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Chapter 15: All Versus the Fallen King Part One
LAST TIME ON THE TRUE KING
"DON'T LEAVE ME VERONICA, PLEASE! Help me, please... SAVE ME NARUTO!" As she screamed those, Naruto just lay there while staring at Elizabeth holding Veronica close and the scene started to shift and static before turning into a different scene altogether. All he saw was a man standing over the body of a woman who lay on a bed of flowers, what he felt from that man was emotions of such sadness, such agony that it overwhelmed Naruto completely and with it, a scream was released by Naruto who grabbed his head in utter pain just before he was consumed by a black pillar, gaining Guila and Jericho's attention while Griamore and Hawk look up to find Naruto donning a pitch-black armor and a rustic helmet with a thinly carved slit displaying the ghastly glow of his eyes. The armor shows no ornaments or polished luster like most knights. Blurring the armor characteristic features was a darkness that confined it, making him appear more like a "shadow", a bottomless black darkness like Hell that which his body has taken the form of.
"Naru—" Griamore was silence as he felt it, the utterly terrifying aura it gave off and he wasn't the only one as the two Apprentice Holy Knight's felt utter fear in the face of such a monster that reeled its head back before it unleashed a roar.
"RAWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!" As it roared, a massive gust of wind like a shockwave hit them all, it was evident at that moment... Naruto had become a raging beast with no humanity but destruction.
CURRENT TIME
"W-What's going on, why am I so afraid?!" Demanded Jericho who was shaking as she stared at the Black Knight that had taken the place of Naruto. The Knight didn't seem to care for anything as it looked around as if not understanding what was happening, as if having lost its train of mind and not knowing what its feeling.
"This doesn't make any sense, the moment Naruto transformed...he completely surpassed us, no...I don't even think the Two Great Holy Knights could beat him as he is now?!" Spoke the completely shocked Guila who could tell just by looking at him that the aura he gave that surpassed the Two Great Holy Knights completely. All she knew is that escape if their only option, that or death.
"Well this is a surprising sight indeed." When Gulia heard that, she turns to find Helbram behind her, staring at the Dark Knight that was doing the same.
"I must admit, I never excepted such a turn of events. To think you could take on such a form that would in turn grant you an unthinkable power. But right now, that unthinkable killing intent has suddenly gone silent meaning you've lost all sense of what is happening." Helbram muttered, finding it the perfect time to get Elizabeth, Meliodas, and the dragon handle but that plannwas shattered the moment they heard one person speak.
"Naruto..." The moment someone said that, the name caused the Dark Knight to twitch as it looked in the direction of the one who spoke, resting its gaze on a tearful Elizabeth who held Veronica closely, the tearful Princess who was consumed by grief could only look at Naruto with disbelief and the moment it saw that expression, like a tsunami hitting a wall it was overcome with such emotions of grief, sadness, and anger of the past and present, that it's body immediately extended its right right hand where black electricity with a dark-red outline started to appear and from it came Balmung that was grabbed by the Knight, causing it to turn pitch black as dark-red lines formed on it.
(WITHDRAW NOW!)
When Helbram heard that shout from Hendrickson, he could hear how dire the situation was and without another second he immediately grabs Guila and turns mid movement to grab Jericho when a pain was felt through Helbram's body. Currently before him was the emotional consumed Naruto who had is blade piercing directly through Helbram's chest just as blood starts leaking from the helmet.
"S-So fast!" Helbram thought as he vomits out blood while he dropped Guila just as his entire body was lifted upwards, finding himself 90 degrees up and sliding a little down the sword until he stops at the swords guard where his armor was pressing against it. Slowly the bleeding man just stares down at the Dark Knight who's blade had started to glow which all he did was look up in the direction of where King was.
"Harlequin...I guess—" He was silenced as his entire body was obliterated by a crimson beam of energy the bursts to life from the blade, leaving behind scraps of melted armor and a single helmet that was steaming while being partly melted. Seeing this scene, Griamore, Hawk, Jericho, and Guila were horrified at the brutality of incinerating Helbram.
"SIR—" Guila stops and she couldn't make a sound as tears formed in her eyes, only to fall as she was making eye contact with the Black Knight. All she could do was shake in absolute fear and horror before the Dark Knight and as this was happening, Elizabeth held Veronica closely with her right arm while her left hand covered her mouth, unable to look away at how Naruto just obliterated the enemy Holy Knight without mercy. Jericho at the time had fallen on her butt in complete fear at what stood before her.
"DAD!" When they heard that shout, the attention of everyone there was drawn towards the arriving Alexander and Hercules who had appeared by lighting and the other who landed, both side by side. The moment upon seeing the Black Knight the tears could only increase unlike Hercules who looked serious at who before them.
"I knew it, even if it's dark...the magic itself is very close to your original magic." As he said it, he had to start wiping the tears away at what he felt before he looks at him with a pleading look.
"Dad, it's me...your second child, Ale—" He couldn't finish after feeling two arrivals and one of them caused him to turn fast.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Meliodas demanded as he arrived with a tired Ban but as he did, he froze completely. Meliodas looks to see a tearful Elizabeth holding Veronica but saw the look in her eyes and that was when he felt it. Slowly the Sin of Wrath turns to find the silent armored knight who ignored all things but the Sin of Wrath as if lost in thought until his form began to shake just before tendrils erupt from the body as it screamed, causing a crater to form where it stood and it sent both Hawk and Griamore flying back.
"Meliodas..." Spoke the Knight with such disdain, such hatred it caused everyone except for Hercules and Alexander to take a step back while Elizabeth just looked at Naruto with wide eyes filled with tears yet Meliodas was different, he was shaking at the bloodlust he had felt.
"MELIODARAWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSS!" As he screamed his name, his entire body unleashed a massive pitch black aura from its body before it suddenly starts charging at the Captain as it screamed as it swung down its blade, it met not Meliodas but in fact the blade of Alexander who had lightning sparking off of him, standing in front of the shocked Meliodas who didn't expect to be saved.
"DAD, LOOK AT ME IT ALEXANDER, YOUR SON!" Alexander shouted yet could very well see it was looking directly at Meliodas as it starts to push back the Prince who grits his teeth and more lighting sparks from him and starts to push back as they are currently even until the darkness was unleashed from the Knight, once again overpowering the Prince while Meliodas just stood in shock.
"RRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRRRROOOOOAWW!" As it screamed, it did a sudden push that caused Alexander to stumble back right before he was slammed in the side with its left arm that sent him through the air just as the berserking Knight brought up its sword with both hands just before a shout could be heard.
"GROUND GLADIUS!" As the words were shouted, the Knight reacted almost simultaneously as its left hand let go of the sword to outstretched on on its left side to catch a sharp, gigantic spire that rised from he earth, stopping it in its tracks while it swung down for the wide eyed sin who didn't have enough time yet a single had caused Naruto to pause the moment it heard three letters together.
"NARUTO PLEASE STOP!" Elizabeth shouted, all she could do was say his name as she couldn't think of anything to stop this as her sister had just died and he childhood friend, her protector has transformers into a raging knight which it did, causing him to pause with the sword inches from Meliodas face which he immediately activated his dark markings and jumped back tho after doing so, he started to twitch again.
"That's...Naruto?" Spoke the shocked Diane who stood in a battle stance that had faltered after finding out who that was and it wasn't just her, behind her stood a disbelief Howzer, Dawn Roar, and Marmas.
"Wait, that weakling became something like that?!" Marmas shouted, not believing thosnto be the same failure he saw back at the Kingdom while the leader of the Dawn Roar, Slader was greatly shocked as even while it stood still it gave off an aura hat surpassed them all with the only one being even close to it was Hercules who was at Alexander's side while the Prince showed shock at seeing his father responded to Elizabeth's words.
"Helbram!" When they heard that, everyone looks to see a bleeding and injured King floating in the air, approaching them all with a pained look on his face but that look turns to horror when he saw the damage up close, more so when he saw a familiar scraps of melted armor and a badly damaged partly melted helmet on the side.
"Thats..." As King said it, he heard a single name being muttered.
"Morgan..." When that name was said with disdain and hate, King immediately turns with his horror mixing with his shock at both hearing the name as well as already knowing it was him that left pieces of Helbram's armor as that laser attack he felt originated from him, not to mention Helbram magic disappeared. Not only that, Alexander was shocked when he heard that name as well, not understanding why he's saying the name until he felt King's magic up close.
"Wha...what?" King said, still trying to process he just lost his best-friend again while staring at the Knight who immediately starts to shake.
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOORGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" As it screamed that name, it unleashed a large amount of darkness with King only muttering the one thing that came to mind.
"BUt that's...?" Spoke the Fairy King who didn't understand why he was saying that name just as in a instant he found himself grabbed by his throat by the left hand of the Knight who held him in the air, starting to strangle him as the Fairy starts struggling with his fairy spear repeatedly hitting him yet having no effect as well as unable to change into a more damaging form due to King being strangled.
"KING!" Diane shouts as she, Meliodas, and Ban leap into action until a roar was heard and the moment it was, the Knight and turned just as a raging He Hercules as slammed its body, it's right shoulder force directly into the side of the raging Knight's body that sent it flying through the air and skipping a few times until it crashes into the side of the giant boulder arena, leaving many cracks where it may in while at the moment of impact, King was dropped on his knees and breathing quite hard to intake air and well as recovering but stops and looks up with shock to see Hercules looking down at him but not with anger but annoyed as well as if thinking.
"Well, that's a shocker. If dad's acting like that towards you, then you really must be him." When he heard that, King turns to be met with a serious Alexander who was staring at him.
"Wha—(cough, cough, cough)...what?" King coughed out, not understanding what he meant before Alexander and Hercules both turns towards the massive explosion of the very arena that the raging knight was sent into suddenly exploded.
"Your the grandchild of Morgan Le Fay and Gloxinia, the First Fairy King. Basically, we are cousins...meaning, Hercules protection also applies to you—" In that moment the two moved with incredible speed as the two blocked the raging knight who's sword met theirs, causing a shockwave that sent King flying back until he was caught by Diane.
"Are you ok?" Diane asked the Fairy who only nods.
"Yeah, but..." He stops to look up, seeing the Prince and the Nephelem stopping the advance of the raging knight yet even with their combined strength, they were slowly being pushed back which Alexander grits teeth as lighting sparks from him while Hercules roses as his body have off a more crimson color as the two stop and start to push back, forcing him to skid back.
"That's... Naruto?!" Finally Spoke Howzer who could do nothing but watch in complete disbelief at what he saw before him of what Naruto has become.
"DAMMIT DAD JUST STOP, REMEMBER US! REMEMBER YOUR WIFE ARTORIA!" When that name was uttered, it caused him to once again pause.
"NOT ONLY HER BUT YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND, JEANNE! YOUR OLDEST DAUGHTER MORDRED! THE SECOND OLDEST ALEXANDER, ME! AND YOUR YOUNGEST CHILD G—" He was silenced the moment a a single word was spoken.
"I..." As those words were spoken, dark electricity starts to spark from his body, causing the two to jump back as they watch it spread through the air with the dark aura growing form his body, this caused both Alexander and Hercules eyes to widen in realization.
"...am the bone of my sword." As it started it a chant, Hercules immediately moved with great speed to get behind Naruto as it swung its weapon full force yet was blocked by its sword, distracting is long enough as Alexander was on his other side yet he could do nothing as he was grabbed by the face and immediately thrown into Hercules who caught him as it skids back upon the impact all the while it continued to speak.
"Unknown to Death... Nor known to Life." As it spoke those words, Hercules had jumped at him while holding Alexander, beginning to swing its legs and sword nonstop yet they were being deflected until
"YOU MUSTN'T LET HIM FINISH THE CHANT, HE'LL ACTIVATE IT!" Alexander shouts at everyone who didn't understand what he meant yet Meliodas leaped right for him along with Ban as the their weapons pulled back just as they heard "Unlimited" ..." As it spoke those words, it began the last two as Meliodas and Ban were already closing in.
"BLADE WORKS!" As it shouted those words, the two swords that were inches from him were stopped by an unforeseen force while being sent back flying as the ground under everyone's feet erupted to into a bright light. What they were introduced to was a new area. The sky was dark green with the clouds pitch black just like the ground being black as midnight as well as the fact there were hundreds, no thousands of blades all around them that were stuck in the ground. All this gave off an ominous feeling where Elizabeth just held her sister closely as she didn't know what this was while everyone else except for three had no idea what's happening.
"Did we get transferred here—" Ban tried to say before he was cut off.
"No...this is a Reality Marble." When Ban heard that, he looks at Meliodas questionably to see how serious he looked, he was just staring at the Black knight who sword was gone, for its replacement it suddenly grabbed a nearby long bladed Katana that was stuck in the earth before it was lifted out, seeing it the others became on guard while Alexander's eyes narrow before they widen to see it was a five shaku long, 150 centimeter, Bitchu Aoe blade that suddenly turned pitch black with red lines through it.
"That's..." Alexander said, recognizing the blade as well as the stance the Berserking Knight has entered as it draws back the blade while facing Meliodas.
"Secret sword!" When those words were muttered with disdain, immediately Alexander's eyes widen as he shouts to Meliodas.
"DODGE NOW!" He shouted, yet it was already too late as the Sin of Wrath froze as he witnessed his own-self being brutally slashed and stabbed before his eyes. He glances to his right to see an image of himself falling before it disappears.
"SWALLOW REVERSAL!" As it shouted those words, in an instant three concurrent arching blades close on the Meliodas to create a prison that he could not escape nor defend, resulting in him being stabbed three times simultaneously through his hearts as he was then slashed through the body, causing Meliodas to vomit out blood as he fell backwards just as Ban turns fast in shock.
"SIR MELIODAS!" Elizabeth screamed as the Sin just laid there with wide eyes at not understanding what just happened as he was stomped on by the raging monster who roared.
"RAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!" Roared the enraged knight of destruction.
xxxxxCHAPTER ENDxxxxx
NEXT TIME, THE FALLEN KING'S TRUE STRENGTH; BACKUP ARRIVES