The day passed slowly with me working on the needles wall my shadow birdies moved around the castle listening I learn a great deal from these little birdies like how to the southwest in a place these people call the desolate planes there was a new tribe of orks that was taking the land by storm not even the demons could push this hoard back and they was calling the leader of this hoard the blood devil and they are apparently female can you believe it female hahaha how preposterous letting a woman lead its not right I say I paused my smithing when I heard those words which came from the royal advisor and treasurer who was having a secret meeting I laughed mumbling you keep kicking ass honey we will be together soon and with that started my work again and boy was it hard work I had to make 7 inch long thin needles which came to a sharp point this task was already hard to do with steal so when you add on top of that I am making them out of obsidian the difficulty skyrockets especially when the process of shaping obsidian is very different then shaping metal its was more like a mix of regular smithing and glass blowing yes delicate, expensive and very skarp glass one wrong move and the hole thing could shatter in my hands and if that happens you will be digging obsidian shards out of your hand for a week if any lesser smith tried to do this they would fail hell even I a master smith had to us my full focus and skill to even attempt this and even I can fail and I did I needed to have at least 10 of these needles to heal Athena currently I had attempted 20 needles but only 15 of them I completed the other 5 either shattered or snapped hell I even had one explode luckily it was in the forge and I sensed the energy change I had just enough time to hit the floor before boom a small explosion shook the hut I slowly stood up glaring at the sharks of obsidian sticking deep in the stone forge and wood roof I side but I didn't let this slow me down when I finished my fifteenth needle is when a few of my little birdie cot a interesting conversation happening sir duke white was having a meeting in his office with his people I noticed the royal treasurer who was a middle age fat bald man in very fancy blue and black clothes he had a ring on every finger and around his neck was expensive necklaces and the royal advisor who was a older man with long white hair he had on simple white and blue robes and a short beard these two sat the closest to the duke but there was 3 other people two male one female the woman had snow white skin and she wear white and gold priestess robes in her hand was a decorated silver and gold longsword and there stamped into the pommel was a image of a scale her long black hair want passed her shoulders but the most notable thing other then the sword was that this woman wear a black cloth over her eyes mmm a follow of Themis the Greek goddess of justice and law and order next to this woman was a man in very fancy red and gold suit his beard and short black hair was clean and cut I noticed hidden in his suit was a flintlock pistol this man always had a greedy gold tooth smile and his eyes shined with greediness his scan was tan and the last man was very familiar it was Branden in his armor he looked like both him and his armor got cleaned cuz I seen not a spec of mud or dirt on his clothes or armor at the moment the advisor looked to the duke asking sir with all do respect y did you summon us all here the Duke shrugged I wish to hear your opinions on the demonic legion and there leader and how we should treat them going forward so thought options the fate treasure side and glared at Branden angrily spitting y did you allow such barbarians through our gates holy knight caption they are nothing but filthy monsters who probably can't even bath properly let alone conduct them selfs properly duke I say we kill those filthy monsters and parade there heads through the streets to assure our people we wont let any barbarians through our gate that is when Branden slammed a hand onto the desk and as he stood up he yelled how dare you say such a thing not only did the demonic legion save my life but the life of the mistress they didn't do it ones but twice they saved our lifes two times not only did they save us from bandits but they stared down and charged at the demons tell me sir Poundmax could you do what they did could you stare down a army of over 500 demons and not only stand your ground but charge at this army and come out on top of course you couldn't cuz unlike you all the members of the demonic legion have a back bone unlike you greedy spindles pig Poundmax glared at Branden but it was the advisor who spoke sir Branden we understand what your saying but still you need to watch your tongue boy or you might find your self dead Branden glared at this old man I seen a gold holy fire burning in Brandens eyes as he spat back elder Harry I am only speaking facts unlike most of the man in this room the demonic legion gots spines tell me elder where were you and sir Poundmax when the bandits attacked the mistress where were you when we needed to outrun the demons o right you have here locked away in your rooms all comfy and save wall the real men was out there defending the mistress so my opinion Duke and he looked to the Duke who was calmly listening to all of this Branden lowered his voice and talked with way more respect compared to when he addressed the other two Duke White not only did those people save me but your daughter twice if you follow what these two say I swear I will leave a Harry yellec blasphemy you speak of braking the outh you made to not only the duke but his people you would through all this away just fora few monsters Branden glared at him that holy fire burning brighter in his eyes holy knight I maybe but I have morals and values I am a knight and a knight is
sworn to valor his heart knows only virtue his blade defends the helpless his might upholds the weak his word speaks only truth his wrath undoes the wicked
I am a knight and this is the outh I made not you or even the gods could make me go against this outh if we harm the demonic legion after all they have done for us then we should just let the demons into the city for we our already doomed hell we would be no better then them he was breathing hard when he finished everyone was silent at first but then hahahaha Poundmax broke out laughing no better then the demons you hear this joker hahaha Harry grinned hearing those words as for the fancy dressed man he had his arms behind his head simply watching the show and the priestess had her normal cold face but her hands clinched hearing the laughter but the duke was staring intensely at Duke there was no smile or anything on his face he had a cold thinking look he then looked to the fancy man and the priestess saying Coal, sword priestess you haven't said your thoughts on the matter Coal shrugged I mean we could always capture them and sell them as slaves they are good fighters so they would make damn good gladiators but they also know the wild woods way better then us so they could have some us how about you priestess what are our thoughts and Coal looked at her grinning the Priestess didn't move or respond at first but after a few moments she slowly moved her head and faced towards the duke and in a calm neutral voice she spoke my goddess has blessed me with a brief glimpse of this dukedoms future in one we grow and prosper with help from a outside source but the second one I seen this city burning all at the hands of the same outside force from the other vision but along with these visions my goddess warned me she told me about the leader of demonic legion she said he has gone by many names and feared in one world but in this world his name is AzmoNekros she said this man could be your best friend or your worst nightmare he is not a man anyone wants to cross and she told me to befriend him so and she stood up do what you want but I will be following my goddess wishes with that she turned around and walked out they ask was stunned at her words well everyone but Branden who grinned smuggly at Poundmax and Harry Silence fell over everyone for a few minutes but Coal looked to Branden asking you said the leader of this demonic legion was a child of the gods Branden nodded yes he is Coal nodded ok did he say anything that could have given you a incline on who his godly parent is Branden thought about it for a moment but nodded yes he said he was a child of death he called him self the death walker when he killed the leader of the bandits he controlled the shadows and used bright green fire they all gasped hearing his words even the duke Poundmax and Harry face was as pale as a ghost wall Coal had a little grin on his face wall the Duke's face was pale but no where near as much as the other two the Duke looked to Coal saying you seem to know who his godly parent is just say it Coal chuckled and shrugged controlling the shadows and bright green fire this has all the signs of a child of Hades I would put money on it Branden nodded he does have a 2 headed hell hound but he also has a snow white tiger Coal frowned slightly hearing about Duke but he shrugged the sword priestess is right we should befriend this man and his tribe not only our children of Hades extremely powerful but they are very good with valuable things or that's what I have heard the duke nodded and glared at Harry and poundmax saying you two should be ashamed of your selves I would have never gone with your plan and your lucky sir Azmo didn't hear you or he would probably kill you the two of them was shaking out of fear at both his words and at his angry look actually you know what Branden kill these rats Branden grinned at Poundmax and slowly walked around the table unsheathing his sword with pleasure poundmax tried to get out of his chair but got stuck slightly so instead of standing up both him and his chair fell backwards they hit the ground with a thump by the time he recovered Branden was standing over Poundmax his sword raised Poundmax yelled wait sir Branden I thought you was a knight I am unarmed you wouldn't kill a unarmed man right then I noticed him move a hand to his waste as he finished right would yo slice gurgle, gurgle but before Poundmax could pull out the small bombastic he had stored at his hip Branden cleanly sliced his head off I noticed a big bag of gold slump out of his clothes under the duke's desk but no one saw that sense Coal was grinning watching the show and Branden looked towards Harry and moved his way but unlike Poundmax the old
Man didn't retreat hell he glared at the duke saying I have served this family for 20 years now and this is the thanks I get how pitiful fine if I am going to die you will too and he drew a boom stick out from inside his robe and pointed it town the Duke but before he could pull the trigger a different gun want off and a hot leg ball slammed into the chest of the old man so hard it flipped him and the chair backward thump he hit the ground dead Coal lowered his boom stick smiling at the Duke saying what a mess is cleaning your house always this dirty I laughed hearing that as I just got done with the needles leather sheath I placed them into my bag that I always kept at the back of my waste hell all that I was missing was some paper bombs and I would have all the tools of a shinobi I laughed seeing everyone leave the dukes office my shadow bird walked from a dark corner and ran to the money bag that was under the desk the moment it touched it both it and the bag sank into the shadows and soon this little shadow bird appeared on my work table I smiled as I picked up this big bag of cold there had to be over 1000 gold in here I got to give it to that fat pig he decently was loaded to bad I couldn't take his hole wealth but no matter I quickly wrote some things I needed before saying Harriet I called and she appeared next to me saying you called Azmo I chuckled asking do you know where I can find these things and I handed her the paper with all the stuff I wanted she read it over slowly her eyes got wide when she seen the last thing and how much I wanted she looked up to me saying I can but much of these things ant cheap Azmo especially the blasting rocks especially this much I thought about over her words and nodded ok and I wrote a new list and handed it to her saying then just this stuff she read it and nodded better I can get the stuff for you but I would need the gold I nodded abd handed her the big bag of gold she was stunned when she felt the wait I chuckled you look surprised she nodded I am but I guess being a master smith has some perks I chuckled simply nodding she put away the list and gold saying I will be back with all of this stuff in like 3 hours is that fine I nodded yes she nodded and disappeared I chuckled sying master its time I heard a flapping noise come from behind me when I turned around I seen a owl sitting on the work table this owl quickly turned into a cold beauty that redacted strength she didn't have her mask on do I see how far the necrotic energy had spread I seen black veins moving towards the center of her left eye and the right side around the eye was almost completely black I could tell this couldn't wait any longer I quickly waved my hand as many boxes moved from the wall and made a area she could lay down on lay down I said hurriedly she did so I stood next to her head as I looked down my eyes glowing with s bright purple fire I was using all my sensing abilities to map out the war that was happening in her veins I side master I am going to start but I warn you this will hurt she nodded do it I side again and I through the needles into the air but for some reason they simply floated in front of me like there was something invisible holding them up I waved my hand the moment I did the tips of these needles started to glow with a ghostly green energy I looked down at her saying here we go I will us my ice and deaths touch to num your pain some but even so this is going to hurt like hell you ready she slowly nodded I cracked my fingers before I started tapping weak spots on her face every tap her face loosened up I then placed two fingers in the center of her head with my left hand mumbling deaths touch and Niflheim the temperature dropped in this hut so much so that frost started to form on the boxes and you could see your breath at this point Athena eyes was to heavy for her to keep them open so she slowly shut them I focused saying master I am starting with that I started to grabbed a needle and with pinpoint accuracy I sank these needles into her veins in specific spots where the black energy had greater power then the rest I moved so fast that all you could see was a clear after I stabbed the fifteenth needle right between here eyes that's where the energy was the strongest the moment my needle touched this black energy it started to rampage through Athena's veins but I then waved my hand the moment I did so ghostly green strings attached to each needle and I started using my deaths touch to both absorb and destroy this energy from Athena my deaths touch cleanses whatever I am absorbing so I didn't have to worry about this black energy doing the same to me but as I absorbed the energy I used these ghostly Green string to stick and heal any damage that this Black energy had done basically this ability of mine needed three things to work the ability to see and sense energy at a very high level yo the point you could see and sense the veins and bones on your patient, pin point accuracy to drive the needles to properly fix the problem and the last is the ability to stick wounds down to the molecular level I ones healed a man arm to do this I had to force his body to regrow its bones muscles and more plus I used my strings to make this all possible compares to regrowing a arm this was practically easy but even so I didn't loose focus if I even slip up a little it not only will case Athena to go through extreme pain even more then what she is feeling now but I could permanently damage her so I took my time and made sure I didn't fuck up like I worked for a 2 hours.