Prologue
Deep within the forest simply known to the world as ‘The Void’ devoid of any colour where only different shades of black could be seen, a black mass of mana was gathering like a vortex sucking in more by the second. Over the course of seven days this mass slowly began to shape itself into a human’s form, limbs, skin and clothes together with black flowing hair suddenly grew which glowed with black light seemingly lighting up the dark abyss which was the forest. The final day finished the process as two pitch-black and hollow eyes shot open, the mass of mana fully shaped as a girl no older than seven years stood on the grassy surface inspecting her new body ‘How fragile, but it will have to do’. Looking at the forest surrounding her a smirk grew on her face ‘It’s grown quite significantly, humanity must have truly sunk. I wonder, how many millennia has it been this time?’
Spreading her senses she felt for the mana which made up the forest ‘I’ve truly grown weak…’ as her abilities failed her. Walking up to a nearby tree she lightly touched it as it instantly withered into black light which surged into her ‘Nearly matured it seems, I estimate it’ll only take one more year until I can make my escape. It matters not, I will need this time to at least regain some of my power’
Continuing to walk forward over the withered tree the forest around her seemed to part to let her through. The grass under her bare feet withering with every step as a disturbance in mana caused the nearby beasts to notice her intrusion upon their home. They began to gather around her from a distance trying to find out what caused the disturbance
The girl came to a halt as she smiled ‘It seems the little ones noticed me’, looking to her right she saw a large beast which seemed to be a cross between a wolf and boar looking straight at her. Their gazes interlocked as the beast suddenly felt as if it was being sucked into her eyes, trying to back away in fear as the girl walked up to him “Don’t worry little one, come closer”. It halted as it felt no harm in the girl’s voice which contradicted with the gleam in her eyes, feeling oddly compelled to follow her order. The two walked towards one another until they stood in touching distance, the girl slowly lifted her hand towards the beast’s face beginning to stroke its soft fur as it instinctively bent its head “See, I mean no harm. Now how about you show me the forest?”
Time passed as the forest began to liven up, more beasts appeared over time until there was little space left for them to occupy. They became restless but never assaulted one another, there she stood in the middle of them looking out on the forest’s edge. ‘It’s nigh time, those walls won’t stop us, it’s foolish of them to even think we’d care’ looking upon the beasts she smiled knowing it was finally time to leave the forest. Every beast moved from the centre towards the forest’s edge waiting for it to begin. She looked into the far distance once again towards the wall spotting many a men on top of it ‘seems they know as well, they’ve come prepared. No matter, soon they’ll be one with the light’
Gathering her mana around herself she released it in a great burst which spanned over the entirety of the land. The silence which reigned over the forest and field before them vanished as the horde of beasts started running at the wall with speeds no normal animal should be able to reach. They differed in shape, some like wolves, others like boars or feline and every possible combination among them. Moving in the shadows of the beasts she stayed hidden from view shrouding herself with magic, spells began to form on the walls not far in the distance clearly aimed towards them. Massive balls of fire grown larger by supporting wind spells soon filled the entirety of her scope, the blistering heat reaching her she decided to stay back until the initial assault was done
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The beasts however didn’t falter, they didn’t care for the heat or fire raining down upon them. The felines dodged every ball of fire with great agility, the boars took them head on without as much of a scratch and the smaller creatures moved in the protection provided by the former. The ground began to shudder with intensifying magnitude, fissures formed which beasts fell in to only to be crushed as they closed around them, massive earthen spikes shot up from the ground trying to impale any incoming beast approaching still accompanied by an unceasing rain of fire. The casualties still low in number as the horde was too great to kill in mere moments, they kept moving forward towards the wall which was creeping ever closer
‘Just as predicted they’re ill prepared, magic has limited effect on Voidlings’, she could see the mages getting more panicked by the second as their doom approached, but they didn’t run, they kept on firing their magic hoping to stop the approaching beasts. Yet it was for naught, the felines had already reached the wall running up on the stones as their claws sunk into them with ease. Jumping high in the air planning to rip the mages to shreds as they descended “Wind Barrier!!”
A sudden extreme force of pure concentrated wind slammed into them trying to blow them from the wall. Most of the felines were shot away towards their impending death, but not all of them; some managed to stick to the wall as they sunk their paws deep into the stones for grip, waiting until the burst had ceased before pouncing at the mages which still had to recover from their spell. A frenzy ensued, mages fell to their claws as blood covered the wall desperately trying to kill the ones that managed to reach them
“Boars it’s your turn, act while they’re distracted” the girl commanded the beasts as they slammed their great bodies unto the wall. Cracks began to form as mages recovered from their stupor, they tried halting the boars but it was too late as the walls collapsed from the continues assault. Gaping holes formed along the wall, the mages tried to flee knowing that their line of defence had failed. Looking at the leftover beasts still moving forward “Go, it’s time to hunt”, quickening their pace catching up to the mages as screams began to fill the air
Walking up to the wall she smiled spotting a dying man lying on the floor, their eyes interlocked as her smile intensified. He tried to speak as she suddenly appeared in front of him as if out of thin air with her hand covering his mouth “Ssshh” her other hand glowing with darkness as it slid into his chest. Standing up looking at the massacre before her ‘Magnificent view’, the great beast from a year ago walked up next to her “Ready to go for a ride?”, getting on its back they followed the horde as flames erupted in the distance
Not soon after reaching the source a grin formed on her face “It’s time, you know what to do”, the beast nodded its head as she slid of the back. ‘This look won’t do, let’s do something poorer’ the darkness around her twisted in form turning into plain clothes, her black lush hair dulled as it lost its lustre, her black skin turning pale until finally the hollow pitch-black eyes turned a common brown. She nodded at the beast to which his claw tore through her chest…
Darkness followed for many days as she lost consciousness sporadically “There’s a survivor!” feeling a weight lift from her body as she struggled to open her eyes, her view unclear she saw the shimmer of a man kneeling before her “You’re going to be alright, you understand?” Meekly nodding her head the man slowly took her from underneath the wreckage “Do you remember your name?” again a meek nod “D-Danu…” as she lost consciousness once more
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