Chapter 1453 I Refuse!
The moment Haru and everyone was teleported to the hanging garden, the rest except himself, were surprised since no one would expect the pendant on his hand was capable of performing teleportation.
Caules pushed the frame of his glasses and looked at Haru's pendant.
'If he and my sister are married...'
Caules was, after all, a Magus, and he could tell that his sister was very happy with this scumbag, he felt that there was nothing wrong with borrowing something from his brother-in-law in the future, however, before he was going to borrow something, he was wondering whether he could stay alive after this battle or not.
With the hum of the air, the poisonous gas with a delicious smell of wine appeared in every corner of the hanging garden, like a mist, slowly permeating.
Perhaps it was because of the concern of the servants of the Red Faction, that the concentration of the poisonous gas was much sparse than when Haru broke alone this place before.
This level of poisonous gas may not have an effect on the servants, but it was extremely poisonous for the master.
It could be seen that this time, Semirami's goal wasn't the servant, but rather the fragile master.
However, at this moment, Haru could feel something beneath him. He raised his eyebrow and felt a bit weird, but he didn't dodge.
"Raikou, focus on your fight! Don't worry about me!"
Haru didn't see a reason to hide Raikou's name anymore and directly called her out before he disappeared.
"What?!"
Raikou then realized that her dear had disappeared. "Dear!" She then without hesitation chased after Haru since she could feel that he was still in this hanging garden.
The rest were stunned when they saw Haru suddenly disappear.
"Haru!"
Fiore wanted to help Haru, but she was too late!
"Archer, help h--"
"Sister!" Caules quickly held Fiore, stopped her from making a stupid decision, and said, "Calm yourself! We need Archer's protection! Berserker is going to protect him!"
"I...." Fiore looked at Caules and felt a bit panicked.
"Calm down, master. He's going to be alright," Chiron said calmly.
"...Yes."
Fiore then lowered her head and felt quite depressed, but she knew that it wasn't the time for her to worry about her, considering she needed to think about her family.
Caules and Chiron looked at each other before shaking their heads, feeling Haru was a bastard at this moment.
On the other hand, Jeanne was also startled and felt a bit panicked, but Shinobu quickly calmed her down, telling her that Haru wasn't weak and he also brought a Daimidaler and an IS with him.
Shinobu told Jeanne, if Haru wanted then it was possible to destroy a planet with the Daimidaler or a country with an IS.
"...."
Jeanne wasn't sure about Daimidaler or an IS, but she knew that he would be alright and knew that it wasn't the time to worry about him.
Jeanne looked at everyone who seemed to be at a loss since the leading figure among their group had disappeared. She slammed her holy flag to the ground and caused a loud sound, attracting everyone's attention.
"I will directly attack Shirou Amakusa to stop him and I hope that all of you can back me up."
Leaving such words, Jeanne also moved very fast, leaving them behind.
With both Jeanne and Raikou left, there were only the masters and servants from the Yggdmillennia who were left.
"All right."
In the end, Chiron reacted first and spoke to Fiore and Caules.
"We're ready to act too."
Hearing this, Fiore and Caules, nodded with a serious expression.
"Aahh! Chiron is very excited too!"
Astolfo smiled and held Sieg's hand, who hadn't reacted yet. "Yosh! We can't lose either too, master!" He blew a whistle loudly.
A sharp cry immediately responded to Astolfo's whistle and a shadow of a beast descended from the distant sky.
The beast was Hippogriff, the legendary animal, with the head of the eagle, the body of a horse. This legendary beast was the child of both Griffin and the mare.
However, it is an impossible creature that normally should not exist. This is because it should be impossible for a child to be born between a Griffin and a horse, which are predator and prey respectively.
Astolfo secured Hippogriff from the evil magus Atlante. More specifically, it was obtained from Atlante by Bradamante and then she later loaned it to Astolfo.
Though his various legends tell of him riding on the backs of mounts like Griffin and the famous Rabicano, the Hippogriff is particularly famous among them. A Hippogriff appears in the story of "Orlando Furioso" (The Frenzy of Roland), where Astolfo and his comrades also appear. This story includes the theme of "The Hippogriff makes an appearance here, so no matter how strange it may seem, there is nothing that is truly impossible." In "Orlando Furioso", Astolfo even goes to the Moon with the Hippogriff in order to save Roland.
Right now, the Hippogriff is the mount of Astolfo. It boasts a great speed, and its demolishing attack as it charges is equal to an A-rank physical attack, however, the true power of the Hippogriff takes advantage of its "impossible existence" nature and amplifies it, allowing it to perform short bursts of dimensional shift continually and only for an instant.
"Hey!"
Astolfo quickly hugged Sieg directly and jumped up into the back of the Hippogriff.
"Go Hippogriff!"
Under Astolfo's shout, the Hippogriff screamed sharply again, shaking its wings, and flew towards the center area of the hanging garden.
The masters and the servants of the Black faction were divided into three groups, and they went to various places in the hanging garden.
The difference was that both Chiron and Astolfo were the backup and support, attracting the enemy's attention, so Jeanne could stop Shirou Amakusa.
While they weren't sure what had happened to Haru, they hoped that he would be alright since he was the main force of this group at that moment.
When everyone was divided and moved to various places, Haru was teleported to a hall alone.
Haru looked around and even though this hall was dim, he could see his surroundings. He frowned when he saw the poisonous gas slowly fill the hall, and before long, it would fill this place.
*Splash!* *Splash!*
Haru looked down and realized that the ground of this hall was filled with water, then at this moment, he heard a familiar voice.
"What's wrong, boy? You're not using your ability?"
"Semiramis?"
"Watch your mouth! Call me Empress or Queen!"
"....."
Haru wasn't sure what to say, but somehow, it reminded him of his meeting with Esdeath. He chuckled and said, "You should know that poisonous gas is useless on me."
"Yes, but you should know that poisonous gas isn't only my power. I can turn the water beneath you into a poison too and I can summon a monster to kill you."
Haru frowned and asked, "What's your intention? You can kill me anytime, but why are you telling me all of this?"
Semiramis, who was sitting on her throne, chuckled and said, "I love a smart boy."
"Thank you?"
"So I will give you a chance. I know that you can't use your power arbitrarily and at the moment, your power is useless since you're trapped inside that room."
"How did you know?" Haru raised his eyebrow but didn't intend to correct Semiramis's misunderstanding.
The reason why Haru didn't use "pleasure magic" was because of Raikou.
Raikou wanted to have a battle against Karna after all, if he used a "pleasure magic" then it would affect her battle, along with the servants of the Black Faction. He didn't believe that Chiron and Astolfo were virgins, but he was sure that Karna and Atalanta were virgins.
If he dared to use his "pleasure magic" then the Black Faction would lose without doubt, however, even without his "pleasure magic", he could win, but still, he was curious about Semirami's intention to suddenly teleport him to this hall and didn't kill him directly, but rather talked with him.
Haru wasn't sure what this Assyrian Empress's intention was.
"There's nothing that you can hide from this Empress."
Semiramis rested her chin on her hand lazily and said, "I will give you two choices."
"Choices?"
"Be my slave or die."
"......"
Haru was speechless.
"Slave?"
"I need a servant after all and you're quite pleasing to my eyes. If you can control your power without causing any harm then I don't mind letting you stay alive until the end."
Haru was wondering whether what he had heard was right?
Haru was wondering whether the reason why Semiramis caught him was that she wanted him to become part of her harem?
Haru was a bit stumped and felt a bit confused.
"What do you think? It isn't a bad choice, right? I will become the queen of this world! You should be proud that you can become my slave."
"....."
Haru blinked his eyes and asked, "...If I become your slave, you.. You'll spare my life?"
Semiramis chuckled then laughed. In the end, every human was the same, when they were threatened that they would be killed, they would be afraid. In the past, she would be bored with Haru's reaction, but at this moment, she was happy since it had been a while since she felt this feeling, after all when she was summoned, the servants of the Red Faction didn't succumb to her and even glared at her directly so she was quite happy when her vanity was realized.
"Yes, I promise." Semiramis smiled and said, "If you become my slave and order your servant to commit suicide at this moment, then I will spare your life."
"....."
Haru was silent and didn't say anything.
However, Semiramis kept smiling and urged him. "Do it! Use your Command Spells to order your servant to commit suicide right away! Then promise me that you'll become myself and I will spare your life! Do it!"
Haru then looked up and said, "I refuse."
"What?!"
Semiramis was choked and startled since the scenario was different from what she had imagined!
Somehow, the art on Haru's face started to change and he said, "One of my absolute favorite things to do is to tell someone who I think is strong, "No"."
Semiramis was furious. Here, she had given him a chance because he was pleasing to her eyes, but he refused her!
"...Do you want to die, boy?"
"I don't want to die and I don't want to become your slave so I refuse." Haru looked up and said, "So wait for me there, Semiramis! When I get there, I will push you down from your throne and give you a humiliation that you have never tasted before!"
Semiramis chuckled and laughed very hard!
"Do you want to give me a taste of humiliation? Are you a drunk boy? Or is the poison working on you right now? Whatever, but whether you can come or not, you need to think of a way to escape from that place, or else, you will die!"
"Yes, I will escape from this place and stay alive so be prepared when I come, your butts will turn red!"
"You're still drinking milk on your mother's tits when I become an Empress, and you're telling me you want to spank my butts?" Semiramis chuckled and said, "Let's see whether you can do that, Basmu!"
Then a large poisonous horned snake with two forelegs appeared within the hall, staring at him with dangerous light on its eye, and not only that, the poisonous gas became denser and the water beneath him also started to change into a poison.
"Let's see whether you can stay alive after all of this."
Haru ignored Semiramis's words and took out his knife. His entire body gradually turned black with a metallic luster, before licking his lick since he had never tasted Basmu, but at the same time, he wanted to see the face of the strong queen that fell under his hands.
Haru then rubbed his chin and wondered whether he had a fetish for a strong woman, but well, he needed to solve the beast in front of him, before he came toward the Assyrian Empress!
"ROARRRRRR!!!"