"Now, where is he when you needed him the most." Doer grunted. The team have plotted a full-scale attack against the mergers. Although they are greatly outnumbered, they have decided to go without the assistance of the Congregation of Light. The team is composed of Mitsu the Dark Knight, Doer the Sith, Orange the Thunderwolf and Richimaru. "Hey! Orange, are we there yet?" Mitsu asked the werewolf while sighing "Not yet. Their scent is getting stronger, which means we'll be there in no time." Orange replied while his ears twitched. The galloping of the Dark Knight's horse echoes across the forest while The Sith's undead Dragon and Reech's rock dragon roars as they soar the sky.
The guild was astonished to see where Orange's nose took them. Arktika, the Netherplains' equivalent of the Antarctic. The frozen lands showed no interests of explorers, covering the whole place with snow. The temperature drops to what seems to be zero, surely freezing anything sold if it stayed in the cold plains for more than an hour. Walking through the thick snow is suicide, it's as if you dipped yourself to your sure death. "WHAT THE!" Orange reacted, scratching his head in disbelief. Amongst the guildmates, Orange is the only one who is wearing less clothes, and now that they are about to explore the regions of ice, he felt really dumb "Bah, good thing Ramiro thought me this." Orange said, pointing his staff to the skies, then he chanted " SUPER CHARGE!" That cue triggered the sky to shoot lightning directly to the staff and channeling it to Orange's body, enveloping his body with a thick layer of electricity. He then looked at his teammates, surprised and totally clueless "What? Want me to be a Pupsicle here?"
Mitsu said while looking at Orange with a goofy face "Well, at least you won't get cold anymore." The Dark Knight then wears his helmet and gave out his orders "I guess we are much prepared than we first fought them. Now's the time to use all our strengths and all what we've learned. Let's show those losers whose the real bad asses." he then flailed his broadsword and pointed it north "NO HOLDING BACK! CHARGE!!!"
Gates was standing in the hideout's balcony. Laraffa approached his master and delivered his news "We have spotted Niv's troop on the Northern regions. The Demon prince is not with them. Should we prepare and attack them midway?" The Phoenixid was trembling, knowing that the armored entity has a very unpredictable mood swing. Gates faced his subordinate and replied "No. Let them find this place. But be ready. Here, take this." he then handed the Majestic Phoenix' ruby to Laraffa. The smile in the Phoenixid's face was filled with joy.
Zai, Sora and Pordoj managed to get out of the prison without a sweat. Now the trio is trying to go to Shilu's cell to save the Santelmo. They've managed to notice the henchmen running back and forth, as if they are preparing for war. "Pordoj, are you sure about this?" Sora asked the blacksmith, filled with anxiety, her tiny voice became even smaller. Zai clutched her katana and grabbed Sora's hand. Pordoj replied "Give me a sec..." the blacksmith then walks out of where they are hiding and tried to sneak at one of the henchman, but it walked away from its post. In about a few second, the whole hallway is empty. He signaled the two girls to join him "Would you look at that. Everyone's gone." Zai scratches her head in confusion. The Tenshi started to survey the whole hallway, trying to look for enemies.
A white figure suddenly emerged from the shadows. it was just Archobos. He grabbed his topaz before yelling "So, it's me and you...and these two little kids." The Trygerstryfe points at Pordoj and challenges the blacksmith "FACE ME, TRAITOR!" the topaz emitted a white flash, as the bright light clears up, an armored Archobos appeared. Finally he have unleashed the power of the White Tiger Byakko. "Now, let's see how you can match my true powers." Archobos boasted.
Somewhere else in the Merger's Hideout. A henchman was scooting around the hallways when suddenly Ikezubo noticed him "Why are you not in your station, henchman?" The henchman was just staring at the Aquorion. Ikezubo got ticked off and yelled "WHY ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING ME?" the angry samurai draws his sword and points it at the Henchman's neck. Still the henchman was speechless. Ikezubo suddenly realized that these suited entities cannot speak, or were not allowed to speak. He withdraws his blade and put it back to its scabbard "Very well..." the Aquorion walks away. The masked persona then looked at both sides before sighing "That was close." he then morphed back to his real form, it was Niv mimicking a henchman.
The guild finally reached the merger's hideout. It was an abandoned castle fortress, covered with thick snow. They were standing on a nearby hill. Reech looked at his team mates and suggested "Should we call for back up? We could use help from the Sky Palace or Netheria." Mitsu shook his head and replied "We'll think about that later. Do you not trust our own strength, golem?"
"In case that one of us shall fall during this siege, you shall continue fighting. IF and Only IF you are the only one left, then you have my permission to call out for help." Mitsu said with conviction. The group all agreed. The Dark Knight raised his flat lance and said "This fight is for Netherplains. GUILDMATES! UNITE!" and in unison, the guild members raised their weapons and responded "GUILDMATES! UNITE!"
The four warriors charged with no hesitation. Mitsu took the lead, clearing up the snowy ground as his hellion horse's flames melt it down, while Doer's undead dragon "Brownie" and Reech's stone dragon soars up in the sky. Orange was riding on the stone dragon's back. Of all the warriors, he is the most inexperience, only managing to fight alongside his guildmates in his own timeframe. Out of nowhere, giant rocks started flying towards them, "Darn! They knew we were coming!" Orange said, grabbing his staff tightly, preparing to fight. "Hold your horse, Orange, the three of you go ahead, this one's mine." the Dark Knight said while flailing his flat lance.
As Mitsu expected, it is Guk'Yul'Saval indeed, but the Black Knight Tortoise is unrecognizable though. This time the Torturkian grew bigger tremendously, fully covered with a rock armor. The Dark Knight was dumbstruck for a minute but managed to gather his wits "LOOK AT YOU NOW, DARK KNIGHT, YOU'RE JUST A PETTY LITTLE MESS TO ME!!!" Guk roared at his adversary. The Black Knight swung his axe at the charging Dark Knight. Mitsu was quick to his feet and managed to jumped off the horse. The unlucky creature bursts in to ashes as the axe chopped it into two. Mitsu pierced his flat lance at the Torturkian's chest. It was ineffective. The Tortukian didn't even moved a muscle. As Mitsu landed on the ground he commanded to his allies "JUST GO!"
Orange watched his ally fight the gigantic Torturkian, he asked Doer "Will it be okay if we leave him there?" Doer just shook his head and looked at his friend "He said that we must continue no matter what...Anyway he won't fall easily."
The trio continued to charge towards the castle. Reech noticed that the merger henchmen are shutting the castle doors close, he immediately command the Earth to rise up and bash the doors open. The door flew away along several of the henchmen. Doer, Reech and Orange successfully infiltrated the enemy's headquarters with ease. The Sith immediately noticed the Aquorion samurai. "This is where our paths separate, guys." Doer said while summoning his katars. Ikezubo started shooting water spears toward the group. Reech replied and unsheathes his katana "No, I must join you in this one. I have a score to settle with this guy." before they could continue their chat, Brownie was hit and fell to the ground. The golem faced Orange and said "Don't worry, this guy will take you to where the others are..." Reech then jumped off the stone dragon to join Doer.
"Great. Now I'm all alone and needs to look for Zai and Sora...Hope that there won't be a stronger minion popping out of nowhere to stop me." Orange mumbled while scouting for the two youngsters. Just like fate is playing tricks on the werewolf, the stone dragon was suddenly split vertically, making it crash to the ground, Orange was able to jump off before it crumbled. As he rolled to the ground, a blazing image appeared before him "Oh, my. Lucky that I get to slice a cutie." The Phoenixid said while placing his flamberge at Orange's neck. "My name is Laraffa. The Majestic Phoenix." the merger introduces himself to the werewolf. Orange angrily whispered "You've got to be kidding me."
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Exodus Files: Gates of Hell.
AventuraThe worlds are divided: The land of men, Earth, and the land of the monsters, Netherplains. For many years, these two worlds are separated in accord to a truce between the two faction. But nothing lasts forever. There are forces willing to break the...
