I spent the next few minutes explaining everything to the other Enforcers as well as Johann and Iris.They were less than happy to hear the report."Why is this Kyriel woman after you!?" Isabella said."I have no idea. The others said something about her not being allowed to talk to or fight me because she was obsessed... She seemed harmless when we were alone," I said."She didn't touch you, did she?" Isabella said."Not once. She did get pretty close to me a few times, though. Actually, she helped me get through the city..." "Well, she tried pretty hard to kill me, so I think it's safe to say she's a threat to everyone except Mizik," Johann said."Good point," I said."These Generals are holding magic swords from Avernia, then?" Leiso said.I nodded."They've been reforged somehow and are extremely dangerous. Also, there's the problem with what the Source did to our world..." I said."Something in the ground feels very wrong right now... Like a darkness has taken root in our world.
It never ceased to amaze me how quickly Leiso could organize her troops.Currently, the eight of us were aboard one of the experimental airships that the military had been working on.It was a large craft capable of moving at high speeds. A flying fortress.It wasn't as large as The Revenant, but it was still a powerful ship.Currently, we were surrounded by many smaller aircraft and fighter jets.Leiso also took a sort of...last resort precaution...She had contact with the military troops in Nexus and they were technically her subordinates.They gave her the launch and detonation codes for the stored nuclear arms in Nexus. Leiso already had the launch codes for Arcadia.Even if nuclear arms might not have been the most efficient solution, it would slow them down.Currently, the forces in Nexus were focusing more on evacuating people and pulling all military personnel out of the area as per Leiso's orders.The Arcadian forces had already been deployed to push back the monsters from t
Dante teleported over to Axiom and swung his scythe to execute him on the spot. He laughed as he dodged.Jallah darted over to Tyras and punched him straight in the chest.As soon as he was hit, Tyras was shot straight into the crowd of monsters.The speed of his fist shattered the sound barrier and caused a visible shift in the air.Black Ooze or not, I'm sure he felt that one.Kyriel stepped forward and I fired one of my shotguns at her.She dodged the blast and backed away from us. Occasionally looking towards Isabella but also turning to me as well.I see. You won't attack me at all, will you?I slowly stepped towards her and she continued to back away."You're harmless to me, aren't you? If you can't fight me, then that means I'm going to be your opponent. Doesn't that just make the most sense?" I said.She nodded and still backed away... Moments later, she sheathed her dagger and crouched down."What do you want from me? Honestly!" I said.She shakily pointed to me and made a he
A few days later, Nexus was under the complete control of the Black Ooze.Leiso commanded her forces to fight back against anything that tried to pass over the water.At the same time, Carlos had finished making the strange liquid for each of us.Dante was a special case because he was a skeleton, but everyone else had to drink it.Even me and Isabella...It tasted like salted tea...but we got stronger from it.It widened the thread that allowed us to pull power from the unknown skill.And for the other Enforcers, it added a much-needed kick to their powers. Now they could mount a real defense against the Ooze.We spent the last few days making announcements on the news and Isabella attended several meetings with the country's other leaders.Since Iris wasn't here, the decisions were ultimately left to Isabella.The people were to begin retreating into underground bunkers used during the War of Unity if...and when the Ooze made landfall.There was mass panic beginning to set in, but t
After Valthiem left, Leiso began making preparations to launch a nuclear assault on The Dark Army.Although, I still referred to the substance that warped the landscape as the Black Ooze, everyone agreed to call the invading force 'The Dark Army'.Apparently they thought the phrase 'Black Ooze' was bit too literal...and didn't sound very menacing, either...In response, I told them I was only 14 when I came up with the name and to get off of me.There were nine of us in the group right now. Carlos, Michael, Gavin, Jallah, Rune, Leiso, Johann, Isabella, and myself.Currently, we were en route to our destination. About the same place we were when I blew up Port Davis ten years ago.The plan was to launch an all-out assault against The Dark Army.I would begin by using ether strike on the port and Leiso would use the codes she had to remotely detonate the nuclear weapons stashed all around the region of Nexus.She had to run several diagnostics and found all of them to still be operation
The water had turned dark and now smelled foul.All around us, tentacles shot from the water and dragged our ships down into the depths of the pitch-black ocean...We could only sit and watch in horror...Leiso was almost in tears as her troops cried out in vain to escape their doom.The carnage continued to spread further into the ocean behind us and soon, the shadow dragon reappeared.She flew straight out of the water and faced Johann."INTERESTING... A DRAGON GOD... I WILL ENJOY DEVOURING YOU AND ABSORBING YOUR POWER!" The shadow dragon said."YOU WILL NOT HAVE ME, VILE ABOMINATION! I AM JOHANN, THE PHOENIX DRAGON GOD!""I AM THE SHADOW DRAGON. FORMERLY KNOWN AS KELVASTIOL, THE AVERNIAN WORLD DRAGON OF WATER!""YOU ARE A VILE COWARD FOR ALLOWING YOURSELF TO FALL SO FAR!!! YOU WILL FACE MY WRATH!""MY MASTER CAN OFFER YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN THOSE PITIFUL WEAKLINGS YOU CARRY... I RECOGNIZE THE TWO THAT FLED FROM ME. THEIR LOVED ONES CALL TO THEM!!!" "Johann, please kill that abomina
The Enforcers did not publicly make a decision to abandon the civilians. But...We had no choice.As many people as possible were evacuated to bunkers, but we knew they wouldn't be safe.I felt dirty as we gave the order.They would be placed underground for 'their own safety', and when the Ooze came along, it would make their deaths quick and painless.It didn't seem to be obstructed by physical objects and could warp the landscape as it saw fit.At this point...there was no saving these people.All of us felt terrible about it...But we chose to bear that burden together.Johann offered to take us out of here several times, but we wanted to fight until we were sure there was no hope.Isabella made a few tearful calls to Emily and Zack as well and I joined in.They were precious friends of ours...but there was nothing we could do.Isabella cried and cried as she spoke to Emily but she understood."Please...just promise me that you'll live on for us, okay? Maybe someday we'll meet ag
"ALL TROOPS!!! READY!!!" Leiso shouted.The horrors of the Ooze slowly approached from the south.As they got closer, the sky above us turned dark.More than likely, they had now darkened the sky of the entire world... This was our final stand.These monsters...and that bastard Source...They had taken everything from us.I felt an unquenchable rage well up within me. Then I manifested a huge number of light spears and threw them all far into the crowd of monsters.The spears obliterated the enemies and the other Enforcers stepped forward.Isabella raised her sword and I felt my stats increase greatly. At the same time, the other Enforcers unleashed a hellish barrage of attacks using their Aspects.The military began firing rapidly in the direction of the enemy.Even Rune, who hadn't been much help, had made efforts to imbue the turret she was using with divine energy.This way, its plasma blasts could destroy the monsters just as we did.The enemies in front of us went down with ease