Ferno was shielding the students and teachers with its wings. Being bombarded by magic attacks by the dark elves. Arrows were striking him, but Ferno kept his stride, looking at Bigby and Alex who were helping everyone else. Trying to calm them down. Fear had kicked in, even the younger Hunters wanted to fight but Bigby stopped them. The enemy was far too strong for them, and Ferno was not able to use most of his power due to the excessive nature. He would need a command from his summoner to do anything more than this.
They were whittling him down bit by bit.
"Ferno!" Bigby called seeing the black phoenix wheeze in pain, as it shrunk to the side of an eagle. Falling into Bigby's hands. Alex took an arrow to the chest as she shielded her classmate.
"Alex!" Bigby cried out. Only to see time and space stop.
"Awaken. Oh long lost Lord of Beasts. Do you remember?"
"Awaken, oh companion of the Summon Spirits. We have awaited you for so long.." The voices echoed as Bigby felt his head split open while Alex's wound was healed up, with the arrow being pulled out. Alex's eyes began to glow gold while Bigby's glowed hazel. A large mana began to amass to the two of them, creating a shield as the memories began usurping themselves into the two of them.
Bigby could see an older version of himself. Wearing a tattered cloak, with a saber in the left hand and a pistol to the right. A scar to the face with an eyepatch. Smiling at Bigby. Behind this older Bigby, was the many beasts of legend that looked at the young Bigby with joy.
"Remember now?"
Alex's older form wore a black suit wielding a mace. Behind her were the Summon Spirits who stood by her side. Ranging from human forms to dragons and other such beings.
"It's been a while, but thanks to your brothers. These memories can return to you." The voices spoke in unison as they vanished. Leaving the two with memories of their pasts. The mana shield faded away as Bigby looked at his hands.
"Srinxall!" Bigby called out as they see a large figure emerge from behind them. The trees of the forests were uprooted as the large figure appeared, arms crossed and hands resting by the shoulders. The bandaged figure's pressence was enough to cause the Dark Elves to shriek out of fear.
"Faye." Alex called as Faye appeared by her side with a blade in hand.
"It has been a while, Lord of Beasts."
"Sorry. It seems like I forgot about you too." Bigby said as Srinxall nodded.
"You've been bandaged for a while. Why don't you take it off?" Srinxall's bandages and chains came loose, revealing its true form. Allowing its arms to be free to grip to the land, with its its four pairs of larger hands appeared from behind. Srinxall's face was void of flesh by the jaw. Stitched skins of various creatures were slapped to cover the top half of his head.
Bigby scratched his head as Srinxall's ribs opened up, revealing a heart made of darkness. Handles for various weapons were present, as Bigby pulled out a pistol. Then grabbing a mace, throwing it to Alex.
"What's this now, Bigby? Going all soft cause I'm your sister?" Alex asked with a smirk.
"Shut up, battle junkie. I'm doing this cause it's easier." Bigby said as the others watched the change in personality taking its place before their eyes. Bigby was pulling the slide, looking at the bullet inside. His face was plagued by dissappointment.
"Srinxall. This is a 22 caliber. What gives?" Bigby complained as he put the pistol back in.
"Your current body is that of a child. If I were to give you, your usual. You will be breaking your bones."
"No need. Give me the usual. I'll just reinforce my body with mana." Bigby said as Srinxall unveiled a black revolver with a silver barrel, Bigby swung the chamber to the side as he took a speed loader from Srinxall's heart.
"Go nuts, Alex. I'll keep them safe."
"Well, my cute little brother just gave me permission. So I'll go off!" Alex leaped into an elven knight squad of 10, when the mace crashed into their armor. It dented the armor, crushing the bones within. All 10 were down for the count, Faye leaped from behind to provide Alex cover with the saber. Alex was swinging her mace with a sharp grin, the dark elves went on the offensive. Focusing on Alex completely while ignoring Bigby.
The perfect distraction as Bigby fired off a shot into a dark elf mage who managed to cast a 'Barrier' to stop the bullet. Bigby continued to fire at the other mages as he swung the chamber aside, smacking the ejection rod as he lazily took another speed loader. Seeing the barrier shatter as the bullet reached them. Turning them into nothing but fountains of red.
Bigby's cold eyes as he took aim. Cocking the hammer back as he smiled with glee. Pulling the trigger as the bullets turned the elves into more fountains. Spewing out blood as Bigby laughed, while Alex giggled.
"How!? How can the humans have so much power?!" A dark elf leaped at Bigby, driving a spear into Bigby's shoulder. Not a groan of pain as Bigby shoved the barrel into the elf's mouth. Smiling as their eyes met. Pulling the trigger as Bigby's school uniform was now painted in scarlet. Putting the revolver aside as he grabbed another weapon. Pulling out a gatling gun as Bigby used his mana to blanket his body. Forming some sort of padding to absorb the recoil as the barrel spun rapidly.
"Look at all the red I'm seeing! It's been a while since I could go all out and not care about anything!" Bigby shouted, unleashing a tornado of lead to the dark elves. Leaving them riddled with holes, letting the burns from their wounds fester as they slowly began to bloat. Exploding before their very eyes.
Alex's swings had turned the dark elves into perfectly grounded meats. Savoring the moment, savoring the slaughter as her lips were now painted with the blood of these elves. Soon the giggles and laughter stopped as they see more dark elves arriving. Perhaps these would prove to be a challenge?
"We were supposed to be winning!? Weren't they supposed to be nothing but weak humans?! None of them should be Hunters! Surrender human! Or we will massacre everything you love and care about!" A dark elf spoke to them, this one wore fancy garments.
"Hey, Alex! Did you hear that? They said they will massacre everything we love? Isn't that cute?!"
"That's cute. Didn't I rip your intestines and wrap it around your neck to kill you once?"
"Yup! I put a pile driver right through your forehead and split you in two." Bigby shouted back as he put the gatling gun aside.
"Divine Beast!? Why have you chosen this human as your master?! Why not serve us! The higher species who can provide you with all the chaos and carnage you desire!" Srinxall laughed at that statement.
"Tell me... Have you ever witnessed the genocide of the strongest beings in a world where humans had been said to be powerless?" Srinxall's question puzzled them.
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"But we can do that with the humans!"
"Bah. You lot know nothing." Srinxall brushed them off as Bigby pulled out something else. A revolving grenade launcher, which he loaded the chambers with a pure white grenade.
"Oh bringing that out already?"
"Yep. I don't like wasting time. These elves always go on and on about their powers. Sometimes. I'd rather just." Bigby fired off a shot where the grenade exploded into a big cloud of dust.
"That's it? A cloud of dust?"
"Wait for it. Close your eyes people." Bigby said as he put on a pair of shades, then throwing a pair to Alex who put it on. Ale walked on back as Bigby kept on firing the grenades around the dark elves. Counting down with his left hand, an ominous smile.
"Zero." Bigby said as the dark elves felt their skin peel off, then an intense fire began to burn them. The bright white flame blinded the eyes of the other dark elves.
"Whoa! What's with this bright light?!" Ye Qiu complained as he appeared.
"Oh, hey there War God." Alex greeted as she passed him a pair of shades.
"Thanks... Well.. I guess you didn't really need my help at all. Geez, what a mess! Can't you go easy on them?" Ye Qiu asked.
"I wanted to enjoy the fireworks." Bigby said as he reloaded the chambers of the grenade launcher. Firing more of it as the white flames amassed, the voices of the dark elven screams were like ecstasy to the ears of Bigby and Alex. Though Ye Qiu found it annoying to the point he put on his sound proof headphones.
"Seijuro. Just tell my brothers, we're fine. Sheesh those two worry warts. It's like they forgot that there were times when they died first and we had to do what we could to survive." Alex said as she brushed her thoughts to Seijuro who was hiding by Srinxall's side.
"If I had to measure cruelties. I think I'd say that you two are far more insane compared to your brothers." Seijuro said.
"It's not a dick measuring contest Seijuro. It's just we went through... A lot." Bigby said as he fired off more shots. An arrow grazed his cheek, where Bigby looked at the dark elf that had sent it.
"This is an M32 Grenade Launcher! Fuck you and FUCK EVERYBODY NEAR YOU!" Bigby cursed as he fired off shots into the forests.
"Fuck this forest. It can burn down for all I care. Ye Qiu, mind bringing these kids back?"
"You're a kid yourself."
"Fuck. You're right. My English teacher's there too and she's going to write my ass off for cursing out loud like this." Bigby smacked his forehead with his palm, realizing that his body is still that of a child.
"But what are you going to do?"
"I dunno. Maybe pillage the entire continent. This is where the dark elves live right?"
"It is as you say, Lord of Beasts. Shall I connect you to your brothers?"
"Do it."
A screen popped up where Jensen and Albert were dueling each other, stopping as they see Bigby and Alex's faces covered in blood.
"Are you two okay?!"
"What happened to the elves?! Ye Qiu!"
"Relax. It's just the blood of some vermin that got onto us. We're going to be here for a bit while the others will be sent back to safety."
"Yeah, what Bigby said. I just beat up a lot of dark elves who wanted to kill us. Then they said they wanted to kill the people we love and care about. Soo... You know." Alex shrugged with a sheepish smile.
"They make you two look tame in your violence. They just had the dark elves lose their skin and be burned by white flames. You know those things sting every single part of your body right? They're crueler than you two and that's saying something." Ye Qiu remarked. Albert and Jensen looked at each other.
"Tortured. Then watch them use your body parts for their twisted human experiments. They even turned grandpa into a living corpse. So, is it wrong for us to.. You know, blow them up. Pillage them? Burn their villages? Starve them to death?" The words rolled off Bigby's tongue so easily.
"You've had lives when you both died first and we died later. So I'd say this matches up doesn't it? That and you both went out without telling us. Faye's not the Summon Spirit I'm used to. I had more of a dynamic with the other one. The one that is always with Srinxall? So yeah. We've got our own Summon Spirits and Divine Beasts that we made pacts and contracts with. But you can't leave that world until you sort it out right? Don't worry about gramps. He'll be fine. He's the Wise Sage after all. Anyone that even looks at him funny could die with his aura." Alex said, their words were reassuring Jensen and Albert.
"But." The two siblings chorused.
"No buts! You two better fix that place up! Then! Drag us there for a family vacation! Then let us enjoy food and have fun adventuring there! GOT IT!?" Alex had frightened her two brothers into submission. Who would have thought that the Lord of Thorns and Legendary Keeper could be defeated by their little sister, the Summon Spirit's Companion?
"Bigby, how about you?"
"Err... Just let me have a body of a person who isn't a child? I need my smokes. No way I'm smoking in this body. Oh and can you ask Kaglar to make me a pair of new weapons that I can store in Srinxall? I need it since I can't use most of my weapons without sucking away my mana pool. I can't be chugging potions all day." Bigby said as Ye Qiu threw him a jar of mana restorative pills. Bigby swallowed the whole jar of pills. Including the jar itself too. They heard the cracking of glass, the boy could not be bothered by anything at this point.
"Hmm.. Never knew glass tasted like sugar. Is that something your dimension has Ye Qiu?"
"That's.. Actually glass. What's your jaw made off?"
"Part of being the Lord of Beasts is that some characteristics of the Divine Beasts get into me. In fact my jaw was able to shatter Orichalcum." Ye Qiu paused for a moment after hearing that. Blinking a few times, then pinching himself. Then slicing his forearm with a knife to make sure he was still alive and that he can feel pain.
"This is not a dream, and I just watched your brother chew through glass." Ye Qiu made his thoughts clear to the ones present.
"I need to leave before your two siblings destroy the fabric of logic with their antics." Ye Qiu left with the students and teachers, leaving Bigby and Alex alone. Srinxall's bandages covered its body while the chains wrapped its arms to keep it where it was before. Faye did not say a word and vanished.
Bigby and Alex looked at the screen of their two worry wort siblings.
"Well... If you're fine, then do as you please." Albert said as he sent something through the screen. Bigby looked at the pistol with a bayonet while Alex grabbed the claymore.
"Thorn sharpness blades with custom construction from the 5th Bellwitch. That should keep you guys occupied for a while." Bigby was pulling the slide of the pistol to get a feel for its weight, then pulling the trigger.
"1911? It's a classic. I can just have Srinxall make more bullets. It's in 9mm so at least it's not a peashooter. I can withstand the recoil without breaking my bones. So that's a plus."
"A claymore. It's been a while since I used it. Most blades break if I use them, so maybe this might last a little longer."
"If you break a weapon at Thorn sharpness. I'll need to talk to the 5th Bellwitch to make sure it doesn't break." Albert said where Jensen gave them a pair of keepsakes. A pair of helmets.
"Bellwitch sent this over. Said it might be useful for you." Bigby's helmet had the horn of a unicorn on it, while maintaining its shape that was designed with the head of a horse while Alex's helmet had a tighter fit. Two gas filters at the side with the jet black visor that formed a knight helmet of the lineage with a plume that reached to her ankles.
"Thanks. I guess the rest comes later?" Bigby asked as he strapped a vest onto his body. Grabbing an MP7 from his shadow, along with a few magazines to put on his chest.
"Yep. So stuck in your school uniforms for a bit. Since you managed to terrify Ye Qiu. Just be sure to be done and tell grandpa you guys remember. When all is said and done, we'll compare notes." Jensen said as he cut off communications.
Bigby and Alex stretched their limbs as more of the dark elves came over.
"Humans! You w-" Bigby fired a shot while Alex closed the gap, swinging her claymore as part of her answer.
"Fucking hell! Shut up and attack Don't give us your monologues you pathetic Saturday Morning Cartoon Villains!" Bigby said as he fired off his MP7, dodging the dark elves that came close, leaving it to Alex who swung her blade to tear through their formation. Alex's left hand lifted a dark elven ranger off the ground. Then planting the elf into the ground, where the ground cracked, slowly collapsing as Alex used the corpse like a platform.
Flipping into the air as she showed the middle finger.
"Smite them, Harvel!" Bolts of lightning began to parade down the ground. Damaging it, leaving large cracks to cause it to collapse to unveil the emptiness that lurked below.
"Srinxall. They're yours. Do what you want." Bigby said as Srinxall appeared in the ground, opening its hands to pull the dark elves into his ribs.
"Feel the horrors of a millennia into your bodies. Savor this moment, for you will never die." Srinxall said as Bigby turned to Alex who landed beside him.
"Not exactly a great workout, but it'll do."
"Supreme Goddess Shantiara. What is your order?" Bigby asked.
Destroy the dark elves in the continent.
For they have forgotten their duty to me.
"Supreme God Bernazea. What is your order?"
Lay waste to those who wish to use the Summon Spirits against their will.
Go, my companion.
"Understood." Bigby and Alex chorused together as they began with their journey.