Part 11: Power!
You felt fear. But this was not the fear of your guardians that fell through your blood, where you only feared being yelled at for screwing up, for making the food badly, or from failing your classes.
Nor was it your fear of being totally alone. Isolated from people that you wanted to reach out to.
This was fear for your life. The fear that all people felt when their lives were threatened.
Your life, and the life of this girl is being threatened by a monster. This Gorgan.
You didn't know what to… What? What was-
"So now you feel me, Legionary? The power that courses through your mind, your spirit, and your body?" The… voice, that familiar voice you heard when you accepted your shadow.
It was… here. With you.
"Now you feel me… Good," The voice stated. "Are you just going to stand like the child you are and die failing your duty, OR WILL YOU TAKE YOUR POSITION IN THE LEGION, TO FACE THIS HORROR AND LIVE!"
You felt the power radiating through your body and you raised your hand. "YOU KNOW MY NAME AND FEEL MY POWER! UNLEASH IT AND SMITE THOSE THAT WOULD SEEK YOU HARM!"
You heard his name deep in the recesses of your mind. You held out your sword and looked at the card … no, the spirit that was in front of you, in chains, waiting to be released. You swung your blade, sticking true.
"PERSONA!" Your scream was raw, animalistic, like a soldier rushing into battle, unleashing a war cry.
The world exploded in power, as the cage and chains broke, and laughter erupted from the being. "Finally Legionary… I am free to destroy our enemies!"
This… persona you unleashed was a man, a true warrior. Towering above in full armor, a sword the size of you rested on his shoulder, and a shield that was even bigger than a door was in his other hand. Embroiled was the crimson red of the Legion of Rome, with 13 in roman numerals resting on his cape.
His face, if one could call it that, was just a plate of steel on his face. "I am awaiting your orders!" He bellowed. "Command me!"
"Julius, destroy the monster, protect us!" You shouted as you covered the girl Saki behind your clipboard shield.
"As you command!" Julius shouted in bloodlust, as he cleaved his blade onto the monster.
"AHH" The monster screamed as black blood erupted from it. "Dammit, why won't you die!"
"Because I refuse to," Julius replied. "And my comrade refuses to as well."
You felt your heart jolt at those words, and you grit your teeth. Your hand tightened around the sword.
Guts needed: 0 vs 1. (Passed)
Reward: +5 to Guts EXP.
"Stay here!" You ordered the girl. The girl could do nothing but nod in fear.
And you charged into the danger.
You reached the monster and slashed it, causing it to bleed again.
"No!" It screamed.
"Die!" You snarled, hacking like a mad man with your blade, not caring about form, stance or how you held the blade.
You just wanted to kill that damn thing.
Then the monster fell, and Julius disappeared, you felt his power back in your body. And you stopped.
The monster had been defeated.
And you were staring at the doppelganger again.
It was crying.
"Wait," the girl whimpered.
You fell back, exhausted from the battle, and you could do nothing but step yourself back, to try and avoid and trick that it might still have up its sleeve.
You felt faint, but your sword somehow carried your weight as you held up your body.
What do you do?:
[]Kill it: That damn thing nearly killed you, better show it no mercy.
[]Run away: You need to leave before anything bad happens. Grab the girl and run.
[]Do nothing: Did the girl… Saki say something?
AN: Well, the Update Trademark was on the tags... you should have expected me to be delayed.
Also Julius looks like this.
