AN : Yo, I have returned. This time I made a revision of my story, Soul of Link. To the readers that read the story before, forgive me. I won't update it anymore. I made this version in English though.
Just like always, I'm very grateful to Mugen no Tenma, who volunteered to help me in making fics.
Just like the previous Soul of Link, this story is AU and the Crossover will be everywhere, bonus points for you readers if you can figure where they came from.
Note: Neptune, Noire, Blanc, Vert, Nepgear, Uni, Rom and Ram will be permanently in HDD form.
Happy reading!
Chapter 01
[Gamindustri] is a world where exists four areas and led by four goddesses.
The first is Planeptune, led by the [Goddess] Purple Heart, then Lastasion by the [Goddess] Black Heart, Lowee by the [Goddess] White Heart, and lastly, Leanbox, led by the [Goddess] Green Heart.
Each Goddess will be always fought each other to obtain the title [True Goddess], and in a few decades, the new goddess will be appointed to inherit the will of the previous goddesses.
The war wages on and on for quite a few centuries, before they decided to sign a truce and allied with each other to beatify the people who willingly worships them as their goddess.
However, the new generations of goddess have no knowledge of an unnamed figure who had fought against the old generations of goddess. The one who is called as an [Unknown Factor], that even the [World History Tome] has no knowledge about.
He, the one who links with every soul in existence and also the forgotten figure, forsaken forever by the world.
And now… that forgotten figure will resurfaces, because the [Gamindustri] would need his power to fight against the formidable evil, which is looming upon the world to plunge it in chaos once again…
In the area of Lastasion, a young man stood idly. This seventeen years old boy has a pair of red eyes with short black hair. He wears a black mantle with white shirt underneath, along with a jeans. This young man is named Rizuki Narukami.
Rizuki is an orphan. Ten years ago, in the area of Lastasion, an accident occurred, which caused his parents to pass away in the event. And the cause of that accident was never known to anyone, even to the boy himself.
Since that day, the young man was nurtured and raised by his brother. However, six years after their parents's demise, the brother mysteriously disappeared, not even leaving any message to his younger brother. Then the young Rizuki was left alone.
Thankfully, before his disappearance, he taught Rizuki on how to fight to defend himself, and now he has joined the Guild in Lastasion for one year.
He walked towards the counter in the Guild's office, where the clerk is currently standing.
"Good morning, Almo." He greets the clerk with a smile.
"Hey, it's you Rizuki. Good morning. What brings you here?"
The clerk has neck-length purple hair with a blue hair-clips above her ears. she wears the female military uniform with gold, white, and black colors with no other distinguishing features in her uniform. Her name is Almo Blueberry.
"Well, I've finished the yesterday's job. Can you please help me?" Rizuki said. "I'd like another one, so please find something."
"Of course. Before that, this is the reward for the previous mission." Almo handed the black-haired boy a certain sum of money. "As of the next mission, the only one left is to exteriminate one Galakryzer, in the vicinity of The Rooster Factory."
"Hmm…" Rizuki rubbed his chin in thought.
Galakryzer. A High-class monster with some deadly abilities.
"Would you like to accept this job? I don't recommend it though, Rizuki." Almo asked carefully. "This one is too tough for just one man, at least it will require a party or… five."
"I accept it… I really, really need some money this month." Rizuki cried comically, making Almo sweatdrop almost instantly. "I'm broke… I'll accept any job if I need to."
Almo was considering giving the job to him already, but she needs to stay professional.
"Are you sure? Since this mission is just a suicide mission if you were to do it alone." She inquired. "Only a few ones can do this mission solo, including the Goddess themselves. Are you really sure you want to do this?"
"I have to do it anyway… since, you know…"
"Did you break your weapons…again?"
Rizuki weakly nodded, causing the purple-haired clerk to sigh.
That's true. Almo's words were true, because everytime Rizuki completes a mission, his weapons always broke, all the time. That's why he has to buy a new pair with his reward money… that brings a new question.
If that goes everytime, when exactly his life would be easier? He never got any money to spare, let alone to save. Yet he kept working hard, that's what makes Almo respect his choice.
"Alright, then… please be careful." Almo said. "If you can't beat it, you can cancel the mission anytime."
Rizuki nodded, then turns to leave the office…
"As expected, you always got the worst luck, aren't you, Narukami?" A voice said.
Rizuki turns to the owner of the voice, and saw a young man with black hair. He was a plain man, with a slightly skinny build and average height. He wears an oufit that is more fitting to be a school uniform than anything.
Rizuki narrowed his eyes. This man is Makoto Itou, an old… nuisance.
"Why are you still here though, Narukami? You better off as a farmer than joining this Guild." Makoto sneered. "I think that line of career is better for you."
Rizuki gave him a neutral look, not giving any shit while Almo looks at him angrily.
"You better watch your lousy mouth, Itou!" Almo snarled.
Everyone who works in this guild were customer, and as a clerk, Almo has to maintain professional manners and never shows any disrespect to anyone, regardless of his, or her identity. That is her contract with the Guild.
However, Almo can't feel anything but disdain for this arrogant youth.
"But that is the truth, Almo-chan." Makoto shrugged. "This loser can do nothing but a simple [Reinforcement], and he doesn't even got any [Will]. I want to know how you would call that, if not a loser."
[Will] is an unique ability that is only a few, selected ones can use it. The abilities of [Will] is based from the characteristic of the individual who owns it. But for some reason, Rizuki can't even use any [Will]. His [Reinforcement] is a basic ability which everybody can utilize easily.
That is why Rizuki always do solo missions. The other members of Guild don't want to involve themselves with him, always rejecting him from their party. It's understandable and reasonable, but a few of them always feel bad for him.
Not that they would do anything for Rizuki though.
"You son of a—"
Momentarily forgotten about her pact with the Guild, Almo almost snapped, but luckily for her, someone cut in just in time.
"Hoo, such arrogance. You feel so tough, aren't you, Itou?" another voice joined from behind them. "Like you any better, what with your [Will] being the weakest of all the Guild members. What can you say about that?"
A girl approached them.
She has a fair-skinned girl with a short physique. Her hair has a pale brown hue and has a length that reaches down near her waist. She has sharp, green eyes. On her head is an accessory called a "Leafy Bow", which consists of two green leaves on the left side of her head. She wears a loose, large, blue coat with silver buttons and trimming that is worn open and looks like it's many sizes too large for her to wear. Being too loose for her, the sleeves reaches through her hands. From the shoulder to the elbow level of the sleeves is an orange lightning bolt with white trimming. On each side of the bottom of the sleeves are buttoned-on black cuffs with silver trimming. Her name is IF.
"What the hell does it mean, IF-chan? At least—at least I'm still better than him!" Makoto points at Rizuki, who is still chilled as hell. "He can't even do anything right. He's a loser!"
The brown-haired girl just smirked.
"But at personality, Rizuki is still infinitely better than you. You're just trying to feel better by disgracing everyone beneath you." She sneered. "You aren't even worth his tiptoes, Itou. Get lost."
Makoto saw red, and his face goes pretty red too. Usually, he would came up with a smart response, but he knows that this is a losing battle. His skills and powers aren't enough to match IF's, he knew it pretty damn well that the short girl can wipe the floor with him easily.
That, and he's also losing on argument.
"Tch! I don't have time to argue with you. But, don't think that you're better than me, Narukami." He turns to Rizuki. "Because we all know that you are just an useless loser."
Makoto then left the Guild building, all while mumbling words like 'loser' and 'lowlife' to himself.
"Serves him right." IF said. "That's what you get for being a douchebag."
She then looked at Almo, who is fidgeting behind her counter.
"You almost broke the Guild's rule back there." She says. "You're not supposed to talk like that to customer, as much as a douchebag he is. You could get yourself fired, you know that?"
"I—I'm sorry, IF-sama! I—I lost control for a moment earlier…"
"…huh, consider it forgotten. He is a douchebag anyway. Let's pretend all that doesn't happen. You're lucky I stopped you before you gone too far."
"Thank you, IF-sama!" Almo bowed in respect and relief. "I can't thank you enough."
IF just shrugs, as if she doesn't care. She then gestured at her to serve another member of the Guild… before turning to Rizuki. The young man is still standing there, still cool as a cucumber.
"Rizuki, you should be more assertive!" IF chided the poor young man. "This is why people always bullied you. Man up, would you?"
"But, IF… what he said before was right. I can only do [Reinforcement] and I don't even have any [Will]." Rizuki said. "I guess I'm a loser after all."
IF sighed deeply, exasperated.
This boy needs more self-confidence, she thought.
"You should know better than underestimating yourself, Rizuki." The brown-haired girl said. "Even when you only have [Reinforcement], your fighting skills were enough to cover your weakness. Hell, even that douchebag Itou can't fight as well as you are. Trust me."
"Your compliments are too much, IF…"
"And your self-deprecation are too much. Have some confidence."
"I guess I should do that…"
Rizuki smiled. He usually doesn't mind if someone were to mock him, threw insults at him, or even bullied him… compliments like this were uncommon. But it doesn't mean he didn't like it, he would appreciate it.
"By the way, IF. What brings you here, to this Lastasion Guild?" Rizuki changes the topic. "Usually, you're always staying in the Planeptune Guild."
"Hm? Oh, that…" IF tilts her head to the side. "I got some business here. Nep-ko order, of course. She needs something done."
"Sounds important." Rizuki nodded. "Well then, I must go now. My mission awaits… see you around, IF."
"See you around, Rizuki. Oh, almost forgot, Nep-ko sends her regards to you. You really need to stop by there."
"Please tell Purple Heart-sama that I will do so when I got spare time. Or when I got any mission there, I will certainly visit."
"Okay. I'll keep your words on that."
After parting ways with IF, Rizuki checks his equipment, which is only consisted of a Twin Blade, with some green circuit-like marks on their edge. Rizuki wrapped them with bandages and make haste to his destination. However…
However…
Just before he went outside the Guild's building, he ran into a girl that he has never met before. She is a young woman of pale complexion dressed in a bride-like dress with a large veil and tiara that reaches down to her feet. She has long, light green hair that also extends past her back that is tied in multiple places with blue ornaments.
Rizuki stopped for a moment, just to watch the girl… because, honestly, she looks so charming… and something else that he can't put into words. He felt like something calls him… no, something pulls him towards her.
Few seconds passed on, and he's back to reality. The girl before him was nowhere to be seen. Rizuki looks around for a while, only to found none… before he shook his head and really goes outside the building this time.
Damn, I guess I really need a girlfriend, he thought.
-Vicinity of Rooster Factory-
In the area of Rooster Factory, he saw his target for the mission today. A monster with machine-like body… a black humanoid robot that stood with its two legs, gripping a large cleaver in its right hand. Its red eyes are gleaming with malice.
The Galakryzer.
Silently, Rizuki took his Twin Blades out and unwrapped its bandages.
"Thankfully, I got my weapons covered with [Reinforcement] last night." Rizuki said, almost whispering. "This should help… Well, let's do this."
In his childhood, Rizuki had been taught [Magecraft] by his brother, Ryou. But his brother decided to just focus on [Reinforcement] because that was the easiest one to do. Due to his small energy capacity, Rizuki can only do [Reinforcement] once per a day. So, sometimes he do a [Reinforcement] in the night, and when he recovers later, he'll do another [Reinforcement] in the day.
Rizuki was focusing his energy to the Twin Blade, making the green circuit-like marks to glow even brighter. He's only using the half of his overall energy capacity to strengthen it. Then he sneaked behind the Galakryzer and slash it before it can feel his presence.
Normally, a mere metal weapon would break upon contact, because the body of Galakryzer was consisted entirely of machines. But Rizuki's Twin Blades easily withstood the damage, courtesy of his [Reinforcement].
The Galakryzer felt that attack as a simple annoyment. As a payback, it tries to kick Rizuki with its spiky leg, only to be dodged easily. Rizuki tries to counter attack, but the Galakryzer isn't keen to let him have his momentum back. It punches and kicks wildly, forcing Rizuki to keep dodging its assault for a good few minutes."
Not too long after that, Rizuki notices that they have arrived in a forest. Did the Galakryzer drag him here on purpose? Or is this purely an accident? They must have fought so intensely that he just noticed the area now.
Rizuki tries again to counter attack his enemy. However, even with his reinforced weapon, his attacks meant nothing to the Galakryzer, annoying it at best. And from that annoyment, the giant robot swung his massive sword at Rizuki, with full force.
Rizuki doesn't have any time to dodge, and he has to block it with his Twin Blade. The mere might of the Galakryzer caused the black-haired boy to be blown away and collided with a huge tree. Hard. He slumps slowly to ground…
"Damn it…"
He rose from the ground, but then realizes that one of his Twin Blade has broken, while the other one had a big crack on its edge. It won't last more than a one hit.
"It turns out to be impossible to fight the Galakryzer on my own…" Rizuki groaned. "Damn, Almo was right… why did I insist though… oh yeah, because I'm broke as hell…"
His eyes widened when the Galakryzer charged at him, giant sword poised to strike. Rizuki rolls to the side to dodge the attack, and felt really relieved when the attack managed to cut down the tree he was previously leaned against, with one slash.
Damn my luck... this isn't my lucky day…
There's no other choice. He has to escape now and try it again next day. In this current situation, there's no way he can actually win against the giant black robot. He's desperate, but not suicidal… he knows when luck isn't on his side.
But unfortunately, his luck doesn't allow him to escape easily either.
The Galakryzer is now before him, lifting its giant sword once again and swung it.
Shit!
Another slash is enough to send his other blade into pieces, and blew him away to the ground.
Defenceless and weaponless.
He can only watch as death loomed upon him, in form of a giant sword.
He can imagine the blade hacking his body into bloody pieces, without mercy, without any respect.
He will die here as a nameless loser…
Am I going to die here?
He closes his eyes…
Is this how it all ends?
His question was about to be answered, yet his mind doesn't go into a frenzy.
Strangely… he accepts his fate, just like that.
"Infinite Slash!" a voice yelled.
Hearing that, Rizuki snapped his eyes open. Someone else is attacking the Galakryzer.
She is a young woman with pure white hair and it's now worn down with a few inches cut off and her bangs having lengthened a bit messily. Her eyes was a glowing teal, like an emerald. Her outfit consist of a black bathing suit like part with the top of the breast and stomach area cut out while it connects around her neck.
If Rizuki must put it simply, she's the epitome of beauty and pride.
Her name is Noire… or more commonly known as the [Goddess] Black Heart, the ruler of Lastasion. His planet's goddess.
Her consistant attack is hitting the Galakryzer non-stop, without giving it any chance to defend or counter. A consecutive set of slashes whittles down the black giant robot's body, slowly breaking its body apart without mercy. When it comes to its limit, it simply exploded, strangely the explosion itself wasn't dangerous to anyone in vicinity.
The Galakryzer doesn't stand any chance against the [Goddess].
To destroy the thing that almost killed him effortlessly… Rizuki just stand there, in astonishment.
He's out from his daze only when the goddess herself approached him. Mainly because the anger that showed itself on her face.
"Do you know what stupidity you have done?" Black Heart inquired.
Despite all her beauty and grace, Rizuki can't help but shudder under her glare.
"I… uh… This is my mission, Black Heart-sama." He stutters, not really know what to say. "…I was cornered and just decided to run… but it just attacked me again…"
If he wishes to quell the goddess's anger with that reasoning, it doesn't work as he expected.
"What I meant is… why are you doing a mission against a Galakryzer alone!?"
The harsh tone in her voice made the poor boy jumped a little.
"Without any party, you would never win against that thing. What are you, crazy?!" Black Heart almost growled. "Oh, nevermind. Why don't you use your [Will] or something like that?! Are you stupid or what?"
At that, Rizuki sighed. Why everyone always reminds him of his weakness…
"I don't have any [Will], Black Heart-sama." He said calmly. "That's why nobody wants me to join their party, and nobody in Guild invited me either."
This surprises the goddess, and her anger subsided instantly. She didn't know that… what she knew from some people in Guild is that 'some poor loser wants to show off against the Galakryzer alone, refusing any help'. She came here with a purpose to punish that fool for his arrogance. It turns out… differently.
Oh, those guys who gave her false information will be punished for sure. She will make sure of that.
Inwardly, she felt really sorry about Rizuki, but outwardly… she must act professional. As a [Goddess], it wouldn't do to show excessive sympathy to just one of her worshipper. Her pride won't allow that.
She intended to make it up by lowering her voice though.
"If you can't do it on your own, then you don't have to do this mission." She said, significantly softer than before, but still strict. "If you keep doing this anyway, you'll end up dead. You hear me? This is suicidal. If you were to die, then your family will be sad. If you care about them, then—"
Yeah, Rizuki felt stupid hearing. What about not being suicidal before? He just needs money that badly… and nobody wants to help him. He has to help himself.
"Forgive me, Black Heart-sama. But I have no family anymore… and I need to do this mission to keep going. I don't have another choice if I want to live."
This surprised the goddess again, and made her feel even worse. Doesn't stop her pride to keep her attitude though.
"… I'm sorry for your loss. I did not know that." She shook her head. "However, my point still stands. You have to take care of your life. Or… do you want to die?"
"To be honest, I don't really care. Is death really scary anyway?"
Another surprise for Black Heart. Hearing the answer from the young man, it's like he doesn't afraid of death, or worse, doesn't have any will to live on. Black Heart felt like… the young man doesn't have anything worth to protect. He lives… but just like an empty shell. No real desire, just living for the sake of living.
"Well… I don't really mind if I were to die… but I still got my reason to live."
"Then, next time, don't accept any suicidal mission. You'll get killed." Black Heart sighed. "If you intends to go anyway, I can't stop you. But at least bring someone with you, or whatever. If anyone in Lastasion were to die… then I would be very sad too. Don't just go kill yourself, you hear me?"
She wants to say something like 'if you don't have any reason to live, then live for me' or something like that. But her pride made her digress, it would be very embarrassing for her to say that anyway…
Much to her surprise (again), she then found the young man bowing deeply before her.
"Thank you for even caring for a loser like me, Black Heart-sama."
His sincere and genuine tone made her cheeks flush, deep red. But he can't see it because he's bowing, obviously.
"D-don't be stupid. This is not like I especially care for you or anything." She turns away. "This is my responsibility to keep you all Lastasion folks safe, that's all!"
"Even so, I really thank you, Black Heart-sama." Rizuki said, still bowing. "At least you care enough to save my life. I can't really thank you enough."
It's probably a good thing Rizuki still bowing, because the goddess before him is still blushing. Quickly, Black Heart shook her head, erasing any signs of disgrace and schooled her expression, just in time for Rizuki to lift his head to face her.
"Good. If you understand, then don't go for any stupid suicidal mission from now on. I forbid you from dying like a fool… you understand?"
"I understand, Black Heart-sama." Rizuki nodded.
"Very well then. I'm leaving you."
Black Heart then flies away, leaving Rizuki alone in the forest.
Now, after the goddess nowhere in sight, he decided to return to the Guild and report that his mission has ended in…
…failure.
-Lastasion Guild Office-
Rizuki arrived in the Guild building and reported to Almo regarding the failure of his mission.
The clerk was relieved that Rizuki survived the encounter with the deadly robot, thankfully with no crippling injuries. She thanked her goddess Black Heart inwardly for saving the young man. Strict as she may be, she is still a benevolent ruler.
Unfortunately, the other Guild member doesn't share the relief that Almo had. To her anger and horror, all the men present laughed at Rizuki's failure on his solo mission, and ultimately saved by their [Goddess]. All while the young man is still there.
"You're a hopeless loser, Narukami!"
"Yeah! And you need a woman to save your sorry ass, what a wimp!"
"Don't you have your pride as a man? Hahahaha!"
"If I were you, I'd rather die than return here!"
"That's right! Why you still here anyway?!"
The barrage of insults at his expense were unstoppable. Instead of Rizuki, Almo goes red and almost lost her control again… however, Rizuki stopped her from yelling, and silently told her to let them say whatever they want. Because they were mostly right.
He's a loser, he admitted himself. He's a weakling that nobody wants, in his own opinion. Almo grudgingly relents, knowing that Rizuki would never take an offense by heart… he's just that kind of a man. She must report it to the Guild Master, or even better, the [Goddess] Black Heart herself.
After reporting his (failed) mission, Rizuki just called it a day and intends to go home.
On the way, he notices that someone is keeping her eyes on him. Yes, he knew that someone is a woman… namely, the girl whom he met before his mission before. That light green hair of hers is too hard to ignore, and her dress is too noticeable anyway.
Although she quickly left him be when he started to look her way, moving impossibly fast with her white dress… it was supposed to hinder her movement, but the way she carries herself, it doesn't. Rizuki wonders what wrong with that girl.
What's up with her?
Just a few seconds and that girl is seemingly vanished from his sight.
Well, there she goes.
He just shrugged, decides to let that go and just go home already. Before that though, he bought another set of Twin Blade for his daily mission tomorrow. After he finally arrived at his home, he looks up at the building… his family's home, old and a bit dusty, with Japanese-style and a classical elegance.
He starts to clean himself and prepares his own dinner. He also cleans up his home, an usual schedule for him. Because he lives on his own, he always do the housework himself, and it slowly became a habit for him. Of course, if someone asks about it, he will never admit it.
After all his houseworks were done, he goes to the warehouse near his house. He has to do his other daily schedule, and he's carried his new weapon with him along the way.
Now he's focusing on his energy to do [Reinforcement]. When it was done, however, Rizuki himself doesn't know how long he had been concentrating. He touches his Twin Blades and then starts hypothesizing the basic structure of his weapons. Slowly, he tries to duplicate its composition materials. He then attempts to create its copy, only for it to shatter almost instantly in his hands.
"…another failure."
Actually, beside the [Reinforcement], Rizuki has the unique ability called [Projection]. It's not a [Will], however, it's very rare to see anyone utilizing this ability. As far Rizuki knows, his family were the only ones who can use the [Projection]. However… all Rizuki can do is copying its exterior, leaving its insides empty and fragile.
Since he can never master the art of [Projection], he just focused on his [Reinforcement].
"I should have exercised the art of [Projection] more… oh well, it doesn't matter."
He shook his head, then returning to his room and rest his body for his mission tomorrow.
(Next Day)
The next day, Rizuki went to the Guild building like he usually do. But on the way, he notices that the city is almost empty… which is uncommon. Usually, he would see the city crowded with people with their own activities… but now there's silence all over the city.
…Just like a ghost town.
He felt uneasy, ominous feelings slowly building up in his heart. He decided to visit the Guild and see what's wrong in this city. He surely would find his answer there.
Yeah, of course he's right.
Inside the Guild building, he saw every single member of Guild, no one was absent there. Even his old nuisance Itou Makoto is there too, standing on a corner with some girls he didn't know. On another corner, Almo is also present, nervously looking around.
And most importantly, the [Goddess] of Lastasion Black Heart is also present, with her bodyguards around her, and she stood in the middle of room, looking regal as ever. It looks like she wants to announce something…
"Heed my words, Guild Members of Lastasion!" she exclaimed, her voice resounded around the room. "We have an urgent report of monster attacks around the city, just a few hours ago. However, those monsters were uncommon and some of them were even unlisted in our bestiary. Few of them were high-class monsters, and to anticipate the oncoming battle, we have evacuated all the civilian to our security bunker."
Black Heart paused for a moment, her eyes briefly scanned all the members present. Her gaze rests a moment longer at Rizuki, making the young man feel strangely nervous, before she opens her mouth again.
"That is why I will make it our mission to exterminate all those monster and locate where they belong! We will burn their habitats down to the grounds!"
There is a dangerous glint in her eyes that Rizuki didn't miss.
"YEAH!"
The Guild members were mostly in high spirits, looking forward to defeat those pesky monsters. Only to be surprised when a man walks in the building, panting heavily. His face was pale, as white as a paper, clearly gripped in fear.
"Monsters incoming! They have located the security bunker, and currently moving!"
Black Heart's eyes narrowed.
"So they came after all. Now, everyone… your objective is to protect the civilians from the monsters at all cost. Let me remind you all, failure is not an option… move out!"
Shouting their own affirmative answer to the mission, the Guild members left the building at once. They were prepared to fight their enemies and protect the citizens… they were prepared for this moment, they were ready…
Or are they?
They encountered some kind of monster that they have never seen before. Consisted entirely from a black, disgusting ooze… they were like some kind of Slime, but with ominous red eyes that moves freely on their slushy body.
They were consuming everything on their sight like a hungry beast unleashed.
Regardless of the danger those creatures posing, The Guild members don't falter. To handle the attacks on different location, they split up to stop the dispersing monsters…
Rizuki, completely on his own, attempts to fight the unknown species of monster alone, with no one to assist or support him. Having done a slight [Reinforcement] to his weapons, he swung his blade at the one of the black slimes…
His slash was accurate and sufficient enough to kill any regular slimes with one blow, he was sure of that. But this one was not an ordinary slime he'd usually fought.
"…the hell is this monster?!"
The Black Slime was very agile, dodged every single attempt to attack it with ease. Rizuki was not amused at this, especially when the monster forms a deranged version of a hand, with seemingly deadly talons. It lashed at Rizuki, prompts him to jump backwards just in time.
He's glad that his agility saved him from some grievous injuries.
Then the young man countered with another slash of his Twin Blade. At first, the monster was more than capable to dodge his attacks, but then Rizuki follows his missed attack with another attack, forming a consecutive combo of slashes and stabs.
Cut. Stab. Dodge. Pierce. Slice. Evade. Slash. Impale. Parry.
The Black Slime was durable enough to withstand… at least ten blows. The monster finally falls at his feet with one last stab, leaving black vapours and smokes after its demise.
Rizuki sighed. That was a close one. He almost let himself devoured by that abomination, but at last he survived the monster. To think that just one monster, some kind of slime nonetheless, can give him a hard time, he worried about his fellow Guild Members.
He checked the other places, just in case those monsters were still around… and he's not amused to see that his prediction was proven right. Those Black Slimes were still slithering in various places… and to kill all of them, Rizuki has to dispose them one by one. Silently, he sneaked on those monsters and attack them from behind with his special technique…
He called it [Stealth Rizuki]. That's totally original.
He needs some time before all those Black Slimes on his vicinity are completely exterminated. Now that every problem has taken care of, he took his time to look around the city… only to see dead bodies littered everywhere.
…there's so many of them.
Some of them were gravely injured in their vitals, left them to die a swift death… but some of them were not so lucky. Some of those bodies are half-eaten, to the point that they can't even be recognized…
…well, except for one.
His old nuisance… Makoto Itou.
Rizuki was more than surprised to see him dead. This was the young man that always mocked and insulted him as a loser who would live a short live? That's some poetic justice right there.
Now he's dead, and the loser he always mocked is standing before his body, pretty much alive. Rizuki would say good riddance, but he's not going to speak ill of the dead, regardless of whoever they are. He would respect them.
He closes his fellow Guild member's eyes, and do the same thing to the others, just because it's the right thing to do. He has no attachment to them, as they were the ones who always insult him… he's just doing it with no reason.
Rizuki was standing among the dead with little to no emotion on his face. Ordinary people would be very shocked to see this kind of bizarre scenery, and then threw up because of the sheer odor of visceras and bloods.
However, he was not of those people. He had seen death many times before, and some of them were even more terrifying than this. This is nothing for him.
Rizuki glanced to the center of the city, where all the monster are currently being handled by the [Goddess] Black Heart and some of the high-class Guild members. The strongest of their attackers were there…
But somehow he knows that they weren't fighting off the source of this monster assault.
Somehow, he knows that someone is watching while all of this event unfold.
Somehow… he knows where to go.
How do he knew all that… he didn't know either.
Running towards the forest outside the city, he looked around until he found someone. A young man his age… He has curly blue hair and gray blue eyes. He wear clothing that consists of a white and black jacket, a black shirt and blue jeans.
"Oh, what a surprise! You found me here..." That man said. "Although you weren't the one I expected… This is disappointing. You're not so impressive either. Who the hell are you?"
"That's my line." Rizuki replied. "Who are you? Are you the one who caused this invasion?"
The young man smirked.
"Well yes, that should be me. Even though you probably won't live for long… my name is Shinji Matou, the proud member of the EndBringer!"
Rizuki narrowed his eyes. He had never heard anything like that…
"EndBringer?"
"Let's just say that my organization is an [Anti-Goddess] faction." Shinji says. "We want those pesky [Goddess] die."
"Is that so…"
"And because you had heard that… I'll kill you anyway."
Shinji snapped his fingers.
Out from nowhere, a monster that looks pretty much like a muscled man with blue mask, its entire body was pitch-black. It's towering over Shinji and Rizuki, and the black-haired young man was shocked to see this giant.
He just have to defeat this monster. He applied the [Reinforcement] on his Twin Blade again, pouring his energy to his weapons. He charged straight at the monster with full-force, but his attack was easily deflected by the giant.
The black giant swatted him away and hit him hard on his chest, sending him far… and ends up crashing with the nearest tree. The impact was hard enough to make him cough some blood.
"Hahahaha, now you see the power of my Macho Man." Shinji cackled gleefully. "Finish that useless worm, Macho Man! Crush him!"
However, before the Macho Man can even step forward, a voice resounded.
"Shining Flare!"
Now that's an unfamiliar voice... Although this one sounds pretty much like a girl.
A shining beacon of light suddenly appears, intruding upon Rizuki's vision, it also blown him and The Macho Man away for a good distance. Although he didn't fall… since he immediately balances himself.
He turned at the voice he heard earlier… only to see a young girl.
That light-green haired girl he saw yesterday… yeah, the one with white dress and beautiful violet eyes. She's here now. He could say that this is a pleasant surprise… for saving his life, of course.
On the other hand, Shinji widened his eyes, having see this girl too. Then he grins widely, as a sign that he knows who is this girl.
"Finally, you showed yourself." He chuckled. "Now I'm lucky that the [Goddess] of Lastasion isn't here… she probably was too busy with my Macho Man army I summoned before… isn't it, Moon Goddess Shatoyan?!"
Shatoyan… So that's her name, Rizuki thought.
"What are you planning, EndBringer?" Shatoyan narrowed her eyes. "I demand that you tell me now!"
Shinji merely smirked.
"You know exactly what we want." He said. "The [Power of Soul Linker], of course!"
"…!"
"Of course, if you give that power nicely, I can treat you nicely too…" Shinji grinned, this time filled with lust. "What about it… do you accept my proposal?"
Shinji doesn't notice the irritation on that girl's face. However, Rizuki does…
"I'd better die than giving that power to you, you degenerate."
Then Shinji's face morphed into one of irritation.
"You ungrateful bitch." He growled. "If that what you want, then I'll give you death!"
Then, the newly-recovered Macho man stepped forward to attack Shatoyan. However, before she can do anything to prevent it, Rizuki puts himself between them and uses his Twin Blade to parry the giant's attack.
His blades shattered almost instantly, and he was sent flying backwards, along with Shatoyan.
"Damn…" he gritted his teeth. "I should've brought more weapons…"
While he just mumbling to himself, Shatoyan looked at him incredulously.
"Why are you so reckless?"
Rizuki looked back at her.
"You could've died back there. I can protect myself, you know."
Rizuki kept staring at the green-haired girl…
"Well—I don't know. I just can't let that attack hit you…"
Shatoyan narrowed her eyes questioningly, but before she could ask anything…
"Don't ask me, I don't even know why I did that…"
Shatoyan's eyes widen in surprise...
Indeed, when they saw each other before, she felt the [Power of Soul Linker] inside her pulled herself towards him, with reason that the girl herself didn't know. That's why she just followed him before and kept her eyes on him…
She was curious.
She has to make her choice now. She has to gamble this only chance…
"There's one way to save us both from this situation…" She said slowly.
"And that is…?"
"I will give the [Power of Soul Linker] to you. The power that connects all the soul… however, this power can and will consign you from the others. Are you prepared to accept the consequences?"
She extended her hand towards him.
"Well… I've been consigned from the others anyway... I have nothing to lost." Rizuki reached out, accepting her hand gently. "So I will accept whatever the consequences are."
He smiled, and Shatoyan smiles back at him, satisfied with his answer.
"My name is Shatoyan."
"My name is Rizuki Narukami."
And then, somehow Rizuki knew what Shatoyan would say, and then they both said it at the same time.
"Soul…Link!"
Alright, that's enough for the First Chapter.
For Rizuki's harem, it's the same as the previous Soul of Link. Oh, before I forget, please check my friend's story, it's RWBY fic… it's Jaune Arc Story: Game of the Wizard by Mugen no Tenma. It's freaking awesome!
I'm sorry for not updating quickly, and for this story… the story's not too great, and for the bad grammar.
That's all for me, see you next chapter.