Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of the Swamp Reaper. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own WATHK, Nippon Ichi Software and Sony do.
(Medea.)
Amicus wasn't amused, not at all.
He had been summoned by someone who he didn't know, secondly, he had been pulled from his duties… And plans.
And third and most annoyingly, the girl who managed to summon him was somehow feeding off his power.
"Damn little…."
Amicus muttered as he blasted another bug out of the way, at least Metallia didn't take enough of his power to crush normal beings, she wouldn't get any of her pillars done.
"You know if you had let me teleport around, id already have 2 or 3 of the damn pillars unlocked…"
Amicus stated as he and his sibling trekked through the forest around the swamp, Amicus knew she could hear him, it was the only way she could keep an eye on him.
"And what's stopping you from escaping if I let you do that?"
Metallia asked, Amicus rolled his eyes, she was playing with him, she was PLAYING with someone who could destroy the entire world with his army alone, who was someone not even all of the Great Witches could stop.
"The contract you made, that's what, you tied us to you… And I know you, you're going to use us like toys…. Anything that bores you, you send us to fight, even if we get the pillars unlocked and flood the world, your use us… Because you like having two of the strongest lords of the underworld as your pets… And you like the fact that us trying to turn on you will only hurt us… Clever little swamp witch…"
Amicus hissed before he looked at the air, he sensed something… Mana? Metallia giggled, the idiot looked smarter then she thought.
There was a pillar nearby, one down the road they were on and the other in a clearing 2 miles away.
"Little brother, down that road… I'm going down the other path…"
Amicus said as the two split up, Metallia was annoyed until she reached out through their connection.
2 pillars… He was really smarter then he looked.
She wondered what else her 'toys' could do after this.
(With Amicus.)
Metallia watched Amicus stab a Witch Soldier through the heart before turning and slicing 4 more in half, he crushed the last in his hand.
"Yes… There is a pillar this close…. If that damned hag of a Forest Witch has so many Witch Soldiers here, where are yours?"
Amicus muttered as he began to feel around to find the pillar, the boy knew how Mana and the mortal world were connected.
"Master Lia has spent most of her time trying to battle Malia and her army alone…. It didn't bore fruit…"
Arlecchino said, Amicus heard Metallia smack him through the window followed by him slamming into the swamp water.
"MET-ALL-IA! DAMN IT, AND DON'T TELL HIM THAT, HE HAS HIS OWN ARMY… Which is now mine…. Just like Amicus…"
Metallia hissed, she cooed out the last part and Amicus recoiled, not used to her tricks.
"I hate you so much…. Found the damn pillar… You forgot these have a guardian, did you?"
Amicus asked before he heard humming before a 4-armed tree ripped from its roots and roared at the reaper.
"I'm going to burn this entire forest down when I'm down…."
Amicus hissed as his eyes turned red and a massive fireball formed in his hand.
(With the Hundred Knight.)
The Hundred Knight was facing off against another creature, perhaps one of Malia's servants.
But he was killing it easily enough, just a few more slashes and the problem would be history. He wondered how his sibling fared.
(With Amicus.)
Amicus chopped off half the tree and burned the other half, it started to regrow as Amicus noticed the pillar, he turned and slammed a fist into it before the tree slammed him to the ground.
"I'm turning you into splinters for that…."
Amicus hissed as Swamp Mud caked the area around him, Amicus hopped out of the way, the Mana caked mud couldn't harm him.
But Metallia could, which is what she did to the tree as she arrived, burning it to cinders.
"You're a very heartless girl, aren't you…?"
Amicus asked to a grinning Metallia before an explosion cut them off and forced them to turn and face it.
"Malia."
Amicus stated, before Metallia could react, he vanished in a swirl of black, Metallia hummed at this.
(With Hundred Knight.)
Amicus knew every Great Witch in the Mortal World, whether it was Malia or even the Fog Witch, he knew them and they knew him.
So, it was a surprise when Amicus appeared and blasted a hole through the group of Witch Soldiers before him, he leapt into the clearing and dusted off his hands before turning to face Malia.
Before he could say anything, a transport spell was used and Metallia walked out through the spell.
Amicus and his brother stood on either side of Metallia.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I didn't have many ideas for this chapter… Also, this story isn't going to follow the story of the game that much, Amicus and Hundred Knight are going to speed up the story… Next chapter will be in 2 weeks and will show Amicus and Hundred Knight confronting Malia. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
