AN : Thanks everyone for the continued support ! Honnestly, reading review and seeing the reaction of people to my story is something I enjoy, thinking about what to make ambiguous so that people can make theories of whats going to happen is also a pretty funny thing to do, all in all, the reaction to this story you guys have is great, and I shall continue to update it for as long as I can !
A little QnA,
BiazarKaiser : My old story are cringy things in Wattpad of all things, I deleted some of them, while I do have a backup, I don't want anyone thinking less of me for writing story that today I would be embarassed to show, lol.
If it's about the one for later, it will probably be about a MC reincarnating as one of the Siu sibling, it seems to be what people want me to write the most, so I'll probably do that.
Guest : 'Got a question the previous omake you made, will you have a continuation of it atleast? Like the reaction of several countries to what happened to kazdel? Or the sarkaz version of him visiting buldrokas'tee?'
While yes, I do intend to continue my 'What if ?' stories, it's not going to come soon. What you stated tho, is probably something I'm going to write in the next omake of this 'What if ?'.
worldbusk11s : I love LobCorp, it's one of my favorite games, the Chibi style is great but the graphic style of Library of Ruina is even better, I think. 'A' is a fascinating character, and 'Angela' is a really well written antagonist. I won't spoil anything there, but LobCorp is a great game !
For people wishing to know what the weapon he was talking about looked like - 'Twilight' of the 'Birds of the Apocalypse'.
Well then, now, let's begin !
Oh, and one last thing, I want to get better at writing romance, because of this, I'm thinking of doing One Shots, (2-3k words max probably) not smut tho, (I have 0 confidence in writing smut) so if you have any one shot you want me to write, of your fav character x Anyone, either dm me or write it in the review, I'll take a week or two for any commision, so it'll force me to write decent romance. Well, don't expect the first few to be that good.
Anyway, it's time, so, once again :
Let's begin !
It's dark out.
Although...
Yeah, it's impossible to sleep like that...
"UrGh..."
The moan of pain of Andoain, the thing that infected him is still inside, as I expected, so he is kind of fucked.
That's kind of a pain in the ass, since I need to help him but I have 0 idea what to do...
Well, let's do the only thing you can do in this situation.
I knelt.
And started to pray.
"*whisper* Please, pray to you every time I need a SSR on a banner with the character I want, and you only failed me like, a dozen time, so, just this once, please help me out here RNGesus... Give me, like, some kind of Deus Ex Machina..."
*Rustle*
Wait, is it working ?
...
Out of the bushes come out someone I have seen only once in game, in a event that forced me to bring LapDumb every where, (Cause I didn't have Jaye E2 but I had LapDumb E2) and I remeber clearly the thing that's clearly overcompensing for something.
That giant Anchor.
Why use a anchor to fight ?
I don't know. And honnestly, I have seen weirder stuff used as a weapon, so I can't really say anything about it.
So, yeah, Ulpian, Abyssal Hunter here.
...
Holy shit that's an Abyssal Hunter.
Thank you god !
...
... I have a feeling that someone actually answeard that, and I don't like that...
Anyway, yeah, Abyssal Hunter, solution to my problem !
"... Who are you ? Why are Sankta here ?"
"On a mission, what's someone from the deep sea doing here ?"
"... On a mission."
"Hey, something in common, how about helping us and I help you out ?"
"... You know what, sure."
... That was easy.
Didn't even question that I knew he was an Aegir.
Well, don't look at a gift horse in the mouth !
"So, my problem is a little bit more pressing, since you can probably hear it from here."
"Is it about the guy in pain ?"
"Yeah, something from the sea got inside his head or something, I don't actually know since he was captured when that happened."
"Captured ? By who ?"
"A Heretic, using our church to spread a false prophet... Or something."
"... Or something ?"
"I'm the muscle, I don't really think about that stuff, my job is shooting at anything that moves."
"I see. Well, he was probably infected, I can deal with it easily if it was less than a week."
"We were only here for 2 days so it's probably good."
"Alright, show me to him."
And show it to him I do, since it's a small walk from the forest to the camp, it doesn't take more than a minute.
"Here."
"Urgh..."
"Mhm, I see, yeah, it seemed like he was intended for sacrifce, nothing to actually turn him, just to preserve him."
"I see, so, you can just take it out and it'll be done ?"
"Essentialy."
Nice, actual progress for once.
...
Wow he put his hand in his mouth.
And he is taking iT-
HOLY SHIT.
THAT THING IS HUGE.
That was in his head ?!
It's like, a small squid tentacule thing.
It's still living, if the movement of the tentacule is anything to go by.
Aaaaand he stabed it.
"... It's done."
"Thanks, so what are you doing here ?"
"Just point me towards those guys."
"Them ? They are all dead."
"... Dead ?"
"Yeah, killed them all."
"... Seriously ? And no tentacle things poped out ?"
"Nope."
"... Can you point where their corpses are ?"
"Sure. Follow me."
I guide him towards the cave.
"Here, those four here are his pals, they all went down with a shot in their forehead."
"I see. Well, it seems like they didn't morph yet. I shall investigate further. Your help was appreciated, but it's time for us to part ways."
"Wait, can we met again in a more formal setting ? Laterano is still trying to find a way to talk to Aegir, if you could at least hear us out it would be great."
"... I'll think about it. Maybe in a couple of years."
"Why ?"
"We are... In a dangerous position right now."
"Dangerous ? Are you attacked by another faction ?"
That wasn't in the game tho ? Wait, is it the time ?!
"Not exactly. I can't say more, but until we replenish our numbers there will be no communication from the outside."
I see. So it has already happened huh ?
Ishar-mla is dead.
Well, as dead as a god can be.
It's probably nesting in Skadi right now.
I shoud find her to find a way to get rid of Ishar-mla completly. Having one of the 4 first borns completly dead should be for the best...
Well, that's what I was planning to use the Chalice for anyway, so keeping it really wasn't a waste.
...
Well, they were trying to revive 'someone', so I should have guessed already...
"I see. Well, it's shame but I had to try as an offical of Laterano. I won't purse this anymore, so I'll let you do what you need to do."
"Thank you for understanding. Maybe some time on land isn't so bad afterall."
"Wakey, wakey, Captain."
"Mhmm... What's happening ..?"
"You're out of that cave and we finnished our mission, so we're comming back to Laterano, we waited until you were awake to start moving, but you were taking to much time so I woke you up."
"..."
"What ?"
"What time is it ?"
"About 1:30 pm ?"
"I see. Let's go."
"Wow, back on your feet that fast I see !"
"Don't bother, Dante."
"Come on, Captain, let's go !"
"*sigh* Yes, let us go."
And with that, the mission came to a stop.
...
The way back wasn't intersting at all.
The two year following it wasn't either.
Routine honnestly.
Not much time on the front line, even tho we were one of the most powerfull team.
Frontline, you ask ?
Well, Angel vs Devil, you see ?
So we went to Kazdel to kill some Sarkaz.
Mostly of the Sarkaz Court tho, we're not THAT barbaric.
It was a massacre, not gonna lie.
Durandal is hella good.
It cut through steel like if it was air, and I can manage to cut a building in half with a single swing of it.
Joyeuse is a little more... Intersting.
It depend of the sword mood I guess.
Some day, I can simply cut apart anything with it, other time it's more dull than a butter knife.
Well, I'll get the hang of it someday.
As for Ulpian's offer, nothing really came of it, we didn't even manage to contact him.
Altough I know where he currently is, the manner of why I know isn't something I should divulge.
Since I know about Ishar-mla and all that jazz.
So I refrained.
I gained a couple medal of honnors, even got a nice cosy promotion, and the possibility of being a high seat of the council in the future.
Just kidding, I'm still a fallen !
Yeah, I did get medals and promotion, but a seat in the council ?
No chance, not even in my dreams.
And my code name...
Geez, I know they suck at code name with Fiammeta, but why 'Nihil'...
Is it because I'm a fallen ?
... Of course it's because I'm a fallen...
Anyway, I met Exusia this year.
It was a party for our group promotion, so we invited friends.
That I don't have.
So yeah, akward when I didn't bring anyone.
Even Andoain had someone come with him.
It was a fucking CARDINAL too.
Apprerantly, they are friend since high school.
...
Yes it was akward.
Although yeah, the party was great.
The ending tho...
Turns out drinking cause problem.
Good, and bad.
Bad because I was punched.
Good because... Well, who wouldn't like waking it with a girl on each side ?
I'll give you a hint, One had red hair, the other blue hair.
Sadly, nothing TOO Spicy.
We were clothed (Mostly, we were in underwear).
Tho Mostima has taken a video of me and Fia making out.
...
She was REALLY drunk.
And I learnt something too.
Fia is Bi, considering my wallpaper is a photo of Mostima and Fia kissing.
How I got it ?
Don't ask me, I don't know.
Apperently, Andoain does.
He refuse to tell me, and I don't know why.
Something to do with a request ?
Anyway, that night was great, even if I blacked out half way, and woke up in a bed with two girls.
I also learnt that the Cardinals don't have a vow of celibacy here.
If the hickey on Andoain's neck is any indication.
...
This night aside, the days were just repetitve.
Wake up, train, eat, mission, eat, sleep.
Although I had "THAT" day in mind, stressing over it for the first year didn't do me any good, so I just pushed it aside.
What is the day I'm refering to ?
Well, this one.
"What do you mean you let Andoain, Lemuen and Mostima go alone to Kazdel ? Are you retarded, fire bird ?"
"What, you think they can't take care of themselves ? It's not even IN Kazdel, the both of us are needed somewhere else, they are just visiting some ruins or something."
"Urgh, nevermind, I'm going there, I need to get there."
"Wait, what are you talking about ? What's happening ?"
"J-just, just hold on to my cloak."
"W-wait, wha- "
I took her in a princess carry and started to fly towards the area as fast as possible.
If I'm fast enough, I can maybe get there in time...
"W-wait, stop !"
As for the flight ? I'm actually moving the blades in my shoes.
Yeah, found out that the best weapon, is your body.
Add that with blade in your clothes and the best weapon can be improved !
"-nte ! DANTE !"
"What ?!"
"You Malus nequamque ! Just put me down, and tell me what the hell is happening, you KNOW how much I hate being in the dark about this !" (T/L : 'No good jerk')
"... Did you just called me a jerk ?"
"I in malam crucem." (T/L : 'Go to hell')
"I... YOU KNOW I CAN'T TRANSLATE THOSE INSULTS !"
"Learn old Laterano then, stultissime !" (T/L : Here, it's 'You complete idiot', 'stult' means 'fool' and add issime to any word like 'spurce' wich means 'filth' and you get an insult)
"Urgh, I already told you about WHY I'm doing this !"
"When ?!"
"Tell me, what did I tell you when you asked me about what I thought of Andoain ?"
"That you didn't trust him ?"
"Yeah, and ?"
"... That he was dangerous."
"Yeah, because I have good instinct."
"Just for that ? You would keep your trust away from someone who protected you over and over again just because of instinct ? You could just, i don't know, talk to him about it ?"
"... It's my instinct that allowed me to live for as long as I did. And that instinct isn't the only thing that's pointing towards him being untrustworthy."
"What, then, could justfy all of this shit ?!"
"... He doesn't think of us as 'friends' in the same way you do. He consider us as 'assets'. His minds only see us as 'tools that are useful to Laterano'. He help us because it would be bad for Laterano to lose us, if he were confronted in a situation wether it was us or something Laterano wants, he would always take the latter."
"Y-you... This is what you thought of us ?"
"What."
"I thought you two were the best of friends, and you just throw that out of nowhere ?"
"Girl, I told you multiple time I didn't trust him. Also, I'm right, considering I see him pointing his gun at Mostima."
And true enough, our conversation was long enough that I had the time to get to them in time.
I pull out my gun.
...
But, it seems that someone is faster than me, and I have two choices.
...
Well, I guess I have to make those cookies now. I did promise them to anyone that joined us.
*BANG* *BANG*
"D-Dante ? What are you doing here ?"
"Stoping whatever the fuck you were doing."
"... I see, you always thought I was a threat huh."
"Yes. You always struck me as the kind of guy that think of them as Martyrs. That would sacrifce everything for their goals."
"... Well, it's not like I can deny it."
He gets ready.
... I should kill him.
Lord knows I should just shoot him now.
...
"Get the fuck out of my sight."
"... Excuse me ?"
"No, I don't excuse you. Get the fuck out of my sight before I shoot you down like a rabies infested dog."
"... A what infecte-"
"Shut the fuck up, and leave already !"
"... I see."
I can't belive I'm actually doing this.
"You all wouldn't probably belive me, but those 2 years with you all were some of the best years I lived."
*BANG*
... A bullet at his feet.
"... I shall leave. Thank you, Dante."
"Shut up and run as fast as your feet can carry you, because I won't hold back Fia for very long."
"OH NOW I CAN SAY SOMETHING ?"
He started to run, Fiammeta, as firey as always, start to flail as hard as possible to get away from me.
Well, she can't do shit.
"JUST LET ME AT HIM, THAT TRAMAS PUTIDAS, SCELESTE OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE, I FUCKING TRUSTED YOU, AND YOU STAB US IN THE BACK, YOU PUELLA DEFUTUTA, DAMN YOU !" (T/L : In order, 'Trash', 'Criminal', 'Worn out whore'.)
Holding back a red bird who is on the verge of exploding is as hard as it sounds, thankfully, I'm not the only one here.
"Thanks for the save, Dante."
"COME BACK HERE YOU-"
"No problem. I had the choice of saving Lemuen or making sure you don't fall, I'm sure you can guess why I did what I did."
"Yeah, don't worry, shooting his gun out of his hand so that he couldn't shoot at her was for the best even if..."
"I'LL FUCKING IMPALE YOU-"
"Think you can help calming her down ?"
"Well, the only people she ever listen too are all here, I think we can do something at least."
...
It took us 3 hours to calm her down.
During that time, Lemuen, who fainted from injury and shock, woke up and helped us calm down Fia.
And now, Fia is the one who is sleeping.
Apperently, insulting someone with every known insult takes a lot out of you.
"Dante ?"
"What, Mosti ?"
"I heard there were cookies ?"
"*snort* Mosti, you only think of sweets."
"No, I don't, I also think of normal foods !"
"... I'll treat you to some later. Altought, I'll ask you to pay with information."
"Info ?"
"Yeah, about what the fuck happened."
"... Sure."
And that day was the day I left Laterano.
The difference from canon ?
...
Fia, Lemuen and Mostima decided to follow me.
