Starting With an SSS-Rank Goddess Summon!

Brida gritted her teeth, stepping heavily in front of Tasmin to shield the assassin.

"Stop talking like a damn philosopher!" Brida roared, dropping her caution immediately.

She flooded her boots with earth mana, completely ignoring the suppressing pressure of the domain.

"Earth-Shattering Cleave!" Brida bellowed!

She ripped the Void Cleaver through the air, bringing the massive battleaxe crashing straight down toward Hiro’s skull.

It was a flawless strike possessing thousands of pounds of raw force but Hiro didn’t dodge and he didn’t raise a heavy shield either.

He simply tilted his head slightly to the left.

SWISH!

The massive mythril blade missed his ear by exactly one millimeter.

The wind pressure of the passing axe blew his dark hair wildly, but the blade itself hit absolutely nothing but empty air.

’I need to push my... self...’

Hiro casually raised his left hand, placing his index finger gently against the flat side of the descending battleaxe.

He didn’t use brute strength as he used spatial magic instead.

With a tiny, microscopic flick of his wrist, Hiro applied the exact precise amount of opposing kinetic force required to completely unbalance the multi-ton swing.

CRACK!

"GAHH!" Brida grunted in shock.

The massive Void Cleaver was violently deflected to the side with the momentum of her own strike forcefully tearing the heavy weapon entirely out of her leather grip.

The battleaxe sailed through the air, crashing harmlessly into the distant mud.

Before Brida could recover her posture, Hiro smoothly stepped entirely inside her heavy guard.

Hiro simply pressed his open palm flat against the absolute center of Brida’s impenetrable silver breastplate.

"Spatial Repulsion," Hiro whispered softly.

KRA-THOOOOOOOM!

’Isn’t he supposed to be a swordsman...?’

An invisible concentrated blast of raw spatial pressure detonated perfectly against Brida’s armor.

The attack didn’t test her physical vitality nor did it test her muscle density. It instead rewrote the spatial coordinates of her body in a way.

Brida’s Unyielding Bedrock Body passive trait completely failed to anchor her.

The S-Rank Grand Titan Bastion was violently blasted entirely off her feet with her frame launched through the air like a cannonball.

"BRIDA!" Tasmin screamed and she immediately reacted.

With her shadows locked, she relied entirely on her raw speed.

She lunged forward, swinging her twin shortswords in a blindingly fast X-shaped execution arc aimed directly for Hiro’s throat.

"Too slow," Hiro murmured softly.

Without even turning his head to look at her, Hiro smoothly brought his right arm up.

He executed a flawless invisible slash with the edge of his bare hand.

CLANG! CLANG!

The invisible strike perfectly intercepted both of Tasmin’s dark mythril blades simultaneously.

The perfection of the parry completely shattered Tasmin’s grip as both of her shortswords were violently knocked into the air!

Hiro followed up instantly. He extended two fingers and lightly, almost gently, tapped the exact center of Tasmin’s chest.

BZZZZZT!

Another highly concentrated pulse of spatial pressure detonated.

Tasmin coughed up a violent spray of blood with the impact crushing the breath entirely out of her lungs as she was blasted backward through the air.

CRASH! CRASH!

Brida and Tasmin crashed heavily into the mud twenty yards away, both completely disarmed, bruised, and violently pushed back by a man who hadn’t even drawn a weapon.

Hiro stood perfectly still in the center of the crater, his empty scarred sockets leaking bright blue light into the terrifying purple domain.

Kassandra, kneeling in the mud just a few feet behind Hiro, saw the entire exchange.

Her pink eyes widened with fanatic awe.

’Is this really Hiro...?’

The blind vanguard had just effortlessly dismantled two monsters who had nearly killed her.

Seeing the two Vanguard women struggling to stand up in the distance, Kassandra realized this was the exact perfect moment to secure her victory and reclaim her honor.

"I will finish them!" Kassandra yelled fiercely.

She forced her bruised, battered body up from the mud as she surged every single drop of remaining mana into her pink runic armor, preparing to launch a devastating kinetic blast at the vulnerable Vanguard women.

Kassandra shot forward with her fist glowing with bright pink energy, fully intending to blow Tasmin’s head off while she was unarmed.

But as Kassandra took her third step...

ZIP!

A nearly invisible silent streak of light shot down from the high stone ridge located far above the battlefield.

It was a masterfully crafted projectile perfectly calculated to bypass standard wind resistance and spatial anomalies.

THWACK!

The projectile slammed directly into the exact microscopic gap between Kassandra’s heavy pink helmet and her neck armor.

It was a specialized non-lethal knockout arrow.

"Guh—" Kassandra choked with her pink eyes rolling completely into the back of her head.

The concentrated sleep toxin instantly flooded her exhausted nervous system as her glowing pink fist sputtered and died.

THUD!

Kassandra collapsed face-first into the mud, completely knocked out cold before she could even launch her attack.

Hiro stopped.

He didn’t turn his head as his empty sockets simply focused entirely on the high stone ridge overlooking the crater.

Up on the edge of the jagged cliff, standing perfectly still against the howling chaotic winds of the purple domain.

Fenna.

The Vanguard’s elite sniper remained in a half-crouch with her heavy composite bow still raised and the bowstring perfectly vibrating from the release of the arrow.

Fenna’s sharp hazel eyes were locked directly onto Hiro’s scarred face.

She had perfectly calculated the exact trajectory to bypass the spatial lock and neutralize the immediate threat to her sisters.

Down in the mud, Brida groaned heavily, forcing herself up onto one knee.

Tasmin wiped a thick streak of blood from her dark lips with her eyes glaring at the blind man.

Both Vanguard women looked up toward the ridge.

Fenna lowered her bow slightly.

She looked down at Brida and Tasmin with her expression completely calm and purely professional.

Fenna slowly raised her left hand, offering them a single confident thumbs up.

Brida let out a ragged bloody laugh while Tasmin smirked, reaching down to pull a spare dagger from her boot.

’Does this bitch need to laugh over everythin—’

But Fenna’s thumbs up only lasted for exactly one second.

Her eagle-sharp eyes suddenly widened in horror as she saw the geometric blue lines of the Mind’s Eye domain violently shifting entirely around Hiro’s hands.

Fenna dropped her hand, raising her bow aggressively as she screamed at the top of her lungs with her voice tearing through the quiet purple void!

"Look out!"

...

The sky above the Blessed Land territory did not just change color. It felt as though the very fabric of the atmosphere had been forcefully suffocated.

Far away from the chaotic frontlines of the Umbral Basin, inside the fortified pristine walls of the main Keep, the bright morning light was suddenly and violently overwritten by a deep unnatural shade of dark purple.

The ambient mana in the air grew instantly heavy, pressing down on the stone courtyards and the lush garden terraces like an invisible, crushing weight.

Inside the main lounge of the Keep, Morwenna stepped in through the front door

The SSS-Rank Dread Queen was clad in her signature dark pirate cloak with her hair falling in wild untamed waves across her shoulders, and her stormy gray eyes immediately darted toward the massive glass windows overlooking the distant valley.

She could physically feel her own mana resisting the heavy purple light radiating from the distant horizon.

"What in the depths of the abyss is that?" Morwenna muttered.

Her hand reflexively dropped to the sword resting at her hip.

"It is a high-tier spatial domain," a calm melodic voice answered from the center of the room.

Morwenna turned her head.

Eluned, the SSS-Rank Goddess of Nature and the undisputed First Wife of the Blessed Land, was lounging gracefully on the plush velvet sofa.

She was wearing a simple elegant green sundress that perfectly complemented her stunning emerald eyes and flowing silver-green hair.

A silver plate of freshly harvested glowing red mana-apples rested on the low wooden table directly in front of her.

Eluned picked up a slice of apple, popping it casually into her mouth. She didn’t look bothered by the terrifying purple sky outside the window at all.

"It seems Lord Sky’s vanguard possesses a rather unique trick," Eluned noted smoothly, chewing the sweet fruit. "It is completely suppressing the ambient mana across the entire western quadrant. A forced perception field, if I had to guess."

Morwenna frowned deeply. She stepped away from the window with her heavy boots clicking against the polished floorboards.

"Are you not worried?" Morwenna asked, her tone becoming very serious. "That domain is massive. It requires a monstrous amount of energy to sustain a spatial lock of that magnitude."

Eluned simply smiled, picking up another apple slice.

"Worried? About what exactly?" Eluned asked, her tone entirely light and breezy. "Lord Silas is out there. Aeliana is hovering in the upper atmosphere with enough artillery to completely vaporize a mountain I think. Talira is currently flying around as a primordial dragon. Brida, Tasmin, and Rowenna are on the ground."

Eluned swallowed the fruit, delicately dusting off her slender fingers.

"Whoever cast that domain has essentially locked themselves inside a cage with six calamities as well as the other girls," Eluned declared with unwavering faith. "They will handle it. Our Lord does not lose."

Morwenna stared at the Nature Goddess for a long quiet moment and she slowly released her tight grip on the hilt of her sword.

Eluned was right.

’I won’t tell her though...’

The overwhelming firepower currently deployed on the western front was absurd.

If anything, Morwenna was slightly annoyed she had been assigned to rear defense while the rest of the girls got to completely let loose and destroy things.

It was a tactical decision... someone had to protect the Keep in case people slipped through but that didn’t make it any less frustrating.

However, looking at Eluned sitting comfortably on the sofa, a different and far more pressing thought completely overtook the Dread Queen’s mind.

Morwenna slowly approached the center of the lounge.

Her stormy gray eyes shifted nervously.

She completely dropped her usual boisterous aggressive pirate captain persona as she suddenly looked incredibly hesitant, fidgeting tightly with the dark leather cuffs of her gloves.

"Eluned..." Morwenna started.

Her voice dropped to a surprisingly quiet respectful tone.

Eluned raised a delicate eyebrow, leaning back against the plush velvet cushions.

"Yes, Morwenna?" Eluned asked smoothly. "Do you need something?"

Morwenna swallowed hard.

Her pride was a massive tangible thing but her overwhelming desire for her Lord was eclipsing her pride.

She had tried everything to get Silas into her bed.

’Not everything but considering Eluned did it, there has to be a method that I’m not aware about right?’

She had sparred with him in the freezing rain and she had thrown herself at him though he was busy but she constantly found herself completely outmaneuvered, outclassed, and thoroughly flustered by his attitude.

Meanwhile, Eluned commanded his attention with effortless grace.

’Even though I don’t like it, I’ve decided...’

Morwenna took a deep breath as she stepped forward.

THUD!

Morwenna went entirely on her knees on the thick luxurious carpet, kneeling directly in front of the sofa.

She bowed her head with her hair spilling entirely over her dark shoulders.

"Teach me," Morwenna pleaded.

Her voice was tight with genuine desperation.

Eluned blinked, taken aback by the sudden display of utter submission from the highly aggressive pirate.

"Teach you what?" Eluned asked, leaning forward slightly.

Morwenna looked up, her stormy gray eyes burning with raw determination.

"Teach me how to properly seduce him," Morwenna begged. "Teach me how to handle him. I want him so badly it physically hurts my core. But every single time I try to push him, he completely reverses the dynamic and leaves me a blushing stuttering mess. You... you have him wrapped around your finger. You know exactly what he wants."

Morwenna leaned forward with her hands resting on the edge of the low table.

"Please," Morwenna whispered. "I am begging you. Give me lessons so that I can finally share his bed."

Eluned stared down at the kneeling pirate captain.

For a few long seconds, the Nature Goddess remained perfectly still, her emerald eyes completely unreadable.

Then, very slowly, a brilliant wicked and incredibly bratty grin began to stretch entirely across Eluned’s beautiful face.

Oh, this was absolutely perfect.

Eluned casually crossed her long slender legs, leaning back into the velvet cushions with the supreme undeniable authority of the First Wife.

"Lessons?" Eluned repeated, her voice dripping with sweet sadistic amusement. "You want me to teach you the delicate refined art of pleasing our Lord?"