Genesis, A New Creation

A Duel

-Chapter 13 part 2-

-Nocte-

Nocte saw Marvonia quickly show some fear but he quickly floated a bit farther back and seemed to think but Nocte was not going to let him plan, He remembered his Biology teacher say “There are many parts of the human anatomy that are amazing yet very powerful weaknesses, One example is the kidney if you hit hard enough you can kill a person.” He grinned under his mask and muttered “Superior abilities.” he felt magic flow through his muscles adding energy and strength to them and he lunged into the air it was so fast he heard a loud *BOOM* as he broke the sound barrier. He's body went to punch but he was way to late in hitting the lower chest, near the sternum and Marvonia just barely dodged and Nocte had actually managed to rip part of clothing off with the punch and he landed on the stadium causing it to crack and parts turned to dust when he landed.

Nocte gripped the side and looked at were Marvonia was and saw he was just turning around and Nocte let go of the cloth in his hand jumping once again and another *BOOM* is heard not only from the part of the stadium braking from his leap but the sound barrier once again braking, This time though his punch landed and Marvonia once again just in time casted a barrier spell but this was not enough to fully protect him as he was sent flying down into the sandy floor causing a trail to follow his body that dragged in the sand.

Nocte was not sure if he was even still alive as he landed on the floor hard. He felt his breath was hard and fast and he remembered his old best friend say “Remember, keep your breath slow and long. It helps your endurance.”. Nocte kept to the advice as a small amount of steam exited his mouth and then some students and a teacher from what he assumed rushed into the Auditorium to see what was happening and the students and teachers alike were shocked when the dust settled and saw Marvonia already battered and bruised, parts of his clothing was ripped already and even the auditorium had received some damage.

The main teacher looked like demanded “What is going on here!” Nocte turned to face the woman but this quick change of attention caused him to lose focus and Marvonia took the opportunity to cast a orb of destruction, a tenth tier spell that can wipe out entire divisions of men. Nocte feeling the orb coming Nocte gets ready to dodge but his instincts tell him otherwise. Nocte, trusting his cut he put out both hands and the orb crashes into his hands but before it can explode he puts a barrier around it and solely concentrates on the orb and he feels his arms starting to strain already but his feet are slowly being dragged in the sand.

Teachers and students are about to come and help when Marvonia yells “Do not interfere with our battle! If you do I will personally kick you out of this school!” This causes them to back away but Nocte calms himself and collects his thoughts and remembers the feeling of when he created his children practically and he closed his eyes. Taking a deep breath he feels a change within him.

-Marvonia-

Grinned almost ear to ear knowing full well that Marvonia had Nocte this time, If he let the ball go it would destroy part of the auditorium and if he didnt he would be hurt so badly he would not be able to continue. Marvonia won and he looked forward but was shocked to see the orb suddenly thump and a cracking sound is heard as he sees the barrier crack but the orb had gotten smaller, he felt his heart sink as he realized Nocte was trying to condense the attack and use it against him like he did earlier and Marvonia says “Oh no you DON'T!” putting both his hands forward he focused immensely on pushing the ball forward.

Marvonia felt the ball begin to move but Nocte’s stream of consciousness was something even Marvonia in all his years of age and training of the mind almost felt weak and small compared to him. Marvonina felt a tinge of Deja-vu when he fought Fenrich in an open battle; it felt the same way except that Nocte was easily equal if not maybe stronger than Fenrich. This broke his concentration so much that Nocte pushed the ball forward and condensed it two times over. The ball now had more of a blue glow rather than its dark haze and purple coloration. Then another crack is heard as the Barrier Nocte put up begins to start wanting to rip itself apart from the amount of force being present on both sides but then.

A Sudden ripple, Marvonia feels it as an unknown presence seemingly enters the fray and grabs the orb and throws it high above in the air. Marvonia follows the orb with his eyes and sees the Leader of the Five Gods, Saara, her hand held out as she throws the ball so far in the air it exploded causing clouds to form a circle from where it exploded.

Saara stares at Marvonia with almost a disdain and anger he never thought he would see from a God. She lands with a grace of that of a well balanced dancer, spear in hand and held almost at the tip. The spear seemed to be made out of a crystal like substance, no doubt “The Spear of The Dragons” as it's coloration is that of a light blue the most common color for dragons. She is wearing her typical outfit but she instantly turns to Nocte and walks towards him, Putting her spear in the ground she easily stands a foot or two taller just like the Alpha.

Unlike most men Nocte does not bow or lower his head but stares eye for eye, But he raises his hands to his hood taking it off along with his mask and he looks at Saara with a smile of that almost as a father looking at his daughter grown up, His eyes filled with seemingly pride and joy to see her and Saara’s face went from disdain and anger to almost a wife looking at her husband as they were mated. She grabs a hold of him and hugs him relentlessly and Nocte is clearly shocked by the suddenness of the hug and puts his arms on her shoulders trying to push her away but seemingly is struggling to gain an inch.

-Ata-

Ata watches his sister from above for a moment and drops landing hard onto the sandy floor causing a small shock wave and he says “Let poor Nocte go, We were merely here to stop the destruction before it could progress to deadly levels.” Saara seems to freeze and looks down at Nocte, his face pressed against her breasts and reluctantly letting go of him and he instantly jumps back a little shaky it seems.

Ata looks behind him and sees the demi-humans clearly a bit scared or even some have looks of anger and their tails flick left and right as if ready to pounce, He felt similar disgust in them. Looking back at Nocte he had stabilized himself and was putting back on his hood, holding his mask and Saara says “Brother, you said we came here for Nocte did you not? Why not just take him now and bring him to your Empire where he is safe.” Nocte looked at Saara with a look of curiosity and then at Ata waiting for him to answer and he did “It is not my choice if Nocte comes home where he is safe….So Nocte i'm going to be honest with you. “ Ata locked eyes with Nocte and he saw a flicker of anger but it quickly changed to a curiosity and a small amount of adoration for some reason. Ata felt a little confused but continued “The men that killed your father were found and were put to death, If you wish you may return to the Empire and take up their lands and your own as your own lands. You don't have to stay here with these savages-”

Nocte put on his mask and the eyes shone white and he spoke cutting Ata off “These people are not savages. I can clearly see that my lands were inherited by my blood as soon as my father died. The people lived happily with my reforms and I left because I viewed my life was endangered. Now My-...I mean Ata I come to you with an offer of my own. My lands are formally given to me and thus forth I fully ally myself to the Bestian Confederation and I say that those lands are under me and their citizens and full authority to leave the lands or stay and become citizens of the Bestian Confederation.”

Ata is stunned. He never thought Nocte would be so foolish yet the way he spoke was almost like a ruler and he asked “Why do you betray...the one who named you?” Nocte replies “I did not, nor shall I. If my offer is refused though...the people under my rule surely would revolt against you if you deny my offer.” Ata knows he's trapped “If I accept then a good amount of defensible and farmable land is gone, but if I decline I risk a revolt in the Noble houses along with the army and worse case….the entire peasantry of his lands, They were all trained to be soldiers and are the most deadly soldiers the Empire can muster...they are called the Legion of Skulls for a reason.” After a few seconds but felt like moments of staring, Ata floats into the air and says “Saara...We are not needed here, Your request is accepted Nocte. You're lands are yours and the Empire of Neoya will no longer hold you as a Citizen let alone a Noble!” Saara looks at Nocte for a moment but then quickly follows her brother into the air and whispers “What are you thinking!? We can easily take him on and bring him by force!”

Ata gives his sister a glare of anger and she seems to back down and mutter “I trust your judgement….but if he gets hurt by this nation I will turn it to charcoal.” She flies off before Ata gives one last look at Nocte who is still staring at him he turns and flies after his sister “Dammit!” He says and practically yells once he's with his sister and says “That...He trapped me! I had no choice but to accept, I failed in where I succeeded the most. How can a young one not even trained in the art be so...tricky!?” His sister is silent and continues to flap her wings to gain speed as if not wanting to listen to Ata ramble on. She disappears up into the clouds in a hard flap and he continues the way he came and he lets his mind wonder back to that stare, He felt as if he was falling back into the world of blackness but he could feel the wind on his face.

He remembered the voice and how it spoke, the words it used were similar to how Nocte spoke. With an Authoritative voice you can conquer nations without blood Ata thought for a second and a grin formed on his face “Very we'll...lets play a game of wits Nocte.”

--Saara--

As Saara looked at the sun setting she continued to flap her wings to keep her steady in the air and watch the beautiful rays of sun turn the ground seemingly pink even though the land was filled with grass and large mountains of the Dwarven Kingdom were off to the North and part of the Mountain range was begging to block the sun as it shifted behind them, She sighed she wanted to hold Nocte up here with her and watch the sunset but now she couldn't and she felt a bit angry but also a little relieved that she at least saw him in one piece.

As the memory of her holding him in her arms continued to pound her mind for a moment she felt a surge of energy and she felt her body go limp as she began to fall. She tried desperately to move but her body was locked and falling faster and faster. She broke through the clouds and the world faded from her as she opened her eyes. She found herself on a cave floor, blood on her breast plate and on her stomach. Her tail could not feel it. It was numb to the base and she saw Ata’s hand on her upper chest and a green light came from it as he muttered something she looked on and saw a man before them he was laughing and mocked “You call yourselves Gods and Majors?! You're weak compared to us and to me!” She felt a singe of anger but she couldn't move, she could see blood pooling around her, Instinct quickly kick in as she glances right to left and see Nocte on the floor motionless she tries to reach for him and her arm reaches but a pain surges through her as she does so,

She can feel nothing but pure desperation as she tries to call out to Nocte but only feels a whimper come out as a tear flows down her cheek but then she hears “What!?” Glancing over she sees a glowing golden figure that has no real features. It's just blank and it's almost transparent. The being that once seemed so intimidating his voice seemingly shuddered or trembled but she couldn't hear what he said as her hearing was beginning to fade into noiseless ringing.

She felt her eyes closed and felt wind rushing past her as she quickly opened her eyes and oriented herself to face the ground quickly spread her wings causing large amounts of pain but the rudeness causes her to quickly slow her pace as she flaps her wings to slow herself and she gently touches the ground just barely keeping herself together as her legs collapse and she throws up right then and their. She had never thrown up before but she whipped her mouth feeling disgusted in herself for doing so but her legs felt weak, crawling a bit away from the spot she threw up on she lays down on the ground. The grass felt cold compared to her body and it felt so nice she felt her conscious fade from her as she fell into sleep.