wisdomkeeper... you perfectly found the model for Anastashia. You have my respect man. Karina is great
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=Underworld, Gremory Residence=
Venelena, Sirzechs and the newly arrived Zeoticus gawked at the scene in front of them.
There they saw a lone figure standing in the midst of mist and ice, the figure held a comical kitchen knife while her eyes screamed threat. The expected one-sided battle has been overturned, Grayfia now lay on the ground void of consciousness as Shiki look down on her body.
It was an anticlimactic fight as every spell that Grayfia used was dispersed in the air or evaded by Shiki. There was no spell that managed to graze the Japanese woman, she managed to slice in every ice no matter how large they may be. Even mist attacks created from ice was 'killed' by Shiki without exception. It was baffling.
At first, they thought that Shiki would held for a few seconds since Grayfia was on the offensive side, she bombarded her with ice attack not intending to elongate the fight. Contrary to their expectations, Shiki calmly accepted every attack without fail. With a mean of attack unknown to them, Shiki managed to erase all ice that was thrown at her.
Even attacks that only try to hinder her movements like ice manifestation on her feet were somehow evaded. It was an abnormal way of evading things. Things devolved in a way that Grayfia had to use some large spell like dropping a huge chunk of ice towards Shiki yet the woman easily disintegrated the ice with a single slash.
She was also quite agile that Grayfia had to keep her alert all the time to avoid losing her track against the woman. Her speed was inhuman that maybe only Sirzechs were able to naturally follow her moves. Shiki took Grayfia by a surprise when she suddenly blitzed in a burst of speed taking her off guard and being taken down with a single hit in the head.
Now everyone is left in a gawking state as they tried to comprehend what just happened. Grayfia is not weak and even quite strong for gaining the title 'Strongest Queen'. She competed with Serafall Leviathan for the title Maou showing that she has enough strength to strive. Now seeing the Strongest Queen within the hands of a human that they initially shrugged is stunning to say.
Sirzechs grabbed his head feeling slight lose at the situation. What he didn't expect was that his hands were tightly clenched throughout the whole fight, it was his reaction from the mysterious eyes that Ryougi Shiki presented. The eyes that brought chills all over his body forcing him to at the edge through all of that.
"Fufufu, how amazing~!" Venelena was the only one who was calm as she giggled in amusement. She then pinched the cheeks of her husband and son bringing them back to reality. "W-What just happened…?" Zeoticus muttered staring in bafflement at the scene presented in front of him. He still can't get over the fact that Shiki managed to overwhelm Grayfia.
Upon snapping from his trance, Sirzechs immediately went to Grayfia and checked her status and only revealed a relieving smile when he saw that she was safe. He then turned towards Shiki who still has her eyes opened, "Thank you for the opportunity" she said before throwing the knife away and walking towards where Venelena was.
Sirzechs could only wryly smile at that, his previous opinion about Shiki has changed and he can't casually handle her anymore. He shook his head erasing those thoughts from his head, it would be better if he use his brain how to connect Shiki with Rias so that she could help her.
"What a wonderful performance Ms. Shiki" Venelena complimented Shiki who just nodded her head in acceptance. Zeoticus finally regained his composure as he also congratulated Shiki. It seems like their decision of taking her in is the right choice. Venelena seemed to remember something as she walked towards Grayfia and took off her boots.
"Mother…?" Sirzechs was confused by his mother's action, he is about to bring Grayfia to her room when his mother suddenly did something like that. "Relax, I am about to try something" Venelena smiled at her son's worry. She took a unique green boots from somewhere and helped Grayfia wear it. The boots magically fitted on its own assuming the size of Grayfia's foot.
Venelena waited before what she expected finally happened. Grayfia's whole body lit up in a green shade as Sirzechs watched in astonishment. The bruise that Shiki inflicted on Grayfia vanished within their naked eyes, it healed so fast that it only took a small millisecond to happen. Venelena smiled brightly at the success.
"See? Isn't this amazing? It heals the user infinitely!" Venelena was proud of it as she puffed her chest. Sirzechs was stunned by his mother's reaction but more on the boot's ability. Heal was already a fantastic thing but to know that it does it infinitely means that its value soared to the sky. "Where…?" he asked looking for answer only for Venelena to point at Shiki.
Sirzechs has no reaction anymore, he became so numb that he failed to do what his mother expected. Venelena shook her head and was about to walked away when Sirzechs stopped her. "Wait mother! Can we somehow… send her towards Kuoh?" he asked as she instantly recognized what he is indicating, Venelena contemplated before responding, "I'll do what I can"
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Arcueid is currently seated on an uncomfortable throne that she deemed useless while staring at the horde of vampires kneeling in front of her. She scratched the back of her head wondering how this happened. She initially thought that it was just a normal conflict between two groups but she never thought that it was serious!
Like hell, she just wanted to have fun! How could it turn like this! Now the Carmilla Faction finished the conquest against Tepes Faction and managed to win with the support of Arcueid. The Carmilla Faction was about to execute every members of Tepes Faction when Arcueid halted all their actions. She made a rule that everyone is to hold each other's hands and have peace.
It was a naïve idea and would normally not work but surprisingly everyone followed the words of the Ultimate One forming a harmony created by respect and fear. No one dared to confront Arcueid as they know that with just a single thought from her, all of them would be killed. "Hm, my connection with Earth is slowly being repaired. Within weeks I should be able to control it again" Arcueid muttered under her breath.
Because of the world jump, she became unfamiliar with Earth severing her connection with it. But thankfully she is slowly regaining her control and would gain boundless power again. Though this is not what she is thinking right now because she needs to control thousands of vampire within a single town.
Arcueid thought many times of running away but the sense of responsibility held her down, quite different from the usual Arcueid who would only disregard everything. She has really grown under the care of Lawrence and others. "Nguuu, I miss Lawrence. When is he gonna come here? And where are the others? I can't sense them!" she complained.
"Ultimate One, is something troubling you? We will dispatch all of our reserves to make sure your problems vanish!" Queen Carmilla asked seeing the difficult expression that Arcueid is wearing. "Hnn, Carmilla is there a fun event that will happen? It's boring here! I want to have fun!" Arcueid threw a tantrum that was received with respect from her kin.
Queen Carmilla was troubled by the question because they are not informed of the happenings in the world. She looked around and only found salvation when one of the vampires raised his hand. "You may speak" Carmilla said giving permission to the lower rank vampire. "Thank you for the permission. I would like to suggest watching the upcoming Rating Game of the devils within 10 days. It is said that many big-shots will be coming to watch the show" the vampire respectfully reported.
That immediately gained Arcueid's attention. "Rating Game? What is that?" she asked Carmilla who answered the question patiently. Upon hearing what kind of event it was, it consumed every attention that Arcueid has. "Then we will go there! I want to watch it! Postpone the search for my companions and just focused on getting information on that event!" Arcueid gave her orders.
The vampires quickly lowered their head in acceptance. All of them tolerated the attitude of Arcueid for she is their only Ultimate One. Her orders are absolute. "This is exciting! I hope Lawrence will come soon and watch the event with me!" she muttered in enthusiasm. Now unbeknownst to everyone, the upcoming Rating Game won't be normal. With several of national power coming to witness, there is little to no chance that a trouble would not occur. One could only imagine what kind of chaos will be produced from that gathering.
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