Moroto dashed toward me and struck my chest with his Death Strike. His eyes widened when he noticed he did no damage to me. I looked at him and watched him step back. He went for another attack but I blocked it with ease. He took another step back and his legs trembled a bit.
"What's the matter, warrior? Scared to fight now? What happened before?" I asked and took a step forward.
"N-No...No! I won't accept this!" He bellowed and ran toward me and managed to get a hit on my face.
I chuckled and slowly looked at him. "Weak. Pathetic. Useless. I guess it's my turn to attack now."
I appeared in front of him and struck his stomach. Moroto coughed blood and groaned when I kicked him away. I walked toward him and generated arrows of light. I snapped my fingers and launched the arrows at him.
Moroto noticed the arrows and groaned as he was hit with all five. He fell onto one knee and grunted. He stood up slowly and groaned as I struck his stomach again. He stumbled backwards then I grabbed his hair and struck his stomach again. He groaned loudly in pain. I gripped his neck and rose him off the ground. I stared at him and my red eyes shined.
"I haven't even warmed up yet. This is very sad. I think I might want to kill you here and let your brothers experience a real loss." I said and gripped his neck tighter.
Moroto gasped for air and gripped my wrist. He struggled to escape my hold and punched my face. I didn't feel a thing. I chuckled darkly then slammed him to the ground.
Nebula watched and shapeshifted into her human form. "R...yo...ma...s..to..p...!"
I heard Nebula as I was about to go for the killing blow. I looked back at her then looked at Moroto and stomped on his stomach. He groaned loudly and coughed more blood.
"Consider yourself lucky." I said then reverted back to normal. "My horse has become your savior for now."
I kicked his body aside and walked over to Nebula and got on her back. She whinnied softly and I smiled at her then pet her. She began to trot over to the prison.
Moroto slowly got up and wiped his lip then glared at my direction. "No...I can't accept this loss!"
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Eirine grunted as she rolled on the ground. Klaus moved at lightspeeds around Eirine and laughed. A flurry of slashes began to strike Eirine. She grunted as she tried to block each attack then groaned when her wound on her back was hit. She fell to the ground and grunted in pain.
"Sis!" Cecilia bellowed and tried to run toward Eirine but was forced to dodge a large fireball.
"There is no running! This is your end!" Soren bellowed and a Sigil appeared in front of him. "Wind Arts: Ballistic Hurricane!"
Powerful winds began to blow and a storm began to form. Lightning crashed down on the ground and thunder boomed across the sky. A powerful hurricane was summoned and Eirine and Cecilia were caught in the wind currents.
Klaus laughed and summoned blades of light around the two. "Say goodbye!"
The blades of light rushed toward the two and collided then an explosion happened. Soren put his arm down and smirked. Klaus lowered his sword and looked surprised when the smoke cleared.
Manami protected them both and her wings emerged from her back. She healed the two of them and gently placed them on the ground. Manami disappeared and a loud neigh was heard.
"You?! How did you defeat Moroto so quickly?!" Soren asked.
I looked at the two and my red eyes shined. I held my hand out toward Cecilia and Eirine then my Crest of Conquest shined. "Ascend."
Cecilia and Eirine both stood up. Their Crests shined then their second Crest Awakened. I watched them and smirked.
"Sis...we have to use...that technique if we want to win." Cecilia said.
"The Crest of Union. B-But if we fuse...we might never be able to separate." Eirine said. "Remember when Asura was created...he was never able to return thus becoming a Legendary Beast."
"It won't happen to us..~ We have Ryoma here to help.." Cecilia said and held her hand out to Eirine.
Eirine blushed a bit and took Cecilia's hand. Cecilia pulled Eirine to her then twirled her around. Their bodies began to shine and merge together as one. The new being was revealed and she had long half red hair, half pink hair, silver eyes, and the Crest of Union shined on her forehead. She wore a white and red shine maiden outfit with golden rings on her wrists and ankles.
The woman looked at her hands and legs. She hopped up and down then threw a few lightning speed jabs in the air. She smirked and looked at Soren and Klaus then pointed at them. "Alright! You're going down!"
"Who are you? Are you Cecilia or Eirine?" Soren asked.
"Neither. I am Eirlia. I am neither Cecilia or Eirine!" Eirlia said then gave them a thumbs down. "Prepare to fucking lose, pricks!"
"The ego on her. She definitely takes more after Cecilia." Soren said.
"And yet her gracefully appearance. Definitely Eirine. What the fuck? Why are we even talking about this?! We just watched the two fuse together and she's saying she isn't either or?" Klaus said.
"Right. I am my own being!" Eirlia said as she hopped up and down. She stopped hopping and smirked then vanished and reappeared in front of Soren.
Soren looked surprised then was blown away by a spinning heel kick. Eirlia dodged Klaus's slash then elbowed his stomach. She chuckled then launched him away then dashed toward him. She jumped up and axe kicked him down to the ground.
"Have a taste of these!" Eirlia bellowed and rapidly hurled spheres of lightning energy at Klaus.
Klaus groaned as he was hit by a few then he powered up and deflected the remaining spheres then flew up toward Eirlia and got a hit on her face. He looked surprised when Eirlia just brushed off his attack.
Eirlia kicked him to the ground and flew below him at lightspeeds then grappled him. She flipped forward and bellowed. "Sunset Drop!"
She slammed Klaus to the ground and a massive cloud of smoke and debris formed as well as a few rocks flying in the air. She jumped out of the smoke cloud and crossed her arms.
Soren bellowed and flew to the sky. "Union Force is so cheap! The combination of power levels and all of that?! No wonder no one respects the Goddess of Union! All of you are cheap!"
Eirlia smirked at Soren and got in a stance to charge up for an attack. "Cry about it."
Soren bellowed and formed a massive ball of chakra above him. "Shut up and die! Taste my Judgement Bomb!"
He hurled it toward Eirlia and Eirlia watched the sphere of energy crashing down.
"Final...!" Eirlia bellowed and a ball of light energy formed in her hands.
"None of you will survive this attack!" Soren bellowed.
"Sacred!" Eirine bellowed and the ball of light grew larger and shined brightly.
I watched and crossed my arms. Nebula watched as well and stomped her hoof on the ground.
"Gleam!" She bellowed and fired at the massive sphere of energy, breaking through it.
Soren looked surprised and dodged it. Eirlia smirked and pulled on the beam and made it curve back toward Soren.
"Wh-Wha-" Soren started then got hit with the beam.
A massive explosion happened in the sky and the people of the city noticed it and pointed. I smirked and nodded. Nebula neighed and got on her hind legs.
Soren fell to the ground and laid on the ground.
"Alright! No one can de-" Eirlia started then her body shined brightly.
Cecilia and Eirine groaned as they were separated. They both fell on their butts and looked at each other then laughed.
"We did it!" Cecilia said and pumped her fist in the air.
"Yeah!" Eirine celebrated and cheered.
I watched the two and smiled. I looked at the Castle and looked serious. "It's time."
Nebula nodded.
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Roy sat in his cell and looked at his hands. The Crest of Ares shined on his forehead. "Where did I go wrong with that boy..?"
A guard heard Roy and looked ahead. "You didn't. You were the most respectable man in this kingdom aside from your brother. Once his death was known...our kingdom lost Order. Queen Selum IV couldn't bare the loss of her husband and killed herself."
"Which lead to more chaos and riot. All the blame was shifted on Cecilia when the battle happened. She was exiled because of a false rumor." Roy said then looked at the guard.
"None of us knights wanted to point our blades at you. Hell half of us barely wants to fight Ryoma. He's The Tyrant for crying out loud. His weakest is our strongest!" The guard said.
Roy chuckled a bit and sighed. "If only things were different.."
The guard looked back at Roy. "What do you mean?"
"He's going to kill you all. Once you get on his bad side, The Emperor of Conquest will stop at nothing until you're dead. I know you heard those explosions. You are his enemy. There's no reasoning with The Tyrant. The Man of Order. His Judgement is final." Roy said then stood up.
"Surrendering will do nothing for you." Roy added to his previous sentence.
The guard grew a bit nervous. He watched Roy and his eyes widened when he summoned his sword. Roy slashed at the walls of his cell and destroyed the wall.
"The Rebellion truly begins. If you wish to live...leave." Roy said.
"Before you go. If you head left of the prison, your divine weapon will be in the treasure room." The guard said.
Roy looked at the guard and smirked. He nodded and ran off at blazing speeds.
The guard watched then took off his helmet. He heard the alarms going off. He watched the other knights run past him. He walked the other way and closed his eyes. He ripped off his cape and tossed it on the ground.
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"Roy has escaped his cell! Attention all units! Roy has escaped his cell!" A captain warned.
"You hear that?! Uncle Roy escaped! We have to find-" Eirine started then grunted as she noticed a wall getting destroyed.
I formed a barrier around us to block the falling brick pieces and other debris. I noticed Roy walk out and smiled. "Roy."
Roy looked at us and rested his great sword against his shoulder. "Ahh, I've already planned my escape weeks prior. I'm glad you all still showed up."
"You have your Radiant Blaze!" Cecilia said in awe.
"As much as I love reunions, we have a slight problem." I said and watched the Royal Knights and guards surround us.
"Well I guess I should be glad to see The Tyrant in action." Roy said and got ready for battle.
I changed my sword into Willbreaker and adjusted myself on Nebula's back. "Hmph. Watch and learn."
"Ready Celli?~" Eirine asked.
"Always!" Cecilia roared.
"Charge!" The captain bellowed.
Nebula neighed and charged at the knights. I slashed and sliced multiple waves of guards. Nebula neighed and stomped on the ground, causing shockwaves then jumped up and stomped down, causing rock spikes to protrude from the ground and kill multiple knights.
Roy parried multiple attacks then closed his eyes then his Crest of Ares shined. He bellowed and opened his eyes and they shined yellow. He slashed in a circle repetitively, killing waves of guards then slashed one last time, releasing a flaming cutting wave at the royal knights, killing them.
Eirine blocked and parried multiple attacks from a knight then vanished, striking the knight with lightspeed attacks then appeared in front of the knight and got in the Dagrax Stance then struck the knight in her stomach then a delayed barrage of attacks hit the knight, blowing the knight away.
Cecilia countered the knight then grappled onto him and wrapped herself around his body then twirled herself around his body and got him on the ground. She palmed the back of his neck, killing him. He dodged an attack from another knight then parried his attack.
Eirine dashed toward the knight and surfed on the water she generated. She blew a force of wind at the Knight's feet, knocking him upwards. She slapped Cecilia's hand, tagging her in. Cecilia grabbed her hand and Eirine propelled them upwards.
"Go!" Eirine bellowed and tossed Cecilia upwards then jumped off the stream of water.
Cecilia bellowed and surrounded her leg with the water and pivoted in the air. "Arashi no Nami!"
She kicked the knight and he groaned loudly in pain. Cecilia roared and crashed down with the knight. They slammed into the ground and an eruption of water shot up in the air then caused a tidal wave, washing away more knights and guards.
Cecilia appeared next to Eirine and gave her a fist bump. Eirine smiled and nodded.
"That's all of them. Let's head back." I said then summoned Atlas in his dragon form.
Roy, Eirine, and Cecilia got on Atlas's back then we flew off back to the rural town. We landed in front of Lily's house and she heard us then rushed out to see us. Roy, Cecilia, and Eirine got off Atlas.
"Roy!" She cried and tackled him into a hug and cried on his shoulder.
Roy hugged her back and smiled with tears of joy. "I'm home, my love. I'm home..~"
Lily sniffled and smiled then let go of Roy then hurried to Cecilia and Eirine to hug them. "I knew you two were great in Ryoma's hands!~ You two feel a lot stronger than ever..!~"
Cecilia blushed and smiled. "It's all thanks to him that we and Roy are still alive..~"
"Yeah..~ If anyone deserves all the praise it's him..~" Eirine giggled.
Lily let go of them and walked toward me. She hugged me and kissed my cheek. "Thank you so much..~ You've done so much to help us!~"
I smiled and my wings ruffled and a few feathers fell down. "I shall bless you all with Feathers of Conquest. Consume these feathers and you will be blessed with more power. It won't be a Crest, but you will receive a significant boost. I want you all safe from deceivers. This will also give you the ability to slay Dark Beasts."
Lily caught the feathers and smiled at me. "Thank you, Emperor Ryoma." Lily bowed.
"You are welcome, Lady Lily." I said and bowed as well. I looked at everyone else. "Our work is not yet finished. We have a tournament to win and a Legendary Beast to summon."
"Before you go." Roy said then held his hand out then the Crest of Ares shined on his forehead.
I looked at my hand then The Crest of Ares shined above my Crest of Henosis.
"The Crest of Ares. It grants you War Manipulation, it slightly balances out you Crest of Conquest in a way. It also gives the user the ability to absorb Life-Force, summon entities of war, and weapons of war." Roy said.
I nodded and smiled. "Thank you. I will put this to use in the best way I can."
"Alright. Let's head back to the city! We have unfinished business." Cecilia said.
"Right. Let's go." I said.
To Be Continued....