145 Tsukuyomi... No, not the Sharingan one. (1/2)
Marco: So… Alice, what do you think about this?
Alice: It's strange… She was a calm, gentle monster who loved nature. I didn't think she could be seduced by Black Alice, but… This just doesn't add up…
Marco: Whatever, I get it, kick the leader's ass and magic happens… Where is she now?
Alra Arum: She should be still inside…
Marco: Alright…
Then he and Alice walked inside the forest, leaving behind the two monsters. Some time passed inside, and Alice said.
Alice: It's faint, but… Do you smell something strange? Just the smell of it is enough to make me feel dizzy.
Marco: Yeah, smells like horse shit…
?: Hey! My smell isn't like that!
Marco and Alice raised their heads and found a plant woman over a tree, her skin, hair and eyes were completely green, with branches acting as clothes, she was a Dryad.
Dryad: No, wait! I can't let you proceed from order of the Queen! If you don't head back, I'll have to suck out your nutrients…
Marco: ...Sometimes I wish Salamander was here… I could have easily burned the entire forest…
Sylph: Don't worry! My power of wind is strong against plant monsters!
Marco: '*Sigh* Thanks…'
Marco used the Chakra Gate and created a chakra arm to grab the Dryad, she tried to jump away but the arm was too fast, and grabbed her leg, then it retracted and pulled the Dryad to Marco, who grabbed her by the neck and looked at each other's eyes.
Marco: You'll let me pass…
Dryad: ...I'll let you pass…
Alice: Did… Did you use hypnosis?
Marco: Pfft, no. This is just scaring the shit out of the people.
Alice observed the Dryad, and noticed that her body was trembling when she was looking at Marco's intimidating eyes.
Dryad: ...Please let me go…
She was speaking with a squeaking voice, and Marco released her, then she immediately ran away from Marco.
Alice: *Sniff* I smell brainwashing magic… If the Dryad would run away some moments later, then she would be brainwashed.
Marco: Alright, we found our cause…
Alice: That may be it. But the user of this technique… No, it must be a mistake.
Marco: Just let out your thoughts.
Alice: ...Tamamo. During one of her lectures, I had a whiff of this smell. The brainwashing technique is something only high level foxes can use. And for one this strong and wide ranging…
Marco: ...Either Promestein is doing serious shit, or it's one of those 5 chimeras back at the castle… One of them gave the same feeling of a Kitsune… 'It was Tsukuyomi…'
Alice: ...It could be, Promestein said that those chimeras were created to beat the Heavenly Knights, and maybe one of them could have used brainwashing magic… Anyway, we'll have to be careful here…
Marco and Alice traveled deeper in the forest, and reached the destination, covered in ivy, monsters were being drained of energy all over the place, Alra Priestess was with them.
And at the very center of it stood the Queen Alraune.
Queen Alraune: Oh my… What business does a human have here? There's no way you wandered here by mistake, is there?
Marco: You don't say?
Marco used the Chakra Gate, and sprinted forward, the Queen Alraune braced herself from his attack when he used Chain-Claw infused with wind powers, to create something like a tornado around his body.
Seeing that, the Queen Alraune tried to get out of the way, but the tornado started to drag her in, the other monsters were held down from the ivy so they were safe, she tried to move away as much as possible, before she saw Alice slowly coming in front of her.
Alice: Bye.
Alice jumped in the air and delivered a surprisingly heavy punch for her size in her face, the Queen Alraune was slightly knocked back and got dragged on the tornado, filling her with too many scratches to even move.
Queen Alraune: Ugh…
She fell in the ground when Marco stopped, and tried to stand up, meanwhile a slightly tired Marco got beside her and said.
Marco: You want more?
*Ding*
*24888/??? saved.*
Queen Alraune: ...No… My sanity returned…. I've done horrible things…
The monsters who got their energy sucked now started to replenish.
*Ding*
*24945/??? saved.*
Alice: Queen Alraune, just who disturbed your mind like that? There aren't many who could possibly have pulled off that technique…
Queen Alraune: That person is very close still… Be on your guard!
As soon as the Queen shouted that, a malicious aura pressed into the area. And Tsukuyomi came out.
Tsukuyomi: Oh… Did you break through my fox technique? As expected of a Queen… And you put on a good show too, old Monster Lord.
Alice: ...What does that mean? That skill of yours is very similar to Tamamo's. It is not the type of technique that can be imitated so easily.