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Tales of Sovereignty

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When a man reaches the pinnacle of power from a young age, what comes next?? Eradicating all evil?? World domination?? Or something else entirely??
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Chapter 1 - Hammers and Daggers

In a far away planet, a planet so close to the sun it can be mistaken for a second sun itself. A figure trudges in the hot sun, his feet leaving deep marks on the scorched earth as he takes each step, White bandages wrapped his body, a tattered black coat billowing to his knees, the hood concealing any hint of a face.

He walks in a slow pace heading in a straight direction alone and in silence,but he stops abruptly and tilts his head up just as a streak of light plummets from the sky right toward him with magnificent speed like no other, he leaps away as the light drops ahead of him with a heavy sound, the explosion spreading dust and heat from the place all around.

The dust settles revealing a gaping crater created where the man was standing moments ago as another hulking figure emerges from the crater. A metal man, his steel skin gleaming stands tall with a collosal hammer with strange engravings on it as he looks at the bandaged figure who was once standing where he is now, glaring daggers at him as he yells

"Did you think you could escape after killing my brothers?"

He continues to glare at the hooded man while strongly clutching his hammer in one hand.

The hooded figure simply stands motionless and unyielding seeming to gaze at the huge metal man before him even though his face is covered and shows no sign of him being able to see, talk or even breathe through it.

Anger and disdain is written on the metal man's face as he surges forward, one leg leaving a deep mark on the earth as he charges forward toward the hooded figure in frightening speed with his hammer. Just before the hammer makes impact with the chest of the hooded man, he twists left, narrowly dodging the hammer as its impact devastates the land, immediately after dodging the metal man's strike a small silver dagger flies out of his hand streaking accurately to the neck of the metal man in a split second, as the dagger lands, it bounces off the neck of the man with a dull "click" sound where the man appears unharmed and unbothered by the attempt. The metal man grabs the dagger and with a loud "crunch" the dagger is mere pieces as it is crushed by the metal man's fist, he drops the remains of the metal to the ground, as he does he calls out to the hooded man saying "Fool you think this will hurt me?, I am the sovereign of hammers".

Just as he finishes saying it two more daggers clatter harmlessly away from his neck. He grunts and lunges at the hooded man with his large hammer as he throws more daggers bouncing harmlessly from his neck, he strikes with his large hammer which only devastates the earth as the hooded figure barely swerves out of reach everytime he swings his hammer but the sovereign of hammers doesn't falter one bit as he rages on still swinging the large hammer at the hooded man and right before he could completely avoid one of the many swings the once large hammer shrinks to a medium size and the man once again swings at him but the hooded man barely ducks in time to avoid the hammer coming to the right side of his face, as he raises his head he sees two short handed hammers aiming for his head and once again twists to his side while letting more daggers flying to the neck of the sovereign perhaps as a distraction or to offer chance for an escape but the sovereign continues his onslaught unbothered by any of the hooded man's daggers, the sovereign continues his barrage as the hooded man expertly avoids every one of his attacks while still throwing seemingly endless daggers, as the fight goes on the distance between them grows, noticing this the huge man throws his two short handed hammers at the hooded man with frightening speed as another two appear in both his hands at once which he sends flying to the hooded man again as the metal man leapt, summoning twin massive hammers, their engravings flaring as they descended in sync with the four smaller ones, boxing the figure in.

"I have you now, you rat!"he growled, a grin splitting his face.

The hammers crash down, but the hooded figure is nowhere, leaving only smoke in his wake. The metal man landed heavily, stunned, his massive frame frozen mid-step. The smoke surges closer, reforming into the hooded figure, who drives his fist into the Sovereign's chin with a resounding thunk. Cracks spiderweb across the metal man's face, the imprint of the punch gleaming.

With a swift kick, the figure targets the giant's knee, bending it inward with a sickening crunch. The Sovereign staggers, his weight shaking the scorched battlefield, but his cracks soon start to seal one after another with a metallic screech, his leg snapping back into place.

"You'll join my brothers in the dust!" he roars, but just as he's about to charge the hooded man leaps, driving both feet into the metal man's face and pushes back with full force sending the sovereign staggering back as he creates space between him and the metal man once again.

Immediately the hooded man's feet land on the ground he sends four daggers streaking straight to the metal man with two hitting his neck and two hitting his eyes with precision and bouncing off with a dull clink.

Undeterred, the figure draws a long dagger, its blade pulsing with a sinister dark aura. His bandaged hands move with eerie calm, hurling it with lethal force.

The sovereign stands finally spotting the dagger's high-speed approach.The sinister dagger streaks toward the Sovereign, its black aura pulsing with menace.

He grits his teeth sensing the danger the dagger poses unlike the others the hooded man has thrown so far, he shifts his massive weight barely dodging as it grazes the right side of his neck and sails past him with a faint hiss, the dagger embedded on the scorched earth far away, he smirks masking a flicker of unease as he thinks to himself "that was nothing much after all" .

He thought to himself just as his neck which was grazed by the dagger ruptures with a "splurt" sound and a thick metal colored liquid gushes out from the wound.

The sovereign clenches his jaw in pain and goes to cover the wound but before his hand reaches the hooded man is already upon him as if appearing out of thin air, he sends an uppercut right to his jaw making the metal man shout in pain as his wound also worsens making him take a step back.

As the hooded man surges forward once again, the metal man sends out multiple hammers appearing out of thin air straight at him, he dodges swiftly while trying to close the distance but more hammers start appearing out of nowhere heading straight at him, giant hammers materialize from above falling right down and more rupture the sand as they come from below with many from both sides, he dodges, twists and turns and weaves in between dozens of hammers that come at him.

A giant hammer ruptures from below carrying him up where another giant hammer is coming down, he runs to the edge of the hammer and as he nears it another hammer is falling down nearby, as he reaches the edge while putting pressure to the extent that the metal beneath him cracks, he leaps up from the hammer and turns midair just as the two hammers collide, using the hammer behind him as a foothold he propels himself upward toward the colliding hammers using them as footholds as he propels himself upward once again where he finally spots the metal man, the metal man is clutching the wounded side of his neck muttering

"come on heal dammit"

Under his ragged breath as multiple small and medium hammers surround him all around moving in tandem serving as shields to avoid any attack.

The hooded man far away jumps off from hammer to hammer dodging and several hammers while at it as he tries to look for an opening in the metal man's shield of hammers, just as he leaps up above another hammer in the sky, while still rising high, his head in the direction of the metal man, he makes a gesture with his index and ring finger bringing them inside almost making a fist as he falls while dodging multiple small hammers midair he uses another giant hammer as a foothold to launch himself in to the sky once again this time as he rises he shifts the full weight of his body sideways to twist in a split second where as he completes it another long menacing dagger is immediately launched from his arm.

The dagger whizzes across the field in fluid motion managing to avoid each and every one of the medium,big and giant sized hammers as it heads straight to where the metal man sits nursing his wound which won't stop bleeding, the metal man notices the dagger just as it slips past a tiny gap in his shield of hammers, the metal man acts as fast as he could materialising several hammers out of thin air right to the path of the dagger and covering his neck with both hands as the dagger pierces and penetrates the hammers on it's path heading right to the metal man's neck where his hands make a cross.

The dagger pierces right through his first arm and penetrates the second arm before it stops in between the metal man's huge arms now connected by the dagger, he heaves a sigh of relief as he lets his hands fall away from his neck where the tip of the long dagger stood almost grazing his throat. 

Hands still stuck together he grits his teeth as he stands and glares at the hooded man who's in turn looking down at him from the top of a falling hammer. Gnashing his teeth in pain he opens his mouth but nothing comes out but an "urk" followed by metallic liquid coming out his mouth, he looks down only to find a long dagger lodged into his neck with the tip sticking out through his throat, his face a mix of pain, agony, and shock as he falls to his knees.

All around hammers big, small, and giant alike fall from up in the sky all around. As the metal man is on his knees footsteps approach and as he looks up he sees the hooded man, he tries to talk but nothing comes out but more metallic liquid, the hooded man raises his empty right hand to his left side and just as it reaches his shoulder he clutches a sword suddenly appearing in his hands.

A sword with red hilt with the blade giving off the same menacing aura as the daggers, with one fluid motion he cuts the metal man's head off and the blade in his hands disappear as fast as it appeared.

The metal man's body cracks and crumbles instantly rusting and turning to dust right after, the hooded man makes a gesture with his finger and both daggers that dropped off the metal man's body now turned dust head right in his direction and immediately both daggers reach him they disappear.

Without a word the hooded man once again continues in the same direction he was going before his journey was interrupted, once again thrudging through the sandy desert area with hammers of all shapes and sizes strewn across the once empty field.