As I awoke upon the new world I felt the slightly damp soil on my knees, and the gravel smearing my cheeks. I got up to look around and there I saw a rather... Grim battlefield. Everything was surrounded by broken weapons of differing variety from snapped swords which lay plunged into the earth to various spears and lances all worn out with use. "Where am I..." I said, I didn't necessarily mean to speak out loud but, perhaps there was a part of me that wished for someone to answer that question.
"We are at what seems to be, worlds end"
Said by a rather harsh and prickly voice that came from my left. "Wha- Who're you!?!"
I was immediately on my guard and took a combative stance, though it seems my worries were unfound. "You tell me, you're the one that willed me into this place after all" "I see... so you're..." I briefly examined him. A tall slightly mature man looking to be roughly about in his twenties. All he wore was a long red mantle on his back and some rugged black pants. He really stood out like a sore thumb... "Anyways it's pretty damn boring ere eh? Hows bout we get walkin whilst we talk" I nodded in reply, I too didn't want to stay in such a gloomy landscape. We continued walking for a couple of minutes and came upon a run down village. The windows were broken, the stone brick walls were shattered and some were cracked. Most of the houses didn't ever have their roofs intact. "*sigh another place devoid of life eh? Hopefully we can find something more refreshing, geez just what kinda personality do you got to get placed here?"
"What do you mean by that?" He shifted his head away from me, avoiding the topic. I didn't really mind so we just kept walking in silence again for a couple more minutes. "Turn back. I have a bad feelin bout this place." I too immediately got that feeling he was talking about. From the mist i couldn't see it clearly but... there seemed to be a massive pitch black pit a few paces forward. Just simply approaching it gave me a tingling feeling in my bones and a chill down my spine. Just what could be in that direction... "who's there?" A voice called out from afar interrupting my train of thought.
"Tch It's best that we make a retreat for now, I'm confident in my current skills but that means nothing if you can't protect yourself. Its too risky to get into a scuffle this early on. " I nodded and began walking away in the opposite direction at a faster pace only to come face to face with a smiling figure waiting behind me. "Interesting, white robe... and an accompanying person, both of which looking extremely conspicuous. Could you perhaps be a..." bam! A loud crash echoed throughout the battlefield. Blowing away the mist. "How uncouth, interrupting a conversation like that." The man said still grinning with his empty onyx eyes staring into my soul. He was holding a blade in one hand blocking the blow from what I believe is my providence. "Go now! You're no match for him." As I sprinted towards the other direction I could hear the clashing of swords and fists behind me. As the sounds of clashing grew distant, I once again felt that dreadful aura but... I had no choice but to ignore it and press on forward. Grk... I felt the acids in my stomach rise to my throat. Leaving a lingering burning sensation driving me to my knees. This place feels so heavy... Just what the hell could've taken place here.
And there I finally saw, a massive gaping pit of pure darkness and the source of that dreadful feeling in the air. What the hell is this... for some reason I found it difficult to move my legs so I just fell to the ground unable to walk nor move. The feeling in the air was that oppressive. I couldn't find it in me to move at all... then swooping in from behind me was my providence grabbing me by the back with one arm and running around the massive pit with high speed. "Sorry fer that, heh barely got away from that bastard. He's a tricky one I tell ya, need to steer clear of em for now. Though it'll be great if you could y'know make use of your abilities." An ability huh... I do remember that we talked about something like that before heading down here... I concentrated deeply and then from the palm that I reached out on, a white circle appeared, something like a portal of sorts? "Heh that's more like it, now think of something that propels from that" hm... Like a weapon perhaps? How about a spear, it has high piercing power which could make it more accurate than a sword and also hit harder when launched. *Ptoom! A spear shortly pointed out of the portal, then launched at such a high velocity, my eyes couldn't even keep up. "Good, good well then let me formally introduce myself, I am mars, embodiment of power and pure destructive power! I shall aid you on this journey with pride and confidence. Now then, enough running...." as the pit behind us started to disappear in the distance, another nuisance appeared once more before us.
"Hey now, leaving so soon...? Reaaaaaaly? "
A man with flowing gray hair carrying an air of royalty yet with a hint of unmasked crudeness. He bared his sharp fangs with a creepy grin, contrasting his gentle and dignified white noble attire. He gripped the pommel of his blade readying for a clash. In turn I focused and cleared my head, I tried to aim for those portals to hit all of his vital spots. It wasn't an ability I was yet used to but this was a situation where there was no place for excuses... we have to go all out from the very beginning. The silver haired man made the first strike which was parried by mars' fists, follwed by my portals which flew various weapons I could think of in every direction he could move. "Take this!" Mars going in for the kill, rushed towards the gray haired man and plunged his fist into his chest. Pow! It was a clean hit. He was launched into the distance creating a cloud of smoke. Wait.. where could he...
The smoke disappeared showing not a single trace of the man until.
"Got ye!" From behind! I swiftly conjured a portal behind me to block his attacks "tch. What a pesky little shit. Fine have it your way then, I'll make you suffer as you wish!" He brushed his left hand through his sword coating it in a black flame. "Hah! Well then parry this you plebian!" He swung his sword in the air creating black ripples of flame that headed swiftly in my direction. "Tch shit it grazed me that burns!!" From a tiny cut on my left shoulder there was an unbearable pain swelling it was like the cut was burning from the inside and outside at the same time.
"Be careful mars! That flame leaves lingering scars on yo-" He leaped towards the man before I could even finish my sentence. "Heh no need to worry about me! We providences don't feel such a pathetic thing as pain"
"Oh really now!? Though you can still get exhausted am I right?" The man said as he continuously continued the barrage of send ripples our way, enabling him to keep his distance. "Haaah... you can't keep blockin my attacks forever you know? At this point I'll be the one to tire out before you guys! Buuuut... I'll be merciful for only this moment and let you go" what..? There has to be a catch right? "Bullshit, what do you want in exchange?" He snickered at my reply and said: " heh I like a fast one like you, saves me the pain of drilling into your head the reality of things! Of course everything has a catch! You see I'm falling a tad bit late for a meeting I've got in the capital soooo.. If you and your goon can survive this one attack I'll dish out on ye then I can guarantee that I'll leave you alone. Until we meet again of course! I cannot simply let eyesores of the old world simply let loose on our kingdom you see?"
Shit... if he's that confident that means he could've killed us from the very start huh... we're we being played with all along...? Begrudgingly, I accepted his terms and readied myself. Manifesting myriad portals surrounding me. "Well then, blackhand arts, devouring serpent!" He held his blade in a piercing stance with two hands, the black flame still coating it, he launched at us with incredibly high speed, Mars scrambled as fast as he could around the place to block any attacks that could reach the gaps in my defense. The gray haired man's blade beautifully flowed between the two of us, the flame on the tip of his sword then turned into a black serpent that followed and slithered about our every move. It was so fast and quiet that it was able to tear my left arm off. AHHH! GODDAMIT... I screamed in agony and fell to my knees, passing out. Before I blacked out I heard these parting words: "Vile dreg of the old world, we shall settle our score another day, for now you shall cower in fear of the blackhand".