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'This place truly looks like a supervillain base! Well more like the garage of one… my new boss truly likes his techy stuff!' The older blond thought to herself as she was looking around at everything.
She saw something akin to a holographic display, a futuristic-looking computer, a table with robotic hands which looks like the futuristic version of a grinding stone...
"I suppose I should tell you some things before Master comes back." Serafall started talking as she is the most diplomatic one of them all.
"Umm? Like what? I suppose I should know his schedule and such, yes?" The older blond asked with an uncertain look. While she was never a maid, she saw some in action.
"That is, well… our Master is very… pragmatic I suppose?" Serafall said with uncertainty, she was trying to find an appropriate word.
"We...experienced it… he dealt with our group in less than five minutes… the only survivor is my brother… since I offered myself for his life…"
"Arthur Pendragon?" Serafall asked with a raised eyebrow, she remembered something about the Ancient British family.
"Yes… I left a note which is basically a short summary of what happened before I was taken away." Le Fay said while fiddling with her robes. She was feeling very uncomfortable when the pair of the most powerful devil females were staring at her like that.
"Did you tell Master that you left a note?" Grayfia asked her with a piercing gaze.
'This woman… she is extreme… How can a Lucifuge serve a human to such an extreme?' Jeanne thought to herself. She never expected to see a devil serve a human with such heat.
"Umm...yes, I told him, and he even watched when I left the note… he approved of it…" Le Fay quickly clarified under such an extreme gaze.
"Good. Our Master was with Serafall for over 4 years now. She tested his patience enough. I suggest not to hide anything from him. It's pointless, especially in this place.
We are in the heart of his control here. This workshop holds a pantheon level of security. You can't escape this house or even this nation without him knowing. He will find you. It will either be me or Serafall who will be hunting you two down. And believe me...we can't say no to him. Even if we want to." Grayfia simply explained to the pair of blondes who could only gulp down hearing that.
In the end, they realised that they were in a nationwide prison.
"It was a Pantheon level security Grayfia. Master tripled the output of the Diamond Core Heart. Now the whole nation can enter into lockdown mode." Serafall added with a smug look.
"Truly? I guess I was outdated then. I didn't know Master is increasing security this much…" The Silver Haired maid said without much care. While the two blondes sitting opposite to them, tried to process what they just heard!
Triple the power of a Pantheon level security? Aren't Pantheons usually located in a different dimension? So, how can this place be that secure? Barriers? There are barriers here? But where?
Le Fay tried to sense anything but all she could tell was that there is a lot of magic in the air.
'Can he turn the ambient magic into barriers? Just how good are these Diamond Cores?'
"Indeed, after the whole incident with Artemis and her hunt, he decided to increase the radius of the third layer… Anyway, since you now know it is pointless to run, I can assume that Master will be giving you some devil-like contracts…" Serafall said as her gaze returned to the pair.
The pair didn't want to know what their new Lord did to Artemis that he needed to increase the security. They will most likely learn it anyway…
Still though, a man-hating Goddess is man hunting him? Well, this will be interesting. At least that was what Jeanne was thinking, while Le Fay already knew that the second coming of Solomon used his magic on the Moon Goddess and made her feel useless…
"Right… I am done! Here are the contracts. Read it up." Marcus walked over and handed over the papers to the pair.
The pair quickly stiffed and made sure they were sitting straight as Grayfia's gaze was on them. It was somewhat like an instinctual thing towards a threat, that's just how scary her gaze is.
Quickly though the pair started reading…
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"Umm...this is… like a job… you're even going to pay me…" Jeanne said with a confused look. She was expecting a bonafide slave contract where she is selling her life to a human who can enslave devils…
"It is… you will be working for me your whole life and you are going to get paid for it," Marcus said with a shrug. He might kidnap them but he will be offering things for the work. He might be a self-proclaimed bad guy but even bad guys pay their subordinates...well...except Frieza...
"I see… this...is not bad actually… " Jeanne continued to read until she stumbled upon something...cool!
"Whoa… you are going to allow me to test things!?" She asked with a shell shocked expression. She already saw the armours and the rifles!
'This is going to be so cool!'
She skipped a bunch of warning signs, something about the possibility of losing a limb and things like that. She was looking at the bright side…
"Yeah. Sacred Gears and things like that, you will be testing and using them. It will be for future data gathering." Marcus explained simply.
Jeanne nodded happily hearing that. She has no idea what the data gathering in specific was. But, she assumes her usage of it will be recorded to make even better gear. So it's like a double win for her.
"That's great! Much better than I expected!"
Serafall just looked at the girl, another happy test subject… She thought that those would be rare. But somehow her sister ended up as one and now these two from the looks of it.
Although the younger blonde didn't say anything, she was deep in reading her contract…
Eventually, Jeanne signed it up with a grin and so did Le Fay with a satisfying smile.
At that moment the pair got reminded that they just sealed the deal with their magic as they felt a pull from their magic flowing into the contracts.
Serafall sweat dropped for a bit. Now, more than ever, was her Master like Lucifer himself. He just made a pair of girls with a considerable background and legacy sign away their lives…
"Good. Now why don't you two go with Grayfia who will start showing you around. At the moment it's not much, but my base is rapidly expanding." Marcus said as he remembered that the tunnel works is rapidly increasing as the assembly line is producing more labour bots every two hours...
"I knew it! This is like a garage right? And you are building up your real base!" Jeanne said with quite a happy and smug look. Even Le Fay had a realising look.
It would seem that their wild guesses about their new Lord being like a supervillain building up his base...was right on spot.
"True, this place is going to be a garage for my cars in future. While my real base will be build-up away from the city and more towards the centre of the nation."
Serafall eyes slightly widened hearing that! That was new! She didn't hear anything about this! Marcus is building a new base somewhere? And he is not just calling it a garage anymore!?
That's big! It is hard to call the current place a 'garage' in the first place… since it has a bunch of things like a ritual room, testing room, kitchen, bathroom, and a fully automated assembly line that produces things from thin air! Well, it is using perpetual energy to create raw materials through transmutation… nonetheless, he still called this place a garage after having so many things build-up to this point!
So, it begs the question. How much bigger is the official base going to be?
"Oh, I see… is it going to be pretty big then?" Jeanne asked and the rest were also waiting for him to answer.
"More or less a few times bigger." He shrugged back casually.
"Don't worry. There will be enough things for you to do." Marcus said with a wide smile. For some reason, the blonde had a cold sweat going down her spine. It was out of nowhere so she was slightly confused on why she was feeling nervous.
He only said a few times bigger… so, it shouldn't be that big...right?
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