So where to begin? The dragon with five heads? The fact Mathis just activated the lost fragments of divinity from long before my time. Personally I'm thinking about the life that will return to the sands. Sure it will take an Elvan month to accomplish but I know the ambition of mother nature is endless, selfish I'd say but her propaganda runs deep in almost all her 'creations' alas we should return to the proper subject matter should we not, the cogs are turning from the old ages. Be it for the better or for the worse that will be decided by the world's actions in reaction to the moves the False Heroes have just played.
The blue heads of the dragon started to grow longer as they interweaved around each other and started to block off the giant chamber from the exit as it hissed and snarled at the pack. Bee placed his two hammers back to his side as he pulled the Warhammer down and gripped it tight but before he could he saw a large dark object fly past his face and stab into the rising claw to protect itself, as it raised the claw to swing Bee heard Mathis' voice soft,
''Lytesbane.''
Before his eyes even moved to look he heard the sound of flesh ripping, looking back at the beast and in shock to see Mathis holding his new large pike above the dragon who's claw seemed to be slice open from the centre of the palm, the heads stated to turn to him but were quickly distracted by the blinding light of the wings of the cleric but, turning they were distracted again by the shadow of the weapon fly past and slice one of the heads cheeks and stabbing into the ground next to Kyu before Mathis appeared next to him out of nowhere, hand on the weapon before turning to Kyu and asking,
''So...any ideas bird boy?''
Kyu tilted his head in confusion.
''Well the middle head is blind...And probably to the main connection so...Should be easy.''
Pulling his dagger from his side spreading his wings and zigzagging across the room, gliding between the multiple heads then flying behind to its nape and slamming his blade into hits spinal column, going to kick further into the spine, one of the creatures many heads wrapped around with lightning already exhaling from it's maw, giving Kyu not enough time to prepare a spell as the lightning flowed through his body and back into his own blade, causing both Kyu and the dragon to convulse, its strength forced the angel to fall to the ground between his front and hind legs as the many heads tried to gain it's composure, one went to sink it's fangs into the pale angel before it feels something burning in between it's jagged teeth as they started to crack and bend before being shattered completely by Bee, arriving just in time to save Kyu, pushing the beast's head back and making it slam into the wall as it's main body was pulled and stretched out the neck before Elias raised his mighty sword and cleaved the thick neck off in one swing, watching it slam into the ground and wriggle in pain before going limp.
Bee started slapping the angel softly on both cheeks,
''Oi wake up! Ya had your nap earlier!''
Kyu's eye started to flutter open before he spoke,
''Above...you.''
Bee looked up to see the three fresh heads seem to lead the blind one with their snarls to the to below them where the two men, a loud roar could be heard coming from the direction of the throne, making the heads all panic and stare in every direction. Elias ran past this time and picked up the two and made his way to a large column that still stood and placed the others down, Him and Bee looked around the corner but saw nothing other that the confused creature starting to spin, looking for the call it had heard. Bee looked towards the throne and heard it again, looking up and seeing Mathis and his new weapon sitting on the top, legs crossed and making this noise with a small black and purple instrument, Bee looked shocked before Kyu spoke,
''The mask...It cannot see him.''
Bee looked again and saw that the demonic mask he was given on Recocto was adorned on the shaven side of his head but this confused him more,
''I thought no one could see ya with that on? How come we can?''
Kyu stood slowly and stretched before looking over and speaking,
''Elias...Use this time.''
Elias looked in confusion before gripping his blade hard and looking at the demon,
''Bet you ten Shards I kill it first?''
Bee smiled as he pulled one of his hammers from his hip,
''Shards? We don't do poor bets...I'll kill it with this hammer and you can chuck me five Dragons...Seems to suit right?''
Elias went to speak but the demon interrupted him running off and shouting back to Kyu,
''Better be healing Birdie!''
He ran into the beast's line of sight as the four heads all shot across the room towards him, all switching direction every few seconds to make a labyrinth behind their heads with the blue necks all mixing. Bee stopped before raising the hammer over his head and took hold with both hands before he spoke,
''Fire...You think you can show more power? Lightning is Fire's underling and there it will stay!''
He brought down the hammer into the ground, sending molten boulders from the floor into the direction of the heads and crashing into one, slamming it into the ground, blood spurting from below the boulder as the head went lifeless but the others were able to move and only receive small nicks before darting back towards the dwarf. The three heads were closing quick on the demon, bringing up his hammer for defence until he once again heard the sound of tearing flesh and seeing Mathis' new weapon now going straight through the centre of another head, sending it limp before Mathis appeared in front of them again holding the blade before kicking the flat of the blade and making it dance up the skull before being released and sitting on his shoulder again.
''Well then...Three left and one is blind. You got this Bee?''
The demon said smiling as he gripped the hammer once more, Mathis put his hand out with his black scabbard making the demon seem shocked,
''Don't get any ideas of keeping that...Just slash it's fucking head off.''
Bee smiled as the blade came forth with a condensed line of crimson fire before Mathis spoke,
''Fire...Figures.''
Bee smiled as Mathis took hold of the large pike and aimed it at the three remaining heads,
''Go for the ones with their sight...The second they are gone this is easy.''
Bee looked at Mathis elemental scabbard and the bright flame it produced, his smile stretching into a sickly grin, chucking to himself as he used his legs to bounded towards the creatures remaining left head, the dragon reacted by recalling it's heads back and started charging it's lightning into one blast centred at Bee. As it's attack seemed to be ready, the demon felt a Divine touch of magic from behind him, the calming warmth almost distracting him as the dragons mouths opened releasing a waves of pale blue electric energy rapidly approaching the demon before the waves split around him from a white aura, redirecting the raging rapid waves of lighting. Bees bounced ever closer to the beast it's right head darted towards him as the left head protected the middles vitals. Bees grabbed Otto's hammer, lobbing it straight into the nose of the approaching head as it did he grabbed the scabbard with both hands and stopped his approach with his feet planted and turning to face the creature while turning all the momentum into kinetic force screaming out.
"BURN FOR ETERNITY! LIZARD!"
As he screamed the thin flaming blade expanded out into a jagged uncontrollable inferno of black and white. Ripping through the dragon's maw before the it's head continued moving uncontrollably into Bee, forcing him to the ground as it's neck had been crippled in the attack, it's limp form dragging the body down slightly as the last of the heads with vision snarled, eyes widened and it's head slid off the neck, crashing into the ground showing Mathis who shouted over to Bee,
''Throw the scabbard up!''
Bee nodded and did as told, seeing a white blur move over him as Kyu grabbed the blade and began a spiralling decent, the scabbard released a blade of holy white lightning running up his arm, ending at his elbow plunged deep into the nape of the creature and brought his foot down hard on his dagger that was still there, sending it straight through the creature as the white tip came out the other side in his chest as the lightning spread around its body, changing course and meeting at the blade lodged inside the beast, making his limbs flap uncontrollably, its mouth start to foam, steam rising of it's now charred scales before it dropped to the ground, lifeless again. The crew all lowered their weapons before Bee saw the edge of Mathis' new giant pike near his throat and the man have a cold look on his face.
''Oi...Don't you dare be racist to Dragons. Got it? Unless your willing to say that to Drax then shut it.''
The demon looked quite calmed as he nodded and Elias went to stand between them,
''Guys we won o calm-''
His words interrupted by the weapon now being pointed at him,
''What in the infinite hells gives you the right to say anything? You sat there and hide like a big baby and only got involved when you had no other choice...For someone who talked rather big when we meet just after being caught by some Gnomes wouldn't you say?''
Elias stepped back as the weapon was rested back on the princes shoulder before Kyu stepped forward and asked,
''Will...Seirei what is that? I sense a warm feeling from it.''
Before Mathis could speak a bright light beamed from the ceiling in front of them, making Bee grab his last hammer and Elias grab their swords before Elias felt a hand wrap around his neck and Bee felt the same seeing the two others grabbing them as two humans walked out from the light as it left. One a thirty year old man, standing an easy eight feet tall with long and unkept black hair and a beard to match with streaks of silver and a long gown with the shape of a black crescent moon in the middle. The other was that of a young woman, large in stature almost standing seven feet tall with a healthy pale complexion along with the features of an Amazonian, dressed in a long flowing dress, embroidered with symbols of the stages if the moon running across the dress spiralling around in a pattern leading across her body and to her neck, her long silver white hair braided with small silver moons controlling it's flow and shape, looking down with a small half smile.
Bee and Elias were let go by the two as they bowed but were ushered to stand before Bee in anger blurted out,
''Who the fuck are these two?! Why are you two bowing?! The fuck in the infinite hells is going on?!''
The woman walked forward and spoke with a soft beautiful tone to her voice,
''I am Yoru. Goddess of the Moon and mother of the forlorn.''
Kyu raised as Bee turned back,
''Oh...So your his god...The fuck?! That makes this even more confusing! Who the fuck is this guy then?!''
The man walked forward and brushed his hair out of his eyes to show them a cold grey with a shine to them as he spoke with a much more harsher tone,
''I am Indra. God the Forgotten and the Master of the endless void.''
Bee looked in confusion but felt Mathis place his hand on his shoulder before speaking,
''Lord Indra is the one who called me here...Was it for this weapon?''
''Yes...You have reawakened the old way of combat between the gods...As my right hand I needed someone with the ability to wield Lytesbane. Now you must take this.''
The god opened his palm as a book of old black leather with the symbol of the crescent moon that was embroidered onto his cloths, the prince took it as his new family crest became burned into the leather as Indra continued,
''An unworthy soul a week...That is your payment for this weapon. They must either be slain by the blade or they must write there unworthy name into the pages...The dragon will count for the first month with the souls that have inhabited it...Now your mission to spread my glory once more along with the Azamaar's mission to do the same for my mother have begun.''
Mathis bowed once, the weapon was taken by black flames and disappeared before Indra placed his palm on the princes head and walked away before Kyu saw Yoru looking in his direction and instantly went back to a bow before she spoke.
''Fret not my right hand. My son's chosen one has made it possible for you to carry a piece of my soul with you at all times...I shall create the first sword contract for the new era.''
The goddess outstretched her hands but left her palms parallel to each other as bright light appeared in the space in between, cracks of white lightning and gold fire whipped off before the light dissipated revealing a dagger. Old look with a long six inch blade that curved slightly near the tip, Pommel and handle a pure white with different phases of the moon littering the weapon, she handed to the the shocked angel as she spoke,
''Scarlet Scream...That will be her name. Please use this as your symbol of your position to me.''
As she handed the dagger to the angel a leather book also appeared again, this time a pure white and no crest engraving was appearing before Kyu stood with a tear in his eye,
''I will not disappoint my lady.''
The women smiled as the moved back and Elias broke in,
''Lord Indra! You said you were not the cause of the curse! Then what is?!''
As this was said the sounds of chains rattling from all directions were heard, the gods laughed and before disappearing spoke one last time,
''Well, does that answer your question? Oi demon!''
Bee was locked into a sight behind the throne before snapping to Indra who only laughed before speaking,
''Never mind! It seems you have found it yourself...Just like my chosen one...It seems someone has chosen you. Good luck.''
Milliseconds after the words were spoke the two were gone again.
Elias looked over at Mathis and Kyu with there new weapons and asked,
''So...What even is a sword contract?''
Mathis looked at the man with a smile before he spoke,
''Well...It is a sliver of yours and your god's soul being placed into a weapon of some kind...I didn't really get the full information but hey I know by saying their names you can teleport to them and it will work the other way but the only other thing they said was they are living parts of the user and they will decide whether or not they trust us to show us their basic forms let alone what they look like in their battle forms fully.''
Elias looked at the dagger and then the monstrous pike and went to touch it before the black leather book came up and showed Elias was being write but shined a bright gold and vanished making Mathis smile,
''Go ahead and have a look then...Turns out your worthy somehow ha!''
Elias did not listen as he prepared for the weight, he grabbed it but realised quickly that it felt like it weighed nothing in his hands before he handed it back.
Before he could speak, a bright light enveloped the room from behind the throne, making them all turn and hold there weapons ready only to see Bee standing with sand seeming to flow off his body, his jet black eyes now had a pupil of golden shifting sand before he spoke,
''Boys...I found the curse, It is a old war god that was trapped here and all he wanted was to be free...So I convinced him to use my soulless demonic body as his vessel...Guess I'm religious now ha!''
As he laughed a shape of a man was formed from the sand flowing off the demon looking like a young human standing eight feet tall before he spoke,
''I thank you demon...Decades of sitting in this room with a dull dragon and a body that ain't worth possessing but you arrived...I am Exodia. Judge of the godly wars and god of the unholy rage of war...Well I was in the first era but now I'm not even sure if anyone would remember me…''
Mathis turned and smiled before he spoke,
''No...Never have and I'm a royal with the best teachings I could get growing up so I do not believe you are known anymore.''
The sandy visage seemed to look hurt by these words through a fake smile until he heard the prince sit next to him and continue,
''Well you know what that means right? You need to spread your unholy rage of war again...Could not think of a better creature on this whole plane for you to use for that!''
Bee started to shout at the prince before Elias and Kyu tried to separate them again, making Exodia laugh as he spoke,
''You are correct...I hope you will prove useful...Mountain Bee.''
The demon stopped the argument to smile at the shifting sands before he spoke,
''That's my line! I'll help ya as much as you help me, sound good?''
The sands started to blow away before a final line could be heard as the sands all entered the skin of the demon,
''Understood...Let us begin.''
The crew looked over the dragon, taking the organs and eyes, making Elias vomit in the corner as the left making him chase after them, leaving the throne room the upside down corpse seemed to shed a tear of dust before a broken and dehydrated voice spoke,
''Willa...Baar.''
The room became empty and quiet once more as our heroes all walked out of the door and found themselves in front of a new door, light seeming to glow behind it and the feel of a fresh breeze could be felt from the small openings. Elias looked over the door and rubbed his chin before turning to the others,
''This door has no lock so must have a multi fastening enchantment on the edge-''
Mathis kicked the air as he stepped making a black fire start to form a circle as Lytesbane appeared before being thrown through the door showing the desert once more with two large plateaus in the distance before Mathis put his hand through the hole and opened the door making Elias run out and smile at the plateaus before talking with glee,
Those are the mines! We are only a few hours from Glassand! Let's move then!''
Bee smiled as he walked outside but the look of dread could be seen on Kyu and Mathis' faces as they started their stroll through the hot sands once more.
So the sword contracts have returned to the world. The god's will soon be sending their contracts to the plane and hope that the strongest of the mortal world will find them so they can dominate the godly world...How many are there I wonder, something I could not answer off the top of my head. These items of interesting import were long before my time. Was barley a fable by the time I was born...Hmm? And what of the dead gods? Has some of their influence and power survived the ages or has it faded along with their names, energy is eternal in a way but is a message. I'm not so sure, if you were to ask a clerical man I can almost guarantee they would say that their deeds and actions will be remembered through the ages sure it so informs their cultures but even the most pious paladin of today is a hollow replica of what they strive to reflect. Would you not agree… what am I kidding of course not… alas our False Heroes have continued a chain of events that will further the world one way or another. But I should craft a contract… hmm much to consider not to mention all the other gods that will neglect their duties.