A-13
Prerequisite: Unlock A-12
Requirements: PM all songs in World Extend Pack
Caution and wariness immediately kicked into the girls when the god was mentioned. The god that caused everything to them. Near-death experiences, manipulating the shards to have them kill each other. Now, the god has decided to take things into her own hands.
"Yes, I am the god of this world, Arcaea. You, 'Alexandar', are an unexpected blind spot. I never expect a being representing the world to oppose me as well. Tell me, why do you decide to go against me? Why help them? They are destined to destroy you with their power of anomaly. Even if you are once part of this world, they will destroy this world in the end."
"You want to deny their chance to live? As far as I am concerned, you are the main cause of nearly driving them to destroy me. I never had control of this world because of you. While I have pulled everyone into this world, you have been manipulating them into your bidding. Where are the rest of them?"
"Rest of them? You mean those girls that opposed me before? They are all dead. They will not come back ever again. They are all weak, only few manage to take my notice; such as Shirahime, the foolish girl who thought that she rules this world, the twins, Eto and Luna, nearly had the power of anomaly by meeting each other, Lagrange who knew the truth of this world and…" The god smirked "Your dead sister, Alice, opposed me to find her companions. What a sad lonely girl"
(Background Music: Antagonism by Yooh vs siromaru)
"You… killed her?! I won't forgive you for this!" Tairitsu proceeded to have the first strike. The god easily dodged the attack.
"What a joke, that attack means nothing to me." The god countered attacked. Hikari quickly blocks the attack with her 'wings' before being knocked back.
"Weak. Truly weak both of you. Even with the power of anomaly, you both could nothing to me."
"You… you will pay for killing Alice!" Tairitsu then summoned the crows to attack the god. However, the crows started to vanish quickly as soon as the god raised her hand. Tairitsu then reappeared from the back, aiming to strike with her parasol. However, the god grabbed it.
"The same trick you pulled off against Hikari? That doesn't work against me!" She taunted the black girl. Hikari used this chance to shoot lasers from her 'wings'. The god smirked as she used the shards around her to form a shield to block and reflect the attack back at Hikari. Afterwards, she threw Tairitsu.
"We are weak? Then how about this! I call forth the Tempest!" Crows gathered around Tairitsu as tornados were summoned, breaking the roof of the church as lightning strikes could be seen. (A/N: She is still in GL form)
"Interesting, you decided to use the tempest against me. But I motivated you to have that power myself." The god used the shards to crystalize itself into a sword.
Alexandar darkens the god's vision which blinds her temporarily, allowing enough time for Tairitsu to make an attack. However, the god dodges.
"You are too predictable Tairitsu." The god swings her sword but before she could, multiple shards hit the god as Tairitsu slashes the god with her parasol.
"…Nice trick Hikari, I didn't expect you to be able to evolve using your power of anomaly. But it should be expected."
A beam of light shined onto Hikari. Her 'wings' are now behind her back. She has a yellow halo wearing a white veil with a pink gown with flowers around her white dress at the waistline. She also wears white gloves and a white flower on her head. (A/N: Think of it as Hikari wearing a wedding dress. I suck at description.)
"I will stop you here! Whatever you are planning to do, I won't allow you to kill us!" Hikari flew towards the god. The god was ready to strike Hikari down but the latter glitched out. When the god looked for her, Tairitsu shot a tornado against the god. When the god dispelled the tornado, Hikari threw multiple shards at the god. The god parried the shards with her sword, only to find herself being simultaneously attacked by multiple beams attacks. A white beam was shot from Hikari's hand while a Black beam was shot from Tairitsu's hand.
"You think a simple coordinated attack is enough to defeat me? The Beyond, grant me the power to distort and alternate this fate!" The god stretched her arms as she chanted. The sky turned red. The two beams that were approaching the god now turned red and redirected its attack at the girls. The girls were knocked back this attack. However, they couldn't get up.
(Music ends)
"Hikari! Tairitsu! Are you alright?" Alexandar got worried about the girls. "What is that attack?"
"The Beyond, the ultimate shard of this world located at 'the end' of Arcaea. It's the very proof of my godhood as I can command it! You three are the first ones to force me to use the power of The Beyond. But now, you no longer are able to oppose my rule once I am done with you." The god raised her sword as she was intending to finish the girls. However, Alexandar blocked the attack with his body.
"Hmph, you blocked that slash. However even you shouldn't be able to protect them anymore with your injuries." As the god proceeded to attack the girls again, Alexandar teleported the girls and himself away from the church of happiness.
"… They escaped… I will make sure I will kill them the next time I see them." As the god walked to check the Church of Happiness, her mind was taken to another memory, one where she saw what the girls were doing. Then the god laughed.
"So, that's what you were doing. You are finding those shards to destroy them. Clever. Very clever. That's the cause of the anomaly happening in this world, two separate fates having the girls killing each other is a fun idea. If I leave these fates to combine each other, they will kill each other. Had The Beyond not told me that, I would have fruitlessly come to hunt both of you down. Now, I shall find these shards to protect them…"
Reward: Angelic Priestess Hikari (Light sided character, ? type) [Skill: Angelic Overflow: Minimum RR to pass 100. Instant fail when RR is 0. RR starts at 50. While at least 70, or above RR Gauge is EASY. While below 70, RR Gauge is HARD. EASY Clear when track is cleared. PM/FR overrides EASY Clear.]
(A/N: Angelic Priestess Hikari is the form Hikari transformed into during the fight. Hikari transformed back into Fracture Hikari off-screen.) (Her FRAG stat increases per every partner's level, like Tempest Tairitsu's STEP stat increase.)
A/N: Hikari temporarily transformed into a form equivalent to Tempest Tairitsu during this battle. Nothing much in this chapter as it's a fight between Hikari, Tairitsu and Alexandar vs the god of Arcaea. Despite the numbers advantage, the god defeated them. However, Alexandar saved the girls from being killed. Next chapter will be B-3: Cedric Liddell/Tenniel.
A conflict counterpart of Angelic Priestess Hikari was initially drafted to be out on A-2, namely Nightmared Hikari because of her being influenced by the shard. She would have been wearing a darker colour scheme of Fracture Hikari with her 'wings' would now contain blood on it. As for gameplay type, it would have been this: Balance type. For every loss, the game will slowly get darker. It's possible that you will not be able to see the taps when there are enough losts. At level 20, you can choose to start the game with completely dark. This was scrapped because the story did not make any sense with confusing terms such as "Light of Arcaea has turned into another Conflict of Arcaea" or "There is an imbalance because there are 2 Conflicts of Arcaea while there are no Light of Arcaea". When I started writing Act 2, the whole focus on "Equilibrium" was scrapped along with that partner and turned into friendship kind of fic while keeping the focus on altering fate.
I completely forgot to add in one detail in A-9, Hikari & Sophia partner is a SUPPORT type.
Next chapter will be B-3: Cedric Liddell/Tenniel. Be warned that this may be a long chapter.
