Note: I don't own Disgaea.
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"I'm the Dark Hero and bringing misfortune is what I'm supposed to do!" Axel explained.
"Only in times that are peaceful and quiet!" Kurtis replied sharply before firing a nuclear laser at Axel, who evaded the blast. "By acting like a complete jackass and lacking common sense during the escape, Asagi had been recaptured after drawing them off! From now on, you're on your own because no one here except for your Director can stand you!"
With that, the 37th Defender of Earth stalked off. Pleinair, Sammy, and Usagi silently tagged behind the green Prinny as they seemed to share Kurtis's views regarding the issue.
"I guess I really done it, eh?" Axel asked.
"Axel, the Dark Hero is supposed to be despised!" the Director replied. "They simply can't grasp the notion of having entertainment at another's expense!"
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The crimson blade of the Muramasa sliced through the air with lightning speed as Jin continued his duel against Kuro. The Sword Master and the Malchidael were unevenly matched as the latter's power and size dwarfed his opponent, who answered with his unparalleled skills with the blade and the speed from his Shukuchi art. Jin was everywhere across the field amid his movements of engaging Kuro, who resorted to shooting down his foe without success as he only managed to hit only the Sword Master's after-images. Nonetheless, the fact that Jin couldn't replace them while in evasion allowed Kuro to narrow his sights before unleashing his Extinction Beam technique. Jin managed to deflect a majority of the incoming blasts with the Muramasa while barely dodging the rest. Focusing his Qi into the weapon in his hands, the Sword Master spun in a circle before charging at Malchidael, who fired energy blasts at his foe.
Asagi watched the duel between Kuro and Jin, neither one being able to gain the advantage against each other. Kuro's army, despite outnumbering their foes by a very wide margin, had been mostly laid to waste due to the rather wild one-sided show of force from what was left of Adell's group of allies and friends, most of them exhausted from overexerting themselves in their collective assault. Those that still had some fuel left refrained from going after the retreating survivors in Kuro's army, preferring to keep their attention locked on the Malchidael's personal guard detail that accompanied him earlier and are now keeping Asagi in captivity.
'Reiko, Yukimaru, Fubuki. I hope your rescue plan works with those trigger-happy saps distracted by their leader's duel.' Mick thought to himself, taking a breather as he sat on the ground to watch the fight before him.
With many of the group recuperating while others taking out the survivors of Kuro's forces, Monique was the only one standing on her two feet. Despite the strain on her stamina, the Space Knight wasn't completely worn out from the fight. She watched the movements of her love interest, analyzing and guessing his tactical mindset to form a good picture of his fight. The style, a derivation of the Mujushin Kenjutsu discipline along with a few other skills added, wasn't complicated for her to understand but Monique knew full well that her own practical application wouldn't be at the level that Jin's skills were.
Kuro swiped in a flurry of blows at Jin, who evaded and blocked the incoming strikes before jumping back to execute a Blade Rush. But the Malchidael sidestepped at the last second before swatted the Sword Master in the back of the head. Jin rolled away to evade the incoming stomp before closing his eyes to focus his Qi into a condition for his next move. As Kuro raised his arm to smash the Sword Master into the ground, Jin brought the Muramasa in an upward slash, slicing the Malchidael's cannon arm off before spinning to his feet and slamming the blade into his foe's gut. Cutting upward, the Muramasa sliced through flesh, bone, and sinew before Jin freed the blade and delivered a horizontal slash to Kuro's midsection. The Malchidael exploded into embers as his life ended like a thread being snipped by shears.
The realization that he killed his foe in battle hit home and Jin felt the battle adrenaline in himself wear off that he collapsed onto his knees. The rumbling of the earth and the sensing of the killing instinct warned him of the imminent danger and Jin looked to see remnants of Kuro's personal guard charge down the hill. The Hell Dragons were sending black fire and the Malchidaels were firing energy blasts at him and the others. Knowing that he couldn't escape the incoming barrage, the Sword Master narrowed his eyes before a blinding flash of light erupted. A familiar blond-haired Space Knight was standing right next to him and Jin noticed that Monique had created a large magical shield that seemed to intercept and absorb the incoming barrage.
Looking at the Space Knight, the Sword Master noticed that she was chanting rapidly and non-stop in an archaic language. It was then that the energy shield began to expand before completely surrounding and enclosing Kuro's personal guard in a bubble. Monique slowly raised her arm high and, with the enemies in the air, she snapped her fingers. The energy bubble exploded, vaporizing all of its occupants in an instant.
"Thanks, Monique." Jin whispered as he noticed Reiko, Yukimaru, and Fubuki had freed Asagi and are on the way back.
The Space Knight turned towards the Sword Master before helping him to his feet. "Jin, dear. Don't exert yourself too much. Take it easy for now."
"These enemies are beyond what we had fought." Jin replied, sensing the Space Knight use her healing magic on him.
Mick stood to his feet as the pair approached. "Excellent fight, Jin."
"Thanks, Mick." Jin replied. "There's a town just over those hills. We should try and reach it before we get caught in a bad condition."
"Understood. I'll pass word to the others." Mick replied. "I wonder as what is going on in Veldime right now."
"It can't be any worse what we have to face." Monique spoke. "Still…"
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Veldime…
Zenon looked around the blood-soaked fields, littered with the broken weapons and mutilated bodies of her enemies. She had destroyed countless numbers of her foes while drawing upon her host, defiling him in the worst ways into complete submission. The first countless wave of demons and challengers had been destroyed but more were on the way. Burning away a part of the field, Zenon collected some of the blood that belonged to some of the Lilith-rank succubi, Space Knights, and a Clerical Saint before mixing them together. The body of the Clerical Saint, still retaining a bit of warmth and not yet dead, was placed in the center of the burned field. She then gathered specific bones from the Hell Dragons along with a discarded Dark Rosary, Exodus, Dark Orb, and Chaos Orb.
"All components for one of the blackest of all rituals." Zenon spoke as she used some of the blood to draw the pentagram along with multiple symbols around the broken body of the Clerical Saint. After stabbing specific areas of the body with the bones of the Hell Dragon, Zenon placed the two emblems onto the dead woman's neck and the two orbs into her hands before stepping back.
As Zenon begin to chant several incantations, the pentagram began to resonate and an eerie purple glow erupted along with black flames that engulfed the body in the center, incinerating it. Zenon opened her host's mouth before leaving Adell's body behind and entering the center of the pentagram. Lightning and flames swarmed around the pentagram and from the center of the ritual, a well-endowed woman with blond hair, pale skin, and black eyes emerged without any clothing, though that was remedied with the discarded cloaks that hung off the protruding handle ends of swords sticking from the ground.
And what of Adell's body? The red-haired youth began to regain consciousness before catching sight of the cloaked woman before him. Adell had managed to endure the stress of hell that kept him completely worn out before catching sight of the woman before him. Her aura radiated with dark energy and there was no mistaking on how powerful she is.
Rozalin or Zenon, Adell knew that he was at a severe disadvantage but nonetheless tried to get to his feet. He needed to withdraw, anything to get away from the Goddess of Overlords, who extended her hand out. Black chains shot out of her fingertips and wrapped around Adell's body, restraining him on the spot. Zenon then revived one of the dead Shadow Masters and, controlling it like a puppet, ordered the revenant to open both of Adell's eyes.
"Just kill me already!" Adell shouted.
"I think not." Zenon replied as she fixed her gaze on the restrained youth before her. "You belong to me and I shall hold sway over your existence."
Sensing the malicious influence coming out of the goddess's black eyes with its red pupils and entering into his own eyes, Adell tried to break eye contact without success.
"Forget everything about being human. Forget the life you lived." Zenon spoke.
"STOP! You'll take everything from me?!" Adell yelled, shaking his head in denial as the animated Shadow Master forced his eyes to open wider.
"My parents?!" Adell clenched his jaws as flashes of the married couple that his heart called his mother and father ran through his mind before shattering into pieces.
"Even Taro and Hanako?!" Adell screamed desperately, fighting tears as the images of his siblings ran through his mind before shattering into pieces.
"I, Zenon the Goddess of All Overlords, shall engrave your new false memories!" the goddess spoke triumphantly.
Adell's scream continued, echoing all over Veldime, even as he fell into darkness and the animated Shadow Master fell dead once again.
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Somewhere in the Land of Carnage…
Catalina gasped the moment she heard a scream within her mind before sensing it to have come from not the world she and the others were in but from Veldime.
"Catalina, what is it?" Irene asked as she walked alongside the Clerical Saint.
"I sense a great pain coming from within Veldime." Catalina replied in a whisper. "It felt like it came from Adell but I'm not sure."
"Are you certain?" Irene asked.
"It's just strange." Catalina replied. "Even when he was possessed, I could still feel his mind and soul remain the same. But now, something has changed and I don't know what it is."
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Prinny Encampment…
"So you all were able to escape but ditched Axel and his Director?" Adell's Mom inquired as she served Kurtis, Pleinair, Sammy, and Usagi some tea under the tent canopy.
"Because of him, Asagi had been captured and no one wants bad luck due to the Dark Hero being a liability to our freedom." Kurtis replied.
"Even when situations are serious…" Adell's Dad muttered. "Axel has lost touch with reality."
Adell's Mom was about to speak when she sensed the scream in her mind before almost collapsing forward onto the table in front of her.
"Honey, what happened?!" Adell's Dad asked frantically as he ran to support his wife.
"I…I don't… know." Adell's Mom replied softly. "Think it was just fatigue."
Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Adell's Dad nodded before heading to get himself something to drink. Adell's Mom hid her face as tears ran in streams from her eyes at what she had just felt in her mind before clutching her heart.
"Adell…" she whimpered before retiring into her room, not wanting anyone to see her weep.
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Veldime…
"Greater numbers of enemies as numerous as the sands of the desert shall come." Zenon spoke before turning to face the young man in red-hair and black eyes with amethyst pupils that were similar to hers. "The only thing that matters now is to destroy them all and you shall follow me, Adell."
"As you wish, milady." Adell replied in a monotone as a black aura engulfed them both.
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