19 April 2012
Good news everyone! I actually had a bit of free time so I managed to type this in for you! Enjoy the next installment of the series...
"Engarde!" Maiza announced as he came in quick for a quick strike. Allen barely dodged the blade and retaliated but Maiza was far to quick and countered Allen's attack with ease. Allen fell down flat on his back. "And here I thought you would give me a challenge..." Maiza said as he looked ready to deal a finishing blow. Allen quickly launched the sword upward and it made direct contact with Maiza, leaving a large cut in his torso. "Bastard!" Maiza shouted as he began slashing at Allen rigorously. A few of the attacks connected but they were only slight nicks and dents. The two's swords came together and a great flash erupted from the two white swords making such a strong parry. Allen and Maiza were temporarily blinded from the flash, but were quick to recover from it as they kept delivering more and more fierce blows. "I've had quite enough of your games!" Maiza shouted, he held up the sword and the sword began to charge power. "Hurricane slash!!" Maiza yelled as he threw the sword at such a high speed that it was possibly cutting through the air like a flying saw blade. Allen was quick enough to prevent the blade from making direct contact with him, but not quick enough as the blade left multiple deep cuts to his left arm. "Argggghhhh!" Allen exclaimed, his arm bleeding a large amount of blood. Soon after Maiza's sword hit a wall, it came back to him like a magnet. Allen was in a deep amount of pain but refused to give up. "You're serious aren't you?" Maiza said "Boy, you could possibly die, just give me the Sacred Garnet and you can go back home in one piece." "This Sacred Element belongs to the council! I'm not just gonna hand it over!" Allen replied. "Wait!" Risa yelled, "Allen, there's no way you can win this fight, let's just give the element to him, you die here then it'll be even worse than if we just lost the element!" "Listen to the lady, Mr. Hero, I'm sure your 'council' values your ability to wield the White Sword over a sacred element." Maiza negotiated. Allen began to put the sword down. "...Fine... Give him the element..." Allen replied after a long pause. Risa then handed Maiza the Sacred Garnet. Maiza then began to speak through an unknown headset. "Objective one completed, ready to go towards next objective." Suddenly Maiza began to float up in the air for a few moments until he finally disappeared into thin air. "Why..." Allen began "...Why did you have to interfere, I could have taken hi-" "Don't lie to yourself!" Risa interjected, "You knew just as well as I did that you had no chance against him! Now just look at you! Your arm's a bloody mess! I couldn't stand to see you get hurt more, what else could I do?!" Allen paused for a while. "Besides he said he would go to his next objective, so I would assume he's going after the sacred Amethyst next. So we'll have to beat him to the next temple before he gets there-" "Whoa, whoa, whoa," Allen interrupted, "We have to go back to the council to tell them about this, we have their sacred sword and who knows what kind of damage has been caused without it!?" "You're right," Risa replied, "Then let's hurry up then..." the pair then rushed out of the temple and the forest as quick as possible. When they arrived outside they found King about to enter to search for them. "King?! How did you... Never mind that, how is the council doing? What about the city?" "Allen..." King began "The city has been destroyed, the council members along with it... So long as you have the sword and the Twelve Sacred Elements, there is a chance to defeat the great evil and avenge our city. You have obtained the Sacred Garnet, yes?" "King... I'm so sorry..." Allen said Meekly. "What's wrong?" King asked. "The element was stolen from us after we got it..." Risa explained. "The time traveling boy was quite the formidable foe..." "As expected from an amateur angel..." King said with a slight hint of anger. "Fortunately..." King began, "There is still time to reverse your mistake, when the boy came to our council, he demanded all twelve sacred gems. When we refused, he said he'd grab them all by force. If we can beat him to the next few temples housing the other elements, we could still have a chance to beat Andromeda..." "Excuse me King but... What is Andromeda?" Risa asked. "It's the celestial being controlling the Reversed, and the same monster that directly attacked the city of the clouds. Although the League of the Damned seems to have no control over it, so it can't be them trying to start a war..." King explained as he paused for a bit afterward. "But enough of that," King finally said after a long pause, "You need to be trained with the White Sword, and Risa needs to be given a weapon as well." "Exactly what weapon shall I be given?" Risa asked, interested for what fate had in store for her. "At the moment, the only weapon available at this time is this." King Replied as he handed her what appeared to be a Rifle, it was white with a sky blue lining. "It's a fairly simple weapon capable of shooting down targets from long distances. The bullets are made of a special crystal that it is stronger than any known element. The strength of it's bullets are powered by your spirit, feeling down will only weaken the bullets, feeling motivated will give you the results you will need to fully destroy an enemy. Other emotions give different abilities that even I haven't heard of." as King explained, Risa examined the rifle itself. "I just pull the trigger right?" Risa asked "Pretty much." King replied, "The gun has an infinite supply of ammo, your emotions control whether it fires or not..." "Got it." Risa replied. "As for you..." King said as he turned towards Allen. "I'm gonna have to train you myself... But at the amethyst caverns of course." "The what now?" Allen asked. King began to focus some energy for a while then he opened a portal using that energy and said "This portal will take us directly to the caverns." "Great!" Risa exclaimed, "Now we don't have to walk all the way over there. But first we ought to tend to Allen's wounds, correct?" King put a hand over Allen's cut up arm, and the cuts seemed to magically heal really quickly. "The power of the creator is simply amazing when mastered," King muttered, "and soon Allen, You will gain these powers as well." "Thanks, King." Allen Replied, 'The creator's powers huh?' Allen thought to himself. The three headed into the portal and soon warped to the entrance to the amethyst caverns. The cave was covered in crystal formations, the crystals were obviously amethyst but it was only because the sacred element had created more of it so as to confuse the Reversed so they wouldn't wander in and steal the element. The party went inside and gazed at all the crystal formations. One began to move, and then it's color faded away only to reveal that it was a Reversed. "Now's your chance Allen! Risa!" King commanded "Your sword can't cut through it's crystal armor alone!" Allen wondered what to do, the sword couldn't cut through its armor alone? What else could the sword be used with? Allen thrusted the sword into the creature's body, but the sword could not even dent it's armor. Risa fired a bullet from the gun, the bullet dug into the armor barely an inch. "Damnit," Risa exclaimed, "What kills this thing?" Allen thought for a bit and remembered something. 'The bullet was stronger than any known substance? And surely if enough pressure was directed on the bullet the armor would crack enough to break it.' Allen thought. Then he jammed the sword into where the bullet landed. The force of the sword caused the bullet to push forward and break the armor from the inside. The Reversed paused for a moment and then ran off in the opposite direction as if it were scared. "Oh no you don't!" Risa shouted as she fired another round, hitting the monster and killing it. The shot made the monster fall down and then dissipate. "So you knew we had to work together?" Allen asked King, "I'm glad you were able to tell what I was saying..." King replied, "Risa is your partner Allen, with the help of a partner you truly trust, the White Sword's power can reach it's full potential. This little test was to get you to realize that you can't do everything on your own, and you'll soon need that knowledge to be successful in your upcoming battles." "Full potential?" Allen questioned as he looked at the sword. "The only reason that time traveler boy beat you was because you did not know how to use the sword to the rest of it's potential, including skills..." "Like the hurricane slash?" Risa asked "The boy, Maiza was it? Used it on Allen, is that a skill?" "It's one of many the white sword is capable of using." King replied. "You can obtain skills too Risa. Of course, all skills are obtained through doing random things so I not exactly sure how a person obtains them..." "Let's stop bickering and start looking for that element, I'm pretty sure Maiza is coming over to pick it up now..." So the party began to trek towards the element with King leading them. More crystal monsters were encountered but were soon defeated. As they continued they encountered a mysterious post in the middle of the path. "Hey I remember this... Last time we fought a large Reversed after we read it..." Allen said. "These posts give you a test to prove if you are ready for a power from the creator. The creator foretold that our empire would fall and laid out these panels for the true savior to use and gain the creator's powers." King said. "wait..." Allen thought for a second. "I'm the true savior?!" he finally said after a pause. "This shouldn't really come as a surprise to you," King replied, "considering that you can actually use the White Sword." "Oh yeah..." Allen said, looking at the sword. "Fill the void with it's heart?" Risa read the po
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