"We need reinforcement Now!" A man screamed ; "ETA is 10mins, Hold on commander Elven" He gritted his teeth
"Fuck! We'll be dead till then!"
"Commander we're losing ground, Zen's Destroyer airship is here" His soldier screamed , Slicing through Aliens armour with his sword
"Everyone here is low on mana" , Elven Whispered , Gripping his left shoulder tight, holding his breath he knew his battalion can't hold the Zen's attacks for long ; And with their Battleship no way they can , He gritted his teeth "Fuck this" in a desperate attempt he held his half broken sword tighter, and rushed towards an alien Severing it's head off in a clean single stroke of his blade , his chest heaved heavily
"Hold the left corner" he screamed as his lungs burned, the faint taste of blood on his tongue
BOOM! Elven covered his face...as the smoke lifted , his eyes went wide in fear
"Plasma cannons , They are using plasma cannons , Back off now" elven screamed his armor was dented beyond recognition , his sword was in bad condition at this point , He had no hopes of surviving this battle ground
BOOM! A plasma blast ecohed killing his last of the men "No!" Elven closed his eyes and turned his head
A figure landed in front of him 'Zen' Pale looking skin , redish eyes , covered in its armour
Eleven clenched the hilt of his broken blade so hard his knuckles turned white he raised his half broken sword , redish aura flared , he lauched a energy slash with the last of his mana reserves , The Figure raised & crossed its arms tanking the attack
Boom! , Smoke raised but the figure was still standing
"Shit" In a blink the zen was infront of him , it raised its arm , and punched Elven in the gut
"Ahhhg!" Elven was thrown back meters Crashing into a wall , He coughed blood violently , clutching his stomach
The Zen pulled out its plasma gun from the back , Elven was horrified, he tried to reach his half broken sword that was lying across him a few feets but failed
"Boom!" An bluish energy slash lashed with mana tore the zen's armour ,it was sliced in two in a mere second , Another Cloaked figure landed Slowly and gracefully
He turned ,he was tall...taller than anyone Elven has ever seen in his 24 years of life , Cloaked in a black cloak
His cloak fluttered with air
Elven staggered to his feet , picked up his half broken sword his chest heaved , his lungs burned as his breath came in rugged , tasting iron in his throat but he knew stopping could cost him his life in a desperate attempt to survive , he used whatever mana he was left with as he vanished appearing behind the clocked figure to attack
before he could understand or evade the figure punched him right in the chest , but that punch? It shattered his armour's chest plate , He was sent back flying
He tried to standup again , he really tried as hard as he could the best he could do was kneel ,
As he raised his head , a sword was already on his neck
His eyes widened
The figures face wasn't visible because of the mask and cloak only his grayish eyes but elven knew better he could feel, His aura , his presence was heavy , too heavy to bear
Elven lowered his gaze, he knew what it was for him....Death
"Why are still standing Human ?" A voice echoed,
Elven's head shot up "What ?"
He swallowed hard
"What are you saying ?"
"What is even left there to stand for ? To attack me ?" The figure asked once more , his voice felt calm , dangerously calm
Elven's gaze lowered
He couldn't say a word..he didn't knew for whom he was fighting for...or what he was fighting for "I don't know , all in know is that....i can't stop fighting"
He whispered in a voice that seemed to carry more guilt than pride
"What is even their to left to protect ? , your men...they are already dead , This place ? , it's already burning down...even your pride you sword....has shattered is there even anything left to protect, and the people you were trying to protect ? They are dead aswell, everything you swore to protect is Gone then why are you still standing" The figure asked in a firm voice
Elven lowered his gaze "Doesn't matter , I'll keep fighting , I'll keep fighting till I am dead , Till there's no blood left in my body..."
Silence
The figure gradually lowered his sword
"Arrogance and pride Leads to Death, Human"
Elven's Jaw clenched
"I dont care....Because i don't fight for nothing , I fight for people i love...call it arrogance or pride....but I'll fight no matter what...because I don't fight today , if it survive today...I'll die every single day knowing I could have saved a life atleast one life, even if that meant death for me" elven's chest heaved heavily
The figure stared at him , His gray eyes looked calmer than they were a moment ago
Then he let out a low chuckle
"On my home that would be called Stupidity"
He let his sword go , but instead of dropping it started to hover in air....it slowly floated towards elven then stopped in front of him
It was test....an offering....a promise....a responsibility
"But if you have a wish for death....Who i am stop you ?" His words lingered for a moment longer than they should
Elven's eyes narrowed
"What do you mean"
The figure stood straight
"I give you a chance , to protect....what you want to protect" he paused....."To fight today protect whatever i couldn't , to be what i never could.."
Elven's gaze lowered his hair falling over his eyes , he clenched his jaw
"Yes...I'll fight....till the last drop of my blood is spilled out.....till I die"
The figure raised his hand....As the sword started to Glow in faint bluish aura
"Let it your blood human"
Elven clenched his jaw hard, as raised and pressed his palm on the blade
His hand trembled violently but he was determined, Elven grits his teeth and Ran his palm the across the blade cutting his flesh "Ahhg!" He slowly raised is hand , above the sword as the blood slowly dripped on the blade , it shimmered violently
The blade Started to glow blue and started to modify itself....Until it became a long sword
Elven's eyes went wide "How is this possible"
Elven's mind spiraled, it shouldn't be possible ,it couldn't be
"The blade is yours it'll stay loyal...to you , to your blood , Till you and your blood dies out , Till breaks apart" The figure whispered in low voice
Elven's lips trembled, as he Gripped the blades hilt
"No, Tha...thats impossible"
As Elven was questioning the reality itself
The figure started to unhooked something from his neck
Elven finally stood up on his feet
"What....are you doing ?"
The figure unhooked the Pendant on his neck..it was beautiful bluish in the shape of ice flake , it looked like it was alive
The figure tossed it Towards elven
"Keep it"
Elven caught the pendant as the figure turned around
"But why ?" The figure paused "What ?"
Elven swallowed hard "Why choose me"
The figure kept his silence for a while
"Because you have something to protect a purpose; But i have already lost everything"
The figure turned his head over his Shoulder
"And thats enough of a reason to choose you.....because you never give up"
Elven paused
The figure started to walk away
"And remember human , The day your People rise they'll come for your people aswell" The Clocked man kept walking "I hope your blood...stands strong with others"
Shush! , A portal appeared...as the figure walked in "May your people live" Shush! The portal closed
Elven's hands trembled , what did he mean ? , what is it ? Elven tried to understand he tried his best , but he couldn't understand was he talking about zen ? No....they're already here , then who was he even talking about ? What was he hiding ?.....or warning about ?
Elven's wrapped his left arm around his stomach due to pain settling down against a wall , Sword beside him , he wiped Blood from his lips
"What....was he talking about ?"
"Huh..." He let out a tired Sigh
Elven glanced at the sword sitting beside him
"Guess we're partners now"
He somehow stood up slowly through pain , using the wall as support , he firmly held the sword , and started walking towards the battlefield once again....Limping lightly
He glanced over towards the buring city , the sound of people cheering as his battalion landed , believing they were safe echoed his mind , his eyes got a little wet , seeing the city , countless lives were gone now , people who belived that they were safe were mostly dead till now
All he could remember, was the hope....of people, When his battalion landed through the spaceshuttle, he failed to save , he failed their hopes, and that haunted him
With a low thump , a Zen landed in front of him , A Sword in hand
Elven gripped his sword tighter "I've failed them once" elven paused his eyes narrowed , he pointed the sword at the zen , his redish aura flared again. "I WON'T FAIL THEM AGAIN" He screamed
The zen Lunged at him , he raised his sword "Clang!" The sound of metal clashing against metal echoed in the burning battlefield
Clang! , Clang!
Elven Lunged forward shooting multiple energy slashes through his blades , with everything he's got
Slash! The zen was through tore in half , his lungs heaved heavily , he was already low on mana , he knew he can't just keep going he needed to stop and recover , but he can't not unless he had sure reinforcement is here to protect those who are still alive in the city
Suddenly! His head snapped up , his eyes widened, his throat went dry ,
A zen warship appeared through the dark clouds in the sky , its engines thundered like lighting in the sky
"Another zen Warship?" Elven jaw dropped
The warship cannons raised and Aimed directly at Him
Elven let out a tired sigh , His armour was broken , his lungs were burning , he was exhausted beyond comprehension
Elven lowered his head , and smiled faintly
"Hehe....fate's cruel huh"
Shushhh!....the plasma cannon's charged
He let out a sigh
, his hand reached his pocket pulling a small dark brown wallet out , he opened it
"I'll see you in my next life if i get the chance honey" his thumb brushed the picture in his wallet
He chuckled, and closed his
BOOM!
Elven expected to die but he felt no pain is this what death feels like ? He slowly opened his eyes
A grayish energy shield made out of mana that definitely wasn't his , a light armoured soldier in front of him "Sorry commander Elven we're late....had to deal with a with handful of zen's on the way"
Elven laughed
"That's okay lets finish this mess"
"Yes sir" the soldier said firmly drawing his daggers from his back
A bunch of zen's landed from the ship ready to attack
"Sir we're ready to attack"
Elven turned back looking in eyes of every soldiers these soldiers had a burning feeling in their gaze , a lust for revenge for their fallen comrades
Elven nodded , raising his new sword "We end this here no more shall die here today, understood...ATTACK!"
As everyone lunged forward , their aura's flaring tearing through enemy ranks like paper
I'll never give up, never stop , Till I die
SLASH! He sliced through Another zen in a single smooth stroke
He knew better that this cycle of death is not going to end easy not yet
"Keep moving forward don't stop" His voice echoed Throughout the battlefield, as they all lunged forward towards the warship
It's not going to end today it isn't going to end easy , and one day someone , is going to hold his pride , his sword this sword firm just like him , tearing through the enemy and finally ending this all,
As Elven's soldiers roared and surged toward the Zen warship, his grip tightened on the glowing blade. He raised it high, aura flaring, ready to carve their path to victory.
But then—he froze.
From deep inside the clouds, beyond even the warship, something stirred.
The cloaked figure's words echoed in his skull:
"And remember, human… when your people rise, they will come for you as well."
Elven's blood ran cold. This wasn't the end of the war. It was only the beginning.