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I stood upon the top of the hill, enjoying probably my last moments as someone who can breath. The town that I left was nothing else now but a smoldering wreck. It was not by my bidding but to those soldiers who was apparently not them anymore. I tried to cleanse the poison out. However, it appeared that doing so will consume far more time and energy than what I will need to keep my little master safe. Since their souls were all screaming that they don't want to hurt their family, I only granted their desire.
Family…
A horseman was never accepted in any community, how else could I have a family? I know its not right to think like it, but for some reason, I kinda feel nostalgic, it sounds pretty familiar as if I once know what it meant.
Down the valley ahead, a sight to behold made the very ground tremble. It was a grand multitude of soldiers ranging from a population of 70,000-80,000. Each one of them are filthy and well armed. Especially the dragons that soars above as if they need a guard in case of an arial attack In front of the foot infantry marches a hundred band of chained Ogres and Trolls that was much bigger than those that I faced when we went hiking. They must have been specially bred and trained to act as the finest meat shields destined to die first. Its ironic that I kind of pity those animals because even though they are brutes, at least they do not farm slaves.
Banners and Flags of various designs and colors towered above them to rally groups and divide the forces once they reached the intersection of cities that lies just over this hill. And among them was the special banner that I can understand. And its not just one but a pair. One was laden in the color of golden lines that intertwines with each other while the other is red designed with Circles and lines that was drawn in a very dull way.
Conquest and War, the duo that compels the camaraderie that Famine and Pestilence share with each other. Mounted atop a royal white horse with a saddle of gold was the ever boastful Conquest while the other one was War. The discreet barbarian riding in a red horse with a mane that flares with a raging blaze of, well…fire
I took a deep breath before speaking "Hey Deflinger, do you I'l die?"
"You do know that swords do not lie, right?" as always, his tongue is different everytime his current master will face his end
I hung my head and stare into the sky. "Do you hear me you motherfucking creator?" I screamed "I DO NOT WANT TO DIE AS A VIRGIN!"
Shocked with my revelation, Deflinger made a one loud gasp "y-y-you…" he stammered "Your still a virgin?"
"Got you good, did I?" I laughed
"Fuck you to" he replied. The truth is, I do not even know the answer.
"You ready Deff?" I changed back to reality
"Im a sword, I was forged to be ready" with those words, I walked down to meet my end
"Well if it isn't our brother, Hearts." I heard Conquest voice in my head.
"Long time no see, War and Conquest." I greeted back
War and Conquest have materialized from their horses to the front of the giant army facing me. Allowing me to get a clear look at them.
Conquest is dressed like a noble, with a royal purple shirt similar to the style of Guiche. Except Conquest has a red cape in back of him while wearing a golden crown and holding his golden bow. He's the very definition of a snobbish noble and he acts the part. Next to him was War, with his beastly red hair and beard. Coated completely in a bulky black armor 2 inches thick, he is like a humanoid tank with no head piece. In back of him is his giant broadsword called Ragnarok. He's only language is to weild his weapon or crush your skull with his gigantic fist, good thing his partner loves to speak in the language of the tongue.
"Tell me Hearts will you surrender to us or be annihilated by us."
"I'm sorry to say that only you guys will be annihilated." I bluff. Probably my last as well
"I see," He sighed, we onced fought together, it's a shame to end up in the hands of the other "So it doesn't matter to you, that I have already struck the grounds of the port with my arrow of victory."
I suddenly froze once he told me that.
"What's wrong Partner, what he talking about arrow of victory?"
"It's his power; whatever his arrow touches it guarantees him victory. For him to say that his arrow has already pierced the ground of the town means that's it's already determined that his forces will take it."
"I don't understand, what does any of that matter?"
"The arrow reverses cause and effect. It's already determined that he will conquer it so reality will bend itself in order to make sure that the cause matches the effect." Deff stayed silent once it was revealed that this battle was already loss.
"So tell me Hearts, will you still fight us?" It was an invitation to chose between to live with them in glory or to die with honor, but then again, does a horseman have honor?
"Yes." I answered.
'Very Well!" As quick as that, Conquest left the scene and materialized back in the safety of his army except for War who decided to stay for a few more seconds.
"Why?" He asked. For the first time, I heard his coarse voice. I may not be able to read the feelings of a fellow horseman but I can read a voice that is full of sympathy for someone so strong to just throw his life away. Crude and Savage he may be but he is still a very honorable man. I wonder if the reason is because his human self is still latched around his past, unlike mine which I now forgot.
War is a very simple man, but his silence contradicts his simplicity. Aware of how deep his understanding is, I simply said: "I wanted to keep my master safe."
I expected him to ask for the reason for my loyalty but instead, he just eyed me with loathing but to my astonishment, before he manifested back to Conquest's side, I saw him with a sidelong smile. Whats with that smile? Was he pleased to have an idiotic enemy or did he imagined how he will punish my idiocy?
That asshole! He left me with something to ponder!
Under Conquest's order, he sounded the attack. A wall of volley of arrows that screams out the night was launched at a single human. The rain of lead and sticks sprayed down upon my path as I drew out Derflinger to rally myself towards the front line in the speed of light. That collision with the first giant meat shield splashed out a gruesome plunge of flesh and bones which followed by the outcry of soldiers who never heard the breeze of their killer.
As the Arial forces of dragon riders casted a magic that will douse my rampage, I showed them how it feels to be in the face of death with ripping off the wings of their proudly fed pets. One by one, I relished in the song of their screech as they fell to their doom. Not surprisingly, after they saw how I move, I soon lost the weapon of surprise and started to face soldiers that are faster in response.
A stray fireball which actually caught me right on time as I decapitated a rider almost got me if not for turning that headless body as a shock absorber which I threw once again to the nearest rider. I didn't look back to see what I did. Rather, I jumped back to the infantry to kept them unable to aim without the risk of hitting their own men.
Stealing a bag of coins, I threw them all to the wind and allow my magnetic field to do its bidding of letting them spill at a speed that will pierce though diamonds like butter- my railgun technique. With the Heart of Chaos now unveiled, I lacerated the field, painting the sky with the colors of what used to be whole. The scent of a fury of panic smothered the air, causing frightened mages to start firing at random and Ogres and Trolls starting to fight their captors. All those efforts fell in vain as I seek out for more. With such great numbers, the best thing to do is to turn them against each other.
Something's not right, Conquest is a tactical commander. He will never allow me to just run through his field, unless…
"RAGNAROK!" War screamed out the name of his sword, bellowing just like the beast he was. Oh shit!
A giant wall of Ivory Flame drew a monolith in its wake, stretching out towards the hills, incinerating anyone and anything that dares to cross its path. It was pure dumb luck that I actually manage to jump back from such a well planned attack, losing only a strand of my hair in the process. Conquest knows of my unsatiable lust for violence, so he tried to sacrifice that platoon just to keep my attention away from them.
The hooves of his horse thundered throughout the battle field as he charged towards my location, apparently eager to end it now.
Interesting.
Both of Chaos and Order now heeded upon my call. To do as I ask and help me accomplish this devilish task.
"Oi partner, you really goanna ram heads with him? You're have not even unlock all your powers yet"
"It's what makes it fun"
I throw Deflinger, with enough energy to allow him to cut through a forest at Wars' horse. However, the horse was battle trained and quickly exhaled a blast of fire that caused Deflinger trajectory path to be switch towards a fleet of soldiers. Carrying only prayers and the courage of a fool, I did what I Deflinger warned me of. I halted the charge of the roaring Behemoth expecting only a senseless ending. The force of the impact was a glorious thunderclap, a grand collision of the histerical laughter of our swords that never waivers. A force so strong that it pulverize warriors and land in a radius of 10 meters.
"The crazed warriors was your doing, wasn't it War?" He didn't answered, he never does. To talk in battle is a sin for him
The moment I felt the gap of our energy increasing on his favor, I jumped out of his reach immediately. However, he was already expecting it. And before I knew it, my throat was already clutched in his colossal hand, an end of a broken neck, eh?.
Careful, you are not the only one with a trick under the sleeve
A single gold coin, which I saved up just for moments like this found its way to my palm. In it, I compressed as much necessary energy before I shoot it into his chest, denting his proud armor. It must have been a whole dose of pain for him to threw me away to the crowds like that. Crushing several soldiers on my back.
"RAGNAROK!" Damn it, not again.
Unable to dodge it in time, my fate now lies into my foolish plan. The Blade of Chaos crackled with my unending trust, and I swing it to the onslaught of the blast. My small but precise slash split his stike into two. perfectly divided like a twin that traveled into different directions. Two immense white walls of flame came no longer into me, but to those who are around me. Burning them in a fire that will never die until after the 8th day. Annoying as it was, it will take more than that just to trap me.
A horseman's horse is basically a walking generator that allows the horseman to have an infinite supply of mana. I had to separate War from his horse at all cost.
The air around me started to reach such a high temperature after thousands of fireballs that missed their targets. I losed my guard and Im guilty of it. Up above was the remaining dragons, encircling me like a vulture over prey, no longer caring whom they could slay. For they are now pissed off and so am I. To fight 2 horsemen at once is bad enough but to have such annoyance is already unbearable.
Guess I no longer have any choice.
I stuffed my swords with a lot of my energy till it is no longer pleading but already begging to be drenched in the life that they will spill. And their wish is my command. I hurl them all with all my might in opposite directions, forming a frenzy of razors that can never stop. It may be destructive but it left me unarmed and very prone against…
A golden streak of light caught my attention at my left. Automatically, I called forth the Hearts of Sorrow to block it as a desperate measure. It was so sudden that my sword was not yet fully reinforced and when Conquest's volley hit me, it shattered my weapon and pierced through my left shoulder.
"RAGNAROK!"
The damage dealt was just too much that it my left hand no longer responded in the way that I wanted to. I rolled down to the bloodied ground, gritting in pain as my left hand was apparently burned from the blitz. I can see the muscles poking out of the burnt flesh. I can still move my arm but it hurts like hell so I quickly kill all the pain receptors on it.
Mages, Archers, Dragons and Machineries. I heared them all getting so excited that they now have the advantage that I am no longer moving. Time suddenly stopped, their chantings and their the sounds of a bow being stretched faded in my ears. My arm was damaged but there was no sign that the arrow actually hit me. It was not an arrow meant to kill, it was meant to decide who will be conquered. I had long known that my chapter was already written but its still amusing to know how glorious my end will be.
It was a familiar voice that brought me back to reality "PARTNER!". So this is where Deflinger landed.
I reached over Deff's hilt and I started the rhyme. "Deff…" I called "I deem you worthy of what you are about to see"
OST: "I say YES - Wedding Version"
I wake up on in a small room. My head hurts; I bet that damn servant probably knocked me out with his magic again. He better hope that's he can knock me out quick cause I'm about to cast explosion on him. Stupid servant!
I walk out of my room and made my way to the deck, from my surroundings it seems that I'm in an airship. He probably knocked me out and then got me into the ship to escape. I see Lust standing near the edge, looking at the port which seems to be getting smaller as we move away.
"Lust where is that stupid servant! When I get my hands on him?"
"You won't."
I look at the sadness in Lust face as it hits me.
"Where is he? Lust where is he!"
"Ah Louise, thank goodness we found you!"
Siesta, Jessica and Scarron all ran up towards us.
"Louise, where's Hearts?"
"Lust please tell me where is he!"
The other finally realizes what my accusations mean as we all stare at Lust, who finally answered.
"He's not here; Hearts is currently holding back an army of 80,000."
I suddenly fell as all my strength simply sipped out of me. To think that my servant would take the mission up by himself. I need to go to him; if he falls then I need to be there, I can't let him fall alone.
"We need to go back! I have to be there for him!"
I tried to run towards the edge in hope of getting there but Scarron and Guiche got ahold of me.
"Come on Louise, this is the last ship, what you think would happen if we let his sacrifice be in vain."
"Hearts!" My broken heart rip through the desolation of situation. Screaming his name out of denial
A burst of wind boomed out in the distance, sending my hair billowing to the air and my eyes dazzeled with the sight that I never saw before. A phantasm of the great beauty lashed out in the distance. Burning brighter and brighter throughout the glade. It was the manifestation of the LUE, painting itself into the blue. An aurora of iridescent lustrous contour of ancient runes that competed the moon and made it die of envy from its beauty, It was in the prominence of a luminous giant Heart, he speaks to his name, the eminence of a thousand impenetrable illustriousness all bowing to the one who called them forth.
He'll come back. He'll definitely come back.
"Partner…..your really making this your last stand." He was indeed concerned
"Sorry Deff but my hand is forced."
All my energy reserves is now under its critical condition as I bended reality into my will. Azure wings of flames conflagrated into my back. Spreading its shine to turn soldiers and land into nothing but a scorched mass of a wasteland. Survivors started to flee with no idea that only death can free them from the misery of this catastrophe. If I were to die, I will do it in style. My style
"RAGNAROK!"
It appeared that my full glory poured oil into the raging desire of War to face an opponent that will compel his strength. With a deafening roar, he charged all his mighty inferno towards me in a berserk which I decided to meet with all due respect, with only Deff held to lacerate. Dragging him with the tip on the soil, I swing it when he finally reached my range. The Earth itself ripped open up to Gaia's abdomen with the eruption of the destruction that can never be named, stretching far into the distance. Thunders and Lighting that I compressed was enraged with my summoning that came spreading more. Enough, to blast his hellish horse into burning ashes and pieces.
"Ouch, it hot"
"Don't worry, his flames are no longer." With his horse gone, it will be impossible for him to attack again without caring for his energy reserves.
As War slowly lift himself, I showed him how it feels to be taken advantage of. Incapable of fighting with my speed, I dented his already dented shell with a bombardment of assaults till he was already vomiting his blood. He may be wearing an armor that I cannot pierce but the shock trauma is a different thing. Thankyou Physics.
Finally having enough, I summoned a storm of wind that sent him soaring to the celestial infinity of the now ornamented sky. The Hearts of Chaos and Order heed my call once again. Side by side, I held them firmer than I could ever thought. My wings blazed stronger as I soared to meet him in mid-air, criss-crossing in the shape of an x and trailing a stunning blue line as I did. In the air, a giant can never repel an attack. The implosion that I caused upon our collision fragmentized his armor into billion lambent and phosphorescent disintegrated pieces that glimmers with the moonlight rattling his sword out of his reach.
"Go for it Hearts" War's voice resounded into the air "Protect the ones you love"
His sword was flung into my palm, and I held it above him "RAGNAROK!"
I screamed as I impaled his already half dead body. Rocketing into the ground like a meteorite. Booming a crater in our fall splasing burning mud and soil.
Now that he lost his pedestal, I heard the mourns of his heart. Singing in gratitude for now he is free
A Father, I once was for a boy.
A family I once lived for in joy
Until the days have arrived.
A government full of Pride.
Into war, they forced us to march
We bled not for our family but for their treasury.
My boy and my wife
I heard them dead without my aide
They say: A plague in our village,
A letter from a cousin: Soldiers that pillaged,
I can never swallow their unforgivable sins
Vengance was what I spoke ever since.
I see now why he admired my foolish courage to go against the odds. It reminded him of what he failed in- To protect the ones he love.
A clapping from the distance rang into my ears.
"Bravo" Conquest praised my battle as if everything was but a show. I had never expected him to look at war as nothing but an acquaintance than an ally. But its not a surprise, a war cannot end without conquest of the other but a land can be conquered without war. It makes me sick just to see his confident smile like that. I know that my life was already written to die here but before that, I will make sure to rip that face out.
"Bravo Hearts, but you forgot about me" he drew out his bow and loaded it with the volley of a golden arrow that shimmers like the sun itself. Right when he let it fly, that single shot bursted into tens then into hundreds then into thousands then into millions. Oh, fuck!
I darted in and out of their way but there was just way too many of them for a safe teleportation. Darn it!
"Partner! Come get me!"
I notice Deff and flew towards him as the arrows kept chasing me like some heat seeking missile. I understand that the arrow of victory guarantees him victory by distorting space and time to make it come true but this is just ridiculous.
I pick up Deff and start to fly upwards, towards the giant heart that I opened up.
"So partner got a plan?"
"Yeah but you better listen carefully."
I whispered my plans to him.
"Ok partner, but its goanna take a while."
"No prob, just tell me when it's done."
To try my first attempt, I threw a whirlwind of gold coins that runs at the speed of light towards him and just as expected, it simply distorted its path into random locations. Great, just great. Plan B was when I loaded my blades with energy…so much energy that it was now unstably broken. At the moment it faced his direction, both of them distorted their path as well but Conquest had forgotten that he is not the only smart guy and the swords ignited with a loud and clear bang.
Stunned by the surprise, the next thing he saw was me already infront of his horse. I grabbed the poor stallion by the neck and crushed its throat. The sounds of the broken larynx is disappointing for a very important part of the body. The moment he pointed his volley at me, I instantly lifted the dead horse and he fell to the ground. A horsemans stallion is a divine beast, it can never die but you can divide the rider from it and recalling it will take too much time and quite impractical in the battlefield.
"Dodge this!" I tossed his horse back to him. For it is his property, its trajectory path was not distorted and came crashing to his face in a hilarious way. I stare at the bastard, as he gets up. His clothes are ripped and the smugness in his face is replaced with anger and annoyance.
"You indespicable grotesque!" I cant believe ripping off his smile was easier than expected "REALITY ITSELF HAS ALREADY DETERNMINED YOUR DEATH!"
"Sorry, but I never really consider myself to be real"
He plucked out a random blade on the ground and by possessing it with a few dose of energy, it morphed into a beautiful royal rapier. An impractical sword that will make Guiche sell his soul. Full of a raging and denial of him losing, he rushed recklessly. Truth be told, if not for my current injured situation, I would call him equal.
For each and every collision, lightning and fire pulsated to the surrounding air, enveloping us inside a fish bowl of flares. War was a tank meant to level down castles and mountains but he is not meant for someone who goes with speed. As for Conquest, his speed was just as good as mine but my injuries kept on pulling me down.
I threw a vortex of wind which only pushed his a few feet but enough to give me a chance to launch 3 pieces of metals into him. I thougt that he needs to be aware of the projectile so that he could distort it but when it did distort without him seeing it, I found myself wrong. In exchange, He threw a bolt at me, it was easily dodge but the next stuff was different. He manifested in my back and stabbed me through in the left leg with his rapier, disabling my ability to dodge his arrows that came precisely to my body. I coughed out blood before I heard his annoying laughter once again
"Like what I said, The victory is already determined" he chuckled
"Partner, Im done!" That was the signal for me to proceed to my next plan
"Tell me Conquest," I coughed "Do you know how humanity was created?"
"How I love to but I got a new partner to find" he aimed his rapier to my throat and I chuckled at his ignorance.
"First day to the Fifth, creation came so swift. Sixth day came and his image, into mankind was claimed."
"What are you saying?" he scowled
(OST: "Unlimited Blade Works-Unmei No Yoru")
"Look around you." As he stares into the field, he was drained of color. The ever confident Conquest was shaking in terror for he knows exactly what I am. "Every single human was gifted with a fragment of the creator. I am Hearts, the divine image is what I harvest"
"Among the Riders who destroys, I am the one who promises rebuilt. I am the farmer who toils in the salted field, That heart is a symbol of me, a manifestation of all my emotion and memory. Not only that but as time goes on, it has started to absorb the memory and feelings of everyone in this battlefield."
The valley that was once littered with the spoils of war,, bursted with an azure crackle of fire. The Battlefield is my heart, every broken dreams is my piece of art. My song is the Aria that entices the body, dance my waltz and I shall lure you to disembody. As long as you are in my Da Capo, you are the Fiasco.
Emotions, Dreams, History and Vission, they are the image of creation. This is my ultimate weapon, The Kingdom of Hearts!"
Enraged with the threat, Conquest clashes his rapier to my throath but I repeled it with my Deflinger. He unknowingly inputs so much energy into the rapier that it quickly shatters Deflinger and slices the person holding it. As the dust settle, he finally realizes that the person holding Deflinger was just a random corpse.
That was my plan, Deflinger will use his ability to take control of a body and when he start to shatter to instantly transfer himself to the blade that I'm forming. All of this was to distract Conquest.
Distract him in order for he can't see that the giant heart in the sky has shatter and all its fragments are becoming blades that are about to rain on him. All the floating blades in the sky, formed from the memories and emotion from everybody quickly rain upon conquest. Littering the whole field with the things that all these people and I have held inside
"HEARTS YOU THINK THAT THIS CAN TAKE ME! I TOLD YOU ONCE THIS VICTORY BELONGS TO ME!"
It all rained down upon him, The screaming hymn of the blades was the infinite fortissimo, a grand ballad that not even his barrier can ever distort all together.
A blade composed with the hearts of order, the hearts of chaos and the hearts of sorrow. All brought together with the soul of Deflinger. He does not notice as I materialize in back of him and quickly swipe the new blade as I call out its name.' HEARTS OF INFINITE!"
"HEEEAAAARRRRTTSSSS!"
That is the last yell that Conquest got to let out before the energy blast completely wiped him from existence.
It's finally over; I fall upon my knees as I look at the destroyed battlefield. Any survivors quickly ran from the scene once my fight with Conquest got serious. And the worst part, Conquest story was just so bad as my day. I feel like he was not even worthy of dying from my blade for all he did in life was to lead soldiers to their deaths. What a disgrace and to think that I even thought that you are a commander!
"Partner we did it we won!"
I look at the new Deff; he now resides in a new body.
"No it was there victory."
"What you mean partner?"
"They will eventually conquer the port town and I'm eventually going to die considering I use up all my energy in this. Even now I feel my body start to disappear from existence. Conquest was right in thinking it was his victory but he never realize that it never granted him instant victory nor did it guarantee his survival."
I stare at my burnt left hand as it starts to glow and pieces of it start to disappear.
"Hey Deflinger, can you me a favor?"
"Of course partner, what is it?"
"Please find a nice place for I can rest."
"…You got it partner."
I start to succumb to my tiredness as I allow Deff to take control of my body. I felt myself walking toward the forest but I pay no mind as I succumb to the darkness.