89 Chapter 17 - Queen of Thorns (2/2)

The ground shook as a creature arose from the forest, and stomped out into the area of ruined trees. Timber splintered with each hooven step, muscles bulged like an ogre as the gigantic creature made itself known.

Like a deer on steroids, it was taller than any ogre Kenji had ever known, with its muscles inflated beyond reasoning and it's a mouth filled with fangs like a werewolf. Its flesh was cracked, oozing and ruined as if the transformation had broken its body almost as much as it had been enhanced.

Nonetheless, the Monsterous Deer lowered its twisting horns and charged like an approaching wall of spikes. Fast as lightning it pinned one of the Bearfolk against a tree, the many sharpened horns piercing several critical organs. Turning the creature readied for another charge, the dead Bearfolk's corpse still dangling amidst the canopy of horns atop the monstrosities' head.

”Tangle its feet and horns, Kragg you get the kill when it's bound,” Kenji said without missing a beat, and firing off his Thorn Spear to wrap around one of the monster's ogre muscled legs. A dozen more Thorn Spears did the same around the Monster's body, and even then it's titanic strength allowed it to slowly pull them around as it thrashed and bucked.

Yet that was all the time Kragg needed to lithely get through and slash at its neck - an explosion of green threw him back, an enraged Witch's Apprentice watching from afar.

”HOW DARE YOU!” screamed the same young witch that had acted as a messenger before, ”You will DIE like a good little puppy!” shrieking she sent a green bolt to narrowly miss shattering Kragg's the head. Through the cloud of debris emerged Grankash, who moved like liquid ink as he charged the little witch.

”Leave her to Grankash!” He roared as he dodged aside another explosion, shards of rock firing into his side. Not wanting to lose this opportunity, Kragg got himself up and attacked the monster again, even as Thorn Spears began to snap in quick succession as the monster's strength proved too great.

In a moment Kragg had slashed the monster's throat, and yet had to do so several more times to hack his way through the wall of muscle. Blood spewed out in a torrent, and yet the monster remained standing, unphased as it continued to struggle and snap at the restraints holding it still.

”Kragg says DIE ALREADY!” Kragg roared, latching onto the monster's side and slashing again, and again, and again, until finally, the monster spluttered red, began to sway, and fell to shake the earth. Dirt filled the air, Kenji coughing as he waved it away and charged forward.

From the cloud of dust, Kragg emerged, Kenji having already flown passed to find Grankash bleeding heavily as the little Witch laughed. ”Die!” She said, directing a potent green bolt to his throat and letting loose enough force to send Grankash's head blasting from his body.

The bitch managed to get a translucent green wall in front of her before Kenji's Thorn Spear could pierce her through the eye in turn. Having the spear end bite into the shield itself, Kenji retracted the vine and pulled himself towards her. Contorting mid-air, he slammed the Thorn Spear in an axe form into the shield, shattering it like glass, to seize the witch's throat.

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”How do I stop the ceremony?” Kenji hissed. ”How do I save him?” Kenji suffered a quick look of Grankash's dead frame, the werewolf butler no well beyond saving.

The Witch spat in his face. So Kenji tore out her throat and became her.

The ceremony was nearly complete, and only by removing the main Witch from being the ceremonies axis could it be prevented from scouring the forest of life. The Witch would similarly become more powerful than could be imagined, although not even the apprentice could imagine what she would use all that power for.

Jettisoning the body, Kenji became the regenerated Sun Elf Queen. And immediately realised how much the Grandfather body had soured his mind. As the blood lust faded it became increasingly apparent, he had sacrificed so many on the way here without a thought, almost as if some force had been suppressing his ability to think.

Seeing the Bearfolk charge onward, he understood now while they had chosen to forget the Queen of Thorns. Her powers were potent, but the cost was the mind itself. Kenji could change bodies, but for those with only one the prospect of throwing off this power that filled them with white-hot fury...it just didn't seem likely.

Perhaps later he would take the late Grankash's body with him, but for now there was a job to do.

Entering the Witch's lair, he readied himself to fight the end boss and get finally get revenge on behalf of those who could not do so themselves.