The Witch Hunters of the Inquisition

2 Hours Away from Baten,

A woman could be seen squatting down before Dardoch’s corpse, taking notes.

She turns her gaze to the woods, a man walks out.

The man speaks.

Unknown; “9 more dead, cause of ****, unknown.”

Unknown; “This one here seems to have been burned into a crisp by lightning...”

Unknown; “Have you seen this symbol before?” The man asks, throwing at her feet a patch of the robes the dead men had on them.

Unknown; “I have not, it’s probably from some up and coming guild, we’ll need to contact the Inquisition if we want to find out more.”

Unknown; “And these holes in the ground? What do you make of this?” The man asks.

Unknown; “Nine holes, nine dead, 100 meters away from them, whatever killed those guys, came from the ground up...”

Unknown; “We have no knowledge of such a creature...”

Unknown; “We don’t, can this really be his doing? To me it doesn't look that way,” she replies, closing her notebook and getting up.

Unknown; “He’s imprisoned, that’s what she said, sister, if this is really him, if he decided to go against the pact he made, even WE won’t be able to stop him.”

Unknown; “We’re not here to do that, remember? We’re only here to observe the outcome of his trial, and if this is not his doing? Then who? Who else can possess this much power around these parts?”

Unknown; “We’ll find out more once we reach Baten.”

Unknown; “If there’s any Baten left...”

Unknown; “It will be, if this creature that did this possesses intellect, it will run away in fear, once it sees him.”

The man puts his index finger around his ear.

Unknown; “Contact me with Elaria...”

He waits for a few seconds.

The man starts describing what he saw, the symbol and the potential of a new creature existing, that they did not know.

Unknown; “Understood, we won’t fail you Grand Master, Elaria.”

Unknown; “Did she say anything about the symbol?”

Unknown; “The Blood of the Goat, a rogue association from Ariel that deals with **** dealing, extortion, kidnappings and other stuff like that.”

Unknown; “From Ariel? What the fuck are they doing here?”

Unknown; “Probably sent here to kill someone, and it seems like they failed their mission,” the man stated, stepping with his foot on Dardoch’s head skeleton, destroying it.

Unknown; “What’s our new objective?” The woman asked him.

Unknown; “We have a second goal, other than the outcome of the trial, we have to find out who this creature is and capture it alive, Elaria wants to study it,” he responds.

Unknown; “Well… off to Baten, then…”

---

Baten;
The Guild;

As Ramiel approached the guild, he observed the desolate streets; the townsfolk had either retreated indoors or gathered at the town square. It became apparent that his presence prompted a cautious withdrawal, evidenced by the closing windows as he passed.

Upon reaching the Baten guild, he encountered an unusual sight inside. A cat-girl lay asleep with her face pressed against the counter. Deciding to announce his arrival, Ramiel approached and rang the bell positioned nearby.

The cat-girl merely shifted positions without waking, prompting Ramiel to escalate his efforts. He struck the counter with his hand, causing it to tremble. The sudden impact succeeded in rousing the kitten from her slumber.

Unknown; “Kyaaaa!!!” She screams, while looking around, she finally notices him standing in front of her.

She starts brushing her eyes with the back of her wrists.

Ramiel waited for her to finish.

She goes back to sleep.

Ramiel; “Ughhh…..” Hescoffed, hitting the counter again.

Unknown; “Stop doing that, nya!” She shouts at him.

Ramiel; “Don’t you work here, nyaa?” Ramiel asked, in a condescending manner.

Unknown; “The guild is closed until tomorrow, come back tomorrow, nyaaa,” She responds, going back to sleep.

Upon hearing the strikes that Ramiel made to wake the cat girl up, Marina comes down from upstairs to see what was going on.

Marina; “Didn’t I tell you to come tomorrow? And you! Stop sleeping!” Marina shouted, hitting the cat girl on the head with her book.

Unknown; “Nyaaa!! Lady Marina! Scarrrryyy~” She responds, scratching her head.

Ramiel; “I came here looking for someone, I was told she may be here,” Ramiel stated, looking around the empty Guild.

Marina; “The guild closed for today, only Arriana and I are here right now.”

Ramiel; “Guess I made the trip for nothing then,” Ramiel stated as he started walking away.

Marina; “Who were you searching for?” Marina asked, stopping him from leaving.

Ramiel; “Ardun’s daughter, Ruya told me maybe I could find her here.”

Marina; “She’s not here right now, she took a quest and will probably come back later tonight.”

Ramiel; “Okay, thank you for the info, see you tomorrow morning...” Ramiel stated, as he turned around, waving his hand in the air as a goodbye.

Before he could leave the Guild, he is stopped yet again by Marina.

Marina; “One sec,” she says, turning her look to Arriana.

Marina; “Don’t you want to introduce yourself? He’s the guy you’ll be testing tomorrow,” she replied still looking at Arriana.

Arriana; “So this is the guy?” Arriana asked in a calm and cold voice.

Arriana turns her gaze onto Ramiel and locks eyes with him.

Her cheerful demeanor changed, her tired look changed, mana started to leash out of her body, her entire face changed from a cute looking cat girl to a monster without any contempt for Ramiel's life or anyone else's, in a split second she turned into malice itself.

This did not affect Ramiel and he wasn't surprised by it either.

He knew already way too well, all the cat girls that the Guild uses as quest dealers were no mere pushovers, they were set in place by the guild to stop any and all of those that may cause troubles for the guild, a single cat girl of the guild could wipe out an entire A+ guild without any effort, and the one who stood before him was no different.

However, they are not allowed to meddle in any other business that does not revolve around the guild.

Marina knew why she asked Arriana to introduce herself, she wanted to see Ramiel's reaction, his reaction to Arrie’s true self.

Marina; “No reaction? Not even to her? Does he know about the quest dealers? Even so, Arrie is by far stronger than me, he does not seem to react even to her, I’ll definitely need to speak with Ardun about this, is Ramiel the same as him? Do they know each other? If so, we’ll need to get him out of our town immediately, Zellos may be a problem right now, but compared to another being that stands on the same level as Ardun….. We can’t deal with another one like that running around our town without knowing his true intentions, or his relationship with Ardun,” Marina thought.

Arriana stops and changes back into her cheerful self.

She goes towards Ramiel and bows down, introducing herself.

Arrie; “Arriana Grandia, quest dealer, B size boobs..” she says, slightly disappointed, pumping them up with her hands.

Arrie; “A little more in the back,” she says, pointing her butt to Ramiel.

Arrie; “But look at my cute face! Nyaa…” she says, going near him, almost face to face.

She is stopped by Marina, as she hits Arrie in the head with her book, again.

Marina; “Go upstairs!” Marina shouts at her.

Arrie; “Meanieee…. You want him all to yourself,” She says to Marina, as she turns back, going towards the stairs.

Marina blushes.

Marina; “I… I…. Do not!” Marina shouts.

Ramiel; “But what if I want you?” He asked, laughing.

Marina; “Stop…. with the jokes, I’m already seeing someone, and like I said, Lidica is not here, but I should tell you, Lidica is….”

Ramiel; “A bit weird?” He responded, stopping her.

Marina; “You could say that…. but how did you…”

Ramiel; “Ruya…”

Marina; “I see... Come here tomorrow, and you better be prepared, Arrie does not like to hold back, I’ll have Meliana on standby tomorrow, our healer, just in case…”

Ramiel; “Relax, I'm not going to hurt Arrie.”

Marina; “Ughhh….. Just who the heck are you?”

Ramiel gently smiles.

She scratches her head in frustration.

---

Ardun’s Manor;

Zellos can be seen near the entrance of the estate, two guards closing the gate as a carriage leaves the manor, Zellos waits for a few seconds, watching the carriage leave and goes back into the mansion.

As he was about to reach the bedroom he is stopped by one of Ardun’s maids.

Andra; “Master Zellos…. I need to…”

Zellos; “Not now, Andra!” He shouts at her.

Andra; “But... I need to tell you ….”

Zellos; “Not now!” He shouts at her, again.

Zellos enters the master bedroom and sees the two Inquisition members, two chairs were placed in front of each other, upon one of them stood the female inquisitor.

Zellos turned his gaze onto the other one, he was drawing with his finger using magic, something on the wall.

Zellos goes towards the male inquisitor, he noticed the drawing, it was a human female fucked doggy style by a man.

Zellos; “What’s this?”

Unknown; “This is a human female turned into a dog,” The inquisitor responds, folding his hands behind him.

Zellos; “Please exit my bedroom this instant...”

Unknown; “Please sit, this instant...” The inquisitor responds, moving his hand gently pointing towards the empty chair.

Zellos; “Who are you?”

Hansel; “My name is Hansel, that one right there is Gretel.”

Zellos; “Good, understood, Andra, call all the guards here!” Zellos shouts to her.

Hansel; “And the people say the guards are not efficient, you just called them and they’re already here.”

Zellos; “Since when are you members of my guards?”

Gretel; “In our free time, other than that we hunt witches, monsters and everything in between,” Gretel said in a calm and condescending tone.

Zellos; “I want to see your badges.”

Hansel; “Do I look like a royal police guard that shows his badge? Sit the fuck down.”

Zellos; “Who the hell do you think you’re talking to? One Zone call and I will have both of your heads.”

Gretel gets up from the chair.

She grabs Zellos by the hair and throws him in the chair.

Gretel; “Sit…. the … fuck… down..”

She stands behind Zellos, her hand still grabbing his hair.

Hansel sits on the chair in front of Zellos, and puts his palm in front of his face, with the other he attempts to mimic a pen, he starts to look at his hand as if it was a note and mimics as if he would've read something from it.

Hansel; “Zellos Fullbuster, 44 years old born in Germa, finished school with a major in music…Wow!... *Hansel leans over Zellos* Is it true that if you mouth fuck an opera singer and she starts hitting those high pitch noises you enter nirvana? Huh? Ha! Ha! Ah! HA! *Hansel attempts to mimic as if he was cumming..* That’s what I heard… I don’t know… I majored in blacksmithing… lathe and anvil… unlucky me… good, afterwards, he joins the guild, you abandoned the magical flute… pragmatic boy… quits the guild three years ago, buys land… married, two children…. I'm missing something here…”

From behind Zellos, Gretel gently starts caressing his chest, slowly and slowly going down, towards Zellos's cock, sympathetically caressing his cock, before swiftly removing her hand.

Gretel; “Small dick...”

Hansel; “Seems like it,” Hansel stated, watching Zello’s crotch.

Hansel; “Ahhh…. Yes! I remembered… he attempts to fuck Marina, Lidica and this entire town...”

Zellos; “What?”

Gretel; “Whaaaat?”

Hansel; “Whaaaaat?” Hansel says, leaning over Zellos.

The room is silent for a few seconds.

Zellos; “How fucking dare you, you fucking …” Zellos says, attempting to get up.

Gretal pushes him by the head back into the chair and holds her hand in place.

Hansel; “Well, I… I don’t dare, because differently than you I met Ardun, and I wouldn't dare touch anything with a pussy that he cares about…” Hansel says, slapping Zellos on his cheek a few times.

Gretel; “Lucky for you, you're nobody, and we didn’t come for you...”

Hansel; “As my sister so eloquently put it, lucky for you, you’re a nobody and we’re not here for you, we’re here for Marina with the sweet fluffy bread plump ass and for, especially for, Ardun…. ne… zhan.”

Zellos; “Good, I want to call my lawyer, in Gazim.”

Hansel; “I wanna call my lawyer… hehehehe...” Hansel stated, attempting to mimic a theater act.

Hansel; “Is this a theater act from Ariel? No, so you can even call Damien’s mother.”

Gretel; “Yeah, but don’t attempt to fuck her, Damien is quick to anger.”

Hansel; “And without wanting so, I’ve become a blood spiller of the innocent… ending quote,” Hansel says, attempting to mimic Damien and his voice.

Hansel leans back on his chair and gives an sadistic smile as he watches Zellos.

A dark and gritty tone feels in the room.

---

Baten;
The Inn;
2 hours later;

Ramiel walked back into the Inn, he noticed that Ruya was talking to someone, she seemed like an adventurer, on a distant table at the back of the Inn, stood two people, he immediately noticed by their cloths who they were, they were from the Inquisition, yet he did not understood why they were here, as the Inquisition deals with beats not people.

Unknown; “This is not adequate! The dark princess chambers must be dark and gloomy!” The adventurer shouted at Ruya, pouting.

Ruya; “Uhh… Lidica, you used to live in a mansion covered by flowers and green fields,” Ruya responds with a sigh.

Lidica; “The princess chambers were below the cellar!” She responds, all proud of herself.

Ruya; “Ahhh! Lidica! This is the guy I was talking about, he wanted to meet you,” Ruya said, looking at Ramiel, giving him a “Please save me!” look.

Lidica turns her gaze towards Ramiel.

Ramiel; “I’m not an adventurer, yet, I am to take the test tomorrow.”

Lidica; “Then, the princess is not interested with you, leave her presence...”

Ramiel; “So that’s what they meant,” he thought.

Ramiel bows down on one knee before her, kissing her hand.

Ramiel; “My princess, this foolish human merely wished to talk with you, I understand that I am not adequate yet for the princess’s time, but a humble request if I may from a mere commoner, he wishes that you will be present tomorrow morning during his test.”

Lidica; “Hmph! The princess has taken interest, she will be present during this commoner's test, if the commoner fails, the princess shall demand reward for her wasted time!” She responds, all red as a tomato.

Ruya; “I believe I still have some black curtains and bedsheets, Lidica, I’ll go take a look and come to your room with them,” Ruya stated, leaving.

Before leaving, Ruya whispers in Ramiel's ear.

Ruya; “You shouldn’t entertain her act, but don’t be too mean to her either, she’s a good person.”

Ian comes down from his room.

Ian; “Lidica!!! You’re back!” He says, running towards her, embracing her.

Lidica; “Yes, the princess has arrived, look at this!” She stated, pointing at a small scar on her left hand.

Ian; “Whoaaaaaa!! What happened!?”

Lidica; “The mighty dark princess was cornered, she had three basilisks on her left, two more on her right, in the center, a flying LEVITHAN! She takes up her sword!...”

Ian; “Whoaaa! What happened next? What happened next?” Ian responds, all excited.

They start walking upstairs.

Lidica; “With a single slash, the princess cuts the two basilisks in half! She looks at the other three, they start trembling upon seeing the princess’s power! She jumps at them and….”

Ramiel could not hear her story anymore as they were slightly getting further and further away from him.

He sat at a table, near enough the Inquisitors, he wanted to hear what they were talking about, why they were here.

As he was sitting down, they both noticed Ramiel looking at them.

They both get up, walking towards his table.

Hansel; “Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Ahhhhh!!” Hansel says, hitting Ramiel's table with the beer mug, after gulping the entire beer.

Gretel; “I can assure you that there are no leviathans or basilisks in this area,” Gretel stated, sitting down at Ramiel's table.

Ramiel; “That’s a shame...”

Hansel; “Hahahahha! I like this guy!” Hansel stated, smacking Ramiel on the back.

After he did that, as his hand touched Ramiel's back, he quickly backed off.

Gretel gave him an anxious look.

They both look at each-other for a few seconds.

Hansel starts laughing again.

Hansel; “Hahahaha! I’m sorry, Huck! Huck! I’m a bit drunk, let’s go to our room sis, and have some fun,” Hansel says, stumbling as he walks upstairs.

Gretel; “Ughhhh….. I’m not quite in the mood, but sure, I guess,” Gretel says, while getting up from the chair.

She looks back at you.

Gretel; “Don’t go anywhere for a few days, not until I get to have my fun with you,” she tells Ramiel.

Ramiel; “Or I, with you.”

She gives him a smirk and starts walking up the stairs.

Hansel stops from his drunk act near their door.

Gretel; “What’s wrong?”

Hansel; “I believe we just found what we’re looking for...”

They were stopped from talking by Ruya who just left Lidica’s room.

Ruya; “Tell me if you need anything else, I’ll be at the bar.”

Gretel; “We won’t be needing anything right now, Ruya, thank you.”

As Ruya attempts to leave she is stopped by Hansel.

Hansel; “Miss Ruya, the guy from earlier, the one that was talking with the adventurer girl, is he a friend of Ardun?”

Ruya; “Ohhh, no, Ramiel came to this town two days ago, he is new to our town, and our savior too, as you both probably know, being members of the Inquisition, what is happening... right now, Ramiel payed for almost everyone’s taxes, he’s a nice kid, although I can provide any other information as I do not know it.”

Gretel; “Two days ago you say....”

Now they were both sure, they found their culprit.

---

Meliana POV;

Ardun’s Manor;
Ardun’s bedroom;

Andra; “Master Zellos is waiting for you, Meli, right through this door.”

Meliana; “Thank you Andra.”

Meliana enters the room.

Zellos was sitting down on a chair, blood all over the floor, Zello’s blood.

Meliana runs right at him.

Meliana squats down in front of Zellos, he was naked, only wearing a white towel covering his genital area, the towel was filled with blood. Zellos had cuts all over his body, blood was still dripping down from the cuts, on his forehead, the word, “Idiot” was carved through his skin with a knife it seemed, his ankle bones were cut to the point his bones could be seen.

Zellos turned his gaze at her, as she was squatting down, her panties could be seen, pink thongs pulled above her waist, her pussy hair was showing, he smirked as he saw them.

Meliana was concerned with the injured human in front of her and did not realize, being brought up by the church as a cleric, it was in her nature to care for others, especially the ones that required her healing.

Meliana; “What happened?”

Zellos; “Had to answer some questions that I did not quite like to answer.”

Meliana; “Well, serve you right, for what you did to this town.”

Zellos; “I can assure you I did nothing that I was not tasked with by the crown to do, here heal this first,” Zellos says, lifting both his hands up.

His fingernails were pulled off, his fingers were at the dorsal side of the hand, pulled backwards.

Meliana; “For you, I require payment, 20 gold, if you want me to heal you...”

Zellos; “20 gold? Are you insane, woman?”

Meliana; “20 gold or no deal,” Meliana states, as she gets up, going to the door.

Zellos; “Fine! 20 gold, take them from the bag on the desk.”

Meliana goes to the desk and grabs the bag, she takes 20 gold coins.

She sees the emblem of the coins.

Meliana; “Where did you get this?”

Zellos; “From the people of this town, from the taxes, ask them where they got it from.”

Meliana holds the bag tightly to her heart and stops for a second upon realizing who paid for the people's taxes.

Zellos; “Don’t just stand there, you dumb broad, I’ve payed you, heal me the fuck up!” Zellos shouts at her.

Meliana did not like to heal Zellos, but she needed the money, for the people of the town and for Ramiel and her as well, she knew that creating a guild came with a cost, they both needed money, that’s what she told herself.

Meliana squats down, again, in front of Zellos and starts chanting, a light mana bubble envelops Zellos, Meliana starts to heal him to the best of her abilities.

The healing process lasted for about 10 minutes.

Zellos gets up from his chair, not a wound on him.

His towel fell off, his dick was up, pointing right at her face.

Meliana is slightly aroused, but more then that, unsettled by what she sees and quickly backs off.

Zellos; “How about this, for 20 more gold coins, me and you get on that bed and I'm destroying your hairy cunt for a bit?” Zellos asked.

Meliana; “Ha!?” Meliana quickly adjust her dress as soon as she realizes.

Meliana; “Get the fuck away from me! If you don’t want me to turn you back as you were when I found you!” Meliana shouts at him.

Zellos; “You won’t be able to say no, in a few days,” Zellos whispers with a snigger on his face.

Meliana goes to the door.

SLAP!!

Zellos; “Bye... Next time, come here faster, you dumb broad,” Zellos states as he forecefully slaps Melaina's bubbly butt.

Meliana grunted in frustration as she was leaving.