The Obsidian Tale
~ Lament – southernmost port – rocky roads ~
Hazel became frustrated. “The people
of Taujiko are our most important members of this battle. They are the ones who
heal the mends of those who have almost lost their lives!”
Forrest was aiming for one of the
tentacles with his cubed bazooka. “But if that thing kills the healers, then
there wouldn’t be any healers to… heal us!”
“Exactly… so we need to defeat that
monster right away.” Hazel grabbed her bow again. “It’s not even looking at us.
What mockery!”
Forrest shot a large fire beam at
one of the tentacles. There was a large explosion but it only charcoaled the
purple tentacle. Each was the size of two houses, so that explosive didn’t do
much. Suddenly, each suction cup from the tentacle opened and there were
eyeballs in every one of them.
Forrest squealed. “EEGH!” He hid
behind Leo, but Leo was barely limping on his own accord.
Hazel smiled. “That makes sense,”
she said. “You can’t mutate a regular octopus as a clone and somehow make it this huge, even if chemical energy is
involved.”
“What do you mean??”
“I’m saying… it is a clone that has
been mutated together with several hundreds of dead bodies!” She struck one of
the eyeballs with an arrow. The tentacle twitched but it still kept moving. It
lifted itself, ready to slam onto the ground.
Forrest rolled out of the way. “I
get it! Even tentacles like that thing has feelings!”
“…Kind of. It can feel pain, but
only slowly until we defeat each one!”
Leo elbowed Hazel, indicating that
she shouldn’t drive Forrest to kill any more human beings.
Hazel sighed.
“It’s okay. I’m choosing to do
this!” Forrest interrupted them. “Let’s hurry!”
Hazel and Leo moved out of the way
while the tentacle was collapsing. They began to try their new tactic on this
giant octopus!
~ Mirror Lands – Initial battleship ~
The Final Word Game!
A Heroic Kind of Evil
Lydia began coughing more compared
to before.
Felix turned to her. “Hey, are you alright?” [Music 30.2]
“Y-Yeah, I’ll be fine.” She tried to
stand up. “Hey, Felix? Why are we doing this? What are you doing down here
while the rest of them are fighting outside?”
Felix sighed. “I know, it seems like
we’re putting the least amount of effort. But, I sense something in this ship
that can help immediately end this war!”
“What do you mean?”
“I…”
“It’s okay if you don’t want to tell
me. I know Magnus is censoring what you really want to say. I trust that you
know what you’re doing.”
“I’m just trying to get to the core
of this battle.” He looked forward. “There is a room up ahead emitting chemical
energy. You can see the smoke coming out from one of the doors.”
Lydia covered her nose as she began
speaking with a high-pitched voice. “Then let’s get going. We just need to run
past that door and get to the other side of the hall.”
Felix began to chuckle, and she
played along with his laughter.
As the two of them rushed across the
door, Felix took a quick peek but he spotted something peculiar. He took a step
back.
Lydia turned around. “Felix! Hurry!”
Felix’s eyes opened widely. This
time, he ran into the room and he blocked his lungs from inhaling air. He
dragged a body out of the room as quickly as possible before he was out of
breath.
In the hallway, Lydia’s heart sank.
Her eyes opened widely as Felix dragged the body out of the room filled with
chemicals.
Felix shook him. “Dad, dad!! Are you
okay?!”
“He really is in here…” Lydia said
quietly.
Mr. Wolfram opened his eyes. “Yes…
I’m fine.”
“How long have you been in that
room?!”
“Only for a few minutes. Luckily,
the chemical energy in here was not heavy. The heavier energy is being focused
on the towers far away from here.”
Lydia jumped. “Far away?!”
“Yeah…” Felix said in
disappointment. “I knew, but I couldn’t say… I’m very sorry, Lydia.”
“You shouldn’t be sorry, Felix. It’s
Magnus who should be sorry!”
Mr. Wolfram felt Felix’s cheeks.
“Don’t worry. I can get up myself. Please, you two should go ahead. Magnus is
actually on his way out of the ship, and the only way to reach the top is
through the chemical room.”
Felix held Mr. Wolfram on his back
and Lydia helped drag him. “We’re taking you out of here and we’ll have a
friend extract all the chemical energy out of you!” As they began walking, Felix
frowned. “You never told me you were so heavy…”
Mr. Wolfram chuckled. “(Felix, you
have grown into a fine man. Your mother should be proud.)” [End music]
~ Mirror
Lands – underwater submarine ~
Clyde let go of the sword. It was
one of the swords that looked holographic, but it was definitely real. Rina
fell to the ground, finally able to yell in pain. Clyde’s eyes twitched. His
eyes reverted for a split second but that was it.
He gave a cynical smile again. “How
does it feel to lose even after gaining the best magic in the world? Ha ha!”
With his real sword in hand, he ran off towards his next targets.
Rina was sitting by a dresser. She
tried to see what the situation was outside by looking through the window, but
everything was pitch-black and there were only rumbling noises, the same as
what she heard when entering the submarine. She was now just waiting to die,
knowing there was no hope for her to survive. It’s clearly expected that
Clyde’s next target is the pilot. Once the pilot dies, this ship will sink
forever and Rina would be stuck underwater until she’s gone.
“She removed her backpack, opened
it, and took out the letter from Faris. Above and adjacent to her was a table
containing a pen and paper. She grabbed onto both objects, but her body was too
weak. She collapsed again and both the pen and paper slowly fell to the ground.
The sheet was filled with blood marks from her fingers.
She coughed out blood again, almost
crying.
Dear
family and friends… she wrote, I am
sorry for being a stubborn child. It took her about two long minutes to
even write this sentence down. Blood was slowly making its way out her stomach.
I will be in a better place, together
with Faris. I depend on my friends dearly to stop Magnus. They will carry on
the promise I have made to you, and… she turned to the sentence on Faris’
letter.
The
Rina I know would never give up.
However, Rina’s eyes went blank and
her entire body was shutting down.
~ Lament – southernmost port – rocky roads ~
Two large tentacles were down but
Forrest was sent rolling all over the small island of the Mirror Lands. In this
sort of battle, Leo was deemed less useful as compared to long-ranged weapons.
In any way to help, Leo tried to find the fastest way to reach Viola before she
got knocked off the island.
Run Faster, Little One
While the octopus had its front
tentacles making its way to the village of Taujiko, a bunch of soldiers and
Avians helped stop it from going further.
Unfortunately for Hazel, two other octopus
tentacles were aiming for her. They began twirling faster which made it
difficult for any of the long-ranged attackers to aim for the eyes.
“Hazel! Run away!!” Leo shouted.
Hazel was about to, but there was
only one other way. She ran towards the center of the island where the pedestal
was – the pedestal that could create a pathway towards Lament.
As both tentacles were falling, the
right tentacle fell directly above the pedestal, trying to break the device.
Hazel was right below, but everything was pitch black. One of the suction cups
opened its eyes at her, then it turned into a suction cup again, squeezing the
little room she had left. The tentacle went back up, crushing parts of the
pedestal and having Hazel stuck against one of the suction cups.
“Hazel!!!” Forrest called.
Leo yelped. “This doesn’t look
good!”
The tentacle began to bind itself
like a snake and she was yelling in pain, feeling as if her breath was being
taken away by a strong grip to her waist.
“AGH!” She yelled.
Sure, the tentacles have stopped spinning
and Forrest could easily shoot more eyes down, but it was hard to focus with a
hostage. Maybe a smaller, more effective ammunition could have worked, but
every one of Forrest’s bazooka shots were always huge. It could hurt Hazel even
if he was trying to aim far away from her.
“Do it, Forrest! You have to!” Hazel
commanded.
Forrest was shaking the most out of
all the moments he had in this battlefield. “I-I can’t do that, Hazel!”
“Please, you must. If you do not,
these tentacles will continue to destroy the world. I’m just one life, and it
must be done to save many others!”
Forrest closed his eyes. His finger
was near the trigger on his cubed bazooka. “Why is this happening?!” Tears came
running down his eyes. “I can’t… I just can’t do it! I don’t want to lose
another mom!!!”
For a moment, Hazel was able to
ignore the pain after hearing what Forrest has said. She closed her eyes as
well. “Oh Forrest… Thank you… I can finally live at peace…” She tried to give a
chuckle, but the grip was getting too narrow.
Forrest’s finger moved again. He
knew he had to do it, and so he pulled the trigger. Forrest created one of the
largest bazooka shots and it was flying towards Hazel and the two tentacles.
Leo tried not to look. [End music]
The two tentacles were being shot by
a bunch of gunfire and Forrest gasped. “Huh?! That’s not my ammo!” The bazooka shot flew past the twitching tentacles and it
hit the octopus’ body. [Music 50.1]
Warren was controlling the Crescent
airship!
“I had a word with my old buddy
Gunther,” he said through a loud microphone. “This airship can fight too!”
“Give me the mic! It’s mine!”
“Back off, bitch!” Warren responded.
Leo rolled his eyes. “Geesh, where
did he get that language? From Rina?”
Hazel sighed. “That… was completely
out of character.”
The tentacle was in slight pain from
the gunfire. It tossed Hazel to a nearby battleship.
“Catch her, damn it!” Gunther
yelled.
“They threw her really quickly! I
was never a catcher, just the pitcher! And let me tell you, I could have
pitched that much better!” Warren responded.
“What does that even mean?!”
“You tell me!” Warren steered the
ship towards the octopus’ face.
Forrest continued to shoot more from
his bazooka in order to get rid of the rest of the tentacles. Warren lowered
the window from the piloting room as he jumped out with his large hammer.
“Hey Forrest, what was that childish
game you taught me at one point?”
“Which game?” Forrest said with
enthusiasm.
“Whack-a-mole?” He began attacking
the octopus’ head while Forrest laughed, continuing to shoot the tentacles as
far away as possible from the body. He didn’t want to accidentally shoot
Warren.
Gunther gave a thumbs-up. “For a
wimpy little man like you, you’re doing great!”
“I’m not wimpy NOR LITTLE!” Warren
shouted as he constantly tried to attack the giant monster.
“Whatevs! I’ll go find Hazel!”
Gunther steered the Crescent airship towards the large lot of battleships that were
on the verge of breaking and falling.
~ Mirror Lands – Initial battleship ~
At the top deck of the battleship,
Felix, Lydia, and Mr. Wolfram found Hazel lying on the ground. She was on her
knees, barely able to move due to the previous landing.
“Hazel! What are you doing up
here?!” Lydia knelt down.
Felix helped Mr. Wolfram sit beside
the nearest crate.
The ship began shaking. Hazel
coughed. “D-Don’t worry. There are barely any mutants left on the island. The
only thing left is…” She pointed at the octopus that resembled Professor Igor.
“Wh… What is that thing?!” Felix
shouted.
“It’s an octopus,” Hazel said
bluntly.
Lydia shook her head.” Hazel! How
can you be joking at a time like this?” She tried to help her up but the ship
shook again.
“One of its tentacles must be
nearby!” Hazel shouted. Another shake and Hazel went sliding out of Lydia’s
grip.
The deck end of the ship was leaning
over and Hazel grabbed onto the ledge with one hand. The ship bounced back onto
normal level, but Hazel was still stuck on the ledge. Lydia tried to run
towards her, but a large electric shock struck in between her and Hazel.
“AHH!!” Lydia screamed. The wave
knocked her over to a side adjacent to Felix and Hazel.
Felix gasped. “What’s going on?!” [End music]
“Oh, the tentacle is not your
biggest worry,” Magnus came floating from above. He was blocking the way
towards Hazel. [Music 56.1]
Felix took a step forward. “Get away
from her!”
“Yeah sure, I’m going to let her go
after a simple command like that from a puny little worthless human like you.
You know, as long as the real Professor Igor is alive, you’re still in my control, heheh.”
Felix took out his crescent blade.
“Shut up! I’m going to stop you right here and now!”
Magnus picked out something from his
back pocket. “I have lived quite a while to experience technology to its
fullest, and I will have Igor work for me. Are you sure you want to fight me?”
He had a pistol in his hand.
Lydia gasped. “Felix, be careful!”
“Ergh…”
“I could just control you right now.
You can just stand there as I shoot you in the head, or maybe it’s better to
shoot each one of your friends one by one?”
Lydia began to cry. “Why are you
doing this?! What have we done to
deserve this?”
“It’s for what you stupid humans
have done to me for so many years!”
“We didn’t do anything!” Lydia
argued.
“You filthy humans will keep fighting
and selfishly take my rights away from me. You don’t know what I’ve been
through. People lie… over and over.”
Felix raised out his hand. “Magnus…
you don’t have to do this.” He had his hand out even knowing that Magnus was
pointing a gun at his face.
“Enough with the sweet talk, vermin.
It’s fun watching humans finally obeying my every command. Maybe I should start
off with…”
“STOP!!!” Lydia screamed.
Magnus kicked with his right leg.
The vibration sent Lydia flying off the ship.
“AHH!” She screamed as she
disappeared from Felix’s sight. Her scream faded as she fell into the water.
“LYDIA!!!!!” Felix clenched his
teeth. “You need to stop this!!!!”
“This is so exhilarating, don’t you
think? Who is next?” He had his fingers close to the trigger. “Maybe…”
Felix watched as the gun was
pointing at him. “No…”
Slowly, the gun was shifting to
Felix’s left. It finally hit him. He knew what Magnus was truly going after.
“Wait… Magnus, please, no. You can’t
do this. You have to stop. We can work something together!” He turned around
and watched Mr. Wolfram, frowning and knowing that his time has come.
Felix was about to jump in front of
his father, but his body was not moving. “Wh-What’s happening?” He was being
controlled by Magnus. He could not jump nor move his legs at all. Then, the gun
sounded.
“GRAHHHH!” a yelp was heard from the
crates.
Felix did not want to turn around.
“HAHAHA!”
Everything else went blank for
Felix. The dangers of Magnus was not in his mind as he carelessly ran for his
father who had just been shot near the heart. [End music]
“Dad, DAD!!!”
Magnus only floated there, watching
instead of aiming for the next person. He’d rather watch someone in pain than
go on a shooting spree. [Music 52.1]
Felix had his hand over his dad’s
chest. “You’re bleeding like crazy. Let me…” He tried to rip one of his sleeves
off, but his father fell onto Felix’s arm.
“Stop…”
“But dad…” Felix began crying. He
could barely speak. “You can’t… You were supposed to… supposed to…!”
“I should have been a better
analyst. I should have requested to have the village prosper sooner. I regret
it, my dear son. I have been a terrible father.”
“How can you say that at a time like
this?! I am the terrible son! I
didn’t even jump to protect you. What kind of son just stands there and watches
his dad die like this? Please, don’t go away. Mom still needs to see you!”
“I know you wanted to jump for me. I know my son more than anyone
else,” he chuckled. “Let your mother know that I still and will always love
her. I wanted… to give her this once I came back.” He grabbed something from
his pocket. It was a small box. Upon opening it, Felix’s heart sank.
“A marriage ring…”
“I thought if I was able to swoon
her with the village’s prosperity, our marriage would mean a lot to her.” He
smiled. “Remember how she always got mad whenever I joked about getting an
expensive ring? ‘Don’t go spending money we don’t have’, she would kindly say.
She was such a sweetheart who knew when to be serious. I hope she’s still the
same…”
Felix held on tightly to the box.
“Dad… No…”
“Farewell, my son. Even up above, I
will try to be the coolest dad you always wanted.”
Felix pressed his face against his
dad’s chest.
“So… kick that man’s ass… for me.”
He slowly stopped moving.
“DAD!!!!”
“Boohoo,” Magnus joked. “The show’s
finally over. Now for my next target,” he yawned.
“That’s it.”
“Hm??”
“It doesn’t matter what the hell
kind of past you had. How can we sympathize if you’re going to keep murdering
people?!”
“I wasn’t looking for sympathy. I
just look for your pain. Now, how about I make you kill the woman behind me?”
Hazel’s eyes opened widely.
“Poor woman, trying to safe her own
life by hanging on. Why don’t you just let go and fall into the water, just
like the Obsidian?”
Right below Hazel was a whirlpool that
came from the octopus who had previously meshed with the waters all around the
Mirror Lands.
“Oh right, you’ll die either way.
It’s too bad I didn’t toss the other girl in this direction. Maybe she got
dragged into it while being in the water. She’s probably dead by now, stupid
Obsidian.” [End music]
Felix’s legs were moving on his own.
“Stop trying to control me! I’m done with this!” He knelt down. [Music 51.2]
“GET UP!”
“NO! I am so sick of it. I am sick of you, your face... your apathy, everything about you! I don't have the heart to hate you, nor anybody for that matter. But there is one thing that sets you apart from others... you will never be forgiven for what you have done to innocent bystanders. Someone could hurt you, rip you apart, and even then I won't feel sympathy towards you!"
Magnus flinched at the last statement. Why?
Magnus flinched at the last statement. Why?
Suddenly, Felix stood up quickly and
he began walking towards Hazel.
“My dad wouldn't want me to mourn over him forever. He would want me to continue protecting those who are still breathing, not just for Hazel's sake, but because her loved ones need her!”
Magnus sighed while watching Felix struggle to move. His voice lowered a little. “Even so, it looks like your mind is the one
losing here.”
Felix was only a few feet away from
Hazel. His chakrams appeared from his hand and the crescent blade dropped from
his other grip.
“Felix…” Hazel sighed. She was the
one who struggled the most with Felix compared to any other person she knew.
She tried to understand him, but it was her time to fall. Felix was about to
slice her to pieces.
“Magnus…!!!!” Felix was forced to
kneel down so that he could tease Hazel by trying to aim for her wrist. His
arms were shaking, and he was at least five inches away from her wrist.
“Errragh, no more of your words! Slice her arm off! I know you can
do it. Come on, you don’t care for her enough to stop yourself from doing it!”
You
don’t care for her enough…
Two more inches in, and
suddenly, the chakrams disappeared. Felix grabbed Hazel’s hand and he began
pushing her up.
Hazel gasped. “Felix?!”
Felix tossed her up towards the ship
again.
“BULLSHIT!” Magnus shouted as he
caused a large force, pushing Hazel back off the ship. This time, Hazel wanted
to make one last move before she fell into the whirlpool. With quick reflexes,
she grabbed her bow and arrow as she shot right through his eye.
“ERAAAAAH!!!!! WHAT THE HELL?! YOU
BITCH!!!” He fell to the ground. His aura vanished for a moment.
As Hazel was falling, Gunther flew
the Crescent ship right below her and she landed. Felix quickly stood up on his
own will. He grabbed his crescent blade.
“You’re not getting away!” Felix ran
towards Magnus and he gave a heavy stab towards Magnus but he vanished. “DAMN
IT! Coward, don’t run away from us!” [End music]
There was utter silence this time.
Felix realized Magnus wasn’t able to retaliate anytime soon with a new puncture
in his eye. But, they were to react quickly until that man regenerates his
strength. Felix quickly headed for his father, dragging him towards the edge of
the ship to get picked up by the Crescent airship.
Hazel had her hand out. “Take my
hand, Felix! It is not safe around here!”
Felix looked over at the octopus.
“But…!”
“We will take care of it next. Hop
on, Wolfram!” Hazel finally gave the sweetest smile she could to him. It seemed
she wanted to trust him for once.
She looked really calm and happy for
him, and Felix kindly accepted her hand.
[Ending 5 music]
~~~
As Rina continues to struggle with her injury, she contemplates on completing the letter. Meanwhile, Felix mourns over the death of his father. At the same time elsewhere in the war, the remaining group continues their battle with the giant octopus. With the conclusion underway, which sub group will succeed in the end? We shall see, coming up on the next episode!
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