Hello people and welcome back to Goblin Slayer: The Team Year 2. The vampire queen is down and out, but now we have a pack of demonic goblins to deal with...talk about trading one headache for another. Now...I know I mentioned the idea of Goblin Slayer fighting vampires but come on, he's Goblin Slayer; he'll take fighting goblins over fighting vampires any day of the year. Anyway...he'll have plenty of demonic goblin heads to crack later on, and that, my dear audience...is a cold-steel fact.
Review Response: Storm Mage having a shady past is nothing new; I've been mentioning that for some time. But for the record, serving the Sword Maiden, even if he didn't hunt demons beforehand is quite a way to redeem himself.
Yeah, Sword Maiden really threw the heroes a bone didn't she? Although...Storm Mage would have a pretty damn good chance to redeem himself more than he already has by watching her ass until she gets her powers back. He might even get further in his relationship with her as a result.
Considering that Dracula is a similar case, the vampire queen could be just that: a soldier of God fallen from grace...
WTF? Resurrection is very much a thing in Goblin Slayer; there's literally a miracle called Resurrection. Granted, it's good for restoring massive injuries, but still...the name says it all. Yes I had that light-from-the-sky give life to everything but come on. That's a colossal amount of holy power; why would it not be able to return people to life? Although...it does make sense for Hell to respond in-kind to that much power being displayed...
Ranger and Hero both took down dozens of goblins each, but it wasn't easy. Usually goblins just threw themselves at their foes, or at least tried to sneak around them. These goblins were retreating then dashing forward at a blind spot, actually worked as a team, and even parried attacks. These things weren't even real! The duo kept slaughtering the corrupted goblins by the dozen as they poured out of the portals, but the fight with the queen took it's toll on the two for sure.
"How many of these things are going to show up? Hero asked as she kept swinging away at the horde.
"Don't know, just keep killing!" Ranger yelled as he alternated between craving through the horde with his blades, and smashing them with his gauntlets, and eventually Cherub appeared and fired stings of white-blue energy at each portal which slowly turned the same color.
"Just focus on these goblins! I'll handle the portals!" Cherub yelled as the two Platinum rank/tier adventurers fought off the demonic goblin hordes for what must've been several minutes until the portals finally closed and they could finally catch their breathe.
"Who sent them? The vampire queen?" Ranger asked.
"Impossible." Cherub said.
"The Demon Lord?" Hero asked.
"He would've had to recover from the beating you gave him pretty quickly." Cherub said.
"The Evil Sect?" Ranger asked.
"There's no way they can do something like this. Even if they had the means to tear into Hell directly, they can't do that to goblins, especially when they're already dead." Cherub said.
"Dead? You mean those goblins were sent to Hell and came back?" Hero asked.
"Most likely, but...this never happened before. Unless the Demon Lord was saving them..." Cherub said and their hearts sank and Ranger took out his crystal.
"I'm going to warn the Sword Maiden." Ranger said and Cherub stopped him.
"The last thing she needs to know about is a swarm of demonic goblins running amok. Normal goblins worry her too much; you don't want to know how badly she'd handle hearing about empowered ones..." Cherub said seriously.
"Good point..." Ranger said.
"Well we have to do something!" Hero exclaimed.
"Let me worry about these goblins. I'll send the Pope a dream, and he'll handle things. The rest of you stay on your toes in the future. But now...now you celebrate. The vampire queen will never again harm the people in this region, and you two are to thank." Cherub said as Ranger opened a portal to the others and the two were greeted by the entire army they brought.
"Did you do it?" Warrior asked and Ranger showed a bloody bag.
"The queen's head is in this bag. We've won." Ranger said and everyone cheered by yelling, raising their weapons, sometimes hugging, and bang their weapons together. Some of the familiars Wizard's brother summoned actually came back with salvaged treasure and other items from the fortress and some others came with them to get the rest.
"We've going to live like kings and queens now!" Spearman yelled to the others who cheered even more.
Ranger opened a portal back to the frontier so that the siege equipment can be returned and maybe used in others ways, then opened another to the Jarl's hold place, just out of view so that no one would notice, and he led his and Hero's teams to the Jarl's keep. Heavy Warrior and Female Knight's team helped with the siege equipment, Goblin Slayer's team kept hunting goblins, with the three demon hunters helping out, Abbot, Spearman and Witch returned to the guild to spread the news of their victory, and Berserker returned to the guild in the town Ranger encountered Herbalist Girl in. The guards recognized Ranger and opened the door for them.
"Good Jarl. I have news for you." Ranger said.
"Really? Do tell." Jarl said as Ranger showed the vampire queen's head and the whole court gasped and Jarl stood up. "You...You slayed the vampire queen?!"
"I have indeed." Ranger said seriously.
"This is...this..this is a fantastic occasion! Chief God be praised! My fellow lords and ladies! Our vampire problems are over!" Jarl yelled and the people of the court yelled and clapped for their saviors as Ranger put the head back in the bag. "Give that bag to the High King. He is sure to reward you all for your services. I cannot hope to give you enough of what you are owed." He then gave a map to Wizard and it showed the northern region and highlighted the capital city, where the High King lived.
"We will. Thank you good Jarl." Ranger said.
"No...thank you." Jarl said seriously as he as the team left the keep. When they did, Herbalist Girl, and her family came to greet him.
"Ranger! You're back!" She called and looked at the rest. "You're with the Hero?"
"Yes he is, and I'm with him." Hero said with a smirk.
"Don't forget us now." Wizard said.
"Yeah. Wait...is she...?" Warrior asked while looking at Fighter, then H.G.
"This is the girl I mentioned, and this is the team I mentioned." Ranger said.
"You weren't kidding when you said we look alike." Fighter said seriously.
"No kidding." Warrior said before spotting H.G.'s father and still-pregnant sister.
"I take it you fulfilled your insane but glorious vow?" H.G.'s father asked.
"What do you think?" Ranger said half-jokingly.
"I think you deserve everything this kingdom owns." H.G's father said.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves..." Wizard said half-jokingly.
Ranger opened a portal to the capital's gates, the group walked to the High King's keep, and after checking with the guards and telling they killed the vampire queen...a messenger informed the High King, and the group didn't even have to wait ten minutes before being asked to meet His Majesty.
"So...I hear you defeated the vampire queen?" High King said.
"Yes Your Majesty, I even brought her head as proof." Ranger said before opening the bag and showing the head inside, and the High King got open, took the bag, and held the head up.
"It's...good to see that our lands are freed, but I must wonder how you accomplished this?" High King said.
"We had more than a little divine intervention Your Majesty. The Supreme, and the War God aided us." Ranger said.
"You carry favor from the gods? That makes a great deal of sense good sir. Yes, this most certainly calls for a reward..." High King said as he gave the head to his court mage and sat down to think. "Return in four days time. We will have the most grand of festivals in your honor."
"With all due respect Your Majesty, can we not simply let the people reward us themselves?" Wizard asked.
"Even if you had done both, it would still not be enough." High King said. "Think about it: you have not only proven your power, and loyalty to this world, nevermind the country, but also avenged and prevented countless deaths, and that demands more than anyone can measure or imagine. Were I in your position, I would take everything given to me!"
"We understand Your Majesty. We will return in four days." Fighter said as they turned to leave.
"So...how'd it go?" Sword Saint asked as the team appeared.
"In four days, we're supposed to come back here for a festival." Warrior said.
"Ha! I knew you'd be worshiped. You should've seen the festival we were given." Hero said.
"All you yourselves have to do is stand there and look strong. Give the people a show or two if you want, everything else should take care of itself." Sage said.
"Right, well we have celebrating of our own to do." Wizard said.
"While you do that, we'll be on our way. A hero's work is never done." Hero said as her team left.
"Alright, see you next time." Ranger said as Hero waved at them and walked off.
"What's first boss?" Priestess asked.
"Well...I'd like to show all of you the first town I saw when I came here." Ranger said.
"I'd like that. You?" Fighter said to the rest.
"Hell yeah. I'd like to see some new people." Warrior said.
"Me too." Wizard said.
"Then it's settled." Ranger said as they walked towards the main gate. His portal crystal is useful, but it needed to stay secret, so using it in public was out of the question. Once they were homefree, he opened a portal to the woods outside of the town he first went to, and the team looked over the town as the sun came up.
When they got to the guild tavern, they looked around and saw that it was nearly empty. Not surprising since it was early in the morning, but some men in guild uniforms were busy with some papers.
"Oh, you people new?" the man at the desk asked.
"Not even close; we're Silver Ranks." Warrior said as they showed their tags one by one.
"Oh-ho-ho, some veterans. Here to crack some monster heads are we?" the man asked with enthusiasm.
"We just got back from killing the vampire queen and giving her head to the High King." Ranger said seriously and everyone who heard snapped their heads to him.
"You did not..." the guild man's companion said in awe.
"You people deserve Platinum or at the very least Gold Ranks for this..." the guild man said. "The High King would be remiss to not give you such an honor."
"Technically, he killed the queen; we just fought off her forces." Fighter said.
"Either way, glory and bounty to you all for this." The guild man said with reverence.
"Thank you very much." Ranger said before looking around. "I take it no one checked in yet?"
"Aye. The sun just rose afterall." the guild man said.
"Well, we have to get to our own homes so...see you later." Wizard said.
"Do you not want to check into the local tavern? They have ample space for heroes like yourselves." The guild man asked.
"Perhaps, thank you for the tip." Ranger said.
"Fare thee well." The guild man said as the team left.
The team followed the man's advice and checked into the tavern, and found a handful of customers eating and talking, and they got some food and drink themselves, as well as some of Wizard's new potion that lets the person who drinks it digest more than twice as fast. Good thing too; they were all dead tired and sleeping on a full stomach wasn't happening. When they finished their light meals, they got rooms for themselves, one for Fighter and Ranger, one for Wizard and Warrior, and Priestess for herself.
In the morning, Ranger woke up next to Fighter who was watching him with a somber look in the face.
"What's wrong love?" Ranger asked.
"It's just odd seeing you sleep so peacefully after your Army of One rampage." Fighter said seriously.
"You saw that huh?" Ranger asked.
"Love...the entire army saw you. I don't know if they fear you or worship you, but...you definitely made a statement." Fighter said half-jokingly.
"In more ways than one..." Ranger said cryptically.
"What do you mean?" Fighter asked.
"Fighter...me and Hero were jumped by goblins, and not just any goblins. Ones that came through portals to Hell." Ranger said seriously and Fighter sat up, not caring that her generously-sized breasts were exposed.
"You can't be serious..." Fighter whispered.
"I almost wish; that miracle the Sword Maiden used really kicked a hornet's nest. Cherub actually stopped me from teleporting to her to let her know; Heaven forbid she has a panic attack over what could be an invasion." Ranger said.
"Why didn't you say anything before?" Fighter asked.
"It wasn't the time; Cherub himself said so, and frankly, I agreed completely." Ranger said. "Besides, he said he'd let the Pope himself know with a dream; His Holiness is probably taking steps to protect the country from any other invasions as we speak."
"Well...at least we know things can happen, but you're right; now is not the time for that." Fighter said before laying back down and pressing her chest into Ranger's.
"I saw you tear through that group of vampires while I was hanging onto he queen as she flew around by the way. Hard to believe you came that far without the War God." Ranger said as he stroked her hair.
"Well, believe it..." Fighter whispered next to his head and he sat up and she wrapped her legs around his waist.
"Is that what caused your heart to give out...?" Ranger asked with difficulty.
"Yes...but my heart is fine now." Fighter said before putting one of his hands on her upper chest, then her neck. Ranger responded by putting the side of his face on her upper chest as she intentionally breathed deeply as they wrapped their arms around each other and he snuggled into her. "Feel that?"
"Yes...such an enticing pulse." Ranger whispered against her neck with both love and lust in his voice before latching onto her neck with his mouth. She gasps in pleasure in response and she held the back of his head, silently telling him to keep it up.
"And it's going to get stronger at this rate." Fighter whispered jokingly and they eventually kissed deeply, slowly, and repeatedly while running their hands through each other's hair, and along their backs and arms, until they retreated and looked into each other's eyes with her hands on his face. "My heart will not stop anytime soon. I have too much to live for, and too much life to spend."
"Fighter..." Ranger said as he held her hands against his face then locked fingers with her and held their hands between them. "These hearts we have...thank the Supreme we have them to give."
"We were given so many blessings by the Supreme, I don't know how we can even begin to repay them." Fighter said seriously.
"Speaking of which...do you think it cheapens my supposed Platinum Rank to have my power from from the War God?" Ranger asked.
"Ranger, my love and life...your rank is no cheaper than Hero's, and like we established, she's Platinum ranked because she got lucky; you chose to be the War God's follower, and obtained you skill and strength from your parents, just like I got mine from my father, and I chose to learn from that guru." Fighter said seriously yet softly. "Besides, my...Mushin, or guru energy, or whatever you want to call it, might be my own power, but it has serious risks, and if Priestess wasn't there...look, I meant every word I said about your status not being cheapened, but... like your power, mine cannot be abused; I tried the first time, but I got lucky, and I have no intention of abusing it again."
"Did I ever say I love you?" Ranger asked half-jokingly.
"Not recently." Fighter said playing along.
"Then let me show you..." Ranger said before mashing his lips against hers and she pushed him back down and keeps molding her lips with his, until he pushed her off.
"Also..."my love and life"? Usually that's my line." Ranger said.
"It's our line remember? I called you that several times when I was pregnant; you even called me out on it the first time I said it, even though I was dead serious." Fighter said.
"You are never going to let me live that down are you?" Ranger asked and the ridiculousness of their discussion got the better of them and they started laughing, her going first. "Look at us...the vampire queen's killer and his wife laughing over a past squabble."
"And what a battle it was." Fighter said as she caressed his chest and abs. "I'm an even luckier lass to lay in bed with such a champion."
"Lass? You sound like one of the locals?" Ranger joked as Fighter smirked down at him.
"You're complaining?" Fighter teased.
"No, but it was still questionable." Ranger said.
"You're questioning your wife? What blasphemy is this...?" Fighter said with mock anger.
"Don't even start that..." Ranger deadpanned and Fighter chuckled a bit. "Also...you're lucky? I'm in bed with a one-woman-army, who also happens to be pretty fun to grab."
"You are such-" Ranger cuts her off.
"Such a perv, I know...but you still love me, and you want me." Ranger teased as she looked at him with lust.
"Just lay there and let me reward your services..." She said as she massaged his arms, torso, and eventually legs. She even handled some nerve points when she felt clustered of his life force trapped in those places. The results was him either getting more lively, or groaning in pleasure. She then flipper him onto his back and gave him the same treatment. At one point, she handled his shoulders and heard/felt a crack as his shoulder popped. "Yeesh. Someone had a rough time..."
"No thanks to Her late Majesty." Ranger said before flipping over again and Fighter climbed on top of him and rubbed his pecs and abs with her breasts and Ranger chuckled at her antics. "No quarter given eh?"
"No quarter needed." Fighter said with the same huskiness in her voice as she kept handling the man underneath her. Eventually, he gripped and fondled her butt and she let off some horny chuckles. "I knew you'd do that eventually."
"Fighter...our control over the godlike powers we have may not be perfect, but this butt of yours is absolutely perfect." Ranger said with enthusiasm.
"And just like the rest of me, it's completely available to you, and no one else..." Fighter said as they kept handling each other.
"Good...because I will never share." Ranger said before stopping, flipping them over and kissing her, then went down to her neck, then licked and sucked her nipples while fondling and squeezing them as she let off moan after moan.
"How's your womb?" Ranger asked while continuing to fondle her breasts.
"It should be fine now but...I didn't drink any potion." Fighter said.
"That's a real shame; I didn't either." Ranger said. "But...when this is over...I'm going to hammer you into the ground."
"Keep talking to me like that and I'll send the need for the potion straight to hell myself." Fighter said seriously.
"Later on, I'll talk to you like that as much as you want." Ranger said before a knock on the door came.
"Excuse me sir? But...when are we returning home?" Priestess said through the door.
"In a moment Priestess; we're getting dressed right now." Ranger called.
"O.k...we'll wait." Priestess said.
"We better not keep them waiting..." Fighter said as they got out of bed and put their clothes, armor, and other accessories on.
Warrior and Wizard meanwhile were getting their own items in order while Priestess went to get the other pair.
"What a night..." Warrior said.
"Yep, but at least you got to sleep next to your goddess." Wizard teased.
"And you got to sleep next to a dragon-slayer." Warrior teased back.
"Hey, Fighter got to sleep next to the vampire queen's killer. She's got us both beat." Wizard said.
"For how much longer?" Warrior said seriously.
"Please, it would take quite a bit for us to get to that level." Wizard said.
"Well, get Summoner to tell you how to summon that...thing, and you should be set. As for me? Well...I could get a stronger set of armor, and who knows what else." Warrior said.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves now, but at least you and I gave the vampire queen a gigantic middle finger." Wizard said and Warrior chuckled at that.
"Damn right." Warrior said and Wizard put her hand on his shoulder.
"What do you say, once we get back, we have a celebration of our own? Just you and me." Wizard asked with some lust in her voice.
"I say this..." Warrior said before turning to kiss her, then she held him against her as they stood their kissing each other aggressively yet tenderly.
After getting their stuff together, the team left town, got out of sight, Ranger opened a portal to the frontier, looked around their old apartment, and heard the tavern bustling with merry-making. Everyone except Priestess went there; she had a deadline with Abbot to fulfill.
"There's our heroes now!" Spearman called as soon as the team entered and Guild Girl rushed to greet them after giving some drinks to some people, one of whom was stopped by another from grabbing her butt.
"Welcome back!" Guild Girl said as she hugged Ranger, who returned the favor.
"Good to be back." Ranger said with a smile before Guild Girl pulled away.
"Hard to believe that roughly a year ago you were all here as aspiring adventurers, and now...you brought down the most powerful vampire in history."
"The Hero herself said I deserve a Platinum Rank for cutting off her head." Ranger said.
"And the High King of the north asked us to come back in four days for a festival." Warrior said.
"Oh...good for you." Guild Girl said cheerily as they watched the others enjoy themselves. "Anyway...can I talk to you Ranger? Alone?"
"Alright." Ranger said as they went upstairs to the main office.
"So...how did Goblin Slayer do? He's not back yet, and I don't want to think about him not coming back in one piece." Guild Girl asked.
"He should be fine; he has his three teammates with him, and they have three demon hunters with them, one of whom is now Gold Ranked." Ranger said.
"Gold? Wow..." Guild Girl said.
"They probably got delayed, or found something big happened. We won't until they come back, and I have no doubt they will." Ranger said.
"You're probably right." Guild Girl said.
"Guild Girl...you're still going after him aren't you?" Ranger asked seriously, then Guild Girl sighed.
"Yes..." She said.
"Listen to me, he might be heroic, resourceful, quiet, and of course, incredibly strong...but he's broken, and he's not going to be fixed until the last goblin loses it's head. That farm girl he lives with as tried and failed for years on-end to get him to come out of his shell, and he even said right to my face that he sees her as his only family. It would not surprise me in the least if he was already in love with her. Whether they ever marry...well, that's anyone's guess, but look how me and Fighter's case turned out." Ranger said.
"I get it, it's just...he's so different from the rest of the men I keep getting pestered by." Guild Girl said as she sat down and held her head up with her hands.
"Right. But...in all-due-seriousness, you are pretty easy to look at." Ranger said and got a smile out of the lady.
"Thank you." She said.
"I've spoken about the Love Goddess quite a bit to some people, and Storm Mage has probably done so for years. If he were here, he'd probably say you have her blessing or something like that. It doesn't help that the War God and Love Goddess are married. I have half a mind to kiss your forehead for that reason alone." Ranger said which got Guild Girl's attention.
"You what...?" She breathed out.
"Like I said before: you are partially responsible for me and Fighter being together, and I don't care how little that role is." Ranger said as he knelt next to her.
"But...you're married to her." Guild Girl said.
"First off, a kiss on the forehead is more innocent than you think. Secondly, we are hardly strangers, and...I'm not trying to pressure you into anything extreme, nor will I ever. Last, and I cannot stress this part enough...you have that kind of treatment coming." Ranger said seriously.
"Alright..." Guild Girl whispered and Ranger placed a lingering and soft kiss on her forehead that made her flutter on the inside.
"I said the man who catches your eye will be a fortunate one about a year ago, and I'm sure he'll care for you as much as I care for Fighter." Ranger said before walking out and leaving Guild Girl to take in how intense that moment was; she knew his loyalty to Fighter was going nowhere but...who knew that little scrap of intimacy could be so liberating?
The team spent over an hour recalling events that happened at the vampire queen's fortress, which included what they did, how they did it, what happened to them, what they saw, who they were with, especially the Hero, and what powers the vampires had. Ranger's parents were probably the most interested for obvious reasons; this was their son talking about the most epic battle they had ever heard of! It was flattering at first, but it got boring as all hell eventually, too much so for some people.
"Oh Warrior?" Wizard said to her boyfriend as she came back in from getting some potions for the adventurers who needed them. "We should go..celebrate..."
"Finally, this is one of the most boring things I've ever been part of." Warrior said as he got up and followed her.
"Not for long..." Wizard said with a smirk.
Once they got to their home, they closed the door, went straight to their room and kissed each other rapidly and hungrily as they pawed each other's clothes off of their bodies, caressed and groping each other, especially with Warrior squeezing and fondling Wizard's generously-size breasts and her running her hands along his chiseled muscles. She then lashed tongues with him outside their mouths and turned around so he could treat her breasts from behind her while he sucked on her neck, which made her give off a horny chuckle. She then removed her underpants, turned around, gripped his hands, put them on her plump butt and he squeezed and fondled her just like he did with her breasts.
"You know...I drank some potion while I was over here..." Wizard whispered in his ear.
"You sly fox..." Warrior said and Wizard glanced at the bed to signal him, then she bent over while standing, and put her hands on the bed to stabilize herself, ultimately giving him a view of her swollen and glistening womanhood. Then he took his place behind her, griped her waist, and started fucking her. Her response was a pleasured moan that only got louder and more frequent as he slammed into her as fast and as hard as he could muster. They popped each other's cherries months ago, and shagged several times afterwards; there was no need to be gentle.
"You enjoying yourself...as much as I am...?" Warrior groaned out as he kept hammering into her, watching the ripples in her ass cheeks form in time with his thrusts and hearing the respective plopping sounds.
"Just...just keep...pounding me...!" Wizard said before continuing her throaty, blissful moans. A minute later, she gave out a longer, higher-pitched moan which signaled her orgasm and Warrior groaned himself a few seconds later and his thrusts slowed to a crawl and he pulled out of her with a few drops of his seed dripping from both their sacred places. He then grabbed a nearly cloth and wiped himself off as Wizard laid down on the bed, a bit delirious from the high. Then Warrior laid down next to her, then she chuckled as he casually stroked her buttocks, then squeezed and kneaded her soft flesh.
"I still got it don't I?" Warrior said with pride.
"Warrior...give me more." Wizard said as she got on top of him and dangled her breasts in his face, and he pressed both together to lick both nipples at the same time which made her gasp in pleasure. "Yes...that's it...oh baby...please don't stop..." Warrior didn't need to be told twice. He even gathered as much of her breasts in one hand as possible, eventually succeeded in getting them to cooperate with one hand, as the other kept groping her soft, supple buttocks, alternating between each cheek. Eventually, she stopped him doing both, then caressed his body from his calves, to his hips, to his abs, pecs and arms, to his freshly aroused manhood, which still had evidence from their previous tryst slathered all over it...not that she minded.
"Now?" Warrior asked.
"Now...!" Wizard said losing her patience, then Warrior got on top of her as she spread her legs a bit, then Warrior pushed into her again, and wasted no time pounding her into the mattress as she moaned her lungs out for just over a minute before they both burst and he collapsed on top of her, with her swollen breasts cushioning his descent, not that he would just fall on her mindlessly.
"Had enough?" Warrior asked half-jokingly.
"Oh yes..." Wizard groaned. "And...don't pretend...you didn't want this yourself you hound dog."
"Hound dog am I? You are aware I'm still inside you right?" Warrior teased.
"I almost don't want you to leave..." Wizard said.
"I love you too." Warrior said and watched Wizard smile at him before he leaned down to kiss her softly as she stroked his face and he caressed her soft, milky thighs.
Elsewhere, Goblin Slayer and company were fighting off an invasion of demonic goblins in the middle of a town. They overwhelmed some of the guards, butchered them alive on-the-spot, and tried to capture some women, but when GS neared them, they simply tore the women's heads off and had the nerve to throw the heads like projectiles, and GS simply dodged the heads and he butchered the throwers in-kind, with High Elf Archer shot down the goblins from the roof of a building, and Dwarf Shaman slung stones at them, while a Dragontooth warrior watched their backs as Lizard Priest tore through the goblins GS wasn't fighting.
"And we thought goblins were vile before. What happened to them?" H.E. Archer asked.
"I don't know, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to know." Dwarf Shaman said.
"23...29...34...42...51...57..." GS counted as he kept craving, kicking, and bashing through the goblin horde, making sure he hits them harder to make up for their increased toughness.
"It's amazing that Orcbolg doesn't even care they're stronger than normal goblins." H.E. Archer said before shooting 3 goblins at once.
"A goblin is still a goblin, and must be slain as such." Lizard Priest said before watching for more, then swatting several away with his tail then GS finished them with a bomb.
"78..." GS said after looking around.
"Thank you so much for taking care of those things." A mid-twenties woman they managed to save from being captured before looking at one of the dead guards. "Father...? Dear Supreme in Heaven!" She then started weeping over his armored carcass.
"And another family torn by these abominations." Lizard Priests groaned.
"We can still kill the goblins to prevent further deaths at their hands." GS said.
"Way to look at the brighter side of a tragedy Orcbolg." H.E. Archer said.
"I have to. Like I said before: if I don't, I would lose too much of my edge." GS said.
"As wise a statement as it was before Sir Goblin Slayer." Lizard Priest said.
"Let's just get back to the others..." Dwarf Shaman said
Elsewhere still...a man with a black leather coat with long, black hair rode a grey horse with green flames coming out of it's hooves through the woods, and when he neared a large wooden cabin with black iron fortifications, he got off the horse, went inside.
"Voices...so many voices...voices of the slain...voices of the plain. Voices of the bold...voices of the cold..." A pale, balding man chanted in the iron chair he sat on in the house's basement as the other man went down the stairs.
"Warlock. I need your help." The grey horse's rider said with a deep, and gravelly yet smooth voice.
"I gave more than enough help to the other revenant you cam here with, and look what I have to show for it! I curse every moment you walked this world since that day..." Warlock said.
"Careful Warlock. I'm not here to put you out of your misery, not yet." The revenant said.
"I care little for why you are here, and I am certainly not afraid you-" The revenant cut Warlock off by forming a purple, ethereal skeletal hand, complete with an arm and shoulder out of his back and gripping Warlock.
"I think you should be. The other revenant passed on to the afterlife, and I was given the power he left behind; I am quite possibly the most powerful revenant in this world. Also...I am older than he was." Elder Revenant said before he dispelled the arm. "Now...what do you know about these hell rifts opening up in different parts of the country?"
"Why do you care?" Warlock asked.
"Simple: too many souls reaped before their time, too much interfering with the world's balance, and of course, because the Death God does not take kindly to any of this." Elder Revenant said sharply.
"It was the battle against the vampire queen. Her unholy power kept the balance between Heaven and Hell, at least in her domain. Now that she is dead, there is now a void for the forces of darkness to fill." Warlock said with fear in his voice.
"How many portals were opened?" Elder Revenant asked.
"So far, only five places were afflicted, but each case was dealt with, either by high-tier adventurers, or servants of the church." Warlock said.
"How do I stop them?" Elder Revenant asked and Warlock kept quiet. "Answer me now!"
"The Sword Maiden...she started this, she can end it." Warlock said.
"How?" Elder Revenant asked.
"Ask her...yourself." Warlock said with a toothy grin.
"I am asking you parasite."Elder Revenant said after picking Warlock up off his chair with one hand, then Warlock fluttered his hand a series of iron bars pierce Elder Revenant through the torso from all directions, Warlock snickers and Elder Revenant formed an ethereal ribcage around him and the iron bars break apart and E.R continued holding up the pitiful man. "Answer the question...!"
"The Sword Maiden called upon the Supreme God's power directly...the forces of Hell responded in kind...Heaven played it's hand, Hell is playing it's own. Until this storm is weathered...there will be no power for her, but I promise you this: for better, or worse...she...will never...rise from the ashes." Warlock said before E.R. has enough and tears his soul out and looks upon it.
"Sick bastard, you deserved having your life stripped from you, before and after I arrived. You betray your family, sell their very souls to the Demon Lord so he can return, you watch your hometown burn to ashes, you even devour the heart of your own child...and now, you send a succubus to tear apart a family, blame it on the vampire queen, and now...you curse the Sword Maiden's fate. May Purgatory hold as many surprises for you as it can..." E.R. said before he summons his scythe, craves up the place, destroys every unholy relic in sight, removes the fragments of the iron bars still embedded in his body one by one, then leaves...
Ho boy...what a tangled web we weave, thanks to the new revenant here. In case you didn't notice, this one is much more passionate than the other one, who had a pretty in-your-face, "I don't give a shit" attitude. This one actually removed an evil-doer's soul because he didn't like him. Anyway, quite a bit of celebrating going on with the team, what with Ranger getting some face-time with Fighter, boasting of his team's success, and giving Guild Girl some love...within reason of course. Even Warrior and Wizard had some fun... Anyway...the Sword Maiden is probably in deep shit with what was going on, and chances are, the team will need to come to her direct aid a second time. Until then, be sure to Rate, Review, Share, and stay turned...