Nine Tailed System 140 I'm working for my image

Fatima: Where is she!?

Fatima glared at Marco, who held his poker face while Alice watched by the sides.

Marco: I will tell you only if you surrender, I wish to do things pretty fast because I have other places to go, so I don't want to spend much time for a useless fight. Your aids are already knocked out, so you can't call for help.

Fatima hesitated a bit, before she gritted her teeth and slowly kneeled.

Fatima: I surrender…

*Ding*

*17098/??? saved.*

*Ding*

*Special Quest[Failed]: Mercilessly defeat Fatima if she refuses to be on your side.*

The mission was heard, even though it said that it failed, it meant that Fatima really surrendered.

Marco: Alright, checkmate… Vanilla has 3 monster friends around her own age, a goblin, a lamia and a dragon pup, the goblin girl is away, but the rest of the group and the mother of the dragon pup are currently at Illiasburg.

There was an invasion from chimeras and angels, but the town is safe after I passed by, I don't know what they are currently doing, but they are safe and unharmed…

Fatima had a speechless expression on her face, before she put her hands on the floor.

Fatima: Thank you!

Marco: You trust me?

Fatima: When a monster reach a certain age and power, they gained enough experience to see through a young person, this is especially so for the royalty…

Marco: Care to tell me why you two are so fucking away?

Fatima: ...10 years ago… My newborn daughter was used as an hostage 10 years ago… However they lied when they saw they would release her, but I was still full of hope, thinking that she was alive… And my hope got answered… Her-

Marco: Villain, I'm working to hold the image of a "piece of shit" even if I am saving everyone, you know?

Fatima: ...Villain... Thank you for telling me where is my daughter… Once things will fix themselves, I will go immediately there.

Marco: Alright, be careful, because Vanilla likes the humans there, and she works with one in a tool shop, so if she is going to see you hurt them then she may take it bad.

Fatima: Yes…

Marco turned around and got away with Alice to rescue the King from the dungeon.

[Later]

Marco, Alice, and the King came out from the castle, Fatima was gone with her vampire army and aids, once she turned back at her castle, she would go alone to Illiasburg.

Soldier: Three cheers for the Hero Marco!

Citizens: Hip hip hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

The cheers of the soldiers and citizens filled the air, even though he didn't liked to be called Hero that much, he couldn't do anything about it.

Sabasa King: Rescuing both me and my daughter, you've now saved the entire royal family. Marco, my words of thanks alone aren't enough…

Marco: Well, I would ask for gold coins, but now it's clearly not the right time, so you can prepare something once I ended this war and killed Illias, alright?

Sabasa King: Yes, we will rebuild our army, and work with the other countries to stave off this crisis.

Marco: Then see ya later!

Marco waved at the King, and hastily left with Alice, he picked her up and whistled, in some seconds, Diane flew nearby and when she flew down, Marco jumped, before a yellow blur passed by and made Marco and Alice disappear.

Marco: Alright, Diane, to the Witch Hunt Village.

Diane: Kweh!

[Meanwhile]

In a dungeon of the Witch Hunt Village, there was Lily, in a jail, she was over her bed hugging her knees, while she was mumbling something strange…

Lily: Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me…

She was traumatized from that time where Marco accidentally used the Nine Tails for the first time, she heard footsteps coming nearby, but she didn't reacted to them and continued to mumble things.

It was Lucia, from the Seekers of Truth.

?: You've seen better days… Meister Lily.

Lily: Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me…

Lily's display was putting Lucia a smile on her face.

Lucia: To think I had more magical potential hidden away than you… How miserably ironic, don't you think? A guinea pig surpassed the scientist...

Lily: Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me…

Lucia: ...Well, I don't care if you can hear me, I just came to make a point. Your horrible witch hunt wasn't your only crime. This village itself deserves punishment… That is what I was thinking.

Lily: Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me… Don't kill me…

Lucia: I'm tired of this…

Suddenly, Lucia's arms turned into tentacles, and the tattoos on her body got larger and thicker , one of the tentacles turned into a giant mouth and swallowed Lily whole, she didn't even resisted.

Lucia: Hmph, not even leaving behind a scream. But I won't digest you quickly… I'll keep you alive for months, and slowly and gradually dissolve you away… Now to start the cleanup…

[Meanwhile]

Marco and Alice already landed and reached the Witch Hunt Village, which was full of the same Chimeras that were on Remina and the Monster Lord's Castle, and between all of them, there was a strange one, which was formed from countless monster parts, tentacles, wings, horns, limbs, you name it…

She was a Chimera Homunculus, an experiment made from Lucia.

Marco immediately used the Chakra Gate, pointed at her and charged himself with the power of lightning, before kicking the ground and use Lightning Sword Flash, behind him there was a thunder passing by, burning the other chimeras.

The Chimera Homunculus couldn't even turn around when a child-sized burned hole was made on her body, shocking her, literally and metaphorically.

Chimera Homunculus: ...What…

She glowed before she was sealed into a flask. However Marco didn't want to be careless and turned around, far away from him, there was another special monster.

She was like the Iron Maiden he encountered before, but she was a bit larger, and her head was over the lid instead of part of it, under the base of the coffin, there were countless copper tentacles.

It was reaching for a man, when Marco raised his sword and charged it with lightning, before shooting it at the Iron Maiden V.2, electrifying her copper body, she let out a blood-curdling scream, but didn't fell down yet, so Marco extended his arm forward and created a bijuudama, before throwing it at her.

The bijuudama successfully hit the stunned monster, and exploded, flinging away the nearby chimeras, the Iron Maiden V.2 turned into dust and vanished.

*Ding*

*17099/??? saved.*

The man successfully escaped, and Marco turned around, the villagers that were experimented on revealed their body parts to save the other villagers, even if they were terrified to find them attached to tentacles.

Marco approached one of these girls.

Villager Girl: You are… The Hero who saved us!

Marco: Fuck this shit, report in less than 20 words!

Villager Girl: Invasion from Chimeras, we are pushing them back, Lucia is the leader and is at the Lord's Mansion.

Marco: Alright!

Marco and Alice rushed to the Lord's Mansion, and followed the magical power that they sensed, taking them to the innermost room of the Mansion.

Alice: Hmph… It doesn't seem like she has any intention of hiding.

Marco: Yeah…

Then they got to the end of the dungeon, where is the laboratory that Marco destroyed while he got in the Special Mode: Nine Tails. And there stood Lucia, already transformed.

Lucia: Oh my… So the Hero makes his debut.

Marco: I'm not going to wait for another monologue like last time…

Marco kicked the ground, but he found his legs bound from Lucia's tentacles already, Marco didn't looked worried and charged his body with Lightning, elctroducting Lucia too.

She let go of him with a pained expression, while Marco kicked the ground and filled himself with Gnome's powers, he got slowed and heavier, but he reached the stunned Lucia and used Heavenly Demon Revival, slamming his heavy sword on Lucia.

Her tentacles and a leg of hers got cut off, and she screamed in pain.

*Ding*

*17100/??? saved.*

Lucia: Fuck!!

Marco: Look, I don't want to make the things too long, tell me the reason you did it, and I try to give you a good answer…

Alice: ...That was direct…

Marco: I am either doing this or sealing people the entire time. I am just annoyed from the long monologues…

Lucia: ...I… I just wanted to create a place where I can be… Where I belong… Without being hated…

Marco: Whatever, I am doing the same thing, just leave the job of coexistence at the professionists, alright?

Lucia: ...Yes…

*Ding*

*17321/??? saved.*

Marco: Ok, problem solved, Alice?

Alice: The Chimeric Beasts seem to have fled. This should be fine.

Marco: Alright, let's go away.

Then Marco and Alice left Lucia alone, on her own thoughts, and if one could listen better, one could hear "Don't kill me…" coming from a big tentacle that got cut off…

[SPECIAL QUESTS]

1st. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans

2nd. Kill Illias

3rd. Return to Lucifina's grave

4th. Visit every places in Illias Continent, Sentora and Hellgondo

5th. Make Alice happy

[EVENT QUEST]

1st. Kill Illias

2nd. Save as many people as possible: [17321/???]

3rd. Defeat or Kill Promestein

4th. Defeat or Kill Black Alice

5th. [Optional] Kill as many angels as possible: [29/???]

Chapter end