Dark Age Legends

[Aminaga]

((lol Why? Is there a reason you're always following Aminaga? =p))

"There you are, you cowardly bastard!" shoted Aminaga in rage. Aminaga, with all his might attacked Mavas, and prepared to engage him in combat! "I'm going to kill you for what you've done!" Just then, Aminaga stabbed Mavas straight in the stomach with his Blade of Champion, and then stood up, and said. "There you go. How does that feel?"

[Dude Man]

//Allright, well Dippy's been POed as I assumed, so looks like Xenia earned his pay.//

[Xorlak]

(Aminaga:  When you throw an attack, the recipient of the attack decides weather or not to get hit by it or not.)

Mavas immediately released the pendant from his grasp and unsheathed the sword upon his back.  He brought the jagged blade to a rest just behind his head, Zion's blade clanging against the steel a mere half second later.

At the same time he took one step backwards as Aminaga's sword scarred the black armor protecting his stomach.

"Not bad."

He spun around, Mavas and Zion's blades scraping together before he pushed them apart.  Nearly backing into Aminaga, he thrust his blade into the ground before him.

"HYAAAHHH!!!"

The dirt rippled in a three foot radius around the sword's entry point.  A crimson circle appeared around the man before exploding in flame.  It was an explosion spell, meant more to force the two warriors off him more than damage them.

----

The black ship parted the clouds as it sailed through the air...

A figure stepped to the large window, which gave a magnificent view of the passing clouds and the mountains below, folding his hands behind his heavy cape.

"M...my lord?"

"...  He's back..."

[Trent]

Zion is flung back from the explosion. "What the crap?" He looks Mavas over very carefully.

[Zeros']

Zeros' turned to Duilin.

"It means, he's hiding is aura from our senses, making us impossible to sense where he is," he said. He then reached out again, spreading his senses wide. He felt Tesla's aura, though, where Haraldur's had disappeared. It was possible... but highly unlikely...

"What have you heard about Haraldur, Marashal?" he asked.

[Haraldur]

Haraldur nodded. He turned to Tesla and said: "I do not want to be followed. Go to the south a few miles and shut your aura off like I trained you to. Then find the flying ship, turn on your aura, then turn it off again, and return here."

Tesla nodded and did so, while Haraldur slept using the air as a bed.

[Dude Man]

"Well..." Marshal began "Us members of the Blue Minotaur, are seekers of legends and great phemonia. I have been told by my supeiors that, a mysterious man known as Haraldur was powerful being who nearly destroied the world because of atempting to complete his vengance. I'm not sure how my supierors found this out."

"Have you ever asked them" Duilin asked

"Yes, I did, but they say I wouldn't understand, or that my knowledge of the art of summoning and seeking of legends is to small." Marshal replied

"What if your part of a group how come you went off with us?" Rink asked

"Well, partly because of this. I suspect you people had something to do with near end of the world, and you are as what some people say 'The Creaters Of Legends'. You can't really expect to be flying around and defeating dragons and armys of zombies and not get noticed whould you?" Marshal explained "So anyways, If I stay with you, I will be able to obtain as much detail of this adventure, for I belive the Blue Minotaur will be very pleased to see that I have gained such information and have helped 'build a legend'..."

"Allright, good to have you with us then..." Duilin said, he then turned to Zeros' "Now, what could Haraldur's plan be this time. His vengance is complete, so what the devil, dose he need to do now?"

[Xorlak]

Mavas took a leap backwards, so that now he Zion and Aminaga were the points of a triangle.  He turned to Zion, staring him straight in the eyes...  a ring of darkness seemed to engulf the two warriors... but just for a brief instant...

"Heh heh heh, splendid!  I'm sure you'll enjoy this one..."

He brought his sword to his side and clenched his fist, charging some sort of spell...

----

Ven turned to dash back up the stairs when he heard the noise, but it was too late...

The cave opening collapsed above him, closing him off from the outside battle.  He jabbed his sword at the obstructing boulders.

"Bl--blast it!!"

----

The main control room bustled with activity, officers and more common soldiers attending to various tasks...

"My lord, someone approaches..."

Draven glanced at the small crystal ball like orb in the center of the room, which displayed an unfamiliar character...

One of the more important looking officers ventured,

"Shall we--"

Draven lifted his right hand.

"Let him come.  Let's see what he's up to..."

[Dude Man]

Behind the walls of the Crimpson Empire castle stood a man in white hair and a black robe. He had a large black bladed sword holsted onto his back. He wandered around untill he spotted the officer and the guards returned. As they walked passed. He sprinted towards them. "Who was out there?" He asked

"Some strange flying men." One of the guards replied "They wanted to see Draven."

"Oh...Allright." He replied and walked off. "I sence his blood, he has returned. He is no longer a child, he has become more powerfull...that is good. Master your death shall no be in vain. It was but a step to our victory..."

He then walked over to the gates. "Yet aid may be helpfull..."

[Trent]

Hm... What could this be? Instead of rushing in to try and stop it, he sheathed Eternity Weapon and concentrated upon his aura. A magical barrier, moderate in strength, formed around his body and all of his appendages.

--- --- ---

Xenai dropped an unconscious Albatrash on the desk of his client.

"You said dead or alive. If he escapes, it's not my problem unless you can find me and pay me."

The man at the desk lifted up Albatrash's unconscious body and took him back to a jail cell of sorts, leaving Xenai's pay on the desk. Xenai took up the pay and left.

[Haraldur]

Tesla arrived South, turnred his aura on and off, and carried on. He arrived at the ship, and did the same. He then returned to Haraldur's side, keeping his aura off, with a little effort.

"I wonder what Draven's reaction will be to all this, when at last he realises our common history," said Haraldur.

[Zeros']

Zeros' turned his emerald gaze to Marshal and back to Duilin.

"I have no doubt his twisted, sadstic soul has some plan cocked up again, and it happens to involve all the... old players," he said, emphasing the old.

[Aminaga]

Aminaga, knowing something was wrong, decided to leave Mavas to Ven, and try to go find the others. Eventually, he caught up with the others, and shouted. "Okay, what the f***ing hell is going on!? I heard something happening from here." Aminaga, fearing something bad was about to happen, pulled out his Blade of Champion as always, and prepared for battle...

[Dude Man]

//Um Aminaga if you mean by the others as, Rink, Marshal, Zeros' and Duilin. They are several miles away, hovering in the air, spying on the Crimpson Empire. It took us a couple posts to get there and we were flying at great speed.\\

[Xorlak]

The crimson gem around his neck pulsated brightly.  Mavas' form began to shift slightly, as if a translucent image was appearing over him...

He appeared to Zion as... Zion... an exact clone of himself.  Yet Mavas' image was still visible in the translucent impostor, as was the red pendant...

"Consume all, flash of death!!"

A bright flash of light emanated from Mavas' body.  The light dimmed, forming a sphere of darkness around Zion.  The gravity inside the bubble increased rapidly, soon reaching magnitudes several hundred times the natural level...

The impostor spoke, with a sinister mix of Mavas and Zion's voice:

"Yes... in order to keep your techniques I have to kill you.  Which is exactly what I intend to do!"

He slashed the jagged blade and extended his left hand, focusing all his might on increasing the spell's power...

----

Trapped in the cave, Ven finally sheathed his blade.  He faced the boulders in his way and brought both fists to his side as a dim aura engulfed his body...

----

The mammoth black airship appeared on the horizon.  As the Crimson Capital appeared in the window of the control deck, so did the small specks that were the two visitors, waiting outside the gates.

The ship stopped just outside the city's southern entrance, hovering some 500 feet in the air.  A door opened in the bottom and five armored figures floated slowly to the ground...

The four in back were men of various types, all in varying styles of dark armor and capes.  The one in front was familiar-- it was Draven.

The group landed in front of Haraldur and Telsa.  Draven folded his arms and the entourage copied their leader's posture to their best ability.

"Well, well, what do we have here?  Didn't you kill yourself or something?"