26 Chapter 23 - "Greed Crusade: The Promise for a Reunion" (1/2)

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The man wearing black clothes, swung the dust from his clothes and took a sigh.

His name is Furuta. He turned around and looked at the valley where the bloodshed occurred.

Furuta : ”MyMy… Why am I so messy?”

He walked towards the corpses of the knights which he used as shields. The so called Representative of the Western City States of Kararagi, 『Elise Rose Evergarden』activated his Semblance, looking at the corpses is all he had to do to make the corpses and the blood disappear.

Furuta : ”Hm?”

He turned around and noticed Sirius A.

Furuta : ”Ah I see. Yes yes, the real one. Hello my lady.”

Yes.

Just like that, Furuta confirmed that there were multiple Sirius A's. Melissa was under control of the Sirius A curse, and this individual was most likely the real one.

This Sirius A looked identical like Melissa's Sirius A. A dark red cloak, bandages, eyes unable to be seen.

Sirius A : ”Ah yes my dear『Furuta』『Crazed Prince』『Murderer of Faces』『Elis Rose Evergarden』『The Washuu King』『Masquerade』『The Jester』『The Northern King』『Souta』『Nimura』『Lucius von Rosewald』『Uta Pallas』『Septimus』. You did an amazing job today. I am truly proud of you.”

Furuta : ”Oh my sweet god, there is no need to be proud of thrash like me. You being satisfied is more than enough.”

Sirius A : ”If that's so, then why did you almost kill Melissa? You send Yang, Sapphire and Lethias to the Mansion of Roswaal, didn't you? Then where are Raven and Annie Leonhardt?”

Furuta : ”A-Ahh!!!!! I send Raven to Mistral, where she belongs, I erased her memories of today. I couldn't find Annie….”

Sirius A : ”I was listening to your conversations. You states that you erased her memories, were you lying?”

Furuta : ”Y-Yes! But for a good reason. If I find her, I'll send her back to you my lady.”

Sirius A : ”Good. Good. Understood. You did a great job today, you filthy Washuu.”

Furuta : ”Come now my dear, there is no need to make fun of my name, is there? I can't control where I was born or as who. This occupation was given to me from birth.”

Sirius A : ”Fine. I have some business to attend to. Furuta, go and protect the Royal Palace. We need to triumph today. Gluttony already failed their job.”

Furuta : ”Ah well of course. It's not like I'll lose. I have this precious life of mine, as if I can fail. Hahaha! Time for a make over my dear Sirius A. What about pink for today? Or perhaps a good tint of yellow?”

Sirius A : ”Enough already. Enable your stupid Eden powers, put your mask on, and go.”

Furuta : ”Ah Yes. Of course, I'll do whatever is necessary to kill these demons. But a little bit of fashion is alright, ain't it?!”

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Then, Sirius A opened a dark red portal, more like a wormhole, and entered it.

Furuta : ”Ah yes… My dear Jens.”

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Just when Regulus and Jens clashed with their swords, they released a shockwave, which resulted in both of them being pushed back.

Regulus : ”Is that all you got? Is that your power? Is that actually your limit? You're disgusting. I remember you teaching the Warriors how to fight, and now you're weak, you're useless, you're thrash, you're a fly, you're horrible, you're obnoxious. You disgust me! How are you going to save the world on your own? These children of the Devil won't be able to help you through your whole journey! How will you defeat me, without having people to help you? The only one who's actually able to destroy me, shred me to pieces, exterminate me, is the old Jens I knew. The Jens I once played soccer with. The Jens I spared with. The Jens I used to run through the flower fields with. The Jens who taught me how to live my life how I wanted. The Jens who told me to believe in myself, but look at yourself now… You're nothing but a piece of shit.”

As Regulus ranted, Jens noticed a slight bit of sorrow in his eyes. His voice turned to a melancholic side and sometimes shattered.

Jens : ”Then explain me what I did wrong. Why did you and Masquerade, or rather the Crazed Prince, erase my memories?”

Regulus : ”Why? Who? We?! This is hilarious. Isn't it? I think it is. It's quite funny. I could categorize this as entertainment. Yes indeed, this is funny. Perhaps it's outstanding and extremely fucking funny. I was against erasing your memories and bringing you back to the Devil Kingdom of Lugnica, but you left us with no choice. The day when I, Regulus Corneas of Greed, The Sin Archbishop of Greed, the Master of the Witch Cult, decided to plan a war on the other Kingdoms, you were against it. I think your stupid brain stopped working and forgot who these people are and what kind of Kingdom this is, yes. This is the Devil Kingdom. The children of Emerada reside here, yes, perhaps I should give you all a lesson of history, because you devils are disgusting and stupid. Thousands years ago, our ancestor Emerada Lugnica made a contract with the Earth Devil. Emerada gave the devil her unborn descendant, and the Earth Devil gave her a power, yes, a power. A rare power. Perhaps a mythical power, the Power of the Witches of Sin, the Power of the Authorities. But no, oh no, nonononono. NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO! NONONONONO! She decided to spread her powers with seven individuals, who then became the Witches of Sin, and the generations after those Witches inherited their powers, yes, that's how this cruel world works. Yes. But that wasn't the only thing that broke this world. Through the Earth Devil, she gained the knowledge of the Truth of the World. Since that contract, everyone in the world except for the Forgotten Kingdom, became descendants of the Earth Devil…. AND WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WORLD SHE BECAME ABLE TO TURN THE CHILDREN OF THE EARTH DEVIL INTRO MINDLESS SUBJECTS, MINDLESS SLAVES THAT SHE COULD CONTROL. THAT WOMAN DID SO MANY CRUEL THINGS TO HER KINGDOM.”

After that, he took a breath. He starred at everyone and started swinging his hands out of anger.

Regulus : ”My apologies for losing my temper. But luckily, those who know the truth of the World, have only thirteen years to live. One week before her death, she told the truth to her son, from there, you can make the story. Emerada Lugnica, the first princess and King of Lugnica, created a burden on the Royal Lugnician Family, they became the rulers of the world. Those who learn the Truth of Emerada, Truth of the World, however you want to call it, become able to use that power. But those who aren't members of the Royal Lugnician Family, die instantly. Even your power can't neglect that… Jens.”

Jens : ”I see… So that's why you want to destroy the Royal Lugnician Family, am I right?”

Regulus : ”Slow as ever, Jens. But yes, that's our reason indeed.”

Jens : ”But why didn't the current King use that power against this attack?”

Regulus : ”Because hundreds years ago, a King gave another family of another Kingdom half of that power. Now, there are two Kings required to activate that ability. Jet Lugnica can die, he can burn to death. Because we've one Lugnician in our possession, the one of the other royal family is also in our possession. Which results into all that's left to do is kill you, destroy the Royal Lugnician Family, find the Remains of the Witches of Sin, and then destroy this pitiful world.”

Reinhard : ”So we can destroy the Witch Cult, or at the very least stop you, if we get someone who can control the Truth of Emerada, correct?”

Regulus : ”Theoretically, of course. The Truth of Emerada is capable of destroying realities, changing memories, erasing everybody–”

Suddenly, Regulus hears someone sneaking behind him.

It was Emilia, she had a frozen sword in her hands and tried to cut his head off, however he ducked.

Regulus used his authority to destroy the sword without even moving and took Emilia in his hands.

Regulus : ”Oh and you… You filthy half witch will become my wife and the vessel, a vessel to destroy the world.”

Emilia : ”Jens!”

Jens looked at Regulus and Emilia, seeing that Regulus hurt her, he was grabbing her arms really powerfully, Jens ran towards Regulus again.

Otto : ”JENS-SAN!”

Otto created a wall infront of Jens which made him fall on his back, he stopped Jens from interfering with Regulus.

Otto : ”You idiot! Don't go in like that! We must work together to find out how to defeat Regulus Corneas!”

Felt : ”I-I don't think we can actually defeat him. We must get Emilia back and then go, the only one capable of killing Regulus is Reinhard, but that won't be permanent.”

Regulus : ”I think that's a solid statement. You know what–”

Regulus pushed Emilia from the throne plateau and she fell on the ground.

Regulus : ”Maybe with this Witch on your side, you have a chance to defeat me. You can't leave this throne hall anyway, unless I disable the barrier. I don't think you realized, but the ones that enter this throne hall, are unable to leave what so ever. It's a power of my Authority. We're all frozen in time until I deactive my authority. In fact, my authority exists of four parts. My main power, the power I use to slaughter people like you is Stillness of an Object's Time, whenever my heart desires it, I'm able to freeze time and do whatever the fuck I want. By waving my hand, I'm able to cut through whatever I want. Whenever I throw something, it starts flying as fast as possible, dust becomes bullets, my hands become deadly weapons. But of course, when I stop the time, my heart stops too, and I can't live without my heart. But with my Second and Third ability, Lion's Heart and Small King, I'm able to make people join my 'Kingdom', and I use their hearts instead of mine! But of course, when I have zero people in my Kingdom, I got my final ability, The Fallen Souls, which allows me to soak the soul out of someone, consuming their life time and expanding mine, how would you expect me being over hundreds of years old? Yes, it's this beauty, the Authority of Greed it is! Regulus Corneas, The Sin Archbishop of Greed, The Golden Eclipse, The World Reaper, The Greed King, The Warrior's Fate, The Prince of Glory, The Leader of the Witch Cult and the Leader of the Blood Cloud, the one who never faced Defeat will defeat every single one of you today!”

Priscilla : ”Foolish boy. How dare you call a priestess like me a devil? Even thinking that you stand a chance against me is disgusting!”

Otto : ”P-Priscilla, don't do this. Not now, Regulus is the strongest—”

Priscilla : ”You filthy animal! Did I gave you permission to talk?”

Otto : ”H-Hey! Don't talk to me like that you bitch! We need to get out of here as soon as possible!”

Aestas : ”Well then let's start already. Me, Nathan-san, Jens, Reinhard, Otto, Emilia, Priscilla, Felt, all against Regulus. He stands no chance.”

Regulus : ”Is that so? I think I'm able to shred you all into millions of peaces if I wanted to. But what's the fun in that?”

Priscilla : ”Shut up already you bag of shit! It's time to show you a real demonstration of power!”

She swung her arm, creating the 『Yang Sword Volakia』and immediately setting Regulus on crimson fires.

All he had to do is blink his eyes and the flames were gone. His powers were beyond imagination.

Regulus : ”You filthy bitch. What do you think you're doing?”

Priscilla : ”Now I understand what the case is… JENS!”

For the first time in a while, Priscilla called Jens' name.

She looked at him, and just like she did, he looked at her eyes.

Priscilla : ”Remember our talk before the Ceremony? If Aldebaran also lost his memories, it means you have the same ability, RIGHT?!”

Jens : ”W-Wait W-What?! You know about it?!”

Priscilla : ”Alright then!”

Priscilla set the walls on fire with her blade.

Nathan : ”Priscilla-sama, what are you doing?!”

She swung her arms, trying to set as much things as possible on fire.

Priscilla : ”LISTEN UP SHIT FACES! JENS IS ABLE TO RETURN BY DEA—”

Yes… It happened.

Priscilla knows about the ability 『Return by Death』

An ability which allows Jens to die as many times as he want to save the ones he loves.

He sacrifices all he has for the best outcome.

Just like that, the world froze. Everyone became unable to move, unless two individuals.

『Jens』and『Regulus Corneas』

Regulus : ”Oh no… She did not just do that?!”

Jens : ”What the fuck? How does she know about my ability?”

Regulus : ”No… No… NONONONONONO! NONONONO! THIS CANNOT BE! HE TOLD US THAT THE GENES WERE IN HIS POSSESSION! HOW CAN THIS BE! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS! TELL ME THIS IS A LIE! IT'S A LIE, ISN'T IT? IT'S A LIE FOR SURE! HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY. THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE! HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS PROTECTING THE GENES, BUT NOW YOU HAVE THEM? HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? THIS CANNOT BE THE TRUTH! WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY!”

Regulus started screaming, stomping the ground and messing up his hair with his hands.

Jens to the contrary, remained calm. Of course, he was troubled by the fact that there were people who know about『Return by Death』

Jens : ”Regulus. Calm the fuck down.”

And then, everyone became unable to move. Even the two of them. Shadows appeared, but Satella or the Witch of Envy were nowhere to be seen for whatever reason.

Jens was only able to move his eyes, to see what was going on, and to his surprise, he wasn't the only one.

Just like Jens, Regulus was looking with his eyes to see what was going on.

The shadows started to form some kind of spear, and it launched towards a girl.

He couldn't believe his eyes, it had to be a lie through his way of thinking.

The spear pierced right through Emilia's heart, and like that, the shadows entered her body and consumed her, there was nothing left of Emilia except for a silhouette.

That's exactly where the time started to move again. Jens and Regulus immediately looked at Emilia, who's body was gone, but a shadowy silhouette of her still remained.

Priscilla : ”I see. I think I did quite a good job, didn't I?”

Reinhard : ”What did you just say Priscilla-sama?”

Priscilla : ”There is no need to repeat it. This『Time』is already lost. Even though I dislike accepting a loss, we will all die, excluding the Sword Saint.”

Otto : ”W-What are you talking about?”

Then, the shadowy figure exploded into thousands of shadows who became a giant silhouette of Emilia.

Priscilla : ”The Witch of Envy is here to take care of things.”

Reinhard : ”Priscilla-sama! What in the name of the Dragon did you do? What is she doing here? So far away from her seal?”

Regulus : ”NONONONO! THIS CANNOT BE! STOP THIS MADNESS!”

Not realizing what was going on, Regulus couldn't accept the fact that everyone here would die. It's true, nobody can beat the Witch of Envy.

He knew that there wasn't much time left, but—

Jens : ”THAT'S IT!”

And, coming to this point, Jens snapped his fingers.

As the idea flashed through his mind like a lightning strike, Jens slowly narrowed his eyes and ran towards the shadow with a bash.

Jens : ”SATELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I LOVE YOU!”

Reinhard : ”What are you saying?!”

Regulus : ”NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

The floating, shadowy figure turned around to Jens, and like that, he lost his consciousness.

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Jens woke up in the throne hall, he looked at the broken ceiling of the hall and noticed the purple red sky.

He was shaking out of fear, scared what happened while he lost his consciousness. And, then he saw it…

Jens : ”Huh?”

Jens breathed sharply. With a clatter, Jens' sword fell on the floor, his body was trembling. Shaking his head, Jens took a step backwards.

The smell of blood lingered in the air. Traces of a huge fight were present in the hall.

Whilst frozen completely still, Jens saw it…