บท 97: Let slip the Dogs of War
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Word Count 2500
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We found ourselves in the air above Kyoto.
All of us immediately used magic to float.
We wondered why Ophis transported us so high. But then we saw it. Rather we felt it. In the Distance at the edges of Kyoto, a battle had just broken out. Right as we arrived
"No rest for the wicked. Everyone to their stations" I called out and all of them moved except Riser who just looked at me
I immediately realized what he was thinking "Go, check on the girls then come join us, if you see any enemies stay there and fight"
Riser smiled "Got it"
Some headed towards the blast with me but the others headed to protect some key locations in our faction in case this is a distraction.
Rose and Meredith headed to the main Ward Control Room. They were the most equipped to handle the wards.
Their first job to erect wards in the most important areas of their Territory. Then they would search those areas carefully for any intruders. And once they find nothing, only then can they focus the wards to help out in the battle
As soon as Isaiah and his 'team' arrive at the battlefield. They saw devils, fallen, priests, small demons, various magical beasts, werewolves, vampires.
"Veldora, how are things in the Underworld?" Isaiah talked through a magic circle near his ear
"No problem, boss. There are no signs of any enemies, but we are all on high alert. Well some of us are. Gasper and his clone are communicating to decide how to take the best shots of your fight"
"Leave Gasper alone. He can multitask, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to separate into that many bats at once and control each one individually"
Isaiah's eyes scanned the battlefield. In that huge army of different species. A few people who immediately stood out.
The first was a man with red hair that went to his cheeks. He wore traditionally long white Japanese robes. And was holding a Japanese longbow.
"Hachiman-sama" Yasaka narrowed her eyes. She must have felt the curious gazes of her comrades because she quickly explained "The Shinto God of Archery. And one of the gods of war. Originally he was an agricultural deity but later on became the Guardian God of Japan"
"That bow is troublesome" Kurama grumbled and Isaiah nodded
A little further away from Hachiman was what could best be described as a Berserker. He was a huge man with long brown hair and a tanned body. The only thing covering him was some cloth underwear and animal pelts, most likely bear skin. He was wielding a large stone club and kept bashing in everything that stood in his way.
(Uvogin from HxH. I imagine him like this xD)
".. So Heracles~nyaa?" Kuroka pointed out
"But he is dead nee-san. Asia got the descendant's Sacred Gear. Didn't he carry the 'spirit' of the original?" Koneko asked as her eyes were darting around the battlefield. Marking out a path she would take.
Ingivild groaned "They brought him back. Great now we have dead Heroes and Gods after us"
"They can't do it often, but if Hades was willing then that's a whole other story" Rose said through the comms.
And the team focused on the last person a relatively tall blond man with a lean physique. His blue eyes darted around, parrying every attack with his fists then counter-attacking. He was fighting using only martial arts.
Kurama narrowed his eyes "Isaiah..."
Isaiah only nodded "Yeah I can sense it, he is 100% human, there is no divinity in him, no sacred gear. and at best Peak Low Ultimate reserves. Yet if I'm not mistaken he can take on Falbium or Serafall and win, but not without taking some serious damage"
Tiamat said nothing and just stared at the man in confusion 'He looks familiar...'
Yasaka stopped next to them "There hasn't been a human like that in recent history otherwise I would have heard something."
"Interesting" Asia cracked her knuckles " So he is basically my Senpai and if I'm not wrong it's not Vasco Strada who is the strongest Human but him. I'd like to see what he has got"
"Wasn't this Tobio person the strongest human" Gloxinia raised his hand
"Tobio has a Longinus Gloxi~. This guy is unarmed" Misaki smiled at her boyfriend
"Well let's go and find out. Dino say hello to our new friends" Isaiah smirked at the Fallen who only sighed
"Why me.." Dino whined but still spread his wings. All 6 pairs of them.
"DINO PLEASEE DO IT!" Gasper yelled out "PLASEEE!"
Dino just facepalmed "Fine but I want a one-month Silence coupon from you and Veldora. Meaning to not bother me for anything."
"We accept" Hologram Veldora pops up on Gasper's palm
Dino summons the True Longinus and points at all of the enemies. He spreads his wings and infuses his own Light Power.
"Yasakani no Magatama" Dino calls out with a little blush his cheeks
From his surroundings, countless tiny sharp beams of light flew at great speed at the horde of enemies.
"Well done Kizaru!" Veldora yelled out
"Good Job. Borsalino 2.0" Gasper gave a thumbs-up
Dino just slumped "I hate those two"
~Enemy Pov
"Dodge!" a soldier yelled out
"If you can't dodge then defend!" a werewolf said to his troops, the other commanders did the same
While the troops dodged the Three figures just stayed up in the sky, slowly sidestepping or just flicking away the light arrows
"So they are here!" Heracles said with a wide grin "Finally! I was going crazy from boredom"
"Calm yourself, you savage." Hachiman sneered as the attacks were easily batted away with his bow.
"What did you say to me you tiny prick? I will strangle you with your long-ass robes!" Heracles growled at the Shinto God.
"Hmm they are better than I thought" Dino mused to himself "Well let's see how they handle this, there is no better place to test the effectiveness of new attacks than in real battle"
Dino pointed his spear again, but this time he was more focused. Small light arrows appeared again. But this time they were in different colors. The sky lit up in different shades of reds, yellows, blues, greens and browns.
'Devils as long as they live long enough or get strong enough gain immunity to light. And light attacks affect them the most. That goes the same for all species. The stronger you are the more immune to attacks you get. But what if the body is hit by multiple elemental energies at once?' Dino thought to himself 'For the strong this will be an inconvenience before they flush the energies out of their system. But for the weaker ones. Its elemental poison wreaking their bodies'
'Elemental Light Arrows'
Dino swung the spear downwards. The arrows were unleashed upon the invaders
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Hachiman smiled as the light arrows fell down. "Interesting. That is not an attack used by any of the Holy Emperors I have seen. Let's see how he handles this" he raised his bow as an arrow materialized in his hand.
He pulled the string back, the arrow pointing in the sky and he just let go. The arrow flew vertically leaving small shockwaves. But that was it, it was fast, but it looked like any ordinary arrow.
Until the arrow started to shake and cloned itself into two. Two into four. In a few seconds, there were thousands and thousands of arrows. They collided with Dino's light arrows. Canceling each other out a few thousand of Dino's arrows got eliminated until a huge sea serpent crashed through all of Hachiman's arrows. Then a Blue fire breath burned the remaining pieces into ash.
Ingivild and Yasaka stood coldly as she looked at the God.
Those were divine arrows. Better not take any chances of them possibly reforming and attacking them from behind
Hachiman frowned at the new arrivals. He quickly tilted his head to the side, but a bullet hit the hat off of his head. He glanced at his hat noticing the blood around the hole 'A blood bullet' he followed the trajectory to a flying dragon, on the dragon's head a blond hair reloading her rifle.
'The wielder of the Sephiroth Graal. One of the main targets for capture and if not possible for elimination. Well, now my job is just to stall.'
~ Heracles
"COME!" Heracles raised his stone club and smashed the shadows and vines coming towards him then he put his club to the side blocking a punch from Tiamat.
"You are weak" He yelled out as he wasn't affected by her punch at all.
Tiamat just smirked "And you are Stupid"
Heracles immediately turned behind, only to see a small fist heading toward his face
"ORAAA"
*BOOOOOOOOM*
Asia blasted Heracles in the face sending him flying back to where the real Tiamat was waiting with a water sphere
Heracles hit the sphere, sinking inside, the pressure in the Sphere changed, and it started to press against his body. He quickly tried to escape
"Release me. Have you no Honor!"
Tiamat scoffed "Honor? That's rich coming from a Barbarian. If this was a fight or duel things would be different. But you attacked our Faction. This is WAR. And judging how very few strong people are located here. You guys are just a distraction"
Heracles stopped and grinned "What are you going to do about it?!" he put the club in front of him "FIRST LABOR!" Red Aura exploded from him, sending a shockwave, scattering the Water Prison.
Small back tribal tattoos started to show up on Hereacles's body. His strength increased as they grew
"Let's see how far you can push me" Heracles slammed his club into the ground causing a crater
Gloxinia waved his hand and a giant spear hit Heracles in the back. Sending him flying forward and into the ground. He received little damage showing his capabilities as the God of Strength and Heroes.
But he was still pushed forward. where a half-form Tiamat was waiting. She slammed her fist into his chest and sent him flying again.
Gloxinia descended as he looked down at Heracles who stood up but had a small red mark on his chest
"Don't get cocky Son of Zeus. You will not be leaving here alive, and you won't be coming back alive"
Heracles brushed the dust off himself "We will see about that"
~
Isaiah meets the unknown human. Who going by his energy is the weakest of the Three. But there was something that made Isaiah pick him. And he wasn't sure on what that thing was
"Hoo. The leader himself is going to fight little old me. Don't you think that a little overkill?" the blond man's blue eyes twinkled with amusement
Isaiah frowned "You.. why have you not ascended?"
The man's eyes widened before his face steeled "You can sense that? You are much sharper than what I have heard. Then again your domain is about Swords."
Isaiah summoned a sword in his hand "You are no ordinary human. You are like me, or should have been like me. You have taken your craft more than anyone else I have ever seen. By all accounts, you should be a Transended being."
The man smiled wistfully "Yes I should. But this is stopping me from increasing my strength any further" The blond man pulled up his left T-shirt sleeve. Showing a red circle tattoo.
Isaiah frowned 'Not a tattoo, yet not a scar either.. A mark.. of a Red Circle. Ahh..' he turned the the blond man with a calm expression
"That Mark was given to the world's first murder. God doomed him to walk the Earth alone for a tortured eternity. For the sin of killing his brother. A literal Hell on Earth. Isn't that right Cain?"
The blond man smiled "Yeah, Big G is an asshole. But I'm surprised you can say his name. And making me a slow-healing immortal wasn't all that he did. He capped my strength. At the beginning of Low Ultimate. The strength I have now is only due to some rituals.
But even though they have a limit, after years of using rituals my strength was forever locked in Peak Low Ultimate. Never increasing even by a sliver. I have been in this state for many millennia.
So I did the only thing that was left to do, I trained my skills. Primitive human weapons were fragile. Their swords and spears would break after a few years. So I trained the only thing that would not fail me. My body,"
Isaiah nodded at his words "I can see it, the sheer amount of hard work you have put into it. God really did fuck you over. By now you could have ascended into a God and increased your power slowly until you Trancended. I do feel pity for a man of your talents to be reduced to this.
I heard God had somehow collected a sliver of Ophis's Infinity and developed a 'curse' as an experiment before he decided to focus on Sacred Gears. That is the core of your mark. Slowly heal, while feeling every bit of pain. Lose everything you love over and over again. Trying to commit suicide in every possible way, yet failing each time.
But that's that and this is this. You attacked my faction. Which makes you an enemy of mine. Do you really think you can beat me just because you can't die?"
Cain shook his head while he raised his fist, an action so simple yet the space moved away from his arm. "No. Not a chance. But I can keep you company for a while while my allies attack"
Isaiah lightly growled, his sword exploding as it was covered with his power. Cain jumped, The next moment his fist hit Isaiah's sword.
Isaiah a Transcendent who Figured the way of the Sword and created his Domain.
Cain a human immortal at Peak Low Ultimate Class yet he comprehended the way of the Fist to a level beyond most War and Martial Art Gods.
This was a clash of Ideals. Of two different Paths. Taken to their extremes.
The attacks didn't hit. They stopped a foot away from each other. The force of their blows had collided.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!
The following shockwave tore apart their surroundings. Sending large chunks of the earth flying high in the air. Ripping apart the enemy soldiers that couldn't get away in time, unlike the Yokai who know better than to stay anywhere near the Upper Elechelon of NEXUS.
Cain and Isaiah separated, only to dash again at each other. Starting a duel that would probably go down in History.
Sword vs Fist.
~ A/N
What do you guys think?
I like the inclusion of Cane.
Very Garp like fighting Style.
Sword vs Fist. Roger vs Garp.
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