In the Argland Council-State, the southwestern side of the continent... an incident occurred. The capital city, Perone was suddenly raided at one of their weakest moments.
Far in the distance, with the subtle smell of wet leaves even in the densest forests, the phantom of a gigantic tree could be seen across the continent; It served as a signal for the world to know changes were incoming, and that freedom was around the corner.
"For such a majestic tree to be born, an enormous and glorious sun is needed for nourishment as well as pure and divine fresh waters. This is the Yggdrasil of the Forest Elves, this tree has been born in the Baharut Empire, but its roots shall spread across the continent... until reaching even us here down"
A voice said calmly, speaking within a tall castle with the sight of a city that went as far as the eye could see. Her eyes rested at the city gates where blazes and smoke surfaced in turmoil.
*BOOOMM!*
"The roots have –in fact– already reached..." She sighed and walked back to the abode of a gigantic dragon who yet refused to lift his face, shrieking in agony like needles were constantly prickling the core of his soul.
"Of all of us, I never thought I'd one day serve as your caretaker, Vaision" The hooded old lady patted the dragon's head.
"Rigrit, this is not a 'player' we are dealing with". His voice was like a low deflated growl of shame rather than fury, an injured dragon.
Tsaindorcus Vaision had for once in his long life, faced defeat. The armour which had served as the vessel of his soul for more than three centuries, had been obliterated, calcinated... together with a massive chunk of his soul.
And even then, his heart didn't contain fear towards Osiris, but instead...
"S-She... she is a True Dragon".
"... she?"
*BOOOMMM!!*
*BOOOMMM!!*
The explosions blazing outside in the city became more prominent, but the dragon continued to divagate in fear.
"She's a parasite... a divine parasite inhabiting the body of a true god and he doesn't even realise. More than Osiris, she is the true danger to this world!"
"Vaision..." She, one of the old thirteen heroes, had never seen the strongest dragon behave like this, in such a critical moment at that.
...
Far away, at the entrance of the city, the assailants would not wait. The undead wouldn't wait. A thousand young, freshly baked from the crimson blood and pungent soul of the fallen state soldiers.
Walking among them was an elder lich with two dark elves at either side.
"Aura, Mare... have you taken the towers?".
"Yes, Ains-sama... as you expected, from the information we received from Shaltear and Solution... Tsaindorcus Vaision will be unable to fight, however... he is not the only Dragon here" Aura smirked, staring at the incoming flying beasts in the distance, each coming from their respective mountain far away from the capital.
*BOOM!*
They landed one by one, the Dragon Lords.
The lich cracked his neck, this was the first major step in the right direction.
The necromancer put forth some of his strongest creatures to face those dragons. Gigantic water, fire and earth elementals fell at a battlefield brimming with bloodshed.
"I don't come to fight, Dragon Lords... I come to talk about Osiris and the future of the continent. However, you proud Dragons wouldn't listen to the words of a weakling, would you? I shall show you that Ains Ooal Gown is not to be trifled with!".
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Just like the Argland Council-State, in many spots of the world that gigantic tree was visible, it was a phantom illusion that wouldn't last long... but it served as an innuendo. A message.
From the city of E-Rantel, a lady with a white dress and flapping black wings stared at it with clenched hands, she stood at the top of the tallest building in a city covered in black miasma, completely taken over by the undead, the new Nazarick and her prison. The one she was unable to leave due to her incompetence, having lost the trust of her lord.
In her mind, rather than rage induced by the silhouette of that handsome dark-skinned God, Albedo couldn't remove her mind from the vision of that gigantic fox trampling over her home like it was rotten cattle.
"Yasaka Okami... when is it going to be the time in which I shall crush you with my own two hands" She clenched them so hard that her blood poured.
"Fufufu~ aren't you dreaming a bit?~" A graceful voice spoke behind her with ridicule.
"..."
Albedo felt a headache looming, behind her sat the regal levitating silhouette of a gothic girl, lazily staring at her. Instead of losing her composure, Albedo exhaled deeply and turned around.
"I have asked you dozens of times... what is it that you wish?"
All she received was a silent smile from the girl who looked at her up and down as if wondering how good she'd taste.
A breeze flashed by and somebody else landed on the rooftop, it was the maid, Narberal Gamma.
"Albedo-sama... she's here again–"
"So I have seen..."
"I want your lives... that's all~"
A vein popped up on Albedo's forehead.
"IF SO THEN COME AND FIGHT ME INSTEAD OF RUNNING, YOU BITCH!"
With a single step, she shattered the building beneath, technically teleported in front of that gothic lolita and smashed the woman's head until only a cloud of red dust remained. Narberal flinched with the display, clearly the succubus was in her last strings of sanity.
Sadly, she already knew the continuation of this movie.
"Fufufu, Aren't you a bit impatient? I have recognised your strength Albedo".
Just like her, a dozen more manifested. Albedo and Narberal knew there was no end to it... they were both tasked by Ains Ooal Gown to deal with this issue... but there was no effective way to deal with it.
This monster or whatever she was, couldn't be killed.
The invader, Tokisaki Kurumi, licked her lips in thrill... she couldn't be killed, but she also knew Albedo and Narberal Gamma weren't that easy to hunt, they were stronger.
"However, where there is a will there is a way!".
"Stay your hand, Osiris-san. I'm close to making a big sacrifice that will leave you speechless~"
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After a rather eventful morning, Anna Blair and I left the Moonlight Mist world back into reality, a reality we had to face.
"Ray, isn't there something you can do?" She asked, troubled.
"..." I had an answer I was reluctant to utter.
Anna Blair asked me as if I had the answer to all the dilemmas in life. To her, I was an almighty being, if I couldn't... more than likely no one could.
In front of us was the destroyed elf core. Those dark-like creatures had shattered it before I could prevent it. Ironically, that is what the screen up there surprisingly says... we're supposed to destroy them but Anna Blair was adamant in protecting them.
I thought the same way.
[It is possible to restore this core... the primordial energy behind its composure is moon energy. It will cost you three thousand chaos points] Horus said.
'Three thousand...' Dammit, It is possible... but if I keep spending on every trivial thing, when am I going to complete the million I have to get to rank up? I am just one rank away from Elysir and mom... but this step almost feels insurmountable.
I don't see a way in which I can achieve that target in this world... I may have to travel again.
"Vanna, I don't think–"
"PLEASE!"
The gorgeous noble elf pulled my arm into her cleavage, with shining begging and torn eyes, I felt all her bubbly and jiggly authenticity. It was as if my Anna was asking me for snacks, I just couldn't avoid her.
"Please, Ray! I know you are a merciful god, I believe in you!"
And then she had to use the manipulation. So predictable yet efficient; I could only stand there and receive this girl's soft oppa- *cough* faith that sent me into the realm of consideration and ascension.
'So this is what it means to be a god? to answer your follower's prayers?' The more she pressed my arm, the more softness surrounded it, and the more compelled I felt to act. Is this... the power of faith?
"Okay... I did promise I'd help you–" I relented in the end with tears of helplessness.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Anna Blair hugged me tightly with so much gratitude and cushioning force. I didn't recognise her until now as a force to reckon with... but she has Anna's cuteness, Anna's seductiveness and lastly, her persuasive capabilities.
Worthy of an Anna; you don't fuck about with them.
...
We stood up together in front of the Elf Core.
"You must tell me why you care so much about this" I asked her, if I was going to spend this many points on her, I at least wanted to know why.
"I don't know..."
Her first answer lessened my motivation drastically.
"Girl that's not a reason–"
"I don't know... I don't understand it or even know what it is. But my every being is screaming to me to not let this core die! Every cell of my body is telling me to protect it, I must protect it, Ray!"
Her conviction convinced me and with a sigh, I endeavoured to fix up whatever this core was.
[-3000 Chaos Points].
The process took less than five minutes, the core was restored and shining even brighter than before. Like it had been impregnated by not only my moon energy but also my sun energy. The core shone no longer in a bright blue, but a shiny gold.
"I swear... I shall repay this, Lord Ray" Anna knelt in front of me for a second, but she quickly stood up as if overcome by her instincts, and hugged that core tightly.
"So warm!~"
Just seeing her happiness made it all kinda worth it. Instead of heading straight down to keep exploring, Anna made some sort of ritual in front of that core. She danced in front of it, and leaves and plants started to surround her with the fresh smell of nature impregnating the cave, it was beautiful.
I watched her do it, and at some point, she pulled me along to dance and we danced together. I understood then, that this is what elves are like... they're happy, cheerful, like to dance, they smell wonderfully... they are ravishingly beautiful and charismatic.
They are free spirits.
"I will thank you again..." She leaned on my shoulder after we finished our little party, by then the elf core was shining brighter and brighter... the previous ominous cave had turned into a lush of green leaves and flowers.
"By the way, where are the girls?" She asked, "I haven't seen them all day".
!!!
I recalled this morning things got a bit steamy when Anna and Akeno caught me giving Rias a massage, so I had to be a good boyfriend and treat everyone fairly with the measly treasures I had.
"A-Ah, the girls... ahahaha, yeah they, you know–".
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"Ahn!~ Ray-chan you never told me your massages were so good! You big big meanie, bad boyfriend!"
[+1200 Chaos Points].
[Anna: Ice +100%].
[Anna: Darkness +100%].
...
"Hmn! Ray-kun! S-So good, do it harder! Press your hands harder! I SAID HARDER!"
[Himejima Akeno has evolved to: Dark Nephilim]
[+2300 Chaos Points].
[Akeno: Lightining +100%]
[Akeno: Light +70%]
...
"AHNN!!~ I A-ABSOLUTELY UHM!~ I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO, RAY! YOU ARE GOING TO MASSAGE ME UNTIL DEATH PUT US APART!"
[Rias Gremory has evolved to: Devil Queen].
[+2400 Chaos Points].
[Rias: Destruction +100%].
[Rias: Darkness +100%].
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I could still remember Akeno clenching me so hard and asking me to massage her even harder, to step on her technically as if she was a boss masochist, I never knew her like that.
"The girls got a bit ecstatic this morning... Akeno was a bit scary..." I divagated.
"Pardon?"
*cough!*
"They won't be waking up any time soon, so... let's continue without them, for now, ~" I pulled Anna down the stairs to the next floor, the girl looked at me mysteriously but ended up just following me.
My girlfriends are just a trio of greedy devils, I don't think I will be doing any massages any time soon after this morning.