It's been three days since we last heard of the 'Gemlock'. Twenty of them had managed to escape, including the elites. Others were sent to prison back in Jinoti. Peace is returning in Gritery. People have started to come out of their houses and the Warriors who had been held hostages and who were forced to work for the mercenaries got out. The following day after their disappearance, a large funeral session took place, in order to honour the people who were killed by the Gemlock. It was a heart rendering scene to see Mr and Mrs. Grinverr, Zoe and others cry, mourning their loved ones. Zoe told us that once the bridge was finished, she would like to come with us back to Asaria, to which Axel whole-heartedly agreed.
Fortunately, today is the last day of the construction and everyone is working enthusiastically. "If we proceed at this pace, we might complete this bridge in six hours", says Mr. Poimin as he sees everyone work, with a smile on his face. "Well, that is good to hear", I say as my gaze falls upon Zoe who was using her water magic to clean the completed sections of the bridge.
"Yes. After that, I can hand this project over to Mr. Grinverr without any worry", the engineer replies back. Axel smiles at him in reply. We are still guarding the bridge, not to protect them but in order to lend them a hand. There is no need for them to be protected now. But suddenly, I feel the wind shift drastically and the smile which was grazed on Axel's face drops in an instant.
"CASSIE!" he screams and I quickly tackle Mr. Poimin to the floor while he activated his 'Call of the Abyss' spell. I see the attacks disappear into the black swirling mass. I get up and look into the direction from where the attacks came. But what I see widens my eyes open.
The bridge on the other side is completely packed with people, but they don't look alive. Most of them have their skeletons jutting out of their bodies and have rotting flesh attached to the bones. Some of them are outright skeletons. I notice that there are two portals behind the un-dead army and between those two portals stands Ava, with her arms out in front and a weird aura surrounding them. The army is closing in as the builders rush to the incomplete side of the bridge in panic. Axel and I rush to the front and I hear Axel say, "No way! Necromancy!"
"Necromancy? You mean the art of raising the dead!?", I ask in shock, to which he nods.
"But isn't that forbidden because it would seriously mess up the balance between life and death?", I ask, to which Axel says, "I had no idea that Ava could do that. But everything related to necromancy was destroyed! I knew that Necromancy was a branch of Aura Magic but to see it happen in real life..." Axel then covers his hands with fire and says, "We have to stop Ava. Otherwise the imbalance between the living and the dead will cause chaos". I nod as I quickly charge my fist with my essence.
"WIND COMBO MAGIC: TORMENTING TORNADO BARRAGE!" I shout as I let loose eight violent tornados towards the incoming horde. The spell connects but it doesn't do a dent in their numbers. Axel fires his inferno and fire balls but that too isn't doing much damage. Suddenly more attacks come from the horde, which would have done a lot of damage if it weren't for the 'Call of the Abyss'.
"THEY CAN CAST SPELLS TOO!?" I ask in shock. Axel says, "NO, THEY CAN'T! THE DEAD DON'T HAVE ESSENCE IN THEM! THE ONLY PLAUSIBLE THING I CAN THINK OF IS THAT THERE ARE HUMANS IN THIS HORDE! IN FACT, I CAN SENSE THEIR AURA!"
"I REALLY WISH THAT WE HAD REINFORCEMENTS!" I shout as I send my light and wind magic at the horde, chipping their numbers off slowly.
"I AM SORRY!", Axel shouts back as he burns another dead person. Suddenly, we hear a laughter and both of us look in the direction of it. We see Diamanto and the elites, with the exception of Hayden, standing behind Ava. Diamanto is laughing hysterically. He says, "Look now how the tables have turned! What are you going to do now, mages?! Today! We, Gemlock will take back our control of this village from you! This place is too valuable for us! Today shall be the day this bridge will live up to it's name! After today this bridge will forever be called 'The Bridge of Death'. My fellow mercenaries! Make sure that no one escapes! Ava, kindly get rid of them for me".
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Romulus : The Rise Of The Demon
Fantasy' I have never seen such a sight before. It was as if the flames were dancing in his presence. It was as if they were overjoyed by him being near them...... Who is he? Is he a warrior who never backs down from a fight? Is he a saviour who would ri...
