months later,
lothar woke up abruptly. his face contorted in a horrified expression, his whole body was drenched in sweat. he sighed and traced the empty space between his thumb and middle finger.
'6years? 7? i can't remember how long'
he closed his eyes and tried to shake the nightmare off. but this time it was different than the others.
everyone was there. his mother, his sister, his father and benny. all of the people he lost were laughing in joy under a beautiful sun. it was the most painful thing he ever saw
his labored breathing became more erratic, he wobbled up after falling a couple of times and walked towards a dead beast. he tore the meat off of it and gobbled down the disgusting food. he drenched his thristy throat with blood focusing on the taste and willing his mind to forget
but he kept seeing benny's figure everywhere, he saw his sister's tearful face in every corpse laid in front of him, his father's wip and cruel smile in every drop of blood that fell from his hands
unable to bear with the sight, he closed his eyes and rolled into a ball.
..
in the meantine, inside Lothar's soul where more than 500 other souls resided..
" what is this ominous feeling?" the siren yelled as she tried hard to balance herself
" how could a soul be this unstable?" she kept yelling as she fell on her ass
the black void that surrounded them was shaking as if there was an earthquake, only the huge majestic throne was left standing firm
black shadow arose from the ground beneath her, wrapping around her body.
she felt unimaginable pain when the shadow touched her beautiful translucent skin
she never felt this kind of pain, not in her entire life or death
the same thing happened to the other 3 generals and all the other beasts, they all screamed and yelled in pain. the weaker beasts were completely engulfed by the dark shadows in the matter of seconds, disappearing into nothingness
the once mighty army of 300+ beings had barely more than a hundred soldiers after just a few moments
" something..haaaa- i-is happening.. th-the lord! we need to... h-help h-him.." the basilik said between heavy breaths, the shadows have completely eaten almost 1meter worth of his tail
but the others were too busy trying not to lose against the shadows to even think about their lord. the banshee was screaming at the top of her lungs, her pain tolerance almost non existing, killing even more beasts with her voice
the siren was flopping around on the ground, weeping
but the wendigo, surprising them all, was the only one who looked okay. although he felt immense pain, it was still something he felt all too much in his life to let it affect him
" this feeling.." he said quietly observing the shadows that ate away at his long skeleton legs
"it's the true form of the lord's soul" he frowned as he looked at the basilisk
they were all terrified at that revelation, wondering for the millionth time since getting here the true identity of their king
at the very least, the sheer size of his soul domain left them in awe
"what will happen if it gobbles us up?" whined the banshee. it was the first time she coherently said a sentence without stuttering
the wendigo looked at the void that surrounded him, for some reason he felt like the place has gotten even vaster
" i don't know.. but it seems like the others who have been engulfed by the shadows have completely fused with the lord's soul" he said
they all stopped squirming and silence fell in the soul domain
" what bullshit are you spewing?! how is that even possible!" yelled the siren with an accusatory tone.
the wendigo pointed towards the vast void
" can't you see there? when we first came here we walked around the domain to see how big it really is. but look, can't you see the space over the border there getting bigger with each beast getting devoured?"
and true to his words, the beasts closer to the border were being sucked in, and where the domain should've ended stood other beasts getting dragged there by the shadows and fusing with the black walls.
" he's using them to enlarge his domain.." the wendigo said softly
" how... Was all that talk about choosing names for ourselves a lie..?" cried the banshee. she was rocking back and force in a fetal position
they all kept quiet after hearing the banshee, they couldn't deny it. they were surprised but secretly content when the lord had decided they could have names, that he wanted a soul bond with them even if they were already dead. but now, they realized they have been decieved and played with.
after a while the basilisk shook his head in disbelief as he continued to stare at his surroundings ignoring the banshee's words
" do you really think that he is just merging with them?" he said as he pointed his chin towards the beasts getting sucked in
" it looks more like being devoured to me..." he whispered the last part
their pupils shook in fear as they waited for their time to come. they all died once, but this time it felt like they were really going to vanish into nothingness. not even their souls would remain in this world..
afraid, each layed in a corner waiting for the inevitable,
until-
" LOTHAR!!!!!" a voice boomed from behind them
they all turned around, startled, only to see a creature glaring at the ceiling with tired eyes
he was the fifth general..
and he was holding a teddy bear
...