~Chapter 77: Inevitable Death~
"Space Wrench."
Oberon's hand twitched lightly as he leaped forward, slashing his blade down. His blade released a powerful shockwave that came for them. Chung's eyes widened at the force of the attack. He threw the golden box at Eve before jumping in front of the shockwave, slamming his Destroyer down. A faint blue aura surrounded him and the others.
Aisha muttered a silent "idiot" under her breath. She waved her staff around, creating silent dust and sparkles around her. She immediately teleported in front of Chung and slammed her staff against the ground.
The rocks and dust quickly formed a statue. The shockwave and the statue clashed violently. The statue cracked slightly under the sheer pressure and force of the shockwave. Ara impaled her spear into the ground. She grabbed Elsword and threw him across the room. Elsword summoned a Cornwell and threw it. The Cornwell flew past Ophelia's face, scratching it slightly. Soon, it erupt into a frenzied storm of mini Cornwells.
Elsword landed on his feet and jumped back. Ophelia elegantly spun around, unleashing a strong shockwave with hot pink electricity. This allows the frenzied storm of Cornwells to be interrupted. Elsword's eyes grew wide in shock as his attack failed to harm his opponent.
"Eve of Altera. I have a message from your King and Elder Brother. 'Come back to Altera and stay beside me in the palace. You shouldn't be involved in this war. I'm worried about you. You and Chung can never be together. Altera and Hamel's war will end now with Altera's victory.'"
"Cut the crap! I will be with Chung and Hamel until the end! I won't return to Altera as long as this war goes on! Worried about me?! Don't talk such trash!"
Eve slid the box across the ground to Ara and dashed forward. Her hand came in contact with Code Empress's cheek before Oberon reluctantly slashed his blade. Elsword immediately pulled Eve back and trade blows with Oberon. With the flick of Code Empress's wrist, Ophelia jumped forward and jabbed her elbow against Elsword's abdomen.
"Particle Ray!"
Immediately, she concentrated and gathered the energy from within to her fingertips, firing all that condensed energy. Oberon and Ophelia retreated before kicking Elsword away. Oberon carried Code Empress away from Eve's attack and Ophelia grabbed them as she jumped high into the air. Aisha levitated into the air and entered a battle with Ophelia.
Swiftly, she jabbed the lower end of her staff into Ophelia's neck. However, the maid merely smacked the staff away. She quickly grabbed the staff and threw a punch into Aisha's stomach. As Aisha coughed lightly, Ophelia threw her away, creating a distance. Aisha quckly recovered and continued to stay in the air.
"Blizzard Shower! Meteor Shower!"
Immediately, she cast a large number of ice shards and meteors. Mixing the two different elements together, leaving Oberon and Ophelia stranded. The destructive fires grew higher and higher while the ice shards merely created icy spikes that spurt from the ground or wall when they come in contact.
"Aceldama!"
On the ground, Chung fired numerous missiles into the air. Ophelia quickly protected her partner and mistress. The location where the missiles will fall were always random. Oberon gave Code Empress to Ophelia to carry and landed on the ground, next to Ara. Ara held the golden box in her arms tightly while thrusting her spear forward.
Oberon reached his hand out, grabbing the spear out of Ara's hand and threw it somewhere else. He pushed down on his heels, jumping into the air in an insane speed. He appeared in front of Aisha and jabbed his elbow into her abdomen before thrusting his blade into her.
Elsword's eyes widened as Aisha's blood dripped on his face. His eyes grew cold and dark. He climbed on Chung's shoulders, pressing down on his heels, putting pressure on Chung. He quickly jumped into the air while Chung let out a soft groan from the pressure. Elsword caught Aisha in his arms, kicking Oberon away before throwing a Cornwell at him.
"Maelstrom Rage.."
The moment Elsword's feet touched the ground, the Cornwell had erupt into a frenzied storm of Cornwells, dealing continuous damage. Elsword laid Aisha's body down gently, caressing her cheek.
As soon as the area was clear of attacks, Ophelia let her mistress down. Code Empress floated up with a magic circle forming below her. Her rose for a second before descending. A loud creaking noise rung out.
"Heaven's Fist."
Soon enough, a large fist came down, pounding everything in its path. Ara quickly pushed Elsword away. Chung grabbed Aisha and Eve and quickly used his Destroyer to increase his speed. Instead of the fist pounding them, the shockwave launched them into the air. With another flick of her wrist, Code Empress silently sent out her next orders. Oberon and Ophelia quickly disappeared from sight.
"Oberon... Genocide Ripper. Ophelia... Electronic Field."
Oberon pushed back on his heels, dashing forward with his blade in front of his face. Elsword and Ara raised their respective weapons, ready to clash with Oberon, however Oberon disappeared and reappeared behind them. His blade was dripping his crimson blood as sounds of quick, deadly slashes sounded out.
"Sorry, but... Orders are orders."
"Mistress Eve.. Please forgive us for hurting you and your friends."
Eve's golden eyes glared at Ophelia before turning that glare to Code Empress. Immediately, she got in front of Chung and took full damage from the electrical sphere of magic. Seeing Eve in front of her, Ophelia hesitated, lowering the damage lightly.
Chung narrowed his cerulean eyes at Ophelia. He swung his Destroyer, pulling Eve behind him. Ophelia was pushed back, forcing her to retreat back to Code Empress.
"Energetic Heart... Giga Stream!"
She waved her arms, a faint blue lightning struck the palm of her hands. She touched her bare back with her palm, electronic wings spurt when her hands left her back. A force field was created in front of her. She slammed her palm into the force field, firing small beams of particles. Ophelia failed to stop the beams as they received full damage.
"Dread Chase!"
Throwing the Destroyer over his shoulder, Chung fired series of homing missiles. Oberon rushed over to Ophelia and Code Empress. The missiles exploded in contact.
"Heaven's Fist... Sweep."
Eve pushed Chung out of the way as the hand find its way into sweeping them to the other side of the room. Chung and Aisha were out of the hand's way while the others were slammed against the wall. At the same time, the ruins began to fall. The ceiling almost fell on Code Empress, however Ophelia blast it to smithereens.
"Destroy Hamel's ruins and crush the enemy."
Oberon and Ophelia immediately left Code Empress's side, destroying ruin by ruin. Chung's eyes widened as he desperately tried to save the ruins. Unfortunately, Oberon interrupted his attack and pushed him into the waters. Ara's eyes flew open, checking on the herbs. She sighed in relief as they were safe.
"Ara! Get away!"
Ophelia was in front of her and a electrical sphere revolves in her palm. She was about to slam her palm into Ara and the golden box, however a beam of condensed energy was fired from Eve. Ophelia's hand was stunned, backing away. Oberon came to Ophelia's side, pushing her to another area.
Oberon swung his blade at Ara and Eve was being held down by Code Empress. Aisha's lavender eyes flew open, pushing herself up. She immediately teleported to Ara's side and the tip of her staff glowed.
"Lightning Bolt!"
A stream of lightning was cast in front of her, shocking Oberon. Unfortunately, Oberon's blade flew out of his hand. The blade was swinging violently towards Aisha like a boomerang. Elsword summoned a Cornwell in his hands and was about to throw it, however Ara got in front of the blade. Everything happened in a blink of an eye.
An ear piercing scream came from Ara as the crimson blood was splattered across the ground. Ara dropped the golden box with the herbs falling out of the box, her hands rising to her face. Her eyes were slashed, the blood rolling down her cheeks. Chung who got out of the waters, prepared another bombing, but was interrupted by Code Empress. She slammed her drones into his chest and kicked him away.
"Dimension Link... Guardian. Burn this area down."
Her hand connects to a gap in the air. Ripples were formed in the air as red eyes glowed. A Nasod Guardian was summoned with its arms crossed. Code Empress pointed her finger at the ruins and at Elsword. Eve's eyes widened at the Nasod Guardian.
"Everyone, get to higher grounds or into the waters!"
Chung pulled Elsword into the waters as Aisha grabbed Ara and teleported into higher ground. With the help of Moby and Remy, she also got to higher grounds. Ara held in her sniffles and realized something was missing.
"Aisha! The herbs!"
"Shit."
Aisha was about to teleport, however the Nasod Guardian had slammed its flaming fist into the ground, cracking it lightly before destructive flames rose from it and destroyed the ruins. Chung narrowed his eyes and apologized mentally to his father and ancesters. He looked up and found Eve nowhere to be found.
In the flames, Eve protected the remaining herbs. Luckily, the Snow Lotus and Thousand Years Lingzhi were still safe, however the Thousand Years Ginseng was burnt to crisp. She quickly put them back in the golden box. She found cerulean and blazing ruby eyes staring at her through the flames. She smiled softly before handing Moby the golden box. For a moment, Moby hesitated before quickly leaving.
Moby escaped through the flames and gave Aisha the golden box. Her lavender eyes searched through the flames, finding Eve's golden ones. A silent message passed through them as tears rolled down her cheeks. Aisha teleported to Chung and Elsword in the waters.
"We're getting out of here."
"What do you mean?! I'm not leaving Eve here! If you guys want to leave, then go! I won't leave her here alone!"
"Elsword... Please."
On Aisha's request, Elsword punched Chung in the stomach with all his strength. Chung's consciousness slowly slipped out of his grasp. His hand reached out for Eve whose tears rolled down at the sight of it. She smiled, reaching her hand out and silently muttered her last words to Chung before Aisha teleported them away.
"Chung... I regret not having a family with you in this life... Maybe, in the next life? I'm sorry for leaving you alone in this world.. I'll be waiting for you. I love you... For eternity."
Tears rolled down Chung's eyes as they closed. Elsword threw him on his shoulders and Aisha tearfully teleported them out. Eve softly kissed Remy before narrowing her eyes at Code Empress and her servants from within the flames.
"Giga Stream."
"Heaven's Fist."
A force field was created in front of Eve and Thousand Star with Amplify appeared. Concentrating on all of her energy, she slammed her palm into the force field, firing the condensed energy whereas the gigantic fist came pounding down. The ruins exploded as Aisha got them away safely, however no one was happy.
In return for their safety and the herbs, Eve had to stay behind, to fight.
"Eve..."
~Author's Note~
And.. Done. Well, I've got more coming, so no worries~ :D I assure everyone that this will be a happy ending and... O: 1,000 reviews! Or actually, 1,002... XD It's truly a miracle! Kiseki! :D I'm so happy! :3
I thank you everyone for reading, supporting, and reviewing this story! I'll try my best to not disappoint you with the future chapters! I'll try my best and... On Elsword, they gave us a 1 day Costume. :3 It's epic! :D Anyways, the Hyper Actives! :D So flashy! Except for one class, which looks... Like the usual kind of skill that Aisha would use..
I find Code Nemesis, Deadly Chaser, and Rune Slayer's Hyper Actives epic and awesome~ :D
Here are the replies to my generous, awesome reviewers~
The Cynical Asian: Well, it's the best way to explain things. XP And I don't want them to defeat Taranvash.. You could say that it's a clone of Eve, but in Code Empress version! :D But since I'm not used to her skills nor do I know how to explain it very well, I only used a few skills of hers. Too bad he's not appearing. XD Never there when you need him. *gives Aisha a large bouquet of Marigold* This is just in case for the funeral. And.. Aisha. Tell me what happened. OAO
Konjiki No Yami: XD Aye! It's "Conwell" in NA and stuff, but... It's "Cornwell" in KR! :D And before ShK came out, I researched all of the classes, so I got used to "Cornwell".. Next time I use IS, I'll probably use "Conwell".. :x Hakuouki? XD I can see why.. I usually get over it when I watch some "Yandere".. XD I don't know if it'll help you or now.. OAO
KoraDora: XD In PvP. You don't know how much hate I have for her. XP And congratulations! :D I'm too chicken to PvP again, so.. I'm content with the D rank. :D I thank you for wonderful compliment! :D
Orithia WindBell: XD *pats you on the head* Aye. ;) I always finish my homework in class. And yay~ :D Thankfully, the combo "dash zx" no longer KD, so.. ;3 It's perfect to get behind and continue combo-ing. XD Next chapter..? XD You mean next next chapter. XD Without Eve... I don't think she can learn it.. OAO He is an idiot. Whoever plays Chung in the game and had fought Taranvash, you should know that he's an idiot. XD Have fun training! And.. There shall only be 1 Eve. X3
sOdAPopgrl133: XD Nah, I think I should be honored to be able to use your brilliant idea. XD Eve can't switch classes. XD To be more exact, it's just another copy. The copy is CEmp while Eve is CBS. CEmp is a full Nasod while CBS is a human. They were pretty much hiding their presence. XD I'll try to make it more detailed. And.. If you want to say something, just say it. XD Taranvash is Hamel's Guardian, so I want it to have some importance. :D And... I fail in CEmp, so.. I only used a few skills. :x I'm sorry if I disappointed you.. And I'll try not to mix them up. And.. Taranvash's fight is over and another enemy appears. XD
Kat Neko983: XD You can't catch up? The fist belongs to a CEmp skill. Heaven's Fist.
Spirify: XD Well, there won't be any Chung x Eve moments for a bit. Raven x Rena and Elsword x Aisha moments will though~ :D And it did?! O: Congratz! XD Nah, it's not Apple. If it was, I would describe her hair as wavy hair with the light shade of rosy pink. XD
xXHakuraXx: OAO Help! *pushes you off and ties you to a chair* Sit! ;D
KiyoKu: ... o-o Flicks tail.. Bleh. *carries Chung's Silver Shooters around* Hey! OAO Come back! I won't tease you anymore!
Helringo: XD Really? I can remember a lot! But.. I'm remembering a lot of murderous scenes..
SeouLee: XD The Queen is not being a good one. XD *gives you some photos of Rena and Raven* :D I took it secretly. It's rare~ :D *ties you to a chair* Don't run from Eve! XD Well, I'll just wait for you. XD I'll eventually check all of the chapters and count the reviews somehow.. XD *blows whistle* XD
Tsurara-Oikawa Chan: XD Only Elsword x Aisha scene. And yesh! 107 pictures! :D A few of them were scenery. XD Yeah. There's also this video where we dug a hole and my friend gets in it. XD Well, yeah.. XD I wonder if a fish found it and took it as a souvenir.. OAO My imagination is flying out the window! I saw the pictures and the guys were good-looking. XD But never tried to watch it. Guess I will watch it. :3 And I'll try not to choke you since you definitely improved. XD Just kidding. I won't choke you. XD
NobelTJ99: OAO *wears heavy armor* And they will, if they go back and read my replies to your reviews.. XD But I doubt anyone will.
Tiffany Keyblades: XD At first, CBS did, but then... I suddenly fell in love with CN. Meltdown~ :D And... CN is the Mistress of Destruction. XD I like dark classes. :3 DC x CN~ ;D And.. I'm listening to random Nightcore songs. XD There's also a "Happy Birthday, Rin, Len" song! :D Favorite version of "Electric Angel" would be Rin and Len~ :D I love those songs~ But Rin and Len only. :D
Sweet Trickster: Aye! Plot twist. XD Yes, mysterious person is Aisha. XD Yes, you got it correct. Code Empress was the surprise person that'll make things difficult for them to cure Rena. XD I'm sure you'll get it. Aye! Go Rena! Fighting! And.. Go Medicine team, but... One is sacrificed.. :(
Light15XV: TT-TT I don't care! *bonks you on the head and sulks in the corner* Bleh.. Meanie! Q-Q
Tainted. Demon: :3 I'll try not to disappoint you as I write the future chapters! I'll send you ice cream then. XD
Heatdrops: Hmm.. I don't think so. This features Tactical Trooper only..
RubyCrucifix: No problem~ ;3 She's here to... Stop them and destroy Hamel's ruins. OAO Damn right I did! ;D They were all so epic! I love Code Nemesis, Deadly Chaser, and Rune Slayer's especially~ ;3 Deadly Chaser x Code Nemesis~ :D They were shown in the Trailer too. :3
Thanks for reading!
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