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Another chapter! No recaps for you since... I know, you hunger for more. And... are too lazy to scroll... Anyways... Here's chapter 10!
Judgement Day: Part 2: He Who Purifies
"Crash!" Gildarts shouted as he opened his palm. The swords of the demons and every non-living thing in the vicinity shattered. With that being said, the demons are now left naked, both figuratively and literally.
"So... come on. Fight me hand to hand!" The S-Class mage said as he motioned them to attack him. They did not hesitate, and started towards him. Punches, kicks and spells flew about, all of them missing Gildarts. However, every punch the mage threw landed home, and did a lot of knockback and damage. He kept this up for three minutes before finally ending it with another crash magic attack. "That was way too boring..." He thought aloud. Then he glanced over his shoulder to see if Mystogan is doing alright. Thankfully he is, and he is beating the crap out of the demons with his staves.
Something flew overhead all of a sudden.
"Fools!" A voice roared. "What is taking you so long to slaughter these insects!? Do I have to take care of them myself!?" It shouted. The demons tried to find the source of the voice with fear in their eyes as they knew full well who it was. Then a lightning struck the ground a few meters in front of Gildarts. The demons jumping out of their skin in fear and surprise.
"I am Laxus of the Nathrezim! The heavens obey to my command! DIE!" He shouted. Then all of a sudden, a lightning struck at Gildarts, hitting him directly.
The lightning barely scratched him. His cape however, is a different story. It was torn into in some parts, with an eighth of it torn off completely.
"Is that all you got? Come on... I would expect more from one of said demons. Specially the Nathrezim. It seems no one here even holds up a candle against me." Gildarts said as he smirked.
"Your arrogance will be the death of you human dog!" Laxus said. He turned his body into lightning and almost instantly, got into melee range of Gildarts. He unleashed a barrage of lightning-fast punches. But all are blocked and parried. When the mage got the opening he needed, he did a palm strike to the chest, which sent the dreadlord flying and crashing to the ground.
"Just as I thought."
"I'm not done fool!" The dreadlord shouted in anger, and threw a lightning bolt at Gildarts. Against all odds he avoided it. And another, and another.
"Show me your power. I can sense that you are holding back. Come on. Don't be shy..." He said as he grinned.
"You will regret this in hell..." The demon replied. His body got completely engulfed in lightning. With bolts striking everywhere near him.
"Mystogan, put up a barrier that'll keep the army safe and everything else around here. Things are about to get really messy." Gildarts ordered. The other mage nodded and started to put up a defensive barrier just as instructed.
"Lightning Dragon's Breakdown Fist!"
It almost caught Gildarts off guard, but he still blocked it.
"Lightning Dragon's Heavenward Halbeard!" Laxus shouted. The Crasher Mage however, jumped out of the way. And it simply exploded on the ground. All of a sudden, Laxus is right in front of Gildarts...
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Roaring Thunder!" He roared. He strikes Gildarts with a lightning imbued fist, a huge amount of lightning was released as the attack was blocked. But, with it being blocked, Gildarts was blown back five meters away.
The mage suddenly laughed and said. "You aren't playing around now. That's what i'm talking about..." He said to the dreadlord. "Now, I was just warming up. I think its time to get serious..." He said. His body glowed in the same fashion when he destroyed the demon base. "Game on baby." He murmured. Laxus simply went into battle position. However, nothing could have prepared him for what's coming. Gildarts suddenly appeared in front of him, and sent a Crash Magic imbued fist to the face, making him fly to the army of demons who are completely petrified with all the power being released. The Lightning Dragon Slayer quickly went into his lightning body and flew towards the Crasher, did a drop kick to him, much to the Slayer's surprise, Gildarts grabbed his foot in a firm hold, and threw him down on the ground, face first, before picking him up again and throwing him to a huge boulder.
"Gaagh!" The dreadlord shouted as he coughed out blood. He looked up to see Gildarts glaring down on him.
"It's time to put you out of your misery I guess." He thought aloud. The dreadlord's eyes widened instantaneously.
"No! Please I-"
Crrk!
The boulder shattered to hundreds of pieces. The dreadlord appeared unharmed though.
"Bring him to the main base. Interrogate him." Gildarts said in a serious tone. The dreadlord breathed a sigh of relief as he calmed himself down, but fear is still evident in his eyes. Then, he was dragged away, back to the main base to be interrogated.
"That was overkill." Mystogan said as he stood by The Crasher's side.
"Did I overdo it again?" The other said sheepishly.
Mystogan just shrugged. "I'll round up the troops, most of them have their jaws on the ground."
Gildarts nodded. 'I wonder how he keeps his voice devoid of emotion. Hell, I don't even know if he's joking sometimes.'
Whoosh!
Gildarts looked up in the sky, suddenly alert. 'I sense great power.' Then something dark slammed down on the ground near the army they were leading. Causing a shockwave and knocking the army and Mystogan flat on their backs.
"What the-"
Whack!
Mystogan suddenly flew into the woods.
At this point, The Crasher Mage finally got tired of looking for his opponent. "Show yourself!" He demanded.
"Hahahahaha! Very well!" A voice that sounded like it ate rocks for everything said. Something then crashed to the ground, and a man stood in the middle. The same man who killed Medivh.
Gildarts eyed him up and down,"Who are you!?"
"Tell you what... i'll tell you who I am, that is if you defeat me." The man said, his voice seething with malicious intent.
"You are up for the challenge..." Gildarts said seriously. His body glowed... that simple projection of power is enough to make other lesser demons fall to their knees. His opponent simply grinned, and just stood there. The mage raised his eyebrow, but didn't bother saying anything and charged at him. Sargeras' grin grew wider. The Crasher threw in a punch, imbued with pure crash magic. But was surprisingly blocked rather effortlessly by the demon. Then he threw another with his left, the demon raising his hand to block it, but was shocked when the magic left the mage's hand, and down on the ground right below them.
An explosion sounded as the mage's magic destroyed everything in the blast radius, but both of them are unscathed.
"Impressive for a human." The demon said. "But i'm afraid that's not enough."It added as he kicked the mage. The man blocked the attack, but was blown back ten feet away by the force. It caused dust to kick up around Gildarts, blinding him. Until, he made it swirl and disappear. But the demon is nowhere to be found. He was suddenly hit by a drop kick from behind, making him stagger, but he quickly recovered, and shattered the shadow blast that was heading his way.
"Very well." The Gildarts Clive suddenly said in a frightening voice. He disappeared, and the next thing Sargeras knew is that he is hit square in the jaw, and another to the chest, and to the face, making him crash down on the ground. But the mage is far from finished, he made everything fifty feet away from where the demon crashed explode, when suddenly ten layered magic circle formed around where the demon crashed, surrounding the crash site around thirty feet.
"Ten Layered Magic Circle: Rhythym!"
A thin green beam hit the ground in the middle of all then circles. And then exploding.
"Let's finish this Gildarts!"
"You're on Mystogan!"
"Twenty Layered Magic Circle: Symphony of Destruction!"
Twenty magic circles, formed around where Sargeras stood, and the dust cleared suddenly. The demon found that he couldn't move, and looked to find the two mages muttering incantations. "What are you two doing!?"
The demon's body began to glow... brighter and brighter, until it was too bright to see without going blind. And the magic circles grew in size, and began to distance themselves from their target. Suddenly, Sargeras flew up in the sky, and twenty beams of concentrated magic blasted the demon... for full thirty seconds. Birds and other creatures of the forest all started to go away from the bright light which lit up the entire continent, probably even the entire Azeroth.
Somewhere else...
'Just who are they?' He thought to himself. The man kept on observing the epic battle from a distance, he could see Sargeras shooting up the sky, and then twenty beams blasting the demon. Even though seemingly impossible, the sheer force and power of the attack began cracking the very space... The man's eyes widened... "Only one man could possibly do that!" He thought aloud. He gazed back at the cracking space, astonished.
Thrall could only watch in pure shock as he saw a bright light in a distance. The very space cracking didn't help that much as his jaw hung open. "That's exactly where Gildarts and Mystogan are!" He exclaimed. After thirty seconds, the crack right in the middle of the air was visible. And he saw something fall back down on the ground, smoking.
Gildarts and Mystogan smiled to themselves as they had successfully defeated the demon. As they approached however...
Whack!
Mystogan and Gildarts flew several hundred feet.
The army of combined orcs, humans and night elves all have an expression of pure terror, as the demon, Sargeras, appeared relatively unscathed.
"Fools! If you ever thought that was enough, then you are mistaken!" Sargeras growled as he glared at the two mages.
"Perhaps." Said a mysterious voice.
A loud crash sounded, and another.
Sargeras flew several hundred feet, destroying trees as he crashed on them.
"Everyone, retreat. This man is not someone you would like to go toe to toe with." The recently arrived man said as he adapted a fighting pose. Gildarts simply looked in complete shock. "No questions asked. GO!"
Mystogan pulled The Crasher back as the man continued to stare at the man.
'It can't be him... that's impossible.' He thought to himself. 'I saw him... die with my own eyes.'
"Gildarts! Snap out of it!"
"Whoah! What? What the hell's going on?" He thought as he looked around. He was completely distracted by his train of thought that he didn't even notice that he was being pulled back by his partner. "Let go of me man! I can walk!" He shouted. The other mage did as he was asked. The Crasher brushed the dust off his clothes, and started to run beside Mystogan...
Back at the battle against Sargeras...
"How dare you!" Sargeras roared as he threw a punch at the man. The man parried it, and countered with a palm strike to the chest, making the demon stagger back. He didn't stop there, he fired off a beam of pure energy, blasting the demonlord away, and making him howl in pain and fury.
"You have caused too much devastation to others. And for that you cannot be forgiven. Now you shall be punished in the name of Aman'Thul the High Father!" He shouted. "I am Gouken the Purifier! Servant of the Pantheon. Right hand of Aggramar the Avenger! And I will be the one... who will purify the very soul that made it his objective to destroy... everything that the Titans made!"
"Fool... why can't the members of Pantheon face me themselves?" The Lord of the Burning Legion asked as he laughed. "My guess is they fear me. They fear my Legion!" He roared as he flew in great speeds towards Gouken. The latter flew towards him, determined to intercept him and take him down. The two clashed against each other, like light against darkness, good against evil. Sargeras' body was engulfed in pure black flames, and Gouken's glowed a pure white hue, and like fireworks in the sky, they made quite a display as they clashed, at high speeds they glided through the air, high in the air they collided, then separated, then over and over again.
"This is going nowhere!" Gouken said as he stopped. Sargeras did the same, and they both stared at each other, in pure determination to take the other down. "Why don't you just give up?"
"Perhaps it is you who should give up." The Destroyer said with a malicious smile. "After all, what could a right hand of a pathetic guardian of the creations could do against The Destroyer of Worlds?"
"I could do just enough to eliminate you."
"You seem to be unsure."
"We'll see about that."
And so they proceeded, Gouken fired off a beam of light, and Sargeras fired off a beam of pure darkness. The Purifier managed to grab the demon lord off guard, and throw him down on the ground, but he recovered in mid fall, and flew back up and hit Gouken with an uppercut.
"Gah! Beam of the Oblivion!" The Destroyer of Worlds shouted. He opened his palm in the direction of his enemy, and fired off a beam that was colored black and a hint of green and violet. The titan barely had time to react as the beam hit him, and made him crash back down on the forests, with Sargeras following him closely. They both crashed on the ground, and continued to try to take each other out. Gouken's body suddenly looked liquified, but then solidified all of a sudden right at the Destroyer's back.
The demon was hit by a palm strike, and another, and another, before The Right Hand of the Avenger delivered a powerful uppercut that sent the demon flying up in the sky. But he was not done yet. Ducked down, flew at high speeds upward, and punched the demon to the stomach. A loud crunch and a bang was heard, much akin to a sonic boom, then an uppercut, and a final beam of holy light that sent the demon packing.
"Stop it Sargeras! Or i'll be forced to banish you..." Gouken said threateningly as his eyes narrowed. The demon was suddenly right in front of him- who delivered a flurry of punches, kicks, and just pure magic attacks at The Purifier. The latter managed to avoid and block all of the attacks, rather effortlessly. "Your attacks seem more sluggish!" He shouted as he delivered a double-palm strike to the stomach, sending the demon flying to a nearby tree, snapping it in half. The Dark Titan lay on the ground, breathing heavily. "I waited a long time for this." Gouken said in a cold voice. "You dishonored the Pantheon... and you will never be forgiven, therefor... I Gouken the Purifier, by my authority, executes you for the crimes you committed against all of the living."
But there was a smile on the Dark Titan's face. "Very well..."
The sound of blood splattering, bones cracking, and a howl of pain was heard.
And Gouken lay on the ground motionless, with blood on his chest, and Sargeras stood on his corpse, with blood on his hands.
A/N:
Alright! There's a chapter! Sorry for the long wait...
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and i'll see you once again on the next chapter, whenever that'll be. Sorry for the short chapter.
What will happen now that Gouken is dead? Sargeras still roams freely around Azeroth...
Will the titans finally intervene?
And... what the hell happened to Arthas?
You will find that out in the next chapter, which I think will be longer...
Merci d'avoir lu.