Thursday, September 6, 2018

Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (remake) [Chapter 29 - The Fallen King Chapter 7]

Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army user guide




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 1722) 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 WarcraftStarCraftHarry Potter, and Star Wars (and for this chapter, Mortal Kombat).

Chapter 29 (The Fallen King Chapter 7): 10,000 Years...


Recap


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Brago was found wounded in Demon World by Major General Barburos and Private (now Corporal) Rein and was sent to the Resistance base, D.D. Sanctuary. Brago has fought the Acolytes of the Nether for many weeks with no success of victory with his last being against the dreaded undead necrolyte, Stalghor the Demon Beast Skeleton. Stalghor escaped the wrath of the wrathful Royal Knight Barburos and his companion Rein. Meanwhile, with Major General Vincelot still missing, Rosella and her small team went on a search mission to find him inside a haunted forest and encountered the necrolyte Araesa Blackforest, Witch of the Black Forest; a childhood friend of Rosella who went crazy. It was revealed that Araesa killed Vincelot and brought him back as a plant-infected undead soldier to fight against the Rose Witch. The Starlily Sisters took control over Vincelot's body to aid themselves against the animated dead trees of the haunted forest and Rosella chases after her former friend.

Meanwhile, what is the Dark King planning back at his Dark Fortress; the rebuilt Royal Bell Family Palace?
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Scene: Dark Fortress of the Dark King of Demon World (morning of the same day)


At the Fortress of the Dark King (which used to be the Royal Bell Family Palace but remade), Lord Gul'ren, sitting on his throne of bones and skulls, was talking to a certain individual through telepathy, ...it will be done, My Master, once my necrolytes or the Warchief's Death Knights acquire the Eye of the Dreadlord Malfournis. A mysterious deep voice said in the Dark Lord's mind, I'll see to it. I'll send my messenger after you obtain it and when the preparations are complete. Do not disappoint me. Who was the Dark Lord speaking to? Yet, another mystery that the Resistance doesn't know about. What is the Dark Lord's true goal?

An orcish warrior in blue robes, wielding an shaman scepter with an orcish skull, enters the fortress's throne room and bowed, "My Emperor..." Lord Gul'ren said deeply and quickly, "Warchief..." The necrolyte named Dan'ro Deathscream, Warchief of the orcish Deathscream Clan, said, "At last, my Death Knights unearthed and acquired the Eye." The Dark King said deeply, "Good, good... At least they're good for something." The orcish warlock felt insulted but didn't take it too hard as he wouldn't want to anger the Dark King, "Lord Gul'ren, do not deprive my orcish warriors of the Deathscream Clan. Sure, after several fallen battles especially from that single, pesky brat, they'll definitely receive the discipline of my wrath and they'll be pushed into the most fearsome warriors. The Resistance won't stand a chance once I'm through with my clan." Lord Gul'ren looked away, "We'll see about that, Warchief Dan'ro. We'll see..." Introducing one of the necrolytes Brago has fought and miraculously escaped from, Dan'ro Deathscream is an orcish warlock and shaman and the Warchief of the Deathscream orcish clan and he is Lord Gul'ren's right-hand man as a necrolyte. The horned orcish skull that is part of his scepter is actually the skull of his father who founded the Deathscream Clan several thousand years ago who Dan'ro conquered over for leadership of the clan. Besides necromancy, he specializes in earth-elemental magic and he is capable of casting spells without incantation, as when he has fought the Laughing Deathstock Gang and Brago. The Death Knights are orcish demon warriors who ride on undead horses and are fierce brutes, but they are only usually as strong as a Sergeant-ranked soldier to a Warrant Officer-ranked soldier or any other enlisted ranks with only a few within the power of a low to mid-tier officer rank. Warchief Dan'ro asked, "Has the— Ah-hem" He then decided to continue to ask his question via telepathy, has the Dark Master contacted you? Lord Gul'ren replied telepathically, he has. Once our necrolytes are assembled, we'll begin the next operation.Warchief Dan'ro said telepathically, summoning.... the archdevil. That'll sure bring the Supreme God to our doorstep. The Master, can we really trust him? Lord Gul'ren said telepathically, I don't have a reason to doubt him. Show respect, Warchief Dan'ro Deathscream. He has made promises to us. Anyway, we're still waiting on Araesa Blackforest and Stalghor to return. Warchief Dan'ro said telepathically, I'll believe all the way, but I'm doing this for ultimate sheer power from the Dark Master. For the Nether... "For the Nether" is the Acolytes of the Nether's motto, usually used at the end of meetings or conversations.

It seems the Acolytes of the Nether actually have a purpose for everything they are doing for their own goals. As a matter of fact, in the future timeline (Timeline A), while it may not happen here, Dan'ro Deathscream, Gul'ren's right-handed man, betrays his Dark Lord once he and his Death Knights uncover the Eye of the Dreadlord. Warchief Dan'ro Deathscream of the future is a lot more powerful than his past self, this current self, even potentially more powerful than the Dark Lord. The strongest trio of Royal Knights, Paladins of Nature of Timeline A, hunted down the Deathscream Legion when the Deathscreams dispersed from the Acolytes of the Nether, yet, it is unknown to what happened to both parties in the end as they both "disappeared" from Demon World. What kind of power does the Eye of the Dreadlord possess and what is its purpose and how is it still in Demon World? Who was this demon dreadlord called Malfournis?

As the warchief was about to leave the fortress, Gul'ren requested his right-hand man to do one more thing, "Hold up, before you go..." As the warchief turned around, "My Emperor?" Gul'ren summoned spiritual essences in his right hand and threw them towards Dan'ro, "... take these with you." Dan'ro used his necromancy to gather the souls he received and examined them, "You can't be serious. Those imbecile dead fools?" Lord Gul'ren stated, "It's been a month since he was here. He was well behaved in the past few weeks so, might as well give him something for the good he has done so far. Better late than never." Warchief Dan'ro said, "I have no generosity for that man, but if it's your wish..." Lord Gul'ren  said, "Consider it a thankful gift from me. Just one for now. Keep the rest. You may need them later." Warchief Dan'ro stated, "Our Death Knights and Acolytes are good enough."

Just right before the warchief left the throne room, King Gul'ren sensed someone else in the throne room, "Hmm? I know you're there, Zon'mortuis." The undead necrolyte Zon'mortuis turned visible after being in the Invisibility Spell Gu Riaruku. As Zon'mortuis was walking towards the Dark King, making zombie grunts, Lord Gul'ren placed his hand over Zon'mortuis's head to read his mind, "So, young Bell has returned." As Warchief Dan'ro was walking away, he turned around and wondered, "Young Bell? The Resistance Marshal General or the ex-King?" Lord Gul'ren said, "Zon's zombies witnessed the return of the former King of Demon, Gash Bell. Interesting, but it doesn't matter... Though, they couldn't find the Resistance's hideout. A shame." Dan'ro said, "I've been hearing reports that Stalghor may have found the Resistance base, said to be in another dimension." Lord Gul'ren said, "Is that so? You haven't brought this up until now?" Dan'ro apologized, "My apologies, Your Dark Majesty, it hasn't come to my attention until now." Lord Gul'ren said, "So that's what he's up to. Good, we can finally get rid of those pests and take all of their souls. And with the Eye of the Dreadlord, things will be much easier if Stalghor can't get the job done himself. Too risky for Stalghor to do it alone if the Resistance's base is clean. Anyway, your both dismissed." Zon'mortuis turns invisible again and Dan'ro Deathscream leaves the fortress. What Lord Gul'ren means is that undead beings will become vulnerable when they are not on blighted areas. What sort of power does the Eye of the Dreadlord possess?

Scene: Dark Fortress's Front Courtyard (morning)


A group of acolytes, wearing red robes, were hanging out in the front courtyard of the fortress. One of the acolytes was complaining, "Ahh, this is stupid. We don't get anything to do." Out of boredom and frustration, the acolyte slashed some dead tree in some pieces with his bare hands. Another acolyte said, "Hey, will you ever calm down?" The first acolyte said in frustration, "No! I'm tired of this crap and I'm tired of—Ahh! Forget it." He has a familiar voice. A third acolyte taunted the first one, "Teheh. Well guess what, newbie? Why don't you sit your butt down and wait for orders." The first acolyte said, "Ordering me? I had enough of you!" He charged after the third acolyte in anger. However...

"Enough!" Dan'ro bellowed in anger, "Geraagh!" as he used telekinesis with his left hand to lift up the first acolyte and gave him a demeanor look. The other acolytes reacted in fear from Dan'ro's intimidating presence, "Dan'ro-sama?!" Warchief Dan'ro said to the acolyte he's restraining in mid-air, "For the first time in weeks you do this crap? Raaargh!" The acolyte, who was telekinetically being choked in mid-air, tried apologizing but couldn't breathe, "Sorry..." Dan'ro released him from his telekinetic grip as the acolyte fell. As the mysterious acolyte landed on the ground, his red hood fell off his head, revealing himself to be the Laughing Deathstock Gang leader Hyenus Maximus. Wait, if Hyenus Maximus is alive, how was Gul'ren selected as the new King of Demon World? Dan'ro yelled strictly, "I would not reward your sorry anus, but you're lucky that the Dark Lord is being very generous today. This one may be chewed, but deal with it. Take it." Warchief Dan'ro reveals an injured soul and restored the soul's body, with the resurrected demon coughing on first appearance. Max was shocked, "Th-Thodrum?" Thodrum Thunderbeard, resurrected and suddenly wearing red acolyte robes, was surprised and confused, "H-Hy—Max! W-whaur ar we? Whit's wi this getup?" Thunderbeard has no idea what's been going on or why he and Maximus are wearing red robes. Warchief Dan'ro said harshly, "You got your reward," and was leaving them. As Dan'ro was leaving, Thodrum asked, "Who was 'at?" Max asked the warchief, "What about Orgo? Araneae?" Dan'ro turned his head and said harshly, "Do not push your luck, maggot! Or shall I take back his soul?" Thodrum was confused but he wondered if he was being mentioned. It's a good thing Dan'ro is not King of Demon World because compared to Gul'ren, Dan'ro is very intimidating, prideful, and strict. The second acolyte said, "Well, looks like we got ourselves another newbie." Thodrum asked his former boss, "Boss, whit's goin on?" He then coughed from the bad oxygen in the air, "Grr! Ahh! Whit's wi this air?" The former substitute King of Demon World said, "I can't believe I got to see you again. There is a lot we need to talk about and that you need to know about."

Scene: Throne Room of the Dark Fortress (morning)


Back in the throne room, King Gul'ren was thinking about his past, that same dream again. It's been over 10,000 years, Zal'gor-nīsama, but we're another step closer of retrieving you and the lost souls of our parents, using the power from our dead adversary.

Flashback Scene: Demon World (10,000 years ago)


10,000 years ago, Gul'ren's older brother named Zal'gor, a 15-year old dark elf demon with spiky dark-blue hair, came in first place of the Battle to Determine King of Demon World. The ceremony administrator shouted, "I hearby declare you, Zal'gor Duskreaver, the new King of Demon World, for the next thousand years!" Duskreaver is Gul'ren's family name, yet, his future self doesn't use it as part of his Dark Lord title for some reason even though Dark Lord Duskreaver would have made a great villainous title for an emperor.

Anyway, Gul'ren's older brother Zal'gor is wearing a crown different from the crowns Gash and his parents had. Zal'gor is now wearing a golden round crown with silver trims and crimson gems, but it still has the Demon World logo in red [circles] and silver [lines]. Gul'ren, now being treated as a Prince of Demon World, was 8 years old at the time but he wasn't one of the chosen hundred contestants, unlike his brother. King Zal'gor was skilled in Darkness/Shadow Magic but despite his choice in element and the fact that he was dark elven and has a family name like Duskreaver, he is a kind-hearted boy, and so was Gul'ren at the time. After all, even though darkness is commonly used by evil, it is not entirely evil and can be used for the greater good, just as light isn't always good and benevolent either and could be used for chaos and destruction.

After Zal'gor's ceremony of kingship, little Gul'ren and his parents were proud of their kin. The happy and cheerful 8-year old Gul'ren, who had short white mullet-styled hair and wears a purple mantle ran up to his older brother and said cheerfully, "You did it, Zal'gor-nīsama. Haha! Does this mean we can finally live in a rich stronghold and I can be a prince?" King Zal'gor responded with a smile, "Sure thing, little buddy." Gul'ren smiles. Their dark elven father with long white hair and a goatee named Tal'zol said, "And as your old man, you don't mind if I act as chancellor. Is that okay, Your Majesty?" King Zal'gor gladly responded, "Sure thing, Father. But I'm not used to the formalities, yet." The dark elven mother named Petunia, who's slightly chubby, has bushy blue hair, and often has her eyes closed, said to her older son, "Oh, we are so proud of you, deary. Give your mommy a hug." She hugs her kingly son and Zal'gor felt embarrassing to do it in public, "Not here, Mother." Gul'ren asked, "So, you're King for a thousand years. What do you plan to do with Demon World?" King Zal'gor responded, "Not sure what I wanted. To be honest, I didn't think I would make it this far. But I couldn't have done it without my allies and friends." The father Tal'zol said, "You became King with no goals in particular? Then as your chancellor, there is much to be discussed for the fate of Demon World." King Zal'gor nods.

Demon World seemed peaceful at the time. However, in less than a month, as Prince Gul'ren (now wearing a white brooch accessory with a violet gem on his purple mantle with red flames) was studying at school, his family's Royal Stronghold was suddenly under attack by a group of demon terrorists. An evil group skilled in Dark Arts, slaying royalties in the Duskreaver Stronghold. As classroom students were looking out of the windows, a student yelled in shock, "Holy crud, the stronghold's under attack." Prince Gul'ren was shocked hearing that an looked out the window. Another student asked the young prince, "Hey, Gul'ren-sama, isn't that your family's stronghold?" Prince Gul'ren couldn't believe his eyes. He got very worried and scared, but he did not hesitate. He used Teleportation Magic to head home as the students and the classroom teacher reacted, "Gul'ren-sama?!" Gul'ren was skilled in Teleportation Magic as a child and was skilled in some psychic abilities such as telekinesis and telepathy, but those were his only traits at the time.

At King Zal'gar's stronghold, the Royal Guards were trying to defend the stronghold against these unknown terrorists but were slaughtered and some were somehow banished from Demon World. Gul'ren returned home and saw his mother Petunia flat on the ground, blood spilling everywhere, "Mama?! MAMA?!" He screamed in agony seeing his kind mother dead on the ground when he attempted to wake her up, "No..." His mother's body suddenly disappeared. Zal'gor was very sad and wondered why his mother disappeared, but there are other people he was worried about, "Big brother, Father?!" As he ran into the throne room...

"You monsters!" Tal'zol yelled in frustration, shaking. "Tehehehe! Give up, Chancellor. You can't win," said a male demon sorcerer with glasses, dark long hair, goatee. This sorcerer's hairstyle is somewhat identical to Tal'zol but he appears human-like rather than dark elven-like. Chancellor Tal'zol said with a bleeding face, "Never. My son won that title fair and square, Shao-Tsu." They seem to know each other. King Zal'gor shouted, "Leave my father alone! Shidona Sorudo!" King Zal'gor summons a large shadow sword and wield it with two hands and attempts to slice the terrorist leader Shao-Tsu. A large, muscular gargoyle-like demon steps in the way. His left evil eye of gradient red and pink colors glowed, which used some sort of mental torture on King Zal'gor's mind, inflicting unknown pain on his mind, immobilizing him. "Zyaaaargh!" King Zal'gor's body shakes as he screams in pain. His spell dispersed from his hands. To the King, his brain mentally and physically feels like its being electrocuted as well as being stung by a hundred jellyfish's nematocysts.

Gul'ren appeared in the throne room, shouting for his tortured brother and injured father, "Zal'gor-nīsama?! Father?!" Chancellor Tal'zol yelled quickly in worrisome, "What are you doing here? Gul'ren, run away!" Shao-Tsu said, "Ahh, another one." After the mental torture Zal'gor was put into, he yelled harshly at his enemies, "Don't you dare harm my brother! Gul'ren, run!" The Drealord Malfournis continued using the psychokinetic power to torture Zal'gor, as well as Tal'zol, with the glow of his left fiendish eye of red and pink. Gul'ren was scared and he didn't know what to do. Clearly, there was nothing young Gul'ren could do against these villains and all he could do is watch and hear his family screaming in mental pain. The sorcerer Shao-Tsu aimed at the young Prince's throat with his hands in form of a claw and choked him in mid-air with telekinesis, "I had a boy around your age; a strong one; one of the one-hundred children who competed in the Battle to Determine King, but only came in second place. How disappointing; now your 'falsely' king brother will have to pay. Malfournis, finish it." Malfournis, while he was continuing his psychic torture on the King and the Chancellor, choked both King Zal'gor and Chancellor Tal'zol with his large, muscular demonic hands so hard until they were decapitated. That's some incredible strength this large and bulky gargoyle has. Gul'ren cried and tried scream, "No!" Zal'gor's and Tal'zol's bodies suddenly disappeared as the Dreadlord's right fiendish eye of gradient red and purple made an odd glow. What could it mean? As Gul'ren sorrow increased from the deaths of his family, so did his anger... "Raaaaaaaagh!!!!" Shao-Tsu sensed immense potential in that boy and was surprised, "His power..." As Gul'ren bursts out a powerful rage, emitting powerful psychic energy from his body, he somehow freed himself from Shao-Tsu's telekinetic grasp simply by using the rage of his own psychokinetic powers alone, then quickly teleported out of his stronghold and cried, running away outside. "Darn it!" Shao-Tsu quickly yelled in frustration, but didn't take it too hard, "It doesn't matter. What matters now is that my son can become..." As Shao-Tsu was turning to the throne, Malfournis, standing directly behind his master, betrayed him by punching through Shao-Tsu's chest, ripping out his heart from his body. "What are you...?" Shao-Tsu coughed out blood.

The Dreadlord Malfournis, holding Shao-Tsu's heart, spoke for the first time this battle in a deep voice, "Your deal with the dreadlord is over, sorcerer. However, your fate will be different from the others. Rather than sending you to the world of nothingness like them, your powerful soul will be food to my master and the throne... is mine. You're family's souls are next." Shao-Tsu cried, "Nooo! Please!" and the dreadlord shattered the dark sorcerer's heart with his bare left claw. The dreadlord's right eye of red and purple glowed again but in a different. A portal appeared beneath Shao-Tsu's body with skeletal hands pulling him underground. While the dark sorcerer's body and soul was pulled into a different realm, the souls of the Duskreaver family, were not sent to the Spirit World but rather, a world of nothingness; in other words, the "Void Beneath the Netherworld," where the God of the Nether reign. That must mean that the "Dark Master" Lord Gul'ren and Warchief Dan'ro spoke of and serves is that one very ancient deity that was banished from Spirit World billions of years ago. What kind of deity was the Nether God and how would the necromancers free him? But he doesn't appear to be the master for Malfournis. Who is the other "master" Malfournis speaks of?

Anyway, the Dreadlord Malfournis replaced Zal'gor as the substitute King of Demon World throughout the centuries in terror until a Resistance Army that formed in the dark kingdom managed to kill and dethroned the dreadlord before the end of the generation. His dead body eventually decays and disappears with the exception of the right red-purple eye for some odd reason.

Scene: Throne Room of the Dark Fortress (morning)


After remembering about his dreadful past again, Gul'ren closed his eyes and thought to himself as if he wanted to talk to his missing, deceased brother, brother, your reign for a new world was short-lived from that unexpected assault. Similar situation with young Bell and that zealous fool; how they felt my pain. Trying to find a way to bring you and our birth makers back to life, I searched for that power for many centuries and even looked up books about the afterlife world. Nothing that could help me. But when I learned about the Spirit World on my own, I was given the power to revive the dead and my powers were further enhanced. But even with these powers, I couldn't bring you back. The Supreme God claimed that they were not found in Spirit World; they never checked in at the Judgment Hall in Spirit World Kingdom. After losing hope, feeling despair all over again, it was soon that the Dark Master found me. Hearing that he has your soul, our birth makers, and even that man that ruined our lives, I followed him as an acolyte, creating this occult, serving the God of the Nether, as well as the underworld and the dead. Living between life and death; living in a non-existent world; a terrible fate; a terrible demise. I know you and our kin would be disappointed in my actions, which is why I dropped our family name of Duskreaver, but this is a new era. I'll make sure your souls reach Spirit World in peace if the Master promises, but that's it. Demon World will be my eternal reign in this new age. And I'll come back...
as Lord Duskreaver... and take the family name once more for my new empire.


Gul'ren continues speaking with his thoughts, anyway, while the Left Eye of the Dreadlord has unimaginable psychic powers, which disappeared from this world upon his death, the Right Eye is said to have the power of manipulating dimensions and even have anti-dimensional features including preventing fresh souls from entering Spirit World. Probably the reason why this strange eye never left Demon World after his death. It's his right eye that prevented your soul and our parents' souls from reaching the Spirit World, isn't it, brother? I assume that the fearsome dreadlord never made it to the Spirit World on death, either. Anything can enter the Void, but nothing can escape so I wonder how his Eye can open the void from the other side. Though, the Right Eye is essential for Operation 666. I don't want any interruptions from above. And with Eye, we'll finally get into the realm the Resistance Army are hiding and 'free' everyone's souls. Operation 666 will take care of them. What Gul'ren means is that for his plan to come into act without interactions, Malfournis's Eye of Dimensional Distortion can block users from Spirit World from entering Demon World and Gul'ren will finally be able to gain access to D.D. Sanctuary and can also prevent soldiers in Demon World from leaving or entering Demon World (meaning that the Eye can block D.D. Veni's dimensional portal, trapping soldiers and survivors into the realms they are in). What's Lord Gul'ren planning and what is Operation 666?

Scene: The haunted forest in Demon World (morning)


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Continuing on the battle between Major General Rosella and the necrolyte Araesa while the Starlily Sisters are holding off against animated dead plants with Major General Vincelot as a plant-infested undead under their control, it appears Rosella is losing the battle against Araesa. Araesa keeps summoning undead trees in Rosella's way as Rosella is distracted into fighting them instead of her former friend. "Fufufu... Rosella, my dear, you should really give up. You're looking pale. Guess my poison is really kicking in," said Araesa in a charming tone, as Rosella the Rose Witch does look quite ill as her green elven skin is turning white from some sort of poisonous plant spell the Witch of the Black Forest used on her. Rosella tried embracing it, "As the Rose Witch, your poison means nothing to me." But could she? Araesa said to her in a sweet tone, "You silly. My Ryū Diojugaro carries a poison much deadlier than your Diojugaro. Face it, your Plant Magic is inferior to my Undead Plant Magic." Diojugaro is a Plant Spell that summons a large flower that releases a poisonous pollen to confuse victims while Ryū Diojugaro is an undead variation with a deadlier poison that could, not only harm the living, but it can also heal undead units.

Meanwhile, as the Lily Sisters were fighting undead trees, Major General Vincelot's reanimated corpse was eventually surrounded and destroyed by undead flowers and trees. "Oh no! There goes Master Vincelot," said Corporal Lucida. Failing to keep the reanimated Blood Paladin under control, The Lily Sisters casted their same spell, "Zeberuon!" to control undead trees to attack each other so that they'll destroy each other, but the sisters don't have the energy to maintain control to make all trees destroy each other and more keep coming. "There's too many of them," said Corporal Gale. Lucida said, "We... can't give up... for..." The sisters are really exhausted. The pollution in the air is getting too them too hard. Suddenly, thorny dead vines pierced through Lucida's back as she screamed in pain, "Ahhhhh!" and she was immediately pulled to a group of undead trees where her limbs were being torn off, eaten one-by-one as Lucida screams to her death, "Ahhhhh. Gaaaahh!!! Help!!!" Man-eating flowers are chomping her legs and feet. A gruesome way to die but can Gale get her sister away from death in time? Gale cried for her, "Lucida-nē! Ganzu Jikiru Jusen!" Corporal Gale created a cluster of sharp leaves that are blown by wind to slice the trees and plants that attacked her sister while avoiding getting her sister harmed from it. After clearing out a small area, wingless Gale quickly ran towards her torn sister and tried healing her, "Lucida-nēchan, no! Jujio! Please, please..." Lucida's eyes were still closed and she doesn't appear to be responding. "No... No! Please wake up, Lucida-nēchan, don't leave me." Gale cried. Some banshees in the sky flew towards them. As Gale was holding her dead sister and looked up, she yelled, "No! Go away! Ganzu Jikiru Jusen!" She created another wind blast of sharp leaves at the banshees. Two of the banshees in the sky disappeared after being struck by magical leaves but one of them evaded it and entered the corpse of Lucida, taking possession over Lucida. As Lucida's body started to move, Gale released her sister's body in reaction, "L-Lucida-nē?" Lucida's eyes opened with a dark purple glow and the possessed corpse bit Gale's left arm, "Ouch! Lucida-nē?!" Gale threw Lucida's corpse and Lucida made grunting noises like a zombie. Gale cried in agony, having to lose her sister and now her life. "No... NO!" The forest marched in on Gale. She shrunk her self and tried flying around but many trees were blocking her path from all sides. With no hope of escaping, she returned to average size, agonizing on the ground, ready to accept her fate too as she closed her eyes with tears falling down, "Goodbye, cruel world..." It looked like the end of the road for the younger twin sister until... "Teojikeru Zakeru!" A large gust of wind blew through the forest with streams of electricity flowing through the wind, destroying undead plants surrounding Gale while avoiding her, "Huh?" Did reinforcements arrive in time? That strange wind blast would have blown Gale away if she have decided to shrink herself to escape.

Meanwhile, Rosella reached her limit. She couldn't fight anymore and her heart energy was drained from Araesa's poisoning. "That's it? That's all you got? You disappoint me, Rose Witch," said Araesa as her friend was falling to the ground, "Err... err... A-Araesa...." "It's time to end this. I really can't see my beloved friend suffering anymore. I'll quickly put you out of your misery and take your soul. We'll be together, forever, my dear. Fufu! We won't have to fight anymore." As Araesa was putting her hand out, ready to take Rosella's soul, through Demon Perception, she started sensing some demon warriors with huge power approaching her way and she felt a huge wind blowing through the forest, "Ugh... What? Is the Resistance already here? Oh, foo! I don't have enough time to claim your soul, my dear. If you survive, we'll be sure to meet again. Ta ta!" Araesa created a plant around herself and it pulled her within a tree she was on. The dead flower transported Araesa out of her haunted forest. Araesa does not want to stick around and risk stealing Rosella's soul since she knows she wouldn't be able to stand a chance against the power of two Royal Knight Generals plus another Major General Royal Knight, but she enjoyed the fight with her "best friend."
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Upon disappearing on a tree branch, General Whir immediately landed on it, just to miss the Witch of the Black Forest. General Moko stated, "Darn, the Witch of the Black Forest got away from our wrath." General Whir said, "That coward. If only if I had another 0.05 second, the Black Forest Witch would have been shredded for good." Major General Barburos was carrying Lucida's corpse (the banshee is no longer possessing her) and Gale was following him with dried tears. When they noticed Rosella unconscious, Gale cried again, "Mistress?! Oh no, don't tell me you're dead too." Barburos picked her up too. General Whir said, "We must hurry. As much as I would like to chase after the Black Forest Witch, we need to plan our all-out assault and get Major General Rosella treated." General Moko said, "And we're too far away from the starting point." General Whir said, "Major General, hand me the women, I'll get them back to base ASAP." Barburos placed Rosella and Lucida on General Whir's back. General Whir then said, "Get the other girl back to base safely. Three is too much." Once General Whir got his balance, he flew at extreme speed back to base.

General Moko asked the poor Corporal, "You okay, lady?" Gale cried, "I can't believe my sister is gone. And Mistress..." Major General Barburos yelled at Gale harshly, "Wipe your tears. Soldiers don't cry. You should know that you are risking your life for war. It's not a gosh, darn game." Gale, who had a sad and dead expression on her face, thought to herself, why? Why must this happen to me? First my boyfriend a week ago... and now my beloved sister? How am I going to this explain her fiancé? And my wings and Mistress... Corporal Gale is having the worst day of her life: Losing her fairy wings, the death of her beautiful older twin sister, her teacher is at the brink of death, and she's being scolded. Before that, apparently Gale's boyfriend died, whoever he may be. The Starlily Sisters were at their best when they fought together, but now Gale's all alone, nearly powerless. General Moko said about what Barburos said, "True, but harsh. Let's go." He then said to Gale, "We'll see to it that your sibling gets a proper burial when Bell-dono's King again. We normally would leave your sibling out in battlefield until the end of war but we cannot risk leaving corpses to the enemy." That's true that the Royal Knights made the right call since the enemy would turn corpses into zombies against the Resistance. Despite appearing intimidating, General Moko is a bit more casual than he looks (but he can still be pretty strict at times), but Major General Barburos is very intimidating appearance-wise and charismatically. They both are the strongest Royal Knights in terms of physique and strength with Major General Barburos, despite being two ranks under than General Moko, being the strongest, but Moko is the tankiest in defense. Major General Barburos harshly said in disappointment, "What a waste of a rescue mission. Vincelot's dead and he nearly got another of my comrades dead. I'll have a word with Rosella when she wakes up if she isn't dead too." Barburos literally has no emotions or sympathy for others except respect to the Bell family; that's how barbaric and brutal he is, charismatically. Soldiers are mostly frightened by his presence, more than General Moko.

Scene: The Dungeon in D.D. Sanctuary (morning)


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In the dungeon at the Resistance, Sergeant Major Victor and Sergeant Leo the Red Lion were interrogating imprisoned acolytes. The prisoners were bound with anti-magic handcuffs to prevent them from casting spells or escaping with other forms of magic and they were locked behind their own cell bars. Sergeant Leo opens the cell of the most recent acolyte the Resistance captured and Leo grabs him by his red cloaked and yelled intimidatingly, "Alright, I had enough of you. We need answers now. What is the Dark Lord's true motive? What are Operation Null and Operation 666 we've been hearing about?" Operation Null? Judging from a name like that, it must be related to the void, perhaps freeing the Dark Master, but what could Operation 666 be? The old and short imp-like acolyte with combed-back long hair said with a smirk on his face, "Heh, like we said, you won't be getting information us." Leo gave the acolyte an angry fire punch, "Grrr! Gō Gadyūbauren!" knocking the acolyte into a wall, but the acolyte didn't flinch and took the hit. "Zama!" Another acolyte called his name in worrisome. Victor said, "Sergeant Leo, we won't get any information if you keep beating them like this." Acolyte Zama spat blood and said, "That's right. Even if we did have the information you seek, we acolytes wouldn't tell you Resistance a gosh darn thing and assuming you have some kind of mind reader, we wouldn't think about it. You really should have killed us instead of keeping us alive." While walking angrily, Leo deeply said, "I'd be glad to tear you from limb-to-limb, you little punk!" Zama said with a smirk and a bloody face, "You're already too late." Another acolyte said, "By keeping us alive, you're giving away the location of the Resistance Base." Victor said, "We are aware, and hiding that odd bone won't make a difference. One of Stalghor's bones fell through the bottom of Zama's red acolyte robe and Victor pointed his knight sword at it and incanted, "Biraitsu!" firing a laser beam from his sword to destroy the bone. The acolytes were surprised the guards knew their plan with Zama saying while smiling, "You have a good eye for a one-eyed freak. How'd you know? Not that it matters." Victor said, "We know you were planning an invasion with a piece of bone from the Demon Beast Skeelton." Zama wondered while keeping his smile up, "What? Now you can predict the future?" On the contrary, while T.F. Golbar could see an hour into the future once per day (though the future can be changed), the invasion with that particular bone already happened and T.F. Golbar had to use one of his two rewinds for the day but it seems like the acolytes have a backup plan that the Paladins of the Universe didn't know about.

As Sergeant Leo grabs the short acolyte again, ready to give him another fire fist to the face, "Why you--?" suddenly, all of the other acolytes were screaming from unknown pain, "Aaaargh!" As Zama's body was also aching from the same thing, he said, "Like I said, you would have been better killing us off. We were already infected by Stalghor-sama. Hehe-he! Too late! Ah... Aaaargh!" Zama's and the other acolytes' bones rattled so hard their skeletons ripped their flesh off and their blood and flesh splatters all over their cells. "What?!" Leo and Victor were shocked. Seems as though the acolytes' skeletons were infected and are now under the influence of the Demon Beast Skeleton. A gruesome and gory way to die but they were prepared to sacrifice their lives. The bone that Zama was holding already multiplied and injected the acolytes prior to their interrogation and D.D. Veni didn't even notice it until they acted just now, "What?!" That one bone was going be used to multiply and to build skeletal warriors and skeletal beasts to attack the sanctuary, which has happened before the reset and now Stalghor sacrificed his acolytes to do so, even in a painful manner.

Technically, Stalghor is in both Demon World and D.D. Sanctuary simultaneously. In Demon World, as Stalghor's real body (now repaired) is hiding in a cave around the southern warp point, his eye sockets were as deep as an abyss with no scary red dot. It may be because his consciousness is currently in D.D. Sanctuary.
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As Victor and Leo were fighting the acolytes' skeletons, Stalghors' bones that are attached to their bones are multiplying and separating, building and spawning skeletal warriors and beasts pretty quickly and one of them spawned a copy of Stalghor's body, which is Stalghor's consciousness inside the cloned body. Leo and Victor were shocked with Leo saying, "Is that...?" and Victor followed his words, "The Demon Beast Skeleton?" The Stalghor clone is using skeletal summoning spells to build and spawn skeletons faster. Looks like T.F. Golbar's rewind was meaningless and that the invasion will continue as more skeletons spawn and multiply in the dungeon.

Leo ordered Victor (despite being a rank under Victor), "Get Golbar to rewind time again. I'll hold them back." Victor was worried about Leo, "What about—" Leo yelled, "Now! My life doesn't matter at this point." Victor understoods. As Leo stayed behind to fend off the spawners, Victor got out of the dungeon. The Royal Knights already knew and were there and Victor asked T.F. Golbar, "Lieutenant General Golbar—" "I know, I'll prepare another rewind. Cover me." T.F. Golbar sat down and went into a meditation state and the analog clock on the front of his armor is glowing. His rewinds require some time to activate, thus, he cannot activate it immediately. It only takes sixty seconds, which means that time will only rewind up to 59 minutes prior to the initiation, and interference (via being attacked or other disturbances) will cancel the activation and would need to reset, but Golbar can still at least cast other magical spells to defend himself without resetting the charge.

The moment Golbar initiated the charging sequence of his rewind spell, three skeletal beasts ran up the stairs. Victor looked a second too late to the right and the undead beasts bit his face and arms and chewed on him as he screams to his death, "Ahh! Arrrgh!" "Akugikoru!" General Karoa attacked and destroyed the vicious undead beasts with a jet of ice-cold water with ice shards. Victor appears to be dead with his face bleeding and torn apart with his right eyeball scratched and hanging out. C.S. Galactica reacted to that painful death, "Oh, my! How terrifying." More skeletal beasts and skeletal warriors marched their way up the stairs and the Royal Knights and Marshal General Zeon Bell engaged battle with them with General Karoa saying, "Everyone, use low-level magics as possible." Using high-powered magic in this small environment with thousands of civilians living in this dimensional facility will be very risky and dangerous so they'll have to fight back with weak magic. With these many skeletons approaching, it seems as though Sergeant Leo was overrun and devoured.

As skeletons were approaching the Royal Knights, Zeon incanted, "Teozakeru!" firing a wide stream of light blue electricity from his right hand to destroy a wave of skeletons. As more were approaching, C.S. Galactica, appearing calm, incanted with her galactic scepter, "Faruga!" summoning stars that shot spiraling cosmic laser beams at skeletons to destroy them. While some of her stars are doing the work, she also incanted, "Miguron!" to shoot a crescent beam of moonlight energy from her galactic scepter. D.D. Veni grabbed a hold of some skeletons in mid-air with his psychokinetic powers and scattered their bones apart but he also shot psionic energy balls from his hands to destroy them. D.D. Veni then sensed skeletons of different forms through walls, "They're inside the walls and floors. Watch out!" Some skeletal crawlers and diggers broke through the headquarter walls, floors, and ceilings and some of them tried attacking T.F. Golbar while he was still preparing his time rewind. "Golbar, heads up!" D.D. Veni shouted as he tried to get rid of the surrounding skeletons. Only 30 seconds left and Golbar was still in a meditation state. He freed his right arm with his gravity mace in hand and incanted, "Reisu!" and fired a dark-purple gravitational energy sphere at the skeletal crawler on his way with his gravity mace, which slammed and smashed the skeletal crawler into pieces from the gravitation effect. His gravity mace, while not only it has gravitational properties, but it can also enhance his Gravity Magic. Golbar continues on concentrating with his Time Magic as waves of skeletons keep coming from the dungeons. Zeon asked Golbar, "Do you think you can slow time down while prepping the rewind?" Golbar said while concentrating, "Sorry, I can't use more than one time spell at once. Please, defend me at all cost." Golbar can also temporarily slow down time while he is still moving at normal speed, but it is impossible for the user to use multiple time magic. Time Magic is complicated enough as it is. Zeon and the Royal Knights continued fighting waves of enemies and defending T.F. Golbar but there are times when T.F. Golbar had to use his gravity spells to defend himself and he may have became off-sync at one point with his rewind while doing so. 25 seconds later, Zeon wondered, "How much longer?" T.F. Golbar said at the minute mark, "It's done. Ha!"
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As T.F. Golbar slaps his koala hand together, time suddenly stopped as a magical time sphere releases around T.F. Golbar. The colors of the environment now appeared desaturated. A second later in time stop, everything started rewinding to the point when the selected Royal Knights left the sanctuary to look for Rosella and her small group, which was actually about 6 minutes ago. Did something go wrong?

Scene: North Wing's Command Center and South Wing's Dungeon stairs of D.D. Sanctuary (about 6 minutes ago)


That one distraction Golbar basically wasted a minute just to go back 6 minutes into the past (basically 5 minutes prior to the rewind's initiation sequence) and he appears exhausted in the North Wing's command center. General Karoa heard him breathing, "Lieutenant General? You okay." Golbar said, "Did I not travel back far enough?" The others were very curious as Golbar just came back from a rewind another ago with Zeon saying, "Did you rewind again?" Golbar strictly ordered Veni, "Veni, tell Sergeant Major Victor and Sergeant Leo to kill all of our prisoners, immediately!" Everyone in the Command Center was curious and so was Veni for a second until he understood what Golbar means through his mind, "Ah! Understood." Golbar said to the rest of the Royal Knights, "Sorry everyone, I had to use my second rewind and I was off-sync with my rewind..."

While Golbar was explaining to the other Royal Knights, D.D. Veni also explained the same thing to Sergeant Major Victor and Sergeant Leo the Red Lion while they were still walking down the stairs to the dungeon cells, Sergeant Major Victor, Sergeant Leo, change of plans, listening to me carefully, Victor wondered, "Veni-dono?" D.D. Veni ordered them telepathically, kill all the prisoners. Make sure you even destroy even to their bones. No questions asked. The Demon Beast Skeleton are watching. Hurry! Do not let them turn! Sergeant Major Victor and Sergeant Leo don't fully understand what's going on, but they'll follow their order, "Y-yes, Sir!" and successfully killed all their prisoners and completely obliterate their skeletons along with Stalghor's bone before Stalghor could take over their skeletons with his own bones. D.D. Veni said to T.F. Golbar, "They are doing as I ask. And my apologies, I don't know how I didn't notice it until now." T.F. Golbar said, "Thank you. And again, I apologize too. I can't believe I had to use both of my Time Rewinds for those prisoners and that I slipped up with my second rewind. But the Demon Beast Skeleton knows where one of our warp points is located in Demon World because of that new guy." Zeon complained, "Great, just great. We'll have to cancel that all-out attack since it will make the sanctuary vulnerable. Everyone, just take a break until General Whir, General Moko, and Major General Barburos are back." T.F. Golbar said, "Thank you, Your Highness. But a fair note that I still have my foresight spell to use for the day." Zeon said, "Might as well use that now. If the enemy knows where we are, we need to know what they're planning." T.F. Golbar said, "Right." Golbar meditated to see what may be happening in Demon World within the next hour. He felt very pressured near the end of the hour as a gruesome beast comes into his mind, "Ahh! Ha..." This really disturbs D.D. Veni when he reads Golbar's mind, "Gyah." Golbar breathes deeply and says, "We were still going on with our all-out attack with the non-Royal Knight Major Generals guarding the sanctuary. We are doing well so far, but then... It was... It's so powerful. An unfathomable undead beast of incredible power. A giant behemoth-like creature. I can't see anything past that." D.D. Veni appears to be sweating hearing about it and seeing it in Golbar's mind. C.S. Galactica wondered, "A behemoth?"

Scene: A cavern in Demon World (morning)


Inside the cavern where Stalghor was resting, which is near the warp beacon for the southern main command center of D.D. Sanctuary, Stalghor's deep black eye sockets glowed with scary red dots again, becoming conscious back in Demon World after his failure in D.D. Sanctuary. But he knew where some of D.D. Sanctuary's warp beacons were located. After his bones were rebuilt and healed, he stood up making a grunting noise and head out the cavern, preparing his next move.


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

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