I smeeeeelll... Traitor! >:o
+.+ But go go go Chio! Save Lycan!
New Chap Plzzz? :D
IGN ETO: (fire/earth/soulmaster)bakaeep 23x, (ap/hv/diva)bakacat, (water/wind) bakawitchie 12x, JTO: (bunny)nana 3x,
Wait,Did you ever even learn my mercenary's name?
Awesome chapter too :D
Yay! :3 More more! I'm like, on a reading frenzy. I must...have...more to read~
Ooo, it's hard to add all those characters into a story! o3o You're doing a good job with it.
I tried to put my signature here, but Mother scolded me for getting ink on the screen, so I decided against it.
Thanks ^_^
@JUGGERNAUT: I was using your forum nick for your character. Is it fine?
Anyway, Chapter 23 is up.
[Chapter 23 - Reflections]
The trio dashed to the lowest level of the tower. However when they reached there, the place was empty. No sign of anyone at all. Meanwhile, back outside, the person behind the mask was a blone-haired Primadonna. She removed a mechanical device from inside the mask, one that can help change the sound of your voice. She went up to the door and locked it tight, then sealed it with her dark arts.
"Why is this place empty...?" Chio asked. "Did Lycan escape?"
"Impossible. The King said he was still weak," Tykro replied. "Remember?"
"Let's go back to the King," Aurora said. "Maybe he missed something."
Outside the tower, the Primadonna released a technique of hers. A pile of leaves changed and became... Lycan! She picked Lycan up and toss him over her shoulder and walked around to the back of the tower. There, she used another weird skill, and then teleported away, together with Lycan.
The trio reached the door, but were unable to open it. After trying some skills on it and to no avail, Aurora then manage to detect that there was a barrier perventing it from opening. Not knowing what to do, they decided to climb up, and hopefully find a window to escape from. At the fifth level, they found an unlocked door. They entered and found a window that wasn't blocked, and fifth floor isn't really that high. But near the window, they saw a set of headphones with a microphone. Tykro took it, and the gang jumped out of the window.
When they landed, they found the garden empty.
"Let's return to the castle. Maybe we can find something there," Aurora suggested.
"Good idea," replied Chio.
They took off, and ran out of the garden. At the gate of the garden, the Gladiators and Mercenaries were lying of the ground, all motionless. They weren't even breathing anymore. Continuing on, they saw Liange and Bakaeep on the way to the castle. Just nice, as they met up, they heard some voices from the headphones Tykro took. Tykro took a mini amplifier from his bag, and connected it to the headphones so everyone could here. A lot of static could be hard, and the reception wasn't that good.
"Anyone... bzzt... There...?" The voice said. "Can.... you... bzzt... me?"
"We can hear you,"Chio answered through the microphone. "Who are you...?"
"Great... bzzt...! I'm Rose...bzzt...! Please... bzzt... me! I'm... bzzt... the.... bzzt... Dun...-!"
The voice was cut short. Totally no reception at all.
"Rose.... Rosetta?" Bakaeep asked. "And the last word, could it be 'dungeon'?"
"Possibly." Liange. "Besides, we're are here to find someone called Eclipse. We heard you have came in contact with her."
"Who...?" Chio asked.
"I don't remember coming in contact with anyone by that name,"added Tykro. "However, there was a woman in black who approached earlier.
"That can wait,"Aurora said. "Right now, we have to help Rosetta!"
The gang now ran through the fields and into the castle. They ran down the stairs, with Chio and Aurora leading the way. However, they found a fork in the road. Three paths. The only way was for them to split up. Chio and Aurora took the right path, Liange and Bakaeep took the center and Tykro took the left path.
Chio and Aurora hurried forward. Eventually, they reached a large round room. Directly opposite of the room was another path out, so they increased their pace. Just as they were about to reach the doorway, a mirror dropped down from the top and blocked the path. They stopped right in front and Chio used her sword and hit it really hard, but she didn't even scratch it. Suddenly the mirror was engulfed in the black aura, and was absorded into the mirror. Then, the black aura came out of the mirror in a shape of a human, and splitted into two. They slowly changed and features appeared. It's... A duplicate of Chio and Aurora!
The same thing was going on to Liange and Bakaeep, and Tykro. Only, the aura took the form of the one standing before them.
Everyone took their stance, getting ready to fight with themself. What surprise them was, the clones took the same stance as all of them. However, the clones did not hesitate even for a single second and charged right at them.
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(I'm sooo late.) Yess~ I'm in~ and I held LYCAN! :3 Lycan, Lycan, Lycan~ <333333 (Yes I know I threw him over my shoulder, but still...)
Oh! by the way, I really adore how you organized the front page with all the links and stuffies. It makes everything so much easier.
Yeah, it helps when i want to find something xD
[Chapter 24 - To beat ourselves]
Chio's clone charged at her and swung her sword down. Chio quickly used her sword to block it, but she went on her knees due to the amount of power exerted by the clone. The clone's blade glowed and a Piercing Wave was fired out. At such close range, Chio was knocked back a few metres, with a few scratches, nothing serious. Meanwhile, Aurora's clone casted many spells at her, without any delay, keeping Aurora busy with casting her magical shields.
Chio got up, and picked up her sword. Both her and her clone then charged at each other and both of them clashed in the middle of the room. Both of them were pushing forward. None of them were letting up. Chio decided to learn from the clone and used her Piercing Wave at that close distance, but to her surprise, her actions were followed and two Piercing wave crashed and caused an explosion, which blew them back further. Chio was thrown all the way across the room, and crashed on the wall. As for her clone, she slid to a stop and didn't seem to suffer any injuries. No emotions on the face and she wasn't panting.
"Chio!" Aurora shouted out.
Aurora let her guard down, and suffered an Arrow Rush right on her body, and was also blown away, and landed next to Chio. Chio struggled to get up. She help Aurora up, and wiped off some blood on her mouth, then picked up her sword again.
"Try to get them together, Aurora," Chio said. "I'll try to defeat them both at once."
Chio dashed to the right and Aurora, to the left. Chio threw a barrage of attacks at her clone without letting up, forcing the clone to keep defending. The clone's sword glowed again, and just as the Piercing Wave was about to be executed, Chio ducked down, leaving the wave of energy flying to the wall, causing a lot of debris flying everywhere.
Chio balanced on her hands and used her legs and to kick her clone backward, towards the centre of the room. The clone staggered, and Chio took the chance and swung her sword from the left and used a Tidal Slash. This pushed the clone to the centre of the room. Also, the clone suffered a deep cut on her torso. However, no emotion show on her face, and instead of blood gushing out, it was the aura. Right at the same time when Chio inflicted damage on her clone, a crack appeared on the mirror behind. The clone's wound started healing, and so did the crack.
"Seems like whatever damage inflicted will appear on the mirror too," Aurora said. "And since we can't break the mirror..."
"Then we will have to defeat them to continue on!" Chio continued.
Aurora casted a Dragon Storm in front of her to block an Arrow Rush from her clone. While defending, Aurora casted Arrow Rush, which flew through the Dragon Storm, back at the clone pushing her back. Then she casted a Lava Field right beneath the clone, and a WhirlWind around her. This forced her clone to jump up then backwards to avoid them all. The clone landed beside Chio's clone, and Aurora casted another Lava Field beneath them. As both jumped upwards to avoid the spell, Chio kicked off the ground and charged towards them. Her sword glowed a different colour, then...
"Blazing Strike!"
Chio cut through both the clones with a lot of power. The two clones changed back into the aura, and disappeared. The mirror behind them then just shattered, revealing the pathway again. Chio rubbed off the remaining blood stains off her mouth, then continued on with Aurora.
In the left room, Tykro faced off against his clone. Every shot made was countered by the other. Tykro shook his gun, and it became a gunblade. Of course, the clone did the same. Both of them clashed. At the same time, both fired a shot out, and grazed each other's shoulder. This resulted in a small crack in the mirror.
In ther centre room, Liange and Bakaeep also fought their clones. Liange used her Flamming Fist, and her clone followed. Their fists came in contact. After exerting too much power, an explosion occured, and caused a big fire in the room. Bakaeep and her clone were casting spells at each other, and dodging them together. No one could get a hit on the other.
What's going to happen now?