When they burst out of the tree line and neared the city they realized they were too late. They arrived from the North east but from the South East, an army pushed against the city with overwhelming forces, nearly ten times the kingdoms armies themselves. "This can't be real." Ace said as he drove towards the cities wall.
The sounds of clashing metal and screams fills the air. The farm field is littered with wounded fighters, gore and weapons. Red, brown and gray are the new colors of what was once a serene farm field, which has now become the stage of a cruel war. The air which was filled with the sounds of playing children and small rivers and nature's wildlife is now heavy with the screams of dying fighters and the scent of their blood, the mere sense of it will make you want to run. An army of Thorn mercenaries and an army of HIldian knights fight each other. The Thorns for domination and the Knights for survival. It is an all-out blood bath, but the victor is obvious. The dead of the losing side lay in large groups across the farm field and the faces of the fighters are grim with pain and horror, they continue to fight, but their fight is a hopeless one. With victory becoming more and more likely the winning side fights even harder and with more tenacity. Some have succumbed to fatigue and are doing all they can to force their body in motion, while others long for the end of this battle. The toll on both nature and humanity is tragic. It'll likely take decades before this farm field will have recovered. It's clear metal, gore and blood have taken the place of plants, trees and bushes.
Ace and the others watched as they drove towards the cities walls, the insane amount of Thorns swarm out of the trees. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands. "How are there so many?" Harley asked as they reached the walls. Ace and Maya parked their archangels atop the walls and Ace quickly came up with a plan. "Maya and Azreal go tell the king we're here to help! Burberry take the far right! Harley and take the left! I got the center!" Ace said as he ran and jumped off the city wall.
As he fell down to the ground he saw a familiar shape in the distance. The same red haired man stepped out of a black portal along with six others. A woman with white hair, one with red hair, two men each having light and dark blue hair, a woman with purple hair, and a smaller girl with black tentacles. "Let's have some fun!" Asura spoke and they all spit up. Asura stood there watching as Ace ran up. "There you are! Thought you'd miss the show!" Asura yelled, excited for the upcoming battle. They both took off running and began their attack on the Thorn forces.
They both combined attacks with precision which only amplified their power. Asura tore through hordes of mercenaries with his bare hands while Ace sliced and diced them with his knives. Ace turned to see Asura running towards him and he put his hands out. Asura planted his foot in Ace's palms and Ace threw him high into the air. Asura did a backflip and then put his hands close together and slammed into the ground, creating a shockwave that annihilated the enemy forces. Ace quickly tied both four of the knives. Two to his hands and two to his ankles. He used this to reach enemies farther away.
Ace looked to the right to see Burberry sawing through a squadron of soldiers next to the purple haired woman who seemed to maneuver a purple gas the seemed to melt the Thorns. Next to them were the two men who tied their magic together to form a lightning cyclone that sucked and crushed the Thorns. To the left, the crimson haired woman masterfully cut down numerous forces with her great sword, dodging each attack, parrying others, laying waste to everything. Next to her was the white haired woman who summoned blades off solid ice and rained them down on the Thorns.
He was snapped out of observation when a massive armored giant stepped over above him. The giant had two horns that twisted towards the sky and two others that left from where the eyebrows would be. It was covered in a black iron armor that had a skull etched out in the center. "WOOHOO ARMADA GRACES THE BATTLEFIELD!" Asura yelled as he clapped as the giant started to slice against the Thorns with two blades on the gauntlets. "Armada?" Ace asked himself but Asura over heard him. "It's just Nadalia. It nothing but her controlling a massive hunk of metal but it might just be the sexiest goddamn things I've ever seen." Asura said.
They all defended against the Thorns but they never seemed to end. They continued to pour out of the trees endlessly. A foghorn was heard in the distance and Asura snapped his fingers. Which signaled all the other six to solely focus on the Thorn forces on the ground. An airship with the Thorn banners hanging off graced the battlefield. A ring was heard which meant the speakers of the ship turned on. "Well well if this isn't such a pleasant surprise. My toys right here, no need to go looking for it." Shara spoke through the speakers. "Fuck you!" Ace yelled back.
All the Thorn forces stopped and gathered at the tree line and Shara jumped from the airship to the ground. "There's nothing you can do to stop me brother! I'm giving you one last chance to join me or join the others writhing in the dirt as the filth you mortals are!" Shara yelled. "We're the same race! Don't ace like your something different!" Ace yelled back. "I am something different! Something much more powerful than you!" Shara yelled as he raised both hands into the air.
The Thorn members seemed to double, then triple, then quadruple. "I have stolen the gift of freedom! Stole it from time him fucking self! The Thorns will stand forever! There is nothing you can do to stop me!" Shara yelled and then laughed like a madman. He then dropped his hands and all the Thorn member's heads snapped and they were dragged to in front of him, forming a pile of dead bodies. "But first! I want you all to myself!" Shara said.
"Why are you doing?!" Ace demanded. "I'll tell you why! Envy is everywhere! I embody that Envy! Animals envy man for being man! A pauper envies a lord whom is of high esteem and rich! A lord envies a king who commands armies and rules over a kingdom! A king envies a god whom all men must bend knee! A god envies what a god can never have! To be born of the light! I envy a single god! That one right fucking next to you!" Shara said. Ace turned to see Asura standing there, hands in his pockets, smiling at Shara. "He's the one who's done wrong here! That… that filth! Needs to be cut down and made holy. The good die and the cruel live! That's how he's made this world! Join me and we'll destroy his flawed world and him along with it!" Shara said.
Ace turned to Asura and started to step back. Asura snapped his fingers and removed his power from hiding. It was like nothing Ace had even fathomed of existing. A tidal wave of blood lust and want of destruction covered the battlefield. It drained all life from everything around him. Grass, trees, even the sky itself and the battlefield was plunged into darkness, lit up by the sky holding a cluster of crimson moons. "Some say my work is flawed. But their train of though is what's flawed!" Asura spoke. "I doubt he's even told you the whole story! He's known for back stabbing!" Shara yelled. "Me and you Ace, are brothers of the same blood. Our father, that Alvar wasn't even our father! Our true father is that monster standing next to!" Shara yelled. Ace turned to Asura who continued to smile at Shara. "He bedded a mortal woman, our mother, after a night of drinking. We are of unholy blood and we have him to blame! I demand compensation for his acts! We should be the ones on his throne!" Shara said.
"Well play times over. Time for you two boys to settle this." Asura spoke. "I leave it up to you." He said as the moons seemed to liquidated and drip from the sky. The drops landed on Ace, which imbued him with more power. A golden smoke rose from the ground and a spirit appeared in the shape of a man. The man flew around Ace before entering his body. The combination of Asura's power and this spirit finalized Ace's rise in power to the title of, Husk of Judgement incarnate. Asura decided to have a little fun and snapped his fingers to expand Ace's physical body to the size of a giant. Shara, seeing this, retaliated with his own surge of power and also growing in size.
"So Ace! Answer me will you join me!? Cast down the false gods!?" Shara demanded. "Shara! You've ravished countless cities! Crushed our homes! And destroyed countless lives! The atrocities you've committed against the mortals are abhorrent and unforgivable and demand swift sovereign justice! You've cast a thousand sins and one! You play god but you're no deity! But because you are my brother! I am issuing one final warning to you Shara! Leave this place… or die!" Ace spoke, standing his ground. "
"Bring it motherfucker! There's no difference between me and you! I still have an ace up my sleeve!" Shara yelled before charging towards Ace. Ace charged as well and met him with a running punch. Shara didn't even recoil in pain but instead attacked with a knee to the chest. Ace quickly kicked Shara in the side of the face and punched him in the chest. All the others, including Asura and the other six were watching from the city wall. They were astonished something that big could move that fast. After throwing attacks back and forth at each other, Ace grabbed both of Shara's wrist and did a headbutt that echoed throughout the open field, then another before reeling back and punching Shara in the face.
Shara quickly jumped back up and kicked Ace in the jaw, sending his massive body into the air. When he came back down, Shara kicked him in between the shoulder blades and sent him flying towards the city. Ace hit the wall right next to the others and got up and started to charge Shara. Shara tried to grab Ace but he dodged underneath his arms and was now behind him. He slammed his fist into Shara's back and then picked him up and held him against his chest by the bottom of his thighs. He then threw Shara into the air and jumped up with him. He grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and slammed him back down against the earth.
Shara quickly put his legs up as he hit the earth and pushed himself up with his hands, kicking Ace in the stomach. Ace flew backwards but caught himself on the ground. He looked up and barley dodged a running kick from Shara. Ace jumped up and grabbed Shara from behind again. This time he put an arm up underneath Shara's and the other arm around Shara's neck before lifting him up, spinning, and slamming his face against the city wall. Shara held his face in pain and slowly got up and turned to see Ace mid punch. Shara blocked and pushed it away and then grabbed Ace by the throat with both hands. He pulled Ace down to the ground so hard he bounced back up and then jumped up to drop down with all his weight on Ace's back.
Shara grabbed Ace by the throat again and picked him up. He then punched him three times in the ribs and lifted him higher and slammed him down into the city wall. Ace quickly got up and kicked Shara's feet out from under him. He jumped over Shara and grabbed both arms and led them behind Shara's back as if held by handcuffs. He lifted him up off the ground high into the air before falling backwards, slamming Shara down on his neck resulting in a snap that even the group heard.
Shara slowly got up and punched Ace in the face with his right hand, then the left, and then upper cut him which made Ace fall to his knees. Shara grabbed him by his hair and lifted him off the ground, reeled back and punched Ace straight in the face. Ace landed on his feet and counted Shara's next punch and countered with his own straight to Shara's face. Shara turned around in pain which allowed Ace to punch him in the right kidney. He then reeled back and punched him in the back of the head, then reeled back even more before punching him straight in the tail bone. Ace grabbed him by the underside of his fore arms and lifted him up. He then kneed him in the tail bone before jumping into the air and slamming Shara down into the earth.
He then turned Shara around and punched him straight in the face, leaned all the way back and head butted him so hard Shara. He picked Shara up and put Shara's head underneath his left arm and bent him backwards, then elbowing him in the ribs and kneeing him in the back. He grabbed Shara by the throat and choke slammed him into the ground so that he bounced back up and grabbed the back of his neck and choke slammed him again into the city wall. Shara was completely out for the count after this and Ace decided he'd finish this.
He lifted Shara up and then kicked him in the ribs which made Shara step back. Ace ran and jumped up and planted his foot on Shara's right shoulder and jumped into the air and show boated by spinning around before falling back down and before he hit the ground, grabbed Shara's head with his feet and lifted him over himself and slammed him back to the Earth. Ace now stood with Shara's head between his feet and turned to look at the others looking on in awe. He stared at Asura before twisting his legs and snapping Shara's neck completely, killing him. "The difference between me and you is that I'm still standing bitch!" Ace said triumphantly.
The power of Shara needed a husk to manifest and tried to connect with Ace which ended very badly. The combination of three different powers was too much for Ace's physical body. The overwhelming power caused his body to overload and the powers ended up destroying him. The power deteriorated his very and he exploded to a combination of Red, gold, and green ash. He woke up again in the same sea of red roses.