Dark Age Legends

[Zeros']

Genma mentally cursed himself as he just realized he was too busy thinking about Iduran before noticing he was on the ship; he wasn't very far from the ship, so it was good for him. He noticed Tsar get washed overboard and then he landed back on the ship and looked around, only Neptra was around.

He opened a door and sat Iduran down in a chair, he then poked the same shiatsu point he used to make him unconcious, to make him concious agian.

"Iduran. Just stay calm and don't move for a few minutes." Genma concentrated and formed a mental link with the Emperor.

I have brought Iduran. Do you wish me to question him? Or shall you? He could be holding some very valuable information and might be useful for ransoming off for that sword you want. He waited for the usually effect to signify and anwser.

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Zeros' braced himself as the shockwave hit him, knocking him back about 20 feet and sending him into a tree and on the ground; he was
also brimming with electricty. Zeros' staggered to get up.

"So...you learned some new tricks...that good. I didn't want a repeat of last time." Zeros' sped towards him and jumpped straight up, way above Nex.

"KATCHU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN REVISED! YAMA-SEN-KEN!" Zeros' sword charged up with immense ki energy as he released thousands of ki blades all around Nex.

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Qeni and Zev just sighed and decided to do some more exploring...//There gonna be out for awhile..\\

[Dude Man]

Nex's eyes grew wide open as the Ki blades dove down at him. He formed a bat made of electiricty and fire, and started wacking as many as possible. The ocasionaly few hit him, causeing 'dents' on him, or so it seemed, but he didn't react to much to them.

"That's some fancy pig latin you learned there. Here's mine! Oompa Loompa, Ruba Dub, Dub, KA-BLUIE!" He rose his good hand at him and blasted a 15 fire balls at him that were moveing at great speed!

(Oh, that, Stuff he was saying was him makeing fun of Zeros' Ki chant. Nex is of course, the evil guy with the sence of humor, heh.)

[Cesque]

Cheetah made a high leap into the sky in his cheetah form, rushing into the Black Vessel, then he stood still in combat position for a while, looking around... Where is Iduran?

He made a loud roar, to be ensured he is heard by anyone who is nearby.

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The strongest bad guy was gone. Excellent moment.

Scorch, levitating in the air, rised his eyes up as they began glowing with white light. He teared opened the sky and brang a lightning strike directly upon his body - there needs to be some spectacularity, for storm's sake.

"Nice private army, you have there, Draven." - he said, drawing closer and closer to the general, his voice sounding sounding like a thunderclap. - "Haven't seen you in a long time, oh well. I always thought of how it is possible that your soldiers never rebelled against your tyrannic reign."

All right, he should have caught Draven's attention. Now what? Yet another long and destructive battle, which would propably at least serve as some good distraction allowing others to do something. Of course, the question was, what others - as most of the island was now overrun with Dark Empire or it's allies.

"And by the way, what did you do to that old knight, Iduran?"

[Dude Man]

"Come on Seth, let's get into that ship!" Duilin then did a jumping and running technique simular to Cheetah's but less, high in the sky, landing into the Vessel.

"Hoo-Hah!" He says as he arives inside "Okay, Cheetah...uhh....." He realized he was in his Cheetah form "Nevermind, let's just find Iduran. Were do you think he is." He looked back down at the Cheetah "Nevermind..."

Sheesh, I'm accually talking to a Cheetah. Duilin thinks

[Haraldur]

Ragnar arrived at the gate to the troll's realm, just like Haraldur did. The troll that Haraldur had coverd in acid was still here.

"Hello," said Ragnar.

"Who are you?" said the whole troll.

"Quite possibly your worst nightmare..."

With that, he covered both the trolls with very concentrated acid, and they reacted to it, ending up as mere heaps of fizz.

I love it when people fear me, thought Ragnar, as he went through the gate and started spewing acid at every troll he met.

[Cesque]

"Sheesh, I guess this weird dude thinks I can't hear him." - Cheetah thought waiting for some sign or response to his roar which might give off location of Iduran's holding place, sparing him effort of breaking into every single room in the giant ship.

[Zeros']

"Hmph...Looks like there finally here..." Genma said as he heard Cheetah and Duilin on the top of the ship. He glared back at Iduran; he would be fine here.

Genma walked over and opened the door. He jumped above Cheetah and Duilin for a minute before landing infront of them.

"Keep it down will you? Your loud enough." Genma sealed the door shut with the ki energy to keep Iduran in the room.

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Zeros' looked at the fireballs. He let them hit him and absorbed the energy from the attacks, recharging the ki he used in his last attack.

"You should know fireballs don't work on daemons." Zeros' used some of the energy he couldn't absorb and formed it to pure ki. He reached behind him and pulled out four yellow bandana's and started spinning them.

"Try this." Zeros' threw the four bandana's at Nex and Raven. Three headed towards Nex and one towards the defenseless Raven.

//These bandana's are charged with ki, which makes the ends as strong as titanium\\

[Xorlak]

(I think it's safe to say that most of the snow and ice has melted by now.)

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Draven glanced to his left...

"You..."

Gah, forgot about him...

"Scorch, you indignant fool...  You could have run away and I never would have known..."

He turned to face the air mage, beginning to burn more intensely.  The wyverns swarmed around the two anxiously.  Draven spoke to the captain behind him.

"Take your men and search the island from the skies.  Find the winged demi-human who's hiding the sword.  His name is Zeros'.  When you find him return to me.  I'll deal with him once I'm done here..."

They wyvern riders scattered, flying in all directions with their new orders.

Draven began to descend from the sky, approaching the battle ravaged wasteland that was once a forest, eyes fixed on Scorch.

"You and I have unfinished business..."

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Jayce rested the gargantuan blade on his right shoulder and began to slowly walk towards the fallen foursome.

(Sorry MotD, but it's been over 3 days!)

"A bit stronger than normal, but mediocre none-the-less..."

He stood in the center, surrounded by the unconscious warriors.  His voice was sinisterly calm...

"Now, who dies first...?"

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Suddenly, a pillar of water raged upward mere yards away from Tsar.   Neptra emerged from the center.

"Outsider... I hereby release you..."

Quick as lightning, she whipped a long, thin dagger from behind her back and launched it spiraling towards Tsar's heart.  As it flew through the air, the surrounding water vapor crystallized around it, charging it intensely with ice energy.

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Genma received his reply:

?Excellent.  I will send my men up to collect him.?

Two men in dark robes, looking rather evil and monkish, strided down the long main hallway of the ship, heading toward the room Iduran was located in?

Iduran slowly opened his eyes after Genma left.

?? Huh??  Where? am I??

[Zeros']

Genma nodded and turned his attention back towards the two.

[Mark of the Dragon]

As Jayce said his bit, a Phoenix Rider from Aritan flew in and attacked, giving a secondary rider time to collect the fallen warriors.

[Cyber Wolf]

Tsar dodged the dagger with grace, then sped behind Neptra and put her into a head lock with his Spear arm close around her throat, making breathing a tad difficult.

Tsar whispered into her ear, "You no longer own me.. Fool Draven already released me. But I shall linger until I receive my compensation.."

With those words he released her.

"Leave me, and maybe you won't be destroyed along with my mortal vessel."

:::(Tsar is gonna die soon enough, but I need him to be left alone for a few posts for him to finish creating his final blow at the empire):::
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Nevina is lifted by the Artian without her notice, as she continues her state of unconciousness.
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Seth runs and leaps, leaving his current standing point, about 20 feet from the ship, and lands gracefully onto the Ships deck, his hand going down, touching the wood when he lands, barely making a sound.

"Who's Iduran again? The old knight fellow with a wounded arm I saw back iin the cave?"

[Zeros']

Genma lookes around at the three warriors.

"A shapeshifter, An old Dark Empire soldier and a Monk. If your all looking for Iduran, your too late."

//He could tell Cheetah was a shapeshifter, because he saw him with Iduran before; he also knew Duilin was a Dark Empire soldier because he heard he had betrayed the empire. And he could tell Seth was a monk by the claws and the way he carried himself.\\

[Trent]

//I hope I'm allowed to summon really big demonic monsters.//

The roar came again, and it was a lot louder.

Zion was shaking. "No... Please don't come out!"

Xenai cackled, phasing out then back in directly above the hole he made. He dropped down with his huge sword pointed downwards, fitting it perfectly into the hole. The shockwave that came sent Tsu into the water. Xenai jumped back, away from the island, and floated there.

"Rise, Zero Weapon!!!"

The ground shook violently around the little island. The expression on Zion's face turned to indescribable horror.

//Stop me if I'm not allowed to do this. If I'm allowed to do this, things will go from bad to worse for the Romme guys, because I'ma let all the Dark Empire aligned charries use this thing.//

[Cesque]

// You can tell Cheetah is shapeshifter merely because he's still in his cheetah animal form //

// As long as Haraldur is allowed to use 10000 Viking army, I bet you're allowed big demonic monsters, Eon //

"Too late?" - Cheetah thought. "It can't be. IT CAN'T BE! Why does evil always has to win in the end? It is not true, dammit! Iduran would not let himself be killed just like that!"

With a loud roar, Cheetah jumped past Genma toward the door, wanting to shread it apart, but he was blasted away with ki energy.

He stood up, growling, then slowly reverted to human form.

"Dispel the barrer. NOW!" - he said angry like he was never before, really.

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"Unfinished business?" - Scorch asked. - "I don't really care, but our fight will make a good party talk when people will light victory pyres around the world when it will be freed from Dark Empire."

He didn't really care much about the consquences this time - Draven had to be stopped. For too long has Scorch fought to give up now. His enemy was Draven and the Dark Empire, and there was nothing now - not even his own power, security or life - which could be more important for him than his goal.

The ruins of the castle in the background reminded him about the previous grand fight that took place among them here - now, he guessed, is time for another one.

His clenched fists began to pulse with electricity and his eyes began to glow with white light.

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Gelu seemed to have turned off his consiousness for a bit long time. His thoughts were cleared, he entered a state of deep meditation and the world ceased to exist for him - as if the planet liquided all around him and went down the drain, leaving him in the center of an empty universe.

Fate will tell what will happen. Once it will happen - and will happen the inevitable, victory of Dark Empire  - it will be time for Gelu to return to his days of glory.

But now, all was in chaos on the island - and chaos was the enemy of reason which guided Gelu.

At least it seemed like this for him, though he hardly understood self.

[Haraldur]

//Er... MotD: whayt about the two Haraldurs, who are being led by you?//

Ragnar entered the main troll hall, where all the troll were taking refuge: the ones outside were turned to nothing much by acid.

Ragnar smiled a strange smile, and the hall became covered in acid, with the screams of trolls mixing with the fizzing of the neutralisation reactions.

He exited the hall, the result of the devastation before him.

Above and below him, the rock began to crack.