… Okay, note to self. Mouthing off at a higher being was not a good idea, leave it to the magus that was living in Chicago. What was his na again? Harry Blackstone? Harry Copperfield?
Forget it, now I got to stay away from all the shots that angel was firing at .
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"Co on little boy, dance for !" Kokabiel waved a lazy hand to produce several spears and aid them at . I parried off most of the spears while moving to dodge the few that got past , then with a quick reinforcent of my hand, grabbed one of the spears and threw it back at him.
"Oopsie~ that could be dangerous." Kokabiel tiled his head to avoid the spear while smirking. "Co one, you can do better right?" I narrowed my eyes as I considered my options. I really did not want to use too much of my Prana from the get-go, but at this rate I would have to bring out the heavy artillery earlier than expected. I just need sothing!
"Ba~ Bump!" A light pulse made pause for a mont as I considered that possibility. Co to think of it, I used this fellow in my training but never in an actual fight before, so…
"[Hell's Trident], Trace On."
At my call, the miniature spear around my neck glowed before it flew out of the chain and appeared behind in its full form and size, its energy seemingly blanketing around like an invisible shroud that promised protection to and death to my enemies.
Good demonic spear.
"Ho~ so it is true then, the rumors about soone seemingly taking Sacred Gears away and using them." Kokabiel looked at the Sacred Gear with narrowed eyes. "I recognize that weapon from that rogue Stray a few years back, his na was Regeis I believe." His eyes went back to . "Now the question is can you use it?"
One way to find out.
"Bring into my hand, [Obsidian Custom]." I held out my right arm as an outline of a spear appeared by my side, fully materializing as I grabbed the shaft and twirled it. The black stone-head glead from the fire around us while the scent of heated stone filled the air from the glowing runes.
"Let's do this." With a great leap, I appeared right below him and thrust the spear at him. Kokabiel rely moved to one side, no doubt thinking he was safe at a distance, only to widen his eyes as a dark energy erged from the spear and launched itself at him, the demonic energy leaking from it seemingly roaring for blood. The wall that was exposed to it started to crumble and fall apart from the energy eating at it.
"[Thunder Custom]!" I did not stop pushing my attack and created another spear, this ti a yellowish-blue spear with jagged edges that emit small bolts of electricity. Grabbing the end of the shaft, I swung the spear hard towards the ground, creating a magic circle below us and shooting several bolts of electricity into the air, reducing his escape routes significantly and trapping him here with .
"What the GATRH!" Kokabiel's curse got cut short as the black energy caught up to him and touch his leg, the clothing getting burned and his flesh starting to turn dark and crack. With a snarl, he produced a spear and thrust it into the black wave, detonating it to cut off the connection and the process of eating his leg. It did not matter to , all he did was give the opening to my next move. I reversed my grip on the black spear and threw it at him, letting loose the demonic energy that I held back earlier. I temporarily made the other spear float behind alongside [Hell's Trident] as I create the next set.
"[Married Spears Custom]!" I gripped hard on the spear versions of Kanshou and Bakuya and threw them hard at Kokabiel who was busy avoiding the black energy and the lightning bolts that appeared randomly. The Fallen Angel deflected the two spears with ease, obviously thinking they were the least of his concern, only to be made wrong when the married pairs ca straight at him from opposite directions.
"This is a hell of a nuisance you are giving boy!" Kokabiel glared as he knocked the two spears back at , but I rely grabbed them and spun them lightly in front of so that they were stuck in place for my next maneuver. Gesturing with my hand to bring the thunder spear back, I held it in between the rotating spears, their magnetism holding it in place and the electricity building up to rather absurd levels.
'Hope you like my present of a railgun.'
"GUNGNIR!" I slamd the butt of the thunder spear, launching it forward through the married spears and accelerated from the combination of the magnetism and the accumulated electricity. The thunder spear roared throughout the campus as it rocketed its way towards Kokabiel.
"WHAT THE!" Kokabiel wrapped his wings around him and created a barrier in ti to prevent the tip of the spear from piercing him. The amount of force in the spear pushed him back quite a distance as it struggled to pierce the barrier that he erected. I did not stop to see if it was working; sothing of that level was likely not enough. I imdiately projected my bow and a familiar sword into my hands and got into my stance, pouring my Prana into it and preparing to fire it off.
"That is enough!" Kokabiel let out a roar as he gathered whatever energy he has and with a burst of light, destroyed the thunder spear, the black spear and the magic circle that created the lightning bolt. He turned only to look with wide eyes at the sword in my hands, no doubt feeling the amount of Prana that was threatening to be let loose explosively.
Say 'AH!'
"Steel is my body, Fire is my blood."
"My core is twisted in Madness, [Caladbolg II]!" I released the makeshift arrow and watched it make its way to Kokabiel, its coiled form forcing the air around it to twist irregularly and leaving behind a deep vacuum that swallows all in its wake. Even as the Fallen Angel moved out of its way, the vacuum ford forcefully dragged him back and in an instant, twisted and shredded his left arm completely and clipping one of his wings, leaving behind a bloody stump and an arrow that went all the way to the other side of town and to the small hill where I fought Regeis. I paid little attention to the resulting fire that broke out on the hill and focused my attention on the fallen angel.
"…" Kokabiel slowly raised his right hand to touch the stump lightly and raised it to his eyes. For a while he looked at it, then his clipped wing, then at , before looking downwards to the ground for a while.
I expected him to look back up at with an angry expression.
I hoped he would fall to the ground dead.
Instead, his body began to shake and he began to laugh.
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AN :
I had to admit, when I written the bit about the Excalibur Shard saying [Make us whole], I wasn't thinking Dead Space at first, but when I read the comnts and looked at the portion, I could only think to myself 'What the hell did I write?!' So I decided to add so bits to this chapter to play slightly into the horror aspect.
Soone had said I was the harbinger of a new change to this crossover. I was honestly a little surprised at that because I just thought of writing this story with no clear direction. But I guess there is so truth, since for this arc other writers seed to have shifted from using Unlimited Blade Works to just using Excalibur or Caliburn.
Though I am a little sad that I cannot be the first one to finish this arc in a different manner, I can safely say that I might be the first one to do sothing completely different from the norm since everyone else is doing a default style with Nasuverse information.
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