Chapter 5:I'm Pinocchio
“I’ll just kill all of you.”(Diuscrucis)
After he said these words, all hell broke loose. The smoke around him exploded and a few second later a huge 20 ft tall, red skinned demon with four black furred goat legs and two large white horns stepped out.
“Stop gawking and run!”(Suzi)
Grabbing me by the waist Suzi flipped me over her shoulder and while carrying me she ran toward the arena exit. With my legs dangling I needed to push myself off of her back to look at the scene behind her and what I saw was a bloodbath. Most of the people who were on the arena floor are already dead. Most of the spectators were running for the exit and those who stayed attacked him with everything they had. Hundreds of Angels were coming from all directions to fight him. Several high ranking gods such as Zeus, Artemis, and Poseidon are attacking him with magical attacks. Elves are firing multicolored arrows. The humans are just firing guns, and the demons are just charging at him with everything they have. It has only been a few seconds but I can already tell that the death count is rising quickly and Diuscrucis doesn't even look hurt. When Suzi reached the end of the arena floor, she jumped straight up and over the wall. As we were going over the wall I saw a blond dude with gold armor raise his hand from atop the end of the stands and hundreds of weapons materialized out of nowhere shooting toward Diuscrucis.
‘Whispered’ “Who is that?”(Star)
“You say something!?”(Suzi)
“Ya! Where are we going? And stop groping my butt!”(Star)
“The old cathedral! We should be safe in there for a while!”(Suzi)
“I thought demons couldn’t enter holy places? Something about them bursting into flames or whatnot.”(Star)
“We can’t! However I know a way around that small detail!”(Suzi)
After going through the air for a few seconds Suzi landed on a tall metal building. Taking a deep breath she continued to hop from building to building for several minutes at fairly high speeds. After a while we landed inside a large bell tower and she dropped me to the floor. The bell tower is gray with an oversized gold bell hanging in the center. The other three towers around the cream center building look the same. After a second she started to stagger forward as white steam started to rapidly come off of her. Before I could get up and ask what was wrong she took out a bottle of transparent-ish black liquid and drank it. Moments later the white steam stopped and I saw that parts of her flesh looked like they were boiled off, before it started to rapidly heal.
“See? I told you I had a way around it! Now come on. We need to create a plan and I want to talk to you in a more private location.”(Suzi)
After saying that a blue haired angelic figure came out from behind the giant bell.
“I can never hide from you can I?”(Samantha)
“I’ve mastered stalking. Unless you're made of nothing, I can sense you.”(Suzi)
“Whatever. Come on. Our plan has been severely derailed but all this can still be used to our advantage.”(Samantha)
“How?”(Star)
“I picked up an annoying pest who claimed he could help us in turning this around.”(Samantha)
“Lead the way.”(Suzi)
After I got off the floor we all walked down a spiral staircase. After walking through several hallways that seemed far more advanced than the old stone building would have you think, we entered a large reception area where groups of people gather to pray to their gods. In the center of the room is a large 14 ft tall marble cross with a man nailed to it. Sitting on the floor next to the cross was a tall pale skinned, blond hair, blue eyed elf man who looked worn out.
“Old man!?”(Suzi)
“I’m only 250 years old damn it! Stop calling me old!”(Elf man)
“A wood elf? That’s rare.”(Star)
Getting off the floor the elf man walked up to me with a smile.
“Hey beautiful. The names Pinocchio. What’s yours?”(Pinocchio)
“Oh my god…..”(Star)
“My god. Star is all flustered! I didn’t think she had this bad of taste in men. Old man how'd you do it?”(Suzi)
“I’m not old! Besides she isn’t flustered. She looks more like she has just had an epiphany.”(Pinocchio)
“Suzi we need to have a talk.”(Star)
Snapping out of my trance I grab Suzi and pull her out of the room. We walk for a few minutes and enter a black room with a red queen sized bed.
“This should be private enough.”(Star)
“Indeed it is.” ‘Click’ “Now let's get down to business.”(Suzi)
Turning around I see her stripping out of her cloths after she locked the door.
“No! Not that! Not now! Now is not the time! Get your head out of the gutter damn it, you perverted demon! I just wanted to talk!”(Star)
“ Oh! So you're willing to do it latter then?”(Suzi)
“No!”(Star)
“Man you're full of mixed signals. Hmmm. How challenging your making this is kind of exciting. I can’t wait until you finally give in. Anyway let’s talk. There are things I wanted to ask you.”(Suzi)
Saying that she plops on the bed shirtless and waits for me to start talking. Dropping to the floor I lean against the door and watch Suzi Sit up on the bed before I start speaking.
‘Sigh’ “I can’t believe I just met The Pinocchio. I knew my job would let me know what really happened to him but, I never thought I’d meet him in person.”(Star)
“What? He becomes famous in your time period or something?”(Suzi)
“Ya he does. He is one of the more well known fairy tales after “The Little Red Riding Hood”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and “Sleeping beauty”. I never thought of him being a playboy was actually true.”(Star)
“Those sound like terrible stories…. Wait... he becomes famous? Do I become famous!?”(Suzi)
“As far as I know, You only got famous enough to be in the history books. No stories have you in it.”(Star)
“I see. At least now I know why you looked like a girl who has fallen in love at first sight. Poor choice in men by the way.”(Suzi)
“I did not fall in love with him! Besides…. At least I’m not in love with my own brother.”(Star)
After I said that Suzi’s face froze. Her eyes dimmed into a foggy dark red and she started to release killing intent in such a way that the bed was rotting under her.
“Are you implying something Star?"(Suzi)
“Only that we both have bad tastes.”(Star)
‘Loss of interest’ “.......Good. I thought we were about to have a problem. Now tell me how you learned [History’s Right] and why can’t I see most of your status.”(Suzi)
“You taught me how to do both.”(Star)
“.....What?”(Suzi)
“You're the one who taught me almost everything I know. Most of my masteries and skills I have, I learned from you. The only skill you didn’t teach me was [Dragon’s Eye] and that's because I use it to see my target instead of see “the flow of the world” as you call it.”(Star)
“My god! Are you my daughter?!”(Suzi)
“No. I’m adopted.”(Star)
“Oh… Then we're fine then. Now my [Dragon’s Eye] let's me see the flow of the world around me. Things like time, magic, life, souls, even intentions just to name a few. What does yours do exactly.”(Suzi)
I can’t help but notice how she played off wanting to fuck me. It almost sounded like she still wants to.
“I can see my specific target through any material and some of the world around them as long as they are within 500km of where I am located.”(Star)
“That sounds like an overpowered sniping ability.”(Suzi)
‘Knock’ ‘knock’
A short time later we heard knocking on the door. Followed by an annoyed voice.
“Yo! Suzi! You have a visitor and Pinocchio has something that your weakling friend could use. Now hurry up and get out of my room!”(Samantha)
“Coming! Let’s go Star. We still need to stop my brother and have a three-way.”(Suzi)
“Not happening Suzi and why a three-way?”(Star)
‘Giggle’ “.........”(Suzi)
“Hello?”(Star)
“Seriously? Not going to answer?(Star)
After leaving the room we walked back to the main hall where everyone was waiting for us. Samantha was kneeling and praying in front of the cross. Pinocchio was flirting with the black knight from earlier and she was blushing. Walking up to Pinocchio I punched him in the face before looking at Suzi who was laughing her ass off.
“What did you do that for?”(Pinocchio)
“To help teach you that if you keep acting like this you will cause nothing but trouble. Now what's your name miss?”(Star)
“Please just call me Mrs. White.”(Snow)
Holy Shit! I so hope this is who I think it is.
“It’s good to meet you Mrs. White. Pinocchio what is the thing you wanted to show me?”(Star)
While rubbing his bloody nose, out of nowhere Pinocchio pulled out a sky blue walking stick that looks identical to the one Old Blue was using. Just without the hand grip at the top.
“I call this baby Whale. When struck against an enemy it ignores all defenses and is capable of destroying the person’s very soul. If we use it against Suzi’s brother then we can take him out in one hit.”(Pinocchio)
“The only catch is we need to hit his chest dead center or we might not kill him. Not to mention he’s a moving target so if we miss or worse, graze him……..... We only got one shot so don’t miss.(Samantha)
Samantha stood up and walked toward us with a grim expression after saying that.
“I can understand that but, why whale?”(Star)
“Simple. When I was a hundred and fifty years younger I started creating this weapon. At the time my friend Jiminy was helping me pay for the house we shared. While I was making this thing, he was living a party life that he tried to get me to join. His parties grew bigger and louder to the point that high nobles were trying to kill him just to make him stop. After a while we started drifting apart. I slowly stopped talking to him as often and he stopped visiting as frequently. I was so busy working that I didn't notice that he needed my help and………….. When I finished making this thing I went out looking for Jiminy. When I visited his room I found a letter that……. I don’t want to say what was on there but, after that I desperately looked for him. After about a week of searching I found his half eaten corpse washed up by a river. I gave my friend a proper burial shortly afterwards. Looking at his grave I was tempted to destroy this stick that inadvertently caused the death of my best friend. However, after a short time I decided to keep it. I named it Whale because like a whale that consumes all who try and oppose it. This weapon consumed me because I tried creating it. Now it is a reminder that I have to live for both of us.”(Pinocchio)
‘Blank stares’ “.......That's dark.”(White, Suzi, Star)
“Why would you tell us that? You could have just said that it was something you didn’t want to talk about.”(Star)
“If I die here I want to at least let someone know what happened in my past.”(Pinocchio)
“Meh… I’ve heard worse.”(Samantha)
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What the hell?
“Ok now that we have all introduced ourselves, I have a plan. First off Samantha I need you to do something for me.”(Suzi)
“You know full well I can’t fight your brother even if I wanted to Suzi. I’m a regular valkyrie and don’t have the jurisdiction to participate in the fight.”(Samantha)
“I wasn’t going to ask you to fight him. I was going to ask you to protect Mrs. White here. She is going to be fighting him. Well more like lure him to a position so we can kill him. I wanted you to protect her soul so that when all of this is over I can bring her back from the dead.”(Suzi)
“It won't be hard to hide just one soul from the gods at this rate so, consider it done.”(Samantha)
“Secondly Star, Pinocchio, and I will be several hundred kilometers away to snipe him with whale when he reaches the ideal location.”(Suzi)
“And where might that be?”(White)
“All the streets are in a twisted jigsaw pattern. There is no way you can get a clear shot from hundreds of kilometers away.”(Samantha)
“Yes we do. The street directly in front of the Great Library has a straight line of sight for close to 515 kilometers, from it to one of the shopping districts. I admit that the space the shot needs to go through is only a few inches wide but, it is still a straight shot. We even have the ideal person to do it.”(Suzi)
“I can make the shot if he is within 500 km however why do we need such a distance to shoot from? Can’t we shoot him from closer up?”(Star)
“My brother can sense magic from a little over 300 km away and the only way we can hit him is with magic. From outside his range we can continually charge a weapon to fire Whale fast and far enough to reach him before he can get out of the way. Hopefully.”(Suzi)
“Hopefully?....Well I know the streets of this city fairly well so come on White, I will be helping guide you to the sniping location. The rest of you start moving. I can already feel the death count in the millions and several lesser gods are already dead.”(Samantha)
“She is right. If we don’t hurry we might not get a chance to fire before he comes for us.”(Pinocchio)
Everyone left the cathedral and split up to get our respective jobs done. Before I left the cathedral I changed my title to “Life gambler” because I feel like I’m going to need it. Suzi, Pinocchio, and I went to a giant generic library building and climbed the wall to the platform on the second floor. Setting up the crossbow I got at the arena I looked for that straight shot that Suzi was talking about.
“Are we seriously going to fire my weapon from a little crossbow?”(Pinocchio)
“Don’t underestimate the power of that crossbow old man. Star what do you need us to do in order for you to make this shot?”(Suzi)
“Fuck you!”(Pinocchio)
“You wish you could!"(Suzi)
“Both of you shut up! You can fight with each other after we're done here!”(Star)
“Sorry.”(Easily distracted duo)
“Pinocchio give me Whale. Now I want both of you to take several steps back so I won't have you breathing down my neck. After you do that concentrate all your magic into the crossbow and don’t stop until I fire.”(Star)
“Yes ma’am.”(Pinocchio)
“Don’t miss Star. We only got one chance at this.”(Suzi)
After using [Dragon’s Eye] I found the gap Suzi was talking about and started charging the crossbow with magic as we waited. After several minutes the bow started vibrating and produced electricity that flowed around an ever growing electrical sphere around the bow. A few minutes after that I spotted the giant demon killing angels and fighting a black knight who was luring him, so he would be within range of my shot. As time past and they went between buildings and back in the line of fire, the electrical sphere was rapidly changing colors and was burning like hell. It took up most of my arms, breasts, and part of my face but I still needed to keep a look out for when I could fire. After a few more minutes they were back in my line of sight but not close enough for me to take the shot however, Mrs. White was in really bad shape. Her spear was nowhere to be seen and her armor was broken in several places along her arms and torso. Soon after Diuscrucis grabbed one of her arms and used that to pull the rest of her towards him. He then grabbed both her legs and arms before pulling them to tear her in half. All her blood and guts just poured out of the center of her before he dropped the corpse to the floor. When he then roared into the sky I fired the crossbow and everything immediately went black……….
‘Boooooooooom’ ‘swuuuuuushhhhhhhh’ “Aaaaahhhhhhhhh”
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- Some time later -
“So their dead huh?”(???)
“Ya. Now that this whole mess is over with I need to head back to Heaven. My report isn’t going to write itself. See you soon….Partner.”(???)
Huh? Who's talking. Ow. My everything hurts.
“Hey look she’s waking up.”(???)
“Where am I?”(Star)
‘Yelling at the top of her lungs’ “YOU'RE IN HELL!!!!!!!”(Suzi)
“.........................................”(Star)
The first thing I see is a huge smile on Suzi’s face. After we stare at each other in silence for a few seconds both her and Pinocchio started laughing historically. The second thing I saw was everything in front of the library looked like a tornado shot through it. Entire buildings that were there were completely wiped out and wreckage was everywhere. The late setting sun in the background made me expect to see someone in the distance walking away toward it for dramatically affect.
“My god you're right that was hilarious.”(Pinocchio)
“I know right? That face of cheer confusion was priceless and my god!.... Your boobs are a shit ton smaller. They actually look like their proper barely milf worthy sized. Now my red haired friend come on, we have to walk and talk.”(Suzi)
Getting up from the makeshift bed I was on we all walked towards the ruins of the arena as Suzi filled me in on what happened.
“Well good news is that your shot hit my brother. Bad news is that it destroyed Whale, the crossbow, part of Dinsor, and you barely killed him.”(Suzi)
“How”(Star)
“Simple. When you fired the bow it created a huge shockwave that made a huge fissure in the ground that went 30 feet deep. Firing basically disintegrated the bow and the sphere blew up destroying your arms, boobs most of your face and the the only reason you're still alive is because of the glowing velvet cross in your pocket. While it was glowing you rapidly healed and your clothing was repaired like nothing happened. The only reason we're safe is because as the sphere grew bigger we got farther and farther away from you. I tried touching the cross but my hand burst into white flames while it fazed through it. Damned stuff stayed burning for close to an hour! When whale left the crossbow it shot forward and left ruin in its wake. Buildings were literally blown away by the force of that stick and soon the blown away building pieces seemed to fly after it toward my brother. Whale hit his left shoulder right above his heart and exploded. Then everything else hit him. That is probably the only reason he died.”(Suzi)
“ I see.”(Star)
When we reached the arena we went to were the Devil’s corpse was lying and Suzi dropped something on it that caused the corpse to start burning to dust. After a couple of seconds she started talking.
“Looks like everything turned out alright in the end. My brother is temporarily dead and I now control the entirety of Hell.”(Suzi)
“Temporarily?”(Pinocchio)
“Yes. Temporarily. He was killed from flying debri and not by your weapon. This means that he is currently in the Underworld and when he claws his way out he will not be happy to know the truth about what happened here. Because of this I need to prepare to capture and train him into my personal, obedient, lover.”(Suzi)
“Gross.”(Star)
“Wait! You planned all this?!”(Pinocchio)
“Of course I did. I have plans for this place and I couldn’t have my mother trying to stop me. Now Pinocchio I could use your help.”(Suzi)
“Oh. Using my name now? Who are you and what have you done to the lustful demon I hate so much?”(Pinocchio)
“Ha. Ha. Vary funny…. I want to recruit you to be one of the generals in my army.”(Suzi)
“Why and what will you give me in return?”(Pinocchio)
“I want you as my general because of your statue making skills. Let's just say I have need of someone with your talents. You will be paid in a set amount of land for your own personal use. You will also be given unlimited access to resources to create what you want, when you want, how you want. All I ask in return is your undying loyalty and cooperation.”(Suzi)
“Hmmm. If that's all then order me as you wish. I will follow your every command Suzi or should I say Devil?”(Pinocchio)
While they were talking the corpse finished burning and what was left in the ashes was a statue of a man surrounded by women while he carried a sword and a skull in each hand respectively.
‘Whisper’ “Isn’t that the gift she got from Diuscrucis?”(Star)
Looking at the other two it was easy to see that they couldn’t see it. Deciding to pick it up I walked over and reach down to touch it but, when I do the world around it started spinning in a sandy yellow light and then……..
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* Present day -
…...everything was back to normal. When I looked around the arena looked completely repaired. Suzi and Pinocchio were nowhere to be seen and the sun was starting to set. Picking up the statue I received a notice.
Notice
Your profession has ranked up from Novice to Beginner.
When an item of a time rift is used then the wielder can travel freely between when it was found and present day.
“Look who decided to pop out of nowhere.”(Narrator)
Looking up I see a shadowy figure sitting on one of the many flat screens that were suspended in the air.
"Good to see you too.”(Star)
After saying that I felt myself float up until I could sit on the screen comfortably with Narrator. It was swinging its legs while swaying side to side.
“So…..What have you been up to? Anything good?”(Narrator)
“Went back in time, fought in the competitions, met Pinocchio, almost died, and beat Diuscrucis.”(Star)
“Cool. It looks like you were at ground zero.”(Narrator)
“Ground zero for what?”(Star)
“The first of the GRWs.”(Narrator)
“The first…….Great Realm War.”(Star)