UNITY FORCE MISSIONS: HORIZON ZERO DAWN

CHAPTER 6: Into the Borderlands

ARC I: The Seeker Aloy

DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This will focus mostly on Into the Borderlands.

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[Meridian, Earth-1355]

Arriving at Meridian, the Unity Force group consisting of Asta, Noelle Silva, and Meliodas are now joined in with Hermes, a talking, sentient motorcycle from another world, who has ended up in the world of Horizon, but not for the reasons that the motorcycle can even explain to the rest of them.

Earlier, it is revealed that Hermes's companion Kino was abducted by the same group of Oseram mercenaries who ambushed the Unity Force earlier on in the ancient ruin of Dimmed Bones, but the Unity Force and Erend only responded by dispatching all of them one by one, as well as the trio of Ravagers that the mercenaries sent.

However, the biggest shocker, of all, was the nature of Ersa's apparent murder, as the Unity Force found out several clues about it, including a tripod with a used ancient power cell connected to an Oseram sonic device, which was used to paralyse Ersa's Vanguard army, as well as Kino, and abduct both of them for such cloudy reasons.

Through Meliodas's deduction and the discovery of Ersa's helmet lying around the ground, he only suspects that Ersa was abducted and not murdered, prompting Erend to immediately leave Dimmed Bones and head back to Meridian to inspect the supposedly deceased body of his sister.

Which leads to the current time...

In Meridian, we see Asta, Noelle, Meliodas, and Hermes arriving at the capital city while on the way to reach Erend in the Palace of the Sun, while the rest of the citizens, understandably, completely affix their gazes onto Hermes, as they only watch at the motorcycle.

"These people are seriously getting more annoying." Hermes responded. "How long are we walking?!" He added.

"Don't worry about them." Meliodas said. "It's natural for them to react seeing a contraption not existing in a world like this."

"But still, it's getting more and more creepy!" Hermes burst out, causing Asta to laugh.

"We've seen creepier things in this world." Meliodas only shrugged.

After much bantering, they later head into the path leading to the Palace of the Sun, but they are stopped by the guards, before they are greeted by a man they don't know. However, the man instantly knows the Unity Force, because of Erend and their current mission. This person is known as Marad, who is also known as Blameless Marad. He works as a senior official to the court of Meridian's current Sun-King known as Avad.

"Greetings, Unity Force, as what Erend said earlier." Marad introduced.

"You know Erend-san?" Noelle asked.

"He's currently with the Sun-King." Marad said. "But before that, I shall introduce myself. I'm Blameless Marad. The rest of you, and that strange, talking contraption of yours, come with me – the rest of you are needed for an important consultation." He introduced.

"Where is he? Erend-san sounded extremely agitated earlier, so we're worried." Noelle claimed.

"He's inside, attending the Sun-King." Marad responded. "Albeit, we also have another strange visitor at the Sun-King's throne, as well, much like that contraption beside you." He added, as he looks at Hermes.

"You mean Sou?" Hermes asked. "What is he even doing here? He was supposed to be with his companion Photo." He added in scepticism.

"I'm afraid none of it is too clear, at the moment." Marad replied. "Regardless, without further delay, we should be visiting Erend and the Sun-King."

From there, Asta, Noelle, Meliodas, and Hermes follow Marad, as they are walking through a stairway, before walking through the walkway that goes up to the throne room. Much like all else, as they walk, they hear the Carja nobles bickering over the Unity Force and Hermes, as well as Avad, with Marad sarcastically remarking they're whining over a second hand of a dessert. That only made Asta laughed.

"What does this Sun-King look like?" Noelle asked Marad.

"The most important thing is what he isn't like – his father." Marad said.

"His father?" Noelle pondered.

"It's a little complicated." Marad replied. "But I think that the rest of you will find him to be a reasonable man." He added.

After minutes of walking, Unity Force later encounter the Meridian's 14th Sun-King known as Avad, who is sitting on his throne, with Erend standing beside him.

Avad is an adult male in his 20s with a tan complexion. He is tall, but does not have a particularly large build. Avad has dark brown or black facial hair and brown eyes. Avad does not wear a shirt, but he wears a long robe that covers his shoulders. He also wears white pants with red fabric that covers his waist. He wears some accessories such as wrist bands. His outfit mostly consists of red and white colours. He wears a headdress that looks to be made of machine parts or fabric, decorated with many details such as a centre piece and an upper piece that resembles a crown. Since Avad is always wearing his headpiece, his hair may be very short.

Besides Avad's throne, however, is a red moped standing beside, which Noelle finds it rather odd for her to see. This talking moped is known as Sou, and according to Hermes, he is Photo's travelling companion, who has also gone missing under suspicious circumstances after being sent to the Horizon universe for the same, mysterious reason that he and Kino were also sent.

"That's Sou?" Noelle whispered at the motorcycle.

"Yes." Hermes said.

Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas attempt to bow down in front of Avad, but Erend quickly stops them from being too formal, where the Vanguard Captain tells them that it is alright and don't need to do so, as the Sun-King knew about the Unity Force from the same man. Of course, Avad introduced himself to Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas, as well. He also welcomed their company, with Noelle subtly revealing what Marad said earlier about Avad: he is the striking opposite of his deceased father Jiran, who was known for his utter cruelty during his reign.

"Hermes?" Sou said, as he looks at the motorcycle.

"What happened, Sou?" Hermes asked. "How did you end up here in this world?"

"It's a long story, but I'll explain it more later." Sou added.

"Before that, tell them what you have found, Erend." Avad ordered.

"You're right, Meliodas. I checked Ersa's tomb." Erend said, as he looks at the group. "The body is missing a scar below her right knee."

"Why does that scar matter?" Asta questioned Erend's logic.

"I gave it to Ersa when we were kids, fighting over a toy sword." Erend responded.

"If that body did not come from Ersa-san..." Noelle pondered.

"Then we assume that Ersa is still alive." Avad said, now sounding more worried. "And I will not abandon her."

"The only problem is that we don't know who took her." Meliodas doubted.

"I can help with that." Marad replied. "Ersa has an enemy among the Oseram – a warlord named Dervahl." He revealed.

"Dervahl?" Meliodas questioned.

"Who the heck is that?" Asta asked.

"Impossible. Every clan in the Claim has been hunting for him since the Liberation. He has to be dead by now!" Erend exclaimed at the mention of his name.

"Wait a damn minute..." Sou pondered, before looking at the group. "That Dervahl was the same arsehole who abducted Photo!"

"Seriously?" Hermes questioned. "Then that means the mercenaries who took Kino were his own!"

"Damn it." Noelle added. "How do you know it was this Dervahl, though?" She asked Marad.

"No other Oseram had the motive and ingenuity to lure Ersa into this trap, as well as the rest of the people you just

mentioned earlier." Marad said. "I expect him to find him lurking somewhere near the border."

"But Kino-san and Photo-san are outworlders, so why would Dervahl-san want those two?" Noelle said.

"There is more to this..." Hermes said. "Remember that I told the rest of you that his mercenaries took all of Kino's belongings and supplies, of whom which contains her own firearms." He said to Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas.

"Which could mean one thing: Dervahl-san is arming his mercenaries with modern weaponry, which is a complete far cry to the bows and arrows that w were subjected earlier." Noelle said, causing Hermes to feel agitated.

"Listen here, Avad." Hermes explained. "If Dervahl's mercenaries have stolen all of Kino's weaponry and use them for genocidal means, then you will never know how dangerous those weapons will fall into the wrong hands."

"And why is that?" Avad questioned.

"Firearms and every modern weaponry in other modern Earths are much more dangerous than bows and arrows." Hermes said.

"If you're saying dangerous, how dangerous is it?" Marad questioned in seriousness.

"I don't know how many people live in Meridian, but I can gauge that it will be hundreds, if not thousands, millions, or even billions, depending on the type of weapon." Hermes responded, causing Avad to look at Hermes in shock.

"If that's the case, then we should be upping the security, if word has come of Dervahl's threat looming in Meridian." Avad said, before continuing. "But we're not going to instill panic to our citizens." He refused.

"Now that we have known about the extent of this threat, I've already sent an agent to investigate. He'll be waiting for word from us at the marketplace in Pitchcliff." Marad said, albeit Avad was sceptical of this idea.

"I can't move troops to the border without provoking the Oseram." Avad said, growing more sceptical of this idea, but he shrugs it off. "But I could send a few Vanguardsmen – and perhaps the Unity Force, as well?" He questioned.

"Leave it to us, Avad-san!" Asta said, as he gestured a thumbs-up.

"What about us?" Hermes asked Noelle.

"Stay here." Noelle said. "Don't worry, we'll rescue Kino-san, Photo-san, and Ersa-san." She ended.

After that, Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas have ended their conversation with Avad, with the trio having plans to visit Pitchcliff and find out more about this mystery, but only Asta and Meliodas left the throne room.

Noelle, on the other hand, stayed for several minutes to converse to Avad more about the history of Meridian, Jiran, Ersa, the Red Raids, and Dervahl, as well. Intent on listening more, Noelle heard a piece of information regarding Dervahl's family getting killed at the erstwhile Sun-Ring by Jiran, during his reign, and how it pushed him into genocidal villainy and motivating him to destroy the Carja and Meridian, as a whole.

Realising Dervahl's motivations will mean the end of a tribe and possibly the lives that will be affected by it, she later rendezvous with Asta and Noelle, who are waiting at the end of the bridge, before they proceed on their mission to walk all the way to Pitchcliff to locate Marad's agent.

"What took you so long, Noelle-san?" Asta asked sarcastically.

"I was talking to Avad-san, duh." Noelle said in sarcasm. "But anyways, I heard too much from him, as well as stuff regarding Dervahl-sama."

"What about it?" Meliodas asked.

"Let's just say it's a little painful to hear." Noelle said. "I'm starting to think that Dervahl-san's motivations had to do with what happened to his family in the past." She added in worry.

"That doesn't even discount him for holding both Kino-san and Photo-san captive." Asta rebutted. "Remember what Hermes-san said about that? He has knowledge of our world and Kino-san's weapons, and it's going to be World War III, if we don't stop his goons." He added.

"Just one part of it." Meliodas remarked. "I'm pretty sure that we have more immediate threats to deal with in this world, and one of them can be dangerous to the other." He replied.''

"Dervahl-san is an already an immediate threat to deal with, who is a crazed murderer." Asta added.

"Yeah, but that's only one." Meliodas added.

"How long do you think he's been holding those two captive?" Asta questioned.

"Probably more than five days or even months." Meliodas claimed. "I heard from Sou-san that Hermes-san can be really forgetful, so I can't trust his judgement."

"Either way, Dervahl-san must be stopped before lives will be taken." Noelle said.

A few minutes have passed, as they travel through the desolate lands leading to Pitchcliff, which is considered to be an Oseram freehold (settlement), they soon arrive at the said place to rendezvous with Marad's agent within the marketplace, but they suspect that something is off.

Instead, they see Erend standing outside.

"Strange, but Marad-sama said that his operative should be here at the entrance, Erend-san." Asta said in scepticism.

"Something doesn't add up. No sign of him." Erend added. "Perhaps we should check further into the settlement for his whereabouts."

"No offence, Erend-san, but you have some bad apples in your own tribe, including a genocidal maniac." Asta replied in description.

"This is how my world works, Asta. As crazy as it sounds, it's how it is." Erend replied.

Suspicious, the Unity Force trio later head deeper into the settlement, with them getting helped from Erend locating the last known trail of Marad's agent, which suddenly leads them into a water well. But what is beside the water well is a telling piece of evidence. It was the corpse of Marad's agent, whom they see it lying dead on the floor with bloodstains around him.

"Damn, we're too late." Asta muttered.

"Dervahl's thugs must have made him." Erend said.

Noelle later examines the corpse, as she sees a spent .30 Carbine cartridge on the floor, remembering the suspicions of what Hermes said earlier: Dervahl's mercenaries have stolen Kino's weaponry.

"You were right, Asta." Noelle said. "Dervahl-san must have gotten a hold of them, and he is arming his mercenaries with it, which means it's already immediate bad news, Erend-san." She muttered, as she looks at Erend.

"Dervahl must be desperate. I know that his insane degree of ingenuity and planning knows no bounds, but this is beyond reaching even for Jiran's unmatched reign of terror." Erend claimed.

"Also, I know why his thugs must have killed Marad-sama's operative. It's probably because of what is written into the floor." Noelle deduced, as she looks at the crude map that was written in blood. "However, this will help us where it goes." She looked at Erend. "That means that's where Dervahl-san's camp must be."

"I guess we have to follow this trail." Erend replied. "So much for the breadcrumb trails that we unwittingly follow."

"Then that means we have to get moving and kill those bastards." Meliodas said in rage.

"Just don't overdo it." Noelle warned.

Heading into the location that was written in the ground earlier in Pitchcliff, the Unity Force pay no wasted time, as they continuously follow the trail, which is a mountainous path, before they arrive at the said place: Dervahl's camp. Erend told them that his Vanguardsmen are stationed within Dervahl's camp, ready for the assault. They see machines being restrained, as means to be used for their parts taken by Dervahl, according to Erend.

However, Asta did not hesitantly warn Erend's army that because of Kino and Photo's abduction, Dervahl's men are much more dangerous and knowledgeable than ever before, now that they are in a possession of modern weaponry and modern world knowledge that is noticeably absent in this world.

"We'll call you in, if everything goes completely hairy." Meliodas affirmed, as he looks at the group.

"Got it." Erend answered.

Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas later sneak into Dervahl's camp, as they sneak around, where they see Dervahl's men armed with what looked like M1 Carbine rifles, the kind of weapons used for soldiers in World War I, but are enough to kill a group of innocents.

"Hermes-san does not joke when he was mentioning those ramblings earlier." Meliodas said.

"Despite being an unreliable idiot, I guess he is mostly right." Asta claimed.

"Shut it." Noelle said in sarcasm.

The trio have heard several of Dervahl's men conversing about their plans to invade Meridian, as well as murdering the Carja, given their newfound ingenuity of modern knowledge.

[PLAY MUSIC: Horizon Zero Dawn OST – Go Like Time Around An Arrow]

Meliodas takes his Lostvayne out, and Asta takes his Demon-Slayer Sword, as the two charge forward, but not until the mercenaries begin to open fire towards the heroes. They are assisted by Noelle, who is seen throwing a blast of water towards them.

"Mercenaries! Open fire!" One of the mercenaries commanded, as the rest of Dervahl's men also start firing, before one of them fires what looked like a Panzerfaust grenade launcher, which is also strange.

"Oh shit, oh shit!" Meliodas immediately sliced the explosive ammunition away. "This is getting more ridiculous than ever before!" He exclaimed.

"Guns in a tribal world? This is fucking nuts!" Asta uttered, as he is dodging bullets with his sword, before unleashing Black Meteorite through his sword, causing some of the mercenaries and the machines to be thrown out of the fray.

"Man down! Man down!" A mercenary said.

In a last-ditch effort, however, one of the mercenaries set free a Ravager and a new machine known as a Longleg.

The Longleg is a machine that is based off a phorusrhacid (terror bird). The head terminates in a vertical pair of sharp, beak-like structures, and is mounted on a long, flexible neck. Six optical sensors are located on each side of the head in the same position as a ratite's eyes. Three antennae extend from the back of the head, from which the Longleg can emit a signal calling for reinforcements. Mounted on the chest are a pair of bulbous components called Concussion Sacs. These are part of its scanning array, as well as powering one of its attacks. Each of its two short, flightless wings are equipped with three engines that emit jet-like blasts of flame, which the Longleg uses in attacks. Each of its two feet is equipped with a single claw. A power cell composed of a pair of components called Sparkers is mounted on its lower back.

"I knew that they are desperate at this moment in time!" Meliodas exclaimed, as he proceeds to slash one of the Longlegs with his sword, as the Machine proved to be outmatched against the Dragon's Sin of Wrath.

Later on, Erend and his guards have pushed through the camp, as well, as they join in on the ensuing chaos, while dealing with the machines that Dervahl's mercenaries have just unleashed. Erend, meanwhile, only watches in horror as his men are being gunned down, before he takes cover.

"Damn bastards!" Erend exclaimed, as he takes his Hunter Bow and fires at the mercenaries. "Goddamnit! Those weapons are nothing like what the Red Raids caused!" He exclaimed.

"Hide all you want, you coward!" One of the mercenaries exclaimed. "But you will never outsmart us with this weaponry from the Old Ones! Not anymore!" He laughed sadistically, as he throws what looked like stielhandgranate towards Erend, but he dodges it as it explodes, before firing a Hardpoint Arrow towards the mercenary's head, killing him.

"Damn right, but you've done it." Erend mocked, before he takes out his War Bow and fires off three Freeze Arrows towards the Ravager while dodging the machine's pulse cannons, before he proceeds to unleash a violent bashing attack into the machine's core, destroying it completely.

A few moments later, with Dervahl's forces being thinned out in a rapid pace, and with the last of the Machine threat dealt with, Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas have later reached what seemed to be a stairway that leads to a basement.

"It must be the only place where Ersa-san, Kino-san, and Photo-san are imprisoned." Noelle said.

"Then that's where we are going to find them." Meliodas answered.

However, unknown to the Unity Force, Noelle inadvertently trips a trap into the stairway, causing a loud, deafening sonic blast that forces the trio to cover their ears.

"Shit! What the hell was that?!" Asta exclaimed.

"More like what the hell is that person downstairs!" Meliodas muttered, as he looks downstairs, before he sees another of Dervahl's mercenaries, but only one of them is to be seen. This is Dervahl's champion.

Except this time, he is seen wielding what looked like a custom-made weapon with fragmentation grenade-tipped explosive arrows as its ammunition. This is known as a Firespitter, a rudimentary rocket-propelled arrow launcher.

"Dervahl wants your corpses, so surrender now!" Dervahl's champion said, as he fires off a round from his weapon, blasting the trio away.

"Shit, that's insane!" Asta exclaimed.

"Take cover!" Noelle commanded, as she takes out her tome.

One final battle ensued between the Unity Force and Dervahl's champion, as the latter fires a barrage of explosive arrows towards the group.

"Where did you learn all this stuff?" Noelle questioned.

"From those two outworlder brats." Dervahl's champion claimed. "But thanks to their knowledge that is equivalent to the Old Ones, we knew how to destroy Meridian and exterminate the Carja, much more than what the Red Raids can't do in the past." He added maliciously.

"By using Kino-san and Photo-san, that is!" Noelle fired a blast of water towards the guard.

"And we know how to use it to kill the rest of you!" The champion exclaimed, albeit increasingly deranged, as he fires more rounds towards the group.

"He's getting even crazier!" Asta exclaimed.

"What are you waiting for? Just use your magic, Noelle-san!" Meliodas commanded.

Noelle only responds back by taking out her grimoire and by using Sea Dragon's Roar magic towards the champion, causing him to be thrown into the wall, as he is weakened severely, causing several of his bones to break, including his ribs.

"I knew it! You're working with those wretched Carja!" Dervahl's champion said, as he is coughing blood. "Underestimating us is a big mistake, so it doesn't matter!"

"We're the Unity Force, and our job is to lend a helping hand, unlike you backstabbing traitors." Asta added. "Why did you take Kino-san and Photo-san captive, when they have nothing to do with whatever you are planning?" He questioned.

"Don't you get it?" Dervahl's champion questioned, as he sneered. "With adequate knowledge of the Old Ones and the weapons we took from that brat, Dervahl is one closer step at destroying Meridian and killing the Sun-King, Jiran's goddamn son, and this plan is just a mere distraction." He smugly taunted. "In fact, you're all too late!"

"Thanks for the warning." Meliodas said in anger. "But you will never see your plans getting foiled!" He added, as he stomps the mercenary's ribs, causing him to scream in agonising pain, before he angrily pushes his foot further into the ribcage, killing him completely.

"That's completely unnecessary..." Noelle said, who is cringing.

"This guy will never learn a lesson, so it's pointless to reason with him." Meliodas claimed, before he goes back to his normal self, as he takes what seems to be earplugs from the dead mercenary's ear. "Regardless I should turn this thing off first, since I have the earplugs." He added.

Traversing through the stairway, Meliodas then destroys the sonic device barring access to the stairway, before he calls in Asta, Noelle, and Erend from above, telling them that it is safe to venture in.

Moving on, the group ventured further into the stairway, until it leads right into a basement, where they also see another sonic device, but this time it points right into what seems to be a prison cell, where it contains three prisoners, and all of them are female prisoners.

"Ersa!" Erend exclaimed.

"Kino-san! Photo-san! Ersa-san! Don't worry! We'll rescue the three of you!" Asta added.

Erend and Asta non-hesitatingly destroyed the sonic device with their hammer and sword, respectively, before they rescue the prisoners inside, and judging by the looks of things, the three of them have seen better days, as they are badly injured from whatever level of pain Dervahl must have inflicted on them.

Ersa is a Caucasian woman, the Captain of the Vanguard, and the older sister of Erend. She is wearing what looked like Oseram clothing. She has brown hair and black eyes. She is seen wearing a white bandana that covers her forehead.

Kino is a girl who is described as being around 15 years old with short black hair, large eyes and a fearless face. She usually wears a black jacket, brown overcoat, white shirt, goggled cap and wide belt with lots of pouches. She is also a marksman, given from what Hermes said about her having a revolver and a pistol, as well as some cache of weapons, which Dervahl happened to steal. Her face is currently covered in bruises and cuts.

Photo is a 17-year-old girl who is dressed in jeans that are easy to move around in and a long sleeved shirt under a green vest covered in pockets. Her long black hair is tied up in a bun, which is tied into a hairpin. Just like Kino, her face is also covered in bruises and cuts.

Ersa is still in conscious state, as she looks at Erend, but she on the verge of dying. However, both Kino and Photo are unconscious and in critical condition, and Noelle deduces that they are still alive.

"They aren't dead yet, but Kino-san and Photo-san are in no position to fight." Noelle said, as she looks at Asta. "They need to be brought back to the Unity Force Academy." She added.

"Then we must tell the rest of our group about it later." Asta added.

"Not until we find any clues related to Dervahl-san." Meliodas said in seriousness. "Whatever he is trying to do, he is going to destroy Meridian and massacre the Carja tribe with no hesitation." He added, as he looks at the group. "He has OUR knowledge! Modern weaponry! Do you think that Avad-sama and his Vanguard army, armed with just bows and arrows, are able to stand against him with that firepower?! Did you see what just happened with Erend-san's forces getting massacred one by one?!" He added, sounding more furious.

"Maybe this will help your frustration." Asta said, as he takes out what seems to be a parchment. "It seems that Dervahl-san translated all of this into English." He added. "And the only person whom he tortured for such knowledge was possibly Kino-san herself."

Reading further into the parchment, Asta discovers an extremely suspicious piece of information. It was a receipt for a large shipment of Blaze sent to an Oseram in Meridian. They heard from Ersa before her death that a bomb plot is about to ensue, and Dervahl is about to unleash such a plan that will devastate the Carja capital, as a whole.

'We need to go back to the throne room, now." Asta said.

"What about Erend-san? Photo-san? Kino-san?" Meliodas asked.

"She's dead." Noelle said. "Just give Erend-san some time to mourn, and he will come with us there." She added. "As for Kino-san and Photo-san, we should bring them back to the Unity Force Academy, once this threat is thwarted." She added.

"Fair point." Asta replied.

After that, Asta, Noelle, and Meliodas visit the portal that leads close to the entrance to the throne room, with Kino and Photo on them.

"We'll bring both of them to a safer place." Noelle said.

"First, I'll call the rest of the Unity Force and Aloy-san." Asta said, as he proceeds to contact Zoro Roronoa, Maya Tendo, Trafalgar D. Water Law, and Aloy in there, who are currently in Rockwreath,

"Hey, Zoro-san." Asta said. "So you found something?" He asked.

"What is it? We just found out from Olin-san about him being coerced by this Eclipse cult and its leader known as Helis." Zoro said.

"Damn. That's real bad news. Anything more?" Asta asked.

"We have to go to this Maker's End place to find out more about this 'mysterious woman' Aloy has been wondering for weeks." Zoro said.

"I'm afraid that might be postponed for now." Noelle suddenly added.

"Why is it?" Zoro asked.

"Some crazy freak named Dervahl is planning to destroy Meridian with barrels of bombs, and he's the same person responsible for killing Erend-san's sister." Meliodas added, as his tone grew serious.

"What?" Aloy suspiciously questioned. "Listen, we have to go back to Meridian, now!" Aloy added.

"Damn it!" Zoro exclaimed.

"We'll teleport back there, immediately." Maya said. "There is no telling what this Dervahl might do, and the damage he can cause."

"We're here at the walkway close to the throne of their own Sun-King." Noelle replied.

"We're coming there." Zoro responded, as he ends the call.

Meliodas is nowhere to be seen, after the call, until Noelle later finds out that he places them at the basement of Olin's apartment, away from Dervahl and his mercenaries.

"Don't worry, both of them are safe." Meliodas said. "We can't bring them back to the Unity Force Academy, until this threat is stopped."

From there, Zoro, Maya, Aloy, and Trafalgar arrived through the portal.

"We found out the identity of the killers: Eclipse and its leader Helis." Aloy said.

"Right now, we have a threat to deal with." Meliodas answered.

"And that is?" Maya asked.

"Dervahl-san." Noelle replied. "He's the same person who murdered Ersa-san, and is behind all of it."

"Damn." Zoro claimed.

"He needs to be stopped, before this place is destroyed and many people will die." Asta answered.

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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):

Blameless Marad, Avad, and Ersa from Horizon Zero Dawn

Sou, Photo, and Kino from Kino's Journey

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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of someoneStupED and XP4Universe.

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On the next chapter of UF Missions: Horizon Zero Dawn: Reuniting with Zoro Roronoa, Maya Tendo, Aloy, and Trafalgar D. Water Law, the rest of the Unity Force must stop Dervahl's plans of destroying Meridian to ashes, before everyone will die. But after hearing Hermes's revelation about Dervahl arming with modern weaponry and adequate knowledge of the Old Ones from Kino and Photo, it is not a simple task, as he will stop at nothing to initiate a genocidal campaign against the Carja tribe.