Bree turned to look at a Man with wild red hair. A single black horn was on his forehead, and his two upper canines pointed out. His skin was deeply tanned. His eyes had dark blue pupils. He had golden cuffs around his wrists and a gold chain herringbone necklace. He wore no shirt but had blue pants, a yellow cloth belt, and brown leather boots.
"The hell is happening down here?" He demanded, looking around. "I'm minding my own business, takin' a nap, and suddenly there's a battle storm in the sky, then Lighting of the Gods strikes, then the storm dissipates only to come the fuck back?" The man looked around with his hands up in a shrug-like position, looking at the Hobgoblins expectantly.
"Aer disobeyed me and attempted to kill a woman we were trying to arrest," Gor replied dutifully, "She proceeded to tank Lighting of the Gods, and when he attempted to attack her subordinate, she knocked him out with Knockback."
"To be fair," Bree called out, earning the man's attention. I did warn him I'd have to fight back if he attacked Zoey. She agreed to stay out of the fight. Hell, she's in an anti-magic bubble and everything." The Man looked to Zoey, his men, then Bree before raising his hand to her.
"Appraisal," He demanded. Bree, respond in kind.
"Appraisal," she said, hearing the female voice.
"Argit the Orge, Demon Lord, High king of Ozama, among the 9 Demon Lords, he is ranked 3rd in power, 2nd in popularity, but only 8th in intelligence," Bree snorted at the last bit of Info, and Argit looked at her suspiciously.
"What!?" Argit demanded, "What did it say about me?" The look on his army's face was almost funny.
"My Lord," Gor said cautiously, "Are you suggesting this human woman…"
"That ain't no human lady," Argit declared proudly, "That there's an Elf lady, and I'll call shenanigans if she can't get a solid read on me," There was a moment of silence before the entire Hobgoblin army fell into panic.
"An Elf!?"
"Yeah, now hushy-hush, grown-ups are talking," Argit waived for them to be quiet as he looked at Bree. "I have to say I thought your kind was a myth; you gotta tell me where you have all been hiding,"
"Oh well, nothing looks the same anymore," Bree noted as she tapped her staff on the ground; her human disguise melted away, and her usual items returned to her. Argit lowered his gaze to match her natural height without so much as a hint of surprise at the sudden change.
She replaced her temporary staff with her beloved Jade-bladed one, "Last I checked, there was a giant meteorite about to destroy everything, so I took all my favorite things and jumped ship; either I traveled across dimensions or forwards in time; I sincerely have no idea if any other Elf beside myself exists here,"
"A giant meteorite?" Argit asked, scratching his chin as he examined Bree's features. "Come to think of it…the Lunar Sea was formed a couple thousand years ago when a giant meteor struck the planet and ended most all life in that part of the world. I wonder if any older Demon lords were alive that long ago, Maybe Mimzy?" Argit sighed before smiling at Bree, "What a rare treat. Say, would you like to swear your allegiance to me? I'll treat you and all your people real nice, I swear,"
"Oh no, thank you though," Bree declined polity, "I've already started a small kingdom, and it would be disgraceful to just hand it all over to you,"
"Dam," Argit muttered irritably as he threw his arms up and leaned his head back into his hands, "And I bet you picked a far-off spot in the forest, didn't you," Argit groaned as he turned his head to one side, "I don't wanna commission another road,"
"I just bought the deed to Greenwater. I paid Belin by returning his youth and granting him great power,"
"Oh, you can do that too?" Argit almost sounded bored before blinking, "Wait, Greenwater?" Argit fist-pumped, "Yes, no road construction, so let me guess, you want my backing so you can go to war with Irenfell and claim some of its territories for your new empire?"
"Oh no, I'm more than capable of doing that alone. I wanted to see if forming a friendly alliance with this nation was worthwhile. Since Irenfell was my first introduction to this world, I was a little worried; they are sincerely awful,"
"Oh, tell me about it," Argit said with an eye roll. "If those idiots would just let monsters colonize the forests, they would easily kill off that Pig Goblin problem,"
"It's advanced to a Boar Goblin problem,"
"Boar Goblin?" Argit demanded, "Ah hell no, if I start getting reports of Boar Goblin attacks, I'll raid Irenfell myself," Argit scoffed and shook his head, "Boar Goblins,"
"Do any other nations border yours?" Bree asked, hoping to expand her world knowledge. Is your nation water-locked in some way?"
"Naw, we have two other monster nations run by one of the other Demon lords, Trish, and another that just has a chill King, although it had been a decade or two since I last checked in on them, and then the ocean,"
Argit shook his head and released an exasperated noise, "But oh boy, having a human-only nation as a neighbor is a hassle. We call ourselves monster nations, but we still let humans live here. Hell, I have an entire Platoon of Human guards who help keep the upper level of the city well protected; it makes trade routes a pain," There was a moment of silence as the two stood before one another with the Hobgoblins watching and Zoey still patiently waiting on the sidelines.
"So," Argit said with a whistle as he waved his arms back and forth and then clapped them together, "you wanna seal this peace pact with a sparring match?"