Hey Guys! Crescent Rider here, and I'm back with the final update for Season 1!
And for those who once read the old version, you should all know that I included the OVA 6. Zombieman's Murder Case.
For this version of the story, that part will serve as the last part of this chapter. As for this part, there will be a couple of original content since the gravity of the battle changed when Nadia revealed her secret.
That is all, and as always, enjoy the final update!
Battlefield...
Nadia has changed, her appearance and entire had become the very person the association has sought to find.
Metal Bat, Puri Puri Prisoner, Iaian, and Atomic Samurai stared in utter surprise while Archer remains somewhat concerned over her.
As for the alien, it tends to its own thoughts...
'What's with this aura,' The alien muttered, 'It's something that Boros-sama has ever shown in his whole life. It feels... Dangerous...'
Nadia remains silent, and the same can be said for the voices in her mind. For her intent was directed toward the alien.
She then raised her arm to the same level as her shoulder and conjures a weapon on hand. A long sword with a long handle and the entirety of the sword was black as the void itself.
The Class S Heroes widen their eyes at the sight of this blade, but Archer held a different reaction towards this weapon. Especially when Nadia proceeds to hold it with both hands to prepare for her first strike.
Without a moment's hesitation, Archer proceeds to yell out, "MOVE!"
Nadia then strikes her sword down and a black wave of dark magic was directed toward the alien. The Class S Heroes jumped out of the way, and the attack reaches to the alien's arm, then down to its chest and waist.
A large cut was created, but it was over just yet. As the alien glanced down at its body, it notices its pieces crumpling to ash and was alarmed by this. What made it worse for the alien is that this was spreading further into its body.
Thus, the alien had no other choice but to slice off the affected parts from its body and fill the gaps before focusing his attention on Nadia instead of the Class S Heroes.
"You damn little runt!" the alien yelled and unleashes a barrage of tendrils toward Nadia.
Though Nadia evades most of its attacks, and the rest were cut down by her blade. She then closes distance by dashing toward the alien, destroying every tendril it sent its way, and sliced on part of its leg with her blade.
The alien prevents the effect of the blade from spreading, and forcibly removed it before pressing the attack with a blade of its own.
As the two fought, the Class S Heroes snapped out of their shock, and Metal Bat grips onto his bat, "Looks like that thing is preoccupied with her, let go and smash through it,"
"Right!" Puri Puri Prisoner agreed, and readied himself for another fight,
"Stay out of this!" Archer yelled, much to their surprise,
"Huh? Whaddya mean by that?," Metal Bat said, "You saying we can't take it down with her?"
"That's not what I mean," Archer stated, "What I mean is that you shouldn't get involved in this. Especially when Nadia snapped after seeing that old man knocked right into the building,"
"What do you mean by that," Atomic Samurai questioned,
"That blade she wields now is different compared to the sword she wielded earlier," Archer explained, "It is born out of corruption and is stronger than any blade known to man. It ignores physical defenses, retains its sharpness, and the blade can be enchanted to the point that injuries sustained by this blade cannot and will not be healed by conventional means."
"That would explain how she can cut through a monster's thick armor," Iaian said as he recalled his previous encounter with the Masked Individual,
"But that still doesn't explain why you won't let us join in on this battle," Metal Bat said,
"It's because..." Archer turns to Nadia as she fought the alien with speed and swift strikes of her black sword, "She is not her usual herself, and getting in between them is dangerous as it is,"
Even with those words in mind, Metal Bat is still inclined in joining the fray against the alien. But when recalling her earlier attack had somehow made him hesitate in doing so.
Just by looking at the damage caused by one swing of her Black Sword, the ground had been cut with immense precision and strength. The worse of all, he saw a glimpse of Nadia's expression.
The eyes of someone who cares nothing but to kill the enemy to satisfy their revenge. Thus, getting in the way was something that he cannot afford to risk.
In the next couple of minutes, the alien continued to press on with the attack. Though it was unaware of the fact that its body was getting smaller due to the sword's corrosion.
But that wasn't enough as Nadia increased the potency of the sword's corrosion. Leading to some parts of the alien's body eroding faster than before.
When their battle reached half an hour, the alien's body had been greatly reduced by seventy percent of its mass. What makes it worse for the alien, is the sword's corrosion had invaded its insides.
Preventing it from saving whatever's left of it. Once most of its body had been corroded by her sword, Nadia goes in for the alien's neck.
'She's dangerous!' The alien declared, forcibly removed its head from its body, and sprouted wings from the back of its head,
As the body fell, it erodes to ashes and Nadia sets her sights on the fleeing alien.
'If only I had my other heads, I would have killed her by now,' The alien stated, 'But no matter if I could just get Geryuganshoop here. Then that girl is as good as dead,'
"It's escaping!" Iaian yelled,
"Not if I have smashed it back to the ground," Metal Bat said as he firmly held his bat, and prepares to smack it back down,
But before he could do anything, Nadia had already caught the alien with black magic in mid-flight and remained firm as she raised her sword towards the alien.
Then she slowly pulls the alien head closer as it struggled from its binds. But her grip was strong and any attempt to slip through her binds was fruitless as the binds continued to wrap around its little head.
As it was being pulled closer, Nadia remained still as a statue and let the sword do the work for her.
"Damn you..." The alien cursed,
As soon as the tip reached the back of its head, lets out one final scream, "Damn you!"
The alien head was pulled deeper into the sword and corrodes the head until its final marble had been destroyed from the inside.
As soon as the alien was dead and gone, Nadia lowers her sword and remains idle in the exact same spot. Though the blade's corrosion had ceased as its aura dissipates.
"S-She did it..." Iaian remarked in utter shock, "She actually did it..."
Atomic Samurai sheathes his sword and stares at her idle figure, 'I must admit, Her power is impressive. It's nothing like I've ever seen, but...'
Atomic Samurai narrows his eyes towards her, but specifically stared towards Nadia's eyes as they were void of their original color and frowns upon her uncaring nature, 'If she were our enemy, this would have been a whole lot different,'
Archer soon takes a step forward, and directed his attention toward her, "Nadia,"
Nadia remains somewhat unresponsive, but she did glance at Archer with her left eye alone. When seeing the young Servant, she slowly turns at him and walks toward him.
Archer had become somewhat cautious when the Black Sword has yet to disappear and somehow readies himself for an upcoming attack.
And that's what she did when her walk turned into a run, then jumps right into the air, and attempted to strike him down with her sword.
Archer reacted to this quickly, jumps away from the attack, and directed several chains toward her.
The result of his attack had somehow managed to restrain her on the spot. But not endlessly as Nadia was morphing her entire body structure into an intangible form, regaining her physical ability, then she unleashes a wave of shadows at him.
As this happens, the Class S Heroes present were baffled by the sudden turn of events. Especially when some of her attacks almost caught them in the crossfire.
"Hey! What's the big idea!" Metal Bat yelled,
"She can't hear you!" Archer yelled while avoiding the shadows, "As long as her hatred remains, she won't stop until she calms down, or falls to the ground,"
"So basically, we have to fight her to ensure that she calms down?" Atomic Samurai questioned, then grabbed his sword once more, "In that case, I'll have a go then,"
Atomic Samurai then dashes towards Nadia, and the latter spots him coming in a mile away. As soon as Atomic Samurai drew his blade, Nadia brought her Black sword close and blocked the upcoming attack.
As soon as their blades clashed, it created an immense shockwave around them, and Atomic Samurai's hands trembled from the sheer durability of her sword.
'This sword...!' Atomic Samurai remarked, 'It's just as the boy said, It's stronger than any blade,'
While Nadia was momentarily distracted, Metal Bat decided to join in and attempted to hit her with his bat as little as possible. Though his attack was swiftly blocked by Nadia's reinforced arm, causing Metal Bat's arms to tremble while his bat created a loud clang in the process.
"Damn! Her arm's hard as hell!" Metal Bat commented,
Nadia then used the same arm to create a tendril made of shadow, and swat Metal Bat towards the debris before knocking Atomic Samurai back with one swoop of her sword.
"Forgive me for my actions!" Puri Puri Prisoner loudly apologized as he jumped toward Nadia, "But I will do what must be done to help you!"
Nadia was unamused by the sight of Puri Puri Prisoner's naked body and stretches her hand toward him as the latter prepares for an attack.
"Take this! Angel Rush!" Puri Puri Prisoner yelled and unleashes a barrage of punches at her.
And it was enough to create a large dust cloud as the impact of his punches was strong.
"Just what is that guy doing?! He's supposed to be helping her, not pummeling her!" Archer yelled, "But either way, his attacks will not go through..."
This turned out to be true as the knuckles of Puri Puri Prisoner's fists showed signs of major bruises. He was then knocked back by a single strike of a tendril and Nadia remained strong and unscathed as before...
"Can anyone even stop her?" Iaian doubted, "She seemed more powerful than that alien,"
Metal Bat clicked his tongue, Atomic Samurai drew his second katana, Archer readies his chains, and Puri Puri Prisoner remained determined as he got back up to his feet and clenched his fists once more.
Nadia stared at every one of her opponents and firmly grasps her Black Sword.
But before anyone of them could clash, a single voice had stopped it all, "What's going on here?"
Archer and the Class - S Heroes turned to the source while Nadia was much slower than the others. As for the voice in question, it was none other than Bang himself.
Who seemed alive even after sustaining the alien's head-on attack.
The very sight of him had caused Nadia to lower her sword and muttered one word out loud, "Bang..."
The Black Sword soon dissipates from her hand, and her overall appearance slowly reverts to her original appearance. But as soon as her face was revealed, a single tear was shown and drips from the corner of her right eye down to her right cheek.
Bang winds his arm, and twists his neck a few times before noticing the look on Nadia's face. His mouth slightly dropped, but he closes his eyes as soon as he put his hands behind his back, "It seems I've made you worried back there... For that, I'm terribly sorry for the trouble, Nadia,"
Nadia's mouth slightly trembled and sniffed once. But she soon made a small smile on her face and said the following, "Old Geezer... Don't scare me like that..."
Bang chuckled while the rest of the Class - S Heroes seemed to have eased down and felt somewhat a relief.
But those moments were cut short when they noticed pieces of the spaceship were starting to fall around them.
"I-It's coming down," Iaian said,
"We need to go," Nadia followed,
"This is bad, Run for the Association HQ," Bang said and started running towards Association Headquarters, then followed by the other Class - S Heroes.
Atomic Samurai would question how Bang was still able to run faster than them, Puri Puri Prisoner chanting a move called 'Angel Dash' as he ran, and Metal Bat complaining at him as he kept running.
As for Nadia, she just ran while Archer ran alongside her.
In a matter of minutes, all of them were able to reach safety as the spaceship finally crashes onto the ground.
As they take a moment to catch their breath, Atomic Samurai carefully removes his disciple's arm from his neck and approached Nadia.
"Who would have thought that the Masked Hero that the Association's been looking for," Atomic Samurai narrows his eyes towards her, and his hand was on one of his katana, "Was hiding under our noses this whole time,"
Nadia just stared at him, then turns away a moment later, "Are you disappointed?"
"After seeing you in action, I'm not," Atomic Samurai said, "Rather, you seemed strong in your own right,"
"Never judge a person by their rank, Atomic Samurai," Nadia stated, "For you will miss those who truly show potential,"
"That may be something that I agree on," Atomic Samurai said,
For a brief moment of silence, Nadia soon spoke out loud, "Don't tell anyone,"
"Huh?" Atomic Samurai and the other Class S Heroes present turned to her,
"What you all saw today, Don't tell anyone," Nadia requested,
"Why wouldn't we? The Association has been looking for this Masked Hero for the past few months," Iaian said, "Why do you want us to keep it a secret,"
"You all saw what I did, didn't you? If so, what are your first impressions?" Nadia questioned,
Iaian and the Class S Heroes glanced at each other for a brief moment, and Puri Puri Prisoner was the first to answer, "I will say that you are indeed strong, but... What you were back there outright dangerous,"
"I agree, and the way how you executed that alien. It could have sent chills down my back if I was in the same position as that thing," Metal Bat followed,
Bang simply nodded since he had only caught a glimpse, yet it was enough for him to realize what Nadia was capable of in her Masked state.
"Which is why I want you all to keep this a secret," Nadia requested, "The fewer people know, the better..."
Everyone seemed uncertain at first, but they agreed to it especially when she lacked control over her power. Though among all of them, Puri Puri Prisoner had a say in the matter, "As I agree to keep your secret, it's a shame to know that Masked Hero is not the man I visioned,"
"Shut it, you creep," Nadia said,
Moments later, they hear a particular voice, "Care to explain, Metal Bat?"
"Huh?" Metal Bat hummed in confusion,
"Explain it so I can understand it," Amai Mask demanded, as he looked down on all of them,
Everyone turns to Amai Mask as he answers Metal Bat's question about where he came from. Soon enough, Metal Bat explains what happened.
This earned Amai Mask's disdain and proceeds to hurl several criticizing insults at them much to Metal Bat's irritation and hurls the fact that he wasn't there. Though Amai Mask would make a point about the Class S Heroes being in the center o the destruction.
Atomic Samurai calmly explained the situation. Yet, Amai Mask was dissatisfied as he points out the media would not let this incident go.
Puri Puri Prisoner then asked whose side he is on, and Amai Mask replied that he was on the side of justice. Though his response irks Nadia to the core as her eyes were shadowed.
Amai Mask then slides down from the rubble with his hands in his pockets and hurls another insult at them, "Having Class S Heroes this pathetic... is an embarrassment,"
Then he flips one side of his bags, and stretched his other hand towards them, "Anybody this useless should voluntarily retire,"
Before anyone could act against him, specifically Metal Bat. A Sword was suddenly thrown in between Amai Mask's feet and everyone seemed to gasp at the sight of this.
Then they all turn to the one responsible...
"I'm sorry, My hand just slipped," Nadia coldly apologized, "I hope you could forgive me,"
"Class A Rank 27, Nadia... Just what are you doing here in a place like this," Amai Mask said,
"Before the meeting, Bang personally invited me. After the attack, I joined in and fought alongside these people," Nadia explained, "As far as I know, they're more competent than you'd ever be,"
"What..." Amai Mask lowly growled, and clenches his fingers,
"I know and learned much about these people in the past few minutes. They aren't just competent than you, they're more well-mannered, more tolerable, and more respectable compared to things you've done in your whole life," Nadia listed, "For that, you're no Hero of Justice. To me, you're just an idol with a serious case of attention issues"
Amai Mask then frowns upon her, and his fists clenched hard enough to see veins popping from his skin. Some of the Class S Heroes presents stared at her, though Metal Bat couldn't help but smirk at her tone, 'Heh... I think I'm starting to like this girl. She knows where to hurt people,"
Before an argument could go on any longer, a large mechanical capsule lands on the ground and everyone turns toward it. As soon as it opens, it was none other than Metal Knight's robot and walks its way toward the Spaceship.
His sole interest was the size of the spaceship while Genos seemed to have confronted him.
That lasted for a short amount of time, and Metal Knight goes to work as he declared that weapons are a means to keep the peace.
Then another voice called out, "Hey! we found alien survivors!"
Upon hearing this, Nadia seemed intrigued to know what these aliens looked like and was the first to make her way there. The rest simply followed...
Somewhere Close to the Spaceship...
Nadia soon arrived right behind Child Emperor, who was watching over these things.
"What do we have here?" Nadia questioned,
"Huh? Oh, it's just some aliens we found after the ship crashed," Child Emperor explained, "They don't appear to be much of a threat,"
Nadia walked closed and examined every one of these aliens. Once she had determined that they weren't much of a threat, an idea sprung into her mind.
'Don't tell me your planning on using these things, aren't you?' A Voice questioned,
"Ah, it's good that you're still around. As for your answer, yes, I plan to use them," Nadia replied, then cupped her chin, "But how do I-"
As she thinks of a way, she sensed what appears to be faint bloodlust from behind. Without a moment's hesitation, she materialized her sheathed sword and blocked what appears to be Amai Mask's arm much to everyone's surprise.
"Hey, what's the big idea," Nadia questioned before knocking Amai Mask's arm away,
"Step aside," Amai Mask commanded with a dark look on his face, "These creatures are evil and must be implemented with swift justice,"
"Justice? The way I see it, Justice is just an excuse for murder," Nadia pointed out, "Besides, I'm not going to let you have your way with these things,"
"So the rumors were true... You do spare monsters," Amai Mask confirmed, "Since when you would stoop low to save them when they deserve to die for what they did to this City,"
"I don't," Nadia responded, "I simply give what's more suitable than a cold swift death. For that, I won't move even if your strongest person around,"
"Move," Amai Mask demanded, and glares at her, "Before I make you,"
"Try me," Nadia insisted, "Monster,"
The two would then have a face-off in intense staring, and their intents had somehow clashed as the aliens seemed to have shivered while Archer and the Class S Heroes stared at this bout.
But before things could escalate any further, one of them had to intervene...
"Wait! Wait! Wait!" Child Emperor yelled out, and both Nadia and Amai Mask turns to the Young Class S Hero, "I get that you two don't like each other, but come on! There's has been enough trouble as it is,"
The two of them glanced at each other for a moment, but they soon turned away from opposite directions.
"Besides, what are you going to do with those guys anyway," Child Emperor asked directly to Nadia,
the latter simply responds by her raising her arm towards the monster, and her shadow extends towards them. Once it reached them, she clenched her open hand closed and the aliens were chomped by shadow and soon returns to her feet.
"What did you do to them?" Blackluster Superalloy questioned,
"Sent them in a place where they won't do any harm," Nadia replied, "But in case you ask, No, they aren't dead,"
Amai Mask clicked his tongue and walks away. Though he would pass by Genos and mutter an insult regarding his performance in the Deep Sea King Incident.
Once that was done, Genos would be opted in finding Saitama, Metal Knight would proceed with the construction of the Heroes Association Headquarters, and the rest would return to their respective cities and go about their daily life until this so-called prophecy comes to bare...
Though Nadia did acquire certain things from the spaceship...