"Daddy's been gone for a while.." Atalia said as she was coloring in her coloring book.
Fhae looked at Atalia and sighed softly. "Yeah...I wonder what's going on. He didn't even eat breakfast.."
Atalia looked at Fhae and stood up. "I'm gonna go look for him!"
"I would advise against that.." A voice said.
Fhae sat up quickly and looked around. "Who's there?!"
The same cloaked figure who saved Drifa appeared in behind the couch and looked down at Fhae. "Tell me where he is..."
Fhae stood up and turned around to look at the cloaked figure. She grunted and summoned her sword. "Who? Who are you looking for?!"
The cloaked figure looked at Atalia and noticed her walking backwards. "It seems as if I don't need him...I'll just bring him to me."
"Wha—" Fhae said then noticed the man shot black chains at Atalia. "Atalia!"
Atalia screamed then noticed a golden pillar crash down. She noticed Freyja appearing from the pillar and the man dropped Atalia to look at Freyja.
"Well well...Ares. One of the Gods of War. It's a wonder how you managed to slip through Hlorja's protection." Freyja said.
Ares looked at Freyja and took off his hood, revealing his black hair and red eyes. "Hmph. Organization X is tired of waiting patiently now...We have decided to attack directly now!"
Ares dashed toward Freyja and went for a strike, but Freyja dodged it and grabbed his arm and flipped Ares over her shoulder, slamming him to to the ground. Ares groaned and coughed a bit.
"Fhae! Take Atalia and get out of here! Warn everyone that Organization X is attacking directly now!" Freyja yelled.
Fhae hurried to Atalia and picked her up then hurried out of the apartment. She began to yell to gain everyone's attention then squeaked when a fireball nearly hit her.
She looked to where the attack came from and noticed Solmund with a woman in the air. Atalia noticed them and held onto Fhae tightly.
"Raiju. Is the ritual finished?" Solmund asked.
Raiju nodded and looked at Solmund and Valdana. "I used my Three Fingers to make sure everything went perfectly. In five minutes, Ymir and Aurgelmir shall be awakened."
Solmund smirked and looked at Fhae and Atalia then noticed the other Valkyries coming out of their homes to see what was going on. They noticed Solmund, Valdana, and Raiju.
"Astra Valkyries! It is time to start the first stage of Ragnarok! We, The Risi, have stayed silent for long enough! You all have five minutes to prepare for the destruction of the Exithia Region and soon all of Isoria! Your guardian, Hlorja has already been captured! Your safety is no more!" Solmund bellowed.
Grace looked at Solmund and grit her teeth. "Heimdall!"
"Vali!" Komine bellowed.
"Who knew...They had all of this power backed up. There's no way we can just sit back and allow them to continue!" Grace bellowed. "Yuri wants to get on me, but the one moment we need her she's not here!"
"We have to stop them! Let's go!" Cornelia bellowed and transformed into her Valkyrie Form. She propelled herself toward Solmund.
Komine and Grace transformed into their Valkyrie Forms as well and followed Cornelia.
"Mama Fhae... I'm scared.." Atalia softly cried.
Fhae took this chance to try and escape. "I'll protect you...I have to... I'm not letting anyone take you!"
Drifa appeared in front of Fhae and caused ice to surround Fhae's legs. She watched as Fhae struggled to move. She smirked and took Atalia out of her arms. "Thank you~ Now that we finally have Ata–"
Freyja used her Seithr to warp reality and Atalia appeared in her arms. "You all aren't taking Atalia anywhere..."
Drifa looked surprised and looked up at Freyja. She smirked and chuckled. "That's fine... We'll just take you down first!"
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{Grace: Yuri! Yuri! We're taking heavy damage! We can't hold them off for much longer!}
"What the...Grace?! What's going on out there?!" Yuri said.
{Komine: Organization X is attacking! They finished the ritual early! They are trying to take Atalia away and kill Freyja!}
{Cornelia: Commander! I can't hold them off much longer! They have the Shinto and the Greeks on their side now!}
{Vaja: Commander Yuri..! I can't do it..!}
I grunted and felt Atalia's emotions. "Fuck that stupid key! They can have Brynhild for all I care! I'm going to save Atalia!"
"Wait! We can't charge head on without a plan and we need Brynhild to gain an upper hand and—" Phoebe started.
"I no longer give a shit! This is the reason I didn't want to show up! If you all want that key so damn badly you get it!" I yelled and threw Tyrfing at a tree and the blade stuck to the tree. "I'm going to save Atalia no matter what!"
They watched me fly off using my aura. Skuld took Tyrfing out of the tree and closed her eyes.
"There's a chance you all may win. If I were you, I would go back to your allies. We will get the key." Skuld said then walked forward.
"Yeah, don't worry about us!" Urthr said and hurried forward.
Verthandi walked after Urthr and Skuld. "Your allies need you. You should go to their aid."
Yuri watched the three then hurried after me, summoning her pegasus. Day and Phoebe also summoned their pegasi and mounted on them then flew toward their base.
I noticed the multiple explosions happening then sensed an attack heading my way. I formed a barrier around myself and blocked the fireball that came my way. The fireball shattered my barrier and caused me to crash onto the ground. I grunted and rolled on the ground.
Solmund landed in front of me and chuckled. "We meet again...Dante. Are you prepared to meet your end..?"
I stood up slowly and looked at Solmund. I grunted and held my arm then my eyes shined as I looked at him. "Where's Atalia..?!"
Solmund smirked then laughed. "We already have her captured and sent Freyja running with her tail between her legs! Thanks to our new allies, we were given new heights to our power! Now prepare to die!"
I looked at Solmund with rage and transformed i to my War God Form then propelled myself toward him and bellowed. He dashed toward me and we clashed firsts then pushed each other back. We clashed once again then I blocked his next punch then countered with a palm at his core. He groaned and chuckled.
"More! Give me more of that rage! Show me how much you want to save your daughter!" Solmund laughed.
I bellowed and struck his core once more. Dark aura flashed around my fist as I kept striking his body. Solmund laughed then countered my next strike with a powerful beam of dark flames from his core. I groaned as the beam struck me and launched me away.
"Most of your allies have been defeated and forced to flee. Ragnarok will truly start now! There's no hope for you, Human! We could care less about Ymir now. We have Atalia now and soon we shall win this war!" Solmund bellowed.
I gripped the ground and grunted as I slowly got up. I began breathing heavily and smoke came from my mouth. Red lightning crackled around my body and my anger was getting harder to control. I yelled in anger and my aura surged wildly.
Solmund watched me and grunted as the sudden outburst of energy I began exerting. He watched me stand up and noticed black wings emerge from my back. "Well would you look at that...You've reached the true War God Form. All of this bottled up rage finally comes out."
I glared at Solmund and growled. I yelled and my aura surged then I propelled myself toward Solmund. He went for an attack but noticed me use a burst of speed to appear behind him then I knocked him upwards with a swiping attack. I flew after him and struck him with a double axe handle, knocking him to the ground. Multiple magic circles opened beneath him and released a powerful blast of energy, blowing Solmund away.
"What the hell..?" Valdana asked and looked back. "What is that?"
Drifa looked back and shuddered. "This power doesn't feel natural..."
"That doesn't matter now! Ymir and Aurgelmir have been summoned! They are in the Vanahall Region! We should hurry there after we take Atalia back to base!" Fujin said.
Day and Phoebe kicked the door to the ritual room down then readied their weapons. The three looked back at them then Fujin sighed and walked toward them.
"Valdana, Drifa. Leave. I'll handle these two." Fujin said.
"Right." Valdana said then warped away with Drifa.
Fujin spread his arms out and a powerful wind formed then he began to levitate in the air. Day and Phoebe grunted when they felt the winds then groaned as Fujin blew them away with powerful razor winds. He flew after them and dodged a powerful thunderbolt.
Yuri landed in front of Fujin and glared at him. "I thought you were dead, but I guess even villains need their miracles from time to time."
Fujin smirked and constructed a wind blade in his hand. "Let's finish this."
The two dashed toward each other and clashed blades. Yuri bellowed and pushed Fujin back. She slashed rapidly, making waves of lightning rush after him. Fujin dodged the cutting waves and went for a counter, but Phoebe appeared in front of him then kicked him away.
Day dashed after Fujin and avoided his razor winds then slashed in a circle with her axe. She struck Fujin and bellowed. She launched him through a wall and flew after him.
Fujin flew backwards and summoned a massive tornado. The tornado began to launch blades of wind at Day, but she avoided them then groaned when she was struck by Raiju.
"Sis!" Phoebe yelled and flew after Day.
"Fujin, we need to help Solmund. Dante is giving him issues." Raiju said.
Fujin scoffed then flew off to go assist Solmund. Raiju flew after Fujin and her eyes shined.
I rapidly clashed with Solmund then kicked him away then roared as I dashed after him. I struck him with a powerful struck on his core and grit my teeth as I began to add more power behind my attack. Solmund coughed blood and tried to counter.
Raiju appeared on the side of me then kicked me away from Solmund. She landed on the ground and watched me get picked up by Fujin's tornado.
I bellowed and broke out the tornado and turned the grass golden. A barrage of golden beams began to crash down on the ground at them. Raiju and Fujin did the best they could to dodge the beams while Solmund could barely move.
Ares flew toward me and kicked me out the air. He flew after me and summoned his spear. "You're finished!"
I rolled backwards on the ground then dodged his stab by warping backwards to my dagger then summoned Folkvangr. "Give back Atalia!"
Ares and I dashed toward each other and clashed. He pushed me back and slashed at me, but I dodged it and closed the distance then kicked him in his stomach then followed it with an uppercut, knocking him upwards.
"Die!" I roared and caused a barrage of golden swords and launch upwards from a magic circle directly at Ares.
Ares groaned loudly then belllowed, breaking out of the onslaught then flew toward me. He struck my face and knocked me away. He teleported above me then kicked me down to the ground then came down with a powerful punch. I groaned and coughed blood. Ares picked me up by my neck and glared at me.
"There can only be one God of War.." Ares said.
I wanted to go for another attack, but my body gave out on me and forced me into my normal form. "Give...Atalia...back.."
Ares stared at me and noticed my body slowly turning into golden magic particles. "So long, Tyr.."
Yuri grunted as she had witnessed the battle then hopped into her pegasus. "All remaining Valkyries! Retreat!"
Day and Phoebe followed behind Yuri. A few others who hadn't already retreated, followed Yuri. The Astra Valkyries had lost this battle due to an ambush from Organization X. Most of the Valkyries had retreated while they could...those who stayed, retreated with Yuri. Atalia had been taken away and no one knew where to. All hope was soon lost as Organization X now had full control over the Exithia Region.
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I felt warm. Cozy even. I opened my eyes and noticed I was in a bedroom. I sat up and my hair covered my eyes. I noticed Beigel and Trjygul hop on the bed. They meowed and rubbed themselves against me.
Freyja walked into the room and looked at me with a worried expression. "I'm sorry...I wasn't strong enough to take them all on at once. I wish I was...We could've had Atalia saved.."
I gripped the covers and a few tears rolled down my cheeks. Freyja sat on the bed and hugged me tightly. She rubbed my hair and closed her eyes. She felt her heart hurting and she also wanted to save Atalia.
"We will save them...I promise. Before we head to Fensalir, we will save all of your allies and Atalia. I don't care what I have to do...I will have them saved..." Freyja said.
I held onto Freyja tightly and sniffled. "I want her back..."
"We will have her back, my love. No matter what we have to do...We will get our daughter back and save the Astra Valkyries." Freyja said.
I felt like I had lost an important piece of myself. My entire world felt like it was now missing. Atalia was no longer with me at the moment and it hurt me on the inside. This was a detrimental loss for the Astra Valkyries...I knew I needed to get stronger no matter what...I needed...to finally accept Tyr's Seal.
~{Prologue: Exithia Region Cleared!}~