Book 6- Before the Commonwealth Ch. 5.

The roar of the Great Horned Rat shattered every window, every bottle, every spectacle on every head. It's deadly visage made those that gazed directly into its eyes go mad from seeing the revelation that such a horror truly existed.

It's claws where the size of castle gates, it's hand entire fortresses as the Great Horned Rat Extended its arm and scooped up a small army's worth of it's of Skaven worshipper and gobbled them up in its mouth, filled with teeth that seemed like mountains, the sounds of the skaven being devoured would forever haunt the nightmares of all who witnessed this.

That is if the Horned Rat would leave any survivors, be they skaven or else.

"What should we do Goblin Slayer-san?" Priestess said as Goblin Slayer remained silent, he reached for his pocket and started thinking, then the Great Horned Rat turned it's gaze towards the city, for now only it's eyes and it's hand could come through the portal, but that would not last for long.

For the portal was starting to grow.

Terror and madness struck everyone, all remained glued in the place as a God of Evil now manifested itself before them and there was nothing they could do to stop them.

"We kill it." Goblin Slayer said, not a shred of doubt in his voice, not a moment's worth of fear. The madman stood before a God and he was certain that he, No! That Slayer Keep and it's allies could slay it.

"All magical users prepare for two massed boost spells. All other categories get rope and chains and tie yourself and everyone else to whatever you can. And then we're gonna get rid of this stinking rat." Goblin Slayer said and they all recovered from their stupor and did as they were told.

"You should consider upgrading you're gear."

"What do you need the rope for?"

"No bombs, no poisons or gas!"

"Never stop thinking!"

Goblin Slayer heard in his head the past words of High Elf Archer, Burglar, Smith and Chosen Heroine, every single one of them had motivated him in a way to be better, to excel, to improve himself, to go beyond what was considered plausible or possible. To boldly go where no man, where no one has gone before.

And now this was the culmination of that. For in another world he was certain that one day he would die alone in a goblin nest. But in the world of Slayer Keep, he knew that more and more powerful being would come to face him, and so since that fateful day when Chosen Heroine gave him those words of wisdom, he kept thinking of ways to deal with every level of potential threat.

And during one day where he rattled his brains Goblins Slayer looked around at the sunny sky from a summer's day at the farm while he was helping Cow Girl with the chores and he found an answer.

Yes! Goblin Slayer discovered how to kill a God!

His only regret was that this was not a Goblin God.

"Preparations are ready." Sky Queen landed next to him, as his captains in Slayer Keep all nodded in return.

"Good, let's begin. Also, thank you. All of you, my friends." Goblin Slayer told them, his voice taking on an uncharacteristic gentleness and warmth to it.

This made them freeze in shock and dread for what they thought they would witness, but the roar of the Great Horned Rat broke them out of their stupor and they all waited for Goblin Slayer's signal.

"First boost will be to Priestess Holly Light. Second boost will be to me. Dwarf Shaman and Lizard Priest will propel us upwards. Warrior, Noble Fencer, make sure that everyone is grounded!" Goblin Slayer said, before Lizard Priest and Dwarf Shaman nodded and did their part.

"Spirits of the wind hear my call. Great Upwards boost!"

"Megaton throw!"

The duo hurled Goblin Slayer and Priestess into the air, Priestess holding tight to Goblin Slayer as they flew towards the Great Horned Rat.

"Goblin Slayer-san."

"Yes?"

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"Everything." Priestess replied and Goblin Slayer looked to his second in command, partner and most cherished companion and remained silent.

This was something Priestess was familiar with, Goblin Slayer becoming silent at random since he was not that good with human interaction. It was something she was used to and gave a disappointed, but not unexpected huff at that.

"You're welcome." Goblin Slayer said, surprising Priestess.

There and then, despite them hurling at full speed towards an evil God, despite Armageddon on their doorstep, despite everything, Priestess smiled, for in hearing his words, hearing how even the unsociable Goblin Slayer managed to grow and become a better person, it meant that there was hope for the future and shinned bright, even in the shadow of destruction.

"Now!"

"Yes Goblin Slayer-san! Blessed Earth Mother give your blessing upon us! Holy Light!"

"Now! Support Priestess with the first great spell boost!" Wizard said and every magic user did so and a massive boost beam shot out from them, the power of a human empire, an elf kingdom and the mightiest army in the land all shot out in a beam of light that seem as if it was an angel's sword and boosted Holy Light so much that a second sun appeared in the sky, it's light blinding the Great Horned Rat.

"Thank you Witch and thank you Smith for this second scroll." Goblin Slayer said before he tossed the scroll at the blinded Great Horned Rat, who was too busy screaming in pain and shielding his eyes from Holy Light.

"The Second boost!" Wizard Boy said and guided by Lizard Priest Naga's superior eyesight they targeted the scroll right as it was above the Portal that contained the Great Horne Rat who was now halfway through from entering their world.

The Scroll Portal opened and with the boost it grew to such great mass that it engulfed the Great Horned Rat and the first portal that was bringing him here and sucked him into the one place where Goblin Slayer knew a god can be faced with the one thing that can defeat him.

As the portal sucked the Great Horned Rat, every adventurer, warrior and elf down in the city held tight to chains and ropes to keep them from being sucked alongside the Great Horned Rat.

Goblin Slayer threw the rope that he purchased from Smith so long ago and managed to grab onto something, keeping him and Priestess from being sucked away by the Scroll Portal as well.

"MASTER!" The Skaven all said en masse and voluntarily jumped to join the Great Horned Rat into whatever place the scroll banished him to.

A whole's race as one jumped into avoid for a God that treated them as no better than cattle to be pushed around an devoured, but thus was the way of the skaven.

Then a crack was heard, above the screech of the Vermintide, the screams of the Horned Rat and the chaos of the Scroll Portal, Goblin Slayer saw how the masonry that he anchored their rope was beginning to crack, which meant that soon they would both be sucked trough the portal.

Before Priestess could fully come to terms with that, there was a flash of steel and with one swift motion Goblin Slayer cut the rope that was tied to himself, leaving only Priestess tied to the rope, thus preventing the masonry.

"Goblin Slayer-san!" She screamed and held out her hand to him as Goblin Slayer was sucked away by the Scroll.

This was it, the day had come where he would perish as a consequence of his own actions.

"At least it's not by the hands of goblins." Goblin Slayer said to himself, turned around in midair and angled his body forwards, and made a bullet line through the air and straight towards the Great Horned Rat.

He landed on the Great Horned Rat's forehead and just as the sight returned to the Devourer God, the first thing he saw was Goblin Slayer above his eye, raising his sword, ready for a strike.

"You are not a goblin, pity."

"Goblin? You think to compare me to a goblin?!" The Great Horned Rat asked in confusion from hearing such a shockingly mad statement.

"No, goblins are more powerful than you."

Goblin Slayer said as he plunged his sword straight into the eye of the Great Horned Rat's eye, just as the Scroll Portal sucked them both and teleported them to the one place where Goblin Slayer knew a God could be killed.

The one place that held something, or rather a fraction of something that could kill a God.

It was the Great Pit in the Demon lands, the one place where all the evil from the Dark Gods flowed into the world, there laid the power of the Dark Gods and as the Great Horned Rat flew out of the Scroll Portal and out of his summoning Portal he fell straight towards the Pit, Goblin Slayer stabbing him is his eye as the Vermintide rained from above them as all plunged towards the Great Pit.

Acting on instincts from over a thousand Goblin hunts, Goblin Slayer jumped and dodged out of the way just in time to dodge a blow from the now half blinded Great Horned Rat, then once more dived bombed downwards and then rammed his sword into the other eye of the Devourer God. Blinding him, and spraying Goblin Slayer with a great dose of his blood, as they both fell towards the land of the Dark Gods of Chaos.

As up above the Gods of Order and Light all laughed like crazy from the joy they felt at such a scene.

"And how will he die?" The Supreme God asked Truth and Illusion.

"We roll a six sided dice, odds is that he dies from the fall."

"Evens says that he is killed by the Great Horned Rat before they hit the Dark Land."

Truth and Illusion said and rolled a dice, both knowing for certain that there was no way to escape it.

The dice hit the table and then stopped.

On its edge!

Neither odd nor even, which meant that once more that did not let the dice decide his fate would somehow survive once more.

"But how?" The God of Knowledge asked, neither he knew the answer as they all waited with batted breath on how this would turn out.

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