Φ Gripping my sword as tightly as possible, I say, "I need to be strong."
Soon, I feel a prick at the side of my cheek, and turn to see Dumnorix's tail pressed against it. Staring directly down at the battlefield below, Dumnorix says, "Don't let your mind control you now, Cyrus; this is a critical moment not only for our country's future, but for the lives of the innocent. Empty stray thought and care only about cutting down the foe in front of you."
Turning my face away from him, I say, "I will! Don't treat me like an idiot. I still plan on beating you."
With a smirk, Dumnorix says, "If you think you can try your best."
Maple jumping on Dumnorix's back says, "I will throw you in jail if you start picking fights with Cyrus Dumnorix!"
She puts him in a headlock, and Dumnorix says, "I only plan on motivating him!"
"YOUR MOTIVATION ARE MEAN!" Maple says as she chokes him out.
Abbán, placing his hand on my back, holding a bladed shield of pure blood, says, "Don't mind him, he usually is rather motivational to people in his own weird way. Despite his unnecessary attitude towards you, I am sure he only means to help."
Knocking his hand away, I say, "It's fine, I d-don't need an-ny comfo-ort or protection-on."
Maple, holding a limb, Dumnorix on the ground says, "Is everyone ready?"
Iancu jumps on Abbán's back, and Dumnorix rises from the floor. Suzuka moves up to me, jumps on my back, and grabs my face, pointing it toward her, then says, "CYRUS, LET'S DO OUR BEST TOGETHER!"
The passion and strength in her eyes are extreme, like it always is. This same crying girl with no one in the world to protect her is still trying her best to move forward for everyone's sake, and I need to do the same for everyone here. Even if I am pathetic, I don't want to be a man who can't respond to this, "YEAH!!!"
Φ Staring at Dumnorix, Maple says, "It seems like a kinder approach is more effective."
Dumnorix says, "Let's see if he can actually put all of that passion into action or is just going to try and trick himself into thinking he has changed!"
Maple smashes Dumnorix's skull, and then, clapping his hands, he says, "Now let's head off!"
Φ As Maple, Dumnorix, Abbán, Iancu, Cyrus and Suzuka all jump off, I hold my fist to my heart, and look to Orb stretching. Walking up to him, I ask, "Hey Orb, can I join you. It might be useful to have an extra hand."
Turning to face me, I see Orb's hair turn an even darker black and say, "I think it would be better if you were to head with Avram Willow; we have a lot of strong personalities in your group, someone needs to keep them in check."
Black is the colour of worry. I know you don't want to say it, and I can see the motion you make to bite the insane of your cheek to try and force your hair colour to change, but I am not stupid enough to not know what you're thinking, Orb. Still, I don't want to worry you, so all I can say is, "Of course it is fine, I will get to it."
Orb with a smile says, "I am counting on you, before lunging forward towards the castle as I watch him fly away."
Grabbing my shoulder, Avram says, "We need to get the weak and vulnerable out of here."
"Right!"
-Break-
Location: Rooftops of Căderea-Dracului
Φ Throughout all of Căderea-Dracului, battles rage between members of the Allpunkt, Zenitas, and Fundamentāls with the soldiers of Blamator, and on a certain rooftop, Šviesis, Marinescu, and Jūlija fly back, soaring through the air from the blows given to them.
Landing on a rooftop, Jūlija looks to Šviesis and says, "What the hell is going on with you, old man?"
With his hands and knees pressed up against the floor, he says, "I don't know why, but my body is feeling rather heavy."
Transforming her cursed hair into a large battleaxe, Jūlija says, "Mine is too, but I don't know why it is affecting you that badly?"
Marinescu, holding a trident, surges electricity through his body, and says, "We don't have time to worry about that, eyes up in front!"
Towards the end of them, a large humanoid man composed entirely out of the earth runs towards them and jumps into the sky, preparing to smash them with its fist.
With her hair, Jūlija smashes the man made out of rocks to pieces, and in the distance, laughter moves towards her. All three of the 2nd seats stare forward at their attacker, where they see 3 Nightmares walking towards them.
A tiny black Nightmare with an impish body, two long ears, a gigantic hand that emerges from its tail, and a golden triangle embedded in its body walks forward with a sinister laugh and says, "Is that really all the 2nd seats of the Blestemate's standing armies can do?"
Jūlija says, "I don't want to hear that from a traitorous criminal like you, Skrie?"
A Blue Nightmare with a plank canvas face and body who is covered in three silver spinning rings, which manifest a skirt, a blouse, and a crown across her body, stares at the three and says, "People who have abandoned their citizens' futures for the sake of ridiculous farce they can peace are the greatest traitors of all."
Šviesis says, "Silence Ten. I have no time for your nonsense. People are dying and suffering do to what you're all doing."
A Nightmare whose body is a giant mass of dark red flames covering a giant purple sphere, walks over and says, "Before creation comes destruction. We will be rebuilding a new world where Nightmare shall never know weakness, and for that, we need chaos, far more chaos than what this world currently has."
Marinescu says, "Taga, I always knew you were a dreamer, but this is insanity! You will lose when Orlok and Stelara join the battle."
Skrie's laughter soon breaks through the air, and smashing his tail arm into the ground, he says, "Still trying to talk down to us like we didn't account for that beforehand. Talking with those who look down on us is pointless; it's time for you to vanish from this earth."
From the ground around Skrie, the earth shakes into the humanoid figure Jūlija, shattered three times over, and seeing this, Jūlija says, "The puppets are coming!"
The three puppets of Earth rush towards them, and as they move forward. Jūlija reshapes her hair into a giant fist and smashes one of the puppets, as Marinescu sends a large amount of electricity into his trident, which he throws at high speed to shatter another puppet.
Forcing himself to his feet, Šviesis says, "I can't let the kids outdo me," before increasing the size of the pure white shadow-like substance that makes up his right arm and shooting out a blast of it that, upon contact with the puppet, melts it to pieces.
Rubbing his chin with his tail, Skrie says, "Hair that has super condensed muscle fibres, the ability to act like a jellyfish, and the ability to control an irradiated white shadow, rather strong curses yet in the end perfectly defeatable."
Ten walks forward and spins around, sending the three rings around her body into a constant spiral, until large repeating thin blue slashes fly off the rings towards the buildings the three 2nd seats stand on, completely ripping them to pieces.
As the projects head towards them, Jūlija wraps her hair around the three of them like a shield protecting them from the onslaught, yet as their footing is destroyed, they all fall towards the ground.
Marinescu says, "Sorry Jūlija, I should've reacted fast and covered your hair with my mucus to reduce the pain."
With pain coursing through her body, Jūlija says, "No problem, I know your body is feeling heavier than mine, and anyway, my hair will always just regrow stronger eventually."
Šviesis says, "They are definitely targeting us with some kind of curse. I think it might have something to do with age, which he disproportionate way it is affecting us."
"Wait, doesn't that mean it could be affecting members of the Cursed Heart Army right now? We need to head towards the Queen's Chamber immediately, then!"
Jūlija releases her hair, and surrounding her are 20 of the earth puppets, standing beneath the ruins of the house, prepared to attack.
They all rush forward, but Marinescu release a large amount of mucus from his body covering them all, and soon they all lose their grip on themselves, and fall to the floor.
Not wasting a single moment, Jūlija sends her hair to impale all of their bodies, destroying them, yet in that moment, the earth that makes up their bodies shifts into large stocks that embedded themselves into the ground, leaving.
And above them a shadow looms. Looking up, they all see Taga and around one of his arms, all the shattered debris from the entire area fuses into one large fist that connects to the right side of his golden sphere body, and throughout the mass, his flames burn and say, "My power over my alchemy has ground tremendously since we have left me."
Šviesis, struggling to keep his head up, says, "Using such a curse for this, you should be ashamed."
"SAY TO ME IN HELL!" Taga shouts as he drops the flaming fist towards them.
Jūlija tries to move her hair, but says, "It's way too tight, I won't be able to get out in time."
Marinescu says, "I will cover it in my mucus try and slip out," whilst Šviesis charges up another blast with his right arm.
As Taga comes down, a large amount of energy is released from Šviesises arm, which holds it above them, keeping it from smashing them to pieces.
Smiling Taga shouts, "DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN BEST ME WITH ALL OF THAT EXTRA WEIGHT, OLD MAN!"
"You're right that I have extra weight, the responsibility as a leader in the military to protect his citizens' interests from enemies within and outside the state, the responsibility of a father who has allowed his wife and son to fight for years, ripping holes in his family, and the responsibility of a human to stop the foolish shedding of blood. I have many responsibilities on my back, and their weight gives me power, something that a brat like you won't understand. Now come on!"
From his right arm, the blast of energy grows stronger, pushing the fist back, and through the stocks, Jūlija quickly moves her hair from each one as fast as possible.
Yet beneath Šviesis, a puppet made of the earth appears and digs its finger into the sides of his body, making him scream in pain, until Marinescu quickly destroys its body with a single punch. Yet on top of their heads, the fist comes down as high-speed smashing into their area and exploding.
Seeing this, Taga turns and propels himself back to his compatriots. With the destroyed building remaining as his right arm, he says, "It seems like that was far easier than I thought."
Skrie says, "I knew Dragoste was overestimating those race traitors."
Ten says, "The boss was just being cautious; he doesn't want any more waste to happen than necessary, despite the revolution. Right now, we should just continue to make the path to the future he has drawn for us as easy as possible to happen."
With a smile creeping up his face, Taga says, "It is time to be born anew for everyone within this country. Now, let's enjoy the fullest extent of these bodies for as long as we continue to have them."
The three dash off, and from the rubble a surge of water bursts through, sending most of it away, and revealing a crater. In the middle of the crater, the three 2nd seats lie, and looking forward, they see Abbán holding his shield with his legacy acting on it with Dumnorix and Co at his side.