One after another

I jumped back and the second I was out, Eir fell from my arms, like, physically, I landed with ease and saw everyone, they looked concerned, it was Zelda and Mithra who had opened the portal as I saw the energy from both of them

-Where is he?!

-It's his soul that was taken, we can't see it, but he should wake up soon

-And that girl is?

-Not sure, but he didn't bring her here cause she is pretty, I feel something from her

-It's life Dante, she is overflowing with it

Eir regained her wits and screamed

-CLOSE THE PORTAL!!

However, before they could, Hel appeared and crossed, her expression was furious

-Forcing me into this realm will not save you mortal!

I located my body in the arms of Leona, I rushed to it and suddenly I woke up in her arms

-…Hey love

-! Eric! Are you ok?!

-I am fine…but that bitch has to go

-…Understood

I got up much to everyone's delight except Hel

"Hel (Avatar)"

"Rank: SSS+"

"Age: Eons"

"Strength: SSS+"

"Agility: SS+"

"Magic: Z-"

"Endurance: SSS-"

"Charisma: A+"

"Luck: B"

"Perception: SSS"

Tch, bitch is still a threat…

-It's clear I underestimated you mortals…to think you could open a portal to my realm…

-Why did you kidnap him bone lady?

She glared at Dante

-You

She then looked at Leona

-You

She looked at Maki with a special death glare

-You…

Then she finally looked at me again

-And 1 more, you have altered the fate of 4 people…fates you had no right to alter

I smirked in defiance

-Why should I give a shit? Fate only applies to those who give up, those like me and my friends shall fight TO CRUSH THOSE TRAGEDIES!!

Everyone looked at me in shock

-It doesn't explain how you knew…Gaidel and his village…

Leona reacted by looking at her

-Eva, wife of Sparda

That got the twins attention

-Yata Maki

Both sisters looked in shock

-Virginia and Rodney Aran…their fate was death, they should have perished…but they didn't…because you were there

-So?

-Your actions were so sudden and immediate…even that dragon was not supposed to be awakened by you…much less have part of her soul restored

Idunn reacted next

-Or that one who was meant to sleep forever, yet was awoken by you…or those 2 who were supposed to be alone

The rest of the Manaketes looked at her

-Anywhere you go…things fail, you are destroying the delicate balance of the laws of fate, you are…an abomination

-My question remains, so? Why are you listing off my deeds?

-…Seems like none of your allies have questions…you have forged powerful bonds

-Trying to turn them against me?

-FUCK OFF!!

-Not happening lady!

-Foolishness!

-Never!

-Filth!

Everyone reacted quite poorly

-So it seems…Eric, abomination that opposes reality, take proper care of Eir, I will come back to claim her

-Getting cold feet whore?

She glared at me

-Next time, I WILL kill you

-Next time, I'll have you crying in disbelief, like a little. BITCH

She glared one last time and in an instant, her scythe came at me full speed, thankfully, I was covered as both Nagi and Vergil blocked it, Nagi with her tail, Vergil with Yamato, as that happened, Dante flew up alongside Leona

-NOT SO FAST!

-DIE!!

She raised two corpses that stopped Rebellion and Leona's hand

-Spawn of Sparda and user of Orochi's blood…you shouldn't be so strong

Suddenly, as if a dam broke, the atmosphere became extremely heavy and it became hard to breathe, I knew exactly who was causing this

-You dare call Eric…an abomination?

Alma had an obscene amount of red energy coming from her, she snapped at Hel, as for Hel? She was being pressured immensely

-?! THIS! HOW?! WHAT ARE YOU?!!?

Alma caught her genuinely off guard, in that instant, someone appeared above Hel with a sword coated in blue energy

-Do it now Link!!

That was Mithra…did she…

-Yes, she enhanced the power of the Triforce and the master sword…sealed or not…

-That's the true blade of evil's bane

Link was above Hel who was too busy defending against Leona, Dante and Alma, she didn't notice him and thankfully, Alma's power was somewhat under control since only Hel was suffering

Link sliced downward and a massive blue beam of energy cut through Hel, finally making her scream and also lowering her shields, getting impaled by both Leona and Dante, immediately followed up by her head being squashed into her torso by the overwhelming pressure coming from Alma

-RIDICULOUS!!! RIDICULOUS!!!!!

-Master! Now is the time!!

I rushed to Zelda's side, she was also preparing a spell, Idunn and Nagi got beside me as well

-Mithra!

-Yes!

She stopped loading Link and began juicing us

I felt refreshed, as if I was in a cold pool in a hellish day, mana was overflowing through me, it felt fantastic

-Ready love?

-Logically

-Ready girls?

-Always

-By your side

I smirked

-GET DOWN YOU 3!!

Link, Dante and Leona jumped out of the way as Hel's body began to repair itself

-DAMN MORTALS!!!

-DUST THIS BITCH!!

"Fate crusher activated!"

-CHAOS CONTROL!!

Time stopped and I unleashed as many spells as I could, a fire spell called Tartarus Flame, a massive hellfire like attack, followed by Metatron's Judgement, followed by Mjolnir, a devastating thunderstorm attack and finally within my 5 seconds, my personal made water Kamehameha!

Thanks to Mithra, these spells are overloaded, so when time started to flow again, 4 brutal spells emerged from me, followed by Nagi and Idunn unleashing their Cursed and Ethereal Breaths and Zelda launching a light arrow, kinda like the one from Hyrule warriors…so yeah, all of these abilities are supercharged by Mithra so-

-So Hel is about to experience some ungodly pain!

To make it simple, during this moment, my magic was SSS+, Idunn and Nagi were SSS- and Zelda was a fucking Z-

The combined brutal magic consumed Hel and she began screaming in agony as the portal closed and whatever was left of her became less than dust, whatever remnant she had was completely undone

-More than that! You actually harmed her soul! You scared her!

-Heh, serves her right…

As soon as the portal closed and we were certain we won, Mithra nearly fell, but I rushed in and caught her, even after that brutal attack, I still feel perfectly fine…I never thought Mithra's power was so overwhelming…

-…Eric…Did I…Help?

-Help? We won thanks to you, what even was that ability?

-…I'm…glad…

Ah, she passed out, the ability must drain her a lot…oh well, I will just carry her, I looked at everyone and smiled

-Thanks everyone…we won, her avatar has been destroyed

Instead of cheering, the atmosphere was serene, Leona took a deep breath and her hair returned to blue, immediately after, she and Zelda hugged me

-I'm glad…

-I was so scared…

Everyone gave us a few minutes, the crowd likely too stunned due to the display of power just presented

-Honestly…no one knows that was a Goddess except you guys, so everyone will think an irregular gate opened and you guys shut it in less than an instant

[Did no one hear what Hel said?]

-I talked to Goddess Erizabeth, how else do you think no one in the crowd got hurt? She made an illusion to manipulate the perception of people and thanks to Zelda raising a barrier to protect the public, it wasn't hard for her to manipulate their perspective

[Only an illusion huh?]

-That's the most she could do, she can't help directly against the threat…still, you drove her back…

[WE drove her back, her weakness in the realm of the living and the power Mithra gave us allowed us to actually fuck her up…hold up, did Mithra…]

-Yes, she buffed everyone who attacked Hel

[This girl is something else…Ha…hahahahahahahahaha fucking awesome!]

-Still…to actually wound the soul of a Goddess…

[Goddess or Lesser Goddess?]

-Lesser, Gods of this world are not comparable to Erizabeth or even the cleaners

[One of these days we are gonna have to talk about that scaling Monica]

-I agree

After a bit, Vergil drew close

-So what was that all about? The goddess of death came after you

-Like she said, I have screwed with fate far too much and now I have to pay according to her, you guys want more details? I will tell you after this last fight

-You still wish to fight?

-I assure ya Vergil, bitch ain't coming back any time soon, not after that attack, sides, I wanna take on Kyokugenryu team!

-…You never change huh? Fine, I can wait a bit longer

-Sweet, come on bro let's go back to our seats, Eric!

-Yeah?

-Pizza after this to explain?

-Deal!

-Perfect, come on everyone

I looked around the crowd but oddly, I didn't see Mithra's folks…odd, Asura is overprotective, where is he? And Ryu for that matter?

-They left before you fell master, Mithra's family were called away, likely an act of Hel before she kidnapped you, after all, she knows Asura is too much of a threat if he awakens, same with Yasha as both are God-Defying beings

[So they just left Mithra alone?]

-She is a teenager, and her friends and most importantly, YOU are here, so normally speaking, they shouldn't worry about a thing since if anything happens, you will crack half the stadium

[And Ryu?]

-His training called, his uncle wanted to test him now

[!!]

-You better finish this fight soon

Shit why now?! Can't I catch a break?!

-Eric?

It was Cammy

-Sorry, but I will have to make this quick

-Eh?

-Cammy, Chun-Li, fight without me, I have to go, Now

-Why? I mean Hylia, what is happening?

-Long story short, I have a very powerful ability that I don't want anyone who I don't trust knowing

-Ability?

-Precognition

-!!!

The reaction was universal among my friends

-So that's how you did it…

-No wonder!

-Such power…good thing it's on your shoulders

-That's why you arrived so perfectly against Goenitz…

-Exactly, and right now, the village that cared for me is now in danger, fated to be burnt and a friend to be slain, won't allow it

-Let me help you!

Impa asked and I nodded

-Sounds good, Leona, Zelda, please take care of Mithra and Eir

-Hm!

Rhoam came close and told me

-Let us handle things here my boy

-Thanks uncle

I handed Mithra over to Leona and before leaving, I went to Alma and hugged her tightly, she reciprocated

-Well done, ya see? Your power is yours, no one else…you were crucial in bringing that bitch down

-…Hm…

-Exactly, I gotta go but I'll be back soon, I promise

I gave her a kiss on her forehead, something I know calms her down and her power subsided immediately as she blushed

-…Make sure you come back Eric…

-Logically, Come on Impa!

I jumped to the stage and had my wings emerge, Impa got on my back as we took flight at once

…

…

-There he goes again…

-At least this time he is not going alone, sis is with him, he'll be fine

-…True

I sighed as I then looked at the woman that Eric brought with him through the portal, she still seems bewildered over what just happened

-Hey

-!

-Who are you?

-Ah…my name is Eir…daughter…no, victim of Hel

-Why did Eric bring you here?

-…He saved me…

-He does that a lot

-That's Er-Er!

I patted Tiki's head and said

-I guess you also have a story to tell…you can stay with us, pretty sure that's why Eric brought you here

-Is it no bother?

-I have grown used to it, after all, everyone he saves ends up living with us

-…He is rather pushy

-That he is…but his soul is wonderful, isn't it?

-…Yes…yes it is

Ah god dammit, another one?

I know it's expected but…ugh…

I may have to take more severe action if this keeps up…

-Leona? You ok?

-…Zelda…Eir-

-Yeah, I can tell

-Is it ok?

-No, but what can we do? We fell in love with him for a reason, what girl wouldn't fall for prince charming himself?

I couldn't help but chuckle

-Let's just try to solidify our position in his heart, and pray he doesn't fall in love too wildly

-…What a nuisance…

-Such is our beloved

…

…

-So where are we going?

-A ninja village!

-No joke?!

-No joke! It's the Hayabusa village where I trained, while I cannot use clones like you can, I can use a variety of ninpo

-We have to compare later!

-Agreed!

As we kept flying Monica spoke up

-Master?

[Do tell]

-You got some notifications you may want to check

[Put em up Monica!]

"Goddess of Death: Hel"

"-250 (Abomination…)"

"Shermie"

"200 (He CAN deny fate…)"

"Mithra"

"300 (…)"

Ah god dammit again?

-What did you expect?

[Fair enough…Guess it was meant to be huh?]

-Just accept it already, the more you accept it, the more likely you are to experience the power of love

[What would happen if I had that alongside Fate crusher?]

-…That thought is scary huh?

Thanks to my speed mid air, I covered a lot of ground and managed to see the village within 2 hours

-That's…

-Ngh…come on…

The village was on fire, I landed and saw a bunch of corpses, thankfully all fiends

-Eric…

-These are fiend corpses, everyone may be ok! Come on Impa!

-Right!

She then multiplied into 5, and her 4 clones spread through the village

-They'll look for survivors, I'm sticking with you

-Thanks, come on!

As I rushed, suddenly I heard

-ERIC! HERE!!

I saw a building and noticed Ayane inside, she had a few cuts but overall looked ok, still, I could tell she was fighting

-Let's go!

We both jumped in crashing through the wall and we saw several ninjas in front, I didn't hesitate and punched the first one in the face with a fire punch, sent his fucking head flying too

Impa also arrived quickly and sliced through multiple of the black spider ninjas, they are inferior to her by a large margin after all

"Impa"

"Rank: S-"

"Age: 16"

"Strength: A"

"Agility: S+"

"Magic: A+"

"Endurance: S-"

"Charisma: SS+"

"Luck: S+"

"Perception: SS"

Yeah, she is strong as hell, Moz Koshia doesn't fuck around, he really made her a monster, compared to Ayane, she actually is a bit stronger, guess that ancient tech and essentially eternal life really made an impact on their training methods

Soon after, all enemies were dead

-Ass kicked! Well done Impa!

-Hm! It's nothing, how can these guys call themselves ninjas?! That was pathetic!

No…you are just a monster girl…

-Master Eric!

Ayane immediately dove in for a hug and nearly snapped my back

-Gah! Come on Ayane! It's not been so long!

-IT HAS!!

Jesus she is hugging me hard here! My back!!

-Friend of yours?

-Yes…kinda…

Ayane looked at Impa with a dead stare before looking at me straight in the eyes, her eyes were scary…

-Who is she?

-Sister of my girlfriend, irreplaceable friend

-Girlfriend?

Her hug became worse and now I was actually afraid she wanted to hurt me

-Yes! I got 3 girlfriends when I went back! Now release me Christ! You are breaking my fucking back!!

She released me but her expression was still scary

-Allow me master

"The Killer Kunoichi: Ayane"

"380 (He is MY fated one)"

[That ain't good…]

-That is supposed to be the normal reaction to obsession you know?

[Then I guess I was lucky, whatever! ]

I took control of the conversation

-Now isn't the time to talk about my fucking love life Ayane! What the fuck is going on?!

-Ah! Right, a black samurai came to the village, I couldn't beat him so I had to flee, but I bought a lot of time, he is still on his way to the shrine! Kureha and Momiji are in danger!

-Shit, ok, here is the deal, Impa, Ayane, kill all black spider assholes, I will save them both, worst comes to worst, I will gain time Ryu should be aware of what is happening by now, the smoke is unmistakable!

-Ok!

-Do I have to work with her…?

She said that in a near whisper

-Ayane!

-!

-Stop daydreaming, I am counting on you both, please stay safe, if anything happens to you I will turn the black spider clan into a bloody mist!

Both nodded and Ayane blushed while at it

I then jumped out and rushed to the shrine, once there I saw Momiji attempting to hold Doku back but failing miserably…and no wonder why

"Momiji"

"Rank: A-"

"Age: 15"

"Strength: A-"

"Agility: A+"

"Magic: A-"

"Endurance: B+"

"Charisma: SS+"

"Luck: B+"

"Perception: S"

"Doku (Corrupted Boss)"

"Rank: SS+"

"Age: ??"

"Strength: SS"

"Agility: S+"

"Magic: SS+"

"Endurance: Z-"

"Charisma: N/A"

"Luck: E+"

"Perception: SS"

[Oh, I ain't killing this asshole am I?]

-Do your best master! But keep Chaos control as a safety net!

Doku swiftly pushed Momiji away and before she crashed anywhere, I appeared and caught her

-!

-Oi jackass! Who gave you permission to attack my friends?!

-Eric!

-Eric!

Doku turned to look at me…well, he had no face, more of a purple flame but it turned towards me

I smirked then gently laid Momiji down

-So what are you here for? Exterminating the clan? Sucks to suck, I brought a friend that is as deadly as I am, your bitch clan will not survive!

-Eric?!

Right, first time Momiji has heard me swear

I walked towards Doku who calmly waited for me

-Kureha, stay back, Ryu will be here soon

-Hm, thank you Eric!

She ran to the side of the burning temple alongside Momiji while I pulled out a spear, again, it won't do much but I should be able to gain some time

-What's the matter firefly? Cat got your tongue?

Again he didn't answer and instead immediately went to attack me, he threw his sword at me and I dodged it, but feeling danger, I dodged again as the fucking thing came back like a boomerang, taking that opportunity, he rushed me, grabbed his blade and removed the samurai mask he had, from it, the fire exploded and it tried to consume me

I backed away as quick as I could before he put on his mask again, restraining the fire and then slamming the ground with his sword, creating a shockwave that managed to catch me and knock me to the ground, feeling the unrelenting nature of this guy, I rolled to the side at once, dodging his follow up impale attack

As soon as he did, he got his sword out but I had already done my move and I impaled his face with the spear…only for him to grab it no problem, break it's tip and toss it at me like a damn knife which I dodged by leaning to the left

[Fuck these damn weapons! What are they fucking branches?!]

-…Goddess Erizabeth certainly cheaped out in this department…how odd

I threw the stick aside and sighed

-I really need a proper weapon man…

Doku likely not giving a shit, charged for a bit and unleashed a Iai slash at me that I dodged via leaning back, barely dodging by the skin of my teeth and then I kicked his sword up, I jumped up to take it but he actually ran past me

-?!

He broke a statue that revealed the dark dragon sword, I didn't hesitate and threw the sword to stab his hand, it immediately stabbed him against the wall and I essentially blew my back creating an explosion, allowing me to catch the sword

Doku took his sword out of his hand and stepped back, preparing for round 2 while I was in the middle of a pickle

I didn't feel rejection, I felt hatred, it was scary how much rage came from this thing, hatred at everything, and a desire to destroy, I can see why this thing was sealed but…

"Fate Crusher"

-Know your fucking place you damn winged lizard!

The blade immediately quieted down and I focused on Doku again

-All right jackass, round 2!

As Doku prepared to attack me however, Ryu arrived

-Eric! Kureha!

Immediately, we had him in a pincer attack

-Let's do this!

-Master wait!

[?! Don't tell me you think this fucking Cunt can be redeemed?!]

-Of course not, but the Dark Dragon Sword is not at it's best, why not let Doku take it?

[A lot of people will die if I do!]

-Fiends mainly, perhaps a few casualties but you absolutely need a good sword

[…I don't like it]

-I know you don't, but you need a sword and an evil blade that can match the Dragon Sword will be a perfect choice

[So it's not good enough as it is now?]

-Unfortunately

[…Monica…]

-Please master, trust me

[Ugh…]

Doku sensing my doubt, threw a smoke bomb catching me and Ryu off guard and then rushed towards the shrine maidens, he shoulder tackled Momiji away and grabbed Kureha by the throat, his blade right on her forehead

-!

-Tch, release her!

He looked straight at me

-Blade

Oh, you do talk…

-Don't give it to him!

-Kureha will fucking die Ryu!

-Many more will die should he get the sword!

-That's not how I roll Ryu! You know that!!

-Eric!

-…Don't…give…it…

We both looked at Kureha, she looked resigned

-…I…will…fulfill…my duties…

-If I don't, you'll fucking die!

-…Better…than letting…the fiend…have it…

Gah you fucking jackasses!

Suddenly Kureha began to bleed as Doku began pushing his blade in her forehead

-Blade!

-Master!

-…FUCK! FINE!!

-!? Don't!

-Don't…

-Shut up both of you assholes! Cunt! Release her right now and I swear on my honor I will give it to you!

Doku slowly removed his blade and glared at me, not releasing Kureha, I began walking to him

-Eric…I will stop you if you are serious

-Are you gonna let Kureha die?!

-I don't want to either, but it's our duty to protect the sword, we have to protect the sword at the cost of our lives if need be

-…Ryu, do you trust me?

-!…Yes

-Then we'll get it back

-…Dammit…

I got to Doku and gave him the sword

[Monica, add a tracker spell to the blade]

-Already done

[Beautiful]

He took it and threw Kureha aside before teleporting into darkness

Momiji came back and hugged her sister in relief while Ryu came close and said

-I hope you have a plan, if those fiends awaken the sword then-

-Vigoor

-!

-Neighboring empire of Vigoor, he went there

-How do you know?

I made a map appear and there was a powerful red dot blipping in the neighboring empire

-Tracking spell

-I don't do sacrifices Ryu, hence why I will never be a ninja, but I'm also a petty bastard, and I won't rest until that edgy son of a bitch pays for humiliating me

-…Fine, we are wasting time, come on

-Right behind you, let me get Impa and Ayane to help

-Do it, I need to talk to Kureha

Let them deal with their own issues

As I walked through the now safe village, I am delighted to report there were no corpses, our quick action and Ayane's presence made the original massacre not take place

-Master Eric!

-Eric!

Ayane came at me like a torpedo hugging me while Impa smiled in a strained fashion

-We did it! There were no casualties!

-Hmm…Master Eric…

Feels like she doesn't give a shit…

-Is that normal?

-Apparently so, anyways, good job you 2…wish I had good news too

-Hm? What happened?

-I slipped up and the dark samurai got to Kureha, used her as a hostage, he would let her live in exchange for the Dark Dragon Sword

-You didn't give it to him right?!

-I did Ayane

-Eric! Do you even imagine what will happen now?! That sword is too powerful if awakened! Millions could die!

-Hmm…then all we gotta do is get it back right?

-I am glad you get it Impa

-It was obvious, you would never let someone die, and even less allow your enemies to win

-Exactly, fucker is currently in the Vigoor empire, we are gonna go rain hell in it, I need you 2, you coming?

-Of course

-…I will help you master Eric

Help me huh? She made that distinction

-She no longer cares about much else other than you

-Wow…ok…heavy

So damn heavy…

-Ok, get ready, we are leaving at once