(MC POV)
The Hero was holding a sword with both hands while pointing it menacingly at Diao Chan, her companions all gathered behind to support her.
Ironically, aside from the fact that the Hero was using a longsword instead of a sword and shield, the rest of her party was similar to Eris's.
Similar to Eris's party, they also had a berserker using a greatsword alongside a mage, an archer and also a priest too, making it a balanced, all-rounder party.
The king, still serving as Diao Chan's chair, roared out in defiance, "How dare you?! You're just some peasant who got a little bit of power! Do you think that gives you the right to talk like that to Mistress?! Feng Xian!!"
The prince leapt in front of the hero after being called, his halberd held in both hands to point towards her.
"You think you can just drop in here and challenge Mistress so easily?! You have to get through me first!" He growled before charging towards her.
The hero raised her sword which glowed with a blinding light before swinging it down in a single motion, creating a gust of air that struck against Feng Xian and sent him flying away and crashing into the wall.
He got stuck there for a moment before falling onto the ground, unconscious.
He's supposed to be the strongest fighter in this country and he just got beaten up like a common footsoldier. I bet the hero doesn't even know who he was.
"Enough of sending your underlings to do your dirty work, Demon Lord!! Fight me yourself!!"
Diao Chan rose up from the king who scrambled up onto his feet at the same time.
It seems like the king also wanted to fight for his Mistress as he drew his sword to storm up to the hero.
"I'll kill you!" He screamed while raising his sword overhead.
The hero barely looked at the king's direction before she swung her sword a second time, blasting the king with the same attack she did with the prince and sending him flying away.
Diao Chan giggled, "Kukuku~ What a feisty hero we have here~ But aren't you a cute one? Are you sure you don't want to try dominating someone to see how it feels like? Or maybe you want to be the one dominated instead?"
The hero glared at her, "There's no way we will fall for your schemes, Demon Lord! We have been blessed to be able to resist your mind tricks! We will defeat you and free everyone from your control!"
Diao Chan stretched out her arms, "Ahahaha~ Did you really think I forced anyone to serve me like this? They did it of their own free will~ Soon enough, I'll also show you what it's like to be one of them~ I'll make it feel good, I promise~"
The priest spoke up from behind, "Be careful, Elissa! No one has seen the Demon Lord fight directly before so we don't know her full strength!"
"Do not worry about me! Our friendship will carry us through anything!"
Oh damn, it's the power of friendship group. Are they going to beat Diao Chan just by believing in themselves?
I'm going to guess that the hero would first get beaten up, then she'll suddenly see the faces of her friends and family before she gets some kind of powerup and beat Diao Chan with it.
"Enough talk, Demon Lord! Take this!! Friendship slash!!!"
Oh god, stop please…
The hero raised her sword in the air, causing light to gather in the blade before it glowed a blinding white with an aura that radiated divine energy.
She then yelled a warcry before bringing the blade down on top of Diao Chan.
Diao Chan simply raised her hand and caught the blade in her palm, the light immediately dissipating upon contact with her skin.
"Hmm… Now that I look at you a little closer, you look quite pretty~ I think you would look good beneath me while I get fucked by Master~"
Ah, of course, even at a time like this, Diao Chan's primary concern would still be that…
Elissa tried to yank her sword free from Diao Chan's grasp, only to realise that she could not budge.
"I'll save you, Elissa!"
"Get away, Elissa!"
"Don't worry, Elissa, I'm coming!"
"Let go of Elissa, Demon Lord!"
The hero's four companions yelled out at the same time.
Diao Chan looked at the four men with a small smile, "Oh my~ What's this? You have a harem of your own? How cute~ How far have you gone? Do you let these four men take turns fucking you every night or do you take all of them on at the same time?"
The hero growled at her, "Stop talking nonsense! They're all my precious friends!"
Oof…
I looked at the men to see that they had stopped moving to look at the hero with obvious hurt on their faces.
Yeah… There's no way those guys only wanted a platonic relationship with her. I bet they all knew the others liked her too but probably decided not to pursue her romantically until they had completed their goal of defeating Diao Chan or something.
But now that the hero had just said it straight to their faces that she only saw them as nothing more than friends, it's no wonder they would be this shocked.
Diao Chan laughed out loud in amusement, "Ahahaha! This is priceless! To not even know the feelings of the people around you! Ahahahaha! Oh this would be so interesting! Don't worry, let me help all of you! Ahem… Hey, you guys, do you want to fuck the hero? Or you know, have at least thought of fucking her?"
The four men looked offended and started shouting at Diao Chan.
"Of course I have!"
"I wanted her to dominate me and ride me from above!"
"I've always wished that she would sit on my face!!"
"I want to worship her feet while she uses it to get me off!! Eh?"
They quickly covered their mouths the moment they realised what they said, the hero turning around to look at them in shock.
Diao Chan chortled, "Ahahaha! You can't lie about your desires in front of me! Whatever you just said were the truest desires from your hearts!"
The hero scowled at her, "You lie!! That's not who they are!!"
"Kukukuku~ In that case… Let's see who they really are, shall we?"
Diao Chan waved her hand over them and the entire hero party fell to the ground, unconscious.
The dragon that was still above the roof let out a threatening roar at the sight which made Diao Chan turn to it.
"Ah, almost forgot about you… There~"
She waved her hand again and the dragon immediately disintegrated like it was never there.
Wow… She didn't even give the hero a fighting chance… I thought for sure she would at least let her have some kind of intense battle sequence first… Not even the power of friendship can save her…
I guess this is what happens when you try to fight someone who is clearly above your level…
