Thursday, September 6, 2018

Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (remake) [Chapter 28 - The Fallen King Chapter 6]

Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (remake) [Chapter 28 - The Fallen King Chapter 6]

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Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army II - The Fallen King


Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army II - The Fallen King, also known as "Konjiki no Gash!!: Mamono no Kakumei-gun II ~Taoreta Ō~ (金色のガッシュ! !：魔物の革命軍II 〜倒れた王〜)" and "Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Revolution Army II - The Fallen King," is a sub-sequel/extension to my Zatch Bell! / Konjiki no Gash (Bell)!! fan fiction, Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (specifically my remade version), which is a fan sequel to the Zatch Bell!/Konjiki no Gash!! manga series by Makoto Raiku. This new story arc takes place directly after Chapter 16 of my remade storyline in the other timeline, thus branching off from Chapter 17 and onward, which means that this sub-sequel can be read after Chapter 16 (remake) or after the final chapter (Remake: Chapter 22). However, it is recommended to read this story arc after reading the Revolution from the Dead (RftD) story (Remake: Chapters 17–22) due to potential spoilers and that The Fallen King (TFK) arc is labeled after the last RftD chapter.

After stopping Demon Revolution Army from forming into the past, peace was restored in Timeline B, or so it has thought. After King Gash Bell's and Prince Zeon Bell's resurrected parents returned back to the afterlife and after all the terrible events that occurred before that, a criminal organization called the Laughing Deathstock Gang took advantage of its current situation and surprise attacked the Demon World Capital and took over the Royal Bell Family Palace. King Gash Bell and his queen-to-be Patie were banished to the Human World for protection until the battle was over. However, it turned out that the boss leader Hyenus Maximus the Max-Assassin successfully stole the title of King of Demon World from Gash Bell. However, in a short amount of time, the new substitute King of Demon World was overthrown by another evil organization: The Acolytes of the Nether, a cult of the dead. The Dark Lord took over the crown and the throne, submitting Demon World into pandemonium filled with undead beings, scouring the lands into chaotic darkness. Demon World Military reformed itself into Demon Resistance Army to fight against the Acolytes of the Nether and the Laughing Deathstock Gang before them to bring Gash Bell back to sovereignty. Will the Resistance defeat the Dark King of Demon World Gul'ren, or will the Resistance crumble by their hands? What are the Acolytes of the Nether's true purpose?

Trivia: Franchises that inspired me to make this new story arc are Warcraft, StarCraft, Harry Potter, and Star Wars.

Chapter 28 (The Fallen King Chapter 6): Black Forest Witch and Demon Beast Skeleton


Recap


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Gash Bell and Patie returned back to Demon World with the help of Lt. General D.D. Veni the Different Dimension Royal Knight and Sergeant Major Ashuron. They now see the true horror of Demon World of what it became after the Dark Lord of the Nether took over sovereignty of Demon World (also known as "Planet Terra" by Lt. Gen. C.S. Galactica the Cosmic Space Royal Knight). As the Major General Royal Knight Rosella the Rose Witch went out on a mission along with a few of her soldiers to find her missing Royal Knight companion Maj. Gen. Vincelot the Blood Paladin, Gash and Patie were toured around the headquarters and the residential areas of D.D. Sanctuary, D.D. Veni's pocket dimension where all civilian survivors are safely living. He found out that most of his friends were alive while some didn't make it. A rumor was told that Brago has been fighting against the Acolytes of the Nether alone. Still alive over a month, he appears to be on a brink of death until two beastly warriors found him nonconscious.
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Scene: Demon Resistance Army's Main Headquarters (South Wing's Command Center) of D.D. Sanctuary (dawn)


At dawn of a new day, as Marshal General Prince Zeon Bell and the Royal Knights were viewing Demon World with a dimensional vision screen created by D.D. Veni, they noticed Major General Barburos the Beast King carrying the deeply-wounded Brago underneath his right heavy-muscled arm with Private Rein walking by his side. The two albino werebear demons are approaching a warp point. D.D. Veni wondered, "Who's that boy Major General Barburos is carrying? Wait, is he...?" As Marshal General Zeon looked through the dimensional vision screen at headquarters, he recognized the edgy teen, "Brago?!" He wonders, is he alive? It's about time he was found. That guy... "Bring him in." D.D. Veni said, "I don't sense any undead around them. Very well." D.D. Veni teleports to the western command center and opens up a portal. Zeon and the other Royal Knights walked to the western command center from the south to see what the albino werebear demons brought back. Zeon asked the beastly Royal Knight, "Is he alive?" Barburos nodded. Rein said, "We came across trouble. The Demon Beast Skeleton." The other Royal Knights were surprised and Zeon said, "What?" General Whir asked, "Did you destroy the Demon Beast Skeleton?" Barburos said, "This brat did a number on him but the beast retreated before I could smash all his bones. The brat's just unconscious. Tried escaping on his own." General Whir reacted in disappointment, "Tch!" Zeon was also disappointed but said, "Well, bring Brago to the infirmary." Major General Barburos said, "On it. By the way, has Vincelot returned? Where's Rosella?" General Whir said, "Still missing-in-action. Major General Rosella is on a search mission too." Barburos said, "Teh, the Blood Paladin better not be dead," then walked through the Western Residential Hall with Brago in his arm.

As Private Rein was going to follow his superior, General Whir halted Rein, "Hold up, Private." Private Rein asked, "Yes, General Whir, Sir?" General Whir stated, "For the amount of effort you made and holding off a necrolyte even with your superior by your side, I'll grant you the rank of Corporal. You are now dismissed." The new Corporal Rein said, "Thank you, General Whir." General Karoa said to Whir, "My, my, General Whir, you sure have been really upping up all these newbies lately." Zeon said, "By the way, new Corporal?" Rein asked, "Yes, Your Highness." Zeon said, "You know my brother, right? His Majesty has returned." Rein was surprised, "Really?! When?" Zeon explained, "Yesterday when I sent Lieutenant General D.D. Veni to inform him." D.D. Veni explained, "His Highness was—I really hate to say this about His Majesty—but he was very impatient, demanded to return with us." Rein said, "I see. I still have a debt to pay to His Majesty for the kindness he's given me. I'm willing to give my life to protect him. Excuse me, I'm sure Barburos-sama requires my attention and I don't want to face his wrath for being late." General Whir said to Zeon, "So, Your Highness, your thoughts?" Zeon said, "As much as I hate to this and it is very risky, we might actually go with General Moko's plan." General Whir wondered, "So, an all-out attack again?" General Moko said, "We cannot keep His Majesty waiting any longer. I suggest we crush the Acolytes and the Dark King here and now." General Karoa said, "I still disagree on this all-out attack of yours. A lot of soldiers will die. An all-or-nothing. We once tried this before at the start and we lost a lot of precious soldiers." General Whir said, "Exactly, but we wasted more than enough time to give Bell-sama the throne. Though we will need some Royal Knights to guard the headquarters and of course, Lieutenant General D.D. Veni will be guarding his dimension." D.D. Veni said, "Don't forget I can create an exact clone of myself once for each different dimension, but of course I'll defend this colony." C.S. Galactica said, "I'll be standing by too. Golbar-san?" Lieutenant General T.F. Golbar said, "At worst case scenario, I can always rewind time when something goes wrong, twice per day, coming up new strategies. I remembered what happened in those non-existing attempts I rewound. I'll be standing by as well." Zeon said, "Well, we also need Major General Rosella's and Major General Barburos' thoughts and perhaps Major General Vincelot's if he's still alive." General Whir said, "We also have the non-Royal Knight Major Generals too. They'll be staying here, for sure, and we all can go out. And if we die, they'll take over as the next Royal Knights and guard the sanctuary from their attacks." General Kaora said, "You do have a point there, General Whir. But this is assumed they know our location."

General Whir said, "It's been a month since this war; they should already have suspicion on a few of our warp points in the least, if not all. We may have to change our arrangement. First, I want to get information out from our prisoners." He then pressed a button on the western command center's central control panel, which opened up a magical vision screen to the main southern command center to order some soldiers, "Sergeant Leo, Sergeant Major Victor! Check on our prisoners, especially that new one. Make sure you get intel out of them this time. Possible goals, purposes, anything. Do whatever it takes but avoid killing them." In the main headquarters, Sergeant Red Lion Leo opened his eyes, uncrossed his arms and said, "On it, General." Sergeant Major Victor responded, "We'll do whatever we can, General Whir." The two left that were guarding the dungeon door head into the dungeon beneath the southern command center. D.D. Veni said to Whir, "This is getting ridiculous. If the prisoners were hiding something, I would have been the first to know it before anyone else." D.D. Veni is capable of reading minds, after all, being a psychic user. T.F Golbar stated, "I stationed those soldiers for a reason." D.D. Veni read T.F. Golbar's mind and gasped, "Guh? then said, "I see." Seems as though T.F. Golbar already rewound time today but for what reason. Whir said to T.F. Golbar, "What is it that you are not telling me?" T.F. Golbar said, "It should be fine as long as those guards know what their doing, General. No need to worry." Zeon asked, "You mean you already rewound time?" T.F. Golbar stated, "Indeed, to prevent an invasion." An invasion? What did T.F. Golbar see? Anyway, he only has one more rewind for this day left.

General Whir said to his fellow Royal Knights, "In the meantime, I'm going to scout for Major General Rosella. She's taking too long." General Moko said, "I'll come too." D.D. Veni said, "Before losing connection, she was heading towards a forest far north from the main headquarters' warp gate." Major General Barburos just entered the room and said in a beastly voice, "I'll do it." General Karoa said, "Major General Barburos?" Zeon said, "Go along with them. Be back shortly." They'll be leaving from the North Wing's Command Center since it will be faster to find Rosella, knowing where she may be, even though Rosella and her team exited through a South Wing's warp point, which led to a long journey to her destination.

Scene: East Wing's Great Hall of D.D. Sanctuary (morning)


After the news got out throughout the whole sanctuary about Major General Barburos's catch as a rumor, in the eastern Great Hall as every East Wing resident were eating breakfast in the morning, Tio said to her friends at the kids' table, "Hey guys, did you hear? Brago is here, alive." Former King Gash Bell was surprised and wondered, "Really? Brago?" Guess he didn't know. Kyanchome said while eating fruity cereal, "It's a rumor but it's quite a surprise. I didn't expect him to be found, and right after you and Patie came back." Byonko said, "Knowing that guy-gero, there was no way he was going down that easily-gero." Gash agreed with his regal catchphrase, "Unu!" Patie asked, "Should we check on him? Where could he be?" Gash said, "If he's really here, I want to talk to him. I want to know what's going on. I'll go see Zeon." Patie agreed, "Same." Kyanchome looked disappointed, though, "Doh, we don't get to do anything. The Resistance won't let us fight and our parents let us leave the hall. We once tried sneaking out with my illusions but Veni-san caught us very easily, sneaking out. He even saw through my Shin Poruku like it's nothing." D.D. Veni is a powerful psychic after all; illusions won't work on him. Byonko said, "We really got in trouble for that-gero. Bad, bad trouble-gero-gero." Kyanchome, still disappointed, said, "Doh, if only if Gōmu was here, he could get out into Demon World through his Black Room. Oh, well." Patie said to Kyanchome, "It's not a game out there. Haven't you experienced the horror Demon World was in? Gash and I could barely breathe out there. I don't know how those warriors handle it. And Li got sick by it, right?" Kyanchome sighed, "Yeah, I guess you're right. I am pretty stupid. But, it just makes us feel so useless and we were some of the Top 10 contestants of the King's Festival"

Gash was thinking about Brago, "Well, I'll be right back. Coming Patie?" Patie said, "Okay." He and Patie exited out of the Great Hall. At least there is no parent stopping Gash and Patie from leaving their residential area.

Scene: A haunted forest in Demon World (dawn)


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A while ago during sunrise (but Demon World is still dark as the night), Rosella the Rose Witch and her fairy demon companions Gale and Lucida Starlily were battling undead units in dead plains, heading towards a dead forest. As Rosella was whipping zombies and ghouls with her vine whip of poisonous thorns while the Starlily Sisters were using their Wind Magic and Light Magic respectively to destroy ghosts, wraiths, and other specters. "Jikiruga!" "Biraitsu!" Corporal Gale blew away banshees with a beam of wind energy while Corporal Lucida destroys some of them with a reflective beam of light. Gale and Lucida were getting tired with Gale saying, "Mistress. It's already been hours, how much longer are we looking?" Rosella said, "My instincts tell me that Vincelot was in this forest and I think I know who..." Lucida is doubtful, "Are you certain? This place looks very spooky." Rosella said, "Don't doubt me," and whipped through some skeletons, "Just stay close to me."
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As they were approaching a haunted forest and as the Starlily Sisters got scared, Rosella yelled fearlessly, "Vincelot?! Vincelot?! If you're here, answer me. It's Rosella!" She really has a positive feeling that their missing Royal Knight companion is in this Haunted Forest or at least was and Rosella may know who he was fighting. After a long second, Rosella asks again but softly, "...Vincelot?" She wonders if her instinct was off, misleading her companions into a hazardous area, possibly a death trap. Lucida was worried, "Mistress?"
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Suddenly, tree roots ensnared Lucida's right leg, "Ahhh!" She screamed highly and quickly. Gale reached out to her sister, "Lucida-nē!" A second later, an animated dead tree pulls Gale towards its bark from its arm-like tree branches, tears off her fairy wings ferociously and chews on Gale's back with its opened mouth from the tree bark with spike-like tree barks as teeth. Gale screams in pain being eaten alive by a dead, animated tree. Her back was pouring out blood and her flesh was being torn apart... It looked and sounded painful. Lucida, ensnared by a tree root, shouted for her sister, "Gale-nī" and Rosella called out for her, "Corporal Gale!" While Lucida gets herself free by creating spiral beams of light around her body, "Garu Biraitsuruku!" while Rosella destroys the attacking tree with her thorn whip, ripping the tree apart. Lucida grabs her deeply-wounded sister and cried, "Gale, sis, please don't die on me. Jujio!" She summoned a beautiful bright red flower, which produced healing pollen to heal her sister's back. Gale is barely conscious but she cannot move. The flesh on her younger twin sister was really torn off badly and was very uneven and she was bleeding terribly. As Lucida was crying for her sister, trying to heal her. Rosella felt terrible—guilty—and started shaking, "I'm sorry..."
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Just right before Rosella decided to cancel the search mission, a creepy female laugh was heard through the haunted forest. Dead trees moved towards the group. Rosella recognized the voice "This is..." Shen then quickly yelled, "Lucida, stay away from the trees! Get Gale out of here!" As Rosella attacks the animated dead trees approaching them with her whip and spells including, "Juron," to create extra vines on her thorny vine whip strike and rip them with sharp thorns. Lucida asked, "But what about—" A wicked female voice said, "You aren't going anywhere, my dear. Fufufufu!" Dead roots were about to strike Lucida. She dodges and flew in the air, carrying her wounded sister on her back. However, there are a lot of banshees in the sky, preventing her from escaping as Lucida squeals in a flinch, "Eep! Oh, if you could size down, now would be a good time." Too bad Gale is a bit too unconscious to shrink herself and if Lucida were to shrink herself, Gale's mass would pull Lucida down. Rosella found a necrolyte in the forest, "You!" The evil witch revealed herself in a seductive but evil voice, "My sweat, sweat darling. Came back for him, I see. Fwahahahaha!" Rosella wondered and yelled, "Vincelot...? What have you done with him?!" The mysterious necrolyte witch said, "Fufufufu! Come into my haunted forest, Rose Witch-deary, and find out." Lucida, with Gale on her back (still being healed by Jujio), said to her superior, "Go on, Mistress. I'll deal these banshees." The mysterious necrolyte disappears into the haunted forest and Rosella follows her. As Rosella is following the female necrolyte, the necrolyte laughs, "Fuhahahaha!" Rosella yells the necrolyte's name, "Araesa!" The mysterious witch continues to laugh upon fleeing, "Fufufufu!" As Rosella follows the witch, Rosella slays undead plants and ghosts in the black, haunted forest with her whip and her Plant Magic, leaving Lucida behind.

Araesa came to a halt on a dead tree branch, still hiding among the trees, taunting the Rose Witch, "Fwahahaha! Isn't it beautiful, Major General Rosella the Rose Witch?" Rosella had enough of her enemy, yelling angrily, "Enough of this, Araesa! Vincelot? Where is he?!" Araesa said, "Now, now, no need to be hasty." Rosella yelled angrily, "Don't mess with me, where is he?" Araesa's nerves were struck, "Tch, why are you always like this, like, come on? Weren't we best friends?" Rosella said harshly, "That was a long time ago. Don't make me ask again." Araesa grants her "best friend's" wish, "Very well. Oruryū Juruku!" The Witch of the Black Forest summons the corpse of a deceased Vincelot, modified with plants. Vincelot is covered in a plant-like armor, wielding a thorned vine whip with a poisonous-thorned spike ball as a flail, which is a recreation of his trademarked morning star but plant-themed. He doesn't have his knight sword or knight shield recreated. Rosella was shocked, "Vincelot..." and yelled angrily, "How... How dare you do that to him? Araesa Blackforest, you murderer." Araesa said, "Calm down, dear. I only took his soul and body. I'll give your friend's soul back if... you become one of my acolytes, dear friend." It's quite obvious that these two elven demons knew each other since their childhood but what happened between them?

Rosella yelled at her ex-friend, "You witch!" Araesa chuckled, "Fufufu... We are both witches. Ya know, we could have been great allies. We're both elves that loved wild life in the forest. Our love for plants, our love for nature... Well, we both admire nature in different perspective, but we're both witches of plants. You are the Rose Witch while I am the Witch of the Black Forest, Araesa Blackforest. You are a forest elf while I am a night elf." Being one of the five necrolytes among the Acolytes of the Nether, Araesa seems to be really powerful and dangerous. In addition to Plant Magic, she can also use Ghost Magic to summon ghosts, wraiths, banshees, and other spirits, and she can use Soul Magic to manipulate people's souls such as absorbing them, and it seems like she has killed Major General Vincelot, taken his soul, and now she is controlling his undead corpse through plant-like necromancy. Rosella asked her ex-friend, "Just tell me one thing? Why are you doing this?"

Araesa explained, "We had a deep history, Rosella, my dear. We were close friends—best of friends. We played together, learned Plant Magic together, watch the environment, see the stars at night, and even sparred each other. You were always better than me; you were always special while I was nothing. I envied you. But, ever since the fearsome Zer'ghul Kingdom, a nation of arachnid demons, destroyed the Blackforest Tribe, killed my family, I lost everything. You were already a knight-in-training. I'd hope you came but... you abandoned me. I was lost." Rosella said, "You're wrong. I searched everywhere for you. You were nowhere to be found. I thought you were dead." Araesa said, "Exactly. I was lost, alone for a long time. The only Blackforest survivor out in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to take revenge on the Zer'ghul Kingdom. Sought out power to destroy that colony. Sought out power, to bring back my loved ones. As I wandered the dead wastelands of Demon World, I eventually found them, the Acolytes of the Nether. Through their guidance, my Plant Magic evolved. After many years after years after years of searching for life and power, I acquired the power to revive the dead, to bring back my love ones back to life. Though, by now, I already lost interest in restoring the Blackforest Tribe. But with my newfound power, I would have the power to destroy the Zer'ghul Kingdom and get my revenge. Last month when they ruled Demon World, I finally got my revenge. I devoured the Zer'ghul Kingdom's Queen... Araneae Zer'ghul, the militant commander of the Laughing Deathstock Gang, with my Undead Plant Magic. As much as I hated to do it, we spared her warriors, taking the advantage of the battle between Zer'ghul's soldiers and the Resistance until the Arachnid Army was wiped out by the Resistance when I wanted to slay them myself. Though, you Resistant warriors are pathetic as well, unaware of our undead legion. No time to recover... Fufufu... Why bother with the Resistance if they cannot win? Like I said, I'll return your friend's soul if you join me as my acolyte. He can become one too. Why not join the winning side?" Rosella understood, "So that's how it was. Araesa, you've gone down a dark path I will not follow, and for your crimes, for your murder on my comrade, I will not forgive you. You had other options and you chose wrong!" Rosella prepares to attack.

Araesa was disappointed, "Abandoning me again. Fufufufu... You were really a hard one to read. Always arrogant. So be it. My risen warrior, attack!" Undead Plant Vincelot charges in to attack Rosella with his thorny flail. Rosella defends with her thorn whip, "Vincelot?!" Undead Vincelot then summons explosive thorned plant balls near Rosella from his thorny flail but Rosella dodges the explosion and defends herself from the poisonous thorns that launched around her in a widespread. The spells Vincelot used as an undead plant-infected corpse are a plant modification of his Multiple Metal Star Projectile spell Ganzu Gafarusen and his Metal Star Projectile Explosion spell Gafarusen Radomu. Rosella aimed at Araesa and retaliates with, "Juron!" As her thorn whip lunges towards Araesa, Vincelot jumped in front of the whip, getting impaled. Rosella reacted, "Vincelot?!" Araesa taunted Rosella, "Fufufufu! If you want to get to me, you'll have to destroy your soulless friend's reanimated corpse first." Vincelot uses a plant variation of Gafaruruku, his Metal Star Enlargement spell, to triple the size of the thorny bulb of his thorn flail, then lunged it at Rosella. Rosella defends with, "Rōzushirudo!" creating a rose-shaped shield to block it. At the same time, Vincelot used a plant variation of Eijasu Garon, creating a branched vine with a thorny bulb, which dug underground below the rose shield towards Rosella. Rosella dodges it but Vincelot lunged the main thorny vine from his flail, aiming it at Rosella while Rosella was still in motion in mid-air. She won't have time to react to this one but... "Jikiru!" The new thorny vine was blown away from Rosella. Rosella was surprised, "Corporal Gale...? Corporal Lucida?" "I'm still alive, Mistress." Though, while Gale's back was healed, her damaged fairy wings were unrepairable, but she was able to protect her teacher with a blast of wind. Lucida said, "The ghosts are blocking our escape so we'll back you up. I wish Zackipoo was here." The man Lucida was referring to was her boyfriend/fiancé named Zack, who is a Sergeant-ranked soldier who is also a student of Major General Rosella. Araesa was impressed, "Fufufufu... Still alive, are we? You will not get out of my haunted forest alive. Barujuryūron!" Araesa animated all of the dead trees of the forest to attack the group. Barujuryūron is similar to Barujuron, the Tree Animation spell, but revives and animate dead trees under the user's control.

Gale Starlily incants the spells, "Jikiruga! Juruga!" firing a concentrated beam of wind and a beam of spiraling sharp leaves to destroy some undead trees while Lucida Starlily incants the spells, "Juruga! Ganzu Biraitsu!" also firing a beam of spiraling sharp leaves in addition to firing multiple beams of light to destroy some extra undead trees. While the Starlily Sisters were holding off on the undead units of the forest, Rosella continues her battle with her former comrade. Both Royal Knight battled with their vine whips. While the action was going on, Araesa decides to flee into the haunted forest. When Rosella noticed her escape, she yelled, "Get back here!" and tried following her but the Undead Plant Vincelot was still in her way until "Zeberuon!" Gale launched a seed onto Vincelot, which grew into a flower that implanted into Vincelot's body in an attempt to take control over Vincelot's corpse. However, dead vines that surround Vincelot are trying to regain control over the corpse. While Lucida was attacking a tree with another light beam, "Biraitsu!" she noticed Gale was trying to take over Vincelot and got an idea to her sister with the same spell, "Zeberuon!" Using another flower of manipulation, the Starlily Sisters successfully gain control over Vincelot and used Vincelot's body to attack other undead units with Vincelot's modified spells. Gale thanked her sister, "Thanks, sis," then she said to her superior, "We'll take it from here, Mistress." Rosella was surprised, "Vincelot... Thanks, Gale, Lucida," then chased after Araesa through the haunted forest.
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Scene: South Wing's Command Center/Main Headquarters of D.D. Sanctuary (morning)


Directly after General Whir, General Moko, and Major General Barburos left D.D. Sanctuary to search for Major General Royal Knights Vincelot and Rosella including Rosella's party from the North Wing's Command Center, Gash and Patie went back to the headquarters to look for Zeon, "Zeon!" As the Marshal General was thinking, he turned around in surprise, "Gash-sama?" Gash said, "I heard Brago is here." Zeon said, "So, the news was spread?" Patie asked, "Do you know where he is, Gash-chan would like to see him." Zeon answered, "He's in the West Wing's Infirmary. I'll go check on him when he wakes up because he has a lot of explaining to do." Patie asked, "Where do we—?" Zeon already knew the question and gave them directions, "Go through the inner-dimensional passageway here through to the western headquarter. Exit its headquarter, make a right and head down. You won't miss it. I'll be there in a few minutes." Gash thanked him, "Thank you, Zeon."

Scene: West Wing's Infirmary of D.D. Sanctuary (morning)


Gash and Patie were so confused on how the change in dimensional spaces worked in D.D. Sanctuary but found the West Wing's infirmary quicker than they expected. They also found Corporal Rein standing guard by the infirmary and Gash said to him happily, "Rein! So you are here." Rein was surprised, "Gash-sama?! I heard about your return." Gash said, "Unu! By the way, is Brago in here?" Rein responded, "He is. By order of my superior, Major General Barburos, I'm standing guard until he awakens. Your brother, the Marshal General, asked me to get him when Brago wakes." Brago is asleep but he seems to be healing quite well. Patie wondered, "So who's this Barburos? Is he a Royal Knight like the others?" Rein said, "The strongest Royal Knight, well, in terms of strength, he is. He's the strongest warrior of my tribe and he's quite barbaric but not as much as I was back then before I was exiled from my tribe." Patie asked, "What happened to you?" Gash answered for Rein, "I found Rein on the bottom of the cliff, injured." Rein said, "And even all the threats I made, you treated me as a friend. You even freed me during the Battle to Determine King. I owe you my life and I'll be honored to sacrifice my life for you." Patie said, "Wow, you really are a nice guy, despite how scary you look." Rein said, "Heh, if you think I look scary, you sure haven't met Barburos-sama. He is much more frightening and intimidating than I and even I'm scared at him at times. Anyway, I think he left to look for his Royal Knight partners. Major General Rosella was supposed to bring back their missing ally, Major General Vincelot, I think it was." Patie said, "We met her yesterday before she left. She's not back yet?" Rein said, "I'm not worried about it. What I'm worried about is our future." Suddenly in Brago's nursery room, Brago was starting to move and wake up as Rein said, "So, he's waking. Excuse me, Your Majesty. I must send the Marshal General his regard. Can you keep an eye on him for me?" He then realized he was ordering the former King, "Ugh, pardon my rudeness. My apologies, I forgot you were King and here I was order—My apologies, excuse me, Your Majesty." Gash didn't care, "It's okay. There's no need for formalities."

Gash and Patie entered the room Brago was occupied in. As Brago was slowly waking up, Gash said happily, "Brago, you're awake." Brago wondered, "Where am I?" A blue elven nurse demon with wavy red hair said, "Finally awake, I see. It's a surprise you weren't infected for being on the outside world for a month but you certainly lost an arm. Very surprising. Anyway, you're in the West Wing Infirmary of the Resistance Headquarters, known as D.D. Sanctuary, in another dimension outside Demon World. I'm Nurse Margaret, head nurse of this specific infirmary. I'll be right back to provide you nourishment and hydration and we'll suit you to a new home." As Head Nurse Margaret left the room, Brago said, "So, this is the so Resistance Headquarters I heard. D.D. Sanctuary?" Gash wondered, "What happened, Brago? Your arm?" Brago also wondered about Gash, "I should ask you the same. I heard you left the throne, abandoned Demon World." Brago, feeling confused and angry, grabs Gash from his brooch with his right hand, "What kind of king are you? How could you let a gruesome cult take over the throne?" Patie yelled at Brago, "Hey, what's your deal?" Brago continues his rage, "Abandoning the title of King of Demon World that we both fought to achieve? You're stronger than that, I know you." Patie is feeling angry for the way Brago is treating Gash, "Hey!" but a flash of light blue lightning, "Zakeru!" past next to Brago.

Marshal General Zeon came in Brago's nursery room with a serious and angry look on his face, with the temptation to attack Brago in rage, "Next time I won't miss. Release him or I'll throw you in the dungeon." Brago released Gash. Gash was only worried about Brago, "Brago..." Patie asked Brago firmly, "What's your problem?" Zeon said to Brago, "It's no surprise to see you alive, after this time. But just to let you know, if you harm Gash, I'll end you. Just because you were runner-up in the King's Festival doesn't give you the same authority Gash-sama has. We're still treating him as King even if the Dark Lord is the current King of Demon World. I have several questions and you had the nerve to fight the Acolytes on your own. Trying to become King on your own, even suiciding your way through? Perhaps you were jealous that Gash-sama became King and not you in the final battle. What the heck were you doing out there fighting on your own?" Brago stated and yelled, "You don't know me and don't act like you should. I respect Gash for the battle and he had rights to become King. But a king should not abandon their land... I tried to get rid of enemy myself... for Gash, His Real Majesty." Patie shouted, "Still, you shouldn't have yelled my boyfriend." Gash thanked Brago, "Brago, thank you. But, what happened to you? Did those zombies get you?" Brago stated, "No. I underestimated the necrolytes. While I destroyed many of their acolytes and Death Knights with ease, their necrolytes are not to be underestimated." Zeon stated, "Well, of course not. They'll take your soul. Actually, I'm surprised you are still alive with your soul intact. Who were you fighting, exactly?" Brago said, "Just to let you know, I only have half of my soul left. After crushing enemies after enemies, the last enemy I came across before passing out was the Demon Beast Skeleton, Stalghor." Zeon was surprised and Gash and Patie wondered: "Stalghor?" Brago explained, "This necrolyte was stronger than I anticipated and he only grew stronger as I tried crushing his bones... An invulnerable warrior—an unfathomable beast... He can use spells silently. I flung away from battle, surrounded by the dead until those two white beasts showed up. The necrolyte disappeared without a trace." Zeon said, "A lot of our warriors were slaughtered by him. That was really stupid of you to fight a necrolyte alone. It's a good thing Major General Barburos was there. But for now on, you're staying here in the Resistance and you're not allowed outside until the war's over. Got that? Your room number will be B-0507 of the West Wing Residential Hall." Zeon then left the room, heading back to the headquarters.

Gash said, "Brago, thank you for doing everything for me, but you really shouldn't alone. Stay here with us." Brago didn't care anymore, "Whatever. Don't go around losing that title again after this is over." Brago got up to find his room while holding his left bicep with his right. As he got out, Nurse Margaret came back with food and water and was worried for the late patient, "Umm, sir? You shouldn't be walking out of bed so soon." Brago walked away, "I'm fine. Just leave me be." The nurse was worried.

As Brago was trying to find the room given to him by Zeon Bell, he was thinking of the battles he had in Demon World by his own self, I can't believe this. After all this time... He made some grunting noises, "Grrrr!"

Flashback Scene: Around the dead areas of Demon World (within the past month and post-midnight during the same day)


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For almost a month, Brago would occasionally battle against the Acolytes of the Nether. He would also be hiding in places the enemy wouldn't look, just to get rests. Whenever he encounters acolytes or Death Knights, Brago engaged battle with them, destroying his opponents with his Gravity Magic. He has even reached the Dark Fortress, which was the Royal Bell Family Palace reformed by the Dark King. From there, he has battled a few necrolytes including the orcish warlock Dan'ro Deathscream, Warchief of the Deathscream Clan and the Dark Lord's right-hand man, along with Dan'ro's army of Death Knights, orcish warriors on undead horses. Dan'ro's earth-elemental magic and necromancy were too powerful for Brago that Brago had no choice but to retreat and hide. Brago has already lost part of his soul in that battle and couldn't risk his life against that necrolyte warlock any longer. While in hiding, an assassin was sent after Brago. This assassin was a sentient zombie demon of at least nine-thousand years known as Zon'mortuis, the necrolyte that killed Thodrum Thunderbeard by devouring his soul up-front. Brago was in a similar situation but Brago managed to flee, but not before crushing his assassin with Aian Gurabirei. However, while his gravitational beam spell has immobilized his enemy, his enemy's body regenerated over time with auto-Healing Magic but it gave Brago enough time to escape his death with the rest of his soul. He has already one-third of his soul by now. He was lucky he didn't die but he acted quick enough.
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As days passed by, Brago kept hiding in empty caves of Demon World, but he also kept moving, looking out for edible resources for survival such as water and food, but even grown food became rotten by then. Eventually, he does find a community of survivors that were abandoned in Demon World that was still waiting to be rescued by the Resistance Army. Brago has stayed with this underground community until he was well enough to fight the Acolytes of the Nether again. This underground community was stocked on good food, supplies, and other basic needs but they would eventually be found and rescued by the Resistance Army, which gave the rumor of Brago fighting the Acolytes of the Nether on his own.
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[Insert random battle music]
In the recent time, Brago attempted to attack the Dark Fortress again but was pushed back by the Demon Beast Skeleton known as Stalghor, the necrolyte that impaled Orgo the Screaming Ogre of the Laughing Deathstock Gang. During the middle of the battle, Brago was already heavily injured and was already too far away from the Dark Fortress. Stalghor is an anthropomorphic skeletal bison demon, a natural undead demon like Zon'mortuis, who lived over twenty-four thousand years. Very quiet, horrifying, and gruesome. The Demon Beast Skeleton approached Brago through a black mist, standing on two legs with scary red dotted eyes in his blackish eye sockets and with his creepy bison skull with two demonic horns. Brago seems frustrated and is bleeding in some places. The silent humanoid buffalo bent over, placing his arms on the ground, ripped his robes while reformatting his bones into beast form, more specifically into the skeleton of a cheetah with horns and charged after Brago at a crazy speed, attempting to bite Brago like a vicious animal. Brago lifted his left arm and toughen it to block the skeletal beast's bite, then incanted, "Amu Gurunaguru, strengthening his arms with gravitational force. Stalghor's bones shooked and his nasty teeth broke and Brago rips Stalghor's left horn with his right hand, then punches Stalghor off of him with a gravitational punch, cracking Stalghor's creepy skull. Brago's left arm was chewed very badly and became infected by a disease carried by Stalghor. In a deperate attempt to prevent the rest of his body from being infected, Brago, with Amu Gurunaguru still active in his right arm, rips off his own left arm with sheer force.

Stalghor, having one and a half horn and a cracked face, roared beastly in the sky and proceeded to transform his bones into a giant mammoth skeleton. With this intimidating transformation, Brago frustrates in taking on the giant skeletal mammoth. Brago was having trouble battling against this stronger transformation and became severely injured from the waves of spiked bones launched at him as well as being swiped by Stalghor's bones. Brago uses some of his strongest gravitational spells including his strongest spell, Shin Baberuga Gurabidon, to create a massively intense gravitational pull towards the ground to smash all of the giant beast's bones into tiny pieces. Brago became overly exhausted from using his ultimate spell, wondering if it was over, and took a huge breath. Little did he know, despite the vast amount of damage he did to Stalghor, the beast's bones were coming back together, regenerating and Stalghor morphs into a giant behemoth, generating and attacking with lots of bones, then gave a huge roar. Brago said in frustration, "You gotta be kidding me!" He then coughs out blood and could barely do anything after unleashing his ultimate attack in this hazardous environment. He started to fade out but he's not giving up. However...

"Shin Hanmā!" Shin Garubadosu Aborodio!" Major General Barburos and Private Rein interfered the battle. Barburos, wielding his heavy warhammer, enlarges the strength of his arms and enlarges the size of his massive warhammer by a hundred times and smashes it over Stalghor's behemoth head while Private Rein casted his ultimate spell Shin Garubadosu Aborodio to unleash a massively clawed energy attack to destroy Stalghor. The battle seems to be over but it's not the end of Stalghor. Stalghor's remaining bones burrowed underground to retreat the battle. Stalghor may be broken into pieces but his will still lives on and it'll take time for his skull to heal. Is he really immortal just like Zon'mortuis the Immortal Assassin?
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Barburos said with a tough act, "Tch, he got away; the coward." During this time, Brago walks away, thinking to himself while gasping a lot of air, don't think it's over... "Keh, heh, keh, heh, keh, heh... Garche!" Brago suddenly felt an immense pain in the arm he severed, holding onto its bicep, trying to stay confident, not now, not here. I will not fall... Not until... "Chee-arrrgh!!!" That's when Brago collapsed and that's when Barburos and Rein found him. "Was he that crazy enough to fight the Demon Beast Skeleton alone?" Rein asked. "The rumors are true. That'll teach him a lesson. Let's take him back to the sanctuary," said by Barburos, as he picked up Brago.

There seems to be more than what meets the eye with Stalghor. No doubt the blighted lands enhanced his power and his "immortality" may be related to the blighted lands. So, this necrolyte is capable of using Bone Magic (for offense and defense purposes as well as summoning skeletons), Bone Healing Magic (combination of Bone Magic and Healing Magic), and Transformation Magic (to morph into any skeletal animals with immense power, speed, or endurance depending on form) but he also has Soul Magic and has taken part of Brago's soul when he bit Brago in cheetah form. Though, his bones are so rotten and old that they may carry certain infections and bacteria, which is why Brago had to break off his own arm to prevent infections from spreading.

So, judging from Brago's and everyone else's experience, it seems as though the Acolytes of the Nether are a big deal and a huge threat—a bigger threat than the Demon Revolution Army—just as future Prince Zeon Bell thought when Sir Vincelot reported to him about them. Yet, in the future timeline, Sir Rosella, Sir Vincelot, and Sir Barburos (even though he died mid-way through) were able to defeat them within a week but the Royal Knights had reinforcements and even with reinforcements, it was still difficult for the Royal Knights of the future but it seems to be much more difficult in the past. A month has passed and this war still rages on. It's no doubt that the new dead land gives the acolytes the upper advantage and the Resistance the lower advantage. Defeating the Acolytes of the Nether and its undead units easily would require power such as Holy Magic or the white Spirit World magic Blessing. Though, the Supreme God of Spirit World, King Yama the Enma could end it all immediately by taking all of the necrolytes' souls if he wants to but because King Yama is a neutral deity, he won't act against the Acolytes of the Nether unless if the necrolytes break specific rules given from him and they each have their own rules and regulations. So, how will the Resistance Army be able to stop the Dark Lord's reign of terror in the plagued lands and will Gash Bell become King of Demon World again?

List of Chapters (remake) on DeviantART

Volume 1: Demon Revolutionary War - The Revolution Begins
Volume 2: Demon Revolutionary War - Climax of Chaos
Volume 3: The Zulu Empire
Volume 4: Revolution from the Dead
Volume 5: The Fallen King - Reign of Chaos
Volume 6: The Fallen King - Battle of the Dead
Volume 7: The Fallen King - For the Nether

List of Chapters (original/obsolete) on DeviantART

Volume 1: The Revolution Begins
Volume 2: Climax of Chaos
Volume 3: The Zulu Empire
Volume 4: Pre-Revolution Army [Chapter 15 extension]
Volume 5: Revolution from the Dead [Chapter 15 extension]
Spin-off Chapters [non-canon chapters]
Created on March 7, 2017. Finished on March 10, 2017. Published at DeviantART on July 5, 2017.

AUTHOR NOTES: Sorry it took me so long to finish this. I would have actually finished this much sooner but I was really held back by my New Year song cover remasters with six YouTube videos and there was so much to do for some of them. Also, as I was writing this chapter, I was doing character drawings of each character in this chapter that I introduced (six new characters).

 List of characters in this chapter
Ordered from first to last. If a character was mentioned before being seen, I will place that character where he/she was first seen instead of the first time that character was mentioned. I will also list their roles, whether they were a protagonist, supporter, or antagonist of the chapter (or for the entire fan fiction) unless if they were only mentioned. Characters with "†" symbol next to them are deceased/dead.
Character roles:
  • Protagonist: Heroes that will commonly appear in each chapter.
  • Protagonist/Supporter: Heroes that won't get much attention but will still appear or at least be mentioned in each chapter somehow.
  • Supporter: Hero/neutral characters that will only appear in a chapter or two.
  • Anti-Hero: Evil/Neutral characters playing a "hero"-like role but doesn't want to be heroic.
  • Antagonist: Evil characters. The entire Demon Revolution Army are the antagonists of my fan fiction. Background antagonists are minor antagonists briefly seen or mentioned that don't get attention.
  • Mentioned only: Background characters that are only mentioned that don't have any role in my fan fiction.
  • Flashback: Only seen in flashbacks.
Timeline A characters
  • Commander Zeno (Zeon) Bell, Commander of Demon World Military and Prince of Demon World - Mentioned
  • OC: Sir Vincelot, Royal Knight of Demon World Military's Knight Division and the Blood Paladin - Mentioned
  • † OC: Sir Rosella, Royal Knight of Demon World Military's Knight Division and the Rose Witch - Mentioned
  • † OC: Sir Barburos, Royal Knight of Demon World Military's Knight Division and the Beast King - Mentioned
  • ‡ OC: King Yama the Enma, Supreme God of Spirit World and King of Spirit World Kingdom - Mentioned
Timeline B characters (note: character roles may change)
  • Marshal General Zeno (Zeon) Bell, commander of Demon Resistance Army - Protagonist
  • OC: Lieutenant General D.D. Veni, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and "Different Dimension" of the Paladins of the Universe - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: Major General Barburos, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and the Beast King - Protagonist/Supporter
  • Brago - Supporter
  • Corporal Rein, Demon Resistance soldier, previously Private-ranked until now - Supporter
  • OC: General Whir, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and Paladin of the Sky - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: General Karoa, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and Paladin of the Sea - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: General Moko, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and Paladin of the Land - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: Lieutenant General C.S. Galactica, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and "Cosmic Space" of the Paladins of the Universe - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: Lieutenant General T.F. Golbar, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and "Time Force" of the Paladins of the Universe - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: Sergeant Leo the Red Lion, Demon Resistance soldier - Supporter
  • OC: Sergeant Major Victor, Demon Resistance soldier - Supporter
  • Tia (Tio) - Supporter
  • Zatch (Gash) Bell, former King of Demon World - Protagonist
  • Kanchomé (Kyanchome) - Supporter
  • Penny (Patie) - Protagonist
  • Byonko - Supporter
  • † Gōmu - Mentioned
  • Li-en (Li Yen) - Supporter, Mentioned
  • OC: Major General Rosella, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and the Rose Witch - Protagonist/Supporter
  • OC: Corporal Gale Starlily, Demon Resistance soldier and Rosella's student - Supporter
  • OC: Corporal Lucida Starlily, Demon Resistance soldier and Rosella's student - Supporter
  • (†) OC: Countless numbers of undead beings (i.e. zombies, skeletons, ghouls, ghosts, etc.) - Antagonists/Supporters
  • OC: Araesa Blackforest, necrolyte of the Acolytes of the Nether and Witch of the Black Forest - Antagonist
  • † OC: Araneae Zer'ghul, member of the Laughing Deathstock Gang and Empress of the Arachnid Army - Antagonist, Mentioned
  • † OC: Major General Vincelot, Royal Knight of Demon Resistance Army and the Blood Paladin - Supporter, Reanimated
  • OC: Sergeant Zack Snapdragon - Demon Resistance soldier, Rosella's student and Lucida's boyfriend - Supporter, Mentioned
  • OC: Margaret, Head Nurse of West Wing's Infirmary - Supporter
  • OC: Dark Lord/King Gul'ren, necrolyte leader of the Acolytes of the Nether and new substitute King of Demon World - Antagonist, Mentioned
  • OC: Dan'ro Deathscream, necrolyte of the Acolytes of the Nether and Warchief of the Deathscream Clan - Antagonist, Flashback
  • OC: Zon'mortuis, necrolyte of the Acolytes of the Nether and the Immortal Assassin - Antagonist, Flashback
  • † OC: Thodrum Thunderbeard, member of the Laughing Deathstock Gang - Antagonist, Mentioned
  • OC: Stalghor, necrolyte of the Acolytes of the Nether and Demon Beast Skeleton - Antagonist, Flashback
  • † OC: Orgo, member of the Laughing Deathstock Gang - Antagonist, Mentioned

Copyright
This fan fiction and original characters: ©TDPNeji/NejiHyuga900
Konjiki no Gash (Bell)!! / Zatch Bell!: ©Makoto Raiku
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