Me: Yo! Wassup, guys? As you can see from the title, the Elgang head into Hamel for their first time! (Except for Chung.) Don't need any extra author notes n' stuff here, so yeah, enjoy~!
Elsword: Shark, c'mon, tell the reader...
Me: W-wha? Tell the reader... what?
Elsword: You know. 'THAT'.
Me: Oh, THAAAT. Yeah, no spoilers.
Elsword: *Flips off*
Me: *Throws several knives at his tendons*
Elsword: NOT AGAAAAAIIINNNN!
Me: Hahahaha...! :D
Xen's POV
"...God! I can't take all this water at all! I feel like I'm gonna die if I touch too much water!" I complain and rant while we enter Hamel for the first time, but I was the only one complaining, as everyone else was enjoying the 'oh-so very beautiful scenery' to their eyes, but all I see is the death of me.
So you might be wondering, "Xen! How can you not like such a beautiful scenery such as Hamel? I bet if the author of the story were to come to Hamel, he would LOVE it, and it'd be BEAUTIFUL!"? Well, as you notice, I have Hellfire and Electricity Powers, so they aren't exactly, 'good for my health'. Fire is put out by water, and Hellfire can be turned to Purefire (Don't ask, you'll learn later in the story.) when it comes into contact with a certain amount of water. Electricity spreads through water faster than a common man having to release inner-waste from their bowels after eating one too many burritos and tacos on a Taco Tuesday, and the electricty will kill everything in the water, including the lightning caster.
Anyways, the first person we were greeted by was Penensio, Red Cross Guard. "Hello, El Search Party. We are aware you are here to help us with our problem." He says.
"Yep! We're the exterminators, here to get rid of your Demon Infestation!" I say with one of the stupidest grins you might ever see in your life, earning me 8 hits on the head, from butts of swords to slaps across the face. I lay on the ground, my head literally steaming from the hits, which left 8 bumps on my head and face.
"Yeah, where do we start, man?" Elsword asks with a grin that isn't even half as stupid as mine.
"Here, at Resiam Outskirts." Penensio says, whom had pulled out a map and pointed at a dot, saying 'Resiam Outskirts'. "We think that the Shadow Master, an elite demon at the end of the dungeon, is helping command the demons. Go, and take him down."
"Alright, then what?" I say
"W-what?"
"Yea, you heard me, man, then what?"
"Well... You'll need to head to Ancient Waterway. There, you'll find a guardian corrupted by Dark El. Defeat him and you can get him out of your way so you can continue disposing of the demon army. Then, head to Magmanta's Cave. Past it will be Frozen Temple, as we believe it's the last place to go until you reach Halls of Water, where Ran resides."
"So, go to Resiam Outskirts, beat stuff up. Head to Ancient Waterway, beat more stuff up. Continue to Magmanta's Cave then to Frozen Temple, keep beating stuff up. Then stop at Halls of Water, and stop the army once and for all by keep on beating more stuff up." I say with a blank face. "Yeah, sounds simple enough."
"Wait, Xen, it would be much faster if we all split up into different areas. Half the team to the Outskirts, other half to Ancient Waterway. Then get back together at Magmanta's Cave." Raven says simply, and everyone nods in agreement.
We decided that Elsword, Raven, Eve, and Rena head to Ancient Waterway. Chung, Ara, Aisha, and Elesis head to Resiam Outskirts, as it will be much easier. "If one of the sides are in an emergency, the other half needs to come there." Raven announces.
I blurt out a question, "Hey, uh, What do I do in this..?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, we figure that wherever area we are at in both dungeons has large amount of water, and we know you can't do much there. Penensio sent Red Knights to Magmanta's Cave for Recon, but they never returned. So we're sending you, Xen, to rescue them. And remember that you will be there to RESCUE, not engage into fights and blow up everything you see there."
"Oh, cool, who else is comin'?"
Everyone else looked at eachother scratching their heads in silence and Raven broke the ice, "We're sending you alone. SOLO." I felt like someone dropped an enormous lead anchor on my back.
"S... Solo..?" I say. Raven nods. "W... Without... destroying... anything..?" I stutter. Raven nods again.
"Ahah... No... NO way in hell am I goin' in there solo unaggressive! Im gonna die!"
"Fine, if you're in an emergency, use your powers, but don't destroy the cave itself, as it'll cave in."
"Better."
"However, you must return to Hamel Capital with the rescued Red Knights and wait for us to return. Then lead us through the path to Frozen Temple."
"Aww, man, bu-"
"No. Stay in Hamel."
"Uggghh, Fine..." I whine like a 5-year-old.
Then we split up, 1 Half heads to one place, 1/3 of a half heads to another, and 1 heads to another area. Alone. And that 1 person is me. So we went off in halves with our own missions. I wasn't too happy with my part, but I think I can rewrite this script...
Elesis' POV
I don't think we should be going seperated, much less with Xen on by himself. The Red Knights went into Magmanta's Cave in groups and were even able to defend theirselves, yet they still never returned. If a Red Knight which as much skill as Xen, if not more, were to venture in alone, they'd die. Don't get me wrong; Xen is tough and willing to break rules and burn thing to the ground, but he's completely helpless when scared, and he hates spiders, which happen to infest Magmanta's Cave. I wonder if I should've come with him.
"Here we are, Resiam Outskirts. It seems completely empty, though..." Ara says as she looks around. Then Shadows suddenly surround us, and we find ourselves elsewhere. Aisha and Chung are clinging onto eachother, confused. Ara stands with her spear ready, and I look around with flames in my hands.
We hear a deep voice laugh, semi-monotoned. Spheres made of shadows appear on the ground. We look at them, confused. Then spikes erupt from the spheres and puncture through out clothes and poking at our bodies behind them. Chung tries to block with his destroyer but only for it to gain a new hole. Literally. I grunt and as the other 3 are hurt from the spikes, which explode inside our small wounds, making the pain worsen. A figure emerges from a large shadow sphere; The Shadow Master.
"That's... our target..?" Aisha says between coughs. I nod.
"Egh... Yeah." I say, as I hope that the other half of the team and Xen are having better luck than we do.
Xen's POV
I am NOT having a better time! I walk around Magmanta's Cave, cutting random Spider Eggs, and it's either a Red Knight in it or a batshit crazy spider-crab hybrid thing, but the Spider-Crabs I find would get killed by the Red Knights I rescue. And I am absoLUTEY TERRIFIED of them. Anyways, I gather up all of the Red Knights I've rescued. "Everyone here?" I ask the Red Knights that I have rescued, and they all nod.
"Good, now get your armored ends outta this cave and back to Hamel. I'mma goin' to the end of this place!" I say. Some look at eachother, then at me worryingly. "Bu-" One of them tries to protest, but I interrupt by holding up my hand to him with a baby spider-crab thing in hand, which my hands shake, since, of course Elesis told, I am arachnophobic. "Talk to the baby Spider-Crab, bro. Now go." I say while I toss the baby Spider-Crab aside, wiping my hand on my pants furiously. "Grossgrossgrossgrossgross..." I say to myself, as I watch the group of Red Knights leave in their whole group.
I turn and walk through a tunnel leading to an enormous and surprisingly organized room, with a stone path surrounded by ice. I look around and say to myself, "Tch... Reminds me of Warren...". I look up and see a giant spider-crab fall from the ceiling and impacts with the ground, and it roars. I look at it, as several smaller Spider-Crabs appear around it, roughly, oh I don't know... 500... give or take?
I stare in horror, mouth dropped to the ground. I summon Hellfire and Lightning in my hands, until I remember what Raven said, "And remember that you will be there to RESCUE, not engage into fights and blow up everything you see" Ugh, dammit, Raven... I turn and run out of the room, while I'm being chased by hybrid Spider-Crabs. I scream as hundreds of them chase me, and I head towards the entrance. I get to it and stand behind it and forces it closed, and leaves a sturdy and a little bit thin tree trunk between the handles. "Ooooh thank god i'm outta there.." I say, and I face the way I came through to get to the cave in the first place and I walk through it. Hmm... Should I follow the plan and head to Hamel and wait for the others, or decide against it and help the Half at Ancient Waterway...? Because i'm getting a bad feeling about it... I head through the path I took, as I have decided my plan.
3rd Person POV
Meanwhile Elesis, Chung, Aisha, and Ara are being assaulted by the Shadow Master, and Xen is making a mischevious plan, Elsword, Raven, Eve, and Rena were doing just as badly.
"Dammit, this thing won't let up!" Elsword says while shooting runes at it and launching a large blue magical sword down on it, "Luna Blade!" He yells while draining mana from the beast, known as Tarnavash of Light, which was corrupted by the Dark El. Each attack blown against it seemed to have no avail including Luna Blade. The Tarnavash summoned bubbles from the ground and bought up Elsword into the air and the bubbles burst, and he is dropped to the ground, freezing cold. Raven rams into it with his Nasod Arm, catching it off balance. Eve threw Nasod Spears at it, and it then disappears.
"Did we beat it?" Raven says to Eve.
"No, I do not think so. Something that was once a Guardian of Light should not be defeated as easy as that." Eve replies. The Tarnavash reappears incthe air and slashes downwards, giving Raven a gash across his chest and his shirt as he is thrown backwards, flat on his back. The Tarnavash swipes again, but this time at Eve, who blocks with a pair of Nasod Spears, but still got launched back.
"Sharp Fall!" Rena says as she jumps behind the Tarnavash and drops ontop of it, leaving it stunned. She gives it a good, hard blow to the face with her foot, making it slide back. The Tarnavash retaliates by ramming into Rena, blowing her back next to Raven, Eve, and Elsword. It creates bubbles around them, and the bubbles burst, freezing their feet and their bodies partially on the spot, making them unable to move. "Crap, I can't move! We're stuck!" Elsword exclaims, as a light glow surrounded with electricty ontop of the Tarnavash's tail.
"It... It's gonna blow us off the ground!" Raven says, struggling to break free of the ice covering his feet. Lightning surges and fires, inches away from the four. Just then, something redirects the thunder and surges towards a person holding Elsword and Raven's weapons in both of his hands and lightning strikes the metal, then electrocuting the person wielding the two swords as lightning rods. The person then stabs the weapons in the ground and charges at the Corrupted Guardian.
"Thunder Lance!" The person exlcaims as he jumps in the air, turns upside down, and dives into the Tarnavash's back with an aura surrounding him that is shaped like a spear, and impales himself into the beast, and a crater forming under the Tarnavash. At that same moment, Elsword, Rena, Raven, and Eve's feet thawed from their ice, and looks to see the attacker. "Hah, like hell i'd stay in Hamel while you guys sit around having all the fun fighting!" He exclaims proudly. He walks up to the four. "Xen..!" Elsword exclaims. "Jeez, your guys' asses were gettin' handed to ya pretty bad by this wierd thing. Looks like I made the right choice to come here and not to the cave, huh?" Xen says.
Raven looked angry for a second due to Xen not following the original plan, but then grinned. "Thanks."
Xen looked back to the Tarnavash. "I think I'll have to put this thing down..." He says as he summon a Hellfire Whip, surrounded by electricity. "Alright, you... whatever you are... I dunno from WHICH freak Zoo or Circus you came from, i'm puttin' ya back in the cage you belong in!" He charges at the Tarnavash, which summons the bubbles from the ground. "Xen, watch out! Those bubbles freeze you!" Elsword says. "Yeah, I got this!" Xen explains as he evades them and cracks his sparking Hellfire whip at the beast and tangles it. "Exploding Entanglement!" Xen pulls the whip and the explosions occur on the Tarnavash and all over the area around it. Amazing, We were getting beaten up hard, and there were four of us... and yet Xen defeated the Tarnavash all by himself after, and he wasn't even left with a scratch... No wonder sis let him join the team, what a guy...! Elsword thinks to himself as Hellfire explodes on the Tarnavash and around it, and it falls to it's side. "Now, we got half the team waitin' while they're kicking asses without us... I think we should go help 'em out." Xen says with a grin as he turns towards the same way he entered, which was by blasting a hole in the wall. However, he doesn't use the same wallhole. Instead, he blasts another hole in the wall and walks through, with the other 4 Elgang members following.
They walk right into a large area of orange looking stone, shaped like a circle, surrounded by water. The water drains and the large area starts to drop in a slow yet fast speed, as demons drop from the air and onto the platform. "Crap, ambush!" Xen exclaims. He tosses Raven and Elsword's weapons towards their owners as they ready their weapons.
"I'm fired up enough to shock these guys into next year!" Xen says.
"Let's kick 'em until they can't move!" Rena announces
"I think it's time these guys are fired from their jobs!" Elsword exclaims with a Flaming rune in his hand."
"We'll crush them!" Raven yells.
"Queen's Throne; Activated. I recommend that these demons leave before they are terminated." Eve says.
All five charge towards the ambushing demons, yelling their battlecries.
Me: Oof! Finally that's done with! Hoped you guys enjoyed, until next time! Peace! :D
Xen: So, I hate spiders and water?
Me: Yep! And you'll really hate next chapter, Xen!
Xen: W-what, why?
Me: You'll see! :D
Next Time: The Sunken Resiam!
Xen: Wait, 'Sunken'? THERE'S GONNA BE LOTS OF WATER THERE! HELP!
Me: Nope! No escaping, Xen
Xen: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
-=End of Transmission=-
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