Free Web NovelChapter 53: Sir Cut-n-Run
Ruby liked the term that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This logic was never more true than now.
Because thanks to Shadow’s suggestion of turning the Hell Plain that Ruby took control of into a deadly magical paradise that the Faithful of Phoenix Rising can use as their own territory, was a truly brilliant, inspired, and original idea.
After only a few days, this desolate place was quickly turned into a paradise. Ruby was not satisfied with simply using water and earth magicians as crop and agriculture growers.
She had a vision of a new form of magic, one that would prove as deadly as it is beautiful, just like Ruby and her sisters.
So Ruby spent time with Amara to devise a truly new and wicked type of magic that had never before been seen on the continent of Vale. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Through countless experiments on plants and devils that were again "persuaded" to join these experiments, rapid progress was made in a new field of magic that many on the continent of Vale would think to be forbidden magic. In fact, the idea of artificially created life was a cardinal sin in the eyes of Vespera, the goddess of life.
But since when have Ruby and Amara ever given a shit about the rules of others? As more rapid progress was made, soon enough a new form of magic was created.
The art of Chlorokinesis, which is the ability to grow and breed the most deadly of plants. From killer trees to hemlock horrors. But this was just the beginning for Ruby’s ambitions because she knew that the deadlier something is, the more drawn to it her enemies will be. Amara even commented that she hoped to incorporate this magic into her undead legion.
Ruby had truly embarked on the path of a mad botany scientist. Her goal was to make it possible to raise an entire army of plant monsters in order to further strengthen the legions of Phoenix Rising.
She now had trees that could feed on the blood of their victims. Creeping vines that could rip a man in half. Flowers that can spray not only the most deadly of hallucinations and poisons but bushes that had barbs so sharp they could tear flesh from bones. More than a few devils died to these preliminary new plants before they learned not to mess with them.
Ruby was just glad that this Hell Plane gives her an unlimited supply of these idiots due to the Chaos Energy present here.
After the development of these new plants, next are plant monsters that can move and think on their own able to easily trick their enemies into fighting each other. This once again shocked Ruby thinking about the mad fervor that the Faithful had for developing so many new and deadly ways to terrorize their enemies.
With the help of the Faithful working themselves to the brink of death, it only took a matter of a few hours to begin to turn this Hell Plane into something that resembled a paradise on earth.
This Hell Plane that Ruby conquered was named Chaos Infernum as a symbol of Ruby and Amara’s own nature. Ruby and Amara may be beautiful, but they leave nothing but death and absolute chaos behind wherever they go.
After these new plants were developed and placed in Chaos Infernum, a miracle occurred because it was discovered that these plants have become completely immune to fire magic or any kind of heat.
This surprised both Ruby and Amara, so they wondered if the Faithful were immune to fire magic now like Ruby and Amara are. So they had one of the Faithful stand still as he was bombarded with fire magic and came out of it without a scratch. Ruby attributed this to the blessing of her lord. She did not understand the magic behind this blessing but did not question the power of a god.
Standing with Amara by her side, Ruby looked at the faithful who was unharmed by fire magic, then at the plants that remained unharmed from even the high-level temperatures of the lava from this Hell Plane.
Looking at Amara and smiling, she said,
"This is a great development for us, Amara. We have eliminated the one fatal weakness that all plants possess. Now even the Faithful are immune to fire magic. This is truly a glorious blessing. How do you think we should exploit this new advantage?"
Amara struck a classic thinker pose, then said,
"I can use this ability to strengthen my undead legion even further. Now that they are immune to holy magic and fire magic, my dream of wiping out the holy kingdom of Xeon is not such a fantasy anymore. I will turn that pope who betrayed me into a puppet that my undead kick around like a ball for sport."
Ruby happily nodded at Amara’s mad ravings of bringing down the church of the goddess of life. Truly this is a just and righteous cause, she thought.
Ruby responded to Amara, saying,
"We need to focus on developing more forces for our husband. In these last few days, we have intercepted no less than fifteen assassination attempts on Fate. I’m surprised where some of these killers are coming from. Some of them are from nations that we have no quarrel with. But after their blatant provocation by attacking Fate, they have managed to make it onto our hit list. Among these forces have been many assassins from the merchant nation of Hildegard. I’m currently coming up with several plans to infiltrate their merchant nation with our own growing list of merchant Faithful that we are using to sell items to commoners and the poor. Not only are we making more money by selling cheaply to a far larger consumer base than normal merchants who sell only to nobles and royalty are, but we are also bringing more Faithful into our fold through our merchant preachers who can gather followers without being suspected by the authorities or limited by borders."
Amara nodded at this information as another fire mage cast various spells on the lucky chosen Faithful to see how high his immunity to fire magic goes.
Amara and Ruby were stunned when this man, after being pelted by fire and coming out unscathed, decided to strip off his red robe and jump into a nearby lava pit that was commonly found everywhere in this Hell Plane.
*Jump*
*Splash*
Then the man floated up to the top of the lava and began to do backstrokes as if he was at home enjoying a casual swim in a lake.
Even the recently "persuaded" devils had a stupefied look on their face, seeing a human who dared to jump into a pool of liquid magma that was easily over two thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
One of these devil workers pointed at the man in the lava pool, who was now spitting lava out of his mouth like it was the world’s best mouthwash and said,
"Damn, that human is stupid!"
After saying this, everyone present nodded their heads in agreement, even Ruby and Amara.
But Ruby was suddenly struck with a good idea. If that man can swallow lava and use it as mouthwash, what would happen if she had someone mysteriously deliver it to Maria and say it can cure bad breath and the millions of other hidden diseases that were breeding in her body, ready to one day bring about the apocalypse because Maria could not find another simp to pay for her services. freeweɓnøvel.com
Ruby, with this thought in mind, figured if anything, Maria would spend a few days at the church healing. Either way, it would definitely hurt.
So with a growing smile on her face, Ruby clapped her hands and said,
"Well done, faithful. You have truly shown your devotion to the Phoenix Lord with your completely voluntary and totally not coerced actions of pursuing magical and scientific advancement."
The man crawled out of the lava, and someone threw a robe over his head so no one would have to be subjected to the sight of this naked man.
All of the Faithful were wondering when such an enthusiastic weirdo joined their cult.
The blond-haired man pulled on his robe and jumped off the ground to land in front of Ruby and Amara.
He landed with a loud boom, revealing his strong muscles that seemed as if they had not been used in decades. This man turned out to be an old grandpa that looked as if he was at least seventy years old.
Then he said to Ruby and Amara with a loud boom of laughter,
"Ha ha, it has been decades since I’ve felt this alive before. Being taken in by Phoenix Rising is the greatest thing to happen to this sword saint in forty years. Not since that bastard Samuel Bloodsworn took the throne have I felt so refreshed or had such a full belly of food."
Ruby gained a lot of information from that statement. This man could not be the legendary sword saint Sir Cut-n-Run, could he?
