The Heart Five

14: The Convergence of Worlds

“In Death Verse, we call your kind as ‘The God Slayers’,” Voix walks around me as if taunting me to fight him using my true form. “In my universe, there are seven of my creations who were able to reach that level of your power which includes my wife, my son, my daughter, and my butler.”

“So why are you telling me this? I’m not interested with your babble.”

“Simple,” he grins. “If our two raises fought, I would’ve won nonetheless.”

“I won’t be so sure about that,” I glared at him. “Sooner or later, some of the essential beings here would eventually reach my level. Besides, I heard you were having problems in your world as well… something about your leadership. Is that why you are here, because you’re not good enough as a Supreme Being?”

“MY LEADERSHIP IS ALWAYS GOOD!”

“You are not a good leader,” I charged my weapon with darkness. “YOU ARE A FAILURE!”

“YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LEADERSHIP!”

“THEN SHUT UP AND FIGHT ME!” I made a powerful swing using Heart Five to create a powerful wave of darkness, “CRESCENT ECLIPSE!”

“GAH!” he rushes towards me, bypassing the dark wave of energy and kicks me so hard that I was thrown a few kilometers away from where I was. “YOU ARE SO POWERLESS!”

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“Dad!” one of my children, Axent, sees me about to crash.

Without second thought, he throws his pillow towards me to act as my cushion. The impact of the crash was nullified due to Axent’s powers and his pillow making me able to recover quickly.

“What was that?” Zorg rushes to my side. “You look hurt dad…”

“Obviously, he is,” Dizane lends me a hand to get back up. “Is it our time to really shine?”

“Ah that really hurt,” I placed my hand on my abdomen. “Yeah, but we’ll have to work together.”

“Who are we going to fight together, father?” Azalan faces at the enemy up ahead.

“Him,” I glared at the opponent far away walking towards us with tremendous aura.

“Holy shakes,” Axent feels dread all over. “What is that?”

“That, my children is Voix, Supreme Being of Death.”

“I’m not ready for this,” Zorg chickens out for a second. “On s-second thought, I can’t just run away forever…”

“His power is so tremendous that just standing in here is making me feel weakened.” Azalan grabs my arm.

“Father,” Dizane clutches my other arm. “Are we really going to fight him?”

“Yeah,” letting go off the grips of my daughters, I slowly walked towards Voix. “Remember what was taught in the school. We must win and survive…”

“We are going against a Supreme Being, dad,” Axent looks at me once and then makes a realization as he reaches to grab something inside his pillow. “You’ve made up your mind, I guess.”

“There’s no backing now,” Azalan brings out the Eternal Weapon Mekan Complete. “We might not have a chance, but at least we do this as a family!”

“Locked, loaded, and ready to go,” Aside from her pistol, Dizane brings out hers as well. “Lend me your strength, Phobius Orchid.”

“Are we really going to survive, father?” Zorg calms his trembling hands.

“Of course, we will,” I looked back at them. “If there is one thing you should know about me my dear children… I’m not really an essential being.”

Transforming in front my children, I showed them my true form. Having a pitch-black long hair, darker than black eyes, an ever-changing armor, and wielding two 5-shaped blades that when fused together reveals an omega symbol, I have indeed reached a new stage of godhood.

“I’m a quintessential being,” I held my blades firmly and started running towards Voix. “Are you still afraid we’re going to lose?”

“You got long hair!” Dizane’s eyes sparkles as she rushed to my side. “Oh my good luck!”

“Eternal weapons plus that quintessential transformation,” Axent flies off to our direction, “I won’t hold anything back!”

“Show me what you have in stored for me, my eternal weapon,” Azalan licks her lips. “Come on Zorg, let’s go!”

Zorg breathes deeply, “Seeing that father is still hiding that much power, all of a sudden I lost all of my nervousness! I’m coming guys!!!”

“Rule #1: Supreme Beings cannot bring harm to their fellow Supreme Beings. Rule#2: Supreme Beings can never harm their creations. If they do so, they will suffer a severe injury that would heal very slowly. Rule#3: Supreme Beings can influence and bring harm to the creations of their fellow Supreme Beings. Bringing harm however, is a form of declaration. Rule#4: The creations of Supreme Beings can harm their creator and other Supreme Beings, IF… they are able to do so… Rule#5: If a Supreme Being is incapacitated by another Supreme Being’s creation, the winning Supreme Being can do whatever he wants to the losing Supreme Being’s creations.” After all of that talk, Voix also begins to charge at us, “COME, COME, COME TO ME AND FACE MY DEATHLY WRATH!”

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Meanwhile at the other side of the war

“I remember you,” Quaza (Knowledge) confronts the mysterious being. “You bombed us fifteen years ago!”

“Yeah,” Yxede (Leadership) walks cautiously surrounding the mysterious being. “You are bastard…”

“That’s very good,” the mysterious being claps his hands. “I thought you have forgotten someone as special as me.”

“There’s nothing special in you,” Suxil (Justice) recalls his boomerang back to him. “You caused a lot of casualties to begin with!”

“You should be aware that I am stronger than the rest of you,” the mysterious being unveils himself. “You should be aware of the huge gaps between us.”

“Reaper,” Semcaxa (Judgment) whispers. “I knew it…”

“I prefer you calling me a death being or better yet a god killer,” he grins. “Your society is much more complicated than ours, you see. You’ve got essence beings and essential beings. I mean what the f**k?”

“You should stop talking,” Zenphea (Beauty) readies her ax. “I will blame you for why we lost sight of the head captain!”

“You know what, I guess she’s right,” Zirack (Willpower) begins to use her power and transforms, “Metamorphosis.”

“Before we fight, I want all of you and those who will be coming for me, if there are, to know who I am. I am Huryken Sabeastin, the butler of the Great Lord of Death.”

Raxion (Wisdom) arrives at the scene, “Then let me introduce-”

“No need for me to know,” Huryken grins. “I can call you by your distinguishing colors, Gold.”

“That’s it,” Raxion slams his hammer, “You’re DEAD-”

“I’ll take it from here,” Mr. A stops him before it’s too late. “He’s planted seeds all around him.” The others realize their almost rash actions. “You would’ve ended up obliterated or disintegrated into nothingness.”

Huryken frowns, “Clearly, you have seen through me. Aren’t you a peculiar? I can hear your heartbeat… and I can feel your soul.”

“Of course,” Mr. A glances at the essential beings. “You guys need to support the quintessential being of courage.”

“Quintessential?” the essential beings looked at each other.

“It looks like you have no idea what I am talking about,” Mr. A glances back at Huryken. “Leave this reaper to me. Right now, he is in dire need for help in fighting against the Supreme Being of Death way west. Let me take good care of this plant using god slayer…”

“We can’t leave you behind,” Yxede glares at the enemy. “I have a score to settle with that bitch.”

“Yeah,” Raxion grips his hammer tight. “I just can’t back away even after you stopped me.”

“Girls,” Quaza brings out his mace, “you should go ahead.”

“Be careful,” Semcaxa dashes away with the others.

“How gentle,” Huryken snaps his finger and the seeds underneath him explode. “Since my trap is no longer useful thanks to you, whoever you are in the mask, I have to make sure to at least surprise attack you.”

Evading the explosion with the others, Mr. A blows the thick dust cloud away revealing his cyborg form, “Why are you asking for my name, death being? I thought I heard you say that you don’t need to.”

“You are intriguing,” Huryken creates plant monsters for the others to fight, “I don’t want any disturbances. I’m curious of what you are and who you are…”

“I am Mr. A, a mortal emissary of balance and order. Now that you know, I won’t let you live and if you survive, your memories will be erased.”

“Unbelievable,” Huryken aims at him and shoots explosive seeds from both of his palms.

Mr. A backs away while evading the explosive seeds from touching him or the ground near him. While moving round and about he begins to inspect his opponent from head to toe.

[Performing Full-body Scan]

[Analysis Complete]

[Deploying Countermeasures]

“Neuters,” Mr. A calls out. “Top Priority: Capture the god alive!”

“Neuters, what are you talking about?” Huryken stops and turns his arms into thorny vines. One by one, neuters started to surround the god slayer. Even as s***h them with his vines and bombed them, the neuters resisted his attacks. “What are these things?!”

“Those are Neuters,” Mr. A explains as the mechanical gods immobilize and pile on to Huryken. “If you don’t want to get torn apart, I suggest that you surrender.”

“DON’T BELITTLE ME, MORTAL!”

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And then

“Finally,” Krozel (Jealousy) catches her breath, “I caught up with you…”

She locks and loads her grenade launcher. She finds a good place to hide and provide support. Feeling the intense pressure exerted by the Supreme Being of Death, all she can do is pray for their safety.

“Are you still alive, Zorg?” Axent offers him a hand. “It’s tough holding back, but we’re not dead yet!”

“That’s because dad is taking most of the hits for us,” Zorg heals himself. “We need to get back inside to back the Supreme Being into a corner.”

After blocking another swing from Voix’s weapon, I was saved by Azalan from crashing down by catching me in mid-air. Even with the five of us, we only manage to deliver him scrapes and scratches. Voix stops attacking as we group up together.

“I am impressed,” Voix commends us for our effort. “You managed to give me a few wounds, minor wounds…”

“Actually,” I stood up with wounds finally healed by Azalan, “we were just warming up. My children, they were not used to wielding eternal weapons so I had them test those out on you.”

“What do you mean?” Voix grits his teeth.

“The real battle is about to begin, Voix.” I looked over at my kids, “I can feel that some of my bones are breaking. Have you gotten used to those weapons?”

“I finally got the hang of it, yeah,” Dizane swings the terrifying blade, Phobius Orchid.

“I guess,” Azalan grins. “You shouldn’t have protected us though. I can’t stand watching you getting pummeled in front of me…”

“We’ll get him for sure this time,” Zorg entangles his hands with the monster from his backpack to get a better grip of the sword. “I won’t let your sacrifice to be in vain.”

“Seriously father, you are reckless,” Axent his top clothing off.

“Alright,” I sighed. “It looks like your training paid off. You don’t need to hold back this time, my children.” I looked back at Voix, “thanks for the wait…”

“YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW PISSED I AM,” Voix exerts another blast of death aura. “YOU WILL SERIOUSLY REGRET THIS, GAZBLEIR!!!”

“You know Voix, the truth is… I don’t regret anything,” I unleashed my full power, “especially when it’s all for my children.”

CLAP – CLAP – CLAP

Interrupting our battle, another being makes his presence known.

“Y-you,” Voix is taken aback. “You’re back…”

“Who is he?” I glanced over at Voix who seemed to be seeing a ghost and so I asked the stranger instead. “Are you a friend or a foe?”

“If your creator sees me as an ally, then I am a friend,” the being dressed like a mortal, gently answers my queries, “I am G Fallasleep, a sleep being.”

“You’re not just a sleep being. That’s Maerd Asiefil you are holding,” Voix raises his ethereal weapon Lafrinn Geist as the sleep being who seems to be holding an ethereal weapon as well. “You know the rules, right? We can’t harm each other.”

“You cannot harm… then that means- huh…”

In an instant, the sleep being appears in between us. However, a noticeable cut appears in Voix’s face. In shock, Voix backs off from him. If what I heard is right, then this sleep being is the Supreme Being of Sleep… sometimes ideals… most of the times fantasy, XEEL…”

“How come nothing’s happened to you after wounding my face?!” the Supreme Being of Death stumbles in panic, “TELL ME!”

With spiky red-brown hair, blood red irises, wearing modified gray long-sleeves on top of a black shirt, a blue jeans, and rubber shoes, this person, doesn’t look like a god at all. And yet, Voix loses his s**t upon getting a small cut on his face. All I could do is guard my children and back off as well.

“DUH, I am clearly not XEEL, can’t you tell the extreme difference?” the sleep being sighs. “Like I said, I am G FALLASLEEP the GOD OF SLEEP.”

“WHY ARE YOU HERE THEN WITH THAT WEAPON?” Voix follows up the question.

“IT’S VERY SIMPLE,” G Fallasleep brings out a dark colored bottle and gives off a menacing smirk, “YOU are going to be SEALED in here while I take GOOD CARE of your DEATH VERSE FOREVER, understood?~”

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TO BE CONTINUED!

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