Dark Saviors

Chapter 43's

While the four are excited to see the tower, “Tong.” There was a sound behind them.

“Let's start...” Said Joshua.

The four of them turned their heads and turned around, they were shocked to see Joshua pull out the big hammer he had set up on the ground, the sound just now was the sound of the hammer touching the ground.

“What does this mean ossan ?” Ask Seiji.

“As I said earlier, I bequeath the tower to you and the one who can end immortals is immortals, so just go ahead together is fine.” Answer Joshua.

“Why is this padre like?” Ask Hitoshi.

“Do you see this wound on my chest ? the wound that never healed, not because of the pain, but this wound reminds me how I slaughtered my brother, I've been with this wound for 3000 years...I want to go to my brother's place.” Joshua said as he lifted his hammer.

“Ta.but ossan says ossan can't fight anymore..” Reiko.

“I will say I used my last strength to transform into this form, so please..I beg you..free me.” Said Joshua.

“I understand ossan, let's start..” Iroha instantly opened her palm on the side.

Some of his clothes came out of his footprint forming a spear with the eye of a katana sword. Iroha rotated her spear and put up her horse.

“Hito-nii, Seiji-niichan, Reiko-neechan, I live on the streets, we have to help ossan, he has been suffering all this time, we release him, do not hesitate.” Iroha.

“You're right Iroha-chan..” Seiji whipped out a long dagger and opened his whip.

Reiko took her scythe from her back and Hitoshi directly mounted the horse using his axe. Looking at the four of them on standby, Joshua smiled,

“Thank you...we started..”.

Joshua raised his hammer and leaped his attack onto his four at high speed. The four of them jumped away from the four corners, Seiji whipped Joshua's hammer and pulled himself towards Joshua, he pulled out his knife, but Joshua parried him with his bracelet and threw Seiji. Hitoshi catches up with his axe from top to bottom, Joshua shifts and fends off the axe then he directly hits Hitoshi's stomach with the back of his hand and makes him bounce.

Reiko ran straight diagonally across her scythe towards Joshua's belly, but the scythe was caught and lifted, causing Reiko to be thrown, until Iroha appeared above Joshua's head and turned her spear, before Iroha struck her spear, Joshua's feet had landed on the handle of the sword in a straight position to make Iroha hit the handle of his own spear and bounce.

“Hahaha come...wear your skills, consider me a monster..do not hold back.” Said Joshua.

“Good..” Shouted the four.

Seiji, Reiko and Iroha immediately jumped at Joshua, Hitoshi stomped his feet to the ground,

“Earthquake.”

The ground immediately fell and broke in the area around Hitoshi's leg with a radius of 1 kilometer. Joshua lost his footing and staggered, Seiji caught his breath while being in the air,

“Dragon breath.”

He spouts fire from his mouth at Joshua and swallows it, followed by Reiko who directs his scythe towards Joshua when he jumps,

“Absolute Zero.”

Joshua's body was instantly wrapped in chunks of ice with the flames of the dragon's spray still inside burning Joshua. Iroha immediately took a breath, though,

“Sonic scream.”

A wave of Iroha's cries struck the ice and pushed her to the point of sinking into the still turbulent ground and burying her in the ground. The three landed next to Hitoshi,

“Whoever ?” Ask Reiko.

“But..” Answer Seiji.

“Aaaaah...for a long time I did not feel this sensation..” Said Joshua.

“Monster...” Iroha.

“Sorry padre, this time I'm serious.” Hitoshi.

“From yesterday I also said seriously.” Reply Joshua.

Hitoshi raised his axe in front of his face, his eyes closed and he took a deep breath.

“Skill combined, Giant form, Iron body.”

Hitoshi's body grew bigger, his height became about five meters, his body expanded and became very stocky, then his entire body became iron, including his hair and his face became flat without a face leaving only his eyes. Hitoshi raised his huge axe and immediately smashed it at Joshua. A smile still adorned Joshua's face, he parried the axe with his hammer.

“Strike him..” Hitoshi said with a thunderous voice.

“Auuuuuuuu.” Seiji turned into a werefenrir and immediately jumped forward attacking using both of his blades.

“Body double.”

Iroha's body broke in two and instantly attacked at such a high speed that it looked like a blind black beam. Reiko put a scythe on her back, though,

“Bat swarm.”

His body became hundreds of large, sharp-toothed bats that instantly shrouded Joshua's body and nibbled at him. In the midst of the attack, Joshua's face smiled broadly, he shed tears because soon he would meet his brother. But then his brows furrowed, he glanced at Seiji, Reiko, Iroha and Hitoshi who were still attacking him, his face immediately looked anxious, and he looked anxious,

“They are weak...still weak...but they will be strong..hey, elf fuckers...please guide them....I leave it to you.” He thought while looking up at the sky.

“Give me...” Someone answered in Joshua's mind.

“Thank you..goodbye..I wait for you there my sister..” Said Joshua.

“Welcome to my brother..”

The attack stopped, Joshua's body was destroyed, his hammer was released and fell to the ground with one leg cut off, the hand was also cut off one and the entire body was full of bite wounds and incisions. “Ohok.” Joshua vomited blood. Seiji who had returned to being human, Hitoshi, Reiko and Iroha who had also returned to their original form immediately shrouded Joshua who was lying on the ground covered in blood.

“He..hei..kalian....must be diligent in practicing, you are not yet on par with me and my brothers first...I have prepared a teacher for you.....find your last brother.in the city of Nihelm, the kingdom of Grandia.please finish. Goodbye my sister...thank you.”.

Hitoshi raised his axe and immediately beheaded Joshua, “splat.” Blood splashed onto the faces of Seiji, Reiko, Iroha and Hitoshi who beheaded him, only the first time when they reached Astoria world, they felt sad to see death in front of them even though the four of them did not cry. The four of them took Joshua's body and brought him down from the tower terrace. They make a meal for Joshua in a ruin already covered in wild vegetation. Hitoshi took a stone and stuck it over Joshua's grave. Iroha and Reiko carved the stone and wrote it, its contents, and,

“Here fell asleep a mighty Immortals guarding the whole world.”

After finishing the carving, the four of them stood facing Joshua and clenched their hands in front of their chests and closed their eyes. They prayed for the mighty Joshua until his last moment. The four of them looked up, the veil that enveloped the ancient city opened. The four of them turned their heads and looked at each other, then they embraced each other and walked back towards the academy.

*****

Meanwhile, in an office room, someone was sitting on a work chair while tapping his finger at the table, only his long ears were visible.

“Hmmm...it's time yes. Goodbye Kiros, see you later.” His word.

Then he turned around and looked at the atmosphere of the city from the window while tapping his finger on his work chair.