1825 hours, 25 June 0145...
All of us were running like escaping from the fire of hell, carrying unconscious Scott whilst running away from the rampaging Forsaken Emperor, which slashed the surrounding area into fragments with its dark gold trident, glued on its stretchy left arm, as we simultaneously evaded each terrain's obstacles and the debris.
Terrain after terrain and obstacles after obstacles, we were lucky to be far away from that supreme-type demon with each second of our agility. But as I glanced over my shoulder whilst carrying Scott's feet and running like hell, I suddenly witnessed the Forsaken Emperor jump high in the air, stretch its left arm with the dark gold trident to our sight, and suddenly...
BSRYAK
The supreme-type demon's dark gold trident smashed the ground behind us, causing a massive earthquake from its shockwave and the dirt debris scattered all over the place. We were lucky to cover ourselves from the shockwave after quickly hiding behind the tree.
But to add salt to the wound...
BSRYAK
The gigantic demon, letting out an echoing grunt, smashed the ground with its bloodied feet, sending a massive shockwave to the surrounding area. And despite all of us hiding behind the tree, it won't change the fact that these trees will be like hiding behind a glass house.
As we think to ourselves that we're stalling our time from that rampaging demon behind our temporary hiding, all of a sudden...
JSLOSH
The Forsaken Emperor extended its left arm, wielding a glued dark gold trident, and slashed one of our medics, Authonoid, into half. Her corpse then fell to the ground, her blood splattering the nearby tree and the grassy ground below.
"Shit! That was one of ours!"
The sudden slaughter of one of our Authonoid's medics by the Forsaken Emperor filled Axel with panic. The latter dragged her corpse back into hiding, covering themselves behind the stronger tree, while the supreme-type demon continuously stomped the ground, sending countless shockwaves to the surrounding area that shook the ground like a 7-SR earthquake.
Still, I can't just sit back and watch my companions die because of my ignorance! However, they soon rebuked me for confronting the demon with my impulsive and nonchalant behavior.
This prompted me to put on my earphones, stand up, pull out my Nakajima, and emerge from the shadows, gradually making my way toward the Forsaken Emperor's sight, filled with both confidence and frustration.
"Stand back; this is my fight!"
But still, they won't stop being like my deceased mother, as Joshua suddenly barked over his throat at me while pointing one of his pistols at my left side.
"TSUYUKI!!! DON'T BE SUCH AN ASSHAT AND GET BACK HERE!!!"
After I stood up in the carved path, facing head-to-head against the rampaging demon, I glanced over my left side and responded with a cold glare.
"You guys call the reinforcement and let me deal with that piece of fuck instead!"
But Veronica suddenly barked at me as she suddenly drew one of her dual blades at my sight, with anger that was rising in her throat.
"THEY'RE COMING HERE SOON!" JUST... GET BACK, HERE, RIGHT, FUCKING, NOW!!!"
Their barks were like spoiled dogs that begged for food even though they'd oversaturated. Still, I ignored their worries as I turned on the music, got on my stance as I lost myself in my own little world, and glanced at the engaging Forsaken Emperor as I suddenly sneered.
"It's scorching time!"
Insert Music: Metal Gear Rising Revengeance - A Stranger I Remain (Sly Shinobi Mix)
The beat kicked hard as I suddenly dashed forth at lightning speed, and so did the Forsaken Emperor. The demon brutally swung its dark gold trident from its stretchy left arm, sending havoc across the surrounding area as it slashed the nearby trees into several pieces.
Fortunately, I executed a graceful jump flip to avoid the scattered, slashed tree pieces. I even struck one of the floating tree's pieces with my left hand's claw, using such force that it abruptly pierced through the Forsaken Emperor's broken ribcage like a Mach speed railgun projectile.
JSLOSH
Blood suddenly splattered into the carved grassy ground as the gigantic demon backed down all of a sudden to hold the pain. But as I'm about to do a final blow after grappling with its amputated body with my Nakajima high in the air, all of a sudden...
BOK
The demon violently struck my body with the blunt part of its dark gold trident, propelling me high into the air and away from my companions.
But in midair, as I grappled with the body, I suddenly regained my composure and pulled myself back into the fight amidst the loud zipping noise.
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BOK
I brutally drop-kicked the Forsaken Emperor's amputated body, sending a massive shockwave across the surrounding area as the impact pushed back the demon harshly, where its bloodied feet dragged the ground with a loud dirt scraping sound and suddenly stabbed the ground with the dark gold trident, regaining its composure from my sudden attack.
Observing the demon's sudden surprise at my attack after my stylish superhero landing, I provoked it by twitching my left arm.
"What's wrong? Tired?!"
The forsaken Emperor then let out a guttural, echoing grunt that shook the sky, as if it sounded like a trumpet of Azrael at the end of the world before Armageddon. In an instant, the demon sprinted at lightning speed, its bloodied feet pounding the ground as it raised its dark gold trident high into the air.
As I did the same thing to that gigantic demon and closed my gap in a mere second, the demon suddenly jumped in the air, did a front-flip, and threw its dark gold trident from its stretchy left arm at such a speed that I'm not sure if I could evade or block it.
Surely this is the end of my life as a result of my foolishness in confronting this non-pushover demon, but all of a sudden...
JSHING
Axel suddenly blocked the demon's final blow with his motorized hammer, sending a massive shockwave toward the surrounding area as he revved it with a guttural V-Twin sound. And the demon had to back down in a moment to regain its composure after the brutal parry.
Witnessing Axel suddenly lending me a helping hand gave me a pang of relief, but it was also tinged with frustration as I reprimanded.
"If you wish to stay alive, don't get in my way!"
But Axel suddenly glanced over his shoulder and gave me a stern gaze as he responded with a cold reprimand.
"And we won't let you die like an idiot!"
Joshua suddenly patted my left shoulder as he drew his dual pistols and got into his fighting stance.
"Don't be such a dumbass! We're right behind you!"
I then briefly glanced on my right and witnessed Christine, Veronica, and the latter protecting the unconscious Scott with their scorch arcs hot in their hands.
I couldn't help but sigh in frustration, as all I want to do is slay that fucking demon. I have a strong feeling that the demon would specifically target me instead of Scott. And I doubt they'll experience another incident like Scott's if they don't stop insisting on being a massive dumbass.
"Fine…"
The demon suddenly let out the same guttural, echoing roar as it stomped on the ground seven times, causing the earthquake's magnitude to be higher than previously. And all of a sudden, we've heard the same iron-stepping sounds that sounded like knights' marches in the surrounding area.
And as they emerged from the shadow, they're indeed the fucking Stonehedglers! These were the same lesser-type demons that had surrounded my companions during my previous battle with Florent in the abandoned sugar factory!
In addition to the pawns brandishing their rusted rapier swords at us, the demons also arrived with their horse-like knights and bishops equipped with large lancers capable of healing their injured demonic allies.
It seems like the Forsaken Emperor summoned these demons to give us a harder time. Not because that demon was a coward, but I doubt if that demon has some tricks up their sleeve to own us in no time when we're exhausted during our fights against the encircling Stonehedglers.
Still, I complain no further with a sneer, restart the same previous heavy metal song into the beginning, and all of a sudden...
JSLOSH
I brutally slashed one of the pawn's stonehedglers with my Nakajima, and I continued the massacre by doing stylish jump-flip slashes and sending bullets from my Kiryu. And I even grappled one of their companions with my claw as I brutally whacked it to the ground until it turned into the pulp of gores that splattered the green grassy ground.
Although more of them keep coming, Axel helped my massacre by brutally whacking their steely armored bodies with his motorized hammer as he revved it, throwing away their bodies high in the air. Axel completed the massacre by pulling out his SMG and firing explosive rounds, causing the poor Stonehedglers in midair to explode into a pile of gore.
Joshua did a stylish jump as he threw his coins high in the air. And then he pointed his dual pistols right at the midair coins, pulled the trigger long enough, and suddenly...
BANG
His dual pistols' bullets ricocheted toward the Stonehedglers' weak points, as most of them downed into the ground without expecting such an unusual technique from Authonoids like us when fighting against demons like them.
Not just that! Christine executed her stylish slashing movements with her Lancer and fired arrows towards the approaching Stonehedglers. Even Veronica's psychotic laughs accompanied her genocide with her dual blades.
And I saw Christine going as far as riding one of the knight's stonehedglers, and she even stabbed its nape with her Lancer as she revved it to inflict fatal wounds on that demonic stone-like horse's internal organs.
As I cleared several Stonehedglers in my sights by killing the last bishop, who was about to heal its fallen companions, I saw the Forsaken Emperor grapple on the nearby tree to another tree like a Tarzan. I doubt if that demon was trying to mess us up after we cleared the surrounding Stonehedglers and suddenly got exhausted because of that.
With a plan that suddenly shone in my head, I then grappled with the nearby tree while shouting at Joshua.
"JOSHUA! COINS!"
He then responded by throwing four coins high in the air while continuing his stylish massacre toward the incoming Stonehedglers with his dual pistols. I then did a wall run on the tree's trunk and then did a stylish backflip in the tree's branch as I drew my Kiryu at the midair coins, pulled the trigger long enough to emanate a charging sound, and all of a sudden...
BANG
JSLOSH
My charge shot's bullets ricocheted on each midair coin, and it brutally pierced through the Forsaken Emperor's amputated body, which was bound to fall into the ground with a loud thud, just as it's about to grapple into the next tree.
BOK
Upon spotting the crippled Forsaken Emperor on the ground, I quickly took advantage of the situation by grappling to a nearby tree, switching my Nakajima into Axe-mode, revving it to scorch the blade, and performing a stylish overhead jumping slash. I then aimed my axe-mode Nakajima directly into the demon's amputated body.
As I'm about to descend and give this demon the gift of death without any warning...
DADADADADA
Millions of unknown bullets suddenly fired at the remaining Stonehedglers, and we even eradicated all of them into the splay of gores. But it still confused me: who the hell is interrupting our fight? Clearly, Joshua wasn't responsible, as the bullets that struck them were of a larger caliber than his usual ammunition.
But as I glanced over my shoulder, we suddenly felt a large wind gushing from above as we saw an osprey descending into the ground.
And when I observed it carefully, it was a freaking Minerva's osprey! Which seemed to be our reinforcement that Veronica called to rescue us after the Forsaken Emperor's onslaught.
When the Osprey slowly descended to the ground while pointing its guns at the crippled Forsaken Emperor, the pilot suddenly called us through our communications channel.
"Did we catch you having fun?!"
"Guys! Let's get out of here while we still can!"
"Don't worry about them; let them take care of the rest."
Did Vladimir, Vanessa, and Commander Katoki pilot that Osprey? Why are they rescuing us at this time? Is it because they plan to punish us for our careless actions? And what do they mean by that?