(I need to fight…. I need to stall them….. I need to delay them.)
(I'm here….. Fight me!)
(You won't be able to go after her…. This is my battle…..Mine…..Mine.)
(I will-)
Phantasia fist punched Godfrey entire body, sending him flying, before then getting slashed mid air by Hunter scythe, which was then ended with Maparapara [Shield Slam] attack, slamming the Son Of Glory against the ground.
"!"
But even so, he was not finished yet as he unleashed a burst of light that pushed Maparapara away, allowing the man to stand up once again…. Only to then see Hunter rushing towards him at high speed, slashing him across his side as she ran past him, stagnating him and giving Phantasia a chance to fire off his magic bullet and spell bombardment, blowing up Godfrey body over and over again.
"…"
"OH, FUCK OFF!" – shouted Maparapara as she saw Godfrey still standing on his two feet through the smoke.
"HOW THE FUCK IS HE ALIVE?!"
"You know, at this point I'm wondering the same thing. I've already hit him several times in vital spots with assassin type skills, but he is still fine." – said Hunter as she emerged from the shadows.
"Well, he is already reaching his limit, isn't he?" – said Phantasia as he pointed to the side, causing Godfrey look to his right, noticing the vampire general back on his feet and raising his arm.
"AIM! FIRE!" – shouted the vampire general.
"…"
(Oh…. The adventures were eliminated.) – thought Godfrey as he realized he was surrounded by the vampire soldiers equipped with magic gun rifles, firing a barrage of shots from all directions that pierced Godfrey body, before moments later the Son Of Glory finally fallen on the ground.
"…"
Phantasia slowly approached the Son Of Glory, checking him up…. And realizing he was still alive.
"Wow. Even after that he is alive?" – said Phantasia as he got ready to finish off Son Of Glory.
"Stop it right there Doctor." – said the vampire general as he stepped up.
"…"
"You are not really thinking of spearing this monster, right? You do realize how long we were fighting for this bastard… Hell, you even almost lost your life yourself." – said Phantasia.
"This is the king's order.
"…"
("Kid".) – thought Phantasia as he put down his fist.
"I understand." – said Phantasia as serval vampire soldiers rushed in and quickly began wrapping a malicious looking chains around the Son Of Glory body.
"…"
"Why I wasn't informed of this?" – asked Phantasia.
"Because we didn't knew if we could even capture him…. He was definitely way stronger than we had imagined."
"But he was holding back at the same time." – said Phantasia.
"Hell, his goal was to stall us, he took our hits and stuff."
"Wait, you are saying he wasn't going all out against us?!" – asked shocked Maparapara.
"Nah. His goal was staling alone."
"If this wasn't his goal and he would instead go all out in the battle; things could had ended quiet differently."
(Yeb…. He was a real monster…. And he was only one of 5 out there? Hell! If it wasn't for his plan to stall us, we would really have a real hellish battle here.)
"…"
"Anyway, I can tell that the war was already won and all…. But here is the real question."
"Where is Daughter Of Mercy?"
"I don't know…. She may not even been in the city in the first place, even before our forces were anywhere near this place." – said the vampire general.
"She may be hiding somewhere or they may tried to gamble by using a sea route… I don't know."
"All we can do is search around."
[SYSTEM NOTIFACTION]
[The faction quest: [Holy empire VS Alliance] has ended.]
[Winners: Alliance.]
[The holy empire forces have been fully repelled and any form of control they had was completely revoke.]
<<And with this, the finally resistance and remains of the empire army has been snuffed out.>>
<<All of the territory they had stolen? Returned to their previous owners.>>
<<And fortunately, they had not discovered any of our underground operations either, so we are also in the safe.>>
<<Now, what will happened?>>
<<Well… Obviously the faith in the heavenly gods will be pretty much dead, the same way it was with the demonic gods like before.>>
<<In short, this entire continent? They see now both heavens and hell as invaders that are bent on conquering and enslaving.>>
<<" Kid" said that at the rate things are, the entire continent will join the organization, which is extremely good for us.>>
<<Not only that, but even if the empire were to try and launch another invasion on us, they would fail.>>
<<Reason is simple. The sea route is not only infested with monsters, but also is heavily guarded by own ship that are keep getting improved.>>
<<Not only that, but we also have means of destroying their Great Barrier.>>
<<Pretty much, the empire will never again be able to invade our lands.>>
<<Not only that, but we also obtained something important.>>
<<Son Of Glory.>>
<<The plan was originally to kill the fucker, but by the looks of things he exhausted himself completely by stalling us for as long as possible, allowing the vampires to capture the bastard instead of killing him…. They will probably use him as hostage… As well as another thing, but I won't be dwelling into it if they don't want to tell me.>>
<<But! There is one problem!>>
<<Daughter Of Mercy is missing.>>
<<Not only her, but also Iron Will. He never showed up in the finally battle.>>
<<Did he escaped with her? Was his job to make sure she would survive?>>
<<Either way, they are gone.>>
<<A search party was made, even quest were posted here and there, but nothing was showing up…. Until we got a report from the merfolk about a lone ship escaping.>>
<<They tried to sink down that ship, but not only that ship was reinforced but it was also packed to the brim with elite empire soldier…. With one of the soldiers description matching that of Iron Will.>>
<<Obviously the merfolk gave chase and even baited sea monsters to attack that ship.>>
<<They almost sinked that ship…. But they were noticed by the empire ship that came to their rescue.>>
<<And on that ship was somebody we were not expecting.>>
<<Daughter Of Justice.>>
<<The strongest child of the emperor came to their rescue.>>
<<Yeb. It was definitely the Daughter Of Mercy ship…. Shit. We let her get away….. But still, the empire had lost and they will known it for the rest of their lives.>>
<<And as on our end? The artefact retrieving squad finally managed to obtain the [Hearth Of Molten Inferno].>>
"So, this is the thing, huh?" – said Phantasia while staring giant mechanical like sphere with four holes.
[Hearth Of Molten Inferno] – [Rarity: Mystica]
[A divine item that was once a heart of the demonic god worshiped by the dwarves.]
[This artefact was made into a source of a melting heat and beating flames, acting not only as a heart but also as a hearth.]
"…"
(Weird…. This thing resembles my own [Unliving Heart]? The design is very similar.) – thought Phantasia.
"So, I'm supposed to do what? Did you called me to help you out checking on this thing?"
"Yeb." – replied "Kid".
"Work with the researchers and craftsmen to find out anything and everything about this thing."
"Specifically, why would they need it to save the god from the heavens."
"…"
"Okay." – said Phantasia.
(This may also benefit me as well…. So, there is no way I could complain.)
"Okay people! Let's get to the work already!"
[Sometime later.]
"We done." – said Phantasia.
"Already!?" - asked surprised "Kid".
"Well… If we are honest, the artefact was emitting so much power that it could not be sealed or anything." – said the vampire researcher.
"If anything, this thing was never meant to be sealed. You really didn't even needed us here; a simplest appraisal could do the whole job we did."
"?"
"What do you mean "never meant to be sealed"? – asked "Kid".
"This thing is working 24/7 nonstop." – replied Phantasia
"It is producing energy non stop without rest or any needs of maintenance."
"This thing is has two functions."
"A power generator."
"Or a heart."
"This thing is the same thing as my Unliving Heart, it works exactly same way, but leagues beyond my thing."
"However the problem is the fire output, any normal being that would even try to use this thing as their own heart would end up being burn to ashes." – said the vampire researcher.
"This isn't all." – said Phantasia.
"This thing isn't emitting demonic energy."
"It is emitting mix of pure fire and lava elements mixed with divinity."
"…"
"Ah…. So that is their game, eh?" – said "Kid".
"The poor goodness literally lost a heart and they need a replacement? And this thing isn't the perfect replacement, but also the only thing they could had used….. Interesting."
(But then again, a "heart"?) – thought "Kid".
(Seriously, who was the being that almost killed her?)
"…"
"Say, what will you do with this thing?" – asked Phantasia.
"…"
"You said that this thing can be only used either as infinity energy source or as replacement heart that grants unimaginable power, right?" – replied "Kid".
"And the answer is no. I won't be selling this thing to you."
"Ohhhhhh…..Well, that was obvious." – said Phantasia.
"As for how we use it…. Well, we will need to see "HOW" can exactly we can use it and where…. But for now, thing will be stored." – said "Kid".
"…"
(Welp. I may not know what the hell happened to that annoying bitch of a goodness…. But here is a present from me to you, holy emperor.)
(Little big "FUCK YOU" to you from yours truly.)
(The heavens heavily depended on you on completely this task, right? They must be now furious with you.)
(By now you must had found out about everything that had happened, including the results of the war and what happened to your son.)
(Oh boy, you have lost big time, haven't you?
(I wonder what kind of face you are making right now?)