I grab scouts cloak and I jump from the walls. I throw her cloak onto her grave and I look up at it. I stare at my own grinning face. So I was right. I summon the valor daggers and I start walking forward. I side step turning to the side a overwhelming tide of ice destroys the base i spent months living at. I turn to face my own reflection. I speak, and not a word comes out.
"Uncoordinated"
I rush forward as the crown of ice turns onto a sloppy halberd.
My dagger hit the hilt of the halberd. I push it down swinging at its face. It leans back and swings the halberd flinging my dagger off of the halberd. I step to the left almost being hit by a downwards slash. I put my foot on the halberd keeping it down.
Its head turns towards me and that grin widens as the halberd seems to almost explode into a shower of snow. It swirls almost cutting into me. I jump out of the snow storm and it appears behind me, a new halberd swings and nearly cuts me in half. Right as it's about to hit it stops. I turn back quickly kicking it in the head.
I skate after it as it lands. I skate around explosions of ice all around me. I push off of one finally getting close enough to attack.
My daggers hit the snow and ice daggers. They slam into eachother, a block to a head shot, a block to a body shot, a block to a neck shot, we block each others attacks the only sounds are that of metal on metal.
It finally ends with finally figuring it out, i control the ice of one of its arms and I get a deep cut on its side.
Im forced to jump back as a large amount of snow comes to life almost cutting me up.
It jumps back into the mist. I sit down hard next to a large stone within a field. I survived. Of course I did. I grab her cloak putting it into my satchel.
"Well well well I am impressed, truly i am and even thankful, you remembered to make me a crown."
I keep my head down
"Oh? Don't be like that aren't we friends? Friends look at each other"
His voice is mocking, I can almost hear the grin he has.
"■■■■ why don't you look at me?"
I don't even try to speak why would I? He sighs dramatically like I'm some petulant child
"Oh well, i guess it has to be like that"
a small toy bear falls to the ground in front of me. I think it was that little boys bear. In the reflection of its eyes I see someone.
I stand in my soul sea. I look up that pale blue thats haunted me for, what 5 years now?
"Oh, well isn't this such a unique soul sea, its definitely brighter then Sunless I'll say that. I never would have expected you to be another divine aspect holder. It really does seem like the spell is just handing them out like candy"
I turn around to face him. He looks like the one who supervised the dreamscape tournament but older and a guy.
"Then again I definitely underestimated you at first, I mean, you don't seem like the type to be that dangerous. But evidence started truly piling up. That little speech at dinner, you where correct about a topic you knew nothing about. Or that you'd even go to my prison. Or after that little ride with your friend. At first I thought you where some kind of spy."
He talks a lot. Like a lot a lot and very dramatically too.
"But no, I don't think your a spy. I think your simply smart."
"Did you make a deal with them"
He tilts his head, that polite smile staying on his face, weirdo.
"Of course I did. My first idea was to wear that friend of yours. But thinking about it deeper, that wouldn't have hurt enough. So I made a deal with those two masters. Its a shame they couldn't keep up their end."
I'm not shocked. He wouldn't have honored it anyways.
"You want my body to spy on my cohort. That's why your goon didn't cut in half"
He starts laughing "goon? That's quite the little nickname. Aw but yes your body is quite suitable. You're always so unpredictable, always running off. That could mask a lot of things. And a divine aspect? Oh that sounds quite nice."
I slowly shakes my head
"I dislike you quite a bit."
I burst forwards my daggers meet his.
"Oh and why do you have to use those ones? You know how much a hate valor ■■■■, yet you still use their daggers to fight me"
I move my head back avoiding a slash to the face.
"You know. Your aspect is quite the finicky one. One little push and all detail is lost, i am impressed that you've managed to make what you have"
I lift one dagger blocking a swipe, he's at one core right now, as he's slower than I am. That's the only reason I'm able to keep up. He's too skilled
"Oh shut up prince"
and he just does not shut up
"And prince? That's your little nickname for me? Its almost cute, even if it's only because you don't care to remember my name. Its Mordret although I doubt you'll care to remember that"
Our daggers hit eachother again and I get pushed back.
I straighten up, it's notice his smile change
"Oh, is this just a trend with Divine aspect users?"
I back away into the crowd at the edge of dead souls
"All humans this time it seems..."
I dont get to see what happens next but I do see every single head snap towards him.
"Your own fault"
I hear loud noises as he gets beaten the hell up.
I open my eyes, I'm out of my soul sea. I look up seeing, the messenger, how am I not shocked. I burst forward making a spear, really just a shard stick, and I stab into him. He looks up me with a wide grin
"Well th-" I push it to the side cutting him in half.
"Annoying"
I stamp his head off. He's not dead, I'm aware of it and frankly doing that did nothing to help with how pissed I am but I don't care. I stand up walking over to the bear. I pick it up setting it on the stone. I make a ride and I leave after so long of being here.
I ride through ghost towns. I see not a soul alive or even dead. There's only signs that people left in a hurry. Its like everyone simply disappeared. They didn't and I'm more then aware of that little fact.
After ages of riding around it slowly becomes night and I stop off in a large forest island. I set up a tent and I make a small fire. If prince cared to know my location then he would.