Demonic Po*nstar System

Chapter 159: Aria Has Had Enough

Kaiden’s eyes narrowed. His mouth opened, ready to tell Sasha exactly where she could shove her suggestion. But before he could utter a word, Aria’s voice cut through the tension like a razor blade dipped in frost. Her usual serenity was nowhere to be seen.

”Enough.”

Everyone turned toward the Moon Valkyrie, whose silver-blue eyes now gleamed with a steely light.

”I’m so glad to hear your opinions,” Aria said in a polite, composed, but very chilling tone. ”But let’s remind ourselves of one thing. You’re rookies.”

Sasha blinked, confused. ”Excuse me?”

”You’re rookie members of Nova Circuit,” Aria explained. ”The agreement made wasn’t between you, Sasha. Nor you, Vaelira. Certainly not you, Jack.”

Her gaze passed over each of them slowly, staring into their eyes.

”The deal was struck between Valhalla’s Sinners and Tessa, the leader of your guild.”

She tilted her head to the side as a hostile edge seeped into her expression. ”Unless one of you has suddenly become guild master or been granted the right to negotiate on behalf of Nova Circuit, your opinions are meaningless. You are owed nothing.”

Once done with her statement, Aria smiled, but the friendly gesture didn’t reach her eyes.

There was a heavy silence that descended as a result of the Moon Valkyrie’s cold declaration. Jack’s jaw clenched, Vaelira’s brows twitched in irritation, and Sasha looked like she had something more to say.

Nyx clapped her hands together with a giant grin adorning her delicate lips. ”What my icy sis said~.”

Luna just cracked her knuckles, fully agreeing with her silver-haired friend.

”Let’s leave before your fellow guild members succumb to their wounds,” Kaiden suggested, happy his girls had grown such a backbone in this short amount of time. They were bravely standing up to strong combatants who would’ve easily killed them mere days ago.

”You’re one to say...” Leon growled with spite before gesturing toward both of his ruined arms with his chin. ”I would’ve long been in the hand of the professionals awaiting our exit outside if you hadn’t decided to dick down that monster chick and just killed her.”

Kaiden eyed the heavily bleeding man whose features contorted with overwhelming pain. He knew the accusation had quite a lot of merit to it, but he just shrugged his shoulders. ”A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.”

A heavy cursing spree was the answer he received from the wounded swordsman, but the Paragon of Sin turned on his heels and began walking toward the swirling portal, accompanied by the three merrily giggling lady companions of his who were very amused with his shameless audacity.

Bastet also walked after her new master with worried steps, visibly concerned with both the portal and just what was going on in general.

Sensing her overwhelmed state of mind, Nyx stopped before reaching the portal and extended a hand toward her. She smiled encouragingly while saying, ”Come, Bastet. We’ll show you your new home.”

The pink-haired Valkyrie watched with a deadpan expression as their man left without checking on this slightly panicked girl. However, she quickly recovered. ”Your new master/lover might seem to be a bit... sharp around the edges at times, but trust me, Kaiden is the most considerate man when it comes to his girls... I believe you will love your time with our family.”

The tanned woman observed Nyx for a bit before shaking her head. ”I feel like I’m being treated like a little baby... I’m not concerned about his love for me, I just don’t like this strange door. I don’t want to step into it.”

”Oh!” Nyx gasped. She knew it already, but it was rather hard to tell her brain that she was indeed conversing with a monster. Or, well, an ex-monster, perhaps. It was only natural Bastet wouldn’t want to step into the gate as she hadn’t seen it before.

”We don’t really know what this is either, but you should think of it as an interdimensional portal capable of traversing through realities in the blink of an eye—or something like that.”

”What language are you speaking?” Bastet deadpanned.

”Come, let’s go,” Nyx said with a rather fake smile, knowing this explanation would take a very long time.

*Hiss!* Bastet hissed and growled at the portal the closer she came. But when Kaiden returned and pulled her up into a bridal carry, her consent was no longer asked. Cutely closing her eyes and gripping onto her master with all her strength, the Ra-Blessed Felinid found herself on Earth.

She was the first ever monster that wasn’t attacked on sight upon stepping out of the portal, save for the monsters that were restrained and brought out to be killed outside the dungeons so as to eat their meat. Inside the dungeon, they would’ve dematerialized upon their deaths, but the same wasn’t true for when their slaughter happened on Earth.

”Welcome back...” Tessa’s greetings heralded Valhalla’s Sinners’ official return to Earth. The black-haired woman sounded troubled. Not only was she shocked by what she’d seen both on his stream and in his arms right now, but her already struggling guild lost nine awakened during the undertaking.

Her life wasn’t an easy one.

”It’s good to see you again, Tessa,” Kaiden replied amicably.

The rest of the survivors followed after them, bringing the injured to the awaiting medical staff, who immediately began tending to them.

”Mind if I accompany you guys on the way back?” Tessa asked. It seemed she had some business to discuss, as she instructed her subordinates, the instructors, to remain with the others. She then gestured to one of the awaiting minivans.

Kaiden and the squad didn’t have a ride, so they were more than happy to accept her offer.

”Will you come with us?” Kaiden asked after turning toward Elara, the teenage dungeon aide who accompanied them on this trying adventure.

”M-me? Why?” Her meek attitude returned now that she was out of the dungeon. Back during the critical moments of the dungeon descent, she was incredibly reliable. But it seemed she was a rather awkward girl during times of peace—or at least when it came to interacting with others—she seemed awkward and withdrawn.

”I would like to discuss something with you.”

Instead of replying, the girl looked at Tessa. The woman nodded, permitting it. ”Put down your bags. The others will take care of everything.”

”Yes, Leader!”

And just like that, it was time to go home, where, once they got nice and comfy, it would be time to check their latest video’s numbers!

It will be like never before!