Chapter 43:
Our Town in another world
Muki took a deep breath and stared up at Boree. "What would those conditions be?"
"First, how do I know the meat would live off your grounds? This grass they eat is different from everything else around."
Muki began to go pale.
"Not a problem, highness. I can just take some grass here n' carve out some land for it. My magic seems to be suited for both accelerating growth and sustaining life, so I could confirm if things would work in just a few minutes," Vjenceslava stated.
Boree shrugged and began stomping over towards a cow and bull grazing nearby.
"Oh, make sure to check if that bull has balls. If it doesn't, we can't take it."
"No need to worry. The bag in charge doesn't believe in spaying or neutering unless the animal themself requests it," Muki grumbled.
"That's crazy! Who the hell is the one in charge here?"
"A bald-"
"YOUR LEADER IS BALD!?" all the orcs shouted simultaneously.
"Y- Yeah?"
Boree grinned as he picked up the cow and bull in each arm and walked back up to Muki. "That makes things easier. Bald's a sign of power n' respect in our culture. But if protection is what you want in the deal, you'll need to seal the deal with marriage."
"Marriage?"
"Yeah, a beloved maiden from your city will be wed to my daughter, Eecheeka."
"Huh?"
"Won't get better than this. Before he would've asked you for tribute, but now you just gotta sacrifice some high-ranking maiden, or one that's simply an idol of the city, and you'll have an alliance," Vjenceslava whispered.
Muki stared down at Erika's hands, and forced her face to smile menacingly. "In that case, think I'm bridal material?"
Eecheka walked up to Muki and stared her in the face. "Thou came to us in regal attire mimicking ours, and look to have a cute face. We'll need to remove all that nasty hair though."
"Only if you get rid of yours too."
"Oh this? Tis but a trophy from an elf I slaughtered. The proud orc princess keeps her head smooth all time!" Eecheeka laughed as she yanked off her "hair", revealing a bald browless head, like her compatriot's, beneath.
"But what is your standing? We want someone of revered status to marry our princess," Eenoriko glared.
"I'm what you call an idol. Everyday I tell everyone what the weather will be, what the news is, my face is known far and wide by near everyone here," Muki stated.
This was completely factual, but whether it would be good enough for the orcs remained to be seen.
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As the dwarves continued their tour, Borferd suddenly went on guard and pulled out his axe. "We got trouble. Something's coming!"
No sooner did he say that did Kirikatta slam down on the ground before everyone, her long white hair flowing madly in the wind.
Ikebukuro's heart began to beat. "Kirikatta, why are you here!?" she asked telepathically.
Kirikatta was too enraged to respond, or even here the telepathic message as she zeroed in on all the dwarves. "You fucking little shit rocks, you fuckers don't deserve to live!" she roared as she unleashed an attack.
Elves and dwarves had always been at each other's throats for centuries, but none from the elf side hated dwarves more than Kirikatta. No one knew the exact reason why, but once she laid eyes on a dwarf, she'd start slicing. Words would bounce right off her, and even allies would get slaughtered if they found themselves in her path. The only ways to stop the rampage was to either defeat Kirikatta, a task only Shalala, Harajuku, and Pirhanaroo could do, or wait until she had killed every single dwarf in sight.
As the slice attack soured towards the group, Borferd jumped in front and summoned a massive shield of diamond, blocking the attack. Kirikatta bent her neck in surprise, but continued attacking, figuring she'd cut through the diamond shell eventually with repeated attacks. That made her oblivious to Borferd, who had leapt into the air, and was about to launch diamond missiles at her.
Kirikatta had good instincts and reflexes though, and barely managed to dodge. However, some missiles did hit her hair and began to rapidly crystalize it.
"That's what you get for that long hair!" Borferd shouted as he flew down encased in diamond armor with his axe raised above his head.
Kirikatta gritted her teeth in fury and cut her hair at shoulder-length, allowing her to escape and dodge Borferd's mighty swing. With Borferd's axe embedded in the ground, Kirikatta took the chance to go in for a diving attack, only to be met with a mighty punch to the face, sending her flying through buildings. Her momentum finally stopped when she slammed into a salon chair in the abandoned salon Jenna had run as a front to try and increase the number of people microchipped in town.
Healing her face with magic, Kirikatta calmed down just enough to take note of her surroundings. "This a beauty salon? No one's here to service a cutie like me. Guess it's self-service," she thought as she finished healing her face.
She began trying to regrow her hair, but quickly stopped herself. "Nah, I'd just get pinned again. Well, I confirmed I CAN regrow my hair, so might as well go full disgrace and shave my head bald for the win," she snickered as she used her wind magic to grab the clippers and use them to shear off all her hair.
Once that was done, she encased her entire head and eyebrows in shaving cream and shaved herself smooth with her sharp knife.
"Hmm, not bad. Might as well slice off my eyelashes too. Always hated how they were all white," she smirked as she did just that before encasing her head and face along with her exposed arms and legs with shaving cream. "Come to think of it, I didn't do my beauty routine this morning. Might as well do it now," she thought as she slammed her sneaker into the broken counter and leaned back as far as she could in the chair.
Swirling wind magic then engulfed her, leaving her smooth and sparkly all over once it dissipated. Sensing Borferd was still a distance away, she decided to play around with the wax, then the depilatory cream, making herself even smoother.
"Humans really have a thing for going bald. Can't blame em considering smoth makes me feel like I'm one with the wind. That reminds me, Shalala once told me there was this guy in one of her picture books that shaved his head bald and gained the power to destroy everything just by punching. Stupid dwarf, I just got a major power-up," the thought as she decided to lather up her head and face with shaving cream just for funsies.
As she leaned back in her chair again, she suddenly came face-to-face with a diamond dwarf. She blinked for a few seconds before frantically sitting back up in an attempt to get out of her seat. However, she was too late as the diamond dwarf swung it's mighty fist straight through the back of the chair and into Kirikatta's back, sending her flying off once more.
"What the hell! I didn't sense him here at all! Did he use a remote golem!? Little shit!" she fumed in her mind as she rapidly healed her back.
Seeing Borferd coming into view, Kirikatta brought herself to a halt and encased herself in a windy sphere.
"You elves really do spend too much time on crap like beauty," Borferd scoffed as Kirikatta began walking towards him.
"Us elves like our skincare and hygiene unlike you putrid shit worms," Kirikatta cutely scoffed as she began scraping the shaving cream off her head and face with her knife.
The two locked eyes and quickly charged at each other, clashing with their bladed weapons while using their magic for defense. Nearby civilians panicked and ran, though some stayed behind to film the fight. Kirikatta had the speed advantage, but Borferd had her beat in both defense and power. With her energy beginning to run low, Kkirikatta decided to go for an all-out attack, zipping around the nearby buildings like a tornado. She then flew at breakneck speed towards Borferd, attempting to end it all with a mighty swing from her katana.
But then, the diamond golem Borferd had created earlier returned, and slammed it's fist into Kirikatta's head and sending her flying off far into the sky. She eventually landed right in the middle of the farm, right where Muki was meeting with the orcs.
"Oh? Well isn't that a surprise. I do love me some elves," Boree snickered as he stared down at the unconscious Kirikatta.
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