5 000 years ago
The war against the chaos beasts was nearing the end as most of them were annihilated. The remaining chaos beasts, which numbered just below 30 had surrendered. The alliance between demi-human, elves and humans had won. The imprisoned chaos beasts were divided between each of the three races whith each getting 9. It was agreed that the humans have the Queen of the Chaos Beasts, Karina the Nine-Tailed Fox while the rest of the Chaos Beasts would go to the elves. The demi-humans got the corpses of the dead chaos beasts, which are good sources of nourishment for them and contain large sources of mana. Back in the human continent of Linchestin, Karina was fastened to a pole and suffered severe lashings from a mana infused whip. Her core was sealed so she was no better than a normal person. Her days were always like this for many years to come. The king had her paraded through the streets of the capital. Jeers and insults were thrown at her. Her tails were repeatedly stabbed or cut by people in the crowd. She was repeatedly spit on and rotten food was thrown at her. She finally screamed out as she couldn't bare it anymore.
"WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO YOU HUMANS?!?!?! YOU WERE THE ONES WHO INVADED OUR FORESTS!!! YOU WERE THE ONES WHO HUNTED OUR FOOD!!! YOU WERE THE ONES WHO HARVESTED OUR HERBS!!! YOU WERE THE ONES WHO STOLE OUR YOUNG!!! YOU WERE THE ONES WHO MURDERED MY BRETHREN AS A SPORT.WE NEVER INTRUDED IN YOUR TERRITORIES BUT YOU INVADED US!!!"
The crowd was silent...and then laugher erupted. They continued throwing things at her as the man pulling her with the rope yanked her forward. She stumbled and fell down. The populace immediately kicked and stomped her. As she tried to get up, she looked up and saw from the palace, the Queen looking down on her with a sinister smile. The anger in her rose as the mana seal on her began to slowly break. As soon as the guards noticed the colour of her eyes turn red, she recieved a boot to the face, instantly knocking her out. She awoke in a dark dungeon. Chains were bound on her hands and wrists. The Queen was sitting in front of her with her legs crossed. She had a glass of wine in her hands and a man who was standing next to her carrying the bottle and would occasionally pour her some wine. The Queen laughed.
"Quite the exciting episode that happened today."
Karina struggled in her chains.
"Oh? Don't get too rowdy. You'll soon be released from your chains...and your body."
Karina violently lashed out in her chains when she realised what would soon happen to her.
"YOU BITCH!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!"
She thrashed around as the queen smiled.
"Call the guards Patrick. It's time to put this stupid bitch out of her misery."
"Yes my Queen."
As Patrick left, the Queen stood up and walked to Karina. She held her by the chin and spoke.
"I'll make great use of your corpse afterwards. Your tails would look good as a scarf you know? I hear multiple people have already laid claim to your tails. Thank you for making me rich."
Multiple men came in and started dragging her by the chains. She was soon placed in front of the queen in the imperial court. The king spoke.
"Chaos Fox Karina. It is has been decided that it is too dangerous to keep you alive any longer. You are a liability to the safety of the good people of Linchestin. As such, you will be sentenced to death by mana overdrain."
Everybody in the courtroom gasped...and then cheered. The reactions were varied
"YEAH DRAIN HER!!!"
"SHE DESERVES IT AFTER WHAT SHE'S DONE!!!"
Mana overdrain is when your core is sucked dry of mana. It's a torturous procedure since if you don't die, you'll undergo a lot of pain after that and slowly die as your core cracks more and more. She was tied to a chair and a device was strapped to her core. All her protests were pointless as the device was activated. The little mana she had was sucked dry as her face contorted into pain. Her body froze up. Two guards came over to stop her from moving. Her core cracked as a tear escaped her eye. The device was activated again and again and it sucked out that little bit of mana she had as it also slowly tore apart her core. This time, she spit out blood as her core cracked even more again. The process was repeated a few more times. The Queen chuckled.
"A normal person would've already died during the second attempt. This just proves how much of a monster you are."
Karina was very weak as she felt immense pain over and over again. Her skin had gone pale and her eyes were bloodshot. Her once beautiful ruby hair had turned white from repeated trauma. Just as she was about to resign herself to her fate, the roof of the court was suddenly peeled off. The support beams cracked and exploded with some of them toppling over and killing the crowd watching the execution. It was soon revealed to be the Chaos Dragon Raimura as he looked down on the people and shot flames from his mouth. Screeches and pained screams were heard as people were being burnt alive. The king and queen were being protected by the guards as they raised their shields to defend against the dragon fire. Raimura shape-shifted into human form and he immediately jumped down and severed the chains binding Karina.
"I'm sorry my Queen. I will take you out of here right away."
He injected some of his mana so that her core would break from sudden movements. As the knights drew in with their weapons drawn, he picked her up and jumped up. Wings appeared on his back as he flew away at a torrent of arrows and fireballs. At that moment, Karina passed out unconscious. She soon awoke to eight chaos beasts surrounding her. She was in the middle of a magic circle. They were chanting a spell. Karina immediately knew what it was. She tried to move but realised she couldn't. There was a needle pressed into her neck. Raimura spoke.
"I'm sorry but, we need your power. Right now, the three races are occupying our territory and we nine are the last of our Chaos race. But...with your sacrifice, we can finally beat back the races. SO REJOICE! YOUR DEATH WON'T BE IN VAIN!"
Karina could feel the energy in her body slowly leaving her. This wasn't mana. It was her life force, her vitality. They were dividing it between each other. Her tails were gradually shriveling up and her body was getting thinner and frailer. The other chaos beasts were gradually getting stronger as their physiques became more refined due to the increase in vitality. Soon, the ritual was complete and Karina was on the ground, now looking like an old woman, leeched of thousands of years of vitality. Raimura spoke.
"We left you one year of your vitality. This will allow you to live long enough to see how we revive our race and destroy the rest. Karina gritted her teeth.
"You were my brethren. I trusted you with everything...AND THIS IS HOW YOU BETRAY ME?!?!?!"
She sat up.
"Good good. Since now all of you have my life essence in you, then I'll just have to kill you in the future."
They were dumbfounded until they saw a magic circle covering all of them.
"With my life as the price, I ask the heavens to help me. HEAVENLY SEALING TECHNIQUE!"
A shining aura covered all of them as their bodies turned into a ball of light and were encased in an egg with a very hard shell which had runes written on them. The runes when translated would read out their names, how long they've been sealed and how long until the shell breaks. They would be permanently sealed for 5 thousand years. With the spell complete, Karina dissipated as her soul left her body, turned into a ball and was also encased in an egg. The spell was over and the only thing remaining were nine eggs. It was the last time anyone heard of the Chaos Race until 5 thousand years later when the eggs were dug up by an old man and his grandson who were originally digging for a well. They reported the appearance of the egg and a rune keeper arranged for the to be taken, where he deciphered the runes and what they meant. That was when the King of Aria decided they should be used in war, despite the warnings of the rune keeper.
"It should be time soon until the seal releases itself. When that time comes, I'll kill of them. Warhound, Ox, Phoenix, Slime, Tiger, Cobra, Warthog and especially you...Dragon. I'll exterminate every last one of you."
3 years later, day of the war
"What's this?! This is my life essence! It suddenly returned to me! It can only mean one thing. One of them has di- ANOTHER ONE? They're dying in droves. I can feel my life essence continuously returning to me as well as my power. I don't know who they were fighting, but I will express my thanks to whoever killed them."
As Isaac released his full power blast, the Chaos Dragon and Phoenix died.
"YES! ALL EIGHT OF THEM HAVE DIED! I FINALLY HAVE ENOUGH POWER TL BREAK OUT OF THE SHELL!!!"
As the shell broke, a ball of light appeared and it morphed into a beautiful girl with white hair and nine tails. She looked over at where she felt the remnant traces of chaos mana. She saw a Isaac sitting there.
"BASTARD HUMANS! I'LL KILL THE WHOLE LOT OF THE- no. Calm down."
She held her anger and slowly approached him while hiding her presence. She heard him speak.
"This wasn't enough. I don't feel...fulfilled at all. I did slightly improve but it still wasn't enough."
Karina began thinking.
"So he merely slaughtered them for fun?! As expected of a human. They're all the same. They killed us for fun to. If he sees me, there's no doubt he'll try to kill me. Let me end this right now."
She vanished and appeared besides Isaac.
"You're right. That wasn't enough."