The longest Day VI

11:30

Hebi-san

It will not suffice.

We did the hypnosis every time Mari Beta exited the void. It was a classic technique to reinforce and strengthen the suggestion. Despite our tremendous skill, that foolish Mari Beta slipped out after merely a few minutes every time.

That will not do.

But even worse, the foolish flat chested human girl appeared to have conjured up a plan of her own.

Should we be outdone by her, we will suffer the greatest of humiliations. That must be avoided at all costs. Mari Beta, fool that he is will achieve victory because of our great contribution.

As such, we will have no other recourse then to debase ourselves.

The undeath woman sat on the sofa with an irritating smirk on her face. Many thralls were present as well. The vast majority of them nude.

“H-hey, Hebi-san, are you sure that this is a good idea? Vampires are sworn enemies of the church.”

The foolish Sexy-Knight was quivering in her boots. How utterly pathetic! Did she not plead to accompany me in order to help her so called Lord? We generously allowed it, merely to prevent her from the humiliation of being completely useless.

In front of us was Priscilla, the Crimson Vampire.

This foolish woman lost in the quarter finals against the Valkyrie who lost in the semi finals, she has thusly no right to act that smugly before us who lost against Mari Beta who is still in the tournament.

We are very much her better.

However

It was mortifying to admit, but when it comes to hypnosis she was very slightly superior then ourselves.

“My…” The vampire impudently sloshed a wine glass with red liquid and took a sip. “A Hebi-san and a Sexy-Knight. What queer bedfellows.”

“I-I have none of your lip, vampire!”, the Sexy-Knight said, whit quite the quivering lip of her own. “I have you know, I have battled with many a fell fiend! You don’t scare me none!”

Gratefully, the vampire didn’t seem to mind the Sexy-Knights garish behavior. “What brings me the unusual pleasure to have you visit my humble abode?”

“It is the holy blade Nikkou that we seek!”, the foolish Sexy-Knight blurted out. “Do you know where we can find it?”

“No.”

“I see.”

The Sexy-Knight abruptly turned herself around. “You have heard the vampire, Hebi. Let us depart…”

I had Gilbert curl around the fools torso and pulled her back. “That is most certainly not why we are here!”

The insolent vampire had the audacity to chuckle at me. “You make for quite the amusing pair. Very well then, what is it you truly crave?”

She gazed upon me with what appeared to be genuine curiosity. Hmph, we were no fool. Naturally, we do understand that we should adopt a more...conciliatory tone if we wish to employ her services. We are capable of such.

“Rejoice, Vampire!”, I began. “We will allow you the honor to be of use to us!”

The Vampire merely chuckled. Impertinent creature! Does she not realize what an honor serving us is? She regarded us with a cool piercing glare. No doubt an attempt at mind control. But she will find no easy purchase in our mind.

“Go on.”

We shall. And explained our proposal. It was exceedingly simple. The crimson vampire would train us in the arts of hypnosis. We would become more proficient and then use our newly gained talent to reinforce Mari Beta’s hypnosis to a much stronger degree. A majestic plan, fitting for us.

Once we finished, the vampire merely stared at us.

“W-well?”, the Sexy-Knight asked, clearly impatient. “What is your answer, vampire?”

Then came yet another soft chuckle. Priscilla pulled one of her thralls on her lap and started to softly stroke her. “You Hebi-san’s are always such adorable creatures. Are you even aware how easily it would be to turn you into my **** right now?”

“Nonsense”, we stated with confidence. “My mental powers are quite capable of resisting you.”

“I will allow you to believe that for now. I happen to find that pride of yours quite endearing”, Priscilla laughed softly. “But what reason would I have to help you? I care little anymore for who wins this game.”

“Then why are you still, grmppffll..!!!”

I stuffed the foolish Sexy-Knights mouth with Gilbert. “Well, there is a very good reason for helping us!”

The vampire played with her plaything and yet it appears we managed to get her interest. “...go on.”

“Our thrall, that foolish Mari Beta has a tendency to be very grateful. No doubt will he reward you handsomely once he emerges victorious.”

“How...tempting”, Priscilla smiled, her thrall appeared to experience an orgasm simply by being petted on her head. “But I believe I will decline. I have no intention of displeasing a Dark Lord...without good cause.”

Unbelievable!

“Insolvent vampire!”, the Sexy-Knight blustered and drew her sword. “Should I find out you hide the Holy Blade Nikkou from me there will be...”

The Sexy-Knight ceased her babbling mid sentence and started to disrobe herself.

Soon enough she was fully nude, save for her sword which she was now using to slash against an imaginary enemy. “Take this vile vampire! I will strike you down, hyaaah!”

Priscilla merely watched with an amused smile on her lips.

“What is this tomfoolery?”, we demanded to know.

“Not now, Hebi!”, the Sexy-Knight interrupted us. “I need to pay attention lest the evil horror manages to enthrall us!”

Finally, with a jump and downward thrust, the Sexy-Knight appeared to have bested whatever she was fighting with.

“It was not an easy bout, but the fell fiend is felled!”, the hypnotized fool declared, panting heavily.

“Very good”, the vampire clapped. “You well and thoroughly vanquished me.”

“I hope you learned your lesson!”, the Sexy-Knight gave a determined and proud nod, only slightly marred by the fact that she was stark naked. “Let us depart Hebi. Our quest here is done.”

Our fellow Galmon then whirled around and moved towards her elevator, shaking her butt shamelessly in the process.

“Sexy-Knights are at their most adorable when they are blusteringly confident, wouldn’t you say?” the crimson vampire stated with amusement. “And blissfully unaware of their own inadequacies. Not unlike yourself.”

We sniffed. “Is that supposed to frighten us? This parlor trick might work on the Sexy-Knight, not with us.”

“No? Then why are you sitting on my lap?”

We blinked a few times, confused, before realization set in and we gasped in shock. We quickly removed ourselves from her grasp.

The crimson vampire made no attempt of stopping us and merely softly chuckled. “I do agree however, this comedy has run it’s course. As a reward for amusing me, I will allow you to leave.”

“How dare…” we gritted our teeth. Never in our life were we that humiliated. Our cheeks were burning brightly.

I...In that case. We have ****.

Our...my knees bend slightly.

Taking a deep breath I started to lower myself.

“Sis!”, there was panic in Gilbert’s tone. “W-what are you doing?”

My face was flush with rage and humiliation. But eventually, my knees touched the ground, as well as my hands.

My entire body felt like it was aflame.

“I...I...implore...you...P...p...ugh...please.”

My vision was hazy. And my mind was spinning around. I barely was able to remain conscious.

“Please...I...I...ha...ha...beg you.”

There was only silence. I couldn’t see the visage Priscilla was making. If she would laugh now, I would no doubt perish right this instance.

“Impressive”, the Crimson Vampire finally stated. “I imagine these so called safety orders are mostly responsible for it, but nonetheless. Quite impressive.”

I had trouble breathing. I can’t lose consciousness now.

“Rise, Hebi-san.”

Still shaking, we did. It appears Gilbert has fainted in the process.

From the back we faintly heard Sanakia calling out to us.

The vampire nodded. “In lieu of your magnificence performance, I have decided to grant you this boon.”

“We are most grateful”, we responded humbly.

“Still, even taking your proficiency in the mental arts into account, it will be rather difficult. Perhaps it might be easier for me to just hypnotize him myself.”

“That is out of the question”, we resolutely stated. “Mari Beta is our thrall. He is our responsibility.”

“Very well”, Priscilla smiled once more. “In that case, come here, child.”

We did not like that notion.

“How else am I to infuse you with my power?” She grinned and showed her fangs.

We couldn’t help but gasp. “That...would mean...you wish to enthrall us?”

“Indeed.” Priscilla seemed rather amused by our ****. “On a purely technical level, I assure you. I have no desire to control you. This will be a power boost with no drawbacks, besides the knowledge that you are my ****.”

We took a deep breath. “How can we trust you?”

“I believe I demonstrated, that I could have assumed control of you at any time since you entered my domain.” She briefly glanced towards the Sexy-Knight who was still waiting. “If you are worried about your nude friend, be at ease. She will regain her desire to wear clothes after a few days.”

The bare Sexy-Knight couldn’t be further from our mind right now. While what the vampire was saying might be true, to debase ourselves to such a degree would be...

“Is your resolve that weak after all? In that case, feel free to join your brave little nudist friend. She is clearly very eager to get out of here.”

…

“You go ahead, Sexy-Knight”, we stated. “We still have business to attend here.”Then we confidently closed the distance to Priscilla. “We will overcome this ordeal.”

The vampire smirked. “We will see.”

She gazed into our eyes and we found ourselves on her lap. For a brief moment she explored our body, trailed it upwards to our neck.

Then, Priscilla plunged her fangs into us.

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Femto’s estimate on victory over Minerva

steel dirks (0.4%/0.2%)

Devil of time(1 hour) (13.6%/6.8%)

Sylphid is doing something (1%/0.5%)

Sanakia is doing something (-2%/-1%)

Gilbert’s hypnosis (+2%/+1%)

Bea is researching (+8%/+4%)

Amber Dominator Mari Beta Void interim (+3%/+1.5%)

Hebi-san’s hypnosis (+4%/+2%)

chances of victory by kill: 28,0%

chances of victory via surrender: 14.0%