Genesis, A New Creation

The Battle of Alpha's

Chapter 8

-Nocte-

Nocte lowers his hand and says to the slaves “Apparently someone was watching us, We'll mainly me most likely. I have a plan, Stay here and put these binds on.” he takes out some rope and they comply and one of the men ask “Wh-What are you planning to do, I get you saved us and we are thankful but i'm worried for my daughter” Nocte glances at him and says “Be not afraid, I'm not going to enslave you. I'm going to use you as bait to lure out whoever is watching me, Don't worry either I will cast protection magic around you and please...Call me Nocte.”

His eyes widen and he is about to speak but Nocte says “Greater Cast Invisibility” and his body vanishes along with his clothing and weapons and he stands off to the side and raises his hand casting, “Greater magic shield, Greater Cast fire null , Greater cast anti magic bubble” a green orb flashes around them all and then vanishes and Nocte falls on one knee he still has not gotten used to casting that much magic but he stands back up a bit dizzy but waits for who ever saw him to come to the bait.

Time goes by as the demi-humans keep quiet and Nocte sits quietly within a creator he had made by using a bit of powerful explosive magic but it did it's job in killing most of the annoying archers. He saw the slaves and he never liked slavery and had always thought all races were equal in many ways if not better some times but slavery was something he never liked. As he was about to give up as the sun was begging to set under the trees he felt it first. Marching, all of it was in sync and it was clearly a large army or at least a very powerful one to cause even this small amount of shaking and then he heard it. It was coming from the tree line “Thud, Thud, Thud Thud, Thud, Thud.” it was about a thousand footsteps all in sync and then the leader was the first to break the tree line it was female and a demi-Human and the Silver hair she had reminded her of the girl he had saved many many generations ago before he had even decided on giving himself a mortal body, Though clearly evolution has made her taller, way taller easily two feet taller then he was and her metal armor was smooth plated, the color of the armor was black and her tail was white with a grey fade to the tip. Her ears had the same white and grey fade to them, her eyes were icy blue like Saara when he created her. Who ever this girl was she was the Alpha of the Beastia Confederation and a Warrior of Saisho, Then more come out behind her in a full regimental order and quickly she put her hand in the air and quickly all of the army split from their regimental order quickly setting up a perimeter around and a full group of ten Warriors of Saisho went to the slaves quickly unbinding them and the leader went up to them and began asking questions.

The Slaves remained quiet as per his instruction and Nocte knew it was time, He then said quietly “Remove greater cast, Invisibility.” and his body reappears and he took a few steps out of the creator and instantly the group of ten Warriors of Saisho surrounded the Alpha and the slaves clearly ready to protect them with their lives. Nocte had also saw from a glance the entire army seemed to surround him in a massive circle and even magic casters went to the air using flying magic making sure he was surrounded at all angles.

Nocte's plan was not fight but more and less just find out why these people were watching him. Then the woman moves the Warriors of Saisho aside and steps into the open area and says “So, Who are you….and why were you in one of my dreams?” Nocte is somewhat confused and says “I don't know what you mean by that but please….call me Nocte and I have a few questions of my own to ask.” She glares at Nocte clearly seeing he was named by Ata and then says “You may call me Annah, but you were in one of my dreams tell me now or I may just have to beat it out of you.” she grabs the sword on her back and pulls it out and Nocte recognizes it and thinks “It looks like the sword I used many generations ago, Could it have been inspired by it? Perhaps it's possible” Then Nocte says in a monotone voice “Beating me would be no use as I truly do know why I was or how I did so, But if I must take a Guess it was because of”Before he can even finish she charges him and in only two steps she is in front of him her sword high above her head, Nocte barely rolls out of the way landing on his side and stands up as Annah rips her sword out of the ground and looks at him and says “You're a lot faster than I thought, I guess being so small does give you an advantage” Nocte does not even respond instead pulling out his sword and drawing it and smooth motion, They both circle each other for a moment and Annah is the first to charge and take a stab at Nocte, Nocte deflects the blow sliding his sword down Annah’s and then up to try and slice her head off. She dodges and quickly puts her hand on his chest and says “Fire ball!” and Nocte is sent flying back into the air with a smoke trail almost following him, Annah jumps high slamming her sword into his chest and Nocte is sent flying into the ground causing the to shake,dust and dirt to fly into the air and Annah lands hard on the ground as we'll.

Nocte coughs in his mask staggering to his feet and out of the creator and Annah says “We'll...I didn't expect you to survive that, I guess……” her voice seems to fade as Nocte closes his eyes for a moment and can see Ata holding Saara back from interfering with their battle and he begins to chuckle and laugh and Annah goes quite and Nocte opens his eyes and looks at Annah then says “So..this is the power of the Alpha, he...Honestly I didn't expect it to be this much.” he then thinks “This is a good opportunity to try and use a few things, One of them being flow state...ye lets try that first.” Nocte readies his sword again and only focuses on Annah and she as we'll redies her sword, This time he charges her and she is already meeting his sword but he pushes her sword to the side striking her chest plate but his sword bounces off and she kicks him back, his feet locked into the ground and make drag marks slowing him as they drag in the ground.

Before Annah can collect herself Nocte is already on her once more, Striking at her she barely blocks it and goes to kick him once more but this time he catches her foot and swipes her leg with his own sending her into the ground. He goes to stab her but she rolls out of the way and sends another fireball at him, Taking the blow head on Nocte puts his armor and robe to full use and runs through the fireball as it explodes on him slowing him down slightly but he manages to jump about to hit her but one of the Warriors of Saisho jump in front blocking his blow and Nocte jumps back. The warrior charges him without hesitation and they match each other blow for blow, Swords clashing and sparks even appear as they land on the already scorched ground. This equal strength is soon broken as Nocte drops his sword ducking under the warriors s***h and places his hand on the ground and then suddenly the ground erupts in a explosion sending the warrior flying and Annah catches him barely falling onto the ground herself and seeing his armor the best that her nation can offer almost torn and melted to shreds, as some of it melted into his skin though he was still alive and spit up some blood.

Nocte then gets out from the large crater in the ground, Sparks of electricity strike the ground as excess escapes into the ground. He then picks up his sword and walks out of the dust cloud and Annah stares at him her eyes wide and she gently lays her warrior on the ground and gets ready for another fight but Nocte used practically all his strength there and he knows he can't continue. He takes a couple of breaths and his body shudders as he collapses onto the ground, looking at the sky and breathing heavy he closes his eyes and falls into unconsciousness.

--Annah Hart--

Annah relaxes for a moment and is honestly surprised but as the dust settles she's hit with an astonishing shock, A crater easily the size of a small town even some of her own men were blown back, injured or from the red stains on the ground told they were obliterated. She looks up and sees even the magic casters in the air were thrown back as they float back into position, She looks back at Nocte’s unmoving body and does not know what to do for a moment before she begins to approach him and she can hear his breathing “Did he just do a sucide bomb? Or did he plan….this?” she thinks aloud she looks him up and down as she finally gets close enough to see the details on his clothing, His sword as many engravings she does not recognize but the blade itself is clearly top quality and she sees no denting on it whatsoever, Even though his blade his hers and even one stuck her armor it did dent or change.

Bending down she places her hand on his robe and it feels smooth and clean and it has no dust on it surprisingly, she reaches for his mask but feels a sudden shock and pulls away. Then she sees it, the mask’s glowing eyes have vanished and it's clear that there is no way to see in or out of the mask. This confuses her as he fought with a grace she had not seen in any other warrior besides her father before her. She also sees he has no tail, she gently touches his hand and squeezes a bit and his skin is soft and smooth, something only a noble could have the luxury of having yet he fought with the skill of a master swordsmen.

Annah then looks over her shoulder “Tie him up and take his weapon, search him for any intel if possible.” Annah then stands up as some men continue to keep the perimeter while others begin to race past her and tie Nocte up and she walks to Yamoto and asks “how many are dead?” he looks down at the floor and says “I don't know, In the most...maybe..half of our army?” She stares at him shocked and says “There is no way, one ATTACK could kill or injure over one thousand of-” shes cut off by a Legion commander and he is breathing heavy and their is a piece of shrapnel in his arm and blood dripping from his forehead and mouth “My...entire unit is gone, Along with two others..it's at least four hundred, fity dead or missing.”

She then demands “I want a full head count by the time the sun sets!” he bows his head limps away slightly as other legion commanders begin barking orders and counting, Annah looks at Yamato and says “For someone half my size he put up a valiant battle. I wonder if I can recruit him, I'm sure humans are as corrupt as the rumors say they are.” Yamato responds almost instantly “perhaps, but he might have been a spy sent by the Empire of Neoya. Though I'm sure all humans have their price.” They walk together for a few minutes as the army sets up camp. All she can think about is how that fight played out, She remembers the feeling of his power when she blocked his sword attack. The way he fought was similar to Saisho in the tales she heard from her mother, if Saisho attacked it would be quick and seemingly impossible to predict but he would always aim for vital spot and she remembered how he aimed for her throat first then her heart then her armpit though she didn't know why he aimed there.

Then Yamato brakes her from her thoughts by saying “Alpha, surely you noticed it too. His blade didn't shatter nor dent while in the fight with you, in fact he seemed sure that it wouldn't break as he fought you head on without hesitation.” She looks at him for a moment and says “Bring me his sword.” Yamato nodded quickly walking away from her and she looked at her sword and at the hilt she saw a small chip in the blade her mouth almost dropped open from shock but she smiled and her tail wagged a bit as she said “just what are you?…”