With Death I slowly get up. Its mostly hit a stable point. Although i need more rest, I'm sure of it. Its just so hard to find the time for it. I start walking down the stairs my citadel tracing my hand on the stone brick wall. I never did like the cold, yet here I am in the coldest place of all. It feels far too ironic. I guess in the end, both everything and nothing changed for me. Well something did change, that feeling that I would never understand anyone and nobody would understand me. I now know that both could happen, and that I would abandon it to keep it safe. I finally get down to the bottom of the stairs, I keep walking. Figures made of ice pass by me, most carrying corrupted nightmare creature parts. Everything happens so quickly, yet too slowly. Fighting on both sides of a war and as a third side, who does something like that? Me apparently. I finally get to the throne room of the castle. I look up at the frozen bodies of the snow and ash king's locked in combat even in death. A massive dragon and a figure made of ice in its jaws, both with a hole dug into their chests.
With Heart I grab my bag. Almost time to get moving again. Wait wait wait! I start running. Finally I make it to a woman with black hair, hired help for... the brilliant emporium. Stupid name but I didn't name it so I won't be embarrassed. I take out a piece of paper.
"Can you give this to sunless please?"
It was made by death, a order for i think a weapon. I'm not sure why or what they even want, I was too scared to look. Death is scary and war does whatever they want.
"Hm? Well you'd best have payment for it"
I nod quickly
"Don't worry!"
I take out a bag full of soul shards and I hand them to her. She blinks a few times
"Well I'll be damned."
I nod then I quickly run off
"Wait!"
I do not in fact wait. My team needs me after all.
I finally get back to my little cohorts part of the camp.
"Oh lookie you're back from the eye candy café. Hoping to get a look at the eye candy?"
I scoff loudly
"I know the owner so I commissioned him some memories."
Archie leans forward
"Oh more of those cold ones, righttt?"
I scoff walking over
"No but I have more of them."
I transfer him a charm, sunless is stupidly easy to bribe. I just have to show him one of my higher ranked memories and the guy makes me whatever. Maybe also because he feels bad for leaving likely just before verge. Or so he told me he did. Either way I got the guy to make me something to shut this annoying fool up.
"Oh sweet"
He summons it and leans back falling off of the chair he was using making a loud smack sound as he does.
"Pfft"
I start walking over to Madeleine to give her one of the other two.
With Sun I cut a vine that was coming towards us down. The meeting was about something... unique. Apparently the special unit was to help two of the song sisters get to the last god grave citadel. It gives me quite the idea....a devious one. Still this is more then just dangerous, its deeply deadly. If we aren't careful we will all die. One wrong move and even the puppeteer won't be able to save us. To go so close to the sands of ash is foolish but this whole war is foolish is it not?
With Beast I look over the halberd, its beetle form had held off Caster so easily. I wonder, what kind of memory could I bribe that to make me with this. I am being far too greedy aren't I? Well, in the dream realm one has to be greedy. Someone leans on my shoulder
"what'cha doing?"
I keep looking the black halberd over
"Planning to bribe someone"
Even now, years after the heart of darkness fell this thing still is far too useful to give away
"Oh... to give you what?"
I nod to myself
"A new memory or two. My arsenals just seem too lacking."
I get a offended look from the awakened
"You? How did you even come up with that?"
I shrug
"I have 6 bodies to arm. And quite a few cant use the same memories."
With Heart I lift my sword almost being hit by a arrow to the face. I step back swinging it desperately. I'm unhurt mostly... so why does my chest hurt. I lift the sword swinging it at a song soldiers. I'm not tired so why does it hurt? I swing down cutting the chest of a soldier. This is horrible, why is this even needed? I slam the flat of my blade into another taking a scratch on the cheek. Cruel its all too cruel, shouldn't humanity be fighting the corruption not each other? I am cut on the shoulder and I lash out punching the person in the chest. No more, please no more death. White flames wrap around almost everyone. They glow as their healed. I turn back to see nephis. I desummon my sword grabbing Madeleine and I start running. Her eye is gone and so is her hand. Why does it feel familiar? As I run past nephis Madeleine is healed. We get away quickly. I slump down, I don't see Archie or holly yet but I'm sure their alive.
"Why did you grab me"
I shake my head
"Isn't it obvious? You couldn't run and you where hurt so I needed to help you"
She shakes her head leaning on me
"You really don't need to"
I look at the fight between saints starting.... their really jumping those two aren't they? Its not like this fight will come to its true end....
With Storm as the saints fights rage on a cold wind blows across the battlefield. Soon it becomes so cold snow flakes fall from the sky as a single figure rises from a pile of snow a simple box in their hand. Then all of that needed cold is gone as the cloud barrier is forced open as a citadel appears 25 people sit along the walls watching. The only place still with that seemingly life saving cold is that very citadel.
I step out from the citadel after summoning it. I look out over the battlefield and I start walking. First to the fight with the lord of shadows. I walk to the stone saint and I grab the now half dead saints the dreadful statue had been fighting. As I do I use commanders authority to heal them enough to survive. Soon one by one i drag each song saint to the edge of the sunlight and their given back to their puppet master.
"No need. I will come willingly"
Seishan puts her hands up in surrender. I stare at her then I turn away
"Not even going to ask why"
We start walking
"No need. Its pretty clear that fighting me is a stupid idea. And I have quite a bit of faith you aren't foolish in any way. To the contrary, you're quite smart. Maybe too smart"
She chuckles
"I would say you don't need to flatter me but i know that is not what you are doing"
I nod
"I don't lie much, even when it would seem useful."
She glances over
"Its quite interesting that you have chosen to get involved like you have. Yet i should have seen it coming"
When I'm finally done taking each song saint back to their master I walk onto the walls of my citadel. Quite a few saints had some interesting reactions, Saint jest had a expression full of humor, but his eyes where quite cold. Caster didn't say anything but kept glancing at me then at the queen and the king like he expected them to smite me at any moment. Some saints tried to fight, and then got beaten to a pulp, they where mostly already tired and i simply am not. I take a deep bow at the walls of the military camp and it disappears causing the cloud barrier to close. A beautiful jewelery box falls from where I was quickly turning into sparks as its desummoned before it could ever hit the ground.