16 Shadow Awakening (1/2)
Moments ago, Troll army backline.
A Troll Warrior called in desperation for Celica and her army.
”Celicaaa! Send your troops! These damned wolves are too sneaky!”
”Hurry Celica!”
”Celica! A Wolf got sister Shahri!”
”W-what? What's going on? How could such a little army of wolves put a fight with sister Shahri?”
Celica promptly commanded her troops to move to the frontline.
”I hope… I get in time…! Hang in there, sister!”
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After finally arriving at the front lines, and seeing countless corpses of her fellow Troll brothers, she saw it.
CLASH!
An enormous and ferocious Ice Wolf swiftly killed Shahri with an Ice Spear, making her head explode like a balloon, blowing its brains out in a bloody and grotesque scene.
Celica could not move, she didn't understand what was going on.
”S-Sister… Ah…aa…aahhh…”
A Troll Warrior went to help Celica who looked frozen in shock and fear.
”Sister Celica…! Please calm down!”
”Aaaahh…. Ahhhhh…!”
”Sister Celica!”
”What's going on?”
”She fainted!”
”What?!”
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When Celica regained consciousness, she did not find herself inside the battlefield, but in a big and dark open space.
”W-where I am…? Ah! S-Sister! She died! She died so horribly! Nooo! Noooooooooo!”
Suddenly, a sinister and cracking voice came from inside her heart.
”Do you feel sad?”
”Ah! Wha-”
”Do you feel anger?”
”Ehh? What's going on?”
”Do you want revenge?”
”Revenge… I… I want…”
”Would you give up your life for it?”
”My life… Yes… Everything…”
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Present time, I the middle of the tight road in between the three mages armies.
”Senior Meiji! They are here!”
”Very well, release the Lower Demonic Beings around the tight road, and separate the enemy army in three groups, the main army will come right on the middle of this road, the other two will go to the west and the east, where the Wyverns will take care of them”
”Yes!”
A massive army of heavy armored Trolls started to cross a very tight road that slowed down their march.
”T-this road is very tight!”
”It doesn't matter! Any trick will be useless on us! They are in a massive disadvantage no matter what!”
”Keep marching ahead!”
Suddenly, a big group of red colored jumping monsters appeared on the Trolls sight.
”What are those?”
”Lower Demonic Beings?”
”They are too many!”
”Hmmp! They are no more than weak mobs, was this their brilliant strategy?”
”Follow the Demonic Beings! Kill the last bit of hope they have!!!!”
”YEES!”
”RAAAAHH!”
Just as everyone predicted, the army split in three, with two armies heading to the west and east, following the Lower Demonic Beings.
”Main army will keep marching and crush the Demon's Lair!”
”Yes!”
”RAAAAHH!”
FLASH!
”EH?”
Out of nowhere, a golden flash stopped the whole army from advancing further!
”Activate skill: | SACRED RIPOSTE |!”
CLASH!
”GUAAAAAAAH!”
A big flash of light clashed on the Troll army, counter attacking their skills, and throwing them several meters away!
”You are not going anywhere! Activate skill: | SACRED HOWL |!”
”Awooooooooooo!”
Suddenly a strong howl resounded inside every Troll ears!
”Guuaahh! What is this?!”
”My ears…!”
”RAAAH! That damned wolf! Kill it!”
”Everyone! Kill it!”
In the distance, Kizuato and Yukan'na were watching Kekensha brilliant performance of strength.
”Haha, do we even need to help him out?”
”Don't joke around this Yukan, let's go!”
”Yeah! Rookies, follow me!”
”Yess! Uukiiiii!”
While Kekensha was blocking the enemy, a big army of Monkeys and Wolves clashed with the Troll army!
CLASH!
”What? Armored Monkeys?!”
”From where did they came from?”
”It doesn't matter, they are few compared to us! Crush them!”
”RAAAAAAHHHHHH!”
An Axe wielding Troll went ahead and slashed his weapon over an armored monkey!
SLASH!
CRASH!
”Ehh?!”
He was easily intercepted and counterattacked!
”Do not sub estimate us Monkeys, Troll! Activate skill: | BLOODY COUNTER |!”
BOOOM!
The monkey moved his massive red colored Axe and as if it was a flaming meteor, it clashed over the armored Troll head!
SPLAT!
The Troll head exploded in countless chunks of bloody skull bones and brains!
”T-That monkey is way too strong!”
”I will avenge you brothers! RAAAHH! Activate skill: | OVERPOWERING HAMMER |!”
The monkey, excited by such a big battle, smiled maniacally.
”This is the thrill of battle! COME! Activate skill: | SAVAGE BLOW |!”
CLASH!
Both warriors intercepted each other attacks with the strongest skills they had!
”DIE MONKEY!”
A second Troll came from the back, doing a sneak attack!
However, a black flash blocked the attack with a strong riposte!
”Yukan! Good timing!”
”I got your back, brother!”
Three more Trolls came pointing they weapons at them!
”DIEE!”
”Filthy monkeys die!”
”Tsk! Filthy?! You really want to die so badly?!”
”Let's go Kizuato!”
”YES!”
Kizuato and Yukan'na rushed through the battlefield like black and brown colored flash, while slashing multiple times the strong Troll's amor!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
”Thats a sturdy armor, we can't break it with just slashes…!”
”Let's do a combination attack!”
”Ahh!”
FLASH!
Kizuato and Yukan'na ran together and activated their strongest weapon skills!
”Savage Bloow!!!”
”Burning Slash!!!”
BOOOOM!
”GUUAAAAHHHHH!”
CRASH!
A strong combined slash of energy ripped in half the three Trolls in mere seconds!
”T-Those monkeys!”
”They are too strong! Let's gang on them!”
”OORAAAAHHHHH!”
Eight Trolls came rushing and surrounded the monkeys easily!
”DIEEE!”
The biggest Troll moved his massive longsword and slashed Kizuato! However, Kizuato was able to avoid him with his slim movements!
”These monkeys ar-”
CLASH!
From behind, Yukan clashed the Troll head into pieces!
”Brother! RAAAHHH!”
CLASH!
”GUAAH!”
A nearby Troll picked up this opportunity to sneak a strong blow on Yukan back, sending him several meters away!
BOOOOM!
”That bastard got me, eh?”
”You are not going anywhere!”
Three Trolls noticed Yukan inside a pit and went for the finishing blow!
”RAAAAHHH!”
”Damn it!”
CLASH!
”Hahaha! We killed it!”
”W-Wait!”
A massive golden colored magic wall blocked the three Troll attack!
”Kekensha, he just saved my ass…”
In the distance, Kekensha yelled in anger.
”Yukan, get it together! Assist the rookies for now!”
”Sigh, sure, but first! Activate skill: Burning Slash!”
”Watch out!”
”Guuaahhhhh!”
SLASH!
A massive burning slash appeared outside Yukan Long Sword, burning the Trolls instantly!
”Again! BURNING SLASH!”
SLASH!
A second attack slashed the Trolls in half, dying on the spot!
Suddenly, from some meters away, a Monkey Warrior was being bullied by 4 Trolls.
”Heelp! Please!”
”Coming!”
FLASH!
Yukan came to the rookie rescue at max speed, using multiple Burning Slashes on the 4 Trolls back!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
”Guuahh! It's so hot! Help!”
”My armor is melting!”
”Guuuaahhhkkk!”
”Rookie, finish them!”
The small Rookie took his sword and slashed the suffering Trolls heads off!
SLASH!
”Phew…”
”Well done, I will give you most of my kills so you get higher EXP, don't get too far away!”
”Yes, brother Yukan!”
In the middle of the Troll army, most of the Trolls already realized that this was a trap! The strong army that intercepted them wouldn't let them move ahead, while they couldn't retreat easily because of such a tight road!
”This is bad! This was a trap all along!”
”I… Don't want to die!”
”Coward! Fight to the death! RAAAAAHH!”
”Yes, this is for our Master!”
”RAAAAHHHH!”
The morale of the Troll army quickly increased, using their strong belief for their Master as fuel.
However, suddenly!
BOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOM!
”GYAAAAAAHHH!”
The middle of the army was filled with big explosions and deep bloody pits!
”Noo! They got mages?!”
”Where?!”
”There! In the mountains!”
”No way!”
”Their plan was too deep!”
Over the three mountains surrounding the road, Meiji, Rimuru and Tsuchimizu commanded their troops to start showering the army with strong magic projectiles!
FLASH FLASH FLASH!
Countless weapon shaped rock projectiles reinforced with strong magic rained like a meteor shower over the ignorant Trolls, followed by big elemental attacks like Thunder Bolts and Fireballs!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Troll army was so stick together that they couldn't evade such strong area-of-effect attacks, creating multiple causalities in seconds!
”We are losing too many soldiers, we are done for! We are done for!”
”This Demon scheme was too deep! We were destined to die from the beginning!”
”Nooooo!”
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
More and more massive magic projectiles rained over the army, destroying their formations and creating absolute chaos!
”AHHHHHHHHHH!”
”Noooooo!”
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOM!
A big and strong and muscular troll holding a massive shield and a longsword was retreating while looking for someone in specific!
”Celica! Celica! Where are you?!”
”Brother, where is Celica?”
”Celica lost consciousness and was sent to the backlines, but because of this sudden magic attack, everything is messed up!”
”Tsk! Celica, I am coming for you!”
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Celica woke up in the middle of a chaos-filled battlefield; countless bodies of her fellow brothers were all around the battlefield. Seeing all the brothers that she once teach and raised with love, being completely massacred made her heart, grieve in pain.
”Brothers… Brothers… I knew it, this bad feeling I had…”
”We were never going to win, weren't we?”
A cracking noise resounded inside Celica's heart.
”So? Will you save your brothers?”
”I…”
”There's not much time…”
”I… I want… To avenge them…”
”Excellent…”
BOOOM!
Suddenly, a strong pain filled Celica's entire heart!
”GUAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”
FLUOSH!
Coming from the ring in her left hand, an incredibly thick aura filled Celica's entire body, engulfing her body entirely!
”GYYYYAAAAAHHHHH! It hurts! It hurts! My heart! My heart hurts so much!”
”Accept the pain, become one with it… Embrace your hate”
The surviving nearby Trolls noticed what was going on with Celica and retreated several meters in fear.
”Sister Celica! What is going on?!”
”Its …”
”It's the Shadow Awakening ritual!”
”Sister Celica got that ring?”
”Then…”
”Will we be saved?”
”Is there hope?”
”Sister Celica! Please help us!”
”Sister Celica!”
”Sister Celica!”
All the Trolls gathered around Celica, cheering her to endure the painful Shadow Awakening ritual.
”GYAAAAAHHHH! E-Everyone…! I will avenge… Our brothers…! Aahhhh!!!”
FLUOOSH!
BOOOOM!
Suddenly, from the shadows engulfing Celica, tentacles came out and started to grab on nearby Trolls, absorbing their life essence!
”What's going on?!”
”T-that's not how a Shadow Awakening ritual is!”
”What is this?!”
”Run! Gyaaaaaahhhh!”
The tentacles made of shadows started to swiftly absorb every Troll, becoming denser and stronger everytime.
FLUOSH!
”N-no! Why?! Brothers…! Ahhh! My mind!”
The cracking voice resounded once again her heart.
”Girl, don't you want revenge?”
”But!”
”The only way to avenge your brothers is like this!”
”Noooooooo!”
”Embrace it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
”Gyyyyyyyyyyyyyaahhhhhhh!”
BOOOOM!
The massive shadow aura embracing Celica dissipated in a strong explosion, blowing away everything around!
The only surviving Troll, watched in fear how her Sister became something different, someone else.
”Sister…”
Celica's body was covered with a fleshy and spiky dark armor, with her face completely covered in a helmet, with three gigantic horns. Behind her back there could be seen horrible bat-like wings expanding, creating a demonic look.
A strong deadly aura started to exude from this being body.
This being, didn't felt at all like they Sister.
”W-who are you?!”
Ignoring the trembling Troll, this being casted an ancient spell, and grotesque Lance made of flesh and guts appeared out of thin air.
FLASH!
Wielding it, it quickly flew to the frontlines.
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Backline, Emperor's Throne.
The Emperor enjoyed how Kireina struggled fighting his two strongest warriors, then, suddenly, he felt a strong pressure from far away.
”Aaaahhh! Wonderful! Wonderful! The Shadow Awakening Ring… it finally possessed that foolish girl, it is as Master as said…”
”Even if my whole army gets destroyed, it does not matter, because this is all in Master's plans”
Kireina quickly felt the same pressure!
”Gaahh! W-what the heck is that?! What's going on?! Damn it!”
Kireina quickly tried to flew and save his servants.
”You are not going anywhere!”
FLUOSH!
A strong Mana Zone engulfed Kireina inside, trapping her!
”What? Mana Zone… Is this a shadow variant? That fucking witch!”
A Troll Witch appeared at a safe distance, laughing at such reactions.
”Fufufu… Do you like it, Kireina? I named it: Absolute Shadow Realm Creation”
The Troll Champion quickly approached the Witch.
”Well done, with this I don't need to hold back with this Demon!”
”Ugh… This is quite complicated… Minds, I am leaving this Zone to you to crack!”
Three tiny voices resounded inside Kireina's head.
”Yes!”
”We will do everything we can…!”
”I will handle this fight!”
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Frontlines, tight road between three mountains.
A horrible rooting smell could be smelt all around the battlefield, countless corpses were scattered around, some almost intact, others roasted alive, and others in pieces. Blood, meat and bones painted the entire road with a bright red.
Some surviving Trolls couldn't comprehend entirely what happened.
”It was all so sudden… We have lost completely…”
”Wait… Do you remember how we split our armies before…?”
”Maybe… the other armies will come to our rescues!”
To the East of the Tight Road.
Countless Trolls corpses were burned to a crisp. Then thrown to a deep pit.
Two Wyverns and one Monkey, Goruden, Aine and Adena made all this.
”This should be the last batch of corpses; they were around… 50 Trolls?”
”It was easier than I thought, but they give loads of nice EXP”
”Yes, separating in three groups was indeed their demise”
Goruden praise the young Wyverns might.
”Such strength, Wyverns are indeed legendary creatures!”