Chapter 40
Later that night at Payon.....
Elraven is seen sitting in his bed while reading a blueprint. He carefully read the entire blue print as if he was trying to find something on it. "Knock, knock" Someone knocked his door and blurred his concentration, but he didn't snap nonetheless.
"Come in" Olivia entered his room afterwards. "El, it's about time for dinner, why don't you cook some big foot steak now? I'm hungry!!" The high priest asked with a burning eyes. She was really hungry.
"What's with that eyes of yours? I'll get you the steak, just don't eat me, alright?!" Elraven put the blue print back on his bag and went to the kitchen.
Fifteen minutes later, he came out with the Big Foot steak. Olivia were waiting alongside Sohee and Devi. "Let's go outside. This temple is too big for the four of us to have a dinner".
Elraven, Olivia, Devi, and Sohee sat in the stairs in the festival ground while they were enjoying their dinner. The place was literally quiet. The people in Payon has been warped to Gonryun after Sagramore departure this morning. Olivia handled the whole job on warping and pretty much dog tired by now. And that pretty much explained her hunger earlier.
"It's so quiet in here, huh?" Elraven slowly said as his companions nodded. "But that's a good thing, I guess. If Valdomir attack we can still defend ourselves without worrying the safety of the civilians. Since, they are not anymore, right?" The gunslinger continued.
"Wrong, Elraven. We don't defend this town. It's only you defend this town" Olivia replied strictly as Elraven sweat dropped, "Uh, right", he said while repositioning his purple glasses. As the dinner goes on they begin to have conversation.
"What were you reading back there in your room, Elraven? Some kind of secret mission from your country, hmm?" Olivia started the conversation.
"Huh? No, no! What secret mission?! It was a blue print! I read a blue print my country gave me!! That's all!" Elraven loudly replied.
"Blue print? What blue print?" Sohee asked curiously.
"Gatling gun blue print" A short reply.
"Gatling gun? Didn't you already have one?" Olivia continued.
"Well, this is a special Gatling gun. Different from mine" The answer made the high priest and the former pet even more curious. They stared at Elraven with a goggled eye, wanting to know more. Elraven is insensitive, but he is a good fighter and know if danger is around him. So he decided to tell the girls.
"Well, years ago before Valdomir start attacking my country, the military researchers tried to resurrect the ancient weapons. A weapons used by my people ancestors in Juno during Andromeda, war of the skies. The war between countries at Juno to find the absolute ruler of the sky" Elraven started his story. Olivia and Sohee listened him quietly.
"It is said during Andromeda, the countries in Juno tried to create Weapon of mass destruction, a munition with the capacity to indiscriminately kill large numbers of living beings, as much as possible so they can use it to easily win the war. Although their efforts were proven unsuccessful, they got themselves a high caliber weapons. In order to protect their secrets, they wrote the blue print of the weapons in Juperos ancient languages and hid them. Unfortunately, the war was ended in a very tragic way and the blue prints scattered everywhere in Juno" Elraven sighed.
"What? Tragic way?" Olivia tried to ensure herself.
"Yes. During the Andromeda, Juno, known by that time as City of the Wise, made a pact with Schwaltzvalt Republic to form an alliance. They developed perhaps the most dangerous weapon humans ever created in this world, ARMAS" Elraven slowly continued as the two girls still listening.
"ARMAS is said to be a gigantic cannon which used the power of the sun to eliminate its target. One of
Schwaltzvalt Republic enemy's by that time, Vector Kingdom, felt the mega-ultimate wrath of ARMAS. Schwaltzvalt Republic tested the power of the cannon and shot ARMAS right to Vector Kingdom area. The result was unbelievably enormous. ARMAS completely eliminated the whole country, leaving not even a single survivor and not even a single piece of rocks were left to be found. And for your information, ARMAS shot's pierced through the land of the sky and hit a large area of mountains in Midgard and completely destroyed it. The area is currently known as Morocc" Elraven drank a glass of water as Sohee and Olivia fell into their deep thoughts.
"Because of that, Schwaltzvalt Republic emerged as the winner of Andromeda. Alongside Juno, Schwaltzvalt ruled the land of the sky, until now" Elraven's story was cut short by Olivia's question, "What happened to ARMAS? Is the cannon still exist?".
Elraven didn't answer at first, but decided to tell her nonetheless.
"ARMAS is said to be sealed in an unknown place, because the effect is too dangerous. Perhaps even Schwaltzvalt Republic themselves were afraid if their opponents found out the secret of ARMAS, so they decided to seal it. Back to the topic, around 10 years ago, the military of Einbroch found the last five remaining blue prints from Andromeda. Since they were the only ancient weapons left from ARMAS power, they are called "The Five Children of ARMAS". HAVOX the ultimate Gatling gun, Cutlass the Dual Mateba Auto Revolvers, Hyperion the H&K Grenade Launcher styled with alternate shot mode, Daedeye the Deployable Sniper Rifle , and Sweeper the Dual barreled Break action Shotgun. During the first try of the subjects, many errors and miscalculations occurred, and made it almost impossible for the Five Children to be created. Because of that, the researchers decided to give the five blue prints to Ropera Squad after a heated discussions with the government. They assumed we could handle the powers of the ancient weapons. The blue print I read in my room is the blue print of HAVOX, the prototype of a very high caliber Gatling Gun. HAVOX is said to possess the power of 10 Gatling guns at the same time, allow the wielder to easily swipe even a single nations, if given a proper time" Elraven finished his story much to Olivia and Sohee's amaze.
"Wow, scary. Are you trying to assemble this...HAVOX gun?" Olivia tried to confirm. "Well, I can't find the right medium as the tamperproof barrels of HAVOX, so until I find the right material,
it's a nuh-uh!" Elraven sadly replied.
Olivia, seeing Elraven's upset face, decided to talk about something else.
Olivia : So, El. Is it true that you're in relationship with Frea? When did you confess?
Sohee and Devi listened carefully. The two monsters are so eager to know.
El : Yes, it's true. And I confessed to her during the festival night.
Olivia : Hmmm, interesting. You don't mind if I ask a bit 'deeper' ?
El : Go ahead.
Olivia : Do you know Frea is older than you? Although she looks young, I could tell she is in her late twenties.
El : I realized that.
Olivia : So, that means you don't mind having an older woman as your lover ?
El : Well, I wouldn't mind having a fine lady loving me. I'm man, you know?
Sohee and Devi listened even more carefully.
Olivia : And did you...well, sleep with her? Not sleep, but 'sleep' ?
El : Take a wild guess.
Olivia : Er....yes?
El : Right answer.
Sohee and Olivia's faces blushed heavily after they heard Elraven's confirmation.
Elraven : Why are you blushing, Olivia? Don't tell me you never did 'that', hm?
Olivia : Of course not!!! I'm a priest!! I won't do such things before married!!!
Olivia gets up and start punching Elraven furiously.
Elraven : Alright, alright!! Chill out, lady!! God, you start acting like your boss!!!
"My boss? Did you mean Fio?" The high priest slowly asked. "Uh-huh!" A short reply from the purple glassed gunslinger. The night becoming even colder as the wind slowly blows.
"Do you hate Fio, Elraven?" Sohee took her turn to ask. "What? No, no!! Why would I hate her?! She's bratty, but she's not a bad girl. I don't hate that kid, not even an ounce" Elraven glances at Sohee.
"She beat you up several times, right? Although it's your fault I presume" Olivia stares at Elraven defiantly.
"It's not like that. I hold no grudges against her. She's a kid after all. An adult like me shouldn't be bothered with kids bratty attitude, right?" Elraven replied, again, insensitively as Olivia stared directly to his eyes. Somehow, Elraven could feel an unpleasant feeling from her.
"Please don't say she's a kid. She will kill you if she finds out" Olivia warned with a serious tone. "I second that, Elraven" Sohee agreed with the high priest. Elraven sighed and asked back, "She always acts like a bratty kid in front of me!!".
"Well, how could you call someone who's leading 60,000 soldiers in a war a kid, huh? Are you that insensitive, Elraven?" The high priest harshly replied.
"Uh, you are...right, up to some points. She and Alphard pretty much uncovered half the truth of Beelzephir's doing today's morning. Exceptional they are, but let's not forget that deep inside, they're kids. Not more, not less" A sharp reply from the gunslinger. Sohee and Olivia didn't respond his answer, which made Elraven became more curious.
"What is wrong, girls? Something matters with Alexandria and this kiddy issues?" Olivia and Sohee looked at each other. Olivia put Devi on her lap, and start telling.
"Well, I guess no harm will come from telling you this. Fiorentin doesn't like being called as kids, because when she's a kid, she...pretty much suffered. Didn't I tell you that I, Felicia, and George were her childhood friends? Honestly, maybe we are the only friends she had all the time. She spend most of her live in the Prontera Castle, where the royalty lived. Unfortunately for her, the royalty, who supposed to be her guardians, didn't really like her for some....reasons" Olivia stopped right at that moment. Maybe she tried to recall or maybe she even hesitated. And the insensitive Elraven, somewhat uses his minds not to cut her story. So, he could be sensitive too at some points.
Olivia continued her story.
"Her mother, Queen Angelica Adler wasn't a royalty, she was a commoner. That's why some of the royalty inside the kingdom, didn't value her as the same class with them. They hated Fiorentin cause Fio is Queen's daughter. Her uncles, aunts, and nephews were no difference from a bunch of assholes. They bullied her every time they got their chances. And being a princess, Fio didn't really get much time to socialize or play outside the castle. But she endured it, pretty much because of her mom. Her father was busy taking care of Midgard, so she spent almost all her time with us and her mother. I don't really like to say this, but when she was little, Fiorentin was spoiled, stubborn, and hot headed. She wouldn't want to be bullied by her family without a fight. She was a like a tomboy, If I may say. She would only acted nice whenever her mother or father was around. Although, they spoiled her too, nonetheless. But, in a good way of course!!" Olivia giggled recalling the memories as Elraven and Sohee smiled.
"So, Alexandria was a brat after all"Elraven smiled to himself.
"When the battle against Valdomir reached its peak five years ago, something horrible happened to her...or to be precise, to Prontera Kingdom. Queen Angelica was....murdered in one night when King Tristan was defending the last gate of Prontera" Olivia stopped telling the story again, trying to take some breath. Elraven, Devi, and Sohee fell in silence, waiting for the high priest to continue.
"And the culprit was....a Gunslinger"
The last words made Elraven widened his eyes. "Five years ago, a gunslinger killed Queen Angelica of Prontera ? Unbelievable....." He muttered as he repositioned his glasses.
"No one ever caught the culprit until now. Her mother's death pretty much ruined her life and devastated her. And to make it worse, her supposed to be 'royal' family, were busy fighting for the throne, even when King Tristan was still alive. Not only Fiorentin, King Tristan as well was very devastated. That pretty much ruined the whole defending plan for Midgard, since the leader was.... And not long after that, Prontera...fell. King Tristan was also killed during the war. Ever since that day, her life was never the same. She's not the same spoiled, stubborn, and hot-headed kid anymore. By calling her kid is no difference of reminding her about her former selfs, about her parents' deaths, and underestimating her. That's why!" Olivia concluded her story as Elraven slowly nodded to his understanding.
But Elraven didn't realize, Olivia was taking a good look at him, and finally remembered something. "Elraven, I think I know why Fiorentin acted your so called bratty in front of you" Olivia said with a grin.
"Why?"
"Because...you looked like her father. Especially your eyes. Not exactly the same, but you and King Tristan definitely have the same eyes. When we first met you at Alberta, Fio said your face looked so familiar. Maybe, she sees you like her father. That's why she acts bratty in front of you" Elraven narrowed his eyes listening to Olivia's reasoning. Olivia and Sohee giggled seeing Elraven's reaction.
"But, I don't think Alexandria will act very bratty if she finds out about her mother's murderer" A deep cold voice from the upstairs made the three friends paid their attention there and turned backwards. There, they saw a tall high wizard, clothed in white from head to toe, smiling at them.
"The white high wizard....." Olivia said scarily. Her body was trembling. Sohee and Devi hid behind Olivia's back.
"Beelzephir The Chaos" Elraven slowly said as he pulled out his Gatling Gun. His eyes were full of anger and hatred.
"Good evening, Elraven. Long time no see" Beelzephir The Chaos said with a smile on his face.
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First, I would like to thank Kogane1089 for his ideas. Without him, this chapter won't exist. I promise to use your idea as good as I could. Thanks for the support, and please keep supporting me till this story ends. And I'm serious buddy, you should considering make your own stories.
Your idea about the five weapons rocks!! And I've sent a reply to your review, I hope you got it!! ^^
Second, the con is on. Next chapter will be a HAVOX, trust me.
Third, I think this story will be a long one, so thank you for reading and hope u enjoy.
Review if you please, I'm a beginner and full of lacks, so I'm open to any advice. Just, don't be too hard on me, OK? See u next chap!!!