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Chapter 2 sketch is completed! Sorry if it took very long. My sainty got destroy with every page. Now the coloring part. New year new hell i'm i right lol.

As always if you want to help salvage my grammar or have any suggestion feel free to post on the comment.

Also as the first post in 2021 I have to thank you for all you support last year. It's more than I deserve. I hope you guy stay safe and happy. Welcome to 2020+1 it can't get any worst right?

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Victor

Looking forward to see the complete work with colors and a good 2021 to you

StarGazer

Wow, love how it's coming along so far!

MagicCobra911

One thing I’m a little confused about is the seemingly absent full black form of Aria’s demon state, I saw only the bare tail wand form. I thought that they would both be used. Edit: Ok apparently it’s on the final page with her riding the horse but still I thought we would see a bit more of it than that.

ibenz009

I run out of space to put that in you can see black form on with shadow horse on final page. And on page 23 on small panel. Sorry i don't want it to be anymore longer than it's is.

Evan Lee

So, Aria's mind isn't corrupted? If it doesn't, she may be ostracized by human realm...

MagicCobra911

It’s okay, I’m not gonna lie you surprised me with this comic story, I also did not expect this to be left wide open although I’m sure it will still be quite a while before a part three would materialize. Edit: Ooh yeah Aria did have the bladed tail in that panel from page 23 in sketch form I didn’t notice how the coloring would go at first then I saw that her mouth was clearly covered on page 23/29 which clued me in.

ZeroForever

hmm making it longer then i expected

Arbiter

It looks really good; I look forward to when it has colors added to it!

ibenz009

I want left it open end in case i can use them again.

Arthur Yeung

@ibenz009 Are there any other demon lords? Or is "Hero" the supreme ruler of all demons?

Roxanne13579

P1: 1: "O twelve saints, come together" 2: "O twelve saints, hear my prayer. I am the light that guides the righteous. I am the light that purifies the sinners." "Behold! This is the light of the goddess. None shall hide from her embrace. By my hands. Darkness into light. Heretic into faithful. Sinner into saint. 3: "The old chant of the twelve saints... an ancient holy spell that was used by the twelve saints to purify the corrupted king and his army. She's using her new magical energy to channel this spell alone?!" "I will grant you forgiveness. I will grant you salvation. This I swear." 4. "ARCH PURIFICARE!!"

ibenz009

There are only one demon lord at a time. Yes hero is supreme ruler.

Roxanne13579

P2: 1: "A light from the goddess herself! What a privilege." 2: "My blade?! It's getting purified?!" 3: "Such power! So this is what it's like to fight the champion of a goddess! Not bad! Not bad at all!" 4: "Yes, my blood is boiling!! More Aria! Show me more! You need to shine brighter if you wish to purify me!" 5: "What's the matter? Your magic is waning?" "Gr... shut... up" "My body... it's burning... the holy magic... did it reject this tainted body? I must keep focusing... please... just a little more..." 6: "So that's your limit. A pity." "Cease your struggle, demon, or else you will die by your own magic." 7: "Demon bodies are not supposed to channel the goddess's magic. It's like a poison to our kind." "Stop, before it's too late." "Nghtt..."

Arthur Yeung

@ibenz009 Ah. Thanks for clarifying. Why would the demon lord attack the humans? I mean, the humans aren't born with light that could burn demons by default, unlike the Goddess.

Roxanne13579

P3: 1: "This is pointless." "GILDA!" 2: "WHAHOO!" "Gilda to the rescue!" 3: "Gah!? Gilbert!" "You need to stop calling me that, you know." "What are you thinking, using that spell with a demon body?" "Grrrr!" 4: "You said Gilbert will not interfere!" "You were about to commit a pointless sacrifice. I couldn't allow that." "After all the work I put into you, did you really think I would just let you throw it all away like that?" 5: "Look at you. Gilda can hold you in place with pure strength alone!" "The fight is over. You cannot defeat me, demon." "The sword... it's...!?"

Roxanne13579

P4: 1: "No, it's not over yet! Grrr, get off of me! Gilbert, you stupid rock doll! Dammit, why are you so heavy!?" "Whaaaah! Aria, I may have been a guy before but you can't just call a girl heavy like that!" 2: "Look at what you've done to my sword. It no longer recognizes me as its master." "Looks like it returned back to its original state." "What a troublesome demon you are..." 3: "Hmmm, this thing is useless to me now. How about I let you keep it, Aria?" "What!? My goddess, that sword is one of a kind! It may be the only thing that can actually hurt you!!" "Gilda, get off of her. I think our Aria here will want to hear me out." 4: "What are you scheming, hero?!" "Consider this as my official resignation as a hero." "I enjoyed our fight so much, Aria. Who would have thought that fighting a champion of light could be this exciting." "That's why I have a mission for you, my demon servant. You will carry this sword and roam the lands, searching for the goddess's chosen." "Train them. Guide them until they are finally ready to face me. Do not disappoint me by bringing some unprepared halfwit."

Roxanne13579

P5: 1: "That's preposterous! What if I refuse!?" 2: "Then you will become just like Gilda. It won't even hurt. All I'd have to do is scramble around in that cute little head of yours for a bit. You will wake up a fully loyal demon, happily devoted to me." "Either way, you will do as I command you to." 3: "You can let me decide your fate." "Or do this on your own terms. 4: "The choice is yours..." 5: "My lady, you can let the goddess decide your fate and pray for a miracle to save those people." "Me? I'd rather choose my fate on my own terms. So, the choice is yours. You can stay here and pray, or you join me and help me save those guys." 6: "The choice is yours..." "Hero..."

MagicCobra911

It was nice to see Gilda briefly chime into that struggle/fight. Even her banter was nice and cute!

Roxanne13579

P6: 1: "Are you sure about thiss, my goddess?" "If we kept the holy sword, humanity wouldn't stand a chance against us." "If I'm going to have a great duel, my opponent needs a chance to win." "My my, is that so?" "Are you sure this is not just an excuse to let Aria go free?" 2: "Hmmm, maybe. It seems that my old self still remains more than I thought, deep down." "You have a soft spot for her, don't you?" 3: "Humanity won't take kindly to her for sure. If we're lucky, she will come right back to us. If she DOES find a hero, then I can keep an eye on him." "No matter what she does, it'll benefit us." "My my, you got this all planned out. Is this the wisdom that comes from the demon lord's hive mind?" 4: "Well then, what should we do next, my goddess?" "Hmm, let's see. Looks like I need a new weapon first. Maybe we can start a cut while we're at it too." "Ho ho ho! Sounds promising, my goddess." "But I'm rather tired now. I think I'll rest for a little bit."

Arthur Yeung

@Arboc B. Cigam Since you're just as surprised in this turn of events as I am, how about you keep your old copy as apocrypha (non-canon) instead of deleting it from the web?

Pascal

neat

Ian Hsieh

Gah!!! I want to see them colored! I can't wait!

ibenz009

Human is consider children of the Goddess is natural food and enemy for demon. Demon feed on negative human emotion.

Arthur Yeung

@ibenz009 I see! Are there any sympathetic reasons for the Demon Lord, even before she resurrected in Hero?

ibenz009

No demon lord is kinda like nature. Think it as volcano after being defeated "properly" it lay low for century and create a new body again.

MagicCobra911

@AceTriad Copy of my story adaptation of this?

Arthur Yeung

@ibenz009 So is the Demon Lord not scared of dying, even to Aria or Hero? Or does she believe that she can win, no matter what?

Benjamin Lawton

Given that this is formal high-level casting, I might suggest to ditch the contractions during the chant on the first page – "I am" and "I shall", rather than "I'm" and "I'll".

Arthur Yeung

@Arboc B. Cigam Yeah. The one you wrote earlier.

MagicCobra911

Okay, I had a different idea of where to go from the end of part one and it ended up being considerably different from a narrative perspective. No I am not deleting/re doing my part 2 it’s like 11,000 words long, I put way too much work into it to scrap it although I may put a couple more details in it. Technically any adaptation I do is non canon/fan fiction anyway since I am obviously not the original source.

Roxanne13579

that's fair yeah! Good call ^.^

Fernando Domenech

i didn't saw that end coming. good good, i like it

l3ad-1uck

Wow! Awesome ending! What a great start to 2021!

Jaegar Media

Love the sketch work on these pages, take it easy don't work too hard on these! I

Asani

Hmm... Hmmm... Yes... Interesting. I'm not in a great place right now to put in the time on a heavier edit , but I'll get to it by early next week.

Johnny

The stronger the light, the darker the shadow, day and night are one in twilight

Arthur Yeung

@Roxanne Giling I wonder why you didn't show us your edits last time.

Roxanne13579

I wasn't at my PC last time and I thought someone else would have beaten me to it

Asani

I tend to take my sweet time, either from having other work or just not getting around to it. There's significant lag between these sketch dumps and when the final versions are ready, so I don't think it's critical to get something out right away if you like doing it.

Roxanne13579

Well, fair enough x3 I have added the fixes to it now

Asani

Never go full degen, folks; that way lies only sorrow and unproductively. Anyway, after the aforementioned affliction, I have emerged with edits. Yay~

Asani

24.1.1 O Twelve Saints, hear my prayer. {I think it flows better with Aria asking them to hear her prayer first.} 24.2.1 O Twelve Saints, gather to me. I am the light that guides the righteous. I am the light that purifies the sinful. {Contractions are too informal for spell casting. Ah, but I see Benjamin already mentioned that.} 24.2.2 Behold, the Divine Light of the Goddess. None may hide from her embrace. With my hands, Darkness unto Light, Heretic unto Faithful, Sinner unto Saint. 24.3.1 That's the invocation of the Twelve Saints... the ancient holy spell they used to [redeem / purge / purify] the [Profane / Corrupt] King and his [dread / demonic / undead] army. 24.3.2 Channeling such a spell alone is downright reckless, even with the increase to her magical power the transformation provided. 24.3.3 I will grant you forgiveness. I will grant you salvation. This I swear. 24.4 {Demon Lord's blade is in her left hand here but switches to her right hand on the next page. The overall layout looks good and is probably more work to change, so I'd vote for drawing it pointing the other direction and held in her right hand on this page.} {Also, the perspective is a little wonky in this frame. It looks like Demon Lord is shifted out of Aria's line of fire, such that the beam would pass by on the far side of her.}

Asani

25.1.1 Touched by the Goddess' own light. What a privilege. 25.2.1 My blade!! The light is purifying it!? 25.3.1 Such power! So this is what it's like to fight a champion of the Goddess. Not bad. Not bad at all! 25.3.2 My blood is boiling!! Yes, Aria, More! Show me more!! You'll need to shine brighter than that if you wish to end me! 25.4.1 (Aww) what's the matter? Your magic is waning! 25.4.2 Grrr.. Shut..up! 25.4.3 It feels like I'm on fire... Is the Holy Magic rejecting this tainted body!? Must stay focused... just a little more! 25.5.2 Cease this pointless struggle, demon, or your own magic with be the death of you. 25.6.1 It's hopeless, Goddess magic is poisonous to our kind.

Asani

26.1.1 So be it. 26.2.1 YA-HOO {"Ya-ho" sounds kinda like she's saying "Hi", whereas "Yahoo" or "Ya-hoo" is a more traditional cry of excitement, but either works.} 26.3.2 [I'm Gilda now/ My name's Gilda], silly. 26.3.3 What were you thinking, [trying to channel / using] that spell with the body of a demon. 26.4.1 You said Gilbert wouldn't interfere. or You told Gilbert to stay out of this. 26.4.2 That was before you foolishly decided to sacrifice yourself. 26.4.3 Like I'd let you throw your life away after all the work I put into crafting [such a / my] masterpiece. 26.5.1 Look at you, held in place by Gilda's strength alone. {I feel like as a shadow demon, Aria should be able to become intangible, or else melt into a pool on the floor like a real shadow, but will head-canon that as unfamiliarity with her powers or an unwillingness to fully embrace her new nature.} 26.5.2 This fight is over, demon. You cannot defeat me. 26.5.3 The Sword, it's...!?

Asani

27.1.1 [Yes I can! / No, it's not over yet!] GRRR Get off me, Gilbert, you [baka blockhead / stupid rock doll]. Damnit, why are you so heavy!? 27.1.2 Waahh I may have been a stocky guy before, Aria, but you shouldn't criticize a girl's weight like that. 27.1.3 Tsk, look at what you've done. The Holy Sword no longer recognizes me as its master. 27.1.4 Reverted back to its original [color / shape / appearance] and everything. 27.1.5 What's => What 27.2.3 What!? Goddess, that sword is a unique [artifact / masterwork], and one of the few things that can actually hurt you!! 27.2.4 Gilda, get off her. I think (our) Aria will want to hear me out. 27.3.1 ...scheming Hero? => scheming, Hero? 27.3.2 Consider this my resignation from the hero gig. 27.3.3 Aria, I enjoyed our fight so much that it would be a shame to deny my future self a similar bout. 27.3.4 Therefore I'm giving you a mission, my servant. Take this sword and roam the land, searching for another chosen of the Goddess. 27.3.5 Guide him, train him, prepare him, until he is ready to face me. I expect a real champion (to appear before me), a true hero, not some jumped-up peasant.

Asani

28.1.1 Preposterous. And what if I refuse? 28.1.2 Then I'll make you into another Gilda. It won't even hurt, I just cross a few wires in that cute little head of yours, and you wake up as my happily devoted [henchdemon / minion / underling]. {"henchdemon" = wordplay on "henchman"} 28.3.1 You can leave your fate in my hands, 28.3.2 or you can chart your own path. 28.4.1 your => yours 28.5.1 Sister, are you going to leave it to fate that the Goddess will produce a miracle? 28.5.2 Me, I'd rather chart my own path. So you can either sit here praying, or come help me rescue those villagers (right now)! 28.6.1 your => yours

Asani

29.1.1 ...about this Goddess? => ...about this, Goddess? 29.1.2 If we had kept the Holy Sword, no mere human would stand a chance of defeating [you / us]. 29.1.3 Gilda my dear, what fun is a duel against an opponent who has no hope of [prevailing / winning]? 29.1.4 Ahh, I see I see. 29.1.5 But might that just be an excuse for letting Aria go free? 29.2.1 You have a soft spot for her, don't you! {Make it more of a teasing accusation than a question.} 29.2.2 Hmmmm perhaps. More of my old self than I thought may yet remain. 29.2.3 Humans won't take kindly to her though, that's for sure. She might come crawling straight back here. However, if she does find a [suitable / true] [candidate / hero], I will keep an eye on them. 29.3.1 Either way, I still win. 29.3.2 Oh my, you've really thought this through. I never knew Hero to be so conniving. This must be the Demon Lord part of you. {"My my" is a fine phrase, but doesn't quite sound like something Gilda would say. Also, I'm not sold on the steepled fingers pose, feels off for her normally child-like demeanor.} 29.4.1 Well then, what shall we do next, my Goddess? {Not sure that "should" is incorrect, but "shall" sounds better IMO.} 29.4.2 Let's see, first order of business should be acquiring a new weapon. After that, maybe start a cult to begin spreading my influence throughout this world. 29.4.3 sound => sounds 29.4.4 Indeed, but first, (we're due for) some rest and relaxation I think~ {Gilda and her Goddess gonna medieval-style Netflix 'n Chill.}

RedeemerofDark

Wow! This was quite a surprise indeed! I love it! It kinda simultaneously does a little bit of everything without falling into the "but pleasing no one" caveat. Incredibly job! Your effort was well worth it!~

T004

THia s isn't both good or bad ending. Great work sir. This need to be some kind of arch series or it will just end at this point ??

Cxlsamaeat

What`s wonderful plot !(I`m sorry for my bad english,I can`t explain the feeling when I saw the ending)