RPG The Dragon Riders of Celebrynn [M - LSV]

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Valo knew that Ilthazar would defeat Brielle. Brielle's lack of experience with Scythe's dormant power meant that she didn't stand a chance against Ilthazar. Valo was now certain that he'd used Angelus's once before, so he had Brielle beat in terms of experience, but he still couldn't match Ilthazar's. That's why he was letting Brielle fight Ilthazar. Ilthazar would be at least a little bit tired after the battle, but would likely remain able to defeat Valo. But Valo would have an advantage. Ilthazar didn't know what Valo could do, but by watching the battle, Valo was able to get an idea of Ilthazar's capabillities, while Ilthazar knew only that Valo could create illusions. Of course, there was still one thing that Valo had to do before doing battle with lthazar, and that was figure out just how he'd accessed Angelus's dormant power that one time so that he could repeat it for his fight with Ilthazar.

When Valo knew he'd gotten all the knolwedge of Ilthazar's abilities that he would, he focused on accessing Angelus's dormant power. His efforts were based on the prison breakout where he'd created the illusion of normallacy while he freed every prisoner.



[i][I'm going to do this,] Valo told Angelus. [Emptying that place will be a huge blow to Ilthazar. His most dangerous captives are all in this prison. We have to get them out.]

[But doing it with illusions will take more power than you have,]Angelus replied. [It will kill you.]

[I'm doing it, no matter what happens.] And Valo did. He entered the prison under 'illusionary invisibility' as he called it. He took a guard's keys and created the illusion of them in their usual place. He revealed himself to the prisoners only, indicated for them to be quiet, then made his big illusion.

His first thought was that Angelus was right, that he was indeed going to die. But he wouldn't stop. If he did, he'd be killed by the guards, too weak to resist them. So he kept the illusion up, determined to keep it going, and suddenly he stoped feeling like he was about to die. He led the prisoners out successfully.[/i]



Valo looked at Ilthazar standing over Valo. [i]It's different for everyperson,[/i] he thought. [i]Brielly uses anger. For me, it?s trying to get myself killed, or something like that.[i/] Upon realising this, Valo fired a sustained energy beam at Ilthazar. Ilthazar countered with one of his own, easily overpowering Valo's, but instead of moving out of the way, Valo kept his own beam going, and just as he was about to get hit by Ilthazar's, he felt it.

Valo moved out of the way of Ilthazar's beam, but Ilthazar didn't know. Valo was moving under illusionary invisibility, while simoultaniously creating the illusion of himself in the same position, blocking Ilthazar's beam. When he was almost to Ilthazar, the king seemed to sense something. He stopped his energy beam, allowing himself to get hit with the illusionary beam while he spun and directed a blast at the real Valo. Valo dropped his invisibility and countered. Ilthazar rolled to the side and sheathed his swords, guessing that this battle would focus on powers.

While Valo and Ilthazar were blasting at each other, Brielle made a run for it. Ilthazar fired at her, but Val was always in the way. eventually, she made it to the dragons and moved behind Isis, where Ilthazar couldn?t get to her. Ilthazar turned his attention to Valo. ?You and me again,? he said.

?You don?t have any advantage this time,? Valo responded.

?Not a power advantage, certainly, but still an experiance one.?

?It won?t be enough.? A pause, then Valo chuckled. ?I just realized something. You are my father, correct??

?You know that already,? Ilthazar replied. ?Yes, I am your father. What?s the point??

?I was supposed to be a secret heir.?

?Yes.?

?Well, your ?heir? is about to kill you, but in doing so, I fulfil the purpose you had in mind for me. As your son, I get to take your place when you?re dead.?

It was Ilthazar?s turn to laugh. ?Nobody will believe you. your claim has no legitimacy, and the only ones who know are me, you, and others of my enemies. you have no witness that my people will believe.?

?Except for the ones behind you. You seem to be forgetting that Heero and his dragon were captured and brought here by some of your men. Men who are still here, and who just heard our little exchange. Men who heard you confirm that I am your son. Sorry, but you just defeated yourself for me.?

Ilthazar was pissed. ?You won?t take my place. you will be dead.?

?Bring it on.? Valo drew his poles, and Ilthazar drew his swords again. They charged. After some weapon combat, Valo started with the illusions. Ilthazar would block Valo?s swing, only to have the weapon pass right through his and the real Valo strike from a different angle. But he couldn?t move too far away. Ilthazar seemed to have a general idea of Valo?s position. He was able to sense Valo, but not precisly. He still had to worry about everything coming from the general direction of Valo, because he nevre knew what was an illusion and what was real.

Eventually, powers became the focus of the battle, but the weapons were still there. Valo would present Ilthazar with several possible targets while he closed in. They?d go with weapons for a bit, then seperate and start blasting at each other. Valo would charge Ilthazar, only to proove to be an illusion, passing right through. Valo created several such illusions, then he would move in for real. His strategy was simple, yet effective: make Ilthazar unsure of what was real and what was illusion. There were energy balls, energy blasts, energy balls that fired energy blasts, energy shields, shockwaves, you name it, at least one of them did it.

Eventually, Valo made his final charge. His poles were held perfectly vertical. Ilthazar suspected an illusion, but didn?t take any chances. He was able to block both poles with one sword while he swung with the other. To his surprise, the poles were real. the ?Valo?, however, was not. The real Valo had, while keeping his poles in the same position as the illusion?s, dropped down and kicked Ilthazar in the sweet spot. Distracted by the pain, he wasn?t able to block Valo?s final blast, which literally blew Ilthazar?s head off.

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OOC: It's your RPG, amgoddess. The very end is your job.

[Redemption]

[COLOR=Purple]Brielle looked in horror as Ilthazar's head rolled over to her. The expression on it was complete shock. Brielle felt very sick at the sight of it. Valo walked over to her calmly, picked the head up and put it in a bag. He looked at Brielle. Her face was very green.
" Are you ok Princess?" Valo asked, his face firm.
" Yes. I think I am. So, its finally over. The war. Ilthazar is dead....and you are the new king of Zerveria," Brielle said standing up straight.
" Indeed I am."
Kai approached them. " Then, when we get back to my palace, you won't mind signing a peace treaty between our two kingdoms?"
" Not at all," Valo replied. Kai and Valo hopped onto their respective dragons and took off towards the capital.

Brielle looked over to Cyrus and Heero. Heero was just coming around. She rushed over to him.
" Heero....Heero....are you okay?" she asked timidly. Scythe joined Cyrus. Heero opened his eyes.
" What happened? Brielle?" Heero asked. Brielle just smiled.
" Its over......its over my love......."
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20 years later, the story of the second war between Celebrynn and Zerveria lives on, in books and songs. Kai became the king of Celebrynn after his coronation was performed. He and Isis watched over Celebrynn dutifully. Celebrynn was peaceful. Isis returned to the Hatchery every summer to lay the next breed of eggs. Soon, dragons were flying throughout the sky, some wild, some tame.

Valo became the king of Zerveria. He and Kai got on on good terms and there was never another war between the two kingdoms.

Vanilla and Caramel tantalised men further in the years of peace - like they had always done. Especially to the ex-commander, now general, of the army, Nauross.

Zeddrick disappeared and only contacted Brielle on his whereabouts.

And as for Brielle and Heero, they were partners for life.

THE END
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