Snippet #2695676

Alexia cared little for the others as she just watched the train pass through the chasm entrance, the light of Gen Chari fading quickly as the cyan blue ethereal shine took effect over the train. She could hear the sounds of combat behind her, but wasn't too interested with it, just making sure that no one followed after them right away.

After a few seconds during which nothing else could be seen jumping down after them, Alexia turned and just in time too, side stepping a great sword, a few of the crusaders having clawed feet to step past Ravyn's ice on the top of the car. More were coming as well as she flat out decked gnoll crusader who dared to strike her, the canine's body crashing hard into the back of the train, already breaking a few ribs from Alexia's demonic strength, before being kicked clean off the back of the train screaming and howling out as she started to vanish in the lights behind left behind compared to the train's rapid decent through the void.

Alexia took a few to look over the gnoll's weapon, almost as big as she was, before jumping up and grabbing the top of the train, digging her claws into the ceiling a bit to keep her footing herself.

There before her were at least a dozen crusaders, Alexia just slowly raising the blade out to the side with one arm, a partial show of strength, but mostly just to get a feel for how heavy the weapon was, deciding if it she could throw it accurately without her techniques or if was better to just use the broad end more as a club and knock everyone out of her way.

Already through, as usual, her presence was having something of an effect on a few crusaders, some of them looking over her and having to look twice or more just to see who it was there standing before them.

“The Goddess you so highly praise is angry... enjoy her wraith.” She stated before charging forward, her hard foot falls, cracking Ravyn's ice so she wouldn't slip sounding nicely as she quickly made her way along the roof, her foot falls followed but a quick scream as once again, a crusader was thrown from the train and fell behind.

A few of the crusaders doubted Alexia's words though, and didn't seem phased right away by the black and blue feline in front of them, and quickly moved to try and kill or capture her, only to be met with her powerful resistance, one swinging a heavy headed staff down, two more at the crusader's side with great axes trying to attack from the left and right.

Alexia just used her new sword to bounce the staff back up though, before getting right in their faces, out of way of the ax heads, and giving a full swing of the swing of the sword through all of them, cutting the first one in half completely, and digging the blade heavily and almost all the through the second one before it got stuck, letting go of the sword and taking up an ax as all three of the crusaders were thrown off the train as well.

Very few crusaders were even close to her equal as she looked over the next group of crusaders who were all backing away some now. “Come closer...” She hissed a bit. “I'm still angry.” She stated firmly, before dashing forward, now entirely over Ravyn's icy patch and no longer worried about slipping, giving massive downward swing of the ax, a few crusaders falling on their own now from her attack, trying to evade but with no where near enough room, others just tripping over themselves in fear to fall off.

A loud crash sounded though regardless, Alexia having dug the ax clean into the top of the next car, only three crusaders left standing from the dozen or so that had been there. She just gave her dark smile again as she moved past the embedded ax and dared them to step forward.

“Do you dare stand in my way?” She hissed a bit, one of the remaining three quickly jumping back and over the side of the train, grabbing the side and going back into one of the windows that they must have come out of in the first place. “At least one of you were smart.” She stated before charging forward, using her claws this time and slashing hard at them, constantly forcing them back a bit, before going for a very sudden low kick that knocked them both off the train leaving Alexia a perfect platform to run down and build up speed. “You move or you get left behind!” Alexia shouted out very loudly announcing that she was ready to run and get off the train now.

Although not as quickly as before, she easily dashed down the rest of the train, building up speed over the 20 some cars before reaching the engine, easily jumping the entire length of the engine to give herself a starting leap, landing on the very edge and tip of the engine care, and with one last mighty kick off, took off like a rocket, easily out speeding the grav-train.

Alexia knew that it would be a few hours now in free fall, just looking ahead of her as she fell, making sure to keep her arms and legs close to her to keep her speed. Once again, the letter from Mira Juneborn flowed through her head. It was the letter after that had really sparked her “desire” to do something, her need to admit she had no other choice if she wanted things to change. Either way now though, it looked like war was coming at her hand, and as she fell, she couldn't care less about any crusaders who got in her way. At first, it would be information gathering, checking her facts, and then she would march on Zenos. The sooner, the better, but in the end, Zenos would just be the first step. There were hundreds of crusader controlled worlds after all, but Zenos was among the biggest of their known capitals.

As she thought through, another name rose up in her mind. Brea Ever-Tongue, supposed leader of another order, but one that didn't think that she had straight up caused the shattering-event, one who wanted to speak with the goddess and learn the truth if the rumors were true. Alexia couldn't help but think that perhaps Brea would be a good second stop on her own march to put an end the crusader. Zenos would clearly be first, an example of sorts in way or another, to try and stop any more Crusades from taking more worlds, but perhaps Brea would be willing to help spread the truth of Alexia.

For Alexia so lost deep in her thoughts though, she hardly noticed the others there behind her a short distance, only the bright red glow of the ruby lights caught her attention, she was nearing the end of the void and fast, she needed to get ready to land, and refocused herself for now.