There she lay, on a Sunchair inside an open patch of the forest. Wearing a pair of Aviators she found on the dash of a 5 Ton truck. Silently reading a Translation book, the Captain of Eldwood was next to the woman. Checking her sentences and grammar, and correcting her politely. Even though her Purple Dress covered the entirety of her body, the Colonel approaching could clearly see her sexy outline and bust, her long slender legs and arms while she revealed her face to the world.
Her emerald eyes shone far away, and her long golden blonde hair mixed with the snowy forest around her. Making the Vampire Queen seem like a heavenbound Angel on Earth.
"What's the meaning of this Miss Bartley? Can't you see the City Fortress won't surrender?"
"Can't you see? I'm trying to perfect my English." The young stubborn and tall Colonel with white hair wasn't having any of it. Visibly annoyed that she's not doing anything even though she is one of the most powerful beings in the entire continent. "But ma'am, weren't you the most energetic to find the lost General?"
"I was. Till you and your men thought it'd be a good idea to roll up on an Ancient City Fortress and not expect them to fight back."
The Colonel is shocked by her English, though her tone still needed a bit of work, her overall skills have greatly improved and she already had an accent going.
“Woah, you’ve improved. I can hear a French-American English accent going on. But Romanz sounds more like a mix of German, French and Dutch though…”
“Hmph, even after years of sleeping. My mind is still as sharp, learning another language is still as unchallenging as ever. Now, why hath thou disturbeth me?”
"Well ma'am, our Airbases on the East are still under duress from the Humanoid Tribals. We cannot properly receive logistics the farther away we come from your Kingdom."
"It's no longer my Kingdom. I've long been dead to them, and still is. Queen is merely a title to me now. It holds no power or control.”
"I respect you for trying to learn English so that low level people like me who never unlocked the Translation skill, could talk to you. But don't you think it's time to move?"
"No. Colonel, you must learn to not be reliant on your machines and firearms. Yes, they make your lives a lot easier, but you must not make it the focal point of your strategies. You've fallen to one of the most dangerous follies in commanding. Over Reliance on your equipment. Right now, what do you see?”
He looked around, other than the Eldwood Captain standing next to the Queen, it was all a wintery forest.
"See, your men could've been flanked days ago. Though you are doing it correctly, surrounding the city, preventing them from getting food and supplies, it only takes one team to tear apart a hole in your flanks. You've been pointing your weapons at the wall hoping your Metal birds would arrive when they specifically said they cannot assure anything due to the weather and distance."
"Well, because I could EASILY, EASILY take that city if I have Air Support. Mortar fire has already decimated much of their defenders outside. I really don’t want to get lost, we’re so far from any respawn points that it's a hassle to find them and take them here."
"You said it yourself Colonel. Sad that you humans have lost most of your quick thinking and the thing I love most about your kind. Out of the box planning. I guess this is what being babied by an advanced society will turn a man into."
Hearing the beautiful Queen insult his manliness shatters the Colonel's ego. But rather than going berserk. He breathes in and out, his hands in fists.
"I... do get your point. But putting my manhood in it is crossing the line Miss Bartley."
"Then I apologize, I've been annoyed since the time I joined your Task Force. We could've covered much more if we ditched these trucks and cars, always getting stuck in mud and snow. And I can't go all out, though I can easily take on that city all by myself. My Lord has instructed me to keep my powers hidden. Thus, I cannot merely use my Ancient Blood Arts Magic and pop their veins, killing them in an instant."
"Then what?"
She elegantly stood up and went to the frontlines. The large four by five kilometer fortress city is completely surrounded from all sides by UN soldiers wielding M4s and AK-103s. Armored vehicles and lightly armed Humvees litter the more open spaces in the forest. There, two UN soldiers were peacefully eating.
"Man, when is our Brigade going to get female soldiers? Seeing the Queen every now and then makes me feel things."
The other soldier smacks his PASGT helmet with an empty STANAG mag.
"Just admit it. You have a thing for Vampires."
"What?! No. I've always been a firm believer that Elves are the best."
"Uh huh? And dude. Majority of the people who joined these Modern Guilds are from the MilSim community, just like you and me. So don't even hope. It'll never happen."
"Ah man. Here I am, Isekai'd into another world just like in the Animes but I'm no overpowered protagonist and for some fucking reason. I became a Corporal in the UN."
"Well, at least our UN is more well armed and organized than the one we have in our world."
"Though dude, I should've gone to the Death Canyons back in Dark World and got myself a Dragon."
"Are you crazy?! It won't even be the Dragons you'd be afraid of. It's the Wyverns, though they're smaller, they're still Mini Dragons. Those shits already require two or three level hundreds to kill. What is your level twenty ass gonna do?"
"I mean, I might suddenly steat an Egg out of luck."
"Heh. Yea right. So, let’s say you did. What’re you gonna do with such a heavy item? You can’t put it in your inventory, you know."
Unbeknownst to them, the Colonel with the Queen is right behind them as they ate their rations.
"General Jackson is one lucky man though. Imagine, defeating a Purebred Vampire and then their literal Ancient Queen. I wonder if he has fucked both of them…"
His helmet is once again smacked.
"The fuck?!" he takes his Cateen and throws it behind him, instead an arm of a woman grabbed it. He just left his mouth opened at the sight of the beautiful woman, slowly leaning in to him. Due to the design of her dress, the top of her boobs could be seen from the top as she leaned down to talk to the two soldiers.
"May I remind you, it took three of your Generals with their best spells and weapons to even wound me. One died and came back to life while Paul was critical for many days. And no, he hasn’t done it with me nor the Countess."
The two are starstruck by her beauty, but they see the Colonel behind her, gesturing for the two to be proper or get punished. They immediately snap back with serious eyes.
"May I ask for thou's name?"
"Corporal Brownsley... from the Third Joint Task Force Brigade of the United Nations… uhhh this is Sergeant Carly, same brigade, second squad."
"Good. Now, Mister Brownsley. Would you enlighten me about how they're houses are made?"
This made the man look at the city, the top of its walls was aligned with medieval soldiers wearing a mixture of leather and steel armor while magical cannons litter, twenty meters apart. Some of the houses inside were so tall its top floor was way above the height of the wall.
"Uhhh... mostly Soft Wood and Lumber. It seems to be more Middle Eastern style of sorts... maybe."
"Mhm. What time do they turn on their lights and what kind?"
"Uhhh... well they seem to be using some sort of a lantern but the top floors that're above the wall do not have lights, I think they know they'd get spotted while uhhh..."
The soldier looks at his watch and does some counting.
"We usually see light being turned on at exactly six at the walls while inside, it's around seven. So I guess they uhhh... have clocks too."
"They do. Though it's more rudimentary than the mechanical ones you and my Kingdom uses, I’m sure theirs is based on the angle of the Star. Oh, pardon me. The Sun as you call it."
She then bows and waves goodbye while the two soldiers couldn't believe her beauty up close and her sweet scent.
“What’re you planning? Draw them out?”
“Draw them out? With what?”
“I mean, we can open a hole in our defenses and let them take a bait.”
“Colonel, do you think you have something to offer to them?”
“An escape?”
“If only they were such simpletons. But nay, these are hardened demonoids. You have nothing to offer to them, they have nothing to take.”
“Okay, then a retreat?”
“That city could easily hold thousands. Can your measly number of seven hundred do it?”
“It's possible with armor and APCs.”
“Colonel, do you even know how to make something out of nothing?”
“Make what out of what now?”
“Do you even know what a Horned Demon Hybrid is?”
“No. I’ve met and seen them, but I do not know their language and they spit on me.”
“Then how do you expect to take over that Fortress city when you do not know what your enemy is? At the very least, at least you know yourself. But that would result in you losing for every ground you take. So far, this has been the reason we’ve been slowed down.”
“What do you want me to do? They keep firing on the logistic trucks. Of course I have to fight back and prevent that from happening more.”
“Then, I shall show you. I’ll make something out of nothing.”
Now, the Queen walks to one of the Mortar pits with the Colonel and Captain right behind her.
"Why are we headed to one of the Mortars?"
"You have those hot Canisters that your metal birds drop, yes?"
"You mean Napalm?"
"Yes, that."
"Yea, what about it?"
"I'd like to ask one of your people if they have ones for those tubes."
As they get close, two skeleton UN soldiers scramble to the 81mm tube, preparing to drop a round into it as a player near a radio gets a call for a fire mission.
"GRID CONFIRMED! FIRE!"
The Mortar pit fired five shots into the Eastern wall as the UN soldiers there noticed a bunch of men trying to get out through a small hole in the wall. The 81mm shells, as it arched into the soil, got intercepted by bolts of lightning. Destroying three while the two went through and killed the unknown people trying to get out.
"Hailmaker, good effect on target. Though those Orbs on the wall intercepted three, the last two rounds did the job."
"Copy Three-Two. Awaiting further requests, out."
The man operating the Mortar radio then notices the Queen with their Colonel and Eldwoods Captain. He immediately fixes his BDUs, tucking in the shirt hastily and salutes.
"Mortar Operator Corporal Vladimir Volkov!"
The Queen smiles politely, lifting her dress a bit as she steps into the muddy Mortar Pit where crates of 81mm shell surround it while thin sheets of metal is used as rudimentary cover, placed in between the Soil and stacked wood to shape the hole.
"I apologize for the mess Ma'am. I'll be sure to clean your high heels if requested."
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The soldier didn't flinch, while solidly holding his salute up as Elizabeth got closer to him.
"At ease Mister Vladimir. May I call you Vlad instead?"
"Oh. Uh of course Missus Bartley." Even his facade fell when she got close. Blushing from her beautiful presence as the two were of the same height.
"May I ask, does your weapon here use Napalm?"
"No ma'am. But we do have Incendiary rounds, White Phosphorus to be exact meant to start fires and snuff out oxygen."
Hearing this, the Queen claps her hands. "Oh my, that's great news. Then, can you remove the white phosphorus and its igniter?"
"We could ma'am. It won't be hard to do so, I could also call the Logistic company for some Willie Petes. But ma'am, we already tried bombing the city with-"
"Good! Good! Thank you Mister Vlad!"
Her cheery and upbeat attitude sends a sensation to the soldier's brain "I seem to now have a thing for Vampires", forgetting to finish his sentence, the Queen then asks him one final question.
"Now, do you have Mages that can control animals?"
"I think a man from the Third Platoon has one."
"Good. Thank you for giving me some of your precious time Mister Vlad."
"N-no worries ma'am. If you ever need anything, please feel free to approach me."
She waves goodbye and asks the Colonel to bring to her the Mage that can control animals. Within the next few minutes, inside a woodland tent, he arrived with the Queen sipping some Tea from a metal cup.
"Oh you've arrived."
The UN soldier saluted and stood at ease. The Asian looking man was on the shorter side but not that far from the average height, though his helmet covered his hair, the locks coming out showed he has a messy black hairstyle and is visibly lacking in sleep with tired brown eyes.
"Sergeant Lenny Samuel, before joining the Men of the Woods and this UN-JTF, I was a level forty nature mage who specializes in Herbs and Animals. Though I can also use Wind and Water magic from the tenth and eight tier."
Knowing the Queen's beauty, he instead opted to look at her hair rather than her eyes. Trying not to get aroused by her, but even then, her long shiny golden blonde hairstyle was also captivating. The side bangs on her forehead would sway cutely as she talked, Making him think if the hair is that good, imagine the face and body.
"No need Mister Samuel. May I ask how far you can summon an animal and what types?"
"Anything within a kilometer ma'am and can be Cows, Mosquitos, Pigeons, and even lowly cursed Demonic Animals."
"Mhm."
She stood up and got close to him. Due to the Queen's height, his strategy failed. Her tall stature towering over him as she stood in front of the man.
"Ehhh... you're a bit cute. I'm so used to seeing men that're near or the same height as me, like the Colonel."
The soldier trembles at her immense beauty, visibly trying to hold himself back as his head is just below her chin.
"Are there any more Mages like you in this Task Force?"
"Y-yes ma'am."
"Good, call upon them together later, at exactly Four o'clock. I want you all to assemble near the road, next to the Logistics company."
Her words were precise and pinpoint, in return he nodded.
"Yes ma'am."
"Also, how many birds can you summon?"
"Hundreds if I push myself ma'am."
"No need for that. I need you alive and healthy for when you storm it with your friends. Now go."
He salutes against and runs off, the Colonel who was listening in was still curious as to what she is scheming. Intercepting her as she left the tent.
"Miss Bartley, if I may ask."
"Speak."
"Why do you need these Mages for? I’m pretty sure someone as powerful as you could easily do it."
"Then who would learn from this? Colonel, having such a rank should show you that one will not learn if they entrust such duties on the powerful. That is being dependent. Aren't you a man? Why aren't you being Independent?"
"Well, we have to play it safe. Our logistics are stretched thin and air support is lacking. I have to do whatever I can to maintain a balance. As of now, what we have is untenable in taking over that Fortress City."
"Remember what I said Colonel? The one thing I admire most about you Mortals is your ability to think out of the box. I know you are busy, but as the man in command, you must know when it is time to ignore lesser priorities and put more attention at hand. You cannot burden yourself with micromanaging everything."
"But if I don't, who will?"
"How long have you been with these men?”
"For a few days."
"I see, then put your trust in them, Colonel. They're all good men. Talking to them, they all are genuine and all are fighting under your Government and Organizations banner with loyalty. Please, do not put it to waste."
"Hah... you got me there. Then... now what?"
"I'm headed to the Logistics area. Colonel, could you go and have your men light up the surrounding forest with whatever they got? Candles, Torches, anything."
"I'll immediately see to it then. What're you planning to be exact?"
Later at 4 o'clock, about five soldiers were standing at ease next to the road. Behind them were various types of military trucks getting maintained and repaired. It was very open as some of the articulated semi's needed the space to turn around. When the Queen arrived, the Mechanics quickly scattered and the trucks that could be moved were driven to the dirt road and parked on its sides.
"Now, I'd like to request for you five to summon as many bats as you can. I'm sure your Colonel has told you what I'm planning, so please prepare."
Later, they pulled some soldiers from the front as mass numbers of Bats came to answer the Summons. The Mages with the Queen then instructed the soldiers to attach small cylinders full of Napalm and White Phosphorus. She then told them to go to the frontlines and told the Radioman to tell the Colonel to open the lights. The entire hundred meters of the forest is perfectly lit up, forcing the Bats to seek shelter in the crammed and small attics of the houses inside the city. Meanwhile, the Queen joins the Colonel whose mouth is open as he sees her plan work excellently.
“You know, I’ve always wondered why you’d want to follow a human…”
“And where did this come from?”
“I mean, just seeing you plan and work, it seems that General Jackson would only slow you down.”
“Well, he might. But he reminds me of my dead Husband. They both have the same stupid look in their eyes when their planning something questionable at best.”
“But don’t just think of him as your dead Husband okay? I get it that you're mourning and might still be traumatized but General Jackson is a different person, with his own uniqueness. I’ve personally met him at the General Assembly, and he seemed to be a very kind and accepting man.”
“He is. And don’t worry, I won’t fall for that. I do genuinely think of him as a man, and is more than worth my time and presence.”
“Ain’t that nice. Good to know he has met good people, looking at his eyes. That man has been through much.”
“Sad though that he wouldn’t be intimate. Colonel, just how dumbed down have the men become in your world?”
“Well… we are on the verge of a population crash… well in the West anyways. I live in Beverly Park and almost no one is having babies anymore amongst the Middle to Higher class.”
“Middle Class? Huh. Interesting. I only know of the Peasants and the Nobles, Low and High class. A Middle Class… hmmm…”
“World War Three didn’t help. When all of Asia, the Middle East and Africa stood up against the West, we had to leave all of our bases in their countries. NATO itself became a hollowed shell of a once great Alliance.”
“But war came, why aren't there a lot of strong men? So far, you have good men but they lack wisdom and street smarts as you call it.”
“We all came from an age of digitization. Not much need to go outside, when everything you need is in your house.”
“Oh my, is My Lord the same?”
“General Jackson? Naw, looking at his files. His real age is Thirty Two? Thirty Three? He was born on the turn of the millennium. He has certainly experienced the last of the VHS and Discs.”
“Phew, no wonder he was more manly than the rest. But then, why hasn’t he become intimate with me yet? Do I not look good?”
“Is this some sort of a joke? All this time, you were only questioning why he wouldn’t hit on you?”
“It hurts my pride as the once beautiful Queen of Rose.”
“Aaand… Here I was thinking you were still mourning your dead husband.”
“I still do, but that’s in the past, I am sure for you humans. It's more than History, it's Ancient. I must move on if I wish to survive, even with my power and beauty, it cannot take me far if I keep my head in the past. My Lord is the solution to that, I merely needed time… and intimacy.”
“Woah hey, do not use sex to forget. Aren’t you all conservative about that?”
“Of course! Hmph. As if I just let anyone do it. I have you know-”
“Uh huh, uh huh. Even you can make excuses huh?”
“Tsk! Such a dunce, no wonder many of you are virginal.”
“Woah, even pulling the big English words ehy? Just be careful. I know that many of the non-human races aren't affected by diseases that would kill us or infect us in a matter of days, resulting in a painful death after bang bang. Seeing how you were in a Coffin for God knows how long. You might be carrying all the STDs known to man.”
“S-STD? What’s that?”
“Never mind.”
“And do not worry, I regularly perform heals on myself since I am around My Lord. I am aware that we don’t really get ill, thus becoming carriers.”
Fires then suddenly broke out in one of the houses which caused a chain reaction, causing the flames to spread extremely quickly and the screams of people were heard from outside the walls. The Colonel then ordered his men to storm the city as the guards were too busy helping the citizens put out the fire. In that singular night, the ancient fortress city fell swiftly and began efforts in putting it out. Multiple firefighting helicopters had to be bought from Geraldia within the next few days to completely snuff out the fire inside the city as High Command didn’t want it all to burn down due to the complex magical equipment present inside it.
Inside a Dacha, the Queen vigorously waits for any information that could come by while she practices her English through writing reports required by Eldwood’s forces. A job Paul usually does, all the while she’d ask the Captain for pointers and instructions in proper formulation of words and sentences.
“Wow, you already know how to form paragraphs like it's nothing.”
“Any more languages that I should be aware of?”
“Well, there’s German… and also French… Japanese might also come in handy.”
“One at a time Captain. I may be able to speak American English now, but the others may prove more difficult.”
“Why not Japanese? I have been learning Kanji since the population crash hit Japan hard. Like super hard. It’s basically a Ghost country now, but it has a lot of cheap real estate.”
“What’s with all this population crash that I’ve been hearing about?”
“Ah, well at the turn of the twenty-first century. The world's birth rate has declined in many First World Countries. Mine included, it was devastating on a monumental scale that we probably will see the consequence of for centuries to come.”
“Has this got to do something with so many of you being libidoless?”
“Yea… something like that. Sex was rampant, the youth was doing it. I was doing it, but we were all doing it safely. Kids were not in our mind as we wanted to work and become rich or famous. Or just even survive really.”
“By the Gods, and you want to return to that world? My Lord has been keen on returning.”
“Knight General Paul is a businessman, first and foremost. He has already done a lot in his life and I am sure his reasons are around the fact that he has built an Empire from the ground and doesn't want to see it die off.”
“Had he truly never had contact with women?”
“No. He is very awkward around them when the talk is not about business, politics or war. He was born in the era of the early internet. They tend to be like that… involuntarily celibate as we call them.”
“Heavens, Merciful Angus and Mors Letum. How could a man be named as such? Have thou no honor for oneself?”
“It’s not that bad. Honor and stuff like that is a thing of the past for us.”
“How can honor be a thing of the past? Captain, without honor. How can one respect others and most of all, themself?”
“Honor is just a concept really, that’s how many see it. Why abide by something that old when-”
“Everything is a concept if one were to look at it through the lens of a human. But it is the soul that gives such concepts meaning. Just what has happened to the soul of the human in your world?”
The Captain then stands up and looks at the Teapot. He then fills a random glass cup they found in the house and fills it. He then places the cup on a small table stand next to her. The Queen, without looking, picks it up and takes a sip.
“Ahhhhh… are you sure you are a man? Might as well become my wife at this point.”
“URK. You don’t have to go that far.”
“I mean, so many of the men I’ve met from your world truly lack manliness. Some are more flamboyant than the Nobles in my Kingdom and yet you are all Commoners. How did that happen?”
“I’d rather have my Grandpa tell me this, at least he words it more lighter.”
“But you, Captain, don't look so bad. I just find it odd how you all seem to be the same in one way or the other in terms of personalities…”
“I can’t believe how you're dissecting the problems of the society I live in without actually living it. Just what kind of woman are you?”
“A woman who knows what she wants and looks good while doing it.”
“Not gonna lie, I actually thought you’d be more angry at me or the soldiers for being so casual.”
“I am no longer the Queen. Formality is not needed, and we’re conversing in leveled ground. I’d rather not be quelled with Your Majesty or Highness’.”
“Knight General really hit the jackpot with you.”
“I’ve made up my mind. Having more insights with the society he lived in, I now know what to do.”
“Eh?! What?”
“Tell me, have you ever gotten a girlfriend Captain?”
“Me? Uhhh… no. Many of my friends too. We usually just play Full Dive games.”
“And why?”
“Because it's hard to date and money is very scarce.”
“Have you ever thought of finding a job?”
“No, my parents already have enough money.”
“Hm, hm, hm.” with her still reading the Language book, drinking tea, and conversing with the Eldwood Captain, she seems to have found out something. “And intimacy? Don’t you long for a woman's touch?”
“No, I go to uhhhh… certain Full Dive games that aren't really on the open market to get that.”
“So, no real life experience?”
“No.”
“Dear Gods, no wonder your population crashed. You’ve all been dumbed down to mere drones living in an endless loop. You haven’t lived life yet Captain, when you get back home. Do away with your devices and try to go outside and meet people.”
“Meet who? There’s no one. Everyone is either busy or at home and since the dollar crashed, poverty and crime is everywhere, not even my street is safe from them.”
“Then what? Are you gonna be held up forever in your parents arms? Open your wings Captain, and maybe. You’ll be brewing tea with me on the same ground. One will never know unless they take the risk.”
The Queen drops her book and holds the glass cup with two of her hands.
“O-Okay, how will I be able to brew tea with you on the same ground?”
“When do I always drink tea?”
“Uhhhh… when you're bored?”
“N-no. No.”
“Eh?”
“I drink tea when I wish to read books and gain more information.”
“How was I supposed to know that?”
“And this is why you’ve never had a girlfriend. Next time, you know what to do, yes?”
“Y-yea. When you pick up a book. I’ll brew you tea.”
“Exactly!”
“But what if you don’t want tea though.”
“Even then, if you know what you want to do, even I’d be forced to take your offer due to your assertiveness. Keep doing it, and maybe one day. You’ll become a man worthy of a woman.”
“Y-yes ma’am!”
All of the sudden, while enjoying the peace of the small house as snow falls outside the window, an Eldwood UN soldier comes in without even knocking.
“We got news… though we still can’t say for sure, we found charred remains of bandits on a road near the town of Katka. It’s not official yet, but we saw bullet holes in the trees and it seems to be a gunfight that has occurred there. We also found spent casings for Point Three Five Sevens and Five Five Six.”
“Then! Make haste at once! Assemble the vehicles and get me a helicopter!”
The soldier salutes and makes a dash to collect everybody, within the next few minutes, the small village of Dachas has been left empty with its citizens still confused as to what just happened. Queen Elizabeth sat on the left passenger seat of the UN UH-1Y Iroquois, the door mounted gun and the pilots were also mindless skeletons. Silently following her orders to the tee. The large convoy of 5 Ton M939s and MTVRs creeped along the snowy dirt road while she instructs the helicopter to go on ahead and scout for the suspected position of her Lord.
She could only cling to her hopes that he isn’t too far off and could save him before his wound ultimately kills him and makes him respawn on an unknown land. The Captain, having access to the Guild Chat was talking to him and said that he's already in a different village. But not having proper maps, the Queen could only guess which direction to head off next too. After an hour, the helicopter arrives at the location where he had a firefight against the Bandits. There’s already a team from a Recon sent by the Men of the Woods.
To her shock, the area was a mess, there was casing and bullet holes in many of the trees and further deep into the forest in the North, was an area full of sliced trees and branches while South, is a camp where they found a large wolf crying as it can’t find the remains of its Master. It refused to move and stayed in the camp while the rest of the Search Party drove to the location. The Queen just drops from the still flying helicopter, creating some crack on the frozen dirt road as her heels make contact with the ground.
Looking around, she could see that it's far too late and the trail has gone cold. Tracing the crash site and this current location, she could see that Paul and Bahamut are headed right towards the Kingdom. But what baffles her is how they know how to get there as they do not know the language nor the lay of the land. Scratching her head more is how bad his wounds are now. Before the soldiers with their mindless skeletons could unload the equipment, she orders them to head East. Though not determining their location, she hopes the speed of their vehicles could make up for the distance they’ve traveled. For the first time, she reveals her wings.
Her bat-like wings were unlike Alana’s. Having extremely sharp thumbs and the texture of it being very thick and black. Its wingspan could easily take up the entire width of the dirt road; she uses this to fly back in the helicopter. It's mindless Pilots quickly tilting it forward to gain speed and follow the trail.
All the while, the Colonel starts running back to his Humvee as the Search Party rides on into the next village.
“Bloodsucker One, what’s the status here?”
“Colonel, continue following me. I think they’re headed back to the Kingdom.”
“Kingdom? The Vampire Kingdom? How? Did they find a Map in English?”
“My guess is it could be that they have a guide who has been living in this continent for a long time. But still then, it's but a hunch.”
“Alright, well slow it down a bit. Many of us here have never driven in such snowy conditions, let alone in bulky and hard to maneuver military ones.”
“I’ll try Colonel. But we cannot waste time, we’re very close to him.”
“I get that, but control yourself for a bit. We’re humans here, we do not have the stamina of a human.”
On the next village called Colya. Its peace is quickly disturbed by the whirlwinds of the helicopter as it flies low, giving Elizabeth more than enough to quickly scan through the Cottages and the horses. Having no luck, she jumps from the helicopter and walks to the Tavern. The humanoid inhabitants could only stare at the beauty with sharp pointed ears walking menacingly in a wonderful purple dress full of frills.
Violently opening the doors of the quiet tavern, the young man with fox ears on the bar is completely stunned and aroused by her as he continues cleaning a mug with a rug. The two made eye contact and out of fear and lust, he stood there frozen.
“Vos, Lupus est homo.”
“אני'חצי שועל, Sed etiam?”
“Erat pulcher homo venire hic accinctus sectam, cum parva draco?”
“חליפה ? דרקון?, Paenitet ma ' am. Sed nescio. Tibi videtur, potens licet, sunt tibi a Lamia? Si velis, nos inventionibus in tabula. Nos vere opus auxilium.”
“Non habeo tempus ad hoc! Ego sum ita comminus!”
On a dead end, the Queen looks around and notices that in one of the Quest papers is a stamp of the Holy See. She couldn’t believe it as many of the people there hate the religion and the people who follow it and its system. Reading it, it was a quest to kill some Rogue Werewolf Militia that has been ambushing supply lines from town to town. She goes back to the man in the bar and shoves it into his face.
“QUI ROGATUS HOC?!”
“Pulchra domina in nigrum habitu! ערפדים כאלה משוגעים?”
That’s all she needed. The moment the man mentioned a beautiful woman in a black dress, she knew it was Bahamut in human form. But this also makes her fear the situation even more, as it's bad enough for the Dragon God to reveal her most sacred self. It also baffles her that they’d still take a quest when they have a wounded person. Going outside, the rest of the Search Party arrives and she takes a makeshift drawn map on a Humvee to the local area. Her eyes widen, imagining what they’re about to attempt.