Dark Age Legends

[Dude Man]

- Above Gros Morne, inside the Lightning Wyvern -


The A-Class lizard was shot in the liver and was starting to loose contiousness, and would soon die.

"Human...has gun..." The elite draged himself along and moved to where he saw the two intruder go to. He pulled out a communications orb from his pocket.

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The main communications orb flickered on a ghostly image of the A-Class elite.

"They're heading towards...engine room...they got me. Man down sir..."

The ghostly image faded and Xarn grinded his teeth.

"They'll pay." Xarn got up, he looked a little upset. "This...isn't good."

The co-pilot looked at Xarn. "General, we need to do something. What are your orders."

"Continue fire. Try not to get hit."

"What about the saboteurs sir? We need to do something about them."

"I'm going to deal with them myself. I do not want this ship to fall. We will win this!"

Xarn then exited the cock pit, and summoned one of the spare pilots to take his place. He then ran towards the engine room to deal with the saboteurs.

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- Above the ocean, northeast of the Dark Continent -


Valos floated up towards Zerobi No Anti.

"I don't think that was the real Retan, demon." Valos stated. "If you want, go chase him. I'll admit you have a better chance then I do."

Valos turned around and scanned the area.

"I need to find Emperor Draven."

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- Tjedon, Tjed -


Duilin noticed one of the ships flying away.

"That's odd, I thought the Velkens were in the other ship." He rubbed his chin. "Yeah, something's not right here."

[Xorlak]

- Above Gros Morne, inside the Lightning Wyvern -


Vincent stepped through the door into the reactor room.  A bright yellow crystal floated in the center, some four feet high, surrounded by wires and tubes.  Under the flight crystal stood a metallic cylinder with glowing runes all around the base, and a translucent shield extended from this to the ceiling, entirely encasing the crystal.

The alchemist just rolled his eyes (the gesture disguised by the sunglasses, of course).  Kronos would not shut up.

"Flight crystals merely distance themselves from the planet's core, varying by the magical current passed through them.  That is all they do."

He knelt down in front of the glowing runes.  His right pointer finger formed into a metallic pick and he began scratching additional scriblings over the glyphs.

"It will take a moment to disable the flight crystal's power so we can remove it safely.  Cover me, if you will."

Crystal disablement: 33%

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- Above the ocean, north-northeast of the Dark Continent -


Retan's crimson eyes narrowed.  A blackness engulfed him, and he sped off through the air, hot on Roth's heels.  Two black orbs materialized above him as he flew, and snaking bolts of black lightning streamed out of them towards his prey.  He fired the bolts one after another in a relentless stream...

[Dude Man]

- Above Gros Morne, inside the Lightning Wyvern -

Xarn continued running through the airship. Whoever these people were, they killed Gorus' elites so clearly he'd have to deal with them himself. He reached the reactor room, kicking the door open and drawing his sword. His sword would be fairly large in the hands of a human or one of another race of equal or lesser size, but it was a perfect size for the lizard man. One the bottom of the hilt was a gem, the type which were usually put at the end of mage staffs.

The teal scaled lizard man glared at the two men who dared to board his ship. He twirled his sword around as he stomped towards them. He spotted one of them who appeared to be doing something to the flight crystal.

"Alright, I'm going to give you five seconds to stop whatever you're doing and get off my ship." Xarn snarled and the gem on the hilt of his sword glowed red, and flame shot through the blade. He slowly stepped forward and started counting. "One..."

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The Lightning Wyvern continued to zoom around the Enlightnment. It's Thunder Cannon was charged to it's limit. It then slowed down and faced the giant airship and then fired a thundering bolt of lightning at it.

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- Tjedon -

"Ben?" Duilin said finally noticing that it was him that was there. "Is that you? There's something different about you. Are you alright?" He asked with some concern.

"But yeah." Duilin looked back up at the two moving airships. "Are the Velkens leaving us or something?" He narrowed his eyes trying to focus on the airships. "Rink, Ben can either of you sense what's going on? Like any odd aura signatures or something."

Rink shrugged. "I think I sense some lizard men, but I dunno."

Duilin rubbed his chin. "Hmmm..."

[Drannic_Lord01]

-Tjedon, Mountainous Region of Tjed.-

"Right, I was... killed, sort of, back on the Dark Continent. This is a new body, but with the same sort of set up. Actually, my father insisted that I be part demon for a while. I've lost some of my powers and have to regain them while I'm here, or at least get used to my new form. My angelic part seems to remember all that it's learned, but that doesn't appear to be enough." Ben's hand flickered with a white light. It was very small, though still noticable.

"I still don't think anything good will come of those two ships persuing one another... I can't really sense anything 'for sure' anymore, though. I need more power in order to do something like that again... Speeking of which, do you think you could teach me something about demonic magic, Duilin?"

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"Put your blades away, men. We're done here. All that is reptilian is dead on this land... that's hostile to us, at least... Well, this is your new home now, as you now serve Tjedon as the Tjedi elite. Get used to it." Aaron's form was changing back to 'normal' or so he called it.

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[D. Ein]

- Above Gros Morne, in the Lightning Wyvern -

"Now the damned heartburn was gone, so I felt more or less like myself again.

-"Do tell, o fat ugly green one - how do you figure you're in any position to make demands? I mean, yes, we're on your ship - but you're in my land, so I'm right where I belong." I paused. "Hmm... Say... you look a mighty lot like that hippo that was running down there in Gros Morne, which my dear Stalkers put low, but you are a little bit smaller than him, and wimpier. From what I saw, he wouldn't hesitate to smash my skull open the second he'd seen me.

"OH! You must be female! Why, how good of you to come! Now the hippo won't be alone, and will have a lady friend to entertain him! Now, if you'll be so kind, lie down on the ground there so I can have my undead thralls carry you to my zoo."

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- Above Gros Morne -

The Enlightenment was hit harshly in the side, blowing off a cannon. The ship, however, regained her direction, and continued ascending to the top, raining heavy cannonballs on the Lightning Wyvern below it.

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- North-east of the Dark Continent, over the ocean -

One of the dark blasts hit Damien behind his neck, vapourizing him into a small cloud of dust. The dust quickly rematerialized into Roth again, who turned over on his back, still going forward, but facing the Dark Emperor.

-"Hmm, and I thought that a practitioner of Catastrophic Shadow Elemental Magic would pack a harder punch..."

Damien proceeded to fling a whole fistful of the little flash-orbs, creating a wall of light between him and Retan. Although he wasn't sure of its effects on Drakens, it would definitely confuse a normal person...

[Dude Man]

-Tjedon, Mountainous Region of Tjed.-


"Ooo..." Duilin tucked his hands in his pockets. As soon as Ben asked him that question he immediately, thought about his father teaching him demonic magic, and how he was going to use it to harm his friends. He came so close to having that take him over, hopefully Ben wouldn't have that happen to him. Yet he is half angel, so he would be able to combat it better.

"Demonic magic is a dangerous art to learn Ben. If you're not strong enough, then you start to crave more of it, and it starts to lower your judgement. It can make you do some stupid or even evil things. Lucky for you you're half angel so you'll probably be able to control yourself better than I can. It took me awhile, and I even had to get light magic enhancements to combat it for me."

Duilin took his hands out of his pockets and crossed his arms.

"But, I don't want to offend you but I've seen the way you fight, the way you act in combat. It's over aggressive. You lost your temper way too quickly in that fight against the Nightmare demon, and you tried to strangle Virmir with a chain by sneaking up behind him. That's not healthy at all, Ben."

Duilin looked up in the air and took a deep breath and looked back at Bjendell.

"I'll admit I've done some pretty bad things. I've been over violent in the past, yet that is the intended point of demonic magic. Demonic magic isn't even for directly killing, because that's too clean. When you use demonic magic, they don't die cleanly. But at the same time it's a strong type of magic, and those who have the ability to learn it, can learn it and master it easily. I don't like to use it too much anymore, but it's the strongest type of magic I know and there are some enemies that I need to use it on."

"So, yes I can teach you some, but you need to also learn how to control yourself and learn how to use it correctly. So think about it for a little while."

"Nice speech Duilin." Rink commented quietly with a smirk.

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- Above Gros Morne -


The airship started taking the heavy fire, and began to shake in the air, but continued moving to avoid any further damage. The Lightning Wyvern then fired back at the Enlightenment with a series of smaller lightning bolts compared to it's Thunder Cannon.

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- Above Gros Morne, in the Lightning Wyvern -


"Pah!" Xarn snarled. "You clearly know nothing of my kind. I am no female. And if you think my FIVE seconds I gave you was a serious offer of pity you're clearly oblivious to my insults."

He stepped closer to Kronos.

"But this isn't your land at all. This entire world belongs to the Dark Emperor Retan."

"But I'm sure Gorus would be able to take your little band of Stalkers. Gorus is a High General, he's the stronger lizard man in the world, making him the second strongest being in the world. Me being close friends with him, I'd know how strong he is. And take my word on this, he looks like he could smash a brick wall with his claws and he's stronger then he looks."

He then arched back his blade.

"And I'll gladly lay on the ground once I stain it with your blood!" The lizard man then slashed his burning sword down at the sovereign's head...

[Xorlak]

- Death Evan Bridge, Skies above Tjed, west of Tjedon -


An explosion rocked the airship and the Velkens scrambled around.

"We're hit!"

"They're shooting at us!"

Virmir clutched the railing, looking out the forward window and growling.  "Destroy them."

The Death Evan opened up a full volley of cannon fire upon the fleeing Sinistral, which returned the attack in kind with its rear cannons.  The sky lit up as the two flying ships blasted each other to doom.  The thunderous roar of two destroyer class airships battling in the skies echoed throughout the entire island.

An explosion rocked the side of the fleeing Sinistral, and the airship began to smoke.  Still the chase was on, and the two made way for the ocean to the west...

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- Above Gros Morne, in the Lightning Wyvern -

Vincent smirked.  At least Kronos was directing his irksome banter at the enemy for a change.  He continued working, ignoring the fight behind him.  The translucent cylinder containing the crystal dimmed.

Crystal Disablement: 67%

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- Above the ocean, north-northeast of the Dark Continent -


Retan seemed to vanish behind the wall of light.  All seemed quiet for a short moment, but then the sea underneath Roth exploded.  A screeching roar sounded and a giant black serpentine dragon burst from under the waves, surging upwards at the Lilithian with a gaping maw over ten feet wide.  The dragon's length was impossible to tell due it is lower body being under water, but over three hundred feet in length were visible as its jaws moved to snap down on the tiny man...

[D. Ein]

//Xorlak: Damien's human. :P De Sade and Amon are the only Lilithians in DAL \

- Above the ocean, north-northeast of the Dark Continent -

-"Mother of...!"

Damien just barely escaped the great beast's maw, fleeing somewhat upwards and then to a safe distance a few hundred meters away from the Draken.

-"So, you have some skill after all, do you? Say, I haven't tried what these beauties here do yet, but I'll be saving that for later. Instead..."

The mage drew out his left hand behind him, with a small, swirling vortex inside of it. He continued his flight...

Damien's super-secret mega-ownage attack: 20%

//what exactly would the weapons do anyways?\

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- Above Gros Morne, in the Lightning Wyvern -

"No sense arguing with an idiot, I thought. The blade, quite naturally, went through my neck without much effect. I shifted back into my normal form, while gathering lightning energy at my palm. As soon as I was entirely materialized, I thrusted my hand at the Lizard Man, aiming for the chest. At the same time, I wretched some Lizard Men's skeletons from our previous encounters, and summoned them to my position."

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- Above Gros Morne, in the Enlightenment -

-"Captain! The lightning strikes have penetrated the aft shielding!"

-"Re-route forward shielding to aft sections!"

-"Rerouting, Cap-AAAH!!!"

Another jolt from the lightning cannon overloaded the shield controls, blasting a scientist backwards on his spine in a shower of sparks.

-"Mr. Laris! Evasive pattern Delta-4! Mr. Bauer, is the NGO engine ready yet?"

-"Yes, Captain! The air is sufficiently thin to open both vortex engines at the same time."

-"Make it so, Lieutenant. Engage the twin vortex engines !!"

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Something strange started happening to the Enlightenment. The three airship hulls at the top containing the flotation crystals suddenly broke off the ringship, slowly descending back down to Gros Morne. The sphere in the middle which used to join them burst, revealing two smaller, cage-like hemispheres. The cages slid down the metallic beam used to support them, landing on either sides of the ship. They latched in place with a loud grinding noise, and then both slid back up in unison. Then whatever was in those cages opened up - the cages suddenly started emitting sparks, and the Enlightenment shot up at an amazing speed, like something just jolted it higher through the atmosphere...

[ElderScrollinIt]

"Hey! Where are they going!?" Ko'ji looked up to the skies and noticed the airships took off without her. She took to the skies and blasted for the deck of the Death Evan, and just made it before the ship took off after the sinestral (sorry if I spelled it wrong).

"You weren't about to take off without me, were you-woah!" The second airship atempted to blast at the Death Evan with its rear cannons. Ko'ji jumped up to the front of the ship and readied a great fireball. Her hands swirled around several times as the ball grew in diameter. It was about 1 whole foot, roughly the size of one of the cannons aboard the Death Evan. She blasted it forwards with an intense force that she was thrown backwards with recoil. She blasted up then back and hit the deck in a belly-flop kind of way, only with her back.

"Ow...ch..."

[Mikado]

Puco response was quick, when Nex was going towards Sienna, she roll jumped back kicking the rock spear horizontally towards Nex. It looked like Puco jumped back, but she actually was hiding behind the stalagmite and when it reached Nex, in the confusion she quickly jumped on it and double jumped again, and she was above Nex.

"Three sided attack!" She yelled enthusiasmly and punched downwards towards Nex's head.

[Dude Man]

- Above Gros Morne, in the Lightning Wyvern -


Xarn was a little confused when his sword went right through his foe. "A ghost...?" He asked not exactly expecting an answer. Suddenly he was punched right in the chest.

"Oof--"

It wasn't enough to take him down, but it was enough to get on his nerves. Xarn growled, and slashed his fire blade at one of the zombie lizard men's heads, decapitating it and setting it on fire. He then held his sword with one hand and pointed his free hand at the sovereign and shot a lightning bolt from his hand at him.


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- Tjedon -


"Look, the airships are shooting at each other!" Bell said pointing to them.

"Yeah, okay something is definitely going on. I'm going up there." Duilin jumped in the air and flapped his wings and hovered in the air. "Ben if you want to come, there may be some fighting to be done, if you can prove that you can fight a little more cleanly I'll teach you a demonic spell."

He then flew towards the airships.

Rink noticed that one of them was unpiloted. "Hey maybe later we could take that and go somewhere."

"Where?" Lagart asked.

"Maybe Kandarin." Bell suggested. "They're a very strong nation, they have more military power then Tjed does. So maybe if we could convince their Marshal to help us kill Retan. He might actually be coming up with something on his own actually and may need our help."

"Kronos is not a nice person, but nicer than Retan." Lagart said to Bell.

"I know that Lagart, but I'm sure he'd see at least Duilin as a person of use, besides Duilin can't kill Retan on his own, even with Ben's help he couldn't."

"Maybe Draven make another giant fireball. Worked on Jayce."

"We can't rely on Draven." Rink stated. "He's probably got himself killed by now or something. It might not be such a bad idea to check out Kandarin."

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- South East of Helternia -


Nex grabbed the stalagmite before it could stab into him. With his immense demonic strength it was barely a problem for him, however Puco's punch hit him square on in the head.

"Off--"

Nex dropped the rock spear on the ground and it broke apart.

"That's it. It's killing time now."

Nex floated high into the air and began glowing with a red aura and the sky around the area began to darken.

Sienna's jaw dropped. "This is too much. He's too strong for us. We need to get out of here!"

[Drannic_Lord01]

"I'll be right behind!" Ben could barely craft an energy sword, but he did. It was very weak, but strong enough to stop a regular blade. He flew close behind Duilin and had his energy sword at his side.

"Hmm... I think my senses are somewhat growing back! Either that or we're getting closer... one ship is full of Velkens, and another of Lizardmen..."

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//almost forgot Jacobie! (Heh...)

"Indeed, Rink is right." Jacobie sheathed his bloody katanas and cuaght his breath, "Draven could betray us in an instant. After Retan, who's to stop him, if he isn't dead already? It would probably take every single worthy fighter across eight whole realms in order to defeat him... something like that anyways..."

Jacobie walked towards the house and leaned agains the outside wall. "We do have yet to see the Draken's Dragon form... Therefore, might I rephrase, we have yet to see the worst that is to come."

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[Xorlak]

(Blast it!  I got Roth confused with De Sade somehow... Heh...  never mind.  The weapons do something fun only Retan can use...)

- Above Gros Morne, in the Lightning Wyvern -


The shield around the flight crystal faded, and the bright yellow light flowing from the stone dimmed.

"Done."

Vincent grabbed the huge crystal and pulled it from its suspended flotation above the metallic rings protruding from the floor.  The thing was at least half as tall as him and over six inches thick.  "An A-class crystal, and a beauty too.  This would take a good couple of years to grow..."

Immediately the ship began to vibrate.  In just a few moments it would loose all upward lift and drop out of the sky, likely with explosive results.  There was a chance the ship had a backup crystal on board, but it would be smaller and much less powerful.  Vincent wasn't going to stick around to find out, anyway.

"We'd best be on our way, Sovereign," he yelled over the din of the skeletal lizards attacking Xarn.  Tucking the obsesenely large yellow crystal under his arm, he bolted for the door as the ship groaned...

[Mikado]

"Nee..."
Puco moaned.
I didn't expect THIS strong people appear the moment I arrived.. If I had my circle.. but I don't!

"No! We couldn't really damage him, but we can still fight! Don't give up so easily!"

Puco sat on the earth and she looked like she was meditating.
"This earth has allot of spiritual meaning for you, hasn't it? I bet it was something special for more people too. The earth here is old and sad. But it is really friendly, all those feelings makes it strong... I'm going to lend its powers!"
Slowly the earth began to deform. Not as before, when the mass just changed its location, but this time it looked more like a spiral of energy.
Something began do raise from the mud like substance, it had no real form, but it looked like a enormous lizard with some fantasy.

"This.. this is the power that strong feelings can create! Believe in this Sienna!"

[D. Ein]

- Above the Ocean, north-northwest of the Dark Continent -

Roth continued fleeing from Retan, while holding on to the orb.

Damien's secret attack: 40%

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- In the Lightning Wyvern, above Gros Morne -

"The lightning attack hit me, serving a mild jolt. I shuddered, and summoned a few more skeletons. Of course, the crashing ship wasn't going to wait for me...

-"Vincent, if you don't want one of your toys to fail again, then follow me. I have a Winged Messenger at the ready, outside the ship."