The next morning.
A new dawn has started and the sun ☀️ shining over Stonehenge as the citizens were starting their days workers going to their factories and farmers tending to their land and livestock .
Damien woke up on his own and opened his eyes. He was extremely energetic.
After putting on his clothes, damien felt as if his entire body was filled with endless strength.
"Ding Ding Ding."
The door was lightly knocked.
At the same time, Crowley said, " good morning 🌅 young master, according to what we discussed yesterday, we should set off."
"I will be there in a minute.", Damien nodded.
He walked quickly in front, at the same time, he asked Crowley:'is everything arranged as I ordered ?'
' every instruction giving by the young master have been implemented the personal for the ruins and also accommodation for the the light church delegation when they arrive if we are still at ruins I even told the chamberlain if the delegation insist on coming to the ruins he can guide 🦮 there but at a slow pace and delay them as much as possible' said Crowley.
'good it's seems like everything is in order good job' Damien said.
Damien and his chosen team obviously Carl,his captain of the guards levy ,ayerendyle the dark elf assassin and finally Crowley plus two centurions of legionnaires and small team consisting of five canons as for why he joined this time it war more like a form of insurance of anything going wrong when they reach the ruins.
The ruins or the secret realm or dungeon he will now which one only when he get inside It was in the eastern part of the mountain range. According to the estimated distance, it was about three hours journey. Thus eliminating any the issue of supplies or manpower .
were nearing the disgnited location of the camp guided by a goblin guide 🦮 sent by larve the goblin 👺 shaman.
Sometimes later they found themselves Infront a large goblins camp surrounded by a pallaside made of wood 🪵 with a bunch of goblins guards stationed at the gate on high alert when they saw the escort going towards them at first they were flustered but after seeing the insegina of those warrior they relaxed a bit and one of them said :' quickly send word to shaman larve that the master is here and the rest of you make way for the lord's ' with one of them run fast towards the ruins as he was standing guard there.
As word of damien will shortly entre the camp the rest of the goblins they made way and stood on both sides of the road 🛣️ to show respect to their master.
At that moment one of the goblins who was larve disciple moved and said :' on behalf of my teacher I welcome you lord he is guarding the entrance to the ruins making sure those creatures don't get out and no-one can slip inside they almost succeed once but due to teacher timely intervention we barely pushed them back to the ruins but he should be coming back quickly as he hear word of your arrival '.
A slight frown 🙁 could be seen on Damien face it's seems that situation was so dire that it needed a supervision from a veteran shaman to keep the battle line steady and those demonized creatures in check ✔️ so he asked:' did anyone try to get in it would be crucial to now if word of the ruins has gone out '.
The goblin disciple:' a few nights ago we saw few shadows moving at night the next day we lost a few goblins guards when found them marks of torture on theirs bodies so my teacher concluded that some individual or factions has gotten wind 🌬️ of the ruins existence and dispatched a group to fight for ressources like manuels or extincted herbs or some powerful old relics thus he chose to guard the entrance himself in order to avoid any misshap until you come lord and make your decision on how to deal with them'.
made the rapid decision in his mind instead of summoning or waiting for larve to come it's better to go see him there this action will solve a number of purposes providing larve with much needed reinforcement in the form of his legionnaires and guard that came with him and also he can see for himself this creatures and those hidden individuals and how to deal them thus enable him to judge the situation objectively instead of just having the opinion of someone as he had read many novels were many potential powerhouses die prematurely and he doesn't want to be one of them after all he reincarnated as a dark creature thus him being a chosen is a far Fitch dream he is pushed more towards the role of villain the only thing that he is stopping him from becoming one is his Ideals.
As will he be an enemy for the light faction that would be for a later time to think about it as being in the light faction doesn't mean being good just not a dark creature or a fallen.
As he looked towards this student of larve and said :' take us to you teacher '.
' as you which my lord' said the goblin 👺.
After he made a whistling sound with his mouth and a wolf 🐺 came running to him then he mounted him and led the way .
some minutes later they were nearing a towering mountain in it stood the entrance of a big cave who lead to the ruins they could hear 🙉 from afar shouting and metal breaking it was easy to conclude that a battle was raging on at that moment Damien looked at Carl :' commander please lead a centurion of legionnaires to provide the necessary help '.
' as you order lord Damien legionnaires of the first centurion follow me and for the second form up defensive measures to protect the lord' .
Then the sound of chain mail, weapons and marching started sounding all over the place in minutes the first batch of legionnaires from the first centurion reached the fry of battle at first 🥇 the goblins were surprised when they heard mouvement behind them but when they saw who they are at first they felt desper as they remembered what these warriors did to them last time but then it clicked in their mind this time they are on their so a since of hope was felt by all of them .
With the legionnaires charging using their shield 🛡️ formation to gain space for the musketeers to form ranks then fire thus sniping those creatures from afar while a single shot didn't immediately kill the target as they seem to have a strong life energy or high vitality for creatures who are ungraded it helped in crippling and enabling the goblins and the legionnaires to stabilise the contact line then reformed their ranks for a counterattacked thus eliminating the demonized creatures to the last one .
These creatures resembled wolf's but were larger and jet black 🐈⬛ like the darkness of the blackest night gave an unsettling feeling could be felt when facing them and a stench of the abyss could be smelled when they are near it's like they were contaminated by something or someone .
By the time Damien and the second centurion of legionnaires reached the cave entrance the battle was already over and clean up operations have already started and was mostly done by the goblins who were more familiar with these creatures as besides collecting the bodies they also skinned for leather and removed their fangs, claws and heart to be used in potions of stamina recovery and they also collected blood incase lord Damien wanted to taste.
Just as larve was heading to meet the baron a band of six individual has shown up neither far or close to the entrance while they didn't wear the same outfit or the same insignia on them but nonetheless they formed a group and powerfull one at that as among them two radiate with the energy of a second rank life form they tried to use this to intimidated the army 🪖 of the baron at first they succeeded many shrank back or kneeled even Damien and felt difficult to stand but Crowley quickly counterd by release his own making sure the other party that if they did anything suspicious he will pounce on them felling his energy the other party restrained they pressure and he did the same.
At same time Carl ordered the legionnaires to form up in defensive formation ready to engage and larve did the same with goblins but neither of them gave the order to attack after minutes of this mexicain stand of one of them a two metre tall figure wearing metallic and white armor from head to toe of the highest quality steel marching slowly toward Damien position holding a white flag thus showing intention to make a deal 🤝 instead of fighting he is paladin from they probably have reached this conclusion after seeing the legionnaires easily dispatching the demonized creatures while they could do the same but it will cost them at least some light injuries and exhaust them before entering the ruins this reaching a deal with the lord of this army is for the best as what deal will be it will be discussed shortly .