Chapter 18: Tomo Vs De Reaper
“I will show you that all my training wasn’t for nothing Sensei! I will beat you!”(Tomo)
Saying that Tomo jumps at me from across the room. ‘Booom’ ‘Cling’ ‘Cling’ Jumping backwards I avoid her heavy hit that destroyed part of the floor. She then jumps after me and performs to quick stabs that I block with my swords. Landing on the street I drop my swords and throw two dozen shadow daggers. As they fly at her the clear sky becomes cloudy and it starts raining heavily.
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* Several thousand years later -
“Wait. Wait. Wait. It just randomly started raining? No warning. Just boom! Rain.”(Crescendo)
“Yup. Just all out of the blue. The worst part was? The rain cloud wasn't even that big. It was just big enough to be able to rain on us. Then it would grow or shrink according to our distance. it even followed us around”(Diuscrucis)
“I wonder why that happened?”(Crescendo)
“Me too but I’m pretty sure who caused it. ‘Side glance’ Death.”(Diuscrucis)
‘Shaking hands and head’ “Wo. Wo. Come on man. Do I really seem like the kind of guy who would do that to his friends while they're having an epic battle?”(Death)
“Yes. Yes you do. You are exactly that kind of person. You would do it when it’s the most inconvenient and you would do it with a smile on your skull.”(Diuscrucis)
“Can you two stop arguing and continue the story. I’m still waiting for his long awaited sex scene with Tomo.”(Crescendo)
“Ya ya. Now where was I?”(Diuscrucis)
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* Several thousand years earlier -
It started raining so my daggers started to slow down in the air. Taking this opportunity, Tomo swings her weapon to eliminate the daggers. Using her side swing to move her weapon into position, She dashes at me again with her weapon turned a little to the side. ‘Clang’ Summoning a tower shield to block her attack. I step to the left as her weapon goes through my shield. Seeing me step to the side, Tomo changes her thrust into a slash as she used her forward momentum to move past the shield and swing towards my side. Seeing her attack I jump and perform a horizontal fouetté over her weapon. As I do so I swing a shadow sword diagonally in order to hit her. As my sword approached her, she dropped to her knees and leaned back in order to avoid it. Before I hit the floor, she performs a complete spin and brings her sword upwards in a reverse hacking motion. ‘Cling’ Using my sword to block the attack, I let the force of the blow push me back. ‘Splash’ Landing a few meters away I watch as Tomo immediately jumps after me and swings her sword downward. ‘Boom’ ‘boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ “Boom’ ‘Clang’ ‘Splash’ Creating a shadow and ice shield to slow her down. I also summon three more tower shields in front of my imperfect ice shield to serve as my last line of defense. Creating my last shield I see her cut right through all my defenses but is stopped at the wall made of red ice. The ice starts to cracks but the wall still stands.
{She’s to much stronger compared to the last time I fought her! Lulu!}(Diuscrucis)
{I’m on it Dad!}(Lulu)
Status
Name: Tomamas Revaline(Tomo)
Age: 19
Profession: Bounty Hunter(Master rank)
Level: 339
{What the actual hell! She got this strong in about a year's time of training and collecting bounties?! It looks like I’ve underestimated her to much. It looks like I need to start fighting her seriously.}(Diuscrucis)
{Good luck!}(Lulu)
Jumping back a few meters I shapeshifter into a more battle oriented appearance. My teeth turned sharp and jagged. I became covered in dark purple scales. I grew out my self created skeleton wings and move them so they only spread out by two and a half feet. My eyes turned golden with purple outlining my serpent like pupil. My hands turn into claws and the toes on my feet grow talons. Summoning a greatsword, I jump at Tomo the moment she breaks through the wall. ‘Boom’ ‘Cling’ ‘Splash’ ‘Cling’ ‘Cling’ Shattering the ice in front of her, Tomo brings her weapon up to defend herself from my attack. Landing in front of her I make two quick swings before jumping back several meters into the sky. ‘Swoosh’ ‘Swoosh’ Blocking my attacks Tomo gets ready to follow me but jumps backwards when two spears erupt from the ground and fly at me. Spreading out my wings, I start flapping them and fly over the incoming spears. Lifting my hand up into the air I force the spears to stop and turn around. Pointing them at Tomo I summon several hundred more and surround her with them. Pointing a finger at Tomo I smile.
‘Smug grin’ “Dodge this. Flame enhancement! Energy tracking!”(Diuscrucis) ‘Snap’
‘Scowl’ “This is new.”(Tomo)
Casting my spells, I snap my fingers and all the white flaming spears start flying at Tomo.
“Hmm!”(Tomo)
‘Splash’ ‘Cling’ ‘Cling’ ‘Cling’ ‘Boom’ ‘Splash’ ‘Cling’ Taking a heavy step forward Tomo makes three wide swings and blows away my spears by the dozen. When one of my spears skimmed her shoulder, it exploded and blew her several meters to the side. Regaining her footing the moment she touched the ground she immediately went back to deflecting the spears as they came at her. Taking this opportunity to attack her, I fly straight at Tomo. ‘Cling’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ Swinging my sword at her from behind I distracted her just long enough for her to be blown away by several more spears. ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Swoosh’ ‘swoosh’ ‘swoosh’ After being tossed around in the air for a few seconds Tomo Spins in the air and deflect most of the spears in her vicinity. While she does she fires three of the spikes on her belt. ‘Splash’ Retracting my wings I land a do misshapen backflip to avoid her improv bullets. Landing again I change my grip on the sword and throw it directly at the spot where she is going to land. Moving only slightly to the left, Tomo gets out of the way of the approaching sword and gets back to deflecting the spears.
‘Spluur’ “Electro explosion.”(Diuscrucis) ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’
“Aaaaahhh!!”(Tomo) ‘Boom’ ‘Crash’ ‘Splash’
As my sword passed Tomo I used my magic to force it to spin in circles. This caused the blade to cut a few inches into Tomo’s side and drew blood. When the blade finished passed her I forced it into an electrical explosion. This caused electricity to flow through the water filled air and into both Tomo and the last dozen or so spears that were still following her. As she tries to get back up off the floor I create a hammer several feet above her back and send it crashing into her. This resulted in a four foot crater being created with her at the center of it. While she tries to get her bloody body off the floor I rearm the 400 or so spears she deflected earlier.
“I have to give you some credit Tomo. Not many people can take this many of my attacks and keep going. You are easily much stronger than the last time we fought. I even had to start fighting you seriously. But this is the end. You lose!”(Diuscrucis) ‘snap’ ‘Swoosh’ ‘Swoosh’ ‘Swoosh’
‘Mumble’ ‘Mumble’ “Rroooooaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!”(Tomo) ‘Boooooom!’
“Wooo!”(Diuscrucis) ‘Boom’ ‘Crumble’ ‘Splash’
Snapping my fingers I have all the spears fly at her again. As they do I notice Tomo mumbling something and then she roars at the top of her lungs. As she does a green shockwave radiates out from her and slams into everything. All the spears were destroyed upon impact with the shockwave and I was thrown into a wall that then collapsed on top of me. As I flew back I saw a golden outline of a lion’s head appear in front of Tomo. After pulling myself out of the rubble I see a huge spectral lion of a man standing behind her. He is easily seven feet tall and is wearing a silver suit. He looks like a muscular old man but his piercing red eyes say otherwise. After locking eyes with him for a few seconds I notice the notification that just popped up.
Notice
You are under the effects of “Call of the Queen” Since You are an enemy of the user, you suffer a random bad luck status. You also can only use 60% of your full power until the end of the battle.
{Dad! Bad news!}(Lulu)
{What is it?}(Diuscrucis)
{Your karma is increasing rapidly! The bad kind!}(Lulu)
“Oh for fucks sake!”(Diuscrucis)
Notice
Curse “Bad End” has activated. All karma has been used. You will now suffer the bad end of the villain.
This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
So does this mean I am going to die because of a stupid decision? Looking at Tomo I see all of her wounds closing up.
“Oh that’s just cheating. You get a full on heal spell now? Hmm. ‘Yell’ Yo! Old man! Who are you supposed to be?”(Diuscrucis)
Looking at the specter behind Tomo, I see him nod and pull out two double bladed battle axes. One for each of his hands. Taking a stance behind Tomo they both look like they are waiting for me to come to them. Still. This guy just appeared out of nowhere and he seems to know Tomo. This means that they are acquaintances or…..
“Your Albion aren't you?”(Diusrucis)
A smirk was the only response he offered me.
{Ha ha! Are you seeing this Lulu? The living weapon experiment actually worked! Now let’s see what it can do!}(Diuscrucis)
{Dad!.......... I ca……....... something…… careful…… danger….}(Lulu)
{Lulu! What’s happening?! You're breaking up!}(Diuscrucis)
{..............}(Lulu)
‘Sigh’ Fine. It looks like I’m on my own. Now how am I going to deal with a specter? Oh fuck it! We'll just beat them to death!
“Let’s see how you handle this. Fire enhancement. Wind boost. Steel skin. Force boost.”(Diuscrucis) ‘Spash’ ‘Swoooom’ ‘Thud’ ’Booom’ ‘Splash’
Setting our hands and feet on fire, we give ourselves a speed, power and defence boost. After taking a step forward we fly directly at them. Seeing Tomo swing down her weapon diagonally, we jump on the hammer section of her blade and use it as a stepping stone to attack the man behind her.
“Sorry kid but we have no intention of sliding in this rain!”(Diuscrucis) ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’
After pushing Albion back a few steps with the force of our attack, we immediately swing our left arm back and block Tomo’s downward swing. Now with our attention split between them, they attack us from both sides. Keeping them to our left and right. We fight off both of their attacks simultaneously with punches, kicks and quick spins to get more power behind our blows. After a minute or so of this we did a partial backflip over one of Tomo’s swings and landed on our hands. Jumping back to our feet we turn towards albion and tackle him into a wall. While he was pulling himself out of it we run at Tomo and force her into the defencive.
‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘Clang’ ‘clang’ ‘Swoom’ ‘boom’ “ugga! ‘Booom!’ kaaa!”(Tomo) ‘Splash’ ‘Cough’ ‘Cough’ ‘Cling cling cling’
“Rraaaaaaa!!”(Diuscrucis)
Swinging our claws at her Tomo blocks our attacks multiple times. As she continues to block our attacks we swipe our tail under her feet and force her to start falling on her side. As she does we perform a roundhouse kick into her chest and send her flying. Following after her we jump on her weapon the moment her back fully touches the floor so we can add its weight the the force landing on her chest. Getting off her chest we kick her weapon several meters away and turn to face the running mass of muscle behind us.
‘Baaaaang!!!’ ‘Swoosh’ ‘Splurr’ ‘spluur’ “Aaahhhh!”(Albion)
“Die…”(Diuscrucis) ‘Splurrrr’ “Splash’
Running at him we swung our right claw into his right axe and caused a shockwave that blew away all the buildings that were immediately around us. As we pushed his right blade back he swung his left blade at us. Performing a spinning crouch to avoid it, we swung a claw into his side. Then as we stood up we brought down our claws and cut off his arms. After he screamed and dropped to his knees we chopped of his head. A few moments after the ghostly corpse collapsed onto the floor, it turned into green energy and flew into Tomo’s weapon. Glancing at Tomo we see her dragging herself across the floor and towards her weapon. Canceling our magic we slowly follow Tomo as she approaches her weapon. When she is finally within arms reach of it we pick it up as she touches it and turn her over onto her back.
‘Boom’ “Aaahhhhhh!!!!”(Tomo)
Flying into the air we spin the weapon around Throw it directly into her chest and nail her to the floor. Landing next to her we Pull off her bandana and tie it to the end of her spear. Taking a step back to admire the wet and bloody scene, we smile.
“Ha! Ha! Haaa! Any last words before we finish wiping the floor with you?!”(Diuscrucis)
‘Soft giggles’ ‘cough’ ‘cough’ “Ya….I…..win……. Fire.”(Tomo)
“Fire?”(Diuscrucis) ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’ ‘Splur’
Where the fuck did these arrows come from? ‘Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!’ Fuck.
“AaaaaaAAaaaaAAaaaaaaaAAAaaaaaaaHHHHHHhhhhhhhhHHHhhhAaAAAAAAaaaaahhHhH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Diuscrucis)
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* Several thousand years later
“After the electrocution, I died.”(Diuscrucis)
“I have to admit that that was one of the best fights I have ever seen in person. It’s a shame I lost the bet though. No matter. I’m sure Tomo used the karma well.”(Death)
“You made a bet with Tomo?”(Diuscrucis)
“Ya. When she asked for my help to find you we made a bet on who would win the fight. If you win then I get all her credits. All 63 million of it. If she wins then she receives a massive amount of my good karma.”(Death)
“You know. Even after all this time. I never learned who shot those arrows.”(Diuscrucis)
“Oh. I can explain that. When Tomo released that shockwave. It traveled through all of west zone.”(Death)
“All of it?!”(Diuscrucis)
“Yup. After it did, every single bounty hunter under master rank rushed towards your location. When they got there, they waited out of sight until the end and fired all of their electric arrows at you. By the time you went down. You were already a two legged pin cushion.”(Death)
“Wow.”(Descrucis)
“Wait. if she won. Then you must have not blown up west zone. Then why was west zone still blown up on that night? Doesn’t that mean you broke your promise to her?”(Samantha) ‘chew’ ‘chew’ ‘chew’
“Firstly, there was no promise. Secondly, I didn’t blow it up.”(Diuscrucis)
“Then how did it happen?”(Samantha)
“Ha! Ha! Ha!”(Death)
“Well…….”(Diuscrucis)
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* Several thousand years earlier
* Twelve or so minutes after the big fight
Getting my hole ridden body off the floor I pull the spear out of Tomo.
“Sorry about that. I don’t know what got over me.”(Diuscrucis)
‘Panicked voice’ {Dad! Are you ok?! What happened to Tomo!? I couldn’t see or hear anything after the curse kicked in!}(Lulu)
{Calm down Lulu. Everything is fine now. There was just a little incident but everything is better now. The curse is no longer in effect.}(Diuscrucis)
‘Relieved voice’ {That's good. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen again.}(Lulu)
{Ya. Let’s.}(Diuscrucis)
Dropping Tomo’s weapon into my shadow. I pick her up in a princess carry and prepare to teleport us to the castle. Before I do, I feel Tomo nussle up closer to me and mumbles something I couldn’t quite make out. When I reach the castle, the rain is nowhere to be seen. Walking inside I take Tomo directly to her room. As I approach her room Tomo seems to panic and tries to squirm out of my arms.
“I’m good! I’m up!”(Tomo)
Hearing this I just drop her to the floor. Getting up she glares at me before talking.
“You shouldn’t just drop the girl you're carrying Sensei!”(Tomo)
“After this fight I don’t deserve to be called that. You have grown far stronger in a single year than I could have ever hoped for. I’m actually vary proud of you. So don’t call me Sensei anymore. You're obviously a hero now and in a few more years, I wouldn’t be surprised if you are the one being called Sensei.”(Diuscrucis)
‘Blush’ ‘Fidget’ “I appreciate you saying that Sens… I mean Reaper… ‘Small shout’ Still! I won our fight and now you can’t blow up west zone anymore.”(Tomo)
‘Fanning my face with my hand’ “Ya ya. I won’t blow it up.”(Diuscrucis)
‘Radiant smile’ “Good! Then I am going to start my first evolution. Please don’t do anything to ruin it for me.”(Tomo)
“I won’t. Good luck.”(Diuscrucis)
“Thanks….”(Tomo)
Saying her thanks Tomo looks at me like she wants to say something else but instead she just turns around and enters her room. After I see a blue light shining out from under her door I take out my phone and call Death as I head towards a window.
“Hello.”(Death)
“Yo Death. Can you press the button on the box I gave you?”(Diuscrucis)
“Ya sure.”(Death) ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’ ‘Boom’
Notice
Level has increased from 390 to 733
All proficiencies have greatly increased.
Notice
Due to your actions of judging a large area of souls as guilty and delivering justice, many have grown to fear whoever is capable of causing such a calamity. Your “Horseman of Death” profession has now increased from Novice rank to Beginner rank. You can now freely travel between realms.
After a few seconds of explosions, I see fire outside my window and hear explosions through the phone.
“Huh. I gained a level.”(Death)
“You're welcome.”(Discrucis)
Hanging up the phone I continue looking out the window for a few more minutes until I see a black cloud flying straight for the front door.
“Looks like I have a visitor.”(Descrucis)