While the exhausted Tomb Riders recuperated their strength inside the secured facility, they were unaware of the harsh events happening outside and I’m not referring to the storm.
Approximately 59 kilometres west of the dozing Tomb Riders proximity, located a humungous monster towering over 400-ft in height; frozen in thick blocks of ice. A civilized colony of ancient Frost Ghouls existed below it. Unlike the strays that the intrusive Tomb Riders battled before, these Ghouls were more organised and intelligent. If the humans saw this, their eyes would have popped.
Rumble!
The civilized colony of Ghouls were having some sort of traditional ceremony by the uncommon way by how they were organized. More than a dozen Ghouls of various types were systematically forming an encasement around animated mechanisms of globular nature. These mechanisms were known as Sapphire Frost Orbs. Approximately 7 of them were neatly aligned around the huge monster trapped in multiple layers of ice. Other Ghouls were performing the same ritual at each one.
They each had rainbow coloured halos. This signified their peerless intelligence among their class. They possessed other halos as well which varied from Ghouls to Ghouls. However, the rainbow coloured halos were the most dashing and significant.
A Ghoul’s structure wasn’t simple enough to be fully comprehended by human understanding. Each of their halos possessed specific meaning and properties about that classification of Ghoul. Although they were all similar species, their biological composite was sometimes worlds apart.
As the ceremony went underway, many Ghouls knelt in reverence as they faced the Sapphire Frost Orbs. Nearing its end, the Sapphire Frost Orbs began firing multiple powerful rays of frost towards the imposing giant frozen in the thick blocks of ice.
What I gathered from their ceremonial actions was that they wanted to reinforce the ice that kept the malignant monster sealed. The rays of the Sapphire Frost Orbs hit specific parts of the monster which had glowing sigils. Their weakened construct quickly strengthened.
Once every decade, the Frost Colony would perform this specific ceremony to keep that frightening Ghoul from awakening. However, this time around something went awry.
Boom!
“????” Flaming minions in league with the sealed monstrosity began bursting out of the ground. They aimed to halt the completion of the ceremony. Unlike the others who were used to the freezing temperature, these Ghouls possessed astounding heat of baleful intensity; enough to melt the glaciers on earth. Their bodies were a thick composite of burning magma. With every move they made, the leaking magma from their bodies corroded their surroundings.
ROAR! The other Ghouls issued a warning to prevent the Magma Ghouls from interrupting the grand ceremony. These Magma Ghouls were devoted minion who kept hidden for centuries until the right opportunity came to pass where they could act.
Over the latent decades, the Magma Ghouls have bided their time for their master’s seal to weaken. They surmised that the seal was now weak enough for them to make a move on releasing their eternal father from the captivating grasp of the Frost Colony.
Chaos quickly broke out around the malignant monster captured in thick blocks of ice. The Magma Ghouls were wreaking havoc on the Frost Colonizers. Though they tried their best to fight back, they were no match for the swarming Magma Ghouls whose number of halos surpassed the basic categories. Most of them were rampaging with 4 red halos positioned at their rears. This meant they were well above Rank-B+++
The Magma Ghouls were well organised. They didn’t bother wasting their strength on the small fries who scurried around. They mainly focused on destroying the Sapphire Frost Orbs that were reinforcing the seal on their fire lord. Albeit their numbers were strong, they found it difficult to contend with the Sapphire Frost Orbs’ strength due to their conflicting elements.
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To remedy this natural flaw, the Magma Ghouls began combining their abilities to unleash more powerful fire blasts at the Sapphire Frost Orbs from a distance. This way, they wouldn’t lose combat prowess by mistakenly freezing to death. So far out of the 7 Sapphire Frost Orbs, they managed to destroy 3 of them. With a little bit more time, their plans would have surely come to fruition, except...
KA-Boom!
“????” Every Ghoul who was taking part in the one-sided massacre got startled by a surprising entity who just crashed landed in the centre of the festivities. It was a golden-winged Ghoul who closely resembled an effeminate humanoid. What surprised the bewildered crowd the most were the rare alignment of halos it possessed.
The Golden Entity sported 2-black halos, 2-resplendent golden halos, 3-green halos, 2-red halos and 1-rainbow colour halo. By this rare classification of halo alignment, the rest of the Ghouls surmised that it was a powerful entity who descended from a higher ranking Ghoul Graveyard.
Ghoul Graveyards with higher rank couldn’t be penetrated by lower-ranking Ghouls unless special privileges came into play. However, high ranking Ghouls could visit any lower tier Ghoul Graveyard as they wanted.
The tiers of Ghoul Graveyards could be distinguished by their uniquely coloured heart of existence. From lowest to highest there were; white, blue, red, green, gold, and lastly black. Those belonging to the black category were all immortals. They could only be defeated by Ghouls of similar tier or higher.
The arrival of the Golden Entity turned the tide of battle into the Frost Colony’s favour. With only a few attacks from its maleficent wings, it blasted asunder myriads of Magma Ghouls who were pouring out of the earth.
“RAH-SAH-TAAH!” The Magma Ghouls’ forces were drastically depleting! Still, they didn’t plan to retreat. Instead, they bulked up their mettle then charged the Golden Entity together.
The Golden Entity swatted away their attacks like flies. It showed its presence specifically to halt the unsealing of the malicious monster trapped within several layers of impenetrable ice. As it tidied up the flaming stragglers, the Golden Entity gave the gigantic statue a concerning gaze. Afterwards, it spoke to the leaders of the Frost Colony about their sealing ritual.
Thinking that all was well and over, unforeseen shackles of trouble came pouring down from the sky. With the sound of thunderous echoes berating the atmosphere, an expansive spread of dubious cumulonimbus clouds surrounded the Frost Colony. This wasn’t your typical storm cloud. It was actually an apex Cloud Ghoul sent to assist the Magma Ghouls in unsealing the lord of fire.
Several series of gigantic chains shot out from the depths of the cloud. Their target was none other than the Golden Entity who went against them. The Cloud Ghoul was trying to prevent it from altering their devious plans and it had more than enough privileges to do so.
After the golden entity dodged few of the chain attacks, it went on the offensive. The weaker Ghouls below identified a shocking sight. Within the Cloud Ghoul’s widespread body, hosted 1-rainbow coloured halo and 3-black halos visible! This strength was mightier than that of the Golden Entity!
With the sudden presence of the Cloud Ghoul, the Magma Ghouls were no longer scared. They quickly resurfaced the ground and continued their quest in dominating the frozen lands. More Sapphire Frost Orbs were destroyed. Due to the Golden Entity being occupied in defending itself against the mighty Cloud Ghoul’s assault, it had little to no room of action to prevent the ancient ceremony from getting wrecked. Hence, it was only a matter of time before the sealed monster was free.
As soon as the Sapphire Frost Orbs were completely demolished, the ice keeping the monster in captivity started to weaken. To hasten this melting process, the herd of Magma Ghouls began charging the frozen statue directly. Moreover, they sacrificed themselves by endlessly exploding.
The Golden Entity understood the severity of their actions so it opted to stop them. It released a powerful wave of wind energy that blasted the Cloud Ghoul several metres away.
“I won’t let you have your way!” The Golden Entity screamed in its mother’s dialect as it flew towards the bundle of Magma Ghouls who were swarming the frozen statue-like ants.
“Hurry! Hurry! We must hurry and set our lord free!” Perceiving the swift approach of the golden oppressor, the Magma Ghoul hastened their detonation process. Before the Golden Ghoul could delay them, large portions of the ice started crashing into the surface below. Their impact caused major shockwaves to occur.
“???” The Golden Entity soon realized that’s its effort to prevent the unsealing of the trapped monster was useless. Many more chunks of ice started falling loose from the giant’s corpse. In only a few seconds, the malignant creature was completely free. To pronounce its almighty presence across the vast frozen lands, it released a powerful war cry which shook the very corners of the Ghoul Graveyard. Subsequently, a great upheaval started occurring. The lands were quickly being devoured by an unquenchable source of magma!