Chapter 12(Edited)
"... Damn you!!! All of you!! Whoever you are and whoever sent you!!" Malekith said with clear hatred, But deep inside in his eyes there's something else and that is .... Fear.
That is because of the results of the 'Battle', and as my intelligent readers already guessed, is Total Annihilation. As the dark elves' last army didn't stand a chance against the immortal shadow army. That shows how much power Ashborn truly has to make a race go extinct.
"But before I die, I want to know If I gave you the stone before... Would you have spared us?" Malekith managed to squeeze his last words. And to answer that question, The loyal ant grinned with glowing eyes and said: "... I Guess We'll Never Know." With that said, he drove his claw through the last dark elf's body, dropping it cold.
"... Now, I have let my Lord wait for too long, I am very sure that he needs me on his side." After saying that, Beru directed his gaze to the glowing red stone: "I am sure that my liege will be pleased."
Then suddenly a voice sounded behind him, which is very strange as none of the 1000 ants can speak: "... And I am." Ashborn said after appearing suddenly behind Beru startling him.
Beru dropped to his knees and said with a loud and shaking voice: " I Am V-Very Sorry My Lord For T-Taking Too Much Time To Accomplish The Mission, A-AS Those Damn Mongrels Are Good At Hiding, The Planet Is Big And With Our Numbers, We Couldn't Take L-Less Than Five Years."
At first, Ashborn was surprised then confused, Then he understood that time flows differently in Death's Domain. But he couldn't let this chance slip away to tease the poor, loyal ant: "And to think I expected more. Sigh, I should've sent Igris and his squad of knights." To that, Beru and the rest of the ants panicked and thought that their lord was disappointed in them and thought that their lord won't be using them again.
"My Lord, Please Punish T-This Useless Ants, But Please Don't Forbid Us From S-Serving You" Beru said while burying his head deep in the ground with some tears.
"Hahahaha, Beru get up, I was just messing with you. Ah! Now I truly feel bad." Ashborn while trying to stop his laughter as he really is starting to feel bad.
At first, the ants were confused as to why their lord was laughing. But after hearing that he was only joking with them, they relaxed and were able to confirm the rumors that are going on in the shadow monarch changing, And they were not upset about their lord's prank but were happy.
"Now enough playing, Shadows come back." And back to his shadow, they came back to. Then Ashborn transformed to his original form which is a 7ft dark knight with purple flames. But this time there was a hole in his armor that is clearly there for a reason. Then directed his gaze to the glowing stone.
"Now ... I wonder." After saying that, Ashborn picked the stone with his bare hands, not minding the pitiful try of the stone of taking over the control of his body, and then put the stone on his armor in the hole.
"Hahh, Not bad. Not bad at all." Ashborn said after letting the stone's power course through his armored body. "... 80 percent, That's how much I can use its power. Or at least for now." After saying that he changed back to his human form, and he said while looking at the dark sky: "... 5 years huh ... Now what? Maybe I should go back to Csilla And stay there for a while. I should try to experiment with the stone. It sounds like a plan, but before I go, I should give the peeping golden eyes a lesson in life."
After saying that, Ashborn snapped his finger and looked in a certain direction. It may seem like Ashborn snapping his finger looks out of place, but by snapping his finger, he destroyed an array that he put out just after he appeared. He then Coldly said to what seemed to be nobody: "Keep Your Eyes To Yourself. If You Want To Keep Them Of Course." Then his eyes glowed for a second, and he vanished from his position to his shadow.