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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 205

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

After witnessing his men going down one by one, the leader of the ax-crazy bandits charges towards a distracted Minako Aino to which Finn Mertens, Patrick Star and Brahma Bullworth took notice.

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(Play Undefeated Bahamut Chronicles OST - Hiryuu no Kishi Instrumental)

As the fight continues on down from below, we see Darren Cross and Lux Arcadia soaring through the skies while making their way towards their respective targets.

Darren turns to the former prince, "You know what to do, Lux?'' he reminded.

Lux, currently using his Wyvern Drag-Ride, nodded in response, "Yes." he confirmed, "Good luck." he encouraged.

And with that, the two made their separate ways while heading over their respected targets.

From a distance, Lux saw two Abysses flying towards him, he quickly brought out his gun and fired two shots at the creatures, killing them as quick as possible. Then a stealth-bomber Emotionless charges towards him with the creature letting out a ear-piercing screech but Lux managed to withstand it's noise attack before charging forward and sliced the Emotionless in half which was then followed by explosion. Then a Gargoyle flew towards him but Lux quickly took it out by blasting it with a cannon.

"LUX ARCADIA!" a loud voice called out.

Lux looks up to see Ragreed Forus looking down on him with an angry glare and the former noble is breathing heavily with his eye bags are visibly bigger than before.

"We meet again, Ragreed Forus." Lux greeted in a neutral tone.

"You traitor!" Ragreed yelled in anger, "I'm going to make you pay for betraying the Old Empire!" he exclaimed.

"You already know the answer to that." Lux replied with a calm tone.

This furthered angered Ragreed, "You traitorous bastard..." he uttered with gritted teeth before letting out a smirk, "Well..." he trailed, "... it doesn't matter anymore because I'm going to end you here once and for all." he declared before summoning more Abysses and Aerial-based Emotionless around him, "With these large number of Abysses and large number of this wonderful creatures the Dark Forces lended to me, there is nothing you can do to stop me now from killing you!" he presented in glee.

Lux got into a battle stance, "So you are now part of the Dark Forces, huh?" he pointed out, "How low can you really be?'' he questioned.

"Shut up and die!" Ragreed exclaimed, "Get him!" he ordered and the Abysses & the Emotionless responded by charging towards the former prince.

Three Abysses then surrounded the silver-haired boy but Lux reacted quickly by shooting out a charge cannon which hit all three creatures at once, an Emotionless then charges at him from above but he got out the way before swinging his sword at the creature, beheading it on the process. Then another Gargoyle goes after him to which Lux responded by aiming his cannon at the creature before blasting it to bits and then quickly turning around just in time to shoot an Emotionless coming towards him, killing it instantly.

"It's not over yet, you bastard!" Ragreed shouted before activating several cannons from his Drag-Ride and then firing it towards the former prince, Lux was so busy fending off against the creatures that the attacks hits him directly which causes a large explosion, "AHAHAHA!" the deranged man laughed madly, "That's what you get, you traitor!" he exclaimed while letting out another diabolical laugh but he ceased his laughter when he heard a chanting voice.

"Manifest! Feast on the blood of the Gods, Dragon of death, Sever the Clouds of Heaven! Bahamut!"

And with that, the smoke dispersed which was then replaced by a dark-red flames burning in mid-air while the skies darken and lightning began to struck around the area.

Lux then appears riding a large and dark Drag-Ride called...

"The Jet Black Divine Drag-Ride, Bahamut!" Ragreed exclaimed in shock, "I forgot that you have that!" he admitted.

Meanwhile back in the kingdom, Airi Arcadia, Relie Aingram, Raigree Balheart and several students are seen watching the battle from the top of a tower with the silver-haired girl focused on the area where her brother is fighting.

"Big brother...'' Airi uttered in concern.

"Well..." a voice chimed in, "... this is interesting." the voice commented.

Airi turns to her left and much to her surprise, she saw an anthropomorphic shark in a lab coat standing right next to her.

This is Dr. Michael Pating, by the way and like Airi, everyone who saw the doctor were surprised but Relie, on the other hand, is delighted by his appearance.

"Ara~" Relie uttered in amusement, "It's a pleasure to see you again, Dr. Pating.'' she greeted.

"Likewise." Dr. Pating greeted back.

"Eh?!" Airi squawked softly in shock, "Y-You know this person, Headmistress?'' she asked.

Relie nodded in confirmation, "Dr. Michael Pating is a staff member of the Heroes Coalitions." she introduced, "I know you're kinda shock by his appearance but rest assure, he's a nice person.'' she reassured with a smile.

Dr. Pating then stares at the ongoing battle from the distance, "Strikers, Infinite Stratos, Drag-Rides, Hundred, Heart Hybrid Gear, Kobu, Symphogear..." he listed off, "These weapons produced in many worlds never cease to amaze me.'' he commented with a grin.

Back in the battle, Lux is seen destroying Abysses one after another by just swinging his sword in great speed which was then followed by a harrowing explosion. He then flew above while gaining a few momentum before charging and what follows next was a devastating chain reactions of explosions. Lux then charges at a group of Emotionless and began to slice and destroy every creatures coming towards him.

In the coup d'etat five years ago, out of the 1200 Drag-Rides of the Empire.

Only one Drag-Knight destroyed it all, Lux Arcadia...

"Damn!" Ragreed cursed in frustration, "I'm not going to loose!" he cried out, "I will make you suffer, Lux Arcadia!" he exclaimed before madly charging towards Lux.

"Reload on Fire.'' Lux uttered in response with a seal briefly appearing behind him.

As Ragreed gotten close to him, the flow of time rapidly decelerates, Lux wasted no time striking his opponent with one hit while phasing through Ragreed and this was then followed with Ragreed's Drag-Ride exploding alongside the user himself.

Lux sighed in reassurance while descending down towards the ground before his Drag-Ride runs out of energy.

As Lux descends down, he watches from the distance and witnessed the thunderous clash between Darren and the Bakonawa-Emotionless. And despite knowing Darren for a few days, he is very confident that the Spartan will defeat the gigantic adversary.

Meanwhile with Darren, the Spartan is busy dodging the gigantic creature's whiskers whom using it as whips. Thanks to the Rocket Boots that he is wearing and his Gift, he is doing well so far in battling his large opponent.

Darren soars through the air while looking down at the Emotionless, "Hopefully, hopefully, this will finally...'' he thought before diving downwards while bringing down his sword and sliced one of it's whiskers which made his target roar in anger. The creature then breathed out a powerful surge of blue flames to which Darren quickly reacted by placing his shield in front of him, protecting him from the flames but the attack pushes him back. The Emotionless then swung another whisker towards him but he quickly blocks it with his shield but the strike pushes him downwards.

Darren then brought a gun from his armor and began to shoot at the creature and while it does no damage, the shot got the Emotionless into disarray. Wasting no time, he flew back up and swung his sword and chops off another whisker, making the creature a lot more angrier. The Emotionless then breathes out another surge of blue flames while Darren dodges it by moving in different directions however the attack would follow him, so Darren charges forward by diving head first towards the face but he was hit by whisker on the right side which sends him flying.

You are now part of the Rune Knights! Do not fail me, son...

A station guard? How pathetic you are to be placed in that position?!

A messenger?! Are you really that weak?! I have lost faith in you!

You are such a disgrace! I can't believe I had a child like you!

This is your last chance! Fail me once more! Then never, ever show your face to me again!

Darren stares at the Emotionless before flying back towards it, "Father..." he uttered in his thoughts, "The next time we meet, I'm a different person, I'm not the same person you once though, I'm no longer a disgrace, I'm no longer a messenger, I'm no longer a station guard and I'm no longer weak but if you still think that I am then I will not hesitate...'' he trailed when he suddenly activated his Gift before appearing in front of the Emotionless in a blink of an eye, "I WILL NOT HESITATE TO COMMIT FRATRICIDE TOWARDS YOU!" he roared.

The Emotionless then breathes out another surge of blue flames but instead of blocking the spartan placed his sword in front of him, "Requip!" he exclaimed with swords glowing for a few seconds before it was replaced by a dark & red long sword. Darren then uses the new sword to block the attack which also absorbs the blue flames, fueling his weapon and when the creature ceases it's attack, Darren wasted no time in using his Gift by swinging his flame-fueled sword to slice off the remaining whiskers of the creature in a fast phase.

The Emotionless roared in anger when Darren appears above it, "Requip!" he shouted when his flaming sword was replaced by a gigantic claymore which is twice as big as the Emotionless, "IT'S OVER!" he roared and with one violent swung of his gigantic weapon, he sliced the Emotionless head off, killing it on the process and thus ending the battle. Darren let's out a small pant before composing himself, "I swear and I swear Father, if you look down on me again, you'll end up like this creature." he thought with a grim look.

"Darren!" a voice called out which broke his thoughts before turning around to see Lux, in his Wyvern, flying towards him, "Thank you for the good work.'' the former prince complimented with a smile.

Darren smiled back in response, "Likewise." he replied.

bzzzttt...

After the battle ended, Ragreed, whom managed to survive the explosion, is seen captured and detained, and because of his involvement with the Dark Forces, he is going to be handed to the ALL-STAR JUSTICE.

And when everyone returned to the Royal Officers Academy, Darren reunited with Cecily Campbell, Chad Mordetzky, Karizza Stronghold, Laura Bodewig, Leviathan, Luke Ainsworth, Maya Sparrow, Raya Amanda, Sandalwood, Squigly, Sylvia van Hossen and Wesley Bryans while Lux, Lisesharte Atismata, Krulcifer Einfolk, Philphie Aingram, Celistia Ralgris, Shalice Baltshift, Tillfur Lilmit, Noct Leaflet, and Yoruka Kirihime were shock by the appearance of Dr. Pating but gotten over it quickly because of the doctor's nice personality.

Later on, we see Sandalwood and Laura carrying the badly-damaged Raya while being followed by Tillfur and at the same time, Sylvia went to grab a wheelchair.

"Ow!" Raya yelped in pain, "Don't tug!" she hissed, "No tugging!" she exclaimed with a gritted teeth.

"Next time take your own advice." Laura replied with a blank look to which earned a few chuckles from their companions.

"So, how long until your legs gets fixed?'' Tillfur asked.

"It's gonna be a long process, so I'll be staying in my mother's lab for a few days while she fixes it." Raya answered, "Alongside getting scolded for breaking it." she grumbled.

Sylvia then came back with a wheelchair with Laura and Sandalwood placing her gently on the wheeled seat while Tillfur brought out a blanket and covered her damaged legs.

"Thanks, everyone." Raya expressed in gratitude.

Meanwhile, Dr. Pating and Relie are having a conversation when the former noticed Philphie staring at him with a finger on her mouth.

"Uhm...'' Dr. Pating uttered nervously, "Can I help you?'' he asked towards the younger Aingram.

"Sushi...'' was Philphie's only response.

And with that, Dr. Pating is seen hiding behind Relie, "Uhm, Philphie..." the older Aingram uttered her sister's name, "I believe you shouldn't say that in front of him.'' she chastised with a nervous smile.

bzzzttt...

Meanwhile in an unnamed world somewhere in the multiverse, we head towards an eight floor building and on the rooftop, we see Arisu Nightmare, Autumn, Ellen Mira Mathers, Howard Weinerman, Madoka "M" Orimura, Matthew Patel, Observer Alpha, Purifier, Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott, Squall Meusel and Tester Beta waiting for someone to arrive.

Arisu is seen cheerfully drawing on a sketchpad while Autumn is getting impatient, "Ugh!" the Phantom Task member groaned loudly, "Where is he?!" she demanded, "I thought Flirtare is going to meet us here!" she complained in annoyance.

"Patience Autumn, he'll come." Squall eased, "He's just busy negotiating with our new recruit.'' she pointed out.

"New recruit?" Howard uttered with his arms crossed, "You mean, Ragreed Forus?'' he assumed, "From what I heard, he was defeated and captured." he shared.

Squall giggled in response, "Actually..." she uttered, "... we never really considered on recruiting him." she admitted, "We're just using him as a tool while Flitare negotiates with our potential new recruit.'' she explained.

Then a red portal appears before them and out came Flirtare, "Hello everyone.'' the pink-haired youg man greeted.

"You're late!" Autumn snapped.

Flirtare chuckled in response, "My apologies." he apologized, "The negotiation took a lot longer than expected." he explained.

"So, did you convinced him?'' Matthew inquired.

Flirtare nodded in confirmation before moving aside while a figure walks out from the portal.

The figure is a young man with a tall stature and a fair complexion, he had a short silver hair and he had silver-colored eyes. He wears a black hooded coat over a red vest, white collared shirt with a gray ruffled tie, he wears a pair of black pants and a pair of brown boots with folds. This is Fugil Arcadia, the older brother of Lux and Airi.

Former Noble

Fugil Arcadia

"Hello everyone.'' Fugil greeted, "My name is Fugil Arcadia and I'm the newest member of the Dark Forces." he introduced himself with a diabolical grin.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.