Chapter 31
Eric van Genus' Last Audio Journal
Hey everyone. This is your old friend Eric here. If you are listening to this, then we won. Yet you guys still got to pick-up the pieces and clean things up. I left this behind because I'm, well, dead. However, I left everything to you guys. My one-hundred audio journals that gives some advice yet also talks about my lives and philosophy, my books that I wrote that sorta act like guides yet a few novels, and all the stuff I left behind. Gris, make sure you don't go overboard. Especially with Bloody Mary.
But you know what; I had a blast. You guys have stuck with me since I was sent to that terrible orphanage. We worked together to create a haven for those that are against the super conservative assholes of this world. General Ironwood, Atlas, Salem, and many others. Congrats, my friends! I will miss you when I get reincarnated to some new world that might be more fucked up than any of the others I left. But hey, I might meet friends that are...probably not as cool as you guys, but close. We might kick more ass, bring progressive enlightenment to this world, and the same story but with more magic. Or spaceships. But hey, if they're my friends, they're your friends too. Just a thought.
Until then, we might meet again as we travel through the void into one of many worlds out there. Thanks for the memories. It was fun. I had a blast. Goodbye.
Months have passed since the people of Enlighten Valley have declared war and Eric van Genus revealed his true form. Many of the volunteers to take part in the fight have been training in order to not only to fight, but to survive in the most inhospitable place in all of Remnant, Evernight Castle in the Land of Darkness. A horrifying realm in the world that seems to be in perpetual night with untold wastelands surrounding the castle with large crystals and Grimm liquid pools with the environment's color scheme consists of shades of violets, purples, reddish sky and black for shadows. A truly desolate place where life cannot flourish but only beings of darkness and destruction reign. Yet on the top of a mound, the Evernight Castle can be seen as it is made of jagged rock and crystals. This is where Salem has taken residence after her super major divorce with Ozma. Although, 'divorce' is too nice a word to describe their breakup.
All members of Salem's forces are present with Hazel having a black-eye and all bruised as he sits with Tyrian, Emerald, Mercury and Watts in the meeting room. Emerald is scared as she failed her mission. Her hands are shaking as she tries to drink some water from a cup without spilling. She already has bandages on her arms from Salem's punishment. Mercury just sits there and tries to act all cool and calm, but his eyes tell a different story. He is just as scared as Emerald as he sweats a little since he suffered from the harsh punishment as well. Watts is busy with his scroll to see if there are any other news happening in Remnant.
Tyrian laughs as he mocks Hazel, Emerald and Mercury. He sings, "You three fai-ailed, you three fai-ailed." Then talks normally as he grins, "I hope that beaten you all got was a good lesson." Then he proceeds to chuckle like the psycho he is.
"Enough, Tyrian." Hazel speaks out against Tyrian. "Don't forget that you've failed your mission as well. How is that tail of yours?"
Tyrian becomes furious and nearly touching Hazel's forehead with the tip. His grin is turned into a sour frown as he slams his hands on the table as he leans in.
"Watch it, Hazel." he threatens. "You're already on thin ice. Our beloved goddess has some mercy, but she has limits. And so do I."
The doors slam open as Salem enters. Everyone stands up in attendance with Tyrian retracting his tail, Emerald putting down her cup and Watts putting his scroll down. She walks in yet almost look like she's hovering to her seat. She reaches to her chair and sits down with everyone else following.
"The Relics are gone." Salem speaks and sounds troubled. "The Maiden Souls have been taken. These Evolutionaries have everything. For the past months, I have amass an army to prepare for the worst. We still have no leads on where the Evolutionaries are. Months of work with barely anything to show for it. There must be something we've been missing. My magic is powerful, but something is blocking my divination and preventing my seers to let me see." She looks at Dr. Watts, "Dr. Watts?"
Watts looks at his scroll, "Based on where the seers have died, they might be hiding in Sanus. Yet it is hard to tell since many have been obliterated-"
But suddenly, a massive elongated pillar crashed right through the window. Everyone managed to duck or move out of the way as the massive metal pillar pierced right through the table. Everyone is perplexed by what this metal hexagonal pillar is doing here, how did it get here and who launched it.
"What the hell?" Mercury tries to process what just happened.
Yet there is something attached to it as Watts looked at near the end section. It looks like an old reel-to-teel tape recorder from the 1970's with a plastic lid that keeps the contents safe as the pillar traveled. In the case, there is a note that says, 'Play Me Dumbass'. It was a bit insulting, but Watts decides to play it. The tape plays for a few seconds before hearing some sort of techno sound. Following that, the sound of marching boots can be heard from the recording before a guitar plays.
"What is this?" Hazel asks.
The recorder then goes, "We Want WAR! Wake Up!"
"The hell...?" Emerald went.
Before they can find out more, the music kicks in on full blast before huge explosions can be heard just outside the castle. Rather, the castle itself is under attack. After the first wave of explosions, the whole palace is covered in smoke and dust. Luckily, Salem managed to shield everyone from the explosions and destroy the debris with her magic.
"The FUCK WAS THAT?!" Mercury spouts before coughing some dust.
Emerald sits up, "Where did that come from?!"
Hazel coughs some dust before asking, "Is everyone alright?!"
Watts gets up, "I think I'm fine."
Tyrian laughs as he gets up, "What a rush!"
Emerald stands up and looks out the window, "Just what...just..." Her eyes widen as she sees something approaching from the horizon.
Everyone look outside of the shattered windows and see where the explosions come from. They see a large fleet of VTOLs coming in with many carrying vehicles such as tanks, robots, and some artillery cannons with many jets flying in. However, there are a vast array of ground vehicles coming in. Many range from cars, police cars, firetrucks, vans, semi-trucks, tanks and etc. There's enough to fill up a multitude of parking lots and a lot of airfields. But these aren't your average vehicles. The first line transform into robots and start shooting at the Grimm with their guns and rockets. The jets fire another volley of missiles at the castle.
Salem's group run out of the meeting room and try to get out of the castle. Yet the missile barrage manage to seal their exit by destroying the only air pad and only airship. The top part of the castle then start to crumble down and crash where the group once stood. As for the group, they manage to survive but found themselves closed off from the outside. Yet Salem fires a devastating spell to clear the path out of the castle.
In one of the VTOLs, Fenris speaks to everyone on the radio in military fashion, "Plan Hellfire is working! Alright, troops! This is what we've been trained for! You got your modifications, so but them to good use! Mary von Frankincense, initiate Plan Wraith!"
"Finally!" Mary says over the radio, "Now to unleash my test subject!"
A pod was fired from one of the jets and sticks right at the crumbling castle. The side of the pod jettison as a woman in a black, skin-tight suit and helmet comes out. She draws out a very similar sword that Fumeiyo had yet more enhanced as it got a serrated edge, has some techno-dudads on the hilt. She jumps inside of a hole on that leads to the inside of the castle.
Inside the castle, Salem's group navigate through the ruins of their base.
"Any ideas on what just happened?" Mercury asks.
"We're being invaded!" Emerald is upset, "That's what happened!"
Hazel speaks, "The Evolutionaries must've found us."
Salem blast through some of the debris in the way. "They even have an army at their backs."
Before they move any forward, some pebbles started to come down on Salem. She looks up and sees something coming straight at her. She fires a fireball yet it gets deflected by a sword swipe. Salem moves out of the way as the figure comes down. A fight ensues as Salem creates a sword with some Grimm-like features. An unknown breed or some fancy sword, Salem uses it to fight against the woman. Hazel comes in to punch the woman, but she dodges out of the way.
"Let me handle this!" Hazel says to the others, "I'll keep her busy! Go!"
Yet Tyrian joins in with his tail extended, "I'll stay and dance." He smiles as his bloodlust kicks in.
Outside the castle, much of the Grimm are getting cut down by the army coming in. Some troops jump out with jetpacks on their armor. Not just soldiers coming out. Due to the everlasting darkness, hence the name, vampires of different types come out that use their bloodline abilities and their own magic to obliterate the seemingly endless numbers of them. Yet gargoyles come swooping in and tackle a lot of them into soot. Some of the soldiers have been given some special enhancements that they now use against the Grimm. Some have been given biological enhancements and given chitin armor that offers protection just as much as regular armor. The cybernetic enhance soldiers are given greater, thicker armor to hide their prosthetics yet some are able to produce blades from their arms for melee combat. Some are bigger and made from a certain metal that have been mined from the replenished mines while others are made of adjustable hardlight that also works as a powerful laser.
Yet above, some of the soldiers are wearing a special kind of armor that allows them to fly like Iron Man or the pilots from Anthem. They fire propulsion rounds from their hands or rifles with a frequency powerful enough to destroy the brain of the creatures and kill them. Others started to set up the same devices that was used in Mountain Glenn in many areas. There are even drones that are recording the war in this desolate, dark land to Enlighten Valley to see Salem and the Grimm fall after many long years of deception, destruction, mass murder and controlling from the shadows. A multitude of bullets, energy blasts, ki blasts and other forms of powers and weapons that the Evolutionaries can throw at them. Many members of The Council of Enlighten Valley take place in the fight and use their silver eyes to turn many Grimm into stone or dust. With their eyes, the army manage to gain more and more ground when they approach closer and closer to the castle while reducing the cost of lives and ammunition. Thanks to this, the Evolutionaries gain momentum as they get closer to the largest Grimm Spawning Pool of the region in order to use the special devices at the very pool itself.
Inside the castle, Hazel and Tyrian are trying to dispose of the woman as Salem tries to escape. When Hazel attacks from the front and Tyrian attacks from behind, the woman twists her body in an unnatural way and toss the two aside. Causing them to hit the rubble hard.
"What is this thing?" Hazel gets back up.
Tyrian shakes off the damage, "I don't know, but she's definitely not normal. Robot, maybe?"
"She moves like one."
The two try to fight her again yet she managed to block their attacks with inhuman speeds. She tries to attack Tyrian, yet Tyrian blocks her sword with his weapon. However, she turned on the electrical mod of her sword that electrifies Tyrian.
"WOW!" Tyrian goes as he gets electrocuted, "That's a lot of juice!" Then he gets launched back into the same rubble he crashed into.
Hazel then does a surprise attack and punches a hole through her helmet. She kicks him right onto Tyrian. The two now get to see the face of their adversary's true identity. She looks at them and the two recognize the face. It is Fumeiyo, but she has the same glowing green eyes as Mary's zombies. But something is different. She isn't some mindless walker like the other zombies. Fumeiyo has been enhanced to be the perfect fighting machine for the Evolutionaries.
Tyrian asks, "Isn't that the Hunstmen killing woman who decapitated herself in Vale for her beliefs?"
Fumeiyo then charges right at them to continue the fight.
Outside during the battle, Poppy continues to fire her silver eye lasers at the Grimm.
"Yo, Poppy!" Gris shouts to get her attention. "Time to kill that bitch!"
AN: Hey everyone! Hope you guys are doing alright. We are getting closer to the ending of this story. If this is done, who knows what new crazy story idea I might have next. A video game made in the dark web where Vtubers face-off against Youtubers? Some story that is similar to SMG4's crazy adventures yet takes place over a hundred years in real-world? Who knows. By the way, have you guys played Humankind? I actually like the game because you get to mix cultures. Yet I did made a forum for some culture mod ideas since there isn't any...yet. I hope. So far, there have been a few map mods on Steam that people made in the Map Editor. Here's a link:
topic/234238/184531817/1/New-Culture-Mods
Until then, see ya!
