The cost of Arrogance
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Knight Jacobs POV
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Oh how i hate listening to this idiot of a prince always rambling on about how hes superior to everyone gods how i wish i could just kill him here and now but alas i owe his father a debt and it is one i must pay in full. As he ordered me to kill this poor commoner i felt a little of me fall apart inside yet another poor man that will fall by my sword but it is not him i feel worse for it is the poor Ivior children i feel bad for they are the ones that will have to endure this pig for the rest of there lives at least the man will die quickly. Once i was in front of the man i yelled "You will die for the kingdom as the prince demands it and i will be taking your slaves as well" the man just stared at me for a bit before laughing then he spoke "You wish to take what is rightfully mine then try to kill me who rules death i hope you are prepared for the consequences" once he was finished i felt an oppressive aura fall on my shoulders forcing me to kneel in that moment my face went pale. What kind of man is he to have such presence even the gods don't this kind of aura i would know I've met one of them before i met the goddess of light Vilve she had such a divine presence it felt warm and comforting but this mans aura makes me feel as if i'm swimming in tar that burns my skin the more i try to fight it. What kind of man has this prince ordered me to kill i cannot hurt this man for if i even try i feel as if my skin will melt away. The more i thought about it the more worried i got i feel as if this idiotic prince has just awoken a sleeping dragon and not one we can handle.
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Death POV
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I looked at the knight kneeling before me sheesh whats wrong with this human all i did was glare at him and he cant even stand up well i did feel a bit of my aura leaking but it definitely cant be that that's affecting him i mean come on my aura isn't even half of what Dark's is i mean hes always making fun of me because i'm supposed to be Death but my aura is almost as weak as Life's. As soon as i willed my aura back he stood up "I-i-i mean you no harm good sir haha i was uh just taking orders from my prince but you my good sir seem to be a man of great power are you from this kingdom? or perhaps your from farther east i don't think I've heard of a man of your strength in this kingdom" he said. I couldn't help but laugh hes scared what a joke Ha! one of my golden rules for dealing with humanoids is if they learn before attacking me then ill let them go i mean i'm not one for bullying the weak and he does seem genuinely sorry so meh ill let it go this time "Hello knight i'm not quite from this kingdom i'm from well lets say far far away but id like to meet your king and royal family ill be at the palace tomorrow morning let your little prince know" after i said that i teleported me Istrie and Undiel back into an alley next to the adventurers guild its time we got ourselves identification we cant go around from place to place with nothing on us now can we once we were there i heard a slight whimper from behind me "Master i'm scared i don't want to leave you master is so nice and treats us so well please don't give us to those mean humans" Undiel said while Istrie just played with her tails "Undiel i promise no one will ever hurt you if i'm here ok you 2 are very special to me i wont ever leave you now stop worrying about it see look at Istrie just enjoy yourselves we wont be on this world forever but we will be here for a while i know the humans are disgusting and rude but do not worry as long as my name is Death i will always protect you from harm" As i said that i patted her head she blushed from the interaction "O-ok master ill try"she said. After we settled that matter we walked into the adventurers guild.
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Kings POV
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As i sat in my throne room finishing up the last of today's audiences with some merchants my son burst through the door ah such a disappointment he is i swear he took more after his mother than me that money sucking vixen ah but alas i still love her "Father i want this knight executed tomorrow morning for refusing my orders and letting 2 Ivior slaves get away IVIORS father imagine the power we could have had ha they were even cute i could've had so much fun with them in my bed instead of the blasted maids every night" he said. I just stared at the knight for a bit he had his head down but i noticed this was Knight Jacob why would such a knight possibly refuse orders he owed me a debt from when i saved his family in the war 8 years ago from an invasion on his home village on top of that he was one of the strongest warriors in the kingdom he even had affinity for fire magic he was powerful why would he do such a thinking this i nodded and said "Very well what do you have to say to this Jacobs" he looked truly broken while he lifted his head "A monster your majesty that man was no commoner no matter what the prince says his aura was more oppressing than even the gods the gods i tell you! on top of that he even had teleportation magic your majesty teleportation! even our rank 1 court mage cant do that" I stared at him in wonder questioning if this man was mad only the gods can teleport everybody knows that "Very well you will be executed tomorrow for the crimes of not following orders and allowing 2 precious pieces of property to get away" as soon as i said that the guards grabbed Jacobs and dragged him away to the stocks "Father when you find the man please allow me to keep the Iviors as my belongings so i may train them properly" the prince said "Very well now leave me" i scoffed. Ah i cannot deal with this i'm going to have to pray to the goddess Vilve extra tonight in hopes that she will visit tomorrow to grant this execution her blessing i don't know if what Jacobs said is true but even if it is i must execute him to set an example if it was true then having a god there would assure me because if there isn't a god present and this man shows up may our souls rest peacefully.
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Goddess Vilve POV
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Those dam humans what are they doing now when that man showed up in the pavilion i didn't know what to think other than fear the other gods may have been to rash and went immediately into launching spells but i new better whoever this being was he was strong enough to teleport straight into here i mean i made the barrier protecting this place myself I know just how strong it is and when i made it i made a spell causing all teleportation other than by us 12 to be blocked. Now these dam humans are here angering this being what the hell i don't even understand why they even pray to me as the goddess of light I cant even use light magic all i can cast are barriers i'm not even human which angers me the most they enslave my brethren and then expect my help i'm actually a beast race well not a common one at least i'm a dragon once i transcended and became a god i gained knowledge on how to make myself a humanoid form but i'm not that strong so the other gods like to pick on me a lot but, dam i'm going to have to go to that execution tomorrow and pray that being doesn't show up these dam humans and there idiocy sheesh i mean the first time i went down there and showed myself to them there idiotic prince tried to have me enslaved but, now here i am having to help them. Well i may not be happy about this but i'm not doing this for them i'm doing it for our world the other gods may think that being was just joking but i could see it in his eyes he didn't think of us as anything other than bugs to be crushed. Welp i guess its time to go down to this human kingdom again lets hope things go more smoothly this time.