[WARNING: Disturbing Content At The End of The Chapter. Read At Your Own Discretion. If You're Bothered By This Type of Thing, I apologize. I Don't Particularly Enjoy Writing Things Like These. Sorry.]
[Northern Front]
(Third Person POV)
Minerva ran through some smoke caused by the flames of an explosion, pushing through remnants of Larcade's forces after a long-fought battle.
"Sting!" She called out, "Rogue!!"
There was another massive explosion that shook the ground violently up ahead of where she was headed. On the way over there, there were dozens of shaken Alvarez soldiers whom Minerva paid no attention to. All she cared about was getting to where the explosion was, where she felt Sting and Rogue's magic power fluctuating.
As she ran, she merely blasted said soldiers she was passing by, sending them flying away. The results of the fierce battle were noticeable. Minerva had launched the initial assault, sending Sting and Rogue through the barrier deployed around Larcade and having Gajeel, Igora, and Seilah join here shortly after, resulting in a fierce battle that lasted for nearly an hour. All while Sting and Rogue did battle with Larcade, The Shield of Spriggan.
As Minerva approached the spot where they were, she widened her eyes to see Rogue on the ground, bloodied and unconscious.
"Rogue!!!" She exclaimed as she ran to him, "Are you okay?!"
She rolled him onto his back, seeing that his face was filled with bruises and blood. Upon being moved, Rogue's eyes slowly opened.
"M'Lady..." He said weakly, "I-Is it over...? I-I....gave Sting....my power....our opponent was strong...."
Minerva looked up and saw Sting standing several dozen meters away, slightly hunched and covered in blood as well.
"S-Sting..." She whispered
Sting was able to hear Minerva's words, courtesy of his enhanced hearing. He slowly glanced over to her and gave her a weak smirk as he panted heavily.
"Y-Yo....." He said, "This guy was trouble, alright....but....."
Minerva was then able to see that in front of Sting, laid Larcade, face-down and unconscious. His entire body was also filled with blood and scorched marks.
"You.." Minerva started
"Yea..." Sting replied as he stumbled, "I got him..."
After a long-fought battle against the Shield of Spriggan, Sting and Rogue were able to come out victorious. Due to Sting's immunity to Larcade's magic, he was able to fight him on equal terms and even still, needed Rogue's help to whittle down the powerful Etherious.
But, after a hard battle and entering Dragon Force, Rogue was able to sacrifice himself to create an opening and gave Sting his shadows for Sting to enter White Shadow Dragon Mode and completely overwhelm the Shield and defeat him.
Sting straightened up, "Man, I get why Jason didn't want to fight this guy..." He said, "And why he left it up to me.....He would've given him the most trouble..."
Minerva smiled, "Yes.." She said, "It seems that was the case."
Rogue smiled slightly, "To think that after all we been through..." He said, "He would still have faith in us....."
Sting smirked even more, "This is something I won't let go." He said as he wiped blood off his cheek,
"He won't hear the end of it!!"
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[On The Nemesis]
After receiving the news of the Northern Forces being defeated, Mavis was overjoyed and sent word to Jason who was clearing out the fleet of airships that had ambushed them.
This was right after the supposed defeat of Neinhart, the Shield that assaulted them on the ground. He was sent flying by the Autonomous Cavalry Unit: The Doc after he was hit by a vicious Pile Bunker assault.
Now, they were merely gathering their bearings after a quick and brief battle with some attacking forces that were able to board the Nemesis. The Doc, however, handled the couple of airships that reached them while they were on the ground. In less than a minute, it easily dispatched them in a dominating fashion.
Now, inside the prisoner rooms, Brandish was sitting in her cell looking up at the ceiling.
"What was all that ruckus about?" She said aloud
Suddenly, someone appeared in front of her.
"Well, hello there Lady Brandish~" A voice said
Brandish widened her eyes, "M-Marin!"
Marin Hollow looked at Brandish through the barrier of the cell with a smile.
"I'm here to rescue you!" He said, "With this button here, the cell will open...."
He then clicked on a button that was on the wall next to the cell, disabling the barrier.
Brandish then walked out of the cell with a confused look on her face.
"Marin, I swore you were defeated during my fight with Jason." She said, "How did you escape?"
"I used the chaos caused by His Majesty after your defeat and got out of there!" He said as he crossed his arms, "Now, if you wish, we can get out of here and rendezvous with His Majesty and Lord Invel!"
Brandish shook her head, "I have something I need to do here." She said, "If we can get the blonde girl in this ship and deliver her to His Majesty, our mission will be acc-"
Brandish was then hit on the back of the head with a metal blunt object and she collapsed to the floor, stunned by the hit.
She then looked up to see Marin holding what looked like a fire extinguisher with a wicked smile on his face. The shock of this action caught Brandish off-guard and she was unable to react in time to Marin crawling on top of her and placing magic-sealing cuffs on her hands.
"W-What!" Brandish said, "M-Marin!!!"
Marin had a vicious look in his eyes, like a rabid animal waiting so long to inflict an act of violence on its prey.
"I knew you weren't going to listen!" Marin hissed as he placed his hands on Brandish's throat, "You stupid bitch!! I saved you and you won't listen!!! His Majesty ordered me to rescue you!! So I'll bring you back!! But he didn't specify in what condition!! So I'll simply rape you, bitch!!! And I'll deliver you to him!!"
Marin's grip on Brandish's throat tightened as Marin smirked viciously. Brandish was trying to fight back, but for some reason, she was unable to muster enough strength to do so.
"Ohhhhh!!" Marin said as he released one of his hands while still choking her with the other, "After all this time!! I can finally do this!!!"
With his free hand, Marin unzipped his pants and pulled his hard cock out. Brandish widened her eyes even more as she saw this, struggling to pry his hand off her throat.
"You stupid whore, dressing like a slut!" Marin growled, "After years of putting up with your shit, I can finally have my way with you! I'll rape you nice and good so you'll be obedient to my orders, you fucking bitch!!!!"
Marin then pulled Brandish's bra down, revealing her bare breasts as he groped one of them. Marin could feel nothing but arousal at the mere touch of her breasts. This made him even harder, he pushed his body more down on her, the tip of his cock barely touching her breasts, giving him an arousing chill as he groped her.
"Ohhhh!!!" He said, "They're so soft, yes, I'll fuck these first and pound your pussy so hard that you'll come to love my cock!!!"
Brandish's face began to turn slightly purple, due to asphyxiation as tears formed on her eyes. She was still struggling to pry his hand off her but was weak already. What she was feeling was indescribable. She had never felt so weak, letting someone relentlessly touch her body in such a vulgar way. She was beginning to feel something she rarely felt, even with Zeref, a different kind of fear.
The way Marin was groping her breasts, the way he looked at her. It scared Brandish, it was something she never expected to experience in all her years of living. For being a Shield of Spriggan, a Mage with great power, she was feeling nothing but powerlessness and dread.
"Yess!!!" Marin said as he rubbed the tip of his cock on her breast, "Yess~ Now, to fuck your ti-"
Suddenly, Marin widened his eyes as a hand clutched the top of his head with a powerful grip.
"Oi." He heard a voice say with a dead serious tone, "The fuck you doing?"
Marin could feel nothing but chills as he heard the voice. Almost instinctually, he loosened his vice on Brandish's throat, allowing her to breathe as she coughed and gagged, gasping for air.
Marin looked up to see Jason standing behind him, "Y-You..." He said, "W-What-"
In an instant, Marin was flung backward, crashing against the wall with such force that the entire brick thing was cracked.
Marin fell on his stomach, feeling several of his bones breaking upon impact as he clutched his side.
"Gahh!!!!" He yelled out in pain, "F-Fuck!!!"
He looked up to see Jason giving him a serious glare as Brandish was sitting up, coughing and gasping for air.
"You...." Jason said, "What gives you the right to do what I caught you doing?"
Marin then gave him a death glare, "You bastard!!" He growled, "I...."
He then tried to activate his magic but was unsuccessful. He then began to sweat profusely as he felt that his magic was deactivated.
"And on my ship...." Jason said
"You don't understand shit!!!" Marin said as he struggled to get up, "You have no idea what she put me through!!! I deserve this!!! I deserv-"
"Nothing." Jason cut him off
Marin was then about to lunge at Jason, in an act of desperation, but he stopped right before. Coughing up blood as he looked down to see a spear was driven right through him.
"What...." Marin said with his eyes widened, "What is this....."
He placed his hands on the pole of the spear, feeling the amount of blood caused by the wound. He then looked up to see Jason giving him a more serious glare than before, his hand holding the end of the spear.
Jason had impaled him with such speed that Marin didn't notice.
"You disgust me." Jason said with anger, "You deserve to rot in hell."
"I'll send you straight there, scum."