Smiling at each other Lilly suddenly had an irritating thought, she turned to face Navir "Although i wasn't planning on telling you this till later I'll tell you it now seeng as it might affect our plans." Navir looked at her with a serious expression "What is it?" Lilly sighed.
"The kingdom recently summoned heroes to help fight in the war, I was one of them. However out of the twenty-three of us summoned only ten are still at the castle, twelve have left the castle and become adventurers and I've gone rouge joining the assassins guild."
Navir silently considerd it "this is bad, this could shift the war potential too far over to the human side. If this happens the demons will be either slaughtered or enslaved, we need a plan." Lilly nodded "well our circumstances depends, can the demons get access to something of equal fighting potential?"
Navir shook his head "No, though we may be superior in power we are low in numbers so troops would not be expended on summoning magic." Lilly looked at Navir "What do you mean?" Navir opened his mouth shocked then lowered his head to avoid her gaze "I see, they did not tell you then."
Lilly sighed on exasperation "tell me what?" "The price of using summoning magic." Lilly froze as she imagined what Navir was about to say "No," she whisperd under her breath as Navir nodded his head solemnly "the cost is a soul for each person summoned, I heard the kingdom used one hundred souls gained from either slaves or prisoners in order to ensure a successful summoning."
Lilly shuddered at the thought of the sacrafice made and fire burned on her eyes "How dare they, how dare they waste lives so pitifully!" Navir moved to comfort her when he felt an unbearable heat being given off by her body "Lilly stop, calm down getting angry won't solve anything at least not yet anyway."
However the heat became stronger and items in the room began to melt all around them "LILLY SNAP OUT OF IT!" yelled Navir in the loudest voice he could muster, suddenly Lilly blinked and the surroundings cooled while Navir let out a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" asked Lilly as she surveyed the partially melted room Navir laughed "It seems like you awakened your magic, if past records are correct then I'm assuming your from a world without magic?" Lilly looked at Navir still slightly shocked at her use of magic "thats true but how did you know?"
"Well," said Navir "Although we have not been at war in recent years there has always been conflict between demons and humans, so this is not the first time heroes have been summoned, though they have never been summoned in this quantity before..."
Navir trailed off before regaining his focus and continuing "So anyway the last time a hero was summoned we demons sent a spy to gain his trust we then recorded the information in a book paused down between demon generals so they know what the're up against in fights. Afterall coming to this world with no prior experience on magic placed a heavy burden on some of the heroes bodies making it harder for them to fight which was valuable information for us."
Lilly nodded "That's smart I guess, but I still can't imagine being willing to sacrafice that amount of people." Navir nodded and smiled sadly "It may have been better for the people sacraficed in the long run, if they were not sacraficed they would have been forced to fight and their deaths would have been much more painful at least they spent their last days in relevant comfort."
Lilly nodded but the anger was still burning in her eyes "We must find a way to stop this war, I mean an assassin and a demon general. Between us we must be able to find a way to do something!" Navir paused for a second then slowly a grin came to his face "Why don't we try to convince the heroes into becoming a neutral third party."
Lilly stared at him dumbstruck wondering why she hadn't thought of it herself "That's a good idea, if the heroes bring to much war potential to either side then we just have to make sure they're not allied with either side. However this does not change the fact the two nations will fight."
Navir nodded solemnly "That's true but for now let's focus on the things we can do for the minute, if the heroes have split off into two groups then we need to talk to both, however it's pate now so best left till tomorrow. Do you have somewhere to stay?"
Lilly shook her head she spent most of last night in the palace and had been busy dealing with the assassins guild today so she hadn't had time to find anywhere "no, what about you? Will you even be able to find a place looking like a demon?"
Navir laughed "it's fine I have a safehouse near here for when I used to do infiltration missions as a general before the war started. Do you want to stay with me? I have a spare room." Lilly paused for a moment then nodded, if they were going to work together she'd have to trust him. Besides Lilly didn't think he could fake the sorrow in his eyes when he talked about the sacrafices made.
Looking round the office Lilly ran over to a slightly singed cloak with a hood "here use this to cover your horns." Navir smiled "thank you, let's get to the safe house quickly I also want to check out this magic of yours."
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Nodding Lilly followed Navir out of the empty warehouse and through a maze of alleyways and streets before finally reaching a small and unassuming house surrounded by others if it's kind. Navir opened the door and quickly gestured for Lilly to get inside, once they were through the door and the door was locked Navir removed his hood.
"Feels good to be back." Lilly looked at Navir carefully "How many other demons know about this safe house?" Navir saw Lilly's worried look and smiled "It's okay I'm the only one who knows about this house, seeing as I was a general I was permitted to go on missions alone."
Lilly relaxed "Ok then just making sure, now can you explain to me about the whole magic awakening thing?" Navir nodded "Sure but first I'd like you to say the word Status, a screen should then come up with your details and the magic you've awakened should be listed at the bottom." Lilly nodded "Ok then, Status" a screen appared before Lilly just like the one in the castle only with some differences "What the hell?" Murmed Lilly under her breath as she saw her status
Status
Race: Human
Name: Lilly/Arachne
Gender: female
Age: 15
Level: 10
Class: assassin
Health: 202/202
Magic: 400/400
Strength: 16
Dexterity: 204
Intelligence: 213
Willpower:1500
Vitality: 11
Endurance: 16
Magic awakened:
flame of resentment (Asura flame)
"What is it?" asked Navir looking at Lilly who's mouth was hanging open in shock "my level was increased by nine and my magic power is more than double what I started with." Navir just laughed "I forgot you knew nothing about this world's system." Lilly just glared at him "hurry up and explain it to me then!" Navir continued laughing
"Ok listen up so every person in this world is born at level one however by hard work in there class they can gain experience that will automatically convert to levels, the higher level you are the more refined you are at your work. However don't let this fool you a person can be at a very low level due to lack of experience but still be very skilled."
Lilly nodded at this one, she of all people knew the consequence of making assumptions and letting your guard down, afterall that was the reason why she had a 100% hit rate "Once you level up state points are distributed to your attributes such as strength or intelligence, the system will automatically distribute them based on what the system thinks you need the most, the same is also true of magic power and health. Any questions?"
Lilly started to shake her head then stopped and nodded "Yes, what type of magic do you have?" Navir looked at her solemnly "I'll tell you if you tell me." Lilly nodded "deal, I have something called a flame of resentment, an Asura flame apparently." Navir stared at her in shock for a minute and then laughed.
"What's so funny," questioned Lilly curious to why he was laughing "well I was just thinking that the rarest and most destructive magic in all existance and somehow both of us use it."
Lilly smiled "That's great news." Navir looked at her confused "How so?" "Well if you were a demon general I can assume you know how to put your power to good use, meaning there's no one better to train me in using it." Navir laughed "An ex demon general teaching a human assassin the deadliest magic alive to try and create peace, who could've seen this one coming?" Lilly laughed "true enough, but anyway let's get some rest first, we have some heroes to visit tomorrow."
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Descriptions
Lilly
Medium height with a slender build and fair skin, she has light brown hair and dark green eyes. She is pretty in a simple way and is easily forgettable due to her lack of presence
Navir
Tall height muscled build but still slender he has tanned skin and black hair and horns as well as golden eyes and is considerd very good looking.
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Authors note
I know I said that I'd add Navir's status in for this chapter but instead I'm gonna leave it till the next chapter hope you enjoyed the chapter feel free to comment :)