Archon of Danmachi

To start, Nox activated his Mind Pulse to check the tower like main building that was Belit Babili, the Godly Brothel of the Mistress otherwise known as the Ishtar Familia home. He could sense Aisha in a dungeon below the ground in a very poor condition, being beaten by the hideous Phryne while Haruhime seemed to be in a relatively high floor in the tower.

There was a group of amazonesses gathering around what seemed to be the fragments of a shattered crystal in the roof of the tower before leaving. Nox started to formulate his plan.

'Haruhime is probably under tight supervision right now since the incident seemed to have happened tonight so I'll go to Aisha first. I was prepared to bunker down for a few nights until the events took place but it seemed that Ishtar was in quite the hurry to start things. an enraged thot only causes problems indeed!' Nox thought.

'I'll wait until that female frog abomination leaves Aisha alone and take her, then, in the quickest time possible and without alerting anyone, reaching Haruhime's location. Eve if she is guarded, most of the combatants in the Ishtar Familia are only Level 3 which means I can take them quite easily, so as long as I'm fast enough to take care of them before reinforcements come, I'm golden!'

With his general plan set, Nox, hidden by his Shallow Shift, started moving towards the dungeons of Belit Babili, bypassing the occasional door or wall by deepening his Shadow Shift. Phryne the Toad seemed to be enjoying herself and not showing any signs of letting up the abuse.

But she was a bona fide Level 5 so there was not much Nox could do to her. Even though he was confident he would get a good hit in with an ambush, if she was not incapacitated, his chances of winning would immediately drop dangerously low, specially since he was in enemy territory where he couldn't afford to fight a lengthy battle and in a closed space where large scale magic could not be used.

With such disadvantages, even though Nox didn't like what the toad faced bitch was doing and was certainly planning on crushing her mind, body and soul in the future, he was still forced to wait for her to leave for the time being.

Much to Nox's displeasure however, it seemed the abomination didn't want to leave and after dumping a reasonably powerful healing potion on Aisha, she sat down to rest instead. Nox realized she was still planning on continuing the beatdown, so he adjusted his plans.

'This doesn't look like it's going to end soon and I can't keep using Shadow Shift even the shallow version forever . . . Since they're inconveniencing me so much, stealing their two best members is not enough to settle my discontent!'

Nox began to think up new ways to exact petty revenge on the Ishtar Familia for not letting him comfortably abduct their members . . .

'The gall! To think they would dare to unintentionally hamper my attempts to poach their members!'

'No! This must not PASS!'

'Hmm . . . Let us do it like this . . . First, I'll swing by their treasury and steal EVERYTHING, then, I'll go to Haruhime's location, knock out her guards and grab her. Then I'll take her with me to Aisha's location and after she uses her Level Boost magic on me, I'll fuck up the toad abomination and rescue Aisha!'

Nox had created a number of test weapons as he trained hi forging skills just to test out his limits and what he could get away with making. One of these creations was the FU Dagger, a curse weapon so cursed, Shiki can't hold it for long periods of time and only when using his Invictus Shade which possess curse resistance.

Needless to say, since it couldn't be held or even carried safely, it was a failure but one that allowed Nox to acquire more insight into curse tools which was valuable information. Still, if it was just a single attack, then there should be no problem, specially since the Level Boost would also make him stronger and his Invictus Shade more powerful and resistant towards curses.

First, Nox went to the treasury but came across a problem. The wall were made of a material which was both very durable and resistant to magic so he couldn't just phase through so he needed to get creative and think up a way to get in without alerting anyone.

Nox detected no magical reach alarms so he only had to figure out how to enter covertly. First, he found an adjacent room, then he approached the wall that was in contact with the treasury's and activated his Medium Shift to phase through until he touched the metal and could phase no further. Nox had an idea and that was to use the corroding properties of his Invictus Shade to open a hole in the treasury while phasing through the sidewall so nobody would notice.

He made some noise that was heard by the amazoness guards but since the corrosion of Nox's spirit darkness was very strong and effective, he managed to make a small hole, big enough for him to squeeze through, quick enough for the guards not to get suspicious.

Still, Nox was worried that they might report the occurrence but he clearly overestimated the discipline of the members of the Ishtar Familia, clearly, the noise was not enough for them to move their asses from their placement, though Nox was sure they would regret it once the the treasury was found to be empty and they would probably get a punishment even heavier than Aisha's . . .

'But it's as they say . . . 'Out of sight, out of heart!' And so Nox conveniently ignored the fact that he just dumped a whole lot of misfortune onto the guards of the treasury, as he happily shoved all the stuff inside into his Item Box, he would make a proper accounting of his gains later in safety.

His work done, Nox looked at the empty vault a final time with satisfaction.

'Another job well done!' He thought.

Swinging by the roof to pick up the fragments of the Killing Stone because who knows what one might be able to do with them, he was of to Haruhime's location. After he reached it, he paused, from now on, it would be a critical battle of speed. It seemed that Haruhime's guards were right on top of her and if Nox just killed them, she might become scared and uncooperative.

'For my plan to have any chance of success, Haruhime must listen to me so I should avoid traumatizing her at our first meeting . . . Even though it will make things a bit harder, I'll try to just knock them out. My Invictus Shade's spirit darkness can also apply effects like weakening, silence and drowsiness so it should go well enough . . .' Nox though with some uncertainty as he prepared.

Nox recognised the two guards from the original series, Samira, a Level 3 amazoness exotic beauty with a nice well toned body and silver hair and Lena Tally, a Level 2 of the same race with a more childish appearance, both wearing revealing clothes typical of their people.

'Alright, Samira first since she is the stronger of the two, as for Lena, she should be easy pickings even if she can see me coming after I take down her companion. Wait a minute . . . I was thinking of overloading them with debilitating but otherwise harmless curses using my Invictus Shade but don't I have a far more effective method of taking down and adventurer without inflicting harm?'

Thinking this, Nox stealthily approached Samira from behind and suddenly hugged her, restraining her arms and turning her head to the left by holding her chin as he bit down on the right side of her neck. With his Sanguinare Vampiris curse, Nox gained the full vampiric package and that included inducing several sensation through his bite.

So long as he got his fangs into someone, he could make them feel anything from extreme pain to extreme pleasure an even induce hallucinations and cause paralysis. As Lena and Haruhime stared with shock, Samira was knocked out in the most pleasurable way in her life.

Nox, feeling a little inclined towards dramatic lines, then said to Lena in a magnetic voice.

"You shall be the next to feel my fangs, little beauty . . . Hehehe."

But nothing could have prepared him for her response.

"Yes please, BITE ME!" Lena pleaded as she jumped towards Nox and hugged him, showing her neck of her own free will.

"!?" Nox was a bit dumbfounded as was Haruhime by the side.

'Heh!? This was not how it was supposed to go! You should beg for mercy as I creepily stalk you across the room, finally catch you and bite you as you say "NOOoooo!" in a lustful tone from the sensations I'll inflict upon you! . . . Well, Whatever this works too.' He thought as he embraced the young beauty in his arms and sunk his fangs onto her neck.

As Lena passed out with an immensely satisfied and lustful face, Nox then turned to Haruhime who asked.

"W-Who might you b-be!? W-What do you w-want!?" With a trembling voice.

'Oops! I guess I got a little bit too much into it and made her scared anyway . . .'

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