"Opportunity?" Belladi frowned.
"Treat me like some kind of merchant, I can get tons of food, iron, wood and more, but of course, it depends on what you have to offer!" - Adriana smiled, already decided on which position to take.
"… how can we trust you?" Bellady asked.
"Lieutenant!" - A black woman screamed, but Belladi ignored her.
"You think I'm a Sorceress, indeed I am, but I'm not the type you think." - Adriana said calmly, making everyone even more alert.
"Like this?" Belladi frowned.
"Do you know what Chaos is and what Order is?" - Asked Adriana, wanting to use the new concept learned.
"Order is what all laws are made of, giving meaning to it, like the fact that if I drop this mug it will fall to the ground, or how gunpowder is used as a fuse for your muskets." - Adriana said calmly.
"But the Order is not something good, but neutral, a law that balances good and evil!" - Adriana said calmly, slowly getting up and alarming everyone.
She went to a torch, reaching out her hand and soon "caught" the fire. - "Through certain practice and knowledge, it is possible to manipulate the many concepts that make up the Order, since we belong to it!"
"What about Chaos?" Bellady asked.
"Chaos is the opposite of order, something that cannot be explained by science or magic, something that mortal minds like ours are unable to comprehend even a slight fraction, something far beyond what we can imagine!" -Adriana said what she understood about Chaos.
"He is somewhat illogical, an example would be suddenly in the cemetery, all the tombs move and the corpses start to rise and having an immense hatred for the living, craving their flesh and increase their numbers!" - Said Adriana a simple but practical example.
"Chaos is something that opposes Order, like the creatures that are born from the great walls, the vast majority, illogical beasts that only know how to kill and hunt, for some unknown reason, aiming at the extermination of sentient races like ours!" - Adriana explained giving an example of the creatures of this world.
"But even though they are opposites, in some cases, Order and Chaos can mix, but only in case Chaos corrupts and takes something considered Order! An example is the very creatures that come out of the wall, their bodies have concepts of Order, they exist because of it, but Chaos corrupts them, making them stronger and with superior vitality, so even decapitating them, crushing every part of their body, they might keep moving and wanting to kill you!"
"Was that an adequate enough explanation?" - Asked Adriana looking at Belladi.
"You speak of interesting knowledge, but that only you have science, not to mention the fact that you yourself informed us about not even knowing about Sorceresses, denotes that you are not a civilized person, but you talk like us and you have so much knowledge! " Bellady said.
"… wow, you are a smart and attentive woman, but in fact, I have never lived in any city, as well as I do not know concepts and types of speech, I only know your language due to other reasons." - Adriana said calmly.
"But know that I am here peacefully, for example… shoot!" - Adriana said looking at her, smiling. - "Shoot my head, chest, wherever you want, I will not use my Magic to defend myself, only my physical body!"
Belladi frowned.
"Know that I have a body tougher than metal, your weapons are useless against me, they won't even leave a scratch on-"
BANG!
Adriana, in the middle of her lines, took a flint bolt to her forehead, her head jerked back, before snarling, she glared at Belladi. - "I almost bit my tongue!"
Her eyes landed on a man with a smoking flintlock pistol, she sighed. - "If you want to keep testing, go ahead!" - She said and...
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
She started getting targeted, losing hundreds and in some cases thousands of HP!
This is dangerous, as she has less than 30,000 HP, but there are few of them.
When the barrage of gunfire ceased, Adriana was unharmed due to [Gamer's Body].
"It saw? Now, how about a negotiation that could benefit both parties?" Adriana smiled at Belladi.
...
Belladi was forced to accept having to invite Adriana, taking her to his mansion in the center of the city, the richest area.
The news of the Enchantress being escorted there instead of jail or being executed, stunned everyone in town.
"If you have something you want to ask, go ahead!" - Adriana said smiling.
"I'm just thinking to myself..." - Belladi said.
"And even? I hope it's not about trying to poison me, it hardly harms me." - Adriana said, Belladi was silent.
As they exited the carriage carrying them, Adriana again found herself at gunpoint, she sighed. - 'This is annoying...' - She thought and looked at Belladi.
Belladi waved her hand and a man came towards her. - "What is this about?" - He asked seriously.
"That Sorceress might come in handy!" - Said Belladi, but completed. - "And our weapons are useless against her unless we bring the cannons!"
The man frowned and looked at Adriana who said. - "If you shoot me, I swear you will lose your arm, my patience has limits!"
He gritted his teeth, breaking out in a cold sweat, but looking at Belladi, he pushed through.
Then Adriana was taken to the mansion, a beautifully decorated room, where a table with appetizers was soon being prepared.
Adriana wasn't very interested in them, they don't look that tasty.
"What is your purpose in my city?" Bellady asked.
Adriana has many ideas, but what she wants at the moment is knowledge of this world, how they are able to endure for so many years, what are the hybrid races out there and among other things.
"I am looking for people who can be of value to me!" - Adriana said calmly.
"…for what exactly?" Belladi frowned.
"How about I show you?" - Adriana smiled, Belladi became alert.
Adriana got up and opened a portal, Belladi got up abruptly and backed away, some soldiers did the same while pointing their weapons.
"No need to fear, if I wanted to harm you, I would have dragged you instead of asking." - Adriana said extending her hand to Belladi.
Belladi grunted lightly, thinking long and hard before moving forward, she isn't doing this out of curiosity or greed, but out of hope!
She knows that if she continues as she is, it won't be even 10 years before the city collapses and they will have to sacrifice many to go to another designated place.
Adriana who claims to be a Sorceress and has demonstrated powers that only some extremely powerful races have and much more, she is very peculiar.
Her subordinates shouted at her, trying to stop her, but she grabbed Adriana's hand, who led her to the portal.
Belladi frowned with his eyes closed, slowly opening them and looking into what appeared to be the inside of a cave.
"Where is it?" - She asked frowning.
"Another world!" - Adriana said, Belladi was quiet, frowning.
"I am not from your world, I am a unique being!" - Adriana said smiling, trying to sound as ambiguous as possible.
"You are God?" - Belladi asked shocked, Adriana just smiled and didn't answer.
"Follow me!" - Adriana said, guiding her to the cave entrance, but putting her hands over her eyes in the process.
Belladi didn't understand and Adriana said. - "In this world there is something called the Sun, something so bright that for your eyes that have never seen anything like this, it can blind you!"
This surprised Belladi, so she felt slight twinges in her eyes and realized her vision had blurred.
"I'm using magic to affect your eyesight, reducing your sensitivity to light and protecting you, something like sunglasses, but you don't have to worry about knowing what that is." - Adriana said, guiding her to the entrance.
Slowly Belladi felt that everything became so clear, but it wasn't painful, because because of what Adriana did to her eyes, she quickly adjusted, realizing that the world was brighter and more colorful than ever.
"Know Belladi, your world is abnormal, it's amazing how you live without a Sun!" - Adriana said calmly.
"Sun… it's beautiful…" - She said looking at the skies, but Adriana covered her eyes. - "It's beautiful indeed, but don't look at it too much or you might go blind!"
Belladi nodded, then looked around, smelling it and realizing that the air is purest, the purest of his life!
'Incredible…'-She thought in wonder, until she noticed Adriana extending her hand to her, there is something strange in her palm.
She recognized it as some kind of fruit, it's an apple, but it didn't exist in her world.
"Try it!" - Said Adriana, Belladi caught him, she wasn't doubting, even because, being able to bring him to another world, to kill her poisoned? It makes no sense!
So she tasted the apple, where she felt slight pains and her face contorted a little, it was sweet... very sweet, it's one of the sweetest things she's ever eaten in her life.
But it wasn't bad, in fact it was delicious!
"This is called Apple, I have many other foods rich in flavor and variety, you will be able to plant in this world without fear!" - Adriana said and Belladi looked at her.
"You… what exactly do you want from me and my people?" - Asked Belladi, she was already full of hope and excitement, having an idea of what it is.
"Belladi, I travel between worlds, I have access to thousands of worlds of all possible types, worlds comparable in danger to yours or even more dangerous, this world for example, it is less dangerous than yours." - Adriana said calmly, then hugging Belladi's waist, surprising her, then the two began to fly.
It made Belladi wonderful, being able to fly in the skies was amazing!
"You know, this is a wild world, without any civilization, just wild beasts, a world that follows the laws of the jungle, that is-"
"A pure world!" - Said Belladi interrupting her and Adriana nodded.
"I want under my rule, you bring capable and adequate people, who will develop a huge and amazing city, will develop, grow in numbers and will be able to support me, in return, I will give them protection and opportunities for growth!" - Adriana said calmly.
"To put it simply, I want you and your people to be the foundation for a gigantic and prosperous nation that will be subordinate to me alone, explore the world, explore new lands, discover resources, do whatever you want, even if you want to destroy the world. world, but my orders will be absolute!" - Adriana said coldly and Belladi listened attentively.
Soon the two were at the top of the mountain, looking at the vast horizon.
Belladi slowly looked up at Adriana, before lowering his head and body, dropping to his knees without hesitation.
"I, Belladi Moticrus, accept Your Holiness as my only Goddess, I will serve you for the rest of my life!" - Belladi said intensely.
Adriana was surprised when she would say something.
[You have received "Faith"!]
'Ok... this is getting weird!' - Adriana thought, but decided to leave all doubts for another moment.
"I'm Adriana Scarlet, that's the name I use in this life, more than that, you don't need to know!" - Adriana said calmly and Belladi nodded.
"And know that I don't want greedy, greedy pigs, filthy trash that will corrupt this pristine world, I want smart, capable people, you understand?" - Asked Adriana and Belladi answered.
"I understand, a pure and wonderful world, without worldly ambitions!" - Belladi said with some passion in his tone.
Adriana nodded.
"I want you to be my representative, my voice for your people, as well as a future Ruler, who will take care of welcoming people from other worlds!" - Adriana said calmly.
Belladi's eyes lit up at this, a flame springing to her eyes.
Adriana smiled, she decided to take the position of a divine being, it will help her a lot to develop this world, creating a Religious Empire, which she will be able to use entire Legions to invade worlds.
Just thinking about the likelihood of forcibly taking worlds and getting resources made her happy.
She understands that this will bring losses, they are lives, but… she lived for almost 1 century in the past, killed many and did atrocious things.
All she wants now is to be so powerful that no one would dare cause her problems, let alone consider such a possibility.
For this she needs strength and power, which she will achieve by having a nation under her control, collecting the resources of that Tier 4 world, in the future taking resources from Tier 5 Worlds or even Tier 6!
From that moment on, she will create a powerful empire that will accumulate knowledge from different worlds, create research centers for all kinds of energy and new machines!
Adriana was thinking about her glorious future and smiling.
…
Soon Adriana returned with Belladi to that luxurious room, where Belladi made everyone put down their weapons.
"I will leave, please take your time!" - Said Belladi with respect, Adriana nodded and lightly waved her hands.
…
Adriana was lying alone in the room with only a few terrified maids.
She ignored them, just decided to talk to her girls and break the good news, where they all reacted quite neutrally, with Ajacky refraining from giving her opinion, while Luria said:
- I understand your approach, but you are not going to raise our children in that kind of religious environment, please! They will treat you like a Goddess in the literal sense of things, we, your women, will just be the "mortals" you chose to conceive your children!
Adriana understood her concerns and replied:
- I know my love, I will use this world to collect resources and research, I would never raise our children in this environment, we will be able to choose a common modern world, stay in disguise and become successful women, while my clones progress!
After that, they talked more lightly and pleasantly.
A while later, Belladi returned, saying with respect. - "Sorry to keep you waiting ma'am, I've already dispatched all the troops and sent invitations to the people I know will please you!"
"Good to know, now tell me what I need to know about the city, I don't even know its name!" - Adriana said calmly.
"This is Nilka Fortress City, ruled by the Nilka Royal Family, the first to colonize this city and bring order to it, under their rule we have been able to prosper for the past 80 years!" - Belladi said calmly.
"So the Royal Family only rules this city, or are there others?" - Asked Adriana curious.
"Just that, we don't have the resources or personnel to colonize other cities!" Bellady replied.
"They must have already been alerted to my presence, why haven't they done anything yet?" - Asked Adriana having some ideas.
"…" - Belladi was silent, not because she didn't want to answer, but because she was ashamed!
"Most likely they are waiting…" - She said looking away.
Adriana was confused and curious. - "Waiting for what?"
"What you will do… it is known that the Sorceresses that appear among the Creatures of the Deep, are extremely powerful and guide hordes of monsters… they must be preparing the escape route…" - Belladi said keeping his calm.
"… this Nilka Family sounded interesting to me, but… running away?" - Adriana was speechless.
She thought that the aggressive and courageous way people had been dealing with her so far, the Royal Family and others would prepare an ambush, she expected a lot of things, but running away…
"The Nilka Royal Family, 30 years ago, suffered a severe coup d'état, causing the death of the King and several Princes, Princess Nakai Nilka, current Queen, married one of the Duchess houses and a new King was crowned… since so the Royal Family is full of corruption and cowards!" - Belladi said calmly.
"What about you and your Moticrus Family?" - Asked Adriana.
"I am the first in my family, I achieved such a position through military feats, as well as the fact that one of the Princes took an interest in me!" - Belladi said without hesitation.
"You're beautiful, the most beautiful woman I've seen since I arrived in this town, understandable that they're interested in you." - Adriana said smiling.
"It is an honor to please you!" - Said Belladi happy for the compliment.
Adriana laughed lightly and wanted to know more, especially about the races, what it was all about.
That's when Belladi informed him about the science of this world and how they created a kind of Universal Breeding Reagent!
In simpler terms, it is possible to conceive children through the copulation of pure humans with other species, mainly humanoids that have greater chances of success.
In the case of copulating with beasts, it will mostly result in dangerous and deadly creatures, which are mostly irrational, so they focus on humanoids, greater chances of generating intelligence.
Adriana found this very interesting. - 'Lily will be interested in this…' - She thought.
Adriana asked about the races and how the people hold up against the Creatures of the Deep.
Naturally it is difficult and arduous, the story of their ancestors is that they lived in high places with greater ease of protection, as they could bring down the Creatures of the Depths, but there was the problem of the flyers.
Others lived underground, that's where the population grew and made friends with other species, which were not hostile.
Together with that, the Researchers appeared, who gave humanity the opportunity to breathe in this cruel world!
The researchers managed to give birth to many hybrids that helped to strengthen humanity, with the passage of time firearms and especially Cannons emerged.
The silver gunpowder, which deals extra damage to Creatures of the Deep, thus being able to pierce their tough skin like steel plates with ease!
Knowing about the "Silver Gunpowder" interested Adriana, asking more about it, where Belladi brought a piece for her to analyze.
[Silver Gunpowder(Legendary): A radiant gunpowder blessed by the Order itself, capable of dealing massive damage to creatures of Chaos!]
Adriana's eyes sparkled and she asked. - 'System, if I devour this, couldn't I get closer to having control over the Order?'
[Not necessarily! The Order is composed of countless types of energies that can appear at any moment or disappear, the gunpowder in front of you is just one of the many ways that the Order manifests itself, this one in particular was created with the intention of causing damage to Chaos!]
[You can absorb it and thus acquire Chaos-resisting capabilities in certain respects. But note that this is Consumable Energy and not craftable!]
'Consumable and not craftable… does that mean I have to constantly devour that energy to use it? Can't I make her mine?' - Adriana was confused.
[Exactly! As stated before, there is no Resistance against Chaos, there are ways to prevent it, but not overcome it!]
Adriana sighed.
"Everything is fine?" - Asked Belladi worried about Adriana sighing.
"It's nothing, I just found out that I can't get stronger..." - Adriana said sighing, leaving Belladi confused.
"This [Silver Gunpowder] has a lot of Order energy, which manifested itself in a way to go against Chaos, I thought that if I devoured it, it might develop my immunity to Chaos and a permanent means of dealing with it… unfortunately it's not. possible!" - Adriana said sighing.
"Amazing… but why isn't it possible?" - Asked Belladi shocked.
"Is it possible to reuse gunpowder that has been burned?" - Asked Adriana and Belladi nodded.
"It's the same concept. Unfortunately I can't continually recreate the same type of energy within my body or come up with a method of developing forces that deal with Chaos, but… are there other resources with similar properties, or is gunpowder the only one you've found?" - Asked Adriana.
"There is Divine Silver and Glittering Gold, they are extremely rare and scarce materials, creating blades and bullets, it is even possible to kill the Pit Kings!" Bellady said.
"And even? Do you have mines from these places?!" - Asked Adriana with bright eyes, because if they exist, she will be able to create receptacles with the material, thus creating a renewable source of that energy, to be able to use and face the Chaos Creatures on an equal footing!
"…unfortunately we don't, we lost the ability to replenish Divine Silver and Glittering Gold almost 100 years ago, our Kingdom which was most prosperous back then, was invaded by endless hordes of Creatures from the Deep and in the end we were destroyed, Fortress City of Nilka we currently live in is just a remnant of the past…" - Belladi said sadly.
"I understand… but do you have locations where it is possible to collect these ores?" - Asked Adriana.
"I don't have, because it's been less than 5 years since I took my current position, such knowledge, only the oldest families will have!" Bellady said.
"I see… then I have to meet this Royal Family soon, anyway, tell me about yourself!" - Adriana said smiling and Belladi was confused.
"I want to know more about my representative, I want to know how much support and power I can give her!" - Adriana said smiling.
Belladi understood, so he said. - "I have been a soldier since I was 13 years old, I used my body and beauty from an early age to have high positions and opportunities to demonstrate my skills to maintain security and public order in the city!"
'She wasn't the slightest bit ashamed to say that she used her body that way, but… I respect that, she doesn't want to hide anything from me, maybe she thinks I know everything?'- Adriana thought smiling and Belladi continued.
"I am a First Lieutenant in the Armed Forces, leading a troop of 12 individuals, I also recently acquired the position of Viscountess and the right to a surname!" Bellady said.
"Personally I'm not a pure woman, both in body and mentality, I've done things that could be considered atrocious and unforgivable to get where I am, but I don't regret it! I understand if you wish to change your rep in the future, I just hope I am rewarded for my efforts and have a place in your world!" - Said Belladi getting straight to the point.
Belladi knows herself better than anyone, she believes that a religious figure, a representative of the Divine, must be someone pure and innocent, she doesn't fit that, but...
"You are perfect for what I want, Belladi!" - Adriana said to her surprise and euphoria.
"Many religions and nations try to show the image of a pure and perfect representative in everyone's eyes, I particularly despise such an idea, as gentle and innocent Saints and Heroes can be easily manipulated!" - Adriana said seriously.
"You may not be a virgin, you may have killed and tortured, done horrendous things, but that doesn't interest me, what I'm looking for is someone with a strong and determined mind, everything you've said about yourself, your sincerity in not hiding those facts from me, just makes me sure to choose you and thank my luck for having found you!" - Adriana said smiling.
"Thank you very much!" - Belladi said emotionally, if she was a little more sensitive, she could be crying right now.
Adriana smiled, Belladi really fits her tastes.