"Snoooorrrrrrrrrr!"
A loud sleeping sound filled a forest as one blue bear, one child, and three sect disciples passed through its depths.
"Snoooorr- "
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In Adrian's mind
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"Chargeeeeeeeeee!"
An arrogant robed skeletal entity held a staff while pointing to a handsome triangle-faced blonde-haired woman whose hair reached her hips while dressed in fully plated gold armor as she wielded a massive flaming spear.
Humongous black-blue behemoths of bones whose height surpassed hills looked at the lone woman who emitted an aura rivaling that of a demigod.
"I have an army!!! What do you have, Champion Of Fate? Answer me!"
The Lich raised its hand to the sky, "I Am The Champion Of The Goddess Of Death! Ruler Of The damned! King Of The Rotten! Maker of Widows! The End Of Times! I am-"
The Lich put its hand to its face and completed, "Death itself."
…
The Heroine just smiled, "Then my faith…is to kill death!"
The Heroine said as a beam of gold light embellished white streaks pierced through the sky and materialized with righteous intensity at her back.
[Boom!]
A tremendous hurricane formed from its descent, tearing apart the ground and uprooting trees miles away from them as it cleared the clouds, making the skies riot at its might.
The field cleared away, now as barren as a desert with only brown land below the two foes.
"I never said I was alone!" The Heroine said as an enormous army appeared at her back the moment the light dissipated.
They all wore gold armor that shone like the sun itself and white capes decorated with the theme of a blood red cross on its back,
They radiated a disciplined temperament that could strike worry into any that witnessed their might.
"It seems I heavily underestimated you! So be it, Now— let us fight!!!"
The lich said as a tremendous smile illuminated his bony complexion with one eye emitting red-like flames that could bring any lesser man to his knees.
The undead legion, small and large, released unholy screams from their throats, breaking down the will of some mentally weaker soldiers.
But the soldier's training and discipline made them steel themselves as they collectively got into a charging stance.
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"Charge!" | "Charge!"
They both roared out, the lich in a deep-cracked unholy voice and the Heroine in a smooth, holy, and benevolent tone.
The two armies sprinted towards the other, their tenacious footsteps inducing a ferocious ground shake that circulated across the entire realm.
[BOOM!]
The clash of the two armies released a mile-wide shockwave that toppled nearby mountains and made building-sized waves in its path.
"Rawr!!!!"
They wailed in unison as they tore apart each other with spells, weapons, and limbs.
The Heroine vacated a linear path of bone and limbs, heading to the lich with each kill.
The Lich noticed the astonishing Heroine and nodded its head in praise before jumping down from the Giant variant undead that he stood on.
[Crack!]
[Boom!]
The crater formed on the ground as its black mage robes flared with the wind, adding a more kingly temperament to its frame.
The both of them stopped and stared at each other, looking like long-lost friends despite being eternal enemies.
They both slowly walked to each other; it almost seemed like the commotion around them did not concern the two legends.
The Lich's form continuously changed, each time the warlike scene obstructed his frame, slowly morphing from a Noble Lich Mage to a Dazzling Death Knight.
After a few moments, his form completely transformed, now twice as large as before in volume, as he adorned a dark metal armor that deflected any light that came in contact with it and a helmet that covered his mug with only his eyes visible.
The lich pointed a purple-black glowing sword toward the woman and said, "Let us end this history. I shall take your head… and end our lore."
The lich then went into full gear as he rushed toward the Heroine, cutting down any who blocked him, friend or foe.
[Slice!]
[Swack!]
[Pierce!]
The Heroine had no anxiety in her complexion as a metallic face gear slowly enclosed her mouth.
Soon, the two rivals got close, and the Heroine finally reacted as she raised the spear over her head.
[Clang!]
A purple-white wave occurred from the middle of their collision, vaporizing any being close to them and causing a crack to emerge below the two, splitting the entire continental-size plate in half.
The Heroine brought the blade sideways to her front, embedding it into the floor.
The Lich reacted by using one hand in an endeavor to swack her away, which the woman quickly ducked under as she turned around with her spear following suit.
[Clang!]
The spear collided with the sides of Lich's helmet, causing a gap in its visage.
[Swipe!]
The Lich removed the sword from the ground with full throttle, and swung it at Heroine to dissect her in two.
[Clang!]
The Heroine intercepted by placing her spear vertically on her sides.
[Bang!] [Cling!]
The sound of weapons bashing reverberated in smooth melody, as they danced the deadly hop with their full focus.
[Swipe!]
The Heroine suddenly dodged and bypassed the Lich's sides before proceeding to jump around him as she circled him, constantly lunging the spear to various gaps in the black armor.
[Clang!] [Clunk!][Cling!]
Countless metal clashing sounds permeated the battlefield as she laid waste to the Death Knight armor.
The Undead Lich got enough of the harassment as he brought the huge blade above his head and brought it down with killing intent radiating from his eyes. But the Heroine did not panic as she evaded the attack while spinning and gaining momentum.
[Boom!]
The spear landed on the top of the helmet, shattering it and blowing the armored man away.
"Close combat… Was never your strong suit, Alain,"
The Heroine said as she circled Alain, stalking him like a predator.
"It seems so, Janik," Alain said before morphing back into his previous form.
"Why are you holding back? Why do you delay?"
Janik walked around with a grip on her spear.
"I - you have too many questions!"
A black staff with runes on its frame appeared in the middle of Alain's skeletal fingers.
Alain embedded it into the ground and uttered,
{𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩!}
A depressing aura materialized on the battlefield, and Janik finally had a solemn expression.
All beings on the scene paused, getting on their knees from the power of the omnipotent force that is death.
Everyone except Janik.
"𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦!"
Two laws collided in the air, causing massive cracks and crevices in space.
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The two paused as the conceptual powers wreaked havoc on reality and chaos mana leaked from the void.
The volatile mana distorted the lands and turned them into a myriad of abominable structures with various eye-provoking colors and hues.
They both stared at each other for a few more moments before Janik acted and pointed her spear.
"𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘦!"
< Order > ᛒᚨᛚᚨᚾᚲᛖ
A gold runic pattern appeared on the tip of the spear, gleaming with holy light as it rotated around a circular path.
{"𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝!"}
– ᛞᛁᛋᛟᚱᛞᛖᚱ(Chaos)
_______⏚ _____
(Resist)ᚱᛖᛋᛁᛋᛏ______ᛞᛖᚨᛏᚺ(Death)
Alain uttered, slightly twisting the baleful staff he held, materializing a dark purple rune on the floor that covered his frame.
Janik then flashed to Alain and jabbed at his heart.
The two concept-formed runes conflicted and eliminated each other, spreading a disorderly chaos-mana around them that fragmented spacetime.
But none of that stopped Janik's sacred crusade as she brought the spear vertically right above her, planning to slice Alain in two.
Alain just looked in scorn as he activated.
{"𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠: 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥!"}
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Everything stopped, the divine and heretical flames of war, the clashing of foes, the screaming of men. It all seized.
Only Janik barely moved but just in slow motion.
Alain smiled as he slowly moved his hands to her face. "This is the rear of our road. This is the end of an Era!…"
A dark mist materialized on Alian's hands.
"Death ind-"
{𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩: 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦}
A voice echoed from around Alain, which caused his eyes to open wide.
[Pierce!]
A gold lance passed through his chest, and a blond woman appeared at his back with blood dripping down her face.
"I told you…if you are death, then I will kill death."
She said, propelling the spear in before saying.
"Unavoidable Fate: Destined To Die"
[Purk!]
A black liquid sprayed from Alain's mouth, and his face had a disbelieving complexion, "I… lost!?"
Before getting on his knees and glancing down at his hand, which slowly turned to dust as it sailed into the wind.
[Puff!]
Janik withdrew the spear and stepped back, causing Alain to look to the sky.
"I understand it now!"
Alain said as his vision gradually turned dark.
"What do you understand?"
Janik said from his back.
"I am destined for something else, death is just the beginning."
"In your last moments, you went senile."
"No, as a matter of fact, my head has never been more clear."
Only half of Alain's body remained as he said his last words, "Janik, I hope you like what I left behind, hahaha."
"What do you mean…? WHAT DID YOU DO?" Janik bellowed in worry as she felt her connection to fate branching rapidly.
"Take it as my… A gift to this realm, a blessing in the form of…an Outer God."
Just as Alain uttered his last words, the realm went dark.
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All living beings in the domain looked up and saw two massive orbs of red light in the sky that eclipsed the sun.
And not long after, they saw a semicircle of light beneath these orbs, which seemed to be moving.
"⸮ƨɿɘmɿoʇɿɘq wɘn ,ʜO"
The red semi-circular glare in the sky moved before expanding wider, seeming like a smile from an eldritch entity.
All realm inhabitants felt agitation grip them, with weaker ones collapsing on the spot.
"!ɘɔnɒႧ…woИ"
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Dream ends
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"Arhhhhh, Giant eye! Please, Don't eat me!! I'll give you money! Oh? That was a dream!"
Adrian said, waking up with a scream, startling Bb slightly and causing her to barely shift on the spot.
Adrian looked around where they were and noticed BB lying down on the ground with the trio far away from them but not too far.
"Remind me why they're following us again… Oh, yeah, that reason! Hmm, that dream felt so realistic!"
Adrian contemplated as he looked to the sky.
"It felt so familiar, the environment, the magic, the weapons. It was like the mage universe I was in… Wait, could they be the same?"
Adrian held his chest, the same place Alian got stabbed.
"I need to complete my task here so I can go back."
Adrian finally thought as he stared at the sky with a solemn expression.
He kept thinking of multiple scenarios before finally coming to the likely one as his eyes widened in enlightenment.
"Wait…could it be!!!!"