Ascension of the Monster Queen

The guys looked at the flame as they grew hotter in her hands and her eyes began glowing.

Riki and the others looked at each other before returning their attention to Nessa and she exhaled deeply.

"I am not joking, tell me, are you going to talk or not?" She asked as she placed the flames closer to them, the heat that surrounded them, frighten them to such an extent that they began sweating in fear.

"Lady Nessa," Dalia said.

"Times up," She said as she released the ball of fire on the ground, it formed a circle around the guys and the others looked at Nessa.

"The fire will take a minute to reach you and believe me, it will burn you to death and I will let you burn," She said, they both began mumbling as the flames closed in on them and they looked at Nessa and she chuckled.

"Are you sure about this?" Riki asked.

"Do you think it will work?" She asked and he glanced at her.

"We will talk, please, we will talk just put the flames out," One of them said.

"Looks like it did," Riki responded and Nessa smirked as her eyes glowed orange and the flames disappeared from the ground and she approached the two.

"Now, if you guys lie to me, I will burn you immediately, I won't even give you a minute so I suggest you come clean with me, lie and it will be the last thing either of you ever do, am I clear?" She asked and they both nodded.

"Yes, you are clear, what do you want to know? Please do not kill us, this is not worth our lives," One of them said and Nessa exhaled deeply before looking around her and cutting them loose.

"The trees, the weapon, the power of those roots, I want everything you know about all of this, if you don't tell me, I will know, I am not stupid, so give me everything or I am not going to let you leave here alive," She replied and they sighed before bracing against the trees there.

"We were just hired for a job," The blonde guy among them said and Riki glanced at him.

"For a job? Give the specifics," Riki replied.

"You know there are adventurers who work in groups and accept jobs with a lot of money because they might need it, we accepted it because of the money that came with the job, it was a lot of money," The guy said.

"So you are adventurers, There are only five of you in this group, not as many, but a good enough number for a small party, how many did you get for this job exactly?" Yonja asked.

"In total, five medium size purses filled with gold coins w only got three so far, they said we will get the rest once we finish the job, the last two will have tips, it was more than we could ever get on any of the jobs that we did before, we are not that high in the ranking of adventures but for the job, we were good enough to them," He responded and Yonja exhaled deeply before looking at Nessa.

"Money again, I am getting tired of hearing that from some people, if some high-ranking adventurer who only cares about money had gotten the job with more money offered, then imagine the damage that might have cost, people's greed is going to get others killed," Nessa said and Liya nodded.

Nessa looked around at the other men and she noticed one among them was acting a bit different, her eyes narrowed as a smile appeared on her face as she realized that the adventurers were just doing their jobs but one among them knew more.

"Tell me, all you guys were told was that you had to do this job, get the magical tree roots, do I have that right?" She asked.

"Yes, you do have that right, one of them among them said that it will be used to make revolutionary weapons, ones that will benefit people, change their lives," He responded and Nessa smiled at him before approaching the one which looked suspicious.

"So you don't know what kind of weapon or how they intend to use the roots all you know is what you told us so far?" Riki asked and they nodded then Riki scoffed, knowing they were telling the truth from the fear in their eyes.

"I see, you are all completely clueless, you guys didn't see the ones who came to you with the job offer faces did you?" She asked.

"No, and that's because...." The guy responded as the one who looked suspicious feet began glowing and the others looked at him as he released a shot of flames which sent him flying in the air and disappearing.

Nessa gnashed her teeth before looking up at the sky and sighing while the others looked at her without saying anything.

"Lady Nessa," Dalia said.

"One minute Dalia, the one that just got away, he knew more about the job because he came to you guys with it, it's the reason you don't know who hired you, am I right?" Nessa asked and they all nodded and she scoffed.

"Lady Nessa, what are we going to do now sine they don't have any more information for us?" Zilrud asked and Nessa glanced at him, then patted him on his shoulder and he shrugged before looking at the others who were equally confused as to what Nessa's next move might be.

They all knew that Nessa could be quite unpredictable at times, but then they didn't have even a single hint as to what she might do or want to do.

"You guys can go and if you tell anyone what happened here I will find you and destroy you and if you ever step foot here again, I will leave you limbless, am I clear?" She asked as her eyes glowed green and they trembled in fear.

"Yeah!" They shouted and she smirked then looked at Riki before nodding.

"We will escort you guys out of here, make sure you leave, try anything and you are dead," Dalia said and they nodded.

"Are you sure about letting them go?" Ian asked and Nessa sighed before glancing at him and smiling.

"Yeah, I am sure, they are too scared to talk, I don't care if they do either, I will not tolerate certain things, as for the one that got away...." She responded with a smirk as she looked at Dalia and the others taking the men away.