volume 3 - Chapter c250 (1/2)
Unyielding Integrity and The Golden Flag
As the Pendulum Golem made its last stand, Ina was shaking from the boiling rage within her. Her hazel colored eyes seemed to be emanating rage, “You pendulum idiot! There was no need to remove your defenses! You b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Don’t you want to live anymore?!”
The Pendulum Golem’s body was creaking, yet he stood tall to speak to his companion, ”My dear comrade, all this that is going on is a battle between the Planeswalkers. It had always been since the beginning of the century. And we can do nothing but to obey it. Master had pursued such a world her entire life, existences like her, who can simply utilize the Laws of the world. As such, we have nothing but revere against the entire system.”
The Pendulum Golem shook its head, ”I may be powerful to most, but on the battlefield, we were no different.”
”You paranoid b.a.s.t.a.r.d!” Ina stomped the ground, pointed her finger at the Pendulum Golem and shrieked, ”Pendulum Beast! you will regret this! I'll defeat you this time and then I'll step on your fictional vain on the ground, you stupid fool! Apprentice planeswalker, let us defeat that rin brain!”
Brendel glanced back at Ina. He more or less knew the reason she was so p.i.s.sed.
The Pendulum Golem, nearing its final moments, stood with pride at its location. The two had been fighting one another for a thousand years, but instead of saying the two as archenemies, they were friends with varying ideals. However, it was beyond Ina’s imagination that it would be willing to give up its life.
Her heart was cold, some sort of indescribable rage boiling within her. She looked back and met Brendel’s sorry gaze, “Planeswalker?”
He was looking at the sky, or demise to be exact. The shadow behind the door was a myth, a creature that left its mark in The Amber Sword, The Destroyer of the Plains. An unbeatable G.o.d that was born since the start of civilization.
Just the mere presence of Emrakul, the Aeons Torn made the air so suffocating it was hard for Brendel to breathe.
”We can't defeat this thing.” he understood that his chances were zero in defeating that thing.
”I still have another Coliseum of Fate. It's a Colorless Divine Card. It will certainly work on Emrakul. Can you defeat the Pendulum within thirty-no, twenty seconds?”
”You mean those...?” Brendel's eyes turned to the remaining underlings of the Pendulum Golem. Three Devils, a few Death Sentinels, and the remaining were Nightmare Forges. Even the Devils posed a problem to him, no to mention the other troops.
It was best to run away in this situation. But looking at ina’s brightened gaze, Brendel found himself choking on his own words, ”I don’t know. This will be difficult and I have no confidence in winning.” The truth remained stuck in his throat.
”That’s good enough a promise. I’ll leave it to you I guess. It doesn’t matter if we lose or win, but I hope you’ll give it your all. Count it as me owing you one this time” Ina spoke softly. She arched her head back to look at the Pendulum Golem, her eyes lit up with dancing flames, ”I will have to try this time regardless of anything. This may be the last fight between the two of us and I don’t want to leave behind any regrets.”
”I got it,” Brendel nodded. To be trusted upon by someone always made him feel pumped.
He placed his hand on the Cards once more.
The Pendulum Golem was watching like a bystander. It did not speak, but quietly witnessed the two as they made their final struggle. Under its control, Emrakul had already entered the battlefield. The pressure it emanated paled everyone’s complexion- all except for Andrea.
Ina looked at Pendulum Golem for one last time.
And then she threw her Card. Golden light enveloped all her summons, including Emrakul and herself. Brendel could not see what was going on beyond the veil. It was as if they got transported to another world, separated from them.
That might actually be good.
Brendel was relieved when the pressure was gone.
He currently had Ropar, two undead Archangels, Andrea, and the Wind Spirit Spiders and Holy Swords. How could he fight? On his deck, he also had Sprint Drive, Golden Battle flag, Ekronian Spellweaver, and Vampire Baron. But neither of them were useful in the situation. The best combination would be summoning the Vampire Baron to give Andrea a buff, but he did not have anymore Dark EP.
One second pa.s.sed as his mental circuits fired.
Brendel looked up to see the Golem staring back at himself --The Archangels could fly and would be able to reach the Golem directly. However, the two of them were only level 20 elites and would not be useful. Even Andrea and Ropar could not best a Devil. His only way was to use the Wind Spirit Spiders and the Holy Swords to overpower the lightning orbs, but it was necessary to deal with the Nightmare Forges first. Even if he accounted for his own partic.i.p.ation, he did not see his victory. Despite keeping up a poker face, his thoughts were fired at high speeds.
He did not manage to find a plan that would lead him to victory, but time was already running out.
”Screw planning. Let’s go all out!.” He raised his sword and sucked in a large gulp of air, ”Charge!”
Pillars of light smashed into the group of Nightmare Forges, in which multiple shots of lightning orbs were fired to counter it at the same time. The Nightmare Forges glowed a golden red, and exploded into a pile of metallic liquid. Meanwhile, battle sparks lit up the hall as the Wind Spirit Spiders fell like raindrops.
Within the ‘rain’, Ropar and Andrea clashed with the Pendulum Golem’s Death Sentinels and Devils. A beam of light flashed across the hall-Brendel had used the Sprint Drive card on the two of them. With that power boost, they decapitated their first victim, a Devil, in an instant.
At the same time, Brendel was facing off against his own opponent as well. It was the Devil with a gigantic sword embedded in green flames, the one who fought against the Platinum Dragon from before. The Devil was about as strong as a Platinum Angel, his sword swipe sent a sharp pain ringing in Brendel’s ears. He did not dare take the attack head-on and thus stepped back before activating the Nine Luminaries Sword Art. The sword cut through the illusion, pausing momentarily when the attack ended. With that slight opening, Brendel, with all his experience, activated the Dash skill atop the sword and did a flip before landing behind the Devil’s back.
As he was still mid-air, he swapped positions with one of the three illusions. Inheriting all of the original’s skills, the three illusion dashed at the monster from different directions. However, the Devil was a creature that matched Veronica’s skills with the sword. It shrieked and forcefully pulled back his sword, and then swung it over his head. All the illusions disappeared.
But Brendel was already directly behind the Devil. He raised Halran Gaia, shouted as he cleaved the Devil's back. However, the Devil possessed the Steel Element Power that it used to s.h.i.+eld his back. The blade was repelled upon contact, leaving only a faint mark at the beast’s back.
But things did not with just that. He used the Art once more to conjure seven illusions that struck a singular spot, and metallic clas.h.i.+ngs echoed throughout the hall. However, the last strike connected, purple colored blood unique to Devil’s oozed out, causing it to scream in agony.
”Shut up! What are you screaming for?! Never would I have believed that a mob from back then would be so hard to deal with right now!.” Brendel cursed because he found his sword embedded into the devil and was impossible to be removed. At this moment, another Devil had rushed to help its subordinate.
”My Lord!” Ropar warned.
”En?” Andrea suggested if he needed any help.
”Don't mind me! Go and destroy the Pendulum Golem!” Brendel bellowed furiously, attracted the attention of two other Devils. This was his only shot at winning. He held onto his sword and sacrificed his chance to dodge. He took up the full brunt of the attack.
“Puuh.” The sword embedded itself into his torso.