The Knightfall

by The Agent of Chaos

Destiny is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another thread and held and carried by a hundred others. Sorry about my lacks, I'm an inexperienced beginner n I'm not a native speaker.

92. El Pico De La Guerra

Chapter 92

"In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit"

Miyamoto Musashi

I'm sorry if some characters looked too strong and maybe some will too, I mean they improved for God's sake!!

This chapter is used to show the conclusion of Fio's and Felicia's fight. The rest of the battles and the event will be told in the next chapter.

Hopefully, this one won't disappoint because the previous two chapters got good reviews and responds. And I'm sorry if the Spanish translation on this chapter is wrong; I used a translation tool for it, hopefully the tool got it right. Enjoy!

Group 2, Forest Area

Fiorentin has grown accustomed of fighting mass of enemies; her experience and her skill did her a lot of favors. So, battling against four boss monsters shouldn't hinder her at all. Overestimating themselves, Pharaoh, Maya, Phreeoni, and Osiris are welcoming their demise with laughter and smile.

Phreeoni doesn't say anything, but his stupid face and abysmally crappy face tells better story than any storyteller could: he is ready to die.

"What makes you think you could defeat us all, Alexandria?" Maya, surrounded by her ants, starts the overestimating part mentioned previously, "To begin with...we outnumbered you"

"And we will soon devour you" Pharaoh continues. I guess the overestimating part is getting irritating.

"Prepare yourself" Osiris hits the 'boring' button on Fio's head.

"My God…" Fio, out of boredom, mutters loud enough for the four losers to hear, "Can't you all start doing something worthy other than proclaiming yourselves in a cheesy way?! I'm here to do something worthy, not seeing something horrid and out of place! And you know what?! I'm not one to belittle my oppositions, but seeing all you bigmouths make me cannot hold it anymore! I'm done listening to you, now watch this!"

Fio slowly waves her right hand in front of her before a glowing light covering her, catching the attention of the four monsters. The light spread five seconds after covering her to reveal her new look, now in a Rune Knight attire. Other than two swords hanging on her waist, a Brionac spear is visibly hanging on her back. Seeing the shock on her opponents face make her somewhat pleased; Fio proudly smiles before pulling out the feather on her headband, "Hear me out, alright? I can defeat you, all of you, in ten seconds. And I will prove it"

Hearing no one responded, Fio really counts it, "10"

"How dare you mock us like that?!" Pharaoh stupidly bemoans a useless thing; Fio takes this opportunity to move in blinding speed and appears behind Paharaoh and his Majorous while unsheathing her Balmung. In one visible slash, she takes out Pharaoh and both Majorous by slicing them to half, not even giving them the chance to realize what was happening.

"9"

"Damn you!!" Osiris sends his three Isis and Ancient Mummies, but as Fio counts eight she greets them with an Ignition Break which slays them all in one blow. Osiris tries to move yet Fio outmaneuvers him by showing up on his front and strikes him with a Bash to end him, "7"

Phreeoni rushes too Fio as she counts six and claws her. Fio blocks the attack and, in an unseen attempt, maims Phreeoni using a close range Ignition Break. Now only one more left, "6"

"Kill her!!" Maya orders her ants to attack Fio, but again Fio bests them to it. She leaves a trail of after image in one dash to approach Maya and her ants. And as she counts five, Fio reaches to her Brionac and unleashes the Hundred Spear. She thrusts the ants using the Brionac so fast the ants don't even feel anything, and not even Maya could follow her movement. When green bloods of the ants splatter everywhere, Fio turns to her side and strikes the confused Maya perfectly using The Brandish Spear to her neck. "2" could be heard as Maya crumbles to the ground. "Nine seconds" Fio mirthfully states the result to herself, "One second faster than I predicted"

It's only obvious, she is in a whole different level from the four losers. Her training for the last one month brought her into the godlike level, and she has not even used the special power she gained from using the sphere of Odin.

However, her victory is short lived when she notices to a sound of clapping hands not far from her behind. "Impressive display from an impressive person" A cold eerie voice of praise resounds from her behind, turning her head over her shoulder slowly, "As expected"

His figure is somewhat familiar. His voice is deep and he used pronounced intonation to praise her. The praise itself was genuine; it came from the bottom of his heart. And his face is decorated with a wide pleasant smile, although it doesn't give a good impression. And the gaze from his right eye…is locked and loaded.

"That uniform…is he from Rekenber Corporation?" Fio stays alert, "You're one of The Pythons? How did you get in here? I didn't remember you coming with soul linkers"

"Indeed, I didn't" Valdes replies, "I came here by collecting two different packs"

"And I assume you wish to have the pack I have with me?" The Rune Knight doesn't let her guard down by advancing to a stance.

"Not quite, I have little to no interest to the packs" Valdes throws both packs he got to Fio. The swordswoman catches both but her eyes eclipse the clearance of her not understanding why, "You can have those packs"

"Mind telling me why?" Fio holds to the packs after she checked them, both aren't fake and don't seem to be a set up of something, "Usually, I don't take gifts from stranger I have never met"

"Have never met? Oh, how cruel. The reason for why I'm here is because I want to see you after such a long time" Valdes displays a cynical grin on his hideous face, "We've met before in a fashion, don't you remember?"

"We've met before? That's weird, I hardly forget faces" Fio secretly tries to recall her memories but nothing comes up, "When did we meet?"

"At Prontera Castle, six years ago in one dark night when the clouds conceal the moonlight" Now, things get more serious, "Does that ring a bell?"

The last statement strikes Fiorentin right at heart. She now remembers as fear starts filling her eyes. Both her eyes and mouth are widely opened before her eyebrows slowly raise. She wants to move her arms, but she can't. She stands motionless like a statue. Her heart beats quickly and violently, she feels like it is knocking against her ribs. She could feel herself shivering, and both her hands are sweating as she starts loosing the grip of her sword. Slowly, her eyes are widening when her mind takes her back to the night that changed her life forever. The man standing not far from her…she remembers him.

"Oh…that looks, those eyes… you still remember me" In a slow pace, Valdes face televises a pleasured smile, "I'm glad you're still alive. Long time no see, Princess Fiorentin"

****

Group 4, Mountain Area

When Lord of Death delivers a thrust using his giants lance, Felicia charges up front with her Hellfire and throws a direct hit to Lord of Death's lance; causing both weapons stop from moving further. The clash creates a spark, indicating how hard both hits were. Felicia withdraws her lance to create some space for more attack before hitting Lord of Death's lance again, this time with a fire ball concealing the tip of Hellfire with three fire balls, thus creating an explosion when the two lances meet. Right after the clash, Bacsojin attacks from Felicia's behind by throwing her lumped cloths. The paladin quickly shields herself using the Sacred Mission. Even after shielding herself with one of the finest shields in existence, a loud crashing sound could be heard echoing after the cloth attack, indicating how deadly the lumped cloth was.

Bacsojin carries on her assault by creating three lumps using her hard cloth and attacks Felicia with all three of them together. Felicia defends herself by hitting each of the three in turn, proceeding carefully not to get the faintest touch of the deadly cloth or else she's dead meat. Bacsojin rolls her three lumps into one and throws a punch-like attack to the paladin which Felicia shields using both her Hellfire and Sacred Mission simultaneously. Regardless, the hit is strong enough to nearly shake her off from Salvador. And before she could even resume her previous stance, Lord of Death already distributes another thrust from her behind.

Felicia retaliates by throwing her Sacred Mission via Shield Boomerang, stopping the lance in the mid-air only three feet away before it impales her. Too bad this is a fine trick from both Lord of Death and Bacsojin, because Bacsojin quickly makes a good use of the opening and hits Felicia's back with one nasty cloth smash, finally knocking her off Salvador.

"Aaaakh!!" Felicia rolls over the ground with an injured back making it even more painful. Salvador takes priority of his master's safety and quickly grabs Felicia, running away to behind small rocks as fast as he could. At least, this will buy Felicia some times to recover…if it's possible.

"Thank you, Salvador" Felicia leans on a rock while patting the head of her savior. Her back aches, "Ow, my back hurts! If it isn't for the Meteor Plate Armor I'm wearing I would have been crushed to pieces!"

True, two against one is dangerous. Sooner or later she would lose her concentration and leaves an opening for her opponents to expose. And continuing this battle would only endanger her life even more. But she doesn't feel like retreating at all. "What should I do to face them? I cannot handle them two on one…unless…" The paladin carefully calculates a plan to survive this battle in one piece, "I get it…to stop them, I will need to stop Lord of Death first"

Surely letting herself being outnumbered isn't one of Felicia's preferences. Hoping her plan would work Felicia hops to Salvador and charges back to the battlefield where her two opponents are waiting. It seems to her that they knew she would return so they didn't waste a second of their lives following her. Felicia, however, cannot move as fast as before. Her injured back is in an excruciating pain and every move only makes it even more painful, hindering her move. Lord of Death lifts his lance and rushes to the direction of the paladin, not letting her gaining any momentum.

Felicia also lifts her Hellfire, leading Lord of Death to believe she is about to clash her weapon with his. But oh how wrong he is. Right before their weapon clashes, Felicia activates the Grand Cross and ignites a shining light, enough to momentarily blinded Lord of Death and forced him to stop his horses.

Felicia takes this chance to close the distance between her and Bacsojin to engage her in a melee-combat. Bravely, she changes her weapon into Saber again and utilizes the speed of Salvador to corner Bacsojin. The paladin delivers some quick slashes which Bacsojin stops by protecting herself swaying the lumped cloth all over her body. Felicia speeds up her parry to press Bacsojin even more. Bacsojin is forced to gradually step back again and again, defending herself from Felicia's relentless slashes. Felicia continues gaining the upper hand by casting a shield charge to her Sacred Mission and slams it to Bacsojin's lumped cloth. The hit is powerful enough to stutter the demi-human woman and takes her off guard because her lumped cloth is moved away. Felicia seals the golden opportunity with a quick change back to her Hellfire and a direct slash, right to Bacsojin's stomach using The Grand Cross.

A blinding light emerges from the attack as Bacsojin is seen flung away to the air before harshly landing on the ground, defeated and destroyed. Lord of Death cannot hide his shock seeing Bacsojin was defeated so easily despite giving a hard time for Felicia before, "You…how did you do that? You could barely hold your own against her before this"

"It's simple, really. If I keep separating you from her it wouldn't be that hard to decipher both your weaknesses. And her weakness was a hard-hitting attack" Felicia replies as she advances to another stance.

"Interesting" The Ruler of Niffleheim replies, "I underestimated you it seems. And for that, I apologize"

"There is no need" Felicia responds, "Don't waste your time apologizing"

"You don't seem to understand, I only apologized because from now on I'll show you my true power" Lord of Death raises one hand to the air while the other one holds his lance, "Then, let's finish this!! I'll show you the power I obtained as the ruler of Niffleheim, El Baile De La Muerte!!!"

As soon as he finishes his spell, Felicia can feel her surrounding gradually changing. The mountain area has turned into Niffleheim, "What?! Where is this?! Did he teleport me here?!"

"There's no time to get surprised" Lord of Death warns her because all of a sudden an army of Wanderers emerge from beneath the ground and waste no breath attacking Felicia, "This will end very soon, paladin"

The paladin pummels the ground with a Grand Cross to obliterate a large number of them but more of them still coming. Three wanderers strike with their swords at the same time; Felicia stops it by shielding herself before swaying her Hellfire to floor them. Then, five comes from her behind with each of them using the Bash. The paladin turns over her shoulder and attacks them with Shield Charge, defending and attacking at the same time. A wanderer successfully sneaks near her and attacks her with Bash, forcing her to shield herself using her Saber. The hit nearly knocked her off Salvador for the second time today. The wanderer tries to attack again but Felicia quickly seizes him by a Holy Cross. But of course there is more to come, so she changes her weapon into Saber to prepare for a quick combat.

Thrusting one of the monsters' jaws after evading a sword attack easily, Felicia connects another slash to kill a wanderer approaching from her behind. Salvador leaps into above one Wanderer to smoothly allow Felicia slashes his back and then proceeds to slain another one after slashing its upper head off after Salvador landed on the ground cautiously. Taking a breather while she observes the current stand, she spots at least another dozen wanderers are trying to gang up on her. Yet, she doesn't show any sign of being afraid at all. She knows her life is at stake here. Hesitance means nothing but death, so she cannot hesitate.

Felicia orders Salvador to rapidly dash toward the group of the waiting wanderers to share what she believes, and she starts it by detaching yet another unfortunate beast's head. Rolling her sword in her hand, Felicia slices the sword of the wanderer beside her and proceeds to pierce the head of one wanderer behind her before turning her attention back to the sword-less monster and slices his face off. Another wanderer stupidly attacks her from next to her only to meet its demise after one quick slash to its neck. Not giving the smallest of chance for the remaining beasts to attack her, Felicia activates her Lance Quicken and moves in a blinding speed, leaving a trail of after images behind her every step. The monsters are too slow to catch up with her movements. All they could feel is a cold win touching their neck. And before they realize it, Felicia is already standing behind them; not single sign of cowardice could be seen on her face. The monsters quickly turn their back to chase her, but as they do so their body crumbles to the ground.

Without them realizing it, Felicia already hit a Grand Cross on the ground to smite them all.

Lord of Death quietly observes the ongoing rumble. It's obvious he is planning something to quickly end his foe. Felicia knocks down another three Wanderers after a quick Holy Cross for each. Before she could even take breathe, four more coming for her from the front. The paladin slays them with one swing only to spot more and more of them heading towards her. This is endless, "What is he attempting to do by attacking me with so many Wanderers?! Is he trying to tire me out?!"

When more Wanderers surround her, Felicia notices them stop moving. That's when Lord of Death mutters, "Grito De Muerte"

All of a sudden, the entire wanderer army screams. So loud it forces Felicia to cover both her ears using her hands. She closes both her eyes, somehow the scream is hurting her back, "What is this scream?! It's too loud!!! It's as if…they are expressing their pain!!"

"To be more precise, the pain of death" Lord of Death tells Felicia from a very close range, "Like the one you're feeling right now"

The saber falls to the ground followed by the shield, both resounding after their respective fall. At first, some drips of blood is visible under Salvador until it become tangled with more and more red liquid blood. Felicia slowly looks to her stomach.

Her mouth slowly drops open and her eyes go wide at the sight of Lord of Death's lance buried on her stomach, her blood starts dripping off from her body and colors the ground below her redder than it already is. As her mouth starts coughing out blood, she realizes one horrible truth: Lord of Death pierced his lance through her inside. And it was a fine direct hit.

"You're done, paladin" The ruler of Niffleheim smiles before quickly pulling out his lance off her. Felicia succumbs to the ground; to her own made blood pool. Salvador quacks at her as the surrounding goes back to Mountain Area. Felicia couldn't hear anything, not even the sound of her pet worrying about her. And slowly, everything goes black…

****

Group 2, Forest Area

"You...that night…you…" Fio stutters; her mouth cannot voice her right mind. She's in shock.

"Right, those eyes are what I have wanted to see again" Valdes really amuses himself, "You still have it in you. So, I was right all along. You think of me as often as I think of you"

Fio doesn't really realize it, although her mind tells her to move and take this man down her body stills. She can only watch the moment Valdes approaches her. Step by step for sure.

"You wouldn't mind if I take a closer look at those golden spheres, would you?" Valdes slowly stretches his right arm as he grows closer, "Now be a good girl and…"

"You're going down"

Valdes is caught off guard and quickly looks at the direction of the voice, only to see HAVOX smashing at him. The Pythons number I is sent directly crashing to a tree fifteen feet away from the shocked rune knight. Elraven and Sasha arrive just in time.

"Are you okay, Alexandria?" El quickly realizes the weird state of the captain of group 2, "Speak to me! Are you all right?"

"He…that guy….he…" Fio speaks up while Sasha trying to cover both her and El from Valdes who might be returning anytime soon, "He…was the one…who killed my mother"

"What?!" Both El and Sasha are surprised by the newfound news they just heard, "Are you sure?! Red Valdes was the one who killed your mother?!""

"Indeed, Sinclair. I had the honor to take the life of Queen Angelica Adler" Valdes himself reassures the gunslingers when he shows up from the forest. The right half of his face fairly bleeds thanks to the smash from earlier, "You threw a nice smash when I was off guard back there. But I assure you it won't happen again"

"Oh, don't write me off" El prepares to battle The Vampire of Einbroch. But as insensitive as he might be, he still realizes Fio is somewhat eligible to fight because of her current mental state so he quietly orders Sasha, "Sasha, I need you to stay on guard near Alexandria. Don't let Valdes come near her; she's in no condition to fight"

"As you order"

"Nice" El turns back to Valdes, who could be seen waiting for him, "Wow, you didn't attack when I wasn't watching. I'm impressed, considering you're a scum"

"Nice, I'll take that as a compliment" His reply really shows this guy is a scum.

El wants to ask about the queen's assassination, but he knows it might hurt Fio's feeling if he asks directly, so he chooses to speak in one of Einbroch's native languages, "Así que fue usted quien asesinó a la Reina hace seis años. ¿Quién le ordenó?"

(The assassination of the queen six years ago was an order, I believe. Who ordered you to?)

"Oh, keeping her feelings alive?" Valdes quickly catches El's true intention to not hurt a certain someone's feeling. So, he responds, "Tal vez ya descubierto, pero ya era ministro Martínez, que me ordenó"

(Indeed, that was an order. High minister Martinez asked me to it)

"Hm, Vice-captain was asking whether the assassination was an order or not and Valdes said yes" Sasha too, quickly catches El's doing, "Nice deduction, Vice-captain. This way, as long as Valdes doesn't blab his mouth Princess Fiorentin wouldn't get more shock than she already has"

And Sasha is right; Fio is trying to regain her composure back. And quite simply, her ear doesn't know what are El and Valdes talking about.

"Ese fue uno de sus planes para mantener la distancia entre Juno y Rune Midgard? ¿Cómo inhumanos, al igual que todos los Rekenber Corporation" Deciphering this was all Rekenber's inhuman plan, El carries on, "You need to be stopped, and I'll stop you"

"I doubt that, Sinclair" Valdes shrugs, "I killed your captain, the blond girl, the robot, and the samurai with great ease. I could do the same to you"

"What?" El gasps, followed by Sasha, "You…what?"

"You heard me right" The Vampire of Einbroch intimidates the gunslinger, "Last time I saw them they were soaked in their own dirty blood like the loser they were"

"Valdes, you bastard!" That angers El and makes him charge to the green uniformed gunslinger. Pulling out both his flame sphered Inferno and Black Rose, El fires at Valdes six times with each. Valdes shoot his needles and accurately knocks down the bullets and the spheres. Regardless, El already predicted this and didn't aim for it. He was trying to close the distance between himself and Valdes, and he did just that. El prepares his Lancelot and throws a smashing attack to Valdes' left part of his face. The metallic skin, however, doesn't allow Lacelot to push any further and stops it right at the moment it hits. Valdes sways his right arm, which has been holding his Needle gun, and hits El on the neck. El counters by slipping Tristan to below Valdes' neck and fires it. Then again, Valdes is quick enough to evade and whirls before smashing El's head with his needle gun again. The purple glassed gunslinger, doesn't feel the need to be bested again and again, quickly picks three coins and flips two of them to the air in his position. Valdes' attention is distraught by the coins and that's what El's been aiming for. El grabs Valdes collar and, with a coin between his two fingers, shoves Valdes' metallic face with a nasty punch. Valdes, taken aback by surprise, retaliates by firing El's head with a dozen needles before choking him and flooring him to the ground. Well, but it's El and his Dionysus we're talking about in here. The younger gunslinger's magic quickly heals his head, much to the shock of Valdes. Getting his head back in one piece, El tries to shoots again with his Lancelot. Valdes, however, outmaneuvers him by appearing right behind him and trucks El's head using his metallic left arm. The hit was so hard it blew his face into pieces of flesh, shocking Sasha who's been watching all along. Thankfully, El got Dionysus covering him so it took only five seconds to recover.

"Was that the Spell of Dionysus?! Never thought would see it here!" Valdes keeps his alert because El quickly returns by firing Tristan. Valdes moves with another blinding speed and reaches El's back before the said gunslinger could even notice. Valdes fires El from behind using his Needle Gun and pierces the purple glassed gunslinger twenty three times in six seconds. Unfortunately for him, El doesn't get affected too much unlike the punch he received earlier, mainly because he is impervious to pain and Dionysus quickly heals him. El attempts to turn his back and attacks but Valdes delivers a quick metallic punch to his stomach followed by a side metallic kick to his neck, pretty much blowing his whole torso off to the dry ground. Then again, the Dionysus deals with the injuries in a quick second.

"The spell of Dionysus sure separates you and death" Valdes patronizes El, who looks shocked by the gap between him and his foe, "But it seems being indestructible wouldn't be enough to accomplish your big talk of stopping me. Well, the least of all you're still alive…unlike your captain"

"You sure are fast; I gotta give you that" El steams, "But, the same goes for you. Your ability alone wouldn't be enough to kill me"

"Neat talk, but you're no match for me. It seems destroying you would cost me a lot of my precious time I should be spending with someone else" I believe you all know who he is referring to, "This is all a waste of time"

El looks concerned; he hates to admit it but Valdes' right. With his inferior speed, he's no match for him. He needs to find some other way to win…and he's got it. El prepares HAVOX and takes aim at Valdes, firing him in a rapid succession. Casually, the green uniformed gunslinger avoids and again appears behind El to smack him down. But this time El is ready. He already implanted a flash grenade on his own back as a precaution measure. And right when Valdes shows up, El blows the flash grenade. And it works, the blinding light stops Valdes for a second; the very second El might just need. Aiming to Valdes directly using his cannon, El fires hoping this one blow would end Valdes because he knows a battle against the superior gunslinger any longer than this would be fatal. The huge bullet speeds up in the air, approaching Valdes before his eyes could recover. And indeed, it hits him; causing an explosion that gongs the air.

El waits impatiently for the smoke to cease so he could assure himself Valdes is truly dead. But he couldn't be more wrong; a red beam strikes and pierces his stomach before blasting everything on his back away after cutting his body into two. And before El could even regenerate, Valdes impales him with twenty needle shots from above, successfully slowing his regeneration process.

"You let your guard down" When the smokes clear off; Valdes could be seen stretching his left arm towards El's direction. On his metallic palm, a red sphere is visibly glowing, "Thinking a cannon bullet would do you a favor? Think again"

On the other side of the field, Sasha's been watching in horror, "He…completely owned vice-captain!! What was that thing he fired?!"

Fio, who's been silent in shock all the time, forces herself to lift her head and looks at Elraven. How he is battered into pieces because he was trying to help her. She doesn't know what to say or to think. Her mind is wandering everywhere, "This isn't right…this isn't me, this isn't like myself! Since when I became one to pity my past and succumb to an intimidation? What is it that I fear of him? His stare? His lust? Or his everything? Since when I let someone conquer my pride without a fight? I'm such a pitiful person; even after all I've done…"

"Is it a laser beam?" El, waiting for his body to recovers, figures out the attack from earlier, "I've heard of that technology before, but I never know if it's really applicable in real combat"

"I'm the first gunslinger to possess such weapon, Sinclair" Valdes proudly proclaims his superiority, "When I lost the left part of my whole body, Rekenber Corporation implanted their latest invention on me to turn me into a super soldier. This metallic hand complete with its beam, the robotic eye which could see any kind of movements, and the new heart and nerves so I can move with great speed; no gunslinger is more superior than me! Not even you, who is deemed as The Angle of Darkness!!! You and your squad are nothing but rubbish!!!"

"I hate to spoil this to you, but…" Elraven sighs, "Although maybe it's true, I'm inferior to you but isn't there one man who's been living with the title of 'The Strongest Gunslinger Alive'? And that's not you, Valdes. Nor is your power greater than him"

Unknown to anyone, what El just said delivers so much to Fio's mind, "That's it…those words, that confidence. Even when he is in no condition to win, even when he knows he is inferior than his opponents…he never felt fear. He never pitied himself. Bravely, without hesitation…he always looks at his foes in their eye with courage. He never let anyone see his weakness, despite having them. Maybe…that's why I…"

"Still on for a big talk?!" That angers Valdes, all right. The red sphere glows brightly again as Valdes aims his beam to the battered Elraven, "Perish and die, Sinclair!!!"

"Vice-captain, no!!" Sasha loses her cool and rushes to El. Elraven tries to warn her but he is bested by Valdes who fires Sasha three times, piercing her legs with three needles and floors her down. Elraven looks in disbelieve when Valdes aims the red sphere back at him, "That little dame is down, Sinclair. No one's going to help you, not even your Dionysus. Now, die!!!"

The red beam flews across the air in an unbelievable speed, piercing the void of the night as it speed to its target. El doesn't move, not every part of his body has been assembled perfectly by the spell. The damages Valdes' last attack caused would take quite an amount of time to recover. And it's kinda too late for El. When the beam is about to banish him, a figure appears in a speed greater than the beam's and knocks it to the air with one hit right before Elraven.

"Alexandria?!" El raises the tone of his voice although he's happy seeing her returns.

"What?! How?!" Sasha looks to her behind and sees no one behind her, "She moved that fast without even being noticed by me?!"

"Oh-ho, you're back!" Unsurprisingly, Valdes is also happy for her, "Finally calm enough to talk with me? I'm honored"

El wants to support Fio so she won't get intimidated again, but Fio beats him to it. With a calm and collected voice, she bravely replies, "The only honor you will receive is the wrath of my swords. I shall avenge my mother by taking your live. And rest assured, I won't take it beautifully"

"You talk too big for a doll!" Valdes mocks the rune knight again before raising his Needle Gun, "Rather than talking big, you should have showed me that face again! Maybe these needles would help you!"

At the same time as Valdes firing twenty needles in a rapid succession, Fio moves into his territory by moving both her swords in a collected move. Slowly, she floors down each and every needle Valdes throws at her in a one simple move. First by swaying her Katzbalger to left and seals off six needles, and then by swinging her Balmung to the right to bring down the rest; she executed both moves so slow yet so fast at the same time. And both moves hypnotized the three gunslingers watching. The gunslinger fires another party of needles, this time after moving quickly to circle the rune knight, resulting in needles attack from all direction possible. Much to his surprise, Fio simply lowers herself to the ground to let the needles pierce nothing but themselves. And more, she resumes running toward the green uniformed gunslinger from her previous position. Valdes intiates the next attack by throwing a metallic punch but Fio easily dodges it before slashing her Balmung and cut Valdes' collar; his neck if he didn't move. Valdes fires ten needles from close range, hoping it would stop The Rune Knight but it didn't. Fio sways all of them away with one swing of Katzbalger despite her seemingly impossible range. And this shocks the robotic man, believe it nor his attack mean nothing before the girl who should be afraid of him. Fio slices the next round of needles and continues gaining the upper hand from her enemy. She could easily execute her technique here, but it seems that she prefers manual swordplay rather than throwing away attacks.

"Impossible!! How could you not hit by all those needles?!" In disbelieve, Valdes shout unknowingly, "I have never seen anyone other than skilled gunslingers defended themselves from the near invisible needles!! Let alone using melee attack to fend them off!! You must have used some kind of trick!"

"Trick? How pointless" Fiorentin coolly replies, "When I trained to master the Spell of Odin, not only I mastered the Rune Knight class but also one other thing, The Eye of Providence"

"The eye…of providence?" El mutters to himself, "She means…the all seeing eye?"

"Indeed" Now, Fio's got good hearings too other than good vision, "

Changing both grabs of her swords into backhand, Valdes quickly regains his composure to attack and fires another round of needles, but he didn't notice Fio's movement at all. All he could see is Balmung coming from his right. Next thing he knows, he feels a terrible pain when the sword slashes his right eye and pokes it out his head.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!" The Vampire of Einbroch screams and falls to the dirt with one hand busy covering his eye socket, "My eye!!! Aaaaaah!!! Damn you, slut!!!"

Fio, in a cold blood manner, pierces the eyeball lying on the ground with her Balmung and gets it hacked, "Do you still feel honored? Maybe next time you should 'see' things in a wider manner, you see? No pun intended"

"You dirty little cesspool!!! I will kill you!!!" Blinded (again, no pun intended) by his anger, Valdes desperately tries to rise back but quickly falls again. It seems his anger and his pain are too hot for him to handle, "I swear you will pay for this!!!"

"I'm not letting you go anywhere" Fio slashes Valdes again but the gunslinger throws a light grenade for the sword to slice. Its blinding explosion gives Valdes enough time to run to near a tree while preparing a butterfly wing.

Fio slowly rubs both her eyes to regain her eyesight, yet more or less she could still see Valdes. "I will kill you, Princess Fiorentin!!!" Valdes throws a threat, "When we meet again next time, I will kill you!!! And I will have you show me your fear again, dead or alive!!"

"Don't overestimate yourself" Fio dispatches the threat, "Next time we meet, I will avenge my mother by hacking you to bits"

"That's not actually correct" Valdes displays an evil winning grin, obviously knowing something that Fio doesn't.

"What are you talking about?" The rune knight responds.

"You…won't just be avenging your mother it seems...heh…" Valdes laughs a little before revealing another truth, "Do you know when I nailed your so called precious mother six years ago she was five weeks pregnant?"

Everyone hearing that fact slowly gasps, let alone Fiorentin herself. She cannot believe what she just heard, "What…what did you just say?!"

"That's right!!! I didn't only nail your mother, but also your sibling!!!" Valdes tells the whole island with pride, "Although of course I have no idea whether it was your sister or your brother…the baby died before I could tell!!! Wahahahahahahaha!!!!"

"You…it…I…" She is calmer than before, but Fio still couldn't hold much of her shock, "I was…going to have a sibling?"

"Oh, don't give me that look. I did a favor for your father, although he greatly wasted it by still dying!!!" Valdes goes on and on, "Your father should have been busy taking care of Valdomir, but instead he was busy boning your mother it cost him his kingdom and his life!! Wahahahahahahahaha!!!!! See you next time, doll! Wahahahahahahaha!!!!"

And then, the Vampire of Einbroch vanishes using the butterfly wing…leaving the shocked princess and her two comrades all alone. And despite their success collecting the packs, none of them are saying anything. With the victory perfectly sealed, Group 2 looks to settle the rest of the problems. Fio fell unconscious not long after Valdes left, so El and Sasha placed her against a tree to let her rest for a while.

"Hey, guys?! You're all here!" Frea arrives from inside the woods to the other three standing on the open area, "So, did you get the pack?"

"Alexandria got it. Anyway, our problem isn't settled now. We need to help Emilio's group and secure this area" El explains, taking over for the time being due to the mental damage to Fio, "Sasha, I need you to secure the soul linkers, and don't kill them"

"Aye-aye, sir"

"And Frea?"

"Yes?"

"I'll try to find a way to trace and go to Emilio's place. That's why I need you to stay here with Alexandria"

"What?!"

"Please, just this time okay?" Yeah, do it for old time sake's, "She looks fine, but her mind is filler with so much unpleasant thoughts due to a certain someone. She needs someone to watch her"

"Uh…fine" Frea sighs, "Just don't take too long finding Emilio and the others"

"I'll do my best" Elraven responds before turning on the talkie to search for a signal and leaves the place. So, Frea is left alone with her nemesis.

"Really…this girl never stops to annoy me even when she's asleep…"

****

Group 3, Desert Area

With nearly the entire battles being over, Olivia & Eremes versus two Baphomets is the only remaining battle on the card. "Olivia, I think we should end the both of them as soon as possible" Eremes keeps his tone low when he speaks to his girlfriend, "Let's try the trick you showed on the last course, okay?"

"You sure you wanna do that?'

"Do want"

"Okie-dokie" Olivia moves with her Angra Manyu to one of the Baphomets and hammers him. Baphomet blocks the attack, resulting on a spark, before throwing back a slash. Olivia stops the slash by stretching her arm to let the tip of her club touch the scythe and stopping it in mid-air. And that's what she wants, one Baphomet on a dead-lock. The other Baphomet, seeing his partner locked, throws a slash to the high priest.

However, his attempt is dispatched by Eremes who quickly appears behind him and slashes his back, catching him off guard. "Got you" And there he goes, Eremes unleashes a Sonic Blow to perish the demon in a rapid fashion. The other Baphomet, still locked in two-way power competition with Olivia, looks so surprised; not believing how easy their enemies bested them. Before he could regain his composure, Olivia casts a sudden Magnus Exorcimus to swipe him once and for all, thus ending the very easy fight on the desert.

"Well…that's it?" Olivia cannot believe how easy their fight was, "That's the only thing these Baphomets could offer"

"I don't know…it's too easy if you ask me" Eremes points to Olivia's behind; pointing to George & Marcus walking to their direction, "It seems more like a…bonus stage, you know? Baphomets are supposedly really strong"

"So, you guys handled it with ease, too?" Marcus proudly shows the pack he got to the other three, "Who's your daddy now, huh?"

"Uh…what?" George obviously doesn't get what Marcus is saying. Actually, so do the other two, but who's more idiot than George to reply anyway?

"Don't mind him, George" Gregory patiently tells the champion, "He's always like that whenever he feels more superior than the others…which is not often"

"Okay….anyway, let's get out of here. I sense something bad is going to happen if we stick here for too long" Eremes picks the butterfly wing and throws it to the ground, opening up a portal to the Pegasus Base. Marcus is the first to get inside the portal, but as he's about to warp, something like an explosion emerges from under the sands, destroying the portal and leaves the other three still in the desert stage.

Marcus, on the other hand, flies across the woods before hitting a tree. Gregory is sent alongside him, "What?! What was that?!"

"A sudden attack!" Gregory replies while still thinking, "And to top that, the portal seems to be missing too!"

"What happened back there?" Marcus realizes he cannot solve this alone, so he quickly heads back to Pegasus. Meanwhile, Olivia, Eremes, and George are still recovering from the earlier sand explosion.

"Ukh…what was that?" Eremes gets up, followed by Olivia and George. From behind the smokes and sands, an imposing figure comes closer, "No way! Great Demon Baphomet?!"

"HOO…THE TRAITOR IS ACTUALLY HERE COMPLETE WITH OTHER TWO PRONTERA SURVIVORS…INTERESTING" The great demon starts speaking with his chilling deep voice, "TOO BAD, ONE OF YOU GOT OUT BEFORE I COULD REACH THIS POINT"

Olivia turns her glance at both Eremes, who is seen on his alert mode, and Gret Demon Baphomet who locks his stare to the assassin cross, "Who is this guy, Eremes? He doesn't seem to be a kind fellow, does he?"

"He is The Great Demon Baphomet, one of the six strongest fighters in Valdomir Kingdom who devoted themselves to The King"

"The King?" George raises, "What king?"

"The King of Valdomir Kingdom" Eremes clears up the previous point, "Other than the him and five others, no one has ever seen what the King really looks like"

"AND THAT IS AS FAR AS YOU COULD TELL, EREMES" Baphomet cuts him off, "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT"

"Right…so, you're not here to be friendly with us, correct? What do you want, Baphomet? The pack?"

"I HAVE NO INTEREST ON THE PACK. I'M HERE BECAUSE BEELZEPHIR ASKED ME TO GET RID OF SEVERAL SAGRAMORE'S TOP FIGHTERS, AND I HAPPENED TO BUMP INTO THREE OF THEM. TOO BAD THE SLASH I THREW EARLIER LET ONE GO, BUT THREE SOUNDS JUST FINE" Baphomet raises his scythe and prepares to take this battle 3 on 1.

"He shouldn't be too hard, right? After all, his four lackeys are all cheap" George, reluctantly, whispers to Eremes.

"Don't take him lightly; I feel like the previous four was easy for some reason" Eremes warns George.

"So, do you have a plan? You knew his power, right?" Olivia joins.

"Yeah, he is quite agile despite his large stature and his scythe is pretty fast too. And not to forget, he is one durable son of a gun"

"THERE'S NO TIME FOR CHIT-CHAT!" Baphomet moves towards the three and throws a slash, compressing the air to create a large cutting stream which splits not only the void air but also the desert as it moves. The three spreads before the attack split them in half, as seen when the stream explodes and bursts the sand everywhere. This attack must have been the one costing them their portal, "I'LL KILL YOU ONE BY ONE!"

"Not gonna happen!" George emerges from Baphomet's behind with five spheres ready and fires them at once. Baphomet simply waves his hand to erase the spheres in the mid-air, but that's not what George has been aiming for. Before Baphomet could grab his Scythe with both his arms again, George delivers a fatal Ashura Strike right o the demon's stomach, "Got you!"

But much to George's shock, the next thing he sees is the vision of both his knuckles shatter into pieces; both his hands are creaking and bled, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!"

"FOOOLISH, DO YOU REALLY THINK AN ASHURA STRIKE COULD EVEN SCRATCH ME?" Baphomet grabs George by his hair and head-butts him straight to his face, stopping his scream before giving him another head-butt to the face and throws him to the air.

Olivia can only watch when George falls and jumps away in the sand, motionless. "What?! He…he's really different from the other four Baphomets!" The high priest actually wants to quickly help George, but the imposing demon stands in his way.

"YOU ARE NEXT!!" Baphomet delivers another Dark Stream to slice the surprised Olivia but Eremes quickly jumps to in front of Olivia and let the attack hit him, knowing he would still be alive thanks to Dionysus after all.

"Ukh!!" The impact however isn't so kind. Eremes ended up crashing to Olivia as his blood sprays.

"Eremes, you okay?!"

"Yeah, yeah! You know I got Dionysus…hey, watch out!"

The next attack coming from their front. With Eremes still regenerating, Olivia is left to fend the attack all by herself. Smartly, she picks a blue gemstone a creates a Safety Wall right before the Dark Stream tabs on her; resulting on the explosion which shatters the safety wall. Nonethless, that gives Olivia enough time to create an area of Sanctuary for both George and Eremes, disabling Baphomet to enter the restricted area. Thus, giving her the needed space to cast Magnus Exorcimus. "I'll end you with this" Olivia casts a Magnus Exorcimus and perfectly hits the giant demon. But unlike before, this Baphomet doesn't show any sign of being harmed, not even a flinch, "Huh? What?!"

"OH? ALL THIS ARE DONE IN LESS THAN TEN SECONDS? NOT BAD, PRIEST. BUT YOUR SPELL IS STILL TOO WEAK!" Baphomet throws another Dark Stream to the opened Olivia, this time she doesn't get to make another Safety Wall. Eremes tries to catch up from behind but realizes the stream is too quick. Just an inch before it touches Olivia, a large ice wall emerges from below the sand and stops the stream.

"Nice, weeks after weeks I've been waiting to come out and I find a worthy dud to share some ass kicking" I bet you all know who this one is, right? "And here comes another bad-ass from Beel's harem. Ifrit, Satan Morroc, Thanatos, Lord of Death, and now you, Mr. Wookie? The six strongest fighters from Valdomir? You sure you didn't mean the six perverts?"

"THAT LOUD MOUTH AND INSOLENT BEHAVIOR" Baphomet doesn't really buy the taunt, "YOU MUST BE FENRIR. BEELZEPHIR HAS TOLD ME ABOUT YOU"

"Yeah, yeah. Spare me your erotic fantasy, I don't need to hear that" Fenrir prepares his battle stance; a smile is visible on his face, "Shall we go at it now, Mr. Wookie?"

"YOU SCUM!! JUST HOW MANY TIMES YOU'RE PLANNING TO MOCK ME?!"

Baphomet finally loses his patience and rushes in a great deal of speed to Fenrir's direction. Fenrir welcomes him by throwing three jabs which he receives intentionally. Baphomets smacks Fenrir's face using the grip of the scythe. Fenrir counters with a direct uppercut to the jaw before Baphomet retaliates with a head-butt to the face. Grabbing Baphomet's neck while it's still close to him, Fenrir gives him a head-butt followed by a knee attack to the stomach. Baphomet punches Fenrir's face before choking him and slams him to the ground. Fenrir counters by a roll up and slams Baphomet's imposing physical stature to the ground. This bounds more and more to be a melee fight.

Baphomet grabs his scythe and slashes Fenrir right on the chest, spraying his blood all over the sand. But of course Fenrir could care less about that. The Black Reaper maims the demon down with a striking Ashura Strike right to the face, blowing another large number of sands everywhere on the level. Eremes and Olivia have to cover themselves from the spray of sands thanks to the impact. Both fighters quickly rise back to their feet and exchange blows again. Baphomet connects a slash to Fenrir's shoulder and Fenrir gives the demon a fierce Ashura Strike; Baphomet delivers another head-butt to Fenrir;s head before Fenrir leaps a little and side kicks him to the sand. Baphomet rolls over before taking Fenrir down with a quick slash. The Black Reaper quickly gets up, encasing his fist with ice, before striking right to Baphomet's face. Before falling to the sand again, Baphomet kicks Fenrir down, bringing both of them down together.

"So…it's him again" Eremes recalls the moment he first saw Fenrir almost a year ago at Glast Heim, "As expected, he fights on an equal ground with one of the six strongest fighters. But, it's almost a dead giveaway, considering he did the same against Ifrit and Satan Morroc"

Olivia notices the expression of Eremes' face, so she shares her thought, "I've heard about Fenrir, but I never knew he could show up just like this all of a sudden. Felicia told me he showed up whenever George's in a near-death situation"

"He's one hell of a fighter. I must give him that"

"Well, Felicia told me he was the one who defeated Odin in Ragnarok" Ah, the famous feat, "It's only normal if he's out of this world strong, he defeated The King of Gods"

"Good, but I still think we need to reopen the portal" Eremes starts searching something on the sand, "I think I dropped the butterfly wings under the sand due to the earlier attack. Help me find it"

"Okay, let's leave the battle to Fenrir"

"You ain't half bad. Actually, Beel's harem isn't that bad in terms of power" Fenrir, buying himself some breath, stretches his arms and mocks Baphomet again, "The only bad part about you and the rest of the harem is you're all gay"

"STILL WITH YOUR ARROGANCE?" Baphomet cannot believe this, "YOU OVERESTIMATE YOURSELF TOO MUCH"

"Nah, I know what I'm capable of. Rather, why are you here in the first place?"

"HM?" Baphomet grunts, silently asking for a clearance.

"Don't play dumb, Baphomet. What is Valdomir doing here in the first place? It's not like you want to rule this tower or anything, right? You must have been aiming to achieve something else. What is it?"

"WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU?"

"Hey, you're right! Why I wonder?" Fenrir sounds really cynical, "Let me take a wild guess…does this have something to do with Ragnarok?"

"I SEE…SO YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS AFTER ALL" Baphomet strengthens the grip on his scythe and raises it. Fenrir feels something different about him and prepares a defensive stance, "I SHALL NOT LET YOU SPEAK ANY FURTHER"

"Give it a try!" Fenrir starts summoning his ice magic as several blue spheres are visibly seen floating around him, "Now, I'll show you the arts of ice magic!"

The son of Loki smashes the sand below him and summons an ice spike right below Baphomet, piercing the demon on his jaw. Fenrir continues by putting both his palm on the sand and summons two ice tigers, quickly ordering them to attack the injured Baphomet. The goat demon slashes both of them into pieces with one single slash but cannot stop another ice spike from his below. Fenrir moves quickly before Baphomet could reacquire his composure and hits him with an Ashura Strike to the stomach, this time planting an ice sphere within it. Five seconds after the hit, the spheres explodes and successfully encase Baphomet's lower torso on ice. "WHY YOU?!" Baphomet tries to move but of course it's only a futile attempt, his legs are encased in ice. Targeting Baphomet's frozen torso, Fenrir quickly delivers a successive Triple Attack followed by a Quadruple attack, rendering the demon stuttered. The Black Reaper connects Finger Offensive which blasts the demon with its explosion, nearly sealing his victory.

"You're too big and too slow! And you also talk too damn much!!" Fenrir steps back, preparing a large blue sphere on both hands before aiming it to the goat demon. It's the Sub-zero Cannon, "With this, Beel loses one of his harems! Bye-bye, Mr. Wookie!"

An ice beam fired right from Fenrir's hand to Baphomet's direction; literally a sitting duck, he would be an ice baphomet doll when it hits him. But only three seconds before the beam reaches him, Beelzebub shows up in front of Baphomet and fires a horizontal Lord of Vermillion from his Staff of Destruction which quickly collides with Sub-zero Cannon and causes a wide explosion, again bursting the sands everywhere for the god only knows how many times today. Albeit, this sudden appearance caught Fenrir off guard, "What?! Beelzebub?!"

"NOT ONLY HIM" Before Fenrir could move, he feels something grabbing his leg from below the sand. The next thing Fenrir feels is a hard-hitting attack to his face which knock him down. And the culprit turns out to be Amon Ra, "HELLO, FENRIR. LONG TIME NO SEE"

"Amon Ra?! You also survived Ragnarok too?!"

"INDEED, FENRIR. BUT THAT IS NOT OUR MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW" Amon Ra refers to him and Beelzebub, as well as Baphomet who is seen slowly rising back. It's 3 on 1 right now.

"Three on one wouldn't do me any favor" Despite being so arrogant, thankfully Fenrir is quite wise considering his age. Good for him, the help comes across.

"Geor…I mean, Fenrir!!" Olivia calls for him and points out to her behind, while Eremes is standing beside a warp portal, "We've reopened the warp portal! Quick, get over here!"

"Nice assist!" Fenrir creates an ice wall to restrict the movement of his three foes before quickly running towards the portal; having seen Eremes and Olivia entered it. Knowing he wouldn't make it in time by running, Fenrir leaps. But Beelzebub won't let him go just like that. For the second time, he casts another horizontal Lord of Vermillion to stop Fenrir from entering the portal. Too bad for him, Fenrir isn't stupid. Right before the blast reaches the portal, an ice wall comes out from the sand and shields its caster by letting itself get destroyed. Thus, leaving the three monsters with void air as the portal closes, "DAMN…THEY GOT AWAY…"

****

Group 1, Meadow Area

"Emilio! Martina! Hugo! Tsukihime-san!" El shouts all the names of Group 1 when he sees all of them lying on the ground unconscious. Needless to say, he goes to his best friend first. While giving him the white potion, he encourages him with his own style, "Amigo?! Hey! What are you doing lying like a dud?! Didn't you tell me you're not going to die until you marry a good girl?!"

"Wrong, buddy!" Emilio comes back, "I'm not dead yet!"

"Good God!" El is somewhat grateful, "Now, how about lending me a hand helping the others?!"

"Hey, your best bud was on near death experience yet you still coldly talk to me like that?!"

"Amigo, I knew you're the most stubborn man in existence more than any*freaking*body! If you were to die because of five needless, I would laugh in front of your grave! Now, because I know you wouldn't die, I didn't really believe what Valdes told me about you dying!" A sign of friendship, "How long have we become friends, amigo?! You couldn't tell that just by looking?!"

"Yeah, yeah! I know!" Emilio chuckles, followed by his best bud, "Okay, you can go take care of Martina. I'll…"

"I know who're you aiming for" El pats his back before going to Martina, "FYI, I got your back"

Pegasus Base, Endless Tower, at the same time with the battle on the four different stages.

Gen Ed could feel a strong presence heading to Pegasus and his direction. He ordered Isabel and Iris to hide inside the airship because he knew it would be dangerous to let them roam outside. And he's right, the enemy finally shows up.

"Entweihen Crothen" Gen Ed quickly recognizes the one approaching, "So, the strong presence belongs to you"

"And with that attire, I assume you must be The Einbroch's God of War" Crothen too, quickly recognizes Gen Ed, "I came here because I felt an imposing aura. So, your underlings left you to protect the base alone? Clever"

"Let's not waste our time here" Gen Ed casually remarks, "You're here because you want something, correct?"

"Yes, and it's destroying your base" Crother wastes no time answering, "I know this might be absurd to say, but it seems you're not the type to back off if someone asks you"

"Backing off didn't make me a general" That's true, "And neither did letting my target go"

"I see" Crother gets the point and pulls out a seven feet tall long black rod, "With both your revolvers ready, the only way I can annihilate this base is by defeating you"

"You are welcomed to try" Gen Ed smiles, "Just don't die too soon, alright? I'm growing weary of all the big talk Valdomirs could only do"

"Hm, you're underestimating me" Crothen spats, "Do you think just because Sieger defeated me makes me all truly weak?!"

"No, but I can tell your level of power" The general is quick to answer back, "There are two highest levels of aura in this island. The first highest belongs to Naght Sieger and Beelzebub, which mean they both are equal. The second highest belongs to Amon Ra, who is hiding somewhere in the island, and you"

"Your point is?"

"Guess in which level I belong" Gen Ed vanishes in less than two seconds and, before Crothen could follow his movement, quickly utilizes his Tezzereth as a smasher and pummels Crothen right in the head, sending him crashing to at least twelve trees before horridly hits the ground while still rolling over. Literally, Gen Ed just wiped the ground using Crothen. Quickly rising back to his feet, half of Crothen's face is covered with blood. He should be thankful he's a demon because any normal human would have been shattered into pieces with such power.

"Damn! What kind of power was that?! Is he even a human?!" Crothen touches his bloodied face and feels by himself how strong that hit was. And bad for him, he shouldn't have taken that long to worry about the hit because the strongest gunslinger alive moves in a lightening speed, leaving a trail of after image, right to his direction with both revolvers as smashers. Crothen moves his bar and delivers a blow with it as Gen Ed distributing as smash using Azarael. The sound of the clash duplicates a thunderclap and shakes the entire forest as well as causing the ground to tremble. Even the three women inside Pegasus are left silenced by the impact.

Crothen quickly withdraws his bar before it gets overwhelmed by Gen Ed's sheer physical strength, but this is going to cost him a lot more. Gen Ed grabs Crothen's neck and slams him to the ground, shattering the ground as if a giant boulder was just bouncing on it. Crothen grabs his bar and smacks Gen Ed's face with it, forcing the gunslinger to let go of his grab. The demon gets back to his feet before hitting the general one more time in the face, this time blood is visible on it. But of course that doesn't stop the legendary gunslinger just like that. Gen Ed aims his Tezzereth to Crothen and fires a Piercing Shot without giving the demon a chance to evade.

The bullet hits Crothen's lower torso perfectly and creates the sound of something cracking. The hit is so powerful that it caused the ground surrounding the demon to crack merely because of its impact. Crothen is, one more time, sent ricocheting to the forest before another harsh landing. This time, he limps when he tries to rise and move, indicating he may suffer from an internal injury, "Unbelievable, I've heard of his power but this is greater than I expected. Every move he executed gives a massive impact. So, this is the power of an aura user?"

"Enough? Or do you wish to resume this fight?" Gen Ed only needs a short time to close his distance with Entweihen Crothen.

"This isn't over, General. Although I must say I'm surprised" Crothen responds, "The Spell of Bishamon…I've never thought any man could apply it this great. You actually used the aura surrounding you to add more power into each of your move and attack. This is a godlike feat"

"True, and you're not half-bad realizing that"

"Either way, I apologize for underestimating you" Crothen exclaims as he pulls out another bar from his neck and a cross like bar from his back, leaving himself exposed as a skeleton filled with snakes, "The bar I took and I used to attack you for the first time weights a ton. The bar from my back weights two tons. And this cross weights five"

"So, you're saying you won't hold back using your three bars at once with full speed" A quick assumption from the gunslinger, "Sounds challenging"

"Indeed" In a blink of an eye, Crothen stands before the general with both bars, minus the cross shaped one, ready on his hands. The skeleton demon bashes his foe's head twice before smashing his shoulder with a quick Bash attack. Gen Ed smashes Crothen's face and floors him to the ground before lifting his hand floor his head with a quick smash, causing the ground to level up again. It seems that every time Gen Ed's move hits something would happen to his surrounding.

Crothen smashes the generals' arm holding Tezzereth and pierces his neck; however the general refused to stutter. The Strongest Gunslinger Alive showers Crothen using a Rapid Shower attack, hitting five bullets in quick succession and floor the demon down deeper than before. Crothen, tired of being floored down, casts a Pulse Strike on himself and maims the general's face with a power stronger than before. And the pulse strike didn't only add his power, but also his speed. This statement is proven by another quick strike towards the general followed by three piercing attack to the upper torso. Crothen doesn't waste a single breath attacking; he grabs his cross-shaped bars and pummels Gen Ed face with it before rolling over and hits his neck to send him flying across the forest and crashing into Pegasus, shocking all the women inside it.

"What?! Was General Eduardo defeated?!" Iris is the first to come up with a (wrong) conclusion.

"No" Patricia answers while trying to have a good look outside, "But that was a pretty nasty hit"

"Is he alright?" Isabel speaks of her concern.

"He is" Patricia sees Gen Ed, with his imperviousness to pain, walking back towards Crothen, "Just a hit like that wouldn't hurt him. He isn't called The Einbroch's God of War for nothing"

And indeed, Gen Ed walks back to Crothen. Now, the general knew the cross-shaped bar is on a different level than the other two bars. It's much more powerful and dangerous. Crothen doesn't feel like talking so he changes his weapon back to the two normal bars and rushes to the general's direction. Gen Ed parries the double strike Crothen throws at him using both his revolvers skillfully as always. Crothen delivers a blow from the right but Gen Ed blocks it and counters by a kick which hits the demon's jaw. The demon spurts some of his snakes from a close range to at least intimidate the general, but it comes off with zero result because Gen Ed swipes the snakes away with one smash attack using his gun.

The skeleton demon summons six giant snakes from under the ground and moves them to bite the general while preparing something else. Gen Ed smacks one of the snakes with Azarael before firing the other five rapidly with Tezzereth, only to see what Crothen's been preparing in a short time comes to work. There's an army of snakes crawling in the ground and they are all going to the same direction.

However, this isn't like Gen Ed hasn't predicted it. The gunslinger executes the Rapid Shower to annihilate the entire army in a quick second, but that's what Crothen wanted: an opening. Before Gen Ed could regain his stance, Crothen quickly pulls out his cross and hits Gen Ed's head with it. However, The general quickly grabs Crothen's exposed rib and slams him to the ground, trying to pummel him with another smasher.

Crother retaliates by another strike to Gen Ed's face and neck, this time forcing the general to withdraw several steps away. Rapidly leaping to the mid-air, Crothen unleashes five spheres of soul strike of darkness and hits Gen Ed perfectly with all the spheres, rendering him immobile for several seconds although visually it didn't even bulge him. Casting a dark bubble on the tip of his bar, Crothen pierces the general's torso with it and cause another leveling to the ground. This time, the attack successfully crashes the gunslinger to a tree which shatters into pieces after receiving a grand hit. Gen Ed however, much like one of his disciples, doesn't show pain on his face and calmly steps back to the ground. Even after all those attacks, he's still on his feet. And not only that, but not the faintest of blood is visible on him.

"He's still standing like nothing happened after all that? Any normal man would have died…" Crothen first thinks, "But, it's not like it's surprising anymore. If he can be defeated just by a series of bar attacks, he wouldn't be called The Strongest Gunslinger Alive. After all, his legend is very well known even among us demons"

"Hm, those bars you hold contain the power of Soul Strike of Darkness, correct?" Even amidst those attacks, Gen Ed was still able to analyze, "I could tell by how hard the hit was. Impressive, and your speed wasn't half-bad"

"Let's say, It's because I don't underestimate you anymore" Crothen sounds proud of his doing, "I'm going all out"

"Hm, if that's the case…then maybe I should do the same"

"….what are you trying to imply?"

"Me too, I apologize for holding back" Gen Ed takes off the gunslinger coat draping over his military uniform and lets it fall to the leveled ground, "Let's resume this fight. And this time, let's do it seriously"

And at that moment Crothen just realized the coat Gen Ed's been wearing all this time sprouts to inside the ground, indicating how heavy it is. Gen Ed seals the opening by moving his Azarael and sends an impact, shocking Crothen in one invisible attack. Before Crothen could even flung because of the attack, he receives a dozen more impact waves in mid-air. For the finale, Gen Ed appears right in front of him and shoots him in the face with Piercing Shot. Crothen could feel as if his face is going to break, but he won't let that happen. He delivers a quick smash using the two bars, but much to his surprise, Gen Ed double smash both of them and destroys them. Apparently, not holding back makes it easier for Gen Ed to unleash his sheer physical power. Knowing this is a big disadvantage, the demon tries to reach his cross again but Gen Ed dispatches the attempt with a fierce Piercing Shot to his ribs, finally destroying it. "Aaaaaakh!!!" Crothen screams in pain for the first time after so many attacks tonight. His durability proves to be inferior than Gen Ed's, "Damn you!!"

Gen Ed grabs his mouth to shuts him up before crushes it with one grapple, "As I thought, being a skeleton makes your durability lower when one of your body parts breaks apart. Two makes it worse"

Finalizing, Gen Ed's lifts his Tezzereth and fiercely pummels Crothen's head with it, destroying his whole body into pieces of bones as well as hollowing the very point below Crothen to an unseen bottom. From the Pegasus, the three ladies are observing quietly. "He did it!" Isabel exclaims, "General Eduardo defeated Entweihen Crothen!"

"Wait…maybe not" Iris upsets her.

"I agree, look at the ground" Patricia points out, "Its color is changing"

"You've been planning this all along" Gen Ed monitors as the ground around him turns black, "You're still alive, aren't you Crothen? How about quit hiding and show yourself?"

"I'M….HERE!!!" Crothen emerges from under the black ground, with only his upper body. His lower body is connected to the black ground, "YOU UNDERESTIMATED ME TOO MUCH!! DO YOU REALLY THINK I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU WITHOUT ANY PREPARATION TO ENSURE MY VICTORY?!"

"Really? What does this ground do other than turning you into a bigger target?" Gen Ed calmly (and rather, cynically) replies.

"IT DOES THIS!" Crothen grabs his cross and hits it to the ground, leveling the ground for forty feet away across the point he hit. The three ladies in the airship is left speechless seeing it, "THIS EVIL LAND SPELL MULTIPLES MY POWER IN A GREAT MARGIN!! IMAGINE IF YOU GET HIT BY THIS EVEN ONCE!!"

"Hm…so this is why Naght Sieger defeated you" Gen Ed slowly nods, understanding something, "The hits you gave me were pretty hard, most normal humans would have been crushed to bits if they were to receive it. But, you're too overconfident. You believe what you did would always be perfect. You don't even realize when I warned you in the first place"

"WARNED?!"

"The difference between our level" Gen Ed kindly reminds as he shows his right palm and clenches it, "In which level I belong?"

All of a sudden, Crothen couldn't move even an inch. As if something invisible is holding him, but he doesn't know what it is, "WHAT?! WHAT IS THIS?! WHAT TRICK HAVE YOU DONE?!"

"Didn't you say it yourself? I can control aura thanks to The Spell of Bishamon" Gen Ed aims his Azzarael firmly to the stunned demon. A large number of aura is being implanted to the revolver, making the next shot to be insanely powerful, "What makes you think I cannot stop your movement by sealing the aura around you, Crothen? I called this technique the Tyrant's Wave I'm not trying to ridicule you any more than this, but you're like a sitting duck now"

"CURSE YOU, EINBROCH'S GOD OF WAR!! THIS IS NOT GOING TO END HERE!!" one last Salvage won't do harm for Crothen, "MY COMRADES WILL KILL YOU!! THEY WILL DESTROY YOU AND YOUR MEN INTO PIECES!!"

"Last words? You should have been wiser choosing them" The Death Revolver smiles before firing the last Piercing Shot, ""

GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!

As the bullet pierces through the skeleton demon, an insane impact strikes the land. The ground moves in ripples as an invisible wave literally breaks the ground and sends it flying across the air. A large explosion could be heard impaling the whole forest and spreading to the sky as trees fly all over the forest. The three women inside Pegasus cover themselves from the impact when Pegasus begins to tremble because of the insane blow. When the smokes and dusts are finally cleared, Gen Ed is the only man standing in what now is a deforested forest.

"Maybe I went too far" Gen Ed speaks to himself after seeing the impact of his last attack. If anyone's wondering about Crothen, nothing is left from him now, "Well, at least now I knew there's no one coming around here for the rest of the night"

As he walks back to Pegasus, waving his hand to tell the ladies everything is alright, Iris begins to think, "So, this is why he's called The Strongest Gunslinger Alive, such destructive power. And even after receiving many attacks like that he didn't spill even a single drip of blood…he is really a dangerous man…"

"Job well done, sir. Now, this base is safe" Patricia complies the gunslinger when he walks in to the airship, but his face says otherwise, "What's wrong, sir? Something bothers you?"

"Actually…yes" Gen Ed expresses his concern, "I'm a bit worried about Emilio, El, and the others fighting out there. They are on a way different level from our previous encounters or missions. I want you to keep observing any signal from their walkie-talkie. If you receive any signal telling us any of them is in danger, you let me know. I'll deal with the rescue on my own"

"Understood, sir" Patricia doesn't bother questioning or protesting the order and goes back to her room. Gen Ed smiles to ensure the other two ladies everything is fine and quickly walks to follow Patricia, but he is stopped by Isabel.

"Uh, General Eduardo?" The young woman wishes to express her gratitude.

"Yes, Miss Isabel?"

Then, Isabel genuinely thanks the gunslinger, "I…want to thank you for retiring Entweihen Crothen just now. He's been nothing but problem ever since his coming here. And indirectly, he was one of those monsters who caused the split in the island on the first place. Thank you, he deserved what has became of him now"

"You're very welcome, Miss Isabel" Gen Ed politely responds before excusing himself. Actually, he doesn't need to do that. Patricia calls him soon after.

"General Eduardo, I just received an SOS message from Group 4 in the mountain area! It's Clyde!"

"Good, give me their exact location. I'll warp there using the butterfly wing Clyde set up" The general picks a butterfly wing and throws it on the floor. As his talkie receives the coordinates, he enters the portal with a wish, "God please protect them all"

Group 4, Mountain Area

"Ukh…that's it" Clyde feels safe now that he has contacted Gen Ed for help. Before getting back to his two feet, Clyde glances one more time to the pack he obtained by defeating Gert. It means so much to him, because now he can make sure, especially to himself, that he has improved. The injuries he sustains don't feel that hurt again, at least for know. He can walk, that much is fine.

"I should start looking for the others" The young gunslinger starts walking to another area of the mountain while tracing the signal on his talkie, "Ty isn't too far away from here and he's moving. Good, at least I can be sure that pervert is still alive"

"Oh, there's still a human here"

A voice from his behind surprised him and makes him turn his back to see Fallen Bishop Hibram standing not far from him. And he could also see Vanessa, unconscious and bloodied, being grabbed on her neck by the demon, "Vanessa?!"

"You mean this human woman? Here" Hibram throws her to Clyde, letting Clyde catches her and observes her condition. She is beaten badly, but is still alive, "She's too weak. She bored the hell out of me"

"You…ukh!" Clyde attempts to pull out his gun but the injuries suddenly pain him again, stopping him from moving.

"Pathetic, even with that condition you're still attempting to attack me. Know your own limit, human" Hibram turns his back, losing any kind of interest to fight or maybe even doing anything at all, "I take my leave now"

Clyde didn't even have the chance to say anything. Even, Hibram didn't give a damn about him. The gunslinger disperses the thought and quickly picks white potions from his inventory to treat the injured assassin cross. Too bad, he starts feeling numb himself, "Ukh…come on! You cannot faint now! She needs your help, Clyde!"

Before he falls and brings her with him, Gen Ed holds both of them from behind. Concern is written all over his face, "Thank God I'm not really too late"

"General?!"

"Don't worry, I brought packs of white potions with me" Gen Ed places both of them so they lean side by side on the ground, "Here, drink this. I'll help Vanessa drink her part"

"Thank you…you really saved us…"

"Don't speak any longer, Clyde. You need some rest" Gen Ed kindly reminds, "after this, I'll find Ty and Felicia and bring them here. You wait here and signal me if everything goes wrong, alright?"

"Understood, sir"

"Good"

On the other side of the area, Felicia is still motionless after the last pierce attack, completely drowned on her own pool of blood. Lord of Death is nowhere to be seen. He left after ensuring Felicia didn't move at all. Salvador couldn't do a thing seeing his master, he isn't strong enough to carry her using his mouth. Thankfully, help comes when Salvador sees a gunslinger coming closer to them.

And, it's Ty, "Felicia?! Goodness, what happened?!"

The gunslinger quickly carries her and helps her lean on a nearby boulder; her blood still runs out from her inside. "Damn, the potion! I need the white potion"

Ty pulls out every white potion he got and gently helps Felicia drinks it, "Here, drink these! Come on, come on!! You cannot die like this!"

What worries him the most is the fact that Felicia isn't breathing at all. He keeps having the paladin drink all the bottles till none's left, "Felicia? Please say something! Hey, don't die on me! Say something! Open your eyes!"

"Ukh…" Finally, a small muttering from the paladin. Alas, it's enough to ensure she's still alive, "….Ty?"

"Oh, god!! Thanks God you're alive!" Intentionally (or not), Ty embraces the battered paladin, "I was so scared!! I thought you were going to die for real!"

"Ty…Ty…you're hurting me…"

"Oh, sorry! Sorry! I was just…I was just too happy" Yeah, bet you. Ty quickly releases the hug due to the request, though, "Oh, goodness…I'm so glad seeing you alive!"

"Thanks to you…" Felicis smiles, "And to my…clips"

"Your clips?" Ty spots two pair of clips on Felicia's hair.

"The healing clip…and the robust clip" Felicia explains, "They healed me right after I got pierced. Despite having my blood drifted off my body…I could still survive"

"That's my kind of girl" Ty praises the plan, which worked perfectly, "I must give you that"

"Gee….never thought would…hear you say that…not in a perversion matter…"

"Oh, you're so mean!" Nice, the atmosphere is getting back now. Salvador quacks to express his happiness seeing his master is still alive. Felicia slowly closes her eyes, going to sleep once again for the time being. Ty only sighs seeing it, "Yeah, you deserve some rest. Go ahead and sleep, I won't steal anything. Honest"

Unfortunately, the calm doesn't last long because Ty is pushed down by a harsh strike to his back and falls. "Akh!" Ty desperately tries to rise back to his feet, one arm grabbing his injured stomach to ease up the pain, simply because his hand cannot reach his back. He escapes a small flinch when he could finally stand, "Uh…it really hurts…"

The eye-patched gunslinger throws a quick glance to his foe, who is seen crawling in the ground with a torn down body. "You're still alive…after all that?" More or less, Ty cannot believe this, "Good God, what does it take to kill you?!"

"More than you can imagine, Tyrael" Thanatos responds as he starts leaning to the nearest boulder so he can get vertical, "I'm one of the strongest fighters in Valdomir Kingdom! A belt of grenades wouldn't kill me!"

"True, but it's also true that you should stop overestimating yourself" Ty chides the undead king, "I've heard from Sarkhan you actually used a sword called Bloody Eater in combat; that sword allows you to unleash your true power. But tonight you only brought Tirfing, and because of what? Because you stated you wouldn't need your Bloody Eater to defeat me! You overlooked me and it cost you your pride! If you learnt any lesson by now you should have walked away without saying anything, but you haven't! Face it, Thanatos! You're just a big-mouthed loser!"

"How dare you called me a loser, scum!" This turns to be a battle of anger, "Do you think you could away alive with that arrogance?!"

"At least I'm not blown and burnt!" Wow, that's true…and harsh, "Look at your face, loser!! You're beaten but you could still talk big?! You're worse than that Alphard guy! If you wish to mock me, at least do it in a proper appearance! I'm not going to buy every single word came out from your mouth if you couldn't even speak properly!"

Thanatos is taken aback by those words. They are true, so anymore less would only make him look more like a loser. Staring with a dead-pan stare, Thanatos begins to chuckle, "Heh…I see…so that's how you want to play this?"

"What are you talking about?" Ty raises his eyebrows.

"You want me to show you what I'm truly capable of? Are you challenging me?!"

"Duh!" Ty smirks, "Where and when?"

"This shouldn't go public at the moment, but whatever. You and your alliance will learn about this once you learn the rest of Eisenheim's Prophecy anyway" With a confident face, Thanatos speaks, "Ninety nights from now in my Tower of The Noghalt Region, during the blossoming of El Arbol De Doom"

"El Arbol De Doom? Never heard of it" The gunslinger asks to himself, "You got yourself a deal, just be prepared. Next time, I'll wipe your tower with you"

"That confidence…just like him" Thanatos replies as he slowly vanishes, "You…are whom he left after all"

"Huh? Are we on the same page?"

"Sam the Gunsmith…" A really familiar name for our gunslinger, "Sounds familiar, Tyrael?"

"What? How…how do you know that name?" Now, it's Ty who looks taken aback.

"Oh, it's simple really" Thanatos grins remembering the old times, "I was the one who killed him"

"You…you what?!" Ty feels like having the world turned upside down listening to Thanatos, "You…you killed uncle Sam?! But…why?!"

"Two reasons….first, it was a duty" Thanatos rolls his eyes, "Second, because I was curious"

"Curious?"

"I've been curious all my life as an undead, Tyrael. What would happen if I kill this man or that man? What would happen if I try to challenge that swordsman or this gunslinger? How does it feel to slice someone slowly or quickly? All those thoughts…entertained me" Now, he sounds like a sociopath, "Got it memorized?"

"You…you sick bastard!! No need to wait till whatever day you mentioned, I will kill you now!!" Ty pulls out his Xilphas and runs, but his injuries and pain entitle him only that much as he's seen succumbing to the ground. Blood starts coming out from his wounds again, "Uuukh!!"

"Do your wounds hurt that much? Though life being a human, huh?"

"You…I will kill you!! I swear I will kill you when we meet again!!"

"I'll see to it" Thanatos finally disappears, but not before tipping Ty one last time, "By the way, if you want to know more about the gunsmith you can always ask your General. He knew"

Ty loses his consciousness not long after, his blood is drifting off his body because the wounds have opened up again. When Gen Ed arrives to pick Ty and Felicia up, Ty has fainted.

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O-m-a-k-e-!

AOC: Well, it turns out that everyone is safe! Next chapter we will have a short break with two major battles (for Sieger & El). But now, I would like to say….WELCOME BACK TO THE OMAKEEEEEEE!!! God, it feels like a long time ago the last omake ended! And our guest today is….the King of Perverts, Ty!!!

Ty: Hiya!!!

AOC: Hey, Ty! How u doin?

Ty: I'm cool.

AOC: Well, ever since your debut you've been this story most perverted character. But you know what, you garnered quite a lot of fans thanks to your tendency of being pervert.

Ty: Aw, you flatter me!

AOC: OK, I know we usually opened the omake with a question from Kogane-kun, but since he's special for this omake I guess we'll save the best for the last. The first is from Akainu The Red Dog, "How many times you 'toyed' with Martina to be exact?"

Ty: Eh?! That's classified!! This story is rated T!

AOC: Come one, that's unlike you! Tell us!!

Ty: Well….around twenty times…I guess.

AOC: Twenty times?! You banged her that much but you still want Felicia?! God help us all!

Ty: Hey, I'm a man you know?! I always search for the best!!

AOC: You're a greedy man! What guarantees us you wouldn't cheat on Felicia if you can finally win her heart?!

Ty: Hey, El banged Frea more than a hundred times but he's still on a harem with Princess Fiorentin, right?! No one bitches about that!

AOC: Well, that's because…

Ty: Because?

AOC: Because I'm the author and I want it like that! You have no rights to protest me!

Ty: Hey, that's unfair!

AOC: Yeah, yeah. Next question is from The Black Cat of Darkness, "Who is your favorite Playboy model?"

Ty: Felicia of course! I sent one of her pictures to Playboy editors!

AOC: You what?!

Ty: You heard me!

AOC: Can I have the pic…no! I mean, what kind of picture was it?!

Ty: That's a s-e-c-r-e-t!

AOC: She was taking a bath, wasn't she?

Ty: Nnnnnnno.

AOC: She was changing?

Ty: No.

AOC: She was wearing a swimsuit?

Ty: No.

AOC: Then, what was she doing?!

Ty: Eating pie.

AOC: Eating…pie?

Ty: Yeah!

AOC: Oh, what the hell! I thought it was some kind of kinky picture!!

Ty: Hey, eating a pie showed how vulnerable she was! I mean, her mouth was so stuffed with the pie and her face was…

AOC: Okay, okay! Cut it out! Next is from Donquixote Doflamingo, "What do you like from Felicia…physically?"

Ty: Her hair, her face, and her skin.

AOC: Explain.

Ty: Yeah, the golden hair hanging down to her waist shone as if to reflect the light of the sun. She had dusky beautiful skin and a heart shape-like lower jaw. Long eyebrows trembled above slightly lowered gaze of those blue eyes. Man, she's the most beautiful creature I've ever laid my eyes upon.

AOC: Wow…that's romantic.

Ty: Thank you.

AOC: Next is from Beautiful Zombie Slayer, "How come Gen Ed bought your products but no one ever finds out?"

Ty: Er…that's a secret. I will get cut from the squad if I tell.

AOC: Agree, let's save that for Gen Ed's omake later.

Ty: Agree.

AOC: Next is from Samurai Cowgirl, "I just want to say, congrats on kicking Thanato's a**!!! So far, your battle against Thanatos is the best on this arc!"

Ty: Gee, thank u!! Well, it was fun fighting him! And we got quite a screentime too!

AOC: LOL, yea! Group 4 got all the cool battles so far with you vs Thanatos, Clyde vs Gert, and Felicia vs LOD.

Ty: Yeah, I think Group 2 should settle with second place!

AOC: Somewhat agree, Group 4 owns the arc so far!

Ty: Cheers!

AOC: Next is from mikamika, "What if…another man tries to win Felicia's heart?"

Ty: Well, you can expect to find that man's body drowning on the nearby river by tomorrow morning.

AOC: Wow….that's…scary.

Ty: For Felicia? Hell yes! I won't let any other men have her!! I will win her heart!

AOC: The power of love….next is from Tia, "Do you think you can take on big-shots like Naght Sieger, Ifrit, Satan Morroc, or Beelzephir one on one?"

Ty: Well…that's kinda hard to answer. FYI, I don't care how strong my opponent is but I wouldn't go down without a fight.

AOC: That's the spirit, tiger!

Ty: Well, a man do what he has to do after all!

AOC: Nice! Next is from Aya, "What if Felicia rejects you in the end?"

Ty: Wuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Don't say that!!! Felicia cannot reject me!! Wuaaaaaaaah!!

AOC: Hey, hey!! Don't cry like that! You're not Frea, hey!

Ty: Wuaaaaaaah!!! AOC, please don't make Felicia reject me!!

AOC: Eh, I would have to ask for Kogane-kun's approval for that! But if it pleases you….maybe I will make her accept your love!

Ty: *Sniff*…really?

AOC: Yeah, so please don't cry ok?

Ty: OK…

AOC: God….next is from Slave Leia, "I'm not trying to sound like a yaoi fangirl, but do you think El and Emilio looks somewhat yaoi sometimes?"

Ty: ….no. They're best friends, but that's it. El views Emilio as a family and vice versa. They're definitely not into yaoi.

AOC: Second that. Next is from Castle43, "Who would you reckon as The Chuck Norris of The Knightfall?"

Ty: Elraven.

AOC: (Smirks) why?

Ty: You know why…all the readers will know why next chapter.

AOC: Hehehe, don't spoil it. And the last but definitely not the least, my favorite reviewer, which also happen to be your original creator, Kogane-kun!!! Here's his question, "Hey do you have some flashy, powerful and world destroying attack like Heero or Kira (reference to Gundam one man army main characters)?" (well no spoilers for the ARMAS) though and "I noticed next to El you are the most battle damaged among the Ropera, what can you say about that?"

Ty: Ow, Kogane-kun! Thank u for creating me in the first place! I've heard from AOC you're also my biggest fan out there! I hope my performance against Thanatos on this arc didn't disappoint you. First off, the WMD is currently sealed in a certain place. But when the time comes (no spoiler) it will show up and hopefully I can use it properly.

AOC: You will. Trust me, you will.

Ty: Hehe, as for the second question…hm, El is kinda cheat because he got Dionysus. But I happen to be quite durable thanks to my Soul Eye. Somehow, it keeps me alive no matter what. I'm yet to learn all the mysteries behind this eye, but it has something to do with it. Well, we can always discuss this matter via PM, though.

AOC: Nice, thank you for coming here, Ty!!

Ty: You're very welcome!

AOC: Next omake will be about Gen Ed!! U know what to do, right?! See u next chappy!