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Chapter 14: Surya's Sun and Holy Flames
Even as far away as Mt. Glenn, Ruby could sense the massive power signatures that have entered the center of Vale. One was of dragon, but it felt foul and tainted. The other, far more powerful, couldn't be anymore the opposite in it purity, divine even, but Ruby could sense that there was something unnatural about it. But that didn't matter as she felt the loss of life through senjutsu sensory abilities. Automatically, the Boosted Gear appeared on her arms and she ran towards the exit. Vali soon caught up to her.
"What's wrong?" Vali asked in concern.
"Someone or something has come to Remnant." Ruby answered in a vicious snarl. "They dare to come into my territory and kill my people. I will make them suffer for this."
There was rubble in their way from the collapsing tunnels, but Ruby did not stop her pace. She held out her left hand and cupped a glowing green orb.
"Dragon Shot."
Ruby punched the orb, sending it off like an artillery shell that blasted apart the rubble and revealed the outside world. She then leaped into the air, her wings unfolded and her body brimming in a red aura.
"Welsh Balance Breaker: Scale Mail."
After a flash of red light, Ruby donned the armor of her Balance Breaker, the metal-like crimson scales shining in the sun. Rocket thrusters attached just below her wings and behind her elbow joints roared as they spewed jets of crimson fire. The ground below Ruby was cratered and windows of buildings shattered from the force of her lift off.
[BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST.]
Ruby did not hold back willing as much power of the Boosted Gear. With every [BOOST] her speed doubled and she broke the sound barrier. She needed all the speed she needed to reach Vale, where she could sense more loss of life. They will pay. They will pay for daring to invade her territory!
Meanwhile, Vali summoned the wings of Divine Dividing and followed Ruby, albeit more slowly. In his mind, he was in slight conflict on what to do. Be was no good with senjutsu due to his Lucifer heritage, but Ruby's troubled expression was enough to set off alarms. If there was anything that could upset Ruby that much then it had to be from the supernatural of Earth. There was nothing good about that. At best, it was some rogue faction seeking conquest in a new world. Worst, it was another even bigger attack by the Old Satan Faction.
Azazel had given Vali explicit orders to not reveal himself as a double agent infiltrating the Khaos Brigade. He had to keep an act that he was on their side no matter what, even if it meant attacking Azazel. But Vali was torn when it came to Ruby. They could be attacking her world and she will be put in danger. He didn't want to fight Ruby like that just to keep a secret. Vali hoped to some god that was watching that it wasn't anyone from the Khaos Brigade.
Ruby's flight roared in the sky as an air cone followed her, and fueled even more when she saw the fires of Vale and the wings lf a green dragon, the center of the foul magic. The Red Dragon Empress can feel the sadistic joy of the dragon watching the slaughter of Atlas military trying to stop him. Multiple frigates were above the scene until a red laser pierced the sky and one of them went up in an explosion. Her dragon eyes traced the trajectory to a man of matching pale skin and hair dressed in gold armor and wielding a spear. He had the most powerful energy source, dwarfing the dragon, and was even nearnear Maou-class. She could even feel the heat of whatever power he was using. But when Ruby saw the burned bodies around him, all she could do was summon more [BOOSTS] while roaring in fury.
(With Gen. Ironwood)
Gen. Ironwood of the military of Atlas watched the live feed of the battle in the center of Vale, but was still trying to believe it. An entire platoon of Atlesian forces of robots incernerated by a single man in golden armor and a spear. He didn't even look like he was shot by volley after valley of hyber Dust artillery fire. Most shocking was that the man did something with his eye that sent out a concentrated blast that brought down a frigate in an instant. The most bizarre was that the stranger was emitting temperatures to melt rock into magma.
Then there was the dragon. Not a Grimm, but a real life dragon that talked and was taking sadistic pleasure in the loss of life. I Even after pelting with heavy fire from the frigates did not put a scratch on the bastard. But the giant reptile was content with watching the whole show with that sickening grin.
Ironwood was loathe to admit, but he knew nothing in their arsenal will e getting a win out of this. They needed a miracle and fast, or else Vale is going to be a scorched wasteland.
"General," Called one of his officers working in front of a terminal, "sensors are reading an unidentified flying bogey coming in real fast."
Ironwood's eyes widened in alarm. "How soon will it get here?"
"I have a visual." Announced an officer.
The live feed was put aside for another, and Ironwood couldn't tell whether to be happy or scowl. Wings of red of a dragon and crimson mech-like armor. Ironwood recognized anywhere as the Blood Dragon. To the public of the kingdoms, especially Atlas, Blood Dragon was named as a vigilante, but politics praised her for her attacks on the White Fang. The general himself had put in substantial resources to find her to possibly employ her sevices. He knew on first glance that the armor was far more advanced than anything among Atlas, and figured that with her recruited into the force they could reverse engineer it. With the kind of destruction the armor had, it will be an invaluable boon against the Grimm and Salem. Yet, as destructive Blood Dragon was, he always eluded contact which irritated Ironwood.
Today, Ironwood might get that chance, but he silently was praying for Blood Dragon's success. He internally agreed with the vigilante's methods, and considered letting her join Ozpin's inner circle.
"I want you to record the Blood Dragon." Ironwood commanded. "Whatever is about to happen, it won't be pretty."
(With Ruby)
The crimson Scale Mail crashed into the scene like a meteorite, wings outstretched menacingly. Farengar turned his head, and immediately sensed the presence of a powerful dragon. Not just any dragon, but the one he never forgot. The one that defeated him senselessly and humiliated him. The one he swore vegeance with all his being.
that, Farengar's vision went red witb fury.
"DDRAIG!" Bellowed Farengar, catching the pale man's attention.
'He seems familiar with you, partner.' Ruby thought.
[Can't believe that's Farengar.] Ddraig said. [I remember beating this shit senselessly and he vowed vengeance. Looks like he became insane and turned into an Evil Dragon, but you can defeat him.]
"Karna!" Shouted Farengar, summoning the pale man to his side. "New orders for you. Kill the incarnation of Ddraig."
[That's not possible!] Ddraig said outloud. [What have you done, Farengar?!]
"Ddraig, what's the matter?" Ruby asked.
Ddraig answered. [That man right there is named Karna, the son of the sun god of the Hindu pantheon. He lived long ago as a Hero of Charity, which is where this doesn't make sense. Karna died long ago, and he would never attack the innocent.]
"Allow me to enlighten you, Ddraig." Farengar said. "For eons, I have been working my power to master necromancy to the point I can reanimate demigods from the clutches. After all, when we our mind to it, we dragons can do anything. Then it took a few centuries to find this one's grave. Indra was a fool burying both the armor and the spear, so my former corpse is that the peak of his power."
[You damn fool!] Ddraig swore. [Partner, this will be the hardest battle you will face so far. Karna's armor makes him virtually impenetrable, but he can't use the full power of that spear without sacrificing his defense. But if he ever uses it, there's no use in running and we can kiss half of this continent goodbye.]
"Looks like I can't hold back." Ruby replied.
From Ruby's gauntlet protruded the hilt of Anduril that she unsheathed to its full glory. The shimmering Flame of the West captured the awe, however slight, to any spectators around them. Even Karna did not doubt the magnificence in it, but Ruby was just getting started. With a mental command, the sword was sheathed in silver flames as the holy light within awakened to burn whatever sin there is.
"I take no joy in this, if that is any comfort to you." Karna said, revealing he still was keeping his personality. "I at least am proud to face an honorable warrior."
"Then let's change the setting, shall we?" Ruby 'proposed'.
Karna only had the time to raise an eyebrow before he found his face in Ruby's grasp. Faster than a fighter, Ruby launched into the air and soared to the vast wilderness to take their battle elsewhere. If what Ddraig told her was true, she could not afford to fight a foe as destructive as Karna, especially if he decided to use that spear. He can easily burn all of Vale to the ground with his powers alone, and the spear, Vasavi Shakti. As fast as Ruby was soaring, there were Atlesian drones chasing after her to document this battle.
Once Ruby reached a far enough distance, she blasted Karna down to Earth with a point-blank Dragon Shot. The demigod crashed to Earth in an explosion of green energy that would take out several blocks. Ruby landed on the ground to see Karna pick himself out with only a bit of dirt on him.
"Smart, bringing me all the way over here so the innocent can stay out of this. You have my respect for that." Karna complimented. "But, are you really ready to face me, for I am forced to use put my full strength to destroy you?"
"I will face any challenge as long as I can protect my people." Ruby answered, channeling her draconic aura for added emphasis.
Karna smirked. "Indeed, you are a warrior of the strongest of hearts, with a strong blade as well. Put your full heart and soul into this."
"I plan to!" Ruby roared.
[BOOST]
With the call from Ddraig, Ruby launched off of the ground and slammed down Anduril on top of Karna. To respond, Karna channeled his magic into the spear of the Indra and met the blade sheathed in silver flames. The result of the two powers caused a rather massive explosion to erupt from the two. Yet, the fallout immediately dispersed via the forces that continued to clash against each other unabated by the earlier explosion or the ones that followed.
Karna spoke again when he and Ruby went into a weapons lock. "For this blade to not even have chipped against this spear, it is truly a blade of worthy make."
Ruby did not answer and instead flapped her wings charged with red lightning creating an electric pulse that sent Karna flying back at such speeds he ran through rock like paper. While he anchored himself, Ruby raised Anduril over her head, channeling more power into it, and then slamming it down to create a tidal wave of silver flames three stories high. When it struck Karna, molten rock went flying off from the heat.
The smoke and earth gave way to Karna who seemed to be flying toward Ruby with orange flames burning behind him. Ruby only had enough time to angle her blade in the correct blocking stance before the demigod was already upon her. As he swung, his magic channeled into the legendary spear and spewed flames upon Ruby that even she felt the heat of. Fortunately, Ruby came out of it harmless, but was being forced back across the land as Karna continued his onslaught of lightning-quick swipes and thrusts while Ruby blocked each one with the same speed and power. She eventually found herself crashing into a cliff, and Karna took that opportunity to let out another burst of super heated flames that crumbled the giant rock into molten bits.
The dragoness and demigod were now dancing around each other, their weapons of worth clashing with visible pulses of force that were put into them. Karna had the better agility as he continuously jumped over and around Ruby's frame, but the dragoness had the better defensive constitution, and the Scale Mail held against glancing blows from the spear that would've left a nasty flesh wound. As far as stamina was, Karna was ahead since Ruby was already on multiple [BOOSTS], but she continued to endure when her home was endanger. She could easily kill Farengar, but Karna was the much bigger threat. Reanimated he may be, but he was still a demigod.
At some point, Ruby found some flaw in Karna's attack pattern and put all her will and might into exploiting it coupled with a few [BOOSTS]. Blue eyes widened when the Red Dragon Empress was suddenly behind his guard and was had somehow grown stronger. His response was to launch into the sky with a quick burst of magic, but Ruby was swiftly closing on him. In the few of the many exchanges of blows, Karna could feel the sting of that holy blade even through his armor, and now it coming right at him charged with magic that intensified the flames.
He summoned his magic gifted to him by his father and pointed his spear at the approaching dragon. A rain of fire descended on Ruby, and with so many she was struck all the way to the ground where the flames then bursted. Karna slowly descended back to the earth, watching as the smoke and dust dispersed. It soon revealed Ruby with part of her armor chipped at the helm showing her scaly and pale-skinned cheek.
"Your skills and legend are definitely no laughing matter." Ruby said, running a finger over the damaged place and healing it. "I am actually enjoying this fight."
Karna's only response was a nod of acknowledgement before he brought out more of his power. Ruby in turn did so as well, making red lightning to spark off her body. In the wake of her elements, storm clouds gathered over the sky. Her dragon abilities will do nothing against that armor Karna wore, and her holy sword Anduril was Ruby's only chance to get passed it since anything reanimated has a weakness to holy elements.
Meanwhile, the footage that was captured from the Atlesian drones watching from a distance completely stumped the viewers, including Ozpin. Even in his long life, he had never borne witness to such casual yet destructive power. Not even the Maidens combined would stand a chance against either of them if the molten and scorched land was anything to go by. And then there was the issue with the new dragon terrorizing the citizens of Vale.
(Vale)
The grin on Ferengar's face would not leave. Ddraig's demise was sure at hand when it was Karna himself that was facing his latest incarnation. That demigod made even gods quiver in fear for he is the only one to wield the Vasavi Shakti that not even Indra could handle. Once he saw the molten crater in the distance of the spear's release, Ferengar was sure that bastard Dragon of Domination will meet his end, Sacred Gear or not.
Now, if only these pesky humans would stop ruining his good mood. Those blasts they kept firing were like little tickles of hatchlings. If they wanted attention so much, then they will get it. Foul, green flames brimmed behind his teeth and he lurched his head toward a frigate. A wide cone of green flames shot out of his mouth, melting the hull of the ship in seconds. Ferengar watched with glee as the ship sunk to the ground and relished in the souls of the dead humans.
Suddenly, Ferengar saw a ripple of gold in the air before he was pelted by what he can only see as golden lights. And these actually pierced right through his scales, eliciting spouts of blood. Ferengar cried out in both rage and pain that someone on this pathetic world actually hurting him. He turned his head to the side and to his chagrin found swords embedded in his flesh. Swords! Of all things, they were swords that hurt him. What the fuck was this shit!?
"Who dares?!" Ferengar bellowed.
"I have the right to do so, lowly beast." A feminine voice caught his attention to the sidewalk, where he found a blonde woman.
To his surprise, Ferengar sensed that the woman was in fact a High-class devil. It didn't matter to the dragon. He will make this world his and become the most powerful dragon. His ambition would not allow for failure.
"Begone!"
Angelica merely rolled her eyes and summoned a shield from the Gate of Babylon and of course it was no ordinary shield. A pristine round shield of glimmering silver that reflected eternal beauty that completely stopped the flames. She reciprocated opening golden portals around the dragon and pelting it with the weapons of legend like missiles. Ferengar continued to lash in rage and pain until his movements were hidden in a dust cloud. The Queen of Heroes raised an eyebrow at the sudden silence until her eyes narrowed at an eerie purple glow.
Ferengar dispersed the dust cloud, roaring in rage and brimming with a purple aura. His power was now at the level of the dragon matriarchs, which surprised Angelica but more so the feel of it. It did not feel like a dragon's aura, but it was so wrong. The sensation was even worse than the Underworld, and if Angelica focused hard enough she could hear wailing. That was not power of a dragon; those were souls.
The Queen of Heroes can be a shrewd bitch much like Gilgamesh, but there were horrendous crimes that she could not accept.
"What have you done, mongrel!?" Angelica demanded.
"You like?" Ferengar replied with a grin. "The power of life itself at my command. I will absorb the souls of all I deem unnecessary and I will become a god of this world!"
"You truly have become an Evil Dragon." Angelica said with a cold tone, a wall of golden portals opening behind her. "But what you lack in power, you make it up in insanity."
"Don't test me, little devil!" Ferengar roared.
The portals fired off the weapons of legend, but now they were simply shattering off the scales of Ferengar, empowered by the souls of the dead. Angelica clicked her tongue in annoyance. Now her weapons being launched won't have any effect, and she didn't have time to sort through the Gate of Babylon for an appropriate weapon. Perhaps, it is time for that.
"It seems that you will make a perfect test for myself." Angelica announced, a gold aura brimming off of her body. "Balance Breaker: The First Hero."
The golden intensified to the point that her figure was masked away. After a few seconds of the glow, it receded to reveal Angelica in full golden armor and a crown of gold sat on top of her head. Ferengar only bristled in annoyance.
"It matters not what stand before me." Roared Ferengar, blasting a wave of purple flames.
Only for it to be swept away by wisps of crimson energy of the likes that made Ferengar shock still. In Angelica's hands was a weapon before the concept of weaponry. It had a golden handle with a one-sides guard, and the blade could not be called a blade. It was made of three rotating gears formed into a pillar that were black with red circuits. The bottom and top gear spun counterclockwise while the middle spun clockwise. It a sword born before the concept of the name of "sword". The Sword of Rupture capable of ending the world, Ea.
It actually took effort on Angelica's part to not accidentally destroy half of Vale with it.
"Enkidu."
Out of portals surrounded Ferengar were chains pinning down the dragon's form to the ground and wrapping around his maw shut. He summoned as much strength as he could but they would not even creak. These chains are the greatest secret of the Gate of Babylon, capable of binding the gods. A dragon will have no better luck.
"I could kill you right now, mongrel." Angelica said. "But for what Ruby has in store when she comes back will all the worth seeing."
Now she had to keep the humans away with a field of some sort. Fortunately, most were too enraptured by the light show in the distance of Ruby and Karna's battle. Suddenly, Angelica had to dodge a swipe of a very pale arm and bile rose in her throat at the sight of a reanimated corpse. It was not alone as more of the dead started to rise to Ferengar's call, their eyes glowing a sinister purple. In her momentary loss of concentration, the Necromancy Dragon freed himself as the chains receded.
"Useful, aren't they?" Ferengar quipped.
Angelica ticked in annoyance, opening numerous portals to defend herself against this horde, but she knew that the dragon will get passed this to attack her. However, a saving grace arrived in the form of a silver blur crashing into Ferengar's side and sending him into the side of a building. The dragon's snapped open to the sight of Vali in his Scale Mail.
"You disgust me." Vali said. "I cannot wait to see what Ruby will do to you."
The Vanishing Dragon has entered the fight.
(Ruby vs. Karna)
(Cue Fate/Apocrypha ost "Karna vs. Siegfried")
Orange and silver fire clashed in a tremendous bang more deep and powerful than any clash of thunder. The power struggle was visible at they ascended to the sky and split the earth apart to form a canyon. Ruby, with the raw strength granted by her [BOOSTS], was the one to break the contest of strength and split sky and fire apart with a swing of Anduril. Rock formations in the way were sliced through from the sheer force of the winds generated. Karna, however, stood proud channeling his power to create lances of energy hanging over Ruby. With a cry, Karna commanded the lances to crash down upon the Red Dragon Empress. They did not impact the ground as Ruby shielded herself with her wings bristling with red lightning. The lances could not penetrate the lightning yet exploded right above her. The ground at her feet turned molten from the sheer heat unleashed from Karna's magical lances.
The massive smoke cloud that hid Ruby away from Karna disappeared and the demigod beheld Ruby raising her sword into the sky with the silver flames of the blade reaching to the very thunderclouds above them. With a cry of effort, Ruby swung down the massive blade of silver flames as though a god was cleaving the earth itself. Despite the sheer size of the attack, Karna was able to block it with the shaft of his golden spear that did not relent to the silver flames. Yet the power within it truly did cut into the earth as hills of rock were picked up.
From the vast distance, Ruby can clearly see Karna rising from the rubble, unaffected with his right eye suddenly glowing like the sun itself. She tensed now feeling the massive buildup of energy that was being gathered into that very eye.
"Brahmastra."
It was too close for comfort as Ruby swerved her head away from the searing laser that erupted from Karna's eye, matching the flames of his father. She may have saved her head, but the heat alone from the laser was enough to do away with the Scale Mail on her shoulder and neck. Ddraig was already working on repairing the damage, but at this point Ruby had to press on despite the weak spot in her armor. Karna shot the laser from his eye again, and in an instant the land around them erupted in fire and magma. It was like hell on earth as the flames of the sun god Surya ravaged Remnant, and the fires reaching over four stories high and the earth a boiling lake of melted rock.
Yet, Ruby charged through the flames and soared over the magma, the silver flames of Anduril still shining as bright as the rising sun. She was faster than before with her thrusters of the Scale Mail being pushed to the limit for maximum speed. Her blade trailed through the magma and struck Karna on his chest, still protected by his armor. The demigod attempted to get his bearings after being flung like a doll, but Ruby was chasing him down as a dragon should.
He jumped high into the air, holding his spear as a lance of red fire surrounded it. Even from the distance from the ground, the heat of that lance was enough to melt the rock around her. It was only thanks to Ruby's natural scales and Balance Breaker that she wasn't charred to a crisp in this heat.
"Brahmastra Kundala."
The lance was fired down, expanding into a red sun that had enough power to level the area for tens of miles. In response, Ruby poured her power into Anduril and the silver flames lengthened into a far longer blade much like before.
"Anduril."
Ruby swung her sword down clashing against the red lance. The result was a massive explosion that equaled a nuke. If it weren't for Ruby striking it in midair, the blast was sure to have done some damage probably as far as Vale. She needed to get this battle farther and done sooner.
With an upward swing, Ruby split apart the raging flames born from the fallout of the Brahmastra Kundala and found Karna up in the air on the other side. She made another upward swing, far more power than before as the silver flames carved a canyon for a mile or so. Their battle was literally reshaping the landscape, as expected of beings of the highest echelon of Ultimate-class and just bordering on Maou-class. Karna was hit and was stumbling through the air trying to get his bearings, but his expression did not look troubles but pleased.
"Repeated attacks that split the land. Impressive." Karna said, now stabilizing himself in the. "With every swing of your sword, I feel the heart of a warrior who will protect those precious to them at any cost. It seems my efforts haven't been satisfactory as my orders were to eliminate you. I haven't even come close."
Sheer heat, not flames, brimmed off of Karna at such an astonishing amount that the very heatwaves became visible in a red mist. Ruby could feel herself starting to sweat a little, for even dragons have some limits with the heat. She held Anduril with both hands, ready for what will come.
[It's happening.] Ddraig informed. [He is going to use the spear. If left undefeated, the destruction of Vasavi Shakti will obliterate Vale even from here.]
'I am not falling here.' Ruby stated mentally.
(With Gen. Ironwood)
"Sir," Called one of Ironwood's soldiers as alarms were blaring, "temperatures are reaching into the thousands. Massive energy is gathering. I-It's immeasurable."
Ironwood didn't need to know that as he watched it. The land was literally burning for more than a mile around the pale man, which audio from the drones revealed to Karna. As the temperatures were rising, those drones were forced back. Karna and Blood Dragon were mere specks.
And Blood Dragon. No matter what kind of armor, no man or woman should be able to stand in such heat. Yet, this stranger whoever she was standing in molten rock ready to take on whatever was coming. Yet again, Ironwood wondered just who was behind that helm that is able to stand this monstrosity. He only seen bits and pieces of the armor chipping off, which did reveal a feminine figure. Unfortunately, from the distance the drones were he will never be able to see the Blood Dragon's face. But one thing is true. Remnant will never be the same after this.
(Ruby vs. Karna)
"So," Karna announced, his armor suddenly burning off, "in order for me to be victorious, I must obliterate you with my next attack."
In an instant, Karna became the center of a new star as he relinquished his armor and unleashed the power of Vasavi Shakti. The land literally combusted as rock and earth were instantly turned into a sea of magma. Beads of sweat were going down Ruby's body. For the first time, Ruby felt the hottest she has ever been in. Up above the sky was blinded in red as Karna's sun replaced it, all originating from the spear. In its true form, it now had a head of a meter long black spearhead of a god's make that was meant to kill gods.
"Great warrior, tell me your name." Karna said.
"My name is Ruby Rose." Ruby answered.
"Yes, that is indeed a worthy name of the Welsh Dragon Emperor." Karna praised. "With the utmost respect that I have gained towards you, I shall hereby dedicate my most powerful attack to you. Not even Arjuna, my greatest rival, has borne witness to its power."
In the sky, the symbol of Surya burned in golden fire while on the ground the Red Dragon Empress stood proud against whatever she will face. Ruby held Anduril back, channeling all her power while Ddraig continued to bellow [BOOSTS]. This indeed will be a clash like none other. What will win? The mighty flames of Surya, or the holy flames of the God of Creation? Those who were watching could only watch in bated breath. From the tower of Beacon where the oldest guardian stood, to the dark lands where the witch held her breath.
"Thou shall soon know the mercy of the gods."
From Karna's back, sun dials unfolded.
"The black of night shall flee."
Ruby rushed over the sea of magma, the sword in her hands growing in power.
"This thrust shall be one of destruction."
Karna pointed the spear at the Red Dragon Empress.
"The West shall see a new dawn."
Ruby held her sword ready for a swing, and the silver flames lengthened to an unimaginable size and were somehow pushing back against the heat of Surya's power as the sea of magma parted away from the flames.
"Incinerate them, VASAVI SHAKTI!"
The red sun flowed into the spear where it funneled out into a concentrated blast that matched the heat of the sun itself. Nothing will stand in its way, until now.
"Shine, ANDURIL."
Ruby thrusted her blade forward to the sky. Anduril shot out its own blast of silver flames so concentrated it looked like a laser. The two forces clashed, struggling for control. To Karna's shock, he felt himself getting pushed up while Ruby was slightly sinking into the molten ground. The pressure and heat of the full power of Vasavi Shakti was chipping away at the Scale Mail till she had half of her helm, the legs, and the arms left. She was only holding out for so long due to the face that Ddraig was still boosting her power as much as her body was willing to give.
"I CAN'T GIVE UP NOW!" Ruby roared, pouring the power into the blade of Anduril.
Orange and silver flames were in a stalemate with neither side able to let go. Ruby needed to do something, knowing her stamina will give out soon enough. A risky plot formed in Ruby's mind going millions of miles. She remembered one of the lessons she had with Great Red and creating a bubble of sorts that was a portal to a new world. Ruby had done it, but it always took all her energy away and it was always the size of her palm. Unless she used the Boosted Gear.
'This is going to be risky.' Thought Ruby.
While still holding back the smiting of Karna's spear, Ruby cupped her left hand surging her draconic power into it. She was going to have only split-second to do this or it was complete annihilation. Mentally steadying herself, Ruby quickly formed a bubble portal, green in color and as expected the silver flames in Anduril gave out without her power. Ruby thrusted the bubble forward, right as the blast of Surya's flames was right in front of her.
[TRANSFER]
Searing heat was replaced with relief as the bubble expanded to the size of Vale city itself. Being a portal of a separate dimension, the blast of Vasavi Shakti was absorbed into the expanding portal. They both saw as the flames were destroying a city of an ancient civilization of an entirely different world, and Ruby had the inclination to apologize to whoever she sent Vasavi Shakti's attack to. It had expanded so far that Ruby found herself falling with a deep crater at the bottom. She was too weak to fly until Ddraig gave her more a few more [BOOSTS] before the rest of her Scale Mail dissolved. It brought her only roughly 40 percent of her full power due to her weakened state, but it will be enough.
[Go, Ruby!] Ddraig roared.
Ruby bellowed in a way worthy of a dragon as she headed for Karna still in the air. A piece of rock falling from the other dimension got in her way, but a single swing of Anduril simply cut in two to her prey. Karna was only able to put his spear up in defense, no longer having the aide of his armor, and was sent down to the earth below. In a risky move, Ruby threw Anduril at Karna, who stumbled off his feet when he barely blocked the blade away as it buried in the ground.
Ruby landed nimbly, with Anduril between her and Karna. As expected, Ruby ran towards her favored holy sword with a hand outstretched. Karna was meeting after her with a spear ready to pierce her body faster than she can reach her sword to pull it out. But Karna widened his eyes as Ruby fainted her movements as she used the last of her power to reach into her personal dimensional pocket to thrust forward another blade. It was none other then the blade of Adam Taurus that she had stored away for future purposes.
(End Ost)
And its purpose now was to drink in the blood of a demigod as the crimson blade pierced through Karna's chest, and up above them the portal imploded in a tremendous explosion. Yet again, Karna the son of Surya was defeated, but it brought a smile to his face. Unlike last time where Arjuna struck him down cowardly with his back turned, Ruby gave him a worthy death.
I don't care what you say. That was a fucking awesome fight. This had truly pushed Ruby to the limits, and the blood of Karna will play in Ruby reforging Adam's sword into a new weapon that she will give to one of her friends. For those wondering where everyone else was, it would make sense that Ozpin would not allow any of his students on the scene and keep them in Beacon since this a first a dragon and a demigod have invaded Remnant. He will definitely be needing more coffee to handle the headache of making sense of this. If only he knew.
And this is a promise. The fight between Vali and Ruby will be even greater than this. How, with the fact she has an Excalibur-class holy sword? Well, that's for you to find out.
Up next is Chapter 15.
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