My Servant System

Chapter 1196: Chapter 1195: Fiend's Galore (3)

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"Surely there are more here than just these ones, right..?"

Anput stood atop the fallen body of our latest kill, her boot sinking into its gelatinous head as she continued to pin it to the ground as we ensured it was dead, and while we were here she took this moment to breathe... and to 'complain'.

"You want there to be more Fiends than just this? Is this not enough for you?"

Both of us were looking towards the Sultana, who was now standing atop a small mountain of bodies as she continued to feed her blades the flesh of the fledgling Fiends, soaking the ground around her in their blood and turning the area into a charnel house as she unleashed her pent up aggression as best she could.

A storm of metal that was ablaze with potent flames whirled around the Sultana, and everything that got close was cut into pieces and sufficiently cooked to ensure that there was no chance of survival, which the Fiends were putting to the test every chance they had.

Anput's ears twitched before she turned towards me with a grin, the Jackalkin's tail swishing behind her as she nodded and said "This is NOT anywhere near how many I want! Think of all of the materials these bastards are made of! All this leather, chitin, bone and more that we could be using! I could make us all a dozen armor sets each with what I'm seeing already!"

"And a dozen armor sets isn't enough for you? You want more? I didn't realize you were so greedy, Anput..."

Letting out a bark of laughter, the Jackalkin stomped her boot into that gelatinous mound again and nodded proudly as she replied "Damn straight! I want more things to play with and these Fiends are made of those things~! Besides Jahi, I thought you'd have already figured out that I'm a greedy~ little puppy, hmm~?"

That got a chuckle from me as I nodded, the reminder of things that would be happening when this was all over rejuvenating me a little as the ever present goal of mine was brought back to the front of my mind, especially since I had recent memories of her being 'greedy'. And me being greedy too, but my greed was her greed and vice versa, so I rested my blade across my shoulder and helped her look for the next target, though that didn't last long as a Fiend crashed in front of us, swiftly being joined by a second.

"The little Demoness! What luck, what luck!"

"Oh hush idiot!"

A very excited and jolly red skinned man was bouncing around as he grinned at me, while the red skinned woman standing beside him smacked the back of his head and glared at me, growling "We're here for you and your Core, Demoness! So go ahead and die for us!"

Both of them were dressed in long flowing robes that gave them an elegant appearance, and the long, curved katanas sheathed on their hip added to that as they took interesting stances, both showing off something unique.

The man unsheathed his blade and held it in a single hand, twisting himself so that his other arm was pointed to his left while his blade was held facing outwards to his right, taking a rather flamboyant stance that was rather intriguing, especially while how smoothly he bounced from foot to foot as he rocked back and forth.

As for the woman, she was more traditional as she rested a hand on the hilt of her blade while lowering her shoulders, glaring at me as her pitch black hair fell over her red skinned face; lowered stance and bent at the waist, she was looking for an opening to rush forwards and execute a single, perfect slice with her katana, though...

The weight of the shield on my left arm reminded me that her fighting style didn't usually work well against mine, so I once again took the front of this battle on our side as I marched forwards, baiting myself by placing myself within her range and watching them both closely. Likely expecting me to anticipate the woman attacking first, the flamboyant robed man giggled as he flickered forwards, his lunge carrying him off to my side before his katana stabbed towards my armpit, hoping to slip through the armor and deal a decisive and quick blow that would put me down for good.

As Anput leapt to my defense and whacked his blade away, the woman unsheathing her blade as she flashed forwards to try and cut Anput in two, the void black blade seemingly absorbing the light around it as it cut through the air and made its way towards Anput's waist.

It was like a chess match as we alternated moves, and to fit in to that idea I pushed my blade off of my side and began to cleave down towards the woman's shoulder, forcing her to make a decision as she saw the golden light shrieking towards her.

A life for a life, especially since it wasn't a guarantee that the Jackalkin would remain situated where she was; already there were flakes of Metal Mana gathering across Anput's body, and she was already bunching her leg muscles as she prepared to leap into the air, her speed matching that of the Fiend's somewhat.

Gritting her teeth, the Fiend threw herself to the side and allowed her katana to barely knick Anput's heavily armored calf, narrowing avoiding my blade and shuffling the positions around a little as she slid to a stop right in front of me, while Anput was now staring at the man, the two grinning at one another.

"All of you Fiends are too damn interested in my Core... but hey, if it gets you over to me and ready to die, then that's fine too. I don't mind the extra practice on some unneeded pricks that the world is better off without~!"