I plan to make a separate series that explains the history of Null and Brunhild and how they know each other so well. This fight is going to be a little closer than you expect and then it is time for a truly brutal fight in the next round.
I don't own Shuumatsu No Valkyrie.
Chapter 6: The Battle the Beastly Fighters! The Scarred One-Eye Tiger of Thailand vs The Destructive God of India!
Null and Brunhild were walking through the hall, after the eldest Valkyrie was done mourning over Hercules's death and Null was done sulking, the two rejoined and were making plans for the next fight.
"Sisteeeeerr! Lord Nulllllll!" Geir shouted, chasing after the two.
"I…I went too far before… I'm sorry." Geir said, panting from running so much. "I now realize that you two have your own feelings in this matter, right? I'm sure you did."
"Geir... you have done nothing wrong. You needn't apologize to me." Brunhild told her. "Let us face forward. For mankind's sake." She said with a gentle smile.
"We're in this together, never forget that." Null told her, placing his hand on her head.
"Yes." Geir answered, wiping away her tears. And was glad Brunhild hadn't changed.
"We are ahead of the Gods by 1 but they'll certainly make sure to bring their A game in this round." Null said seriously.
"Have you found a good fighter for this round?" Brunhild asked him.
"It was a tough call, but after talking with Lord Arcane I've chosen the one who will be fighting in the fifth round!" Null stated. "That's why we are at this man's chamber."
They made it to a set of double doors that had the image of a tiger on it, Null opened it and the group moved forward, with each other it revealed something. From empty dishes, to worn out weights and unrecognizable punching bags. They hear the sound of fighting, the enter the room and saw Kanoh Agito and Sagat were having a brawl, both martial artist fighters were exchanging blows with great intensity but neither landed a solid hit they either dodge or cancel others blows, Brunhild was about to get involve but Null stop her and had the two simply watch. The brawl between Kanoh and Sagat was growing more intense and it look like they were even, until Kanoh threw a fast punch at Sagat but he dodge and landed a firm punch across his face, Kanoh staggered back and felt his lip and saw blood and stare at Sagat and let out "hmph" then the two noticed the group and approach them.
"T-These guys?" Geir asked, faintly remembering seeing the two watching the fight of Round 2.
"What is this all about?" Brunhild asked, confused.
"I was just getting my body warmed up and ready for when I fight and this guy came up to me and asked for a fight." Sagat answered.
"I merely wish to test his skill to see if they were worthy enough to fight a God." Kanoh explained. "Lord Null… I wish to fight in the next round." He told the Bookkeeper.
"Fang of Metsudo, I admire the spirit but the fighter for the next round is already decided and it will be Sagat." Null told the two fighters. "Besides, I have a specific opponent that you will be facing... a chaddering monkey if you will." He said vaguely.
"I see… very well then." Kanoh said, understanding.
"So it's my turn then, huh?" Sagat asked, stretching his arms. "So who is going to be my partner?" He asked.
"I'm sure Brunhild has the perfect match for you." Null stated. "Right?" he asked her.
"Indeed, there's the perfect one for to use Volund with." Brunhild stated. "Prudr!" She shouted.
"Right here!" Prudr, the Third Valkyrie said, busting through the door and surprising everyone.
"She's crazy tall and buff." Null thought with a blank face.
"Hey, lady killer. Your partner will be… me." Prudr stated. "You must be disappointed to see a monster like me?"
"Not at all." Sagat answered. "In fact you look quite powerful and lovely." He told her.
"Quite the smooth talker, but that's enough jokes." Prudr said with a huff.
"I'm not one to joke about these types of things." Sagat said seriously, grabbing her hand and looking her in the eyes.
Prudr gritted her teeth and looked like she was about to shout at him, but had a shy smile with a huge blush, she now had a pure maiden face. Null silently chuckled, Geir had a sweatdrop, and Kanoh had a blank face.
"You fool…" Prudr said shyly.
"So I'm told." Sagat stated. "Now, let's become one."
The two performed Volund, at the arena it looked like one a Japanese fighting tournament, Heimdall appeared in a different outfit.
"FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY HUMANITY IS AHEAD OF THE GODS BY 1 IN THIS RAGNAROK BATTLE, WILL HUMANITY GAIN ANOTHER LEAD OR WILL THE GODS CAUGHT UP AND REMIND THEM WHO TRULY POWERFUL!?" Heimdal shouted. "NOW… IT'S TIME! THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR HUMANITY, IS A PARAGON OF MARTIAL ARTS A REDEEMED SOUL WHO NOW USES HIS STRENGTH TO PROTECT THE WEAK, HE BEAR NO MORE HATRED TO THE ONE WHO GAVE HIM HIS SCAR! WELL KNOWN IN THAILAND, AS THE EMPEROR OF MUAY THAI! IT'S... SAGAT!" Sagat was wearing a dark gray cloak, had dark gray bandages around his arms and legs, dark blue pants that look a little old and had red lines all over his scarred body, he had a calm and focused look on his face. (N/A: Basically his SF5 outfit)
"This is it." Sagat thought.
"AND FACING THE KING IS THIS MAN! CREATING AND DESTROYING THE WORLD ON A WHIM, CREATION AND DESTRUCTION, DESTRUCTION AND CREATION! THE WORLD IS CLEARLY THIS MAN'S PLAYTHING?" Heimdall shouted. "WHAT IS IT THAT HE'S DESIRE? THERE'S NO REASONING! THERE'S NO ARGUING! THOSE WHO DON'T INTEREST HIM RECEIVE NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTION! REPRESENTING FOR THE GODS IS… SHIVA!"
"It's finally my turn, time for me to destroy." Shiva said, getting pumped.
The fifth match of Ragnarok, Sagat Vs. Shiva, the Paragon of Martial Artist Fighting Against the God of Destruction and Creation, the battle begins now!
With Null, he was thinking over his decision of letting Sagat fight, would Kanoh Agito be a better choice? He would have to watch and see for himself, Geir and Brunhild were being unnerved, and Hearts had serious faces.
"Let's see what you have for this, Sagat." Null thought.
Shiva's three wives and his son cheered him on, he assured them he would win. Sagat could feel the pressure of the Destroyer God.
"Ready to be destroyed?" Shiva asked with a slightly savage grin.
"It'd be wise not to underestimate a King." Sagat said, getting into his fighter stance.
On the side of the God, Hades and Hermes were watching the-soon-to-be-intense-fight to begin, his brother, Ares was still missing.
"Dear Ares… has not yet returned from his bathroom break, huh?" Loki asked.
"I doubt… his tears have yet to let up." Hermes stated.
"I see… then in that case… I'll go for a walk." Loki told him.
"Hmm… I could use a nap too." Zeus said, stretching.
Both Gods walk off with calm looks on their face but the overwhelming aura from their bottle up wrath was showing, Hermes didn't need eyes to see.
"Good grief, they're all… such liars, aren't they?" Hermes asked no one in partially. "What about you, Uncle?" He asked Hades.
"It matters not, the battle is about to begin." Hades said calmly, but the overwhelming aura of darkness was oozing him off.
"I see…" Hermes said, and turned his gaze to the arena.
"Cheeky one, let's have some fun then." Shiva stated.
"If you say so…" Sagat said seriously. "Let's do this!"
Sagat charges forward and launches himself and jumps in the air and attacks with a powerful frontal high kick to the face that sends Shiva flying across the ground.
"They send quite a bold man." Ares stated.
"Have your tears finally stopped?" Hermes asked.
"Hmph. Like I would ever cry!" Ares stated, even though his eyes were red and puffy.
"My apologies…" Hermes said with a smirk.
Shiva stopped himself from going any further and flipped himself back to his feet, he felt light headed and stopped himself from falling to his knees. He definitely felt that one but Sagat wasn't done and threw another punch but Shiva caught it.
"Don't go underestimating me!" Shiva shouted with a smirk.
Sagat didn't answer and simply followed up with a powerful right punch to the face and then a left knee strike to the gut and finished with a right hard elbow strike to the head, Shiva took the full brunt of the blows and fell to his knees in a daze. Sagat grabs him by the head with both hands and is about to cave it in with his knee.
"With this, it's the end." Sagat said seriously, and attacked with a knee strike!
Shiva's wife and son closed their eyes and thought it was the end for him but he stopped the knee strikes with one of his other hands.
"Right… now this… is how a brawl should be!" Shiva shouted, excited.
Breaking free of Sagat's hold and grabs his arms with his upper hands and delivers a double punch to the gut with his lower hands. The Muay Thai Fighter grits his teeth and grunts in pain, he fixes his body to land on his feet.
"Damn, I thought I had you." Sagat said, rubbing his gut.
"So did I." Shiva said with the same smirk.
"Figures that wouldn't work, it wouldn't be that easy." Sagat thought. "Time to pick up the pace." He said, taking a fighting stance once more.
"Man, you're an interesting guy! You're full of spirit!" Shiva praised.
"Hmph, I could say the same for you." Sagat said, tightening his fists.
In the balcony of Humanity, Geir was nervous, Brunhild had a calm face, Null's face was unreadable because his face was hidden under his hood.
"L-Lord Null, does Sagat stand a chance?" Geir asked.
"That remains to be seen, although he's a monster in his own right, we'll have to see." Null stated, his eyes turning elsewhere for a moment then back to the arena.
Elsewhere, Buddha was going on a casual walk and ran into Loki, who was sitting on a fountain all by himself.
"Yo… I was waiting for you." Loki told Buddha. "My dear Buddha."
"So you wanna try? Having a fight, that is…" Buddha asked Loki, who remained silent.
Back in the arena, Shiva was getting pumped. He was doing all kinds of motion while Sagat watched him closely.
"How about we dance until we die!?" Shiva shouted.
"How can every single one of you... enjoy doing stuff like this?" Sagat asked, looking at his hand and then they crowd.
"Huh? Why would there be any other reason? Because this is fun! Who doesn't enjoy a good fist fight!?" Shiva said, with an excited smirk.
"Is that so? I can kinda relate to that." Sagat said calmly. "But… this is the one time we're I can't afford to enjoy a fight." He said seriously.
Sagat charge at Shiva and attacks with right elbow strike but it was block by the Destroyer God, Sagat follows up with right heavy low kick to the left knee of the Indian God and that cause him grunt in pain, the Muay Thai Fighter follows up with a left punch to the gut and then follows up with a right knee strike to the face, Shiva back up a bit and felt his face and saw blood that came from his nose. The Indian God smirk and charged forward as Sagat threw another elbow strike but Shiva dodge and delivers a right uppercut with his lower hand and then a left hook from his upper hand across Sagat's face making grunt in pain but he counters with a right knee strike but it blocked and took another strong punch to the face. Sagat stagger back a bit and wipe blood from his lip, he let out a "hmph" and lunge forward and delivers a strong left punch to the gut and then a right elbow strike to the face and ready a strong punch but Shiva caught it and delivers an extra strong punch to the chest, making Sagat gasp a bit and skid across the ground a bit, he clench his chest a bit and cough a small amount of blood. He saw it in his hand and took a deep breath and exhaled and had a serious look in his eye now, the warm up was over.
"I hope you don't mind, from here on out if I get serious, right?" Sagat said seriously.
"Huh?" Shiva said confused.
Sagat trained his whole life to prove that he was the strongest without a doubt! Opponent after opponent he fought all kinds of fighters and defeated every one of them! He lost his eye to Gou Hibiki, he battled Ryu time after time to the point where the two became rivals, his skill and strength grew to overwhelming high and aws now unmatched by no other fighter, so here and now this was where he would go-all-out!
He put his hand on his chest and squeezed it and then turned his hand as if unlocking something, then a burst of steam was realized from his body! Sagat's incredibly bulky muscles swollen and throbbing with power coursing through them! With the help of Prudr, he was able to use and control the power of his overwhelming physical strength and power!
"This power… this beyond anything I could ever imagine!" Null shouted. "Feast your eyes, ladies, because you're about to witness the Emperor of Muay Thai at his best!"
"You mean he wasn't at his best before!?" Geir shouted confused.
"Just watch and behold, because from here on out… this won't go as easily as Shiva's hoped." Null said with a smirk..
"Interesting…" Heart said intrigue.
"I must say, you sure know how to pick them Null." Brunhild said with a small smile.
"It was not a problem, Brunhild." Null said calmly.
"So this is what it's like to have complete control over my strength." Sagat said, his body was the same, just more dense and lean. "I hope you're ready, because this is gonna be more than you can handle, so don't go breaking on me." He said seriously, an orange aura surrounding his body as the beastly fury of a savage tiger appeared behind him.
"Huh?" Shiva said annoyed, vein appearing and throbbing.
Back with Buddha and Loki, he had just asked Loki if he wanted to fight and they just stared at each other in silence.
"Me? No, no!" Loki said cheerfully. "Let me see, I wanted to ask you something." He answered. "Now, this is the first time I've seen the Valkyrie girls Volund, too see? And they've fascinated me, y'know? Yep, yep."
"... … …" Buddha remained silent.
"Actually something's been bothering me ever since the first bout… but then I got to thinking, I mean come on~." Loki stated. "Mortals were able to stop the attacks of the Gods, push the Gods into a corner, and even kill the Gods. So I've been wondering if those girl's Volund always had that much power, right? And at the end of the day, I can't imagine any God giving those demi-gods such a cheat, and then there's that Bookkeeper and his fancy little book~." Loki stated. "Hmm~ Hmm~ and then it hit me. That there was only one way it could have happened. What'd you call it again, my dear Buddha…? Remember, you had something called… pure land, right? And by trusting one's fate to another, they can draw out the limits of their power. If I recall correctly… that power was called… Devotion." Loki told Buddha. "Meaning, that their Volund isn't just forming weapons of divinity… but enabling them to fight against the Gods by entrusting their lives to their wielders. I just get the feeling that's the only way~. Ah, sorry to lecture you there. So… what do you think?" He asked.
"What do I think..?" Buddha repeated. "I still don't get it… what you wanted to ask me…?" He asked. "Actually, it was so long that I wasn't even paying attention. TL;DR please." Loki just looked at him, astonished.
"Ahahah, sorry about that." Loki said, and then here cheering from the arena. "Seems like things are getting lively over there~. I wanna get back to watching, so… I'm going to ask you straight." He stated. "Are you a traitor?"
"So what if I am?" Buddha asked.
"I'll kill you." Loki told him.
Their aura clashes as they stare each other down, but then bells and chanting is heard. And a group had appeared.
"Divine retribution…Divine retribution…Divine retribution…Divine retribution… to the traitor, we judge…" The group shouted, Daikokuten, Jurojin, Edisu, Hotei, Fukurokuju, Benzation, all together they made up the 7 Lucky Gods. "Divine retribution." Bishamonten, the leader of the 7 Lucky Gods stated.
"Oh my, something strange has blow this way!" Loki stated.
"Yo, been a while, eh? Buddha?" Edisu said to Buddha. "I've been waiting for this day, y'know? The day I could finally hand down punishment on your ass." Buddha simply crushed his candy.
"Ah, man. You gotta suck on candy till it's done. But I keep biting right through it." Buddha stated. "So who were you again? He asked cluelessly.
"C'mere, you bastard!" Edisu shouted. Buddha simply spit the stick of lollipop into the hand of Edisu.
"The hell do you think you are!? Damn brat!" Edisu shouted. "We'll kill you!" The rest of the Lucky Gods shouted.
"Now now~." Loki said, getting in the way.
"Loki, if you defend him, then we'll also…" Hotei began to say.
"Nah, that ain't it. This is myyy prey~. I won't have you stealing it~." Loki told them. "Got it~?" He asked, freaking them out. Only to quickly join their side. "Just kidding." He told them. "Oh? Did you really think I would protect you?"
"Hehe, doesn't bother me either way." Buddha said with a smirk. "You guys wanna brawl? Let's get started then." Unleashing a wave of energy.
"Wow, there are a lot of Gods here, no wonder it's so noisy. I bet the God of the Sea would think this would be a pathetic sight to behold." A voice said. "Not that I'm complaining…" They stated.
"Why are you here, your fight ended, right?" Loki asked, confused and displeased.
"So? I don't see anything wrong with having a second go." The voice reveals itself to be Miyamoto Musashi, covered in bandages.
"You're the one that killed Posiden, Miyamoto Musashi!" Edisu shouted.
"A pleasure." Musashi said, gripping his swords..
"A pleasure!? You're here to help him against this many Gods!?" Edisu shouted.
"You say it like it's a bad thing." Musashi said with a bloodlust smile, freaking a few of the Gods out.
"How pitiful, to gang up on someone and boast. Truly pitiful." Another voice said, and the air grew heavier and… hotter?
"I'll say, if you gonna gang up on someone you better have the power to back it up." Another voice said, the area around them having a more dark presence.
"Indeed, but I can't complain, with this many strong foes around, there no need to hold back~." A more feminine voice followed, sounding more dark and sadist, the air grew more cold.
"NOW WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?" Edisu shouted, annoyed.
"Strong? Hmph, none of them can even come close to the likes of me." It was Escanor, the Lion Sin of Pride and a member of the 7 Deadly Sins stated.
"Cool down, fish head. Don't need to sound all uptight and junk." Yami Sukehiro, Captain of the Black Bulls stated.
"I must say, it's a treat to see this many Gods at once." Esdeath, The Ice General of the Imperial Capital stated. "I've seen no reason to hold back against them."
"I could use more dolls for my collection." Kurome said with a soft but sadist smile.
Before anyone could continue a powerful presence was felt and then something came from the sky and crashed into the ground, it was revealed to be Acnologia.
"Hehehe… I hope you don't mind if I join it." Acnologia said with a crazed grin, a dark blue magical aura coming off him.
"More humans? Who are you…? If you don't wanna die… get lost." Hotei threatened.
"Hahaha…" Escanor merely chuckled. "How naive." He said, unleashing more waves of heat and clenching his Divine Ax, Rhitta.
"I think you guys should be the ones that should get lost." Yami stated, a dark purple aura surrounding him.
"Such arrogance." Esdeath said calmly. "I can't wait to crush it." She said with a cruel grin, pulling out her sword.
"Hahahaha… how funny, all I need to handle the likes of you is a single finger." Acnologia said, a smug smile on his face as he holds up a finger.
The sound of an engine roared through the air and a motorcycle appeared, it circled around the group a few times and it stopped next to the side of the mortals and Buddha. It was the Ghost Rider, the vengeful spirit got off the motorcycle and sent the group of Gods a piercing glare.
"Guilty… all Guilty." Ghost Rider said darkly.
Tension was high with there being two sides, Team Buddha, with Buddha, Musashi, Escanor, Yami, Ghost Rider, Esdeath, and Kurome. And Team Loki, with Loki, Bishamonten, and the other 7 Lucky Gods. Which side would come out victorious, one thing was sure neither would come out unscathe!
"Shall we begin?" Loki asked seriously.
"Whenever you're ready!" Buddha, Musashi, Yami, and Escanor shouted.
Both sides looked ready to pounce at each other at any second, Kurome noticed the bandages around Musashi's body.
"Hey, can you still fight with those injuries?" Kurome asked Musashi.
"I'm well, the healers here are something else. The holes and severe wounds I have are closed and fixed up." Musashi stated.
"You should have stayed in your infirmary room, mortal. You just can't help but stick your nose where it doesn't belong…" Loki said annoyed. "This time… you just… might die, y'know?" He threatened.
"Hmmm." Musashi said with a blank face, not even bothered. He then cuts Loki's neck with his imaginary blade which caught him off guard. "Maybe the one that should be careful... is you, or you might die." He said with an aura of bloodlust.
"Truly a bunch of naïve fools, it seems no one has put you in your place. I guess I'll have to correct that." Escanor said, raising his ax and even more heat leaked out.
"Quite a sharp tongue you have there, I'll enjoy cutting it out from your mouth." Esdeath said with a cruel smile.
"I'll say, but it can't be helped. Nothing a good thrashing can't fight." Yami said, pointing his sword at them. "You guys sure are cocky, always thinking that you'll win and things will always go your way."
"It doesn't simply go my way, I make it so." Loki said with a sadist smile.
"Yeah, you're definitely one of the evil Gods. I'm sure it will be alright to cut you down here and now." Yami said seriously, his magical aura coming off his body.
"Even Gods must pay for their sins." Ghost Rider said, pulling out his chain and whipping it against the ground.
These mortals were anything but weak or even close to being human. Loki was about to charge in but Edisu stopped him.
"Sorry 'bout this Loki, man. But can ya let me sniff out these shitbags. If I don't pay 'em back… then I won't be able to sleep peacefully tonight." Edisu stated. "An dat right, Buddha!?" He asked, only for him to yawn. "Die, Buddha! I'll fill you full of holes!" He shouted, firing four shots! Buddha dodge with ease so they end up hitting the fountain.
"Ah, man. You can't just go breaking things like that… puberty's rough, eh?" Buddha said with a smirk.
"Huh?! The hell!? He dodged my shots at close range!?" Edisu thought in shock, sweating bullets. "No wait, it looked more like he…"
"Wow. As expected of Buddha…" Loki said, pushing Edisu to the side. "I knew it. You… should disappear." He said, black portals forming in his hands and curved blades on chains appeared from his hands.
The moment Loki charged forward and attacked with a swing of his blade at Buddha, all hell broke loose! Buddha dodged with ease and before Loki could deliver another swing of his curved blade, Yami came into the picture and swung his katana at the Nordic God of Lies, Loki was about to take care of the mortal but a flaming chain came swinging around one of the chain blade, Ghost Rider sent dark glare at the Nordic God. Meanwhile, Acnologia charge right in and delivers a firm kick at Daikokuten and sent him flying into the wall, Hoteison and Jurojin try to attack the Dragon Slayer but he block a strong punch from Jurojin with a single finger and dodge Hoteison and kicks him in gut and push back Jurojin with mild effort. Escanor swung his Divine Ax at Bishamonten, the two look to be even but the Lion Sin of Pride was slowly pushing him back and didn't look to be trying, Musashi, Esdeath, and Kurome fought against the rest of the lucky Gods, Musashi swung his blade at Fukurokuju while Esdeath and Kurome battle against Benzaiten and Edisu. Due to not having divine weapons or abilities aside from Musashi and or Escanor, they couldn't do actual damage to the Gods but their skill and strength was still enough to push them back. Acnologia had his feet firmly planted on Jurojin's back while he held Hoteison by his throat and the moment Daikokuten charge at him he throws Hoteison and kick Jurojin at him and all three of them were sent to a wall, Esdeath had frozen both Benzaiten and Edisu in ice, Escanor was close to overpowering Bishamonten, Ghost Rider and Yami were pushing Loki back but hadn't dealt any damage to the God of Lies, Buddha was watching the fight and was impressed with them.
Team Buddha was pushing Team Loki back, at this point most of them were done playing around. Acnologia was close to transforming into his Dragon Form, Escanor held out his hand and formed Cruel Sun, Yami channeled his Dark Magic into his blade, Esdeath was about to use her the "true power" of her Imperial Arms. Ghost Rider intended to use his Penance Stare the next time he came at Loki while Musashi planned to cut him in half.
"Hahahahaha! This is truly the best entertainment I've seen in a while." Another voice laughed, clapping their hands. And saw it was Hearts. "Gods are truly arrogant beings, that's why all of them… should just die." He said dropping down, and then the pressure around them increased tenfold forcing them on their knees and from moving. "To think that these mortals don't even have Divine Weapons and you all are being pushed back." He said with a chuckle. "It'd just be easy to kill you all right now." He threatened, small energy cubes forming in his hand.
He was about to attack, but a hand grabbed his wrist and he turned and saw it was Null, the Bookkeeper had sense multiple raising power levels but didn't do anything until Hearts involved himself. But before he could speak.
"That's enough!" A voice shouted, punching the ground splitting up the two teams. It was revealed to be Zeus and Odin. "Good grief, you kids… got too much energy, eh?" He asked.
"Gramps… and Uncle too…" Loki stated.
"I don't know what happened, but fighting at a time like this… can't say I'm impressed." Zeus stated, then coughed up blood and clenched his chest. "And you, Bookkeeper… keep a tighter leash on your fighters." He told him.
"Hmph. I don't need you to tell me, you aging fossilized shit." Null said in a cold tone. At this point the pressure created by Hearts was released.
"Watch yourself, Bookkeeper!" The Black Raven shouted. "You all can't go fighting willy nilly wherever you like!" The Black Raven shouted at the raised. "How outrageous for Gods to be fighting among themselves!" The White Raven shouted.
"Hey hey hey! Things were just getting good!" Baldur the Rebel God of the Norse said with a chuckle. "I wouldn't mind a little bit of slaughtering, expectly at you two!" He said, pointing at Null and Hearts itching for a fight.
"Oh? Anyone lamb for the butch shop." Heart said with a malice-filled smile.
"Don't." Null ordered with a serious tone.
"Where Heaven's executioners, y'know! You ain't got no jurisdiction over…" Edisu shouted.
"Enough of this." Odin said, seriously, the pressure of his aura was overwhelming, forcing some of the Gods and a few mortals to the knees; the only ones that didn't crumble were Escanor, Acnologia, and Ghost Rider but the look to be making a effort to do so; the ones not affected were Null and Hearts.
"This overwhelming pressure!" Yami thought, sweating a bit.
Loki sneezed and lost interest in the fight, the 7 Lucky Gods remained silent. Null let out a sigh, wondering how things got this far.
"Ah well. Kinda lost all my motivation to fight." Loki stated. "Forget it, I'm going to watch the fight, Later Buddha." He said casually. "Until we meet again." He said seriously.
"Death. To traitors… do not forget." Bishamonten stated.
"That goes the same for all of you, I advise you all return to your rooms as well." Null told them, his voice firm and serious.
"Very well, how disappointing. I was hoping to have more fun." Esdeath said with a sigh.
"I was hoping to get more friends for my dolls." Kurome said softly.
"I guess I'll return, I'm feeling hungry anyway." Musashi said, sheathing his swords. "I wonder if Miss Hrist would like to share a meal?" He thought out loud.
"I'm feeling a bit hungry as well, I could use a drink too." Yami said in his usual tone.
"Hmph, how trivial." Escanor said, walking off.
"What a let down, I expected more from the mighty Gods." Acnologia stated, walking off.
Ghost Rider sent a piercing glare at Odin and Zeus then wordlessly hop back on the motorcycle and drove off.
Now it was just Buddha, Null and Hearts along with Odin and Zeus plus Baldur. The Bookkeeper just exhaled.
"Let's be on our way, Hearts." Null told his partner. "Just what were you doing?" He asked
"The excitement of battle got to me, that's all." Hearts answered.
"Jeez." Null sighed, looking at the Book of Infinite Knowledge.
"Hold up, just where do you think you're running off to, Bookkeeper!" Baldur shouted.
"To watch the fight, wasn't that obvious." Null said, his back to Baldur. The Rebel God jumped over the two and got up and closed into Null's face. "Just what do you want?"
"Word is that little fancy book of yours knows everything, hand it over and I might not bash your skull in." Baldur threatened.
"Never. Neither Mortals or Gods are allowed to touch the Book of Infinite Knowledge… and even if I wanted to, I wouldn't… not for you." Null stated, and walked past the Norse God.
"Oh? But you drop everything on dime for the slut, Brunhild. Won't ya?" Baldur said, rudely.
Null stopped, a white and black aura flash off his body and his eyes glowed a bright fiery red, and quicker then Baldur could react, Null slammed the back of his fist onto his jaw and sent him flying into the wall, his fist was smoking.
"You should do a better job at leashing your Gods, Zeus… Odin." Null said calmly, he and Hearts teleported away.
"Well… that happened." Zeus said casually. "Fighting is over now. Back to your room as well." Zeus told Buddha. "I'd advise you not to start anymore fights, got it?"
"Kaaaah! Kakaka!" Buddha laughed, and Zeus joined in. Buddha then crunched down on his candy. "The only one that… can move me… on heaven or earth… is… Me." Buddha stated, walking off.
"Sheesh… quite the troublesome one." Zeus stated. "That being said, this Ragnarok isn't quite going as expected… aye, Norse man?" He asked, rubbing his still bandaged chest. "Alright, guess I'll head back to watch too!" He said, leaving Odin to himself.
Odin gains a small smile that slowly turns into a craze and sinister smirk, freaking out the ravens. Soon everything began to wither away.
Back at the arena, Zeus returned and asked how things were going. Ares had a shocked face while Hades's eyes were widened.
"Well…" Hermes stated. "Take a look for yourself." He stated, Shiva was battered in severe bruises and had even long lost his left lower arm, now having a stump.
Sagat was covered in a few wounds as well, blood dripped down his forehead and he had severe bruising over his body as well. Everyone was taken back by the strength of Sagat, he looked down at his fists and was astonished by his new power.
"This is insane." Sagat said, clenching and unclenching his fists.
"How did this happen? What happened, Hermes?" Zeus asked.
"Well, nothing really… he simply… threw blow after blow… until it blew off." Hermes answered.
Null had returned with Heart by his side, he knew he didn't miss much because he made clone eyes for himself to observe the match.
"Well, this is interesting." Null stated.
Earlier after Sagat's threat, Shiva was not pleased with the threat to his life and merely shot the Emperor of Muay Thai with an angry smirk.
"Now you've said it! Mortal!" Shiva shouted.
Sagat lunged forward and was instantly in front of Shiva, his right fist glowing, he wasn't sure what would happen when he threw a full force blow. Sagat threw a right straight punch and even though Shiva blocked he was still sent flying, Sagat wasn't done and attacked with the fury of a Tiger, attacking first with a right elbow strike and then a left knee strike and the a right low kick and then a left hook and finish with a powerful straight punch to the face! Sagat jumped in the air and attacked with multiple punches and then landed on his feet and finished up with a heavy high kick right to the face, knocking the Indian God around then and attacked with a Tiger Hang and then followed up with Tiger Swing and sent Shiva falling hard on his face in the dirt.
"So this is your full power, Sagat." Ryu said, smiling.
"Amazing! He's so amazing!" Geir shouted.
"He really is." Brunhild agreed.
"He can win… he can win this…! Humanity can gain another victory!" Geir said, feeling hopeful.
"I hope so." Hearts said with a nod, he then sensed something. "If you excuse me for a moment."
Shiva picks himself up and then coughs up blood, he is in a daze. Sagat felt it was time to finish this now.
"Th-This is bad! He's all over the place." Ares stated.
"It appears those blows sent him sprawling." Hermes stated.
"I warned you, now… this is the end." Sagat said, grabbing Shiva's head and readying a powerful elbow strike to end him.
Only for Shiva to meet his blow head on, lessening the impact of the blow, Shiva quickly got to his feet and delivered another strong headbutt to Sagat's face, his forehead leaked blood.
"Bastard… you meet my strike." Sagat stated.
"Man, that sting…" Shiva hissed from the pain. "But you see." He unleashes two palm thrust blows to Sagat's gut then followed up with a twin uppercut to the face, the male fighter staggered back in pain. "You won't beat me in a fight of stubbornness. It's my turn, here I come!"
Shiva rained a barrage of blows on Sagat, he guarded against the punches but they were heavy and fast! People merely thought it was like peashooters but it was close to the blows of a cannon! Sagat throws a countering punch but Shiva doesn't flinch and continues his rush of blows, Sagat guards as best as he could but takes a serious blow to his ribcage and then the jaw, he grunted in pain and fell to one of his knees, Sagat was now crouching as Shiva throw another punch, the Emperor of Muay Thai counter with low kick and follows up with a right punch and soon the battle is more even as Sagat is guarding and attacking while Shiva continue to attack with more punches, Sagat get to his feet and powers up using Tiger Assault and then attacks with Tiger Spike, an orange aura surround his legs and hit Shiva with a few powerful high kicks to the head and gut and then finish up with Tiger Rush dealing out powerful knee strike that did more damage to the Destroyer Gods, he cough up blood and grunted in pain but block one of the attacks and counter with another barrage of powerful punches and finish with a twin punch to the chest making the Muay Thai fighter fall to his knees once more, Sagat spit up a bit of blood and pick himself up and focus his strength into his arms, he then unleashes his barrage of blows! Throwing powerful elbow strikes after powerful knee strikes at the Destructive God with all his might! Getting him in the gut, making Shiva spat out blood then Sagat followed up with Tiger Revenge to the liver, making Shiva wheezed in pain, he grits his teeth and delivers a powerful punch to the face, Sagat grits his teeth and catches the arm and refuses to let go.
"Damn, you're a pain." Sagat stated.
He raised his right arm, Sagat's arm bulk up and grew intense; he then delivered a crushing elbow strike to the arm of Shiva! He screams in pain, Sagat continues to strike the arm over and over again, pummeling the muscle and bone.
"L...Let go…!" Shiva shouted.
"No." Sagat stated.
Shiva started kicking him in the abdomen, repeatedly. Sagat delivers one more blow by smashing his elbow and knee, taking the arm clean off! Shiva screams in pain and knocks Sagat back with one more kick, he coughs up blood and grunts in pain.
"You should be careful, you might bleed out." Sagat said, getting up.
"Amazing. Sagat is a real monster." Geir said in awe.
"With Prudr's help, Sagat is pulling out all the power within that well trained muscular body of his, this fight could go either way." Brunhild stated.
"Not to mention, there's still more to Sagat's power." Null stated, he then felt something and let out a sigh. "Excuse me, ladies. I'll be back, I need to deal with something." He said, disappearing.
The cheered for Humanity cheered for him, the Gods praised the Shiva could still win this somehow all but the Gods that knew him knew this wasn't the end for him.
"Heh, like Lord Shiva would lose to a boy like that!" One of the Indian Gods shouted.
"You got that right! He got our soul with him! Dwelling within those fists!" Another Indian God shouted.
"Lord Shiva! Blow him away for us! To us, you're truly the peak of manliness!" All the Indian Gods shouted.
"I already know… I always have… every one of them… watching me with those honest eyes of theirs…" Shiva thought. "Damn… I guess I can't let you guys down." He said with a smirk.
The Indian Gods cheered for Shiva over and over, giving him their hopes. Shiva was now pumping and ready to amp up the power.
"I'm carrying all their hopes… sorry, but… ya don't mind if I annihilate ya know right?" Shiva said, with a savage grin.
Shiva charged forward to throw a powerful punch but missed because he was off balance, he threw another punch but Sagat dodge and delivered a strong knee strike to the face and knocked him back, Shiva staggered back but clench one of his other fists and threw a powerful punch and sent Sagat flying! The Indian Gods cheered for Shiva, Sagat attacked with another barrage of powerful punches but Shiva wasn't out of it and delivered a powerful gut punch and pushed Sagat back, making him cough up blood. Shiva delivers a headbutt to Sagat's forehead, he wheezed in pain but Shiva wasn't done and grab Sagat's head and headbutt him over and over until blood was all over of Sagat's face, the Indian God was about to go for one more but Sagat block with one of his arm and grabs Shiva's head with the arm and process to squeeze his skull making Shiva grunts in pain and delivers his own headbutt and that force himself free of Shiva and making him backing off away, he wheezed in pain held out his hand a dark purple aura surrounded him, the Muay Thai fighter ready himself for what was coming next.
"Nasht." Shiva said, an orb of dark purple energy was fired at the Sagat.
Sagat focused all the power into his legs and just over and was lucky for that, because the ball of energy wasn't any normal blast and the damage done to the ground was proof. He "tsk" and charges forward but Shiva launches more Nasht at him, forcing him to dodge with all his power to avoid being destroyed by the attack. Shiva was about to fire another Nasht but Sagat body rush him, slamming his shoulder into Shiva's chest and follow up with a right knee strike, he grabs Shiva by the arm and cocks back his fist Shiva does the same to and both fighters start slamming their fist against each other's face with all their might! This reminded Shiva of his past, where he traveled with his friend.
In the past there was Shiva the Destroyer and Rudra the Tempest, even though the two were polar opposites they got along great. The two friends were in many fights like with Asura Slaughter Siblings Sumbha and Nisumbha, it was one brawl after another. Rudra had a dream of traveling to the peak of Svarga and standing on top of it. As the two friends travel they would get into more brawl and come out victories, they many defeated foes until they meet mighty foes like Agni the God of Fire and Varna the God of Water, and even battle with Indra the God of Thunder more foes came along, the total of foes they defeated was 1,115 Gods. The two friends reached the Peak of Svarga but the fighting didn't end yet for only one God was needed, so Shiva and Rudra battle, the fight went on for hours both of them were bloody, bruised, and tired but for the two friends it was the greatest and saddest time of their lives! But like things the battle had come to an end, with Shiva being the victor and strongest Indian God of them all.
The intense beatdown Sagat and Shiva gave each other continue with both of their faces bloody and bruised, but neither was going to give up.
"I… I carry the hopes of 1,116 Gods upon me… I can't afford to lose!" Shiva shouted.
"Hmph, I also carry the hope of everyone upon me, Humanity can't afford to lose!" Sagat shouted back.
From the sidelines, one of Shiva's old friends, Rudra was watching. Alongside him were Angi, Varna, Indra, and Brahma and Vishnu. They owe it to their leader to see this through to the end, fully believing he would win.
Sagat wiped blood off his lip and spit out a drop of blood with one of his teeth, he ready himself to continue his brawl with Shiva. The Destroyer God was feeling pumped and it was now time to dance to his heart's content!
"Ready to see my greatest dance!" Shiva shouted. "Let's kick this up a notch!" He said, and began dancing around the Emperor of Muay Thai. The crowd of Gods cheered alongside his dancing.
"Oh? So that's Shiva's war dance known as the "Treasure of Svarga" correct." Zeus stated.
"Indeed." Hermes stated.
"War dance? Hermes, are you familiar with this?" Ares asked.
"I am. It's Shiva's very own trump card. He used it to bring together the ragtag bunch in Svarga." Hermes stated. "At any rate… it's unique in rhythm."
Shiva then charged forward and it was as if he was leaving afterimages, Sagat brace himself but was hit by multiple powerful blows he couldn't see coming! The flowing strikes were not what he was expecting, he coughed blood and gritted his teeth and focused his muscle in his legs and launched a Tiger Spike! But Shiva dodges it and nail him in the chest and follows up with a uppercut, Sagat grunts in pain but Shiva continue to batter him around not letting up and the crowded of Gods just cheer him on, one blow put Sagat in a daze and he look like he was about to fall but the blows from Shiva kept him from falling, leaving him to the mercy of the Destroyer God!
"To think that Shiva… that the peak of Svarga… was this strong… I can't stop sweating." Ares stated.
"It's quite a pleasant tune." Hades stated.
"Th-That pleasant?" Ares was confused by that claim.
"Due to unpredictable rhythm, Shiva can keep up his multi-attacks incessantly. And as for Wakatsuki, I'm sure it must feel like being attacked by many copies of Shiva." Hermes stated. "I wouldn't mind dancing with Shiva some day as well…"
"Th-This isn't looking good Sister… Lord Null! This battle is one-sided!" Geir shouted.
"Indeed but take a closer look, Geir." Null told her.
Sagat was guarding himself with all his might, this wasn't going so well. He had no other choice but to endure this hellish barrage of blows until he found an opening.
"Don't get ahead of yourself…" Sagat stated. He then focused his muscle and made the bulk up and grew denser to form a powerful guard. "I'm not finished yet!"
"Oh!? Nice man, your muscles or my dancing… which one will come out on top!?" Shiva shouted.
The battle continues as Shiva continues to dance and delivers deadly flowing strikes while Sagat endures it with his wall of dense flesh, but soon Shiva's fists begin to smoke and combust into flames most likely all that intense dancing was superheating his body. Shiva continues to attack with Tanava, Sagat's muscle arms begin to have burning fist shape dents all over, but Shiva continues his killer assault!
"Dammit, how long is this going to last!? I can't believe there's a whole world full of people like him!" Sagat thought. "I'm… I'm not sure how much longer… I can hold out…!"
"Looks like my dancing wins!" Shiva said, kicking Sagat's arm down and jumping into the air. "Let's finish this!" He said, and delivered a downward flaming kick, which was Krittivasa!
For a moment, blood spilled out the cut then it was a painful burning wound. Sagat backed away to avoid getting his face hit and this got his chest and left thigh hit instead and that left a nasty scar. No one could imagine how painful it must have felt for one's flesh to be torn open and then quickly cauterized in an instant!
"Well? What'd you think?" Shiva asked. "Did my dancing get you fired up?"
Both mortals and Gods thought it was over for Sagat, and that they would suffer another loss. But Sagat stood alone and simply muttered softly.
"What a pain." Sagat said, standing proud with a more intense and angry smile. "This hurts like hell." He muttered.
"What do you think of him, Hearts?" Null asked.
"I can feel a great power from him, had he been born in my dimension. Without a doubt he will be one of the top fighters there!" Hearts told him.
Sagat grabbed his cloak and took it off and tossed it to the side, he looked at the burn scar that the Destroyer God gave him and then back at Shiva. He took a deep breath and exhaled and took a serious fighting stance, an orange aura coming off his body as his eye had the fury of a tiger.
"That was impressive, Destroyer God." Sagat said calmly. "You wanted to have a fight between my muscles and your dancing, right? But that's a poor claim, your dancing vs my muay thai… I can promise you that you won't be disappointed." He said seriously.
"Oh? That's quite a bold claim, let's see which one will come out on top!" Shiva said with an excited smirk a dark purple aura surrounding him.
Shiva charged at the Paragon of Martial Artist, Sagat brace himself and guard against the powerful flowing strikes, the Emperor of Muay Thai endured the blows and the moment Shiva goes for a flowing punch to the face, Sagat throws a powerful elbow strike to his face and both of them are sent skidding across the arena for a bit. Sagat launch himself in the air and attack with a heavy high kick to the face but hit one of Shiva's afterimages and gets hit in the back with a flowing kick but Sagat get him in the face with a left elbow strike getting him right in the nose, making Shiva grunt in pain but continues to land more powerful flowing strikes, it look like Sagat was about to get another blazing kick but the moment Shiva jumps in the air, Sagat jump right at him and delivers knee strike to his chin. Shiva grunted in pain and fell to the ground on his back, as Sagat descended to the ground he landed a powerful ax kick to his gut! Shiva gasp and cough of blood, Sagat raised his foot once more and planned on delivering another ax kick but Shiva roll over to avoid the kick and gets to his feet but he got up to fast and got lightheaded and fell to his knees and that left him open to a barrage of knee and elbow strikes, Sagat was pummeling Shiva with powerful strikes with all his might!
Shiva dodges another blow and delivers a flowing uppercut strike to his chin, Sagat grunts in pain and counters with a Tiger Heavy Elbow right to the top of his head. Shiva grunts in pain and delivers two flowing punches to Sagat's chest, making gasp and is pushed back a bit and goes for a flowing blazing kick but Sagat beats him to the punch with a Step Low Kick to his right knee and then a High Step Kick to his skull, a crunch was heard, meaning the bones was fractured. Shiva grunts in pain and continues to dance and attack Sagat with flowing punches but unlike before, Sagat was countering with elbow strikes and knee strikes, Gods couldn't believe that a mortal was taking on and countering the moves of Shiva, the strongest Indian God like it was nothing. Sagat charged with Tiger Assault and hit Shiva with Tiger Spike to chest and face even as he took blazing flowing strikes to his body, Shiva delivered a flowing punch to the face and Sagat took the blow and returned the favor in kind by hitting Shiva with Tiger Rush and then Tiger Revenge. The Destroyer God and the Emperor of Muay Thai were both panting and cover in blood and bruise, blood drip down Sagat's face and all he did was lick it and wipe blood off his lip while Shiva felt around his mouth and spat out blood to the ground and lost a few teeth.
"Hahaha… I gotta say, your muay thai is top notch." Shiva said with a chuckle.
"I can say the same with your dancing." Sagat said calmly. "But it's time to finish this fight." He said seriously.
"Ladies… watch closer because you're about to see the Emperor of Muay Thai's very own trump cards!" Nulls stated.
Sagat clenched his fist, he stared down Shiva and knew it was time to use his techniques!
"This is it, Destroyer God… so don't go breaking down on me now." Sagat said seriously.
"Going for a last resort? Then come at with everything you got…!" Shiva shouted.
Sagat used Tiger Charge and his bulk up the muscles in his body to the max and condense them and he then launched forward at top speed and unleashes the a destructive blow that he has ever created, the Tiger Cannon! Shiva blocked with his upper arms but Sagat's attack busted right through and slammed into Shiva's face and sent him flying! Sagat let out a breath of relief, Shiva was laying on the ground, motionless, he had lost all three of his arms.
"We did it… Sister, Lord Null!" Geir shouted, happy. "But Lord Null… what was that move?"
"That was one of Sagat's more powerful moves, the Tiger Cannon. This is only a small portion of his moves." Null explained. "But are they enough?" He thought.
Shiva picked himself up once more, all the Indian Gods cheered for him. He was lucky that had he not blocked the Tiger Cannon could have blown his head right off. He has taken a severe amount of damage, Shiva spit out a mix of blood and a few more teeth. The downside was that Sagat's body was being torn apart by the recoil of the attack; the pain was unbearable!
"Wh-What's going on with him!?" Geir asked, concerned.
"The recoil from moving his muscles, it's likely creating a lot of friction and severe strain." Null stated. "It's thanks to Prudr that Sagat's body is still holding together like this. It's a miracle he can even stand…"
"No way…" Geir said, shocked.
"Damn this hurts…" Sagat thought, coughing up blood and feeling intense pain.
"A-Are you alright, Sagat!?" Prudr asked him.
"I'm fine… I'll always get back up…" Sagat muttered. "Prudr… keep condensing and moving my muscle, increase the power within my body…" He stated.
"Wh-What the hell!? If I do that, your body, your flesh and guts will be crushed and torn apart!" Prudr told him.
"I'm aware… but, this isn't enough." Sagat stated. "I need more… more power… I wanna risk my body… my life… as the Emperor of Muay Thai, as the "King" I must do it!" He shouted.
"You… You really are an idiot…" Prudr told him. "But… that's why you're the man I fell in love with!" She told him. "I'll go all the way, kay?" She said, boosting his muscle to the max!
"Understood." Sagat said with a proud warrior smile.
"Oho? Looks like you got your own burden there." Shiva stated, but then felt a breeze against him and turned and saw all his friends, even Rudra. "He showed up." He thought. "I got my own too, they believe in someone lazy and stupid as me. For all 1,116 of them… I can't lose here. Cos' no matter what… I'm the Peak of Svagra." He said with a smirk. "How bout I push this… past the limit!?" Shiva then stuck his finger inside his chest and grabbed his heart. "I wonder what's gonna happen now… 'cos it's my first time doing something like this…" He began forcefully pumping more blood through out his whole body, his body began turning red and burning up at an alarming rate. Then a burst of fire was unleashed that burned everything around it to ash, Heimdall even retreated, Sagat looked forward with shock and awe and even a bit of fright. Shiva engaged his Tandava Karma. "Let's dance, until we burn up."
"Man… I can feel my blood boil… time to unleash… the Tiger!" Sagat shouted, an orange aura flaring off his body.
Shiva charges forward while Sagat braces himself for the final bout!
"This is familiar… It reminds me of the fight with Kenpachi and Thor." Null stated. "In a way, there is quite a like…"
"Huh? Really…?" Geir asked.
"In their own way I mean…" Null stated.
"I'll… win!" Both Shiva and Sagat thought!
Shiva and Sagat throw powerful punches that knock them both back! Sagat charges forward and attacks with another Tiger Cannon while Shiva hits him with a powerful flaming kick to the gut! Sagat grunts in pain and quickly counter with a Tiger Shot to Shiva's chest and follow up a Tiger Rush and that made Shiva grunt in pain and counter with powerful uppercut and launch a Nasht, Sagat gets to his feet and cancel it out with Tiger Shot and follows up with Grand Tiger Shot to the chest of the Destroyer God, Shiva delivers two flowing strikes to the face and abdomen of the Paragon of Martial Artist and finish up with a flaming punch to the chest, making Sagat cough up blood but he counters with Tiger Knee Crush! Each block or strike he sent at Shiva made some of his flesh burn away but he endured and the fight between the two continued.
"Lord Arcane… What are the odds of Sagat or Shiva winning this match?" Null asked.
"The odds? If I'm being honest… it would seem like the Emperor of Muay Thai and one his last legs." Lord Arcane told him. "But the likelihood of Shiva coming out of this… are slim to none, it's likely he'll burn out…"
"So… it's a battle of time." Null stated. "Will Sagat's body give out or will Shiva burn out into ash?"
Sagat charges forward and delivers another Tiger Spike but misses the mark and leaves a small cut across Shiva's face. Shiva dances around Sagat and kicks him in the back and follows up with an elbow to the back of his head, Sagat retaliates with a more powerful elbow strike to the face and follows up with a Ex Tiger Knee Crush and finishes with a Tiger Uppercut. Shiva got up and used his hand to launch himself in the air and deliver a killer kick to the face, Sagat staggered back and was then hit with a barrage of flowing strikes from Shiva! People cheer for Sagat and he grits his teeth and attacks with Ex Tiger Uppercut and follows up with a Tiger Cannon that pushes Shiva back! Shiva coughed up dry blood, his body was crumbling but none of Shiva's friends were going to give up on him, Rudra cheered his friend on! Shiva chuckled and launched himself forward once more, Shiva and Sagat punched each other across the face, both sides were cheering on their fighters, Sagat threw a right elbow strike and Shiva counters with a roundhouse kick, Sagat delivers a powerful Tiger Knee Crush to the gut, Shiva counters with a powerful flowing flame kick to chest, both fighters beat the living shit out of each other with all they had! However as both fighters were bloody, bruised, and burned up… this was it… the final bout there they put everything on the line.
"This is it… everything I got… let's finish, Destroyer God… no, let's end this, Shiva." Sagat said, showing his respect for the Indian God.
"Hahaha… you one helluva guy." Shiva said, showing his respect as well.
Sagat and Shiva launch at each other one final time, Sagat attacks with Tiger Shot and Shiva attacks with Devaloka, the blows connect against one another's gut! Sagat coughed up blood as the blazing foot cleave through his abdomen while Shiva felt his ribcage crushed from the blow and spat up blood. Sagat staggered back and it looked like he was about to fall over, he stood ground, and unleashed the true fury of a tiger and attacked with Tiger Rampage! The powerful attack pummeled Shiva and sent him flying and hitting the ground hard. It looked like Sagat had got the win for this fight, until he vomited up blood and was clenching his abdomen, blood was leaking out and the wound looked fatal even worse, Shiva slowly picked himself up and got to his feet and for a few minutes later, coughing up dry blood.
"Damn… that was one hell of a move." Shiva said, feeling that more than a couple of bones were broken. "You're definitely a powerful mortal, your muay thai is amazing." He praised the Martial Artist.
"Still wasn't enough… But… I'm not done." Sagat muttered, coughing up more blood.
Sagat wasn't going down without a fight so he charge forward and attacks with a elbow strike while Shiva counter with a punch, both hit each other in the face. The Muay Thai fighter throws a powerful punch and Shiva attacks with a powerful kick, and that ends up with Sagat having his right arm cleave through and fall off, Sagat clenched what was left of his
"Damn. I gave it my all… and it still wasn't enough…" Sagat muttered. "Prudr, undo the Volund… it's time for us to part ways." He thought.
"Hmph, what the hell do you mean? I swore to myself a long time ago… once I felt in love that I stay with him for the rest of my life." Prudr told him.
"Jeez, how lucky am I?" Sagat thought with a chuckle. "Let's end this, Shiva."
"Your one helluva guy, to the very end…" Shiva stated. "Sagat."
Sagat channels all the power he had left into his foot while Shiva goes for one last powerful kick, there is a slicing sound. Shiva's foot had slash off Sagat's head but more surprisingly, Sagat's foot delivered a powerful upwards slash, leaving a permanent wound on his chest and face, taking out his right eye.
"Gah! D-Dammit… hehe, you were a stubborn fighter up to the very end, it was a pleasure." Shiva said, clenching his wounded eye. "With your help, this was the best match in my life." He said, walking away.
And soon Sagat broke apart and turned to a light particle and Sagat family and friends cried out for him and mourned his death, Null looked on and then looked to the sky, he then let out a tired sigh.
Round 5 of Ragnarok:
Sagat vs Shiva: The victor is Shiva.
Deciding Move: Devaloka
Scoreboard: Humanity: 3 and Gods: 3
R1: Tie
R2: G
R3: H
R4: H
R5: G
There was a more heavy atmosphere, for the death of the loved brawler of Humanity, it was at this moment Humanity was reminded of the strength and power of the Gods and once more mankind was tied with their creator. Null let out a heavy sigh, then walked off to think to himself, Brunhild and Geir walked off as well. Leaving Hearts and Lord Arcane.
" STRUGGLE AFTER STRUGGLE… AND TURN AROUND AFTER TURN AROUND! THE END OF THIS FIERCE AND INTENSE CLASH… THE ONE LEFT STANDING… IS THIS MAN… THE MIGHTIEST DESTROYER OF SVARGA… SHIVA!" Heimdall shouted, the Gods cheered for Shiva.
"He may have won… but he lost three arms and gained a severe scar." Ares stated. "On top of that, the ending was as close a call as can be… If Sagat hadn't been so adamant about that "Muay Thai" thing, I wonder what might've happened?"
"The exact opposite." Hermes stated.
"The exact opposite?" Ares said, confused.
"If that human had fought with his anything else goes style until the very end… no matter how unnatural Sagat's strength may be… he was no match for Heaven's Mightiest Brawler, Shiva." Hermes added.
"I wouldn't be so sure, Hermes. To push Shiva too far into a wall… that human was truly a beast of a fighter. If he had fought with any other fighters of Heaven without a doubt, he might have won." Hades stated.
Shiva left the arena, he was at the brink of collapsing to the ground and blacking out. Until he ran into his best friend, Rudra.
"Hey." Rudra said to the Destroyer.
"Rud-" Shiva said, falling against his friend.
"Reckless again, I see…" Rudra said with a chuckle.
"And whose fault is that, partner?" Shiva said, close to crying. The rest of he Indian God calls Shiva other names.
"You look like you took quite a beating… eh, Shiva?" Zeus said, approaching the Destroyer.
"Yeah, If I'm being real with you, it was pretty wild. Barely able to hang in their the whole time." Shiva told Zeus. "Hey gramps…"
"Hm?" Zeus said curious.
"Mortals are crazy good!" Shiva said with a smirk.
"Indeed, they're quite strong." Zeus admitted, feeling his chest.
Null was in the bathroom, he was thinking long and hard about the latest match. He went to the toilet and then collapse to his knees and puke up a lot of blood, he let out painful horse coughs, after that he flushed the toilet and splash water on his face, he took his hood off and revealed his face, it look like a grown male human's save for the face his pure white and midnight black hair with pure gold highlight, his face was pale and sickly dark black veins appeared on the right side of his face.
"So… is this as far… as I can go? This is what you get when you exchange your life force for the death of mortals" Null told himself, he could hear it, the whispers of death. He gritted his teeth and unleashed his aura and let out a scream, then a white flash of light appeared and Null was back to normal, but only slightly younger. "I refused to let this be my end, not until… I tell you, Brunhild…" He said softly, he put his hood on once more and left.
With Brunhild and Geir, the young Valkyrie was thinking over the loss of her Valkyrie sister, Prudr. She was trying to keep herself from crying but the memories she had made that impossible, as tears leaked out.
"Sister Prudr… Sister Prudr… she was happy, wasn't she? To be with the man she loved for the rest of her life. She was happy, right?" Geir asked, then she full blown cried.
"Geir…" Brunhild said.
"I know… I know we shouldn't cry since this is about saving Humanity… But… but… waaaaaah!" Geir tried to say but cried once more. "Why… why are you… going so far… to save Humanity, Sister Hild!?"
"Remember what the strongest hero, Saitama said… is there any reason a hero needs a reason to protect the weak?" Brunhild stated, but in a fit of despairing rage, slammed her fist against the wall and damaged her hand.
"S-Sister Hild…" Geir said softly.
"Could you leave alone… for a while?" Brunhild asked Geir, and closed the door behind her.
"Sister…" Geir called out.
"Geir…" Null calls out to the young Valkyrie.
"L-Lord Null!" Geir shouted, surprised.
"Let me take care of things from here." Null told her. "I assure that things will be okay." He said firmly.
"O-Okay." Geir said, still nervous.
Null then faded through the wall, shocking the young Valkyrie. The Bookkeeper saw the eldest Valkyrie was on her knees and looked defeated, it pained him to see her like this.
"Brunhild…" Null called out.
"Null… I know that I swore that I would never shake… until the very last moment… but it seems I am much… much weaker than I believe…" Brunhild said softly. "Even still… no matter the cost… we must save them…"
"Brunhild… no matter what… I save them all, you are far much stronger than you believe." Null told her, he walked up to her until he was next to her. "I wish there was more I could do… but all I can do is give you my word…" He stated.
"Hehehe… always the smooth talker, Null." Brunhild chuckled.
"Haha… no, just a man of the truth… you must be strong not just for yourself… but for Geir and the others." Null told her, he helped her to her feet. "No matter what… I'll be by your side." He said softly.
"Thank you, Null. f-for everything…" Brunhild muttered, and softly wept into his chest.
"No… thank you, Brunhild… for teaching me to love Humanity." Null thought, reminiscing about the past, where the two met.
Elsewhere, Zeus was walking up a hill to a large tree where he saw Buddha, he was enjoying a large bowl of snacks.
"So this is where you were… Buddha." Zeus stated. "Humanity was impressive yet again in Round 5 even though they lost." He stated, then admired the landscape of Valhalla then saw Buddha enjoying his snacks and tried to have one but Buddha ate them all for himself.
"So… whaddya want?" Buddha asked him.
"Hmm… what did I want?" Zeus repeated. "Ah yes.. Could you fight in Round 6." He asked Buddha. He merely looked at Zeus with an unreadable expression.
Here's the latest chapter, I hope you enjoy the fight. I like to thank savagemaster1999 for their part in helping with this fanfiction as a whole. The next round is going to be a brutal and savage fight, Round 6 is going to be a bit different then the other rounds.
Peace!