I was very relieved to discover that the Mad Admiral wasn't an evil individual. Vakra was a rude and very blunt man, but he wasn't really that bad.Although I couldn't figure out why someone like him seemed so attached to this country...For starters, he had a demeanor of someone that didn't care about his subordinates. A mad scientist that only cared about the data and results he could glean from a person or an event. As far as I could tell, such a man shouldn't be commanding soldiers or running a ship...This type of person was better suited to live in a laboratory and rarely see the light of day.Yet...Vakra was highly respected by his peers and treated almost like a King.But aside from his 'comments' about Leiso, Rune, and Isabella...I didn't find him to be all that bad.And this was after a couple of days living in his laboratory.It seemed like Vakra had very little time to spend with women. Although, he very much enjoyed their company. And after I asked him about it, he gav
We walked slowly and quietly towards the two gigantic thrones.One of them sat empty while the other had a young elven child in it.He had dark green eyes and short purple hair with pointed ears.He wore a golden crown on his head adorned with rubies and silver ornaments. Additionally, his clothing wasn't so different from ours, except it was far more intricate and beautiful.This kid was definitely not old enough to rule an Empire.Beside his throne, was a very large and imposing man.He was...grossly overweight. Not obese, but I could tell this man lived very luxuriously.He had on a similar robe to us.Vakra had mentioned that these robes were decreed as the appropriate attire for being in the Emperor's presence. For everyone except Vakra, of course. He was an exception to the rule due to being a skeleton half of the time.Vakra also mentioned that it was a rather...childish order...Regardless, the large man had a scruffy beard and a devious look on his face.I couldn't see the re
After our talks with the Emperor and his disgusting advisor, we made our way back to Vakra's lab...Isabella hugged me and sighed."I'm so angry!! That man wants to do horrible things to me, Mizik..." Isabella said."I know, but he won't succeed. Once Vakra finishes helping us, they won't be able to stand against our might.""I hope so..." Truthfully, I could understand if she was skeptical.Every time we had gained significant power, something always arrived to show us how weak we truly were...Gaining legendary swords and level 150 was met with the shadow dragon... Who traumatized us and broke our spirit.Becoming Enforcers was met by Difar himself.The man who utterly decimated us and even managed to defeat two gods in battle at the same time.Would this time be different?If not...everything would have to be reset again.As we talked, Vakra entered the room. He was in his human form and currently not wearing his mask."Now you can see the problem..." He said."That the Emperor is
For the next three days, I tinkered with the heart stones in our chests using my Archmage Aspect.Seriously, the Archmage was probably my favorite of the two...Not only did it have basically limitless practical use, but it was also very fun to use. I still planned to modify the output of the stones more in the future, but for now, I would simply have to be patient.Carlos had been working closely with Vakra and Leiso to perfect the device. Although he believed further tinkering would be necessary after implementation.This was due to subtle differences between the energy signatures of the legendary stones, themselves, as well as what I have personally done to the ones in our chest.That is, transferring our souls to them.Vakra was impressed with Carlos' thinking and already considered him a valuable colleague.Meanwhile, Rune and Jallah were standing guard outside of the lab to prevent interference from anyone. Directly under the Supreme Admiral's orders.While all of this was goin
The very next day, we were made to stand before the Emperor again.Jarbold intended to make good on his threats by using the Emperor as a weapon."Hmm...Jarbold says you two were mean to him yesterday. That's not very nice of you. Even after he was so kind. You should apologize right now," Emperor Alwen said.Suddenly, Cassandra took over and smiled at the Emperor."Your Advisor is the filthiest pile of maggots I have ever seen. He tried to hurt my darling Mizik and that is unforgivable. Although, I suppose you wouldn't understand what he's really like, would you? You are a naive little bastard child," Cassandra said with extreme contempt.I wasn't worried about her speech at all.I knew by the haze in the room that she had cast an illusion. Whatever the illusion said, made the Emperor smile.Jarbold, however, heard what really happened."HOW DARE YOU!!! YOU WILL NOT SPEAK TO HIS MAJESTY LIKE THAT!!! EMPEROR ALWEN, I DEMAN THEIR HEADS!!!" Jarbold said.The Emperor flinched at his shou
A few days later, Vakra wanted to do a test on our powers. Sadly, the Emperor had decided that effective immediately, Isabella was to report to him and Jarbold...Currently, I stood outside in a field that was empty all around for miles. Instead of my old clothes and regulation military attire, I was wearing a combat suit made by Elysium.It was navy-blue with black armored plates. Leiso had a hand in making the metal for this particular suit.It displayed the heart device on my chest and emitted a soft glow. "Vakra...if that little shit continues to try and keep Isabella away from me..." "I know, I know. Every day I find myself less likely to stop you... The world is in grave danger and all he cares about is looking at the pretty girl. He is far too naive..." Vakra said."I'm personally against killing children, but I've done it before. Besides, Cassandra can make someone else kill him. They'll take the fall," I said."I might take you up on that offer. Although there are no other
While speaking with Vakra about what I would be doing in Lokan, I mentioned the situation at port Sagral.He just laughed and said it would take a lot more than a false claim to start a war with Elysium.Because even if another country attacked, Elysium wouldn't go to war unless they wanted to. They would just destroy the attacking force and be done with it.I even learned from him that Elysium wasn't interested in using the legendary heart stones to power their machines and technology.They had incredible power, but were highly unstable. He planned to give the Heart of the Deep back to us once he had finished running tests on it.Vakra also told me something about their plans.Elysium wouldn't actually do Lokan the favor of declaring war on them to let them know of a coming attack. They planned to just show up with a few ships and start attacking. Lokan was apparently a country infested with criminals and degenerates. Slavery, prostitution, sex trafficking, violence, and the like.
Days passed at the Elysium palace and both of the Albatross sisters were becoming increasingly fed up with the situation.The Emperor would make ridiculous requests that Isabella refused to fill.Such as sleeping on her chest or lap and marrying him.He even wanted her to bathe with him and tried to follow her into her personal bathroom when she needed to wash. Isabella blocked him from the door with a black barrier.No matter how many times she refused, this idiot child seemed to still be infatuated with her.Even worse, Jarbold had begun to try secretive attempts to control her.At one point, she was also made to keep watch outside of his room while he mercilessly beat and raped one of his female slaves.Isabella wanted to help with every fiber of her being as Stella was tormented and begged for help...but Isabella had her orders.Not to kill either of them...It was starting to darken her mind because it was a constant occurrence... Jarbold had many female slaves, after all...Each