Haruto decides to test out his new form on a Gillian.
He throws a decent punch on it and was immediately blasted away, killing it.
"This new form is amazing!"
Suddenly, Haruto remembers what Ashido said to him.
"An Adjuchas has to continously eat other Adjuchas or else they will regress into a Gillian, never to evolve ever again. Not only that. If you get severely hurt or lose a limb, you will also never evolve into Vasto Lorde."
With the info remembered. Haruto began to stay more cautious and planned on using strategies rather than brute forcing everything.
Haruto began to search more opponents. In hopes to test out his new power.
While still searching. He tries to dash but instead, he moved so fast that anyone would miss him in a blink of an eye.
Haruto, shocked with what he just did, exclaims.
"What did I just do!"
Excited with the new technique he has discovered, he decides practice with it.
He often tripped himself and failed with his attempts, but he slowly gets better at it.
He uses his new speed technique to swiftly deal with the hollows in the area.
Haruto spots an Adjuchas and immediately began to consume it alive, it attempts to fight back, but it's too late. The adjuchas is slowly consumed.
We cut to a hollow spying on Haruto while he consumes the Adjuchas.
It retreats slowly with information in hand.
Few hours later. The spy approached Sylvian's throne room, filled with other celebrating hollows due to the defeat of the South.
"My lord..."
Sylvian angrily says.
"Why are you here! Don't you see we are still celebrating over our victory over the south?!"
"Apologies.... But, in the recently captured land of the Southern territories, an Adjuchas has started to kill every single one of our hollows in the area. Sources in the area claim that it's the same Gillian that ravaged the Northern group and the Southern group territories. The team that's supposed to quell the rebellion in the area, caused by Southern resistance, is currently being weakened by the Adjuchas as I speak."
Sylvian angrily replies.
"Well..... Send more! That'll get em!"
We cut back to Haruto right after the spy left.
He was approached by a group of hollows.
Haruto senses them and prepares a large cero.
The one leading the group screams out.
"Wait!!!!"
Haruto stops his cero.
"We are not here to fight. We are the resistance of the Southern group."
Haruto calmly asks.
"Southern Group?"
"Yes... We-"
Haruto confusingly says.
"I have no idea what you guys are talking about."
The one leading the group sighs and calmly sits down on the floor as he prepares to talk about the situation in the South, the others follow suit of sitting down.
Moments passed.
"So that's why we are fighting the rule of Sylvian."
Haruto asks calmly.
"What do you want me to do about it?"
Confidently said.
"You're a very fitting candidate to be our leader, physically strong, brimming with spiritual energy, and a reasonable mind."
"Aren't you the leader?"
The leader, says with a hint of sadness.
"I am stepping down as my leadership pales in comparison to your potential to lead the rebellion, please. Accept the position I am giving you."
Haruto thinks about the offer. In his mind, he says.
"This'll be a good opportunity to help me evolve, but..... This'll drag me into an unnecessary conflict and have a target on my back and risk death..."
Haruto thinks for a while before finally answering.
"I..... Accept."
The former leader says, with a relieved tone.
"Thank you! I will act as a supporting role in your lead. But.... Before you can lead us.... Mind telling us your name?"
Haruto thinks... He knows his memories of his past life are starting to fade, he wants to forget his tragic life and leave it all behind.
Haruto speaks in a stoic voice.
"My name..... Is Guerra Nachtblut."
The former hollow leader replies.
"Guerra..... Got it.... Follow me, I will take you to our secret base."
They take Guerra to a small ravine with its entrance covered with rocks.
Guerra sees a lot of hollows, wounded. Shocked filled his mind.
He asks.
"How many of there are you?"
The former hollow leader replies.
"Originally. We used to have 1,577, but as more and more Western hollows showed up, our forces have dwindled, falling to imprisonment and being sentenced to death. Now, we currently have 510, more than half are wounded."
Guerra was left in shock, with so much things to reorganize.
The former leader says.
"I forgot to mention, We recently engaged in a skirmish with western hollows. That's why they're all wounded."
The former leader shouts.
"I need your attention!!!! This adjuchas next to me, will be the next leader of our rebellion. He will lead us to victory!"
One of the hollows in the demoralized and wounded crowd, shouts.
"NO! We are sick of fighting against Sylvian and his forces! We lose more and more men against his army, many die and some desert. We don't even have a reason or have any benefit fighting them! I could literally just TRAVEL to the NORTH and ENLIST there and be safe!
This idea of deserting has started to become popular among the hollows. They all started to leave until Guerra calmly says.
"You are all so quick to run and hide, all you people care is survival."
One of them says arrogantly.
"What do you know about what we've suffered?!"
Guerra replies.
"The North will also fall to the West, and you will all meet a gruesome death."
Another hollow in the crowd replies.
"Atleast we'll be protected"
Guerra stoicly replies.
"You will all be postponing your deaths."
The hollows started to question themselves.
Tell me.... What is your goal? All of you... Safety? Or Power?"
"I will tell you all this.... If I so much as cause 1 death during my leadership of the rebellion. I will let you all leave to the North.
Guerra felt nervous after such a bold statement but he keeps his calm.
A hollow in the crowd replies.
"That's quite a bold statement?! How do we know you won't cause any death?!"
Guerra states arrogantly yet so humbly:
"It's simple. Your leader was fighting without any strategies over the past centuries."
An experienced hollow of the crowd says.
"He did implement strategies? Incirclements, and defensive holds."
Guerra still arrogant, says.
"The tactics he used.... Were outdated. That's why I am confident that we are able to take down Sylvian with only 510 hollows without a Gillian.
The hollows started to question leaving amongst themselves
Now..... Do you all wish.... For power with no death?"
Silence was heavily present throughout the room.
One hollow stepped forward, and joined Guerra's side. Many started to follow suit until all 510 hollows stepped up to join his side, cheering for Guerra.
They all started to get to work.
Breaking off small branches of the giant silvery quartz trees of the forest, ordered personally by Guerra himself.
We cut to hollows being trained in a secluded part of the forest where western hollows cannot find them, training their stealth by sneaking up on each other.
All of this is happening while he organizes the Battalion of hollows he has.
Using his knowledge from military strategy games. He used a structure that is used by US troops back at the human World.
5 Companies consisting of 102 hollows each being led by a Comandante.
Each company consists of 3 platoon consisting of 34 hollows each being led by a Teniente.
And each platoon gets 2 squads that consists of 17 hollows each, lead by a Sargento.
With all this in mind. Soon enough..... Sylvian will face the rebellion's wrath.