from the family, you will still continue to have royal blood, any problem happening to the family and you can inherit the kingdom or become someone's puppet. But the main reason is the mentality, if a princess enters among the wives of the idiot there, she will constantly have thoughts more towards the benefit of her nation, if it is a princess who thought that she would never get the rank of Queen, well, the flame of greed would come to the fore quite easily and Adriana would hardly refuse something we ask for unless it goes against her goals or could harm us. If any royalty joins here, we're going to have a lot of headaches and stronger connections with worlds in question, because you see, if we create a magnificent and giant territory, then we want to bring our families, you could bring anyone who wants to come and thrive in another world, but could a princess do it, or even a queen?}
{Ikiria: It's complicated... boring!}
{Lily: The only little princess we accept here is Ikiria and now you, we don't want a literal one, even if... you want to make a helicopter out of your dick!}
{Luria: Well remembered, hahahahaha!}
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"You are evil!" - Vanessa said sitting huddled on a log, with a bowl of soup, with several pieces of meat.
"You came up with that outfit." - Adriana said holding back a laugh and biting the soft flesh.
"Not even to praise me!" Vanessa pouted.
"You need a spanking, not praise, I don't want to give either!" - Adriana said smiling.
"You really don't want to punch that huge thing at me? I don't mind being submissive, or do you prefer me inside you?" - Vanessa said excitedly and acting smugly.
"Of course I wanted to force you against that wall over there and make you scream all night, unfortunately you are a princess." - Adriana said, nodding her head.
Vanessa pouted and said. - "So if I'm not a princess anymore, you dominate me right now? I can become your obedient little bitch!" - She smiled as she approached with her knees to the floor.
Adriana looked at her and laughed, flicking her forehead. - "Eat your food and go to sleep, we have some mares to deal with!"
Vanessa rubbed her forehead pouting before asking. - "Why? I already understand that you are firm in your decision, but it is obvious that you are dying to fuck me, it is obvious how you dealt with the whores in the cities we passed, so why play with me and ignore me like that?!" Her tone was full of frustration and irritation.
Adriana looked at her and said. - "Royalty is complicated, it gives you a headache!"
"You are a wretch… but I think the strongest ones always are, which makes me feel even more attracted to you!" - Vanessa said frustrated.
"Vanessa, then stop!" - Adriana said more seriously.
"How can I give up on my dream?" - Vanessa said huffing.
"What would it be?"
"Take you to bed!" - Vanessa said excitedly, winking.
"…" - Adriana touched her forehead, laughing.
Soon finished eating, Adriana stood up and spread her senses out to the surroundings, before bending down to Vanessa and touching her chin, leaving Vanessa excited.
"You know, if only you weren't royalty, even the daughter of a duchess, I'd take you as my wife right now, a pity indeed!" - Adriana said sighing and kissing her forehead, before getting up and going to her tent.
Vanessa stood there, standing there, blinking, she expected something different from this, only for that frustrating feeling to grow more and more, making her furious!
"SON OF A BITCH!" - She shouted throwing the bowl away, huffing, feeling an annoying tightening in her heart.
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The next morning, Adriana kicks Vanessa's legs, waking her up, who is very sleepy.
"I told you not to think about it, now look at those huge bags under my eyes!" - Adriana said laughing, receiving only a bored look from Vanessa who grunted before saying.
"Do that thing and give me some water to wet my face!"
Adriana smiled and waved her hand, using some of Calypso's powers to generate water.
Vanessa used it to clean and wet her face before drying off and starting to gather her things.
…
Soon the two continued advancing deeper into the forest, they decided to walk, as Centaurs don't like to see them mounted on horses.
…
Deeper into the forest, they were far from the plains, but from the many hoofprints, it's obvious they are in an area the Centaurs have already passed.
Not to mention that the first encounter with the Centaurs was reported to be something disastrous, as the Centaurs were hunting when they found humans on horseback, there was a fight in moments and they killed each other.
Adriana didn't see anything on her Map worth noting, so with the onset of night, they made camp again.
Vanessa didn't try anything, she was frustrated, angry and sad.
…
The next day it was also just them walking around, nothing being found.
On the 3rd day it was the same as on the 4th.
But finally on the 5th day!
Whistle*
A loud whistle sounded, Vanessa adjusting her breathing as she walked and lifted her head, as Adriana beside her reached out, grabbing an arrow that was aimed at Vanessa's neck.
"We finally found something!" - Adriana said smiling.
Soon more arrows were fired, raining down on them, but Adriana was in the lead, with Vanessa hiding behind her, the arrows flapping in a thin layer of black before falling broken to the ground.
The arrows continued to rain down, but Adriana didn't move an inch, Vanessa asked behind her. - "Aren't you going to do anything?"
"The arrows are strong, having a very rough mana circulation technique, but due to being longbows and large arrows, the damage is considerable, I understand why they had so many problems, it's not much different from the type of a crossbow!" - Adriana said carefree.
"You are not going to do anything?!" - Vanessa repeated with wide eyes with the arrows not stopping hitting.
"No need, our objective needs a peaceful and clear, domineering approach! I can stay here for hours, but I find it difficult for them to have infinite arrows, it should end soon, since there are 8 shooting." - Said Adriana.
"But can't you capture one of them to try to talk to?" - Vanessa asked.
"For what? If I go through all the shots and go to capture one of them, the rest will retreat and come back with a bigger army, not to mention that we don't know about the hierarchy of Centaurs, if they are classified by dick size, tattoos and such. We might as well capture any one full of prejudice that will constantly insult us." - Adriana said raising her hands.
"So let's walk with a more submissive approach, raising your hands always works, do you have white panties on? We can use it for a flag." - Adriana said smiling.
Vanessa rolled her eyes and taking courage, got off Adriana's back and also raised her hands.
The arrows didn't stop coming and they walked, Vanessa following Adriana's step.
And after a while, the arrows stopped coming, they kept advancing, not knowing if they stopped attacking because they ran out of arrows or because they saw it to be useless.
Whatever the case, they advanced a little further, until several Centaurs came from all directions, wielding long, thick spears, letting out furious war cries as they thrust fiercely at them.
"Don't worry, they are strong, but… impossible for them to get past my defenses!" - Adriana said carefree, even if they are all Level 40~60, which is quite impressive, in the end it's not a danger to Adriana.
So the 8 Centaurs were attacking her, but without success to pass through her barrier and they continued with their hands raised.
"Hello, how about stop attacking, this is useless!" - Adriana said, which made all Centauras retreat, giving several trots backwards.
"How do you know our language?!" - Roared the Centaura who looks like the leader, a woman with average beauty, fallen horse ears, tanned skin with huge muscles, small and exposed breasts, a body covered in scars.
"I use a magical artifact that automatically translates everything I say into something you can understand!" - Adriana said calmly, the Centaurs exchanging glances and circling her, probably looking for some weakness in her defenses.
"What do your damn race want in our forest? Go away now!" - She said fiercely.
"Here with me is the Princess, daughter of our leader, we come in peace, looking forward to dialogue and negotiating a ceasefire for any misunderstandings that both parties may have had!" - Adriana said calmly.
"Don't talk nonsense, you started it, now that you're losing, do you want to stop? Haha ha! Negligible!" - Said Centauro laughing in disdain.
Adriana looked at her and said. - "I was not aware of the situation until recently, when I learned of the first meeting between our groups, while we were exploring new lands, we found your powerful race hunting, but I was told that due to a misunderstanding of the lack of communication, the Tensions rose and finally our people started killing each other, I wish to settle any disagreements we have and as such, I came with gifts and a show of good faith, bringing one of the most important people to our side!"
Centaura hearing this, frowned, Adriana speaks many complicated words, but she asked. - "What gifts did you bring?"
"I'm a Mage, I have a spell that allows me to store large amounts of items in another dimension, how about we go to a more open place and I'll show you?" - Adriana said calmly.
The Centaurs looked at each other and nodded, then began to guide them and Adriana told Vanessa what was going on.
"Probably they will take advantage of this to make us lower our guard, and then attack us!" - Adriana said, seeing their obvious intention.
…
Arriving at an open space, Adriana began taking out many of the prepared gifts such as spears made of steel, armor pieces, comfortable fabrics, sacks of grain, and much more!
The Centaurs were impressed when they took the Spears that were made by copying the ones they wielded, which are much better than the ones they use.
The fabric is also more comfortable than most they have, the armor is sturdy and doesn't feel too heavy.
They analyzed all the items with fascination and Adriana said. - "I still have a lot more with me, but that's it on base, so could we meet with your leader? Many women have already died during this war, many children have lost their mothers, mothers have lost their daughters, there is no reason for a war to continue due to lack of communication and I do not believe that your race has not suffered from the losses."
Adriana's words hit right on the wound, where finally their leader said. - "Very well, I will bring you to meet the Matriarch!"
...
The Centaurs guided them for 3 days, where 2 of them left early to inform the Matriarch about the situation.
They returned on the 3rd day to report that they were allowed into the tribe's territories.
And as such, on the morning of the 4th day, they who were already walking through the vast green plains, soon found a lower area, where there was built a large village where hundreds of Centauras are roaming.
They were taken to the entrance, where there were 2 guards with intense eyes, with contempt when they looked at Adriana and Vanessa.
The Centaur tribe is relatively simple, their houses are big tents, they use fences around, the purpose is not known.
There are children playing and jumping, but they soon stopped when they started to look curiously at Adriana and Vanessa.
Vanessa looked curiously around, seeing all the Centaurs with dark or tan skin, big muscles, but she wasn't seeing any dangling horse limbs.
"Stop looking!" - Said Adriana huffing.
"Sorry… I'm just disappointed…" - Vanessa said.
"Horses have their penis retracted you idiot, it's obvious they will be the same!" - Adriana said rolling her eyes, Vanessa understanding and smiling.
And soon they arrived at the main tent, where someone entered to report, after which they were allowed to enter.
And entering the big main tent, they soon saw an imposing figure, with a huge scar on his face, measuring about 3 meters, a stocky body with explosive muscles.
The Matriarch of Centaurs glared at Adriana, ignoring Vanessa, as she could sense the danger in this small woman.
[Iandra Coretros(Lv.263) – HP: 100%]
"I hear you speak my language, is that true?" - She asked in a calm and stern voice.
"In fact!" - Adriana said, which raised sounds of sighs around, which she did not understand the surprise, but whatever.
"I also heard that you brought gifts, many good spears like this one, is that true?" - She asked.
"Indeed, there are 50 Steel Spears in all, made by our best blacksmiths!" - Adriana said calmly.
"Strange, why gift your enemies with such good weapons? Aren't you afraid we'll kill you with them?" Iandra asked.
"It is a simple sign of good faith, we do not wish this senseless war to continue any longer than it already has, the nation we come from has many enemies and focusing on you will result in excessive damage to both parties!" - Adriana said calmly.
"Oh, really, so you're wanting allies for your battles?" - Iandra asked narrowing her eyes.
"No, our intent is through gifts and dealings with our Queen's daughter, we have a ceasefire and the ability to cooperate to our mutual benefit in the future!" - Adriana said calmly.
"I see, that little girl's mother must be very powerful, to have someone as strong as you serve her." - Iandra said laughing lightly.
"I am not serving her as her subordinates serve her Matriarch, I am a Mercenary, she is paying me due to my ability to speak her language!" - Adriana said smiling.
"Curious, is the payoff worth the risk?" - Asked Iandra smiling.
"I don't mind the risks to tell you the truth, my biggest issue was the time it took to get here, but I would say for a short trip, it's worth the price." - Adriana said calmly.
Iandra glanced at Adriana, appearing to be thoughtful, before looking at Vanessa off to the side. - "Well, say what you mean!"
Adriana translated, then Vanessa started talking after knowing Iandra's name.
"Matriarch Iandra, my name is Vanessa Valeeior, I am the 3rd Princess of the Kingdom of Valeeior, I personally come to your house to ask for a ceasefire, as a form of our sincerity, we brought many gifts, which I wish we could go to a more peaceful place. open for delivery!" - Vanessa said calmly and Adriana translated.
Iandra looked at her, before nodding and soon they left the tent, in an open space, Adriana began to take items from her Inventory, boxes and bags of supplies, lots of fabric and of course, spears and even bows!
When she saw this, Iandra approached her, picking up one of the longbows, the wood is good, but the workmanship wasn't the best, so it doesn't match your bows.
But the spears, there is no comparison, are far superior to those manufactured by their blacksmiths.
Iandra nodded and said. - "Well, I really liked your gift! I believe that what is in these boxes is food and here, would it be some drink?"
"In fact, in the bags we have already processed grains, which we call flour, we have beans and other grains that we grow on our land, as well as we have a lot of processed meat to last for a long time, which is very tasty, as here, we have several drinks spirits from our best vintages!" - Adriana said translating Vanessa's words.
Iandra reached for a bottle of wine, pulling the cork easily and smelling the fragrance, before handing it over to Vanessa, obviously wanting her to drink first.
Adriana didn't say anything, Vanessa took it and took a sip without hesitation, so Iandra took it and turned it over, swallowing it all at once and letting out a light burp. - "It's weak, but tasty, I believe they have something stronger?"
"But of course, here we have a Whiskey, we also have this Jilis, which is pure Alcohol!"
Iandra grabbed a bottle of Jilis and drank, only to choke, which worried everyone around who already had their weapons drawn, but Iandra waved her hand, before bursting out laughing.
"That is good! Now we are speaking my language! Ok, you are officially invited, we will have a feast today and about negotiations, we will talk about that tomorrow!" - Iandra said laughing and taking another sip.
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The Centauro Tribe is called Coretros, following the first Matriarch, as she was respected, her name followed through generations and no Matriarch changed it.
The feast was made with supplies brought by Adriana and Vanessa, where Adriana taught the cooks how to use some of the supplies brought.
As they weren't used to these types of food, obviously they didn't do much, they just tasted a little and finding it acceptable, they decided to serve it, since it was the Matriarch's order to respect the visitors.
But otherwise, a lot of meat and fruit was presented, then drinks were served, which the Tribe quite liked.
Then at the various bonfires that were created, the Centaurs began to dance, a song began to be sung, along with the sound of their hooves.
It was something simple, but you can see that they like it, Vanessa was a little mesmerized by the sight.
Soon some children were pulling Vanessa and Adriana to the dance, they danced, but Adriana ended up leaving, because she had to accompany Iandra.
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"Tell me more about yourself, I don't feel comfortable having someone at my level walking around." - Iandra said calmly with Adriana sitting beside her.
"I'm a simple woman, I'm being paid a lot of Gold for this mission, where I was paid to protect the princess and serve as a means of communication between species." - Adriana said calmly.
"With your strength, I don't believe you wouldn't be able to become a Matriarch, so why serve such a one, Queen?" - Iandra asked curiously.
"Like I said before, I'm no good, of course, I could easily invade the dwelling and kill them all, then take control over hundreds of cities, then millions of women, but I don't want to, too much headache!" - Adriana said, shrugging.
"Have you no ambition?" -Iandra asked, smiling with joy, because she got some interesting information.
"Of course I do, being so powerful that no one in this world will dare challenge me, for that I don't need thousands or millions of women following me!" - Adriana said laughing.
"I see, but what is this Gold you are working for?" - Asked Iandra and soon Adriana threw him a coin.
Iandra looked at this iron coin, she looked at it confused, before crushing it.
"This… what is it?" Iandra asked.
"Gold! It's a currency, which you can use to buy everything, food, weapons, armor and even other people, depending on where you live. It can be said that it is yet another symbol that shows the status of a more evolved society!" - Adriana said calmly.
"Hmmmm… I see, but isn't it a problem to have a lot of it and no food?" Iandra asked.
"Of course it causes problems, but only an idiot would sell everything she has for gold, without having the ability to protect what is hers, as well as the ability to use it to benefit herself." - Adriana said smiling.
Iandra nodded, liking what this coin meant.
"How many of these would I need to buy 1 spear?" - Iandra asked curiously.
"Hmmm… if it was a spear made for people my size, of this quality, around 25~35 of these coins, but for your size… 60~80, a lot of iron is used." - Adriana said thoughtfully.
Iandra nodded, having many ideas.
"Since you work for money, would you betray your kind for it?" - Iandra asked lightly.
"I wouldn't betray my kind for money, honor and duty is important, not to mention I don't want to be branded Enemy No. 1 and banished from every city." - Adriana said, shrugging.
"I see… if I accept this cooperation, what will we get?" Iandra asked.
"At first you won't need to give anything, Valeeior will be giving you gifts, as they work to try to understand your language, at the same time as they try to teach you about theirs, in this time like many other tribes we come into contact with, we will be helping them to integrate into general society as a whole!" - Adriana said calmly.
"Do you wish to take us?!" Iandra frowned.
"No… you see, for many women, the term Tribe or Clan, it's something very… primitive, animal stuff, you know?" - Asked Adriana, which didn't help much in calming Iandra.
"Understand that my race's ancestors were once like you, living in isolation, warring over land and resources, the last two parts occur a lot, but the first no longer occurs.
Over the years, many species connected, sharing knowledge, benefiting both parties and later with enough interaction, bonds between species began to be born, the mestizos so to speak!
That is, while you and your people are isolated here, your numbers being limited by your lifestyle, the poor health where once you get sick, you don't have the right means to cure the person, problems like famines or droughts, some plague and among other problems.
Through a more evolved and constructed society, we can avoid this and help, but due to poor communication and opportunities, it is obvious that their minds are limited, as such they cannot do much." - Adriana said calmly.
Iandra listened carefully, thinking, it's a lot to take in, but she wanted to know more, so she wanted to understand how the Queen worked, where she learned that whoever leads the nation, inherits from her ancestors.
She found this absurd, as the strong one should lead, not the weak daughter of the previous leader, unless she is strong!
But Adriana said that with evolution comes the need for not just strength, but intelligence!
You have to be smart if you want to govern hundreds of cities and hundreds of thousands of people, or even tens of millions, numbers that Adriana basically taught her and she was shocked to think how many there are.
And Adriana put a lot of emphasis on cooperation and peace, which made Iandra even more thoughtful.
After a long conversation, with Iandra understanding this modern society better, she saw the need for cooperation, maybe this will help her tribe to prosper and even, for her to become a Queen!
She started to look forward to tomorrow, Adriana took a tired Vanessa to the guest tent, while Iandra was having a meeting with her main warriors and daughters, talking about everything she discovered.