Chapter 52: Balur
Strange still hadn't wiped the unease from his mind, all he knew about sorcery, every ounce he had learned.
All discouraged using dark sources of magic.
And in waltz's a teenager who had more dark magic just radiating off of him than any artifact he had ever read about.
But The Ancient One sent him here, she must trust the teenager.
He hopes she is right in trusting him.
He looked up at the 6 large moons in the sky, there was something about them, they looked cracked beyond belief and he honestly couldn't tell how they held together.
They used the Nomus flight capability and dark skin to camouflage in the dark clouds and made their way to the gigantic black stone castle in the distance.
Flying though, it felt almost right, but being on this Nomus back was frankly unsettling.
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They eventually came to a stop in the castles massive courtyard, the courtyard must have been nearly a whole mile each way.
Strange looked in awe at the frankly massive castle, its doors were the size of houses, the windows were the sizes of cars.
It was impressive to say the least.
They were approached by gigantic guards, they must have stood 9 feet tall covered head to toe in heavy looking medieval armour.
The swords they were carrying though, were covered in magic.
Strange was about to cast the Shield spell in his left hand with the whip in his right but stopped when Tomura stepped forward.
They could only see glaring red eyes from under the medieval helmets as the large humanoids approached.
"Haywŵbķ!" The alien language was harsh and sounded awful to his ear.
Tomura stepped forward and planted the bottom of his foot into the left guards stomach and sent him flying, he used the momentum and spun and then kicked the other guard in the side of the ribs, also effortlessly sending the guard flying and hitting the ground with the crash.
"I require your emperor!" He shouted, Strange sighed, they wouldn't understand.
Strange stepped forward and shouted to the approaching guards the name The Ancient One said. "Balur, we require Balur!"
They seemed to understand the name at least and slowed, they spoke to one another and one off the massive guards ran off while the other 3 stayed, watching them.
Strange felt uneasy.
Tomura however didn't know what to feel.
Was he just going to The Ancient Ones tool, was she doing him a favour? Or was she taking advantage of him.
But he would do almost anything to take his mind off of Jean, The Aliens, Logan and most importantly the guilt he felt weighing him down.
He heard crashing footsteps and looked towards the sound, through a house sized door came a gargantuan humanoid.
He must have been at least 15 feet tall, he was wearing thick golden armour that covered all skin, his frame was not only tall but muscular as the man shoulders were at least 10 feet wide.
He was a monster.
Perfect.
His hair was long and a deep blood red that fell to his shoulders, and his topless helmet was covering his face in shadow only revealing glowing deep purple eyes.
He was wearing a red cape that swayed behind him as he walked towards the trio of Doctor Strange, Nomu and Tomura.
Balur the Emperor has arrived.
He noticed hundreds of surrounding soldiers at the very edge of the ginormous courtyard all fall to one knee in deference of the mighty Emperor.
"Sorcerers" the deep voice rung through the courtyard.
Strange and Tomuras eyes widened.
Strange spoke "You know English?"
Balur snorted and it sounded akin to a beast "I know a translator spell, I can see an amateur was sent"
Strange had a retort on the tip of his tongue but Balur spoke again. "And you" he said towards Tomura. "Your kill count rivals mine, I can smell it on you"
Tomuras indifference turned to confusion, he smelt it on him?
"Your kill count is so high, yet you follow The Ancient Ones orders like a dog" the voice rang true.
Tomura snarled "I follow only myself" but he knew the words had an ounce of truth to them.
"You follow whoever orders you dog" Balur said "I see the chains around your neck, you are being pulled every different direction by different masters"
Tomura snarled.
He had no response, no witty comeback, he was speechless.
So he snarled like an animal, like a dog.
Balur laughed into the sky and then pointed towards the teenager "Come on then, Dog".
Tomura shot forward in an instant, too fast for the Emperor. He head only reached the Emperors upper thigh.
As he rushed past the man he brushed his palm against his shin, he watched the metal decay away and then the leg turn to dust.
But he was still moving, so as the Emperor of the entire planet fell due the lack of his left leg below the knee Tomura waited for the perfect timing.
The man fell to all fours and Tomura ran and jumped, he spun once he was off the ground and built momentum and smashed the back off his heel into the armoured face of The Emperor.
The body was sent crashing a mile into the courtyard walls.
The various of different sized cracked moons of the planet shined onto the courtyard.
"I'm nobody's dog" he said, he wasn't saying it to anyone.
More trying to convince himself.
His eyes slid to the form of Balur, his leg was back.
Regeneration.
"Was The Ancient One too scared to face me dog, or is she just keeping you busy?" The Emperor said as his hair blew around his face.
The Emperors fist lit in a dark glowing purple light.
Stranges eyes widened, he had read about it, Gravity Magic.
Strange was waiting back with The Nomu, he was told to be just an Observer but he was almost itching to fight himself.
The floor started to crack and fracture, large boulders lifted themselves from the remains of the courtyard floor.
Then the rocks threw themself towards the form of Tomura Shigaraki.
Tomura dodged the first boulder with a simple swerve of his body to the right, then he decayed the next car sized boulder and kicked the next approaching boulder sending it flying back at The Emperor in pieces.
The dust cleared and The Emperor was revealed, his golden armour gleaming in the moonlight as he slowly approached the white haired teenager.
Said teenager rushed the man again, he dodged a sudden punch from The Emperor and kicked at the man's knee.
Balur fell again with a growl, he then grabbed the teenagers leg and slammed the white haired boy into the ground with a smash.
Balurs hand filled with purple magic and he punched down at the prone teenager who groaned as his body was pushed even further into the ground.
The Emperor tried to punch down at the boy once more but Tomura dodged by using his strength and kicking off the ground into the air.
Tomuras body was in free fall, which meant it was vulnerable, Balur jumped and grabbed the boys ankle and threw him down into the ground below with an earth shattering crash.
Balur then took advantage and crashed down onto the teenager, he then started to punch down at the boy, every punch landing with a crash and shockwave that resonated through the battlefield.
Balurs fists were the size of Tomuras chest so it didn't matter where he punched, as long as Tomura was hit, it hurt.
Tomura kicked his legs up with all his strength into Balurs arm and sent it crashing into The Emperors own face.
He then used the moment to kick at the side of Balurs knee, snapping his leg. He fell back to all fours which Tomura would swiftly take advantage of.
Tomura slammed his fist into the side of Balurs face and watched the giant man bounce across the ground like a pebble on a lake.
He wouldn't get any respite as Tomura swiftly caught up to his rolling form and dropped an axe kick onto the emperors breastplate.
Balur choked as his ribs broke and his breastplate dented too far for him to properly heal.
Balurs hands ripped into the gold armour and tore it off his dark purple skin. Then before he could truly recover he was sent flying again with another crushing kick that broke all the bones in his right leg.
He crashed into the courtyard walls and then stood with no pain as his broken leg had already healed.
"Hahaha! Dog you are quite strong" The Emperor said with a smile that suddenly turned to a vicious grin.
"But can you handle this!" The Emperor screamed, his fist lit in a radiating purple that screamed power as it seemed to shake the very air surrounding the duo.
Tomuras eyes widened as he saw one of the 'moons' start to fly towards him.
They weren't moons, they were giant meteors that were floating, no they wouldn't float. His wide red eyes slid to the grinning Balur.
He…
Has he been holding those 6 meteors in the sky this whole time!
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