Φ As Willow walks forward, he says, "When we win, we should request some of the wonderbeasts they have in this country as a reward. A wendigo would be cool, and maybe a firebird as well, but that is a national symbol, so I don't think that would be allowed. Oh, one I really want is a cursed näkk, it saved me when I was drowning by those devil cows earlier, and I wish I could keep one close. I know we have water restrictions back in Niflheim, but I think it would be amazing to keep one so it can help everyone out with its cuteness."
Willow continues to ramble on, slowly but surely feel my mind fall into a slumber. It's strange, I have all these worries and fears about everything, yet they all start fading away. For the first time since this started, I feel relaxed, yet it is a familiar feeling. Is this how you felt with Ferdiad Setanta?
Φ With his body going limp on Willow's back, Orb starts to drool. "It seems you really were tired. Rest up well. When this is over, we will have lots of time to talk about this."
Location: Inside Balaur bones
Φ With his tail against the wall, Cyrus holds Suzuka's face and says, "Suzuka, what's wrong? Did your mind finally break?"
Punch Cyrus in the face, Suzuka, with no level of mental stress, says, "I am fine, stop treating me like I am sick."
"B-b-but you're acting like the t-t-thought aren't hurting."
"Because they aren't. I don't know why, but I can't feel anyone's emotions or their pain anymore."
Behind both of them, a member of Zenitas flying through the bones says, "So is everything okay with her now? If so, I would like to push forward. My soldiers are already fighting those enhanced mutants down below, and bottlenecking them inside Balaur's body before they break out is the smartest idea. Your strength would be much appreciated."
Turning, Suzuka says, "No, we have no time for that. Whatever was in the castle has been relea-."
Across both Suzuka's and Cyrus's bodies, blood paints them, and the man standing in front of their eyes ceases to exist. Their brains freeze for a moment as they try to comprehend what has happened, yet as Suzuka picks one of the man's eyeballs out of her hair, a fear creeps up on them both.
Then, from behind their bodies, a voice says, "We met again, my lovely duo."
Cyrus releases his tail from Balaur's body, and jumps as he turns around and swipes his tail again the bones smashing them to pieces. Yet as nothing touches his tail, he says, "What?"
And in that very same moment, two giant hands of Angra wrap around his back, and say, "Quite impressive, young dragon, that level of force would have ripped right through a school of children. What a body you have, perfectly built for mass murder. It makes me blush."
Suzuka, staring at Angra, jumps on Cyrus's head and says, "Fox art; Mould fist." And forms her tails into a fist to attack Angra, yet he makes one of his two bunny ears massive and blocks it.
Smiling, in a cutesy voice, Angra says, "What a fun way you use Tama's Regalia; Nine Paths to Heaven. He just used it as a store of spirit energy, but you have fully weaponised it. But I guess calling it a Regalia is incorrect, because in your body it would be known as a legacy."
Cyrus tries to move his body, yet Angra's grip is too strong, so he activates his legacy on his tail and moves to absorb Angra's body whole. Yet Angra stretches its arm over his tail, covering it instead, "Azi's Regalia Dark Night, won't be able to absorb all of the mass within my body of pure spirit energy as long as you can't Advent."
Suzuka, moving upwards, slams her fist into Angra's face, turns all of her tails into pure spirit energy, and says, "Fox art; Spiritual Tether. Yet no reaction takes place.
"Sending your spirit energy into my body to distrust my soul. A technique that is all but deadly for spirits of existence like myself. How terrifying. But it won't work on someone whose spirit energy completely outclasses your own."
The entire area around the three of them starts to shake, and a scary reality sets in for both Cyrus and Suzuka. With a smile forming on its face, Angra says, "Sorry for the rude introductions. My name is Angra Mainyu, and today I plan on becoming a legacy within one of you two and completely hijacking your bodies. But before that, I should get all of that nasty blood of both of you."
In an instant, he dashes out of Balaurs' body and soars at high speed through the city, burning the blood off the both of them. Cyrus is able to handle the force, yet Suzuka's body takes a moment as she wraps her body with her extreme amount of spirit energy.
Slowing its pace, Angra says, "Which one should I pick, the one who shares powers similar to mine with a great understanding of spiritual powers, or the one who has a body with the blood of dragon royalty moving through its veins, so hard to decide. Argh, but I was a boy throughout my life, so maybe being a girl will be a nice change of pace."
In an instant, Cyrus activates his legacy on his tail and manifests a massive amount of darkness, absorbing Suzuka, and then, with a furious whip of his tail, he releases Suzuka and sends her flying through the skies as she shouts, "CYRUS YOU IDIOT!"
Gripping Cyrus tighter, he says, "It looks like a decision has been made for me."
Putting on a smirk full of fear, Cyrus says, "Nothing, because I am going to kill you."
Stopping mid-air, Angra says, "You managed to control your stutter, but the fear inside you screams aloud, coward. You have such a pretty face. When I take control of your body, I will be sure that it understands what pride feel like."
Grabbing his sword from his side, Cyrus instantly pulls it out and brings it towards Angra's neck to cut it off, and in that moment, it uses one of its ears to grab the blade and hold it still.
Cyrus activates his legacy and quickly manifests a large amount of darkness that covers Angra, pushing his sword forward, breaking free of the grip around him. Then he quickly kicks off Angra into the sky.
Φ As the darkness clears around it, I see it hold the side of its neck with a cut against it.
My attack actually did damage to it, despite how overwhelming its spirit energy is. I was a bit scared at first, but it seems I overreacted a bit. Regardless of its giant spirit energy is, the principle of spirit energy is that only a certain amount can be outputted at any one time. Even if his spirit energy is of a high quality, he can't place a large amount of it into one attac-.
"Are you sure about that?" I hear from behind me as no one stands in front of my line of sight.
I quickly fling my tail backwards, but it is caught, and I hear, "There are two exceptions to that rule. First is Holistic battle arts; Spirit Cannon."
My head turn and behind me, a glowing ball of energy grow at the palm of Angra's hand, and then in an instant, a beam is released, sending me flying through the air as burns gather around my body.
I need to regain myself, because at the rate I am moving, I am going to fly and smash right into Balaur's bones unless I can stop myself. But the speed I am moving at is too intense to even begin to stop.
Φ Angra appears underneath Cyrus's body, and blasts him with another beam into the sky, sending him up to the height of the Queen's castle, then soon arrives beside him.
As Cyrus falls, Angra says, "Holistic battle arts is a fighting style made to allow one blend their soul with their body, allowing them to release far past the maximum amount of spirit energy allowed through normal reinforcement. The very height of this battle style can allow one to shred their physical flesh completely and become purely spiritual, as I did. Though it's not something you could ever accomplish in your lifetime."
Cyrus falling through the sky glares at Angra trying to tighten his grip around his sword, and in response to this a smile appears around Angra's face, and says, "I thought that would allow you to realise I was a decorated warrior in my life time, but it seems your arrogance is a bit too overwhelming, what else would I expect from a scaly like you. Though I think it will be fun getting to hit a punching bag like you a bit."
With a furious sweep, Cyrus smashes his sword into Angra, who grabs him and flies him right into Balaurs' body.
Location: Streets of Căderea-Dracului
Φ Flying backwards, a Nightmare dressed carrying the banner of the Cursed Land Army with its flesh composed of spiky black armour, a mouth on and no head that emanates golden flowers looks at the civilians behind him, and says, "Please run as fast as you can."
The Nightmares look confused for a moment, but as sound moves from the golden flowers to their ears, they quickly rush away, and the soldier looks at the beast in front of him and shouts, "LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE BECOME TEN!"
The Nightmare known as Ten's entire body has shifted from what it once was before. The three flying silver rings that once moves across her body now emerge from her flesh far more numerous than before, covers ever inch of her, and the black canvas face she once had is now filled with details similar to that of a normal human, with long flowing hair to accompany it, throughout her hair ethereal projection of trinkets fill her hair similar to the clothes she once wore.
"Simply fulfilling my destiny, Manis, but at least this time you will get to look at something appealing."
The beauty in front of his body makes his body relax unconsciously for a moment, yet as the madness in her eyes hits his brain, his survival instinctive kill in. Soon, two bodies similar to his own appear, and he says, "Die!"
She twists and twirls around, and moments following that, a series of slashes are released in every direction completely destroying and dicing up everything in the surrounding area, ripping through all the structures and bodies around her, raining blood and pain in every which way.
And from afar, a long head stands on a mass of flowers, and says, "She was already capable of fighting the 2nd seats when they were in their weakened state, and now her power has escalated to a ridiculous extent. She may even be able to harm the 2nd seat's bodies even if they weren't restricted now. I need to keep sending more bodies, or else she will tear this city to shreds."
Connecting his sight to his many bodies around the city supporting soldiers, he says, "I am sorry, but hold the line for a bit, I will be dealing with this thing."
Soon, those bodies disappear, and from his neck flowers start to rush out everywhere, but before those flowers can even shape into anything, the tower in which he rests bursts open and rips to shreds, causing him to say, "She found me!"
From behind, his head is grabbed, and Ten says, "I always felt it, the path, the road of fate, and now I can see it even more clearly, the certainty. The road forward towards your destruction."
Manis stares into her blades, where he constantly sees a reflection of the future throughout it, and says, "Your foresight has gotten stronger, I see, but do you think you will be my Destruction? Don't get so cocky."
A large amount of flowers burst forth from its head, and soon shape themselves into a body. Then, kicking Ten in the stomach, he says, "From one 4th seat to another, let us battle."