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—“ DO YOU STILL REMEMBER WHY IZUMO FORGED THESE BLADES ? ”
a lone woman stood before a falling mountain of swords , the water beneath her reflecting her figure.
Red pierced the skies as memory and flame only remained.
The woman grasped her right shoulder , her bloodied outfit trailing down to the thin layer of water.
“ BECAUSE IN TIMES PAST , WHEN THE YAOYOROZU—KAMI DESCENDED HERE , THEY WROUGHT DEATH AND DISASTER ON THIS WORLD AND IT'S PEOPLE. ”
She looked up feeling as the rain fell down on her as her thin velvet-red horns protruded from her head.
“ TO SAVE THE WORLD , IZUMO SPLINTERED 70,033 BLADES AND FORGED THEM INTO THE 12 SENTINELS.”
She had thought as the desolate and abandonded husk of a city remained ,
a large broken torii gate before her with many broken and shattered swords in the distance.
“ FIRST WAS THE TRUTH , FORGED BY THE SOVEREIGN OF REVELATION. IT COULD TEACH THE MORTALS THE WAY OF LAW AND CREATE MIRACLES FROM THE DECONSTRUCTION OF ALL THINGS. ”
“THE SECOND WAS 'SKY' , FORGED BY THE ETERNAL ZENITH. IT COULD FORM A BARRIER FROM THE FIRMAMENT , AND PREVENT THE INNUMERABLE GODS OF MISERY FROM PASSING THROUGH. ”
“ THE THIRD WAS 'HOWL' , ABLE TO SUMMON LIGHTNING TO REND THE HEAVENS , AND METEORS TO RAIN DOWN DIVINE PUNISHMENT. ”
“THE FOURTH WAS 'MIST' , ABLE TO BREAK EARTH AND TEAR CLOUD WITH BITING WIND AND RAIN. ”
“ THE FIFTH WAS 'FROST' , FREEZING THE LAND IN AN INSTANT. ”
“ THE SIXTH WAS 'FATE' , THE RESTLESS CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH. ”
“ THEN THERE WAS 'FLARE' , 'THOUGHT' , 'ROOT' , 'FORM' , 'BIND' , 'MAW' , WITH THOSE SENTINELS WE SEIZED ON TOMORROW'S EXPECTATION.”
“ WINNING VICTORY AFTER VICTORY , UNTIL... ALL OF THEM WERE BROKEN.”
An image of the shattered twelve sentinels appeared , breaking into pieces before them.
They were dragged into the darkness , overreaching arms hanging out from the ground to grasp their hand to drag then down.
THE PRICE OF EVERY VICTORY WAS A WORLD IN IT'S ENTIRETY... AND IN THE END , THAT ENTIRETY WAS LOST.
The woman fell from the sky as her eyes were yet to gleam as the hope in her was taken from her.
AND SO IZUMO SPLINTERED THE TWELVE SENTINELS... AND FORGED THEM INTO TWO BEARERS.
THE FIRST WAS 'ORIGIN'.
The woman could be seen pulling a silver schemed katana from the ground before her , holding it out as she pointed infront of her.
THE SECOND WAS 'END'.
A large sword that formed the mountain of various other swords had a ring of flame like a halo , embers flying in the sky.
THE WORLD FORGED 70,047 BLADES , AND ONLY ONE COULD SAVE IZUMO.
The woman then cut down the numbers of various zombie-like entities , using the blade of the origin.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW... THE ROAD TO SALVATION DOES NOT EXIST. THERE IS NO TRACE OF TOMORROW... IN RESISTING THE KAMIGAMI , HUMANITY WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ONI.
WE PAWNED EVERYTHING , ALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF TWO WORLDS. IN TIMES PAST , TAKAMAGAHARA UPON WHICH THE KAMI DESCENDED...
WAS SURELY AS BEAUTIFUL AS IZUMO.
as she cut down the remaining sword of End , her own blade of Origin shattered into fallen pieces of memories of those she cut down that fell into darkness.
Back to the current time , swords rained down as the mountain shattered.
SO...
DO YOU STILL REMEMBER WHY IZUMO FORGED THESE BLADES?
Her eyes looked upon the overseeing blackhole that their world orbited , being dragged in second by second.
BECAUSE OF A LIE.
AN END THAT NEVER EXISTED. WE LONG SINCE STRODE INTO THEIR SHADOW , EACH STEP FORWARD ONE THAT WE CAN NEVER WALK BACK...
the woman unsheathed her blade , still staring at the large sphere in the atmosphere that was being sucked in.
her shedded tear of blood reformed a new blade of scarlet red.
...UNTIL THE LAST BLADE IS FORGED INTO...
" NAUGHT. "
She held back her blade , swinging it a single time as her horns disappeared into dust , her hair turning into a beautiful snow white with dark red ends.
As she swung her blade , it struck the empty sphere of void , ultimately destroying the two worlds entirely.
I KNEW THIS WORLD WAS FLEETING.. AND YET... AND YET...
Her stern voice broke into faded whispers..
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