Chapter 21 Game Mode 2/6
"As you command Darth Yoda" Puff replied with his right eyebrows slightly raised in amusement knowing that the Dark Lord is playing another joke again that no one understands. "I will address you in one of your aliases from here on."
"Goood... Gooood.." The Dark Lord replied then laughed maniacally which made Puff smile wryly. Oh he's definitely playing another one of his secret jokes alright.
"Now Puff my magic dragon tell me everything you know about my shadow realm and minions." The Dark Lord asked snickering.
The question made Puff confused not to mention the title his master has bestowed him since he was summoned. The Dark Lord may have known someone with his name and title before he was summoned here.
"I'm not sure what to tell you Darth Yoda that you don't already know." He answered.
"Anything you can tell me will be helpful my magic dragon." The Dark Lord replied in mirth still enjoying his secret joke.
Puff gathered his thoughts furiously about what he knew. "All I know Master is that this shadow obeys your will. Your strength depends on how many souls you have gathered and we are one with you as you are to us. You have aptly called it your dominion for you are the ruler of darkness." He watched him closely as he said this.
"Goood.. Gooood.." The Dark Lord murmured seriously while looking far a way in the shadows as if he have just discovered something. "Now tell me how did you become a minion."
"You summoned me of course Darth Yoda. I believe I'm the first who choose to be your minion when you gave us a choice to become one. That's why I felt I'm the strongest, until you summoned the others. They are stronger in a different way because you willed them to be and the shadows made it so to follow your command." Puff looked at the surrounding darkness. "We are all linked together master." He finished knowing that he had described what he knew to the fullest.
"Goood.. Gooood.." The Dark Lord murmured.
The Dark Lord let his senses feel the shadows all around him, he already knew that he is connected to it and that it is trying to consume him too. He have not allowed it to do so before but he would like to try it now. The shadows went first and took his arms and legs which turned to dark smoke like mist. He felt he will not be harmed by it so he let go of any resistance and the shadows consumed him completely.
Puff watched as the Dark Lord turned into mist, he felt his connection to him intensified. Puff can't help himself but smile, the Dark Lord's enemies will rue the day they will meet him.
Ella kept her self busy in overseeing the construction of the Dark Lord's City in the Never Day. They have been building it for a long time now. They have all agreed that the perfect place to build it is beside the Rapid Sea of the Southwestern part of the Dark Realm continent North of the Elven Realm. Oscar insisted on this place which will give protection to his home and stop other goblin pirates from venturing to other lands and kidnapped new slaves.
She is beginning to understand who the Dark Lord is. He is not just a warrior but a wise ruler too. His first decree to the goblins who followed him is to never eat any flesh of any sentient beings of this world again on pain of death. He have allotted a group of them to become fishermen to provide food which is abundant in the rapid sea and the ancient ocean. He also created a group of goblins to be incharge in building a fleet of ships that will guard and patrol his territory.
There are millions of goblins now that served him and they were all divided into different groups and functions.
She looked back to the sketches and plans that the council created and approved by the Dark Lord. This Fortress will be the strongest and the most impregnable city that will ever be built. Stronger than the defences of the Kingdom of Rosun. No one in the Never Day knew what they are building. The Dark Lord's minions who are guarding the borders were making sure of that. He have an army of them now, over a million. All as strong as the one linked to her as her personal assistant and bodyguard. She suspects that the Dark Lord have more of them ready for his bidding.
This Fortress will be finished in fifty eight moon cycles, thanks to less than twenty thousand Dwarves who all choose to stay with him. They worked tirelessly leading and managing countless goblins through the construction. They all have one goal when they decided to stay here and that is to free all the slaves in this realm. The first step in achieving this is for the Dark Lord to have the strongest fortress ever built to defend them.
The Dark Lord have captured a total of twenty three goblin kingdoms a mile apart from places surrounding this Fortress. This brought them more goblin workers. They all answered to Gork as their regent to the Dark Lord. They were able to free less than two hundred thousand slaves and they have all easily convinced them to stay and help the Dark Lord in his conquest. Freeing them has been a great satisfying experience for her. This validated her decision to stay. For the first time in the history of this world the light races is helping someone to conquer this realm.
What she knew so far from the goblins is that they have their Kingdom built a mile apart from one another. And they have the highest population in this continent, but they are weak compared to the other dark races.
All the freed slaves were contributing to this endeavour and they have all agreed to secrecy. They cannot afford the Alliance to become aware of the Dark Lord's existence and rousing their forces to bear with the MagalaN.
She looked back at the map of the the Dark Lord's Kingdom. It covers over a mile of territory from the shores north of the Rapid Sea. They have built a three layered walled garrison to defend the city. The first outermost wall is thirty feet, the second is fifty feet and the third is seventy feet tall. The wall run in a long full circle that shields the city from any attack in all directions.
The Dark Lord's Fortress is located near the northern part of the of the wall facing the Demon Kingdom more than ten thousand miles north of their location. The freed slaves have built their houses behind the fortress. Gork's former Kingdom lay near the western part of the walls. It is now the home of all the goblins who sweared fealty to the Dark Lord, they have built several intricate tunnels to house them. The main barracks of the minion army is located in the eastern part of the city which is connected to the wall garrison.
The minions were designated as the protector and defender of this city. They where incharge in manning the wall, keeping the peace inside the city and patrolling the boarders. They were lead by a minion called Popo that answers to Puff who apparently is the right hand of the Dark Lord and the designated supreme commander of all the minions. She still can't believe that they were able to build this city and defences in a shorter period than she could imagine. The goblins worked hard on it but the Dwarves made it possible with their knowledge in stone building.
The Dark Lord have made sure that they will not be discovered prematurely by the Demons north of them. He allowed the goblin kingdoms he have captured to continue their operations at the minimum so they can keep on mining and trading with the other goblin kingdoms to keep appearances. He have also emplaced a hundred minions in each of these Kingdoms to ensure their loyalty, and to protect and govern them in secret.
Her stomach growled, she realized that the last time she ate is a moon cycle ago. She turned and walked out of the tent to go to the Inn where humans prepared and served their foods. The goblin fishermen stationed at the harbour from the southern wall is providing constant supply of fish for everyone. There were also goblin hunters who where assigned to capture and breed Dark Toads which supplied them with meat. This made her stomach growled again.
It won't take long now, soon the Dark Lord will advance and conquer that Demon Kingdom.
The Dark Lord sat on his throne as he always does. His eyes burning but his body is made of mist. He have stayed on that state for a long time now, but he was not idle. His vision is divided into six. He have sundered himself into seven. One of his avatars has just arrived in the realm of the Alliance in disguise as a human while another stayed in the Elven Realm as an elf. Another is traveling to the Untamed Realm as a human merchant towards the Rosun Kingdom. Another one is sitting on another throne in his Fortress on the Dark Realm, while his Avatar Merlin is being dragged by the orcs when they captured him several months ago. His main is still sleeping while he sat on his throne in the shadow realm trying managing the five avatars in the Ancient Realm.
He have now recovered the twenty percent life that he lost during his fight with Grand Sorcerer Silas and that bearded fellow. But he still can't use his main body which have sixty percent of his life and power because of the Thorns of Ra spell that binds him. This made him sneer with anger from remembering what that sorcerer did to him. He took a deep breath and let his temper to cool down. forty percent should be enough for his plans. One percent each for Merlin, His Avatar in the Elven Realm and the other who is now in the Allied Realm. Five percent for the merchant and his avatar in the Dark Realm. This left him with twenty seven percent as a backup for any contingencies.
He is ready. All his plan preparation and waiting has been set. It is time to play the game.