Greetings elegan/tg/entlemen and welcome to a new page of this quest. Twitter to follow: https://twitter.com/TaleOfMonstersArchive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Monster%20Girls%20QuestCharacter sheet of our protagonist: http://pastebin.com/X5pXHEcW His companion (Emeth) : http://pastebin.com/uvANnf1v Revised stat sheet for Hadraniel: http://pastebin.com/ZkRTYFHELet’s rewind the clock just a little bit, shall we? Something you shouldn’t miss has happened during the desperate struggle to activate the golem army.
The numbers of hallways and rotund rooms stretched in a near labyrinthine fashion while still keeping to regular geometry, the biggest of the hall was a nice uniform square but once you deviated, the storerooms gathered only dusts and broken path ended in dead ends left to rust, sometime sand would trickle down beside the many supporting columns. Even now, trying to scout and properly map this underground retreat in the desert proved difficult given its magical nature, you’ve only been squatting while putting some comfortable furniture here and there, taking chances to use this place for solitude or, alternatively, proceed in doing some… personal experiments. That was before the rise of the Pharaoh, now on this auspicious day of Prophecy, you understand very well that you’ll have your own little war to fight, one cannot dangle a piece of meat in front of a lion and expect to come out unscathed; a number of portals were opened, it wouldn’t be such a big deal given enough time to sparse the extensive magical projection but yesterday… three of them created, you knew very well you couldn’t have Amarantha and Belphegor with you during the inevitable attack, it’s a shame you couldn’t send Bletsia out, too, but… figuring out the little miracles of this girl came first and this war already show its knack to force you to rethink the timing of your plans. And now with destiny fond love of ironic timing, your palm holds a broken jewel, a piece of jade reminiscent of your name lying in crunched morsels, overcome by pure raw magic as the apparatus you’ve been using met the same fate, your Baphomet friend is probably going to be pissed about this…‘’Um…Uh…’’
Her mandibles snipped together as her voice died down, as squeamish as ever the purple haired, two meters long centipede tried her best to voice her thoughts without words, her long antennas kept jolting up and down as she looked at you in guilt, those puppy eyes of hers were incredibly hard to resist, she’s so soft and squeezable you just want to hug her more and more! Unfortunately, you don’t have time for this anymore, and gesture for the Oomukade to step outside the levitated bronze platform, her entire body forced to roll on itself to keep her bottom half from spilling out, several pillars adorned with similarly broken jewels had been placed in a pentagon all around the suspended soil, richly engraved in runes and a few circles that powered down after the loss of fuel, those peculiar indentation were to hold liquid corruption and blood but…. You didn’t need to do that anymore.‘’You didn’t do anything wrong, love’’ You finally speak out, reassuring her with a smile as her numerous, numerous legs clicks softly against the cold hard stone ground, her long and elegant body twisting left and right, appearing to float as she cast various worried glance toward the door, clutching her clothes and unable to take heart in your words.‘’Now now, you don’t have to be scared…’’‘’Uuh…’’Then the concert of clicks brought her all the way back to the corner, where she then tried her best to hide, her constantly flicking antennas being a telltale sign of panic, her dark eyes shot many a worried, distanced glance toward as she put her hands over her head as you discarded the precious mineral on the floor. Magical bursts are going on incessantly upstairs accompanied by reverberating steps as the first scouts were coming down dutifully, sounds alone projected the image of clicking metals and big, loud stomps; plate armors without a doubt, a strange anomaly inside the desert.
Yes, opening several portals and following this with a big, magical experiment whose shockwave was probably felt across the entire country wasn’t smart but a lady has to make ABSOLUTELY certain of her facts, especially when it surrounds an adorable little insect monster. The way Bletsia accomplish her miracle of crafting is surprisingly simple and therein lays the tragedy. Not that there is time to reminisce, you feel little bubbles of excitations rouse from your chest as your heart pump in eager anticipation; barely a day pass your recovery and you are called to battle, certainly life with this demi-god soon-to-be husband of yours isn’t dull! You’d probably be cackling like a witch, but you don’t want to torture poor, poor Bletsia, her large mandibles keeps clicking together now as those rude monster invade the inner sanctum of your underground retreat like a bunch of uneducated uncouth adventurers of little renown.‘’Don’t worry love’’You speak low; almost growling as you stand from your entire height, the wings at your hips stretches out, nearly gleaming at the artificial light as you feel the second pair of leathery appendage on your head flap in excitation.‘’I’ll keep you safe’’
The Demon Lord sickness is gone and now is time for the lioness to protect her cub, or perhaps the narrative ought to be a little more honest; instead the succubus desires to protect the pure heartedness of an adorable vagrant from the malevolent force of desert monsters!Recapturing some artefacts along the way ought to be read between the lines, of course. But… as demon Lord and liege of all monsters, you can’t help but feel a pang of guilt at the prospect of killing your fellows as, after all, each of them were created by your influence alone after the Demonic Throne took your body as main schematic to spread it all across the diverse species of murderous beasts to force this change.On the other hand, your position has declined in recent years and reminding these girls why the Demon Lord ought to be feared would drive the point home; you’ve never shown mercy to those raising a blade against you so why start now? >Try to stay non-lethal, it’d be best to keep casualties to a minimum, yes?>You don’t have time for that, kill everything in your path; just try your best to avoid scaring Bletsia.
>>29780081>Try to stay non-lethal, it’d be best to keep casualties to a minimum, yes?Better from a practical point of view.Also, no sense in angering the pharaoh in whose land we're trespassing.
>>29780195I'll wait a bit before proceeding like always, see if there's more vote.
>>29780081Wait, so the attack is coming from the Pharaoh's forces? Crap, don't know why she would but hey, maybe she wants the crown for herself. It's good to be the Demon Lord, and she would have a good shot at it. Lackeys, an army, probably a magical weapon or two and I doubt she's weak in the killy department. If it wasn't for the knife she might be able to take on Deruella. Provided she had backup of course.I honestly don't know what to do. A slaughter would reinforce the "Don't fuck with the Demon Lord" reputation but then again she is supposed to be a reformed turboslut and not killing people who want you dead turns up the difficulty quite a bit so it might be just as well.Anything that gets anywhere close to Bletsia or tries to shoot her dies horribly in any event. We ain't losing our adoptive daughteru.
>>29781169All the information is in the posts. You obviously need to practice your reading comprehension skills.Also your verbosity simply shows how much you are flailing about. You need to learn to actually get your points across without the noise. At least purple prose is entertaining.
>>29781169>don't know why she wouldIt's spelled out in >>29779960 and >>29780051>one cannot dangle a piece of meat in front of a lion and expect to come out unscathed; a number of portals were opened, it wouldn’t be such a big deal given enough time to sparse the extensive magical projection but yesterday… three of them created>Yes, opening several portals and following this with a big, magical experiment whose shockwave was probably felt across the entire country wasn’t smart
Warriors loves of bloodsheds likes to elevate their training and activity to an art form; be they monsters of human, when people spend hundreds to thousands of hours training their body it’s easily understandable that they wish to prove themselves in turn. As far as you’re concerned, you’ve always found the act of killing incredibly distasteful, it was a primary motivation to revolt against your predecessor, and now even with the temptation of shifting your mind for full on battle, your prefer restraint and instead, balls your hands in fist at the clicking of encroaching metals as the first intruder make their way toward your test chamber.‘’It’d be best if you close your eyes’’You can’t turn to look at the poor girl anymore; the large double door of metal strain when someone start pushing them inward; you feel the telltale excitation of battle mount to your head and, even before the doors open, your wings deploy themselves fully and a surge of corruption spread throughout your entire body; greatly reinforcing your muscles as you literally jump to tackle the metal exit, bouncing them open as your entire body nearly crush them, ramming the intruder in one swoop. Sending an armored-clad, feminine body crashing down in a concert of protesting metal as they clutch a big, big two handed sword, the pommel ring as it fall and knock the stones, puff of white fume escapes the joints of the armor but the head…
It’s a floating humanoid head without a neck, kept somewhat solid by this magical phenomenon, a woman most displeased glares back at you with bright red colored sphere before widening her eyes in realization, struggling to get a wide swing but your knee come down much more swiftly right in the middle of her dark-colored plated chest, crunching the armor with your weight and speed, forcing the momentum out of her and smacking her head on the ground as you join your hands together for a single minded stomp; the arm raised in defence wasn’t able to slow your strength and just like that, the knight fell without resistance; soon the spirit inhabiting the armor flee, the body inhibiting it shrivel up and a small white ghost exit from the neck, forcing the armors to break in detached pieces while the two handed sword clang loudly on the ground.‘’My oh my…’’Dullahans tend to be nearly exclusive to the close guards of your daughters and powerful succubus; many of them form family of proud knights and bodyguards seldom found outside the demonic realms, they show combat ability well beyond that of most mortals and, more often than not, earn their reputation by blood instead of subterfuge, to find them in the desert is a first and your mind already race for all the implications… and you reluctantly let it go as you start hearing the telltale click and clacks of hurried sentinels, your little ambush is over now.However, you have a little something to do before fleeing with Bletsia, this little refuge house three artefacts with one of them being absolutely vital for your dear, dear demi-god, if you are willing to collect the other two or leave them to a rising rival depend entirely on how much risk you want to put the poor Bletsia in… but now, what course of action do you wish to take, Madame Demon Lord?>Eliminate all of the Dullahans inside the place>Race for your chamber to get your artefacts, hopefully baiting your foes to follow [1d20] >Free
>>29781558As we really would know, what do the other artifacts do?
Rolled 7>>29781558>Race for your chamber to get your artefacts, hopefully baiting your foes to followMake a racket as we go to our chamber, while having Bletsia stay quiet.Is it within the Demon Lord's spell repertoire to create false sounds and echoes? If so, we can get the Dullahans to spread out and concentrate on a different room, so that we can get to our chamber, get the artifacts, and then get back to Bletsia and escape.
>>29781661One of them is Belphegor little secret project, plans stolen from the alchemical academy of the allied kingdom as well as the prototype of a ‘’hand cannon’’ was wired and modified for personal use, apparently able to create Holy and corrupted projectiles. Daiyu was too sick to care to hear more than that.The second is a magical spear dubbed «Sanguine»; it was a gift from your second born daughter whose fondness of smiting always saw her as a bit of an oddball in the family, Daiyu hasn’t been able to use it at all because her combat mutation prevent the use of weapons. However, it was described as something able to drink the blood of its victims to renew the vigor of the wielder, as well as a massive increase in durability; it’s tied to blood magic and is, in all account, a medium-strength magical weapon.This is only a fast summary of course.
Rolled 2>>29781825
>>29781558Whooo finally read all of the threads up to this one to actually join in. now then, knowing the dice gods I am gonna have to take a hanky due to option number one.
>>29781558Can't we just bring her with us? We have gravity magic so it shouldn't be that hard to carry her and shield ourselves. What are our capabilities?
>>29781969actually, can we reverse it for her so she can run around on the ceiling? I would imagine that it would be a bit safer for her up there. (as safe as it is around us)
Rolled 16>>29781558>Race for your chamber to get your artefacts, hopefully baiting your foes to follow [1d20]What a bother! My twitter feed wasn't updating in real time and I only caught the thread in the catalog!
Rolled 8>>29781558>Race for your chamber to get your artefacts, hopefully baiting your foes to follow
>>29781969It's not that simple, Bletsia is pretty talls and the hallways are narrows in turn, your gravity aura isn't in tune with gravity magic but Corruption, it's simply an added benefit of being a Demon Lord. Daiyu capabilities are similar to a monk, she fight without weapons and mutate her body in an extremely lethal weapon if needed. the only ''outward'' magic she has is this aura of gravity, everything else center on modifying her body and capabilities.Daiyu is a fearsome killing machine, but you'll have to race back to Bletsia to see if she's still safe or not since she's too panicked to follow.
>>29782057Yay someone can roll high! Thank you anon.
>>29782088I see, so usually just smacking them upside the head but if that don't work her arm becomes a maw for to CHOMP! them with. She can fly too right? If so, what rank?
>>29782247A rank or so, Succubus aren't champion of flight, but Daiyu is obviously a little exception.
>>29782278Another question, can she "evolve" spines to shoot people with? Because depending on the limits I have all sorts of nasty ways for her to kill people.
>>29782407Projectiles is a very, very hard thing to do with Corruption, Daiyu has several ''level'' of corruptions but if she were to go al lout and basically become totally inhuman, then yes she COULD make them, ususally she morph herself according to her enemies, triyng to make the best counter.
You feel nearly tempted to stomp the armor into broken shards, facing demons that should be home is yet another slight on your authority as lord liege of monsters; however you simply huff in frustration and cast a backward glance toward the Oomukade, she’s changed position now that the door is open and probably huddled in one of the corners acting as blind spot for the open doors. Smart move little one. You squat down quickly to grab the large sword, supporting the weapon with a single arm is rather difficult even with your strength, but it’ll act as a nice lure. Already you start running toward the eastward round hall, one of the main cross that allow access for the rest of the facilities and storeroom, you send the weapon slamming on the walls a few times for good measure, creating loud echoing ‘’bang!’’ that easily spread throughout the entire facility, which in turn provoke the spread out clanking of plates to zeroes in on your position as you take the north path, the confusing mismatch of sounds make for a rather frustrating experience; it’s impossible to know the numbers of your foes and if the bait caught them all, yet now you can only commit and already, as your legs carry you in a blinding speed toward the last turn, your body morph to accommodate the threat of Dullahans, heavily armored and armed warrior shouldn’t’ be underestimated no matter the pedigree, but you still don’t want to kill and gore them needlessly.
Your wing launch and ram itself into the stone, imbedding itself into the material, creating a hole to cling to as you veer and turn; dark oil-like liquid spreading on your arms and legs, eating through the clothes as they harden in seconds right as the muscles in the membrane of your wing bend to carry you around the corner where you cross your arms above your head, meeting the coming blade with this newly morphed biological armor; the weapon clang against your flesh sending ripple of pain all the way to your elbow and ,as you grit your teeth, you bend your elbow as your speed and momentum send you crashing into the torso of the demonic knight; the two of you would have come down together from the shock but you manage to stop your fall as your wings spread out to take supports on the walls, then bend to send you flying in a jump; you make sure to kick the head of the groaning lady, hoping to take her out of the fight as the corruption spread to your feet and hands, but doesn’t change the humanoid nature of your limbs, merely coating them in dark, which in turn change into chitinous midnight black carapaces, slim and smooth like glass. ‘’Here’’You finally breath out as you forcefully open the door to your chamber, the place you were busy puking your guts out a few days ago, the most precious of your possession simply lies inside the drawer next to your desk; you’ve never really found it adequate to put hugely important magical item in big vaults screaming «LOOK INSIDE ITS IMPORTANT» and instead preferred to keep them on your person or at least, close-by. You nearly break the furniture as your pull out the single drawer in one smooth motion, sending panties and underwear on the floor until your hand finally click with something precious; the chain of an amulet, you pull it out gently and can’t help but smile at this old, old object.
At first glance, it looks like an old piece of jewelry made of stone. The chain looks old and rough, worn down by time while the square center saw many a cracks, the drawing and runic symbols now reduced to incomprehensible scribbling, the only thing that could give sign of preciousness would be the large, nicely cut ruby darkened by age put on the center of the amulet.‘’Couldn’t have that during that little experiment…’’ You speak to yourself as you put it around your neck; the centerpiece lies just above your breasts and, finally, the intruder’s shows up after what must have been some deliberating, three of them jump in at once, facing you with zweihander and completely blocking off the exit.‘’…charlatan in the guise of the Demon Lord…’’One of them remark, clearly half-hearted, provoking the middle one to take a step forward as you turn to face them.‘’Enough! Demon!’’Her sword point at you and you can’t help but smile, either in arrogance or amusement, you don’t know. ‘’Come with us quietly and your life will be spared, of this I promise upon my honor as a knight!’’My my… they’ve really forgotten the looks of their liege haven’t they? You’ve been sick for that long? >Take them out non-lethally, ignorance doesn’t beget murder. Right? [0.5% increase in corruption, 1d20.>Morph into a lethal form, you’ll have more opposition to take care off if you wish to take your other two artefacts fast [0.1% increase in corruption, 1d20]
Rolled 19>>29783261>Take them out non-lethally, school them and make them realize that they dared to point their blades to their liegeMaking them realize who they face and getting their comrades to stand down is a better usage of our time and energy.
>>29783261>non-lethalWe sam fisher now
Rolled 12>>29783401Forgot to roll.
>>29783390Looks like someone up in here is a real life example of A-Rank Luck.
Rolled 10>>29783261>Morph into a lethal form, you’ll have more opposition to take care off if you wish to take your other two artefacts fast [0.1% increase in corruption, 1d20]GOTTA GET THEM POWERCORE ARTEFACTS
>>29783390Daym that's a big number
>>29783514Sometimes it's necessary for knights to be reminded of why we are the Demon Lord.
>>29783667Alice had a point about that whole system. Once you establish yourself as one bad motherfucker people become reluctant to challenge your authority as it means a fight with you.You who have already proven to be an asskicker of the highest level. If you want a piece of the champ fine, but just remember how it's likely going to end. Them, in a box, because there wasn't enough left to put in a casket. Lucky for them Daiyu is feeling a bit merciful.
>>29783857You really don't get it, do you?The aim is to make them admit that they were wrong to oppose us in the first place, to acknowledge our greatness. They can't kneel and beg for forgiveness if they're dead, nor can they spread word of our return to power.Especially by saying that we are recuperating our power here, in the territory of the Pharaoh, so that Deruella keeps an eye here instead of where we're actually going.
>>29783964Ah Cardassian philosophy. It does have a nice ring to it.
Slowly, you move your slick, dark arm forward, holding your palm outward as you look into the red eyes of each of the three Dullahans in turn, the girls seem confused by your gesture but they nearly jump to fight as you take a single step closer, the ringing of your carapace feet dwarf by a momentous synchronised forward stomp as the knight nearly simultaneously reach their swords downward, grasping them in the middle, half-swording them for advantage in this rather small room.‘’I won’t ask again!’’Hmm… the middle one if probably the leader.‘’Why would I surrender to my own people?’’They didn’t even have time to mutter a «what?»; your outstretched hand ball in a fist and you can’t help but smile viciously as a dark liquid suddenly fill up the entirety of your head-wings, your appendages were already being colored by corruption but you made sure to wait until the spell was ready to start fighting; with a simple, quiet flap the entire world around you grow thick and slow, the dust seemingly freeze in midair, yet crawl onward the floor as if the very air proved itself an obstacle, vision of the world swirled as if underwater, and the knights simultaneously struggled to keep themselves moving and realized fast what this peculiar was all about.After all, this is you’re most efficient and, inevitably, renowned way of beating people senseless.‘’B-bi-‘’
A high kick right behind the head of the rightmost Dullahan send her crashing, your muscle bulged and ate the corruption emerging from the unending wound of your soul, the poor girl was systematically decapitated, sending the severed head crashing to the wall and you finished the job with a an elbow charge, launching the confused body out of the room; immediately your attention came to the leader and you swiped your wings, the soft fleshy-skin having changed to gain the glint of metal, her blade met your limb in a loud clash as corruption emanated from the knight, her remaining friend stumbled backward as, of course, she could only realize that you were the real deal; none of your daughter had this very efficient aura. Although it wasn’t exactly perfect, corruption allow a person to come tune themselves with this gravity while Holy shields are perfect to keep oneself safe of this gravity, nevertheless it is so very, very efficient when dealing with human…‘’Now now, not so fast…’’You can’t allow her to sacrifice her very personality! Her sword come fast in a nice, clean arc; you block it with your wings then grab the blade with your hand, squeezing hard and fast; breaking the weapon while your second hand gleam with apparent sentient maliciousness and jab itself in the middle of the armor, your fist ruining the nicely forged protection as the undead cough in protest, you finish her off with a nice head butt that decapitate her floating head from the spiritual body, finally forcing the spirit to flee, a white trail is all that’s left as the column disappear down the hallway.‘’I…I yield…’’Not every demons like to openly embrace corruption, the remaining Dullahan let go of her sword and drop on one knee as she bear the weight of your added gravity out of pride alone.‘’Good good, be a dear and tell everyone that the Demon Lord isn’t sick anymore, yes? They wouldn’t exactly invade my sanctum, right?’’
One can be wishful right? As expected the lady-knight shake her head, puff of creamy white smokes emerging from the spiritual connection of her neck and you deactivate your protection to spare yourself a useless increase in corruption, and of course allow her to breathe easier. ‘’O-one of… one of your daughters sent us and… the Apophis isn’t going to stop, she want what you’ve got hidden’’ My oh my, this is much more complicated; you’ve heard tales of them godlike serpents, having one so close is bound to complicate things quite a bit if you linger too long.‘’Our second squad will be coming in anyway…’’Then she fall silent, clinging to what remain of her pride; she most likely swore filthy to one of the Lilim, not you but seem to value her life enough to give you some information. What will you do with her?And finally, how do you wish to proceed, Madam Demon Lord?>Take this opportunity to secure one of the two remaining artefacts>You have what you need, no need to linger any longer. These Knights are bound by precepts of honor and wouldn’t harm Bletsia; the same can’t be said for what’s coming next.
>>29784433>Take this opportunity to secure one of the two remaining artefactsWe need to get the artifacts.
>>29784433>Take this opportunity to secure one of the two remaining artefactsThey are looking for 'something', and we have three 'somethings' to be found.
>>29784433How far away are they. If it'll only take a minute or two grab the spear and get back to Bletsia. I feel bad about leaving behind the cannon (unless it's in the same room), but getting greedy will cost us the girl. No matter what we *need* Bletsia in our possession. She's our ticket to a repaired throne and hero summons.
>>29784531Very well, which one? Magical spear or the project your friend worked on tirelessly?>>29784533Two, you got back your amulet which is the most important thing in the place, by far. >>29784575Both of them are pretty far, the spear is in the armory while the ''hand canon'' is in Belphegor room, the Armory is closer, you'll have to run a bit to the westward hall for the Baphomet weapon.
>>29784606What did the project entail? Now that I think about it it could be something we don't want in the hands of Deruella.
>>29784606That just means that they will find one of our 'somethings' when they find us, and that they won't be getting it without one hell of a fight.
>>29784641Miniaturised bombard, modified for mages/monsters to be able to fire Holy/Corrupted projectile. Magic gun
>>29784688Go for friends project.The spear is interesting but its only one item, a weapon that could change known warfare far outweighs it.
>>29784606Go for Belphegor's project.Sanguine has sentimental value and would be a powerful boost for Mylen, but once the alchemical hand cannon is mass produced, it will provide Zipang's forces with a strong boost to their forces.
>>29784688Wait, do we know how the hand cannon generates the corruption projectiles?Does it draw out corruption at the time of firing?If it does, then it would be a crucial component in slowing down and reversing the corruption of Athena.Also, Apophis are supposed to be the natural enemies of Pharaohs. Is this Apophis one that Daiyu would know by name or reputation?It may be useful to warn the Pharaoh here of the Apophis so that it gets taken care of.
>>29784735>>29784748Somehow, I'm not suprised.
>>29784825It's a gun in a medieval/early Renaissance setting.Of course we'd go for it.
>>29784849Just remember that it's early stuff and inevitably pretty terrible, at least when it come for mass production.
>>29784748>>29784735I guess you guys make a point. We'll have to come back here and get that spear back after the war. It was a gift from our daughter, the oddball one that probably got picked on by the others because she liked a good fight just as much if not more than a good lay. And we do love all of our daughters right?>>29784825I wanted the spear, but I guess the call of Dakka is irresistible.
>>29784821This is a good point.If it draws corruption from the wielder when its fired then its even more important.
>>29784890I just thought of this, do we even have anyone in our party that can make good use of the gun to great effect? Because if not we should grab the spear because we *know* Mylen can use it to devastating effect.
>>29784821>Wait, do we know how the hand cannon generates the corruption projectiles?Does it draw out corruption at the time of firing?Daiyu doesn't really know how it work, don't forget that she's been hanging out in Zipangu for close to thirty years when she was mascarading as Yuria and even before that she was pretty sick.>Also, Apophis are supposed to be the natural enemies of Pharaohs. Is this Apophis one that Daiyu would know by name or reputation?Not quite, Apohis and Pharaohs always fought in the desert before the split with the demonic realm, afterward information about that part of the world became pretty scarce. >>29784948Leila and Hadraniel could use it, as well as the fluffy tails. I'll also assume you guys want to let the Dullahan go, so I'll start writing now
>>29784983>I'll also assume you guys want to let the Dullahan goWith a warning that the daughter she swears fealty to had better think which side of this little civil war she's going to be on.
>>29784983>Leila and Hadraniel could use it, as well as the fluffy tails.Would their respective levels of Holy and Corruption boost the power of the hand cannon when firing a projectile with their affinity?
>>29784983I want to getALL the artefacts.
>>29785142 Maybe, maybe not. I'm not going to tell everything now will I?
>>29785161That path will likely result in the apprehension and loss of Bletsia as it will have given them enough time to have found her. I'm almost certain she's the one they're after and thus we cannot afford to get greedy here.
>>29785176Can't we just, I don't know, force the Dullahan to swear loyalty to us, and have her go and get Sanguine for us while we get the hand cannon?
>>29785201Siegfried would be most upset if you were to lose her, wouldn't he?
>>29785283That's some curveball thinking right there isn't it.
>>29785283Oh god yes. Best part is we don't need her to be smart. Just go grab a spear and take it to where we're gonna clear out of dodge while avoiding contact with the enemy (and sacrificing herself to keep Bletsia from being taken away if it comes to that).I almost forgot we basically have pic related. Charm magic time bitchez!
>>29785283The spear's in the armory yes?If we left it in there and fled, they'd definitely be able to break open the vault/locks/whatever in the armoury, INH?We don't want to give them the spear outright like that, but if they're going to get it anyway, we might as well risk it.
>>29785283When a Dullahan swear fealty to a Lord, they do so until disgraced by sait leader, or they're death. You can't simply say ''do this for me'' with this civil war going on between the lilims and your diminishing authority, your daughter hasn't failed her knights to a point they'd consider betraying her. You can try, but it's not going to be easy and will take time. >>29785358Charms will work tough, but don't forget that they inevitably decrease the person abilities.
>>29785394It's not even protected by a vault, they'd definetly be able to pick it up after the dust settle.Given this new developpement, I've stopped writing, but I'd like to know what you guys want to do with the Dullahan shortly
>>29785402Like I said, we don't need her to be smart. A trained monkey can open a box, grab a spear, and bring it back to us. We should have/know where the key is as well.It's worth a shot, I just know we don't have time to personally recover everything. My vote remains, whip out the Geass and make her do our bidding Lelouch style. We ain't got time to be nice and diplomatic about this. She must go, now, and so must we.
Send the our captured might to find our daughtru and we go and get all of the items, spear first because it's closer
>>29785402>your daughter hasn't failed her knights to a point they'd consider betraying her.Okay, well, WHICH daughter has this Dullahan sworn loyalty to?One of our daughters who has aligned herself with Deruella's faction?Or one that at least still nominally is loyal to us?If it's the latter, then we can say that this is and order from the lady that her liege swears loyalty to, and that to disobey us it to disobey her liege.
>>29785590Daiyu has NO idea which daugther is allied to whom, don't forget she's been away form politics for a good 30 years and was very, very sick prior to that. she has 5 daugthers in total and one of them was loyal to her since she's the one that triggered the end of her ''mascarade'' at the start of the quest, but afterward the two lost contacts and she has no idea who is with who now. It's been close to 50 years since she's been well enough to actually get up and deal with politics seriously.
>>29785654I thought Leila said there was more than that, forget the exact number, will have to look it up in the archive later.
>>29785654Now that I think about it, I do believe I may need to make a session as a flashback in the shoes of Tsukiyomi or Leila, as that peculiar event was pretty big...>>29785721Bigger number would be propaganda.
>>29785654Since that's the case, using our Charm magic to get the Dullahan to go and retrieve Sanguine and return immediately with it while we go and get the hand cannon seems best.Order her to get the spear by taking the most direct route and without speaking or interacting with her reinforcements, and to return with it to us without alerting the second group as to our location.We'll meet with her one hallway away from where Bletsia is hiding.That should let us get both artifacts and get away before the second unit arrives.
>>29785756So only 5 of them are giving them that much trouble? Damn, I guess that is kinda embarrassing for them so they flubbed the numbers. Would also fuck morale if you're getting your ass handed to you by just 5 felwhores. Gotta cover up that Shamfur Dispray!
>>29785784Oooo, I just thought of another time saving device. We run into any other enemies? Well, we can ignore them. Why? Because they'll be too busy fighting each other. Charm the ones dumb enough to look at us and make them fight their friends! GM even said it was a favored demonic tactic and well, we are the demons here, why not act like one?
>>29786211Charming is pretty hard tough, you'll see how it's done in my coming text. I may also renew interest in the prequel
>>29786211Mostly because we don't know which daughter these Dullahans are working for.We're charming this one and getting the spear because they could be allied with Dereulla, but we shouldn't kill them or cause them undue harm in case they're not.We know at least one daughter is still loyal to Daiyu, and it would be a great screwup if we were to alienate one of the few remaining allies of the Demon Lord.
>>29786345There would be no undue harm as the charm wouldn't have to last for very long. Just something like "Keep them from leaving this hallway" would do the trick. We don't have to issue a kill order, just something to keep them busy while we go about our business.I wish we had time to be all diplomatic here, but we don't, they're coming for our daughteru and we can't afford to lose her. She's a major bargaining chip for Daiyu's sanctum in Zipangu after all. These artifacts are also a gift of goodwill. The more we have, the stronger our negotiating position, but Bletsia is by far the most important.
‘’I won’t ask you to break your oath, a Liege Lord myself, I’ll respect the oath you’ve made to my daughter – and the fact you’re actually willing to survive despite this defeat. Now arise, knight, stand tall’’You’ve never pictured yourself as charismatic, human and angels always seem to have this quality in spades, but at least the demonic knight does as she’s told, clutching her weapons while gritting her teeth, fleeing your gaze while shouldering the dishonor of this loss.‘’As the supreme Lord of demons and mother of Monsters, I require your aid’’Right as her brow furrow in incomprehension, your golden eyes shine; you feel a very, very irritating tingle in the middle of your irises as the runes appear, momentarily clouding your vision in gold; corruption well up inside you and your forehead strain in effort as the knight pride and entire being rise in rebellion, resisting with every fiber of her being, forcing you to put your palms on her cheeks and lean in further.‘’Sssh…’’You croon, unblinking as golden pillar project from your eyes into those of the Dullahan, transferring the runes into her eyes; the knight twitch and resist some more but soon, the undead faery lies motion less, hefting her large sword and looking at you without emotions; using charm is so irritatingly uncouth… yet useful. ‘’You passed an armory on your way to this chamber, go inside and get the spear put on the wall, if it isn’t there look for an ornate weapon colored in dark red and silver, pretty hard to miss. Get it and go to the room with broken doors, be sure to defend the little girl there with your life if you must, love. See you later!’’You kiss your fingers and rub the forehead of the short, white haired demonic knight and off she goes in a concert of clicking metal; perhaps you’ve signed her death warrant, you can’t leave powerful weapons behind… ‘’Fast. Fast…’’--
Corruption morphed your legs, forced reality to accept the impossibility of ‘’speed’’ as you, almost literally, zipped into the serpentine hallways, the muscle and exoskeleton of your thighs and feet grew leaner and thinner, more than doubling your speed in the price of strength; in fact you were so fast that making tight turn would have been impossible if not for the walls in your wings, in order to avoid ramming headfirst into thick stones you jabbed your wings in the walls and bent them to carry you at the needed angle, sometime fumbling and landing on the walls, the cacophony of metal «boom» and «crash» were more than enough to dwarf whatever sound of the Dullahan and, with finesse out of the window, you rammed the doors of Belphegor room open and proceeded to stop at the level of an alchemical lab, sparing no glance to the various furniture and… strangely wet queen sized bed. The object of your greed lays in the middle of the sea of tubes and glassware, a long cone shaped apparatus small enough to be held one handed lying in several pieces, each of them made of steel and alchemical rubber, it doesn’t exactly strike you as awe inspiring in its dismantled state but you know how much Belphegor liked to brag about it to keep your head away from the pain; it simply won’t do to leave the long-time project of your best friend to the greedy paws of bitches that wouldn’t even understand its importance. You silently thank the girl messy nature, several pouches lay there discarded on the floor and you simply grab one and make DAMN sure to put every single pieces inside, then claps the sash around your waist where corruption work to cover the precious object in liquid armor (just like your amulet).‘’Aaah!’’
A scream belonging to a small girl forcefully grasp your attention, you barely catch of glimpse of… something rolling off outside the hallway; it seem the second squad went inside sooner than anticipated and for now they’ve kept away from a confrontation… or so it seem; you hear the reverberating echoes of metal, no doubt the charmed knight met with resistance.Your pretty far from little Bletsia; you could make a detour to help out the carrier of Sanguine, or take a direct route back to the Oomukade.Which will it be?
>>29786553So we're blindingly fast right now yes? Because if so there is a third, evil option. We just zip by, grab the spear/have her toss it to us, and leave the broad to her fate as we book it back to Bletsia.Leaves a bad taste in the mouth, but it is an option.
>>29786678Might be possible, depending on the opposition. You'll ahve to roll 1d20
>>29786553Make the detour.As big of a commotion we can create at the armory, the more the second unit will be drawn there and not to where Bletsia is hiding.
Rolled 19>>29786745Fuck it, let's see what I get, then
Rolled 12>>29786928Would you look at that.
>>29786928My my my. We've had a spat of rolling 19's recently. The Orion duel and now this, too?
>>29786928You know who's awesome? You are. Sorry nameless Dullahan, if we knew your name, we'd put it on a memorial. Oh well, we can make a tomb of the unknown Dullahan.
>>29786928If we were going to get this roll, we should have used it to just put down the second unit and have a clear line of retreat with Bletsia.
>>29786985They're just building our confidence, making us think they love us. They'll betray us one day, never forget that the dice gods be a fickle mistress.
>>29786985High rolls were the only reason Siggy maanged to get out without wounds, poor angel got one hell of a bruised ego.
>>29787092>poor angel got one hell of a bruised ego.!!Is Hadraniel okay?
>>29787120Mad as all hell to have left one of her old friend behind, otherwise fine.
Rolled 4>>29786925
>>29787120Pretty sure he's talking about Orion there. It is embarrassing, with all that power, to not even land a glancing blow on a mere human magus. Even if he was powered up to hero level.He's the Embodiment of Strife for Christ's sake, killing things like those little inferior humans ought be a walk in the park for him.
>>29787246>Pretty sure he's talking about Orion thereApparently not.>>29787165>Mad as all hell to have left one of her old friend behind
Rolled 12>>29786925I suppose I should also roll for my vote.
>>29786925>>29787379I can make my option even more evil if you'd like. It's entirely possible to do both with a modification to Daiyu's arms.Put one of them in hulk mode, grab spear, and as we rush by punch the walls to make the corridors behind us collapse. Entombing our "friend" in the process and making one hell of a racket.
>>29787533That would compromise the structural integrity of the labyrinth before we're out of it, so that's more stupid than just evil.And if we're already moving that fast, combined with our armor, we can simply barrel into the second unit like a freight train and knock them all out.Simply zipping by and leaving the charmed Dullahan there is a much shorter roadblock than slamming into the second unit Dullahans in a narrow hallyway where we can knock them all unconscious.That will put them down for longer than leaving the charmed Dullahan there to fight them.
>>29787246Oh, that makes a lot more sense.
>>29787719Depends on what angle we come out at them from. But the theory is sound. Daiyu temporarily gives herself some pauldrons and a helmet and barrels into them. This will be extremely effective if we emerge behind the enemy unit as they'll be occupied by the Dullahan and they'll have to go anyway for us to grab Sanguine. They won't even see it coming if that occurs.If we are not behind them then she'll be in melee with them and we won't be able to build up the required momentum to knock em out unless we knock out our "friend" as well. Still a sound plan though I will admit, but getting that spear has priority over everything at the moment and if we don't get back to Bletsia ASAP we're going to lose her.
‘’No time to wait, no time to wait…’’Corruption work inside your body once more, spreading throughout your entire body, fueling the impossibility of your abilities while leaving behind patch of disgusting stain, your legs, and protected arms shine with a dull, ominous blue amidst the midnight slick black of the carapace; you’d change your thorax as well, but you’d be unable to prevent a shift of lethality in doing so. From the sound, you already have a vague idea of the position of the conflict, you’ll have to be fast, very fast indeed…Small plucks of corruptions slide down your back all the way to your hips, other liquid exit your nose and mouth as you force the impossible fuel inside your body to change according to your will; the wings stretching from your wings grow dark, nearly malign as the gleam of steel disappear under the carapace, the sheer force and magic inside your body make you levitate as the wings on your head flaps gently; they may look cosmetic but those appendage work very, very well to help control the flow of corruption.‘’Don’t you dare touch that girl…’’If there’s one thing you’ve never been able to deny, going even above your ambition, it’ll be your motherly instinct; young girl in distress always melt your heart and the Oomukade snuck into your heart as fast as when you held your newborn daughters in better times.‘’Fast… fast!’’And then you copy the angels you’ve so rarely fought; your body charge forward directly into the wall, completely obliterating the doors as you imbed your knee in the wall, twist your torso and fly down the hallway, cutting the distance like an anomaly; you barely disturb the gravity of the world, sound isn’t even able to catch up, only the foreign ramming of your wings as they create holes into the wall betray the echo of your coming, the intruder that fled come into view… for a split second.
A small girl of tanned skin clinging to the ground, full of corruption and morphed into some kind of battle entity, sprouted two pairs of arms ending in wicked dark, blade like appendages, a carapace similar to yours cover her body and morphed it into something long and flexible, allowing her to roll instead of run but you’re coming immediately made her drop down on the ground in pure, comprehensible instinct of self-defence. You zip past overhead, barely disturbing the nature of the world, an incomprehensible blur of green and dark that already bend its body by destroying a part of the wall, creating a tight, impossible turn toward the left and your destination. It’s the previous rotund nexus, the oval structure is now a battlefield with three other of these corrupted, battle-ready Khepri surrounding the Dullahan, the wicked blade-like appendage dug several wounds into the plate as the undead is struggling to fight, tying her best to use a weapon she isn’t accustomed too; you send a signal through the charm, to throw the artefact upward as your zipping behind her…It’s all a split second as her brain register the demand and body work to obey despite the incoming strike to her flank, the insect swing wildly, her arms striking the spear as you release the knight from your control, the precious weapons bend in a column and your hand somehow grasp the shaft as you zip past into the opposing hallway leading back to Bletsia retreat, immediately the Dullahan start protesting at the fight but your already well out of reach as you, once more, jab your wing into the wall for an impossible turn at a tight angel, removing the modification for a smoother landing as you try your best to avoid scrapping the spear on the wall…Your eyes catch a suspicious glint of red.>Roll 1d20 for mental pollution.
Rolled 10>>29787979I knew we were pushing it with all these rolls.
Rolled 12>>29787979This isn't going well, now is it?
Rolled 4>>29787979
>>29788089>>29788062Stop there, I'll take the twelve. DC was pretty high, sorry about that writing now. This'll be fun[/spoiler
Rolled 19>>29788138If I'm honest I'm slightly confused on what's happening?
>>29788138So grabbing the spear and running, the custom option, was actually the trap option?Probably due to a feature of Sanguine that was mentioned but glossed over, if the red glint and mental pollution are any indication.
>>29788192Basically Daiyu modified her body for MAXIMUM SPEED and raced (while lucking out) to grab the spear but now, as you got into Bletsia chamber you caught a red glint of something which caused mental corruption. Try to think of what kind of monstergirls that can do this >>29788224Not really trap, simply another opposition to go through.
>>29788192Holy shit! Has someone hacked the tg dice?
Rolled 3>>29788279>Try to think of what kind of monstergirls that can do thisI'm not good remembering things, sorry.
Rolled 4>>29788319Too bad my roll was too late.Shame we moved from 5 rolls down to three.
>>29788405I usually keep it to three once we have a good amount of activity going, but it also highly depend on the roll itself as well, ususally something that require very quick thinking will be decided within the first three roll.
>>29788495Perchance, do any of Daiyu's daughters look like this?
>>29788495I just hope we haven't lost Bletsia, we did get a high roll with her hiding so with luck we've barged in right as they found or were about to find her.We can't lose her, we need her in order to get sanctum.
>>29788562Maybe, she's definetly stunning enough to be a Lilim. I'd like it if they all looked like each other, since they came from the same husband.
>>29788495How much out of ten should I be worried?Cause I gotta sleep now, and I won't be able to if this keeps up.
Rolled 12>>29788739FULL HAPPENING/10
>>29788739 I'll keep the supriseDaiyu shift is nearing its end now, so my next post will need a little time
>>29788125>>29788138INH thats not a d20
>>29788822It says... d29? Do they even exist in real life?
>>29788822So...INHdoes the 19 count?ahahahahahaha
>>29788862i don't think so
>>29788822Oh ho, why yes, you're right.>>29788792INH, take note.>>29788125 is an invalid roll. It's not a d20.The valid rolls are:>>29788062>>29788089>>29788192So we actually got a 19 in the first three.
>>29788914At this point I'll ahve to redo a complete page. I'm... not too sure if I want to do this now to be honest.You won't exactly have a heavy penalty, since like always, I prefer to make big lost a result of several failure.
Rolled 16>>29789013Just do what your Heart Tells you
>>29789013I don't care if we take a hit, just so long as we didn't lose Bletsia or her special ability. Need it, because with all 3 artifacts and her, our being granted sanctuary is pretty much guaranteed.
>>29789013If you don't want to rewrite, then you could keep what you've written and give us no penalty or a bonus in the next part, as if we had passed.Or rewrite it.You have to decide what to do when a mistake has been made.
>>29789013ehhhhhhhhhhhh, just take it easy, dude.not sure this is
>>29789223Channel Motherly Instincts to quickly snap out of enemy bullshit sooner than they anticipated maybe?
>>29789223Fret not, the only penalty I'll give you is probably giving Bletsia one hell of a scare or mental scar, you'll be the judge. I've already changed some bits and pieces.
>>29789226Will post more Beluzel whilst we wait.
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>>29789304Scars can be healed, we have people that can fix those of both varieties where we're going.We've been needed to introduce her to a spirit healer anyway. So she can talk again.
>>29789535keep posting that and he will never respondBut please, do continue :3
>>29789581A good scare is easier to deal with than a mental scar. And with the war going on, getting Bletsia to a spirit healer will be a sidequest that we can ill afford.
>>29789645We already have one in our possession. Remember the Sea Bishop? Just gotta make her work a little overtime if he went the mental route. Maybe joint sessions with Rhy, she'll be glad to have her little insect buddy back that's for sure.
>>29789593Alrightyit's going to get lewd
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>>29789743Where is this girl from? I like her character design.
>>29789699The Sea Bishop is at that mountain retreat, not in the castle or anywhere near where the command meetings are being held.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LqsItOYS3kIt’s a red light; unblinking, eternal it catches your eyes just like when you first set eyes upon the glowing ruby of your amulet, pulling you deeper and deeper, you almost feel a hand grasping the inside of your head, rubbing your brain as you look, unblinking; unable to do it. Your fist holding the spear release the precious weapon, sending it clunking on the ground as the prettiest color you’ve ever seen is almost within reach, you dark, jet-black hand reach toward it, unable to hold, the piercing, glaring light somehow become much more potent as it filter through your fingers.‘’-hit shit. Get the hostage out now! Retreat!’’It’s a youthful, feminine voice completely foreign.‘’Power! Come on, get her-‘’You feel angry at yourself and this damn bright, luminous red, your entire hand is nearly grasping something, your digit filter out much of this invasive carmine; it’s as if you’ll grasp something soft and fluffy, the best thing you could ever tough in fact, you want it… you NEED it!‘’Yuyu!’’
Waitwaitwaitwaitwait. This voice… you remember the time you held you’re first born, a wonderful, wonderful girl, quiet like an angel and so, so very beautiful; an angel fated to be called a demon. Your second born was a little wilder, she loved to be held and was greedy for affection, but she grew quiet and content once the warm hands of her father made her feel safe, as opposed to you the ‘’easy’’ mom. Your third born… was silent, her bright golden eyes looked the world around with a unique sparkle that made you fall in love; did Deruella always possess her ambition…? Your fourth born was a sick baby, one that gave you and your husband no end of worry, sending him fare and wide, scouring the end of the earth itself to find holy mage, ending up in making an angel come to your realm while you nearly bankrupted your treasury for medicines; yes she made you worry so, so much but it was definitely worth it. Your fifth born was a heavy sleeper, neither quiet nor excited, sluggish and lazy a very easy and wonderful baby girl that grew up fast, much too fast; where is she now, you wonder? You’re sixth born… Six?‘’Six?’’ Five plus one, there WAS a sixth one, yes? Was.Yes. Was.Stillborn. The burden of a long life means you have to get up and shoulders sins and tragedy, get past them whatever the cost since you’ll never be able to forget them with the sweet, sweet release of death, doubly so for a Demon Lord; triply so for someone with a dream like you; the bright, bright red that feel nearly fluffy in your hand grows irritating, an image pop in your mind, a little girl wiggling with the innocence of a fully grown child desperately seeking distractions from her past tragedies; maybe… maybe if you could have held her as a babe… ‘’Yu-mmmhp!’’It’s a tearful scream, now this damn red makes you angry.‘’Six! Seven!’’
>>29789770A story called Yuusha to Maou by Matsuda Yuusuke. The Maou gets sent to Earth and becomes a NEET basically.
Your forehead meet the ground that wasn't existing previously as trail of saliva exit your mouth; pure raw, undefined, bestial rage at this GOD DAMN COLOR fills your head, every idea now disappear under jumbled memories Your sixth daughter is gone, but could you… possibly have a seventh? Even with her curse and much too short life? >3% increase in corruption. [50% lethality].--‘’Shitshitshitshit run!’’The voice of the monsters dies, trampled by a howl; a humid roars of a nearly drowned predator, shrill with hatred and bloodlust freeze the procession on the spot, the black carapace surrounding the green-haired maiden mutate right under everyone eyes; the liquid armor bulge and pump, covering her entire body; another pair of arms spread from her flanks as her arms and hand mutate, fingers mutating horribly, growing twice as large and long while her palms swelled as the corruption worked to created weapons instead of armors, each and every single one of the digits were made to look like sickles. Gleaming with the wicked sight of sharpened steels transformed to ding into the skin of foes and gore them like animals while grasping and severing their weapons, the Demon Lord body ought to be the liege most lethal apparatus. The face itself mutate as the corruption spread to her nose, covering everything downward at the level of her neck; sickening cracks and twitches can be heard, echoing down the hallway as her face… separate, opening a jaw big enough to go from ears to ears as rows upon rows of teeth seemingly never end in a lake of dark liquid dripping down her face.‘’HELP ME HELP ME!’’
The one to scream is a small statured gazer, a small statured girl of gray, nearly white skin standing upon a blotch of floating corruption where innumerable tendrils exit the core, themselves indeed in big, red eyes that now float about in panic as the Cyclops jump down to flee… but is caught by the predator, the hand of the Demon Lord fly to her neck, the sickles-fingers dig into her skin, immediately making her choke on her blood as she try to voice out ‘’mercy’’ while her retinue, 10 heavily modified Khepri, flee at once as the mouth of Daiyu Jawahir open… and close around the face of the mental corruptor, creating a sickening, loud and wet «snap» as it dig into the meat, robbing the poor girl of a face, reducing it to a gored out mess of flesh, meat and blood; the second pair of arms rip out the small arms of the monsters and, finally satisfied, Daiyu throw the carcasses like one would discard a piece of bad cake; now that she ate the juicy parts, there wasn’t any needs to taste anything more. And now, here you stand, facing a creature out of this world, fear ice your limb over as the bright, golden eyes of… of Daiyu Jawahir settle on you, her body somehow grew up to two meters; never before have you seen something so grotesque, yet strong; beyond the grace of Hadraniel, beyond the steadfast charisma of Siegfried, beyond the authority of Tsukiyomi…What do you do, Bletsia? >Taking a 20 minutes break
>>29789928Cry a bit and curl up into a ball like a little rollybug.
>>29789928From Bletsia's past actions, she'll run to a corner, curl up into a ball, and cry.
>>29789775You're not thinking with portals my good sir. We have them, such a distance is child's play. She could have already been moved to the fortress for all we know. And if not, portals for the appointments.>>29789928Try and calm her down with our moist puppy dog eyes. She's both scared of Daiyu right now, but also in awe it seems. Such power is as terrifying as it is beautiful.
>>29789928Make those noises kids make when they're scaredIt's like crying but sort of not. Also trying to talk, but not. Whimpering, almost.
>>29789928Disregard all.Call her mom. Instant realitysnapback.
>>29790110>We have themNot really, we don't. Bletsia is the only one who can write those teleportation scrolls without corruption problems, and she needs to be writing scrolls for the war and repairing the Demon Lord's Throne, since that's still broken.It still takes time to write those scrolls and for the treatments.Using the phrase "thinking with portals" doesn't excuse you from all of the other considerations that have to be taken into account.
>>29790284There are others who can make them, that Anubis for instance. And the corruption problem is minimized if they don't fast cast it. All Tsu did when we portaled to Mylen was throw up a bit, but she does that after every cast and was fine a minute later.I doubt they've stopped Rhy's treatments, as they need the Queen to be nice and mentally stable in times of war. So she has to be getting there somehow. Portals are just the most logical. But there could be other ways. Given her potent scrying abilities she could be having them "over the phone" as it were.Either way, it wouldn't be impossible or too draining on resources.
So what did we learn today, /tg/? Do not piss off the Demon Lord Debating if I should end it here or not if I want to make a thread tomorrow. Daiyu kind of look like this, a very similar ''awe'' and pure, monstrous murder potential.
>>29790488By ending here I meant giving one last answer, of course.
>>29790488>>29790509We've got less than 200 posts, so we could keep the thread alive till tomorrow.But more importantly, how feasible is it to get Bletsia time with the Sea Bishop? Will she need to stay at that inn in the mountains? Could we get them to come to Bletsia and Rhy?
>>29790575Feasible enough, altough the lack of water is a pretty big problem, the girl is staying there because she want to stay out of the war though, and keep herself out of the water clans business. Recruiting her might be hard, but then again the very best way to heal up a person spirit would be for them to stay with her in that nice, quiet retreat with a now dead forest.
>>29790694>nice, quiet retreat with a now dead forest.So, yeah, about that. Does anyone know that was Hadraniel's doing, at our instigation?
>>29790694>Feasible enough, altough the lack of water is a pretty big problemThat doesn't really sound feasible then.Do we really have such easy access to teleportation like this guy says >>29790434It sounds like it would be problematic unless we send Bletsia away to stay at the inn and just periodically pick up completed scrolls from her.
>>29790752Yeah, they took it pretty well. That elder Yukionna is a very interesting person... alass we don't have time!
>>29790851>they took it pretty well.That's unexpected.I would have expected that they would at least ask that we pay for repairs to the forest, the same as if we had collapsed a wing of the inn.
>>29790850Portals are relatively easy for powerful creatures, the way they work is that the one creating it must have been to the location before (seeing picture/drawing is not enough, as they must literally search their memories for the area, sometime going as far as recreate the memory magically).It's a pretty big spell made to look easy because you've been spending time with magical grandmasters, cosntant back and forth is possible, but you'll exhaust the mage really fast and they'll need to evacaute that corruption probably daily, depending on the frequency of portals.
>>29790891The Yukionna and Tsu actually share a pretty long history, she saw the necessity. Beside, Hadraniel felt more tha nterrible enough for killing all these willing trees, plants and flowers that she simply couldn't stay mad Something that date back to the Purge of monsters
>>29790916>Portals are relatively easy for powerful creatures>It's a pretty big spell made to look easy because you've been spending time with magical grandmasters>but you'll exhaust the mage really fastOkay, so, the casting itself is easy because we have Grandmaster Mages, but just because it's easy to cast doesn't mean that it has a trivial cost.Is that right?So in peacetime, it would be trivial, but in wartime, when that extra bit of exhaustion can be the difference between life and death, it's not trivial?Because the implication of the first paragraph conflicts with the implication from the second paragraph.
>>29791015>Okay, so, the casting itself is easy because we have Grandmaster Mages, but just because it's easy to cast doesn't mean that it has a trivial cost.>Is that right?Correct.>So in peacetime, it would be trivial, but in wartime, when that extra bit of exhaustion can be the difference between life and death, it's not trivial?It's not going to be trivial for either case, it's just that in peacetime they can actually rest after making it, as opposed to the constant stress of warfare. It's a widely used method of transportation, but not big enough to move entire armies, you could also commission a set of teleportating runes, which would in turn, reduce the cost to almost nothing.
>>29791109So that's how the humies, whose mana batteries tend to be much smaller than those of our fluffy tails and other powerful monsters, manage such a big spell.Then again, teleportation would probably be impossible otherwise unless some lucky bastard got "space" as an origin. Man, that guy would be so broken.
>>29791109>teleportating runesHow difficult would it be to get a set created to go to the inn? Do the runes have to be permanently installed, or can one end be moved as a person moves around?And it sounds as if simply teleporting to the Sea Bishop's inn for appointments is far less effective than actually staying there.All in all, it sounds as if >>29790434 might have been correct that it's not impossible, but was wrong on it not being too draining or being a minor thing to do.
>>29791229Not too difficult, make osme orders here and there and Tsu/ame will commision it from wartime funds and the militia keeping the peace in the capital.The runes are permanent on BOTH side, meaning the place you want as anchor (inn) and the exit (say, the fort). Not even destroying them will make the portal unusable, as such a creation usually leave a ''tear'' in the world that can be replicated, given enough time. It's why the room inside the Xenon mansion was so fortified. >And it sounds as if simply teleporting to the Sea Bishop's inn for appointments is far less effective than actually staying there.It kind of work in tandem, for the spirit to heal effectively, you need a nice, quiet, pretty place. Can't just slap a spirit bandaid and call it a day, you need to relax too. >All in all, it sounds as if >>29790434 might have been correct that it's not impossible, but was wrong on it not being too draining or being a minor thing to do.Pretty much, it's possible but draining, like anything that take efforts.
>>29791300>Not even destroying them will make the portal unusable, as such a creation usually leave a ''tear'' in the world that can be replicated, given enough time.So teleportation runes are a major security concern, where not even self-destructing the runes would assure security.Both sides of the teleportation circuit would need to be secured to prevent an enemy force suddenly popping up where you don't want it, or even worse, one of the Church's Holy nukes.And finally, is Bletsia's scroll-making too distracting, such that if she were to be writing scrolls at the same pace as she was when she was working with Belphegor, that it would make any spiritual treatment at the inn a waste?
>>29791420Bletsia scroll are an effective way to significantly reduce the cost of the spells.Daiyu finally discovered the secret behind her ability tough, and as stated in my opening, described it as ''tragic''.So keep that in mind.
>>29791496Are you going to tell us, or keep it hidden until it finally kills Bletsia?It uses up parts of her soul, doesn't it?
>>29791300So basically, it's like that so that if anything or anyone they don't like comes through the portal they just unceremoniously waste it with a barrage of arrows and spells. Smart.So we'd have to garrison some troops around it to make it "safe". The grotto shouldn't get too much of their attention unless it gives off a strong pulse of magic every time it's used. Then they'll get wise to it after a few days and we can't have that.
>>29791533I figured it'll have more impact to have Daiyu tell it to Siegfried. Anyhow I need to concentrate on closing the thread, so I won't answer questions until that's done. >>29791574Risk/reward my friend. The church is able to make one time use teleportations runes but that's a very closely guarded secret
>>29791574>unless it gives off a strong pulse of magic every time it's usedWe've seen evidence of that already, so it does.
>>29791689You know what'd be really hilarious? If we a set going from an "important looking" area to big flimsy plank hanging over a chasm. Get them to think it's really important, then lose it intentionally. Let them try to put a few mechs through it. Laugh as they plummet to their doom.Yes, a total waste of our resouces as there are better ways to get rid of mechs and make them waste resources. But hey, I just wanted to share a funny thought.
You don’t want to feel scared; Daiyu has been so, so very fun, gentle and… she kind of remind you of Hadraniel and Tsukiyomi, there’s this unmistakable sadness hovering above her like a shadow that make you feel like squeezing and hugging it away as often as you can; she still tried to make you feel better despite her sickness, hiding it until it became completely overwhelming, keeping herself strong despite the struggle, she remind you of your mother more than anyone and you couldn’t help but feel scared that scary ladies would come and kill her, too. It almost happened today, but now she… she’s… so…‘’Yu…’’A whimper escapes your mouth as fear completely ice over your body; a two meter being of pure, raw intimidation and murder close in and you can’t do anything but stare at the humane, golden eyes of the Demon Lord; her steps are loud, you try your best to concentrate on her eternally smiling face betraying the row of razor sharp teeth inside, you still see blood and hint of mouth clutching the outside, saw-like formation of the jaw and almost puke on the spot as you can’t help but glance at the mutilated corpse of the gazer.‘’Yu..yu…’’Talking is hard, you want to do it, you want to tell all the people and your friends the things you want to but… each time you try, you remember the scream of pain of your mother and it inevitably freeze your tongue; her last words were for you to keep silent no matter what, to lay hidden and never, ever speak despite whatever things you’ll hear. It’s hard to forget this, in fact it’s impossible, but you like making yourself useful, you just… don’t want to die, never. You can’t die, Tsukiyomi, Hadraniel, Siegfried, Athena, Sylphis, Rhy, Daiyu, Belphegor, Amarantha, Ame-no-Uzume all of them keep saying that ‘’you’re important’’ but they’re the one going out there and fighting! Staying behind is so… FRUSTRATING.
Thus your hands ball in fists and the terror in your heart change into fire; the behemoth the Demon Lord transformed into peer over you and meet her gaze, dangling your antennas in front of you and failing at keeping your trembling under control, you furrow your brows and glare at Daiyu.‘’B-b-back…. Senses!’’Daiyu eyes shoot up in sudden realization, your so damn afraid you’d probably lose content of your stomach and bowel If you had anything in there, but the big creature take a step back as its big, big jaw open.‘’Yeah, grab the spear, I’ll… we’ll go home’’ Whether Daiyu lost sight of her humanity or not, you’ll never know, but the light of her gaze changed into something that was much truer to her usual self and your terror evaporate halfway, you maneuver past the behemoth, clicking your various legs and nearly launching yourself to grasp the spears both handed while the activity down the hallway increased in an incomprehensible cacophony, but you did catch something rather unique; the edge of a leathery wings protruded outside the holes left by the destroyed doors.‘’Come on, I can’t morph back quickly’’Already, a big, black portal had been created; like a wound upon reality itself it swirled infinitely, rolling and spiraling upon itself, making the destination impossible to guest, but you trusted her with your life and charged forward without a moment hesitation.Toward home, and all the people you’ve missed for what felt like a long time.>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87dtQFMT1VI>A tale of monster 100 –end-
>>29792469So the Dullahans weren't working with the Gazer or the bugs, were they?Sounds like the Lilim the Dullahans worked for was in competition with the Apophis, and they were trying to get the artifacts and a hostage before the other.
>>29792538Something like that, there's power struggle everywhere but the situation was much, much more complicated, there's a few happenings in the desert, as you can guess.Not all the Lilims are in the same camp and Daiyu love her children very, very much.I'm really tempted to make one of them like >>29789563 her, but as I said earlier, I'd like all the girls to ressemble each others since they came from the same couple.
>>29792577So it's more complicated than just a Pro-Daiyu and Pro-Deruella civil war.Is each Lilim heading their own faction?Starting up brushwars with other nations?
>>29792469I see, sucks to be stuck in murdermode, hope nobody sees us like this. So was the all out mode you mentioned where she could evolve spines if desired? Also, is there any way for her to reduce her corruption levels if given some time? Because by the end of this she'll likely have to throw down and have a big fight and her being on the brink when the time comes is something I'd like to avoid.I do wonder why Bletsia's mother swore her to silence, but that can wait I suppose. If only she knew just how important. The girl can do something truly unique in the world, such a powerful gift. Not killing her was the best decision ever.
>>29792658>I do wonder why Bletsia's mother swore her to silenceWhy she did that is kind of obvious.If Bletsia didn't keep quiet, she would have been found by Belvedere and been killed.It was said when we first found her, and it was reiterated right here >>29792426If you really didn't get that, then you need remedial English classes.
>>29792630Lilims are highly individualistic, but the civil wa is going on, Deruella may be having one sister helping her out, Daiyu had one of her child as an ally before... things happened near the begining of the quest.So all in all, there's two probably MIA you have no idea what they could be doing, one of them being an ally of Deruella. One of them is actin in the desert, as you saw here today, so that means>>29792658Her final evolution need the amulet and is all the way up to 90% lethality. It's a rather nightmarish sight. As for corruption, every monster that cast spell gain some of it, she'll need to purge what she got into another vessel [but that's not really efficient] or have Siggy eat it. for a sense of scales, EVERY single mutatiosn you did today combined added to about 0.3% corruption.The mutation into a beast of murder was a whole 3%
>>29792770>but the civil wa is going onShould be read as ''but there is a civil war going on''
>>29792751Not sure it was her exactly that did the deed. It could have been her, but we don't have much evidence to support the claim. We never really learned who exactly killed her mommy dead (I don't think, the arc where we got her was a long time ago so I don't remember everything, sue me).Charmed mantises, racist bigots, or simply other church agents could all be potential guilty parties. We never learned the why either I don't think.
>>29792933It was Belvedere and one of her partner, the why will be learned later. Much later.
>>29792933No, it was pretty much Belvidere. We knew it in-character, too.In fact, I think Belvidere even boasted about it when she was knocking Sylphis around.
>>29792981Ok, thanks for reminding me. Still feel kinda bad about what happened to her though. She deserves to die, horribly in fact, but what she got was worse than that. It also means she's *still* a pain in our ass, just under new management and now a hell of a lot sluttier. Dead Belvedere wouldn't give us any new problems.
I hope you guys liekd this update, a little different form usual and you reaped all the rewards, pretty good work all in all. Why si it that cute monstergirls always end up dying in very gruesome ways in this quest?
>>29793060For one, the gazer is basically a Cyclops, and we all know what happens to them. If they're not getting bullied they're getting killed horribly.Secondly, the story has a serious tone. As such, things like people dying tends to happen. And they way you set her powers to work, yeah, it ain't gonna be pretty if she gets pissed off. They brought it on themselves really, trying to fuck with the Demon Lord and all.This was a good update. I swear someone's hacking the dice though. They've never been so nice to us.
>>29793060I'm disappointed we didn't keep the Dullahan or captured the Gazer.They were prime sources of current, up-to-date intelligence concerning the civil war in the Demon Realm, which Lilim is allied with which, and who's starting fights with other nations, not to mention just how much power this Pharaoh wields. As important as the war between the Church and Zipang is, it's still a regional conflict and there's still the rest of the world to consider.
>>29793139I personally adore Cyclops and want to love them tenderly. I think I'm making it pretty obvious that I'm grooming Bletsia to be a protag of the sequel, am I? Or at least, I'll try. She can still die>>29793144That's true, but as it stand right now Siegfried, ame and Tsu can't really do much about it, the Church might is terrifying enough as it is. You COULD have gotten one, mind you. You would have had to sacrifice the spear for the Dullahan and the gazer... well actually I'm not sure how she could have gotten out of that one.
>>29793224We could have knocked aside the bugs fighting the Dullahan to get both spear and Dullaha.As for the Gazer, she would have had to surrender to Daiyu as soon as she blew through the doors.Or, you know, Daiyu rips half of her eyestalks off and simply lets the pain and shock knock the Gazer out for capture.
>>29793267Daiyu was too far gone by the mental pollution and sudden shift to spare the poor girl I'm afraid, she really became a beast of murder at this point, hellbent on killing her, going beyond what a Demon Lord should have been.then agian Istarted my text on a failed roll and shifted what I could toward a success, I jsut wanted to picture the horrific power that the Demon Lord could in all its infamous glory. I should probably have left the choice for the Dullahan, that's a pretty fair point
>>29793224Welp in all we got a weapon that will one day change the face of warfare (and make the mundanes able to take on mages one on one), A major power boost for our Lancer lover, and whatever the hell that amulet does while still retaining possession of Bletsia.So as far as helping the Zipangu war effort goes we made out like friggin' bandits. Not getting glorious info sucks, but I knew we couldn't have everything. We got more than I thought we would while keeping the girl around honestly.>>29793267It sucks but there will be time after everything else is settled to do this. It is a regional conflict true but the parties involved are major geopolitical hitters. Dat church man, it's got some major pull, like the Catholic Church back in the day. Kings still ruled, but when the pope spoke, they listened intently.
>>29793391As far as geopolitic goes you can safely think of the entire North, Central and South/church being the equivalent of Europe in term of importance/history, with Zipangu being a big as the UK with ireland spread in several tiny islands.It's a pretty damn big place, you haven't seen much of it at all.
>>29793391>but when the pope spoke, they listened intently.Just like how popes were run out of Rome, had to pay ransoms to invaders, and the Crusades were generally just the justifications needed to acquire riches and lands?
>>29793493At least in this setting the Pope got the armed force to back his words, so people listen. With attention.
>>29793440Ah, there's still that one lilim who still loves mommy. Of course, Tsu might have killed her so that'd put me right back at square one.>>29793493Kinda sorta. Thing is the power of the Church wasn't a hard power but a soft one. The people, you see, were true believers. If the priests in the pulpit started calling the king a heretic you'd quickly find yourself with a revolt on your hands. Thus, they tried to keep the Church happy. Open defiance didn't start until the Reformation, and that was usually just some excuse to seize church lands for the throne.And like the GM just said, they also have an army unlike the Catholic Church of old. So it ain't just revolts ya gotta worry about, it's getting an army shoved up your ass. And they have mechs.
>>29793542Yes, things are vastly different when the Pope can call down a literal army from Heaven, and Angels can devastate mundane armies.The point, however, was that in history, the Catholic Church may have been powerful, it did not outstrip the power of kings.
>>29793589>If the priests in the pulpit started calling the king a heretic you'd quickly find yourself with a revolt on your hands.Can you provide a single instance of that ever happening?Because I haven't read of that ever happening.
>>29793601It did have an undeniable hands in politic beyond the effect of the Crusades; especially the Inquisition, now that was a nasty business down in the Peninsula... But it's true that it never outstripped kings (at least as far as I can remember off the top of my head). Something more or less mirrored in the politics of this quest, Siegfried brother is openly moving against them now but they never really had the power to burn him alive, unlike his father who got burned for heresy, something he never forgot or forgave.That's one instance of Church outstripping kings but that whole situation was a big, big mess anyway.
>>29793601Never said it did, but it was definitely something that could not be ignored or simply glossed over. The Church mattered in the decision making processes of the kings, and they liked to be on its good side if they could help it.>>29793616I don't think it ever happened, but the priests had a great deal of influence over the population. Most were illiterate see, had to rely on the priest to tell them the word of God. You could, if you so desired, make shit up and they'd never be able to call you out on it because how would they know? And who would the common peasant believe? Some rich noble brat or king, or a man of God?I'm not a history major however, so I don't know the entire story. But there was good reason why a King would bother to curry favor with a man who has no standing armies at his command (deep pockets though, old time Church had deep pockets. Them Cathedrals weren't free and they weren't cheap either).
>>29793707>Never said it did,Yes you did.>>29793391>Dat church man, it's got some major pull, like the Catholic Church back in the day. Kings still ruled, but when the pope spoke, they listened intently.You imply here that the Catholic Church was given special consideration.Of course a king would listen intently to a foreign power, especially one that has set up shop within his kingdom. He didn't give it special consideration because it came from the pope, he considered it because it was another foreign nation that had to be dealt with. And sometimes that mean waging war against the Church.
>>29793831Still factored in to their plans. It still mattered. Getting considered at all by royalty was a special thing, still is today if we count high levels of national governments. Doubly so for major players like the U.S. or Russia. If you're even mentioned during big meetings you're able to make them worry somehow. Not everyone can say that.
>>29794016>Still factored in to their plans. It still mattered.As did a great many other things, such as the price of tulips and the cost of bales of wool.And right now there's at least a dozen corporations that a G8 nation has to keep track of.The point is that, you are giving the Catholic Church far too much credit in history, and your comparison of the Church in this setting to the Catholic Church from history from >>29793391 is inaccurate.
>>29794279I'll concede the point, I did make them seem more important than what I was going for given my wording and I apologize for that. It is doubtlessly an inspiration for what he has going here though.
>>29794365Of course it is, the Church is an order of magnitude more powerful and influencial here because Humanity got nearly wiped out, the Great Crusade was the time the Faith really got into power hardcore.It remains to be seen if Siegfried brother (Gil) and Tsu alliance will actually manage to stay alive and chip away some of that strength, right?
>>29794400Dammit, Japan, I know this "bigger eyes make things cute" thing actually works, but this is taking it too far.
>>29794420 I love it. I can't help it
>>29794365You keep on screwing up over and over. Step up your game.
>>29794400That will depend heavily on how this all ends. We'll have to still be alive for one, alliances and important treaties required a bond between the parties. That bond was usually marriage. High level noble marriages were primarily a political affair. If we die before the wedding his little plan is screwed over big time.Provided the nuke doesn't go off, Orion makes his exit, and Deruella is dealt with somehow Lex and his faction will have a pretty clear shot at taking over most of the church hierarchy given time. That will make relations with Zipangu and Gil much more amicable instead of adversarial.>>29794496I'm tired man, tired people fuck up their thoughts. Can't help biology.
>>29794549Gil got a big, big plot in mind, your brother is dreaming as big as Siegfried, perhaps even bigger.It's going to be fun to reveal it all, oh yes.
>>29794549>I'm tired manThat's just a piss-poor excuse for making mistakes and in general being a failure today.
>>29794597Bah, is he planning on uniting Zipang and the Northern Kingdoms into one federated kingdom, and then forcing the Church to bulldoze their way through the Swamp using copious amounts of tactical holy nukes and using undesirable Church Inquisitors as fodder for the meat grinder there?Is he setting his sights on conquering the entire hemisphere with the magical power of Zipang, and then expanding his reach to the rest of the world?
>>29794648I'm not going to say anything, I'll keep the suprise.You'll have to be the judge of your brother ambition in due time. Next thread is either later today depending on how I feel after waking up, or monday. See you soon folks
>>29794672>You'll have to be the judge of your brother ambition in due timeIt's not like his ambition of a single empire of Humans and Monstergirls is a bad thing. Especially if it can stand up to the rising power in the desert, and whatever nations exist across the ocean.
>>29794715Depends on the size and scope of the empire. Also, this is just an alliance. That means if he's attacked Zipangu has to help him, and vice versa. They are not obligated to send in troops to help him expand his reach or conquer new territory. They can if they want, but they don't have to. I'm also not seeing the fluffy tails as the empire types either. Too much war and bloodshed for them to be comfortable with.Now if he can get it all through making alliances and build up to a full confederation everyone might be cool, but in those circumstances there isn't one absolute ruler, so it depends on if he wants the world to be run a different way or if he wants to actually rule the world.
