"You're too used to this Reifa, I should have invited Kayla instead. Just how many men or suitors have you danced with."
"W-what, you call me a skank!!??."
Bingo I got you now, i don't get the sensitivities of those noble girls but i'll play that insecurity to my advantage, am I petty? Absolutely, and do I care? No , getting the upper hand matters.
"Does that mean you're inexperienced with men?."
"W-why are you asking me this, ofcourse Iam!!??."
"Well in that case...."
I hold her (Reifa) from waist and back , dip her down my face my face inches away from hers our noses touch with our lips but a slight breath away and I say
"Are you used to this my lady."
"A-ah I'm not."
I won
Kayla and party watched the duo flirt from a distance the scene prompting kayla to sigh, 'why did it have to be her' she thought the notion of envy against none other than her highness was nothing short of silly.
"Are you ok Ms.Kayla?." Asks the Dr
"You know Dr, I did all of this and attended this event for none other than have him look at me . I had hoped to be his partner for the night, do you think its foul for me to state how jealous Iam of her highness?."
"Objectively speaking , it is wrong for you to put yourself between two love stricken birds morever to consider the sovereign of our realm as a rival is preposterous to say the least but subjectively."
"Subjectively?."
" all is fair in love and war, if you think yourself capable of snatching Zephyr away from her highness by all means try to do so, and if you fail have solace in the fact that you've tried." Tyrel says
"All is fair hehe, thank you Dr" She repeats
"You're welcome Ms.Kayla."
"If you find solace in my words , let me say you're beauty is second to none." Hubert interjects
"U-uh thank you Hubert." Says Kayla unsure
Unaware of the conversation the two are in a world of their own.
"I just thought of a move right now, if you don't mind."
"I-i don't mind at all."
Reifa sure is cute right now
"Ok then I'll start by spinning you."
Taking my words as queue i spin her round and round soft enough to not induce nausea and i rest her against my arms again my face mere inches away
"Ahahaha."
Reifa laughs as i held her close , zapped of her usual feistiness she giggled much like the girl shes supposed to be, the regal air shes shrouded herself in is nowhere to be seen.
"You won."
"I did?."
"You've penetrated my guard , just as you've set yourself to do. I admit my defeat."
"Truth be told I forgot all about getting your guard down, I'm simply enjoying myself."
"then i take it back."
"Whaaat??!."
The evening went by fast as we spent our night in a world of our own, as music played we indulged in the joy of each others presence for as long as the tune remained.
Meanwhile
-The Underworld : Dragons rest-
Undead surrounded by husks a vast expanse of corpses as far as the eye can see, Belial trudged through the rough terrain riddled with bones and remains of what was once flesh (fossils) upon climbing a hill upfront he's gotten a clear view of his surrounding.
"Phew , quite the view we have here."
Following his part of the deal Belial proceeds to explore a netherrealm that he dubbed 'The Underworld' the land is shrouded by an eternal nightsky a cursed realm the land bereft of sunlight and with it life is void all except ....
"This is it, the tower the 'dragons rest' where life is plentiful ahaha." The concept of time has long left Belial mind, for every minute spent in this cursed realm had felt like a year.
After Opening the wooden gates Belial was greeted by a massive a hall in it were 13 statues marked in Roman numerals.
"These are the XIII , not looking alive from the looks of it."
Belial continued examning the statues when a surge of energy erupted pushing him away from them, the source of the eruption was none other than the statues themselves or rather the astral projections.
A terrifyingly powerful aura froze all the air in the room, Belial stood still in awe something like that was to be expected out of a mortal. Had he been a normal one he would have shook in fear , rather than standing he'd cower holding to his knees in agony.
"impressive.." Belial chose to express his awe in one word
"Pitiful mortal how dare you desecrate our resting place!!."
Spoke one of the dragons his tone (infuriated)
"A-ah, almighty dragon please I'm as you said a pitiful mortal however I dare not disturb your resting place rather I've come here to free all of you."
"Free us?."
"Hmph, he's bluffing Drakneil i know naught whence he's got this gall from but I would like nothing more than to snuff him where he stands."
" Valeria , let us hear from this mortal first."
"that puny mortal does what mortals do best tell tall tales beyond their miniscule scope, i'd be damned to consider the word of such worm."
"Valeria, calm yourself."
"As for you mortal, elaborate like my companion Valeria my patience is short."
The dragons scrutinized gaze adds pressure to the atmosphere he looks at Belial appraising him in return Belial returns a gaze of his own.
"I've been sent here by previous contractors the XIII, my name's Belial and I go by 0 in the organization as for how i'd conduct the prison escape. I can conjure a gate freeing one of you at a time."
"Hahahaha, a gate you say. You're an interesting mortal albeit simple minded. For you see our vessels are tied to this tower's guardians."
"And within each floor lies one of our souls bound by a warden." Valeria adds
"Like I said you mortals and your telltales." Valeria hisses
"Then I have to defeat a guard inexchange for a soul, yes?." Belial rolled his eyes away from Valerie as he talked
"You're quick witted mortal, but do you possess the might?"
"Oh I have might and then some." said Belial smirking
-Floor 1-
"So far so good, the enemies here are standard gargoyles."
Demonic creatures flew over the room speaking inaudible tangents of what Belial assumed to be insults.
"According to Drakneil , this is where I'll find Enthal the wrathful."
"Intruder leave!." The gargoyles warned
In complete disinterest Belial moved on undeterred he unleashed 2 magic circles aiming directly at the group of gargoyles. Fire spewed out burning them to cinders.
"Kill him!!."
As if to replace the fallen enemies a plethora of gargoyles appeared along with a slightly bigger variation commonly known as Imps in Etheria. Belial wasted no time dispatching magic circles of his own this time lightning was spewed zapping all that stood in his way.
"Walking through the alleyways alone is too mundane, more than anything I crave some thrill."
In game terms Belial was challenging a level 10 dungeon was a level 99 character, despite the steep level difference the mobs were by and far undeterred.
"New obstacles?."
Belial sighs as he took notice of a rift appearing infront of him from it emerged a plethora of enemies imps , gargoyles and succubi, like the imps they looked monstrous aside from the exposed breasts that looked more human like.
"Sweet dreams." Said the succubi in unison spraying the entire arena with pink dust
"Damn it."
Hallucinagens that trick your mind into feeling things of the pleasurable kind , intrusive thoughts spread into Belial's psyche forming an image of beautiful maidens a harem of elven, human and beastfolk.
"Ehehe, come play with us."
The enchantress says luring Belial to her, he's known deep down that he couldn't escape such magic without a stimulus.
*click*
"Ahhhh!."
Belial fell as he unsuspectingly walked over a platform triggering a pit trap, he kept free falling down the deep hole until his eyes noticed a gleam of sharpened spears, Belial immediately casted a wind spell propelling him off the ground and back into the surface feeling fortunate that his quick wits had saved him from a gruesome death.
"hahaha good one. Almost got me there. I must be getting close."
"How did you make it back here???!!." The succubi yelled in disbelieve, they had been assured that no man could wake himself once the dust were scattered
Unfortunately for them Belial intuition never waned, hence he's never doubted himself on where or what his next moves are to be. They undoubtedly awoke him from the illusion via a near death experience and for that Belial said...
"Thank you , now die."
Leaving the carnage behind Belial continued walking the alleyways
And thus after a brief distance , Belial had finally reached his destination a gate so gigantuous a look of awe betrayed his grounded face. The gate decorated with gems in the shape of dragon red as he assumed them to be rubies, tempting as it was to grab a piece he knew better than to steal from dungeons interiors.
"Onto the main event."
Belial pushed the weightless gate, greeted with silence so eerie it left his hair to stand. When all of a sudden a gnashing resounded throughout the room.
The vessel once called a dragon stared down at Belial whilst gnashing on an imp.
*ROOOOOOOAR*
"Not the friendly sort are we?."
he said that to no one, readying his magic circles this time infusing them with lightning
The vessel in return summons his own circles swords take shape , he is Enthal the wrathful IX's contractee which means hes susceptible to provocation
"Ah , this is going to be easy."
Enthal's vessel roars direct the swords flying towards Belial who was standing still unmoving just as the sword impaled him another Belial appeared in the opposite side of the room.
*roar*
Another sword projectiles fired and yet again they land on the still unmoving target, and another Belial takes its place this time they multiply by 30 fold.
*roar!!!*
The vessel had lost patience produces more projectiles shooting sporadically uncaring emotions dectate his movement, followed by the projectiles he slashes at the smirking Belials with his sharpened claws cutting them in half.
"Almost had me."
The vessel roared producing high magnitudes of energy, its body heat rose as his rage skyrocketed. Taking this opportunity Belial further agitated him by further increasing his illusion spell.
"Where am I?."
"Not here"
The trick to this is ofcourse Belial using his teleportation spell along with a low level illusion producing an after image distracting the vessel eyes away from his spacial warps.
Minutes turn into hours and finally the vessel of what was known as Enthal collapsed from sheer exhaustion.
"Pathetic."
Said Belial as he ended it with a single stab into its heart.
The vessel cried out as it glowed into mana returning to the ground floor and with this Belial has freed an ancient Dragon
"11 more to go."
He muttered to no one as he checked his pouch to see the 3 hatchlings resting in his pouch.
To be continued