20.5: The Scream Queen Returns

- Overlord Kuro -

"You've done well, Skarlet." I say calmly, looking over the decomposing corpse of Sindel, former Queen of Edenia, mother of Kitana and wife of Shao Khan.

"It was... interesting to be back in Outworld. Honestly? Give it a few months, and it will fall apart without us even doing anything." Skarlet says with a smirk, clearly taking satisfaction in Mileena's crumbling empire. "Mileena's a tyrant even worse than Shao Kahn... at least he was smart about his rule, she's just insane."

Looking over at her, my eyes roam over her body briefly. She's wearing her older outfit, which is essentially a red bikini with a small half-skirt, only concealing her front and back as it leaves her legs completely uncovered., apparently it helps her bathe in the blood of her victims easier than the full bodysuit from the latest game that she is usually wearing, even if it provides less protection.

"You aren't worried about Kotal taking over?" I ask as I lift the body, moving it onto the preprepared table.

Pulling out my Necromancy Grimoire, I start flicking through it looking for the spell to restore bodies.

"No, oddly enough this little war has done a good job of solidifying Outworld, Kotal won't risk a rebellion when you could invade at any moment and take advantage of the chaos. He's stuck following the crazy bitch for now since they can't afford infighting." Skarlet points out, making me chuckle. You're welcome, Mileena.

[Restore Corpse] (Active)

50 MP to cast

Returns a corpse to pristine condition

Flooding the corpse with my magic, I slowly undo the slow degradation, healing the rot and removing the rigour mortis... pausing for a moment, I push it further.

I'm a very skilled Necromancer... manipulating a corpse isn't even that complex as I slowly de-age her back to her early twenties, making sure to keep her large breasts and curvy hips, her signature long white hair, with a strip of black in the middle remains very long, going down past her ass as I alter her slightly.

Nothing much, just giving her fuller lips, a more smooth face, returning her virginity, tightening her back up and... adding some extra sensitive spots.

[Restore Corpse] has become [Manipulate Corpse]

[Manipulate Corpse] (Active)

500 MP to cast

Allows you to alter corpses to your whims, adjusting them to suit your needs.

"If you're planning on fucking a corpse, I'm leaving." Skarlet drawls with a smirk as I cast strip, Skarlet thought to track down Sindel's signature purple outfit, the highly revealing bodysuit she used to wear... probably because Shao Kahn forced her to? I might be making shit up, trying to explain away what could just be the designers being perverts.

...Which was why I liked Mortal Kombat so much.

"I am not planning on fucking her corpse, I just want to see what I'm working with." I say with a roll of my eyes, her breasts can keep some of the pregnancy bloat, each topped with a large puffy pink nipple.

I wouldn't fuck a corpse... or at least an unmoving one, there's a lot of hot undead throughout the multiverse.

"Whatever you say..." Skarlet drawls with a smirk, making me roll my eyes as I start setting up some little changes to my spells. My resurrection spell is based on White Magic, and it's a true resurrection... which gives me no control of the resurrected corpse.

Using my Necromantic knowledge, I'm working on altering that. I'll keep the White Magic spell for when I'm acting the part of the healer, but for this, I want to make sure I can keep Empress Sindel under my thrall once she's back amongst the living.

[Corrupted Resurrection] (Active)

50,000 MP to cast

Causes the target corpses to come back to life, enthralling the resurrected target to the Necromancers will.

That'll do it.

"You really have done well, Skarlet... is there anything you want as a reward?" I ask as I set up the ritual circle, watching her pause.

Good work should be rewarded, after all.

"A reward..." Skarlet starts, looking at me hesitantly. I don't need to check her mind to know that she's wondering if this is a trap. Shao Kahn isn't the biggest when it comes to rewards, he simply expects obedience. After staring at me for a moment, she decided to take the bait. "Then... I want some of your blood." she says slowly, making me give her a raised eyebrow. "I can feel it, your blood has power..." she admits making me hum.

"My vampiric or demonic nature, most likely... so, you want if from the source or shall I fill one of your little vials?" I ask calmly, her bodysuit doesn't fit any more since she's shrunk a bit, it's loose, and it'll just fall off, so she can stay naked until Serena makes some adjustments to it.

"From the source... you are serious about this?" Skarlet asks as she approaches me, making me nod with a calm smile, I've already placed a law on her to stop her from using it against me, and her obedience is already pretty high. "Shao Kahn would never have given anyone his blood." she says after a moment.

"And I'm not Shao Kahn." I say easily. "Any preference on where I cut? I can survive pretty much any normal wound so pick wherever." I say with a shrug.

"Your wrist will do." Skarlet says, falling to her knees in front of me as I sharpen my nails into claws, slicing my wrist deeply. It hurts, obviously, but it's like a three out of ten, nothing I can't easily handle.

As blood starts to pour from the wound, Skarlet removes her mask and latches her mouth onto my wrist, almost desperately as she sucks the blood directly from my veins, she isn't a vampire... but she's pretty close.

What happened to the Vampire from Mortal Kombat again? Nitara, was it? I remember that she was trying to separate her realm from Outworld, but I can't for the life of me remember what happened to her.

If I know Shiro, she's around here somewhere. She's a hot vampire after all.

Honestly, I'm surprised he even bothered adding any guys at all.

As Skarlet drinks my blood, her eyes start to roll back in what can best be described as an ahegao, moans of pleasure leaving her as she licks and sucks on my wrist.

I can lose... well, basically infinite blood, I'm regenerating fairly quickly, and I can use White Magic to encourage my blood to produce faster, all while stopping my wound from healing, so I don't mind letting her gorge herself, drinking her fill. She won't be turned into a thrall unless I actively change her.

After what seems like half an hour, she pulls back, blood stains around her mouth as she stares up at me. She's panting slightly as she licks her lips clean, her flimsy red outfit utterly failing to hide her erect nipples, a clear trail of arousal leaking down her leg.

"Satisfied?" I ask casually, healing myself immediately, watching her stare hungrily at me.

"Y-your blood has power, far more than I anticipated... I feel so strong." Skarlet moans out. "Even if I didn't need your help to claim the throne, I'd keep you around just for your blood... did you know your body works as an aphrodisiac?" she asks, her lips twitching slightly.

+20 Affection from Skarlet for having delicious blood, and for allowing her to drink it [55/100]

+20 Obedience from Skarlet for having addictive blood (not literally addictive, she's just a glutton) [100/100]

[A high-class delicacy] – Skarlet [50]

For those that drink blood, yours will be the greatest they have ever had, making regular blood pale in comparison. Comparing the two is like comparing food from a five-star restaurant to microwave meals.

"Hmm, my Incubus side no doubt..." I say with a smirk as her hand comes to my belt.

"I don't care what it was... your blood is delicious, and I'm not the only one who got worked up from that..." she points out as her hand rests on my bulge, undoing my trousers and pulling the erect pole out.

"With you moaning like a wanton whore while dressed in something like that? Yeah, I got hard..." I admit easily.

"Mhmm, perhaps I am a wanton whore." she says, stroking my shaft as she nuzzles her face against it. "Selling my body for a meal... but your blood is worth it." she admits, kissing my shaft.

This right here is why I don't mind making her an Empress. She's not a natural leader, she's a follower... naturally submissive, which means I can keep her under control easily enough.

Mileena will need breaking, she's insane, and she can't be left in charge, Kitana is a better leader, but Skarlet was here first... and she hates Kitana. I want her, obviously, but she's in the enemy camp for now.

"Then open wide, time to start earning your future meals." I say, gripping her hair roughly.

As a woman who wants to be Empress, she should hate being treated like this, it's degrading and spits on her future title... and yet she parts her lips without a moment of hesitation, her lust intensifying at her treatment.

Being an Incubus lets me understand what turns people on easily enough, and Skarlet has daddy issues.

Shao Kahn took her off the streets of Outworld as a starving orphan, made her a powerful assassin, is it any surprise she wanted to be called to his bed?

Shao Kahn is gone, and she's a submissive assassin with no master. I checked with Death, and she says she has the Kahn's soul, so he's not likely to come back.

With him defeated at Kitana's hands, she needs someone else to fill that role, and here I am.

As she obediently starts sucking, staring up at me with worshipping eyes, I smirk. She wants to be Kahn for a simple reason because she thinks Mileena and Kitana don't deserve the throne, Mileena being insane and Kitana being a traitor and she won't allow anyone not connected to Shao Kahn take the throne either.

So she has to take the throne, out of a strange twisted loyalty to Shao Kahn.

It's also why she doesn't care about whatever I'm planning on doing to Sindel, she was jealous that Sindel had Shao Kahn's lust, if not love. I don't think Shao Kahn loved anything but conquering.

Basically... Skarlet is a submissive woman with a deep need of approval and affection, even putting her on a throne won't change that, and by making her need my approval instead of Shao Kahn's I can keep her nice and loyal.

Don't even need telepathy to do that. Shao Kahn did most of the work for me.

...It's weird getting a blowjob in the ritual chambers with an unmoving corpse next to me. I'm used to being around bodies, don't get me wrong... but Sindel is kinda staring at me since her head fell to the side and it's kinda off-putting.

Tightening my grip on her hair harshly, I start thrusting as gagging noises fill the chambers, Skarlet's eyes watering as she drools all over both herself and my shaft, her mascara running down her face as she stares up at me with wide eyes.

Skarlet is more than happy to stay on her knees and let me fuck her face, not even a hint of anger or displeasure as she is degraded and used for my pleasure. Honestly, her loyalty to Shao Kahn is, or was, strong... but if he'd just dragged her to his throne and fucked her till she passed out, it would have been unbreakable, and there would have been no room for me. His loss, my gain.

As her eyes slowly roll back, the lack of air getting to her, I pull back casually, grabbing her by her ponytail and pulling her up, tossing her over the raised slab in the middle of the room, incidentally laying her over Sindel as I flip her half-skirt up.

Spanking her, I smirk as I look at the tiny red thong she wears under her skirt, the thin string vanishing in between her well-defined ass cheeks. Gripping the thong, I simply tear it off, feeling her lust increase at the rough, dominating treatment.

Knowing that showing her any mercy would just turn her off, I line myself up and slam my hips forwards, a strangled scream leaving her as I bottom out inside her almost painfully tight asshole in a single movement, her buttocks jiggling as my hips slam into them.

"Y-yes! Use me, my Kahn!" Skarlet groans out as I roll my eyes. Like I said, she needs someone to follow, and Shao Kahn is gone... so she's latched on to me instead.

Grabbing her ponytail again, I yank it as I spank her ass, watching it ripple as she moans out, bracing herself against Sindel as I thrust into her, using her with exactly zero mercy or care.

Her drool is working as a lubricant, and pain isn't a turn off for her. She doesn't need gentle, loving sex, wouldn't want it either, this rough and painful type is far more arousing to her since she has a might is right thing going for her, I'm stronger than her so I can use her however I want, that's just the way of the world.

Don't get me wrong... she's an amazing Hemomancer and a talented assassin, but strength-wise I could beat her quite easily with my speed, strength, endurance and regen. She'd get tired but I wouldn't.

Gripping her hips, I sharpen my claws ever so slightly, digging them into the surprisingly soft flesh, her skin feels soft to the touch, almost silky... but you can feel the muscle beneath them. Like steel wrapped in velvet, but that isn't enough to stop my claws from breaking the skin, thin trails of blood pouring down her leg as she whimpers in pain, her ass tightening down on me as I keep fucking her, even without me using Eromancy, her climax is rapidly approaching, her moans growing even sluttier as she stares back at me with lustful eyes and flushed cheeks.

Pulling out ever so briefly, I calmly flip her onto her back, re-sheathing myself in her backdoor with a grunt as I reach down, tearing her bra off her, my other hand wrapping around her throat as I speed up, staring down at her with a cold glare.

Groping her exposed breasts, I dig my claws into the bountiful flesh was a smirk, making her wince as her eyes slowly start rolling back again, my tight grip on her throat cutting off her airflow, it's a bit tricky to alter my grip just enough to let her breath, keeping her on the edge of consciousness as her head falls back, her mouth falling open.

Letting her breast go, I pull my hand back and slap her across the face roughly, smirking as she immediately clenches down on me, cumming from the harsh, humiliating treatment. Slamming into her with a primal roar, I let go, flooding her bowels with my cum.

Pausing as I take a breath, watching her panting for breath after I stop choking her, her eyes wide as she stares up at me... it's not love in her gaze, not yet at least... but the surprise and affection are unmistakable. Pulling out of her slightly gaping asshole, I watch my cum start to slowly leak out of her abused hole.

Pulling her off the slab and back onto her knees, I push my shaft against her parted lips.

"Look at the mess you made... clean me off." I order, gripping her hair with my clawed hand, the sharp fingers digging into her scalp as she obediently licks me clean. "Good girl." I praise, changing my rough grip as I stroke her hair. She wants to be used, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want affection after she's finished.

+10 Affection with Skarlet for satisfying a desire she didn't realise she had [65/100]

"Do you want me to heal your cuts?" I ask calmly as she rises from her knees, her legs a bit wobbly.

"No, leave them..." she says, looking at her torn outfit in bemusement.

"Fine, I'm going to start the ritual, it'll take a while so go and get changed, you're going to be the Empress of Outworld, you can't have your reunion with Sindel looking like a well-fucked whore." I say casually, watching her flush ever so slightly.

"You... have a point, my Kahn." she says, possibly not even noticing how her tone towards me has changed, becoming more deferential. Technically, she's going to be the Kahn, and I'm going to rule alongside her, but like I said... she's not a leader.

Kahn of Outworld, huh? Hm.

I can't say I don't like the idea. Somehow, gaining a throne just feels... right? It felt right to sit on the throne of Nova Roma, it felt right to reclaim my Tower, and this feels right as well.

Hm.

Staring the ritual, I flood the room with Death Magic, for any normal humans, it would be uncomfortable to stay in the chambers, a general feeling of wrongness permeating the air. To be fair, undead would feel just disquieted if I was using my White Magic Resurrection.

For me, this room just feels comfortable, Death feels right to me.

Resurrection isn't easy, it's one of the hardest forms of Necromancy after all, recalling her soul is relatively easy simply because I have Death's permission and assistance, but bringing a cold corpse back to life is far harder, even with me restoring it and removing the rot and decay.

Skarlet returns before I'm finished, standing at the edge of the room as she watches me, her eyes widening slightly as Sindel takes a breath, her chest starting to move slowly as she starts to stir.

"Wh-what... where..." Sindel, Former Queen of Edenia, starts as she sits up.

"Welcome back to the land of the living, your highness." I say calmly, dispersing the death magic.

"What... how did you... you aren't one of Shinnok's slaves, and I... I'm not a revenant, I truly am alive... and younger, far younger... who are you?" Sindel asks, looking over her new body, she's in her late twenties at the most.

"I am Kuro Tepes, Overlord of... a Realm I haven't named yet. I believe you know Skarlet?" I say calmly, really should get on with that whole naming thing. "You are in my Realm, in my Tower, to be exact."

"Skarlet, Shao Kahn's apprentice... I... I was killed, by that traitorous filth Quan Chi, I remember that... what has happened, why have you brought me back? What do you get from this?" Sindel asks as she moves off the slab, looking over her naked body with wide eyes, she's more interested in how young she is now than she is the fact that she's naked in front of me.

"To begin with, Shao Kahn is dead. Kitana has fled to Earthrealm, Quan Chi has fled to the Netherrealm to serve his returned master, Shinnok and Kitana's insane clone, Mileena is now the Kahn of Outworld, she's barely holding it together, and it's on the brink of all-out rebellion due to her cruelty and insanity, she was manipulated into attacking my Realm by her 'advisor', Shang Tsung. I plan on dethroning her and placing Skarlet on the throne, as Shao Kahn's apprentice she has the right, more so than the clone." I explain calmly, watching her eyes widen quickly.

I've sent some spirits into Outworld on recon missions, it's risky with Mr 'Your soul is mine' hanging around, but they avoid the palace and return to me if they are spotted.

"I've brought you back to use you to destroy Mileena's Edenian support." I admit as her eyes narrow. "While I've brought you back, I've also bound you to me, giving me complete control over you."

"I... see. What is to become of me then? A prisoner? Or a slave?" Sindel asks after a moment. "It seems to be my fate, Shao Kahn took me as a trophy after slaying Jerrod, and now I'm to be used as a weapon against my own people?" she asks, her affection starting to tank before I smirk.

"But that isn't exactly true... is it? Tell me, Sindel... who killed King Jerrod?" I ask, watching her freeze.

"Shao Kahn during the invasion of Edenia..." Sindel replies, making my smirk grow.

"You lie... wife." a voice echoes through the room, the ghostly form of the Edenian King corporalising with a furious scowl on his face. Summoning him was difficult...he was trapped in the body of Ermac after all, alongside countless other souls, but I'm Death's Champions, Ermac is powerful... but I can make him my bitch easily enough when we meet in person.

He is many, and I am one, but this is a quantity versus quality thing. One Necromancer can beat a few thousand souls stuffed into a rotting corpse.

I can't summon Ermac whole without knowing the names of every soul within him, but if we meet in person? Well, he's just an advanced undead, he'll end up like all the others.

"Dead men tell no tales doesn't mean much when a necromancer is involved." I add, watching Sindel start to defend herself before a sneer grows on her face, her defeated act vanishing. "My thanks, King Jerrod... as per our agreement, I'll release you now." I say, getting a respectful nod from the King.

I wanted information on Sindel and Edenia, in exchange I agreed to send Jerrod to the afterlife, freed from the torture being imprisoned in Ermac.

Releasing my hold on the fallen King, I watch him decorporalise, vanishing as Sindel stares at me.

"You knew Shao Kahn would win and conquer Edenia, and you didn't want to lose your Throne... so you betrayed your Realm and Husband, slaying the King of Edenia and submitting to Shao Kahn willing, all while playing the part of the poor captive, taken against your will." I say, watching her sneer. "Honestly, I'm impressed... and it's why I think we can come to an arrangement." I continue, watching her sneer drop, a look of shock and confusion on her face at my lack of judgement.

"Am I not enslaved to your will? Why make a deal with someone who cannot defy you?" she asks calmly, watching me with a contemplative stare.

"You are... but that simply means you have to obey my orders, that you can't attack me, you've proven yourself intelligent and cunning, so there's a chance you could work around me, using loopholes and interpreting my orders to suit your own ends." I admit. "It's easier for us both if you are a willing ally. I won't have to keep you on such a tight leash, and you will have more freedoms, and more of the comforts you are used to as Royal. Your act as the victim will help bring the Edenians onto my side after all."

"And what do you have to offer in exchange for my help?" Sindel asks, her sneer coming back slightly. Unlike Skarlet, she is very much a royal, a leader with far more experience than me, both as Queen of Edenia and Empress of Outworld. She's harder to control than Skarlet.

"The throne of Edenia." Skarlet adds, making both of us look at her as she smirks, back in her full bodysuit. "Help us take the Throne of Outworld, and as Kahn I will allow you to rule Edenia once more. I care little for that place." she continues as Sindel's eyes narrow in thought.

"So you will get Outworld, and I will get Edenia... a free Edenia will make my people abandon the clone in hordes... I will be Queen once more... and what do you get, Overlord?" Sindel asks, making me smirk.

"He will rule Outworld by my side... as he will Edenia alongside you." Skarlet continues... I'll do what now?

"I see, Outworld and Edenia will be bound not by merging the Realms, but by having the Emperor of Outworld also be the King of Edenia? Perhaps you are smarter than I ever gave you credit for, Skarlet Kahn." Sindel compliments, impressed.

...Should I just go take a nap? Let them work out the details? I'm feeling kinda unneeded her. Maybe I underestimated Skarlet.

"I care little for the day-to-day details of ruling." I add. "You may run Edenia as you like, I'll supply the forces to defend it when necessary, but I won't interfere in your rule, I'll simply be... a silent King." I say, making Sindel's sneer slowly fade into a cunning smirk.

"This is acceptable, more than acceptable... Shao Kahn was a domineering ruler, after all, he did not like to share power, leaving me with little real power despite my title. To be a true ruler again will be... marvellous." Sindel says with a smile as she looks me over. "Hm, you are strong... perhaps not as strong as Shao Kahn himself, but strong all the same, taking you as my King will be no great labour, I am young once again, after all, it is only sensible that my lover be the same." she continues, looking over her own body in approval.

"I have one demand, however..." Skarlet adds, making Sindel turn back to her. "Your daughter, Kitana... she betrayed Shao Kahn, betrayed Outworld for Earthrealm... I will not demand her death, but she must be punished for her actions."

"Agreed, disciplining a disobedient daughter is the duty of a mother." Sindel agrees readily, I wonder if she was so casual about killing Jerrod?

"Then we have an agreement, Queen Sindel." Skarlet agrees, a smirk on her face as she shakes hands with Sindel.

"That we do, Skarlet Kahn." Sindel agrees.

...Seriously, should I just go to bed? I really feel like I don't need to get involved.

"Glad you two are getting along." I say making Sindel smirk.

"We are to be both allied rulers and sister wives, are we not?" she adds. "If we are to share a husband, getting along is a necessity."

"Fair enough, for now... we are waiting for Mileena's next invasion, I want her to weaken her position even more by defeating her next invasion attempt, my defences are more than prepared for her after all... when she invades, I want you to help fight them off, to spread the word that Queen Sindel has returned. Until then, get used to your new body, I'll have my servants treat you like the royalty you are." I say calmly, watching her affection rise to twenty. She's harder to control, smarter than Skarlet, but she's still not that complicated.

She is Royalty and expects to be treated as such, and she'll do anything to keep her title and luxury.

"And what of Kitana?"

"Earthrealm isn't involved in our war... yet. Neither is the Netherrealm for that matter, we focus on Outworld and Mileena first, I'm sure you want revenge on Quan Chi, but securing our position comes first. With Shinnok in the Netherrealm and Raiden in Earthrealm we can't start wars recklessly." I say, watching her face fall into a cruel smirk.

It doesn't take a telepath to see her thinking of what she wants to do to her killer.

Earthrealm and Marvel's Earth are two different things, I've asked Death to make sure. She's instrumental in gathering intel, and doesn't mind answering my questions... mostly because she has nothing better to do.

"Agreed, one does not pick a fight with the gods unless you are sure of your victory..." Sindel agrees easily.

- Later -

Sindel has been given a 'royal suite' which cost a fair bit of gold, but gold is something I don't need to worry about, I even upgraded the Mistresses rooms to be Royal Suites as well, nothing can be too good for my girls after all.

Serena happily made Sindel new versions of her outfits, she's very good at that... I'm not sure if it's just tailoring or some elven magic, it might be both.

I spent today rebuilding the Arena, which several rings this time so my fighters can start training more effectively during their downtime, Skarlet, Inferna and surprisingly Sindel all spent time in there, fighting the various foes I have unlocked. Sindel claimed she wanted to get used to having a younger body, and she's frankly terrifying in battle, her screams are... devastating. She's also got some pretty powerful magic, and her ability to control her hair is useful as well. After looking through my armourer, she made Giblet make her a weapon as well... a 'Kwan Dao', which is a fancy polearm.

Giblet surprisingly lived up to her demands and made one good enough to pass her standards, I rewarded him with the title 'Chief Minion Master Smith', something I made up on the spot but he seemed happy.

Frankly, Sindel's scary with a pole-arm, she's a lot stronger than I gave her credit for...

I also visited Raynare, still going through her 'punishment' in the sex dungeon... I just wanted to burn through the Eromancy quest, and she was happy to be my test subject.

[Eromancy Proficiency (Apprentice)]

You are travelling the path of the Eromancer, panties grow damp at the sight of you, men hide their wives and daughters when they hear that you are in the area.

I'm starting to read through my tome of Golemancy, just learning the basics for now.

[Golemancy Proficiency (Novice)]

As a trainee Golemancer, you are able to craft golems out of simple materials such as regular rock and wood, and give them simple commands.

[Craft Golem] (Active)

Allows you to carve runes onto Golems, activating them.

Hearing a knock on my bedroom door, I call for them to enter, closing my

menus as I watch Sindel enter my bedroom, a guileful smile on her face as she struts into the room, dressed in a long purple dressing gown.

"Sindel... is there something I can do for you?" I ask, vanishing my tome calmly as I stand up from my desk chair.

"There is... if we are to go along with this plan, it only makes sense that we must get to know one another..." Sindel explains calmly as I approach. "Do you know why I married Shao Kahn?" she asks continuing before I can respond. "I married him for his strength and power, far stronger than Jerrod... a true conqueror..." she continues, as she walks towards me slowly, strutting as her hips sway.

As I go to respond, my senses scream at me to move, causing me to leap back just as her hair shoots forwards, stabbing into the ground where I was standing.

"You realise I could order you to kill yourself?" I ask calmly, strengthening my Vampiric attributes, my claws and fangs growing.

"I do, but that would prove nothing... if you wish to rule both Edenia and Outworld, you will need to be strong, you will be challenged, constantly... I need to see that you can handle yourself if we are to be partners." Sindel adds, launching a purple fireball at me as she shrugs her gown off, revealing the lacy purple thong she is wearing... and nothing else, her breasts hanging free, bouncing as she charges me, thrusting her hand out towards my chest.

She's an excellent fighter... and while Edenians are stronger and more durable than humans... I'm not human.

Calling on my full vampiric speed, I easily dodge both the fireball and her extended arm, moving behind her faster than the human eye can see, her eyes do track me... but she simply can't spin around quickly enough to stop me from kicking her in the back, sending her flying across the room and into the wall.

Before she can drop, I've already closed the distance and grabbed her by the throat, pinning her to the wall with a clawed hand, small rivets of blood leaking from her as my claws dig into her flesh.

"Convinced yet?" I ask calmly, staring at her with a bored expression.

A slight sneer is the only warning I get before she lets out her scream, my free hand clutching my head before I glare at her, tightening my grip on her throat and cutting off her air-flow as her scream dies off with a strangled gasp.

"Try that again, and I'll rip out your throat... I can just bring you later, after all." I drawl as her hands claw at my own, unable to break my painfully tight hold.

As her hair lunges at me again, I simply punch her in the stomach, her eyes widening at the brutal blow.

"I'm not even using my magic, and I've beaten you... give up." I order, her hair falling limp again as she stops clawing at my hand.

+20 Affection with Sindel for being powerful [40/100]

+20 Obedience with Sindel for convincing her that you have the strength to rule [100/100]

"I-I... S-surrender, it is your victory." she gasps out, making me let her go, making her fall to the floor, coughing harshly.

With a dismissive wave of my hand, I heal her ruptured lung, partially crushed throat and damaged spine, making her eyes widen slightly.

"I... apologise, my King. I had to be sure, if you were weak it could lead to both our deaths... and I will not die again." Sindel says, rising to her feet after a moment.

"It's fine, I figured you'd challenge me sooner or later... thought you'd be wearing more when you did, but this works too." I deadpan, making her smirk.

"It is nothing you have not seen... and my breasts were not this big when I was this young, I feel like I'm only a few thousand years old again." she admits... right, Edenians. Kitana is literally thousands of years old, and she's still 'young'. "Did you not alter my body to better sate your lusts? There is little point acting shy when you sculpted by very form."

"I just thought it would be a shame to make them smaller, that's all..." I admit as she smirks, taking my hand and leading me to the bed, there are some burn marks on the walls... and I think I broke some of the wall when I slammed her into it, but damage to the tower fixes itself, so it's no problem.

Laying me down on the bed, she climbs on to join me, sitting on my lap as she looks down at me, her hands on my chest. I'm still dressed in some silk pyjamas, but all she has on is her tiny thong.

"Tell me... can your magic keep people young? Or can you only alter the dead? With my youth restored, I find myself unwilling to part with it again." Sindel asks, her hands unbuttoning my pyjama top, parting it as she runs her hands over my chest.

"I can, easily enough..." I admit, I don't have the spell... but I could do it with White Magic easily enough, or just get my Alchemy back and do it with potions. In fact...

[Restore Youth]

5000 MP per year

Restore a target to their physical youth. Adjusts to be more effective on races with longer life spans

Range –Touching

Like I said, easily enough.

"Marvellous... you are a talented one, the only other person I've seen restore youth is Shang Tsung, and he had to consume souls to turn himself back to a younger form." she admits, making my grin proudly, or maybe I'm grinning because she's grinding herself against me, dry humping me.

"I take care of my girls, as long as your mine I'll keep you young... and alive." I promise, getting a smile from her.

"Then you offer more than Shao Kahn did... the fool did not even realise Quan Chi killed me... his wife killed right under his nose and he didn't even suspect the foul sorcerer." she says, a sneer on her face.

"We'll make Quan Chi pay... I want to drink his life essence so I can steal his power anyway." I say soothingly.

"I look forwards to it..." Sindel said, her voice growing seductive as she ground herself along my covered length. "As much as I'd love to play... we do still need to speak." she admits as she undoes my bottoms, pulling them down causing my shaft to burst free, slapping against her covered slit as she sits back down, grinding herself along it.

"What about?" I ask, my hands moving to her ass before she grabs them, putting them above my hand with a smirk.

"Be patient, my king... good things come to those who wait." she promises, thin magical bonds wrapping around my wrists, binding my hands to the headboard.

I could break them effortlessly... but Sindel is very much a Dom, and letting her do this will make things easier in the long run.

"As for what we need to speak about... my daughters. Kitana is a traitor, but she is still my flesh and blood, and Mileena might be a clone, and I agree that she is not fit to rule, she is still my daughter all the same." Sindel says calmly, still grinding herself against me, groping her breast enticingly as she smirks down at me.

"So... what do you want to do with them? Mileena won't give up the throne, and Kitana is still a traitor." I say calmly as she stands up, spinning around as she slowly peals her thong down, showing her glistening slit, dripping with arousal.

As she lowers herself back down, she leans back with a moan, grinding her wet pussy along my length for a moment before another one of her little bindings appears... around my dick.

Hm, it's stopping me from climaxing, as far as I can tell... I could break it again, but this could be a bit fun... and if I don't like it? I'll just break free and pound her into the bed. As she rubs herself along my dick, she smiles for a moment at me playing along before her wicked smirk returns.

"Both need disciplining, Mileena was spoiled by Shao Kahn, she is greedy and spiteful, and Kitana has Jerrod's bleeding heart, it got him killed, and it will get her killed if she is left to her devices." Sindel says, speeding up her humping as she toys with her own nipples. "Both need a... firm hand. If you must kill Mileena, so be it... but you must bring her back like you did me, under your control, and Kitana will serve under you as well, I will not allow her to throw her life away for Earthrealm, of all places... they might not be happy, but they will be alive, in time they may even grow to enjoy being under us." Sindel says, her voice growing heavy with pleasure.

"When you say under me..." I start making her smirk.

"You want to know exactly what I mean? I mean exactly what you think I mean, Kitana is a beautiful young woman, she will make a fine Royal Concubine, in time she will grow to accept her position, though she may be difficult at first, Mileena will break far faster... though I wouldn't advise oral until you are sure she is docile." Sindel deadpans slightly. "Perhaps it is cruel, but it is for their own good... in time they will accept their place and grow content. Mileena won't get herself killed with her inability to rule, an Kitana's soft nature won't find her dying for a cause that isn't hers to fight."

"I... I see." I say, my tone wavering slightly as she reaches down, her finger teasing the tip of my dick, gently running along the head.

"But that is for later... let us focus on the moment." Sindel says with a wicked grin. "You gave me this beautiful body, it only makes sense that you get to enjoy the fruits of your labour." she continues, standing up as she stares down at me, her foot moving forwards and resting on my shaft as she starts to rub it, massaging me with her sole.

"Then why exactly are you stopping me from cumming?" I ask, my tone carefully steady as she smirks down at me.

"Oh... don't worry, I will let you cum, and it will be all the better for the build-up." she promises as she gently steps on me. "If you are so inpatient you simply have to beg me for some relief..." she suggests wickedly, spending a few minutes toying with me with a surprisingly talented foot as I endure.

You can't out-kink an Incubus, I won't give in... also Sindel pulls the Dom MILF act really fucking well... even in a younger form.

After a while, she moves with a smirk, moving up the bed as she spins around and falls to her knees, sitting directly on my face as she grinds herself against my lips.

"I am a loving and merciful woman... pleasure me, and I will give you your relief, worship me with your tongue, and I shall allow you to cum." Sindel moans out, my gaze blocked by her amazing ass as she starts stroking my dick teasingly, feather-light touches as she brings me to the edge of orgasm... but only the edge, occasionally dragging a long nail along my length, the slight pain adding to the pleasure.

After a moment of thought, I open my mouth, altering my tongue to its incubus form... making it much longer as it pushes into her, it's forked end vibrating inside her as she moans in surprise.

Sindel is used to dominating men... Jerrod specifically, Shao Kahn wouldn't let her even try it, their sex life had a very one-sided power balance... with the Kahn bending her over for a pounding whenever he wanted... or making her kneel before his throne. She missed being in charge, even if she doesn't regret her betrayal.

But she's underestimating something... I'm a fucking Incubus, I'm not going to lose a sex battle... even with my hands bound, I can quite comfortably fill the role of power-bottom.

Enhance Feelings and Heighten Sensitivity... times ten, Touch of Pleasure channelled through my unnaturally long tongue and Phantom Hands groping her body has her moans filling the room in seconds, her stroking becoming far rougher as she lets out a scream, her cunt tightening around my tongue as her juices flood my mouth. Huh... cinnamon?

I've heard Edenian blood is a delicacy, but maybe it's more than just their blood.

...Also, she just destroyed my wardrobe, it's already fixed but still.

"C-can all Earthrealmers do that?" Sindel asks with a pant, taking deep breaths to steady herself after her climax.

"Not an Earthrealmer, certainly not Human either." I say calmly, my voice muffled slightly due to the whole... sitting on my face thing.

"W-well... good behaviour deserves an equally good reward, this is a mutually beneficial relationship after all." Sindel says, leaning down as she licks her way along my shaft, placing a kiss on it. "Keep worshipping me, give me your love and affection, and I will give it to you the same." she promises, moaning as I put my tongue back to work, before her moans are muffled, her pouty lips engulfing my shaft, her mouth a vacuum as she returns the favour.

Her binding spell is broken even without me needing to do it, allowing me to cum, not that I plan to do so, certainly not that easily... I have my pride as an Incubus after all.

She'll climax a few more times before I give her the satisfaction of making me cum.

- Next Morning -

Being woken up to an invasion is an annoying thing, Sindel isn't any happier than I am, our morning fun ruined to the warning that thousands of people were pouring out of the Outworld Portal...

Standing on the defensive walls, I look down at the 'invasion' with a small frown.

"They... are not an invading army." Sindel points out as they get closer to the wall, making me hum in agreement, looking over the trespassers with my enhanced eyesight. Very few weapons, shabby clothing, malnourished bodies. I could slaughter them all single-handedly.

"The ones behind them are, however." I point out as Tarkatans start to exit the portal, chasing the first group as screams reach my ears. "Mittelt, take your group and rain hell on the second group, keep to the skies." I order calmly, calling on my magic to create a shield of light in between the two groups, the giant shield far larger than any I've ever made before.

I can already feel the drain on my magic as hundreds of Tarkatan blades slash at the barrier, but as Mittelt, Kalawarner and Raynare fly over it, the drain lessens, spears of light raining down on the savage warriors, skewering them to the ground.

The girls are aiming for the ones closest to the shield, keeping the drain lower.

Hm, Tarkatans aren't good at range, they can send sparks from their blades, but that's close to mid-range at best, utterly harmless to the Fallen as they fly far outside the Tarkatans range.

I... can't see anyone I recognise, there are some weak nameless Shokans within the forces, but no Goro or Sheeva, and I can't see Baraka either.

A shame, but I can speed this up if I don't have to worry about any named people.

Sending a mental command, I smirk at the sound of beating wings in the distance, Sindel murmuring something in admiration as the shadow of my Skeletal Dragon passes over us.

"This isn't an invasion... it's a slaughter." Skarlet laughs as she watches my dragon do a flyover, letting out a foul green flame as he incinerates dozens of Tarkatans in a single move.

As it lands in the middle of their 'army', and I use the term loosely, the sounds of screaming fill my ears, my nose twitching at the smell of burning savages.

...Honestly, it's an improvement over typical Tarkatans.

My Burning Skulls spring their ambush, flying out of the lava pits as they charge into the fray, sending waves of flames out as they ignite more of the invaders, my dragon clawing at them almost nonchalantly as its claws slice through them, occasionally stopping to bite one in half, all while my Bayroks turn the few still trying to reach us into pincushions.

Tch, I figured this would be more problematic... I should have stayed in bed.

"Open the gates, let the first group through." I order easily, yawning as I toss a fireball into the mess, watching it explode, sending the idiots flying. My burning skulls and skeletal dragon are immune to fire... the invaders are not.

"Well... time to find out what the hell is going on." I say, stretching slightly as I head back down the wall, my forces have this, and the Tarkatans are already routing. Even if more arrive? Erebus is staying behind.

Future fights won't be so simple, they had no skilled commanders or ranged forces, I doubt they'll make that mistake again.

- Shortly After -

"Overlord Kuro, on behalf of the survivors of the village of Sun Do, I beg of you.. grant us sanctuary." the leader of the refugees says, dropping to her knees in front of me, I can sense their terror...

A few thousand outworld peasants, that's what I have waiting outside my tower as I sit on my throne, staring down at the young woman who is kneeling at the bottom of the steps up to my throne, my two summoned Youkai, Gozuki and Mezuki standing before her with their weapons at the ready.

Having a large ox and horse Youkai with a giant hammer and axe as my guards send a... subtle message to my petitioners, realistically they're much weaker than me, but they sure look intimidating as they stare her down.

Medium length black hair tied in a ponytail, leaving her clearly Asian features on display, purple trousers and a small purple and black sleeveless top that barely reaches her midriff, leaving her surprisingly well-defined abs on display with only a few black leather straps covering her stomach... and a pair of sais with purple handles...

"Who are you?" I ask, already knowing the answer. "And what happened for you to flee into potentially hostile territory?"

"I am Li Mei, the leader of the survivors from the village of Sun Do, now destroyed... and we came here because we had no other choice. Empress Mileena demanded that we build her a new palace, but within a week she decided that we had taken too long and ordered the entire village executed. We hadn't even been given the materials yet... but the Empress is insane, she changes her orders daily, punishing people for failing orders she never even gave." Li Mei explained quickly. Hm, I know Mileena wasn't the best Kahn, but I didn't think she was this bad?

Guess it's time for another expansion to my realm.

"Truly, my idiot daughter needs to be stopped." Sindel says calmly, sitting on the arm of my throne as she leans against me. Li Mei doesn't say anything, but I can hear her shock at seeing the resurrected Empress. "But tell me, Li Mei of Sun Do... what can you and your people offer the Overlord for your protection? Taking you in will no doubt intensify the war, Mileena never liked it when people took away her toys, and she can't afford the damage to her reputation from your escape... so what makes you worth fighting a war for?" Sindel asks with a cold smile.

...I'm still not feeling very necessary. Do you think they'd notice if I took a nap with the helmet on?

- Bonus Scene – An Outworld of Trouble –

"We should have this precious artifact by now! You said that Realm wasn't defended." Mileena snarled, watching the ancient sorcerer stare at her with barely hidden annoyance.

"The Overlord was away from his tower... we should have conquered it before he returned, the failure to do so belongs to you and your forces, not me." Shang Tsung said calmly, uncaring of the Empress's rage. "Things will be... more complicated now."

"You... Out! Get out, before I rip your tongue out." Mileena growled, watching him leave with a snarl.

It should have been easier than this... so much easier. She was the Empress, the Kahn! It was her birthright, especially with her precious 'sister' fleeing to Earthrealm, the coward...

And yet, she was stuck dealing with an Outworld on the brink of utter rebellion, a Sorcerer who blackmailed his way into her 'council', and a Realm that was proving far more annoying than she anticipated.

The slaughter was... humiliating, some stupid peasants escaping her empire and her army utterly failing to retrieve or punish them.

Shang Tsung had made it clear that if she did anything to him, he'd made arrangements for her true heritage, her birth in his flesh pits, to be revealed, and the people of Outworld would not follow a clone...

Already the Shokans, under the leadership of Sheeva, barely listened to her orders, the Kollector and the Naknadas were on her side... if only because she allowed them to profit. Baraka was loyal to her as were his Tarkatans, as was Reptile and the Saurians, both loyal to Shao Kahn and by extension her.

Tanya, the fool, was loyal, keeping the Edenians in line with her promise of a free Edenia, as if she would let even a single piece of her empire go. She didn't trust Rain, the deluded fool wanted her throne, and he thought she hadn't noticed?

Kotal could be trusted, for now... as long as they were at war, he would not risk trying to rise up and dethrone her, and his Osh-Tekk were at her command.

She didn't trust D'Vorah either, filthy little bug... always skittering around. She'd squish the insect when she had no more use for it.

Or Kano and his Black Dragons, hiding in Outworld to avoid the 'justice' of Earthrealm. The man served only the highest bidder, that was her for now, but that could change at any moment.

She knew many did not want her on the throne, many would prefer Kotal... or even worse, Kitana... she'd kill Kotal when he was no longer any use to her, but Kitana...

Heading out of her throne room, she set off towards the prisons, heading to the cells she kept her... personal prisoners in.

Opening the cell, she stared at the naked woman hanging in the middle of the cell, a chain attached to each arm holding her in the air as she looked up weakly.

"I... I w-will tell you nothing, abomination." she said, her voice hoarse from screaming.

"Truly, Jade... your loyalty to my sister is impressive. It won't save you, but it's impressive all the same." Mileena sneered, a mocking smile on her face.

Kitana had fled to Earthrealm after her betrayal, barely escaping with the help of the Earthrealm Champions... but Jade hadn't been so lucky. Kitana had been forced to leave her behind, unable to get to her and not knowing where her beloved friend was.

Mileena didn't know exactly where Kitana was... or what she was planning, and Jade had proven unwilling to share that information.

Jade knew too much... and more importantly, had a history with Kotal, it would not do for the Osh-Tekk to be driven to rebellion to save her, so very few people knew Mileena had her.

Unsheathing her sai, she calmly walked towards the imprisoned woman, enjoying the flinch of fear from the woman as she realised her torment was to begin again.

"D-do your worst..." Jade growled, gritting her teeth as Mileena slowly ran the blade along her caramel-skinned woman's breast, countless other scars covering her body from her time here.

"I intend to... I'm feeling a bit peckish after all... tell me, which body part are you least attached to? A hand perhaps? Or a foot? How about a kidney, you have two of those..." Mileena taunted, a pained grunt leaving the woman as the blade sliced her nipple.

She always screamed in the end.

"Or perhaps about one of these breasts? You won't be needing them after all." she continued, pressing the blade into her cleavage. "I'll allow you to decide... what are you sacrificing to protect dear sister today?" she asks with a cold smile. She'd already taken three fingers, a couple of toes, and an ear.

"Go... f-fuck yourself." Jade replied, making her smile drop as she sneered.

"You can't decide? Allow me... let's go with a leg, we don't want you running off now do we? Do try not to bleed out, I still have use for you."

Jade would talk, sooner or later, she would find Kitana and eliminate the threat she posed to her throne. She'd considered using her as bait for her sister, but she didn't want Kotal getting any ideas.

She was the Empress of Outworld, Mileena Kahn... and no-one would take that from her.

Kitana and the Overlord will join Jade in her dungeons in time.

- Bonus Scene – Shinnok gets reminded his place –

Sitting on his throne in the Netherrealm, he scowled deeply.

His eternal war with the other realms had not gone in his favour, both Earthrealm and Outworld were currently stronger than Netherrealm, and the only Revenants he had left from their champions were the monks, Liu Kang and Kung Lao, and the ones called Kabal and Noob Saibot... oh, and some creature named Jason.

Strange thing, why did it wear that flimsy mask?

He almost pitied the newest arrival to their war, the tiny realm of this so-called 'Overlord'. He had an artifact which had seemingly infinite power radiating off it... and everyone else had noticed.

The Sorcerer Shang Tsung had convinced Mileena to try and conquer the Overlord's lands, no doubt hoping to steal the power of this artifact himself, using the insane Empress to his own ends.

Earthrealm was more... polite, but Raiden had convinced its champions that the artifact could be used to make a barrier protecting Earthrealm from both Outworld and Netherrealms invasions... forever. He wasn't wrong, such was the power of the artifact. General Blade wouldn't invade the Overlord's realm, but she wouldn't let such an opportunity pass her by.

And if it was in his hands? He could spread death and darkness across all realms... Raiden wouldn't be able to stop him.

"You could... but you'd have to go through my champion... that would be fairly inconvenient for me... and I don't like it when pissants inconvenience me." A cold voice echoed through the throne room.

Out of the corner of his eyes, he can see Quan Chi and the Revenants frozen in place, unmoving as a figure stood in front of him.

"Lady Death..." Shinnok started cautiously as he stared at one of the few beings that could truly kill him, before he was flung across the room, bouncing along the floor with a groan.

Looking up, he felt himself scowl deeper, seeing her sitting in his throne.

"The Overlord is my champion, and while I won't fight his battles... I suggest you remember your place. You're a mere Elder God, and like all Gods of Death, you draw your powers from me... I will not have you inconvenience me or my champion." Death said, her voice utterly blank as she stared down at him.

"I... was under the impression that you could not act, that the creator had limited your actions." he said slowly, making her slowly smirk.

"In the mortal realm... this, however, is a realm of the dead. Here I have no limitations, remember that, pest. Oh, and tell that idiot mother of yours to keep her hands off as well, if she starts fucking with the timelines again I'll start fucking with her. It's always entertaining watching Titan's have their ill-deserved arrogance stripped away..." Death added, almost casually before she vanished, time starting again as Quan Chi's eyes widened, seeing his god sprawled out across the floor.

"...If you are attached to your eyes, I suggest you all forget you saw this." he growled, standing up and walking back to his throne.

Sitting back down, he frowned.

The artifact would have been useful, but certainly not worth challenging Death herself for. Even his mother would be unable to even harm the eternal being.

- Bonus Scene – The Defenders of Earth(realm) –

"Lord Raiden, explain again... what exactly is this 'artifact'?" Sonya asked, looking over the tactical map.

"It is an orb producing seemingly unlimited energy, I do not know what the one called the Overlord is using it for however." Raiden explained calmly.

"Right... the big glowy orb of destiny... so we grab this thing, and you can make a nice shiny barrier over Earthrealm, right?" Johnny asked with his usual smirk, you'd think getting older and leading a team would have matured him... you'd be wrong.

"Indeed, Johnny Cage." Raiden agreed, ignoring Johnny's snarky comments with practised ease.

"I doubt I'm the only one who's realised this... but this 'Overlord' guy? I doubt he's just gonna hand over his magical orb of unlimited power, even if he was just using it as a paperweight." Cassie... Sergeant Cage pointed out.

"Maybe if we ask really nicely?" Johnny laughed. "I'll give him a signed copy of Ninja Mime 3: Silent and Deadly, that's a fair trade right?"

"I'm pretty sure that's a declaration of war." Cassie laughed. "It's definitely against the Geneva Convention."

"In truth, we do not need to take the orb... its power is immense, the Elder Goddess Cetrion is sure we could create the barrier... even with the Orb remaining in the Overlord's realm." Raiden pointed out, cutting off the joking.

"Well... that makes things easier, but I doubt anyone calling themselves 'Overlord' is that reasonable, especially when he's being invaded by Outworld as we speak. How large is his realm? Intel said it was smaller than most?" Sonya added.

"Indeed... the Realm of the Overlord is far smaller than Earthrealm, it is even smaller than this country... at the moment, though it grows seemingly on the Overlord's whims." Raiden explained. "Despite this, they have held off the forces of Outworld with great success so far, the Overlord cannot be taken lightly, his powers over the dead make him a powerful entity."

"Powers over the dead... and you're sure he isn't connected to the Netherrealm?" Sonya asked, making him pause.

"...I must consult with the Elder Gods."

Watching Raiden vanish in a flash of light, she rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the file they had on the Overlord... which was basically empty at the moment.

"Mileena should never have been given power..." Kitana said, more to herself as she looked over the report from Outworld. She wasn't wrong, Outworld would probably self-destruct at this rate, she was just worried it would spill out into Earthrealm.

The Black Dragons... and Kano were hiding in Outworld, working for Mileena, and that was concerning enough.

This was a chance to protect Earthrealm, not just for a little while until the next invasion... but forever. She could retire when she was old and grey with the knowledge that her world would be safe from Outworld and Netherrealm for all time.

No more tournaments with Earthrealm's fate on the line. No mad conquerors trying to absorb her world, no insane gods trying to kill them all.

What would she give to protect her world for all time, to save potentially billions of lives? Anything.

She was a General, her duties came first... and she might never have another opportunity like this.

"Sergeant Cage... prepare your team for an incursion into potentially hostile territory, you'll be escorting a diplomat to meet with this... Overlord." Sonya ordered calmly, getting a sharp look from Johnny. Honestly, Cassie was a solider, he couldn't get like this every time she was sent into danger.

"Yes, Ma'am... we'll keep your diplomat safe." C- Sergeant Cage promised with a salute.

"I should hope so, I'll be putting myself in your hands after all." Sonya said with a slight smirk, making Cassie's eyes widen. "Don't look so surprised, you really think I'd place something this important in the hands of some desk jockey? I'll meet this Overlord myself, to be clear we are going to open communications with him, you are not to attack unless he forces our hand."

Now it was time to hope a guy calling himself the Overlord and ruling an entire realm was up for negotiation...because Fantasy Dark Lords were always reasonable and understanding guys.