Hey guys, it's Chaos again. What if Aisha was evil? What if Elsword was always hated?! What if I stopped asking these pointless questions?! Read on to find out! BTW, this story is from Els' point of view. I don't own Elsword cuz if I did we'd have a character with a scythe :O Enjoy
-Chaoskeeper
Elsword: Sheath Knight
Aisha: Void Princess
Rena: Night Watcher
Raven: Blade Master
Eve: Code Empress
Chung: Deadly Chaser
Elesis: Saber Knight
Ara: Yama Raja
"Hey, Elsword; I need a favor. See, we think Wally's behind all this mess with Banthus and the El but, he's or landlord so we can't just go and accuse him of anything" Lenphad said with a depressed sigh.
"I get it, so you need me to get in there and see if I can find out anything" I said and he nodded.
"Thanks, Els; you're really doing us a favor here" he said with a grin as I turned and left towards Wally's Castle.
That was over a year ago.
Now, I was fighting with a gang of 5 strangers in Altera. The village Chief of Bethma, Stella had introduced me to them before sending us off to Dragon's Nest where we defeated Kayak the Shaman.
There was the blonde boy, Chung. He had piercing blue eyes and spiky hair that contained dark brown highlights giving him the appearance of having 'ears' with a small low-hanging ponytail tied in a blue ribbon.
His skin was a regal white just like the 'Freiturnier' armor he wore while he stood tall and proud, holding himself just as if he was royalty. He carried with him a cannon that was as big as he was called the 'Destroyer' and carried two silver pistols known as 'Silver Shooters.'
Yet, even though he wore such heavy armor and used the massive cannon his attack speed was too fast for me to even begin to comprehend.
Rena, an elf with greenish-blonde hair was one of the oldest out of the group. She was already out of puberty and wore a smile on her face most of the time. She was clothed in a green top that was slightly revealing and a royal blue cape, with black leggings and boots under a green skirt.
She carried with her a green and brown bow that looked as if it was made from a tree and a thin sword with a golden hilt called 'Erendil' that was faster than anything I've ever seen.
She mixed in traps with her arrows making for a deadly combination with her perfect aim while using her kicks that I personally know can send you into a world of pain.
Aisha had purple eyes and hair to match which was tied in pigtails on the top of her head with a dark ribbon. She carried a staff that was shaped similarly to an axe and wore a purple top similar to Rena's that had a white cross on the front with a purple skirt and black pants underneath with black shoes that had slight heels to them.
She was mainly a mage and her magic spells can cause some extreme damage when she was at her worst let alone, when she's actually out to kill you. Don't think that she kept her distance all the time though, just because she had ranged attacks it didn't stop her from stepping in close and dealing damage with the help of her bat familiar, Angkor and that vicious axe-staff of hers.
Eve was the former queen of the nasods before she was sent into some sort of 'hibernation.' Eventually, she was found and has since worked towards rebuilding the Nasod Kingdom with the help of her drones, Remy and Moby along with two others, christened Oberon and Ophelia. She built these later during our travels in Bethma using a code she found called 'Code: Empress.' She carried herself in a regal manner and was sort of lifeless although, she did have those emotional moments she tried to deny.
Her white hair was usually tied up in an elaborate hairstyle I can't even begin to explain and her golden eyes seemed to analyze your every move (which they most likely were). Of course, she was formidable in her attacks as she summoned Oberon to not only attack with his lighting fast sword strikes but also defend in which he was excelled at both.
Unfortunately, I seemed to be the victim of her vicious slaps most of the time which were getting more and more painful by the day.
Ara Haan was the daughter of a family sworn to protect a shrine which held the spirit of a fox goddess. From what I've been told (and found out on my own) her older brother, Ran was possessed by a demon and killed off her entire family and nearly her too. She managed to get to the shrine at the last second and by some weird turn of events the fox spirit, christened; Eun possessed her and defeated Ran who was forced to retreat.
She has pale skin (not as pale as Chung's but still), with black hair and golden eyes. She's extremely tall and wears mainly black while her behavior is extremely formal. When she is possessed by Eun her hair turns ghostly white, and three red strips form on the sides of her face while her eyes shift to a demonic blood red.
Nine ethereal white tails form when she's in this form and she becomes even more formidable than she was previously, making for a deadly opponent. She handles a spear with deadly accuracy and uses spheres of energy that disable her opponents quickly if her spear fails to do the job.
'They're all experts in their crafts and worked extremely hard and finished their job class quests early' is what Stella told me and she was right. I've sparred against every single one of them and have never come close to wounding even one of them.
Currently, I was lying on the floor in the graveyard of purification; exhausted. My mana was nearly spent and I had multiple cuts on my arm from where the Nasods had cut me.
'Dam it, what the hell possessed me to leave my sword at home' I thought as I drank a mana potion and forced myself to my feet. I picked up the wooden sword I had brought with me before rushing towards a Nasod Blader.
I rolled behind the machine as it turned towards me before slashing at it. I heard a cracking sound as I looked down to see a large crack in my practice sword. Ignoring it, I followed up with a kick before summoning a Conwell blade in my free hand and doing an alternating slash combo. I ended the combo with an upwards slash, sending the robot into the air before leaping up after it and hacking at it in mid-air.
It slammed into the ground with dents in its metal skin before leaping back up with a whirring sound.
Error! Damage 57% System shut-down imminent if continued damage is sustained. Enemy found: Analyze. Threat level: Low. Response: Dispose of immediately!The machine spoke before charging at me.
I ducked under its first swing before leaping over another. I rolled behind it and turned to slam my foot into its chest as it began a spinning slash. The blades cut through the skin on my leg as I quickly slammed my wooden sword into the metal floor before hiding behind it as the Blader continually slashed at my practice blade.
'Shit! I'm gonna have to get this thing repaired again after I get out of this; it's not gonna last much longer' I growled as I quickly downed another mana potion. I waited for the Nasod to stop its attacks before grabbing my sword and leaping over its head. I slashed at it a few times before bringing the blade down and focusing my mana into it.
"Phantom Sword!" I roared and swung the blade up as a magical copy of the blade followed it. I began a flurry of attacks before rolling behind, slamming my foot into its chest, and hacking at it some more. I sent the machine skyward before raising my hand and summoning four Conwell swords in mid-air.
"Sword Fall!" I roared as the blades impaled the Nasod before crashing into the floor and subsequently vanishing.
Error! Damage: Critical level. System shut-down imminent! Error! Er- The machine cried as it sparked twice then imploded.
I limped towards home as my I felt my leg throb in pain.
'Ugh, I'm gonna have to go to Agatha to get the sword repaired first' I groaned inwardly as I stepped onto the magic circle to teleport me to town. As soon as I arrived there Ara and Chung stood there waiting for me with stern looks on their faces that quickly turned to concern once they saw the missing chunks of metal armor, cuts, gashes, and my mangled leg.
"Hey guys" I said nervously as I leaned on my wooden sword for support.
"How are you still walking?" Chung asked amazed as he studied the extent of my wounds.
"Huh, oh this is nothing. It looks worse than it actually is" I lied as I kept myself from crying out in agony while I walked to Agatha's shop. They stared at me skeptically as I walked away but thankfully, they didn't follow.
"So why aren't we following him?" Ara asked.
"Because he's stubborn and if we do he'll push himself even more than he already is to 'show us' that he's 'fine'" Chung responded. Ara sighed in exasperation as they both took an alternate route towards home.
"Hey Elsw- WOAH!" the Ponggo gasped as she saw the state I was in.
"Hey, Agatha; can you repair my sword for me?" I asked her as I laid the wooden sword in front of her and leaned on the counter. I sighed inwardly as the weight was taken off my bad leg while Agatha looked at me skeptically.
"Sure, I'll bring it by your place tomorrow" she said and I thanked her before leaving a few thousand ED on the counter. I was about to leave when I heard a familiar arrogant laugh. I growled as I turned to see Aisha walking towards me with an arrogant smile on her face while she walked up to me.
"Hey there, Eldork! Get yourself killed yet, or still trying?" she asked arrogantly. Meanwhile, I was clenching and unclenching my fist as I fought against my aura of destruction. The familiar throb in my sword arm was ever present as she continued to mock me. She even 'accidentally' knocked her staff into my bad leg while I forced myself to keep calm. Eventually, Agatha came out of her shop and Aisha; seeing that continuing would be a bad idea, left to who knows where.
I walked towards the house and opened the door slowly. I quietly limped up the stairs and was in front of my room when I heard Rena's scream of horror. I sighed as she rushed up to me and began to give me a lecture. My vision was blurring as I fought to stay awake before Eve walked into the hallway.
She looked at me once before walking over and pushing Rena out of the way. Rena was fuming and was about to start yelling at her too before I fell to my knees as my vision began to get darker and darker. "Oberon, get h-"I heard Eve command as my vision turned black and I lost consciousness.
"Elsword~" I heard my sister call out to me. I opened my eyes to see her smiling down at me as I panted heavily.
"You're getting better every day, little bro" she said proudly.
"I still can't cut through that tree though" I pouted and she ruffled my hair before helping me to my feet.
"One more time and this time I want you to try focusing your mana into your right arm before swinging" she said. I nodded and hefted my wooden sword as I faced another tree in the forest we stood in.
'Focus my mana…into my right arm' I thought as I closed my eyes and envisioned all my power being focused into my arm. I couldn't feel anything at first and in my frustration I snapped. A blood-red aura exploded to life around my body as my eyes snapped open and I brought the sword back. With a mighty roar of anger I sent the wooden blade crashing down with so much force that the tree in front of me was sliced clean in half while the one behind it had a large gash in the trunk and the leaves had all fallen off their branches while the aura imploded and vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
My sister stood shocked as I fell to my knees, panting heavily.
"Can we go home now" I begged and she nodded numbly as we walked back home.
Suddenly, the whole world was washed a golden color as my sister began to walk off without me.
"Sis? Sis!? Sis!" I cried as I reached out to grab her hand as she vanished. My eyes snapped open as I saw that I was inside a capsule of some sort. It was filled with some strange golden liquid that felt cool to my skin. I looked around to see that there were wires attached to me that radiated a strange red color. I had some sort of grey mask over my mouth that kept me from speaking and was no doubt keeping me from drowning.
'I'm wearing nothing but my boxers' I noticed as I looked down. I heard a click sound as Eve suddenly walked in front of my capsule. She looked at me curiously before saying inaudible. I saw Chung, Ara, Rena, and Aisha walk in. All of them with worried expressions on their faces except for Aisha. She was grinning and laughing at me. My blood ran to a boil as I felt my pulse quicken. My sword arm throbbed more violently than ever before as my fist became tinged red.
An alarm went off outside the capsule and Eve looked panicked as she ran to a keyboard and began typing furiously. Aisha just laughed even harder at me as my body suddenly became enveloped in immeasurable pain. Her arrogant smirk fueled my anger as I focused and blocked out the pain. Cracks appeared on the glass in front of me before suddenly I felt a needle stab into my neck. I winced in pain before drowsiness seeped into my body. I fell limp before losing consciousness once more.
Chung's POV:
I growled as Eve was forced to give Elsword a dangerous sedative to prevent him from killing himself in his anger. Aisha just laughed at Elsword's unconscious form.
"What's wrong, Eldork?! You a little tired" she mocked his unconscious form. She wandered close to the capsule and lit her hand up with electricity.
"I wonder what would happen if I just electrocuted you" she giggled and I lost it. Before anyone knew what was happening I was in Berserker Mode and had slammed Aisha against the opposite wall. My destroyer cannon was on my back while I held one of my silver shooters pointed at her chin and the other aimed to blow her brains out.
Her eyes widened as surprise as she went to cast a spell to block me off only to find that her staff was snapped in half.
"One move and I'll kill you" I growled. Rena took aim with her bow and fired. I saw the motion out of the corner of my eye and deftly holstered one of my shooters before spinning my cannon to block the arrow and replacing the shooter back against Aisha's forehead.
"Chung, calm down" Ara said gently as she took light steps toward me.
I threw Aisha to the floor and pinned her to the ground with my Destroyer before turning and aiming my shooters at the others. The hood over my head which hid my glowing eyes looked deadly as I fired four bullets. Two at Rena which knocked her bow out of her hands and sent Erendil spinning away from her, another at Ara which forced her to drop her spear, and the last at Aisha's familiar Angkor which had tried to sneak behind me to attack. The bat dropped to the floor, unconscious as I picked it up and tossed it towards Eve.
Oberon caught the bat and went to stand by his master as did Ophelia who both had defensive stances. Eve was calmly looking at me but, I could tell she was trying to figure out what my intentions were.
"Get down on your knees; hands behind your head" I growled. Aisha grunted behind me as she tried to get free while Rena and Ara did as I commanded. Eve simply sat down in a chair with her hands in her lap, while Oberon sheathed his blade and Ophelia stood behind Eve.
I turned towards Aisha and lifted the cannon off of her. She gasped as she sat up before I pointed a shooter at her head again.
"Answer me, truthfully. Why do you constantly torment Elsword? You know he fights as hard as he can, you know he trains half to death every day, you know that he's struggling with the Conwell scabbard, and yet you mock him, fight him, torment him while he resists the urge to pummel you into the ground. You of all people should know how he feels. He's out here, with strangers he doesn't even know; fighting his hardest for Elrios and to find his family" I growled and Aisha gulped in fear seeing the murderous look in my eyes.
"I-I don't torment him" she lied. I pulled the trigger; moving the gun at the last second so it fired directly next to her head, barely missing. She turned and looked at the magical burn on the metal wall before gulping in fear.
"Next time; I won't miss" I said through gritted teeth. Aisha nodded in fear.
"Because I hate him; He's irritating, obnoxious, and weak. He doesn't pull his weight, he boasts for eternity, he's a wimp, and he…he….he's taking my Dark El! He's taking my power! He's worthless!" she shouted in anger.
I narrowed my eyes as I pondered her words. I hadn't seen anything that indicated she was lying and her pulse had remained the same throughout.
"Eve, check Elsword's body for any signs of Dark El" I growled and Eve started typing on the keyboard.
As I turned back to Aisha I saw her smirk as she pointed her finger at my chest. "Plasma Cutter" she whispered and I felt a burning sensation as a laser pierced through my guardian stone; shattering my armor and piercing my torso. My mask disappeared as I felt strength leave my body and I fell to my knees as I coughed up blood.
Aisha stood over me as she summoned the remains of her wand which repaired magically. She laughed as I coughed up some more blood and chuckled darkly.
"What's so funny" she asked and I looked up at her.
"M-my father….Helputt Seiker; the red lion…..of Hamel…was poisoned by Dark El….his guardian stone corrupted… he destroyed the very city he was meant to protect… I was one of the few…..who escaped his massacre…..all because of my cowardice….I swore I'd never have anything to do with dark el again. Then you became a Dark Mage….you were my friend…I wanted…..to trust you…..but, I guess in the end it's all the same. Dark El…..has taken away….everything….from me. Even my own life…it seems" I gasped in pain.
"How ironic…that the very person….I swore to protect….My big sis Aisha…is taken by Dark El when she becomes…a Void Princes…..the thing she wanted most….and ends up killing me" I choked out as I fell back on my cannon.
"T-that's not possible! What have I done?!" she cried as she tried to heal my wounds.
I chuckled grimly as I coughed up blood on her shirt while Ara ran over to me with tears streaming down her face.
"I'm glad…..I met you, Aisha. Ara…make sure you…..find your brother Ran…I know that he's the one…..who poisoned my father…..and I don't blame….you for it. Not in the slightest" I coughed.
Ara sobbed into my chest. "Chung, you can't die!" she cried. Shakily, I held her face in my hands.
"If only I had more time…but you'd have to repair this." I said as I reached inside my wound and pulled out a blue gem about the size of my closed fist. It had a hole in it that bled a sky blue liquid. "It's my Guardian Stone; connected to my soul…. If it runs out of that energy my time on this earth is over… The only way I know of to repair someone's Guardian Stone is to…infuse it with El…and it seems…the only type we have is…..dark el. Unfortunately, I need water…..shards…my stone is composed of them" I gasped. Suddenly, a large crack was heard.
We all turned to see Elsword slamming against the glass and pointing towards the door.
"MAXIMUM CANNON!" I heard a strange voice yell before the metal door exploded.
A man walked in. He was maybe 20 years or so old, with spiky black hair, golden eyes, and tanned skin. His body was covered in scars as he held his blade in his right hand. His left arm was no longer human as it was now what seemed to be a Nasod Claw. As he walked past me towards Eve I noticed his eyes were dead; as if he wasn't in control when I noticed that he wasn't in control.
I sensed water shards infused within his blade as my eyes widened. I leaned over to Ara.
"Ara, his blade…has water el…bring it….and protect Eve…" I whispered as she nodded. She quickly picked up her spear and confronted the man. Aisha continued to try and heal the wound she inflicted while Elsword fought against the capsule. Rena was lying on the floor unconscious as some mercenaries stood over her with menacing grins on their faces.
Ara shifted into Eun Mode and attacked as the man growled. They clashed and fought wildly. His arm dealt deadly attacks while his sword was swift and was nearly keeping up with Ara's lightning fast spear strikes. She eventually managed to outsmart him with her energy spheres and quickly outmaneuvered and disarmed him; throwing the blade to Aisha who barely caught it before knocking the unnamed mercenary unconscious.
Eve had just finished off the mercenaries who were previously standing over the unconscious Rena while Aisha broke the blade in half and began transferring the water shards to my guardian stone. Soon, my vision began to get blurry as I felt my heart rate slow. 'I guess this is it' I thought as I closed my eyes. I concentrated my mana into my finger as I used it to burn a message into the metal floor beside me.
Ara, I love you and have for a long time. I'm sorry to leave you like this, I wish I had the courage to tell you before all this happened, goodbye. It read. I smiled grimly as I fell into unconsciousness.
O.O IS CHUNG, THE WHITE WOLF OF HAMEL DEAD?! IS ELSWORD SIEGHART DONE FOR TOO! WHO IS THIS STRANGE MAN THAT INVADED EVE'S LAB! WHY DOES EVE HAVE A LAB IN ALTERA?! WHY WAS HE SEEMINGLY SINGLING OUT EVE TO DESTROY?! WHY WAS RENA SO DAM USELESS THAT SHE PASSED OUT IN THIS CHAPTER! COME BACK NEXT TIME TO FIND OUT THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND WHY THE HELL THIS AUTHOR'S NOTE WAS WRITTEN IN CAPS!
-Chaoskeeper