Disclaim: I Don't Own Elsword.
Main Character:
Elsword Sieghart Sourscream - Dark Knight
Lu Sieghart Sourscream - Chiliarch
Elsword Sieghart - Lord Knight
Ara Haan Sieghart - Asura
Eun Sieghart - Nine-Tail Fox
Aren Haan - Fahrmann's Frontline Commander
Ara Haan (Young) - Little Xia
(A/N: Hi ya, everyone. Sorry for late update. Having trouble with Drabaki and Lu's fighting style as I haven't seen this happened. Also, my school is gonna begin next week, meaning that gonna update the story slowly, but I will finish it.)
Chapter 9: The Warden of Darkness
After the Dark Knight gave brutal beats to Elsword, he left him to Ara Haan who was treating his injures to deal with something. The dark haired woman wrapped his left arm with bandage to keep the blood from bleeding as she cleaned dirt from his face, revealed to have a few scars. Ara inherited a part instinct of the fox from Eun so she was in fear of losing her mate after watching him getting beat up. She knew that tears are not allowed in the battlefield but she couldn't hold them back.
"He gonna be fine… he gonna be fine…." She murmured, trying to calm herself down and wiped her tears.
"Ara…"
Eun, who was recovered from the exhausted strength caused by Elsword(DK), patted her shoulder. Ara turned around to see the silver haired woman standing, holding the fox mask which completely lost its power and became nothing but a normal one.
"He's fine. Elsword won't leave us easily." Eun comforted.
Both Ara and Eun knew him more than others that even he fights the battle that seems like a suicide alone, he always survives, barely. He is the reckless knight that likes facing danger and rescues the civilian who are in need of help.
"I know, but I can't stand this…" Ara sobbed. She looked back at Elsword and waited for him to wake up from the unconsciousness.
"Ara, I understand how you feel, but right now we need to go back to the Fahrmann." Eun spoke "We have to tell Aren that he has called Drabaki from its eternal sleep and is going to destroy the Fahrmann. If it reachs out the Elrios, worst thing will change to our timeline as well."
Ara wiped the last tears in her eyes then nodded. Eun transformed herself back to the Nine-Tail Fox form and told Ara to bring Elsword on her back. They both ran fast as soon as they heard the thunderous scream below the valley that reached the Northern Empire. The fear grew inside them when they sensed a huge aura of darkness emitting from below.
To Ara, when the wave of darkness hit her, something that triggered her memory, like she had experienced this before.
Another roar screamed all over the region and this time, they heard a faint screams of the Darkn Knight who was engaging the battle against Drabaki. Eun was thinking he was crazy. Drabaki has the power that can sweep the village with just a blast without effort. According to her memory, Drabaki was the beast that's responsible for nearly killing her race and the extinction of humanity as well as the life of both her grandfather and father. A merely human-demon alone can't kill it, thus making it a suicide.
They arrived in the Fahrmann and reached the shrine where it was heavily guarded by the Empire's soldiers since the Lord didn't want other Families to take the current Nine-Tail away from the Haan. Eun was forced to transform back to her human form and held Elsword's right arm on her shoulder while Ara did the same with his other arm.
"Ara Nee-chan! Eun Nee-chan!" Ara(young) called their name but then her eyes widened when she saw Elsword was badly wounded.
"What happened?!" Aren rushed toward the trio, asking.
"The Dark Knight defeated us and now he's engaging Drabaki right below the valley." Eun informed in a hurry.
"What?! Drabaki?!" Aren yelled in shock and horror "This is bad, really bad. First, bring him inside the shrine now."
Another roar screamed all over the skies. The team looked where the roar came and witnessed the appearance of the beast, Warden of Darkness, Drabaki.
"Drabaki!"
The scream of the Fallen Knight yelled out in anger when his eyes laid on the beast.
A giant dark creature, with dark purple eyes glowing flame. It had two pairs of claws, two large ones near the head. The skin is dark purple with multiple cracks around which emits the leaked power. The jaw seems to be holding something that looks like an shining orb.
The beast known as Drabaki acknowledged his existence and roared as it swung its large claw forward, ready to tear him off. Elsword raised his blades and collided the side of its claw to force his body away from the claw strike, causing loud noise from the collision. He stomped his feet it to avoid another claw coming to him as he kept falling deeper and used his weapon to slash its body as much as he could. However, the skin is very tough.
"Damn It!"
He stabbed his Luna Blade in the crack and gripped the sword tightly to pull himself out of the valley along with Drabaki.
"Glave! Do you hear me?!" Elsword(DK) called, not sure if he heard his voice, to which he did.
"Loud and clear, kid."
"Just what the hell is this thing made of?! My blade can't break through it!" He told.
"Your sword alone can't help you beat Drabaki. You need something that is brutal and forceful to break the shell first to reveal its flesh before killing it." Glave explained.
"Great… just what I need, you old man." He groaned. Elsword(DK) then saw the view of the night, meaning that he escaped the alley along with Drabaki. He released the Lunar Blade which was shattered immediately when Drabaki slammed its body on the ground and crawled around him.
"Heh, come and get me you centipede!" He put his sword on his back. The sword then glowed dark red before it shattered itself into pieces and transformed into the seal. His right arm then was consumed by the dark aura and revealed to be the devil arm that was the same as his left arm.
Elsword(DK) dodged the incoming strike as Drabaki used its tail to slam on him, which missed.
- Storm -
- Hunting Prey -
He dashed forward to a part of Drabaki's body part and started punching its hard skin. He tried every of his skills he learned from Lu to make a dent on it. He growled in frustrating that he could not cause a scratch on it.
"There has to be a weak point!"
He quickly stepped back, avoiding the blast Drabaki caused on him and searching another part by punching.
"?!"
He found one part of the body had abnormal sound when he punched on it, different from others. He muttered that could be it and gripped his fists to strengthen his physical attack.
- Dead Hand -
- Hunting Prey -
- Storm -
- Imperial Crush -
- Sonic Wave -
- Double Slash -
Dark Knight gathered his demonic power along with the Nine-Tail spirit he got from the previous battle against Eun and punched it rapidly. He heard the beast roar in anger, meaning he hit the right point and kept attacking until the armor layer is broken. Elsword spun around as he heard the the roar become louder and found its head charging at him. He cursed and jumped upward using air step to avoid the impact and stormed on its head, a direct hit. He learned that the head was barely well-protected.
He quickly summoned his sword and did all his best to slash it using all skills. He felt the beast roaring in pain and suddenly got thrown up as it swung its head upward and gathered every pieces of energy. Elsword(DK) landed on the ground and summoned Luna Blade to defend himself. Drabaki blasted dark plasma on Elsword. He tried his best to withstand, hí sword vibrating so hard as they had to block the unimaginable power from the beast which brought the destruction to the Elrios.
The power is more powerful than he expected and had no choice but to dodge it. He jumped to his left to avoid the flame emitted from the blast and distinguished the trail of flame on his coat. He watched his Luna Blade got broken due to the overpower of the blast and shattered.
"Heh, not enough, eh?" Elsword smirked "Let's try this."
- Piercing Sword -
Elsword(DK) enchanted his sword with demon power to sharpen the edge and threw it at the body of the beast. At the same time, Drabaki shot multiple meteors above the dark sky, which was striking on the Dark Knight. He dodged the incoming impacts while running through the rain of meteors, after the sword. Once the sword was near Drabaki.
- Ruinous Impact -
He gripped his right demon arm and aimed for the handle of the sword before dealing a heavy punch on it. The sword hit on the skin very hard that the armor layer was broken and stabbed through by his sword, spilling its blood. The sword stabbing through Drabaki until it hit the boulder. Drabaki roared out in pain.
"Gotcha!" He smirked. Elsword(DK) took his chance to run and jump over Drabaki to get his sword back, thus, getting inside and continued what he left.
- Faahrmann -
"What The Hell Is That?!" The guard yelled in shock and horror as they witnessed the beast accending from the valley and rampaging the area away from Fahrmann.
"It's Drabaki, The Warden of Darkness." Aren muttered "I never thought I would live this day to see it with my own eyes." He turned around and ordered "Have all the civilians evacuated yet?"
"Yes sir! They are secured!"
"Good, the call the Empire that we need more back up." Aren told "We can't let the beast loose!"
After the messenger left to report to the Empire. Aren stared at the beast which was breathing out what looked like flame on the forest before turning around and entering the shrine. Inside were the girls and Ara who was treating Elsword's injures from the previous battle against Dark Knight. He got several cuts on his chest and arms which were cured and bandaged. Aren could tell that his serious injures could make him unable to continue his work as a knight.
"How's his condition?"
"This is bad…" Eun growled "He's in bad condition. I can't tell when he will wake up. Even with my healing power, I doubt his injures will be recovered fast."
Aren clicked his tongue while staring at both Ara(young) and Eun taking care of him. He turned his eyes on the other Ara who was kneeling before the shrine of Nine-Tail, praying.
"Sir! The demons are forcing in!"
Aren narrowed his eyes in annoyed.
"Keep defending this place until reinforcement arrive!" Aren ordered.
Eun stood up, getting Aren's attention, and said "Then I will join too."
"You should stay here and cure Elsword." Aren recommended, which Eun refused.
"No, there's nothing I can do to help him more. Beside, I need to protect this place." Eun said.
"I see." Aren nodded and saw Ara standing up, wiping the last tears on her eyes and gripped his spear "Then let's go. Ara, you stay here."
"I got it, nii-san." Ara(young) nodded "Be careful out there."
The young girl watched as they left the shrine to join the battle outside. She stared at the face of the sleeping knight, wondering who made him like this. Her then laid on the mask near him. She curiously picked it up and inspected it.
"It's just a normal mask." She murmured and placed the mask on Elsword's hand.
The moment she did, she felt his hand twitching a little at the same time the mask glowed a faint light.
"Damn It!"
Dark Knight growled in frustration. He was being cornered as watching Drabaki staring at him as the orb of darkness glowing brightly, ready to strike in any moment. He caused many damage on the beast and even shattered its armor, but he only made it more angry instead of weaker. He was almost worn out.
"I guess, I still have need more to learn."
He raised his blade on, entering his defense for final moment.
Drabaki roared and charged its head at him. It could have dealt a fatal blow on him if it wasn't for another presence showed up.
- Storm -
- Ruinous Impact -
Elsword(DK)'s eyes widened upon hearing the familiar voice. He saw Drabaki losing its balance and slammed its head on the cliff. Before he could react, he felt someone pulling him to another place far away from the beast. He was thrown near the tree and got pinned down.
"What the hell-"
"You Dummy!"
*slap*
Dark Knight never ask his question as he felt his cheek got slapped very hard. He looked up and saw the face of his wife looking at him with anger and teary.
"Lu-"
*slap*
He couldn't call her name as he was being slapped.
"Just How Dummy You Are To Face That Beast By Yourself?! Why Do You Like Facing Danger All By Yourself?! Do You Like Dying?!" She screamed and slapped him with her human hand.
"Look, I want to save our world. I have to do this-"
*slap*
"Shut Up! Dummy! Blockheaded! Idiot! Reckless Idiot! Stop Being Dummy! I Don't Want You To Go All Alone!"
Elsword(DK) made no resistance and let her slap him until she stopped and buried her face in his chest, sobbing.
"Please don't abandon me again… Please… I don't know what to do… without you…"
Elsword(DK) didn't say a word and only patted her head to calm her down. He still remembered when Lu lost her butler, Ciel. She was broken because Ciel was almost like a big brother to her and the only one who knew her beside him. She had lost her precious friends to the hand of those murderers and almost got her life. Most of all, she was in fear of losing him. Yet, he still recklessly went on the risky challenge that made her worry.
"I'm sorry, Lu. I didn't know it makes you scared." Elsword(DK) apologized.
"*sob*… dummy… Please don't make me worry again."
Elsword(DK) looked at Lu who stared at his eyes. Those tears rolling from her starred eyes made Elsword heart-broken.
"I promised…"
"You better keep your words, dummy."
Lu clasped her lips with his for a quick kiss, missing him so much.
"I would love to stay and have a chat with you, but I'm afraid we have another problem at hand." Elsword reminded her.
"Right, Drabaki."
"But aren't you with Glave by now?" Elsword(DK) asked her in curiosity.
"I told her." Speaking of the devil, Glave spoke up.
"Glave?!"
"I managed to recover part of her power and she's able to join in the game but she hasn't fully recovered yet so make sure she doesn't do something overwork." Glave told.
"Hm! I know what I'm doing!" Lu replied in annoyed.
"Right…"
Their communicatoin went off.
"Come on, let's go. The beast won't kill itself if we are staying here." Elsword(DK) told.
"But what are we gonna do? Any plan?" Lu asked.
Elsword(DK) pondered "Hmm, I think there is another source of Nine-Tail power, a raw one, in Fahrmann. If we go there and absorb it, we will have chance to kill Drabaki."
"And you gonna fight it by yourself again?" She asked, staring at him in suspicious.
"What?! No! You think I can face it alone?" He chuckled nervously.
"Then I'm with you." Lu smiled "Make sure you don't do anything recklessly."
"Right… say the one who was attacking Drabaki without knowing her limit." Elsword(DK) smirked.
"Mou! You Gonna Go Or What?!" Lu was embarassed and quickly asked him.
"Let's go!"
Both of them ran as fast as they could to the Fahrmann. However, Drabaki also sensed the raw power of Nine-Tail and crawled all way to Fahrmann, where the battle shall begin again.