Author's note: Sorry for the late update. The bad news. My laptop broke down and I had to stop writing/translating for two weeks. The good news. I got a new one which is overall better.

Have fun reading witht his chapter.


Chapter 43 – Versus King Drasil

Mimi sighed with boredom. Tai, Matt, Meiko, Davis and Akira were in the digital world with their partner digimon and Dorumon, while the other DigiDestined only sat on sofas and did nothing. The whole situation was tense, as they all didn't know whether their friends would succeed in defeating the deity. Shin and Sera were also present. The latter was very worried about her daughter, which is why she impatiently kneaded her hands and shuddered at the slightest noise. Shin, who noticed his girlfriend's tenseness, placed his right hand on her thigh and smiled softly at her.

"Don't worry... Nothing will happen to her." he whispered.

"I know..." she sighed: "I'm worried... She's my daughter."

"Hey. Her partner is with her... and the others too, as well as Alphamon." he encouraged her.

"Thank you..."

Then there was a silence in the room again until at some point Cody spoke up.

"Why do the Royal Knights serve King Drasil?" he asked.

"Not all of them." Ken said: "Omnimon, Alphamon, Magnamon, Dynasmon, Jesmon, Gallantmon and Sleipmon don't serve King Drasil..."

"But we don't know if Examon and Duftmon serve King Drasil." Sora sighed.

She wanted to accompany her friends to King Drasil, but Matt didn't want to.

"I don't think so!" cried Biyomon.

"What makes you so safe?" was Gatomon's question.

"I don't know... But I don't think they're going to get in our way," the pink bird replied.

"Hm... What supporters does King Drasil still have? I'd love to see them!" Joe said.

"Good question." Gomamon replied.

"Guaranteed some more Knightmon." Wormmon sighed: "I remember Dynasmon, Crusadermon, and Gankoomon commanding them."

"Knightmons are perfect-level digimon, right?" Yolei asked.

"Yes." Shin confirmed, because he and his partner had once fought a few of them: "They're rather weak for perfect-level digimon."

"Then we wouldn't have to worry about Akira and the others?" asked Sera hopefully.

"They still have to put up a fight against King Drasil." Hawkmon said, smashing the burgeoning hope.

"So the question arises how strong King Drasil is..." T.K. said thoughtfully.

"I hope it won't be as strong as some of the opponents we've met." Patamon said, looking to the ground and recalling Devimon, whom he once fought.

"King Drasil will be strong, Patamon." Tentomon replied: "After all, it is the god of the digital world."

"But if it's so easy to shut it down, wouldn't it have to be relatively weak?" was Mimi's question.

"We don't know how the Homeostasis shut down King Drasil and it had help, for example from Jesmon." Izzy explained: "It's funny anyway, why we learned that King Drasil was shut down."

"What are you talking about?" Palmon asked him.

"I got a message saying that King Drasil was shut down by the Homeostasis... Sender unknown." the redhead said.

"Hm..." Armadillomon began to think: "Maybe it was Kudamon... or Guilmon..."

"That could be." Kari said: "I mean... Kudamon gave you information about King Drasil, didn't she? And Guilmon is the present messenger of the Homeostasis."

"So you think Kudamon had given us the information about King Drasil?" asked Gatomon.

"Yes... Kudamon seems to be very cooperative." Tai's sister suggested.

"That's true." Yolei confirmed: "Kudamon helped us a lot... only when we were kidnapped by Alphamon... Although she was the real target of him."

"We allowed her to escape at the time." Cody recalled.

"Why did Alphamon attack Kudamon?" was Sora's question.

"No idea." Wormmon replied.

"I suspect because she is a Royal Knight and had opposed King Drasil." Hawkmon mused.

"King Drasil wanted to eliminate her because she had information that would help us." Joe concluded.

"In other words. King Drasil himself is not afraid to attack his subordinates." Shin said.

His voice sounded as if he had something disgusting in his mouth.

"Why hadn't she contacted us?" asked Mimi: "Wouldn't it have been better if we had known what King Drasil was up to with Meicoomon at the time?"

"She was not a spy." Armadillomon explained: "Shortly after learning that King Drasil wanted to attack the human world, she had turned against him."

"That way she couldn't tell us exactly what King Drasil's exact plan was." Ken said.

"But the question arises as to why she hadn't met us." T.K. said.

"She would certainly have been a great help to us." Patamon continued.

"Certainly in the fight against Alphamon and Meicoomon." Biyomon said.

"Probably she didn't know who exactly we were." Tentomon said.

"And where we are!" cried Gomamon.

"If I were Kudamon, I'd rather hide from King Drasil..." Sera looked seriously at the insect digimon.

"Probably she did." Palmon said.

"She will have done that." Izzy concluded.

"It's not nice when you're talking about me behind my back." Kudamon's voice suddenly rang out.

"Kudamon?!" Shin shouted: "What are you doing here?"

"Not just her." Guilmon corrected him.

"What are you doing here?" the redhead asked as calmly as possible.

When they were here, something bad must have happened. The weasel looked at the red dragon before explaining:

"King Drasil is entering your world."

Indisputable, all stared at them.

"Are you serious?!" asked Izzy with his eyes wide open.

"Yes." Guilmon confirmed.

"Then... then we have to stop it!" shouted Sora.

"But..." Tentomon began: "Do we really have a chance against it? I mean we didn't have a chance against Dexmon..."

"We have to try," Mimi said.

"If King Drasil is here then-" Ken began.

"Davis and the others have failed." Wormmon concluded.

"That's true. They failed to stop King Drasil." Kudamon said.

"What can we do then?" asked Biyomon.

"We can all digivolve to our ultimate-level, but..." Palmon digressed.

"Would we be able to defeat King Drasil?" was Gomamon's question.

"We have to try!" said T.K. firmly: "Who else can stop King Drasil?"

"No one!" replied Patamon: "Except us."

"We're not without reason DigiDestined." Cody replied confidently.

"Exactly!" agreed Armadillomon.

"We're going to make it." Joe said euphorically.

/Amazing that Joe is so optimistic.../ Kari thought.

"King Drasil himself makes mistakes after all. It will underestimate us!" cried Yolei.

"Do you think so, Yolei?" Hawkmon asked her.

"Yes." she nodded firmly.

"Then we should go." Guilmon said.

"We will help you..." said Kudamon: "The Homeostasis itself wants us to help you."

"What are we waiting for?" was Shin's question and went to the door.

The others followed him except Sera. She stared out the window.

/Akira... Are you okay?/ she thought: /Or-/

She shrugged as she felt her boyfriend's hand on her shoulder. He smiled at her and put the other hand on her free shoulder. Then he turned her over to himself.

"Don't worry... Akira will be fine." he encouraged her.

"I know..." she closed her eyes and breathed deeply.

"Where are you?" asked Gomamon.

"We're coming." Mr. Kawa replied, nodding to Akira's mother.

She sighed briefly and followed the others outside.


Everyone had betrayed him. That's how King Drasil thought. His Royal Knights, who had opposed him. Omnimon, Alphamon, Jesmon, Magnamon, Dynasmon, Duftmon, Examon, Sleipmon and Gallantmon. They had all betrayed him. They all have to die for their betrayal. And those who have incited them to betray, too. These DigiDestined... especially Tai, Matt, Meiko, Davis and Akira. They have all convinced their partner to betray him. He who was their lord. They had once sworn to serve him without exception and to carry out his orders. He who broke the oath had to die.

This is what the god thought when he appeared in the other world in the form of a white woman with large, black wings. The eyes were covered by ribbons and in the mouth sat a series of pointed white teeth. King Drasil had consciously chosen this figure. It wanted Meiko to suffer so badly that Jesmon could no longer be dangerous to him. Finally, each property influenced a different to reach the next shape. But what happened when you tried to destroy a property? Then the other property would no longer reach the next form. Yggdrasil in the form of an Ordinemon caused a lot of excitement among the people and they fled in fear of him.

Eventually, it "saw" the other DigiDestined and their partner.

"W-what is that?" asked Yolei.

"King Drasil." Izzy replied: "who had taken on the form of Ordinemon."

"That's Ordinemon?!" was Ken's incredulous question.

"It's huge!" cried Cody.

"But we will defeat it!" said Mimi optimistically.

"Definitely!" T.K. agreed.

"We will not allow King Drasil to attack our world!" Joe clenched his hands firmly.

"Exactly!" said Sora.

"Yes..." agreed Kari, although she was the only one not to sound so confident.

"So... You annoying DigiDestined..." King Drasil said: "So you want to stop me? Your calculations are wrong. I have consciously taken the form of one of the strongest digimon ever. Your attachment to your partners will not help you, digimon, Sleipmon, and Gallantmon. I will wipe you out."

"You're wrong, King Drasil." Guilmon said: "Digimon are growing stronger by humans."

"Each property influences others to reach their next form... this does not only refer to the connection between individual digimon... it also refers to digimon and humans!" said Kudamon.

"I don't listen to you traitors." the god said, echoing a marker-shattering cry.

"Traitor..." Gallantmons' rookie level repeated: "If you look at us as traitors, I have no doubt who to follow. Guilmon warp-digivolve to... Gallantmon!"

"Kudamon warp-digivolve to... Sleipmon!"

"Biyomon warp-digivolve to... Phoenixmon!"

"Tentomon warp-digivolve to... HerculesKabuterimon!"

"Palmon warp-digivolve to... Rosemon!"

"Gomamon warp-digivolve to... Vikemon!"

"Patamon warp-digivolve to... Seraphimon!"

"Gatomon warp-digivolve to... Magnadramon!"

"Armadillomon warp-digivolve to... Spinomon!"

"Hawkmon warp-digivolve to... Ornithmon!"

"Wormmon warp-digivolve to... BanchoStingmon!"

The Digimon lined up in the circle around King Drasil. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, Sleipmon fired an arrow. At the same time, Spinomon spit blue flames on the god and Seraphimon bright-shining spheres. The three attacks collided with Ordinemon, but quickly disappeared.

Phoenixmon flew into the air with Ornithmon, closely followed by Magnadramon and HerculesKabuterimon. King Drasil flapped his black wings and rose into the sky. Several red spheres formed in front of his body, from which the same coloured lasers were fired at the flying digimon a short time later. The flying digimon dodged the rays and then fired their attacks on the enemy.

Gallantmon placed himself above King Drasil and fired a dense beam of light from his lance at him. The attack hit Ordinemon in the back and hurled him back towards the ground. Immediately Vikemon hit Ordinemon with his morning star, but it turned to the side and let go of a scream.

"Argh!" Yolei's partner quipped: "W-what is this?!"

"King Drasil tries... with this attack... to force us... to our rookie level... ..." explained the large insect.

"Not again!" cried the rose woman.

Meanwhile, the six-footed horse flew under the god and rammed her shield into his neck. King Drasil interrupted the scream and hit her with his left arm. Sleipmon was lucky that Guilmon's ultimate-level stood in front of her and intercepted his arm with his shield.

BanchoStingmon then crossed his blades and performed a blow to his left leg, while Spinomon fired several spines at the other leg. Ordinemon screamed briefly before hitting the insect man with one of his wings. But he got himself to safety. Meanwhile, Phoenixmon and Ornithmon placed themselves over King Drasil and fired their attacks on it. Seraphimon clenched his fist and hit it directly into Ordinemon's face. Afterwards, HerculesKabuterimon collected electricity in a sphere, which then entered the god.

King Drasil growled furiously and threw out a laser from his mouth. However, he missed everyone, causing it to end up in the air. One could almost speak of a miracle that the laser had not hit a building.

Gallantmon looked at the other Royal Knight and nodded to her. She herself rushed to the right side of King Drasil, while Guilmon's ultimate-level flew to the left. The two Royal Knights closed their eyes and concentrated. Then a huge distortion appeared about Ordinemon. The god looked up to the distortion and laughed briefly. However, the laugh fell silent all too quickly.

"So you want to bring me into the digital world?!" he exclaimed angrily.

It did not notice how BanchoStingmon, HerculesKabuterimon and Vikemon pushed themselves under him. It wasn't until they rammed their bodies into him that Ordinemon looked down at the three digimon before gathering energy in his mouth. Magnadramon meandered to King Drasil's face and fired a spiral blaze from a short distance.

"So, so..." the god growled: "So you want you to fight me in the digital world? Then you shall have it."

Ordinemon flapped his wings and disappeared into the distortion. Immediately, Sleipmon and Gallantmon followed him, while the digimon landed so that they could carry their partners and Shin and Sera into the digital world.

Arriving in the digital world, the two Royal Knights fought King Drasil. Both had their problems with the god, because it covered them with countless attacks. After the digimon dropped off their friends, they rushed to Sleipmon and Gallantmon to help them. When all the Digimon combined their attacks, Ordinemon again screamed and carried them all away. Then came a targeted attack on each Digimon. Just like that, they could dodge.

"It's strong." Joe said.

"Like the original." Sora said.

"But we're not going to give up!" cried Cody.

"There is far too much at stake." Shin said, observing King Drasil: /Where is his a weakness?/

"Hm..." Izzy pondered as he stared at his laptop.

"I wonder how we can defeat it..." Ken replied thoughtfully.

"It seems to be vulnerable everywhere." Yolei said.

"Everywhere vulnerable..." T.K. repeated: "But where is his weakness?"

"That's a good question." Sera said.

"Back then, we could only defeat Ordinemon with Omnimon..." Mimi recalled.

"But he's not there." Kari said softly.

"No!" the red-brown-haired man suddenly shouted.

"What's going on, Izzy?" asked Spinomon's partner.

"King Drasil is constantly regenerating..."

"In other words?" was the question from Rosemon's partner.

"It... is invincible... as with Dexmon." explained the former digimon emperor.

"Damn..." Matt's brother cursed.

"What can we do?" asked Yolei.

"I have no idea..." a sigh came from Sora's mouth.

"How can we defeat it?" was Kari's question.

"We need an attack that can defeat him in one swoop." Shin said.

"So Jesmon." Joe concluded.

"Jesmon wouldn't be enough." said one voice.

Everyone looked around and recognized Alphamon, on whose shoulders Meiko and Davis rode. Next to him appeared Omnimon, on whose shoulders his partners sat, and Magnamon, Jesmon and Dynasmon. Akira had made herself comfortable on her partner's left shoulder plate. The Royal Knights landed on the ground so that the humans could join their friends. Then they rushed to the other Digimon.

"Akira!" cried Sera, hugging her joyfully.

Her daughter broke free and looked over at her partner, who began to growl furiously. Magnamon wasn't happy with the current situation either, but then his view fell on Sleipmon and Gallantmon.

"I haven't seen two of them for a while." he said with a hint of joy.

The six-footed horse nodded to him briefly.

"I'm happy to see you again, Magnamon-" she said.

"Thank you... Um... Who are you again?" he asked.

"Sleipmon."

"Thank you..."

"Sorry I have to interrupt you two, but..." Guilmon's ultimate-level interrupted and pointed to King Drasil.

"Ordinemon?" Omnimon narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"No." Alphamon said: "That's King Draisl."

"Tse. I'm going to crush it!" growled Wanyamon's ultimate-level.

"Don't rush things, Dynasmon!" Jesmon warned him, letting his blades come out of his arms.

Dynasmon wrapped himself in a bluish aura and released it a little later in the form of a wyvern. Ordinemon wanted to dodge to the side, but blue flames forced it to stay in place.

"We will defeat you!" shouted Spinomon.

Seraphimon created several spheres in front of his body and fired it at the enemy.

"That's right!" the angel-like digimon agreed with the dinosaur.

"You will pay for what you did to Meicoomon." Magnadramon said, biting King Drasil into the left wing before getting to safety as the god wanted to fire a laser at her.

"HerculesKabuterimon! With me!" said Rosemon.

"Understood!" the insect confirmed it, before both let go of their attacks on the enemy.

BanchoStingmon flew on the back of the deity and thrust his weapons into his right wing. Then he jumped behind Vikemon, who erected a barrier.

"Thank you, Vikemon!" the insect man thanked.

"You're welcome." Joe's partner nodded to him.

Meanwhile, the two bird digimon flew high into the air.

"Starlight Explosion!" Phoenixmon fired several energy balls from his wings.

"Cosmic Ray!" Ornithmon shot a beam out of his beak.

The two attacks combined and eventually met King Drasil. He screamed in pain. Then it formed several red spheres around his body, which then smashed into each partner, causing them to slam onto the ground.

Exhausted, all digimon, except for the Royal Knights, returned to their rookie level. Eventually, Gallantmon straightened up and flew into the air before firing a ray of energy from his lance. The attack struck Ordinemon's back, but he hurled Guilmon's ultimate-level away with his left wing. Sleipmon flew frantically to catch him. But Gallantmon's weight buckled her right front leg.

Meanwhile, Magnamon fired several torpedoes and, after the weapons collided with King Drasil's body, raced to the god and punched his fist in his face. Ordinemon growled briefly before firing a beam out of his mouth at Davis' partner. Magnamon hit the ground and digivolved to Veemon.

"Veemon!" his partner shouted and rushed to him.

Worried, he lifted him up.

"Davis..." he quipped.

"Don't worry. The others will make it." he assured him.

"I don't believe..."

"How?"

"King Drasil... regenerates constantly... It is invincible..."

"What?!"

"I'm sorry... If I was stronger then..."

"Don't worry about it. You're strong." he smiled sadly at him, watching Alphamon rise and pull his OwRyuken blade.

Then the black knight flew up and attacked King Drasil. He wanted to attack him with one arm, but Gallantmon attacked the god with a beam of energy fired from his shield.

However, Guilmon's ultimate-level left the force and he had to switch back to his rookie level. Sleipmon directed her crossbow at King Drasil's right wing and fired an arrow that pierced the target. Ordinemon tried to stabilize in the air, but could not, which caused him to shroud a light and change shape. When the light faded, a woman with white skin and a neutral facial expression appeared. In the two hands he held two long, blue rods, which it immediately threw at Jesmon, who stood up. The six-footed horse stood protectively in front of him and held her shield in front of them. The two rods exploded and tossed Sleipmon over. Eventually, she also had to digitize to her rookie level.

Meanwhile, Omnimon had also risen, flying to King Drasil. He again made the rods appear in his hands and shot them at the DigiDestined.

"Meiko!" cried Jesmon, rushing to the humans.

Just in time he reached them and was able to summon Por, Atho and René, who built a protective field. The rods exploded as they did the first time, but this time they did not injure anyone.

The fused digimon rushed up to Alphamon and fired an energy beam at King Drasil in order to protect his black counterpart. The crystal woman dodged to the side and formed the rods into a crystal. He let it shatter and several shards flew towards the two. They tried to dodge, but there were too many. Each sliver that collided with the body ended in a small explosion.

After the hail was over, the knights struggled to keep themselves in the air. Then Alphamon digivolved back to Dorumon and threatened to hit the ground at high speed. Omnimon rushed after him and was able to catch him before he landed on the ground and rushed behind Jesmon. Carefully, he laid the purple dragon on the ground before becoming Agumon and Gabumon.

"I'm sorry." Dorumon apologized: "I can't stop King Drasil."

"Don't worry about it, Dorumon." said the yellow dinosaur.

"It's just too strong for us."

"Jesmon!" suddenly Joe shouted.

"Yes?" he looked at him.

"You can stop King Drasil with your-"

"No. I would die if I used this attack at such a short distance."

"You are the only one who-"

"I just can't do it right now!"

"Jesmon..." Meiko said, looking at him.

"Don't look at me like that, Meiko." the dragon man replied: "I will die if I use Un Pour Tous. And I will not leave you alone."

"Jesmon..." she had tears in her eyes, but swallowed her down.

Tai calmly placed a hand on her shoulder. Meanwhile, Dynasmon straightened up and hit his wings. He flew off King Drasil. Then he growled:

"Do you want that? Do you want that, King Drasil?! Think of those who have sworn to protect you!"

"You're either dead or you're not supporting me." the crystal woman said.

"Because your way is wrong! Your path leads to destruction! As your most loyal knight, I cannot allow you to continue to walk on this path."

"My most loyal knight would never stand up to me."

"I don't oppose you... I just want you to understand that your way is wrong!"

"Silence!"

King Drasil again created a crystal and fired it at Dynasmon from a short distance.

He collided with the body of Wanyamon's ultimate-level and created an explosion that knocked him to the ground. He was left lying on his back as the deity approached him.

"Dynasmon!" cried Akira, and wanted to rush to him.

"Akira, don't!" Sera could just reach for her arm and prevent her from doing her business.

"Let me go, Sera!" she fiercely resisted the firm grip.

"No! You can't do anything!"

"Let me go!" she turned around, giving her mother a resounding slap.

Immediately, Sera had to let go in terror as her eyes widened and began to tear. Meanwhile, her daughter left Jesmons' shelter and ran to her partner. She knelt down to him. Her eyes were widened and she looked at him with concern. Akira tried to ignore the threat of King Drasil, but she did not quite succeed.

"Dynasmon..." she said, putting her two hands in his open claw.

"Get away... Akira..." he gasped and rolled to the side before getting on his feet.

"No!" she shook her head defiantly: "I won't leave you alone."

"Think of your mother."

"Right now I'm just thinking about you... You are my friend, Dynasmon. So I'm not going to leave you alone!" she said, looking at him.

"Do you want to die?"

"I... I'm scared... But..." she interrupted herself as a blue aura wrapped around her partner's body.

Then he let go of a wyvern on the god. King Drasil was caught, but the attack didn't seem to bother him much.

"Dynasmon..." Akira said hesitantly.

Her partner growled when he noticed that the deity was preparing another attack.

"Bring yourself to safety, Akira..." he said: "I can't protect you."

He gritted his teeth as a crystal raced at him and his partner. Without thinking further, he knelt down and placed his claws around Akira. Then the crystal hit his back.

"Dynasmon!" she shouted.

He had narrowed his eyes in pain.

"Go to... to the... others..." he quipped.

"No." she replied.

"You're so stubborn." he raved.

However, he was kind of very happy about it. He gently embraced his partner's body before he straightened up. He placed Akira on his right shoulder plate and looked to the deity.

"Dynasmon." his partner said uncertainly.

"There would be a possibility... I could defeat him..." he began: "But..."

"But what?"

"The attack could cost me my life." he said.

"I will be with you... You know me."

"I know." he closed his eyes and breathed deeply.

Then he reopened his lids.

"I am your friend... We will survive it together." she said.

"Are you sure you want to do it?" he asked her.

"Yes. I trust you."

"And I trust you too."

Dynasmon flapped his wings and rose into the air. He closed his eyes again and a blue aura gathered around his body. This aura separated from him and formed several figures. These gathered in his right claw before Wanyamon's ultimate-level reopened the lids.

"Akira... Hold on." he instructed her, before falling into a dive: "Rah!"

Then Dynasmon slammed his fist on King Drasil, causing a huge explosion. Dust, dirt and a shock wave swept across the landscape, knocking down every tree. The DigiDestined and their partners could be glad that Jesmon protected them with the energetic beings. When the explosion disappeared, everyone could see a huge crater. There was no trace of King Drasil.

The dragon man got down on his knees and digivolved back to Hackmon, while Por, Atho and René disappeared. Meiko rushed to him anxiously, while Sera separated from the group and rushed to the crater.

"Akira!" she shouted as she reached the edge of the hole.

Her eyes eventually saw her daughter. Sera rushed down the crater and joined her. Next to her was Wanyamon. Both were unconscious but alive. After a felt eternity, Akira moved and rose up. Immediately, her mother hugged her.

"Akira... Akira, Akira, Akira, Akira!

"Sera..." she replied, exhausted: "Can't… breathe…"

"Sorry." she broke away from her.

Akira could see tears in her mother's eyes, which immediately rolled down her cheek. Her daughter raised her hand and wiped the liquid away.

"Mother..." she said softly, before her gaze fell on Wanyamon: "Wanyamon..."

He moved, but had to cough several times.

"Have we... have we survived?" he asked incredulously.

"Yes... Yes, yes!" Akira confirmed.

The other DigiDestined, their partners, Kudamon and Guilmon rushed down the slope. Everyone was glad that the two had survived a strong attack.

"Where is King Drasil?" asked Matt.

"Yggdrasil is..." the in-training digimon interrupted.

"It's dead." Akira continued.

"How do you know that?" was Guilmon's question.

"We spoke to King Drasil again." Wanyamon said.

"Then it's finally over?" asked Dorumon: "Finally... At last, this nightmare is over."

"No." said the in-training digimon: "The nightmare... It has only just begun."


Author's note: Dun, dun, dun! Over-dramatic sound~!

And that was part two of Digimon Adventure After Tri.