Arise From Weakness (OC/ Male Reader x Arifureta)

(S3) Chapter 70 Monarch's Wrath

No one's POV

Back within Verbergen, after having their Artifacts upgraded and enhanced by Hajime, the Hero Party would spar with Beru. The group would try their hardest, but much like before when he was the Ant King, they couldn't land a strike on him. However the closest and Beru would need to keep an eye on would be Shizuku.

After altering her stats via [Evolution Magic], her speed and power increased drastically, to the point where even Beru considered her to be the most dangerous out of all the Hero Party. Even able to dodge some of his attacks (although it should be noted that he was holding back). Waiting for Nhazul to return, everyone had gone to bed for the night, with Beru currently waiting within Shea's shadow.

However suddenly. a powerful chill began invading his body out of the blue. Literally, without warning, his body hidden in the shadows began trembling non-stop. This sensation, hadn't he felt something similar to this in the past? When was that? Beru combed through his memories and finally recalled that moment. Back then, right when the king's gaze filled with killing intent was looking down on him when he was the Ant King. It was at that moment, a feeling of death that could not be avoided. The warning bells rang out loudly via his instincts after detecting the unmistakable stench of death.

The King's rage he felt for the first time since becoming his Shadow Soldier was so great that Beru's entire thought process froze up. However, he was still his king's loyal soldier.
He regained his wits quite quickly.

Beru's thoughts: My Liege has been truly enraged....!

Now that he realised something had happened to his king, he couldn't just sit around quivering in fear like this. Beru quickly sent a signal to Nhazul and tried to engage him conversation.

Beru: Oh, my Liege. Please compose yourself. I shall get to your side immediately.

The response arrived immediately.

Nhazul: You.... Don't make a move.

Beru heard Nhazul's voice which sounded like unchecked rage being compressed into a volatile mass.

Beru: I-I shall obey...

He could only say that he'd submit to the command, that was all. But at the same time, he became also curious about the moron who managed to earn his King's wrath. This feeling wasn't only exclusive to Beru, the shadows trembling streamed in from all the spots where Nhazul had left behind his Shadow Soldiers.

Shadows trembled noticeably as if they didn't care for the presence of witnesses or not.
But then again, the Shadow Soldiers had no choice but to shiver from the emotion of
pure rage their lord was feeling at that moment.

(Elsewhere)

Nhazul: Exchange.

Back within the ruined area of the Heiligh Kingdom, High Orc soldier disappeared, only to be replaced by Nhazul. Masato's group froze up like a mouse confronted by a snake the moment this unexpected intruder entered the stage completely unannounced. Especially for Masato himself, he nearly even forgot to breathe after recognising Nhazul's face, having met him briefly before.

Masato: You... You're-

Completely ignoring him, Nhazul simply strode past the stunned Masato, as if the latter didn't even exist, and stopped before Yuka. No one said anything, yet the two Adventurers  standing near the unconscious Yuka quickly stepped back at the same time.

Nhazul: ...

Cutting her chains off, Nhazul knelt down to Yuka and gently lifted her up, he'd summon a healing potion, Nhazul began easing a little bit of liquid down into Yuka's mouth. However unfortunately...