The Eminence's Journey In A World Of Eroge

Winter Days - Garden Side II

Shadow glanced over the remains of what once was a large base, now surrounded by flames and debris, ruined almost beyond belief as a massive, 300 meter diameters crater had replaced the center of the former base.

The snow around them turned into water that flowed towards the crater in order to fill it up and later turn it into a large lake in years.

The sun was rising by the east, and soon many will discover it.

A smile crept up his face, satisfied of what had happened far earlier.

"Hoh? You have new friends or something?" He spoke, not taking a glance towards the Shadow Garden Members who were either sleeping or even staring at him with awe.

"Mmh, that guy didn't even stand much of a chance, but at least, the explosion from earlier split the skies, shattered the ground, and even showed what I am capable of, even if I can surpass myself."

And of course they were all injured, except the rescued girls.

So how did all of this happen?

It started out on early morning, three days after Shadow looted the hell out of the few carriages containing nice treasures.

The cloudy winter skies obstructed the moonlight and the stars above.

Several mercenaries acting like guards patrolled the settlement, and one man that wasn't one of them glanced at them.

"Argh. It's very early right now, but.... Here's my question: where's the goddamn treasures stolen from Rad!?" He yelled out, stomping the ground in annoyance.

"It's been a few days since we stole from them, what just happened!? Tsk, maybe they found out and took back out money, it's annoying you know!?"

The guards tried to calm him down, and the man sighed out, eventually regaining his cool.

"Still, we should increase our prices for hiring. Going to the north to fight the Dark Elves and serve as hired soldiers isn't even quite bad."

He wanted to go back to resting, until a massive explosion appeared somewhere in the camp.

"We're under attack!? At now?!" He yelled out, wondering what was happening on the east. Surprisingly, he knew those people from Rad would have difficulty traversing through winter, so why are they being attacked?!

Who was attacking them?!

The explosion was loud enough to wake up the remaining mercenaries that were fornerly sound asleep, and forced them to arm themselves with weapons.

And somewhere, Shadow and his crew of girls began fighting the mercenaries, not just to take away some good loot but also as part of the latter's training.

All of them had different weapons on them, Delta who had sharp claws formed from the slime, Gamma who had a slime sword, Beta who used a short bow and Alpha, who formed a heavy greatsword from her own slime.

The group was fierce and all, but eventually, they had to split apart from Shadow, who formed small balls of slime which he tossed or threw towards the mercenaries, killing them with explosions since he wanted to learn something new.

"Let's focus on our own tasks. Follow me!" Alpha spoke, thinking that she knew what to do.

Sprinting on the outer corners of the base, they assassinated a few mercenaries while they couldn't see them until encountering several mercenaries who looked completely pissed off.

A mage was present near that , and using a spell, he created a bright ball of light that lit up the surroundings, allowing the Shadow Garden's current few members to be discovered.