DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ or Nier
This is for those who miss it last chapter.
SS: x50 Base
SS2: x2 SS = x100 Base
SS3: x4 SS2 = x400 Base
SS4: x10 SS3 = x4000 Base (Not available yet)
SSG: ~ x10.000 Base (The wiki is not specific)
SSGSS: x50 SSG (10% SSGSS Veggita =SSG Goku and Goku was about 5 times Vegita at that time.)
And about the Base power, a lv.99 can solo Parallel Quest 122 (with your pant burning, and your eyes full of rage of course) so you can guess. if you don't know just go youtube and search for PQ. 122.
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Chapter 04: New home & trouble
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### Atlas, The Old Capital ###
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The massive capital of the biggest kingdom in the continent was on fire.
Countless demons flying and walking all-over the place.
Corpses were stacked in high mountain everywhere, some were eaten and some were desecrated by the smaller demon in the army.
When the biggest kingdom around fell to the demon, it gives people despair.
And in the ruin of the castle in the middle of the capital, the higher rankings in the army of the demon are gathered around a big table in a conference room.
The biggest figure was a 3 meter bull-like demon. He was wearing a black spike plate armor set, combined that with his big muscle the look was very intimidating. (Just image a Taurus demon in dark souls with armor.)
The others two had sleek body like a human but with 2 oni-horns, dark blue skin, black hair and pitch black eyes. they all wore the same type of black spiked plate armor.
They were discussing about where to attack next then suddenly the door was knocked.
"COME IN." The big bull demon said.
The imp opened the door and crept in.
"Commander, there were a message from our imp in the eastern kingdom. They reported that the king summoned something like a hero, but the hero is in critical condition."
One of the sleek figure in the the room commented.
"Just ignore them. What can the weak humans do?"
"Yeah, even their biggest kingdom didn't put much of a fight." The other figure said.
"SILENT!" The big bull demon slammed its fist on the table, pulverized it. The three smaller demon cowered themselves.
"OUR KING ALWAYS SAID TO NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A HERO SUMMONED BY THE GOD. DO I NEED TO PULVERIZE YOUR HEAD TOO FOR YOU TO REMEMBER?"
The three cowered even more.
"YOU SAID THE HERO IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION?"
The imp quickly nodded.
"GET OUR TROOPS. WE ARE MARCHING THERE NOW. AND YOU, IMP, REPORT THIS TO THE DEMON KING, MOVE IT!"
The imp bowed and quickly disappeared out of the bull demon sight.
Even if he look like a muscle-head, the bull demon was quite capable and readily took any advantages presented to him. He was not the commander for nothing.
And all the demons currently in the capital marched quickly toward our heroes.
It was mid-day at that time.
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### Orariens ###
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In the morning the day after the summoning, the two heroes begin to wander around the tower to get used to the place and make acquaintance with the mages and soldiers.
The two heroes is the talk of everyone in the tower. They are quite the beauty if you look pass their strangeness. They still look surprised at seeing A2 talk but the friendly and casual way of talking of Hikari and the blunt, honest way of A2's speech make them quickly opened up with each other.
Around noon, the princess and a long line of carts full of metal, sand and other stuff arrive at the tower.
The servants begin to unload the material and bring them to the storage room in the basement of the tower.
"Greeting, heroes. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." Princess Alicia says and make a curtsy toward Hikari and A2.
"Oh, princess Alicia, why are you here again so soon? Do you need something?" Hikari asks.
"Yeah, my knowledge is limited but shouldn't royalties avoid going out too often?" A2 adds.
"I currently don't have any responsibility, and I want to know more about the heroes so I get my father's permission to come here." the princess says with smile.
"Well, you are the princess, I guess you can just do whatever you want." Hikari looks at the carts and continues
"The materials are here so I will begin to work, your Highness can observe or do anything."
Saying so Hikari together with A2 direct some servants to bring some cart to the ground floor in the tower, they will make the workshop there.
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### A2 POV ###
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After Hikari pointed places for the servants to put the materials, we enter the tower.
The ground floor is large and tall the WxLxH is about 40x40x20 meters and 4 big pillars.
We get to the wall opposite of the door. Hikari makes some kind of stand and attach me there.
"You stay here and watch me work alright, I don't want to be separated from you yet." Hikari smiles at me and go to work at the table in the middle of the room.
"The faster you are done the faster I can move so I will bear with this." I say to her back and look at the princess who follow us in here.
She moves next to me and watch Hikari work. I still feel restless around human but with the amount of people here, I'm kind of dull now.
"... I thank you two for accepting to help us."
I look at her again but don't say anything.
"I bring with me several craftsmen to help Hikari so things will go faster."
She looks me in the eyes and seems hesitant to say something, so I ask her.
"What is it? Do you have something to say?"
I am not used to formal word, and Hikari said I don't need to use it if I don't want to, she will take care of the consequences. Really that girl, I know she's strong but sometime she act like a rich spoil brat.
"... U-Uhm... can you talk with me?" She whispers nervously.
"... Aren't we talking right now?" I ask back. What the matter with her?
"I-I mean, can you talk more about yourself? I want to get to know you more."
"What about me?" She is acting strange.
"Not being rude but what are you? You look like a golem but golem can't talk and not as detail as you."
"I am an android created for combat purpose."
"What is an android?"
"What kind of question is that? Can I ask you what is a human?"
I ask back irritatingly, I can explain what is an android on technological term but then she will ask about the technological things, I can't accept that.
"S-Sorry! Then what were you fighting against?"
I am contemplating to tell her or not then there are light and the sound of someone yelping in the direction of Hikari.
I and the princess look on the screen in shock.
The servants (or are those craftsmen?) fall back on their butt and look on in amazement.
Hikari was hovering a ball of plasma in her hands. She lets it float in place and begins to levitate the metal ingots through the plasma ball.
She can use telekinesis? (Yes, it's in the game, you can learn a few Super Attack that use telekinesis.)
The ingots is now a pool of bright hot liquid floating in the air. She is compressing it with her power, creating some kind of machine frame, there are some parts similar to the ones I had seen in YoRHa HQ.
And she is poking holes or making lines in detail on the red hot surface with HER HANDS. Dammit, there is a limit for unreasonable.
"W-w-w-what is she? HOW CAN SHE DO THAT? EVEN THE ARCHMAGE CAN'T DO THAT?"
The princess is... how to say it... hysteric? She begins to go Uwa uwa and shaking. Everyone else also drops what they are doing and watches in awe.
She is... producing thing after thing, they are all floating in the air to cool down.
Well, watching her working is fascinating, she not only bends metal but also your commonsense.
I guess having her as my mechanic is good.
"H-Hey A2, has she always worked like that?" Oh, the princess calm down.
"I don't know. Never get to see any mechanics making big thing."
"If your support is that strong, I wonder how stronger you will be." She begin to talk absentminded.
"Yeah, I wonder about that too." I am a combat unit of course I will mind my combat power.
Hikari continued to work till nightfall, she wanted to finish the lab fast so nothing unexpected will happen.
The princess was so absorbed in watching Hikari worked that when she realized it the daylight has already ended.
She decided to stay the night, nighttime travelling for the princess is not appropriated. The living quarter is big and clean so the maid could work fast to make a room good enough for the princess.
Because of the princess the soldiers and the mages have to work over time.
The lab had most parts completed. What a terrifying work speed! Hikari and I was about to go rest then we heard alarm bell ringing outside.
A moment later, a maid comes in our room.
"Milady, it is an emergency, the demon army is marching toward here."
"What? How could this happen?" Hikari asks with a scowl.
"I'm sorry, Milady. I'm not informed. But the princess and the knight commander station here is on the rooftop at the moment."
We quickly get to the rooftop. There was a few people here.
"Princess Alicia, what is happening?" Hikari asks in a normal tone.
"Oh, heroes, it's disastrous! The demons are marching here!" She sounds stressful.
"Explain more, please!" I say and look at the knight commander (he wears different armor than the soldiers.)
He looks at me a bit complicated.
"The demon marched straight from the border to here. We lost contact with the border around 3 hour ago. Our army is mobilizing at ..."
"Knight commander! The demon army is changing direction toward this tower, all of them! Our army that defend the capital can't get here in time!"
A mage screaming while holding a crystal ball. That seams to be their communication device.
"Shit! We are doomed! One platoon can't go against an army, and our heroes can't fight yet." He looks quite agonized.
"NO! Don't stop resisting. You organize the defend of this place, A2 and I will stop them, any strays that was left out will be on you." Hikari shouts out with a slight pressure.
"B-But isn't the hero A2 in critical condition?" He tries to ague.
"Hey, if we don't fight, we will die anyway, why not die fighting? And even if A2 is in critical condition, she's still a hero that had saved a world. Don't underestimated her, I will support her too."
Everyone is looking at us in awe and determination.
The commander closes his eyes and reopens them with a fighting spirit.
"Yes, everyone, the heroes is right. If we die today, we will be die fighting. The heroes are with us!"
The knight commander rallies the soldiers and mages in the tower and make a defense before the tower and on the rooftop.
I don't know how I could deal with the demon in my state but I trust that Hikari has a plan.
She flies up while holding me like usual.
"Hey A2, can you make your eyes glow?" She asks me in a small volume.
"Huh, yeah, I can. What for?"
"You make your eyes glow and I will make the attack looks as if you are shooting it. Just keep facing forward." She smirks.
I look up at her weirdly.
"Why aren't taking them out yourself?"
"Hey, you are the hero here. I will have you take the glory." She says confidently.
That sounds like trouble.
Hikari hovers down to the base of the tower when the defense line has formed.
She faces the soldier and begins to shout.
"Attention, soldiers!" They all turn to her.
"The hero as you can see can't fight in this condition, but she will make a big attack on the demon first. So pay attention and step back when I shout out, YOU GOT THAT?"
She speaks loudly, there is some kind of pressure spreading out from her.
"SIR,YES SIR!" They all vigorously shout back.
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### Hikari POV ###
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After giving the soldiers an instruction, I tell A2 my plan in more detail.
I sensed the demons from somewhere away from here. They are nearly 10,000. It's not a lot but demons are generally stronger than human and demi-human.
They have finally appeared at the edge of the clearing around the tower. The clearing is a circle with 300 meters in radius by the way.
"The demons are here! The hero will make the first strike and then we will support you all from the back. Don't you dare to die without a fight you hear me?" I speak out loud from above the soldiers, A2's eyes begin to glow brighter and brighter.
"OHHH!" They shout loudly.
I fly the both of us back down to the ground a bit away from our defense line.
"A2 please make your eyes glowed to the brightest you can."
I say and stand facing the demon army. I plan to use x100 Big Bang Kamehameha, I can sweep the beam from left to right to clear out most of them if not all.
And the effect when gathering energy will be good for performing too.
With the plan in mind, I begin to gather energy in front of A2.
The blue energy ball is bubbling and getting bigger, rings and waves of bright blue energy forming vertical and all around the blue energy ball.
You don't really need to hold your hands to form the attack, it is just ki manipulation. Using your hands is just to make it easier and faster which I don't need here.
When I feel the attack is ready, I fire it. The ki blast is a large beam, very large beam, about 3 meters in diameter.
It is making the air vibrating, the earth trembling slightly, digging a trench 1 meter deep on its way and tearing through the forest.
I sweep it from left to right, cover most of the demon army, making a fan shape destruction on the landscape. The presents of the demon are disappeared rapidly, there are only a few lucky one are left.
I also sense a dozen strong presents far at the back. They are only watching. I will get them later.
"Soldiers, there are only about 10 demons left! Get them!" I fly up and shout at the soldiers who are standing stock-still and looking with their mouth opened.
"O-OHH! SOLDIER, CHARGE!" The knight commander was the first to snap out of it.
They all are shouting and cheering while charging. Someone even say thing like "For the hero" or "For our goddess of war", seem like A2 gonna get a fan club soon.
"Hey, Hikari, my eyes are not designed to light up like this, it's getting hot now."
"Oh, right, you can dim down now, don't turn off though."
"Ok. And what was that attack just now? It was... terrifying."
"Huh, yeah, that was an attack of one of the strongest in my universe x100 Big Bang Kamehameha. It is a galaxy buster attack at full-power multiply by 100, it's in the name." (if you want more detail, search "how powerful is x100 big bang kamehameha")
"What the hell!? And you used it?"
"Hey, calm down, it's a technical, in the end, the energy you put in the attack is what determine the power, and I didn't put much in at all see?"
"You are ridiculous."
"Hehe, I'm making you ridiculous like me."
"I'm waiting for it." A2 says with her own smirk.
We turn to watch the soldiers clean out the remaining demon. They are really tough huh.
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### Knight Commander ###
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I am Mavis, the knight commander serving the royal family, a proud warrior struggling to this position from a mere adventurer.
I earn this rank with my own power so I respect hard work and power.
I thought I had seen all kind of level of power in the world. Even the demons, being as strong as they are, are still comprehensible.
But today, my eyes was opened to another realm of power. The hero even in her cripple state was still so powerful, so overwhelming.
The demons got eradicated as her support direct her attack through the clearing leave nothing behind except for a few demon, and they are alive because the beam didn't touch them.
"Soldiers, there are only about 10 demons left! Get them!" The hero's suppport speak loudly while flying in the air, the hero's eyes are still glowing after the attack.
"O-OHH! SOLDIER, CHARGE!" I quickly gather myself and give out order.
Our hero is incredible, straightforward and honest, we can't disappoint her now!
Today will be the day we retaliate, the day the demons are pushed back.
"For our goddess of war! CHARGE!"
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### Archmage Walter POV ###
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We messed up! No one can guess that the demon will be attacking here so soon.
Our army in the capital is not that large and the border army can't get here in time.
If this is fate then I will at least make time for the heroes to escape, they are our last hope.
All the soldiers we can gather at the moment are here in a defense formation.
We can already see the demons marching here.
Our army prepare themselves and I prepare a siege magic but suddenly the demons army change their direction, heading straight toward the summoning tower.
Wait! Can it be that they somehow know about the hero summoning? Their aim was the heroes. So they lure us all here to attack the heroes?
They are not ready! Oh god, is this the end? The army can't be mobilized there fast enough.
"Lucy, tell the tower about the changed situation."
Her face is pale but can still work properly. Lucy is my most talent student but I didn't have enough time to teach her at all.
I was prepared to ride the horse there but suddenly I feel magical waves run past me.
Looking up I see a dome shape barrier swallows the whole army! What monstrous magical prowess!
"Ha ha ha... Stupid human! You are all caught in a cage. We will kill your heroes first and kill you all later, I will bring their head as souvenirs for you. HA HA HA!"
There was some loud mouth dark sleek figures in the sky. Damn them!
I try to destroy the barrier of course but there was like TEN more demons maintaining the damn thing.
About 1 hour later I suddenly feel a source of large power in the tower direction and then The forest busted up and vaporized along with the demons, we all look on in shocked.
"Master, the tower said it's was the hero's attack!" Lucy shouts out the new, a few soldiers near her hear it and spread it further.
"That was the hero? H-How?" I grab the crystal ball in her hands and ask the mage in the tower.
[Y-Yes, Archmage. The hero's support Hikari bring her on the front line, the hero's eyes begin to glow brightly and a blue energy ball was gathered in front of her then she shoot it out in a large beam bigger than her, her support helped her direct and sweep it across the clearing.]
Unbelievable! Even in that condition, that A2 girl can still do that? She is indeed the hero after all, how strong will she become when she is recovered.
And that Hikari girl too, to be a support for a hero this strong, she must be quite something too.
The demon maintaining the barrier has already run off. But we can't relax yet. The enemy may still be here.
If the goddess send us someone that strong then how strong is the enemy?
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### Hikari POV ###
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The remaining demons are routed out quickly. We still need to help the soldiers deal with some demons too, well, I just use Emperor's Death Beam to snipe them from the sky.
With everything done, we leave the after match to the knight commander and fly back to the tower.
Princess Alicia is now looking at us with a fan girl look, the maids behind her too.
We greet her and excuse ourselves to our room to rest.
When we are in the room, I face A2.
"There were still a dozen stronger presents moving away from here. What do you want to do about them?"
She looks at me.
"Why ask me now? Can't you just deal with them?"
"No, no A2. Remember, you are the real hero here, I am just a tag along." I place her in the chair.
"I will help you but you must get used to be the one making decision. So what should we do?"
She looks up to the celling and thinking for a while.
"Let them retreat, they will report this battle to their leader. With our performance, they will be more careful and think twice before attacking us."
She looks me in the eyes.
"… You will be fine but the people here need the time to prepare. And I will need a new body to take action from now on."
"Now that is the spirit, you will become a fine hero. I will complete the lab and have your body ready at tomorrow night."
"!That's fast! How do you do it?"
"That's trade secret. And you know, today I haven't put much effort in making things, busy planning the lab and all that." Heh, I will make a secret room later.
Ugh! I have to be careful to not become a Dr. Gero!
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END OF CHAPTER 04
I was planning to kill of the bull commander but I want to give the demons more information about our heroes to plan against them, or else the demons will be defeated quickly after all.
So here is the news.
I will begin to post a chapter at the end of the week, my vacation is over. I will try to write more when I can. For now it will be weekly.
Thank for reading.
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