Esdeath looked at Artoria, who summoned her sword. A great pressure manifested itself at the site and Artoria proceeded to unleash the power of the sword of the promised victory, after a thousand years of having lost it.
The power was incredible, far beyond what she could do in her past era, but it was normal because this Artoria was not a human woman but a goddess.
'What incredible power...' Esdeath thought, watching the beam of light disintegrate her meteor, drawing a smile on her face.
She had gained respect for Artoria in this short time, and as a show of it, she would use everything she had to defeat her.
Esdeath clasped her hands again, and a luminous blue sphere formed between them.
"Mahapadma!" Esdeath shouted, at the same time a blue curtain covered everything, causing them to stop.
Mahapadma: When used, time and space freeze, and only the user can move. This ability is very demanding on its user and can only be used once a day.
It's as ridiculous as it sounds in the description, but it's reality. For a few seconds, Esdeath is capable of freezing time, and as a consequence...
Esdeath looked at the energy column rising to the sky. "If that were to hit me, I would be disintegrated..." murmured the woman with a wild smile.
She grabbed what was left of her sword, now broken in half, and looked at Artoria one last time.
"Don't complain, King... this is also strength..."
Deep in Esdeath's subconscious mind lingered the doubt whether an attack from her sword would be enough to defeat Artoria. However, the woman didn't consider it; her only thought was to defeat Artoria.
There was also a small trace of frustration in her. The pride of the invincible Esdeath, the Ice Queen, couldn't be trampled on twice in a row.
Esdeath arrived in front of Artoria, who remained in the same position, her sword reflecting her intention. Even if there was respect, even if Esdeath didn't feel hatred towards Artoria, even if both were technically allies, she wouldn't show mercy. That would be an insult to her opponent.
"See you!" Esdeath shouted, about to stab Artoria in the heart. But at that moment, a rectangle in space opened not far from her.
'Huh?!'
Esdeath stopped her movements, her eyes expressing confusion. Mahapadma was still active; time-space was frozen.
'How??... no!... Who?!'
Esdeath's gaze sharpened with great murderous intent, even greater than the one she showed towards Artoria.
Esdeath gripped her sword as she got ready to fight. The rectangle resembling a door had a faint white glow.
Esdeath smiled because whoever came out of there would be incredibly strong, and she liked that.
"As usual, you're a woman without mercy..." said the cold voice of a girl.
Esdeath saw a woman dressed in black peeking out, with a cold and unapproachable aura. She looked at Esdeath with disdain.
"You..."
Before Esdeath could ask anything of Wednesday, a bullet came out of the door, aimed at her forehead, but Esdeath effortlessly blocked it.
"Tsk, I need more powerful weapons!"
Rebecca crossed the threshold while carrying a futuristic precision rifle on her shoulders.
"I told you it wouldn't work.." Wednesday said, her tone bored, as if Esdeath's existence was irrelevant.
"But I had to try! The Ice bitch caught me off guard!"
"Even if you were attentive and had super technological armor, the result would be the same. The Ice bitch is very strong."
"Fuck yeah! that's true!"
After hearing so many insults towards her, Esdeath felt annoyed and began to direct her murderous intent towards the pair of girls.
"Hey!" Esdeath said.
Her aura was terrifying and dark, her voice was muffled and cruel, and her eyes carried the cold of death. Esdeath may be a beauty with blue hair, but she's also a woman capable of burying 400k people alive.
She's a terrifying woman...
Both girls glanced at her and then exchanged glances between them. Rebecca shrugged and stood to the left of the door, while Wednesday simply ignored Esdeath and stood to the right of the door.
This lack of attention was incredibly rude for someone like Esdeath, even more than insulting her; she was about to attack both girls.
"Esdeath... huh" A male voice entered Esdeath's ears.
"...!"
*Esdeath's POV*
What is this?...
My body doesn't move!
What is this sensation, it's like something has stolen the freedom of my body, a power or ability. My gaze focused on the source of the voice, from the corner of my eye, I saw the glance of both women towards me, it was a mocking glance that under other circumstances would have made me angry.
I don't remember ever concentrating on something so much. I couldn't divert my eyes while silence reigned.
Right at this moment, it crossed my mind, why hasn't time unfrozen? Mahapadma shouldn't last this long.
A black boot...
That was the first thing I saw, and I felt a sensation I had never felt before; my breathing increased, the air failed me, and my heart went out of control.
I could feel it, behind that door was the man who made it possible for me to be alive. However, that was insignificant.
What I really felt was something so unpleasant, it made me feel disgust and frustration.
I know... I'm not stupid... I've caused this to many people myself...
I don't want to admit it...
"It's Impotence..." said the girl dressed in black.
"It's fear~" mocked the green-haired girl.
"Ugh... Allen Walker!"
Saying that took all my willpower, at the same time, his figure appeared slowly in front of me.
I see... I'm not surprised that you can tame Artoria...
You're a true mons-
Huh?
Huh?!
HUHH?!
*End of POV*
Allen arrived at Marvel but not in the way he expected; they were on top of a building. He looked at the city and saw many frozen and destroyed buildings; he also noticed Artoria using Excalibur. He noticed the blue tint in everything and knew that Esdeath had used "that" broken ability that freezes time and space.
[What a troublesome woman]
Allen agreed with the system; she stole Wednesday and Rebecca's vitality, and destroyed their apartment, and part of the city. If it hadn't been for Artoria, there would have been many more victims.
Allen sighed, looking at the beautiful woman with blue hair who looked at him stunned. Allen was surprised; with her personality, he expected to be attacked upon appearing.
However, she looked at him in silence as if she had seen a ghost. In fact, Rebecca began to laugh on the ground, and even Wednesday chuckled discreetly, which made him open his eyes in disbelief.
Allen shook his head and focused on Esdeath, "Stop right there!"
"Yes," Esdeath threw her sword on the ground and raised her hands in surrender.
"Huh?"
Allen, Wednesday, and Rebecca were dumbfounded, seeing her surrender so easily. Allen expected to have to defeat her before anything else.
Rebecca rolled on the ground again laughing, and Wednesday snorted mockingly at Esdeath.
"At the end, were you just this?" Wednesday said.
Allen put his hand on Wednesday's shoulder, indicating her to stop, and walked towards Esdeath.
"You destroyed my home... you attacked my family... you nearly destroyed my city... and you tried to kill Artoria..."
Esdeath remained silent without denying any of Allen's statements. She said nothing and knelt; she had done it before in front of the young emperor, but she had never done it sincerely.
Allen paused, he was angry or at least annoyed. thanks to Artoria's efforts, nothing serious happened in the end, but that was only because of her. Esdeath wouldn't have hesitated to kill her if given the chance.
However, Allen couldn't even scold her when Esdeath had already recovered and even admitted guilt.
"I see..."
Allen came prepared for an apocalypse, but unexpectedly, it was resolved without any trouble.
'System?'
[Do you want me to dissolve the ability?]
As Esdeath's Mahapadma is a technique that only lasts for a few seconds from her perspective, it was impossible for it not to end all this time. What happened was that the system took advantage of the temporal anchor to turn the frozen time of Esdeath's ability into something permanent until the anchor was deactivated.
The temporal flow returned, causing everything to start moving again. Allen wondered if the scope of this technique was universal or had a limit; it would be absurd if it were, but with Esdeath, anything is possible.
Artoria looked down as her green eyes met Allen's, and vice versa. They communicated with each other through that brief interaction.
Esdeath clenched her teeth slightly as she watched their interaction, but only Wednesday noticed this.
"Esdeath, we'll talk later, first, I have to take care of this city..."
Esdeath remained silent without replying. Allen felt complicated; he knew that Esdeath accepting a scolding so easily was even chilling.
Allen rose into the sky with a bit of ki; he was tired from his previous fight, even though he had rested for a day and had one last "Second Chance" use in reserve.
The SDolls accompanied him in their small versions, except for Artoria, who disappeared after exchanging a last glance with Allen.
'Thanks, King...'
'You're welcome...'
Remembering that this ability allowed him to return to a previous state as if it were a save point in a video game.
It was a crimson-ranked ability, but it bordered on an Iridescent level due to its abusive power. The only restriction was that it was limited to ten times of use, and the cooldown was as high as an Iridescent ability, with seven days of individual cooldown for each use.
Allen looked at the city; with the improvement of his abilities, his magic power of demonic origin had increased significantly.
"Reparo..." Allen said with a serious tone.
You can imagine the result; as if the world were rewinding in time, the ice began to disappear, the buildings began to repair, the people trapped in ice and rubble were freed, and, most importantly, Allen's apartment began to take shape.
Rebecca looked around amazedly with amusement, while Wednesday remained silent but appreciated the spectacle, albeit a bit disappointed that there were only a few injured and no one died. Life is cruel; it's really cruel, as seen in the alternate DC universe.
The only reason why this movie-like outcome was possible was because Artoria made it possible and because Esdeath didn't prevent it. If she had acted completely ruthlessly, the number of casualties would have been enormous.
...
Allen returned to his apartment, he decided to prepare some food for the girls as a reward and apology for leaving them with these problems.
Esdeath remained in the living room without approaching the dining area. Allen offered her something, and she raised an eyebrow at this.
"I don't approve of your actions, but that doesn't mean I'll treat you as an outcast; neither you nor I are responsible for you being here."
Esdeath softened her expression and smiled slightly. "Thank you... Allen."
"You're welcome..."
"Hey, master, you've just received good fame, and you're going to ruin it already?" Rebecca said.
Allen received a lot of positive evaluations after his actions in DC, but people also know that he's bringing anime characters to the real world. So, Esdeath's actions are his responsibility in the public eye.
Allen sighed; he didn't want to be loved or anything, but it was ridiculous how on the one hand, he gained a good reputation, and on the other hand, a bad reputation. The same goes for money; with his fame and virality, he had accumulated twenty million credits and more than a thousand chests, which he ended up using in the "Second Chance" ability.
Creating a Crimson-ranked ability is expensive, but this leaves Allen broke again.
Allen sat in front of Esdeath and proceeded to explain everything he knew about the SDolls. She listened attentively, wondering how Wednesday and Rebecca arrived, but she also noticed that Allen was unaware of the circumstances of Artoria.
Then there's the issue of the origin of their new bodies. Esdeath feels her body frighteningly comfortable as if she were born like this. However, as an expert torturer, she knows human biology well and knows that it's not like a normal woman's body. In fact, even though it sounds rude, it's better made.
"Have you already tried our original function?" Esdeath asked casually.
Allen coughed, and Rebecca smiled smugly as she manifested in Allen's lap, vulgarly showing Esdeath the middle finger.
"Yes, he already tried it with me all night!~" Rebecca said with amusement.
Esdeath's brow twitched as her killer instincts surfaced.
Allen sighed, 'There are only four, and it's already chaotic... I don't know if I can handle a hundred...'
[Host, I see you throwing in the towel after the second dozen.]
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A/N: Sexdolls are an important element ;3
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