Cross engaged the Ancestor of the Grey Elves and was attacked by the Silver Elves' Patriarch and Ancestor, the High Elves Patriarch, the Star Elves' Young Clan Master, and the Sun Elves' Patriarch, all at the same time.
He dodged their attacks, moving back quickly, when another traitor appeared behind him, stabbing a dagger at his head. Cross blocked the dagger with God Slayer, but was stabbed but the Star Elves' Young Clan Master.
Cross coughed up blood and tightened his muscles, securing the sword in his body, stunning the Star Elf. Cross headbutted the Star Elf and broke his skull before stabbing him in the head and twisting his body to block a slash with the sword in his abdomen.
The Sun Elf patriarch was scared silly, did this guy just use a weapon stabbed in his body to block another attack!? This guy was a straight up maniac!
Cross sneered and spun in a circle, slicing the sword in a ring, forcing the attackers back. Cross jumped back and sheathed God Slayer, he took out the sword from his abdomen and chuckled as blood flowed from his cuts and stab wounds.
He bit the hilt of the sword and unsheathed God Slayer again as he charged at the group with wild eyes, engaging them again but now with 2 swords. He slashed and chopped at the traitors, accumulating wounds and getting more weapons lodged into his body.
Cross backed off, looking like a porcupine, he laughed and stabbed the swords into his right shoulder and leg, hilt first, as he shouted "Come! If you can kill me, I'll call you father in Hell! Hahahahahah!" the traitors were pale, this guy was mad man. He was legitimately crazy!
Cross charged forward like a bullet and swept his right leg out, stabbing the ground with God Slayer and twisting, speeding up as he kicked the sword out. The Sun Elf Patriarch was too slow and got his head chopped in half, leaving only the High Elf, the Silver Elf Ancestor, and the Grey Elf Ancestor.
Cross was breathing heavily, but he had a bloodthirsty grin on his face as he said "Who's next to die? Two of you already have a foot in the grave, the other is a moronic puppy dog." The High Elf was enraged and said "You!" Cross laughed happily and bit the sword hilt again as he charged forward, throwing his right shoulder forward with Supreme Killing intent and deadly eyes full of rage and war.
The High Elf yelped and the Silver Elf ancestor saved his life. Cross pushed off the ground and threw himself at the Silver Elf ancestor, pointing the sword in his mouth straight out and going in head first.
The High Elf and the Grey Elf Ancestor attacked from both sides. Cross looked at them both before swinging his left arm around and spinning in the air, he stretched out his left arm and the sword in his right shoulder as he pierced the Silver Elf Ancestor in the shoulder.
He blocked the High Elf's attack but the Grey Elves' Ancestor chopped his left arm, from the elbow down, right off. Cross let go of the sword in his mouth and dived to the ground, biting his left hand along with God Slayer's hilt before rolling away, glaring at them.
The Grey Elf Ancestor laughed and said "What can you do now? You have no arms now! Soon, you won't have any legs either." The battlefield stopped and Lu Mingxuan shouted "Cross!"
Cross stood up and spit out his arm, stabbing God Slayer into the ground, blade first. Cross looked at the 3 traitors and his blindfold fell off, revealing his complete face, destroyed by scars. He said softly "You think you've won?"
The High Elf sneered and said loudly "You don't have any useful limbs! Hahaha! What are you going to do!?" Cross threw his head back and laughed, his laughter got louder and louder as the world started trembling.
Cross roared "Even if I have you use my teeth, I'll bite you to death! This daddy hasn't even started to sweat yet! The fight has only just begun!" he kicked the arm from God Slayer and shot his leg arm down on the hilt, stabbing it deep into his flesh.
Cross ripped it out of the ground and snarled "I'll kill you all!" as he charged in again, slashing a slower Silver Elf Ancestor in half with his left arm before roaring to the sky "Death to the Traitors!" the group that was fighting against the traitor Elves, suddenly had their eyes turn red as they roared "Death to the Traitors!" and swarmed the traitor Elves, slaughtering in all 4 directions.
Cross was fighting the two Elves, when an arrow pierced the High Elf's shoulder. The Grey Elf ancestor attacked Cross slashing in an 'X' and saying "Sword of the Tree God!"
Cross' eyes turned red and he roared "Don't you dare taint my people's Arts, traitor!" he swung up with his left arm and cut the 'X' in half. He rushed in and grinded his teeth in hatred, the Golden Markings on his face lit up and he headbutted the Grey Elf Ancestor with a golden light surrounding his head. The Grey Elf Ancestor was stunned and muttered "Is this retribution?" he sighed closed his eyes as he whispered "I'm sorry... Mother..." before his head was pierced by God Slayer.
Suddenly, the High Elf stabbed at Cross' head from behind extremely fast. Cross turned around just in time to see a body cover his and warm blood splashed on his face. He looked up and saw a woman elf, he was confused as he didn't know who she was.
Lu Mingxuan turned white and she shouted in grief and rage "Mother-in-law!" Cross was stunned and 'Mother' rang over and over again in his ears. The High Elf snorted and pulled out his sword. The woman fell into Cross'.. erhm.. 'arms', he just looked at her with his mouth open wide and a dazed look in his eyes.
The Woman coughed up blood and touched his cheek, the High Elf sneered "You can die together then!" before he could do anything a fist hit him in the face and a big muscular man with Sora on his shoulders appeared, standing in front of Cross and the woman.
Sora cheered "Yeah! Kill him, grandpa!" Cross looked at the man's back and a lost look appeared in his eyes, he spat out a drop of Golden Crystalline Liquid and dropped it on the woman's forehead. He didn't say anything, or rather, he couldn't say anything.
He quickly got away from the woman and man with a scared look in his eyes, for the first time in his life, he felt extreme fear. He can laugh in the face of God and die in battle against the Heavens, but right now, he was terrified...
Terrified of rejection.
It was better when he didn't have parents, seeing them now, in the state that he was in. It brought him endless fear, he covered his face with God Slayer and shouted "D-Don't look at me!" before running past them and slashing the stunned High Elf in half.
He jumped into the group and killed traitors, clearly running away from his fear as he got further and further away from his parents. Lu Mingxuan felt her heart being stabbed by a knife as she looked at him, he was so... vulnerable.
She wanted to hug him and tell him everything was going to be okay. His parents just felt worse, the man helped up the woman, who was crying her eyes out. She cried "He hates us..." The man sighed and stroked her hair said "No he doesn't. He's scared we hate him for who he's become." he sighed again and the woman kept crying.
A while later
Cross killed the last traitor and turned around to the group. He said weakly "Collect the corpses of the Heroes who died fighting the enemy. Saya, bury them in the Royal graveyard. Leave the traitor corpses on the ground."
The group did as they were told and soon there were only traitor corpses on the ground. Cross' eye glowed and all the traitor Elves' corpses disappeared along with their blood and belongings. Cross coughed up blood and Lu Mingxuan appeared behind him, catching him with the Wheelchair.
She bit her lips in pain, looking at him, she took out the swords in his right shoulder and leg, but Cross refused to let her take out God Slayer. She was helpless and he said softly "Bring me to the rest."
Lu Mingxuan pushed his wheelchair and brought him to the Royal Graveyard. All the Surviving Elves and Spirits, got down on one knee as he passed by. They were fully convinced by Cross and his spirit, even without limbs he killed the enemy, what more could they ask for?
Cross came to the graves and said "Mingxuan, help me up." Lu Mingxuan said hesitantly "But yo-" Cross cut her off and said "Please." Lu Mingxuan sighed and helped him stand. Cross stood in front of the graves with his back to the rest of the mourning Elves.
He raised his sword arm and said in Elven "Divine Tree, bless these brave warriors who defended their homes! They were warriors, fighters, farmers, civilians, fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, but most importantly, they were, and always will be, Heroes!"
A golden light fell from the sky onto every single grave, lighting the world with splendor. The Elves behind Cross kneeled and cried bitterly, the joy of 'Mother' responding was drowned out by the grief of losing so many loved ones.
Cross looked on without emotion. This was only the prelude to the real war, the death toll would keep rising. This wasn't the end. How many Elves would remain after the real war? He looked up and sighed before going back to his wheelchair.
The graves of the fallen all had golden tombstones with their names carved in green letters.
Cross sat back in the chair and said "Saya, Valrun, Wyn, Helios, Lyndis, Goren, Dain, Falernas, and Galaeron, come with me. Mingxuan, go to the Tree." his expression was serious and Lu Mingxuan pushed him with the 9 following behind him.
On the way
Lu Mingxuan said "When are you going to see them?" Cross replied without emotion "Never." Li Mingxuan said "You! They're your parents!" Cross replied "I didn't have any before and I won't have any in the future." Lu Mingxuan was enraged and retorted "What are you scared of!? You can fight a World King in the Divine Flame Realm but you can't face your parents?! Are you joking!?"
Cross was silent and Mingxuan continued angrily "Do you know how much they miss you?! Every day that I've been here, they've asked me to tell them about you. Over and over again, endlessly!" Cross said "And you told them? You told them I'm a killer? You told them I can kill without blinking? You told them I've killed more people than they've seen in their lives? Have you told them I've slaughtered billions of people?"
Lu Mingxuan and the 9 Elves were stunned, Cross said with an indescribable emotion "Have you told them I'm a cripple, with half an arm and only a leg left? My soul is drenched with blood, guilty and innocent alike! Do you know what that means?! It means I can't go back. It means that they'll reject me!"
He shed a bitter tear as he said through gritted teeth "You might think I'm a hero, Mingxuan, but that doesn't mean I am one. I'm not a good person. Everywhere I go, death follows. I'm a butcher, a thief, a murderer! I'm not naïve enough to think my actions and path of life have no consequences. This is the path I walk and if I have to be parentless then so be it."
He sneered and added "Besides, I wouldn't want to disgust them with my bloody soul." Lu Mingxuan stopped pushing the cart and teared up as she said "I can't believe you would say something like that." Cross said "It's the way things are." Lu Mingxuan shook her head and said "You're wrong..." she cried and flew away, devastated.
Cross sighed and said "Saya." Saya said "You want me to go get her?" Cross said coldly "I want you to push me. We're going to the Tree." his tone was extremely cold and the 9 Elves shivered, Saya pushed him and they continued to the Tree in silence.