Elder Tadeus: "Hmm… allow me to take on William."
Elder Mopee: "Ah, so… the brick-headed, battle crazed, testicle wants to take on the full meal, yeah? We all know why that fool up there is King, right?"
???: "Isn't it due to the combo of his Birthright and Study?"
Elder Mopee: "That's right indeed, Junior. His birthright and study, along with his PSL of 64. Well… it all combines to make a warrior capable of taking on and even beating Maliik. Though the same could be said vice versa "
Mopee Jr: "Right, I thought that was the case. Well if that's the case, how does one defeat a being who can possibly beat the God that bested you, uncle Tadeus?"
Power Scale Level: 58
Birthright: Channel
Element: Wind
Study: Channeler's Lance( Embodiment/Weapon Class)
Age: 102,039
Tadeus: "Ah, do not worry about that one there, nephew. I have my ways, plus… it isn't as though I'll be trying to kill the poor boy. And besides… Maliik beat me in a competition of Light… not a true bout." *FWOOSH*
Mopee Jr: "Hmph, true enough… let's get a move on then!" *PEW*
Draud: "Indeed, come along then my sons, X'Avier and Louie. Let's liberate this great clan once and for all!"
Both: "Yessir!!"
The Azrufal and Murdicc forces lead the combined might of all rebellion Houses that weren't fighting the main battle within the Beel's Territory. Against them sat the Lumiairess and Joseph Houses. They led all corrupted forces that remained within the clan. Both sides were prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure their ideals were realized in the grand scheme of things. Tadeus flew ahead of the others, rushing towards William as he vanished before the eye of his enemies. His gray hair flowed elegantly alongside his royal blue cape. His golden armor covered his entire body in a snug fit. A blue sash was wrapped around his waist that also flowed outwards in the same likeness of his cape. His face was absent of any facial hair nor blemishes, not even a mole. His eyes were ocean blue while his lips and nose were fairly small. He wore two royal blue, six-pointed, star-shaped hair pins holding back his bangs to the side while the rest of his long hair was folded behind his ears. Flowing elegantly in all its glory as Tadeus flew into the guard of William. Everyone had been blitzed and passed up in the process. He had now successfully placed himself in front of William, AND… he also grabbed the attention of the other leading corrupted individuals.
Elder Tadeus: "Hello, William, my boy. It seems your men have dropped their guards trying to keep track of me. That's a bad move, innit?"
William: "Tch. (Damn these fools and their insolent ways!)"
Power Scale Level: 64
Birthright: Level Up
Element: Light/Space
Study: Mass Increase (Embodiment/Manipulation Class)
Age: 401,004
He glared at his subordinates as they were flanked and attacked by the members of the Rebel army.
Everyone had begun to bring about their most destructive abilities in an attempt to immediately overtake the other side. The few members from the House of Joseph were used as captains to lead members from the other corrupted houses. They wished to lead a more coordinated assault against the leading forces from the combined might of the Azrufal and Murdicc houses. Lady Dannadise ruthlessly led her people by dismembering any and all enemies before her. Whether they were forced to fight or not. She used her saber to rip most in half with a diagonal, vertical, and/or horizontal slash. Leaving innards, blood and intestines to fly about and all over her subordinates. Her gaze never seemed to falter nor sway away from her chosen opponent.
Draud: "We must make sure to not falter nor fall behind that of the Azrufal House. We will all form a new path for the greater future. Now charge forward with me, my fellow Deities!!!. We thrust through all before us at FUUUUUULL POWWAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
Rebels: "Sir, YES SIR!!" *Pew* *P-P-P-Pew* *PEW*
The corrupted forces and the rebel forces wreaked havoc within the upper cosmos of Luminaria. Their light ripped open every type of hole within the structure of their home. The territory around the three leading houses were torn asunder more than anywhere else within the Clan. The cosmic weather anomalies left many who were to be protected during this stream of unfortunate events in a state of 'ah'. Captivated by what could easily be the precursor to their very demise. You can watch as many clasped their hands together tightly, wishing for the best in this destructive event that now plagues their clan.
Joshua: "Mhm… this will be where we put this pathetic rebel attempt at fighting the inevitable to rest. Let this be your final stand, sir Draud!" *smirk*
Power Scale Level: 72
Birthright: Change
Element: Clay
Study: Morphing Super Suit (Clothing/Treasure/Pact Class)
Age: 2,789,987
Draud squared off with Joshua head on, using the head of his staff to push back Joshua and his pair of twin sickles. Joshua smiled sinisterly as he was pushed back, struck and smashed away by the staff of Draud. Joshua was easily able to withstand the force, almost immediately stopping his momentum as he flew back. He snarled and gritted his teeth while wearing a creepy smile on his face. His chain grew with links of clay once he finally grabbed ahold of the handles on the sickles. He used his Presence Zenchi to throw Draud off, using its force to blow Draud away. Joshua used the few seconds he'd have and placed his hands on the chains of his sickles and began to spin them rapidly as Draud caught his balance.
Draud: "Tch, what a powerful wave of Presence Zenchi he can employ at will. It's insanely immense, but then… what would one expect from someone who is a runnah for esteemed member of The Light!?"
He looked up and watched as Joshua prepared to go on the attack.
Joshua: "Hehe… let's see what it is you can do, ya old codgah!" *FWOOSH* *woosh* *FWISH*
Joshua swung his left sickle outwards and towards Draud who instinctively deflected it with the head of his staff. The sickle was pulled back while the right sickle was thrown as a counterattack. But it would seem Draud was able to block that as well. Joshua repeated this process while gradually raising his speed. Draud was still able to block and dodge the approaching danger as he took very slow paced steps forward. Utilizing the ten seconds he can see into the future with his Mental Zenchi to its highest percentage. Every sickle strike could be seen ahead of time, Joshua's own Zenchi turned Draud's ten seconds into a mere two. Before you knew it, both Draud's staff and Joshua's sickles turned into mere blurs. Spinning and slashing about as they deflect one another.
"What a persistent brat you are!" Draud states as his slightly wrinkled face contorted with frustration.
On the other side of things, one could see William and Tadeus clashing well above the clan's three leading houses. William made use of his heavy Luminatanium hammer. Attempting to smash Tadeus into space dust with his spatial hammer strikes. Tadeus used his mastered Physical Zenchi and wrapped it around his arms. Blowing away all strikes aimed his way by King William. Spatial rifts that ignore durability and anomalies merely being punched by Tadeus as he charges forward. William took heed of this and decided to increase his output and speed instead of changing techniques altogether. Tadeus merely smiled while watching William dash backwards while swinging his hammer.
Elder Tadeus: "You're sorely mistaken if you believe any of these meager strikes will reach my person, Sir William!"
King William: "Cht!"
Elder Tadeus: "I've already conquered Space and Light in my ten million years of life."
King William: "No mattah, elderly one. You have never encountered Space like my own. Plus… you have to make sure your Zenchi can beat mine! *PYOW*
Elder Tadeus: "Ha! *THWOW* We'll see how far that special Space of yours can take you!" *PEW*
"HM!?" William grunts as he activates his Mental Zenchi.
He uses it to see where Tadeus would be coming from. Nearly getting his head taken off as he glides to his right while swinging his hammer outwards. He watches Tadeus fly forward, stuck in that motion thanks to the power of his flying right hook. William increases his speed and vanishes, leaping forward with a mighty swing of his hammer. Attempting to smash it into Tadeus who had his eyes locked on William and the hammer the entire time. A sudden mass of force came forth from Tadeus's forearm… smashing away any clear efforts to cause damage.
King William: "D-Did you just fire a wave of Physical and Presence Zenchi out of your fockin' forearm, man. That's MAD!" *FWIP*
He grabbed his hammer with both hands and held it above his head as he charged up his power.
Elder Tadeus: "Aaah, very nice. (I can sense a dense amount of Zenchi in the head of that hammer. Fine then!) Physical + Presence Zenchi…
King William: "Physical + Presence Zenchi…
Tadeus wrapped his essence around his right leg whilst William wrapped his around his hammer. William's own resembled a cosmic range that repeatedly increased structural level as time went on. On the other hand, Tadeus's own showed flames with the symbol for Commander within your average military ranks all through out. The primary color for both of their Zenchi and pretty much everyone else's here was… white. They charge in on one another whilst simultaneously finishing their sentences by yelling out…
SMASH!"
Their two hefty essence waves had smashed into the other with a ridiculous amount of force. Causing Tadeus foot and William's hammer to repel the other like magnets. The current of essence spewing forth from their collision began to tear and burn holes into the fabric of space around the clan.
"Ahh… that won't do. Not one bit!" Tadeus thought to himself.
He forced his essence to flare up once more, but this time… he focused it all on a Zenchi coated flare of flames. Then proceeded to release these same flames from the sole of his foot. Spreading them to all the locations in which their essence has affected. Burning them to a crisp, which is only possible thanks to his mastery of Physical and Presence Zenchi. Not to mention the fact that he has conquered both Spatial and Fire essence. The threat to the clan had been neutralized, leaving only his initial clash with William. It still had enough strength and power behind it to disrupt all other battles below them.
King William: "Nifty little trick you did the- *FWUEER* Hm!?"
He watched as flames spewed from Tadeus's foot in massive quantities. It engulfed his entire being within mere milliseconds, leaving William in quite the predicament now.
Elder Tadeus: "Mhmmm… Zenchi Flames… FLARE!!"
The flames from his foot grew exponentially.
William was being backed into a corner by such heinous flames. Taking the brunt of such a massive amount of flames before summoning forth his own element. Trapping the flames within a tightly shut bubble made of spatial essence. William had to pour a lot of his strength into this attack to ensure the flames would be extinguished along with Tadeus's foot. But to his surprise, the flames were condensed to a small enough point that the bubble could finally close. Then the flames burst open, tearing the bubble in several places all at once. William increases his focus and places the head of his hammer in front of the bubble to further assist his efforts. Their two colliding essence signatures went into a frenzy as the Spatial and Fire essence mixed into a singular signature attack. An unstable maelstrom of violent essence that tempered itself into a massive explosion.
Elder Tadeus: "How interesting. It would seem your Study and Birthright will truly be troublesome."
King William: "Tch… I'm the troublesome one, he says."
The light from their explosion engulfed their bodies entirely. Spreading to every corner of the clan as it faded away. The combatants on the battlefield were all blinded momentarily. Draud could be seen rubbing his eyes while cursing the likes of Tadeus and William for their treacherous interference. He hadn't realized that he was left vulnerable for the likes of Joshua. And let it be known that Joshua is not one to pass up on grand opportunities such as this. He twirled his sickles around until the chain was wrapped tightly around his waist. He stopped the sickles from spinning around him with his palms, slapping the sides before they could perform another roundabout. Draud heard the sickles drop and raised his guard.
Joshua: "Oh… how careless of you, Eldah."
He whispers into Draud's ear upon blitzing his person.
Draud: "When the-
*SMASH*
A savage, right uppercut left Draud in a state of shock. His body was paralyzed from the heavy strike, leaving an opening for the perfect follow up. A spinning heel kick to the chin that sends Draud flying back. Although… The shock from the blow wasn't great enough to discombobulate Draud. Allowing the elder to almost immediately catch his balance. He used the essence on his feet to grip the space around him, coming to a complete halt as he did so. He looked up above to view what came next and saw the likes of Joshua spinning about. The chains around his body unraveled and freed his sickles.
Draud: "Close quarters would be a preferable approach. Let's begin then!" *fwip* *swish* *WOOSH*
He twirls his staff as he gets ready for the oncoming attack.
Joshua grabbed a hold of his chain and used it to swing his right sickle at Draud. Draud used his staff to block the attack, repelling the sickle then proceeding to leap onto the chain. He used it as a foothold to rush in on Joshua. Deflecting the second sickle as he leaped forward like a speeding grasshopper. He could feel the chain being pulled in as he stepped on it. He flung his body forward into a series of flips. He wrapped Zenchi around his staff, smacking the sickle away from him. He lands on the other chain, continuing his approach. Leaping forward once more upon feeling the second sickle coming back. He knocked it down, keeping the head of his weapon staff on the back of the sickle. Then he shot a ball of water out that propelled him above that of Joshua.
Joshua: "Mhm… what's the old buzzard got planned, eh?"
He watched as Draud twirled his wooden staff about. Bringing forth his water element and surrounding his staff with it as he molds it into something new. And just like that, before Joshua's very eyes came about an aqua scythe. One that was continuously twirled until a stir of essence had built up. Turning the scythe into a shining weapon that nearly blinded Joshua. Giving Draud the chance to strike with an array of massive water slashes. Joshua looked up with a grand smile on his face. His Commander Class trenchcoat that looked identical to the British Royal Bleu uniforms blew in the gust created by his essence. He twirled his sickles using his chain, placing one in front of him and the other behind him. He blocked and blew apart EVERY slash that was sent his way without fail.
Joshua: "The water you use is quite dense and heavy. I'll make sure to keep that in mind for what comes next."
Draud: (What does he have planned?)
Draud, as well as us, honestly, watched onward as Joshua turned his sickles into water identical to Draud's own.
"Did he just!?" Draud thought to himself just as Joshua whipped his right sickle outward with a slashing motion. Sending a massive slashing wave of thick, dense water essence towards Draud. Draud condensed the shape of his aquatic scythe whilst holding it above his head. Bringing it down as the slash got within range. The attack was slashed in half, blowing up a bit as it went past his person. But to Draud's surprise…
Joshua: "Too bad for you, old timah!" *SWOOSH*
Draud: "Son of a- *WHAAAM* GYAAH!"
Draud was sent flying into a nearby star that his body destroyed entirely. Joshua sat in waiting for the supernova that was created to be extinguished by the essence of Draud. Above him were his two younger brothers that now fought in battle against Draud's two sons. It seemed to be an even exchange between the two pairs for the time being. Draud's sons just seemed to have gotten the drop on them this time around.
*Wham* *POW*
X'Avier: "It looks like dah is really going at it with that on there."
Power Scale Level: 65
Birthright: Knight
Element: Water
Study: None
Age: 976,609
Louie: "Yeah, I reckon you're correct, bruv. But… doesn't that bloke there look familiar, brothah Zay?"
Power Scale Level: 63.5
Birthright: Knight
Element: Ice
Study: None
Age: 976,608
X'Avier: "Now that I take a closer look at the guy… yeah! He definitely looks mighty familiar, Lil Lou!"
Louie: "Mhm… (Where have I seen this bloke!?)"
He glares at Joshua with nothing but wonder and mystery behind his glare.
To the far east of their location sat Dannadise and many of her people. Including their entire battalion, the 7 Lumináe. She was quick in her approach, an elegant shooting star on the battlefield with her battalion copying her every move. Making their formation quite the problem to deal with for this ragtag army of House leaders and battalion members. The corrupted army was that of a very disorganized bunch. One with generals and commanders that were more than confident in their ability to wreak havoc on those that oppose them. Their meager house members were nothing more than sacrifices who need do nothing more than… DIE!
Joshua: "Hmm… She's quite the powerful foe! I'll take care of her after I take care of him!"
Draud: "Ah… (He has already conquered water with his Zenchi. But with my water being different from any other liquid with its thick, dense nature. He had to adapt to it first then he could utilize it in tandem with his Birthright. How interesting, this boy is) nice- huh!?"
He looked up to see Joshua with his arm cocked back above his own head.
Joshua: "Now then… allow me to show you another concept I've conquered."
Draud: "Tch!"
Joshua: "Come to my side, Gauntlet of Morfingomo(More•feen•go•moe)!"
He brought forth a gauntlet that held a direct pact to the Stuliathan of Morphing/Change.
The gauntlet brought forth a massive amount of essence that could barely be seen by the naked eye. Leaving Draud to wonder what this new concept is that Joshua brought forth.
"Mhrrn!!! Increase thy speed to the level needed to travel 600 light years within a second." Joshua commanded as he invoked his technique.
Draud: "What in the verse?! (I can't seem to get a read on the concept he's using. But his command of speed is quite the sight to see!)"
Joshua: "O' Morfingomo… grant this gauntlet of mine the true power of thine concept! CHANGE!!!"
He turns his gauntlet into the concept entirely. Forming a new piece of armor on his right hand that was completely invisible to a Deity's naked eye.
Draud: "Tsssk… H'What concept is it!!?"
Joshua: "Hmph… Hypersonic WAAVE!!"
Draud: "His essence is being sent at me directly from his fist!? That travel speed will make it nearly impossible to dodge or guard against!!" *FWIP*
He brings his guard up and awaits the massive technique coming his way.
"Eh… whatevah!"
Joshua: "You're done for, sir Draud."
His attack was about to make contact with Draud within a split millisecond. It's pressure could easily fold space like paper as it traveled past the stars. It met with Draud and exploded on contact with nothing short of enough force to destroy the entire clan. But something seems to have stopped most of that force with little effort. Turning this clan punishing technique into a mere aesthetic that can barely destroy a star as big as Sol. Joshua looked slightly puzzled to see that the impact was far less than what it was meant to be. He looked deeply within the haze that was left by his attack. He noticed a being that looked as though they were four inches taller than Draud himself. Who was already six foot nine to begin with. They wore a white long coat lined with black fur on the hood as edges of the tail. Their body that lies revealed wherever their coat left openings for, such as the legs, hands, and even the neck area. All were covered by a hazy darkness. All except their head which showed off elegant, blonde hair that danced and literally let off countless sparkles that drifted into the wind. A rapier pokes through the haze that was present, showing that its wielder held it up to their chest with their right hand. While using the left to support it as it dispersed Joshua's earlier attack.
Joshua: "Ah… so it's the shining Knight Maiden, huh? Hm? *glare* You have a second rapier there? Wonder what dual-wielding rapiers look like."
Elder Draud: "Lady Dannadise… why interrupt my duel?"
Dannadise: "Simple, I'm more suited for this guy while you're more suited for my opponent. Let's switch."
Elder Draud: "Tsssk… fine, that will do. Shall we dance on another day then, lad?"
Joshua: "Indeed old man!"
Elder Draud: "Wonderful." *PEW*
Dannadise: "Hmph! Now then…"
Joshua: "Who would've thought I could fight one who is also a candidate!"
Dannadise: "I feel the same way, Josh. Now it's time to see who stands superior in all this!"
Power Scale Level: 73.5(Heavy Seal)
Birthright: Prayer
Element: Plasma/Maelstrom
Study: Polearms of the Tempest (Weapon/Embodiment/Storage Class)
Age: 3,000,098
Joshua: "Fine. By… ME!" *SWISH*
Dannadise: "And allow me to tell you this now…
Joshua: "Hm?"
The rebellion will be victorious ovah those that try to corrupt this great clan of…
LUMINARIA!!!"
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Past Pt. 1