Dark Age Legends

[Kahn]

Hyperion finally noticed The Prophet flying westward. He decided to follow from a distance. He thought he may be able to give Draven some valuable info as well as the old mans head.

[Dude Man]

//Arg, I know I'm moving to fast, but I need to update Marshal and Rink, so I might as well update Duilin. And Ein, if Duilin is with Zeros', I wouldn't refer to Duilin as the 'winged one', heh.\\

"What the hell?" Duilin yelled as, the caped man jumped on his back. As Ein fired his crossbow bolts, Duilin ducked his head, dodging the bolts, and flipped himself around, knocking his attacker off. "That was mean. And believe me, I know mean," Duilin said, "I'm a demon!" the half demon, then raised his left hand pointing towards Ein, and dark purple electric energy began to surround his hand, suddenly, a dark purple lightning bolt blasted his way at D.Ein.

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Marshal saw the commotion, but saw that he was not needed here. "I will carry out, on the mission. I wish you luck of defending from the demons. I will not fail this time." He said to Tesla.

Marshal, then un-strapped his machine-gun from his back. "Lock and load!" He said, describing what to do with his gun. Perhaps the phrase might catch on! He then dashed his way towards, Redvik.

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'Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle.' Rink thought, as he spotted Marshal dash off. 'That fool, joined the Aspyes. I'd hate to have to kill him, but I might have to in the future. I don't blame him for not trusting us, we are a rather scary bunch'

He then saw Xenai walking into the pub. He smiled and sighed. Tipical. He observed the battle headed outside the gates of the town. 'Talk about a distraction, I could probably, dance around in the streets naked and nobody would see. Oh wait, I don't wear close in the first place.'

He then, began to hop from building to building. 'Quite some weapons they have here, I'll inform Valos of the area.'

'Hey, shit-face, I mean Valos. They've got some heavy-duty weapons here. It looks like, some sorta plasma cannons, that they have. I saw Tesla fire one. Also, Marshal has joined them, he's headed your way. Maybe taking him out now would make the battle a bit easier. But seriously, all the building are they same, and the technology is insane. It's run by magic. Anyways, that's all. 10-4!' He closed it with a term used in another dimension. Apparently, Zeros' isn't the only one who travels in between dimensions.

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"Ack, I hate that stupid Imp." Valos groaned as he reseved Rink's message. He was sitting on a table, with his legs up on a barral, smokeing a cigar. He wasn't to far from Aura.

"Hey, Aura, you up for some quick action? Some, fool is coming to attack. Maybe you can take him yourself. It would be overkill if I went." Valos called to her. "Now, which one of you newbies, wants to arm wrestle me? Come, on!"

The soldiers raised their eyebrows, and immediately turned away, and step back a few feet.

Valos just laughed, and then looked back at Aura. "I hear the guy is a summoning mage. So he might be a toughie, but other then that, I think it'll be smooth sailing. So, you think you're up to it, or do you want me to go handle it?"

[Dippy]

Jonny Albatrash arrives on the sene with his shotgun ready.
"Alright you giant-" Albatrash  stops an gazes at the larger-than-he-remembered-giant.
"Well, at least I won't miss."
He aims his shotgun at the zombie a shoots it in the back.
"Ahoghe!" He grunts as he sees the hole in it ozzing with rotting zombie inerds.(Be creative with your imagination)
The zombie seems to have had no reaction to the shot so Jonny runs toward Ven.
"Looks like you need some help." he says "And if you don't then too bad, I'm bored!" he adds and gets out of his way.
"Bongo you go hide untill Jonny is done with the zombie babey steal somthing nice for me." Jonny says as he lets Bongo off his shoulder and he skurries off into the streets.
Jonny shoots at the Zombie a few more times and it lets out a loud bellow.

[D. Ein]

//eh... i don't care. You're the only one who used the above mentioned wings. And um, HEY! How do you know my character's name so quickly in the story?\\

Ein quickly flipped the crossbow around, and hit the bolt with the crossbow handle, blasting it back at it's source.
-"Mean? Define mean, bird. You are mean in my point of view, I am mean in yours. There is no true definition, as there is no "good" or "evil". Each side considers themselves good."
He rolled over on his back under a tree, firing another bolt just as he hid under the tree's canopy.

[Xorlak]

Draven sat back and appeared to be in a low chuckle for a few seconds.

"Heh heh heh..."

He leaned forward, his gloved hands under his chin, his gaze piercing into Salazar's soul.

"That would be the next of my questions, Lord Salazar...  How much do you know?  You see I've always welcomed the prospect of forming alliances.  But you see, there is a small problem with allowing foreigners in your domain.  I'm sure you are familiar with it.  Spies tend to appear...  Little insects that report your secrets to outsiders... I despise them almost as much as traitors.  Before you know it, you have enemies attacking your weaker shore... Ambassadors appearing... at just the right moment... when your nation is in crisis, to offer 'help' only they can provide, to get in on your good side..."

He took a sip of wine.

"Yes, of course.  We have Ragnar, the one who tried to destroy the world because he had a bad childhood or something... I forgot exactly why... anyway, who also hates me, probably because he made a bad career choice earlier in life, I'm not sure... anyway, who suddenly out of nowhere decides he has some peaceful ideals, frees a few criminals and takes over my weakest town, being as we've just subdued them a few years back, brainwashing the population, likely using some form of black magic.  I've seen it before."

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Approaching some twenty feet in altitude, Ven plucked the sword spinning towards him out of the air and took it in both hands.  He pointed the blade downward as the fire energy from his hands transfered to the sword, his black cloak flowing behind him, revealing his bright silver armor.  His voice reverbed throughout the open field.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

He rapidly fell, plunging the blade into the monster's back.  It billowed as it lied on the ground, the flame from the sword completely engulfing it.  A tremendous explosion followed, sending burning chunks of the monster in all directions.  Ven was thrown backwards, landing on his back at least 15 feet away.  He slowly sat up, and gave Tsu a 'thumbs up' and a half beaten up smile.

"Guess I owe you guys."

He stumbled to his feet.

"Zion and... don't think I've met you two."

He was referring to Tsu and the pirate Johnny.

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"Chaos... I can smell it... so very close..."

Mavas found himself in a sort of soldier camp assembled in the forest.  Random soldiers will still saluting him, for he still had the appearance of the Lieutenant he had killed.  Idiots.  What delightful idiots...

"Where is this place?  Speak."

A soldier stopped and saluted.

"Sir!  This is base camp 1, Laus border, front line!"

"Hmmm..."

He turned, seeing a group of fifty soldiers or so standing at attention, with three guard captains apparently inspecting them.  He approached them.

"You there!  Come with me!  All of you!"

The three guard captains saluted.  The closest one spoke.

"S-Sir!  By order of the general, we cannot move until the signal is given!"

"Oh, really... where is this... general..."

"Base camp 2, sir!"

"And where is that?"

"Follow the front line westward, sir!"

Without a word, Lt. Mavas began walking westward, disappearing into the forest.

"That was weird.  You'd think he'd know..."

"What's with the red gem he was wearing...?"

[Zeros']

The sabot viciously strained against the power of the sword. For a moment, it it seemed the sword would win, but... There was a sound like breaking glass as Zeros' sword broke into large pieces, and flew in random directions. Some of them imbedded themselves into Zeros' skin, along with the wooden shards.

Zeros' looked at the broken sword. He stared at it for a moment, idly blocking all the guns that had shot at him with his aura. The shards were imbedded in his skin, but he ignored them. Then... he simply disappeared. The shards of his sword that were formely imbedded in his skin hung in the air for a moment, before they clattered to the ground. With a hiss, the shards of the sword turned back to their original color, and stared to glow with a white aura.

The shards that were far away, started to magically fly back, til all the parts of the untransformed sword were in a pile. The shards continued to glow white, while they gradually reformed themselves into the sword.

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Zeros' reappeared behind Haraldur, the hilt of his sword in a safe place. His trenchcoat was torn in many places, and burned, with blood flowing anew. Zeros' simply ignored the wounds, as, he knew they would be healed in moments.

"So... I'm a hypocrite, eh? That might be true... But, what did you say about the Crimson Empire? There were no innocents? I could say the same for you, Haraldur. Your so much alike Draven in many ways, even if you do deny it," he said towards the crazed leader of Aspyes.

[Dude Man]

//Just because I mentioned your name in my post, it doesn't mean that Duilin knows your name.\\

The bolt stuck Duilin, in his shoulder. He let out a small yelp of pain. He was used to it, however. He just plucked it out and tossed it aside. "That's a good point, shaded one..." Duilin replied. "I do agree with you. So, die!" Duilin, then dashed towards Ein, and swung his mace down at him.

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Rink continued hopping from building to building, deeper into the town. He then spotted a few rebels, practicing with spears. Nothing interesting. Hopefully, Xenai may be able to get more information.

//I'll update on Valos and Marshal after Trent posts.\\

[D. Ein]

-"Huh?"
Ein was caught off-guard, as he saw the giant mace coming towards him out of nowhere. He tried to dodge it, but unsuccessfully. The mace whacked him on his right arm, injuring him badly. The crossbow was also knocked out of his hands.
-"Ow, damn, that hurt! Grr... Go back to where you came from, bird!"
He took out his enchanted bolt, and dashed around Duilin. He then jumped on his back, putting his right arm around Duillin's throat, and using his left arm to lunge the frozen bolt into the back of his opponent's neck.

[Dude Man]

Duilin grabbed Ein's arm, pulling it back and used his other hand to rip off Ein's hand away from his throat. "Stay the HELL off my back!" He yelled. Duilin, then flipped Ein in front of him, and swung his foot at him as he fell. "Hiiyaa!"

[D. Ein]

Duilin's devastating kick got Ein square in the stomach. Ein flew a couple of feet into the air, and landed in the same tree that he hid under earlier.
-"Ugh..."
His vision went a little fuzzy, but he recognized the object lying next to him: his crossbow. He took it, tried to load it with an arrow, but failing miserably due to the fact that his hands were shaking. He took the crossbow by it's other side, and ran towards Duilin, swinging the steel end of it into his head.

[Dude Man]

The steel end of the cross bow, whacked him in the head. "Aw, shit!" He yelled. His vision as well became blurry. "Ooo...that smarts." He backed up a few feet, and rubbed his head. "Oh, your gonna pay!" He then raised his right arm, as if he was going to throw something. Flame began to spin his hand, forming a fireball; he then flung the fireball at Ein. Yet it might not be too accurate...

[D. Ein]

-"What the hell? Is that magic of some sort?"
The fireball hit the ground a few feet left of Ein, melting it to solid rock.
-"Yeah, that was magic... Damn, stop pulling rabbits out of your ass and fight like a man, err, bird!"
The fuzzines was all gone by now, and Ein took another bolt out of his quiver. He ran off behind a tree, and drew a small octagram in the sand. Then he dashed a simple line across it, and threw the bolt onto the octagram. The pre-mentioned bolt suddenly started glowing red, and it's head burned on fire. He grabbed the bolt as fast as he could, and put it into his crossbow, however, not without severely burning his fingers.
-"Die, bird!"
He fired the bolt at Duilin aiming at his wings.

[Haraldur]

Salazar looked towards the Emporers face impassively, and said, "Who is this Ragnar? Is he an associate of this creature we hear tell of: Haraldur?

"Anyway, I know enough to be very concerned, and obviously more than you do. Let me fill you in on some background: as you may know, I have recently made my grip on my country uncontested, after monarchist and peasant rebellions. The peasant rebellions were mostly about the famine, at first, however, in small areas, they seemed to become more radical in their goals. They seemed, from our scanty intelligence reports, to believe in some deity called Haraldur, and that their priest and leader was a person called Nikola Tesla, who we never found, although we heard that he left the country a year before the rebellion failed.

"Now, it seems, this Haraldur is not only an existing person, but has taken over your city of Laus, as well as established at least one settlement elsewhere. We hear also that Tesla is there. Not only that, we have heard of some of their ideas, and that is what we feel is dangerous.

"The most threatening two ideals they have are these: the total abolishment of autocratic systems such as mine and yourself's, and the total abolition of property, especially of those who are our primary supporters."

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Haraldur turned to Zeros', and glanced down at the fight below, and said, "If you wish to parley, then please instruct your associate to stop attacking mine."

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The Prophet was now flying over bare mountains.

[Trent]

Zion and Tsu looked at the pirate with a "WTFJOHNNY" look on their faces. "Yeah... I'm Tsu. Nice to meet you."

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He was now drunk, yet sober at the same time. The physical consequences were kicking in, and he would probably say/do something stupid, but he was conscious enough to know what he had to do. It's time to do some spying. Now where the hell do I start?

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"Will do, sir." She saluted Valos, grabbed her scimitars, and headed out to meet her opponent. "Hmm..."

[Dude Man]

"Excellent..." Valos said. He then, got up to stretch his feet abit. 'Rink seems to be doing a fine job spying, let's hope the other one can get some more information.'

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"Hey!" Duilin snapped as he saw the bolt flying toward his wing, he simply folded it down and the bolt just flue by. "Red, glow? Looks like magic to me! And stop calling me bird. It's Talonscar...Duilin Talonscar." Duilin, vision was fine now. He then, lifted both his hands and yellow energy began to spiral around his fingers, he then pointed his hands at Ein and blasted two lasers at him.

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"Looks, like the base camp is over here..." Marshal said to himself. He then viewed the area above, he then spotted a women, with two scimitars. "Oh, dear. I don't want to have to fight a woman, and such a looker to. But it looks like, she is after me, I wonder how they knew I was comming...Well, maybe Zeros' or Duilin messaged somebody in the camp. Well, I better make this quick."

Marshal ran foward, and looked at Aura. He aimed his machine gun and fired four times.