Deepwoken: Penumbra

War: First battle

As Faust, Pakki and Seth arrived on the shores of Minityrsa, they saw a man in a white cloak cut down another whilst burning a man knocked out to ashes on the ground.
Seth jumped out of the boat. "Faust-- You were right!" He raised his hands up to his face, rushing towards the man. "Leave them alone right now!"
The man turned towards them. "They were Etrean soldiers... And who are you?"
Seth gritted his teeth. "I said, get away from them!"
Faust put a giant bone hand in front of Seth to stop him. "Keyword were, Seth... They're gone."
Seth looked at the two corpses before looking at the man. "You'll pay for that...!"
"By who's hand?" The man asked.
"Seth Dalus, the strongest's!" Seth replied.
The man looked at the three of them. "Osric Ureshi. I already know the other two's Faust Ytreshi and Patrick Jaeger..."
Seth stepped forward. "Come on then, Ure--"
Suddenly, Faust grew a bone dome around them, but before he was able to complete it, the man dashed through them, drawing his katana, slicing deep into the bones - and Seth's side.
Osric turned around, seeing Seth fall to the ground. Pakki drew his katana as well.
Faust glared at Osric, thinking very fast. "Something's wrong with that guy... If it wasn't for my instincts.... Surely that would've killed us both... And even still, he cut deep into those bones - deeper than I've seen before..."

Back in the Viper's Jaw, in the Legion's hideout, the shadow reappeared in the room.
"I think you need a little help..." The hooded man said as he walked out of it.
"Do you have ANYTHING that can help us out here? ANY info?" Cyrus asked.
"That kid... Jaeger... His left eye can see souls. Even through walls. That's how he knew I was there." The figure replied.
James narrowed his eyes. "Why didn't you tell us if you knew?"
"I only just found out." The figure replied.
"How? How does one find out about something like that?" James questioned him further.
The figure turned around. "You know my terms. No questions about how I acquire information."
James wanted to speak but Cyrus stopped him, placing his hand in front of him. "Where's Jaeger right now?"
"....On Minityrsa." The figure replied, before disappearing into the shadow.
James looked at Cyrus. "What now?..."
Cyrus looked back at his friend. "Take David and go to Minityrsa. Get Jaeger. As long as he's with them, they'll control our flow of information!"
James ran out to the ships, walking past Greg and Fred. "Oi, David! Action! Time to get revenge on the brats!"
He said, jumping on a boat.
Cyrus gathered his soldiers, leaving the Viper's Jaw on a warship. "Colt... He split a bunch of his guards into teams too weak to defend themselves, telling each of them they would have to scope out where my base of operations is... In reality, they were bait to see where this base is... And since he knew of my spy, he wrote the letter to me, knowing I'd send him to intercept it..." Cyrus suddenly looked up from his map, looking to the side as the ship hit the sea. "So what confirms that I got the letter...." He looked out to the side, seeing several Etrean ships approaching his. "...Is me taking my leave! Damn it, full force forward! Lose those ships!"

Faust looked at Seth. "Don't make that wound worse... Just stay there for now."
Pakki's katana started to glow. "To assholes like you... I'll show what True art is!"
Osric looked at him for a moment before Pakki darted at him, sending a slash at him, which Osric parried - only for Pakki's katana to explode, knocking Osric back.
"So that's what they told me about... Your Blastdance..."
Suddenly, from behind, Faust slashed at Osric with his skyreap blade, to which Osric jumped up, sending a heavy slice back at him, leaving a deep imprint on Faust's protective ribcage.
Osric jumped back, resetting himself to his preferred distance. "And Faust Ytreshi's Bonemend... Bring it on!"
Pakki once again darted at him, slashing at him in a wide arc as he spun around, followed by an explosion, and the moment Osric jumped away, he was met with Faust slicing at him using his skyreap blade.
Osric took the hit, waiting for his chance - as he was sent back from the slice, he left flames on the ground beneath him.
To his surprise, the onslaught of attacks didn't stop - Pakki dashed behind him, stabbing at him, followed by another explosion.
As Faust jumped through the small flames, ready to attack again, Osric kicked himself off of Pakki's katana, knocking himself towards Faust as the flames formed into a humanoid shape with a spear, slicing at Faust from the side, making a tiny hole in his ribcage armour, which Osric sent his katana's blade towards.

Colt was on one of the ships chasing after Cyrus.
Since the Etrean ships outnumbered the Legion's ships, Cyrus knew he had to do something - Cannons were ready to fire, and if it came down to a battle, he knew the war would be over.
Colt walked to the front of his ship. "Give up the fight, Cyrus. Nobody has to die here."
Cyrus walked onto the edge of his ship, looking at Colt. "Believe me, I'd love it if that was the case. But if I go back saying we lost, I'll be damned anyway."
Colt narrowed his eyes.
"By the way... Jaeger's in trouble on Minityrsa." Cyrus said.
"What-- What did you just say?!..." Colt asked. He looked towards the island, seeing the flash of explosions go off in the distance. "Damn it...." He closed his eyes, thinking for a moment. "MARK! Go to the Miner's Landing and tell Kevin to get over to Minityrsa!" He called out to one of his captains. "I'll go back to Etris, tell Pat and Matt... The rest of you follow Cyrus!"

Faust had to react quickly, and he knew this could be lethal if he didn't defend, so he slowed his momentum by stomping on the ground and throwing his scythe upwards as hard as he could. It parried the katana, but he couldn't hold onto it, which was exactly was Osric wanted.
The burning figure with the spear went for Pakki, who tried to interrupt it's attacks only for his katana to go right through the flames. "I can't?!--" he yelled out, stumbling back as he got stabbed with the spear.
Osric landed, repositioning himself and sheathing his katana before dashing forward, through Pakki, setting the ground in his way on fire.
Faust quickly shielded Pakki's vitals with bones, but in turn, was stabbed by several burning servants formed from the flames. Exactly at the same moment, Pakki and Faust both collapsed.