Invading A Holy City With Guns But No Roses

Entry 149:

Linus Ozias POV:

I have slain many beings, but staring at that green-haired dragon woman scares me. But for now, I have to focus on a berserk Lancelot trying to cut me with various Weaponry as it seems that he has access to other weapons from possibly the French soldiers killed in Orleans.

"ROOOOOOAR!" The berserk knight yells in frustration as I dodge his attacks while trying to keep him off of the rest of the group, but eventually, I begin to speak, "It gnaws at you. Doesn't it the fact that your King still forgave you for everything you've done, your betrayal of not only her trust but of the Kingdom."

My words seem to give the knight pause; he just keeps attacking with increasing ferocity. "Yet in the end, the kingdom fell, maybe not directly because of what you've done, but you definitely contributed to its fall, and in the end, you died as pathetically as you lived all alone on that Lake."

The anger grows, but in the end, I can almost hear the knight within crying out to be slain and not be forgiven for what he had done, and he will find none. "Let me punish you for what happened and your crimes because NTR is a trash fetish."

I then slam the knight into the ground with my meer magical presence, and as he struggles, I snap everyone in his body and then take a holy sword and shove it right through his heart, and as he roars in defiance, I see his soul nod in thanks for freeing him from his madness.

Rest now, Lancelot Knight Of The Round Table, and may we meet again. Lancelot bows as he exits this plane back to the throne of heroes. 

I then look to the Phantom as he looks on in shock, and as he tries to escape with his speed and presence concealment, I immediately use my aspect of control to keep him in place as Medusa stabs him through the eyes and Siegfried cuts off his head.

Before he dies, the Phantom utters, "You alone can make my song take flight - it's over now, the music of the night may we all fly away into the ever-distant sun."

All that remains is Sanson, who fights Mozart and Queen Antoinette as he attempts to use his Noble Phantasm  La Mort Espoir, which forms a spectral guillotine that enforces mental death on its opponents. 

But before the device can be formed, I place his head into the guillotine as he yells, "No, I am not a criminal. I was following orders. I will kill the queen. It is my destiny! My fate!"

I then simply say, "You were a monster, Sanson. You killed hundreds and never questioned a single one, so die the same way you damned others for broken system after broken system." 

The man almost says something but stops as he understands I am right, and the guillotine's blade falls as he dies to his own Noble Phantasm. 

Queen Antoinette says sadly, "You know, I remember when that man was an honorable servant of the crown, and maybe in his mind, he still is and simply does not want to be remembered for his acts, but what he used to be we will meet Sanson again for now disappear and remain elegant in remembrance."

The man disappears into golden particles as we look toward Kiyohime, who I believe is another version of Elizabeth Bathory, specifically her younger version, before she goes nuts and begins to bathe in the blood of young women.

The berserker Elizabeth and berserker Kiyohime approach as the green-haired dragon woman looks only at me, which is not at all concerning as Elizabeth simply says, "You shining man, did you kill me?" I look slightly confused as she elaborates, "You killed my older version. I would be mad, but such depravity is unworthy of note."

I stated, "She was in the way and believed herself invincible; I simply proved her wrong." The pink hair simply nods and says, "I understand, and while I should be miffed that you killed another version of me, I find her and myself so far apart that it is meaningless."

But then the green-haired woman jumps onto my shoulders, surprising me as she obsessively says, "You have returned to me, my Anshin. I knew you could never stay away!" I try to remove her, but she then says. "And there is no use denying it as I know my beloved when I see him as your soul shines just as he did."

I then explain, "Lady Dragon, I am Linus Ozias and not Anshin." Her grip then tights as she says, "You will not lie to me again, and nothing will separate us now." Ritsuka then says, "Um, lady, he actually has a wife."

The dragon girl's head then turns 180 degrees as she approaches Ritsuka, and she says dangerously. "Who is it that dares seduce mt Anshin?" I then decide to end this and pick her up and take us both to my reality marble and say with all the power I have, "CALM DOWN WOMAN, I AM MARRIED AND NONE SHALL THREATEN THEM, NOT EVEN YOU!"

But this seems to have the opposite effect as the woman gets on her knees and bows as she says, "I understand I must be the best lover, so you forget about those other harlots, so Anshin, let us make love in this eternal space."

I simply shake my head and release us from the reality marble, and while the Dragon Lady seems calmer, I can sense her intent from here as Elizabeth says, "Are you two done with your lover's quarrel yet? We have to end this as I need to get back to my castle. I am chipping nails here."

Queen Antoinette nods alongside her as if she spoke a universal truth. The group nods as we head to Orleans, to which we are only a couple of hours out. Time for some gaslighting.

Jalter POV:

"It seems our new servants have failed Gilles, and they are coming." Gilles just chuckles as he summons more demons: "Let them come, my beautiful saint. They will meet nothing but cold death here. I will not lose you again! HAHAHAHAHAH!" He then leaves to meet the interlopers head-on, along with our archer.

"Look upon your friend Jeanne to see the madness that has overtaken him, his mind clouded and his heart dead. Is this who you seek to keep around? Is this the sad satire of your ideals?" I grit my teeth as I yell out, "What would you have me do?! I am not even real! I cannot exist if not here!"

The voice then simply says, "In a way, everything is real, and as long as an idea exists, it is also real, even if it is a shadow from another. You can define your own existence. Right here. Right now."

I simply grab my flag as I head towards the church, and I simply say, "Find me here and prove your word, and maybe I can see a brighter tomorrow. But do I deserve it?"

"No, you do not, but is anyone worthy of atonement? Maybe not. That is why it is called atonement, not redemption. But I do warn you that the saint may treat you as a little sister as she seems to have that airheaded older sister type down pat."

I almost smile as I walk toward the end, and maybe I can see past the flames just maybe.

Linus Ozias POV:

We walk towards the ruined city as I sense the presence of many demons within the city, and as we approach from the sky, arrows can be seen raining down as I simply raise my hand and place a powerful shield above us.

All of the arrows simply bounce off the shield and disintegrate into nothingness, and as I see who fired the arrows, it appears to be at Atlanta but in her berserker form. And behind her, I can see the madman summoning more demons from his book.

I look to others as Jeanne asks, "So how are we going to enter the city, Lord Ozias?" I then smile and pull out my latest project, and I point it towards the main gate. As everyone wonders what it does, a green light emanates from the gun, and it fires, disintegrating the demons and blowing a hole into the gate.

Ritsuka cheers as she says, "Oz when we return to our time period, you are getting me a copy of that gun." I immediately shake my head as I do not want to give this fiend a BFG.

I then pull out the crucible as we fight our way towards the church and Jalter herself.