Anon finally ceased the Deafening Roar after five minutes, collapsing to his knees. His aura weakened, and he felt as though someone had thrust a long, scorching spear through his throat.
"M-MOTHER.... Save mmeeeeeee...." Eldric cried out, wetting his pants, as he sprinted toward the Colosseum's exit.
Link returned to his tattoo form, and Anon slowly rose from the ground.
"Who won?" Anon inquired, looking at Sam with a perplexed expression.
"Y-Yes... Ladies and gentlemen, after a fierce and captivating battle, we have the victor of today's final match. A resounding round of applause for Mr. Jule, the Royal Candidate," Sam announced.
Clap-Clap-Clap
The audience erupted into applause as they retook their seats. Even Fiona joined in the applause.
'I've depleted every ounce of stamina in my body. It feels as if I've run around the world three times without rest. Damn, my throat hurts,' Anon thought, walking back to his seat and sitting next to Fiona.
"What were you trying to say earlier, Mr. Jule? I didn't understand. Can you explain it again?" Maison inquired.
"Really? You want to pursue this after witnessing that?" Anon responded.
"Well, I'll let it slide this time, but just this once," Maison said, returning to his seat.
"So, you obtained a potent skill from blowing that Trumpet, huh?" Fiona asked with a smile.
"I did," Anon affirmed, donning his sunglasses and reclining in his chair.
"Mr. Jule, you're unique. Truly special. Now that I've found you, I won't let you go," Fiona replied with a smile.
"Good... I'd love to squeeze some things," Anon replied with a grin.
"Huh...? Did you just say that to me?" Fiona asked with a confused expression.
"I want to squeeze... Boobies," Anon quipped as he smiled.
"What the hell are you—" Fiona began, her tone angry, but she suddenly realized that Anon was sleep-talking.
"Ah... Sleep-talking. He must be really exhausted from the match," Fiona dismissed it and resumed observing the arena.
'Phew, Dodged a bullet there. For a moment, I forgot she's the Elven Queen,' Anon thought, a smile on his face.
Sam approached the stage.
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, many different and unbelievable things happened today. Even the history of our kingdom was altered by a very powerful young man. But in the end, it's all good. Today, we've learned that no foreign force can conquer our kingdom as long as we have promising youngsters like Mr. Gryphon, Mr. Jule, and Miss Elowen."
"This doesn't end here. Today was just the first day of the academic exchange event, and I guarantee we'll bring you more talented candidates over the next fifteen days. After those fifteen days, the elimination of candidates will begin, and that's when the real competition starts. So, make sure to return, everyone. I'll take my leave now and ask our Queen to offer some words of motivation before her departure," Sam declared as he stepped down from the stage.
Fiona stood up and walked a few steps forward...
"Hello, my children. Since you all witnessed what Mr. Jule did today and you all know why I chose him to fight for me in this year's Academic Exchange Event. He is very strong, as you all saw just now. I don't want to discriminate among my children, so I'm giving you all an equal chance to earn the reward you work hard for."
"Mr. Jule, the candidate fighting for Royalty, my official candidate. Anyone who faces him from tomorrow onward and wins even a single match against him will be declared the immediate winner of this entire Exchange Event," Fiona announced.
A moment of utter silence enveloped the entire Colosseum, and then everyone burst into different expressions—shock, jealousy, anger.
"M-My Queen, what are you saying? It's not ethical to—" Mrs. Glen tried to speak but was immediately cut off by Fiona's smile.
"What's wrong, Mrs. Glen? Don't you have faith in Maison?" Fiona asked.
"I-It's not that. What if someone else defeats Mr. Jule and becomes the tournament's winner, while Maison doesn't even get a chance to face him?" Mrs. Glen inquired.
"You're right, Mrs. Glen," Fiona replied, thinking for a moment.
"Thank you—"
"Mr. Jule, do you intend to lose to someone in this competition?" Fiona asked, smiling.
"I don't," Anon replied with a smile.
"Will you lose in this competition, Mr. Jule?" Fiona inquired again, looking at Mrs. Glen this time.
"I won't," Anon replied, his expression calm and carefree.
"You see, I know what I'm saying, and if he loses, he'll pay with his life," Fiona added, addressing Mrs. Glen.
"I-I see, My Queen," Mrs. Glen said, immediately ending the discussion.
"I'll take my leave now, my children. I'll see you tomorrow morning," Fiona concluded as she exited the Colosseum with Anon and the other ministers.
Once the Queen left the Colosseum, it erupted in noise.
"What the hell?"
"The Queen just declared that, didn't she?"
"Let's go to the match-setting committee and see if I have a match with him."
"I think she really has so much confidence in him."
"Who the hell is that guy? Did you see that technique he used? It was at the very least an S-rank ability."
The audience buzzed with conversation and exited the Colosseum.
"My Queen, are you sure about this?" one of the mages asked.
"Yes, my Queen. If it was a mistake in your speech, we can correct it for you," another mage added.
"I'm sure about this, and it's not a mistake in my speech. Just let it happen. I believe in that kid. Look at him; he's here to win. He won't go down that easily; there's something special about him. I felt it when he picked up that Trumpet, and he's definitely going to win this tournament," Fiona said.
"I pray that the great gods grant your wishes, my Queen."
They all boarded their carriages and returned to their homes.
"Wait, my home is here—" Anon began, but the carriage sped past his home without slowing down.
"You're not going to live there anymore, Mr. Jule. Your mother and sister have been moved to the Royal Palace. Until your house is ready for use again and while you're participating in the Academic Exchange Event, you'll stay with me in the Royal Palace," Fiona explained.
'Hehehe.... This is what you call 'The key to the treasury fell into my lap on its own. Let's start the main body corruption,' Anon thought with a silent smile.
Screeeechhh
The carriages halted in front of the castle, and everyone disembarked.
"Welcome back, My Queen."
"Welcome back, My Queen," the servants promptly greeted Fiona, bowing down to her.
"So, what are your plans for this evening?" Fiona inquired of Anon.
"Nothing in particular. Since my mother and sister are already here, I don't have any plans. I suppose I'll just focus on training my body," Anon replied with a stoic expression.
"Hmm...? What a boring youngster you are. I haven't seen anyone like you in the last 200 years. Don't you like girls or want to have fun? This is the royal palace, kid. You can wish for anything, and it will come true here, except the throne, hahaha," Fiona teased.
"I'll go and take some rest in my room," Anon said as he began walking toward his room.
"Wait..." Fiona stopped him.
"Yes?" Anon asked, turning around.
"Today, I'm hosting a party to celebrate your match victory. You should come, but I'm not forcing you. It's entirely up to you," Fiona offered.
"I'll think about it," Anon replied as he continued heading to his room.
Fiona was entirely taken aback by Anon's response.
'No one in this kingdom has ever said these words to me except this guy. If you weren't my golden opportunity to become the perfect Queen, I swear to the 14 elven gods... you'd be dead by now,' Fiona thought as she watched Anon walk away.
"Ma'am, your bath is ready. Shall we go?" maid Maria asked.
"Yes, Maria," Fiona replied, following the maid to her bath.
Meanwhile, Anon was walking through the corridors with a smile on his face...
"M-Mr. Jule... W-Welcome back," a maid greeted Anon as he passed through the hallway. This maid was the same one Fiona had assigned to him on his first day.
Anon immediately grabbed the maid by her waist and pinned her to the wall.
"Hello, love. Still so formal with me, huh...?" Anon asked as he lightly touched her left cheek with his fingers and trailed them down to her neck slowly.
"M-Mr. Jule, someone will see us here," the maid said with a red face, her heart racing like a train, and her breathing erratic.
"My, my, look at you. Getting all shy, huh...? In bed, you don't behave the same, do you?" Anon teased with a smile, slipping his fingers inside her dress and applying pressure against her.
"Anhhh.... I-I have work... I'll serve you tonight, Mr. Jule," the maid said in a very shy tone as she managed to free herself and quickly left.
"Oh, you will..." Anon muttered in a low voice, looking at her with a sinister smile.
'Show me,' Anon commanded.
Suddenly, a semi-transparent window appeared in front of him...
[Fola's Mind Corruption: 20%]
'Not bad... Corrupt one apple, and the whole basket will start rotting on its own,' Anon thought as he turned around and walked toward his room.
Now she would boast about it to her other maid friends... the virus of carnal desires will start to spread now.
"Hey, do you know the guy Queen brought in, three days ago?" Fola asked, standing among her other maid friends.
"Oh, the muscular guy?"
"Oh my god. He's so sexy. I wish he'd take me into his bed by force and ravage me like some cheap slut." one of the other milfy maid remarked.
"Bitch, you're married and you have 3 children; have some shame. Let us have him." Other maid spoke.
"What happened next, Fola? Did he take you to his bed and fucked you like a cheap slut ? Was his dick big ?" one of the maids asked with curiosity.
"Well, he did take me into his bed the night he arrived at the castle, and believe me, it was the best night of my life. I'd never seen such a big and thick dick in my life, my boyfriend was like nothing in front of him.
He throwed me into his bed like an object, removed my clothes and he took off my panties with his mouth. Then he started to lick my pussy with his tongue and it felt like heaven." Fola explained.
"Eew... What do you mean, he started licking you ?"
"You idiots... you wouldn't understand. His tongue moved on my pussy just like a god's hand on a harp. Then he... well, you can guess. That feeling... Anhhh. I still can't forget it," Fola spoke with closed eyes, lost in her reverie.
"So, was it that good?" a maid asked.
"Good? The next day, I broke up with my boyfriend. I don't want to be touched by anyone else other than Mr. Jule now. Just now, he grabbed me in the hallway and pinned me to the wall like a wild beast. Ahhh... I want night to fall even faster now so I can go to his room and do it again," Fola said as she left the room.
"Hey, do you think I stand a chance with him?"
"Yeah... No. Hahaha..."
"Hahaha...."
"Hehehe...."
Laughter filled the room.
In Anon's room...
Anon was sitting by the window, looking outside.
"How should I corrupt the Queen?" Anon mused, watching the kids playing in the garden.
"She doesn't eat or drink the same things as everyone else, and her food is magically checked, so there's a high chance of me getting caught if I tamper with it. I have to find another way to corrupt—" As Anon was pondering this, his gaze fell upon Fate, who was leaving the castle with her soldiers.
"Hehe... I heard that the one who checks her food every night is none other than Mrs. Fate herself. So, why not corrupt her first? It's time for me to complete that date, I guess." Anon thought as he leaped out of the window and landed directly in front of Fate.
Thud
Fate and her soldiers immediately drew their weapons, pointing them at Anon.
"Hello, Commander Faith," Anon greeted her with a smile.
"Weapons down," Faith ordered, ignoring Anon as she continued walking.
"Hey, Are you ignoring me ?" Anon asked as he continued to walk with her.
"Mr. Jule, please return back to your room. We are on a mission right now and we don't have time to play with you." Fate replied as she continued to walk again and ignored Anon.
"Hmm...? Are you ignoring me ?" Anon asked as he blocked her way.
"You guys, go ahead. I will have a small talk with Mr. Jule and come to you in a bit." Faith ordered and her soldiers immediately followed her orders.
"What do you want to say ? Say it fast... i don't have that much time to waste on you." Faith spoke with an angry expression.
"Are you angry with me ?" Anon asked.
"Huh... Me ? No, No... How can I be angry on you ? How can anyone be angry on a guy, who promised the girl a date, but he never showed up to it.
After 7 days, he shows up and guess what ? He was charged with his father's murder. After this he was being carried to the castle, but he blows the gate away and runs from the carriage and as if this wasn't enough, he humiliated me in front of the Queen too.
Can you be angry on a cute guy like that ?" Faith asked with a fake smile on her face.
'What a drama Queen ? I thought she would be a bit wise but i guess all bitches are same when it comes to this stuff. Well, let's play with it... manipulation is best done with emotions.' Anon thought.
"Look, i admit that I did somethings, that i wasn't supposed to do and i am sorry for that but I want to make it up to you. Let's go on an another date, what do you say ?" Anon asked.
"No Mr. Jule. I am not going to stand another night near a fucking lake waiting for a boy who never shows up to his dates and you should go and prepare for your next match." Faith spoke as she started walking again.
"Hey, i apologized for it." Anon spoke as he followed her to her carriage.
'Once i corrupt this bitch... I will train her througly like a real bitch. Who will stand up when I say 'Stand' and Sit down when I say 'Sit', just you wait.' Anon thought as he looked at Faith with a perverted smile.
Faith opened her carriage door and walked in. She immediately closed the door as soon as she got inside, so that Anon couldn't get inside behind her.
But as soon as she sat down on her seat, she noticed a presence besides her.
Faith immediately turned around and noticed that Anon is already sitting there.
"Hello..." Anon spoke as he waved at her with a smile.
"Y-You... But how ?" Faith questioned as she looked towards the gate and noticed that it was still locked.
"Magic, my Darling." Anon spoke with a smile.
'D-D-D-Darling ? D-Did he just called me 'Darling' ?' Faith wondered as her face turned red due to shyness.
"Is something wrong ? Why is your face all red ?" Anon questioned as he puts his hand on her forehead.
'Ah, he is touching me... his manly smell is going inside my nostrils, it's like my nose is melting from his smell.' Faith thought as she started sniffing.
"Umm...? What are you doing ?" Anon asked with a confused expression.
Faith immediately looked at Anon and stopped sniffing.
"N-Nothing... you get out of this carriage right now." Fate spoke as she pointed towards the gate of the carriage.
"Calm down... I am coming with you on this case. Just chill out." Anon spoke as she looked at Faith with a serious expression.
"Are you sure ?" Faith asked.
"Yes and there is a hair on your nose... let me pick it up for you." Anon spoke as he used his hand to pick up the hair from Faith's nose but suddenly he noticed something.
*Sniff-Sniff*
Faith closed her eyes and started sniffing Anon's hand, just like a dog would do.
'Wait, Is this what i think, it is ?' Anon wondered as he removed his hand from her face.
Faith immediately stopped sniffing.
'Hehehehe... this is fucking awesome. She is like the perfect bitch running around to get tamed. She has a fucking smell fetish. Hahaha... i don't know why but many evil thoughts are popping into my mind.
I don't know how this got missed from my eyes when we first met ?' Anon thought as a smile appeared on his head and an evil idea popped up in his mind.
"Woah, I am sweating inside this carriage." Anon spoke as he took out his handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his sweat with it.
*gulp*
Seeing this view, Faith immediately gulped a mouth full of saliva and looked at Anon.
Anon noticed this with one eye and dropped his handkerchief.
"Oops, I think I dropped it, i should pick-"
"I will pick it up. Don't you dare bend down." Faith spoke in a very hurried sound as she swiftly bent down and grabbed Anon's handkerchief from the ground.
"Okay..." Anon spoke as he pretended to look out of the window.
Faith looked at Anon and noticed that he was looking outside,
So she quickly puts Anon's handkerchief to her nose and takes a very deep sniff.
'OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!! What a great smell ?' Faith thought as she closed her eyes and got engaged in her Sniffing.
'What the fuck ? She is a bigger masochist than i thought.' Anon thought as he looked at her for a moment and then turned his head towards the window again.
"Here, you go." Faith spoke as she came back up and gave it back to Anon.
"You can keep it." Anon spoke with a smile.
"Huh...? W-W-Why would I k-keep your H-Handkerchief ?" Faith asked with a confused expression as if she was trying to hide something.
"Well, okay." Anon spoke as he took it back from her hands.
"I was just trying to give it to you as a gift for our missed date and-" Before Anon could've completed his sentence, Faith grabbed the handkerchief back from his hands.
"Well, if it's that type of gift. I should accept it or you would get disappointed and I don't want to see you cry like a child." Faith spoke as her face turned red.
"Yes, Yes... you are right. I would be very disappointed..." Anon replied in a low tone as a smile appeared on his face.
click
The carriage stopped in front of a grand mansion, and Anon opened the carriage gate. He stepped out first, then offered a helping hand to Faith.
"So, why are we here again? Isn't this the Dark Elven territory, if I remember correctly?" Anon asked with a puzzled expression.
"Yes, our presence was requested here by the Chief Commander of the Dark Elves," Faith replied.
"Do you know anything about your mission?" Anon inquired.
"No, but the official letter said that it was a very critical matter, and we had to come as soon as possible, so we came," Faith replied as she started walking inside, and all the soldiers followed.
As Anon and Faith proceeded toward the grand mansion, the main gates opened, revealing five Dark Elves in dark blue plate armor who stepped out.
Upon reaching a certain distance, both groups halted.
"Hello, I am Julia, the Chief Commander of the Dark Elves, and this is my Vice Commander, Ella," Julia introduced herself, shaking hands with Faith, followed by Ella.
"I am Faith, the one and only Chief Commander of the White Elves," Faith responded.
"It's nice to meet you, ma'am. I am very sorry for summoning you on such short notice, but it was very important," Julia explained.
"No problem. Let's proceed and take a look without wasting any more time here," Faith suggested.
"Please follow me," Julia said, leading everyone inside the mansion.
Faith walked alongside Julia, while Ella and Anon walked together.
"Jule," Anon introduced himself, extending his hand for a handshake. However, Ella just looked at Anon without responding.
"My name is Jule," Anon repeated.
"I understood the first time. What role do you play in this team?" Ella asked with a disgusted expression.
Anon quickly withdrew his hand and responded, "I am just a nobody."
"Are you a noble, Mr. Nobody?" Ella questioned.
"I am not, ma'am," Anon replied with a smile.
"Then keep your disgusting hands away from me because I am a noble girl, Mr. Nobody. Even if I am dying, you don't have to touch me. You know what? Don't even talk to me with that pathetic mouth of yours," Ella declared with an egotistical tone.
'Yep, that's the right amount of attitude to get you killed. I can't believe she's still alive,' Anon thought.
"Got that, ma'am," Anon responded with a smile.
"Ella, be nice to the guests. How many times do I have to tell you this? Please forgive him, Sir. She is just a spoiled kid," Julia intervened.
"Sorry, ma'am," Ella muttered in a low tone.
"So, what happened here?" Faith asked as she noticed bloodstains on the wall.
"This morning, we received a report of unusual events taking place in this house. The neighbors continuously reported hearing loud shouting noises and sharp scratching sounds coming from this house.
Our teams were immediately dispatched to investigate, but..." Julia began, her expression turning somber, and she stopped mid-sentence.
"But... what?" Faith inquired.
"None of them returned from the mansion," Julia continued.
"Why? What happened?" Faith pressed.
"We don't know," Julia replied.
"What do you mean?" Faith asked.
"He will explain everything to you," Julia said, leading everyone into a room and gesturing toward a well-dressed Dark Elf seated inside with his hand on his temple.
"Mr. Freeman, I have called for backup. Please explain the situation to her. She is the Chief Commander of the White Elves, Mrs. Faith, and these are her soldiers," Julia said before leaving the room.
"Why is Julia involving White Elves in this matter?" Mr. Freeman whispered in a hushed voice.
"Please explain quickly. We need to take action," Faith urged as she looked at the man.
"Yes... please, have a seat," Mr. Freeman requested.
Both Faith and Anon took a seat on the sofa, their curiosity evident as they focused on Mr. Freeman.
"My daughter, Levine, got involved in some illegal work related to the transportation of illegal substances, or what you might call..."
"Drug supplier. She's a drug supplier, right?" Anon guessed with a smile.
"Yes, that. She was a drug supplier, but twelve months ago, she got in contact with a man who paid her a significant amount of money just to test his drug.
She began taking it for fun, but within three days, she developed an addiction, and within six months, she was fully addicted to that drug."
"Wait, you let your own daughter take drugs?" Faith asked with a puzzled expression.
"I am ashamed of that... I became so consumed with making money that I forgot to take care of my baby daughter, and God is punishing me for that today. Sob-Sob," Mr. Freeman said, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Okay, what happened after that?" Faith inquired.
"She stopped going out, but her friends started visiting our house more often. At first, I thought it was normal, but after some time, they began staying here in my house. They wouldn't leave. This morning, some of our maids took breakfast to their room, but as soon as one entered the room, a very horrific and terrifying scream started emanating from it.
The head maid immediately informed me, and I rushed to her room as quickly as possible. When I opened that door... I saw something very horrifying," Mr. Freeman paused, a traumatized look on his face.
"What did you see, Mr. Freeman? Tell me, what did you see?" Faith urged, waving her hand in front of him.
"C-Cannibalism... S-She and her friends were eating the maid's body like some monsters. I immediately closed the door and retreated to my room. Before I could call the authorities, many guards were already standing on my doorstep.
They barged into the house but when they barged into my daughter's room, not even one of them came out of that room.
I opened the door slightly and saw that all of them died brutally and that they are being eaten by my daughter and her friends.
Suddenly another batch of soldiers barged into the house, i warned them to stop but they didn't stop and barged into the same room.
This happened for the next one hour, no matter how much armed you go inside that room, you turn out to be a dead body." Mr. freeman explained.
-x-X-x-
"So, basically, your daughter is inside that room with exactly three of her friends, two of whom are male and one is female, and they are brutally killing anyone who enters that room, right?" Faith asked Mr. Freeman.
"Yes, and she is eating them too," Mr. Freeman replied.
"Well, your daughter has saved money on food. I mean, that's a good thing, right?" Anon spoke with a smile on his face as he lit his cigar and took a puff.
Everyone inside the room immediately looked at Anon with very serious expressions.
"What?" Anon asked with a confused expression.
"Mr. Jule, don't make jokes about it," Faith spoke as she looked at Anon.
"I was just trying to lighten the mood," Anon replied as he continued to puff on his cigar.
Suddenly, Julia and her soldiers entered the room.
"So, are you aware of the circumstances now?" Julia asked.
"We are," Faith replied.
"How do you want to proceed?" Julia inquired.
"Well, I am thinking of using bait to lure out one of them, but... I just don't know what I am going to use as bait," Faith replied.
"We already tried that; we used meat, weed, ganja, and every other drug. They don't seem to react to anything," Julia spoke.
"You said you saw her kill everyone that went inside that room, right?" Anon asked Mr. Freeman. Without looking at him, he flicked his finger and dropped the ashes of the cigar into a golden ashtray placed on the table in front of him.
"Is he talking to me?" Mr. Freeman asked Faith with a confused expression.
"I am," Anon replied as he turned his neck towards Mr. Freeman.
"Oh, yes... I did. She is brutal when she kills. It's like a monster took over her body," Freeman spoke.
"Was she using magic while killing them?" Anon asked.
"Huh...? N-No, she killed them with just her hands," Freeman replied.
"Did any of her friends use magic in this entire killing session?" Anon questioned.
"No, but why are you asking that? I already told you that they've become monsters and they are killing people," Freeman spoke.
"Yeah, I know," Anon replied as he stood up from his place and started walking towards Mr. Freeman.
"Excuse me, one moment. Mr. Jule, come with me," Faith said as she grabbed Anon's hand and led him into the hallway.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Anon asked with a confused expression.
"What am I doing?" Anon questioned back.
"You are asking illogical and stupid questions to our only witness and a father whose daughter just became a cannibal monster. I thought you were here just to observe?" Faith asked with an angry expression.
"Look, beautiful, I will not take part in your investigation anymore, but I would like to point out one thing. Just assume you became a monster, and you were also the top-class magic user of your academy back in the day. What would you kill people with? Magic or your hands?" Anon asked as he took a puff of his cigar.
"What kind of question is that?" Faith replied with a confused look.
"Just answer," Anon insisted.
"Okay, I would definitely use magic because my magic would get heightened after becoming a monster," Faith spoke.
"Good, now your question is, why isn't his daughter doing that? Because the graduating degree from her magic academy states that she was the top-class magic user of her batch," Anon replied with a smile.
"You mean her intelligence has been sacrificed, and she can't enchant spells due to that, right?" Faith asked with a curious expression.
"Exactly. Now, figure out the rest. I will go and take a nap," Anon spoke as he went back inside the room and sat down in the chair.
Faith immediately went to Julia and explained this to her.
"So, what are you implying with this, Mrs. Faith?" Julia asked.
"I am implying that we should use magic to fight them. If our soldiers are weak against them physically, we can make up for it in the magic aspects," Faith replied.
"Yes, you are right," Ella spoke up.
"Well, let's go then. What are we waiting for?" Julia spoke as she started walking toward the exit of the room. Faith began following her, but suddenly she noticed that Anon wasn't coming with her.
"What happened, Mr. Jule? Aren't you going to come with us?" Faith asked with a smile.
"Na, you guys go. I will be here in case you release them out of their cage," Anon replied.
"What do you mean by cage?" Julia asked as she halted her steps.
"Well, there are four monsters in one room of this house across the hall, who killed over a hundred people, and you think he won't keep them in a cage?" Anon spoke as he pointed toward Mr. Freeman.
"Why would he cage up his own daughter, and he didn't know that she would turn into a monster in the first place. Are you in your right mind?" Ella asked with a confused expression.
"Well, I hope she is right. Huh... Mr. Freeman?" Anon spoke as he blew a mouthful of smoke at Mr. Freeman's face and looked at him with a smile.
"I-I... This..." Mr. Freeman's tone started stammering.
Julia immediately drew her sword and pointed it at Mr. Freeman as she asked, "Is this true, Mr. Freeman?"
"I-I-I-I... This was... Meant..." Freeman started speaking nonsense as soon as he looked at Julia's sword.
"Over a hundred of my soldiers have been turned into your daughter's fucking dinner. I called the Chief Commander from the white side, and you are fucking lying to us this whole time ? I am so angry at this moment that I can stab this sword through your heart and get it out through your brain, Mr. Freeman. So, either you speak the entire truth in the next three seconds, or I will kill you first, and then kill the thing that's inside that room," Julia shouted as she touched her sword's tip to Mr. Freeman's throat.
"Okay, I will tell you everything. Please remove the sword." Freeman spoke up.
"I will tell you everything. I was the one who got her addicted to that drug, and now she is a monster. That's all I can tell you; now you can do whatever you want with me," Mr. Freeman spoke as he closed his eyes and thought that Julia would kill him now.
But the opposite happened. Julia withdrew her sword from his neck.
"Bring me a chair," Julia shouted.
Ella immediately grabbed a wooden chair and gave it to Julia.
"Mr. Freeman, please take a seat," Julia spoke.
Freeman didn't understand anything and followed her command silently.
He sat down on the wooden chair and started wondering why she ordered him to do this.
Julia unsheathed her sword at a very high speed and stabbed it right through Mr. Freeman's right knee.
Clisshhh
Mr. Freeman felt unbearable pain in his knee that for the first two seconds not even a single sound came out of his mouth.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...." Only after two seconds he shouted so loudly.
"You fucking son of a bitch. You think we are living meat that you can feed to your daughter and then say two simple sentences to get out of this matter? Do we look like fucking nuts to you, who will sacrifice ourselves for you? What will I say to the family of those soldiers that you killed brutally?" Julia asked as anger appeared clearly on her face.
'Oh my God, she is wife material,' Anon thought as he covered his smile with his hand and looked at Mr. Freeman who was suffering like a rat in a trap.
"Y-You... can't do this. You can't torture me. Ahhh... You are the chief commander of the kingdom, you are bound by the law of the kingdom... you have to arrest me for my crime and investigate me in the royal court. You can't harm the only witness of this incident," Mr. Freeman spoke with a cunning smile forming over his lips.
"Well, you are right. I can't harm you now, since I am standing here as the chief commander of the dark elves," Julia spoke as she backed off from Freeman and turned around to look at Ella.
"Hehehe... I...know. Fuck this hurts," Freeman spoke as he smiled like a bastard.
"Ella, how many leaves are granted to a chief commander?" Julia asked.
"Two per year, ma'am. One for emergency and one for pressure release," Ella replied.
"Good... I am taking the pressure release one, now," Julia spoke as she removed her golden shining badge from her chest and tossed it toward Ella.
As soon as Ella grabbed the badge, Julia unsheathed a long dagger, turned around with the highest speed possible, and stabbed it directly into Freeman's other knee.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Freeman shouted like a dog whose tail had just been stepped on.
"Well, guess who is off duty?" Julia spoke as she looked at Freeman.
Anon immediately turned around and slowly removed his hand from his mouth; he saw that there was blood coming out of his nose.
'Fuck... She is hot. Why did I meet the good ones so late? I bet she isn't married, though,' Anon thought as he looked at his hand.
"Here..." A white elf soldier gave Anon her handkerchief. She was the same elf soldier that Anon was talking to back when he was getting carried to the royal court.
"Thank you," Anon spoke as he took the handkerchief and wiped his nose.
"For someone who talks about power, you are very weak, huh? Can't even see someone getting tortured," the elf soldier spoke as she smiled.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Anon asked with a straight face.
"No."
"Then you won't understand," Anon replied as he turned back.
"Wait... What? Why does it matter if I have a boyfriend or not?" The elf soldier started thinking.
"Tell me, Mr. Freeman. Why did you fucking do it?" Julia asked with a very angry expression.
"You can't kill me; you will immediately lose your position as the Chief Commander, and you will also get imprisonment for at least 100 years or worse... death penalty for killing an upper noble," Mr. Freeman spoke with a smile.
"I am not here today, Mr. Freeman, neither are my comrades. Right now, all of us are on a holiday near the southern hills. Right, soldiers?" Julia spoke.
"Yes, ma'am." All the soldiers immediately spoke as they also removed their duty badges.
"Oh, that's badass," Anon spoke.
"Now, you speak or... Ella, sword," Julia spoke.
"Yes, ma'am." Ella immediately unsheathed her sword and handed it over to Julia.
Julia immediately pointed the sword directly at Mr. Freeman's groin.
"Wait, wait, wait.... I am speaking, I am speaking. I only have one daughter," Freeman immediately spoke up.
"No, you have two daughters," a dark elf soldier spoke.
"The other one is not mine; she belongs to my late brother who died in the war. All of this belongs to my brother, including this mansion, and he made a will that said I will take care of this stuff... until his daughter safely turns 150 years old. And if something happens to her during that period, the property will go to charity. But if she gets the property and something happens to her afterward, the property will be mine.
I was ordered to hand over everything to my brother's daughter yesterday. How can I do that? I maintained his property; I did everything for his daughter for the last 150 years. Can't she die for me just this once?" Freeman shouted as he looked at Julia like a psychopathic bastard.
"You sacrificed hundreds of lives for property? You fucking cunt... do you even realize what you have done?" Julia asked as she slapped Freeman.
Slap
"Commander Julia, control yourself. Let me talk to him," Faith spoke as she grabbed Julia's hand to prevent her from slapping him again.
"I-I am sorry that you had to see all this," Julia spoke as she backed off from Mr. Freeman.
"Don't worry; just let me talk to him," Faith spoke as she stood in front of Mr. Freeman.
"How did you turn her and her friends into monsters?" Faith asked.
"I got a special drug from a guy in the black market. He said that once anyone takes it, he or she will not be able to resist the urge to take it again, and once taken in the enough amount. They will start losing their intelligence. But I didn't know that she would transform into a fucking monster and her friends too," Mr. Freeman replied.
Julia and Faith stood outside the room, engaging in conversation.
"So, what now? She's inside a magical cage. You can go inside at your will, but you can't come out. That means baiting her out is out of the options. What should we do now?" Julia asked as she looked at Faith.
"Well, this only leaves two ways. Either we just blast down the whole room with magic or go all in with everyone we have right now," Faith spoke.
"No, we can't blast the room. If we blasted the room, we will never know the effects of that drug. If that drug started spreading through the kingdom, it will destroy everything. We will turn into monsters overnight," Julia immediately spoke.
"Well, why don't we first go and observe them if they are trapped inside a cage...?" Anon's voice resounded from behind.
Both Julia and Faith turned around to look at Anon.
"Mr. Jule, are you eavesdropping on us?" Faith asked with a shocked expression.
"I might be," Anon answered with a smile.
"Wait, he is right. If they are inside a cage, then we should go and observe them ourselves now," Julia spoke.
"Well, okay," Faith agreed.
"Soldiers, come," Julia ordered.
Everyone started heading towards the basement, leaving only one guard and Mr. Freeman in the room.
As Anon's senses were heightened, he smelled the disgusting odor of blood and rotting bodies coming from the basement immediately.
After walking down some more steps, everyone started smelling it.
"Did you smell that?" Faith asked as she looked at Anon.
"Oh, more than anything," Anon replied as he observed the walls around the basement.
After walking down the basement, all of them stopped in front of a big metallic gate.
The outsides of the doors were lit up with two torches, each of them mounted on the opposite sides.
The doors were opened a little bit, and the smell coming from the room was so disgusting that some of the female soldiers immediately took out their handkerchiefs and covered their noses.
"That's the Array line. It means that the things inside this room will not be able to cross through this line," Julia spoke as she pointed towards a red line that was drawn near the metallic gate.
"Well, let's open it. What are we waiting for?" Anon spoke from behind.
"Soldiers, open the doors," Julia ordered.
"Yes, Ma'am." Two soldiers immediately grabbed the door handles and opened up the gates.
The view that was revealed from inside was beyond imagination and disgust.
It was built like a normal room from inside, but now the walls were covered in red blood, and elven meat pieces were sticking to the ceiling.
There were over 100 dead bodies lying on the floor, out of which some were eaten half, and some were only left with their skeletons. It's as if someone just ate their meat right off their bones.
Gwaaah
Bhwaaaaahhh
Some of the soldiers immediately threw up as soon as the gates opened up.
In one corner of the room, four individuals were sitting, facing towards the walls, and they were constantly swinging their bodies back and forth.
Their bodies were rotten, and blue veins were popping on their arms and legs.
As soon as Anon looked at their bodies, his eyes opened up in surprise.
"What the actual fuck?" Anon murmured as he got curious and walked up to the front.
"Oi, Cunts. Look at me," Anon shouted.
"Mr. Jule, what are you doing?" Faith asked with a confused expression.
"Umm... is something wrong?" Julia asked as she looked at Faith.
Anon immediately summoned a big iron knife in his hands and threw it towards a male elf that was sitting at the last.
Chk
The knife hit the male elf's body, but instead of stabbing into his skin, it broke into thousands of pieces.
"Mr. Jule, what are you—" Faith tried to speak something but stopped as soon as she noticed the knife.
"Their skin is tough. What kind of monsters did they become? I have never seen such a thing," Julia spoke as she looked at the broken knife in confusion.
Anon immediately went to the back of the crowd and...
'Open the book of wisdom.'
[Opening the (Book Of Wisdom).]
[415 logs found. What do you want to look at?]
Suddenly two half-transparent windows popped up in front of Anon.
'Show me the records of the zombie ogre tests.'
[Opening the Record of the Zombie Ogre Tests: Body Limit Test, Log No: 68]
[Metallic Sword: Failed]
[Copper Sword: Failed]
[Golden Sword: Failed.]
....
[Mithril Sword: Passed.]
"Well, they aren't reacting to anything. What should we do? We tried screaming at them, we threw stuff at them, and even showed them blood, but they just won't react," Julia spoke as she looked at Faith.
"Well, that leaves only one option. We have to go ins—"
Before Faith could've said anything else, she observed that Anon has come back with another shining dagger in his hands.
"Mr. Jule, we have already tried throwing swords and stuff at them; it's impossible to get their attention with them. They aren't even receiving any damage from all this stuff. I say we kill all of them here and now. If they got out of this room, they will create chaos everywhere," Faith spoke as she looked at Julia.
"Get back..." Anon spoke with a very serious expression as he looked at the individuals sitting inside the room.
"Oi, Can't you listen to what your chief commander just said? These weapons can't hurt them..." Ella shouted.
"I hope so too..." Anon spoke as he threw the mithril dagger at the same male elf with all his power.
Chhhhk
But this time... The dagger got stabbed directly into the male elf's arm.
He immediately stopped swinging his body and turned his eyes towards Anon; they were white... cold white as if some type of ghost has possessed his body.
Ghhhrrrrrrrawwwwww
He growled loudly as he ran towards Anon with incredible speed. Such speed can't be seen in a normal elf.
As soon as he reached at the boundary of the gate, he was immediately stopped by the defensive Array around the room and everyone looked at the monster from a closer distance.
"Zombie..." Anon murmured in a low tone.
"Please give us a moment," Faith said as she grabbed Anon's hand and took him to one side of the room.
"How did you do that, Jule? Do you know anything about this?" Faith asked, looking at Anon with a confused expression.
"Can I have a talk with Mr. Freeman again?" Anon asked.
"No, you can't. First, you have to tell me what you know about this. What is that dagger of yours made of? How did you know that it would hurt that thing?" Faith inquired.
"One month ago, the humans were attacked by a virus that originated from an unknown source. No one knew where it came from, but it had the same symptoms as that. Whoever got infected by this virus showed the symptoms of toughened skin and gained unimaginable physical powers, while their minds deteriorated.
They called the infected ones 'Zombies,' the walking Undead," Anon explained, but he only told her half the truth.
Faith went into deep thinking, staring into blank space.
'That bastard... what is he doing here? I thought he only had an interest in the human kingdom and human zombies. Seems like he also needs some Elf Zombies.
Wait, does he know that I am here? No, this can't be. It means he is trying to turn the Elven empire into his zombie soldiers too. This bastard.
Seems like I have to fasten my pace of taking over the Elven Kingdom and corrupting Fiona. I don't want all of them to be turned into brainless puppets.
This is going to be one hell of a competition... let's see if this guy can turn them into zombies first or meet his demise.' Anon thought as he smiled like a psychopath and looked at the zombie that was trying to reach the soldiers standing in front of him.
"I-I don't understand," Faith said.
Anon stopped smiling immediately and looked at Faith.
"What is it that you don't understand?" Anon asked.
"First of all, how do you know what's going on in the human kingdom?" Faith asked.
"I have sources, and I can answer all of your questions if you let me talk to Mr. Freeman, alone," Anon said.
"For how long?" Faith asked, knowing she had no other way.
"Well, about 5 minutes," Anon replied.
"You won't kill him, will you?" Faith asked.
"Oh, don't worry. I don't like blood that much," Anon replied with a smile.
"How can you always smile like that and stay so positive in a situation like this?" Faith asked with a smile.
"What can I say? I am just too strong," Anon joked as he laughed.
"Let me talk to Julia and get your meeting arranged," Faith said as she went directly to Julia, and both of them started talking.
After a while, Julia nodded her head, and Faith walked back to Anon.
"You've got permission to talk to him, but there is one condition," Faith said.
"What condition?" Anon asked.
"You can't kill him," Faith replied.
"Okay," Anon nodded as he immediately left the basement and started walking back to Freeman's room.
As soon as he entered Freeman's room, he noticed that a dark elf girl was helping Freeman.
Anon immediately turned his head around and looked at the dead soldier's body that Julia had left here to keep an eye on Freeman.
Suddenly, Anon noticed that the dark elf girl was wearing a skirt, and her pink panty and big dark ass was visible when she bent down to remove the swords from Freeman's knees.
"Hello, luv. May I ask, who are you?" Anon asked with a smile, fully focused on her panty.
As soon as the girl heard Anon's voice, she immediately got alerted and turned back to look at Anon.
Her face was furious, with pink lipstick on her thick lips, sharp eyes, green eyes, and average-sized boobs.
"You fucking white elf..." She spoke as she unsheathed her sword and pointed it towards Anon.
"Oh, I am fucking white elves, if that's what you're asking. But it seems like it's time to change the flavor, i think it's time for some chocolate twist on the vanilla ice-cream." Anon spoke as he smiled like a pervert and started walking towards her.
"Don't take another step, or I will kill you, you Freak." she warned Anon with a very serious expression.
"Oh, really? Aren't you an angry cat ? Meow~ " Anon spoke as he clawed at her imitating like a cat and continued to close the distance.
"Die, if that's what you wish for."
[Your Opponent has used the skill (7 Confusing Strikes).]
[The skill has been negated due to the host's class.]
She came directly at Anon with her sword, but as she was about to stab him, a white layer of Auric Energy suddenly covered Anon's body, like a protective armor.
Clang
Krrrrrrr
Her sword immediately broke into thousands of pieces as soon as it touched Anon's body.
"Fuck... How did you-?" Before she could've said anything else, Anon grabbed her by the waist, pulled her body near his face, and gave her a kiss on the lips as he forcefully started groping her ass.
Anon grabbed her left ass and slapped it tightly, after that he gave her pussy a slight rub and slap from behind.
"You fucking son of a bitch... Don't you dare do that to my daughter," Freeman shouted as he tried to remove the swords from his knees forcefully.
"So, She is your daughter huh...?" Anon released the girl and licked his upper lip with his tongue, just like a pervert.
Slap
"Shut the fuck up. I will come back to you in a moment," Anon spoke as he slapped Freeman.
"DIEEEEEEEE..." The dark elf girl shouted as she attacked Anon from behind, but before she knew it, Anon had disappeared from his position and reappeared behind her.
He hit the dark elf girl on her nape and put her to sleep immediately.
"Now, shall we have a real talk, Mr. Freeman?" Anon asked with a normal smile.
"I am not going to answer your fucking questions, you fucking white elf. I would rather die than answer your questions," Mr. Freeman spoke as he spat on the ground.
"Oh, you will answer, Mr. Freeman. You will answer," Anon spoke as he closed the doors to the entrance of the room.
"Come in," Anon spoke.
Suddenly, two black figures emerged in front of Anon out of thin air.
These two were none other than Jessica and Mike.
"We greet our master," both of them bowed down to Anon.
"Get the girl out of here. Oh, and do you remember that zombie virus?" Anon asked.
"The one that made humans mindless and stupid?" Jessica spoke.
"Ah, the one that blonde man used to make with my wife and daughter's blood," Mike spoke.
"Yes, that fucker has come to the elven kingdom, and believe me, there are four elf zombies down the hall," Anon spoke.
"Wait, you aren't lying, master, are you?" Jessica asked with a serious face.
"Oh, I am damn sure," Anon spoke with a smile.
"A vampire and our last queen... bowing down to a white elf? What the fuck is happening right now?" Freeman asked with a very confused expression.
"Shut the fuck up, elf. Can't you see our master is talking?" Mike's eyes immediately shined red as he took out his black dagger and pointed it directly at Freeman's throat.
Freeman immediately started vibrating from the bloodlust that Mike was using on him.
"Mike, leave him. He is my guest," Anon spoke.
"I am sorry, master, please forgive me," Mike spoke as he bowed down again and apologized.
"Master, please save my people. Please don't let them turn into stupid zombies, I beg you. Please, save them," Jessica begged as she grabbed Anon's legs.
"Oi, stand up. I won't let them turn into zombies, don't worry," Anon spoke as he looked at Jessica with a smile.
"Thank you, master," Jessica replied as she also bowed down to Anon.
"Okay, now get out of here and take care of the girl until I return. Prepare me a good room because once I return, I will be bringing more than one girl with me," Anon spoke with a perverted smile.
"As you wish, my lord," Mike said as he picked up Mr. Freeman's daughter from the ground and disappeared from the room with Jessica.
"No, you can't take away my daughter. I need my daughter back. You fucker, I will tell everyone that you are committing treason and that you are working with a vampire and our previous queen. You will get the death penalty or 300 years in prison at the very least. But, if you help me escape this place and give me my daughter back, I will disappear from this land and never come back," Freeman spoke with a smile.
"You are one damn fucker, aren't you?" Anon asked with a smile.
"I-I will also give you the key to a very precious thing if you release me," Freeman spoke.
"Oh, really? Well... seems like I have to release you after all. Let me get my tools to get these swords out of your knees," Anon spoke as he slid both of his hands into his inventory.
"Y-Yes... Thank you. I will never come back to this land and-" before he could've said anything else, Anon took out his Sickles of Death and stabbed both of them into Freeman's hands, pinning them down to the chair.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Freeman shouted with his mouth wide open.
Anon immediately took this opportunity and dropped two drops of his blood into Freeman's mouth.
In the basement...
"That sound... we should go and see what is going on up there," Julia spoke with a worried expression.
"Don't worry, he won't kill him. He gave me his word, and there is still one minute left in his five minutes," Faith spoke.
Back in the room...
"You fucking bastard... you are done for... I will expose you to everyone," Freeman threatened Anon as blood and spit came out of his mouth.
"Yes, yes... we will see about that," Anon said as he touched Freeman's head.
'Memory Wiper.'
'Wipe out all of his memories...' Anon ordered.
[Warning: The host is trying to extract too many memories at the same time... critical brain damage can be caused by this to the host.]
A warning screen glowing dark red popped up in front of Anon.
'Fuck... I don't have enough time to look through his memories and search for the certain time period when he met that guy. Just do it...' Anon commanded.
[Extracting all of the memories.]
At first, Anon didn't feel anything, but as time started to pass by, he started feeling pain inside his brain, and it grew with every passing second.
"Fuckkk... It's hurting my brain. It's like my mind is being grinded inside a fucking mixer," Anon spoke as he grabbed his head and continued to absorb Freeman's memories.
After 10 seconds, Anon's body started losing its balance, Anon grabbed another chair and sat down on it.
20 seconds passed, and blood started coming out of Anon's nostrils.
"Fucking bitchhh... this pain is killing me...." Anon shouted as he broke the chair's handles.
40 seconds later, blood started coming out of Anon's mouth, and wood splinters from the chair had gone deep inside Anon's nails, but he wasn't stopping even at this point.
50 seconds passed, and his eyes turned red as blood started coming out of them as well.
Suddenly, a notification popped up in front of Anon.
[You have obtained 5 new skills.]
[100% of memories have been extracted.]
Anon came back to his senses and immediately wiped off all the blood from his face.
"Well, that one messed with my brain. I don't think I will be able to take another one of that," Anon spoke as he stood up and grabbed Freeman's head again.
'Memory Alter.'
Anon immediately altered Freeman's memories and removed the useless memories that he didn't want him to have, like the one they just had 1 minute ago or the one in which Anon kidnapped her daughter.
Click
Suddenly, the gates of the room opened up, and Julia entered inside the room with Faith and the other soldiers.
As soon as they entered inside the room, they saw that Anon was laying on the ground unconscious, and Freeman is standing above him with a sword in his hand and a confused look on his face.
Julia immediately looked at the corpse of her dead soldier, and anger overtook her mind.
"You fucking son of a bitch..." Julia immediately took out a dagger from her leg pocket and stabbed directly into Freeman's neck, killing him in one blow.
'Hehehe.... that's how you hit four birds with one stone. I got rid of free man, I got his daughter, i didn't have to explain the soldier's death and i confirmed the address of that blonde fucker.' Anon thought as he kept pretending to be unconscious.