Chapter 36:

CHAPTER 12: AS AN INK DROP BLOOMING

LZ:NARTH


CHAPTER 12: AS AN INK DROP BLOOMING 

[12:00] 14.01.2099Near the Coast at the edge of Samudraas 20KM to the south of Jusm
"God please save up!!!!"
"ENGINES TO MAX!!! UNLOAD EVERYTHING EXTRA!!! EVEN THE HAUL!!!"
"Why bother....we are finished...."
"Mother....father....dear... I'm sorry, dinner's gonna be late..."
A giant Gul appeared in the middle of the sea. Its black and gray, coral like body hovered above the fishermen's ship. Its leg surrounded them like lighthouses. The difference being, that sight they yearned to see, now instilled pure terror in their hearts.
A giant tentacle was approaching towards them with massive speeds. Less than a second until the ship was destroyed in two and sunk, alongside its crew. Some tried escaping. Some had already given up while some prayed to something beyond his comprehension.
*SLASHZZ*
A gust of wind came sweeping down like an eagle. The tentacle was no longer approaching. It had been sliced off by something. His prayed was answered. However as he opened his eyes, the architect of the miracle stood infront of the boat.
It wasn't something incomprehensible. It was something like them. Two arms and two legs. And on top a head fully covered with metallic mask. A white v shape with extruding horns stood out the most against the black overalls. It was the Hero. It was Vezyne the Hero.

After a deep exhale, Vezyne loudly declared, "Don't worry!!! I am here!!! I will save you!!! By my name as the one and only hero of this planet!!! I am the hero, VEZYNE!!!"
After the short speech, Vezyne dived into the sea. Suddenly the ship shook a little. The crew felt a sudden rise as an elevator ride. The ship's pressure on the surface of the sea Slowly vanished. Until it was no longer in contact of the water.
The ship floated above the sea. Tides formed where it was before. On the bottom of the ship, a black mask with a white shaped emerged as the ship was slowly ascending. Vezyne carried the ship on her shoulders and hasted towards the coast.
'How embarrassing...and incredibly inefficient!!! I could've just slashed off it's heads.... ' Vezyne thought while her face slightly reddened. In less than a minute, the ship was safely carried to the coast on Vezyne's back. As Vezyne put the ship down and turned back to face off the Gul, a voice screamed in her ear.
"STOPP!!! What do you think you're doing....Turn back and check if everyone is okay. Then say some of the lines in section 3 which i gave you.." Amaiya screamed through the mask's integrated earpiece. 
Vezyne stopped on her tracks. Her foot almost taking another step forward. Yet it didn't. It hung in the air for a few seconds and came down. Vezyne turned towards the crew who now had all gotten off the ship. 
She approached them swiftly. The contrast between her steady steps and the trembling panic of the fishermen was like a crocodile fresh out of the water walking among a school of stranded fish.
"Are you all okay? As the hero, it's my responsibility for the wellbeing of everyone!! Please forgive me if i was too late!!!" Vezyne leaned forward towards each and everyone. Holding their hands, she spoke as if reading from a script. Yet due to the panic, those emotionless words sounded like blessing from heaven for the fishermen. 
"Y-yes....YESSS!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!" Overwhelmed, the fishermen hugged Vezyne and slowly fell on his knees. "OH HERO..YOU ARE OUR SAVIOR!!! YOU ARE OUR GOD!!!" He crossed his hands together and look upon Vezyne with awe. The same expression he had when gazing upon his God in the AllCathedral. 
"Please don't worry, that's what I'm here for!!" Doing her best to not sound rude, Vezyne read the designated part of the script. Yet before turning around and taking off, Vezyne spoke again. A simple line which wasn't in the script. With a soft smile underneath her metal mask, she added, almost inaudible, "Good job not giving up...."
The Gul had almost made it to the shore. Although it's slow speed, it's size in both height and length surpassing skyscrapers, made each of it's step cover an enormous distance. And above it, hovering over the sky, was Vezyne. 
The hero's red half cape waved in the air to each wind current but the hero herself was stationary as a rock. As if standing on a flat road. On her hand a blue sword. The blade made of pure plasma channeled through her body. 
Those who witnessed the hero fight up close all remembered one detail. The one and only thing they saw during the whole fight. "A Blue Star....The hero has a blinding blue star gripped in her hand..." 
The second Vezyne activated her plasma sword, a tentacle came flying towards her. Vezyne saw it in slow motion. Vezyne mapped her path. Vezyne leaned forward. Her legs raised backwards. As an arrow shooting downwards, she dashed to the monsters heads. A single clean strike to all three. Yet she couldn't. 
"STOPPP!!! Don't evade or cut through it!! Let it clash into you!!!" The annoying voice resounded inside her mask once again. Vezyne let out a deep sigh. She slowed down. More and more until she had to wait there pretending to dash until the tentacle crashed into her.
*SLAPSHHH*
Vezyne crashed into the sea. The fishermen who didn't give up had his mouth hung open. Yet he shaked off his terror and started shouting. As if those words before awoke something inside him. "DON'T GIVE UP... WE NEED YOU! Get up....!!! GET UP HERO VEZYNE!!! DEFEAT THAT THING!!!"
"You need to struggle!!!" Now resting in the ocean bed near the shore, Vezyne sighed. Yet the annoying voice didn't stop. Amaiya sighed in return and countinued, "Vezyne..... you really did play being the hero for all this time huh.... I'm surprised that women didn't fire you... oh yeah...you're irreplaceable huh...you are the hero afterall!!... now then, live up to that name and put on a show while saving them...."
An oval pod hovered above the Gul. It had a sphere shaped rottating structure with blades attached to them. Inside the clear glass door, was a women in a fiery red dress. A stretched out pyramid shape clutched in her hands. 
The pod slowly landed on the shore. Right next to the cheering fishermen. The blades gradually stopped spinning. Like a falcon opening it's wings, the opposite sides of the pod gradually opened vertically. As the compressed air escaped with a sizzling sound, the person inside stepped out. 
Her heels hitting the metallic steps of the pod like a moving pendulum of the metronome. As soon as she stepped on the sand, the rhythmic echoing faded into thin air. The red heels stylized as rising flames sank right into the sand as a sword being swallowed by its sheath. Yet it didn't stop her.
Meanwhile, as a rising current, Vezyne shot out of the sea. Hovering above the Gul, she sighed. However before she could speak, the annoying voice resonated in her mask again. Yet more silently this time. "Remember what Kalisradha said? If yes, then do as i say....!! Be the hero the world needs!!!"
Vezyne stayed silent for a bit. The blinding blue light of her sword suddenly dropped. It dropped so much it seemed like a laser toy. The grip softened too. Vezyne has reduced the plasma output to the minimum. Less than one hundredth of the normal. Slowly falling into the Gul, she murmured with a blank tone, ".... fine....."
"I'm currently near the southern coast of Samudraas... where a massive Gul appeared less than 5 minutes ago. Yet it's already been dealt with. By none other than VEZYNE. The one and only hero of our world!!!" Amaiya Deslos announced as soon as getting off the pod. 
Revolving around her were two spherical metallic objects with red lines running throughout them. The side facing Amaiya had a little dent and inside it black lense. Meanwhile the stretched out pyramid shaped mic in her hand amplified her voice. 
Her firery orange hair cascaded straight past her shoulders, accented by bangs styled into firery waves over her forehead. Yet despite the costal winds, her hair remained in place as a professional actor in a scene staying still when needed. 
She Marched towards the fishermen with her sinking heels. Her form fitting, floor length gown with two high side slits masked the difficulty in each step she took. The shoulderless dress had two purple straps starting from her breasts and going upwards coiling around the purple beaded chocker hugging her neck. 
"Excuse me, I'm Amaiya Deslos. Would anyone be willing to describe what happened here before the hero arrived?" Amaiya pointed the pyramid shaped mic towards the praying fishermen and asked. Her red eyes shining with s firery blaze. 
The fishermen looked at her and nodded after leaving behind the surprise of her sudden arrival. Yet as he came closer he noticed something. Something different about the reporter he saw on tv. She was wearing an insulated body suit. Despite popular belief that she didn't. The rumors that she was someone capable of withstanding the cold was suddenly debunked.
However unlike the normal black suit, she wore a custom suit almost identical to her creamy skin. Invisible to the camera but visible to near eyesight. Disregarding the unique fact he saw, the fishermen spoke with eyes filled with all types of emotion. 
"We were coming back to shore after ending our day yet that monster appeared from nowhere. Standing right above, it attacked us....we thought that it was the end of our lives...." 
However his trembling voice stopped mid sentence. A sudden shine was seen in his eyes. As speaking of an awe inspiring incident despite it being the complete opposite, he continued, "however, the hero saved us... as answering to our prayers, The hero Vezyne fought it and took us to safety. And now he's still fighting that thing... for us...YOU CAN DO IT VEZYNE...YOU ARE OUR SAVIOR... DEFEAT IT..." The fishermen screamed at the end. Screamed cheers for the hero of Earth.8 .
A small smirk appeared under Amaiya's professional smile. Thanking the fishermen, she turned towards the sea. The front part of her dress swayed with her. A vertical row of crescent moon cutoffs in the front and golden looping embroidery flanked near her thighs. It was as the dress was custom made for her, which it was. 
Amaiya raised her hands and pointed towards the sky. Towards Vezyne to be more precise. Her detached sleeves were crafted from translucent orange fabric, gathered from shoulder to wrist by spiraling red piping to mimic shifting flames. Putting on her professional voice and smile back on, she spoke to the mic with a little bit of excitement underneath. 
"Look at this scene. The hero Vezyne is fighting to save these poor people. And anyone who would be affected later. The hero...No... OUR HERO IS FIGHTING FOR US... FIGHTING TO SAVE AS... TO SAVE THE WORLD...VEZYNE IS FIGHTING WITH HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR US..." 
Amaiya made a fist in her other hand and raised it high up in the sky. She looked over to the fishermen and gave a slight nod. Without any words spoken, the fishermen understood. The hopeful individuals, the despaired individuals, the gave up individuals... and the individuals who gathered after hearing what was going on. All of them understood. 
Then made a fist and raised it way up into the sky. Adults, childrens, and elders. All of them. Vezyne had already cut off most of the tentacles. But she took unnecessary hits too. Not that it mattered because Vezyne didn't even felt a sting from those. Yet each second that passed, Vezyne's hands shook. She was at her limit of holding back unnecessarily. 
Suddenly a childish voice rang across the coast. Then another and another. Soon adult's voices mixed in too. For all of them screamed a single word. As a band of choir vocalist doing the final act, in unison they screamed over and over again, "VEZYNE!!!"
Amaiya turned around and slowly whispered to her choker, "that's your signal... be the hero they need, they want...be the hero who can replace god!!!"
Vezyne finally heard the words she was waiting to hear. She heard the signal. There was no need to hold back. She could just be done with it. Finally a sigh of relief escaped Vezyne's mouth. Rising into the sky, she gained altitude. Not so low to be below the Gul and not so above to be invisible to those on the coast. She stopped right at the perfect spot and began falling. Or rather dashing towards the Gul with her sword shining brightly.
"Witness this scene my dear spectators. Witness this scene world. Etch this screams into your hearts. Into the blood that flows within you!!!" With her hand still raised. And admist the numerous cheers from behind her, Amaiya continued with an unwavering and loud voice, 
"THIS IS THE SCENE OF A MORTAL GOING AGAINST FATE. FIGHTING TO SAVE US FROM THAT CRUEL FATE. ETCH THIS SCENE, THIS SCREAMS AND THIS FEELING TO YOUR SOULS!!! THIS IS THE SCENE OF A MORTAL BECOMING A GOD AND SAVING ALL OF US!!!!"
Vezyne came dashing down with her sword reverse gripped in her hand. Her half cloak crusing as an eagle's wings. It was as witnessing a shooting star falling to the world. 
*SLASHZZZ*
A single clean cut. Vezyne didn't even look. She just dashed forward until her sword met the Guls necks. One after another. Her sword, the "VEZMA" went through all three of the Guls necks. Slicing them off as tatami mats sliced by a sword master with a clean strike.
*SPLASHHHH**SPLASH**SPLAAASSSHHHHH*
One by one fell into the sea. Creating a tri sound effect as containers falling off a ship. Yet Vezyne didn't clash into the sea even after dashing with a speed of over 100km's. She stopped right before coming into collision with water.
*CRASHHHHH*
With the heads gone, the Gul had no way to stand on it's own. It's massive legs gave up and the enormous body came crashing down to the sea. Creating a ridiculously large ocean current which many mistook for a tsunami. Yet they had no fear. Because even if it was a Tsunami, Vezyne was infront of them. Deep in their mind, a single thought formed in everyone. 
"There's no need to worry, Vezyne will save us!!!"
The crossed hands which was used to pray was there. But not the usual prayer. Vezyne raised above the Guls carcass and slowly floated down onto it. With Vezma still grabbed in her hand, she raised it. All the way up. The noon sun shone over her. A huge shadow was casted on the coast. The shadow of the hero who saved theirs lives today and has been saving lives since the Khaos War started. 
And now they were sure of one thing. They were sure that it will be the same tomorrow. The crossed hands which was used to pray was still there. But not the usual prayer. 
Inside Vezyne's mask, she heard the last communication from Amaiya for the day. "Not bad as a first attempt...". For which Vezyne responded after a moment of silence. "Shut up!!!...."
However Vezyne couldn't add the next part she was going to say. Screams and cheers so loud resounded outside her mask that they had slowly made the way into her mask too. Certainly Amaiya would not hear anything now as she was right infront of them. A single name in every cheer.
"GLORY TO THE HERO!!!, PRAY TO THE HERO!!!!"
"ALL HAIL VEZYNE, THE HERO OF EARTH.8!!!"

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