Side Story 48: The Belzac Wolves Rebellion.

Side Story 48: The Belzac Wolves Rebellion.

[On! On! On the ship, now!] My voice resounded through the minds of the many fleeing beastmen swarming past me into the makeshift grimgarian ship docked on the pier. Since I was in my fenrir form, my elevated height allowed me to overlook the entire chaos, where I quickly noticed a few of the beastmen were actually fighting back! [Stop fighting, get on the ships, now!]

Go, Miss Saori! They killed my mate! We will relish bathing in these demihumans blood! A bovline, the Peolyncan minotaur, shouted her response to me while she smited a hobgoblin warrior with the help of an arvisian archer.

Grawwwr! Torment! They used a warrior like me as a slave! Goddess of Vengeance, fuel my strength to fight your spawns for tainting my honor! A leonid roared out, scaring the few goblins and kobolds away. With a blood-soaked cleaver, he covered the escape of a pair of katzune slaves.

In fact, quite a number of beastmen were fighting instead of fleeing. Many were doing it in the name of vengeance or to regain their honor after being forced into slavery by the grimgarian army. Their anger was understandable, but this was not the reason I came here for, leaving the rest of Aurora to do the Event Quest.

Even if I accepted that I had to be less controlling, since not every situation would turn in my favor, there was a limit I would allow. This was too much, too many people trying to do whatever they wanted with no rhyme or reason. Irritating!

My honor will

Ahwroooooooh! I howled, interrupting their shouting before shooting out black lightning at some incoming grimgarian. I used [Air Step], walking up to the sky to growl down at the agitated beastmen [You will stand down! Who gave you the order to die?! Move! Into! The! Shi]

[Watch out.] A deep, growling voice interrupted my telepathy, but I didnt need him to tell me when my skills already did it.

With my [Shadow Armament]s armor, I had some separate from my body to create two small footholdsfloating discs essentially. I looked at both and cast [Warp Point: Entry] and [Warp Point: Exit] both, respectively. Even though I could feel my mana draining quickly, the spells still required some time to form, far slower than what Hestia could do.

Once they were fully formed, I snapped my head around as I noticed a blue glow in the distance, before a ball shot at me. I opened both portals and used the space-distortion to have the projectile go into one and out of the other. Essentially, I was redirecting the attack back at the mana cannon that shot at me.

[Lifetaker (280)] inflicted on [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]

Owch! My eyes twitched, still unused to [Space-Time Magic]s level level 4 and 5 spells. My mana had grown, but I was just not used to the amount I would lose just to keep the warp portal open for more than three seconds.

However, this was what Belzac was training me for.

[Get on the ships! I will defend you, I told you this the moment this rebellion began! The moment I freed you from your shackles! Move!] I growled, intimidating the last few unconvinced beastmen onto the four ships docked at the port. A good majority of the warrior caste were naturally unhappy, but I could start being more understanding with them after I was done with this Divine Quest.

Divine Quest: Your First Quest

Quest Giver: Goddess of Fertility and Monsters, Edna

Description: First real Quest. Enjoy, Saori.

Free the slaves. You know. Bring them back to Carmaniate

Reward: +1 level, Divine Quest [Belzac Wolves Alpha Training] will conclude, [Ambassador of Grim]s function unlocked, my official acknowledgement of being my Champion

And, this.

Divine Quest: Belzac Wolves Alpha Training

Quest Giver: Goddess of Death and Necromancy, Ilsaphone

Description: Train under Belzac. Master his teachings. Become a fenrir beastmen will follow. Become an alpha.

Hestias soul protects yours. Still not strong enough. Sentences short.

Belzac will train you in his empty vessel magic.

Reward: Unique empty vessel magic [Abyssal Sacrilege], [Belzacs Successor] upgrade, unique skill [Shadow Armament] upgrade, unique skill [Shadow Pack] upgrade, unique Job unlock

Unlike Hestias incredibly detailed Quest descriptions whenever she got a Divine Quest, mine were made with short or even incomplete sentences. This was how most blessed communicated with their patron gods, and while I wasnt an exception, [Hestias Retainer] was fortifying my soul somewhat, making the deciphering process easier.

Asaka had a similar Quest, but hers gave a different reward. In fact, she didnt even get the Divine Quest to free the beastmen since Ilsaphones sister was Kronnaz, the ancestral mother of the grimgarians. I did wonder why Edna was making it difficult for Kronnaz, seeing as they were mother and daughter, but if there was one thing I learned from Earth myths it was to not question the gods. Trouble in the family was like a weekly event for the Greek gods, at least.

In any case, while it wasnt exactly what Belzac had planned, my efforts to rescue the slaves from the grimgarian army and the Ogre King to effectively cripple them was my final test. I had already intended to do this, as I explained to Hestia and the others, as weakening the grimgarian army also meant the demonkins plan would be stalled as well. Their invasion would be made impossible. In fact, would the grimgarians be even able to maintain their current base to the east of Artorias without their slave labor?

That thought made me hopeful that my little Haitian Revolution would bring about that very result. Well, I say Haitian, but unlike the actual Earthen revolt where the Haitians expelled the French government out of their country, I was helping the beastmen slaves escape the grimgarian cities and towns they were forced to build under the commands of the Ogre King.

Oi, Segawa! I heard Asakas voice call out while I was defending the pier from the hobgoblin archers and other projectiles from the grimgarian army. Before long, a large shadow passed by the grimgarians, freeing me from having to pay attention to them.

I turned my head around, looking over to see Asaka underneath the docks, standing on my slime Shoyis amphibious body as she used a spray canister to color the ships hull white and black. Glancing at the other three ships, they all had the same treatment.

I fixed all the holes and breaches! All four ships are ready to sail! Ill add a sail with my empty vessel in a moment! Is everybody on?

Miss Graffiti Artist was quite useful when her graffiti could be used in such a manner. Well, her unique skill [Twilight Paladin] allowed her to create spells using Twilight as an element, a mixture of holy and dark magic. It was, honestly, rather incredulous how Twilight ended up as an element; then again, what else would you get from a compound element made from holy and dark?

With the skill, she could also solidify the mana of whatever she made, similar to the slime Ilsaphone gave the onnikais. It was fitting for Ilsaphone's Champion, in other words. With this knowledge, Asaka created the custom spell [Vivid Grafiti] to bring her passion to reality, while also making her unique Skill useful for situations like this.

That Twilight slime kept the holes on this makeshift grimgarian ship sealed.

[Were nearly done! Shoyi, get her on the ship and prepare to protect everybody!] I commanded, prompting it to respond with some gurgle sounds to make sure it understood.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

I then landed on the ground, looking over this small harbor village, made from local wood and stone. It could have passed as any other medieval village if it werent for the many grimgarian and beastmen corpses. Sadly, I didnt manage to protect all of them.

As I explained to Hestia, the slaves I rescued during my mission to force the grimgarians to recall their invasion ships from Artorias wanted to take down the grimgarians as revenge. That was why I called it the Haitian Revolution, but now due to my new Divine Quest, the plan changed to an escape mission.

After freeing more and more slaves, to the point I believed I had everybody unshackled, we were making a last ditch effort to get out of here. The cave towards the Belzac forest was blocked by the grimgarian army, and I heard from Svena in the [Room] subspace that it had been a week since Hestia hadnt returned from her dungeon dive. Without her, I couldnt just teleport people away and with, from my calculations, about 1357 beastmen slaves it was literally impossible to sustain that many people in the [Room].

Our small subspace was never made to accommodate an armys worth of people for multiple days. Even teleporting them from the grimgarian kingdom to Firwood couldnt be done in even a week. Unless you were Hestia, everybody had to spend mana to fast travel from one location to the other. The longer the distance, the more you had to pay, and even with our numerous catalyst tools, it was a logistical nightmare of possibly catastrophic results.

Even if we considered Artorias or another country willing to feed that many beastmen, how could we assure the peace? I could not trust any of these people fully. Boredom could force even the most sensible person to perform unpredictable acts.

As a result, the only possible method was through the seas. Yes, it would still be a problem, but this was our only way out.

Haaa, if only I could fly like you

[Alpha!] I turned my head back to the blood-filled village streets, seeing Uno appear from the shadow of a house, emerging with black flames covering his body. A proud rank B fenrir larger than an elephant, standing taller than even me, he was now a [Seething Shadow Fenrir].

With a body as black as charcoal, as if he was just burned alive, Uno raised his head, directing my attention at an incoming army of grimgarian with an ogre wearing a crown leading the way in the horizon. I couldnt count how many appeared despite this area being an open plain with only a few small hills. They could begin artillery shots, but it should take them a bit longer to reach us, probably an hour or so.

Nevertheless, we had to prepare. Uno, noticing my worry, agreed. His shadow flamesshadow smoke similar to my [Smokey Haze] custom spellthat were exuding from his body suddenly changed in size, making him taller than usual. With a loud howl, four more shadow beasts surrounded me.

My second garm, and now fenrir, Song appeareda fenrir around my size but with a far slimmer frame which made her look more like a fox than a fenrir. However, unlike Uno and me, she didnt focus purely on overpowering others with her physical prowess. With blue, silvery fur covering her body, this [Lunaghost Fenrir] could slip through the night almost undetected and kill with the highest mana, intelligence, and wisdom in our group.

Our third member was Sarasa, but unlike the others, she wasnt standing on four legs. In fact, she was about the size of a wolfkin form. However, her body was completely covered in thick fur to hide her highly developed muscles. Our brute force member, the one who sacrificed her spellcasting potential to reach a strength level to hopefully rival Hestias[Shadowfist Wererir].

And then, there was the last of my former garms, Quatre. With a size and frame similar to Uno, this beast of a wolf was completely covered in heavy bone armor, only showing his four through the slits. Looking like a skeleton wolf, he growled at the approaching army as black slime oozed from his body, covering his body up, turning him into something similar to a juggernaut. Fittingly, his race was called [Deathcharger Fenrir].

Last, but not least, we were joined by our only non-wolf rank BVarya, the virigress mother of Rajah and his siblings. A [Splintertail Virgacuga] now, the feline was the size of Song with a similar build, only her front legs and tail were highly developed, being thick and strong. Her green fur could now harden up, turning sharp like blades and able to inject venom into others. With a tail able to shoot harden fur like spikes at others, she was our venom producer whenever I was away from Hestia.

Unlike Hestia, the one-woman army, my shadow pack was my army. My swissknife. Black lightning from me, shadow flames from Uno, the perfect assassin in Song, the hammer in Sarasa, the shield in Quatre, and the venom producer in Varya. Not to mention how Varyas cubs still had time to grow and how Shoyi, my slime, was close to rank B, too.

This wasnt even mentioning

[Saori, we are ready.]

my mother. Although still a rank C garm, she was still a pack leader with years of experience. This person was now guiding me as I took command of everything.

[Yes, Mother.] I nodded before turning to attention to a wolf skull necklace hanging around my neck. [Belzac, will you watch me?]

[I will evaluate you, yes, Saori.]

As planned, we abandoned the Belzac forest nest of his, leaving his shrine behind while I carried his remains with me to keep him close as my mentor. It was, after all, time for me to take a step back into the real world and continue my training in a more useful manner.

We just have to delay until the ships depart Can we do this?

Six rank Bs versus the rank A Ogre King. Could we win against him? Probably not, since he had an army behind him, including numerous rank B commanders as his bodyguards. My small group couldnt win but my job in Aurora had always been more on the difficult side. Saving a few people?

Easy enough.

[Spread out,] I ordered, noticing the rage-filled face of the Ogre King, before using [Identify] on him from afar. It was a bit hard to pinpoint him from this distance, but my eyesight could manage it if I focused.

Ogre Giganvin: An ogre who had grown larger than its peers, towering even the healthiest ones. A bulwark of muscles and rage, these ogres have chosen to follow along the path of vengeance of the Goddess Kronnaz. Unlike most ogres, this one has well-rounded stat growths, allowing it to act as a mage with its one track mind to destroy its enemies. Able to use their racial skill to increase their size even further to rival those of the same rank. Rank A

Name: Kreigst Thunderslayer Level: 25 Race: Ogre Giganvin Age: 62 Years

Status: Health: 67890 Mana: 9578

Strength: 14289 Intelligence: 6213

Vitality: 13900 Wisdom: 10006

Agility: 9021 Stamina: 23189

Titles: [Watched by Kronnaz] [King]

Information Blocked

In humanoid terms, this monster was level 155. Not to mention, he had far more stats than even Hestia in her dragon form aside from mana and intelligence. I was actually faster than him, but my strength wasnt even close to his vitality, and he was also wearing a set of armor to further boost it. With that insane strength and his weapon, he could cleave any of us in two!

Also, what in Gods name was that Health pool?! This ogre could tank Hestias attack and probably still be able to fight just like that rank A geisenlarg king we fought in Griffonpeak Oh no.

Okay as the second-in-command to Aurora, I knew exactly what sort of battles I could win. This one, though, uuuuuuuh, maybe this wasnt the time to try to use my new abilities. I wasnt even close to his level and stats!

[ Maybe you arent ready just yet.] Belzacs voice warned me.

[Retreat! Cover the ships!] I corrected my orders, which my shadow pack instantly followed without questioning it. They heard my panic.

Beeeeeeeeeelzac! The Ogre King roared as he saw us turn our backs to him. With me using [Identify], he probably realized we wouldnt want to challenge him right now.

He rushed ahead of his army, running with his lightning-infused horned hammer raised up. His army did not follow, letting their king charge with eyes filled with rage. His muscles suddenly swelled and that supposed size change the description mentioned happened.

Before, he had been around Unos heightslightly shorter than a giraffes heightbut now he was large enough to tower over even Hestia. A real gigantification, this ogre was a massive monster like in those kaiju films, although he still couldnt be compared to Melloxtressa.

With every step, the earth quaked as he took a massive leap towards the port, leaving three house-sized foot imprints on his way like an Olympic triple-jumper! He would reach us before the one hour ETA!

[Sarasa! Quatre! On me! Everybody else, take care of the ships!] I quickly gave my commands before having everybody in my pack cast [Shadow Pack], effectively doubling our number of combatants.

Just delay! Haste, Swift Winds, Strengthening Flames!

Hehe.

[I refuse.]

Hu

Yomi: A Territory Release that uses an aura to exude dark elemental mana into the surroundings, encasing everything in a shadow the user can manipulate without any problems. Every shadow within this Territory is under the authority of the owner, unless the shadows owner has their Territory activated. The shadow is like a liquid

I could not control him like a marionette, buuuuuuut, the liquid part was the important part here!

Hels Thunder! Voltage Impact!

My wolves dove into my shadow as I cast [Hels Thunder] on to the ground, before stomping the ground with a huge blast of black lightning, creating a shockwave that forced the ogre to take a step back. He, however, quickly recovered and was about to swing my axe to decapitate me, but he was immediately held back when both Sarasa and Quatre emerged from underneath him and held his legs back.

I then summoned a [Shadow Clone], having it bodycheck the ogre, blocking his sight of me as I jumped to the top of the arena where my Territory just closed up. As it was all part of my Territory, I easily broke through it, getting out of the sphere before releasing [Hels Thunder] within the sphere, causing countless black lightning to strike the ogre.

He wouldnt die from this, but I didnt care. I quickly rushed to the ships, smiling as they had made it far enough that the grimgarians had to use their boats to catch up. The distance was as long as three baseball stadiums.

Instead of the ships, I landed on the floating body of Shoyi, where I rejoined with an exhausted Asaka and the rest of the pack. At the same time, Quatre and Sarasa emerged from my shadow, panting and happy to see I succeeded in my escape.

I looked to the side with a wide grin as I saw a black sphere in the distance. Unlike Hestias Territory, which was an unbearable heatwave able to melt most things, mine was just that shadow ball. When my black liquid leaked out of my shadow, that was essentially my Territory when I fed it mana, allowing me to produce more of that liquid shadow as I called it. As such, it was tangible.

[Good boy! Good girl!] I praised both Quatre and Sarasa for delaying him long enough. One bad move and they could have died.

Speaking of which, I frowned when I saw the ogre breaking through my Territory, looking barely injured. He, however, was quite angry. To commemorate our meeting, I should give him a taste of my next spell[Hadaen Dragon Thunder].

Lightning channeled around the magic circle before I unleashed my spell, large enough to consume the ogres entire body and my shadow spehere. As he was still stuck in it, he was sent flying away like a ragdoll until I dispelled my Territory. With the ogre nowhere close to the port, all we had to do was to speed up the ships and our escape would be a success.

Uuuurgh!

Territory deactivated. Territory Dispute completed in favor of individual [Ogre Giganvin, Kriegst Thunderslayer]

[Arcane Fever (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]

Are you kidding me?!

It was just for a moment but I still got so much arcane corruption I got [Arcane Fever]?! What was this insanity?! Belzac explained to me the consequences of losing a Territory Dispute, but for something that didnt last even a minute, I got penalized this heavily?!

[It is a good lesson for you to learn. Do not use your Territory for every single encounter, especially if you know your enemy has a Territory themselves. Sometimes, things can backfire really hard. If you were forced to disable your Territory for any reason, you could potentially just burst like an explosive frog. Poof.]

W-well, leaving that aside, I should just stop worrying so much and tell everybody the good news. After I had all my garm enter my shadow again, Asaka took out some dragorade for me to drink to help my headache. She also began teasing me how she had to heal me now and how I should praise her for being a good person.

Yes, this girl was telling me, a person who has [Arcane Fever] to use [Telepathy] to praise her, while I wasnt allowed to use mana to recover. Haaa, well, at this point, I was just happy she was willing to speak with me If you realy thought about it, I undoubtedly was the worst teacher she could have gotten. I should have been more supportive of her, instead of wanting to push her for my own selfish needs.

[ Thanks for sticking around this long with me, Asaka-chan.] I groaned as I told her this.

Noticing me in pain, she screamed, Oi! Shut it! Dont speak, it was just a joke. Jeez, you should know better, Segawa You fought enough, come on, lets enjoy the break and wait for Edna to be happy.

Yeah lets. I nodded.

I didnt know if I got any closer to Asaka in the time we stayed in the cave, but I hoped so. I wasnt her teacher any longer, but I still felt guilty about the way I treated her. She was, after all, just a troubled kid. While I was just the control freak who wanted to abuse her students academic prowess to get more money.

I stared up as Shoyi moved us onto one of the boats, where the beastmen were cheering for me, praising how I fought bravely against their leader. Some scorned me for fleeing, saying how I should be ashamed for fleeing, but I ignored them. To be honest, unlike Hestia and my human dad, I didnt feel that happy about all the cheers.

Unlike them, I wasnt much of a hero. I was just happy everybody from my party survived and that the mission was a success. I guess that was one part I couldnt get rid ofmy wish for everything to go perfectly. That little control freak side of myself wouldnt die for a long time, and I was happy about it.

Alright, time for the next stage. Hestia, Tasianna, Ellaine, Grimnir, we will all meet up soon. Set sail!

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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