Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure Chapter 2066: Forbidden act

After the initial cannibalistic deed took place, it was like unleashing the chaos from Pandora's Box.

The original aggressor didn't stop at just one victim among the elementals; it began targeting the rest of them too.

As soon as that unfolded, more joined in, turning on the other elementals.

Yet their assaults didn't end there.

In time, alliances formed among those who had clashed before, sparking rivalries that made it clear they all craved dominance as the mightiest elemental.

They discovered that devouring a more powerful elemental granted them greater strength from the absorption.

Before long, wars erupted between the factions of these attackers.

Meanwhile, they kept preying on those who hadn't joined the fray.

It turned into a brutal loop where rock constructs turned on one another, driven by sheer desperation to endure and grow stronger. It felt inevitable that they'd wipe out their entire kind.

Witnessing this, I could grasp why the elder had hesitated to reveal their past.

This was hardly the sort of legacy anyone would proudly share.

It was a gruesome tale they'd prefer to bury if possible.

Still, glancing at the elder...

The elder's gaze toward me hinted at deeper secrets they were concealing, "Just wait, you'll see..."

I couldn't fathom what could surpass this horror, yet I continued observing the rock constructs to uncover what the elder meant.

Following several more rounds of these rock constructs clashing, the view shifted.

The massive rock constructs persisted in their attacks, but smaller ones banded together for protection. They formed a group rejecting the savage ways of the giants.

Even so, they appeared aware that discovery was only a question of time.

The smaller constructs clustered in a circle, resembling a gathering. No movements or noises accompanied it, leaving the purpose a mystery.

Then, abruptly, one plunged into another rock construct.

"Betrayal?" The thought crossed my mind initially, but I quickly saw it wasn't so.

For the stabbed one showed no fight back.

The stabbed construct's look toward its attacker revealed this was a deliberate choice.

Soon, the energy flowed over, and that wasn't the conclusion.

With the first vanishing, another fell to the stab from the empowered one.

This sight confirmed it was no accident.

Their ultimate scheme was...

"We were forced to break the ultimate taboo simply to endure. That's the disgraceful legacy of our rock elemental clan." The elder verified my suspicion at last.

I found myself at a loss for words.

Truthfully, it defied simple remarks.

They'd resorted to this for survival, yet the toll they paid was immense. Circumstances had cornered them with no escape.

Their sole path to persistence meant descending to the depths of those fiends...

Through the offerings of the self-sacrificing, they mustered the strength to counter the fiends. Even united in power, the battle remained grueling for them.

The fiends had amassed strength over ages and slain countless rock elementals before, so mere consolidation like this fell short.

This conflict hung in precarious equilibrium, with losses mounting on both flanks.

The turning point in the strife came via...a colossal form.

This differed from the rock elementals shown by these constructs.

It dwarfed even the biggest of the rock elementals.

"That marked the start of our enduring bond with the gods." The elder clarified as the giant emerged.

I'd suspected as much, but the elder's insights proved helpful alongside the vision.

Evidently, a deep tie linked the rock elementals to the gods. Likely, this explained their backing of the gods in the initial war.

Not that the rock elementals had cause to oppose the gods anyway.

The Destruction forces sought total annihilation, meaning they'd forfeit all without aiding the gods.

Once that god-representing behemoth rock construct arrived, the rock elementals gained a divine edge. Suddenly, they surged past the fiends who'd held them in check.

Empowered by the gods, they mounted a true defense at last.

In the finish, they halted the fiends bent on eradicating the rock elemental lineage.

But the price was the demise of innumerable rock elementals.

"This single catastrophe slashed our rock elemental tribe's numbers to a mere tenth of former days, nearly dooming us to extinction. Yet those blessed by the gods shielded us until we could rebuild our strength anew."