Hel's point of view
Among the number of disgusting and vulgar people, Marcus was the worst by far.
A real cancer, his stupid pomposity was painful to the ears, his body tried to imitate the manners of a nobleman and gentleman, his mouth spoke fluently all kinds of words accentuating his in theory, perfect qualities as a man and king, finally his eyes... Eyes that showed lust and malice, not only to the little empress, even to any servant who was in the throne room.
I never thought that a person could break my patience, even before talking directly to her, but it was so, for an endless half hour, Marcus, remarked how big his kingdom was, a city formed by two floating islands. The agility of his soldiers, as well as how indispensable it was for trade, due to some damn beasts that he has managed to tame.
For half an hour, I could notice how his gaze always strayed to the breasts, buttocks or thighs, of any female entity.
I even cursed my high agility, by which my eyes were able to detect every singularity, like a small bulge, relatively well hidden, between her legs, just giving a small dune in the fabric.
I didn't understand why the little emperatrix was still smiling at him and kept calm, if it was me who was in her situation... Let's just say that Demora would have some chicken to eat.
Only when he left the room, I could let out a loud sigh, which the little emperatrix when she heard me began to laugh openly.
- I don't understand how you put up with such a scum, you don't need to pay me anything, let me kill him, even if he revives later, but I need to do it - Although somewhat joking, you could notice the small bloodlust that my words were.
She while laughing shook her head.
- We can't do it, although I would really enjoy seeing him die, his kingdom is the great back door to attack me, he controls the skies in this territory and on top of that he has a beast which is perfect for logistical tasks such as transporting units. If the number of blankets has not grown from last time, although I doubt it, he should have more than 100.
If he has allied with any enemy, he could bring his army to our gates in record time, as well as bypass the forest, which is one of our most powerful natural defenses, to avoid ground troops.
The hatred was perceptible when I noticed the helplessness in her voice, I just shook my head in the same way she did before and started to imagine Marcus being thrown into the abyss.
- Lord Hel, now that the meeting with Marcus is over, it's time to go to the war room, Leva will be there, along with a couple of trusted nobles - I nodded and started to follow her towards that war room through the countless corridors of the castle.
After a couple of minutes, we arrived at some large gates, at the entrance to which stood another pair of well-equipped guards.
When they saw us, they did not hesitate to open the door and bow to their mistress.
The room was spacious, just like the throne room, it had no windows, it was well protected in the core of the castle, being a safe area.
The room was well furnished with dozens of cabinets with drawers, you could see on the wall several "decorations" of weapons, these weapons, were well placed and thanks to my eye I could notice, that they were recently sharpened and tuned, the same for the exposed shields.
On the walls were also adorned with maps, some better drawn than others, but all of different territories, in the center of the room a large rectangular table, on it a really big map, in it I could identify the city and the forest, it really looked like the one that Lint was forming, something that really surprised me how useful it was to explore and map the area alone, I have to give him a prize, as well as Saun.
On the table, dozens of carved wooden pieces, all well placed, the groups of equal pieces always had an empty space between the different groups, to make it easier to select that piece you really need.
In the room was Leva, serious as he checked the map, next to him the leader Bull, who was frowning deeply. Finally two more species.
A large humanoid, not as large as the Bull, but more than 3 heads tall, six arthropod legs protruding from his torso, while his bare chest was made of chitinous plates and spikes, his face was literally that of an insect, rather, was the mixture of a man with a crab, with certain differences, although his whole body was provided with exoskeleton, he had no claws, but fingers and hands.
The strangest thing about this being was the impossibility of knowing what he was thinking from his expressions, since he could not change them, it was the face of a damned crab.
Next to this, a woman, this was a bird woman, but unlike Marcus, she had a more human appearance, her face was literally human, except for some feathers in the area of the cheekbones and beyond the ears, her feathers extended along her arms, neck and back, the same for the legs, these ended in sharp claws.
Their feathers were pure white, except for a few patches of brownish tones.
Both wore leather clothes, she with furry clothes and he with thin clothes and leaving his torso uncovered.
As they looked at the little emperatrix, they prostrated themselves slightly.
Then their gazes ended on me, I could see curiosity in their eyes, except for the crab, in his case I had no idea what he was thinking.
Leva on the other hand, had an annoyed look, but did not possess the same hostility as the first day.
- Good morning everyone, let me make the introductions, Mr. Hel, these are the leaders of the water forces, the immortal Kraus and the leader of the air forces as the intelligence service, the immortal Olivia, there is also the leader of the land forces the native Tambor, finally you already know Leva, he is the leader of the royal forces and the general in charge - I simply nodded.
Then I looked for a chair farther away and sat down before the attentive gaze of everyone.
When I saw that they were still staring at me, I couldn't stand it any longer and answered.
- My job is to protect her, we are in a safe room, with her closest ones, I don't have the need to be on her back standing, besides, in the worst case scenario I could kill you all in less than 2 seconds, even keeping her safe, so there is nothing to worry about - Their eyes widened, either because of the threat or my cheekiness, but none of them said anything, although I could notice Leva's amused heart racing.
With a smile on my face, totally hidden, I sat back in the chair and closed my eyes, if they knew I intended to sleep in front of them, Leva would surely explode with anger.