A/N: I wonder when this chapter will actually be posted, I find myself slowly leaving the land of gaming and coming back, at least for a while, though there is no telling when I will be pulled back in. By the way, I apologise in advance as I have no idea how nature magic truly works exactly so I might get some information about it wrong.
Remember guys, if you have any super weapons you want me to mention in the story don't hesitate at all to mention it as there is a high chance I will include it in the final battle for Halkeginia. I especially like giant, nuke tossing robots or walkers. Any powerful infantry weapons or vehicles are also accepted, though they will likely only have a minor mention unless they are truly something.
You will get a shoutout at the end of the chapter it is mentioned if I deem it epic enough, and realistic enough of course, to be added in. You can suggest things things to add via reviews or private message but private message is prefered so it will be easier for you to convince me it is worth adding. Alright, with that out of the way, let's move on to the reviews.
Touhou is Life: Gate is good
ive read a fanfic where the fallout universe also discovers the gate and invades japan and the other side with a unified army of ghouls, super mutants, deathclaws etc
anyways
I guess with this story and food scene
I can say that
Badababa Im lovin' it
Lolwut, that sounds real weird, thanks for the feedback about the food scene though.
ATP: Thanks for was initially nothing more than harem story, but novel gave some
useful intel - Pope has many relatively modern weapons, elves get soviet sub with atomic
warheads, and take them to unspoken location, goblins and orcs could be hired as mercenaries,
the same goes for vampires.
On another topic, Mathilda and others good earth mages could made building in minutes, now
man with earth crystals could do the - she is hate nobles, so why not hire her as spy ?
I know about the pope thing but not what he has exactly, also heard about the sub but did not know it was with elves, will make note of that. Goblins and Orcs as mercenaries? I'm frankly not sure about that. I plan to have a tense relationship between Vampires and the US since they need blood to survive and not all want to do such things. Hire Mathilda as spy? Mathilda is currently undergoing rehab with other nobles since she was ex-noble but I may consider it since you do bring up a valid point. Question is, where to send her?
The Keeper of Worlds: My morals and beliefs on invasion and a seeming manifest destiny to 'save' here are in MAJOR conflict. This is a story where it picks apart everything you could believe is right to do and why. One key note, while it's equalizing people by taking magic, are you really equalizing or like the crazy happy doctor said just furthering a domination? It's a bit demented and unnerving when it's all said and done. Well written, but a choking topic.
Firstly, thank you for the compliment. To be honest, it's a little of both. On one hand, by taking away their power, the mages are no longer above the average civilian and so will lose the will to rebel more easily, hence furthering domination. On the other hand, by taking away their magic, they no longer have superior strength compared to the commoners and so will be equal with them, stopping their magical oppression. I don't quite understand the part about a manifest destiny to 'save', kinda slow on these kind of things.
Guest: 1. Smart, make yourself more hungry. :)
2. Again, wonderful work, but that's not unexpected.
3. I know you probably won't, but could you give us a hint of what the enemy of Halkegenia is.
(If it's the Ancient Dragon,that'd be interesting, but too easy to guess. So I'll presume it's something completely different. Though I can see why you would do it. I just imagine it now, a battalion of F-,22's and F-16 fighting the Dragon, then, as either to finish it off and/or to show a demonstration of the true power of Earth, they set off a nuke.)
If you say legend as your hint, I'll A) know what it is, and B) praise you like a God for it.
4. If you can't tell, i have a new way of typing multiple things.
5. Guess what? More motivation! Write more damn it!
1. Lol of course, that way your next meal taste better.
2. Oh you, expecting wonderful work from me, now I'm all scared because of expectations XD!
3. Enemy of Halkeginia? You mean the final boss that will attack the area after America conquers the whole of the continent? Well, now that I think about it, the Ancient Dragon would be an interesting fight to show off, but where's the fun in that? I do just thought of a plan for that beast though, no worries, they will get to fight it and it will be at quite an interesting time indeed...
4. This makes it more organized and I appreciate it, though it would be nice if ATP could somehow fix the issue of his words just disappearing, it is a hassle to try and decipher what he meant lol.
5. Yay! Motivation! As you can see, it is indeed working.
Sennybee98: I think Donald Trump should make a special guest appearance in the next chapter don't you think so as well?
Not Donald Trump and not this chapter but you have given me a brilliant idea.
James Ryan: This story is good. But listening to "AMERICA FUCK YEAHH!" While reading it makes it WAY WAY BETTER. Freedom has never been so enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it, people's enjoyment is one of the main reasons I write this.
JESUS: hey LWZ ever skip a leg day :D
Who is LWZ? I think you asked the wrong guy, l.w.z's page isn't here, use the search function set to writer and type lwz, he'll show up. You're welcome :D!
"So Smithy, care to explain to me what you were doing with a live firearm? Didn't the mission brief say not to bring any lethal guns?"
"We need at least one for defense Johnny, I don't care what the brief says, if I encounter one of those dragons and have to fight it off with just a tranquilizer pistol and a katana I'm gonna be worried."
"I hear ya, hell even I brought one."
"You did? Where?"
"Shh, that's a secret. Anyway look, we're here!"
Arriving in the desert without much incident, the duo of Men in Black agents took out a map of the desert they found in the castle vaults and used it to navigate to the closest oasis which seemed to be somewhere southeast of their direction. Using the compass to find the correct direction, Smith drove the jeep towards the body of water and hoped it was still there.
According to the paper, the map was supposedly decades old and for all he knew, the oasis could have been consumed by the shifting sands years ago. Hours passed as the two properly rationed their supplies to ensure they had enough to make it to the elven capital before needing to restock. Just as Johnson was about to ask if they were there yet the fourteenth time, a tiny blue puddle with green dots entered his vision.
"Hey Smith! That's it ain't it? The oasis thing!"
"Hmm?"
Squinting his eyes to get a better look, he saw the oasis but there was something off about it. Deciding that this matter warranted further investigation, Smith put the pedal to the metal and sped towards the object. The jeep lifted into the air slightly as it drove off a sand dune ramp and landed with a bounce.
"Woah, careful there Smithy, what's the hurry?!"
"I got a bad feeling about this, the map didn't mark any greenery around the water."
"So? No need to hurry still."
"If those trees are some kind of elven defense I would like to be at a high speed to better evade it, no telling what the elves have up their sleeves."
"Oh, makes sense I guess."
As they closed upon the spring, they noticed a moss covered triangular object sticking out of the water.
"What in the hell is that, looks like some kind of tail, did we send any recons out to the desert?"
"Not that I knew of. Even then, there's no way it'd moss over naturally this quickly, be on your guard, I saw a pier above the object."
"No need to tell me twice."
Johnson drew his tranquilizer pistol as Smith drove carefully towards the pool of water. As they neared the tree line, they saw more of the settlement and noticed that it consisted of three rectangular sandstone buildings. One was large and the other two were smaller.
"Heads up, we've got company, looks like we might be facing a small group of elves here, I spot three buildings."
"So we gonna shoot first and ask questions later or do this nice and calm like?"
"Peacefully, I doubt they'd trust us anymore if we came in guns blazing."
"Alright."
Arriving at the pool edge opposite the buildings, the two agents dismounted their vehicle, grabbed their equipment and headed towards the lodgings cautiously. They took the left route leading to the larger building and closed in on the elven settlement. About halfway there, a strange mist began rising from the water.
"Masks now!"
"What?"
"The gas masks, you brought them right?"
"Oh right!"
Johnson pulled the two masks off the belt where he had attached them and tossed one to Smith while putting on the other. Now protected from the gas cloud slowly enveloping the area, the two moved slowly guarding the other's rear. Visibility was greatly reduced due to the fog and it didn't seem to be letting up anytime soon.
Using the water edge as a guide, the two eventually made it out of the fog and saw that an elf on the pier in dark green clothing was managing the mist. Somehow noticing they had left it, the elf dispersed the smoke and immediately attacked them. Using nature magic to command the earth spirits in his blade, he sent the glowing green sword flying towards the agents at great speed. Johnson ducked the blade and jumped up as it came flying back under him into the hands of its owner.
"Woah, no one told me they had the force Smithy!"
"Real funny Johnny, he's obviously just using his nature magic."
"Heh, why you gotta spoil my fun."
The sword once again flew towards Johnson's head and he was forced to evade.
"So how we gonna do this? He's obviously hostile and I doubt he'd listen to reason."
Just then the blade came at Smith's head and he was forced to duck the attack.
"Hmm, I guess we gotta tire him out, he's gotta have a limit to his magical ability like the Halkeginians right?"
"I dunno Smithy, he uses a different kinda magic right?"
"Just keep dodging while I think of something…"
Just as Smith was about to dodge another attack, the blade's glow dimmed and it stopped moving. He then heard shouting in an unfamiliar language, presumably elvish, from behind the attacker. A female elf came from behind and bonked the male on the head. After what seemed like a lover's quarrel and a half, the blade was reluctantly returned to its sheath.
Seeing this as a sign of peace, the two operatives moved forwards. Eyes filled with disdain stared at them as their attacker watched them approach. Just as they were about to enter two arm lengths of them, the male elf spoke up and drew his blade to enforce his point.
"That's far enough you savages!"
"Woah there, we mean no harm."
"Lies, all you savages ever do is fight and squabble like animals!"
"That may be so for the locals but I assure you we are different."
"On what grounds do you have the right to say you are different?!"
Pinching the male's arm, the female pouted and lectured the elf.
"Stand down Ari, you've seen it yourself, they didn't try to attack you right?"
"Keh…"
The male, now identified as Ari, lowered his sword but still kept it unsheathed. Turning towards the agents, the female elf introduced herself.
"My name's Lukshana, I'm a human researcher."
"Oh? That's rather peculiar."
"Is that so?"
"Indeed, I didn't think we would get a chance to encounter such an important person during our first visit."
"Oh no, I'm not important or anything like that."
"Really? Surely a researcher of humans would be rather well respected in the city?"
"Nah, elves generally like to keep to ourselves, no one really cares about you savages."
"I see… Regardless, I feel we should introduce ourselves. Me and my associate here are emissaries from the United States of America and have been sent here to establish friendly contact with the elves."
"United States? Since when did the countries merge?"
"Ah you misunderstand me, you see, a gateway opened in our world one day and when we crossed over we discovered this land. Hence why we mentioned being different from other humans. We do not wish to be on bad terms with you and are interested in setting up trade agreements in the future."
"Oh I'm not the one to talk to in this kind of situation I'm afraid."
"Perfectly understandable, our aim this mission was merely to establish friendly relations with an elven settlement and I'd say we somewhat achieved that."
"So you'll be going now?"
"Not just yet, I have something I need to check first."
"Hmm?"
"I'm rather curious about the object in the lake."
"Oh that, if you want a closer look you can get one at the edge of the pier."
"Ah thank you."
Thus Smith headed towards the pier while Johnson kept watch. Now able to see through the somewhat clear water to get a better look, Smith identified the plane as a downed F-4 Phantom.
"Hmm, this plane is decades old, this entire land seems to be pulling technology from all over the place, I wonder if we will find anything modern in this place…"
Smith turned back to the group, thanked them and left for home with Johnson.
"Bye! Come back soon!"
The duo drove over a sand dune and disappeared into the shifting sands, marking the settlement on their map.
It has been a few days since Louise first found herself in this new compound. She had gotten used to the routine here and was slowly getting more comfortable with the people around her. However, she still scored pretty low on the performance chart for her frequent and unjustified outbursts, often forgetting her place while angry and demanding things from the staff.
Most knew she was nice at heart and genuinely trying her best but some could no longer take it and made numerous behavioral reports on her. Students were allowed to see their current score on a board in the classroom which was ranked top to bottom. Only a few were below Louise by this point and those were extreme cases.
To most of the staff, it seemed like she couldn't take the fact that after being bullied and below her peers for so long, she was reduced to a status where she had to treat commoners as her equals. Granted her peers were forced to as well but there were rumors that she was still being picked on. It was rather sad and a lot of them sympathized with her but rules were rules and all her outbursts had to be reported.
The days passed slowly and rather uneventfully save for when one of the students snapped and had to be taken away. Most who were taken away were rarely seen again and many wondered where they ended up. Louise didn't particularly care as most of those who were taken away were jerks anyway. Still, she felt that, deep down, she caused this with her spell. This all started after her spell exploded.
Sure, none of her family members or the Princess would blame her for it but that didn't change the fact that it was her summoning spell which brought these Americans to Tristain… Her mind often wandered to this subject during her stay. Currently it was thinking about who exactly attacked her as she never got a good look. It was then that she heard an angry voice calling at her.
"Louise! Louise Valliere!"
"What is it!? Can't you see I'm busy! Oh… I'm sorry Miss Ingred."
"Really Louise, you have to pay attention in class or you'll fail the exam dearie. Now come forward and demonstrate to the class how to properly treat a staff member who just helped you clean up a spilt bowl of soup."
"With who?"
"I'm glad you asked, today we have a special guest to the class. Come on in Siesta."
A woman in a maid uniform entered the classroom.
"Siesta here was one of the maids at the academy and has graciously volunteered to help you all with your rehabilitation by working with someone who you are used to oppressing."
Louise nervously approached the maid. Not used to doing well in demonstrations due to experience with her magic, the pink haired ex-mage kept her head low and spoke without looking at Siesta.
"Th-thank you for the help…"
A ruler swiftly met the top of the teacher's table at Louise's weak performance.
"It is extremely rude to not look a person in the eye while talking to them, let alone thanking them."
"Sorry…"
"Nevermind, return to your seat Louise, I shall get someone else to try."
Out from the corner he sat at, a blonde haired boy rose from his seat to volunteer.
"Allow me to demonstrate how to properly thank a fair maiden for her hard work Miss Ingred!"
"No Guiche, you should know best that any front you put up here will do you no good. My data marks you as a playboy and so you will only be allowed to demonstrate with men, who knows what overused tricks you have up your sleeves."
The rose Guiche held suddenly bent as if he was rejected and the boy sat back down quietly. Miss Ingred looked around for a better person to demonstrate and her eyes landed on a rather plump boy sitting in the middle.
"Malicorne, you shall be the one to demonstrate."
Looking shocked at suddenly being called out, the round child looked around and pointed at himself in confusion.
"Me?"
"Yes you, now come forward."
"Yes…"
Malicorne stood before Siesta and nervously shifted. He just couldn't think of what to say and so decided to try to imagine the situation in his head. He imagined he had just spilt his favourite meat stew and the maid had graciously helped him to clean it up. It was at this point that the boy remembered how hungry he was.
"No! My favourite soup!"
He grabbed the maid by her shirt and shook her in desperation.
"Give it back to me! Give me back my meat stew!"
"Goodness Malicorne, just how hungry are you? Cease this immediately!"
"My soup!"
Seeing as he would no longer listen to reason, the teacher pushed the red panic button below her desk. Two Men in Black agents burst into the room at the signal and apprehended Malicorne. Holding him by the shoulders while he squirmed and screamed for his soup, the agents turned to the teacher.
"What's wrong with him?"
"It seems he has gotten too used to the abundant amount of food served during his time as a noble and the rationing took a toll on him."
"Noted, following protocol in case this situation erupts, we will remove him from the lessons temporarily and put him through a strict exercise regimen to reduce his lust for food. He will be returned in roughly two weeks."
"Very well, I understand."
The agents left with the struggling boy while the rest of the students just sat quietly, afraid.
"Sorry you had to see that class, I think we should do something else for today… Siesta, be a dear and go help out the other staff for now, I will call upon you the next time you are needed."
"Alright."
Leaving the classroom, Siesta heard Miss Ingred talking about something regarding littering. Making her way to the staff room to ask if anyone needed help, Siesta thought back to what happened that day, after the interrogations ended. The interrogator instantly switched his mood from being serious to being friendly and relaxed.
"Thanks for answering my questions Siesta, sorry about the seriousness I had to show earlier, protocol dictates that we must not show any mercy during interrogations."
"Huh?"
"The information you gave us will be very useful in helping to re-educate the nobles."
"Re-educate the nobles?"
"Oh right, you answered our questions but we never told you anything did we?"
Siesta shook her head, realizing that she had been too afraid to ask any of her own questions and only focused on answering theirs.
"Well, let's see, what can I tell you that isn't classified…"
Deep in thought for a moment, the interrogation officer thought of how to best explain what he could to her.
"To put it simply, we're an army with extremely powerful weapons with the intent of taking the nobles down from power and forcing them to live their lives like commoners instead of oppressing all of you."
"That's impossible, there's no way you can pull that off, no matter how powerful your weapons are!"
"I knew you'd say that but incase you were unaware, just two of our soldiers managed to take down the entire magic academy."
Well he wasn't technically lying, they were technically still soldiers despite being Men in Black operatives.
"Just two? That's insane…"
"I'm not sure what's going on out there now exactly but we'll be moving in a bigger force soon to take the capital if negotiations break down."
"What about the commoners? What will you do to us?"
"Huh? Nothing bad, I can't say for sure what we'll do, but our aim will be definitely to improve the lives of the common folk."
"I never believed a day like this would come…"
"You'd better believe it, 'cause we're bringin' some good old Freedom and Democracy to those nobles!"
"Democracy?"
"Not something easy to explain really, just know it is bad for them. Oh another thing, sorry but you won't be allowed to leave for a while."
"Why not?!"
"We can't have people who know about us walking out and about just yet. But don't worry, we'll make sure you're cared for and if you want to help out, just approach me or any of the staff and ask, we need all the help we can get to run this operation."
"I see…"
"Do you have any family members out there?"
"I have a family in Tarbes, a village in the west."
"I see, I'll try to see what I can do to keep them safe until my superiors allow you to leave."
At this time, the man got up from the chair, switched off the table lamp and put on his coat and fedora. He reached out to Siesta and smiled.
"Come on, the lady outside will help you get used to living here."
Siesta shyly took his hand, rose out of her chair and followed him through the door. He left her with his assistant and walked down the hallway before looking back and tipping his hat.
"Name's Ryan by the way, welcome to Area 52…"
She hadn't seen Ryan since, she assumed he had been moved to another part of the facility as it was really large and the map given to the ex-nobles really only covered one level. Shaking her mind to rid the thought, she hurried over to see if anyone needed any help.
Omake:
In an underground lab deep under Hiroshima, Japan, scientists were working hard on a top secret project. They were tasked with creating a giant mech which would be used to defend the country in the event of an invasion. The ambitious scientists went all in, notorious for having to ask for budget increments every week but still producing results.
The robot was far from completion but currently it would do well in combat. It was a colossal three-legged, tri-bodied, three-headed mechanical samurai wielding three immense Wave-Force katanas connected by a central missile artillery battery. The ears of the bodies also each had two heavy payload bombs for forward firing. They dubbed it the Shogun Executioner in honor of all the fallen samurais of Hiroshima.
Today was the ten year anniversary of its development and so the staff were going to leave early to celebrate. Turning off all the lights and unnecessary equipment, they vacated the lab after looking at their glorious creation one more time, its Japanese flag themed paint still visible despite the low light conditions.
Little did the scientists know, it would be the last time they laid eyes on the culmination of their hard work for as soon as they shut the door, a strange portal engulfed the humongous mecha. The mysterious power of the portal jump started the machine's Polonium core and its six red eyes glowed as it floated through the void.
In Halkeginia. The elves guarding Shaitan's Gate suddenly erupted into a huge panic as the ancient gateway hummed with power for the first time in centuries. They dispatched their messengers on dragons to inform the elder council and prepared to delay whatever came through as long as possible.
A large portal opened in the centre of the gateway and out flew a mechanical monstrosity which towered over the landscape, dwarfing even the portal it came out of. It looked around for a moment as if confused and the elves watched its movements carefully. The Artificial Intelligence controlling the Executioner had was premature and only had the most basic of directives, it normally wouldn't arm its weapons under any circumstances.
Unfortunately for the elves, the same strange energy which activated the core, also caused the AI to go rogue. Upon analyzing its surroundings, a robotic voice came from the machine as its Wave-Force blades powered up. The elves took up combat stances as its weapons came online and prepared to fight.
"LIFEFORMS DETECTED: COMMENCING ERADICATION"
One of its three bodies raised its blade and unleashed a slash which cut through all of them at once. Having ended all enemies in the area, the robot used its scanners and identified a large settlement at the edge of the desert. It slowly made its way to the enemy through the desert, destroying anything it found. The elves saw the monstrosity approach and readied what little defenses they prepared. Their airships lead the attack, providing cover for their ground troops assaulting the monster's legs.
The Shogun Executioner was barely phased by their attacks and stomped on those in his path while his two diagonal bodies cut up the survivors with their Wave-Force katanas. Once it cut through the pitiful ground troops and made its way to the ships, it raised its blades high and sliced the ships clean in half. The remainder of the fleet outside of its range reformed in front of it in a final attempt to stop its advance.
This time, the mecha didn't even bother to deal with the fleet and simply rammed into the weak airboats with its humongous body, shattering them instantly and painfully. Magic cannons were fired at it from the defensive positions of the elven city but they barely damaged the large machine, most attacks pinging off its armor.
The mecha cared little for what stood in its way and moved towards the centre of the circular city. The Executioner simply raised all three swords and simultaneously jabbed them into the ground at once, performing an Omega Shockwave attack that sent catastrophic seismic waves through the city, ripping the elves, defenses and any buildings in the vicinity to shreds.
Detecting no other lifeforms in the area, the hulking machine raised all three of its swords into the air to celebrate its victory before moving across the ocean to find more lifeforms to destroy.
A/N: I hope you guys liked the Omake, it was to pay homage to the game Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 which I played while in the land of gaming, didn't want to send it into the mages though, would've made the Omake way too long. For those who don't know what Wave-Force is, just think of it as throwable vibrating plasma. I'm not sure if it will make it into the final fight since it is Japanese in origin but if you guys like it enough I will try to squeeze it in.
Also, if you guys haven't seen a segment continuation for a long time, I might have forgotten about it so be sure to ask if a character you like hasn't appeared in a while. Another thing, can anyone confirm where the Flak Cannon, also known as the Great Spear, is from? It is likely from Romania but is there anything official? In the Anime it just sort of appeared so I'm wondering if the Novels state its owner properly.
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