Black Sun
ブラックサン
(Burakkusan)
"When there is Light, there shall be Darkness."
Chapter 06:- The Hero Within
Opening Theme: Rightfully - Mili
Ending Theme: アルカテイル - Konomi Suzuki
-In a forest, the sight of Goblin Slayer with the Priestess along with the two Shamans and the High Elf Archer were seen together as they were walking behind Soul, the black armoured man as they were following him. Walking through the beautiful forest that were filled with plants and other animals, the Priestess was amazed at the sight-
Priestess: Wow! This is just so amazing!
Elf Archer: Now that I think about it, this is the first time you've been through a Life Forest, huh?
Priestess: A Life Forest?
Goblin Slayer: It's a holy ground that is filled with animals and rare species of life. It's the Elves' sanctuary and home.
Priestess: Eh? Home of the Elves?
Elf Archer: Not the High Elves, we High Elves also live in the forest but our kingdom is somewhere far from Human grounds. Normal Life Forests are sanctuaries to the Night Elves and the Wood Elves.
Priestess: May I ask? How many types of Elves are there?
Elf Archer: Well.. There's actually quite a few.
Priestess: Such as?
Elf Archer: One being mine. The High Elves. The one that stand at the top of the chain of all Elves, the highest ranked of them all. The High Elves learn arts of all nations and races but are quiet fighters, we rarely show ourselves to the world, since our world is full of secrets.
Lizard Shaman: What are the other races?
Elf Archer: Night Elves, the nocturnal cousins of our race. They are always active at night, making them great hunters against prey that sleep at night and wake up during the day. They're not evil, but they are extremely stealthy and formidable during night time and if they were to raid a single village during dusk, there will be casualties unless they're fighting an imperial army.
Goblin Slayer: But they don't hunt Humans?
Elf Archer: Nah, they only hunt down other animals and moving plants.
Lizard Shaman: What about the Wood Elves?
Elf Archer: They're small and adorable little Elves~ They're like fatty right here. -She said as she was referring to the Dwarf Shaman's height-
Dwarf Shaman: What did you just say?!
Elf Archer: Oh nothing~ The Wood Elves are workers, they grow plants and trees and take them down to construct homes on trees and spread their civilisation across the continent, their numbers are far superior than the Night and High Elves combined but they're not skilled fighters.
Priestess: Farmers?
Elf Archer: Yes! Exactly! They're farmers. If you guys ever come across one in a forest and you need some wood working, you can ask them to help, they're quite cheap. Maybe a single gold coin will be enough for them to make a house or two, made out of good wood for one or two people. A whole village worth of Wood Elves could lead to a large construction of a village that could fit at least a hundred people or so. They're hard workers and will work for cheap but they're not that easy to come across these days.
Lizard Shaman: Why is that?
Elf Archer: I've been hearing rumours about the entire Elven race preparing for war against the Overlord's army, but those are just rumours.
Goblin Slayer: Elves preparing for war? Against Goblins?
Elf Archer: Wha-? I just said- Ugh! Whatever..
Dwarf Shaman: What's the other Elf race?
Elf Archer: Ah. The Dark Elves. Spellcasters and lords of the dead, like human wizards and witches, the Dark Elves learn the art of dark magic ever since they were born, unlike their counterparts, the Sun Elves. The Dark Elves are servants of the Demon Lord, or...They were anyway.
Dwarf Shaman: What happened to them anyway?
Elf Archer: To tell you the truth, I don't know, they've been quiet ever since the defeat of the Demon Lord. Maybe they'll make a comeback with the Overlord's awakening, but I'm still unsure if they are still alive or are planning to team up with the Overlord.
Priestess: What can the Dark Elves do?
Elf Archer: A lot of things, revive the dead, create armies of ghouls and skeletons to fight, turn into spirits called "Banshees" that allows them to possess anyone they desire for a certain period of time and then kill the possessed host but they don't have an army to back them up so they're easy to kill if you know where to find them.
Dwarf Shaman: Easy to kill, hard to hunt down?
Elf Archer: Yes, they know how to hide just as well as any elf there is known to mankind.
Lizard Shaman: What about Green Elves?
Elf Archer: Green Elves? They keep to themselves and hang around the waterfall of Soradia in the south. I don't know what they normally do but I was told that they are friendly to all races, even to Orcs and Ogres and sometimes even servants of the Demon Lord.
Dwarf Shaman: Why the hell would they be nice to the world's enemy?!
Elf Archer: I don't know but it's what my friends in my town would tell me.
Dwarf Shaman: Nonsense! Elves befriending minions of the Demon Lord?! Such bullcrap.
Elf Archer: Hey! I may not be a Green Elf but I'm still an Elf! And I will not tolerate you insulting my kind!
Dwarf Shaman: Ah whatever, your anvil!
Elf Archer: Wha-?! -She quickly covered her chest as she blushed madly and got angry- I'm not flat! You fat pig!
Dwarf Shaman: I am not a pig!
Lizard Shaman: This is going to be a long day.. -He said as he sighed softly while Goblin Slayer and the Priestess followed behind while the five were following Soul as the man was alert of his surroundings and was really quiet-
-Hours passed as night came, the five came across a small abandoned village and took refuge at the center of the town as Goblin Slayer made a camp fire while the others were preparing food. Soul was patrolling around the area on his own-
Priestess: Soul-san is quite odd, isn't he?
Elf Archer: The man keeps everything to himself, he's really quiet.
Dwarf Shaman: I thought you like quiet guys.
Elf Archer: Shut up.
-Back to Soul, he was shot by a small fireball as he would jump back and dodge the attack as he would look up to see the source of the attack, only to find three women were standing at the top of the rooftops of an abandoned watchtower, one of them was a wizard, the other had a brown ponytail with gauntlets on her arm, showing that she was an obvious fighter, the one in the center was a young girl with long red hair as she had body armour and a sealed sword on her waist-
Redhead: Hold it right there, Villain! -She then chuckled and scratched her cheek softly- Hehe~ That sounded cooler than I thought.
Wizard: You just ruined the moment..
Soul: The...Hero..
Hero: Oh! So you've heard of me! Hehe~ I'm flattered~
Fighter: He's the enemy, why are you joking with him?
Hero: Hmph! I sense the dark aura around him but he doesn't look evil.
Wizard: He is definitely a servant of the former Demon Lord.
-Soul's eyes glowed orange as he glared at the girls but the three were unafraid as the Hero would jump up and pull out her blade and swung it at Soul as the holy sword glowed brightly and caused a powerful explosion not far from where Goblin Slayer and the others were at-
Elf Archer: W-What was that?!
Priestess: Soul-san!
Goblin Slayer: Lizard Shaman, Elf, come with me. -He said he would grab his sword and run towards the explosion as the High Elf Archer along with the Lizard Shaman would follow behind Goblin Slayer while the Priestess and Dwarf Shaman stayed back- He could be in trouble.
Lizard Shaman: He might be fighting a demon.
Elf Archer: Or something worse. Goblins..
Goblin Slayer: -His left eye glowed bright red as he drew out his short sword and ran ahead of the two- Goblins.
-Once the three adventurers reached their destination, their eyes widened in shock at the sight of the Hero and her two companions fighting against Soul as the three fighters were tired and were slightly wounded while Soul was unscathed as he was standing in between the three-
Elf Archer: Soul! What are you doing?!
"Hie des sho ga no wa rei den lun rag zai.." -Soul was mumbling to himself softly as the stripes of his armour would glow orange with his eyes and the cape around his armour would split in half and harden as it transformed into wings as the pitchfork on his tail would ignite in flames and his gauntlets would change shape into claws as he turned to the Hero and glared at her-
Hero: Oh no..
Wizard: -Her eyes widened at the sight of Soul as she took a step back- H-He's a Drag-Fighter!
Fighter: Tsk! Hero! I think we should fall back!
Hero: A little too late for that! -She said as she panicked as Soul would fly towards the Hero and attack her with his powerful claws while the girl defended herself from his relentless attacks-
Goblin Slayer: A Drag-Fighter?
Lizard Shaman: A Dragonman, a superior species of us Lizardmen. Drag-Fighters evolve from the harsh conditions of their home environment and evolve and adapt from multiple near death experiences, they are more powerful than the commanders and honour guards of the Demon Lord!
Fighter: You three! I would suggest you get out of here! This man is dangerous!
Elf Archer: We were hired by him! We're working for him!
Fighter: What?!
Elf Archer: And since you're attacking him, that makes you our enemy! -She said as she pulled out her bow and arrow and aimed right at the fighter- If you don't want to shed any needless blood, I would suggest you to leave us!
Fighter: Adventurers of all things.. Hero! We must leave!
Hero: A little help here! Ah! -Soul grabbed the girl's hand tossed her at the wizard behind him as the two would clash and hit each other as they would fall off of the roof-
Soul: We must...Leave immediately.
Elf Archer: What?! We just got here not long ago!
Soul: We can set up at the forest ahead, it is safer there. -He said as balls of fire would appear around him as he launched them right at the hero but the wizard cast a protection spell, causing the flames to hit the shield as it created multiple large explosions-
-The three adventurers did as they were told as they left the abandoned village quickly and ran straight to the forest ahead of them while Soul was fighting against the three girls, the fighter girl would punch Soul in the stomach as it created a powerful airwave but the punch did not hurt the man as he would grab the girl's hand and lifted her up with one hand and slammed her down the rooftop, causing her to crash down onto the building below. The wizard fired a large spike of lightning at the man but he used his flames and block the attack and fired another ball of flame at the ground the wizard stood on, created a powerful explosion as the wizard fell back and landed on the ground after facing the explosion head on. The Hero was in panic as she was worried about her teammates as the Drag-Fighter would stare down at the hero with his bright glowing eyes as he would flap his wings and fly into the air and leave the village to meet up with the other adventurers-
Hero: -She fell onto her knees and took multiple deep breathes as she let out a sigh in relief- H-He was much...Stronger than the Demon Lord... I've never faced such strength before.. -She dropped her sword and held her arm and was shaking in fear- W-What is this strength..? What kind of power was that...?
-Back in the forest, the adventurers had set up a new small campsite as they watched the sight of a man flying towards them and could see his glowing eyes from afar-
Elf Archer: I have a bad feeling about this quest, Orcbolg..
Goblin Slayer: What is done has been done, it is too late now.. -His eye sparked for a second at the sight of Soul-
-TO BE CONTINUED-
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The race known as "Dragmen" are an evolved raced of Lizardmen crossed between Humans and Demons, it's a mixture between 3 species that only appears once every thousands of years. Dragmen are as powerful as Ogres and demons but are originally much weaker than lords, necromancers and Demon Lords but Soul was made to be more different than the other Dragmen as he was specially constructed by a powerful being.