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Interlude 11

The ship's bridge was mostly quiet. Just like Darcy had wanted.

The people in charge, those under her, had been working diligently, disturbing her quiet musing only when strictly necessary and... she didn't mind. She had many things to ponder about, especially regarding her current assignment and why she had to deal with it. Truth be told, Darcy was elated by the task, well aware of the rewards it would bring to her and her group of cultists... but she wasn't blind to issues that could be laying before the path to take. After all, Minos had failed, and beyond all the kind of foulness she held for the Earth Crest, there was one thing she had to give to him. And that was respect for the way he led through many successful campaigns.

Sure, his methods were stupidly weak and flimsy at best, but his drive and devotion were never questioned. No, his defeat wasn't just a matter of skills failing to match up with their current threat. As Darcy took the chance to use her new privileges to check reports, videos and anything she could find of the failures of her 'predecessor', mostly to get a laugh out of it, the Narakhan sorceress couldn't help but find a most disgusting issue in all of them. The common factor that was behind the failures registered by Minos. The Grand Knight... which was neither a Prime or a Narakhan. Something new... which chaos seemed to favor. Except not for the Emperor's sake. Her teeth clenched at the notion that the old deity would favor someone that wasn't the rightful ruler of Chaos but... it was like that. No, the old goddess wished luck and support to the 'human'. And as Darcy finally laid her gaze on him, to his frame, to his smile, to his... hideous self. She felt obsessed with him. Not positively. Never positively.

There was something just purely horrible about him. That vicious little thing that was behind so many of their recent failures. He, his sword, _his smile-_Gah! So disgusting! Darcy never looked at something so terribly unpleasant and totally not intriguing! She tried to focus on what could be his strengths, his inner power that wasn't visible at first glance but, beyond his magic, was the driving force behind his actions, beyond his 'heroic deeds'. His connection to the Queen? To the Crests? Was there something she had missed that the reports were unaware about? Huffing, the current chief-in-charge of Earth's invasion force could only brainstorm with close to no details.

Soon that kind of tortured thinking came to an end, major news reaching her ears. Earth was in sight and now it was time to plot the next moves. Days of traveling, days of planning this situation and... nothing prepared her when her gaze was aimed at the location where all the Crests and the Queen had found their last base for this final fight and the sorceress was baffled by what she was looking at after so long. Darcy stared at the planet. Blue with green spots, landscapes within large oceans. Her gaze trailed left and right, up and down, catching every single detail and... feeling the inherent chaos within it. It was different from the one back home, from the pure and yet restrained homeworld that was meant to be the Emperor's main domain... it felt slightly... better. Sure, chaos here wasn't as strong but it wasn't controlled and restrained. Unchecked, unbound, free to sow discord within the world and... it existed within order too. Like order existed within it even though it wasn't controlled. A harmony that was as paradoxical as antithetic to the old precepts. Chaos could do that? Interesting. Perhaps this planet could be preserved for further study. Data, images, videos, historic narrations.- she could already tell there was a treasure to learn from and evolve by and...

She was digressing. Like, a lot.

They had finally arrived at their destination, the place where they would face off the Crests once and for all, bringing true Chaos to this world and shattering the limited rule of the Dragon Gods. And there was just a question now that they were there. What were they meant to attack first? A normal commander would focus all strength on killing the Queen, unaware that the old scrolls were clear on who would succeed her without heirs. And that was... the Light Crest. Which wouldn't bode well.

What about killing the Light Crest herself? Since she had no child to herself, that was as much as their chaotic gazes could see, her power would go to a different line of Primes, possibly within a young child. No, once more, the Queen could technically claim that role temporarily and just in time to face the Emperor. The more she pondered about it, the easier the choice became as there was a single individual that they should focus on. The human. The Grand Knight that had acted as the glue to this rabble, banding them all together under the queen... yes, he would have to get captured. Darcy thought about killing him on the spot but... she knew it would have worked better for them had he been captured. Less chances of a new Grand Knight to emerge, and a greater one to finally put an end to her many questions about this individual. So, the sorceress glanced to the side, the loyal minion beside her having asked the main question himself and... she grinned.

"Bring me the Grand Knight. And do so with haste and caution."

A paradoxical order for a paradoxical entity. The subordinate didn't comment on it, merely accepting the demand like a proper servant of Chaos. No doubts could emerge right now, not when it came to kill the source of all their great issues. Not when the stakes were so high. Earth would be conquered and studied thoroughly... but only after they were done with their rebellion and the foolish inhabitants of this silly planet.

_ And Chaos would emerge victorious. _

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AN

Next up, two serious fights!