Hope Within

Chapter 29 The Fateful Encounter: Part 3 The Legendary Flame Knight

The Boss continues to look up while Von throws the enormous ball of energy at him. The Boss smirks at him as he just closes his eyes and suddenly a man in a hood black cloak comes out in front of him and touches the enormous energy ball absorbing all of it.

"So you guys finally came for some action huh?" The Boss said, turning around and walking away from the man in the cloak. Mimi's eyes opened wide as she knew who the man was. The man walked up to her and kneel down and touched Mimi's forehead and she went back to normal.

"See Mercilia I told you that it'll be you on the ground seeking my help." The Man said, turning his attention towards Von with his madness rising.

"Okay peasant you will call me Zero and nothing else. I will give you three chances to get control of yourself. If you fail to comply your death will be more than painful." Zero said, still being concealed within the cloak. Von screams with full rage causing a mighty shockwave. However Zero was still standing looking at him with the cloak covering him and crossed his arms and continued to wait. Mimi gets up and holds her right arm looking at Von losing himself more and more to the darkness.

"Ostrythe we have to stop Von before Zero decides to kill him." Mimi demanded but Ostrythe didn't do anything but do anything. Mimi looks at Ostrythe with a surprise expression on her face. The Boss out of nowhere grabs Mimi's shoulder and whispers near her ear.

"You don't have any control of their fate Mercilia...Unless you do what you are destined to become." The Boss said, giving Mimi a kiss and opening the warp gate behind him and getting out of there. A tear fell down Mimi's face slowly like she felt helpless. Von finally charged forward to Zero at full speed. Zero vanished from Von's sight then reappeared behind as he slammed Von down on the ground.

"That's one..." Zero said, kicking Von which sent him flying away from him. Von coughing up blood but still getting up as his dark aura was healing him. Zero pondered as he was watching Von recovering from his attacks.

"So your Madness has a self regeneration ability very interesting. So that explains how you were able to take a fatal blow from that new Deity. Von you're more of an interesting person than I thought." Zero said, crossing his arms again waiting on Von again.

"I will kill you!!" Von screams out and charges at Zero wildly.

"You'll die trying...That's two..." Zero said, grabbing Von's face and dragging on the desert floor. After that toss him in the air kneeing him the back and followed up with a backhand that sent him smashing with the sand. Zero floated in the air for a few seconds and landed on the ground. Then he crossed his arms again and waited for Von to come out.

"Ostrythe we have to do something before Von gets killed." Mimi said, Ostrythe went by Mimi and shook his head at her like doesn't agree with her. Mimi loses patience with him and decides to go inveretene with Zero and Von's fight. Suddenly grabs Mimi's left arm and pulls her back.

"Don't get involved. I have to let this play out or all of this will be for nothing." Ostrythe said, then suddenly Mimi saw Zero eyes close waiting patiently and not even taking a breath. Suddenly everything was shaking violently like it was a massive earthquake happening. Ostrythe began to smirk because saw Von burst from underneath Zero. Von punches Zero on the face sending flying and crashing within the sand. After that Von started gathering dark energy around to channel into a dark blast. He fired it in Zero direction. And it caused a huge explosion and Von turned back to normal trying to catch his breath. That moment Zero appeared right in front of Von with a flaming greatsword. Wielding it with one hand but Mimi quickly got in front of Von and put her hands out to shield Von. Zero stops immediately and toss his weapon away and the sword vanishes into thin air.