Fearless

dai 14 shō

“What the hell is that?! That kind of thing shouldn’t happen, retreat!” The third leader yelled, looking out towards the other commanders. “But sir, if we retreat, the others..'' One of his men said, blocking a blow from a lizardman. “If we stay, we’ll all die, best to retreat to fight another day than to be killed by demihumans!” The third leader yelled, already retreating. “That coward.” Gatil muttered, barely getting that from his mouth before blocking another blow. The golden armor clad woman gasped in pain as one of Rue’s daggers found it’s mark, a chink in the armor around the knee. “Commander!” Gatil shouted, doubling the force in his swings. “You wench, you dare to damage my body?!” The golden armor clad woman screamed, white gold shimmering in the air behind her. Gatil fell to his knees as a being made of white gold shimmered into existence, the deity of vanity, only ever contacted by the most vain people he knew, but was summoned for aid by his commander. “Just die already, you are nothing but a worthless slut!” The golden armor clad woman screamed, sword flashing towards Rue. Rue staggered, but parried the blow, eyes still full of spectral fire, but the flames were now dampened. “What kind of monster are you?! There is no way that you could have parried that blow!” Both the deity and The golden armor clad woman screamed in unison. Regaining their balance Rue replied “The deities no longer favor nyou, nyey sense nyeir ideals have been perverted by nyour actions, nyey are displeased. Gatil has the right idea, knowing when the time to give up is, whereas nyou pervert nyanother deity’s ideals.” The deity of vanity shimmered, screeching in pain. “What have you done, you’re a monster, monsters have no power over deities!” The golden armor clad woman screamed, eyes suddenly widening in fear. For a second, Rue had released their full power, letting it seep out of them, it's brilliant glow lighting the battlefield. If it was possible for Gatil to sink further to the ground, he did so, eyes full of tears as he realized his mistakes. “You pitiful coward, why I even put up with you I don’t know.” The golden armor clad woman, swinging her blade in anger, taking Gatil’s head from his body. “Nyou still will not accept nyour perversion of the deities of the land, have nyou no shame?” Rue asked, tilting their head like a cat investigating its prey.  “You’re the one that perverts the deities, doing as you’ve done.” The golden armor clad woman replied. Time seemed to freeze as the deity of vanity disappeared, and Rue let their power seep out again, this time showing no signs of containing it. “Nyou know, it’s a shame really, once upon a time nyou could’ve joined my followers” Rue said, their voice now one similar to a deity’s, as they circled the golden armor clad woman. Stopping behind her, Rue ran their finger down the side of the woman’s face. “Such beauty wasted on someone such as nyou, no wonder Fera felt drawn to nyou, often mistaken as just the deity of vanity, she is also the deity of bitterness and lust. She left nyou when nyou executed the one who lusted after nyou, nyou were no longer entertaining her '' Rue continued, tracing the other side of the woman’s face as tears hung on her face. “Poor thing, nyou never realized any of this, did nyou. Nyen again, why would nyou?” Rue asked, wrapping their arms around the woman. “Nyou know what, nyou don’t deserve to die here, I’ll send nyou back to nyour people with a message. ‘By decree of the deity of the spacetime continuum, the child of the deities before nyour deities, the practice of perverting nyour deities will not be looked upon with grace, nyou have been warned.” Rue finished, snapping their fingers. The woman vanished from sight.