Dark Age Legends

[Haraldur]

You suffer too, brother. You seem not to realise.

I do not need all those millions of souls I absorbed: I only need them with you. So, whether or not you take those souls from me, it makes no difference.

I think you will find that the merging is very egalitarian: each of the ten parts have equal power, and are of like mind, as are you.

Perhaps you think you are the only one with the power you are displaying. I must demonstrate to you that that is not so. You are the dragon, the only one of us that can do exactly that. We, are other equally powerful things.

The Haraldurs stopped moving towards the dragon, and all of them changed.

The one which had been the sword changed. It became a metal giant, a golem, covered in spikes, and with swords attached to all 4 of its hands. There were spikes on top of its feet.

The one which had been the spear changed. The others moved a little way away. It became a metal golem, covered in long pike-like spikes, going 10 metres in all directions, with spears in both of its hands.

The one which had been the axe changed. It became another metal golem, its skin a system of sharp blades. Its hands were axe heads.

The one which had been the staff changed. It was a slim metal golem, shimmering with magical energy. Its arms could stretch.

The one which had been the mace changed. It was a huge golem, with massive fists.

The last weapon, noone but Haraldur had seen. It had been a halberd. It changed into a metal golem with blades on spikes, and arms like the axe's, but longer.

The one which had been the younger Haraldur changed. He changed into a water demon, 10 metres high.

The one which had been the elder Haraldur changed. He changed into a demon of the air, transparent and huge. Lightning struck from within him.

The one which had been Ragnar changed. He changed into a demon of the earth, with magma flying above him.

All they needed now was the fire. The dragon.

Join us, brother. All your suffering, your servitude, will be over. Unless, you want revenge first, in which case, we will assist. We can feel your suffering, as we can feel eachother's. Come with us and be finally free.

[Dude Man]

"Holy shit!" Rink yelled. He was hideing in the remians of Duilin's house. "I can't belive it!" Rink steped, and gleamed at the golems and the dragon. "So, that's what the weapons do..."

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The entity clone laughed at Duilin. Suddenly it seemed to react, to it's losse of power. "Hah. Guy's the clones, are looseing power." Duilin said. He then turned as spoted the golems and the dragon "I guess that's why....Come on guys! We've got to defeat these things!"

The enitity clone, then ran at Duilin, it began to charge up a blast of dark energy. Duilin, then rose his left hand, and charged energy. The enitity clone, tossed the energy at Duilin, but continued running. Duilin, flung his left hand the blast, and tossed the energy at the attack, stopping the blast. As the clone ran at Duilin, he palmed it in the chest and lifted him over himself, and slamed him face first into the ground.

"Weak, huh?" Duilin, smirked, as his enemy laid on the ground.

"Yes..." he responded, and then dove back up and swung a kick at Duilin's torso, knocking him down.

"Damnit...." Duilin groand...

[Zeros']

Zeros' slashed upwards at the entity as it lost its power. The entity faltered and failed to block the attack. Zeros' seized the chance and began to slash at the being with unrelenting fury. The speed at which he was swinging caused shockwaves from each hit and the air pressure to waft off in waves, shattering nearby houses that were still left standing, causing there roofs and walls to fall off in bits, crumbling under the pressure of Zeros' assult.

Zeros' finished the attack by plunging his sword into the entity's skull and using an axe kick on the beings skull, sending it towards the ground and driving the blade further into its skull. When the being hit the ground, it screamed out in pain as the blade exploded in a flash of shadow and holy energy. Zeros' landed nearby and crossed his arms, smirking.

As the dust cleared, the entity groaned and shakily got to his feet. He came stumbling out, none worse for wear. His robes were hanging on its lanky form in tatters as blood poured out of its gashes, black blood started to pool at its feet.

"Y-Yo...u a-a-are...s-s-s-stron-n-ng..." The entity leaped forwards again as Zeros' disappeared and reappeared in front of the entity, backhanding it in its face and elbowing it in his gut, sending it flying backwards and into a crumbled builidng...

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Ryu crouched as the entity went flying over his head. He then leaped up and drove both feet in its gut, sending the entity high into the air as Ryu rushed towards Tsu's side, turning him over and inspecting his injuries. Ryu lifted Tsu into his arms and put him into a fireman's carry, dodging the attacks that the entity threw at him.

Ryu gently put Tsu down in a safer area and turned back to the entity and unsheathed his both swords from there invisible sheaths, the sapphire sword in his left hand, the ruby in his right. He slashed upwards with both swords, making twin crescent blades, the left one icy blue and the right one ruby-fire red, both crackling with energy. The entity blocked both energy crescent's, flinging them upwards and slashing a nearby building in two before exploding in a dazzling display of energy.

Ryu charged at the entity, both swords held low as the entity now held a shadow blade of his own.

[Trent]

Zion sped toward the entity at lightspeed, grabbing it by the neck, speeding forward, bashing the entity through trees, and then throwing it into the sky. A slow backfip in the air as Eternity Weapon started to glow, and as he came to face in the entity's direction, he unleashed a giant wave of light at the entity, and I mean giant.

The entity glared up at Omega Zero. Xenai snickered, materialzing a gigantic sword in his hands. A downward slash. The entity jumped out of the way and tried to come in from the side, but Xenai was in no way slow with the sword. He spun around, smashing the sword into the entity, and sending it flying. He spun around again, putting an enormous amount of energy into a giant energy ball, of neutral energy. He charged for a few moments as he spun, and when he came back around, the ball was thrown at the entity.

//I don't want to gauge the merged weapons' strength vs. the entities'... I'd rather leave their fates for this one to you, Xorlak.

Tsu laid on the ground, watching Kami-ryu fight for him. "Thank... you..."

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Ultima Eternity -- 1
Omega Zero -- 1

[Xorlak]

(You can start killing them off now.  Heh...)

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The dragon folded his arms.

"Myeh heh heh... You don't get it, do you?  The one you call 'brother'...  He is my slave.  He longs to be rejoined with you, but his being belongs to me forevermore...  Come!  Fulfill his and your wish by submitting your life force to me!!"

The force pulling the transformed incarnations toward him increased ten fold...

(Whether he's in denial or telling the truth is up for interpretation.  Whether he absorbs or merges, I'll let you (mostly) control what comes out.)

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The dark entity shot out of the smoke, raging at Draven like a rocket.  He struck Draven in the chest, cracking his armor, and instantly delivered a double axe-handle to the ex-general's back, swating him out of the sky like a gnat.  Draven plummeted down, creating a crater in the earth as he struck...

The dark entity was there before him.  He grabbed the choking man by the collar and slowly raised him from the ground as the surroundings burned.

Then Draven snapped...

Grabbing the entity clone with both arms, he flipped him over his shoulder.  As the entity flew in the opposite direction, Draven extended both arms in front of him, pulling gargantuan amounts of crimson energy out of nowhere...

"DIE!!!"

A flaming pillar, over twenty feet in diameter followed, completely engulfing the entity and carving a mile long straight path of destruction in the forsaken land...

When he was finished, he stood straight up.  His armor was in pieces, his cape tattered, his long hair nearly standing on end from the violent aura of flame surrounding him.  He nodded at Zeros' across the battlefield, who had just finished his own clone.  He then set his focus on what the real entity was doing with the Haraldur transformations, taking off through the air at them at full speed.

"I don't care how big or how many... I will kill you all!!"

[Haraldur]

//I would have him in denial.//

You are fooling yourself, brother. Your incarceration and suffering has evidently damaged your brain. It will be corrected. You always were the one most likely to be emotionally manipulated. That, also, will be corrected. Come, and be free.

Ignoring the force from the dragon, the nine incarnations started to walk forward, stretching their arms out to grab at the dragon to hold him still.

The incarnation on the opposite side of the circle to Draven, the one which once was Ragnar, saw him. The one in Draven's path, the one which had been the mace, jumped up and then let himself drop, so that unless Draven stopped or dodged, Draven would be squashed by 100 tonnes of metal.

[Dude Man]

The enitity clone stood over Duilin. "Heh...You pitfull weakling, I shall destroy you. Demon's shouldn't be so weak."

"I am not weak!" Duilin, coughed.

The enitity shook his head

"Screw you!" Duilin shouted "Screw you, and all your stupid other clones!"

"Big mouth. Time to shut it." The enitity, charged another dark blast.

"I'LL SHUT YOU!" Duilin yelled. He kicked the enitity back, and spung himself up. He then punched the clone in the face several times. The clone woozed in dizziness. Duilin then uppercutted him in the chin, knocking hiim over. Before, the clone could make it to the ground, he blasted electric energy at the clone, but it seemed to be a bit of an orange tint of yellow, rather then, just yellow. The blast, zapped the clone blowing it back. "I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S WEAK!" Duilin, then jumped into the air, slamming himself down at the clone fists first, with energy and fire flowing threw his body, a huge electirc and fire explotion bursted from the hit, smashing the ground. The clone then shivield up like a prune and then fell into dust, and became no more.

Duilin seemed to have slighty changed. His rage seem to have, made him look slighty more demon like. The horns on his wings, became bigger and darker, and his skin seemed to look more scalely, yet not to noticably.

"Rink....I feal stronger......" Duilin said

FLASH BACK

(When Nex, reveiled to Duilin that he was demon...)

"Oh, Duilin my young friend, I'll make you a deal. Join me, and we can defeat everyone, and YOU can live." Nex says

"No! Why should I join you? Your an evil deamon! Your even trying to defeat your own team!" Duilin yells

"Oh, but, us deamons should stick together!" Nex smiles

"US deamons? What are you talking about?!"

"I mean, your daddy, was a deamon, so therefore you are part deamon!"

"Don't bullshit me!"

"I'm not! I knew your father, we were old pals! He even wanted you to join!"

(Before the battle verses Scumfreeze)

Duilin, remember to always embrace happier memories. Never let the anger and hate overcome you. Embrace your human side, but never forget your demon side."

FLASH BACK OVER

I need to let that aside now...As Rink said, I need to focus my power and if I be carefull then I control it, without letting my demon side take over. I am humen, but slowly I'm becomeing more and more demon...First my wings grew....now, I'm starting to gain facial features of a demon...the horns on my wings are become bigger...My power, become stronger. But I am humen. Nex and my father continue to fight me, even beyond there death, but they will never take control.

"They won't you hear me! They won't!" Duilin, knealed down to the ground, and closed his eyes, a slight aura flashed around him...

//You think Duilin, is ready for the third level?//

[Zeros']

Zeros' nodded to Draven and looked upwards toward the golem barring down on Draven. Zeros' held out his palm and slowly gathered a white ki ball with wicked black stripes arching across its body. He let the energy loose as the ki ball sped towards the golem.

Zeros' then inclined his head towards Duilin and sent him a mental message. You see now Duilin. Rage can become a powerful weapon, but it can also become a boon.  Always remember that. Never let rage seduce you.

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Ryu dodged and parried as the entity slashed downwards. Ryu sidestepped again and lashed out, both swords flashing with ki. The entity charged his own energy and blocked out most of the ki, but what remained made the entity stagger backwards, loosing the grip on his sword.

Ryu was now breathing heavily. The continuious use of ki has exhausted him and even now, he could see the blackness started to envelop him. Ryu staggered forwards and lashed out with both blades, cutting off both the entity's arms. It screamed out in rage as black blood poured out of the stubs that were once his arms.

"Y-Y-Y-Y-You...h-h-h-h-huma-n-n..." The being staggered forwards as Ryu plunged both blades into its gut. The entity staggered forwards and slid down to the handguards as black blood flowed down the blades and hilts. Ryu smiled dimly at the entity and removed both blades, sheathing them with a flourish as the entity dropped dead into a pool of his own blood and disappeare into the wind.

Ryu limped towards where Tsu was and smiled down at him. "N-N-No p-p-probl-l-l-lem..." He then fainted, the blackness of unconciousness welcoming him.

[Dude Man]

//Meh, well yes. Duilin, I supose will now be level 3. He's been around the 3rd longest, so I think he has earned it//

I will try Zeros', I will try. Duilin messaged back. Duilin, was amazed when he messaged back, he tried before, but he failed, his mind seems to move quicker now, yet he feals an inside void.

Duilin then walks up, a yellow aura flickering around him. He then dashes his way, near Draven and Zeros'. He glances at the mace fisted golem. "I thought I raised you better then that?" He then blasted an energy ball at the golem.

[Haraldur]

The golem, showing amazing grace for its size, dodged the energy ball, which passed harmlessly.

[Trent]

The entities that Zion and Xenai were fighting died as the enormous energy blasts connected and exploded with dazzling light. They seperated from their weapons, and withdrew them early. //I'll start the count at 12 for this.

"Wow, you're strong..." And out he goes.

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EW ------------------------ 12
ZW ------------------------ 12

[Xorlak]

(Haraldur, he's trying to absorb them.  Your guys are trying to merge with him.  Not that huge of a difference.  Heh...)

One of the metalic incarnations touched the black dragon's forearm.

"Got ya!"

An aura of darkness engulfed the two as the incarnation's body began to lose its shape and fuse with the dragon...

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The huge fisted golem continued to descend upon Draven after dodging the attack, crushing the man under his huge metallic foot...  The foot sank deep into the ground...

But then the foot began to rise in the air...  Draven pushed it back with his right hand...

He quickly shot up the leg and was floating inches in front of the mammoth creature's face in an instant....

Draven seemed different... very different.  He was focused and calm, yet wielded a burning anger like never before...

He reared his right fist back as it glowed with a bright crimson flame, then thrust it forward, aiming a brutal punch square between the eyes...

[Haraldur]

The golem which the dragon was trying to absorb tried to merge with him at the same time.

The golem Draven attacked jumped up again, and landed behind the dragon, touched it, and started merging with it. The other seven incarnations touched the dragon, and also started merging with it. Their task was made easier by the fact that he was trying to absorb another, and failing, and by the fact that by doing so his defense against merging was down.

The dragon could not fight off the merging power of the nine incarnations, each as powerful as himself. All their shapes became indistinct, and then there were 10 Haraldur/Ragnar looking things in a group, with the most recent in the middle of them.

Any remaining entities are still there, since they are not affected by the original.

The one which was the fire element said, "You promised me revenge." The others nodded. They merged to form Haraldur's familiar form. "I will have all my revenge, all ten instances. But this, brother, will be our first priority."

He rose and said, "Goodbye, my friends, for I trust now that Draven is also a friend of yours, and so, mine. There are some things I must do. First, tell me, have you heard of someone called Alpha Retan? A dragon? This I must know. I must complete my revenge before I can destroy myself."

[Xorlak]

Draven shot another telepathic message to Zeros'

"Don't believe him for a second... That maniac just merged with the greatest evil force known to man..."

He didn't disperse the energy he had collected, nor his focus.  He simply folded his arms.

"Alpha Retan was an ancestor of Retan of the Dark Empire.  His great grandfather, I believe.  They were drakens, so yes, technically dragons.  Drakens do not live forever as far as I know.  He is long gone..."

[Zeros']

Zeros' shot back a message.

"I wont...ever again...after that..." Zeros' didn't need to refer to him and Duilin helping Haraldur get the weapons.