Chapter 1415 Chapter 1268: Mission Accomplished and more
''We're willing to accept your conditions and become your most loyal followers, Your excellence Miss Maria, a woman of the most powerful man on the continent.''
''Great, you seemed to have done your research well. I'm pleased with your choice."
Upon hearing the matriarchs' answer, Maria gave a short reply. She was not surprised that they managed to find out her identity, not that she bothered to hide it, to begin with. She deliberately didn't hide it. All of this was used to put pressure, no means to easily convince the other party not to mess with Alex's women, and above everything else she was certain if this city had a connection with the Chaos Organization, the latter wouldn't stop them from accepting Maria's proposal as they could use it against them. This decision of hers could be considered a double-edged sword but Maria wasn't worried because she would put them to good use.
Maria narrowed his eyes, scanned the surroundings, and nodded.
"Seems like you've agreed to submit to me. In that case, I shall not mistreat you. I shall bestow upon you my blessings.''
She spoke and extended her arm. Along with her words, a dark gold parchment appeared.
The dark gold parchment was ripped apart and turned into a strange mark, this mark gradually took the shape of a black rose midair. Upon witnessing the mark, the matriarchs couldn't help but lift their heads. It went without saying that they sensed the pure, powerful energy brimming from it, or was a suffocating energy, who could they not understand what this marking entails? They shivered at the sudden realization.
At the same time, Maria's deep voice rang in their ears.
"You better not resist my gift or else I don't know what might happen.''
An endless chill suddenly rose from their back upon meeting Maria's cold gaze.
It was as if the matriarch's skull had been ripped open, and cold water poured directly into their bodies. An even more frightening cold air swept through their four limbs, almost causing their entire body to feel cold, and they stood there in a daze.
Never would they have expected to be subjected to the same treatment as the slaves they looked down upon. To think such a day would come and they would turn into slaves.
Even though they knew what fate would befall them, they were helpless against it, they could only silently endure hoping later to find a way out of this.
The black rose hovering in the sky turned into small black roses which selected each one their target before entering the host's body, turning into a black rose tattoo on the matriarch's body. For some, it was on their necks, for some on their wrists while some even got it on their lower belly.
Instantly, they could feel a connection between them and a certain terrible entity, a giant wolf trying to swallow the entire planet, this scared them, putting off any rebellious idea they secretly abhorred. They have submitted for good this time.
They were truly afraid of death. Compared to staying alive being a slave was nothing. One could say that dark elves despite being cruel and vile truly love their lives, they could do anything to live one day more, Therefore it was not too shocking for them to give in so easily when their survival was on the line. Dark elves are your typical B-rate villain, strong before the weak and weak before the strong.
Pleased with the result Maria smiled before announcing.
''I'm happy for you to cooperate so easily with me.''
'Cooperate easily my ass, you simply forced us.'
This was what the matriarchs thought but didn't dare to utter it as it could warrant their death.
As if she expected them to react Maria stopped after saying those words but unfortunately, the matriarchs were well behaved forcing our ice beauty to click her tongue in disappointment.
''What a bunch of well-behaved dogs.'' She uttered in disgust but the matriarchs showed no reaction which showed how much they cared about clinging to their lives.
'We heard you loud and clear but we are not falling for your trick.' They both had this thought.
Maria nodded, very pleased with this. It was worth all the trouble and she would need to thank Noire later as things worked because of this parchment.
''In return for surrendering to me, I shall bestow strength and honour upon you. Your strength will grow and those that performed well will be handsomely rewarded.''
The profit-driven matriarch's eyes shone and those who were reluctant before now completely thought it would be a great choice to wholeheartedly follow this woman.
''Great, I see the enthusiasm in your eyes and do hope you'll work hard and not have any weird thoughts, or else the consequences will be disastrous,'' Maria stated before releasing all of her strength.
Boom!
Then, the entire world before them changed instantly!
The sky, earth, and everything from before disappeared. All of it was enveloped in pitch-black darkness and only dots of starlight flickered around them. It seemed as though Maria had thrown them into outer space at this very instant. Everything started to be covered in ice as if the world was turning into a frozen world.
''!"
Right now, they felt a shiver go down their chilled backs.
The matriarch's hearts tightened and a chill went down their backs as cold sweat covered their hands and feet; a feeling of unease clawed at their hearts.
'This strength is not that of a Demigod expert!'
Upon realizing it, the matriarchs revealed a flustered and stunned expression. They realized that the power previously by this ice beauty wasn't her real strength. Could this be the legendary False God realm that existed above the Demigod realm?
Gulp!
They gulped and their backs were soaked in sweat. They stood no chance since the beginning because with this kind of strength, forget this city not even the other cities and kingdoms could offer any resistance. This is how mighty False God realm experts are, they are the ultimate powerhouse, standing at the summit of everything. They could singlehandedly fight an empire and win if possible. If Demigod is comparable to an Atomic bomb capable of annihilating a kingdom then False God is comparable to a Thermonuclear bomb capable of erasing an entire continent.
One should note that Thermonuclear bombs can be hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than atomic bombs. This example denotes how strong the entity known as False God is. Because of this, this realm could not be easily reached even before Bahamut put a curse on the world, only the most talented and blessed individuals could achieve the feat of stepping into this realm, the limit of strength in this world and the middle realm.
'Maybe we can achieve this kind of absolute strength?' The matriarchs have this sudden thought and they can see the desire for power in each other eyes. Not even a second they entertained the thought of Maria's strength not reaching the False God realm yet, nor did they remember that Mysthia was under a curse.
To them it might have been Alex's woman as the man was known for achieving the impossible, from zero to hero, the man singlehandedly erased an empire, and he accomplished many things so something like a curse and granting his women and followers the absolute strength must be nothing.
Ironically, there was a certain individual from a certain organization who promised them the same thing but the man was too shady and demanding too much so at the moment the matriarchs have forgotten about this. They would obediently become this woman's dog in order to attain absolute strength even if the chance was slim. Their profit sensor was telling them not to miss this opportunity.
Maria who had been observing them since she unleashed her domain alongside another trick and upon seeing their obedient eyes, was shocked, so shocked that she almost rubbed her eyes as she could swear to have seen the illusion of tails wagging behind them. Things have progressed beyond her expectations. The slave imprint created by her joint effort with Noire seemed to have perfectly settled, meaning she could use them whoever she wanted, for example, order them to suicide bomb.
The mission of investigation and putting them in check was an absolute success.
Maria?cancelled her frozen world domain and declared.
''From today onwards slavery of any other races is forbidden, you'll have to release the former slaves and compensate them. Instead of taking 60 percent as I've previously stated, I'll take 50%, and use the rest to deal with this issue as soon as possible. I'll be going, for now, remember to pay tribute to the empire. Someone will come later to tell you my order and you'll have to follow everything he says.''
''We will carry your order your excellence.'' The matriarchs curtsied and Maria nodded before vanishing.
''One useful thing is done, more to go. We must fail this war. I'll do everything to help us, to help you, my love.'' Maria mumbled while going back to the others.
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