The Legend of the ruthless Empress Freya

-- POV General --

"Die."

The balls of lightning were getting closer - was this the end ? Blinking was impossible, the speed had even intensified and for the eight commanders the pressure was on. Caught off-guard, they had moved late and by the time their elements finally burst forth, it was already almost too late. Time seemed to slow down, and every second seemed like an eternity, plunging them further into fear.

Suddenly, just as impact was imminent, the sound of lightning became more deafening, ringing in the ears as a controlled explosion rocked the city. What had happened ? Were they all hallucinating ? Impossible to know, because whatever had just happened had only taken a fraction of a second. Now, a thick cloud of smoke and dust had covered the entire city, blocking vision around the entire perimeter.

"Wh-"

After a few seconds, this incredible grey screen reflecting the red rays of the moon began to disperse before the confused eyes of the Commanders. What had the Supreme done ? Was this another one of their plans ? Why had nothing touched the army ?

With so many questions on everyone's mind, it was impossible to know, even for those with incomparable instincts, for the city was immersed in an ocean of auras.

It was hard to analyze those around us and perceive a mental scene despite the smoke. A lot had happened in an hour, and although it wasn't all over, the confusion was blinding. And yet, after a few minutes, as the night wind blew the dust away, 5 meters away, a silhouette gradually began to stand out, while a voice that everyone knew resonated at last.

"Yare yare ! So you're the Supreme ? You've made quite a mess, I see."

The person who had just spoken these words stood there, blue lightning flashing around her body, crackling and vibrating in the night air. She was a young woman with a powerful aura, quite tall with gleaming violet eyes, carrying as much mischief in them as her playful, lilting voice.

It didn't take long for the warriors to recognize the woman who had just appeared from nowhere, for Commanders Ralph and Luna were already stammering.

"C-Commander Kira ? You-"

"How-..."

Were they dreaming ? The Empress's own sister stood there, long silver hair just like her fox ears and those three flapping tails. It was definitely her, but how could it be ? Once again, time seemed to stand still as everyone, including the Head of the Church, stood motionless in the knowledge that it was she who had saved them.

Then suddenly, it was Caipy who realized what this meant, cut off by Kira who confirmed.

"So it means..."

"Reinforcements have arrived kids, you've all been absolutely amazing, what courage, onee-sama can be proud of you hehe !"

At her words, a wave of relief swept over the Elysium army as everyone seemed to return to reality, gradually regaining awareness of their surroundings. After those salvos of attacks sent by the Supreme, all the senses had been disrupted to give way to the desire for survival.

Fortunately, the remaining Commanders, Lieutenants and soldiers were now returning to their senses, while the Head of the Church was shouting all alone.

"YOUR ARRIVAL WON'T CHANGE A THING ! HAHAHA YOU THINK THAT-"

"Yes, yes, yes, whatever makes you happy, but open your eyes a little, Supreme Garbage, and look over there"

Cutting them off, just as Kira finished uttering this sentence, a huge explosion from some distance away caused the ground to vibrate again. Intrigued, the being under the toga had been the last to look up, as the humans of Zal and soldiers of Elysium stared open-mouthed at what was happening on the horizon...in the sky.

Humans riding dragons...at last, reinforcements from Vancesia, but they weren't alone - they were already busy.

Before the astonished eyes of everyone in the Capital, Empress Kleo's mighty riders were fighting fiercely against...other riderless dragons. What was going on ? And where were they coming from ? No one knew yet, but the three majestic creatures in the sky were none other than Klover the fire dragon, Aneyaris the water dragon and Nordin the lightning dragon.

Coming from the realm of vampires, this could only mean one thing...

"LIKE I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT-"

As the Supreme shouted, preparing to cast another spell into the sky to finish what they'd started, they stopped as a powerful aura exploded at the entrance to the city. A single person was moving slowly towards the center of town, passing by the many wounded bodies of the two camps.

The closer she approached, the more suffocating the aura emanating from her became, seeming even to bend the space around her with passive power.

Despite the battle taking place in the sky miles away, everyone's eyes were now riveted on her. It was her, she was there. Under the crimson rays of the moon, she advanced without hesitation, her cold eyes focused on the individual who had done so much damage to the army of which she was so proud.

Her immense strength inspired respect and fear, yet one couldn't help looking at her...after all, everyone knew that her power equaled her beauty.

"You..."

Stopping at the levels of the remaining soldiers, who had all knelt in both shame and relief, Freya bubbled with rage. On her way she had seen so many wounded and so many dead, each step forward bringing new ones as if it would never end. They had almost taken the whole city with their own efforts, pushing the humans to their limits. She was proud, but driven by revenge.

"Who the fuck do you think you are !?"

In front of everyone, the Empress had lost her composure, raising her voice in anger for the first time, it was hard to know whether she wasn't going to lash out at the Supreme. Her fangs were protruding, her eyes were murderous, not to mention her growing aura covering the whole city.

The air had grown colder, but thanks to her perfect mastery of mana, despite the blood moon, she was able to keep the whole area from freezing despite the ice forming beneath her feet.

At last she was face to face with the human who had repeatedly tried to destroy those she loved and what she had created. The young woman had been waiting for this, and yet she could hardly control herself, so great were her feelings of rage and vengeance.

Frozen for a few minutes, the Head of the Church finally reacted, laughing out loud, showing how little respect they had for Freya despite her power.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I recognize that voice. So here we are face to face at last, leader of the subraces, we meet finally for the first time kekeke"

How could they forget the voice and words of the one who had challenged them weeks ago after decimating the armed expedition and King. Tho, meeting the Empress for the first time, they'd understood why the humans never returned and yet it didn't frighten them. Why not ?

Because quite simply, the Supreme had already foreseen everything and the addition of reinforcements made absolutely no difference to the absolute outcome of the prophecy itself.

"Hey nee-san..."

"I know."

Freya and Kira's eyes were riveted on the human in the middle of the stairs, or at least the thing standing there, for they sensed no humanity coming from them. As Commander Luna, sent as a spy had said, the Head of the Church was far stronger than any creature they'd come across before. And that wasn't all: beyond raw power, an unhealthy, dark aura topped it all off.

It was like plunging into the depths of the earth where light could no longer shine, this was not normal mana. The she-wolf had a bad feeling, but for 2 days and 2 nights they had been running to get there in time, and they had finally succeeded.

Only one being was the most dangerous at the moment, but they were facing Lucifer, the ancient Goddess known as the most powerful young woman in the Elysium Empire: Empress Freya.

"Whatever your plans, it's over. Even as I speak, my sister and my wife are capturing every human in the castle, my army is still standing and it's only a matter of time before the dragon riders bow to the strength of the KANs. It's well and truly over".

It was true, so what could go wrong ? Yet for the first time, Freya had said these words without being totally convinced. Deep down, her instincts were screaming at her to run away from here if she wanted to stay alive, which had only happened to her at the very beginning of her existence in this world.

The Supreme's subsequent reaction wasn't enough to reassure her either, since, still hidden under their toga, they sneered before replying.

"Kekekeke oh no you're wrong, this is just the beginning. Nothing will be over until I capture the one I seek for my experiments and..."

"ENOUGH !"

In an explosion of aura causing a powerful blast pushing back those around her, the young she-wolf woman didn't want to hear any more. At the mention of Shiro, she thought back to the fate she might have had if she'd been captured all those months ago, and then that wasn't all.

There was also Angel, Gaya's little brother, who for 10 long years had suffered for the experiments of the Head of the Church... he had almost lost his life.

As all her thoughts raced through her mind, Freya couldn't contain her anger any longer, slowly changing shape. The horns on her forehead were growing, as were the black tattoos on her face, but that wasn't all. From black hair to red as blood, from white pupils to dark as night, before the eyes of the remaining humans, there she stood...Lucifer Nightshade.

The cold, dark-purple aura had turned to red mist, provoking an instinctive reaction in all those nearby. If the Supreme inspired malfeasance, the young woman inspired evil, ethereal power. Under the crimson moon, the scene was impressive and frighteningly divine: there she was, bathed in this bloody light as if made for her, and for the first time, the Head of the Church took fright.

"Oh for the love of the Almighty Gods...you're an animal, you Demon !"

Faced with Freya's transformation, they could feel their whole body trembling, not even knowing anything about the former Demon Goddess of Blood and Death, they could feel the danger in their whole being. She represented everything they hated above all else, a threat to humanity, an abomination that had to be exterminated for the good of all.

Her very presence was not acceptable, and yet the Supreme had confidence in their genius plan.

"I-I knew it, the leader of these subraces can only be one more atrocity and you'll end up in my laboratory just like the harbinger of chaos !!"

"Don't say things you'll regret, human."

"SHUT UP !"

Without further ado, seething with rage in their turn, the mysterious individual standing on the stairs raised their hands to the sky making new rock peaks appear. This time, unlike the first, they were bigger, deadlier and even faster.

The next thing you knew, these hundreds of spells were shooting straight at the Empress and her army of soldiers standing behind her, who hadn't dared move since their encounter.

"Kira !"

"Yes, onee-san !"

Reacting immediately, the young woman didn't need to say anything more to her little sister, who was already twirling her lightning-covered scythe in the air. The next second, the explosions had resumed as the agile Kira used her high speed to strike again and again at the spikes that were shooting straight for the center of the city.

Alone against what an entire army had had to endure, the young fox demon was buying Freya time.

With unfailing confidence in her sister, the Empress herself strode towards the Supreme, her heels clicking on the destroyed ground, each step faster than the last. She had drawn her katana and was deflecting all the attacks flying at her without even looking at them, her red eyes fixed on her prey.

Soon she was at the bottom of the stairs, much to the annoyance of the Church Leader, who suddenly felt their feet lift off the ground on their own out of nowhere.

"H-Huh ?"

In a fraction of a second Freya had disappeared and was in front of them, grabbing them by the collar before lifting up without much effort. They hadn't been that quick and as a sense of shame washed over them they could feel the fabric of their toga tearing in spite of themselve...no...this wasn't good.

To the young woman's astonishment, the Supreme was physically weak and as they struggled, with a quick, simple gesture she ripped the fabric away in full view.

"Urg !!! D-Don't..."

"Who are you really ?"

[N/A: Omg finally the revelation, I think I've been waiting 1 year to write this haha~]

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FULL STATUS

Names : Freya / Lucifer Nightshade

Age : 0 year old / Mentally : 25 years old

Sex : Female

Course: Ice Demon Wolf of Chaos - Adult

Race : Imperial Demon

Titles :

- Demon Goddess of Primordial Blood and Death (former - until all powers are recovered) - 35%.

- Wrathful Lucifer (7th Sin) - Master of the uniques Sins Demons (to unlock it, please gather the other 6 - 3/6 - (locked)

- Dragon tamer

- Ruthless slayer

Level : 47/70

Exp needed for next level: 7 000 / 48 000

HP : 170 000 / 170 000 MP : 85 000 / 85 000. BLOOD : 100 / 100

Strength: 660

Defense : 660

Agility : 666

Endurance: 663

Speed : 662

Intelligence: 660

Charisma: 500 (imperial she-wolf)

Attribute points to allocate : 1 600

Married to : Gaya Nightshade

Daughter : Shiro Nightshade

Twins (son & daughter) : Tyle & Altaïs Nightshade

Little sister : Kira Nightshade (Greedy Fox)

Big sister : Kalaa Nightshade

Empire (menu)

Subordinates: 15 491(keep growing)

Humans killed: 153

Souls: 0/3

Elements: Ice / Chaos (Freya) - Blood / Death (Lucifer)

Skills (all):

Attacks :

- Demon Claws (Lvl 5)

- Bite of hell (Lvl 6)

- Infernal ice spikes (Lvl 6)

- Fighting techniques (Lvl max)

- Mastery of the katana (lvl max)

- Demonic Empress aura (lvl 7)

Défense :

- Ice demon wall (Lvl 6)

- Demonic Cloak (lvl 5)

- Pain Resistance (lvl 6)

Attack/Defense :

- Domain of the Ice Empress "Frozen Wrath" (lvl 4)

- Death Gaze (lvl 1)

Others :

- Humanoid form

- Demonic form (linked to the title so incomplete) - 20%.

- Ice creation (Lvl 6)

- Detection and control of mana (lvl 6)

- Storage of chaos (Lvl 4)

- Devouring Chaos (Lvl 5)

- Master of Souls (lvl 3)

- Lucifer's Threads of Blood (lvl 3)

- Healing Blood (lvl 3)

- Reminiscence (lvl 2)

- Analysis

- Telepathy

Passives :

- Commander (lvl max)

- Natural Aura of the Ice Empress ]