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
Horneva heard the far-distance explosions. It seemed like Evangelist and Min-yin were already fighting their adversaries. She, however, could not comprehend the person before him, he just sat there nonchalantly. His dark eyes stared at her as if he was staring into her soul.Vali chuckled, the girl before him was an interesting one. He had never met such a woman before, so determined and strong but against him, being determined and strong was just the tip of the iceberg. “Surrender,” Vali said. Horneva clicked her tongue. She knew that attitude very well. Her parents used to use it when they thought what she was doing was futile.“Never, you'll have to take my corpse.” Vali sighed, he opened his palm and a dark aura covered the palm. “Don't say I did not give you a chance.” Horneva seeing the dark aura, released her aura; her aura took the form of cards.A myriad of cards at her disposal preparing herself to fight the man before her. “Who are you looking?” A voice originated fro
Min-yin and Balor stared at one another, earlier the two had their fight interrupted by the others earlier but now they had another chance, to settle the score. The rainbow-colored Wings on Min-yin's back increased in length and width as she allowed her Qi to flare out. Her right eye turned golden with a clock design on them. She grinned and launched herself at Balor, jumping up mid-way as she changed her direction to attack his face. Balor opened his eye and shot a crimson blast at the girl coming to him. Min-yin's wings flapped as she maneuvered herself over the blast and she punched Balor on the chin sending the giant flying into the trees. Explosions from the east and west appeared in the distance, Min-yin smiled. It seemed like those two could handle themselves which made her worries die down. Balor's body crashed into the trees toppling a majority of them. His blue form glowed and the size of Balor slowly started to decrease, the two waves separating into two parts. When th
Arthur turned to Min-yin after disposing of Balor. He walked toward her body and knelt beside her, he could sense her Qi slowly diminishing in the aftermath. He placed a hand on her chest and closed his eyes concentrating on his Qi and bringing it to the surface in an attempt to revive her. His attempt was a failure. Tears flowed down his cheeks, if only he had arrived earlier, Min-yin would not have pushed herself to such limits; how was he a protector if he failed to protect one of his loved ones? He didn't know where the others were which made his anguish more greater. His tears fell on Min-yin's face prompting the woman in his arms to open her eyes, the light in them slowly vanishing. She could barely make out Arthur's silhouette. “Ar….Arthur? Are you there?... It's so dark... I'm scared...” Arthur upon hearing Min-yin's voice held her right hand with his, reassuring the woman in his arms. “I'm here.” “That's... Good... To... Know…”His heart throbbed, the shallow voice and
Arthur distanced himself from the six-armed man and landed 25 feet away from him. His eyes glared daggers at the man who was in the way of his ambition, his retribution. Everyone in the mountain had to incur his wrath. “Get out of my way!” Arthur said in a low tone; a feral growl escaping his lips. Rakshesha just laughed. The boy had a spirit of a tiger but like everyone including the gods, they all allowed their emotions to dictate their actions. There was no room for grief in this world, he as a Rakshesha knew that better than anyone. Excommunicated for things out of his bounds as a youngling, forced to watch as his race turned on one another at the behest of the great god. He knew that emotions on the battlefield were weapons of self-destruction. Also, his ties to Grandline made him forever loyal to her. She saved him when he was being prosecuted. She gave him a home and showed him love, that was why he did not want to let Arthur proceed any further. “I won't let you!” Arth
With the playing field evened by Evangelist's presence, Arthur had more room to maneuver. He was going to fight with nearly what he had, to exert his dominance on the man before him. He who is unparalleled by any deity aside from the Exoduses of rebirth. The sword of Archon changed shape and became two smaller blades with chains around them. The chains wrapped around Arthur's arms making the blades an extension of his reach. He stared at Rakshesha and threw the first blade, tugging on the chain making the blade more sporadically in the air; Rakshesha jumped back as the blade hit the ground before him and he had to again jump to avoid the second one. Arthur smirked, his chaotic Qi traveled up the extended chains and into the blades allowing him to manipulate the strength the blade had. Pulling the chains upward, a huge chunk of the mountain soared to the sky and he changed its movement path with a gentle flick of his wrist. Arthur swung the slab of rock sideways and released the bl
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