Seated on the rooftop, with her legs casually swinging back and forth, Coldness Divine listens to the voice of an unknown man at the entrance of her residence.
“I am your new butler.”
These words mark the beginning of everything.
“Hahaha, Hahaha!”
Her wings spread wide, and she starts to fly as her thirst for blood increases.
“The last one left because he feared for his life, and now you wish to replace him?”
The man realizes something is wrong and steps back three paces.
“Good for me, now die!”
Columns of fire rise from the ground, which the man skillfully dodges thanks to a 94-level difference.
“Wait! Let’s talk!”
The man continues trying to calm her until he eventually succeeds, Coldness Divine frowns and waits to hear what he has to say.
“I don’t know what the last man who was here did, but my influence is several times greater than his. If you explain your concerns, I can speak with my superiors for-- Eh? Aaaagh!”
Too late, he discovers the smile on the woman's face. A spell is silently activated behind his back, and instinctively he avoids the destruction of his vital organs, but the same cannot be said for his left arm.
“My arm! You bitch! What did you do?!”
“A human dares to speak to me? Ha! Your death was assured the moment you looked into my eyes.”
“You’ve made a grave mistake, bitch, one that you will regret for the rest of your life!”
Water surges around him and forms into beautiful birds, all targeting Coldness Divine.
She smiles arrogantly. “If the trash disappears, it’s not a mistake, but cleaning.”
The impact of her attacks resonates in the distance, but over time, they grow in intensity. When the sentinels notice the battle, it is too late, ashes dwell in the place, and only an arm remains as evidence.
The new dao protector of Coldness Divine has died.
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“Did you see the documents?”
The administration was frantic with recent reports.
“Hah, it’s unthinkable that a level 317 woman killed a level 411 dao protector. If it weren’t for a dragon…”
“I know, but it wasn’t all smooth. She has internal injuries, she must recover before she can be punished. As for the next dao protector, hah.”
Who would want to be the dao protector of a prostitute who kills her employees mercilessly? Only someone crazy or with tamer fetishes would apply for the position. If this continues, they will have to deprioritize Coldness Divine so that any dao protector can apply to her.
“Her previous dao protector is Lawrence, bring him here.”
Some time later the dao protector arrives at the place. After explaining what happened, his expression darkens.
“I knew that woman was serious, that's why I left the position and made sure to document it explicitly back then.”
Lawrence, as a user of sacred magic, is a respectful person who does not harm to humans or animals, someone you can reason with. Previous conflicts involving him were never initiated by him, indeed, since White Ash disappeared, he has never been seen in any quarrel again.
He sighs. “I thought you would listen to me, why didn’t you when they could? Now an innocent person has died, no one will mourn his death due to the circumstances surrounding this job.”
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Like once with White Ash, the death of the current dao protector will be covered up. Until no one can remember him.
Similar to Lawrence, the high administrative officer also regrets the loss. If reports exist, but no one takes them into account, then what is the point of administration?
“Tell me Lawrence, how was it possible that you stayed with her for so long?”
“That... The first day I felt that she wanted to kill me, so I didn’t dare to look her in the face or say a single word. Days later, she was the one who started the conversation, and since then I slowly gained her trust.”
“I see, but then... How did you lose it?”
Lawrence looks depressed, after shaking his head, he sighs. “Everything staying the same bothered her. That nothing had changed despite the time, that... including me.”
“That you were by her side meant that everything was still like the first day.”
“That's right.”
The high administrative officer asks all the pertinent questions until it was no longer necessary to ask more. Lawrence leaves, and the administration staff discusses how to proceed next.
In the days that followed, Coldness Divine was moved to another residence.
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“Aren’t you going to say anything?”
Coldness Divine frowns and looks disdainfully at the man near the entrance. Such is the new dao protector, a silent man, who has never looked her in the face nor introduced himself since the first day he arrived at this place.
He cautiously says: “What would you like to know?”
“Who are you?”
“I am Futile Augur, I specialize in shadow magic. I-I am your…”
“My what? Don’t you dare lie to me.”
“...Your dao protector.”
Coldness Divine falls silent and then smiles. “Not bad, lie to me just once and I’ll end your life… Come in, feed the fish, they look much thinner compared to the ones I had.”
Futile Augur is relieved to know that the first step has been taken successfully. That day he brought the good news to the administration, which was glad not to have to deprioritize her. The challenge will be to keep things from staying constant, so as not to ruin her mood and lead her to kill someone else again.
A more difficult task than they thought…
A month later, Futile Augur asks to leave the position.
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Some stay for days, others for weeks. Dao protectors eventually ask for resignation, with none having achieved what once Lawrence did.
The question is, does it matter? No, not at all.
As long as Coldness Divine does not kill any other dao protector, the high administrative officials are satisfied with the current situation. The original purpose of the dao protectors must not be forgotten. They exist to maintain the mental sanity of the prostitutes, if she feels proud making them resign, they are achieving the same goal with a different process.
The important thing is to break the monotony.
Coldness Divine smiles at the handwritten words, caressing them with her fingers until she feels their warmth. After a few minutes, she destroys the paper and sends Ruk flying.
“Lawrence…”
She caresses the invisible ring on her left ring finger.
“Don’t disappoint me.”
In the following days, she threatens the life of her dao protector. At first, he does not take her seriously, but one day he disappears without a trace.
“He resigned. He’s lucky, because if he hadn’t, I would have had to kill him.”
She casually swings her feet, until at some point they stop.
“You’ve arrived.”
The eagle proudly puffs up his chest. Even when his master caresses his head comfortably, he does not show joy. He does not want to be despised.
Ruk opens his beak and suddenly magic artifacts appear in front of him. Some for attack, others for defense. The common feature they share is that all are disposable, having no more than a few uses or hours of activity, but in exchange their power far exceeds the original.
The budget of Lawrence has increased significantly, now he can afford to buy higher quality and more versatile magic artifacts.
“Go back, make sure no one sees you.”
Ruk chirps in the air wishing his mistress luck.
Each magic artifact is positioned in a different part of her body, from necklaces, bracelets, and even earrings in her ears. While some glow subtly, others remain opaque, waiting to be activated.
“It’s time to hunt them…”
Her smile is so attractive that, were it not for her words, anyone who saw her would fall hopelessly in love with her.
Calmly, she flies through the air while reading a small piece of paper. Moments later, she stores it in her storage ring and increases her speed, creating a sonic boom in the process.
“This must be the place.”
Coldness Divine bursts into a residence, destroying the roof and entering through one of the rooms. Two people are inside, a man and a woman.
“What’s going on?!”
As the man has a higher level, it is he who gets up from the bed and tries to protect the woman at his side. As soon as the dust rises, just seeing the shadow of the perpetrator fear sprouts within him.
“We meet again... ex dao protector.”
In just an instant Coldness Divine appears beside him and smiles. “But not for long…”
“Eh?”
Unable to react, a fan cuts his neck. There’s no mercy from her, she stores the man’s corpse in her storage ring without a single drop of blood soiling the room. Only then does she walk towards the woman who covers her body with the sheets.
“I will grant you the greatest desire you have been seeking.”
The woman soon understands her words and then smiles.
“Thank you.”
The fan cuts the woman’s neck and her corpse disappears without leaving a trace.
Quickly, Coldness Divine exits the residence and retrieves a paper from her storage ring. After reading her instructions, she takes flight in a certain direction.
“Futile Augur… I’m sorry, but you must disappear.”
One by one, all the dao protectors who once were under her charge are killed by her. If it were another time the difficulty would be considerably higher, but the magic artifacts lessened the level difference.
At the same moment the brothel realized the situation, Coldness Divine had already killed three of her former dao protectors.