Very early in the morning…

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Monday . Week 3 . Month 2 . Year 1 . Season: Late Autumn .

[School: Active day . Cla.s.ses: Monday, Wednesday, Friday . ]

[Current declared fiancée(s): Melody, Alice, Tear . ]

[Card bearers in Lot City: 2 . Ming, Unknown . *Alert, there is a dark card bearer in the city . ]

[Cook-off opponents in the city: 110 . Harumi, Advanced chef Yuki, Alice, Kitome . The rest are unknown . ]

[-Territory- Alert! Level: *VERY HIGH . An inquisitor scout of the Supreme Demon Lord has entered your city . This doesn't bode well . There is a chance that an entire force of them are coming . ]

[Heart core activated . All attack, magic and non-magic, defenses and other stats are halved . ]

[Due to Chika's pa.s.sive stat: Protect My Love, the inquisitor's stats are halved again . ]

Clyde kissed Harumi before leaving her room . He took his sweet a.s.s time brus.h.i.+ng his teeth and then dressing into his school uniform . Nice and pressed by Yuki . What a thoughtful person . Clyde decided that after taking care of this problem, he'd do all the ch.o.r.es so the woman can have the day off . He didn't want to embarra.s.s himself with a subpar dinner, so the young man would practice on campus . And of course order food that night .

Clyde stepped outside, breaking his own rule about going alone . Ah well .

"I will show Tear that she will not have to live in fear of these clowns," Clyde said with a G.o.d chant as he touched the edges of the power . He Jumped directly to the Inquisitor scout .

Quiet Street…

Despite having his power cut in half twice, the scout was still quite strong .

He was a blue-skinned tall man with a build more buff than a runner . He sported short green hair and a black Tang suit . Interesting attire . Who inspired the uniform choice?

Inquisitor Ike, the Supreme Demon Lord's Scout .

Level: 590

Type: Demon

Work under: *Supreme Demon Lord .

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Special: Double All mighty s.h.i.+eld .

Weakness: fire .

Resistances: ice and all of its attributes

Secret: blocked .

[All of Ike's stats have been halved twice and will remain this way until he leaves the city . ]

[Chika's aura has removed all of his Compressed bonus power . ]

Clyde wanted to marry Chika right now .

"You may want to turn the f.u.c.k around," Clyde said to the inquisitor scout . "This is my city and you're not welcomed here . "

Ike looked at him then laughed .

"Big talk coming from a puny weakling with a measly power level of one hundred . "

He teleported in front of Clyde and threw a punch . The young man blocked it with a single finger, causing the inquisitor's eyes to widen .

Clyde laughed .

"Listen here, Iky boy, I'm not trying to start a pointless war with the Supreme, but Tear's off limits . She's mine and we're getting married too . "

"What?"

By the look on his face, and that reaction, the young man had a choice . Kill this guy so that the news couldn't get back to his force, risking pure wrath . Or let him go . Both were bad paths .

Ike pulled back his fist .

"You're not that good at lying . " He shook his head . "I'm the least of your worries . How will you handle my Imperial Majesty's full force of Inquisitors? They will know about this barrier that weakens us . " He laughed . "And they'll destroy it long before entering . "

"It's not a barrier," Clyde said, "but my own presence . " He suddenly threw a heavy punch at Ike's gut, then another at his face . Within seconds he was down and unconscious . "t.i.tania, I can sense you . Come out, so I can ask for your advice . "

"I've never seen someone with such a low level take down a b.l.o.o.d.y inquisitor before," t.i.tania said as she materialized in front of the young man .

[The inquisitor's pa.s.sive skill activated . Till the Last Breath . ]

[All status effects eliminated . ]

[His stats are still halved twice over due to Chika's pa.s.sive skill aligning with the territory system . ]

Talk about harem power, Clyde thought appreciatively .

[You have entered *fierce combat!]

[Ike has invoked Inquisitor's authority]

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Crimson aura surrounded the man as he leapt to his feet . Clyde just barely blocked a curved blade that materialized from nowhere . He reached for the power, but something strange happened .

[Strain effect . Agony . ]

Clyde pulled away from the power as if it was the sun's own flames . He blocked more and more of Ike's strikes, which seemed to get stronger and stronger . t.i.tania watched, fascinated, gauging the fight .

Abruptly, a sword flash and a long cut on the young man's arm filled with an intense burning . Somehow it didn't cut his uniform but he felt that burn . The natural barrier protected his body from being wounded or deformed, but even that could be shattered . Magic wasn't perfect .

[Ike used Ghost slash . ]

[Clyde's HP has dropped to 450%]

[Clyde's MP has dropped to 400%]

[Your increased defenses had reduced damage!]

Clyde's eyes widened . That attack…it cut MP . f.u.c.k! The young man wanted to commend himself for having such an inhuman percentage of HP, but now wasn't the time to celebrate . These were low numbers compared to Selkie and Mortem . He wouldn't be surprised if the real bosses were in the millions . Raid bosses in the games commonly had this much health .

He sheathed his sword and pulled out his staff . Normally, the young man wouldn't dare do such a stupid rookie move, but risks had to be taken for crazy plans .

Ike swung for him, but Clyde felt the vibration through his mystic senses and dodged accordingly . Then he flash stepped a distance from the enemy, drawing a confused look . Ike seemed to just realized that Clyde had switched weapons .

[Executioner Staff of Merlin . Item cla.s.s: *Legendary, One of a Kind* . Does Dragon and Volcanic damage . You may trigger its special attack: Balinor's Havoc, after filling the weapon's soul bar to 100% . ]

[Soul power: 0%]

[Clyde activated Trust Bond Skill Mimic]

[Trust Bond Skill Mimic . Type: mystic . Cla.s.s: very rare . Once per day, you will be able to randomly activate a skill from any of your trusted friends . If you do not wish to activate the revealed skill, you may store it for later use; however, if not activated that day, it will vanish from storage . This can be used outside of Mystic wrath . ]

[Random skill obtained: Yusuke's Super Precise Sight!]

[Skill stored: Tier 1 Skill: Super Precise Sight . ]

[Super Precise sight: For the next minute, all of your attacks will be critical hits! You have a 3% higher chance of landing Crucial attacks and a 1% chance higher of landing Devastating hits . ]

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The cooldown for this was insane, so Clyde would hang onto it until needed .

[Clyde's MP has dropped to 330%]

[Clyde activated Giga Death Scattershot]

His staff hummed as it channeled the magic . Ike couldn't make it to him in time . At least one hundred energy b.a.l.l.s surrounded him .

[Ike activated Bronze Tier skill: Double All mighty s.h.i.+eld!]

[Damage is required for an increase in soul power . ]

Clyde decided not to go with this idea—not against this guy . He'd just block it . He switched back to the wind sword and charged . Ike parried his strikes . Abruptly, a glow emerged around the inquisitor scout's sudden spin kick .

Clyde cough blood as he was launched backward several feet .

[Clyde's HP has dropped to 300%]

[Ike used *Dragon Kick . ]

"f.u.c.k that hurt," Clyde said . Thoughts of Tear made him remember now wasn't the time to be playing around . He jumped back to his feet, which seemed to have surprised his foe .

"That usually take most people right out of the fight," Ike said .

[Clyde activated Trust Bond Mimic Skill]

[Tier 1 Skill: Super Precise Sight . ]

Purple aura surrounded him . He lurched forward and when Ike put up a defense to block, the young man flash stepped to his left .

[Clyde activated *Tier 0 skill: Eternal Soul Wind . ]

Sure enough, Ike tried to block it . Clyde laughed .

"I've got a nice surprise for you, you son of a b.i.t.c.h . "

The agonizing screams of the inquisitor made the young man wince . So much wind and magic covered him, almost in a blanket of solid gray . Pieces of the road lifted in the air . Some parallel-parked cars were pushed onto the sidewalks .

[CRITICAL! Ike's HP has dropped from 800% to 1 . ]

Ike fell to his face, clothes full of tears . He didn't move .

"Holy s.h.i.+t," Clyde said, then viewed his skill .

[*Tier 0 skill: Eternal Soul Wind . Summon an extremely destructive storm upon your enemies . Does severe damage . Does Wind, Dark, and Almighty damage . Chance to paralyze enemies at 3% . Chance to cause Soul blight at 3% . Soul blight damage has a chance to instantly send an enemy's HP to 1% . Souls become vulnerable for the taking while inflicted with this blight . *Due to your high relations.h.i.+p status with Chika, this is an unblockable attack . ]

[Ike is paralyzed!]

Clyde was now in a tough position . He could kill this guy and gain a s.h.i.+t ton of EXP or let him go with a message that he and his party should not be f.u.c.ked with . Both plans were awful, even downright unfair to the young man .

"Let me send him back," t.i.tania said . The young man let out a breath . "My magic will be on him, so they'll think twice before p.i.s.sing off the fairy queen . "

"You know where to send him?" Clyde asked, curious .

"I can sense them, maybe a day away, waiting for the report," t.i.tania said . "The scout is the weakest of the bunch . And you just used way too much MP . Clyde, the real inquisitors may destroy this city with just a wave of their fingers . Not because they're searching, but only to intimidate the local supernatural community . Show their might . They'll set up a magic block to prevent Jumping, warps, any escape . Your home's barrier is strong, but not at the right level for this . "

Miles away from Lot City…

Yahiko observed his inquisitors dismantling the camp with the precision of someone with OCD . He just didn't understand the Supreme . Why waste them with such mediocre b.i.t.c.hwork? The entire inquisition! As the leader, who personally trained his brothers, even he knew this was a level of overkill that made him question the sanity of their own empress . For a little bit . Maybe that's why she wanted Tear quickly captured then trained so that she could replace her . The arch demon felt like their current Supreme was irreplaceable . Her power rivaled the G.o.ds . She accomplished a lot—and ultimately want a land where humans and monsters live together in a single society . A foolish, giddy dream, but Yahiko supported her regardless . She's perhaps the strongest of their kind alive and that amazing power was worth following .

Tear, however, was the least of Yahiko's worries . In fact, the succubus replacement didn't even make his list .

He could sense it, roaming this plane, possibly confused or incredibly angry . A legendary creature in which its name never left the tongues of anyone with even an ounce of wit . A being with an extraordinary ability to sense magic would not be able to miss, what the deities label World Bosses . The Thousand Year Dragon had succ.u.mb to the empresses influence, but that didn't mean the safety of this world . Such a creature knew nothing about s.e.x or succubus mindsets . h.e.l.l, she might even take o.r.g.a.s.mic pleasure in killing . Nothing unexpected for a creature that only knew destruction . Right in their homeland .

The empress should have the inquisition working out a way to secure her, not wasting time on petty missions . This felt like an insult to he and his brothers . They who defended the name of the Supreme should not be treated like fetch dogs .

As if things couldn't get any worse, rumors of the Fallen G.o.d being on the move continued to spread . A G.o.ddess who called herself a G.o.d and continues to do to the point where it gained her an unbreakable reputation . Her religion is famous among monster girls . Why was she moving? Could it be due to the stone-viper games?

"What is taking the scout so long?" Yahiko barked . They were an inquisition of order . An example to the Supreme Palace . An example to the Monster Kingdoms . An example to the world . Such sloppy work was not allowed, not even dreamed of . They were trained to be efficient .

"He's almost an hour late," an inquisitor named Axem said . "Should I go check things out?"

"You know just as well as I do that—" Yahiko's voice trailed off when magic surrounded the entire camp . A fog appeared in front of the two men . A second later, it formed into a brutally beaten Ike .

Rage like never before blasted through Yahiko's eyes . No one would insult the inquisition like this and expect to live another day . The magic he felt…

"Why in the Supreme's name would the fairy queen commit such treachery?" Axem said . "Sir—"

"This is a declaration of war," Yahiko interrupted . "But I'm not going to bite the bait . The Supreme's orders mean everything, but we have our own code for a reason . "

"Are we really going to put that to use and ignore the Supreme's orders?" Axem said . "Sir, that code can be interpreted as treachery . And you know she'll rebuild the entire inquisition without a second thought . Look . He's still breathing, so calm yourself, Commander . "

Yahiko nodded . He wasn't given this power to make hasty decisions that could get his own brothers executed by the empress herself . This…The fairy queen knew, didn't she?

But to insult the inquisition in such a manner and for no reason . The inquisitor leader could not let this go unpunished . Still, wiping out the Fairy Kingdom is not something the Supreme would approve . He was only given this position a year ago, after their previous commander vanished without a trace . A logical choice: select the one in charge of training the force to succeed .

The inquisition did ruthless searches without the Supreme's authority to keep fear stuck into all who knew of them . If they didn't, the world wouldn't take the brothers seriously .

"Fine," Yahiko said, "the mission continues, but with an additional objective . " He turned to his gathering men, dressed in white cloaks, black Tang suits beneath them . "Kill t.i.tania . She has foolishly brought down the wrath of our inquisition . We will teach those who believe themselves to be our equals, not to f.u.c.k with us . "

They cheered . "Axem, lead this charge . As the commander, it is my place to observe and keep an eye out for the heavens or adventurers who get too big in their heads . "

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