Bloodlight Goddess Ru 16 Chapter 16: The City Below

"Hmmmm...It seems Mai's here..."

"Trying to find me...but that game can wait for now..."

,as Ru sighed and expressed herself, while she was hearing the guys crying in agony with ear-splitting groans and screams of death outside the room, as their heads were getting impaled by the very sharp steel arrows. A moment later, she ripped-off and decapitated the head of the pudgy mayor. She brought it with her. She removed her blue wig and revealed her flowing lavander hair. Moreover, her foxy ears and fluffy tail were also revealed, which reverted her to her true and majestic appearance. She noticed the bookshelves at the back, though there was one unusal thing that she found amongst the stack of books. There was only one golden book with the t.i.tle in its binder that says, "THE MAJESTIC G.o.dDESSES FORBIDDEN IMAGES ♥". Thereon, it made Ru to feel strange gooseb.u.mps that crawled through her body in the creepiest way as possible. More than that, she wpre a worried and shocked expression. Though, she was also convinced of her suspicion, turning her to pull-out the golden book. For some reason, one of the shelves lifted up and revealed a dark hidden pa.s.sage afterwards. Her ears twitched with eagerness as she witnessed the secret area, so Ru entered the hidden pa.s.sage. Soon, her eyes witnessed the huge dusty room that has rusted prison cells at the sides. She felt the deathly demise in the air, such as you'd seen in an underground prison. She went around the prison bars and saw the skeletons were inside each cell. Though, at the other side she saw the hopeless sitting Zeran with a despair-filled face in-behind bars. She was filled with happiness and her eyes were glistening in joyful tears, as she finally saw her dear Zeran. Ru relaxed herself and she calls unto him with, her soothing and kinda teasing voice,

"Ohhhh Zera♪~"

"It's me...Ru...".

Yet, he didn't respond to her calling. Since, he doesn't want to see her ever again, since she was the one who told them where he was. Ru calmed herself, she unlocked the lock with the key she was holding, that made a rusty swinging sound, such as you'd hear in an old gate. The air became heavy with immense tension. At his very core, he was feeling was a mix of agony and sorrow. He tries to speak but, it was very depressing to hear and to see since, his face was riddened in an abyssal look, that released some kind of negative vibe around the area,

"What is it you want now?"

"To laugh at me?".

Soon, his eyes were now dropping liquid crystal-like fragments upon his desecrated face, as he still continues to say with his sorrowful and desperate crying face,

"To see me miserable?"

"I'm sure you're having a good time now with your reward..."

"WHY DID YOU COME BA—".

Suddenly, Ru hugged the broken Zeran with her maiden-like embrace, letting him feel to her warmth and the soothing touch of her body, while her long hair flown along with her whole body like a light-falling feather. Her eyes were leaking out acheing tears but, her face was letting out a very sincere heartwarming smile, that would seem she was feeling the intense pain he had gone through, releasing out her empathic concern for him. Zeran was surprised with an unexplainable widened expression but, his other hand was holding a silver dagger reflecting its brilliance. His veinous and angered hand lifted the silver dagger and he pointed it at the very back of Ru, as if ready to impale her very skin. Ru wasn't shocked or anything, since she expected this incident to happen sooner or later. Instead, she continued to embrace him with all her heart. A little while later, she left out a very soothing voice, that would calm down anyone's ruptured soul,

"Didn't I tell you...I'll come back for you?"

"And I did...".

Soon enough, her other hand that was full of warmth, carresed the back of his head and she continues to say with, her deep crying eyes,

"I'm sure it was hard on you..."

"The only thing I could say is...I'm sorry..."

"This will be the first time and the last time that I'll do something like this to you..."

"My dear Zera...".

As Zeran heard her mournful words, he felt a sudden beat in his heart. The heartwarming sensation coursed through his body. A sudden impulse of an unusual feeling was struck in his emotional face. Zeran's furious and desperate hand dropped the silver dagger on the ground. Afterwards, he embraced her with his broken arms. The two were feeling a different kind of sensation and time stood still that very moment, wreathing the two in a very light-headed trance mixed with positive vibes of undefinable comfort. Moreover, the fleeting emotions were present in their own world, as the chains of deceit, agony, regret, guilt, nightmares and betrayal were removed from their wake, letting the two rebuild their bond of trust forevermore. Despite, the two of them are the said brand of evilness and desecration. Later on, as the tension around the place was gone and both of them regained their brand of trust, Ru explained to Zeran on what she had done to the city mayor. Not only that, she took the fallen decapitated head from the floor and revealed it, with a set of keys on her other hand, to show them as proofs to him. Zeran was convinced with a surefire look and nod, even in his thoughts were kinda complimenting her too,

("Sigh...so it was all in one of her devious plans...")

("Two birds in one stone...I could say...").

Ru felt relieved as she saw him convinced. Soon enough, she told him in a very pa.s.sionate way with her steaming s.e.xy smile at him, oozing out her divlike yet, demonness appearance,

"With that settled..."

"I'm sure what you'll see BELOW IN THIS RICH CITY will interest you...".

Though, he just replies in an uncertain way to her,

"Okay...".

While, In his thoughts were much more deeper and feeling more about Ru,

("I don't know but...")

("I'll try to play along with this woman and go along her schemes this time...")

(She's kinda evil but...she's not all evil...")

("She has this...some kind of warmth...that I can't explain...")

("I haven't felt anything like this before...").

Though, his face was leaving out a contented smile full of confidence, that would seem he was also relieved when Ru came back for him and asked for forgiveness with all her heart and soul. Ru wasn't letting out a malicious vibe, since her face was looking such that a divine maiden's smile was present in existence. Suddenly, Ru took the silver dagger and slashed her left arm vigorously, spilling and leaking out her essential deep red blood, wounding her delicate flesh. As Zeran witnessed her sudden action, he was filled with immense shock. As soon as she was done cutting herself, she threw the dagger away from their presence and leaned to Zeran in a very seductive way. Thereupon, she teases him with a lewd look on her face,

"For hurting you..."

"This is my own punishment to myself..."

"My dear Zera...".

A little while later, Ru and Zeran left the prison cell and trudged even deeper below. Though, their eyes only witnessed a huge cold iron door that initiated a dead end to their seeking truth. It made Zeran to feel cold s.h.i.+vers from his spine as he saw the steel door and what lies beyond the door. Ru knew that would happen sooner. So, she held Zeran's cold shoulder to relieve him of his anxiety. A little while later, she brought out the set of keys and used the rusty one to unlock the iron curtain. As the door was opened, Zeran's eyes looked very much in shock and in deep surprise, as he saw the whole place with his own sight. A very terrified feeling had coursed throughout his body, that made him to exclaim with a scarred appearance,

"No way...this is?!".

Thereupon, they have seen the huge dusty caverns and observed the lifeless-looking enslaved people, including minors and women, mining for dazzling red crystals non-stop, in which was so heartaching to anyone's eyes, such as you'd see in a prison filled with innocent people, making Zeran to exclaim with a grave expression,

"NO WAY! THESE POOR PEOPLE ARE MINING FOR..."

"INSANIUM?!"

"I thought?! The city mayor got rid of these and the ones selling them?! Since he hates and disagrees their use?!".
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While, in his thoughts were much more deeper in sense,

("And these insanium are like...what you call that induces hallucination and even more dangerous effects to the mind...")

("Since it's so addictive and strong...It can even kill you if you eat it...it was barred from selling...")

("Even though it can be a subst.i.tute to...")

("POWERFUL ENERGY and FORGING BETTER LONG-LASTING EQUIPMENTS!").

As Ru heard his statements, she leaned in front of him like a daring like a teasing woman would. She smiled with deep interest and sinistry was in her eyes, added with her charming tone upon pointing out,

"Hm-hm-hm♪..."

"That's where you're wrong Zera..."

"You see...for a mayor such as him...where do you think he gets his wealth?".

Zeran replies,

"Err...his city is a port...so he gets abundant wealth...".

Ru cracked out a sarcastic grin upon her charming face. Then, she stood upright but, she was so close to Zeran's face, that seeped the air in a very subtle feeling. He felt awry when he saw her face like an interested fox. She responds to him in a very teasing way yet again,

"Hmmmm...But the other trade ports similar here...aren't as wealthy as him...wonder why?"

"Because...he is the one selling the insanium..."

"My dear Zera♥".

As she held his chin with, her gentle touch and released an intense vixen-like stare at him directly. Zeran felt another surge of an unusual embarrased touchy feeling that swelled up inside of him, as he witnessed her look once again. To break up the tension, he tries to retailate back on Ru's statement before,

"But...he flagged down those insanium merchants and got rid of them on the surface even the bigshots...".

Ru removed her hand upon his troubled face, although she wrapped around both of her arms around him such as a mesmerizing serpent would do to its target. Not only that, she closed her s.h.i.+mmering eyes and her face was near at Zeran's right ear, driving him to sweat more and more, but he was also showing immense eagerness in his accelerated breathing and expression, since he's deeply engaged of the dazzling and tempting Ru's next actions would be. Soon, she opened her eyes of great brilliance and whispers unto him in a very soothing manner, that was a soft breeze to anyone's ears,

"I'll give you a hint..."

"If his threatful compet.i.tors were suddenly gone on a high demand product..."

"What would happen?".

Zeran tried to think for a second and glanced around the place. A little while later, he replies in a very complacent manner to the wreathed Ru around his shoulders and neck,

"He would instantly monopolize and manipulate it in his own will...".

She nodded with a smile to applaud his correct answer. She released her coil around him and twisted her amazing body with amazing grace, although for Zeran, he had troubled thoughts and scratched his head, that would seem like there was a huge conflict between the statements that the two of them have mustered before.

"But really...I don't get it..."

"He's of high morals when It comes to insanium alike..."

,while he let out another eye-opening statement, that would really confuse anyone's belief. As Ru heard his puzzling word, she turned her whole body away from him, that made Zeran to see her curvacious back. She turned her face to the left-side that would let her see a glimpse of Zeran partially. Then, she left out a serious tone in her voice, though a sorrowful frown was masked on her face,

"I'll just say this..."

"There are hidden sides of every person..."

"And besides he's a politican so he has his own motives..."

"Most politicians are hypocrites...".

Afterwards, Ru went near him again and held both of his hands, letting him feel her delicate hands. She stared at him again and suggested to Zeran to free the poor souls working in this be da*ned h.e.l.l of a place beneath the earthen soil, in which it was very unnerving for him to hear, since it came from the Evil G.o.ddess's tricky mouth. There was a long moment of slience and tension in the air. He noticed that Ruhime was somehow pleading to gain his cooperation, since she was showing her s.h.i.+mmering divine maiden's smile, asking for her hero's/savior's total support. The only thing he could do was to sigh in a manner that said yes on her great demand, although he asked her on how she'll free them from their utter misery. She told him to sit back and observe. She removed her hold upon him and took out a blueberry cookie from in-between her firm marshmallow pudding-like breast pockets. Zeran didn't show any sign of surprise since, he's already kinda fond of Ru's mix of silly and arousing actions. She took a nice nibble at the cookie with her succulent mouth. Sometime soon, she inhaled all of the air she can muster and released her amplified voice that reverberated around the caverns, turning the lifeless workers to notice,

"FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING HERE!"

"THE CITY MAYOR IS GONE NOW!"

"THANKS TO BOTH OF US!"

"SO NOW, YOU ARE ALL FREE TO GO!"

"DON'T WORRY! WE THREE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF THE GUARDS!".

As she grabbed and brought out the fresh decapitated head of the putrid-looking city mayor, for everyone to see. The imprisoned workers eyes took notice of her scandalous retort. As soon as, their sights laid on the dead head of the mayor's abomination, their dead fish eyes were removed from their faces and were replaced by joyous faces. Moreover, they were hugging each others in glee, depicting an ounce of hope were brought back to their lives. Zeran s.h.i.+fted his look unto Ru and witnessed her gorgeous face was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with happiness in her smile, while she was observing the ma.s.ses rejoicing full of energy. He felt like he was struck by a cupid's arrow and saw her in a more dazzling way than ever before. His eyes saw her such as a G.o.ddess of beauty. He was feeling the intense emotions and there were fluttering hearts inside of him, as he kept on staring at her, though he shunned away his face, since he was blus.h.i.+ng with an embara.s.sed expression. Not only that, he didn't want her to notice his red steaming face painted in embara.s.sment. To ease-off his mind over her, he had second thoughts and recalls the things Ru said in his mind alarmingly,

("Wait...three?")

("She has a third party?")

("I wonder who...")

("I just hope it's not a guy...").

As soon as he recalls his own thoughts, he was shocked and his next thoughts are now conflicting with his own past thoughts,

("GEH?! Wait... why am I concerned over this?!")

("It's not like I'm JEALOUS or anything right?")

("Of Ru's love aff...WHAT THE h.e.l.lS!").

Sometime soon, the lively and rebellious workers dropped their pickaxes and went out of the mines from the pa.s.sage Zeran and Ru traversed before. Thereon, their skin, eyes and feelings were seeing the bright rays of hope and freedom for the very first time, as they got out of the nightmarish villa and the mines safely, since the guards and warriors were dead on the ground. The bright suns.h.i.+ne and the blue sea was visible to their sights, aswell as their very hope in their new lives. As for Zeran and Ru, they were still at the underground mines. Soon enough, Ru went near him and tells him in her normal soothing voice now,

"Next up is the artifact...".

He nodded with eagerness in his response. The two of them returned back to the mayor's office. She suggested to him that there's an artifact lying around somewhere, since she can feel it in her foxy senses. Zeran scratched his head, since he doesn't want to believe her sort of inner senses. To prove him wrong, she held his chin and then she twisted with elegance like a ballerina. Her furry ears and fluffy tail were revealed flowing in the graceful wind. Later, she regained her normal pose. Her ears were kinda twitching and her tail was wagging mystifyingly, feeling like she can clearly sense the artifact is really near such as they were her unique aspect item finders. Zeran was now convinced of it, yet he was feeling kinda stranged over Ru's unqiue sensors. Ru noticed her ears were twitching faster when she's near the abyss painted table. She opened the hidden drawer of the hollow desk. Thereupon, her expression was now very heartwarming and relaxing to see, that speaks of a thousand smiles. Her face was even blus.h.i.+ng bright red too and soft hummings were heard from her, as she saw the luminous violet wing crystal artifact streaked with some scratches over its majestic body. She grabbed it. Ru told to the searching Zeran at the corner that she had already found and got her artifact. He was delighted when she found her artifact. Both of them left the office and went outside the hallways that was filled with dead guards slathered in crimson red along the hallways. More than that, he noticed there were s.h.i.+ning platinum arrows impaled to their heads and chests, penetrating the guards' plated armors, thick skulls and hardened ribs inside-out seeped in blood, that made him to be convinced in his very thoughts,

("So Mai was here...").

Afterwards, the two of them were still trudging the long winding hallways. Zeran was seeing Ru in a more and more elegant form than ever before, though to ease of his unexplainable tension beating in his chest, he expresses in a very shy manner to her,

"Ru...I just wanna say...I kinda doubted you for a sec..."

"I thought you were all evil through and through..."

"But instead you even saved the poor workers there...".

Ru stopped walking and left out a glimpse of an intense menacing smile that would speak of terrors. She went in front of Zeran's path and touched his lip with her lady-like finger. Then, she says to him in a very mysterious and seductive way with her lips leaving out a dark s.e.xy impression of a succubus,

"Let's just say...I'm doing this for my own goals...".

Zeran replies,

"Hah! Really n—".

Suddenly, his reply was interrupted, since his consciousness blacked out, his vision became distorted and fainted down on the floor. Ru's smiling face was gone and her look was replaced in a very shocked expression with her eyes wide-opened, concerned for what happened to Zeran. She gulped and she was feeling restless. Then, she tries to call his name and wake him up with her firm nudge,

"Zera?".

Her heart was beating faster and her blood was coursing throughout her veins quicker. Her face looked almost in the verge of breaking in tears. She felt that her chest had an intense spear that penetrated her very heart, although when she saw that he was still breathing in a very relaxed manner. Ru felt relieved when she saw him, as he was still alive but, in slumber. Her smile and enticing eyes were back but it was very sinister to witness upon. Later, she recalled her thoughts,

"I guess he must've sniffed a small amount there...".

As for Zeran in slumber, he was in an abyss-like trance yet again. He was now in front of a wooden door and the surroundings was very relaxing, as it was a pleasant scenery of gra.s.sy plains filled with blue flowers all-around. Soon, someone opened the door, though it was Ru who was the one who emerged in front of him. Her vileness or menacing aura wasn't there but, it was masked by her heartwarming angelic smile, that depicted such as the innocence of a pure maiden. A little while later, she let out her soothing voice,

"Welcome back...hero♪!"

"Or should I say...Lyon!".

Zeran, left out a confident smile unknowingly and his hair color was painted in light brown instead. More than that, it seemed he can't control his own body nor his own set of emotions, that made him to feel a swirl of problematic tensions in his thoughts after,

("Huh? Is that really Ru? What just happened?")

("And why can't I move my own body freely?!")

("Not only that she called me in another name!").