After several hours, Bree and Daisy were walking away from the large camp of Minitorian Centars that they had just finished setting up.
"Soon, they will build houses, and in a few months, they will be the first new town to join my nation," Bree tapped her staff as she walked. A magic circle surrounding the camp appeared, only to vanish within seconds. "And should anyone intrude on these lands with an intent to take it over, I'll be notified at once; if anyone who has one of these blades that can cut me happens to walk through, I'll make sure to confront them first,"
"I was unaware you could locate specific enchantments, my lady," Daisy responded with interest.
"Only if I possess them, and thanks to Annie, I now possess the enchantment," Bree smiled. "I should reward her, Silver too, come to think of it," Bree cut a walkway into the air, returning them to her throne room,
"I require everyone to converge in my throne room," Bree declared as she sat on her swivel throne and began mindlessly spinning while waiting for her followers to arrive. Daisy made her way away from the throne before kneeling to Bree; after a moment, her maids entered with Bella in the lead, taking their places around Bree's throne as she stopped spinning. Minerva and Sheepy came in holding Inky, with Winnie flying in behind them, looking far better than she had a few hours prior. Jaden and Beth came in with Orion and Silver in tow. Belin, Boris, and Manfred came in talking about Coffee; Bertram came in alone and held the door open; after a moment, Vi and Olu came in, helping Leafolio keep their balance as it clumsily moved around.
"My Lady," All who could speak declared as they kneeled to her. Sheepy stayed standing since she was holding Inky, and Leafolio did the same to avoid tipping over, "We are ready for your words of wisdom,"
"I have several announcements, but first, Annie, Silver, come and stand before me." Annie repositioned herself in front of the throne and kneeled while Silver ran up next to her and followed her actions. "Annie," Bree said. "Thanks to your offering of a sword, I can now detect the enchantment that could easily have killed me, and as thanks, I would like you to hold up your needle," Annie did as requested. Bree held up her hand and enchanted it. "For your work, I give your blade the same enchantment that can kill me: Absolute Severance."
"My lady!" Annie said at once, "Surely such an enchantment must be whipped from the earth,"
"Quite so," Bree agreed, "But at the same time, I dislike the idea of killing off an entire chain of magic, and as we have already seen, it can be countered with legendary defense items like your button, and I have at least one mythical shield somewhere in the basement." Bree sighed." Still, since it's just as capable of killing one of you as it is of killing me, I have no choice but to purge the enchantment. You, and you alone, will be the only one I give it to, as you are the only one I deem worthy enough to wield it," Annie lowered herself to a grovel as Bree added, "What more, with this enchantment mixed with your unique skill, you can now sever and reattach nearly anything,"
"I will use this gift with pride, my lady," Annie said gratefully.
"Now then, Silver," Bree turned to him, "I have named the woman you spared Beth, and she has already proven her worth many times over to me, and I'm sure she has earned the trust of the rest of you, just in case someone missed it, her name is now Beth, and because you spared her you may well have saved my life,"
"Of course, my…what!?" Silver jumped out of his kneel. His head popped off for a second, was caught by his cloak in the air, and landed neatly back onto his neck. "I did what now!" Everyone's attention was now firmly on Beth as Bree began speaking again.
"Beth had informed me that there are at least two members of the Holy Church and one Demon Lord stronger than me, even without the Absolute Severance Enchantment," Bree smiled. "Without knowing that I might have attempted to destroy the church and gotten myself killed,"
"Stronger than you?" Winnie looked worried momentarily before chuckling, "You mean stronger than you are right now, correct?"
"That is correct," Bree confirmed.
"Then, if you were to activate your ultimate skill," Everyone, save for Winnie and Zoey, looked surprised as the room filled with murmuring.
"You mean to tell me…" Bella said in shock, only for Zoey to cut in.
"Mistress Bree, as she is now, is in her absolute weakest state; at her strongest, her physical strength alone would make all of our power combined look like a toy,"
"Alright, don't oversell it," Bree said to Zoey, "But yes, I have an ultimate skill, but without knowing how strong they are at their base, I have no idea how effective it is, and activating it would probably result in the destruction of everything within my line of sight," Her followers began talking in awe, she tapped her staff and the room went silent, "But that is not why we are here, Silver,"
"Yes, my lady!" Silver replied, going back to kneeling.
"You saved this woman of your own accord, but her info is worth far more than what I expected; as of this moment, I officially declare that Beth is your subordinate, you are her master, and she will only serve you unless directly told otherwise by you or me,"
"Really?" Silver looked thrilled at the prospect of having more than just Orion working with him.
"Really," Bree confirmed, "Now stand before me, my maids stand as I talk, and know you and your two followers will stand by the entrance and be on the defense for intruders of any kind; you are my front guard, so I want you to guard the entrance to these meetings should we have another,"
"You heard the boss," Silver said. Silver ran to the entrance and stood in the center, with Orion scooping up Beth and taking his place next to him. Beth looked flustered at the whole ordeal.