Dark Age Legends

[Zeros']

"...you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!" Zeros' pushed his palm down as the globe expanded one last time, becoming bigger then Zeros' body as it flowed with red tendrils of energy (No, its not a fire spell). He thrust his palms forwards in the direction of the Balrog as it was distracted, sending a beam of energy towards it and impacting. For a brief moment, there was nothing, but silence. Then, the Balrog roared in pain as a red sphere extended from the point it was hit and in a flash of light, covered the entire room.

There was only silence as the light dimmed and the Balrog's body disappeared into nothingness, leaving the staff on the ground, undamaged. Zeros' then collapsed to one knee and wiped the sweat of his brow.

"Damn...that takes alot out of you." He said while pushing himself up.

[Haraldur]

Haraldur picked up the staff, and he put it under his cloak.

[Zeros']

"Ok...we have 3 of the weapons. Where next?"

[Dude Man]

Duilin noticed something. That the tile on the floor were the mallet droped, seemed, removeable, and was a lighter color. He knelt down, and then lifted in up, from the floor, he turned it around, it was this strange drawing on a person pointing to his left, at the end of his hand was the number 7 in Roman Numerals,and there was a compass in the corner.

"Hey guys..." He said holding the tile. "I think found something..."

He rotated it, to the area, were he remembered was north, so the man was pointing west (I got that correct, right?)

He then looked west. And then back at the tile. "Seven..."

[Zeros']

Zeros' walked over to where Duilin found the tile, as well as Kami-ryu. They both looked at the roman numerials then around then back.

"Either someone is playing a very good joke or this is too much of a coincidence." Kami-ryu said. Zeros' then turned his attention to Haraldur.

"You father wouldn't happen to have relations to the Norn Goddess of the Future, Skuld, would he?" Zeros' asked while stroking his chin in a contemplative manner.

[Haraldur]

"My father created the future when he was in charge of the running of the world. In all likelihood, yes. He was also a womaniser. Who knows?"

[Zeros']

Zeros' shrugged. Then he looked at the tile in the floor. The "I" was pointing towards him while the "II" is pointing towards Kami-ryu and the "III" towards Haraldur.

"Ok...thats just unnerving." He said pointing towards each roman numerial.

[Xorlak]

"Insects!  Out of our way!!"

Another slash sent a soldier tumbling down the spiral staircase, crashing into several more who were on their way up.  Another group of soldiers appeared behind, and began to climb over the bodies trying to get to the intruders.  Clearly the stairwell was becoming too crowded.

Sword in hand, Lars leapt over the rail and fell down the open center a good hundred feet or so, crouching as he landed on his feet at the bottom.  Some of the soldiers who were making their way up the stairs turned around, clumsily making their way back down in pursuit.  As he stood back up, he thrust his left hand forward, sending a blast of flame into the closed wooden door before him, completely unhinging it.

They were effectively in the basement.  On the other side of the door was a long dark hallway.  But rather than a cold stone dungeon-ish environment as one would expect from looking at the exterior of the fortress, this area was well kept up, the wall seemingly made of metal, and a red carpet flowing forth down the hall.

"Hmmm... This must be it..."

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"WHERE?!  Where did they GO?!"

The slovenly "king" appeared on a balcony that overlooked the first floor.

"They... seem to be making their way down stairs, sir..."

"Huh?  They couldn't be after... that... !!"

"No way.  We can't even start it ourselves..."

"Right!  That means there's no way out!  Hurry up, we'll trap 'em!"

"Indeed!"

"Gyah ha ha ha ha!!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha!!"

[Trent]

"Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man!" Tsu was flipping out as the Zero Weapon stood up to its full height.

"Shut the hell up." Xenai glared at his creation as he pulled his huge sword out from nowhere, and slid into a ready stance. "This is what you do: Repeatedly attack one spot until the armor breaks, then go for the hull underneath it. That's the only way you can really damage it. I'd say to go for the chest armor... It's strongest there, but its core is under the armor."

Tsu was confused. "Shouldn't we attack the head instead? We don't want to destroy it, only to obey us. Its brain would be in the head, right?"

"Oh yeah, I'm sure it's just gonna obediently stand there while I, no longer with the Dark Empire, try to reprogram it. Attack the core and shut it down!" With that, Xenai leaped toward the towering demon's chest. Tsu gulped, and flew toward the chest as well.
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Zion returns in 10 posts.

[Dude Man]

Frost and Bite who were not to far behind from Lars, were just a few feet behind him.

"This is, it?" Frost says, steping beside Lars.

"What's, it?" Bite asks Lars


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"Is it, now is it..." Duilin says. "Well you see, the guy seems to be pointing east, but, not entirely at the seven, because his hand seems to pass it abit..."

Duilin then ponders for abit. "Seven, east..." Duilin then turns to Zeros. "Now what's all this talk about the future?"

[Haraldur]

"Well, I think I have a few ideas. I was once in three, you were the first to claim a weapon with even an inkling as to its identity, and Kami-Ryu is your second."

[Zeros']

Zeros' nodded at Haraldur's explination.

"So apparently each of these numbers make out a certain weapon." Zeros' said while tapping his foot and closing his eyes. "So if we follow these numbers we can find each weapon, right?" He said glancing at Duilin then to Haraldur.

[Xorlak]

"The advanced weapons development facility...  I'm willing to bet what we're after is right down this hallway..."

Lars took off running once again, his feet clanging on the metal floor...

[Dude Man]

"Advanced weapons development facility!" Frost and Bite both said, likeing the sound of that, the smiled at each other evilly and then ran off following Lars, there feet also clanging on the floor.

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"Yes, I supose so." Duilin responded. He then thought of the east part. "My old village was to the east! That means that a weapon must be there. I hope I'm right." He takes the tile and puts in in his inside pocket. "So, shall we go?" Duilin asks the group, almost dashing off.

[Haraldur]

Haraldur said "Weren't there only 6 weapons?"