《Empress' Evolution》131. Leverage II
Advertisement
The Wechuge grinned and then laughed.
His ever motion oozed confidence, for he knew he had all the right cards on the table.
He could see the confusion in Lilith's eyes, her desire to understand the things she couldn't was impossible to hide, "You wish to know what a Herald of Beyond truly is? Are you telling me that you do not even know what you are? Gahahaha! What did I even expect, I suppose after wallowing in the almighty power for eons, you have lost your memory after being cast ou—"
"Just get to the point; I'm already regretting my decisions."
Lilith was not having any of his bullshit.
"Ah… I see—Ahem, then, let me tell you—Gods are not real, they are merely pawns of the Creator that seats at the top of the—"
"Oh, are you talking the Seraphs and how they are sent down by a higher power and fulfill the roles of Divinity?"
"…what?"
"Yeaaaaaaaahhhhh, I already know eeeeeeeeeeeeeverything about that whole schtick." Lilith clicked her tongue in irritation, looking at Wechuge's dumb expression.
"Priestess, i-i-is this true?" shakily, Dhampy wanted to confirm.
"Ah, don't worry, Goddess Letza is very much real. She's the only one who's real." Lilith casually mentioned as her eyes returned to the Wechuge, "I thought you have interesting and vital information about what I want to know; in the end, your little Being of Beyond is just another reskinned version of what I know? How useless."
"You know about the Gods and their truth!? Ho-how! I, a being of the Darkness, only heard whispers between realities to gain this forbidden knowledge! How can you know!? Do not bluff with me!"
Lilith waved her hands in irritation, "What do you mean forbidden? Even I know that Zeus is real, and to that matter, God of the Underworld Hades' dog is now my Puppy sleeping back at my village... I think. He only ever does what he wants, so I don't really know. More importantly, what do you mean bluff? Do you think I'll bluff about this kind of thing?"
Advertisement
"…" The Wechuge failed to respond.
"You have no idea who or what that is, do you? Okay, see here, Zeus is a God from the old and lost Greek Myths. It was one of the long-lost civilizations, and we only have records of it in Ancient Artifacts called books and the vastly weird broken Internet. It's a salvaged knowledge… aaaaannnnnnd you don't know that too. I'm a child… and a daemon to boot, and I know more about all these things more than a self-important asshole of an ethereal being?"
"Pri-Pri-Priestess, is that really true?"
Again, Dhampy was in disbelief.
"Yes, I cross-checked the facts, and it turns out it's the truth." Lilith inwardly sighed, 'Maybe keeping Dhampy here wasn't such a good idea, after all.'
Lilith released an exasperated sigh, "See, useless, do you even know anything that I do not know? Do you have any useful information? Anything at all?"
The Wendigo failed to give an answer.
Seething, Lilith looked at the Wechuge with demeaning pair of eyes, "I really thought you had something that you wanted to know. But, in the end, you were only full of air. You have broken your end of the promise, which means my oath is now nulled. I will have to kill you, and before you think that, you can just go slithering back to your little dimension, whatever you called it, Darkness, or something; remember that I have a connection with the one true Goddess. Rather, your soul or your very existence will be tormented and then erased. Do you know what that means?"
[The High-Seraph Luceer is warning you not to do anything rash. If the Black Spirit's host is killed, they will only return to the Darkness. Killing it will result in the failure of the mission.]
"You will disappear from the face of the earth. You will experience a true end." Lilith disregarded Luceer's warning.
"…"
"You were fucked the moment you decided to claw your way up to wherever you came from. But I will give you another chance, give me something that I can use, or else— 10…9…8."
Advertisement
The countdown has begun. The Wechuge was thrown into a panic shortly after giving an ultimatum. Right now, the tiny daemon became bigger than she could ever hope to become.
"7…6"
"The ones who stand above the Gods! I can tell you about the creatures whose wings flow like the light and is the…Ophan—"
"The [Ophanims], [Dominions], [Archangels], [High-Seraphs] blah, blah, blah — I know their titles and the different names given to them. I should know; I read about them in the Hell Archives and talked to one earlier today, so that is another set of useless information—5…4…—Dhampy, draw your blade, prepare to behead the Wechuge—3...."
"Yes, Boss."
The Wechuge sweat beads of ice.
"The creator of the Seraphs and the High-Seraphs, I know who it was who created everything, it is the Ab—"
"The Absolute One, I know who she is; she even gave me wine. You've been calling me Herald of the Beyond. You should at least know who I am working for and who the Goddess I was talking about—2…."
Lilith showed the Wechuge the biggest smile she had ever adorned in both lives, "In the end, you could not give me anything noteworthy so.... 1—Dhampy, kill him!"
Dhampy already drew her sword and swung it without any hesitation. The idea of absorbing the Wechuge's Darkness after its death gave her enough push to go through the act, and the Wechuge watched the heartless butcher's blade descend… his eyes widened as he felt the genuine threat coming.
Lilith's threats about her connections to the Divine now loomed over his mind. The Darkness was an endless loop of the torturous domain. A world where no peace exists, and killing and devouring was an everyday occurrence.
Even if he wasn't tormented and then erased by the divines, he would only return to another hellscape. The Wechuge did not want to go back, so it sought out information within its mind to live.
It sought out its most profound fears and traumas to Lilith an offering.
In that time, when his life was about to come to an end, his mind worked faster than it had ever could. Scouring everything he could in his mind so that he could be spared by the Herald. It was then that he found a light, not within him, but through filtered words of the Herald.
A chance appeared. A new rope he could grab hold of, and despite not knowing it was steady or not, the Wechuge did not hold back as he shouted, "THE DARKNESS!"
"Stop."
Dhampy's sword stopped centimeters away from his neck.
"Huh, that is interesting, Darkness, you say? That's your little dimension, right? Hmmm, I actually don't know much about that." Finally, she took an interest.
Lilith's hands were raised, and it would be the end with one motion. The Wechuge knew that he could not slip nor make any more mistakes.
"The place is not only the place where came from... bu-but also all of the other Black Spirits as well…."
Lilith contemplated his words, from seconds to minutes, thinking it through as if he was weighing the life of the Wechuge with the information he brought into the table.
"I-I can tell you everything you want to know about it! Everything you want to know, I can tell you. How we are born, how we grow to be Black SPirits. Just… don't erase me…." The Wechuge added.
"…hmm, interesting, you have disappointed me time and time again; let's see if you can finally redeem yourself. Black Spirit Wechuge, tell me—what are you Black Spirits?"
The true interrogation began,
Over in Hell, 'She's good.'
Advertisement
- In Serial13 Chapters
Aevitas — I am not an NPC [R]
This story follows a 19-year-old male by the name of Tobias (Tobi) Donlan. Having found himself trapped in a Virtual Reality Game through no fault of his own, Tobi can only accept his circumstances and wait for the day he is released. As time passes in the Virtual world however, Tobi begins to take on a new look at life and begins to question his own sense of reality. As time continues to pass, Tobi finds that he cares less for reality and the more for Aevitas. When the day comes that he can return to the real world, will he even want to? Will he even have a choice? Follow Tobi as he experiences his second life inside Aevitas; a virtual reality game that claims anything is possible. Note: This story is, in part, based on another story by the same name and author. It is not, however, the same story and the original was discontinued due to various 'complications'. While marked with warning for profanity and sexual content, it is extremely mild, uncommon to the point of near-non-existence and lacks any detailed descriptions. In some cases it is litte more than inuendo's or vague references. Updates will be weekly: Saturday.
8 161 - In Serial64 Chapters
Lethal Combo (Weapon-Based Martial Arts Adventure)
Quang is a slacker that doesn't have much going for him except for his skills in Chinese kickboxing and his proficiency with a pair of nunchucks. Selene is broke but still manages to overestimate herself. The fact that she's knows Hapkido and how to handle a set of tonfas doesn't help either. Together, they're going to get into a lot of trouble. Just like everyone else in the sweltering West Coast city of Isla Lucrecia, Quang Nghiem is struggling to get by. His family’s business can’t make ends meet, his childhood friend has vanished without a trace and the self-imposed local “Union” threatens to tear down the family restaurant if they can’t pay their dues. Fortunately for him, part-time lifeguard and fellow out-of-practice martial artist Selene Olwagen has nothing better to do and is more than willing to help Quang track down his missing friend. However, there’s more lurking in the shadows of Isla Lucrecia than typical street gangs and criminals. Almost every chapter will have illustrations to accompany it. Heavily inspired by fighting games and classic martial arts films. Expect that kind of tone of going in. Updates twice a week, (mostly) on Wednesday and Saturday. Illustrations and covers were done by Ati: www.instagram.com/serious_ati/ Check out more art of Lethal Combo and my other projects here: www.instagram.com/fgc_checkmate/
8 181 - In Serial12 Chapters
The Crystern: Heart of Adventures
The Crystern: Heart of Adventure has been dropped out of the Writathon Challenge and placed on hiatus until further notice, in order to better plan out what's happening and to give me time to work on older projects. Fifteen-year-old Skyler Kadrix III wishes to set off on a journey to find the fabled Cyrstern, a skybeast unlike any other and the origin of the Crystals that grant people special abilities, increase their own abilities, and even allow them to gain Experience and Levels. A promise to his mother has kept him from setting off yet, but he's nearly ready to leave. When he meets Finn, who came with his master, the elf Sara, in search of a relic of the Ancients rumored to have been hidden somewhere on their skybeast, Skyler finds his journey beginning sooner than he'd expected. The journey takes the young boys across the sea of clouds, to various skybeasts and adventures. Whether they find the Crystern or not, they don't care as long as they keep moving forward. Posting schedule TBD upon return. The Sexual Content tag is for once the boys are adults, not while they're still minors. Because of this, it will be a fair while before the qualifying content appears in-story.
8 128 - In Serial6 Chapters
The Last Light
Freed from his past, only to be shackled down by another fate. Jonathan Jameson was brought into a world of fantasy and magic to solve a murder. While not having the proper skill to do it, but the administration seems to have faith in him. He can’t really say no to it since it’s the only way he's going to get out anyway. A deal that will change him.
8 189 - In Serial8 Chapters
Berserker of the depths
She found herself surrounded by cavern walls, not knowing who or where she was, and her body riddled with wounds and corpses littering the ground. In her mind there was but a single goal: to survive. Armed with the mana guidance to gradually strengthen herself and her newly made stone hatchet she set out to escape these monstrous caverns. Of course that’s easier said than done when you don’t know what roams in these halls. Join our main character in her adventure filled with poor life decisions and whatever horrors she may encounter on her journey!
8 171 - In Serial42 Chapters
Anima Academy
Casimir Toomes has been pretty successful as an adventurer... until he wasn't. With his team shattered and the surviving members scattered to the four winds, he went back to his home country of Anima, and at his Master's behest, became a teacher at the Academy of High Magic. Sure, his Master keeps bugging him to take on some personal students of his own, but he's not in this teaching gig for good, it's just a temporary thing, as a favor. There's absolutely no way he'll get attached to any of the brats. Updates on Monday.
8 216

