The Ballad of Crystl

CHAPTER 5: FOUR AGAINST ONE

As soon as I turned into a fully functioning weapon of mass destruction going for impact, I slashed through the swords manifested by Caine and slashed him with all I've got. He was thrown away by the impact as blood splattered from his chest and his mouth. It was like falling from a skyscraper with the sudden stop killing a mortal instantly. He should be thankful that he was a god and so was I.

"This is impossible," Caine struggled to stand. "I'm supposed to be the most powerful reaper right now!"

"Is that why you had to kill them?!" I clenched my fist as my body weaponized to turn my right arm into a gigantic blade. I held my right arm turned blade as my legs weaponized into high-powered boosters, "You're not even worth my time anymore..."

As I accelerated towards him at my top speed to cut him lengthwise, I was abruptly stopped by Evva's binding ability. However, with my new powers and abilities, the binder broke and I continued to dash towards the target. As soon as I reached him, I made my blade as heavy as I can and I sentenced him to death, or so I thought. Precy stopped the sword from cutting Caine with both hands clapped but the weight of the blade caused the floor to crack with shockwaves reaching millions of miles radius. He moved my blade as he forcefully kicked me away.

"I didn't realize you were still there," I showed no signs of damage as I was able to turn my abdomen into a spiked shield. "What happened to the great masters of death?"

"You're hands and your foot," Caine looked at Precy, "they're bleeding..."

"Don't worry your highness it's just a flesh wound." He said, and then he turned to me and said, "The old system needs changing... that's what happened."

I glanced at my left, "Master Subli," I looked at my right, "Master Evva," and then I faced towards Precy and Caine. "You're not planning on teaming up against me, are you?"

"You do know what I am capable of," Subli started taking off his goggles.

"Of course, I know that you are the god of petrification," I looked at him straight in the eye as I begun turning into stone, "but just like Master Evva's binds," the petrification broke off, "my new ability allows me to turn myself into a weapon capable of breaking abilities and powers. Right now, I only see red and black..."

Subli backed off and drew out his scythe, "Damn it!"

Precy and Evva drew out their weapons as well while I furiously turned my entire body into various weapons using my master's last lesson, Weaponized Body Fighting Style. I never bothered to dodge their attacks since it did no damage. I was more focused on trying to create a weapon in my thoughts that could wipe them out of existence. But then, Caine made his move.

"Move far away from him!" he yelled as he manifested a nuclear missile heading towards our direction, "EAT THIS MOTHER FUCKER!"

I never thought of evading it as I took it head on. It caused a massive explosion as it rippled across the space. When the dust settled, I was nowhere to be seen. The four of them gathered to where I was as they stared at each other.

"Did we get him?" the prince asked.

"I think so," Evva looked at him, "I saw him got hit by that explosion."

"Does anyone think that it was too fast?" Precy started to have doubts, "he didn't even bother to dodge, deflect or evade..."

"He's gone now, okay?" Subli anxiously tried to reassure them. "He sure was a monster but we got him good."

They stayed silent for a bit.

"Shall we head back and report this to your father?" Evva asked the prince.

"We could tell them that he killed everyone instead of the high-level cannibals." Subli proposed, "I mean we have the proof that it was him who attacked us."

"It won't work because Prince Caine's got his powers." Precy shook his head, "Unless, we tell the public of a different story."

"I can't believe this," I spoke as light particles pieced me back together. "I will go for a different plan instead..."

Before they had time to react, I turned myself into a nuke and exploded in front of them. Although, they hurried to escape with a lot of severe injuries, I know that they'll survive, but they won't be able to recover for a while. When the dust settled, they were nowhere in sight. I immediately pieced myself together and didn't bother to look for them. I've recorded enough detail to show it publicly to the kingdom from the moment we were attacked to this moment where I bombed them.

I never understood how it happened to me, but I was sure that I was casted out to the abyss into oblivion. I've become more powerful than I was back then. I have become my own weapon... but at a disastrous price. I raised my left hand and it turned into weapon that creates portals to wherever I want to go and that is back to the surface... to ground zero. The guards at the gate were surprised to see me return as one of them called for the higher ups that I was back from the expedition.

I grabbed one of the guards, "Get me Master Rizsa, death goddess of memories, NOW!"

The guard fearfully fell down and rushed away, "Yes sir!"

Fugn was the first to arrive and approached me while staring at me curiously, "What the hell happened to the color of your hair and more importantly, what happened to your left arm?"

"What do you mean about my hair?" I changed my portal weapon into a reflective device and took a look at my reflection, "White hair..."

"You," Fugn stared at me again mysteriously, "You've finally awakened your true powers, haven't you?"

"You called for me," Rizsa, a short-haired reaper dressed in purple, came over.

"I came as soon as I heard about your return," Princess Strotus Darling came rushing over. "Where are the others, Condy, where is he? Tell me, where are they?!"

I ignored her and approached Rizsa, "Show all of them this memory, master, and it will answer most of the questions..."

"Then let me touch you," she touched my forehead and my memories appeared like TV in front of all the reapers that are in the kingdom.

After finding out about the betrayal of the prince and the three other masters, I gazed at Princess Strotus as she knelt down asking, "How did it end up like this?"