Hello Everyone I am the FinalReviewer
So I was just doing my day to read/review many fanfictions that catch my interest and when I was looking up Kuroinu Fanfics I notice a "Kuroinu Rebellion challenge" from a Fanfiction writer named 'Wimblegurk Brigade' and so far I like the ideas that he made. However I decided to take another approach to this and decided to do something different than the other Fanfiction Writers that took up this challange.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's this kind of crossover that you would rarely see. This time, it's a "Kuroinu" crossover with the running/gunning/melee wahey that is Warframe. All characters and objects belong to their respective owners except for OCs. All rights reserved. The premise? What if three normal guy that were playing the game got transported to the Kuroinu universe with their Warframes, equipments, and inventory on their profiles? The answer? One hell of a journey, that's the answer.
WARFRAME OF EOSTIA
Warframe x Kuroinu
Chapter 1:
Dream. Not of what you are…But of what you want to be.
((1st POV: ?))
Warframe.
A game that was destined to fail yet despite the odds stacked against it…it became one of the most well-known, loved and most played Free to play games out there and is still standing after 6 years! A game that I fell in love with and grind countless hours into and still to this day continue to play it. When you look deep into the lore of this universe you can see how it came to be and the ties it shares with its predecessor game: Dark Sector.
Being a Space ninja that can do unbelievable things and use special powers and guns would be awesome. But hey, a guy could dream can't he?
However, I never thought that I'd live to rethink those words. So, where does the story begin? I suppose I should explain who I am and how it all started.
It was Friday night like usual. My friends and I would always get together at another friends place to play video games, watch/riff movies, and enjoy food that we provide. However tonight It's only be me and two of my friends coming tonight at my place.
My name is Charles. At first glance, you would think I'm some kind of normal person with a tired look on my face. About 6 feet tall, with curly black hair, a trimmed beard, dark brown eyes, and a little bit of pale skin. My choice of attire is decidedly bland for the moment, as well. Long, black sweat pants, with a white t-shirt and grey hoodie. A pair of Crocs sandals completed the outfit. While I may not look like somebody important, but I'm wise when it comes to things that I have known for years and I have a low tolerance to people who think they are smart and/or in the right, but in reality, they're not at all.
The first to come over is my best pal named Ryan. First glance, he was a bit overweight guy with a joyful personality. About 6'2 feet tall, with blond hair, a trimmed goatee, blue eyes and slightly tanned skin. His choice of attire is a pair of black shorts, with an orange t-shirt. A pair of tennis shoes completed the outfit. He may not look that impressive but don't let that fool you he has a very sharp mind when comes to thing he knows and let me tell you he is very sharp
The last guy to come over is named Aaron. First glance, he was a bit skinny dude that is somewhat bashful when it comes to girls. About 5'9 feet tall, with brown hair, a shaggy mustache and chin hair, green eyes and pale skin. His choice of attire is a pair of beige khaki shorts, with a white t-shirt with a video game logo. A pair of tennis shoes completed the outfit. While he may not be as sharp or wise, but he he always takes it on the chin and never backs down.
"So. Is this everyone tonight?" I asked my two friends.
"Yep Everyone else is either sick or visiting family this weekend. So, it's just us tonight." Ryan said as he begins to set up his game console. Aaron nodded as well as he also set up his game console as well.
I only stared at the two for a few second before I mentally sighed as I begin to set my game console on the TV. "Okay then let's get started."
[1½ Hours later]
An hour and a half pass by as we played Warframe doing multiple mission so that my buddies can level up their Warframes, weapons and gear to start ranking up the Ranking system. Heck I'm at Rank 21 right now, but hey playing the game for over 3 – 4 years can do that.
"Still enjoy using the Opticor, Ryan?" I asked my big friend as he chuckled and said.
"Damn right I do."
I chuckled as I turned my head towards Aaron. "You're doing good over there, Aaron?"
"Yep. I just finished leveling up Frost and my current arsenal. Almost time for a Rank up soon." Aaron said with a grin.
"OK then how we do one more mission before we play another game." I said as my friends nodded with a grin as I looked though my mission list. I then notice something…odd. "Huh?"
"What's up?" Ryan asked
"Look at the mission list." I said as I pointed to my tv. The others look at it as well and was surprised as well. There was only one mission that had multiple question marks on it.
"A question marked mission?" Aaron asked in confusion
"Most likely a bug in the system." Ryan said.
"Let's see…" I said as I press the accept button as a mission pop up as usual. "Well it seems it's like it can be picked like any other mission. You guys should accept this so that we can see what kind of mission this is."
The other nodded as they too pressed the accept button to start the countdown.
5…
4…
3…
2…
1…
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"Oh great it look like it froze. Well looks like I will have to-" I started to say, but whatever I was going to say next died in my mouth for what I'm seeing. The TV screen looked completely distorted. But no, there was something more to that. My entire TV screen had started twisting and swirling into a freaking portal!
"What the fuck?" I muttered to myself as Aaron begins to examine the portal for himself. The next thing he knew, Aaron was being pulled towards the swirling vortex.
"Wh-What the-" Aaron muttered as tried to get away from the portal to no avail.
"OH SHIT, AARON!" I yelled as Ryan rushed over to grab Aarons arm who was now half way into the portal. I then rushed over to Ryan as we tried to pull Aaron out of the swirling vortex, but unfortunately for us we could not pull him out and soon we're dragged in as well.
We were now in an area they couldn't even begin to describe. We felt weightless. The entrance to the portal had vanished behind us, not that it mattered to us at the moment. We were too busy screaming their lungs out at the moment. Our consciousness slipped from our minds as a blinding white light filled our vision. The last thing any of us felt was ours bodies was changing drastically and something began to appear and surround our changing bodies. We would soon wake up to find the world around us completely changed.
This was only the start of many things to come.
((3rd POV: ?))
In this vast land exists the country of Eostia, the largest nation of the Continent of Serenusu, far to the north of these lands exists a large variety of Monsters and Beasts. To the other nations, they are considered blight and rot within the land. Lately many have taken various women from several villages and made them into their personal slaves.
It was true that what those beasts were doing weren't anything new as many people rose up to fight them to protect their loved ones and nations from the beasts, keeping some sort of balance for many years...
But one day, something had happened to the land where all these races of beasts came from: A dark castle that risen from within the earth suddenly rose up from nothingness one day. Around the castle there was a powerful magical field that made the sky turn into a bloody red color all day and night, the air was difficult to breath in, and the earth seemed to wither and decay around it...
Rumors quickly spread through the land that within the dark castle there was a beautiful Dark Elf whom quickly became known as the Dark Queen. The Dark Queen, whose name was Olga Discordia, managed to win dominion over all the beasts in her domain with her terrifying power, which allowed her to do as however she pleases...
And so, fearing the worst, the Southern Nations swiftly began to oppose her; yet on their own they could do little against her power...at least it was like that until 7 Leaders, whom were the ones who opposed the Dark Queen's wish, came together in an alliance between their providences in an effort to try to stop her and her army of monsters before the worst can happen...
Each providence of the south is lead by a beautiful Princess Knight known as a "Shield Princess". The one who leads them is a Goddess reborn in the form of a High Elf, Lady Celestine Lucross, whom with the other Princess Knights became quickly known as the "Seven Shield Alliance", a unity between trust and honor made with the Cathedral to stop the evil that corrupts and taints their land...
In the ensuring conflict turned war, many were used: Knights, Squires, Pages, Scouts, Spies, Assassins, Archers, Lancers, Riders, Monks, Soldiers, Barbarians, Heroes, Magicians, Healers...but none were vaster than Mercenaries. Easy to come by and all for the sake of money, these mercenaries formed the largest Mercenary Force known within the world as "Kuroinu Mercenary Forces", often nicknamed "the Black Dogs", which were led by the famous Mercenary Hero, Vault...
The Kuroinu Army quickly led victory after victory for the "Seven Shield Alliance" and quickly became the "Vanguard" for the Alliance. Then one day, near the possible end of the war, during a simple patrol, the Alliance scouts spotted a large and massive Monster Horde, the likes of which the Alliance had never seen before...and they were all heading towards the small farming settlement of "Halem".
And so...should Halem fall...then the monstrous Horde could march straight to the Goddess unstopped. That is why the Alliance knew that the monsters had to be stopped right there. The Kuroinu forces were the only force nearby and quickly began a large scale battle against them while the Garrison forces helped the people escape from the terrible fighting...and during said fight, an unexpected arrival of powerful warriors will appear...
A few miles away from Halem in a forest, the wind was gently blowing. It gently rustled the trees. The sun peered through the leaves swaying in the wind. A portal open in the middle of a small clearing of the forest, dumping out three bodies as it soon closed behind them. Now the unconscious bodies lay in a forest unknown. It would take them a few minutes for one of them to finally wake up.
"Ow. Damn...what happened?" Charles asked himself as he went to rub his eyes in order to clear his vision however he soon noticed two things. One is that his own voice sounded like it was going though a voice filter making sound like a deep echo of his own voice and two is that he stares at a black gloved arm. Charles blinked again, noticing the wind brush up what appeared to be an oily black scarf that was wrapped around his neck. Precious golden ornaments could be seen attached to his body, and a helmet on his head with a golden horn grew atop its forehead. However most notable, was the beautiful but otherworldly looking Katana that hung off his left hip (( Skiajati )). He also noticed that he has other equipment on him. On his thighs are two gilded hand guns (( Aklex Prime)). On his back, he is carrying a beautiful yet otherworldly great sword (( Paracesis )) and a gilded hybrid rifle (( Tiberon Prime )). Charles stared at his own self surprise and horror that he realizes that he is using a Warframe, but more importantly: Excalibur Umbra. He soon head groaning next to him as another 'familiar' face that happened to be laying right next to him.
"uhhh…what happened" Aaron said in a filtered voice as he stands up yawning. He also has a Warframe on him known as Frost, The Cryo Warframe. it seems that he also has some equipment on him as well. On his waists he has a pair of hook swords (( Twin Krohkur )), then on his thighs are a set of large throwing knives (( Spira )) and on his back is a two-handed heavy blade (( Galatine )) and a dark brown hybrid rifle with a circular clip (( Agronak )).
"Aaron? Is that you?" Charles asked the Frost Warframe. Aaron froze (no pun intend) a bit as he turned to Charles that said his name.
"Charles?"
Charles and Aaron exchanged looked and stared at each other for a few seconds before screaming at the tops of their lungs. Their loud scream awoke and scared the third body that was lying unconscious moments ago.
"WHA!? HUH!? WHO'S THERE!?" Ryan shouted as he jumped a few inches off the ground. As you could guess, Ryan also has a Warframe. His Warframe is the Rhino Prime, the first "tank" Warframe. He also has some equipment on him, fitting his role as the "Tank" of the group. On the back of his hands is a pair of motorized chainsaw fists (( Ripkas )), on his thighs he was carrying twin assault rifles (( Twin Grakatas )) and on back is a futuristic chargeable laser cannon (( Opticor )) and a giant hammer that utilizes a built-in jet engine (( Jat Kittag )). He then caught a glimpse of his friends and froze with fear.
"Who are you? Don't come near me!" Ryan said as he puts his fist up and cause the Ripkas to jut out of their compact form causing Ryan to jump a bit as looked at the deadly weapon. Then he soon realizes that he was also wearing a Warframe. "What the f-?"
"Ryan, It's us. Calm down." Charles told him in a straight tone. Ryan paused as he turns to the Umbra Warframe.
"Charles? Aaron?" Ryan asked as both the Umbra and Frost Warframe nodded their heads confirming it was them in those Warframes. "What the hell happen to us?"
"I don't know." Charles said he's trying to figure it out too.
"Charles...please tell me this is just a dream. Tell me you know what's happening." Aaron began begging before almost all at once, he remembered how everything happened. He remembered the portal appearing on Charles TV and now this.
"Look I'm confused as much as you are now Aaron, but right we need to figure out where the hell we are." Charles said as he begins to observe around the area in order to find a way out of the forest. "And we need to get back before things can get any worse..."
As if on cue, a loud roar filled the air. It startled the birds residing in the trees causing them to fly off. If the guy were birds, they too would have taken flight to safety. The three could only stiffen and looked around wondering what could have emitted such a noise. Then, hardly noticeable at first, the ground began to tremble. The intensity began to pick up after a few seconds. Something was coming their way, and it was big. Out of the three of them, it was Charles who told the others to take shelter in the trees.
In almost world record time, Ryan had scrambled up the tree trunk and clenched onto the branch. Charles helped Aaron up the tree before finally climbing up himself. The rumbling intensified evermore. Suddenly, they could finally see it. Something was moving underground. Whatever it was, it was big, and it was kicking up the ground above it as it traveled. They watched it tunnel beneath were they once stood before it completely passed them by and soon faded out of view. The three sighed and dropped out of the tree.
"Okay Charles. I'm begging to know now. What's the plan? You got a plan right?" Ryan asked looking at the chunks of earth that had been kicked up from whatever was tunneling a few seconds before
"A plan!?" Charles replied with shock. "We just entered what is possibly a completely new dimension with WARFRAMES AND WEAPONS of all things and you expect me to have come up with a plan within that time frame!?"
"Easy Charles. I know one thing for sure, and that's that we can't stay here or whatever the hell that thing as will eat us." Ryan replied
"Well, that's a good lead." Charles replied as he facepalm his helmeted face. If one thing hadn't changed from the crossover into this new dimension, it was that he was the one who had to come up with the plan to get the three of them out of this predicament. Now trying to come up with some kind of idea, he began to speak.
"Okay...assuming this new world is anything like ours, there must be civilization." Charles began
"Yeah. In case you haven't noticed, were in the middle of nowhere." Ryan replied
"If you'd let me finish..." Charles replied with a strained tone as Ryan shot ups his hand in faux surrender "What we need to look for is some kind of sign that this land has been traveled. If we do, we may be able to find civilization before nightfall. In other words, we need to find a road. If we follow it, we might find our way to a city, or possibly come into contact with other humans...that is, assuming there are humans here." Charles finished
"Sounds good to me!" Ryan replied. "Let's go find that-" Ryan was about to say before he looked around and noticed that there were only two of them.
"Uhhhhh, Charles? Aaron was here a second ago wasn't he?" Ryan asked worried about where their friend wandered off to
"Oh hell no...AARON! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Charles shouted trying to locate him by hoping he would respond alerting them to his location. Sure enough, it worked. They were answered with "Over here guys!".
Charles and Ryan rushed through the trees and bushes heading in the direction of Aaron's voice. They came to a clearing after a few seconds. Aaron stood next to what Charles had just explained what to look for. A long, dirt road, and by the looks of it, it had been traveled on many times before.
"Well, this is a nice start." Charles said as he looked both ways the road stretched.
"So, which way are we supposed to go..." Ryan mumbled before Charles walked up to a tree and began climbing its trunk.
"Hopefully a better view can provide us with just that answer." Charles responded. He climbed through the branches, moving twigs and leaves out of his face. He then reached the tree top and began to survey the area. Trees. Miles and miles as far as he could see in the current direction he stared in.
"HEY CHARLES! SEE ANYTHING UP THERE YET?" Aaron asked from below
"IF I SAW ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE REMOTELY CLOSE TO US AARON, I WOULD HAVE-" Charles managed to say. It wasn't until he turned his head 180 degrees before he was what he needed in the distance. To his right It looked like a massive city built upon hills and to his left he saw a small settlement which was closer to them. He dived back into the branches as he made his way back down the tree.
"I've spotted our destination guys." Charles walked up to the path and pointed to the left. "That direction will bring us to civilization. A small farming town by the looks of it."
"A TOWN!? SWEET! So, how long will it take us?" Ryan asked with joy. Charles mentally calculating the distance from the city, and their current location.
"Two or three hours by foot at best..." Charles replied sighing. He knew that without a motive of transportation, they were in for a few hours of walking. So, with reluctant sighs, they begin to head our way to the small settlement.
Little did they know of what they're getting themselves into when they get to the settlement.
[Two Hours Later]
It took them two hours to get to the destination. It was a long trip for them, but they were able to get there on record time. Funny enough that they realize that they never felt exhaustion on the way to the town, but hey they're not complaining.
As they entered the settlement they notice a lot of white tents that were pitched up with many people armed with weapons . Most of those people noticed how strange they looked and began to talk to each other.
"Who are those guys?"
"What's with those armors?"
"Look how much stuff there carrying."
The trio felt a little bit uncomfortable with the guys talking about how they look and what they were carrying. So, we decided to turn back the way come from and begin to-
"Hey, you. Strangers." Well so much for leaving now.
The trio turned back to looked at the two men who had addressed them. The first one was only dressed in a green vest and pants. Two large daggers were sheathed at his hips. He was in his mid-thirties it looked like. The other one next to him is a male teen with green eyes and brown hair that is to neck length with glasses and clothes that make him look like a mage but without the hat.
"Who are you two?" Charles asked the two as the two men were startled by the voice filter that he was speak through.
The man with daggers only shakes his head as he introduces himself "The name's Hicks. Second-in-command to the Kuroinu mercenaries. The nerd over here is Kin, our residential mage." The teen only scoffed at Hicks.
"Nerd. How original. Anyways, I have a question for you three. Are you perhaps mercenaries?" Kin asked as he pushed up his glasses. The trio only looked at each before they deciding to make up their own story in order to fool these guys. So, they turned back to the mage as Charles took the lead.
"No, we're freelancers." Charles said to the mage.
The mage blinked a bit at the answer. "Isn't that the same as being a mercenary?"
"We don't like to stick with one group." Ryan said as he crossed his arms staring down at the teen. The mage felt a cold chill when the big one was staring at him with his masked helmet on.
"I see. Then I would like for your assistance with this matter we're dealing with-"
"Hold up. You never told us what's going on here." Aaron said, interrupting the teen, as he scratches the side of his helmet.
"Wait you guys don't know what's going on." Hicks asked the group in surprise.
"We just got here." Charles said in a deadpan tone.
Hicks sweat dropped at the comment as he weakly chuckled. "Well let's bring you guys up to speed."
"You see we are currently dealing with enemy forces of the Legion and we need help dealing with some forces that have appeared on the west side of Halem. We also believe that the leader of the forces has been sighted on the west side as well" Kin explained to the trio.
"Our boss is currently dealing with most of the force north of Halem. So, we need some help to deal with this mob. So, what do you say?" Hicks said
The trio was silent for a moment before Charles turned to his friends "What do you guys think?"
"As someone who has standards similar to caring for the well beings of those who can't fight and a fighter for hire, I agree to take part in this fight." Aaron declared. Next on the list of giving opinions was none other than Ryan.
"You already know my answer, boss!" Ryan shouted as he slammed his fist into his palm. Charles simply nodded and turned around to the mercenaries.
"Well you've got you answer. We will take care of the problem on west side of the settlement by ourselves." he stated as he and his friends begin to head to the west side of the town.
"Okay then we will head on over and-Wait what?" Kin said in surprise as Hicks was wide eyed at the statement as they observed the three freelancers that headed to the west side of Halem.
"Are they serious? They expect to take on a small army by themselves?!" Hicks said in surprise at the freelancers statement to take care of the west.
"It looks likes it. I believe the best course of action now is to report to Vault about this." Kin said as Hick nodded as the mages suggestion.
"Sounds good to me."
As the three headed to the west side of Halem, Ryan decided to bring up an important question. "So, Charles do you actually think we can do this?"
"Do you guys remember your Warframes powers?" Charles asked his friends as they all stopped. The others look at each other and nodded their heads
"Yeah."
"Uh huh."
"And your weapons? You think that you can use them" Charles asked his friends again. The others were silent for a minute as they glance back at him.
"I think I can do it but Aaron…" Ryan started as he turns to Aaron.
"I don't know if I will be alright after this, but I will try." Aaron said as he rubbed his arm to calm himself. Charles walked up to Aaron and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Aaron. We're going to get through this battle and find a way to get home. I will oversee this mission and make sure that we will be alright, OK?" Charles said as the others nodded as they made it to the gate that was separated the settlement and the waste beyond it. By the gates are two soldiers guarding the door.
"Hey, who are you? You can't…be…here." The first soldiers started before losing his words to stare at the three otherworldly warriors with odd weapons. The second soldier is smart to back up from these warriors as they approached the gates.
"Open the gate." Charles said to the soldier near the gate wheel to open the gates itself.
"W-wait a minute. Who are you to-" the soldier started to say but went completely silent as Charles turned to the soldier as his helmet "eyes" started glowing an azure light.
"Open. The gate."
"Yes sir." The soldier meekly said as he turned the wheel to open the gate. The trio stepped out of the gate with Charles taking out his Tiberon Prime on AUTO mode, Ryan with his Twin Grakatas, and Aaron with his Argonuk on AUTO mode as well. The gates closed behind them as a small hoard of orcs and imps approaching them in order to breach the gates. The three took positions and fires against the upcoming horde of monsters.
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They never stood a chance against automatic, armor piercing bullets.
As they began to finish mowing down the charging horde, Charles notice a volley of arrows coming their way.
"Aaron! we need a [Snow Globe] now!" Charles yelled as Aaron nodded and uses [Snow Globe] to create a circular ice dome to block the incoming arrows. Charles begins to look around in order to find monsters with bows that fired on them and found them on a small hill about 40 yards away.
"Ryan! Take out those archers!" Charles ordered as Ryan nodded, pullling out his Opticor then he charges up the laser cannon and fires a fully charged laser at the archers and-
BOOM!
Completely obliterated the monsters.
Charles gave off a small impressed whistle as turned to his friends and said. "Okay listen up. We'll have to split up in order to take down these creatures faster and end this fight. Also, if you find any soldiers or civilians you are to assist them and get them back to Halem. Aaron you will take the left side of the battlefield and Ryan you take the right. Understood?"
Aaron nodded as he reloads his Argonuk as Ryan asked a question. "What about you Charles?"
"I'm going to head to the center of the battlefield so that I can take down the head of this hoard. Once you guys finish up; meet up with me in case I don't finish up. Now SPLIT UP!" Charles ordered as the other two nodded as the three splits up in order to end this battle faster.
((3rd POV: Aaron))
About half a mile away from the gates, a group of soldiers were dealing with a small hoard of orcs and imps that are trying to get pass them in order to get to Halem. The soldiers were wondering what the hell that noise was, but right now they have a mission to do.
"Hold the line! We have to hold on a bit longer till reinforcements get here!" the lead soldier said as he cuts down one of the last orcs with his sword. They soon heard heavy foot steps and they turned to see a new monster with a head and lower body of a bull and the upper body body of a man. In its hands is a giant axe that was covered in blood.
"I-It's a Minotaur!" one of the soldiers shouted. As if on cue, the monster lunged straight towards the soldiers with its axe. The soldiers nearly screamed their lungs out. The monster was just about to slash at everyone before one of the soldiers caught something reflective out of the corner of his eye. A grey/red blur ran across his field of vision. The monster had halted its assault. The lead soldier was searching for a reason as to why when something temporarily blocked the light of the sun for a few seconds. He looked up and saw that one of the giant horns of the monster had been sliced clean off. He had also caught sight of something that he hadn't expected. Or someone for that matter. A man with covered head to toe in armor landed on the ground behind the monster. He has something on both of his hands. From what the soldier could discern at his distance, it looked like twin hook swords. It was Aaron and he is ready for some action.
"A Minotaur..." Aaron spoke as he stood and turned towards the massive beast. "A worthy opponent to see if I'm ready." he continued as the Minotaur turned its attention towards him. It roared loudly before slamming its axe in the area Aaron stood.
"You're pissed, aren't ya?" Aaron mocked. In an amazing feat, he managed to launch himself high into the air at the last second. The soldiers saw the warrior rocket out of the cloud of dust made from the heavy impact of the Minotaur axe hitting the ground. All the soldiers could think of was how a jump such as this was impossible, but this man just did that.
"It's over." Aaron said calmly as he spun around with his twin swords drawn. He began to swiftly cut the monster in in several locations at a speed the soldiers had never witnessed before. Aaron stuck his landing in front of the stunned Minotaur. A second later, the Minotaurs body burst open spewing blood out of its cuts. It then collapsed with an earth shaking thud. The soldiers minds were now having a hard time processing what they just witnessed. A lone man in strange armor armed with two swords had killed a monster of immeasurable proportion. The Soldiers ran up to the man with gratitude.
"That was amazing!" Soldier #1 complemented
"You actually took a Minotaur down single-handedly!" Soldier #2 exclaimed
Aaron puts his swords away as he turns to the solder with a nod. "Of course. Glad to be of some help." he replied in a calm tone. The soldiers simply stared at him in surprise at how calm this man is after his impressive feat. "Do you think you guys can head back to Halem? I can handle this mob of monsters on my own."
"What the hell can you do, huh? That's like fucking suicide." one of the younger hot-headed soldiers said as Aaron only looked at the soldier with a blank stare from his helm as he turns back to see a small hoard of orcs that were approaching them.
Aaron simply activates his [Ice Wave] skill and sends a wave of razor sharp, crystallized ice toward an enemy, killing most of them by impalement. Aaron took this chance as he draws out his Agronuk machine gun and fires at the surviving orcs.
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The soldiers had to cover their ears to try and drown out the thunderous noise the weapon was making. After a few seconds of silence, the soldiers uncovered their ears as they turn back to see the carnage of the dead orcs. The soldiers were surprised at this level of slaughter as they turned back to Aaron who was reloading his gun as he turns back to the soldiers and said
"That's what I can do. Now get out of here."
The lead soldier felt a cold sweat on his brow as he slowly nodded as he gave the command to get his soldiers out of here and back to Halem. After the soldiers left, Aaron only sighed at their reaction.
"With their reaction I can't blame them for being scared, after what I just did. Now then." Aaron said as he pointed his Agronak at the next small hoard that was coming his way. "Let's take care of these bozos before I can get back to Charles."
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((3rd POV: Ryan))
Ryan was having one hell of a time as he was attacking enemies from left and right with his Jat Kittag, smashing and crushing them with ease. He was laughing all the way as he started to finish up the mob that he was tasked to get rid of.
Ryan dusted his hands as he turns to look over at his work. "Well, that takes care of that. Might as well find Charles and-"
"NO PLEASE STOP. GET AWAY FROM ME!"
The voice screamed out from nearby, female and terrified, stopped Ryan from talking to himself. Over the woman's pleading a chorus of laughter broke out insidiously as it was accentuated by the sound of tearing cloth.
Most notable to Ryan though was just how terrified the girl sounded.
Ryan's legs were moving before his mind could register. Heading out of the wasteland he found himself in a small canyon eyes drawn to a horrifying scene. Three orcs and six imps were holding down a woman. Their weapons tossed aside the orcs were pulling and ripping at the screaming girls' clothes while the imps where dancing like idiots. The monsters turned towards Ryan and were surprised at the strange human covered in armor. Ryan was shaking in fury as he stalked forward, a pit of rage bubbling in the pit of his stomach, the grip on his hammer tightening.
Ready to kill.
With the reflex and speed faster than a normal human, he rushed towards the first Orc. Before any of the greenskins could even move their muscles, Ryan swung his Jat Kittag at the first Orc. The Jet powered hammer easily pulverizing through the upper body, spraying the dark red blood and organs on the ground. The Orcs lower body fell to the ground, shocking his two brothers.
Before the second Orc could get his weapon to avenge his fallen kin, Ryan already turned and swung his hammer right though the lower half of the orcs body. The Orc howled aloud in pain as he fell down before he looked down in pure disbelief and terror at his lower body or rather what it used to be before being completely pulverized, leaving only half of itself still alive. Distracted, he was too late to realize that Ryan's fist punched through his chest, causing the Orc to choke out blood. Ryan then pulled his fist back, ripping out the Orc's heart before crushing in front of the terrified greenskin. Another one fell.
Enraged, the third Orc raised his fist to punch Ryan only to be caught back and held by the tank's palm. The Orc was caught off guard by the strength of this human that was smaller than him in size. He wanted to pull back his fist and launched another attack only to realize that his arm cannot move at all! The Orc couldn't see well the opponent's face, but he swore that he heard the sadistic grin behind the helmet that sent a shiver down his spine.
Ryan, with his new inhuman strength, then ripped off the arm from the Orc's shoulder and threw it away before he jumped towards the greenskin and grabbed the lower jaw and ripped it off. The Orc screamed incoherently as blood spilled from where his lower mouth was before Ryan begins sawing into his skull using the Ripkas, killing it instantly.
In less than a minute since the Ryan arrived at this small canyon and he already had killed and brutalized 3 Orcs in one of the most gruesome ways possible. A feat that even a skilled barbarian would be impossible to achieve. Wasn't bad to start a day...
Ryan then picked up his hammer and slammed the end of the handle to the ground as the six Imps begin to circle around him with impressive speeds.
In sudden unison, all six of the imps leaped up into the air towards Ryan with their weapons ready.
"Watch out!" The woman shouted out as the little monsters closed in on him. Being airborne like they were, they couldn't do much of anything except for defend, or strike. Neither would matter in the end, for Ryan and his Rhino Prime were on a completely different level of physical strength than these monsters. The "eyes" of Rhino Prime flashed bright before Ryan grabbed his hammer and began to rapidly spin it around his body. In fact, he spun it so fast, the hammer literally pulverizes the enemies into nothing but pulp and blood. When he was finished, there was nothing left of the monsters. Their blood rained down from the air onto Ryan's Warframe and the ground around him.
"A-amazing..." the woman stammered as she looked at him with awe. She wasn't aware that what just unfolded before her was even possible, but he did it. Ryan placed his hammer on his back and turned towards the woman who was about to get raped. The woman on the other hand now wasn't crying anymore but shaking in fear after witnessing what just happened before her eyes.
Orcs were the powerful race with a fearsome strength that they could use to even kill an experienced knight in single punch should the said Knight not be careful enough. And yet this stranger in strange armor... no, this monster was far worse. Without uttering a single word, he single-handedly killed those Bastards using some sort of strange hammer that spits fire from behind the head before literally ripping them apart with his hands and the strange weapon that was on his hands. Not that she wasn't grateful that those Orcs were now dead, but this was too horrifying!
Now he was looking at her with unknown intention since she couldn't see his face which only filled her already wrecked mind with horrible questions. Would he do the same to her or would he do what those Orcs were about to do to her?
The answer was none of that as Ryan offered a helping hand towards her and said one thing.
"Let's get you back to Halem."
The woman slowly complied and did as he said so, then Ryan picked her up and held her bridal style while covering her body from being exposed. The poor woman gave out a small yelp as Ryan began to back track to the gate where the soldiers are stationed at. The soldiers are surprised to see one of the strange warriors returning, carrying a nearly naked woman in his arms as Ryan said one thing to one of the soldiers the soldiers.
"Somebody gets something to cover this woman with and get her inside now."
One of the soldiers complied as he pulls off his cloak and covers the woman with it as he takes her off Ryan hands. The woman gave a small thank you to the soldier before she gave one last glance towards her savior who is now returning to the battlefield and only wondered one thing.
Who was this man?
((3rd POV: Charles))
Elsewhere, Charles had run into a clearing along the shore banks of a river. It was there that he encountered two imps and an orc. None of them wore much except for loincloths. The orc held a giant cleaver in his hand, the imp held a sword, and the other imp held a hoop like object. They stared him down as they spoke to each other.
"Not a female human." The only orc said to the imps
"Stupid ugly human" the first imp said
"A weak looking human. Easy kill" the other imp spoke. Charles places his right hand on his Skiajati, showing that he was not to be messed with. He found their remarks to not only be very rude, but to be an insult. "We kill human no-"
Shhiinnk. Splash.
In almost less than a second, Charles had rushed past all three of the monsters. A sudden splash of blood flying through the air. The monsters were temporarily stunned at how fast he had struck them. They muttered a bit before Charles spoke without even turning to face them
"You lowered your guard far too much to your enemy." he said looking straight ahead. The imps began trembling where they stood.
"Way too fast-" one of them started before both of their heads were lopped off, spewing blood. They both collapsed to the ground with their weapons still in hand. The orc was both shocked and angry at how easily they were being taken down. He held onto his chest as he turned around and faced Charles.
"Damn it! I'll take human with me!" he said. A big mistake on his part. As he readied his weapon and tried to run at Charles, he suddenly froze in his tracks. He could feel a sharp across his chest and back. Soon, red lines began forming in the area Charles had struck him in. Blood begun to spill from the lines of his body.
"What the?" he asked. As he said that, Charles swung his nikana to remove excess blood from his blade as he slowly sheaths his sword away.
"Didn't you know? You're already dead." he said as he completely sheaths his sword with a click. The Orc continued to stand there as his body was split completely in half. Charles turned to see his work and wondered
'I have been a battle for only an hour so far, and I am already becoming used to ending these creatures lives...Why though?' he thought to himself. It still scared him a little, but he reminded himself of why he was doing this in the first place.
'It's all to the end this fight...and to get my friends and I home…before anything else happens.' he thought to himself as he stood looking down at the Orc as his body bled out on the rocky river shoreline as he kept moving forwards to the next fight to get to the leader of this hoard.
He soon stopped his walk as out of nowhere several orcs seemed to be rushing all around him. These creatures had whitish grey skin with red veins running all over their bodies. He noticed each of them carried swords, cleavers, and clubs.
'What the hell? Albino orcs?' Thought the boy his face expressionless.
"I don't have time for this." Muttered the warrior as he gets ready to fight again.
Grabbing his Skiajati with his left hand, Charles watched with great focus as the creatures approached. As if things were moving in slow motion he watched as two of the orcs jumped and moved to bring their blades down on him. Moving quickly, he smacked the two blades away with the sword still in the sheath before quickly turning and slicing a third orc in half vertically haven drawn Skiajati mid turn. Parrying another attack from his side he moved quickly and slashed another orc in half vertically.
Almost casually he leaned back dodging a swipe from another orcs blade only to split it up the middle with a quick swipe of his blade. He then blocked another strike from an orc before kicking it into midair and cutting it in half. Another attempted to attack Charles but was split in two for its effort. Finally having enough of the games, he charged towards the remaining orcs, his nikana a blur, before he finally came to a stop having passed all of them. Just as he stopped each of the orcs were split in pieces as their blood sprayed out. Standing to his full height the warrior sighed as he swipes his sword midair to remove excess blood then sheathed his blade and begins walking off towards finding the enemy leader, he was more than ready to get out of this damn warzone.
The sooner. The better.
"Charles!"
Charles stopped moving as he heard his name. He turned to see Ryan and Aaron coming towards him with their weapons drawn in case more enemies show up.
"Hey guys. Did you take care of your end?" Charles asked his friends as they nodded.
"Yep. Also helped a squadron of soldiers get back to Halem as well." Aaron said with a thumbs up as the others nodded in approval.
"Well, I killed off a massive hoard on my side and saved a woman from getting violated by some monsters." Ryan said with a shrug as the others looked at him in surprise.
"….Wait, you're serious?" Charles asked Ryan as he said
"Dead serious"
"Oh my god." Aaron said in horror as he places his hand over his mouthpiece of his helmet. Charles was silent for a moment, then nodded in approval as he gave Ryan a pat on the shoulder
"You did a good deed Ryan. You should be proud of what you did." Charles said as Ryan scratched the back of his helm and decided to ask Charles a question
"Did you find the leader yet?"
Charles shook his head as he replied "No not yet, but I have taken care of most of the enemy on my way here. We should stick together to-"
He stopped talking as the earth under their feet shook by massive footsteps. They all turned to see the biggest orc they ever seen. It was easily bigger and stronger then it's fallen brethren. It eyes were red. It's hair longer and wilder. Its teeth were sharper with two tusks jutting out. It had a pot belly but had muscles as hard as stone. It wore little clothing, except for a giant metal chest plate, metal leg armor and a ragged loin cloth. This is the Orc Leader
"Find it." Was Charles finishing statement as the orc roared and pulled out a large battle-axe and swung at the trio.
The trio was fast enough to dodge as Aaron uses his [Freeze] ability to cover the Orcs arm with the axe in ice, causing the Orc to howl in pain because of the cold. The orc slammed his fist against Aaron as he was sent flying back a few meters, but Aaron used his bladed gauntlets and slammed them into the ground in order to slow down. He then pulled out his Agronak and begins to fire at the giant orc, but thanks to the chest plate and his arms guarding its face it wasn't doing much damage against it.
Ryan then charges at the orc as the monster leader grabbed it axe again and it swung downwards at Ryan, but he uses [Iron Skin] at the last second as he crossed his arms and block the orcs attack. The orc was surprised at this move as Ryan, with great strength, tossed the giant orc into the air towards Charles as he placed his hand on his Skiajati, ready to strike.
The orc only roared in rage as he begins to swing his axe down with great momentum as Charles slowly breathes as he begins to focus on his killing blow on this beast. However, he didn't realize that his body was surrounded by a golden aura as jumps forward and the two combatants attacked each other at the same time with a loud clang as they soon landed far from each other. The orcs weapon was split in half as his body, armor and all, did the same with a loud thud. Charles simply swiped his sword to remove the blood from the blade as he sheaths it once more with a click.
"That takes care of that." Charles said with a sigh of relief as he observed the carnage that he and his friends left behind. "I guess we handled it very well. Let's pile up the bodies and burn them before the vultures get here for feeding."
"Gotcha"
"Will do."
[Few hours later]
On the way to the west side of Halem, the Kuroinu mercenaries begin to advance to the location along with leader himself, Vault.
The man stood a good six feet tall. He had dark skin, dark brown hair, a five o' clock shadow, and a scar over his left brow. He wore a mixture of leather and metal armor. On his left hand was a black metal gauntlet and on his shoulder was a red shoulder guard with the symbol of the Kuroinu stamped on it, a snarling black dog with a sword through it. On his back was a large black greatsword that was so heavy a single man would have difficulty raising it with two hands, but Vault lifted it easily with one.
Vault and his men quickly charged onto the field. What they saw was the dead bodies of mutilated orcs, imps, and many more monsters. It was a brutal sight to see.
"Damn, no sign of those guys you mention." Vault sighed as he really wanted to meet these guys.
"Looks like it. I guess those guys just couldn't handle it, huh boss?" Hicks said as he scratches the back of his head
"I guess so Hicks. Best to collect the weapons off these orcs and burn the bodies. Celestine believes that after this attack, the Black Fort is next within a few months." Vault said as the men began to collect from the dead orcs.
"And when that's done, the real fun begins." Kin smiled excitedly as the others nodded in agreement and chuckles. A bored voice suddenly interrupted their trains of thoughts and laughter.
"About time the main forces showed up."
Everyone looked in the same direction and saw Charles sitting on a pile of dead monsters sharping his nikana with a whetstone as Aaron and Ryan putting some bodies into a pile of their own.
"Y-You three are alive?!" Kin said surprised.
"Yes, we are." Ryan answered he tossed another body into the growing pile.
Vault and his men walked up to the trio. They examined the corpses Charles was sitting on and notices a big one in the pile.
"So, this is where that Orc Leader was. I thought it was weird that he wasn't in the battle and just some weakling lieutenants." Vault stared up at the trio. "You three did all of this?" He asks as he pointed to the carnage behind them.
"Yep."
"Uh huh."
"Big time."
"Why is that?" Vault asked suspiciously. How the hell did these three strangers were able to take out an entire hoard?
"Because we know how to fight and kill monsters. Simple as that." Charles answered simply.
Vault was quiet for a moment before he burst into boisterous laughter.
"So, you do! Hahahahaha!" Vault said with a grin "Allow me to introduce myself. The name's Vault, leader of the Kuroinu mercenaries. And you three are?"
The three were silent as the begin to think on what they should say. While it is true that these mercenaries were sent to deal with this small army of monsters, but when they meet these said mercenaries they felt…off. So, the best course would be to start off with fake names and a fake organization to throw them off on joining them. Charles decided to go first and hopefully the others will catch on to what he's about to do.
"I'm Umbra and these are my allies. the big one is Rex and the other one is Squall." The other nodded as they catch on to what Charles, as he now calls himself Umbra, was doing. "and we are known as the Tenno."
"The Tenno? Never heard of you guys before." Hicks said as he scratches his chin in confusion.
"We're new to this country so, of course it makes sense you don't know us." Ryan, now named Rex, said as he crossed his arms with a grunt.
"Oh, so your foreigners then. That actually makes sense." Kin said as he pushes his glasses up to straighten them up.
"We get that a lot. So, what's going to happen now that the fight is over?" Aaron, now name Squall, decided to ask the mercenaries leader.
"Well since the monsters have been dealt with, my group and I will head back to Ken to get our payment. You guys want to come with us? You might find some work there and my employer might like to meet you three after what you did." Vault answered
The Tenno only turned to each other as they nodded. Perhaps at this place called Ken they could find a way to get back home before anything else happens to them. They turned back to Vault and said
"We're in."
Vault nodded as he gave out the command to his comrades to head out to Ken. Soon the Mercenary group and the newly named Tenno begins their long trek to the city of Ken hoping to find a way home before they are dragged into another fight.
Little did they know that their war has just yet begun.
HOLY CRAP! Over 9,000+ words. I hope that you enjoyed this, I sure did.
