Chapter 34:

Mitsurugi

Fantastical Rebirth


Brawn: "What an asshole... he made the spear target her after his death."

Vampire: "How much time do we have until dawn?"

Nebula: "Plenty. We must survive until then."

The mountain disappears from the map as the huge dragon takes flight.

Sun: "Should we follow her?"

Vampire: "It's angry at us. It won't fly away."

The dragon stops in midair, searching for life. She spots us and begins to spit a fireball. Brawn punches the air. A massive magical fist appears in the sky, striking her and diverting her aim. The fireball flies in a different direction, exploding the landscape as it hits the ground.

Brawn jumps and rides on her back, punching her head until she flies upwards with intense speed, quickly leaving the atmosphere.

Miguel: "Hey, it's like the phoenix!"

Sun: "This is terrible! Everyone, she is coming back, we must run away!"

She arrives sooner than expected and rams into the ground, devastating an entire nation.

???: "Six..."

The fireball flies in a different direction, exploding the landscape as it hits the ground.

Sun: "Wait, don't anger her! We need to give her the impression that we are weak!"

Brawn: "And have her destroy more civilizations?!"

Vampire: "Wait, Sun does have a point. We have to wait until sun rises anyway."

Brawn: "Really?! And how are supposed to survive until then?!"

Fire comes from above. Nebula and Lich cast a shield to protect everyone. It grows more intense, until Michael's phoenix pushes us out of the way. We fly until we reach the dragon.

The phoenix spits a fireball, which explodes and devastates the landscape, but does little damage to her. Lich fires a massive black-and-white laser, which manages to damage her. She flies away. Vampire fires several blood spikes, many times greater than the speed of sound.

Phoenix flies after her, with us on its back. Slinger fires rockets, phoenix breathes fire, Brawn punches the air, as several magical fists knock the dragon off course. I use Excalibur with my power and unleash a powerful beam of sunlight.

All of this does very little damage to her. The dragon curves in its flight at great speed, until it's behind us. Slinger fires her sniper rifle, which I help with by increasing the firepower. The bullets hit Mitsurugi's eyes, causing them to bleed and leaving her blind.

She screams in pain and flies faster, until she burns and devours us all together.

???: "Five..."

This time, I don't increase the Slinger's firepower. Her bullets damage Mitsurugi's eyes, but not enough to enrage her. She still flies faster than us, so Brawn knocks her down with a punch from above. She falls to the ground, devastating her path.

Brawn continues to punch her from above, holding her in place. I jump and land with Excalibur. I try to inject sunlight into her body, but her skin is resistant to fire. I pierce her with the sword and run it down her back, slashing her. Slinger fires rockets, damaging the wound.

She screams loudly, deafening us, and grabs me with her paw, crushing my body.

???: "Four..."

Brawn continues to punch her from above. Huge purple tentacles hold her in place. A massive chunk of true ice falls from the sky. The dragon begins to shrink.

I land next to her. She transforms into her human form and slowly stands up. She's still quite tall compared to me. Her dragon scales only cover part of her curvaceous body. She's angry at first, but then she starts to smile eerily.

Mitsurugi: "You tiny insects have decided to anger me. Interesting."

She points her palm upward, unleashing a powerful chain of explosions that instantly destroys the chunk of ice. Nebula appears behind her and touches her back, attempting to freeze her. Instead, her hand burns. Lich heals her and fires a bolt of lightning at Mitsurugi, who remains unfazed. She begins walking toward the skeleton.

Vampire swings a blood sword at her neck. She grabs his head and crushes it, but he transforms into a pool of blood and shoots thorns at her from below. She stomps her foot, creating a huge hole that swallows the entire landscape.

As we fall, I cast a beam of sunlight at her. She turns her attention to me and leaps at me, grabbing my head as she slams my body through dozens of mountains.

???: "Three..."

She stomps her foot. As we fall, I fly toward her and kick her. She grabs my leg and crushes it. I sacrifice it with a massive explosion, pushing us all away.

The phoenix crashes into her. She elbows it and grabs its wing, tearing it apart. Then she swings its body and throws it into the sky, quickly reaching space.

Lich heals me. Mitsurugi stops in the middle of the chaos, waiting for us while she heals herself. We all approach her in a circle.

Mitsurugi: "Your blood will make a great feast for me. I will become even stronger, until I destroy everything."

Slinger: "Is that your plan? To undo all the good that was done along the way?"

Mitsurugi: "Oh? I remember you, dear."

She dashes toward Slinger and punches through her chest.

Mitsurugi: "How does it feel, hm? To be overpowered and have no chance to resist."

Nebula fires a concentrated jet of water at her head, causing minor damage, but enough to get her attention. She pulls her arm out of Slinger's chest, which Lich heals as she turns her back.

Mitsurugi: "And you, Nebula... I must thank you for freeing me from that prison."

Nebula: "What are you doing, Mitsurugi? I gave you that name..."

Mitsurugi: "Someone enlightened me while I was in your house, aimlessly searching for a purpose. It's my job to choose what I want to do, not yours."

Nebula: "Mitsurugi... please..."

Mitsurugi: "Begging won't help. I have chosen my path."

Brawn punches her in the face, stunning her for a second and pushing her several meters away.

Brawn: "Then die, monster!"

Mitsurugi: "Am I the only monster here?"

He punches her repeatedly, hard enough to shatter landscapes. Just as she's about to strike back, the ground cracks and green fire erupts, pushing us all skyward.

Dullahan pierces her stomach with his scythe, setting her on fire from within. She becomes enraged and spits fire everywhere, melting everything instantly.

???: "Two..."

After Brawn punches her twice, I join in. I leap and kick her with both legs. She doesn't budge. Vampire bursts several blood bubbles around her. Nebula throws ice shards, and Slinger fires her sniper as quickly and accurately as possible.

Mitsurugi begins to dodge the attacks. She grabs Slinger's neck and throws her at Lich. Dullahan tries to decapitate her, but she dodges his scythe by sliding. I kick her in the back of the neck. She bites my leg and sucks my blood until I explode it. Brawn tries to punch her, as she grabs his arm and rips it off.

Lich fires a rainbow at her, pushing her away. Purple tentacles grab her from below. Nebula appears behind her and touches her back with her palm again, but this time triggering the explosion that stretches into the sky, launching her upward.

Dullahan jumps and stabs her stomach again with the scythe, setting her insides ablaze. She stabs the horse with her nails, burning it. She uses her wings to fly away, while Vampire summons a column of blood from below, striking her in the chin.

Miguel's sand warrior leaps and strikes her in the stomach with his greatsword. The sand woman creates a sand tornado, stunning her for a second while launching hundreds of sand spikes. Lich fires the black-and-white beam, devastating the landscape.

Her body releases a powerful blast that launches scales at us. They pierce our skin, one of them hitting my throat. She flies toward me and bites my head off.

???: "Two..."

Her body unleashes the explosion. I summon the orc horn and blow it, the sound wave slowing and stunning Mitsurugi, sending her falling to the ground.

The ground begins to shake. She flies into the sky and transforms back into a dragon. Orca leaps and punches her, as he grabs her wings and tries to tear them off.

Miguel: "Orca? He looks a bit different..."

Sun: "He's a zombie now. He died in the last fight, so Lich revived him."

Miguel: "You're not going to turn me into a zombie if I die, right...?"

Sun: "He was an exception as he is a great weapon but not important enough to us to simply let him rest."

Miguel: "That sounds a little evil..."

Sun: "Anyway, he's even stronger now."

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