Demon's Evolution
Around them, the twenty-four smaller circles, each a testament to my painstaking work, held their silent, skeletal charges.
The corpses, a testament to our recent victories, were a motley collection, their forms ravaged by battle, their flesh decaying under the weight of time. I knew that many would be rejected by the Soul Forge, their essence too weak, their life force too depleted. That was why I had spared no effort in gathering every single corpse I could lay my hands on, a desperate gamble to ensure that at least a few would be worthy of this ancient ritual.
Taking a deep breath, I steeled myself for the unknown. "Release," I whispered the word a tremor in the stillness of the basement.
Sikat na Kabanata