LXXII: Sadistic Witch.

Even in her most escapist dreams as a reclusive otaku, Monic never expected to find herself in such an unreal situation. Sure, who hasn't dreamed of being reincarnated at least once? But it was just a passing thing, she was not obsessed with the subject, although she liked those stories.

So imagine her surprise when she got the full reincarnation package, a new place, companions like her, you, and a cheat that changed her whole being. When she became an Umbra Witch, she not only got all the good things from them but the bad things as well. 

But what bad things would a six-foot-tall woman who could cast spells, slow down time, turn into certain creatures, and manipulate her hair as if it were just another limb have? A much more fundamental problem, a radical change in her outlook.

Not only did she now suffer from a rather high libido, but she could no longer get off with normal sexual activities, no, she had to watch someone suffer to climax. The perverts who came up with such a breed should burn in hell.

Luckily the witches were a subspecies of humanity, otherwise, there would be trouble in this world, you know, the humans of this continent seem to have an almost irrational hatred for other species, and only a few are spared, like the dwarves. 

But well, you can see what they do to the elves that fall into their hands, can't you? And it is in this situation that something in her could finally be released.

She was given total freedom to do whatever she wanted with the enemies she defeated, elven prisoners. Humans despised that species, they didn't even enslave them, they just went in to kill them. If that wasn't irrational hatred, Monic didn't know what was. 

Aside from the human mentality that might make a certain emperor happy, Monic found that the elves could help him with his affairs. Unlike a normal Umbra Witch, his summons were a manifestation of his power, without having to rely on demonic existences to perform his... special activities. 

Since titles in a war are usually much easier to come by based on people's actions and abilities, it was to be expected that Monic's title of "Sadistic Witch" would spread easily, all because of the novel ways of disposing of enemies. 

That and her constant moaning as she enjoyed the pain and suffering of her victims. There had been a few men and women who had been interested in her before, who had wanted to have some kind of relationship with her, even if it was just for one night. 

Well, there were none left, maybe a few, but they were rare. No, when they saw that what really 'turned Monic on' were the screams of pain and suffering of her victims, they simply backed off, no one wanted to be used in such a cruel way, even if Monic was a long-legged beauty. 

"It always amazes me how sexual this is and how little it turns me on," Marie said, watching Monic's 'show' intently.

"Well, not only are we used to seeing it, but you'd be someone in serious trouble if something like that looked good or turned you on," Seone replied to her, who was cleaning her new weapon. 

Seone's sword had been built by Violet, a custom-made weapon using rare materials, especially the hilt, whose wood was a specimen of the tree that produced the Golden Apple, an object they had obtained a long time ago and hadn't known how to use until now.

The weapon was similar to the ones Seone had used before, a rather large and heavy execution sword, the metal was completely black with some red lines pulsating with bloody light, spreading all over the weapon like veins. Seone was very comfortable with it, even though it was incredibly heavy, he managed to wield it with relative ease. 

Today he and Marie went out with Monic on a mission to eliminate some places where the elves guarded their supplies. It was supposed to be a couple's trip, where Seone would test his weapon and maybe hang out with Marie before heading back, but Monic wanted to join them, so they let her come along.

Monic was powerful, of the two teams combined she was the second strongest under Jack who manipulated time like she was his bitch. Ironically, Monic had earned that position because of her ability to affect time as well, a sign that if you want to be strong, you either master a powerful concept, or you just mess with time. 

Monic's moaning stopped as the elf who was her victim lost her breath, leaving her without what made her feel pleasurable, but she was already relieved enough that she wouldn't have to do this kind of thing for a good while. 

Monic's situation reminded Seone of the Drukhari or Dark Elves of Warhammer 40K, beings that fed off the pain and suffering of others, using it as a source of energy, or so he remembered. 

But as far as he knew, the Umbra Witches were just much more sensual than normal women, they were not beings that needed suffering to release their sexual desires, so there was something else going on, and partly because of this situation, he decided to bring Monic with him, to see her up close.

Perhaps an exaggeration, but his instinct told him that there was something wrong with Monic's abilities as if there was something incongruous, incompatible. There was no threat, at least not immediately, but Seone had to be alert for any situation. 

He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and slung it over his shoulder as he took a step towards Monic.

"I have a question, whose fists and kicks do you summon during your fights, Monic?" asked Seone, who had slowly channeled his dense energy into his weapon.

Seone's sword was covered with a dense vitality, the red veins in it seemed to throb with excitement as she let her energy pass through, as if the weapon had a heart in it. 

Monic sat on the ground, her clothes seeming to writhe because they were made of her hair, as witches of her kind usually did. Her forehead was beaded with sweat, her cheeks were red, and her breathing was a bit labored.

"Why do you ask, you never played Bayonetta? It's with this being, her power is mine now," Monic answered, but Seone didn't like the answer, there was something strange about it, and it was noticeable even to people who weren't paying attention, like Marie.

The blonde approached them, she didn't understand what was going on, but she felt that Seone was mobilizing his energy and seemed to be ready to unleash an attack with all his strength, something strange, usually, Seone increased his power gradually during a fight, but whatever the reasons, she would be at his side.

"That's not what I asked," Seone replied, staring into the witch's eyes, who seemed to stand still for a moment.

Her long, silky blue hair fluttered about on its own as if reacting to something or someone, but Monic just stared into Seone's eyes before speaking again.

"I answered your question, Seone," Monic replied with a flirtatious tone in his voice, even licking his lips, but that only made Seone grab his gun with both hands and put it in front of him.

"Monic wouldn't have acted like that, in fact the whole situation of having to harass elves for some sexual frustration reason seems super strange and anomalous to me, who are you?" asked Seone finally, his left eye began to radiate a sinister red glow, and the feeling the boy radiated went from one that showed alertness to outright coldness.

Seone not only unleashed his killer instinct, but he also began to use the special ability of his left eye, mentally preparing himself for one of the most difficult battles of his life.

Marie's eyes glowed with a golden light, her draconic aura had begun to manifest, the boosted device emerged from her left arm, and Ddraig's scream echoed through the forest.

"BOOST!" the presence of Marie had not only increased but felt like that of a fierce but cunning beast. 

Both of them, two mighty snakes, glared at the witch. If Monic did not give an adequate answer, she would feel the attacks of both of them, no matter how much camaraderie there was before, the danger of a dangerous existence between them was not allowed. 

"It seems that this world is not the typical Shonen where people let some strange things happen until everything is revealed after hundreds of chapters..."

Oh, I seem to have made a mistake. Monic's cheat works fine, the only thing that brought her being an Umbra Witch as a flaw is that she tends to be a bit more playful with others, but she would never change her personality into a sadistic freak. 

So what happened? The author doesn't know, I just write what I can perceive and understand, if a transcendental being decides to play with the information it reveals, it's not my problem or my fault, right? So let's recap. 

Monic realized that her new abilities could allow her to bring out this being inside of her, her true self. Besides, if there were easy victims, why not give free rein to her deepest fetishes and desires? It's not like she hadn't done that in her past life. 

The truth is, she didn't have that much of a flaw in her powers, it was just her excuse to do the things she wanted to do smoothly, but her explanation was too unreal, too crude, though many bought it, even her team members, including Jack, Seone didn't. 

It wasn't because of some leading lady aura, some heightened sixth sense, or anything like that, just for a simple reason, he liked to overthink. For the sake of privacy, although someone might talk about his cheating, sometimes people would hold back some key questions, but Seone would have to think things over a lot.

Thinking about the situation with his friends and peers, he noticed things he hadn't been told, or that his friends still didn't know about his powers. Of course, he would tell them when the time was right. But with Monic... what kind of stupidity was that?

Besides, she'd probably used some special ability to make people just not care about such things, and even Seone had often dismissed the subject, but his conscience knew no bounds, why should he be under some cognite-danger effect? Even if they worked on him, it would have no lasting effect.

"So, are you Monic?" asked Seone and Monic nodded, there was no need to lie or cause trouble. 

"I just didn't want to be branded as a monster, I've never hurt anyone and I can swear to that under the omnipresent and omniscient magic," those were already big words, Seone and Marie calmed down when they heard that. 

There was mistrust even with such an oath, they needed a very good explanation and Monic had to be open with them and their companions. But Seone couldn't help but think that poor Alex had to live with two monsters every day, well, three if you added the seemingly innocent Violet. 

"Well, we have time, start explaining" Seone was no longer about to attack and even his energy had calmed down, but his grip on his sword never ended.

Marie followed, keeping the boosted equipment ready for any emergency, Monic just rolled his eyes at this situation, but what could he do? This was better than a fight like the one that was about to happen a few seconds ago.

"Well..." 

This and much more in the next chapter, ah, what's the next one about the Rinnegan guy who set up the schedule, we can't make such a cliffhanger, those who watch the show are going to cancel me on X!

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