"Damia my dear what have you been able to figure out about our mysterious tailor, that Odarr wants to recruit," Orena asked me as soon as I had gotten back and informed her of my success
"I can tell you why she is currently not in a faction my lady I can also tell you why she has not been recruited since she was removed from a faction roughly 24 months ago before that much of her time is being protected" I answered while kneeling on the ground she made a motion at me telling me to get on with it "she was recruited right of the bat by a small faction that had next to zero followers kind of like ours but she got in a relationship with a higher tier god, but the relationship was broken off when she had discovered that he did not want to marry her at all, he was pretty much just using her for sex and the like"
"and let me guess when she would not put out anymore, they kicked her to the curb which makes them dumb" I watched as my lady snorted in disgust at what could only be filth "any major problems that we would need to account for also why has she not been approached from the larger pantheons in recruitment"
"she is not in debt to anyone for coins she completely owns the store and land she set up on by claiming it as hers and defending it in multiple arena battles and the reason she has not joined a larger pantheon is that they want a piece of her profits so they can fuel their warrior deities to fight for them" I answered quickly "she may love money, people think she was extremely poor in life and she will not give it up if there is not something of equal value"
"where are her soul warriors for I can see none protecting her" I can already feel myself getting angry on her behalf
"her sworn warriors broke the contract between them and choose to reincarnate instead of staying with the lady they swore to protect" I quickly grab a plate and throw it at the wall in anger "they betrayed their oaths the one thing that all soul warriors consider sacred that some go their whole afterlife without getting and they threw it away"
That was a truth I was not making up at all for every low deity there are over a 100 soul warriors and that number jumps expectedly there is no way for every soul warrior to have a god. It just not possible and for a group of soul warriors to throw it away when hundreds would fall to their knees to become hers, but she has been burned and now she will probably never trust again not truly always wondering is today the day that I lost this small amount of protection I have been afforded. I hear my lady ask in a dangerous tone of voice "why are her horns damaged?"
I kneel quickly because I know this is going to make her upset "the god that she was in a relationship targeted her in an arena match using someone in his pantheon, as you know when you win in the arena you have to deal with the wounds yourself, so they destroyed her horns and then forfeited, they marred her my lady they took everything they could from her but her shop and the only reason they cannot take her shop is that they have nothing they can do with it and the other pantheons would destroy them for targeting her holy ground"
I could feel it for a spilt second my lady had given off extremely cruel energy and at that moment I knew she was perfect for a god of war and this was the women I could always follow into battle "I see, I see… what is the strongest god in that faction my dear and do they have any alliance whatsoever"
"a level sixteen wind god and he is the head of the pantheon and it appears he is basing his leaders on the various elements themselves anyone who doesn't use an element has no say in how the pantheon works and they have no alliances whatsoever" I could see it the smile that told me that all of this was probably going to end up in lord Odarr's hands and when he was strong enough he would destroy them "would lord Odarr do this for free my lady"
I see her burst into laughter at my question.
"Damia, when Odarr learned that she might have destroyed her horns to protect herself, I saw it, the Oni side, he has already marked her as his and is in the process of bringing her into the Pantheon it's not that he will not do this, it's that I was worried that he was going to be kind and hurt himself emotionally by being his normal self, now I have no worries whatsoever Odarr will rage" I could see it the Oni side that we try to keep buried the part the lust for bloodshed and death and war "he will destroy this faction and crush it like a bug so no I am not worried not at all, I just can not wait to see him do it because it is going to be beautiful leaving, them with their main holy ground and nothing else"
I could see it happening because when Lord Odarr trains, I can see it the future of our race of Oni warriors will monsters in combat, but there is another side that I and my lady have seen the side that works in the ground with plants, I heard speak with a low tone of voice "I just need to stall him until he is ready to destroy this faction in its entirely and keep his blood cool enough that he won't just rush into battle"
"I do not think you need to worry my lady; Lord Odarr is not a hot head in battle he is a calm planner" she sighed in agreement "but do you think we should tell him immediately"
"no need I have heard everything already" I heard from behind me as a door open up and I could feel him I may not have been able to see him but I could feel it his rage, a red hot inferno of rage and his magic was barely staying leashed "they will die but only when I am ready"
"spying are we dear Odarr," my lady asked with a coy smile almost like a cat who got the canary.
"I was passing by when I heard her report about the soul warriors and throw a plate I only stayed around to make sure everything was ok" Odarr spoke to my lady softly most likely barely restraining himself from going to do what ha really would like to do "and I am giving you a single Order Damia find out how many Gods there are in that Pantheon"
I looked at my lady because as much as I respect Odarr he is not married to my lady they are still in courtship, when I see her nod slowly I speak quickly "yes Lord Odarr"
"I am letting it go this one time Odarr don't command my warriors unless you want to claim me properly" the growl he gave my lady was 1 part anger the rest surprised me pure lust
"Do not tempt me right now Orena, I am going to claim you but only when we are equals not while I am weaker" he spoke to her and then started moving away as my lady looked stunned
"my lady are you ok," I asked nervously
"he said it he finally said it" the look of love she gave Lord Odarr's back was truly terrifying