What If... (SoW/MD Edition)

What if...Pythus won the final battle?

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During Ardonia's last stand in Crown Peak, Pythus battles Senn and Ria, as well as killing Hubris. As he is about to kill Senn and Ria, the Deathsinger confronts Pythus and they fight each other all the way up to the throne room, until eventually the Deathsinger kills Pythus but then dying from his wounds later. But what if Pythus didn't die? What if he managed to best the Deathsinger, and win the 2nd Great War?

As Pythus recovers himself after killing Hubris, he looks at Senn and Ria, who are injured.
"The ardoni, a species able to wield great powers: the Songs of War. Tell me, what benefit are these powers...when you still die the same?" He said as he picks up his axe from Hubris' body, "Power does not reside in a weapon. Ingressus believed the Prime Songs would give you strength, but look at how they served you both! Let me tell you what real power is. Power...is an illusion, constructed in the minds of those who fear it. And I...am the most powerful of all!"
He then rose his axe, and slammed it, as a band of Wither skeletons appeared with 2 Withers. Senn and Ria looked at each other, as they crawled to a wall, and held each other's hands.
"We fought together, we die together," Senn said as Ria nodded. Pythus smiled as he walked slowly to them, as he rose his axe. He prepares for the final blow, as Senn and Ria closed their eyes. But then, they heard a sound of a Wither dying. They open their eyes, and look towards the beacon. Pythus put down his axe, and looked too, to see the Deathsinger's broadsword in the head of the Wither. The Deathsinger pulls it out, and looks at the Wither Skeletons.
"Ingressus..." Pythus said silently, as he pointed at him and the Wither Skeletons charged at the Deathsinger. He jumped at a skeleton and killed it with one swipe, and then stabbed another. 2 more Wither Skeletons ran at the Deathsinger, as he pulled out Voltar and blasted his Aggroblast song, killing both the skeletons. He then saw the second Wither shoot a skull at him, but he swiftly dodged it. The Wither looked at Ingressus, and shot another skull at him. The Deathsinger dodges again, and then used Mobilibounce to jump onto the Wither and stab it. He jumped off the Wither onto the ground as it lands, dead. The Deathsinger looks at Pythus, fuelled with rage. He charges at the false Nether King, and jumps, raising his sword. He strikes at Pythus, but he blocks it with his axe and swings his axe to block the other attacks from Ingressus. The Deathsinger then swipes his sword again and jumps to kick Pythus in the face, knocking him back. He then slashes his sword again, as Pythus blocks them and then slams his axe to Ingressus' head, but he blocks it and then jumps over Pythus. Pythus turns around at the right time to block Ingressus' attack and then swings his axe at the Deathsinger's legs. But the Deathsinger jumps over the axe and onto the stairs leading to the throne room. Pythus runs at him and tries to cut his throat, but Ingressus blocks the attacks and then Mobiliflashes behind Pythus and then charges his Mobiliburst as he thrusts forward to Pythus, pushing him far away onto the second flight of stairs. Ingressus jumps high and tries to stab Pythus, but he rolls out of the way at the right second. Pythus then swings his axe around as Ingressus steps back onto the second flight of stairs, as Pythus lifts his axe in the air and slams it at Ingressus. The Deathsinger jumps away from the axe, as it slams on the stairs, making a loud clang sound. Pythus grunts angrily as he runs at Ingressus. They continue fighting on the stairs, fire surrounding them, as Ingressus gets out Voltar and shoots his Aggroblast at Pythus, but he dodges the song. The Deathsinger then uses Mobilibounce and jumps behind Pythus, and then jumping at him and strikes. He does so again and again to tire out Pythus. He then lands in the entrance of the throne room, and uses Supporokesis to lift Pythus, and throw him into the throne room as well. Pythus gets up, weakened, as Ingressus walks slowly towards him.

"You thought that you could kill my clan and get away with it?! You are a monster!" Ingressus shouted as he clenched his fists.
"Your clan was weak, Ingressus! You think I'm the monster? You came to me, you asked for an alliance to conquer Ardonia! This never would have happened if you never messed with time and stayed dead!" Pythus said loudly as he swinged his axe. Ingressus ran at Pythus as they continued fighting, Ingressus rolls behind Pythus, and then clashing their weapons. Pythus then breaks out of the clash and swings his axe to knock Ingressus' sword out of his hand. He then swings his axe at Ingressus' chest, cutting it open, and blood spilling. He shouted in pain, as Pythus smiled and then slammed his axe at Ingressus, but he swiftly gets out Voltar and blocks the attack, knocking him off his feet. He struggles, as Pythus continues pushing down his axe. Ingressus grunts, as he Mobiliflashes away from danger. He picks up his sword as he kneels down, covering his wound and trying to stop the blood spill. He breathes hard, as Pythus slowly walks towards him and dragging his axe. Ingressus looks up angered as he charges Mobiliburst and pushes Pythus away, as he uses his axe to support him. Pythus looks up to see Ingressus running at him and slashes his sword at Pythus' throat. He grunts in pain, as he is knocked down. The Deathsinger looks at Pythus, with pure rage in his eyes, as he lifts up his sword.
"Time for you and your father to reunite!" Ingressus said as he is about to stab Pythus, but then stops, hearing a loud squelch. He looks to see the end of Pythus' axe through his heart, blood dripping. He drops his sword, and falls onto his knees, holding the axe. Pythus gets up steadily, having his hands clenched on the axe. Ingressus rose his arm at Pythus, as his markings flickered.
"You...are a monster," He said with his dying breath, until his red markings became dark black; the Deathsinger was no more. Pythus put his hand on his throat, seeing magma blood dripping from his hands. He then sees Ingressus' Aggroblast song and the 2 Prime songs appear in front of him, beside Ingressus' body. He smiled, as he picked the Mobilium prime up. Pythus then turned to see Senn steadying himself on a pillar, Thalleous's sword drawn.
"All that power...all those knights. You even seen half the power of the gods, and yet somehow...you still couldn't stop me," Pythus said as he picked up his axe and walked slowly towards Senn, and then Ria jumped from behind and threw her spear at Pythus. He catches it mid air, and throws it back at Ria, stabbing her in the arm. Senn charges at Pythus and swings his sword at Pythus, but he blocks all of the attacks with ease, and eventually kicking Senn off his feet. Ria shoots an Aggrobeam at Pythus, as he blocks it with his axe, deflecting it and hitting Senn, which knocks him out. Ria spins her spear and then points it at Pythus.
"You will not win this!" She shouted as she charged at him. Pythus chuckled as he swings his axe to snap Ria's staff in half and knock her down.
"I already have," Pythus said as he slammed his axe onto Ria's chest, killing her. Pythus smiles as he looks at Senn, who is on his knees. He puts his arms out, and closes his eyes, as Pythus walks towards him, and picks Senn up from his throat, and begins choking him, until he breathed no more.

After this battle, Pythus went back to the End, and killed both Abbigail and Vulcannus and the last remaining Knights of Ardonia. With that, he has won the Second Great War and now rules all 3 realms, and now Ardonia would live in chaos for centuries under Pythus' rule.

2 weeks later, Pythus is sitting on the Nether throne, and stares at his axe.
"I did what you could never do, father. I brought our kingdom back to its former glory," He said as he put his axe beside him and stood up, looking over Nazgard, and then seeing a small glimpse of Kronor's ghost appearing in front of him. He smiles as he sits back on the throne, living his long life ruling all 3 realms until his death.