(A/N: Alrighty then. So, last time our heroes were caught up in a battle with Barbamon while trying to prevent him from awakening Armamon. They were having a bit of trouble with him, which makes sense since he's the third strongest Demon Lord, and it seems that they ran out of time. Armamon is waking up, and that certainly doesn't bode well for our heroes. Is the legend true? Now that Armamon was awoken be a demon, will he really destroy the world, or is there still hope? Find out... now.)
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Chapter 158: The Ultimate Weapon
The last of the crystal casing fell away, and Armamon's jet-like wings activated, expelling pure energy that kept him afloat. His eyes opened for the first time in countless millennia and began surveying the room.
Next to the DigiDestined, OmniShoutmon began hyperventilating as the weapon Digimon hovered forward. "This is bad. This is so very bad. Now that Armamon is awake, he'll never stop."
"Calm down," Ophanimon C told him. "This doesn't mean we've lost. This was predicted by AncientWisemon, remember? That must mean that we still have a chance."
The dragon Digimon glared at her. "Or we were meant to stop Barbamon before he woke up Armamon, but we screwed that up and now it's too late."
Seraphimon considered this, thinking about his own reading. AncientWisemon had predicted that he would sacrifice himself to save his friends. If that sacrifice was going to happen here, then it still meant that they should be able to defeat Armamon, even if he didn't survive.
"Don't worry," he told OmniShoutmon, "we still have a chance. We can still win."
"I should certainly like to see you try," Barbamon taunted, flying over to Armamon. "You humans have no idea what you're messing with."
"Wouldn't be the first time," Gallantmon called back.
The Demon Lord chuckled. "If held by an angel, will save the world, if held by a demon, will destroy it. So the legend states." He pointed his staff at the DigiDestined. "Begin with them."
Armamon turned to face the DigiDestined as Barbamon hovered by his shoulder. They had to admit, the weapon Digimon was indeed very intimidating, and they took defensive stances as they stood before him.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Gallantmon muttered.
"No time for Star Wars references," Imperialdramon replied. "We've got a difficult battle ahead of us."
Barbamon laughed. "No, you have a difficult death ahead of you. Armamon will completely obliterate you so that there isn't even a trace of you le-"
His words got caught in his throat as the air was squeezed out of him. Armamon's hand had cone up to grasp the Demon Lord's lower body. Scowling, Barbamon pointed his staff at the weapon Digimon.
"Armamon," he snapped, "what do you think you're doing? Release me this instant! I said release meeeeee!"
His command turned into a wail as his entire body pixilated. His cry soon faded out as he began glowing and then suddenly transformed. In place of the Demon Lord, Armamon now held a large sword with a handle shaped like bat-wings.
The DigiDestined gasped in surprise. "He…" Ophanimon C sputtered, "he just… What? He turned Barbamon into a sword?"
"OmniShoutmon, what is this?" Omnimon demanded. "What happened?"
The dragon Digimon's eyes were wide with shock. "I don't believe it. He did a force Digi-Fuse on Barbamon. I really don't believe it."
"Does that mean Barbamon's dead?" EmperorGreymon asked hopefully.
OmniShoutmon shook his head and pointed. "No, he's still alive, inside the sword. He is the sword. Meaning that sword now has Barbamon's power."
"So we should be extra careful not to get hit by it," said Imperialdramon.
"Rather ironic," Seraphimon muttered. "He intended to use Armamon as a weapon, but instead is getting used as a weapon himself. Maybe the legend got mistranslated or something over the years."
Armamon swiped his new sword, sending out a shockwave that caused the DigiDestined to skid back.
"I'm really not liking our odds," Gallantmon grumbled. "Maybe we should retreat."
"And let Armamon run wild?" Ophanimon C exclaimed. "No way."
OmniShoutmon let out a frustrated groan. "Ordinarily, I'd agree with Gallantmon, but this could be our only chance to defeat Armamon. He's just woken up after being sealed away for thousands of years; he's not going to be in top form."
"That's a good point," EmperorGreymon agreed. "Let's take this guy out."
As if sensing that they were about to charge, Armamon pointed his new sword at them. The DigiDestined flew towards him, Seraphimon taking the lead with an extra burst of speed as he began repeatedly punching out balls of light with his Hallowed Knuckle. Armamon swung his sword at him, and Seraphimon flew straight up to avoid it while blasting him with his Strike of the Seven Stars.
Armamon looked up at him, and Seraphimon unleashed his Hallowed Ascension. Armamon held up an arm to cover his head as lightning rained down on him. A moment later, OmniShoutmon used his Omni Core Fusion attack, knocking Armamon back, followed by the dragon Digimon plowing himself into him with his Omni Torpedo.
Armamon grabbed OmniShoutmon and slammed him to the ground, then was distracted by EmperorGreymon hitting him with his Dragonfire Crossbow. Armamon glanced at the dragon Digimon and swung his sword. EmperorGreymon swung his as well, and the two blades met. The force of the weapons meeting knocked EmperorGreymon's sword right out of his hands, the force sending him crashing into the wall.
"Final Justice!" Gallantmon cried, blasting Armamon's lower body as he flew by close to the ground, followed by Omnimon who used his Supreme Cannon.
"Volcano Napalm!" Ophanimon C cried, throwing a fireball as she passed right behind the other two, and a pillar of fire rose up beneath the weapon Digimon.
Releasing OmniShoutmon, Armamon retreated from the flames. Then Imperialdramon was on him, using his Omni Sword attack. Armamon's own sword came up and blocked the dragon Digimon's swipe, and even though Imperialdramon was nearly twice the size of Armamon, the weapon Digimon held him back almost easily.
"Shining Laser II!" Ophanimon C cried, firing a beam at Armamon.
With a shove, Armamon sent Imperialdramon clear across the cavern, then turned to the angel Digimon, swinging his sword. It cut through Ophanimon C's beam, causing it to disperse. He then swiped at the angel Digimon, and she quickly generated a barrier with her Unicorn Shield. Each impact of the sword caused her barrier to fracture more and more until it finally shattered.
"Rainbow Hand!" Armamon cried, holding up his free hand, and a beam of light flew from it, blasting against Ophanimon C and carrying her across the cavern.
She hit the wall and fell to the floor, groaning in pain. She attempted to get up, but was suddenly hit by an intense wave of drowsiness, and dropped back down, fast asleep.
"Kari!" Omnimon shouted, using her real name. He flew at Armamon. "What did you do to her?"
Armamon turned to him. "Malkhut Crystal!"
A crystal appeared in front of him, and a beam flew out of it. It struck Omnimon, and the knight Digimon cried out. A second beam flew out of the crystal, this one hitting Armamon, but it was clearly not harming him.
"No!" OmniShoutmon exclaimed, forcing himself up. "Omni Torpedo!"
He sped towards Omnimon, crashing into him and knocking him out of the beam's path. Both beams faded and the crystal disappeared, and Armamon turned his attention to Gallantmon as the knight Digimon unleashed his Crimson Light.
"Sorry about that," OmniShoutmon told Omnimon. "His Malkhut Crystal drains energy from an opponent while healing him."
"Where's Kari?" Omnimon demanded, not caring about himself.
He looked down to where he had seen Ophanimon C fall. Seraphimon was beside her, holding her in his arms. Omnimon called her name, but OmniShoutmon held him back. "It's ok, she's fine. Armamon's Rainbow Hand attack has a powerful sleep inducing side affect that puts opponents to sleep."
Armamon suddenly burst free of Gallantmon's beam and flew at the knight Digimon. Gallantmon created and held up his swords of light in an X form in front of him as Armamon brought his sword down. The impact caused both Gallantmon's swords to disperse and sent him crashing into the wall.
"Super Positron Laser!" Imperialdramon cried, blasting the weapon Digimon.
Armamon turned to him and flew in his direction. Imperialdramon used his Splendor Blade, creating a sword of light in his left hand while wielding his Omni Sword in his right. He flew towards Armamon, and their swords clashed. They held each other back for a few moments before breaking out in a vicious sword fight.
Seraphimon turned away from the battle and looked down at Ophanimon C. He shook her, but she didn't wake up. "Come on, Ophanimon, we need you to wake up. Please, we need you."
But she didn't awaken. A groan escaped Seraphimon before he reluctantly raised his hand. He hesitated for a few moments before bringing his hand down and slapping her cheek.
A gasp came from Ophanimon C as she woke up with a start, and Seraphimon sighed in relief. "You're awake. Thank goodness."
She sat up on her own. "What happened?"
"Armamon's attack had a sleep inducing affect."
Her hand came up to touch her stinging cheek. "Did you slap me?"
He winced. "I'm sorry. You know I'd never hit a girl, but you weren't waking up, and I didn't know what else to do."
"You should have slapped me sooner," she said as she stood up, lifting her helmet to rub the sleep from her eyes. "Let's go."
They flew towards Armamon as he fought with Imperialdramon. Despite having two weapons, the dragon Digimon was on the defense. Then Armamon suddenly threw a punch that knocked Imperialdramon back. Holding up his hand, he used his Rage Flame, unleashing a burst of fire that pushed Imperialdramon back into the wall.
"Supreme Cannon!"
"Victorize Banking!"
"Strike of the Seven Stars!"
"Air Sefirot Crystal!"
The four attacks hit Armamon, and he turned to them. Holding up his hand, he fired his Flame Rage attack again. Ophanimon C flew forward, sending her flames out all around. Armamon's attack made contact with them, and the flames seemed to burn each other out.
"Pyro Dragons!" EmperorGreymon cried, stabbing his sword into the ground.
The dragon-headed streams of fire rose up and flew towards Armamon. The weapon Digimon looked around at them. Those that remained latched onto the weapon Digimon, and Ophanimon C used her Call Draman attack. A dragon of fire appeared and breathed a stream of fire on Armamon, covering him with fire.
Ripping his sword-wielding arm free of the dragon-head that held it, Armamon swiped his sword, severing the remaining three. He then turned to the Ophanimon C's dragon and used his Sword Masquerade. Swiping his sword, he sent out a slash of energy that cut straight through the fire dragon, causing it to burn out.
The energy slash kept going, and Ophanimon C used her Unicorn Shield. The barrier shattered almost instantly, and she, Omnimon, Seraphimon, and OmniShoutmon were blasted into the wall.
The ground exploded beneath EmperorGreymon and he was launched into the air. He let out a battle cry as he swiped at Armamon. The weapon Digimon turned to him and blocked with his sword. EmperorGreymon unleashed his Purgatory Sword Dance, but Armamon blocked each and every combo move, and EmperorGreymon pulled back.
"Soaring Nine Headed Dragon Force!" he cried, summoning forth a dragon spirit.
Armamon didn't hesitate, and instead flew directly at the dragon spirit. He stabbed forward, impaling the dragon spirit on his sword, then destroying it completely with his Sword Masquerade.
Turning to EmperorGreymon, he used his Malkhut Crystal. Having seen what this attack had done before, EmperorGreymon countered with his Dragonfire Crossbow, shooting an explosive fire arrow from his sword that destroyed the crystal.
Armamon lunged forward, raising his sword, but was suddenly hit by Imperialdramon's Hyper Prominence, blasting him away. He crashed into the wall and dropped to the floor, and Gallantmon unleashed his Final Justice upon him.
"Hurry, attack while he's down!" Imperialdramon called to his friends.
But Omnimon, Seraphimon, Ophanimon C, and OmniShoutmon were hovering about, looking lost. OmniShoutmon put a hand to his head, seemingly having trouble focusing. "Armamon's… attack. Confuses causing."
Imperialdramon took that to mean that Armamon's Sword Masquerade caused confusion, and this seemed to be supported as he saw Seraphimon punch his own reflection in the crystal wall and Omnimon fire his Supreme Cannon at Ophanimon C, fortunately missing. He swore as he saw the weapon Digimon getting up despite Gallantmon firing his beam at him. EmperorGreymon flew in and began firing his Dragonfire Crossbow. Armamon in return fired his Rage Flame, and both Gallantmon and EmperorGreymon fled as the flames flew at them.
"Giga Crusher!" Imperialdramon cried, firing upon Armamon. The weapon Digimon swiped at the attack with his sword, but this only caused it to blow up in his face.
Imperialdramon didn't wait around, and instead flew up to his confused friends. "We don't have time for this. Snap out of it!"
One by one, he hit each of them over the head with the flat side of his sword. They each cried out in pain and grabbed their heads, but it seemed to clear up their confusion.
"Sorry," he said, "but I had to knock some sense into you guys and didn't have time to be nice about it."
"Everyone is hitting me today," Ophanimon C grumbled. "But it was the right call. I need to stop getting hit by attacks with side effects." She shook her head, clearing away the last traces of the confusion. "Where's Armamon?"
As if to answer, the weapon Digimon suddenly rose up behind Imperialdramon. The dragon Digimon turned around on reflex as Armamon swung his sword, the blade moving to cut him in half.
Just before Imperialdramon would have been sliced in two, he changed back to human form. The massive reduction in size caused the blade to miss him, and Davis fell from the sky. The others simultaneously attacked with their Double Shot, Shining Laser III, Strike of the Seven Stars, and Flame Cannon, the attacks pushing Armamon away.
"Execute! Spirit Evolution… Imperialdramon Paladin Mode!" He flew up to rejoin the others. "Great, just wasted a bunch of power Spirit Evolving again."
"Better than getting cut in half," Ophanimon C replied.
Gallantmon and EmperorGreymon came over to join them. "Are we making any progress on this guy?" the former asked.
"Some," OmniShoutmon told him. "We are hurting him. And this would be a lot worse if he were at full power."
Armamon flew towards them, waving his sword. Omnimon glared at him. "It's bad enough as it is. Omega Sword!"
He flew at Armamon, and their swords clashed. The impact sent Omnimon flying into the wall as Ophanimon C flew in. She used her Holy Slash, swiping at Armamon with her javelin, making the weapon Digimon pull back. She followed up with her Holy Light III, and Armamon recoiled before blindly backhanding her.
Seraphimon circled overhead while firing his Hallowed Knuckle, and Armamon turned to him as the balls of light exploded against him. He raised his sword, and Imperialdramon flew forward, grabbing his arm. Armamon's fist began slamming into the dragon Digimon's side, and EmperorGreymon flew in and stabbed his sword into the weapon Digimon's arm. Armamon simply grabbed him and, holding the dragon Digimon in his fist, resumed punching Imperialdramon.
"Royal Saber!" Gallantmon cried, firing a blast of lightning at Armamon. The weapon Digimon stopped punching, and Imperialdramon pushed him back and slammed him into the wall, then delivered an Imperial Kick.
The collision caused Armamon to loosen his grip, and EmperorGreymon squirmed free. Armamon's now free hand came up and pressed against Imperialdramon's torso before he unleashed his Flame Rage. Imperialdramon cried out and released Armamon as the flames pushed him back.
"Malkhut Crystal!" Armamon cried, creating a crystal between him and Imperialdramon.
"Hallowed Ascension!" Seraphimon cried, bringing lightning down on Armamon, one of the bolts destroying the crystal.
Armamon fired his Sword Masquerade up at Seraphimon, but the angel Digimon flew around the blade of energy and sped towards the weapon Digimon. Armamon fired his Rainbow Hand at him, but OmniShoutmon flew in the attack's path and used his Heavy Metal Vulcan to block the attack.
When the firewall died down, he fired his Omni Core Fusion at Armamon as Seraphimon continued towards him, using his Excalibur. Armamon used his sword to cut through OmniShoutmon's attack, then blocked as Seraphimon swiped with his. He threw a punch, knocking the angel Digimon away, and pushed off the wall.
Ophanimon C took his place and threw her flaming javelin at the weapon Digimon. Armamon knocked it away with his sword, but it provided Ophanimon C with the opening she was going for. "Holy Destroy!"
She unleashed a beam of holy light that slammed into Armamon. The weapon Digimon put his hands up to defend himself as she turned to the dazed Seraphimon. "Go heal Imperialdramon. He got burned pretty badly."
Shaking away his daze, Seraphimon went to do just that. He found that the dragon Digimon was indeed badly burned all over from taking on Armamon's Rage Flame at such close range.
"That looks bad," he said. "Hold still. Perfect Revival!"
The tension visibly left Imperialdramon's body as his burns healed. "Thanks. It's a shame I don't have a self-healing ability. I mean, seriously, I can heal others but not myself? What gives?"
Seraphimon looked back at Armamon. "Let's see if we can get that sword away from him; that'll at least deprive him of Barbamon's power."
"I'm down for anything," Imperialdramon replied. "Still hard to believe that that sword is actually Barbamon. What do you think it feels like to be a sentient sword?"
"We'll discuss it later. Let's go."
Ophanimon C was still firing at Armamon, and the others had joined in, firing off their own attacks. Armamon then let out a mechanical sounding roar and lunged forward, slashing wildly. The DigiDestined backed off as Armamon moved away from the wall. He began using his Sword Masquerade while randomly swinging his sword at them.
Seraphimon used his Hallowed Ascension, and Armamon covered his head against the lightning. The angel Digimon flew in and fired his Strike of the Seven Stars. Armamon swiped at him, only to have his blade blocked by Imperialdramon's sword. Armamon pulled back and raised his sword to strike, and the dragon Digimon used his Imperial Kick. His foot hit Armamon's hand as he brought the blade down, and the sword went flying out of his hand.
"Hyper Prominence!" Imperialdramon cried, blasting the weapon Digimon back, and Armamon hit the wall.
"Malkhut Crystal!" Armamon cried.
Imperialdramon immediately retreated as the crystal manifested. It fired a beam, but upon hitting nothing, the crystal disappeared.
"Volcano Napalm!" Ophanimon C cried, throwing a ball of fire beneath Armamon that erupted into a pillar of fire that rose up and consumed him.
"Crimson Light!" Gallantmon cried, throwing a spear into the air that erupted into a beam that came down on Armamon.
Even trapped as he was between the two attacks, Armamon raised his hand at them. "Rainbow Hand!"
"Super Positron Laser!"
"Hard Rock Spirit!"
"Double Shot!"
"Final Justice!"
"Hallowed Knuckle!"
"Holy Destroy!"
"Dragonfire Crossbow!"
The DigiDestined's attacks pushed against Armamon's at a stalemate. The room began to shake, becoming more and more violent as the power intensified. They all knew it was only a matter of time before the power erupted.
Imperialdramon ceased his attack and used his Giga Crusher. The blast flew into the gathering of energy, and it exploded. The DigiDestined were sent flying from the shockwave before the blast reached them, but Armamon, pinned as he was, was consumed by it.
The DigiDestined crashed against the wall and fell to the floor, each of them emitting pained groans.
"Ow, I fell on something," EmperorGreymon muttered. He reached beneath him and pulled out a fragment of Armamon's crystal prison. "Oh."
"That was a pretty intense blast," said Seraphimon. "How much damage did we do?"
They forced themselves to get up and approached the still smoking blast site. The smoke slowly settled down to reveal Armamon on the ground, propped up against the wall.
"We stunned him," said Gallantmon. He glanced at OmniShoutmon. "I guess you were right about him not being in top form after so many years in capacity."
A loud hmph suddenly echoed through the room. "You humans really are nuisances. To think that you could actually damage the strongest of the Legend-Arms."
They all turned to find that the source of the voice was coming from Armamon's sword. Slowly, it rose up in the air.
"Did that sword just talk?" EmperorGreymon asked. "And is it floating?"
"We've seen weirder things," Imperialdramon pointed out.
OmniShoutmon's fist clenched. "It's Barbamon. His consciousness is inside the sword and must have gained control of it."
The sword continued to float in the air. "I miscalculated. All this time I was trying to control the ultimate weapon."
The sword suddenly shot across the room and came down over Armamon. It turned so the end of the blade was pointed at the weapon Digimon. "What I should have done was focus on trying to become the ultimate weapon."
The sword stabbed downward, directly into Armamon's chest. The DigiDestined let out shocked gasps, stunned that Barbamon would simply kill Armamon after all the time he spent looking for him, even if it was just to get his data.
Armamon's hand came up and grasped the handle of the sword. He hesitated though, as if trying to decide what to do with it. Then he began slowly pushing the sword deeper into his chest before, suddenly, he rammed it in to the hilt.
A wave of nausea hit Ophanimon C at the way Armamon had just impaled himself, but she found herself unable to look away. It was in that moment that she realized that the sword hadn't stabbed into him, rather, it had stabbed through him.
"Did he just commit suicide?" Imperialdramon exclaimed.
"Looks like it," Omnimon growled in disgust. "Brace yourselves, Barbamon is probably about to return to normal and absorb Armamon's data."
"Wait," said Ophanimon C. "Something's not right. Look at the stab wound. It's not a wound. The sword hasn't actually penetrated his body."
They looked and saw that she was right. There was no entrance wound, and the length of the sword should have come out his back, but it hadn't. The sword had gone into his body, but had not actually penetrated him. Rather, it was more like the blade had been absorbed into the weapon Digimon.
Bands of Fractal Code suddenly emerged from Armamon's body where the sword was. It began forming a cocoon around both him and the sword until both were obscured, and then it began to glow.
OmniShoutmon's eyes widened in horror. "By the Sovereigns, no!"
"Armamon/Barbamon DNA Digivolve to… OmegaArmamon Burst Mode!"
(A/N: And things just got hit a whole new level of bad. Barbamon was bad. Armamon was worse. Now we've got OmegaArmamon, a combination of the two. And he's in Burst Mode. You know what that means. Beyond Mega power. If there's odds were slim before, how helpless are they now? Come back in two weeks to see what happens next.)
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