Name: Moyosore titan blade
Path: crushing blade (broken)
Body: Draconic Titan (+90% defense against mental attacks)
Race: Human
Level: 500 (Expert diamond) (broken)
Legendary core user: mountain stronghold of the titan
Title: bane of the hive, draconic slayer
The titan blade, if he could still be called that sat in a room, looking at his stat sheet again for the amount of time he couldn’t enumerate. He sat in the chamber he had been transported to by the masters who stared at the message he sent to them, dark expressions on their faces. The death blade was livid, a maelstrom of pure anger on his face, master Killian with a pang of regret, master Skatha with her arms folded and the masked face of master Duval giving nothing off.
He had faintly noticed when master Skatha had appeared in the room but gave no indication, his gaze blank and devoid of all emotions,
“It appears we’ve pushed too far” master Duval said,
Ajax turned to Duval with a thunderous expression on his face,
“The dragons, those damned lizards are the cause of this, and every one of those damned rulers who stood by and let this happen!” he roared, kicking a wooden table as it shattered the moment his leg touched it,
Moyo stared on in silence, dominion in his grip, a reassuring presence. He stood up in one movement, the bickering of the masters dying before the very act,
“I need some space” he said and subsequently stepped out of the room, making his way through the vast ship of house thousand blades towards his quarters,
The halls were devoid of the usual servants that bustled up and down, or perhaps the servants that usually trailed his normal routes had been cleared with respect to him. Moyo could care less, walking briskly till he arrived at his quarters, opening the door to see the entire diamond team of house thousand blades seated, also Ashira. They had been talking in hushed tones but paused as Moyo entered, Ashira freezing the moment she saw him,
“hi” she said softly,
“hi” he replied,
The rest bolted to their feet, swarming him with questions ranging from how he was feeling to if he needed any help. Ashira cut through them like knife through butter, hugging him close while the rest made space for them, it could be his imagination but Moyo thought she seemed somewhat taller,
“we’ll find a way, I promise” she whispered fiercely,
Moyo nodded, glancing at the rest of the diamonds who stared at him skeptically, as if unsure of the look on his face and he could break down at any moment,
“Seriously guys, I’m fine” he said,
He smiled awkwardly as Ashira gripped him harder, the rest of them scratching their heads and looking away,
“Just need to rest, will be with you all shortly” he said again,
“we’re a diamond step away if you need us, me” Alvar said, his golden eyes glowing,
Moyo smiled at how far he and the sol blade had come, from tensed allies to as close as battle brothers, he was glad to know the scion of clan sol blade. They filed out of the room, leaving him and Ashira,
“I was right, you have grown taller, and are those real scales or tattoos on your body?” he asked jokingly,
She chuckled, sniffing as she stared at him,
“Side effect of using my Kairos rage, my true Kairos form will begin to merge with my-, sigh you’re distracting me” she said, glaring at him,
He shrugged,
"can you really blame me?” he asked softly,
She growled and removed her hands,
“For once, I need you to be serious Moyo, let me see” she said,
“I’m shy” he replied,
“What?” she asked confused,
“You said let me see, I’ve not shown any woman my naughty bits, you asking suddenly caught me off-guard” he replied, eyes twinkling,
“What naughty- “she paused as her mind put two and two together,
“Moyo!” she growled, eyes alight,
“Fine, fine, sheesh!” he said,
He brought up his HUD and sent a copy to her, Ashira freezing in her tracks, clenching her fists together,
“I will rip his spine and feed it to him” she growled,
“Who?” Moyo asked,
“Rip his scales from his body one piece at a time and hand him to the wardens” she continued,
“Now I’m genuinely scared, and who are the wardens?” Moyo quipped,
She snarled at him,
“Kenuran dammit!, and why are you so calm?, your entire journey, your hard work, gone!” she growled, eyes teary,
Moyo frowned, sighed and snapped his fingers as his realm projected round the quarters, Ashira’s eyes wide as she stared at the shimmering purple,
“How are you, wait, that’s impossible, your path is broken” she said,
“Is it?’ Moyo replied,
“I’m genuinely confused” Ashira said,
Moyo nodded, bringing up his HUD and sending a message to some people,
“Hold on, I need to do this all at once” he replied,
A moment later master Skatha, appeared with Ajax, Killian and Duval,
“what’s the emergency?” master Killian asked,
Ajax looked around with a deadly stare, eyes roaming for an unseen enemy. Moyo cleared his throat and spoke,
“I need your oaths to keep what I’m about to show you secret” he said,
Ajax eyed his disciple, master Killian also eyeing him warily,
“What are you about to show us?” Ajax asked,
“The truth” he simply replied,
“And this truth is worth the oaths of four masters centuries older than you?” master Skatha asked,
He nodded,
“a secret even the rulers can’t be aware of for now” Moyo replied,
They all paused, taking in the gravity of such words,
“We are all sworn to the service of the thousand blades, to ask us to keep secrets from our patriarch is more akin to treason” Duval said,
“Even when such secrets don’t pose a threat to the house, in fact, it could be a valuable card” Moyo shrugged,
The masters stared at him in terse silence,
“I swear on the archailect to keep whatever the titanblade reveals here and now a secret” Ashira said as a loud gong echoed,
Moyo turned to her, gaze softening,
“You didn’t have to do that, I was going to tell you either way” he said,
She shrugged,
“I wanted to” she said with a smile,
He nodded and turned to the masters, eyebrow raised,
“So long as it doesn’t pose a threat to house thousand blades, its ruler or its affairs, I swear on the archailect to keep whatever the titan blade reveals here and now a secret” master Duval said,
The rest echoed the oath as loud gongs reverberated their words, the archailect bearing witness to it. Moyo took a dep breathe and opened his HUD, sending a table to them, it took all of ten seconds for the masters and Ashira to assimilate what they were seeing,
“By the supreme beings” master Duval breathed,
Ajax began to chuckle, deep sounds coming from his chest,
“How is this possible?” master Killian asked rhetorically,
Ajax began to laugh now,
“You, what are you?” master Skatha texted to Moyo who grinned,
Ashira merely stared at the table he sent, then back at him, her gaze moving from table to the man who kept on doing seemingly impossible things. Ajax laughed out loud now, bellows of deep laughter as he wiped a tear from his eyes,
“Oh this is good, this is very good” he said,
Moyo sat on a chair,
Master Killian turned to him,
“How?” he asked softly,
Moyo grinned,
“Pure willpower” he replied,
The answer stunned master Killian who repeated the words to himself, Moyo looked at the table in question,
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Notice: you have tapped into the titan aspect, drawing from it consciously and remolding your shattered path,
* Titan aspect synchronizes with the shattered path (crushing blade) to forcefully evolve path into mythical path: titan blade
Notice: through pure willpower, tenacity, evolved authority and temporary access to the titan aspect, you have evolved your shattered path into a mythical one, name: titan blade
* All attributes receive a +1000 boost
* All skills receive a +500 boost
* Increased knowledge of runes attained
* Deific vault of the titan can now forge legendary weapons with a chance of mythical weapon.
* Deific vault of the titan can now tap into titan aspect
* Edicts can now be used with sparse use of titan aspect, backlash depends on how much aspect is channeled
Notice: constitution of the titan has reach 5000+, evolution possible and granted,
* Constitution of the titan has evolved with the boon of titan aspect into titan’s essence
Notice: the body of the titan has a history of devastating damages, each with the potential to kill a normal ascender, but the body of the titan perseveres. Attacks of diamond rank and below become negligible in battle, master and above causing damages that could possibly range from scratches to deadly depending on the attack.
Path of the Titan Blade: the titan has finally attained peace with his path, understanding that he is as much a wall as a blade to which his foes crash upon. He has attained the pinnacle of his path with only the climb to ruler and the total mastery of his aspect left to overcome.
Name: Moyosore titan blade
Path: Titan blade (Mythical)
Body: Draconic Titan (+90% defense against mental attacks)
Race: Human
Level: 500 (Expert diamond)
Legendary core user: mountain stronghold of the titan
Title: bane of the hive, draconic slayer
Skills:
* Greed of Esu (L)-750
* Dance of Sango (R)-750
* Wrath of Oya (R)-750
* Realm of Olorun (R)-750
* Step of Ogun (R)-750
* Ferocity of Oshosi (R)-750
* Digi Aye (R)-750
Edicts:
* Da pa da
Attributes:
* Titans might: 6050
* Titan’s Tenacity: 6072
* Titan’s Ashe: 6000
* Titan’s Essence: 5100
* DEX: 4720
* INT: 4105
Moyo had felt it in that instant, when he declared his intentions to Zane true blade. He felt his connection to his aspect, the overwhelming sea of power that threatened to crush his mind and body. in that moment he took that power forcefully and bent it to his path, flooding the entirety of his being with the power, aware that it could literally destroy his existence.
He persevered the way only a titan would, drawing just enough to forge anew his path, except he didn’t really think he would go so far as to evolve it into something greater. He closed his HUD to see the masters staring at him, Ajax with a grin,
“I’d love to see how strong you are” he said,
“don’t be daft, he literally cannot use his skills in public any longer, at least for a while” Killian replied,
“Then it’s a good thing he is out of the tournament, the Dracons would be celebrating the removal of this threat” master Duval said,
“That doesn’t mean we cannot test the limit of this enhanced diamond, I for one am curious” master Skatha wrote,
Moyo frowned, nodding along,
He indeed wouldn’t be able to use his skills for a while, the archailect expected him to be weak and barely able to use any skill at the expense of his health. Stretching his frame as he stood up,
“I’ll lay low, watch the finals and make my way back to my world as quietly as possible” he said,
Ashira glanced at him,
“Eogan is around” she said,
The masters turned to him,
“that’s news” Duval said,
“He heralds the coming of the sage and Kairos” she continued,
Everyone froze at that, save Moyo who already knew of the news and was busy checking for chips on his blade,
“the Kairos himself?, the only time primordials move is during a universe shaking war” Killian said,
Ashira brushed the notion away,
“He simply comes to meet with Moyo” she said,
The masters turned to Moyo who seemed blissfully unaware of the eyes on him staring at his blade. He glanced up to see the masters staring at him,
“What?” he asked,
“Kairos comes for you” master Killian said,
“I’m aware” he replied,
“you’re calm about one of the archailects most dangerous, feared and powerful being coming solely to meet a simple diamond?, no offense Ashira” Ajax said,
“None taken” Ashira replied,
“Not much I can do about it” Moyo replied shrugging,
Master Killian sighed,
“I blame Ajax for this” he said,
“me?, what did I do?” Ajax asked appalled,
“You desensitized him to the powers of the archailect, a diamond thinking a ruler leaving his seat of power to come see him is normal is just plain madness” Killian pressed,
‘how’s that my fault?’ Ajax said again,
All the masters turned to Ajax who blinked,
“Just because I do it doesn’t mean he got it from me” he protested,
“Disciple!” he barked,
“Yes sensei” Moyo answered formally,
“Sensei, I have no idea what that means but it sounds a lot respectful, address me as that from now on” Ajax said,
“Yes sensei”
“From now on, you shall act shocked whenever someone of higher rank so much as speaks of you” Ajax said with a straight face even as Ashira rolled her eyes and master Skatha shook her head, Killian sighed,
“yes sensei!, your words are a light in my heart” Moyo replied with a straight face,
“Good, good, except when they come to threaten you into submission, then you beat them respectfully”
“Yes sensei”
The masters had seen enough, Duval turned and walked away with a sigh mirrored by Killian who followed behind his heels, master Skatha turned to Moyo,
“Glad to have you back titan blade” she texted and left,
Ajax turned to him, a smile on his face,
“Well done” he simply said, but Moyo could hear the joy in those words,
His master still owed him the explanations he spoke of earlier, but for today Moyo was fine with the joy in his eyes. Ajax left, leaving Moyo and Ashira, he glanced at her to see the heir of Kairos staring at him, eyes misty. He kept quiet, staring at her back,
“I was ready to burn it all, the whole peace talks, I can, you know” she whispered as she stood up, walking towards him,
He nodded silently,
“I heard of your duel with Sonya, they now call you the monster” he replied,
“Do you think me a monster?” she asked as she sat on his legs, facing him,
He kept quiet for a second, aware of the closeness they shared,
“Yes, we’re all monsters, we just need to know when to unleash it” he replied,
She smiled,
“Good, scare me like that again Moyosore titan blade, and a broken path would be the last thing on your mind, on everyone’s mind” she whispered,
He grinned,
“I don’t doubt it” he replied as she chuckled,
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Eogan the green stood on the top of the monastery of blade, a building built for the worship of Alastor and his supposed his apostle Zane true blade. The worship of the true blade himself was a large religion, the way worship of harbingers was a religion onto itself to lesser beings in the archailect. That wasn’t why Eogan was here though, he had sensed it the moment he landed on altera, the subtle taint not even masters would realize,
But he was familiar with it, he had experienced it.
With a thought he summoned his bow, drawing the string as a green arrow formed on it. He let it loose, the arrow blazing through the air to strike inside the quiet monastery in the dead of the night. His realm slammed in place a moment later, sealing off any noise and stopping it from alerting the residence around.
He landed softly as the fines that appeared from the shot of the arrow shriveled up into black flakes, he was right after all, they were here, and where there was one taint, there was more. Black mists poured out from the monastery as a bony figure came out, wrapped in tattered robes and with bony digits, the creature with glowing red eyes spoke, for it had formerly been a man, now consumed and devoid of the aether giving spark that was his soul,
“Aether filth” it croaked,
“Where is he?” Eogan asked darkly,
The being gave a loud shrill as he blitzed towards him, a figure fell like lightning in that instant spearing through the skull of the creature and ending its existence in that moment. Sigmar true blade clad in a white and gold robe flicked his blade. The creature dissipating to mist,
“You overstep your jurisdiction green” Sigmar said,
“That was a cult member” Eogan replied,
“Of which we were totally aware, we were biding our time” Sigmar replied, snapping his hands as figures appeared in the air above him,
Eogan frowned, it took a lot of power and skill to hide from someone like him and judging by their robes, he could tell they were cult members from the different factions that worshiped the supreme beings,
“Since when did clan true blade work with the cults?’ he asked,
“The cult poses a threat to the archailect, all hands must work together, the true blade has decreed this, mistakes of the past shall not be repeated” Sigmar replied,
“you’d put the heir of Kairos in trouble?” Eogan asked softly,
Sigmar sheathed his blade,
“She came of her own accord to participate in this tournament, clan true blade bears no responsibility for what happens outside of the tournament” Sigmar said,
Eogan bit his lips,
“you don’t know what you’re messing with, the kind of malevolent entity r-“
“We do not speak his name, not in the hallowed grounds of this monastery” Sigmar said, cutting in the speech of the green,
“Hallowed grounds you let one of the filths desecrate” Eogan rumbled,
Sigmar stared at Eogan,
“Retire to your ship Eogan, watch over your heir, she does the Kairos line proud, and as long as she remains in the tournament, she is under the protection of the clan, let us handle this” Sigmar finished as he and the various cult members that filled the air vanished,
Eogan stepped on the ashes of the diamond ranked cult member, eyes narrowed. The clan had grown complacent, and Zane true blade in his usual fashion wouldn’t interfere unless the spire was genuinely threatened, but they had forgotten how much of a terrible evil Rohan undying hand was. He opened his HUD as he sent a voice message,
“This is Eogan of the green, master of the plantsmen and favored of the sage, I hereby invoke the echo of war” he said,
Taking a deep breath, he continued,
“Prepare, converge, come, the great destroyer is coming to altera, Rohan is coming”
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The two remaining ascenders in the tournament, Ashira Kairos and Kenuran Dracon were led into the large vault below the spire. The grand monument of power that served as the pathway to the realm of the true blade himself, Ashira was told she wouldn’t get to see the home of the legendary harbinger. She however was glad she wouldn’t get to enter with the heir of Dracon either, for she wasn’t sure she would had been able to control her rage, even though it had subsided at the apparent state of the titan blade, she couldn’t help but think of what would had happened if things had gone horribly wrong.
The vault was situated in the most secure place of altera itself, the spire of intent. While she had little to no idea of what the spires did apart from taking aether in the air and transforming it into intent, she knew of the power each of the six fabled spires wielded. One for each of the supreme beings, or so the theory went, they each held a vital and fundamental part of the archailect and were protected by seen and unseen forces. The vault door stood as a giant slab of stone and crystal, the carving of a blade in the air, the sigil of the true blade himself glowed blue due to the crystals that it was made up of.
Sigmar true blade and a retinue of gold ranked guards followed her as they led her through the tunnels from the surface where the main doors was situated to the vault door itself. Ashira noticed it bore a slight resemblance to the vault of the titan, the same power it gave out, except this was on a whole different scale entirely. Sigmar touched the vault door and whispered a few words not even diamond ranked hearing could pick up, the door glowed to life and began to groan open,
“Just as the heir of the dragon picked a single weapon, you are entitled to do so as well, restrictions are to master rank and below” Sigmar explained,
Ashira nodded and watched as the vault doors opened in its entirety to reveal a plain forge room, a giant forge with a large glowing hammer and forge that blazed sat high in the distance and just staring at it made her swoon. She averted her gaze immediately, the gold rankers staying outside for their safety as the power that flowed from the vault could easily overwhelm them. She glanced at the smooth silver and blue walls that seemed to be made of bricks of some kind, a kind she was sure was stronger than her blade which she doubted could so much as cause a scratch on the walls.
The floor was lain with the same bricks that styled themselves into a mural of the true blade himself, holding a blade and facing down hordes of monsters with his blade. Sigmar true blade walked briskly towards a slab where different weapons hung and Ashira felt her jaw go slack, Sigmar glanced at her and chuckled,
“I do so enjoy the look on the faces of those who gaze upon the divine works of the true blade for the first time” he said,
“Are those...” she whispered, the words hooking her throat,
“master and diamond ranked weapons he created back when he was a diamond millennia ago?, yes” Sigmar replied,
She walked forward and ran her hand across the wall as a jolt of power went through her,
Ash borne, the spear of destruction,
Kindler, bow of burning illumination,
Potter, hammer of construction,
So many powerful and almost arcane weapons just sitting there, waiting for their wielders to come wield them. Her eyes stopped at a clawed gauntlet and paused,
Ripper
She glanced at Sigmar questioningly who coughed,
“Our glorious patriarch was quite young when he created that claw, excuse the naming” he said apologetically,
Ashira shrugged and pointed at it,
“I want that one” she said,
“Are you sure?” Sigmar asked, she nodded,
“Very well, it will be delivered to you on the day before your duel your duel” he replied,
“You wouldn’t tell me what weapon the dragon picked right?” she asked,
Sigmar shook his head,
“Apologies, but I am under oath not to reveal the nature of the master ranked weapon of the heir of Dracon” Sigmar said with a straight face,
Ashira nodded, a smile dancing on her lips, it appeared she wasn’t the only one with a distaste for the actions of house Dracon. They made their way out of the vault, back into the bright light of the city itself, Ashira often marveled at the humongous size of the lone continent occupied on the planet of altera. She made her way to the transport ship with golds in the colors of house thousand blades that waited to take her back to the ship itself,
“Oh, and lady Ashira?” Sigmar called as she turned back,
“You might need to find someone, a master preferably, something tells me you might need a bit of authority training” he said, a smile on his lips,
Ashira nodded and bowed to him, thanking him for the boon he just bestowed her,
“My thanks master, I have someone in mind” she said with a smile.