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THE TACTICIANS' WISH
Lyn's Tale Chapter 10: The Distant Plains
(...FINALLY)
The thunderclouds rolled in as the group neared Castle Caelin. "Isn't that rather ominous..." commented Erk.
"WHAT! THEY'RE ALREADY HERE?" Lundgren shouted in fury. "Very well then...I'll kill that wench myself. Soldier, get the men to take up arms!"
"Lady Lyndis, we should be able to see Castle Caelin once we pass through these mountains," Kent told the lord. "Everything rests on this next battle."
"Lundgren will not be receiving the reinforcements he expected. He'll move against us with everything he has soon," Sain remarked.
"Let him come! Let them all come! I will not be turned away! I will see my grandfather... I've coe too far to let anyone stand in my way. This is it, my friends. This is our final test. My friends, for one last time, lend me your strength!" Lyn raised her sword in the air, and the small army roared to create a fearsome battle cry.
"...It looks like it's going to rain...this could hinder our progress a bit..." Hiro remarked. "I want Wallace, Dorcas, and Matthew to take the lead. Odin, you go protect our right flank with Rath. Sain, you'll protect our left with Erk. Serra, Ninian, and Nils will stay in the middle. Florina, you and Wil snipe, as usual. Kent, I want you to protect our backs, and tell the others if you see anything sneaking up behind the group. If you do, just yell something and Dorcas will assist you. You'll take the northern route, around the mountains. Lyn, Serene, Kuro, and I will take the small mountain road and head straight for Lundgren. The large group, your job is to kill the enemies in your path, so that they won't interfere with my group when we're fighting Lundgren. Matthew told me that he's a General, so this fight will be tough. LET'S MOVE, PEOPLE!"
Fiaa woke up, to find herself and Kyo naked in the same sleeping bag.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK!" she screamed so loudly, all the forest animals that came back during dusk ran away again. Kyo clutched his ears and curled up into a fetal position.
"CALM DOWN, ALL RIGHT?" Kyo grabbed her shoulders and shook her until she stopped screaming.
"...okay...okay...um...did..we...actually...uh...do...IT?" Fiaa looked down, scared.
Kyo just nodded, then realized something. "Get me the bag you got the sleeping pills from," he ordered. Fiaa just did it, too shocked to care about why. Then he showed her the contents of the bag.
"VIAGRA? IMMA KILL THOSE MAIDS!" shouted the Pegasus knight, scaring even more forest animals away.
"...Viagra?" Kyo looked confused.
"...It's a drug that heightens one's sexual desires, or gives them desires. Combined with alcohol and other drugs, the effects would be significantly heightened. If you take more than one pill at once, the effect will be significantly heightened as well," Fiaa explained, still in shock.
"...How many did you take?" Kyo asked her.
"...I think 4...so the effects probably haven't gone yet; a pill usually lasts for 8 hours..." Fiaa looked away, but looked back at Kyo.
"...wanna do something fun?" Fiaa changed her face into the face that she had on last night.
'I like where this is going,' Kyo thought, forming a lecherous grin.
Hiro, Kuro, Serene, and Lyn walked by a small village. "You've finally made it her, have you? Such a long way... We're all behind you, Lady Lyndis. All of us. Here, take this. Use it in your battle against Lundgren, please. It's an energy ring. It'll increase your strength and magic power a bit. There are lots of items that augment your abilities. These are hard to come by, so think carefully before you use them," an old man gave them the small ring.
"Thank you! I think this works just like that Angelic Robe Matthew found earlier..." Hiro commented. "Anyone want this?"
Serene snatched it from his hand and put it on her left ring finger. Then, a small red aura encircled Serene, and disappeared afterwards along with the ring. "Dang, I thought it looked real pretty," she said, rather disappointed. "On the plus side, I feel like I could kick down a brick wall!"
"An armory...We probably could use some new weapons," Hiro commented, as he entered with the group. "...Are you the group fighting Lundgren?" the shopkeeper asked them. They nodded. "Then you should use these. These are Armorslayers, made specifically for fighting knights and generals. Go ahead, it's on the house. You're the ones helping us, after all." He gave the group 4 armorslayers, and they thanked him, and left.
"...They must really hate him to want to help US," Kuro commented.
"...He must die. I will kill him, I swear, if it's the last thing I do," Lyn clenched her hand holding the Mani Katti.
"Don't worry. We'll take him down. Let's go, guys," Serene patted her friend's back, and led the group on.
"Knights! 6 of them!" Kuro warned the group, and unsheathed his Harusame. "We must be close!"
"Finally, something to blow up," Hiro commented, unsheathing his Muramasa. Lyn did the same with her Mani Katti, and Serene got into a fighting stance. The knights, spotting the band of 4, charged at them.
Hiro and Kuro charged their swords with their respective energies. Kuro dashed at the first knight, and released a Heavensplitter, launching himself high in the air. Another knight, the one at the back, was threw a Javelin at him. However, Hiro launched an Ether Flare, charring the Javelin in midair, and the other 3 bolts burned down that knight. Another knight charged at Lyn, who sled through the knight's legs. She turned around, and slashed the knight's back armor open with her armorslayer. Now having a good opening, she stabbed his heart from the back with her Mani Katti.
As another knight rushed at Serene, she jumped over his lance, and did a flying back kick to his head. She straddled his lance, squeezed it with her thighs in the middle, and pulled on the tip, breaking the lance in half. Then she stabbed the sharp lance tip into the knight's skull through the visor of his helm.
Kuro landed safely, but another knight was rushing at him. As the knight charged, Kuro sidestepped the lance, and sliced its tip off with his blade. Then he sheathed his Harusame, and took out his armorslayer, which he sliced diagonally at the knight's chest, slicing open a clean hole. The knight, however, was ready for what was next, and delivered a punch to Kuro's jaw. Kuro backflipped into a safe landing, and threw his armorslayer at the Knight's chest. It went straight into his sternum, and was stuck up to the hilt.
The last knight tossed a Javelin at Hiro, who easily dodged it, and threw his Armorslayer at the knight. The knight blocked it with his shield, but it was now stuck there, and in the knight's hand. The knight yelled in pain, and Hiro took this chance to charge his sword with fire energy. After the knight recovered, Hiro disappeared, slashed at the knight in his invisibility, and appeared behind the knight a split second later. Then the knight blew up into a billion tiny pieces.
The 4 finally reached Lundgren. "Lundgren! You've gone far enough in your quest for the throne! It ends right here, and NOW!" Lyn yelled at him in rage.
"...The child of Madelyn. I can't believe that you survived the trip," the purple armored general commented. "But it matters not! I shall finish you here, nomadic mongrel!"
"Guys, this is my fight. I hope you understand..." Lyn looked at her friends.
"...No problem. We'll keep the other enemies at bay while you take him on. But if it looks like a losing battle, call for help," Hiro instructed. Lyn nodded, and rushed at Lundgren.
"We're almost at the castle, men!" Wallace bellowed. "Odin, I want you to go check up on the others! See if they've made it there yet!" Odin urged his horse to rush towards the castle.
"HAVE AT YE!" Lundgren yelled. He started the combat by throwing his Steel Lance at Lyn, who easily dodged it. However, she didn't expect what came next. Lundgren pulled on the chain attached to the lance, and when it was out of the ground, he spun it in a whirlwind-like attack. Only the stick of the lance, fortunately, hit Lyn. Nevertheless, she was badly damaged.
'Damn...that hurt...' Lyn thought, getting ready for Lundgren's next assault, and drinking a vulnerary.
"DIE, FOOLISH GIRL!" Lundgren tossed his lance at her again, and it was Lundgren's turn to be surprised. Lyn jumped on the lance and ran up the stick and the chain while the lance was still moving towards Lundgren. Lyn jumped off the chain towards Lundgren as it became limp, and slammed her Armorslayer into his chest, making a rather large cut in it. Before Lundgren could react, she put both feet on his chest, and pulled the armorslayer out with all her might, while jumping away from Lundgren.
"GRRRAAA!" Lundgren roared, and tried to tackle Lyn with his shoulder. Lundgren was easily avoided, and Lyn sliced his chest with the armorslayer again, making the cut on his chest larger. Lundgren was getting annoyed, and tried to punch Lyn. Lyn ducked the punch, and high kicked his head. She then rolled away.
"Damn you, why won't you DIE!" Lundgren swung his lance around in a whirlwind again, remembering that this trick got Lyn before. Lyn jumped over the lance, and kept hopping towards Lundgren, treating the lance like a skipping rope. When she was close enough, she jumped towards Lundgren, and sliced with the armorslayer again, making the cut larger and deeper, and hopped away. This time, she hit flesh.
"ARGH!" Lundgren roared in pain. Lyn took this time to take out her Mani Katti, and she dashed at Lundgren. Expecting this, Lundgren dropped his lance and threw a fist at Lyn, landing it straight in her gut. Lyn flew backwards from the powerful blow. Lundgren picked up his lance again.
"DIE!" Lundgren tossed his lance at Lyn again. Lyn was still dazed from the punch, and realized that the lance was coming at her too late. She tried to jump to the side, but it still managed to slash her on the left side of the waist. "ERGH!" Lyn grunted in pain.
Lyn got back up, but stumbled. The wound in her waist was too painful to allow her to move. "...No...not yet...I can do this..." she said to herself, but then she fainted.
"GOOD BYE!" Lundgren walked up to Lyn, and was about to thrust his lance through her head, when Odin charged towards him. He swung his sword like a bat, pushing Lundgren backwards, and making him fall. Odin grabbed the fallen Lyn, and retreated to Hiro's group.
"Holy...damn...let's give this to Lyn," Hiro took out a vulnerary out of a pouch and forced its contents into the lord's mouth. Lyn choked on it, but it woke her up, and cured her wound. Lundgren, after finally getting up, charged towards the group. Serene helped Lyn up, and the lord thanked her. Then she dashed towards Lundgren again.
"PERSISTENT DEVIL!" Lundgren held his lance like a javelin and tossed it at Lyn. Lyn was ready this time; she easily moved to the side and grabbed the lance, and let it carry her backwards. When the lance stopped, she slammed it into the ground, so Lundgren couldn't pull it back. Lyn took this chance to charge up her Mani Katti with energy.
Lyn split into 3. Then she and the illusions disappeared. A strong wind blew around Lundgren, and various cuts started appearing in the general's armor, very rapidly. Lundgren was bleeding heavily after this. Then the Lyn's appeared again in front of him, and all three dashed at him, slicing his torso off his lower body.
"GARRGGHH!" the fallen general yelled as he fell. His dying words were, "That annoying little girl... Nothing but a savage from Sacae...The Caelin throne... should be... mine..." And he drew his last breath.
The group rushed inside castle Caelin.
"..." a man walked towards Lyn. "...You are Lyndis, are you not?" he asked her. Lyn nodded. "I am Reissmann, the chancellor of the Caelin royal family. I had received word from Kent and Sain when you first met, but the Lundgren discovered the message and imprisoned me. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to your true home."
"...Thank you. May I see my grandfather now?" Lyn asked him.
"Yes, of course. Do not be shocked by what you see. Lundgren has been poisoning the marquess's meals for some time. His body has been ravaged... He's been bedridden for months," replied the chancellor sadly.
The chancellor led Lyn up to Lord Hausen's room. He opened the door. "Who is there? I said no visitors. I will see no one," said Hausen in a weakened voice. "What are you doing? Leave me... to die..." he said weakly as he saw the chancellor and Lyn walk in.
"Um... Pardon me... My name is... I'm Lyndis," Lyn told him quietly.
"Eh? Did you say Lyndis? Is that..." Hausen asked weakly.
"My father's name was Hassar, chieftain of the Lorca. My mother was...Madelyn. I was raised on the plains," Lyn told him.
"... Could it be? Come, come here. Let me see your face. Oh...Yes... There is no doubt... You are Madelyn's trueborn child... Uhhh...ahhh..." Hausen grunted in pain from the poison's effects.
"Grandfather!" Lyn ran up to him and hugged him.
"...They're sure taking their sweet time," said the cynical mage.
"Hush you, this is the first time they've met. Give them some time to share memories," Serra replied to Erk's comment.
"...I just want to get you to Ostia as quickly as possible..."Erk said.
"Awww, really? That's so sweet of you, but I'd rather take my time so I can spend it with you, Erky!" Serra squealed. Erk just sighed, wishing he could just jump off the castle walls into the moat.
"Wil, we did it!" Florina hugged her new boyfriend as they entered the castle.
"...Wow...this place is huge..." Wil commented, looking around.
A few hours later:
"...Can we go now...?" Erk asked hopefully.
"...No," Serra simply refused for the hundredth or so time.
Lyn finally walked down the stairs from her grandfather's room, and told the group something.
At dinner:
"Lady Lyndis! Do you honestly plan on remaining here? Tell me truly!" asked Sain, eager to know.
"Yes, until my grandfather is well. I can't leave him now. I won't," Lyn said after taking a bite of the castle steak. "The physician says that Lord Hausen looks like a new man. It's like he was never ill. And it's all thanks to you, milady," Kent told her. "He's the only family I have left. I want him to have a long life," Lyn said, taking another bite.
"(snarf) (gobble) (chomp)" Kuro and Nils happily devoured their meals quickly, and choked pretty soon after. Ninian and Serene sweatdropped.
"It's like they never had food their whole life..." Hiro commented.
After dinner:
"Lady Lyndis!" Florina called to her friend as everyone left the dining room and headed for their rooms.
"What is it, Florina?" Lyn looked back to see the Pegasus knight running towards her, followed by Wil.
"I've been taken into service by House Caelin! From here on, Lyn...I mean, Lady Lyndis... We'll be together always!" Florina saluted Lyn.
"Really? Oh, that pleases me so... but... Please don't call me Lady Lyndis. For you, I'm still just Lyn," Lyn just sweatdropped to see her friend so determined in this matter.
"My pegasus and I fly for your house now. I am your servant. There are rules to follow," Florina replied with conviction.
"Okay then..."
"Lady Lyndis! I've decided to stay, too!" Wil told Lyn after Florina finished.
"Wil? Weren't you planning on returning home?" Lyn asked him.
"Well, I was, but... I've grown quite fond of Lyndis's Legion, you know... I couldn't possibly leave everyone behind. I'll send word to my family regarding my decision," Wil told her after.
"I'm pleased to have you, Wil. Thank you," Lyn bowed her thanks.
"Thank you, milady," Wil said as he walked off with Florina, who rested her head on his shoulder as they walked to their room. (yes, I said rooM)
"I've decided to stay...I'm going to send a letter to the tactician's guild regarding this matter. Is that all right, Lyn?" Hiro asked the lord as he walked up to her.
"Oh, of course, Hiro! We wouldn't be here without your help; your skills will be a valuable asset to us!" Lyn bowed her thanks. "Okay then, Good night, Lady Lyndis," Hiro said as he walked off to bed.
In the morning:
"...So all of you are leaving?" Lyn asked the group assembled outside. Erk, Serra, Dorcas, Lucius, Wallace, Matthew, Nils, Ninian, Serene, and Kuro were assembled in the group, waiting at the castle gates to say their good-byes to Lyn.
"I need to get Serra to Ostia before my eardrums explode. OW!" Erk yelled in pain as Serra bonked his head with her heal staff.
"Silly Erky."
"...I need to take care of Natalie. I'm going to find another job so I could pay for fixing her leg..." Dorcas told Lyn.
"I've received a summons from the church to go help a village. I'll be returning shortly, however, to study, if I may be allowed," Lucius told Lyn. Lyn nodded to signify her approval.
"I...uh...have to go somewhere...yeah, that's it," Matthew said as he walked away.
"The fight in me has been boiled up again! I'm going to go around the world, looking for someone worthy of fighting me. So long!" bellowed Wallace, as he clanked his way out of the castle gates.
"We'd love to stay, but we really have to return home," Kuro told Lyn.
"The food here is DELICIOUS!" Nils added.
"Yes, it is. Unfortunately for you two, you won't be here to eat it," Serene said, dragging the two behind her.
"Alas..." Kuro said, as the group of four waved good-bye to Lyn.
Ilia, a few days later:
"FINALLY!" Kyo said as he docked his wyvern. He left the stables to regroup with Fiaa. "So...should we go to the pub first or get us a room?"
"I think we should get a room first. It will be really hard to get rooms late at night..." Fiaa said, leading the way to the inn, and registered for a room. Then they walked up to it and unpacked their things.
"Let's go to the pub...but after a small rest," Kyo said, laying down on the bed, exhausted from the trip.
"Only rest, dear?" Fiaa looked at him.
"What else do you want to do?"
Fiaa jumped on top of him and straddled him, and they started making out.
"Our sources say that he only goes there after sunset," Kyo said. "It's only about 2 hours away. Let's go get some food, and probably shop for equipment."
2 hours later:
"...Are you ready? You're sure you're okay?" Kyo asked his companion as they walked up to the door of the pub.
"...Yeah, I'm fine," Fiaa said as she swallowed. They opened the door and walked in. The pub was full of rowdy and rough looking men. About half of them were drunk, and the other half harassing the maids. One groped Fiaa's butt, only to have his hand twisted and crushed by the heel of the Pegasus knight. "...Perverted bastards..." she commented.
They walked up to the bartender. Kyo handed him the portrait of Lucifer. The bartender pointed to a spot on his right; to be more specific, a black cloaked man. Kyo got his blade ready, but noticed that the man's black cloak was different from the other black-cloaked people that attacked him, and relaxed a bit. "...Don't drop your guard," the man suddenly said. "You never know when these miscreants might jump you. Like now, behind you." Kyo turned around to see a man raise his beer bottle and try to hit Kyo.
The wyvern knight kneed the man in the gut and threw him aside. "Thank you. You are...Lucifer, I believe...we have something for you from...a friend," Kyo said as he took out the package, giving it to Lucifer.
"Thank you. I've been waiting for this for a long time," he said, taking a golden necklace out of it. It looked exactly like Kyo's, but had a diamond instead of an emerald on it. Kyo looked at it in awe. "Let me repay you. Sit and I'll buy you a couple of drinks." Kyo had to refuse. "Um...the last time I was here, I got really drunk over some Ilian rum..."
"Ilian rum? You must be kidding me. You look like a noble from another country; they usually have weak stomachs and can never hold too much alcohol," Lucifer commented.
"...Yeah, I had the mother of all hangovers after only 20 glasses," Kyo muttered.
"...20 glasses. And you're not dead yet. Amazing," Lucifer remarked. "Have some other type of drinks. This bar DOES serve them, you know..."
The bartender served them their drinks. Then Fiaa noticed him go through the door. The door which led to the room of her raping. After a few minutes, he came back out again. "Miss? Some people want to see you; just go in through that door," the bartender told Fiaa.
"What about?" she asked him.
"...I don't know, they just do," said the bartender, trying to act innocent.
"We'll go with you," Lucifer offered. Then he grabbed Kyo and Fiaa before the bartender could say anything.
'Damn it, they'll kill me!' the bartender thought.
"Ready your weapons..." Lucifer warned Kyo.
"Fiaa, walk in first; we're right behind you," Kyo told her.
She gulped, and mustered up the courage to walk in through the dreaded door. She opened it, and entered.
What she saw was what she expected. 10 naked men; they looked like the same ones that raped her before. "Well, HELLO!"
"She's a beauty...GET HER!"
Then Lucifer and Kyo burst through the door, weapons unsheathed. Lucifer had a strange looking sword out. Its blade was made of diamond; rough but still very sharp, and its hilt was golden and black. Its design was similar to that of a Silver Blade's, but it looked more fearsome, with the devil wings on its hilt. They held their weapons to the throats of the 2 closest men.
"Goddammit, get some clothes on," Kyo ordered.
The man farthest away from them took a sword from behind him. "DIE!" he yelled, and ran at Fiaa. The other men grabbed their swords as well. Kyo and Lucifer rammed the hilt of their swords into the faces of the men they were pointing their blades at, knocking them out cold. The man that ran at Fiaa was given a very hard kick to the groin, and another to the face. Fiaa threw him at another man that rushed at her.
Lucifer stabbed his sword into another attacker, and Kyo swung his sword around, slicing two others in half. Fiaa jumped at another attacker, and wrapped his head with her thighs, squeezing it tightly. She twisted her hip to break the man's neck, and leapt off (Soul Calibur Sophitia's Neck breaker). She kicked another attacker behind her in the face. Kyo sliced that one in half. The rest of the men surrendered after that.
"...Those bastards...they were the ones that did it..." Fiaa told Kyo.
"...We got them now. They won't be doing anymore of this..." Kyo reassured her, as the security force of the town put the surviving rapists in prison.
"Thank you for your help, Lucifer," Kyo bowed his thanks.
"It's no big deal. I've been hired to hunt them down anyways. I just needed bait; thank YOU, Fiaa," replied Lucifer.
"Oh, that's real nice of you, using me like that," Fiaa sarcastically replied.
"...You work for Ostia, right? Would you mind if I come with you?" Lucifer asked the two.
Kyo nodded. "You can come, of course, but we'll need to ask Lord Uther about hiring you, though."
A few days later, back in Lycia:
"We're close, right? My feet are DYING!" Nils complained.
"Yes Nils, now...wait..." Ninian halted. "Do you feel it too, Nils?"
"..Yeah...oh...sh1t.." he cursed.
"Nils! Watch your mouth!" Serene scolded him. The next second, a hailstorm of Ballista bolts were raining down on the dragons. "RUN!" Serene commanded.
Kuro just stood there, and unsheathed the Harusame. He focused his energy into it, and yelled, "MIGHTY GUARD!" A giant barrier covered the group and all the bolts bounced harmlessly off the wall.
"...Come back to us," a man walked up to them.
"...Is that...Nergal?" Kuro asked Ninian and Nils.
"...Yes..." they nodded quietly.
"RUN FOR IT!" Kuro ordered.
"Fools. ERESHKIGAL!" Nergal yelled. The spell slammed hard against the Mighty Guard, but the wall stayed strong. However, there was a visible crack in it. "...The power of a sacred sword...just how many are going to get in my way?" he said to himself.
"We have to split up. He'll have a hard time getting us...OOMPH!" Kuro was hit by an Ereshkigal bolt. The others ran back to carry him, but they were captured in nets.
"...More dragons, AND a sacred sword! Excellent..." Nergal said, as he bent down to pick up the Harusame. However, as he was about to touch it, it sent out a powerful bolt of energy, blasting Nergal backwards. He ordered his men to grab it off of Kuro, but they to were struck by the bolt. "ARGH!...Why..why can't I touch it?...Looks like I'll have to leave it with the boy for now..." Then he and his men brought the dragons to his lair.
End Lyn's tale, chapter 10
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