Chapter 7: broken balance
3rd person
The adventures watch as Lupus roars in rage, throwing magical and physical attacks at Verdia, who was doing everything he could to run away, but to no avail. The adventures winced as Verdia was planted in the ground like a tree, only for him to manipulate the earth into spears to throw at Lupus, who shrugged them off as they broke against the fracturing armor, known as the final seal. The last barrier to withhold Lupus' immense power, for his aura alone could destroy universes.
"Stay still bitch!" Lupus roared as he shot out a glacier at Verdia, who responded by throwing a mountain back. "I'm going to cover you in salt! Then freeze you!"
On the wall
Kazuma is doing everything to keep Aqua alive, as healers all around cast healing spells, but she was still bleeding out.
"What's going on?" Megumin asked as she watched Lupus punt Verdia into the wall, breaking it down. "Why is Lupus-sama so angry?"
"I don't know!" Kazuma shouted as she applied more pressure to the hole in Aqua's side. "I'm more worried about Aqua!"
"Why? She's already at death's door. We don't have strong enough magic to heal a wound like this, and the local doctor got shit-faced wasted in a bar thinking it was his last day alive." One of the other villagers that is helping said.
"Because she is the only one who has a chance of calming down Lupus!" Kazuma shouted as a rock flew right past her and hit the villager in the shoulder, knocking them off the wall. "Where is Luna?!"
"Right here." A voice said behind them.
"Luna?"
The field
Lupus roared as I swung my sword at his neck, only for it to shatter when the great sword hit Lupus' skin.
I keep on attacking, trying to get an upper hand. I know I have to defeat Lupus. My master, the Devil Queen herself entrusted me with this task. I didnt realize how powerful he was though.
"You annoying pest!" Lupus shouted as he grabbed my head. "If I want to make you suffer, I need to make you mortal!"
A flash of black, red, and white shined from my mouth as my world became pain, my skin returned to its normal color, and my eyes burned. I could feel my head start to painfully sew itself back to my body, every fiber of my body screaming out in pain as I became human once more. I coughed up blood as Lupus shoved my broken sword into my gut.
"YOU DARE CLAIM A TITLE A FOUL CREATURE LIKE YOU COULD NEVER FILL!" Lupus roared as he healed my wounds. "THE TITLE OF EARTH MOTHER BELONGS TO GAIA! MY LOVE! WHERE IS SHE!? I FEEL HER SOUL! WHERE! WHERE! WHERE!"
Hearing Lupus scream, I looked up at him. Gaia? What is he talking about? Is all this rage just for this random woman? That is a fact I need to tell my queen but first, I need to deal with the matter at hand.
Lupus picked me up by my neck as he pulled out a serrated sword, slowly moving it back and forth across me. I screamed out at the teeth of the blade bit into my skin as Lupus removed my arms and legs. I cried as Lupus poured salt into my wounds, worsening the pain I already felt.
"WHERE ARE THE HORSEMEN! DEATH! WAR! I AM ALIVE! AND I AM HUNTING YOUR PITIFUL EXCUSE OF LIFE! RUN! HIDE! SING MY FAVORITE SONG OF MISERY AND PAIN AS I RIP YOUR HORSE'S DICKS OFF AND SHOVE THEM THROUGH YOUR EYES!"
Lupus threw me aside and blasted me with lightning, killing me for a moment.
But I opened my eyes to see that Lupus had brought me back to life. I manipulated the earth to create new limbs as I forced the earth to split in half, sending massive cracks along the ground, only for Lupus to stop it with his foot, the crack began to seal itself back together, Making me panic.
'I cant win. If I must die here I wont be alone! I thought, determined to win.
"If I am to die here I am taking all of you with me!" I shouted as the boulders hit the wall, making me laugh in victory, but when the dust cleared, a red barrier had blocked the projectiles, leaving the wall intact. "no. No. NO!" I shouted, throwing more boulders at the wall.
I screamed in pain as my head was once more removed from my shoulders. "Please. Kill me." I whimpered as Lupus stood over me
"Death means mercy. You shall get none from me."
A few moments ago; on the wall
"Luna?" Kazuma asked as she looked at Luna, who was wearing white armor with a red moon an the chest plate. "What are you wearing?"
"I was an adventurer a few years ago, a Paladin, one who worshiped the blood moon. But I lost my closest friends on a dangerous quest, an I couldn't bring myself to continue as I failed to protect them." Luna said as she removed her helmet. "Now, what is going on?"
"Well, Lupus is in a blood rage, Aqua is severely injured, the one person who might have enough power to a least calm him down, and I NEED TO CHANGE MY FUCKING PANTS!" Kazuma shouted as Verdia could be heard screaming in pain.
"Shit." Luna tossed her helm to Darkness, who fumbled to catch it. Luna looked at the wall, then at the bricks. She traced her fingers over a few before pushing one in. A few clicks were heard, then several runes lit up around the walls, and a few in the town. A few seconds later a red barrier shone, covering Axel.
"That should hold for a while." Luna said as she sat next to Kazuma, pulling out a red potion. "I need you to hold her down."
"Why? She's knocked out?" Megumin asked.
"Because with a wound like this, the potion needs to go on the wound, and it's going to hurt like a motherfucker." Lina said as a red glow encased her hands. "This should ease the pain, but she will move, and we can't waste a single drop, or her life will still be in danger."
A group of bulky adventures held down Aqua as Luna poured the potion on the massive hole on Aqua's side. Aqua screamed in pain as her body started to mend itself, flesh, blood, and bone pulling itself together as the potion took effect. Aqua's tears rolled down her face as she tried to move, but failed to. What felt like hours to Aqua was only a matter of seconds, as the only evidence of her fatal wound was a massive scar, and her torn bloody clothes.
"What happened?" Aqua asked in a hoarse voice as Luna helped her sit up. "How did Verdia survive?"
"We don't know. After Verdia almost killed you, Lupus went into a rage." Kazuma said as she watched over the side. Verdia was stabbed through a pike, his head disassembling itself and putting itself together again, as Lupus continued to roar in rage, the Final Seal cracking more and more.
Does that matter right now? I need help! Aqua said as she held out her arms for someone to pick her up.
Ok, Kazuma said. She wonders what is going on in Lupus mind and wonders if that is related to this devastation. But Aqua is right, she needs help saving as many as she can.
"Not good." Aqua said as she limped over to the edge. "The Grandmaster is awakening."
"What do you mean Aqua?" Kazuma said. "What Grandmaster?"
"I will explain later, but to simplify, Lupus has PTSD. Bad PTSD." Aqua said as she coughed blood. "The gods, when they first met Lupus, long ago, I think around 4-5 thousand years, a minor god called him 'Grandmaster' and Lupus went into a rage, slaughtering hundreds of minor deities. My sister included."
"Don't you hate him for that?" Megumin asked, confused with what was going on. "And how old is Lupus-sama anyways?"
"I did, I was a minor god, and also very young at that point. I hunted him down, and fought him. but he was different. He was more mellow than when he first walked into the heavenly realm. And Lupus was never human. But that doesn't matter right now. After he beat me, he refused to kill me. and apologized for killing my sister." Aqua said as she sat down. Aqua never got to continue explaining as a massive power surge shook the planet.
Around the world, ancient beings thought to be myths awoke from their slumber, and deities of all factions felt one emotion; Fear. Four of these felt another; Rage. Aqua looked over the wall to see Lupus had gone silent, the Final Seal crumbling to pieces. Aqua felt dread consuming her, as the plan set by the Grandmaster was now crumbling to pieces, just like the seal.
"Oh no." Aqua cried. "Fate help us now."
Waves of heat rolled over the land as Lupus' full power was now fully unleashed. Even inside the barrier, people were sweating from the heat. Everyone watched in astonishment as the lush green hills turned into sand, as the heat began to turn into glass. The glass shattered and melted, as magma exploded from the ground, before a cold wave froze everything over, and a blizzard covered everything in snow and ice as mages held out balls of fire to warm everyone up. The snow melted as a heat wave rolled off of Lupus again. Lush green grass sprung up from the ground faster than normal and in just a few minutes a deep forest surrounded Axel.
Thunder crackled overhead as the sky became pitch-black, dark storm clouds covering the sky, shrouding the world in darkness. A wave of hail and rain fell upon the planet as the barrier began to crack in places. Everyone panicked as pieces of hail the size of soccer balls fell from the sky.
"GAIA!"
Inside Lupus' mind
"Where! Where! Where is she!" A voice inside my head cried. I felt so much rage, bloodlust, and. Love? I struggled to regain control of myself, but it felt like holding back a storm of power, using nothing but a stick. I ran along the halls of my mind, trying to find the voices source. I cried out in pain as I felt more seals break.
No, no, no. I thought as I felt the Final seal start to crack. Where is it coming from?
I rounded a corner and saw the source. It was a glowing ball floating around, lightning striking the walls as I felt another wave of pain.
STOP! I shouted as I ran at the ball, only to be thrown back as I felt chains wrap around me.
DON'T INTERFERE YOU PIECE OF SHIT! I AM IN CONTROL! I MUST FIND HER! SHE IS HERE! SHE WAS DEAD! BUT NOW SHE LIVES! I MUST FIND MY WIFE! GAIA WHERE ARE YOU!
WELL THIS IS MY BODY! I WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED BY YOU! I shouted out.
WE ARE ONE IN THE SAME! I LET YOU HAVE CONTROL, NOW ITS MY TURN!
I felt the chains tighten as I am dragged into a pool of liquid. I roared as I broke the chains.
YOU ARE DESTROYING THE WORLD! THE WORLD I SWORE TO PROTECT! I WILL NEVER LET YOU DESTROY IT!
YOU THINK I WOULD DESTROY THE WORLD WHERE MY LOVE HAS BEEN REBORN?! I WILL FIND HER! PROTECT HER! MY SON! WHERE IS HE! HE IS GONE! I CANT FEEL HIM! NO NO NO! HE MUST BE ALIVE! I MUST FIND HIM!
I feel the Final Seal start to break as my power skyrocketed. I grunt as I try to fix the seal, but I was losing, and the orb grew brighter, as the effort finally broke the seal. I gasped as my power exploded, making me a full primordial, as the last of my resistance crumbled. I fell to the ground in defeat.
"No."
In the real world, present time, some castle, hundreds of miles away.
A young woman is sitting on her mattress thats on the ground. She lays there, holding the thin sheet and her legs, trying to keep any warmth she can get. As the King personal sex slave, she has very little items that is hers. Just the sheet and the rag cloth she had to turn into cloths.
As the room shook, she feels the pain from the recent scar on her lower back from the King abuse. The whip marks on her lower back being the most recent one. She takes a look around as the tremors only get worse, squeezing her legs more.
Seeing her room shake, she tries to get up but struggles. Still feeling weak from serving the king earlier in the day. What is happening? She cried softly.
From the tremble from the ground shaking, she wonders if her master, the castle king was displeased in some way. As his slave, she knows how ruthless his wrath can be when he is displeased.
But then she realizes that something else is happening. She crawls to the corner of her small chamber, looking for safety. She pulls the sheet with her and looks around as she huddles. She looks around and sees the candle on the wall falls, the only source of light she has.
Come now young one, that is just an earthquake, nothing to fear. A voice inside her head told her as she sat up.
GAIA! A voice roared, making the young woman hide back under the small blanket.
'So scary!'
Hes alive Terra, we must escape. We can no longer stay here.
Where would we go? We have no home, no money. Im just a slave. If I leave he will be furious with me. I remember the last time a slave tried to run away. She said as she holds her legs
I can free us, and there is a man out there who will care for us.
'Who?'
'My Husband.'
Back at Axel
Everyone stood up as the world finally stopped shaking. The forest had blown up as Lupus stood still in the middle of a clearing. The adventurers had mixed feelings about what had happened, the most common being fear. Everyone backed up as Lupus exploded in black fire, turning the clearing into ash as he walked towards Axel. Luna, Aqua, and a few other mages who were still standing poured magic into the barrier as Lupus drew closer. The other mages passed out first as they had expended all of their magic. Everyone else ran in fear as a black portal opened above Lupus, fearing that he was going to attack the town.
A black blur fell out of the portal and a resounding CLANG was heard. Everyone looked back to see a man dressed in strange clothes stood before Lupus, a shovel in hand, the sound of the Clang was the shovel hitting Lupus head.
Everyone stared in astonishment as Lupus fell over, knocked out.
"Alright, who the fuck pissed Lupus off?" the man asked, revealing himself to be Paradox.
I would like to give a shout-out to my friend PWOFalcon for helping me write this chapter!
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