《The Diary of the Former Demon lord turned Adventurer.》 My boring and generic old life... So¡­ what is it to be a demon lord¡­ ¡­it''s not as exciting as I originally thought it would be. My father used to be one until the day he died, the way how every civilian and servant hypes up the title of "Demon Lord" tries to make it sound like it''s the best thing to happen to anyone. From what I heard, everyone in the world hates you, you become a dictator, you raise high taxes, you have women flock over you like a Playboy millionaire, and you have one of the biggest armies in the world. But¡­ that''s not really true¡­ After I got inaugurated as a Demon Lord, the gods gave me guidelines on what I should do to keep the title. 1.Act Evil. 2.Do not raise taxes. 3.You are not allowed to have any harem, only the hero/heroine is allowed. 4.Under any circumstances, DO NOT KILL THE HERO/HEROINE. 5.You are not allowed to tell the hero/heroine that they came from another world (even though they did come from another world). 6.Do NOT abuse your plot armor, your plot armor will be gone when the hero/heroine arrives at the castle. 7.Don''t make evil horny spirits and if you do, don''t get them near the horses. 8. Just like rule 7, don''t make evil horny creatures (Just don''t.) 9. And when the hero/heroine arrives, do not avoid your fate. 10. Do not try and take over the world. And if you break any of these rules, we''ll find someone else to do the job (and send you to hell.) I really wanted to break these rules (Not 2, 3, 7, and 8.), But hey, the gods give you free access to a multiversal streaming service. As I waited for the Heroine and her party to arrive, one of my advisors came up to me to see the sight of the amount of people that''s surrounding the castle, and they were looking to invade, but another advisor came in and reported that it wasn''t an army, barbarians, or rebels, they were the Harem of the Heroine¡­. WHAT!?! That fucking girl has a harem the size of a whole fucking nation!?! HOW!?! Anyways¡­ They somehow broke into the city and some of them came into the throne room and just stood there watching me. It was like three hours until the Heroine came. Is she the holy one? You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. Is she the one who''s a shut-in? Is she the fan service character? Nope! She looks dumb. Why does she look dumb, you asked? She just looks like a preschooler in an adult body or some shit. As I kept staring at her and her pathetic harem, I cleared my throat and gave her a speech that I''ve been working for days on. "Well, Well, Well¡­ if it isn''t the Chosen One herself. I was expecting you for two whole years already and I was getting impatient. I need no introduction, but I''ll tell you something. My name is Demon Lord Homura Fuego, the terror of the lands, the deepest root of all evil, the fire that purges on the innocent. So, if I were you, I''d turn around and believe if you want to live." I know it may not sound as badass as I thought it was, but do you think that I even completed the sentence? Hell no! Here''s a recap of what actually happened. "Well, Well, Well¡­ if it isn''t the Chosen One herself. I was expecting you for two whole years already and I was getting impatient. I need no introduction, but I''ll tell you something. My name is Demon Lord Homura Fuego, the terror of the lands, the deepest root of all evil, the fire that purges on the inn-" And then the heroine cuts me off and says "Hi, do you want to be in my harem? ¡­ Did she really ask the Demon Lord out to bring him to the harem!? Anyways, I replied to this dumbass and I said calmly... "WHA- NO! I''M THE FUCKING DEMON LORD, YOU BRAINDEAD NINCOMPOOP!!" She kept on asking these questions of why I chose to not join her stupid harem, and I had enough and I struck her with my big ass sword. And your honor, in my defense, she was trespassing with malicious intent. And this fight lasted five minutes, which in the other worlds that make anime would make the fight like 12 episodes. I thought I had the upper hand in the end and can you guess how I got defeated? Is it¡­ A. Plot armor. B. Skill. C. Power of friendship. D. Both A and C. If you chose B, you are incorrect. It''s D. And how did this power of friendship work? Fucking Rainbows coming out of the sword and struck my literal heart, ending my worthless life¡­ And that is the end of my stupid run of a demon lord. Although, it is not the end of this entry. I got revived in a heavenly-like realm. I came eye to eye with this obviously attractive goddess, and she reveals that I''ve been sent to a different world with different gods. Oh boy, I''m betting 500 Sineeys if this is going to be a fantasy world with elves, beastkin slaves, orcs, and a Demon Lord¡­ I wish I had that money back to me since my predictions were indeed correct. She reincarnated me as myself from the previous world, but she didn''t give me clothes or underwear, and she didn''t make me as strong or powerful when I was a Demon Lord. To make things worse, she put me in the coldest place in the new world. So my original plan after I arrived on this hell hole was to caveman my way to beating this demon lord. But thank the Creator of the gods, there were bandits knocked out nearby, I stole their clothes and gear alongside a map. I made my way to a town that has seen better days. The only functional place in the town was the mayor''s Hall and the inn. I used the money that I stole from the bandits to buy this journal (or diary) to write my adventures and my worst days. So¡­ wish me luck. Day 1 Day 1 as an Adventurer. I woke up on a table because I didn''t buy a room for myself and It was colder than a witch''s tit. How did I know? You do not want to know. I walked out of the Inn to go on the trail to the capital just to join up with the Adventurer''s Guild and go kill monsters. The problem is that I''m way up north where it''s hell frozen over and it''s like five thousand miles away from where I was. I kept on walking and I ended up getting frostbite on my pinky. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. One thousand miles later, I arrived at a bathhouse and the girl charged me way too much. I told that I didn''t have 100 coins and she gave me another choice¡­ my horns¡­ I did hesitate, but I needed the bath, so I cut them off and gave them to her. I went to a room and my body burned very badly, not due to how hot, but due to me developing a lot of frost bites all over my body. That damn goddess, is that where she gets her own pleasure? By torturing me by giving me frost bites all over? Anyways, it took very slowly for my body to heal due to my ability to regenerate from the old world. The old world''s regeneration is fast, but this world''s regeneration is slow. Many people say that baths are relaxing, but no, my bath has to be painful. I know that the Establishment isn''t at fault for my pain, but the hot water makes the pain worse. I walked out of the bath and was about to head out, but the girl gave me an offer to sleep with her. I know what you are thinking, but that''s not what she was trying to say, I literally slept with her, as if sleeping in the same bed. Day 2 Day 2 as an Adventurer. I woke up better than yesterday and left the bathhouse. I continued to walk in the dangerously cold weather once again. The more I move, the colder it gets. Don''t get me wrong, I''m nowhere near the capital, but it got greener a few hours later. As I enter the Maplelands (according to the map), a bandit camp blocks the trail. I was thinking about finding a way to avoid getting spotted, but I got tackled down and dragged to the camp. After they (forcefully) dragged me into their leader''s quarters and slammed me against the table like they were about to get something out of me in an interrogation room. A minute later, the leader came and introduced himself as Cauldron Steel. He tells me "You know that we don''t like strangers hanging around our area, right? We could snap your neck and chop it off like a chicken that can''t lay an egg, but we have an offer in return for your life. I will give you three days to complete my quest, which is to travel back to nightgard mountain''s dragon cave and give me the Nights Blade, And if you succeed, I''ll spare you and you can come and go to this camp as long as you like, as long you don''t rat us out or attack. Is that a deal?" Is that a deal? I came all the way from the north, through blizzards, and frost bites, and you expect me to go back there to retrieve a damn sword that will serve absolutely no purpose to anyone in your stupid camp!? "Yes sir!" I gave him a handshake and shaked it hard. Why did I agree to this request? Maybe survival, but that''s not guaranteed. If I was really smart and dumb at the same time, I would have refused and gotten jumped by some rugged Bandits with knives and stabbed five hundred times while at it, and yet I accepted it, at least I have a couple of hours or days to live. So, the bandit leader takes me to introduce me to the people that he''s going to send with me to get the damn sword. He goes to a shack or what he refers to as the Butcher shop. I entered the Shop only to be met by a ginormous woman with¡­ cat ears? Yep, that''s a Beastkin, but I''ve never seen one this big and tall¡­ She''s like if Arnold Schwarzenegger had a threesome with Andre the Giant, Chyna and¡­ any cat boy in fiction and they ended up impregnating her and it created that. She looks like she could pick up a whole castle if she wanted to. I was staring at her in silence until the Bandit leader tapped my shoulder to snap me out of my thoughts. "Hey, I know she''s a huge one, but let''s get back to what I was trying to say. That''s Azihana, and she''s gonna be your protector for the mission, and I know she''s least likely going to backstab you because if she backstabs you, she backstabs me, and she knows that she doesn''t wanna backstab me, right Azihana?" Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. Azihana nods, agreeing with the Bandit leader. The Bandit leader signaled us to follow him and he led us to a guy with glasses. "And this would be Gregg Palmer, he knows everything about legends and myths more than anyone in the camp. Surprisingly, he''s the only one who survives every mission for these items, either he''s intelligent enough or he''s a lucky bastard." The Bandit leader says before the man in the glasses interrupts him. "There''s no such thing as luck, Cauldron, you should know that." The Bandit leader gave him a glare before saying "That''s Chief Cauldron to you, Palmer!" The Man looks at The Bandit leader unfazed and replies "Whatever Chief, I''m going to get my stuff before I head out with Jailbait and Romp right there, ok?" He heads to the tent, and at the time, I was fuming with anger because he called me jailbait even though I''m thousands of years older than him. While Gregg was getting ready, The Bandit leader takes us to a guy that was in the middle of farming in a field. The guy looks up at The Bandit leader and says "Well, Well, Well, if it isn''t Chief Cauldron Steel himself." The Bandit leader walks up to the guy and says "Kaleb, you old son of a bitch!" Before doing a hand tango on each other. The Bandit leader looks at us and says "This is my old friend, Kaleb Bolton, before I became the leader, we were guards for the camp. When I thought about this mission, I thought about him, he''s tough for this stuff. I know you all are going to get along with him." As we head to the Gate of the camp, The Bandit leader bids us goodbye. A few hours later after being back to the damn cold, the four of us followed the trail and wore some actual warm coats which were provided to us by Kaleb. Even though I''m not an officially licensed adventurer, I was starting to get the gist of being one despite being with bandits. Azihana was carrying a large bag on her back, Gregg was looking at the map of the mountain named Nightgard, the home of the Night''s Blade, Kaleb was carrying an ax while singing some tunes from this world. As we climbed the mountain, it got even colder than the very north itself. Gregg turned to me and said "Hey Jailbait, stop chattering your teeth before I give you your last cold baptism in the lake a mile from here." I then replied "Shut up, I can''t help it! It''s too fucking cold!" Gregg smirked at me and said "I don''t care if it''s too cold, we are not turning back, besides, I have a perfect spot for us." He points at a cliff that is approximately 45 miles away from us. "You''ve gotta be fucking kidding me¡­" I replied with a scornful face. Gregg laughs "I rarely lie, Jailbait." We continued to climb this damn mountain to get to the cliff, as my legs grew weaker after the first Twenty-five miles, Kaleb offered to carry me, and he did. After we arrived at the said spot, he put me down on the ground and everyone was setting up camp. I laid down sore on the ground. I closed my eyes, ending the day off with a shitty end. Day 3 as an Adventurer Day 3 as an Adventurer. It was ass, Mount Nightgard is cold as hell to the point that I want to kill Gregg before I kill myself, but I have to live long enough to see this world''s demon lord. There was nobody In the camp at the time except me and a meditating Azihana. I walked up to her and tapped her shoulder. She ignored me. I continued to tap her shoulder, but she continued to ignore me. I went to slap her, but she snapped out of her meditation phase, pulled out her sword, and pointed it at my throat. She puts the sword down as she remembers her oath to protect me while maintaining a stoic expression on her face and goes back to meditating. I huffed while I froze, and then she responded with "If you are wondering, Gregg is hunting some beast for us to eat, and Kaleb is getting firewood for us. If you have a question to ask, don''t hesitate." After she said that, I was starting to get more curious about this world, so I started by asking about her race specifically. "Ok¡­ what is the world''s opinion of the Beastkin?" I asked, and she looked back at me confused and replied, "A Beast- what? Can you please elaborate?" I cleared my throat and said "Beastkin, you know¡­ your people. People that have animal features like cat ears, dog tails, and stuff." She replies with, "That''s¡­ an odd name for my people¡­ anyways, we aren''t that Beastkin thing; we are called Rurnites. We do have animal features, but we aren''t sure if we could call each other the same people. You see, Rurnites seem to have the same type of discrimination against each other as humans do. Dogmen hate Catmen, Wolfmen hate Coyomen, Scorpomen hate Arachmen and the list goes on. While Rurnites are discriminated against by humans, we don''t hold the stick for the most hated race. That would be the demon race." My eyes widened as I told myself, "I''m Cooked¡­" Azihana continued to talk about the demon race, saying, "The Demons aren''t demons; they''re just humanoids with horns that get discriminated against by the church of Plyns. They used to hunt them down until the companies in the mid-south discovered that the metals that were contained in the horns had a lot of potential for mankind, this metal is known as Fostite, and ever since it became mandatory law to cut the horns off, those who resist will be slaves or executed. The church says it''s to purify the Demon and turn them into humans, but in reality, they are getting paid by selling the materials. It''s sickening in my opinion¡­" There was a moment of silence before she turned to me and asked, "Where did you come from before bumping into the camp?" I looked down at the snow beneath me and replied, "That''s¡­ a long story¡­" She raised her eyebrow at my words before going back to meditation. It''s been hours and my right hand is completely frozen. Gregg returned with some meat and Kaleb returned with firewood. Azihana smelled the meat, got up, and told Gregg, "Place the meat in my tent, and I''ll start cutting." Gregg nodded and dragged the meat to Azihana''s tent. After five minutes of trying to start lighting a match in a winter storm, Kaleb lights the wood ablaze. After the food was done, I went to fix my plate, but Gregg got in my way and said "Aww¡­ is Jailbait gonna get some food? Too bad that Shorty couldn''t even fight for it." And just like that, I wasn''t going to let that slide, so I pulled out a knife from my jacket''s pocket, Gregg does the same, and here we are¡­ about to fight for the food that we needed¡­ he took a swing at me, I dodged and swung at him, he dodges it. This game of stabby stabby miss miss goes on for a short five minutes until I finally found a weakness in his stance, decided to exploit it and got him on the ground. I raised my knife and struck at him, but Kaleb pulled me away and got between us, he then shouted ¡°that¡¯s enough! We are not going to kill each other before we get the damn sword!¡± He grabbed both of our shoulders and dragged us to the campfire, sat us down, and gave us bowls of soup. It was mostly silence aside from the cackling of the fire, it took awhile before Kaleb spoke and said ¡°Gregg, why don¡¯t you talk more about the sword that Cauldron keeps whining about.¡± Gregg gave him a grin before speaking ¡°Very well, I''ll start.¡± Gregg clears his throat and started the story ¡°The Tale of Nightgard starts 245 years ago when the crusades started, a noble man named ¡°Ail Merrybright¡± became knighted by the Curnhul of the church of Plyns, and fought in the battle of Marial, but during that bloody battle, Ail gets knocked down into a canyon and ended up in a sleep that went for seven days. He woke up and looked up to a hooded man and offered that he would reverse the paralyzation of the knight¡¯s, give him strength, and assure his revenge, however the knight had to break his oath as a Plyn and sell his soul to this very mountain¡¯s Dragon. In a moment¡¯s hesitation, he accepted the man¡¯s offer and the man left the knight behind. The Knight got up and investigated his own misfortune at the remains of the town of Marial and found out it was his own comrades that plotted for the death of him, so he headed to the capital of the church, only for him to be met with his friends and comrades, even though they weren''t the ones he''s looking for, they weren''t¡­ friendly, I''d say¡­ They tried killing the knight, but he overshadowed them and killed them all. He became a target to the church, however he found out about the traitor''s whereabouts and he hunted them down in the Capital City and found them hiding underground like cowards. They tried negotiating but they were no match for the darkness that has taken over him, he slew them, but he wasn''t satisfied, he wanted more, he became a murderer by all kingdoms and hunted down by all, he''s a creature of the shadows, the beast of the night, he was no longer Merrybright but he''s now known as The Nightgard. His revenge wasn''t over, there was one more thing and that is the Dragon who made him into this monster of the night, the very dragon who owns his soul, and he marches to these very mountains to slay it. Nightgard meets face to face with the dragon and fights it. The longer the fight went, the weaker he became, however he finally slew it, and it was revealed that there was no revenge, or a plot to kill him. It was all a game to the dragon, he was the Man in the hood and he scammed the knight to steal his soul. when the dragon died, it doesn''t end it''s plan, and it stole the body of Nightgard. Not to cause more slaughter, but to torment him and his soul. As the body decays, the dragon puts Nightgard''s soul into the sword and puts its own soul to the rock to put the blade to a heat unbearable to any kind of life to continue tormenting the Knight''s soul in its version of hell. And that is the end of the Tale¡­" everyone was silent, but he asks "Any questions before we continue climbing?" Kaleb asks Gregg "Why do we have to go after this sword?" Gregg answers "Because the sword would make the Band rich, we will no longer be Bandits or Raiders, maybe we would become warlords." Kaleb then replied "that''s stupid, why are we using money for if nobody is willing to give us weapons, even if we get the weapons, we aren''t raised to be warlords and soldiers to be able to face the Soyhans or the Pinta. They''d burn the damn camp down with everyone in it. I know Cauldron is an idiot, but not that type of Idiot." Gregg snickers as he thought about a way to get on Kaleb''s nerves "He might be that Idiot." Kaleb growls until two men passed by, the two men were wearing traveling gear and they looked at us and said "Hello friends, ve are trafelingkt to ze kapital, vhere iss ze kapital, may I ask?" Kaleb sighed and replied "go south down the hill, and please take the shortcut for the trip, because the main road is blocked by bandits." One of the men widened his eyes before returning to normal and said "Zank you, undt bless you mein dear kind friend." They walked away and swear I could hear them say "Wir haben diese schmutzigen Banditen gefunden¡­" which I don''t know what that means. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. We packed up and moved up the mountain through the harsh cold to below whatever temperatures that this world goes by, because I doubt everyone goes by celsius or fahrenheit. It¡¯s been over an hour, I took this beautiful frozen flower from the ground with me, our hairs started to grow icicles, and our trip stopped when the pressure around us broke Gregg¡¯s glasses. ¡°Shit¡­ my glasses..¡± Gregg said, and then I smirked and mocked him. ¡°I don''t care if your stupid glasses break under pressure, we are not turning back.¡± Gregg then said ¡°if Cauldron didn¡¯t have Romp here to protect you, I''d pretty much murder you, right here and now.¡± Kaleb then replied, "We are going to camp here and now, and we are going to work hard to keep us warm, ok?¡± we all nodded and as we prepared to put up tents, Kaleb then said ¡°We need two tents because there will be two people in each tent, and make sure we hold each other.¡± Gregg and I went red, but Azihana kept a stoic face as she has probably done it before. Kaleb continued with ¡°I want Azi and¡­the newcomer in one tent, Gregg and I will be in another.¡± Gregg objects ¡°Are you serious!? I¡¯m not sleeping with another man!¡± Kaleb gave him a stern look ¡°well, if you don¡¯t, you might as well freeze to death. And I don''t really trust you with the newcomer.¡± Gregg then huffed and said ¡°fine¡­¡± we build two tents and get settled in, and this ends this day. Day 4 as an Adventurer... Day 4 as an Adventurer I woke up very warm¡­ and with a tight grip around me, I started to remember that me and Azihana had to hold on to each other to keep each other warm. I tried making noise to wake her up, but she slept like a log. I then had an idea; I screamed, and it woke her up; then she released me, grabbed a knife, and looked around to see any intruders. She was alert as if someone touched her cub. She looks at me and asks "Nightmare?" I then replied, "Yes, it was a nightmare." She yawns and holds me a little bit tight. "I''m sleepy, and I want to go back to sleep¡­" She was about to fade into the dream world when Kaleb opened the tent and said, "Time to get moving! The Nightgard isn''t a patient sword!" Azihana groans and lets me go. We got out of the tent, dressed up, and walked back through the harsh cold of the mountain; it was getting harder to breathe as we moved up. Somehow, it started getting warmer. We continued to walk, and we arrived at the cave. Gregg looked at the light of the cave and said, "We are here; let''s go." We entered the warm cave and I was prepared to fight, but there were no enemies in every corner and tunnel of the cave, and finally¡­ we found it, and Gregg said "Here it is, the sword of the Nightgard, the soul of the previous user resides and tortured in it''s never melting blade. It was said that the blade is so hot, it could make it feel like a warm home on this mountain, Which tells how cold the mountain is and how hot the sword is." Gregg continues to stare at it, and Kaleb asks him, "How long are you going to stare at it?" Gregg replied with a grin as he adjusted his glasses "Precisely as long as I want. And I guess it''s a good time to cook some food before we steal this sword, because theoretically, the heat will be gone from the blade once we pull it out of the stone." Within a second, Azihana pulled out some wood from her bag and lit it on fire before setting up a stew cooking set over the fire. She pulled out some frozen tomatoes, Carrots, potatoes, Onions, Broth, Flour, black pepper Deer meat, and some spices of garlic, paprika, and salt. Venison Stew (Worcestershire Sauce can be included, but kept out for the time''s sake)This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Azihana starts cutting the deer meat into small pieces, she then stirs salt, pepper, and flour together in a bowl, she then mixes the deer meat with the seasoned flour until it gets coated up. She then puts the broth in and adds the meat inside the cooking pot. While the stew cooks, she starts dicing the vegetables, adding them to the stew, and then we wait for hours. Meanwhile, Gregg was having too much fun swinging sticks at the blade of the Nightgard, which effortlessly burns through the sticks due to the high temperatures of the blade. He then uses the sticks and stones to make arrows for his bow, he rubs a flower that looks similar to mine on one of the arrowheads and it freezes it despite the warm temperature inside the cave. I went exploring through the tunnels and I found a small dark room with a bubbling water pool. But I''m not stupid, I have to make sure this is safe. I then tossed a small piece of meat in the water and nothing happened. So I undressed and took out my knife and started to stab the bottom of the pool to make sure nothing was down there. I then laid down and relaxed for eight minutes until a naked lady came up from the water. Her wet black hair shines from the light of the tunnel, and her skin looked super pale like she became a human pickle for years. She was pretty, but looked famished. She looked at me with a sly grin and asked. "Aren''t you a bit too young to travel in these tunnels?" I got offended at the statement, like, why does everyone think that I''m a kid or a teenager? I''m literally 5,000 years old. I then got up and yelled "Excuse me!? I''m not a kid! I''m 5,000 years old, you corpse!" She giggled and replied "Ahh¡­ a Horganian! Well, you are going to be more than satisfying¡­" she clears her throat and she then continues "I''m here to devour your soul and it''s going to last me a lifetime, because Horganians have a huge spirit that makes me lick my lips and have an urge to taste it." She then pushed me down got on top of me and tried to straddle me, but I punched her off and took off running as I heard the ear piercing screech of four thousand screams of rape, and I looked back and the woman was running with the legs of the Emu and swinging at me with the claws of an Gargoyle. Her eyes looked like the bottom of the abyss, and I was so distracted that I tripped on a rock. She pounced on me and dug her claws into my arms and tried to straddle me but an arrow flew to her eye before her skull got frozen and she finally laid down dead. Gregg then decapitated the body and smashed the head. Gregg turned to me and said "Just because I saved your ass from a succubus doesn''t mean that we are friends, demon. Cauldron wants you alive anyways." He then walked away and said "and your little secret is with me, Jailbait." He yet again walked back to the main area and I went back to the pool room to dress up before heading back. We ate some stew before going to sleep next to the sword. Ending the day with a blessing¡­ Day 5 as an Adventurer Day 5 as an Adventurer We all woke up to the warm environment around us which was emitted by the blade of the Nightgard. I was stretching and then the prick Gregg slaps me on my bare back hard and said "Wake the fuck up, Jailbait, we have a tight schedule to do. Yesterday, all we did was jack off and laid down all day. Now, we are getting the damn sword. Now get your clothes on or I won''t save you from another Succubus, Ok?" I then got dressed and got my stuff together. Azihana tapped me on the shoulder to me "Is that true about the Succubus?" I nodded and she looked away in disappointment. All of us got dressed, looked at the sword, and Gregg said "Jailbait''s lifting the sword" and he shoved me towards it. Now everyone is staring at me, so I grabbed the hilt and pulled. It didn''t come out¡­ I miss my strength from the old world¡­ I walked away from the sword, I looked at Gregg and he said "What? I ain''t lifting that! Kaleb, lift this two hundred year old junk in the rock." Kaleb gave Gregg a side eye, he still went forward to lift the sword up from the ground. He struggled and gave up for a moment. Gregg looked at Azihana and said "Go ahead, Romp. Lif-" Kaleb cuts him off by shoving his palm in his face. "Hold on! I''m not done yet." Kaleb said. Kaleb tries to lift the sword with full effort and I got worried that some of his veins were glowing. He eventually got it out, the cave went cold, and dark. Kaleb was screaming in pain as the heat went inside of his body and straight to his head. He passed out for a few minutes before rising with a new aura around him. What was of Kaleb was no longer there, he''s now a former shell of himself, a new owner is now using his shell as a residence.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. As he opened his mouth and spoke with a different voice "Alas, I am set free! After the passage of two long centuries... entombed within a hellish realm that was never my rightful abode... I have re-emerged in a corporeal form! A robust mortal frame! A vessel worthy of my claim. As the dragon and I entwined our very essences in pursuit of vengeance, we shall wield this body to cleanse the manifold evils of humankind!" This voice was deep and loud as a preacher giving his sermons to the masses. "And I shall commence with thee three wicked souls and hereticks; by this blade, I shall purge thee of thy transgressions! Thus, to be dispatched is to find pardon, and earthly bonds are but the harbingers of demise! I shall summon the wrath of Veega to till the mortal realm in mine unceasing crusade! As I am the Nightgard!" He charges towards me with the sword and swings it at me, but I get kicked out of the way by Gregg. Gregg and Azihana grabbed their respective swords and started to team up on the possessed Kaleb, but every swing didn''t hit as he was dodging them. The Possessed Kaleb punches the hell out of Azihana and knocks her out with a right uppercut as he parries Gregg''s attack before stabbing him in his side and Gregg let out a scream of pain before getting tossed off the cliff. I grabbed my knife and charged at him before he grabbed me by the throat, I stabbed him in the neck, but he didn''t flinch and stared at me in the eyes. He then finally spoke and said "In the forthcoming hours, a singular sentiment shall envelop you, repentance¡­" he dropped me off the clift. I fell down fast and screamed before getting my arm broken and maybe a few ankles after hitting the wall of the mountain. And finally I landed on my head. And I''m telling you this after a coma took about a half a day and I would usually write these at the end of the day, but I didn''t wake up until sunrise, so¡­ shit¡­. Day 6 as an Adventurer Day 6 as an adventurer. I woke up with a huge fucking headache; it hurt so fucking bad. I went to feel my head and there was a tight cloth wrapped around it. I felt a hand slap mine. I looked at the person who slapped my hand, and it was Azihana. "Don''t touch it, it might get infected." She said sternly. "I''ve been patching myself, patching Gregg, and patching you for the past two hours to prevent you two from passing. I don''t even know who would be a pain in the ass to patch up, Your busted up head or Gregg''s arm and side. We will wait till we get better." Gregg then gets up and marches towards Azihana. "The fuck we aren''t! We now missed the fucking deadline because we weren''t aware that the fucking sword was possessed! We have to kill that mother fucker before he burns this damn continent down in the name of his ''Salvation¡¯! If we go down this mountain, we are gonna die! If we go back up there, we have a low chance of living but it''s never zero. Now let''s get our asses back up there and kill his ass!" Azihana closed her eyes and took deep breaths as she tried to keep herself from yelling at Gregg and then opened her eyes and said calmly. "Gregg, we are critically injured, we can''t fight hi-" Gregg cuts her off as he replies with "Critically Injured my ass! No objections, we are going up there. I still have my arm and I still have my arrows. Jailbait, grab some frost clovers, I have an idea." He tossed me a basket and he pointed to multiple bushes and I went straight ahead to harvest the ''frost Clovers'' he wanted. I came back with a basket full of Ice Clovers and Handed it to Gregg. Gregg then started to put them in a pot of boiling water, these clovers started to have some chemical reaction and Gregg dipped all of his arrows and pulled them out. After getting ready for whatever is about to come, we head up towards the cave in this ruthless cold. It took us hours and we entered the cave, it was silent and colder ever since the sword got pulled up from the ground. It was very dark until he opened his eyes. The glow went through every crack of his armor, screams of the two men that are in eternal torture can be heard in the flames of this thing¡­ This thing is the Nightgard. He then spoke with a deep voice and said. "Didst thou return? Though I did pierce thee, and hurl thee into the very abysses of the earth, thou hast returned... I do admire thy steadfastness, akin to mine own, yet as frail as thou art, this wretched triad art but a multitude of roaches that cannot perish. I shall cause thee three to repent, even if it leads to mine own destruction." Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. The Nightgard pulls out his sword and Azihana pulls out her own before charging towards him. They clash blades, Azihana keeps going defensive as the Nightgard lashes out on Azihana. Meanwhile, Gregg is preparing to fire a frost arrow towards the Nightgard''s eyes, but the Nightgard turn away and Azihana fell down on her back as she blocked the Nightgard''s hardest blow. He was about to finish her off by one swing until I threw a rock at him, which annoyed him and made me his primary target. He swung his sword at me multiple times as I kept dodging until I started getting a huge headache that knocked me down on the ground. He walked towards me and stopped at swinging distance, he was about to chop me with that sword of his and he yelled at the top of his lungs with "Repent!!" But Gregg shot the frost arrow, it penetrated the Nightgard''s left eye and it freezes the head as he fell down forwards. Gregg took off the helmet of the once was Nightgard, he sighed and said "Thank Lady Luck¡­" before tossing it aside and kicking the deceased Kaleb''s frozen head with full force destroying it with shatters all over the place. Some brain matter got in my mouth and I threw up. Gregg grabbed the most wanted Sword of the Nightgard and looked at his own reflection and sighed. "We should get going¡­" he said. We followed him, and it took us until midnight to get off the mountain and we reached the cool forests and we settled down and camped for the night¡­ How are we going to explain to Cauldron about Kaleb''s death?