Now at the Gate of the throne room, our heroes are now ready to take on the likes of the Queen and her remaining Court...but if history has taught us anything, its that things don't always go like they're supposed to...and with the looming danger close behind the crew, it's going to come to blows...Find out now, In Red Dragon's Roar!
When they entered, they could see the regal dark elf woman in a purple revealing outfit with a large cloak and silver crown, glaring at them all along with her knight, Cloe, who had her hands trained on her daggers and finally, the General himself, standing in the middle.
Traysek donning his mask crooked his head towards Greil, then his gaze towards Cloe, who scowled at him, and then finally turned his masked face up to the woman on the throne, who rose an eyebrow, before giving a polite bow, "Greetings to you Dark Queen, I've heard many things about you...I've come to see if you live up to it..." his voice completely distorted.
The rest of the crew slowly approached, feeling nervous as they got stares from Greil, Olga, and Cloe...
Lucien gulped, "I feel like I'm lunch...why does it feel like I'm lunch...?"
"I'm pretty sure you're just hungry..." Inigo assured, "I'm hungry too...for a good fight,"
Yuriana nodded, "Indeed," turning to the General, "It's good to meet you again, General, I figured we run into you last..."
Recorder took a deep breath, "Okay...those stares are uncomfortable...why are they staring boss?!"
Erik gave a laugh, "It's because we've braved the trials! and considering the number of bodies out there, it's not like they consider us the common rabble here,"
"You speak just as disgusting as you look." the blonde elf said.
"Cloe, watch your tongue. Respecting the enemy is a key factor of the spirit warrior that animates us." Greil said before turning to Olga, getting a nod from her.
The Dark Queen smirked down at the masked man, "Oh really now? so Celestine sends you all as a last Resort? well, I can't say your abilities are a joke, but...everyone has a limit, even you..."
She lifted one hand as a transparent hourglass appeared above Cloe, Greil, and her. Greil roared as a blue aura exited him, clinging to the two Dark Elves. Cloe imbued her blades with two bottles of poison; one had leeches on it, and the other has a leaf with the tip covered in blood.
"Seeing as that rapist is still alive, this means that you've taken his side." Greil shook his head.
Volt walked forward, grinning, "Now then, how about you get your ass away from my throne, Dark bitch."
Traysek cocked his head at him, "Hey, watch it with that... almost got offensive there, Volt,"
Yuriana picked that up and glared at him, "Care to calm down there, friend...? think I see a bit of drool on your lip,"
"At this point, sir, I'm beginning to agree with our General here about bringing this baggage here," Inigo said in a low tone.
The Queen's cold yet curious look, turned to a scowl in an instant, and a cruel smirk formed, "Aww~ is the puppy still sore about his paw...? I see they finally let you out of your kennel, mongrel," slowly raising her staff, a purple glow emitting and aiming it at all of them.
"I wished that you could see how much you are being played by him." Greil stated as he looked Volt in the eyes, "That begs the question do you even care about the safety of those two ladies with you... considering what he did?"
Traysek cocked a confused head, "You know, I was actually wracking my own brain with what you said earlier before we got here, General...but you misunderstand, we didn't join "THEM" we're personally contracted by Celestine herself, " Turning his head to Volt, "He's right though, that does beg a question...is that shit true volt...?"
"Now's NOT the fucking time, Captain!" he snapped, before looking back at Greil smirking, "I see you can't count as well...Beast...but we have twenty-six guys here, all armed to the teeth! we never said we were gonna play fair..." looking back at Olga, "Paw huh? You mean my hand...? that you let your beast there lop off? yeah, intend to make you pay for that too bitch...maybe I'll cut something off of him in front of you..." with a sick grin.
The crew now had disgusted looks on their faces, even Traysek under the mask was cringing...
"Castration...? What the fuck man...?" Traysek gasped under the mask, shaking his head, "
Olga sighed and let off the spell, exploding in a blinding purple light that forced the Red dragons to cover themselves, along with Kuroinu and Orcs there...
"What's going on?!" Recorder shouted while blinded, not knowing a shade of dark energy was thrown at her.
The same shade was on the rest of the crew, including Traysek, who saw it when he peeked, frowning, 'What is this...?'
Eventually, the light goes out, and the Red dragons find themselves steaming but not really harmed, all coming out of their cover, confused...
"We didn't get obliterated...?" Lucien asked in a small voice.
"It seems that the captain isn't smart enough to see what that pig really wishes to do." Greil shot a glare at Volt who used one of his own men to protect himself and Kin. along with Hicks who used another.
The Red dragons turned around to find the last three, coming from under the knocked-out bodies, before looking around themselves to find out that most of them had been knocked out by that spell.
"Guys...you seeing this...?"Inigo asked in shock, getting nods from the crew.
"Uh-huh...one spell...one spell is what it took..." Recorder whispered, cold sweat coming down her chin.
The Masked Redguard sighed, "Used your own men huh? I don't know whether to be impressed by your tenacity or compare it to a cockroach..." chuckling after, getting a hard scowl.
"Captain whose side are you on?!" Volt growled, turning to Greil, "And you...Beast...Shut the fuck up! stop messing with my new friends' heads!"
"Watch your tongue human trash, before I cut it out!" Cloe snapped, getting a smirk in response from him.
Olga chuckled. "So mongrel...how many numbers did you say again...?" with a cold smirk, "Because I count Nine ...not twenty-six...And you say Greil can't count?"
Volt's eyebrow twitched madly, "You Bitch...you think you've won... we still outnumber you..." drawing his greatsword, getting into position, as Hicks and Kin did around the sides of him, "Let's go Queenie, I'll enjoy maiming your beast in front of you...!" Charging at Greil with a yell.
Boss theme- Musou Orochi 2 OST -THE FIRST END
The general of the Dark army waited until Volt and his goons were near before stomping the ground and creating a shockwave that threw the mercenaries away, he then charged Traysek with a godlike speed.
"Boss!" Erik yelled out, before a silhouette appeared behind him, turning out to be the dark Elf cloe ready to lop his head off.
Until that blow was intercepted by Recorder, who smirked at her Scowl.
"Recorder here! reporting for duty!" swinging out both her blades, which the elf assassin dodged, somersaulting back "Dammit, you're fast too...?"
The Redguard had taken the charge, stopping himself from going into a wall with a hardened block... his battle staff was already out in front of him, sparks flying from the ax trying to go through, "Fus, RO DAH!" Sending him flying back, before applying an ebony flesh spell, 'Yeah...that didn't feel too good, gonna have to be very careful with him...'
Greil shook his head a bit before tightening his hold on his weapons, he then made a throwing motion with his arms which created two copies of his weapons that flew toward Traysek.
Cloe made a shadow double that went to attack Eric. Meanwhile, she kept an eye on the other four as sparks began to appear on her blades.
Traysek twirled his staff while spinning, deflecting the axes, taking a deep breath, "Iiz, Slen, NUS!" Hoping to trap him in ice, watching him freeze up a little bit, "Have some ice, on me!"
Erik rose his shield, blocking off the double's vicious approach, the shield blocking off most of his attacks as he backed up, gritting his teeth..."Gods...! back off!" slamming the shield into the double making it stagger, before swinging his axe back at it, clashing axe and blades with it, "Die damn you!"
Recorder ran at Cloe and dove at her tossing her throwing knives at her, before drawing her ebony blade and white katana with a spin, "Ahahahahaha!"
Inigo notched an arrow aimed at the General, figuring he was frozen stiff in the frosted mist, focusing his shot...
Lucien had frowned at his opponents, using his invisibility spell to fade out, walking backward as he did... 'They'll never see me coming...'
Yuriana had conjured her mystic phantom while releasing a healing aura, which was targeted at the crew, restoring some of their damage, keeping her eyes on the assassin and what she assumed was the frozen General.
"For someone who is naïve enough to trust someone like that pig... I see now why he's calling you 'friend'." Greil roared as the Ice broke. He then used the axe on his left arm to counter the arrow, "Those arrows... like those of the Fox Reaper."
Cloe jumped before throwing three volleys of poisonous daggers at Recorder... and one that accidentally flew near Lucian, nearly touching him.
Inigo frowned at him, notching another, "You mean from Diyha? what of it?"
Recorder deflected two of the daggers, the third nailing her in the shoulder, causing her to grit her teeth, "Ahh! well now...guess whose lucky...!" she groaned, about to go for a charge, when she felt the effects of poison kick in, going down on one knee, "Fuck...I knew those knives had something on them..." going for her antivenom.
Erik saw this and gritted his teeth, slamming his ax into the double's skull, making it dissipate, "Damn, I'm coming Recorder!" rushing over to her...
Traysek rolled his eyes under his mask, taking a deep breath, "YOL, TOOR SHUUL!"Blasting the General with a torrent of dragon flame, "Must you repeat yourself General...? that is so unbecoming of you..." shaking his head, disappointingly, "I had high hopes for today, don't disappoint me with 'THAT'..."
"What did you just say, human?!" Cloe snapped while ducking a blow from Erik.
Greil slid back a little, "Maybe I overestimated how smart you can be," he then charged Traysek, destabilizing him before unleashing a burst of divine fire, and took the opportunity to do a quick slash that generated a brief green light around him.
Cloe stabbed Eric before turning into electricity to get some space and summon another shadow.
Traysek's armor spell took most of that which wore off after he hit the pillar hard, scrambling to get the flames off. He stood up his tattoos exposed giving a golden glow that closed his chest wound rapidly, 'Gods...that actually hurt there...okay, elemental attacks don't really hurt him...so what will..?' taking a defensive stance with his staff.
Recorder drank her anti-venom, feeling the poison's effects wear off, picking up her swords, "Much better...ugh...I don't know what that was, but you're not getting me with that again...EVER!" diving at her in a charge, now clashing blades with her, "And you're getting off of him!"
The Nord cured himself of poison as well with the same potion, smashing the bottle when done with it, "By the gods...they won't let up, will they?"
Inigo shook his head, firing a volley of arrows at Greil, "Doesn't seem that way, no!"
Yuriana released another healing spell, healing her comrades in gold light, "Keep fighting, they'll either fall or cave!"
The imperial was trying to re-breathe from nearly dying, still invisible, 'That was too close...gods...this is starting to get crazy...time to find your weaknesses...' his scouter scanning them, getting a reading, 'interesting...so much elemental and physical defenses...but weak to poison and dark attacks...same as the other one fighting the others...except she's also weak to mind attacks, meaning illusion...good, time to send around...' clicking a button on his scouter which sent that signal to Traysek, whose scouter went off indicating it, 'Now, let's see how this plays out...' his cloak fading, drawing two spiders, tossing them at the elf assassin.
Greil deflected the volley with ease as he said, "You still don't know how to truly use that bow, not as she did before." His eyes turned red as he sent a battle shout that filled the Khajiit's heart with fear, "This should keep him occupied..." he then turned to face Traysek, "Fire breath... now that brings back some memories... it feels a little like the one the Fox Reaper used on me. I take that she's also a Dragonborn..." he then threw another image of his weapon before leaping at Traysek's location.
Cloe turned into a shadow before appearing behind Lucien and stabbing him. She then quickly got behind Recorder and kicked her.
Traysek deflected the thrown ax, before quickly backstepping away from him, watching him leave a crater when he landed, "You know Diyha? is THAT who we're talking about...? we've met her, a decent lady, very nice too...mentioned a "pig" in her story as well..." glancing at a knocked out Volt, before back to him, "KRII, LO SAH!" he shouted, hitting him with the wave, which brought a white phantom copy of himself, that smirked at him.
The khajiit had run off trying to shake off his fear, feeling a bit disoriented from that, 'What in oblivion was that?'
Yuriana saw Lucien go down from the blade, rushing over to him, "I got you, hang on!" applying a healing spell on his wound.
"T-thanks Yuri..." The imperial huffed out, "I...found weaknesses in them...they're weak to poison and dark magic...the irony there really, ow!" chuckling with the pain, as the wound closed up, "The one who stabbed me, is weak to Illusion magic too...very weak to it, and I happen to know a few..." smirking, building up a fear spell in his hands targeting her.
The Redhead nodded, "I see, does the Captain know yet?" turning towards him and Greil's battle.
"I sent it to him," Lucien said, standing up and drawing his beam sword, "Either he's buying time for a reason or he hasn't seen it yet...we'll know soon enough," turning his attention to Greil.
Record had stumbled forward, catching her balance, quickly swinging back, catching air," Arrgh, fuck you!" retaliating to her strike, leaping back to toss grenades, exploding when they landed.
Erik had coated his ax in lingering poison, hearing that from Lucien, banging on his ax to get Cloe's attention, "Over here, Shortstack! why don't you pick on someone stronger?!"
The copy prepared to charge the real Greil, but..."Earthmother, grace these blades with your pure light to remove the deceit from this world." the weapons were so bright that everyone was blinded, which gave Greil enough time to sidestep and then decapitate the fake one, "I fight as the Earthmother's champion, those kinds of tricks are useless against me."
Cloe turned herself into shadows before appearing behind Eric and stabbing him, she then left a shadow version that was rushing toward Lucien.
Traysek regained his vision, noting the splinter twin he just summoned was gone, 'Damn...that didn't take long...copy barely lasted despite it matching him...what is that power over him...?' Getting a notification from the scouter, a list of his resistances and weaknesses, 'I see...so that's what it'll take to bring him down...so be it,' blocking with a retaliating guard, catching the general's axes, struggling and gritting his teeth, "That's some fine power there General, I can see how you earned your respect on the battlefield...Almost divine even...!' Teleporting further away from him.
Yuriana stepped in front of Lucien, who still had his aim on Cloe, Ready to intercept the double's attack, "Try to find your opening, don't fire on her now,"
Lucien nodded, backstepping away when the shadow started attacking her, charging the spell and aiming it...
Erik went down on one knee, downing a healing potion and then an anti-venom, "By the gods...someone please tell me we have a plan here!" dashing back at her.
Recorder looked up at Cloe's approach and countered with a parry, throwing her off and kicking her forward, "Get HER, she's kicking our asses!" swinging out to catch air.
The effects of the roar eventually wore off on the Khajiit, causing him to growl and dip his arrow in frostbite poison, "I'm still in this game!" firing it at him.
Greil parried the arrow and threw an image of his weapon at Inigo before looking at Traysek 'He plans to do something...' he then looked at the most recent arrow and narrowed his eyes, "My queen, they got poisons... and you know what that means..."
Olga nodded as she held her staff up, enticing both Greil and Cloe in a light green barrier, glaring at the remaining six.
Cloe narrowed her eyes at Lucien before cloaking herself in the shadows.
Traysek narrowed his eyes, seeing the effects on them, 'Interesting...it's like he picked up on what we were doing...okay then...' coating his staff in Virulent magic poison, taking a stance, "Wuld, Na Kest!" Rocketing towards him in godly speed.
Inigo dodged the ax thrown at him, notching another arrow, this time with a poison scroll around it, 'Just got time this right...there won't be another shot...'
Lucien discharged his fear spell, the effect bouncing off as the aura on her got weaker... "What?!" building up another spell.
Record spotted the assassin charging at him, diving after her, "No you don't!" clashing blades again with her when she turned around, "Leave our dork alone!" struggling with her now.
Yuriana let out another shout, this time summoning her mystic phantom, "Go for any of her doubles!" charging at General with her shield raised.
The ghost obeyed, charging at Cloe's clone with a jumping smash from its battle-ax.
Erik narrowed his eyes at the elf assassin, adding another coating of poison to his silver ax, fear poison this time...
'let's see how she handles it up close...!' going for a charge towards her with his ax raised.
Greil smirked as he spun once, clashing with Traysek, before turning his eyes red and delivering five brutal strikes.
Cloe's ears picked on the approaching Nord as she was trying to pierce Recorder's defense. She waited until Eric was near and stopped attacking for a second, giving Recorder a chance at striking her, only for the Dark Elf to turn into Shadows and then appear in front of Lucien, with her weapons ready.
Cloe's double was dancing around the phantom as it was attacking it swiftly and evading all the strikes that the spectral warrior tried to do.
The masked Redguard was on the Defense, blocking and deflecting the brutal blows gritting his teeth as felt his bones rattle from every blow, backstepping away, "TIID, KLO UL!" Slowing down time to a still, his eyes going slit and teleporting behind him with a blow wound up until...
"Time-altering abilities... interesting." Greil blocked the attack before violently pushing Traysek. He then sent a wave of force in a frontal cone that damaged and disoriented him. He then hit quickly with one weapon, giving him a quick green light around him before continuing with two aggressive slashes. When he got ready to strike with a mighty blow using both of his weapons, Traysek recovered from the stun.
The Redguard charged magic through his staff, causing it to spark bright blue and vibrate, giving a violent swing in retaliation causing a violent shockwave to blast through when they clashed, knocking everyone off guard in real time, "You can move even now...? so that's what that hourglass over you was for...Very well..." he then gave another blow, slightly pushing him back, coming at him with the same speed... Their clashing caused ripples and shockwaves that shook the room, sparks flying like bullets coming from their weapons.
Eventually, Traysek managed to get a good shot in, A powerful thrust from his weapon shattering a piece of the General's chest plate, which disoriented him a bit... The Former gave rapid strikes to that exposed area, smirking in satisfaction, 'Finally...!' bringing his staff around for a final swing, putting all his force into it, channeling magic through the staff.
Greil unleashed a burst of fire that pushed the Redguard away. He then charged him, disorienting him for a bit, before doing another quick slash that gave another green light, he then roared as a red light emitted from him and increased his size, he then quickly ground the axes, giving them red edges, "Let's see if you can survive a Bladestorm!" Greil began to spin until he became an unstoppable storm of destructive force.
Traysek had shaken it off and went to retaliate until he was picked up by the winds and lifted, "What in oblivion?!"He shouted, being violently dragged into a storm of slashes, forcing him to activate the ebony flesh spell while in it...
At this point, Slow time had been broken as a devastating Vortex of slashes began to pull at the crew, pulling in Inigo who didn't even have time to react, yelling as he went in.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Erik yelled out, as he tried to hold on to a pillar only to end up in the vortex, with his shield up.
Yuriana was holding herself against the pillar, while holding on to Lucien, only to both end up in it...
Recorder had her swords stuck to the ground, trying to fend off the winds, "Mission control, I repeat mission control! mistakes have been made! I repeat Mistakes have been- AHHHHHHHHHH!" being the last to be pulled in...
Greil stopped before planting his axes on the ground and caught Recorder in his arms. He just put her down before lifting the axes again, "Your tenacity is something to applaud." Greil walked toward Olga as Cloe joined him, "You claim that you help Celestine, but the truth is that you're also a puppet of the humans that surround Celestine. Just like the Goddess reborn herself."
*Song End*
"I doubt that they will listen to you." Olga sighed, "They're like all the other humans, seeing us as the enemy of humanity."
The rest of the crew landed on the ground with hard thuds, wincing, and covered in cuts...The captain himself was in no better condition...his mask had been cracked, slowly breaking off as he rose himself up, blood going down the side of his face, tired crimson eyes staring at the three at the throne, turning around to look at his downed comrades, eyes going wide, "I-is anyone still alive...?" he groaned.
Inigo who went into a wall, weakly rose his head up, "Y-yeah...ow..."
Lucien who landed next yuriana, slowly raised his head up, sitting up to grab his bleeding chest, vision going in and out. "Same...here..."
The Redhead seemed to be unconscious, groaning and not moving, the wounds on her closing slower than they did, "Uh-huh..."
Erik was laid under a pillar he went into, picking himself up as he grabbed his head, noting the blood on his hand, "Gods...what...was that...?"
And Recorder? since Greil caught her before falling like the rest, she didn't suffer that injury but was still pretty bad off...
"Did...we just...get our asses kicked there...?" She said in a tired voice.
"If only you knew all the atrocities that the Shield Alliance did... all the suffering that they've caused..." Greil said as anger could be felt in all of his words.
Traysek narrowed his eyes on that statement, thinking about it for a moment, giving a bitter chuckle "Well...that's the thing...General..." spitting out a bit of blood, "We're not a fan of their laws...wouldn't exactly call ourselves their servant...we KNOW what we are...Adventurers hired by them to end a long grueling war..." turning to Olga, "And you, your highness...with all due respect...none of us have been here long enough to hate you..." slowly rising to his feet, using the staff as support, "Knowing how your people are treated...like dogs on a leash...and the fact that this war has been going on for damn-near eternity...tells me...tells US one thing...this has been a problem forever...hasn't it...? Seven hundred years of war? or is it eight...?" coughing in a chuckle, now on his feet, "That face...it isn't the first time I've seen you make it...you did before when we met yesterday...I couldn't ask before, but now...now I want to know...What happened to you, to make you hate humanity here as you do..."
The rest of the crew said nothing, either out of pain or the fact they were thinking about their experiences...Yuriana had a saddened look, remembering what Maia had said during their visit.
'Again with that? Firstly, Alicia was bragging that her family killed some monsters that began to worship some strange mother, wiping them out, and now a new goddess appears, you really need to let people do what they want...'
'Maia! You are a worshipper of Celestine, you must-'
The Redhead woman blinked out of that, taking a deep breath, struggling to get to her knee, "A tribe...was wiped out...from Alicia's family...bragged about it too...could she be talking about something with you or similar...?"
"It was the genocide made on Greil's tribe." Olga responded, "Even so, Greil doesn't hate humanity, just the Arcturus family..."
"According to lady Olga, my tribe originated from another world. When they arrived, they were the first to establish a connection to the Earthmother. And more importantly, they were against war." Greil stated with a solemn tone.
"Both me and Celestine sent emissaries to have them join a side, but they refused, claiming that if they decide to join the war, they would make the Earthmother sadder on the fact that her children are hurting each other" Olga continued, "But they kept some trade based operation with both sides, being impartial with both sides. That was also when the Dark Elves began to worship the Earthmother... and it changed our lives." a small smile appeared, turning to a frown, "Until the Arctus family decided to march with their armies on their land... just to expand their own on the fertile ground that Greil's tribe blessed with the help of the Earthmother."
"There was no survivor... but me." Greil pointed, "It was thanks to Lady Olga that I survived..."
The entire crew had shocked and appalled faces. Recorder felt sick, covering her mouth...Yuriana had an angry expression, clenching her fist tightly...Inigo who had lost a brother felt that too, his eyes now darkened over. Erik closed his eyes with his head down, knowing the validity of his words wasn't false...ending up gritting his teeth. Lucien...had a horrified look, shaking his head disbelievingly.
And Traysek...? The Redguard was in complete shock and disbelief, "So you're telling me, his tribe got slaughtered for their resources because they wouldn't fight you? wow...just...wow...I don't even have the words to describe how sickening that is...wow..." shaking his head, lowering his defense, "And the way they talk about all of you, you're supposed to be the monsters here, and yet...they're the ones with the slaves, the crooked nobles and committing crusades...almost makes me wonder who the fuck the 'good' guys are supposed to be..." bitterly chuckling, "It's almost funny...in a sick and twisted way..."
At this time, Volt had slowly roused at no one's knowledge, spotting the downed and wounded crew as well as the General in front of them, chuckling to himself which got louder.
"See, captain, that's the real truth of this world." Volt began to walk toward the beaten Redguard, "That's why I really want this fortress, to have it at that Alliance of seven women that rules over us, men, and reclaim our natural place as true rulers." he then noticed Hicks waking up, he walked a little away, giving enough distraction for Hicks to get some reinforcements, "I'm not the only one who wants things to change, and with you with us, we will be sure to win. Of course, you'll be a real hero, someone who would have put those haughty women to their places, beneath our boots. So, wanna join in on this real adventure? With very high profits."
Traysek turned back around with an emotionless stare, "you want an empire...of men that rule and you want me to take the front lines of it? gods I can ONLY imagine why... but I'll entertain this," giving him a condescending smirk, "So what entails on this new empire you seek to usher? I'm curious to know since we're now here..." narrowing his eyes, "How do you intend to teach the seven shields a lesson even? Because believe me after hearing ALL of that and coupled with all the shit we've seen, I might want a piece of them too.. but something tells me, we don't share the same Idea, do we...?" now slightly scowling, "So once again, before I run into more battlefields with my men AND women...what does this entail?"
The crew watched in shock, giving him hard and suspicious glares.
"I'm not liking where this is going...at all..." Recorder whispered, getting nods.
Yuriana scowled, more so at Volt, "I swear to the gods...if it's what I think it is..."
"The boss wouldn't join this wack job...would he...?" Erik asked, worried.
Inigo shook his head harshly, "Shhh...don't let them hear you, let him play this out and besides," going into thought, 'This will determine whether or not if what our enemy here has been saying has been true...'
Lucien began to sweat while healing himself, "Oh by the gods, no...no boss, say no...please say no...!" whispering in a whine.
"As I said, having men running everything." Volt said as Greil and the two Dark Elves could only glare at him, "I'm sure that you've noticed we, men, are treated, don't you? Those women need to be reminded of their place. And trust me, they won't forget it once everything is in our hands."
Traysek gave him a hard stare, giving a quick glance to his crew who all looked appalled and disgusted, especially Recorder and Yuriana, before back to him, "So...let me guess, by reminding them of their place, you mean...submissive right? serving every man's need, be it cooking, cleaning or hell, even bedding, right?" chuckling to himself, "So what's this empire of yours going to be called?"
"The paradise of men, the Sex Empire." Volt said as Greil was more disgusted than anything, "Men will be on top, and women at their respective places, beneath us."
At the same moment, Hicks came back with both Dogs and Monsters.
"So they did betray us." Olga sighed as Greil's posture was more aggressive than before.
"And when it's done, you can choose whoever you want as your slave, even Celestine herself," Volt added.
"You...you can't be fucking serious...A sex empire?" Recorder gasped, trying to get on her feet, trying to fight off the twist and turn in her stomach from the looks the dogs and demons were giving her.
Yuriana grabbed her healing potions and started downing them, scowling at the men licking their lips at her.
Lucien felt like he wanted to Vomit, gagging, "By the gods...I think I'm going to be sick..."
"You and me both Lucien, gods...I feel nauseous and that doesn't include that attack from earlier..." Inigo added in, gagging, "Wait never mind- Bleeeurrg!" on the floor.
Erik looked like he was about to faint, "Room starting to spin real fast...my brain can't process this at all..."
Traysek's eyes had darkened over, putting everything he had seen together in flashes...
'I can hardly believe your working with that cunt...I guarantee after I tell the mayor everything that's been going on, I doubt you'll even want THAT with them...' The harsh voice of Anderson Rang, following a bloody emblem of theirs.
'Why don't you try and think? if someone were to find this place they would blame Volt and many in the black dogs want to get in his place, after all, Volt's a hero...' Masasnari said, disappearing.
'That was also when it happened...when that pig...'
'That man that you trust to fight by your side, is viler than the demons you've been fighting until now...'
'Seeing as that rapist is still alive, this means that you've taken his side...'
'For someone who is naïve enough to trust someone like that pig... I see now why he's calling you 'friend'
Traysek blinked, coming out of his thoughts, giving a deep sigh, "I refuse...I've never been that desperate for a woman, EVER... and I can get it anytime... the answer's no..." using one hand, to trigger grand healing, covering the crew in himself in healing light, "Look I'm no saint, none of us are, okay, I love sex, maybe even have some kinks here and there, but that there? There's no real pleasure, just...self-gratification...which is gross and it's not even payback, that's just Vile, no... I'm not that kind of man or Dragonborn, piss off!" narrowing his eyes at him.
"You tell him, boss, you tell him!" Erik cheered, standing up "Screw you Volt, screw you!" with a middle finger out, getting nasty glares.
Inigo also had his middle finger out, "See this Volt? See this? this is my answer to your weird kingdom, NO THANKS!"
Recorder nodded hard, "Yeah, no one here wants to join your fruity little club, especially the kind that DOESN'T know how to bathe! ugh!" holding her nose, "Ever think that's why no woman wants to jump on your chub penis? seriously the thought never occurred? wow...I'm in hell,"
"I don't think they know what Bathing is, or care to, Record," Yuriana agreed, shaking her head at them, "By the gods you guys are gross..."
Lucien had a grin on his face standing up, "Yes, in your face Volt, you can't corrupt us to the dark side!"
"What a shame, I could easily see you as a general in my army with many women on chains crawling at your feet." Volt shook his head before turning to Greil, "What about you, general of the Dark Army? Join me, and take your revenge on the Arcturus family by having both princesses that are descendants of the bloodline carry your children."
"This isn't revenge, but pure sadism!" Greil replied, "Not only betraying my queen but also to sully my honor by such acts! Gronik isn't the only one whose life you've destroyed, the Fox Reaper was near broken when we rescued her from your filthy needs!"
"Too bad, with both of you, it could have been a matter of days to conquer the seven kingdoms." Volt shook his head before grinning widely, "Well boys, time to have fun!"
The dogs and demons surrounding them gave a cheer and cackle that put most of the crew's hearts in their throats, while their wounds finished healing, standing up and going for their weapons.
Traysek had a disgusted and angry look towards Volt, before turning his gaze to Greil who trained a gaze on him, before giving him a saddened smile, looking away, drawing his sword, "It seems we're not going to be able to finish our duel here, are we...? not with this unwanted baggage ..." looking towards the traitorous dogs, who were looking at his female crewmates like they were a piece of meat, licking their lips, hardening his glare...
Inigo growled, drawing his ebony sword this time, "You guys think it'll be that easy? keep in mind who's bodies are out there!"
"Why are there so many at once...?" Lucien asked, drawing his beam sword, "Alright chaps, you want this? huh?"
Erik picked up his war ax and shield, scowling at them, "Come and get it you milk drinkers!" banging his shield.
Recorder had her swords up and ready, twirling, "Well if helps you guys, you guys are gonna die like bandits...pfft, just kidding! this is a serious lose-lose for you guys!" laughing after.
Yuriana had drawn her hammer, smashing it into the ground, "You know...since we all know that was your storehouse, Volt, I've been meaning to break your balls for that..." she growled.
Battle theme - Terraform- Man of steel ost
Greil charged toward Traysek before cutting an ogre in two, "Their number is greater than we can fight now... especially after exhausting ourselves earlier." Greil then blocks an orc with one axe before using the other to cut off the head, "Maybe we should retreat for now."
Cloe rushed at a Dog that was about to jump at Recorder before throwing three poisoned knives at an orc that was attacking Lucian.
Olga narrowed her eyes before lifting her hands and generating a recovery aura around Greil and Cloe, but also Traysek and his crew.
"Wha-?" The Redguard frowned, turning around to get an amused smirk from her, nodding at it, "Okay then, do you have a plan General?" turning back around to duck an oncoming attack from a dog, spinning and decapitating the poor bastard.
"Thanks!" Recorder said rushing to a group of mercs, swinging both her blades out, slicing the throats of two dogs, before moving to an orc, who swung it's club down on her, stabbing both her swords into its skull.
Yuriana waited until an orc got close enough to bash it with her shield, slamming into it when she gave yell, going into a sprint with her deadly boob charge, swinging out her mace which blasted a few of them away, "And You thought this was going to be easy...how wrong you were!" bringing her mace down hard on merc's shield, pressuring him.
Inigo sliced the chest of merc, before dodging rolling an orc, giving a quick slash to an approaching Imp, "You know, there's something therapeutic about killing them my friends, it almost feels like justice!" Jumping at an orc with his sword raised.
"It IS justice, Inigo!" Erik laughed, giving a merc a shield bash, throwing his ax, splitting a black dog's head next to kin.
The imperial was frying a few of them with his sparks spell, slicing a black dog in half by the waist when he got too close, "I cannot believe we spent all that time with you, it's a shame it has to end like this!" blasting a fireball towards kin, who deflected it with ease.
Greil cleaved with his axes, killing two orcs, "My queen will need a little bit of time to teleport us." he then threw the image of one of his axes at an ogre that was rushing toward Olga, "If we can survive for those moments, she can get us out of this fortress." he then charged a merc that was about to grab Yuriana from behind before cutting his head with one swing of his axe.
Cloe cut the throat of a merc before looking at an ogre that was approaching Lucian. She narrowed her eyes and then rushed at its neck.
Olga slammed her staff on the ground, creating a three-layer barrier before beginning in casting the teleportation spell.
Traysek blasted forked lightning at a crowd of monsters; disintegrating a few imps while two Ogres charged at him, "Iiz SlEN NUS!" he shouted, freezing the duo of ogres in ice, leaving behind a flame kennel that exploded shattering the frozen monsters and clashing blades with Volt, "You fucking weasel!" driving a knee into his gut, and slamming the knuckle guard into his face, sending him stumbling back with a bloody nose, "A coward with no limits...like the bandits we purge... I can't believe I thought we were comrades!" going for a deadly swing towards his head.
Inigo was fending off a group of imps, giving a powerful slash, slicing all three in half, "And don't think we forgot about Diyha, I owe you one for that, Volt!" thrusting his blade into a merc.
Erik tossed a couple of the spider bombs he'd gotten, watching them leap on a group of orcs and dogs, exploding in a cluster, "Gods, it's like their numbers have tripled!"
"They have!" Yuriana yelled out, giving a brutal smash to a dog that tried to grab her, "Disgusting oaf!"
Lucien fired a bolt of lightning at kin, scowling at him, "To think this is what you worked for...I'm ashamed for even wanting to compare knowledge with you!" tossing a grenade at him.
Recorder was in a savage rush, ripping through dogs and orcs like copy paper with her swords, "Yes boys please do keep coming, that only makes this more fun!"
Greil cleaved through three orcs before charging toward Eric, throwing some mercs away from him.
Cloe turned and evaded two orcs before throwing a poison bomb on them, suffocating them.
Volt recovered just in time to evade the attack, he then kicked Traysek in the guts before locking blades with him, "You could have been something much greater. But you choose to stay like you are now." he then pushed him before that a couple of monsters surrounded the Redguard.
Traysek slightly slid back, noting that he was surrounded, holding a fire spell as they all rushed him...surrounding himself in flame, catching those who got close enough on fire, even causing a couple to explode once they ignited, making Volt back up as the flames licked at him, "I'm already a force to be feared Volt, I don't need what you're offering! Nor do I want it, fuck off!" throwing a fireball spell at him, the explosion knocking him back, Traysek taking a deep breath, "FUS, RO DAH!" Blasting him away into a pillar.
"Ha! Do you believe that your screaming can do something against me?" Volt smirked before rushing at Traysek and locking blades again, "Do you think that you're the first dragon thing that I've faced?" he quickly stabbed him with his dagger, "Meet the Dragon Hunting Dagger, very effective against dragons. It was very useful when I had to pin down that other one, you know her, right?"
Cloe evaded two imps before she was caught by an orc, "Let go of me!" a burst of lightning stunned the orc before having his throat sliced.
Greil threw an image of his weapon at an ogre who was pressuring Eric.
Olga created a small circle beneath her, Greil, Cloe, and Traysek, and his crew.
Erik nodded at Greil, "Thanks!" swinging his ax out, catching a kuroinu with it, splitting his face in half.
Yuriana did her healing shout, healing the crew as well as the queen and her allies, taking an oncoming hammer blow from an orc.
Recorder rushed up to the orc giving Yuriana a problem and ran her swords through its back, sending it crashing to the ground when the redhead moved out of the way, "Got your back Yuri!" evading a slash from Hicks, giving him a kick to his back, The redhead adding to it with a shield bash, sending him flying into a group of black dogs.
Inigo put the sword away, drawing his bow and dodging a slash from a kuroinu, aiming and putting an arrow straight through his head, "Now we move on to target practice!" firing a volley at the approaching group of imps knocking most of the sky.
The imperial kept the pressure on Kin with a flames spell, backstepping away from an ogre, "Okay, please tell me we're leaving soon, I'm actually starting to get tired now!" thrusting his beam sword into its sides, dragging it through, splitting it in half, "I love this thing!"
Traysek winced, the crackling energy sparking off of him, quickly grabbing Volt's hand before he could pull it out of his shoulder, grinning darkly, "A weapon like Dragonbane, so that's how you did it...cute..." gripping his wrist harder, the flames of his cloak going up the mercs arm, "You get the better on one Dovahkiin and you think you know ALL of us...? Hilarious volt..." clenching his fist; the flames rolling in waves and winding up the punch, making the older merc panic, going for the sword...
"ZUN!" The Redguard quickly countered, knocking the sword and out of reach which widened the older man's eyes, "Whoops... there went your only salvation, here's a tip...getting lucky with one dovahkiin doesn't mean you mean you know ALL of us...!" Brutally slamming his fist into his jaw, the flames melting that side of his face, sending him flying, crashing, and rolling on the ground, slamming hard into the wall with a thunderous boom.
Traysek huffed out of breath, hearing him groan, "I hope I took most of your face with that one...! sick bastard, gonna be real hard looking in the mirror for now on...my advice, stay here in your little hole, puppy..."
Olga generated another circle and teleported the group outside of the secret exit.
"Is everyone here?" Greil asked as he turned to the Red Dragon Crew.
The entire crew was out of breath, the Captain sheathing his sword while the flame cloak exhausted,"Yeah, we're all here..." The Redguard huffed, looking around with a furrowed brow, "This is where we got in..." looking in a direction, "Our ship should be nearby, I'm hoping she can still fly given her state..."
Inigo nodded frowning at it, "Doesn't feel much like an accomplishment now..."
Recorder was huffed over the ground, standing up, "I'm sorry, can anyone tell me what the fuck just happened there? how did we get from an epic battle to... THAT?" sheathing her swords.
"Explains all the creepy leering these guys were doing," Yuriana said, putting away her mace, "I should've known from the storehouse they were that they were the same people,"
Erik nodded in agreement, putting his damaged ax away, "I knew we couldn't trust these guys, they were weird in the beginning, lets's be honest with ourselves,"
Lucien looked back at it, Shaking his head, "I think we are at this point, it's just insane how this all turned out," putting away his weapon.
"What should we do now?" Cloe whispered as she put her hands on her swords.
"I think that it's time to go to Ken, "Greil answered, shocking the younger Dark Elf.
"What?!"
"Why?" Olga asked with a calmer tone.
"It might be a chance to get more information on our real enemy." Greil explained, "Whether we like it or not, we need their help as much as they need the might of our army."
"But they will execute Lady Olga on the spot!" Cloe pointed.
"That is if they can touch her." Greil replied before taking a whistle and blowing in it, calling an armored lion like creature with bat-like arms, a couple of horns on the head, and a scorpion tail.
"How are you doing?" Greil pet the creature as it began to purr, "We are going to see how things will be... and if they are hostile... we will go with the least amount of collateral damage."
Traysek frowned, "Isn't that a risky take? instead of going all the way there, I do have a personal call stone to Celestine,"
"Very true, it would make sense than risk them shooting you all down," Lucien added in.
"It would give time to the humans to prepare themselves. But, if we come unannounced, this would give us the element of surprise." Greil explained, "Unless..." his eyes narrowed at Traysek before mumbling, "That could also work... very risky, but doable..."
"What's your plan?" Olga asked.
"We go unannounced, but in the company of the captain." Greil answered as Cloe was shocked while Olga was thinking, "If he acts as he defeated us, it would give us a chance at evading the bloodshed that might come if we appear unannounced in Ken."
"I see your point." Olga replied before looking at Traysek, "But, can they do it?"
The Redguard pondered on that before nodding slowly, "Long as we change out of what we have on, we should be able to pull it off, but..." turning to The Queen, narrowing his eyes, "There's that other issue we still have ..." giving her a knowing stare, "Perhaps...you can share your side of it on our way there..."
"It would definitely explain things, not that we haven't seen a piece of it ourselves," Yuriana added in.
Lucien had a nervous expression, "Something tells me, we're not going to like what we hear, are we?"
"Have we so far, Lucien?" Inigo said, sheathing his sword, "Not to mention what the Dragonborn and I saw before coming here,"
Recorder frowned at Inigo, "What exactly did you guys see?"
"I don't know about them, but I know the shields put every privateer out of business for their fear of pirates...so there's that..." Erik said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"They fear what they can't control." Greil replied as he gave a dead Imp to his creature, "Those pirates were... not easy to control, free will is what they live by. But where the Shields saw a threat, we saw an opportunity. I gathered every pirate that I could, offering them a place they can call home without fear of being attacked for doing what they love doing."
"Not to mention the fact that they attacked a pirate Cove for no reason," Olga added.
"I think that their reason was that they attacked a ship owned by the church..." Greil stated before adding with a dark tone, "A ship full of slaves that were about to be sold in Ansur and Ken."
"But, Master Greil, you said that those ships also had dangerous substances," Cloe added.
Greil sighed before looking at the younger Dark Elf, "Drugs aren't bad since we use them for medical purposes... but I do agree that the way those humans use the drugs is revolting."
"Depends on what they're used for in my opinion...I have a sister that even developed combat drugs from alchemy," Traysek said, nodding, "But overusing anything can be bad..."
Inigo had a solemn look, "I...used to use, back in the day, my body may want it but my mind's made up...been sober ever since,"
Recorder had a guilty look on her face, "I was addicted to Felldew once, so I know that feeling too...addiction is a nightmare,"
Erik looked back, hearing hollowing steps approaching, "As nice as this is, we need to move, I hear them coming,"
"How did they manage to find us so quickly?" Lucien asked a worried look on his face, wondering if he should reach for his weapon or not.
Yuriana scowled, looking at the entrance, "I don't know, but in case it's him or not, I don't want to find out..."
Greil looked at the entrance before looking at Olga who sealed it like there was no entrance.
"This should buy us a bit of time." Greil stated before mounting his beast, "Lead the way, captain, we will follow through." he then help both Olga and Cloe to get on his mount.
Traysek looked up at the mount and sighed, "Alright we'll take you there, we didn't park too far from the fortress," starting his way there.
"Thank god for that," Recorder mumbled, following, "Still though, does this count as an inconclusive or a defeat...?"
Lucien frowned, "Considering that we got interrupted back there, and the fact that we didn't ACTUALLY surrender...I'd say Inconclusive..."
"Better than being dead in my opinion," Inigo said, keeping up with them.
Erik shrugged, "Eh, doesn't really matter to me, to be honest, I really couldn't get into it..."
"I wouldn't feel bad about that, given who we came here with that could've ended badly," Yuriana added in, being the last to follow.
...
When they reached the ship, Greil looked at it, "I'm impressed that it didn't break... considering the Spears that I threw."
"If the Earth-Bound spear couldn't take it down... whoever made that must be a legendary craftsman," Olga added as Cloe huffed while looking away.
Traysek walked up to the bridge, "Thank you, she tougher than she looks, the dwarves back in my world were advanced...very much so, the guns we even have are from them..." motioning to his hip, turning for the bridge, the crew following onboard.
"So that was YOU with the spears? we thought you guys had an arcane launcher like us..." Inigo said surprised.
Recorder whistled, "Explains how we almost went down the first time..."
"Let's just hope she can still fly or that we'll be able to get her to..." Lucien sighed, "Assuming the lightning didn't fry the flight control,"
Yuriana nodded, "Impressive, magic spears huh? they seemed like ballistas coming at us..."
"Of course, Master Greil is the best," Cloe said with pride.
"If you need my help with something, don't hesitate to ask." Greil said as he dismounted from the creature, before taking his axes in his hands, "I'll keep watch in case the enemy comes here."
"There's no need." Olga lifted her hand and created a barrier around them, "No one can hear us, or see us."
Traysek nodded in approval, "Nice, could've probably kept us all out with that one..." turning for the captain's doors, "If anything Greil, you won't be waiting there too long," pushing past the doors, "Check for Repairs Lucien, we'll leave in a bit,"
"The cannons are still good from the look of it, sir," Lucien said, looking at the slightly dented weapons, "All that work down the drain..."
Erik nodded his head, "At least we can still defend ourselves on here if we have to," rolling his shoulders, "I'm getting a drink, need one after all of that,"
"I heard you there, mind if I join you?" Yuriana added in, following him.
"Sure, why not..."
Inigo turned to Cloe, "I'll show you where our lounge is, assuming it hasn't been torn apart by his spearing," chuckling.
Recorder yawned with a stretch, "Great, I've got a lot to make a record of, I'll be a minute,"
Cloe was about to say something until she noticed the stare that Greil gave her, "T-Thanks, Felinefolk..." she muttered with a forced smile.
"Sorry about her." Greil sighed, "but considering what she went through during her childhood, I tried my best to give her the warrior spirit."
"But they attacked our base!" Cloe pointed.
"Listen," Greil said as Cloe stopped, "It doesn't matter where we are, as long as our hearts are beating, we won't stop fighting against the humans and their supremacy against us." he then turned to Inigo, "If anything happens with her, let me know."
The khajiit nodded, "I will be sure to, but we shouldn't have much of an issue..." Glancing at her scowl, "I hope..."
"There better NOT be, especially since we're letting them onboard!" Recorder shouted from within the ship.
Lucien walked to the crew hatch door, opening it, "I'll be in here, can't be that much damage done to the airship..." closing the hatch.
As Inigo got Cloe inside, Olga walked to Greil.
"Are you sure that it will work?" she asked.
After some seconds, Greil said, "We need to wait and see. After all, the Goddess Reborn would need our help when she hears about the mercenaries and their plan."
"You always were like that; seeing the benefits in one situation." Olga chuckled a bit.
"Bloodshed must be avoided." Greil replied, "After all, there are no benefits to taking a kingdom drowned in blood."
"And this man, can we trust him?" Olga turned and began to look at the ship.
"His blade said so." Greil smirked a bit, "After all, it would have been apparent if he was untrustworthy."
"Now that's a skill that a lot would be jealous to not have." Olga said as she laughed a bit before looking at the fortress, "Well you did say that it would be attacked one day."
"That's natural if we consider that it was our only base that the Shields knew," Greil stated.
"I can't wait to see their face when they get to know how many men we really have," Olga smirked as she crossed her arms.
Ship's interior...Library...
At the table, Recorder, Erik, and Yuriana sat around with cards and a dragon bong in the center, Recorder grabbed it and pulled from it first.
"Ugh...that's always hot going in," She coughed, passing it to Erik, "There should be some left..."
The Nord took it and took a large pull from it, sighing when he exhaled, "Normally...I don't even partake in pipe sharing, but after today..."
"Yeah...I heard you there," The Redhead nodded, taking it last and pulling from it, coughing when she exhaled, "By the gods...I was even willing to forgive the whole storehouse thing until now that is!" passing it back to Recorder.
"Fucking pervert..." Record sighed, taking another hit, coughing once again, "I hope the boss roasted his ass GOOD, I saw him go into a pillar, so maybe dead? God, I hope..."
Traysek tiredly walked past the room they were in, taking a sniff, "What are you guys doing?"
"Relaxing sir, especially after all of that..." Erik said, "Want to join in? been waiting for you," motioning to the cards.
The Redguard waved him down, "I'll pass, for now, I need to freshen up...but if there's some left, try to save me some?"
"Of course," Yuriana answered, "Or we'll try anyway..."
"Thanks, I'll be a minute..." Traysek said, leaving for the showers...
Meanwhile, Inigo was being a tour guide for the elf Assassin, showing her lounge area.
"And this where we like to kick back for a bit or make talk about things amongst the crew, you know how that works..." The blue khajiit said, before he picked up a whiff, rolling his eyes with a slight growl, before grinning again, "I guess we're not going to the library today, it smells...occupied, let's move on to our armory,"
Cloe said nothing and followed him as she had an annoyed look on her face before mumbling under her breath, "Why did Master Greil agree to work with them?" she then looked around, "Almost like the flying ship that's being made in Yamakhroz."
Inigo's ears twitched, "Huh? you say something back there?"
"Hmph, I said nothing," Cloe stated as she crossed her arms.
Inigo gave a blank stare, "Riiiiight...anyway, to the armory," turning back around.
...
In the showers, Traysek let the hot water run, it running red when it reached the drain, the wound on his shoulder was closing very slowly despite the healing magic he kept on it, his memory going back to that moment, gritting his teeth...
'Ha! Do you believe that your screaming can do something against me?" Volt smirked before rushing at Traysek and locking blades again, "Do you think that you're the first dragon thing that I've faced?" he quickly stabbed him with his dagger, "Meet the Dragon Hunting Dagger, very effective against dragons. It was very useful when I had to pin down that other one, you know her, right?'
The Redguard came out his thoughts with his claws out, "I should've done more to that asshole..."
...
Outside, Greil was petting the Creature's belly as it was purring and giving cute growls.
"How long until they're ready?" Olga asked.
"Patience, my lady, I did damage it pretty badly." Greil replied before seeing Lucian walking, "Can they be ready?"
"I hope that's the case." Olga sighed before seeing two Dogs and three orcs patrolling, "They'd better be quick about it..."
Lucien turned to him, "Actually the ship is ready to fly now, we're just waiting on the captain to get up here,"
Right as he said that, the captain's doors opened... Traysek was back in his crimson sand armor, walking out and up to the wheel with his hair still partially wet, lifting the lever, the ship starting to levitate... " We're setting sail, make sure to hold on to something..." in a tired tone, "The sooner I get my money, the sooner we're out of here..."
Greil stared at him before walking toward him, "I feel that your heart is heavy with sorrow and anger. I do hope that we are not the responsible ones."
The Redguard gave a deep sigh "We just fought...hairy assed rapists and their pet demons...how I feel right now is an understatement..." putting his hands on the wheel, "Let's just get this over with, so I can drink that away like every bad memory..."
The ship soon reached it maximum altitude and took off when the thrusters activated, leaving behind a gust of wind...
"You do appear as someone who needs to rest... mentally." Greil stated before adding, "I would advise you to do one thing out of these two; find someone to talk about this, or write it down in a journal."
Traysek kept his eyes forward, slowly nodding, "I have one of those...I'll get to that when I get the time..." thinking about it for a moment, "I guess I really don't know what to make of...any of this...it's not even anger towards you or her for that matter," motion his head towards Olga, "I just feel...numb... I'm not sure what to feel here..." turning a scowl back to the fortress they were getting further away from, shaking his head, turning back around.
"I see... you feel betrayed..." Greil sighed before saying "Not only that but perhaps guilt for putting your friends in danger."
The Redguard quickly cut one eye back, before focusing forward, "That's...a way to look at it I suppose, I'm just hoping things do go right when we go back...Personally, I'm getting sick of surprises..."
When Rey was waiting for the commander, he noticed two types of soldiers that are different in every way; Alicia's men, arrogant and act perversely toward some women, and Commander Niall's men, organized and disciplined. But, before that he could think, a chilling voice rang as a knife was under his neck.
"Been a while... Rey." it was Jenelica's voice, "I hope that you didn't touch my precious princess while she was away from me."
The holy knight felt himself sweat, narrowing his eyes, "I was hoping to leave before this...hello Jenelica...you know I didn't touch the princess, why do you even have that out...? and secondly...I'm about to leave with the commander, is there something I can do for you?" slightly turning his gaze around at the Jester in Red.
"Trying to evade me. I see..." she giggled before asking, "Is Troy still sour about that day, you know, when I used a song to give him donkey ears and made him do embarrassing things while being naked?"
Rey gave her an unamused look, "You know he does...he downright hates you, and I'm not too much of a fan either...if we have ANYTHING in common, it's the fact we both don't like you, now if you excuse me...my mission is about to start," motioning his head to Commander Niall approaching them.
"Hiding behind someone else, huh?" Jenelica giggled again as she disappeared while saying, "How manly of you."
"Whatever Jester! at least I'm not hiding behind my CRIMES!" he growled, gritting his teeth with a hand on his sword, ' By Celestine, I would do ANYTHING to get rid of her...I'm starting to understand how my brother feels...I wonder If I could depend on them...maybe they could...'
"Everything's alright?" Niall asked as approached Rey.
Rey nearly jumped, quickly collecting himself, "Huh? oh it's nothing to worry about Commander, just..." turning back around, "Had a run-in with...someone...it's not too important," shaking his head, turning back around, "Are we ready, sir?"
"Good, if you're ready, let's go," Niall said as 20 of his men followed him.
Reynold nodded, following the group of knights, glancing at their armor, 'Even their armors are different than mine...I wonder if I could get a set...would be nice,"
In the dark fortress, Volt sat on the throne with more than half of his face melted.
"Damn it damn it DAMN IT!" he took the dagger in his hands before glaring at it, "I should have stabbed him in the back! Damn it!"
Kin approached him with the girl that Dong Zhuo gave him, "I found a way, but I don't know if it'll work."
"Just do it already!" Volt roared.
Kin sighed as he opened a book, after reading some parts of it, he walked to one of the Dogs before taking something from him that turned him into a pile of sand, "Time magic is really scary..." he then held his hand toward Volt which regrew back his face, "I believe that it should be good now."
An orc brought him a hand mirror and Volt began to look at his face, "Nice work look like I regressed to two weeks prior to now."
Kin sighed with relief before saying, "Good thing that I found that book before they could."
"Could it work on this fortress?" Volt asked as he looked at the young mage.
Kin shook his head before replying, "It only works on organic things."
"Damn it!" Volt threw the mirror that was caught by an Imp.
"We should get ready to march on Feoh," Kin said as an Ogre picked the girl and brought her to Volt.
"Let's rest a little, we are going to need our stamina if we wish to take on a city like Feoh." Volt said as he grabbed the girl by the hair, "And you, you're going to be my stress relief."
Tears appeared in the girl's eyes as Volt threw her to the ground and began to walk toward her.
So after that dark ending, I'm sure many of you didn't see this coming, (neither did I, I wrote the damn thing ) I won't lie to you, I almost wasn't feeling the chapter there with how its original concept went...and how it was written with us at first...meaning my co-writer (who is responsible with Greil and buffering Cloe) had me beating my head against my keyboard for a while until I cleaned it up...that said, things are going to start getting dicey past this point, so stay tuned, leave your reviews and ask EITHER of us, any questions you want :) thank you all for your support and follows and the may the gods watch over your stories friends ;)