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The Veteran Commander cast a side glance at the Deadly Chaser, who seemed to be threatened by the Code Nemesis at the moment while also having a hard time dealing with an energetic Yin tugging at his leg.
He pitied him, really. But he was glad that he was not in that situation.
The atmosphere around everyone seemed to be so relaxed despite the bizarre situation. Was it because of the people that came from the other world? He wasn't sure, but it sure is better than that depressing mood from before they met.
He looked at the Night Watcher beside him, who seemed to be in deep thought, then at the chatty Grand Archer not too far away. It's like being able to see the old Rena again.
Even though this wouldn't last, at the very least, he was able to be reminded of the old times. He would have no regrets when -
"What are you thinking about to smile like that?"
"Hm?" The Veteran Commander looked to the nearby person who was standing in solitude against the wall. Had he been smiling? He hadn't even notice. "What do you mean?"
The Blade Master thought for a moment before baring frowning. "It's like you were -"
"Ah!" The Night Watcher besides him suddenly exclaimed, catching everyone's attention. "I think I know where His Majesty is at the moment."
Most of the group stared at her queerly. Raven reckoned that she was probably the only one who has been staying on topic while the others did something else entirely.
"Today is the day... the day Elesis died." Her voice went as soft as the wind at the reminder of that cruel reality that changed everything.
"Hold it right there!" The other Rena held up a head. "So what you guys said earlier wasn't a joke?"
The Night Watcher cast a serious look at the other elf. "I don't joke when it comes to the dead."
"W-wha..." The people from the other timeline seemed taken aback by this piece of news. Raven could only deduced that Elesis was still alive in their multiverse. Well, it's within expectation with the fact that there were several noticeable differences between them. For example, Rena's perkiness.
Raven was starting to envy his counterpart's life. He discreetly made a fist, and brought it up to his lips to subdued the coughs that was going to escape his throat. He winced obscurely at the recoiled pain in his lungs. Thankfully, the anxiety that raised about Elesis, no one noticed his small gestures.
"How?" The Blade Master spoke up, his brows knitted together with the expression that clearly said that he didn't believe what he heard.
"..." Rena pursed her lips and averted everyone's eyes.
The Veteran Commander understood that she only does that when she didn't want to explain or to be reminder of something. Who wouldn't be like that when the subject of how a close friend of theirs died?
Nonetheless, this needed to get somewhere so the Veteran Commander gave a brief account - from what he heard since he wasn't a witness - of how Aren, who was now Ran, betrayed both Sander and Ruben with the murder of the irreplaceable queen.
And as expected, they were flabbergasted by the piece of information.
"B-but..." The Grand Archer tried to refute. "Those two are doing just fine from our side! Are you telling me that Aren might try to kill Elesis?!"
"Maybe." Raven answered brusquely, though he did try to gauge the other elf's behavior after hearing the tale. "But let's dropped the subject for now. Don't we have somewhere to go?"
The Archer looked as though she wanted to say something but she stopped herself and nodded; her usual energy entirely dispersed. This was something he was afraid of.
"Rena," Raven turned towards the Night Watcher besides him. "If I'm right, then the forest near Ruben Village?"
The Leader of the Night Savers nodded quietly.
At time like this, Raven could only sigh and rested a hand on Rena's head as if to reassure her that everything will be okay. He then directed his attention towards the Diabolic Esper. "Add, you should know where we're going to go?"
"Yeah." The albino answered and went into the process of creating another spacial rift. He remembered the Diabolic Esper explaining how it that worked by connecting two points in a bent straight line. He was lost after the moment the engineer had mentioned that so Add demonstrated by drawing two points on a piece of paper and folding it so that two dots connect.
Interesting concept - not that he'll ever have any use for it.
"We better land on our feet this time." The Veteran Commander joked, trying to lift the atmosphere that turned solemn a few minutes ago.
Add cackled. "Keke, What's the fun in that?"
Once the engineer stabilized the rift with his Dynamos, everyone started to file in and disappear one after the other - the two Ravens and the Diabolic Esper were the last ones in line.
Just as the Night Watcher went through, the Veteran started another coughing fix - this time, it was visibly violent. It felt as though his lungs were in flames. Damn, why now?
"What's wrong?"
And he forgot that there were two others in the room with him.
"Nothing." Raven answered his counterpart, ignoring the acute pain in his arm that appears chronically.
"If you keep pushing it," Add remarked, a frown marring his face. "You're not gonna last as long as the expected time."
The Veteran Commander gave the albino a look that told him to not say any more on the subject, but the other Raven had already caught on.
"... Does Rena know?"
The military combatant sighed but nodded. He turned towards rift, but right as he was about to step in, he paused without turning around. "You better not do anything that makes her worry in the future."
He then continued forward. "That's something I regretted doing."
Meanwhile...
"Huff." The Rune Slayer panted, perspiration dripping down his face and mixing with the blood from the open wounds that he'd gotten. His eyes stayed fixed on the other, checking to see if he was going to use this chance to attack him.
Luckily, the Infinity Sword was also catching his breath. But from the looks of it, he seemed to be faring better than the Rune Slayer. He had burnt marks all over, clothes tattered, but his complexion only changed slightly.
THe RUne Slayer, on the other hand, have paled considerably due to the blood lost. If only he had a sword with him, then the battle field would be fair.
I'm going to carry my sword everywhere I go from now on! He noted to himself.
In the next second, Elsword was on his toes again, deflecting one of the Infinity's Sword's too-real-to-be-illusions weapons that was flung at him. "DAMMIT! GIMME A LONGER BREAK!"
He was annoyed. At being weaponless. At being attacked. At facing against a guy that looks so similar to him that it would have freaked him out if he wasn't occupied with being annoyed.
He was losing, he knew. But he blamed the disadvantage that he was given. He has no freaking sword. Yes, he's still on that topic and he will be on it whenever he thinks back to this fight.
Ironic, really. His opponents have too many to count while he had none. What kind of justice was this?
He would love to get ahold of one of those blades, and trust me, he tried. Once he got hold of it, it either disappears or pulls him towards his lookalike for a stab in the face.
His eyes wandered to the horrid scene around him, which added to the aggravation he felt. Great. Just great. Rena's gonna ex -
"What. Is the meaning of this."
Well, speak of the devil. Or devils.
Elsword only got a glimpse before parrying another Rage Cutter that cause even more rupture towards the soil, but it was enough for him to realized that he spelled his doom.
Two Renas.
Holy crap.
When the Veteran Commander had arrived, followed by the Blade Master and the Diabolic Esper, he found it amazing that Add had actually did what was requested of him - which was to let then stand grounded instead of air-bound once they crossed over. However, he didn't know what to make of what was in front of him.
Ruptured and scorched scorched Earth, most people that have already arrived had their taken out their respective weapons choice, and what the center of attention was a crater.
... Did a meteor came hitting this place. Was what he thought, but when he heard some familiar voices bickering, he stand corrected.
"Ow! Rena don't kill me!"
"And what if I did? Look at what you have done to Mother Nature you arsonist!"
"But that guy was the one who wouldn't stop attacking me!"
"Your Majesty, have you even considered what would have happened to the nearby village if you were to continue this farce?!"
"Shut up, why the hell are you here?"
When the Veteran Commander had made his way to the boundary of the crater, he saw a rather comedic scene.
There were two Elswords - nothing surprising after what had happened - and one Elf chasing down one of the redheads with arrows while the other redhead seem to be at a stand-still with the Night Watcher's Erendil, but he seemed rather nervous about the dark aura that surrounded the elf.
Both elves looked ready to kill. Heck, one of them was already doing it.
"Elsword, get back here right now!" The Grand Archer demanded furiously of the Rune Slayer.
"I don't wanna die yet!"
Raven had to refrain from laughing. Was this their Ruben King? He has a rather refreshing personality compared to his counterpart's.
"Gah! Chung, what are you laughing at?! Help me out here!"
While the Deadly Chaser did not laugh as the other blonde Prince did, he had to stop his lips from quirking at the sight.
Truly, this redhead seem to be able to uplift everyone's spirit without even trying.
And after a few more minutes of struggling, both Elswords were subdued by the two offended elves - the Infinity Sword was bounded up and had Conwell confiscated from him while the Rune Slayer just sat on the ground with open cuts here and there.
"Okay..." The latter started, looking up at each and every one of them. "Why are we all getting twins?"
The Diabolic Esper was the first to respond, with a scoff, "What kind of stupid theory is that brat?"
"Why the hell am I tied up while he isn't?" The Infinity Sword complained while trying to break free, but it was a futile attempt.
"Then do you promise to talk this out peaceful if we untie you?" The Night Watcher questioned.
"Just leave him bounded." Add barked again. He has been in a foul mood ever since meeting up with Elsword. "We only came here for the other brat, not him."
"... If I'm not restricted right now, I would decapitate you." The Infinity Sword threatened as he narrowed his eyes at the man.
"If you do, I'll be more than glad to help you with it." The assassin offered on the spot.
Raven didn't really understand in what way did Add rubbed Chung the wrong way, but he wasn't going to question it. It was probably something ridiculous - right, they need to stay focus... which was excruciatingly difficult with this group.
"Okay, so now that we found your King, can we please settle with a method to take you six back to your home?"
"... This isn't Ruben?" The Rune Slayer asked the obvious.
Ah, that's right, someone need to take the job of explaining the situation to the two Elswords. Honestly, just thinking about anything that's related to time travel gives him a headache. Doesn't time travel usually come with severe consequences? He had heard Add spoke of theories of what would happen if two people from different times were to be at the same please, which would be causing a time paradox. But right in front of him were -
One, two three... six pair - including myself - standing in the same place in the same instances of time. But nothing's happening. Well, he wasn't a science person so this was completely out of his area of expertise, and he will never bother to broaden his knowledge in this field. He's good with a sword and he'll stay good with a sword.
"Add -"
"Out of the question." The Diabolic Esper answered beforehand.
"... And why's that?"
"As far as I can theorized on this topic, not only does time travel expense an immense amount energy, it also required several other variables; as such, the more important of the requirements are the presence of exotic matters situated at a point of in space that has been severely weakened temporarily by gravitational waves. The negative energy density it contains gives forth negative pressure that allows for the reverse rotation of space."
The group of companions stared.
"Moreover, the rotation must be fixed at a high velocity instantaneously for stabilization. If not, then there is a high risk of spacial collapse that could occur within nano-seconds of creation. However, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Once we're able to stabilize - I'll use the term Wormhole though this is slightly different from the average bend in space like I usually do - we need to confirm the spacial position and time coordinates of our targeted destination, then directly "grasp" onto the closed timelike curves in the aforementioned coordinate."
The group of companions kept staring.
The time travel expert started bring out information that he'd gathered in his all-purpose Dynamos. "Through deriving the cosmological constant - lambda - of General Relativity, we need to find a value must be carefully chosen to match the density of the dust grains of the two connecting time coordinates of our choice. The percent error must not be larger than the nano; of course, I have already taken cared of that since I did it once and so, I acquired a singularity - a free Gödel metric. It states that the geodesic congruence of the curves that can possibly be manipulated to connect with the Wormhole is one in ten thousand." He had to paused for a second before adding, "But it only works for this specific point A and point B. If you want to travel to another point, then the entire computation is but mere junk."
"Going back on topic, our closed timelike curves are rotating in the opposite direction in correspondence to the other parallel - this is why they are called parallel universes. They strictly create a boundary that prevents the collision of different timelines - or splits them accordingly if a singularity were to occur. Theoretically, there should be one curve in ten thousand that is compatible for breaching purposes." Add finished with a flourish a his hand.
He took note of the blank looks and winces while some others were nodding, then some more had looks that screamed 'do you have a screw loose?'
Go figure.
"If you have a problem, then spill it."
"... One in five." The Tactical Trooper managed answered back while some of the others were still in a stupor.
"What?"
"We understood one word, in five." The Grand Archer elaborated, squeezing her index and thumb close together for emphasis.
The Veteran Commander muttered something along the lines of: "Should have told him to give a simplified version in the beginning."
The Diabolic Esper looked just about ready to toss them all into a black hole - other than the Nasod Queens and Mastermind. They seem to understand his elucidation. It felt great to have geniuses who think on the same level.
The Diabolic Esper sighed. "To put it in terms even a retarded Phoru could understand, we need a spot that is weaken due to a major kabloom. Then a whole lot of power that would make a hole go round and round." He empathized by twirling his index finger.
"... why didn't you just say so?" The Rune Slayer asked accusingly
"He did, nincompoop." The Mastermind retorted. "Your brains' just lack enough brain cells to understand the concept of time travel."
"Now you're just insulting most of the people here." The Deadly Chaser remarked towards the two albinos, brandishing his pistols as if to indicate something. "And I don't take well to insults Snow White."
"What did you just -"
Rena, the Night Watcher, passed a hand in between the two, looking as if she was having a migraine. "We don't have the time for this." She then turned to the time travel expert. "So where do we find this weak point exactly?"
"Uh..." The Rune Slayer raised his hand as if he was in class. "If it's a major collision, then shouldn't this place be a good spot?"
Everyone fell silent.
The Diabolic Esper did a scan and the result was positive. "... What the hell did you two do to this place?"
"We fought." The Infinity Sword supplied in monotone. "Shouldn't that be obvious?"
"Very detailed, pipsqueak." The albino snapped. "It's infuriating that I can't do anything to you or Aisha's going to pull my ear off... speaking of which, this is also why I said me creating a time warp at the moment is out of the question."
"Why?" Someone piped.
"I exhausted the exotic matters that I had on the last travel -"
"Wait, since when did you -"
"No one knows except the other me." Add explained offhandedly. "Anyways, since I exhaust my supply and it takes a large amount of time to regather them - especially for a group this size - it's better to have Aisha do it. She's a Dimension Witch so she can gather them indefinitely in an instance - plus, she makes time travel much simpler. A wave of a stick and done - that is seriously cheap though..." He mumbled the last part resentfully.
While saying all of this, he kept a close watch on the Infinity Sword. And just as he thought, there was a minuscule reaction at the mention of the certain magician's name.
"Whoa, Aisha could do that?" The Rune Slayer commented in amazement. "Doesn't she only control the elements?"
"Elsword..." The Tactical Trooper sighed in exasperation. "I just explained it to you. So it should be their Aisha."
"Ah. Makes sense."
"But Aisha's currently missing at the moment." Add continued on.
"What?" The Infinity Sword had a look of alarm on his face for a split second from it formed into a scowl. "Did that stupid princess got herself sucked into her own Distortion?"
Ignored again, Add pulled out a map with several colorful dots and one 'x'. "She's been all over the place - and as you can see, the general locations has been marked. It seems as though she was recklessly using teleportation to run away as if she was being chased. The last place that detected remnants of spacial distortion is marked with the 'x'."
"... Why did you come to that conclusion?" Raven with the red streak in his hair inquired.
In response, Add pointed at a random point, then to another. "The time it took to perform one teleportation to the next is approximately 2 to 3 seconds while there were others that last between a few days to a week. It would seem like someone can briefly calculate the trajectory of her teleportation and call for reinforcements to that specific location."
"Well, it's all speculations. She might just be using it for fun, then just had a miscalculation on her last one, which resulted in her disappearance." The Mastermind provided to which his counterpart also agreed on.
"Don't jest with this matter." The Night Watcher scolded while looking all the more worried.
"That last place she was detected in..." The assassin of the group kept scrutinizing that spot on the map as if it was an ugly stain on a perfectly white tablecloth. Of all the places that she could have went, she just had to end up in -
"Hamel." The Code Nemesis confirmed.
"I'm not going." Chung immediately declared, quite firmly too.
"We're going." Eve overrode his declaration and gave him a look. "And I do not tolerate any resistance."
"Hn."
Elsword wandered off after his demand of being untied was finally answered. The Infinity Sword had been in an extremely foul mood after being tied up. And when Add started his boring theory on time travel, he had half the mind to shove Conwell in the albino's throat so that he would shut up. But of course, that didn't happen for obvious reasons.
And it was one of those rare times that he forgot to take Conwell with him as well. He only realized that fact when he was at least a good distance away from the group. Damn. Cant go back until they disappear.
He still couldn't believe all that was happening. And that guy... just the picture of a carefree version of himself pissed him off. It reminded him of unwanted memories.
"Damn it all." He muttered to himself in frustration. This was why he needed Conwell, the sword helped him get rid of unwanted emotions and let him focus on one thing. The path he chose that time, he never regretted it.
As long as he was satisfy with the others suffering, he was able to relieve his own. So why? Why were unwelcomed memories coming back to him now? Perhaps it was at the mention of Aisha, or the sight of Chung, Rena, and Raven, that brought some sort of sense into him.
He clearly didn't like this.
He needed Conwell to keep those emotions bound. The Dark El he absorbed is dangerous if not controlled. He was able to contain his blood-thirst to a certain point, but if he doesn't freaking stop thinking right now...
Snap!
The sound of a branch snapping under his foot brought him out of it. He realized that his body had brought him to the spot he had originally intended to go before he had detected a pest.
In front of him was a tombstone with an array of flowers growing around it. On it engraved the following:
Here lies the forever sun-like warrior,
Elesis Seighart
Elsword's eyes turned somber at the sight of the engraved name. He remembered his sister always saying that her fire were so dazzling that it'll make her look like a radiating sun whenever she uses it.
"His fire is similar to Elsa's." He frowned at the remembrance of the flames that his supposed other self used. The moment that guy was engulfed by flames, he was immediately reminded of her - though his flames were more wild than Elesis's well-tamed ones. If he hadn't gotten over that moment of stupor in time, he would have been at a disadvantage.
He would have killed him if it wasn't for the two elves that jumped in out of nowhere and stopped them. He swear to Lady El, Rena's demonic side was still as effective as ever - especially when there was another one that's on the same level.
The Infinity Sword's gaze shifted to a corner. "If you continue to stay hidden, I will show no mercy."
... And out came the Night Watcher.
Well, speak of the devil.
"Your Majesty -"
"Oh, so you still see me as your King, Rena?" He mocked. "You, who walked out on me and became affiliated with Velder?"
Rena frowned, and it seemed as though she almost let slip a low growl. "The Night Savers can associate with any people they want through a majority vote."
"How democratic."
"Elsword." Rena stressed, feeling as though the name was rather foreign to her tongue after lack of use. "Aren't you the least bit worry about Aisha?"
"Why would I care for an enemy?"
"Oh for the sake of..." Rena all but snapped. "She never even done anything to you! And even though Ruben and Velder fought before, she never considered you her enemy!"
"She didn't do anything?" Elsword's anger started to well up. Without Conwell, his emotions seem to be to triggering. "She got in my way like an insect!"
"You..."
"And so what if she never saw me as her foe? Should I be moved? Shouldn't I be more offended because it's as though she doesn't even consider me as her opponent?!" Dammit! He wasn't supposed to give an outburst like that. Because whenever he does, the Dark El in him craves bloodlust.
I need Conwell El dammit!
"All you have been talking about is yourself!" Rena barked back as though the anger she had welled up all these years were being let out with these words. She would have went over there to throttle the man, but she didn't dare to do that now. She didn't know what line not to cross with him anymore since he was so different from what he used to be.
"When you are wallowing in your misery, do you know what's happening around you?! You lead your country to military rule! You let your people suffered while you go in and out of wars! Raven isn't well because of those battles you had with Velder! What the hell is wrong with you?! Elsa and I never taught you to be like this!"
"Don't speak you dare about my sister in front of me!" Elsword barked, his eyes flashing hints of being on the borderline of going berserk.
Rena took in a deep breath in repsonse, and lowered her voice until it was barely audible. "She's probably worrying over you right now too..."
"..."
"And did you know?" It would seem to the Infinity Sword that Rena was no longer addressing him, and just talking to herself now. She looked as though she was about to cry - but she didn't. "That day when Aisha was no longer welcomed to Ruben, she blamed herself. She had so many break downs that I lost count. She hasn't even smiled sincerely once since that time."
"Hmph, so she became emotionally unstable did she?"
Elsword -" Rena tested but then detected another presence. "Who's there?!"
"Err... just me..." An awkward Rune Slayer came out from the bushes. "They told me to come get you since we're leaving soon."
Elsword frowned at the presence of the man wearing the same face he is. "How much have you heard?"
"... Not much?"
The Infinity Sword lifted a hand and summoned a copy of Conwell.
"Okay, from beginning to end." The Rune Slayer corrected quickly and prudently. "Hey, who's grave is that?"
"No one's." Elsword answered back, standing in front of the tombstone - though he questioned his action a second later.
The other's lips curled downwards. "Really? I think I saw the surname "Sieghart" on it."
"What kind of hawk eyes do you have?" The Infinity Sword questioned.
"I would have to be pretty good if I want to avoid Rena's sonic speed arrows from a mile away." He shivered just at the thought of it. "You do not want to be her practice target."
"... Let's go." The Night Watcher announced, walking past the Rune Slayer. "And Your Majesty, if you're coming, then youbetter do so."
"I'm not your king anymore."
Rena sighed, barely audible to the ear. "It doesn't change the fact that I was once your subordinate. And I still respect the fact that you are the Ruben King - albeit an irresponsible one."
The two Elswords stood here in a brief moment of silence. The Infinity Sword wondered if the other was going to leave anytime soon; however, when that person actually started talking, he threw that thought out the window.
"I saw it."
"What?"
"Elesis Sieghart."
The Elsword with the a blotch of black in his hair scrunched up his nose as if he was wronged in some way. And he was. "And why the hell are you so damn calm about it?"
"Calm?" The Rune Slayer smiled, albeit darkly. He looked more like 'I'm pissed off but you can't even tell?' "Do I look so damn calm to you?"
"..."
"I was just for Rena's leave before breaching the subject." He continued. "Although I know full well that before I came here, my sister is alive and well at home but here? Why is she dead and how?"
"I have no obligation to tell you about my sister."
"True, but we're indirectly related. All of us."
"Who wants to be related to you?"
The Infinity Sword wanted to retort, but paused and asked him a question instead. "And what will you do if you know the murder?"
The Rune Layer shrugged nonchalantly. "Elsa said to to know the motive before giving the final verdict."
Elsword rolled his eyes with sarcasm. "What a benevolent king you are."
The other frowned at his claim. "I told you that I haven't been crowned as the king yet."
"... What? How old are you?"
"Eighteen."
"How the hell are you four years younger than me?" The Infinity Sword asked no one in particular, finding this more and more bizarre.
"What? But we look almost the same!"
"Ugh..." He pinched the bridge of his nose agitation. "Must be part of that psycho's concept that he didn't explain."
If he remembered correctly - wait no, that memory of his was clear as day - he was crowned prematurely, at the age of 16. Then that means that nothing happened to his counterpart at all? It should be possible but... damn. Why does he get the peaceful lifestyle?
He didn't care about a majority of the differences that he and the Rune Slayer shared, but he hated the fact that he had an easier life than him. If he finds whoever that was at fault for this, he would impale him or her a million times over.
"Ran killed her." He decided to just drop the bomb. There was no point in hiding it, and he wanted to entertain himself by observing the Rune Slayer's reaction. He's hoping for utter disblief, then anguish.
"Who?" Now that was unexpected.
"... His former name is Aren."
"Oh."
And it took him another five seconds to react.
"WHAT?!"
Elsword swore to Lady El, he was never this slow in reacting to news. Just what the hell has this guy been doing? He just want to throttle - So that's how Aisha always feel back then...
He had to take another pause. He did not know how it even led to that person.
"How is that even - then what about Ara?"
Oh, now this might be going somewhere. Elsword couldn't help to gratified grin as he remembered the scene.
Enjoyable.
"I killed her."
And once he started imagining the blood spilling everywhere, the iron odor, he started to crave for more. "Serves her right for letting that murderer escape."
That color. That scent. So sweet.
The Dark El in him seemed to be resonating and strengthening his desires.
The sense of immense power.
And he actually started to chuckle. "You should've seen her. She was so eager to die!"
Need more.
More what? He wondered to himself as he continued to talk. "I should have stabbed her a few more times while she was still alive. She didn't even scream for that long."
Kill. Kill. Kill.
Who? Him? ... Maybe his blood is just as red as his hair. A feral grinned until any others began to emerge as he just imagined the Rune Slayer dying by his hands. I should kill -
In the moment where he was going to become fully corrupted again, he felt a stab of pain that was as heavy as a boulder hit the side of his skill. It was so much that he lost consciousness at that instance; but before that, he heard someone speaking.
"Oops, might have enhanced my strength too much."
You f****** bastard!
I would put up another teaser... if I wasn't thinking about rewritting what I already have. Again, no guarantee on when the next update will be so yeah.
Annndddd time-travel theory... I have no idea where in my brain did I pull that from.