Mad God – Reborn

The sudden darkness that enveloped the square was unnatural and deeply unnerving, while Ariana's eyes had never looked so cold. She watched him as an executioner would watch the prisoner kneeling before a bloody stump on which he had to lay his head.

"I like your eyes!" Elinus licked his lips, stomped the ground, and cracked the cobblestones as he rushed forward, punching like a boxer, his red robe fluttering behind him like a cape, nothing beneath it.

Ariana quickly dodged, realizing she was no match for him in a physical confrontation. Instead, she summoned black tendrils from the ground that was now covered with shadows from the sudden eclipse. Still, no matter how hard she tried to restrict him, his legs kept forcing their way forward, tearing her restraints apart.

"Oh baby, if you want to hurt me, you need to do more!" Elinus laughed, moving toward her as someone stuck in a swamp, slowed by Ariana's spell but still uninjured. Whatever she was doing, Elinus kept staring her down, his perverted, wild grin fixed on her as he ignored anything she threw at him.

While Ariana seemed calm on the outside, she was deeply disturbed inside. Mostly because she could not tap into the real feelings of Elinus. She could not feel any negative emotions from him, pain, dread, fear, anger, or hatred; nothing leaked out. Only a jumbled mix of ecstasy, joy, and unnatural lust.

"Freak…" She repeated the word under her breath the youngster before her had said, now fully understanding why people called the Brightseed family and its members that. Without the ability to tap into his strong, negative emotions, she could not summon 'demons' to battle him either, as it seemed he was without any internal struggle. He had no doubt that he was doing the right thing, with no remorse or inner demons she could use against him. It left Ariany to rely only on her raw spells, which left Elinus completely unaffected.

"You look flustered, my little baby girl! Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it quickly!" He laughed, approaching her with almost a drooling expression. "I'll raise you well! To enjoy it and cry out with happiness! You'll see! The pain is pleasure, and pleasure itself is pain!"

In response, Ariana clapped her hands together, letting her aura explode with all the force she could muster. From beneath the madman's right leg, sharp spikes sprang upward, striking his skin multiple times in a single second like a jackhammer. At first, they bounced off, but Ariana kept her eyes locked on him, using what her Master taught her when she met someone with a strong defense. Now... Her attacks finally landed on the same spot again and again, and by the time Elinus blinked, realizing his flawless skin was turning red, then blue and purple, the final spike finally broke through. His leg gave way, and his skin split open as Ariana's attack finally was able to penetrate deep into his flesh. But it couldn't come out the other end. Feeling the pain, Elinus let out a loud, joyful moan as he fell to one knee, shivering with excitement and drawing goosebumps across Ariana's body. Especially as she watched his drooling expression. His hot, almost sizzling blood loudly splattered on the ground from the wound while he grabbed onto the black spike, crushing it, then tearing it out while moaning.

"I love you!" He shouted, standing back up, ignoring his nasty injury and even making it worse as chunks of flesh were left hanging from it.

"It is time to stop," came a new voice, and with a thundering echo, Ren appeared between the two, looking at Elinus and his naked body with unimpressed eyes, scanning him from top to bottom. "Put it away, boy; nobody is interested in your deformed little brother."

"Oh, that look, that voice… another beauty appears! Are you that maid's owner? What a great, two-in-one deal!" He waved his hand, and now the guards readied their spears, aiming them at Ren and Ariana.

"I don't think you want to do that," Ren said, shaking her head and snapping her fingers as lightning fell from the sky and struck their weapons. It was not just turning them into ash but frying their hands thoroughly, making them crippled with one move. None of them cried out or made a sound of pain, though; they stopped in their tracks, looking to Ren, then to Elinus, for further orders.

"Oh, a zippity-zappity, fuckable girlie! I know you!" Elinus moaned as he licked his lips. "It must be you… mmhm!" He took a deep breath. "Yes… It is you because you do not smell like a virgin… oh well. I can make you forget your previous mediocre partners with this!" He shouted as he thrust forward his junk with unbridled pride all over his face. "I bet the others had nothing like mine!"

Ren didn't even flinch as she listened, eyes narrowed, unable to take him seriously.

"Go home." She waved her hand, dismissing him with a bored look. "You should parade around in the little circus you call home, not out in the open."

"Your name is Ren, is it not?" Elinus asked, ignoring her tone and gaze, just like he did with his injured, bleeding leg.

"If you know, you should know your tone alone deserves your head to be torn off. Lucky for you, I am not bloodthirsty." She nodded, answering him.

"Are you not? What if I tell you I could please you more than Leinor ever did?" Elinus grinned, flashing his white teeth at Ren. "I could even-"

But no more words could come out of his mouth because Ren was already standing before him. Her right hand grabbed his monstrous dong with such force that her fingers left dents on it.

"You don't know when to stop, do you?" Ren whispered, then she just twisted and tore it off from the base, finally drawing out a scream that was not just a moan but filled with genuine, immense pain, as he howled at the sky. When she ripped his member off, Ren wasn't done, as she next did a backhand swing, slapping him in the face with it, knocking Elinus down to the ground, and making him cough out some teeth. "Disgusting," She snorted, tossing the deformed, broken thing aside and looking at the guards. "Go, clean up this clown and get the fuck out of my sight. If I reencounter any of you, I'll ask no further questions but kill you all on the spot. Make yourself invisible inside this city, wherever my people or I walk. Are we clear?" She asked, looking at them, tearing off a part of the robe the pervert was wearing, slowly wiping her hands while standing over the screaming and rolling Elinus, writhing in agony… or ecstasy. Nobody could tell for sure.

"Master…" Ariana rushed up to her as the weather returned to normal and Ren left the scene behind her.

"You need more training. You became too flustered just because of a pervert." She said, looking her in the eyes as Ariana lowered her head in shame. "We'll talk about it at home."

"Yes…" She whispered, trying to make herself as small as possible next to her.

"Everyone!" Ren raised her voice again as she turned, smiling when she reached the Wonder Emporium's steps, drawing everyone's attention. "After everyone recovered from the clown show you all just witnessed-" she said, making some even laugh nervously as everyone was a bit uncomfortable hearing her playful voice. Elinus's guards, of course, ignored it, hurriedly carrying their screaming lord into his carriage, leaving without a word. "Please, come in and have a look at Rozex's newest wonder!" she chuckled, pushing open the doors behind her. "Everyone can come, everyone can browse, and everyone can purchase. The Wonder Emporium never discriminates against its customers!" She clapped with a warm smile, letting people inside the building.

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"This is the full report." Yavik bowed to Corvux and brought the report directly to his lord.

"So our little rabid dog only produced a half success?" Corvux asked, flipping through the pages as he sat in his dining room chair and munched on a bite of steak.

"Yes. Her maid is named Ariana. We gathered all the necessary information; she's one of her disciples and stronger than we anticipated. The specimen's reinforced body could withstand her attacks initially, but only until she started focusing on the fight."

"Do we have a recording of the battle?" Corvux asked, putting down the report and returning to eating his steak.

"Yes, I just did not want to disturb your meal, My Lord. You know how that specimen acts."

"Ahaha, true, true! I've gone a bit overboard with him. He's running a defective brain inside his thinking box..." He laughed joyfully, remembering the experiments he'd conducted on him. "Anyway, I'll go through it after dinner. I want to see it for myself. What about the girl… Ren, was it?"

"Yes. I already placed the full report on her in your study. It is ready to be read. We also fed some of that information to the specimen to provoke a response, but…."

"But?"

"She did not showcase sufficient data to draw a correct conclusion, My Lord. We estimate her to be at the same level as Rudrick or slightly above him. But as she did not start a rampage or let her aura slip, we were left empty-handed."

"I see. Send for our doggie; bring him here! I'll repair and upgrade him a little, and we can send him out once again to provoke a proper response from her."

"My Lord, it may mean we are sacrificing the Brightseed family. If they provoke a-"

"And?" Corvux asked, snapping at him, shutting Yavik up immediately. "Should we care? We can replace them easily. Also, attacking a family under another Lord's protection? Please! If she wants the throne, she'd be a madman for it. Do as I say! I hate repeating myself to you, simpletons." He groaned, focusing on the meal again, and waved his hand for Yavik to leave him alone. "I hope she does kill them… such an action would prompt those war maniacs out from their Spire…" he murmured, reaching for a goblet filled with wine to wash down his dinner, then leaning back with a satisfied expression.

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As Corvux received his report, Ren stood by the pond in her courtyard, feeding the many fish inside, while Ariana stood beside her, head lowered, silently waiting for Ren to speak.

"I guess Rabout is still at the Wonder Emporium?" Ren spoke after a long silence.

"Yes." Her disciple nodded. "In the late afternoon, Keina showed up and purchased a few things. She has been with him since then. Even though it's already dark, people are still coming to take a look inside."

"Well, it is going to be open at all hours." Ren chuckled, clearly in a good mood. "When the first wave of interest dies, we will hold the first auction. That is going to spice some things up, for sure!"

"Even today's earnings are… staggering," Ariana murmured, genuinely shocked by how much money they'd made in a few hours.

"Money exists to be spent. No matter how much we make, what matters is opening ourselves up to the public and changing the look in their eyes. Make them realize that we are not so high above them that they can't even see us. With the money coming in, I can open up even more kinds of shops or finance some fun and leisurely events for the people."

"If we do… the thing that happened today is going to repeat itself, Master."

"Of course!" Ren laughed, dusting off her hand, looking at her, pulling her into a hug, and patting Araina's back. "Don't be such a gloomy sight, girl! I'm not angry at you, and neither am I disappointed."

"But I… screwed up…" She murmured, her voice close to tears.

"Everyone does. I did it, too, and not even once! You just lost focus because it was the first time you couldn't fight the way you were used to it. You did injure him, no?"

"Y-yes." She nodded, enjoying the hug as she pressed her face against Ren's body.

"He was not stronger than you. You could've killed him. Only his behavior threw you completely off." She continued, soothing her disciple's mind, "This kind of distraction could be deadly. So I hope you are going to take this memory as an important experience and improve yourself."

"I'll be more focused next time, Master!"

"I hope so! Maybe I should train you a little in some… embarrassing ways?" She stepped back suddenly, crossed her arms, and looked her up and down.

"Master?" Ariana asked in a flustered voice, starting to panic.

"I should strip you naked and make you fight him that way? Maybe that would work!"

"Noooo!" She shouted, sounding like a cat with its tail stepped on, and reflexively covered her body with her hands.

"Ahahaha! Why not? After you are used to it-"

"Fight him naked if you want to, but leave me out of it, Master!" Ariana protested, stomping heavily on the ground, huffing and puffing while pouting.

"Haaah… too bad, you have a great figure. It would be a treat to show it to others!"

"You are also a pervert, Master! Hmph-hmph! But I'm not!" With another yell, she turned around while Ren just looked at her back with a warm smile.

"I never said I was not… I only kept it between LeiLei and me…" She sighed in a soft, lonely voice, and Ariana quickly calmed down, turned back, and looked at her with worry in her eyes. "Relax!" Ren chuckled as she walked past her, patting her buttocks playfully. "Let's have dinner and a good night's rest. I had to craft a ton of things in time for the opening… I've been running on pure coffee for the past three days!"

"Yes, Master!" She followed her quickly. "I'll make something nice for you, and after a bath, I can massage your body!"

"Mmm!" Ren stretched with a happy smile. "Good thinking! Come, come. For your mistake in today's fight, you must please your Master, ahaha!"

"Sure!" Ariana nodded with a pure, happy smile. "Anytime, Master!"