Chapter 71
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
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Back to the heroes…
"So, Fenrir…or whoever you are. We could say you're on our side?" Felicia, although not fully understand the problem with George and Fenrir, asks.
"Yes, paladin, but only until I decide what to do. And because I wouldn't have the chance to decide without being bothered by Valdomir. So yeah, I'm on your side, temporarily".
"Good, does that mean I can ask all your attention, ladies and gentlemen?" Emilio decides to not wasting anymore time and explains, "You see, Satan Morroc is our main problem right now. If we cannot take him down, this war won't be over. And to do so, there's no way we could take him out if we don't unite our powers, because other than being extremely powerful he is being supported by Ifrit and at least nine thousand darkness knights".
"So, basically you're asking our cooperation to take him down? You're trying to barge in our own war and tell us what to do, boy?" General Hagi straightly asks the captain of Ropera Squad, let's not forget the two countries are currently not on a friendly term because of some differences.
"Sir, I only asked for cooperation. That's all"
The short answer makes General Dorn looking at his comrade and his daughter before answering, "Well, one of the gunslingers has showed us that difference has nothing to do with uniting each power. I don't see why we cannot be an ally, not only for now, but also for the future. Don't you agree, Hagi?".
The old champion gazes his best friend quietly before responding, "Alright, I will say this only once. I don't like how most of your people view us as primitives, but apparently, other than we're currently on a big danger, Dorn's right, Elraven showed us that difference has nothing to do with unity. As for now, I accept. But just because this is emergency".
The agreement put the difference aside and settles one problem for now, but before any of the warriors could do anything,
"If your resolution is to cooperate with the gunslingers from Einbroch, then you must be out of your mind, Generals" A voice turns the warriors attention, as they spot Alphard finally regains himself.
"Oh, here we go again" Clyde grumbles the moment Alphard looks at the gunslingers with hatred on his eyes and continues, "Wake up, Sagramore!!! Allying yourself with these barbarians would gain you nothing but more degradation than we already had!!! Why would they wish to cooperate with us in the first place? The answer is to give them more pleasure!!! So, they could feel that they are more superior to us!!! Deep down, they feel proud being able to help we, whom they called primitives!!! That's the way these barbarians are thinking".
"Hey, watch your mouth, faggot!!!" Ty shouts at the Stream Lord, "Who do you calling barbarians? And in case you don't know, no one called your people primitives other than yourself the whole time we are here!!! And not all people in Juno regard your people as primitives, only the hypocrites doing so!!! Judging by the way you talk, I think you would fit to be one of them!!!".
Alphard quickly pulls his Tegron and points it right at Ty's neck, "One more word from that barbarian mouth and I swear you would die before you know it!!".
"Sir Alphard, please stop this!!! Lower your sword!!!" Felicia loudly asks as she and her father tries to hold the lord knight.
"Sir, please this is not the right time to debate among ourselves" General Dorn slowly warns the lord knight as he forcefully lower Tegron down although Alphard still stares at the gunslingers with fire on his eyes, "We have lost all of our soldiers in this battle. And let's not forget, Alexandria is still inside Glast Heim, without the gunslingers help, we would really lose this war. And they are here to lend their hands, because they don't want to lose this war either, since one of them has been fighting with us, alongside us, not only for his own sake but for our sake as well. Please, calm yourself down".
Seeing the heated tension wouldn't bring them anywhere, Elraven slowly barges himself into the 'debate', "Uh, can I say something?".
"Oh, here finally comes the mastermind who pulls the strings all along" Alphard cynically responds, "Let's see what he has to say. Just be careful, he would poison you with blissful thoughts like he did with our leader".
"What a jerk!" Sasha says to herself seeing the lord knight. "This guy needs to pipe down a little" Martina, who is usually calm, starts feeling anger too. "Bastard!" Clyde calls the lord knight silently. "I better let Elraven handle this" Emilio decides seeing his best friend wanting to say something.
"Well" Elraven chose to ignore Alphard's mocking and finally voices his mind, "I know, maybe this is not my place to say this. But, Sir Alphard, if you wish to do the battle with the remaining three soldiers…I mean, General Dorn, General Hagi, and Felicia, do you think you would really win? Didn't all the soldiers get knocked out just by two of Satan Morroc's spell? If we cooperate, there's chance for us to at least fend him off. Originally, this is your war. If you choose to bring yourself and your comrades to fight alone against him, does that mean you choose to die over to live? I believe, if Alexandria is in your position, she would choose to accept our assistance without even thinking".
All of a sudden, Alphard grabs Elraven's collar and shouts at his face much to everyone's surprise, "Stop talking like you know all things about her!!! Who do you think you are?!! You are no one!!! You're just a stranger who is coming out of nowhere, maybe for an ill intention to destroy us from inside!!! And how dare you exaggerate your soldiers' capabilities?!! Do your barbarian brain really feel that superior against us?!".
"Let him go!! Let him go!!" Ty forcefully tries to make Alphard release Elraven by grabbing his hand, followed by General Hagi, "Sir, please he didn't mean anything bad".
Staring at the champion fiercely, Alphard harshly releases Elraven and steps backwards, "See what I was talking about?".
Alphard cynically points at the champion and the other two paladins, "All of you, all three of you, have been poisoned by his blissful thoughts. I can also say maybe even George and Olivia have been somehow affected by him. While Fiorentin…well, she was his first 'victim', am I right?".
Then, Alphard points out at Elraven with an unspeakable hatred, while the other keep witnessing him, "You, you are the source of all of this!!! You are a problem!!! You take more than you give!!! You've poisoned Sagramore soldiers enough with your blissful thoughts that they even chose to be on your side than mine! And the worst of all, you could truly pretend like you didn't realize it all! You are a great actor. What's next, Angel of Darkness? Hm, what's next? Come on!!! Say it on my face!!! Aren't you man enough to do it?!".
"What is wrong with him?" Kirigi shakes his head seeing the lord knight's action. "He is out of his mind" Wendy, just like the other, thinks about Alphard. "This Alphard boy is insane" Fenrir chuckles just by thinking about it. "God, I have met a lot of egoistical faggots, but this guy easily tops them all by landslide!!" Ty grunts seeing Alphard keeps accusing Elraven for something unclear. Just like the two generals and Felicia, Frea watches without thinking about anything, hoping Alphard would be so kind to finally accept the offer from the gunslingers.
"Sir Alphard, listen. This is not about whose side we're in…" Elraven tries to clarify his mean, "I really don't understand about what you were saying, I didn't think we're on a different side, please stop exaggerate things that do not really matter. I didn't poison anyone with blissful thoughts, I only voiced my mind and did what I think was right. And you're definitely wrong if you say I pretend to know all things about Alexandria. She hits me a lot, how does that make me know all things about her? If you don't like the way I think or the way I act, it's your right. You are entitled to your own opinion. But please, at least consider this, do you really think you are enough to stop them?".
Elraven points out at thousands of the knights, including their two leaders. "I think you're definitely stronger than I am. You're comparable to Alexandria after all, but…" Elraven continues, "By all means, you wouldn't stand them. There are limits of what we, humans, could do. And to surpass those limits, it is often that we need others' help to do so. And uniting each power is one of the ways to surpass those limits. You can hate me all you want. You can yell at me all you want. But would that resolve anything? If you have something to say then say it on my face right after this war is over. I would welcome you anytime. But for now, just for this once, let's put our differences aside to give ourselves a chance…to live longer in this world".
Elraven's words sounds like a music to the rest of the warriors, even Alphard widening his eyes listening him, knowing what he stated was totally true. Elrraven has left everyone speechless. "Right on. I have never thought the insensitive Elraven would be able to say such things" Felicia says to herself, gazing at the insensitive gunslinger, "No matter how much he dislikes it, Sir Alphard must have realized what Elraven said was true. If Elraven really poisoned us with something, it's not blissful thoughts, but courage for hoping, which one way or another, is not a bad thing. What do you have to say now, Sir Alphard? The man in front of you is insensitive, but he is hardly a fool".
"…This is foolish" Alphard slowly says after a minute of silence, "I know I would regret this decision for the rest of my life. But if what you said is true, just for this once, I will agree to cooperate. But that does not mean anything; the alliance decision is up to Fiorentin, not me. And you!!".
Alphard points out at Elraven again, "If we could survive this war, then we will have a talk. Just you and me, I want to clarify some things, important things, to be exact. And don't think I will ever thank you for voicing your advice to accept this assistance".
"Fine by me, as long we have a bigger chance to survive at the moment" Elraven happily replies, finally putting things aside for now.
Glancing at Elraven, Emilio responds, "Thank you for the understanding. Our side shall not disappoint you, then".
Observing the warriors from Pegasus, Gen Ed couldn't help but smirking, "Wonderful. They managed to settle their differences for now. Honestly, I really want to go down there".
Finally agree to do the battle together, all the warriors lining up to face Satan Morroc, Ifrit, and the knights. "Don't die…both of you" General Dorn looks at his champion friend and his daughter before saying it. "Don't worry" The champion and the female paladin responds in unison.
"Die and I shall forget both your names" Frea warns her two underlings who reply at the same time, "We will live, leader".
Alphard chose not to say anything while Fenrir is thinking, "I gotta kick Ifrit back!!".
Meanwhile, Ropera Squad is having a happy reunion. "So, you're Hugo? The new guy? Welcome to the club, dude!" Elraven greets the apocalypse robot. "Thank you, vice captain". Seeing the two greetings each other, an idea comes across Emilio's mind, "Hey guys, since this is a big war, let's do our usual Ropera Bet!!".
"OK, captain" The members but Hugo respond. "I'm sorry, but what is Ropera Bet?" The apocalypse robot asks the other members.
"Oh, right. This is the first time Hugo participates in a big war with our squad. Of course he wouldn't know. I will explain" Clyde takes the job, "Whenever our squad is facing a big war, we always do a bet on who can kill the most enemies. The winner, being the one who kill the most enemies, can order one member to do anything the winner wish".
"I see. Thank you for explaining, Clyde".
"And let's not forget Ty's Rule, if the last place or the one who killed the fewest is a woman, will be groped by me all night long. Same goes if I win, I will use my right and my rule at the same time to even have both women" Ty adds resulting in both Martina and Sasha gazing at him with the intention to kill him.
"Well, I think we' are set to go, right?" Elraven looks at his comrades before saying, "Let's bring the noise!".
At the same time, Valdomir's side is also preparing. "OH, SETTLING THEIR DIFFERENCES TO UNITE? INTERESTING, LET'S SEE HOW LONG THE WORMS WILL LAST AGAINST US" Ifrit tells Satan Morroc his opinion.
"THAT'S ONE THING, IFRIT" The giant demon reminds his compatriot, "LET'S NOT FORGET THE RAGNAROK CANNON WILL BE EXECUTED IN TWENTY MINUTES. ENJOY THE BATTLE WHILE YOU CAN".
"TWENTY MINUTES IS A LONG TIME, DEMON GOD. MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME TO HAVE SOME FUNS BEFORE THIS WAR IS OVER".
"FUNS, HUH? STILL EAGER TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT WITH FENRIR?".
"YOU GOT THAT RIGHT".
"SAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND".
"GO AHEAD".
"WHY DON'T YOU UNLEASH YOUR TRUE FORM HERE? IT WOULD MAKE THIS WAR EASIER TO DEAL WITH, RIGHT?".
"MY TRUE FORM, HUH? WHY DO YOU SUDDENLY ASK ABOUT IT?".
"WELL, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU SHOWED ME YOUR TRUE POWER, IFRIT? THE LAST TIME YOU SHOWED IT WAS…DURING THE MJOLNIR MASSACRE. SO IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN".
"WELL, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WILL NOT USE MY TRUE FORM HERE BECAUSE JUST LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I WANT TO HAVE FUN AS MUCH AS I CAN. FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS ON A MISSION, SO I WOULDN'T HOLD BACK, NOT TO MENTION THE WORMS WERE VERY PERSISTENT TO STOP ME. IF I USE MY TRUE FORM HERE, THEN THIS WAR WILL BE OVER BEFORE I HAVE ENOUGH ENTERTAINMENT TO PLEASE MYSELF".
"EVEN WHEN YOU DO AWARE OF THE FACT THAT FENRIR IS HERE?".
"YOU WANT ME TO USE MY TRUE FORM AGAINST FENRIR? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH, DEMON GOD. HE'S NOT WORTH IT, HE'S JUST ONE GOD".
"COME TO THINK OF IT, DIDN'T YOU ALSO USE YOUR TRUE POWER TO SURVIVE RAGNAROK?".
"CORRECT, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS NEEDED".
"WELL, UP YOURS. I ONLY ASKED ANYWAY. PREPARE YOURSELF, IFRIT. WE WILL LAUNCH THE NEXT ATTACK".
"I'VE BEEN PREPARED SINCE RAGNAROK IS OVER, DEMON GOD. IT'S YOUR CALL NOW".
Knowing the preparations are completed, both sides are ready to resume this war.
Currently, inside Glast Heim…
Fiorentin slowly opens the church's main door to see a man, dresses in white from head to toe in a high wizard uniform, standing in the middle of the church, smiling. Taking a better look at him, the lord knight somewhat feels an uneasy aura surrounding the man. But she already encourages herself, so Fiorentin slowly walks inside and stops approximately fifteen feet from the high wizard, not wanting to risk any chance of being attacked if she were to be any closer to the white haired man.
"It seems to me that Naght Sieger spared her. But, that's not a problem" Beelzephir says to himself before deciding to make the first move.
Greetings, Princess Fiorentin" Beelzephir, with his sly smile, politely greets the girl, "This is the first time we meet, I believe. Allow me to introduce myself, then. I am…".
"I know who you are!" Fiorentin cuts him off, "You are Beelzephir The Chaos. The true leader of Valdomir Kingdom, apparently, I've heard a lot about you. So, don't bother telling me your name and stuffs".
"Oh, pardon me for not realizing that" The white high wizard calmly responds, "It is an honor that the famous Alexandria already learned my name, I'm flattered. Anyway… it's nice to meet you, Princess".
"Well, actually, I don't feel the same as you are" Fiorentin sharply replies, "I don't feel nice at all looking at the mastermind of this war in person".
"Oh, a sharp tongue. As expected from a young leader like you" The white high wizard chuckles, "And I expect nothing less from a human".
"Oh, so you are one of these guys who look down on humans and regard humans' lives as worthless?" The light pink haired girl cynically replies.
But much to her surprise, the high wizard answers, "Oh, that's a wrong conception, Princess Fiorentin. Different from Satan Morroc and Ifrit, I don't regard humans' lives as worthless; in fact, humans are an important part of my plan. Why would I regard something important as worthless?".
"Oh, really?" The lord knight, for the second time, cynically responses, "Care for some clarification, perhaps?".
"Well, if that is the true heir of Prontera Kingdom wish for, I see no harm in that" Beelzephir rolls his eyes before answering, "Where should I start, I wonder? Alright, let's start from Ragnarok. Have you ever heard anything about…Ragnarok?".
The lord knight gazes at the corners of the church before gazing at the high wizard again, making sure that there are no traps prepared for her, "Ragnarok is a legendary war where the gods are said to meet their ends. What's the deal between you and Ragnarok?".
"Well, I and my brother are the survivors of Ragnarok" The answers widened the former princess' eyes as Beelzephir continues, "Few gods survived, we were two of them. At first, to honor our father's, Loki, belief, we chose to blur with humans and live with them, specially because humans are literally the ruler of this world since almost all the gods no longer exist. But as the time goes, I feel disappointed in your kind. Your kind likes to do something known as war. Killing each other mercilessly with the winner takes all. And that disgusts me, even now. Many unimportant wars occurred just because your kind's egos, hatreds, and lusts. Upon seeing your kind wouldn't make this world any better, I chose to erase them. Apparently, I failed because my brother. I was sealed for a long time, but my spirit to make this world a better place keeps on living, not only inside me, but also inside my believers".
"You're trying to play saint!!!" Fiorentin shouts, "How are we different from the so called gods, then? Didn't you gods also commit war?!".
"Only one time and for something that matters, Princess Fiorentin. Don't forget that fact" Beelzephir quickly answers, "While yours, could do wars just because you wanted to, you hated this, you despised that, and countless other nonsensical reasons. That's why; I have decided to bring this world back to its peaceful times, when the gods were around. I want to…revive all the gods and live peacefully again, without humans of course".
"Coming from someone like you, that's very believable" The lord knight sharply responds back, again, "So what? Humans are your pawns for your 'dream'?".
"Incorrect, Princess Fiorentin. I regard humans' lives as important, remember?" The high wizard says before evilly continues, "I need them for my 'sacrifice', as part of my ritual to bring the gods back. That's why; I founded Valdomir Kingdom and declared war against Rune Midgard, so I wouldn't have any troubles finding millions of sacrifices. I'm smart, right?".
The statement leaves Fiorentin speechless for a while, not believing what she just heard. "So…" She slowly says, "This…this whole war…is just for your…need? Your…ritual? So many lives have been taken just for…your goal?".
"It's fine to have a dream. I'm not wrong to dream of something; you're also free to dream of something. This is just…the way it works" Beelzephir calmly explains, "Do you know, Princess Fiorentin? What is destined to be destroyed, will eventually meets its fate. This war, this whole war is just a part of that destiny, both for your kind and my side. I want to create the world where gods could live peacefully without having the need to do war anymore, and without having the responsibility to take care of ungrateful being called humans. And you, you want to get your homeland back. That's normal; I see nothing wrong with that. Just like what I dream of, nothing and I mean absolutely nothing is wrong with that".
"You're…inhuman!!! You're out of your mind!!" Fiorentin unsheathes both her swords. Her eyes are filled with anger, "All your talks are nonsense!!! You simplify all important matters like they are nothing!!! How dare you treat lives like it is worthless?!!! You keep accusing humans for a dirty deed called war!! But what you, as a god do, are worse than that!!! You caused so many people died just because your own egoistical dream!!!".
Seeing the lord knight preparing to attack him, the high wizard remains calm and simply replies, "All dreams are somewhat egoistical, because you dream for yourself, not others. But just like I said, there's nothing wrong with dreaming. Of course it would be normal if we want to achieve our dreams. And there are many ways to achieve dreams, and me creating this war is just one of those ways. I chose war because it's the simplest. And I didn't simplify things. The things I mentioned are already simple from the start; people just like to exaggerate it. And about the deaths, well…it's all part of destiny, Princess Fiorentin. You and your kind are mortals, you are all going to die in the end, and it's only a matter of time. What makes the difference if you die three years ago? Or yesterday? Or now? Or tomorrow? You will eventually die, right? So…let's not make a big deal of it".
Seeing to continue the conversation with Beelzhepir would be totally useless, Fiorentin charges and hits her Claymore right to the high wizard's neck, only to see the Claymore stopped there, failed to cut him. "What?!" The lord knight quickly retreats several steps back and stares at her opposition.
"Don't let your anger got the best of you, Princess. Don't you remember the difference between our races?" Beelzhepir puts a wider smile than he did before, "You're a human, and I'm a god. I am far higher than you and your kind. For you, I'm impenetrable. But really, your worthless effort reminds me of someone...King Tristan III, your late father".
The latter name catch the former princess' attention the moment the white high wizard continues, "He died around a year after the war because the injuries he sustained, right? Do you know although he fought well against Valdomir Kingdom's soldiers, he couldn't even scratch me when we met? Knowing the fact, he continued resisting against me, but it cost him his life. Pretty foolish and pathetic for a smart man like him, don't you think?".
"So…it was you…who killed him?!" The lord knight strengthens the grips on both her swords. Her eyes are filled with fire. "So, it was you…who made him suffer…for the rest of his life?!".
"I killed your pathetic father five years ago. And you know what makes it more pathetic?" As if he ignoring her anger, he continues with a smile, "I have never thought that him, the father, and you, his daughter, will meet the same fate on the hand of the same person, me. Princess Fiorentin, I will kill you…now".
Finishing his words, Beelzephir unleashes a giant fire ball and blows the whole church, but Fiorentin managed to avoid the explosion by quickly runs outside. Quickly focusing back on her opposition, she is surprised to hear a voice behind her. "Right here, Princess" Beelzephir cheerfully greets her with a little yellow sphere on his right hand. "Thunder Shock" The yellow sphere explodes and swallows the street in a giant lightning dome. The white high wizard jumps into the top of a building and quietly witnesses his adversary got swallowed by his spell. But the surprise comes right after the dome has vanishes, as Fiorentin could be seen standing calmly. Some sparks of lightning could be seen sparkling on her Schweizersabel.
"Oh, you used the Schweizersabel to conduct the electricity so you wouldn't be affected? Nice" Beelzephir easily figured out how the lord knight saved herself, "But how long could you stand without having any chance to hit me back?".
"That is something we have to find out" The lord knight prepares a stance by crossing both her swords forming the letter X, making Beelzephir reminds himself of something, "I knew that stance. She is preparing to unleash Bedivere, one of the Four Lionhearts which uses the wind to cut its target from a long range. Eisenheim and Tristan used it against me. This should be easy".
"Let me tell you something interesting, Princess Fiorentin" Beelzephir showed his right palm as he speaks, "Gods have their own 'basic' of powers. For example, Odin, as the king of gods, had 'creation' as his basic power, allowing him to 'create' things. Loki, as The God of Chaos, had 'dust' as his basic power, allowing him to change everything he touches into dust. Ifrit, The Fire God of Midgard, has 'fire' as his basic power, allowing him to manipulate fire as he likes. And I, as the son of Loki, possess a basic of power which is greatly influenced by his power".
Touching his right palm to the building he is currently standing, Fiorentin widened her eyes as suddenly the building vanishes into thin air. Beelzephir swiftly landed on the ground with a big smile, gazing to the lord knight. "This is my basic power, 'void'. Basically means nothing" He continues, "This power allows me to turn an existence into inexistence. Turn everything into nothing. This is the other power I have than my magic spells. It's been long since I showed this power to someone else; the last time was five years ago during the fight against your father. I killed him with this 'void', now I will kill you also with this 'void'".
Fiorentin ignores his blabbing and concentrates more on releasing her attack, "Focus, focus! Don't bother thinking about him, if I cannot stop him here then this war would be for nothing!".
"Oppenheim" The white high wizard chants as he creates a white glowing sphere on his right hand, readying himself to receive the wind attack of Bedivere. "By the way, can I ask you something?" Beelzephir suddenly remembers some problem, "How sure are you of your own power? Do you know only four of your actual soldiers' remain on the battlefield? It seems that they have a help from some parties, the gunslingers from Einbroch and several other parties, making you still have fourteen men left. I still have nine thousand and three, two of them are unsurpassed. Do you think you and your side would still win this war?".
Fiorentin purposely locks her eyes with high wizard's, looking deep inside him before answering, "It pains me to lost so many comrades, but that's the risk we all knew of and taken. As for I having fourteen left on my side while you have nine thousand and three…big deal, Beelzephir. I believe my side, they, will survive this war. You underestimated them too much".
"Alright, let's say your comrades will survive this war…but what about you, Princess Fiorentin?" The high wizard questions her again, "After seeing your worthless effort and the obvious gap between our ability, are you sure enough you will survive this war? Alone by yourself?".
The question silenced the lord knight. She is a good debater, so she wouldn't pick random answers even for a man like the white high wizard. Deep down, she realized, her chance of even surviving the battle against Beelzephir is slim to none. And that ignites fear inside her heart. But suddenly, a calm soft voice resounds within her,
"May you always have an angel by your side".
As if the words are the words of encouragement, the fear she felt just a while ago vanishes. "There's still a chance for me to survive this war" Fiorentin answers with smile, "Because you are wrong. I'm not alone, there's an angel watching over me. He's on my side. So, I'm not alone".
Beelzephir smirks upon listening her, realizing whom she mentioned. And as both sides do not want to wait any longer, Fiorentin unleashes her giant wind cutter when Beelzephir hits his Oppenheim.
And the moment the two attacks meet, sound and time seem stop as a blinding white light could be seen covering the whole Glast Heim city…
Return to the last stand in north point…
Felicia, taking the advantage of having Salvador as her ride, hits two abyssmal knights opposing him fiercely using her Hellfire. A bloody knight appears behind her and strikes his sword, only to meet a fire ball right on his face. But that was only a decoy for the real attack, as a dozen abyssmal knights have already surround her and lift their swords, trying to take her out. But she only sees this as a mere chance. Creating a fire ball on her lance, the paladin strikes the fire ball to the ground, resulting on an explosion which consumes the dozen abyssmal knights and put them out of their misery.
The two veteran generals are also trying not to be defeated more than they already suffered today. General Hagi unleashes the Triple Attack and Quadruple attack consecutively to knock all his oppositions down, while the paladin general hits The Grand Cross continuously to banish the demon knights. The two are nearly untouchable for the demon knights.
And don't forget Fenrir, who unleashes his Sub Zero Cannon without mercy and froze dozens of bloody knights in a single shot. The Black Reaper quickly sneaks among the group of abyssmal knights, and seizing his chance from inside by unleashing The Storm Gust and finishes his oppositions. But his true challenge comes when he spots Ifrit is floating above him. The two gods didn't hold back as Ifrit unleashes his Earthquake from above when Fenrir hits an Ashura Strike to fight the merciless attack. When both their fists meet, another mammoth impact for the second time today costs the knights surrounding them respectively.
Alphard, currently more than eager to show his true ability, is mercilessly unleashing his Hurricane Slash to swipe the knights. As if there is no tomorrow, the lord knight creates another El Nino and strikes it right towards the knights, making a small tornado as it creates more and more victims from Elysion Guild. Stopping, he glances at Elaven before continue blowing his adversaries. Had anyone seen what was written on his eyes, you can tell his eyes are full of hatred.
Frea, with the aid of her two underlings, are enjoying quite an easy fight. Combining her esma, Kirigi's shuriken attack, and Wendy's speed, the trio creates an irresistible force and continuously takes the knights out from the battle.
But the nods go to The Pride of Einbroch, Ropera Squad, who are on their way to win their Ropera Bet. Hugo, their newest member, cannot stop himself from battering the knights using his many Assault Rifles, proving himself to be a big threat for the knights. One of the bloody knights takes the initiative to strike him using his sword from behind, only to see the sword stopped on his steel body, showing how hard his physic is. The bloody knight met his maker after reciving a big blow from the apocalypse robot.
Martine, Clyde, and Sasha are on the spot as well. The older female gunslinger, using her 'whipping' Sweeper, proved too hard for the knight to be fended off, as her bullets circling movement repetitively hits the head of those who came near her. Clyde, using the Berserk Mode of his Cutlass again, seems more like a demon than the supposed demon knights. In a blinding speed, his bullets hits his oppositions before the even realize it, knocking the abyssmal knights from their horses and separating the bloody knights from their shields. And remember her sister? Hiding inside the woods while aiming her Daedeye, Sasha is enjoying her time shooting down her targets one by one without any risk of being hit back by them.
Ty is making his dream of groping the girls all night long come true by unleashing another Ecclesia shot to banish dozens of Bloody Knights. The Gray Seraph effectively uses the combination of light grenades to blind his enemies and finish them off using the Ecclesia. But when he sees Vanessa staring at him, his concentration ruined, "What?! A girl on this battlefield?! Aren't The Elysion Guild soldiers consist only of Abyssmal Knights and Bloody Knights?! What is that girl doing here?! But wow, she…is hot!!!". After Ty finish thinking, a kick hits him right on his face, delivered by Vanessa. Although his nose bleeds, the western graced gunslinger quickly rises and prepares to fight back, with a big smile, "Oh, you wanna play?! Come on!!".
Emilio creates a great deal of trouble for The Elysion Guild soldiers. His continuous lightning blasts swallow the knights and send them to their makers. He is so far leading in the Ropera Bet, his Hyperion proves to be stronger than it looks. After a few minutes, no enemies left standing around him, forcing him to chase the enemies to another point by himself if he wants to add more numbers for the bet he suggested after loads his Hyperion with Fire Sphere, "I will win this bet no matter what!! And then I will ask….hehehehehe, just wait and see!!! Wahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!".
And the last but not the least, of course our beloved insensitive gunslinger, Elraven Sinclair. Using the fiery force of his HAVOX, the purple glassed gunslinger batters the knights using his soundless and merciless bullets, not giving any chance for them to even get close with him. He is on the second place on Ropera Bet. Wanting to win the bet even more, he rolls his HAVOX and in a single roll, finishes all the knights in a single roll. "I'm done here" Elraven spots Emilio running to a point where the knight gathered, "Sorry, amigo. But, I'm not going to lose this bet!!". With that on his mind, Elraven runs to Emilio's place.
"WOW, THIS WAR IS QUITE INTENSE" Satan Morroc observes the war quietly, "I WONDER IF I SHOULD UNLEASH THE ABYSS BREAK NOW? …NO, NO. LET'S WAIT A BIT MORE".
An explosion clears a group of bloody knights surprise Emilio and catches his attention, spotting Elraven smiling while aiming his HAVOX cannon. "Oh. You wish to join the fun, buddy?" The captain asks in challenging tone. "Yep, just like the good old school days" Elraven answers as both men stare to the knights approaching them.
"How many have you killed, El?".
"Around 250 I think, you?"
"Same".
"Then let's put a big difference on it!!!".
The two rush toward the knights and unleashes their respective attacks, barraging the poor knights using soundless bullets and fire blasts. The combined force of both the captain and the vice captain of the said to be the strongest squad in Einbroch prove too hard to handle for the knights. Blasts after blasts and piercing bullets after piercing bullets automatically put both friends into the top two of their Ropera Bet table.
"I'm not going to lose, El!!".
"Say that when I'm delivering my victory speech, Emilio!!".
"That's my line, buddy!!".
"That's mine, amigo!!!".
Seeing how his two students are having a friendly rivalry from the ship, Gen Ed smiles while recalling some memories, "It's kind of odd seeing those two fighting alongside each other. I couldn't believe they were like cat and dog when they first met. But I guess what an old says is true, sometimes, the truest of friends comes up from a bitter rivalries".
Emilio glances at Elraven who seem to enjoy his momentum before continue blasting his oppositions, "I could recall the day I first met him like it was yesterday. He was a cold person who closed himself from others. At first, I thought he was an arrogant man; he tried to act cool and became a model student by pretending not to realize it at all. Yet, he is a complete package. He has more talent than me; he got the looks and the charm that make him popular among girls; and he is a very diligent figure. I tried to best him in any way but I always fail. Hearing how people brag about it was him who should be my father's son and not me only angered me and made me hate him deeply. I even tried to make him suffer any way I could. But after knowing him, I realized, all my thoughts about him were wrong. He is loyal, trustworthy, and reliable. He didn't try to look good at all, and he didn't try to prove anything at all. He was just that good, he still is. And not to mention he saved my life. Deep down…".
Smashing an abyssmal knight, Elraven steal a look at his captain before giving the knights in front of him the taste of his HAVOX, "How long has it been since I got you by my side, Emilio? Is it five years already? Time seems so short whenever I think about it. When I first met you, I thought you were just an annoying person who tried to stand in my way, taking any chance you could to see me suffer. I didn't even mean to look good; it was just the way I was. I tried to ignore you but you never ignored me, you made my school days seemed like a bother. But, all the things you did, whether you realized it or not, touched my heart and turned me into more open and better person, and giving so many memories to me, who already forgot so many things in my life. Filling my days and times with new experiences, you even saved my life. And before I realize it, you have called me buddy when I called you amigo. But really…".
Elraven aims his HAVOX to Emilio while the captain aims his Hyperion to his vice captain. Both men unleash a shoot, as the soundless bullets hit a bloody knight behind Emilio and the fire blast turn an abyssmal knight behind Elraven into dust. Locking eyes with each other, both friend smile as they tell themselves,
"I'm glad having you as a friend".
"What's your number, buddy?" Emilio asks with a big smile.
"I count around 500, amigo".
"Same".
"Does that black fat ass count as one?" Elraven points at Satan Morroc. Observe the behemoth target for a moment, the captain answers, "Since his ass is black and fat, yes. He counts as one".
"You're a racist, Emilio. What if his ass is white and fat? Does he still count as one?".
"Elraven, he could decorate his ass with blue and fat, pink and fat, yellow and fat, or green and fat, I don't care!! That demon is just one demon and will count as one!!".
"...OK, captain. As you wish!!" Elraven prepares his HAVOX again and watches the demon carefully, "So, shall we start, captain?".
"Start? Start what?".
"Start avoiding his jump!! He's coming for us!!!" Elraven shouts when Emilio looks at the sky, seeing the giant physical stature of the black demon nearly landing, "You should have told me earlier, redneck!!".
The two run to avoid the titanic impact of the landing, just like before, the moment he land was the moment many knights died and more of the ground's field broken. "El, I swear of god, if you do that late warning again, I will terminate your contract and then I will terminate you!!!" Emilio grunts while he and his comrade are rising.
"I didn't give you a late warning; you should have noticed him by yourself" The purple glassed gunslinger and his captain take a good look at the Satan who is staring at them. "What does he looking at?" Emilio asks Elraven, who shrugs, "I don't know. Why don't you ask him?".
"OK, just one thing, El. If I want to call him, should I call him Morroc or fat ass?".
"For god sake, Emilio!! What is it between you and fat ass?! Just ask, him "Hey, what are you looking at?!".
"Fine! Hey, what are you looking at?!".
"NO, I WAS JUST THINKING. SINCE I CHOSE THE TWO OF YOU TO BE MY OPPONENTS, SHOULD I KILL THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS FIRST OR THE SPHERE OF DEATH FIRST?".
The two best friends look at each other, falling into deep silent, but only until the demon decides, "COME TO THINK OF IT, I WILL KILL BOTH OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME".
"Now, that clarifies thing better for us, doesn't it?" Elraven starts shooting his HAVOX to the demon when Emilio prepares a poison sphere. "THESE HANDS SHOULD BE ENOUGH!!!" Satan Morroc embalms both his hands with the purple aura and rushes to the two gunslingers. The giant demon unleashes his first punch, only to meet the ground and destroys it while his two targets dodged the hit. Having prepared themselves using the gas mask, Elraven shoots the HAVOX to Morroc's eyes while Emilio strikes his face using the Poison Blast.
"GRRRRHH!!!" The demon, quickly grabbing his face with both his hands, grumbles upon receiving two attacks on it. Quickly landing to the field, Emilio quickly change the sphere into ice sphere and shoots, freezing Morroc's left knee, leaving it to receive a powerful HAVOX smash from his compatriot. "GKH!!" Now, Morroc has to pay attention to his knee as well. Continuing their momentum, Emilio, again using his ice sphere, throws another ice blasts, not just one but two, freezing both the demon's knees. Already preparing the finishers, Elraven uses his Inferno, fully loaded with the thunder sphere, to hit both the demon's knees using the Scattered Mines, electrocuting both his knees.
"GUAAAAAAKKH!!!" The giant demon, with disbelieve showing all over his eyes, cannot believe two men could inflict him pain. Elraven and Emilio look at each other while preparing their HAVOX and Hyperion, much to the happiness of Gen Ed. "Perfect" The legendary gunslinger mutters, "As expected from the combination between The Sphere of Death and The Angel of Darkness. Just by looking at each other right before Satan Morroc decided, they already know what to do. Showing how deep their friendship is".
Even Satan Morroc himself couldn't contain his curiosity, "IMPOSSIBLE!!! HOW DID YOU TWO EASILY ATTACK ME LIKE YOU DID?!! THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS BARRELY EVEN SURVIVE MY ATTACK JUST AWHILE AGO!!!".
"That's because you underestimated us too much" Elraven explains, "Because I couldn't fended you off, you presumed the same with the two of us, without actually knowing our true capabilities. By combining our powers, a different result would obviously occur. You kneeling like that are your own fault".
"And your fat ass fault, it gives you too much burden to carry" Emilio finishes.
Even Ifrit couldn't let this moment pass, "HM? THE DEMON GOD IS HAVING A TROUBLE BECAUSE TWO WORMS? PATHETIC, HE SHOULDN'T FORCE HIMSELF INTO HAND TO HAND COMBAT. HIS GREATEST ASSET IS HIS DESTROYER SPELLS, HE SHOULD COUNT ON THAT". A punch from Fenrir almost his face had Ifrit didn't dodge, "Watch where you are looking, Ifrit!! The fight isn't over yet!!".
Meanwhile, Vanessa is giving Ty a run for his money. Her movements proved too fast for the gunslinger to follow. Slashes after slashes hit the self proclaimed spying artists again and again on his hands, badly bleeding them. Just a moment ago, had he failed to avoid the Sonic Blow, he is now a dead meat.
"This girl is insanely fast!!! I have to do something if I don't want to die; my hands have suffered more than enough!!" Ty pulls out a dozen grenades as Vanessa prepares her Jur to launch another Sonic Blow, "You are nothing against me, gunslinger. You will die here and now". The cold girl unleashes her finishing move, while Ty suddenly pulls out the grenades leverage, blinding her with their lights, revealing the grenades to be light grenades. Seizing his chance, Ty hits the assassin cross using his Ecclesia's long railed cannon right on her stomach, knocking her down to the ground after breaking some of her ribs.
"Aaaaakh!!" Vanessa spills some blood from her mouth when her hands are busy grabbing her stomach to ease her pain. She stares with anger at the western graced gunslinger who is victoriously standing with a smile, looking at her, "Who's your daddy now, missy?".
Fenrir, who avoided Ifrit's Hortus Deliciarum on the sky, landed beside Ty and notices Vanessa, "Wait a minute, you're the girl who abducted that high priest called Olivia, right?! She was taken by you and that Quarter King named Eremes!!".
Fenrir's proclamation catches everyone's attention, especially General Dorn and Felicia. "Olivia was abducted by a Quarter King?! So, that's why we couldn't find her!!!" Dorn slowly says in disbelieve. "What do they want from her?!" Felicia questions when she sees Vanessa quickly rises and runs, "I gotta go, I cannot risk myself to die in this place!!".
Anticipating the assassin cross effort to escape, Felicia, realizing she and her father are too far from Vanessa, shouts, "Somebody stop her!!!". Ty and Fenrir wanted to chase her, but suddenly Ifrit appears before Ty and kicks him right on his head. "Uaaakhh!!" Ty screams when the kick sends the eye patched gunslinger crashing to the ground, knocking him down for awhile. "Hey, your business is with me!! Leave him alone!!" Fenrir strikes an Ashura Strikealthough Ifrit quickly ascending, saving himself from the attack, "DON'T BOTHER SHOUTING, FENRIR. I WOULDN'T LET A SINGLE CHANCE TO KILL A WORM GOES ABSURD, IT'S NOT LIKE ME".
"None of my concern, I believe. Who needs a useless weakling like Olivia anyway?"Alphard actually notices Felicia's request, but he chose not to help stopping the assassin cross and continue attacking the knights with his wind. Frea and her two spies are too busy fending off the knights. Hagi is too far away from the spot.
And that leaves Clyde, who quickly chases her using his Berserk Mode, "Stop, Assassin!!". "Tsk, another gunslinger!!" Knowing this would be a problem; Vanessa chooses to fight and throws her Sonic Blow towards Clyde, only to see the gunslinger avoids all her blows, much to her surprise. Knowing her ribs are injured, Clyde, using his Cutlass as smashers, hits Vanessa right on her stomach and dropping her to the ground. "Khh, ukh" The assassin cross feels an agonizing pain while lying helplessly on the ground. Clyde aims the Cutlass to her to prevent her from moving, "Where did you take Olivia?".
"Kill me if you want….I will not tell you!" Vanessa, noticing the distance between herself and Clyde is near, quickly slashes Clyde's left leg. "Aakh!" The gunslinger falls down and prepares to stand, only to find out he cannot move his body, "What is this?! I cannot move?!".
"That means the Enchant Poison works!!" Vanessa pins him to the ground and prepares to stab him on his head using her right Jur, "Die, gunslinger!". But in mere blink of an eye, a piercing bullet hits Vanessa right on her right arm, cutting it off. "Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!" The female assassin cross fell to the ground, crying for her unspeakable pain. The shooter reveals to be Sasha, who promptly saved her brother using her Daedeye.
"Now, for the finishing touch" The Silver Sniper quickly aims to Vanessa's head, only to see Clyde, in a desperate attempt, covers the assassin cross. "Don't kill her, Sasha!!" The Throttle desperately shouts using the talkie to warn his sister even though his body is trembling; the poison is starting to take effect on him. "Why?" Sasha, using her talkie, asks back. "If we kill…her here, we wouldn't know where…she and her boss hide…Olivia" Clyde responds and looks at the collapsed girl behind him with a pity on his eyes, "And she…has suffered more than enough". After stating his reason, the gunslinger collapsed too, right beside the assassin cross, leaving Sasha speechless.
Realizing his mistake, Satan Morroc decides to show his spell to waste Elraven and Emilio. So, he creates the purple dusts on his hands, "SORRY FOR UNDERESTIMATING YOU. NOW, I SHALL TAKE THIS BATTLE SERIOUSLY. STARDUST LAUNCHER!!!".
"Not those spell again!! Emilio, get down!!" Elraven warns his comrade as the two get down to the ground, avoiding the hundred purple beams scattering everywhere on the field. Alphard blocks the beams from hitting him via his wind barrier. Frea and her two spies quickly get down to the ground like her boyfriend did. Hagi gets down to the ground faster than anyone could. Felicia and her father cover themselves using their shields. Fenrir and Ifrit are forced to stop their fight and use their own respective elements to create a barrier for themselves. The beams, just like before, hit the knights and the grounds, nearly killing all the remaining knights.
When the smokes are cleared, only half the knights remain, the rest is history. "You gotta be kidding me…" Emilio mutters in dismay seeing the result of The Stardust Launcher. "Well, that's Satan Morroc for you" Elraven comments. The rest of the heroes quickly stand back, looking at Satan Morroc, realizing how this war won't end if they don't stop him. Knowing their intention, Satan Morroc shows a hole on his left palm. A mud like creature jumps out of the hole to the battlefield.
"BEHOLD!! THIS IS THE INCARNATION OF MORROC, SHADOW FORM!!" The giant demon proudly introduces one of his four underlings. Without saying anything, Shadow Form quickly appears behind Kirigi and Wendy, with hands already formed from his mud and smashes both of them. "Aaakh!!" They shout in unison when they hit the ground. Taking a quick prevention, Frea unleashes her holy esma and hits the Shadow Form, only to see the monster didn't get affected at all. Not wasting any chances, The Incarnation of Morroc shoots Frea using Dark Soul Strike and knocks her down to the field, "Aakh!!".
Suddenly, Hagi comes from behind and blows the Shadow Form using his Ashura Strike, blows his body away into piles of mud. "Got you!!" The champion shouts, but he is surprised when he realizes the scattered mud jumps into him and swallow him. "What?! What is this?!" Hagi widened his eyes as the mud forms a big hand and crash him to the ground, defeating him. The mud quickly reverts back to its original form, but another surprise party has been set for him, as Felicia and Dorn already appearing before him with their Grand Cross ready. The two paladins hit their finishing blows at the same time, but their effort proved fruitless as the attacks didn't scratch the Shadow Form at all. Without getting the chance to express their surprises, the Dark Soul Strike already hits them and sends them flying. Hugo takes the next chance to batter the mud monster with his punch, but the punch easily went through the monster's body and as the result, Shadow Form returns the punch and takes the robot down.
But what the Shadow Form doesn't notice is, Alphard is already standing behind him with his Hurricane Slash ready. The lord knight unleashes his signature attack and cuts the mud monster into pieces, hitting several knights behind him in progress. But the mud monster didn't get cut or hit at all by the slash. Before Alphard could do anything, the mud monster already hit him using his mud hand and crash him to the ground. Being the only one left, Sasha shoots The Incarnation of Morroc right on his head, to no avail. Instead, the Dark Soul Strike he shoots hits Sasha in the woods and knocks her down. Martina was the last to feel his wrath, as the gunslinger got hit by his punch upon shooting him from behind. In less than five minutes, the heroes have stumbled upon another powerful creature.
"Unbelievable…" Emilio shakes his head, seeing from afar. "We gotta help them!!" Elaven tells his captain as he prepares to run to his comrades' side, but suddenly Satan Morroc unleashes another black beam from his mouth, "BLACK CRUSHER!!". Emilio and Elraven manage to avoid the beam, but not entirely, because the explosion from the spell takes them down to the ground.
"DON'T GO ANYWHERE, GUNSLINGERS. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OWN PARTY AS THEY LIKE, OUR PARTY IS HERE".
"I have never been beaten so badly in a party!!" Emilio quickly rises as Elaven follows, but their concentration was split, for their comrades and for themselves. When Elraven glances, it seems that Shadow Form ordered the remaining knights to finish the already defeated heroes before they regain their composures. "This is not the right time to face Satan Morroc, the others really need our help!!" Elraven glances at his friends when Satan Morroc is about to shoots another beam.
"Don't stand in my way, Ifrit!!" Fenrir, who was supposedly, battled Ifrit in the sky, angered by The Fire God of Midgard continuous effort to stop him helping the humans. Although as usual, no one tells Ifrit what to do, "WELL, I DON'T WANT THE FUN OF FIGHTING YOU GOT SPOILED BY THOSE WORMS. IF YOU WISH TO GO DOWN THERE AND HELP THEM, GO AHEAD. BUT FIRST, YOU MUST CROSS OVER MY DEAD BODY".
Frea was the first to awake, desperately trying to rise, when she feels a dark aura approaching her, "It's an abyssmal knight…I have to get up before he kills me". Too bad for her, the mentioned knight has already standing before her. The knight lifts his sword and prepares to strike the helpless Frea. "No!!" Elraven shouts seeing the situation when he ties to run, although he knows he wouldn't make it in time, "No!! I wouldn't make it!!".
The end of the soul linker seems to be near when the knight moves his sword, but in mere blink of an eye, a piercing sound could be heard resounding throughout the field.
KHIIIIING!!!!
Something hits the abyssmal knight right on the head and went through his body, killing him in an instant and surprising anyone who saw that. Frea was surprised not only to feel the knight's death, but also to feel something is falling from the sky, "What is that thing…coming from the sky? No, I can feel an aura presence, it's not a thing!! It's a human!!".
The shooter harshly lands among the knights and blows whoever stands near him away to the sky, causing a large smoke screen to cove the battlefield. When all is said done, the shooter revealed to be no other than The Death Revolver, Eduardo Barragan (with his usual calm smile and his military coat hanging on his shoulders, not being used properly).
"Gen Ed?! Thanks god you came!!!" Elraven shouts in happy tone. "D...Dad?! What is he doing here?! Does this mean…ow, I lost another bet!!!" Emilio shouts in dismay as the rest of the heroes, Ty included, start waking up.
"Gen Ed? What are you doing here?" Ty, being the nearest than the other to the legendary gunslinger, questions him. "I'm helping all of you, Tyrael. That mud man keeps hindering Sagramore soldiers and my gunslingers to finish this war, and that pretty much annoy me".
"So, anything I can do to help you, sir?" Ty rises and prepares his Ecclesia.
"Yes, please inform the rest of your squad who can still fight and the Sagramore soldiers to assist Emilio and Elraven stopping Satan Morroc. I have ordered Patricia to lower Pegasus and prepare to shoots that demon using our cannons in five minutes. Don't worry about the knights here, only three hundred remain, I will take care of them and the mud man. Since we don't have much time left, I suggest you start moving now".
"Yes, sir!!" Ty goes to do what exactly his supervisor said. From afar, Satan Morroc observes what is happening and notices Emilio and Elraven are fully concentrated to fight him now, "IT IS ODD, HOW DOES THE PRESENCE OF ONE MAN SUDDENLY MAKE YOU TWO FEEL CONFIDENT OF YOUR COMRADES' SAFETY?".
"Well, as much as I don't want to say this, he is the strongest gunslinger alive" Emilio explains, "And since we killed one thousand of your soldiers, he would kill three hundred without even sweating. You can throw him the whole war and he would still come out, alive and smiling, trust me".
"Simply put, he's Einbroch very own God of War" Elaven finishes.
The mud monster ordered the remaining knights to attack the gunslinger, which remains calm despite the danger he faces. Twelve bloody knights strike the sword and hit him perfectly, only to see their swords got shattered into pieces the moment they touch him, shocking whoever sees it but the gunslingers. And Gen Ed simply snaps up his finger to blow the entire knights away to the sky.
"Those iron swords got destroyed when they hit him?!! And the knights flew because of his finger snapping?! What is he made of?! Is that guy superman?!" Dorn questions in surprise and looks at the speechless Hagi, who shrugs. "As expected from Gen Ed" Ty helps Felicia stand up, "Who is he, Ty?". Glancing at his boss, Ty answers, "He is Elraven and Emilio's teacher, the one who taught them how to fight and survive".
Two dozen knights rushing towards the legendary gunslinger, but after closing his eyes for five seconds, Gen Ed simply glances at them to knock them away from him, finishing them off. "Amazing…" Frea, nearly speechless, mutters, "He…used his aura to attack?". "What is that Japanese words written on the back of his coat?" Wendy asks Kirigi when they watch the gunslinger's action. "Tetsu no Bishamonten" Kirigi replies, "That means, The Iron God of War".
Not wanting to waste his precious time, Gen Ed, in a blinding speed, suddenly appears at the center of the knights and reveals his double revolvers, Azarael and Tezzereth. "Two hundred and sixty four remains. Calculating from this center spot…one Tyrant's Wave would be enough".
Suddenly, all two hundred and sixty four remaining soldiers couldn't move even their fingers as if something really strong is holding them from moving. Gen E closes his eyes as if he is concentrating on something. "He…uses his aura to give the knights a gigantic pressure so they cannot move!!! What is he planning?!" Frea, using her Soul Linker's ability, figures out the occurrence.
Martina, who for the second time today, helping Sasha from the woods while Hugo helps Clyde and Vanessa, realizes what the general is about to do and mutters, "He is going to do it...The Tyrant's Wave".
A cold, violent wind seems to touch the neck of every knight affected by the gunslinger's aura, making them shiver in fear as they realize, their end is near. Their bodies are trembling and their instincts tell them to run, save their lives before it's too late for them. But it's too late, the grim reaper, hiding behind the shadow of The Death Revolver, has come for their lives. The moment Gen Ed pulls his trigger; they knew it was too late. The bullets hit them in all their nerves, killing all of them in the very second he shoots. It was nearly unbelievable; all two hundred and sixty four knights got shot at the same time in more than twelve parts of their bodies. Even for the heroes who saw that happened by their very own eyes, still didn't get what really happen. The knights' dead bodies fall one by one to the ground, leaving the Shadow Form as the only enemy left standing. The attack left everyone speechless, Satan Morroc, Fenrir and Ifrit included.
"It's done" Gen Ed opens his eyes and stares at the mud monster calmly, targeting him. "What just...happened?" Alphard slowly says, amazed, "I didn't hear him shooting his bullets; I didn't even see him reloading. The guns he used are called revolvers right, he only got twelve bullets...how did he shot all two hundred and sixty four at the same time?!".
"You really wanna know?" Ty cynically answers to him, but Alphard doesn't reply. His eyes tell a better story of his curiosity. "Fine, I will tell" Ty coldly explains, "Before he massacred all those fools, he unleashed his pressuring aura to keep them immovable…and creates a 'line' between himself and his targets. That is also the reason why he moved to the center spot, to get a better 'line' with his opponents. And then using his Azarael and Tezzereth, he shot all of them more than twelve times per man by sending his bullets using his aura 'line'. And about why you didn't even see him reloading or shooting that fast, some says that was because he moves in the speed of light, reloading and shooting before you even know or see, or maybe even before your brain works and tells you what to do, kill you in an unparalleled speed. He isn't called Einbroch's God of War for nothing".
Once Ty finishes, the Shadow Form creates two claws in his body and runs to the legendary gunslinger. When he strikes his claw attack, his claws stopped right before they hit Gen Ed's head. A small wind lifts his hanging coat and his grey hair a little. Gen Ed turns back to face the other heroes with a calm smile the moment the mud monster silently vanishes into thin air, leaving the heroes (other than the gunslingers of course), Fenrir, Ifrit, and Satan Morroc more surprised than they already had.
"He…used his Azarael and Tezzereth as smashers and then strikes every inch of that mud monster body, leaving not even the tiniest of shreds to reform himself back, as expected from the strongest gunslinger alive" Elraven figured out what just happened without forgetting to look at Emilio's face.
"A FINE SHOWCASE OF TALENT…NEVER BEFORE I SEE SOMEONE OTHER THAN GODS MOVED THAT FAST" Even Ifrit couldn't hide his amazement. "Ifrit's right" Fenrir admits, but only inside himself, "The way he moves in the speed of light to finish all his targets reminds me of Odin's Gunge Lance, which never misses its targets and moves in a demon speed. It's rare to see a human could do what he just did. Sagramore are lucky some of the gunslingers want to join them, especially if that man wishes to fight alongside them".
"Well, that's Gen Ed for you. Our teacher isn't called The Death Revolver for style only, all right" Elraven smiles and looks at the annoyed Emilio, "You still have a long way to surpass him, buddy. Anyway, good luck. You will need it".
"El, I will surpass him someday! And you will witness that day!!" Emilio grunts as the two concentrate back on Satan Morroc, who just like the others, is surprised of Gen Ed, "HE DEFEATED ONE INCARNATION OF MORROC LIKE IT WAS NOTHING? IS HE REALLY A HUMAN?".
Realizing the other warriors are still surprised of him instead of moving to help Emilio and Elraven, Gen Ed politely reminds them, "Fellows, shouldn't you help stopping Satan Morroc instead of staring at me? They need your help as soon as possible". After the warriors left, the legendary gunslinger orders Martina and Hugo, "Martina, Hugo, I need you to protect Clyde, Sasha, and that assassin cross until Pegasus arrived around…two minutes from now. Please don't forget to take her severed arm with you. I have contacted our medical team and told them to be ready, because before eight hours we can still reattach it and save her life. We have had enough casualties today; let's not add more numbers to it".
For the last touch, Gen Ed looks above to sight Fenrir and Ifrit, "Fenrir, isn't it? If you wish to help the soldiers you may go, I will fend the Fire God for you". Without saying anything, Fenrir quickly flew over towards Satan Morroc as Ifrit quietly watches, not bothering himself to do anything to stop him. Instead, The Fire God of Midgard slowly descends himself and looks at the legendary gunslinger eye to eye.
"IT'S THE SPELL OF BISHAMON, ISN'T IT?" Ifrit asks the gunslinger, "YOU USED IT TO 'ENHANCE' MANY ASPECTS OF YOUR POWER. WHEN YOU SENT THE KNIGHT FLYING USING YOUR FINGER SNAPPING, YOU ACTUALLY USED THE SPELL TO ENHANCE THE IMPACT OF YOUR SNAP. THE SAME WHEN YOU USED THE AURA TO KNOCK THE KNIGHTS BY GLANCING. AND OF COURSE, YOU FULLY ENHANCED THE SPEED AND THE POWER OF YOUR GUNS TO HIT ALL THE KNIGHTS AND THE SAME GOES TO THE INCARNATION OF MORROC. THIS SPELL ALSO REQUIRES A PHYSICALLY TRAINED BODY. AM I CORRECT?".
"Very well said" The legendary gunslinger rights Ifrit, "All you said is true, Fire God. But I expect nothing less from a god to know that much".
"THE SPELL OF BISHAMON IS THE SECOND RAREST SPELL AFTER THE SPELL OF HERACLES, THE MOST COMMON OF THE TRINITY SPELLS BEING THE SPELL OF DIONYSUS. THE LAST TIME I SAW SOMEONE USED THE SPELL OF BISHAMON WAS DURING THE RAGNAROK, IT WAS FREYR WHO USED IT TO ENHANCE HIS POWER".
"And what became of Heimdall?'.
"HE DIED…IN MY HANDS!!!" Ifrit suddenly unleashes his fire balls, only to see them vanishes before Gen Ed, "USING YOUR GUNS TO HITS THOSE FIRE BALLS UNTIL THEY VANISHED?! EXCELLENT, IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF THIS WAR, LET'S ENJOY IT TO ITS FULLEST!!!".
Meanwhile, Satan Morroc stares at the heroes who are approaching him, ready to finish this war. "They are here" Elraven looks at them and notices Emilio, "Well, amigo, maybe we should prepare ourselves for one final attack?".
"Tell me about it, buddy" Emilio nods the moment the Sagramore soldiers, Ty, and Fenrir finally join them. Quietly looking at his eleven oppositions who are ready to attack him, Satan Morroc summons twelve Abyss Break around him and prepares the purple dusts on both his hands, "FINE, IF YOU WISH FOR IT. LET'S END THIS WAR RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW".
At the same time, inside what is formerly known as Glast Heim…
Glast Heim is widely known as the city of demons, born because someone used the dead branch without knowing its risk and summoned an abyssmal knight, turning the city into what it is now. But today, something absolutely worse just happened inside it. The impact of the clashing between Bedivere and Oppenheim has caused the entire place to either vanish into nothingness or cut into bits. A giant hole could be seen replacing the city, giving whoever enters it a good look on Glast Heim sewer.
Beelzephir The Chaos, quietly floats above the giant hole, is looking at his right palm in disbelieve. It's bleeding. "I am bleeding? Just because a mortal, I am bleeding?" The white high wizard slowly heals his hand and looks down, "This is unforgivable, and you will pay for this insult with your life, Princess Fiorentin".
The high wizard was obviously referring to the former princess, who could be seen helplessly lying on the center of the sewer. Apparently, the impact sent her falling at least four stories down and she landed right on her back, wounding it and resulting on her inability to stand back. Her Schweizersabel landed far from her, although her Claymore landed not far from her right hand. She tries her best not to scream and endure the pain, but her face tells a better story of how painful the pan she is bearing.
"I gotta get…my Claymore. He…is descending…to this point" The lord knight tries her hard to move her right hand, to no avail. Instead, she inflicted more pain to herself, "Ukh, it hurts! Did I break my hand too?! This…is definitely not good".
Beelzephir quietly landed right beside the lord knight and stares at her, one could tell he is really angry. "How persistent" He sarcastically speaks, "I noticed you still trying to get your sword. Couldn't you see how bad is your injuries, Princess? Do you not value your own live at all?".
Although she knows she is in a big disadvantage, the lord knight chooses to respond nonetheless, "I…will never…give up…to arrogant like you!!".
The void master sighs, trying to understand how someone could be as stubborn as the girl he looks at. "You want to get that Claymore, right? Here, let me help you" Beelzephir picks the Claymore despite Fiorentin's fruitless effort to grab it again, "Nice sword, sharp and strong. This actually belongs to your father, right? Did he give it to you?".
"Don't touch that with your dirty hands!!"The lord knight loudly protests although her screaming only inflicts her pain.
"Take it easy, Princess. I only want to take a good look at it" Beelzephir lifts his right hand as the Schweizersabel floats and flies right to his hand, "And I would like to find out, if I, a high wizard, could try to make a good use of your swords".
Fiorentin could tell he wants to do something bad or even, horrible to her, but she couldn't do anything about it. She doesn't even feel like praying to god, she is afraid. Afraid of what…she doesn't know. "Oh, don't be afraid" Beelzephir smiles when he notices the fear on her eyes, "I will not kill you…well, not now".
JRASSSH!!!
Before she could even reply, Beelzephir already stabs her right palm using the Schweizersabel. The stab even thrust the concretes below her. "Akh, aaaaaahh!!" The former princess couldn't contain her pain and scream, much to the amusement of the void master. "Ah, your scream sounds like music to my ears. But at least I kept my words not to kill you now, right?" Beelzephir entertains himself much more by stomping the Schweizersabel and deepening it…slowly, "So, did I use it, right? The sword I mean".
"I don't…care!!" Fiorentin tries to move her right hand which doesn't really injure and success; she could slowly move it, attempting to pull out the sword on her right although just by moving hurts her. But her futile attempt stops when Beelzephir grabs her left hand and quickly puts it to the concrete on her left, "You can still move this one? Now that's a bad girl, you should have told me".
Creating a long ice bar, the violent high wizard stabs her left palm just like he did with her right.
JRASSSH!!!
"Aaaahh!!! Aaaaaaakkh!! Akh…ukh!!!" Just like before, the psycho deeds resulting on another music for the void master, which could be seen from his smile after completely rendering the lord knight helpless. Her scream resounding on the dark sewer, signaling her agonizing pain. "Now, can we talk properly like a civilized people? Or else, I would have to do the same to both your legs before we can finally talk, wouldn't I Princess Fiorentin?" The white high wizard innocently questions the suffering girl. Since she doesn't answer (because of her pains of course), the white high wizard takes an assumption by himself, "OK, I'll take that as a yes. We can talk properly; both your legs are broken anyway".
Trying to take a breath, Fiorentin weakly looks at the high wizard. "Now, you must have been wondering why I chose to…play with you instead of killing you directly. Truthfully, torturing humans is not my forte, its Ifrit's. I could simply touch you and ta-da! You vanish into nothingness. But, why didn't I do that?" Beelzephir toyed with the Claymore before he looks with angry eyes at the wounded girl, "The answer is simple, you angered me, just like your father did five years ago. Both of you…made me bleed. And having a lower race bleeds me, would only anger me and resulting in a painful death. I put a little touch on your father as the cost of his sin, it's called Parasite. I put a curse which vanish his guts, inch by inch. That's why it took him a year to die in his illness…a painful death".
"You…curse you!!" Fiorentin weakly shouts, "Don't you….even know…how suffering he was!?".
"Oh, I knew it well, Princess Fiorentin. That's why, I was about to do the same to you. Until I realized, you're going to die soon. You will not suffer enough to please me, won't you?" Beelzephir played the Claymore by moving it across the lord knight's face and neck, as if he is threatening her, "That's why, I think I would kill you using your own favorite claymore. Isn't it ironic? After having her soldiers killed pathetically, after witnessing her father died pathetically, the great Alexandria died because of her own sword in a deep loneliness…alone by herself".
Gazing at the sky for a second, the lord knight finds out how to reply the high wizard. Although she knew, it would only anger him even more. "You are wrong…" Fiorentin gives her last reply with a little smile on her lips, "I'm not alone…not anymore".
And she was right, that angered him even more. "Well, what should I say?" Beelzephir lifts the Claymore and aims it to her stomach, "Good bye".
JRAASSH!!!
The angry high wizard stabbed her right in her stomach, thrusting the concrete for the third time today. But unlike the last two stabbing, she didn't scream, although she widened her eyes to express her pain. Blood start spilling from her mouth as the blood from her stomach starts watering the concretes down, turning it red just like on her left and on her right. After Beelzephir let go of the Claymore's hilt, he looks at the sky and says, "In two minutes, something will appear from the sky and turns everything in this continent into nothingness, including the dead bodies of your soldiers and of course your own dead body".
Fiorentin slowly closes her eyes after Beelzephir finishes, and stays motionless like that. "Died already, huh?" Beelzephir The Chaos looks down on her, but he could tell he is satisfied seeing his 'work', "Well, I shall take my leave, Princess Fiorentin".
And with that, the high wizard vanishes into thin air, as this war is on its dying minutes.
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Well, I couldn't believe this would have happened, but this war will finally end on its fifth part. So, please bear with me.
Anyway, Alphard haters!! How's Alphard in this chapter?
I also want to hear your opinion about Gen Ed, sorry if he seems too strong, but he's Ropera Squad's boss, so you should expect nothing less from him.
And the last but not least, how's Beelzephir?
For Fio fans, please don't kill me. We still have one chapter left to finish this war.
Well, thx for reading!! Please review and c u next chappy!! (:p)