Ogre vs Hob-goblin Pt.II

Minerva's skill [Demon Eye of Intimidation] had slowly led Krull into madness, whereas her skill [Demon Eye of Sleep] had put him to sleep. Working hand-in-hand together, the two demon eyes could lead to nightmares in their targets that had the high possibility of killing them. This was where the misconception of Minerva's [Demon Eyes of Death] was derived from.

Krull was now in his own world, whereas his actual body was out doing the fighting on pure instinct and muscle memory. Minerva would have to admit that she was impressed after seeing his body still fight on its own. It proved that to the very end, he was a survivor that had been in many desperate straits – much like her. If for anything, she could give him his respect for that.

The war monger tightened his muscles, channeling aura through his veins then punching the ground. The [Battle God Martial Arts: Ground Break]. The earth shook mightily, but this wasn't enough to faze Minerva.

"Kneel."

She ordered and the war monger's body crumpled. She walked towards it. She wanted to punch it, but that wouldn't be worth it. And she was tired already. She would end this one time.

"Di-"

"Keep quiet Minerva."

A voice said.

The hob-goblin looked behind, and standing there were three people. Two she recognized as Ulva and Diane from maybe, possibly, definitely, spying on Hinotori. The other she had not seen in a while. A six foot tall man, covered from neck to toe in azure blue scales, with a 2 meter long tail sticking out of his ass, along with two folded bat-like wings on his back. He had curly blonde hair that swayed in the direction of the blowing wind, two sharp horns protruded his head. His stormy gaze caught hold of both of them. The Dragon Tyrant of Larm, Goliath the Sleeping Emperor.

His authority has a tyrant overruled hers, forcefully canceling her command. She growled at him.

"How was Goliath's sleep? Lazy bastard."

"It was quite the blissful one, I tell you, little sister. Until today that is. Of all the reasons for me to be awoken. It just had to be because two brats got noisy."

He walked past Minerva towards the crater the unconscious ogre knelt. He was not pleased looking at the War monger so he healed him with [Overlord], then lifted him up by wrapping his tail around the ogre's neck.

"I heard that thou hath been selling our valuable forest resources to the humans. How true is that?"

Krull snapped out of his nightmare. He looked around him and he couldn't see nearly as much chaos he assumed he had caused in his mind. Suddenly, the latter parts of his nightmare came rushing to him. He glanced at Minerva. She was glaring at him and he pissed himself right there.

Goliath's face contorted at the unsightly action and he sighed.

"Does thou have nothing to say in thine defense?"

He finally realized what was happening. All that was happening was a hallucination. His soul was slowly leaving his body, much like how many people described their encounters with her. He wasn't dying yet. He was lucky that Goliath had appeared just in time.

"M-me? S-sell the precious resources? I would never."

He tried lying his way.

"He said he did no such thing, Diane. Where is the proof thou promised the great me?"

Krull flinched at the mention of the word "Proof". The only possible ways to acquire proof were to either force Kori to speak or to have been taking it from his secretary. One of those two betrayed him. He wouldn't let this sit.

"Here it is. It just arrived."

A sprite appeared before the dryad, handing her a scroll then disappearing. The dryad gave the delivered scroll to Goliath. When he opened it and read its contents, he burnt the paper then glared at the ogre.

"Imbecile! My great self, went out of the way and, made thou a tyrant to protect the forest's resources from the humans, not to sell them!"

Krull had been found out. There was no making it out of this alive now.

"I-I am sorry… Please! Please, I will take any punishment. Even death! J-Just keep me away from that… that witch!"

Goliath looked at Minerva. She was sweating, a sight he had never beheld ever since she became a tyrant. He assumed it was due to her overusing her [Overlord] skill, but there must have been something else. He noticed something odd about her when he scanned her better and he internally smiled. That made him lose all his rage. Still, he needed to make an example of Krull to scare all the creatures that were viewing.

"Very well then. I shall take thine word for it. However, allow me to propose a question to thou."

"W-what is it?"

"How many years does mine self usually slumber?"

"What?"

"Incorrect. The correct answer is ten years. My great self will only wake up after every decade. On to the next question. Does thou know why mine great self was awoken four years prior to the deadline?"

"… Because I was selling resources."

"Because thou were selling Mother's resources to humans. Now then, for thine punishment. Thou shall be killed in accordance to the number of years of sleep mine great self, missed."

"W-what-"

The dragonoid pierced the ogre's heart with his extremely hard and sharp claws. The ogre was dead.

"Wake up."

The ogre suddenly breathed. He was panting heavily and his eyes were shaking madly. He let out a horrified squeal and he clawed at the dragonoid's tail, his own skin shredding off.

"Stop whining. That was just the first death. Thou shall get used to it."

"Ah!"

Those who witnessed the sight were shocked, but none of them complained. He repeated the events and the creatures only stared. When he was done, he dropped the shaky ogre and faced Diane.

"That should be all for here. Now, let us head over to thine tree. There should be a lot for mine great self to hear."

"Certainly, lord Goliath. What about the ones from the east?"

"Hmm? They should return, no?"

He glanced at all the creatures that were peeping on the event that just occurred. Those who met this gaze were instantly struck with the urge to run away. The want to hide and just keep away. This was the fear an Imperial Rank creature could cause.

They all scattered in an instant. He grinned and patted Minerva on the head. He crouched and looked her in the eye. Stormy grey against dull golden.

"How hath thou been?"

"Minerva is fine."

She looked away, not wanting to meet his gaze.

"Hehe, good. Good job protecting the forest in mine place, little sister."

He stood up and moved to Diane's side.

"Is what thou wanted satisfactory? Shall we?"

"Indeed lord Goliath."

It was a silent and dull conclusion to the battle. The West won, easy as that. Goliath revived the dead members of both parties and restored the land while the Tyrants fought. One would never assume that there was even a battle that took place after seeing the ground.