The Truths of Existence, (Roleplay/IC/Sign-Ins Only)

[Kaidou]

Dimension 31
Mu Vla Aung Tak Za



As the Maju Army soldiers on the ice planet of Mu Vla Aung Tak Za retreated, the forces of the IGSE driving them in one direction, a large portal opened, revealing the grassy fields of Tuoniao in Dimension 29; on the other side, an army of about 10,000 men in oriental armour stood, all wielding swords. In front of them all stood a tall, jet-black-haired man; General Kuek Tze Lung, one of the highest ranking Generals of the Grandmasters, and the personal apprentice of Grandmaster Lam Kim An.

"Imbue!" he commanded boldly. That same moment, all his men raised their swords into the sky and coated them with Haki, sending a chilling buzzing noise across the portal. The terrified Maju Army attempted to retreat to God knew where, but their sole remaining General, a gigantic, 9 metre tall giant with a robotic scorpion body for a lower half named Durgadastaln, screamed in fury.

"Where are you going? Who the hell do you think I am???"

It was apparent that between the IGSE mercenary armies, the troops of Kuek Tze Lung, and General Durgadastaln, the third one was the one that the Maju troops feared the most. They stopped running away, and drew their weapons, charging straight for Kuek's troops.

"And now, it begins."

Kuek and his troops went across, shutting the portal off. As the endless onslaught of Maju troops headed towards them, Kuek took off his gloves, before standing with his legs apart in front of his soldiers, his fists clenched and emitting smoke. The moment he did that, three subordinates marched up behind him and stood by his sides, awaiting further orders. At this point in time, there was less than a kilometre between the Maju Army's front lines and that of General Kuek's troops.

"Lieutenant Ouyang, take Army Group Falcon and go around; attack the IGSE from the sides. Lieutenant Cheng, split Army Group Shark into two and flank the Maju Army. Lieutenant Kwan, follow me with Army Group Barracuda; we will meet the Maju Army head on."

"Yes sir!" said all three Lieutenants in unison, before going about the tasks relegated to them by their General. Kuek smirked, before raising one of his fists towards the bleak, grey sky. As the relentless snow whipped about, he leapt off the ledge on which he stood, before landing right in front of the Maju Army.

"I'm gonna teach you children how to fight like a man", he taunted, before diving straight for the Maju Army's troops and fighting the soldiers off with his searing hot fists. "Face the power of Red Eagle Fist!" (Chinese: 紅鷹拳, Master Lam's preferred style)

"Fauck!" roared Durgadastaln, beating his bare chest and dragging three fingers across his mask, the white colour tainted by the maroon blood of former enemies of the Maju Army. "You will not stand in my way!"

At that moment, before anyone could react, two portals opened up on either side of the valley in which the three armies fought in. On one side, the lone figure of Kizaru stepped across, whirling his Eternal Javelin and looking down at the three armies which battled below. On the other side, radiant bursts of sunset splashed the snowy planet. The horns of an army were heard, and from the light stepped a tall, slender, armless humanoid in golden armour.

He was about 4 metres tall, almost double the height of Kizaru. His armour consisted of a helmet fashioned after what appeared to be a lion with a mane; a golden breastplate with intricate carvings was clamped around his chest, while a viridian cape rested on his armless shoulders, flapping in the vicious winds of the blizzard. His boots were rounded, and were as ornate as his breastplate. The moment he stepped across, the rest of his army followed, lining the edges of the plateau and facing Kizaru directly. The horns sounded once more, and sixteen men bearing banners stepped forward, in front of the army, much to the dismay of the Maju Army.

"That... that's..."

"Lord Galma of the Knights of Luminiaaaaa...", said Kizaru, staring at the army's commander, "also known as Behemoth, one of the Three Mythic Knightsssss... What brings you here?"

"The same thing as you, "Satyr" Kizaru II", snorted the Sorenau, telekinetically removing his helmet and placing it on the ground, revealing a broad, Muun-like face with a long burn mark that went from one cheek to another. "Mu Vla Aung Tak Za is an important world; we will not stop until it is pried out of the hands of Maju's Regime."

The horns sounded a third time, and Behemoth replaced his helmet, roaring in battle-ready fervour. "Onward!" he boomed. His men cheered, before jumping off the cliff face, drawing their elegant blades telekinetically (for the Sorenau had powerful telekinesis to make up for their lack of arms), and entering the battle, turning it into a four cornered fight with the forces of Durgadastaln, the IGSE's nameless mercenaries, and the peacekeeping forces of the Grandmasters; except, of course, that they appeared to have sided with the last of the three in fighting off the other two. Kizaru, too, adopted such a position, leaping a Herculean distance and tearing two lines in the Maju Army's lines with his relentless rays of light.

The Battle for Mu Vla Aung Tak Za had just begun, and already, it was a five cornered fight. What was on the world that made it so valuable to five Rokuō?

...

As you have commanded, Lord Kira. My troops have begun the campaign on Mu Vla Aung Tak Za. Rest assured, Lord, Kairo-Rhæn shall be liberated.

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Dimension 23,315
Ateulla
Fortress of the Knights of St. Luminia's Behemoth Division

A moment ago



Theme music for this scene

"So... it has begun."

The sacred hall of Ateulla trembled with the sounding of the divine trumpets, as the messenger rolled open his scroll and stood to attention, bowing to the Sorenau who sat upon the throne at the end of the hallway. Overhead, a golden banner had been hung, with the words "Danga Etcima Fol Enteciros" (Faith Shall Lead Us On) emblazoned on it.

The Sorenau on the throne was, of course, Lord Galma Et Tsargun, more commonly known as Behemoth, one of the Three Mystic Knights who served under Sol Kira's organisation.

"Maju is dead", the Messenger read out. "In his wake, he has left the billions of realms which he had colonised; already, the armies of the other Rokuō are upon them. One of said realms, Mu Vla Aung Tak Za, contains many ancient treasures. We must not allow the Maju Army to maintain their grip on the world. Neither should we allow the likes of Alzis and Haikarakainen (at the mention of these two names, Behemoth cringed, his facial scar contorting hideously) to take these treasures. You are to enter this world and liberate the subterranean library fortress of Kairo-Rhæn, where these treasures are safeguarded.

"Salutations.

"Sol Kira, Chancellor of the Knights of St. Luminia."

The moment the Messenger finished his message, Behemoth stood up, pulling a cup over with telekinesis and sipping thoughtfully, before replacing it at the table beside his throne. As the consorts lining the sides of his throne looked on, he walked out of the hall and onto the balcony, leaving the doors open, before looking out at the endless sky above which his castle was built. (Behemoth's Fortress was built on a gigantic sky island, a strange irony considering his title.)

"Maju is dead", he repeated to himself, before sitting down cross legged and closing his eyes, descending into a deep, trance like state. Clearly, he was trying to fathom the enormity of this event. As the rest of the consorts looked on, Behemoth's eyes snapped open. Deftly, he stood up gracefully, turning to face the men in the hall.

"Get my armour. Lord Kira commands the capture of Kairo-Rhæn."

...

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Dimension 29
Pral Shri

As Leung readied himself, Haikarakainen charged at him wildly, before executing a series of chain punches, to which Leung replied with his own chain punches, those of Hung Kuen. After ten seconds of such, both reeled backwards, before leaping at each other again. Leung, however, whirled his body about in midair, planting a foot in Haikarakainen's face and sending him flying across an entire district of the ruined city, shattering his entire set of teeth in the process. The moment the IGSE boss crashed into the floor, he vaporised, before reappearing in front of Leung, shaken, but still alive. His teeth reappeared inside his mouth.

"You bastard", he panted, allowing his tongue to dangle out of his mouth. Raising both his hands, he pulled ten strings out of the buildings beside him, throwing every single one at Leung. Nine, he dodged. The tenth barely grazed his cheek, but was shattered by a forceful chop. The moment said tenth string shattered, Leung whirled about and adopted the Huofeng stance, his hands like talons, facing Haikarakainen.

The IGSE boss smiled insanely, his glasses glinting in the sunset of Pral Shri. With a grunt, he leapt into the air, kicking the soles of his feet together, before landing on the ground with his legs apart, pulling ten strings out of the air, one with each finger. The red light of the dying day reflected on the icy strings like a flame on a sword's blade.

"Leung Nam-kuan. Let's see who defeats who now."

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Dimension 56,001
Suanka Fuanka

Dimension 56,001 was ravaged by LG Antinoos' Dyson Sphere powered super weapon Flama. The galaxy in which the entire population of humans resided in that particular dimension burned up in the evil fires of the IGSE, its people either killed or forced from their homes.

Only one man remained.

"General Antinoos", said that one man, clad in a black yukata. He had clearly been badly injured in whatever struggle he had been involved in, but had emerged triumphant. Through either sheer skill or luck, he had fought his way into Antinoos' HQ, where he now stood facing the general.

"Lorm", said Antinoos. "You aren't going anywhere."

Lorm smiled back. "Neither of us will."

"Indeed."

All of a sudden, Lorm clutched his chest and vomited blood, groaning in pain as thin coils of electricity snaked through his body.

"You underestimate the power of the Goro Goro no Mi."

Without waiting for Lorm to die of electrocution, Antinoos seized a pistol and buried a bullet in the man's temple.

[Naval Monte]

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"I can see why you would refrain from going into higher setting than, but we may not have any choices if my hunch is correct." Tandem replied back, not liking the idea of the suppression field obliterating everything on site but he rather go out in a blaze of glory than be under the mercy of an Ahmarhan. His spine tingled in fear,goosebumps appeared on his skin and his hair stand on ends when Tandem heard Altyrnia's voice. "Crap why now! Why are they coming after me after all these years?!" Tandem was terrified of the Ahmarhan woman and didn't find her voice to be either innocent or cute even though she made them to appear as that.

Tandem was preparing to use the hidden blade mods that would change his fingertips into long, needle thin, blades encase she did anything. Alzis only stared at her phone as she saw the latest report of yet another base being lost to another party and Sol Kira joining the war, when the king finally mention Alzis's name she kept her cool. "This woman is the king of the Ahmarhan, whatever weapons you have will do nothing against her so you're better off turning them on yourselves." Alzis said to the two Alvaranians, she turn to Altyrnia. "Good afternoon or morning your royal highness. I can't tell what time it is outside now since one of your men merged two universes together."

The Moon Sisters were still in the lotus position and were about to get up until they heard what Alzis mention who was in the house with them, the sister's blood turn cold when they heard the news. "The... the king of the Ahmarhan is here with us... Encase we don't return we want to say it was a pleasure working with all of you..." In the kitchen Elizabeth was lucky enough to hear what Alzis mention but she can see Tandem looking scared from where she was sitting along with Cyrssa pointing her gun at Altyrnia. "Bloody figures, an angel comes down and it was the angel of death." Tessy and Saya turn to the occultist. "We have an Ahmarhan in the house." was her simple reply. The two sisters now looked worry, both sisters were now ready to do whatever it takes to defend their family from the Ahmarhan but for now are acting like they didn't hear what Elizabeth told them, the occultist doing the same.

Outside Alice followed Fauna outside and saw a man who was unconscious and whose face she had a hard time seeing and remembering, next time him was a man who she thought can only exist in fiction. "Hello... I'm Alice." she said, blushing as the charming bard introduces himself, she never felt like this towards anymore she had seen even if she did had a few crushes from her time. When Fauna said that the king was here and that said king was female Alice was at first thinking of a certain character from an anime she saw a while back but that still didn't help out on making things clear for her.

When Crowe left the confused Alice and exasperated Fauna behind Alice patted Fauna on the back. "I know how it feels having a perverted friend, I have a few and a cousin to deal with." she smiling, remembering some of the funny antics said friends and Elizabeth gotten into and where she sat at the side lines to watch events play out. "Who is this king and who are they a king of?"

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Ziz

The woman general known as Ziz of the three Mythic Knights of Luminia was standing on top a large garden of roses. Her helmet is fashion to appear as a bird of some kind, either an eagle or a raven. The bronze and blue breastplate had many runes and scriptures carved into it around the chest and abdomen, the long thin mechanical prostheses that acted as the wings had metal blades made of a black metal with gold mixed in, this material is called star metal for it was believed that it comes from the heavens. From behind the armor was a small cape made black feathers that was made cover the small circular shield to prevent back circular stabbing. The cape went from her shoulders down to the middle of her abdomen.

The feathers on the wings are engraved with mysterious sigils that emit a strange glow, these sigils can alter gravity itself and are the secrets in how Ziz can fly, the movement of the wings are the results of her using telekinesis. Her boots hand talon-like blades attached so not only can they be used as weapons but she can also have a better grip on things when she is climbing. The boots also had scale like patterns resembling of those found on the feet of birds. The eyes of the bird head on the helmet contain twin blue gems acting as eyes.

Ziz watch the world, it was a world that was truly a rival to the beauty food back in her world. Besides the giant garden of roses that she was standing on Ziz can see a city of silver, and breathtaking vistas brimming with waterfalls, flowers, and majestic trees where the wind and rain carry heady perfumes, and the colors blur. The city of silver was alien but in a strange way was also beautiful in it's own right to fit with the world.

Up on the sky were the other knights of her division, they too being able to fly and most of them being female, it is due to their ability to fly and their larger female membership that Ziz's division was given the nickname "Sky Angels".

The flying knights of Luminia dot the twilight sky of the world, most not landing down due to their general not giving them the order to land. "My sisters of arm, The heretics, murders and thieves working with the demon kings known as Maju and Alzis are here in this world, violating it's beauty with their vile presence." Most of the knights are aware of why those two armies were present, both wish to use the strong magic of these world for their own ends and which to glean whatever secrets awaits in the city of silver.

"We will not allow those monsters and sinners to achieve their wicked goals. Now sisters, charge!" she boomed, extending her wings upwards and soon taking off to the sky. The winged female warriors roar out as they flew down on to the skirmish that was happening between the two armies, catching them off guard. Many of them wield both elegant and crude weapons that had the ability to change their forms and act as different weapons. One such weapon was Ziz's own blades of mercy, a short sword that with a press of a button transforms into dual daggers, the transformation of her weapon cut three soldiers off guard as she slit all three's throat.

The three way war against the faceless army of The Eyes of Fate, the masked and leather bound soldiers of Maju and the winged knights of Luminia has begun and for the victor the spoils of this world is ownership of both the secrets of the silver city and the beautiful dream-like landscape that exists in the dimension known only as the Moonshadow.

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Sol Kira

"You can sense it can't you old friend, you can sense the essence of your maker." Sol though as he gazed upon his broadsword, the arcane rune etched on to the blade emitting a faint violet glow, normally he would have the runes covered in bandages and they are but Sol didn't tighten them today. "I can't afford the enemy to be aware of your true powers yet old friend, so be patient for now. I will make sure that these heathens will not take these holy ruins from us."

Sol was wearing Platinum and black armor, the face of his helmet resembling that of a woman, the alleged face of St. Luminia herself. Much like Ziz holy scripture and runes dot across his armor, heavy draping of holy shawl on the chest parts of the armor. The hips and legs are covered by a priest's dress but with the front side cut off to allow for better mobility. The helmet is an old golden conical shaped piece of metal, his back was covered by a long white cape, with a large metal scabbard that seems to be made for a great sword instead of the broadsword that Sol has with him.

The other knights with him either have the same metal scabbard but instead of having the same sword as Sol theirs had complex mechanism that would make their swords attached to the scabbard, using them as sharp but blunt greatswords. Others possessed odd wheel-like weapons made to pulverize the enemy into a blood paste with others possessed other trick and conventional weapons. The battle that the army was looking on was the combined force of the other kingdoms and republic of Numeneria working under The Fates versus what's left of Maju's army in the world. The general was hiding inside one of the eldritch ruins and the army was fighting their hardest not to be pushed into the city were time and space bend and distort due to the city's mere presence.

"Gentlemen and Ladies, our enemies which to steal both holy relics and sites for themselves. We must not allow any of them, natives included, on taking things that they have no right to claim on." With a loud roar both he and his knight storm until the battle field, catching both sides off guard. The forces that belong to the dying remnants of Maju's empire suffered the most under the surprise turn of a three way battle, most being forced to flee into the city, while the Numenerian natives stand their guard and fought against Sol and his knights, changing the war for Numeneria entirely as what Maju's forces have all but given up on this world and instead chose to hide from the two large armies.

[Novia Soviet Socialist Republic]

Sarah

Sarah took a deep breath and pulled a fake smile "I suppose that's a sound decision" She unfolded her arms and and bit her lip. That's when a deep, echoing voice spoke into her head "Calm your nerves Sarah" The voice said in a slow manner. She recognized the voice as Hastur "What do you want Hastur?" She thought, relaying it back to the Elder God "Your compliance. Azathoth's influence outside the multiverse is fading. We're becoming visible and with it the powerful secrets we hold" Hastur said in the same slow yet powerful manner he was known for.

Sarah's blood pressure got higher and Hastur spoke again "I can see what you see, smell what you smell, taste what you taste and hear what you hear what you hear. I will guide you" He said plainly causing Sarah to sigh "You mean you're scared I'll fuck up so you're here to make sure tweedle dee and tweedle dum over there don't find there way into your grandads house?" She thought once again prompting response from the Elder God "In summery, yes" He simply said.

[Kaidou]

If that's the way it has to be... then I won't burden the three of you any longer. We shall hope for the best... fufufu...

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Dimension 29
Pral Shri

By the time it was night on that side of Pral Shri, there was only one skyscraper remaining in the city, on which both Wilhelmus and Higashi lay on, recovering from their wounds. A healer working for the Grandmasters had snuck across, bringing first aid materials and traditional Chinese medicines, with which he proceeded to treat the wounds of the two. All this, while the boss of the IGSE and the highest ranking Grandmaster fought below.

Before the fighting could carry on any longer, however, a portal opened up behind Haikarakainen, and a loudspeaker voice floated through.

"CEO, sir", said the voice, "your attention is needed urgently!"

"What is it?" asked Haikarakainen tersely. He was at his limits in terms of anger now, and it was only the fact that there was an important message that prevented him from impaling the messenger with a spike of solidified air.

"The invasion fleet that we sent to Dimension 38 has been forced to retreat by the remnants of the Maju Army that are stationed there. Two of Iuzun's Sterbenbau-class warships have been destroyed by them."

"What the fuck???"

"It would appear that this particular division of the Maju Army is much more organised than the other ones that we've defeated thus far. Though they only number some 50,000,000,000, they seem to be much stronger than the other splinter groups we've encountered."

"I'll be on it."

With that, the portal shut off, and Haikarakainen turned back to face Leung.

"Mark my words, Leung", he snarled. "This duel isn't over. I'll be back to finish it one day."

Without waiting for Leung to respond, Haikarakainen turned around, opened a portal to an unknown dimension, and went across, leaving the Grandmaster behind on Pral Shri.

"If the Maju Army is regrouping", he said to himself thoughtfully, "then we may have a much larger problem on our hands."

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Dimension 31
Mu Vla Aung Tak Za

With most of the Maju Army decimated, the IGSE could now focus its attention on the combined forces of Kuek's Army, the Behemoth Division, and Kizaru. They were no match for three Rokuō forces combined, however, and were forced to retreat shortly afterwards. Now, the only one left was the 9 metre tall scorpion general.

"Who dares to fight me?" he roared, flailing his arms about and throwing aside both the Behemoth Troops and the soldiers of Kuek's Army. Kizaru pointed two fingers at the man, before firing, piercing through his mask and his head. As Durgadastaln screamed in pain and reeled backwards, both Behemoth and Kuek charged at him. The former leapt into the air and kicked Durgadastaln in the face, shattering his white mask and revealing a hideous face like that of an orc, now even more deformed as a result of the shards of the mask embedding themselves in his face. Kuek, on the other hand, hauled himself onto the scorpion's back, before drawing his sword and hacking off his tail.

Before Durgadastaln could retaliate, Kizaru hovered overhead and crossed his arms.

"Yasakani no Magatama."

A split second later, Durgadastaln's body was covered in searing holes. Blood trickled out of each one, and the General collapsed on his side, as dead as a rock.

For a moment, the three stood there, beside the corpse of the Maju General. Behemoth was the first to speak.

"With all due respect, General Kuek, Lord Kizaru, I wish to claim the ancient libraries of Kairo-Rhæn."

Kizaru nodded and smiled incredulously. "I'm not here for the libraries", he said. "You an go ahead and take theeeeeeem..." Kuek smiled at Behemoth, and bowed.

"The libraries are yours. We're just here to eliminate Maju's Army."

Behemoth nodded back, taking off his helmet. "I thank you both for your cooperation."

With that, the three went their separate ways.

[Kaidou]

Dimension ???

The dead body of Ener Hallurm lay on the sandy beach. As Master Law Hon Chung and Master Ding Hao stood beside it, the faint smell of sulfur and rotting meat wafted past them, like an evil spirit circling its target. As blood slowly trickled into the water, Law sighed.

"Father Christmas will not be happy when he is informed of this."

"I don't think this is just Father Christmas' problem. Look at the body; it's been torn apart from the inside. This isn't the work of someone like Alzis or Haikarakainen. Oh, no; there's another dark power at work here, a much more insidious one."

The smell of sulfur began to grow stronger.

"I don't think we should be staying here, Master Ding."

"I concur, Master Law."

That moment, just as Law created a portal to the Hotel, the sand on the beach erupted like a volcano as a gigantic mouth rose from the sand, swallowing Hallurm's mutilated corpse and a large amount of sand. A split second later, six tentacles rose out of the ground and seized both of the Masters, dragging them closer and closer to the mouth. The smell of sulfur became overpowering.

"Master Ding! Catch!"

From across the portal, a man in a white karate uniform threw a katana across. Ding dissolved his body into water, before reappearing on the ground and seizing the katana. Without waiting for anything else, he slashed through the tentacles, freeing Law in the process. The thing in the sand screamed furiously as dark smoke came out of the severed tentacles, releasing more of the sulfurous, rotting odour.

"Let's not waste any more time here, shall we?" yelled the karateka from across the portal, over the screaming of the thing.

"Indeed, Takada."

With that, both of the Grandmasters ran across, shutting off the portal and cutting off the smell of sulfur and rotting flesh.

"Master Leung has to be informed. This is no longer just an issue of the Rokuō; it is something beyond."

…

[Naval Monte]

Sol Kira

With a loud yell Sol swung his trusty blade downward and slice through a native soldier working as a proxy to The Fate's, a shower of blood covered him. From the side he saw one of his soldiers rotate the wheel in incredibly fast speeds and the enemies in front of the wheel also released a shower of blood and their bodies were reduced to paste and jelly. What helped Sol in the battle was the fact that many natives sorcerers, witches and shamans tried to use their spells at Sol and his men, while Sol was sadden to see his men fall prey to those spells he was spared from them, in fact most spells in the area avoided him.

Before he went out into the battle he performed the one of the many secret rites instructed by the Goetic Gospels, a series of hidden tomes located deep in the secret archives within the Order of St. Luminia. This particular rite came from the Goetic Gospel of Agares, which breaks magical connections. This basic rite allows for him and by extension magical spells to avoid each other in a specific area. Sol ran towards one of the shaman's calling upon spirits of the wind to create dust devils, his quick reflexes allowing him to dodge arrows fired at him with his armor protecting him against the few that manage to hit him. Just as the dust devils form one of them attacked the holy warrior, surrounding him in ferocious winds with dust and rocks traveling in quick speeds, making them act like bullets.

The shaman believed that Sol was killed in the attack but he than felt a strange power coming from within the dusty winds and soon the dust devils were gone and the shaman felt his connection to the wind spirits somehow being severed as well. Sol used one of the arcane rites in the Goetic Gospel of Amon, which from temporarily cutting access to one of the shaman's mysteries can also causes feelings of guilt and sin on a victim. Sol was holding off this particular rite and was waiting for the right time to finish it. Before the shaman can react Sol stabbed him with his sword, bring the old shaman to a quick death.

Throughout the battle it was becoming clear that the knights were winning the battle, some of the armies from the proxy Fate Army was already retreating. Sol found the lead general of the combined army, a man wearing a knight's armor made of random scrap of junk. "So you are the general of this army. Do think just because you have some strange magic doesn't mean we will give up." the native general said, charging straight towards Sol.

Sol charged forward and soon both he and the general's swords clashed, the two struggle as to who can hold the stalemate for long. The general tried to kick Sol between his legs but he felt not only his leg stopping but being twisted around until it broke at least seven times. The general screamed in pain and fell down. "How disgraceful, attacking another warrior below the belt. You put shame to your comrades who fought and died honorably in this battle." Sol sneered, walking away from the general it was another knight who stepped forward and put an end to the general's life.

Sol saw the city and was aware that whatever was left of Maju's army in Numeneria was inside the city but he was aware that they will not be in the city for long, soon they will be forced to leave. So in the meantime he ordered his troops to set up a base at the former battlefield, that way they can begin their long term operation of clearing this world off The Fates before they enter the city and finish off what's left of Maju on the world.

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Leviathan

The aquatic serpentine themed female knight of the Mythic Beast knights was now in a new planet, one where right now she can not try to convert the natives yet due to the mission requiring stealth. Currently they are in the same conifer snow forest that the Nisibisis call home and where The Fates have free reign to travel due to them helping the humanoid creatures. The female general found that she and some of her knights can use the rivers to hide from both the natives and The Fates but the other knights were not trained or have armor made for swimming, as such this method was solemnly used.

While hiding in the forest some of the knights were able to study the Nisibisis from a afar and learn some key aspects of their society and culture, more importantly they learn how to translate their language. They found that the Nisibisi's native language sounded almost similar to the one spoken by the Grandmasters, but instead of focusing on the possible connection, if there is one, they focus on what some of the shamans and mystics said to their peers. They knew that the Fates were planning an expedition to the mountains to find a city that is located behind the farthest mountain peak in the forest, from what they heard of how the city looks it seems to be the same building found in Numeneria.

Just a day before The Fates can make their trip to the mountain Leviathan sent herself and the troops to head towards the mountain before them, by the time it was the promised day aircraft was sent out and the knights were climbing up the mountain. It was now a race to see who can reach the platform on time but no matter who wins there will still be a battle for the ruins.

On the world of Moonshadow Ziz was successful on winning the world for the order and immediately went on to her next universe. When Ziz appeared into the other side she flew and found a strange city with a massive platform obviously made for ships to land on, she and some of her angels land on it. Yet in a few minutes several ships appeared and the first to leave from them were white, gray and purple color coded gas mask, trench coat wearing soldiers pointing various guns at them. It would take a whole before Leviathan can reach the top of the platform. So far both side waited for the other to make the first aggressive move.

[Generailia]

Dennis

Dennis had missed the fact that a rather pretty woman was in the room with him until Elizabeth and Tes agreed with his statement about having seen weirder. Which of course caused the Lich to grin but as soon as he opened his mouth to say something he heard the witch's companion claim that they looked like sisters. Then the thief simply stood there in surprise before quickly realizing the similarities as well. Sadly, after she claimed that they were cousins he quickly closed his mouth and looked away. Yet the mage couldn't help eavesdropping on their introductions and once they finished he thought sadly. Damn it, and she was one of the few woman that I've seen throughout this entire trip who wasn't either a magic user or some sort of furry. So after the undead's thought ended he quickly overheard the conversation between the two elves and only eavesdropped for the first part since he quickly got bored and really wasn't into..whatever exactly they were talking about.

Then suddenly the fucking sellsword took away his illusion powers. Which of course caused him to revert back to his usual corpse-like form while the dickbag talked like a extra in some cheap fantasy movie. Suddenly, the emo decided to do something very similar to the demoness to his side and while the creature really didn't blame him at all for doing such a thing he quickly realized that the girl he was looking at was ready to murder him. So he quickly intervened as he thought nervously. Fuck! Now all I have is this "upgraded" healing magic. The Lich quickly fought back the thoughts that he might actually need to kill the man behind him as he opened his mouth to speak.

Yet before he could do so the strange woman whose day he probably ruined spoke up. Which of course caused him to consider the fact that his life was gone to soon end but when she defended him the thief was quite astonished since it seemed rather out of character for her. Then after hearing the "who can't keep their bloody mouth shut" part his usual grin returned and once she pointed towards Alzis it grew a part more as he completely agreed with her statement. Yet he quickly realized that the homicidal goth might actually try to murder the gender confused merchant so he opened his mouth to intervene just as he suddenly felt some invisible gag clog up his throat. This of course caused him to turn around to face the demoness when the sound of a plate hitting the floor caused his eyes to fly back towards the female bard who stared at the oddly familiar looking woman with wide eyes.

But sadly, the fairly cute looking but more than likely dangerous girl remained silent as that strange woman on the floor made the woman's name seem like some sort of rare creature that was just out of sight before the gag in his throat was suddenly removed. While also completely ignoring the Arwen's demand for the newcomers and the people in her "suppression field" to exit her house simply because he didn't think that it was addressed to him. So he asked the adolescent in front of him in a whisper that even a master thief such as himself would have difficult overhearing. "So why did you press my mute button kitten?" The infernal being's usual and slightly unnerving smile returned as she joked. "I was bored. Now why did you stop me bony?" This caused across the undead's face to reappear as he responded. "I was bored." The response didn't really seem to satisfy the girl since her mouth twitched as she opened her mouth to say something. When suddenly, she turned her head towards the rather awkward and nervous looking bard who seemed to be fleeing the scene which caught his attention as well. Yet before he could think more on the subject the female elf decided to leave one last threat before she dropped the odd shield-like things things which caused the cat to listen in while the creature stared at the absurdly familiar woman on the floor while he continued his attempts to place her face somewhere.

Aeris

Aeris was rather disappointed that she didn't really hear anything. Yet the demonic feline did enjoy watching Alzis throw a temper tantrum without saying a single word. Which of course caused her to consider the fact that she was using telepathy along with the fact that the cat has used such a strange thing in her brief time as a guardian. Yet sudden expression on the feminine figure's face caused her grin to fall a little, since she had seen such expressions on the faces of her old superiors more times then she would prefer to count. Then after she announced that it was indeed a telepathic link the demoness quickly congratulated herself silently before she continued eavesdropping on the woman while pretending to look away.

Sadly, the girl quickly learned that it was about some thief who stole a few items from here. So while the idiotic mage's smile grew her own remained the same as a slight sense of boredom started to linger over her. Yet this quickly disappeared once she saw the three goddesses sitting cross-legged and staring at absolutely nothing. Which of course beaked her curiosity but after awhile she turned back towards the female mage while contemplating what exactly the three beings were doing. Thankfully, something that didn't involve rather strange looking silence came about when both the Alice woman and the male elf-like figure made their exit.

Then things got even stranger for the adolescent demon as a frying pan suddenly flew across the room and knocked the male bard unconscious with relative ease. Then the swordsman who stole her demon-biased powers called her "Alyssa" before drawing his sword. Which of course caused her to attempt to summon her weapons but fail completely. So the cat quickly decided to begin concentrating on manipulating the wind both around and inside of her when both herself and the undead mage overhead the fact that "Alyssa" was the kind of the Ahmarhan. This of course caused the demonic feline to mentally facepalm herself as she thought. So that is why she looked so familiar! I should have known..wait, what about bony? Then she turned to her side and saw that the fool was not only completely uncaring about the situation but he was opened his mouth to say something. So the girl quickly shoved another gag into his mouth as she hoped that he didn't cast a spell before preparing herself to do yet another elegant bow just encase the woman noticed or spoke to her. While a part of her mind made Aeris assume that the woman already noticed them yet she had to be absolutely sure.

[Kaidou]

Nisibisi

On the other side of the mountain, a large pile of half-dead Fates personnel lay about, as a lone figure trekked up the mountain, a conical straw hat covering his face partially. As the Fates' soldiers charged at him, the man would dispatch them easily, using a long, haki-coated bamboo pole, which he swung around skilfully. Coupled with strategic kicks, the man was able to mow down the troops who stood in his way, though some were harder than others.

Somewhere up the path stood a man in a long white lab coat, wielding a sabre. As the man in the conical straw hat went up and stood facing the man, he swung his sword about, before pointing it at the one who faced him.

"I am Shinou", said the man in the lab coat. "And you are Wong Kai Yu, one of the Ten Grandmasters. Aren't you?"

The man raised his hat.

"Yes", he replied, "that is me. I am here to get to the top of the mountain. And you and the Fates are in my way."

Without any further ado, Wong leapt into the sky and brought his pole down on Shinou's bald head, causing the man to reel backwards in shock as blood slowly dribbled out of his ears, indicating a crack in his skull.

"Oh no you don't."

Shinou attempted to slash Wong, but ended up with a bamboo pole in his abdomen, causing him to double over, tip over, and roll down the hill, crashing into a boulder and landing in the pile of bodies at the bottom of the hill.

"I sense something…"

Not wishing to let whatever it was that was emitting the aura go off so easily, Wong silently took a detour around the mountain, only to come face to face with the armies of Leviathan.

"Lady Leviathan", called out Wong, who recognised the insignias and armour of the Sorenau troops stationed on the mountains. "What brings you all here?"

---

Dimension 29
Jinlongshan

"Sir, there's a letter addressed to Master Leung."

"Leave it on the table, we shall give it to him when he returns. What is it about?"

"It's a message from Ludwig the Phoenix; he insists on gathering the Light Rokuō to discuss an urgent matter."

…

Dimension 38
M!has

As the 507,617th battalion of the IGSE's full time army scrambled out of the wrecked Sterbenbau-class warship that had crashed on the juggle planet of M!has, they all felt a sudden evil aura that permeated every last corner of the planet, its vegetation, its geological features, and everything. It was as if the spirit of Maju lived on in the form of the planet itself.

It wasn't long, however, before bombs began to rain down on the IGSE battalion's heads, blowing holes in their formations. The lieutenants who were still alive attempted to calm down the men and order them to fight back, but before they could do so, a wave of masked Maju soldiers charged forward and slaughtered the IGSE's battalions. Unknown to them, the same was happening to the crew of the other Sterbenbau warship that had crashed on the other side of the planet.

For the first time since the beginning of the Rokuō war, the IGSE had lost a battle with the Maju Army; and it was a humiliating defeat, without a doubt. Within an hour of the downing of the two warships, the Maju Army had blown both up, eliminating the IGSE troops along with their transport vehicles. In triumph, the Maju Army roared.

"All hail General Nixa! All hail General Nixa!"

For this particular splinter of the Maju Army believed that General Nixa was the one who would reunite the Maju Army under a single banner.

The one remaining IGSE general, BG Sturakk Assajja, was bound in tight chains and brought before the General. Assajja was notorious for his extreme cruelty; on one particular world, he slaughtered a woman and forced her 13 year old son to eat her entire body in one sitting, before gouging out his eyes and throwing him out of an airlock.

The moment Assajja saw the General, however, he broke out in tears and cried like a child.

Nixa stood at 350 metres tall, and was, without a doubt, one of the most gigantic and immensely muscular generals in the entire Maju Army. He had modified his armour, and wore fierce chains on his wrists, presumably to restrain himself so that he wouldn't destroy everything around him. The chains also served another purpose; they were made of Kairouseki, the only physical material able to nullify Devil Fruit powers.

For Nixa had located the reincarnated Devil Fruit of Grand Commander Sargon Phlagosteuris; the Yami Yami no Mi.

"Who is this worm", he asked, "and why have you brought him to me?"

"General Nixa", said one of the Maju soldiers, "this man is the commander of the IGSE troops who attempted to fight us."

As Nixa walked over to where Assajja kneeled and wept, he drew a serrated blade from a sheath held by one of his men, and decapitated the IGSE general in a single chop.

"The Maju Army will be reunited", said Nixa, "and I will be at its helm. I will start the war that Maju was unable to."

…

[Kaidou]

Lobby 442

With much hesitation in his steps, Master Law Hon Chung slowly made his way to Lobby 442, that small jungle sanctuary where Father Christmas and X had taken refuge from the Maju forces. As he neared, the occasional corpse of a Maju soldier would spring up here and there, but no real threat appeared to be imminent. Rubbing a bruise on his abdomen, which he had sustained in his fight with Haikarakainen, the old master slowly came closer to the two Tenshi who were, as of then, there.

"Father Christmas?"

The old man, who had been sitting in a meditative position just a moment ago, perked up, opening his eyes and looking at Law. He didn't know who the man was, but it was clear that that wasn't the case on the other side; what was more important was the fact that Law appeared to have something to say.

"Yes?"

"I have some news for you."

As Steiner lay in the pool, still fast asleep (albeit with a disturbed expression on his face), Father Christmas sat down beside a rock, beckoning Law to do so too, which he did.

"I'm Master Law Hon Chung, one of the Ten Grandmasters. I have two pieces of news, neither of them very pleasing.

"Firstly, Ener Hallurm is dead."

Father Christmas removed his glasses and placed them on the table. He looked away for a moment, swallowing deeply and choking a bit. It was clear he was fighting back something. He succeeded, and turned to face Law once again.

"Secondly, I believe he was killed by a Dark Sarlacc."

Here, the Tenshi lost his composure entirely.

"Surely that can't be?" he exclaimed. "The Dark Sarlacci have been extinct for almost a millennium! How is it that they can suddenly resurrect?"

"That's not all", continued Law. "This Sarlacc had an aura much more evil and vile than any other creature I have ever seen. Either my exposure to these vermin is too narrow (which I do not believe to be so), or something else is at work here."

Father Christmas wiped his eyes.

"I sincerely hope that whatever it is, it doesn't show up another time."

---

Dimension 31
Mu Vla Aung Tak Za
Kairo-Rhæn

The ancient subterranean fortress that housed one of the greatest arcane libraries in the entire Multiverse remained largely intact. Except for a few parts which looked like it had been vandalised and defaced by the Maju Army, the rest of the library was in perfect condition, as were the books. Behemoth silently strode through, along with his highest ranking men.

"Colonel Okko Vainaru, order your 2nd Division to prepare and open an Eternal portal within this Library, such that His Excellency Kira may have easier access to these treasures."

"Yes, Sir Behemoth!"

"Brigadier Eyre San Kyre, order your 9th Division to set up another Eternal portal at another location of the Library, preferably one close to the first portal. Open it to Ateulla."

"Yes, Sir Behemoth!"

With that, the two rushed off and set about their task. With them gone, Behemoth turned to Kizaru, who had changed his mind earlier and followed him down into the Library (Kuek had gone on to exterminate more Maju Army personnel elsewhere).

"Now, Master Kizaru", said Behemoth, looking downwards at the Tenshi (for he was almost double Kizaru's height), what are these orbs that you are telling me about earlier on?" Kizaru shuffled around in his pocket, before withdrawing the two blood droplets that Jahvi had given to him earlier on, in the Hotel. Taking them through telekinesis, Behemoth inspected the two, before leading Kizaru to a section of the Library labelled with a Thallasserian alphabet. He walked down the aisle, before withdrawing a book, bringing it to a table, and putting it down.

"The Nepharites art an anciente race of arch dæmons", read Behemoth, translating the Thallasserian dialect for the benefit of the Tenshi, but not modernising the English. Kizaru was, in fact, able to read Thallasserian; out of courtesy, however, he allowed Behemoth to continue reading it.

"Their blood is of a horrendous, toxic nature, able to corrupt the nature of mortals who partake of its essence." Here, the manuscript showed a diagram detailing what looked like a horrific transfiguration of a man into a gruesome, tentacled monster covered in eyes, suckers, teeth, and genitalia; upon further inspection, however, that horrible diagram was a part of the next entry, meaning that the entry on Nepharites was just two sentences long, and in an ancient dialect of a language that was very much dead.

"That's all…"

Næpharíður glæmdang Ézhe móritázan guDajemúun sûlárno kesudá. Blæd tik flegefargúr Stréche cémonússakí cáyjtæma Motarúa exxmúré Itéza vflarûûgum Tmjël Ææa.

Kizaru bent over the book, inspecting the ancient script penned so carefully onto the pages.

"I need to know what these things aaaaaare…" he said to himself, as Behemoth slowly walked away, leaving the blood droplets on the table.

…

[Charmera]

Kyuubi

Kyuubi could tell the woman had some skill in interrogation, however Kyuubi was the best Diplomat existence had to offer, so she knew how to handle such a situation. She just had to be careful. "Chasing? No one said anything about chasing it, but whether real or not, it is worth investigating, and from what i have gathered, there IS some truth to the tale. We can worry about who guards it when we cross that bridge. First we'll get this amulet, then we'll investigate Naegling. I might be able to dig up information on it along the way. Like i said, we can always just ask a Bard." Her argument was both reasonable and agreeable. She had made it so that if Sarah continued with her objections, it would make Sarah look suspicious. Kyuubi after all, could negotiate even with the nonnegotiable. she could pry info and secrets even from the most stubborn, secretive, and cleverest of foes. And usually she didn't even have to use force, in fact she rarely ever did....

Cyrssa

"If we bump up the suppression field, the quantum flex will destablize, not only will that make the whole thing useless, it could backlash and obliterate everything in a ten-mile radius, and i for one do not want to blast not only my house but half of my hometown to smithereens." she whispered back. "If i am who you think i am, then that won't work at all." a voice suddenly said from behind her. Cyrssa jumped in surprise. The woman from before was right behind them, she had such a sweet voice and an innocent tone and face. "What? Whoa! Don't do that! and what do you mean 'If you are who we think you are'?" she asked, confused. "Oh nothing i guess, i just thought someone would realize sooner, but Alzis darling here can tell you who am i. Say it nicely, you know what the consequences will be if you don't."

Cyrssa wasn't sure how she did it, but this woman managed to make a sweet and innocent tone sound terrifying, yet a little adorable at the same time. Cyrssa didn't know what she meant, but She drew her gun just in case. "That won't help a smidge, my dear." the woman said with a sweet smile.

Fauna

Fauna went outside and walked over to Crowe. Wasp was still passed out, unconscious. "Look, i think we might need to leave..." she said, her voice shaking. Crowe looked at her and Alice in confusion. "Wait why? Aren't you going to introduce me to the stunning beauty standing next to you first?" He gave alice a bow, his charm showing as always, "I am Crowe, Crowe the Bard, milady. And you are?" he asked with a gentle smile. Fauna got angry. "There is no time for that! SHE'S here. The King! I don't know what she wants, but we should leave as soon as we--" Crowe interrupted her, "Oh? she is? why didn't you tell me? Excuse me ladies, but there is a certian mistress that awaits me!" he said, dashing off into the house with a smirk. Fauna sighed with exasperation, shaking her head. Why did she even bother with him?

Altyrnia

"Hello my angel of desi--" Crowe began to say as he barged in. "No." She responded in a sweet tone and a frying pan then suddenly flew from the kitchen and smacked Crowe across the head, knocking him out cold. She wasn't in any mood to be flirted by a lower being such as him. She turned to others, "I don't think there is any objection to that, am i right?" She smiled.

Jason

Jason wasn't sure what to make of the man who barged in only to be knocked out cold by a sudden flying frying pan. What he did know was that Alyssa was acting weird. And what was weirder, he could no longer sense her with the Calm. "Alyssa, what is going on?" he asked, drawing his blade. he didn't know much about this strange woman, but he would fight if he needed to.

Aruvia was near Jason, and she frowned slightly. She was reminded of her suspicions over a day ago as she remembered back to what she thought. What was more concerning was Jason's lack of understanding of the situation. He had never asked that in all the time that the Dragon had known him,and had never been caught off guard. Violet and Jade were confused, and Aura simply had nothing to add.

"Our quest has become more... difficult. Already the task before us was somewhat complex..." Remarked the Dragon, staying focused on the task at hand. She pointed to a map she had. "Before the combination of the universes, the area around where we were to head was a mild yellow in terms of magical saturation. However... with this alteration... the instability may have increases tenfold around this planet alone..."

Violet nodded. "I would also be careful about that blade, Jason. If in a red zone, anything that destroys magic causes a flux which means the magic rushes into the place where there was none, causing a magical implosion which could have... problematic consequences."

[Contamenesia]

Kyuubi

Kyuubi saw as another being made contact with Sarah within her thoughts. she did not know what they were saying, but she could see it happening. She saw the energy of everything, and thus could see not only Hastur's influence but also could see the trail that led all the way back to where he was, in the Drakesing Multiverse. Though it didn't matter really. The Drakesing Multiverse and its whereabouts was no secret to the Ahmarhan. There were no secrets that could be kept from the Ahmarhan. Despite seeing and being fully aware of Hastur's influence within Sarah, Kyuubi pretended not to notice at all, giving no hints, subtle or otherwise, that she knew. "Well, let's start the search for Gabriel, i'm sure one of the Tenshi could point us to his general location, though i doubt they know his exact whereabouts." she said, pointing out the next logical step to achieve their plans.

Altyrnia

"It's mid-afternoon. When you fuse two realms of different time zones together, they meet in the middle. Quantum Folding basics, really. But now to business." She said, her voice still sweet and gentle. "Now that i have brought you all together, i came to let you know that HE will be awakening soon. Time is relative, what is a years time here can be but days elsewhere. but he will awaken soon. Everything you have been doing has been going as i planned. even Adwith and Elizabeth meeting you Cyrssa, all of it has been planned. You all a part of little pet project i came up with out of boredom, and with these two realms fused, you now will have some distance from HIM when he awakens, so you wont be erased immediately." She smiled. she looked at Tessy and Elizabeth, "Tessy is a much better match for you than that other girl ever was, don't you agree?" she asked Elizabeth, referencing her previous lover. "Same could be said to you, Elitessia Alura Inuu." She said to Tessy. She turned to Alzis. "I really wouldn't get invested in Maju's empire, deary, it will all be gone soon. HE will erase it all, i'm afraid."

She then turned to Dennis, " Heed only this: 'Beware the Accidental Thief. He's usually the one that kills you. Not every you, but in most timelines, it is he that kills you. Though its humorous that its not even on purpose on his part." She then turned to the remaining others, "The Four know to keep far away from him. Event they don't wish to wiped from existence. Plus if they were wiped away, all of existence would destabilize, and that would be such a bother...." she said, winking at Aruvia.

Jason

"It isn't a problem, all i have to do is nullify all ambient magic within the area, then poof, no problem. Plus from what the Calm tells me, the magic here has been stabilized somehow, whatever world that we've been brought to has stabilized it." he said, not taking his eyes off of Alyssa. He frowned, "So your the King of the guy who swatted me through ten bedrooms and a tree? I thought Kings were male...." he said rather bluntly, but then again, Jason was never the type to beat around the bush about anything. Alyssa chuckled, "How short sighted of you, King is a title, it is not gender restrictive, but Men would love for you to believe otherwise." She said smiling, she walked towards Jason. "Ah, how adorable, you really are as handsome as the rumors say. Thrust away from your family with no idea how to return home. Now you are surrounded by magic, what will you do? Slay them, mortals and goddesses a like, as you did with your own father?" Jason bit his lip, this woman knew things she couldn't possibly have known, yet he didn't like what she was implying. "I'm not here to kill anyone. I just want to get home to my wife and daughter." She simply smiled, "Well it was fun talking to you, but i have to go now, buh-bye!" she said with a wink to all of them, and then she vanished. Jason kept his sword out, he still wasn't sure what to make about this situation.

Gabriel

Gabriel warped to the next realm, crashing into a solid force-field of a magical nature. he was unharmed, and jumped out of the now ruined vehicle. Below him was a group of people, several of which where either head deep into the ground or held in place by leg-crushing rocks. there was an upside down helicopter behind them. The only people that weren't trapped where two women and a man, one of the women seemed to be holding the other two off, in a non-aggressive sort of way. "HELLO!" he called down to them. "NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT HIYA!!" he jumped down from the reckage, it was obvious the sudden crash had startled them. "Name's Gabriel, Gabriel Weston. Is there a problem here?" he said with an eccentric, but friendly smile.

???

To be completely honest, the absolute last thing she was expecting was for a ship to appear from nowhere and crash violently into the magical barrier she had erected around the village. Even stranger when an odd man hopped out, completely uninjured and introduced himself as Gabriel Weston. This man was obviously a bit strange, but at least this man seemed friendly, unlike the others. She gave him a curious look, but then turned back to the others, to see how they would react.

Wolf

Wolf appeared inside the village, next to Svaboda, completely armored. "Interesting. You seem to be the center of quite a commotion," he said in an emotionless voice. "But you don't really know the value of what you have found, do you?" he asked, folding his arms.

[Kaidou]

Lobby 442

Before either Father Christmas or Law could say anything else, the sound of a crowd's horrified screaming floated through the jungle lobby; first softly, then louder, until it became as deafening as if it were just nearby. Indeed, it was; a platoon of Maju soldiers, all of whom were battle damaged in one way or another, were running down the corridor towards the jungle Lobby, as if trying to escape from something.

"Whatever's chasing them", said Law, as he stood up by pushing himself out of his cross legged sitting position with the sides of his feet, "it's headed straight for us."

Father Christmas raised his Eternal Sceptre, charged it with electricity, and slashed across the air, sending a shockwave through the air that knocked the vast majority of the Maju troops over. The ones who remained were dispatched by Law's deceptively slow Eight Trigram Palm. In less than a minute, all 30 of the Maju soldiers lay dead or stunned on the floor.

"Now, to see what was chasing them."

From behind the blind spot of the Hotel's corridor came a familiar figure.

" 'Nibelung' Iuzun", muttered Law, as the stunted Alvaranian slowly walked over to where he and Father Christmas stood, "you lot are really on the move now, aren't you?"

Iuzun shrugged.

"I have a new assignment from Nu", he said. "Hand over Steiner Sveinlaugsson now."

"Hell no", said Father Christmas, grinning menacingly and drawing Famine from its sheath.

"So it would appear that the interests of Ludwig are conflicting with the interests of Nu", said Iuzun coldly. In a flash, he leapt into the air and pounced at the Pool, but was kicked aside by Law, who promptly spun about and adopted the Eight Trigram Palm stance as Iuzun crashed to the ground on his back. The Alvaranian leapt to his feet, however, raising his right hand in a claw and producing wisps of dark energy that gradually spread from his hand into the surroundings.

"I would challenge you to a duel under normal circumstances, Master Law", said Iuzun coldly, "but I have an assignment to complete. Remove yourself from my path, or I shall end you."

"Kyeh", smirked Law, cocking his head.

"If that's the case", added Father Christmas, spinning Famine around furiously, "then prepare to have the battle of your life."

…

---

Dimension 1,105
Isshou

Crossing his legs, Master Lam took a sip from his glass. How the little Japanese restaurant wasn't suffering from a tea shortage already, nobody knew.

"Finding him is one thing", he said, scratching his moustache unconsciously, "catching him is another. I've heard stories about Mr Weston, and from what I hear, he's the luckiest little upstart in the whole Multiverse."

"Kizaru could catch him", chirped Mera, "but I doubt he'd be interested in this whole fiasco. Last time I received a telepathic message from him, he mentioned some strange blood orbs that he's investigating; we'd have to convince him to put that aside for a moment. X might also have a chance at trapping the guy with his Room power, but he's not in really great shape now."

Felix sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"I vaguely remember something about this man", he said to Kyuubi, "something about a master thief who's unaware of his own talent, or something along those lines. That could be a double edged sword; it's a risk I'm willing to take."

…

[Novia Soviet Socialist Republic]

Fanatic

Fanatic nearly jumped out of his skin when a ship warped into the area and smashed head first into the village shield. The shield flickered for a few seconds and Fanatic watched in anticipation for the shield to collapse. Sadly, nothing happened. That's when a man crawled out of the wreckage "Ai blyat. Another mudak" The masked man grumbled before turning back to look at Chieften and the golem.

Chieften

Chieften laughed "Oh goody, more friends!" She said in a clearly insincere way with a devilish grin on her face "I mean two is company but this is a party now!" She sighed but maintained a smile before looking at Fanatic "Aw poor little baby, isn't it all just unfair?" She yelled over to Fanatic, doing an exaggerated pouting face before sticking her tongue out at him "Suck it up you cry baby, at least you aren't stuck in the mud!" She growled over at him.

Svaboda

A Monolith cultist walked over to Svaboda and handed him a cup of tea "Here is your tea, oh Monolith" The cultist said in a monotone, emotionless manner. Svaboda took the tea and looked over the balcony. He took a sip and was about to swallow when Wolf appeared next to him and spoke causing him to spit tea out in front of him. Taking a deep breath he turned to Wolf, several cultists raising their weapons and pointing at Wolf "Stand down!" He yelled towards the Cultists, who lowered their weapons "You trying to give me a heart attack?" He sighed, this of course being a figure of speech considering Svaboda was a construct of solid Noosphere matter and thus did not have a heart "This golem is probably the most valuable thing here. Do you know how hard it is to keep those two off my ass?" He asked rhetorically.

[Naval Monte]

Leviathan

Leviathan was surprised to see one of the grand masters appear, yet the silver mask on her face hid her surprise and she was thankful for it. The helmet of Lady Leviathan's armor resembles that of a snake from her native world with her face being visible inside the mouth, yet instead of seeing her face most say the image of a Muum woman, her eyes closed as though it was asleep, thankfully the eyes were made of a very tough crystal-like material that was transparent so she can see through them.

Most of her armor was covered in runic engraving and scale like patterns, the hips and shoulders have fin like spikes on them and her cape even resemble twin fin-like wings. Her arms like Ziz were prosthesis but instead of wings they were metal tendrils with serpent heads at the end. There was a long, flexible, metal tail from behind as well. Once the initial shock wore off she gave the grandmaster an authoritative and stern response.

"Our mission is to prevent Alzis and his ilk from stepping foot inside the ruins. These ruins are a holy site and his kind should not be the first outsiders to enter them." the female general said, knowing that telling the truth is the best method when dealing with a grandmaster who isn't here to fight against you. "If you worry about the natives I have orders from Sol Kira himself to leave the natives for now, he believes that the natives may be useful in cracking some of the mysterious surrounding the ruins." This one Leviathan was telling the truth, Sol ordered her not to try and forcibly convert the natives.

The reason for this is because both of them know that these ruins are linked to a vast truth within their religion and these Nisibisis seem to have a strange and strong tie with them if some of their members visit them during astral journeys. They suspect that like their own faith, the faith practiced by the natives may contain some bits of truth that would be lost should they try to destroy it now.

From above a powerful gust of wind can be heard, along with men and women screaming as soon several of them can be seen flying down. Gunshots were soon follow along with the sound of plasma weapons, the laser weapons were soundless. They even heard swords and lightsabers clashing. "That was sister Ziz, I must get to her at once." Leviathan ordered her troops to increase the speed of their climb to assist general Ziz and her knights.

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...

Tandem and Alzis understood the explanation offered by Altyrnia while Elizabeth wonder what sort of drugs the king takes and would have ask if she was willing to share some of them with her but Tessy still had her hand covering Elizabeth's mouth. When the Altyrnia mention on he being awaken most had no idea what the hell she was talking about, but the two women soon began to think on why an Ahmarhan would warn them on a being awaken.

Elizabeth of course hated the claim that her meeting was planned by someone, a person who was a god yet above them, made her blood boiled in rage. Alzis can sense Elizabeth rage seething and would admit that Tessy keeping the mage's mouth shut is a very smart idea. Once she mention that she fused the realms to give them distance so they would be erased immediately Elizabeth and Alzis knew what she was talking about. "That fucker that pretty much made your organization exist? Shouldn't you wankers sedate him before he wakes up and make you all look bloody terrible on your job." Elizabeth manage to say, breaking free from Tessy's hold.

Tessy was now scared that Altyrnia was going to harm Elizabeth for calling out her organization. The two of them then heard the king so that each one of them were better matches than the previous lovers, both felt that the woman made slight insults towards their previous lovers but were mostly confused on how to feel about her supporting their relationship. "Thanks... I Think..." the two of them said, confusion evident in their tones.

Alzis eye's narrowed when she mention about giving up on claiming Maju's empire. "I'm only interested on gathering a few things that fool couldn't understand, like the secrets belonging to a certain lost race of gods, otherwise I have no care for some of the other planets save for a few resources in them. You speak like I can give up so easily, unfortunately the other Rokuō aren't going to let me quiet so easily. Especially men like Haikarakainen and Sol Kira will still hunt me down even if I stop now. I will take your advice and take what I want and flee as far away." Alzis said, sending the news to her other bodies.

As the king told Dennis of the thief that will kill him, which Elizabeth commented on how it really sucks to be Dennis now, the occultist turn back to Tessy. "Elitessia?" she question, Tessy sighed. "Elitessia Alura Inuu is my full name, I shorten it to Tessy because it's much easier." Tessy explained. "Let's just forget that my full name was said alright." Elizabeth gave Tessy a smile as she closed her eyes. "Sure thing Elitessia dear." the occultist said chuckling. Tessy was thinking of a way to get back at Elizabeth for that but for now found nothing. Tessy soon found Elizabeth's face close to hers. "You know if you are going to cover my mouth for that long at least use this over your hand." Elizabeth than kissed Tessy on the lips, not caring if anyone was seeing them.

The two stayed like that for a few minutes until Saya made a few loud fake coughs to remind them that they were not alone. Elizabeth pulled back, giving Tessy her usual mischievous grin. Before any of the two can say anything they were drawn back to what Altyrnia was talking about, hearing her talk to both the dragon and Jason before she left. "Thank god she is gone." she turn to Jason. "If you flew through ten bedrooms and a tree how the hell are you still alive? Are you Kryptonian?"

With the Moon Sisters they were glad that the king was gone. "Cancel our funeral arrangements friend, we are still alive!" the telepathically send to the other tenshis. They also explained that they will wait until Elizabeth's powers return and at the meantime they will find more. Getting up they turn to the group. "While her message of this... Him, is dire, we also have other news to share with you all." they said to the new group. The sisters explained to them what is going on with the war of the Rokuō and the plan to get a jewel from an undefeatable vermin. "We got Ashwood and Inuu's confirmation on joining this quest and we were wondering if any of you would like to join as well?"

[Kaidou]

Nisibisi

"If that's the case", said Wong, "then I shan't delay you any further than is necessary. Go ahead with whatever it is that you have to do; I shall do the same." With that, he lowered the brim if his straw hat enough to cover his eyes, before spinning his bamboo pole about briefly and going back down the mountain. A few of the Fates soldiers attempted to charge at him, but were promptly dispatched by Wong's powerful bamboo staff, which he spun about continuously and artfully.

"So it would seem that the Fates are also interested in plundering the religious goods here", he said to himself, as he whirled around and sliced down the mercenaries with little difficulty. "I wonder what Alzis is trying to do now..."

Just as he reached the bottom, however, a loud, masculine voice screamed.

"Stop!"

Wong raised his head and looked out at the man from under the brim of his straw hat.

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Dimension 29
Pral Shri

As Leung prepared to open a portal to somewhere else, a portal from the Hotel opened up right before his eyes, before a messenger stepped through, brandishing a letter in his hand.

"Master Leung", he said, "Ludwig the Phoenix sends you a message."

Leung took the letter and opened it, reading its contents silently.

"So it would appear that the situation is much more dire than I imagined", he said, his voice trailing off. "If that's the case, contact Sol Kira and Ludwig. Tell them that I will be holding a forum such that the three Light Rokuō may come together and discuss our plan for restoring the Balance of the Rokuō, as well as to address the issue of this new power that is rising."

--

Both Wilhelmus and Higashi sat at the top of the skyscraper, neither one saying anything to the other as the old man with the medicines tended to their wounds. Wilhelmus, however, eventually opened his mouth and spoke to Higashi.

"How do you suggest we weaken the IGSE?"

"Yes", said Higashi. "However, it will not be easy; in my opinion, our best option is to go after the head, cut it off and leave the rest of the body in disarray. My proposition, hence, is to assassinate Grand Commander Nu."

"That sounds like a plan; they have, however, fortified the former Ice Corps base; it's now an impenetrable fortress."

"No worries; link me up with Father Christmas. I shall acquire the services of professional shinobi to infiltrate the base and take out Nu. She is nothing but a brain in a tank now; it can be done."

....

Ah, that's good news. We're awaiting your return; however, from the looks of it, Master Leung is busy with other things, so our crew will be down to nine members as of now. Hopefully, we can find other people to come along with us...

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Numenera

A portal tore open in the air as the entire army of the Behemoth Division marched over, the front lines charging at the soldiers of the Fates there. Behemoth, too, went across, drawing a sword telekinetically, before charging into the battlefield, trampling over the shorter Fates soldiers and slicing the heads off of the taller ones.

As he fought his way through the battlefield that was crawling with men (all fighting), he caught sight of the Chancellor of the Knights of St. Luminia, further down in the battlefield, also fighting off the soldiers of the Fates.

"My Lord!" called out Behemoth, "I bear a message from Ludwig the Phoenix! He gathers the Light Rokuō and calls them to the Forbidden Lobby!"

With that, he ordered his shock soldiers to go forward, awaiting his Lord's reply.

[Kaidou]

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A Great Clash! Iuzun VS St. Nicholas and Master Law Hon Chung
大決鬥! 尤尊 VS 聖尼古拉和羅漢忠師傅
大激突! ユーズン VS 聖人のニコラスそして羅漢忠(ロー ● ホン ● チョン)先生
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For a few seconds, all three of the combatants simply sized each other up. It was Father Christmas who made the first move by leaping off his rock, disappearing, and suddenly showing himself in front of Iuzun, bringing his sabre down over the stunted Alvaranian's head. Iuzun, being just slightly more than half of Father Christmas' height, had to raise his armoured arm all the way up in order to block the powerful strike from Famine. The moment the blade struck the side of Iuzun's thick arm guard, a loud cracking sound rang through the entire lobby, along with a shower of sparks from the point of impact.

Before Father Christmas could react, the Alvaranian reached towards the old Tenshi's abdomen, before landing a punch there, a punch that was enhanced by trails and coils of the dark energy that he was able to artificially produce through his armour (as compared to Maju using magic and Klingsor using dark willpower essence). Father Christmas dropped his sabre, reeling back slightly and coughing out a bit of blood; otherwise, he was unharmed. The Alvaranian reached down and seized the sword, only to be struck in the good arm by one of Law's slow yet powerful chops. He, however, held on to the blade.

"You're not going to get away with what you did to X and Hayashi", snarled Father Christmas as he drew Pestilence from its sheath, whirling it around and stepping in front of Law, locking his other sabre with Famine, causing a horrible screeching noise. Iuzun struggled to hold himself against the weight of the old Tenshi, or so it seemed.

It was apparently an act, for just that moment, the Alvaranian leapt up, propelling himself off Father Christmas' knees, and landing a few paces away from both Law and the Tenshi, the latter of which reeled backwards and landed on the floor in a sitting position. As Iuzun attempted to charge towards Father Christmas, however, he felt his sword arm (i.e. the one without the armour) being grabbed by a vice-like hand.

Before he could react, Law had pushed himself upwards, before locking his two legs around both of Iuzun's knees and seizing his face with his free arm, tightening his grip on the sides of the Alvaranian's head. Iuzun screamed, before jumping in the air, dislodging Law from his body through a series of furious kicks, and landing back on the ground, with Law landing just in front of him, coiling his knees into a twisted position on the ground and raising his hands in a Baguazhang stance.

"Hrmph", snorted Iuzun, as both sides sized each other up once again.

Without hesitation, the Alvaranian mercenary hurled Famine at Father Christmas. The Tenshi was able to deflect the blade, but, in the process, lost his other one too; both swords flew across the lobby and landed in vegetation. A split second later, he clutched his sword wrist and moaned in pain.

Law, in the meantime, slowly whirled about from his position, before entering a half squatting stance, his open palms still pointed at Iuzun, who began to charge up the dark energy in his mechanical arm. For a moment, the two stood there, before Iuzun leapt, striking at Law, who blocked the punch with a Haki-coated palm. A vicious crackling rang throughout the room, and both of them reeled backwards.

"This is getting nowhere."

With a vicious leap upwards, Iuzun grabbed the air, compressing it with his dark energy (at least, that was what it looked like), and landing back on the ground, sending a wave of ice surging through the carpet, through the grass, and around Law, turning the Grandmaster into an ice statue. There he stood, in the Eight Trigram Palm stance, still very much alive, but frozen solid.

"Now for you, Father Christmas."

As Iuzun slowly walked towards the old Tenshi, he struggled to his feet, before taking out his Eternal Sceptre and whirling it about, before pointing it at the Alvaranian.

"Don't come one step closer", he snarled, albeit somewhat shakily. "X is under my custody. You will not take him."

"That remains to be seen", replied Iuzun coldly.

The Tenshi roared, charged at the mercenary, and swept his legs from under him, before kneeing him from behind and sending him flying into the air. Without waiting, he leapt up after Iuzun, before striking the Alvaranian viciously on the chest. A horrific cracking sound splattered through the room momentarily, before the Alvaranian coughed out a gruesome amount of blood and landed on the floor in a cross shape. The enraged Father Christmas poised himself in midair, so as to crush Iuzun's head with his steel capped boot the moment he landed back on the floor, before opening a portal underneath himself to make himself travel towards Iuzun faster.

As soon as he landed, however, Father Christmas realised that he hadn't crushed Iuzun's head, as he had intended; much to his horror, the Alvaranian was using his metal and Kevlar-clad right hand to block him; the powerful appendage was tightly clamped around Father Christmas' foot. Before the Tenshi could react, he was thrown aside with acute force, causing him to crash through the grass and land in a pool headfirst (not the one in which X lay, still sleeping).

Slowly, Iuzun got up, and prowled heavily towards the pool in which Steiner lay in. For a moment, he stopped, clutching his chest as a cracking sound came from his body, a trickle of blood dribbling from his mouth. He regained his composure, however, and continued his tottery advance towards the pool.

That same moment, Father Christmas climbed out of the pool groggily, his head and his nose bleeding, his hand clasping the Eternal Sceptre backhand. He attempted to fire a bolt of electricity at Iuzun, but found his Sceptre thrown aside by a burst of dark energy. It struck the waterfall, before being hurled away and thrown into the pool.

"You'll be sorry you faced me", snarled the bounty hunter, as he leapt forward (despite the injury to his ribcage), grabbing Father Christmas by the neck (he stood on the rocks so he could reach that high), and threw the Tenshi out of the pool, causing him to hit his head against a rock. Without waiting, he leapt over and sat cross legged on Father Christmas, ripping his clothes open and placing one of his boots into the old Tenshi's mouth, before raising his armoured arm and charging up an orb of black energy. As Father Christmas breathed heavily, almost as if resigned to his death, a buzzing sound was heard.

"Room."

That moment, Father Christmas, Iuzun, and Law's ice statue were surrounded by a blue sphere. Before anyone could do anything, Father Christmas was suddenly teleported away, with a palm tree thrown underneath Iuzun in place of the Tenshi, who had been moved to one side, away from the bounty hunter (but still badly hurt, nonetheless). As Iuzun whirled around, attempting to strike back, X appeared in front of the Alvaranian, before stabbing him in the arm with two fingers, causing a steady trickle of Alvaranian blood to seep through the sleeve of the yukata.

"So you've finally decided to awaken from your slumber, Steiner Sveinlaugsson", remarked Iuzun tersely.

"I'm not going to lie about and be a burden to my friends while you terrorise them", replied Steiner.

Before he could do anything else, however, the Room suddenly disappeared, having been absorbed by Iuzun's dark energy. Steiner attempted to fight back, but was kicked in the abdomen by the mercenary, causing him to double over in pain.

"Don't worry too much", said Iuzun to Steiner, "I'm not going to kill you. I have orders to bring you to Nu in one piece. However…"

As X lay on the ground, clutching his stomach and moaning in pain, Iuzun slowly walked over to where Father Christmas lay (clutching his chest again, as another cracking sound emerged), and stood over the barely conscious Tenshi, who lay supine on the ground, his hand on his forehead, trying to alleviate the pain as blood trickled onto the grass.

Without saying a word, Iuzun withdrew a revolver from inside his yukata, before emptying the entire cylinder into Father Christmas' body. The old Tenshi screamed in agony, clutching his chest with his other hand, and rolled about on the floor in pain.

"You won't die yet", gurgled Iuzun, his crushed ribs clearly taking a toll on his body, as more blood frothed out of his mouth and his split lower lip, "but by my calculations, you've got about 9 minutes and 34 seconds. Milliseconds, I won't bother to… urkh… count, but I believe it should be more than enough time for you to ruminate on your shortcomings for one last time.

"Don't worry about Law; he should thaw out in about 15 minutes; by that time, he should be able to appreciate the beautiful sight of your corpse."

With that, Iuzun seized the Eternal Sceptre and the Eternal Scales telekinetically, before knocking Steiner unconscious and dragging him across a portal onto a landing dock, where a Kiriumbau-class frigate awaited him.

…

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…

… somebody… please… help me… i feel my life force being slowly sapped from my body… even if you can't save me, please come… i… i… i…

[Naval Monte]

Nisibisi

Once Won made his departure it didn't take long for Leviathan and her knights to react the base of the platform. Leviathan use her telekinetic powers to press a button on her spear and the bottom part of it open to reveal a crystal. Muttering a small prayer a glowing glyph appeared below her, soon she jumped and the power of the glyph amplified her jump to allow her to soar high into the air and eventually land on the platform.

Once Leviathan was on solid ground she saw Ziz flying about dodging plasma bolts fired from enemy soldiers, the general saw some people hiding inside the ships and she guessed they were not fighters. Soon Leviathan's spear changed into a spear like rifle with the spear head acting as a bayonet and she began to fire glowing crystal projectiles at the soldiers. The crystals flew and some changed their trajectory to make sure they hit their targets, the crystals went through their armor easily.

As some changed their sights towards the new general those that did soon found black and gold metal feathers being fired at them. Ziz landed down and the feathers flew back to her and formed her wings. "I greatly appreciate your timely arrival sister Leviathan." the grateful general said, taking out her blades of mercy and beginning to slice through a few soldiers that chose to attack her up close.

"Your welcome dear sister, as knights have to keep each other safe like we're family after all." Leviathan said as she changed the rifle back to a spear and began to dispatch the soldiers in a fighting style that resembles that of a dance. With each elegant sweep and slash from her spear Leviathan was able to deflect bullets fired from her while slicing through her opponents, dodging the plasma bolts. Ziz on the other hands used her feathers to block most attacks and quickly counter attack with the blades of mercy that were speeding through the battle and slashing at anyone who got near them.

Soon from the ships several Nisibisi warriors rushed out with the few shamans and mystics staying inside the ships to prepare their ancient magic on the generals. The two general found the Nisisbisi warriors to be much harder due to their greater strength, stamina, speed and endurance. Each time they were cut by their blades they ignored it and kept on attacking, their agility and reflexes made it that they were able to counteract and defend from most of their attacks and their quicker thinking meant they were able to concentrate on the battle while making quick plans. In short if they weren't Nisibisis the two general would have want them to join their ranks, but for now all they can do is both respect and curse their enemies.

The battle between the two general and Nisibisi kept on while the few soldiers were being taken care by the knights, a few going inside the ruins.

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Sol Kira

In the last castle own my the now dying Lacyrima empire the forces of Sol Kira have used a battery ram to break through the gates, charging through and slaughtering all of the men and women who made up the fighting force of the castle. "Keep it my brothers and sisters. Make sure that not a single one of them is left standing!" Sol shouted as he rode on a four legged mechanical beast that some kingdoms use as horses in Numenera.

The battle within the castle as seen the knights easily taking out most close range combative with arches and Fate mercenaries with guns being their true enemies, many knights falling down dead from the long range combative. Yet the clerics and mystics of the knights were able to counter them with their sorcery and miracles, arrows of magic energy and orbs of light fired along with arrows and bullets.

Down on the ground thirty dead knights from Sol Kira surround a large man wearing armor, he had a bulbous helmet, twin flags on his back that acted as wings and a large battle axe. "Bazuso, the manslayer." one of the knights said, knowing the legend surround this particular knight. "So you are the outsider knights that have been causing trouble. You're all a bunch of jokers. How the hell can a bunch of no arm faggots like you insects can be a threat? No matter, you all will taste my axe soon." the man said chuckling.

The knights closest to Bazuso were getting ready to charge when they saw Sol coming by, getting off his steed. "Your Excellency, we will deal with Bazuso. You focus on winning this battle." Sol heard what his knight said but chose to ignore it, walking closer to the knight. "So you're their leader eh? You got some balls stepping out your royal highest. Cutting your head off will be the greatest day of me li-..." before the tall axemen can finish Sol took out his sword and charge.

Bazuso used his axe as a shield and Sol's blade made contact with the metal shaft, the sounds of the two metals contacting rang throughout the battlefield. Sol kept on attacking with Bazuso was force on the defense as he kept moving the shaft of his axe to block all of Sol's slashes, moving back as Sol moved forward. Finally getting sick of being pushed back and playing defensively Bazuso swung his axe with Sol swing his sword to meet the axe, a faint violet glow surrounding the blade. The moment the two blades met the Moonlight Sword cut through the metal of the axe and upon seeing this Bazuso pulled his axe back.

Enraged that his trusty axe was damaged Bazuso swung towards Sol's head while Sol swung towards Bazuso's side. Sol's knights called out his name when the ax made contact with his helmet, many worried that they were witnessing the death of their leader. Yet both the ax and helmet broke but while Sol sustained a deep cut on his head he was still fine, Bazuso on the other hand was gushing out a spray of blood as the Holy Moonlight Blade cut through the armor and into his side. The tall armored giant fell and Sol raised the sword high, before Bazuso can beg for his life the sword cut right in the middle of his head, ending the life of Bazuso the manslayer.

Up on a watch tower Alzis and a few lords of the fates saw the battle, Alzis naturally was upset about how the battle ended but didn't care for the lost of the empire. "So what do we do now Alzis? Do we join in?" one of the lord's asked. "No. We got what we needed from this empire. Besides if they didn't destroy it we would have done it. prepare to leave the castle at once, our work here is done." In a few minutes every single fighter was dead leaving only the children and servants alive, none of the lords and royals were spared save for the children.

"Sol we have checked the archives, vaults and library of the castle. It would appear that The Fates have made off with the relics and grimoires during the battle." Sol was displeased to hear this but was not surprised, even in defeat Alzis always tries to find to lessen his opponent's victory. "For now focus on claiming whatever territory is left from this empire. If you need me I will be in the library." the knight agreed and left, Sol went into the library and was pleased to see that most of the books were still intact.

Finding the most comfortable chair he used his telekinetic powers and picked a random book, it was a book based on several fairy tales and legends of the world. "Might as well learn a bit of this world and it's culture even if said information is from its myths." with those words Sol began to read in peace.

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Kiveria

Commander Freyja was running through the blood and snow cover streets of the capitol building. The Kiveria empire was one of the backers of the IGSE, always supplying them with weapons in the exchange of weapons and vehicles to maintain their failing power. The tsar was a very unpopular figure by his own people, who not only wish to modernized but wanted a more democratic system in place, some even wanted an end to the tsar system entirely.

Yet all attempts of the tsar to quell the people's displeasure failed and he was forced to use his own military and the IGSE to violently stop any protests from happening, it was this action that allowed The Fates to appear as the saving grace to the people and cause half of the Tsar's military to betray him as they too wanted their country to improve. At first it was the usual fair of both The Fates and the IGSE fighting against each other while they allowed the natives to kill each other.

Yet after the first month both side began to realize that something was wrong. There were series of unexplained murders and cattle mutilations. at first both sides ignored it but as the crimes continued to grow both sides realized that something was off. Soon ritualistic murders began, each ones having individuals who done the crime babbling on about dark masters awaiting from beyond. It was The Fate's who became worried over the development, so much so that there were orders to leave the world.

Admittedly not everyone did so, most in fact stayed to fight but soon but their tune changed when civilians and soldiers alike began to disappear, around at this time sightings of strange creatures began. Now Freyja was running from a pack of strange biomechanical flea dog hybrids with long beaks for mouths, large spikes on their backs and drills in their mouths. She dodged the spikes fired at her, the drills getting louder as the dogs grew closer.

As she reach the town square she began to climb steps that lead up to a fountain. Before she can make it half way past the fountain she felt a spike stab her on the back, straggling on her feet and almost tripping. She can feel the neurotoxin forcing every muscle in her body to freeze and while she tried to fight it the toxin won and she fell down like a lifeless puppet. She can hear the drills and barking getting closer, she knew that these hounds are going to perform numerous vile things to her and she can't do a thing to stop them. As the dogs were now near her the down commander can hear the drills speeding up, she stopped breathing hoping to die of suffocation to make her suffering shorter.

Yet instead of feeling intense pain of drills plunging into her body Freyja heard the sound of blade cutting into flesh while scraping against metal, the dogs howling in pain and the drills stopping. For a while everything was quiet save her own breathing and another person, the person who saved her. Soon she heard the other person walked up to her and gently picked her up, holding her bridal style. Freyja can see that it was a man dressed in a crow theme armor with a broad greatsword on his back. The man didn't say anything as he carried Freyja across the snowy street.

Neither of them said anything, Freyja said nothing because the toxin prevented her from speaking and Crow was barely a talker to most people in the first place. For some reason Freyja felt safe on this man's arm. She dismissed the feeling as it being love on first sight because that was nothing more but fairytale and bad writing, but for some reason in the back of her mind she felt a fuzzy memory coming up, of a time in her youth which she rarely think about.

From the sky several orbs of lights can be seen. From the light bio mechanical monstrosities can be seen, some being more robotic than others. A few more were made of crystals while others made of stone, all of them had angelic and insect wings. These creatures were agents of the Archons, sent down to deal with the growing threat from their counterparts to make sure they don't become too powerful. The angels descended upon both demons and mortals, slaughtering them all. Yet during the carnage neither the crow themed stranger or Freyja can be found, the two of them now gone from the world.

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Moon Sisters

The Moon Sisters were trying to stay calm but after encountering the king and the constant reminder of the importance of their mission was eating away at their patience. The sisters made slight gust of wind appear in the room to get everyone's attention. "Right while we wait for Ashwood to get her powers back let us remind you all that there is currently a war out there on the Multiverse. One that is claiming lives as we speak and this jewel is one of the pieces on restoring balance." Selene said with Artmeis joining in.

"We are looking to see if any of you are willing on joining our quest and putting an end to this war." Elizabeth soon replied to them. "What about the kings words on all of this being meaningless once he is awake huh? Not to many people feel like helping others once they hear that everything is going to end." Hecate soon replied. "Most of us here don't even know who he is, so unless you feel like explaining to those who are not aware than we must focus on what is happening now." the older sister turn to Violet.

"As for your sister we can find her. We have the power to track people based on their life energy and since siblings share a fraction of each others energy we can find her much easier since all we have to do is follow an energy signature similar to yours." she explained. She can sense that this sister hunt was going to delay them significantly, as such they must end it now if they have any hopes on getting these new arrives into the quest.

Selene turn to the down Crowe and casted a simple spell to wake him up. At this point Alice walked through the door and saw Crowe down on the floor. "Yeah I'm not surprised on seeing this." she said with a deadpan tone.

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Alzis

In a new form of that of an Indian woman wearing a business suit, Alzis was inside one of many black colored helicopters flying under a jungle setting. This world is surprisingly is not a part of Maju's empire. Instead Alzis decided to try and claim universes and dimensions that no Rokuō has claims to. Now whether it was due to them missing the worlds or not finding them interesting it really doesn't matter to Alzis, all that she care is the fact that none of them will fight over this world.

One of the reasons Alzis came to this world was because of a strange magical spike that was detected in this world. Curious on about it when Alzis learned that no one was connected to this world it immediately decided that Alzis would be the first Rokuō to claim it. Yet now Alzis can sense that there are other powers in this world, some greater than the rest. "Go over there pilot." following her direction the pilot moved to where she pointed.

Down on the ground those on the crash site would soon see more helicopters arriving to their location, it would appear that the Golem will be having new company soon.

[Kaidou]

Numenera

Behind Sol Kira, a portal opened quietly, giving off a faint, elegant whirr, as Behemoth slowly stepped across and shut it off. Outside the castle, more of Behemoth's troops came through as well, taking up various positions on the planet.

"My Lord Kira", said Behemoth, bowing deeply, not waiting for his master to turn around. "I bring you a message from Ludwig the Phoenix; he summons the three Light Rokuō to the Forbidden Lobby, so as to discuss the dangers that are at hand." Still in his formal tone, Behemoth continued, "With all due respect, Lord, I hereby offer to take your place on Numenera, such that you may attend this conference if you wish." He awaited the Chancellor's reply.

Whether Kira intended to attend the meeting was another matter entirely.

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Lobby 442

"Father Christmas!"

Wilhelmus, being the only available Tenshi then, had leapt across to the jungle lobby the moment he heard Father Christmas' cry for help. As soon as he stepped over, he was greeted with the macabre sight that lay before him; Master Law frozen solid, St Nicholas lying on the ground with critical injuries, and X not in the pool.

"What happened???"

"It was Iuzun", groaned Father Christmas, as he extended his hand, as if reaching for Wilhelmus. That same moment, both Higashi and the traditional Chinese doctor came across from the same portal, looking at the sight that lay before them.

"Dr Poh!" called Wilhelmus, eliciting a response from the doctor, who rushed over instinctively, even before Wilhelmus had called. Clutching Father Christmas' hand and kneeling beside him, Wilhelmus continued to reassure his fellow Tenshi.

"Don't you worry, Nicholas. This is Dr Poh Teck Yeun; he's the finest doctors that the Grandmasters have to offer."

The thick white haired, clean shaven, bespectacled Dr Poh bent down beside Father Christmas, inspecting his badly injured body, before looking up at Wilhelmus. "I'm afraid the prognosis isn't so good", he said. "Though he's lived for an indefinite amount of time already, the bullets with which he has been shot are imbued with an evil life shortening spell; even with my treatment, his days are already numbered… I'm sorry."

That moment, Father Christmas reached out, grabbing Dr Poh's arm with his powerful hand and sitting up to look the old doctor in the eye.

"It's okay", he said determinedly. "I don't care if I am going to die; as long as I get to do it."

Dr Poh looked at Father Christmas with a slightly confused expression, as did Wilhelmus.

"Do what?" asked the other Tenshi.

"I want to pry the Ice Corps out of the cold, dead fingers of Harakiri Haikarakainen."

…

---

IGSE
Supreme Military Headquarters
Dimension 888,815

Iuzun's Kiriumbau-class frigate landed gracefully on the gigantic landing pad of the IGSE's military headquarters, a landing pad which was able to hold over 200 of such frigates. As the door of the frigate opened and let down a ramp automatically, the stunted Alvaranian limped out of the ship, his chest, left arm, and head wrapped in bloodied bandages, a square of gauze taped just over his blind eye.

Behind him came a black, metallic box with buttons and control panels all over its shiny surface. The box appeared to be hovering in the air and following Iuzun on its own.

Without any delay, the Alvaranian stormed off to the office of Nu, which was essentially an Intensive Care Unit ward that had been converted into a gigantic facility filled with gigantic memory bank machines, monitors with colourful, fluorescent lines screeching across and beeping occasionally, and, in the middle of everything, a small tank with a brain inside, floating in the viscous brown liquid while attached to a great number of wires and catheter tubes.

"Grand Commander", said Iuzun dryly, facing a small video camera that was just slightly below the tank that housed the brain (for the tank was on top of a tall pedestal), "my mission has been accomplished." With that, he reached for the box with his right hand, pressing a few buttons telekinetically. The metallic black colour faded away, before revealing the barely conscious figure of X inside.

The young Tenshi was still clad in his usual white pyjamas and socks, but he had been chained to the top of the box and forced into a kneeling position. Visible on his wrists were the crucifixion scars from his stint in Iuzun's torture dungeon on Gol Kol.

"Excellent", said Nu through her mechanical speakers. "Now leave us; head to the medical bay and seek treatment for your injuries. I will carry on from here."

Iuzun saluted lazily, before whirling around and exiting the room, heading straight for the medical bay. The moment he left, Nu closed the doors and locked them, for they were attached to the computer that was controlled by her brain. At the same moment, the security cameras in the room beeped, before turning off completely.

"Do you know why you're here, Steiner Sveinlaugsson?" asked Nu.

The white haired boy wearily lifted his head, looking up at Nu's video camera.

"No", he replied tersely and throatily.

The brain floated placidly in the tank as it had always done for the past decade or so. The robot arm holding the video camera, on the other hand, extended ever so slightly, moving closer to the transparent box in which X had been restrained.

"It is because I have a revelation for you."

X looked up weakly, trying his best to force a face of disgusted confusion. Ultimately, only Nu knew how that looked.

"Does the name Revik-Hyaakudzhu mean anything to you, Steiner?"

"That's Maju's name", replied X, who, even in this dire situation, still maintained his monotone and calculated, analytical, and minimalist choice of words. "It's the Tajiu clan that he belongs to. What's the fuss?"

"I, too, am from the Revik-Hyaakudzhu."

X raised his eyebrow. Despite maintaining his stoic and unimpressed appearance, his stomach was genuinely churning at Nu's shocking disclosure.

"So you are related to Maju?"

"I am his daughter. He did not know it, but I knew the truth all along. But that's not all…"

"What else is there to it?"

"Before my body was destroyed by the evil, I conceived, bore, and gave birth to the son of the bounty hunter Amrin Boisinal, one of the greatest bounty hunters who has a kill count of 44,261, second only to Iuzun. Amrin Boisinal, however, was captured and put to death by Behemoth of the Knights of St Luminia shortly afterwards, and was revealed to have formerly been a politician of Shyavva named Sveinlaug Magunsson.

"That son… is you! In other words, you are Maju's grandson!"

For a moment, the room remained silent, neither X nor Nu willing to reveal their emotions or thoughts too easily. Soon, however, the silence was broken by X, who spoke up.

"This story you've woven is highly coincidental and very much improbable, which leads me to believe that it's a lie; a very elaborate lie, spun by you for some hidden agenda."

"It is not a lie", replied Nu icily. "But I do have an agenda, one that is beyond even the IGSE and the Rokuō. One that will only bear fruit after this brain has been consumed by cancer, and my mind has been fully uploaded into these databanks."

X looked on at her, his face not betraying his emotions.

"Yes. The Rokuō shall fight each other till there is nothing left but destruction and death. Once that is done, the Clan of Revik-Hyaakudzhu will rise from the ashes of the Six Kings, and will dominate the Multiverse. And the one who will be at the top… is you, Steiner Sveinlaugsson Revik-Hyaakudzhu."

"Don't call me that", said X less monotonously than usual. "I have no desire to associate with the likes of Maju."

"You already are, by blood", came Nu's cooing reply, "and soon, you shall come to see the grand plan that I have in mind; a plan that will lead to the subjugation of every single King in this Multiverse."

…

[Naval Monte]

Numenera

Behind Sol Kira, a portal opened quietly, giving off a faint, elegant whirr, as Behemoth slowly stepped across and shut it off. Outside the castle, more of Behemoth's troops came through as well, taking up various positions on the planet.

"My Lord Kira", said Behemoth, bowing deeply, not waiting for his master to turn around. "I bring you a message from Ludwig the Phoenix; he summons the three Light Rokuō to the Forbidden Lobby, so as to discuss the dangers that are at hand." Still in his formal tone, Behemoth continued, "With all due respect, Lord, I hereby offer to take your place on Numenera, such that you may attend this conference if you wish." He awaited the Chancellor's reply.

Whether Kira intended to attend the meeting was another matter entirely.

Kira didn't react to Behemoth's sudden arrival, mainly because he sensed the portal was about to manifest before it did, the other reason is because he was in the final page of his book and he wants to finish it. Kira stopped to hear everything Behemoth told him, he didn't show any reaction after hearing everything that his general told him, he only read the last few lines in the book.

Once he was done with the book he closed the book and had it float back to it's place. "I'm surprised that old bird wants me in his meeting, we may not be enemies but we're not allies either." Kira finally said, going over on what is could make Ludwig want to have a meeting between the three light Rokuo. More importantly what sorts of dangers can be ahead other than the ones caused by the likes of The Fates and IGSE?

"You have the command of Numenera my friend. Don't mind the servants and children, there are the survivors on the enemies side. I couldn't find it in my heart to slay children and harming people who can't even fight would soil the honor of the order." Sol said, though he knew that Behemoth wouldn't be bothered by the survivors. "I should warn you now, The Fates still haven't appeared to us. Neither in the battlefield nor in the shadows. I suspect they are waiting for a moment of weakness on our end. In the meantime they are using the natives as proxies in their battles."

Sol was ferocious at Alzis's tactic of having the people of this world fight and die for his name instead of actually using his own people to do so like him and his order. "Whatever is left of Maju's army is now barracking itself in one of the ruins. I wouldn't worry too much about them, most of them are probably dead now. Those ruins are a hazard to anyone even if they are holy." Kira actually tried to get into the ruins after the battle, but the distortion of time and space made him take a step back and leave them be. "I'm still not ready to enter the sacred lands yet."

Sol turn to Behemoth. "Tell the knights that for now they will follow your orders. I also want you to bring in your own knights as reinforcements. I will tell you and the others what happens in this meeting." Sol created a portal and just as he was about to enter he said one last words to Behemoth. "Good luck old friend." with that, Sol Kira vanished from Numenera and enter the endless lobbies of the Hotel.

---

Universe 2104
Cocytus

Cocytus is a giant ice ball, really that's all it is, at least as far as general Logan is concern the world is worthless. Okay sure they need the water and maybe they can find some use for whatever lifeforms live under the ice caps, but Logan would rather by in another world than here. "Last time I bet against that fucking midget." the big hatted general was still angry for losing his bet against Iuzun and was now paying the price for it.

Logan was one of the few active sorcerers among the ranks of the IGSE along with being both competent scholar and general. As the massive laser drillers continue to cut through the thick ice Logan had to wonder why they couldn't use drones to be out here while he and his men can be inside the ship where it was nice and warm. "Right, because I took yet another bet and lost it." inside the frigate was yet another general who defeated Logan and as a result he and a few others that lost have to do the mission outside in the cold. The only saving grace was the fact the world somehow had oxygen levels high enough to be breathable, which did little as the cold wind blew against Logan.

"It because I'm one of the few bloody mages in the IGSE. That's why those no good cheats keep on making go through bets were I lose, they want me out of their hair. They want magic away from them!" Logan was now seething with rage was doing wonders on him no longer feeling the cold. Soon Logan's men were started as their general screamed in mad primal rage, firing several large arrows of magic energy at a random cliff face. When the explosion cleared away it was revealed that Logan blew away a barrier that was keeping an ice cave from the world, a cave that Logan noted was to perfectly cut to be made naturally.

Logan wanted to tell his men to follow him but still feeling range at the fact that even his own subordinates look down on him when he isn't looking made the sorcerer walk to the cave on his own. The stars of the world were angled just right that Logan the crystals inside the cave can reflect light out, giving Logan some light when he went in but the deeper he went the dimmer it become. Logan took out a flashlight and turn it on, he may be a sorcerer but he isn't a technophobe.

The deeper he went the more Logan began to think that there was nothing in this world, just as he thought. Yet his bleak and cynical musing were soon interpreted when he slipped on a loose chunk of ice and fell on the floor, causing it to break and for him to slide down deeper. Logan screamed for his life as he kept going down, fearing that he would be impaled by spikes of ice at the end of the slide. As the slide drawn to it's conclusion Logan fall down and landed on a big pile of snow, being grateful that is luck was not that artious.

As Logon got up and removed the snow off of him he searched went to his flashlight that he dropped when he fell and went through the slide. As he crouched down to pick it up he hit his hard on something hard. "Ouch. What the?" he finally got his flashlight after feeling around the strange object and with the flashlight on his hand he began to examine his mystery object. Logan was stun to see that it was sycamore seed-shaped object, whatever material it was made from was incredibly hard, sharp which made him realize how lucky he was to hit a part that wasn't, and transparent by the look of it.

He looked around and realized that there was a strange gravitational effect around the ship that he didn't notice before, the snow moving away from it and some floating upwards. Even the stalagmites that fell off the ceiling and should have landed on the object never did so, as they were floating in mid air. "Holy shit." Logan grabbed his radio and was glad to still get a signal. "This is Logan. I'm stuck down in a cave... don't ask how that happened. I found something peculiar and need an extraction team right away." Logan may have another general in this mission but he was in charge of it and everything relating to it was his responsibility, including the mystery object.

[Kaidou]

Lobby 0
The Forbidden Lobby

As Kira stepped through into the lobby that was the convention hall of the Tenshi, the fanfare of the spirits sounded; the invisible cherubim, the holy beings that resided within the Forbidden Lobby, were mesmerised by the sudden appearance of a being as holy as themselves. The moment the Chancellor of the Knights of St Luminia stepped past the threshold of the doors and onto the red carpet, the trumpet calls ceased, and the hall, stained with the numinous, empyrean rainbows of the stained glass on either side of the Forbidden Lobby.

Under normal circumstances, the Lobby was only accessible to Tenshi; that was when the seven thrones would be placed around the altar, where the Tenshi would sit. This convention, however, was different, as it involved powers that were even higher. The seven thrones were gone, and in their place was three gigantic golden thrones, each one with a runic alphabet inscribed on the top.

One throne was already occupied by Ludwig the Phoenix. As soon as Kira entered, he stood up and came down the steps so as to welcome the other Rokuō.

"Good that you are able to come", said Ludwig to Kira, as he ushered the Sorenau to one of the thrones on the pedestal, before resuming his seat on his own throne. Leung's seat remained conspicuously empty. "There is a new darkness that has descended upon us, a darkness far greater than any of the Dark Rokuō. I'm sure you have felt it; one of my seven Tenshi has already fallen prey to its wicked spell." Here, Ludwig paused to let the words sink in, continuing. "Have you any knowledge of these beings?"

That moment, the doors flew open, as the large figure of Leung Nam-kuan strode through the door, towards the pedestal, and towards the empty seat, before bowing to both Kira and Ludwig.

"My apologies for being late", he said. "I was dealing with a demon on my side."

"A demon?" asked Ludwig?"

"Yes", replied the Grandmaster. "An actual demon."

…

[Naval Monte]

…

Sol was interested in knowing how Ludwig manage to have invisible angels playing fanfare like this, he can use the same trick for when people enter the order's temple. Sol looked throughout the lobby and while his face was expressionless and cold secretly he liked what he was seeing, he would have to give the Phoenix credit, he has good taste in aesthetics. Sol saw the three golden thrones with runes inscribed to them, he can tell that these thrones are not usual furtantures for this lobby.

As Sol walked forward he can see that Ludwig was in physical form, a rare phenomenon, and walked to meet the Sorenau. Once the phoenix introduced himself and usher him to one of the thrones Kira sat down on them. Soon Ludwig made the nature of this meeting clear as he tells him that a new dark force was now joining the battle and that it is far worse than the Dark Rokuos.

Before Kira can speak the doors flew open and Leung came through the door. After he greeted them and made it to his seat he told them about a demon on his side. Sol sighed. "Sadly I can not tell you much on this current threat, but I have sense that something was off. I figured this off sensation we due to the balance between the light and dark Rokuo was off, but before I enter this room I realize that it was something else." Sol wanted to say that it was Alzis's doing, that damn demon was contacting darker powers from other realms and this time he was gathering a whole army.

"No. Before I go into that route I need more evidence before I can focus all of my resources on to hunting down Alzis." Sol turned to Leung. "What did this demon look like and what powers did it posses? I may be able to help if I knew what it was."

[Kaidou]

Lobby 0
The Forbidden Lobby

Leung glanced to the side the moment Kira asked for the demon's details. That same moment, the doors of the lobby opened, and an old man with a long tube walked in, before opening the tube, withdrawing a thin piece of paper, and unrolling it on the table.



"This is the thing", said the Grandmaster. "Nobody knew where it had come from, or why it came; it just decided to open up a portal and attack the tacticians while they were having a discussion in the private strategy room. It was fortunate that I was there with them; otherwise, the thing would have gobbled everybody up."

"Did it smell like sulfur?" asked Ludwig.

"Why, yes", came Leung's reply. "Yes it did, though there was something else too; rather like rotting flesh, or the smell of a battlefield three days after a skirmish."

Ludwig sat forward on the edge of his chair and scratched his chin.

---

Numenera

As Behemoth drew his sword, Mu, a gigantic golem of sand charged at him, swinging a mace around and roaring illegibly; it had, apparently, been created by some of the mages who worked for the Fates. Still, that didn't exactly concern Behemoth. With a deft jump, the Knight leapt off the balcony, down the side of the castle wall, and landed on top of the golem, slicing its head clean off.

The headless body whirled around and attempted to attack Behemoth, but it was no match for the Mythic Knight, who stabbed the top of the golem and jumped off, slicing it cleanly in half. The thing roared again, and dissolved into a heap of sand.

"Charge!" he screamed. "Let us rid this world of the scum that is the Fates!"

…

---

Nisibisi

The man who stopped Master Wong was a scrawny, almost skeletal being in a white lab coat. He wielded four katana; one in each hand, one in his mouth, and one under his chin. The latter meant that he was perpetually looking downwards.

"I am Buuzeil", gurgled the man, swinging his two swords around. "And I challenge you to a battle."

Wong laughed at him, before running past in an almost invisible whirr. Five seconds later, Buuzeil collapsed onto the ground, a pool of blood forming around his mouth.

"Who wants to be next?"

---

The Hotel

Against the insistence of everybody else, Father Christmas had gotten up, taken his two sabres, and headed straight for Dimension 888,815. With no other option (he didn't have his Eternal Sceptre, and he was mortally wounded), Higashi, Wilhelmus and Dr Poh reluctantly followed the old Tenshi. Unwilling to leave the still-thawing Master Law behind, Higashi and Dr Poh had picked up the statue, and were now carrying it down the corridor.

"Before I die", said Father Christmas throatily, "I will rip my Ice Corps back from the IGSE."

"The only reason we're coming along", said Wilhelmus, "is because we have to rescue X. We can't just run in there and defeat Iuzun and everybody who's stationed there; even if we did, there would be nobody but you left in the Corps."

"I don't care."

It was at that moment, however, that the corridor of the Hotel began to darken ever so slightly. Much to the confusion of the four, a strange, black fog began to settle, obscuring their vision somewhat.

"I am the rightful successor of Maju."

That same moment, everybody except Father Christmas collapsed into a deep slumber. Drawing his two swords, the old Tenshi whirled them around, before adopting a defensive stance, readying himself for whatever it was that was coming for him. It didn't work; a green light flashed, and both sabres flew out of his hands, causing him to fall over.

"Who- who are you???"

A black hand reached out from the mist, headed straight for Father Christmas' face.

"I am Nixa. Remember that name."

"AAAH!!"

---

…

[Contamenesia]

Kyuubi

"Oh, i think he knows about his ability, its more that i think that he doesn't manipulate it, it just allows it to be. Anyways, we need to stop debating this and start taking some action. Let's get a Tenshi to give us a general location, and start from there. You can't capture this man, but we could negotiate with him. I don't think he's unreasonable...just...eccentric..." Kyuubi said in honesty.

Crowe

Crowe awoke with a frown, rubbing his head for only a moment before looking at the others. "What? I've had the Ahmarhan on my list for a while. just no luck it seems. I wonder if she is already taken...?" he said not really concerned about the whole situation. But then he saw Violet, Aruvia and Jade, and felt that he must immediately introduce himself. "Hello, ladies. Crowe the Bard at your service. Normally i'd flirt right about now, but i just don't think now is a good time all things considering." He turned to Elizabeth. "That brings me to what i want to talk about earlier with you, Lady Elizabeth. How serious are you about facing the Ahmarhan? because if you are serious, i know of a weapon that might help...."

Jason

After hearing the three magic women speak, Jason sighed, "I don't see the point in it. But fine, just take me to the beast, i'll kill it in a second, and then you can take this jewel for what its worth. all i ask in return is that i be returned to my home and family." he crossed his arms. then the man who was knocked out earlier awoke and began to speak, introducing himself as Crowe the Bard. At least Jason knew what a bard was. after Jason listened to what the man had to say, he was intrigued, but unsure of what this meant. "A weapon? of what kind?" he asked. Crowe turned to Jason and smirked. "A sword, or to be more percise, a Void Blade by the name of Naegling. The Blade of Supremacy itself." suddenly a woman burst into the house, it was the woman who was called Fauna, who was also a Bard. "Crowe, shut your mouth! Don't you DARE tell them about that....abomination. We Bards swore to keep it a secret!" she said chastisingly to Crowe, her fury evident. Crowe just shrugged. "I know all the other Bards are afraid of it, and i get it, its the only weapon capable of truly killing us, all of us, in one single blow. but if anyone is going to try and face the motherfreaking Ahmarhan, it's probably best we get the best sword in Existence." he turned to the others, "Now, are you curious about what it can do?" he said with a smirk.

Wasp

Wasp awoken, his head was only mildly sore, not even enough to be considered a headache. He had expected to awaken in chains, awaiting reconditioning, but instead he was outside the Inuu residence, but the world was different than before, he could sense it. Someone had merged it with another realm. He stood up, looking around him. He couldn't return to the Ahmarhan City, he was a traitor now, but he couldn't run either, they would find him no matter what. Wasp turned away and looked at the scenery around him. What should he do next? he had to get his wife back from the Ahmarhan. he couldn't just leave her, not after all this time thinking she was dead.

Gabriel

Gabriel raised an eyebrow, "You guys are some weird folks, you know that?" in the distance he could here the sound of helicopters, heading towards their direction. "You know, i've noticed that weird shit happens, and then seems to keep happening. But whatever, its seems we have some guests." he said with a smile. He pulled out a pen that he had stolen a few hours ago. he had a feeling he was going to need it.

???

She for one was perhaps the most confused of them all at the moment, she could see others heading towards them in the distance in helicopters. Were they reinforcements for these two strangers? no they looked different. She still wasn't sure how she got into this mess. She was simply building a village and planning to explore, when suddenly a stranger appears, then two more strangers appear with soldiers, and they want to kill the other stranger, then another stranger comes out of nowhere and slams a ship straight into her erected forecfield and gets out unscathed, and seems to act as if nothing happened, nor has he explained his intent, and now even more people were coming. She was quite certain this world did not have much civilization on it, which made her wonder where all these strangers were coming from, and why did they come here in particular?

Wolf

"She's more valuable than you may realize. She holds in her memory more than ten thousand years worth of secrets. Secrets that could reshape the world as you know it." She wasn't that relative to Wolf and the Ahmarhan, but he knew that there were others that might be interested in those secrets. he was here only to see what Svaboda had planned. he wasn't here on any orders, he was simply watching the time stream in his free time and decided to investigate a small detail he noticed to alleviate his boredom.

[Contamenesia]

Bonnie

Bonnie appeared from a small, unnoticed portal. Bonnie wanted to have some fun, he/she was rather bored and lonely. Bonnie didn't know where it was, but it didn't matter. In the distance she saw a large group of soldiers each with the insignia of the IGSE on them, marching by. Bonnie decided to get their attention. "Hey! hey friends! i'm Bonnie Bear, and i'm lost, can you help me?" Bonnie asked in an adorable voice. A man, who was obviously leadinging the others, stopped for a moment, not beleiving what he was seeing, he raised his weapon, "Okay, i don't know what you are but get lost! we've got no time for a stupid talking teddy bear. leave or i'll shoot the stuffing out of you." the man threatened. Bonnie quivered, "Oh, so mean sir...please, just let me sing a song sir, i promise i will leave right after sir, i won't bother you ever again." The man grunted, but figured he shouldn't waste bullets on a talking teddy bear. "fine, go ahead."

"Yay!" Bonnie exclaimed. Bonnie then climbed up a tall rock, and once on top took a deep breath, and began to sing....

(OOC: i suggest you listen to it the song before continuing from this point. in fact let it play in the backround as you read the next part. ^^)

https://youtu.be/a4IecLiTun4

Bonnie's magic began to work immediately. All other sound could not be heard, only its song could be heard, though it had a pleasant beat. Suddenly from the sky, the soldiers began to feel object fall upon them. It literally began to rain tacos. The soldiers were simply confused and in utter disbelief yet, the tacos just kept coming. Suddenly, not long after the song began, the tacos grew eyes and teeth, and instead of looking cute, funny, or adorable, they looked like something out of a Steven King Novel. The taco-monstrosities then began to bite and devour the soldiers, viciously, a truly bloody and horrific sight, yet none of their screams could be heard, only the cute and adorable song that Bonnie played. Bonnie continued singing, as soldiers were viciously torn limb from limb, dancing a cute little dance to go along with song....

When the song finally ended, the tacos vanished, all that remained was the gory, mutilated remains of the soldiers, with horrified expression permanantly frozen upon their half eaten faces. Bonnie then danced happily away, to look for more friends.....

[Kaidou]

Kyuubi"Oh, i think he knows about his ability, its more that i think that he doesn't manipulate it, it just allows it to be. Anyways, we need to stop debating this and start taking some action. Let's get a Tenshi to give us a general location, and start from there. You can't capture this man, but we could negotiate with him. I don't think he's unreasonable...just...eccentric..." Kyuubi said in honesty.

"Sounds good to me", said Mera, uncoiling herself and climbing off the table, landing gracefully on the floor on all four legs, before walking elegantly towards where Felix sat. "If I remember correctly", she said to Kyuubi and the rest, "there was one such incident in Dimension 97, on the planet of… Thuneza." She looked up at Felix.

"Create a map of Thuneza, please", she said. Felix nodded, and did just that. The gigantic map, littered with coordinates and letters, suddenly appeared on the table; being too large, its sides flapped off, prompting Felix to pick it up and roll it open on the floor. Mera circled the map silently, before homing in on the part that she was looking for.

"Inalbo", said Mera. "This city's vault contains a book known as the Hazfa Bible; it was guarded day and night, under a legendary amount of surveillance; however, three months ago, the guards were found asleep in a pile outside the vault, and the door was left right open. Strangely, the bulletproof glass casing used to store the Hazfa Bible had been stolen, while the book remained on the pedestal. CCTV cameras managed to capture pictures of his face, but the person in charge of the cameras accidentally deleted said pictures when clearing his computer of pornography." Mera turned to Kyuubi.

"Shall we go and investigate?"

---

Dimension 888,815

Before either Father Christmas or the rest of the group had gotten inside the dimension that used to belong to the Ice Corps, it had already been infiltrated; the ten guards protecting the door of the dimension in the Hotel had been killed silently, their bodies dragged away and hidden in some of the gigantic urns that lined the sides of the corridors.

Already, the dimension had been infiltrated by four shinobi, on the direction of Higashi.

The moment they got past the first checkpoint, each entering silently at different points, four IGSE guards standing by the gates collapsed, prompting the others around them to attend to them. They, too, collapsed shortly afterwards.

…

尾々井 峠辻 - Tougetsuji Ooi

佐藤 一郎 - Ichiro Sato

中山 健 - Takeshi Nakayama

村田 益子 - Masuko Murata

---

It appears that the events are beginning to take a more interesting turn. That's good; perhaps I should enter soon. A little bit of manipulation could go a long way in making things chaotic enough to make the "singularization" more fun. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!