Okay so... when I checked the poll a day after I made it, I was like (What the... (O_Olll)) because there was already more than ten people that said yes. (I guess I expected too little) But I did promise that it'll be a guarantee if at least ten said yes. (There was twenty)
I'm cutting the poll short since the first chapter is finished! :)
But just to let you know, this is going to be a short story, not like a 20 chapter story like the first one (At least I don't plan on it). And uh... since this will be about the Tail side of the story, expect dark, gloomy atmospheres and not the fun and games that the Heads showed.
Each chapter will (Most likely) feature a different perspective through the Elsword Characters that are still alive - in no specific order. It will be them reminiscing parts of their past as they continue into the future, where it will be led to the finale where everything will be summed up.
Disclaimer: I do not own Elsword.
Listen children, for we have a story to share. Leave if you want, stay if you dare. We live in a time where we'd provoked Lady Fortune's anger, but Misfortune's favor. In a world where everything stained black, broken ends never gets tied back. In the lines of royalties, there occur many tragedies. Of countries falling apart. A tyrant thirsting for revenge. A princess who could do nothing but watch. A prince turned assassin. A queen, a weapon of war. An elf who lost her optimism. A commander with regrets. A former princess on the run. An engineer who'd gone insane but mourns over a death. Not everything is given a Happily Ever After as we share our tales of grieve, for our lives were transformed. (Eve's and Chung's weren't the transform classes but majority rules so there)
This is the Tail's end.
Elsword Sieghart sat atop the throne and ruled with an iron fist for years now. He would put down rebellions mercilessly by slaughtering them all with his power. Any objects under his rule were considered a sign of mutiny.
He refused to trust anyone because he no longer can. Not after his sister's death upon the hands of her husband and his brother-in-law. He had trusted the Haan family and treated them like they were family - because they were at one point. But that one single act of betrayal was all it took.
Aren, or rather, Ran, had given his soul to the demons for the so-called power to protect, but it only planted a seed of evil. That same seed grew when Elesis was about to agree on the cancellation of his sister's and Elsword's engagement. He'd murdered Elesis right in front of Elsword with the corrupted thought of it was the only way to maintain Ara's happiness before all he could lust for was power.
Elsword had asked for Ara to help him subdue the demon but she refused.
"But he... I... I can't raise my weapon against my brother!" Was what she had said.
It seemed as though the Infinity Sword couldn't even put his faith in someone he had known for years. He learned that he couldn't trust or rely on anyone but himself.
It was then that he craved for more power than he had already, more in order to take revenge, to mollify his anger. And it was then that he succumbed completely to the dark El's energy.
Revenge. Punishment. Power.
His mind lusted for those things as he stared at his sister's lifeless body laying in a pool of crimson blood.
There came an ominous chuckle while Ran trampled over his body after he got Elsword overpowered. "Heheheh, so you desire more power than what I have already provided for you?"
Conwell. The sword that had been within his family and passed down to him, only to discover that a spirit dwells within.
"You do know what you must pay for more of the dark El's energy, correct?"
Revenge. Punishment. Power.
"Ah, you're so transfixed on those things. Keep it up and you'll get your wish... in exchange for corruption in both mind and heart. "
Revenge. Punishment. Power.
"Is that what you really want? There will no going back once you concede to that tainted energy."
Conwell observed with mirth under his hood at the boy's thirst for strength. He had warned him long ago that he must conquer the dark El's energy within him if he wanted to become amoral. But if the dark El finds any wavering weakness that lies in his heart, it will take over.
In order words, his heart will turn black and cold.
The spirit had to admit, he was impress at how long Elsword was able to contain the power of the dark El. It has been years after his contract with Conwell and nothing short of a few... feral moments had happened. Though that would be changed quickly as he sensed the negativity that Elsword was falling into.
His one and only family member was murdered right in front of his eyes by someone they were closed to after all.
Revenge. Punishment. Power. Power.
Conwell sighed in capitulation. He couldn't keep Elsword waiting any longer. The boy was, somewhat, his master after all. "Very well young one. If it is power you seek, it is power you shall receive. But I have warned you, you will be at the point of no return."
Deep within Elsword, the dark spot in his heart started to spread, tainting the surface and taking over.
His eyes became sharper and what seemed to be an unlimited amount of strength poured into him out of nowhere. The black spot on his hair seemed to grow even more as well.
He smirked barbarous, one that was even more livid that the other ones, as he pushed himself up and causing Ran to retreat to a safer distant.
If he hadn't consumed the dark El's energy, he wouldn't even be alive today.
Elsword clutched his fist as he stared at it with blood red eyes.
He wouldn't be alive to avenge his sister. He couldn't kill Ran that day because of... her.
Several magic imbued swords pinned Ran against the wall. Just as Elsword charged in to deliver the final blow, he was blocked. Blocked by none other than his 'supposed' fiancee.
"What. Do you think you're doing?" It didn't sound like a question, more of a demand with a threat to back it up and it send chills down Ara's spines, but she held her place nonetheless.
"I-I won't..." The Asura started, eyes wavering in fear but then hardened in resolution. "I will not let you harm my brother!"
Elsword was silent for a moment as his mind register Ara's declaration. His blood red eyes turned from anger to malice, then to that of a killer. "Then I'll kill you as well. You, your 'brother', andevery single Sanderian in your freaking country!"
He put more force in his sword and Ara lost her ground, sending her against acolumn that supported the ceiling. He directed his attention back to where Ran was supposed to be held, only to find that he had disappeared. What was left was the dents that his magic swords had created.
He was boiling with anger as his scream echoed within the brick walls of Ruben castle.
He couldn't believe that he let Ara go after that either. She was a quick one when Elsword attempted to attack her. She summoned her celestial fox as a diversion for her escape. He had berated himself for that later on.
Still, he wasn't kidding when he said he would crush the Sanderian Kingdom though. He would search every cranny in that country until it spit Ran out. And since him and Ara spared the same bloodline and the fact that Ran escaped the first time because of her, Elsword vowed to impale her with his own sword as well.
"... Are you sure about this Els?" Rena'd questioned the redhead's decision, which earned her a glare back.
"Do not. And I mean DO NOT ever call me by that ever again."
The Night Watcher flinched at the Infinity Sword's sharp tone and bowed in obedience. "Very well, My King and deepest apologizes for upsetting you."
Elsword has changed. That she knew, but she had underestimated by how much.
It was a few days after Elesis's burial did Elsword made a move. He and his military forces invaded Sander within the blink of an eye. And since Both the king and the princess of Sander was absent, the Royal Adviser, Emirate, was left with the crisis.
Sander fell within the matter of days, but it didn't satisfy Elsword's thirst. The Haans were still out there, and he would do everything in his power to find and put an end to their lives.
It was a few months after his sister's death did Elsword allow an outsider to visit his castle.
"Princess Aisha of Velder has come." One of Elsword's servants had announced. He waved the man away just as the door to the throne room opened.
Standing right behind it was the girl that had won his heart. Key word, had.
Elsword no longer care for those kind of feelings. They only hinder him if anything.
"Elsword? Is that you?" The purplette squinted at the red haired king as if she barely recognized him, even though he hasn't changed significantly- appearance wise.
"Who else do you think I am, Grape?"
At that, Aisha immediately became flustered. "You... How long will you keep up with that nickname?!"
The Infinity sword rolled his eyes in annoyance, then waved Aisha's chide away. "Get to the point. What's your business here?"
The Dimension Witch scrutinized the young man before her, wondering if she was talking to same Elsword months ago. "Well, I... I heard that you took over Sander."
"You have been well informed." The redhead said sarcastically.
"... Why?" The magician questioned in disbelief. "Why would you destroy Ara's homeland?!"
"Why?" Elsword parroted, his voice rising by an octave and his eyes betraying immense anger at the mention of a member of the Haan's family. "If you haven't heard, her brother, and my supposed brother-in-law, murdered my sister!"
Aisha shrank back and paled, as if she haven't heard that bit of information as of yet. It was so authentic that Elsword almost believed that she didn't know. Almost.
"Elsword... I -"
"I think this conversation is over. If this is all you're here for, then leave." Elsword interjected with absolute authority. "Rena, show Princess Aisha the exit."
He knew Aisha wouldn't understand. She wasn't there. None of them were. That's why he didn't rely on anyone... because they just couldn't understand his motive.
He might have been affected by the heart-broken eyes that Aisha gave him but it only lasted for a few minutes.
It had been about two years when he found Ara, though it was by pure chance since his main target was Ran himself.
"So this is where you have been hiding." Elsword spat.
The Asura had only fear in her eyes as she held her spear. "E-Elsword..."
"That's King Elsword to you." The Infinity Sword corrected with venom, his swords raised for combat. "You escaped once but I won't let you escape again. You'll pay with your life for protecting your dear brother!"
He dashed forward, sword keen on impaling Ara's heart. But he hadn't expected electrical blasts to shot at his feet and he had to jump back to a safer distance.
"You dare to touch her?" growled an achingly familiar voice.
Add Kim.
Blood-lust eyes met with insane purple ones and immediately knew that each other was the enemy that they must take down.
"My business is with Haan, not you." Elsword retorted, straightening up. "If you value your life, then I suggest you leave. But if you affiliate yourself with that woman, then I won't give you any mercy."
The Diabolic Esper cackled at that challenge. "Fighting words, brat. Let's see you try."
It had been a chaotic fight that mowed down all the trees around them, creating a desolated land of burnt debris. Neither party gave up fighting, but Add was the one that was losing. Elsword was going to give the final blow to the Diabolic Esper if it wasn't for her intrusion again.
"STOP!" Ara had jumped right in between when Elsword was about to go in for the final strike.
His sword impaled right into the Asura's stomach instead of Add's, but sends red liquid splattering nonetheless.
"Tch." Elsword clicked his tongue as some of the blood touched his face. He then pull his sword out, leaving a dying Ara to fall into Add's arms.
He didn't bother listening in to what last words they were exchanging. He didn't have a care for that.
"You..." Add began once Ara's hand fell back to her side. "YOU'LL PAY!"
Elsword looked over his shoulder at the hysteria in Add's eyes, something that reflected upon him. He smirked cruelly. "Do you want to join that woman that badly?"
Add was about to fight a losing battle if it wasn't for yet another interloper.
"I heard sounds of -" When Aisha had gotten there through means of teleportation, she took a sharp intake of breath at the sight. Ara was on the ground, motionless and if it wasn't for the expanding pool of blood and the wound in the Asura's stomach, Aisha would have believed that the former Sander Princess to be asleep.
She then turned to see Add and Elsword fighting and glowered, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists. "ENOUGH!"
She froze both of them in their tracks with a Binding Circle spell.
"Stay out of this Aisha!" Add'd demanded, but was ignored as the Dimension witch walked right pass him and towards Elsword.
Her hand went up and made a horizontal swipe, the sound of a slap echoed through the battlefield and then Binding Circle released its grip on its victims. But both fighters were quite taken aback to resume.
"ELSWORD! HOW COULD YOU?!" Aisha'd screeched in fury. "HOW COULD YOU KILL ARA?!"
"Watch what you say to me, or I might accidentally cut you with my sword." Elsword threatened, causing her to flinch. He then rubbed his aching face in annoyance. "El dammit, you slap harder that you swing that stick of yours!"
"Does it look like I give a crap right now?!" Aisha barked back with a strained voice and teary eyes. "You murdered Ara and you were about to kill off Add too! How could you take away my friends like that Elsword?! How could you?!"
"How could I?" The Infinity Sword voiced. "She helped her freaking brother escape!"
"Because he was her only family left!" Aisha'd justified. "Just when Ara finally find solace, you just had to come ruin it! Now Yin and Yang are motherless because of you!"
Add went wide-eyed while Elsword's eyes narrowed. "She... had kids when she went into hiding?"
"Yes, and I won't let you harm them if my life depends on it!" Aisha declared.
"... Are you declaring yourself as my enemy right now?" Elsword growled.
Aisha was taken aback by his hostilities but she held her own, but with broken eyes. "Elsword, you are the worst person I ever met! I... I HATE YOU!"
Even though that did stung a little, Elsword's face was stoic, but his eyes became even colder. "... The feeling's mutual, Princess Aisha."
It was then that anything he had for the purplette was thrown out the window. Nothing was going to stop him on his path to revenge and if he had to go through Aisha, then he will. He will mow down everything and everyone affiliated with the Haans, and it would seem to him that Velder was his next target.
He found more reasons to hate Velder soon after when he had announced his plans to go to war with the kingdom.
"You Majesty..." Rena started with conflicted eyes. "I... I cannot take part in this battle."
Elsword eyed the elf with little interest. "What? Let me guess; is it because of your close friendship with the Cerise family? Or is it because of that Commander, Raven Corvus?"
The Night Watcher's eyes widened ever so slightly but tried to keep her composure, but nothing escape Elsword's gaze. "I think it's about time you drop silly ties with all of them. They will soon become the enemy."
Rena bit her lips and said nothing. Instead, she excused herself and walked out of the conference room.
It was the day after the next that he had found Rena's letter of resignation in his room, and he was furious. Rena was the only one he had placed little faith in and even she had turned her back.
He was going to destroy Velder for this. But of course, the kingdom held their own against the Ruben military. Velder was home to many skilled magicians and they were a force to be reckon with - especially with one that had control over ice and another who could manipulate time and space - then there was the engineer who could rip through the fabric of time itself and create deadly weapons at a whim.
He found it strange that he hadn't seen the King or the Queen leading the fight, but he found the reason once his intelligence had came back from scouting. As it had turned out, King Marcus and Queen Lilia had, unfortunately, been murdered by Edan, who was known as the Blood Colonel nowadays, and Noah had taken the throne as queen.
He found that bit of information intriguing. So he wasn't the only one who had been betrayed by someone he considered as family.
For a second, he empathized with Aisha and wanted to call it off, but it disappeared as quickly as it came. If Aisha' family had been murdered, then the purplette would have felt that same way he did, but she didn't. She was nowhere close to it.
The attacks between the two kingdoms continued on for about a year with either kingdom winning. Another year later, the Velder Queen herself requested an audience with Elsword.
"So... you want a ceasefire?" The Infinity Sword asked with disinterest as he leaned on his elbow.
"Yes." Noah confirmed with a nod, a cold but serious expression on her face as if it was permanently stuck there. "As we both know, our armies are becoming weary of this endless war. It would not be wise to continue or there will be internal conflicts."
Elsword scoffed. "I'll just crush any rebellion in my way."
"Do you really think you can afford to lose more men when my country still has some fire power if this comes on?" She said, blunt and to the point and never fazed by Elsword's statement and attitude.
"What makes you think I can't kill you right now while I have the chance?" Elsword threatened eyes narrowed, but when he leveled a gaze with the queen, he found that her eyes were as cold as her magic.
Ice started to form on the surface of the table they were sitting at, from Noah and slowing creeping towards Elsword. The air took on a cold temperature despite the summer heat. "Is that a threat, Young King of Ruben?"
At once, he knew he wouldn't be a match to a skilled magician who had be trained in magic since childhood - at least, not then. Besides, he heard Noah had an absolute defense when it came to her ice magic, but it also served as an offense as well. So the chances of him getting injured while his attacks were blocked were highly likely."... Tch. You really are the Ice Princess. Or should I change it to the Ice Queen now?"
He had duly agreed to the peace treaty, but he only used this time to strengthen his own kingdom's fighting power. Even now, his lust for more power was as strong as ever. And to make sure he wouldn't have more trouble in the future, he enlisted help.
"You request an alliance with my kingdom?" The Code Nemesis clarified emotionless but her eyes betrayed suspicion when Elsword visited and explained himself.
"Yes." Elsword answered cautiously. Any mistake would result in an immediate war with the Nasodians, knowing Eve's enjoyment of wars. She treats these political warfare as games to relieve her of boredom, so she would gladly step onto the battlefield to make a road of dead corpse... as she did to Feita and Bethma. He needed that kind of power on his side lest he want Eve to personally pave a path to Ruben castle if the time ever comes.
"... Very well." The Nasod replied with disinterest, but before Elsword could respond with anything, she continued. "However, if you or any of your people were to point a weapon at my race or drag us down, I will personally see to it that Ruben meet with its annihilation."
Elsword challenged Eve's threat with a cold smirk and bowed. "Of course Your Majesty. I will look to you for assistance when the time comes, Queen of Destruction."
No one was going to stop him on his blood path to destroy everything that had to do with the Haan family, and that included his own people.
Elsword watched as the pathetic noble begged at his feet but he seemed to have found more interest at his hands; his other arm being propped against the armrest of the throne so he could rest his head on his knuckles.
If the man was trying to appeal to Elsword's sympathetic side with how pathetic he'd looked, the Infinity Sword had none.
"I wasted enough time listening to your empty lies." The Infinity Sword announced and the snapped his finger. Before the noble could plead even more, a sword was summoned behind the man and cleanly decapitated him.
"That's what happens when you try anything funny behind my back." Elsword said in a bland tone as he watched the - now - headless body fall into a heap of carcass on his carpeted floor. His lips curved into a callously smirk at his work before he stood up and kicked the head down the flight of stairs, blood spilling out to follow the body part down.
He then called the guards to lean the mess up as he left he throne room.
How many was that? Oh right, it was the fifth one that week. He was getting a little bored their not-so-secret movement. If they were going to become an insurgent group, then they should make it less obvious - not that it would escape under Elsword's careful scrutiny.
He learned to keep his enemies close so he could keep an eye on them so that if they do anything out of line, he made sure to put them to an end - quite literally.
The image of a certain Dimension Witch flashed across his mind. "Heh, I haven't seen her in awhile. Maybe I should keep her close as well." He held up a fist and quickly ensnared it close. "Trap her like a fly so she has nowhere to go."
'Kay~ What do you think? I hope you guys won't regret wanting a sequel because there will be little to no humor in this c:
It might take a while for the next one to be post up but since I'm lacking inspiration- really lacking inspiration - in the Pokemon fandom an having complications there, I'll most likely focus on the Elsword fandom for a bit. And about that... I have a few plot bunnies in my head that won't go away! So don't blame me if I start posting other stories as well - relax, they're most likely oneshots.