Disclaim: I don't own Elsword.
Main Character:
Elsword Sieghart - Lord Knight
Elsword Sieghart Sourscream - Dark Knight(DK)
Ara Haan Sieghart - Asura
Eun Sieghart - Millennium Fox
Ara Haan (Young) - Little Xia
Aren Haan - Fahrmann's Frontline Commander
Glave - Henir's Time and Space Administrator
Fahrmann's Nightmare - Invasion
Chapter 6: Fahrmann's Nightmare - Invasion
- Haan Estate - 9:00PM -
As the Fahrmann slowly went to sleep, the Haan Family had its light turned off, except Aren. He was sitting inside his own room watching the beautiful silver moon shining on the sky filled with stars. He enjoyed it with a small cup of wine.
"Nice view, isn't it…" He muttered himself.
Aren let out a smile.
A few days since Elsword appeared, his life became more interesting. He never expected to enjoy the sparring that much beside his time with his little sister, Ara. The way he fought, he knew that he need to learn more about other swordsman's skills that he hasn't let to acknowledge, or one day, he could learn something new.
His mind then changed to the second person, Ara Haan, or should he call, Ara Sieghart. He didn't know he should feel happy or not. Part of him feel happy that his clumsy little sister could find a true love for herself, yet part of him was a little disappointed that she would learn arts of Anti-Haan. Surely he knew that she was being hated by the Haan Family due to her mother, but that still made him lose his expectation in her.
Last but not least, the silver haired woman, Eun Sieghart. According to what Elsword told him, she used to be the Nine-Tail spirit, and will be Ara's partner in the future. Not sure he should be angry at her for everything she has changed her, then again, his thought quickly is replaced by the warning from the red haired knight.
"Please understand that Ara chose to take Eun's offer to protect her precious friend and me, and Eun didn't want her to live in regret that she couldn't save me from my death. So if you dare threatening Eun, even if you are her brother, I won't hesitate-"
"Haii haii, troublesome knight." Aren dismissed his thought and took all wine in one shot.
Aren put the cup down and returned to his futton. He was supposed to if it weren't for the cup that was suddenly broken for no reason.
- At the same time -
Elsword felt uneasy for some reasons and couldn't sleep, probably the last talk between him and Aren. He stood up and left the bed without waking Ara up who was sleeping soundly beside him. He also spotted no sight of silver haired girl on his bed.
"Going somewhere?"
Speaking of the devil, he heard her voice behind him. He turned around and found her standing on the balcony while staring at him.
"Not really, I couldn't sleep." He replied and approached her.
"Oh so, what bothers you?" Eun pulled him close to her.
"Well, a few things actually." Elsword explained "Aren was overprotective on Ara so I accidentally threatened him what I wouldn't hesitate in killing him if he tried to do something to you." He scratched behind his head with a sigh "I feel regret threatening him now."
Eun raised her eyebrows in surprise by his brave yet idiot act toward Aren and smiled at him.
"I'm sure he will understand." Eun comforted him and planted a kiss on his cheek "It's Ara's choice to be stronger to protect her friends. She knew the risk of following her exortic path."
"I think so."
"And…" Eun pulled his head and kissed his lips, to which Elsword returned "Thank you for standing up for me."
"It's my job as your knight and husband, Eun." He smiled.
Eun stroked his cheek with a smirk and said "Always, Elsword."
As those two closed their eyes and were about to go for another kiss, another presence showed up and had its face between them before it could feel their lips on its cheek.
"When will you two stop kissing me? It makes me feel embarassed."
Elsword and Eun opened their eyes and found their lips were on Ara's cheek. It startled them and quickly drew back.
"A-Ara!"
"Mou… you two always secretly kiss each other without inviting me." The exortic girl pouted, feeling like being left out.
"Ah.. I t-thought you were sleeping." Elsword nervously spoke.
"I was… But I feel something that bother me, so I woke up." Ara replied "I can't figure out what it is, but it makes me feel unsafe."
At this point, Elsword turned his head at Eun, who was curious about this. Ara rarely woke up once she entered her sleeping mode and only wakes up in the morning, unless…
"I sense something abnormally coming to Fahrmann." Eun spoke while showing her fangs, red marks visible on her face "It's really powerful."
Eun stared at Elsword, who found her face changed seriously "Then Ara, Eun, you two prepare your equipment and weapon. We're gonna have uninvited guests soon."
- At the same time -
"Rest time is over."
Glave heard Elsword(DK) from his back. He turned around and saw him already fully equipped and had his left arm transformed back to demon arm.
"The sooner we get rid of it, the sooner you can help me cure my wife."
"I understand." Glave raised his right arm and pointed his palm at the cursed mask which was leaking the dark purple power "Just so we clear that I won't be able to participate in your game. And you know why."
"You don't have to , Glave. I can take care of that beast." Elsword(DK) spoke confidentially.
"Is that so?" Glave asked with doubt in his voice.
"What was that?"
"Nothing, kid."
As Glave dealt with the leaked power, both he and the dark knight fell another presence near the hideout. They are not human's life. They have the abnormal power that surpasses a normal human's strength.
"Look like the minions caught its scent."
"Yeah…" Elsword(DK) nodded in agree and raised his sword "Demon… Let's give them a proper welcome."
He rushed through the entrance and met a horde of demons which was mixxed with multiple kinds, shadow ports, glitters, flame birds and golems.
"Too easy!"
- Assault Slash -
- Sonic Blade -
- Windmill -
- Demonic Claw -
- Spiral Blast -
He pierced through the army and cut its number of demons down as he swung his blade around him, summoning sword wave. He kept his sword spinning to create a small tornado to pull the remain demons inside and imprisoned them with demonic chains which were summoned underneath. Taking this chance, he clasped the tip of his sword on the ground and, with a forceful upper strike, created wave of energy and burnt them.
Elsword(DK) stepped back where he was a second ago as he sensed the incoming flame striking from above and hit the ground, leaving burnt mark on the grass field.
"Annoying."
He knew that he got disadvantage in fighting against range and air enemy. He dashed through the fiery rain of fire and stepped on the burning body before making an air step to reach one of the flame bird's height.
"Gonna thank you for this, Lu."
He landed on the back of it and stabbed on it. He jumped off the bird which was fallen and attempted to go after another through air steps. Elsword(DK) managed to capture one of them and tried to manipulate it by using demonic power from the glove to gain control on his will. Its eyes slowly turned from dark purple to red, meaning he successed in taking over.
"I can't control it for a long time. Gonna make it quick."
He ordered the bird to carry him through the horde of flame birds and cut their number down by slashing those which were charging at him.
- Wind Blades -
- Arctic Rune -
- Armageddon Blade -
- Luna Blade -
Elsword(DK) summoned multiple blades from the gates to chase after a few of them as he scattered aa small sized Freezing Runes to weaken them as ice is their weakness. Wind Blades successed in reducing those birds down thanks to the Artic Rune as it helped them piercing easily. Elsword summoned both Armageddon Blade on his sword and Luna Blade on his left arm for more range.
"?!"
During his bird hunting, he felt his ride slowly regains its control and trying to shake him off.
- Phoenix Strike -
- Sword Fire -
Elsword had no choice but killing the bird and jumped off. He coated himself with the flame from Phoenix and enhanced his sword before the gravity took over him. He pointed his sword toward the ground as he dropped faster and faster where the second horde of demons was charging at the hideout.
A big explosion occurred as his sword stabbed on the ground, causing a massive wave of flame spreading and touching demons which was being burned by the unstopable fire to death.
Elsword(DK) rose up from the crater, flame strangely not touching him.
He heard another explosion from his right, where the Fahrmann was, and realized that not only the hideout was under invasion.
"Hope you can survive through this, Elsword Sieghart."
- Assault Slash -
- Sonic Wave -
"Just! Where the hel are they come from?!"
- Mana Drain -
- Tempest Dance -
"They are coming!"
- Fox Illusion -
"Che! And here I was thought I was gonna have my own time!"
- Fox Fire -
The three were breaking through the horde of shadow ports which appeared out of no where and invaded Fahrmann.
"Help!"
They stopped by the broken house and heard the scream of the woman coming from inside.
"Someone's in trouble!"
Elsword made no hesitation and entered the house. He saw one of the demons trying to attack a male who was protecting his family from it. The red haired knight managed to kill it before it could do anything harm to them.
"Are you alright?!" Elsword asked them.
"Thanks El you saved us in time!" The man sighed in relief.
"Let's go! All civillians must evacuate to the temple immediately!"
"El bless you, young man!"
He nodded and led his family to the safety place.
- Shadoweaver -
- Savor -
- Fire Fox -
"Did you get them?" Ara asked as she took down the last demon in her sight.
"Yes, and the family is on their way to the temper." He nodded "We need to get to the temple to find Aren and Ara and help them. Those demons here are stronger than last time we encountered."
"Then let's go! We can't waste any minutes."
The three continued rushing through the chaos of the invasion and rescued the civillians on their way to the temple by chance.
Ara inspected the body of the fallen demon and found the trace of the abnormal demonic power left that made her feel uneasy when she touched it which dissapeared immediately. She couldn't clearly recognize this but it felt familiar.
"Elsword, their body infused with unknown energy. They become more aggressive and bloodshed." She told.
"That explains why they furiously attack us without hesitation." Eun narrowed her eyes "But still, those aura is more powerful than Scar's or any demons we knew. What could make them so strong?"
"We can answer it later!" Elsword hurriedly said after killing another demon "I believe Aren knows what is happening here."
"Right! He learnt a lot of history records of Fahrmann!" Ara clasped her fist with her palm in realization.
The three managed to reach the temple. They found the sacred place was protected by the Haan Guardians and other civillians who could fight to prevent demons from harming people.
"Elsword!" Aren was standing before the entrance with his katana on his right hand waving at Elsword "Good to see you ok!"
"Aren! What's going on?!" Elsword quickly asked him.
"The demons are taking over the village and now heading to the temple for the spirit of Nine-Tail." Aren told the situation.
'More like they are after the mask inside the underground chamber.' Eun thought amused.
Aren saw her face and cut her thought "I know what you are thinking, but I haven't finished yet."
That made her pout in disappointment and small laugh from Ara and Elsword.
"Our scout also found out another group of demons was spotted on the other side of the mountain and someone was fighting against them."
"Heh?"
That got the attention of the three.
"He had the dark cloak and a mask that uncovers his lower face. His left arm was seen as devil arm." Aren described.
"That's Him!"
Eun soon recognized the attacker who stole her father's mask before everything happened like this. She grabbed Aren and shook him while asking "Where's He?!"
"Calm down, Eun." Elsword pulled her back from the shocked Aren who was startled by her sudden fury.
Elsword tried his best to hold her back while whispering to calm her down.
"I'm sorry, nii-san." Ara apologized and bowed lightly "Eun just got attacked by him and had her mask so she was angry."
"That's one hell of a scary face." Aren accepted her apology and regained his calm, so as Eun.
"… Sorry, I got carried away."
'It's fine. And about his place, you can find him over there." Aren pointed the location of the man where the scout spottted him.
"Got it, we are moving now-"
Just as Eun was about to rush, Ara(young) appeared in a hurry.
"Nii-san! Those demons… are attacking…" she panted rapidly while reporting him.
"What?! Damn It! The defense is getting thinner! We have to hold them back until the Empire sends reinforcement!"
Hearing this, Elsword spoke up "Then let us help!"
"Elsword-"
"Eun, we can find him later. Right now, we have to ensure that the temple is safe. We can't let it destroyed or the history will be changed!" Elsword tried to persuade the fox girl.
"… Gr… Fine! But they have to make it fast or I will go ahead without you!"
Seems like she accepted his request for now.
"In that case, I will join too." Aren smirked and gripped his katana "This is my responsibity, as the Guardian of the Nine-Tail Sprit."
"Don't count us out!" Both Ara screamed.
"Alright guys! Let's show them who they mess up!"
"This gonna hurt you… A Lot!"
- Windmill -
- Armor Break -
- Imperial Crush -
- Spiral Blast -
Elsword spun his blade around him, creating strong tornado which pulled all demons inside. He took this chance to break their hard skin to make them vulnerable before taking them down with multiple slashes. He spotted another wave of demons charging at him and quickly touched the tip of the sword on the ground and made a wave of energy toward them, thus, pushing them to Ara.
"Behold the art of the Haan!"
- Double Shadoweavers -
- Wind Wedge -
- Tempest Dance -
- Pulling Thrust -
- Steel Body -
Both dark haired girls threw their spear around them to draw demons inside the spinning spears which were causing physical hits. As Aras caught their spear at the same time demons are near them, they made the Tempest Dance using their legs to kick them with the hilt of the spears before cutting them down with the blade of the weapons. They wasted no time and stabbed the charging demons, crashing their shoulder on them which was sent far away.
"I will show you the art of the Exorcism!"
"I got your cover, Eun!"
Ara had more stamina than her younger self so she rushed to Eun's side.
- Exotic Form -
Eun changed her form into the spirit and possessed Ara whose body changed physically, her hair turned white while both fluffy ears popped up. Her cheeks had red marks on both side and her eyes became blood-red with golden slits.
"Don't underestimate me, filthy demons!"
- Spell: Necromancy -
- Spell: Thunder -
Ara(Eun) called for the bless of the Nine-Tail and gathered her spirit. She teleported near the horde of demons and struck on them, drawing multiple lightning strike from above and hits all of them.
"I'm not done with you yet!"
- Secret Art: Paradise of Hundred Souls -
A large fox arm raising wiped around them as she threw the spear again to pull them back before she coated herself in the shadow. Then she showed herself from above and slammed down her palm to call out the enraged souls which were eating the demons away into nothingness.
"Hn… I will not fall here."
Aren stepped up and face the remain of demons. He thought they would run away, but they just charged at him without fear even after the fiery battle.
"Guess I have no choice."
- Overdrive -
- Mirage Strike -
- Flash of Lotus -
The katana slowly glowed bright golden as he chanted his art style. He swung his weapon which created multiple wind waves and cut them down. He held his katana in his battle pose before charging at the enraged one and stabbing its chest, piercing through the hard skin, granting a quick dead.
"This is the end."
He pulled his weapon out from the dead body and attempted to kill the remains in a blink of the eyes, not after he sheathed his katana back.
"Reinforcement Coming!"
The battle had been last for 30 minutes and it ended as soon as the army of the Northern Empire arrived. That was the music in their ears.
"Very good. Now, time to find him."
A/N: Trying to recollect the remains of the old data from my memory and make the story longer.
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