Chronicles of the Dead Blade

[Valero]

Chapter 1
Enter the Dead Blade

The sky thundered and roared as it hatefully threw thunderbolts at the ground of Ragol, the single band of warriors making their way slowly towards the single deformed monster. It was the product of a madman’s wish to create the ultimate beast of destruction using DNA from Ragol’s unique life form, Hildetor. It was twisted through science, gaining characteristics of man and beast. It was a gruesome sight to behold, but despite its appearance, its purpose was achieved. That madman had indeed created the ultimate killing machine.

Knowing this, the band of four warriors made their way towards their foe, weapons at ready. The one on the far left was known as Darius, a FOnewm dressed in black and red who was capable of wielding powerful Techs and using the legendary blade Elysion. On Darius’ right walked a tall black figure, spots of red on his armor. It was a HUcast by the alias of Punisher, a powerful warrior whose speed was unmatched. In his hands were two katanas by the names of Sange & Yasha. On the far right walked a small girl dressed in red and black. She was a RAmar named Stacie, and in her hands were the Yasminkov 9000’s, a pair of automatic mechguns known for using actual ammunition instead of photons. The final warrior is the main character of our story. He was a HUmar dressed in black with shoulder-length sky-blue hair. On his left arm was the Shield of Delsaber, a barrier made from the left arm of a Delsaber. In his right hand was the katana Orotiagito, his signature weapon capable of launches waves of energy at his enemies. This man’s name is Melfice- The Dead Blade.

The four stopped a little ways away from the creature, each of them anticipating this battle to be an interesting one. Melfice looked over to Darius and said, “Darius, cast Shifta and Deband on us. Punisher and I will attack it head on while you and Stacie support us.” Melfice then turned to Punisher and said, “Punisher, I’ll distract it while you use freeze traps on it. Once it’s frozen attack like a madman.” Melfice then turned to Stacie and said, “You’re new to our group, and keep in mind you’ll never replace Noodle, the ranger of our group before you came here, but we’ll need you to keep a constant flow of damage on that thing.”

Stacie nodded and said, “Yes sir.” The group turned their attention towards the beast who only then noticed their presence. Melfice smiled and gripped his blade tightly.

“Let’s do this.”

Melfice and Punisher dashed forward as soon as Darius cast his techs. Melfice was the first to the beast, leaping up over it and throwing several waves of energy at it before landing on the other side of it. Punisher already had the freeze trap set up and the beast was frozen before it could react. Stacie had been pumping the beast full of lead the entire time up to the point where it was frozen, as bullets cannot penetrate ice as thick as Punisher’s freeze trap’s. Melfice turned to Darius and yelled, “Now, blow that thing to pieces!” Darius’ eyes lit up as he summoned an enormous flame and sent it flying at the frozen monster, shattering the ice and causing a thick fog to come about due to the rapid thawing of the ice.

Melfice peered into the fog and asked aloud, “Did we get it?” He was answered by a roar and a punch in the face as he was sent flying into a tree, followed by Punisher. Melfice stood up and smiled as he said, “Well, Punisher, looks like we’ll have to tag team it.”

Punisher smiled and said, “Oro-Sange-Yasha Assault?”

Melfice smiled back and said, “Let’s go.” Melfice and Punisher took off at blinding speeds, circling the beast like a tornado. In this hurricane of madness Punisher was unleashing a barrage of attacks while Melfice was throwing energy wave after energy wave. The two stopped suddenly and looked over at the beast, but their eyes were instead greeted with only half of the beast. Melfice looked over to Darius and said, “Darius, throw up a Ryuker, we’re done here.”


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Melfice sat alone in his living quarters aboard Pioneer 2 as he counted the share of meseta he’d earned from the mission. He’d been working with Punisher ever since he’d got his first saber, so their combined skill was far beyond that of the twisted ape they’d fought earlier. He sighed and set down the rest of his money before leaning back in his chair. I’m getting too strong… these things aren’t even fun to fight anymore… it’s so easy for me… Melfice suddenly heard the doorbell go off, breaking his chain of thought. He stood up and walked to the hatch of his quaint little Pioneer 2 home. He pushed the button to open up the door and was staring into the faces of several government workers.

The obvious leader stepped forward in his black suit and said, “Melfice the hunter, I presume?”

Melfice smirked and said, “Yeah, that’s me. What does the government need my services for this time?”

The suit held forth a letter and said, “You are personally invited to attend this year’s Pioneer Tournament. The principle is looking forward to seeing the legendary Melfice’s skills.” With that the suits turned and walked down the hall. Melfice looked down at the letter with an excited look.

“Just when things are looking their worst… Something like this comes up and makes my day.”

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Melfice lounged about on the surface of Ragol, surrounded by a dozen or so dead Hildetor. His Orotiagito was stuck in the ground next to him as he lay on his back, staring up at the clouds. He sighed and thought to himself, This tournament’s the only interesting thing that’ll happen for a while… I don’t even have a decent sparring partner that’s not competing. He’d already checked in with his other teammates. All of his team, except Stacie, had received invites to the tournament. He sighed again before hearing footsteps not too far away, followed by a, “Melfice, right?”

Melfice sat up and looked over at the person who had just spoken to him. It was a hunter for sure, but Melfice had never seen the person before. The hunter wore white and blue hunter-class clothing and had short black hair. He wielded what looked like a Zanba. Melfice reached up and rested his hand on the hilt of his katana and he looked up through strands of hair and asked, “That’s my name. Who the hell are you?”

The man rested his enormous blade across his shoulders as he said, “The name’s Ryu, and I heard that you’re participating in the upcoming tournament, is that right?”

Melfice sighed and thought, Darius you drunken loser. He focused his attention back to Ryu before answering, “Yeah, I’m gonna be in that tournament. Why?”

Without hesitation the man called Ryu swung his massive blade down at Melfice. However, Melfice would not so easily be killed, and had kicked off the ground and landed a little ways away from the would-be assassin. Ryu snickered and said, “So you are good. I’ve accepted the quest posted up at the guild to take you out.”

Melfice sighed and asked, “Who would post such a quest? Better yet, what kind of moron would accept it?”

Ryu laughed and said, “Don’t underestimate me just before I’m not very well known like you. As for who posted the quest, it was anonymous, followed by about 12 zeros and a one.” Ryu charged at Melfice, who brought his katana up and blocked the big blade, digging his feet into the ground to hold back Ryu.

Melfice grinned as he said, “For someone to give his life away for any amount of money… is just foolishness. And for you to underestimate me of all people… you’ve gotta be missing a good chunk of your brain!” Melfice pushed back Ryu and launched a wave of energy at him who then dispersed it with a swing from his Zanba. Melfice dropped his sword to the ground as he opened up the top of his suit, pulling it down to his sides as he revealed his chest and many scars. Suddenly, amongst the scars appeared runes and kanji, covering up most of his body. He picked his katana back up as he said, “I am a product of human engineering by the government, an attempted step to make a ‘newman of strength’. Picking a fight with me and expect to live is not something that can be forgiven by me. It is an insult to expect such good fortune through fighting me, and for that I’ll end your life right here and now.” Melfice’s body radiated with photon energy as the wind around him and Ryu picked up. Melfice’s eyes had glazed over with a bright blue light by this time.

Ryu slid his feet into battle stance, getting ready to attack. Holy shit, Ryu thought to himself, What the hell is this guy?! Ryu dashed forward at Melfice, swinging his blade at him as fast as he could. To Ryu’s surprise and dismay, his attack was blocked, but not by Melfice’s katana. Melfice had grabbed Ryu’s sword with his bare hand. Melfice looked down at Ryu and smiled.

“Tell me, Ryu… Was your life worth so many zeros?”

...to be continued

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