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AN: Hello! I am TheFlamingBastard, fair warning that's only in name. Welcome to the first story in this account, hope you stick around, cause I got nothing better to do with my life. Updates aren't going to be specific, nor will their length. I'm sorry if I take too long or if I made a few mistakes, first story and all that crap.
Soul of the Warriors: Ocs reign supreme!
OCCs are going to be inevitable.
All monsters can turn Viral.
Everything is planned if you don't like where I'm going with this please feel free to leave whenever you want.
Starts is Rebirth;2
Summary: All he could see was darkness, the dark abyss to his right, the infinite void to his left. Nothing but the dark, cold grasp of death to his back and the smile of death itself in front. Was it a dream? Was it a vision? He didn't know, what was important now was that he had to help his sister, dammit.
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
"Scath, you know why you have been brought here, correct?" Asked the man behind the desk, he had his hands crossed and was looking at him with that arrogant smirk of his. He laughed, "In case you haven't let me repeat myself,"
He slammed his stick/weapon on a poster which had a brown haired girl on it, "This member of the Planeptune Guild Branch has been acting a bit suspicious lately, be it from the sudden decline of work, the constant avoidance of her fellow members and who could forget... her repeated going in and out of the Basilicom which housed the Oracle."
"Yes, while this might be a bit far fetched, we cannot rule out the possibility that our little spy is also a spy for someone else," The person he was talking to, a young man with unruly black hair and green eyes, gritted his teeth. "And you, my good sir, are quite possibly the only one that may get proper info with our little spy, Scath."
Scath frowned, "Sir, this is completely ridiculous! My sister would never be a traitor, she... she's just busy with other matters,"
"Matters of what kind, Scath? You, of all people, should know better than to doubt my words." The man chuckled, "And correct me if I'm wrong, but you and your sister have never interacted with each other lately?"
Scath lowered his head, "N-No, she is busy doing work for Lady Histoire..."
The younger man sighed, "I'll look into it boss, just don't expect me to report immediately..."
"The exit is right behind you, Scath! Don't get lost this time!" His boss shouted, "And the exit of the Guild is in plain sight! You really can't miss it!"
His eye twitched, pocketing his gloved hands he grumbled, "That was one time... that was just one time and no one letting me take a break!"
Just because he got lost on his first year in the Guild didn't mean he'll get lost every other time as well, oh right, he should probably properly introduce himself in this crack of the Fourth Wall. His name was Scath, 15 years old, younger brother of the 'Gust of beautiful wind that blows through Gamindustri' or in less chunnibyou terms the Agent of Wind. His weapon was a polearm, a halberd to be more specific. He'll probably explain more later but that was all the time he has for now.
His phone ringed, "Sis? Why'd ya ring?"
"I need your help, meet me by Compa's hospital." He winced then frowned.
Compa's hospital, or to be more clear, the hospital she's currently working for was not that far, maybe five, four minutes tops if he walked. It was kinda a nice place since it was sued a lot of times thanks to Compa, speaking of the pink haired girl, there she was right there... walking beside his sister... stalki- er, eavesdropping time. That roof top over there looked nice, if a bit risky, but that was only for the first stage.
"S-S-So we're going tomorrow?" Compa asked, "T-That's good."
IF smirked, "You don't sound so confident, I know you want to help and all but are you sure?"
"Y-Yup! I wanna help Nep-Nep and Ge-Ge and all the other CPUs as well," Nep-Nep? Ge-Ge? First time he heard of them, "So what're we gonna do about... you know."
IF sighed, "He's strong but kinda immature, he'll just get in the way, that's why I'm sending him to Leanbox so he won't barge in like he used to."
'Barge in? I just wanted to ask them something and they just happen to be having a girl's night, of which I was not informed of, and what does she mean get in the way? Just because she's a little stronger than me,' Scath frowned, he couldn't hear them anymore so he moved to the next closest building, thank the one who made these buildings as they were comparable to sardines not including the roads. The next one he jumped to had blue walls, and slightly smaller ledges so he have to crouch as to avoid being seen.
"Did you hear that?!" IF discretely brought out her Qatars, eyeing the buildings above, "...Someone's following us, be careful Compa."
Crap, she didn't earn that name just for killing monsters how could he forget. She was practically a secret agent, hopefully she won't bother with examining the roofs... you know, just to be safe he'll move to the alleys, might make it a bit harder but it beats getting caught. Now, where to fall, taking the ladder would make noise so that wasn't a option.
"What's up?" The nurse-in-training asked, "Oh, we should hurry, Scath's probably bored out of his mind right now."
"...Right," She took away her weapons, "Let's go."
They didn't talk again, damn, he really wanted to know what they would say... oh well, to Compa's workplace it is then.
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
"...What?!" He was angry, so very angry.
"You heard me, I need you to go to Leanbox and do some investigating, Compa and I are gonna do something important tomorrow so I'm gonna need you to do some of my job for me," IF sighed, "Look, I'm really sorry I'm burdening you with my work but this is just something I can't pass over."
He growled, "What do you even want me to do in Leanbox?! Why not in Lowee? Or Lastation? You remember the last time we went to Leanbox, sis? I was almost kidnapped and locked in who's name shall not be mentioned's basement... without you knowing!"
Compa snickered, "Yeah, that was a fun time. I don't get why she wanted you so badly though,"
He sighed, "You and me both Compa, you and me both Compa."
"Either way, I just need you there for a couple monster extermination and then you'll head to Lastation where you'll be helping the Guild for a week at most," IF gave him the requests' papers, "And I may have kinda already told the Guild that you'll be taking it... so yeah, good luck with that."
Scath's eyes hardened.
"If it makes you feel any better we already got the tickets," Compa tried. "This one's special! You can ride to Leanbox from Planeptune!"
Scath's eyes softened.
"But you might need to hurry," IF said, "Ship leaves in a few hours."
His eyes hardened again, "...And you told me that here, which is in the complete other side of town, that you want me to go to the harbor, which is also in the complete other side of town. That I need to get into a boat, that leaves in approximately four hours..."
"Hmm, basically yeah." IF hummed, "Oh well, you're fast so you'll make it. Now Compa and I are heading for the Basilicom, I'll see you in a few weeks."
"Bye-bye Scath!" The man just held out his arm, which was the unofficial sign to say 'Wait!' But as per usual he was ignored. "Try not to get injured too much!"
His eye twitched, "...This might be much harder than I thought,"
He brought out his phone and dialed his boss, "Hey, I got sent to Leanbox on a few Extermination Quests, sorry but I might not report my findings to you."
A noise of confirmation, "Very well, I shall extend the deadline for... six more months, which makes it so you have seven months to determine if your sister is a spy of ASIC. Oh, while you're there try to make a good name for the Planeptune Branch, hm?"
Scath shrugged, "I'll try, by the way, how long are you going to act as the replacement for Histoire in the Guild?"
"Until she says so," Boss answered, "Now quit dilly-dallying! Time is of the essence,"
The young man sighed, another day at work... which was supposed to be his day off dammit, not only that he was denied the chance to help his sister. Well, he was technically working against her for the moment this might just be karma, well at least he wasn't asked to join ASIC to act as a spy... he felt like he was gonna regret saying that one of these days.
When he entered the harbors he saw a young blue haired woman that was passing out pamphlets, she felt like she was a member of ASIC as the pieces of paper in her arms said that 'We don't need CPUs!' and the one she was currently handing out was complete gibberish... actually let him rephrase that, this woman can't draw for shit. "U-Um, if you please, would you look at these pamphlet? It says how life would be great without CPUs!"
Scath hummed, "Let me have a look at that."
The woman's expression brightened up... until he showed it to her. "O-Oh, so that's why..."
"To be fair you would've never succeeded anyway, the CPUs haven't come back in three years and the four nations are still standing... with ASIC running amok," He reminded, "Let me have a look at the other ones,"
The woman looked unsure, but handed him the pamphlets nonetheless, he examined them with the eye benefiting of a Member of the Guild, "Over half of there are unreadable and the half of that is complete gibberish, are these hand-written or something?"
"Y-Yes, I spent all night hand-copying them," ...Wow, what life had you led? "S-So will you join m-my cause?"
"...Eh, sure why not, not like I believed in the CPUs anyway." True he admitted that they earned his respect for protecting and governing their people for hundreds of years, but they haven't done so for three years with reason of why still unknown. He won't believe in them, but he will respect their strength. Especially the one in green as a fellow polearm user.
"R-Really! Then we must gather more members!" Whoa there, gonna need to have to put the brakes on that one. "Is there something wrong?"
"One, I'm heading to Leanbox to do some Quests my Sister asked (forced) me to do so I probably won't be able to help you in a couple of weeks," He sheepishly admitted, before the woman could tear up he said, "But I promise you that I'll help once I'm done, where should we meet?"
"I-In this address," She handed him a card... which was also gibberish.
Still, he smiled, "It's nice to work with you... what was your name again?"
Her eyes widened, "O-Oh where are my manners, I am Rei Ryghts it is a pleasure to meet you... I'm sorry did you ever introduce yourself?"
He chuckled, "Looks like you're not the only one that forgot, I'm Scath. Guild Member."
Scath looked at the clock on the far, far side of the wall. "Crap, it's almost time, sorry for cutting this short but I need to get on that boat! It was a pleasure to meet you!"
Quickly shaking her hands he said his part and ran towards the boat with the big number seven on the side, with the speed only those that have trained most of their lives could possibly, achieve he ran towards it. Rei blinked, her new friend? Acquaintance? Maybe both? Was very fast... wait, that meant she just recruited someone strong! Here she thought after spending over half the day with no success and she would've just gone back home and have another day wasted.
Members recruited so far was... only her and him, somehow the thought of the made her smile.
In the distance she heard her friend(?)'s voice scream, "Dammit!"
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
"S-Sir I ask that you must wait patiently for the next boat! Another ticket is just only a couple of thousand Credits, please come back up here!" The person, probably a guard, shouted at him with a megaphone. What was wrong? He just missed his boat by seconds and jumped to the sea to chase after it, not that big of a deal. In the crowd a brown haired girl just palmed her face, then draped it down her face to reveal a slight blush.
'Come on, you're better than that!' IF thought, as if it could reach her brother telepathically. 'And I came here because I thought he'd get lost.'
"...Sir! You have not made any movement, which is both worrying and impressive, but I think it is also very dangerous! Please wait there so that we may bring you back up!" He brought the megaphone down and barked some order to the men next to him, "What are you waiting for?! Get down there with an emergency ship and help him!"
Scath's eyes widened, "I'm leaving!"
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
The swim took much longer than he thought, probably because he stopped by an island so he could eat. He arrived in Leanbox the next day.
With that he did for the last seven hours gone let's go to the time he entered the shores of Leanbox. What used to be a nation full of nation as it used to be a couple of so centuries ago, Leanbox had become urbanized, filled with corporate buildings, warehouses, skyscrapers, and typical urban structures. A noticeable to towering structures can be seen all over Leanbox. It took the form of a colossal white structure with black streaks filled with green lights.
Leanbox was represented as a militant nation, focusing on military industries. Despite its rivalry with Lastation, its neighboring country serves as its biggest importer. Thanks to Lady Green Heart's efforts a couple of years before her disappearance along with the other CPUs, he felt like he said that more times than necessary, Leanbox strives to introduce the 'moe' culture to its masses... why was why both IF and Compa first came to Leanbox, and he only came to be their guardian! Not because he wanted to leave Planeptune for a while.
Yeah, totally for the sole reason.
"Let's see here," He murmured.
[The Forbidden Beat-up]
[Credits: 5000]
[Gapain Fields]
[Type: Hunt]
[Target: Cardbird x5]
[Slay the Dragon]
[Credits: 15000]
[Gapain Fields]
[Type: Hunt]
[Target: Elemental Dragon x3]
Alright, shouldn't take that long then. About three... yeah, it should take him about three days, mostly because of the Slay the Dragon Quest. Elemental Dragons each day should be the most he could handle, the Cardbirds would definitely the first thing he should take care of. But, as Leanbox had the most military industries... he'll have his halberd upgraded. Hopefully it hasn't reached its limit.
Might as well not waste time then, the longer he stays in Leanbox, the more chance he runs into... her.
The blacksmith shop wasn't that far of a walk from the shore he arrived on, maybe a few minutes walk no less than ten. Well, it didn't matter if it took more than a few hours, a few minutes... he was paranoid the whole freakin' way, the feeling of someone's eye on him was simply that unnerving it made him feel like he was facing ASIC at its entirety... in a fight to the death.
"Kid, ya gonna stand there looking like an idiot or are ya gonna come in 'n get that weapon of yours upgraded?" Scath blinked. The rugged short man stood in front of his store with his arms crossed and his foot tapping against the ground. He smiled nervously, "Well, what're ya standing 'round for? Get in!"
"R-Right!" Once inside he saw that it... looked absolutely nothing like when he first came in, instead of the warm cobblestone it was now a clear white marble, the window that didn't have a glass pane now had one... that was tinted pink. Did this guy have a sudden change in sexuality? Hope not, this was the only place he know that can handle his weapon.
"Sit your ass down and let me see that halberd you have on ya back." Reluctantly, he parted with his weapon, as common in weapon shops it might be it was still the weapon that have stuck with him for more than a decade of his life, both in training and in combat. Actually, he couldn't remember the times he didn't have it on his back... except for the times he hands it over to get upgraded. In simpler terms, it was like a katana to a samurai to him, a part of himself. "Hm, I'll admit, she's a beaut, but I recommend you either have it reforged or replace it, cause if ya want it to live past another month, ya gonna need some rare materials from strong, not to mention rare, monsters I tell ye,"
"..What?" The blacksmith backed up, "Old man, explain, NOW!"
"Easy kid," Scath tsked, but forced himself to calm down, "If ya can get me the material I can make it last for another year tops, after that then ya need another halberd. I can see that ya have a deep sentimental bond with it, but sometime ya need to let things go... I'm sorry to tell ya this kid, but you're halberd's dying."
He bared his teeth, "..."
Not even listening to the old man's words he forcefully took his weapon and left the shop, the winds picked up as if it sensed his anger. The blacksmith just sighed, then turned to the shadow with blue and green eyes behind him, "That kid's gonna die." 'Sorry kid, but orders are orders,'
"His weapon will break in a couple of hours, and then I'll strike." The blacksmith tsked, motioning with his head for the girl to leave. "Hehehe, the only partner he needs is me!"
Scath sighed, why did he lose his cool there? True he was more than upset that he was told that he has no choice to replace his partner, and he might have gone a little overboard with the upgrade but can you really blame him? He wasn't as gifted in the art of combat and espionage as his sister, he wasn't as smart as Compa it was all he had to make him get stronger in life.
He fingered the black metal wrapped in fine green silk, the last gift they had from their deceased mother. While it does nothing but make it more slippery, it was a gift so he had no choice but to take it... even after she passed away. After that IF became more serious in life, she lost her chunnibyou side and strives to follow the steps of their mother. What she lacked was the intent to do anything to finish the mission.
"What're you doing now sis?" He sighed, "I hope you're having more fun than I am."
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
"Compa! How much longer will it take?! This guy's really strong!" IF shouted as she fended off yet another powerful strike from her opponent, a large mechanical man that sounded human but probably isn't that was currently kicking her ass. She ducked under another swing and began attacking him with bullets, the nurse behind her was climbing the wires that held the CPUs hostage. "Gah!"
"Iffy!" Compa cried, then turned to the nearest one. "Come on Ge-Ge! PLease... please wake up!"
Should she just kiss her to wake her up instead?
"Ah... Urrgh..." The lilac haired girl groaned, blue light danced around her form like fireflies.
Compa's eyes widened, "Ge-Ge! Are you back with us?!"
"C-Compa...? I... I was..." 'Ge-Ge' said.
"I'm so happy you're alive!" Briefly embracing the girl she turned to the others, "Let me get the other CPUs up, too..."
IF yelped, "Gaaah!"
"Weak! So pathetically weak!" Cried the big black mech, "C'mon, make the fight more interesting! C'mon!"
"IF?!" The recently awoken girl cried.
The brown haired agent looked up, "Gear?! Heh... now I feel stupid that you get to see me in such a sorry state." 'At least it wasn't my brother...' She forced herself to stand and turned to the mech, "Be careful, this creep is freakishly strong..."
Compa jumped down from the wires, "Let me help out, too!" She brandished her giant almost excessively large syringe, "We have to buy some time so everyone can wake up and regain their strength!"
"I... I'll fight too!"
[One Cheat Battle Later]
"That's it? Really?" CFW Judge swatted the CPU Candidate like she was a mere fly, "Is that seriously all the strength you posses?!"
IF winced from her position up high in a pile of junk, having sent there before she could get even one strike, "We're not affecting him at all... Compa, aren't Nep and the others coming to yet?!"
"Why did we sent Scath away," She moaned momentarily, hanging from a pile of junk on her stomach. Compa struggle to open an eye, "Um... I don't think they're gonna be waking up anytime soon..."
The voice Histoire then came in, "Perhaps the Sharicite was not pure enough to awaken the CPUs proper, only..."
IF groaned, "You serious?! Then... there's nothing else we can do here!"
Nepgear cried, "Again... I'm going to lose again... N-No, no, no, no..."
CFW Judge roared, "This was just a waste of my time! I'll finish you all off right now!"
"No!" The CPU Candidate cried, "I... I'm completely powerless..." Then an idea came, "Wait, if I use what's left of the Sharicite's power... Please be enough!"
Nepgear lunged for the piece of crystal made of her people's faith and held it as if it was a shield, she closed her eyes and hoped. The beast that defeated them only reared in for another attack, "Come on!"
*Flash*
"What?! Argh!" He swung his weapon blindly, "The light! My eyes, my eyes, my eyes!"
Now beside the Candidate IF smirked, "It worked? Nice thinking Gear!"
How they were not blinded as well was not lost to her, but right now it was the farthest thing from her mind.
Nepgear groaned, "Was it enough...?"
The newly recovered nurse, Compa, quickly caught the Candidate before she could meet with the floor, "Huh? Ge-Ge?! Th-This is no time to pass out again?!"
IF groaned, "What?! What happened?! Did she lose consciousness now of all times?!"
The still blinded Judge shouted, "Unforgivable! You'll never escape! Once my retinal systems come back online, I'll kill you all!"
"The time has come to withdraw, nothing more can be done now..." Histoire somberly ordered.
"You heard her, Compa!" IF shouted, "Let's hurry up and get Gear out of this place!"
"Y-Yeah!" Compa lifted up the unconscious girl, "S-She's heavier than she looks!"
After one hour of non-stop running, IF and Compa finally stopped to take a rest with the area they entered only a couple of minutes away. They sat on top of some random junk that was once part of Gamindustri proper, IF wiped the sweat from her brow and looked behind them, no large mechanical murder bot coming for their cute asses.
"...Seems we finally lost him," Compa let out a sigh of relief, gently laying down the Candidate on her lap she looked at the girl's face, "What's wrong?"
The nurse panted, "Ge-Ge's... way heavier... than she looks."
IF sat on down on some computer, "Even after all that the only one we managed to save was Gear. Not to mention..."
"The Sharicite's power was expended and shattered when Ge-Ge had it unleash that light..." Compa answered, "There's no way we could help the CPUs without that, and I don't think we can wait three more years!"
"There is no reason to be so hard on yourselves," Histoire said, "Saving Nepgear is a very critical accomplishment."
IF sighed, "Then what's next, Histoire?"
"Return to Planeptune, we shall have Nepgear rest until she has recovered enough strength." Histoire ordered, "Besides, I must learn what has transpired three years ago, even if the memories are hard for her to recall."
"Wait! Histoire can I ask you something?" IF suddenly called out, "How's Scath doing? Has he reached Leanbox safely? Is he still swimming?"
"Why would he be swimming- oh never mind, to answer your question yes your brother has reached Leanbox." She answered, "Though, I think he has met with some... unsavory people prior to his departure from Planeptune, I suggest you keep a close eye on him at all times..."
"Unsavory people?" Compa murmured, "B-But he knows when to avoid those and he's not that easy to brainwash!"
"That may be, but that will not change the fact that he has promised to help to get rid of the CPUs, whether he did this on his own accord or if he was forced to... I must ask you to watch over him. So that we may decide what his fate shall be," IF frowned, "Do not worry, their contact was brief and Scath's a good person so I believe when the time comes he'll make the right decision."
IF sighed, "Y-Yeah,"
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
"This is a bad idea, this is a very bad idea!" Scath harshly whispered to himself as he slowly circled around his first targets, a hoard of Cardbirds, brown square chickens basically. Why was he chanting 'this is a very bad idea' because it was as there was a sleeping Elemental Dragon not even four meters away from them, if he moved fast enough then maybe he could slowly pick them off one by one. The dragon's hearing was very good, so he need to be silent while doing it.
He brought his halberd in front of his with the tip pointing directly upwards, "[Grant me silence: Sylph]"
When he saw the faint green hue surround his body, he tossed a pebble to one of the Cardbirds, smirking when it went the direction it came from. Sylph was in simpler terms was basically a spell that grant him invisibility for a few minutes and a boost in speed, it was good if you want to escape or want to distract your opponent and was very good for hunting as it also covers the thermal signs.
Didn't do anything to the external sounds he makes though.
'Come on, come on,' Once the monster was close to him he immediately cut it off in half, smirking when he watched it disappear in a shower of data. However, he did not expect the others to start clucking once he did. The dragon's wings twitched, a sign of it starting to wake up. Alright stealth was out of question now.
"Four targets in the back and one sleeping as the vanguard. Tactic: Hit em' till they die..." He lowered his stance, "Rejected; Target 3, 4 and 5 moving to the left. Engaging."
With his part said he dashed forward past the slumbering reptile and past the one that stayed put to buff the others, he moved in front of them and swung his halberd horizontally, cutting their stomachs(?) and knocking them back a good deal. Scath jumped back a few meters to gain some more distance, Target 1 condition: Sleep.
When they moved towards him he brought his hand forward and let out a sphere of wind that exploded in a storm of wind blades, [Razor Winds], Target 3, 4, 5 are down. Two more to go, current focus, Target 2. Engaging.
Scath ran towards the Cardbird that was pressing itself against the Elemental Dragon, why did he think this was a bad idea again? Oh yeah, because he didn't think he could take on all six of them at once with the Elemental Dragon doing the main damage and the others distractions. His halberd cut the Cardbird in half, ending its life with a single strike, but in doing so grazed the Elelmental Dragon's scales.
"That... was faster than I thought," Well, he expected it to last a few more hours at least, if alone those things were kinda easy, more so since he fought them before when he was much, much weaker so his experience helped a lot. Taught him where to hit so it would end quickly, cause he needed to conserve his energy for the fight ahead. So he turned his back to the Dragon with the intention to move back to his cover.
The Elemental Dragon, the main threat, and he was supposed to take out three? That was troubling, was his sister trying to kill him?
"Alrigh- Gah!" Scath clutched his side as blood quickly left his body through the three long holes in it, "D-Dammit, how could I do such an amateur mistake!"
Turn one's back to an opponent means death, he was only lucky that he had his phones there, yes he meant that as a plural.
The Dragon roared, it's muscular arms spread by its sides with only its wings surpassing it when fully spread. It looked at him with fury, nervously he rose an arm and smiled nervously, "H-How was the nap?"
The eyes that flashed red was all the warning he needed to hightail it out of there, he needed to get to higher grounds. This Dragon however, was not making it easy for him, he was only lucky that it wasn't using its breath or punching him where he's at to be rather than where he's going to be. IF it did just that then he was screwed in more ways than one, he was not ready to become a toothpick dammit!
He turned around and launched multiple spheres of wind, it did the trick of pushing it back which gave him the opportunity to cut it from head to crotch. The Dragon roared in pain and punched him in retaliation, Scath was sent flying towards yet another tree with blood flowing freely from both his sides, the monster then roared once more and a black spray of energy engulfed it.
Crap, like it wasn't hard enough.
He forced his body to stand, the training he suffered for all his life wasn't just so he would fall by one unexpected turn of events! Scath of the Planeptune Branch, that was him, and he was not dying today, nor tomorrow! He will raise his halberd to face his enemies, no matter the number, no matter the strength, no matter the person! He will... no, he cannot die just yet!
He forced his body to stand, the training he suffered for all his life wasn't just so he would fall by one unexpected turn of events! Scath of the Planeptune Branch, that was him, and he was not dying today, nor tomorrow! He will raise his halberd to face his enemies, no matter the number, no matter the strength, no matter the person! He will... no, he cannot die just yet!
"[Razor Winds]!" Scath roared, sending spheres of compacted winds again and again. Razor sharp blades of wind danced on the scales of the Viral Elemental Dragon, his efforts bore fruits as it roared in pain, it sounds like it really felt those ones. He smirked, and charged it while it was stunned. His blade only managed to scratch its scales so he pumped mana into it, making it glow an ethereal green, and began hacking once more.
Northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest. Those were the directions his blade flowed through, and those were the direction its blood flew. His blade was creaking from the strain it was being put through, yet, he believed in it. The winds followed his blade, cutting its flesh as they had breached through the scales. He smirked; he might win this fight after all.
Yet, another amateur mistake; Assuming his victory before the battle wasn't even finished.
The price for doing such a thing wasn't death, it was excruciating pain as it gripped his left leg and his right arm and pulled.
"GRAHHHHH!" His flesh was ripping! And was that a smirk on it's face?! Damn it! He drew back his left arm and punched it on the snout. "Take... that yo- Gah!"
Alright, did not expect it to resort to using its tail... he can still do this...
His hand went to his pockets and pulled out several Nep Bull Cs and gulped it down, his face scrunched slightly at the bitter taste but his side's flesh rapidly grew back and stopped the bleeding. He forced himself to stand up once more and faced the Dragon with his halberd's blade pointed towards it, his eyes hardened. Target 1: Status: Viral: Threat Level: Extremely Dangerous: Chances of Survival; 5%.
"Tsk, its now or never!" His eyes glowed green as wind picked up around his body, "[Guide my Halberd;-" The wind moved to his halberd, "-Green Dragon Crescent Blade]!"
With his blade coated in an illuminating and menacing green he raised it up high into the air and jumped, behind him was a trail of sharp wind and as he fell his arm and the shaft was engulfed in a Chinese-dragon shaped shell that covered it at its entirety. The Elemental Dragon just scoffed and charged to meet him head on, their dragon's clashed in a flurry of jabs, swings and slashes.
He was gonna lose this fight, Green Dragon Crescent Blade was losing it's power, it wasn't enough... it wasn't... enough... The Dragon reared its arm for another punch and he only had enough energy to bring his halberd up for his defense, "Gah!"
It held strong, even with its supposed weak durability left it still stood its ground against a Dragon's might, if he could just delay it for a few more minutes, then... then his mana could restore for him to try the Green Dragon Crescent Blad-
*Shatter*
The Dragon roared as he closed his eyes, accepting his defeat at this beast's viral form. At least... at least he get to die along with his blade.
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
Darkness was in abundance, it danced around us completely ignoring and fighting its rival, the Light. It was always with us, no one was without their darkness and no one was without their light. The struggle was never ending, the combat was begins once another ends, for every light there is a darkness and for every darkness there is a light and yet, without the other it just cannot exist.
That was what she thought. And... that was what they were...
Her name was Hikari, very cliche and generic name she knows, and she was currently watching as her former partner, Scath, get his ass handed to him on a silver platter by an Elemental Dragon that went Viral. It shouldn't be possible, yet, it was. Monsters like those should not be able to go Viral. It was just impossible.
Yet, it did.
And it was strong... dare she say, as strong as one of the original CPUs.
When Scath got punched towards yet another tree she winced, that got to hurt, it wasn't only because of the impact was so strong that it broke through the trunk it was because of how much blood he was letting out. She gripped her staff, her violet eyes showed worry and then relief when he started using his strongest skill, Green Dragon Crescent Blade, she sees that he still haven't changed that mouthful of a skill.
"Come on..." She would've helped, but she was busy with her own share of problems. "Turn thy enemies to ashes, [Burning Will]!"
The Viral Sunflowery cried in pain as they dragged their faces into the ground as the white flames burned their petals. In only a few seconds what used to be ferocious monsters with only the sole purpose of killing her were now ashes that filled the ground and the marks they made in an effort to put them out. Hikari sighed, then turned to observe her friend once mo-
Who in Green Heart's name was that?!
There was a young girl, about their age which was 15, and she was holding the Viral Elemental Dragon's arm with a... fork? She didn't mean a Pitchfork or any other fork shaped weapon like the trident, she meant a literal fork, the eating utensil. She wondered if it was imbued with magic, it was the only way it was going to be capable of holding the Dragon in its place. At her side was Scath who currently had his entire front bloody and bruised with his beloved weapon broken in two clutched in both his hands.
"Oh no!" She had to reach them, the girl looked like she was on her last legs! As useless as she might be in physical combat she was extremely useful in regards of magic combat, and when you think of dragons, you think of both sword and magic... luckily, her magic just might be strong enough to compensate for her lack of a bladed weapon.
"Gods of Lightning, lend me thy aid! [Judgement Bolt]!" She shouted.
The Dragon noticed the purple streak of lightning and jumped back, showing great maneuverability despite its bulky appearance and its less than elegant art of fighting. Hikari slid down the mountain range and stood in front if Scath's heavily wounded body and winced, he loved that Halberd, heck he never let it leave his body, even in the bathrooms trust her. She knows from experience.
"Are you alright?!" She helped his sit up, placing an hand over his open chest and chanted, "My friend requests thy aid, [Isis' Tears]!"
"Nngg..." Scath groaned, "H-Hikari...?"
"Yeah, what brought you in such a crappy state?" She smirked, despite the situation. "Scath?"
He was... laughing, "M-My life doesn't... have meaning... anymore..."
The girl with a fork turned back, "Mourn you're weapon later, does it even have a name?! Right now we need to deal with this Viral Elemental Dragon!"
He forced himself to sit with Hikari's help, "L-Listen... f-fight it at a distance... I-I'll distract it with... what's left..."
She glanced at the broken shaft, "Can you still even use it?"
"Heh," He smirked, "Invidia's blade is still intact... its still... alive!"
Hikari frowned, 'He's still fighting, even if his beloved weapon is broken in half, even if he just got his chest ripped open and then repaired... and here I thought you mainly focused on speed, Scath.""Alright then," Scath blinked, then stared at the red haired woman, "What? Why are you so surprised?"
"I-It's nothing," He winced, "Who's that?"
The girl with flowing blonde hair and energetic blue gems smirked, "I'm just a wandering merchant! Millia!"
"..." He eyed the eating utensil in her hand, then closed his eyes, "Okay alright, thanks for saving me. I thought I was dead there for a second..."
"You looked like you were accepting it too," She reminded, "Oh! but thank me later instead! The big bad overgrown newt's still alive!"
Scath held out his hand, nine spheres of compact wind appeared and were launched at the monster's now open chest. Good, if... oh no, no mana and no items to replenish it... they were fucked and screwed in the saddest way possible, huh. Wait, Hikari had more mana than she knows what to do if he remembers right then she shouldn't be that far away from him position. Correction, she was on the other side of the field hiding behind some trees while Millia hid beside him.
Thanks to her short stature they managed to make it work.
"We aim for it's chest," He whispered to her, "I already opened it up for you two so mind doing my part? I don't have any good guns or blades and Invidia's too short for the moment."
Millia gasped, "You did that?! That's so amazing! Here I thought it was just a side effect from getting viral and was just another part if its scales. Now that we know that it has a weak spot and then go home!"
"Problem with that it too," He tsked, "It turned its back on us! Go, Millia!"
"Right'o!" With one stab from her fork she entered it's chest and poked its heart, "Ew! Ew, ew, ew, ew Ew!"
Scath blinked... that was... very anti-climactic, she just... poked her arm in and then it died? He spent and risked his life to just even take off its scales, actually, his halberd was even broken! Speaking of, due to not having the time to do so since they were fighting, let him address his weapon's death. This sucks... this sucked really bad... will anyone miss him if he kills himself?
"Alright! Hey, Scath we won!" Hikari held up her hand, "C'mon you know you want to! Scath...? Scath are you listening to me? Hey, listen! Why are your eyes clouded up?"
"Yo! Wazzup?! Oh crap, what happened to your eyes! Its like a storm's having a really fun party in there! If you give it a conscious and a need to party that is," Millia laughed, "Oh hey, look what I got~"
"Millia please calm down for a second," She touched his face, wincing when she felt it heating up slightly, wasn't his main element wind? So why was he heating up? "...I'm sorry that I have to do this but you leave me no choice,"
*SLAP*
"Ow?!" Scath winced.
"Oh so you respond to that kinda stuff? Pretty kinky there eh, bud?" Millia nudged his ribs, he flinched, "Oh sorry, kinda forgot your ribs are shattered."
"It... its alright..." He moved towards where his weapons laid, there they were, beautiful black metal and an even more beautiful cross-shaped blade... they went through so much together... it felt like he was saying goodbye to his best and only friend knowing that he could never see her ever again...
"L-Look, dude, I'm sorry I wasn't in time to save it but I was kinda preoccupied too ya know? I mean, with the things that go out of the factory's its killing the land, the plants and the very animals themselves.
"I said it's fine!" His bangs covered his eyes. "Just... just give me a minute..."
"Eh?! But waiting is boring! Can't we go back to the capital now! I mean, the place's still infested with a sudden increase of power from the monsters and we are probably the only ones that could deal with them at the moment... except Cave." She nodded, "Yup! Can't forget those boobies!"
(Guardians of Gamindustri)
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