Arc 6. A seemingly endless loss
Road to a Hero:
Three Chances in Another World
Chapter 67. So Long Jong Long
While Edward was falling off the platform, Rosemary and Soku were as well, though their opponent could not fly, while Soku could. Jong's dead body, currently being controlled by Severus, is holding onto Rosemary with one of his various arms made from scales. Soku tries her best to save her, but Severus continues to evade her by using his other larger arms to defend himself.
Soku {Four arms, one’s holding Rosemary…and why isn’t she breaking free? Whatever, one arm to hold himself on the wall, and two to DEFEND HIMSELF!}
As Severus never stops this loud and haunting laugh, he also remains extremely focused on the battle at hand. Rosemary continues to struggle, trying to get free, but the tight grip he has her in gives her no leverage. While Sokus glides she can’t outwardly attack, if she does it could cause an error and lead to her falling to the ground.
Severus: “YEAH! TRY YOUR BEST TO SAVE YOUR FRIEND! DO IT! NOW! BUT OH WAIT!? IT’S USELESS, EDWARD MAY BE ABLE TO DEFEAT PANDORA! BUT I’M ON ANOTHER LEVEL!”
Soku: “YOU NOT THAT COOL! WHAT MAKES HER SO DIFFERENT THAN YOU!”
Severus: “BECAUSE SHE’S, Oh wait…no, I don’t need to say anything. NICE TRY!”
Rosemary takes a deep breath, using the last of Lisa’s false mana she has left, and bursts into the fifth stage that glows a mix of pink and gold. Though Serverus still doesn't let her go, using more arms and thicker scales to hold her down. Knowing if she got out and got a few good hits in, he'd be in danger.
Soku {Dammit, if Rosemary can’t break free! THEN I’M DEAD IN THE WATER!}
Soku tries shooting a high-pressure wind blast from her mouth right toward Serverus’ face. Instead of moving, he sits still with a large smile on his face, chuckling as her light attack slices through his cheek. Black blood leaks from the wound, but it’s covered by rough scales, causing him to laugh even more. His decaying skin, yellow teeth, black eyes, black veins, and constant leaking of blood from every graphic of his body, don’t compare at all to the simple fact that he’s in Jongs' body. To see his face smiling like this, to hear his voice saying all of this, to watch his body be mangled to this extent, it’s sickening. But something seems wrong, his face drops as he watches one of his arms flood back into the air, vanishing. Severus grabs his head, piercing it with his long jagged fingernails.
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Severus: “NO! THIS ISN’T HAPPENING! Though it does make sense. My mana usually connects to the bodies…but this one is dying, damn! I guess it’s flooding back to the original, WHATEVER! LET US HAVE SOME FUN UNTIL THEN!”
Soku takes a deep breath, flips mid-air, and kicks a strong gust of wind toward Severus. Reading her movements with ease, instead of dodging the lids the arm held Rosemary out of the way because the attack wasn’t meant for him, it was a fake-out to save her friend.
Severus: “NICE IDEA, TERRIBLE EXECUTION! ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, HORRENDOUS”
Rosemary bursts into the sixth stage, trying her best to restrain herself from using the seventh stage, but it’s still not enough power to break free. On the back end of the large castle, Jong throws himself into one of the various floors, forcing Soku to follow him. Soku flies into the building, closing her compact glider, and tucking it away in a pocket inside her long coat. The hallway is long, decrepit, and protected by Severus. He bends his back down, holding his arms outward, and continues his everlasting laugh. It becomes such an issue that Sokus’ ears begin to ache like her brain’s rejecting it. Another one of his arms vanishes, along with some of the hard scales he had placed under his close, acting like armor. His white, doll-like skin, becomes further entrenched with his black veins. They act like cracks across his body that are about to explode, giving him an estimate of the remaining time his possession has left.
Severus: “THIS BODY WAS LONG IN THE MAKING! ONCE HE WAS INFECTED BACK IN THE CAPITAL! YOU ALL TOOK HIM IN WITH NO PRECAUTION! YOU ALL THOUGHT HE WAS JUST SICK, WHICH HE WAS, BUT BECAUSE OF ME! GUESS I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO HOLD THEM FOR THAT LONG SINCE IT CAUSES MANA DECAY! THE MORE YAH KNOW! HAHAHAHAHA!”
Rosemary bursts into the seventh stage, forcing her bones that were once held together by Lisas’ magic to return to their cracking state. Luckily, since Severus’ body is decaying even further, she’s able to break from his grasp. She then leaps off of the ground, destroying it, and kicks Severus in the back of the head, crushing his skull and sending him toward Soku. Though any normal person should be dead, this body already long gone; Severus is still kicking. Soku takes out her sword, using half of the mana she had gotten from Lisa and tries to empower her Mark of Providence. But something’s a miss, as her Mark of Providence begins to reject the false mana, exploding far too early. It sends an uncontrolled blunt-force blast of wind toward Severus, sending him flying back. The attack tears up the hall, cracking and destroying the already damaged area even further. Then, while he’s still flying toward Rosemary, she punches him in the back, smashing his spine as well as crushing the bones in her fists. This kicks her out of the seventh stage, having to forcibly let go of this enormous power. She falls to the ground, crying out in pain, so Soku rushes over. Severus, with a crushed head, spine, and various other bones lays motionless on the ground, right up until Soku gets right beside him. Then with the last of his body's strength, his fingernails glow a light green, and he swipes at Soku's leg. Before she can do anything, all of her veins glow the same green color, and she collapses to the ground, unable to move.
Rosemary tries to attack, going as far into her stages as her body will allow, but doing so only lets her enter the third stage. With such a low level of power, she can only wish she could have done more, as Severus extends his arm, slashing Rosemary’s forearm. She becomes motionless as well, leaving Serverus seemingly victorious. But the faint white light fades from his eye, flashing green right before the body fully decays, turning to ash that is blown away by the cold area of Eclis. Leaving their match a draw. Then, a figure covered in an enormous cloak walks up to them, picking the two up, and heading toward the very top of the castle. The unknown person walks away from the place The Great Commander Jong Long passed, not caring anything for it. He didn’t even get any last words, as his mind was lost far before he realized it.
End of Chapter sixty-seven