Transcendence Volume 2: Awakening

Chapter 37: Asuran Standoff Part 2

[Asuran Badlands, Heavensgard]

The very badlands were badly torn, the flame scorched land was covered with chunks of ice all the while and with it, two pairs of Marked Ones fought on.

The first pair was a pair of Elkens, a Myrken armed with a pair of Greatswords and a Lyrken with a rapier. Despite the speed and strength that the Myrken carried he was now on the defensive as the Lyrken dances around him in circles and every so often she would land a blow on him only for him to block with his greatswords.

"Why are you doing this?!" The Lyrken known as Juno Veil shouted as the two locked blades.

"Why are you so concerned?" The Myrken known as Galen Shroud responded in a low voice as he released a last of Dusk energy repelling her back with his blades.

"Because you're more or less hurling a firebrand into Heavensgard," Juno said as she charged her Rapier with Dawn magic and released a blast towards him. "Destroying everything we worked hard to maintain!"

Galen relaxed as he tilted his head on the side as he casually dodged a blast but unknowingly shattered a tree in the distance. He remained silent as his blades were ignited with a pair of black flames and sprinted towards Juno and thrust the pair on the ground releasing a shock wave of black flames further incinerating the land around them as Juno leapt in the air as she materialized seven golden swords surrounding her.

"You have to stop this!" Juno said as she launched the swords at Galen.

"Or what?" Galen said as he dropped his greatswords and grabbed the first pair of swords and deflected the five other swords causing them to explode upon impact.

"You'll kill me?" He asked narrowing his eyes on her as soon as the smoke clears from the explosion, Juno was unable to say a word as she stood there unable to make a response.

As within their inner circle. Galen was in act the strongest within the Seekers despite looking otherwise, even someone with Juno's level of skill facing Galen was impossible with the chances of surviving a Dungeon with nothing but powerful bosses has a much higher chance of survival than dealing with Galen.

"Then why are you doing this?" She quietly asked calming down.

"Let's just say I'm playing the long game," Galen said, he glanced to the side and found the second pair of Swordsmen still in the heat of battle. "We should get involved."

The Second Pair of swordsmen consisted of two Tians, An Aquilan armed with an Ulfberht (a Viking Sword) and an Austerian armed with a Kilij (a Turkish sword), but unlike the older pair, the two were more chaotic and unrestrained leaving behind weak pillars of ice and small fires on the perimeter.

Though it should be noted that the Aquilan remained on the offensive while the Austerian kept on the defensive.

"I don't want to fight you Revan," Shinn, the Austerian, said with a defeated look as he threw aside Flameclaw. Alongside the fact that said weapon was notably getting weaker the longer, he fought him as if sharing the sentiment of not wanting to fight the owner of the enemy's sword.

"We're far past that!" Revan, the Aquilan, shouted as his eyes turned bright red as he activated [Barbatosian Bloodlust] and streaks of purple flames began to swirl around his left arm. This caused Shinn to back away in fear but it had also forced activated [Tranquility] to his surprise.

Meanwhile, Juno tried to intervene but Galen already grabbed her in the arm.

"Wait." He said as he kept a focused stare on the two.