Madriax, The Magic Hammer, also known as the Hammer of Beginnings is known as The Forger. Unlike Mjolnir, Madriax is a legendary weapon that can only be held by The Annointed, chosen by Yuvah Himself. This weapon contains unrivalled Holy Energy, having the ability to forge and manifest any Facility, and gain its abilities.
I looked at Madriax in my hand, the light reflecting off its golden metal coat and the Nexus Sigil engraved into it beginning to shine with power. I looked up at Reinhart, holding my hammer up in the air manifesting the Bomb Trap within the very halls we stood in.
"Rozalin, go to the Libra Department and stay there for the rest of the night. It's time I finished this once and for all," I instructed, lowering my hammer and looking over at Rozalin with a serious expression.
Rozalin held her arms tightly, nodding her head and hurrying off before she could lose herself to her monster half. I looked down at Eden and placed my hand upon her head, feeling her defeated Spirit and closed my eyes.
"Pick yourself up by your robes, Eden and go warn the students of V.J.I that if they remain here, they will not survive. Gather as much people as you can, and escape. This institution will be destroyed by tomorrow," I said, taking a step forward and gripping my axe tightly in my hand.
Eden looked up at me slowly, giving a soft gasp at my continued mercy to her despite everything. She looked over at Flynn, who remained to assist me in battle against Reinhart. Slowly, she picked herself up from the ground and fidgeted with her fingers, running off to give the warning.
"Reinhart, the hearts of the righteousness wear their fruits proud for the Lord. They are always strapped with their breastplates of righteousness and their boots of truth, wearing their helmets of discernment and wielding their shields to defend against the fiery arrows of the enemy," I began, lowering my head and took another step forward.
"I recognize that I don't have the physical Sword of Spirits, but like Nina 1:1 says, in the Beginning there was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word IS God! I don't need the Sword of Spirits because I Am!" I declared, holding my hand out and generating multiple Spirit Bombs around Reinhart's body.
Reinhart's eyes widened with shock as he noticed the bombs then hurried from the radius of the explosion, sliding on his feet before dashing down the hall and pivoting into a volley of arrows. "Just shut up with your self righteous shit and just go down like you were supposed to!"
Flynn dashed down the hall and deflected each of Reinhart's arrows then launched her spear at him like a javalin. "It's about time you go down, asshole! I'll make you pay for getting Mama and Papa killed!"
Reinhart separated his bow into twin swords and blocked Flynn's Dragon Spear with a heavy grunt, sliding backwards along the ground before deflecting her weapon in the air. Just as he thought he was in the clear, my hammer flew toward him and slammed into his stomach, sending him flying.
Warping above Reinhart, I send him crashing to the ground with an axe kick then warped after him. Reinhart recovered in the air, sticking his sword into the wall to break his fall then generated a Link Point Arrow, firing it to the fourth floor and teleporting after it.
"Come on, Nox! He's getting away and could be going to Blessing Altar!" Flynn warned, chasing after Reinhart to stop his advance to the upper floors.
I warped away once again, making my way to the fourth floor and searched around for Reinhart, hearing his footsteps behind me dashing through the halls. I launched all of my butterflies aroundy body, each one going in separate paths to find Reinhart.
Flynn dashed through the halls, searching for Reinhart, her fractured wings beginning to spread to carry her off her feet. She grit her teeth as her wings began breaking from the bandages, her drive to fly again causing her Spirit to awaken with a fiery passion.
"Reinhart!" Flynn roared through the halls, her wings shining and manifesting Silver Coatyl feathers upon her once broken wings.
With a powerful flap of her renewed wings, she propelled forward through the narrow halls like a hawk searching for her prey. Reinhart rushed through the halls for the staircase reaching to the fifth floor, but Flynn crashed into him with a speeding tackle, blowing him across the vast halls.
Reinhart recovered onto his feet and connected his twin swords into his Orion's Bow while leaping backwards, firing multiple fiery arrows toward Flynn in series of five. Flynn parried each arrow with her spear then launched her spear for a Roaring Pulse, the spear screaming down the halls toward Reinhart with the threat of piercing his body.
Reinhart rolled out of the way of the spear then dashed forward, disconnecting his swords and began rapidly slicing toward Flynn. "You're angry because you were collateral damage! You took in Nox knowing the risks!"
Flynn grunted as she dodged each of Reinhart's swift slices as quickly as she could, using her wing to block one slice then kicked Reinhart back. "I took Nox in because of his mother's last wishes! Mother Myra wanted Nox with my family to teach him humility, to teach him to lessen himself, so he can relate to commoners like me!"
"And...you took it all away... because you were jealous! Don't you dare point your fingers at me and deflect my righteous anger back onto me! You, Leonidas, Merin! You're all traitors!" Flynn roared, red lightning crackling around her body, her breaths coming out in heavy pants, smoke escaping her mouth and nose.
Unable to hold in her pain anymore, Flynn let out a vicious roar, flames roaring from her mouth and spreading toward Reinhart, her flames setting everything around it on fire. Reinhart grunted as he blocked Flynn's draconic flames, the extreme heat beginning to sear his body despite his Fire Affinity.
Reinhart groaned as the flames began to overpower him, blowing him away through the halls, but he soon escaped its range. He panted heavily and grunted heavily in pain, looking at his seared and burned arms with horror. "What...what was that..?"
Flynn coughed as her flames slowly died down, holding her neck as it began to burn. She fell onto one knee in a weakened state, the flames within her body slowly becoming uncontrollable.
Reinhart noticed Flynn's weakened state and connected his Orion's Bow once again, locking onto Flynn's heat for a killing blow. He fired his arrow of light, the arrow soaring through the air toward Flynn's head.
As the arrow reached Flynn, the arrow suddenly dissolved into light particles as my butterfly landed upon it. I walked forward from behind Flynn, looking down at her and crouched down beside her, placing my hand upon her back and healing her from her weakened state.
"Rise and roar once more. Your throat shall never harm you when you roar for our Father in Heaven. Now rise, Flynn and let your fires blaze," I said, my eyes shining an amber gleam from my command.
Flynn took her hand off her neck slowly, feeling her throat becoming Instantaneously healed. She began to blow out fire from her mouth, the fire coming out as smooth as a calm river from within her. Quickly, her head darted toward me in awe, her eyes wide with shock.
I smiled at her and rose back to my feet, holding Madriax in the air and manifested the Slow Battle Room, the halls slowly becoming covered in frost and ice. "The Blessing is on the fifth floor of this Department, but I'm taking it down just as I did with the Virgos. This holy institution will belong to Yuvah after tomorrow...it is written as I will bring Earth back to the Kingdom of God..."
Reinhart glanced at the staircase behind me, noticing it was being blocked by an ice wall then turned his gaze back toward me and Flynn. He watched as I dropped Madriax on the ground and assume my stance, his expression hardening at my challenge.
Reinhart scoffed at me, dropping his Orion's Bow and took off his royal armor then dropped it onto the ground. He got into his stance as well, looking me up and down before charging forward with a fiery punch, his attack missing its mark by a miracle.
"What? Didn't see me move? Exactly," I taunted, countering with a purifying gut blow then pivoted into a spinning heel kick.
Reinhart grunted as he was knocked backwards, but recovered off one hand and propelled himself toward me with a fiery kick. I blocked his kick and went for another counter, but he blocked my strike and landed a swift jab at my face.
I shook my head lightly and caught his fist upon his next punch, smirking at him then launched a series of invisible blows upon his body, causing him to lose his balance then knocked him away with a pulse of spiritual energy. Reinhart groaned loudly as he crashed into a frost ridden statue of Orion.
Flynn gasped lightly as she watched my fight, unable to comprehend what happened in the moment. She stood up quickly and looked between me and Reinhart. "He was only able to land one strike...he was much faster with me!"
"The Slow Battle Room covers the area with Frost and Ice, not only slowing the physical area but the spiritual area as well. This Battle Room targets the Spirit, covering it with ice and slowing the enemy down," I explained, looking over to Flynn with a light smile.
Flynn tilted her head to the side lightly, looking over at Reinhart and squinting her eyes lightly, noticing frost covering his fiery energy. She exclaimed in shock and pointed at Reinhart with disbelief. "His aura! The frost is overpowering his fire! But how?"
"Affinity goes on a deeper level, my dear sistren. While Fire can melt Ice overtime, Ice is still a subcategory of Water as written in the Book of Stella. While Reinhart can melt the ice with his fire, he'll just drown himself in water either way," I said, looking over at Reinhart with a raised brow.
Reinhart scoffed at our conversation as he stood up on his feet, his aura flashing darker hues as his anger began to seep into wrath. "You two dare just casually have a talk in front of me? Do you take me for a joke?!"
"Mmm...kinda," Flynn said nonchalantly, shrugging her shoulder and looking over at me.
"You have the Spirit of Archer within you Reinhart, do not play with me right now with such sarcastic questions," I answered, crossing my arms and continuing to study Reinhart.
Reinhart growled lowly at us, his eye twitching with annoyance at our answers, taking them both for sarcasm though I was serious about mine. He let out a roar, his aura flaring around his body and the Sagittarius Sigil glowing brightly upon his arm.
Flynn shielded herself from the fierce winds that picked up from Reinhart's energy, feeling the heat rising within the room, the ice beginning to drip and slowly melt just as I said. "Is this guy dumb?! Did he not hear what you said?!"
"No, he didn't. His heart is hardened into stone and his ears are spiritually closed. My warnings sounded like threats to him, so he's going to have to learn the hard way," I said, getting back into my stance and glanced around the room as I began to sense a hidden energy.
'Someone else is still here..? You're not that good at hiding your energy as you thought...' I said mentally, my senses now on 360 Alert.
"If you believe so much in your heart that I am not worthy of who I am then you proclaim the name of God. If you can say His true name, you can take my spot and I'll give my butterflies to you," I said, keeping my guard up and my focus locked on Reinhart.
"Eh? Nox, what you saying right now?" Flynn asked, glancing over at me then noticed I was stalling and slowly nodded her head. "He makes a good point. If one were to be the true son of the Most High, he would know His name right?"
Reinhart scoffed at me, taking on his stance with a heavy stomp, his aura continuing to melt the ice around him. "Everyone knows His name! It's Yuvah! What am I the Messiah now because I proclaimed his name?"
"That's only one of His names. Aah, my Father goes by many names. Elohim, Madriax, Yuvah, Adonai...but there is always that one no one can seem to quite get. No one but the Exzodians and Eyicans. You're Exzodian right? You know our language, so what's His name?" I asked, crossing my arms and glancing around the room for the hidden presence.
Reinhart noticed I was distracted and charged in for a swift strike, but I quickly caught his fist and took him by surprise. "What..?!"
"You thought a simple trick like that would work on me..? You're more disrespectful than I thought...maybe I should've let you hit me to see how strong you've become with Water extinguishing your Fire," I said, looking him up and down and shoved him back.
Reinhart stumbled backwards and looked around, his vision becoming clear and the sounds of the fire alarms finally hitting his ears. He looked around the room, noticing the water sprinklers raining down water to quell his flames.
"That was another shot at redemption. The Slow Battle Room that is...I wanted you to really sit and think for a moment about what you're doing. I'm asking you this because all who are in the Tribes of Eyica should know His name," I said, walking toward Reinhart and placing my hand upon his shoulder.
"His name is Yod Vav Hey...Yuvah Yod Adonai Vav Ascea Hey. It's written in The Chronicles, but I don't expect anyone who truly follows Nigoku would know," I said, closing my eyes and feeling Reinhart's body tense.
Reinhart slowly glanced over at me with subtle horror, his breaths coming out in short pants. "What..? How...how do you know him?"
"Because...I know a False Messiah's aura when I feel it. A Mojisola is amongst your ranks, and he's here right now isn't he?" I asked, glancing behind me and looking at a male clad in luxurious white clothing leaned against the wall.
The man tilted his head up at me and adjusted his black gloves, his lips curling into a smirk. "Whoa...this guy's good. I should've know Ryder cutting contact with August's successor Hisumi was a mistake when I read The Chronicles. Aah...Hisumi Yuta was way too smart for her own good."
Reinhart, Flynn, and I stared at the man leaned against the wall, Flynn's eyes of horror slowly shifting over to me for confirmation that he was actually a Mojisola. I nodded at her, confirming her worst nightmare that the Mojisola Tribe was still alive.
The man walked forward with his hands in his pockets, letting out a soft exhale and stopped in front of me. "Nox Winters...or more famously known as Nox Ascea Exzodia. Back when my Ancestor was alive, there was no mention of a...Messiah."
"Right, that was because after the Book of 3rd August, he defeated Caedi and expelled the Phantom Curse from Earth. It was August's Century Reign on Earth...100 Years of Peace," I began, letting go of Reinhart's shoulder to face the man fully.
"Then...Terminus rose up once again from his chains. I'll admit, Genesis, Ragnarok, and Yuvah can admit that Terminus grew in wisdom himself. He created a false goddess, Tengoku, a false god Jigoku, and made the 'Balance' Nigoku," I continued, slipping my hands into the pockets of my robes.
"Heh...you are knowledgeable. However, there's no way you would've known that information about the Mojisola without going to Destiny Islands," The man said, raising a brow as if to rest my true wisdom.
I chuckled softly at him and lowered my head, taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling. "Listen, Claudio... You must not know. Destiny Islands is only a fragment that broke off from Exzodia due to their sins. Sanctuary Island, Destiny Island, and Heavenly Bay am I right?"
Claudio grit his teeth at my calm confidence and lowered his head to neutral level, his gaze shifting over to Flynn. "If you know that much, you must know my abilities then.."
"The power of a 'Savior' right? A power that came from a collective of Ten Goddesses from the Continent known as Esoria? What about it?" I asked, rising my gaze toward Claudio.
Claudio smirked at my question then took his hand out of his pocket, holding it out toward Flynn then began corruption her Spirit with Lust. I quickly glanced over at Flynn as she began to groan and moan with discomfort, her body falling onto her knees.
Claudio began to empower himself using Flynn's lust, a dark pink aura flashing around his body and the Lust Sigil forming upon his gloves. He teleported toward me, landing a critical kick along my face and sending me flying across the room.
"You're 100% Man so you're susceptible to falling into Temptation as well!" Claudio laughed, teleporting toward me once again and grabbing my face, flying out the window and throwing me across the sky.
I recovered by flipping backwards in the air then began levitating in the air using my Spirit Energy. I looked at my hand, noticing corruptive pink energy corrupting my energy slowly. I clenched my hand into a fist, purifying myself and exhaled slowly.
Claudio manifested his demon wings and flew in front of me with a laugh, spreading his arms out wide. "Seems like we're evenly matched, as it says in scripture. The Book of Hisumi warned the world of the Mojisola after her split from Ryder after discovering the truth of what he really was."
"The Mojisola and the Exzodian will be equal until the baptism of the True Messiah. Only will the Son of Man break this curse of equality by meeting with Yochanan the Evangelist. Book of Hisumi 3:22-23, the Letter written to Exzodia before her departure with August to Heaven," Claudio added, his mocking laugh echoing out in the air.
I glared at Claudio and got into my stance, knowing I had to take him way more seriously than others. He was 100% correct, he was my Equal until my baptism and there was nothing I could do about it until I reach St. Goken to be baptized by Yochanan.
Claudio taunted me with a smirk on his face, getting into his stance and tilting his head up. "Come on, Nox of Exzodia! Show me what you've got!"
Claudio flew toward me with a series of attacks, but I phased through each strike, countering with a heavy Wind Strike to send him flying toward the Libra Department. I warped after him using my butterflies and send him crashing to the rooftop with a spiking kick.
Claudio landed on his feet and looked up in the air, dodging my crash landing then generate multiple spheres of energy, each one containing the Lust Sigil within. He fired each one at me, each orb carrying the threat of corruption within.
"You're a false Messiah, preying on the lives of innocent women who are clueless enough to believe your lies!" I called out, launching my butterflies toward the orbs at equal speed.
Claudio laughed as he watched his orbs and my butterflies collide and equal out the playing field once more, dark pink mist filling the rooftops. "So what? Is it wrong to give women a happy life on Earth? Doesn't The Chronicles teach about love?"
My Son, do not listen to his deception...
That is one of his abilities, Golden Tongue...
Falling for it is similar to Rozalin's Charm Effect...
My left eye twitched with annoyance at Claudio's taunts, but Genesis's whispers quelled my anger with calmness and a rational mind. "You don't save anyone...Lustie didn't teach you about true love. You only save those with the prettiest face and the Jezebel body. Nothing about you screams love."
"Oh, now we're reaching deep in self-righteousness! I love that, let's see if you can keep that same energy!" Claudio laughed, teleporting toward me with a corruptive strike.
I caught his fist, a pulse of holy light sparkling around his hand and purifying the lustful energy within his hand. "Can you? Can you keep the same energy in the face of the way, the truth, and the light?"
Before Claudio could respond, a bright light began shining upon him, temporarily blinding him and leaving him vulnerable. I struck him with a Warp Strike, sending him sliding backwards then I warped toward him with an enzuigiri, catching him upon the back of his head.
Landing in a low position, I summoned Madriax in my hand subtly manifesting the Arrow Trap upon the rooftop, bows of iridescent energy manifesting around the rooftop and firing divine arrows toward Claudio. Claudio's black hair began to flash silver, a smirk forming on his lips as his body began to autonomously dodge my arrows.
'Autonomous Reflexes? He has my moveset...no the Mojisola have been studying the Exzodian Martial Arts, but couldn't replicate it perfectly without Tengoku and Jigoku,' I deducted mentally, standing up straight as the volley of arrows ended.
"Whoo!! Now that's what I call adrenaline! You sure know how to throw a fight!" Claudio laughed, hopping up and down, shuffling his feet as he smirked at me.
I analyzed Claudio, crossing my arms and letting out a soft hum. "The Mojisola know about the Exzodian and Eyican Culture don't they. After all, you stole Peace and War from Henosis and Luca the Tyrant...War was never even part of Yuvah's plan.."
"Of course we do, we read The Chronicles daily. After all, we know the Lord and Savior Yesha came down to save us from our sins, yes Lord Nox, we know," Claudio said with high sarcasm, using his pinky finger to dig into his right ear then plucked his wax at me.
I watched as his wax landed upon my robes then closed my eyes, raising my head up due to Claudio testing my ever-loving patience. 'Approval to use Dark Lord Form...'
Granted...
We allow it...
Claudio watched as I silently stood still, noticing I was praying to Yuvah, Genesis, and Ragnarok then his heart thumped hard against his chest as a force of Rebirth Energy washed over him. He watched as my white robes transformed into my Dark Cloak, my black chains emerging from behind me.
"Your disrespect...will lead you beyond Hell...I will send you to the Lake of Fire," I declared, my Rebirth Energy spreading across the entire Libra Department and causing the building to rumble.
Claudio guarded himself from my energy, his smirk growing wider with the thrill of facing off against my Dark Messiah Form, the Dark Lord of Redemption. He howled excitedly through the howling winds, his tribal blood boiling within, causing his tattoos to blow beneath his coat.