Chapter 77 - Subjugation (3)

For some reason, an undead was on top of the wall as it struck the guard that was situated there. As the guard was bit, he fell and landed outside of the wall. His limbs folded on the wrong way, stilled. The undead followed suit as it was shot by a mana bullet. Emersyn jumped over the wall and aimed at the guard who was slowly turning into an undead.

"Haaa… damn this," she muttered as she ran on top of the wall to eliminate possible threats. Once she was done double checking, she started gunning down every undead she saw below. She left saving people to Elodiaren and two new additions, possibly the heroes. But they weren't as efficient as Elodiaren who could strike down an undead cleanly and in one hit. After knowing their weakness, the heroes increased their efficiency, but they were slowly being corroded by the dark energy. Emersyn clicked her tongue. She jumped down from the wall and ran towards the hero that had the most difficult bearing out of the three that joined the fray.

When she arrived next to him, Reno was surprised to see a woman holding her own against these corrosive undead. Once he got the sight of that beautiful woman, his hands slowed down as his eyes never tore off from Emersyn.

"I will inject neutral energy into your body, whoever you are, to neutralize the dark energy in your body, if that is okay with you." Even her voice sounded like a melody. He couldn't get enough of that.

"Okay," he agreed. "I am Reno, by the way."

"Emersyn," she replied as she cut down a few undead.

"You're quite proficient in this..."

"I've done a lot worse."

Suddenly, Reno could feel a clean energy fighting the corrosive energy in his body.

"Fight with it, Reno. If you don't, it would just be for naught."

"I will."

"For now, focus there and leave the fighting to me."

"Thank you, Emersyn."

"No problem."

After three hours, and Emersyn triple checked the city, she sighed in relief as she didn't see any more threats. However, when she saw that princess approaching her, she reflexively stepped back. Camellia smiled brightly at her and clasped Emersyn's hand with both of her hands. "Thank you for saving my life!"

"... that's fine."

"I am glad you were there!" Camellia said as she shook it more vigorously.

"... it's really fine. It was merely coincidental."

"Fate brought us together!"

NO!

"I mean… sure? Can you let go of my hand now? It's dirty."

"I don't care at all! May I know your name?"

"... Emersyn."

"Miss Emersyn! Once again, I am thankful for saving my life! Please let me repay you! Do you want money? I have a lot of them!"

"..." Calm down, woman!

"What is it, Clay?" She asked gently.

"You're safe. I'm glad..."

"How is Imperial Father?"

"... I'm sorry, princess. He was found dead in his room."

"What?!"

"The guards that were guarding His Majesty were turned into an undead. They must have entered His Majesty's room and killed him."

"Is… did my Father turned into an undead?"

"..." he paused for a moment before saying gravely, "... yes, your highness."

Camellia collapsed to her knees and wept. "Father… Father..." however, suddenly, she started laughing out loud. "Father!"

"..." Emersyn stepped back until she was sure she was out of that princess' periphery. She sure was… getting crazy. What happened? Wait… that time, when she conjured a lot of energy to scout the entire castle, there were three, no, four people that was approaching the fifth floor. Maybe… no, she might be wrong, but it was not absolute. Anyway, she disappeared from their sight and---

"My Lady!"

Oh, right. There was still that man.

"Where are you going, My Lady?" He said as soon as he caught up to Emersyn.

"Out of here."

"What about me?"

"Didn't you promise the princess that you would do whatever you can while you are still here?"

"Ack! You heard it!"

Emersyn sighed, "Don't worry. I'll come back before your joint mission come. When was it?"

"Three days from now."

"Good. I'll just be in Strevalia and train. I need to be stronger than I am now..."

Elodiaren grabbed Emersyn's hand and clasped it between his hands. "I give you my best regards, My Lady. Please be careful."

"I'll be fine, Aren. You should be the one who has to be careful. Don't die before I get you."

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Good. See you then."

"See you, My Lady!"

Emersyn took off then went to the depths of the lush green forest and summoned a portal to Lasirion. When she got into the portal, she breathed that refined air with vigor and exhaled with a relieved expression. She quickly turned towards the so-called Gate of Lasirion then went into the other dimension.

"Lady Emersyn?!" Someone called from the sideline. When she turned around, she saw Flora in her maid outfit.

That looks great on you. Damn.

"Where are you going?" Flora asked as she wiped her hands with her apron.

"Just over there," Emersyn said as she gestured at the Gate.

Flora's eyes widened and she immediately said, "Please let me come with you."

"... okay?"

"Please wait here."

"Oh right. I have to buy some things. Let's meet up here after thirty minutes. Is that okay with you?"

"Understood," then she disappeared into the restaurant, knowing that she still had something to take care of.

Emersyn quickly went to the forest once Flora was out of sight. She summoned the holographic screen and went to the shop to buy some ingredients she needed and a few appliances like a portable stove. After all, they would be in the wilderness to find and kill Calamity monsters in that world. Now that she thought, what if she went to search for them using her bracelet? Is it even the time where she would expose the existence of this device to Flora? Well, she was indeed trustworthy.

After about thirty minutes, Flora emerged from the back door in her adventuring clothes and trotted over to Emersyn. "I'm all ready."

"Good. Now, let's go."

"Hmm..." Flora stood there for a moment before following after Emersyn.

When they entered the Gate of Lasirion, a huge fireball came at Emersyn. She pressed up her hand on that lump of mana and stopped its track. The wind blew strongly at impact then it dissipated.

"What…"

"That can't be..."

Voices sounded out and she saw males conjuring up more of those fireballs and some variant of ice and earth. They went more guarded especially when they realized that women came. They already despised the men from this other world because of their beliefs towards the female species. So, they decided to put up a resistance whenever someone would come into their world. That is, to kill them before they even step foot on their soil.

Emersyn clenched her extended fist and stared at the men.

"What-"

"As if we will listen to a woman! Just shut your mouth up! You don't have the right to talk to us!"

Emersyn sighed and waved her hand in frustration. Now, she stepped first on the ground and it suddenly rose up to the sky. Emersyn was caught up in the rise, but she maintained her balance and quite enjoyed the view from above. She looked down at Flora and shouted, "The view is great here, Flora! Want to see?"

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I will come up there now," she replied then jumped over the earthen wall. "Hmmm… it is good here."

Seeing that those women enjoyed the view, they frowned and gritted their teeth.

"Crush them!"

Suddenly, an earthen hand came out of the ground and slowly came to crush them. However, Emersyn wrapped her arm around Flora's waist and a pair of black wings emerged from her back. She crouched down then jumped to the air and gained altitude. She flapped her wings harder as she passed through the cloud. Flora was surprised, but soon wrapped her arms around Emersyn's neck. Then, Emersyn raised her right arm and a holographic screen appeared and showed the map of Celvides. There were black dots appearing in the map and she flew towards the nearest of them.

Meanwhile, Flora's expression stoned as she continued gazing at Emersyn's face and wrist.

Emersyn caught sight of a sleeping giant on the flattened mountain. It had lustrous fur and it seemed to shine under the sun. She stopped midair and eventually, dived deep in the atmosphere as she held Flora tighter. When it was low enough, she summoned a sword---which caught the attention of Flora---and immediately cleaved the giant body into two. Leaving no room for the giant to scream or even know that it was attacked. They landed on the ground and Flora clenched Emersyn's shirt.

"Lady Emersyn..."

"Yes?"

"No… Master, you came back..."