Arthur looked towards the direction of the voice and his eyes widened for a fraction of a second— standing on the entrance leading inside the airport was the queen.Arthur had expected it to be some old woman in her 80's not this young woman. From what he could tell, she was not older than him by that much; something about her made Arthur respect her, she was a queen at such a young age. That alone made her stand out.Lisa Montgomery had long black tresses, ghostly pale skin; wide cyan eyes, full red lips and a beauty mark under her lips. She wore her tiara on the crown of her head showing her nobility while around her shoulders hiding her clothing was a large red robe.She stared at everyone including Arthur and Arnold, her cyan eyes beaming as she focused her attention on Arthur; She smiled a bit and returned her attention to the rest of the people standing there. They were here because of her, she called a summit to discuss the troubleshooting gates around the world that had been l
Arthur paced around his room after leaving the palace he had too many things on his mind— Linux had interacted with this world that meant she would find him and the Yggdrassil was in danger once more. He could feel the stress rising up; why couldn't she just stay in her own lane.He had no time to waste now— breathing deeply, Arthur cleared his mind. He had been postponing the clearing of the quest the Arodis system. Arthur at the back of his mind knew that it was inevitable; one day he would have to fight Linux but he was still not powerful enough.Arthur sat down on the bed and folded his hands in a lotus position. He was the guardian of the Yggdrassil, if it falls all his predecessors hardwork would be lost— as the last remaining descendant of Lunox he had to be strong, strong enough to fight. His mentor Gusion died vigilantly like a hero, it was his time to step up and protect the secret of the universe. The secret of eternity.Arthur's mind suddenly concocted a hypothesis— The Ar
The sphere glowed tremendously as the Qi within it fueled the ability to be triggered— The light it projected shined right on top of Dante removing every ounce of tainting from his body through casting the holy light of repairing and recreation the light of Eternity.HOLY MAIDEN TEARSThe syphoned negative Qi being purified before being absorbed into Arthur's body. He huffed and puffed hard— because of the physical and mental toll the technique was having on his body. His perseverance showed when Dante returned to normal, the shadowy figure he once was now removed leaving behind a normal entity.Dante looked around, he was in a place he couldn't recognize, the last time he was awake; He was fighting against his sibling, fighting to protect his wife and unborn child. Now he was in this barren land, he didn't understand how he got there.Light as a feather, Dante moved from where he was to where Arthur was free falling— he wrapped his hands around the boy balancing him and in the proces
Everyone was speechless— the underestimated interim S-rank from South Korea just did something a few people in the world could do. He stopped the Daybreak punch that the savage berserker Anorld was famous for and with a finger no less. Everyone were starting to gain admiration from the young man, he proved he wasn't any pushover even ranking lower than any of them there.Arnold was furious; this young man before him had stopped one of his deadliest attacks with just a finger— to add salt to injury proceeded to taunt him, mocking him as if what he did was nothing. He could level small mountains with that attack.He growled which Arthur caught and smirked— the man before him packed a punch but raw power that's not controlled amounted to nothing in front of his eyes. Arthur knew that normally he couldn't have taken the attack with his barely adjusted body so he purified the Qi around him and used it as a shield that absorbed the ricochet damage from the attack.They couldn't get far as L
FAST FORWARD : 3 DAYS LATER“So how is it going? Is the preparation done?”“We are nearly close, we just need the information and we are done.”“When will you get the information?”“Possibly around the beginning of the summit, we will be done by the point the summit reaches its midpoint.”“Good”Several silhouettes appeared within a laboratory— their faces hidden by the darkness leaving their clothing to be the only things visible. Written horizontally across their jackets upper shoulders was S.A.B.E.R. Around them were huge tubes, easily the size of a human containing green liquid and they all had been preparing for years for this day to come.“I'll see you all then,” The presumed head of the organization S.A.B.E.R addressed the other members and disappeared into the darkness— the sound of a door closing following behind his disappearance.The man with a walking stick walked the dark hallway— although dark he could see just fine and he took turns and twists moving across the labyrint
Arthur tried to shift his body but he couldn't— there was a weight pressing down on him. He opened his eyes and looked around only to see Lisa right on top of him. He returned his attention to the vicinity; he couldn't recognize where they were.Their surroundings were red, fiery red like fire— Arthur could've sworn he had seen the walls move, above them was not the sky as they are used to but was a layer of skulls; skulls? That was something new. Arthur nudged Lisa on the side waking her up.Lisa immediately got up after being woken— she helped Arthur to his feet and looked around, scrutinizing her vicinity much like Arthur earlier. “Where are we?”“I don't know, I only remember Granger sending us through a portal.” Arthur replied trying to piece everything together.He was starting to get hot, it was as if the temperature was rising per second— he looked around him trying to see what could be the source of the drastically increasing temperature.There hovering above ground was a be
Arthur jumped back as the large snake dove right into the bridge destroying it a bit. He jumped up as a wide mouth emerged from beneath him and supported himself in the air with his air magic, his eyes roamed around the lava lake scrutinizing the large Serpent who's body was submerged in the lake. Raising his left hand; Several runes manifested around him and focused beams of Qi shot from the inside of the runes bombarding the lava lake from all sides. As the aftermath died down, Arthur looked through the soot expecting the snake to have perished. But to his shock the beast was simply recovering from having its scales destroyed by the Qi blasts, having no significant damage— Arthur gritted his teeth, the durability on the snake was rather high, even his most powerful area of effect ability could not wound it deeply. “So this is why Ra was never able to defeat you.” Arthur mused to himself, never had he had a challenger such as this one. Linux was extremely powerful, she could destr
Olivia's jaw dropped for a moment, her eyes widened as she heard the sickening quenches and bones being destroyed, bones of her fellow Rankers. Her look of stupor transitioned to a new one. She clamped her mouth shut, her eyes creased heavily as hate flared in her eyes. Granger saw the look and chuckled, a cornered dog bares its fangs Afterall. “It's rather amusing, a moment ago you were at each other's throat now you are angry for what I did. Truly disgusting.” His words lacerated the air reaching the ears of Olivia who snarled in response and leaped the distance separating them. Granger's taunting smirk merely stayed as he watched the woman catapult herself to him, he snapped his fingers. A punch hit Olivia on the side sending her spiraling off course into the walls. C322 stood where she was, with its hand outstretched. Granger turned his head to the side just as a harpoon flew beside him stabbing the wall behind him. He was not phased by such miniature assaults. In his eyes,
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