Chapter 4 — Memories of Godrick
Alden's POV
When I came out of the fog, I was at the ruined gate, but something was wrong, there were two armies in place, Godrick 's army was positioned to the north, with the ruins of the gate behind them, and to the south, coming towards the gate, there was another army, they all wore golden armor, carried a sword and a spear, the two armies stopped facing each other. I'm hiding behind some ruins west of the gate.
A voice came out from among the soldiers at the gate "Really, will you do this due to an insult?" from among the soldiers a person came out, it was Godrick, but he looked younger and didn't have the grafts on his body, he was taller than his soldiers, he was wearing golden armor, in his right hand he carried the golden ax, a golden crown was on his head.
From among the golden soldiers, a woman appeared, she was tall, taller than Godrick, the woman wore a brown outfit with golden details, a golden helmet with wings was on her head, long red hair flowed behind her, and the woman carried a giant golden katana "You should measure the consequence of your actions Godrick, you insulted my honor, I won't let it pass so easily" the woman approached Godrick, the two armies parted making space for the woman and Godrick to face each other. It looks like this will be decided by a battle of leaders.
"Honor?" Godrick scoffed "Honor is just a joke, what matters is the victory! And when I get my victory against you, I will go after Radhan, I am the rightful heir of the golden lineage, I will not let you usurpers take my birthright!" Godrick readied his ax.
The woman let out a laugh "HAHAHA! You!? Defeating Radhan? Don't make me laugh Godrick, you're nothing but a coward hiding in your castle, you only came to face me because you knew you couldn't get away." The woman prepared her katana.
Looks like the fight was about to start.
"Before we begin, is there anyone else who would like to join our duel? Somebody else? Any brave souls who wish to go down in history as the one who faced two Demigods?" Godrick said as he looked around.
Well, time to go, if I get far enough away I'll be removed from memory, I won't get in the middle of a fight between two demigods. When I turned to leave, I ended up stepping on a stick.
CRECK!
The noise echoed through the place, an overwhelming silence took over; everyone turned and looked at me, the two armies, Godrick and the woman with the katana. I turned around slowly, I was sweating, with a nervous smile on my face, I waved to them "Hello!" please let me go.
"Well, it looks like we have someone of great bravery here," Godrick said as he studied me. "Listen, I believe there was a misunderstanding, I'm just... "
"You, warrior, come closer!" It was the woman with the katana, I looked around, the golden soldiers surrounded me, and it seems I have no choice. I was led toward the two demigods. "You have courage, I respect that," the woman with the katana said "Thank you... ", "But don't think I will show mercy." Damn it.
"Hm, what a fool" Godrick scoffed "But enough, let's get started!" the armies parted, and Godrick and the woman faced each other.
"I am Godrick, Lord of all that is Golden!" Godrick slammed his ax to the ground.
"I am Malenia, blade of Miquella, and I have never known defeat." Malenia readied her katana .
"I am Alden, Undead, Bearer of the Curse, and True Monarch, I will conquer all adversities in my path!" Darkness swirled around my staff and my flame ignited.
Alden's POV
"Shit!" I screamed when Malenia almost cut my head off, she is fast, very fast, in just a moment she was in front of me, her blade ready to kill me if I hadn't ducked my head would have gone flying, I can't let Malenia approaches me, with just one look I realized that she is superior to me in the use of a sword, I need to focus on my spells.
"Do not ignore me!" Godrick swung his ax towards us, I rolled out of the attack becoming invisible and kept rolling until I was at a considerable distance, Malenia, however, simply deflected Godrick's blow using her katana, I casted Black Mist in the direction of Godrick, and Malenia, soon after I used Affinity, the shards of darkness floated above me.
I could hear coughs coming from within the fog "You! What sorcery is this !?" Godrick shouted, I launched a Black Orb towards him, and the orb hit him in the chest.
"ARGH!" Godrick screamed in pain, he didn't have time to recover as Malenia came out of the mist slashing him in the chest "Silence! Don't spoil this duel with your pathetic complaints!" Malenia kicked Godrick away, Godrick tried to strike Malenia, but she gracefully dodged the blow and unleashed a flurry of cuts on Godrick's body, Godrick swung his ax, a tornado surrounded him but did little to stop Malenia, the winds were weaker than the ones I felt in the castle.
Godrick fell to the ground unconscious, with multiple cuts on his body and blood spilling in a puddle on the floor, Malenia turned to me, her katana pointed in my direction. "You! Face me!" Malenia ran towards me, the Affinities flew towards her, Malenia did something that scared me, she simply cut the affinities, they were all cut in two by quick and accurate blows, Malenia jumped towards me, I used my chime and cast Dark Storm, a tornado of darkness surrounded me.
Malenia didn't have time to dodge being hit with full force.
"AAAHHH!"
Again, the abyss magic did more damage than usual, I didn't stop there, I cast Orb after Orb towards Malenia, she danced among the orbs, light paces, flowing like water, left, right, backward, none of my Orbs hit her. "You possess dangerous sorcery, only one attack has wounded me as no one has ever done before. Show me what else you can do!" Malenia has attacked again, I can't let her get close!
I used Great Lightning Spear, Malenia tried to block with her blade but ended up being electrocuted, she was paralyzed in place, I took the chance and threw a Black Orb, and she was hit "ARGH!" Malenia recovered from the blow, now she looked annoyed I used Heavenly Thunder, and lightning fell from the sky hitting the area around me, Malenia dodged the lightning, and as she dodged I used Fire Serpent, watching the flame pillars approaching Maleia jumped to the right, exactly what I wanted.
I used Flame Swathe, the fireball appeared near Malenia, the fireball started spinning and exploded, Malenia's helm went flying, and I could see her face, one of her eyes was being consumed by some sort of disease. I didn't have time to think, Malenia attacked me again, the good news is that she doesn't have any ranged attacks; the bad news is her absurd speed. I can't let her get close.
I cast Fire Dance, and an arc of fire appeared in front of me, forcing Malenia to jump back, I used envelop in flames again, and this time Malenia dodged to the right, I cast another Lightning Spear, Malenia seeing there was no time to dodge again blocked the miracle with her blade, she paralyzed again.
This time I used a Chaos Fireball, the fireball flew towards Malenia, I can't say what happened, one moment Malenia had disappeared, the next I couldn't see with my right eye and I felt a pain in my chest "You fought well Undead, I will remember your name" Melania's voice came from behind me, she dodged my fireball, cut me in my eye and chest, and still had time to stop behind me, I didn't see any of that happen.
I turned quickly and saw Melania's katana going towards my neck, I used the Iron Flesh pyromancy, and my body turned to iron, the blade bounced off my neck, but Malenia didn't stop her attack, I used my hands to protect my face, but I could feel it, slowly Malenia's blows were overcoming my defense, I need to get her away from me.
I managed to grab my chime and cast Wrath of the Gods, Malenia was thrown back by the shock wave "DAM IT ALL! CHAOS STORM!" I hit the ground with both hands, for a second nothing happened, then the ground started to shake "What have you done!" Malenia shouted at me, several pillars of fire emerged from beneath the earth, bringing fire from the chaos and lava, Malenia dodged the pillars, but I didn't stop.
"CHAOS STORM!"
"CHAOS STORM!"
"CHAOS STORM!"
Repeatedly I slammed my hands into the ground, an earthquake shook Limgrave, and the two armies were trying to keep their balance, Malenia ran out of room to dodge, then a pillar appeared just below her.
"AAAHHHH!"
Malenia's screams of agony, being burned alive is a painful death, I don't experience this again, I suppose it's over, I tried to catch my breath, I kept watching the pillar of flames coming out of the ground, I strained my vision a little, there seemed to be a silhouette in the middle of the pillar. No! This is not possible! Malenia jumped off the pillar, and I could see it in her eyes, she was furious, her skin was badly burned, to the point where I could see the muscle underneath, her hair has been burned off, and is now at the height of her ears, blood was pouring out of her mouth, her clothes were nothing but rags now. In a burst of speed Malenia blurred and appeared in front of me slashing my chest.
I used Fire Dance, and the arc of flames hit Malenia this time, but she withstood the fire and cut me once more, I cast Dark GreatSword, and the blade of darkness slashed Malenia in her chest followed by a blast of darkness, she endured the blow, she cut my left arm, I dropped the staff, I couldn't move my arm anymore. Now I just have my bell and flame.
Time to end this, I cast Wrath of the Gods once more, Malenia was thrown back, then I used Promised Walk of Peace, this miracle slows the walking pace of the caster and the person hit by the spell, Malenia suddenly can't run anymore, "What did you do to me!" Melina approached me with heavy steps "Not much. Just matched our speed" I launched several Great Spears of Lightning at Malenia, she had no way to dodge so she had to block with her blade, spear after spear she was brought to her knees, her body paralyzed by the lightning, Malenia was struggling to try to stay on her feet. standing up I could see the pain on her face, "Time to end our duel Malenia " I pointed my chime at her and said one word "Climax" sacrificing 5000 souls to get maximum power, a ray of darkness flew towards Malenia.
She was hit in the chest, nothing seemed to have happened, Malenia was staring at me. Did the spell not work? Malenia started shaking and breathing heavily, then she spat rivers of blood on the floor, blood came out of her nose and ear, then Malenia fell to the ground, I fell to my knees, this was one of the hardest fights of my life, the only one I can compare to this was the Fume Knight, blood was coming out of my mouth and nose, I almost died, this was close, very close.
"Aren't you forgetting someone?!" Godrick's voice came from behind me, I turned around, without looking, just pointed my flame in the direction of the voice and used Fire Whip, the fire spiral hit Godrick and I heard a scream of pain, my vision was blurred, I think I'm going to pass out, through the blurs I could see Godrick on the floor with his hands on his face, his soldiers around him, they were saying something, but I couldn't understand what it was.
Looking at Malenia, I saw that she was still moving she got up on one knee. "Your strength is worthy of a Monarch. You have my congratulations; I will remember you, Alden, as a worthy opponent and as the first person who made me use the scarlet rot." Rot what?
Malenia got up and wings came out of her back, she took her katana and flew towards me, I only have enough energy for one more spell, just one more, a pyromancy developed by Aldia, a pyromancy with excessively destructive power, I pointed my flame to Malenia and said two words.
"Forbidden Sun"
A giant fireball flew towards Malenia, I saw her eye widen, and due to the speed it cannot be stopped.
Then the two attacks met.
The destructive flame created by a mad Scholar and the rot of a Goddess.
An explosion of flames and rot engulfed the ruins of the gate, and that was it, I fell to the ground, I can't fight anymore, my vision darkened, and I felt the ashen mist envelop me.