Arc 3: Choosing Reality by Embracing Life
Hundreds of Anarchists walk onto the other balconies all watching the events unfold in front of them. And what an event it was. The Strongest to ever exist, will all of her power taken from her, against the leaders of Anarchy. Since the power of Kioshi's marks of providence have been nullified, she has to use only physical strength to win. But she's on the back foot, fighting a walking skeleton with a cloak of old skin, an old sick Demi-human snake, the screeching figure clad in pitch black bird-like armor, and an old jester. That old jester constantly speaking, getting to know the supposed strongest.
"You are impressive, holding back so much and yet we can do nothing but try over and over. It's sad really, delaying the inevitable for nothing."
All are different in appearance but all give off scenes of utter fear and confidence. But even with their unorthodox abilities, the only reason they're still alive is because of everyone else in the room.
Kioshi {I must continue! I cannot let them leave! I can't let them slaughter anyone! Not a single soul more! I can't fail Walgonia!}
Her mind was bleeding, breaking, pushed down by a strange pressure. It was enough to force even the strongest of minds into a complete disillusioned state, but still she fought on. The Demi-humans winding, dense arms blasted forward like cannon balls. The soaring, swaying, spiraling dark figure opening it's beak to blast open echoes of powerful corrupted power. Still Kioshi could slice through the arms like butter, cleaving through the Demi-humans body in an instant. Yet he would just scream and expand while his friends protected him, giving his body the chance to heal itself. When Kioshi would leap into the air and make any move to target the bird figure, the Pillars would go into overdrive to stop her. When she did any sort of damage to the vampiric jester, he would just smirk and regenerate.
"You are truly insane, trying the same thing over and over and over again. A fool that my dear Azalea would have dearly loved mocking so."
Screaming birds and waves of wind, blood and bodies contorted and twisted into weapons against her, a legendary corrupted scythe that felt as if it would instantly kill her the moment it touched her, walls of razor sharp claws; Kioshi was stuck, stuck, stuck. The Skeletal figure continued chased Kioshi no matter how hard she hit him, the Demi-human would always make it out barley alive, the Bird-Figure was constantly protected and fleeing from battle, and the vampire. He was the most horrific of all, as, just like that scythe, he held power that felt as if it could instantly kill her. But she had to hold back she had to. If Kioshi were to fight at full strength, even without her marks of providence, Gray and the others would be killed in the crossfire. This castle would be destroyed. So much, so much she couldn't handle, so much she couldn't process; this was the most frightening position Kioshi has ever been in.
Edward: "Gray?"
Still, a floor below in the same shaking shattering castle, stood the reunited up and coming heroes. As Gray stood, his spirit ignited for the first time in his life. Edward stood with heavy bags over his eyes, huffing and puffing from the battles. But he was happy to see Gray all the same. Soku was more resistant, looking away and forcing Ophelia to do the same. And then Rosemary, the reunion Gray feared the most. However screaming between them all was Anibys, held down by Rosemarys foot.
Anibys: "YOU KILLED MY BROTHER! YOU BEAST! I FELT IT! I KNOW IT! WHY WHY WHY -
Soku quickly covered Ophelia's eyes as Edward spun, bashing Anibys' head into the ground and ending her screams. Shocking the others and almost making Gray vomit, gagging instead. But Rosemary looked on like she had seen in a million times already, far more focused on Gray.
Rosemary: "....Gray."
Grays heart shuttered, but he had to get closer. He had to fix all of those damn mistakes he made, that was one of the core reasons he walked all the way back here after all. To fix, to atone, and to save. So Gray pats Edward shoulder while running to Rosemary, giving an awkward smile, sweating and panting from his fights. Rosemary stands shocked, not knowing what to do, shaking.
Rosemary: "But you left."
Her voice was faint, somber. It caused Soku and Ophelia to look in, Edward to stop smiling, and Gray to shutter with panic. Rosemary however, forcing all of her emotions out even if it scared her, clenched her fist with rage. As they spoke the castle would continue to shake from Kioshi's battle. Edward sat for a moment to regain his strength and composure, staring into the breaking celling with sorrow.
Rosemary: "You said all of those things! That I didn't understand you! That you had to leave, for our sakes! And you're back? Why!?"
In the back of her heart she was hoping for him to come back, a hope she knew she would also have to put away as each day slowly passed. But she couldn't just accept it, she couldn't just follow along; Rosemary wasn't going to be an observer, a reactor, frozen, in her own life. Gray is left speechless. After seeing that his past life is something he can't survive in, a world he had no purpose in. One he had already left and had to let go. So. finding his purpose in his friends and a journey to something he really wanted to be, he ran all the way here. But the way he left was still bad, disruptive, rude. That was something no matter of strange character arcs or smiles could fix, no matter how much he wished it could. So, surprising the others, he leapt to his knees, bowing to them all.
Gray: "You guys have helped me through everything! At every turn you guys had my back! My old life, I can never go back! And even if it hurts I know I have to accept that!"
He looked toward everyone, even Edward, with a serious look. Speaking from the bottom of his heart.
Gray: "I WAS A SAD LOSER! NO NOT EVEN A LOSER! I WAS A QUITER! I QUIT AND QUIT AND QUIT! AND I HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THAT! BUT I'M NOT QUITTING ANYMORE! I'M NOT GONNA MAKE THE TIME I SPENT WITH YOU ALL WORTHLESS! I'LL DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE! BUT I NEED YOU ALL! I NEED YOU'RE HELP! Because without you, I don't have a purpose. I don't feel complete. It took losing it to realize it and I'm sorry! Soku!"
Soku looked forward with surprise while Gray stood up, backing up as he got in her face.
Gray: "I'm sorry for being such an ass all of the time! You just mess with me and I get way to angry! You can hit me a million times or beat me up in a crowd if you want!"
Then to Ophelia.
Gray: "I'm sorry for making you sad, for leaving. And for your house."
But she just hugged him with joy. So he did the same, turning back to Edward. Though before he could speak Edward stopped him, nodding instead. So, gulping and sweating, he turned to Rosemary. But Rosemary's face wasn't upset or mad or even red, just happy. So happy that she almost cried, lunging into his arms. And In that moment, when Rosemary hugged him, if gave him the same overwhelming since of calmness he felt when his family hugged him; Gray and Rosemary held each other for what could have been forever, like she was holding him after all of his work. Then the castle shook so hard a massive crack shattered around the floor, walls, and celling around the hall. It scared them all, staring up toward Kioshi's battle.
Rosemary: "When we make it out of this we'll talk, but we have to stay focused."
Grays eyes, they weren't has heavy anymore. His tone was still jokey but it wasn't forced, there wasn't something behind the surface. He didn't feel like a small match about to die out still trying so hard to flare up, but instead a hot and slowly growing campfire. Yet both Gray and Rosemary stopped, turning bright red with embarrassment.
Ophelia: "NO WAY ROSEMARY HAS A BOYFRIEND!"
They went to deny it while embarrassed but Soku stopped them as they ran, nearing the end of the long hall.
Edward: "You say that after a hug? They've slept in the same room for a month?"
Ophelia: "Yeah but they did that because they felt scared to be alone! This is love!"
Still red they would turn and scream at the same time -
Gray & Rosemary: "WE WERE NOT SCARED TO BE ALONE!"
When they reached the end of the hall Edward would leap ahead, roaring and ripping through the small number of anarchists a head of them. Then they saw it, a large staircase going up and going down. A crossroads. Edward instantly chose, walking up with rage.
Edward: "I'm going to do anything I can to help Kioshi!"
Soku: "Not this again!"
Edward: "Last time I acted too late! This time will be different!"
Gray: "Don't do this! Kioshi is strong so can't lose! If anything we'll get in the way, and we are all beat up! I know I'm sore, Rosemary is injured, and Soku's almost out of mana. And we have to get Ophelia outta here!"
Edward: "Leave then! I, I know I'm making a bad decision! But Kioshi and Mushashi are all the family I have left! And I don't want to just do nothing. I can't just do nothing!"
When Edward lunged out to go Gray grabbed his hand, making Rosemary and the others happy. Yet their expressions quickly fell while Edwards rose when they heard his next words.
Gray: "Okay then. I'll go with you."
But Rosemary instantly grabbed Gray, surprising and scaring him as she screamed in his face. Surprising them all to how assertive she was being, taking control of the situation quite well.
Rosemary: "No you're not! We're leaving!
Gray: "I made a vow! A vow that means I'll do anything to save my friends. rsking my life, dying if I have to. That's what it means to be a hero."
Rosemary didn't scream or punch him, pull him or cry, she just sighed. Staring deeply into his eyes.
Rosemary: "Please. We can be heroes, but in a smarter, safer way. We will be heroes by saving Ophelia, our friends!"
And so Gray froze for a moment, because he agreed, and he let out a sigh. But before anybody else could act Ophelia would scream, dashing up the stairs and toward the battle
Ophelia: "I DON'T WANT HER TO DIE!"
Soku: "OPHELIA! COME BACK DAMMIT!"
Soku uses her wind magic to rush forward, trying to stop Ophelia from getting herself killed, though she gets stopped by a stray Anarchist trying to stab her. She almost gets sliced, using wind mana to push the Anarchist back. She would continue running toward Ophelia, seeing her going up a floor above the ballroom. Up above Kioshi jumped into the air, spinning and pulling her momentum and power in the air to empower her broad sword, clashing against the Skeletons skull with mightily precision. She wound instantly pinball off of the wall to their side, then behind them, kicking the Demi-human into the skeleton while breaking the Demi-humans back. Continuing her force she screamed, cleaving everything around her in two. Her mind surged with power, building, unreadable fog. Still she had pushed the vampiric jester into the three of them. Finally she would flip into the air to slam her leg against the birds blocking arms, getting her close enough to the four of them. When them all set up she would vanish, appearing by the doors of the room at the very end. She would then shatter the ground and wall beneath her as she dashed out, her blade warping due to the strain of the bending space.
Kioshi: "BEGONE FROM THIS WORLD YOU CORRUPTED BEASTS!"
She would fling her blade up, throwing all of that force upward into a condensed slash. Everything that could have been moved moved, becoming nothing more than a torrent of viscous space. The Jester, Skeleton, and Demi-human would put their all into saving the Bird-figure. The back wall behind them would be split in two, the force flying out into the sky. A sky that was just beginning to snow. Staring on from afar, watching from the east district atop his house, was the Ronin of the Mist. Seeing the dismay in the castle, feeling it in the world, and seeing the impressive attack, he clenched his old faded blue cloak.
Musashi: "It seems the time has come."
Still within the castle they ran and ran toward Ophelia.
Soku: "PLEASE! PLEASE! NO NO NO! DON'T DO THIS!"
Rosemary: "OPHELIA! DON'T!"
They all start running after Ophelia, but she makes it up the stairs, and with the ballroom doors open everyone sees the horror. The people are fighting faster than any of them can perceive. They had all heard small rumblings before, but the air pressure coming from the fight almost knocked them all back. They made it to the large open doors to one of the balconies over looking to battle, letting them all look down at the massive battle. With big slashes on the ceiling as well as the floor, the beautiful ballroom turned into a war-torn battlefield. Almost being thrown back by the force, hardly able to stand due to the shaking ground, and filled with panic due to the immense pressure and power within this room.
Gray: "Damn, so this is a God of War."
Kioshi pushed her foot into the stone, dashing, put her foot into the stone, dashed, over and over and over. Pivoting her feet and swinging her blade and turning her body and jumping and sliding and breathing and flipping and twisting; she became a flurry of movements only seen by faint flickers of her body. Each minor movement picking up the wind, cracking the stone. Each attack throwing the powerful anarchists back, sending the flying bird-figure crashing into the walls with heavy wounds, fighting fighting fighting.
Edward: "No, something's wrong, she should been moving a lot faster and hitting a lot harder! Something holding her back."
Soku snatched Ophelia's hand, Ophelia resisting with all of her might.
Soku: "Come on! We -
But they all froze, hearing the doors slamming shut.
Arthur: "Hey there you guys are. Any unnecessary movements and you die. Just watch on okay?"
Arthur had Julius, Roy, and Lloyd sit in chairs they pulled up. The others forced to do the same when Arthur aimed his hand toward them, laughing while drinking from his golden chalice. But then Arthur Grabs Ophelia by the neck, using his spirit flames to lightly burn her neck. She cries out in pain screaming to be let go.
Soku "LET HER GO!"
Arthur: "If you try anything you die first…now let's watch the "strongest" God of War fight the future pillars of justice."
Gray: "Who's the old guy with the make-up, and that dark blue hair…looks like a clown."
Arthur: "That right there boy, that is our leader, the man who started our faction! The man that will help start a new world! The Upper Pillar, Future Pillar of Justice, Prometheus!"
They move like forces of nature, the Skeleton continues to swing his scythe, leading the charge in their battle, the bird uses her wings to fly away from all of Kioshi's returning attacks before opening up her helmet, blasting out a sonic screech. It blasts echo's of purple sound waves, pushing her back.
Kioshis {I can't land a hit on her! They're all protecting her, and anytime I get close she flies away or screams!}
The Snake-like man stretches out his arms to fight at a range, healing and regrowing them if they get cut off or injured.
Soku: "You can let go of Ophelia now!"
Arthur: "Nah just wait a sec, this fight will be over soon. Kioshi might be all powerful or whatever, but that's just some propaganda. Anybody can be taken out by a good plan or a simple mistake, even Musashi! All in time."
Arthur: "It's like watching a dance isn't it! Now come on guys add some enthusiasm, that'll be the last time you see her."
Gray: "She's supposed to be the strongest in the world…that's what she told me…so how is she losing?"
Arthur: "We got lucky; One of our Anarchists has a power that can turn off marks of providence."
Soku: "THAT'S INSANE!"
Arthur: "Yep."
He smirked, looking on at Kioshi's power. Prometheus lunged out and she'd disappear, his body exploding into bloody bits and almost instantly piecing itself back together. Lazarus would then get more and more mad at the sight of his master getting obliterated, swinging with even more ferocity. Yet she'd clash her normal blade against Lazarus' corrupted scythe and send him flying every time.
Kioshi {Come on! I need a chance to think!}
Her mind was exploding, ravaged by one of the fighters but just which one it was kept running from her mind. She also had most of her focus at the fight at hand, pushing herself to the brink. This caused her to look at all of her faults, to find something to be used for power. Her OD lacked the ability to use mana, as her mana capacity sat at about zero. However she could take in the mana from the air into her body, seemingly always absorbing enough to keep her body quite the power state at all times subconsciously. Giving her the chance to simulate the powers of a spirit knight and use the spirit arts, but Kioshi herself had absolutely no talent for the subject. Yet all of that was gone now. She had to use her monstrous physical strength without all of that instead.
Roy: "HOW COULD YOU BETRAY US! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?"
Lloyd: "You! We spent all that time together, you spent twenty years in the army! And you abandoned us!?"
Julius: "I would assume you were never with Valatrocitus to begin with."
Arthur: "Bingo!"
Kioshi looks up to see her friends all in peril, unable to accept the fact she can't save them, and decides to end this. By throwing away her life right now to save the future instead of hoping she doesn't make a mistake she'll be able to win one way or another. But this is that mistake, the mistake she's been worrying about and the Sect has been hoping for.
Kioshi {I can't take much more of this…I don't know who is shutting off my marks of providence. The skeleton and that jester can kill me if they hit me once! I just know it! They don't go down no matter how hard I hit them! And that snake man is doing the same! If it weren't from my enchanted body that mans venom would have killed me a long time ago. And something's giving me a really bad head ache on top of all of it!...I can't win this...I'm sorry father!}
She pushed harder, the loud sonic screech from the dark bird almost deafening the crowd. She pushed past it and barley dodged a volley of scale armor clad arms with nails glowing from drooling burning venom. She then leapt over a swipe from the skeleton, ducked under the jester, and shattered the wall behind her by launching off it. Yet the bird still ducked, Kioshi's mind always surging and shattering just has she got the chance.
Kioshi: {I need to leave myself open so I can try and kill them with, no, free the others! WITH A FINAL ATTACK!}
In a flash she put all of the strength she could into a volley of movements. She slashed the air with such strength that it sent blades of wind to every attacker in the room, and they all hit. The Bird-like anarchist was saved by the snake-like man extending his arms, strengthen their scales, and blocking for her. That same man healed through her attack. And the skeletal figure seems durable enough to barley live, but he still stood ready. And luckily for Arthur, he was able to react. He put as much power into his sword as he could, allowing his flames to consume it, and after it was ready, he slashed against her attack. it didn't fully counteract it, as his muscles exploded and his sword crumbled, but he was able to live, barley.
Arthur: "HEY THAT'S CHEATING!"
But through the commotion she failed to feel Prometheus' body heal itself in an instant after being eviscerated, and he touched her. Kioshi felt a finger sunk into her spine, and she suddenly lost all feeling in her body, collapsing to the ground. Every bit of stress and adrenaline from the battle was made void because all she could do was feel her failure. Everything seemed out of place, unfair. The skeleton's durability was immense, the jester along with the snake could heal from seemingly everything, and the bird's flight kept it safe from the battle. That, along with her marks of providence and her mana being held into her body, unable to be used, caused her unbeatable strength to be overcome.
Prometheus: "One touch is all it took to make your so called God fall to their knees. A shame. Utterly."
Even though Arthur almost died from Kioshis slash he's still strong enough to rein an unstoppable presence over the group. So they all get up slowly walking to The Sects' leaders. They sit down on the floor across from Kioshi as she starts to cry. But Prometheus speaks over her silent cries to begin to make his confirmation.
Prometheus: "We are the Sect of Anarchy incarnate. We are all different people, some were born with powers, into royalty, and some were born with nothing to their name. But what makes us similar, is our beliefs. The world is corrupted, and controlled by people who don't know what the world could be. We all made a vow that states that we will all help our fellow brothers and sisters, humans, demi-humans, and elves. By standing together we all strive to make a new world, without prejudice, without fear, we will all be together. We are the future pillars of justice and this is just one of our thousands of acts of justice."
Gray: "You make it sound so nice, but to achieve the goal you lie, destroy, and slaughter whenever you feel necessary. Doesn't sound so nice when you add all of the facts in there."
Rosemary: "Your people have killed thousands, you killed the entire Golden Knight faction…how does that seem fair!"
Prometheus: "Well I'm sorry but we are busy people, Pandora would you please inform them of what we are going to do?"
The blackbird, now revealed to be Pandora, begins speaking with a righteous tone in her voice.
Pandora: "Of course. Your friend here, Kioshi, is a big factor in any possible loss at mass war, so today, November twenty-seventh, Kioshi Van Helsing dies. Any last words? What about you Severus, and Lazarus as well?"
Lazarus: "I know the feeling of death well, you fought a lot better than I could have ever expected, just like the legends."
Severus: "The fact I got to fight against a god of war and win! It's unprecedented, it's amazing, it's absolutely lovely!"
Prometheus: "With that, YOUR LIFE COMES TO AN END!"
Prometheus sticks his fingernail in Kioshis neck. At that moment she was frozen in a storm of failure, her role as the strongest, failed. She was able to withstand everything even after losing her powers and her mind, but she panicked when her new friends fell into harms way. She'd attacked Arthur fearing they would be killed; she made a mistake, and in an instant, her body explodes, coating everyone in her blood. So in that moment, Kioshi Van Helsing, the strongest being to ever exist, was killed. She was trapped in a perfect storm that halted every bit of her strength and is now nothing more than a pile of blood and guts. Edward and Rosemary shut down from shock, while Gray struggled to keep his cool.
Arthur: "Now for you guys, Roy you're first."
Roy: "NO, NO, WE FOUGHT TOGETHER MAN!, WE TRAINED, I -"
Arthur blasts Roy with his black flames, burning him alive. His skin boils, his face melts, and his screams fill the room until his soul leaves his body.
Gray: "WHAT THE HELL!?"
The sight had dropped everything. Also death had forced Gray to face reality, that this world wasn't going to hold back. But the horrific execution, the piercing screams of his horrified friends, it was all top much.
Soku: "Just let Ophelia go…I'll let you do anything to me, please!"
Soku starts to break down, squirming and crying before Arthur holds out his hand again.
Lloyd: "NO PLEASE, I'LL JOIN THE SECT I SWEAR I'LL STAY FIGHTING WITH YO-
And once more Arthur blasts a wave of flames over Lloyd's body. The black flames surround him, instantly turning him to ash.
Julius: "You burned my only brothers."
Arthur: "Yeah boohoo shut up. Now for this damn annoying cat girl, always hated em'."
Arthur kicked Julius away, choking Ophelia even harder. No matter how much the little girl screamed or cried he wouldn't let up.
Soku: "NO! STOP PLEASE! PLEASE I BEG OF YOU! PLEASE I'LL DO ANYTHING!"
At the last possible second, before the flames can fully muster, the back wall of the ballroom gets destroyed, releasing fog throughout the room. Arthur then feels his arm about to be cut off, then right before he is about to be cut down, The pillars attack the savior, causing the fog to be blown away, revealing a Ronin dressed in old armor, a straw hat, and an old cloak.
Edward: "MUSASHI GET OUT! RUN NOW!"
Gray: "NICE TIMING! NOW RUN LIKE HELL!"
The same drake that saved the group from the mansion, arrives behind them allowing them to get on her back.
Gray: "DEMA, YOU'RE A HERO ONCE AGAIN!"
They begin to get on Dema while Musashi battles the pillars. However, something seems wrong. As the world's strongest swordsman that should be able to deal with these devious beings with ease. Unlike Kioshi, Musashi has more skill and control, even with his mana take. So he shouldn't accidentally harm anyone else and be able to keep up, but something is still off.
Musashi {Dema cant fly with all of us on it, at least no fast enough to allow for escape. I need to do something to push them off, but if I do I'm stuck...}
As he smashed through Serverus arms and blocked Lazarus swings and carved through Prometheus the battle field continued to move around them.
Musashi {They're all skilled, hard to kill. I have to...I have to try for them, just try. Just stay alive a little longer }
Like Kisohi it was an impossible battle. The same draw backs that were affecting her affected him as well; his mind was overlooked by both his own and outer burdens to a pysche breaking level while his mana stopped flowing all together, trapped in his body. The large black bird like figure continued to swirl around, protected by the powerful pillars while the tornado of force kicked up again. And all while the others continued to struggle, sweat, bleed, and hold back tears of fear and stress. Of rage and regret. Of so much loss.
Edward: "Julius get on!"
Julius: "You will let me escape with you? I have no relationship with you though…how strange."
Gray: "JUST GET ON DAMMIT!"
They all get on, with Ophelia walking up to Dema.
Soku: "Come on Ophelia run faster!"
Fire. It burns away homes, burns people, and continues to grow until put out. Anger, drive, and wrath are all emotions tied to fire, which are the emotions going through the group's body. This is because right as Ophelia was going to get on Dema, reaching out her hand, a rush of black flames hit her back. Lighting her body on fire, scorching her.
Soku: "...no..."
Ophelia breaks down, crying from the ongoing fire, trying her hardest to put it out, but sadly with no luck. Soku goes to use her wind magic to blow the fire away but she's too late. Ophelia is a kind, caring, whimsical, loud, blunt, happy, young girl. A girl that got roped into something she had no want in, was taken from her home and had to adapt to her new life as fast as she could. That same girl is taken over by the flames, she reaches out to Soku, screaming in pain. Then she turns to ash, blowing away from the wind of the Musashi's battle.
Soku: "...What…"
Soku leans in close to the fire that had scorched her sister. The flames even spread to her long hair. Soku shuts down, her body exploding with mana. All of it rushing to the left of her chest. A rush of light explodes from her left shoulder, revealing a mark. She holds out her hand, blasting all the mana in her body at Arthur. The blast carves through the floor, looking like a backward vortex. With all that effort, Arthur swings his sword while blasting out flames. The force canceling out her attack. The wind from her attack puts out the fire burning her hair. Soku sadly falls to the ground unconscious, her arm broken and bleeding. She's then s grabbed by a panicking Gray, pulling her back on Dema.
Musashi even saw, his old broken heart now shattered.
Prometheus: "Amazing, to watch a Mark of Providence awaken right in front of me. Truly beautiful."
Gray: "NO! GOD DAMNIT WHAT THE HELL!? WHAT IS WRONG With THIS WORLD!? UGH! DEMA GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"
As everyone set into panic, aside from Julius, the hell they were trapped in got even hotter. Soku is handed to a now shattered Rosemary. She holds her straining, erupting, absolutely devastated face while tears stream down like crashing water falls. But she had to be strong; Soku was just a kid indeed of help, so she reached out her hands and got lifted by Gray and Rosemary. Dema then rushes out of the ballroom, flying through the air. Musashi struggles to keep up with the Pillars.
Edward: "MUSASHI GET OUT OF THERE NOW!"
Musashi {This is it. I spent all my life fighting battles, fighting with my brother, and my father, Becoming a monster, a god of war, and achieving the name "Ronin of the mist" just to end it here. Fitting for an old man, to save the new generation. The Truth never lies, but I can at least push a bit further.}
All he was doing was buying time.
With them out of the room he no longer needed to keep them back. Serverus long scaly arms pushed Musashi back into the second floor balcony. Prometheus then used the blood and parts of the dead bodies around as weapons, resulting in force exploding out. Then Lazarus sent a wave of pressure with his scythe, Pandora finishing it off with a loud purple screech of power. And still he come out of smoke and ruble, sliding around the walls, the celling, clashing and blocking and feinting and sticking over and over and over again. No matter how many times he hit Lazarus he didn't break. Serverus would continue replacing his broken scales. Prometheus would endlessly heal his sliced body. It was Pandora that was weak, she was the one that he could defeat, but whatever she was doing was holding him back from getting close while the other pillars protected her. It was either run and have a case, possibly leading to a wider scale of destruction, death, and more failure than he was already facing. So it seemed like he had to stand his ground and keep going until he had nothing left.
Musashi {I was wondering when it would be time, a shame I didn't get to see them grow further. But I need to make sure they're safe, I need to make sure the Sect insure their victory. Then their hubris will allow them to rise, and triumph greater than I ever could today.}
But then, even while the castle was shaking and crumbling, while the fight was still going on, it all felt silent. Like a long time coming, like a long story was finally ending. Musashi smiles at Edward, then puts all of the power he can muster up into one sword swing, slashing at Prometheus. It carries so much power that it seemingly pulls down the sky, cleaving through the roof of the ballroom, hitting Prometheus's body, and creating a shock wave so great that it pushes everything back, destroying the vampires body. It was so much force that Dema and the others were sent tumbling through the air. It all flashed. His mother and father, his true father figure, his daughter, his lost love, his old friends, his brother, and the family he just began to know. He then feels Lazarus' scythe slash his back, sealing his soul in an instant. In his last seconds of life, he sees' Prometheus' body parts glow, recreating his body with no physical damage to be seen. Prometheus spreads his arms laughing hysterically before Musashi falls dead on the ground. It was an impossible scenario brought into the world by devils. Edward and the others couldn't help but scream and reach out in defiance at the reality unfolding in front of them, but they still had to fly and flee to insure his sacrifice wanted. That his life and legacy weren't for nothing.
Prometheus: "RUN! FLY! HIDE FOREVER! WE WILL LIVE ON FOR THE REST OF THE TIME! THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, A SMALL PART IN THE PLAN OF FREEDOM, THESE MEANINGLESS DEATHS, THIS POINTLESS DESTRUCTION, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE JUST HAPPENED WAS PURE AND UTTER ANARCHY! THE OLD PILLARS THAT MUST BE REMOVED FOR A NEW SOCIETY TO FORM! AND OUR NEW WORLD IS EVER CLOSER! WE ARE THE INEVITABLE INCARNATE!"
All of the Anarchists scream and roar, chanting with an overwhelming sense of victory. Prometheus looks at Gray, staring him in the eyes. The vampires body began to break and splinter to dust in the wind as Gray's adrenaline finally begins to subside. The deaths, the fear, the shock of so much in do little time finally overwhelms his heart. Leaving him unconscious. Rosemary holds onto Gray as Dema starts flying as fast as she can.
Rosemary: "WHERE ARE WE GOING!"
Edward: "GREENVALE, I'LL FLY US THERE!!"
Rosemary: "WHAT'S A GREENVALE!?"