A/N: I have no excuses. You may behead me for how short this chapter is.
Explosions shook the city of Xian, the people crying in fear and terror as Old Order soldiers marched through the streets. They slaughtered anyone who did not repent to support their cause, though if one looked closer into their eyes, the words they spoke seemed automatic.
How was this possible? She knew that one day the city would be invaded, but it wasn't as though she knew the time was now. It had only been a few days since she returned!
Chang'e raced to the palace doors, blasting through enemies when she encountered them. Thoughts scattered through her head. How did the Old Order slip through Elysian defenses?
"Chang'e, behind you!" Yue Tu cried.
Quickly reacting, she waltzed out of a scourge, recovering some of her strength as Susano countered the mysterious woman with his own sword.
"Oh, not bad!" The woman grinned. "Too bad I'll have to kill the both of you here and now!"
"A God!? Be on your guard! I'm going to look for Nu Wa!" With that, Yue Tu scampered to the heavily damaged palace, disappearing into the depths of the battlefield.
Her opponent stood there with an emblazoned look on her face, clad in silver and golden armor. The scourge she held reappeared into a sword and golden shield. Her bloodied face meant she was experienced in war.
She was Bellona, the Goddess of War.
Chang'e positioned herself into a phoenix stance, her body bent to almost touch the ground. She kept her gaze on her face, scrutinizing her with every detail. She felt like she had seen her somewhere, yet...
"Who are you?" Susano hissed, gripping his sword tightly.
"Name's Bellona. Doesn't matter anyways, you'll both be dead!" She lunged at the both of them with a gigantic hammer.
Chang'e flowed with her movements, contrasting every part of Bellona's rough method of striking. Occasionally she'd sent out a crescent moon dance and moonflower dance, but it seemed to do nothing against the brute.
With every opportune moment Chang'e couldn't attack, Susano struck Bellona with lighting slashes. The duo seemed to hold off against her, but it was also the same way around.
"Tch, I'm impressed, but not quite! Roma Invicta!" With the roar of a lion, she launched herself to where they stood, stunning the both of them momentarily and planting Rome's Flag at their location.
The ground tremored with the battlecry of the Old Order soldiers, whose eyes turned bloody red as soon as Bellona planted their flag on the ground. The Chinese warriors stood no chance, with a daring few retreating or surrendering immidiately.
Not that they could. They were ruthlessly slaughtered.
One soldier in particular cried helplessly as his wound began to fester, and though he was about to meet his end, a sudden Clay Soldier blocked the fatal strike for him. It shattered into pieces, and that's when the soldier looked to the sky.
The sky above the Xian palace shone with the colors of Nu Wa's gems, which grew larger in size by the second until they were the size of her body. The Guardian of Heaven, enraged by China being invaded, gathered all her strength.
"What the-!" The force of Chang'e's Waxing Moon and Susano's sword sent Bellona back, staggering by the sheer force of the power that the two held. "Impossible!"
The sky above the city turned red with fire as an infinite amount of fire shards rained down the Old Order soldiers, who immediately lost their morale even though Bellona's flag was planted firmly on the ground.
The Goddess of War looked to the sky with a 'tch', spitting out blood. She seemed to nod some higher being, before turning her gaze back to Chang'e and Susano.
"You win for now, but mark my words. China will fall. Also, just to let you know," she smirked, "I'm only working for the Old Order because there's more blood and carnage. I could care less about the cause."
She stuck in her sword on the ground, kneeling as golden light enveloped her. Before Chang'e and Susano could react, she disappeared in a flash of light.