Seeker of Thrones 10-142
Chapter: 10
Pity the covetous, for their wealth will turn to dust;
Pity the unrighteous, for their words will not be heard;
Pity the wicked, for their deeds will turn into daggers and plunge into their own chests;
They shall be bound with fetters and crushed under the great stones of their own evil.
Pity the Dragon and Venerate the Count! IA!
Ah! If it isn’t Princess Jack Moonshine, the most elegant and dare I say sexy of Red Devils, she has done well trying to detain the ship, and I am proud beyond belief! So tiny, as well… Just like the old days…
Princess Jack Moonshine is a gift to the world.
Time to leave the massive clusterfuck we caused behind for somebody else to clean up!
It’s good to be the protagonist, isn’t it?
The task of cleaning up only begins when the mess finishes messing up, when the train completes its wrecking.
But that doesn’t apply here. Not really. The war that just started won’t stop here. It will grow and spread, like a wildfire. Like a cancer. All throughout creation. Until nothing is left but ash and blood.
Kirk the SHIT out of the situation.
Pah, cleaning up is for the help.
Well, I mean, Mottom can rightfully claim like 99% of this one, but in general yeah.
Que https://youtu.be/2bosouX_d8Y
More like: https://youtu.be/04F4xlWSFh0
This was wonderful mood music, thank you.
Alternate: https://youtu.be/gKrkQUBysMk?t=46s
I was thinking more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0dyP-S10u0
Will also accept https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9tKwSboJeg
Fly, Sisters- May your haste bring temporary peace in this quest of kings
All that and you ain’t even killed a Demiurge yet, Allison.
Divede et impera. Let them kill each other and enjoy yourself!
Though of course there’s also JAGGANOTH who probably waited for exactly such a mess all the way.
Nay, She hast cut short fell Mottom’s eternity of hunger. Now, wretched Nadia will wither away no matter how much she gorges herself.
Bah. ‘Tis just a flesh wound!
And the bad man was no more.
Nonsense. ‘Tis only a flesh wound. Oscar will walk it off.
It takes more than a clip to the side to put down a real Bad Man. He didn’t get those “evil” patterned pants for nothing.
Throwing him to the most horrible foes you’ve recently aggrieved is the path to many unhappy returns
The mouse over text indicates he’s had worse.
Once again the crisis was averted!
And yet… and yet somehow I just can’t shake that odd feeling of
impending doom.
“Oh that’s just perfectly ordinary paranoia. Everyone in the universe gets that.”
Quote originator: … … Unimportant
The gold pouring out of the vault alone!
Let this be a lesson. Diversify your holdings, my lovelies. What is coin of the realm one day may be roofing material the next.
Pity the peaceful for they know not what wars are brewing.
And we’re off!
Bad man down.
I bet Jagganoth and incubus are just staring out their windows wondering what the fuck just happened.
I bet Jagganoth is like “On move!” and writes “fullfilled” near another point in his omniverse-destruction agenda,
Incorrect, Incubus was staring out of Allison’s windows the whole time
I like to think that Allison cut off Incubus’ means of spying after unifying her personalities together. Also, don’t forget that Incubus had to jet off to a meeting with Jagganoth, so now they’re probably just staring out from the Spire of Lethyx having a fucking hoot over the situation. Though Incubus is probably utterly baffled as to what happened between the point where she went underwater and…well, this.
…But we agree that he’s wondering what the fuck just happened, right? Not every day you get to witness the start of a universal war.
Hold your words of celebration, fellow Royalists
They have not escaped. The Path of Royalty does not allow for rest, only reprieve.
The Mother Empress still lives, and the Universal War has been rekindled.
Their struggle has yet to begin.
Violence is inescapable, said the wise frog.
Mammon is violating City ordnance by giving money to everyone else.
Seriously, this amount of Gold falling into the hands of the greedy public will overthrow Thrones society. I can see the guilds claiming most of it but what will they do with it once they realize it’s worthless if everyone can go near Yre and have more?
While your analysis is astute on paper, my hamster possessing friend, these concerns are ultimately moot. Universal War has been declared. Do not suppose this battle will be solely confined to Yre, infinite and recursive though those confines may be. It will spread outward, quickly and inexorably.
So what if a few (billion) coins should be cast upon Throne? Those who claim them do so at their own peril, as the fighting inevitably spills out into the surrounding areas. Just as further pockets of fighting will start up all around the multiverse, once the Demiurges send word to their thousands of generals that war has been declared. All the wealth in Yre, while considerable, will seem a paltry sum compared to the wealth of universes that will be spent in the coming conflict.
War being bad for business in multiple senses, Throne has far more to worry about than hyperinflation.
The lesson of Samura beckons. The guild that monopolizes the breach will have unthinkable power.
The guild that permits its rival to monopolize the breach will face unthinkable suffering.
My fellow Ominous Traders are going to have a pretty good couple of months, this one is not hard to read.
Seeing the gold flowing out is unnerving :S
I’m continually astounded at your talent. This page is AMAZING.
There is going to be a very awkward conversation between Cio, Allison, and Felicia incoming.
Poor childe. Sad Devil.
To try and make the past the present.
Trying to pull dry sand from the depths of the oceans in the vain attempt to grasp at what was lost.
Feeling the shade of regret.
Nothing but corpses and shadows.
Folly.
Venerate the Count! IA IA a thousandfold!
A coin for stories, but know this children. Every coin is stained in blood and tears.
Hrm. Perhaps he shall rise again; the wound seems survivable. Though the fall may not be.
Well, the mouseover does say “he’s had worse” Even if that were meant ironically, if I were a betting man, I’d put some money on this not being the last of him.
Bad Man stagger and Bad Man fall
Bad Man drop back past the Vault’s wall
Bad Man seeks the land of gold
Bad Man cannot escape its grasp most cold
Bad Man bleed and Bad Man cry
Bad Man stare dead eyed up the sky
Bad Man on his stolen gold lie
Bad Man cease and Bad Man die
or maybe I’m trying too hard.
This Bird has yet to fly.
Methinks Oscar is more of an emu man, myself.
Meaning, of course, that bullets are not enough. He’ll be back.
So what, in the end, was it all for? Did Allison accomplish anything?
The pillars of heaven have been shaken. The alliance has been undone. Things have been set in motion that cannot now be stopped.
Al-Yis-Un conquered the ultimate foe: Herself
Hrmm… Well, she did learn that Zaid isn’t in Yre any more. That counts for something, considering she’s trying to rescue him. Becoming the Rising King is just a side gig.
She got that multiversal war restarted. I’m sure that counts for something.
After a fashion, yes. Allison’s presence in Yre kicked off the War of the Vault, and has ensured the “fragile peace” that Nadia Om spoke of will crumble.
The war that will claim lives, both mortal and not, the war that perhaps might even crack the Wheel if I might be so blasphemous, approaches shortly. Soon we shall know how unstoppable Jagganoth truly is, and if Allison Ruth is truly Kill Six Billion Demons.
Allison will also learn through Ciocie where Zaid is now, perhaps, so there is also that.
She fixed her friendship with Cio and got a new party member?
Maybe learned to use her powers.
There WAS that epic kiss. That counts for something.
Aside from sparking multiversal war?
Well, she reconciled the different parts of her psyche, furthering her path towards Enlightenment. That’s a thing that happened.
She and her posse managed to make off with a modest amount of coin. Impressive, considering it came from Yre.
Princess got enough XP to evolve from a Blue Devil into a Red Devil. So Allison has a stronger ally.
Speaking of allies, Lucky Felecia might be joining the party. Between her and the cat, she now has two cats. Always a plus. The harem grows.
On that note, Allison got to make out with both Cio and herself. Sounds productive to me.
Cio was informed that Allison’s boyfriend was “returned to his heretic throne and the worlds which he shall ruin”. If they figure out what that means, the party now has a lead.
Both Mottom and Mammon will now be too busy prosecuting their wars against each other (and any Demiurges who seek to attack them in the confusion) to go after Allison in full force. Wars tend to tie up resources and manpower something fierce, and they cause great distractions.
Oscar is, if not deceased, then incapacitated for the immediate future. One less threat to worry about, for now.
*Taps chin* What else, what else…Oh! Allison will now have another bitchin’ set of scars to add to her collection. More people will look at her and think “man, what a complete badass!” A positive trait, for a King.
She blasted the evil right outta his pants!
T’would be interesting if we learned that Oscar’s STYLE is not actually a matter of taste and tailors, but an expression of his incandescent will.
Might be the reason why he was wearing such plain duds back at the Drinking Contest…
Oscar lives!
OSCAR LIVES!
Oscar lives in death! Oscar Lives! Peace through Power! You can’t kill the Bad Man!
Oscar, dad and gun
Whatever else happens, the posse has a brand new head count.
…and a ship’s cat.
I fear this is not the last we’ve seen of him and he’ll be in a far worse disposition next time.
Upset that he was shot? Probably not, he seems to know how easily violence can turn against it’s wielder. That’s just part of the business.
When he realizes he’s lost that fine hat? Now THAT is cause for a grudge.
War Devils are, as a rule, tougher than you expect.