Dark Age Legends

[Trent]

Zion and Xenai followed Ven.

"Without Eternity Weapon and Zero Weapon, we can't hope to take on such a huge force," said Zion. "There's too many of them, too much going on."

[Xorlak]

Draven continued the spin just enough turn to the right and push off from Haraldur's blade that was touching his own.  Haraldur's other blade skimmed the armor on his left side and bore a hole through his cape, which tore completely through as he completed his turn.

Draven was now to the left of Haraldur, facing him and flying backwards.  With both hands, he launched his crimson blade at his foe, sending it spinning though the air like a saw blade...

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Ven stopped and turned around.

"Eternity and Zero Weapons...?  I've heard of these...  You know how to... control such giant mechanical beasts?"

He folded his arms thoughtfully.  

"Hundreds of years ago, my kingdom used to use such things for war.  But no one knows how to operate them now, so they are sealed underground.  I'm not sure if they are similar to the ones you are talking about, but I can show them to you.  If we can find a way out of here, that is..."

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(Yes, that's what I meant.  Ven saw what was going on outside right before the settlement re-entered.  Telsa did not enter the dimension because he's defending against the wyverns, correct?  Or did he enter with the settlement and is shooting at wyverns that entered as well.  Heh, confusing...  I'll wait for you to clarify, since what Mavas does depends on it.)

[Haraldur]

//He was always outside the settlement. Before the settlement reappeared, he went above the rift to defend it once it rematerialised.//

With a twitch of his fingers, Haraldur warped the space in the empty dimension, not breathing, because of the lack of air, but not needing to. Due to the warping of the spacetime, the spinning blade seemed to disapper in a fold in spacetime, before returning spinning towards Draven, at increased speed.

He then held the warp and fold in space-time, him being able to feel it as if it were solid, as a meterial thing. He swung it around his head and threw it towards Draven. Through the warp, Draven's image warped and stretched, and similar things would happen to Haraldur's image from Draven's point of view. The warp caught up with the flaming sword, going towards Draven now in many-pointed pain, as the blades replicated themselves and bent.

Due to the lack of air, and so sound, Haraldur telepathed this message to Draven, How disappointed Retan would be. He was so much more subtle than you...

[Trent]

"Yeah... It's been 5 years since we last called them out. At that time, we had to sacrifice them to restore the planet."

"So you got stuff like 'em, eh? Alrighty, then. We could give 'em a shot. But how ta get outta here...?" Xenai looked around, trying to find a way out. "Um. Um. We should destroy something really big."

"Um, no. Think harder."

"It might work!"

[Zeros']

Zeros' carefully unsheathed his katana and flipped the blade over in his hands a few times. The blade came to life and transformed into it's holy form. Fur replaced the handguard and the sword grew in width and height, but not in length.

//It's hoyl form is basically easier for minipulating magic. Demon form is easier for manipulating ki. It's normal form is balanaced for both.\\

The sword glowed in a soft, pulsing light. He brought his right arm up and slashed quickly down. His sword hummed through the air and a small split formed in front of him.

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Near Ven, Xenai and Zion, the same type of rift appeared in front of them.

//Instead of destroying the barrier, he bipasted it by making his own tear in dimension.\\

[Dude Man]

"Fall back!" Roland ordered. The wyverns and the riders then flue back, approxmently 20 yards. Roland and his dragon only went back ten or so yards.

"What do we do?" Marshal called out

"Find out who's shooting at us!" Roland ordered

Marshal looked up and spotted Tesla "It's him! But it looks like he just wants us to stay away from that area. I bet he is guarding Haraldur's demention, or something." Marshal examin's him "He seems quite strong, if we want to get the demention then we'll have to get one of the stronger ones, to get rid of him."

"I don't think that would be wise." Roland replied "If we get in, Haraldur may follow, and he will kill all of us."

"Maybe this attack wasn't the best idea." Marshal sighed


"Heh, no shit..." Duilin said, over hearing there conversation.

"Zeros' made a tear in the dimension!" Valos grinned "Perhaps we can get in, and *ahem* capture the Aspyes. They may have no commited any crimes, but they will!"

"Let's not worry about that, let's worry about Haraldur." Duilin replied

"Lord Draven, can worry about him. Draven, will defenatly be able to defeat him." Valos snapped back

"I hope so..." Duilin sighed

"I don't." Rink said softly, not loud enough for most people to hear.

[Zeros']

Zeros' sheathed his sword with a flourish and turned to Valos.

"If you kill any innocents, alliance or not, I will elimante you, myself. While you may have no qualms about killing innocents, I do," he said calmly. Then, without waiting for a reply, he stuck just his head into the dimensional rift.

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On the other side of the rift, Zeros' disembodied head appeared.

"Ah. I thought I felt you three around here," he said, spotting the three that were unfourtently, stuck in Haraldur's nation. "Come now. Just step through here and you'll be teleported outside this town. Be warned, though, the other end pops out over the ocean," he said and his head disappeared from the rift.

[Haraldur]

Tesla saw the wyverns fall back, and nodded to himself.

He moved his hands as if juggling and some words began to form in the air for the wyvern riders to read. They read:

Greetings. I, Nikola Tesla, and currently defending this area. However, should you wish to negotiate, always a possibility in this situation, then we may be able to talk, although we will not be giving up any territory, nor military capability. Nor will we be handing any people over, for whatever reason. However, it is preferable to death, and we do have a new and relatively undamaged conference room.

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The man ran towards the cut as it appeared, and overheard Zeros'.

"Indeed, you are free to come and go as you please. However, we would like to know the stranger's name first. As a precautionary measure."

People were gathering around the rip, waiting to see if the person who had cut into here was friend or foe. They suspected the latter, because this method of entry could be no accident.

[Dude Man]

"Negotiate eh?" Roland grunted "Marshal! Go negotiate him, we may be able to come to a peacefull agreement and end this pointless war." He comanded

"Um, me? Yes sir." Marshal nodded, and flue his wyvern closer to Tesla. "I only wish to speak to you Nikola. Is it okay if I ask you a few questions?"

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"I don't see what the big deal is, with killing them. They ARE a threat, if they have the power of Haraldur, then who knows what they will do!" Valos snapped back to Zeros'

"Valos! Listen they haven't done anything yet." Rink said sternly

"But they could! And they will!" Valos yelled at the Imp "Duilin? Don't you agree? I belive you saw what Haraldur did five years ago..."

"I...I don't...I don't know..." Duilin groaned

Rink made an angry look at Valos. "Valos, just shut the hell up and don't try anything. You herd Zeros'!"

Valos crossed his arms and muttered a few words to himself. He looked at Haraldur and Draven duel.

Duilin, just stared blankly at water below him. He looked at his reflection, he tuned out the sounds of Draven and Haraldur fighting, and Roland yelling and ordering around his soilders.

Rink, breathed deeply. He seemed quite scared that Duilin might turn out like his father. Valos, started to notice this.  

Valos was quite confused, why an Imp seems so desperate to stop this. Why would a creation of Qor, not want another minion of evil to be gained?

[Xorlak]

Draven, on the other hand, was breathing heavily, for the aura of flame around him contained within it a limited supply of air.  The conglomeration of distortion was approaching him faster than he was flying backwards.  He brought both arms to his sides at full length, then quickly clasped his hands in front of his chest.  At the same time an external force hit the oncoming distortion from both sides, squeezing the whole area, blades and all, until it was nearly paper thin, frozen in front of him.  Draven stopped with the distortion, holding it in place.

"Subtlety, my friend, can be a disappointment in itself..."

He obviously did not allow it to show, but this was a bad thing... a very bad thing...  He did not expect his foe to use dimensional distortions as a method of attack.  Even contained, flames from his aura seemed to be pulled into what was now a glowing slit before him...

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The shadow folded his arms, and read the words above, although from his point of view they would were backwards.  He seemed to whisper into Telsa's ear, though he was several feet behind him.

"Ah, Mr. Telsa.  You may refer to me as Mavas.  I ask if you are the one who shielded that town, or if someone else did it, for you see, there are some people that belong to me within its walls..."

The ruby gem glowed dimly, but Mavas would be difficult to see to anyone not particularly close...  He backed away a bit as Marshal approached.

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"Zeros'...."

Ven stared at the rift for a second before realizing he just gave the name of one of their enemies.  He glanced at the other men.

"Uh..."

He scratched his head in thought for a second.

"Right... well, if you have a message you would like us to give to him or something, we'll do it.  But we must leave now..."

[Haraldur]

Haraldur held his left hand out, and the distortion there seemed to be absolutely colossal. A potted plant, a rare orchid, was resting in his hand, with a beautiful purple shade. It floated away from his hand. He sent a message to Draven, Look, see, for he creates wonders from empty space, without having to take away. In his right hand, an identical flower appeared, but of antimatter, And look, see, for he can create its opposite, without taking away. Then he threw them both at a point a few metres in front of Draven, where they met. Their total mass was approximately two kilograms. E = mc^2. E = 2 x 9 x 10^16, E = 1.8 x 10^17 kg m^2 s^-2. Energy comparable to an atomic bomb was released. It then disappeared. And look, see, for he has the power to annihilate, without the release of energy.

Do not be sad, the flowers would have died anyway, due to the lack of atmosphere.

He then stared at Draven, waiting for his reaction.

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"Well, Mavas, slavery is something we do not tolerate in Aspyes, if that is what you mean. Regardless, you cannot enter, we are currently at war."

Tesla turned to Marshal, he said, "Not until you call off the attack, making sure noone attacks, noone at all, and then you give me your personal assurances. Then you may ask questions."

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"Stop!" the man said, as the other started pointing various projectile weapons towards the group. "We would first like to ask a question of Zeros', who we know we have no chance of defeating by ourselves, why are he and others attacking us. That is a question we would very much like answered, promptly."

[Zeros']

"I'll be right back," he said, but left a parting message with Duilin, "Duilin, it doesn't matter what Haraldur has done. What have the innocents in the nation done? Other then being assossciated with Haraldur, they have done no crime. What about a man that comes home from work to greet his wife and children. What of a son who works all day to care for his sick father?

Would you kill these people because of who they assossciate? If that was so, you would of been dead long ago for assossciating with the Dark Empire and Retan," he said before he fully stepped through the rift.

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Zeros' reppeared through the rift and looked around at the people curiously.

"You may anwser and question you want. I will anwser it to the best of my ability," he said calmly.

[Dude Man]

Duilin pondered about what Zeros' said, the final part seemed most convinceing. "Valos...they have done nothing..." Duilin said calmly "Do not attack the innocents." He said the final part abit more sternly, he then looked back down.

"Hmmm..." Valos rubbed his chin

Rink smiled. "There ya go."


Marhsal pondered abit. "Well, perhaps...If you and Haraldur are the only foe of this battle then perhaps I shall call of the troops. I'll have to ask the others." He then looked at Rink and the others. "I shall return, in one moment."

He flue his wyvern down to Duilin, Valos and Rink's position.

"Ah! Marshal." Rink smiled as he saw him.

"Oh, so the summoner has brought his army." Valos hissed

"Um, yes. I belive I can bring this to a peacefull negotiation!" Marshal grinned. "But, Tesla will only negotiate if I call of the forces, yet what if it is a trap? Do they have more?"

"No accually. Apparently, this 'army' is non-existint." Duilin explained "They are all inocents, they pose no threat. There is no need for an army. What we have here is enough."

Marshal grinned again "Ah excellent. Hopefully I can end this peacefully then." He then flies his wyvern back to Roland's position. "He want's you to leave. There is no army. But thanks for the help sir."

"What no army? But you said there was?" Roland barked

"Apparently. The army is non other then a group of innocents. They are mearly followers of Haraldur."

"Well aren't they dangerous? If they follow Haraldur then won't they attempt world dommination or something?"

"No, they won't. They are all harmless people. Like the commeners on the street."

"Well killing innocents is not what Blue Minotaur wants to get an image of. Very well. You herd him boys! Marshal will negotate, and attempt to bring peace." Roland and the group of wyvern riders then flue off, back to mainland.

Marshal flue back up to Tesla. "It has been done. Now shall we talk?"

[Haraldur]

"Why are you and others attacking us?" said the man.

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"Indeed," said Tesla, leading him down to a palatial looking building a way off from the main part of the settlement. Inside, some object, such as vases, had smashed, but the building itself was in quite good condition.

Tesla arrived at a small table and sat down on one side.

"You said you had questions, which you may ask, but first, why did you and others attack us?"

[Dippy]

Jonny woke up in his cell a day later and hears a squeaking sound."whoa, whats that, go away!" Jonny rants still half asleep. "Wait I know that squeak! Bongo!" He realizes. Bongo runs over to the cell door and he sits at attention. "Bongo, get the key, the shiney!" Jonny says to bongo with a smile. Bongo leaps on the table across from the door and grabs the shiney key and brings it to Jonny. "Yes! Thanks Bongo you're the best monkey!" Jonny says as he grabs the key. He unlocks the door and opens it. Bongo immediately hops onto Jonnys shoulder as he walks to a wepon locker. "Yeess..."Jonny says as he grabs his shotgun a gold and dimond incrusted rapier with the name Frank Gozwell on the handle (it probobly belongs to franky.) and he puts an expencive looking pistol in the the empty holster on his belt. "Here Bongo." Jonny says as he hands him a small dagger.(Bongo gives an impish little grin.)
He walks down the empty halls of Frank's manor untill he comes to a door that seems to be occupied and has light coming from the crack at the bottom. "Frank! Are you in there!" Jonny says.
"What! How did you... Uhh... Shit!" Franky runs to the door and bolt locks it.
Jonny smashes at it with a nearby wood cutting hatchet untill a hole opens in the side. "Heeeres Jonny!" He yells as he sticks his shotgun in the hole and fires until he hears a scream. He then walks away to the exit door.