The King

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Raiden observed as Kari delicately placed some flowers on her mother's grave. It had been a few hours since he discovered her, and after finally offering comfort, he accompanied her to her mother's resting place.

"These were her favorite flowers," Kari remarked, turning to Raiden with tears in her eyes.

Approaching her, he gently rested his hand on her head and reassured her, "She loved you, Kari. You were her everything, her reason to live. Stay strong—for her."

"My mother always said I should have hope, so that's what I'll do," Kori declared.

Observing Kari, Raiden thought, 'For a girl her age, losing her mother must be harsh, but she's holding up remarkably well. I'll protect and guide her; she will lead a good life. I promise you this, Nori.'

"Come, let's return to the ship," Raiden suggested.

"Where are we going?" Kari inquired.

"To confront the ones responsible for this," he replied.

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"Are you sure you can handle this, Brother Raiden?" Kari asked, trembling in fear. Raiden had taken the ship and headed towards the last enemy fortress, Fortress Kyrat, where the leader Pegan Min and the man responsible for all of this, Trogaar, were located.

"Yes, I am. I'll defeat them all. Just stay on the ship," Raiden assured her as he parked the ship, albeit poorly. His piloting skills were not the best, but considering he had been learning for a month, he was doing better than most.

"Please, Brother Raiden, they have many large ships. This could be very dangerous for you!" Kari pleaded.

"Kari! They have Kori with them. I can't live knowing that I left her. I don't care how many of them are in there; I'll fight the whole planet to save her," Raiden declared with certainty. Seeing the events unfold, Raiden understood that if he abandoned Kori, she would blame herself for the resistance's downfall. He had to do something to save and help her.

"Okay, but please be careful! I can't lose you too," Kari implored.

"You won't. I promise," Raiden assured her.

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Fortress Kyrat

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"How have you been, my sweet Kori?" spoke the lizard-like man, his tongue dancing disgustingly in the air.

Kori found herself pinned to the wall, her hands and legs bound, with a slave collar around her neck developed by the Citadel to control her power.

Despite teetering on the edge of consciousness, Kori managed to glance at the lizard and quip, "You still look as ugly as ever, Trogaar."

"Heh heh heh heh, uncooperative as usual, huh? Just so you know, I cut the head of the jailer that allowed you to escape last time. Heh heh heh heh, you escaped before I delivered you to your destination last time. Heh heh heh, you know where you're going?" spoke Trogaar.

Kori didn't dignify him with a response; she knew he enjoyed tormenting his prisoners, so she ignored him.

"YOU are joining your sister... you and that Bitch will be serving the Citadel directly," spoke Trogaar.

"You! What have you done to Komand'r!" said Kori, finally taking the bait.

"Heh Heh Heh. So even after betraying you, you still care about that little Bitch? Well, it matters not. After all, her fate is sealed. She serves as a great General in the Citadel, and soon she will be made the grand Empress of Tamaran," spoke Trogaar.

"It is YOU that will have a painful future. You are set to serve as a slave for the high councilman, Kambran. Heh heh heh! But..." spoke Trogaar with a fiendish laugh on his face.

He then placed his hand on her cheek and said, "There is no proof that you were a virgin before, so I doubt Kambran will mind me indulging in you. Heh heh heh."

As Kori attempted to bite his hand, he quickly removed it and grabbed her neck. "BITCH! Be calm, and everything will end. If you resist, I'll be more forceful," spoke Trogaar.

Before he could proceed further, a man rushed in to open the dungeon room doors and said, "SIR, SIR! We need your help up there!"

"You dare interrupt my fun time!" spoke Trogaar in anger.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we have an intruder. A giant man driving some sort of old carriage has broken through the gates. He's driving some sort of giant black animal and killing everyone with lightning!" spoke the soldier.

"ONE MAN, and you come for me? Just blast him with the Radion Cannon! What is Pegan Min doing?"

"SIR! He destroyed them. We cannot stop him! Lord Pegan Min sent me to inform you that we need your fleet to drop down from the sky and help us!"

"Damn it! Fine, I shall come," spoke Trogaar as he left the dungeon room in anger.

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Earlier

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"Throne of Heroes!" exclaimed Raiden as he activated his power.

'Looks like it's finally my turn! King of Conquerors! Iskandar is here! Let us carve a path for our dreams!'

Raiden's body glowed red as it increased in size; he now resembled a gigantic man standing over two meters in height. With large muscles that gave him the impression of being able to kill a bear with his bare hands, his hair and beard were burning red. He wore bronze armor with cuffs and greaves, adorned with white-furred fringes that left his arms and thighs unprotected. A thick red mantle with a fluffy white fur collar completed his regal attire, luxuriously decorated, resembling a curtain wrapping the stage of a theater.

"Truly an appearance befitting a king," said Raiden.

'HAHAAHAHA, I'm glad you like it! Now, from your memories, we have a fortress to take down! Shall we? I am a man who is interested in the unknown! So go ahead, show me!' spoke Iskandar.

"Then, let us start with a bang, shall we? Gordius Wheel: Wheel of Heaven's Authority."

Raiden immediately used Iskandar's first Noble Phantasm, [Gordius Wheel]. It was a large antique war chariot with two prows, led by two Divine Bulls with rippling muscles. The chariot, greater in dimensions than an average truck, had two large, curved sickles on its sides to demolish obstacles and hurl debris at enemies. The bulls and the chariot tread atop lightning strikes, manifestations of Zeus. This flying chariot attracted the enemy's attention.

Raiden rode the chariot, using the whips to strike. The divine bulls released a loud growl as they moved, each step feeling like an earthquake. Approaching the enemy gates, the chariot attracted the guards' attention, who immediately sounded the alarm and readied the Radion cannons.

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

The shots, which would typically wreck massive spaceships, did nothing to the great chariot. Instead, the bulls ran on air, shocking the enemy. Despite continuous Radion Cannon fire, the lightning generated by [Gordius Wheel] was completely resistant, and the bulls attacked the cannons directly, ramming their heads at them one by one. Soldiers attempted to shoot with regular guns, but with each pass of the chariot, a cannon was destroyed, and soldiers were cut to pieces with Raiden's sword.

After destroying the cannons, Raiden stepped down from his chariot and left it to wreak havoc. He then jumped toward the headquarters of the fortress, where he found the leader.

The leader wore a futuristic and special suit of armor, the same as Yuma's during battle.

"So you are Pegan Min?" said Raiden, observing the pink armor.

"This is the [Mak V], our current strongest suit of armor. You have forced me to use one of my treasured properties! I will destroy you agheeeeeeeeeeee," spoke Pegan Min as he activated the feet thrust to increase his speed and attacked Raiden. With speed beyond most people's comprehension, he punched Raiden.

However, Raiden wasn't like most people. He grabbed the punch mid-air and cut the arm off immediately, the sword passing through the metal and bones like butter. Without giving Pegan Min a chance to scream, Raiden used the other hand to grab Pegan Min's head, and due to Raiden's sheer size, it fit perfectly.

*Crack*

Raiden crushed his head, helmet and all.

"Pegan! Can your man not handle a single fucking personnnnn... FULL ATTACK! I don't care. Destroy the fortress. The enemy is ALPHA CLASS DANGER."

Walking to give Pegan Min a piece of his mind, Trogaar found him in the hands of Raiden. Recognizing the Armor as MAK V and seeing it crushed in Raiden's hand, he realized that he was in deep trouble. So, he immediately called for backup as he started running away, opening his wings, he took to the skies, knowing he absolutely couldn't handle this guy.

Raiden observed him running away but paid no attention. He followed the stairs from which the man had come, reaching the locked dungeon one step at a time. Guards were present, but Raiden didn't hesitate to behead them on the spot.

Upon opening the dungeon door, he found her – tied up and in a pitiable state. Quickly reaching her, Raiden heard Iskandar's voice, 'Boy, now that you're in control of the system's cooldown, you can transform back to normal. I'll be waiting for you after you talk to your woman.' As the transformation occurred, Raiden's appearance returned to normal, but the Divine Bulls outside continued wreaking havoc.

Removing her chains, Raiden tried to wake her up. After a few seconds of effort, Kori opened her eyes.

"Raiden... am I dreaming?" whispered Kori.

"No, you're not, Kori. It's me, Raiden. I'm here for you," Raiden murmured, placing his hand tenderly on her cheeks.

"Raiden! What are you doing here? This place is dangerous!" As the realization struck her, Kori's eyes filled with concern for Raiden's safety.

Raiden gazed at her with eyes full of emotion as he tenderly kissed her. The kiss lingered for a full twenty seconds, an outpouring of the emotions he had held back. Finally, Kori managed to push him away, urgency in her voice, "RAIDEN! You need to escape; this place is dangerous."

"Even after everything that has happened to you, you still care about my safety first, Koriand'r. I love you," Raiden confessed with genuine sincerity.

Hearing Raiden's heartfelt words, Kori blushed intensely but managed to say, "I love you too, but what about..."

"Doesn't matter! I'll talk with her later! Now I'm here to save you, and I love you! I don't care about anything else at the moment. Come on, get up; let us leave,"said Raiden, helping her sit up.

Raiden grabbed her hand as they walked. "Shouldn't we sneak out?" said Kori.

"Nah, I already killed everyone in the fortress," said Raiden.

"What?! How?" exclaimed Kori.

"Remember how I told you I have a special power that I can't use anymore? Well, when I was about to die, it returned to me. Now you'll get to see the True Raiden Kagawa."

Hearing his words, Kori smiled and said, "Well, I'm happy that you're safe, Raiden."

The two reached the top, where Raiden looked through the massive open door he had created by destroying the building. He saw a giant ship, unmistakably intergalactic, capable of holding a crew of thousands.

"RAIDEN KAGAWA! Surrender or we will destroy everything on sight! WE WILL ERASE YOU FROM EXISTENCE! GIVE ME THE PRINCESS!" spoke Trogaar from the command center of his ship.

"Oh my god, Raiden! What do we do?" said Kori.

"It is I who will be doing anything; you just watch," said Raiden.

"What will you do?!" questioned Kori.

"You asked me about my power before, what it was. Well, you will finally have your answer... Deep in my heart lay hundreds of heroes! They are people that have changed the course of history, and I can summon them and use their powers. Now, watch," said Raiden as he returned to his Iskandar form.

"Oh my god" Said Kori, seeing Raiden transform to his Iskandar form

He whistled, and his Divine Chariot rushed to him. Getting on it, he extended his hand to Kori and said, "Get on." Kori followed as she said "You changed" she held on to him as the chariot started flying.

Seeing this, the ship started blasting all its cannons on Raiden, but he effortlessly dodged them as he approached the ship's engine.

"Light is at the other end of the world — conquer! Via Expugnatio!"

Using the Divine Chariot's true trump card, the bulls attacked the engines with a powerful trembling attack, destroying the ship's engine and disabling all of its electrical functions with massive electricity. Raiden took off, watching the ship fall towards the fortress, exploding upon impact.

"RAIDEN KAGAWA!" screamed Trogaar.

"WE ARE GORDANIANS! We will ENSLAVE THE UNIVERSE! You think this will take us down?" said Trogaar as he emerged from the ship with hundreds of his soldiers. Though the ship fell due to its powers shutting down, it was massive enough to survive the fall and keep its crew safe.

"LOOK AT US! AN ARMY THAT WILL DIE BEFORE GIVING UP! Give us the PRINCESS!" demanded Trogaar.

Seeing this, Raiden said, "Hmm, I didn't expect him to survive this long; the Gordanians are truly tough, huh."

"What will we do, Raiden?" asked Kori.

"Kill them, of course! I'll call my friends to help," said Raiden.

To this, Iskandar said, 'The king is the one who collects the envy of all his heroes and stands as their guide. Therefore, he is not alone - For his will equals that of all his followers combined!!'

"Indeed. Their bodies may return to ash, but their spirits still hear my call! These men are my legendary heroes – my loyal followers! They're my true friends - breaking the rules of space and time to fight once more at my side. They are my treasure within treasures; They're my right to rule! They make up Iskandar's mightiest Noble Phantasm Ionian Hetairoi!!"

A blue light was released, with Raiden at its center. In a few seconds, the world turned yellow as everyone found themselves in a desert.

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" a scream of heroes resounded behind Raiden as his Reality Marble took effect. Breaking the rules of space and time, it summoned King Iskandar's Army from the past to fight beside him again. This power wasn't meant for a normal human, but Iskandar had managed to achieve it. It came about through the combined efforts of his personal guard, who all shared his dreams and pledged allegiance to him after many victories and defeats, even after death, becoming Heroic Spirits on their own.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers came to support their king; even his horse Bucephalus joined in. Raiden raised his sword high in the sky and said, "ATTACK!"

Seeing this, Trogaar and his army that would die before giving up panicked and started running away, trying to escape. Regardless, there was no escaping the King's Army. After a mere three minutes, they were all hunted down and killed.

"My King, here, this is their leader," one of Iskandar's soldiers brought Trogaar, beat up and in utter pain. He looked up, seeking forgiveness.

Raiden held his sword, then turned to Kori and said, "You deserve this."

Kori dropped down from the chariot and used the sword to achieve her revenge, cutting his head immediately.

'I campaigned to the ends of the earth, but you are on a journey to reach the end of time. Yes, it's truly fascinating! I never had any heroes with ambitions as grand as yours!' spoke Iskandar as Raiden returned to normal.

{Bond Increased!

Iskandar Bond 1 → Bond 3}

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{Bond Increased!

Siegfried Bond 1 → Bond 3}

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