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Previously on the last chapter of Loud House Power Gamers: After a misunderstood argument with his on-and-off girlfriend Ronnie Anne, Lincoln is now even more on the fence on being the hero that the God of Grace Courga wants, fixated over having two people that are willing to criticize and disapprove his recent actions, all in the while Ronnie Anne is kidnapped by a unknown Glitch Monster!
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Loud House: Power Gamers!
Chapter 6: Enter Forbidden Quest! Boss Battle: King Kaiser!
The pain that was lingering in Ronnie Anne's back immediately made the girl to open her eyes after being unconscious for some time, her vision was muddled, weakened and dimmed, struggling to even see what was in front of her, this coupled with the general lack of light in where she currently was added several more factors to her temporary blindness and unawareness of where she was currently in.
The first thing that Ronnie Anne truly felt when she woke up from her knocked-out slumber is horrid smell of foul and detestable odors, she smelled various notes of dried excrement, rotting fruits and mold-ridden meat, this smell is probably she was knocked-out to begin with, Ronnie Anne wanted to faint from the stench just so she couldn't smell these awful scents any longer.
The only thing that Ronnie Anne could hear besides her own deep and disheveled breaths is the whimpering and the pained moans of others, she couldn't see the makers of such audible despair but she knew for sure that they were fellow students and classmates, bearing the same innocent and youthful pitch of voice, she could almost feel their despair as she knew that they were smelling the same nauseous stench that she has to endure.
Ronnie Anne was finally to make out her surroundings, she was in a cage, in one of the corners of the school lunchroom, their lights were dimmed and cracked, the floor of the lunchroom was splattered in animal furs and dirtied tufts of hay, masking the tile floor with a facade of rugs.
In the middle of the Lunchroom was a throne, made of shards and broken pieces of lunch-tables, it didn't inspire regality nor did it inspire the spirit of the king, but rather, its jagged and cruel-looking disposition seemed to make the throne suited for a Warlord rather than a true leader, on said throne was a shadowed figure, quietly contemplating and being as silent as a still water lake, he was unnoticeable for the non-keen eye.
Across from Ronnie Anne was a big cage made of crude iron metal and hairless skins, she squinted closely to see a large group of students, even some that she knew were encased in such an ugly container, their clothes were dirtied and flayed, but they seemed unharmed, at least for now.
It seems like Ronnie Anne was given Her own cage, it was made of cracked wood and thick bone, bones of humans? Bones of cows? The bones that encaged her were longer and thicker than anything she ever seen, so they couldn't be either of those two.
Ronnie Anne paused, hearing something else than the group of coerced and broken students that were imprisoned like herself, she heard a chorus of growls and then the slamming of a door being opened, then, they walked into the make-shift hall, their stance was hunched and their gait was winced and ape-like, their skin was black like ash and the armor that they wore was twisted and dented, scratched and rusted, they strode like as if they taught how to walk on two-legs just mere days ago, their small hind legs being dwarfed by their gigantic cudgel-like forearms.
Their hands dragged nets and in those nets were squirming and fighting students, they whimper and they groan and occasionally scream, its like the nets sapped their strength like some sort of blood-lettering leech, they were coerced and herded to the big cage, they didn't resist anymore once they were trapped in the prison made of cold brute metal.
"Shall we get the rest of them boss?" One of the creatures ask the shadowed figure on the throne. Ronnie Anne noticed that the one that was speaking was the one that kidnapped her, still wearing the armor made of creature bones and wielding the jaw-blade with its teeth still attached, the boss of these creatures did not speak a single word, he suddenly stood up from his throne, sensing something that was coming.
"No, my fellows...For our true target is coming real soon...Sharpen your blades, grit your teeth and ready yourselves.." The boss of the creatures warned, his voice being linguistic, poised and controlled, yet it was deep and foreboding, his stance was straight and strong, not hunched and pained, The leader of these monsters unsheathe his weapon, the blade was beautiful in design and weight, long, black-bladed and perfectly keen, a stark contrast to his minions who bear blades of scrap-iron or serrated bone.
"For Slanng...For the God of Malice!" The King of these creatures said with a shout, earning a chorus of growls and roars of approval from his minions, Ronnie Anne could only stare in silence from such a bizarre event, she finally decided to speak up.
"Why are you doing this!?" She asked with a shout, instantly garnering the attention from the leader of these brutes, he turned his head to the caged Ronnie Anne, his helm was that of a knight, deep in master-forged metal and rivets, rendering his true face invisible except for a pair of dragon-like cerulean eyes, his armor was thick but he moved like as if they were made of cotton rather than iron and steel, walking towards the imprisoned girl.
His height and size being realized to Ronnie as her four-foot self was only up to the Knight's guarded knees, she began to shrink in size as the Knight King crouched down, getting to Ronnie Anne's eye-level.
"For I am the King...King Kaiser...The True heir to the throne...Before the Forbidden Knight decided otherwise...I must govern a kingdom of Orcs and goblins rather than my true people." He spoke, his voice being calm and collected, it irked Ronnie Anne more than soothed her.
"I will break anything he loves due to his own arrogance, starting with his princess..." King Kaiser hissed, his tone was colder than ice as Ronnie Anne only stared in fear and confusion, suddenly, the Knight King Kaiser opened her cage, but before she could react to such a open freedom, her necked was suddenly grabbed by the armored hands of King Kaiser.
"I will break your Knight...I will crush his spirit, I will twist his spine and I will show him that his quest is nothing but a fool's dream." He cooed to the now gagging and struggling Ronnie Anne as he lifted her up, standing up and tightening his grip on Ronnie Anne's neck, she let out a weakened scream as she felt her neck being bruised by the crushing grip of the Knight that desires to be king.
"I will reclaim what is rightfully mine." He said softly to the strangling Ronnie Anne, lifting her up about six feet up in the air by her neck, she felt her consciousnesses leaving her, her vision began to blur, her hearing began to become muffled and muted.
"Power Gamer...On!"
"Game Inserted...Action Adventure Plus!"
"Hammering bad guys to Smithereens! Saving the World from Blasphemy! Action Adventure Plus!"
"Let her go!" Lincoln yelled as he entered into the Lunchroom, in his Power Gamer form with his trusty Action Adventure Hammer in hand, the hues of pink and bright green greatly contrasting the dimmed and darkened lunchroom hall, King Kaiser only smiled, hidden by his helm from the appearance of Lincoln Loud, he haphazardly dropped Ronnie Anne on the floor, she breathed in deep and heavy breaths as she finally was able to have control only her neck and lungs right after feeling the sudden impact of the floor.
"Forbidden Knight...You have met your end...Rip him apart...My Orc Warriors!" King Kaiser said with a foreboding tone, immediately, the Glitch Monster raised his sword at Lincoln Loud, causing his dozen of Forbidden Quest Orcs to charge at Lincoln all at Once, their blades of bone and stone raised against the silver-haired boy.
'Forbidden Knight? Alright...This is Forbidden quest...I only played that game only once but whatever...' Lincoln said to himself as he dodged several weapon strikes from the Glitch Monster's minions, their strength was mighty but their weapon swings was slow and cumbersome, allowing Lincoln to easily dodge their attacks by the usage of sidesteps and collective side-strafes.
'Be careful Child, they both out-number and out-power your mundane strength, they are akin to the Man-Orcs from where I'm from.' Lincoln heard in his mind, he huffed in response as three Glitch Orc Warriors cornered the silver-haired boy, he growled in irritation as he swung his hammer at the trio of Orcs, hitting all three with his hefty swing, they screeched and howled in pain as they were reduced to dust.
'You were saying?' Lincoln inwardly replied back, his thoughts having a light tone of smugness, Courga was about to retort to Lincoln's smug but he was quickly interrupted by the swing of several blades, Lincoln was nimble and reactive enough to dodge them by the skin of his teeth.
Lincoln Loud slammed his hammer against two Glitch Orcs, causing the sheer force of the swing to cause the pair of Orc Mooks to clash against several others of their brethren, reducing them to ash collectively as Lincoln Loud defeated all of King Kaiser's monster minions.
"Alright!" Lincoln chimed aloud, clearly enjoying miniature victory as the main Glitch Monster saw his minions as nothing more than defeated dust and just traces of living lives.
Silence enveloped between Lincoln and King Kaiser as the exhausted Ronnie Anne and entrapped students watched.
"Forbidden Knight...I will take what is truly mine..." King Kaiser warned Lincoln Loud, raising his beautifully-crafted sword to the silver-haired Power Gamer, his defiance was notable and his stature dwarfed Lincoln in pure size alone.
"I'm not the forbidden knight...I'm my own thing! Power Gamer Lincoln Loud!" The silver-haired boy said with a voice toned with light notches of smug.
"Then that means...I will break your princess and you will not feel anything..." King Kaiser growled as he turned his head to Ronnie Anne, who was rather stunned by such a statement, Lincoln faltered slightly from the Glitch Monster's words but he stood his ground.
"That isn't what I meant! And don't you dare lay a finger on her!" Lincoln threatened, King Kaiser smiled inwardly as he then grabbed ahold of Ronnie Anne once more, clenching her neck with an even tighter grip than before, she gasped in pain as she tried to scream but it was only pained wheezes and desperate breaths that came out of her mouth.
"STOP IT!" Lincoln said with a shout, King Kaiser paused as he stared at Lincoln, the Glitch Monster only growled in a devilish glee as he clenched his hand into a fist, clenching with the same hand that was strangling Ronnie Anne with, Lincoln eyes widened as he heard a brutal gut-wrenching sound, the caged students gasped from such an action.
*CRUNCH!* Ronnie Anne went completely limp as blood began to drench King Kaiser's hand, the Glitch Monster dropped Ronnie Anne's lifeless body on the ground, her neck was like a crumpled piece of newspaper that was doused in a red-dye, disjointed, disproportionate with various bits and parts of shards sticking out of the unusable piece of waste.
Lincoln was silent at first before a sudden rise of anger took over with, with a beast-like adrenaline, he charged at King Kaiser with a burst of speed, his Action Adventure hammer raised, ready to smash the skull of the Glitch Monster.
"I'll KILL YOU!" Lincoln roared with a desire for vengeance so strong that despite wearing a helmet, King Kaiser could see the unbridled fury that he just unleashed.
"I will break...Everything..." The Forbidden Quest Glitch Monster said with a fiendish roar, his blade clashed against Lincoln's hammer when they charged against each other, sparks began to scream between the two weapons as Lincoln winced from the how strong King Kaiser was, even with Lincoln's enhanced strength from the Power Gamer suit, he felt his muscles tense and his feet being pushed ground despite being firmly planted.
Lincoln wasn't going to give up, despite the strength Advantage, Lincoln let out another shout before King Kaiser pushed him away, giving the two fighters some space between each other, Lincoln without a second thought, charged at the Forbidden Quest Glitch Monster, more than willing to try to smash the Glitch Monster into nothing but dust and bits.
King Kaiser only laughed as despite wearing a full suit of armor, easily dodged Lincoln's attack before he slammed the silver-haired boy down to the ground with a slam of his sword's hilt, not even bothering to actually use the blade of his sword and instead opting in with using it as a handle-swinging cudgel.
"You are weak...You have failed and now, I will truly reclaim what is truthfully mine." King Kaiser said in a foreboding manner, planting his iron boot on top of Lincoln's back, he gasp in the sudden weight that was on top of him, Lincoln struggled to get off of the King's boot but to no avail as his struggles was only met with more force being applied to his back.
"Your spirit will be broken, just like her body." King Kaiser pointed out chillingly, pointing at Ronnie Anne , Lincoln glanced at the expired Ronnie Anne, he began to realize something, he caused this, if it weren't for his unwillingness to accept the call to the dangers of the Glitch Monster, he would've arrived sooner, he could've done something...
"...Just SHUT UP!" Lincoln roared as suddenly, with wrath-induced vigor, he pushed himself off of King Kaiser's boot, dis-balancing the Glitch Monster but he quickly recovered fast enough to parry a hammer swing from Lincoln Loud.
"I'm ending this stupid fight once and for all!" Lincoln shouted as he pressed the single large green button on his action adventure hammer, Lincoln's weapon began to glow a hue of emerald, gold yellow and lavender magenta, his hammer almost seemed to grow in size from the pure energy build-up alone, King Kaiser only laughed wickedly in response, ready to take down a anger-induced child.
Their weapons clashed against each other for the last time it seems, there was a buffet of smoke and dust immediately afterward, almost as if there was a dust storm inside of the lunchroom, the caged students gasped and jumped from the sudden explosion of sediment and afterimages.
The two fighters stood across from each other, they were as still as statues and nearly look exactly the same before they even dueled, the only difference here is that Lincoln's hammer was completely broken, the whole smashing head of the hammer was nothing but a broken stump, it was more of a mortar rather than an actual blunt cudgel.
King Kaiser's weapon on the other sword was fine and still keen, he laughed softly to himself, seeing himself as the victor of this battle, King Kaiser slowly walked up to Lincoln as he dropped to a knee in pain, groaning lightly to himself as the False King raised his sword, ready to completely end Lincoln's life.
"You are broken, and You will die...Just like Her...For it is my will to rule this land...I will-AGH!" King Kaiser screeched in pain before he exploded in a collection of data and morse code bits! Lincoln made a half-smile from the sudden death of King Kaiser.
"Guess I used everything I got..." Lincoln said to himself in a pained whisper, glancing at his broken weapon as he turned back to his civilian form.
Similar to the first fight with a Glitch Monster, the lunchroom began to shift, twist and warp, the cages slowly turned into bits and pieces, drifting away like ashes in the wind, The imprisoned students were in awe as they saw the room turn back to normal, the only thing that didn't change however...Was Ronnie Anne.
She still lied on the ground, motionless, her skin being pale and her eyes being akin to a fish in a market, Lincoln only stared in silence before he rushed to the lifeless girl.
"No...No..." Lincoln said to himself as he grabbed a hold of her, tears streaming down his face as he began to shake lightly from the feeling touching dead-cold skin.
"I'm sorry...I'm so...S-Sorry..." Lincoln lamented, his voice being fragile between strong and violent gags as he continued to cry.
"Sorry for what?" Lincoln heard, it ranged in his ear as if it was mere centimeters close to him, it shared the same voice as her, there was a silence, for Lincoln dared to not answer, believing that it was nothing but macabre taunting, that was until, it was the God of Grace, Courga himself to finally urge Lincoln on.
'Your friend...Well, Courting Friend, is alive and well...Lincoln Loud, She wouldn't be if you were defeated...So go on, converse with her, cherish it.'
Authors note: I apologize for the long unexplained hiatus, I was to busy with school for they nailed me with the most challenging things school had to offer, anyway, enjoy, I'm going to posting regularly now, for I'm finished with school.