Chapter 92 - Nunid Kingdom (3/3)
"Okay, okay. Just tell me what you want to know." The captain was already severely injured, but he knew that there were still many methods for Lucien to torture him, so all he wanted to do was answer the questions.
Lucien sat on the chair, still keeping his foot on the captain's chest. "Tell me everything you know about the white-eyed woman."
"The Light Envoy?! Wh- Okay!! I'll tell you everything from the beginning." The captain was surprised by Lucien's question because, in his mind, everyone should know the "angel" sent by the Light God, but then Lucien squeezed his foot, and the man started to tell the story quickly.
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Two weeks ago.
The Light Empire was not in its glory days; on the contrary, the constant war to the north against the Alliance was causing the Kingdom great loss.
The Light King kept telling his people that the Light God wanted to exterminate the profane and terrible demi-humans, but they were not succeeding.
The more troops were sent to the north, the more people died. To the south, a new evil arose, and the people were increasingly revolted against the brutal and authoritarian government.
The Light King didn't know what else to do as even his generals were starting to revolt, so he alleged to have received a message from Light God himself and was going to give a speech to the people explaining how everything would get better.
Exactly seventeen days ago was the day of that speech. The King was at the main square where a large part of the population of Light City, the principal city of the Light Empire, gathered.
Stefan, the Light King, was a tall and strong man. Despite being 70 years old, he used many rare medicines during his life and had excellent physical capabilities, so he appeared to be 40 years old except for his hair, which was blond, but partially white.
He was at the top of the square's tower, more than 200 meters from the ground. Stefan always wore the best shiny armor that existed. With sun badges all over his clothes and always with the Light Sword in his scabbard. He definitely had a Sacred King look.
Stefan didn't quite know what to say. He hadn't actually received any messages from the Light God, but to maintain his ambitions, he would have to calm his people down. He was a little nervous and looked back for some encouragement from his daughter.
Behind the King were several warriors with incredible shiny armor. Men or women, everyone was treated according to their strength and how much they did for the Kingdom. It was a fair system, but it also had its imperfections.
The line of knights began with captains, and the closer to the King, the better the position. The nearest persons to Stefan were the famous Generals, and right behind him was his daughter. Not because she was the Princess, but because she is the only Marshal of the Light Empire.
Dawn, just like her father, was always in her heavy shiny armor. She was the type of person who exerted herself to the maximum and lived a very disciplined way of life. Her only purpose was to stay faithful to the Light God.
Although her armor was quite large, it was still possible to see that she has a very feminine figure with huge b.r.e.a.s.ts. Regardless of what she wore her body is really s.e.xy, she was still easily the most charming woman in the Kingdom her face is like that of a fairy.
Dawn was brutal to her enemies in battle, but she was very kind and friendly to her people. She always walked around the Kingdom with her helmet in hand so she could smile at everyone. She loved her people and would do anything for them and the Light God.
Right now, those big and bright blue eyes have soothed Stefan. Dawn has long blond hair and pink lips. She was not very tall, around 1.70 m. But by far, her most notable feature was the wide smile, which seemed to contain all the Light in the world.
"Just say what the Light God said to you, dad. Everything will be fine." Dawn realized that her father was a little nervous but didn't blame him. She had a hard life of training and constant battles, but she was sure that her father worked really hard leading the Kingdom in the name of the Light God.
Yes, Stefan was the worst. He never heard anything from the Light God before, but everyone has believed in this religion for many years, so he was just using it to make his people happier. Even his daughter did everything in the name of Light God, so Stefan would never allow the truth behind his lies be known. So that his people can keep living their happy lives.
He looked at his people and knew that everyone was expecting good news. He has always been good at making up stories, so everything would be fine as long as he told them they were the words of the Light God.
"My people! I bring you good news!! Light God sends his blessing over our Kingdom as-" As soon as Stefan started to speak, he looked up at the sky as if he were looking at the Light God, but then he noticed something strange just above the tower. It looked like a disturbance in the air like a spell.
"A portal?" What looked like a spell, took on a circle shape, and seemed to be made of water. Then a person come from inside of it and fell towards the tower where the King was.
Dawn acted on impulse and drew her sword while the generals did the same. Then a white-haired girl in a white leather outfit landed in front of the King.
Amelia rolled to the floor when she fell and went into the battle posture while drawing her short sword. 'Damn! Envy, why are there so many people here?'
'You are unlucky... Anyway, I don't think you will have any problems dealing with armies in this inferior world... Or are you like your brother, a weakling?' Envy replied in her usual sarcastic tone. She could communicate with Amelia mentally just like Lucien and L.u.s.t can. Of course, Amelia couldn't pass her tattoo on to others like Lucien.
'Don't use your dirty mouth to talk about my brother! Only I can call him a weakling. And no, I have no problem with killing everyone here, but that would not be really useful.'
While Amelia was talking to Envy, which was common since the contract, Dawn faced her, and for less than a second, she had an absurd idea, but that would also make a lot of sense.
The King had started talking about how Light God would send his blessing to the Kingdom, so a person fell from the sky. Not a simple person, but someone with white hair and white eyes; with the purest and most immaculate skin the world had ever seen, and a face more angelic than Dawn's fairy face...
"Did the Light God send you?" Dawn asked curiously. Amelia didn't quite understand her first words, but after a few seconds, she realized that it wasn't so different from the language spoken in her world. She just needed more time to get used to it.
'Light God? What was she talking about, Envy? Can you be a little more useful here, please!?' Amelia questioned Envy, in a sarcastic tone. If Envy had a physical body, now she would be rolling her eyes.
Amelia was a girl with a "strong personality" and she didn't treat her with respect, but as if she were talking to one of her sisters. Still, Envy didn't hate that; on the contrary, she thought Amelia could be the best host she could have.
'They seem to think you are a type of messiah. This can be very useful for you. I feel a lot of ambition in that man with the white crown. I bet if you take everything from him, you will produce a lot of demonic energy.' Envy, like L.u.s.t, wanted to take advantage of the best opportunities to become stronger together with their partner.
Each Great Demon had their own ways of creating demonic energy. L.u.s.t had not only s.e.x.u.a.l but all kinds of pleasures. Envy was like her own name suggests, is having what others wanted more than anything.
The stronger someone wanted something and Envy's host took it, the more demonic energy would be formed. She can also gain half the demonic energy if she likes a person's ambition and helps them succeed.
L.u.s.t's powers also worked to make Lucien's s.e.x.u.a.l partners stronger. In the case of Envy, Amelia could conquer her own ambitions to make herself stronger.
Envy was one of the Great Demons with the most potential to gain power, and like the others except for Sloth, thought L.u.s.t was the weakest of them. Of course, they had no way of knowing how incredibly strong L.u.s.t and Lucien's connection could be, and soon everyone would have to revise their ideas of what the true power was.
Amelia understood Envy's point, so as she wanted to become more powerful quickly, she accepted her suggestions. She pointed her short sword at the floor and knelt while speaking with the best fake face she had.
"In the name of Light God, I was sent to assist you in all your problems." With Envy's help, Amelia begins her journey of lies and manipulation.
Dawn believed it right away because it all made sense. Light Envoy came from heaven just when her father was speaking about it. Stefan couldn't be more relieved. In his time of need, an "angel" fell from heaven. So he started to believe in Light God. He regretted his lies and now started a true speech, at least partially true.
"Yes, Yes! As I was saying, Light God informed me that he would send her... The Light Envoy! For the glory of our people!! For the glory of our Light Empire!!!"
"For the glory of our Light Empire!!!!!!!!!" Then Dawn, the generals, and the captains started to shout after the King's inspiring words. The people were also thrilled because unlike only empty words, now they had the proof, the Light Envoy as representative of the Light God.
From that day on, Light Envoy did not leave the King's side and helped him in all the decisions so that with the guidance of the Light God, the Light Empire would only succeed.
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"Well, that was the short story, but I can tell you even more details... Just, please, stop hurting me." The Light Captain started begging Lucien to take it easy after he told him about Light Envoy.
Lucien was sure that the physical description of the Light Envoy was the same as Amelia, his sister, but there was something very wrong, and he asked L.u.s.t about it.
'He said that she appeared seventeen days ago. But I only arrived a few days ago...' L.u.s.t had read some of Lucien's memoirs before the contract and also thought that Light Envoy was Amelia. Then she started to think about why the difference in days and quickly concluded.
'The portal! As we had problems in our portal, we must have lost a few days, so your sisters have these two weeks of advantages... I'm sorry Lucien, the failure in the portal was my fault.'
Lucien could feel the regret in L.u.s.t's voice, but he didn't see it as a big problem, and he also didn't want her to feel sad either, so he tried to comfort her.
'It's all good, L.u.s.t. After we made the soul contract, there is no more you or me. It will always be us, so everything that we fail will be the fault of both of us. But also our achievements will be greater than anybody, and it will be because of our cooperation.'
Lucien never blamed L.u.s.t for anything or treated her like a weapon. He also never judged or questioned her about things that other people would care about.
L.u.s.t wanted to think that Lucien only had the rescue of his mother in mind and didn't care about anything else. But she could feel with their connection, that he cared for her and that just made her more sure that he is the most perfect man in the universe.
The affairs of the Great Demons and the war of the Evil King were less and less relevant to her, and all L.u.s.t could think of was being with Lucien forever.
'OK! Your sisters may be stronger now, but soon you will be slapping their asses.' L.u.s.t tried to say optimistic words, but that only made Lucien remember Sophia and feel like the worst brother of all existence.
'Why should I slap their asses?!?!?'