My Servant System

Chapter 1084: Chapter 1083: The Fingers (4)

Chapter 1084: Chapter 1083: The Fingers (4)



As Jahi cleaved another berserker into two pieces, Leone and I turned towards the rest of the enemies in the square and began to weave together some less destructive yet still deadly spells to put down the newcomers who were rushing towards us with their weapons raised.

Thankfully these Fingers that were trying to help turn the tides didn't have access to the same potions that the other Fingers here had, so as they brandished their daggers and short swords Leone and I took this as an opportunity to practice our ability to target moving enemies with precision based spells.

I worked with needles as I practiced both my precision and my knowledge on anatomy as I sent these rogues tumbling to the ground to be stamped on by their comrades, ensuring I had some toys to play with later and also some potential springs of information to help the Death Jackals with finding some other cells of these Fingers out in the Sultanate; if not, I would have myself some fresh meat to carve away at and practice on later...

I had some decent ideas on how to have both fun and learn at the same time, and to do so I would need to have a couple 'willing' canvases to work on later, and if I could take an entire day to slake my thirst for blood and also practice my abilities with my Lust Mana in a controlled environment.

Though if I do that I most certainly will need to make sure Anput, Leone and Jahi were all satisfied and willing to let me have a bit of a leash when I was playing around with my Lust Mana, since I had a feeling that - to start, anyways - I was going to need to make use of a bunch of different seduction techniques that would be toeing the line of adultery back in my world, and here as well.

I imagine I would need to do a LOT of convincing to get them to let me be for a few hours with these prisoners, but it would be well worth it if I could promise them some incredible results from the various experiments I could run on them, since those results would create some rather fun times for everyone involved.

Either way, I sent another barrage of ice needles straight into the crowd of rogues, only to glance at Leone as I said "Please don't kill all of them, Leone. I want a couple of them alive for later, alright?", the Vampire's dancing flames leaping from rogue to rogue as she burnt them alive and left blackened corpses sprawled out on the ground.

This square outside of the libraries was swiftly turned into the scene of a massacre as we finished off the rest of the rogues, only a handful being 'lucky' enough to survive as they remained sprawled out on the blood soaked ground in shock and horror as they watched everyone flick their comrade's blood off their blades and begin heading towards the library. Two of the Death Jackals peeled away from the group and moved to finish off the still alive Fingers, only to nod when I said "Don't kill them; they might be grunts but we can try and learn something from them. Secure them and ensure they don't kill themselves.", not questioning me at all and doing as I asked; maybe it just made too much sense to argue, or maybe they were following my orders because the futanari who would have eventually been their leader was deeply in love with me.

Either way they did as I asked and allowed me to regroup with Anput and Jahi as we made our way into the libraries quickly, heading after those three elites that had rushed inside earlier - and one of whom must have been that 'Caliph' that the man from earlier had told me about - to stop them from finding whatever it was that they were looking for.

I did not believe for a single moment that these Fingers were hoping to spread peace and prosperity inside of the Sultanate by terraforming it from a desert to a lush wonderland of abundance, and even if that was a piece of their goal there was no way they were doing it benevolently.

There was something they wanted desperately from this, and the most obvious was power; power over the Sultanate and by proxy, the Sultana as they turned the golden sands into luscious greens capable of sustaining this entire country.

There must be something that they wanted from this, and a way for them to reasonably get what they wanted if they were willing to risk this high profile raid in Bascra, so as we barged into the ancient libraries that held knowledge from various centuries - and perhaps even further back in time - it was of no surprise that we found the three rushing from bookcase to bookcase, throwing the contents to the ground as they searched for something in particular. Hearing us entering the library, they all turned and cursed softly before three separate - and elaborate - Ritual Circles flashed into existence in front of them, the sound of something cracking as they likely made use of a consumable enchanted item filling the air only to be dwarfed by the howling of a windstorm and the crackling of electricity as sharp blades of both elements stabbed at the entrance.

Each bolt of lightning and crescent of wind tore chunks out of the ancient sandstone brick as the rogues forced us into cover immediately, the sheer ferocity of their spells outclassing our own defensive spells by a good amount right off the bat.

Two of the rogues maintained their positions and began to charge up another suite of spells to keep us pinned while the last one continued the search, the three not saying a word for now as they ensured they completed their mission, which made me a tad bit more hesitant than normal to face them as I realized they weren't idiots like the rest of their goons.

These were actual opponents, and for the first time in a long time we were going to have to experience the difficulties of facing serious, well trained and equipped mortals head to head, ones that were evidently rather crafty and had their wits about them as we shielded ourselves from the blasts.