41 Aslan's Trump Card
*B-b-b-b-boom!*
Constant explosions rang out on the battle field as the long range magic users attacked from the skies.
Beneath them, the mid and close range fighters activated their own magic and skills and began the assault after the long range finished theirs.
"CHAAARGE!" One of the commanders of the army screamed out, as he too, began his attack.
"So that was your plan, eh? Divide and conquer? Do you want to know something funny, flying rat?" Aslan calmly questioned as he looked at Rainok's furious eyes.
*Snap*
A look of confusion washed over Rainok's face as he looked at the hand that just snapped its fingers. "I hadn't pulled my trump card yet!"
"AHHHH! HELP US!" Muffled screaming could be heard from behind the rock wall. King Rainok and Queen Elena both turned their heads in horror after hearing them.
All the slaves within the kingdom were freed. With the entirety of the country's manpower currently fighting the goblin army, they were left with free reign.
"NOOOOO!" King Rainok screamed out, shedding his heavy, slow armor while attempting to charge back to the kingdom in order to save his people.
*Putsik*
*Cough*
Suddenly, a hand was sticking out of Rainok's chest. Releasing a cough, blood spurted out of his mouth as he attempted to speak.
"Y-you bastard..." The king forced out, before falling to the ground, lifeless.
"Dumbass! You shouldn't have shed your armor."
"RAAAAIIINOOOOK!" Elena screamed out, charging at the goblin king with an absolute malice. Her citizens were under attack, her army preoccupied, and her husband nearly dead in his own pool of blood.
Thick killing intent oozed out of her every pore as she cast all the magic she could on herself and engaged in a battle with Aslan.
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Taking in the full experience of his hand penetrating one of the beings who imprisoned him, Aslan looked towards the enraged queen. He slowly licked his blood covered fingers, before readying his chains for the next battle.
"Too bad you're so tiny, I could have enjoyed such a beautiful woman like you..." Aslan said slowly as he gave her a seductive glare.
"You repulsive, disgusting, hideous creature! Don't you dare look at me with such eyes!" The queen charged in, casting a healing spell on Rainok's body, as she launched her assault.
"Now, now, distracting yourself with a dead man while your countrymen are killed, tortured and mutilated... What a horrible queen...." Aslan teased Elena, attempting to stir her emotions even more.
'The more worked up you get, the easier you make it you know?' A wicked smile bloomed on his face as he lashed out his chains.
*Fwhip!*
The chain attempted to latch around the queen, but she quickly cast a light barrier and slipped out from between them.
"I know what you're doing, riling me up like this. I really couldn't give a goblin's ass though. You are a dead man. I'll deal with the fallout after we kill every single one your kind in my territory." Elena spat out her words like venom as she stared at the unchanging expression on the goblins face.
"HA HA HA! You really do make it too easy, then!" Aslan once again snapped his fingers.
"Wha-?" The queen had a worried look on her face as she began to ask Aslan.
"So queenie, do you know exactly how many slaves you have in your kingdom? It must be quite a few~ After all, your tiny bodies would make manual labor oh so hard!" Aslan asked the queen some rhetorical questions as he continued.
"I'm sure you worked out how my trait skill works, correct? You are incredibly smart after all... Youngest queen to reach tier four in the kingdom's history~" Aslan jumped back from another attack Elena cast at him.
"I'll take that as a yes, Hihihi! Well, queeni, what do you think would happen if I suddenly received all of those slaves as a part of my horde?" Aslan once again asked, before his suddenly began to glow red.
"A nation of millions, relying off the manual labor of easy and fast to breed slaves. Ironically is defeated by the very thing they relied upon!"
After relaying his speech, Aslan's body began to glow red. Steam was releasing from him as his muscles bulged.
"RAAAAGHHH" Aslan screamed out in pure unbridled rage as he looked into the queen's horrified eyes.
'Won't last long. But I kill first!' Aslan thought, feeling that his mental capacity had definitely been reduced.
"My god, that means..." The queen slowly spoke as she turned her head, just in time to witness the goblins all getting a power boost and pushing back her troops.
"GWAHAHAHA VICTORY MINE!" Aslan roared as he charged at Elena like a beast.
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"BUHIHIHI! Success!" Roy elatedly said, as he looked at his now fully hollowed Mana Core.
"So the next step was to wait for the universal laws I'll be talented in to descend right?" Roy asked, as he suddenly felt a powerful force grip the unfinished Mana Heart within his body.
"ARGH!" He screamed out as intense pain filled him.
Soon, three blindingly beautiful lights descended down upon him. Roy could feel these lights wrap around his Mana Heart, strengthening it in their embrace. As these lights continued, they slowly melded into the Mana Heart itself.
They slowly created an equilibrium, not overlapping, consuming, pushing or mixing with one another.
A design began to appear on the Mana Heart, almost like runes. Roy, unfortunately unable to see this spectacle within him, was writhing in pain form the pressure the universal embrace.
'I really hope I only have to feel this once!' Roy imagined that the uncomfortable pain would never end as he was struggling like a worm caught in the sun.
...
After almost five minutes of this mild form of torture, Roy managed to catch his breath as the feeling in his chest finally faded away.
He could now feel the Mana Heart within him, thrumming. Almost as if it was a true second heart.
He could feel his mana beating through his veins just like blood, as his whole body felt empowered.
'Status!'
