Hehe, I'm back from the grave!
I'm now on a somewhat semi-hiatus since summer's approaching! Hallelujah! And so I'm just going to try to focus on updating one story for now - which is this one.
Disclaimer: I do not own Elsword.
Faced with the stare that seem to be trying to burn a hole in his back, the Deadly Chaser couldn't take it anymore. He was not something that could be gawked at for so long!
He turned around and glared at the offending party. "What. Exactly do you want?"
"..."
"If you have something to say, then spill it."
Brow raised, the response was - "Spill? I do not have any liquid in my possession at the moment."
Chung resisted the urge to facepalm. Of course. He shouldn't be forgetting that robots that things very, very literally. "What do you want Silvia?"
The Code Nemesis took a moment to response. "Since you have agreed to the covenant, then should you not be behind me?"
... What the heck was she saying? Why should he be behind her? With a look that's between confusion and distaste, he said, "Why?"
"I have told you to guard the rear end. There is no reason for you to be in the vanguard position."
"..."
"Plus," She added as she looked between the distance that the Deadly Chaser had placed between them. "For a bodyguard, you are incompetent."
Chung stopped and glared at the Nasod Queen coldly. "Give me one good reason why I should work for you."
Again, Eve stared at him for a few seconds before responding. "One, you are already doing so."
"... Wait a minute -"
"And second," She looked at the group of chatterboxes in front of them that were heading to Altera palace. "Are you not in the least bit curious? Why those from another time all seem to be... good companions."
"Curiosity kills the cat." Chung quipped back. Okay, maybe he was just a tad bit curious as to how people of those caliber seems to be on good terms with each other - even though they were from another multiverse. Especially the other him and the other Eve.
They even said they were - he couldn't believe it when he heard it - "friends."
Just how? The other Eve does seem to be quite docile and rather tolerable, but other than that, there was no change in their personalities - not that he knew much about them. But when he compared himself with his counterpart, they were just polar opposites!
That Prince just looked so naive.
His expressions are also too easy to read. Chung had noted awhile again.
Then there was Rena. He was acquainted with her when he was a child - when he was still a prince - but due to the many events that happened between then and now, she was known far and wide as an extremely serious individual that's probably on par with the Velder Head Commander. That type of person usually isn't that easy to be around.
But when he saw the Night Watcher's counterpart, it was like being transported back in time. She was exactly the same as - he couldn't even remember how long it has been. All bubbly and cheerful.
Annoying yet somewhat refreshing at the same time. She talks too much though.
The two Ravens didn't have much differences between them. Stoic and very much skilled enough to be entitled to be the Head Commander of Velder's military sector.
Now, Add. He have never met him before - neither of them to be exact - and he heard very little except for the fact that Add was a genius engineer. But Chung understood one thing.
I want to kill him. He didn't know why, but whether it was their smart-ass remarks or their crazy-sounding laughs - maybe it was when one of them called him "princy" - he did not like Add. Tolerable, yet he can get on Chung's nerve quit easily as if asking for a death wish.
"What are you processing?"
"What?" Chung snapped out from his in-depth analysis of the people he barely knew. He then closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation. "Nothing."
"Hey~" Rena, the Grand Archer, hollered when she realized that the two were lagging behind. "You two can have your moment later! We need to find our Elswords!"
A comical tick mark appeared on Chung's head. "It's nothing like that!"
"Chung." Eve started, staring at him with another curious - yet still remained stoic - look. "What is this "moment" what she spoke of?"
The blonde started picking his pace. "You don't need to know."
He did not want her to know nor did he want to explain. He'll be in his grave when that happens - if that ever happens.
...
"Bizarre." Eve commented as she stared intently at crystal orb containing a shard of El. "The Communication Crystal on the other end seem not to be responding."
Chung tapped his foot impatiently. "Thanks for the info, Captain Obvious."
The Tactical Trooper frowned. "You're being awfully rude."
"My everyday." Chung smirked. Like hell would he be nice to strangers. He didn't even want to be here in the first place. Actually, he could leave right here, right now, but he had this inkling hat he would be chased down by missiles until he return back or die. So right now, while he still values his life, he stayed put. Just to be safe.
Thwack!
"Ow!" He glared at the chirpy Rena who is not-so-chirpy right now as she look like she was going to give him a good scolding.
"Who taught you manners Chung?" She started. "How could you act like that in front your friends?"
So he was right. And friends? Yeah right.
"You're all just a clump of strangers to me."
"This princy's got a sharp tongue," The Diaploic Esper remarked with an approving grinned - he had also taken to Mastermind's nickname for Chung.
Person in question immediately pointed his pistol at the albino. "Call me that again... what are you two doing?"
Chung was currently being hugged on both sides by Yin and Yang, both of which were staring at him intensely. Are those supposed to be threatening?
"Don't you dare hurt papa!" Yin said - or was that Yang? He swear to Lady El, they both look exactly alike. And they're kids, he doesn't do kids.
Before he could say anything, the Grand Archer came to the rescue.
She bent down to level with the twins and gave them both pats on the head, then directed her gaze to the one who just spoke. "Now now Yin, Uncle Chung was just joking!"
How the hell can she tell them apart? Chung mulled to himself, but then send Rena a glare. "What uncle?"
Yin blinked innocently at Rena then at Chung before settling with a heart-warming smile - though the assassin was immune to such things - and hugged him even tighter. "Yay~ I have another uncle!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Backtrack right there kid." The Deadly Chaser snatched Yin - he now associate her with being a bubbly chatterbox - by the collar and dangled her in the air. "I never agreed to this."
"Eh?" Yin deflated immensely, almost crying. "So you're not going to be my uncle?"
Chung was slightly taken aback by this action. Those are fake tears right? No one can cry that fast.
"Did you just make my daughter cry?" Add growled, stepping into the fray.
What the hell are you pointing those things at? Chung really wanted to shot the Diabolic Esper right now. But... the kids... Even though he was a cold-blood assassin, he did not want children to see a gory seen. Plus, the person he wanted to murder right now was their father.
... This is why he doesn't do kids.
"Put those toys of yours away." Chung all but snapped.
"Oi oi," now the other Add jumped in. "Those are not mere toys you imbecile!"
And now Chung was glaring at the other albino. "What did you just say?"
"I said you're an ignoramus!" The Mastermind hissed, bring out his own Dynamos to display. "Your ocular perception must be untrained to not be able to recognize these exquisite and intricate yet easily accessible apparatuses! And you dare insult them!"
"... What the hell did you eat this morning?"
Chung swear to Lady El, he's lifespan has already been shorten by ten years just talking to one of them - so right now, twenty years have already been taken away from him. If he doesn't kill these two albinos right now, he'll die by the end of tomorrow.
.
.
.
... Chung ended up agreeing to be Yin's uncle.
He hates kids so much.
He heard a strange sound behind him. When he turned to look who made it, it was Eve. "... Did you... did you just giggled?"
The Code Nemesis was looking at him with her poker-face that never seem to leave. "You must have been having phantasmagorias. Shall I analyze your cochlear nucleus to affirm that it is functioning properly and connected with the auditory cortex of your temporal lobes?"
In short, she's denying it and was threatening to dissect Chung if he continues with the topic.
"... sorry, my mistake."
And Chung realized after that he'd actually apologized to someone. And more or less to the last person he would ever say such thing to.
El dammit, what was wrong with today?!
*THUD* "OW!" *CRASH* "OW!" *CLANG* "What -" *WHAM* "%$ #$^%-"
These series of cacophonous noises continued on for who-knows-how-long, accompanied with occasional curses that could barely be audible.
After the tumbling and crashing finally came to an end, a certain redhead found himself kissing the ever so loving mother Earth - who was nice enough to break his fall. Though, there was that horrible sound of something breaking in his 'graceful' landing.
After a brief moment of stillness, Elsword jolted up and spat out a mouthful of dirt and grass. He then surveyed the surrounding with a look clearly said he wanted to commit murder right at the moment.
Alright! Who's the freaking idiot that pushed me?!"
Silence.
Other than him, there seemed to be no humans around. And from the trees around him, the dirt, grass and other plants, it was clear that he was in a forest somewhere.
The familiarity of it made him think of - "... the forest near Ruben Village?"
He was only able to deduce this much because he often visited the village since it was near the capital. He and Elesis would come in disguise to interact with regular folks. It was a way better atmosphere than being around those snooty aristocrats.
He checked around one more time to confirm his location, and frowned. What was he doing here of all places? Wasn't he supposed to be busy with preparations for his crowning coronation?
Closing his eyes, he concentrated on remembering what he was doing last - which turned out to be reviewing documents. Now that send chills up his spines. He still couldn't believe that he was actually seriously doing that. He managed to avoid those abominable things... until he ascended to adulthood, at which point in time Elesis decided to put him up the throne so that she wouldn't have to do anymore paperwork.
"Elsa and Rena are a demon in disguise." He muttered to himself while picking himself up from the ground.
He did not take more than half a step before something sharp and sleek came hurling in his direction.
This was one of those times where he thanked Lady El for his fast reflexes. Because judging by the tree that was sliced cleanly in half, he would have been minced meat if he had been even a second slower.
While cursing himself for not having his sword, Elsword glared intensely in the direction the weapon came from. It didn't take long for someone to walk leisurely out.
Since it was night out, Elsword couldn't exactly make out the face of the one who had attacked him; however, judging b the built of the assailant's body, it's a male who's adept with a sword.
Elsword also noted the relaxed stance the man was taking, which irritated him. He's not even seeing me as a threat!
"Who are you?" It was the other man who spoke first from the silent evaluation that they appeared to have of each other - or at least Elsword was.
He wasn't sure but Elsword though that the voice just now appear to be familiar. He had this feeling hat he should recognize that voice, but he just couldn't figure -
Elsword was brought out of his thoughts by the assailant attacking again - at close quarter this time. He was barely able to cast a defense rune on himself before catching the assaulting weapon by its flat sides.
"Hey -" The Rune Slayer couldn't even get another word in before he saw something coming from his side. A duel sword-wielder?
He had the time to frown before ducking, and rolling away just when the blade he intercepted was brought down on his head while the second one anticipated to slice him in half.
"Oi, what's up with you?" Elsword barked as he stood up, eyeing the other cautiously. "I didn't even do anything to you!"
"You didn't answer my question."
"..." Elsword was dumbfounded by that sort of response. What kind of a reason is that? What the hell did this guy take him for?!
An illusion of a sword came hurling at him once more, causing him to backtrack and focus on protecting himself instead of thinking about what kind of mentality his opponent have.
When Elsword saw the illusion of a sword taking another tree down and dispersing afterwords, he couldn't contain his surprise. Magic as well?
"And now you're avoiding your punishment." The other said steadily. "You should die now."
"Whoa!" Elsword held a hand out, but then had to lunge away from another hurling sword. "Hold on a minute! How does that even equivalent to a death sentence?!"
This guy's insane!
"Shut up, you're already pissing me off for stepping on this ground without permission." Elsowrd's opponent growled out, anger outlined the undertone of his voice.
"Wha -" He wasn't given a chance to question when the assailant, once more, moved in on the the offense.
Elsword knew he shouldn't be thinking this but - damn this guy's fast!
"Ah, screw this!" Elsword plucked a relatively large branch - close to arm's length - but as he does so, he secretly pray that Rena would spare his life if he ever ended up burning the forest.
Enhancing his makeshift sword - with Sword Enchant - so that it could endure at least one clash with the real thing, Elsword brought it up in front of him to parry the other's sword swing.
His opponent froze for a second - probably from shock. Who wouldn't after their attack being blocked off by a mere stick?
"You..." Elsword's opponent started, his fury evident. "You dare to block my sword with that?"
"Does it look like I have a choice?!" Elsword retorted back and pointed at him indignantly. "If you would just stop -"
Elsword cast another defense and strength rune on his stick - I mean makeshift sword - and looked just about to explode. "Oi, listen when someone's talking!"
That didn't seem to work since they were still clashing against each other. Though it was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with two swords and the occasional illusions that shot at him out of nowhere.
Now, even though Elsword have enhanced that branch of his with his runes, it is nonetheless still made of wood. And so, just after a few more exchanges, the snapped it half. He cursed under his breath and caught the swinging blade like he did the first time.
Elsword then sighed in aggravation while another blade made an attempt to his side.
"Honestly," He pushed against the ground to enable him to flip backwards while still clasping onto the opponent's sword. It that fraction of a second before he let go, he had already drew a heat rune on the steel weapon.
Just as he landed behind his aggressor and was about to do a roundhouse kick, the ground under him started to glow bright orange-gold. He could make out an intricate arcane circle before he had to run for it. And boy was he glad for that, because the area within about three meter radius of the circle - with the mystery man being the center point - bright illusion swords erupting out of the ground. That same area ruptured with everything being torn to pieces.
Again, Elsword was almost made into minced meat.
Elsword had a scowled on his face as he started to write a rune in the air in front of him "Alright, if you want action..."
An enchanting blue sword - three times Elsword's size - appeared above the caster, pointing towards the enemy.
"I'll give you one!" He exclaimed as he brought the Lunar Blade down with a hand gesture.
The attack struck the ground where the opponent is, which created more debris. Adding onto the area that had already been cleared of plant life, Lunar Blade made that spot even wider and it became more like a clearing.
Elsword didn't even wait for the dust to settle before going in, his fist brimming with explosive fire.
He met with the flat of the other's sword and the collision created a disturbance in the air that allow the dust to part.
With a full moon hanging above a newly created clearing and being at close range with his opponent, Elsword would be a dunce if he couldn't see the other person's face. And he would be even more of an idiot if he couldn't recognize the person in front of him.
Both of them was shocked for a sliver of a second - Elsword more so than the other guy.
A mop of red hair way longer than his and with a blotched of black at the corner; the hair style reminded him of something similar to a half mohawk - or whatever they call a mohawk that's only half shaved. Sharp crimson eyes staring dauntingly back at his.
The person look almost like - "I don't think I have a twin..."
The other shoved Elsword away, scowling. "Who's your twin, you fraud."
It was then that he started reaching for the sword that had been keeping on his back - wait, he has three swords?
Elsword's gaze traveled from his look-a-like's empty right hand to the currently busy left. "... Was that sword of yours also formed from illusion magic?"
The other gave him a condescending look while holding onto a less-impressive looking blade - when compared to the one he have on his right . "Those were mere copies of Conwell that I summoned."
The Rune Slayer stared at the so-called "Conwell" intently. "Let me guess, this one's stronger?"
The other Elsword chuckled, somewhat amused. "It's more than that."
Instead of explaining, he showed it by casually tossing Conwell up it the air. It stayed stationary for a second before it split into about five or six more. Sword Fall came raining down on Elsword before he knew it, prompting his instincts to dodge.
However, the swords changed direction when they miss, which startled Elsword.
"As you can see," The duel sword wielder commented as he walked closer to Elsword at a leisure pace. "Not only can I create many of them at an instance with the real one, it also have a mind of its own."
He grinned, showing his feral appearance as he stared at Elsword being completely helpless at the homing weapons. "You should be honored that I'm using Conwell against you."
The Rune Slayer was having a hard time avoiding the blades - some managed to graze his skin - but still managed to respond, albeit barely. "Oh, so now you feel like talking?!"
The other's expression turned somewhat dark. "For impersonating the Ruben King and back-talking, you should know you when you have landed at death's door!"
"What the heck are you talking about?!" Elsword yelled, screeching to a stop and turned his upper torso around, then thrust his hands on the ground. In an instance, he drew of rune that multiplied six times along the ground. While at that same instance, great crimson swords erupted from the earth to clash with Conwell and its duplicates - disrupting their flight path and causing the destruction of the other five.
Conwell immediately returned to its owner's hand while Elsword looked just about ready to explode.
Impersonating? Ruben King? Sure, he back talked to the guy but he was falsely-accused of the first one!
"What Ruben King I'm impersonating?" He started, wrinkles appeared between his brows as he glowered at the accuser. "The crowning coronation may be only a few days away but I'm no impostor! How could I, Elsword Sieghart, impersonate myself?!"
He then pointed an accusing finger at his lookalike. "Aren't you the one impersonating me?!"
"What?" The other rumbled out, preparing for another assault. "You even dare to use my name?!"
"No, it's my name I'm using! Are you deaf?!" Elsword retorted back, then paused before adding incredulously. "You're also Elsword Sieghart?"
"Who do you think I am?" The other answered, anger boiling up in him. "Now tell me, who are you and why do you have the same face as me?!"
"That's supposed to be my question!" A vein popped on the rune-user's forehead.
Both of them had an intense moment of a glaring contest before the Infinity finally utter a few words.
"There can only be one." It was then followed by the vast airspace rippling behind him as multiple identical Conwells started to emerge.
"Exactly my thought!" The Rune Slayer responded the challenge with dousing his entire body in flames from a Phoenix Talon, which in turn burned whatever plants that are still nearby.
At timed moment, both of them charged at each other simultaneously, one on fire while the other seem to have a near unlimited blades being summoned behind his back.
Looks like the forest is going to face it's destruction.
'Kay, I'll show you a little preview of the next chapter as evidence that I do have something for it lol! Not to sure when I'll have it uploaded though :p
"Why are we all getting twins?"
"... This isn't Ruben?"
"Out of the question."
"... And why's that?"
"It states that the geodesic congruence of the curves that can possibly be manipulated to connect with the Wormhole is one in ten thousand."
"Theoretically, there should be one curve in ten thousand that can is compatible for breaching purposes."
"... One in five."
"Should have told him to give a simplified version in the beginning."
"To put it in terms even a Phoru could understand, we need a spot that is weaken due to a major collision and a whole lot of power that would make a hole go round and round."
"Your brain's just lacks enough brain cells to understand time travel."
"Now you're just insulting most of the people here. And I don't take well to insults Snow White."
"So where do we find this weak point exactly?"
"Uh...If it's a major collision, then shouldn't this place be a good spot?"
"... What the hell did you two do to this place?"
"We fought."
Was this too much? Oh well XD