Once we were back in-ga, my clan mates and I, including Judas and Tesrif, sat around a newer, much sturdier table in the main clan hall. Emily told them about my idea regarding the PvP clan castle challenge thing and the others agreed that it sounded like an aweso idea. There were ideas freely being tossed around but no one seed to have any that stuck out.
“Allie, how does that blood tithe thing you have work?”
I opened my character nu and swiped my hand so that Aeryn could see it. He briefly read the skill description and tapped his chin a few tis with his finger.
“Hmm… that could work actually. What if instead of XP or gear we fard other player’s deaths? Every death fuels a spell or so effect that gets stronger. I’m not sure to what end because I don’t know the limitations of it, but I feel like that would be a valuable resource. We could even make so sort of enchantnt that allows players to die over and over again while in the castle without fear of dropping to level 1 or resetting. We don’t really need the gear or gold either, so we could also make it so they get to keep that as well. We need sothing to incentivise them to challenge us, but I think once we figure out what we could use the death magic for and what to use as incentive, we should definitely set this up.”
Murmurs of agreent sounded from the other clan mbers and we turned to Judas as he spoke.
“Death magic is powerful and can be used to fuel all sorts of enchantnts and other magical effects. It can be used to strengthen the castle itself, add more rooms, or as top-tier enchantnts on gear. Although we currently lack the ans to do so, death magic is also used to slt Hellforged tals. As for this enchantnt that allows enemies to continually respawn, that would take imnse Tier 5 or even World Tier magic. It is doable, it would just require a great deal of power, to say nothing of what it might require to actually locate the knowledge of how to cast such an enchantnt. I doubt even the enchantress in the nearby town would have sufficient knowledge on the whereabouts of any kind of magic like that. Perhaps Dark Empress Infernos might again aid you, Lady Allexus.”
"That's an excellent idea, Judas. Why don't the rest of you try and figure out the best ideas for incentives and I'll go see Gehenna."
They agreed and just as I was about to exit the room I felt Elia's icy grasp on my shoulder. I quickly spun in place and scooped her up using my demonic strength. She gave a little yelp of surprise but when I leaned her back and kissed her she eagerly accepted it. As I held her in my arms with her lips against mine, sothing my demon enchanter said before popped into my head. I laughed ntally as I thought about what I was going to say and then growled a bit as I spoke softly in her ear.
"You are my mate, Snow Demon Elia. And soon to be the mother of my demon progeny. Stay safe, my love… I shall return shortly."
Elia squeaked and her face montarily blushed a bright crimson. She suddenly turned incorporeal and fell to the floor beneath . I laughed quietly and exited the room without another word. I knew she'd likely have so choice words for later, but it was totally worth it to see that expression on her face.
I flew quickly towards the arena where I had originally t Gehenna. As I approached, I saw sothing I hadn't been expecting; angels. Lots of them. They were attacking the dozen or so guards that were present and quickly driving them back. My speed surged as I flew forward towards the battle with both of my swords drawn.
"[Summon Arcane Heavy Armor]. [Thorns of Corruption]."
I neared the battle and folded my wings, let gravity take over, and dropped rapidly towards the closest angel. As I descended I shifted in mid-air and angled my body so the second I made impact I would slam feet first into my target. Just before I crashed into the angel I was aiming for, I saw him turn towards and let out a startled cry. Both of my feet struck his chest with a deafening crash of tal on tal and he toppled backwards and skidded along the stone tiles with standing on top of him. I switched my grip on one of my swords and stabbed it down into the angel's face. Instead of pulling it out I stood up from the slightly crouched position I had landed in and looked at the enemies around . One of the taller angels spoke loudly enough to be heard over the din of combat.
"Ignore the newcor. Empress Infernos is the target."
My demonic temper flared up and for once I allowed it to run free.
"Ignore ?! You insignificant fucks are insects to be crushed beneath my boot. I am the Demon Overlord Allexus… And I will not be ignored! Power Limiter Release: 60%!"
I laughed cruelly as the orgasmic energy raced through my body. Instead of causing to lose focus from the intense pleasure I allowed the feeling to envelop as I spread my wings and flew upwards a few feet. All as one the angels turned towards with conflicting looks on their faces. I raised my free hand and sneered at them.
"Now be good little Angelfilth and fucking die!"
"[Corrupting Fire]! [Blastburn]!"
Gehenna's guards jumped out of the way as my devastating attacks struck several of the angels. I felt every muscle in my body surge at once and flew forward with such speed it was as if I had blinked from the air to where I was standing now, holding a female angel in my grasp by the throat. I dropped my other sword which landed with a thunderous crash and placed that hand on the angel's face. I could feel her struggling in vain against my grip and I smiled at her, showing my fangs.
"[Coldfire]."
The hand on her skull ignited with white fire and she briefly scread in agony before going limp and then freezing solid. I threw the frozen body at the closest angel and brought my hands together as if I was going to do a huge overhead swing with a two-handed weapon.
"[Summon Arcane Claymore]!"
In mid arc a weapon appeared in my hands and cleaved the shocked angel in two. I pivoted on my heel as one of the angels stabbed a large spear at my head and could feel the searing heat on my skin from the enchanted holy weapon wreathed in fire. I used my montum to drive my shoulder into his chest, briefly pushing him back enough for to do an upwards diagonal slash. He stepped back just far enough for his armor to catch most of the strike, but he let out a cry of pain as it cut him across the chest. He grinned at because he thought my attack had left unbalanced, but instead of following through all the way, I released my grip on my weapon and reached forward with both of my hands. I grabbed the collar of his breastplate and his belt and yanked him off his feet. I swung him in a wide arc at the next closest enemy. The female angel dodged the attack but I released my grip on the enemy I was holding and let him fly back into his ally. Just as the larger of the two impacted into the other I held up my hand.
"[Blastburn]."
The pair erupted in a fiery electric explosion and their screams of agony fueled my demonic bloodlust. I turned to face the next enemy with a growl and saw that it was one of the remaining guards. I briefly surveyed the carnage around , retrieved both of my swords, before spreading my wings and flying towards the interior of the arena.
"[Eternal Damnation]!"
The space around was suddenly filled with black fire and I cast my [Coldfire] spell and surrounded my body with the white flas. As I reached the open air of the colosseum I saw Gehenna fighting two four-winged archangels. One was very tall, even more heavily armored, and seed to have an entire arsenal of weapons strapped to their back. The other was shrouded in a thin layer of flowy cloth that obscured their features. They had a staff in each hand and were unleashing a torrent of spells at Gehenna. I could clearly hear their androgynous voice speaking loudly as they were using Spoken Word.
"[Radiant Arrow]. [Chains of Radiance]."
This was the first ti I had ever seen Gehenna on the defensive, and I loudly roared in fury as I saw them attacking my friend.
"Power Limiter Release: 90%! [*Overlord of Corruption*]!
The air thrumd with energy as the dark red forms of my corrupted legion coalesced around .
"Kill the armored Angelfilth and protect Gehenna. I will take that mage and feed them their own heart."
My legion nodded in unison and took off towards the Dark Empress. I narrowly dodged out of the way as a white beam of holy energy lanced across the arena. I focused on my speed again and was only able to make it 50 feet or so when bright glowing chains shot up from the ground in an effort to bind . I smiled at the archangel and flashed my fangs at them.
"[Demonic Chains]."
Black chains burst from the ground and wrapped themselves around the glowing white ones like snakes coiling around each other for dominance. After a couple of seconds all of the chains fell to the ground and then disappeared. I started flying forward again but was stopped this ti by walls of golden energy. I realized that the angel was trying to keep from approaching any closer and sighed softly through my nose. The walls of energy drew closer to and I quickly formulated a plan.
"[Corrupting Fire]. [Coldfire]."
I enveloped my body with both of the spells and felt dueling rushes of hot and cold dance across my skin. I blasted forward and as I struck the wall of energy I felt searing pain through every nerve ending in my body. I grit my teeth and pushed through it until I had forced my way through and was rocketing across the arena towards the mage. They summoned several more walls of light and I pushed through every single one until I was less than 40 feet away from them. My skin was burned and blistered and it felt like I had taken a bath in molten lava.
"Power Limiter Release: 100%. [Corruption's Caress]."
As my healing spell took effect I tilted my head from side to side to pop my neck and then gave an exaggerated yawn.
"That was… Boring. I was hoping you would have provided with at least a little entertainnt… Oh well… may as well finish this thing."
"I don't know who-"
As they started to speak I moved with that insane speed like I had done before, and went from being 30 feet away to having my claws pressed into their jugular in the blink of an eye.
"I'd ask if you had any last words… But I don't fucking care."
I extended the claws on my free hand and jabbed it forward into their chest. I closed my fingers around their heart and tore it free from their body. Just before they died I forced their mouth open and shoved the slightly blackened organ in. I let their body fall and I turned in place right in ti to see Gehenna impale the massive archangel through the chest with a huge two-handed sword made of swirling black fire. As he fell the ice encasing his legs shattered and he crashed into the ground. The dark red form of Elia rushed over to support Gehenna as she nearly collapsed. The pair flew downwards and set down gently on the ground. I quickly joined them and released my World Tier spell. Gehenna looked up at from her kneeling position and let out a long tired sigh.
"You are the most beautiful sight I have ever laid eyes on, Allexus. To think it wasn't so long ago that you fought in this very arena… And now you're here saving from what would have likely been a successful assassination. I would ask about the nature of your most tily arrival, but first… "
She held up a hand and a swirling black portal appeared.
"Let's go soplace other than this field of carnage. Can't have my guards see like this… Can I?"
She grinned at weakly and I knelt down and helped her to her feet. We both walked slowly through the portal and after we stepped through she held up her hand and it closed behind us. I looked around at where we were and was surprised to find myself in a very posh bedroom with a huge ornate canopy bed. Gehenna staggered over to a long wide set of drawers that had assorted jewelry boxes on top of it and steadied herself. She waved her hand and her armor and chainmail disappeared, leaving her standing naked in front of . I blushed slightly and started to look away until Gehenna laughed softly.
“You’ve seen naked before, Allexus. You didn’t seem to mind rubbing up on you during the arena fight.”
“In my defense, at the ti I didn’t know you were… you know… you. It’s a bit different now that I know who you are.”
She cocked her eyebrow and smirked at before reaching up to her neck and pulling at the choker around her neck. As the clasp ca undone I got a look at the gem that was set in the front. It looked the sa as the one set within my Power Limiter except it was nearly cracked in two. This was the first ti I had ever seen Gehenna without her Limiter in place and as I viewed her I wondered just how powerful she was.
“Gehenna, can I ask you a personal question?”
“I’m standing completely nude in front of you and I’ve already committed to bedding you and your betrothed… I feel you’re more than entitled to ask a personal question.”
“What level are you?”
She cocked her head and gave a confused look like she didn’t know what I was talking about for a second before nodding once in understanding.
“Once you reach the heights of power where you are able to be the Guardian of a Realmstone or two, you don’t really pay much attention to things like levels. If I had to put a number to it I think it would be between 600 and 700.”
My eyes went wide and my mouth opened in shock. I couldn’t tell which surprised more, the fact that she was nearly 500 levels higher than or that she didn’t even know for sure how high her level was. Gehenna laughed and smiled at warmly. It was so unusual to see her like this. I had grown accustod to viewing her as this ultimate being of power and darkness. But as she stood before she looked remarkably… Normal.
"If you stare at any harder, Allexus, I may spontaneously burst into hellfire. What are you thinking about?"
I laughed through my nose softly as I recalled Emily saying sothing similar. The more I looked at Gehenna, the more I realized just how beautiful she was. Instead of allowing myself to get lost in that thought, I blinked a couple tis to clear my mind and moved across the room to sit on the edge of the huge bed. Gehenna's gaze followed with curiosity and she raised her eyebrow and placed a hand on her hip. I gave her a wide grin and did my best to explain.
"Sotis it seems like you're two different people: Dark Empress Infernos, Supre Being of Evil Incarnate, and Gehenna the carefree blonde demoness. Don't get wrong… I can relate entirely. There are tis where I'm Allexus, Demon Overlord of Corruption… And other tis when I'm just… Allie, human gar striving to be the top player."
"Allie, huh? I like this abbreviated form of your na… But… I take your aning. I have lived long enough and have taken on so many roles in that ti that falling into the narrative of being a Dark Empress has beco second nature. When I'm around you, however, I feel I don't have to maintain that pretense. Don't worry, Allexus, I'm not going to profess my love for you. I am at the stage in my life where I'm beyond such things, to say nothing of what your betrothed would do were I to do so."
We both laughed and as I thought of a fitting anachronism it made laugh even harder.
"There's a saying where I'm from 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.' I find it especially ironic considering where we are at this given mont."
"A most apt description. And to steal another phrase from your world, Hell would literally freeze over before I ca between her and you."
"Did you… Did you just make a joke?"
We both laughed and after she slipped a silky sheer nightgown over her head she sat on the bed next to .
"I grow tired of having to constantly uphold that Dark Empress facade you ntioned. In truth, the reason I want you to surpass is so that you can take control of my realms in my stead. I long for the days when I can travel freely without consequence or the fear that sothing disastrous will happen in my absence. I want to be this 'Gehenna the carefree blonde demoness' you spoke of. So my attraction to you is largely a selfish one."
"Wait. Wait. Go back. You want to be the empress and control your… Realms… Plural?"
"I hold control of three realms. And yes, I do want you to be the empress. You'll do a far better job than I, given the company you keep."
My mind reeled and sat in stunned silence for a mont. The idea that I would not only be the leader of the most powerful clan in the ga, but also the empress of multiple realms of Hell… It was beyond anything I had imagined. The more I pictured it, however, the more I grew to absolutely love the idea. A wide smile replete with ambition and thoughts of dominance filled my face.
"Judging from the expression on your face, you are quickly warming to the idea. But don't get ahead of yourself. You're still a whelp of a demon compared to . Despite the supposed ease with which you dispatched that archangel mage, I could still see that doing so took more effort than you let on. The battle your summons assisted with was the end of a long protracted fight that started with two dozen archangels and nearly twice as many angels and Angelspawn. The fact that you still consider levels to be an accurate judge of power tells all I need to know. You aren't ready… Yet. Though, I feel the ti you will be is not too far off. You've beco so powerful in such a short amount of ti that I know you'll be bedding very soon."
She stood up suddenly and then spun on her heel.
"Now then, I'm sure you didn't arrive at the perfect ti on purpose. As grateful as I am for your aid, I am still curious what the true nature of your visit is."
I explained the reason for coming in detail and she listened with keen interest. After I inford her about what we were searching for, her eyes lit up and she rushed across her large room to a huge iron bound chest in the corner. She opened it and retrieved several items and then walked back over to .
"Your demonic retainer surprises more and more. His suggestion of using death magic is a good one. As for the incentives you ntioned, perhaps these will be of use to you."
She handed the items to and I added each one to my inventory and checked what they were. There were 200 Level Up! items, several sets of rare enchanted jewels, and four scrolls that would unlock a World Tier spell or skill.
"Holy fucking shit! That's… Thank you, Gehenna. This is so much. Why would you just give this stuff to ?"
She placed her hands on her hips, raised her eyebrow, and tapped her foot slightly in irritation. She glared at until I understood her reasoning.
"You want to use this as an opportunity to beco even more powerful so that I can eventually replace you as empress."
She smiled and gave a half-grin before turning back around and grabbing a small scrap of paper. Her hand glowed slightly red for a mont and words appeared on the paper she was holding. She moved across the room and handed it to .
"These coordinates should help you obtain the necessary magics you spoke of. Words cannot express how thrilled I am at the initiative you've shown at organizing sothing like this. Would you be at all opposed if I were to visit your clan once everything has begun?"
I shook my head adamantly and stood up off the bed. I moved quickly across the room and before she could react I pulled Gehenna into a tight embrace. I pressed my lips to hers and pushed my tongue into her mouth. She returned the gesture eagerly and then pushed back with a single strong shove. I could see the hunger for more in her eyes, but she grimaced and sighed softly.
"That was… Invigorating. If I wasn't committed to having your betrothed present when we consummate my allegiance to you, I would let you take right now."
She waved her hand and a rapidly swirling black portal appeared next to her.
"This portal will take you back to your clan castle. I can't normally cast them across such great distances, but I'm using you as a focus. Notify once your clan is ready to begin this challenge and I'll make the necessary arrangents to spread the word. Also, the ti for the Realmshift rapidly approaches, so don't forget to let know when you're ready for that."
As I stepped closer to the portal Gehenna leaned in and whispered softly in my ear.
"The next ti you are in this room, Allexus, I will eagerly let you fuck in every way imaginable."
As shivers raced up and down my body and arousal flooded my system, I felt two strong hands push forward into the portal.
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