Title: "The Nazarick Grand Prix."
Disclaimer: Overlord is owned, written and created by Kugane Maruyama.
I do not own Overlord and this literature is only and purely, a fan fiction take on Overlord.
Chapter 21: Stakes for the New World Order.
After a few days worth of travel, Marquise Alex and the rest of the Draconic Kingdom delegation team finally reached their beloved capital. And since they didn't rush in getting back home, they were able to reserve their energies to attend the grand meeting set up by Queen Draudillon herself. It was near noon time when the surviving nobles and other military figures arrived, the palace was bustling with such hustle and a lot of activities. From the guards to the maids, all the way down to the servants and cleaners. Anyone that can see the number of carriages going in and out of the palace would definitely get the idea that something big is happening or about to happen, and it will affect them one way or another.
The guards that greeted and provided security to the delegates upon reaching the border, have formed a line to ensure that the trucks will be totally secured, as they make their way to the palace grounds. The people that saw the massive vehicles quietly rode onto the palace grounds were shocked and wondered what those huge things are.
Inside the throne room, Queen Draudillon had the royal messenger set up the "Movie package" and the other inventions and some of the foods and drinks for presentation in the meeting, as per Marquise Alex's instruction to her for this meeting. After the preparations for the meeting were done, the guards opened the wide double doors and let the nobles and other VIP's enter the throne room.
The room was filled with the richest and fanciest of the noble circles and the various military officers, scholars, and guild masters of the Adventurer's Guild and the Magician's Guild respectively. They were ushered to the seats reserved for them. Many of them have serious looks on their faces; some of them have smug faces for whatever reason. They greeted the little girl that walked into the room and sat on the throne, she greeted them back and then she scanned the room to see if all of the invited individuals actually attended. A few moments later, the large double doors opened again and Marquise Alex and the nation's delegation team entered the throne room. As they walked into the center of the throne room, they carry with them the items that they bought for themselves from their time in the Sorcerer Kingdom.
The items the delegates carried are obviously noticed by the nobles that were not present during the last meeting, the other nobles and military officials looked at the delegates with contempt. As they are aware of Marquise Alex's ideas of allying with other nations to get the aid they need to fend off and possibly reclaim the lands they've lost. To these men, they deem Marquise Alex's ideas to be that of a traitor and a coward. To them, no other should be able to save their own nation but their own people. But now, the meeting begins.
"Good day to you all Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Court. Today, we are here to hear the report from our national delegation team about what they've learned from the Sorcerer Kingdom. And more importantly, about the Sorcerer King's reply to our request for military aid. Now that they have returned, I think it's important to hear what they have to say. Marquise Alex, you may begin." Says Queen Draudillon.
"Thank you Queen Draudillon, for those who might not be aware. Roughly two weeks ago, the Sorcerer Kingdom sent an invitation to her majesty; inviting her to attend the new occasion that will be celebrated in that nation which happens to be ruled by a powerful undead magic caster. I'm sure everyone here knows that fact about their king? (The others nodded) Since her highness is too important to us, we simply cannot risk letting her go there; as we have no solid knowledge about how the newly founded nation would treat anyone that goes into their territory. However, since they have been reported to be reasonable. And that the Sorcerer King himself, went all the way to the Roble Holy Kingdom to fight AND actually defeat the demon Jaldabaoth. Therefore; saving many lives in the process." Marquise Alex said, as he began his report.
"Yeah, yeah let's cut the crap, shall we? Are they going to help us or not?!" Marquise Provoste Renda Greltez arrogantly cut in, earning glares from the delegates, the prime minister, and the queen herself.
"(Sigh) Very well. I'm sure some of you here have already been informed of the Sorcerer King's price for sending military aid, for those who haven't been informed. Can one of the scribes please read the Sorcerer King's letter to her majesty?" Marquise Alex asked one of the scribes to read the Sorcerer King's official response on the request for military aid, included in the said letter were the details about the location and total area of land, that the Sorcerer King wants to be given to him as compensation for sending military aid. The letter also mention of the Sorcerer Kingdom's intention of sending them relief goods in the form of foods, drinks, clothing, medicine and other necessities to help alleviate the living conditions of the people affected by the beastmen invasions.
"So that means that whether we get assistance from them would depend on her highness' answer then." Marquise Krufitz Arviestad Greltez, An old and retired military officer who happens to be a noble spoke. Coincidentally, he is a distant relative of the rude noble that spoke earlier.
"And that is why this meeting is very important. The decision lies on her majesty alone, but we, as members of the court must also be aware of such details hence; is the reason why you are all here now. And if you would kindly continue your report Marquise Alex." The Prime Minister intervened quickly to keep the meeting in proper focus. Understanding what the Prime Minister really did, Marquise Alex gave the Prime Minister a grateful nod and continued with his report.
"I would like to request everyone to please hold from asking their question until we finish our report, since many of those questions would be answered by the report itself. (All of them agreed) The Sorcerer Kingdom is indeed ruled by a powerful and undead magic caster and the city of E-Rantel are indeed guarded by thousands of the legendary Death Knights that patrol the streets and the walls of the city. As a result, of having powerful undead summons keeping the peace; the crime rate in E-Rantel have gone down to almost zero percent. According to their records, the only crimes that have occurred are from noise complaints from wives nagging their husbands out of jealousy or suspicions of adultery; the case happens vice-versa. Other than that are the ones mostly from drunks, but those are easily handled by the living guards. The living guards and soldiers of the Sorcerer Kingdom are made up of the different species living in that nation. It is all because of the Sorcerer King's grand vision of turning his nation into a 'Yu-to-pee-ya' (Utopia) an ancient language from another world long gone; it refers to the perfect place to live in." Marquise Alex explained. After he began his report, a few nobles erupted with rejection and ridicule of the report. Especially from the priests that serve as Ambassadors for the Slane theocracy.
"EVERYONE BE QUIET! " Queen Draudillon shouted as she was already fed up with the Slane Theocracy priests pressuring her before into converting their nation into the faith of the six gods for more military support. Among other nuisances. After hearing the child queen scream in anger, the throne room fell into silence. Then the queen gestured for the marquise to continue.
"I think it's best if you see the truth for yourselves. With your highness' permission, I would like to use the large screen and the music player to show everyone the contents of the documentary disc that the Sorcerer Kingdom gave to every delegation team that attended their invitation. These discs contain the documentation of the Pioneer's Holiday, about the Sorcerer Kingdom and the events that happened in that week-long occasion. I believe any question you might have would most likely be answered by watching this documentary record, if nothing else; it should be very entertaining. One way or another." Marquise Alex said as he operated the disc player, then inserted the first of seven discs.
After turning the flat screen monitor, the insignia of the Sorcerer Kingdom appeared on the screen. Upon turning on the disc player, then selecting to play the disc's entire content. The people in the throne room were amazed with what they are seeing right now, it's as if the wide glass contained some kind of magic.
The documentary began with a black screen showing a written warning and disclaimer of sorts that says:
Warning:
This Documentary and the very disc it is contained in, is a complete and an original production of The Great Tomb of Nazarick. This documentary video is created for educational purposes, as well as for keeping historical records. All contents included within the packaging of this product is protected by the Copyright laws of the Sorcerer Kingdom. Any unauthorized possession, unauthorized broadcasting or showing, unauthorized purchase, selling or replication or any misuse of this disc is punishable by law.
The nobles, especially the scholars in attendance were confused as to the meaning of what was written on the screen for a brief moment. But Alex just gave them with a gesture meaning, "Just relax, I'll explain later" look. Then they saw and hear the narrator give out general information about the nation called the Sorcerer Kingdom, they were shocked to see the many non humans residing in the walled City of E-Rantel. Even more surprising to them was the part where human and non human children were playing on the streets happily as if the whole thing was normal. Some of the nobles and especially the Slane Theocracy priests were clearly upset at that scene, but kept their composure as this was a formal and important gathering, with important matters at stake.
Then the documentary proceeded to show the arrival of several delegation teams into the City, as well as some of their reactions when they first encountered the Death Knight guarding the seminar room. The video went on to show the audience about the delegates arriving at the Blessed Hotel, showing the hotel's magnificent exterior and its impressive interior designs. The features like the escalators and the clear glass elevators were some of the few things that fascinated some of the nobles.
The documentary moved on to the more important aspects of the occasion. This included the Sorcerer King's speech at the official start of the occasion, and the opening of the Kindertraum Park and the Cirque du Reves and eventually to showing some short clips from the concert's early part that did not show Momon or Ainz's performances. At this specific moment, Alex paused the video and explained about the concert.
"Excuse me everyone, I just thought it best to inform you all that just before we left E-Rantel. The new stores that opened up on the last day of our stay there, are now selling these kinds of discs that contain many kinds of music. They also have discs that contains shows like these that they mostly call a 'Moo-vee' (Movie) and on that day, we were able to purchase our own copies of that concert. I suggest that we set a schedule, so that we can all watch it in its entirety. This concert is the first of its kind and I can safely say, that the experience and the music itself can only be found in the Sorcerer Kingdom and its vassal nation; namely the Baharuth Empire. Now, let us continue." Marquise Alex explained.
The documentary continued, and the Kindertraum Park's rides, game machines, and other unique features surprised the nobles. Since they initially presumed, that a land ruled by an undead; would be dreary and gloomy; if it wasn't reeking of death. But as they watched the screen show children happily walking around, playing and sightseeing in the park, they were taken aback at how the joyful and lively scene contradicted the notions that they had in mind.
"What trickery is this? I know not what magic spell is at work here, but this lively scene of human and non-human children happily playing together. I'm sure such conditions are not true, it's got to be some kind of illusion the undead has fooled over your eyes." One of the priests angrily and passionately exclaimed.
"I say after we should ask help from other nations. Then after we saved our nation from those accursed beastmen invaders, we rally allied forces to kill that undead and save the people of E-Rantel!" An older noble who's also a devout follower to the faith of the six gods, passionately seconded the priest's comment.
"Gentlemen, I strongly advise you and everyone else NOT to make expressions like that in public. The consequences of such expressions of hate against the Sorcerer King will be very, very unpleasant. Especially, to our nation and even more so in our delicate condition. I know you have questions, but I assure you that the answers to most of your questions will be found as you watch the documentary. Especially for you who believe in the faith of the six gods." Marquise Alex said so diplomatically, the later part he said with a grin that he knows the priests have noticed.
The viewing of the documentary went on and upon seeing many things, they were beginning to understand why Marquise Alex was being very confident in his posture and speech. So different from what he was before being sent as the lead diplomat in the nation's delegation team, the man they see now has indeed grown and became bolder compared to meek nerdy character. When they reached the part of the grand exhibit being opened and they've seen many new inventions, they got more interested and curious as to what those items could do.
At this point Marquise Alex have the rest of the delegates show and demonstrated the items they've bought, Alex himself showed them about Polaroid Camera which had the nobles and especially the scholars' eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets in amazement. Queen Draudillon herself found the invention truly wonderful and could be used to help preserve memories and other records. The others demonstrated items like the FM Radio, vacuum cleaner, flashlight, microwave oven, the portable stove, the mini refrigerator and many other things. The throne room was filled with expressions of amazement and wonder for the new items in front of them.
The delegates even brought up a few foods and drinks that can only be found in the Sorcerer Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire, they were also ecstatic at the new tastes and flavors that flourished their tongues and filled them with a thrill never brought on by food from their own nation. The energy drinks, sodas, iced teas and wines were an instant hit with the nobles and military officers for various reasons. The different kinds of sandwiches, various candies, and other foods like the hamburger and sausages were also seen great potentials. But it was the instant noodles that really surprised them, the fact that was delicious and all it needed was boiling water and a few minutes to cook was very convenient and practical not to be implemented in the field for their soldiers and made available to the public. It was then that the young marquise dropped a bomb of a fact on them all.
"I'm glad that you all enjoyed the instant noodles. They come in many flavors and variants, as well as in two main kinds. The first being naturally and traditionally prepared and cooked, that one would naturally be a much superior kind. The second one is the preserved kind, the one you've al tried just now. A very revolutionary method of food preservation and cooking pioneered by the Sorcerer King himself." Marquise Alex informed them. This revelation shocked the group to their core, even Queen Draudillon.
"Wait, what do you mean pioneered by the Sorcerer King himself? Surely you're not serious in telling us that an undead is capable of cooking a proper meal, much more one that tastes as good as this!?" says one the elder nobles. The others pretty much having the same thoughts.
"That's exactly what I'm saying. During our meeting with him, he prepared us two kinds of meals the one he prepared himself in advance. The other one, being the preserved version. He even personally demonstrated how to cook and make noodles, then made the whole thing look too easy. But it's not, making and preparing such meal requires talent and focus, that without passion, knowledge and dedication; one cannot create any food reaching such a level of taste and quality. I personally asked for some of their experts to come and teach our people to cook such meals and fortunately for us, the Sorcerer King allowed it to be. But that will only happen after we have saved our own nation and totally free ourselves from the beastmen invaders. For obvious reasons of course." Alex explained.
"As a ruler of a nation myself, I can understand why he put it like that. No decent ruler would send their people to a dangerous place for no good reason at all. And our current situation does make our nation an unlikely destination for such scholars and experts." Queen Draudillon followed up the statement earlier.
They continued with the documentary, and the crowd got tense and serious as they watched the grand meeting between the Sorcerer King and all of the delegates that attended the invitation. They were touched by the Sorcerer King's pledge of sending their people relief goods, which the public desperately needed. But the following scenes where the several national leaders pledged their respective nations to be vassal states under the Sorcerer Kingdom. Even the mighty Argland Republic's Council offered to be allies and trading partners with the undead king. Making the ones that spoke harshly against the mighty undead, shiver and slump lifelessly on their seats.
Seeing all this, both Queen Draudillon and her trusted Prime Minister now understood why the young Marquise had that grin on his face earlier. They and the other nobles now understood that they will soon be surrounded by the influences of the Sorcerer Kingdom and their allies, but it doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing for them as long as they do not give any reason for the undead king to see them as an enemy. But Marquise Alex decided to move on with the documentary, the part about the Trial of the priests and several Theocracy delegates were not included in the video but it was mentioned. One of the priests asked Marquise Alex about one of the sentences the court dealt to the guilty party.
"I do not know anything about this 'Black Capsule' the Sorcerer King mentioned, nor will I want to know about it. Let me put it this way, if someone as powerful as the Sorcerer Kingdom's Prime Minister Lady Albedo would cringe from the mention such a place. Then I'm sure there's no way that a human like us would ever be willing to be sent there as punishment. It's that bad from what I figured from talking with some of the Sorcerer King's followers during one of the meetings." Marquise Alex explained calmly, making the priest quiet as he thought of what horrors such a place could unleash.
The show went on and the part where the giant airplane was shown astounded them all. The shots taken from inside the aircraft was something none have ever seen. And when the part about the airplane flying over the Draconic Kingdom and Ainz using a magic spell as a prank, Queen Draudillon remembered what happened back then. The realization of someone capable of effortlessly casting a sixth tier magic spell and above just for fun, had her worried inside. But then it was the Rocket launch that broke their imaginations and left them gazing at the majestic visage on the screen. The image of seeing their world from such distance and angle was totally new in every sense of the word. The image of the moon left some of them in tears with its sheer beauty and serenity.
But to those that had enough intelligence to see what really matters beyond such achievements, the message was clear to them. 'Do not fuck with this nation' is what they all understood, as they realized that every new invention and innovation could be easily weaponized and turned against the Sorcerer Kingdom's enemies. The existence of the new vehicles including cars, the airplane and the rocketship could be easily used for wars and they'd have nothing to top it off, the airplanes would give the Sorcerer Kingdom the aerial advantage and they'd just be sitting ducks if that scenario ever became reality. And lastly, the fact that the youngest nation in existence has the most number of Adamantite ranked Adventurers and their level easily on par if not better than most Adamantite teams from other nation, just easily made them a threat on an international scale. Adding the fact that the new nation has thousands upon thousands of legendary undead for soldier, that alone could allow the Sorcerer King to conquer every other nation in the continent. And when one add the terrible fact that the one ruling that country is a very powerful magic caster, capable of easily disposing of over two hundred thousand enemy soldiers by himself. Then the point of anyone opposing that nation will be annihilated, is as clear as water from rain.
After little deliberation, Queen Draudillon announced her answer to the Sorcerer King's form of payment for sending out military aid to help them. And her answer was a very clear Yes. The majority of the Royal Court agreed, as they prioritized their nation's survival before politics. Unlike most of the stubborn nobles that disliked the idea of having some non humans and worse, undead warriors entering their country and possibly claiming some form of glory in saving their nation. The thought itself irked them greatly, but seeing as the Queen have made her decision, they just left the meeting quietly.
The Prime Minister noticed the group of nobles that left quietly and discreetly, including the priests from the Slane Theocracy. He wrote down their names on a small hand book he always kept with him for such reasons. And with the meeting adjourned for the day, the rest of the nobles bowed down to their queen and head for their respective lands to spread the good news of hope and salvation coming to them. The fact that the land the Sorcerer King wanted would also serve as a buffer between them and the Beastman Nation, is a welcomed benefit. A small sacrifice compared to the long lasting benefits that they could get, as long as they played their cards right.
After everyone has left the throne room, Marquise Alex, the Prime Minister, and Queen Draudillon remained to discuss the details much further. Before sending out an official reply to the Sorcerer King.
Meanwhile, in the Capital City of the Slane Theocracy.
Two days after Cardinal Raymond and the rest of the delegates returned from their stay in the Sorcerer Kingdom, Cardinal Dominic was pacing back and forth in his office inside the main temple that housed their assembly and other serious discussions. But what worried him was the fact that the Wind Flower Scripture still haven't returned even if the official delegates already had. After a few minutes, a young priest, serving as his office's assistant; entered and told him that "It is time" and with that. He stood up from his chair and proceeded to walk towards the location of the meeting.
When Cardinal Dominic arrived at the underground meeting room, which was where the leadership of the Slane Theocracy discuss Covert operations and other topics not meant to be known to the public, for various reasons one of which is the usual bull shit excuse of 'National Security' (Wanna take a guess on how many innocent lives were killed because of that excuse? The answer will blow your mind.) The other cardinals and other officials were already there, they were now just waiting for Cardinal Raymond and the other delegates as well as the Black Scripture members.
A bit later and the door to the room opened, and the ones that entered first were the remaining members of the official delegation team. Dominic noticed that Aklamar and the others are missing, and he was starting to get worried but he made sure no one would notice it from him. After the delegates, the members of the Black Scripture followed and the last one to enter was Raymond himself.
Upon seeing Cardinal Raymond, Cardinal Berenice stood up to greet her friend as did the rest of the other Cardinals. Raymond greeted her back kindly then proceeded to greet the others personally, unfortunately however; the second one to walk up to him was Dominic. And seeing his face made Cardinal Raymond remember all of the stress and headaches he's been through, all because of Dominic and the others who were stupid enough to actually went along with such an idea.
His anger erupted in an instant and with that, Cardinal Raymond instantly gave Cardinal Dominic a full swing right hook, straight to the fat cardinal's jaw. The whole thing happened so quickly, that the others didn't immediately realized what happened. They all thought that the cardinal must have slipped and fell, but then realized that Cardinal Dominic was now flat on the floor, kissing the expensive carpet after taking a full swing from Raymond's right fist.
"Got to admit, that felt really good." Cardinal Raymond muttered as he looked down on an unconscious Dominic, now drooling on the carpet with some of his blood mixing with the drool.
(Here is the sample of my crossover fan fiction, have a slice of the first chapter and tell me what you think of it. I've rewritten most of it, but I've decided to take things slow and easy on this one for better plot set up and world building. The fact that many of those that might read this would most likely not be familiar with all of the other titles included in here. I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you and Happy New Year to everyone.)
"DEATH COMES FOR US ALL."By Andrew Warholas
Summary
This is the story of what happens when multiple worlds collide after Griffith found another blood-red Behelith five years after he betrayed Guts and his own troops known as the band of the hawk. Only this time, a much bigger tragedy waits when he unknowingly summoned the clash of different worlds that he can't hope to control.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They are owned by their respective creators and, or publishers. This is purely fan fiction. If any name or mention of a person, place, event, or entity coincides with the real world or any similarity, such is only coincidence, as I the author of this fan fiction have no intention of doing so.
Overlord is owned and created by Kugane Maruyama.
Berserk is owned and created by Kentaro Miura.
Street Fighter is created by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto and published by Capcom.
Godzilla is created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishiro Honda, and Eiji Tsubaraya and produced by Toho Co., Ltd.
Bleach is created and owned by Tite Kubo.
Naruto is created and owned by Masashi Kishimoto.
Dragon Age is created by David Gaider and BioWare.
Author's note: I hope whoever reads this is in good health and safe. I made this attempt at my first crossover fan fiction story, since I missed most of these works; especially Berserk and Overlord. I've been having these ideas in my head for quite some time now, and was hoping someone would write something of this nature and still be respectful of the source materials and their respective original authors.
I hope you enjoy this work and though this is just what I consider a sneak peek of what I truly plan to write and all will be made clear in the coming chapters moving forward. Reader's comments are very welcome, even suggestion, complaints and whatnot. So feel free to send me your comments, complaints, suggestions, rants, etc... Thank you for taking the time to read a story written by a "Piece of shit" like me.
Chapter 1: The 5th Anniversary of the betrayal.
A young man in his early 30's with white silver wavy hair walks along a lengthy hallway towards a dome arena-like structure in the dark sky of midnight, wearing his shining white armor with feathery motifs in the design. This is the king of a recently founded country where he gathered the survivors of a great tragedy that affected the whole world roughly five years ago. For some reason, creatures both good and bad, big or small have been seen and truly existed, seemingly from the pages of books they were thought only used to dwell. Suddenly orcs and trolls appeared devastating villages. Killing its people and raping female humans only for the poor women to die as a new monstrosity arise from what once was a female human's womb. As if this unexplained phenomenon brought such disgusting and vile creatures it also brought upon the existence of demons, dragons, hydras and many beasts of terror once only seen and read from books and story tellers, now made real. Though, if there were any good thing that came with such tragedy, fairies, sprites, dwarves and other friendly creatures also appeared; though many of them also became victims to the first ones brought out and about by the global phenomenon.
Griffith, the man in shining armor was walking to a place called the pandemonium arena where he keeps his army of demons and monsters. He entered the arena and was greeted by a huge hulking figure, a beast like creature with bloody red eyes, and two long horns protruding from its head, though noticeably, one of the horns seemed to have been cut clean and never grew back despite this creature's quick regenerative abilities. This was one of King Griffith's monster generals. The legendary nosferatu Zod.
"May we know what brings you our home at such a time no less?" Zod asked Griffith.
"I found another one, just like the one I used to own back then. And I plan to use it if I can conquer more out there. There must be something out there that can ensure my reign and expand my legend as well as my kingdom." Griffith smugly answered his general.
"Careful, young master. No one in history has ever used a red behelith twice and there must be a good reason for it." Zod told his king.
"Not to worry, I'll be using it and this time I have a whole prison of captured rebels to offer as sacrifice for this." Griffith said with a cold hearted smile, as he looked at his palm it looked like a small red egg with a face that has its parts placed in odd places on it. He then walked towards the prison tower he had built two years before he found the red behelith. Upon getting to the tower's overlooking vantage point, Griffith then stood on an elevated platform positioned just a little higher that the cages for the many prisoners. He then spoke out loud to them.
"Listen to me, all of you who can hear me. I have decided to give you all a chance at freedom and redemption, all I ask is that you show your faith in me this very moment." Griffith said with a tone that's enforced by his charms and charisma as a leader.
The prisoners got quiet and whispered among themselves. But as soon as the majority remained quiet, Griffith looked up to the sky and smiled as the sun and moon once again meet to form an eclipse on the skies, therefore allowing him to activate the Behelith's power by him wounding his palm and letting the blood fall on the red egg-like object. And as soon as Griffith's blood came in contact with the red behelith, the inside of the entire tower lit up the same time a storm suddenly blew all over Falconia. The residents of Falconia were all worried that their homes would be destroyed, so many of them rushed to the castle to seek temporary shelter from the strong winds. Unbeknownst to them, the prison tower which was about one kilometre away from the City is now engulfed by a small tornado covering its entirety. Inside the tower, the prisoners were all panicking as the place shifted and changed into a surreal world of macabre sights. They were no longer inside the prison cells, but they felt something really weird and something probably bad is about to happen when many of them noticed that they're actually standing on muddy ground but instead of water, the land was wet with blood.
A few moments later, they saw several people coming out from nowhere start to walk closer and closer to them, they all looked at each other and asked the ones nearest to them if they know who the new people are, and they said no. This led to many of them getting more and more scared especially since none of them know what's really going on. It didn't take long for them to be wary of the happenings on their surroundings, for the new people coming out to "see" them morphed into bizarre looking ugly abominations and other creatures straight from anyone's nightmares. Even worse are the demons and other monsters that just picked on the prisoners one by one.
Griffith just stood on top of the prisoner's tower. Then grinned gleefully as he the whole place engulfed in darkness as the demons and monsters devoured the helpless prisoners in such wild and gross bites of demonic savagery. One of the hapless prisoners trying hard to stand his ground is Count Volrenio Arviestante who was one of the nobles that supported the Band of the Hawk during the hundred year war. He was imprisoned because Griffith found out that he had been conducting secret investigations on him, mostly about the strange circumstances that for some reason, not many caught on. Among these strange and questionable circumstances was Griffith's miraculous return to power all healthy and charming with his shiny armor; when the Count clearly remembered that Griffith was imprisoned for getting caught sleeping with the Princess of their kingdom.
The late king was so furious and disappointed in Griffith, that he ordered he be tortured and killed slowly. The Count remembered that back then, he was sure that he had heard some Nobles talking about how Griffith had his tongue cut and some of his muscles and tendons painfully removed. If those were true, and the nobles have no reason to lie about it then as they were clearly celebrating in Griffith's suffering. Then how was it possible that Griffith just re-appeared in such good health and it's as if he was never tortured at all? The count heard about the story of Griffith being rescued by the surviving members of the Band of the Hawk, even more so; he witnessed the rescuing group as they escaped from the dreary looking prison tower. He could clearly remember that he was on his way to the Royal Palace and on the way there, he would be passing by the very old prison tower where Griffith was kept and tortured at the time. On his way, he saw the Band of the Hawk making their way out of the accursed place. He could still vividly remember seeing the band's captain of their raiders, he recognized him due to being the only one to always carry his trademark giant sword. Remembering all these, he asked some of the new members of the Band of the Hawk about the captain of their raiders, but all he got was the run around and other answers that don't match with what he was sure is the truth.
Hence, the reason for him being imprisoned. Now his mind returned to the present and right in front of him was a giant abomination of human-shaped creature that has semblance to that of a beetle with several tentacles protruding from its sides, the slimy tentacles grabbed him and slowly pulled him closer to its pincers and then it opened its large maw filled with rotten smelling saliva, thus revealing its saw-like teeth waiting to grind its next meal; him. He was no warrior but at least, he tried to fend off the smaller monsters that were near him, however; facing a giant putrid creature proved to be too much for him to handle as he was never any good in actual battle. As a result of reality warping before him and was about to bite his head off, a high pitched "Boom" sound was heard from the top of the sky. And almost every one of the monsters looked at the direction of its source. There he saw what looked like a small hole and a very small dot of white light. His fate however was still the same, and after the momentarily distraction; the beetle-like creature went on to resume on taking on its offered meal. But as his head was about to be munched upon by the huge monster and its vomit inducing stench, he saw an armored rider with what appears to be skull themed helmet, riding on a ghostly steed. The armored figure cut off the tentacles binding him, and the strange new entity grabbed him immediately after freeing him from the monster. Only after he was a few meters from the beast that previously was about to eat him, did he saw the same beast just split-off vertically from the middle.
It was only after the mounted stranger got out of that whirling mess of a nightmare that he was able to breathe in relief. After some long distance from the territories of the Kingdom of Falconia, did the armored stranger stopped to let him catch his breath. He was truly grateful and he has so many questions to ask.
"Hah… hah… Tha-Thank you Sir Knight, if you would be kind enough to help me out of these… things that bind me, that would be definitely appreciated." Count Volrenio Arviestante humbly asked of his savior as he was also trying to catch his breath. The knight figure was kind enough to cut off the remaining tentacles that were still sticking to him. Then, he looked up to his rescuer to thank him formally and properly as he was trained to do as a proper member of the country's nobility. But as he saw the rider's skull and its empty eye sockets showed its thin glowing dots of light as its eyes had clearly shocked him speechless.
"Now that you have been saved, I would like you to answer a few questions." The Skull Knight asked the clearly scared Count. The poor Count understood and nodded to say that he agrees with the simple request.
"First, you will tell me who you are, and why were you in that cursed place?" Asked the Skull Knight.
"I am Count Volrenio Arviestante, a noble of this nation. As for the reason why I was imprisoned in that awful place, was because King Griffith found out that I was investigating certain information about him. Mostly about the strange things that happened after he was imprisoned by the previous king. Many of us in that prison were put there to stop us and anyone from investigating the truth about him and his Band of the Hawk." Count Volrenio answered the question, hoping that the ghostly stranger doesn't decide to kill him for looking scared and shitless right now.
"Hmm… It seems the Elf Queen's dream is a warning from the spirits of the great beyond after all. What made you want to investigate Griffith then?" The Skull Knight continued his inquiry.
"Well, it's more like a couple of things I just noticed really. Plus, there were a lot of things that didn't add up when on really thinks about it. But among the more obvious facts, was that the captain of the Band of the Hawk's raider squad. I clearly remember hearing many tales of that guy's accomplishments during the one hundred year war. I've forgotten his name, but I'm sure I'd recognized him if I ever saw him again. I mean, he does carry a ridiculously large sword. Who does that?" the Count replied with a comical shrug.
After hearing the Count's answers, the Skull Knight pondered on the situation. After some moments of creepy silence, the Skull Knight looked down at the skinny person he just saved from the evils of the behelith's terrible powers all through the mind of its current wielder. After giving the Count a few minutes to regain his composure and for his breathing to be normal again, The Skull Knight assisted the Count to ride together with him as he swing his sword; creating a tear in the veil of time and space. Thus, allowing them to travel to other places only few powerful beings are capable of.
Back at the prison tower, Griffith just watched as the Skull Knight once again entered the fray uninvited. Just like him, the rest of the "God-Hand" members did nothing at all, but they were clearly upset that the Skull Knight just looked at them all and laughed as if he's already won their battle. One of them was actually worried that the Skull Knight might have truly found someone or something that can be used against them, since they know the Skull Knight has been looking for ways to destroy them all ever since his reincarnation as the Skull Knight.
The same time as the eclipse in Midland, somewhere underneath Mount Himalaya in an Alternate Earth. .
Inside an underground facility, owned and operated by an organized crime group known as Shadow-Law. A muscular man in a damaged crimson colored, military officer's uniform was heavily breathing. The majority of the place was clearly wrecked from the ongoing battle between Shadow-Law's supreme leader known only by his alias of M. Bison; in front of him was a dark skinned muscular man in a dark karate uniform. The man has red hair and is exuding a sinister aura of power. His dark eyes and red glowing pupils, staring at the bleeding form of M. Bison flanked by the dead bodies of his most powerful subordinates. The man in the karate outfit focused his power and assumed an offensive posture and was ready to finish off the once cocky and arrogant criminal master.
M. Bison was filled with nothing else but hate and anger in this very second. Hate for Akuma's sudden and unexpected interference with his plans, right when he was so close to creating the ultimate body for him to transfer to. And he felt so much anger at himself for losing to someone that he had mistakenly underestimated for a long time, and now has beaten him and his minions all too easily. His ego was clearly bruised and crushed, not just because he lost this fight. But because he still lost even after he and his minions tried to take advantage of their numbers against a single foe but still lost pathetically and miserably. The fact that he was forced to resort to unleashing his utmost power against this savage enemy, was already eating at his pride earlier on. But seeing his own blood flow down from his mouth and his own body not responding to his will, just added to his scorn.
"Damn you! If only I'd have completed the project. You'd be the one with this perspective by now. It doesn't matter what you do, I'll be back again." M. Bison taunted as he was confident he can still survive whatever Akuma would throw at him.
"Fool! It was that very reason that I am here now. If there's one thing that I abhor, it's a fraud of a fighter claiming to be the most powerful in the world without even doing all the work himself. Fake warriors like you are nothing more than a parasite infesting the sacred fields of true warriors. Now! Die a thousand deaths!" Akuma answered his opponent's query just before unleashing one of his deadliest techniques, the Shun Goku Satsu which kills the opponent by destroying the victim's soul, the more sinful the soul, the more effective the technique is to its target.
The last thing that was heard in the wrecked facility is M. Bison shouting out his pain as Akuma's flaming hits quickly destroyed its victim's soul; eradicating the corrupted soul with the darkness of his own sins. And after a few minutes, all that was left of M. Bison were ashes and nothing more. However, Bison's death triggered the facility's failsafe functions. But instead of just having the installed explosives blowing up to bury the facility, an unexpected incident occurred when one of the explosives blew up and damaged the facility's nuclear reactor; causing a strange, powerful implosion. Forming some sort of a black hole, sucking up everything into it; including the ashes of M. Bison, the corpses of Sagat, Balrog, Vega and other fighters that Shadow-Law captured and imprisoned in the same facility like Ryu, Ken Masters, Master Gen, and Gouken, now taking in even Akuma himself.
Happening at the same time as the Eclipse in Falconia, in the Continent of Thedas.
A group of armed and armored individuals had just successfully slain the Arch Demon. A huge full sized ancient dragon, corrupted by the "Taint" of the unholy creatures known in this world as darkspawns. The leader of the winning group, a human warrior named Lesthat Cousland. Had just dealt the killing blow against the dreaded Arch Demon, therefore; ending the "Blight". A worldwide invasion by the Dark spawns, led by the Arch Demon. Without their unifying leader, the majority of the Dark spawns retreated back into the underground tunnels mostly known as the deep roads, the network of tunnels made by the Dwarven Nations until they lost those tunnels to the Dark spawns during the first Blight.
The ground shook as the Arch Demon's energy was unleashed after it was killed. According to Grey Warden lore, the Arch Demon will just reincarnate itself in a new body, unless it was killed by a Grey Warden where the Dark spawn's taint in the Grey Warden's blood will lure the Arch Demon's soul into the Grey Warden that had slain it. The result of that, however is that the very same Grey Warden will die along with the Arch Demon's soul; preventing any chance of the same threat returning once again.
After the powers and the life of the Arch Demon had been expelled, it formed a small tear in their universe. From that crack in the sky, an unseen and unknown connection had been formed. The unnatural flow of massive energies tying their world to others, the ones who were able to notice such a strange phenomenon are those with magical abilities. One of such capable of using magic was the sensually alluring witch named Morrigan; this strange happening was not what she expected to happen after defeating the Arch Demon. But right now, she was more concerned with helping their group's leader, the one who struck the killing blow to the Arch Demon, her friend and father of her yet unborn child; the Grey Warden from the province of Highever, Lesthat Cousland.
The Grey Warden was buried amidst the carcass of the slain dragon, luckily for him, his good friend and fellow Grey Warden Alistair Theirin. The rest of the group and nearby soldiers ran up to the carcass to help free their hero from underneath the Dragon's foul corpse, and after some moments of digging; a fist punched through the heap of flesh that covered the man from the explosion caused by the expelled forces of the Arch demon's death.
"(Gasping for air) someone remind me to make a note of that explosion so that the next hero won't be covered in this next time." Says Lesthat.
"Pity, I was hoping there won't be a next time." Alistair said in a joking tone.
"The Warden is correct however, as much as we all want for the blight to never happen again. Ignoring reality will just lead to more losses than necessary, isn't that what made this whole mess a lot worse than it already was in the first place, remember?" Morrigan sagely added.
"Yes, yes, you're on that one. Hey! That's something we just agreed upon easily! What do you know? Maybe you're not so much of an insufferable bitch after all." Alistair replied sarcastically. As he and Morrigan were mostly like oil and water, opposing each other on mundane topics.
"As much as it entertains me to watch you two argue, but a little assistance would be appreciated right about now. If you'd just be kind enough to pull me up from… I don't even want to know what part of a dragon these flesh belonged to. Ugh." Lesthat chimed in.
"Hmm… now that you've mentioned it, I think that flesh right there looks like a really huge phallus. Maker's breath! That's a large dong." Alistair quipped then helped his friend to get up from the gore and black blood covering him.
"Morrigan did you happen to see that rift in the veil just now? I could only hope it's not a sign of a bad Omen." The elder mage asked. Her name is Wynne, the elderly magic caster of the group. A respected and experienced Senior Mage from the Circle of Magi, the institution formed by early mages of the continent and vigilantly monitored by the Religion of the Chantry of Andraste and enforced through their own soldiers called the Order of Templars.
"Of course I've seen it. Don't compare my vision to yours, old woman. Still, I have to agree with you on the later. It seems to me that the defeat of the Arch Demon has sparked some other potential threat, it would be wise to remain vigilant on the days to come." Morrigan replied.
The group decided to let things be for the meantime since there was not enough information as to what the recent phenomenon really was. A few days later, a wedding was held in the Royal Palace located in the heart of Ferelden's Capital; the City of Denerim. The whole city and the rest of the nation were celebrating the union of their new king Alistair Theirin and their Queen Anora Mac Tir. After the nation of Ferelden barely surviving the Blight of the darkspawns, the people desperately needed some good news to alleviate their sufferings brought on by the civil wars and the blight itself.
After the wedding, Alistair took the opportunity to give his comrades their proper thanks and recognition. Especially to his best friend and fellow Grey Warden Lesthat Cousland, who accepted it with grace and gratitude.
"Argh! My head hurts. Did someone hit me really hard or did I drink too much again? Wait, I don't feel full nor am I feeling dehydrated. Then it's more likely someone or something hit me real hard… Ryu? Chun Li? Is anyone out there?" A young man wearing a red martial arts uniform said as he woke up. Realizing he couldn't see any of his friends after looking around him, he was sure those two were in the same prison cell with him when they were captured by Bison's forces.
"Huh? Master Gen, Is that you?" Ken Masters asked the elder gentleman that he saw who was meditating not far from him.
"(Heavy coughs) what a relief, now that you're finally awake. It's good to know that you're alive, young man. If you can still move, I strongly recommend you follow me, Chun Li and Ryu will be happy to see you Ken Masters. Come, we must not waste time. We'll talk more about what happened to us once we've gathered everyone alive." Gen, said to Ken. The young American fighter was obviously confused and clueless as to what was actually happening right now. but as the old master told him, his best friend Ryu and their Interpol friend Chun Li were both alive and that is a welcomed good news to him as far as he's concerned.
Upon reaching a small cave, Gen led Ken to where the other fighters have gathered. He was happy to see his friend Ryu, who was injured as his right leg was being treated by the British Intelligence operative Cammy White.
"Everyone, I've found Mr. Ken Masters; He was unconscious when I found him. Unfortunately, I've also found another fellow prisoner dead. I believe he calls himself Birdie, if anyone in here is a close friend of that person. I'm sorry for your loss… As you can see Ken, we've tried to gather everyone we could after waking up and realizing we've been transported to somewhere else somehow." Gen tried to explain their situation to Ken Masters.
"Wait, Transported? Where? But then again, last thing I remembered was sitting inside the prison cell together with Chun Li, Ryu and Sakura. Does anyone know what happened after that?" Ken asked.
"As far as we know, there are only two persons that can tell us what happened back there. Sagat is already told us what he saw before the explosion happened in Bison's laboratory. As for Akuma… let's just be grateful that he can still control himself from the urges of the Dark Hado. I still remember fighting him during my youth when he was still in training, I'd be fighting him to a death match if it wasn't for this damn cancer!..." Gen added to his explanation but later turned into a rant.
"The fuck! Akuma's here too? (Gen just sighed and nodded) Damn. Wait, Ryu did you get injured because you fought Akuma again?" Ken asked after being shocked by the fact that Akuma is somewhere in the cave they're taking shelter in right now.
"No Ken and luckily, he was quite calm when he found us. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure I'd be dead. I mean anyone fighting someone like him with an injured leg is practically looking to get brutally killed. From what Sagat said back then, they were all defeated by Akuma. And he also said he saw the whole fight between Akuma and M. Bison." Ryu told Ken.
"Wow. Please don't tell me M. Bison's here too? Good Lord, At least Akuma's legit so it's ok for him to be looking down on us. But M. Bison? I hope Akuma beat up his arrogant ass." Ken replied.
"Well, you'll be glad to know that M. Bison won't be bothering anyone again. According to Sagat's story, Akuma really gave him some embarrassment and used some kind of technique that burned Bison into ashes." Chun Li chimed in.
"That would be the Shun Goku Satsu. A technique with only one purpose, to kill ones opponent by all means. It's what he used to kill our mentor Master Gotetsu and the same one he used on me." Gouken added as he stepped out of the area where his brother Akuma is currently meditating. Upon hearing Gouken's comment about Akuma's finishing technique, Chun Li and Gen got curious about it but decided to ask Gouken about his fight with his younger brother at another time.
After an hour of resting and waiting, Guile, Cody, Balrog and Rolento entered the cave. And reported that they have finished burying the corpses of their unfortunate cell mates and friends to some.
"We're back. I hope we don't have to do that job again." Guile said as he entered the cave.
"Damn, wherever we are right now. I'm fucking sure, we're gonna see some weird shit for real." Balrog added.
"I agree with you." Rolento replied.
"What makes you guys think so?" Gouken asked the two.
"Well… the thing is, after we just buried Birdie and the others. We felt like someone or something was watching us, at first I thought it was just me being paranoid. But when one of Rolento's traps got triggered, I'm sure there was someone or something observing us." Cody told the group.
"You are correct. Ever since I've regained consciousness after arriving in this world, I've felt several sources of sinister powers hovering around me, suffocating my senses and overwhelming them. I'm certain of its existence, if in this new world somehow exists powerful warriors, worthy of fighting to the death. Then I couldn't care less about who or what they are. Till we meet again Ryu, make you become much more powerful. Now that I've answered your questions, I assume you can provide me what I've asked for." Akuma said as he just stepped out of his meditation and walked on to exit the cave. As he was walking towards the exit/entrance of the cave. Vega, Dhalsim and Blanka walked in bringing some animals and plants that some of them guessed to be edible enough for food.
The group decided to set all of their differences aside for the moment and worked together till they can figure out what to do next. After a few more minutes, Ibuki and Guy returned from their duty of looking for any form of civilization. Curious as to what the two have learned, Akuma decided to stay put to listen to their report.
"Hey everyone, we've found some really weird stuff out there. You wouldn't believe what we've just seen. Right Guy?" Ibuki said so excitedly. While Guy just nodded.
"Well? What did you find?" Gouken asked.
"We found some creepy looking creatures that came out of the forest, where most of us found each other. Initially we thought they were monsters and was about to attack them, but we were surprised after we heard them speak the same language as us. Then Guy took a gamble and tried to talk to them, turns out they were in the forest to harvest some herbs that are indigenous in this forest. I think they called their species as Goblins. We basically told them we were lost and not from around here and asked them if they'd be willing to help us find help, so that we could get back to where we came from. They were kind enough to take us to their village, which is about three kilometers, north from here." Ibuki shared the information she and Guy have managed to gather from their half a day's worth of scouting the surrounding areas.
"They even invited us to come to their village. If I remember correctly, I believe it was called 'Carne Village'. It's a walled village, but in my opinion the whole place might be more than that. They said that their village have various races, making up the diversity of their residents. From humans to goblins, to Orcs, Dwarves, and Beastmen of different kinds. And that's if you'd believe their word as being truthful." Guy added to Ibuki's story.
Akuma then just walked out of the cave to roam around and look for new potential worthy opponents. After he left, the rest of the other fighters did what they could to make the most decent meal they could eat and after that, they discussed how to proceed next. Upon Rolento's advice, they agreed to go and visit Carne Village to get some bearing on their location in Rolento's map. The obvious geological difference of their current location from the plants, to some of the animals they've just cooked and eaten. They were in agreement that they were not anywhere near the Himalayas as none of them knew the fruits and vegetable they've just used as ingredients. Even more so for the small animals that they've just cooked and eaten as well.
Happening the exact time as the eclipse on Falconia ended, in another alternate Earth.
On top of a once proud and great mountain, two titans fought against each other in a gruelling battle that nearly levelled the great Mount Himalaya. One of the beasts had three heads on one giant body, its wings spanning nearly two kilometers. Fighting it is an equally large reptilian bipedal lizard with large dorsal fins and strong but stumpy forearms. The first one was given the name Ghidorah by the surviving humans of that world. The second one was called Godzilla, a giant guardian of the natural order; bringing new life to wherever it walks while Ghidorah only brings ruins from its every steps.
Not too far from the battling behemoths, a group of people were taking shelter in a nearby cave as the other s were recording the epic battle of their lifetime on what's left of a TV station's equipment. One of such is a known Biology expert named Niko Tatopoulos, and near him watching the battle with hope that Godzilla would win, a fellow Marine life expert and UN forces liaison as Ishiro Serizawa. Son of Eiji Serizawa, one of Monarch's founders. Godzilla was having the upper hand, and as he was about to deal the killing blow against Ghidorah, the entire place was filled with a great white light. This light halted the battle between the two top beasts of their world, the other beasts like Mothra, Rodan, the Muto moth couple, and other large beasts were nearby and observing the two fought for supremacy in their world. They too were enveloped in the great light, a few minutes after they were all encompassed by the strange phenomenon. They all opened their eyes, only to notice that the area around them have truly changed drastically. The humans and the other titans nearby, all had their attentions turned to the sound of Godzilla and Ghidorah resuming their battle almost immediately as soon as the light was gone.
Ghidorah leaped back to get some space and all three heads fired off large streams of lightning onto Godzilla and the later fired off an atomic fire of his own, from afar; the match seemed like a world ending battle with no one really knowing who will win. To most of the observers' surprise, the two titans just stopped fighting and completely and just stood still. Ishiro Serizawa grabbed his binoculars to get a closer look, at what he noticed to be a human shaped creature flying in between the two beasts.
"What is that? Some kind of an alien life form?" Serizawa thought out loud.
"What? There's actually something between those two?" Says Niko Tatopoulos as he looked for a spare binocular in the group's equipment box and then looked at where Serizawa was referring to.
"Well I'll be damned. I guess it's quite possible that we really have been taken to some other planet after all. Because I don't remember anything that can fly like that and shine like that, unless I'm high, and I'm sure I've quit smoking weed since I got my first job." Tatopoulos added.
The standstill between the two topmost predators lasted for about ten minutes, then Ghidorah, Rodan and the Muto pair flew off peacefully and Godzilla and the other Titans did not pursuit them. The whole event was strange on its own that the small group of scientists were baffled at the sudden behaviours of the beasts before them. After that, Godzilla roared out loud and then slowly walked away until he eventually reached the shore which wasn't that far from his location. Shortly, the other titans started to move to look for a suitable place for themselves. After watching this, the small group of scientists, civilians and soldiers started to talk about what they should do next. The soldiers recommended that they set perimeter, then make a temporary camp until they can find a much safer place to stay before they do any further investigations. Most of them agreed to this, and while the soldiers led on this task, the others were assisted by the civilian refugees and other scientists in looking for edible food to sustain their body's nutritional needs if they are to survive.
As the hunting and foraging groups moved on to look for possible food, one of the civilian refugee saw a furry creature with long ears and hooved hind legs like those of a goat. Its rear sticking out of some bushes, they thought it was some animal feeding on the bushes itself. The refugee pointed it out to one of the soldiers quietly crouched from his position, and then slowly raised his rifle to aim at the creature. But before he could even get to look at his rifle's scope, he suddenly felt cold on his neck and shoulder as he turned his head to see what was weighing down on him; he was shocked to see that it was a very large piece of sharp metal that was aimed at his neck. As a soldier, he instinctively went to grab his side arm to shoot the wielder of such massive weapon. But he got pinned down seemingly instantly, he looked around only to see his fellow soldiers and the others who accompanied them to be pinned down or holding themselves in a submissive position. Then they all heard a voice that spoke to them.
"Hold still if you want to live… I wouldn't try that if I were you." Says a lean built young man, wearing some strange green cloak and hat like from some sort of fairy tale. "You wouldn't want him to go on a rampage, trust me on that." He added as he pointed to the man holding the large sword easily with just one hand, wearing fully-plated body armor all in menacingly looking design in jet black color.
"Who are you and how did you all get here?" Asked the black armored man.
"I am Colonel Diane Foster, the leader of this team. We are not your enemy, please. We were just looking for food after we found ourselves here, as for how we got here? None of us know, please don't attack. We come in peace, and we mean you no harm. Soldiers, stand down and lower your weapons." Colonel Diane Foster answered calmly as she prioritized peaceful options if possible, especially since she knew they were already in a very disadvantageous position.
"We come in peace My ASS! I've just been told that, that guy over there. Was just pointing that thing at my butt. We may not know what those are, but it seems that it's safe to assume that those are weapons. And the fact that one was aimed at my bum a moment ago, must mean that you guys are savages! Killing a person by aiming at their butts? Have you no decency at all? Savages I tell you. C'mon Guts let 'em have it." Pan said angrily, with stains from various berries on his face. Him being upset was quite understandable, as he was the one that was targeted by one of the Monarch soldiers earlier.
The man in the black armor looked at one of his companions, an Elder Wizard mounted on an old mountain goat. Then the little old mage casted a spell on the one that identified herself as Colonel Diane Foster, after a few seconds; the Wizard looked back at the one called Guts.
"She is telling the truth young man, they are indeed from somewhere else. More importantly, they are do not belong to Femto or should I say Griffith nor on one of his armies." The Elder Wizard explained.
"Very well then, but for the meantime; we will have to disarm all of you. If you really are soldiers, then I'm sure you'd understand why we have to do this. Alright, now guys take off their weapons." Guts ordered his group.
As one of Guts' group member tried to take the rifle from one of the soldiers, that very soldier tried to move to take Isidro as a hostage. But to no avail, since he quickly realized himself unable to move a muscle. This clearly upset Guts and Serpico, and the Elder Wizard.
"Whew. It's a good thing I decided to cast some paralyzing magics on them, just in case like these ever happened. Are you alright Isidro?" Says the Elder Wizard.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you for thinking ahead." Says a grateful Isidro who has now grown up a bit ever since they arrived at the Elven Island. The leader of the modern soldiers was about to reprimand her men for trying such an act, but before she could do so. Guts quickly cleaved the culprit into several pieces, and quite easily too. That act just left the others shocked and speechless, then Guts looked the female Colonel and then spoke to her.
"I'll say this just once. You will ALL be disarmed, and you will stay here until the Elf Queen returns to decide your fate. That will be the only warning your group gets, anymore movement and you're all dead. Do you understand?" Guts said in a calm and cold manner, that even the other soldiers understood their real situation now.
Author's Note: The following individuals are the ones that were buried, since they died at arrival on the New World. They were: Birdie, Sodom, Fei Long, Dan Hibiki, Sean and Hugo.
And that's that for now, so let me know how you find my new work. Again, thank you for reading.