The Second Regiment: The Encounter VI

Tigreal's POV:

"Seeing someone whom I admired greatly, slowly eaten by his anger..."

- Tigreal said boldly.

"An anger which I, feared that might perform reckless actions if not quelled..."

- Tigreal said boldly.

*Tigreal glares at this mentor*

"Is very UNACCEPTABLE."

- Tigreal said boldly.

". . ."

- Zemislav gone quiet.

"So, instead of waiting for his orders, how about making my first move?"

- Tigreal said.

". . ."

- Zemislav is still quiet.

"It seems mentor Zemislav doesn't plan on making a move unless the Sacrificial rites finished."

- Tigreal boldly said.

"Besides, my father used to tell me that 'the first who one made it's move, takes the beacon', isn't that right everyone?"

- Tigreal said confidently.

*all of them were in silence*

*Tigreal looks down*

"I don't want to see the person whom admired gotten blinded by anger, so I made my move."

- Tigreal boldly said.

*while Tigreal confidently said all those words, Laurel gone triggered and became hostile*

*Laurel grabs Tigreal's neck chainmail and raises him*

"YOU LITTE PIECE OF SH*-!?"

- Laurel madly reacted.

"That's enough."

- Zemislav quelled the ruckus.

*all of them gone startled*

"Captain Zemislav!"

- all reacted.

*Zemislav go near at Tigreal and let's out his natural, stern look on him*

*Tigreal feels like he regretted his words earlier because of his mentor's look*

"Sir Tigreal..."

- Mentor Zemislav in a calm tone.

"*grumping*"

- Tigreal gotten evasive.

*Zemislav and Tigreal are having an eye contact*

*since Zemislav have a natural, stern look on him, Tigreal couldn't help himself but feel down because of his mentor's expression*

*all of them watches the both of them*

*at that moment, Tigreal couldn't stand against his mentor's expression and he slowly evade an eye contact to him*

*meanwhile, when he is about to divert his attention, Zemislav's stern look changed to what Tigreal didn't expect*

"Thank you."

- Mentor Zemislav said in a sincerest tone.

"! ! !"

- all were surprised.

*all regiment members are shocked*

Narrator's POV:

All of members of the regiment were surprised on Zemislav's words towards Tigreal.

*Tigreal's greatly shocked on his mentor's words*

. . .

Tigreal, is also not an exception.

*Zemislav's stern look changed to a mixture of regret and grief*

Tigreal's surprised as well.

*a moment of silence*

*all of them noticed a change in Zemislav's stern expression*

All of them saw in Zemislav's eyes, it's filled with guilt and sadness which made them all silent.

While they are in a state of silence, the young Dark Elf utter something, in a shivering tone.

*dark elf shiver in fear*

"What... have you done?"

- Young Dark elf said in fear.

" ? ? ?"

- All of them wondered.

*the dark elf sits on the floor, holding her head while trembling*

"You... why did you all interrupted the ritual?"

- Young Dark elf said while trembling.

*all of them were wondering*

*suddenly, an earthquake occured which made them all startled*

*quiver*

"Now..."

- Young Dark elf's eyes trembled in fear.

*the entire place started to quake, and cliff is starting to emit ominous, dark aura*

*the scared dark elf tries her best to look at them while trembling in fear*

"You made them mad...*

- Young Dark elf fearfully said.

*all of them startled and they try to look at the cliff*

*eerie howling burst in the cliff*

*scream of unified, agony voices of different demons was heard*

*demon groans*

*when the demon made it's appearance, all of them were shocked*

. . .

*a shadow-like dragon shape ( not entirely looking like a dragon, more like a serpent ) burst on the cliff and the entire place was covered in Corruption*

*gale howling the surroundings*

*the plants, the animals have died*

*disgusting, digesting sounds*

. . .

"Now, it's going to... to..."

- young dark elf said in a terrified tone.

*the dark elf shivers in fear*

"Force it's way to take what ought to be theirs."

- Young Dark elf said in a terrified tone.

*the dark elf take a moment to look on the demon that came out on the cliff, terrifiedly*

"Now, we're all gonna-"

- Young Dark elf anxiously said.

*the dark elf is about to despaired but suddenly*

*STOMP!!*

*CLANGING!!*

*Zemislav steps ahead, while facing the demon boldly*

"*hmph!* Then..."

- Zemislav said with a mixture of joy animosity.

*firm grips*

*Zemislav firmly gripped his sword, and an unknown, dreadful ambience have dominated the place*

"That's great to hear!"

- Zemislav shouts in a mixture of anger and hatred.

*the moment when Zemislav finishes his sentence, the shadow-like creature locked it's attention to the offering*

. . .

The shadow-like creature attack head-on to the young Dark elf but Zemislav, with his high reflexes and power, he BLOCKED the enraged demon's attack.

*heavy slam*

With great collision, the intense shockwave blown the young Dark elf away from the cliff.

"*screams*"

- Young Dark elf screams as she was blown away.

When the Young Dark elf is on the mid-air, Margarette prepares a great leap and releases a great force that made her catch the blown dark elf on time.

*grips*

Margarette holds the the dark elf firmly and landed on the surface.

*SLAM!!!*

*surface cracks due to the force and gravity*

*craaacckkkk*

*swoooshhh!!*

*the dark elf slowly opens her eyes and she saw the image of Margarette*

"Dark elf maiden, please stay here."

- Margarette said in a calm tone.

*Margarette puts the dark elf on the ground gently*

As Margarette's about to leave, the dark elf utters something.

"Why? Why are you doing this?"

- Young Dark elf said in a terrified tone.

*Margarette wondered*

"You... *shiver*... You all are going to die because of your.... interference of the *shiver*.... the ritual."

- Young Dark elf said in a scared tone.

"What have you all-?"

- young dark elf said in scared tone.

*a moment of silence*

Margarette gone quiet as she saw the concern and fear of the dark elf.

Margarette is aware of dread but even if she did know, she smiled and pat the dark Elf's head gently.

*Margarette let's out a hearth-warming smile towards the young dark elf*

"O young maiden, we fight not for ourselves but for the sake of Justice towards the injustice, whose trampled upon."

- Margarette said.

. . .

"Justice must be conveyed, to the ones who ceaselessly seek justice."

- Margarette smiles as she said.

Margarette answered the Young Dark Elf's question with a peaceful and heart-warming way.

Margarette left the young Dark elf and rushes towards her husband's aid.

. . .

At the battle, Zemislav still blocking the attack of the shadow like demon.

*friction sounds*

*unsettling crackling*

The demon and Zemislav...

*Zemislav grunts*

Their battle of endurance is unbelievable.

*the demon struggled to outwit Zemislav*

*crack!!*

The ground cave in, encircling eight meters diameters.

*heavy cracking intensifies*

While he was blocking the attack through his sword, Zemislav noticed that the attention of the shadow-like demon does not belonged to him but only to it's supposed-to be sacrifice.

*friction noises intensifies*

*Zemislav's annoyed, knowing that the demon is just belittling him*

Zemislav grins and let's out a mixture of extreme joy and hostility expression of his.

*gritting*

At that moment...

*Zemislav remembered his fragmented memories about the image of the demon that appeared in the past*

*Zemislav flinched*

He remembered that it's the same demon where his dark elf friend devoured.

. . .

*more intensified pressure is mustering up towards him*

By the moment he remembered that past of his....

*Zemislav pants heavily due to anger*

He releases an unknown pressure that made the the broken fragments of the grounds levitate.

*cracking of ground*

In accordance to his anger and power, his sword glows brightly alike of a hostile brillance.

*Zemislav's sword is screeching*

His eyes glows in resemblance of his sword's surging power.

The pressure that Zemislav emits...

*pulsing heavily, in a rapid manner*

Is gotten more heavier every seconds.

*gritting continues*

Before the shadow-like demon locked it's target, Zemislav gives off a hostile glare towards the demon.

*murderous glare*

*sinisterly grin*

. . .

"Diverting your attention from your enemy leads to your downfall, you s*n of a b*tch."

- Zemislav said in a hostile tone.

"! ! !"

- the shadow-like demon gone startled.

When the shadow-like demon felt the dreadful ambience emitted by Zemislav, the demon's resistance lowered.

And before the demon starts it's move, it noticed that the eyes of his opponent, Zemislav....

*heavy panting*

Gone fiercer.

And his expression....

*steam comes out on Zemislav's panting*

Can no longer be imagined.

*glare!*

. . .

Zemislav...

*Zemislav STOMPS forward*

*STOMP!!!!*

*the demon is outwitted*

Is overwhelmed by abhorrence.

*heavy panting from Zemislav*

*strong grip on his sword*

*the demon got confused*

*Zemislav grins*

"BEGONE, DEMON!!!!"

- Zemislav yells.

Zemislav SWING his sword upwards.

*SLAM!!!*

Which made the shadow-like demon lose it's composure.

*demon groans*

When the demon is open for an attack, Zemislav lunge towards the demon in a hostile manner.

*intense pressure mustering up*

*when the pressure is gotten stronger, he LUNGE towards the enemy*

*LUNGE!!!*

And he SWING his sword with all of his power.

*BANG!* *CLANG!!!*

And the demon SLAM on the ground.

*SLAM!!!*

*demon groans greatly*

The ground, where the demon crashes, CRACKS greatly.

*CRACKING!!!*

And the cracks, traveled towards the altar and destroyed it.

*CRUMBLE*

The dark elves' heretics, who were tied and guarded by fellow knights, was horrified and surprised.

"NOO!!! THE ALTAR!!!"

- dark elves heretics shouts in dismay.

Back at the fight, Zemislav have lost his cool....

*heavy panting intensifies*

And he's now in a state of killing spree.

*glare intensifies*

His sword is pulsing heavily...

*Thud! THUUD!!*

And the power input is uncontrollable...

*screech*

Which made him powerful yet losses his grip and humanity.

*heavy breathing and steam*

As he moves forward...

*STOMP!!!*

He raises his left hand.

*left hand raised*

*crackling*

And a light-based lightning...

*lightning crackles*

Channels through his hand and a humongous magical circle....

*dun DUUUN!*

*light particles sounds*

Have appeared in the skies which enlightens the dark skies.

*SWOOOOSHHHH!!!!*

*deafening opening sound of magical circle's appearance*

*dun DUUN!!!*

The magic circle...

*the magical circle's movement is slower*

Keeps on expanding exponentially...

*DOOOOSHHH!!!*

And a great pressure was sensed throughout the vicinity.

*deafening pressure released*

Tigreal and the fellow knights, felt the omnipotence towards the casted spell.

*all of them were silenced*

The area which it covered, trembled.

*tremor intensifies*

The debris...

*cracking*

Of any kind of things, levitate and the pressure is gotten heavier.

*dun DUUUN!!*

The shadow-like demon...

*demon groans in pain*

Could not move due to the extreme impact it received on Zemislav's attack, and the collision on the ground.

*cracking of ground and debris intensified*

On the other hand, Zemislav stopped his tracks and the aura which is failed to be seen in the naked eye before....

*THUD THUUDD!!!*

Is finally visible.

But his hostility...

*heavy panting, steaming, drooling intensifies*

Haven't changed even a bit.

*Zemislav let's out a heavy grunt*

His left arm...

*lightning crackles*

Is crackling of Light-based lightning which gotten more and more violent.

*lightning sounds and releases a deafening small thunderclap*

Zemislav's eyes is filled with dread.

. . .

When he slowly clenches his hand, a light-based sword-like tip appeared at the humongous, magical circle at the skies.

*SHIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!*

And their about to launched.

*debris and cracking of ground releases a louder sounds*

". . ."

- Zemislav's gotten quiet.

*all of them could not talk, nor react due to malevolence of Zemislav's magic power*

*demon groans*

*Zemislav stare at the demon, emotionless*

. . .

When he is about to clench his hand, Margarette....

*footsteps sounds*

*clasp!!!*

Appeared right in front of him and hugged him.

"SWEETY! CONTROL YOURSELF! I BESEECH THEE!"

- Margarette begs.

". . ."

- Zemislav didn't speak anything.

"Sweety! Please don't do 'that' here!"

- Margarette said in a worried tone.

*Margarette begs but still, Zemislav didn't show any response*

"In your current state, you might end up killing everyone here! PLEASE ZEMI, HEED TO MY CALL!"

- Margarette cried.

Margarette ceaselessly cried to him but...

*Zemislav remains quiet*

There's no sign that he heard Margarette's call.

". . ."

- Zemislav didn't utter any words.

*Light-based lightning crackles greatly intensified and become more violent*

Zemislav is about to clench his fist as an initiation of unleashing the destructive power that appeared in the skies.

"*tch*"

- Margarette grits in panic.

But...

*SCREEECCCHHHH*

Before he clenches his fist, Margarette focused all her power on her hand.

*THUD THUUDD*

The power, that has been accumulated in her and emits a powerful pressure that can break a steel.

". . ."

- Zemislav is still unresponsive.

. . .

*Margarette's expression changes from panicked to emotional*

"Sweety, please forgive me for this."

- Margarette apologize, emotionally.

. . .