Tensura What If: Silver Timeline (Draft)

Chapter 78 - Last Stand

A/N: Toru is the general name of the united personalities. If it is mentioned as Toru it means it is in the prespective of outsiders, since they know him only as Toru not his personalities.

"Well, I better get going to my position," The person known as Toru by his allies muttered, sensing the imminent danger. He instinctively shifted into the form of an androgynous man, Mirth, with colorful hair and began to run. Just as he neared a portal that had appeared before him, a large mass of energy was fired in his direction.

Luckily, his shadow suddenly moved to intercept the attack. A small, formless shadow appeared beside him, seemingly protecting Mirth. "Hollok! I didn't call for you, but... wait, did I? Oh was it Guardian?"

'Yeah I called for him to come out.'

As Mirth prepared to jump through the portal, a purple whip wrapped around his waist, yanking him away from his escape route. "We can't have you leave, not with all that soul fragment in you," Ultima grinned, pulling the long whip to drag the small child closer.

The four primordial demons had seen Toru's soul, which was saturated with fragments of Rimuru's soul. They believed that Toru might be a part of Rimuru, seeking to become whole again. Toru had gathered enough fragments to be nearly evenly matched with the current Rimuru in terms of amount of fragments. 'This was the person that has collected the soul fragments we couldn't find,' they all thought in unison.

"Well, we might be in trouble," Mirth laughed, "Take the reins old man Lumis!" transforming into the form of an old man with short white hair.

"Asterion, Chara, come out." Two hounds appeared out of nowhere, both roaring as bursts of light energy were fired at Ultima. "Hollok, keep guarding us. We need to escape from here fast." The formless shadow wrapped itself around Lumis like a cloak, shielding his body.

As Lumis' mind raced with conflicting thoughts and commands, he felt the intrusive voices grow louder and more insistent.

'Let's fight! Let me have control I'll do it!' (Aggre)

'We can't win here, let's just escape hahaha!' (Mirth)

'Die, let us all just die here.' (Void)

"Not now! Can't you see I'm busy?" Lumis argued with the voices in his head, scratching his head in frustration. "I make the plans, you all just keep quiet."

The whip around his body was severed, not by the summoned creatures, but by the weapon in Toru's hand—an extremely sharp katana with a dangerous aura. Using his arts and aura, Toru managed to cut the whip from his body.

Diablo's eyes gleamed with sinister delight as he addressed Toru. "Kufufufu, your soul is required. Surrender now, and perhaps we'll spare you undue pain." He was observing, not taking any action. Jahil, who had betrayed them, and Echidna were still in the area after all.

Quetzalcoatl was keeping Apophis busy with the help of Terra and Zegion. Apito stood beside Ein, who was desperately trying to help Lait, who was weakening by the second.

Ignoring Diablo's threats, Lumis shifted to Guardian, the brown haired form with a muscular build, he used gravity magic to create a defensive barrier. "This should help somewhat." he voiced at the voices as they clamored in his head, causing him visible discomfort. Testarossa watched the field and smirked at the futile magic.

Carrera, who jumped out of nowhere, prepared her fist as she dashed towards Guardian, seeing that Asterian and Chara were busy trying to keep Ultima at bay. He changed back to the red haired Aggre who took out another sword and blocked her fist with one sword in each hand. "Those swords are tough," Carrera commented as she continued her barrage of fists at Toru.