Chapter 159 - Impossible Task: Into The Swamps arc (14)

Look... I'm sorry for I did last time. I should not have thrown the grenades at you. It was a petty move on my part, and I want to make up for it, so I've decided that I'm going to let you out of here for a while." Arnold apologised to Natasha who was still angry with him as he had killed her the last time they met.

She might've been angry but as Arnold mentioned the word 'outside' she immediately did a 180 and forgot about it all finally gave in to his pretence.

"A-Alright. Apology accepted. Just let me out already!" Natasha wailed while swinging her luscious body.

"Alright! But you'll have to wear this collar first." Arnold said and handed the beast collar, to the confused looking succubus.

"What's this?" she asked, carefully scanning the metallic collar from every direction.

"Just something to make you invisible. If the humans there saw someone practically n.a.k.e.d like you, only God knows what will happen afterwards." Arnold replied with a weird smile on his face.

He had already planned it all. Talos was supposed to be hiding inside Arnold's room and analyse the situation. In case the collar didn't work or Natasha tried to pull a stunt, he was instructed to immediately deal with her as he was immune to her charisma. Arnold initially wanted to try it out inside the portal but then Talos pointed out that Arnold might not be able to know whether Natasha was abiding by his command due to the effect of the collar or as a result of his authority over the domain, another reason was that, as he was planning to use Natasha for combat for the first time, he needed to make sure that the collar would work as it was supposed to in the real world. Thus Talos recommended him to call her out to clear his doubts and assured Arnold, he'll take care of her, if things went south.

'For now, I'll do as you please human. Hiding my presence won't hide my charisma. I'll make sure you're dead as soon as I'm out of here, but I won't make it easy nor would I use any weapons, I'll let you feel pleasure for one last time while I drain your soul out of your body!' Natasha was still inside Arnold's domain yet she had already plotting to kill him.

With both the sides ready to kill each other should the need arise, Natasha wore the metallic collar which suited very well with her brazen wild look. As much as Arnold hated to admit it, she looked kinda cool, but then again it was supposed to be like that as she was a succubus, that too a high tier succubus.

Her charisma was over 400, while the other stats were mediocre, she was still stronger than his normal summons. She could easily fend off her enemies on her own and if she couldn't then she'd make them fall for her and force them to kill themselves. Once someone was charmed by her, it was nearly impossible for them to defy her. Arnold himself had almost fallen into this trap along with almost all of his summons. If it wasn't for Talos and his group of automatons, Arnold would've certainly been dead right now. Even when he was inside his domain, he was only being able to resist her charm because of his authority over the domain.

Before they left the portal Arnold made sure to check if Natasha had properly worn the collar or not and sure enough she had not fastened the lock behind her neck. This almost made Arnold want to stuff her up with the grenades once again but he remained calm and locked it the way it was supposed to. But the moment he did that, the collar started glowing in blue light. Natasha's eyes were giving off the same coloured hue as well.

'Did it work?'

It was the first thought that crossed his mind as the blue light slowly faded away.

'Nothing seems to be different though...' Arnold thought while he circled around the succubus, 'I should take her out now, wait, on a second thought, let's test it out here first I don't see any harm doing that but to make sure the collar is working, let's make her do something she wouldn't do otherwise not even if use my authority on her...'

"Hey, Natasha?" The evil smile reappeared in his face, "Go and slap Asterios."

"Yes, master," Natasha mumbled and turned around, swaying her body around like a p.r.o.s.t.i.t.u.t.e.

"Wait! Don't do it." Arnold stopped her as she was about to enter the building inside the domain, "If you slap him, he'll definitely kill you, and then I'll have to wait for an hour to test the effects of the collar outside the domain... instead why don't you go and kiss Bad-Breath? He'll be so happy, um... yes please do that instead."

Arnold had made sure his command was loud and clear, still, Natasha didn't take a single step towards the building... she was resisting his command.

"This woman... she was willing to slap someone who would've definitely kill her but she wouldn't go ahead to kiss someone else? What is she, an honourable succubus?" Arnold mumbled while scratching his beard, "Well... I don't blame her for that, after all, there's a reason why I named him Bad-Breath, I think he has a special secret ability that makes his breath smell so bad, but that's the reason why I ordered her to kiss him because no one in their right mind would do something as crazy as that. Also, her disobedience calls for some punishment doesn't it?'

He gave her the same command again, but once again she refused to do so, leaving Arnold no choice but to 'punish' her. He snapped his fingers and the collar once again started glowing but this time it turned red, and a moment later the red glow turned into red lightning and surged through the body. Her screams filled the void.

Even someone like Arnold, who hated her from bottom of his heart couldn't bear to watch the sight or so he'd like to think, but in reality, he turned around because the lighting was too bright for him to see. By the time the collar stopped electrocuting Natasha, she had already started walking towards the doors... despite her horrifying screams, her appearance remained unchanged.

"Weird... I thought she'd look like a roasted chicken after all that lightning." Arnold mumbled and followed her inside the building.