On the road, 10 days after Belan.
Faori gives a heavy sigh.
"We are heading north for 10 days straight, im starting to believe that this magic architect dont exist" Says Faori with a sad tone
Vani let out a sarcastic laugh.
"You mean that Griviela is heading north right? you are just sitting on her shoulder after all" Says Vani laughing a little
Faori puffs her cheeks.
"I have little legs..." Says Faori in a low childish voice
"What did you say?" Says Griviela with a dumb smile and a joking tone
Faori blushes a little.
"Nothing! Vani is just jealous because she needs to walk" Says Faori proudly sticking up her nose
We all start to laugh.
"But is true, im starting to have doubts about this architects existence" Says Meroin casually
"Indeed, lets walk for a few more hours, if we dont find anything we head back to going in the corrupted land direction" I say casually
3 hours later.
I grab the map from the spatial ring.
"Seems like we are close to the border with Dragiokasi" I say casually
I say close, but it is more like a few days away though.
We learned about it by interrogating that group of Crusaders from the border.
Griviela seems excited.
"A country made of dragon kins huh... If they are in an impasse with the popedom they must be at least even or stronger" Says Meroin lost in thoughts
"If what that guard said is true girl! I will be taking down a dragon from the sky very soon!" Says Griviela laughing and raising her voice
The Crusaders from the board did not know for sure, but they said there are some True Dragons there.
"I was thinking, If we are already close to their border why not just enter and go to the corrupted land from there? It would be safer considering that the popedom is walking around with an army to take us down this very instant" Says Faori casually
We came across an army of crusaders and paladins a few days ago, I could see them from afar with mana vision and we managed to hide.
"They really are going all out on us now" Says Vani laughing a little
"I agree with Faori, what do you say Queen?" Says Meroin casually
"I agree lets hea-" I was saying but I felt something with mana vision
I put a worried look on my face.
"Something wrong My Lady?" Ask Eleonore with worry
I point to the left side where there is a dense forest.
"I feel a lot of people on the left a few meters away from here... no wait, there are a lot of statues actually, only one life form is moving so I think the others are statues" I say with a puzzled expression
"Maybe that is the magic architect" Says Vani with a serious tone
"Could be, lets head there" I say walking toward the forest
They all agree and we enter the forest, after some time walking, we find a cave.
In a cave at the foot of a mountain, there are some stone statues around, some of men women, and children.
There are even statues of dragons kins, elves, and other subhuman species around the entrance.
"Oh boy! This sure is creepy as fuck" Says Griviela laughing and raising her voice
We all agree and head inside the cave, inside there are some more statues of different types of people.
We found a door made of stone and we entered.
I see a woman, a dark elf, with blonde smooth hair that extends itself to her shoulder level, pointy ears, and brown skin, smooth skin, and tired looking eyes
She is taller than an average human, a little bit taller than Meroin.
She is wearing a gray dusty dress that extends itself to her knee.
She is making a statue with tools made of stone, she didnt notice us at all.
The Dark elf woman is murmuring alone in the cave.
"It is not right not right, why is it average, I need another specimen this one is imperfect, imperfect why why why why, another specimen I need to find the perfect one" She said in a low voice
We all are there standing with puzzled looks.
Griviela whispers.
"What the actual fuck is this?" Says Griviela trying to understand this situation
The Dark elf finally looks behind and sees us.
"KYAH!" Yells the dark elf after getting scared
The dark elf woman hides behind a statue of stone.
"Who are you people!? the popedom?" The dark elf yells with fear in her tone
"Look at us before taking conclusions" I say raising my voice a little
She put her head out to look at us, and as soon as she put her eyes on us she put on a shocked expression and came running toward me like a crazy person.
Before she could touch me Eleonore trapped her and made her knee in front of me.
But the dark elf is laughing and murmuring.
"I found it I found it" Says the dark elf in a low voice
We are all puzzled.
"Shit, and I thought Meroin has crazy but this one is something else" Says Griviela in a sarcastic tone
seems like the dark elf woman wakes up from her trance after hearing this.
"I-m sorry I los-t composure" Says the dark elf woman feeling ashamed
"You are perfect... I couldnt hold back Im sorry" Says the dark elf woman with sadness in her tone
"Elaborate further" I say with a serious tone
The dark elf looks away in shame and starts to talk.
"Your beautiful white skin, natural long white eyelashes, your long white hair, lips that look like a ruby crystal, eyes beautifully closed like a princess in deep slumber your slim tall body, your long legs, and those thighs, those thighs with just the right amount of fat..." She kept going on and on about every corner of my body
At some point, I started to blush and the girls started to laugh.
"Ok Ok, I get you found me perfect what is your point? gosh" I say looking away and blushing
"You are what im looking for... the perfect muse, please after seeing you I cant go back to normal art, I want to paint you, I want to make statues of you, giant statues to small figures I want to make you in every possible way, please I beg you" The dark elf girl is saying with tears forming in her eyes
The girls are laughing.
"I cant blame her, I think we all feel this way about Queen to some extent" Says Vani laughing loudly
The others agree with Vani.
"I must say if it was possible I would look at your body forever My Lady" Says Eleonore in a polity tone
"I get it, would you girls stop already? perverts" I say looking away from them and blushing
I hear a rain of cute.
"Then dark elf, state your name" I ask casually
I make a hand gesture to Eleonore and she frees the dark elf.
The dark elf rises and makes us a road table with chairs to sit on.
The table and chairs are perfectly crafted, Vani couldnt even compare to the architecture level.
We all sit and she starts to talk.
"My name is Zorial, as you can see a dark elf, im an artist, Im on a- I mean I was on a journey to find the perfect muse to craft, I came here and found this cave, sometimes I kidnapped some travelers to use them as material for my art but it was never perfect" Says Zorial with a gentle tone
That explains the blood stains...
"Before we introduce ourselves, I must ask, can you make structures with magic? things like houses, castles, and so on" I ask her with a curious look
"Yes, I can why you ask?" Says Zorial with a puzzled look
"We are looking for someone with your set of skills" I say with a serious tone
"Then lets introduce ourselves, Im Seraphine Noire, Queen Of The Calamities" I say with a polite tone
Eleonore goes next.
"Im Eleonore, first servant of Lady Seraphine, and a member of the Calamities, its a pleasure to meet you" Says Eleonore
Vani goes next.
"Im Vani Eloin, second servant of Queen Seraphine, and member of the Calamities, nice to meet you" Says Vani smiling and waving her hand to Zorial
Faori goes next.
"Im Faori, third servant of Queen Seraphine, and member of the Calamities, and I am 21 years old i will repeat I am 21 years old, nice to meet you" Says Faori
Griviela goes next.
"Hey there! Im Griviela, fourth servant of Queen Seraphine, and member of the Calamities, you are a cute girl! Do you like women?" Says Griviela in high spirit
Meroin goes next.
"Im Meroin, fifth servant of Queen Seraphine, and member of the Calamities, a pleasure" Says Meroin
Zorial looks surprised.
"I already heard about your group from people I kidnapped, im a little surprised that im not dead by now" Says Zorial with a joking tone
"That speeds things up, I want you to become my servant, what do you say?" I ask her casually
"If it means that I can be closer to you and examine your beauty forever, then I have no reason to refuse, I actually would kill myself if I couldnt be with you after this day, and yes Griviela I like women" Says Zorial casually
I heard a rain of "same".
"You really have the talent to bring cute twisted girls together Queen" Says Griviela laughing
Right? Im really starting to wonder if I have a lesbian twisted cute girl finder innate ability.
I grab one red cloud earring from my spatial ring and throw it to Zorial.
"Put it on your left ear, lets get to walking, shall we? we can fill you in all the details while we travel" I say getting up from my chair
.....
We walk the road heading toward the Dragiokasi, and we fill Zorial with all the details, about being vampires, about where we are going, about our going war with the popedom, and more.
We would stop to sleep now and then, well I say sleep but It was more like orgies and then sleep.
We evade the army of crazy church fanatics.
Zorial keeps looking at me and getting excited with each movement I make, and every angle she looks, she is my servant so I dont mind that much.
We are now descending from the sky into the Dragiokasi.
A bolt of red thunder fell into the ground making a rumble.
We are in a green field, there is no road or forest around.
Zorial is lying down on the grass, with an unfazed expression.
"Zorial? Oi Zorial, are you there?" Says Faori waving her hand in front of Zorial eyes
Zorial suddenly screams.
Faori got jumped scared and screamed too.
"Even your powers are beautiful My Queen, so beautiful that my mind stopped working" Says Zorial with a serious tone
Griviela helps her get up.
"Finally we are in the Dragiokasi, I was really worried, that army walking around there was no joke" Says Vani letting out a sigh of relief
Everyone agrees.
"We dont really have a map, but judging by the direction we were and where the corrupted land is, it should be west" I say casually while we start to walk
"We need to find someplace to buy supplies soon, there is not much food left for Zorial" Says Meroin casually
"See some new clothes too, clothes on the road get dirt so fast" Says Faori letting out a sigh
"Well if we do not find a city we could hunt for food" Says Griviela casually
....
We walked for a few days heading west, and today we finally found a city.
We are on a mountain looking at the city that is below us.
"Is it a capital? There is even a castle there" Ask Faori puzzled
"Weird place to make a capital city, around mountains and is not that far from the border too" I say puzzled
"Rumors say that dragons like to live in the mountains, maybe dragonkin like too" Says Meroin casually
"It is pretty big so it must be a capital, what do we do Queen?" Says Zorial casually
"We are in a country of sub humans so they will probably not attack us on sight, lets go and se-" I was seeing but we saw a dragon passing by and flying toward the mountaintop
Griviela looks excited.
"A dragon! Queen a dragon, I just saw a dragon!" Yells Griviela happily
"Probably that dragon acts like some kind of guardian to this city, that is why they did a capital in a place like this" Says Faori casually
We jump from the mountain, and Eleonore brings the noncombatant members down with thread.
But as soon as we were getting close to the gates, we heard a roar and a dragon flew toward us.
"Just is just racism! We haven't even done anything yet, it is already coming for us" Yells Faori in a childish tone
Griviela seems very excited.
"Queen let me fight it please!" Says Griviela laughing and making a grim smile
"Wait Griviela, I dont feel danger coming from it, lets see how it plays if it tries to attack then it is all yours" I say with a serious tone
Griviela seems disappointed because a dragon is not coming to kill us.
The dragon lands in front of us making a tiny earthquake as it lands, with his back to the city gate.
It is a red dragon with a body covered in scales two wings and four legs, seeing closely now I honestly thought that a dragon would be bigger, it is big but not massive huge.
The dragon then opens its mouth, it is disgusting a lot of spiky teeth and saliva.
"Are you the ones that came into the red storm from the west?" Asks the dragon with a deep male voice
Dragons can speak... kind of strange, and it talk like some elderly man.
"Indeed, why you ask?" I say unfazed
"Im Plexogineas Klualax, King of Dragiokasi, and Guardian of Verundavel" Announcers the dragon
Why he is speaking so loud? we are literally in front of him.
"The Queen wishes to speak with your group at the castle, I suggest that you and your group make your way there" Plexogineas spoke with a hint of passive aggressiveness
""""""Hah?"""""" All the girls at my side speak at the same time with a look of sheer anger
Faori puts on her crown and gets down from Grivielas shoulder, she channels miasma for seconds.
"Lost Child" Says Faori
And a giant skeleton with gloves that look robotic appears probably Meroin is trying to enhance it.
Zorial put her two hands on the ground and a giant made of gray stone appeared, Zorial is on the giants shoulder, it is about the same size as Lost Child.
Red lightning starts to appear around me.
Vani takes out her katana and a dry ice smoke is getting out of her.
Griviela stepped on the ground strong enough to make it crack a little.
Eleonore is letting out an aura of mist around her but not that much, and 10 knives are roaming around her.
"Watch your tongue lizard, do you dare to speak with me like you are superior? I dont know how strong you are, but I swear that in the fight we will destroy this city until there are only ruins and corpses remaining" I say with a voice filled with anger
The king takes a step back.
"I did not intend any disrespect if you could please calm your anger, The Queen only wishes to speak with you about the matters related to the Light Popedom" Says the dragon king with an apologetic tone
I stop letting out my aura and I raise my hand making a gesture, and they all come back to normal, Lost Child disappears and the stone giant too.
"Im curious, so we will abstain from massacring your land" I say politely with a hint of aggressiveness
"Im grateful, please make your way to the castle the queen will be waiting" Says the king dragon while flying in the castle direction
We entered the city without being stopped, between scared looks and people running, I guess they didnt really know who we were, but they were scared of our appearance.
Dragonkins are taller than humans, but not taller than vampires though, an average dragonkin is about my shoulder level in height.
They have tails of various colors, some of them have horns others do not, and they have scales in some parts of their bodies, like the back of the hand, and neck, of variable colors too.
While we walk toward the castle we are talking.
"You girls didnt find it strange? the king is a true dragon, not a dragonkin right?" Says Griviela with a dumb smile on her face
Faori seems puzzled.
"What do you mean Griviela?" Ask Faori curious
No... please no dont say it Griviela.
"A dragon cant live in a castle...." Says Griviela laughing a little
Zorial realizes and looks a bit shocked.
"If there is a Queen, that lives in the castle, means that she is not a true dragon..." Says Zorial
Faori seems even more puzzled, but she realizes after a few seconds of thinking.
"A DRAGON IS BAGGING A DRAGONKIN?!" Yells Faori in the middle of the street with a shocked look
"Disgusting... just disgusting, please take that image out of my head" I say while putting my hand in my face
All the girls start to make faces of disgust and Griviela is laughing loudly.
"Come on girls, love comes in all forms and big dragon dicks" Says Griviela almost dying from laughing
And like this, we make our way toward the castle.
We arrive at the castle gate, the guards are hearing some kind of red plated armor with an exit behind for the tail
We pass through the gate without complaints.
A butler appears at the door.
"Im Her Majesty butler, and I will serve as your guide toward the throne room, please follow me" Says the butler politely bowing his herd
We follow him, this castle is beautifully made, there is some art a red carpet, and dragon portraits on the walls.
Large halls with big windows.
We arrive at the throne room and there is a red carpet leading to the throne where a woman is sitting on, Blonde long hair, smooth white skin, a slim body, and a purple scale tail.
Her eyes are purple and the scales at the back of her hand are purple too.
There is a bunch of people wearing aristocratic looking clothes making a line on each side of the throne room and guards around too.
We walk to the front of the throne and the butler takes his leave.
The people kept looking at us silent for a few moments.
"What are you waiting for? Speak" I say casually to the Queen
The Queen looks angry and murmurs start around us.
"SILENCE!" The Dragon Queen yells and the room goes silent
"Im Queen Brelumenax Leoxexinies, Queen Of Dragiokasi" Announcers the Queen raising her voice a little
What with all these people from royalty why do they speak so loudly?
"Im Seraphine Noire, Queen Of The Calamities" I say casually
Brelumenax looked a little surprised after I said that Im a Queen.
"Then Queen Seraphine, I have a proposal for you, I heard about your deeds in the Light Popedom, and I think that we could help each other in taking down the Popedom, what do you think?" Says Brelumenax
Hmm, it is not a bad idea, but depends on the agreement lets see.
"I-" I tried to say but a man in the crowd of aristocrats screams
"I dont accept this, My Queen! You want our army to fight alongside sociopath brutes who have no respect for status or common cortes-" The man tried
At the speed of lightning, I punched the mans head and a rumble filled the throne room, I came back to the place I was before but now my hand was full of blood.
"Sorry Queen Brelumenax a bug interrupted me and I had to kill it, you dont mind right?" I say sarcastically
They are all shocked and trying to understand what just happened.
When they realized what had happened and tried to open their mouths to scream and run, I stopped them.
"If anyone in this room screams or gets out of the position they were before, It will die!" I say with a serious tone and a slightly higher tone of voice
They are scared to death, even the guards dont dare to move or make a sound.
Queen Brelumenax is trying her best to keep her composure but I can see that she is letting out cold sweat from her forehead.
"ooh! Come on, I kill one person and people are already about to cry, where is your common courtesy? your status? Act the part and stop acting like little kids" I say sarcastically
"Then continuing, im interested in your proposal Queen Brelumenax, but there will be a price, of course" I say
The queen wakes up from her thoughts and speaks.
"What price?" The queen asked with a suspicious look and a hint of fear
I put on a grim smile.
"I want everything that comes out of this war, the Popedom territory, treasures even the corpses of everyone that died on the battlefield, including the paladins and dragons, and in return I swear that we will win, do we have a deal?" I say with a grim smile
Looks like a horrible deal right? But for them it is the only way, the Dragiokasi are not as strong as they seem to be, they are alive just because the popedom seems to be scared of taking the first step.
They have dragons, and dragons are strong but I doubt that the Paladins are any weaker, but the Popedom dont know that, both countries are afraid of losing too much in a head on war, so they are waiting for who will commit the first mistake.
But we, The Calamities, are wild cards.
Queen Brelumenax hesitates.
"I- I accept it, but only if you and your people swear not to kill anyone from Dragiokasi" Says Queen Brelumenax trying to hide her fear and anger
All the girls put on a grim smile.
"Good choice Queen Brelumenax and I believe that is COMMON COURTESY to prepare a room and a bath for your new war heroines, is it not?" I say sarcastically laughing a little
Brelumenax arranged for us a big room with a big bath.
With this seems like we will not need to go all the way to the corrupted land to have a place to stay.
It will definitely not be easy, but we will have to fight them at one time or another, and we have a higher chance of success now if we fight with the Dragiokasi.
Winning with strategy is not the most fun but well, it will do for now.