"What did you say about not bleeding again?"
"…"
Dulcia stared at the screen in front of him with a solemn look on his face.
That…
That was his enemy.
An enemy he might have lost against, an enemy who could have stopped his winning streak because of how strong that man was…
Yet…
Here he was…
Annihilated by that woman as if he was nothing more than a bug.
"That was fast."
Nux, who was sitting right in front of the Scorvane, comnted with a light smile on his face.
He then glanced at Dulcia and,
"So? How was the gift?"
"The G-Gift…?"
Dulcia stuttered, slightly confused.
Then suddenly, Nux's shadow trembled and rose up, materializing into sothing. At the sa ti, that monstrous woman, who had annihilated the strongest being in Gelatina like it was nothing, was engulfed by her shadow as well.
The woman disappeared, as if devoured by her shadow, and the shadow materializing in front of them finally solidified.
It was the sa woman he was seeing on the screen.
And... she had brought Praline's severed head with her.
What's worse?
Just like this man in front of him, Saccharis's Will couldn't sense this woman either.
"He was right, he really didn't bleed."
Aeliana chuckled lightly as she observed the severed head in her arm. The thing felt like it was going to deform into mist if left alone. Aeliana was actually using her Law of Absolute Control to bind it together.
"How strange."
Nux chuckled as well.
"A being with no Core and no blood, yet a body that is so… sturdy."
"Mhm, they can be studied."
Aeliana nodded.
And Dulcia…
He just stared at this monster casually talking with the man sitting in front of him. From start to end, the woman didn't spare him even a single glance, almost as if his entire existence was of no significant importance.
Nux, who didn't wish for the poor fellow to feel left out, turned towards him and,
"Anyways, do you like the gift?"
He questioned as Aeliana threw the head towards Dulcia. He tried to catch it, however, the instant Aeliana released the head, it turned into mist and disappeared.
Praline Gelatina, the Progenitor of Nebuliths and the Leader of Gelatina, was erased out of existence just like that.
"Y-You…"
Suddenly, Dulcia realized sothing.
All this while, he felt that the woman in front of him was familiar, but he couldn't quite put a finger on it.
But now…
Now it finally clicked.
A few thousand years ago, he was told to investigate a certain group of rcenaries—rcenaries who had turned the battlefield into an incoherent ss.
This group of rcenaries was so strong that every ti they participated in a war, the battles that had lasted for thousands of years ended within days.
They were so overpowering that no matter how powerful the enemies were, they always ca out victorious. The party had never once failed to clear a mission.
The Lowest and Low-Level Worlds had turned into their stage. Things had beco so ridiculous that even the Queen, who usually never cared about worlds of that level, heard about it and ordered her subordinates to search for this party.
The orders were clear.
Recruit this party or annihilate them.
Yes, Lowest and Low-Level Worlds did not matter in wars of such level, but the party was spreading too much chaos and uncertainty, which ultimately wasn't good for their Faction.
They also feared that the enemy would recruit them instead and things would beco difficult at the Lower Levels.
While other subordinates didn't really care about so rcenaries who weren't even at the Transcendent Level, Dulcia was different. As soone completely loyal to his Queen, he took her orders to heart and sent his n to look for the said party.
They even sent out different missions with absurd rewards, missions that only their party could take, but no matter how much he tried,
He couldn't find them.
It was as if the entire party had disappeared.
The only thing he could find was the records of the previous wars they had participated in, and he learned everything he could about them.
Obviously, he didn't miss the mysterious black-haired, crimson-eyed Vampire who appeared every ti this party was in danger and annihilated everything.
There was even a ti when she defeated multiple Primordials, where their leader even had a Relic.
A black-haired, crimson-eyed woman with power over blood who could squash away Primordials like they were insects thousands of years ago…
"Y-You… You are from the one who actually does all the work and deserves to be rewarded!"
Dulcia exclaid out loud.
"Oh? You know us?"
Nux raised his eyebrow, sowhat taken aback.
"That na still haunts ."
Aeliana, on the other hand, couldn't help but comnt out loud.
'Haunt my ass, weren't you the one who was the quickest to take the reward?'
Aisha snorted.
'Don't lie, I wasn't even a Leander back then.'
Aeliana countered.
'Yeah, you were a shaless Ruinous who just happened to be near soone else's husband all the ti.'
Aisha didn't give in either.
'Don't think we don't know your true self, Aeliana. We know how you stalked our husband.'
'…'
Aeliana decided to remain silent.
"Us? I thought only the one who actually does all the work and deserves to be rewarded only had won."
Dulcia questioned with a light frown on his face.
"Right, I was mostly hidden back then."
Nux realized it.
Then, he glanced at Dulcia and smiled politely,
"Allow to introduce myself then,
My na is Nux Leander, husband of all the won from the rcenary Party Leander Family."
Nux introduced himself formally.
"A-All the won…?"
"All of them."
Nux nodded, even pulling Aeliana close to him, showing that he had indeed pulled this baddie and married her.
"Anyways, we solved the issue you were facing and prevented hundreds of thousands of your n from dying.
The least you could do is help us communicate with your Queen, no?"
"…I will deliver the artifact to her."
In the end, Dulcia nodded.
Not that he had any other choice, with how that black-haired woman was staring at him, he felt like if he refused to cooperate,
His end would be similar to Praline's.
Sothing he wanted to avoid if possible.
He had no interest in having his entire body twist like a piece of cloth just so a crazy woman could get a drop of blood out of him.
"Good."
Nux smiled.
He stood up, ready to leave, but then,
"But I cannot assure you that the Queen will activate the artifact like you want her to."
Dulcia spoke up.
"Hmm?"
Nux paused.
"I may be her subordinate, but I am not her only subordinate. She has thousands of them. She does not have the ti to fulfil every single request from her subordinates.
There is also a chance that her direct subordinates may even dispose of the artifact before it even gets to her."
"Does your Queen not want to win the War?"
Nux questioned with a slight frown on his face.
"She will win the War."
Dulcia answered confidently. He had blind faith in the Queen, sothing that surprised Nux.
"You sound quite confident."
Nux comnted.
"I am."
He nodded.
"My Queen rose from nothing and reached a level where a High Level is intimidated by her. They are looking for allies and refuse to face her directly.
The only reason the war hasn't yet ended is because my Queen is one of the youngest Eternals in the Universe, making her untrustworthy in the eyes of the other High-Level Worlds. But at the sa ti, they also do not support the enemy simply because they fear her wrath.
My Queen alone is facing the entire Universe,
And she is winning.
You think your rcenary party is enough for soone like her to go out of her way and contact you? That is quite an arrogant thought."
Dulcia spoke up. As he talked about his Queen, for a mont, he even forgot how intimidating the woman in front of him was, almost as if he was prepared to die for his Queen's honor if need be.
It was a cult-like fanaticism, sothing Nux and Aeliana found very… familiar.
After all, back in Yrniel, the people of the Ancestral Order were the sa. They showed the sa fanaticism for Aeliana and were willing to give their lives for her sake.
This, however, was much different.
Aeliana was part of the Order. The Queen this man is talking about… lives in an entirely different world.
She has such a level of control over her subordinates from another world—it was impressive.
'See? I told you I get good vibes from her.'
Allura, who was hearing everything, spoke with a smug look on her face.
'She is an enemy.'
Amaya countered.
'Yes Yes, we will see about that.'
Allura just shrugged, and Nux, who heard their conversation, just laughed out loud.
Then, he glanced at Dulcia and,
"I assure you.
Your Queen will contact ,
You just do what you are told."
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