ULTRAMagic Chaos - Chapter 14
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Maxima had a few things to say to Adelheid as they arrived at Delphine’s majestic, crystalline palace. “Girl, do you really think this is the most productive way to handle your emotions?” she asked as they landed in Delphine’s gorgeous bedroom. “Personally I think you should talk to my sister, Antonia, first…”
“Where is she?” Adelheid grunted as she looked around. Maxima sighed.
Delphine stepped out into the room, wrapped in a towel as she had just taken a shower. Then she noticed her uninvited guests. “Excuse me!? Could you at least knock and wait until I have my clothes on?!”
“My apologies, Delphine,” Maxima cut in. “I tried to talk her down…”
“Don’t apologize, dear,” Delphine replied as she snapped her fingers, her attire changing to a military-esque uniform. “I had a feeling something like this would happen.”
Adelheid growled impatiently. “Enough talk, let’s settle this.” She pointed her barbed claymore at her.
“Settle what? Adelheid, you can’t keep dwelling on this. I don’t care for our ‘rivalry’ anymore and neither should you.”
“Come again?”
Delphine walked over to one of her servants and requested some refreshments. “I’ll concede that at one point I did think that I was better than you, Adelheid. I pitied your desire to be orderly. That all changed when I married Wulfric. With my head clear, I realized that your need to be like that was like any other desire I could grasp. That’s fantastic.”
Adelheid was beside herself in confusion. Did Delphine just compliment her? “I… Well you see… It’s just…”
“Furthermore, I envy your ability to lead and how organized your realm is. Not to throw my subjects under the bus, but non stop adulation gets tiring after a while. It’s one of the reasons why I’m supporting Wulfric’s campaign at the moment.”
“Don’t make me feel sorry for you…” Adelheid complained as she lowered her sword.
Maxima shook her head. “Maybe you two have more in common than you realize. Personally I say it should be water on the bridge. Don’t fight like my sisters did with Spiritus Magni Fausta… or Hecate, but we don’t talk about that heathen.”
Before Adelheid could speak on that, she and Delphine sensed something dire. “What in the holy blood was that?”
Delphine went straight to the balcony. “Raisa’s reactor beam. She shouldn’t have any reason to use it here…”
“Well let’s see what’s up” Maxima said as she got out a spyglass. She quickly spotted Raisa, and the sight made her blood run cold. “De-Delphine, who are those skeletal riders chasing her?”
“Death Riders!?” she exclaimed in horror. “I told that thug Karnage only if absolutely necessary!!”
Adelheid was confused. “What are they even doing chasing Raisa then?”
“I don’t care, Karnage is going to die either way…”
One of Delphine’s attendants burst into the room. “My lady! Karnage’s men have intruded into the realm!”
“I CAN SEE THAT!” She snapped back. “Don’t just stand there! Rally the guardsmen and drive them out! I’ll go get Raisa…”
“One second, a bunch of vehicles just joined the fray!” Maxima called out.
“Are they red? And what of their drivers?” Delphine asked as she walked back over to the balcony.
“Blood red, and they appear to be crimson and muscular. A lot of clubs and guns too.”
Delphine levitated outside. “It’s Hannibal. He’s always had a bone to pick with Karnage…”
Hannibal and his squad were rapidly approaching the palace. The colossal drawbridge in the distance thundered down, ready to let the Void Orcs in. Now they just had to get the Death Riders off their back, which was easier said than done. The high warlord of the riders, Reinhardt Dethbringer, was stampeding towards Hannibal’s vehicle. Naturally Hannibal was responding in kind with a sustained barrage of bullets from his heavy machine gun, keeping the imposing, menacing rider at bay.
Raisa wanted to fire off another Reactor Beam, but she knew it would cause way too much collateral damage and was still exhausted from the first laser. Fortunately she did not have to as Hannibal’s squad raced across the drawbridge. Many riders fell into the mote, which was now filled with lava for some reason. Hannibal watched Reinhardt vanish as the bridge was pulled up, leaving him alert. He fired off another round of shots as they crossed into the courtyard before the bridge was too high up, hoping to drive the other riders off once and for all.
“Don’t let your guards down just yet, men!” Hannibal called out as the Void Orcs got out of their vehicles. “That bastard is still out there!!”
As the guardsmen went to tend to the ailing Raisa and the group, everyone felt their blood turn to ice as they stared in primal fear at the sight before them. Reinhardt and his horse had materialized out of nowhere within the castle walls and were heading straight for Raisa. His teeth were gritted in an evil smile, like that of a bloodthirsty bear who had its prey locked in. Reinhardt’s eyes blazed with a lust for brutal, sadistic violence as he readied his greatsword to skewer Raisa to pieces. Just as she got ready to prepare a counter attack, Reinhardt and his horse froze in mid stride. They were then lifted up to Delphine who looked unbelievably angry, like she was about to tear the Cosmos itself apart.
“What do you have to say for yourself?!” Delphine demanded to know, her heavy voice shaking the entire realm. The true scope of her terrifying form could be seen in the lighting and thunder of the storm clouds that had gathered around her palace.
“You vile wench! Karnage will have his due! THE BEHEMOTH GOD WILL RETURN! Go ahead, kill me now! It won’t…”
With a flick of her wrist, the warlord was turned to solid crystal. Delphine then snapped her fingers, causing the statue to explode into a flurry of fragments that turned to dust. The remaining riders met the same fate. Some tried to flee, but they were crystallized and disintegrated all the same. The majority of Karnage’s Deathriders were gone, never to be seen again. Once the coast was clear, Delphine appeared to calm down and landed on the ground. Raisa immediately went to hug her. The clouds did not relent, continuing to thunder as Delphine was not about to let her guard down.
“Aunt Delphine!”
“Raisa, what’s going on?!”
She took a second to get her emotions in order. “Karnage… Karnage is trying to kill me!” The entire realm began shaking again, albeit subtly.
Hannibal stepped over. “Lady Delphine, we have every reason to believe Karnage started this whole conflict.”
The shaking had turned into tremors as Delphine could feel her blood heating up. “Please explain, Hannibal…”
Delphine listened closely as Hannibal recounted everything he and Raisa had observed. Further snooping the Void Orc leader had done potentially revealed that Karnage was also working with Milosh Proch, or someone close to him. As he finished, the whole realm was experiencing a massive earthquake as Maxima and Adelheid sensed Delphine’s anger reaching its apex. Then it all stopped.
“That disgusting, dirty…” Delphine nearly screamed, then calmed herself. “Adelheid, please take Raisa to Droomopolis and have the arbiters protect her. Hannibal will escort you. I know we have a shaky past, but can you do this for me?”
Adelheid took a breath to also calm her nerves. “Certainly, Delphine. If worse comes to worse, I’ll take her to my realm and protect her as if she were one of my own.” She felt weird saying that, but Maxima gave her a reassuring pat on the back.
“Thank you, from the bottom of my heart,” Delphine replied. “Now if all of you will excuse me, my husband and I need to have a little chat with a certain general.” Delphine rose into the sky and took off like a fiery comet.
Tusk gave off a lot of oxygen as a crack of thunder went off, as all of that was a lot to take in. “Well that’s just great! Milosh is causing trouble here too!”
“Jeez, just how bad is his cult?” Razor worriedly wondered.
“It’s not just the cult, it’s The Eternal Order…”
“I know how you feel, lads,” Hannibal agreed. “I’ve been looking into this ever since all of this started. I’d never thought humans of all people would cause us this much trouble.”
Mizuki chuckled sympathetically. “You should see some of the ruckus from my homeworld. Humans are just like that sometimes, unfortunately.”
“So should I take this as another retirement for the conflict?” Tusk asked.
Raisa nodded. “Yeah-yeah, I’d say so. After all of that, I don’t want to fight anything for a while…”
Razor gave Tusk a weak high five. “Three down, one to go, I guess?”
“Why are these things never simple?” Tusk lamented as he rubbed his face and sighed. “Alright, let’s get moving.” He went to give Raisa a hug however, as the fear she had experienced was only rivaled by the terror he felt in The Dark Grand Desert. He could not let that go unaddressed and promised Raisa everything was going to be alright.
The trip back was fairly quiet… a little too quiet for everyone’s liking. Adelheid expected a little activity, but there was none. Still, she kept a watchful eye as they traveled. Thankfully there was no trouble upon entering Droomopolis. To be safe, Adelheid took Hannibal and his men to city hall, where they could warn the Droomopolis government of what could potentially happen. Tusk and the others took Raisa to the monastery. Once they were all in, Tusk sat himself down on the grass and began photosynthesizing.
“Finally…” He said as he belted out a load of oxygen. “I can sit down.”
Raisa looked around and also took a seat, feeling truly safe for once. “Wow, this place is really nice.”
“I-I think I’m going to scrounge up some leftovers,” Razor stated. “All of that left me kind of hungry. Um, want to come along, Mizuki?”
“Sure, last night’s dinner was incredible…”
As they walked off, Maxima teleported away, needing to check on something important. Tusk and Raisa sat there quietly, listening to the birds sing and the wind pass by. It was quite enjoyable for her, feeling like she could actually relax for once. Feelings of wanting to cry and curl up in a hidden corner melted away as the tranquility set in. It seemed like the calm before the storm, but the two would take whatever stillness they could get. Raisa felt like she had just barely survived her ordeal while Tusk was ready to rip Milosh and Karnage’s heads off once his strength returned. A primal force inside of him was screaming to be released, but he knew he needed to wait for just the right moment…
“I think you’d like my niece, Auda,” Tusk remarked. “She’s full of energy and curiosity.”
Raisa nodded. “Cool, can I meet her soon?”
“Well, I’m getting married when this is all said and done. If you want to come along, I’m sure she’d be there.”
“Congratulations, Tusk. And that’d be great, thank you.”
“Welcome back, Tusk,” Randalph said as he approached, accompanied by Quasar and Ultimatum. They each sat down on the grass with the two, but were a bit uneasy as Tusk and Raisa were still on edge, even if incredibly subtle.
“Hey, guys. Everything fine here?”
Randalph nodded. “For the most part.”
“Ealdhelm went straight to Wulfric’s realm as soon as Dragutin relayed the news,” Ultimatum continued. “I trust all of that was true?” He was indicating Raisa.
Tusk nodded. “Yup.”
“Then it’s certainly troubling. Hopefully Dunja and Barna can rain on Milosh’s parade when the time comes.”
“Tusk, do you think the guild will be able to handle stuff like this in the future?” Quasar inquired. “I’m a little scared, not going to lie…” Raisa then scooted over to put her arm around him.
“Hard to say, Kiddo. The best we can do is keep building our numbers… Blood is not going to be thrilled about this.”
“Blood who?” Raisa wondered.
“Blood-Wraith Raynot, the kid who I fought to save the Cosmos with,” Tusk answered.
“Oh, him! Aunt Delphine was telling me about that stuff. Can I meet him too? He sounds really cool.”
“Sure, Raisa… Don’t teleport him here.”
“Oh no, of course not. Dad and Aunt Delphine taught me to mind my manners. Plus things are a little heated at the moment, obviously.”
“Very thoughtful of you, Raisa,” Ultimatum complimented. He then chuckled. “I presume our previous encounter was an outlier?”
She immediately felt a little embarrassed. “Sorry about that, I had a little too much candy that day.”
“I get the same way when I feed on red giants,” said Quasar. “It’s all junk food at that point.”
Tusk looked at Quasar and noticed he was wearing a black and white spacesuit. “Hey, where’d you get that suit?”
“Ulrich made it for him,” Randalph answered. “With a little help from Mayhem and I, he built a suit that keeps his gravity well contained.”
Raisa inspected the suit, feeling his shoulder. It was like she was out in space orbiting something beyond imagination. “That’s really neat. Where is Ulrich?”
“He’s with the arbiters down in the city,” Randalph replied. “Everyone is on high alert at the moment. We just need Cyneberht to get back…”
As he said that, Cyneberht emerged from a portal. “Shoot, where is everyone?!”
“Speak of the devil…” Ultimatum said as he got up. “Don’t worry, Cyneberht, everyone should be down in the city.”
“And everyone’s safe?”
“Hopefully,” Tusk answered. “We got Raisa here, safe and sound.”
“Excellent,” Cyneberht said as he looked around. “While I’m not surprised that Karnage is fraternizing with our true enemy, I’m shocked by how quickly all of this is happening and how brazen he’s being about it.”
“I know, right?” Raisa replied. “I hate it when that happens, haha…ha…” She was trying to be positive, despite still feeling terrible.
As Raisa finished her sentence, sirens from the city could be heard. They were the ones signaling an approaching army, something the Arbiters never wanted to hear. Wynnstan soon came soaring over, an overly long rifle mounted on his back. He looked as if he was ready for a fight.
“Ah, Cyneberht! Just in time for our little SNAFU… and it ain’t me this time.”
Cyneberht tried to take a breath to calm his nerves. “Do I even want to know, Wynnstan?”
“Karnage sent Milosh’s goons to attack the city.”
This warranted a groan of utmost frustration. “Ultimatum, you’re with me. We’ll hold down the Monastery and keep Raisa and Quasar safe.”
“Roger that,” Ultimatum confirmed as he summoned his starlight bow, walking over to stand watch over the two.
“Tusk, Randalph? Grab Razor and Mizuki and head down to the city with Wynnstan.”
“Already on it,” Randalph replied as he and Tusk started running in the direction of the dining hall.
Wynnstan cackled and cocked his rifle. “This is going to be fun. I got Dragoslava’s bullets modified to fit my style and ready to go. I can’t wait to see what they do to those mooks.”
Cyneberht shook his head disapprovingly. “Don’t get too carried away, Wynnstan. We’re the Arbiters of Droom, remember that.”
He laughed. “Relax, Cyney, I know who I am. Now you remember that Wulfric made me to fight and that’s what I’m going to do. Karnage has got a lot of balls and I think it’s our duty to teach that cocky son of a gun a lesson.”
Next: Chapter 15
ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)
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Maxima had a few things to say to Adelheid as they arrived at Delphine’s majestic, crystalline palace. “Girl, do you really think this is the most productive way to handle your emotions?” she asked as they landed in Delphine’s gorgeous bedroom. “Personally I think you should talk to my sister, Antonia, first…”
“Where is she?” Adelheid grunted as she looked around. Maxima sighed.
Delphine stepped out into the room, wrapped in a towel as she had just taken a shower. Then she noticed her uninvited guests. “Excuse me!? Could you at least knock and wait until I have my clothes on?!”
“My apologies, Delphine,” Maxima cut in. “I tried to talk her down…”
“Don’t apologize, dear,” Delphine replied as she snapped her fingers, her attire changing to a military-esque uniform. “I had a feeling something like this would happen.”
Adelheid growled impatiently. “Enough talk, let’s settle this.” She pointed her barbed claymore at her.
“Settle what? Adelheid, you can’t keep dwelling on this. I don’t care for our ‘rivalry’ anymore and neither should you.”
“Come again?”
Delphine walked over to one of her servants and requested some refreshments. “I’ll concede that at one point I did think that I was better than you, Adelheid. I pitied your desire to be orderly. That all changed when I married Wulfric. With my head clear, I realized that your need to be like that was like any other desire I could grasp. That’s fantastic.”
Adelheid was beside herself in confusion. Did Delphine just compliment her? “I… Well you see… It’s just…”
“Furthermore, I envy your ability to lead and how organized your realm is. Not to throw my subjects under the bus, but non stop adulation gets tiring after a while. It’s one of the reasons why I’m supporting Wulfric’s campaign at the moment.”
“Don’t make me feel sorry for you…” Adelheid complained as she lowered her sword.
Maxima shook her head. “Maybe you two have more in common than you realize. Personally I say it should be water on the bridge. Don’t fight like my sisters did with Spiritus Magni Fausta… or Hecate, but we don’t talk about that heathen.”
Before Adelheid could speak on that, she and Delphine sensed something dire. “What in the holy blood was that?”
Delphine went straight to the balcony. “Raisa’s reactor beam. She shouldn’t have any reason to use it here…”
“Well let’s see what’s up” Maxima said as she got out a spyglass. She quickly spotted Raisa, and the sight made her blood run cold. “De-Delphine, who are those skeletal riders chasing her?”
“Death Riders!?” she exclaimed in horror. “I told that thug Karnage only if absolutely necessary!!”
Adelheid was confused. “What are they even doing chasing Raisa then?”
“I don’t care, Karnage is going to die either way…”
One of Delphine’s attendants burst into the room. “My lady! Karnage’s men have intruded into the realm!”
“I CAN SEE THAT!” She snapped back. “Don’t just stand there! Rally the guardsmen and drive them out! I’ll go get Raisa…”
“One second, a bunch of vehicles just joined the fray!” Maxima called out.
“Are they red? And what of their drivers?” Delphine asked as she walked back over to the balcony.
“Blood red, and they appear to be crimson and muscular. A lot of clubs and guns too.”
Delphine levitated outside. “It’s Hannibal. He’s always had a bone to pick with Karnage…”
Hannibal and his squad were rapidly approaching the palace. The colossal drawbridge in the distance thundered down, ready to let the Void Orcs in. Now they just had to get the Death Riders off their back, which was easier said than done. The high warlord of the riders, Reinhardt Dethbringer, was stampeding towards Hannibal’s vehicle. Naturally Hannibal was responding in kind with a sustained barrage of bullets from his heavy machine gun, keeping the imposing, menacing rider at bay.
Raisa wanted to fire off another Reactor Beam, but she knew it would cause way too much collateral damage and was still exhausted from the first laser. Fortunately she did not have to as Hannibal’s squad raced across the drawbridge. Many riders fell into the mote, which was now filled with lava for some reason. Hannibal watched Reinhardt vanish as the bridge was pulled up, leaving him alert. He fired off another round of shots as they crossed into the courtyard before the bridge was too high up, hoping to drive the other riders off once and for all.
“Don’t let your guards down just yet, men!” Hannibal called out as the Void Orcs got out of their vehicles. “That bastard is still out there!!”
As the guardsmen went to tend to the ailing Raisa and the group, everyone felt their blood turn to ice as they stared in primal fear at the sight before them. Reinhardt and his horse had materialized out of nowhere within the castle walls and were heading straight for Raisa. His teeth were gritted in an evil smile, like that of a bloodthirsty bear who had its prey locked in. Reinhardt’s eyes blazed with a lust for brutal, sadistic violence as he readied his greatsword to skewer Raisa to pieces. Just as she got ready to prepare a counter attack, Reinhardt and his horse froze in mid stride. They were then lifted up to Delphine who looked unbelievably angry, like she was about to tear the Cosmos itself apart.
“What do you have to say for yourself?!” Delphine demanded to know, her heavy voice shaking the entire realm. The true scope of her terrifying form could be seen in the lighting and thunder of the storm clouds that had gathered around her palace.
“You vile wench! Karnage will have his due! THE BEHEMOTH GOD WILL RETURN! Go ahead, kill me now! It won’t…”
With a flick of her wrist, the warlord was turned to solid crystal. Delphine then snapped her fingers, causing the statue to explode into a flurry of fragments that turned to dust. The remaining riders met the same fate. Some tried to flee, but they were crystallized and disintegrated all the same. The majority of Karnage’s Deathriders were gone, never to be seen again. Once the coast was clear, Delphine appeared to calm down and landed on the ground. Raisa immediately went to hug her. The clouds did not relent, continuing to thunder as Delphine was not about to let her guard down.
“Aunt Delphine!”
“Raisa, what’s going on?!”
She took a second to get her emotions in order. “Karnage… Karnage is trying to kill me!” The entire realm began shaking again, albeit subtly.
Hannibal stepped over. “Lady Delphine, we have every reason to believe Karnage started this whole conflict.”
The shaking had turned into tremors as Delphine could feel her blood heating up. “Please explain, Hannibal…”
Delphine listened closely as Hannibal recounted everything he and Raisa had observed. Further snooping the Void Orc leader had done potentially revealed that Karnage was also working with Milosh Proch, or someone close to him. As he finished, the whole realm was experiencing a massive earthquake as Maxima and Adelheid sensed Delphine’s anger reaching its apex. Then it all stopped.
“That disgusting, dirty…” Delphine nearly screamed, then calmed herself. “Adelheid, please take Raisa to Droomopolis and have the arbiters protect her. Hannibal will escort you. I know we have a shaky past, but can you do this for me?”
Adelheid took a breath to also calm her nerves. “Certainly, Delphine. If worse comes to worse, I’ll take her to my realm and protect her as if she were one of my own.” She felt weird saying that, but Maxima gave her a reassuring pat on the back.
“Thank you, from the bottom of my heart,” Delphine replied. “Now if all of you will excuse me, my husband and I need to have a little chat with a certain general.” Delphine rose into the sky and took off like a fiery comet.
Tusk gave off a lot of oxygen as a crack of thunder went off, as all of that was a lot to take in. “Well that’s just great! Milosh is causing trouble here too!”
“Jeez, just how bad is his cult?” Razor worriedly wondered.
“It’s not just the cult, it’s The Eternal Order…”
“I know how you feel, lads,” Hannibal agreed. “I’ve been looking into this ever since all of this started. I’d never thought humans of all people would cause us this much trouble.”
Mizuki chuckled sympathetically. “You should see some of the ruckus from my homeworld. Humans are just like that sometimes, unfortunately.”
“So should I take this as another retirement for the conflict?” Tusk asked.
Raisa nodded. “Yeah-yeah, I’d say so. After all of that, I don’t want to fight anything for a while…”
Razor gave Tusk a weak high five. “Three down, one to go, I guess?”
“Why are these things never simple?” Tusk lamented as he rubbed his face and sighed. “Alright, let’s get moving.” He went to give Raisa a hug however, as the fear she had experienced was only rivaled by the terror he felt in The Dark Grand Desert. He could not let that go unaddressed and promised Raisa everything was going to be alright.
The trip back was fairly quiet… a little too quiet for everyone’s liking. Adelheid expected a little activity, but there was none. Still, she kept a watchful eye as they traveled. Thankfully there was no trouble upon entering Droomopolis. To be safe, Adelheid took Hannibal and his men to city hall, where they could warn the Droomopolis government of what could potentially happen. Tusk and the others took Raisa to the monastery. Once they were all in, Tusk sat himself down on the grass and began photosynthesizing.
“Finally…” He said as he belted out a load of oxygen. “I can sit down.”
Raisa looked around and also took a seat, feeling truly safe for once. “Wow, this place is really nice.”
“I-I think I’m going to scrounge up some leftovers,” Razor stated. “All of that left me kind of hungry. Um, want to come along, Mizuki?”
“Sure, last night’s dinner was incredible…”
As they walked off, Maxima teleported away, needing to check on something important. Tusk and Raisa sat there quietly, listening to the birds sing and the wind pass by. It was quite enjoyable for her, feeling like she could actually relax for once. Feelings of wanting to cry and curl up in a hidden corner melted away as the tranquility set in. It seemed like the calm before the storm, but the two would take whatever stillness they could get. Raisa felt like she had just barely survived her ordeal while Tusk was ready to rip Milosh and Karnage’s heads off once his strength returned. A primal force inside of him was screaming to be released, but he knew he needed to wait for just the right moment…
“I think you’d like my niece, Auda,” Tusk remarked. “She’s full of energy and curiosity.”
Raisa nodded. “Cool, can I meet her soon?”
“Well, I’m getting married when this is all said and done. If you want to come along, I’m sure she’d be there.”
“Congratulations, Tusk. And that’d be great, thank you.”
“Welcome back, Tusk,” Randalph said as he approached, accompanied by Quasar and Ultimatum. They each sat down on the grass with the two, but were a bit uneasy as Tusk and Raisa were still on edge, even if incredibly subtle.
“Hey, guys. Everything fine here?”
Randalph nodded. “For the most part.”
“Ealdhelm went straight to Wulfric’s realm as soon as Dragutin relayed the news,” Ultimatum continued. “I trust all of that was true?” He was indicating Raisa.
Tusk nodded. “Yup.”
“Then it’s certainly troubling. Hopefully Dunja and Barna can rain on Milosh’s parade when the time comes.”
“Tusk, do you think the guild will be able to handle stuff like this in the future?” Quasar inquired. “I’m a little scared, not going to lie…” Raisa then scooted over to put her arm around him.
“Hard to say, Kiddo. The best we can do is keep building our numbers… Blood is not going to be thrilled about this.”
“Blood who?” Raisa wondered.
“Blood-Wraith Raynot, the kid who I fought to save the Cosmos with,” Tusk answered.
“Oh, him! Aunt Delphine was telling me about that stuff. Can I meet him too? He sounds really cool.”
“Sure, Raisa… Don’t teleport him here.”
“Oh no, of course not. Dad and Aunt Delphine taught me to mind my manners. Plus things are a little heated at the moment, obviously.”
“Very thoughtful of you, Raisa,” Ultimatum complimented. He then chuckled. “I presume our previous encounter was an outlier?”
She immediately felt a little embarrassed. “Sorry about that, I had a little too much candy that day.”
“I get the same way when I feed on red giants,” said Quasar. “It’s all junk food at that point.”
Tusk looked at Quasar and noticed he was wearing a black and white spacesuit. “Hey, where’d you get that suit?”
“Ulrich made it for him,” Randalph answered. “With a little help from Mayhem and I, he built a suit that keeps his gravity well contained.”
Raisa inspected the suit, feeling his shoulder. It was like she was out in space orbiting something beyond imagination. “That’s really neat. Where is Ulrich?”
“He’s with the arbiters down in the city,” Randalph replied. “Everyone is on high alert at the moment. We just need Cyneberht to get back…”
As he said that, Cyneberht emerged from a portal. “Shoot, where is everyone?!”
“Speak of the devil…” Ultimatum said as he got up. “Don’t worry, Cyneberht, everyone should be down in the city.”
“And everyone’s safe?”
“Hopefully,” Tusk answered. “We got Raisa here, safe and sound.”
“Excellent,” Cyneberht said as he looked around. “While I’m not surprised that Karnage is fraternizing with our true enemy, I’m shocked by how quickly all of this is happening and how brazen he’s being about it.”
“I know, right?” Raisa replied. “I hate it when that happens, haha…ha…” She was trying to be positive, despite still feeling terrible.
As Raisa finished her sentence, sirens from the city could be heard. They were the ones signaling an approaching army, something the Arbiters never wanted to hear. Wynnstan soon came soaring over, an overly long rifle mounted on his back. He looked as if he was ready for a fight.
“Ah, Cyneberht! Just in time for our little SNAFU… and it ain’t me this time.”
Cyneberht tried to take a breath to calm his nerves. “Do I even want to know, Wynnstan?”
“Karnage sent Milosh’s goons to attack the city.”
This warranted a groan of utmost frustration. “Ultimatum, you’re with me. We’ll hold down the Monastery and keep Raisa and Quasar safe.”
“Roger that,” Ultimatum confirmed as he summoned his starlight bow, walking over to stand watch over the two.
“Tusk, Randalph? Grab Razor and Mizuki and head down to the city with Wynnstan.”
“Already on it,” Randalph replied as he and Tusk started running in the direction of the dining hall.
Wynnstan cackled and cocked his rifle. “This is going to be fun. I got Dragoslava’s bullets modified to fit my style and ready to go. I can’t wait to see what they do to those mooks.”
Cyneberht shook his head disapprovingly. “Don’t get too carried away, Wynnstan. We’re the Arbiters of Droom, remember that.”
He laughed. “Relax, Cyney, I know who I am. Now you remember that Wulfric made me to fight and that’s what I’m going to do. Karnage has got a lot of balls and I think it’s our duty to teach that cocky son of a gun a lesson.”
Next: Chapter 15
ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)
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