The Ancients World

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~~~(POV: Saliandra Orvello)~~~

~~~(Location: The City of Meldro, The Kingdom of Avalon)~~~

~~~(Time: 11:31 AM)~~~

I kick the door that leads into the backroom open, and I run inside. Killing guards as I pass by. Some of them are NPCs Turned Players and are going to respawn soon. Others are dying forever. There is a door ahead of me, and I break through it.

"What in the Fuck are you doing!?"

One of the men at the large table stands up, but I use Ice Needles and kill him before he can move from where he's standing. That causes everyone in the room to shut up and stare at me.

As I get a good look, there are different races from all over Gaia. Lizardmen, Dwarfs, Elves, Humans, Beastman. From the looks of it, they're bad people from each of their homelands looking to make a profit off their own people.

The air among the men in the room is tight and nervous as I circle around the room. My blade is drawn and ready for a fight at a moment's notice.

"I'm going to ask a few questions, and you're all going to answer them."

My hood is still covering my head and face, but you can tell I'm a woman based on my figure and voice. I'd rather not have these guys knowing what I look like before they die. They don't deserve it. Their silence tells me that they understand.

Now, what should I ask first?

Information about Zarmade Oryzox is what I'm after, but these are some of the Major Players in the Sex Slave business. If I can get more information out of them about that world, I can come away from this with more than just information about my Father.

"How much does your network of Sex Slaves span over Gaia?"

I can see they have someone in every part of the world, but I don't know how much the infection has spread.

Sometimes, you need to see how far and wide something is before knowing whether or not it's too big to take on or not. Cause at this point, I'm tempted to take down the entire empire. Seeing this, going through all this. It's bringing things back for me.

One of the men stands up and clears his throat. He's a human man, and it's not surprising. Humans were the first to start the Sex Slave business.

"All over."

The grip on my sword tightens, and I can't help almost losing control and killing this guy. There isn't much time until the NPCs Turn Player guards come back, and I need to move this along. He sees that I'm unsatisfied with the answer.

"We have people in all Capital Cities across Gaia, and we have an underground network that transports the product using Airships, Carriages, and storage containers. We have men at every checkpoint that's bribed."

My stomach is turning as he speaks... They're that spread across Gaia... No matter what, there is no way we can get them out... They'll just pop back up somewhere else and start over...

In a moment of rage, I take the man's head off, and that's when I notice he's not a Player. He's now permanently dead. It makes me wonder how many of the men in this room are actually Players and NPCs.

"How many people in this room are Players and the others NPCs?"

No one answers me, and that's what I expected. If they tell me, that means I can choose who dies and who is sent to the authorities. Either way, this is the only way to prolong the life they all have. And since I'm not getting any answers.

It's time that I asked more questions about who I came here for. My Father. If Zarmade Oryzox is involved in this, I'm going to be the last face he ever sees. He won't be able to live with the fact that his own Daughter killed him. Cause he'll be dead.

"Since no one wants to answer that, here is another question. What does anyone know about Zarmade Oryzox?"

Everyone in the room goes stiff, and I can see all the men sweating. Trying to keep their composure. They know who my Father is from the reaction. Now it depends on how they know him. And I'm listening.

One of the elven men stands up, and he has fear in his eyes and features. And he takes a breath to calm himself before talking. But what he says gives me hope.

"Zarmade Oryzox has been giving our business hell for years... We don't know what motivates him, but he's been hunting and killing us since the Sex Slave business expanded across Gaia... He's unstoppable..."

My heart lifts from the pits of hopelessness, and I can't help but feel a giant weight lift off me. My Father isn't involved in a bad way. He's hunting them and killing these animals. Trying to make the world a better place.

And I find myself crying, and I can't stop. My Father is a good man. He's not a horrible monster that put Mom in that world... I wouldn't doubt he's doing all this in search of Mom... He probably doesn't even know I exist...

For all he knows, I'm dead.

"There's the Bitch!!"

All of a sudden, the door to the room is swarmed with opponents, and I don't waste any time whatsoever.

I'm cutting through both NPCs, and NPCs Turn Players. But in the chaos, some of the men in the room getaway. But as I kill the last of their guards and reinforcements, I capture one of the human males at the meeting.

I'm holding him down with my foot on his head. He's missing some teeth since I kicked him in the mouth.

"Tell me where I can find Zarmade!!"

He spits out some more teeth and groans as I press down on his head.

"We don't know where he is!! All we know is he has connections on the inside of our world!! Traitors to our business!! If you want to find him, you'll need to find one of those traitors!!"

That's good enough for me. I start pressing harder on the man's head, and there are pops and cracks starting to happen.

"NO! STOP ARG-!"

*SPLAT!*

The man's head explodes under my foot, and I find myself lethargic and out of breath. Not from exhaustion, but from how fast everything is hitting me. I leave the area at a speed that I haven't used before, and once I'm in a safe place, I sit down and take deep breaths.

My Father isn't one of them... He's been hunting them... Zarmade didn't doom Mom to a life like that...

I open my Friend's Tab, and I instantly click on Cera. I can't keep the good news all to myself.

[Cera!! I have wonderful news! My Father isn't a part of the Sex Slave business. He's been fighting and hunting them for years!! They fear him, and he's not the man I was afraid of him being!! He didn't condemn my Mom to a life like that!!]

As I send the message, my fingers are shaking, and tears are running down my face. But I'm not sad. These are the tears of a Daughter who's proud and happy her Father is a good man.

I lean my head back against the wall I'm propped up against and look at the passing sky. After a minute, Cera gets back to me.

[I wish so badly that I can be there with you while you do this. I promise, as soon as I'm done with my last tier-up quest. I'm meeting up with you, and we'll be doing this together!]

This is the best I've felt since Cera, and I split up at Avalon to go on our separate Tier-up quests. And now, things are looking up in my search for my Father.

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A/N: Below this line, I'll be keeping Cera's player information. That way, I won't have to place it into the story above anymore. It takes about 180 words up.

[Slayer (Zern) Lvl.228][Tier-3]

[Exp: 42/100%]

[Title: The Son of Arch-Angel Michael (Hidden)]

[Stats] [Strength - 7095][Endurance - 7045][Dexterity - 7215][Speed - 8240][Focus - 19,660]

[Mana aura control: 6/100%]

[Health: 76,560,000,000/76,560,000,000] [Mana: 216,600,000,000/216,600,000,000]

[Stat Points: 350] [Armor rating: 500]

[Inventory] [Dice of Wayland (Divine)] [Hardened Tree sap Armor (Very Rare)] [The Witness (Legendary Sword)] [Fenrir's Whistle (Divine)] [Camping gear] [Food Rations 3x] [Dried meat 3x] [Fishing poles 2x] [Fish 8x] [Festival Garbs 2x] [4x EXP Boosts]

[Passive Perks]

[Inheritor of the Sword] [Son of Heaven] [Slayer of Evil] [Holy Willow Trees Savior] [Finder of Legends] [The Divine who has Legend] [Destined for Greatness] [Dungeon Diver] [An Overachiever]

[Active Skills]

[Heavens light Lvl.74 325/7400] [Protected by Heaven Lvl.74 225/7400] [Slash Lvl.92 4600/21000] [Parry Lvl.68 85/6800] [Double Strike N/A] [Kingslayer N/A] [Raging Machine N/A] [Winged Glory] [Angelic Flight] [Divine Pressure Exertion] [Divinity Pulse] [Controlled Fun]