(MC POV)
"The hero has gone crazy!"
"Where did she get that demonic sword?!"
"She's been possessed by the demon lord!"
"Stop her!!"
"Are you crazy?! We can't fight the hero!!"
"Ahhhh!! Save me!!!"
"Wahahahaha! Where do you think you're going?! Come back here to be a sacrifice for my blade!!"
I watched as Eris continued her rampage towards the castle, cutting down any guards that have tried to impede her advance.
Of course, no one was able to stop the hero as she went all out without holding back. If the demon lord wasn't able to beat her, who amongst the people here could?
It did not take us long to reach the castle.
The guards had made a crude barricade of sorts at the castle entrance while forming a shield wall behind it.
"Hero Eris! You are hereby ordered in the name of the king to stand down and turn yourself in!! Comply with this or you shall be taken down with force!" The captain of the guards shouted out from behind the barricade.
Eris laughed at his threat, "Why don't you come and say it to my face?!"
There was a moment of silence before the guard captain shouted, "Fire!"
Arrows were shot from behind the barricade, arcing over the makeshift wall before falling back down towards us.
"Should I do something about that?" I offered.
She grinned at the sight of the arrows, "No need, Master! Allow me!"
Holding her sword in both hands, she swung it in an arc which created a cyclone that blew the arrows back over the wall.
There were screams of pain as the arrows ended up piercing the archers themselves instead.
She then pulled her sword back before swinging it again, creating another blade of air that blew the barricade apart.
The guards that were behind the barricade also got blown away like a bunch of bowling pins.
Eris then strolled through the destroyed barricades casually while giving me a thumbs up, "I cleared the way, Master! Let's go and kick that king's ass!"
I shrugged and followed after her, stepping over the guards that were still groaning and rolling around on the ground.
The ones who managed to avoid getting hit by any of Eris's attacks were scurrying away from us in fear, none of them even trying to stop us anymore.
Eris tried to open the door to the castle, only to realise the door was locked and barred from the other side.
"Huh… Did they think something like this would be able to stop us?" Eris remarked, raising her sword once more.
That door should have been at least ten inches thick but she cut through it like it was nothing, causing the door to split horizontally into half before it collapsed inwards, crushing anyone that had been unfortunate enough to be behind it.
Even more guards were stationed in the hallway leading up to the throne room, all of them wearing full plate armour with gold trims which meant that they should be the elite knights and personal guards of the king.
Eris waved at them cheerfully, "Hello~ Are you all here to surrender yourself to us or die? If you're here to die, please continue holding on to your weapons~"
No one moved.
Eris then swung her sword in an arc in front of her before letting out a loud gasp, "Oh… Umm… Sorry, Master… I didn't hold back…"
The heads of every guard in front of us were separated from their bodies before dropping onto the ground, the bodies dropping after them a second later.
Then a second passed before the entire top half of the castle groaned and slid a few centimetres to the left, revealing a horizontal slash going through the entire wall around us at the same height as the guards' heads.
I shrugged to show that it couldn't be helped before we moved on to the audience chamber.
There, we found the king still seated on his throne who managed to avoid getting cut since he was above the horizontal line, though he looked quite shaken since he did slide to the side with the rest of the castle.
The prince fared no better in his own throne as the sword slash had gone through the area directly underneath his throne, just an inch higher and he would have no doubt lost his feet.
Gathered in front of the throne were the rest of the nobles, some of them having been unfortunate enough to be in the path of the sword slash which resulted in them being decapitated in the unlucky cases while the more 'lucky' ones only lost a limb or two.
Standing in front of the king and prince were Bait, Laverna and Denna, or rather, physical clones of them.
Ah, I see now… The other three left behind fake bodies while they joined their consciousness with Eris. They would then return to their bodies discreetly when Eris came here.
The king tried to keep up his appearance by shouting at us angrily, "Saint Lin! How dare you come back and do this! You're a criminal who has tried to sexually assault one of my loyal subjects! And how dare you lead the hero astray and corrupt her! Do you think you can just take my head so easily?! I have the other three heroes on my side!"
Ehhh… Didn't they admit that they were already no match for Eris by themselves? Why does he think that they would be able to stop Eris now?
Eris didn't even bother acknowledging the king and waved at the other three instead, "Hello girls! I'm back~"
I could tell from here that the king was definitely quite pissed at being ignored.
But looks like Eris wanted to keep up the act like they did not discuss their betrayal before hand.
Bait drew her sword and pointed it at her, "Aye thought you'd be elopin' with Master?"
"Oh, I was going to, but we didn't have enough time left so we took the more direct solution for this! We can do that scenario the next time we're here~"
Laverna also drew her own sword, "Fight… Here…"
Denna nodded, "This one is also afraid that we shall have to fight you here. Please accept our humble challenge."
The king recovered, "Ahahaha! That's right! I have the three of them by my side, hero Eris! Do you really think you can kill your own companions?!"
Eris continued to ignore the king and raised her hand, "Well, any other time I would accept your challenge, but the thing is our date is ending tomorrow morning you know? We only have like a few hours left and we've yet to get fucked."
Err… What? Is that the excuse she's giving to make them change sides?
Bait gasped, "Oh what?!! Oh no!! Fuck dis' shit! We gotta hurry then!!"
Wait, why are you so surprised? Weren't you there when I said that?
Everyone was having trouble processing what they had just witnessed before Eris and the other three turned to the king and threw their swords, impaling the monarch to his throne and killing him instantly.
"Alright! Problem solved! Master! Let's fuck now!"
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I… I don't even…
