Chapter 9
"A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it"
Jet Li
On the outside area of the dome, the two peacemakers are accompanied by horde of soldiers and five Abbot Tanks. Peacemaker Brooke observes the dome right beside her peacemaker companion, "Gomez, is there any news of development from inside the dome?"
"Yes, Brooke. I couldn't contact any of our soldiers inside. That means the Four Garrison has made their move. And I wouldn't write off the possibility of the Schrodinger helping them" Gomez deducts all that by himself.
"Hm, this would be a hard task. If they come out here it would be seven of them"
"Relax, we outnumbered them. I watched their match from the monitor; at least Alvin Clarion and Frank Glooms are unable to fight for the time being. We can order the soldiers to take care of Sophia LeBlanc and Ted Schrodinger. The other three…we have take care of them just by the two of us"
"The three of us if I help you" Janie appears from both peacemakers' behind. Giving them a polite nod, she introduces herself, "I'm Janie, Lord Begucci's personal bodyguard from H8. I can offer you my assistance taking out one of those three"
"H8? The assassin guild consisting of 8 members?" Brooke quickly recognizes the infamous name, "Begucci hired a member of your guild to protect himself?"
"Precisely, Peacemaker" The assassin then notes the peacemakers, "There they come"
From the entrance, a loud bang could be heard signaling more of the WU soldiers coming.
Cliff in the front spots two Abbot moving to his group's direction. The Crimson pulls one of RKG-3 grenades from behind his coat and shoots one abbot on its optical periscope, making a hole in it as well as killing one man inside it after he got hit in the head. With precise accuracy and proper strength, Cliff pulls RKG's safety pin and throws it right inside the Abbot. A familiar explosion emerges from the inside, leaving one more abbot. The other abbot fires at Cliff with their Bren Gun to no result. Before stopping the Bren Gun with one point-blank shot from Dreadnaught, Cliff simply has to charge through them receiving all the bullets like nothing happened, just like always. The 6 soldiers inside the abbot could do nothing when the red haired man climbs their turret. Cliff holds his ARMs in a two hand grip. It is brought up close to the body until it reaches chin level and is then thrust forward until both arms his are straight. Hia arms and body form a triangle, which can be aimed as a unit. In thrusting the weapon forward, the firer can imagine that there is a box between him and the enemy, and he is thrusting the weapon into the box which is the turret ring. The trigger is smoothly squeezed to the rear as the elbows straighten out. Cliff can easily guess the exact location of all six soldiers just by listening to their rumblings. He quickly fires six bullets and hits all the targets, effectively disabling the Abbot. While reloading, Cliff signals his group to move forward.
"This guy is unbelievable" Francesca takes a chance to say something to Marilyn as the group progresses to the front, "Is he some kind of a terminator from the future? I mean, I've seen some pretty brave persons and I myself have been charging to opponents like that. But Cliff is…what to say? Different?"
"You're getting used to it, as I expected" A dry response from the other swordswoman, "When I first met him, I thought he was a universal soldier"
"When I first saw him, I though he was a monster" Alvin joins the talk.
"When I first saw him, I thought he was an alien" Sophia adds too, but quickly gained a goggled look from the others, "What? I'm being honest! I thought he was an alien!"
"What alien is bulletproof?" Alvin rolls his eyes. He could never understand why Sophia could be so weird, "I've watched some sci-fi movies but I've never seen a bulletproof alien"
"Guys, sorry to interrupt you" Ted ruins the fun for a greater good, "But here they come again"
Indeed, more of them show up. Ted moves toward the soldiers after withdrawing his ARMs, an AK-101 shotgun named Anahit. Anahit is a weapon that combines the logistical compatibility and familiarity of the 5.56x45 NATO round with the legendary reliability of a Kalashnikov. It is designed with modern and composite materials. Taking aim, Ted fires the soldiers in the head, upon previously realizing they used a body protector behind their uniform. He took down four men to reveal six more arriving from the front. Sophia comes to the front and shoots four times in rapid succession, aiming for the head just like Ted and wiping the path clear. But more of the soldiers come up, and they need to be taken care of quickly. Cliff sprints after he tells Ted & Sophia to stay behind while he's taking care of them. The thirty soldiers are aware of his presence and prepare for their assault. They fire at him unknowing it would do them no good. And indeed it doesn't, because Cliff keeps charging to their direction and ignores their initial shock. Cliff slides in the floor to make his way through them and stands back when he reaches their middle, totally standing among them. Quickly grabbing one shotgun from an unprepared soldier, Cliff starts his action by blasting away the head of the poor soldier with his Dreadnaught. Extending both his arms and aiming both guns on his hands to the opposite direction, Cliff fires to soldier at the same time before lowering his body to the floor and blasts away two more from below. Pulling both triggers four times, The Crimson performs a full spin and shoots the total of eight soldiers. Apparently, the soldiers cannot follow his speed. Who said he's a slowpoke? The soldiers want to open fire to him, but they know they would only hit each other as long as he's in the middle of them, and this leaves them confused. The red eyed man fires the shotgun four more times to make a good use of its remaining bullets as well as defeating four more soldiers. Again besting their maneuver, Cliff pulls one soldiers and encircles the soldier's neck with his left arm in a similar fashion to a guillotine before putting Dreadnaught's barrel in his forehead and blowing him off. Cliff quickly shoots one other soldier in the head before finally pulling the last straw for all the soldiers and causing them to run for their lives…typical WU soldiers. The two soldiers on the behind are unlucky because The Crimson pulled one of them and slams him to the back of the other, mounting both of them in the ground and firing his last bullet to pierce both men's stomach. While reloading his ARMs, Cliff waves his hand to his group behind as a signal their safety is ensured.
More of the soldiers show up; this time they come inside three Abbot Tanks from near the outside entrance. "Tsk, just a bit more and we can get outside" Cliff bemoans the hindrance, but nonetheless he quickly resolves, "One shot directed to the HESH inside their cannon shall finish them. But, we got three of them so you guys better hide. I'll take care of them"
"Nah, we cannot let you steal all the spotlight" Marilyn has a different idea and joins the front line, "I'll handle the left one"
"I'll go get the right one" Francesca soon follows, "Might as well seeing you closely. Just to ensure my eyes aren't fooling me"
"Then I reckon the one in the middle's mine" Upon stating it, the three goes to work. Francesca sprints and before the Abbot got the chance to shoot she's already in front of them. Swining her Shigure, the golden haired swordswoman delivers a Tsubame Gaeshi to cut the tank into three pieces, killing all six men inside it in the process. Marilyn activates her accelerator before heading to the tank; the soldiers inside the tank only got the chance to witness her afterimage passing through them. That proves to be the last thing they saw because they didn't see her applying Guillotine to them and their tank being cut in half. And that leaves Cliff who has been aiming to the middle one. He could hear the soldiers inside the tank prepare the HESH to launch anytime soon. Using his Lock On again, Cliff casts his gaze at the HESH inside the cannon properly and accurately. Cliff is currently displaying a Weaver Stance, consisting of gripping the ARMs with two hands in such a manner that the slight forward pressure on the grip of the hand which drew Dreadnaught is opposed by a rearward pressure on the grip of the second hand. This action aids in controlling the recoil of the Dreadnaught in order to stabilize the ARMs for subsequent shots. The moment he sees the HESH coming out, Cliff fires at once and penetrates the bigger bullet as another air piercing sound echoes; this time followed by an explosion sound. All the soldiers on the entrance area have been subdued.
"Okay, the only thing left is…the guys outside" Cliff informs the others as they proceed to go outside with care, "There's possibility they got a peacemaker or two out there, be careful"
Upon arriving outside, the street is filled with another horde of soldiers. On the top of one of the smaller buildings, the two peacemakers and the hired assassin are already waiting for their target. "Greetings, Four Garrison and Schrodinger" Peacemaker Gomez takes it upon himself to greet the bounty heads, "I assume you have massacred our soldiers inside, haven't you? As expected from famous drifters. But you might want to be wise and not pushing your luck any further"
"Cut the chit-chat! Are you trying to imply you can take us on?" Cliff really doesn't feel like chit-chatting for a long amount of time and cuts Gomez, "If you really got the balls to speak from up there, how about coming down here and show me what you're made of?"
"The Crimson, I presume? You're louder than I thought you would be" Gomez clinches his arms as if he's accepting the challenge, "Trent warned me about you. And that makes me want to try you out by myself. Fine, I'll take you on if that's what you want"
"Trent? Trent Penfield? Peacemaker number 1?" Cliff murmurs, "He's still alive, huh?"
"The Crimson? Cliff is The Crimson? No kidding… " Francesca finally recognizes the familiar name, "You better pray, peacemaker. He's going to fry your ass"
"How insolent, lady. Is that what a Schrodinger would say?" Brooke joins the picture, "Aren't you insulting your famous family by saying that?"
"I don't want to hear that from a group of murderers hiding behind the name of justice" Wow, that's rude, "And if you're not down with that, you can always give it a try"
"Oh, that's so insulting. Fine, I'll take you on" Now it's 2 against 2.
"Hey, hey. You can't have her, she's mine" Marilyn apparently wants to kill Brooke too, making this situation 2 on 1, "Why don't you go and take on those soldiers waiting like a dumb blond there?"
"What? Since when you can order me around, Westerfield?"
"Well, isn't it normal? Cliff is taking on the other peacemaker so this one should be mine!"
"Back off and watch how adult do things, girl! This dame's mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"You two are a joke" Bored of the situation, Brooke takes it upon herself to initiate an attack by summoning a number of rock made golems.
With that being said, the other four just can't stay watching. "There's no end to this" Alvin feels the number of the enemies is an audacity, "With those three hotshots there and this horde of soldiers, we will never catch Begucci or his daughter. Let alone escaping from this place"
"Maybe we will" Ted proves Alvin wrong, "Look at the across of the street? Begucci and Velma are running there. If we can go after them now, we can still catch them"
"But we got those soldiers, right? There aren't too many, but they will still be an annoyance if we let them"
"Leave them to Sophia and me" Ted suggests, "We can take care of them. Although you and Frank are injured, I'm sure you can somehow chase and take care of Begucci and his daughter, right?"
"If I cannot do that much, I might as well retire from being a drifter" As expected, because Alvin won't let his pride go down because of an injured neck, "You can move, Frank?"
"I think so, yeah"
"Good, then let's catch both of them. After all of this is over, we can grab a drink together"
"Sounds good, let's do that" And then the two goes for it.
That leaves Ted alone with Sophia to handle the soldiers and golems, "Sophia, I have a plan"
"I'm all ears" Sophia casts her eyesight on the approaching soldier.
"You go up to the rooftop of this building" Ted pints to a two storied building near them, "And snipe those soldiers and golems from the above. I'll handle them from the ground, and whenever I display a coin it's your turn to shoot them"
"That's a novel of an idea, Teddy" Sophia prepares her Silvia, "Let's do this"
Preparing his Anahit again, Ted doesn't forget his manner, "I'm in you care, Sophia"
"Likewise" Sophia replies with her cheerful tone before heading to the rooftop.
Without anyone noticing, Janie sees Alvin and Frank chasing after Lord Begucci and Velma, "Not that quick, you don't"
After the agreed plan, Sophia quickly climbs to the rooftop and finds a cozy spot to take her aims later. The WU soldiers come in group and quickly throw grenades to attack the youngest son of the Scrodinger family. Triggering the Anahit, Ted blasts all the bombs away in two scattered shot and bombards the soldiers to turn them into pieces. A golem emerges from Ted's behind and tries to hit a kick on his back, but it doesn't prove to be effective. Quickly whirling on his point, Ted throws a coin right to the golem's face and at the same time gives Sophia the sign she's been waiting for. The Sharpshooter shoots the head of the soul linker perfectly using her Silvia, completing the first step of her mission. Ted hunts three other golems, who attempt to throw some boulder attack on him. Without being told, three soldiers appear and support them by standing between them and Ted. Too bad they didn't learn anything at all, because Ted picks up three coins and delivers the coins to the soldiers in rapid pace. As the three soldiers all got shot in their head, Ted is more than free to blasts the golems from throwing a boulder. Another Golem comes from behind with a boulder ready on his hands and smashes Ted with it. Fortunately, Ted was quick enough to escape by shifting his body before firing at the golem. Four soldiers follow with their assault rife ready on their hands from four separate sides, however Ted bests them by outmaneuvering all of them using his coins throwing. Flipping four coins to the correct direction of each soldier, Sophia shoots them all and seals some other small victories for her side before reloading her ARMs.
The golems realize they must come up with something new if they want to win this battle, so they gather in one place and raise their hands above in the air. Noticing their doing, the soldiers buy them some time by attacking Ted again. Their effort is another fruitless one because Ted anticipates it by throwing a pouch containing coins to them. When their attention is caught by the pouch, Ted quickly pulls the strap of the pouch, showering the soldiers with coins. And at the exact same moment signaling Sophia to execute a consecutive shoots. Indeed, Sophia does. She successively fires the heads of the soul linkers in less than fifteen seconds, rendering all of them immobile and allowing Ted to move further. Regardless, it was too late. What the golem have been chanting was a powerful spell that merged all of them into one entity, a large sized golem; now thing is getting serious here. The Golem teleports himself right to Ted's behind and, not giving Ted any chance to retaliate, strikes the drifter from the back. Thankfully Ted was quick enough to shoot on the opposite point, using the recoil of his ARMs to force himself moving from the strike. Sophia sees this and realizes Ted would need her help. But there are still some golems and soldiers scattered all over the street.
After landing to the ground, Sophia aims her Silvia and fires one soldier right at his head, revealing four other more behind it. The Sharpshooter fires one other soldier in the head again before blasting the remaining three in quick charge. The sniper quickly sights five other golems heading to her direction from her left. Taking the advantage of her reach and her semi-automatic rifle, Sophia proceeds to blast a hole in their stomach, one by one. She starts from the left before firing at the one in the middle. The sniper takes quick glance and in less than six seconds, fires all three of them consecutively. She didn't even give them the chance to come anywhere near her. Having only one bullet left in the chamber, Sophia takes another magazine from behind her coat while observing her surrounding. There are still some golems left, and they don't give any intention on giving up from beating her. Setting ten golems as her next target, Sasha grabs the magazine with her left hand while shooting through them with her right. The Sharpshooter quickly reloads her Silvia with the magazine she just grabbed and attacks her targets again. She fires three of the soldiers from their behind in another successive manner, hitting their head with each shot. Another seven golems turn their back and rush at her, but the sniper shows no fear at all. Changing her plan, she kneeled down before blasting the leg of the golems seven times in a quick dispatching attempt, and she blasted their legs less than fifteen seconds. Now, the giant golem is the only one left.
Sasha fires twice to his head but it doesn't affect him much, only managed to steal his attention away from Ted. Ted uses this chance to do a point-blank shoot and fires all the remaining bullets on his chamber, causing the head of the golem to crack. Sophia deals the finishing blow by one last shot to the head to shatter it into pieces. "Well done, Sophia" ted gives the older drifter a thumbs up for their effort.
"Thank you, but I still have one thing to do" Sophia reloads her Silvia while looking at the direction where Alvin went, "I saw the gothic looking girl went to Alvin's and Frank's way. They might need some help"
"Ok, then I will try to get your jeep and prepare for our escape from here" Ted and Sophia agree for another plan and part ways.
Meanwhile, Janie chases her hirers and their hunters via jumping through the rooftop. Alvin and Frank don't go unnoticed by the father and daughter, however. "Father, those two drifters are chasing us!" Velma warns the older Begucci as they continue running.
"Darn it! We need to do something quick!" Lord Begucci glances at his daughter, "Are you ready, Velma?"
"On your mark, father!"
"Then, now!" Stopping at the exact moment, Velma draws her ARMs, a Walther P5 modeled handgun named Procell, while Lord Begucci also shows his, a Walther P99 modeled handgun named Pruflas. They aim to Frank and Alvin before starting to open fire. Alvin and Frank, despite the initial shock of the revelation of both ARMs, still manage to dodge and hide in the alleyway.
"What? They got ARMs?" Alvin displays his surprise rather soon, "Damn! This would be harder than I thought!"
"What should we…um, do, Alvin? I got no idea at all" Frank looks at the father and daughter before asking Alvin.
"I don't really know. With our injured state we can't do much…" Before Alvin finishes his line, a kick from his behind knocks him to the ground. Frank tries to anticipate the attack but also meet the ground when someone kicked him in the face, and it was Janie.
"My, my! Look what I found here!" Janie extends her fingernails, turning them into a claw, "A couple targets!"
"No! We can't fight her in our current state!" Receiving early information about Janie being an H8 member, Alvin knew there's no way himself or Frank could deal with her with their heavily battered condition. And more, Alvin doesn't like hitting woman. Janie attacks with two claw attack which Alvin evades, letting the attack hits the wall in the alleyway and cuts through it. One blow from the claw would prove devastating.
Janie jumps and tries to attack Alvin again but the target runs from the alleyway back to the street. It's not a good decision, however, because Begucci and his daughter soon shoot him with their ARMs. Despite receiving none of the bullets, Alvin grows weary of the current condition, especially after seeing Frank is still lying across the alleyway. The H8 member appears again and this time slashes three times from Alvin's right. Alvin could barely evade, but manage to come out unscathed. Being a seasoned fighter, Alvin could easily tell this girl is the weakest among H8. Simple claw attacks could be defeated without so much effort if he's healthy enough, too bad he isn't. The best he could do is defending against her while trying to make a chance to attack the father and daughter on the street.
"You're done, drifter!" Janie throws another slash attack, but all of a sudden Frank appears from Alvin's behind and grabs Janie's arm before throwing her to the ground, "Ukh! What?"
"You don't like hitting women, do you?" Frank whispers to Alvin as Janie gets back, "Then you better throw her, it doesn't count as a…um, hit"
"You're a genius, Frank!" When Janie attacks with another claw attack, Alvin performs the leg trip using his own leg to off-balance Janie, hence causing the opponent to fall to the ground. Janie quickly rises but Frank takes his turn to grab one of the legs of his opponent with both hands, and using the position to force Janie to the ground. The lower part of the leg was pulled by Frank in one direction, while the torso or shoulder is used to press the body or upper part of the leg of the opponent in the other direction. Janie rises again but this time Alvin goes for the honor by grabbing Janie with both arms around the opponent's legs while keeping his body close to the H8 member, and using this position to force the opponent to the ground. "Now, run!" Alvin calls the shot as he and Frank runs to the other corner of the alleyway, welcomed by the bullets from Begucci and his daughter. Finding a spot to hide for a moment, Alvin calculate a plan, "Listen, we need to take those two Beguccis down first before dealing with the H8 assassin"
"So, what's your idea?"
"We go to the rooftop and ambush them from above at the same time"
"But they might notice our presence, Alvin"
"I know, that's why we use this" Alvin shows Frank two gas grenades on his hand, "I stole this from the soldiers inside the dome earlier. If we can subdue both Beguccis in one quick attempt, we can deal with the H8 girl together"
"Ok"
The plan goes as planned when Alvin and Frank climbs the rooftop of two different buildings. Begucci and Velma shoot at them scarcely, obviously not hitting any of them. Janie decides to go after Alvin first and chases him through the rooftop. Closing his distance with the Beguccis, Alvin notices Janie trying to ambush him from behind. Suddenly, Alvin falls to the ground by intention and grabs both Janie's arms while moving his right leg backward, throwing Janie off the rooftop landing right at the street. Frank throws the gas grenade and causes a smokescreen, making Begucci and his daughter panicked.
"Father? Where are you? I can't see you!"
"On guard, Velma! They might attack!" Truer words can't be said. When Alvin throws another gas grenade to conceal both Beguccis' vision, Frank lifts Velma from the ground and throws her over the shoulder, knocking her out cold in an instant. Lord Begucci could only watch when Alvin appears in front of him and brings up his right knee, and then swiftly turning the hip over and snapping the leg outwards from the knee to deliver a strike with the ball of his right foot directly to Begucci's face, K.O-ing him with one direct roundhouse kick.
"All right!" Alvin shouts to signal Frank of their victory, but Janie suddenly emerges from the smoke with her claws ready. She is slightly battered because of the fall, but she could still move.
"Die, the two of you!" Before the H8 member could connect her attack to the two fighters, a firing sound could be heard echoing in the street. Janie falls down to the ground following a bullet piercing her right at her heart. It was Sophia shooting her from afar. When she was presented with a target, Sophia brought the rifle up to her shoulder and quickly fired a single shot. Her firing eye looks through or just over the rear sight aperture. And she used the front post to aim at the target. Using this technique, a target at 25 meters or less may be accurately engaged in one second or less. And she hit a bulls-eye.
But it doesn't end there, oh no it doesn't. "Youuu!" Despite having her heart shot, Janie rises again ignoring her wound and turns her attention to Sophia. The latter is maintaining her position. Sophia stays calm, she knew reckless behavior facing a sniper only means death. Janie sprints to Sophia's direction, hoping he would reach her standing before she shoots again. To anticipate Sophia's further attacking her, Janie jumps to the rooftop over the street. But she doesn't know that fruitless against Sophia. Using her emission magic, Sophia shoots once and controls the bullet to chase Janie. The target strikes the bullet down above only to find three more bullets coming up. Janie slashes all three mid-air, before knocking down another two from her behind. Before Sophia could reload, the assassin land on the ground, only 50 more meters from the sniper. Janie leaps to the air and quickly appears before the sniper, throwing a claw attack on her. But magically, the Sharpshooter outmaneuvers the assassin and shoots her in the face, point-blank. Janie is flung across the street with her face destroyed. "Pathetic manner of battling a sniper" Sophia murmurs to herself seeing the assassin. Although something doesn't feel quite right for her.
"Job well done, guys" Sophia tells herself the moment Alvin gives her a two thumbs up, followed by Frank doing the same thing.
Gomez leaps and lands right in front of Cliff, making the vast difference in their height totally visible. Gomes is at least one foot taller than The Crimson, "Allow me to introduce myself first. I'm Gomez Delphic of The Peacemaker, Division IV"
"Division IV, that means you're only the fourth best?" Cliff mocks the peacemaker right away, "Too bad, I was expecting one of the top three"
"Don't get too cocky with your status, Crimson. I might prove more than you can handle"
"Not really" Not giving Gomez the chance to do anything, Cliff points Dreadnaught at the peacemaker's head and pulls the trigger. A hard impact voice resounds after the hit, but the effort proves fruitless because Gomez is still standing. The only mark from the shot came from his bleeding forehead.
Touching his blood, Gomez comments the effort, "Nice shot, Crimson. A compressed semi-automatic anti tank rifle…that surely would fool anyone thinking of it as a normal handgun"
"Hee…you're hardheaded yourself, huh?" No pun intended.
"Oh, you don't look surprised your attack didn't work?"
"No, because I've seen this many times years ago"
"Good, then I shouldn't waste any more time with you" Gomez put touches his palms together, causing his body to enclose in a sphere like black ball. Cliff retreats several steps in case something unpleasant happens when the ball grows bigger and a giant hand comes out. The thing inside the ball breaks through, revealing itself to be a large, bulky, and somewhat featureless creature in the shape of a man made of diorite rock, having broad shoulders and muscular solid stature. The creature has large heavy jaws from which protrude sharp, tusk-like teeth, heavy brows, a broad and flat snout-like nose, and pointed ears. And needles to say, the creature dwarves Cliff in a great deal.
"Is that you peacemaker?" Cliff tries to assure himself he's not seeing things, "Wow, your inner self is uglier than you actually look?"
"Keep making fun of me, Crimson. Your chance won't last any longer" With his new look, Gomez compacts his fist and brings it down upon Cliff using the side of his hand. Cliff receives the punch directly and is knocked to the ground. The peacemaker runs by lowering his arm and tries to hit Cliff with a lariat. Cliff regains his stance and shoots Gomez left leg three times, but much like before his shot couldn't do much damage let alone stopping the peacemaker. The lariat connects and the drifter is sent back to inside the entrance hallway in the dome. Cliff pulls out his shears and smashes Gomez's waist with it when he's closing before giving him two more blasts in the neck with Dreadnaught. But that is yet to fruit something. Cliff receives another punch done the rear hand to the face and then some more jabs before an arm punch to the forehead, taking him down again. Gomez stomps the drifter three times to the ground but Cliff catches his ankle before stomping for the fourth time. The Crimson, wielding his Dreadnaught as if it were a club, smashes Gomez's right knee three times while using his ARMs as a blunt weapon. Too bad that only provokes Gomez even more. The diorite man grabs Cliff by his collar and throws him to the wall. Cliff meets the floor only to be grabbed by his back and thrown to the wall again. Damn, that must be hurt! The Crimson doesn't go down without fight, however. Cliff quickly reloads his ARMs and shoots Gomez's right knee four times before receiving another jab to his face. The red eyed man retaliates by firing his remaining four bullets again to the right knee of his enemy and gives it a punch from his own. Gomes hits Cliff with an elbow strike to the back of his head which results on Cliff smashing his face with his ARMs. Cliff smacks his face three more times before connecting a cross punch to the peacemaker's hardened face. An uppercut follows after a backfist, and then another two hits from the chamber to the stoned forehead of Gomez. Cliff then jumps off the top of the floor and executes the dropkick on Gomez's right knee for the umpteenth time today. But after an upset punch started with his fist in the chambered position, with the palm facing downwards, delivered to Cliff's abdomen, Gomez stops his assault. The peacemaker makes a quick work to stop Cliff from further retaliating by lifting his opponent up over his head with arms fully extended before lowering his arm under the head of his opponent so that Cliff falls to that side, while flipping over and landing on his back. Not stopping there, Gomez pushes Cliff upward by reaching under his legs and lifting him into the air again. While retaining the hold on the opponent's leg, Gomez proceeds to fall backwards, dropping Cliff front-first into the floor. Cliff starts to bleed, especially from his head, after constant attacking. But unfortunately Gomez isn't done yet. The peacemaker, while standing in front of The Crimson, reaches between his opponent's legs with one arm and reaches around the red haired man's back from the same side with his other arm. The diorite man lifts Cliff up so he is horizontal across the Gomez's body then falls backward throwing the opponent over his head down to the floor back-first. Cliff slowly stands back, feeling the injuries starting to catch up with him. Gomes strikes with front knee strike which stunts the ARMs wielder and nearly sends him down to the floor again. But Cliff had enough of the strikes. Displaying his sheer physical strength, Cliff quickly faces Gomez from the right side, slightly behind. He tucks his head under his opponent's near armpit, and grabs hold of Gomez's near right leg, bending it fully. Cliff then lifts Gomez up and slams him downwards, impacting the diorite's bent leg on his knee, weakening the right knee even more. The drifter reloads while seeing Gomez rising back and shoots his right knee eight consecutive times in quick succession using an AIMED point shooting after placing his index finger alongside the gun and parallel to the bore. The middle finger is then used to pull the trigger rapidly. Not giving Gomez any chance to come any closer, Cliff changes his grip into a two-handed grip, where his index finger off hand pulls the trigger, again leaving the normal trigger finger free to aim the gun fast, naturally, and accurately for eight consecutive times. Gomez finally feels a dire pain on his right knee and stumbles to one knee, staring directly to Cliff's eye, "You retaliated well with your suppressive fire, Crimson. But that's about the only thing you could do"
"Oh, please! That's just a warm up!" Cliff smirks reloading his ARMs, "Your stone is so hard to be penetrated. I can tell it is made of many layers, no? Is it granite?"
"Diorite" Gomez explains, "Diorite is an extremely hard rock, making it difficult to carve and work with. It is so hard that ancient civilizations used diorite balls to work on granite. Its hardness, however, also allows it to be worked finely and take a high polish, and to provide a durable finished work. It became more popular as a structural stone and was frequently used as pavement due to its durability, mostly for fortress walls or weaponry. In fact, perhaps diorite is the hardest of all stones"
"Wow, that's pretty impressive!" The Crimson responds, "But it's not like you are totally impenetrable. Sooner or later, you're going down"
"Is that why you kept aiming at my right knee?"
"Precisely, peacemaker. No matter how thick your stoned skin is, it has its own limit. And my Dreadnaught is going to show you that limit. I will destroy your knee, sooner or later. And it's effective, because no matter how freaking big you are you still need both your legs to stand" A simple yet effective logic, "This is just a friendly reminder, when it does break it will be really really painful. So, be prepared"
"No, you be prepared!" Gomez resumes the battle by sprinting to Cliff's direction. Cliff shoots Gomez three times in the right knee before receiving a reverse side kick which begins from a high chamber as opposed to the straight through motion of a back kick using the footsword as the attacking tool. Cliff retaliates by sending an uppercut to the diorite jaw, only to receive a head-butt to his forehead in return. Cliff connects another strike using his Dreadnaught which sends the diorite man three steps back, a chance The Crimson uses to blast his right knee three more times before having to stop after a front kick which involves rising a knee of striking leg to the position in which desired point-of-impact, one's foot and pelvis are on the same line before straighten the striking leg quickly and make contact with Cliff's lower torso. Cliff moves back forward by blasting the remaining to bullets in the chamber to the usual target before sending a superman punch to the jaw, lunging toward his opponent pushing off with the back foot punching with the opposite arm of the leg used to push off with, which sees Gomez down to the floor. Gomez taps once to the floor before two large sections of rock appeared behind and in front of Cliff, crushing him with an instant pressure two seconds after they appear. It seems Gomez can also use earth magic to his advantage. The attack proof fruitless, however, when Cliff scrap the sections using a single punch from the inside, barely bleeding. Gomez summons three other sections, floating them in the air, and parts them into dozens before firing them at Cliff. The Crimson throws four RKG-3 grenades at once to the air to swipe the rock bullets away but he fails to notice Gomez sneaked up to in his side and gives him another hard hitting punch, yet it's not enough to bring him down this time. Cliff gives another stroke from Dreadnaught to the face, repaying the favor from Gomez earlier. The diorite man sees himself reach between Cliff's legs with one arm and reach around his opponent's back from the same side with his other arm before then lifting the red haired man up over his shoulder. From this position Gomez falls forward to slam Cliff against the mat back-first. A sound of creaking could be heard upon the initial impact. The battle prolongs into another full-contact close ranged battle. Cliff moves back to attacking position, already reloading his ARMs, and lifts Gomez across his shoulders, pulling the Gomez's arm over his farthest shoulder and distributes the diorite man's body over his shoulders while having the other hand between and holding onto one of the opponent's legs and stands up. Cliff then falls forward, slamming Gomez in the hard concrete floor causing another creaking sound. Gomez hits back by sending Cliff to the mid-air after a shocking rock section from below hitting the drifter. The ARMs wielder rapidly regains his point-shooting stance after landing, and shoots all eight bullets to the attacked right knee consecutively without giving his target a chance to evade. Gomez summons three other sections and mails them to the drifter's direction. Cliff reloads his Dreadnaught before shooting all three with perfect precision, leaving five more and spotting Gomez sprinting towards him. With five remaining bullet on his chamber, Cliff quickly turns into Chapman stance. Chapman uses the same push-pull tension which defines the Weaver as he depicted when he shot all the attackers inside the dome previously, but instead of both elbows being bent, the gun side elbow is held straight and locked in place. Since Cliff is right-handed shooter, the right arm is punched straight out, while the left elbow is bent and the left hand pulls back to provide tension. As a result of this change, cliff gets its stability from both muscle and skeletal support. Cliff fires all the five bullets right to right kneecap of Gomez. Gomez pauses stepping, finally feeling pain on his right knee. Cliff smiles knowing his attempt bears fruit after all. Cliff reloads and maintains his Chapman stance to shoot Gomez eight more times, briefly reliving his momentum. Gomez, however, got no intention of enduring the possible threat any longer. Gomez taps once into the floor and causes the floor in the surrounding area to rise up and over the drifter and create a cavern, imprisoning Cliff. Gomez then condenses the floor below Cliff and shapes them into spikes that protrude from the ground in order to skewer the red eyed man. Cliff receives all the attack but none of the spikes penetrate him, as expected. The drifter throws an RKG-3 to set himself free and blows away the small cavern.
Gomez shakes his head seeing his foe alive and well, "What are you? Can't you just die?"
"Nope. Can't for now" Cliff mocks the diorite man, "What? Surprised seeing a man harder than you?"
"It does remind me of something…" Gomez replies, "The Myrmidons…The Society's special ops unit consisted of advanced level soldier both in combat ability and physical density"
Cliff's smile turns into a shocked face, but he gets the better of his own emotion quickly and puts a grin, "That name brings back memories alright"
"Hm? So you were once a Myrmidon too…"
"So what if I was? Is that supposed to be a big deal?" Cliff throws an RKG-3 to Gomez all of a sudden, successfully landing an explosion on the surprised diorite man. That explosion, however, wasn't enough to pierce through his solid physique. But that isn't Cliff's intention from the beginning; he only needs a distraction to resume shooting Gomez's right kneecap eight quick times while running with his shears on his left hand. The Crimson bludgeons the right knee with the shears twice before being stopped by a diorite hook to the face. Cliff smacks Gomez face back but receiving a hit to his stomach in return. The drifter attempt to reload his ARMs but Gomez grabs his wrist and slams him to the wall, forcing him to drop his shears. Cliff is then sent off flying across the hall by Gomez after being thrown, landing on the arena inside the dome.
"I will not allow you to do as you wish anymore, Crimson" Gomez enters the stage as Cliff goes back standing, "Prepare yourself, this is going to end soon!"
Things don't go so smoothly either for Francesca & Marilyn on the street. Peacemaker pairings are based on their level of power. Facing Brooke, that means Francesca is facing someone with the capability more or less the same with Gomez, only slightly different. The difference lies in their capability of governing the land. If Gomez is able to turn himself into a diorite man and use earth spells, Brooke is capable of creating weapons from rock and rock golems being a large hominid-like creature covered in long dark hair in a hunched posture and swinging their arms in a similar fashion to a monkey; numerous of them. Brooke previously summoned a horse made of rock and armed herself with a rock lance complete with a rock buckler, making her look like a knight riding a horse. With the army of golems ready to assist her, she is prepared to combat the two swordswoman. The density of her rock is far inferior to Gomez's diorite because it's just a simple normal rock you can find on streets, but she isn't to be taken lightly.
Brooke opens with barrage of rock shots from her hand, while she herself dashes to Marilyn's right. Marilyn stood her ground, deflecting the charged attack with one slash of her sword. She then easily sways some more rock shots before colliding her sword with Brooke's lance, causing a massive reaction in the mid-air. Brooke quickly lifts her axe-club to create some space in order for her to move the massive weapon and slams it again to Marilyn's direction. Francesca is interrupted from helping Marilyn from the attack by the rock golems. Since the rock golems are fairly not too hard, Francesca slices two of them with one attack before taking out two more with another slash. Another three golems tries to maim her from behind but she quickly notices and retires them.
Marilyn takes three steps back and prepares her Guillotine to further resuming the battle, and then the swordswoman goes on to charge towards the peacemaker using the speed brought to her by her accelerator. Brooke anticipates her attempt by increasing the density of her giant rock shield before charging in high speed with the help of her rock horse. As the two clashes for the second time tonight, another loud resounding voice could be heard.
Both are evenly powerful given they used fairly same technique, so it results on yet another steps backwards for them. Alas, they don't feel like holding back or stopping at all. Marilyn charges again, this time counting on her normal slashes. She throws three slashes from upfront which Brooke parries skillfully with her rock lance. The peacemaker returns her effort by executing a thrust attack in very close range; fortunately Marilyn manages to dodge it before it hits her and seals this chance by using the long rock lance as a stepping stone to get closer to its wielder and attack her with a direct slash; yet again Brooke casually shields herself using her formidable shield, forcing both fighters to take several steps away from their respective foe to find a better chance of winning this battle.
Both fighters bear the same mind when they both charge toward each other at the same time again, engaging in another close range combat with their preferred weapons. Marilyn parries carefully against the longer weapon which her foe uses to strike some simple thrusts. The swordswoman takes initiative to take the battle into a higher level by mauling the lance with a hard strike, to no avail. The lance didn't get affected at all. After Brooke takes one step back and creates some space to unleash an attack, she barrages Marilyn with dozen lance thrusts in an unimaginable speed. Felicia, however, quickly anticipates her being beaten to pulp by making a good use of her accelerator as she successfully evading the deadly thrust.
"She's good!" Marilyn tells herself the proven fact so far, "I need to do something if I want to defeat her!"
But Marilyn doesn't have the chance to do so because Francesca suddenly heads toward the peacemaker, leaving Marilyn with golems to tend. Francesca seals the perfect chance to attack when the series of barrage to stop before attacking again, and when it finally stops the swordswoman comes out from her sanctuary to maul the peacemaker with an overhead strike. Skillfully, Brooke steps away from her reach to create some distance between them. Realizing she won't win this battle just by striking around carelessly, Francesca plans a formula for her next several steps. Brooke apparently reads what she has in her mind, silently waiting without making a noise. She wants to know whether the brave lady in front of her is indeed a worthy opponent; because the silver haired one before her has proven herself to be one.
Well, Francesca isn't the second daughter of The Schrodinger family for nothing. Her brain is as good as her looks. Formulating the idea thoroughly, she proceeds with care when she throws her scabbard to the peacemaker. Brooke dispatches the attack by a simple smash with her rock solid shield and wastes no time to lift her lance and charge through his smaller opponent…and that's what Francesca has been expecting all the time. The blond haired lady hits her Shigure on the ground and unleashes Yama Arashi wind attack, wide enough to cover the area where the rock horse is running.
The plan successfully caught Brooke off guard and conceals her movement. Although she doesn't seem to be too bothered, her horse roaring of pain is an undeniable proof that the tactic works. Francesca sees the opportunity as a sure win and rushes with her full speed before leaping six feet in the air with her Shigure ready to thrust rock solid horse. That's what she has been aiming for, because she knew the horse is her opponent greatest mean of mobility simply because with her large sized weapons she couldn't move fast without a support for her own.
Unfortunately, Brooke is hardly a fool. Out of nowhere, she unleashes a sudden thrust to the air despite her imbalance stature. The two thrusts collide with each other and again force both fighters to take several steps back. "Damn, she's good" Apparently, this one time, Francesca agrees with Marilyn.
"She sure is, Schrodinger. Now, would you be a good girl and let me handle her?" Marilyn slight pushes the older swordswoman out of the picture.
"Can it, Westerfield! I was winning!"
"No, you weren't!"
"It's not like you were either!" The two girls engage in another stare down. But they are soon interrupted by the weary Brooke.
"Little girls….fighting over something trivial" Brooke rolls her eyes seeing the two, "Maybe you two should focus more on your surrounding"
Brooke's right, she got a dozen golem try to attack the two swordswoman without them noticing. Marilyn slashes three on her left while Francesca dealing with two from the behind. Brooke joins the party by delivering a pierce attack using her giant lance, but Marilyn charges up front with her Iskander Bey and throws a direct hit to the peacemaker's lance; causing both weapons stop from moving further. The clash creates a spark, indicating how hard both hits were. Francesca assists the younger swordswoman by trying to connect a horizontal slash from Brooke's below but Brooke spins her lance and ceases the attempt, giving the two eight more golems to deal with. Marilyn executes her Guillotine, killing all eight and giving Francesca a chance to close in to Brooke. Francesca closes while executing Tsubame Gaeshi, but Brooke dispatches the attempt by summoning three golems in front of her, letting all of them receive the three instant slashes. Marilyn comes up next with a thrust attack but is stopped by the same piercing attack.
The Spider Lily withdraws her sword to create some space for more attack before hitting the peacemaker's lance again, this time with her Guillotine. It cracks the lance, but wasn't enough to completely destroy it. Right after the clash, a slightly different golem, bigger than the rest, appears and attacks from Marilyn's behind by throwing a boulder. Francesca slices the boulder to half and stabs the golem in the head, but it doesn't stop his movement despite the fact it was a direct hit. The golem tries to punch the swordswoman but Francesca quickly moves back and avoids getting hit.
"Meet my strongest golem, Fauke. He isn't easy to be destroyed" Brooke briefly introduces the new player on the game before trying to pierce Francesca and letting Fauke handling Marilyn. Fauke carries on his assault by creating three rock lumps using his hard solid body and attacks Marilyn with all three of them together. Marilyn defends herself by hitting each of the three in turn, proceeding carefully not to get the faintest touch of the deadly lump or else she's dead meat. Fauke rolls his three lumps into one and throws a punch-like attack to the drifter which Marilyn shields using her Iskander Bey rapidly. Regardless, the hit is strong enough to nearly shake her off from her ground. And before she could even resume her previous stance, Fauke already distributes another punch from her behind. Marilyn manages to activate her accelerator and move in the last minute, but the punch still hit her. Mere one hit on the back was more than enough to send Marilyn flying and hitting the window of a storied building in front of them, sending her crashing through in.
"Westerfield!" Francesca yells for the other swordswoman although she knows this isn't the best time to worry about others because now it's 2 on 1 against her. And surely letting herself being outnumbered isn't one of Francesca's preferences. Brooke pierces to Francesca's direction, forcing her to defend and as well giving Fauke a chance to sneak and try to punch Francesca from behind. But much to his chagrin, the bloodied Marilyn appears in the last second and slashes his hand, nearly severing it.
"You're still alive after receiving a punch from Fauke?" Brooke doesn't waste a second voicing her dismay.
She is alive. Even though blood is visibly coming out from her mouth and her back is in an excruciating pain, Marilyn's alive. "Westerfield, are you alright?" Francesca forgets her pride and helps Marilyn steadying her stance.
"I've been better before, but thank you for asking" Marilyn could still throw a deadpan sarcasm even in time like this, "Listen, Schrodinger. This may not be the best proposal of all time, but I think we need to work together if we want to defeat this peacemaker"
"Consider it done…just for this time" Surprisingly, Francesca doesn't bother much.
"Good" Marilyn takes this chance to close the distance between herself and Fauke to engage him in a melee-combat. Bravely, she prepares her Iskander Bey and utilizes the speed of aceelerator to corner Fauke. The drfiter delivers some quick slashes which Fauke stops by protecting himself swaying the lumped rock all over his body. Marilyn speeds up her parry to pressure Fauke even more. Fauke is forced to gradually step back again and again, defending himself from Marilyn's relentless slashes. The drifter continues gaining the upper hand by delivering direct vertical slash to Fauke's neck. The hit is powerful enough to stutter the golem and takes him off guard because his neck is nearly removed away. Marilyn seals the golden opportunity with a quick direct thrust, right to Fauke's stomach. The thrust was so fast it seemed like a projectile. A resounding impact could be heard as Fauke is seen flung away to the air before harshly landing on the ground, defeated and destroyed into pieces. Brooke cannot hide his shock seeing Fauke was defeated so easily despite giving a hard time for Marilyn before, "You…how did you do that? You could barely hold your own against him before this"
"Pau de Arara, that's what the technique is called" Marilyn answers while sweeping some more blood from around her mouth, "It targets lower torso, weaken it using continuous slashes ended by a powerful thrust. Even a hardened golem wouldn't stand that"
"I see…so I underestimated you too much after all"
"You might want to pay attention a bit more, peacemaker. You're next" Brooke realizes Francesca is nowhere to be seen. Before she could track her, Francesca reveals herself to be standing in one of the rooftops and unleashing Amakumo No Tsurugi. Brooke is stunned when she sees the building and the street split into half and cannot do anything but shielding herself with her shield when the impact hits her. Her horse receives the attack directly and is destroyed into pieces, as well as her shield. Brooke falls down to the street armed with only her spear, now being cornered in two on one.
"I'm not going to be defeated by the likes of you!" Brooke summons a horde of golems and orders them to attack the two swordswomen. Unfortunately for her, Francesca unleashes another Amakumo no Tsurugi and sweeps the golems in an instant, leaving Brooke exposed all by herself defenselessly. Brooke sees Marilyn coming at her with gallant speed, her Iskander Bey ready for a pierce attack. The peacemaker made one last attempt to safe herself by shielding her body with her lance, but Marilyn's thrust proved to be too powerful even for her. Iskander Bey pierces through the solid lance, penetrating the inside of the peacemaker as Marilyn stops her step as the rock spear shattered into pieces. Brooke cannot believe this; her mouth slowly drops open and her eyes go wide at the sight of Iskander Bey buried on her stomach, her blood starts dripping off from her body and colors the ground below her redder than it already is. As her mouth starts coughing out blood, Marilyn quickly pulls out her sword, witnessing the peacemaker crumbles to her defeat, "Im..poss..ible…I'm…defeat…ed…by…mere…two…drifters…"
"Tough luck, peacemaker. You were facing us two on one, after all" Marilyn enlightens the peacemaker for one last time before she finally dies on the ground. Looking at the foe turned ally behind her, Marilyn states, "Thanks for the help, Westerfield. Couldn't have done it without you…perhaps"
"It's not perhaps, Westerfield" Tsk, typical rivalry thing, "We were both exhausted from our match earlier. If we didn't do those last moves together, we would have been dead"
"No, you would have. I wouldn't have"
"You mean the other way around, right?"
"No"
"Yes"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Nooooooo!"
"Yeeeeeees!"
Inside the dome, the battle between Gomez and Cliff is culminating. After being thrown to the arena, Cliff received some more attack from the diorite man in the form of three hard punches to the head. Gomez earlier realized if he let Cliff continue shooting his right knee he would eventually lost it so he had to do something quick before The Crimson do something right. The peacemaker lifts Cliff up and drops him so that the Cliff's stomach impacts against part of his hardened knee. Upon falling to the floor, Cliff is seen coughing out blood. The density of his skin has been reduced also upon being connected by so many diorite strikes. The drifter gets up but sees himself outmaneuvered by the peacemaker when Gomez places Cliff in a front facelock and hooks Cliff's right leg with his free arm. The peacemaker, again, then lifts Cliff upside down or onto his shoulders, and then sits down, driving Cliff between his legs, head and shoulder first. Gomez stomps Cliff thrice on the ground before he could even do anything anymore. Gomez leaps backwards to create some space for himself before summoning three large rock sections and bludgeon Cliff with it. He taps several times to the floor to further attacking Cliff with earth spears from below the ground, but he could still feel The Crimson alive. Attempting to end the battle once and for all, Gomez controls the floor in the area to form several enormous earth jaws. He then proceeds to swallow and quickly hammer Cliff from both sides, crushing him inside the devouring earth.
"Did I do it?" Gomez wanders when he approaches to the jaws. Unlike his previous opponents, Cliff never flinched or even showed any sign of being in pain despite the constant attacks so it's hard to decipher if he's really dead or he just stays quiet. His wandering proves true because suddenly Cliff breaks free from inside the jaws and punches his face to hard he goes down to the floor.
"Surprised?" Still with Gomez in the floor, Cliff quickly hooks both hands around the peacemaker's head and then leaps to bring both knees up to the face of the diorite man. The drifter then falls backwards to the floor, thus forcing Gomez to fall forwards and impact the exposed knees, hurting his right knee even more. The Crimson takes the chance to reload his Dreadnaught and fires the peacemaker eight quick times in the right knee.
"Aaaaakh!" Gomez screams when he sees his right kneecap shows a little crack on it. Cliff kicks the knee twice after stroking it with his Dreadnaught five times, not wasting his momentum. Showing off his physical power, Cliff The wrestler stands behind, slightly to one side of and facing the opponent. Cliff reaches under Gomez's right arms with his corresponding arm and places the palm of his hand on the neck of the peacemaker, thereby forcing the arm of the diorite man up into the air. Cliff then uses his other arm to pull Gomez's other arm behind the Gomez's head, so both the peacemaker's arms are pinned. The Crimson then hooks Gomez's near leg and throws themselves backwards, driving his opponent back-first to the ground. Cliff seizes this chance by putting the barrel of his Dreadnaught, point-blank, on Gomez's right kneecap after reloading his ARMs. He pulls the trigger and shoots the kneecap complete with another air-piercing sound. "Aaaaaaaaah!" Gomez wails in pain as the crack gets bigger after receiving the first shot. Cliff holds him down before shooting his right kneecap again, further injuring it and causing the diorite man to scream in pain. The table has finally turned. "Damn you, Crimson!" Out of desperation, Gomez kicks Cliff with his left foot and stands back, "Don't you ever think I will let you win!"
Just awhile after, Cliff could feel the entire dome trembling when Gomez touches both his hands to the floor. Gomez is absorbing the floor to merge with him! Cliff can only maintain his stable position when the diorite man become slightly bigger than he already is. What is left after the absorption is just a normal land; the floor has been absorbed by the peacemaker. "If you're trying to conceal your right knee, you fail" Cliff, who is yet to feel the difference, comments, "I'm still going to blow it off"
"Try it" In an unseen speed, Gomez rushes at his opponent and smashes Cliff with his elbow. Then, he grabs the drifter by the leg and throws Cliff up into the air. Next, he leaps up to his opponent and attacks him with two straight punches and headbutts the red-haired man in the face. Finally, Gomez falls down to his opponent and delivers an upside down kick, with one foot rising upward as in a crescent kick; the upward arc motion is stopped and then the attacking foot is lowered so as to strike the red eyed man from above, that knocks Cliff into the ground, inflicting a massive amount of damage. Cliff is bleeding especially on his head, taken aback by the sudden attack. "Surprised?" Gomez mocks Cliff back, "My ability isn't limited only to harden myself. I can also improve my ability to move in a great speed, Crimson"
"Annoying..." Cliff is then welcomed by another rush attack after Gomez quickly appears in front of him. First, Gomez bends his leg like the front kick, but the knee is pointed at Cliff to the right of the his face. The energy from the snap is then redirected, whipping the leg into an arc and hitting the target Cliff into the air from below and jumps up to him. Then, he grabs Cliff's head and flies down to the ground as he spins pile-drives Cliff head first into the ground, resulting in an earthquake and inflicting massive damage which shatters the whole arena. A loud sound emerging from inside the dome is heard outside, shocking the other drifters.
"What is that sound?" Francesca looks at the dome right that moment.
"It must be Cliff…" A good deduction from Marilyn, "Good lord, what is happening inside the dome?"
"I don't like the way that sounds, Westerfield…"
"Agreed, let's go check on it"
Back in the dome, Cliff is seen rising up, this time in a battered state. Blood is staring to pour out from his torso, after coming out from his head. "Oh, so you have your limit as well" Gomez notes his achievement. But he knows he has to end this battle quickly. Despite gaining the advantage over Cliff at the moment, this full-power form has its weakness as well. The injury on his right knee remains the same. A fierce attack from Cliff might fatally cost him, "Now, it's time to finish this, Crimson"
Rushing toward Cliff, Gomez connects a semi-circular and vertical punch thrown with the rear hand to the drifter's stomach. Then, he uppercuts Cliff on the jaw and knocks the ARMs wielder away up into the air with two roundhouse kicks, using the heel to strike with. The kicking leg comes from around the kicker's back and remains straight, penetrating the rooftop of the dome, enabling Marilyn and Francesca to see what is actually happening. Finally, Gomez appears above Cliff and knocks him down into the ground with a right hook kick in his stomach, the kick is intentionally aimed slightly off target in the direction of the kicking foot's toes. At full extension, the knee is bent and the foot snapped to the side, impacting the Cliff with the heel and inflicting a high amount of damage as Cliff is sent crushing to the dome, visibly destroying its above level into pieces and buries Cliff with its destroyed top down below the arena. The impact is so massive the citizen of Gunner's Heaven start running for their own good. Marilyn and Francesca quickly head back to the dome with fearing the worst. Gomez lands back to inside the arena, searching in the pile of rubble. "Where are you, Crimson?" The diorite man shouts to ensure his victory. Cliff is nowhere to be seen, "Are you dead?"
He hears no reply. Assuming Cliff is finally done for; Gomez turns over his shoulder to head back outside. However, Cliff suddenly erupts from below the ground with his shears ready. The red eyed man traps Gomez's right kneecap between the shears before Gomez could do anything and smash the handle with his right hand when his left hand hold the shears stable. The massive power from the drifter proves fatal because the kneecap finally snaps and shatters into pieces of bones and fleshes, destroying Gomez's right knee as Cliff has been planning all the time.
"Aaaaaaaaah! My leg! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Curse, you Crimson! Aaaakh!", Gomez succumbs to the ground while holding his right leg…what's left of it, "You bastard! I will kill you! I will fucking kill you! Aaaaaah!"
"Told you it would hurt. And tell you what, once an impenetrable object gets penetrated, it's easy to destroy the rest of it" Cliff limps when he draws his Dreadnaught. Despite being heavily wounded, he is still able to maintain his calm and turn the table for the last time, "Any last words, peacemaker?"
"You! Don't you ever think The World Union won't hear about this! The other peacemakers will chase you and kill you! You can count on that!" That seems to be the last words of the division four Peacemaker.
"That's a tremendous warning, but you're speaking to an outlaw. What a waste of your last words" Cliff finalizes the moment he aim to Gomez's head and pull the trigger, "Peacemaker, you're history"
KHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
The air-piercing sound signals the end of the battle of Gunner's Heaven. Marilyn and Francesca arrive just in time to see Cliff withdrawing his Dreadnaught near Gomez's legless and headless body. "You're too late if you want to see the main event" Cliff humors the two, who are seeing him in very worried look.
"Good joke for someone who's battered and bruised" Marilyn replies.
"Oh, so you can be harmed? That's calming, I thought you were immortal" Francesca speaks a rather weird comment.
"Thank you for worrying about me, can we go now?" Cliff puts his shears back beside he jacket and begins to walk away, "The whole town is literally in chaos, we better go before anything worse than this comes up"
Outside, the three meets with Sophia, Frank, and Alvin. The latter two are carrying Lord Begucci and Velma on their back. "Oh, thank you for securing those two" Marilyn doesn't want the chance to know even a little about her mentor goes awry and acts fast, "Mind if I borrow one of them?"
"My pleasure" Alvin gives Lord Begucci to Cliff who lifts him to the corner of the street with Marilyn following him from behind.
"Wake up, old-timer!" Cliff lightly slaps the older Begucci and wakes him up.
B: What? No, no! Please don't kill me! All that attack was requested directly by World Union!
M: Yeah, I know. You don't need an Einstein to tell me that. I want to ask about another thing.
B: What? What thing?
M: Around three months ago, a swordsman named Vold Green won one of your competitions in Gunner's Heaven. Tell me everything you know about him right now!
B: Vold Green? The man carrying a flamberge sword with him? Why do you want to know about him?
C: You don't need to know that, old-timer. Just tell her.
B: Uh…I only know Vold Green was trying to find any information of a certain man! I don't know who that man is or why Vold Green chased after him, I swear!
"One more thing" The final question from Marilyn, "Have you heard of anything that might lead to Lord Green's current whereabouts? Any clue would be fine"
"Well…last I heard he was seen somewhere around Ship Graveyard area. But I do not have the faintest idea why he was there"
"Ship Graveyard? Isn't that place a desert now after The Genesis War?" Cliff recalls some of his knowledge, "We can go there after returning to our next point. What do you say, Marilyn?"
"I concur" Marilyn agrees before quickly hitting Begucci in the face, knocking him out cold, "We're done with him. Let's go!"
Back to the street, the two quickly joins the other who's already inside the jeep. It doesn't take long for them to get out from the town…
After twenty minutes of driving, the group stops in the desert and, one by one, they come out from the jeep.
M: Phew…we're saved…
F: That's a good idea bringing the jeep out Ted.
A: Wait, how do you know where the jeep is? And how could you start it without the key?
T: I know where the jeep is because we stayed in the same inn. And as for the key, Sophia gave it to me before she went to help you after you gave it to her earlier before the match in the dome.
S: I did?
C: So…what we're going to do now?
The group looks at each other, unknowing of they should do afterwards.
Fr: Well…um…I have an idea.
M: What is it?
Fr: How about we ask, um…Cliff here to catch something for us and cook it. While having dinner we can talk about what we should…um, do.
F: That seems like a good idea, Frank.
C: Me? Why me? I want to sleep!
M: Just do it, Cliff! Ukh, why do you have to yell you want to sleep at times like this? You always want to sleep!
A: Yeah! Grow up, dude. You're the one with least injuries among us!
C: Least injuries? Hello? Are you nuts? I'm bloodied and battered…and in instant need of pampering!
M: If you don't go right now, I assure you the only pampering you will receive is from my sword! Now get going!
And that's the final straw. Cliff goes without saying anything anymore.
T: Is it always like this in your group, Sophia?
S: Pretty much, yeah.
So, Cliff returns with a dead body of two hyenas. It doesn't take time for him to cook them and turn them into hyena steak. Surprisingly, The Schrodinger team doesn't complain about the weird dinner.
Fr: Hey, this is kinda good.
A: Cliff is a good cook. The best of us four; he can turn anything into edible food.
S: Including mud and sand.
T: Excuse me? Including what? Mud and sand?
S: Yeah, he cooked those two things too…once.
T: …amazing…
S: So, how do you guys travel?
Fr: Um…we use train to travel around, including to Gunner's Heaven.
S: Hm, so that's we never saw your car back there in Gunner's Heaven.
A: Speaking of which, is it just me or Cliff and Francesca are getting along well?
T: Hm? Hey, yeah. They've been having a conversation since the dinner starts.
C: So, Miss Schrodinger…tell me about what were you and your team actually doing in Gunner's Heaven.
F: Oh? I was just trying to win easy money. As you probably knew it, my family runs an orphanage and a shoe company. My father is the mayor of Court Seim, where I and my family live. And out town is going to hold an annual festival in three weeks. I think donating some amount of money wouldn't do any harm.
C: Wow, that's so kind of you. By the way, isn't Court Seim located in Arctica? For all I know, the climate on the area was cold but Arctica was doing well thanks to its advanced technology. How did your homeland survive The Genesis War?
F: Actually, it didn't. But my grandparents did everything they could to restore Court Seim back to its normal state.
C: Cool! Court Seim sounds like a pretty good place.
F: It is a good place! Maybe you should go there sometimes!
C: Hehe, I sure will!
F: It's your turn now.
C: My turn? Of what?
F: Tell me something about yourself.
C: Me? No, no. I'm not an interesting person.
F: It's fine, tell me anything about yourself. Like where do you come from, your family, or how do you get such imposing durability. Anything would do!
M: (Suddenly interrupts) Oh, sorry! You two seem like having a nice chat! Mind if I join?
F: I do mind. Big time.
M: And why would that hinder me from joining?
F: Because this is adult's talk. Kids should go to bed this hour.
M: Oh? You feel like a hag? That's surprising!
F: A decent reply from a little brat. Maybe you know another one?
M: I can see wrinkles in your face, Schrodinger.
F: That's better than being underdeveloped in sizes if you know what I mean. How old are you? 10?
M: I'm not underdeveloped! I can still grow!
F: Oh, so you actually feel like a midget? A good thing considering you also lack appeal!
M: And you're so full of wrinkles! Soon, you will start forgetting things like an old hag would!
F: I'm not an old hag, brat!
M: And I'm not a brat, old hag!
A: Wow, now Marilyn and Francesca are getting along…kinda.
T: Totally.
Around two hours later in Gunner's Heaven…
The Gunner's Heaven dome is practically destroyed thanks to the earlier fight. World Union soldiers and officers could be seen wandering around the town. In front of the dome, Begucci and Velma are being questioned by two peacemakers donned in formal ceremonial dress, just like the two earlier peacemakers showed. The male peacemaker wears a lightly tinted sunglasses covering his orange eyes; he has a short dark colored hair. The female peacemaker is wearing a dark pink suit with a white blouse underneath and dark brown boots, in contrast of her long golden hair and blue eyes. "So, I conclude you really do not know where The Four Garrison is going?" The male peacemaker ensures the information he just received from Lord Begucci, "How disappointing, Lord Begucci. World Union lost both our Division IV Peacemakers and the only thing you could tell us is you don't know anything?"
Lord Begucci is silenced. He knows talking back to the first division peacemaker wouldn't do him any good. "Maybe we should reconsider giving you all the privilege from World Union after this" The female peacemaker continues before she and her male counterpart depart from the scene to inside the wrecked dome, leaving Begucci and his daughter unable to talk back. Inside the dome, a woman with chin-length, dark blue hair and dark brown eyes dresses in formal ceremonial dress is seen quietly watching as the dead bodies of Gomez and Brooke being carried out in a stretcher. "So, Trent" The woman refers to the male peacemaker, "Does Begucci know anything about the involvement of The Four Garrison?"
"Apparently not, President Whittler" The peacemaker named Trent replies, "They couldn't provide us with decent information regarding the matter"
"I see, so we have to depend on ourselves for this matter after all" The woman, revealed to be the president of WU, adds before calling for the female peacemaker, "Lucia"
"Yes, President Whittler?" The female peacemaker called Lucia answers to the call.
"Gather the remaining peacemakers in Filgaia. We are going to have a meeting in four days" The president orders as the two first division peacemaker obediently nods. Things are going to get hotter around here…
Meanwhile, somewhere around the street of Gunner's Heaven…
Thanks to the earlier commotion, Gunner's Heaven is now filled with WU officers. Especially considering they lost two Peacemakers at the same time. But another thing is going on in the street where a certain battle occurred earlier tonight. A white-haired boy with red eyes dressed in an over-sized, high-collared coat wrapped with three leather straps is seen walking towards Janie's body. Most of his body is covered in bandages, including his mouth and arms, revealing only the upper half of his face and hair. The boy kneels before the dead body and pokes Janie's forehead with his index finger, "Wake up, Janie. How long are you going to sleep?"
"Don't bitch about it, Zagrid! You're too late!" All of a sudden, Janie rises as her face slowly regenerates back, "What were you doing all this time? Weren't you supposed to be here after the attack started?"
"I was here, Janie. But I wouldn't put it past me to see you getting pummeled" The boy named Zagrid replies in an unusual manner, "Besides, it's not like you were really going to die, right?"
"It's no use talking to you, as usual!"
"I'll consider that as a compliment. Thank you" The boy doesn't bother the obvious hate from the words, "So, did you get what we wanted?"
"Yeah, yeah, it's confirmed. Marilyn Westerfield is indeed travelling as one of The Four Garrison. Her three other friends seem to be a bother if they act altogether"
"I see, but that sniper girl gave you a nice shot"
"It's because Flamel told me to hold back! If she didn't order me to hold back due to our need of completing this mission I would have killed all them!"
"Fine, fine" Zagrid motions to Janie so they depart from the street into the alleyway, "Since we have no business left in here, let's go back to Illsveil Prison. Flamel reminded me while Zenon and Lord Tiberius are away for several days, she wants us to report to her"
"Fine…" Then, the two disappears in the darkness of the alleyway…leaving Gunner's Heaven on its own chaos.
At the same time, inside The Society's Headquarters…
In a darkened meeting room, two men could be seen speaking to each other. The first one is a tall African-American man with solid build, white haired in Caesar cut and dark eyes. He dons in a dark blue striped suit with a long dark blue coat draping over his shoulders and also wearing pure dark shoes, blue-amber tinted sunglasses. He talks to a younger Caucasian man, a tall and slim man with arched brows, green eyes, and dark crew cut hair. He wears a neat black suit with the sleeves rolled up, with black leather shoes and a white tie and handkerchief in his pocket. He also wears a pair of dark brown gloves. "Is it true, Justin? World Union just lost both their division four peacemakers?" The African-American man asks the younger man named Justin.
"It's true, General Blaine" Justin responds while also revealing the name of the higher ranked man, "Cliff and his companions did it"
"Cliff? Even after deserting from us he still do us a big favor" The general called Blaine sounds really happy regarding this matter, "Well, for now we don't have anything to do regarding this matter. I shall go to Enid Town as planned. I leave everything here in your care, Justin. As one of the Six Arcadius, it's high time you show your competence in dealing with desk work"
"Very well, general" After the younger man answers, the General walks away from the room with a big smile.
The next morning, The Four Garrison drives The Schrodingers into the nearest train station 3 miles from the desert, which is on the same direction to Baskar Village.
T: (Shaking hands with Sophia) It's nice to know you, Sophia. Let's meet again some other time.
S: (Smiling) Sure, you take care of yourself 'kay?
A: (Same, shaking hands with Alvin) Let's fight again some other time.
Fr: Next time, I'll even the score.
A: (Same, smiling) Really? I'd love to see you trying.
F: (Not shaking hands, but there's a good atmosphere between them) Cliff, remember your promise okay? Come to the festival in Court Seim!
C: Okay, if I have nothing to do in three weeks I'll make sure I'll go there.
F: And please keep your eye on Westerfield, okay? She might explode due to unnecessary attempt to develop some sizes.
C: (Looking at Marilyn, who is definitely not smiling) Okay…I shall do that.
Fifteen minutes later, the train departs to Court Seim with The Four Garrison left with new friendship and rivalry.
A: Glad to make some new friends after a long time!
S: Sure it is.
Without the two noticing, Cliff whispers to Marilyn, "Hey, Marilyn?"
"Hm?"
"Thanks for covering for me last night" Cliff refers to the matter of his parents, "I really appreciate it"
"It's all cool, Cliff. After all, you would do the same for me" Marilyn shows a ghost of a smile, "Wouldn't you?"
"Hey, what are you two talking about?" Unfortunately, Alvin interrupts, "It's high-noon, lovebirds. We need to go now"
"Yeah, okay" Cliff answers, but not without hinting back to Marilyn as The Four Garrison goes to their jeep and to the next destination, "I would"
At the same time, somewhere around The Ship Graveyard…
After The Genesis War, the Ship Graveyard is now living up on its name, being the place for many abandoned and destroyed giant ships in the middle of the desert. On the top of one of the ships, an enormous man with a wide chest, broad shoulders, muscular arms and legs and thick neck with wavy brown hair is seen standing while extending his arm; his hand holding a dark orb. He has sunken eyes and thin eyebrows. He sports a long, thick, dark black and gray fur coat as well as polished Italian shoes with golden buckles. He also wears an indigo velvet scarf, as well as a long-sleeve dark shirt, which are covered by a darker orange button-up vest adorned with a striped black pattern, and dark brown suit pants. His black dilated eyes locked to the orb. Behind him, another man with strangely colored eyes is visible. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat decorated with a large plume, and a long, open black cloak. An oversized silver colored greatsword is seen hanging on his back. In addition, He wears overly large boots in comparison to his leg size.
"Beautiful" The man with black dilated eyes mutters while his eyes still locked in the orb, a smile displayed on his face, "Don't you agree with me, Zenon? This orb has a certain charm on its own being. Whoever sees it will be hypnotized by it"
"It's only normal, Lord Tiberius" The swordsman named Zenon politely responds, "After all, the orb is the key to fulfill your dream, your goal"
"Indeed. This orb, the beautiful color of it, shall determine the fate of Filgaia" The enormous man, Tiberius, agrees with his subordinate, "Vold Green only did a futile attempt trying to hinder us. Our plan is nearly completed. It's only a matter of time before Filgaia, and its people, realize what would demise them"
"As it supposed to be, Lord Tiberius"
In the early morning of Filgaia in Ship Graveyard, unknown to this world, two sides are cooperating without any interference to change the whole world. The swordsman, Zenon, is the leader of the notorious assassin guild consists only of 8 members, H8. The other one is Emmanuel Tiberius, widely known in Filgaia as The Messenger of Darkness.
The dry hot sand is the only witness to the upcoming plan which may very well change the whole world altogether.
Well, that's it for this chapter! Hope u enjoy my work! As usual, R&R are welcomed! Special thanks goes to Gigih Perwira for the advices. C u next chappy (^^).
I. Character info
Francesca Schrodinger
Age: 20
Birthplace/Birthdate: Court Seim / 16th March
H/W: 5'6 / A lady never tells
Occupation: Drifter
Likes: Money, fame, wealth, her family, her hometown, possibly Cliff
Dislikes: Bankruptcy, Marilyn (obvious)
Weapon: Shigure (Katana)
Ability: Excellent Swordsmanship
Race: Human
Nickname: Some people refer to her as The Golden Hunter
Notes:
I made this character because I ADORE Maya from Wild Arms 3. It's nice to see her and Marilyn bashing at each other. And based on the PM's I received, the reception from the readers for her is surprisingly good! Obviously, she is the leader of the rival team of The Four Garrison (particularly Marilyn). I cannot wait to write chapters with her in it again! Being the second daughter of The Schrodinger, her family is the richest in Court Seim. After her older sister married to a businessman and gave birth to two children, she decided to become a drifter because she wants to feel a free life despite her parents actually wanting her to inherit their shoe company (which is now run by her sister's husband). Her nephews like to make fun of her for never having a boyfriend all her life (which she usually replies by threatening to slash them). Her parents are also worried about this and pray to God everyday so Francesca would meet her destined man soon. And to those who asked me whether she has a crush on Cliff or not…come on, guys. What's the use of imagination?
Frank Glooms
Age: 23
Birthplace/Birthdate: Court Seim / 8th June
H/W: 6'0 / 125 lbs
Occupation: Drifter
Likes: Fighting (in a friendly manner)
Dislikes: None in particular
Weapon: Tonfa
Ability: Great Martial Arts Skill
Race: Human
Nickname: None
Notes:
He is obviously Alvin's counterpart in the rival team. Mysteriously, everyone around him feels a gloomy aura which Frank himself never realized. He's a good guy, of course. He is orphaned since he was a little kid and a childhood friend of both Francesca and Ted. He goes with them whenever they go drifting. When he has nothing to do, he usually helps with the chores at the orphanage owned by The Schrodinger.
Ted Schrodinger
Age: 17
Birtplace/Birthdate: Court Seim / 11th November
H/W : 5'4 / 100 lbs
Occupation: Drifter
Likes: Knowledge, Sophia (in a way)
Dislikes: War
Weapon: ARMs (Anahit)
Ability: Surgical mind, proper marksmanship
Race: Human
Nickname: None
Notes:
The third child of The Schrodinger family. He goes drifting with her sister and usually acts as the brain of the group. I created him so that Sophia could get some character development. He has a vast knowledge of things I would like to show next time he appears.
Eleanor Whittler
Age: 42
Birthplace / Birthdate: Sand River / 22nd October
H/W: 5'7 / Top secret
Occupation: World Union's President, one of The Red Swords
Likes: The photograph of her family she keeps
Dislikes: ARMs wielders entirely
Weapon: ?
Ability: ?
Race: Human
Nickname: The Empress
Notes:
Eleanor Whittler used to be one of The Red Swords fighting alongside Red Moon and their two leaders, The Red Paladin and The Wizard Queen, during The Genesis War against Solomon and his Ars Goetia. After the war is over, she was chosen to lead The World Union of Filgaia. However, the loss of her husband and her only son in the hand of an ARMs wielder she later killed changed her heart and her view of ARMs wielder entirely. She used The Ipswich Square Massacre to begin the plan of revolting against The ARMs wielder in Filgaia.
Trent Penfield
Age: 28
Birthplace / Birthdate: Capo Bronco / 9th July
H/W: 6'2 / 177 lbs
Occupation: First Division Peacemaker
Likes: World Union, President Elena
Dislikes: Anyone who opposes President Elena
Weapon: ?
Ability: ?
Race: Human
Nickname: The Azure Knight
Notes:
Alongside her female counterpart, he is the strongest of the peacemakers and also the most loyal. Orphaned due to The Genesis War, he views Elena as a mother figure and would do anything to fulfill her order. Due to an event in the past, he knows Cliff and has been trying to chase The Four Garrison in the last two year, although not in a great manner. Elena once noted his power may very well surpass her own.
Lucia Arnhem
Age: 27
Birthplace / Birthdate: Mirapulse / 27th February
H/W: 5'9 / As usual, a secret
Occupation: First Division Peacemaker
Likes: World Union, President Elena
Dislikes: Anyone who opposes President Elena
Weapon: ?
Ability: ?
Race: Human
Nickname: Sylphid
Notes:
Just like Trent, she is the strongest of the peacemakers and also the most loyal. Orphaned due to The Genesis War, she views Elena as a mother figure and would do anything to fulfill her order. Her ability and personality comply with her male partner, making them the most dangerous duo of The Peacemakers.
Gomez Delphic
Age: 29 (Deceased)
Birthplace / Birthdate: ? / ?
H/W: 6'7 / 260 lbs
Occupation: Fourth Division Peacemaker
Likes: ?
Dislikes: ?
Weapon: None in particular
Ability: Diorite Earth Magic
Race: Human
Nickname: The Diorite Man
Notes:
I made his character to introduce the peacemakers. Hopefully his fight with Cliff will be well received among the readers.
Brooke Niort
Age: 29 (Deceased)
Birthplace / Birthdate: ? / ?
H/W: 6'0 / 140 lbs
Occupation: Fourth Division Peacemaker
Likes: ?
Dislikes: ?
Weapon: The ones she created with her rocks
Ability: Earth Magic
Race: Human
Nickname: None
Notes:
Same as above, I hope her fight with the swordswoman duo will be well received.
Blaine Richter
Age: 53
Birthplace / Birthdate: Mount Zenom / 25th July
H/W: 7'2 / 340 lbs
Occupation: The General of The Society, leader of the Six Arcadius
Likes: His daughter, any ARMs wielder, The Society
Dislikes: World Union
Weapon: ?
Ability: ?
Race: Human
Nickname: The Titan
Notes:
An imposing man, just like his nickname suggests. After losing his wife during The Genesis War, he now lives with his only daughter, Elena, and deeply hopes for her happiness. Simply a mere soldier of Red Moon during The Genesis War, he volunteered himself in a secret experiment that turn him into a superhuman, the power he displays by killing all the scientists involved in the experiment. He then rose to the occasion and became the highest rank officer of The Society, as well as the leader (and the strongest) of the Six Arcadius. And tell you what, he's going to make an appearance in the story in just two chapters!
Justin Abraham
Age: 27
Birthplace / Birthdate: Frontier Town Halim / 23rd April
H/W: 6'2 / 240 lbs
Occupation: One of the Six Arcadius
Likes: Elena, The Society
Dislikes: Cliff (in a great deal)
Weapon: ?
Ability: ?
Race: Human
Nickname: The Punisher
Notes:
The youngest member of The Six Arcadius. A very serious man with a cold attitude. Blaine secretly raised him like his own son. I want to write him more often, but maybe it's not possible for the time being (). He joined The Society to avenge the death of his family…which is caused by Cliff.
Emmanuel Tiberius
Age: ?
Birthplace / Birthdate: ? / ?
H/W: 7'4 / 437 lbs
Occupation: Mass Murderer
Likes: Filgaia
Dislikes: Nothing in particular
Weapon: ?
Ability: ?
Race: ?
Nickname: The Messenger of Darkness
Notes:
A ruthless ARMs wielder said to bring calamity wherever he steps in. He was first spotted by few during Ipswich Square Massacre when he massacred 10,000 people in three days. Clad in dark from head to toe, he travels all over Filgaia to spread his belief, that death is the only salvation for every living person. His ultimate goal is to see Filgaia destroy itself by any means, be it war, famine, disease, disaster, or if must…his direct actions (the latter is preferred). Ipswich Square Massacre was only the beginning of his plan to destroy Filgaia by making Filgaia's two strongest parties go against each other. Cliff, one of the only two survivors upon encountering him, claims him to be physically impenetrable by any means possible. Being the main antagonist of the story, I hope I can display him as I want!
II. Terminologies
The Peacemakers
World Union special ops unit consisting of six divisions. Each divisions is led by two peacemakers, one male & one female, and commands a great number of soldiers. The smaller the number, the stronger the peacemaker.
The Six Arcadius
Six highest rank officers in The Society. They are all ARMs wielders and possess extreme physical durability. They command the rest of The Society soldiers or special units.
H8
An assassin guild consists only of eight members. Secretly, they work under the order of The Messenger of Darkness. They will play a big role later in the story, that's why their character info isn't displayed for now!
