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Chapter 11 by dearnise dearnise

How do you respond?

Subtly expose the imposter.

"What do you mean that's not the real Cielina in front of me?" You ask Vessa in whispers.

"I can sense a foul aura around her." Vessa whispers into your ear. "The women around her cannot sense it. I do nae know if any of her sisters are magically attuned enough to sense it either."

"What aura is she exhibiting?" You ask her in whispers.

"A demoness." Vessa whispers to you. "Please be careful in how you expose the demoness. We may not have the enchantments to take her down yet, and we do nae know what she is capable of, or where she may be hiding the real queen."

"Ahem!" Queen Cielina interrupts. "May we continue our talks, King Bryce?"

"Aye, of course." You tell her.

Vessa steps back to her original position, as you watch Maricara do the same. Your normal talks with Cielina continue, as she talks more in detail about what she wants, and what her people can offer in return. As she talks, you hear more about the total number of people in her tribe, which is 3x the number of people she took on this expedition. You also hear about the other tribes, which are rivals to Thessia, and how one tribe seem to be doing the same she is trying to do herself. All the while, you continue to wait for an opportunity to try & expose what the person in front of you truly is.

"Any men you can spare will be a great boon for my tribe." Cielina tells you. "My sisters and I have big plans, not just for the tribe, but for all the Amazon Islands."

"Big plans, Cielina?" You ask her. "Does it only pertain to your sisters' need to breed? Or perhaps you have other, more darker plans for them?"

"We will breed with them," Cielina tells you, "as is our custom. They...they will make our daughters stronger, smart, ready to take on the dangers far beyond our islands."

"Far beyond your home islands?" You ask her. "Is that why you came to Motania? You have bigger plans than just taking men, resources, and other luxuries, no? Surely, you and your sisters tend to take only what you need, without all of the excessive luxuries found elsewhere."

"Our...our needs have changed some since I began to unify the tribes." Cielina tells you, her voice cracking. "The bigger picture now....is....far beyond....what you foolish men can comprehend."

"My queen," one of the Amazon soldiers ask Cielina, "are you alright?"

"I-I-I....I'm fine!" Cielina tells the soldier.

"Lacking confidence in talking to a young king with years of wisdom and knowledge gained by his teacher?" You ask Cielina. "Aren't you Amazon queens supposed to be brave, bold, and confident? Or perhaps you just happen to be some creature that encountered the real queen, and decided to take her place."

"You..." Cielina, or the apparent fake one, tells you, "...you fool!"

You watch as she stands in front of you, and raises her arms upward. A sudden flash of light follow, startling you and everyone else inside the building. When it fades, you find a tall, busty, yet seemingly powerful succubus taking the place of where Cielina stand. Her pale skin & body looks humanlike, except her fingers are like claws, and her feet are like the hooves of a horse. A wave of pale green hair goes down to the small of her back, and you can see the pair of thick, ram-like horns. Her eyes are a pale yellow, and they are definitely glowing. Moreso, you see another succubus that has taken Maricara's place, similar in size, except she has lavender-colored hair, and her own ram-like horns are smaller in size.

"Our plans are ruined, sister!" The green-haired succubus tells the other one. "We were supposed to reap in some innocent blood, to open a gateway for our mother!"

"We can still do it, sister!" The other succubus speaks out. "We just wait for them to come find their precious queen!"

"Come and try finding her & her master spy inside the volcano to the northeast, human!" The green-haired one speaks out. "We will relish offering your blood, body, and soul to our master!"

With a loud hiss, the succubi start to fight their way out, crashing through the ceiling of the village chief's home, and into the rainy sky. Your royal guards, and the Amazon soldiers make attempts to take them down, but you order your men to stand down, so that they can be tracked to the said volcano. That's when you find that the succubi had knocked Vessa down, on their way out. So as you go and tend to Vessa, the officer that had been in charge of the barricades and escorted you in comes in, with a wave of soldiers behind her.

"What happened?!" The officer asks you. "Where's Queen Cielina?!"

"Kidnapped by a pair of demons we call succubi, and taken to a volcano in the northeast--more than likely Mt. Sargasso." You tell her. "They can siphon the life & soul out of their victims, to help disguise themselves as anyone they meet, or form their own human-like features based on their victims. Did you & your fellow Amazons notice or hear anything strange when you first landed here?"

"Well..." the officer tells you, "...we did hear some strange flapping sounds about two nights after we took the village. Now that I think about it, I went to inform my queen about it, and she said not to worry about it."

"Well we need to find where they're keeping your queen captive," you tell her, "and maybe your master spy, as well."

"Are you going to bring your army?" The officer asks you.

"You bring your sisters," you tell her, "and I will bring my army. I may not be as strong in swordplay as your queen, but I learned much about various creatures in my studies."

Shall we have Bryce gather his forces, and help the Amazons rescue their queen?

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