Noheme ◊ Fairy Tail ◊ H-Rank
Naturally, a burst of laughter escaped from the vixen the moment she heard even just one word from the blond male that was at her mercy at this very moment. The immeasurable difference between his words just prior to her approach and those he tried to push out while stuttering, it said everything about him to the goddess. Despite her inability to properly read people that were around her, this individual was just no better than a perfectly open book with giant letters that only a blind fool would miss. At least her laughter from this situation was not a malicious or cruel one, she was simply amused.
After all, this might have just been the reaction she was always looking for when ‘attacking’ others with her flirting. Males or females, it did not matter to her as long as she could entertain herself like this. Whether she would get a cold shoulder or actually have some physical fun as well, as long as she was not bored, that was all that mattered. But once again, she was not totally malicious. Washing her tails over the boy once more, she would give his back a light push forward and float backward herself to create some distance between them now.
Though a giant grin remained on her face ever after the fact, she was at least not assaulting anyone right now. Strangely, she was now also in a very good mood unlike moments back. This whole invasion was a pain in one’s behind, but it did enable her to witness something truly unique and innocent. For that, she was almost even grateful. She was sure to commit these moments into her memory properly, too. Thank goodness that creatures such as herself, god-like beings, were quite capable when it came to such matters. She even still remembered her very first days alive.
That aside, she looked around once more. She closed the gate enemies were using to get here, but that was hardly the end of it all. People all around were quite literally too shocked by her spectacle of an attack to even move, but the monsters recovered rather swiftly from that overwhelming display of power. Strangely, they decided to continue their raid on this town rather than trying to retreat and regroup. Perhaps they were aware that they were disposable pawns that were meant to die in this fruitless siege? Ah, what poor creatures indeed.
The other mages swiftly started contributing as well, using their powers to deal with this rather silly threat at once. Giggling to herself, the vixen stretched and then assumed a ready position. In a single instant, the ground beneath and even behind her would crack, shattering as her feet moved forward and greater force than the material could withstand. With almost blinding speed, she would go right by Torian while giving him a teasing wink, if he was even able to notice it at that moment. But to his luck, she did not stop to tease him some more.
Instead, she continued forward and then to the side, deeper into the city. A journey that only took a fraction of a second, really. Stopping just as abruptly as she sped up, the vixen created a small crater beneath her curvy form and looked around. The shock-wave created by her movement was powerful enough to knock few of the enemies into nearby walls and other obstacles, it seemed. This was exactly the reason why she never seemed to have any fun anymore. Even just moving from one spot to another was sometimes enough to damage her opponents, or outright kill them.
There was a certain price to be paid for gaining so much power. And she did not mean that in a way of making a deal with a demon in order to obtain an unlimited power. Though she did know something about a situation like that from a personal experience… thankfully she had not seen Lilith in literal ages, which was about as good as she could hope for these days. But no, what she meant was the curse of boredom. Especially for someone like herself, who was always excited by the flow of battle ahead of her.
She would dash forward into the swarm of enemies that seemed almost too tough to fight, clawing her way to victory even if it would mean her body being torn into pieces in the process. She was someone who was born with a heart of a warrior. But after she obtained what the Magical Council called an H-rank, she just… had to stop. Whenever she would try to fight, her opponent would be shredded by her claws in an instant. Her magic so powerful that it ascended above the normal plain, her magical energy becoming impossible to be sensed by those who were below her own rank.
Without even wanting to, she had lived up to what she always called herself - a God. Frankly, it just made her sigh in disbelief. Her origin… was she destined to be born this powerful? Unlike most individuals in this world, she came to be with power already equal to that of an A-ranked mage. Her journey was so much shorter than everyone else’s, it made her actually jealous at times. Looking at her own hand, she could not help but wonder just how different everything could have been if only she had been born a normal human rather than… whatever she even was.
Or perhaps that was the wrong way of looking at it all. After all, her ‘sister’ Leila had a journey much longer, or at least that was how it seemed from her stories when they used to spend most of their days together. Even that was over now, both of the girls having their own problems and responsibilities to occupy themselves with. Noheme could only wonder what her kin was up to these days, leading her own guild and much more. Compared to that, did this goddess even really accomplish anything?
Shaking her head, she refused to think about it. She was already far too deep in her own thoughts today, she had to stop this before she would become like these old granny-type gods that lived so long that they became insane. She definitely did not want to end up like that, no way. She would probably end her own life before she would meet such a dumb fate. Scratching the back of her head, the vixen’s golden locks danced in the wind for a while before she noticed that there was something going on right next to her.
It appeared to be some sort of tiny goblin with a stone sword, swinging it against her. Though, suffice to say, it was highly ineffective. His weapon with its crude design was easily bouncing off the goddess’ body as if her clothes and skin themselves were powerful armor. In truth, that was just her magical energy gardening the fabric on top of her body, as well as all organic matter in her physical body. It was actually kinda amusing. Suddenly, Noheme grinned and looked around to spot many more of these creatures all around her.
She always complained about not having a strong enough opponent to fight, but… how about bullying someone weak? Perhaps that would be fun, no? After all, she enjoyed teasing people around her with flirting. That was kinda similar, right? Yes! She had to try it! Taking a deep breath, along with equally great exhale, magical energy quite literally sparked all over her body for an instant. The goblin that was oh so desperately trying to harm her probably did not even have enough time to figure out what happened. The vixen moved far faster than these creatures could perceive, even if they focused really hard.
Grabbing the creature by its face, she felt it’s mushy skin on her palm as she tossed the creature into the air in front of her. Whether such extreme change in momentum snapped its neck or not, she had no clue. But either way, she was not done with it just yet. From her hand, something like a black string would shoot out and wrap itself around the goblin’s leg. It was really just a solidified shadow she made, but it would do the trick. Making it deliberately shorter, she suddenly swung her hand to the side and the string along with it.
She effectively created a very weak wrecking ball on a string that she started swinging around like a toy. Naturally, she aimed the goblin at other enemies that were around in order to smash them against each other. Though she also managed to get some more with the string on the way. Who knew that shadows could become solid and rather sharp if they had such powerful magical source attached to them. Perfect for decapitating the girl just learned. The only shame was that the goblin’s body did not last all that long, ending her fun prematurely.
Retracting the string from the now bloody pile of green mush, she sighed and looked around some more. Fortunately for her, there was still more to go around! More specifically, there were rather odd looking wasps in the air above the town. They radiated with magical energy, clearly indicating that they were with the other monsters that invaded. Crouching and then leaping up, Noheme only made the crater that was already beneath her feet all the larger as she flew through the air, clutching the katana in her hand. With a single motion of her hand, a dozen of the bugs was suddenly cleaved in half.
Given the momentum she gained from her jump, she should have continued flying up as well, but she did not. Her feet suddenly started leaving a black trail in the air, as if one was trying to drag their feet on a dirt path and leaving behind a bunch of dust. She infused her element with the air, which allowed her to simply walk on the many different particles that air contained as if they were perfectly solid matter. Performing several spins, her sword also left behind black shadow trails that continued on, slaying even wasps far away.
As if she was dancing, the vixen moved about in the air in a rather elegant manner, her white and purple kimono playing a game of tag with the flow of air all around her. But the performance was quickly interrupted by something unexpected. A ball of holy energy flew right at her, though she had little trouble dodging to the side. Looking down, it was not hard to find the source of this magic. A dead man standing, possessed by one of the wasps that crawled into his mouth after he died to one of the monsters.
So that was their special power, eh? Well, it did not matter. She was not going to shy away from cutting apart a walking corpse if that was the enemy. Past ally, enemy, bystander, it did not matter to her. An attack was thrown and that meant a fight. She smiled faintly as she started walking down the invisible stairs of air toward the possessed corpse, observing it keenly. Couple more balls of holy energy were sent her way, but she did not even bother dodging this time. Simply swinging her weapon couple of times, she sliced the attacks like nothing.
Holy energy… many thought that it was her greatest weakness because her primary element was a shadow. That she was afraid of the light. But they could not have been further from the truth. After all, she was a demon slayer. And demons are the ones who tend to be rather weak against holy energies. That was why her shadows were infused with a holy aspect, creating a fusion that was almost impossible to achieve under regular circumstances. A dance of white and black, that was her power. One foot in the darkness and one in the light, the demonic angel descended.
And the moment her feet touched the ground, a powerful eruption nearly shook the entire town. Whether the corpse acted in a way it would when it was alive or if the wasp was actually directly controlling it, it was clearly not learning. It might have created a pillar of light right beneath Noheme when she touched down, but it should have seen her abilities by now. The attack was not instant and before the light could even reach the goddess, she already moved forward and swung her sword, not intending to miss.
The pillar of light that reached the very skies now faded away as the vixen stood behind the corpse, almost looking as if she had teleported there in that instant. Only for the reanimated corpse to fall into two symmetrical halves a moment later, from its insides falling an equally cleaved wasp. With yet another sigh, she assumed her regular stance as if there were no more threads and sealed her weapon back into its hand-held fan form. “
Nope, no joy after all. Oh well… looks like the enemies should be finished any moment now, so I guess I’ll head back now. Maybe there will be a cute girl and guy somewhere along the way…”
And so she did just as she said, heading through the streets that were flooded with corpses of demons and humans alike. All this was rather silly to her. She had no real interest in participating in these almost childish conflicts, yet she almost always found a way to fit in. Whether that was good or bad, well... she had no idea, really. At the very least she closed the portal those monsters were using and killed at least a few of the enemies while she was at it. So there was that. But other than that, yeah, she never really tried to save anyone who happened to be around her at the moment, did she? Oh well, it was just another day in the world of magic.