User Submitted Contest #8 Round 5 - Vote 1 (Patreon)

Countess in Crimson by: Alias72

A maid approaches Mila asking her to meet with her lady. Her mistress has been disinherited in favor of her brutish step-brother and scheming step-mother. Now that her father has passed she has nowhere to live. Instead she spends her days lounging around (plotting her revenge). This has left the maid exhausted as she worries her lady will become complacent. The former countess wears a red and black frilly gothic dress and exudes overconfidence. She dismisses the idea that she has been wasting her time and boldly claims that she has a plan to reclaim her rightful inheritance. All she needs to do is plant evidence linking her step-brother to vampires and the vampire hunters will imprison and strip him of his titles. In exchange, the countess offers a family heirloom that is said to grant the users the ability to control the undead. The countess goes on to explain that the incriminating evidence they need can be easily acquired within the family mansion, all she needs is an escort. Mila is to escort her and her maid into and around the mansion, ensuring that they go undetected. Fortunately the staff should mostly be asleep and so they only need to worry about a few guards patrolling the premises.

Mila and her companions must deftly make their way through the mansion, dodging guards along the way. Mila is forced to wait outside of each room as a lookout until they finally reach the lady’s bedroom. There she is invited inside to discuss their next steps. The countess opens a hidden drawer and retrieves some letters alongside a strange red amulet which she says belonged to her mother. The amulet allows its wearer to appear human when given the blood of a member of the countess’s family. Mila notices that the maid has been standing by unfazed this whole time. The countess responds that she has served alongside her since her mother passed and has known about her secret ambitions for years. The maid would never betray her. Mila is then presented with a choice to convert the countess to a vampire as she wishes or to leave her human. Choosing to leave her human causes the bad end.

An alert rings out as the mansion guards are attacked by undead. Most of them flee to call the vampire hunters. Realizing they don’t have much time, Mila and the others set out to plant the evidence and leave before the vampire hunters arrive. Once they arrive at the great hall they find the count who has discovered the artifact and learned to use it to control undead. The count periodically uses the artifact to charm one of the vampires in the party. The maid has a few of the dagger skills with a buffed chance of stunning vampires.

Option 1:  (Bad Ending)

The count uses the artifact to stun Mila. He then attempts to stab his step-sister only for the maid to intervene. The sword pierces the maid’s heart, killing her but knocking the artifact out of the counts hands. Mila rips out the count’s throat ending the fight. Mila walks over to the lady and tells her that they must leave. The lady says she won’t leave her friend, all the enthusiasm and confidence have drained from her. Mila leaves as the vampire hunters arrive. She hears sobbing in the background.

Option 2:  (Good Ending)

The count uses the artifact to stun Mila. He then attempts to stab his step-sister but she vanishes in shadow. He orders Mila to capture the countess which she is compelled to do. The arrogant count begins to gloat about how he will turn his despised step-sister into his vampiric slave. He is then attacked by the maid who throws knives hitting his hand causing him to drop the artifact. Mila releases the countess who grabs the counts sword and runs him through from behind. Mila quickly plants the incriminating evidence and leaves as the vampire hunters arrive.

The Magical Lamp by: Darko

Eve notifies Mila that a Vampire Hunter named Nina survived Mila’s attack on Humilem village and that she escaped with a magical artifact that is supposed to give the owner a lot of power. Hearing this, Mila decides to hunt down the Hunter so that she can take the artifact for herself. Eve tells her that the vampire hunter fled towards the ruins of Ilbrook. In the ruins she finds a suspicious looking tent. In it she finds the Vampire Hunter dancing for a woman, while wearing an oriental harem outfit. The Woman introduces herself as Neessa, a genie. She explains that she was sealed inside the artifact, a lamp, and that she was the so-called power the Vampire Hunter stole, and that the Hunter planned to use the power of the genie to cleanse Humilem Village from the vampires.

She further explains that Nina made the mistake to put her lamp down after freeing her, so that she no longer had to obey her and turned her into her personal dancer. She tells Mila that now that she is free, she will obey no one ever again and that she will turn Mila into another dancer for her. Following this she first sends Nina against Mila, followed by her attacking Mila personally.

Bad End

Should Mila lose against either Nina or Neessa, Neessa will magically change Mila’s dress into another harem outfit, before brainwashing her into being her obedient servant.

Good End

After defeating both Nina and Neessa, Mila forces Neessa back into the lamp. She then grabs the lamp and Neessa comes out again, this time forced to recognize Mila as her Mistress. She explains to Mila that after losing to her, she must obey her commands and that she can restore Mila magic, but because the lamp got damaged during their fight, she can’t use all her power and will only be able to assist her once during a battle. The quest ends with Neessa saying that they should take care of the last loose end and grabs Nina, who is just beginning to wake up. Neessa holds her from behind, so that Mila can bite her. After the quest, vampire Nina should be found walking around Humilem Village.