Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 33: Rushing

"Now you're a big crab, Aion, will this suffice for the feast?" Nessa inquired, her eyes glowing red and strings forming on her fingers.

"He is my lady," He responded and she smirked.

"See? You will suffice for the feast," She said as she flung the strings at him, and in less than a minute, the crab fell to the g in front of her feet and its head fell off and it's limbs brok, leaving the others staring.

"Was it just the strings?" The slim old fair ogre with the gray and silver beard asked.

"It's sharp; it'd be ideal for a fast runner." The young tanned ogre spoke up, his hair falling in front of his face.

"Aion, let the others help you with moving it," Nessa said as she approached Dalia, and Dalia stood up as the one Nessa was arguing with approached her with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Stop this," Dalia said.

"She is probably the one who attacked our village," He replied.

"No, she isn't, and I can say that with confidce," Dalia said.

"What are you saying Dalia?" He asked as the next female ogre and the others approached them.

"This is Nessa, I met her just before the village was destroyed, she is new a her, she helped me wh I got away with my life and that was after the village got destroyed, she healed me, I spt a little while with her before coming to look for you guys," She responded.

"The fox th?" He asked while lowering his head and Nessa sighed.

"You must have se a similar one to him, I tamed this one, they work for me, I promise, I didn't destroy your village, I am glad you found them Dalia," Nessa said, as Dalia smiled and hugged Nessa tightly, while the other ogres looked on.

"I'm sorry," He said as Dalia rose from Nessa, and the guy got down on his knees in front of Nessa, who smiled nervously.

"Stop this, everyone, come back to the town with us, we'll talk," Nessa said, and he looked at her a bit confused as to what she was talking about before getting up.

"Yes, they are; now that it's almost night, let's start cooking, and do you mind if they stay here?" Nessa inquired, and the creatures exchanged smiles.

"Of course it is, we're trying to grow and this is your place, you don't have to ask," Tehitos responded, and Nessa smiled.

"All right, guys, let's get started," She said and they all started cooking in the middle of town on a large pot, cooking the crab they had caught as well as a few other things.

It was already night wh they finished cooking, and Nessa wt up to the ogres who had sat with the dwarfs, along with Zeitaz and Akio.

"Guys here," Dalia said as she served her fellow mates, food, which they collected before smiling at Nessa.

"Thank you," The old samurai ogre said and Nessa smiled.

"You're welcome," she replied.

"My lady," Aion shouted, and Nessa jumped as she turned to face him, and he brought her a bowl of food, which she took and sighed.

"Aion, stop being so loud, you will make her and someone else think something is wrong," Zietaz said, and Aion grinned as Nessa sat down with them on the soft grass to have their dinner.

Before Nessa could bite into the meat, a few goblins and the next ogre girl appeared, and she looked at them, staring at her, before taking her first bite and smiling brightly.

"This is good," She said, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

"We're glad you liked it; I'm a good cook, and they told me they were having trouble getting their seasonings and such right; the goblin chef is also great, and it's nice here," The girl said with a gtle smile and Dalia grinned before wrapping her arm a the girl's neck.

"Thank you for teaching them what you know," Nessa replied and the girl bowed her head.

"So you saw the next one who helped in destroying your village, and Dalia saw the same guy I saw, the one in black?" Nessa inquired, and they exchanged glances after hearing she saw one of the attackers.

"Yes, that's exactly it, I tried to get to them, but they vanished; I saw a similar fox, which is why I suspected you, especially since no one here could tame the wild beasts, and it came rushing," The ogre who wanted to kill her responded, and Nessa sighed, knowing that something bad was going on in the world, and that the nation she was building might become tangled in it, but she had no inttion of giving up.