Still regaining your blood from the last fight with Noah, you continue moving through the dunes.
RHT: (I need to be more careful when using my techniques. I lost a lot of blood from that rain.)
You use animosity to heal most of the wounds. You try but you're unable to take off the joker card Noah put on your soul.
RHT: (What the hell does this thing even do?)
You observe the card... noticing nothing... it's a normal playing card.
RHT: (I look stupid right now. Whatever! A single card can't take me down!)
*RUSTLE*
You hear a faint noise in the dunes. It came from behind the hills. You stay alert.
RHT: (Don't tell me they're trying to ambush.)
You walk up the hill and peek over and don't see anything. You go back down.
RHT: (Probably hearing things.)
*CLANK*
Numerous armed forces rise from under the sand. You draw your blade instantly.
RK1: Permission to fire, commander?!
XSH: Unload those bullets!
*BLAST*
You are caught off guard. The bullets pierce your body. Blood starts spilling everywhere.
RHT: You dirty- *grunt* -bastards!
XSH: Go to sleep, harbinger.
*BANG*
Xesh aims his revolver and fires, creating a gaping hole on your head. You drop to the ground, lifeless.
XSH: *click* This is commander Xesh reporting to base. The harbinger has been defeated.
KMI: Great job! Confirm the death and return back with the body.
XSH: Roger that. *click* You, go check the pulse!
One of the troops runs up and check your pulse. He doesn't feel anything.
RK2: Target has been neutralized, sir!
XSH: Load it up on the cart and let's return to base.
Two troops grab your arms and push you onto the cart and head towards the city.
RK3: I thought it would've been a harder job to take the harbinger down.
XSH: It doesn't matter now. We've finished our job. Master Loyd is going to be satisfied.
RK3: Something just doesn't feel right.
XSH: What are you talking about?
RK3: Don't you think it was too easy? What if...
XSH: Shut it. No living thing can survive the onslaught we have just rained upon them.
RK3: What if they aren't a living thing..?
XSH: What do you mean?
RK3: What if they're... a god.
XSH: *chuckle* I don't believe in fairytales.
Xesh looks at the horizon.
RK3: Sir, you okay?
XSH: *sigh* I'm not a human.
RK3: What's this about?
XSH: Thing is... nevermind.
*CORRECT*
RK3: Huh? What was that noise?
XSH: Shit! Check the body right now!
The rookie takes of the veil that was covering your body. It is not there.
RK3: Sir, the harbinger isn't-
*SLASH*
The rookies' body is sliced in half. Xesh doesn't flinch, instead he unholsters his gun and alerts the troops to stop the cart.
RK2: What is it, sir?!
XSH: The harbinger isn't dead!
RK2: What do you mean?! There was no pulse!
XSH: In battle position now!
*WHOOSH*
RHT: *chuckle* Too late.
*SLASH*
All the troops get brutally slaughtered in an instant. Xesh is the only one left standing. You appear in front of him. He looks pale.
End of Chapter 90
"Ambush"
[ The justice troops have been killed. Can Xesh put up his own against the harbinger?! ]
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SOULTALE | By ShadowNTS
FantasiRhett Murdar, dismissed and driven, now journeys to mend the world's wrongs and compose a symphony of perfect lives-an ode to a harmonious existence where every soul finds its rightful place. An undertale story. Not affiliated to the already exist...
