Chapter Eleven MY ASCENSION BEGINGS!!
The Leviathan has broken cover.
The old priest is in open space, moving towards the Ammonite home moon. Chroma-Admiral Rafriit and his elite guard move with it. Rafriit is the hero of his generation, an Ammonite of peerless battlecraft. He's danced circles around Xivu Arath... but now he has to protect his holy Leviathan.
We'll give the old lunk a word
"Ruin. Grief and ruin!
The krill lost. The Ammonite ravaged.
Our Traveler's work undone."
"Sisters of Aurash, open your eyes!
Who made you monsters? Who summoned the wave?
Make peace. Join with me in golden renewal."
In counterargument, Auryx, we ask you this: what has the Leviathan done for your people? Who gave you immortality and led you out of your prison? Who answers your questions about the universe with truth, instead of sermons?
Find détente with Savathûn. Crush the Chroma-Admiral, boil the Ammonite seas, and slaughter the Leviathan with witchcraft.
Once the way is open, we'll show you how to eat the Traveler.
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It's done. Eir and Yul feed on the Leviathan's carcass. Xivu Arath has made a temple of the Chroma-Admiral's impaled corpse. Below us, Savathûn's poisons stain the Ammonite home sea black. Their screams flavor the void.
The Traveler has fled.
"Do you understand, Auryx? Do you thrill at the secret, Savathûn? Do you relish the edge of this truth, Xivu Arath? Do you see the beautiful shape?
The Ammonite occupied a piece of reality. They rented their existence on fraudulent terms, making themselves happy and fat, fencing themselves in soft lies and sweet apocrypha. Saying: 'we are peaceful and good, we harm nothing.'
Their golden age was a cancer.
They did nothing to advance the cause of life! They burnt up time and matter and thought on this solipsistic, onanistic pursuit of safety, insulating themselves from death, making a regressive pocket of useless stability. When they could have helped whittle the universe towards its final, perfect form!
And your people, suffering in the Deep, you became more worthy of existence than the Ammonite. You have proven it.
Look around the sky. Behold the great divide, the battle lines of the cosmic war. We are the Worm your God, but we are not the Deep Itself. We only move within it. You shall too. You shall venerate and study it and haunt it in its passage.
Will you lift your thoughts to the millennia, Auryx? Will you bend your will to the liberation of the universe, and join us in the war against the Sky?
We need champions. Crusaders. Help us save the universe. Help us exterminate that which would destroy all hope. You are oathbound to this task, by the covenant of the worm.
And you are oathbound to kill Taox. Wherever she's hidden herself."
Upon this day, the day when the hive relished within there newfound power, savathun and her witchcraft, Xivu Arath and her heavy blades and Auryx, with his might and authority.
With this power they claimed there place, no longer would they ever be the weak krill no no, they would be something stronger and better, weakness and teachings of the light where a poison, a virus, a cancer, for following them will drain life of what its meant to be, a fight, a battle. A conquest.
Life is supposed to be ruled by the strong and those who are weak, those who are powerless and shun there true nature's are weak and can never see the truth.
For the light is a blinding white lie, a light which entrances new life into following there false philosophy in order to build itself an Empire built on the foundation of a false logic.
The worm there gods had gave a blessing, they opened there eyes to the truth of the universe and by imparting there's lessons upon them, made them strong.
It was upon the death of the Leviathan and when it's mouth was sold shut with the needle and thread of death, that the soon to be Oryx see how the deep was the only way to live, for the universe is build on a foundation which shifts and opens up, and from theses cracks misery and hardship sprout, the universe is built upon the strong living, and for those who do not have strength it will pay them no mind. Fighting for power, fighting for there right to live is the only way for there species as a collective to survive, and the light which they where said to embrace by the Leviathan, abandoned them, left them to die on this planet by the great God wave.
The light abandoned them, and they where told to still embrace it even though it did nothing for there species survival...... How foolish.
Believing within a false god which would let them die, embracing a warmth that only seeded weakness within them, to embrace life and see it for all its worth was a wast of time, peace and "good" where concepts which the weak created to "find unity" between themselves, when in fact there nature ordered there deaths, but they refuse to embrace this because it's barbaric, ridiculous a universe built on lies and they wish to abandon there natural instincts because it's barbaric.
No, it's because they have been blinded by the light and it's poisonous lies, peace, Mercy, cooperation, friendship all of these where weakness, and weakness makes your blade dull, it makes it fragile where if a heavier blade comes for you it will shatter when you try to use it, the only way to strengthen ones self was through violence was through an act of might and War for that was how you claim your position within this hell of a universe within this beautiful creation which dictates that only the Strong survives.
To deny your purpose is to deny your place within this universe, to deny your nature is to be putting shackles upon yourselves and all that you could become if you embraced it.
For he will never forget what he was told, existence is a beautiful hell, a fight for survival, the light, the sky and all it's teachings where a web which is spun in order to clam those unaware of what the universe truly is, and by not embracing the light but instead embracing the darkness does one gain the ability to stand before the universe and all it's horrible stupid laws, and tear them down! To defy the universe and watch it tremble before you, embracing the deep is excepting ones true nature and embracing what the universe truly is...
A fight for survival, a hellish beautiful Eden, where might and strength governs all.
But above all else...
It is the way life is meant to follow, the arbiter at which governs creation. And all mist follow it's violent teaching or parish in its darkened logic.
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*Within Oryx's throne world*
He stood at the precipice of his world, he scanned over it's darkened land as that green sun blazed with its unholy light, it was a fire that had no fuel.
It had been a few weeks since he and his knight paid a visit to Kyoto City and by proxy murdered the Arrogant storm God Susanoo, and plunged the Shinto foundation into grief and ruin.
Funny he remember the Leviathan saying that exact phrase when he and his siblings plunge the Ammonite too Extinction, oh how that brought back such sweet memories, memories of when they were weak, memories of when he was a foolish being believing in something as naive as peace.
He deserves to have his back broken by the dagger of betrayal which his sister had, Savathun punished him with death for his naivety, for his frail heart. But when he was supposed to die he defied it and upon his death generated a world according to his own will, his throne world the world of his design the world at which he forged out of blood, out of steel, and out of all that has fallen to his blade.
It was also when he first had this world that he was able to set his mind straight and abandoned all forms of weakness so that way he may be able to ascend into even greater heights, upon that day he emerged back and he fed his worm with death, they silenced the Leviathan and had its flesh devoured by the worm their gods.
But now he could see the same symptoms starting to build up within Artoria, she was beginning to a mass great amount of power, just as he did, in fact she had more power than he did back when he first received the worm, but with her recent victory over the storm God had now pushed her to a new height.
By the rights of the sword logic she claimed his power as hers, she claimed everything and proved herself to be at a higher standing within the universe then Susanoo.
Orx with his all seeing eyes began to notice that her physical form and spiritual body were fluctuating her spiritual form was at the point of ascension, all she would need is a slight push for her to unlock her most useful tool.
"But that can wait until later, as of now lying low and making sure that suspicions do not arise."
He transformed back into his devil form and opened a cyst in reality as he teleported himself down into the underworld and into the forest of the Gremory family.
*With Rias*
The heir to the Gremory family was currently walking around, her face portrayed one of intense fear and anxiety.
It had not been long sense she over heard her big brother talking with Grayfia about an extremely powerful earthquake which rocked the entire human world, it's origins happened in Kyoto City. And worst of it all was that her nephew Akuma was still not back which worried everyone.
He took a little visit to the human world, and Grayfia and Sirzechs only sent some people with him just in case something happened, but they where only high-class devil at best they couldn't possibly handle an earthquake of this magnitude.
She could tell that they where worried which is why she's going out to try and find him, despite the slight feeling of jealousy she may feel towards him he was still family, and she remembered when her big brother and Grayfia had him and the smiles he brought to there faces. That day when little Akuma looked up at her with those big adorable eyes made her feel happy, ya he was a stang one, never crying or yelling and honestly being far more mature then any baby has the right to being, hell even now he's still acts more mature then he should, always taking things super serious.
She chuckled to herself, she remembered the time during his fifth birthday then Grayfia brought out a pinata for him to hit, although he was blindfolded he struck that thing like a pro and blasted it to pieces.
Ow the faces of all the people that where there, it was hilarious seeing her father and mother's face turn to ones of disbelief after watching Akuma turn a pinata into a grenade.
'Even to this day where still finding the bits of candy felt behind by his obliteration if that pinata, and you now what maybe mom and dad where right not to get him another... Especially with how his life had transpired up until now.'
Ever sense he turned eight it seemed like he turned to a different person and his life completely changed, he best the shit out of riser, stopped an evil organization messengers, and now was able to go to the human world even though she asked before hand.
But then again Akuma was leagues above her, he is considered a prodigy among prodigies and is the youngest ultimate class devil to have ever lived and his power was still growing!
Hell she bet that when he reaches his teens that he'll be stronger then even Sirzechs, and when he's a full adult she doesn't even want to imagine how much of a monster he would become, probably being able to fight beings like that great lord Shiva, the god of destruction.
But theses thoughts of hers ended when she noticed Akuma walk out of the bushes and was brushing himself off.
"Damn forest..... I swear upon the deep I'm going to burn this-"
"AKUMA!!"
He looked over at her as she ran towards him, as she hugged him he spoke under his breath.
"Ow great rias".......... "Well Hello rias."
"You dummy you had everyone worried!"
'of course it did'..... "Well I'm back now, so can you stop trying to suffocate me!"
"Ow sorry " she let him go as he practically jumped away from her. "But Akuma what happened, there was a nasty earthquake which devastated the human world are you all right, was it scary?"
'of course I wasn't scared you simple minded girl! Why would I be afraid of what I created?'...... "No not really."
"Really, but what about the people who went with you?"
"No idea, last time I checked they went out to go get food but then again the earthquakes happened and I just had to run for it." ........ 'well more like murder a couple of fools and have my new knight kill a Shinto god, but she doesn't need to know about that.'
"Well I'm glade, if you would have died then we would be devastated, after all your a member of our family and we love you deeply."
Oryx just looked at her and scoffed slightly, this wasn't his family, his family was murdered betrayed and torn to pieces. With his only two siblings leaving because they where scared of his strength and power. And with his children slaughtered, Crota, his son, Ir Halak, Ir Anûk, his two daughters who made the cunning Savathun jealous of there brilliant minds. Theses children he had he shared his love with them, and his love was death, as was there love towards him and each other.
"Well forget about all that happened and lets go home, after all everyone is worried about you."
Oryx decided to follow her, as they walked with Rias trying to spark conservation but he didn't bother to speak back, and eventually they made it back with many recognizable faces staring upon Oryx as they rushed to him.
The first to bring him into there hold was Grayfia, she crouched down and quickly brought him into her motherly hold as she shook, she was shedding tears as she held her "baby boy".
"Akuma! Ow thank the Satan's that your alright, you had me so scared!"
"Are your ok son" Sirzechs rushed to his side as she was crouching down just like his wife, his face was plastered with concern for his sons will being. "Your not hurt right?"
"Father, mother, I'm fine but for the people who came with me I'm not sure."
"..... Son about those people, there dead."
The group looked at the crimson haired Satan, there hearts then grew heavy with grief, they new those devils, they served there family and even had family's of there own.... Now there dead, because they where sent with Akuma to the human world.
"Big brother." Sirzechs looked at the Heir to there family, "how did they die?"
"...... Well when Akuma didn't come back right away after the earthquake I sent out a scouting team ot time him along with his escorts and well...." He took a deep breath. "They where killed."
"What!!?"
"How?" The mother of rias and Sirzechs asked with concern practically oozing off her. "I would have though they would have been killed by the earthquake but your saying someone else killed them?"
"That is correct, the team reported traces of magic, meaning someone used a spell to probably put them to sleep or rendered them powerless and then killed them with a single strike to the neck, severing there head from there shoulders."
"By Satan." The Grandfather of Akuma, couldn't believe it. That someone would attack these innocent devils, then a thought of most dreadful design implanted itself within his mind, why would this person go after people who are essentially nothing relevant towards their goals unless they weren't going for them they were going for his grandson Akuma.
"Sirzechs I think Akuma needs to go back into protection again, this person, weather or not they worked within a group tried to assassinate Akuma, as such he needs to remain within the walls of the gremory household..... Until where sure this is all over."
Akuma looked at him, and sighed. 'Artoria where going to need to go over how to deal with these kinds of matters more silently to not leave a trace.'
Yes he knew who killed them it was Artoria his knight, most likely she executed them in order to keep the information about him leaving a secret which was great but now it just landed him in a spot that he wasn't going to enjoy, not one bit.
(Ow and for those who are wondering why he doesn't just kill them, after all he's more than capable of killing all of them right then and there I have a slight question to ask you do you remember what his downfall was in the taken King? It was his worm, his anger, and his impatience. The king of Darkness rushed in to fast, the worm kept on eating away at his strength, and his anger eventually led to his downfall, and now oryx is back he's not going to make the same mistake again he's taking this more patiently, and making sure he can set everything up just right before he reveals himself, because here's a little bit of a tip if you're arrive in an alien world which you know nothing about. If you have a good hand, don't reveal it because you don't know if someone else that you're playing against has a better hand than you it's better to be patient and wait for the perfect time to strike.)
But with that said the family around him nodded there heads in agreement and he sighed, he just started walking away with his father and mother walking beside him.
"Mom do you this Akuma is going to be all right?"
"Honestly rias...." She looked as he walked away into the house with his parents. "I don't know, all I hope for is that this blows over as fast as possible.... Because I don't want anything happening to my adorable grandchild."
"I agree sweetheart..." He placed a hand upon her shoulder. "Which is why we must be there for him, now come along Rias, let's go home."
"Ok dad."
She went besides them and walked along side them as they went inside.
Not noticing the glowing green eyes watching them from the shadows.
"Sorry about this my king, looks like I got you into I predicament at which you do not want to be in." She stood up and felt back to the base which her remaining taken where at. "I must make up for this, but how?"
She looked down at the pieces of paper which had the names and pictures of some of the heads of major people who worked for the old Satan faction, seeing this she smirked.
"My Lord will not take gifts, but I can lightened the pest which bothers him by killing theses lower beings."
She would summon her blade and form a cyst in reality, teleporting herself back to the base of operations.
*With Artoria at the base*
She was within the base which was carved within the mountain sides, she stood at her war table and went over all that was on the paper, she didn't have much but she could work with this.
First was to deal with the one in command of the recruitment, he was going to be well guarded but if she could get her taken hobgoblin's in possision then they could easily take out many of the guards and one shoot from Rhongomyniad could most likely destroy the base and kill everyone else inside of it.
Tho she could use Excalibur it was far to much of an overkill, but she would use it if things get dicey.
(Let's be fair, one shoot from Excalibur in her enhanced state would be enough to make sinbads multi mountain busting feat look like a joke. Not even counting her removing ALL of its seals.)
"First I need Intel, minotaurs."
The taken spies appeared.
"Go, I want a full report and make sure to use the shadows to your advantage. And upon your return I want a fell report."
The taken nodded there heads, they went away as the hobgoblins arrived with there liner rifles in hand.
"Your lot, gon as well. I want your all to have a full bird's eye view of the base and study there movement, fine what there shifts are and the rotation patterns for the guards."
They nodded and headed off as well joining the minotaurs.
"Now I wait for the Intel to arrive, until then I should continue my training, BEHEMOTH!!"
A massive Darkblade calm walking into the room, this Darkblade in particular was the strongest of them and as such became the fallen kings sparing partner.
"Ready your axe, we are going to fight!"
The Taken growled with anticipation, as it wield its axe with malicious intent.
"Good, let up go to the sparring room."
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*Some time later*
The Darkblade was now implanted into the wall with the once king of knights standing off to the side with her blade in hand.
"That was a thrilling fight, but you lost behemoth."
The Darkblade nodded it's head, it had lost in its battle with Artoria which meant that she was stronger then it.
"But that should have been enough for now, it's time I return to see if the troops are back with the intelligence.
She walked away not bothering to help the Darkblade, she arrived within her room where there she saw the group of taken with all the Intel she could need.
" Alright, hand it all over."
They did, and when she got it all the first then she did was active the magical circle, this particular circle records/takes pictures of the things the caster desires so with this she was able to see that there base looked like.
A massive base that was that of modern day with many many devil's that where the new recruits to fuel there military strength.
"All of you prepare yourself, meet me at the cliff sides, when we arrive while kill ever single person there!" She stabbed a dagger into the table. "DEAD TO THE OLD SATAN SCUM!!!"
The taken roared and even tho Oryx was not there, he could see through the eyes of his taken and saw the taken roaring in anticipation for the upcoming slaughter, and ow how pleased he was.
"NOW GO!! MEET ME AT THE LOCATION AND WE SHALL DELIVER UPON THEM A SWIFT AND PAINFUL DEATH!!"
The portal opened as they charged through with the knight following behind them.
With the Taken which had acted as Oryx's eyes, smiled.
"Artoria.... Making you my knight was not a mistake, if only we have meet juring my first life you would have made a great addition to my court."
The king left it's body allowing it to go through the portal as he would send his shade to watch the impending demise of the Base, which the Old satan faction uses as a way to recruit there new members.
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*With Artoria*
The Knight of Oryx stood upon the ledge of the cliff as she looked down upon the face she gestured her hand to the right signaling the hobgoblins to get into position, they did as they were told getting within position as they held out their linear rifles and when she closed her fist, a flash of a purplish Pink beam came from each one and with her amazing sight she watched as the body's of the outer guards dropped.
"Minotaurus move in, kill every single guard patrolling the main gate area. DarkBlades go invisible and transport yourself into the shadows of this base make your way through every bit and slaughter everyone who you come into contact with.
The two groups of Taken not in their heads as they disappeared from eyes view and proceeded down into the base.
" you Psion's, you know what to do multiply yourselves."
The king of knights brought with her over 500 Psion's, but this was just a small number of them after her first raid using them there was over a 40,000 of them. And slowly she began to watch as their numbers multiplied even more.
Each and every single one multiplied, creating over 20,000, then the duplicates create their own duplicates and soon enough so many of them appeared that they stretched all the way to the very edges of the cliff, her eyes scanned this little army of hers and she could easily make out over 200,000 of them.
"Perfect, but for some extra measures continue to multiply when You're In the heat of the battle."
Every single one of them bowed and when she saw the signal from one of her minotaurs she's smirked most devilishly.
"Taken, we pay this as a tribute to Lord oryx! Charge now!!!"
She created a cyst which connect to the main gate, as an army of taking began to flood from the portal into the base the sirens started to Blair as the devils started to run out and begin to do battle but the sheer number of the taken was simply to much.
Then if things couldn't get any worse she herself charged through it launching herself like a demonstrate out of hell she shot through the battlefield like a bullet being fired out of a magnum, her blade launched out from her side and impaled a devil through his skull, her arrival shook the battlefield as a dense black and red Aura was oozing off of her shaking the very base itself each and every footstep caused the ground to quake the skies began to die, the blue was replaced by a dreadful crimson as the scream of the devils where heard, the recruits who were forced to fight against this demon who looked upon her and she was now standing at a ledge as she was looking down upon them her body being shined upon by the now blazing Red sky.
"W-what is she."
The voice of a frightened devil spoke out, it was faint but the king of knights could hear it.
"You ask what I am? I am the Knight of darkness, my army is made from shadows. We are a fire which burns without fuel our blazing blue unholy light snuffs out all those that are weak. And I am the commander of this army I am the Crimson blade which makes my Kings enemies fall."
She jumped from the ledge, as her descent upon the Earth caused a mighty fracture in the ground the shock wave which was created sent them flying through the air as the soldiers were now forced to face against the reaper which is now come for their souls.
"I was once a king, but now I'm something greater, your deaths will be a warning that my master will no longer tolerate your pathetic existence and as his Knight it is my sworn duty to eradicate all those who may be buzzing around my master."
She walked forward she raised her sword into the air as it roared with a powerful howl, a sinister amount of dark mana was surrounding the sword as her Aura was making all of them terrified but also their instincts began to scream at them to bow!
Now there heads! Bow before this DEMON!!
The ones whose wills were weaker, collapsed upon their knees their heads slammed into the Earth as they begin to bow before the fallen king of knights, they others who is Wheels were stronger we're trying to fight against her influence but it was proving to be more difficult then they had anticipated.
"Look at you all groveling like insects before a mightier Force, although that is merely your instincts trying to save yourself from me, unfortunately I do not show Mercy even to you who gravel at my feet."
She stood in front of one of the bowing devils as she looked down upon them, she then raised her metal covered foot and slammed it upon their skulls, causing their heads to rip open and explode like a watermelon being crushed.
The taken had finally killed the last of them, and all that was left was theses sad group of hopeful, naive Little devils.
"Do not worry your death will be slow."
"And painful!"
That night, the screams of the devils were heard but at last only The Dead heard there please of mercy and there was no one who came to save them, they were butchered like lambs before the fallen King and her corrupted blade and taken army.
Upon their victory being achieved she hoisted her sword Excalibur into the air, it's ebony black blade was painted red, as a river of crimson flowed along the ground of the base.
The taken cheered they roared as their weapons were held high into the air, this was their offering to their King, death, as was tradition and how it will always be.
"THIS IS WHAT WE OFFER TO KING ORYX!! THE DEATHS OF THESE PESTS!!" She reached down and grabbed a mangled corpse of a devil which have been butchered by one of her knights. She then hoisted its body into the air and she held upon the back of their head. "DEATH TO THE OLD SATAN FACTION!! DEATH TO THESE LOWER PESTS!! DEATH TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE WEAK!! UNFIT AND CANNOT EXPECT THE TRUE NATURE OF THR WORLD!! WHICH IS CRUELTY! MIGHT! WAR! AND BLOODSHED!! THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TAUGHT!! AND I WAS ONCE A FOOL LIKE THEM BELIEVING IN WEAK TEACHINGS IN PEACE! BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PEACE! THERE IS NO HARMONY AND THERE IS NO HEAVEN THERE IS NO EDEN THERE IS ONLY THE CRUEL AND UNFORGIVING REALITY THAT DEATH IS ALL THAT IS AND WILL REMAIN!! BECAUSE WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT THE SUPERNATURAL THE HUMANS THE MAGES ALL OF THEM WILL WAGE WAR!! WILL KILL FOR THERE OWN GAIN! AS SO LONG AS THIS EXIST SHALL WE GROW SHALL WE BECOME GREATER!!"
She slammed the mangled corpse into the ground, before stomping upon its back causing the body to split in two.
"WE WILL CONQUER OUR WAY THROUGH THE DARKNESS! BY OUR ACTS OF MIGHT AND WAR!! WE SERVE A VIOLENT ARBITER!!! THAT WILL FOREVER BE OUT GUIDING FACTOR!!!"
The taken once again roared Her speech rev them up for the ensuing Carnage that she would bring, she would make up for her getting her King into such a predicament with the deaths of her and his enemies!
And ow how the night would be filled with so much more BLOODSHED!!!
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Like before she lead an attack on the base which the key source of trade, the minute she arrived everything was set ablaze.
The soldiers there try to keep the taken at Bay but they couldn't, their numbers continue to overrun them with the king of knights ordering her troops to continue the slaughter.
Devil after devil was slain, those who dared to challenge her were cut down like wild animals before her.
But a brave soldier came charging at her he tried to stab her, but his blade was caught by her and she looked at him after shattering his weapon.
"Nice try."
She then ran her right arm through his rib cage, he would try to gouge out her eyes but...
She would only end up chopping him in half, sending the two separate halves of him skipping across the ground.
Another tried, this time she grabbed his face and squeezed causing his head to explode.
After his body hit the floor she twisted herself as a spear went past her, but she simply bawled her right hand into a fist and backhanded her head off. As she walked away and went to find her next victims.
She walked along the endless corpses which seem go on forever as she started to hear what sounded like whimpering.
She walked over towards a compartment and ripped it open and there a little boy and girl was there holding each other, the boy who held the girl looked up at the king of Knights with fear.
Artoria in that moment felt something, she looked down at Excalibur as it was refusing to move.
"Damn you, looks like my weak half is trying to stop me. Ow well."
She threw Excalibur as it stuck into a wall, as from the blade she could see the face of her other half, the one she imprisoned within the sword.
"You tried so hard to save these worthless lifeform's and for what?" She summoned Rhongomyniad as she looked at them as his spear activated.
She pointed it down at them as the boy tried covering her sister in order to protect her but the spears unholy light consumed them reducing them to nothing more then atom's.
"You see now!" She held out her hands as the blade came flying back into her hand. "IT WAS POINTLESS TO INTERFERE!"
She could practically feel the sorrow pulsing from the blade as she scoffed.
"You see this is why I am the better King! Your to full of hope! Your full of WEAKNESS!"
(At least I'm not the monster in human skin! THOSE WHERE KIDS!)
"AND THERE PLENTY MORE OF THEM!! These devils reproduce like rabbits! There are thousands of not millions of the weaklings in this world, what's the matter with airing out a few?"
(Even if that's true it's wrong all of this is wrong! Don't you see that! Oryx is just using you! He's using us! Your slaughtering all these beings and for what! To be like him!)
"PRECISELY!!"
(What!?)
"We accepted this damn burden when we were 15! We sacrificed everything! And even with all that said with all that we gave with all that we gave up to give! They turned there backs on us! They revolted brought down our kingdom and did our dynasty because we were too perfect! Despite all that we gave they could not handle it and as such they cast us aside! Our own Knights turned against us!! Merlin was nowhere to be found! Locked away in his damn tower! And then there was the biggest mistake of your life! Mordred!"
(Mordred....)
"That damn child should have never been born!! That brat ruined everything!! ALL BECAUSE WE "NEGLECTED HER!" BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T GIVE UP THE THRONE TO HER!"
(.........)
"It was her that started it all, and when it get my hands on the brat I'm going to make you watch as the problem YOU should have delt with dies! I will make you watch as the light slowly fades from her eyes as I send her wretched Soul straight to the underworld!!"
(.... Your vengeance won't do anything but leave behind you, a path of sorrow, your my repressed emotions, my anger and hatred towards the world which screwed us over. But you have to stop, this wont do anything for us, it will only bring problems, you need to forget what oryx has said to you, it's a poison which will destroy your mind and make you into something like him. Just look at yourself!)
She looked in a shattered mirror, and in the pieces of glass was her face and then a shadow, a demon resembling the species that Oryx is, this side of her was demonic, it's eyes where bright emerald green and is power was great but sinister.
(Your becoming a monster, your becoming what the people of Camelot said you were! Why can't you see that! Oryx only reached out to you because he wanted to use you!)
"And what about it."
(What! How can you say that!? He-)
"WAS THE ONLY FUCKING PERSON WHO PULLED ME OUT OF THAT YOU YOU CREATED BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN WEAK EMOTIONS! THE HELL WHICH I WAS INFLICTED UPON FOR OVER 3,000 FUCKING YEARS!!! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF HE ONLY CAME TO HELP ME OUT BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO USE ME! IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAME WHEN I PLEADED FOR IT!! AND LOOK AT ME NOW!!"
she let a dark aura flood from her very being, her power crushed the nearby buildings and even forced the mighty taken to their knees.
"I AM STRONGER FASTER MORE AGILE!! MY POWER HAD IMPROVED IMMENSELY FROM IT! AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS MIRACULOUS GIFTS I AM BEING TAUGHT THE SWORD LOGIC! WHICH WILL PROPEL ME TO EVEN GREATER'S HEIGHTS! I HAVE KILLED A GOD WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS I HAVE SLAUGHTERED MY ENEMIES WITHOUT HESITATION! AND IF YOU THINK IM GOING TO ABANDON ALL OF THIS THEN I'M SORRY MY OTHER HALF BUT YOUR NAIVE!!"
(No... Your just the monster that I had under leashed, free and in control.)
"Well this monster, is what you should have became ow great King of Knights! Who knowns maybe if you did then Camelot would have been a whole lot different and a whole lot better.
The other half vanished as she looked around the burning ruins, she sighed she wasted too much time with that argument and just simply created a dark portal as her and all the taken left just in time to have hundreds of magical circles appear as old Satan faction soldiers came flooding down to survey the damage.
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*With Oryx*
The king of the hive was now within his room, the night was still going as it was nearing day, but that didn't concern him for he was in a very joyful mood, why? Well he made sure to always be checking in on how Artoria was doing and was most pleased with the results.
Two major bases brought to there knees before them, obviously there are many more like this but this should at least put it a kink in their plan but as of now he was more focused upon the king of knights.
He could see it as clear as day she was now ready for her Ascension, so looking around the room he made sure that no one would be coming in as he opens a portal and went through.
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*With Artoria*
The King of Knights had returned back to her room in a towel surrounding her body, she was getting into her clothing when her King arrived he looked at her and noticed her in a bath towel but payed this no mine.
"Artoria, I'm pleased, I've seen what you have accomplished with just the small amount of Taken I've lend you and it is most impressive you've slaughtered so many tonight how many do you think you've killed?"
"Well my king at least over 26,000"
"Not even close in fact you managed to kill well over 75,000 being sin this one night and not long after you received all these gifts from me."
"Your words do me honor my kind, but if you do not mind me speaking my own mind why are you here at this hour? I would have expected you into be at your house making sure everything goes smoothly."
"You would be correct but as of now they won't be waking up for about a few hours but I came here because I wanted to show you something."
"Me? You wanted to show me something?" She asked with genuine surprise.
"Yes now get dressed and come along."
He walked out of the room and she materialized the clothes, she walked quickly enough to catch up to him before going back to a normal pace they eventually arrived at the sparring room where there she noticed that her King had drawn his sword and had to go on to the arena.
"Come Artoria."
She felt nervousness creep into her being her King was asking her to challenge him in a match of swordsmanship. Knowing that it would probably bring more harm to refuse she summoned Excalibur and met him upon the battlefield.
She would stand there pondering what to do as oryx simply looked at her, she would then grow the courage to lunge at him and attempt to lock blades but then a pain surged through her chest.
She looked down as Willbreaker was ran through her chest she looked up with eyes of surprise which then turned to genuine fear all strength left her body she then slowly and very painfully slid off the blade it's razor sharp edge continuing to cut into her more and more until eventually she started to fall towards the ground.
'My King..... Was my offerings not enough?'
She fell upon the floor as blood began to gush out from the open wound it spilled upon the ground slowly expanding out words she looked up at the king whose eyes stared down at her but they did not show any anger nor hatred if anything they showed genuine delight.
'i.... Have failed you.... Haven't I my.... king.'
Her eyes went dull as she passed on.
"Ow on the contrary my Knight, this is your first step into becoming a god."
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*Within ???*
"Mmmmm"
The sound of grunts of pain could be heard as a woman laid against the ground of a world consumed within Darkness.
The sky was a hellish green color, as all around dark light blazed throughout it's being as the woman opened her eyes and stood up.
"What the!" She began to feel herself as she moved her hands closer to her chest where she had received her injury, it was still there but it didn't hurt, and she was able to move.
"It's about time you woke up."
She stun around only to see the king of the taken standing there in his full Glory his massive Wings extended out words as he gripped the end of his massive blade, the same blade that went through her chest.
"N-no w-way Oryx!?"
"Yes it is I Artoria, and welcome to your throne world."
"My.... My throne world?!" The realization of this nearly caused her to collapse out of surprise, but the evidence was there and it was all around her. she looked upon the realm and noticed all of its dark Glory it stretched past the horizon, and it was beautiful.
"Yes a Universe of your own design brought into creation upon your death, made by your will." He extended his hand out words her "unfortunately for you you had to die to get here, for you did not know of its existence."
"But how am I?-"
"A live?" She nodded her head. "Throne worlds protect ascendant hives from death, the only way to truly die is to die within this world. For if you are within the material plane you're essentially unkillable."
"But how are you here?"
"Your world has no defenses it has no oversoul well not yet, I will have to guide you on how to create your world just as I and my sister did for each other all those millennia ago."
"I..... Thank you, my king for a second I thought that you killed me because I had landed you in that predicament."
"Well it was annoying and we will have to go over on how to deal with situations like that better, but as of now you're simply far too important and your a key factor for the future, to kill you would be a waste especially if you are to become the general of my new army. But now I will leave you to heal, when you return we will start your true training."
The King disappeared within a blaze of blue and black flames, leaving behind an Artoria who looked upon the world of her own creation before laughing.
This laugh continue to grow louder and louder until she stopped, she composed herself as she stood upon the edge of where she arrived at.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!! OW THIS IS GREAT! Finally I have created a throne world! I only thought this power was able to be held within the arms of my king but it would appear that through my dedication to the sword logic, I have created a reality beyond time and space!!! My Will has created its own reality of my own design I have taken my first step into becoming greater! I can already feel the chains of causality breaking as I arise into Paracausality!! I was already beginning to feel the universe shake out of fear from my existence, I could already feel the natural law quaking before me. But now I have truly broken past them all and have created something that I could have never dreamed of!"
She stood upon that ledge as she overlooked the world she has created, a world which was entirely hers.
"I was once nothing more than a king, a human King who had inherited the blood of dragons thanks to me being a Pendragon, I received the sword of promised victory and used it to crush my enemies I had received the sacred spear Rhongomyniad from the fairies who helped me to rebuild Camelot. But then everything I sacrificed to build was taken from me my entire world was set in flames which is when my true savior arrived cloaked in shadows and with the deep tamed and at his call, Oryx arrived from the very reaches of Darkness itself and brought upon me a realization, and Awakening. He has led me down this path which I would not hesitate to take again. He showed me my weaknesses and I had be rid of them, I then slaughtered all that opposed him, and even killed one of the Shinto Gods with my sacred spear I then slaughtered the dogs of the old Satan factions and now my rewards for all of this could have been greater!"
She extended her arms out to the sides as the dark light of this realm shined upon her.
"My own THRONE WORLD!!! A realm which protects me from death! I still have much to learn but I will become a being so great that not even death may claim me, I will conquer my way through these teachings through the darkness, I will claim higher power and I will use it in order to vanquish those who are my enemies, and the ones who dare to oppose the king of Darkness himself. I will become a being of Darkness who blankets the world in shadows and brings about death war and destruction. My time in the light showed me why I must abandoned those weak ideologies for in this universe it is kill or be killed, extending your arms out to others only leaves you open to being broken in the back by a dagger."
She calmed down as she went back to standing there, but then her eyes opened they flashed a most deadly green glow.
"Never again, I will reject the light and embrace the deep, the sky is for those who have delusions, who don't understand the truth of the universe. But the deep is where the truth can be found and I will use this truth to conquer my position within this universe. And make it to where my dynasty will never end."
"For this is my destiny, and I shall become the master of it!"
There you have it ladies and gentlemen this newest chapter is done I hope you enjoyed it.
Jesus Christ I'm going to hell, sometimes I'm concerned about my own mental well-being and how able to come up with such bloody things, then again this is what happens when you usually play Gore game since you were a kid.
Anyways I hope you all enjoyed it and I'm hoping you're liking this version of Artoria, and ya ya she's not the og, or the salter we all now but this version of her fits in perfectly with the hive.
Besides that if you have any questions leave them here or hell anywhere else I'll get to them the best I can and also, please enjoy this meme I made its not the best but still.
Now with that out of the way I will catch your all within the next chapter.
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