Chapter 481 - [Scripted Event] [Sunclaw Kingdom Conquest] 6/?: Celica"s Worries
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Melarnus moved to a safe distance from Truhan as he glanced at his body… it was still completely set ablaze, the fire was slowly not only consuming his body but his soul and that of Geggoron"s split soul, eroding them bit by bit…
"T-This flame is not only impossible to set off, but it is enhanced with Divinity Devouring?! Impossible! Since when this being acquired such technique? So not only Kireina"s allies that we saw earlier, but this monster that came out of nowhere possess such power?! T-This is ridiculous! But I will not let it easily kill me…! At least, I shall destroy his soul!"
Truhan seemed to have felt the curses and spells conjured over his wounds, but by using his Aura, which was infused with Divinity Devouring, he cleaned his wounds with the fire and closed them easily, the curses were cleaned by Divinity Devouring without much effort.
"Hmph, pesky curses or spells won"t do anything to me! Alongside Master"s help, I"ve been granted with an Orichalc.u.m skin and fles.h.!.+" said Truhan.
After he evolved in the dungeon, Truhan"s skills related to his muscles and skin evolved with him, becoming almost impenetrable by normal means, and were also capable of easily blocking magic or weak cursing spells.
When this was coupled with his blazing aura that could easily close his wounds by "purifying" them, Truhan had an almost impenetrable defense without even wearing armor.
"T-The curses are not working?! B-But that"s… from where this guy came from?! d.a.m.ned Oni!" roared Geggoron"s split soul, rus.h.i.+ng through the battlefield while enhancing its entire body with a Nightmarish Aura and a Holy Aura, originating from Melarnus.
A large horn appeared on its forehead as he rushed towards Truhan like a sharp javelin!
Flas.h.!.+
"Let"s see if your armor muscles can resist the sharpness of my needle-like horn!"
"Aura Armor," said Truhan.
Clas.h.!.+
Crack, crack!
Geggoron"s split soul heard the sounds of something cracking and if the flesh was punctured. On his mind, he thought that he had finally managed to penetrate Truhan"s hard fles.h.!.+
"…eh?"
But a sharp pain filled its entire body, not only his horn did not pierce Truhan, but his blazing armor made out of his Aura protected him from the impact. Only Geggoron"s split soul was affected.
The impact crushed its bones and flesh once again, and the horn was sent flying, completely detached from its skull, and revealing the fleshy brain inside.
"UUGGH… GGRAAA…"
Melarnus began to gasp for hair as it fell over the ground. The blazes over its body were already grilling him alive, and his soul had cracked in the meantime of this short fight… barely resisting until it was to fragment into pieces.
"N-No… How could… it be? So easily… defeated… He didn"t even attack me this time?!" thought Geggoron"s split soul.
"Quite disappointing if I so myself, well… how about I kill you with a strong technique?!" laughed Truhan, raising his axe as the entire energy made by his muscles converged into his arms and biceps. His aura flowed through his entire body as he showcased his herculean physique, resembling a G.o.d of fire and war. Blazing and crimson energies converged into his entire body, intimidating the living existence of Melarnus who had fallen into beastly instincts and Geggoron"s split soul.
"Blazing Demon King"s Execution!" roared Truhan, as his blazing axe fell over Melarnus as if it were a meteor in the shape of an axe.
CLAs.h.!.+
"G-Gyaaaaaa!!!"
Truhan"s axe converged in yellow, red, and orange blazes, slicing both Melarnus"s body and soul in half… the countless cracks on his soul, which was fused with Geggoron"s split soul expanded, breaking apart into countless pieces!
Crack, crack!
Clas.h.!.+
"Even the artifact was destroyed… I never stood a chance from the start… Just… how utterly hopeless are we against her and her army…?" thought Geggoron"s split soul as his consciousness was dragged into the void.
Truhan bathed on the blood that spurred all over him, as he glanced at the tiny pieces of dark gla.s.s that were the fragmented divinity of Melarnus and Geggoron"s split soul.
"So, it lasted around… three hits? Hm, when I had a mock battle against Wagyu, he received more than fifty attacks and kept going just as fine! What a letdown. Well, at least there is a delicious dinner for tonight. Hopefully, Celica-chan can cook something nice," said Truhan, grabbing on the corpse and the fragmented gla.s.s-like divinity pieces.
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Sacred Light White Wolf Swordsman, Melarnus and his medium-sized Geggoron"s split soul: deceased.
Cause of death: burned alive, and sliced in half by Truhan"s axe technique. Managed to withstand three hits.
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Sensing that her husband had already dealt with the enemy pretty quickly, Celica could not help but sigh a bit. Truhan was not capable of controlling his strength, and each of his attacks most of the time carried all of it.
After evolving into a Blazing h.e.l.l Giant Demon King, Truhan"s body became even burlier and stronger, his muscles became as hard as Orichalc.u.m, and his skin was almost impenetrable. His entire body had become a full set of indestructible armor, and the axe he carried around also became a Phantasmal Rank weapon.
After finally being connected to his soul, the weapon was capable of channeling his Aura and Soul Energy to even greater extents, even a simple slash that was not even a Technique or an Art could slice off a mountain.
This is why Truhan was not allowed to do mock battles as much until he met again with Wagyu and Kekensha, worthy opponents that somehow were capable of taking his. .h.i.ts and even hit him back for greater damage.
However, although Truhan had a lot of mock battles with the wolves, he still was not capable of controlling his strength.
Although he was a brute, Truhan was an overly sweet husband and loved Celica, so he always tried not to be brute with her at the very least.
Perhaps due to her husband"s strength, Celica evolved as a strong giantess as well to withstand her husband"s brute force… which also applied through the busy nights they had.
Alongside Truhan, Celica evolved after completing the dungeon they explored in the abandoned Ollathir territory, becoming an Eclipsing Moon Giantess Amazon Queen.
Her entire body grew almost to the same colossal size as Truhan, her body was packed with so many tightened and slim muscles and curves that she resembled a Greek statue.
Her skin became charcoal dark, and her eyes became crimson red, with long dark hair crossing through her body. Although Celica used to be an agility-based attacker, she had to adapt a bit to her new body size and immense weight. She could not be "sneaky" anymore with such size and power.
So, she switched her style to a more brute one. However, different than most giants, she still had an immense Speed stat, and the ability to lessen her weight by transforming parts of her body into shadows, easily being able to move faster than her body size implied.
Alongside this, her daggers became Phantasmal Equipment, alongside the Gauntlets of Heavens and Earth that she acquired after defeating a Champion in the Athetosea War. Although her body was not as hard as Truhan"s, it was indeed immensely st.u.r.dy.
Recently, she had started to learn Axe and Club Techniques, to adapt to stronger weapons that could fit her new body height.
"That brute did it again… did he just finished master"s trial for us in three blows? Sigh…"
Celica patted her exposed belly, which was covered in hard muscles. She felt that there was a small life inside slowly growing.
"It has been five months since I"ve felt this little thing inside, should I tell him already? My belly will most likely begin to bulge soon… Though I am so packed with muscles, I fear that I may asphyxiate it… I can feel that it is alive though and developing well, though I"ve evolved so many times carrying it, it might have evolved with me, this is why it is taking so long to get out of my belly…" muttered Celica.
Since Celica and Truhan were welcomed into Kireina"s Kingdom, they had been able to enjoy life together and slowly developed as a couple, of course, it was natural of them to have intercourse. Trolls in particular are very fertile, and their children are born incredibly fast, some only taking a few weeks… but Celica and Truhan were constantly evolving, leveling up and fighting, and perhaps the child that Celica was carrying evolved with her and needed to develop.
Celica had no idea about the gestation of Giants, but she suspected that it could take a few more weeks or months. She has not wanted to tell Truhan about it because he would most likely become protective of her (even more than he already was) and would not let her go into dungeons and risk her life fighting monsters or exploring. She would have a boring gestation like Kireina"s wives, which Celica had seen resting in the castles while not doing anything "fun". (Fun like risking her life fighting monsters and exploring dungeons, that is)
"Whenever my belly gets big, I will have to tell him… I cannot just tell Truhan "Hey, I just got a bit fatter, hope you don"t mind a chubby wife"… No, it won"t work… although he"s a meathead, he has developed his intelligence more since he evolved, and is not as clueless about things… Nom, nom," muttered Celica, sitting over a pile of slaughtered monstrosities while snacking into a giant black-colored tentacle.
As Celica began to think about how she could tell her husband that she had been pregnant all this time, she felt the presence of someone a bit stronger than the monstrosities she was slaughtering.
A woman in her early thirties, with gray Hyena ears atop her head and a long hyena tail above her round b.u.t.t, which was covered in tight black leather pants. She had long black hair reaching her wide hips. Her chest was generous, combining all of her attributes made her resemble a mischievous and seductive lady.
However, her beautiful appearance was disrupted by her annoyed expression, frustration and rage could be seen across her face.
"T-Those strange flesh monsters! How could they easily negate my poison like nothing…?! It happened too fast! And I was sent in here for some reason… Where am I?" she wondered
The flesh monsters that attacked her were Kireina"s Flesh Beasts, created from her own flesh and given wills similar to Slime Clones. They weren"t "true clones" that shared her soul.
However, they were capable more or less of manipulating the Domain where they were inside, using the ability to manipulate it to create small drifts that sent the Sunclaw Royal Family and the two Brainwashed Heroes to their specific contenders, which Kireina had chosen carefully.
Celica remembered her master"s words.
"Have fun" said Kireina, with her usual provocative smiles, as if she were enjoying the very moment, she said such things.
"Well, while the master is fighting the main enemy, I should lay back and enjoy this small snack~ it would be a nice way to level up my Axe Technique as well!" laughed Celica, deciding to practice her Axe Technique by taking out a Dark-colored Battle Axe with two blades, which was a Legendary Rank item she obtained in the dungeon she had recently completed with her husband and their party.
"Ah! A giant… her skin… I have never seen a charcoal-skinned giant before… One of Kireina"s subordinates?! But she never appeared anywhere! She keeps coming with new allies one after another! And our connection with the main body had become dimmer… just what is happening?!" roared the hyena beast-woman, the "Corrosive Poison Sword Hyena Knightess", Anadia, one of Sunclaw"s Heroines that was brainwashed by Geggoron.
"Hey, Anadia, right? I am a Celica. I don"t like to waste time around needless fighting, so I will throw you a strong technique to see if you are even capable of taking or evading it," said Celica, shrouding herself in her Shadow Aura and moving at an immense speed.
Anadia thought that Celica because she was a giant, would take at least forty seconds to a minute to move to her position. But Celica was already ahead of her sight, raising her gigantic black axe while being shrouded in shadows and darkness. Like a t.i.tan G.o.ddess of the night about to reap her soul.
"Shadow Decapitation!" roared Celica, her red eyes gleaming murderously.
Clas.h.!.+
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