Daughtris

A knee impacted deep into his face once he finished his sentence.
"Undine!" Hikari exclaimed in surprise, pulling the goddess of water back from the wrym.
"let me at him!" Undine said, struggling to get away from Hikari's hold to beating Kelovius up. The humiliation still fresh in her mind. She still remembers a long time ago where Kelovius kidnapped with the help of Bahamut by putting an enchanted bag on her head and locking her up in a dungeon especially made for a water goddess. Undine escaped their captive while Bahamut wasn't nearby and beat Kelovius to near death but fortunately, Hikari was there to save the wrym in exchange that he tells them of Bahamut's plan.
A sigh escaped from Gust seeing the two goddess. He shook his head and questioned the wrym "what do yo want, Kelovius?"

~Twins: Mitei
Mitei hurled herself into the sky evading another building, "because it's a pain in the ass to use the Communicator and jump from building to building at the same time" she said in a harsh tone that sounded a bit pained as she kept chasing with Reiko.

"that's not our problem" Gabe replied and continued on their way.

They reached the goddesses, the god, and a dragon carriage. It would be improper to intrude their conversation, therefore they waited until the time was right.

-Twins: Mitei
Mitei sighed as she ran, "ass." she said under her breath at Gabe before reaching the two and noticing the goddesses, God, and something strange to them. Mitei walked up to Bella, her staff in hand, "I don;t know if you'll forgive me, but I've forgiven you" she quietly said to her giving Bella her staff, "you left this at the lake" she said noticing Reiko smiling.

"thank you" said the princess, receiving the staff, and turned her attention back to the god, goddesses, wrym, and dragons. No other comments were mentioned.
"where is that guy friend of yours?" Gabe asked Mitei, curious.

Guy could hear the Wrym that had taken his pain for him begin to weaken. "My lord, I die. But you are safe." The wrym echoed in Guys head before she fell. Guy felt a hot tear streak down his cheek. Guy watched as Kuro multiplied and sent out his minions.

"Whats wrong Kuro? Too afraid to fight your own battles?" Guy taunted trying to get his attention off of the Wryms. Guy then felt a tingling in his head. He heard a faint whisper. "Guy, listen!" Guy heard.

"Guy you must chant these words to unlock the Blackpyre. It will unleash Blackpyres power. You and the wyrms will be stronger while the Blackpyre is open, but if the blackpyre is destroyed... well don't let that happen. Chat: Hroth kranar jilu franj. chat it three times." The old M'tuns voice sounded in his head. This time it didn't sound demonic and terrible though. It sounded like a father.

Guy felt the voice leave him, as he looked up he didn't see anything different. Time had frozen while M'tun spoke to him. Guy put his ax away and slung his shield on his back. He focused on the chant. "Hroth kranar jilu franj, Hroth kranar jilu franj, Hroth kranar jilu franj!" Guy uttered quickly. The entire Blackpyre began to shake. The walls fell away and revealed what was really here. The walls were really made of some sort of glowing crimson energy. Pure destruction.

Guy then felt in the depths of the Blackpyre more Wryms awaking. He could feel the power coursing through their veins. They were much stronger now. They were blessed with true power, that to destroy. He saw about twenty of the thouisands of Wryms slither from their underground homes. They were encased in a black flames that roared for blood. Thats why this place was called Blackpyre.

The Wryms came to Guy's side ten to his left and to his right. Guy looked at them. They were nearly as big as Thaqotul. Guy felt their minds mend with his and they were one weapon.Guy ran forward charging the Kuro he thought was the true one, his Wyrms behind him. Guy put his hands together and gathered mana, he let the power build and he shot a huge fire ball at that Kuro hoping to incinerate him.

~Twins: Mitei
Mitei looked at Gabe in a dumbfounded manner, "Uhm... About him" she said in a silenced tone as she facepalmed, "we forgot him after the beam went off..." she said in a guilty manner.

~Twins: Reiko
Reiko noticed that Lufia got left behind and ran out, "Ohhhh" she said in a panicked tone as sheran back to Lufia whom looked at Reiko, "Sorry!" she said before taking Lufia back in a hasty manner.

Dethrant opened his mouth to speak but then, through the Holographic screen, saw Lightwake's castle started to move, splitting in two from the middle, and revealed a massive cannon from it. When the cannon shot, the king of Fishan turned his head away to prevent the light from blinding him. When the light receded, he turned his eyes back to the holographic screen. He was stunned when he saw what happened to the mountainous golem.

"I must say, Kage" Dethrant said, mouth slightly opened "I'm amazed of the destruction that your castle's cannon could do" he turned to the king of Lightwake "it seems that Ostwyn is no longer in terrible danger"

Kage looked at the screen, ever since he had built the cannon he had not seen it in action. Kage was amazed at his own defense machine, the power it generated was completely incredible. He knew what would happen afterwards, maybe he should mention it to Dethrant? "I must say, Kage, I'm amazed of the destruction that your castle's cannon could do" "it seems that Ostwyn is no longer in terrible danger"

"Destruction is a good way to put it, Dethrant." Kage looked uneasy he knew the after effects of that cannon, "It drains power from the city, completely depleting it for as long as 24 hours. It was the final resort." Kage glanced back at the holo screen to see the defense golem's carrying the remains of the mountain away from the city walls. It would be a while until the city is back in pace, and his new forged alliance will be extremely beneficial. A moment later Kage noticed Syrion walk to the balcony and give his speech. The speech was great, beneath the balcony people could be seen cheering and yelling, it was a slither of hope they needed. It was the first time in a while Kage gave a genuine smile, the general he picked to rule the city in his absence could not have been better. Both Myria and Syrion are very able, and were considered almost equal, but Myria had a more aggressive side. Kage cleared his throat. "You can see why it is urgent to eliminate the vermin, the children of Venash have no place in our world. If we can clear out Gen and his laboratory, it would ease us both, not to mention the value that we might be able to recover from that lab. - But that of course is up to you, you have more say in this then I do, it is your land after all."

"what was that golem so massive? was that one of the children of Venash's creature or was it a threat from any other enemies I should know about?" Dethrant questioned Kage while still looking into the holographic screen "I heard that the children have legions of monsters to control. If they were all as powerful as that recent golem turned mountain, it'll take a lot of effort to take them down". The king of Fishan's thought hard "all of this need to be carefully planned. We are dealing with serious problems here"

"I'm sorry, my lords" the informer interrupted. Dethrant instinctively turned towards him. "I've just been informed. There is something else you need to see" he gestured and another holographic screen appeared. on the screen was one of Gen's base, destroyed with piles of bodies lying about.

"is this a live feed?" Dethrant questioned, face unchanged.

"yes it is sir"

For a moment, Dethrant stood silent with his hand behind his back. His eyes were carefully examining the images on the screen.

The message carrier continued "This is the enemy's main base, my lords. I was told that there were multifarious traces of corrosive liquid acid on the ground. Who or what did it was no where to be seen"

"I see" Dethrant said and turned to Kage "since the main base is destroyed, it will be easier to cleanse the continent of Gen's men. But I wonder, who or what did this?"

Kelovius spat blood as Undine's knee collided with his face. Janice reached for her staff, ready to attack.

"No, Janice, it's ok. I deserved that." Kelovius coughed, dismissing her. "Undine knows more than most about the horrible things I've done, don't you, my dear? I do suspect that she was showing self restraint by ONLY giving me a knee in the face. I think I deserve a lot worse."

He became aware of a child asking him a question, and in a voice he recognized. He looked towards the child, and noticed a familiar glint in his eyes.

"Slyph." he smiled. "Been a while, hasn't it? You have a knack for disturbing forms, I'll give you that. And I thought I was Daughtris' weirdest individual. Why Am I here? Well, I come with the offer of an alliance for the sake of all of Daughtris, and possibly the entire Universe. Long story short, The Blackpyre have been having visions. They've seen the destruction of all things, and they've also seen how to prevent it. I'll give you the exact details later, but the bare bones of it is that, well......"

He looked directly into Hikari's eyes. He was fully aware that these next few words would affect her deeply. "The Children of Venash are no longer the greatest threat to Daughtris, nor are Bahamut and his legions, for that matter." he said, rubbing his head, "Hikari, I regret to inform you that a new Echanii is rising, and he seeks to finish what his predecessor started all those years ago. According to the Blackpyre, myself and Guy, who is, by the way, the new M'tun, need to team up with you three and the group of adventurers you are with to find the other gods if the Echanii is to be stopped. Apparently only my wit, Guy's new power and the combined power of all the Gods can stop him. So, as I said, for the sake of everything we hold dear, we must join forces. Do you accept my offer?"

shadereen wrote:Guy's attack:
Awesomeness: 17/20
Description: 18/20
Logic: 10/20
Dice roll: 14/20
= 59/100

Kuro's dodge:
Dice roll: 46 (x3) = 138

Kuro's successfully dodge

Kuro's attack

It amused Kuro to see what was behind the walls. This must be the famous Blackpyre energy. The energy harvested from the mana released when a creature dies. Kelovius's founding. Or so he thought.

Just like the previous attack from Thaqotul, Guy's fireball passed through the god of darkness. Without waiting, Kuro, his shadow clones, and his shadow knights, started attacking. Three of the shadow clones teleported behind any Blackpyre wryms of their choice and span, swinging their wings like a blade in a wide arc sideways. Three more shadow clones also teleported. One appeared above Guy, swinging his six wings down like multiple katanas. The other two appeared on Guy's sides, swinging their six wings in a wide arc, quick but careful not to hit their ally next to their enemy. There was one shadow clone left. It also teleported, appearing above Thaqotul, swinging its wings down to the wrym shaman. The two shadow knights, swung their great sword sideways in a wide arc to every nearby Blackpyre wryms. Kuro himself spread his arms and wings, hovering back. Surprisingly, six spheres of light appeared around him. Although he was the god of darkness, just like other creatures of Daughtris, he could manipulate the element of light, just not as great as his dark elements. The element of light is just the element needed to exterminate the Blackpyre wyrms. He unleashed the sphere toward every enemies in the cave.

Hikari's expression changed slightly, turning into a mixture of sadness and anger. "if what you say is true, Kelovius. We guardians of Daughtris must prepare ourselves" she said "but I don't see how uniting with you will be a good for us"

"You're a deceitful snake" Undine jerked her hand away from Hikari's, furious eyes kept on Kelovius "why should we trust you?"

Gust was silent, waiting for Kelovius's respond, until a small voice attracted his attention. "Goddess Sylph?"

"Yes?" he turned to the voice, seeing Gabe and Bella on a bike and the Tutelians, hovering. One by one he looked at them. "by the way, its god now" he stated with a smile

"Of course, Goddess... I mean God Sylph" Bella bowed, followed by Gabe

"You must be the group that was built to gather the gods and goddesses" Gust said, half questioning

"Um... Well..." Bella hesitated, still bowing down "the original party was disbanded, Sir. For now, our group is separated into smaller groups"

"I see... “ he looked at them "Please, raise, stop bowing... Well, I know your predicament. I actually heard it on the news" he giggled.

"Sir, there is still the matter of Shiva"

"What about her?" Gust asked, curious

Bella started to explain about Shiva

Meanwhile, from below, Elena and Dante headed up towards them on another airbike.

Guy was in fear for his wryms but they told him it would be alright. The fire around them then hardened into black armor. Black plates covered the wryms, they were covered from head to tail tip. The only open spot was their eye slits, yet even then most wyrms could see by sensing vibrations in the air and ground.

Guy called on the Blackpyre enrgy, and somehow as he tried to tap into it with his mind it attacked him and ripped at his memories as if it were alive. It was alive. Once guy saw it had the M'tun memory the Blackpyre stopped. Guy opened his eyes and there were shadow black flames encasing him too. guy could feel the power emanating from them. (Mana use buff)

Guy used this new enegy and engulfed the entire caveren in blazing hot flames. The wryms would be immune to fire, they were dragon kind. Thier hides would protect them as Guy conducted his blaze all around, focussing the hurricane inferno on Kuro. Guy saw the wryms begin trying to slither around the knights and kuro duplicates to squeeze them to death. Guy hoped their armor would hold.

Kage didn't know whether to be happy or scared, Kage's own informants described the facility to be large with lots of defense, what could possible have caused this. Kage grunted. "Whatever that is, its dangerous. We have one problem off our shoulder's but another may just be arising. I have some mage's very skilled with tracing abilities, they might be able to diagnose the situation, while me and you can assemble forces and clear the rest of your islands. Honestly its up to you at this point."

Thaqotul ducked and weaved to the shadow clone's attacks. He brought his mace - like tail smashing against it's head. Other wyrms joined the fray and tried to squeeze the creature to death.

"No!" he shouted. "The creature does not breath air! Stop yourselves!" But by then it was too late. The shadow clone screamed and exploded into jagged shadow - shrapnel. Thaqotul ducked out of the way but the other wyrms were not so lucky. Five wyrms lay dead in a circle, the shadow shrapnel protruding from where their ruined hearts lay.

Thaqotul shook with anger. He made eye contact with a female Wyrm, who simply nodded at him. He knew what this meant. "But..." he protested.. The female Wyrm simply looked at him with pleading eyes. Thaqotul knew what he must do.

"M'tun." he said, telepathically so that Kuro could not hear. "We must leave here. We have no chance of prevailing. The other Blackypre will hold off Kuro and provide us with an opening, but we must hurry." his voice was grim, and if he had eyes, he would be crying.

"No." Kelovius admitted "I don't see how allying with you will be good for me either." he sighed, looking at Undine. "However, according to the Blackpyre, it has to be done. You yourselves know that the Blackpyre have never been wrong. As for whether you can trust me, my dear Undine, well......" he grinned mischievously. "You've never been able to trust me, have you? Look at it this way, dishonest people, like me, are the most trustworthy people in existence, because you can always trust us to be dishonest. I tell you, it's the honest people you have to keep an eye on, because they have a tendency to do things that are brash and stupid."

Guy felt hot tears mix with the blood on his face and streak down his cheeks washing away the crimson stains on his skin. Guy put away his weapon and felt around the blackpyre. He had a connection with it, he knew the blackpyre inside and out with the past memories of the earlier M'tuns. Guy probed a certain boulder with his mind and it then rolled away revealing a tunnel big enough for three or maybe even four Thaqotuls to slither through. Guy shot himself off the ground with small explosions from his feet and beat his wings behind him. He could hear the Wyrms crying out that he should save himself. That as long as Thaqotul lives there is hope for their race. That one day Guy shall return and rebuild Blackpyre as it once was.

Guy fled swiftly on his black wings. Thaqotul close behind. Guy saw more Wyrms fall as they held off Kuro's shadow demons. Guy forced himself not to look as he fled like a coward. That's what Guy now saw in himself. A coward in a warriors body, the god of destruction, chaos, and cowardice. Guy wanted to turn back but the Wyrms wouldn't allow it. The ushered him on until he found daylight. "When you reach daylight destroy the tunnel behind you." Guy yelled to Thaqotul behind him still in the tunnel.

Guy looked around. They were in the middle of nowhere. Guy didn't even know if Blackpyre was in Daughtris. It could be it's own dimension for all he knew, or an island that's not mapped like his own home. Guy sighed and thought of all the Wryms. He could remember all of their names now. They all flooded to him as the Past M'tuns memories flowed into him. Guy saw them all, even some of the largest ones when they were still feeding off their mothers kills. Guy cried freely. Thaqotul would understand his sorrow. And if not Guy didn't care.

Thaqotul hurried after Guy. He thwacked the tunnel with his tail until it collapsed, and continued on. They came to a stop, and Guy began to cry. Thaqotul gave him a sympathetic, fatherly look. "No." he said, reading Guy's thoughts. "You are not a coward. You did what was necessary. You were very brave in leaving the Blackpyre." he nuzzled him like a dog. "They may yet live, and even if they don't, there were some Blackpyre who were not present during the battle. Envoys, ambassadors, peacekeepers in distant cities. In particular, I noticed that Karuune the scholar wasn't present. He is among the youngest of the Blackpyre. The Blackpyre will find a way. They always do. Even without my guidance, I'm sure they'll thrive. For now, though, we need to keep moving, Kelovius is struggling to sway the gods to his cause. You should help him. I shall teleport you out of Blackpyre, with your permission, and then I must leave you.......i have to seek....answers."

Guy patted Thaqotul Like a lap dog as he nuzzled him. He was surprised to fin that the hide between his scales was actually very soft. Guy put his arm on Thaqotul like he was his pet, he was after all his creation, no M'tun's bodies were the same, but they all shared the same souls and memories. Guy loved Thaqotul and all the Wryms. They were his children. And now he had failed them like he had failed his people. Guy's mind went back and revealed to Thaqotul the Dracains destroying his island and slaughtering his people as he and a few other men from his tribe got away on a ship. Guy was forced to watch as his mother was raped and slaughtered. His sister taken as a slave, his brother killed in battle, and his father's head put on a steak.

"I promised myself it wouldn't happen again." Guy told Thaqotul. "I have failed your people as I failed my own. I am a coward. With these new powers though I'll clean myself from this agony. I swear Kuro will fall, and so will the Echanii. Patience however is required. I need to reach my full power." Guy said. He looked to Thaqotuls head and looked into his eyes that weren't there. Guy used M'tuns memories to restore the eyes and he stared into them, it was justa temporary illusion and only Guy could see it, but Thaqotul could see it through Guy's mind.

"My dear Taqotul, go on your search for knowledge, when you are done come to me. I need a companion I can trust. Who better than the one that has saved my life?" Guy said. He once again rubbed Thaqotul under his scales. Guy could tell this gentle beats' soft hide hadn't been given affection since the last M'tun roamed the earth, which was by Guy's memory about a century ago. Guy nodded to Thaqotul. "I'm ready, but try to put me on the ground. New with flying and all." Guy joked. "We won't want a little man-god with a broken leg or even skull now would we?" Guy joked.

Thaqotul would've loved to stay with Guy. He would've loved to just stay there and talk. But he couldn't. He had to do what he had to do. The prophecy demanded it. He noticed that Guy was looking into the memory of when the last M'tun showed him affection. As Thaqotul had expected, Guy had not seen all of the memory. He had not seen the part where, shortly after showing Thaqotul affection, the old M'tun would violate him. The memory did not show how the old M'tun would torture him with dark powers, turn him inside out for his own amusement. Thaqotul smiled. The old M'tun had a habit of covering up memories he did not want others to see.

Guy requested that he return after his quest, and Thaqotul replied that he would. He didn't mention to Guy that it was highly likely that he would never see him again. The quest was dangerous. He was about to teleport Guy away, until he stopped himself.

"I....can't do this anymore. I'm too old. I can't keep lying to you, Guy. I just can't." he sighed. "The truth is..........I'm not a Blackpyre. Not a proper one, at least. I'm not even from Daughtris. I've been lying to you this whole time, but I think that, after all the atrocities you've just seen, you should know the truth. I lied to you to.....keep you safe."

Guy looked at Thaqotul and examined him as if his eyes could uncover answers. He tried to go into his mind but Guy was blocked. Guy suspected that Thaqotul wasn't a Blackpyre when Guy felt the other Wryms presence but not Thaqotuls. Guy had no idea he wasn't from this world thought.

"What have you been hiding child?" Guy asked. Guy thought it odd that he called him child, but Guy did love him like his child. Even though he wasn't a Blackpyre he was still Guy's creation.

Thaqotul sighed. "You know about guardian angels, right? I'm kind of like that. I serve a being of unfathomable power who exists between the veil of realities. He's......kind of like your father. He influenced your creation, as well as the old M'tun. You're kind of like.....a shard of my masters personality, he has one that exists on every planet in existence. He sent me down to this world to look after M'tun and his people. I was reborn as a dragon, and when I reached adulthood I regained my memories. I was the first dragon to become a Blackpyre, the first to follow M'tun, so I'm a Blackpyre in most senses of the word. I soon realized, though, the old M'tun was a failure. He did not keep balance, he shunned my master, and thus he quickly fell. I do not want you to make the same mistake, you hear me? You yourself have the power to change the destiny of the Blackpyre, to change what it means to be M'tun. The old M'tun was too arrogant and selfish, but you have the power to be loving and do what is necessary. Not matter what you do, though, I am your guardian angel, and I shall follow you to the death." and with that he kissed Guy, and they teleported.

Guy eyed Thaqotul then he felt even closer to him. As guy felt Taqotuls rough reptilian lips touch his forehead they teleported back to Ostwyn. Guy looked beside him and to his surprise Thaqotul was beside him. Guy pushed off the ground with a smile on his face. he was glad Taqotul had come with him. Guy flew to Kelovius and the other goddesses. "We need to band together to stop the Echanii." Guy stated flatly. Guy was being blunt. He eyed Kelovius but could see that he thought the same. "We need to locate a special artifact so I can reach my full power. Without all of us at full power the Echanii will succeed." Guy told them.