Crap, I Was Rifted

Once back in Warhammer 30k-40k everyone felt a little discomfort. Some of them were still angry but settled down once they received a few messages from Lluvia explaining what happened and why they did it. She shared the details of the quest to tide over a few concerns of betrayal.

Azul rembered how originally that should have been it. He was preoccupied with the new information and the plan for Jaina. But the fighting wasn't over. The next group would come soon. The others cheered in victory. Azul took the time to restore what he could. Seeing Angron and Jaina injured next to him, he casted a healing spell to help with the recovery. He was already running it on myself.

Ruby, Emerald, Amethyst, and Aurora were at the ready. Freshly healed and mentally prepared. Several Rune Eldar behind them at the ready. They were ordered to fire a massive amount of power earlier then fall back to prepare for this next part.

Then it happened. The hole the Tyrannids came from tore open wider. A Blood Letter started to descend. His crimson wings caused most of the Rune Eldar two hearts to shiver. They were not prepared for this. Its eyes passed to Azul in a challenging manner. A hint of intelligence that unnerved him a little. It was.. appraising him. It was not the one he fought last time. But at least wasn't Skarbrand. That would be pushing it.

Azul looked to the psykers. "Fall Back now!" They were stunned as well the Gladiators for Angron. They may have been stronger this time, but the battlefield was m.a.t.u.r.ed in violence. The Blood Letter Letter stronger for it. "Do not cast any physic powers and move back!" It wasn't working. They were stunned and bewildered. "Damn it!"

System: Willpower Check Successful 37

"Raaah" Azul pushed all the Psykers back with a wave of his own energy. It worked. The Blood Letter looked directly at him. He put Slannesh away as he double gripped the axe. It was only slightly restored. "Recover you two? Do not come help until you are actually able."

"No, we will fight with you right now. I have enough strength to do some serious damage." Jaina said she was not convincing. Several beads of sweat rolled down her face. "I .. can still go on."

"No. The warp will invade your mind and mess with your head. I do not want to risk you changing into a daemon or exploding. These daemons are nothing like what you are use to. He is nothing like you have faced before." Azul said to her. He watched to make sure she understood. She didnt. "A weakened psyker should not cast, especially near a hole in the warp!"

"I am fine! No way will it affect me!" Jaina said. Her voice was sure but she didnt understand the danger they faced. She conveyed that really well. Something kept telling Azul, the plan was a bad idea. But it was to late to change it. She started to cast a spell, Azul had to stop her. "I am fine!"

"Thump," Jaina dropped to her knees as Angron punched her in the gut. Azul siphoned the energy she gathered from the spell and recast regen on her and Angron.

Looking to Ruma who ran up, he gave her the order. "Take her back. If she tries to come back to the battlefield knock her out. Get a bomb ready for me if you can." Azul remained quiet and waited a moment. Mentally he was talking to Jaina. 'You make sure you get those tractors taken care of ok?'

'Yeah, I will. It sucks I cannot fight this thing this time. But at least you have me doing something that is important and not coddling me.' Jaina thought back. This interaction was a ruse to help with something they both suspected. 'Glad we are not going to have that fight like last time. Although I do want to fight one on one for some training.'

"We are fresh out." Ruma said picking up Jaina. She gave Azul a look and winked. "I am totally giving you a roll in the hay later." Taking off, Azul smiled at her retreating figure. "Something to look forward to." Jaina bouncing slightly on her.

"I will be ready shortly." Angron said grunting. The fighting had been tough on him. He took more risks but made sure more of his people survived. "I know what you are thinking, but 300 more of my people live. That is worth the pain."

"Angron.. do whatever it takes to survive." With that said, Azul started to jog forward then picked up speed as he jumped. He met the Daemon before he landed. With an upward swing of the axe, a psychic wave shot out. The wave and the pressure didnt hurt the daemon in the slightest but it pushed him off course. 'Attack Up!' Azul felt the increase in strength. The d.e.s.i.r.e to cause pain intensifying.

"Hehe," the daemon chuckled. "We have been waiting for you Lunastrider." The daemon landed on the ground with a thud that shook the place.

'It should be fine to bleed some out.' Hilda sent the message as she released some of his power from the black statue. 'Ohhh so nice! I wish I was in control instead of Zelda in his orginal timeline. Such amazing ferocity!' Hilda's nose started bleeding from excitement. She rearranged all the statues instantly. Suppressing every other one from causing any problems. She leaned back in a chair and watched Azul fight.

"You are so full of rage.. so full of.. hatred. Come join us.. you will be fulfilled like no other has before them." The Daemon teased.

"Damn you really know how to tempt a guy." Azul said smiling at him. 'Concussive Shot!' He fired from his face.

As he dodged it, Azul jerked his hand to the left, causing the shot to turn. Wrapping it back around, he charged at him with the axe.

"If you were a female daemon you might have had a chance. I am that shallow.. well mostly because the insisteance of a few women. I know, such a terrible weak person I am right? But yah know.." His voice was somewhat taunting as he spoke. A rematch with the daemon that beat the crap out of him and Angron was to much to pass on. He was having a lot of fun. "..I guess I just love what I like now. It will have so man problems in the future."

"It is not so bad." Ruby said from the side. She charged at a bunch of daemons with her troops. She gave Azul a wink and fought all the harder. Her Howling Banshees had received a power boost from her gaining the recent titles Queen of the Banshees & Morai-Heg Reborn.

"Yeah.. we like bad things." Emerald cheered. She had several Warp Spiders behind her. They moved in and tore about everything in their path before warping away. "I mean.. I think he should get a female Daemon. I wonder if he will let me break it in?"

"Hope not." Ruby shook her head and moved in to the right. The Rune Eldar behind her firing volley after volley into the mix from the shuriken pistols. For every daemon that came out, 6 shots went into them. "Hmmm. double it up." Hands raised, her forces instantly doubled in number. They were completely made of warp energy.

"Haaar!" The Daemon cut across the ground. Sending dirt flying all around to the others. Azul jumped forward. With a pull of psychic power, he turned all the dirt with the power of Geomancy.

"Thush!" Several holes in the ground opened up. The Sinkhole caused by the dirt bogged them all down.

" Well.. that works a little better." Azul mumbled. Turning on the balls of his feet, the axe cut across the top of the daemon's c.h.e.s.t plate. "Tough!" A few sparks went off as Azul moved and started to fire another spell.

Swinging down, the daemon's machete-like fingers cut right through his armor. AzuI was to slow.

"Argh!" His back was cut open on the left side. It immediately closed up revealing no damage. "Psych!" A blast of warp fire left his mouth. White fire left from Azul. "Blllaaarr!"

"Fwwwwoooossshhh!" The flame took the form os a hand. Hitting directly center of the daemon. Little wisps of flame entering inside the daemon. "Bop!" Blood vessels erupted. They did not regenerate.

"Raaaah!" The daemon roared from the intensity and pain from the purifying flame. It was not a lot, but cause the daemon's vision to blur.

AzuI put his clothes back into inventory. It was beyond damaged for now. He rather it not get ruined even furthur.

Health -23

Azu took a step back. Then took two steps forward. His Dragon power wouldn't allow him to retreat. "Well.. huff..huff this is just not.. fair.."

Something was wrong. His breath couldn't catch properly. He couldn't reregulate himself either. Knees wobbled as they almost touched the ground. AzuI put the axe down for support.

System: Constitution Check 30 Pass

Azul recovered in time for the daemon next strike. Misty Fist caught against the Daemon's hand. "Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!" Looking closer, pieces of metal was mixed inside the water. Compressed tight into a makeshift blade.

"How .. pathetic." The daemon droned out. A burst of psychic energy cut down its side. A small thin blade left the body. The daemon's hand raised up and backhanded Azul.

"Bam!" AzuI went sailing through the air and hit a broken grav tank. Crawling out, the daemon was already on Azul. Rage pouring off its body as it attacks with abandon. His hand raised high as he punched Azul furthur into the wreckage.

"Bam!" Azul's arms went up to block. The impact causing them to go numb for a bit. He did not relent. The next from the daemons claws met his flailing arm.

"Bam!" The force this time caused Azul's arm bent back awkwardly. Muscles torn in the socket. Unable to move for the time being. "Crack!" Azul's elbow gave out.

"Shit!" Azul grumbled. The regeneration would take a bit to fix the problem. "Concussive Shot!" The quickly formed shot hit the daemon in the c.h.e.s.t only slowing it a second. 'Glad it is not paying attention.'

The psychic made water burrowed into the daemon again. Spreading through its body for later. "Crrck!" Azul's bones restored quickly. From the side, he saw why. Emerald had cast a heal on him. She went back to fighting immediately afterward.

'Thanks!' Azul thought to her. Pulling from the surroundings, Misty Fist was kicked up a notch.

"Bam!" On the fourth swing, AzuI raise his hand to grab hold of the daemon. "Schluck!" The shape was into a straight point with hooks flailing from the side.

Health -54

Health -32

Health +79

"Roarrr!" the daemon bellowed as he reeled back. The more it moved, the more the hooks dug inside. Connecting with the water Azul placed in the inside, they wove togethor. "You would make a fair torturer mortal." The daemon's hand lifted into the air. "What?!"

The ground lit up as the rune marks activated. All around several chains grab hold pulling the daemon. Spike shot through the body pulling it side from side.

"You still have fight left in you." The daemon beamed in happiness. "That is good. My Master will be pleased with you." The chains, still wrapped around as its muscles bulged. As Daemon of Khorne, its power and toughness was immense. The spilling of its own blood made it fight even harder.

System: Strength Check 35 Neutral

The chains broke as it picked Azul up. Swinging down, the daemon tried to slam Azul into the ground. "Bang!" Azul delivered a kick to its jaw. With a flip he rightened himself. "Tup," a kick against the ground as he charged back at it.

A slug match ensued. The restriction of the chains kept locking back on to the daemon. Azul focused on using his martial arts and letting his biotics fuel his recovery.

- 40 minutes later-

All across the battlefield, Azul's forces were taking care of everything. Doubling up and fighting more efficiently towards the really dangerous areas. The real life training was what they needed to excel for the future.

The Thessia sisters had turned extremely lethal. Each life they took boosting their power as Ardat Yakshi. Jaina and Ruma finally sent a mental message about the traitors. A small Dark Eldar group that snuck in. Agents of the Dark Heart group. The damage was small but taken care off a little slower than Azul would have wanted.

"Huff..huff.." Azul's lungs were in serious pain. Even with all the upgrades, he was past his limits. Controlling the tear in the Warp while fighting against the Greater Daemon and making sure those in orbit wouldn't get swept away was a lot. ' I Should have just spent everything on upgrades as a something more. Like a giant space laser or something. But enough time has passed for training and them finishing whatever stuff they had going on.'

"Tink!" Then it happened again. The rune axe started cracking. Then it shattered all togethor. Placing it in his inventory, he focused back on the Daemon. AzuI used the last of his restorative items. Well tried to anyway.

"All out! Memo to self, always buy 99× of everything for battle and the lesser versions." The Greater Daemon bellowed as it charged.

"Roooaarr!" Its sole focus on him. It wanted to rip Azul apart and devour his soul. It was still testing him. As well as enjoying the fight. "You would make such a great champion!"

"Overlord's Fury!" It was now or never. No more trump cards. No more Items, weapons, armor. His allies couldn't help him for some reason. His Dragon wouldn't want them to. Misty Fist became a lot more powerful. The healing abilities inside the spells were faster as well. As the hands floated above, AzuI sent a right fist towards the daemon.

"Smack!" The blow was strong enough to knock out some its teeth. "Whack" it didnt flinch from the blow. The pain was something long gone for the creature. As it moved in and punch Azul in the c.h.e.s.t and head.

"Bam! Bam!" Its massive fist connecting on parts of his body with ease. The size difference made this worse for him.

Health -23

"Thump!" AzuI planted his foot on the ground to stop from stumbling. Seeing a piece of wreckage nearby, he lifted it up. It was a Star Cannon from a tank.

The crystal was still there. Running forward, he swung it like a baseball bat. Hitting the daemon in the c.h.e.s.t. The crystal shattered from the impact and only dented the c.h.e.s.t. Reaching out, AzuI pulled the fragments to himself and held them around the c.h.e.s.t psychically. As he drained the energies left inside, the cannons from Vegnagun appeared. The small pick me up was worth it.

Recovering it grinned broadly. "That barely tickled." The daemon wiped its c.h.e.s.t off. Throwing a piece of wreckage towards him in a blur. "I like using terrain, it is so much fun. He ran back towards Azul. "There are so many more buildings to throw at you to. Let's see if we can break them all with your body." His voice was sinister and gleeful at the idea of the destruction it envisioned.

A dark wave of energy traveled over Azul. It used the ability of Fear to target his mind and senses. AzuI felt like Batman fighting against Bane for the first time. Not wanting to get his back broken. He lashed out dangerously.

When he came close, Azul fired the Crystal's at his eyes. "Ting, ting!" They hit, but barely did any damage. However, they served the purpose of damaging one eye. The daemon stopped as his skin started to smoke a little. AzuI had charged the Crystal's with Mental Cleansing. They used warp energy so it made it easy to manipulate.

"Ragh! You will pay for that Lunastrider!" A demonic sword formed out of nowhere. Burning with chaos fire, he swung it at Azul. "Die!"

AzuI couldn't dodge. Using his Misty Fist as a shield to braced himself. "Tsh!" The aquatic fists disappeared. The daemons sword lost its flames. As it was shocked, Azul pulled Slaanesh from the inventory. He had to use something. The blade was dull in power. Barely even a force weapon currently.

"Peeeeew!" Vegnagun cannons fired. Completely engulfing the daemon and burning away its body. Up above, the tear in the Warp pulsed.

"Babump!" Almost akin to a heartbeat ripple through the battlefield. Azul was stunned as the cannons were forcefully de-summoned. "Thump!" The daemon landed back out reforming.

Azul ignores the quest update and the call from his Dragon power to fight the Greater Daemon on his own again. He sent a mental message towards his allies to join the fight if they were able to.

The daemon smiled with a gaped mouth. The missing teeth already reformed. AzuI would have laughed but didnt. He didnt want to piss him off even more so. Increase Rage was not something he wanted to deal with. As his sword came down. It was knocked off course.

"Boom!" A rocket blew it to the side. AzuI looked over to Angron carrying a rocket launcher. It looked comical in his big arms. He then threw it at the daemon smacking it in the face. Taking his power maul off his waist, he activated it. The energy around it was dim and fluctuated wildly.

System: High Pull target found.. pulling from Warp space..Warhammer Fantasy... Tyrion has sworn loyalty. Medium Pull target found.. pulling from Warp space.. Warhammer Fantasy End Times Everchild Aliathra.

A wave of Termagants erupted from the ground. They hid in wait for the longest of time. Having been prepared for them, the Rune Eldar activated prepared spells and weaponry.

AzuI looked to the left and saw the elves appear. He was to busy to care right now about the Everchild. So he gave a quick order.

"Get in close and kill those bugs coming out of that hole. As for you hury up and heal yourself and start helping my troops." AzuI jumped in helping Angron fight back the daemon. 'Haaa great his daughter is here. Why do I have the feeling a headache will ensue from this.'

"Understood." Tyrion said as he shot off swinging wildly at the nearest threat. His eyes drifted back to his daughter for a moment before focusing on the fighting. 'This System.. is healing her and myself. Survive this my daughter. I cannot lose you again.'

Aliathra had a terrible neck wound that was restoring with the help of the System. Azul split a piece of his mind to help speed up her recovery. As well as place the indoctrination spell on her. He was not taking any chances.

"Babump!" Tyrion's body glowed with gold flames. The elf armor changed to resemble more of Khaine's. As his chosen once before, it seems that even the Eldar God wanted to lay claim still.

"Get down Angron!" AzuI yelled. It was to late for him to move. AzuI pushed everything he had into moving faster. 'Teleport!' A quick teleport allowed for better opportunity to attack. Swinging the sword at the daemons sword, he felt the break.

"Snap!" Azul's swinging arm broke again. It took everything he had to push Angron down and out the way with a psychic push. The sword from the daemon didnt stop as it turned. Warp fire reigniting at the tip.

System: Strength Check 37 Fail Willpower Check 46 Pass Constitution Check 41 Pass

"Schlk!" It cut down the left side of Azul's body. Separating his bones and nerves. AzuI felt his primary heart stop. It was invaded by warp fire and burned away inside his body. The pain was almost unbearable as he ripped it out psychically to keep from it causing any furthur damage.

"Pop!" Azul's left side lungs stopped working before bursting. The sword stopped at his knee. "Splurt!" AzuI stabbed Slannesh into its sword-wielding arm and held it in place.

Health -239

"Hehehe, just give up." The old voice called out to him again. "Just take my blessings, and everything will be fine. The power of Decay can take care of him." The whispers of Chaos were powerful in his weakened state.

AzuI just stared at the Greater Daemon. The only thing keeping him up, was the will to get this over with. Nothing else was usable. AzuI could feel the Warp calling to him again. His vision started to blur. It had to be done. He felt so raw as the siphoning took place. Powerful Biotic strands feeding into him.

The warning bells in his mind, no longer mattered. AzuI saw the tinge of Renegade options for the very sky itself. The temptation was so strong as time almost froze for him. He stooped himself and will the option away. The sky hummed turning blue for Paragon.

Pulling on the psyche nearby, AzuI raised his left arm. His right eye burned as the Millenium Eye activated. With the opening inside his body, Azul funneled in any power he could grab through the opening. Cleansing it before using any of it. His body burning with raw power that threatened to explode.

'Mother Ocean!' Azul yelled mentally using the spell. The highest spell for Suikoden water rune users. Targeted each of his allies given them Full Healing and several stat advantages. He combined with another spell to help even furthur. 'Mental Cleansing Lv6!'

"Wooooshh!" The psychic water washed over the battlefield. Anyone consider an ally of Azul was healed. The daemons all burned from the effects in the water. The Rune Eldar and Gladiators fought faster as they moved about. The Dark Eldar, Eldar, and Civilians fought more carefully but with their thoughts clearer than ever.

In mere seconds, Azul reformed the water. A large aquatic blade shot out across the sky hitting several large flying daemons. Giving the airborne units some breathing room. D'Vorra and the Tyrannids under her moved even faster as they switched to pure hit and run tactics.

Angron had jumped and bashed the daemon's c.h.e.s.t in. His mace wrapped in psychic energy. The flesh now parted open gave Azul the perfect chance to fire again.

"Hadoken!" A little small blast fired out into the opening. Getting sent back from the recoil, Azul looked at his arms and legs. He was basically n.a.k.e.d on the battlefield. "Frack!" It hurt to move.

Health -???

Health +???

The System message went off. AzuI thought for sure It was over. is eyes caught the sight of something else moving in the Warp. As he closed his eyes, Azul felt the power of the Warp wash over him. It felt as if it invaded every part of his body, mind, and soul.

'It will be fine. Your guards in place are taken care of it. Good job increasing your resistance against this.' Hilda thought to him happily. 'Angron took care of the daemon.'

AzuI felt a hand on his shoulder. This caused him to open his eyes. His eyes burned at the ready to fight the endless fleet of Necrons that were on the way. That was not the case. AzuI watched as his health was fine. Looking to the left, AzuI saw a man dressed in golden armor with long hair. A nimbus of power glowing around him.

"San..guin..ius.." looking back at the other hand, he saw a man with a stoic face. Short blond military cut hair. "Lion.. you need to let you hair grow out." AzuI was out like a light after that for a few moments. He took the time to renew his mind from the constant battle changes.