Ascension of the Monster Queen

"Your hand is now healed," Liya said, and Nessa smiled as she stood up and stretched off when she heard a chiming sound and grabbed her ears.

"What's the matter?" Riki said as he held onto her and she sighed.

"Do you guys hear that?" She asked.

"Hear what?" Dalia asked.

"A sound, a chiming sound," She responded as they exchanged glances.

"No, we don't hear anything like that," Riki said and Nessa exhaled deeply before taking a deep breath and her eyes began glowing blue before she stopped hearing the sound.

"It's gone," She said and they sighed.

"I think you should rest more, lady Nessa, Riki is right," Liya replied and Nessa looked at Riki who smiled at her.

"Yeah, I know, I will cool off training for a few days, but that's it, is that okay?" She asked.

"That's fine," Dalia responded, "but you hearing that sound is still strange," Nessa's eyes narrowed.

'Can you tell me what that was?' Nessa wondered.

[No, that was unexpected; I'm not sure how you began hearing that when you are not even sick or anything.]

"Lady Nessa, it's dinner time, sit down and you will have dinner then go home and get some rest, got it?" Liya asked and Nessa glanced at her as she smiled.

"Got it, don't worry, after this I'll be heading straight home," Nessa responded before sitting down by the table with the others, while Liya and a few goblins brought out their dinner and placed it on the table.

"This smells amazing," Nessa commented.

"Yeah, it looks good as well, lady Nessa," Riki added and Liya chuckled.

"Thank you, now start eating," Liya said and they smiled at her before taking their food.

After they started eating, Nessa couldn't help but think about what had been going on around them recently, which made her even more worried, but she was not afraid of what was to come.

She was aware of the dangers of establishing a nation and was willing to go to any length to ensure its survival and the safety of its citizens no matter what it cost.

"Lady Nessa, do you have any way to connect to Kurson by chance?" Riley asked and Nessa glanced at her before sighing.

"I am afraid that I don't have any way in contacting him, he left no such thing for me to use, probably because he didn't want me to help him if he ever ran into trouble, I am sorry Riley, I know how much you are worried about him," Nessa responded and Riley smiled.

"You don't have to apologize, lady Nessa, it's okay, I understand," Riley said and Nessa lowered her head.

"I still want to know who he is and where he is from though, I am not giving up on that easily, I can be quite stubborn, but I think you must already know that," Nessa replied and Riley chuckled.

"I know, Dalia told me a lot about you, you are a great leader as well, if I could, I would have told you, I am sorry that I can't," Riley said and a smirk appeared on Nessa's face.

"There is no need to apologize, it's okay, I understand why you can't, don't worry, I will find out on my own or that idiot might get himself killed," She replied and Riley chuckled.

"Yeah, he might," she said, "he can be careless at times, too careless if I'm being honest." They continued eating, and Nessa poured herself a glass of juice and drank it.

After they had finished eating, Nessa stood up and smiled at the night sky, but at the same time, they all heard a loud roar and jumped out of their seats.

"What's that?" Riki asked and Nessa's eyes narrowed as her eyes began glowing red.

"What exactly was it?" Nessa inquired.

[I'm not sure, but whatever it is, it's powerful and emitting a tremendous amount of dark energy, similar to that of a demon; I believe the Orcs are also on the move.]

"Lady Nessa, I am here to report," Sai and Isamu said as they approached her and she looked at them.

"Go ahead, I am listening," She replied.

"I saw a few Orcs heading towards the Dwarves kingdom," Sai said.

"I see, Isamu, what's your report?" Nessa asked.

"I saw a beast of some kind not far from here; it's surrounded by dark energy and appears to be heading in the same direction as the Orcs," He responded, and Nessa's eyes narrowed.

"I'm getting a bad feeling about this," Dalia said, as Nessa sighed.

"Um... The beast, can you tell me a bit of what it looked like?" Riley asked and Isamu looked at Nessa after which she smiled before approaching him and patting him on the head.

"It's okay, Isamu, you can tell her," She said and he sighed.

"Yes, it has four legs that are muscular, black and red in color, with large fangs, long claws, and beady red eyes," He responded, and Riley sighed.

"That sounds like a monster like the one who attacked me, a demon, they are bad news in every possible way, what's a demon doing here?" Riley asked as her eyes began to tremble, and Nessa glanced at her.

"Riley, relax, it's going to be okay," Nessa responded before patting the girl on the head and she exhaled deeply before closing her eyes and relaxing her body.

"I'll see what's going on," Nessa said as Riki approached her, and she smiled as she looked at him.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Don't think that you are going alone this time when we don't know what's going on here, that's not going to happen," He responded.

"You are quite stubborn, there is no need to worry so much, I will not engage them, I am not that careless Riki, relax, I am just going to see what they are up to, I will take Isamu with me," She said as they exchanged glances and her eyes narrowed while looking out of the town and Riley glanced at her as Isamu stood by her side and Riki sighed before patting her on the shoulder.