Supreme Monarch



After quickly eliminating one of the newcomers, Rain's gaze calmly swept across the room. There was nobody here who could begin to rival her, but she found the Single Digit elite whom she had seen in Number 10's memories and knew of his scheduled arrival today. 

One of the underlings that accompanied him wore a hooded robe. The robe was black, stitched together with magic-resistant materials originating the threads from blood moths, enchanted with various magical effects. 

Rain could not see the face under the hood, but she could feel the natural essence in the air shifting in his direction. 

 A spirit. 

 Indeed, the translucent limps that extended from his robes gave him away as one of the rarest creatures in the world, spirits. Their race were solitary creatures and usually bound to their source sharing a similar existence with nymphs. 

The group's sole remaining female was dressed in a practically see-through cotton dress as she flapped her bat-like wings and floated above the ground. She then pulled out a pair of Urumi that was attached to her waist. 

The next male was dressed in a loose cotton outfit as well. He shared similar demonic features with the lady. He was dressed in baggy pants and an high-top boots. His weapon was a fencing saber but the Mana around him swirled around his blade indicating he was more of a magic swordsman than a fencer.

With the naked furred beastgirl already dead from her first attack, the last was the leader of this group, the Single Digit known as Nine.

The four of them had grown cautious after the assassination of one of their own as they began to advance on her, the robed spirit slammed his staff to the ground and the entire room rumbled and massive arms shot out from the ground.

 In the next moment, several large earth golems rose from the soil as they instinctively moved to encircle Rain.

"You must be the so-called emissary from Darknar. Not bad, I heard the assassination skills of dark elves were legendary. Seeing how you could take someone like 15 unaware, even with her enhance senses as a fey, I'm guessing the rumors were true."

 The somewhat ethereal voice from underneath the hood of the black robe as he commanded his earth golems to entrap the emissary, echoed across the room. 

"Even if 15 was the weakest one here, to think you were able to assassinate her with a single attack that's impressive. However, we didn't get ranked so highly in the organization for no reason. None of your stealth skills will work on us again. Grand Magic - Stardust Fall."

 The succubus immediately cast a spell as countless specks of light flew out of her fingernails like fireflies and encompassed the entire room. 

 These specks of light could not be interacted with by any physical force and would expose the presence of any creature using any stealth-based abilities under its light. This was a spell of the 4th tier used by mages with a weak magic sense against rogue-type enemies reducing their efficiency by half. 

 This was simply meant to confirm the presence of any other enemies hiding in the shadows. 

 Seeing as no more enemies were lurking in the shadows to ambush them, 14 smiled as Nine moved forward and asked a question. 

"I'd like to know something before you die. Even if 10 was weak, she was more cautious than 15 and had several specialized magic items on her to boost her skills. The only person amongst the Royal capable of taking her down should have no reason to. So were you the one that captured Number 10?"

 A strange smile adorned Rain's face as she titled her head rather cutely in response to Nine's question. 

"Capture? I suppose so."

 Nine's brows twitched for a moment before his expression returned to normal. If anything, their was more of a sense of relief from his current demeanor. 

"I see. If that's the case then you must be with the item we're looking for. Someone like you would have no idea how to use such an item so I'll advise you to hand it over immediately."

"An item? Do you mean those worthless rings on her fingers? Not sure why you'd consider such things to be so valuable though. Hmm, perhaps your organization isn't as impressive as I assumed. How unfortunate."

 Rain spoke with a delighted smile as she completely ignored the massive earth golems around her and chuckled. 

"Don't play dumb with me you brat! You know what I'm talking about you worm! Hand over the hourglass this instant or suffer the consequences."

 Rain tilted her head in a smirk. 

 "Do you mean this? I was wondering why such a thing was in her possession. Must be important if you came all this way for it."

 A strange-looking hourglass appeared at some point in her hand as she spun it around in the tip of her index finger in a careless manner tossing the item in the air before it suddenly disappeared without a trace. 

 "You bitch!"

 A vein bulged in Nine's forehead as his aura exploded, pushing the specks of light to the edge of the room before everything suddenly returned to normal. 

 "I see, so you really did defeat 10. How unfortunate. I suppose that's why you appear confident standing in front of us, how laughable. Do you think that item will help you against us, we'll have to knock some sense into you."

"Such confidence... I take it, you must be the Single Digit member called Nine, am I right? I heard a lot about you." 

 Seeing as his brief display hadn't done anything to intimidate his opponent made Nine frown slightly as he observed the elf more carefully than he had done previously. 

"Ah, yes. Trying to bluff uh? It's impossible for anyone to break a Numbered elite so don't bother lying to me. Despite how worthless she was, she was still a Numbered elite."

A scornful expression appeared on one of the four. Rain sighed as she brought the hourglass back into her hand before tossing it into her left hand and returning to her storage space. 

"What are you doing? Do you think we can't get it back after we kill you?"

 "Never mind that. Can you please tell me where I can find the true base of Numbers? I mean the place where all the Single Digits are gathered."

 "Hahahaha... What, are you trying to be funny."

Her opposition was still sneering at her as they answered her question with a question. Rain calmly replied:

"Not really, I've never been the funny type... Hmmm, I wonder if Lord Ty likes any jokes? I should look into that."

"How annoying. There's no longer any point to this conversation, preparations have been completed. Let's just kill her now."

"Hold on."

"What? Ready to beg for your life?"

 Just as three of the four were about to pounce on her. Rain raised her palm to indicate the other party to halt, which has completely stomped them all.

 She then moved both her hands into her storage space and pulled out an excessively massive battle axe that slammed into the ground causing the floor to crack and the room, slightly tremble. 

 "That's—"

 Indeed, that was the weapon belonging to the Numberless Lion-kin that had accompanied number 10 to the Viscount mansion. 

"This is a rare occasion, so why don't you all come at once? This is my first time using such a brutish weapon so I might not be able to control my strength perfectly and my aim might be a bit off, so it's better if you all attack at the same time."

 Everyone including Nine was at a loss for words as they all stared blankly at Rain for several seconds before somebody finally broke the silence. 

"...You talk big for a mere dark elf."

"You must be feeling cocky because you managed to defeat 10, huh? But believe me, you haven't seen what real power looks like?"

The smile on Rain's face grew wider as she heard those words. While she was currently restraining her aura the best she could. Even for mortals, these four should've been able to sense her presence despite her lack of animosity towards them. 

 Perhaps they possess skills or items that protect them from intimidation and fear. This was something that would be considered a given for people in the underworld yet now, it was working against them as they constantly seem to be underestimating her. 

 Rain casually picked up the massive battle axe that had dug into the ground with a single arm as she gently rested it on her shoulders and smirked.

 "For the so-called elites of Numbers, do you think it's a good idea to look down on someone that was able to take down one of your own so easily?"

"Please don't flatter yourself. Number 15 was far weaker than we are just like that fool 10. It's easy to tell from your weak aura alone that the only thing to worry about is those bracelets on your arms. Did you really think we wouldn't notice the presence of an artifact?"

 "Indeed. You must think possessing those artifacts will give you the edge against us but don't think you can activate their abilities in our presence elf."

"I see... So you have the ability to prevent the activation of artifacts. That's actually impressive, I'm almost tempted to take you all alive now. Nah, just one will do."

Rain could gauge her opponent's strength with magic sense and by the potency of their aura as well. However, much like her other ability, it would be difficult to tell if her opponents were concealing their strength with skills or magic and it was even possible to inflate one's aura with buff skills to provide one's enemy with false data. 

"That's why, we're giving you a chance. We'll come to you one at a time, so—"

"—There's no need for that. Let's get straight to the point. I'll be fighting as a warrior today, so come at me with worms."

Rain flexed her fingers, taunting them to come at her.

"My usual style and skills are all geared towards assassination, so this way, at least one of you might survive."

"This bitch! Don't you dare underestimate us?"

The hooded spirit known as Thirteen Shoulders trembled in fury.

"Underestimate you? Please... I'm an assassin, I do not underestimate my targets. You're the ones underestimating your opponent even under such conditions. Jeez... I wasted enough time talking with morons like you, let's put an end to this."

 Rain stepped forward and swung the battle ax at the empty air as lightly as she could. Yet, the air split as the wind pressure alone forcing the four to take a step back. 

 The ground beneath her feet caved in as she completely disappeared from their view leaving behind a storm in her wake.

 "I'll start with you."