Midas huffed and collapsed to one knee, stopping that lance proved to be an even more difficult task than he had hoped. He took a breathe and got up, they needed to know about what had happened. The world wasn't safe anymore, with Linux rampaging out of hand. Deep down Midas cursed Aether, cussing him for abandoning them right when they needed to topple the witch.
He came up to the round table and placed his hand on the edge, feeding the table his Qi, triggering a matrix to manifest covering the whole table in an array of complex designs before the pivot shot up and unfolded into a holographic monitor that was split into three portions. Each portion flared to life as three other rulers aside from him appeared.
On the left was a man with a long auburn beard, pointy nose with wots on it. He had squinted eyes and auburn hair, his pale skin graced with wrinkles showing his age. He was the king of Flegflum, Astaroth Tara.
Next to Astaroth, was a woman with an oddly shaped mouth. From the edges extending to the cheeks were lines that looked as if they were sworn together, she had overly feminine features such as round cheeks, full lips, large lilac eyes. She wore a blue blouse, her name was Lily Cobalion the Queen of Anthropis.
Following Lily, was a man who looked to be in his twenties, having blonde hair neatly combed. Sharp blue eyes and a Caucasian skin tone, he wore a gold embroided robe, his name was Alucard Novachrono, the king of Enslynue.
Midas stared at the three on the screen, his face grim. “Fellow rulers, I'm sure you all have witnessed that large explosion earlier, the cause was Linux. She has started her reign of terror and we need to stand together to stop her.”
Lily kept a straight face as she assimilated the information given to her. “She's the one behind the explosion? How powerful had she gotten ever since Aether disappeared? This cannot stand, I agree with Lord Midas.”
Alucard however, wasn't on board with the coalition. His predecessor joined the ruse of peace and in doing so opened the gates of Enslynue to outsiders. “I won't entertain this, every kingdom for itself. My predecessor was a fool for thinking that, this would help in bringing the Era of peace. I'm not helping”
Midasʼ facial expression changed, and rightfully so. He heard stories of the new king being full of himself but to this degree? His predecessors must be rolling in their graves at the moment. He stared at Alucard, face void of emotions he had shown earlier. “With all due respect Lord Novachrono, could you not undermine what your predecessors tried establishing? It's up to you to continue holding the peace and in times such as this one, we need to be allies instead of adversaries. I know for certainty alone, we won't stand a chance against Linux yet united we can.”
Alucard scoffed at the statement, alone they cannot stand to a woman? That was simply preposterous. The mere thought of him losing to a woman made him chuckle uncontrollably, drawing attention of the other three rulers as to why he was finding this situation funny. “ You may be weaklings depending on one another but I am not. I'm perfectly capable of being able to protect my land if push comes to shove and I won't ever lose to a woman never.”
The other rulers find it ironic that Alucard would make that declaration. Midas once again was the one to address Alucard, who appeared as if he wanted nothing to do with the summit. “Young master, it seems you have no idea about who you are talking about. Linux isn't just any woman. In all the generations of queens ever to ascend the throne of Amalie, Linux is by far the most powerful one. So powerful, even the Supreme Sorcerers feared her might. An offspring of a demon and a demi god.”
Alucard clicked his tongue and cut the Qi flow from his side. The holographic screen showing his side vanished leaving only the other 3 rulers.
Midas sighed, it seems as if Enslynue had anointed a wrong candidate, one that would lead them to their downfall. But after their lord made it clear that he is capable alone, Midas saw it fitting to not do anything even if Alucard asked for aid. He returned his attention to the other two and they started discussing their plans, knowing full well that a storm is coming and it brought change in its path.
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Linux stepped into the hall where her generals were sitting, all wearing identical full-body armor and helmets disguising their features, however she knew them one by one as such she was not worried. The six generals at the table, all stood up and bowed before the queen for a few seconds then sat down on their respective seats.
Linux stood at the head of the table, a map in hand and a sword in another. She glanced at the generals concomitantly placing the map on the table. “I'm sure you all know that Aether is no more. With him gone so is the Yggdrassil, however I found out that there's another source of power one that's close to the Yggdrassil, but to attain that the four kingdoms need to fall.”
The general closest to her left side shifted a bit and removed the helmet. He had long brown hair, brown skin, brown eyes, high cheekbones and thin lips, his eyes directed themselves at her majesty. “from what i could gather my lady, Midas, Lily and Astaroth would surely be in arms to fend off your assails, however Alucard on the other hand shows extreme dislike towards the other sovereigns. I believe we can use that to our advantage, knowing Lily, she will try to convince Alucard to see that working together is better than working alone, which gives us the opportunity to destroy them from the inside out by using Alucard.”
Linux smirked, Bulgard seems to have an idea on how they could crumble the empire from the inside out. She thought for a moment, then her face gleamed with excitement. “All of you generals, shall focus the kingdom's military force on Elentia and Flegflum, I will handle Alucard myself. Also here, extracts from my own blood.”
Linux gave the six with her capsules filled with her blood. Her blood was glowing a reddish color mixed with violet added to her Qi. She knew why she gave them that and as quickly as she did, she disappeared from their sight heading to carry out her plan.
Just moments after disappearing from the room, Linux appeared above the castle she resided in. Her sanguine eyes staring at the horizon, specifically the direction of Enslynue. A grin stretched on her face as she jumped up, shooting through the clouds. Once above cloud cover, her back moved and from the shoulder blades emerged two wings, the wings were catalyst that carried her over the distance between Amalie and Enslynue.She penetrated the barrier without detection and navigated her way through the vast lands with pinpoint precision. Her detection ability locked onto the only person she was after, she reshaped her features with her transformation ability, hiding away her crimson hair, in exchange for a more tamed pigment being a mixture of grey and silver. Her skin tone also blended in, becoming a tad bit tan while her eyes turned to green.The transformation discarded her previous armor, and in its stead was a white flowing blouse, semi heeled strap shoes and tight fitting shirt.
Over the duration of six weeks, Linux frequently showed up to where Alucard was, and before the he knew it, he was falling for the woman slowly. She was charming, kind and mostly beautiful, qualities of a queen. But little did he know, a plan had been formulated and he was walking head first into its maw.Alucard arrived at the destination with the intent to tell Anastasia how he felt, he felt nervous. Fighting an army was better than this feeling he was feeling. As he arrived at the Peach tree, he saw her like usual sitting high on the tree branches. Wearing a pink dress reaching her knees and high heeled shoes. Alucard found himself staring at her as she was lit up by the sun and the reflection of the peach tree leaves giving her a whole new level of elegance.“Ehem.”Linux turned to look at the voice and a bright smile graced her lips. She jumped down and was caught by Alucard who twirled around for a bit then placed her on her feet.Their embrace lasted a few more minutes as the t
[With Linux]After giving Dracula the specific commands, Linux appeared at the top of the palace and made her way into the palace discretely. She navigated throughout the hallways following the predominant amount of Qi lingering in the atmosphere acting as guide to where she's supposed to go. Finally she came to a stop next to the large trapdoor. Excitement rushing through her veins as she opened the trapdoor. Her sanguine eyes following with the opening of the door.“Halt where you stand. Who are you and what's your business here.”Linux turned around upon hearing the commanding tone, she saw a couple of armed guards but she didn't have time to deal with them. Instead of speaking back, she raised her hand, unfolded her palm and in the pivot of the palm manifested a multicolored sphere.EYES OF ETERNITYA wave of purplish Qi escaped the confines of the sphere spilling into the room. Immediately the guards started to fall down one by one until none where standing, they were still alive
The Qi cover alarmed everyone within visual area, that included Lily, Midas, and Astaroth who were holding yet another meeting but this time in person. The three rulers shivered as they felt the uncontested rage and malice lurking within the Qi and they began to worry.Midas stood up and looked out the window, looking in the direction of Enslynue where the Qi originated from. In his mind he was against what his gut and heart was telling him, which was to go investigate the course but even he, knew that regardless of how Alucard behaved, the safety of the innocent shouldn't be ignored because of their ruler's ego. Before he knew it, the rain started to pour and heavily so. Midas turned to look at the two sovereigns and snapped his fingers opening a human sized spatial rift. “I'm aware that we all have mixed feelings about Alucard, but we must make sure that nothing bad happened to Enslynue.” Lily and Astaroth nodded, concomitantly rising from the seats. They both followed behind Mida
“The Novachrono family was a family of noble fighters who were considered to be one of the strongest clan's to ever set foot in Enslynue. Our ancestors came here back when the barren lands were intact and they along with the other five families separated a portion of the land from the mainland and such the continent of Enslynue was created. The Novachrono however, didn't rise to be the monarchs until the reign of Julian Novachrono.”A younger version of Alucard tentively listened to the man who sat before him and his three brothers. Like Alucard, Hael and Xerxes were eagerly listening waiting to hear what was next on the story about their family and its origin.“What happened next? I want to know.” Hael, Alucard's second brother asked avidity lanced in his voice and soon after Xerxes followed him, inquiring about what happened.The older man chuckled, and stroked his beard. His name was Azazel, the king of Enslynue and the father to Alucard and his three brothers. Azazel had long yet
After the declaration, Alucard didn't rise from the ground. He just laid there, hands cradling his head as tears started to well up in his eyes. He just couldn't understand, he couldn't get why his father was like that with him much like his two siblings.-Dorothy watched from the palace hallway with a sad expression. She couldn't intervene that much because she knew the truth as to why her husband was like that to Alucard. She blinked her tears away and left, leaving her words to linger about.“You will know one day Alucard.”-After a few minutes passed as Alucard laid there, he got up and dusted his clones. Wordlessly he left the yard and headed to the secluded part of the Palace, that side was Alucard's favorite hanging spot. It was filled with weed all around but in the center were crimson flowers, these flowers were called Red Spider Lilies.Alucard walked across the waist length weed and stopped next to the fl
Alucard after that day of hearing his mother and so called father quarrel and finding out the truth stopped playing nice all together. He spent his days training nonstop under the guidance of the woman he met in the cave. His Qi refinement and cultivation soared by leaps and bounds. Over three whole weeks, he trained in Qi control and cultivation, he also was preparing for the upcoming Dragon Talon tournament, he was going to claim what was rightfully his.Like every other day, Alucard was with the water spirit doing physical training when the woman in the water called out to him. Causing Alucard to stop whatever he was doing, and he went up to The edge of the water and sat down.“Why did you call me?”❝ For the past weeks you've been training on your cultivation skill and you managed to hone it to perfection, however there's one I want to teach you. ❞“OH? What could that one be?”❝ It is called Archetype: Accelerated Combatant Cultivation Technique. ❞“Archetype: Accelerated Combata
In all of the rulers no one was as furious as Azazel while no one was as happy as Dorothy. Due to Enslynue patriarchy system she couldn't do anything to prevent Azazel from stunting her older son's potential. She was glad that Alucard somehow managed to grow stronger without Azazel's help and she thought that it was the right thing he had done. But her significant order did not share the same sentiments as her apparently, he was appalled by the fact one of his sons, the person he had taught effortlessly lost to Alucard.Dorothy was alerted by the sound of wood cracking. She turned to her side and saw her husband furiously digging his fingers into the armrest of his throne, causing splinters to emerge from the once flat armrest. Although she didn't like Azazel's practices whenever it came to her children, it didn't mean she didn't care about his wellbeing. So Dorothy, like a doting wife and queen leaned closer to Azazel's ear.“Dear you'll end up hurting yourself if you continue doing
As the explosion died down, a bruised Arthur and Linux stood near the edge roots of energy. They held their breaths, anticipating to see the product of their combined effort to defeat the adversary before them. “Insolent fools,” Arodis's voice pierced through the dimensional rift as the last bit of energy circulating where he was dissipated. Arthur and Linux were astounded at the resilience the mechanical monster before them had, the attacks were enough to shake the void realm they were in and cause destruction on a greater scale and yet the target of their attacks only suffered getting his right side blown away. Their shock did not last long as the Qi levels started to rapidly rise, skyrocketing to a point the dimensional rift showed cracks in its edges. “Something is coming” Arthur informed his new comrade. Linux nodded, she could feel the foul Qi resonating around them. Having been connected to the Source, it made it easier for her to detect presences linked to Oblivion. Arod
Arthur spectated the interaction until the towering mechanical being hit Linux, he tightened his grip around his sword. Even if the woman was a menace and a thorn in his side, Arthur was not going to stand by and watch her get hurt. He dashes over to Linux and caught her. His gesture startled the woman who was unsure of what to do. She had been trying to ruin him at every chance she got and yet he was there to rescue her when she needed help. Why? Why was he so selfless? Everything was because of her, he lost everything. His friends, his reality, and his home world all because she was following a fool's goal. Linux looked at Arthur, “Why did you help me?” Arthur acknowledged her question but never paid attention to her. His eyes were focused on Arodis, the speed the latter had struck Linux with was something they had yet to deal with. His vision could not track the hand movement of Arodis until Linux was hit and Arthur was positive that he could track even light moving through
Linux dashed forward and delivered a roundhouse kick to Arthur, the latter blocked the attack with his right forearm and used his left hand to grab Linux's ankle. Arthur twisted his body around generating enough momentum to send Linux flying but instead of releasing his grasp, he smashed the latter on the ground creating a large crater with Linux's body. He was not done, he stabbed his sword near Linux's face and chuckled. The woman was as fast as ever, she managed to narrowly avoid his attack by just an inch when she moved her head. But it did not matter to Arthur, he still had a hold on her ankle. Or so he thought. Linux kicked Arthur on the chin making the latter stagger backward, slightly disoriented from the power behind the blow. Arthur regained his bearing and launched his attack; the black sword in his hand acting as an extension of his reach as he swung it in an attempt to slice through the woman. Linux was nimble on her feet, she easily evaded a majority of the attack
[Where am I?] [You are locked in the subconscious of your mind by Linux, right now the person using our body is not you.][I... See. So what are we going to do Aether?] [The only thing we had been doing ever since, we fight! With all our strength, I have a feeling that our salvation is coming.] Arthur nodded as he looked at Aether, the main conscience behind his actions. It had been a couple of months, maybe a year, since they last, sat down and had a conversation. [So what's going to happen once you complete your goal? Are you going to return to your home world?] Aether shook his head. There's no world to return to, everything was destroyed by Linux's wrath. He clutched his fists tightly and bit his lip. He was useless. He could not protect what his forefathers gave their lives to protect. He did not deserve to be a sorcerer Supreme. Sanz was better suited for the role but his lack of magical prowess got in the way. Aether has to admit something he had been running from. He
Dante dashed forward, crossing the distance between him and the controlled Arthur in a second. He appeared behind Arthur after he relocated and kicked the latter in the back with enough force to shatter the spine of Arthur. Arthur felt his insides grind up from the attack, it was as if his back was being pressed against his stomach. He could feel the bones cracking from the internal pressure. Arthur staggered forward from the kick and turned around only to receive a boot to the chin uprooting him from his feet, launching him into the air. Dante outstretched his arm and a Chakram blade appeared in the palm, he threw the blade with precision at Arthur aiming to slice the latter's neck clean. Arthur saw the blade and covered his most vulnerable part by bringing his head forward, the Chakram cut through his left eye as it narrowly missed his neck. He landed on the ground and placed a hand on his eye, he had one vision now and he could not focus because he was hearing whispers in his
As Evangelist screamed in the illusion world, her screams escaped her mouth startling the others with her. The woman writhing at their feet startled them, they looked at the woman who was holding her head and looked at Arthur. “What did you do to her?” Lily asked looking at Arthur as she cradled Evangelist in her arms. Concern for the woman flashed in her eyes. She saw how protective Arthur was toward the woman in her hands, he threatened them the first time they met and put himself in harm's way for her safety. So why? Why did he attack her like that? The cause of the mental anguish the woman in her arms was the glowing eyes from Arthur, after they glowed, Evangelist behaved rather oddly for Lily even if she was not around her for a long period of time. Arthur stared at the woman unsympathetically, he felt nothing even when she screamed. Hearing Lily ask what he had done, he stared at Lily as well. “I merely put her in an illusion, if she can't win against her past she's weak
Arthur took a look at the gate opened by Linux, his eyes peered through the gate seeing across the dimensions. He knew he made a grave error in calculations but he had to, to match the power of Linux it was imperative for him to release the seal. He flickered across the battlefield and appeared before Linux, he threw a punch at the latter who blocked his punch. Linux kicked Arthur away from her only for the latter to pounce back and be on the assault once again. She diverted and blocked his attacks retaliating with her own. Each time their attacks met, the land shook and the earth split into two. The winds roared as they rippled across the battlefield and the entirety of the globe.Arthur jumped back distancing himself from Linux, he dodged to the side seeing the horde fire attacks where he was standing. He gritted his teeth and looked around him. The army of legions surrounded him, closing every escape route he had. But Arthur was not intimidated, he could deal with a majority o
Granger sneered at Arthur, he was a pest on his side. He did not know when to give up and walk away, the latter was always meddling in his ambitions acting as a hindrance to his goals. Ever since he got word of him, he had been wary of Arthur, he organized the summit between rankers in an attempt to kill him but that failed too. Arthur reminded Granger of someone. Granger chuckled remembering that one friend he had back in his timeline. He was like the man before him, obnoxious, he never knew when to stop probing into people's businesses until he got killed. Arthur looked at the chuckling man, he raised an eyebrow wondering if the latter had gone senile. “What is so funny?” Granger hummed upon hearing the question, what was funny? He looked up at the ceiling unable to find the right words. He contemplated his choice of speech before he began to reply.“You remind me of someone, a person I held dear to me,” Granger replied reminiscing of the past. Held dear? Those words held mean
The battle began between the last two individuals transported away by Midas. They were at a mountain range, the winds were chilling cold as they pillaged the lands like travelers, caressing everything they touched.The weather was humid yet tumultuous at the same time as it caved to the Qi the two fighters had. Standing near the foliage on the mountain peak was a young man standing at 5 foot 7 inches, he wore Israeli clothing consisting of a white blouse shirt, strap-on sandals, and a large coat above. On his waist was a rope that had a small bag connected to it. He was David, the one who had a blessing from the all-father. Also known as the Goliath Slayer. Alucard peered at the man standing before him, he was not that impressive. His body physique was average at best, with no defining muscle structure but there was something about the man that made him take the fight seriously. He could not place his finger on it, but it felt as if he was staring at an even greater being than he