[Chapter 141] Releasing My Army

I look at the massive glass wall as I take a deep breath and hold my hand towards the door. 'Absolute Shadow.' A large wall of darkness rises up to cover the door. 'I don't know if there were any wrongly imprisoned, so I have no choice but to just block the entrance.

I glance up at Slime Winter as I ask, "You don't need anything to breath, do you?" He shakes his body from side to side to signal no. "Alright....." I say as I breath in. 'We are coming Dreag.' I think as I suddenly blow out, using Shadow Breath to create black flames. As soon as the black flames make contact, a massive rune formation covering the glass emerges. I recognize some of them as I try to look over what it says, the majority of it all new to me.

But I don't get a chance to try understanding it as my black flames consume it all, the runes consumed by the gluttonous black flames as I watch the glass melt before my eyes. 'Please work.' Is all I have to think as the blue gas suddenly floods the room.

'1.....2...3....4....5.' I count as I wait for the gas to kick in, but there is nothing. 'Huh, it works!' I think as I punch upward in excitement, stirring the air around my punch into a small tornado.

I quickly realize something as I ask, "You alright Slime Winter?"

I feel purring along with a soft mew, showing he is alright. 'Alright, let me get rid of this gas temporarily.' I think as I walk over to where the gas was supposed to be released. I find the nozzle which is bolted in, although it was irritating as I can't see 2 feet in front of me because of the thick gas. I glance at the nozzle as I hold my hand towards the ground, 'Absolute Shadow.'

More parts begin to form as all shapes and sizes are created, but nothing larger than the nozzle. As I create the parts, Slime Winter slowly crawls down me as he begins to take the parts inside his body again. After I finish, his entire inside is a multitude of colors as he tries to put the parts together. After a minute, he figures it out as it assembles inside him.

What pops out is a sphere the size of the inner part of the nozzle. I grab it and shove it inside the nozzle as a whirring sound can be heard. I feel a pulling force towards me as I immediately store Slime Winter before he gets pulled in by the suction force.

I firmly plant my feet into the ground as glass shattering could be heard beneath me, the suction force gets stronger as the blue gas flows towards it like a wave. I suddenly see light as the gas disappears back into the nozzle. I see 7 beds with 7 different people on them in this 10 yard by 10 yard cube, but what freaks me out is that each person is stuck inside a metal casting of their body, the only thing seeable is their faces.

I look at each one until I find a large casting, one that has an Orc in it. 'Dreag!' I think as I look for something in the metal casting which I eventually find. I find a lock built onto the casting, one that has a 26 digit code requirement.

I laugh as I place my hand on it, 'Inspect!'

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A metal casting to hold the Orc Dreag, a Divine Beast. This casting is made of a metal which came from a meteor, the code is 16374118932417189167283951.

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'Holy Fuck, this code!' I think in shock. I punch it in as I hear the whirring in the background continue. As I put in the last digit, the casing melts from Dreag's body, revealing his muscular body wearing blue silk pajamas.

I pick up his unconscious body, glancing at the other metal casing which contain 5 women and 1 other guy. I look away as I begin to walk towards the exit when I stop.

'Actually, they should know who woke them up.' I think as I hold out a hand, "Absolute Shadow." My shadow fluctuates as it suddenly starts to gather, a large coin resting up against the glass wall, on it, there is the symbol of a cat like void slime with black wisps floating off of it.

Along with a few words underneath. "The Shadow Emperor was here." I nod as I exit the room through the hole of melted glass. I wave my hand as the big wall of darkness melts and crawls into my shadow.

I jump through the hole in the door and am greeted by silence. As I walk past the prisoners, they stare at me with many emotions, but one thing that I felt the most, was fear. I walk up the steps and see what seems like the whole castle's army pointing various weapons at me. I don't listen to a word they have to say as I have had enough bull crap for one day, "Knock them all out."

Ghostly howls are heard as a paw is seen emerge from my shadow, then a wing, then a stone hand....hundreds upon hundreds of hands emerge from my shadow as the guards who were already shaking are now practically placed in ice as an army of black creatures swarms them, their screams and battlecries silenced before they can even begin.

'Being an adventurer wasn't just for me to become stronger and gain money, but to grow my army!' I think as I watch the castle's military wiped away by my black tide of 500 of the strongest creatures I could find. 'I have a variety of creatures from mana beast bears to golems, they can't stand against my army and it's variety.' I think as I watch the military practically collapse to the floor.