The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 115: True Savagery

Marcus POV

"So, they aren't despairing?"

"It seems as though the new leader got them to strike quickly to prevent being destroyed."

"So, they took out their distress on us."

"Yes sir."

"And Lord Gethel canceled the meeting?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, but apparently he's negotiating with a middle-class faction for aid."

The middle class.

Their 500s were like our 400s. Not common, but a lot more common.

Their commanders are typically 600s like Lord Gethel. The Leaders are typically 700s.

"I'm going to torture Heather some more."

"Understood sir."

I went back to my room and froze. The dinner I prepared for myself was gone with a note reading,

"Thanks for the hospitality jack***."

I ran over the the chains and saw the maid that cleaned up my room with a slit throat.

"She killed a level 460 before she could make a noise. Did she pull a ****ing Tokyo G*oul?!"

This was bad.

"ALERT EVERYONE! HEATHER HAS ESCAPED CONTAINMENT!!!"

"YES, SIR!!!"

How did she get out? There is no way she should've gotten stronger; those cuffs restrict both physical power and magic.

Wait, didn't Damien say that the deities of that world trained with those kinds of cuffs? Could she have figured out how to use magic in them? That's impossible.

"If she can use magic inside, her magic outside must be nigh unstoppable."

"Sir?"

"Keep caution, she may be able to use magic inside the cuffs."

"But sir, you'd have to be at least a 500 to even attempt that."

"I know, but that's the only way I think she could've escaped."

400 to 600 was the middle class of higher beings. Only beings in that range could use high magic, but she wasn't even a 200 yet, so if she could escape the cuffs with magic...

I could only imagine her strength once she becomes a higher being.

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I needed to stay quiet and reflect. Kala had a message for me. I look into it and see her sitting on her throne, a sad smile on her face.

"Hello Rose. If you received this, then my worst fears were realized. I am dead, and it is likely that the other shards are too."

Why did you do it?

"I spoke to the other shards, and we came into full agreement. I suspected that we would be put into a position like this ever since our defeat at Sal's hands. So, I took the risk and used system override to swap our names."

Why?

"You are needed. Despite what you like to think, everyone respects you. If you die, the entire faction would be without a proper leader. Remember, you singlehandedly resurrected me, and gave me a reason to live."