Paxiux and Alter Nytri just arrived in the main corridor of the castle and Nytri switched back and Paxius still noticed with Nytri walking before him. He speaks to Nytri telepathic, "Any trouble?"
Nytri replies, "No, nothing major…." She smiles, "I think I made a friend." Nytri turns around walking backwards smiling.
Pasiux chuckles teasingly, "That's great you're making friends who aren't monsters." He looks at Nytri with an arrogant look.
Nytri makes a fist, "You wanna get punched?!" she grits her teeth. Paxius chuckles and pats her on her head walking past her. Nytri turns around and sighs following them.
They enter the main hall then the queen turns, "I believe it's only right for the King to be seated on the throne." She steps aside gesturing Paxius to sit.
Paxius looks at Nytri beside him and Nytri asks, "What?" Paxius squints his mouth with his brow lowered, "What do you mean what?" Nytri tilts her head, "I cannot answer what, what?" Paxius sighs facepalming, "Just go sit down." The people are confused on this back and forth.
"Huh?" Nytri speaks, "Aren't you the King?" Paxius pokes his finger on Nytri's forehead, "Aren't you the reason we're here? Just sit down already, I've got things to do." He turns around walking from the room, "Your decision is mine and Azuria's decision anyway." He says waving his hands walking towards the door. The people are so confused they don't know if to accept or stop Paxius.
Nytri looks at Paxius' back as he walks to the door, she speaks telepathically, "Y…You better not be going out cuz of praises."
Paxius nearly slips, "Why would I do that?" He replies, "Besides, it's a beautiful weather if I do say so myself." He walks out of the room and keeps going. Nytri has a blank face and her thoughts, "The clouds are so dark outside...I better cut that mullet of his before it reaches the ground….maybe going bald will bring his sense back."
The queen smiles wryly, "In that case princess, please take the throne." Nytri looks at the throne, she sighs then walks up to the throne. She turns and sits as silence permeates the atmosphere. It's as if a revelation has just taken place. Nytri's purple jacket with gold edges and designs matched the curtains behind the throne as it's been waiting for her. Her red pants match the carpet and the crystal necklace, Starweaver shines to burn this moment into their minds and hearts. A gust of wind blows into the room making her hair flutter with flowers in the winds. Nytri crossed her legs and rested her head on her left hand with her left elbow on the hand of the throne. She was the definition of majesty, a predestined ruler, the Overlord.
Silence continues with them subconsciously bowing, King Golem's lessons really did something to Nytri. Nytri glances at the queen, "Alright, que~en..."
The queen introduces herself, "Matilda Filvera Appia Falshurx." She looks at Nytri with a bright smile. Nytri's thoughts, "Right, royals normally carry the name of their nations and nobles their house." Nytri smiles back, "Queen Matilda, I received a letter inviting me to come to Falshurx. And come I have."
Queen Matilda is in awe and she tries to recall Nytri's words but speaks them instead, "You invited me- I invited I-" She blushes and calms herself, "Apologies, indeed I invited you here. I heard that your words spared our nation and allies from ruin and I wanted to thank you for your kindness." She bows courteously, "Thank you." And the nobles and servants bow.
Nytri waves her right hand, "There's no need, I assumed this war was merely a misunderstanding. So, there was no never the need for such measures." Nytri smiles and they feel reassured but her thoughts, "Yep, you thought you've got free honey and didn't expect the bees to be home."
"In light of our predicament," The queen speaks, "It shames me to say but I desire of your kindness once more." Nytri waves her hand signally her to continue, "After the war, the reparations and war indemnity are simply too much for us to bear. I ask on behalf of our nation that you not lighten our load but allow us to pay in installments. For our actions were unforgivable." She bows her head with the nobles.
Nytri speaks telepathic with Paxius, "Hey Paxius, do we really need the tributes and stuff?"
Paxius replies but sounds of praise is heard behind, "No no, whatever they send over is kept in the storage area. Whatever that's useful we take but the bulk of it is just collecting dust. Even the Legendary and Mythical artifacts are useless to use since our worst artifact Legendary rank."
"Good to know," Nytri replies, "Also, I hope you're not causing a commotion in the streets."
"Commotion?" Paaxius speaks, "That's absurd."
Nytri sighs but the people take it as a bad sign then she replies to Paxius, "I'm going to ignore you flexing your muscles…" Paxius flinches and Nytri continues, "And don't you dare enter the coliseum." Paxius whistles and he seems to be getting away from crowd of cheers.
"You know," Paxius speaks, "We minotaurs enjoy a good fight once in a while." Nytri replies, "You can join the others when we get back." Paxius squints his mouth, "Ye~ah, unfortunately, I'm not a sadist to fight those kids."
Nytri looks at the queen, "Oh, there's no need to worry. I merely spoke with Paxius on the matter. He's ask me to decide on my own." Some of the people whispers among themselves, "How could she call the king without honorifics?" Another whispers, "Maybe because she's the princess." Another whispers, "Even so, royalty never ignore such courtesy."
Nytri glances at the people but in fact her vision covers the entire territory, "I'll allow you to pay on your own terms. Just don't delay too much or Paxius might get upset."
Matilda nods her head with a bright smile, "Thank you very much." She looks reassured, "Truly, your kindness knows no bounds."
Nytri smiles, "Is there anything else?" A noble steps up, "If I may, your highness. Would you please reconsider the barrier around our borders?"
"No," Nytri replies, "The barrier stays up as a lesson to others. I despise the thought of other's attacking us only to be slaughtered. Your goddess will discuss with my council if trading with other nations will be a liberty given to you." Nytri looks around but no one speaks, "In that case, we'll be taking our leave."
Matilda smiles, "I do believe there's no reason to rush. Returning to Azuria will take a long time, so how about resting for night and leaving tomorrow."
"I appreciate the gesture," Nytri smiles, "But Azuria has no difficulty travelling at night here. Our carriage is made to travers at any time and has cozy beds."
A noble looks around Nytri, "Why does the princess not have an escort?"
Nytri's eyes open wide then she chuckles and bluffs, "Escorts? They've been here the entire time." Nytri opens her storage space behind the throne and a CONSTRUCT CARD slips out, 4 steam knight constructs and 8 flying humanoid Obsidian golems appear from behind the throne protecting Nytri.
[AU: INFO
- Believe it or not Paxius is indeed strong. In the Nexusphere, there's a fight catalog for those below Calamities and he's topped in 3 times in a row until recently he got 5th place. That just shows how fierce the competition is.
- Construct Cards: Nytri can create a variety of constructs and store them into cards that can be summoned from anywhere without the cost in EP from creating them. Nytri currently can make 700,000 constructs of any kind at a moment. She often made them and store them in cards keeping them in her storage space but she can't seem to find them. Strangely enough precious metals seems to be common in Azuria.
- Some Construct Cards have special abilities when the constructs have some form of Synergy like increased attack, defense, speed, recovery. But the Golem set is by far the greatest Construct Set since it's literally a set of special class constructs that can't be made individually without the set.
- Nytri's Forbidden Series Constructs are also the only constructs capable of fighting Calamities/Rulers alone and have a chance at winning. These constructs are self-evolving/improving and often slip out of Nytri's control but strangle never harmed her. Active ones drain too much of Nytri's EP so she rarely uses them, inactive ones are scattered in Nytri's Territory in the Monster Realm. When Nytri activates them, she stays out of combat and focusing on replenishing EP to keep them going.
- Nytri's overall EP can keep 5 Forbidden Series Construct Active for 10 minutes before she's exhausted from EP loss. And these are the only type of constructs her clones can't power up, and they have issues too. ☹
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