2 figures were fighting with everything they had inside the void of memories, a void where buildings from the memories of whoever was inside would spawn in and merge to create a temporary world.
'Shin' the 10th king who wields excalibur, his armour shining a bright gold, his bright green eyes shining greatly, he truly brought hope everywhere he went.
'Anata' a being that took the form of a human, it's powers being beyond the gods, wielding a blade that could destroy destiny itself,Leaving the gods powerless as fate could not be created or seen by anyone except it's wielder.
The world outside the void had been decimated, The worlds that once existed in peace were fighting for there life's, however all they could do was stall long enough for Shin to beat Anata.
As their blades kept on clashing, the allied forces outside were strugling against millions of massive glitching creatures. They knew they could not hold out for much longer, but they also could not get in contact with Shin who was in a seperate world. The human world was in chaos, kingdoms had fallen the world was in flames and buildings were glitching.
However the people from all the worlds fought together in the war, to prevent the monsters from reaching 'Arghan' Shin's kingdom, as it houses all the portals that leads to each world.
However fate was not with them as they were getting severly outnumbered and the allied forces were down to 5 million whilst the monsters kept on spawning. Shin felt his kingdom was in trouble but had no chance to escape as Anata's speed matched his own.
They kept on clashing and it was clear Shin was losing,he was badly injured and had a curse on him that limits his Magic usage.
"SYSTEM!" He shouted, whilst dodging the incoming attacks. A user interface panel suddenly popped up infront of him.
"KING'S DUTY!" He shouted, The system loaded for a bit before a checkmark appeared on the screen,meaning the move was activated.
In the war outside, the allied forces were losing badly, until a soldier noticed something odd in the distance, he got a closr look and was hocked as it was something that might turn the tides,He quickly rushed to the commander. 'Shira' The demon gunslinger and one of Shin's most powerful allies.
"COMMANDER SHIRA!" The soldier called out. "What is it?" She asked, her voice stern and focusing on the battle.
"THE STATUES OF THE NINE KING'S OF THIS WORLD,THEY ARE SOMEHOW APROACHING!" He stated. "WHAT!?" She replied before looking into the distance. The soldier was right, the statues that reached above the clouds were suddenly walking on their own. The statues were quickly closing in on Arghan but Shira Beieved it to be Shin's doing.
"EVERYONE RETREAT INTO THE KINGDOM NOW!" She commanded,all the soldiers outside heard the order and ran back to the kingdom and the main gate was shut, there was a massive wall that was able to hold the monsters back but not forever.
All the soldiers were sent to the top of the walls to prevent the monsters from climbing in.
The statues continued marching and were close to the kingdom, The soldiers were holding their ground quite well however one of the larger beasts jumped over the massive wall and landed inside the the outer circle of the kingdom.
the beast rushed in heading towards the most inner circle, however it did not notice that a coin had been thrown by someone and was right next to its head.
"go to hell!" Shira shouted, as she aimed her shot at the coin and fired, the bullet recochets of the coin and hits the beast penetrating it's brain and killing instantly.
The statues soon reached Arghan and suddenly the ground in Arghan started shaking, this suprised everyone in the kingdom and they all held onto something to not fall down.
Shira who was holding a lampost looked up and was shocked, The entire Kingdom was being lifted up by the nine statues.
The beasts started falling off the walls, it's claws unable to hold on for much longer.
The statues kept lifting the kingdom until it finally stoppe once it reached their stomachs.
As the ground stopped shaking,the soldiers checked the walls to make sure no beasts were still climbing jumping up to them. However after receving confirmation that they had succesfully protected the kingdom it became dead silent.
until everyone screemed in victory, they had finally won this 2 year long war. They protected Arghan at the cost of the human world, but even the humans agreed that it was a cost they were willing to pay.
however 'Lucas' a fighter and Shin's best friend noticed shira looked extremely worried, He wanted to try and comfort her but he knew why she was so worried, afterall, Shin talked about this very moment with Lucas before he went and fought Anata.
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1 DAY BEFORE
Lucas was roaming around the castle of Arghan one of the only buildings to still looks majestic even in this dire situation. It was now used as a base of operations to plan for the war. everyone's role had been decided, and Lucas would be in the frontline's as he was the second stronest swordsman, right behind Shin.
As he was raming the castle he happens to pass by Shin, he did not pa much attention to him since they were both thinking about the plan's. But as soon as he passed by Shin, Lucas stopped right in his tracks.
"Shin?, is something wrong?" He asked gently, he turned to face Shin, but shin did not turn around and replied. "Nothing is wrong why do you ask?"
However he sounded off, Shin was always taking burdens and burdens but always managed to have a smile on his face, it was what made him a great king.
And yet right now his voice was not consistent it was...cracking.
"Shin...you can tell me what's wrong" Lucas replied, his tone was gentle. He walked over to Shin and stood infront of him and saw what was going on.
"Pretty pathetic right?" Shin sobbed, He tried to crack a smile but tears were welling up in his eyes.
Lucas shook his head before responding.
"It's not, just because you are a king does not mean you always have to wear a smile"
His tone was gentle, They were more like brothers if anything, they were there for each other no matter what.
"please shin...tell me what's wrong' Lucas asked. Shin looked at him in the eye and the tears were falling onto his armor.
"I don't want to die...but i know i will..." He cried. lucas was a bit shocked by what he said but needed an explanation.
"Shin, what do you mean?" Lucas asked, he was more worried than anything now.
"Lucas...we both now i can't beat that thing...and i thought i would be fine with that...but i realized how wrong i was.." He cried. Lucas's Worried expression turned to one of realization.
"...It's because of her right?...Because of Shira?.." he asked,his gently tone returned however there was a bit of distress.
Shin smiled with tears and tried to force a laugh but failed.
"of course...i love her and i'm sure you know that Lucas, and i don't want to never be able to see her again..." Shin replied.
"But i always knew that deep down i coul not be with her...But i guess i forgot that..i mean i even bought this" He cried, before he pulled something out of his pocket and showed it to lucas.
Lucas was shocked and yet he felt an unimaginable amount of pain surge through his body. what Shin held was a small box, that was covered in a nice red cloth and had a small ribbon attached.
'I-is that what i think it is?" Lucas asked with worry.
Shin nodded the tears were flowing even more, Lucas who had been alongside Shin for his entire journey knew one thing, His smiles were for the people, but not himself.
in truth shin always looked down when no one was around, And Lucas only knew this as he sometime saw Shin looked depressed but the moment Shin noticed him he smiled.
And yet whenever he saw Shira with Shin he was genuinely happy, sometimes Shin would have to wait for her but he did not stop smiling.
So it pained Lucas that Shin, Someone he saw as a brother would die alone.
"Shin..." He said, but he had no idea what to say as he was heartbroken.
"It's alright...but promise me one thing Lucas" he pleaded,he wiped his tears and Lucas nodded not being able to say anything.
Shin suddenly grabbed Lucas's arm and pulled it to himself, before forcibly opening his palm and placing the small box on his hand and Pushing his hand to his chest.
"promise me...you will give this to her after i die okay?" shin begged him, his eyes were still a bit watery and red from the tears.
"Alright...i promise"
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THE PRESENT
Shin and Anata kept on fighting, while The people on Arghan were celebrating except for Shira who was extremly worried, and Lucas who watched her from a distance in sadness before looking away.
The fight continued on until it finally reached it's climax. Shin had an entire sword lodged into his chest And Anata looked at him sinisterly with a smile.
"You were strong King, Just not strong enough" It said as it pulled it's sword out of Shin letting his body collapse to the ground on it's own.
Shin was not making it out alive and he knew that, so he had one last move to use.
"System...King's seal..."he said in his last breath before his body was limp. Anata heard that and was ready for anything to happen when suddenly Multiple Glowing chain's started latching onto Anata.
"WHAT!?" It screamed as it tried to break free from the grasps of the chains, The chains however kept on coming and Anata's attacks grew weaker with each chain, Until finally, the chains had binded him and trapped him in the void.
A portal appeared under Shin's lifeless corpse and he was sent out of the Void leaving only Anata the sole prisoner trapped as the void had permanently locked itself.
In Arghan a loud crash could be heard on the ground which only a few people heard.
Shira using her wings quickly flew down to check on what it was, Lucas tried to stop her but failed and followed her instead using his ability 'Skywalk'.
As they got closer to the ground they realized all the beasts had somehow died, which signified Anata's defeat.
So as they landed on the ground there was dust blocking the view off what had crashed down, They both moved through the dust and Shira soon saw what it was.
Instantly tears welled up in her eyes,She dropped her revolver and could barely believe what she was seeing.
She knelled down to Shin's corpse and checked for a heartbeat but heard none, But she did not give up, she tried everything.
She tried giving him some of her mana, or using the best Healing spells she knew, even begging Shin's powerful weapon 'excalibur' to help, but his sword's glow started dimming rapidly until the once powerful weapon, stopped emmiting any mana.
"SHIN!,PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!" She cried outloud, Holding his body placingher face on his chest.
"PLEASE!, I'LL DO ANYTHING!, JUST COME BACK!" She could only cry loudly now, as he was truly dead,She hugged the body as tightly as she could knowing he would not come back no mater what she did.
Lucas wanted to comfort her, but how could he do that when tears were welling up in his own eyes?. Lucas could only cover his eyes, as his best friend-no...brother had passed away, No matter how much time Lucas had to prepare for this, he would have cried anyways.
After a while, they both went back to Arghan whilst Shira higged Shin's body as she flew and Lucas tried his best to stop his tears.
As they arrived they could hear the celebrationsand people were throwing parties, drinking beer and dancing.
that all changed when Shira and Lucas walked further in. The people stopped celebrating the moment they saw what Shira was hugging, they all froze in shock and many of the ciizens felt saddened by what they saw.
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DAY AFTER
The biggest funeral in the world had been held in the 9th World: 'Land of the kings' A beutiful word with flowers everywher and a massive temple where each king was buried and where excalibur was protected before Shin managed to pull it out the pedestal.
a majority of the worlds had attended the funeral,there were so many people that most had to stand outside the temple due to how crowded it was, But the people did were fine with that, They all respected Shin as a king and friend.
Soon after the funeral Shira left alone back to the demon world and it had been hours after the funeral ended, it was 11 PM Ans She was drinking alone at a bar while crying a bit.
Lucas of course found her easily and sat next to her. "What is it Lucas?" She asked whilst chugging down an entire beer in one go.
Lucas did not speak but instead pulled a small box out of his pocket and placed it on the Bar counter and pushes it infront of her.
"he left this for you Shira...take good care of it" He said, his voice cracking but he refused to cry again and just left the bar, leaving shira alone.
Shira placed the glass of beer down and held the box in her hands, She opens it and could only slam it back down on the counter as she cried once more, She slowly reached for the item inside of the box and tried it on her finger, The ring fit perfectly on her, And it reminded her of Shin as it had an emerald gem attached to it.
Under the ring she found a note and read it to herself.
"will you marry me? :D" it said with a drawing of a revolver and coin on each corner of the paper, clearly supposed to be a drawing of Shira's revelover and coins.
She chuckled a bit, her tears were slowing down and she mumbled something to herself.
"Yes"