CHAPTER 9: SECOND FORMS

Neil is about to absorb the energy essence of the troll warlord when something strange happen to its body, Neil felt an abnormal power residue begun to build up to the crushed heart of the troll warlord, Neil sigh, he already understand the situation easily as he reminiscences the hack n slash games he once play.

“Second form? Ok I can deal with it” he shrugged, he then just prepared his electrified runic blade. “Come on!”

The abnormal power residue become more potent and destructive, the troll warlords body float as the numerous static charges scattered over its body, healing the wounds and injuries that Neil inflicted to the troll warlord, the troll warlord body twitched, signs of coming back alive, horns appeared in the forehead, the open chest wound was overlapped by a strange demonic eye, muscle become abnormally grew bulkier and massive as the skin stretched, forming such oppressive masculinity, the height of troll warlord also increased.

“Evolving into an Oni? Cool trick!”

As the eyes open and vision become clear, the former troll warlord who turn into an intimidating Oni begins to howl louder, Neil just chuckled, this is gonna be fun, he estimated that this troll warlord sudden resurrected evolving might increased massively his threat level to Class C.

Neil concentrated his power, he must be frugal in making moves and must calculated the stamina and energy he might lose, he also have a gut feeling that the eyes in the middle of bulkier chest might shot some laser beams and also its weakness as he imagine all the bosses in different games who had the same feature as the Oni have.

“RRAAARRGGHH!!!” The Oni growl as it pounce on Neil. “NEED WOMMAANN!!”

“Sorry but I’m a guy” Neil replied as he jump out to dodge the raging claws of the Oni.

Neil the propelled himself from air and launch himself to the Oni, followed by consecutive slash and strikes, as he tumble back away from the Oni, the latter cried in pain as his wounds heals instantly, Neil have a bad feeling about this.

“Master, I think its-“ Lily White spoke to his consciousness, fearing that Neil found himself in a pinch of a real trouble.

“No, not yet, I cannot expose you to that Shaman monkey, I knew he is watching us and gauge our ability, it will be a waste if he discover that you are with me”

Neil replied as he saw the Oni pick the corpse of the troll and goblin and threw at Neil in a speed of a launching arrow, Neil duck and slide to evade the incoming projectiles and waiting for an opportunity to strike.

“WOMAN! I NEED THOSE SLUTS!” Oni howls in vulgarity, as it impede an incoming bull charge at Neil.

Neil found himself pressed to the walls at the ending part of the garden but he remain calm and clear as he wait for the right distance to exploit this monster, running in very fast and savage manner, the Oni slams it broad shoulder to the walls and breakthrough to the next room, Neil manage to side flip to evade as he stood again and saw the clouding dust that the Oni caused by his crashing charge.

“Pervert till the end” Neil sigh, he then enter the room that the Oni crashed.

When Neil entered the room, a powerful fist appeared to punch Neil as Neil shield his runic lightning elemental sword, that punch packs a wallop as Neil fling to the other walls and crash there, he fall to the floors with deep pain as he kneeled to the ground, the Oni raised both his arms and about to smash Neil, but Neil is faster as he stood very fast and slam the tip of his lightning elemental runic sword and produced a lightning field.

The static charges hits whole room except the wielder, numerous sparks appeared and shock everything it contacts, one static charge miraculously hit the eye on the middle of the chest of the Oni, the Void monster twitched and stun all of the sudden as Neil gain an epiphany on his sudden move, a definitive stunning skill, without further ado Neil withdrawn his electric charging runic sword and change to flaming runic axe and light infused runic mace.

Neil going all out berserk as he slam all of his weapon in fast and deadly strikes, seizing the opportunity to damage heavily badly stunned Oni, after consecutive blows, the Stunned void monster recovered and become fierce as he engage Neal in a brawl battle, Neil parried the powerful punch and Dodge the powerful kicks, waiting for another way to strike.

“DAMN YOU HUMAN!”

Roared by the Oni as it swipe with its huge massive arms to brush Neil, Neil slide to the side as he manage to evade the huge and bleeding arms of the Oni as it regenerates, the Oni jump away from Neil and pick the two halberd axes, then it rushes to Neil as it preparing to strike him into tiny bits.

“I see now” Neil muttered as he withdrawn his two weapons and exchange it into his signature runic spear. “Null Ascension – Enhancement”

Neil activate his null magic as a storm of energy flow through his legs and arms, reaching to his spear as it glows and sparks, Neil charge his feet to propelled himself like an arrow released from bow, the huge predator is coming to get him, he need to be a scorpion who fights back with a poison tail.

“Raising your weapons to crush me while leaving your chest eye exposed” Neil speak as he dash very fast in a blink of an eye, launching to deal a heavy blow, leaving a cracking ground to the floor of the room where he stood.

Before the mad Oni can land his weapons on Neil, a dashing light struck him with powerful blow that the impact cause a pressuring force at the back of the Oni, directed to the eye on the chest with precise and timing, this blow is very fatal, even the raging void monster wash pushed back and kneeled to the floor, Neil stood at the front of this brute breathing heavily.

“IT HURTS! IT HURTS! DAMN YOU!” Oni howled in pain as he drop the halberd axe in his left hand and touched the pierced eye.

“If I don’t have any gaming knowledge, I died already in this fight, good thing his chest eye never have an ability of invoking light beams”

Neil though as he withdrawn his spear and summon his earth runic hammer, Neil jump high as he charge his hammer for a lethal blow, the Oni alarmed on incoming danger as it uses its halberd in right hand and use his left hand for support, the impact clash as the Oni felt a heavy force behind that hammer, kneeled in the ground as the hammer pressing him down with incredible force that the ground is creating cracks and small fissures.

Neil knows the circumstances, as he use a full throttle of “Null Ascension – Enhancement” on mid air as he pressed the hammer, cracks can be seen in the handle of the halberd as the weaken Oni tried to resist, Neil’s eyes burning with intense rage as he pressed more.

“Die!”

The handle of the halberd cracked as the hammer remain victorious, the hammer's remains brute force smashed to the face of the Oni, as Neil gritted his teeth and clenching his fist, trying to smash the face of the Oni to the ground, with brute force, it slams to the floor, resulting to a powerful shock wave that resonated to the whole room, breaking the glasses and vase because of such devastating strike.

Neil disengage his earth runic hammer and summon his lightning runic sword, he stab the eye in the chest once again as he pour his energy to the sword and the sword glows and glows as the static charge become more potent and dense, the Oni howl in pain and struggles as it claw swipes Neil legs, inflicting small wounds and rashes, Neil gritted his teeth, as he sunk the glowing sword deeply to the heart once again.

“Your already dead!”

Neil cried as he finally sunk his sword to the heart again and released the explosive power of lighting inside the body of the Oni, the electrocution is very unbearable as Neil massive and dense static charges scattered all over the body of the Oni, exploding all nerves and veins as it popping inside the skin, few minutes pass, the body of the Oni turned into charred flesh as it the light smoke bursting from every inch of its skin.

Neil fully exhausted, he walk limply to the side, he sat down to a wooden chair, controlling his breath and relaxing his posture, Neil absorbs the essence energy of the fallen Troll Warlord/Oni, the essence energy is easily refine inside Neil's core, Neil accumulated of total 200 energy power, reaching 600 energy power, such rich essence he accumulated, it replenish the lost stamina he have in the battle.

Neil made his way back to the garden, he saw another batch of goblins are having fun of the female captives, Neil came to the rescue as he slaughter all of them in a flash, remorse and pity fill his heart, back then he was in his old world, he only watch this scene on anime, manga, hentai videos and doujinshi and don’t bother about it at all, but now the new reality slaps him too hard to accept this kind of punishment.

Numerous tears and cries, body full of rashes and dirt, numerous sweats and white substances all over the body, Neil knew that all captives here are pregnant with the child of these monsters, twitching and full of trauma, their eyes are lifeless, no resisting can be trace from their body as if they are used to it, Neil sigh as he gaze on these naked ladies with broken heart.

Neil goes back to the room where he killed the Oni, he then get the old curtains there and remove its dust, he then came back again to the garden as he ripped the curtain and turn it into a coat to cover the captive’s whole nudity.

Neil then get the rope to the side of the troll warlord’s throne, he then tied the hands of seven traumatize female captives and lead them out from the castle, Neil return to the camp near the river side, upon on his return, pile of Orc, trolls and goblins corpse laying near to the camp, the ice array did a good job on protecting the captive’s, some of the captives that still sane meet Neil and his seven new rescued captives.

The Captives take care of the newer ones, Neil wrote a special sign inputed letter for the Iceberg Family to heal and aid the captives as Neil give them a map and safe route to follow, Neil have a bad feeling if these captives remain here, although the captives wearing rags and curtain clothing in this cold weather, Neil knew they can survive as they follow the right directions, Neil also give the sane ones some weapon for protection against pack of wolves and lamp for the others to hold in case of night fall comes on their way.

Neil made his last gaze to the survivors as they trailed the snowy landscape to safety, Neil come back to the old castle once again, on his way back, numerous trolls and goblins appeared and few orcs can be seen, Neil summon his lightning runic sword and light infused runic mace, begin to engage as he slaughter these void monsters without a pause.

“Weakening me by sheer numbers, hmm, nice tactics but I’m not so easy to exhaust like that”

Neil thought as he beheaded one troll with his lighting runic sword and smash the face of the goblin with light infused runic mace, Neil jumps high to avoid being skewered by numerous spear, he activate the power of his runic sword and sunk it to the ground, creating a lightning field that he used to stun the Oni, electrified all the nearby enemies and shock them to the core till they become a black and toasted corpse.

Neil absorbs their essence energy before it dissipates in the thin air, total accumulation reach to 635 energy power, Neil continue his journey, another battle ensued when he arrives in the gates, in the end, Neil kills all his opponent without showing mercy, hesitation in killing his enemies will result to his sudden demise, raising his energy power level to 678.

Neil ventured the castle room to rooms, killing goblins, trolls and orcs along the way as he accumulated of total 102 total energy power refine into his, making his power level reach to 780, after he finish absorbing and refining the essence energy of the enemies, Neil found a huge door in front of him in the long hall way, Neil runs to it, after he get closer to the huge door, Neil opens it and a small Coliseum appeared in his line of sight.

Numerous orcs, trolls and goblins cheering up, waiting for him to arrive, at the other end of the coliseum, the Orc Warchief stood there with his battle thirst dual axe, he wear a incomplete set of armors with spikes and chains decoration, his dual runic axe with a runic red glyphs, at his huge back, a mountain halberd axe resting, Neil felt the oppressive aura of the Orc Warchief.

“Brothers! Pink skin kill kin, Orc Chief avenge dead brothers, we claim pink skin head!” roared of the Orc Warchief echoed in the small Coliseum, every orcs, trolls and goblins present there cheered and cried for vengeance.

“This dude surely a Rank C threat level, I can’t let my guard down, if an High-Class Battle Sage in my own level will have a battle with that muscle head, guaranteed this battle will not go long for a half minute before that poor battle sage dies”

Neil contemplated on the difference of strength of him and the big guy, but Neil was sure he can fight head on with his abilities and runic weapons in his arsenal, the only thing that Neil wasn’t sure is what is the capable of this Void Monster can do.

“Pink skin! You die, Orc Chief live! Gahahahaha!” The orc Warchief laugh as he begin his battle stance.

One goblin stood at the side of coliseum and blow the horn, the door where Neil come from is been locked, All the crowd are cheering for their powerful leader and making fun of Neil, Neil summon his lightning runic sword and light infused runic mace, he made a battle stance as Neil take a deep breath and begin to keen his eyes on his prey.

“Null Ascension – Enhancement” Neil invoke his null magic

“Orc Chief step puny human!”

Orc Warchief roar as he charge with his dual runic axe as these two axes form of flame magic, similar to Neil’s Runic flame axe, Neil concentrate as he dashed in extreme speed to clash with the big guy, a sound of clashing metal explode as the shock wave of the impact blows the dust in the coliseum, Neil was pushed back by his stabbing strike while the Orc Warchief shielded himself with his two runic flame axe as he stood in his location without being moved by the impact.

“Impressive, but that’s not enough” Neil comment as he swing his runic lightning sword.

“Show Orc Chief what you’ve got, pink skin!” taunt by the Void monster as his axe imbued in flames.

“With pleasure” Neil replied as he readied himself.

Neil attack again but this time, he is not charging mode, he dash in intense speed as he appeared in the side of the Orc Warchief, before the big guy can react, a powerful swing of mace in the left hand blown his right knee, Orc Warchief endured the powerful blow as he swing his flaming axe in his right hand to hack Neil into two, Neil side step as he swing his runic lightning sword to the arm of the Orc Warchief.

“Pink skin, full himself!” roared by Orc Warchief as he use his left axe to block Neil's attack, but Neil fake his attack as he jump to the front of the Orc Warchief and smash his mace on his face.

The Orc Warchief endured the pain as he tried to use his right axe to follow Neil and slice him, Neil use his runic lightning sword to shield his back as the two metal weapons meet and clash, pushing Neil to the side due to impact, Neil lands and made it back to his feet, his then shifted his eyes to see the Orc Warchief very close to him as with the dual flaming axe ready to strike him down.

Neil leap backwards to avoid the danger, resulting to a flaming explosion as Neil remain alert, from the smoke, the two runic flame axe is whirling flying towards him, Neil readied his weapon and take a deep breath as his eyes examine the projectile coming to get him.

“Null Ascension – Enhancement” He invoke as the surge of energy power spreads to his arms and legs, also flow to his dual weapons as the runic Light mace shone brightly and the runic lightning sword sparks with more electrity.

Neil swing hard his weapons to deflect the two incoming projectiles, the clashing metal sound echoed followed by numerous sparks as the four weapons meet, the impact was so hard that the two axes fling outside the arena and land on one of the marble seats of coliseum and made a minimal explosion on the landing.

“PINK SKIN!” Roared again by the so much vigorous Orc Warchief as he held his runic mountain halberd and will try to hack Neil into two.

Neil slide to the side of Orc Warchief to dodge the edge of the halberd and slam his mace to the left knee of the Orc Warchief, before the Orc Warchief can react, Neil activate his runic lightning sword ability as he stab the sword to its heel and shock the Orc Warchief in full volts of electricity.

The Orc Warchief flinched in pain as he struggles from unbearable shock, Neil pulled his sword from the heel of the reckless void monster, as he jump high to find a breathing room for his next attack.

The Orc Warchief shifted his gaze to Neil and he saw that Neil is readying for a dive attack, the Orc Warchief held his halberd in defensive stance, Neil readied his mace as the runic light mace shines and launched a light beam projectiles to hit the Orc Warchief in different parts of his body in a flash that even the Orc Warchief cannot followed easily, losing his balance in his defensive stance for such unpredictable attack.

Neil found him full of openings and has a slowed reaction then readied his weapons as he slam the light infused mace to the face of the Orc Warchief and sunk his sword to the right neck of the Orc Warchief, with these sudden actions, even the agonizing Orc Warchief was flabbergasted in such calculated attack, Neil summon his earth bound runic hammer as he land on the ground to smash it to the howling in pain Orc Warchief.

“Null Ascension – Enhancement”

The earth bound runic hammer become more dense and heavy as Neil chanted his Null spell, Orc Warchief was alarm as he held his halberd to attack before Neil can launch his, Neil jumps high, the wild swing arc of Orc Warchief miss him in time, as Neil charged his brute strength to the hammer and ready to slam the head of the Orc Warchief.

“PINK SKINN!!” It howled at Neil as he too charged his brute strength to his halberd to meet Neil’s hammer.

Both two slams their weapon as a loud shockwave erupts, blowing the dust of the coliseum, even the void monster audience is tumbled aback and even pushed away by such pressure, as the audience recovered and look to the coliseum, they saw their Warchief at the ending side of coliseum crashed, and when they look at the bastard pink skin, he is kneeling exhaust, blood leaking from his wounds.

It was a moment of silence, but that silenced was broken when the powerful roar erupt from the Orc Warchief burst to every corner of the coliseum, his body become to evolved, four new limbs are growing in his sides, forming into arms in fast rate, his armor are burst from his spurt of body growth mutation, his body become more muscular and massive than before, spikes forms from his back, his elbows and knees, bony plates form in his shoulder, arms, torso, thighs, and legs.

“Master!” Lily White's trembling voice echoed in Neil's mind, waking up Neil from his dormant state.

“AAGGHHHH!!!” Neil cried out as he felt the numerous painful wounds already getting his sensory nerves, such painful experience he agonizing through. “Oh shit, this is truly shit hurts!”

Neil stood and endured with great fortitude his numerous wounds as he saw the fully evolved Orc Warchief with incredible height staring down on his pitiful state, Neil gritted his teeth as he think quickly, Neil summon the silver long sword of the Goblin Paladin he killed recently and made a battle stance, the Orc Warchief charge like am unstoppable Juggernaut as he step on the Brocken runic halberg and hammer on the ground.

“KILL! KILL! KILL!”

Grunted of the evolved void monster, as he leaps high and ready to smash Neil into smithereens, Neil found himself in a very tight situation as he think what will he do next, Neil found no escape from the clutches of this big and mutated guy as it about to land its fatal blow to him.

A sound of explosion erupts, followed by numerous pounding sound, Neil was smashed to the ground as his runic long sword break into pieces to block such powerful slam but still not enough, Neil's body was buried into the ground as his eyes become lifeless, he was punched numerous times as felt all of his ribs was shattered and his innards are pulverized, blood leaking to every inch of his body.

“Master!” Lily White's voice echoed.

“Master! Summon me now!”

“Master please!”

“No! It can’t be! No! Master please don’t die!”

He heard it, yes he heard it but he can’t do it, not yet, not now, all powerful weapons must conceal for a bigger threat, but now, Neil is on verge of death, everything is growing grey and hazy for himself, he felt the unbearable pain but he can’t react to it, that’s right, he become lifeless, every single memory flashback to him, every colorful days with the family back to him, his hobbies, his dreams and his devotion to game and anime.

Lily White felt the sudden strange amount of power erupting from the floating island where she stays in, she felt numerous magical leylines flashing through her eyes, the essence is so warm and pure, Lily White suddenly felt numb and weak and succumb to such warmth and clear essence energy, this energy power that she sought to bring her a peace and tranquility is coming from the core of his beloved master.

“Null Ascension – Reinforcement”

Pushing again to his limit, facing again his death door and walking again in abyss, Neil awaken with a surge of power imbued his whole body, his skin turned black metallic as his nerves and veins come visible in color of scorching red, an explosion happens, as the rays of scorching red lights explode and numerous lava fissures appeared, the Juggernaut was throw away to the other side again as its feet slide to the ground to reduce the momentum force and stand firmly.

Neil appeared again from the flaming smoke with a full buff body, as his body grew tremendously with masculinity figure and specks, while covered in black metallic skin and scorching red nerves all over the body except his red violet, his height are also increased, he then clash his fist as it made a few sparks on impact to each other.

“I felt shit earlier, but now, let’s get into business”

Neil spoke as he run very fast towards the Juggernaut, the Juggernaut replied by charging in, both two are running so fast to meet each other, the Juggernaut leap to get Neil, Neil slide as he readied his right fist as the red nerves glows.

“Null Ascension – Enhancement”

Neil invoke his null spell as the surge of energy flow over his body, with a powerful charging punch, Neil give a massive blow to the face of Juggernaut as the explosion occurred in such impact, the Juggernaut was fling away and rolling backwards as it crashed to the walls.

Neil inspect his new found power and quiet surprised to his new body, his small and frail body turn into a massive body of a hardcore body builder as he can see the biceps and triceps in fully harden shape when he flex it as the red scorching nerves become more visible in his eyes, he look to his torso and found his solid rock abs, checking his legs and found how monstrous its form.

“Wow, cool magic trick!” Neil whistle in amazement as he made few macho flexes and staring at his huge specks and muscles.

The Juggernaut awaken from being stun in that powerful punch that Neil inflict to him, spitting his lost tooth as he made a raging howl, Neil just smile as the bigger guy than him charge again, Neil then charge and want to do some experiments on his bulky figure and test it for studies.

The Juggernaut prepared his three fist to land at Neil, Neil smiled as simply dodge the three fist of the charging Evolved Orc Warchief and slam his thick metal shoulders to his side ribs and give a powerful momentum charge as he drag the whole big body of the big guy to the wall, because of Neil sudden movements, the Juggernaut was quiet off guarded to the tackle attack.

The two crash to the wall after wall of the coliseum and to the next room, because of the impact, the Juggernaut cannot move to resist and stop Neils tackle charge, he just endure each crash until they reach the throne room where Neil supplex the Juggernaut to the stone cold floor and made a fissure crack in process.

“Let’s finish it here!”