Grand Adventures of the Witch King

Clash 4

“Move!” The chief shouted.

Psh!

But it was a little too late as Ullo’s blade also tore through another elder who could barely react!

The tide of the battle had now turned; the youth they suddenly had cornered had become a terrifying beast. He moved almost unseen by all and only left behind blood and limbs flying in his wake. The only one who managed to capture his movement was the chief, but that was all he could do.

“Gather behind me! We will end this evil spirit here and today!” Called out the chief at the few remaining members. 

Ullo paused for a split second at this, and all as he was about to charge at this futile attempt of saving themselves under his enhanced power, a feeling of danger warned him of a sudden attack, it was fast but not enough as he evaded it easily.

Boom!

An even bigger crater than the chief’s first attack blew up the place Ullo had just vanished from.

“To think you children would involve this old grandmother to step in and save you all. Is this baby creature so difficult that all of you cannot defeat it?” 

A wizen and age female voice called out in disappointment, this made the villagers shout out in joy and exhilaration as they recognized her.

“The shaman is here!”

“We are saved!”

“Please, save them, shaman!”

Ullo locked gaze at his attacker, and indeed it was that old shaman, dressed in a plain large grey cloak, she had wrinkled skin-like bark, her complexion almost ashy, with a head full of pale white hair. Her frame shrunk and withered, but her green eyes were as bright as stars as they bored into his own as her slightly trembling hands held her staff tightly.

Not taking her eyes from him, she quickly instructed the women, “You girls get up there and activate the gem according to what I have taught you, I’ll assist them for now and keep him occupied. He might be powerful, but he is but a mere babe.”

She didn’t wait for them to reply as she gently slammed her staff into the ground causing it to tremble slightly.

Ullo suddenly sensed something coming from below his feet, he leaped away and the moment he did, large green vines twisted out from the ground like terrifying vipers!

They didn’t stop as they whipped like hungry snakes in the air towards him, Ullo had to evade and weaved in between them, but they surrounded him from all corners with each motion he took as if they could predict his next movements!

Seeing this Ullo decided to s***h through them, the glow on his sword had turned into a small yellow flame, and he cut a vine about to whip his back into two, causing it to release its sap that accidentally landed on his hand.

It burned! 

Ullo didn’t let it continue as he quickly shook it off quickly as it almost continued to eat his skin, this made him even realize that those vines had more surprises.

But even then his hand was slightly singed, determined to rid himself of them Ullo gathered his energy and made the small flame burn a little brighter all the while he evaded the vines midair and soon landed on the ground once more, he faced the coming onslaught of toxic vines with a solemn gaze and waved his sword towards them!

A yellow crescent attack shot off his sword and flew towards them with ease it chopped all the vines making sending large vines flying in the air and crash into the ground. Their toxic juices spilling in the air, Ullo having experienced them didn’t dare linger close at all.

The attack though successful came at a cost, his hand was now weaker, besides that, it was the one that was just singed. Perhaps there was something even more within that toxic fluid other than eating flesh. 

Just as he was about to switch his sword to the other hand, a familiar beam blast came at him fast!

Forcing him to use the injured hand, he blocked it but the power behind it was too strong that it dragged Ullo for a meter before he managed to shift out of the way, letting it destroy a few buildings behind him.

He saw the perpetrator of the attack fall to his knees, exhausted. 

At this moment he regretted letting him live, for the chief has now been very annoying.

And it was time to remedy that, swiftly switching his sword to his less dominant but uninjured hand, Ullo rushed towards him!

But was soon blocked by the remaining elders and protectors, yet Ullo didn’t stop, for they were like flies to the current him!

He was then over the chief once more leaving a hellish scene of fallen limbs and gore behind him, he raised his faintly glowing sword above the head of the chief, and this time no matter where the hit was going to land, it would be devastating!

But he had forgotten the shaman was there and for a woman, with one foot in the grave, she proved to be a challenge and so at that moment as the sword was about to cut the chief clean in half he had to shift it in order to respond to a threat that his body’s instincts warned him would be dangerous.

Bam! 

It was a large orange palm made of energy that collided with his sword and send him skidding slightly, but it too broke and turned into orange mist and allowed to see where it came from.

All this time the women had climbed onto the stage, the shaman and the chief had been busy holding him just to buy them time for the women to unleash a weapon that they would never use unless at such a moment such as this.

‘I am indeed a mere babe, compared to them.’

With his powerful vision, he saw that they all had bleeding wrists and pale faces and on the gem, an orange mist the size of his head was floated above it.

The ball sent a large tendril towards the old shaman and it seemed that she had been the one to send that palm attack.

And she was ready to send another once more as the glowing orange ball shone even brighter! 

Though after all these attacks his aura had faded somewhat, yet he was still strong and had enough time to make a wild dash for it to his secret hideout and recover after taking this blow that was coming at him swiftly.

And the sense of death was so high at this moment that he couldn’t focus it out from which direction it came, so at this moment as the orange glow writhed and roiled as it grew into a giant fist that flew at blinding speed towards him along with a deadly force.

 He barely sensed the chief who rose up from beside him and suddenly held him tightly in a strong grip!

"Now!" A loud roar came from the chief, who had waited to gamble with the last remaining strength in his body to hold and stall this fiend so they put an end to it!

Ullo was shocked at this, his entire body was held tightly, even his arms were bound!

The moment such thoughts were comprehended, Ullo noticed that the fist was in front of him!

“AAAHH!”

Bang!

With a fierce bellow to draw even more strength, Ullo threw the chief off him making him crash even further away, and welcomed the fist with both hands on his sword and gave a mighty swing!

BOOM!

A shockwave akin to that of a hurricane was blasted out at the collision point!

Ullo looked at the gigantic fist that was in his vision full of power that wanted to overwhelm him! 

With his teeth grit at the pain being emitted to his brain from his hands, Ullo gave a loud shout as he dug, even more, he knew that his forbidden technique was about to end and that it had been damaging him all this time.

Yet none of it matter as he pushed the limit even more and at this rate, the injuries that were supposed to take a month to recover were increased to half a year’s worth of weakness.

“Break!”

Bang!

He yelled as the gigantic fist broke once more into mist once more! 

At the stage, the women all puked blood at this, for they suffered a strong backlash from their attack being broken twice. The old shaman too became very pale as there was a trickle of blood down her lip, and began shaking even more. But her eyes shone even brighter as she lifted a hand towards Ullo and clenched it!

Not even a moment to take a breath passed as Ullo found himself being bound tightly.

The mist that he thought would dissipate came to life and turned into binds that held his entire body that was already grievously wounded swiftly!

“Aghh!”

Ding!

He screamed in pain and he dropped his sword, during that clash his already injured arm had broken and now being squeezed like this was painful that hurt like boiling oil being poured on his skin and had his insides crushed!

The pain almost made him buckle to his knees but he knew that he can’t end like this, not here!

So he resisted and tightened his muscles to break out of here and then flee, with a shout once more be broke out!

Sending the women and the shaman on their knees puking streams of blood, but his price was even worse. His arms were burned, while one was fractured badly!

But everyone that could stop him was down, even the chief had fallen in some house over at the side.

It was a poor victory, but a victory nonetheless. And the lost drops of energy in his tank were enough if he made a mad dash for his hideout. 

Ullo held on to seem weak as he reached for his sword, holding it in one hand as he gazed at the fearful folk in the distance. Scoffing weakly at this, he turned around to exit this place from the back by using the high walls so as to shake them off his trail should anyone of them try to track him. 

But just as he did, a whooshing sound reached his ear. Spinning around he caught a thin pole that aimed for his head.

To his surprise, the attacker turned out to be Assini! 

Looking at her in a daze, he wanted to shove her away, only to discover that her hands that were holding the pole were glowing orange and he was stuck, it was not as strong as the one before but it was enough to hold him for a second!

Bang!

And that second was enough for an ambush from behind in a form of strong blow at the back of his head!

His entire world spun so much that he couldn’t form a single thought, falling to his knees he felt a pair of strong arms wrap his own from behind and forcefully lift his still dazed head

“Feed it to him now!” He heard a shout from a familiar voice beside his ear that made his already confused mind, sting with a dull pain. 

He felt his jaws being forced open, this made him look up and his vision cleared slightly for a moment, allowing him to see Assini hold a small black and white object in her hand and hastily brought it close to his mouth to which she proceeded to pour the contents down his throat making him begin to slightly struggled as he choked at the liquid being forcibly fed.

Ullo was in pain, his mind not focused as he felt his mouth and throat being burned as the contents made their way to his stomach and spread towards his entire body. He wanted to scream, but his voice was lost from the burning liquid concoction. 

Even then his eyes never left the girl chugging the burning liquid down his throat. Not a look of painful betrayal, confusion nor hate, just apathy, as if in his eyes she never exists! Even in his mind was blank due to pain, it seemed like his subconsciousness never regarded her at all. 

Assini noticed this gaze after she finished and looked at him, it honestly stung more than receiving the look of hatred and anger that she expected to receive. It was as if in his eyes even at his lowest moments she was trash. Unable to bear it she turned around as tears began to well in her eyes and a heavy feeling sunk in her chest, but she began to motivate herself as she realized that this was just the emotions of the evil spirit and indeed perhaps in its eyes she was nothing. 

‘Yes! After he gets better I will make sure he wants me!’ With a tearful smile and clenched fists, she continued her delusions.

Yet, at this time behind her, a scene that would have broken her entire world was happening silently.

“Haha! The mighty Ullo. Honestly, for a moment I almost believed you were a host, didn’t know you could almost take down our entire village. But now look at how low you have fallen, they all loved you, you know that? These people, even her.” The familiar voice spoke with hate at these words, but to Ullo’s blank mind it didn’t matter.

“But you didn’t care at all did you? That made it perfect for us to use that mysterious cover as a chance to convince everyone that you are the oh so mysterious and deadly host of an evil spirit from the tales. Hahaha! I have always despised you, even when my father told me to stay away, but you just had to be so strong huh?” This voice tugged his hair forcibly turning it to reveal a young tanned face with amber eyes.

“Well, from now onwards you will be nothing from now on for the rest of your days!” 

After that Ullo felt a hot stabbing pain in his spine, “A little gift from my mother, she said this will destroy your looks. We wouldn’t want these girls running toward you even if you become a cripple. Hahaha! Welcome and enjoy your new life!” With that, he was dropped face-first into the ground.

For Ullo it was a nightmare, the pain, it felt as if his insides were being eaten and torn, while his body felt like it was breaking down. The moment that pain from his spine entered his spirit that had been tired and in pain had shattered and he didn’t even have any last thoughts or cry out his last moments. 

Yet somehow his body, hung on to a minute thread of life, just long enough. 

“Just long enough for me to arrive and take over… To this new world! Hehe!” A horribly hoarse and dry raspy voice chuckled. 

A sudden flash of lightning suddenly illuminated the darkness and reveal a being that should be in a grave even if it was for a split second, a sight that would have sent the bravest warriors running far away from there at that moment, for a terrifying being was finally here!