Drakengard Anomaly: The Tale of an Angel and an Intoner

Chapter 11 - Blossoming of a Flower

-Midgard, Cathedral City, Year 995-

Cathedral City was in chaos, a normal day for its inhabitants became a nightmare. Everything went as it should, the successful capture of the criminals known as Alan and Rose, the crushing of the revolt led by noble families, but the Institute of Magic suddenly entered a state of emergency.

One of his prisoners escaped along with two new magic specimens, seeing that the soldiers would not be able to contain the fugitives, the institute's head mage used weapon Number 16, but even then, it was not enough, the head mage died and Number 16 was destroyed.

The accounts of the few survivors of the disaster shone some light on the happening.

A being named "Angel" accompanied by two magical books came out of the ruins of the Institute and killed all the guards in his path. Amidst the heavy rain, the "Angel" approached the execution platform where the criminal known as Rose awaited her end.

From here, the reports become harder to believe, the "Angel" stopped in front of the criminal and raised his axe, probably to execute her, but a mysterious explosion stopped the angel at the last second.

The survivors reported that the cloud from the explosion formed the shape of a giant flower that pierced the heavens.

A huge crater formed in the place where the "Angel" and the criminal stood previously, the authorities of Cathedral City declared the death of the two due to the size of the explosion.

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What happened? Why everything is so dark? Moreover, why does my body hurt so much? What is that noise, rain? I need to get up! However, I could not; there was something heavy over my body.

I heard the sound of something moving, suddenly, I saw a light.

"Lord Alan..." A muffled voice spoke while the light shone brighter.

"Lord Alan..." The voice was familiar.

"Lord Alan..." I saw Noir and Rubrum floating above my face through my blurred vision while my ears rang incessantly.

"Noir, Rubrum, what happened?" I asked confused, struggling to my feet while the world spun around me, I leaned on the rocks beside me to avoid falling on the ground.

"Lord Alan! You shouldn't get up; you were at the epicenter of the explosion!" Noir said worriedly as Rubrum and he floated around me.

"What explosion?" I asked again while looking around, my vision slowly returning to normal.

We were inside the parking lot of a half-collapsed building and I saw an entrance hole in the shape of a body in a wall upon looking up. Did the explosion send me here?

I slowly climbed the pile of rubble that led to the hole, but I noticed something strange, I recognized the outline of my body, but it had wings for some reason. However, since when do I have wings?

Never mind! My head was killing me; I walked through the hole, left the parking lot, and felt something falling on my body. Looking up, I saw a sky covered with dark clouds without a single ray of sunlight pouring torrential rain on me.

Looking around I saw that I stood in a ruined city with crumbling buildings, destroyed ground, and a big crater in the center of all this destruction.

I passed a large piece of glass stuck to the floor as I walked, probably a piece of a window. My eyes widened with what I saw when I looked at myself in the glass, I could not help but scream.

"AAAHHH!" I fell to the ground and dragged myself backward, trying to get away from that thing.

"Lord Alan, what is happening?!?" Noir and Rubrum quickly floated towards me.