I've Turned Into A Fox Girl?

With Clara focused on Kiruya, Silver quickly made his way through to the back line. There was a squad of combat maids trying to get past Elanor, while the rest were staying on the second floor, providing healing, buffs and long range attacks.

It was prime pickings for Silver, moving undetected through the shadows. In fact, with all the training he has been given, he has reached the point where he can move freely as a shadow even when there are no shadows nearby whatsoever.

Obviously, that would still be noticeable when in a properly lit environment. Still, as long as his path contains the slightest bit of shadows, he'll blend in just fine.

"Everyone should focus on supporting the battle maids! Kiruya said not to worry about her!" Silver approached from the ceiling, learning the enemy's chain of command. There were at least 20 or so maids, each preparing some form of spell.

Some were preparing to cast elemental arrows, while others began prayers and chants.

'I'll go for the buffers first.' The maids that were chanting had been placed at the far back to keep them out of sight, but that would be their downfall.

<Silver POV>

I moved myself above some of the maids that were praying on their knees, completely oblivious to my presence. Reaching out from the shadows with my scythe, I aimed it for the back of one of the maids' heads.

With no hesitation, I stabbed my scythe into their skull and pulled them up into the shadows with me. A part of me was a little unsure if I should kill them, but in the end, they were just maids.

"AHHHHH!!!" Screams from the other buffers filled the second floor, drawing everyone's attention to them. At first they all looked confused as I left no blood, making it seem like nothing had happened. However, they quickly realised that one of them was missing.

"What happened?" The leader of the maids ran over, trying to grasp the situation.

'Poor souls.' Little did they know that turning their attention to the buffers was the worst choice, as it left the ranged attackers at my mercy.

Moving myself to just above some of the archers that were focusing on Elanor, I prepared to take them all out at once. Extending my shadow across the ceiling, I formed tiny spikes, which then shot out, skewering all the archers at once.

However, something strange occurred. No blood gushed from their wounds, instead revealing cut wires and shredded metal. I hadn't noticed it with the other maid as I quickly hid her body, so I dropped her out of my shadow and sure enough, there was circuitry in her neck.

"Boss! The archers have been killed!" One of the maids quickly noticed the deaths of the archers, so I dispersed the shadow spikes and continued to observe. It was certainly odd that these maids were not real humans but instead, if I recall correctly, what Shaman described as robots.

'I guess that means I can kill them without remorse, although they feel pretty human.' Having given up figuring out the ethics of the situation, I was still left feeling weird about it all.

I had inherited Shaman's knowledge when I was born which allowed me to quickly comprehend this strange turn of events, but I was still foggy about the details, especially considering I've never actually seen these things before.

"Tch, it's that damn shadow wolf. Everyone gather around." The leading maid got everyone to gather around, leaving no angle unseen.

'Hmm the leader might be a human controlling all these robotic maids.' It was a fair guess since every single maid yielded to its commands, so it made her the prime suspect.

'I'll keep her alive, as she may prove useful if she is willing to switch sides.' If this maid was also responsible for creating the robots, then it would be a waste to kill her if she was willing to ditch Freja.

With my mind made up, I decided to change up my strategy. They were weak enough that I could just kill them all at once from above, but where's the fun in that? Deciding to give them some false hope, I chose to show myself and finish them off with my scythe.

Dropping down from the ceiling with my scythe in hand, the maids quickly turned their entire attention to me. I was wearing my hooded cloak, which I thought would look cool since Shaman said I reminded her of the grim reaper.

Besides, it fit my black scythe as well as all the silver jewellery and ornaments that I've gotten into recently.

"So you are the one doing this." The head maid looked at me with her furious blue eyes. Her dirty blonde hair was a complete mess, as was her maid dress, which had been ripped for better movement.

"Yes, and you will be joining them soon enough." I took one step forward and teleported behind one of the maid's shadows. Stabbing their back from below, I pulled my scythe up, splitting their body. It gave me a clear look at the inside of these robots, which seem to be made out of proper mechanical parts that ran on magic.

However, I couldn't stare for long as the other maids turned around and swung their fists. Their expressions all became blank, as if they had changed into some other mode. It was a little freaky to see the maids who were previously expressing emotions turning into blank slates.

I easily faded back into the shadows and appeared behind another robotic maid, killing them in an instant. I repeated this a few times, dwindling the numbers down to 5 plus the head maid.

"You annoying piece of shit!" Sweat dripped down the head maid's face as the fight looked like it would end in her death.

"You know, if you stand down, I would have no reason to kill you. Would you be willing to give up your loyalty I wonder?" It would be nice if she gave up here, as I wanted to make sure Elanor was holding up okay.

*BOOM*

But right as I was pointing my scythe at the head maid, the entire mansion shook and the ground below us felt like it was about to collapse.

"What the hell?" I had no idea what happened, but something just crashed through the mansion. I glanced back and saw just over the railings that Himeko seemed to have hit something and that the fighting had calmed down a little.

'That might have been Kiruya!' It was a good chance to take advantage of how one-sided this fight had become.

"Looks like Kiruya is about to be defeated. Do you really want to continue this?" The nervousness was clear as day on the head maid's face as she debated whether she should yield or not.

"You think I will just bend my knee to you after how much Freja has helped me? You can go fuck yourself! Hell will freeze before I even consider giving in." However, the head maid resolved herself, refusing to stand down.

'I was going to knock her out anyway.' I shook my head since I was going to defeat her either way, but I can't say I didn't try.

The head maid sent her last 5 robot maids after me, but it was futile. I walked forward while spinning my scythe, cutting the maids as they got close, rendering them useless.

"Fool."

What I didn't expect was that the last maid I'd cut up, began to glow and look like it was about to explode. A smirk was plastered on the head maid's face, thinking that she had gotten me, but she was still ignorant of my powers.

Right as the explosion occurred, I instantly disappeared into the shadows, leaving behind a shadow double to make it look like I got caught in the blast.

"HA! What an idiot!" The head maid celebrated. Her celebration however ended only a few moments later once a cold blade edge was pushed up against her neck. I had appeared directly behind her just as the explosion set off, catching her completely off guard.

"I like this description of yourself. Have anything else to say?" It was tempting to take off her head right then and there, but I figured Mother would like me to take the pacifist route.

"H-How?" The head maid lost all her confidence as she was at the complete mercy of my blade.

"Haven't you figured out some of my capabilities by now? Expecting me to stay in one place is way too naive." I pushed my scythe that tiny bit closer, drawing a tiny amount of blood to ensure she didn't pull anything stupid.

"So how about yielding now?" Surely, now that she has no other choice, she will comply, but who knows? It seems like she is the stubborn type.

"F-fine, I give up." Finally, the head maid gave up as she let her body relax.

"Good." Of course, I still couldn't trust her, so with the edge of my hand I struck the back of her neck, knocking the head maid out cold.