16 Monster Empress and Primas Start! (2/2)
Tuff nodded his head and started walking with Majin into the heavily struggling human village. They walked in and saw that most of the villagers were barely fed and all working on something. Either it was their crops or their jobs. Even the children were helping out instead of having fun and doing normal children things. Majin was about to loudly announce something to the entire village but instead she was interrupted by barbaric yelling coming from the forest behind her. A group of bandits charged into the village and all the villagers with sullen and tired looks on their faces gathered together under the bandits' orders. Majin played along and also gathered with the villagers. She got strange looks from the villagers but they only looked at her with pity.
Once all the villagers were rounded up, the head bandit began talking.
”Where is the village chief?” He asked while some of the bandits started looking at the village women lecherously, mostly her however.
Majin held her head up high and held back a smirk.
'Don't bite off more than you can chew.'
The village chief announced himself and you could just see how he has lost all hope behind his eyes. He still kept up a strong front for his people though.
”You already know why we are here don't you? Tell us already.” The bandit ordered while holding the weak and feeble village chief by his shirt.
”If you do this we won't survive! We won't be able to give enough of our crops to the Baron and our families will starve! Please give us more time!” He pleaded.
He threw the elder on the ground. The villagers looked pained and hopeless. Children began to cry.
”We gave you enough time old man and it's sounding like you have just enough for us to take back to our base. Men get to searching, you'll have your fun later.”
The bandits started ransacking through all the homes and shops. One bandit before he left even tried to touch her face! She swayed her head to the side and continued to look elsewhere, angering the bandit.
”I'll get first dibs on you later you little bitch. Wait for me.” He spat while rubbing his crotch.
The village women looked at her with eyes trying to give condolences but she ignored them and continued to wait. The bandits took their sweet time ruining the already barely surviving village and returned with multiple things inside barrels. The bandit leader looked at all their loot and smiled.
”Seems like just enough for my men. You guys better work hard, I expect more in the future.” He said with a smile before getting shot in the side by an arrow.
”ATTACK!!!!” She heard come from the entrance of the village. A small group of 4 teenagers were there.
'These little scamps are outnumbered and probably outskilled and still decided to stage a straightforward attack. I guess it's time to step up..' Majin decided.
”Go get em Tuff.” She whispered.
The bandits took out their weapons and charged at the four kids. Tuff jumped in the air and smashed the ground in the center of the charging bandit group. Forcing them off balance and falling to the ground. The kids were confused at the appearance of the cute and tough red creature but didn't let up and attacked the downed bandits with it.
The kids that probably classified as pre-teens in her old world were attacking with weapons much worse than the bandits they were trying to fight. Tuff easily took out the bandits while making sure the kids weren't harmed.
”Do we tie them up and call for the knights?” One of the kids asked before a tired-looking man slapped all four of the children across the head.
”ARE YOU FOUR OUT OF YOUR MINDS!? YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOURSELVES KILLED!!!” He shouted with anger and worry in his eyes.
The four kids tried to hold back tears from the pain.
”We couldn't just do nothing!” The blonde-haired kid shouted.
”You could have lost your lives trying to play hero! None of you having been properly trained and the village would've been fine!”
The blonde haired kid looked at the man angrily as tears flowed down his face.
”Now now, the kid has guts. That's something every future hero needs.” Majin said while rubbing his hair.
”Don't encourage their reckless behavior! Are you trying to get them killed in the future!?” He shouted at her.
”I didn't say that attacking a group of bandit that hold hostages of the people you care about with sticks and arrows was a good idea. I said that having courage was good. And because of that courage, you have become my first knight.” She smiled at him.
”What do you mean…?” He asked while wiping his tears away.
”You get to become the strong defender of the village along with your little friends.”
The village elder came up to her.
”What are you talking about stranger?”
”I'm going to make this village flourish. You can keep your position as village elder or village head but I'll be the true head of the village.”
”You're no better than the bandits! You… You…. Crazy woman!” He shouted.
”Don't get me wrong. I'm here to help you guys out. I'll improve the lives of all the villagers and then the village itself! Watch this.”
Majin patted the blonde haired boy on the head and suddenly an explosive force of mana burst from his body until a grey cloud of smoke appeared over his head.
”I feel a strange energy flowing through my body….” He said softly to himself.
He tried to shoot something out of his palms but magic doesn't work like that. You need much more than being able to feel the mana in your body to create magic.
”You unlocked his mana….?” The village elder asked.
”Sure?” Majin responded unsure.
All she did was get the mana inside his body to start moving in the same way hers was.
”But only those from the Church and Highly ranked mages could unlock a person's potential…” He said as if his whole view of the world suddenly shattered.
”Nope. I'm special.” Majin said while touching the heads of the other three and also getting their mana flowing.
The quiet glasses-wearing boy had a purple cloud of noxious fumes appeared over his, the plain village girl looking kid had a mana-shaped club over her head, and the purple haired girl who used the bow and arrow had a mana-shaped shield over her head.
”Nice. I can definitely make you four into great soldiers.” Majin said.
The village elder bowed before her.
'Please… save our village…” He pleaded.
Majin looked at the village elder seriously before taking a look at the other villagers. They started bowing before her as well and she hasn't even shown any true power yet. All she did was get the mana flowing through some kids' bodies. Although she wanted something a humbler start for a beginning, this would be fine too.
”Understood village elder. I, Prima will now lead this village to prosperity and greatness! I will turn this place and everyone in it into the greatest they could ever become! All that I ask of you is to follow me. Follow me no matter where I decide to take you or what choices I make. As long as your lives are improved for the better and you are satisfied with your life, follow behind me. Journey with me as we become the greatest place in the entire kingdom!”
The villagers cheered and clapped, but they couldn't hold a party for her. As they were too poor, but Majin will be fixing this place up starting tomorrow. All the stolen loot from the bandits were taken back to where they belonged, the bandits were tied up and left for when the knights come to apprehend them, and Majin was given a very uncomfortable bed to sleep on.
It was the village elder's daughter's room he let her have. She left for a life of adventuring at the age of 18 and it seems she has never came back or sent any messages back home. So, Majin thought about the current state of the village and needed to learn more about her surroundings come tomorrow. She needed to know where to gain certain things needed for the village and are they in a safe location. So she slept with Tuff that night after thinking about how to improve this village and more.