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,
[Spectator room] Lisa watched baffled at what she was witnessing. The naked woman with Arthur there was gorgeous but what made her feel a bit unease or slightly angry was the sole fact she was touching him. Why am I like this? She turned her attention to Anubis and Persephone who were beside her administrating the challenges. “Is that normal?” Persephone turned to Lisa and smiled. “Well yes, we did say to go back one of you would have to pass the test of mortal sins to be allowed with their souls intact.” Lisa made an O shape with her mouth as she understood the concept behind the challenges a bit better. But something about the interaction below was making her uncomfortably angry, angry at the woman who was touching Arthur. “So how will this one come to an end?” Lisa asked, her hands gripping the armrest of the chair she was sitting on. Persephone caught the gesture. Someone was jealous, she smiled having made up her mind to tease Lisa. “Well Arthur has to win, how he does t
Arthur was forced to take cover with Lisa as a stray thunderbolt struck where they were standing. They could not understand what was going on, it only has been a couple of hours or maybe a day or two but the sudden change in scenery made them feel like they had been gone for a long period. Lisa looked at Arthur, her eyes dazed as if she was looking beyond him, not at him. “Your journey has yet to end Aether, the person you ran away from will be coming.” Arthur stopped and stared at Lisa. Her divination again? Linux was going to return? That only meant his home world was gone. Arthur knew one day he would have to face Linux in battle, he tried to neglect his responsibilities as the physical manifestation of eternity but he knew that if Linux could destroy the nursery, Chaos will be unleashed. [Zodiac War has begun] Arthur clenched his teeth, so the Zodiac war is underway, what the system predicted was the byproduct of Granger's actions. How did he know? Arthur could tell, having
Ares spat out blood as the heel destroyed a portion of his face, his eye included. He staggered back, and his wounds started to repair themselves. “You are dead!” Arthur settled into a fighting style, his left leg inched a bit away from the right. His hands tightened into fists and brought next to his face, his eyes stared at the man, scanning for any weak point. Ares launched himself toward Arthur at high speeds, he sent a kick to Arthur's head. Arthur was quick to raise his guard as he placed his forearm in front of him blocking the attack, the force behind the attack pushing him back a bit. His free hand was raised above his head and the elbow was brought on Ares's shin destroying the bone in one strike. Ares hovered back as he limped to a stop, his healing restructuring his wounded leg. He glared at Arthur. He could not figure the man out. Arthur appeared in front of Ares, his hand grasped Ares's face, and his right foot was placed behind Ares as Arthur pushed on his hand,
Leo hovered above the ground as he transported the four ladies his master had asked him to carry. The four women on Leo's back were not happy; each angry at Arthur for his decision, they all felt the presence just as they left. “When will he stop treating us like kids?” Min-yin asked staring at the stars shimmering above. Evangelist placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. She felt What Min-yin was feeling but she was sure Arthur had a reason for sending them away. “I'm sure he has his reasons.” Min-yin huffed in frustration. “I don't give two cents about his reasons, you all felt the presence. We could've helped him!” Evangelist shook her head, “Had we stayed behind we would've gotten in Arthur's way.” “I agree with Evangelist,” Horneva pitched in, Lisa nodded in agreement as well. Min-yin pouted, even so— she still wanted to help Arthur. He helped her before. It did not feel right to her to just leave Arthur with an unknown foe and with no backup. What if he got injured? Wha
The forest moved to protect its goddess. The tree roots swung at Evangelist who was forced to jump back to avoid being pinned by them. She glared at the woman before her and was concerned about the wound that was closing itself erasing the progress she had made. Scanning for weaknesses, Evangelist found the weak point in the roots' defenses and darted toward Sing; she maneuvered her body through the opening the roots made and was right in front of Sing again. Her lightning sword raised above her head as she swung down with the intent of separating the goddess into two. To her shock, the lightning-forged sword dissipated into lightning and it scattered around the trees. A hand grabbed her throat ignoring the electrocution effect her Thundercat Maiden form induced to anything that touched her. She felt her consciousness start to fade from the lack of oxygen, Evangelist knew she had to get out of the hold before she passed out. She held Sing's hand with hers and struggled to set hers
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