Disclaim: I don't own Elsword nor its characters, except my OCs.
Elsword - Rune Master (Age: 22)
Eve - Code: Sariel (With part of Code: Ultimate's weapon)
Kazuki Yuuki – Soul Reaper (Hidden as Assassin) (Age: 21)
Chapter 1: Reunion
- Temple of Wind - 7:30 AM -
"Sand… sand… and sand…"
A loud groan came from the magician as he took a break near the large boulder and took his shoes off in order to get rid of the sand inside.
His name is Elsword Sieghart, everyone knew him as Rune Master, and the hero of Elrios since he and his team had won the war and recovered the unstable El from El Lady. Since then, he was the first one to leave on his own adventure after El Search Party had been disbanded until needed. He traveled almost the entire Elrios to learn more about Rune and its speciality, which gave him advantages in combat. He even created his own special runes which earned him the title Rune Master, surpassing any of magicians in Elrios.
Oh, not to mention he became quite a lady killer due to his figure, his hair grew wilder that his bang almost covered his eyes, making him look mysterious. He changed his dark sleeveless shirt to a white coat with long sleeves without buttoning, revealing his well-tone body. That enough to make women passed out.
Elsword finished cleaning all sand in his shoes and put it back before taking a drink of cold water.
"Though the heat is lower than last time I traveled here, it's still hot." Elsword groaned "Maybe I should create an Artic Rune? Maybe later."
He stood up and looked at where he would be, which is the Sander Village not far. A smile crept on his lips.
"I wonder how's everyone doing now."
He began traveling the rest of the way to the village to pay a visit to its people. From outside, he could tell the village he once knew had developed and extended larger. He noticed there were harpies flying above the sky.
"Heh~"
He assumed the relationship between human and harpies had been rebuilt. He recalled the old time when harpies suddenly allied with Karis who accused humans of taking feathers from a harpy victim for trade and a big fight from that.
"I wonder how they are doing now."
Stepping closer to the gate, he was stopped by the guards.
"Halt! State your business here!"
"The name's Elsword Sieghart."
Upon hearing the name, they gasped in recognition.
"Lord Elsword?! My apologize for not recognizing you." The guard bowed "I will inform your arrival to Chef Emirate."
"No need. I wil personally meet him." Elsword smirked.
"Ha! Welcome back to Sander, Lord Elsword!"
He waved his hand to the guard one last time before heading to the castle. He couldn't help but chuckling at the view of the village. It became moore crowded and exciting than before. He knew that after the war, Emirate and granny Va- Vapor changed the village to a suitable place to live.
Speaking of Vapor, he stood before what was once a alchemist store. Confused, he thought he went to the wrong location and was about to leave when a guard came and ask.
"You need something, young man?"
"Isn't this place supposed to be an alchemist store?" Elsword asked "I didn't remember a giant academy on this place."
"Ah, right. It used to be an alchemist store."
"Hn? Enlighten me, please."
"After the war has ended, Vapor wanted to start teaching the young people who wish to pursuit the knowledge of the magic and chemistry. It became a success when people from other continent came to learn in this place."
"Heh…" He smiled " Didn't know Vapor obaa-san has that dream."
"Obaa…san?" The guard asked in confusion at the term.
"Obaa-san means granny. Sorry about the other language I learned." Elsword explained.
A moment later, before Elsword could recognize, he found his face on the ground by an unknown force from his back.
"Heh, still the same brat, I see." A familiar voice spoke with cracking sounds caused by hands.
"Master Vapor!"
"Vapor?"
Hearing the guard calling her name, Elsword turned around and saw a young female staring at him with an annoyed eyes.
"How many times I told you? Don't call me granny. I hate that." She fumed "Emirate annoys me enough, and now you?"
"Sorry, Vapor oba- Vapor!" Elsword quickly fixed himself at the glare of the angry female who was known as Vapor. He got up and patted the dust on his clothes "It's been a while. How have you been?"
"Annoyed at first until you appeared, brat." She replied tiredly "When did you get here? I thought you were on a long journey."
"I did, but I have been away too long, let just say… 6 years, so I took this chance to visit here." Elsword shrugged.
"Ho…"
While chatting, Vapor had the chance to look at Elsword's body which had been grown up after 6 years. What gave her a good view was his bare chest behind his white coat which barely covered. A faint blush crept on her cheeks.
"Like what you see?" She snapped out of her thought after he asked. She swore she wanted to slap that smirk off of his face.
"Shut up, brat! Don't tell me you haven't seen my body?" Vapor shot back "I can feel your eyes staring on me!"
"Right… if it wasn't the fact that you were the old lady in the young form, I believe you would be a beautiful lady."
True be told. Her adult form had caught attentions of the males: white long hair touching her back, her ocean eyes glowing that would captured every man's heart.
"Hn… charming. So what are you doing here?" Vapor asked, ignoring the blush on her face.
"I'm taking a walk around Sander to see how much it changed while I was gone." Elsword said "After that, I will go and visit Emirate."
"Oh so, wanna me help you show around? My schedule was off just now." Vapor offered.
"I would love to."
About 45 minutes later…
The two arrived at the gate of the large building Emirate's living, though we saw a fuming Vapor and the red hair boy who was trying to calm her down.
"Maa maa, Vapor. You don't have to be angry."
"Ho…? You just went and flirted with any other women and now you tell me to calm down?" Vapor spoke, not very happy.
"Eheheh… I suppose my habit can never be removed…" Elsword chuckled sheeply while scratching his head then he teased "But why are you taking this too serious? Don't tell me you're jealous?"
"Jealous?! HA! As if!" She yelled in denial but her face betrayed her. She looked away to hide her flushed face.
"… Right…" Elsword sweat-dropped and decided to drop this topic or else, he will be in the world of pain. "So… we are here. Thanks for the tour Vapor."
Vapor still turned away, but the smile went noticed by him.
"Good that you like it." She murmured "Anyway, I have to leave. I got some experiments need to finish. Say hi to Emirate."
"Alright, see you then, Vapor-chan!"
"Vapor…chan?" Like the previous guard, Vapor was cofused by his call. Elsword entered the building before she could ask him "That brat…"
She left the building.
"Hello. Do you know where Emirate's office is?" Elsword approached the reception and asked for the chef's location.
"Ah… and you are?" the woman asked, flushed by the handsome face.
"Elsword Sieghart." A grin appeared on his face upon seeing the surprise on her face.
"Lord Elsword?! Wait here, I will inform him your arrival." The woman told and picked the phone "Yes… His name is Elsword Sieghart… Yes… Right away. *click* He's waiting for you on the third floor on the right."
"Thank you." Elsword bowed lightly before heading to Emirate's office "Where is it… third floor… right… Ah there is it." He smirked when he found the double-doors with the sign "Emirate". He knocked on the door which replied a "Come in" from the man.
"Oh… Elsword! Long Time No See! Come in!" Emirate stood up from this chair and greeted Elsword warmingly.
"Yo, Emirate! Good to see you too!" Elsword greeted and shook his hand "I see you did well through 6 years."
"The same could be said to you, Lord Elsword." Emirate laughed "Your fame has reached throughout the Elrios."
"Please, call me Elsword. I don't like formal."
Emirate offered the seat which Elsword accepted and sat down while he ordered the servant to prepare the tea for him. The young male started telling his adventure from the day he and his team left Sander after they cleared the mess caused by Karis. Emirate chuckled at the part where Elsword said the person wearing a bag with a drawn face due to his misfortune experiment, then surprised when he heard the Ash Village was under the influence of Demon Aura since he had a friend who works as a blacksmith over there. After Elsword told the Scar the Demon Commmander wanted to revived the Demon God, Emirate knew why the wind was losing stability than before.
"You travelled to Elrianode too? I thought it was a myth." Emirate asked in shock.
"Every myth based on the true story, old man." He said with a smirk "We went there to help the priestesses recover the El back to its origin, but we were under attacked by Henir's Orders. They tried to prevent us from recovering El. Fortunately, they were defeated."
"Fascinating… I never travel further away so I have little knowledge about it."
"*chuckle* well at least, you know."
Both men continued their chat for a few minutes before Emirate spoke "It's was an honor to chat with you, but I'm afraid my break time is up. I have to return to my work."
"Aww… but it's fine. Being a chef means busy all day. Oh, by the way,"
Emirate watched as Elsword took out a book from his bag and handed it to him while saying "This is my gift to you. I remember your village is a merchant place so I advise you should raise more security for the safety. Inside is the information of the attack formation as well as knowledge of magic I created. I'm sure Vapor obaa-san(Granny Vapor) would love it."
"Hahaha! I'm sure she will, but don't you think it's dangerous to call her granny?" Emirate laughed, understanding the term granny Elsword was calling.
"It's ok as long as she's not around here." Elsword chuckled but was then was silent upon feeling a killing aura emitted from his back. He didn't have to turn around and knew whose aura it was, but he had to, only to see a very murderous Vapor glaring at him.
"Oya oya, granny? Maybe I should give you a lecture of how to respect lady." Along with cracking sounds. Elsword gulped.
"Eheheh… Sorry Vapor oba- Vapor-chan! See ya!" Without second thought, he recklessly jumped out of the window.
"Get Back Here! You Little Insolent Brat!" She yelled at him through the same window "That Elsword, he never changed."
"Hahahaha! I hope he will remain that way! Vapor oba- Vapor!"
A moment later, a scream of agony was heard throughout the Sander Village. Elsword, who heard this, silently prayed for his miserable life and continued talking a walk. He looked at the blue sky and said "I wonder how's Eve doing."
- Altera Island - 9:30 AM -
"HAAAAA!"
A certain Queen charged at the dummy with her lance aiming at the core of a training drone, successfully piercing through.
"Assault Spear!"
Engine started acting on the handle of the lance and pushed the dummy along with, causing explosion upon making contact on the particle wall. Then out of nowhere, more and more drone appeared and surrounded Eve, with their blades activated.
"Photon Flare!"
A flash of light blinded the drones to eliminate the visibility. She took out two iron grenades and threw upward.
"Iron Scrap, go!"
*Click*
The shell removed and exploded, releasing multiple small knives which struck and hit the random target.
One the flashbang effect removed, the remains of the drone was among the graveyard of broken nasod, but they made no hesitation and attacked Eve at full speed. However, one of them didn't expect the lance back-stabbing, thus destroyed instantly.
"Begone…"
She swung her spear and destroyed the remain targets.
"… Haa…. Computer, calculate the result."
"All target eliminated. Score 100%."
"Very well. Virtual Training finished." Eve spoke and dismantled her spear into particles and headed to the exit, followed by her companies, Moby, Remy. As they reached to Eve's room, the queen took off her battle gear, having a better view of her new form.
Eve had developed her Code: Battle Seraph to Code: Sariel. The new code allowed her to control the electric particles perfectly and exceed the limit of her body to be able to handle the large power. In addition, she can regain her emotion slowly without the restriction the previous code did on her, though the progress is slow. Thanks to her new code, she can revive her race and rebuilt her kingdom to its glorious form. Though what she was disappointed was that she couldn't revive Adam, who was once the king of Nasod. His code was beyond repair and couldn't be replaced with any code she knew. She had no choice but letting Adam rest in peace.
The drones stayed on her bed, watching Eve stepping inside the bathroom until the door locked behind her. She looked at herself in the mirror and found traces of dirt on her body and clothes caused by the training drones. She sighed and took off her clothes. Once she threw them at the laundry, she turned back at the mirror and looked at her body. The Code: Sariel had changed her appearance: Her hair grown longer which reached to her lower back, her body grew taller, having soft slender arms, and…
"Why can't be grow up?"
The queen fumed a little as she massaged her breasts. Even the new code changed her into a beautiful woman, her chest didn't develop much as she expected.
"I wonder if he liked them small or not…"
With a sigh in defeat, she entered the shower.
Time skipped to about 45 minutes later after Eve finished taking shower. She stepped out of her room, now in her white dress, and heading to her throne. Both sides were the guards of Nasod who bowed down when their queen arrived.
"Your Majesty..."
The queen sat down on her throne and looked around the hall room before she said "All stand." Once they stood up, she turned her head to the window, assuming her thought about a certain knight.
Her kingdom, Altera, had been rebuilt thanks to her code and some of the ponggo people who willingly participated in restoring the formal kingdom. In addition, she received some funds from Velder and Hamel that helped her boost the progress further. Once the kingdom revived, the prosperity of the Altera rose to restore the local village and expanded. 1 year later, a peace treaty between Altera and Velder with Hamel had been formed to raise the honor and trust to each other, which explained why there were some human among the military and the kingdom.
"Boring…" Eve muttered "Just sitting and do nothing besides watching the cloud… I would rather going out than doing this."
"Your majesty, I understand that it's boring to stay in one place, but it's for your safety." Her secretary, Mio, said.
"I know that, but it's better than getting bored to death." She replied and then returned to her usual activity, watching cloud.
Mio wrote down her document for a while before she asked to break the silence "So how's your training?"
"As usual, but this time my experiment worked." Eve said and took out the same grenade she used during the VT "I tested the Iron Scraps bomb on the drones. It caused massive damage within area I set it. The pieces inside the bomb will be forcefully pushed by the explosion and stabbed on the drone. If they can't destroy the drones, at least they will put them in disadvantage."
"Sound like a powerful device."
"It is." Eve smiled "However, it can only be used once and it's very dangerous if I was in the explosion range, a device needed to think twice before using it."
"I see… Anything else?"
"I'm still thinking about how i can make the spear withstand my energy when I pump into it." She told "The spear didn't act as the code I set for it. It appeared something stopped it from receiving my power, though I already put the core with my energy in it."
"Mistress, why do you need the spear when you are advanced in range attack?" Mio ask in curiosity.
"As a back-up plan in case the enemy approaches me in close combat. I have to learn it."
"Do you need some elite swordsmen for advice? I can ask them if you want." Mio suggested.
"I already did, Mio, and I have challenged them in the combat." She sighed "I beat them all."
"Eheheh…" Mio didn't know how to say.
"Though, I still want to challenge someone that I knew."
"Eh? Who?"
A smile once again grew on her lips and said his name "Elsword Sieghart."
Elsword visited Hamel, where one of his comrades was living, Chung Seiker. The blond guardian was elected to become the Ruler of Hamel and restored the capital to its former, thanks to the El Water. He lived up his title and protected the people safety. What's more, he engaged to a certain purple magician to whom he knew well. He stayed for 2 days then left through the ship for Velder where he met The Velder Commander aka his sister, Elesis. The crimson knight greeted her brother in the usual way, with a sword clasping each other. It may alert the foreigners, but to those people knowing them, they acted like nothing happened.
Elsword found out her sister had retired from the Velder Commander but she worked as a teacher. What's more? He saw a wedding ring on her fingering, proving that she got married. That reminded her to scold the boy for missing his sister's wedding day. And who she married with? This may sound a little weird, but she married with the Nasod stalker, Add. Elsword was surprised by this and curious how she got him, but that won't be revealed.
During his time in Velder, He learned that Velder had an addition troop from outside called Black Crow, which pointed out the leader. One day, he was visited by Raven and Rena, who heard Elsword's return. A small party of reunion was held at night. They gathered and talked about their adventure through 4 years, mostly Elsword talk about his.
A week later, Elsword gathered his thing and prepared to visit his final destination. He was now on the Black Crow ship to reach the floating island.
"30 seconds!" The driver called.
"Well then, it's time we part away, Elsword." Raven smiled "Whenever you need help, don't hesitate to call us."
"Thanks for the lift, Raven. And have a happy life with Rena nee-chan(sis)!" Elsword said goodbye to him who chuckled.
Elsword jumped off the ship and landed on the harbor before waving his hand at Raven who returned. Elsword watched the ship slowly taking off and flying far away until he couldn't see anymore.
"Alright, let's meet the queen." Elsword approached the gate and was stopped by the guards, as usual "My name is Elsword Sieghart. I'm here to visit the queen of Nasod."
"Wait here." The Nasod guard told and did something like transmitting the signal to the castle. Elsword was still taking the Nasod thing hard to understand. A moment later, he heard the guard spoke "Stay here, the queen has sent the escort."
"Alright."
A moment later, Elsword saw a small ship floating above him and landing nearby. He entered once the door was opened, feeling a little weird at the new technology of Nasod. The man yelped in surprise as the ship took off and heads to the castle. Elsword had the chance to see the whole view of Altera. He was amazed by the development of the village he once knew, everything completely new. Elsword found the place that was once a graveyard to the Nasod had been renewed. Eve had revived the Altera very well.
Somewhere between Bethma and Altera, a figure wearing a dark silver coat, hood over their head walked through the miner. On the back of the coat had the symbol that looks like dual weapon with dagger and a handgun, unmatched to any of an organization or army. The man stepped out of the miner and walked on top of the cliff, eyes on the floating island.
"Hn… Altera." The man murmured, taking off the hood to revealed a pair of dark brown eyes, dark hair.
"This is HQ, do you copy?"
A voice called from the ear-plugs. The man touched one of the right and replied "This is Kazuki. Report on duty. I have reached the border of Altera."
"Good, your objective is destroying the evidence of the Valkyria. They must not fall in the hand of the former Valkyria. No casualty."
"Solid copy. Hunter out."
The communication then cut out. The man known as Kazuki sighed, knowing that he will face against a whole military of Nasod and possibility, facing the Queen of Nasod. Worse, the HQ ordered him not causing any death during his mission. A hunter born to kill had to do something without killing. It sounded ironic.
"She did that just to make sure you won't fall into the same path." A small voice came from the top of his head.
"I know, but honestly, I can't get the feeling of killing off of me, Lily." Kazuki spoke in grimace.
The little blue light then floated before him. He watched the light form a small figure of a blue-eyes girl, staring at him with a frown.
"If you can't, I will help you. I can't let you kill anyone ever again."
Kazuki sighed again.
"I got it, I got it."
Kazuki Yuuki, a mysterious person. He goes with the title Assassin, but aside from that, no one knew him who he is. None of any intel told about his true identity, but he was rumored to kill and slay hundreds of demons with his silent kill. In addition, he was responsible for killing the people too, but most of them were criminal. The killing human part was the disturbing thing to Lily. She knew Kazuki is a kind person. He chose the assassin path not for killing, but saving people. No matter how bad those criminal were, he would only disable them and left them to the army.
Lily, the girl in the form of spirit. Kazuki knew her as his mate for life. Before that, Lily was a civilian and had been living with Kazuki as his wife, though they were early to get married (both 16). However, their life was never as they wanted. Their village was invaded by demons. Worse, she was dead before his eyes. That forced him to become a cold assassin and went killing demons. Call her a ghost if you want, but he didn't her as that. She had been accompanying him for years after she became a ghost and helped him sooth his urge to kill human.
"Anyway, let's go. We need to complete the mission."
For that, he waited for Lily to hope on his head and gave him a signal before being covered under his hood. The assassin jumped off the cliff and head to the chain holder, which played the vital role in keeping the island from floating away its current position.
"Now, let the game begin, shall we?"
Yuu: Aiz… It's gonna take sometimes since I plan to write this longer than last one.
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