The Primal Hunter

Needless to say, Jake’s question made the entire situation quite tense as he looked at the Second Mistress. She was taken aback and stared at Jake for several seconds, clearly not having expected him to find out.

The moment he had entered the residence of the Second Mistress, he had felt the familiar mana signature of the container with the Secret Scroll inside. Considering the Fallen King had made it clear the Guard Captain still had one, it wasn’t hard to figure out this was the “missing” scroll.

It took her a moment, but the Second Mistress collected herself and sighed. “Why hide it? Why would I not? Would you have helped bring the Prime Consort to me and assist in slaying the Demon Lord if I didn’t have anything to offer?”

“Probably,” Jake shrugged.

She seemed taken aback by his answer. “Why?”

“Why not?” Jake asked. Doing that was bound to give a better achievement, so helping her out only made sense in his head. Of course, she didn’t know about achievements, so maybe it made sense in her mind to keep it a secret for now.

“Why would the Prime Consort give it to you?” the Sword Saint asked. “From my understanding, you were not allies.”

“We are most certainly not. No, she gave it to me because I am not allied with the First Mistress. Or, well, I wasn’t allied with her. The Prime Consort said that she hoped it would foster trust… in reality, I believe she knew I had a distaste for the Demon Lord, and she knew I would never hand a scroll that would empower him to anyone.”

“I see,” the old man nodded, looking to be deep in thought.

The Second Mistress clenched her fists and looked at the Prime Consort. “If you let me kill her… you can have the scroll, and I will even show you how to unlock the containers for when you get the last one from the Guard Captain.”

“Now, wait a second here,” Jake said as he wanted to understand what was going on with all the Mistresses. He looked at all of them for a second as he questioned them. “Nobody gonna protest someone wanting to kill the Prime Consort?”

“Why would we?” a woman smiled. Jake Identified her and saw it was the First Mistress.

[First Mistress – lvl 264]

“She used to be your leader?” Jake questioned.

“That lunatic has needed to go for a long time,” the First Mistress said with disdain, the other Mistresses all nodding. “Also, if it helps hubby, why would we not want that?”

Jake didn’t need to question who “hubby” was as he threw the Sword Saint a glance.

The old man looked at the Prime Consort as he questioned the Second Mistress. “Will killing her like this be wise? Are you certain we do not need her for the Secret Scrolls in any way or see if she knows any other big secrets? Such as what the Secret Scrolls are used for? Jake told us that she said they were created to weaken the Demon Lord in case the Prime Consort lost control of him like you told us before.”

Jake was about to protest that she had also said they could be used to empower him, but he quickly realized what the Sword Saint was doing. He wanted to see if she knew and, if she did know, would share the full truth with them.

“That is one of their uses, yes,” the Second Mistress said. “The other is to empower the Demon Lord’s artifacts. I don’t know why they hold both functions, but the weakening aspect was added later.”

“I see,” the Sword Saint nodded.

Alright, so she does tell some truths, Jake quickly noted.

“Ugh,” he heard a sound from in front of him as the Prime Consort groaned. Jake quickly knelt down and used Touch to give her another rush of alcohol, buying them some time.

“So?” the Second Mistress asked. “Only the Prime Consort, I, and the Guard Captain know how to open the containers with the Secret Scrolls, and as I said, I will teach you how if you give her to me.”

“Well, you three and me,” Jake shrugged, getting looks. “What? She taught me. Not voluntarily, but she opened it right in front of me.”

“Just because you saw her open it once doesn’t mean you can replicate the process,” the Second Mistress protested.

“Pretty sure I can,” Jake said with a high level of confidence.

thoughts of everyone on this?” the Sword Saint asked. “I believe handing the Prime Consort to the Second Mistress will be fine. We don’t need the Prime Consort, and having found the final scroll, we don’t really

will be enough on his own?” Jake questioned. The Guard Captain was supposed to be pretty strong and finding somewhere to

King said, offended. “I am ready at any point. Besides getting rid of the Guard Captain, we only have one more loose end… who was

had completely forgotten about that guy,” Jake admitted. The full-on NPC energy that the old demon had

ask the Mistresses,

think she was telling the truth then,” Dina

Sylphie added. The

his business with the Guard Captain

Affirmatives all around.

“Great. Let’s go then.”

Scroll,” the Sword Saint said

house. Dina had walked over to Jake during this and asked to see Secret Scroll he had gotten from the Prime Consort. The druid read it and

pretty simple. We wouldn’t ever

made it weird the demon offered

was allowed to get a shot at opening it but was warned that the scroll inside

needed one

Lord. In the meanwhile, they allowed the Second Mistress to

would go check in on this old demon who originally wanted the Secret Scrolls to see what was up with that, just to wrap up all loose ends.

to get her revenge on the Prime Consort, fully earning her support. 300 Nevermore Points

Jake didn’t really feel anything. She had tried to do some fucked up ritual on him, and she had only gotten her just desserts. Now all they needed was for the Fallen King to get done

that the reports came from here, vice-captain?” the large demon wearing his full plate

Fallen King insisted. “The rebels have all met here and prepared to launch an attack on the Third Mistress when she returns. This is a prime opportunity to strike at them while they

Fallen King identified

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work,” the Guard Captain said as they entered the gate leading into the Third Residence. Walking through the fog, the gate

well hidden,” the Guard Captain said with suspicion.

Fallen King did not answer. Instead, his claw began glowing golden as he lunged forward. The Guard Captain was taken by surprise and failed to respond as his back was ripped up, and the demon was launched across the entire empty

explosion erupted soon after as the

the room, his voice infused with Willpower. “To betray the great Demon

sent it toward the Guard Captain. He responded by taking out a shield

King had when fighting with a party was his control. He had never needed to care particularly much about collateral damage, but when fighting with others, things were not as simple. A large-scale blast would hit indiscriminately, so he had

all across his body as the Fallen King activated his boosting skill. Power erupted from his body as the Guard Captain

“You-“

him back into the wall for a third time. Grasping, he pulled on the wall itself as it began to collapse down on the demon, but the armored Guard Captain managed

hit once more by a

Fallen King. Not too large or too small, meaning he could keep his opponent constantly within his effective range while still not allowing the melee-specialized

betrayal…” the demon yelled as he landed. “I

down as he practically teleported across the entire room, appearing nearly right

It hit nothing.

single meter short and looked confused as a golden claw hit him in the face, sending blood

the Fallen King said, assessing that the Guard Captain had barely been damaged despite the direct hit. His body was tough. Tougher than

about being overly accurate, and

difference. Distorting the reality others perceived through soul magic was difficult, but the Fallen King could slightly nudge it with these low-Perception creatures. To make a single meter look like two was difficult, especially if he didn’t want the other person to instantly notice. But to make a kilometer look like nine-hundred and

and blasts sent him repeatedly flying like a ragdoll as he never quite managed to land a hit. His durability

most powerful fighter on the floor, was killed without barely being

and the walls were filled with holes. On the ground before

Demon Lord… will