[Day- 29
Final Stretch
Aiden- Level 30
Survivors- 2]
(4 days have passed. The world ending has shrinked down in a rapid rate. Most of the landscape...is gone. 30 days of efforts of 500 people washed down the blood...While it's both uncanny and disturbing...Today it all ends)
Aiden- For better or worse...What started must end...
*Sitting on top of a tower, Aiden observes the world shrunk down to a very small size*
*The goddess descends from the sky, announcing in a voice which echoes throughout the world*
- The crown has appeared-! Fight to death for the destiny you seek for!
Aiden- Not what I seek for...
*Slightly smiling he sighs*
- Well...to the end it is.
(A bowshot can be heard from the distance. Aiden stands up, and falls to his back from the tower. Using stealth midair, he starts running through the woods. The final showdown...)
Aiden- Has begun...
Nikolai- *His voice can be heard from afar*
- Find your way, Pheonix!
Aiden- Is that a location reveal ability?- Wha?!
*Aiden looks behind him, the burning forest chasing him down, with a blazing pheonix rushing at him*
Aiden- Tsk-
*Aiden jumps up in the air and uses Tempest blades, dashing three times. Nikolai barely dodges, although the shockwaves destroy what it hits*
Nikolai- Yo! Mr. Perfect.
*The phoenix rushes at Aiden, making him fall to the ground. Thanks to his element he doesn't fall directly*
Aiden- He is more complicated than I originally thought. Fine by me...
*Using wind surge Aiden rushes out of the forest, coming face to face with the Ranger. Nikolai had been charging up his ability*
Nikolai- Found you.
*With a greedy smile*
- Rain of hellfire!
(A huge magical portal opens behind Nikolai, as it unleashes hundreds of firearrows rushing towards Aiden at immense speed. Aiden barely runs out of them...Then realises the source is the problem. He quickly dashes thrice, right in front of Nikolai, and thrusts swiftly. But Nikolai dodges)
Nikolai- Woah-oh scary stuff!
*His hellfire ability immediately stops*
Aiden- Hngh!
*Aiden strikes three times. Although dodged by Nikolai, he charges up the 4th strike and slashes with lightning, smashing the anything in contact. Nikolai blocks but the impact throws him off*
Nikolai- Nice strength. But not enough...!
*Nikolai charges up his blazing bow ready for a quick strike*
Aiden- *Upon noticing the charge up he launches at him. As soon as Aiden is in front of Nikolai, he shoots in his face with an explosion*
Nikolai- Bullsey- huh?
*Nikolai notices the arrow stopped right before his face...stuck on a force field, as Aiden has a thrilled smile on his face*
Nikolai- How?!-
*Aiden teleports behind Nikolai for a brutal blow*
Aiden- Wind can be amazing right?!
*Aiden pulls his blades, ready to strike*
Nikolai- I am not done yet!
*Nikolai detonates his bow in a big explosion, launching away everything nearby including Aiden*
Aiden- That's... possible?
*Crashed on the wall, Aiden falls down, Looking up he notices Nikolai pulling out a fully crimson looking bow. Blazing in red flames *
Aiden- For god sake...ugh
*Standing up, he burns his mana boost gem*
Nikolai- Get ready for the final stretch.
Bulleting Blaze!
*Nikolai shoots at Aiden, it explodes on contact creating a smoke. As the smoke wears out Aiden stands there, his blade going orange blocking it*
Aiden- *Dashing to his side, Aiden starts rushing in a circle around Nikolai. He charges his bow up at the sky*
- What's that now...
Nikolai-
Blood rain- Make it blaze!
*Upon shooting, the sky starts raining fire but it smells of burning blood*
Aiden- You filthy-
*Aiden's wind surge doesn't allow him to get hit, as it stops right in the force field but consumes mana. Nikolai did this so his mana boost gem advantage is gone*
Nikolai- Where will you run...?
*Nikolai aims his bow at running Aiden, chanting*
- My flames are life...My flames are alive!
Go forth...Pheonix!
Aiden- Not again...
*As the blazing pheonix rushes at Aiden, he waits till it gets close. Once it's close he leaps high in the air, making the pheonix crash into the floor instead*
Aiden- Doesn't matter if I take damage...
*Aiden concentrates all the used mana of windsurge on his right blade*
- I have plenty of it...!
Aiden- *The burning blood falls on his Armor, damaging him little by little. Aiden dashes at Nikolai full speed, chanting*
- My wind knows no bound, it follows my words. Heed my call...!
Aiden- *Pulling his blade back*
Obliteration Flow!
Nikolai- Holy f- What's that?!
*Before he could finish, Aiden crashes at him, which shakes the shrinking world borders itself, sending out a huge explosion. It blows away Nikolai, and crashes him into the core rift walls taking huge damage*
Aiden- *Activates windsurge again*
- Your death.
Nikolai- If you want it that way...
*Standing up*
I'll give it to you.
(Nikolai charges his crimson bow, as the sky lights up in bright red)
Aiden- Fine by me...
*Aiden says as a terrifying storm brews... ripping away the leaves of the forest around. The trees get uprooted as they chant*
Aiden- I am the controller of winds-
*Aiden's whole body starts glowing...the ground under him slowly cracking*
Nikolai- My gaze burns anything it observes...
*The cracked ground catches fire*
Aiden- My words shall make the 5 winds bend...
*Aiden takes a step forward, cracking the blazing ground*
Nikolai- My flames shall make the hell tremble...
*He aims at Aiden, as the whole remaining world goes up in flames*
Aiden- O lord forgive me if I lend...
*Aiden puts one leg forward, smashing the ground*
- For I shall make the wind break-
Nikolai- Heed my call!
Aiden- Heed my call!
*activating wind surge on himself*
Nikolai-
The fall of heavens...!
Aiden-
Vortex of the end...!
(Nikolai unleashes the attack upon Aiden, making the world tremble. Upon contact it explodes in a nuclear reaction. Right as it was about to hit, Aiden leaped up into the sky)
Aiden (thinking)- Oh...I am tired...
*Aiden levitates in the sky, as a huge magical portal stirs up above him. The flames rise up to meet Aiden*
Aiden- Hahhh!!!!
*Aiden squeezes out the last mana inside him, and strikes downwards as an image of a dragon follows, through the portal, to the movement of his blade's direction*
Nikolai- Holy....
*It's a white dragon with a tint of blue, and some parts glowing. It's blue eyes stare directly into Nikolai. The dragon opens it's mouth straight into the fire, burning with a loud roar. Aiden thrusts into the flame, as the dragon devours the flame, absorbing the raw mana. Upon absorbing a huge amount of mana, The dragon encircles the whole core rift area, including Nikolai, and blends into a vortex, which forms one of the biggest tornados around it. The sound is so deafening, it breaks through all sound barriers, immediately blowing through eardrums. Nothing escapes the vortex even the soundwaves created by it are getting sucked by itself, with a rackling sound of the incomplete waves*
The goddess- *The tea she was drinking falls from her hands, as she gasps in aw*
- Eek...!!!! What's that....power...?
(Nikolai tries holding his ground under the crushing vortex)
- Kid...You are something... incredible...
Aiden- Hnghhhh!!!!!
Break- the limits!
*Upon seeing it still can't go against Nikolai, He infused his blood inside the vortex, creating a red glow both in his eyes and the vortex. As the whole place gets unstable, blood gushes out of his eyes, veins rip apart, his whole body bleeds, and mixes in the mana. The world endings start going backwards rather than shrinking. The vortex is bending the time and space itself. Aiden pushes his blade deep, thrusting through the ground, as a beam goes straight up in the sky, followed by an explosion...shattering the world. The simulated world shatters in a deafening sound, as if a huge box made of glass broke. But suddenly, Aiden's heart stops-*
Aiden- Go-
*Throwing up blood he falls from the sky straight to the ground, as the vortex slowly disappears. The destroyed world is fully white...white like when Aiden first got here*
Aiden- I...must...surv...sur...
*Aiden slowly blacks out, looking at the abnormally white environment*
Meanwhile,
The goddess- Let him wake up first- Then we can talk.
(After a hefty 3 hours, Aiden woke up. Finding himself in the same way he was before. He still has his blade. He slowly gets up, trying to regain balance, when he suddenly catches a glimpse of a body. The upper half is missing and the lower part is burnt to hell)
Aiden- Nikolai...
*Looking at his own blade*
- So I survived...but
(Looking at the brutally deceased body, he can't help but feel guilty. Only thing he can think is why?...why must he kill to survive...? He only ever wanted to be a normal human...)
Aiden- *He kneels down...*
What have I... become...?
*Looking down...he screams loudly... releasing all his feelings*
Aiden- I survived but at what cost...!!!
*Looking forward, he notices a woman coming towards him*
Aiden- You! You witch-
*Aiden thrusts at the woman dashing at her. Only to find her gone. She teleported behind him*
The goddess- Calm down, my chosen one~
Aiden- *striking again*
- For you!!! For you they died!!! You could've saved them couldn't you?!!
*Aiden keeps striking as the goddess keeps dodge teleporting*
The goddess- But it was you... who killed them honey~
Aiden- *Upon hearing her words Aiden's attacks slowly become forceless...as he slowly breaks into tears*
I...
The goddess- They were gonna die anyways. Rather, I gave them a chance. I didn't save you either.
Aiden- *Looking at her with vulnerable eyes*
What do you mean....?
The goddess- Hmm? *The goddess suddenly strikes her hand at Aiden, as Aiden immediately blocks*
Aiden- Tsk-!
The goddess- This is what I mean. This is what saved you.
Aiden- Don't play jokes on me!
The goddess- It's okay big guy~ You can lower down your weapon. That was just a demonstration~ The world where you are gonna go is a parallel universe.
*The woman starts patrolling around Aiden as she says*
- I am sure you understand that there is a twin brother of you in that Universe. I just swapped their position. The world's name is Atrucia.
Aiden- Huh?
The goddess- So now the Atrucian Aiden is living earth life, and you will be living an Atrucian life. I didn't revive anyone, or bring them back from the dead. I am afraid that's not possible.
Aiden- *Lowering his weapon*
-Oh...
The goddess- So? Am I still a "witch"?
Aiden- I...apologize for my language...
The goddess- It's okay! Come on
*Patting Aiden's back, his gear fades away*
Aiden- Huh? Wha-
The goddess- Chill~ Sit down.
*She summons two chairs and a table*
- Let's talk about your wishes and some important things, before you...
Start your new life.