"You stay here, Alexander. Your injuries were severe and…you are too week to fight our next enemies." – Said John and looked at nearby Kleid.
The man already started drawing on the ground some strange and complicated runic patterns.
"How much time do you need to finish?"
Kleid answered without stopping for a moment. – "Two hours."
Captain turned around. – "Everyone! Prepare to fight. The next hours may become very heated."
He smiled and his aura burst forth. He turned towards Twayne and politely smiled.
"Governor, would you mind to guard Kleid while he works?"
*ROOOOOAR*
A small portion of sky directly shattered revealing a portion of another space. Alexander opened his mouth wide from surprised.
'It's not Broken Ocean…behind that passage is no longer our world…' He couldn't be sure about this sudden idea but something inside his mind told him that it was as hi thought.
John also calmly looked towards the shattered sky. – "Finally, that bastard is acting." – Twayne's face darkened for a second before returning to its usual impassible self.
"So, I leave Kleid and Alexander in your care."
*ROOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAR*
With another roar a huge, ten meters high figure, appeared from the passage in the sky.
Its muscular and large body was completely clad in black armor. In his hands Alexander saw two imposing hammers.
On his armaments were shining many exquisite densely packed red runes.
"ARRRR." – Some droll was dropping from his helmet and a black putrid cloud appeared on every breath that the creature did.
James whistled. – "Cool! Does the Phantom want to start a war? To think that he even sent a Thousand Souls Berserk here…"
The space above Berserk's large shoulder suddenly trembled and the whole city was immediately flooded with an unspeakably powerful energy.
"Lowly slaves of this World. You are unworthy to know my name. I'm the herald of the Sixth Phantom Price of Darkness Plateau, and I announce that from this day and for all eternity, this land belongs to my Lord!"
It was a humanoid being of normal size. 'Fox? He has a fox's head?'
A long gorgeous mantel covered his body. In his right hand he was holding something like a long scepter decorated with a gorgeously looking gem.
"Everybody who will oppose his Majesty…" – The fox threw a glance filled with disgust and cruelty towards John and others. – "…will be executed."
*Swish*
A black silhouette appeared above his head and slashed down.
The fox didn't even move as the attacker was sent flying, crashing into a nearby building. – "I guess…"
'[Sorcery: Fireball]'
A sphere of fire appeared above his scepter and shot down. – "…I will start with executions!"
*Slash* Before the fireball could even reach the rubble left by the fallen building it was cut in two and disappeared.
Captain John cleaned some dust from his clothes. – "Executions? By the laws of the Broken Ocean, the invaders from every other World should be executed on the spot. So…" – He grinned. – "It was exactly my line!"
Alexander's eyes couldn't follow his movements, but John reappeared behind the Fox and slashed another time.
*BROOOOOM*
"[THUNDER PUNCH]!"
A figure covered with white lightning crashed into the belly of the Berserk.
But the creature didn't even budge. It slowly looked down towards James and swung lightly one of the hammers.
It hit James's face and as if he was only some sort of insect smashed him against the ground.
Suddenly many steps could be heard from the streets and a huge number of golems flooded into the square.
"EVERYBODY! ATTACK!" – Roared John and made another useless assault against the Fox.
'[Sorcery: Shock Wave]'
'[Sorcery: Barrier]'
Captain managed to dodge the first spell but the second one…'He can't even scratch it.' Thought Alexander. Complete confusion and incredulity appeared on his face. Until now, the members of the crew were the most powerful people he knew. But now…
*Boom*
James's body was stomped by the giant Berserk.
Other crew members were fighting against the golem army. But the difference in numbers was slowly becoming more and more difficult to overcome. Everybody was already covered with some injuries.
"It's time to end this." – Suddenly uttered the Fox-head creature. He raised his scepter in the air and the gem started shining brightly. It was like a miniature sun.
'[Unique Sorcery: Impact]'
Alexander's whole vision was suddenly ingulfed by yellow light.
There wasn't any sound. Suddenly the boy noticed that he couldn't breathe. And it wasn't his fault. There was no more air around him.
With a flash everything returned as the light disappeared.
Alexander's eyes went wide and his pupils constricted into two points.
In front of him was standing Doctor. Some smoke rose above his body. *Puh* His body fell on the ground.
The whole square was destroyed.
The boy saw many bodies laying under rubble.
He started trembling slightly. 'They…they…dead?' His thought became messy.
Kleid clenched his teeth but continued to work.
Doctors body slowly dissolved into a small puddle of black water. James was unconscious under the Berserk's massive leg.
The Fox floated towards Kleid. – "You can stop. It's pointless…Hmmm." – He turned slightly his head. '[Sorcery: Curse of Pain]'
"You're still alive. Suffer a bit."
Captain's body started twitching uncontrollably.
*Swish*
Suddenly someone else appeared in front of the Fox. Twayne appeared right between the Fox-head and Kleid.
The Fox looked at Governor. Alexander paled. The Fox kneeled on the ground. – "My Lord!"
Twayne looked coldly on his subordinate and with a merciless attack stabbed Kleid's back. The man coughed some blood and fell forward covering with his body the four elemental cores.
The runes on his mechanical arm became dim and after a few more seconds grew completely dark.
Twayne…Phantom Prince pointed towards the sky and with some rumble appeared another figure. – "Using some lowly tricks, avatars like this one, really make me sick."
Fox-head politely nodded. – "It really something beneath your Majesty. But this time only the best one could accomplish this tack."
"And the best one is me!"
"The greatest among the Prices!" – Nodded the Fox-head.
Slightly satisfied the Prince floated towards the passage in the sky. The new figure that just appeared was a gray-skinned youth wearing a long imperial robe decorated with gold floral pattern.
Long white hair was kept still by an exquisite silver crown.
Twayne extended his hand and the other body did the same.
As their touched suddenly Governor's body twitched and dispersed in innumerable specks of energy which fused with the other man. – "That's better."
He descended from the sky and looked around. – "Oh, someone is still alive after your sorcery?" – He commented after noticing Captain's twitching body.
"I was too merciful with them. I ask for punishment!"
"That can wait." – Price floated towards John. Alexander meanwhile was ignored by everyone. He was too weak in their eyes. Less than an insect.
Sixth Phantom Prince looked down on John and a bone-white sword appeared in his hand. – "You will be the first sacrifice to the Greatest Prince of the Darkness Plateau."
Alexander suddenly smirked. James abruptly opened his eyes. Kleid's body disappeared along with elemental cores and a pair of enormous black hands pounced from under the Fox's feet.
*BROOOOOOOOOOOM*
A lightning, at least two times more powerful that before erupted from James's body and pushed away Berserk's foot. His hair became lightning. – "[THUNDER PUNCH]!"
*BROOOOOOOOM*
Berserk was shot in the air, but lightning as faster and James was already waiting for him. His palm was slightly raised glowing with white light accompanied with buzzing electric sound.
"[THUNDER GOD PALM]!"
Pillar of pure energy pierced the Berserk's impressive body and obliterated it even before he could touch the ground.
Doctor's black hands were pressuring the Fox-head. He gritted his teeth. '[Unique Sorcery: Impact]'
His scepter started glowing but suddenly someone else gripped it. – "Violence is not the solution!"
'[Peacemaker]'
As Law gripped the scepter his own energy invaded the artifact and stopped its activation.
"[Arsenaal]!" – Two identical figures dashed towards the Fox-head at high speed and in the same time pierced his throat and heart.
Weapon Master Loranna pulled out the sword, and so did his clone.
*CHOMP*
A giant black maw suddenly appeared from the ground and swallowed the Fox-head's body whole.
After that it condensed into the Doctor's figure.
[…]
Captain stopped twitching and stood up. Sixth Prince stepped back. – "What…What happened?! How is this possible!?!"
He saw as his two power subordinates were slaughtered as pigs.
John smiled. – "Well, I'm not sure that you are the greatest in your family, but I'm sure about one thing." – Pointed the sword towards the Prince. – "All of you, apart from your father, are a bunch on sneaky bastards."
Sixth Prince's face twitched, and he suddenly flew towards the sky.
But his face quickly paled.
He saw smiling Klied with four elemental cores in his hands, in the middle of a huge runic formation.
"Payback, Lowlife!"
A four-colored energy pillar shot into the sky. – "…no…NO!" – Prince accelerated but was still a bit too late. The pillar completely mended the previously broken sky.
His had no way back.