The Feudal Lords, using their magical knowledge, ruled Midgard a long time ago. However, one day, five Goddesses came from the sky, defeating the Lords with the power of the Song and bringing peace to Midgard, becoming the Intoners.
Nevertheless, there was one more Goddess, or demon, Zero, the oldest of the Intoners. For an unknown reason, Zero decided to kill her sisters and attacked Cathedral City; a land ruled by Intoner One, with her dragon, Michael.
One and her sisters prepared the city for the attack, and the clash between them took place in front of the city's great cathedral. At least it would, if it were not for the appearance of an unknown man, a Slayer of Demons named Edric.
-Midgard, Cathedral City-
Edric raised his shield, blocking Four's punch, and rolling backward upon seeing something approaching, dodging Zero's sword that approached his head.
Seeing one of her targets nearby, Zero slashed Four in her chest but stopped her attack when Two's great sword nearly decapitated her.
"Son of… I mean… Zero! Please, stop, we are sisters, we shouldn't fight!"
"Seriously? So why don't you stop swerving and let me get this fight over with?" Zero replied, cutting Four's right arm.
Shortly afterward, Zero blocked Two's blow. The Intoners crossed their blades, each trying to overpower the other.
"Hey Zero! Who is the armor person? Is he a friend of yours? Gasp! Or would it be a boyfriend?"
"I have no idea who that bastard is, but he'll be next once I'm done with you!" Zero said, pushing Two back and cutting her right after.
Zero looked up upon seeing a shadow forming over her and saw Four descending with her armored fist raised, hitting Zero in the face and sending her backward.
Zero pierced the ground with her sword to stop her movement, then closed the distance and thrust her weapon forward, aiming at Four's heart. Four, having just landed, had no time to dodge. Luckily, Two stepped in front of her sister, using her large sword as a shield.
Zero placed both her feet on the flat of Two's sword, delivering a powerful double-kick, throwing the Intoner away and hitting Four in the process. Taking the chance, Zero slashed Two and Four repeatedly.
Recovering from the onslaught, Two tried to cut Zero in the stomach, but the Intoner jumped back, unintentionally allowing Four to approach and deliver a flurry of punches. Zero blocked some with her sword, but still suffered wounds across her body.
Taking advantage of an opening in Four's punches, Zero cut Four's unarmored right fist since it had no gauntlet.
"AAAHHH!" Four screamed in pain, backing away while holding her injured wrist.
"Four!" Two yelled, running towards the hurt Intoner.
"That hurt? Sorry, I'll be more careful next time." Zero mocked, reading her sword to finish off Four and Two, but Five and Three came flying, hitting Four and Two respectively, interrupting Zero.
"What?" Zero asked confused. Looking aside, she saw Edric approaching while carrying a great hammer.
"You gotta be kidding me! Where did you get that thing?" Zero yelled.
"I don't have to give you any satisfaction, demon." Edric replied, raising his hammer.
-A few minutes ago-
After rolling backward, dodging Zero's blow, Edric raised his shield again, blocking a spear thrust aimed at his chest.
Edric raised his Holy Sword of Moonlight and swooped it down towards Five. The Intoner jumped away, giving Three room to step forward and try to cut Edric's neck.
Edric rolled backward, dodging the blow, and by doing so, ended inside a shallow water pool that decorated the left side of the cathedral's courtyard.
Five charged towards Edric, raising her spear like a club and trying to hit him in the head, but the knight raised his shield, blocking the strike, staying open for Three to cut him in the chest with her scissors. Thankfully, the armor blocked most of the damage.
Applying more strength, Edric pushed Five's spear away, breaking her balance. Edric then raised his sword and tried to cut Five from top to bottom, but the Intoner regained her balance, turning her spear sideways and using her other hand as support for her weapon, trying to block the blow.
If Edric had used a normal sword, Five would have blocked the blow, but it went through Five's spear as if it was not there, due to the Holy Sword's magical properties, and delivered a large cut to the Intoner's left shoulder.
"AAAHHH!" Five screamed in pain.
Suddenly, Edric heard quickly approaching footsteps on the water behind him. The knight cast Warding, covering his body with a magical barrier as Three's scissors landed on the back of his neck harmlessly.
Edric then delivered a quick slash as he spun around, Three tried to block the blow with one of her scissors, but the sword passed through it and cut Three's stomach.
Three then jumped over Edric, the knight raised his shield above his head, blocking the scissor swings from the Intoner before she landed beside Five.
"Didn't you know it's wrong to hit a lady? Where are your manners? You are a knight are you not? You should be protecting beautiful maidens like me." Five said annoyed, reading her spear.
"Hm… You are not human. I feel something different about you, something old. Are you several people merged into one body? No, you are your being! You forced these people into your body! The experiments I will do to you will give a great result." Three said in mad curiosity, clicking her scissors repeatedly.
"I don't see maidens, only demons, and you're wrong if you think I'll be part of your experiments." Edric replied, assuming a defensive stance.
Five then ran towards Edric, raising her spear and trying to pierce the knight, but Edric blocked the blow with his shield.
"How about we stop fighting and spend some quality time together? I promise it will be worth it." Five flirted.
"Thank you, but I refuse!" Edric replied, blocking Five's thrusts.
"What is the problem? Are you shy around girls? Do you already have someone? Alternatively, are you not confident in your size? Don't worry, it's not size that matters, it's how you use it." Five replied, licking her lips.
With an irritated grunt, Edric lifted his right foot and kicked Five's knee, breaking her balance and punching her chin, sending the Intoner to the ground.
Edric then released a pained grunt when something cut his back. Turning around, Edric saw Three watching intently a few blood drops dripped from her scissors.
"Your blood smells and tastes strange." Three said, licking the blood off her scissors.
Edric pointed his Silver Catalyst at Three without saying anything and cast Soul Ray, surprising Three and piercing the hand that held the bloody scissors.
"AAAHHH! Great magic power, you sure are a unique specimen! Increased strength, speed, and stamina, what else can you do?" Three asked, smiling madly with a disturbing glint in her eyes.
"Why don't you come here and discover demon!" Edric replied, casting Soul Ray after Soul Ray, but Three jumped and rolled around the knight, dodging the spells.
"But where does so much power come from? Of your muscles, heart, or brain? I wonder if I will find the answer by dissecting you." Three said, jumping toward Edric.
That was her mistake as Edric pointed his Silver Catalyst towards Three and cast Ignite; a flaming blast erupted from the catalyst and hit the Intoner squarely, throwing her backward before falling beside Five.
Edric then stored his Holy Sword and removed a large hammer from his bag, Bramd, the hammer of Garl Vinland. Edric placed the Dark Silver Shield on his back and held Bramd with both hands as he approached Five and Three.
"How about we talk about it? I will let you stay on top if you come with me to my room!" Five said nervously, trying to stop Edric from hitting her with the giant hammer.
"Hm… The result of this experiment was quite enlightening, but I will need further analysis." Three responded, so focused on her analysis that she did not realize the gravity of the situation.
"AAAHHH!" With a war cry, Edric hit both Intoners with Bramd, sending them flying and only stopping upon hitting Four and Two.
-XXXXXX-
"Get those mounds of fat off my face!" Four yelled angrily, slapping Five's breasts while she stood on top of her.
"Men would kill to be in your position, you know?" Five replied annoyed, getting off Four.
"So much happiness, so strong on the outside but so fragile on the inside, I wonder what it takes for that happiness to break." Three said cryptically, caressing Two's cheeks as she got off her.
"I have no idea what you mean, but it was interesting." Two replied happily, standing up and smiling at Three. Then Two, Three, Four, and Five stood side by side with their weapons ready.
"Who is this knight?" Four asked.
"I think he's Zero's boyfriend." Two replied.
"Seriously? I wonder if she's willing to let me borrow him for a while." Five said.
"Curious..." Three muttered, lost in thought.
The Intoners said as they watched Zero and Edric fight. The knight lifted Bramd with both hands, trying to crush Zero.
"Are you sure they are a couple?" Four asked.
"Relationships have their ups and downs. They will solve this themselves." Five said.
Zero tried to cut off Edric's head, but the knight used Bramd's handle to block the blow.
"Perhaps we should interrupt?" Three asked.
"I don't think it's a good idea to get into a couple's fight. Maybe Cent and I can give them advice?" Two said.
Zero and Edric walked away, and everyone returned to their starting locations. The Intoners had their backs to the cathedral, Zero faced the Intoners and Edric stood between Zero and her sisters.
"This is enough; get out of my way, now! You wasted enough of my time! I am having a shitty day and my sisters are still alive! Could you please die now?!?" Zero yelled at Edric.
"If you want me out of your way then you have to kill me." Edric replied.
"So be it!" Zero sang, activating her Intoner Mode, magic covered her body and she ran towards Edric. Behind the knight, the other Intoners sang too, activating their Intoner Mode.
"Shit!" Edric yelled, seeing the approaching enemies.
Storing Bramd, Edric removed the Holy Sword of Moonlight and Blue Blood Sword from his bag, holding one sword in both hands. He cast a series of spells soon after, Cursed Weapon on the Blue Blood Sword, Homing Soul Arrow, and Warding.
Edric raised his Blue Blood Sword and tried to cut Zero, but knowing the effect the sword had on her body, blocked the blow. Unfortunately, she stood open for the second blow that Edric delivered with his Holy Sword, passing through the magical barrier that protected Zero's body.
"What the fuck?! How the hell did you hurt me in Intoner Mode?!"
"Let's just say I have a varied arsenal of magic artifacts. Besides, I've faced worse things than you, demon."
The fight continued, Edric kept Zero on the defensive, attacking with the cursed sword, forcing Zero to block, and striking with the Holy Sword, making Zero dodge, and when she dodged, Edric used the cursed sword again.
Suddenly, the Soul Arrows above Edric fired; hitting something behind him, but Edric still received a punch in the back of his head. There was not much damage thanks to Warding, but the knight lost his balance, leaving him unprepared for Zero's attack.
Taking her chance, Zero brutally slashed Edric in the stomach and chest. The knight tried to fight back, but scissors cutting his wrist stopped him. Edric then kicked Zero away and turned around in time to slash Three diagonally across her chest and stomach.
"Interesting, a spell capable of passing through the Intoner Mode, the mystery gets more and more complicated." Three rambled through the pain.
Edric saw a spear approaching out of the corner of his eye. Leaning back, Edric allowed Five to pass beside him and then slashed her back with the Holy Sword.
Rolling to the left, Edric dodged Two's great sword, trying to split him in two. The knight then cut Two with the Blue Blood Sword, making her retreat.
Suddenly, Edric released a pained scream.
"AAAHHH!"
Looking down, Edric saw Zero's sword sticking out of his stomach, and looking back, the knight spotted Zero glaring at him.
"Surprise motherfucker!" Zero screamed, placing her right foot on Edric's back and kicking him to his hands and knees. Then, Zero ran towards Edric, kicking him in the right side of his helmet.
Edric stood up but received a punch from Four. The knight realized he left no damage upon slashing the Intoner, the sword's curse had faded, but Four still stood in her Intoner Mode.
Edric then tried to slash Four with his Holy Sword, but the Intoner stepped out of the way, allowing Two to cut him in the chest.
Edric stood in a worrying situation; injured and between Zero and the Intoners. The Intoners focused on the biggest threat now, Edric.
The knight tried to defend himself with his Blue Blood Sword and attack with the Holy Sword, but the Intoners took turns attacking Edric.
When he found an opening to attack, the Intoners would move away, allowing another Intoner to attack, or the magical barrier of the Intoner Mode would stop the blow.
Edric grabbed his God Talisman during an opening between attacks and cast a miracle.
"ENOUGH!" Edric screamed, slamming the talisman on the ground and casting Anti-Magic Field, creating a blue magic circle around the Intoners and himself.
Suddenly, the Intoner Mode deactivated and blue magic rays covered Edric's body. The Intoners tried singing again, but each of them had a coughing fit.
"COUGH! What did you do?" Zero yelled.
"My song! COUGH! I can't feel the power of the song!" Five yelled worriedly.
"The situation has become worrisome..." Three said with an edge of nervousness in her voice.
"But what... how..." Four stuttered desperate, not accepting the situation while Two tried singing again, only to have the previous result.
Taking advantage of the Intoners' surprise Edric cast Recovery, restoring his health and healing all of his wounds as if the Intoners had never harmed him.
Soon after, Edric cast Regeneration, restoring his health over time. Edric then removed a flask of Aged Spice from his bag, drinking its contents and restoring his magic.
"Allow me to explain, I just disabled all magic in the surrounding area; none of us will be able to use magic for some time." Edric said.
"If none of us can use magic then what did you just do?" Zero asked.
"Believe me, what I did was not magic, but enough wasting time, it is my turn to enter the offensive." Edric replied, holding the Holy Sword with both hands and running towards Zero.
Zero tried to block the blow, but the sword passed through her block, cutting her. Edric continued on the offensive, attacking incessantly, and forcing Zero to dodge, but some of the cuts still tinged her.
Zero then cut Edric on his left side, but the wound closed with a golden glow due to Regeneration and Edric's magic ring.
"What the fuck was that?!" Zero demanded surprised.
"Miracles!" Edric responded, slashing Zero, as he would not have to worry about blocking hits for a while.
Edric's instincts trained by the dangerous and cruel environments of Boletaria warned him that something approached.
Turning around quickly, Edric dodged Four's punch, grabbing her outstretched wrist and using his superhuman strength to pull Four off the ground, spinning her through the air and using her body like a club to strike Zero, throwing her away.
"AAAHHH!" Four screamed, spinning through the air.
Edric then slammed Four repeatedly into the ground, leaving a Four-shaped hole with each strike. Edric then raised his left foot, ready to crush Four's head.
"Four!" Two screamed, running to save her sister.
Edric, upon seeing this, threw Four towards Two, hitting her mid-run before both sisters rolled across the ground.
Five ran towards Edric with her spear raised, trying to pierce him in the heart, but the knight waited for Five's approach, dodging at the last second and spinning his body, hitting Five's nose with his elbow, drawing blood before cutting her repeatedly.
Three appeared on Edric's left side, trying to cut his neck, but Edric crouched and kneed Three's stomach upon getting up, followed by a cut to her chest before throwing her away.
Looking around, Edric saw that the Intoners surrounded him, approaching with weapons raised. The knight grabbed his talisman again and shouted.
"WRATH OF THE GODS!"
A huge shock wave shot out of Edric's body, shaking the city and forming a huge crater in front of its cathedral.
All the Intoners hit by the shock wave flew away screaming in pain. What Edric did not know was that Wrath of the Gods, the miracle made with the Dragon God's soul, did more damage to the Intoners than it should.
Zero stood up, bleeding from the mouth and nose due to severe internal damage, and the other Intoners were in the same situation.
"Son of... You bastard! How did you get the power of a dragon?" Zero asked, trying to get up, her regeneration struggling to heal the damage done by the miracle.
"Simple, I killed one." Edric replied, but this answer seemed to upset Zero a little.
"This is enough." One said from the top of the cathedral and everyone turned towards her.
"Gabriel!" One said, raising her hand and snapping her fingers. Two, Three, Four, and Five ran towards the cathedral upon hearing this.
A magical portal opened in the sky above the cathedral and a large, dark-purple dragon wearing an iron mask and metal plates around its jaw fell out of it, roaring furiously.
"This day just keeps getting worse!" Edric sighed, storing the Holy Sword and Dark Silver Shield, before retreating until he stood beside Zero.
Zero, still trying to get up, widened her eye in surprise upon seeing a shadow forming over her face, something big, long, thick, and heavy.
Edric held his Dragon Bone Smasher, a thick, bladeless mass of iron enchanted with fire protection, a sword that insulted swordplay, made to crush the Dragon God's bones.
"Where did you get this thing?" Zero asked disbelieving.
"I removed it from my bag." Edric replied, not seeing the problem.
Looking at Edric, Zero saw a small, brow bag that would fit in the palm of her hand hanging from his waist.
"Bullshit, as if this could fit in that bag." Zero exclaimed annoyed, pointing at the gigantic sword.
"Believe what you want, demon, but we have bigger problems now." Edric replied, pointing at the dragon Gabriel.
"Hm… I still think you are compensating for something to carry a weapon this big." Zero teased, standing up and receiving an irritated grunt from Edric, and then Gabriel ran towards them both.
The knight held the Dragon Bone Smasher with both hands and spun clockwise as Gabriel approached with its mouth open, ready to devour him.
Suddenly, Edric stopped spinning and at the moment of the spin went toward the sword, visibly dragging the air, and then hitting Gabriel's jaw left side. A shock wave erupted from the blow, rumbling like thunder, and then...
CRACK!
"RRROOOAAARRR!" Gabriel let out a deafening pained roar, the bones of its jaw crushed as blood and dragon teeth flew away.
"Gabriel!" One yelled worriedly from the top of the cathedral.
"HAHAHA! I see this weapon is not just for show!" Zero laughed as she ran towards Gabriel, and together, Edric and Zero fought the dragon.
Zero cut Gabriel across its body with quick slashes as Gabriel tried to trample her, but the Intoner dodged the stomps, this gave an opening for Edric to raise his sword and descend it towards the dragon's right paw.
CRACK!
"RRROOOAAARRR!" Gabriel roared again, now limping with the bones of its right paw crushed.
"Look who decided to summon a daemon. That's no longer a dragon you have One, it's just a monster" Zero scoffed, dodging a tail swipe from Gabriel.
Edric then struck Gabriel in its metal mask, ripping off a piece of it and exposing Gabriel's right eye.
"Hm… I will need more strength if I want to crush the skull." Edric said thoughtfully, rolling and dodging the spikes Gabriel shot with its tail.
"Silence, I will not accept your judgment, sister! We Intoners swear to keep the world in balance! Now you seek all our power for yourself, shameful!" One answered angrily from the top of the cathedral.
"And what do you understand about balance? How can this world be balanced with such a dark tendency?" Edric asked, glaring at One.
"More than you, we brought peace to Midgard! Why are you fighting us, knight?" One demanded, retuning the glare with the same intensity.
"What can I say? I cannot stand still when there are demons in front of me!" Edric replied.
"The only demon here is you!" One said, her calm demeanor slowly disappearing with each word.
"HAHAHA! Only if you knew the things I saw. It's no use pretending innocence; I felt the dark power inside all of you and I will do my duty as a Slayer of Demons!" Edric answered, getting One's and Zero's attention.
"What do you mean by dark power?" One asked seriously while frowning, but a tail swipe from Gabriel flung Edric away before he answered.
Edric then rolled upon landing and stood up quickly, hitting Gabriel's tail and breaking its bones before answering One's question.
CRACK!
"There's darkness inside all of you, something dangerous and powerful. It's what gives you power and I cannot allow something like this to exist."
"Hump! Looks like I'm not the only one who knows." Zero commented, running her hand over the flower in her eye.
"You two are insane!" One screamed in denial from the top of the cathedral.
Suddenly, Gabriel jumped back, opening its mouth as a light shone inside it, and then the dragon fired a powerful magic beam, aiming at Edric and Zero.
Edric rolled out of the way, but Zero was not so quick and the magic beam ripped off her left arm, which flew away and landed in front of her. The Intoner tried to get up, but the pain and bleeding would not allow it.
"Finish them." One said, jumping from the cathedral and landing beside Gabriel, who complied and charged another magic beam.
"Zero!" Someone screamed.
Suddenly, Michael, the white dragon, entered the fight.
"Fire!" Zero yelled, and Michael fired his magic beam toward One without wasting time.
"One!" The Intoners screamed before singing and forming a magic barrier in front of One.
"How does she still have so much strength..." One asked, watching both beams collide while Zero stood to her feet.
"It pains me to say this, but the situation has gotten out of hand, this has become a fight I can't win." Edric said, casting Cloak, turning invisible, and disappearing from the fight.
The magic beam overwhelmed Michael's one then advanced towards Zero, but the white dragon moved faster and protected her with its wing. The magic attack threw them both out of the cathedral toward a deadly at the ruins below.
One and her sisters approached the edge of the courtyard, watching the Intoner and her dragon disappear amidst the crumbled buildings.
"She ran away, did you think about killing the Intoners? Silly girl." One said and laughed victoriously with all her might.
"HAHAHA... AAAHHH!" Suddenly, pained screams interrupted One's laughter as something heavy crushed her against the ground.
"My bones!" One screamed with her face sunk into the courtyard as laughter echoed between her sisters' worried screams.
"HAHAHAHA!"
-XXXXXX-
Well, there is no pleasant outcome to this fight, the demons are alive, there are two dragons on the loose, and I found myself in an unknown land.
Maybe I will find someone who can tell me where I am. Maybe I will find a village or a place to spend the night. However, one thing is certain; I cannot leave as long as the demons remain on this land.
I walked on the plains outside the city with the cathedral and changed into the equipment I wore when I arrived, but kept all the rings equipped.
Suddenly, I heard wings flapping. Looking up, I saw something that made me draw the Dragon Bone Smasher as a Black Dragon landed in front of me.
As I said before, this day only gets worse and worse. The dragon then looked at me and said
"Greetings, human."
END OF CHAPTER