Chapter 80 - A Menace Tactician
The magical energy I released was in harmony with my nine fox tails that spread like a giant fan behind my body.
Getting fellow foxes to submit my orders required a great deal of effort as a same foxes, right?
What if the solution to silence them was simple like this?
Like showing them that my fox form was far above their status as just an ordinary fox with a shabby tail that was not well maintained.
Behind my military cap, I could confirm that my red eyes were staring at them with a touch of cruelty that could make their courage to fight shrink.
Swiippp...
Whiiipp...
My nine fox tails waving in the winter wind seemed to have caught the attention of all the adventurers trying to catch their breath seeing my sudden transformation into a nine-tailed fox girl.
Twwiingg!!
With my sword drawn to the side, I could feel the surge of my magical energy changing into harmony with the waves of mystical energy commonly used by nine-tailed fox girls like Ciel.
"What are you waiting for? Don't you want to save your Master from this punishment I gave to him?!" Making sure my words sounded cold and mocking to their Master's condition, I put on a facial expression filled with a creepy smile like a villain girl.
[ Ohoh! Lily-chan with the evil fox girl version. I like the development of this kind of role-play! ]
[ My heart can't stop beating fast when the pressure from the nine-tailed fox girl's aura can silence the fox girl who can only grow one fox tail. ]
[ I almost fainted after seeing the evil development of this role-play! ]
[ What a spectacular show, Lily-chan! ]
Yes, I had expected that my Goddess would enjoy my role play which was far from my initial plan of relaxing while controlling a herd of stealth slimes to seize their cave residence from the invasion of the Golden King Bear herd.
Like the proverb of rice that has turned into porridge, I have to play this strict and cold military girl role-play until it reaches the end.
Now... how do I find a happy ending as a villain woman who is too strict and cold in making decisions?
Oh, my Goddess, do you have any advice so that I won't do this again in the future?
[ Yurification System: The Goddess Aurora has proposed a role-playing game as a cold and stern nine-tailed fox girl in the Golden King Bear hunting operation! ]
[ Yurification System: The Goddess Aurora has given 500,000 Yurification Points as an initial deposit! ]
Ugh, Goddess Aurora! Why are you adding to my burden in this role-playing game?
An initial deposit of 500,000 Yurification Points?
Is it your hobby to watch me do embarrassing things like this in the Goddess' realm?
[ Sorry about that, Lily-chan... the Goddess Aurora suddenly entered my private room and accidentally saw Lily-chan in the middle of a role-playing game. ]
[ D-Don't blame her for the situation suddenly becoming interesting like this, Lily-chan! ]
[ For now... Cheer up on becoming a cold and stern nine-tailed fox girl! ]
[ Yurification System: (Guest – Goddess Aurora) Cheer up, Lily-chan! ]
"Ugh..." I unconsciously let out a small sigh after a transparent message from the Goddess Aurora appeared before my sight.
A message that indicated that I was under the control of my Goddess and the Goddess Aurora.
"Hmph! If that's what you want... then enjoy this role-play a little longer," I said in a soft tone without moving my lips as if I was speaking.
Twiitcchh...
Tingngg...
While walking closer to them, I moved my nine fox tails to do a light provocation and gave my body a gap by putting aside my katana grip more openly.
"Mio... don't interfere!" I shouted to Mio who secretly almost threw her knife to make an opening attack.
"As you wish, my Master," with an attitude full of obedience, Mio opened her skirt wide and put the knife in her grip into the knife sheath attached to her smooth thigh.
Bluusshh...
Mio's smooth thighs as she put down her throwing knives had caught the attention of the adventurous men who had their faces drowned in blush and their noses bleeding.
"Huft... you like to attract their attention, Mio?"
"Aren't those smooth thighs mine?" I said while gently gazing at Mio's smooth thighs that were not yet completely covered by her maid uniform skirt.
To ease the tense situation, I joked a little with Mio.
"These smooth thighs are indeed yours, my Master..."
"I just let them peek at what has already my Master's property…" Mio replied with a smile that made several male adventurers let out their nosebleeds until they spurted into the air.
With a smile that could toy with men who only thought about a woman's body sexually, Mio managed to make several adventurer parties fall in the selection process for accepting participants in the Golden King Bear hunt.
I looked back at the fox girls in front of me.
If I looked closely, they had one thing in common, their neck wearing slave identification necklaces.
Adventurer parties generally consist of five to ten members. However, seeing the four fox girls in front of me who were holding their weapons, I could be sure that they were an adventurer party that had joined one of the adventurers who was taking my harsh punishment.
"Are we just standing around all day or are we having a little fight to discipline you?!" with my voice hard and cold, I stared at them while releasing Sakura Domain.
The unchanging winter air, the Marquess Rommel's residence that had warmed up thanks to the spring brought by the blessings of the two Saintesses, and the Sakura Domain that had cherry blossom petals flowing, this small battle stage already in actions.
"If you want to reduce your Master's punishment, try to cheer me up who already irritated by your skills!"
[ Yurification System: The Goddess Aurora is impressed by your roleplay! ]
Aside from my irritation towards their Master, I was also irritated by this roleplay that seemed to be getting more serious than it needed to be.
Oh! This gives me a great idea.
Rather than subjecting them to a hopeless battle, I should toy with them with the battle that would be the core of the Golden King Bear Hunt Quest.
"Do you know why we are conducting a preliminary before the Golden King Bear Hunt begins?" I asked the several fox girls in front of me with my voice raised so that the rest of the adventurer party could hear.
"From my perspective… Adventurers are talented individuals who are unfamiliar with their level of fighting skills that are beyond doubt."
"Defeating monsters, clearing mysterious dungeons, and other seemingly fun activities."
"Underneath all that... They have a bad attitude about fighting outside their party."
"The quest given by the Marquess Rommel family is within the range of the group battles controlled by me!"
"Even before the hunting operation began, there was a fight like this... I have to say that you are just unruly trash adventurers."
While pointing out their mistake in destroying the Marquess Rommel family's residence, I compressed my magic energy until my nine fox tails waved around receiving the surge of magic energy from within my body.
"Well, I don't appreciate the attitude of arrogant adventurers like you anyway."
Using the Sakura Move and Sakura Dash movements in the outdoors trapped by the Sakura Domain, I used the sharp blade of my katana to strike the neck of one of the fox girls who had attacked me with a throwing knife.
Swiirrll...
The fragrant smell of cherry blossom petals and the cherry blossom petals that blocked her view had made the fox girl stand up with her fox tails trembling in fear.
The pressure from my katana's sharp blade gave her a small cut and my nine fox tails had dominated her fear of the fox race that was far above her power limit.
"If you become a good fox girl..." I played with my words a little for her.
"Then your Master will be spared his punishment without any additional punishment," I said with a smile that made her body tremble with fear.
"Well, seeing you care so much about your Master's condition. I will reduce his punishment to three days."
Wuusshh...
Using the Sakura Dash and Sakura Vanish moves, I returned to Mio's place.
Swiirrll...
Boosshh...
As soon as I stood beside Mio, I immediately activated the Soul Tame magic incantation in the sky of Marquess Rommel's residence.
The glimmer of the Soul Tame magic formation showed the condition of the Golden King Bear who was enjoying free time eating the magic cores of the King and Queen of Slimes.
Thanks to this Soul Tame magic incantation, I got all the adventurers' attention to explain the emergency that made this Quest a rare monster hunt with a level equivalent to a Calamity Disaster.
"As you can see, the overflow of raw magical energy from the Golden King Bear is equivalent to a walking natural disaster that is ready to explode at any moment. If you hunt without knowing the instructions I gave, then…" while emphasizing my words that were full of gripping narratives, I showed everyone the vision of the stealth slime group that had mapped out the cave maze.
"Let's just say that you will be trapped inside the cave maze for an unknown amount of time."
Along with the threats and intimidation I gave, I showed the condition of the inner cave that formed a natural maze with no light.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
The deepest part of the complicated cave had shown several adventurer parties who were sweating coldly and swallowing their saliva.
"... I have no problem if you want to do independent hunting without my instructions. I will ignore you once you enter the cave to hunt the Golden King Bear," I said with a smile that mocked their loss if they opposed me.