The
giant figure of the demonic Cervantes approached Seigfried. Seigfried prepared
to defend himself, to delay Cervantes until the ship could leave. Seeing this
act of defience, Cervantes laughed. The demonic voice chilled Seigfried to the
bone. Cervantes ran towards Seigfried, and began to hack at him with his huge
blades. Seigfried somehow managed to deflect every hit. It seemed like he might
have a chance, but then unholy fire flowed from Cervantes' body to the swords,
coating them with a sheet of flame. With every hit, Seigfried's zweihander
heated up. If this continued, his sword would melt. Seigfried turned, and ran.
He let his sword cool, then turned to face Cervantes again. Cervantes once
again hacked away at
Seigfried with both of his blades. The unrelenting assault was tiring
Seigfried. He continued to parry frantically, then he suddenly chopped at
Cervantes. The sword blade passed right through Cervantes' body, and melted
with the heat of the hellfire. Seigfried dropped the useless weapon, which was
burning him. He looked at Cervantes, sure that he must have done serious
damage. Sure enough, the blade had cut Cervantes in half, but as Seigfried
watched, the rent sealed itself, leaving no trace of the damage. It was at that
moment that Seigfried realised...
Cervantes had been toying with him. And he had tired of the game.
Cervantes smashed Seigfried with one of his blades, using his full strength.
Seigfried's armour did nothing to protect him. He was cut in half, and his soul
served to make Cervantes even
stronger. Looking up, Cervantes saw that the ship was moving away, as fast as
possible. Cervantes began to laugh. The feeble mortals thought they could
escape him, did they? Cervantes
stretched out his hand. A huge gout of flame shot out, engulfing the ship, and
burning it to a cinder. Cervantes turned, and with a twisted grin on his face,
he cut a swathe of destruction
through the town. Now that Inferno was a part of him, every soul taken by
Cervantes increased his own physical strength. His hunger for power made him
destroy all that lay before him, slicing
and burning every living being that crossed his path. Those who remained to
fight Cervantes died where they stood, cut down by his massive fiery blades.
Those that fled were burned to death by
hellfire as they ran. Cervantes was seemingly unstoppable. No one could stand
before him and live. But as Cervantes reached the central square of the town,
he saw two figures standing before him.
Figures that he recognised all too well. The Edgemaster, the great teacher of
the Ling Sheng Su temple, and his student, Kilik...
Kilik held the Kali-Yuga, the special rod that was unbreakable, and could
absorb any type of energy, even the power of the Soul Edge. The Edgemaster held
a similar weapon, but his rod was tipped
with a vicious trident head.
Cervantes smiled and, with his swords, beckoned his opponents closer, taunting
them. They charged, and combat ensued. Although it seemed that no normal weapon
could harm Cervantes anymore,
the Kali-Yuga could absorb the power of the Soul Edge, leaving Cervantes mortal
once more. Each blow from the weapon would weaken him, eventually leaving him
powerless.
Cervantes easily parried the attacks from Kilik and his master. After several
blows had been deflected, Cervantes slashed at the Edgemaster. He parried the
blow, but his trident weapon was broken.
However, the Edgemaster was adept in the use of all weapons. He quickly
unsheathed a katana, and rejoined the fight. Meanwhile, Cervantes had landed
countless blows on Kilik, but all were blocked by
the Kali-Yuga. The weapon was unbreakable by any blow. Neither Cervantes nor
Kilik could get a successful hit in on their opponent. Even with the Edgemaster
to help him, Kilik's blows were all blocked
by the gigantic swords. Within Cervantes' body, Inferno was growing restless.
When Cervantes tried to use his hellfire to burn his opponents, the Kali-Yuga
absorbed the flames, protecting the Kilik and the Edgemaster. Cervantes'
inability to defeat Kilik was annoying the demon. It decided to take control of
the situation...
Long ago, when Cervantes had been slain, and one of the Soul Edge blades was
destroyed, the other blade had overcompensated in power, damaging itself,
destroying Cervantes' body, and sending a strange column of light into the sky.
This light was to be known as the "Evil Seed". In several places
around the world, people had been overcome by a strange madness. The Evil Seed
had entered them, driving them mad. Kilik had been one of these people. But he
alone, out of the entire Ling Sheng Su temple, was wearing a magical atrifact,
the Dvarpa-Yuga. A magical mirror, which could stop the Evil Seed within him
from being manifested. In a later battle with Inferno, the mirror was
destroyed. However, Kilik discovered that he could control the evil within him.
Inferno now planned to use this against him.
The Cervantes/Inferno creature reached out an arm, and a beam of white light
pierced Kilik's chest. Inferno was channeling evil power into Kilik. Suddenly,
Kilik staggered, and closed his eyes momentarily. When they opened again, they
were flecked with red, and were glowing. Kilik had lost control. He turned on
the Edgemaster in his madness. Taking advantage of this, Cervantes swung his
swords hard. The Edgemaster died a quick death... Cervantes then turned to Kilik, and began a furious assault on
him. Kilik could no longer stand up to Cervantes, not against both of his
swords at once. Kilik was mortally wounded. His soul was a strong one. It greatly
increased the power of the Soul Edge, and Cervantes with it. Cervantes resumed
his rampage through the town. With his newfound powers, he was unbeatable. The
Kali-Yuga was the only weapon that could destroy him, so he threw it far into
the ocean.
Cervantes smiled. A new dark age was about to begin, and the hunger of the Soul
Edge would never be satisfied. There was no hope for anyone who crossed the
path of Cervantes, the Immortal pirate.
The wrath of Cervantes would be unleashed upon the world...
The End... of civilisation.
