I dodged the blood spikes that emerged from underground then used my telekinesis to lift Snowflake off the ground, making her avoid the blood spikes. I tossed Snowflake to the sky and parried one of the Beast's attacks then palmed its chest, blowing a hole straight through his body.
Snowflake screamed as she began falling back down. "Sera! Sera! Catch me! Please! I beg!"
I caught Snowflake using my telekinesis then surrounded her body with metal. I swung her around, striking the Beasts. The impact of the blow killed the Beasts instantly. I set Snowflake down and she was dizzy. She covered her mouth then ran to a bush to throw up. I walked over to her and crouched down, patting her back.
"I can't handle this much action...These beasts have been killing all the innocent wanderers who got lost in the forest. It's a curse.." Snowflake said then stood up slowly. She wiped her mouth and looked around.
"They've stopped coming." I said then looked around the area.
Snowflake held my arm and leaned against me. "I'm so tired..."
I looked at her then looked ahead. 'We can't rest here...She will die if we are stationary for too long.'
I used my telekinesis to put Snowflake on my back and held her legs. I summoned two Calamity Knights to assist me in battle. I summoned a stack of cards and sighed. "We're playing the gambling game again. Please RNG Goddess..."
I pulled a card and had a neutral reaction to it. "Fortify. Not bad."
Fortify, a card that is used to boost the defense of my summons and allows them to regenerate for five minutes. It wasn't a bad card, but it doesn't help me much.
The cards disappeared and I had to wait an hour before I could pull another Card of Fate. Cards of Fate are a Dark Lord's and Overlord's best friend and worst enemy. Each card gives a random chance for anything to happen. It could be a card that boosts the stats of a summon or it could warp reality and cause any event possible to happen or it could just outright kill you.
The Cards of Fate were created by the Original Dark Lord to put limiters on all Overlords and Dark Lords, but there's a loophole. Although you can only draw one card per hour, there's a way to pull multiple cards and even more rare cards. You'll have to draw a Battle Card which causes a random battle to happen and if the battle is won, you'll be able to draw another card within the same hour and the harder the battle the better the rewards.
Enough of me explaining my most broken and useless hax. We are still lost in Falgami Forest with no end to the torturous maze. Snowflake had fallen asleep as I tried to find a correct path. I stopped walking once I noticed I entered a section that had four roads.
I closed my eyes and used my senses to listen to each path. Three of the paths were quiet while one had whispers. I took the path with the whispers and entered another section with four paths. I followed the same procedure, and soon the whispers began to grow louder.
I walked down a path and noticed I stumbled upon a ruined town within the forest and the whispers were the loudest. Snowflake's ears flicked and she woke up then immediately fully woke up, noticing where we were.
"The Falgami Castle..." Snowflake said in awe.
I noticed the horde of beasts looking in our direction then a massive three headed beast got up and looked in our direction.
"Falgami..?" Snowflake asked in shock.
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"Scarlet! Where's Khiarok and Seraphim?" Asuka asked.
"How should I know?" Scarlet asked as she brushed her hair in the mirror.
"Their commander was looking for them to warn them about the Falgami Forest as new information about the forest was reported!" Asuka said.
Scarlet stopped brushing her hair and looked at Asuka from the mirror. "New information about that cursed forest? What is it?"
"The Old King...he's alive." Asuka said.
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"He's corrupted..!" Snowflake squeaked. "In fact all of these beasts are corrupted! That's why these people are dying! It's because of them!"
I looked at the beasts then set Snowflake down. "They seem to be the ones behind this curse. If I kill them now, we can escape this forest."
"But there's so many of them! How are you going to take them all by yourself?!" Snowflake asked and held my arm. "Sera-"
I smirked and looked back at Snowflake. "Don't worry."
I made her let me go then my dark aura surged powerfully around my body. I began to transform into my Overlord Form then chuckled darkly. "Listen up all of you!" I bellowed and gave myself the Taunt Status, forcing all the beasts to focus on me.
They growled at me and began inching toward me.
"I am Seraphim Crimson! I am most feared Overlord across the multiverse! I'm in a fighting mood, so come one and come all! Test your luck." I said and crossed my arms, standing still.
The beasts roared and rushed toward me. The Calamity Knights rushed to battle and killed nearly every beast with one blow. The Calamity Knights had insanely high attack power and potency. It was no surprise to me that they took down the beasts in one hit.
Falgami roared at me then fired multiple orbs of dark energy at the sky. The orbs began to rain down toward me. I used my telekinesis to redirect them back to Falgami and each one struck his body. Falgami shook his heads then looked at me, growling. He charged toward me and slashed with his claws.
I dodged his attack then perfectly parried his next attack. One of his heads tried to bite me, but an invisible strike blew his head off, causing him to roar in pain.
"Whoa...she's barely even trying and she's absolutely destroying him." Snowflake said as she watched in awe.
'Yes, my darling Snowflake. Keep watching greatness before your very eyes.' I thought to myself and smirked evilly. 'Become captivated by my presence.'
I continued to evade Falgami's attacks then palmed his chest with my Dark Divine Hand then a massive hole was blown in his body. Falgami roared and fell to the ground then dark aura surrounded his body and be transformed from a beast to a man. He stood up and summoned a large demonic spear. Falgami had long black hair, ominous red eyes, and a large muscular build.
"Seraphim Crimson...A name I recognize. Your name was widely known across the Realms. I will finally have my chance...a chance to kill you." Falgami said. His voice was rather deep.
"Come then, Legend. I should warn you, I bite hard..~" I chuckled.
Falgami launched himself toward me at invisible speeds then slashed at me. I dodged the attack then summoned my sword and slashed back at him. He blocked my attack then we entered a lock. I smirked and went for a punch, but he caught my hand. I used his hand to perform hand gestures then kicked him away.
"Burning Blossom Bomb!" I bellowed then blew a large flame at him in the shape of a cherry blossom.
He dodged the flame then the attack exploded upon contact on a tree. He looked back at the tree. "They don't call your the Master of All for nothing."
"You're right, they don't. How about you surrender now and save yourself the embarrassment in front of my wife." I said.
"W-WIFE?!" Snowflake said in shock.
Falgami looked at Snowflake then smirked. "Wife huh. Interesting that you would choose someone like her over a God who could give you much more."
"It isn't about what a God could give me. I take what I like and destroy whatever the hell I want. I feel like destroying you and taking your soul as a souvenir. Now tell me, do you want the long easy way, or the long hard way?" I said and readied my sword.
"Give me your worst." Falgami said then readied his spear.
Falgami summoned multiple energy spears and shot them all at me one by one. The energy spears began to slow down and stop inches away from my body.
"What happened..?" Snowflake asked.
"Is this Space Manipulation..?" Falgami asked. "You-"
Falgami's eyes widened and coughed blood as I appeared in front of him at immeasurable speeds and struck his gut.
"There's more!" I bellowed and grabbed his hand then began to strike his gut with a barrage of punches. I tossed him up to the air then kicked him away.
Falgami groaned as his back hit a tree. He grunted and looked directly at me. He felt powerful distortions in space happening around him.
"Disappear." I said then snapped my fingers.
A massive repulsive force of energy pushed everything away with intense amounts of force. Falgami groaned loudly as he crashed through multiple trees then landed on the ground and rolled on his side. I dashed ahead at teleporting speeds then kneed his face as he stood up. I blew him away with another repulsive force of energy then teleported above him and palmed his back.
Falgami coughed blood then was blown to the ground at high speeds. I raised my arms and a massive rock pillar rose him up to the sky.
"Say goodbye. Doombringer!" I bellowed and my arm shined brightly. I impaled his chest with my arm, ripping his soul right out of his body. I absorbed his soul then watched as his body slowly turned into ashes.
Snowflake panted as she finally caught up to me. She looked up and noticed the rock pillar. She watched me descend to the ground then hurried to me. "Seraphim!"
I looked at Snowflake and smiled at her. I spun the Falgami Summon Card on my finger. "Now we can summon Falgami to battle."
"You just captured a Legendary Hero...I have to document this! Wait...what you did was heroic. Doesn't that go against the logic of universal nature?" Snowflake asked.
"I guess it does..~ Besides, I just couldn't let them hurt you. That's my job..~" I said then leaned forward and whispered in her ear.
Snowflake's face turned into a deep red and her tail began swaying quickly. She began to purr the more I whispered in her ear. She softly panted then pushed my face away. "S-Stop..! Haah..~ Haah..~ I can't handle anymore.."
"If I turn you on just from my sweet nothings, just imagine what we can do in bed." I smiled then began to walk off.
Snowflake watched me. She had a blush running across her face. She began to chase after me. "Wait up!"
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"So your Overlord Form. What do you call it?" Snowflake asked.
"I call it the Crimson Goddess. The Form enables me to become a higher tier of Nigh-Omnipotence. What you just witnessed was something light. I wasn't even going five percent." I answered.
Snowflake wrote down notes in her journal and hummed. Her tail was wrapped around my waist. "I hope to experience your full power soon."
I smiled and stopped walking. We stood upon a cliff and looked down at the vast state of Floragrance. "Here we are. Floragrance. This is where Ataraxia and Mona supposedly are."
"Floragrance is rather huge, but it'll be a great time to survey the area for the Corporation. The better the data, the easier we can expand." Snowflake said.
"Right...well let's get started." I said.
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A woman wearing a nun outfit and a white cloak walked down a path with a young girl and her Mecha Knight. They noticed some Corrupted Pawns had appeared in front of them.
"Little Mona. Let us not show mercy against our adversaries." The woman smiled and summoned her cross.
"Okay! We will win for the Protection Corporation!" Mona said then readied her paintbrush. The Mecha got ready and the eyes shined on it.
To Be Continued...