*Mari and Justus decides to prepare themselves and gets ready to face the foes they will see.*
Mari-( After that one guy, we saw a few days earlier. Tension has been high, I need to get stronger to beat him.)
Mari- How did you cut his arm in the first place.
Justus- I took a dagger from one of the dead bodies.
Mari- Did you get me anything?
Justus- Yeah, I was in a rush though so I got you this axe.
Mari- It has power. It will work.
Justus- Mari let's go, let's head to the old capital.
*They start walking but while heading there, the place keeps looking more dysfunctional the closer they get.*
Mari- Woah this place got wrecked.
Justus- Make sense the Royal Cards viewed the old rulers a threat and took over their kingdom.
Mari-I can still see dried blood on the path.
*They took a step into the city, looking like it been through war.*
Mari- Justus... I sense people.
Justus- Yeah I can too, get ready.
* A group of rebels showed up surrounding the two.*
Mari-Whoa this will be good practice.
*Suddenly Mari stops time, knocking men down one by one.*
Mari- 1 group down, your turn.
Justus- 3 secs, that's too short. I'll show you how long you can stop it with more Empath.
*Justus puts Empath into it as the time increase by 3.*
Justus- 8 secs works, I guess.
*Justus moving with extreme speed, stabs vital points of the men in his way.*
Justus- I got 15 men so I win, damn this much Empath hurts.
Mari- We took over half of them down.
*A old man is heard yelling.*
Old Man- Finish them off quickly, it doesn't matter though the leader will kill them easily.
Mari- Leader? I thought he was in charge?
Justus- Doesn't seem though. Let's end this.
* Mari and Justus, rushes them, dodging and countering the moves with their new speed with Empath. Knocking down the men until a few were left.*
Old Man- MEN ITS ONLY TWO OF THEM, DO I HAVE TO FINISH THE JOB.
*Mari gets into position and pushes his axe ready to cut.*
*The old man dodges it swiftly.*
Old Man- You gotta be faster than that!
*And he punches Mari in the face.*
Old Man- What about your friend.
*In that moment, it looks like Justus vanished and appears behind him, fist ready.*
*Justus, with his strength unleashed it into the old man back but then a young man taller than all of them appeared and smiles at Justus and grabs his punch.*
????- Your punch is strong, but you're not the strongest here.
* Looks at Mari.*
????- You attacked my men, and you look to be the stronger one out of the two so let's see how you last against me.
Old man- Young Lord your here.. You saved me again... What can I do.
????- Deal with the other one, don't get caught off guard again.
*A man similar age to Mari and Justus appears. He's brown skin tall and from a look one look you can tell he has an impressive build. He has white hair and red eyes and wears ragged clothes.*
Old man- Okay Young Lord Forge. I'll will finish him this time.
Forge- You ugly boy, you're fighting with me.
Mari- WHOS UGLY, ATLEAST MY FACE DOESNT LOOK OLD.
Mari-(Damn it, another good looking user.)
Mari-Let's do this
Forge- Geez I'll end this quickly.
*Forge smiles and claps his hand, when he did that a giant glowing circle appears as a creature gets summoned.*
Forge- But I'm not alone.
* A giant bird, that has claws and beak radiating Electricity appears.*
Mari- WHOA THAT WAS SO COOL.
Forge- You do know I'm going to kill you right??
Mari-( A Kamanari it's 7 feet tall bird and when you get hit by its claws, the area that gets hit, it gets paralyzed. The beak is sharp and can send static shock to your whole body but it's easier to dodge)
Forge- Etra are you ready to battle?
Mari- ETRA WHAT TYPE OF NAME IS THAT.
Mari- Despite it being a 2v1 I can win.
*Mari actives Fools Copy and copies 2 of Clubs to get the 5x boost. And goes to the wings of the Etra, the bird goes down and tries to stab him with its beak.*
*Mari smiles taking his axe and tries to swing it from below. The Etra dodges takes its claws down to attack something but nothing is there.*
Mari- What is it trying to hit, WAIT WHAT.
*Mari notices a spear getting thrown, Mari dodges it but gets hit by something else, mid thrown the Etra grabbed the spear and puts electricity into it.*
Mari- No way he uses the Etra Eletric Claws to make it an electric spear but doesn't that mean you can't touch it .
Forge- I don't need to, I trained it to do it for me.
*The Etra grabbing the spear with its claws rushes Mari.*
Mari- Sorry too slow!
*Mari with his speed enhanced, dodges the move.*
*Etra flies back to Forge and hands him the spear.*
Mari- What the hell. How are you able to grab it??
Forge- I have rubber gloves obviously, why wouldn't I have them?
Mari- Damn it, this is gonna be harder than I thought.
*Forge rushes Mari as the two clash and dodges each other moves.*
Mari- (This isn't good, my 5x boost ended and the more we clash the more electricity is hitting my weapon. I gotta end this.)
*Mari backs up and throws his weapon at Forge.*
Forge- What are you doing, are you stupid?
*Forge flings his weapon away when thrown at him but when he looks at Mari he sees him charging*
Mari- This is a new trick.
*Mari uses Fools Copy and uses the Empath Blast he learned and shoots it at Forge.*
Forge- ETRA NOW!
*Mari's Blast explodes, but Etra's beak manages to reflects it away. A huge smokescreen emerges due to the blast.*
Mari- (Damn this power is strong but takes a big amount of Empath.)
Mari- (His Empath is rushing towards me.)
*Mari puts his guard up as Forge pushes him with his spear.*
Mari- ( I gotta sense and look for Forge and Etra..)
*Mari tunes his senses inside the smokescreen.*
Mari- ( Found them.)
*Mari sensing them, ducks down and charges his hand and puts it to their face.*
Forge- CRAP
*Mari blasts it in their faces but due to the short charge time, it's weaker..*
Forge- That burns... but you forgot I have a spear idiot.
Mari- What..
*Mari looks down as the spear impales his foot as electricity builds throughout his body from the spear .*
Mari- How though, I sensed you and countered.
Forge- I can sense also, so when you charged the blast in our face I stabbed your foot in the impact.
Forge- This paralysis last for some time so sorry.
*Forge runs to Mari ready to knock him out and with Etra infront of him, he's stuck between the two.
Forge- It's over. The paralysis last for 2 more secs.
*Mari uses Time Stop and goes behind Forge.*
Mari- It only took me one to get behind you.
*Mari gets his axe from the ground next to him and swings it at him, trying to end the fight.*
*A clash is heard as the area around them goes quiet.*
Forge- phew, Etra went infront of the slice but its wing is injured. Your strong this might be tough.
Mari- We're both low on Empath, how about we talk for a lil.
Forge- I can continue, why are you scared?
Mari- SHUT UP you know this could end bad for you, your bird is out of commission and besides you look like a good enough guy to talk.
Forge- HUH WHO SAYS IM TIRED??
Mari- No one did but thanks for telling.
*We hear Forge bones crack as he says that.*
Forge- I guess it's tied, we are equal in strength I'll say.
*Switches to Justus during their fight.*
Justus- Old man I'm sorry
Old man- My reaction speed is top notch.
*Justus uses Time Stop and uppercuts the old man.*
Old man- ugh how are you so fast....
Justus- He's already knocked out, I'll feel bad for hitting him. What's Mari doing?
* Sees everything going on during their fight.*
Justus- I'm tired anyways.
*They all sit inside a pub and decides to do introductions.*
Mari- I'm Mari, I'm 17
Justus- I'm Justus, I'm 18
Forge- Im Forge I'm 17.
Mari- WHY ARE WE DOING THIS!
Forge- To know each other.
Justus- Im older than you???
*Justus looks at him with a blank stare.*
Mari- Anyways Forge what are you doing here in the first place.
Justus- Yeahs he's right but you do look familiar.
Forge (nervous)- Of course you recognized me I used to be the Kingdom Ruler, LORD FORGE.
Mari- Who???
Justus- OHHH I heard about you and about your parents...
Forge- Yeah yeah, when The Royal Cards showed up they viewed my family as a threat due to our status and Valkyries so they went after us.
Forge- We were doing fine until they sent a Royal to aid the Cards. It was the Jack of Clubs... It was a huge war but it was too much they slaughtered my parents but took many injuries in return.
Forge- Since my parents were dead and I was the oldest, I became the Emperor, I thought I was ready to defeat the Jack and avenge my parents but when he showed up 2 years later... He beat me and took over the kingdom.
Forge- During the fight, I was going to die but my "friend" Clyde stepped in, getting knocked out. But I couldn't handle that so with my rage. I awakened.
*Flashback to the battle against the Jack of Clubs.*
Forge- CYLDE NOO!
*Forge on the ground watches as his "friend" gets knocked out.*
*He soon woke up in a black room.*
Forge- Did I get knocked out, but Clyde...
?- YOUR A KING ARENT YOU, SO GET UP!!
Forge- DONT DISRESPECT ME LIKE THAT.
*Forge gets up from the ground.*
Forge- AND WHO EVEN ARE YOU AND WHERE AM I??
?- Your in your soul, he chose you for a reason but your a pathetic excuse of a ruler.
Forge- Take me back and I'll show you a true ruler.
?- THATS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR, TAKE MY POWER AND RULE THE KINGDOM!
Forge- Of course I will, BECAUSE IM A EMPEROR
The Emperor- Good, My name is the Emperor and you been chosen to get my power. And if you fail... get so strong, they will beg for mercy.
Forge- OF COURSE.
The Emperor- SHOW THEM YOUR THE KING. DEFEAT THE CARDS AND BECOME STRONGEST THERE IS.
The Emperor- That is all, use it to its maximum potential and goodbye.
Forge- See you.
*Forge feels his body gets lighter as he wakes up.*
Forge-( Let's do this.)
*He feels his Empath overflowing inside his body.*
*He looks at the Jack.*
Forge- I'll show you my awakening as an Emperor!
*He punches the Jack but he gets pushed back away instead, landing next to a spear.*
Forge- Doesn't matter, let's look what I can do....
*Forge moves his now overflowing Empath as he feels something else in him click.*
Forge- This feeling..
*Forge screams as it feels like something is getting ripped out from inside of his body as something gets summoned from his Empath.*
Forge-This is a giant... bird...
*The Jack looks dead at him and commands his men to take Clyde.*
Forge- You won't take him!!
*With his spear, he tries to stab him while the Etra tries to paralyze it.*
Jack- Your Nothing.
*Forge tired, realizes he cannot win, so he hops on Etra and tries to escape. The Jack tries to jump and grab them but Etra claws stabs his hand mid air paralyzing him and making him fall.*
Forge- ( Wait it's time, he's off guard.)
*Forge throws his spear, the Jack moves mid air but the spear scratches his arm. As Forge escapes..*
Forge- I will hunt you, just wait...
*Forge flew away using all of Etra energy to hide away.*
Forge- So your name is Etra, atleast your cool for a bird.
*After training for a month he went to see the capital in ruins and found out from the survivors what happened.*
Forge - so.. they just wanted to kill us that's it they didn't want the capital...They moved it to a place 3 days from here. Atleast when I'm ready it's not too far for me to kill them.
*Back to the group..*
Mari- Wow.. that's crazy.
Mari- So wanna help us take down the kingdoms?
Forge- Of course I do!
Mari- Wanna make a contract then?
Forge- .....
???- Friends and enemies are getting made all over the place, I wonder how this will turn out?