Crusader King, Chapter 19 (Patreon)

The terrible and 'evil' wizard king would always be defeated at the end of a tale. Their grand ritual was destroyed, their grand plan to steal the kingdom was thwarted or some other nonsense.

But, but what if the grand 'evil' ritual was just a tool that the forces of good thought was a totally great idea for fighting off invading monsters?

Time passed by all to quickly in the form of months quickly being worn away as I had my cult members and a legion of undead create alchemical circles in the land. So that the souls of ALL who died in this conflict would be absorbed into the philosopher's stone I created.

The 'actual' philosopher's stone wasn't at all hard to make. It was literally just a giant mana battery in the form of a crystal that did not lose any mana/energy passively. It could be used as a focus for powerful rituals.

And in the course of the four months of winter. Millions of people, and most especially monsters, died in the general area. 

'The power of a single soul... While its power isn't as great as the sun or something crazy like that. Its inherent immortal state means that so long as I don't drain the soul fully, it will keep outputting energy all but for eternity while these souls are trapped.' I mused to myself as I rolled the dark purple crystal within my hand.

As for the horrible crime of soul trapping millions of monsters and a couple thousand human soldiers... I felt bad, but that bad feeling really tended to not last when you could snap your fingers and get some bitch to suck your dick on command.

Looking down towards the slavish Radomira who was staring at my dick through my pants with her tongue slightly moving through her mouth as she was in a completely mindless state.

I firmly looked away... I needed to have focus right now as I continued to refine the ritual site that now contained the power of over a million souls.

"Oook! I got the dimensional coordinates to that Earth that those vegan drow found. I also got the neutral power battery consisting of a massive number of souls that can act as the bomb to punch through reality."

I glanced back at Radomira before nodding as her divine power was perfectly fine so her power would also act as the shield for the trip so no eldritch entities would eat us. 

But that left ONE issue. I needed a physical conduit of the Goddess of Light's power, which would create the literal physical portal's frame for us to go through as an anchor point.

Because without that hard anchor point... Who fucking knows where the portal would form and it's entrance would have zero stability without said anchor. 

The ritual itself wasn't like creating a two-sided door between worlds after all. It was like using a pool noodle; on our end a divine 'figure' would fill its mouth with energy and us right there. And then we would be 'safely' spat through the tube and out the other end.

This wasn't a ritual to just hop over to a new planet... This was a ritual that allowed me to cross over into an entirely different reality, as the very laws of magic worked rather differently according to the notes the returning Drow made over the years.

So things were going to be a little fucky regardless. Still, I needed to find some essence of the Light Goddess. And my best bet would be to use Celestine as a conduit for said ritual if I coudn't get some object heavily infused with her divine power.

Of which... There really weren't any well-known such divine objects.

My dark leather boots made sharp clacking noises as I strode over towards the main source of light in my ritual room at the top of my wizard tower. And ignoring the still sharp winter winds biting into my face. I looked out past the walls of Feoh.

And seeing the ruined fields, the hidden villages and towns burning further to the south. I exhaled as there was little I, and my cult could do to defend this castle at this point. I wasn't 'needed' to defend Alicia's kingdom at this point.

Plus Prim Fiore had been begging her elder 'sister' for my return as she needed the help of my Rose Knight's to quell the lesser bands of monsters roaming her own borders.

Then, as though by providence, one of my cult members and knights spoke through magical conduit I put in the wall to get my attention. "My lord, Princess Alicia has requested your attendance for a discussion." 

"Well well. Maybe something will go my way actually." I mused as I recalled that, Alicia's mother had a powerful cape she was buried with that had been blessed by Celestine with divine power.

Maybe, and just maybe... If I was lucky, I could get into Princess Alicia's royal vault and see if there were any other divine items, actually.

Heading on over to the center castle, I quickly found Princess Alicia in one of her sitting lounges with her relaxing as she sat on an elegant couch with her legs propped up and a large cup of iced mead in her lap.

"Was there changes in the defense of the city?" I asked the important question. Though seeing how relaxed Alicia was. I highly doubted that was the case.

I raised an eyebrow as Alicia threw me a look of blame before my lips twitched in amusement as she said in tight voice. "My knights reported that you are getting ready to head back down south... I was hoping that, you would change your mind, at least until the winter is officially over."

Though she asked that, I could tell she wasn't pressing it. Still, I wasn't going to come out at a loss after fighting to protect this damned kingdom.

Alicia's eye's widened as I plopped down next to her. And then took her large glass filled with amber mead and took a deep drink with her whining.

"Hey! That's my favorite draft!" 

I smacked my lips as that rich honey mead was a damned good draft indeed. So I reluctantly put the mug on the foot table in front of us. But still with another small amount of the mead still in my mouth and I pulled Alica for a deep kiss, with her taking in the extra mead.

Our lips broke apart with Alicia's purple eye's searching my own before she dove in for another deeper kiss.

Several hours later, I was relaxing on the couch with the naked form of Alicia laying across my chest with my cum dripping from her womanhood. 'Hey... A woman who wasn't just basically mind-broken at some point was still a damned good fuck. Who knew.' I thought as I gave Alicia's soft ass a good smack.

But the princess knight was completely passed out after several hours of fucking. So I just bundled her up with some blankets as I knew that her maids would come clean her up after I left.

It helped that Alicia's maids had already been pulled into my cult as well.

Leaving Alicia's castle, my people had my carriage ready with some alchemically enhanced horses ready to pull it. And sitting in my carriage was Artoria who had finally healed from getting her collarbone and shoulder smashed previously by a monster.

"It's going to be a long road to Geofu. Especially with any random monsters." I muttered with some annoyance. As I coudn't just teleport to Geofu.

No, all of these actions in fighting off the monsters and becoming integral to the workings of the western half of the civilized world had put myself at the political level of one of the Princess Knights.

As most of the nobles who were utter scumbag's all 'appreciated' me at this point even if they hated how I refused to let them play with any of my cult members. 

They knew I was just like them in loving to play with women, but they had no choice but to respect and more importantly, fear my magic power that I used to great affect.

After all, raising an army of hundreds of thousands in undead and sending them on a death march was a great way to tell even upjumped nobles who thought they were gods gift to mankind to be on their best behavior around me.

The pampered nobles of Geofu, the center of the civilized world of this empire were going to be even worse then the ones inside of Feo and Ur. In order to get a proper meeting with Celestine, I was going to need to show up with a small army to show off not only my personal strength, but my connections.

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The trip past Ur from Feoh went fine enough. I made sure that our convoy was keeping as close together as possible. So that when night fell, and more of the predatory monsters came out. We were well ready for their approach.

But we weren't explicitly looking for trouble, so while it did take a full week. We eventually made it to the 'great' kingdom of Geofu which was surrounded by great wall's of pure white marble.

White marble walls that were engraved with massive holy scripture and holding statues of countless holy saints. The walls themselves were filled with holy power constantly collected from the masses of people who prayed daily at the sight of their goddess in the flesh in Celestine.

But... That holy power was utterly worthless, because the goddess had literally left this world behind. Said holy power coudn't even drive demons away or anything because there was NO goddess to channel said power through at all.

So when my grand procession came through, while I confidently waved out the window as a small crowd of commoners cheered for Jake Bariss, the Court Wizard of the Empire and slayer of monsters.

Those walls filled with centuries of holy power didn't react in the slightest as Radomira at the same time I was waving to the commoners, was busy throating my dick in the best way, with her own corrupt divinity filling my carriage.

Finally as the procession came to a close, I saw who I was supposed to meet. The 'Queen' and Princess Knight of Geofu in Claudia Levantine... The 'strongest' Princess Knight and guardian of Celestine herself.

But as I took in the proud Princess Knight, the Milf of Princess Knight's at this point I just inwardly rolled my eye's as anyone who looked up her name would know that she was just monster fuck bait with how she 'dressed' herself.

Literally only had a patch of plate mail over her crotch, and her titty armor only attached together around the back, sides, and actually covered her nipples in a circle of 'plate' that ONLY covered her nipples.

At least Alicia for all that she was a hentai princess knight who was half dressed at least wore some silks to block the cold wind during this harsh winter.

"Jake Bariss, your warning of your arrival was well recieved. And my ladyship has also wanted to meet you, and thank you for your efforts in holding the western front." Claudia spoke with a high handed dominant tone.

And then she stepped forward, with her massive milf tits pressing against me as she then demanded in a harsher tone. "And yet, many within the Capital have questions. Are you here to flee the battlefield? Is the West about to fall like the East when the Mercenary King Vult was routed by the Dragon Lord?" 

I was about to fry the bitch with lightning before I smiled and decided to be both cutting and 'kind' as I spoke. "I am sorry to hear about Vult being... Incapable of also doing the Princess Knight's jobs as well. But, I am glad that this far south, that you all have been so safe. So safe that you all have the time to be critical of our own efforts."

Then I tilted my head to the side and went for the killing blow. "Oh yeah? How has your efforts been to get pregnant all these years, even with the aid of Lady Celestine's blessings?" 

Claudia Leavatine was a beautiful 'milf' in her late thirties and she had been married to her teacher's son since she was a teenager and just entering adulthood. And while she loved him dearly, she was incapable of bearing him a child.

She was the walking trope of a needy bitch who wanted more then anything to have a child. But her man was completely incapable of doing so... And in the end, in the canon timeline, Vult turned her father-in-law into a traitor, and he forced himself upon Claudia to give her the child she so wanted... With her father-in-law's bloodline.

So, to her shattered mind, the bloodline was 'close enough'.

And Claudia... Very much so didn't appreciate my words as her satin gloves audibly crunched as she met my gaze with her much more fiery eyes.

Then she smiled thinly as she said coldly. "Such topics are not for your own preview Lord Bariss. I do hope you will not be so rude to Lady Celestine... Or I will have the unpleasant task of showing you, your place."

'My place huh... Yeah my place is lounging on a throne with your fat ass bouncing on my cock you useless bitch. It's not like you have even been fighting the monsters either.' I thought with disdain.

"Oh, I will be sure to give Celestine the respect she deserves. I do so promise that." I said bluntly before I stepped forward and Claudia had no choice but to step back with her tits no longer pressing against me as I walked past her and headed towards the massive temple of Light.

The Temple of the Light Goddess was a very wide-open-style temple. The long entry hall had a massive sun-roof where the sun's light streamed in to fill the hall with natural light. 

Countless priestesses and nun's in slutty outfits were kneeling in front of statues of the Light Goddess, whose statues were also... Very lewd, the goddess themselves being depicted in the statues as completely naked and all looking very much like Celestine herself.

There was no one to guide me either so I just walked past the kneeling nuns and priestesses until I reached the end of a series of long worship halls. And kneeling in front of a much larger statue of the light goddess was Celestine herself who was in prayer.

I walked over to Celestine and looking between the supposed incarnation of the goddess, and the statue made of clearly divine materials. Made by the goddess herself to collect the faith of all who worshipped her.

I coudn't help the helpless smile at the sight... There was a statue literally filled with divine faith power that perfectly suited Celestine that had been gathering power for many centuries.

Yet... She, Celestine, was just utterly powerless at this point. It was actually rather pitiful.

"Why do you not drain the divine power of faith from this statue to give yourself power?" I finally asked after waiting a minute in silence.

Celestine exhaled softly and as she sat up. I was once again given the vision of supernatural beauty that only Olga was able to match. It was no joke to call Celestine an incarnation of divinity with her beauty.

"I am unable to use such power. You... Can you tell I am bereft of power then? You are the first." She said with a small, calm smile.

I met Celestine's emerald-green, kind gaze and I felt stifled in my chest. There was... No evil in her eyes. No rampant horny stupidity that I was so used to seeing in this world's men, nor the fragile and pliant minds the women had.

Her eyes were just filled with an innate kindness and acceptance for all things. But that kindness and weakness made her the weakest even compared to the Princess Knights.

As an incarnation of the Light Goddess in this hentai world... That meant that she was just incapable of fighting for herself in any way.

I watched as Celestine regally stood up and with a small smile, she spoke kindly. "In either case. I Celestine, welcome you to the capital. And I have much I wish to speak with you about."

Taking in the empty surroundings, as this was clearly some kind of private prayer area for Celestine herself. I then spoke in an unhurried voice. "Then... What do you want Celestine? I am curious as to know what the incarnation of a goddess wants from me."

I was especially curious as to what a 'powerless' incarnation wanted especially... Because Celestine's case was the first I knew about in all the mythology and other series I had read in my previous life.

It was like Zeus making a shard of himself to sneak into the bed of a beautiful queen only for the main body of Zeus to just abandon his shard with zero power all of a sudden. That shit woudn't happen normally.

Celestine tilted her head to the side and said with a small smile. "Oh? You also desire something of me? Or something from me I assume?"

She shook her head, and then her smile faded as she stood up with elegantly soft hands. She took my hands into her own before she spoke with utter earnestness and pleading.

"Jake Bariss, this worlds new Grand Wizard and Outsider to this very world. I plead of you. Save the eastern side of the world. As the scant reports I have gotten have already stated that the three kingdoms in the East have fallen!"

My lips thinned as it wasn't like they 'fell' more like Vult let the monsters in to force themselves upon the women. And any men who didn't fall into Vult's ultimate ambition of making a Free-Use Cuntry, were all slaughtered and eaten by his monster army.

I took a deep breath before I decided to test the waters. I wanted to give this goddess one chance to see if she could see 'reason'

"I have myself looked into the eastern land's situation with my great magic. I have scryed upon the fallen cities and saw them laid waste by monsters, and men with the hearts of monsters."

I met Celestine's gaze before I said heavily and with utter honesty. "Celestine. Vult, the Mercenary King, has betrayed all of the Princess Knight's and you. He is even right NOW leading an army past the elvish forests to reach Geofu to take you prisoner and to continue his tyranny." 

Celestine's eye's filled with horror as while she knew I wasn't lying even if she was powerless. That didn't change the fact that as a incarnation of a goddess of light/good. She could easily pick through lies and falsehood.

But she still spoke with sadden reluctance. "I know you speak no falsehood Jake Bariss... But I have worked with Vult and even his father's father, and through many generations past of his bloodline. They are rough and crude men, but they are the roaming guardians of the world. It's just too difficult to accept that off of just-"

I cut Celestine off as I said coldly. "Vult sold Princess Prim Fiore and Alicia to me and their kingdoms along with a large collection of divine tomes, the shinto divine magic system, and whole collections of taboo books on controlling and summoning demons."

My voice was utterly icy as I said with finality. "I have bound several demons to my hands in order to keep order and traitors in control in the west so it did NOT fall as did the rest of the kingdoms... Geofu will NOT be standing in the next month if I myself do not intercede."

Celestine's placid, accepting gaze shifted before she looked down at my waist, unable to meet my gaze before she spoke silently. "Claudia will still hold this city. I believe-"

I reached forward and Celestine's expression turned to surprise as I grabbed her chin and said with an amused smile. "Celestine... Claudia's father-in-law has already turned traitor and has a magical potion that will drive her into a sexual frenzy. Vult will break her easily, and you... You will break as easily as a glass window dropped from a castle tower."

Celestine's started expression turned soft and I paused as she gently took my hand that was on her jaw and brought it and me closer as she put my hand on her chest as she spoke softly while meeting my gaze with a honey soft emerald gaze.

''You... Don't fit in this world you poor young man. You saw the future didn't you? And seeing all of the suffering, the taint of this world, you just hardened your heart."

Celestine's soft heartbeat, even through the back of my hand as she pressed it against her ample breast, was a powerful thing. But not only because her heart was beating hard, I could feel the tiniest shred of divinity within herself that kept her immortal.

"You understand you can't fix this world... And neither can I in truth. Nor can even Olga stop what is to come. So why have you come to me Jake? Why have you come to this doomed nation and this women who will be stained in depravity."

There was still a calm acceptance in Celestine's words, and I realized that unlike Olga and even Radomira who had already been stained so deeply by evil and depravity. Celestine kept to her nature simply by acting not as a white satin sheet to protect the world, but a clear piece of glass through which all depraved sights and news just passed through her placid heart.

I exhaled heavily as I said with clear defeat in my voice. "This world is just... Fucked beyond compare. Even if I purged the world of evil, killing more eighty percent of all the men, and all the evil races, and as many monsters as I can. It won't matter. It will just push the corruption back."

With my free hand that wasn't still pressed against Celestine's tit's I pointed at the statue behind her and I said bluntly.

"I am going to leave this world Celestine, I will try to see if the grass is greener in another world where I am and my companion's won't need to worry about every man being some ugly bastard who will use drugs and cursed magical tools to break their minds."

"And I need that statue filled with the goddess of Light's divinity in order to do so... As, with how that Goddess and all the Shinto god's have abandoned this world. There is no saving this world from Vult and his men's ideal of making a Cuntry."

This very incarnated goddess's hand squeezed my hand softly at the reminder of her weakness and state of being abandoned. But after a moment, she took a deep breath and spoke.

"Jake, if... If you kill Vult, I will give the statue to you with my blessings. I will also open the vaults of Geofu to you so that when you arrive in your new world. You can set yourself up well." 

I gave Celestine a dull look before I said flatly. "Vult... Vult the man of literal destiny of this era. An abomination of a human and great demon who can literally punch millennia-old dragons to death and is basically immune to all forms of magic, you want me to kill him."

My gaze became hard as I said flatly. "Why shoudn't I just. Take the statue right here and now? You after all, can't stop me. Nor can Claudia or the entire army of Geofu." 

And with utter sincerity and the kindness of a goddess of true Good. Celestine spoke with total confidence. "Because, Jake Bariss, I can see your heart. And I can tell you are a good man. And if you were so inclined, you could have forced yourself upon me with no difficulty. But have not even considered doing so, as all men normally do upon seeing my beauty." 

I was actually just speechless at that. I was totally a 'good' person because the first time I saw this woman I didn't instantly think about grabbing her by the throat and forcing myself on her...

But then Celestine bit her lower lip at seeing me remaining silent, and then she took a deep breath before she spoke again. "I am willing to do anything for my people... I still see the lust in your eye's and in order to save my people. I will do anything without any regrets."

Celestine then pulled aside the straps that covered her very ample breasts, with her right heavenly globe falling into my hand that she pressed into it.

"I wish you to at least make an honest attempt in helping my people, Jake. And the statue, and myself, will be yours... Please, just do the best you can." She whispered softly as her soft hand went to my already hardening length in my pants and began stroking it.