Author's Note: This is just my attempt to make an Elsword story. Please note that I don't own owner Elsword characters. Also note that I might make up new characters or borrow characters from Rage of Bahamut in the future. Since this is my first fanfic, I apologize for any writing mistakes I make and please enjoy the story.
Heroes of El: Prologue
Altera Core (2 years ago)
A young red-haired boy found himself drifting through the edge of the consciousness. Fragments of his memories flashed before his eyes, his parents, his friends, and their adventures. The scenes slowly began to fade into the dark background around him as he continued to sink into the endless subconscious. Let me just rest my eyes for a little he thought, just for a moment. Suddenly a bright light pierces the darkness of his subconscious and engulfs him. He finds himself at home in Ruben out in the yard. He was lying flat on his back, dazed, and looking at the sky. He knew he was swept from his feet and knocked painfully to the ground, but couldn't remember how . How did I get here? he wondered until he saw the face of a crimson-haired girl staring down at him. That's not all you go is it?
His sister, Elesis, had set off on a journey a long time ago. She never told him where she was going except promising to see him again. Since then, he vowed to become strong when he would meet her again. That's right, he thought. I can't give up now. I have to get stronger.
He heard a voice calling out to him, "Elsword! Elsword! Get up! Elsword!"
That's right, He remembered, I have to get up. Instantly he remembered that his mission. I have to get the Elstone back, and I have to get stronger! Remembering his promise he opened his eyes.
His eyes were ringing as his blurred vision took time to adjust. He was slowly coming out of his dazed state as he recognized vision Aisha's voice screaming at to him, "Elsword! Elsword! Wake up you idiot! Now is not the time to be taking a nap!" she shouted as she shook his shoulders.
He sat up painfully as he remembered where he was. He and his friends were at the Altera Core battling the Goliath-sized nasod called King Nasod who possessed the stolen Elstone. Aisha, the High Magician, quickly treated his wounds.
"You idiot," she scolded. "Don't charge blindly at a giant robot. We can afford to make mistakes right now."
Even though he hated to admit it, she was right. The Nasod King was of gigantic proportions, his power overwhelming and almost god-like.
"Yeah, yeah, I get it," he muttered as he climbed to his feet. Suddenly sensing danger he abruptly pushed Aisha down.
"Hey what are you-"
"Get down!" he shouted.
An assault nasod leapt from behind, its blades barely missing its target. It whirled to face them and began rotating the blades on its hands. Before it could pounce, three arrows shot it down. "Guide arrow!"
"You guys okay?" asked a tall green-haired elf. "Now is not the time to be flirting you know"
Aisha turned red and fumed at the taller girl. "Rena! That's not what was happening! This stupid red-headed idiot got himself hurt again and I had to help him."
"It's not like I was asking for your help,"Elsword began.
"Quiet El-dork!" She snapped. "You charged in like an idiot and got swatted by the nasod like a bug!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," he grumble grudgingly, remembering how he was knocked unconscious.
A nasod mob had surrounded the three during their conversation and surged forward, but two people stood in the way.
"Seven Burst!"
"Aceldama!"
Blue bombs fell rained down from the sky as a fiery explosion engulfed the machines in a blazing of inferno. The nasods fell in broken heaps as a blond white armored boy and a black-haired rogue stood over them.
"Elsword you alright?" asked Chung. "We thought you were a goner when you were slap by King Nasod."
"He's been through worse," said the older boy, Raven. He lifted his blade, "We still have to deal with the big one here."
King Nasod turned to face the el team and punched towards them, "Die humans, your existence is like though of pests."
His giant fist fell like a comet but was stop by a barrier. "Look out!" Elsword cried out. Everyone braced for the attack but to their surprise the nasod fist was stop in mid-air by an electric barrier. King Nasod pulled back in surprise as a lone figure of a girl stood in the way.
"Eve! How dare you protect these lowly organisms?"
"Sorry father," the young Nasod Queen, Eve, said emotionlessly. "I cannot let you hurt them."
"You dare turn against your own kind?" King Nasod asked as he faced his daughter. "Humans are the enemy, they've trying to disable our kind for decades! They are inferior to nasods."
"I'm sorry," Eve raised her hands. "But I owe it to them. Space Wrench!"
The blast of electro energy shot at King Nasod's face and exploded on impact.
"Nice one!," Chung cheered, but Eve remained silent.
She stood pose cautiously. "Incorrect. Far from 'nice'."
The dust cleared and King Nasod revealed to be unscathed, "Eve, you disappoint me. If you are to side with the humans then it seems as though yoour program has been corrupted. No matter, I will crush you like a bug and simply rebuild you with the proper programing."
Missiles launched from the walls and fired towards their intended target. Eve constructed another barrier as Rena and Aisha tried to shoot down the incoming missiles. Chung fired blasts from his cannon as Raven smashed through them. Several missiles fired from behind at Eve, unable to move without losing the barrier.
"Mega slash!" Elsword swung his sword and cut down the missiles. "Sorry King Junkyard, but we're taking back the el stone."
The nasod king looked down at Elsword monotonously, towering over them like a giant, "Try all you like, human, but your attempts are futile. The human reign on the surface has been long overdue. It is now time for the nasods to rise in their place."
Rasing its hand, hordes of nasods rose at his command. "Now begone insects!"
As the incoming mobs of nasods charged towards them, the group braced themselves in battle positions.
"Get ready," Elsword warned as he raised his great sword. "Here they come!"
"Assualt slash! Chain fireball! Phoenix Strike! Maximum canon! Illusion stinger! Gigantic impact!"
Swords and metal flashed as magic flew through the air. The small group mowed down nasod after nasod, but more kept coming. Slowly they were being force back as King Nasod rained boulders and ice from the sky. Elsword swung his sword; slashing and hacking through mechanical bodies as he dodged the onslaught of attacks. They're endless, he flinched the waves of fire and lightning strikes. They keep coming and coming. We have to do something.
"We can't keep this up," Raven shouted as he smashed through several nasod guards. "They keep coming one after the other."
Rena sniped down several nasod shooters, "We have to keep fighting or it's over for us and Elrios."
"She's right," Chung said as he swung his cannon, knocking several nasods away. "We can't give up."
"Eve!" Aisha called out. "Do you know any of weaknesses of King Nasod."
"None other than his powertrain that I know of," Eve responded passively. "But I can detect his power coming from his energy surges."
"That's it," Elsword said. "We take out his energy sources and he'll be powerless. Chung!"
Understanding his friend, Chung released his power, "Berserk!" He launched himself into the air, changing his armor as electric-blue hair sprouted out of his helm. He swung his cannon around and target one of the energy surges. "Comet crasher!"
Blue explosive cannons rained down on the yellow energy surge, destroying it in explosive impact. At the same moment the lightning storm ceased.
King Nasod let out an unearthly roar. "You worthless maggots! How dare you? "
"Take them out!"Chung shouted. The others understood and awakened the el resonating within them.
Rena turnedand carefully aimed with her bow. "Gungnir!"she shouted as an large green arrow of energy pierced through several nasods before striking a power surge in an burst of nature explosion.
Raven and Aisha both turned to the remaining surges and followed suit.
"Infernal Wave!"
"Valkyrie's Javalin!"
As the other energy surges were destroy, King Nasod staggered from the loss of his power sources. "Impossible,"he staggered. "This cannot be!"
The room shook as a large generator connected with thick coiled wires and rose from underground, humming with energy.
"There it is," Eve pointed. "It's father's powertrain and his weak point!"
Each member poured all their remaining mana and power for their last attack. "Now!" Elsword shouted. "Spiral blast!"
"Meteor call!"
"Phoenix strike!"
"Guardian strike!"
"Heaven's fist!"
"Gigantic Impact!"
The powertrain was heavily damaged as King Nasod fell back in pain. "We did it!" Chung cried out as the others cheered with relief. Suddenly several missiles appeared from the dust, firing towards them. "Maybe I spoke too soon."
They exploded on impact, sending the others flying through the air in a storm of fire and agony till they fell lifelessly on the ground. They moaned in pain and tried to get up, but their wounds made them unable to.
"…So close," Raven coughed as he spat blood out.
Rena tried pulling herself together," We have to… keep fighting."
"…We can't give up," Chung groaned.
Aisha breathed faintly, "Drained...of mana... can't move."
"Fools," King Nasod's voice crackled. "Do you think you could defeat me? A king? The ruler of the Nasods? We are the ones who are chosen by the El to wield its powers. We are the superior race to rightfully inherit the land."
"Like I care," Elsword gasped as he climbed his feet, his sword held tightly in his broken hand. "I don't care who you are or what you are, but we made a promise." He took a step forward and pointed his sword at the king of the nasods. "We promised to bring back the el stone to restore the peace in Elrios."
The air around Elsword began to swirl and thicken. His aura of vitality and destruction began to glow. "So no matter what you do, I will fight, because I have something dear to protect!" Elsword's aura exploded as he awakened, his mana fevering through his limits.
"Impossible," King Nasod muttered as Elsword defiantly stood before him. "the mana concentrations are exceeding my calculations. Is it possible that the the el stone resonating with this human? A mere human? Unfathomable. No ordinary human can possess this amount of mana without some other power source."
The others looked at Elsword as the mana gathered around him, it was as if the El stone was responding to his will and determination.
Aisha struggled to her feet, "Elsword's right, we have a reason to keep fighting."
"We made it this far for that reason," Rena agreed.
Raven painfully got to his knees, "No matter how many battles of losses there were..."
"...We fight," Chung answered, supporting himself on his cannon.
"To protect..." Eve finished, having an realization on reason.
They each stood on their feet by their friend, side by side, their auras radiating in tune with Elsword's.
King Nasod roared in anguish, raining fire, rock, ice, and lightning from the skies, "NO! I refuse to accept this, humans are nothing more than pests beneath me. Nasods are superior!" However to the king of nasod's dismay all of his attacks were missing the young swordsman dodged each strike, making his way to him. "I refuse to accept humans, the Nasods will rise again as the true creators, as Gods! I will be the King of Gods! A mere human is nothing!"
"Like I care, Armageddon blade!" A massive amount of aura erupted from his sword as he sliced through the attacks.
King Nasod slammed his fist towards Elsword but was block once again by a barrier created by Eve and Aisha. "Again? You will be the first to die!"
"Not if I have something to say about it,"Rena warily raised her bow and began firing a volley of arrows to distract the nasod. "Elsword go!"
Elsword began charging forward, but his legs gave out. Not now, he thought anxiously. Much to his surprise he felt strong arms grabbing him. To his relief it was Chung and Raven supporting him.
"Come on brat, almost there!"
"We're almost there!"
Chung lifted his destroyer as Raven raised his nasod arm.
"Now go!" they shout in unison as they used the momentum of their attacks to launched Elsword into the air.
"Arrrgh!" King Nasod roared as it released another volley of missiles at Elsword.
The others watched in horror until Elsword roared out "Let's end this! Unlimited Blade!"
The aura of his blade flared even greater as he swung it multitude of combos, hacking through the missiles, attacks, and metal with all of his might. He followed combo after combo relentlessly, his determination driving every attack.
"GO ELSWORD!" They screamed as they willed their friend forward.
King Nasod staggered back in shock. "How can this be? How can I be defeated?"
"It's because we are the El Search Party!" Elsword yelled. "Mega slash!"
His smashed through the power train, it's circuits led straight to King Nasod as it roared in pain. Elsowrd collapsed to the ground breathing heavily, exhausted from the last attack. The generator was engulfed in a energy burst and exploded in a cloud of agony. King Nasod staggered as if somebody had crushed his heart, its body slowly losing function as it began to shut down.
"Nooooooo!" he screamed as his functions and movements began to slow down and cease. He reached towards Eve, who stood there emotionlessly. The massive finger inches for her face, brushing away a strand of hair. "I'm sorry," he said as the power running through the mechanical body shut down.
The section of the platform collapsed under the weight of the nasod king. Elsword was caught in the in the section as it crumbled. The others watched in horror as Elsword began to free-fall to the bottom of the core with the dead machine.
"Elsword!" the other screamed as he disappeared to the shadows.
The others made their way to the bottom and began searching through the wreckage, calling out to Elsword's name.
No, no, this can't be happening, Aisha panicked. He can't be dead, he just can't! Not after all we've been through!
Suddenly she spotted from the corner of her eye, a ruff of red hair. "There!" she shouted. Rushing over, she found the injured swordsman lying on the sprawled on the ground.
"Took you guys long enough," he chuckled before coughing.
Aisha began trying her best to heal him. "Shut up and save your energy you idiot," she said gingerly.
The others gathered around him and noticed that he was clutching the El stone to his chest.
"You got it?" Chung wondered in bewilderment.
Rena let out a sigh of relief "We did it! We actually defeated King Nasod!" The others began to laugh until the Altera Core began to shake.
"Let's celebrate later and get out of here first," Raven said as he hoisted the injured Elsword onto his shoulder. The six of them leaped through the escape shaft as the core collapsed in on itself, burying the Nasod King.
"Good-bye father," Eve whispered as she turned away from the being that was once her home and father.
Adel watched from afar as he felt the floating island, Altera, shook. He knew that Elsword and his friends had succeeded, he never doubted them. The pongo sensed a presence and turned to see a paled-haired masked figure with five locks hanging around his neck.
"What is it that you want, Glaive?" the elder of Altera asked. "What are you planning?"
The stranger waved his hand casually as a laughter snickered from beneath his mask, "Nothing at all, great elder. I'm just interested with this new time and age. It's remarkable really. One can't help to wonder where the world goes from here."
The el gang lay in the fields exhausted and relieved. They had retrieved the stolen el stone and now peace can be restore back on Elrios. They laughed in relief as their adventure had taken them all this way and was in now end.
"Is this really the end?" Aisha asked.
Elsword grinned, "No it's not. After all we're still here aren't we? We can only mover forward together as friends."
The others realized that the young swordsman was right, the young red-headed boy they knew had grown and changed so much in this journey, and they too had changed from the moment they met him.
Elsword laughed and swung his large sword over his shoulder and eagerly looked out to the distance, "Come on guys, let's take this back and find another adventure to go on. Le's see what's out there in store for us!"
He looked at the skies beyond the plains and smiled. Just you wait sis, he thought, one day when you come back I will be able to stand together by your side as your equal.
4 Years Later….
A young red-headed swordsman stood at the edge of the cliff, grimly overlooking over the entire city of Velder. His hand rested on the hilt of his ornamented sword in the sheath that hung at his side. He straightened his formal armor and attire as he headed down towards the gate. Its been awhile, he thought, since I last saw this place... with the others. He arrived at the gates, the guards looked down from the gate walls to see a red-headed boy dressed in formal red and silver armor.
"Who goes there?" the guard asked suspiciously."Not a demon are you?"
"Nope, just an swordsman." He causally said as he raised his hand , "I'm Elsword Sieghart, Lord Knight."
To be continue...