Ragnarok~ The gate to the darkness

Encounter 1 : Fury

Many things had happen since the incident of the third wills. Triya and Reion have gone out in search of Withe. The rest had gone in search of their own paths. The third wills were soon banished and named as outcasts by the emperor. However in the past year, many uprisings from the republic began to occur. Within the same year the emperor was assassinated. Causing a young princess to sink into depression. The will of the late emperor stated that the throne was to be handed to the grand advisor till his daughter is married to a capable person who is able to rule the empire. The republic thought that this was the perfect time to strike, thus gathering about half the empire's support, they launched a full-scale invasion towards the empire.

It was late at night, a young monk sneaked closer towards the castle of pontera. He climbed up the walls with a grabbling hook and a rope. He climbed through the window and approached the princess's chamber. He knocked the door and whispered, "Sandra, it's me...Alrikern" The girl inside replied, "Go away...I told you...it's over between us..." Footsteps were heard, trying not to panic Alrikern whispered to her once more, "You know I can't accept that after everything we had together...I know your father's death is causing you to become like this, I'm here for you...remember? A guard is coming...at least let me in..." The girl didn't replied. "Hey you! What are you doing here!" the guard shouted. Alrikern turned to look at the guard and realized he knew him, "So...we meet again Kinren...it's been a long time hasn't it?" The guard replied, "Alrikern? So it is you...even when you were young you liked the princess didn't you? Well, I'm a lord knight now, the elite guards of the empire, and I can't let this past. Sorry." Kinren drew his broad sword and stood his battle stance. "Guess it can't be help...but I wont lose!" Alrikern replied in a firm voice.

Kinren stood his stance and didn't move a muscle. "If you aren't going to make the first move, then allow me!" Alrikern shouted as he charged forth with his fist equipped with a metal bar with spikes. As swiftly as possible he unleashed his technique, triple blow. However Kinren's broadsword was larger then normal swords, thus it was easier to block the blows. An opening, he thought to himself, he clenched his sword tightly and waved it to the other side. "Aura blade!" he shouted. A wave of energy was released through the movement, knocking Alrikern to a wall. "Heh, you have improved a great deal..." Alrikern said as he stood back up. He then charged forth once more, using his technique 'dash like bullet'. He ran straight in front of Kinren stopping for a moment leaving an impression image, then as soon as Kinren lifted his sword towards him, he slipped behind Kinren and attacked with a triple blow, chained with a quadruple blow, followed by a way of the dragon, and finally an asura strike. Forcing Kinren to crash through the castle walls to the outside. However, Kinren was able to make an air recovery, reducing the impact of falling from the castle. Alrikern then followed suit and jumped down from the castle to finish the battle.

As soon as Alrikern landed, Kinren charged forth and tried another aura blade technique. Alrikern dodge it by bending down, he then jumped forth and tried another triple blow, "Gotcha!" Kinren said as he used his technique, strike counter, a combination of the techniques parrying and auto-counter. A barrier was form and absorbed Alrikern’s triple blow. Kinren then used a technique called spiral pierce, which surprised Alrikern a lot, as it could only be done with a spear type weapon. While thrusting his sword at Alrikern, he placed a twist on the handle, making a spin of energy waves. "Spiral saber!" he shouted.
Alrikern knew he couldn't defend the attack with his knuckles, so he cast something on himself before taking the attack at full force. Alrikern was blasted towards the castle, crashing into the wall. As the smoke cleared, a monk could be seen standing, "Using the skill parrying to defend against my attack, and then using auto counter to absorb the power for your move. Knowing that trying to use spiral pierce with a sword would not be as strong as when using a lance, you used the energy from the auto counter, creating an even stronger blow then the original technique. You have become very strong...Kinren." he thought to himself. He then smiled and said, "I have to admit, it hurt quite a lot...but I'm still standing!"

"Let's finish this!" Kinren shouted while charging forward. He then used his 'Aura blade' technique over and over again. Alrikern tried to defend himself, but with each wave of energy, he began to lose his strength. He couldn't used any of his techniques as he was now focus with his spell, 'Physical Immune'. Soon he was knocked back towards the castle walls again. "I can't lose now...I have to see her...at least one last time." he thought to himself. Kinren pointed his broad sword towards Alrikern's throat and said, "It's over..." Alrikern bent down his head, the blood from his head flowed down his face. Many thoughts came to his mind, "Am I going to die?" he thought to himself. Even with his spell 'Physical Immune' on, a stab through the throat could very well mean death. "But I want to see her again...I can't die here...there's so much left that I need to do...I still have to defeat Withe..." he thought to himself again. Kinren lifted his sword, ready to stab Alrikern. However as he did, Alrikern punched Kinren's sword away from stabbing him. His other fist glowed, he opened his eyes and tears flowed down from them. He whispered to himself as he unleashed his technique, "I won't..." He punched Kinren's chest with his glowing fist, the energy was then released in the form of a dragon, blasting Kinren with incredible force. "Asura Dragon." Alrikern named his new technique. Kinren moved back as he was hit by the dragon of energy, his armor began to shatter by the great force, soon his chest armor was completely destroyed. He laid on the ground, unable to move.

"Is this...the power that comes when your on the brink of death?" he thought to himself. He tried to move...but his body seemed to have been drained of all it's strength. Alrikern on the other hand, was still standing. However his right arm had been over strained. His nerve vessels had burst, he couldn't feel his arm anymore...but it didn't matter. He turned back towards the castle, but before he could open the gate. Kinren shouted, "It's not over yet!" Alrikern turned back, and saw that Kinren was standing in his battle stance. Alrikern knew that in his present condition, he wouldn't last for long...but he couldn't bear to give up. He summoned a sprirt sphere in his hand, and said "Bring it on." Kinren summoned all his strength and charged forward. Alrikern then fired the spirit sphere at him. Kinren defened himself from the attack by slicing the sphere in half, but the sphere soon exploded as he did it. He fell back again, but this time he stood back up immediately. "I promised the emperor to protect the princess, thus I musn't lose this battle!" he shouted. He took out a crystal which his friend had created by fusing 100 bloody reds and 100 red gem stones. He then slotted the crystal into his sword. The broad sword begn to glow and burn. The whole sword was on fire, Kinren's hands began to feel the heat. It was as if his own hands were being burned, but he couldn't care less now. The only thing that mattered, was wining this battle.

He charged forward with his burning sword, Alrikern fired another spirit sphere at Kinren. However this time, Kinren took it and still continued to charge forward. Before Alrikern could summon another spirit sphere, Kinren had already reached him and swung his sword at him. Alrikern blocked with his fist, but as soon as he did, an explosion ocurred. "Wh..at...i..n th..e...wor" but before Alrikern could finish his sentence, he fainted.

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Suiku~ Signing out. ^_^'