DEMON KING'S™ CASTLE - NIGHT
THE DEMON KING™: "The human is the weaker one! Go for her!"
The Demon Congressmen rush towards Sam. She readies her tome.
LADY FAIRLIGHT: "No! Samara!"
BOOM.
A sudden conflagration sends several Demons flying. The Demon Congressmen shield their eyes from the smoke and flame.
They have halted their advance.
DEMON CONGRESSMAN #1: "What was that?!"
THE DEMON KING™: "What?! An Explosion™ spell?! How can a mere human learn such a skill?!"
DEMON CONGRESSMAN #2: "She can't possibly have much more in here, FORW-"
Demon Congressman #2 dies in fiery detonation of magic.
The 8 others are standing next to him, too.
DEMON CONGRESSMAN #1: "We STILL have the numeric advantage! ATTAC-"
Demon Congressman #1 is immediately reduced to burnt ash before he can even finish his sentence. Sam fires Explosions™ back to back. Meanwhile, Lady Fairlight blocks a strike from a Demon and skewers him as a crowd engages her.
Demon Congressman #3 manages to slip through to Sam. He swings his blade at her.
Sam flinches.
The tome in her hands is cleaved into two.
A curious object falls from the pages of the destroyed artifact—a pendant woven of crystalline strands that make the image of a Baobab tree.
The Demon Congressman stomps on the pendant, shattering it to pieces.
DEMON CONGRESSMAN #3: "A Master Catalyst? That would explain the source of your inhuman power..."
Sam's "I'm The Main Character" bravado trickles away from her. Demon Congressman #3 readies his blade to plunge into Sam.
DEMON CONGRESSMAN #3: "Without this little trinket, you're good as dea-"
BOOM!
Demon Congressman #3's head explodes into a fine mist, splattering his nearby comrades. They recoil with revulsion.
Samara has pulled a pump-action shotgun from out of nowhere. She racks the gun, ejecting the spent casing.
SAMARA: "I may be out of spells, but I ain't OUT OF SHELLS."
Samara mows down the remainder of the Demon Congress with a rain of lead buckshot. The throne room has fallen silent as the last Demon drops.
The Demon King™ barely reacts to the piles of his dead countrymen scattered across his court.
THE DEMON KING™: "I've specifically told my former colleagues here to destroy you both BUT spare the tome. Perhaps you've done me a service by disposing of this band of cretins, all of whom were clearly unfit to hold office."
A massive lance materializes in the hands of The Demon King™.
THE DEMON KING™: "No matter. New elections can be held... after I dispose of you two!"
He charges at Samara, leaving a trail of flame in his wake. Samara shoulders her weapon and fires.
Click. No boom.
SAMARA: "Whoops. Now I'm out of both spells AND shells."
CLANG!
Lady Fairlight leaps in front of Sam, deflecting the strike with her blade.
The sheer power of the strike, however, sends her sword flying.
CLING!
The longsword lodges itself in the throne room ceiling. The Demon King™ recovers his footing from his heavy swing. Sam scrambles to find a shotgun shell on her person, to no avail.
THE DEMON KING™: "Your quest ends here, human!"
The Demon King™ pulls his lance back for a thrust.
Sam fumbles her final shotgun shell and drops it on the ground. She stares at the incoming lance like a deer in the headlights of a runaway semi.
LADY FAIRLIGHT: "Samara! Get out of the way!"
The Demon King launches his weapon. Lady Fairlight dives in front of the blade of The Demon King's armament.
CRASH!
Sam flinches. Then opens her eyes.
Lady Fairlight has stomped on the tip of The Demon King's lance, leaving a crater on the floor of the throne room.
LADY FAIRLIGHT: "Now Sam!"
Samara loads the round into her weapon and racks it.
SAMARA: "Last shot....!"
Sam runs up the length of The Demon King™'s lance and leaps into the air.
KA-POW!
The words CRITICAL HIT appear above The Demon King™. His lifeless body falls onto the ground. The Demon King™'s remains disappear into fine sand.
Darkness creeps in from all corners of the throne room. The castle has sunken into a deep abyss.
There's nothing but black.
No, wait, actually, there's a logo.
"I Was Reincarnated Into Another World With a Shotgun?!"
And a subheading too.
"The MMO."
To be continued....
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