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Fucking hell GET UP!” At that she slapped Vito in the face as hard as she could, his eyes rolled back around a few seconds later.\n    “Oooh fuck,” Vito groaned “Chara what the hell,” he sat up rubbing the side of his face, “What's you major malfunction?”\n    “Shut up,” she growled as she grabbed his collar “You've been out for almost an hour!”\n    It took him a second to process this, “SHIT THE VILLAGE!” at that Vito jumped to his feet, albeit with a groggy wobble. “Son of a bitch...” Vito groaned his body aching strangely. “My first time using that much power... I must have overloaded myself or something.”\n    “Yeah yeah, walk before you run and all that shit” Chara said as she jumped up and down then yelling at him. “THE VILLAGE IS ON FIRE!!”\n    “God damn It.” He looked up to the village, flames could be seen billowing into the sky. “Fuck, god what a time to mess up like this.”\n    “Let’s go, let's go!' Chara shouted pulling his arm. Vito scooped her up stretching his wings to their full extent till he took off into the sky.\n    “Gah.” Vito groaned as he flew, “What happened to me?”\n    “I... I don't know,” Chara told him clutching his arm tightly. “Just because I can get in your head doesn't mean I have a real time error log, just fly faster jerk!” Vito flew as fast as he could, his hair whipping violently behind him. Chara was in the same category her neck length hair whipping around in front of her eyes. “What do you see?”\n    “How cold I...” Vito was cut off.\n    “Don't bullshit me,” Chara snapped. “I can see your interface, I know how strong you are, what do you see?”\n    Vito sighed, “Most of the people have been gathered by the knights, They're safe for now, seems Gina has a barrier up.”\n    “What about the fledglings?” Chara asked, Vito knowing who she was referring too.\n    “Muffin is with Gina and the knights, I...”Vito paused as he looked around. “I … I don't see Jessica... and where's Jacob?” Vito looked around till he stammered out, “There she is... Jess what are you doing?!?” At that Vito broke into a dive Chara shrieking as he did. Jessica was rushing away from the group gathered by the knights.\n    There was the sound of a few children screaming, she couldn't ignore it. A young boy, though terrified, had managed to get his hands on a sword he could barely lift; a young girl cowering behind him, and a few more children behind them. The shadows violently whipped around them, the children could see could see nothing but darkness, and thousands of eyes. It didn't look good for them, the eyes getting closer till “Don't worry, I'll protect you!” Jessica shouted as a barrier protected the children from a pending attack, the boy able to see the twisted face smash against the barrier accompanied by the sound of someone rubbing against a window.\n    “Lady Jessica!” The boy cried out.\n    “Save us please.” The little girl begged.\n    “That's why I'm here...” Jessica tried to stay strong, but she was terrified. [i]'But what do I do.... I don't know any offensive magic yet!'[/i] She looked around, the shadows weren't happy an easy meal had been, for the moment, stolen from them. Jessica gripped tight her staff and swung it at one of the shadows, but it simply hid itself in the darkness. She then realized just how badly she screwed up; eyes were all around her, and now she was the only thing they could get at. Jessica defended herself again the first shadow, then somehow against the second one. By the third shadow she lost her footing. Shadow four slammed into her and knocked her to the ground. She looked up just in time to see the fifth shadow which managed to rip her left ear off. Jessica's screams echoed into the night as the children cowered in the barrier fearing they were next. But that's when a flaming object hit the ground next to them. Jessica looked up and saw her master, then promptly mortified. The look on Vito's face was rage, pure, silent, stone faced rage and absolutely nothing dared make a sound. In a blink he reached over, and turned her head looking at the blood pouring from where her ear had been ripped off; his head cocked silently to the right, unblinking his flesh trembling.\n    “ITS HIS Majesty! The boy cried out in between sobs; Vito visibly flinched at the young voice.\n    “Save Lady Jessica please!” The little girl cried from behind the boy.\n    Vito cupped the side of Jessica's head, tears falling from her own eyes. Vito nuzzled her forehead for a second, “Pay attention Jess, this is how you inspire the next generation.” He pulled away and stood up the children seeing the shadows then Vito's back. [i]'I think that line will be the best to use here, I sure hope he doesn't mind me borrowing his catch phrase.'[/i] Vito turned his head a little still stone faced till he started to turn, a full smile faked across his face once he looked at the kids, “You children don't have to be afraid anymore, Because now I am here!” At that the children started sobbing loudly finally starting to feel safe again.\n    “We're saved” was what most of them thought. But the boy who had grabbed a sword who thought[i] 'He's so strong,'[/i] he paused his thought as he fell down holding his sister close. [i]'could I ever be a hero like him?'[/i]\n    Once Vito looked away from the children his fake smile melted into his unblinking silent rage. “Come Shadow Fang!” Vito tried not to roar as he drew his scythe. He knelt down and kissed Jessica head, “Don't worry, I'll save you.” She couldn't help the tears falling down her face, she had been so afraid. But once she heard children screaming in terror, she couldn’t stop herself from running toward them.\n\n   [i] ~Mood music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQgXk7YIow]Vito the Hero[/url]~[/i]\n\n    Vito turned on the shadows gathering around him thousands of eyes looking his way. “You've threatened my little ones” he growled, “You ripped Jessica's little ear off!” He went silent his rage now palpable around him “UNFORGIVABLE!” He roared as his horns burst into flame, the shadow the monster hid in begin to be consumed. Vito moved at a speed the children couldn't see, Jess could barely following him. Every shadow he felled though seemed like it brought two more, Vito roaring at the never ending tide of darkness.\n    “Jessica!” Chara cried out as she rushed over pulling her head back for a moment as Vito’s scythe found itself in a monster next to her; the sounds of Vito's roar and the slaughter of shadows heard as she hurried over to then helped her up. As Vito fought against the growing number of shadows, Chara managed to help Jessica get inside her barrier. She looked over at Vito and shouted “MASTER USE ME!”\n    “No” Vito roared back even as he was swarmed by shadows, but the resulting explosion of fire destroyed them. “How many would I kill fighting at that level, you don't nuke your home!”\n    “HOW many people will die if you hold back!?” Chara yelled. What Vito said next was what inspired Jessica to be more.\n    “Because a True Hero,” Vito started as he pulled his scythe into two, “Should always find a way to save a life! How can I do that if I'm the threat!” He fought tooth and claw till he realized something. Looked around it dawned on him as more shadows arrived. “This shadow they hide in, I have to rend it if my army is to have a chance.” He slew a few more shadows till he unfolded his wings, and propelled himself into the sky. “God I hope I can pull this off.” Vito nervously told himself. Once he was in position he looked around, flames growing around him till he roared “Hellfire Nova!” and that was when the flames of hell covered the sky, and the fog of war the monster hid in was burned away.\n    “He's burning the fog.” Chara said as she looked at the now exposed creatures, a long knife forming in her hands to protect those behind her. “I CAN FIGHT TOO YA KNOW!” Chara shouted as she lopped off a shadows head, her eyes red and a wide smile creeping over her face.\n\n    Jacob had been fighting his own battle at that moment. Much like his sister, he couldn't ignore the cries of those in need, and rushed into the fray without even thinking nor looking back. Now behind him cowered families. men, women, and children, some wounded, others too old to flee. Before him stood a field of monsters and a sea of darkness. He gripped his blade so tightly his fingers where bleeding. [i]'I'm over my head... but if I run'[/i] He looked back and saw all the people who needed him. [i]'Because If I run, they die!'[/i] Jacob gripped his blade once more before he rushed into the fight. He swung at the shadows, catching a few in the act of an attack and wounded them. But that's when an explosion was heard, Vito having landed some ways away.\n    “Masters back!” Muffin shouted as she rushed to Jacobs side. \"Came down like a falling star.\"\n    Jacob sighed, “Thank the gods he's ok.” He looked around the field of monsters growing, “Muffin.” he shouted, pushing her away. “Protect them I got this.” Things came to a halt for a brief moment a growing power distracting the monsters, Jacob taking that advantage. The shadows grew enraged and went into a flurry. But that's when Vito made his play, and Jacob looked up to see Vito's crimson colored flames covering the sky.\n    “Hellfire Nova!” Vito roared as he burned away the tide of shadow\n    “Master,” Jacob stammered. Thanks to his eyes he was able to see Vito, and the visible strain he was under. “Wait, is he in pain? Why is he trying so hard?”\n    That's when Jacob started to understand what Vito was trying to tell him, recalling carefully Vito's choice of words, “SO only protect what's important. Everything here can be replaced, people can't. You are a hero in this story, so go be a hero. I believe in you.”\n    “Wait does that mean” Jacob stammered as realization dawned on him. “Do we truly mean that much to him? Are we all... my master’s treasures?” Jacob asked himself.\n    That's when a young scream was heard, “JACOB!” Muffin shouted, “The monsters have a child cornered, SAVE HER!” His eyes shot open, then he moved without thinking.\n    A young girl, a blue jay half morph was surrounded, back against a wall; she couldn't move she was so terrified, all she could see was the eyes getting closer. She covered her eyes as she saw a monster lung at her. But what she heard next was the clash of something on metal, someone growling in pain yelling “HOW DARE YOU!” At that point Jacob scooped up the girl. She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Jacob's smiling face, bloody claw marks going down the left side of his face, and the blood pouring off of him “Thank the gods, I got to you fast enough.” Jacob smiled at her, Jacob panting for breath. The girls eyes lighting up even as tears started to fall from them. Her lip quivered, she had been saved all she could think was [i]‘my hero.’[/i] Holding the girl in one arm and his sword in the other Jacob turned to the monsters. He growled as he looked at the monsters gathered around him, that's when he felt the swell of power. “These people... are my masters precious treasures.” He broke in a crash of emotion. His face was rage and he howled as energy started pouring off him, a spaded tail formed from the base of his spine that cracked like a whip. A pair of ethereal horns sprouted from his head, and his skin tone took an ever so slightly chalky gray color. “I will die before I let you hurt them!”\n\n    [i]~Mood music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0a9a8PUPrA]The Birth of a Legend[/url]~[/i]\n\n    The girl could only clutch his chest as Jacob fought. The shadows swarmed in enraged, but with his new strength Jacob was stronger than them. “Don’t worry I've got you,” he smiled at the girl, “I will protect you, I promise!” He cut one shadow into shreds as it approached, flames crept up his blade as he started channeling more of his new power. He cut his way through the swarm, now exposed do to Vito's actions. He made his way back to the gathered group at a speed that surprised himself, “Muffin take the girl.” Jacob said as he passed the girl to Muffin, she hugged her tightly.\n    “Thank the gods you got … to her... Jacob what the hell is that power?” Muffin asked even as Jacob put the girl in her arms, and rubbed the birds head.\n    At that Jacob took a stand. He grabbed his bow off his back and when he drew his string back, an arrow of hellfire formed. “I will walk my masters path! If you want to harm my master’s treasures, you do so over my dead body!” At that he moved in a blur, suddenly before a family that was being charged, Jacob unleashed his bow and let the arrow fly, “Hellfire Volley!” Then the family found themselves with the group as hundreds almost thousands of arrows started flying, Jacob unleashing more arrows as the monsters tried to swarm; he was barely a blur as he unleashed hell. More and more faster and slowly faster arrows flew, Jacob moving fast enough to visibly blur. Muffin could only try to keep up with him as more and more he gathered people who had been left behind or cut off. “That's the last of them.” Muffin heard him say behind her “I gathered all the stragglers, Go I'll cover you.”\n    “Right!” Muffin shouted as arrows started flying over her shoulder. “TANK JACKY!”\n    “Boss,” the two said in tandem as the all but materialized behind her.\n    “Lets go, show these things we mean business!” Muffin ordered, drawing a pair of blades from holsters behind her back. The trio rushed into the fray with a hail of fire arrows. The trio stood alone hacking the shadows apart till more and more the guild joined the battle, “Shadow Children Dance!” Muffin ordered, the guild as a whole stepped out of the shadows and joined the battle. Jacob was protecting the group, every time the shadows managed to get away from Muffin and her guild it found Jacob in its face, then his arrow lodging in it. With the monsters exposed at Vito expense the battle was now fight-able. Muffin showing a level of skill unsurpassed by any of her subordinates. Jacob was now fast enough to protect the entire battlefield, and those behind him. Things were finally looking up, but that's when the shadows tried one last ploy. The remaining creatures pulled themselves into one monstrosity, a huge monstrous creature. Jacob, Muffin, and her guild looked on as the creature grew bigger with each shadow.\n    “Oh master knows of these monsters.” Chara said as she walked up next to Jacob. “It's called a nightwalker, it's a demon very smart very powerful, heh master’s dealt with their kind before.”\n    “How do we fight it?” Jacob asked.\n    “Oh,” Chara chuckled gripping another glowing blade a slightly disturbing smile creeping to her face, “You're not ready for that one.” She was gone before she even finished talking. She was in front of the monster. It roared at her and attempted to strike her, “Poor stupid creature,” She toyed using a long knife to absorb its blow. “You don't even realize that I'm just the distraction do you.” It barely had enough time to look up then back till Vito came in and looped off its head, so fast he flew it sounded like a crack of thunder when he struck the ground.\n    “I'll''...” Vito stopped to pant. “be damned.... I managed... to... pull it off...” The corpse next to him started to break up and dissipate into a black mist. At that Vito fell to one knee.\n    “Master.” Jacob shouted as the other rushed over.\n    Vito looked at Chara who pat his back. “Where's Jess?”\n    “Over there doing what she does best, healing.” Chara pointed to the group, “I brought her over here then put myself where you needed me.”\n    “Thanks.” Vito panted as he patted her head, “Such a good girl.”\n    Chara tried her best not to look to happy about being pet as Jake and the other hurried over. “Master” Jacob cried out as he got to him first, his horns and tail still there for a moment till he put his sword away and the power dissipated. “Are you alright?” He asked as he offered Vito his hand.\n    “I'll be fine.” Vito assured as he accepted Jacobs hand who pulled him back to his feet. “Just the first time I unleashed that much controlled mana… woo, second time... woah god” He paused as he continued trying to catch his breath dropping down onto his butt as he did . “God keeping that flat... that was so much harder than letting it explode.”\n    Muffin hurried over next and just about jumped into his arms. “I was so worried about you. When you didn't come back… I thought.”\n    Vito pet her to calm her down, “Sorry, I overdid it.” He sighed petting the cat who was hiding the fact that she was crying in his shirt. “Magic really needs to come with an instruction manual, how was I supposed to know you could black out if you used that much mana in one go.” He held Muffin for a moment longer to cover for her as she sobbed into his embrace. Once he set her down he looked over at Jacob and the claw marks scarring the left side of his face. “Jacob, look at what they've done to you.” Vito said as he held Jacobs face.\n    “Hey.” Tank said as he put his hand on Jacobs shoulder, “Look at it like this, you're not a true warrior till you have a scar, how many can say they got theirs surviving a fighting a horde of monsters??” To make his point Tank pulled up his shirt to expose a scar on his chest, it looked like he had nearly been cleaved in two at one point. “The reason they call me Tank? I tanked this blow then killed the fucker who did it before I blacked out.”\n    “Jacob.” Jessica cried out. “What was that power?”\n    “Sis.” Jacob called out but froze jaw slack when he saw her. The left side of her head was covered in blood and her ear was still missing. “Wha... what did they do to you?” He rushed over and tried to cradle her head, but she laughed nervously and pulled away\n    “Oh” Jessica recoiled covering where her ear use to be. “It's nothing, I would have been killed if master didn't get to me when he did, I… I had no right to be on a battlefield, but those kids… they needed help, but only I could hear them crying...” That's when Jacob realized and pulled her into a hug.\n    “Jess.” Vito called out approaching her. She looked away for a moment till he pulled her into a hug. “Sorry I wasn't fast enough.” She nodded hugging him. “I'll see if I can... heal it.” She gave him a nod a moment later she was sitting on the ground. [i]'Fuck, I hope I have enough mana left.'[/i] He formed a small flame in his hand, then held it up to her wound. “Hellfire Rejuvenation.” He said to activate the spell. Jacob was worried Vito was burning his sister head, but she only ever displayed slight discomfort. The flames he pressed against her head burned away the blood, then actually started reforming her ear... but it wasn't right. Once he finished he looked very disappointed with himself, her ear wasn't the same color as her skin, it looked like it belonged on a dark elf, not Jessica; the contrast where her ear joined her head was jarring. [i]'great... nothing like a constant reminder that I messed up.'[/i]\n    “Thank you master.” Jessica said with her normal cheery tone thankful that she had gotten her ear back.\n    Vito rubbed her arm, trying his best not to look at her ear. The aftermath of the battle was calculated and reported to Vito. One hundred and thirty two dead, a tragedy by far, but it could have been far far worse. Other damages minor in scale. It reassured Vito that he had to improve, he had to get stronger. Several days later Vito was sitting in his tent when Tia came scurrying to him, he seemed a bit out of it till she touched him.“Tia, there you are.” He scooped her up and gave her a hug. Vito was sitting there currently looking at his interface, he had his regional map up. The lands in which he had claimed finally showed a colored border, whatever passed as this games admin had finally recognized that the land now belonged to him, or so he felt.\n    “Master master look look, I did a thing.” Tia grinned holding out his dragon gem. He accepted it and opened it\n    “Wait is this?” Vito asked looking in the gem's UI, saw listings for wood, stone, how many similar weapons he had in storage, food and other items stored in their makeshift warehouse. “Tia” He asked patting the girls head, “How did you do this?”\n    Tia pointed up to a mark at the top of the Gems UI, a pair of horns very similar to his own. “I marked the storehouse with your symbol, now the gem has accepted it as an extension of your treasury.”\n    She smiled up at him, obviously fishing for praise, which he gave her patting her head, “Wow, that's actually a really good thing, good girl.” The tiny kobold cooed in his lap as he fished through his list. Once satisfied and he closed his menu then noticed what Tia was doing. “What do you think you're doing?” He asked in a teasing way watching as Tia stroked his length through his pants she looked back at him and smirked. He didn't bother stopping her, instead sat back when Tia opted to put him in her mouth, beginning to blow him.\n    “Really master?” Chara asked with a teasing tone from the other side of his tent.\n    “OH shut it,” Vito teased, rubbing Tia's head, “you're just mad that she thought of it first.” Chara's face turned red but she did crawl over to watch. Vito groaned as he let Tia have her fun, But when Jack and Bart opened the tent, and saw what was going on, “You know, its at times like this I miss doors that I could lock.” With a sigh Vito went on to say, “Not sorry, not stopping, what do you want?”\n    Bart was a little unnerved, Jack however was used to the idea of royals getting away with murder, and didn't miss a step. “Your Grace, we came to finalize a few plans with you, and to get your blessing to start.”\n    Vito rubbed Tia's head then reached over to lend Chara a 'hand' the girl obviously wanted some attention, and gave it to her; his fingers beginning to play with her opening. “Start what?” He asked\n    “Well sire.” Bart said having gotten a grip, “With mine and my daughters help Jack has put together a team of skilled builders and other such necessary craftsmen,”\n    “Right.” Flickerson told him in turn. “I was thinking of starting construction on the first of your kitchens that you told me you wanted. So we can start properly cooking meals for not only yourself, but the village as a whole. I was hoping to get your blessing to finalize where you want it and start construction.”\n    Vito nodded, letting out a groan when Tia's rather rough little tongue rubbed the underside of his shaft. “I see, well that is what I hired you for right? I'll trust you to place it and properly build around it. Thank you for running it by me first though, you do have my blessing.” Chara was trying to hide her face as Vito made her moan, already knuckle deep in her pussy leading Vito to chuckle. “Well gentlemen, as you can see, there are a few things that I simply must tend to, so if there is nothing else.”\n    “No put me down.” Chara cried out as Vito picked her up off of the bedding.\n    “No your grace,” Jack responded with a proper bow. At that he turned to Bart, “Well lord Rivergreen, I suggest we leave his majesty to his 'important' business.”\n    “Lord Rivergreen huh.” Bart said with a laugh, “I guess it fits, I am my lords steward, would make me something of a noble wouldn't it.”\n    “Hey,” Vito said as he stopped what he was doing... for the moment. “It would have been so much harder for me to have gotten here without you Bart, you've earned that title. Wear it proudly”\n    “Thank you Vito,” Bart said only to pause. “Er sorry Your Grace, I won't let you down.”\n    At that the two bowed, then left. “Well then now that their gone.” Vito placed Chara on his chest, then Tia on her. The two looked down at the cock between them, “Well Tia has been a very helpful girl today, only fair she gets it first.” At that Vito pushed himself into Tia the kobold letting out a happy chirping noise.\n    “Huh thats a strange noise.” Chara said softly rubbing the side of her head.\n    “Lets see if I we can make her do it more then.” Vito said teasingly as he started to thrust into her, Chara deciding to help started rubbing on Tia’s chest.\n    “Flat as a board.” Chara giggled.\n    “She's a kobold,” Vito said with a soft groan. “I wouldn't have expected her to have tits to begin with; Besides...” He said with a sudden teasing tone. He cupped Chara's own tiny breast, “You don't have too much to lord over her with.”\n    “Oh come on,” Chara said trying not to moan from Vito's machinations. “You gave me the body of a ten year old, obviously I'm not going to have tits jerk.”\n    He gave her own nipple a firm pinch making a very girly moan echo out of her mouth. “Fun fact about tiny nipples, they are often far more sensitive, or so I've been told. Might be fake news I'm not positive, never tried it in person.” He looked down at the teary scowl Chara was giving him as he said, “Seems to be true with you though my dear.”\n    “Ba... bite me!” Chara snapped in aggravation, trying in vain to push away from him. \n    “Well, if you insist.” Vito teased, he let go of Tia allowing her to ride him at her own pace, which was rather brisk; even if it seemed to trouble her. He put his arms around Chara and lift her up to the point he had her nipples near his mouth. He teased her by licking his lips.\n    “Don't... you… dare.” Chara said as she tried and failed to free herself from his grip.\n    “Oh?” Vito teased inching himself a bit closer sticking his tongue out mockingly.\n    “I am warning you.” Chara threatened trying to get away but he had a firm hold on her\n    “Well you know what I'm doing?” Vito asked but rather then give her a verbal answer he bit down, gently, on one of her nipples. She fought it for a few moments but before too long Vito made a sharp sweet cry sing out of her as he toyed with her breast.\n    “Wow Chara can make cute noises like that?” Jacob teased as he entered the tent.\n    “FUCK OFF!” Chara snapped glaring at Jacob who smirked back,\n    “Master” Jacob called out with a nod.\n    “How are you doing?” Jessica her usual sweet tone of voice asked entering after her brother.\n    “Can't complain.” Vito said with a chuckle, continuing to tease and toy with Chara as Tia rode him. “I get to tease Chara while Tia has some fun with me. All in all a good morning so far.” Vito laughed for a second till, much to her annoyance and delight both, he started to dig one of his fingers into Chara's pussy; She groaned rather loudly till unable to hold herself up she laid against Vito as he fingered her.\n    “Speaking of which master.” Jessica started as she took a seat. “The cooks over at the makeshift kitchen area asked me to let you know that lunch would be ready shortly”\n    “Well thanks for letting me know,” He told her reaching over and patting her head, “After I have a little fun with these two, lets go get some food shall we?”\n    “Sounds like a plan to me master.” Jacob said with a light chuckle as he sat down; then after a moment of nervously looking around, finally wrapped his arms around his sister pulling her into his lap. He cuddled into her back holding her tight, giving her a bit of the sticky sweet kind of love and affection.\n    “So where are Muffin and Gina?” Vito asked looking to Jessica who was melting into her brothers embrace.\n    “Muffin was checking in with her guild,” Jessica explained stopping to gasp when Jacob nuzzled her neck. “And seems Gina is a step ahead of you for once master, Told me she's scouting potential mages to reform her guild; I think she realizes you'll want more casters for your army.”\n    “Well good on her.” Vito teased, as he dug another finger into Chara; who all but turned into an angry tsundere putty in his arms, Tia making a lot of lusty coos and happy chirping noises. Vito glanced over at the siblings, Jessica had just gasped, doing a little melting of her own. Seeing as Jacob's hand had just found its way into her dress, Vito didn't have to second guess what was going on there. The lot of them had their fun for a good while. Vito allowed his fingers to explore Chara till he filled Tia with cum who enjoyed riding him as he came. Jessica was more than happy to blow her brother, enjoying the fact she was just about able to turn her brother to goo as she did; very much enjoying the rather pathetic moans she made him let out. But once they finished, Tia draining the large load Vito happily pumped into her. Jessica enjoying the taste of her brother on her tongue. Jacob was recovering from Jessica making him bust a nut, twice in a short time. And Vito was petting Chara who was angrily panting from her own multiple orgasms. “So why has my tent become sex central?” Vito joked looking around at the others.\n    “You made it this way.” Jessica teased hugging her brother then her master.\n    “Eh true,” Vito laughed rubbing her head. “Looks like I have to own that. Oh well so who's hungry?” He asked, everyone's hands shooting up in response. “Alright, let's make ourselves decent, and go eat then.” They did just that recovering from their 'fun' then went to go eat. Muffin joined them on their way to get food. She reported what she knew to Vito. Unconfirmed rumors the emperor had been seen in a city rather far from the Imperial Capital. Seeing as Vasheer marched on his town shortly after Muffin was positive this wasn't a coincidence. Vito and his group sat down for lunch but something was happening at his border, something that started a few days ago. But Vito could not have known that story.\n    Vito and his group had just finished eating, many people were surprised, to say the least, that he had opted to eat among commoners. He didn't care, the food was good, his praise had swelled the chief with pride... and made his competitor jealous; the embers of a rivalry burning as the chief that had cooked smugly glanced over at his rival. “Master.” Gina called out to Vito.\n    “Yes?” Vito said as he set his water jug down. “Hey,” Vito said to get the attention of the serving girl, “Another jug of water please.” The girl gave a bow and went to get his water. “Whats up Gina?” He asked inviting her to take a seat.\n    “Well since our encounter with Duke Salish and the shadows in one night,” Gina started taking the offered seat. “I've taken the liberty of casting the magic screen ritual spell, no worries I can manage it fine on my own. It serves to let me know when something unnatural crosses the screen, it’s a good static defense. There is a mage guild in most major cities as to cast this spell and the city shell spell.”\n    “And it went off, if you're here telling me about it now.” Vito asked putting the pieces into place.\n    “That it did.” Gina told him. “But that's not why I'm here, if it was something simple I'd have told Jacob about it and had the army take care of it. No what the screen picked up is why we're talking about it master, I think you might want to look into it yourself.”\n    “Ok what is it?” Vito asked accepting a new jug of water and taking a deep drink.\n    “Two beings.” Gina started. “One what seems to be a child and, mind you I checked twice, a fully animated skeleton.”\n    Vito paused for a few moments until he answered “Necromancy?”\n    “So it seems,” Gina told him, “Not a field of magic most humans can learn, even I can’t use it.”\n    Vito nodded and thought about it for a few moments. “Well, let’s go trigger this event flag” \n    “Really now?” Gina asked not expecting his response. “Should you not take your army?”\n“Nah, I mean what can hurt me beside a power holder. Besides if I take you, Muffin and Jacob plus me, that's enough to take on an army. Now let's go.”  It took some time but the sun was starting to go down when Vito and his group got to the valley entrance. Vito double took upon seeing it, a pale young girl, in a red and black dress Gothic style although a little simple, being followed by a skeleton. “I'll be damned, it is a skeleton, what do you thinks animating it?” Vito asked aloud, the girl jumping in surprise and the skeleton moving to protect her.\n    “And it reeks of Necromancy, makes me want to examine it.” Gina said standing at Vito's side. Vito watched as the skeleton gripped a blade and flashed it threateningly.\n    “Oh, it thinks it's scary.” Vito said as he marched up to the skeleton and looked at it. He then turned to the girl, “So what are you doing here little vampire?” He asked looking down at the girl. “I can smell the blood on you, don't bother denying it.”\n    She wasn't expecting to be caught by anyone, she had been so careful as to not be seen. “I... I seek the man known as Vito, the one who slew Duke Salish.”\n    Vito nodded resulting in the others drawing weapons, But Vito waved them down. “Relax Salish felt stronger then this girl and I walked over him. I doubt she's here for a fight, Right?” He asked looking to the girl.\n    The skeleton approached her side still being protective “I'm not here for a fight, no.”\n    “See?” Vito said as he looked back at the others, Muffin telling her guild to stand down. “So then, you're not here for a fight. So why are you and your pet skeleton here?”\n    “Are you Vito?” She asked glancing up at his horns.\n    “I am,” At that Vito took a seat on the ground. “What can I do for you?”\n    “I... I have come in hopes of freedom.” The girl told him, a visible shiver as she realized what she was standing in front of.\n    “Why don't we start with your name?” Vito asked offering her a seat.\n    “Anna, Anna Delrose, well formally Anna Faircastle.” she confessed. “Once I was the First born and Heir to Duke Cross Faircastle. But then Father came and attacked the City... He is a very powerful Vampire so he handily won.”\n    “The King of Vampires Salish was going on about?” Vito asked Holding the girl close.\n    “Yes... I don't know his true name” The girl said as the Skeleton took a seat next to her, seemingly scowling at Vito. “But he's taken to calling himself Vlad Delrose, King of Vampires. When he attacked my daddies city, he won. Killed daddy, then took me as a trophy.”\n    Vito nodded comforting the girl. “And who is... er was this?” Vito asked as he gestured toward the Skeleton. “He was my Big Brother Sir Fink, one of daddies elite knights, and my appointed bodyguard. He.... he died trying to protect me from Father, but he didn't have a chance.”\n    “I see.” Vito turned to the Skeleton, “My apologies, Sorry for your death.” The Skeleton waved its bony hand in a 'it's alright' way and pat the girls head. “So how is he still here?”\n    “Its my doing.” Anna told him. “When a vampire is first turned it goes through a phase like a cocoon for a butterfly, it'll have some powers but is overall very weak. After they finish this early stage in their undeath they get power. My brothers all got powers that made them dangerous in combat. I gained an innate ability for summoning and Necromancy, father wasn't pleased, I... I was punished... harshly.” The visible tremor he felt in the girl made Vito hold her tighter. “Father told me I should ignore these useless powers and focus on physical might. But I was barely a teenager when father turned me, I'd never be that strong. He didn't care and told me to try harder, but when you don’t get to grow any bigger, you’re kind of hard capped.” She gave a deep sigh the skeleton of Sir Fink patting her head.\n    “Why are you here?” Vito asked\n    “Well you killed Salish.” Anna explained. “I was listening to father and my remaining brothers. They were afraid of you.”\n    “I see” Vito quickly said glancing at Muffin, she knew what he was going to do.\n    “I... I was hoping.” Anna paused. “Ok, look the last time I ran away, father allowed my brothers to do things... horrible things to me as long as they didn't kill me. So this is a big risk but, I hate them all. Made Big Brother Fink watch. When he and the others...” Anna paused she was getting worked up a few tears rolling down her cheeks. Vito rubbed her arm to help calm her down. “I was hoping, that a man powerful enough to overwhelm Salish, to make father grow nervous; I was hoping that you would save me.” At that the skeleton put his skull to the dirt, bowing before Vito.\n    “Whoa.” Vito said taken aback at the skeletons actions. “No need to go that far friend.” Vito gave the skeleton's bony shoulder a pat to which it rose up. “There are two things you should know about me, I'm a big softy heart of gold an all. And the one sure fire thing you can do to piss me off is harm a child.” She felt his grip tighten on her shoulder, strangely it made her feel safe. “Alright, i'll give you sanctuary, We'll have to do something about your friend. A pale young girl and an animated skeleton is not something I can easily explain.\n    “I can un-summon him.” Anna said. “I usually keep him out because he kept me from being lonely, and I can always call him back when I need him. It got lonely being in that gilded cage, to be a pretty bobble for father to show off. Or in cases where he was trying to make a deal... to use as a party favor.” She said that but her voice was hollow suggesting it happened more often than she'd want to talk about. “So even when father told me I was not allowed to, as he put it, have a pet. I'd summon him back, even after father would smash him in front of me, he couldn't stop me from using my magic, though he would punish me for doing so. Would always ask why I make him do such things, then he'd beat me.”\n    “Well what are we doing here then.” Vito asked standing up and offering her his hand. “Home ain't getting any closer with us sitting here.”\n    But he said it so casually, she wasn't actually expecting him to be so kind. “You mean, you'll actually protect me from father?”\n    Vito knelt down and kissed her head. “Baby doll, I'm already going to war with the bastard. Protecting you from him will be that satisfying middle finger on top of the fuck you cake I'll be baking for him, so come on lets go.” He offered her his hand once more, Fink pat her back. She accepted his hand and he picked her up. Anna looked at Fink rubbed the side of his skull then he vanished into a cloud of dust, Anna holding a red colored rune stone. “Well that's a handy skill, is that?”\n    “Sir Finks blood stone, I carve them for my stronger summons.” Anna said as he carried her back.\n    It was a short time later, Vito and his, so not that he needed it, escort approached the tent city once more. “So baby doll, you hungry? Thirsty? Or do you need?” at that the girl nodded. “I see, so you need blood.\n    “I'm sorry,” Anna said with a sigh. “I know its a weird thing to ask but I've not had blood in days. To be honest, I'm kind of starving. Father kept plenty of what he called ‘livestock’ at the castle for feeding needs” She looked around worried about the attention they were getting, Vito was holding her bridal style, her pale cheeks flushed over. “If necessary I could make do with animal blood, I could go hunt for a few rodents if it would be easier for you, uhh Should I call you Vito or?”\n    “Master is the thing I'm going with,” Vito explained to her, “but feel free to call me Vito when we're alone. And as for blood no worries,” He paused tapping his arm with a laugh “I'm full of it.”\n    “No I couldn't.” Anna said in a panic, Vito shushing her to avoid suspicion.\n    “She's right she shouldn't.” Gina said rather protectively. “What little I know of vampires suggest when they feed off of someone they either turn or become a mindless thrall.”\n    “I'm not to worried about it.” Vito told her in an assured tone. “I'm several classes above her, no ability she has could affect me.”\n    “Wait you know about the classes?” Gina asked rather surprised.\n    “And you did but didn't tell me?” Vito responded “We'll talk later.” To which Gina nodded. Vito carried Anna to his tent and once home Vito finally set her down.\n    The first thing Anna found was Chara throwing herself in his lap. “Hey jerk,” She paused her tone softening “Next time you leave... take me with you.” With that Vito gave her a very smug smirk, “What...!?” she snapped defensively “I... I am your best weapon, you should always take me with you...” She sighed into a pause. “Stop looking at me like that, if you think I care about you your wrong!” She yelled even as she got cozy in his lap.\n    “Uh Vito.” Anna said as she approached. “You said I could have some of your blood, may I??”\n    Chara looked up to see Anna approach fangs bared and gripping tight a long bladed knife from the air Chara jumped up putting herself between Anna and Vito, “Back up fang face, you're not munching on Vito's neck.”\n    Anna's cheeks puffed out, “I'll have you know you little brat, Vito invited me to have a drink so out of my way.”\n    Gina rolled her eyes she could tell where this was going, and waved to Vito with a snicker before making a hasty retreat. “I don't care, Vito is my chair, not going to let you take him. Beside you don't look so tough so back off.”\n    “Well I'm not a meathead like my brothers.” Anna said as Finks rune started to glow, the skeleton then grabbing the back of Chara's collar. When he picked her up however her shirt pulled up. “Gah why aren't you wearing pants... or undergarments?”\n    “Vito didn't give me any!” Chara shouted red faced freeing herself from Fink by cutting off his head, the skeleton dropping her to chase his skull. “Besides to quote Vito's own words, He likes the view. He'd most likely have been balls deep in me if you were here so why don't you scram Draculena, find someone's neck to turn into happy hour.”\n    “I will not!“ Anna shouted with a huff stamping her foot, “Vito told me himself that I could. So why don't you go find somewhere else to sit you little pervert.”\n    “You're no bigger than I am pint size.” Chara shouted as she fixed her shirt to cover herself again.\n    At this point Vito stepped in, “Girls! as cute as this little cat fight is,” He turned to Chara, “First I did say she could feed off of me, I'm the only one she could feed from without turning into a vampire or a thrall, and second.” He turned to Anna, “What did I tell you about Fink, don't use him unless you have to an undead is not something I can just explain away; most of these people have never seen much magic let alone a walking skeleton.” With that said Vito grabbed up Finks skull and passed it back to him, the skeleton then replacing his head.\n    “Sorry Mr. Vito.” Anna said calling back Fink's rune the skeleton vanishing. “But I do badly need a drink, please tell her to leave me alone.”\n    Vito nodded but rather then just tell her to leave her alone Vito pulled Chara into his lap, “Now stop being a pest.”\n    “Fine.” Chara said as the knife she held vanished. Anna looked up to Vito first who gave her a nod.\n    Anna approached, “You know, this isn't going to feel good, are you sure?”\n    Vito nodded, “I'm sure, this body of mine has a surprising amount of pain tolerance. A bit ironic though, I was the guy who was always afraid of needles. Oh well no need to hold back.” At that Anna bit into his neck her eyes shot open, Vito winced till he noticed he didn’t feel much but an uncomfortable feeling.\n    “Oh looks like she liked that.” Chara teased, Anna drinking from his neck till she was satisfied.\n    “I wasn't expecting demonic blood to taste so strong.” Anna said with a visible slosh to her step. “Why …. why is my body drunk?”\n    “Wait what?” Vito asked with a laugh. “Really your body is drunk?”\n    “It's so annoying,” Anna said having to sit as the world started to spin. “My thoughts are so clear, my body, I can't make it do what I want it to do.”\n    “Well I am a devil.” Vito told her shooing Chara away to secure the tipsy vampire.\n    “Really, the emperor called you a demon.” Anna said as she held her head. “Guess that's why Salish wanted to show off for Father.”\n    Vito nodded holding her around her waist, mainly to keep her from spinning. “How long had Salish been a vampire?” Vito asked low key grilling her for information.\n    “A few years.” Anna said having accepted the seat in Vito's lap, “Sorry I wasn't expecting to get this dizzy.” Vito nodded patting her head. “Salish was the youngest, he was still in his larval stage, fool thought himself strong, just because he bested me in a fight I was forbidden to use my summoning in.” She paused her tone getting a little huffy. “Fink could have beaten him easy.” At that she through a punch, Vito pulled her back. She giggled reaching up and touching his face, “Sorry”\n    “Hey it's alright,” Vito laughed rubbing her hair. “Even I didn't know you'd get drunk.”\n    “I'm sure I'll build a tolerance to it.” She paused to giggle, looking up at then grabbing his horns, getting a highly unexpected gasp from him, took even Vito off guard.\n    “Oh shit... that felt good.” Vito said still feeling her hands gripping his horns.\n    “Perv.” Chara called out seeing Vito pants swell.\n    Anna looked down at what she was now sitting on, then let out a rather sloshed sounding giggle. “That's a new reaction.” She looked up at him once more before she started to get comfy. “makes me realize I've never willingly had sex. Your little toy down there boasted about how if I wasn't here you'd be 'balls deep' in her. Does that mean you'd be willing to take me too?”\n    Vito gulped, never thought he'd have to deal with a drunk vampire “If I was still human, no I don't think I could. But as I am, I'd... consider it.”\n    She let out another drunken giggle, and tried to lift herself up to kiss him, but passed out half way up. She flopped back down with a giggle, till she cozied up against Vito's chest and fell asleep.\n    “Well that was a thing.” Chara teased. She crawled over to them, the vampire now asleep in her spot. Vito raised an eyebrow till he saw Chara lift the hem of her dress. He gave her a stern look but Chara fired back with, “Oh shut it, I know you wanna look lolicon perv.” Chara teasingly joked as she pulled up Anna's dress but outside the lack of undergarments, they found a number of scars on her back, her chest, and her legs. “Holy shit... not sure what I was expecting but that sure as hell wasn't it.” Chara said as Vito set Anna down. He carefully pulled Anna out of her dress, just to see the extent of the damage. Her back looked like it had been whipped and raked over several different encounters long healed scars, and fresh more recent marks. She had several other scars that couldn't even be explained all over her body. Vito and Chara looked over the girl till Chara said softly, “He did that to a child...” Vito looked away as Chara got her dressed again. Vito's hands shook suddenly he had to sit down. Chara noticed something and hurried over. “Woah Vito, easy pull it back.” Chara grabbed his arm pulling him close. “Vito please you have to calm down.” She looked around in a panic till she pushed against him. “Vito listen to me. You can't blow your top here, that would be so bad. Please pull it back!” She looked around, this was bad. She jumped up into his lap and wrapped him in a hug. “Seriously Vito you have to pull it back.”\n    “What the hell is this fog?” Jacob asked as he approached.\n    “Jacob!” Chara called out, “I need help hurry!”\n    At that Jacob rushed into the tent, and what he saw was a sickly purple mist wafting off of Vito. “Holy shit what the hell is that?” Jacob asked approaching the still silent Vito.\n    “Have you ever boiled demonic blood?”Chara asked giving Vito a shake. “It's a miasma, and it's a good thing we're so far away from the others as we are, it’s toxic to lesser beings. Help me snap him out of it.” Chara pushed herself up in his lap grabbing a hold of Vito's face.\n    “What even happened?” Jacob asked watching the mist seeping into everything.”\n    “The girl,” Chara said as she pointed to the vampire sleeping near them. “Vito discovered all kinds of bruises and unexplainable scars on her. The king of vampires has been beating the shit out of her for god knows how long, it pissed him off.”\n    “Crap” Jacob groaned giving Vito a shake. “Master come on, you have to snap out of it.” Jacob gave him a few shakes. When that didn't work however instead he slapped Vito with a loud crack.\n    Vito reached up and rubbed his jaw as Chara asked “Vito please you have to calm down.” He looked down at her for a moment, then rubbed his face.\n    “What happened?” Vito asked, rubbing his jaw a little more.\n    “You almost snapped.” Chara explained. “You started making a miasma, this would have been bad had you been near the other tents.”\n    Vito looked down at her, and rubbed her head. “I'm sorry, I didn't even notice, just kind of blacked out. Started picturing all the ways I was going to beat the shit out of that bastard, guess I got carried away.” Vito looked down at Chara who had visibly calmed, slumping down into his lap with a ragged sigh. He rubbed her back a little as he told her, “I'm sorry for scaring you.” She nodded up at him, then held him close.\n    “Are you going to be alright master?” Jacob asked setting his hand on Vito's shoulder.\n    “Yeah,” Vito stopped and let out a ragged sigh, Jacob watching as the mist dissipated. “That caught me off guard, I'll not make the same mistake.”\n    “You'd better not.” Chara said with a huff, “Scared me.”\n    “Awww.” Vito teased ruffling her hair. “I didn't know you cared.”\n    “Shut up.” Chara snapped swatting his hands. “I don't care about you at all!” She said angrily turning around and looking away from him, her nose up in the air.\n    “Aw, you little Tsun cutie.” Vito teased poking her cheek.\n    “FUCK OFF!” Chara shouted trying to slap his hands away from her face. Jacob wondered why she was acting like this, until he saw how Vito visibly calmed with a laugh at her expense.\n    [i]'Huh,'[/i] Jacob though watching the scene unfold. [i]'She really does care, what a good girl.'[/i]\n    “Stop!” Chara cried out swatting Vito's hands till he pulled her into a hug, his hands now molesting her body. “Now is not the time for that... stop.” She play struggled against him for a few seconds longer as his hands worked their way under her over sized shirt. Judging from the look that overtook his face, it wasn't hard to imagine what she was up to. “Do you feel better yet?” Chara asked trying to keep him away from her crotch, a futile act nonetheless.\n    “Almost,” Vito said raggedly. “just shut up and give me this for a few moments.”\n    “Jacob?” Jessica called out rushing over. “What's wrong you took off so quickly I was worried something was wrong.\n    “Wait you didn't see it?” Jacob asked looking to his sister.\n    “See what?” Jessica asked in turn.\n    “She won't see it yet whelp.” Chara said somewhat stiffly and Vito manhandled her. “She hasn't awoken any power yet. The only reason you can see it is that you have awoken some sliver of power, so congratulations welp or not your still a power holder.”\n    Jacob looked down at his hands. She wasn't lying since the other day he felt a strange new power, a strength welling up inside of himself. That aside he looked over at Vito, he had calmed down, well less that. More like he traded one emotion for another, he was completely mindlessly manhandling Chara who herself looked a step away from an orgasm. “Well seems like you have this under control so I'll leave this to you.” Jacob told her, backing away for a moment\n    “Not yet!” Chara cried out, trying her best to speak without moaning. “You can't leave just yet...” He saw her glance up at something he could not see, that being a crown of fire over his head. “Da gah!....” She tried to talk but only noises came out. “Don't … go … anywHERE!!” her sentence was cut off, Chara biting her lip as she came.\n    “Master has never been that intense.” Jessica said, an almost tone of jealousy.\n    “Its a trade off.” Chara managed to say before she covered her face panting as she tried to get her breath back. “Devils are creatures... of emotion. You don't just stop being angry enough to boil your blood, have to work back down.” Chara panted as Vito almost mindlessly at this point started toying with her body, the lights on but no one truly home. “Letting him manhandle me, is better than letting him kill people.” Jacob saw her glance up once more, he wondered what she was trying to keep her eye on, but he couldn't see anything. This little session lasted a short while Chara just about jelly by the time Vito shook his head and managed to finally clear his thoughts. He rubbed her head a little with a chuckle, Chara pointed him at something over Jacob's head, not quiet about to speak yet. Vito looked up and saw it, his crown, simple as it was without Chara's Gem, on Jacob's head.\n    “Well, I feel normal again,” Vito said with a laugh, patting Chara's head, who in turn weakly flipped him the bird. He set Chara down and stood, saying when he put his hand of Jacob's shoulder. “Thanks for holding onto that for me Jake.” Jacob could almost feel something at that moment, but the strange sensation came and went so fast he wasn't even sure what just happened. “So seems I do have to be more careful with this thing then, god forbid you walked away with that, even i don't know what would have happened.” Jacob wasn't sure what had just happened. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things. The vaguest hint of something glowing over Vito's head, but the moment he noticed it, it was gone.\n    That's also when Anna woke up. “Oh wow,” She slurred with a giggle, “I'm going to have to get used to that. Who knew a devils blood could make a vampire drunk right?” Anna said then crawled over to Vito.\n    “Has nothing to do with that.” Chara told her trying to push herself up on shaky legs, but when that failed she fell on her butt. “You drank from a power holder more than eight levels above you, its what you get for biting above your pay grade Fangy.” With that Chara looked up at Vito, “She in a similar state Jacob's in, she's awoken, but still a whelp doesn't help her current master forbids her power.” Vito nodded looking at her, “I'd highly advise you sign a blood pact with her, a vampire serving a devil, that's a lot of power to have on your side.” Chara finally giving up fell back with a thud panting and gasping\n    Vito nodded petting the tipsy vampire, “Not to mention a summoner, her father is insane you can only be a huge asset in a battle.” He reached over and rubbed Anna's head before he reached over to his bag. Inside he kept the binder and the dagger. It felt like it had been ages since he last touched it. Since he had Gina and Muffin sign their pacts, and he had filled out their pages. He opened the binder and felt the power coming from it. It didn't take him long to find out just how much power was added to his own when he got a new page filled. He glanced around at the thing only he could see growing on and through the others. What seemed like dark plants, ethereal tendrils growing through them. These plants seemed to pulse with his own power, not sure if they generated more mana for him, or served like batteries to store it, he wasn't sure. He glanced at Jacob for a moment, whose plant had actually grown, made stronger, Jacob's awakening having extra benefits. Anna looked up at him as he held the binder in one hand, the dagger in the other. “So Anna, will you submit?”\n    She looked up at him, still a little sloshed at least in body. Vito held out the dagger to her, “If you will save me from Father, then yes I submit.” At that she took the dagger.\n    “Cut your thumb.” Vito quickly told her, opening his binder to a blank page, Next to Muffins page. She did as he told her, and slit her thumb with the dagger. Vito held out the blank page. She looked up at him, sensing a calling to the box. She glanced up once more before she pressed her bloody thumb to the box. Vito felt the page pulse, it hadn't done that before. He watched the page pulse again till the race on the page filled out, Fifth generation Ancilla. “Huh, not what I was expecting.” Vito said, as the page filled in a little more info for him. “You are a rather strong little vampire huh.” The others watched the strange runes filling the page for a moment as Vito thought for a moment, [i]'Huh, this all feels very familiar.'[/i]\n    “Wow,” Anna said suddenly perking up. “Not sure what just happened but I feel great.” Anna giggled jumping to her feet. Vito eyed her having a solid guess at what was happening. The color of his eyes grew pale for a moment. He watched as a seed popped open on her shoulder. Roots formed instantly as she flexed and stretched growing into her aura till after a few moments unlike the plant he saw growing on Jacob this one produced a bud which opened to a very crimson colored flower. She gave a little twirl as she felt truly renewed, then clutching Vito's arm. “I feel great,” she teased grinning up at him, “No wonder these girls seem like they enjoy hanging off of you, you make them feel this good huh.” She rubbed against him for a moment till she pulled away, “So dirty.” She toyed till she scampered out of the tent with a playful giggle.\n    “The hell was that?” Jacob asked looking to his master.\n    “Well she was a power holder before, I guess she's got room to grow now,” Vito said with a laugh “Guess It made her feel good, kind of contagious.” Vito laughed walking out to follow the little vampire. He followed her out, Anna giggling as she felt his power flow through her. Vito watched her scamper around for a little while till she came back giggling as she hugged him. “Your power feels so much nicer then father's,” She giggled giving him a squeeze around his waist. “Take good care of me.” Vito laughed rubbing her head.\n\n    Vito and his group rested the rest of that night, and for the next few days things were calm. Things changed when Vito joined the rest of his inner circle at the start of the construction of the first building for his city. Vito stood flanked by his circle as a few builders where placing pillars to serve as the beginning of the building. But that's when a clapping could be heard. “Congratulations.” a voice called out. Vito looked around eyeing someone walking up to him. The tiny figure was clapping as it approached, wrapped in a gray cloak. “So you finally qualify.”\n    “Who are you?” Vito asked looking at the strange being, no one even noticing.\n    “Me? Why I'm the game master.” The tiny figure said rather gleefully. “You own land, you have buildings going up.” The Game Master watched the builders starting their task of building. “It's a little early but I'll call it good enough, you qualify.” The GM then snapped his fingers Vito pulled into the black void, only this time a game table could be seen. “Welcome to the emperors board.” Vito walked up to the board. His territory just around the valley he had settled in, and the one little marker that stood for his now in progress building. “You own land, you've built on that land and you've met the minimum population count required, welcome to the game.” The tiny GM said his hands behind his back.”\n    “Ah so you are who Vito truly is?” A male voice called out.\n    At that the GM perked up then saying as he turned to the voice. “Ah,” The gm started with a sweeping arm motion toward the source of the voice. “It is my honor to introduce the Emperor of the Imperial throne Maximilian Grenwald the first.”\n    “The first?” Vito asked.\n    “I was told you were a dragon, but it seems you were so much worse.” Emperor Maximilian said as he stepped toward the board. He looked like an age of early forties, patches in his beard had run white around his black hair. His pale skin looked pristine. “So evil one, what devastation have you come to bring on our world?”\n    “OH a new player at the board huh?” a female voice cooed out.\n    The Gm in turn said looking to Vito. “Empress Narrissa Silverwood of the Elven Empire.” Approaching the board was an elf, she was tall at least seven foot. Her silver white hair flowed down to her ass, her skin was flawless and a slightly tanned Olive in color. Her eyes emerald green and her fingernails had been painted blue. She was wearing a long flowing dress that was a little to frilly for Vito's liking. “How curious, So this is the new boy you're having problems with Maxy??”\n    “Not much of an Empire Narrissa,” Vito said trying to gauge the elf in question.\n    “Well.” She said in turn looking back to the devil at the board. “Just goes to show what a meat headed male like yourself has to show.”\n    At that the GM stepped in, “Oh you must not be aware, let me explain.” Waving his hand at the map the Tiny GM exposed an attachment to the forest Narrissa controlled. “The Elven Empire has invaded and conquered the Silverwood pocket dimension. Pocket Dimensions exist all over the world and serve to expand your territory in ways reality can't help with.” Exposing a few other pockets on the map the Gm then said pointing at a mountain ridge labeled Crystal Spine. “Over there in the Crystal Spine mountain range lays Deep Heart, the Pocket dimension held by the dwarves, currently managed by the Honeydew clan if memory serves. Lots of metals and rare minerals spawn there so its highly valuable. And in imperial lands there is The Crab Coast pocket and the Gate of Delreyon.” Looking up at Vito the game Master said, “The crab coast contains a high number of spawn points for fish and other aquatic food sources, and the Gate of...” But that was when he was cut off.\n    Maximilian held up a card and said, “I choose to use my Silence of the Lambs card. I refuse to allow you to tell him of that.”\n    The GM accepted the card and said with a nod, “So be it, do note that for playing this card a horde of trolls will attack your empire, do be ready for it.” With the card in hand vanishing the GM turned to Vito and said, “Sorry but one of your fellow players has played a black card, I can't tell you of the Gate of Delreyon.”\n    “This is a farce.” Narrissa said looking at the map and what passed for Vito's empire. “This MAN, barely has the shell of a single building in his realm. He is no Emperor, AM I right fellow players?” At that however hundreds of thousands of shadow clad figures appeared.\n    “Are all those Emperors?” Vito asked looking at the GM.\n    “Indeed they are, they will be blacked out for you though as most if not all of them are beyond your range of contact. Many are not even on your planet.”\n    And that was the statement that made Vito ask, “How big a scope is this game?”\n    The GM did a quick count in his head, then said. “At last I checked; there were one hundred and forty eight thousand, nine hundred and fifty seven players at the Emperors board, playing this game. Across seven hundred and eighty six planets, in a universe containing well over two thousand habitable worlds. Also two extra planer threats and the world of the markers but that is something you'd have to find yourself.”\n    Vito was taken aback, the scope of this game was massive. “He is no Emperor.” Narrissa spat Several shadows nodding in agreement. ”We all pay our fees maintain our realms, how is it that a being with the shell of one building is an emperor?”\n    The Gm turned to Narrissa and said, “Oh The Devil King’s realm is the currently weakest Empire in the game no doubt, but” The GM paused to let out a smirk, “Vito is currently one of the most powerful Emperors at the board by far.”\n    “BULLSHIT!” The elf queen spat. Hundreds of other shadow cast people yelled and argued in agreement.\n    With a visible twitch of anger the room suddenly found itself silenced, the GM then saying, “No one currently standing at this table could beat Vito in personal combat now silence.” He paused for a moment the GM visibly calming, “One rule I must inform you of is the Emperor's board is neutral ground, use it as you see fit. However any acts of violence performed here will be punished severely.” At that the GM gave Vito a bow, “Welcome to the game, do your best, and enjoy your first set of cards.”\n    That's also when Maximilian, having gone through what looked to be an Inventory said, “And to welcome him to the board, Game Master I want to spawn an event.” Clicking on something in his UI the GM then held a card.\n    The gm accepted the card with a jovial chuckle, “Oh ho bandit raid tier three, that's Vicious of you.” But he accepted the card nonetheless. “SO be it the city under the control of the Devil Vito shall be attacked by a bandit raid.”\n    “What?” Vito asked snapping around to look at the GM, “When?”\n    The GM looked at his wrist as if he was wearing a watch. He counted for a moment till he said, “Oh about right now.” And with that he was gone, the other emperors at the table were gone, and on his map Vito could see a red flag moving toward his city. Vito stood around for a moment till the GM said returning and more importantly alone, “Oh there is one thing I do need to inform you of.” Vito nodded and watched as he approached the board, and tapped on the mountains behind his city with the pathways leading to the dragon Heartlands. “It was black carded by its previous owners so I could not tell you till I got rid of the other players seeing as you now own this land you and you alone have the right to know of it. The dragons had in their possession a pocket dimension called Heart Fire.” He pointed at the mountains, then went on to explain, “The old pathways in that mountain can lead to its gate, however the mountain will be randomized every forty days.”\n    Vito looked at that mountain then asked, “Wait randomized as in those old pathways are a dungeon?”\n    The Gm nodded then said, “Exactly, however once you find the entrance you'll be able to chart out a path to it, that path will never change however the rest of the mountain will still randomize spawning new monsters and treasures, a useful hunting ground to train heroes.” The gm folded his hands behind his back then said. “This is a gift from the dragons, and it comes with a message. Ahem… Inside the fire you shall find all the treasures I defined, this Dragon queen wishes you her best, i beg that ye do not fail this test. Inside is what i hold dear the most. My time is done, i have failed, do not trust the Gilded Veil” With that the GM gave a bow and vanished. Vito looked around the now used void the emperors table before him. Unsure what he was to do with it, he focused on what he did know, a raid was incoming. He pulled himself back to reality, being met by Jessica when his eyes rolled around.\n    “What's the matter master?” Jessica asked a little out of breath. “I don't think you've ever called me so urgently.”\n    Vito nodded getting up from where he had been sitting, “A few things have come up. I need you to find your brother and have him gather up the troops now.”\n    “What, why?” Jessica asked confused as to why the sudden urgency.\n    “Bandits are about to raid us.” Vito told her.\n    “How can you be sure?” Jessica asked, “Did muffin or Gina tell you about it?”\n    “Like I said,” Vito told her with a pause. “Things have changed, I'll tell you about it later. For now Jacob stat.” Jessica nodded and rushed out to find her brother, a good idea where he was. Vito looked over to Chara who had been lounging near him. “Let's get ready.”\n    “You think you'll need to use me? Chara teased opting rather then getting up by pulling up her shirt flashing him her goodies. He approached and gave her a rub, Chara letting out a soft moan till Vito replied with, “Sorry baby but this is part of my job. These people follow me because I have given my word to protect them.” She nodded and got up, Vito picking her up like one might hold a doll against his chest. “Once we take care of these bandits, then I'll put you on my cock, but business before pleasure.”\n    “Right,” Chara said softly feeling him flex his fingers into her sex even as he carried her. “So you ever going to give me shorts?? Or underwear?” She teased.\n    “Yeah no worries we’ll get you clothes for when you’re out and about.” Vito teased in turn allowing his fingers to sink into her flesh as he then left his tent behind. Events unfolded quickly after that. Jessica found her brother, who at their masters request, rounded up what flew as Vito's army. With Vito at the head they marched into the valley, Vito using Muffin and her guild as his scouts. Gina was there as well to use her magic in whatever ways would best serve the situation. Only Vito knew the bandits were coming everyone else only had his word on it. Vito was still carrying Chara unwilling to let her run around doing things her way. Vito looked over when several of Muffin's guild members hurried over to her.\n    “So far no dice master.” Muffin told him after listening to several reports. “I've got my guys and girls all over the place right now, no one has spotted anything. So far no one is coming through the valley entrance.”\n    Vito pressed his hand against his chin as he went into thought. He knew the raid was coming, he saw the marker on the map and checked several times. That's when he clicked his tongue, “Sneaky bastard.” He looked over at Jacob and said, “They're coming from the mountain. Turn the army around.”\n    “Yes master.” Jacob told him, then going about getting the gathered troops moving. Vito lead then toward the mountain, but yet again nothing out of the normal.\n    “Are you sure about this raid master?” Gina asked pressing herself into his back.\n    “One second.” Vito told her, quickly pulling himself back into the Emperors board. Looking around there was still a big red flag approaching his city. It was even labeled bandit raid. Vito looked around the board unsure what was going on. That's when the Game Master approached.\n    “Yes player?? The tiny GM asked, “You have questions.”\n    “This bandit raid, where is it?” Vito asked looking at the hooded gm. “Does it actually exist?”\n    “Yes it exist,” The gm clarified.\n    “Then where are they?” Vito asked annoyed at this turn of events. “How do I defend myself from an attack I can't find.”\n    “I'm surprised at you player,” The gm teased. “You of all people should know event spawned troops don't have to find a route into your valley, they were spawned there.” The gm thought about it for a moment then said, “Alright as you are new to the game I'll give you a friendly hint. The young vampire in your possession, use her; she'll be able to smell any blood spilled for up to ten leagues, they're very sensitive to the smell of blood.”\n    “Its broad daylight, how do I use a vampire?” Vito asked.\n    “No worries,” the GM assured. “Vampires in this game work under the system of days since fed. The day and a half after feeding they won't burn but will be far weaker than those who have not fed in say a week, who would go up like a tinderbox.” At that the GM vanished. Vito knowing better how to solve this pulled himself back to reality. He instantly turned to muffin and said, “We're going to need Anna, go get her please.” Muffin nodded then turned to leave, She had left Jacky who Vito then said, “The bandits are already in the valley, have your scouts focus in the valley not at its entrances.\n    “Understood.” Jacky told him, putting her finger to her ear then saying words Vito could not hear.\n    Rather then standing around Vito took his army on patrol, knowing there was a threat but not where it was, was annoying. Vito then sensed Muffin and Anna approaching, then turned to greet them. “Thank you Muffin.” He said giving the cat-girl in question an ear scratch, she looked annoyed if not happy. He then turned to Anna, “Ann, can you smell any blood?”\n    “What kind of question is that? Anna asked the vampire fanning herself as if it was very hot outside. “Do I really need to be here? Sure vampires don't burn a day after feeding but its still hotter than hell outside for us.”\n    “Yes I need you.” Vito told her, in a strange way comforting her, not used to being needed. “There are bandits in the valley and I can't find them. I need to to find them by blood they might spill.”\n    Anna nodded, “Well ok, but it's less me smelling it with my nose and more me able to track blood. But if it'll help you then I don't mind.” She held her pointer and middle finger to her forehead, her fangs growing at least an inch. She went into something of a trance as she did whatever it was she was doing, Vito unsure of the inner workings of this ability of hers. After a few seconds she looked up at Vito and said, “I do sense blood, its mixed with the scent of fresh chopped wood.”\n    “The lumber yard.” Jacob quickly said, “They're attacking the lumber yard.”\n    Vito reached down and rubbed Anna's head, “Thank you, good work.” Vito gave her a quick kiss on the forehead as Jacob gave the orders for the troops to follow after Vito who, after giving a few orders, took to his wings and flew off. Anna sheepishly looked at Jacob who smirked down at her. She sprouted a pair of wings of her own taking Jacob off guard,\n    “You have wings too?” Jacob asked trying not to sound jealous.\n    “Well yeah, it came with the blood pact,” Anna said her wings beating to pick her off the ground. “You're close too, i’m sure uh, well… sorry should let him go alone.” At that she flew after Vito. He flew as fast as he could, hearing people calling to him from the ground. Looking down at them he saw the men pointing at the lumber yard. A few of them seeing Vito rush in that direction grabbed anything that could pass for weapons and rushed after him. Once Vito saw the flames he felt his anger raise and bit his lip to keep himself calm. He looked around men were fighting the bandits.\n    He saw a bad situation about to turn worse one of the men about to be cleaved in two, “Shit looks like I have no choice.” Vito looked up to his UI his menus flying open till he settled on a page that looked like a spell book. He held his hand out and his voice echoed with power, “The Thundering of a thousand souls. Warriors young and warriors old. Hear me voice and know my name. Stand up tall and fight again. Hellion Legion!” The very page echoed at his spell as the men before him found themselves protected by magic shields, their flesh slowly turning a tinge of red. They felt strength flowing into them, it felt unnatural.\n    As the men looked around unsure what just happened one man shouted, “Look, it's his majesty, it's got to be his doing.” The men watched in awe, others in gratitude.\n    “GO my hellions!” Vito commanded “Show them no mercy! They have threatened your families, end them!” Then men grew angry and roared in turn grabbing axes or anything else they could use as a weapon. Vito's hands flowed through the air reacting to threats, healing the wounded and protecting as it came up. Anna landed near him moments after her wings folding into her back and vanishing.\n    “Vito, Are you ok?” Anna asked looking up as Vito's hands continued to react with a magical glow.\n    “I'm fine.” Vito assured then saying, “These men don't know how to fight though, I can only do so much. I need a shock troop an hour ago.”\n    “Well that's a bit of a problem though.” Anna send holding up the one rune she had. “Father never liked my power, the only rune I have is Sir Fink.” Vito glanced around hands still reacting to the battlefield. But as this event got ready to unfold Alex stood stoically on the rise overlooking the valley. He reached down and pat Sara's head the young Vixen standing at his side.\n    “Wolf, why are we here?” Alex asked glancing over his shoulder at the Storyteller. The cloaked wolf smirked at him as he approached his side.\n    “Do you really need a reason to watch thought that was part of your job?” The Storyteller asked in turn.\n    “I do when you are the one who calls me to do so.” Alex said rather coldly once more petting his sisters head, who cuddled into his embrace    .\n    “Fine if you must know.” Wolf said after a moment of silence. “He is about to break.” Alex's gaze then turned cold.\n    “What!?” Do you know what this means?” Alex snapped turning to the storyteller.\n    “I know precisely what this means, the question is,” He turned his gaze cold for a moment. “Are you going to spoil it?”Alex Gripped his sisters shoulder watching the dark look on the wolf's face.\n    “No, I won't spoil it.” Alex told him still taking a surprised defensive posture.\n    There was a silence in the area till The Storyteller broke into a smile and pat Alex's shoulder. “Good, good, now I think you should get ready.” Wolf told him patting his shoulder. With that Alex made a hasty retreat taking his kid sister with him. Once alone the storyteller looked at his wrist then said, “Oh well look how long this has gotten.” With a smile and a bow the wolf then says, “Well then let's pick this back up next time shall we?” He holds up two fingers then slices them to the right everything then going black.\n\n[i]~End of chapter~[/i]\n\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'><span class='font_title'>Game On</span><br /><span class='underline'>chapter 11</span><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The first thing I remember upon waking was Worth&rsquo;s&hellip; no&hellip; no that&rsquo;s Chara&#039;s voice, she sounds upset. &ldquo;Vito! wake up, come on up up up.&rdquo; She grabbed Vito&#039;s collar and shook him as firmly as she could. &ldquo;Rise and Shine, come on Stand a deliver, get your fucking ass up. Come on, this is so bad get up! Fucking hell GET UP!&rdquo; At that she slapped Vito in the face as hard as she could, his eyes rolled back around a few seconds later.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oooh fuck,&rdquo; Vito groaned &ldquo;Chara what the hell,&rdquo; he sat up rubbing the side of his face, &ldquo;What&#039;s you major malfunction?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Shut up,&rdquo; she growled as she grabbed his collar &ldquo;You&#039;ve been out for almost an hour!&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It took him a second to process this, &ldquo;SHIT THE VILLAGE!&rdquo; at that Vito jumped to his feet, albeit with a groggy wobble. &ldquo;Son of a bitch...&rdquo; Vito groaned his body aching strangely. &ldquo;My first time using that much power... I must have overloaded myself or something.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yeah yeah, walk before you run and all that shit&rdquo; Chara said as she jumped up and down then yelling at him. &ldquo;THE VILLAGE IS ON FIRE!!&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;God damn It.&rdquo; He looked up to the village, flames could be seen billowing into the sky. &ldquo;Fuck, god what a time to mess up like this.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go, let&#039;s go!&#039; Chara shouted pulling his arm. Vito scooped her up stretching his wings to their full extent till he took off into the sky.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Gah.&rdquo; Vito groaned as he flew, &ldquo;What happened to me?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I... I don&#039;t know,&rdquo; Chara told him clutching his arm tightly. &ldquo;Just because I can get in your head doesn&#039;t mean I have a real time error log, just fly faster jerk!&rdquo; Vito flew as fast as he could, his hair whipping violently behind him. Chara was in the same category her neck length hair whipping around in front of her eyes. &ldquo;What do you see?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;How cold I...&rdquo; Vito was cut off.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Don&#039;t bullshit me,&rdquo; Chara snapped. &ldquo;I can see your interface, I know how strong you are, what do you see?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito sighed, &ldquo;Most of the people have been gathered by the knights, They&#039;re safe for now, seems Gina has a barrier up.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What about the fledglings?&rdquo; Chara asked, Vito knowing who she was referring too.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Muffin is with Gina and the knights, I...&rdquo;Vito paused as he looked around. &ldquo;I &hellip; I don&#039;t see Jessica... and where&#039;s Jacob?&rdquo; Vito looked around till he stammered out, &ldquo;There she is... Jess what are you doing?!?&rdquo; At that Vito broke into a dive Chara shrieking as he did. Jessica was rushing away from the group gathered by the knights.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There was the sound of a few children screaming, she couldn&#039;t ignore it. A young boy, though terrified, had managed to get his hands on a sword he could barely lift; a young girl cowering behind him, and a few more children behind them. The shadows violently whipped around them, the children could see could see nothing but darkness, and thousands of eyes. It didn&#039;t look good for them, the eyes getting closer till &ldquo;Don&#039;t worry, I&#039;ll protect you!&rdquo; Jessica shouted as a barrier protected the children from a pending attack, the boy able to see the twisted face smash against the barrier accompanied by the sound of someone rubbing against a window.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Lady Jessica!&rdquo; The boy cried out.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Save us please.&rdquo; The little girl begged.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;That&#039;s why I&#039;m here...&rdquo; Jessica tried to stay strong, but she was terrified. <em>&#039;But what do I do.... I don&#039;t know any offensive magic yet!&#039;</em> She looked around, the shadows weren&#039;t happy an easy meal had been, for the moment, stolen from them. Jessica gripped tight her staff and swung it at one of the shadows, but it simply hid itself in the darkness. She then realized just how badly she screwed up; eyes were all around her, and now she was the only thing they could get at. Jessica defended herself again the first shadow, then somehow against the second one. By the third shadow she lost her footing. Shadow four slammed into her and knocked her to the ground. She looked up just in time to see the fifth shadow which managed to rip her left ear off. Jessica&#039;s screams echoed into the night as the children cowered in the barrier fearing they were next. But that&#039;s when a flaming object hit the ground next to them. Jessica looked up and saw her master, then promptly mortified. The look on Vito&#039;s face was rage, pure, silent, stone faced rage and absolutely nothing dared make a sound. In a blink he reached over, and turned her head looking at the blood pouring from where her ear had been ripped off; his head cocked silently to the right, unblinking his flesh trembling.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;ITS HIS Majesty! The boy cried out in between sobs; Vito visibly flinched at the young voice.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Save Lady Jessica please!&rdquo; The little girl cried from behind the boy.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito cupped the side of Jessica&#039;s head, tears falling from her own eyes. Vito nuzzled her forehead for a second, &ldquo;Pay attention Jess, this is how you inspire the next generation.&rdquo; He pulled away and stood up the children seeing the shadows then Vito&#039;s back. <em>&#039;I think that line will be the best to use here, I sure hope he doesn&#039;t mind me borrowing his catch phrase.&#039;</em> Vito turned his head a little still stone faced till he started to turn, a full smile faked across his face once he looked at the kids, &ldquo;You children don&#039;t have to be afraid anymore, Because now I am here!&rdquo; At that the children started sobbing loudly finally starting to feel safe again.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;We&#039;re saved&rdquo; was what most of them thought. But the boy who had grabbed a sword who thought<em> &#039;He&#039;s so strong,&#039;</em> he paused his thought as he fell down holding his sister close. <em>&#039;could I ever be a hero like him?&#039;</em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Once Vito looked away from the children his fake smile melted into his unblinking silent rage. &ldquo;Come Shadow Fang!&rdquo; Vito tried not to roar as he drew his scythe. He knelt down and kissed Jessica head, &ldquo;Don&#039;t worry, I&#039;ll save you.&rdquo; She couldn&#039;t help the tears falling down her face, she had been so afraid. But once she heard children screaming in terror, she couldn&rsquo;t stop herself from running toward them.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; <em> ~Mood music: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQgXk7YIow\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vito the Hero</a>~</em><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito turned on the shadows gathering around him thousands of eyes looking his way. &ldquo;You&#039;ve threatened my little ones&rdquo; he growled, &ldquo;You ripped Jessica&#039;s little ear off!&rdquo; He went silent his rage now palpable around him &ldquo;UNFORGIVABLE!&rdquo; He roared as his horns burst into flame, the shadow the monster hid in begin to be consumed. Vito moved at a speed the children couldn&#039;t see, Jess could barely following him. Every shadow he felled though seemed like it brought two more, Vito roaring at the never ending tide of darkness.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Jessica!&rdquo; Chara cried out as she rushed over pulling her head back for a moment as Vito&rsquo;s scythe found itself in a monster next to her; the sounds of Vito&#039;s roar and the slaughter of shadows heard as she hurried over to then helped her up. As Vito fought against the growing number of shadows, Chara managed to help Jessica get inside her barrier. She looked over at Vito and shouted &ldquo;MASTER USE ME!&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No&rdquo; Vito roared back even as he was swarmed by shadows, but the resulting explosion of fire destroyed them. &ldquo;How many would I kill fighting at that level, you don&#039;t nuke your home!&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;HOW many people will die if you hold back!?&rdquo; Chara yelled. What Vito said next was what inspired Jessica to be more.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Because a True Hero,&rdquo; Vito started as he pulled his scythe into two, &ldquo;Should always find a way to save a life! How can I do that if I&#039;m the threat!&rdquo; He fought tooth and claw till he realized something. Looked around it dawned on him as more shadows arrived. &ldquo;This shadow they hide in, I have to rend it if my army is to have a chance.&rdquo; He slew a few more shadows till he unfolded his wings, and propelled himself into the sky. &ldquo;God I hope I can pull this off.&rdquo; Vito nervously told himself. Once he was in position he looked around, flames growing around him till he roared &ldquo;Hellfire Nova!&rdquo; and that was when the flames of hell covered the sky, and the fog of war the monster hid in was burned away.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;He&#039;s burning the fog.&rdquo; Chara said as she looked at the now exposed creatures, a long knife forming in her hands to protect those behind her. &ldquo;I CAN FIGHT TOO YA KNOW!&rdquo; Chara shouted as she lopped off a shadows head, her eyes red and a wide smile creeping over her face.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jacob had been fighting his own battle at that moment. Much like his sister, he couldn&#039;t ignore the cries of those in need, and rushed into the fray without even thinking nor looking back. Now behind him cowered families. men, women, and children, some wounded, others too old to flee. Before him stood a field of monsters and a sea of darkness. He gripped his blade so tightly his fingers where bleeding. <em>&#039;I&#039;m over my head... but if I run&#039;</em> He looked back and saw all the people who needed him. <em>&#039;Because If I run, they die!&#039;</em> Jacob gripped his blade once more before he rushed into the fight. He swung at the shadows, catching a few in the act of an attack and wounded them. But that&#039;s when an explosion was heard, Vito having landed some ways away.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Masters back!&rdquo; Muffin shouted as she rushed to Jacobs side. &quot;Came down like a falling star.&quot;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jacob sighed, &ldquo;Thank the gods he&#039;s ok.&rdquo; He looked around the field of monsters growing, &ldquo;Muffin.&rdquo; he shouted, pushing her away. &ldquo;Protect them I got this.&rdquo; Things came to a halt for a brief moment a growing power distracting the monsters, Jacob taking that advantage. The shadows grew enraged and went into a flurry. But that&#039;s when Vito made his play, and Jacob looked up to see Vito&#039;s crimson colored flames covering the sky.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Hellfire Nova!&rdquo; Vito roared as he burned away the tide of shadow<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Master,&rdquo; Jacob stammered. Thanks to his eyes he was able to see Vito, and the visible strain he was under. &ldquo;Wait, is he in pain? Why is he trying so hard?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That&#039;s when Jacob started to understand what Vito was trying to tell him, recalling carefully Vito&#039;s choice of words, &ldquo;SO only protect what&#039;s important. Everything here can be replaced, people can&#039;t. You are a hero in this story, so go be a hero. I believe in you.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wait does that mean&rdquo; Jacob stammered as realization dawned on him. &ldquo;Do we truly mean that much to him? Are we all... my master&rsquo;s treasures?&rdquo; Jacob asked himself.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That&#039;s when a young scream was heard, &ldquo;JACOB!&rdquo; Muffin shouted, &ldquo;The monsters have a child cornered, SAVE HER!&rdquo; His eyes shot open, then he moved without thinking.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A young girl, a blue jay half morph was surrounded, back against a wall; she couldn&#039;t move she was so terrified, all she could see was the eyes getting closer. She covered her eyes as she saw a monster lung at her. But what she heard next was the clash of something on metal, someone growling in pain yelling &ldquo;HOW DARE YOU!&rdquo; At that point Jacob scooped up the girl. She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Jacob&#039;s smiling face, bloody claw marks going down the left side of his face, and the blood pouring off of him &ldquo;Thank the gods, I got to you fast enough.&rdquo; Jacob smiled at her, Jacob panting for breath. The girls eyes lighting up even as tears started to fall from them. Her lip quivered, she had been saved all she could think was <em>&lsquo;my hero.&rsquo;</em> Holding the girl in one arm and his sword in the other Jacob turned to the monsters. He growled as he looked at the monsters gathered around him, that&#039;s when he felt the swell of power. &ldquo;These people... are my masters precious treasures.&rdquo; He broke in a crash of emotion. His face was rage and he howled as energy started pouring off him, a spaded tail formed from the base of his spine that cracked like a whip. A pair of ethereal horns sprouted from his head, and his skin tone took an ever so slightly chalky gray color. &ldquo;I will die before I let you hurt them!&rdquo;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>~Mood music: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0a9a8PUPrA\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Birth of a Legend</a>~</em><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The girl could only clutch his chest as Jacob fought. The shadows swarmed in enraged, but with his new strength Jacob was stronger than them. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry I&#039;ve got you,&rdquo; he smiled at the girl, &ldquo;I will protect you, I promise!&rdquo; He cut one shadow into shreds as it approached, flames crept up his blade as he started channeling more of his new power. He cut his way through the swarm, now exposed do to Vito&#039;s actions. He made his way back to the gathered group at a speed that surprised himself, &ldquo;Muffin take the girl.&rdquo; Jacob said as he passed the girl to Muffin, she hugged her tightly.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Thank the gods you got &hellip; to her... Jacob what the hell is that power?&rdquo; Muffin asked even as Jacob put the girl in her arms, and rubbed the birds head.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At that Jacob took a stand. He grabbed his bow off his back and when he drew his string back, an arrow of hellfire formed. &ldquo;I will walk my masters path! If you want to harm my master&rsquo;s treasures, you do so over my dead body!&rdquo; At that he moved in a blur, suddenly before a family that was being charged, Jacob unleashed his bow and let the arrow fly, &ldquo;Hellfire Volley!&rdquo; Then the family found themselves with the group as hundreds almost thousands of arrows started flying, Jacob unleashing more arrows as the monsters tried to swarm; he was barely a blur as he unleashed hell. More and more faster and slowly faster arrows flew, Jacob moving fast enough to visibly blur. Muffin could only try to keep up with him as more and more he gathered people who had been left behind or cut off. &ldquo;That&#039;s the last of them.&rdquo; Muffin heard him say behind her &ldquo;I gathered all the stragglers, Go I&#039;ll cover you.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Right!&rdquo; Muffin shouted as arrows started flying over her shoulder. &ldquo;TANK JACKY!&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Boss,&rdquo; the two said in tandem as the all but materialized behind her.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Lets go, show these things we mean business!&rdquo; Muffin ordered, drawing a pair of blades from holsters behind her back. The trio rushed into the fray with a hail of fire arrows. The trio stood alone hacking the shadows apart till more and more the guild joined the battle, &ldquo;Shadow Children Dance!&rdquo; Muffin ordered, the guild as a whole stepped out of the shadows and joined the battle. Jacob was protecting the group, every time the shadows managed to get away from Muffin and her guild it found Jacob in its face, then his arrow lodging in it. With the monsters exposed at Vito expense the battle was now fight-able. Muffin showing a level of skill unsurpassed by any of her subordinates. Jacob was now fast enough to protect the entire battlefield, and those behind him. Things were finally looking up, but that&#039;s when the shadows tried one last ploy. The remaining creatures pulled themselves into one monstrosity, a huge monstrous creature. Jacob, Muffin, and her guild looked on as the creature grew bigger with each shadow.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh master knows of these monsters.&rdquo; Chara said as she walked up next to Jacob. &ldquo;It&#039;s called a nightwalker, it&#039;s a demon very smart very powerful, heh master&rsquo;s dealt with their kind before.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;How do we fight it?&rdquo; Jacob asked.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh,&rdquo; Chara chuckled gripping another glowing blade a slightly disturbing smile creeping to her face, &ldquo;You&#039;re not ready for that one.&rdquo; She was gone before she even finished talking. She was in front of the monster. It roared at her and attempted to strike her, &ldquo;Poor stupid creature,&rdquo; She toyed using a long knife to absorb its blow. &ldquo;You don&#039;t even realize that I&#039;m just the distraction do you.&rdquo; It barely had enough time to look up then back till Vito came in and looped off its head, so fast he flew it sounded like a crack of thunder when he struck the ground.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;ll&#039;&#039;...&rdquo; Vito stopped to pant. &ldquo;be damned.... I managed... to... pull it off...&rdquo; The corpse next to him started to break up and dissipate into a black mist. At that Vito fell to one knee.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Master.&rdquo; Jacob shouted as the other rushed over.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito looked at Chara who pat his back. &ldquo;Where&#039;s Jess?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Over there doing what she does best, healing.&rdquo; Chara pointed to the group, &ldquo;I brought her over here then put myself where you needed me.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Thanks.&rdquo; Vito panted as he patted her head, &ldquo;Such a good girl.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chara tried her best not to look to happy about being pet as Jake and the other hurried over. &ldquo;Master&rdquo; Jacob cried out as he got to him first, his horns and tail still there for a moment till he put his sword away and the power dissipated. &ldquo;Are you alright?&rdquo; He asked as he offered Vito his hand.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;ll be fine.&rdquo; Vito assured as he accepted Jacobs hand who pulled him back to his feet. &ldquo;Just the first time I unleashed that much controlled mana&hellip; woo, second time... woah god&rdquo; He paused as he continued trying to catch his breath dropping down onto his butt as he did . &ldquo;God keeping that flat... that was so much harder than letting it explode.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Muffin hurried over next and just about jumped into his arms. &ldquo;I was so worried about you. When you didn&#039;t come back&hellip; I thought.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito pet her to calm her down, &ldquo;Sorry, I overdid it.&rdquo; He sighed petting the cat who was hiding the fact that she was crying in his shirt. &ldquo;Magic really needs to come with an instruction manual, how was I supposed to know you could black out if you used that much mana in one go.&rdquo; He held Muffin for a moment longer to cover for her as she sobbed into his embrace. Once he set her down he looked over at Jacob and the claw marks scarring the left side of his face. &ldquo;Jacob, look at what they&#039;ve done to you.&rdquo; Vito said as he held Jacobs face.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Hey.&rdquo; Tank said as he put his hand on Jacobs shoulder, &ldquo;Look at it like this, you&#039;re not a true warrior till you have a scar, how many can say they got theirs surviving a fighting a horde of monsters??&rdquo; To make his point Tank pulled up his shirt to expose a scar on his chest, it looked like he had nearly been cleaved in two at one point. &ldquo;The reason they call me Tank? I tanked this blow then killed the fucker who did it before I blacked out.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Jacob.&rdquo; Jessica cried out. &ldquo;What was that power?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Sis.&rdquo; Jacob called out but froze jaw slack when he saw her. The left side of her head was covered in blood and her ear was still missing. &ldquo;Wha... what did they do to you?&rdquo; He rushed over and tried to cradle her head, but she laughed nervously and pulled away<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh&rdquo; Jessica recoiled covering where her ear use to be. &ldquo;It&#039;s nothing, I would have been killed if master didn&#039;t get to me when he did, I&hellip; I had no right to be on a battlefield, but those kids&hellip; they needed help, but only I could hear them crying...&rdquo; That&#039;s when Jacob realized and pulled her into a hug.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Jess.&rdquo; Vito called out approaching her. She looked away for a moment till he pulled her into a hug. &ldquo;Sorry I wasn&#039;t fast enough.&rdquo; She nodded hugging him. &ldquo;I&#039;ll see if I can... heal it.&rdquo; She gave him a nod a moment later she was sitting on the ground. <em>&#039;Fuck, I hope I have enough mana left.&#039;</em> He formed a small flame in his hand, then held it up to her wound. &ldquo;Hellfire Rejuvenation.&rdquo; He said to activate the spell. Jacob was worried Vito was burning his sister head, but she only ever displayed slight discomfort. The flames he pressed against her head burned away the blood, then actually started reforming her ear... but it wasn&#039;t right. Once he finished he looked very disappointed with himself, her ear wasn&#039;t the same color as her skin, it looked like it belonged on a dark elf, not Jessica; the contrast where her ear joined her head was jarring. <em>&#039;great... nothing like a constant reminder that I messed up.&#039;</em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Thank you master.&rdquo; Jessica said with her normal cheery tone thankful that she had gotten her ear back.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito rubbed her arm, trying his best not to look at her ear. The aftermath of the battle was calculated and reported to Vito. One hundred and thirty two dead, a tragedy by far, but it could have been far far worse. Other damages minor in scale. It reassured Vito that he had to improve, he had to get stronger. Several days later Vito was sitting in his tent when Tia came scurrying to him, he seemed a bit out of it till she touched him.&ldquo;Tia, there you are.&rdquo; He scooped her up and gave her a hug. Vito was sitting there currently looking at his interface, he had his regional map up. The lands in which he had claimed finally showed a colored border, whatever passed as this games admin had finally recognized that the land now belonged to him, or so he felt.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Master master look look, I did a thing.&rdquo; Tia grinned holding out his dragon gem. He accepted it and opened it<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wait is this?&rdquo; Vito asked looking in the gem&#039;s UI, saw listings for wood, stone, how many similar weapons he had in storage, food and other items stored in their makeshift warehouse. &ldquo;Tia&rdquo; He asked patting the girls head, &ldquo;How did you do this?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tia pointed up to a mark at the top of the Gems UI, a pair of horns very similar to his own. &ldquo;I marked the storehouse with your symbol, now the gem has accepted it as an extension of your treasury.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She smiled up at him, obviously fishing for praise, which he gave her patting her head, &ldquo;Wow, that&#039;s actually a really good thing, good girl.&rdquo; The tiny kobold cooed in his lap as he fished through his list. Once satisfied and he closed his menu then noticed what Tia was doing. &ldquo;What do you think you&#039;re doing?&rdquo; He asked in a teasing way watching as Tia stroked his length through his pants she looked back at him and smirked. He didn&#039;t bother stopping her, instead sat back when Tia opted to put him in her mouth, beginning to blow him.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Really master?&rdquo; Chara asked with a teasing tone from the other side of his tent.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;OH shut it,&rdquo; Vito teased, rubbing Tia&#039;s head, &ldquo;you&#039;re just mad that she thought of it first.&rdquo; Chara&#039;s face turned red but she did crawl over to watch. Vito groaned as he let Tia have her fun, But when Jack and Bart opened the tent, and saw what was going on, &ldquo;You know, its at times like this I miss doors that I could lock.&rdquo; With a sigh Vito went on to say, &ldquo;Not sorry, not stopping, what do you want?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bart was a little unnerved, Jack however was used to the idea of royals getting away with murder, and didn&#039;t miss a step. &ldquo;Your Grace, we came to finalize a few plans with you, and to get your blessing to start.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito rubbed Tia&#039;s head then reached over to lend Chara a &#039;hand&#039; the girl obviously wanted some attention, and gave it to her; his fingers beginning to play with her opening. &ldquo;Start what?&rdquo; He asked<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well sire.&rdquo; Bart said having gotten a grip, &ldquo;With mine and my daughters help Jack has put together a team of skilled builders and other such necessary craftsmen,&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Right.&rdquo; Flickerson told him in turn. &ldquo;I was thinking of starting construction on the first of your kitchens that you told me you wanted. So we can start properly cooking meals for not only yourself, but the village as a whole. I was hoping to get your blessing to finalize where you want it and start construction.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded, letting out a groan when Tia&#039;s rather rough little tongue rubbed the underside of his shaft. &ldquo;I see, well that is what I hired you for right? I&#039;ll trust you to place it and properly build around it. Thank you for running it by me first though, you do have my blessing.&rdquo; Chara was trying to hide her face as Vito made her moan, already knuckle deep in her pussy leading Vito to chuckle. &ldquo;Well gentlemen, as you can see, there are a few things that I simply must tend to, so if there is nothing else.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No put me down.&rdquo; Chara cried out as Vito picked her up off of the bedding.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No your grace,&rdquo; Jack responded with a proper bow. At that he turned to Bart, &ldquo;Well lord Rivergreen, I suggest we leave his majesty to his &#039;important&#039; business.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Lord Rivergreen huh.&rdquo; Bart said with a laugh, &ldquo;I guess it fits, I am my lords steward, would make me something of a noble wouldn&#039;t it.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Hey,&rdquo; Vito said as he stopped what he was doing... for the moment. &ldquo;It would have been so much harder for me to have gotten here without you Bart, you&#039;ve earned that title. Wear it proudly&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Thank you Vito,&rdquo; Bart said only to pause. &ldquo;Er sorry Your Grace, I won&#039;t let you down.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At that the two bowed, then left. &ldquo;Well then now that their gone.&rdquo; Vito placed Chara on his chest, then Tia on her. The two looked down at the cock between them, &ldquo;Well Tia has been a very helpful girl today, only fair she gets it first.&rdquo; At that Vito pushed himself into Tia the kobold letting out a happy chirping noise.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Huh thats a strange noise.&rdquo; Chara said softly rubbing the side of her head.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Lets see if I we can make her do it more then.&rdquo; Vito said teasingly as he started to thrust into her, Chara deciding to help started rubbing on Tia&rsquo;s chest.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Flat as a board.&rdquo; Chara giggled.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;She&#039;s a kobold,&rdquo; Vito said with a soft groan. &ldquo;I wouldn&#039;t have expected her to have tits to begin with; Besides...&rdquo; He said with a sudden teasing tone. He cupped Chara&#039;s own tiny breast, &ldquo;You don&#039;t have too much to lord over her with.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh come on,&rdquo; Chara said trying not to moan from Vito&#039;s machinations. &ldquo;You gave me the body of a ten year old, obviously I&#039;m not going to have tits jerk.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He gave her own nipple a firm pinch making a very girly moan echo out of her mouth. &ldquo;Fun fact about tiny nipples, they are often far more sensitive, or so I&#039;ve been told. Might be fake news I&#039;m not positive, never tried it in person.&rdquo; He looked down at the teary scowl Chara was giving him as he said, &ldquo;Seems to be true with you though my dear.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Ba... bite me!&rdquo; Chara snapped in aggravation, trying in vain to push away from him. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well, if you insist.&rdquo; Vito teased, he let go of Tia allowing her to ride him at her own pace, which was rather brisk; even if it seemed to trouble her. He put his arms around Chara and lift her up to the point he had her nipples near his mouth. He teased her by licking his lips.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Don&#039;t... you&hellip; dare.&rdquo; Chara said as she tried and failed to free herself from his grip.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh?&rdquo; Vito teased inching himself a bit closer sticking his tongue out mockingly.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I am warning you.&rdquo; Chara threatened trying to get away but he had a firm hold on her<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well you know what I&#039;m doing?&rdquo; Vito asked but rather then give her a verbal answer he bit down, gently, on one of her nipples. She fought it for a few moments but before too long Vito made a sharp sweet cry sing out of her as he toyed with her breast.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wow Chara can make cute noises like that?&rdquo; Jacob teased as he entered the tent.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;FUCK OFF!&rdquo; Chara snapped glaring at Jacob who smirked back,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Master&rdquo; Jacob called out with a nod.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;How are you doing?&rdquo; Jessica her usual sweet tone of voice asked entering after her brother.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Can&#039;t complain.&rdquo; Vito said with a chuckle, continuing to tease and toy with Chara as Tia rode him. &ldquo;I get to tease Chara while Tia has some fun with me. All in all a good morning so far.&rdquo; Vito laughed for a second till, much to her annoyance and delight both, he started to dig one of his fingers into Chara&#039;s pussy; She groaned rather loudly till unable to hold herself up she laid against Vito as he fingered her.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Speaking of which master.&rdquo; Jessica started as she took a seat. &ldquo;The cooks over at the makeshift kitchen area asked me to let you know that lunch would be ready shortly&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well thanks for letting me know,&rdquo; He told her reaching over and patting her head, &ldquo;After I have a little fun with these two, lets go get some food shall we?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Sounds like a plan to me master.&rdquo; Jacob said with a light chuckle as he sat down; then after a moment of nervously looking around, finally wrapped his arms around his sister pulling her into his lap. He cuddled into her back holding her tight, giving her a bit of the sticky sweet kind of love and affection.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;So where are Muffin and Gina?&rdquo; Vito asked looking to Jessica who was melting into her brothers embrace.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Muffin was checking in with her guild,&rdquo; Jessica explained stopping to gasp when Jacob nuzzled her neck. &ldquo;And seems Gina is a step ahead of you for once master, Told me she&#039;s scouting potential mages to reform her guild; I think she realizes you&#039;ll want more casters for your army.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well good on her.&rdquo; Vito teased, as he dug another finger into Chara; who all but turned into an angry tsundere putty in his arms, Tia making a lot of lusty coos and happy chirping noises. Vito glanced over at the siblings, Jessica had just gasped, doing a little melting of her own. Seeing as Jacob&#039;s hand had just found its way into her dress, Vito didn&#039;t have to second guess what was going on there. The lot of them had their fun for a good while. Vito allowed his fingers to explore Chara till he filled Tia with cum who enjoyed riding him as he came. Jessica was more than happy to blow her brother, enjoying the fact she was just about able to turn her brother to goo as she did; very much enjoying the rather pathetic moans she made him let out. But once they finished, Tia draining the large load Vito happily pumped into her. Jessica enjoying the taste of her brother on her tongue. Jacob was recovering from Jessica making him bust a nut, twice in a short time. And Vito was petting Chara who was angrily panting from her own multiple orgasms. &ldquo;So why has my tent become sex central?&rdquo; Vito joked looking around at the others.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You made it this way.&rdquo; Jessica teased hugging her brother then her master.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Eh true,&rdquo; Vito laughed rubbing her head. &ldquo;Looks like I have to own that. Oh well so who&#039;s hungry?&rdquo; He asked, everyone&#039;s hands shooting up in response. &ldquo;Alright, let&#039;s make ourselves decent, and go eat then.&rdquo; They did just that recovering from their &#039;fun&#039; then went to go eat. Muffin joined them on their way to get food. She reported what she knew to Vito. Unconfirmed rumors the emperor had been seen in a city rather far from the Imperial Capital. Seeing as Vasheer marched on his town shortly after Muffin was positive this wasn&#039;t a coincidence. Vito and his group sat down for lunch but something was happening at his border, something that started a few days ago. But Vito could not have known that story.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito and his group had just finished eating, many people were surprised, to say the least, that he had opted to eat among commoners. He didn&#039;t care, the food was good, his praise had swelled the chief with pride... and made his competitor jealous; the embers of a rivalry burning as the chief that had cooked smugly glanced over at his rival. &ldquo;Master.&rdquo; Gina called out to Vito.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yes?&rdquo; Vito said as he set his water jug down. &ldquo;Hey,&rdquo; Vito said to get the attention of the serving girl, &ldquo;Another jug of water please.&rdquo; The girl gave a bow and went to get his water. &ldquo;Whats up Gina?&rdquo; He asked inviting her to take a seat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well since our encounter with Duke Salish and the shadows in one night,&rdquo; Gina started taking the offered seat. &ldquo;I&#039;ve taken the liberty of casting the magic screen ritual spell, no worries I can manage it fine on my own. It serves to let me know when something unnatural crosses the screen, it&rsquo;s a good static defense. There is a mage guild in most major cities as to cast this spell and the city shell spell.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;And it went off, if you&#039;re here telling me about it now.&rdquo; Vito asked putting the pieces into place.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;That it did.&rdquo; Gina told him. &ldquo;But that&#039;s not why I&#039;m here, if it was something simple I&#039;d have told Jacob about it and had the army take care of it. No what the screen picked up is why we&#039;re talking about it master, I think you might want to look into it yourself.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Ok what is it?&rdquo; Vito asked accepting a new jug of water and taking a deep drink.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Two beings.&rdquo; Gina started. &ldquo;One what seems to be a child and, mind you I checked twice, a fully animated skeleton.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito paused for a few moments until he answered &ldquo;Necromancy?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;So it seems,&rdquo; Gina told him, &ldquo;Not a field of magic most humans can learn, even I can&rsquo;t use it.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded and thought about it for a few moments. &ldquo;Well, let&rsquo;s go trigger this event flag&rdquo; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Really now?&rdquo; Gina asked not expecting his response. &ldquo;Should you not take your army?&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Nah, I mean what can hurt me beside a power holder. Besides if I take you, Muffin and Jacob plus me, that&#039;s enough to take on an army. Now let&#039;s go.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;It took some time but the sun was starting to go down when Vito and his group got to the valley entrance. Vito double took upon seeing it, a pale young girl, in a red and black dress Gothic style although a little simple, being followed by a skeleton. &ldquo;I&#039;ll be damned, it is a skeleton, what do you thinks animating it?&rdquo; Vito asked aloud, the girl jumping in surprise and the skeleton moving to protect her.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;And it reeks of Necromancy, makes me want to examine it.&rdquo; Gina said standing at Vito&#039;s side. Vito watched as the skeleton gripped a blade and flashed it threateningly.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh, it thinks it&#039;s scary.&rdquo; Vito said as he marched up to the skeleton and looked at it. He then turned to the girl, &ldquo;So what are you doing here little vampire?&rdquo; He asked looking down at the girl. &ldquo;I can smell the blood on you, don&#039;t bother denying it.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She wasn&#039;t expecting to be caught by anyone, she had been so careful as to not be seen. &ldquo;I... I seek the man known as Vito, the one who slew Duke Salish.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded resulting in the others drawing weapons, But Vito waved them down. &ldquo;Relax Salish felt stronger then this girl and I walked over him. I doubt she&#039;s here for a fight, Right?&rdquo; He asked looking to the girl.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The skeleton approached her side still being protective &ldquo;I&#039;m not here for a fight, no.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;See?&rdquo; Vito said as he looked back at the others, Muffin telling her guild to stand down. &ldquo;So then, you&#039;re not here for a fight. So why are you and your pet skeleton here?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Are you Vito?&rdquo; She asked glancing up at his horns.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I am,&rdquo; At that Vito took a seat on the ground. &ldquo;What can I do for you?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I... I have come in hopes of freedom.&rdquo; The girl told him, a visible shiver as she realized what she was standing in front of.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Why don&#039;t we start with your name?&rdquo; Vito asked offering her a seat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Anna, Anna Delrose, well formally Anna Faircastle.&rdquo; she confessed. &ldquo;Once I was the First born and Heir to Duke Cross Faircastle. But then Father came and attacked the City... He is a very powerful Vampire so he handily won.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;The King of Vampires Salish was going on about?&rdquo; Vito asked Holding the girl close.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yes... I don&#039;t know his true name&rdquo; The girl said as the Skeleton took a seat next to her, seemingly scowling at Vito. &ldquo;But he&#039;s taken to calling himself Vlad Delrose, King of Vampires. When he attacked my daddies city, he won. Killed daddy, then took me as a trophy.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded comforting the girl. &ldquo;And who is... er was this?&rdquo; Vito asked as he gestured toward the Skeleton. &ldquo;He was my Big Brother Sir Fink, one of daddies elite knights, and my appointed bodyguard. He.... he died trying to protect me from Father, but he didn&#039;t have a chance.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I see.&rdquo; Vito turned to the Skeleton, &ldquo;My apologies, Sorry for your death.&rdquo; The Skeleton waved its bony hand in a &#039;it&#039;s alright&#039; way and pat the girls head. &ldquo;So how is he still here?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Its my doing.&rdquo; Anna told him. &ldquo;When a vampire is first turned it goes through a phase like a cocoon for a butterfly, it&#039;ll have some powers but is overall very weak. After they finish this early stage in their undeath they get power. My brothers all got powers that made them dangerous in combat. I gained an innate ability for summoning and Necromancy, father wasn&#039;t pleased, I... I was punished... harshly.&rdquo; The visible tremor he felt in the girl made Vito hold her tighter. &ldquo;Father told me I should ignore these useless powers and focus on physical might. But I was barely a teenager when father turned me, I&#039;d never be that strong. He didn&#039;t care and told me to try harder, but when you don&rsquo;t get to grow any bigger, you&rsquo;re kind of hard capped.&rdquo; She gave a deep sigh the skeleton of Sir Fink patting her head.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Why are you here?&rdquo; Vito asked<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well you killed Salish.&rdquo; Anna explained. &ldquo;I was listening to father and my remaining brothers. They were afraid of you.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I see&rdquo; Vito quickly said glancing at Muffin, she knew what he was going to do.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I... I was hoping.&rdquo; Anna paused. &ldquo;Ok, look the last time I ran away, father allowed my brothers to do things... horrible things to me as long as they didn&#039;t kill me. So this is a big risk but, I hate them all. Made Big Brother Fink watch. When he and the others...&rdquo; Anna paused she was getting worked up a few tears rolling down her cheeks. Vito rubbed her arm to help calm her down. &ldquo;I was hoping, that a man powerful enough to overwhelm Salish, to make father grow nervous; I was hoping that you would save me.&rdquo; At that the skeleton put his skull to the dirt, bowing before Vito.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Whoa.&rdquo; Vito said taken aback at the skeletons actions. &ldquo;No need to go that far friend.&rdquo; Vito gave the skeleton&#039;s bony shoulder a pat to which it rose up. &ldquo;There are two things you should know about me, I&#039;m a big softy heart of gold an all. And the one sure fire thing you can do to piss me off is harm a child.&rdquo; She felt his grip tighten on her shoulder, strangely it made her feel safe. &ldquo;Alright, i&#039;ll give you sanctuary, We&#039;ll have to do something about your friend. A pale young girl and an animated skeleton is not something I can easily explain.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I can un-summon him.&rdquo; Anna said. &ldquo;I usually keep him out because he kept me from being lonely, and I can always call him back when I need him. It got lonely being in that gilded cage, to be a pretty bobble for father to show off. Or in cases where he was trying to make a deal... to use as a party favor.&rdquo; She said that but her voice was hollow suggesting it happened more often than she&#039;d want to talk about. &ldquo;So even when father told me I was not allowed to, as he put it, have a pet. I&#039;d summon him back, even after father would smash him in front of me, he couldn&#039;t stop me from using my magic, though he would punish me for doing so. Would always ask why I make him do such things, then he&#039;d beat me.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well what are we doing here then.&rdquo; Vito asked standing up and offering her his hand. &ldquo;Home ain&#039;t getting any closer with us sitting here.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But he said it so casually, she wasn&#039;t actually expecting him to be so kind. &ldquo;You mean, you&#039;ll actually protect me from father?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito knelt down and kissed her head. &ldquo;Baby doll, I&#039;m already going to war with the bastard. Protecting you from him will be that satisfying middle finger on top of the fuck you cake I&#039;ll be baking for him, so come on lets go.&rdquo; He offered her his hand once more, Fink pat her back. She accepted his hand and he picked her up. Anna looked at Fink rubbed the side of his skull then he vanished into a cloud of dust, Anna holding a red colored rune stone. &ldquo;Well that&#039;s a handy skill, is that?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Sir Finks blood stone, I carve them for my stronger summons.&rdquo; Anna said as he carried her back.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It was a short time later, Vito and his, so not that he needed it, escort approached the tent city once more. &ldquo;So baby doll, you hungry? Thirsty? Or do you need?&rdquo; at that the girl nodded. &ldquo;I see, so you need blood.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;m sorry,&rdquo; Anna said with a sigh. &ldquo;I know its a weird thing to ask but I&#039;ve not had blood in days. To be honest, I&#039;m kind of starving. Father kept plenty of what he called &lsquo;livestock&rsquo; at the castle for feeding needs&rdquo; She looked around worried about the attention they were getting, Vito was holding her bridal style, her pale cheeks flushed over. &ldquo;If necessary I could make do with animal blood, I could go hunt for a few rodents if it would be easier for you, uhh Should I call you Vito or?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Master is the thing I&#039;m going with,&rdquo; Vito explained to her, &ldquo;but feel free to call me Vito when we&#039;re alone. And as for blood no worries,&rdquo; He paused tapping his arm with a laugh &ldquo;I&#039;m full of it.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No I couldn&#039;t.&rdquo; Anna said in a panic, Vito shushing her to avoid suspicion.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;She&#039;s right she shouldn&#039;t.&rdquo; Gina said rather protectively. &ldquo;What little I know of vampires suggest when they feed off of someone they either turn or become a mindless thrall.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;m not to worried about it.&rdquo; Vito told her in an assured tone. &ldquo;I&#039;m several classes above her, no ability she has could affect me.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wait you know about the classes?&rdquo; Gina asked rather surprised.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;And you did but didn&#039;t tell me?&rdquo; Vito responded &ldquo;We&#039;ll talk later.&rdquo; To which Gina nodded. Vito carried Anna to his tent and once home Vito finally set her down.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The first thing Anna found was Chara throwing herself in his lap. &ldquo;Hey jerk,&rdquo; She paused her tone softening &ldquo;Next time you leave... take me with you.&rdquo; With that Vito gave her a very smug smirk, &ldquo;What...!?&rdquo; she snapped defensively &ldquo;I... I am your best weapon, you should always take me with you...&rdquo; She sighed into a pause. &ldquo;Stop looking at me like that, if you think I care about you your wrong!&rdquo; She yelled even as she got cozy in his lap.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Uh Vito.&rdquo; Anna said as she approached. &ldquo;You said I could have some of your blood, may I??&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chara looked up to see Anna approach fangs bared and gripping tight a long bladed knife from the air Chara jumped up putting herself between Anna and Vito, &ldquo;Back up fang face, you&#039;re not munching on Vito&#039;s neck.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anna&#039;s cheeks puffed out, &ldquo;I&#039;ll have you know you little brat, Vito invited me to have a drink so out of my way.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gina rolled her eyes she could tell where this was going, and waved to Vito with a snicker before making a hasty retreat. &ldquo;I don&#039;t care, Vito is my chair, not going to let you take him. Beside you don&#039;t look so tough so back off.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well I&#039;m not a meathead like my brothers.&rdquo; Anna said as Finks rune started to glow, the skeleton then grabbing the back of Chara&#039;s collar. When he picked her up however her shirt pulled up. &ldquo;Gah why aren&#039;t you wearing pants... or undergarments?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Vito didn&#039;t give me any!&rdquo; Chara shouted red faced freeing herself from Fink by cutting off his head, the skeleton dropping her to chase his skull. &ldquo;Besides to quote Vito&#039;s own words, He likes the view. He&#039;d most likely have been balls deep in me if you were here so why don&#039;t you scram Draculena, find someone&#039;s neck to turn into happy hour.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I will not!&ldquo; Anna shouted with a huff stamping her foot, &ldquo;Vito told me himself that I could. So why don&#039;t you go find somewhere else to sit you little pervert.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You&#039;re no bigger than I am pint size.&rdquo; Chara shouted as she fixed her shirt to cover herself again.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At this point Vito stepped in, &ldquo;Girls! as cute as this little cat fight is,&rdquo; He turned to Chara, &ldquo;First I did say she could feed off of me, I&#039;m the only one she could feed from without turning into a vampire or a thrall, and second.&rdquo; He turned to Anna, &ldquo;What did I tell you about Fink, don&#039;t use him unless you have to an undead is not something I can just explain away; most of these people have never seen much magic let alone a walking skeleton.&rdquo; With that said Vito grabbed up Finks skull and passed it back to him, the skeleton then replacing his head.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Sorry Mr. Vito.&rdquo; Anna said calling back Fink&#039;s rune the skeleton vanishing. &ldquo;But I do badly need a drink, please tell her to leave me alone.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded but rather then just tell her to leave her alone Vito pulled Chara into his lap, &ldquo;Now stop being a pest.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Fine.&rdquo; Chara said as the knife she held vanished. Anna looked up to Vito first who gave her a nod.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anna approached, &ldquo;You know, this isn&#039;t going to feel good, are you sure?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded, &ldquo;I&#039;m sure, this body of mine has a surprising amount of pain tolerance. A bit ironic though, I was the guy who was always afraid of needles. Oh well no need to hold back.&rdquo; At that Anna bit into his neck her eyes shot open, Vito winced till he noticed he didn&rsquo;t feel much but an uncomfortable feeling.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh looks like she liked that.&rdquo; Chara teased, Anna drinking from his neck till she was satisfied.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I wasn&#039;t expecting demonic blood to taste so strong.&rdquo; Anna said with a visible slosh to her step. &ldquo;Why &hellip;. why is my body drunk?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wait what?&rdquo; Vito asked with a laugh. &ldquo;Really your body is drunk?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;It&#039;s so annoying,&rdquo; Anna said having to sit as the world started to spin. &ldquo;My thoughts are so clear, my body, I can&#039;t make it do what I want it to do.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well I am a devil.&rdquo; Vito told her shooing Chara away to secure the tipsy vampire.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Really, the emperor called you a demon.&rdquo; Anna said as she held her head. &ldquo;Guess that&#039;s why Salish wanted to show off for Father.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded holding her around her waist, mainly to keep her from spinning. &ldquo;How long had Salish been a vampire?&rdquo; Vito asked low key grilling her for information.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;A few years.&rdquo; Anna said having accepted the seat in Vito&#039;s lap, &ldquo;Sorry I wasn&#039;t expecting to get this dizzy.&rdquo; Vito nodded patting her head. &ldquo;Salish was the youngest, he was still in his larval stage, fool thought himself strong, just because he bested me in a fight I was forbidden to use my summoning in.&rdquo; She paused her tone getting a little huffy. &ldquo;Fink could have beaten him easy.&rdquo; At that she through a punch, Vito pulled her back. She giggled reaching up and touching his face, &ldquo;Sorry&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Hey it&#039;s alright,&rdquo; Vito laughed rubbing her hair. &ldquo;Even I didn&#039;t know you&#039;d get drunk.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll build a tolerance to it.&rdquo; She paused to giggle, looking up at then grabbing his horns, getting a highly unexpected gasp from him, took even Vito off guard.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh shit... that felt good.&rdquo; Vito said still feeling her hands gripping his horns.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Perv.&rdquo; Chara called out seeing Vito pants swell.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anna looked down at what she was now sitting on, then let out a rather sloshed sounding giggle. &ldquo;That&#039;s a new reaction.&rdquo; She looked up at him once more before she started to get comfy. &ldquo;makes me realize I&#039;ve never willingly had sex. Your little toy down there boasted about how if I wasn&#039;t here you&#039;d be &#039;balls deep&#039; in her. Does that mean you&#039;d be willing to take me too?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito gulped, never thought he&#039;d have to deal with a drunk vampire &ldquo;If I was still human, no I don&#039;t think I could. But as I am, I&#039;d... consider it.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She let out another drunken giggle, and tried to lift herself up to kiss him, but passed out half way up. She flopped back down with a giggle, till she cozied up against Vito&#039;s chest and fell asleep.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well that was a thing.&rdquo; Chara teased. She crawled over to them, the vampire now asleep in her spot. Vito raised an eyebrow till he saw Chara lift the hem of her dress. He gave her a stern look but Chara fired back with, &ldquo;Oh shut it, I know you wanna look lolicon perv.&rdquo; Chara teasingly joked as she pulled up Anna&#039;s dress but outside the lack of undergarments, they found a number of scars on her back, her chest, and her legs. &ldquo;Holy shit... not sure what I was expecting but that sure as hell wasn&#039;t it.&rdquo; Chara said as Vito set Anna down. He carefully pulled Anna out of her dress, just to see the extent of the damage. Her back looked like it had been whipped and raked over several different encounters long healed scars, and fresh more recent marks. She had several other scars that couldn&#039;t even be explained all over her body. Vito and Chara looked over the girl till Chara said softly, &ldquo;He did that to a child...&rdquo; Vito looked away as Chara got her dressed again. Vito&#039;s hands shook suddenly he had to sit down. Chara noticed something and hurried over. &ldquo;Woah Vito, easy pull it back.&rdquo; Chara grabbed his arm pulling him close. &ldquo;Vito please you have to calm down.&rdquo; She looked around in a panic till she pushed against him. &ldquo;Vito listen to me. You can&#039;t blow your top here, that would be so bad. Please pull it back!&rdquo; She looked around, this was bad. She jumped up into his lap and wrapped him in a hug. &ldquo;Seriously Vito you have to pull it back.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What the hell is this fog?&rdquo; Jacob asked as he approached.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Jacob!&rdquo; Chara called out, &ldquo;I need help hurry!&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At that Jacob rushed into the tent, and what he saw was a sickly purple mist wafting off of Vito. &ldquo;Holy shit what the hell is that?&rdquo; Jacob asked approaching the still silent Vito.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Have you ever boiled demonic blood?&rdquo;Chara asked giving Vito a shake. &ldquo;It&#039;s a miasma, and it&#039;s a good thing we&#039;re so far away from the others as we are, it&rsquo;s toxic to lesser beings. Help me snap him out of it.&rdquo; Chara pushed herself up in his lap grabbing a hold of Vito&#039;s face.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What even happened?&rdquo; Jacob asked watching the mist seeping into everything.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;The girl,&rdquo; Chara said as she pointed to the vampire sleeping near them. &ldquo;Vito discovered all kinds of bruises and unexplainable scars on her. The king of vampires has been beating the shit out of her for god knows how long, it pissed him off.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Crap&rdquo; Jacob groaned giving Vito a shake. &ldquo;Master come on, you have to snap out of it.&rdquo; Jacob gave him a few shakes. When that didn&#039;t work however instead he slapped Vito with a loud crack.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito reached up and rubbed his jaw as Chara asked &ldquo;Vito please you have to calm down.&rdquo; He looked down at her for a moment, then rubbed his face.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What happened?&rdquo; Vito asked, rubbing his jaw a little more.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You almost snapped.&rdquo; Chara explained. &ldquo;You started making a miasma, this would have been bad had you been near the other tents.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito looked down at her, and rubbed her head. &ldquo;I&#039;m sorry, I didn&#039;t even notice, just kind of blacked out. Started picturing all the ways I was going to beat the shit out of that bastard, guess I got carried away.&rdquo; Vito looked down at Chara who had visibly calmed, slumping down into his lap with a ragged sigh. He rubbed her back a little as he told her, &ldquo;I&#039;m sorry for scaring you.&rdquo; She nodded up at him, then held him close.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Are you going to be alright master?&rdquo; Jacob asked setting his hand on Vito&#039;s shoulder.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yeah,&rdquo; Vito stopped and let out a ragged sigh, Jacob watching as the mist dissipated. &ldquo;That caught me off guard, I&#039;ll not make the same mistake.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You&#039;d better not.&rdquo; Chara said with a huff, &ldquo;Scared me.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Awww.&rdquo; Vito teased ruffling her hair. &ldquo;I didn&#039;t know you cared.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Shut up.&rdquo; Chara snapped swatting his hands. &ldquo;I don&#039;t care about you at all!&rdquo; She said angrily turning around and looking away from him, her nose up in the air.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Aw, you little Tsun cutie.&rdquo; Vito teased poking her cheek.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;FUCK OFF!&rdquo; Chara shouted trying to slap his hands away from her face. Jacob wondered why she was acting like this, until he saw how Vito visibly calmed with a laugh at her expense.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&#039;Huh,&#039;</em> Jacob though watching the scene unfold. <em>&#039;She really does care, what a good girl.&#039;</em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Stop!&rdquo; Chara cried out swatting Vito&#039;s hands till he pulled her into a hug, his hands now molesting her body. &ldquo;Now is not the time for that... stop.&rdquo; She play struggled against him for a few seconds longer as his hands worked their way under her over sized shirt. Judging from the look that overtook his face, it wasn&#039;t hard to imagine what she was up to. &ldquo;Do you feel better yet?&rdquo; Chara asked trying to keep him away from her crotch, a futile act nonetheless.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Almost,&rdquo; Vito said raggedly. &ldquo;just shut up and give me this for a few moments.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Jacob?&rdquo; Jessica called out rushing over. &ldquo;What&#039;s wrong you took off so quickly I was worried something was wrong.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wait you didn&#039;t see it?&rdquo; Jacob asked looking to his sister.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;See what?&rdquo; Jessica asked in turn.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;She won&#039;t see it yet whelp.&rdquo; Chara said somewhat stiffly and Vito manhandled her. &ldquo;She hasn&#039;t awoken any power yet. The only reason you can see it is that you have awoken some sliver of power, so congratulations welp or not your still a power holder.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jacob looked down at his hands. She wasn&#039;t lying since the other day he felt a strange new power, a strength welling up inside of himself. That aside he looked over at Vito, he had calmed down, well less that. More like he traded one emotion for another, he was completely mindlessly manhandling Chara who herself looked a step away from an orgasm. &ldquo;Well seems like you have this under control so I&#039;ll leave this to you.&rdquo; Jacob told her, backing away for a moment<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Not yet!&rdquo; Chara cried out, trying her best to speak without moaning. &ldquo;You can&#039;t leave just yet...&rdquo; He saw her glance up at something he could not see, that being a crown of fire over his head. &ldquo;Da gah!....&rdquo; She tried to talk but only noises came out. &ldquo;Don&#039;t &hellip; go &hellip; anywHERE!!&rdquo; her sentence was cut off, Chara biting her lip as she came.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Master has never been that intense.&rdquo; Jessica said, an almost tone of jealousy.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Its a trade off.&rdquo; Chara managed to say before she covered her face panting as she tried to get her breath back. &ldquo;Devils are creatures... of emotion. You don&#039;t just stop being angry enough to boil your blood, have to work back down.&rdquo; Chara panted as Vito almost mindlessly at this point started toying with her body, the lights on but no one truly home. &ldquo;Letting him manhandle me, is better than letting him kill people.&rdquo; Jacob saw her glance up once more, he wondered what she was trying to keep her eye on, but he couldn&#039;t see anything. This little session lasted a short while Chara just about jelly by the time Vito shook his head and managed to finally clear his thoughts. He rubbed her head a little with a chuckle, Chara pointed him at something over Jacob&#039;s head, not quiet about to speak yet. Vito looked up and saw it, his crown, simple as it was without Chara&#039;s Gem, on Jacob&#039;s head.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well, I feel normal again,&rdquo; Vito said with a laugh, patting Chara&#039;s head, who in turn weakly flipped him the bird. He set Chara down and stood, saying when he put his hand of Jacob&#039;s shoulder. &ldquo;Thanks for holding onto that for me Jake.&rdquo; Jacob could almost feel something at that moment, but the strange sensation came and went so fast he wasn&#039;t even sure what just happened. &ldquo;So seems I do have to be more careful with this thing then, god forbid you walked away with that, even i don&#039;t know what would have happened.&rdquo; Jacob wasn&#039;t sure what had just happened. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn&#039;t seeing things. The vaguest hint of something glowing over Vito&#039;s head, but the moment he noticed it, it was gone.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That&#039;s also when Anna woke up. &ldquo;Oh wow,&rdquo; She slurred with a giggle, &ldquo;I&#039;m going to have to get used to that. Who knew a devils blood could make a vampire drunk right?&rdquo; Anna said then crawled over to Vito.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Has nothing to do with that.&rdquo; Chara told her trying to push herself up on shaky legs, but when that failed she fell on her butt. &ldquo;You drank from a power holder more than eight levels above you, its what you get for biting above your pay grade Fangy.&rdquo; With that Chara looked up at Vito, &ldquo;She in a similar state Jacob&#039;s in, she&#039;s awoken, but still a whelp doesn&#039;t help her current master forbids her power.&rdquo; Vito nodded looking at her, &ldquo;I&#039;d highly advise you sign a blood pact with her, a vampire serving a devil, that&#039;s a lot of power to have on your side.&rdquo; Chara finally giving up fell back with a thud panting and gasping<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded petting the tipsy vampire, &ldquo;Not to mention a summoner, her father is insane you can only be a huge asset in a battle.&rdquo; He reached over and rubbed Anna&#039;s head before he reached over to his bag. Inside he kept the binder and the dagger. It felt like it had been ages since he last touched it. Since he had Gina and Muffin sign their pacts, and he had filled out their pages. He opened the binder and felt the power coming from it. It didn&#039;t take him long to find out just how much power was added to his own when he got a new page filled. He glanced around at the thing only he could see growing on and through the others. What seemed like dark plants, ethereal tendrils growing through them. These plants seemed to pulse with his own power, not sure if they generated more mana for him, or served like batteries to store it, he wasn&#039;t sure. He glanced at Jacob for a moment, whose plant had actually grown, made stronger, Jacob&#039;s awakening having extra benefits. Anna looked up at him as he held the binder in one hand, the dagger in the other. &ldquo;So Anna, will you submit?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She looked up at him, still a little sloshed at least in body. Vito held out the dagger to her, &ldquo;If you will save me from Father, then yes I submit.&rdquo; At that she took the dagger.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Cut your thumb.&rdquo; Vito quickly told her, opening his binder to a blank page, Next to Muffins page. She did as he told her, and slit her thumb with the dagger. Vito held out the blank page. She looked up at him, sensing a calling to the box. She glanced up once more before she pressed her bloody thumb to the box. Vito felt the page pulse, it hadn&#039;t done that before. He watched the page pulse again till the race on the page filled out, Fifth generation Ancilla. &ldquo;Huh, not what I was expecting.&rdquo; Vito said, as the page filled in a little more info for him. &ldquo;You are a rather strong little vampire huh.&rdquo; The others watched the strange runes filling the page for a moment as Vito thought for a moment, <em>&#039;Huh, this all feels very familiar.&#039;</em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wow,&rdquo; Anna said suddenly perking up. &ldquo;Not sure what just happened but I feel great.&rdquo; Anna giggled jumping to her feet. Vito eyed her having a solid guess at what was happening. The color of his eyes grew pale for a moment. He watched as a seed popped open on her shoulder. Roots formed instantly as she flexed and stretched growing into her aura till after a few moments unlike the plant he saw growing on Jacob this one produced a bud which opened to a very crimson colored flower. She gave a little twirl as she felt truly renewed, then clutching Vito&#039;s arm. &ldquo;I feel great,&rdquo; she teased grinning up at him, &ldquo;No wonder these girls seem like they enjoy hanging off of you, you make them feel this good huh.&rdquo; She rubbed against him for a moment till she pulled away, &ldquo;So dirty.&rdquo; She toyed till she scampered out of the tent with a playful giggle.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;The hell was that?&rdquo; Jacob asked looking to his master.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well she was a power holder before, I guess she&#039;s got room to grow now,&rdquo; Vito said with a laugh &ldquo;Guess It made her feel good, kind of contagious.&rdquo; Vito laughed walking out to follow the little vampire. He followed her out, Anna giggling as she felt his power flow through her. Vito watched her scamper around for a little while till she came back giggling as she hugged him. &ldquo;Your power feels so much nicer then father&#039;s,&rdquo; She giggled giving him a squeeze around his waist. &ldquo;Take good care of me.&rdquo; Vito laughed rubbing her head.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito and his group rested the rest of that night, and for the next few days things were calm. Things changed when Vito joined the rest of his inner circle at the start of the construction of the first building for his city. Vito stood flanked by his circle as a few builders where placing pillars to serve as the beginning of the building. But that&#039;s when a clapping could be heard. &ldquo;Congratulations.&rdquo; a voice called out. Vito looked around eyeing someone walking up to him. The tiny figure was clapping as it approached, wrapped in a gray cloak. &ldquo;So you finally qualify.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Who are you?&rdquo; Vito asked looking at the strange being, no one even noticing.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Me? Why I&#039;m the game master.&rdquo; The tiny figure said rather gleefully. &ldquo;You own land, you have buildings going up.&rdquo; The Game Master watched the builders starting their task of building. &ldquo;It&#039;s a little early but I&#039;ll call it good enough, you qualify.&rdquo; The GM then snapped his fingers Vito pulled into the black void, only this time a game table could be seen. &ldquo;Welcome to the emperors board.&rdquo; Vito walked up to the board. His territory just around the valley he had settled in, and the one little marker that stood for his now in progress building. &ldquo;You own land, you&#039;ve built on that land and you&#039;ve met the minimum population count required, welcome to the game.&rdquo; The tiny GM said his hands behind his back.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Ah so you are who Vito truly is?&rdquo; A male voice called out.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At that the GM perked up then saying as he turned to the voice. &ldquo;Ah,&rdquo; The gm started with a sweeping arm motion toward the source of the voice. &ldquo;It is my honor to introduce the Emperor of the Imperial throne Maximilian Grenwald the first.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;The first?&rdquo; Vito asked.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I was told you were a dragon, but it seems you were so much worse.&rdquo; Emperor Maximilian said as he stepped toward the board. He looked like an age of early forties, patches in his beard had run white around his black hair. His pale skin looked pristine. &ldquo;So evil one, what devastation have you come to bring on our world?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;OH a new player at the board huh?&rdquo; a female voice cooed out.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gm in turn said looking to Vito. &ldquo;Empress Narrissa Silverwood of the Elven Empire.&rdquo; Approaching the board was an elf, she was tall at least seven foot. Her silver white hair flowed down to her ass, her skin was flawless and a slightly tanned Olive in color. Her eyes emerald green and her fingernails had been painted blue. She was wearing a long flowing dress that was a little to frilly for Vito&#039;s liking. &ldquo;How curious, So this is the new boy you&#039;re having problems with Maxy??&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Not much of an Empire Narrissa,&rdquo; Vito said trying to gauge the elf in question.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well.&rdquo; She said in turn looking back to the devil at the board. &ldquo;Just goes to show what a meat headed male like yourself has to show.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At that the GM stepped in, &ldquo;Oh you must not be aware, let me explain.&rdquo; Waving his hand at the map the Tiny GM exposed an attachment to the forest Narrissa controlled. &ldquo;The Elven Empire has invaded and conquered the Silverwood pocket dimension. Pocket Dimensions exist all over the world and serve to expand your territory in ways reality can&#039;t help with.&rdquo; Exposing a few other pockets on the map the Gm then said pointing at a mountain ridge labeled Crystal Spine. &ldquo;Over there in the Crystal Spine mountain range lays Deep Heart, the Pocket dimension held by the dwarves, currently managed by the Honeydew clan if memory serves. Lots of metals and rare minerals spawn there so its highly valuable. And in imperial lands there is The Crab Coast pocket and the Gate of Delreyon.&rdquo; Looking up at Vito the game Master said, &ldquo;The crab coast contains a high number of spawn points for fish and other aquatic food sources, and the Gate of...&rdquo; But that was when he was cut off.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maximilian held up a card and said, &ldquo;I choose to use my Silence of the Lambs card. I refuse to allow you to tell him of that.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The GM accepted the card and said with a nod, &ldquo;So be it, do note that for playing this card a horde of trolls will attack your empire, do be ready for it.&rdquo; With the card in hand vanishing the GM turned to Vito and said, &ldquo;Sorry but one of your fellow players has played a black card, I can&#039;t tell you of the Gate of Delreyon.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;This is a farce.&rdquo; Narrissa said looking at the map and what passed for Vito&#039;s empire. &ldquo;This MAN, barely has the shell of a single building in his realm. He is no Emperor, AM I right fellow players?&rdquo; At that however hundreds of thousands of shadow clad figures appeared.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Are all those Emperors?&rdquo; Vito asked looking at the GM.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Indeed they are, they will be blacked out for you though as most if not all of them are beyond your range of contact. Many are not even on your planet.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And that was the statement that made Vito ask, &ldquo;How big a scope is this game?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The GM did a quick count in his head, then said. &ldquo;At last I checked; there were one hundred and forty eight thousand, nine hundred and fifty seven players at the Emperors board, playing this game. Across seven hundred and eighty six planets, in a universe containing well over two thousand habitable worlds. Also two extra planer threats and the world of the markers but that is something you&#039;d have to find yourself.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito was taken aback, the scope of this game was massive. &ldquo;He is no Emperor.&rdquo; Narrissa spat Several shadows nodding in agreement. &rdquo;We all pay our fees maintain our realms, how is it that a being with the shell of one building is an emperor?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gm turned to Narrissa and said, &ldquo;Oh The Devil King&rsquo;s realm is the currently weakest Empire in the game no doubt, but&rdquo; The GM paused to let out a smirk, &ldquo;Vito is currently one of the most powerful Emperors at the board by far.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;BULLSHIT!&rdquo; The elf queen spat. Hundreds of other shadow cast people yelled and argued in agreement.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With a visible twitch of anger the room suddenly found itself silenced, the GM then saying, &ldquo;No one currently standing at this table could beat Vito in personal combat now silence.&rdquo; He paused for a moment the GM visibly calming, &ldquo;One rule I must inform you of is the Emperor&#039;s board is neutral ground, use it as you see fit. However any acts of violence performed here will be punished severely.&rdquo; At that the GM gave Vito a bow, &ldquo;Welcome to the game, do your best, and enjoy your first set of cards.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That&#039;s also when Maximilian, having gone through what looked to be an Inventory said, &ldquo;And to welcome him to the board, Game Master I want to spawn an event.&rdquo; Clicking on something in his UI the GM then held a card.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The gm accepted the card with a jovial chuckle, &ldquo;Oh ho bandit raid tier three, that&#039;s Vicious of you.&rdquo; But he accepted the card nonetheless. &ldquo;SO be it the city under the control of the Devil Vito shall be attacked by a bandit raid.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What?&rdquo; Vito asked snapping around to look at the GM, &ldquo;When?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The GM looked at his wrist as if he was wearing a watch. He counted for a moment till he said, &ldquo;Oh about right now.&rdquo; And with that he was gone, the other emperors at the table were gone, and on his map Vito could see a red flag moving toward his city. Vito stood around for a moment till the GM said returning and more importantly alone, &ldquo;Oh there is one thing I do need to inform you of.&rdquo; Vito nodded and watched as he approached the board, and tapped on the mountains behind his city with the pathways leading to the dragon Heartlands. &ldquo;It was black carded by its previous owners so I could not tell you till I got rid of the other players seeing as you now own this land you and you alone have the right to know of it. The dragons had in their possession a pocket dimension called Heart Fire.&rdquo; He pointed at the mountains, then went on to explain, &ldquo;The old pathways in that mountain can lead to its gate, however the mountain will be randomized every forty days.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito looked at that mountain then asked, &ldquo;Wait randomized as in those old pathways are a dungeon?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gm nodded then said, &ldquo;Exactly, however once you find the entrance you&#039;ll be able to chart out a path to it, that path will never change however the rest of the mountain will still randomize spawning new monsters and treasures, a useful hunting ground to train heroes.&rdquo; The gm folded his hands behind his back then said. &ldquo;This is a gift from the dragons, and it comes with a message. Ahem&hellip; Inside the fire you shall find all the treasures I defined, this Dragon queen wishes you her best, i beg that ye do not fail this test. Inside is what i hold dear the most. My time is done, i have failed, do not trust the Gilded Veil&rdquo; With that the GM gave a bow and vanished. Vito looked around the now used void the emperors table before him. Unsure what he was to do with it, he focused on what he did know, a raid was incoming. He pulled himself back to reality, being met by Jessica when his eyes rolled around.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What&#039;s the matter master?&rdquo; Jessica asked a little out of breath. &ldquo;I don&#039;t think you&#039;ve ever called me so urgently.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito nodded getting up from where he had been sitting, &ldquo;A few things have come up. I need you to find your brother and have him gather up the troops now.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What, why?&rdquo; Jessica asked confused as to why the sudden urgency.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Bandits are about to raid us.&rdquo; Vito told her.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;How can you be sure?&rdquo; Jessica asked, &ldquo;Did muffin or Gina tell you about it?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Like I said,&rdquo; Vito told her with a pause. &ldquo;Things have changed, I&#039;ll tell you about it later. For now Jacob stat.&rdquo; Jessica nodded and rushed out to find her brother, a good idea where he was. Vito looked over to Chara who had been lounging near him. &ldquo;Let&#039;s get ready.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You think you&#039;ll need to use me? Chara teased opting rather then getting up by pulling up her shirt flashing him her goodies. He approached and gave her a rub, Chara letting out a soft moan till Vito replied with, &ldquo;Sorry baby but this is part of my job. These people follow me because I have given my word to protect them.&rdquo; She nodded and got up, Vito picking her up like one might hold a doll against his chest. &ldquo;Once we take care of these bandits, then I&#039;ll put you on my cock, but business before pleasure.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Right,&rdquo; Chara said softly feeling him flex his fingers into her sex even as he carried her. &ldquo;So you ever going to give me shorts?? Or underwear?&rdquo; She teased.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yeah no worries we&rsquo;ll get you clothes for when you&rsquo;re out and about.&rdquo; Vito teased in turn allowing his fingers to sink into her flesh as he then left his tent behind. Events unfolded quickly after that. Jessica found her brother, who at their masters request, rounded up what flew as Vito&#039;s army. With Vito at the head they marched into the valley, Vito using Muffin and her guild as his scouts. Gina was there as well to use her magic in whatever ways would best serve the situation. Only Vito knew the bandits were coming everyone else only had his word on it. Vito was still carrying Chara unwilling to let her run around doing things her way. Vito looked over when several of Muffin&#039;s guild members hurried over to her.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;So far no dice master.&rdquo; Muffin told him after listening to several reports. &ldquo;I&#039;ve got my guys and girls all over the place right now, no one has spotted anything. So far no one is coming through the valley entrance.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito pressed his hand against his chin as he went into thought. He knew the raid was coming, he saw the marker on the map and checked several times. That&#039;s when he clicked his tongue, &ldquo;Sneaky bastard.&rdquo; He looked over at Jacob and said, &ldquo;They&#039;re coming from the mountain. Turn the army around.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yes master.&rdquo; Jacob told him, then going about getting the gathered troops moving. Vito lead then toward the mountain, but yet again nothing out of the normal.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Are you sure about this raid master?&rdquo; Gina asked pressing herself into his back.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;One second.&rdquo; Vito told her, quickly pulling himself back into the Emperors board. Looking around there was still a big red flag approaching his city. It was even labeled bandit raid. Vito looked around the board unsure what was going on. That&#039;s when the Game Master approached.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yes player?? The tiny GM asked, &ldquo;You have questions.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;This bandit raid, where is it?&rdquo; Vito asked looking at the hooded gm. &ldquo;Does it actually exist?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yes it exist,&rdquo; The gm clarified.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Then where are they?&rdquo; Vito asked annoyed at this turn of events. &ldquo;How do I defend myself from an attack I can&#039;t find.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;m surprised at you player,&rdquo; The gm teased. &ldquo;You of all people should know event spawned troops don&#039;t have to find a route into your valley, they were spawned there.&rdquo; The gm thought about it for a moment then said, &ldquo;Alright as you are new to the game I&#039;ll give you a friendly hint. The young vampire in your possession, use her; she&#039;ll be able to smell any blood spilled for up to ten leagues, they&#039;re very sensitive to the smell of blood.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Its broad daylight, how do I use a vampire?&rdquo; Vito asked.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No worries,&rdquo; the GM assured. &ldquo;Vampires in this game work under the system of days since fed. The day and a half after feeding they won&#039;t burn but will be far weaker than those who have not fed in say a week, who would go up like a tinderbox.&rdquo; At that the GM vanished. Vito knowing better how to solve this pulled himself back to reality. He instantly turned to muffin and said, &ldquo;We&#039;re going to need Anna, go get her please.&rdquo; Muffin nodded then turned to leave, She had left Jacky who Vito then said, &ldquo;The bandits are already in the valley, have your scouts focus in the valley not at its entrances.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Understood.&rdquo; Jacky told him, putting her finger to her ear then saying words Vito could not hear.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather then standing around Vito took his army on patrol, knowing there was a threat but not where it was, was annoying. Vito then sensed Muffin and Anna approaching, then turned to greet them. &ldquo;Thank you Muffin.&rdquo; He said giving the cat-girl in question an ear scratch, she looked annoyed if not happy. He then turned to Anna, &ldquo;Ann, can you smell any blood?&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What kind of question is that? Anna asked the vampire fanning herself as if it was very hot outside. &ldquo;Do I really need to be here? Sure vampires don&#039;t burn a day after feeding but its still hotter than hell outside for us.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Yes I need you.&rdquo; Vito told her, in a strange way comforting her, not used to being needed. &ldquo;There are bandits in the valley and I can&#039;t find them. I need to to find them by blood they might spill.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anna nodded, &ldquo;Well ok, but it&#039;s less me smelling it with my nose and more me able to track blood. But if it&#039;ll help you then I don&#039;t mind.&rdquo; She held her pointer and middle finger to her forehead, her fangs growing at least an inch. She went into something of a trance as she did whatever it was she was doing, Vito unsure of the inner workings of this ability of hers. After a few seconds she looked up at Vito and said, &ldquo;I do sense blood, its mixed with the scent of fresh chopped wood.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;The lumber yard.&rdquo; Jacob quickly said, &ldquo;They&#039;re attacking the lumber yard.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vito reached down and rubbed Anna&#039;s head, &ldquo;Thank you, good work.&rdquo; Vito gave her a quick kiss on the forehead as Jacob gave the orders for the troops to follow after Vito who, after giving a few orders, took to his wings and flew off. Anna sheepishly looked at Jacob who smirked down at her. She sprouted a pair of wings of her own taking Jacob off guard,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;You have wings too?&rdquo; Jacob asked trying not to sound jealous.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well yeah, it came with the blood pact,&rdquo; Anna said her wings beating to pick her off the ground. &ldquo;You&#039;re close too, i&rsquo;m sure uh, well&hellip; sorry should let him go alone.&rdquo; At that she flew after Vito. He flew as fast as he could, hearing people calling to him from the ground. Looking down at them he saw the men pointing at the lumber yard. A few of them seeing Vito rush in that direction grabbed anything that could pass for weapons and rushed after him. Once Vito saw the flames he felt his anger raise and bit his lip to keep himself calm. He looked around men were fighting the bandits.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He saw a bad situation about to turn worse one of the men about to be cleaved in two, &ldquo;Shit looks like I have no choice.&rdquo; Vito looked up to his UI his menus flying open till he settled on a page that looked like a spell book. He held his hand out and his voice echoed with power, &ldquo;The Thundering of a thousand souls. Warriors young and warriors old. Hear me voice and know my name. Stand up tall and fight again. Hellion Legion!&rdquo; The very page echoed at his spell as the men before him found themselves protected by magic shields, their flesh slowly turning a tinge of red. They felt strength flowing into them, it felt unnatural.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As the men looked around unsure what just happened one man shouted, &ldquo;Look, it&#039;s his majesty, it&#039;s got to be his doing.&rdquo; The men watched in awe, others in gratitude.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;GO my hellions!&rdquo; Vito commanded &ldquo;Show them no mercy! They have threatened your families, end them!&rdquo; Then men grew angry and roared in turn grabbing axes or anything else they could use as a weapon. Vito&#039;s hands flowed through the air reacting to threats, healing the wounded and protecting as it came up. Anna landed near him moments after her wings folding into her back and vanishing.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Vito, Are you ok?&rdquo; Anna asked looking up as Vito&#039;s hands continued to react with a magical glow.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&#039;m fine.&rdquo; Vito assured then saying, &ldquo;These men don&#039;t know how to fight though, I can only do so much. I need a shock troop an hour ago.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well that&#039;s a bit of a problem though.&rdquo; Anna send holding up the one rune she had. &ldquo;Father never liked my power, the only rune I have is Sir Fink.&rdquo; Vito glanced around hands still reacting to the battlefield. But as this event got ready to unfold Alex stood stoically on the rise overlooking the valley. He reached down and pat Sara&#039;s head the young Vixen standing at his side.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Wolf, why are we here?&rdquo; Alex asked glancing over his shoulder at the Storyteller. The cloaked wolf smirked at him as he approached his side.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Do you really need a reason to watch thought that was part of your job?&rdquo; The Storyteller asked in turn.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I do when you are the one who calls me to do so.&rdquo; Alex said rather coldly once more petting his sisters head, who cuddled into his embrace&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Fine if you must know.&rdquo; Wolf said after a moment of silence. &ldquo;He is about to break.&rdquo; Alex&#039;s gaze then turned cold.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;What!?&rdquo; Do you know what this means?&rdquo; Alex snapped turning to the storyteller.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I know precisely what this means, the question is,&rdquo; He turned his gaze cold for a moment. &ldquo;Are you going to spoil it?&rdquo;Alex Gripped his sisters shoulder watching the dark look on the wolf&#039;s face.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;No, I won&#039;t spoil it.&rdquo; Alex told him still taking a surprised defensive posture.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There was a silence in the area till The Storyteller broke into a smile and pat Alex&#039;s shoulder. &ldquo;Good, good, now I think you should get ready.&rdquo; Wolf told him patting his shoulder. With that Alex made a hasty retreat taking his kid sister with him. Once alone the storyteller looked at his wrist then said, &ldquo;Oh well look how long this has gotten.&rdquo; With a smile and a bow the wolf then says, &ldquo;Well then let&#039;s pick this back up next time shall we?&rdquo; He holds up two fingers then slices them to the right everything then going black.<br /><br /><em>~End of chapter~</em><br /><br /></span>","pools_count":1,"title":"Game On ch 11","deleted":"f","public":"t","mimetype":"image/jpeg","pagecount":"1","rating_id":"2","rating_name":"Adult","ratings":[{"content_tag_id":"4","name":"Sexual Themes","description":"Erotic imagery, sexual activity or arousal","rating_id":"2"},{"content_tag_id":"5","name":"Strong Violence","description":"Strong violence, blood, serious injury or death","rating_id":"2"}],"submission_type_id":"12","type_name":"Writing - Document","guest_block":"t","friends_only":"f","comments_count":"0","views":"36","sales_description":null,"forsale":"f","digitalsales":"f","printsales":"f","digital_price":""}