Chapter 15: Argonaut Vs. Valkyrie

737 7 1
                                    

(Bell POV)

'What the?' I thought as I feel a hand grip onto my neck and something hard break through my back. I then see a masked face looking at me dead in the eye.

"Ròta?" I ask before I feel something hard pummel onto my helmet

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

"Ròta?" I ask before I feel something hard pummel onto my helmet. Before I could react, I feel a flurry of punches at my body. I immediately block with one arm as I grab her arm with the other. I notice that her mask was more rusty and cracked as she continues screaming gibberish and punches me. 

'The fuck is happening?' I scream in my head as I start bashing my free arm against Ròta's arm, causing her arm to scream louder. 

"Ròta what the fuck are yo-ACK!" I shout before I feel my head slam into concrete and steel. I notice we were high in the air, flying above Orario. 

"Salama!" I shout at the top of my lungs. I immediately hear my pegasus whine in the distance. 

'On my way!' Salama shouts in my head as I see her milky wings flap in the air. 'Wait, what's even happening. 

'Don't know, but Ròta's gone fucking ballistic!' I shout at her in my head as I start punching Ròta at her helmet, causing it to dent a little. 

"RAAHHHH!!!" Ròta screeches as she starts using here wings to attack me, forcing me to go onto the defensive. 

'What do you want me to do against her even?!' Salama shouts in my head. 

'Do something!!' I shout back at her in my head as Ròta continues scratching my armor with her wings. 

"Ròta! Stop! Hitting! Me!" I shout as I headbutt her helmet. She screams in pain as she finally lets go of me, causing me to start falling. 

'Got you!' Salama shouts in my head as I see her dive down and grabs my ragged cloak by her teeth. I immediately twirl above and onto my saddle. 'NOW WHAT IS GOING ON!!!' she shouts in my head as I turn around. 

'Hey sorry for for intruding your minds, but the fuck just happened!?!' I hear Kronos shouts as invade both our minds. 

'I don't know, one minute I'm talking to Finn and the next I'm in the air being choked to death!!!' I shout at Kronos in my head. 

'But who's even attacking you?' Kronos asks. 

'Ro-AHHH!' Salama shouts as I tug her reins back to dodge Ròta's attack on us. 

'Okay I see you, bring whoever the fuck Salama shouted out to the bottom of the Babel tower.' Kronos says in my head. 

'I'll try!' I shout at him in my head as I continue to maneuver towards the bottom of the Babel tower. I see Ròta trying to grab us as I continue moving out of the way. 

'Uh Bell, can't you use your lightning powers on her?' Salama asks me. 

'What if I hit someone?' I ask her as we continue to dodge Ròta's swoops and grabs. 

'Just do it!' Salama shouts. I reluctantly hold my right hand out and let my magic swell up on it. I unleash a bolt of lightning out of the palm of my hand and shoots at Ròta. It immediately hits har, causing her to wail in pain as she falls down to the bottom of the Babel tower. 

"I see her!" I hear Sigrun shouts as I notice her shining stature on the ground. I then see Kronos armor next to her as he held something...big.

"Throw it!"

(Kronos POV)

"Throw her!" I shout as tightened my grip on the troll totem. I see Bell still hitting the figure with his lightning bolt. 

"Alright, here she comes!" Bell shouts as he moves his right arm back, causing the lightning bend back along with Ròta. "HURAH!" Bell shouts as he flings Ròta forward with his lightning, letting go of her in the process. 

"YAH!" I shout as I swing the totem at Ròta, hitting her completely. She crashes onto the Babel wall before falling onto the ground. I drop the totem as Ròta tries to get up, only for Sigrun to pin her down by her neck. I rush to them and held her wings as Ròta continues thrashing around, yelling gibberish. "Do I?" I ask as I look at Sigrun. 

"Do it!" she shouts as she looks at Ròta. "I'm sorry sister." I hear her mutter as I grip one of Ròta's wing with both my hands. 

"RAAAAHHHH!!!" she screams as I tear her left wing out of her back. I throw it aside and quickly rip her other wing as black liquid spews out of her back and onto my eye. I see her thrash around a bit before falling limp on the ground. 

"Is she dead?" I ask as I get off of Ròta's now dead body. I see Sigrun looking at Ròta with sad eyes. She kneels down on one knee and puts her hand onto Ròta's forehead. 

"You can sleep now sister." I hear her mutter as Ròta's body begins to glow gold. I notice a black mist exit the helmet and disappear before I could do anything as I see Ròta's soul disconnects from her body.

"Wha...What happened?" I hear Ròta ask in a confused voice. "Where am I? Why are...Sigrun?" she asks as she looks at us. 

"Sister Ròta, what happened to you?" Sigrun asks immediately as I see Bell and Salama land onto the ground. 

"I-I don't know what you mean. One moment I'm guiding the dead and the next, I'm...here." Ròta quickly explains to us. 

"Did you not remember what just happened?" I ask. "Not you opening a realm tear, grabbing Argo, and try to kill him?" I ask. 

"Wha-I tried to kill Argo?" she asks. 

"Yeah, you nearly did." Bell says as he stretches a little. Instantly, Ròta's spirit rushes to Bell and hugs him tight. "And she's doing it again." Bell says as Ròta begins to apologize repeatedly.

"Um, what just happened?" I hear someones voice ask behind me. I look and see something...weird. 

'Okayyyyy...' I thought as I see both a small, grey-haired maid and the same woman that was looking at me from the Babel tower at the same time. 'Oh, she's disguised.' I thought as I let my Alchemist eye go back to normal, letting me see only the maid. 

"Um sir?" I hear the woman ask again. 

"Hm?" I mutter as I look around, seeing the maid more clearly. 

"I asked what happened?" she says again in a shy voice. 

"Oh there was just a scuffle." I simply explain to the maid. 

"Just a scuffle?" she asks as I look around and notice the damage we made.

"Yeah, just a scuffle." I say as I see many people start to get out of building and walk to us. 

"You do realize that you need to pay for this right?" I hear Fels voice behind me. I turn and see Fels standing with his staff. 

"Yeah, I kinda figure." I mutter as I look at Ròta's dead body and notice her helmet being...different. 

'That's new.' I thought as I see cracks and marks on Ròta's helmet, especially on her horns. I look back at Ròta and see her flying to the sky, returning to the heavens. 

"Why would she attack even?" I hear Sigrun mutter as she looks at Ròta. 

"I think I have something."

The Black Dragon's Protege (Danmachi)Where stories live. Discover now