The Little Girl and The Continent
Chapter 20
He didn't move. Something wasn't right at all. Vokun watched as he had lowered the the trident, but had not impacted his skull. A glare forms on his face as he lets Spertias take control of his body once again. He looks to the swirling storm above him. Something was flying in the shadows, and coming in close. A smirk slowly formed as he aims the trident at the shadow. The shadow suddenly moved, but Spertias had another plan. He tapped his trident on the floor of the platform. The shadow was thrown towards it as he took control of the rain, sending them crashing down. Multiple figures landed beside him as a beast he recognized as one of the creatures living here skid towards the wall, getting its beak stuck in the wall of the light citadel.
He recognized one of the figures.
"Trousk, my friend, what have you be-" Spertias yelled in pain as he felt something penetrate his chest. His eyes fell upon Trousk, who had swiftly got up and stabbed him with a sword made out of a strange crystal. Vokun's crystal to be exact. Where did he get such a thing?! Vokun stared in anger after realizing what happened.
"Where did you get that, human!" Vokun demanded. Trousk didn't answer with words, but motioned his head towards Eumaeus.
"Once again, I will explain later," the Greek told him. Vokun shakily stood up. Trousk pushed the sword deeper into Spertias, causing another pained scream to emerge from the monster's throat.
"Hold him...hold him there," Vokun growled. Blue flames started to build up in the dragon's mouth as Trousk finally looked up at the man, no, monster, that killed his family.
"I told you...you'd die for that." Spertias coughed a bit of an unknown black material, presumably blood, before he started fiddling around with his trident. No one had realized it was still in his hand. A smile formed on the monster's face as Hahvulon suddenly took over.
"You're funny. You think something like this could stop me?" Trousk glared at him before Spertias took control of his body again, thrusting his trident at Trousk's face. It somewhat missed, but one of the prongs managed to lodge itself into the general's left eye. He roared in pain as he stepped back, holding his destroyed eye and, unknowingly, pulled the crystal sword out from Spertias. The wound he had instantly healed as he grabbed Trousk's head and threw him at Eumaeus. Vokun shot his blast prematurely to compensate. The blast was small, so small in fact that Spertias dodged it rather easily. He flew at Vokun and kicked him on the lower jaw. Vokun let out a bellow before he fell on his back, roaring in pain because of his wings impacting the floor. He quickly rolled over to his side as Spertias was about to slice him cleanly with claws created from the same light that formed the citadel.
That was before a large hand made of rainwater appeared out of nowhere, grabbing Spertias and flinging him into the side of the citadel. He crashed through the wall, but used his wings to stop him. He landed on the floor. The only logical answer for the one that did that was Val, as she was the only one other than him with the ability to do that. Annoyed, he tapped his trident against the ground, causing light to encase Val.
"I'll deal with you later, sorceress," Spertias told her. He flew out of the hole in the wall, smacking into Trousk and sending them both off the platform. Trousk repeatedly punched Spertias in the face before he let him go. Lightning continued to strike as he fell.
"Dareluid!" Trousk spouted. He wasn't going to die like this. His mind suddenly had an idea. He remembered when he was a teenager. He was an animal expert by then, and was always mesmerized when he watched birds such atfurem and haus took into the sky, and then observing creatures such as iseotor gliding from tree to tree. He looked down to see that he had similar feathers to that iseotor from his younger days. While he figured he couldn't fly without proper wings, he tried to take his chances. He spread his body out like the creature. If they can do it, then surely he could?
And, just like that, his falling speed slowed down. He was shocked at this revelation as he slowly made his descent towards the ground.
Meanwhile, Spertias emerged from below the platform. Shadows enveloped his face before sinking into his eyes. He fired a blast of shadow similar to Vokun's eye blast. Eumaeus and Vokun flung themselves into the citadel to escape the blast as it causes the platform to explode. Spertias grinned before flying back inside, slamming his fist into Eumaeus's face before launching a wave of shadow at Vokun, who created a wall of crystal to stop it. That moment was when he realized who he was fighting.
"What...Eumaeus! How dare you betray your ally!" Spertias roared. Eumaeus got up and wiped blood from his mouth.
"I never trusted you for a second! And now I have a reason to hate you! By making a deal with that beast, you made yourself clear to all of us that you were working for the Underworld!" The Greek general retorted. Spertias yelled as he grabbed Eumaeus by the neck and forced him to the floor. His shadow eye blast was charging back up again. Eumaeus had to work quick. He looked to see Vokun peeking out from behind his crystal wall. He grunted before holding his hand towards said wall. His chest began to glow as a chunk of the crystal wall detached and flew towards him. Vokun watched in awe as a helmet, sword, and shield formed from the crystal. The helmet inserted itself onto his head just in time for Spertias's blast to fire at him.
Nothing happened. Spertias looked on in shock as the Greek general's Spartan-like helmet blocked the shadow blast. At that moment, the crystal sword suddenly transformed into a pair of crystal knuckles, which he used to punch Spertias off of him. The monster held his neck in pain as Eumaeus grabbed his leg spun him around. He then got close and punched Spertias square in the face, sending the monster crashing into the floor. It wasn't enough the crack the floor, but it did crack the monster's nose. It quickly healed as he shot his trident towards the general's face. The knuckles formed back into a sword. The sword and trident locked together as the two Greeks glared at each other. Sparks flew as Eumaeus peered towards the pteranodon.
"ξυράφι! Πηγαίνω!" The pteranodon shook its head free of the wall and flew down the citadel, following his master's orders. Eumaeus looked back, only to receive a punch from Spertias. The claws of light he had on earlier emerged, and he brought them down. Eumaeus blocked them and kicked Spertias's legs from under him. The general looked at the crystal shield, which he had not bothered to put on. He quickly went and grabbed it. Now he was prepared.
"So that's where he got the crystal sword," Vokun said. Eumaeus looked at Vokun for a moment before realizing Spertias got back up and fired a cloud of ash from his mouth. Vokun and Eumaeus covered their eyes. A pair of what look to be goggles formed on Eumaeus's face, which helped him block out the ash. Vokun's third eyelid provided similar protection. Vokun got out from behind the wall and observed the now dark room. It was hard to see with how much ash and smoke was in the air. Not realizing what Spertias had planned, he appeared out of the smoke, smashing his hand against Eumaeus's chest, which sent him flying across the room and lose his helmet. Vokun roared in shock. While he was the general of the dragons, he wasn't made to have night vision. This fact ultimately lead to him being thrown across the room as well after Spertias picked up his tail and flung him over there.
That was when they realized something. The crystal wall and shield Eumaeus was carrying was glowing in the darkness. This gave Vokun an idea. He charged up a blast and spewed blue flames all across the room. These flames turned into a crystal layer that covered the whole room in the light they needed to see. However, Spertias wasn't there. Vokun growled in annoyance before he felt the citadel begin to shake. Vokun barked before noticing some of the non-crystallized areas beginning to crack. He realized what was happening.
The monster was destroying the citadel in hopes of burying them in it.
"Δράκων, lets go," Eumaeus said. He clambered onto Vokun's back before allowing the dragon to take off. That was when he realized something. He forgot the girl. He quickly ordered Vokun to turn around. Though he didn't like being ordered around, he did so. He dropped Eumaeus off as he grabbed a block of light. Vokun was confused about this, but let the general hop back on. They didn't realize there was more to the citadel than they realized when a huge spire toppled and crashed right on top of them. Vokun roared in pain as the weight of the spire prevented him from flight. He began to fall, taking Eumaeus and the light block with him.
Talura watched the whole structure collapse before her eyes. Trousk went in there. Val went in there. The dragon general went in there. Some of the greatest warriors she had ever met just...lost their lives to the citadel's crumbling foundation.
"No...no..." she fell to her knees, her hands drenched in the blood of her fallen friend. She clenched them into fists, trying to keep herself from having a mental breakdown. She felt a soft hand rest upon her shoulder. She looked up to see Ubtia, now free of the rocky trap she was stuck in because of that monster. Godzilla and Kaila were also free, presumably because of the goddess. The two kaiju approached the ruins of the light citadel, which was vanishing into a flurry of sparks. They tried to search for her little girl, but to no avail.
"Oh, the giant lizards lost their only source of nourishment. Isn't that a shame." The two mutants looked into the sky to see the monster that supposedly killed their friend.
Spertias and Hahvulon, despite being in the same body, felt different levels of satisfaction. After all these years, his bitter rival, Trousk, was dead for good. Hahvulon's arch-nemesis, Vokun, was gone from his life forever. They felt more ecstatic in this moment than any time in both their lifetimes. Godzilla and Kaila roared at Spertias, who only chuckled as he launched his trident towards the ground. When it struck, the earth began to shake. Godzilla and Kaila watched as the ground began to rise and reform. Spertias flew down and unhinged his trident from the formation, which took a turn for worse, as a face was carved from the storm. Its eyes began to glow a blue color as the giant stone golem moved for the first time. A rocky club emerged from the ground, and glued itself to the golem's hand.
Spertias would've took them on himself, but he wanted to take pride in his ultimate victory. He lifted off the golem's head and ordered it to attack the two mutants. It obliged its master's orders and slowly approached. Godzilla and Kaila quickly went behind the golem and ran to another part of the cracked battlefield in hopes of luring the giant golem away in case Val was still in the fading rubble. Spertias noticed the odd behavior, but didn't mind it one bit.
"MONSTER!" He quickly turned, grabbing the hand of his attacker before it could land. It turns out to be Talura. How in the world did she get up here. She looked down to see Ubtia. The fake goddess must've flung her up here.
"You have much to learn, mortal," Spertias told her before grabbing her neck. He then flew downwards at break-neck speeds. Talura tried to struggle, but the strength Spertias was putting out and the speed at which they were essentially free-falling made any progress ultimately useless. Before they could touch the ground, Spertias was launched away from Talura. Ubtia quickly made a platform from the water that has been collecting around the battlefield to catch the girl before her innards exploded from the force of the impact.
Spertias finally got control once again. He looked down towards the source of the magical force, only to see Ubtia. He was somewhat displeased that it wasn't the sorceress girl from earlier, but he was alright with what he had now.
"A god against a god. It's been a while since I heard tales of two gods fighting to the death," Spertias said after landing on the ground. Ubtia glared at the monster.
"You burned down my home. MY HOME, and the home of MY SUBJECTS! I've lost all my patience," Ubtia roared. It was something she never expected to say with such ferocity, but even she would be enraged by the prospect of her home and the things she watched over for hundreds of years turn into ash. Spertias wondered how she knew of the event, but chalked it up to her being a false god.
"You'll make a fine wife, you know that right, false god," the Greek joked. Ubtia grew even more enraged. Her face was going red from all the heat the rage filling up inside her was giving. Spertias chuckled, thinking she was blushing.
"JUST DIE ALREADY, MONSTER!" Before long, the ground where Spertias stood shot into the air. Spertias smile grew even larger. She liked this false god already. He stabbed his trident into the rock and used his strength to fling it at her. She had no time to prepare, and was sent hurdling into the rubble of the light citadel. She shook her head as dust from the rubble fell from the sky like a light flurry. The next thing she knew, Spertias was speeding at her at a speed she was not expecting. He was WAY faster than the first elemental dragons Obsidorah once watched over, which she had forgotten the name of. She took off into the air as he slammed his fist into a giant chunk of rubble, which was thrown into the distance. He was about to follow her, but stood there in shock by what he fount.
A crystal dome. The same crystal Vokun was made of and spewed almost constantly during his battles with Hahvulon. He was frustated by the fact that he and his followers could very well still be alive. And his thoughts were proven right, as the dome burst open, sending shards of crystal towards him. He had no time to react, and dozens of small shards embedded themselves into his dark skin. Spertias roared in a panic as the blue crystals caused him immeasurable amounts of pain. What was going on!? How was he hurting so much!?
The smoke finally cleared, and Vokun bursts forth, a fully charged blast of blue flame ready. The shards of crystal trapped in him wouldn't let him move. This was it. This was how he was going to die? Being struck by dozens of shards of a strange crystal and then being turned into ash by a dragon? It wasn't what he expected for sure.
His mind went dark as Vokun unleashed a torrent of flames upon his body, entombing him in a thick tomb of the same crystals he was struck with.
Ah...I think this could've gone better, but I'll let you decide if its good or not. I hope you enjoyed nonetheless. The next chapter will be the last for the story. It is time to see this ancient but strange story go.
This is Sporedude135, signing off...