A/N: Hey guys Daku here, and welcome to Chapter 11 of The Last God!
Now up in this chapter it'll have socializing and interactions with the characters than fighting, though it'll have like one fight in here. But like I said, this will have new characters to be introduced, and more stuff that will make a change in Nier Automata.
So let's begin with the story shall we?
Chapter 11: Aftermath and Discussion Pt1!
(3rd POV)
In the white void we see nothing but a place devoid of anything. A bright place of emptiness and nothingness.
...Except for the body of our resident protagonist, floating on the water surface of the white void.
Xavier continues to float throughout the void. If one were to inspect his face, he's currently sleeping in the white void, as he doesn't know that a colossal size object lands near him. The figure then brings it's head over and look down at Xavier's sleeping body, seeing the peaceful expression on his face.
"ROOOOAAAR!" Neltharion let's loose a small, but loud roar to wake up Xavier in the process.
"H-Huh!? What!? Where!?" He said as he looks around rapidly, not bothered by him being soaked. He then looks behind him and notice Neltharion behind him, before he calm down his beating heart.
"T-The hell Neltharion!? Why did you wake me up like that?" He asked him, but Neltharion doesn't respond to him. This made Xavier look at him with a confused look on his face from seeing him get into a stance.
Before he could ask him, he couldn't defend himself, nor see Neltharion's attack coming. He was sent flying across the white void, skidding across the water like surface before he comes to a halt.
He shakes his head to get rid of the dizziness, raising his head up to look at Neltharion's direction...
Only for him to quickly jump far away from seeing Neltharion pounce at him, a gigantic pillar of water forming from where Neltharion landed at. Xavier lands a a few hundred meters away from the splash, his eyes widen from the force behind that pounce.
"T-The hell!?" He yelled out loud, feeling his heart beating faster than a super car going over 300 mph. "What the hell is wrong with him?! Is he trying to kill me or something?" He asked to no one in particular.
He doesn't have enough time to ponder over it as he see him come out from the water pillar and swipe his right claw at Xavier, forcing him to narrowly dodge the attack.
Neltharion doesn't let him rest and spins so fast, a Dragon his size shouldn't have, and swings his tail at Xavier. The tail connects with his body and sends him crashing down harshly against the water once more.
Xavier felt his body bounce up from the impact, feeling blood coming out of his mouth and have the wind knocked out of him at the same time. But before he could even recover, Neltharion slams his left claw down onto Xavier's body. HARD.
This causes yet another, a pillar of water to raise up from the hit as Xavier felt disoriented by the powerful blow.
Unavailable to see what's happening, he felt himself being raised out of the water and squeezed tightly in Neltharion's claw. Noticing that Neltharion is actually going to kill him, from his perspective, he quickly form an idea and gathered a lot of Mana in his chest, and opens his eyes to see Neltharion's burning glare.
Before Neltharion could squeeze to the point his bones were broken, he let's out a roar of pain as he felt Xavier release an attack from his mouth and hit Neltharion straight onto his snout. This makes him loose his grip on Xavier's body and shakes his head, trying to get rid of the stinging pain he felt from that attack.
Before he could try to find Xavier once more, he felt something huge explosion impact him on his side, not only that but a few of his scales were cracked. Slowly getting more angry he looks up and his eyes widen from the sight in front of him. Then the anger was replaced with a sense of pride and proudness.
He see Xavier holding [Ryūjin No Shi] above his head, his blade glowing a mixture of black, grey, and to his suprise, a purple color as well.
"If you want all the smoke... Then I'll give it to you!!!" He exclaimed, before he brings his sword down and sends a gigantic crescent slash towards Neltharion.
Neltharion couldn't help but to chuckle out loud, as he firmly plant his feet into the water, into the ground surface underwater, charging up his mana, and opens his mouth to launch a huge magma red and orange ball of energy up towards Xavier's.
Both attacks steady close in on each other, before a powerful shockwave fills the white void as the two attacks begin to have a power struggle with one another. Both Neltharion and Xavier watch in anticipation to see who's attack will give in from who's.
And it seems like the answer was already decided.
After a couple of seconds, which felt like minutes to them, Xavier's attack suddenly became unstable and dispersed from thin air. His eyes widen in absolute shock to see his attack get easily overpowered by Neltharion's.
But he was soon brought back out of his thoughts as he see Neltharion's attack moving towards him at blinding speeds. So with little time he has, he moves to the left, narrowly missing the attack by a hairs breath. But before he could recover, he felt his instincts warned him of danger and turn to see Neltharion's open mouth. As he already has yet another attack charged and ready to fire.
The only thing Xavier could say was this.
"Awww crap baskets."
Then not a second later, a massive explosion of energy erupts from in the air and a equally massive black smoke cloud forms. Neltharion watched this as he lands on the ground and heads towards a enormously large floating land in the distance.
He also noticed an object headed towards said floating landmass, knowing that's Xavier's beaten and somewhat churned body going to where he's heading.
"Well at least I don't have to worry about finding and carrying that little brat back to the castle. Though I know SHE'S not going to be happy about me injuring him so badly, and us fighting in her domain." Neltharion said to himself, sighing out loud as he spread his wings and fly off towards his destination.
(With Xavier)
His vision is all blurry, as he try to get his bearings on where he's heading. But then he felt his body impact solid ground, making him say "ouch" as his body roll a few times before his back hit something hard. This made him release another "ouch", as he let his body stay there for a moment before he get up despite his injuries.
As he tries to get up he felt his instincts flare up and quickly move to the right. Just in time too, as a couple of arrows would have impaled his body if he didn't.
"By the Gods, can I have one minute without someone trying to kill me?!" He questioned out loud.
"That's enough out of you human hybrid filth."
The voice made him pause, as he turn to look to where he heard the voice coming from. But he doesn't find it, so instead he stands up, closes his eyes and focus on his hearing instead. He can hear them whispering to one another about him closing his eyes.
"What's the dumb human hybrid doing now?"
"Why is he just standing there doing nothing? Did he realize that he's surrounded?"
"Beats me, but the filthy human hybrid wants to make himself an easy target then that's fine by me."
Xavier inwardly raises a brow at this, He sighs out loud but it's one of content. The reason is because his wings can stretch out to their full length. Smiling a bit in content as well.
Then he heard it, movement in the trees. In a instant, he caught three arrows in quick succession, all three between his fingers. He also bat away six more with his wings, and seven more arrows with his tail.
He heard the startling gasp of shock from the display of his reflexes. He then open his eyes and observed the arrows with a hint of interest.
The arrows in his are a forest green color, with the arrows head being a darker shade, as it gets lighter towards the end. He noticed a very interesting detail about the arrow head. There's a hollowed out hole in the middle of the arrow head, it has a glowing crystal ball in the middle of it. This crystal ball glows with a soft grass green color with a hint of lime green, and a sunflower yellow color as well.
"Hmm, this is curious." He said, looking at the arrow with growing interest. "Interesting, truly fascinating..."
He then look up at a certain branch with a bunch of leaves on it, as he spoke to it with a neutral tone.
"I know you're there, so don't think I don't see you there. After all one can't hide their mana nor their soul from me." He said with an even tone. "Which is weird since I didn't have this ability from before, but I guess it's because of my recent transformation and unlocking a few things..." he muttered to himself, as he soon begin to get lost in his thoughts.
The unknown group look at him in confusion, some even sweat dropped from how relax this human seems to be.
Well all except one of course.
"Tch! Insolent human hybrid!" The one from before yelled out loud. She not only surprise him, but her fellow comrades as well. She drops down from the tree she was hiding from and reveals herself to him.
While her comrades were surprised by how blatantly revealed herself, but she disobeyed her Commander's orders and is losing her temper from a human nonetheless.
While Xavier, on the other hand, was surprised and shock from what he was seeing. Now it would perfect sense on why the earlier comments were so condescending.
Her skin is a perfect shade of fair/white skin as she wears a white tunic as it has small green vines on it. She wears a green skirt that's green from the top and turns white as it goes down. She wears a green small cape that covers her midriff. She has white stockings the hug her thighs quite nicely, as she wears shin high boots with a brown vine like design. Her weapons are that of a bow and sword, but they seem to be of elven design with a bit of a...divine aura around it.
"I had a feeling that I was talking to a being of supernatural means..." he said, before his expression turned from neutral to exasperation at the situation he's in. "But of course some being believes to throw me yet another fucking bone my way...But to think that elves existed after all." He said in some awe.
This made most of the, now identified, elves lower their weapons and relax a little. Some still had their weapons raised at him, still on guard in case he does something foolish.
But all of them did feel smug and prideful that the human was looking at them in awe.
The one in front of him let's out a huff and smiles condescendingly at him, while being being smug about it as well. This made him feel a bit ticked off, but he reign in his emotions.
"Hmph! As your kind should, know who the superior kind that is above yours." She said arrogantly, making him feel angry once more but he kept it in check once more.
"Yes yes, elves are superior than us human trash, blah blah blah." He said, making some of them gasp, and the one in front of him glare at him with so much hate and anger. "I'm interested on where the hell I'm at, and why am I being attacked once again?" He said with a hint of anger and annoyance in his voice. He hear many bowstrings being pulled, making him more annoyed.
But what he doesn't know is that his aura is reacting to his emotions. To them his aura is like fire, as it slowly begin to grow from how angry he was getting.
"Enough. All of you." A voice with authority spoke out, making almost all of the elves freeze at look towards their leader, who also jumped down from the tree she was hiding in and begin to walk towards Xavier.
Xavier was once more caught off guard by another beautiful woman in front of him. She was dark skin elf with flowing black hair, purple eyes. She wore a dark green intricate tunic, with a leafy green cape that covered her upper body, only stopping at her waist. She wore a pure white skirt with transparent green stockings that hugged her thighs tightly. The stockings have swirling bright green roots design, as well as her pure white high heeled boots that stops at her calves.
He looked at her bow and felt... more divine than the one aiming her bow at him. Her bow look like angels wings, with intricate writing on it that Xavier doesn't understand, nor can he comprehend it. Not only that but it had another type of writing on it that he doesn't understand, but he assumed that it was in elven language.
His gaze finally went to her sword, to which put him on edge. Why hasn't he noticed it, he has no idea.
The sword is beautifully crafted from that of a divine being and by the elves as well.
Radiating with divine aura, the blade had a tree like pattern on it. The middle of it had ancient text on it. Xavier doesn't know if it's by the Gods or the elves, he only knows that it's ancient. The handle is a mix of white and green. At the bottom it has a green gem there, and from the middle of the hilt was a diamond head shaped gem. This gem was a pure green color, to which made Xavier's instincts go haywire for a moment. He noticed that it has vine like design on the handle. Finally the prongs look like tree roots, a dark brown color, but becomes a lighter towards the tips.
"Stand down Frena, he's not here to cause havoc." She said, making him look at her.
"But Lady Dreyna, we don't know if he is or not. Besides he's a filthy human." Frena said to the now named Dreyna. "A filthy human male at that. Just like the rest of those pigs! To make matters worse he's probably a human demon hybrid!!" She spat out loud with venom in her voice.
"That's enough Frena! Anymore and-" Dreyna yelled at her, but she couldn't finish her sentence.
"Oi, I don't know what the hell is you on about, nor do I know what happened..." he said, as his aura slowly begins to grow from the barely restrained anger he felt. "But I suggest you don't try to compare me to other people." He said, glaring at Frena.
"Ha! As if I'll believe a foul, disgusting creature like you." She said, as she pull on the quiver of her bow more. Holy energy gather around her bow as it was aimed towards his head. "So do us a favor and die you human trash!" She yelled out.
"FRENA!" Dreyna tried to stop her, but she was too late. Frena let go of the quiver and fired her arrow at him. The arrow traveled from her to him in a instant. A small explosion replaced from he was standing at, as it kicks up dust making Dreyna and the rest of them.
With some of the dust settling down, they look at the spot Xavier was at, the area still covered in a dust cloud. Some of them were pleased to see the human finally gone, while some of them felt pity that he was unfortunate to be killed off so easily.
Dreyna, on the other hand, felt upset and disappointed at her second in command to kill off a human with no remorse. She directed her attention to Frena and begin to lecture her.
But before she could, all of them felt a overwhelming sense of killing intent wash over them. This made all of them freeze up from the sudden presence, some of them were froze in place, while some struggle to break free. Frena and Dreyna were among those that were struggling.
'Wha-What is this! Why am I struggling to move my body!?' She thought to herself, wondering on why she couldn't move her body completely. 'Wait does that mean...!' Her eyes widen from the realization, just like everyone else did. 'Th-That's impossible! I put enough energy to kill a high rank demon!!' She look towards the spot Xavier is at, but her eyes has some traces of fear in them now. 'Wha-What the hell is this human hybrid!?' She slowly begins to shiver in fear from the thought.
Once the dust slowly settles, the elves all let out a collective gasp of shock, except for Dreyna, who let out one of shock.
"Impossible..." She said.
Xavier was still standing there, with no damage done to him from the attack, albeit the previous wounds he took from Neltharion were still there, but they was slowly healing due to him using too much mana.
"You think that I'm just roll over and die just like that? Heh heh...HA HA HA HA HA!" He laughs out loud, as his body is covered in dark charcoal scales, surprising all who saw it, as they begin to realize who scales those are.
"N-No way...you're-" one tries to say but was interrupted.
"So our Lady was right after all...you're Neltharion's host, and one that's have a lot of potential that has yet to unleashed." Dreyna said, making the elves look at her then back to Xavier with a look of awe and fear. He stops laughing and looks at her with a surprise look on his face, before he nods his head at her.
"Correct. I was woken by him when he decided to roar at me and proceed to attack me." He said.
"He did?" Dreyna said in shock, as Xavier nods his head. "And judging from your injuries, you and him battling against one another?" She guessed.
"Beats me to be honest. I only know that he seemed really disappointed in me and it felt like I was being punished for making a mistake." He said as his voice went back to normal.
"I...see." she said, a bit confused by the end of his sentence.
But before she could say anything else, the ground shook and they all turn around to see Neltharion landed a few meters away from the group. Most of the Elves were shocked to see the colossus form of Neltharion. Some looked up in fear from how big and intimidating he looks, some looked on in awe from how noble he looks, despite his body being tainted, he still have a air of a noble dragon. While the very few look at him with respect.
"Ah, Neltharion you've made it, it's good to see you once more." Dreyna said with smile on her face.
"Indeed it has been a while De-De." He said with a smirk on his face, causing her to blush in embarrassment. The elves look at their Commander with shock looks on their face. While Xavier, on the other hand, raises a brow at this interaction.
"A good friend of yours Neltharion?" Xavier said, with the eyebrow still raised.
"Yes, a long time friend. In fact, Her and her parents were actually some of the very few who survived during my little crusade against the Gods. Her parents would come and let me take care of her whenever I was too injured to fight. Spend my time looking after when she was young whenever they went out on missions, or when they wanted time for themselves." Neltharion told him, making his eyes widen slightly by this.
"Huh...well I'll be damned then, who knew..." He said, before a smirk appeared on his face. "Who knew an old overgrown lizard such as yourself can take care of someone." Xavier said, chuckling at the jab he said.
But then, Neltharion slammed his the tip of his tail down onto Xavier's body. A cut off pained yelp was Xavier's only response, making the elves jump in surprise and fright from the sudden attack. They look up at him, and most of them felt the fear creep up their spines from the look that Neltharion was giving to Xavier from under his tail.
"Careful now Hatchling. Don't make me open another can of whoop ass on you." Neltharion said to him, before he raise his tail and Xavier came crawling out groaning from the pain he felt the attack.
"And please tell me... What did I do to have you almost kill me!?" He exclaims, glaring up at him as a crimson red aura surrounds his form. This made some the elves slowly pull back their quivers and aim a arrow behind him, but a quick stern glare from Dreyna made them rethink their decision.
"The reason for that is because of two things. The first one is with you wasting your Mana against Five when you first saw her." Neltharion said, making Xavier flinch from the memory. "Not only did you almost died against the twin machine lifeforms, but you actually did died from The Intoners because that dumb decision. And finally, the second reason is because you spoke to a Goddess with such disrespect, regardless if she ignored it." Neltharion told him, making Xavier's eyes widen from hearing this information, as well as the elves.
"What!?" Xavier yelled. "How did I- ooooooh..." he realized, as Neltharion huffs out loud.
"The only reason you're still alive is because of that necklace Popola gave you." Neltharion told him, making him look up at him in confusion.
"The necklace saved me?" He asked him, getting a nod from Neltharion. This made Xavier be lost in thought, but Neltharion spoke up once more.
"Yes. And before you say it, no it's from the Goddess you're meeting. It's from someone else." Neltharion explained to Xavier.
But before he could say something, he felt a gentle and warm presence fill the whole area. This causes every single Elves to kneel before this presence.
"Ah I see she finally arrives. Well she did took her sweet time getting here. But knowing her she'd probably must have got distracted with the animals in her domain." Neltharion chuckles out loud, as this made Xavier confused by this.
"I was not distracted Neltharion, I was tending to my animals that YOU two scared to near death when you two was causing havoc in MY domain." A soft, mature melodious voice could be heard from behind Xavier by a good distance away from him. So he turns around to see this Goddess.
"H-Holy smokes..." was the only two words that he could say when he saw her. This being in front is just as beautiful as Kuroi, but instead of him seeing a warrior Goddess, this one in front of him is radiates the whole "Kind Hearted Mother Nature Goddess" and not the "Cold Hearted, Kill or be Killed" air around her.
She has long white hair, that it reach down to her thighs. Her outfit consists mainly of a long pure white dress with the purest of forest green vines on it. Going down to her calfs, her dress slowly fades into the pure forest green color, but it fades once more into a tree bark brown color towards her ankles. She also have long gloves with real vines on them. These gloves reach all the way up to her forearms. The gloves themselves are a light green color, and they were transparent as well. Xavier looked down and saw the she was bare feet as well, except for the stirrups stockings she was wearing. On her head she wore a Laurel Wreath crown that the Roman and Greece wear in ancient times.
But knowing that Elves wear these he shouldn't be surprised that this woman would wear it as well.
...Oh he noticed that she has elven ears as well. But not only that but her eyes were a stunning sapphire blue color. This causes Xavier to be lost in those eyes for who knows how long. She noticed Xavier staring into her eyes and gives him a soft smile. She then walks up to him and gently bent down to get a better look at him. This made him blush brightly from seeing her beautiful face heart shaped face up close, as he look down at her rosy pink lips, and finally her huge breasts. This made his blush increase even more, as they're the same size as Kuroi.
"Wait a minute." He said out loud, catching everyone's attention. The Goddess in front of him continues to smile at him, but raises her brow slightly.
"Yes? What is it successor of Neltharion?" She asked him.
Xavier then did something that made almost every single elf aim their bows at him with murderous intent.
He gently, and quickly place his index finger onto the Goddess mouth, silencing her and making her blush softly from the sudden action. He then stare into her eyes, ignoring the gritting teeth of most if the elves, except Dreyna who groaned audibly from this, as well as Neltharion did. The next words that came out of his mouth shocked everyone there except for Neltharion.
"Are you by any chance...Shiroi Bara? Sister to Kuroi Bara?" Xavier asked her.
"EEEHHH!?" Was the collective screams of all the elves present there, making Xavier cover his ears from the loud screaming.
"My word...He wasn't lying when he said you're quick to pick up on things, Xavier Moore. You're self-awareness is truly something, and dare I say terrifying as well?" Shiroi question at the end, feeling a bit concerned by how self aware this human hybrid is.
"Bah! It's nothing really, I know other people who has more self awareness better than me, I'm just a bit behind compared to them if I'm being honest." He said, gently rubbing the back of his head.
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Neltharion bellow out a loud laugh, scaring some of the elves, and send most of the animals running away from the sudden noise. "Smart, humble, wise, and creative as well!! I couldn't asked for a better partner!" Neltharion said with pride and joy.
"Aye I'm not the type to be ignorant about everything happening around me. I need to have some self awareness so I don't die so early." He said with a chuckle.
But before they could have another conversation, Shiroi gently clears her throat, getting the both of their attention.
"Good. Now that I have your attention, I'm sure you have some very important questions to ask me. Yes?" Shiroi asked Xavier, getting a nod from him. "Then follow me and the elves, we'll take you back to my kingdom and we'll discuss more inside my castle." She said, but she stops herself and look at Xavier once more. "One more thing." She said, getting closer to him, making him blush a little. But it only increase once she gently place her hands on both of his cheeks. But then he felt a warm, soft, comforting sensation enter his body and heals his body from the previous injuries from Neltharion.
"W-Wow this feels so...so warm. And wonderful..." he said out loud.
"There you go, good as new. Now come let us head back to my kingdom and discuss things in my castle." Shiroi said with a smile, making all of the elves, excluding a few and Dreyna, look at her in shock and surprise.
"My Goddess, are you sure it's wise to let this filthy beast inside your castle?" Frena protested, not wanting a HUMAN anywhere near their Goddess. She also took aim and was ready to fire her arrows at him twice. The first one was from when She was in close proximity to him, but she didn't wanted to hurt her Goddess. But the second time, she was ready to let her arrow loose on the human for touching their Goddess AND showing her such disrespect. But a stern look from Dreyna stopped her and from the Goddess herself.
"Yes Frena, I most certainly sure." Shiroi said, turning her head to her and giving her a reassuring smile. "Besides, I can tell he isn't the type to hurt those that kind and compassionate, more so than him." Shiroi told her, before she look back towards Xavier. "Right Xavier?" She asked him.
He nods his head in agreement, placing his right fist against his chest.
"I, Xavier Shemar Moore, wouldn't even dare to try to hurt those more kind, innocent, and compassionate than me. It hurts my soul to even do that, even to my enemies as well." He vowed, having a dead serious expression on his face.
This made the elves, who was hateful, weary, and disgusted by his presence, look at him in shock from this vow. They wasn't expecting a human such as himself, to even say something like that. Frena being more shocked by this out of all of them. But she snaps out of it, and looks at him directly into his eyes.
"And you think we should trust you with your words alone?" She said, her face frowning up from the vow. "You think I'm going to accept you and take your words for it?" She glares at him.
Xavier looks at with a calm neutral gaze, before he gives her a small smile. This catches her off guard by this, even more so when he spoke once more.
"Oh I know for a damn fact that you don't trust me or my words at all." He said as he continues to smile at her. "In fact, I expected all of you to littered me with arrows, or sliced me to ribbons for what I did. And I should know, I felt the killing intent rolling off of many of you from what I did to Shiroi." He said, before he look over to her. "Sorry by the way." He apologized, his smile being bigger towards her than the rest of the elves.
"Oh no, it's fine! Please you don't have to apologize for that Xavier." Shiroi said shyly, blushing a little from the genuine smile he has on his face.
"If you say so Lady Shiroi." He said, turning back towards Frena and ignoring her small stammering from being called 'Lady Shiroi'. "But during my life I have always been known to be blunt about things, and will continue to be blunt about things. That's something that'll probably never change about me." He said with the same smile on his face.
But then his smile disappears and a dead serious expression forms on his face. Then suddenly, the air around him changes completely. This made everyone, including Neltharion and Shiroi tense up from the sudden change of the atmosphere.
"I don't take it too kindly when someone still judges me for my species, my friends, or my family members actions." He said calmly, but they all could feel the anger in his voice. "So what if I am human, and a male? Should I judge you based off what your are? A bunch of high and mighty, arrogant, cocky, superiority complex, knife ears? Beings who think they are better than a human in every way?" He looks at her with a small sinister smirk on his face. "Well should I?" He asked her, waiting for her answer.
"I-I..." Frena couldn't really say anything at the moment, she was too stunned by this human's logic. Until she snapped out of it with him speaking once more.
"Then if you truly think and believe that..." He then walk up to her, causing many of the elves, including Frena herself, to aim at him as he approach her.
"Take another step and I'll-" she couldn't finish her sentence as her whole body shook in absolute fear from what she saw. Frena see a dark figure of behind Xavier, almost as if it's a shadow version of himself. But this version of him had a crazed and deranged smile on it's face. That smile is a smile that want nothing but destruction of everything and everyone around it except for the human boy in front of her. And the amount of bloodlust and pure unrestrained malice it was radiating made her sick to her stomach, she almost wanted to throw up from the sight of this THING in front of her.
Neltharion and Shiroi eyes widen as they felt something stir up inside Xavier's soul and mind. Dreyna let out an audibly gasp, as she too felt it and a shiver of primal fear goes down her spine. None of the others elves knew what had happened but they felt it as well, but they only thought that it was just his powers doing that.
But for Neltharion, Shiroi, Dreyna, and Frena...
'So this is what Kuroi saw in him...To think she would even loosen the restraints on this THING...' Neltharion thought to himself, narrowing his eyes at Xavier. 'You better have control over this creature inside of you partner, or else...' Neltharion thought darkly.
The Being that Neltharion, Shiroi, Dreyna, and Frena saw disappear just as quickly as it appeared. He sighs out loud, snapping all of them out of their trance and look at him in a different light.
"If truly think that way Frena." He said, catching her attention once more. "Then that means you're no better than the very humans you so loathe and hate." And with that he look towards Shiroi. "Shall we get going Lady Shiroi?" He asked her, causing her to squeak out in surprise and nods her head at him, as she was still a bit shook from whatever that being was coming from him.
"W-Why yes of course! We should get going before your time runs out and your soul enters back into your body." She said as she looks down at him with a smile, to which he responds in kind. He held out his arm for her to hold onto, to which she politely accepted, and the both of them went on their way to her kingdom.
The elves were all baffled, except for Dreyna and Frena, the former giggling to herself, while the latter still couldn't shake the feeling of the creature from earlier. As she was still lost in her thoughts, Dreyna coughs out loud gathering the rest of the elves attention.
"Let's us get going, we don't want Xavier to be the only one protecting our Goddess." Dreyna said, and walks off to catch up to Xavier and Shiroi. The rest of them looked at one another, before they nod their heads and follow after their Commander leaving Frena with Neltharion.
Said Dragon look towards Frena and gently lay himself down onto the ground, as much as a dragon his size would allow him to be.
"So how was the experience with the most vile, and most bloodthirsty inner demon he has stirring up inside of his mind?" Neltharion said, snapping Frena out of funk and look up towards him.
"Huh?" She said in confusion, before catching on to what he said. "That was his Inner Demon?" She asked in shock.
"It's one of many he has to deal with every now and then. But the one you saw is the one he keeps locked up and chained up at all times." Neltharion said with a serious tone in his voice.
"...Is it truly that dangerous for him to keep it locked up? And if so how long did have it locked up for?" She asked Neltharion.
"Ever since he was a child."
This made her eyes widen in shock, gasping out loud from the sudden news. She wasn't expecting for a human to deal with such a thing ever since they was a child.
"And before you say it, no it's not some random creature the merge with his body. What you saw was the darkest, vilest things Xavier feels about everything and everyone he knows, and was made manifest into what you saw earlier." He said with a dead serious expression on his face, making her eyes widen even more. Her pupils turned into pinpricks as her whole body shook in fear.
"H-How has not gone completely insane yet? How does he continue to be himself and not lose it completely?" She questioned.
"Cause if he didn't, then nobody would be able to stop it if that thing ever get free." Neltharion said to her, before he sighs out loud. "The reason on why he hasn't lost it yet, is because he really, really cares for others and is empathetic." Neltharion told her.
"Is that what's keeping it from getting free?" Frena asked.
"Half of it and the other reason is because of his family and friends. Which is a good thing too, and not only that, but he's starting taking care of himself as well. All he needs for someone to help him understand that." Neltharion said, chuckling a bit. He then gets up and begins to head towards the Kingdom. "Come now let's catch up to the others so we don't get left behind." He told her as he lowers his head for her to jump upon to.
Surprised by this, she slowly makes her way to his head and climb on top of it. Apart of her was both nervous but excited to do something she always wanted as a child before everything went downhill for her. Neltharion then stands up on all four of his limbs, flaps his wings, and begins to take off and soar through the sky, Frena couldn't help but to think about Xavier and how he has to deal with that Inner Demon of his. She also think upon what he told her as well.
'If you truly think that...Then you're no better than the very humans you loathe and hate.'
She clench her fist from hearing those words, not liking the idea of her agreeing to what the human said, but at the same time she couldn't deny from he told her. Meaning...
'I need to let go of my hatred for the...humans and accept that not all humans are bad.' She thought to herself, before realizing that it sounds easier said than done.
"This is going to be a difficult task for me..." She said to herself, looking down at her palm. Sge then close it into a fist and looks back up, but with a look of determination on her face. "But that doesn't mean I'll give in to what a human have to say to me. I'll show you that we Elves are still superior than you humans!" She declared with a smirk on her face, as her and Neltharion continue to make their way to the Kingdom.
(With Xavier)
Xavier's eyes widen from the sight before him, as he look on with so much child-like wonder and awe.
"Wow...This place looks amazing..." he said, as he turn to look at Shiroi smiling and giggling softly at his expressions. But she could understand why he was like this, after all he's still young, and is someone who is very interested in medieval and fantasy world.
"I'm glad you like it. Welcome to my kingdom, Jardin Blanc Du Salut." Shiroi said, with big genuine smile on her face. "Which means White Garden of Salvation in French." She told him, getting and 'ooooh' from him.
After walking pass many different elves and getting a lot of questions, they finally made it to the Castle Gates, where eight heavily armored elven knights guard the entrance. As the both of them walk forward, two of the Knights greeted them.
"We are happy to see you return back to your Castle, Vie prospère et amour. " One of them said to her, before he turned to look at Xavier with a cold, neutral expression on his face. This makes him raise a brow at this but he doesn't do anything to provoke him. "And you must be the human our beloved Goddess has been talking about..." He said, giving his body a look over before his gaze settled on his wings and tail. "Well part human now." He said with some interest.
"Yeah well, I died to be able to be what I am right now." Xavier said with a shrug of shoulders, making both of the elves raise a brow at this.
"Yes. This is Xavier Moore, this is the one I went to go search from the One Above All told me. And he's Neltharion's successor as well." Said Shiroi said to her guards, making
them gasp out in shock from the news. "Now if you excuse us, I much to discuss with him." She said, walking off with a confused Xavier in tow. "Oh and tell Dreyna and Frena to come to the meeting room as well, they too need to be there as well." She told them, as they both nod their heads at her a bit dumbly, still processing the info they just gotten. She then giggles softly and continues to lead Xavier, (aka drag him) to the meeting room to where they'll have their discussion in with Accord. This made him become loss within thoughts, millions of questions circling around in his mind.
But their was a few questions the was kept popping up more and more frequently than the other questions.
"How the hell am I here when I passed out in the Desert? And is Zero ok? And what about 2B and the other Androids?" He asked out loud, making Shiroi giggle out loud once more, before she turns to face him.
"The first one is rather simple." She said, smiling at him, before she answer his question in the most causal way. "Astral Projection." She said, still with the same smile on her face.
"...E-EH!? ALREADY!? THIS EARLY IN THE GAME!?" He exclaims loudly, making the elves inside and out of the castle wince in pain from the sudden outburst.
Just another day for our residents Dragon Hybrid...
END
Next up! Aftermath and Discussion Pt2!
A/N: Holy fuck I can finally put a chapter out!!
Honestly I should have put this chapter last month!! Seriously. In fact I was gonna do it on my Birthday but my folks wanted me to go out somewhere to celebrate it. So I did and I went to go hang out with one of the bois that day and came back tired as hell.
Speaking of being tired... work has me tired all day long. And I be wanting to get the chapter out on the weekends but I wanted to get the Purification Ending in Sekiro, but soon discovered that I can get the Dragon Homecoming ending, everything else was pushed aside XD. Didn't make it any better when I finally got the Shura Gauntlet and it took me a few weeks to beat it XD.
Anyways, on to more pressing matters. And that is a certain comment I saw in regards to 7E still being apart of 2B's Squadron. Yes, I'm aware of what she is, Yes I'm aware that her and 2B's isn't supposed to be on the same team due to the both of them being E-models. I have my reasons for keeping her on the team. One of those reasons is because she was saved by Xavier during the first mission in the game. And the other was because, well it's quite simple really, he's the only human that she ever met. Do you think she wouldn't want to leave his just yet? Not after he saved her, and not while she wants to know more about their creators and him.
And finally, I want to explore more with the Nierverse, and with Drakengard as well. I want to see if I make something good out of this story, while I also look at you guys reviews and see what can I improve upon or change to fit the story. But I don't take too kindly to reviews that doesn't have constructive criticism and will promptly ignore them.
However, criticism like yours I'll answer to them, but I don't appreciate it when you calling me a dumbass for trying to make something different out of this story.
Now with that out of the way, I had to break this chapter in two in order for it to not be any longer than it should have been. So expect the next chapter either today or tomorrow, or maybe next weekend. Idk I'll just have to see on what I can do.
Oh! And like I said expect some major changes in this story from the plot, it'll still follow main one but it'll have more things that'll slowly change the main plotline entirely.
Anyways that's a wrap for this chapter, and I'm gonna get started on the next one real soon. I hope you all will enjoy this chapter, hope you guys had a nice Thanksgiving break, and I'll see you all soon, in the next chapter!
Peace!