Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 2
RYUU
“Take it easy n—”
“Get back” I said without thinking. “How did you do that? How… How are you alive?” I turned from Jared to Jennifer. Nothing made sense.
“Oh?”
“This is new” Jennifer said with a smile.
“Something funny?” I turned my attention to her.
“You might want to calm down Ryuu. We don’t have the time for all this. We’ve got to go—”
“And what about the people who just died? Huh? Jennifer? They’re your ‘weirdo’s’ right?”
“Wow. He’s all sentimental too” she annoyingly beamed an even harder smile. “Thought you said this one was gonna be different. He’s even worse than the rest of them. Remind me never to pair up with you on a mission again.”
Mission?
“Well the feeling is very much mut—”
*CLATT*
I picked a piece of ‘fusiform’ wood from the broken counter, and stood poised at both characters. “Someone better explain to me how your deep cut just healed up, and how a goddamn—”
“Put that down before you hurt yourself.”
“What’s going on Jared?”
“Put the wood down.”
“Listen to—”
*ZOOOMMMMMM*
With a burst of pace, I charged… Not towards them, but out of the café. Who the hell were these people? I need to get out h—
“Foundation Card…”
“Shit!”
“…Black Hole.”
*BZZZZZZZ*
I… I couldn’t move.
“I told you to the put the plank down. I just saved your life. Why would I go through all that just to kill you?” Jared said while he walked over.
“whhhattttt theeee—”
“Don’t worry, it’s a foundation card. It’s not strong enough to kill you. But it packs enough power to pause your vitals.”
“And… make you less annoying.”
Jennifer picked me up like I was a placard.
“Can we get a move on before the cops show up? I wonder what we’ll blame this one on this time” she glanced at the bloodied bodies.
Jared just walked passed without a word, and Jennifer took the hint. Where were they taking me?”
Jennifer, watch my head. Watch my head! Watch my—
*BOPP*
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
“Foundation card… Comet”
*BZZZZZZ*
“Shit!” I jolted straight into consciousness. Finally…
I tried to still myself with deep breaths, but the second I rose my head, Jared was on the opposite side of the table. His relaxed green iris had never looked so emotionless.
“What did you—”
*CLACKK*
My hands were forced back by the chains atop the table.
“Why am I in cuffs?”
“Our superiors are out on some side quests. The cuffs are so you don’t do anything stupid in the meantime.”
“What are you?” I muttered after I’d fully regained myself. “What is this place? What on earth—”
“You’re a Dragon Conjura right?”
What?
“Huh? I… I don’t know what you’re talking about. Is this because of what happened at the dumb meeting? I said I just knew those details because i—”
“I’m not as dense as you think I am… Ryuu Kurja”
He… He called me by my full name? No one knew my—
“You know Luvius, don’t you? The Katana guy back at the café?”
“I don’t know what you’re—"
“Didn’t he kill your brother?”
“Tch. How… How did—”
“You do know you gain absolutely nothing by lying to me, right? Everything I need to know about you, I already know. That includes the things you’re aware of, and the ones to which you have no clue” he sighed, crossing his legs on the desk. “So, we can speed this entire process up if you just come clean about—”
“I have nothing to come clean about, and I don’t know what you’re talking about” I said.
He was quiet for a while.
Then he looked up to the roof, walked away from the desk, and pinned the door.
“What are you doing?”
He scratched the itch on his buzz before turning back to me.
“Luvius decimated your entire family, Ryuu. Your mom, dad, brother, relatives, army, servants and city are gone. Did you know that?”
Hehh?
“You’re the last Dragon Conjura. Did you know that?”
HEHH?
“He… He didn’t—”
“Your brother Adachi tapped into his core to send you here moments before he was decapitated.”
“Stop.”
“Adachi was the strongest. So after he was killed, not a single Conjura stood a chance. Luvius went on to annihilate the every last one of them. Every last one… except you.”
“I said stop!”
“The only reason Adachi saved you was because, for some odd reason that I’m yet to see, he believed in you. So what do you think my response should’ve been when I found out that the person he chose to save instead of himself, hasn’t even conjured his dragon—”
*CLASKKK*
I shredded the chains off my wrists, and dashed in his direction.
“You—”
*GRAB*
He held my fists… unmoved.
“I don’t know what your brother saw in you. I don’t see it”
He began squeezing my fists. But the pain was no match for—
*CRACK*
“Ah!”
“We’re a society of paranormals. Our job is to protect the human world from the nine realms that could spell its end. For a hundred and seventy-two years, it’s been easier than taking candy from a baby.”
*CRACK*
“Ahh!!!”
“But the day you dropped here, you brought along some unwelcome guests. One of them… was Luvius.”
“What?”
“You made every life on earth a whole new brand of fucked up.”
“Jared, open the goddamn door!” I heard Jennifer from the opposite end of the room.
“But for some odd reason, my superior sees potential in you. That’s why he made me watch you for four hellish months, and up till now, you’ve not grown one bit.”
*CRACK*
“Ahhhhhh!”
“Your brother was one of us. With his death, a space opened up, and the lower ranks filled the gap almost immediately. Unfortunately, it left one rank at the bottom empty. My superior’s gonna offer you that position, much to my annoyance”
Finally, he let go of my hand.
“What the hell is wrong with—”
*TWATTT*
He let loose a roundhouse kick in my direction, and I flew over the table, clattering back-first to the wall.
“If you want to die, accept the offer. But if any of mine die because of the curses you brought here with you, I will kill you myself.”
I’d never seen him wreak of so much ferocity.
*CLACKK*
He keyed open the door, and the characters on the other side rushed towards me. Jennifer was the last to walk in. She just stared at Jared, and he made no effort to acknowledge her before he walked out.
“You okay?” she said, turning to me.
“It was just my fist, it’s nothing serious.”
“You heard the man. You can all leave.”
Without a word, they rushed out faster than they’d rushed in.
Now, it was just Jennifer and I.
“You mind explaining what he—”
“Doesn’t like you. In fact, hates you more than I do, and it’s not gonna fizzle off until you’re dead.”
“I… I didn’t even do anything” I picked myself off the floor.
“That’s… not exactly true” she folded her hands in front of her. “You did bring along some unwelcome guests when you came here.”
“Luvius? Katana?”
“It’s the same person.”
“I… I thought you guys killed him already.”
“Yeah. Kinda.”
“Kinda?”
“You see Ryuu, Luvius landed here three hours after you did. 12:02PM, on the 7th of March. He’s been tracking your movements ever since. We noticed, and decided to keep an eye on both of you. You think he just magically waltzed into that café?”
“You… you’ve been planning this the entire time?”
She tilted her head to the side a little when she noticed the confusion on my face.
“Let’s just say that after a lot of work, we finally managed to kill him. One of him, that is”
“What?”
She took a deep breath before resting on the wall.
“Luvius is an inter and intra-realm threat. He’s single-handedly caused major ripples on earth and the nice realms surrounding. We protectors have never been able to keep up. We usually end up playing it off as some robbery, terrorist attack or mass genocide among the likes. In reality, it’s Luvius.”
“He killed my—”
“You’re gonna keep whining about that?” she said, unimpressed. “Adachi was #6 on our ranks. Even Jared would sometimes struggle to keep up with him. And he chose to save your life, instead of killing the Luvius that you brought here” she changed posture and gave me a more intense gaze. “I don’t think you understand how serious this is. He’s the devil incarnate. People are dying. Paranormals are beginning to disappear, and some are even on the verge of going extinct. Now, he’s got his eyes on the Conjuras. That’s why he’s after you. And since you decided to grace earth with your presence, he’s not gonna stop until he finds you. Until he kills you.”
What was this feeling coursing through my veins? Why was my heart beating so fast? Was… was this fear?
“Y… You said Jared just killed one of them. How many are there?” I asked, just before she could leave.
“What does it matter if i—”
“I’m gonna kill them all” I said, forcing myself to breathe normally. Forcing myself to heart to stop beating so quickly.
“I’M GONNA KILL THEM ALL!”
“Tsk”
I could see her cold smirk even though she was backing me.
“Really?” she turned back to me with a smile. “You plan on killing all three?”
“Three?”
“Katana, was the one Jared just killed. During his six months spree on earth, he murdered Twelve thousand, three hundred and ninety-five humans, and excluding the ones from your realm, he sent thirty-seven paranormals to the afterlife, and was single-handedly responsible for the extinction of the Attenuators.”
“Attenuators?”
“They possessed the ability to amplify and abate any force you can imagine. When he murdered the last one, he absorbed their core… and their powers. That’s why he was able to ‘slow down time’ via diattenuation, and increase his Katana effect via attenuation, back at the Café.
My ‘deep breaths’ become a lot more audible.
“Oh, and um, you should probably know this, but he’s the weakest Luvius, so if you want to stand a chance against the four variants that remain, you might want to try solving your conjuring problem pretty soon” she added, just before walking out. “Not that I care but umm, that’s the only reason you’re still alive… and the only reason Adachi isn’t.”
Previous Chapter
Related Chapters
The Last Conjura Chapter 3
Chapter 3 RYUU It was all too much. It was all too much to handle. The second she walked passed the door, I broke down. “Why’d he have to save me?” I crashed to the ground under my body weight and buried my face in my palms. After playing it off for six months, I couldn’t do it anymore. I just couldn’t. I wasn’t better than my brother. I wasn’t even half the man he was. “You left me here to deal with all of this, you dick!” I muttered while my tears seeped through. “I couldn’t do it when you were here. I couldn’t conjure it back then. How do you expect me to do it now that you’re dead, you moron?” I wept even more. It’s my fault. Katana didn’t kill him. I did. I DID! I’m weak. The fate of the Conjuras lied in my tear-drenched palms, and I couldn’t even conjure my— “You crying?” Hmm? My eyes were still soaked with tears when I rose my head up to glance at the source of that light and fluttery voice. “Let me guess, Jared?” She softened her gaze, and it was almost like her
The Last Conjura Chapter 4
Chapter 4 FLASHBACK: TWO YEARS AGO RYUU For the past ten minutes, all he’d been saying was floating into one ear and leaking out the other. Adachi would never give me a break during training. But I’d take a proper beat down over his annoyingly long three-hour lectures any day. “Are you listen—” “Yes, yes. I’m listening” I grumbled, crossing my legs underneath me. “Really? Then what was the last—” “The Jinzhen’s! One of the strongest paranormal forces in the universe. You were about to explain the way their power works.” I lifted my gaze off the floor of our training facility, and emotionlessly glared at him. “…right?” He sighed in response. Yup, I was right. “I actually said the Jinzhen’s are one of the most overrated paranormals in the universe” he crossed his arms in front of him. “You weren’t listening, were you?” “Just explain what you were gonna explain anyway.” He stared at me for a while, but eventually got going. “Most people would believe that the Jinzhen’s are a
The Last Conjura Chapter 5
Chapter 5 RYUU “But I don’t think he likes me” an unfamiliar feminine voice shoved the blanket of unconsciousness off my aching body. “To be honest, I’m not sure he likes anyone, and that angry mug he keeps throwing around proves it.” My eyes fluttered open, and my surroundings became clearer. Heart rate monitor? Hospital bed? Were my injuries that bad? The throbbing pain eating away at the side of my head answered that last part. “But I’ll build up the courage to say hi one of these days. If he at least acknowledges my presence, then I’ll take it as a green light.” “W… What are you talking about?” “Hmm? Ryuu?” My voice startled her a bit. “You’re awake already?” I sat up, and my feet dangled over the tiled floors. Why was I wearing a Johnny? “Don’t get up so quickly. You might—” “Could you like, shut up for a second?” I massaged my aching head. “Talk about disrespectful. That’s #9, you insolent brat” a familiar voice piped up. I lifted my head and traded glanc
The Last Conjura Chapter 6
Chapter 6 KENJI “Gabby, didn’t know you were joining in. I would’ve made arrangements” I smiled. “Oh, you should see your face. You look so cute when you’re angry.” “I’m gonna—” “Kill me?” I gripped my knife a little harder. “Yeah, like I haven’t heard that a million times. Come on now, make this a little interesting. Come up with some new material. Hit me with something I haven’t seen already. Indulge me, Gabby.” *CRASH* I looked up and noticed that the clear afternoon sky had become riddled with thunderclouds. How did? Of course. Ittetsu was no longer wincing on the floor. Should’ve killed that pest the second I saw him. “What’s the matter? Can’t handle a little rain?” “I see you little protectors still have that annoying habit of avoiding one-on-one’s. Somethings never change right?” “Only reason I didn’t kill you four years ago was because Adachi didn’t see it as a befitting end. Congratulations on making me regret that decision" “Give it a rest, would ya. It's been four
The Last Conjura Chapter 7
Chapter 7 KENJI The Skin-Deep technique. Of all existing powers, it was the oldest. With origins in Alchemy, the technique allowed its possessor accelerate the healing factor of its user, and whoever it was used on. It possessed so much prowess, the protectors made us believe it could even ‘resurrect’ the dead or dying if harnessed by its ‘Derecho’ user. Unlike, ‘Ethereal’ or ‘RT’, Skin-Deep was among the techniques that were not only unlearnable, but also extremely hard to control. I’d only ever seen one person harness it… Sophia Hermione, My Ex. So how exactly did this complete stranger just use S-D to heal me? “What? This your first time?” he asked. “How did… how did you just do that?” “Do what?” I got up from the ground in astonishment, scanning wounds that had suddenly… disappeared. “Who are you?” “I believe the correct expression, is thank you.” “Don’t bullshit me, you know exactly what I’m aiming at” I turned my attention to him. “How did you get Skin-Deep?” A p
The Last Conjura Chapter 8
Chapter 8 RYUU I could feel it The warm wind slowly whooshing around me. I could hear it The rustling figs of barley and wheat gently smacking against themselves in the steady wind. Was I bare-foot? It’s almost like the sand between my toes completed the ethereal feel of wherever I was right now. When my eyelids lifted open, I could see it too. My surrounding had this sort of western touch to it. Like the type of place a Wild Wild West Movie would be— *THWATTTTTTT* My eyelids had barely batted open when a powerful force smacked me so hard across the face, I travelled a couple meters through the freshly trimmed barely. “The hell?” “Mind waking up a little quicker? We haven’t got all day” an unfamiliar voice piped up. The blurry figure of an old-looking man appeared to be the only reasonable threat around me. Great. “Do I get no rest?” I muttered, picking myself up. “And who are you supposed to be?” No response. “Hello? Am I speaking to myse—” *POWWWWWW* “Argh” A th
The Last Conjura Chapter 9
Chapter 9 This would either be an incredibly stupid decision, or the smartest move I’d ever made. *SLAMM* The moment I fell, It was the latter. Well less like the moment I fell, and more like the moment I woke up. *HISSSSSS, HUFFFFFFFF* My body sprung out of the chilling ice it’d been stacked in, and fell straight into the arms of another. “You’re out now, you’re out now” her calming voice gently repeated. “Are you okay?” I couldn’t stop shivering. “Simple system, breeze burn” A sizzle travelled through my system the second I heard her whisper those words. Lifting my head, I locked eyes with her… “Gabby” I whispered. “It’s alright. You’re safe now.” “That’s not exactly true” I heard another say. “We still have to fetch the results before we can conclude anything. But I got to say, after failing twice, it’s not looking good.” “You almost killed him. Piss off you prick” she said, helping me to my feet. “Sophia? Jared? Ittetsu” I looked around the room. Ittetsu was restin
The Last Conjura Chapter 10
Chapter 10 GABBY FLASHBACK FIVE YEARS AGO “Oh come on, lighten up. It was a joke” Kenji said over breakfast. “What sort of messed up joke is that?” Adachi replied, audibly not having it. “Really?” he looked across the dining table and saw that none of us really enjoyed that expensive ‘joke’. “Jesus, am I the only one with a sense of humor here? You guys need to lighten up a little, huh.” “That was actually pretty dark” I remarked “Oh not you too.” “We took an oath to be the ones that protect these humans. The second you start welcoming the idea of overpowering them because you feel ‘nifty’, that’s where we’re gonna have a problem.” “Oh please, what are you gonna do about it?” he bit back at Adachi. “As a matter of fact, it wasn’t a joke” he shoved his plate away and abruptly stood up. “What now?” “Watch your words Kenji.” “No! I’m sick and tired of you telling me what to do, you overpampered prick. You’re not even the strongest, but we gotta follow all your dumb orders bec
Latest Chapter
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 23
The Last Conjura Chapter 23 KENJI "Derecho is an ancient technique" I started. "It was believed that only the strongest protectors were gifted such power. I mean, for something that shows up once in a blue moon, it had to be bestowed on just about the strongest or most deserving protectors around." "What do you mean 'something'?" he asked, now audibly interested. "Is it as strong as a colossal technique?" "Stronger" I didn't hesitate for a single second. "As a matter of fact, even if you combined a simple, median, and colossal technique, it'd be nothing compared to Derecho." He was quiet. "I'm sure Gabby told you about Asgorath." His eyes lit up. "Derecho would destroy Asgorath" I said, not missing a sing word. "Asgorath was your brother's strongest technique." "His colossal technique." "But even Adachi apparently wasn't deserving of Derecho. You were." "You sound so sure. Why would—" "There are three phases of Derecho. One…" I lifted my index, "...the Dormant phase. The
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 22
The Last Conjura Chapter 22JARED"I knew it. My dogs could smell a traitor from a mile away" Raph clenched his fists. "If only they could smell a bitch too. Who knows, perhaps they would have accidentally mated wit ya" I smiled. "Watch your tongue, before I rip it out for ya"I sensed him getting angrier by the minute. "Still got a dead sense of humor I see. Something's never change, do they?""J… Jared" Ittetsu coughed out some blood and got s couple stains on my coat. "W… what is he—""Quiet" I swung my feet in his direction, and knocked the wind out of his lungs before he could speak. "You should be thanking me for not killing you myself. Tch. You look pitiful.""Somethings never do" Raph talked my attention back to him. This would only take a minute. Walking closer with my hands still in the pockets of my coat, "I don't want to have to kill you to teach you a lesson this time. Stand down, or better yet, surrender, and we'll find a way to sort this mess out already.""Like he
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 21
The Last Conjura Chapter 21ITTETSU"Joker!" Sira ran over to her injured friend wheezing on the floor. "I told him to be patient" Jester muttered."Who are you people?" I asked. They were all silent. "I won't ask again.""Who we are is none of your business. What we're here for should be your concern" Jester assumed a fighting stance. "You want to play games? Fine. I'll beat the answer out of you myself."We sprinted at each other and traded a couple blows. His attacks were weak but precise. This one was a little stronger, but there was nothing my technique couldn't overcome.He ducked underneath a thunderous right, only to get hit in the same position, by the same right. "Urk. So the rumors are true… Phantomist" he wiped a blood stain off his lip. I was dead silent and emotionless, just stood thinking of the best possible way to—"arggggghhhhhh" Joker shouted from behind, and before I could dodge, landed his loc
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 20
The Last Conjura Chapter 20ADRIAN OHARAI watched with a wry smile as he walked on what was now dry land. The second he stepped out, the parted river behind him immediately collapsed. That'd mean Gabriella just released her technique. I sneaked a peek at her, and she was just as shocked as I was. From the look on her face, she didn't understand what was going on eitherEven after releasing Riptide, Ryuu managed to harness the tiniest bit of it, and kept his heart beating with the slab of circulating water on his chest. "Miss Gabby, are you okay?" he emotionlessly asked. "Y… yeah." she answered. "Good. Who is he?""He's my…""Finally woke up, but on the wrong side of the river, I guess" I cut in before Gabby could talk. "That's one pretty solid 'harness' you've got going on" I gestured to his chest, but he didn't take his eyes off me. "Miss Gabby, any orders?""Don't kill him… that's all.""Mnn" he nodded, tilting his head down. *ZOOMMMM*He sped in my direction. "Oh, you're fa
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 19
Chapter 19JARED"Probability manipulation. For seven and a half minutes after activation, a user is able to predict, control and manipulate any physical event. He's still in the infant stages, but I'd say he's growing pretty well. So, what do you think?""You couldn't have just said that before you made him torch me?" Ittetsu whined, audibly unimpressed. "Well, he needed a trigger, and I needed a demonstration—""So the kid had to torch me. Okay. Got it. Let me return the favor"In one swift course of action, he threw a fiery left hook for Jordan's chest, but his hands passed right through. "Heh?""Oh yes, I forgot about that. Space Manipulation. It creates a whirlpool pocket dimension to cheat the laws of probability, basically coexisting with my power if probability manipulation. Because if my powers are activated in actual space and time, reality could collapse in on itself, right Jared?" Jordan smiled. "Right!"Like the pest he was, I slapped Ittetsu across the
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 18
Chapter 18JENNIFER"I'm guessing the regeneration ability doesn't come with a regenerating set of brain cells" It said with nonchalance. The longer this fight went on, the more annoyed I became. I still hadn't found a way to kill this… whatever he was yet. As a matter of fact, I was yet to land a single blow on him. "Enough silly games. Why don't we end this once and for all" I tried catching my breath. "Thought you'd never ask. Simple technique… Multiplicity."Like it wasn't hard enough fighting one of him, now I had to contend with almost forty more. "Ready to end this?" I heard from no one in particular.This was my guess. He wasn't a mimic, but somehow, he managed to hit me with super speed, a decent amount of super strength, and now, multiplicity. Whatever he was, I hadn't heard of it. But if multiplicity was his way of ending the fight, then one very important detail sprung to my intuition. One, if he's a low or moderate level threat, he's a newbie. Since when do simple
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 17
Chapter 17GABBY“You’re really going to leave?”“It’s not like I have a choice, Harumi.”“We can try and convince her. I don’t know, maybe make up something and—”“You want us to lie to her… again?” I wearily added. “I appreciate the help, but when Emily’s mind’s made up, her mind’s made up” I smiled.“He’s still unconscious though. Aren’t you gonna need help—”“Hover” I whispered, and a ball of air gently took him into its nest.“Oh.”“Goodbye Harumi” I smiled at the pretty redhead. “Goodbye Hiro” I scuffled his neck long hair."Dai…su…ke" I heard him mutter. “Where are you gonna go?” she asked, just before I took the back door.I sighed.“My last resort."….My family was a very complicated one. And unlike other people that have some light in the beginning or at the end of the tunnel, I kinda had neither. It had genuinely been shit for all twenty-two years of my life. The happiest moment of my existence was probably when I left this God-forsaken plot of land I called home, and to
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 16
Chapter 16JESSICA“North this, South that, no it’s right around the corner. That bastard’s been making me run around in circles for almost three weeks now. And anytime I try to return to headquarters, he’ll run to the higher-ups, and they’ll just double my problems. For a #4, the runt’s a crybaby.”*SLASH*I cut through a piece of unchecked wood with my blade.I hated the way Jared would always run to the higher-ups whenever he wanted something to go in his favor. Just one of them saw his rants as actual rants, but I hadn't seen him in a while. Only God knows the amount of action I’d missed back at headquarters. For some odd reason, he didn’t want me anywhere near there. That had to be the only reasonable explanation for why he’d kept me gallivanting for so long.I wouldn’t have complained if I at least got a decent piece of action. But it’s been grass, grass and more grass.*SLASH*“Next time I see that asshole, I’m gonna kill him” I thought to myself, about to tick another unrestr
- The Last Conjura
Chapter 15
Chapter 15RYUUThe second he pulled its blade out of me, I clattered to the ground, sinking to my knees. My vision went blurry. No… not again.“I thought they said you had potential? What’s this? I didn’t even break a sweat” he held my face up, and I felt my lungs collapse. "Turns out you’re the weak one”He sent a powerful right for my face, and smacked the consciousness out of my body. “So, who wants to avenge little Mr.—”*POWWWWWWWW*I had to get it right this time, and I did. With the most powerful force I could muster, I punched him the second he backed me, sinking four knuckles straight into his spine. *THUDDDDD*Hs body slammed into a tree, and I forced myself back up.“You didn’t really think… dodging your Kusarigama… was my plan, did you? ” I coughed out more balls of blood while simultaneously trying to add pressure to my ‘punctured’ stomach.I’d noticed something about the way I fought. The first time at Phantasm Duel was probably a coincidence, but it happened again d
