Legacy Falls
The Sword of Curse

(POV BETWEEN)

[When the day the truth will be revealed, you must choose the seed that is in front of you. Trust your friend and hold all the beliefs you have believed in so far when you choose them]

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"Mi-dreams?".

A man stood up and said that in my dream. I don't know who but I feel like that man is a precious person to me.

"North!!".

I heard a scream and my consciousness went back 100%. 

Ever since I slept, I've been in a place that looks like an Earthmate temple and I've been tied to a pole along with Sieg, Iffy, Phonse.

"North!!".

"Don't yell my name. I'm not dead yet" I said.

Sieg, Iffy, Phonse immediately smiled seeing that I was awake. "Thank God you've come to your senses!!," said Iffy.

"Almost I thought you were dead Tigeryy" said Phonse.

I looked around and I saw 4 small altars with 4 Earthmate symbols surrounding a round star emblem.

The upper altar bears the symbol of Genbu, the lower altar of Suzaku, the left altar bears the symbol of Byakko, and the right altar bears the symbol of Seiryuu. The position of the altar corresponds to the wind of the spirits.

"Then, how are we supposed to be here?".

"The mutant you call Bishop isn't dead yet and he brought us all here" Sieg replied.

What was the purpose of them bringing us all here? The mutant Bishop calls the Joker is stronger than Bishop himself.

Can I defeat those two mutants? With the combined capabilities of Laskara Null and Byakko Awakening alone has not succeeded in bringing down the original Bishop. 

Maybe with Absolute ability I can easily kill one of them but 1 year of my life will be lost. I can also only choose one of them to defeat because Absolute can only be used once a day.

"Oh, you're all aware of the Earth's guard?".

The mutant named Joker came to us, still with a mask covering his face and a hoarse voice. 

"What do you want?" I asked.

"No pleasantries huh? I want a weapon that can destroy the world" he replied.

"WE WON'T LET YOU GET THE SUKOGENYU SWORD!," cried Sieg.

The Joker chuckled then quickly thrust his hand into Sieg's stomach. Then he twirled his hand that pierced Sieg's stomach.

"Be quiet man, even if you shout I will still get the sword Sukogenyu," said Joker.

"You!!!" Phonse immediately Awakening and he took off all the ropes that tied us to the pole.

I went straight to Sieg and healed him with Healing Factor. I just healed him and now I heal again. Healing Factor would not be too healing if I had healed the same person more than once for today.

After healing Sieg as hard as I could, I saw Phonse attacking the Joker. I haven't been able to fight because my energy is exhausted thanks to healing Sieg.

Iffy is the same, he's still seriously injured even though I've healed him with the Healing Factor.

"Shell Spike!".

The two shields of Phonse's shell let out extremely sharp thorns and pointed towards the Joker. But the Joker removes all those thorns with one flick.

"Is this all your strength, Genbu?".

"Sad. Shell Sphere!!".

"Tigeryy, use the Byakko lightning."

"alright. Byakko Awakening!".

I'm approaching the ball that locked up the Joker. "Secret Art: White Thunder Sacrosanct."

White lightning that can purify all evil on earth. This move was suddenly in my head.

"Have we managed to defeat him?" said Phonse.

"That's all your ability?".

We were both shocked because the Joker was behind us. Both hands are on our backs.

"Injection Phantasma."

My back hurt a lot and I felt a mysterious force start to enter my body.

(Antara, this is the power of Darkness. Let me suck it, ) said Lana.

(W-You're gonna be okay, right?) I asked.

(I was born out of the darkness inside of you. For me this is my food, so it's okay!).

The power of darkness was slowly being sucked in by Lana and my body was freed from the power of darkness. But Phonse still had the power of darkness in his body, half of his body was already black.

"Laskara mode Alchemy: Time Cold Machine."

I picked up Phonse and put him in a machine that could freeze someone's body, or rather freeze someone's time.

"You managed to separate yourself and your dark side? No, even you managed to make your dark side have common sense?!," said the Joker.

He chuckled so hard that he deafened my ears. Do all mutants have a laugh that can deafen others?.

"You are indeed a valuable asset, ADAGIUM ANTARA!!!".

The Joker moved quickly and he hit me in the face. I retaliated with a punch in the stomach, then he replied again with a kick that made my head let out a cracking sound. I gripped his leg that kicked me, I threw it up and prepared to use white lightning.

"Secret Art: Thunder Punch!!!!".

The lightning bolt that makes the Joker tehampas up to the ceiling of the temple. 

"May as well" the Joker stands on the ceiling. "Black Thunder!".

I was shocked to see the black lightning released by the Joker. I dodged and countered with white lightning.

"Hows it? Is it as strong as my black lightning to surprise you?".

I jumped while using Secret Art: Thunder Laser which could perforate the enemy's body if it was hit.

"Black Thunder Laser!".

My white lightning laser was successfully repelled with the Joker's black lightning.

Strange...why did he use the same style as the white lightning Byakko?.

"What's wrong? You're confused why I can use the same style as white lightning?".

Then the Joker took off his shirt and I was shocked to see the black Byakko emblem on his chest.

"How can you—".

"If you're Earthmate, then I'm Devilmate. Friends of the demons."

*To be continued

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