Chapter 20

I do not own Destiny 1 or 2

I do not own Rising of the Shield Hero

Grammarly is my Beta

So far next story will the Destiny/Stargate Atlantis crossover

Story Start

"Tch, do you really think that you can find us all alone?" questioned Malty angrily

"No...I know I can" replied Ino calmly

"I'm sorry Rino, but as long as you stand against me I'll have to fight even if it means hurting you." said Motoyasu as he charges thrusting his spear forward

In response, Ino places her staff in front of her so that when it meets the two-pronged spear, it will land between the prongs stopping it which is exactly what happened

"Please surrender Rino, you can trust us." begged Motoyasu

Pulling out her karambit, she slashes at Motoyasu's arm, the blade going through the armour as if it was made from tinfoil making him jump backwards clutching his now bleeding arm.

'Smart, the spear needs two arms to use properly, and with that wound, it will be harder for him to fight.'

"I made the mistake of trusting you and those bitches behind you once, I won't make the same mistake again." swore Ino "and try to remember the name's Ino now."

"You bitch, how dare you attack Motoyasu!" scowled Malty "As source of thy power and queen to be I order thee. Decipher the laws of creation and drench my targets in a rain of flame! Zweit fire squall!"

With that done a circular disk fire appeared before detonating in a flash of flame sending hundreds of small fire balls at Ino and us.

In response, Ino merely lifts her staff and intones "Zweit vacuum wall."

This created a large rotating disk of air in front of everyone, as soon the fireballs hit it they spluttered and died. However, Ino wasn't finished

"Zweit air blast!" calls Ino as a blast of air rams into Motoyasu sending him flying backwards.

"Zweit fire shot!" shouted out Melty

"Zweit air shot!" cried out the other unknown member of Motoyasu party

In mid-air these attacks connected and became much stronger, the air pushing and strengthening the fire.

"Air vacuum prison!" shouted out Ino as a circular cone of air appeared around Ino.

As soon as the fire hit the cone of air it burst into flames, making Malty and the other woman burst into grins...grins that they then lost when the fire died down revealing an unharmed Ino.

"How did Ino do that? She should have been burnt to a crisp when the flame hit her own air." questioned Melty

"Fire needs three things to stay alight, heat oxygen and fuel. While air was circling around her there was a vacuum wall inside that the flames could not pierce. Put simply when the fire hit it followed the channel of air since there was no air touching Ino the flames couldn't hit her...its a good strategy if you can hold your breath long enough otherwise it will backfire on you horribly."

"How dare you force Rino to attack us." said Motoyasu as he stumbled to his feet, leaning heavily on his spear.

"You still don't get it, everything you know about the Shield Hero is a lie." said Ino with pity in her voice "Zweit air walls!"

Two larger tunnels air formed, one going left, the other right with the Melty, Motoyasu and the unkown girl where caught in the middle and slammed together.

Struggling to get to his knees Motoyasu manages to gasp out "How can you be this strong, you don't shouldn't even have your class upgrades."

"Oh you know about that do you?" asks Ino "Well you see we actually do have our upgrades, Callum wasn't going to let a bunch of corrupted nuns, priests and king screw us over so he got us the upgrades without them knowing about it."

"Maybe if you had spent more time training and less time preening under the spotlight you would have won against Ino or at least forced us to intervene." I said calmly as Motoyasu pushes himself up with his spear

"Even so I must continue, I must avenge Ren-san and Itsuka-san and free the girls under your control." said Motoyasu with conviction

With that everything made sense

"Ah, so you think I killed them, tell me did you actually see their bodies? Was there any actual evidence that I was involved or did you just take them at their word? Just like when you were told I had a 'mind control shield'?" I ask

Motoyasu's glare told me all I need to know

Before things could continue I froze as did Filo

'There's a large energy build-up, but where is it coming from?' I think to myself

"Callum all the soldiers vanished!" cried Raph

"Shit, everyone together now!" raising up my shield I quickly cry out "Bunker Shield! Mud Shield! Force Shield!"

Around us formed a simple bunker, not unlike those used in wars, around that formed a mud sphere and finally a visible force field not dissimilar to what titans use to protect their allies.

"What do you think you are doing!" demanded Malty

'Damn I kind of hoped she wouldn't be close enough as, unlike Motoyasu I don't need her alive for now.'

Unfortunately, Malty wasn't used to being ignored "I said.."

"I don't give a shit so just shut the hell up!"

It's at that point I felt it a large energy attack from the sky falling directly at us when it hit the very ground shook. With some resistance, the force shield broke, and the mud shield began to dry and crack but before it could fully give the attack was over.

Waiting a moment to make sure there was no follow up attack, I dismissed the untouched bunker and what remained of the mud shield. When I did so, everyone was stunned by the amount of damage around us as we were now in a deep crater with what looked like volcanic veins running down the walls and floor.

"Melty-chan, what just happened?" asked Motoyasu

"That power...it can't be." stammered Melty

"Let me guess. Your church friends decided to betray you?" I ask much to the shock of Melty and the others in her party

"My how wonderful." spoke a new voice "To take such a high powered and multi-casted ritual spell such as Judgement head-on and remain alive, you really are something Devil of the Shield."

"Why isn't it the crack ass pope, how you doing up there? Got anything funny in your system because the only way that this seems like a good idea is if your high as a kite." I said mockingly

"Hmmm to pull such a brave face when you know that your going to die soon, if only you were the spear hero instead of the Devil things would have been so different." said the pope sadly "But instead of acting in denial, how about you attone and apologise for your sins."

"My sins, you seemed to be confused that power high must be impacting your mind." I retort

"Not at all, you stand there guilty of misleading the people of this world and making them turn against this country and more importantly this church." said the pope wisely

"So I've been making it harder for the king and you to take advantage of these people and it's been pissing you off."

"So vulgar, nothing to worry about though as I will soon cleanse you of your sins along with the Spear Hero and everyone else here." he intoned

"What are you saying, you nearly killed me and the Spear Hero on purpose? Asker me Pope Balmus!" Demanded Malty

"Of course I would never kill the Spear Hero or the next queen...but alas they were killed by the Devil of the Shield much like the Bow and Sword was before I arrived, and all I could do was avenge them." said the smiling pope

"You can't get away with this, no-one will believe you!" interrupted Motoyasu

"Funny, you seemed to believe them not too long ago." I said snidely

"What!..you mean you really didn't kill Itsuka and Ren?" Motoyasu asked surprised

"...do you remember a couple of seconds ago when the pope was admitting to have murdered them?" I said bluntly 'seriously how dumb is he'

"Of course I killed them, they were pocking their noses where they didn't belong. That with their sins made it apparent that their death was demanded by god."

"What sins, Itsuka and Ren did nothing wrong!" exclaimed Motoyasu

"That is where you are wrong, all the current heroes are guilty of sin. Oh and Malty no need to worry about the kingdom, there is already a system being set up to replace the royals."

"You can't do that! We are.." started Malty only to be interrupted

"What the only ones fit to abuse their power over the people and the church!" shot the pope

"Yeah they can abuse the people too." I added in

Ignoring me the pope continues "We are the apostles of god himself, to mistreat us is to mistreat god. Neither the country nor its people need such blasphemy so the royalty along with the heroes will be wiped out." turning slightly to focus on Motoyasu the pope continues "You asked what the heroes' sins were? Well, I shall tell you, you released the sealed seed which devastated a village and made them flee their own homes. The Sword Hero coursed and epidemic that nearly wiped out another village while the Bow Hero hid from the public eye and caused countless to starve."

'Funny he doesn't seem to be mentioning that I'm the one that fixed their messes.' I think to myself 'though that isn't surprising.'

"Such heroes do not deserve our worship, and for the sake of the people and this country they must be wiped out before they cause more damage." the pope finished gravely

"I..I simply wanted to help, we all just wanted to help." stuttered Motoyasu

"Then you should have thought about why they seed was sealed in such a place before you planted it." I told Motoyasu

"What, how do you now?" asked Motoyasu surprised

"I'm the one that's been cleaning up your messes for you this entire time." I answered

"How foolish. Hopefully, the next heroes will understand their place in this world and act correctly. If not, they too will face Judgement but that's for the future...now to deal with the present." stretching out his hand one of the pope's aides placed a sword in his hand, the sight of which caused Melty to gasp in shock

"Now to deal with you and the Devil of the Shield who clings to life like a filthy cockroach!" shouted the pope

Only to be met by my laughter

"You think I'm clinging to life? Your ritual spell might have been powerful, but it will take a lot more than on to take me down." shaking my head I continue "I have face things a lot more powerful than you little man and still managed to come out on top, you have no chance against me."

This naturally angered the pope and raising his sword that began to glow with a golden energy he shouted "Die for our righteousness order!"

"Watch out Callum that sword is.." whatever Melty was going to say was drowned out by the sound of the pope unleashing his attack

Running forward I raise my shield 'Shit this attack it powerful, too powerful for the others aside from Ar'na and certainly too powerful to come from the pope, so where's the power coming from?' I wonder

'There are a lot of life signatures up there, and they seem to be feeding their energy to the pope.' answered Casper

Soon though the attack was over

"For a devil, you are quite tough, but soon you will be squashed like the bug you are." spoke the pope "Let's see how you far against a fully charged shot instead of a trial shot like I just used." boasted the pope as the sword changed into a spear.

"H-hey that sword changed into a spear!" exclaimed Motoyasu

'What is about some people that make them state the obvious.' groan

"There is no mistaking it, that's the replica of the Cardinal Weapons!" said Melty breathlessly

This gets my attention "Replica?" I ask

"Yes you see some time in the past an attempt was made to replicate the weapons of the four cardinal heroes and make one ultimate weapon that could change form and use each weapons skills. But I was told that it was lost many centuries ago." answered Melty

"That's not fair!" groaned Motoyasu before turning to Malty "Malty is this true?"

"H-how would I know?" stuttered Malty

"It's one of Melromarcs most famous stories, anyone that even looks at our history would come across the tale." said Melty smugly "But the odd thing is finding it should have been huge news, so huge that there should have been at least rumours of it being found."

"Unless it was never actually lost but only hidden." suggested Raph

"A weapon like that must have some kind of weakness, do you now it?" I ask

"Yes, it may be a mighty weapon, but it consumes a massive amount of mana to use. Much more than the Cardinal weapons." answered Melty

"I can detect a lot of life signs up there, they must be powering the weapon." I said

"Even so, that attack just now must have drained a lot of mana from a lot of mages. Sooner than later the weapon will become unusable." said Ino

"You are indeed correct, it seems that the devil's party is so much smarter than those in the spear hero's party. But you are wrong about one thing, everyone of you will be long dead before my followers run out of mana. So come now my devoted followers and send your prays to me so that we may purge this world of the fake spear and the Devil of the Shield in the name of our god."

"Ar'na I need you to find a way up there and take his followers out." I ordered

Before she could do so, we were rudely interrupted by Motoyasu

"I won't stand for this! You manipulate us to serve your own twisted goals and get away with it! No, I..." as Motoyasu droned on I decided to drown him out by imaging a moving solar system, I didn't want my IQ to drop any lower because of this idiot.

"Lighting Spear!" shouted out Motoyasu interrupting my thoughts

'Damn how long was I'd out?' I mentally ask

'Shorter than you thought but longer than you should have.'

Unfortunately for Motoyasu the attack hits a golden glowing symbol and does nothing.

"What a barrier?" asked Motoyasu in shock

"What? Did you expect him to be standing up there with no protection? He's not that stupid." I answered

"With all those followers that barrier will be impenetrable!" exclaimed Melty

"If I can't do it alone, Callum!" exclaimed Motoyasu putting his hand on my shoulder "It is time we work together and defeat this evil!"

"Yes...you will pay for turning ag.." started Malty

"Hey are you guys on drugs or something? Seriously asking here, because that's the only way this makes sense. Two minutes ago you were trying to kill me and there is no way anyone in my party will be trusting Malty or her friend over there." I rebuked

"But you protected us with the shield!?" exclaimed Motoyasu

"The waves become harsher and more brutal with the death of each hero, if Ren and Itsuka really are dead, it is imperative that no other heroes die. I might be willing to work with you but I won't be with your party." I warned

"Fine! Malty, Lesty let's do our combo move!" ordered Motoyasu

"Zweit Fire!" said Malty

"Zweit Air!" shouted Lesty

The combined attacks landed on Motoyasu's spear in a ball of wind and fire. Pulling back his spear Motoyasu cried out his own attack

"This is your end! Burst Fire LANCE!" an intence and powerful attack came out from his spear and collided with the pope send up a thick plume of dust.

When it cleared, the pope was revealed to be unharmed.

"How deplorable, to resits god's mercy. But to a devil and those that follow him there shall be no mercy." said the pope