Chapter 129: An Empress as a Slave
The imprisoned empress had been unconscious for an eternally long time.
Over countless years, she had used a forbidden ability to convert life force into a sustainable mana that would slowly dragg her consciousness from the abyss.
However, she didnt know how much longer such a process would take before she fully regained her conciousness.
Many years had passed and she had only regained 5 percent of her concious state.
She understood that if things continued in such a fashion, the gods might even find a way to destroy her before she was fully able to regain her consciousness.
Thankfully, she finally sensed a strangely conforting presence, that reasured her of her resurrection.
Without any hesitation in her heart, she consumed all 5 percent of her energy to try saving herself.
"S—save me... please..." a soft whisper escaped the lips of the naked woman that lay on the ice cold grave as she clutched my finger with the last wisps of strength she could muster.
A light of curiosity flickered in my eyes as I took a closer look at her.
She was still unconscious and her face held no emotions as she whispered. I could even hear a pleading tone.
’Is she alive... or dead?’ I muttered to myself, pausing in my tracks.
She wasnt saying any thing more, but with how tightly she held my hand I could tell that she was alive, and could likely understand my words.
I paused and deliberated on the decision for only a second before speaking.
"Become my slave... and I promise you that not even the gods can stop you from coming back to life."
My tone was soft, calm and filled with utter confidence.
The fingers that were holding my hand twitched imperceptibly as though she was hesitating to make a decision.
The empress, reduced to a slave?
Although I could make her my slave without her consent, it would be nice for her to agree to be my subbordinate on her own.
The fingers twitched once more, then, another soft whisper escaped the lips of the naked empress.
"I... agree..."
The moment the word faded, the deed was done.
Instantly, the system acted, and inputed the slave seal on her.
[Do you wish the resurrect the empress?]
A system prompt appeared before me.
’Ressurect an empress that even the gods were terrified of?’ i mused internally.
I was curious to see just how strong she was, and how she compared against me.
’Resurrect her.’ I ordered.
"Fuck..." The moment I gave the order for the system to ressurect her, I collapsed to my knees.
It was as though every single cell in my body had been drained of their energy.
It was the first time I felt this weakened.
Yet, another system prompt appeared before me.
[Mana inssuffient to resurrect her. She would only be able to randomly increase her strength at intervals.]
After the system’s words, I lay on the ground, gasping for breath, as I read through it.
It was startling. I called up my stats and realized all my mana had been consumed, yet the empress hadn’t been awakened.
’Just how terrifying is she?’ I muttered to myself breathlessly.
I continued breathing heavily for a few hours, before finally recovering.
I had tried absorbing mana from the surroundings, but it couldnt eliminate the exhaustion I felt.
I glanced at the system screen once more, then closed it, as I finally stood up.
The empress still lay on the coffin, unconscious.
I walked over to her, with an exhausted smile on my face.
’I hope you’re worth the trouble I had to go through.’ I let out a faint breath, then, I took off my shirt and covered her naked frame, before picking her up.
I carried her bridal style, then left the mana mountain.
As we left, the mana stones inside the mountain seemed to have darkened faintly, as though they had lost their queen who had been taking care of them for an eternity.
I carried the empress and slowly walked out of the cave.
I was too exhausted to move as rapidly as before. But I could feel my strength was gradually returning to me.
As we both walked out of the mountain cave, we were greeted to the sight of the darkened skies.
Outside the mountain was quiet, and the night wind rustled faintly, brushing us lightly with the night’s breeze.
I glanced at the moon that hung desolately in the skies.
The moon cast its soft glow on the both of us, as though we were something sacred.
One handsome young man, along with a beautiful empress.
It was as though the moon was acknowledging the formation of something the gods never foresaw.
I stared at the moon silently, then let out a breath as I finally shifted my gaze away from it.
I walked a few steps with the empress in my hand when finally I heard footsteps ahead.
"You’re finally back, I was worried something had happened to you." A familiar voice drifted Fromm the shadows.
From ahead stepped out Elena, who had a wry smile on her face filled with worry.
At the same time, the shadows twisted violently and out stepped Olivia, whose expression was as calm as ever.
"Master."
Elena cast a brief glance in olivia’s direction before shifting her attention to me.
I smiled warmly.
"I had a little bit of an emergency." I said.
It was at that moment that Elena noticed the beautiful, half-naked woman in my arms.
She stared at her, a little taken aback, then asked softly.
"Who’s she?" She recalled that I went into the mountain with no one, only to emerge with a lady.
The situation was as surprising as it was startling.
I deliberated on whether to tell her the truth or not, however in the end these were all women I trusted, so I saw no harm in telling them.
"I found her in the mountains. She’s injured for now. Let’s head back. She should wake up some time later." I glanced at the unconcious lady in my arms and after saying so, I continued walking.
The two women exchanged a brief glance before nodding towards each other and following along.
