"W-What about you..! You're not so innocent e-either!" Talkan responded while gritting his teeth, but Talkan up to this time, "I-If you had simply told me of it..!" The silence between them, made Talkan open his mouth, only for the Individual to refuse and cut his head off before consuming Talkan through the Black Orb.
After an uncertain amount of time had gone, the Individual could be seen in the midst of the Black Orb's aura. There no longer exists any form of life within the south, including the newly woven complex alongside its inhibiting worlds. Remaining in place, a simple thought crept up inside of his mind and with the retained humanity he possessed, the Individual's face couldn't help but create a smile.
His curiosity reached its peak upon bringing his senses towards a familiar space, and a certain small world. "Right." The Individual blurted out as he calmed his excitement before taking a look inside, of which furrowed his brows. Sediment and sticks laid everywhere he looked, as the village was no more than a complete wasteland, replaced by abominable creatures with no sight of Elias as well as his family.
Few of those creatures displeased him, so the Individual made sure to pop their heads into bits before continuing his search. "Not here.. even here..!" A group, weakened from running away, noticed the Individual's unusual look. So he went to them, grabbing a woman's neck, "?ereh deneppah sah tahw tey, lufecaep eb ot desoppus saw dlrow sihT" Detecting fear, welling eyes while squeezing her hands strong at the tight grip, leaving them be in frustration.
Instantly, the Individual's left eye detached from its normal position to gaze at the other continents, still nothing. Causing him to simply stare at the world, which the family inhibited, melancholic about their untimely demise.
Those were the Individual's thoughts before noticing something odd, there was a very faint essence that linked their world to another. A prompt spark of thought, which stirred the Individual's unwillingness, putting together the reason why he didn't see Elias was perhaps they weren't here to begin with. Leaving him astonished upon finding the trace to present itself on a small galaxy, as the Individual immediately started to search for Elias.
A green ash tree, like wonder whose height encompassed many worlds, the same goes to its roots. Gripping these several planes together with its large and untraversable branches that acted as a support. First thing that the Individual saw was a place full of hills, where massive flames spewed out of it as fire giants marched, led by a colossal fire demon that brandished its own claymore, burning everything the weapon touched.
Then a sound of a horn being blown was heard, whose origin could be heard throughout. It seemed to be the sound of a day that they anticipated to appear, so the Individual went and saw a celestial city of towers surrounded by a great wall, positioned in the midst of this green ash tree. He never thought that a beautiful ray of colors had the potential to make its way through the connected worlds, simply as a bridge.
When the old man ordered the advance against their enemies, shrieking cries from horses with wings were released as various maidens sat atop, flying through the skies over a barren place, striking down their enemies with their spears as the battle began against the forces of the dead. Untamed as a wolf growled and munched on the bodies of those who came near it.
Those who had the chance to pierce its thick hide were only met with death in their path, as the wolf turned its gaze towards them. Even making a wound from it was impossible due to its sheer size, which towered over a small mountain. On the other hand, a large snake appeared on their flank, encircling the green tree. It didn't matter whether it was far or close as its mere presence was more than enough for the old man's army to be overwhelmed.
Just from its own movements alone caused earthquakes, while unleashing a cloud of venomous gasses from its gills that rendered corpses. It was a great war between the lesser gods and central gods and as such, countless carcasses were scattered all around the battlefield, further fueling their desire to fight.
While the fire giants were running amok, causing destruction in their path. Figures of gods fought against them with rivaling powers. Everyone seemed to have one simple thought as they continuously charged without stopping nor did they care about their lives being lost, as their only wish was, to win.
Both eyes of his aimed at one single man during that split second, "!?htead s'god a eid uoy hctaw won I tsum ,uoy sdrawot tneps ev'I taht semit eht lla roF" Yet, the two slits on his face opened, revealing what was hidden from long ago before it became pitch-black as he had a face full of wrath.
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People in the past often talked about how, "The river has a never ending depth or that there's always the sky up above." And everybody naively believed, but it's not about those. Not like they would understand, nor do I give a damn now since I'm going to die in a ditch full of piss and shit.
My story of when it all began from a nutsack of a region, gradually went downhill for no particular reason. Justification? Nothing, except the need for genocide. A race for what? You live for whom? When all of it doesn't seem real as every people one could see becomes reduced to ashes, worse.
No love, as one did and then came another. The gall to speak of hypocrisy, thinking that it wouldn't work, people looked up to that. Wholeheartedly I say, I have lived that.
Coming from a far distance, various clashes of swords can be heard along with the blood curdling screams of those that have fallen or left behind.
RAAGNAAROK! A catastrophe that foretells the destruction of the entire world. A war so great only those of power celebrated, while bodies littered like snot.
"Huff! Huff!" Breathe out a man whose wet hair partly covered his face, he knew that this streak wouldn't go on forever. As each landing of his foot to the ground made him groan from the strain, even carrying himself was already a difficult task, which finally forced the man to a stop.
There stood the brown haired man named Elias, who looked different from his younger days after having a beard alongside a few wrinkles that formed the lines on his forehead and the outer side of his eyes. Opening those cracked lips, gasping deeply for some air before immediately turning his gaze behind out of nervousness, just for him to see those relentless pursuers of his.
With a voice full of disbelief, "Damn it!" The pursuit soon stopped, knowing that Elias was stuck between jumping down to his death or perishing by their swords. "This isn't justice at all! Do you really think that you can hide this away?!" Either way, Elias preferred not to choose those options, so he just yelled his heart out, "What have I done that you haven't!?"
Elias glared, grimly tasting the blood on his mouth before spitting it out towards them. "If only you guys would realize.. that I could have ratted you all out! But this doesn't mean our relationship should end!" Accompanied by a throbbing sensation on both his fingers, Elias gripped the hilt of his sword with haste upon seeing one of them getting closer.
His hopes went up after somehow winning the exchange, especially after accomplishing an upward slash to the enemy, only for Elias to realize that what he struck was the person's cloak. Revealing a striking blonde hair, "Y-You..!" Elias didn't expect it would be him of all people, the middle child of the Marquessate, particularly Andreas te Sibylla Antegra.
"I saw you months before the war, you were but a child then-!" Andreas cut his words off with a different style of attack that rendered Elias to flop on the ground, clutching on his chest, while groaning before hearing Andreas speak. "You yap too much for someone who's about to die." Although he couldn't do anything to counter it. Still, Elias gritted his teeth in anger, trying to get back up on his feet, as the distance between them was about 7 meters.
Because his eyes were focused on each step Andreas took, in spite of him taking the time to get near Elias before making a stop. Lifting his neck up at the right time to see that Andreas made a sudden move, forcing Elias to cover his own face and look away as a reflex. A grave mistake on his part, Elias shouldn't have cowered away, then maybe his outcome would have been different upon doing so.
Nevertheless, all Elias heard was the sound of displaced air caused by a sharp iron being swung before feeling an instant relief on his left arm, and a soft sound hitting the ground. When Elias finally removed his hands to see, just for him to witness a cleanly sliced left arm on the ground that spurted blood out of control. Elias attempted to scream before getting stabbed in his abdomen, while Andreas simply removed his sword out as Elias slumped forward to bleed.