Army of the Damned

VOLUME 16 Chapter 4

"Duchess, may I ask about your opinion on technology as a Native of this world?"

"What is there for me to say? It is extremely convenient. I find it be personally a great way to make life easier." This made Lady Jeanne to reposition herself. "Many say that this caused us to become weaker and dependent on technology. Unable to rise to the challenge when needed. What's your opinion on this? Do you believe for it to be real??"

The Queen immediately replied with her usual stern and straight attitude. "Of course. But at the same time, does your world have catastrophic events that encapsulates the entire world? Nay. From what My Lord had told me, it's all you Humans whom who cause problems to the world. I do not believe there's anything to be ashamed of living a life like that. It's what your world dictates which is true, Man no longer needs to protect its village from Goblin raids or take up the sword to fight against Demons or fight an invading Kingdom loft with glory for your nation's wealth. It's a privileged life, one that means there's peace in most of the world."

She looms over the window for the first time, breaking her eye contact with the Vampire player as she sees the sprawling metropolis outside of the room. "It's a fine life. I'd love for my people to live a life like this, but it's a mere dream that never came to fruition and cost me everything."

"I see, and in terms of the fate of mankind, Duchess. With us being brought here to your world to wage your Gods war, do you have any words you may want to say to not only the people who will be watching this a week from now but also those of Earth when we return?"

She stayed silent, unspeaking and unyielding for a moment before she turned her attention fully to the player. Her hands together and her face as stoic as ever. "To believe in yourselves." the interviewee tilts her head, inching her body closer to the edge of her seat. "May you expand, Duchess?"

"I may sound of one with lofty ideals, but that is never how I act. My words are bereft of bias and uncertainty, what I say holds more power than entire swathes of Royals and thus the sentences I irk out are trialed for those worthy enough to hear my voice." Her head then turned to the camera, as if she's looking at millions or billions of people who are giving her their utmost attention.

"Do not relent to the tides of fate, Mankind, the one I know is never to bow down to the whims of the Gods. Though you may give them your fealty and love, you never let them realm control over your insatiable thirst for connection, power, and wealth. Do not be the people I've met, benign in their objectives, only living for the day. Reach beyond the stars, the Humans of Threa live in a world of chaos and pain and Evil. Yet Kingdoms, Heroes, worthy Kings and Nobles rose to the challenge." Her aura was at a blaze, with a fiery passion and eyes and her body tingling with an aura of a leader, making the Director who was caught up by her words snap for a moment, finding something odd with just how much strength she had.

She then lifts her hand up, pointing at the lens of the camera, her eyes steeled like never before. "I love Humanity, not because I was once a Human myself. That is a time I've long forgotten, a Me that will never return nor will I ever find. I've lived for so long that I even forgot how precious a Human life is. But one Man, who chose to fight, not to bow down against my shaking presence, to fight to the very griths of his teeth made me bow to your kind. Never lose yourself for when the time comes, you might prove yourself worthy to wield the Sword of a King." She looked at Jackson who was enamored by her speech, his jaws open wide by her oration. The producers themselves couldn't help but stand up and clap their hands, as if to forget that they're not Humans but Vampires.

Jackson, who was sitting on the corner with Alana and Bahamut, just gave her a nod. "Dang, she's really good with this, isn't she?" The Countess who was clapping alongside everyone turns her attention to him. "That is our Queen, M'Lord. Her and the King used to do these speeches since the Kingdom was at war many times during her rule. The Human Kingdoms never gave up in their campaign in destroying us. Only stopping to rearm and rest there battle weary warriors."