FELICIA’S POV

“Haaaaaaa...”(Felicia)

I don’t want to work anymore.

“Leader please, just a little bit more.”(?)

“Shut it Nars, can’t you see I’m busy being lazy?”(Felicia)

Why did I take this quest again? Ah, because it looked fun...well, it’s not.

“The monsters are already dead, you finish the rest.”(Felicia)

I swung my sword downwards, which created a small fissure, and jumped.

“LEADER!”(Nars)

He wanted to jump after me, but the others held him back; time to sleep.

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I’m Felicia Zaran...well that’s my alias, my real name is Felicia Gula. I’m the first princess of the fallen Gula family; I don’t feel like being one though.

My people wants to retake the kingdom, and have been doing everything to raise an army, but they can all go do it themselves. I already left the whip to them, so they do it themselves. I’ll enjoy my life as a mercenary, and without being part of my family’s stupid plans.

I’ve traveled a long distance, and have created a stable life for myself. There’s no reason whatsoever to protect my people who only see me as someone who could wield the Vantaroth. Forget about being a princess, they only see me as a weapon. What am I, a tool? Well fuc...no, I’m a lady, I should refrain from bad words.

Ever since I was born, I was trained to become the perfect weapon, and I did become one. Sadly, they trained my body, not my mind, so I more or less had my own plans and ran away when opportunity showed itself.

I’m not such a bad child though, I left the whip to them. Maybe next time they’ll create a weapon that they can actually control?

The only thing I hate other than my family, is the fact that I can’t show emotions. I have emotions, but I seem to have problems showing them through facial expressions; stupid physical training.

Anyways, when I ran away, the first thing I did was search for a way to get money. I was around 17 years old then, and although my body was still not developed, some horny adults showed interest in me...and they’ll never enjoy the night life again.

I gathered information, and found that the best path for me is to become a mercenary. I slowly made my way to the top, and as time passed, I met the others.

Nars, the paladin, was one of the generals of the new matal kingdom. He was ambushed by his own people, and was almost killed, until I showed up and helped him. He seemed interesting at that time, since his eyes showed his deep hatred to the kingdom that he once served.

Linda, the sage, was the second princess of the Isandria kingdom. She was forced to marry someone who she did not love, so she ran away. Since the one who wanted to marry her was the son of an influential man, her father tried to take her back. Since I also found her interesting, I took her.

Felix, the perverted archer, was...sleeping in the middle of a dangerous cave. We have established the Ortu Stella at that point and was working on a dangerous quest. We saw him in the middle of the cave sleeping comfortably while monsters were slowly creeping up to him. I regret that I saved him by reflex, since he followed me everywhere after that.

A descendant of a hero, a forsaken general, a runaway princess, and a pervert. I was never a normal person, so I guess it’s normal to be in a group of unique people? Bullsh...no, I’m a lady, I should refrain from bad words.

We have been together for about 14 years, and I can’t believe we are still all in one group. We had no goals except for living in a way we wanted, and became one of the strongest group without us noticing. A group of unlucky people actually made it to the top...

Our current quest is to find out why the researchers of the magician’s guild didn’t come back. A group of elite researchers went to Avant cave, yet it has been 10 years since their last report. The reason it became a diamond ranked quest is because there were greedy mercenaries that took the quest, and never returned.

I thought I would find something unique, but only a strong monster and corpses of people were at the end of the cave. The only thing worth my time was seeing the current wielder of the Azaroth.

She’s obviously from a different race, yet she has the sword of darkness, it’s even in its awakened form.

...I shouldn’t have let her go. If I knew the quest was a waste of time, I should have just abandoned it and followed her, since she seems interesting.

___

When I woke up, I felt something touching my chest.

“Who?”(Felicia)

I’m at the lowest part of the fissure, and there was no light, so I used magic to create flames. I pushed the one holding on to my body, and looked at it...it was Felix.

My push woke him up, and when he looked at me, he saw my blank expression, with the addition of an intimidating aura.

“H-how did you get here?”(Felicia)

I picked up my great sword, and covered it in flames before pointing it at him.

“It’s simple, I jumped after you.”(Felix)

“Are you retarded?”(Felicia)

I swung my sword to his neck, but he was able to dodge.

“Calm down, it’s all just a big misunderstanding.”(Felix)

He was slowly walking backwards while waving both of his hands forward.

“Oh, so I misunderstood? Then, can you tell me why you were groping my chest while I was asleep?”(Felicia)

“Oh, it’s just that. I did that to help you get a bigger ches-“(Felix)

“Awaken, Vantaroth”(Felicia)

My purple blade turned red and soon, covered in flames.

Felix started running back to the surface, so I sent a sword wave to his direction.

“MY CHEST IS NOT SMALL!”(Felicia)

Although I yelled, it was in a monotonous voice and a blank expression.

I ran after Felix, who fuckin said that my chest was small.

As I returned to the surface, I was welcomed by the others. It took awhile before I calmed down, and Felix got properly punished by Linda.

I forgot to mention...I returned the whip, but Vantaroth’s power remained in my body, so I could still use it. At least the whip is with them, right?

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We checked every place in the cave that we could find, but we could no longer find anything.

The quest is finished, and it’s time to return. They should have checked everything while I was asleep though...

It would take a week since the cave was quite big, but at least we could finally get out of this boring place.

As we walked, we sensed a dangerous presence.

“Everyone, get into your positions.”(Felicia)

The others stayed silent, but they all wore serious expressions and went to their respective positions. Since the presence came from one entity, Nars and I took the front, while Linda and Felix were at the back.

Nars started casting defensive spells on us, while Linda and Felix were setting up their attacks. I stood my ground and awakened my weapon.

A figure was walking to our direction and soon, there was a man wearing tattered clothes in front of us.

We observed the enemy, and when it showed even a bit of hostility, we started our attacks.

We all closed our eyes as Felix released an arrow to the enemy, and with my eyes closed, I ran to the enemy while holding a great sword covered in flames.

The arrow released a blinding light, and at the same moment the light faded, we opened our eyes.

I swung my sword to the enemy, but he didn’t move an inch and died without fighting back.

“It’s over?”(Felicia)

“FELICIA WATCH OUT!”(Nars)

I suddenly felt a chill on my spine, which delayed my reaction a bit. I was hit on the side and was pushed away.

“That hurts.”(?)

Linda sent an attack, and when it entered a certain range, Nars created a shield around the enemy to compress the impact of the attack.

The enemy ate the attack head on, but it was not the end. As Nars released the shield, I swung my sword to the enemy.

“THAT HURTS!”(Felicia)

This time, I cut the enemy from the waist. He should be dead this time.

As the smoke from the initial attack faded, an arm stretched out to my face. I tilted my head, and jumped backwards.

“All your efforts are futile. You’re not enough to defeat me, one of the great one’s phantom legion.”(?)

We backed a bit after hearing his words.

P-phantom legion? T-the one written in the books?

“I’m only here to destroy that weapon of yours, and after that I’ll be gone.”(?)

“Ok, here.”(Felicia)

I threw the great sword at full strength.

He tried to block my great sword, but something pulled him downwards. The ground below him became a quicksand.

“Oblivion”(Felix)

Felix released an arrow that he was charging from the moment he released the first attack until now.

“Amplifying shields”(Nars)

5 layered shields appeared between the enemy and Felix’ attack, which increased its speed and strength.

The enemy’s body was torn to pieces by Nars and Felix’ joint attack, but the enemy’s slowly molded back.

“Frozen cage”(Linda)

Every single piece of the enemy’s body was instantly enclosed in a cube of ice, which stopped it from regenerating.

We stared at it for a while, and when we were sure it’s over, we all felt relieved.

“With this, it’s over.”(Felicia)

The others ran to me, and raised my right hand to look at my injury. Nars casted a healing spell after seeing the damage to my side

“Are you ok?”(Nars)

My side was bleeding, and there were a few broken ribs, but I’m fine.

“I’ll lick it for you.”(Felix)

We all stared at him like he was a piece of trash.

“Just kidding.”(Felix)

We got out of a dangerous situation. None of us could have taken him in a one on one battle, and it was good that he wasn’t too aggressive. If he was serious in his attacks, then the battle would have turned badly.

After that, we gathered every part of the enemy and sealed it in thick ice and a multi layered shield. I don’t know how strong this guy is, but a phantom soldier is an immortal; the moment the ice melts, he would regenerate again.

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It has been a few days since our fight with the phantom soldier, and we are almost out of the cave. Since the seal would last for a few weeks, we returned to our normal pace. They did everything, while I lazed around. I’m the leader so they should do all the work.

We left seals for every path we pass through, which is Nars’ specialty. It’s something that could withstand a lot of damage, but are bad against fast types since it only blocks one directions. Since the cave is narrow, the shield could cover a whole path.

“Before we go out, want to eat one last time in the cave?”(Nars)

I-I’m a bit hungry, so I guess it fine. It’s not that I like his cooking, it’s just that I’m hungry.

“...sure”(Felicia)

“Since you wasted time, no food for y-“(Nars)

I glared at him; with every hostility that I could muster. How dare he threaten me with food.

“It’s just a joke.”(Nars)

Nars looked at the others to get their opinion, and it seems like we all wanted to eat.

“Then, what do you guys want to eat?”(Nars)

“FELICIA!“(Felix)

After saying my name, he was embedded to the ceiling by Linda’s punch.

“A-anything is fine.”(Felicia)

We gathered ingredients for food and after that, Nars cooked them inside the cave, with a little help from my fire magic.

After eating, we started walking out, leaving the sealed phantom soldier inside the cave, or so we thought. Just before we set foot outside, we felt the enemy’s presence again.

We ran out of the cave and entered our usual formation.

He already caught up?

“It’s not nice to put me in an ice.”(?)

The enemy was quite enraged, and initiated the attack this time.

Linda started casting a spell, while Felix continuously released arrows to the enemy.

I intercepted the enemy, and cut him with my awakened sword, but I was pushed back. I lost balance, and the enemy used the opportunity to send a punch to my leg.

“FELICIA!”(Nars)

Nars tried to help me, but stopped when the enemy grabbed my neck and pointed his arm to my heart.

“Stop, or I’ll kill her.”(?)

Both Nars and Felix stopped moving, and looked at the man with anger in their eyes.

“You too little missy.”(?)

Linda stopped casting after hearing that.

“Good, now we can have a proper talk.”(?)

Even in a dangerous situation, I looked at the enemy with scorn and was slapped because of that.

“Know your place mortal.”(?)

I continued to glare at him, without a hint of fear.

“Look, I’m trying to solve this peacefully. Give me the weapon and I’ll let you and your little group go.”(?)

I grabbed his arm and crushed it. When his grip loosened, I jumped away from him.

Seeing me get away safely, the others started to act, but I stopped them.

“I’ll have a talk with him, you guys go back to the city without me.”(Felicia)

“What are you talking about?”(Nars)

“ARE YOU STUPID?”(Felix)

“There’s no way we could do that.”(Linda)

The man seemed to notice my intentions and gave me time to speak with my comrades.

“Just get going, or I’ll PUSH you.”(Felicia)

“B-but”(Felix)

Nars respected my decision, and grabbed Felix.

“Let’s go.”(Nars)

“YOU!”(Felix)

Linda directed her hostility to Felix.

“She has already made her decision, and if you defy her, I’ll kill you on the spot.”(Linda)

“Tsk”(Felix)

Not one of them wanted to leave me, but they did what I told them to do. It’s for the best; I’m the only one he is after, there’s no need to drag the others to this...beside, I have a plan.

“Is your little drama over?”(?)

“Yes, and before we start, can I ask what your name is?”(Felicia)

“After attacking me without listening to my words, now you ask my name?”(?)

“I’m Felicia Zaran, a normal mercenary. May I please have your name?”(Felicia)

We stared at each other and after awhile , he gave up and spoke.

“...Tidus, Tidus Temperantia, one of the 7 generals of the phantom legion.”(Tidus)

“Is it ok to ask why you have to destroy the weapon?”(Felicia)

“It’s an order from the great one, and I’m not allowed to question her orders.”(Tidus)

I threw the sword to him, but he slapped it to the side.

“W-why? I thought you wanted the weapon?”(Felicia)

“I’m not a fool, I know that the flame spirit is within your body. Just give me the weapon, and your life will be spared.”(Tidus)

Tsk, so he knows.

“One last question, what’s the goal of this so called ‘great one’?”(Felicia)

“Enough talk, I gave you the chance, but you wasted it. I’m gonna rip your body apart and take the spirit with me.”(Tidus)

Tidus ran to me, but stopped when he felt intense heat.

“Limit Break”(Felicia)

My body was covered in flames, and soon formed into an armor.

“Armor of the flame goddess.”(Felicia)

Everything around me was burned, including Tidus who is slowly losing bodily fluids.

“Y-you can use that?”(Tidus)

“Never said I can’t.”(Felicia)

I couldn’t use it while the others are with me, since they’ll also get affected by the heat, but now that I’m alone, I can fight without holding back.

I ran to the enemy and kicked him away, before pulling my great sword from the ground.

“Um, I doubt you can take the flame spirit from me.”(Felicia)

Tidus took a deep breath, before covering himself with dark flames.

“It seems that I have underestimated you, I apologize.”(Tidus)

He ran at a speed surpassing mine, and kicked me away.

“Let me rephrase my initial statement, I’m Tidus Temperantia, one of the 7 virtues. I’ve acknowledge your strength and will bring you down with all of my strength.”(Tidus)

When I regained balance, a fist was sent to my neck, so I rolled and jumped away.

It was hard to breath, and my strength was greatly reduced from that one attack. Sadly, this is a death match, and he didn’t give me time to rest.

He broke the arm which was holding the great sword, but I also retaliated by breaking one of his fingers...I’m gonna lose.

With my remaining arm, I grabbed my sword and swung it to the enemy, but a wall of dark flame blocked my attack. From the flames, an arm moved closer to my remaining arm and broke it.

I somehow expected that I would lose, but not like this.

“Fuck”(Felicia)

Tidus raised a brow after hearing my word, and chuckled a bit before breaking my remaining limbs.

“A lady shouldn’t use such a vulgar word.”(Tidus)

“And a gentleman shouldn’t break a lady’s leg, so we’re both in the wrong?”(Felicia)

“Hahahaha, you could still utter a joke even in this situation, quite an interesting lady.”(Tidus)

“Don’t fall for me ok? I’m already pissed about a certain pervert, I don’t want another man to enter my life.”(Felicia)

“It’s a waste, but it seems you will be a problem in the future, so your life ends here.”(Tidus)

He raised his hand, while I closed my eyes to wait for my death...or not.

“Nope”(Felicia)

Tidus was suddenly pushed by an arrow, and he was sent to a place far away from here.

“I’m not a fool to challenge an immortal by myself.”(Felicia)

I sent an order to the others to go somewhere and charge an attack that could push the enemy away. Since he was an immortal, it didn’t matter if I was stronger since I would lose in the end. All I had to do was buy for time while the others set the attack.

Linda used multi layered illusion magic to hide their presence and Nars spammed amplifying shields in front of Felix who was busy charging his arrow.

With the keyword PUSH, they understood my orders and acted like they didn’t know to fool Tidus.

Damn it, it looks like we’ll be busy for a while; stupid phantom general.

___

After the fight against Tidus, we rushed back to the city, to inform everyone about the phantom legion. I told lady Eraisa, and it seems she already expected it.

Having evidence, the kingdom made everyone know about the danger that we might face in the future. The whole city was in a mess for a few weeks, but started to move in sync after a month.

The king sent the information to the other kingdoms, but it will be hard to convince them without a solid proof.

I no longer had time to play around, since the whole Ortu Stella group was in charge of training the soldiers for the upcomming battle.

It seems that the user of Azaroth went on a journey to get stronger for the future battle, so it’s a relief to have another weapon user to help in the war, but if the one we are facing is the empire that’s written in the books, we will need the other hero descendants.

“Leader, food is ready.”(Nars)

OK, let’s forget about those stuffs for now, I’ll just enjoy Nars’ cooking for now.

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Author's Note:

Spoiler :

I’ve been busy the past weeks so I couldn’t write, hopefully I’ll have free time in the next weeks. I’ll still try to give a chapter everyday, but it might turn into 1 chapter a week.

On this chapter, the second MC is given the spotlight. Her personality is a bit different from what most expected, but that’s how I wanted her to be, an emotionless person on the outside and a loud person in the inside.

Since this is just an intermission, there will be another chapter later.