Casters point of view
The saints drop from the sky with the sounds of laughter and banter. What kind of crazy people would be so happy to fight a sovereign?! A young- their at most 23!
"Oh saint caster, saint kai and saint seishan! Im awa- saint, oh I'm a saint now!"
He smiles widely. He summons a oversized sword that he swings into the bodies of the king of nothing.
"You all can get onto the ship, we'll take over!"
I stare at the young man for a while. Kai steps forward
"thank you"
he grabs my hand and seishan hand, then he flies us up to the ship. I land on the deck, kai goes to get more saints. The ship is on the bigger size, nowhere close to nightgarden of course, but its still quite big. I turn my head to the sound of laughter. Theres a man in golden armor controlling the ship. Who is laughing while loudly ranting about the king of nothing having 'stolen' something from him. I grab onto the railing as he takes a strong right. I look at seishan whos just as baffled as me
"Well, i can't say I expected this. Although maybe I should've"
i look down at the floor as canals start glowing a pale blue. The end of them are siege engines that shoot into the mass of vessels. I follow the canals to the front of the ship, to ■■■■. They stand in a set of wooden memory armor that has countless runes carved into them. In their hand is a blue and black jewelry box thats beautiful enough that only morgan would ever have something like it. They lean back then they throw it, theres no boom of wind that would normally come with a sovereign throwing something. It flies through the air opening. At first its only a outline but with a gust of wind so strong it always throws me off my feet, it wouldn't if I wasn't so drained. The castle is beautiful, made of a mix of shining obsidian, cold gray stone, and a kind of dark wood. Theres dusting of snow all over it. It has the look of a classic gothic castle, theres even gargoyles, although their carved to be shadow spawn. The box turns into sparks as its desummoned.
"Hear me defenders! If you can go into the snow castle, I will fight the king of nothing!"
Countless voices answer them, shouts, screams, all of it.
I look down at the battle below. It's so clear the exact point that each of the new saints landed. Some are in their transcendent forms, some aren't. The standouts are the warmth holders and the leader of the midnight actors guild, or i think thats what it is. There's a blue blur, a whole dark area in complete silence, there's a massive beast holding weapons made of blood, countless bats are tearing apart the vessels of the king of nothing, there's the leader of the guild with a whip sword slashing countless creatures apart. It's almost never hit but when it is its body turns to ink that splatters into the symbol of a eye that fades into the dirt. When that happens everyone changes how they fight even if only slight. The whole thing is both gorgeous yet terrifying. Countless figures, so small from up here run towards, sometimes alone, sometimes with others, sometimes carrying the injured, the snow castle.
"Hey, you all, start loading the damn cannons!"
I look at the man controlling the ship, he didn't need to yell. Me and every other saint taken up here by kai start grabbing bolts for a the cannons. Compared to fighting this is easy. Theres a ripple in the air, Asterion has arrived as well.
Heat seeker jumps off of the ship. It flies higher up into the air
"things are going to get rocky!"
I lean on the rails by Morgan
"didn't think this would happen?"
I shake my head
"this domain war was obvious"
she huffs
"no no. Heat seeker being a sovereign, even more so that their the one saving us"
i look away from her face
"they don't like you I'd say"
she sighs clearly annoyed
"of course not"
I chuckle
"thats easy to tell. If they like you enough, then its more then clear that they'd become a sovereign. And, their far, far too focused on saving everyone. I remember they used to rush into fights to help someone else. Once they broke their legs back on the forgotten shores."
I look over the ledge. Theres two Asterions, one of them is a mirror beast, heat seeker is there as well. The three disappear, they reappear in a massive clash. I grab the railings as the wind draft pushes me into the air.
"Their still quite spiteful."
I look at Morgan who hasn't moved even from the blowback from the fight.
"Oh i have to agree. They don't know how to let go of grudges. Still only changing star was more likely in my mind to become a sovereign"
the ship flies to the snow castle, the drafts stop once we get to a point close by it.
"Power wise or personality wise?"
Countess swords made of ice appear in the air then crash down with a boom.
"Both. They fuel each other. They get more power to save others, they save others to get more power"
strings made of ice burst out throwing around the mirror beast setting up for even more attacks from Asterion. Cold wind freezes the landscape, freezing the whole waterfall. I take a seat
"god damn it. Your brother is way too strong"
she scoffs, its almost a groan of annoyance
"I wouldn't call him a brother"
she sits next to me, just as tired as I am.
Soon the fight ends in the mirror beast escaping. Two more citadels appear, a military outpost and a mansion. I walk slowly almost dragging myself to the man in the gold armor. His armor is heavily shined, a red cape and black under armor. Hes leaning on the ship that had docked.
"Hm? Saint caster."
I nod to the ship
"so your the one flying it"
he knocks on it
"this baby? Yeah I sure am. Takes a lot of essence and my aspect works best for it"
I nod slowly
"so you are?"
"Saint dread. Second in command within the midnight actors guild."
I stand up straighter, second in command. This is clearly someone important
"hey don't get all formal with me now"
I clench my hands. How should I say it without coming off wrong?
"Is... there any way I can get in contact with heat seeker? I would like to join their domain"
he looks me up and down from under his helmet
"you'll get in contact when the time is right"
he waves his hand
"their going to be throwing some parties. To cheer everyone up and all that."
He stands up straight, his tone is still pretty light.
"Each citadel will have its own party. You legacies will like the one in the snow castle. It's going to be some overly fancy ball. I'll be having quite the party over at the military camp, some hard alcohol and all, hand made too. The mansion one will be more like a gala I'm pretty sure. Fancy but not royalty level fancy."
He knocks on the ship he's leaning on
"this one won't have one."
I look up at the ship.
"Hey so, i didn't see their echos"
he takes a heavy sigh
"over at the Chained Isles holding off the king of nothing. By the way, healer is over at the doors of the mansion. You should go get some"
ow, but fair.
"I understand thank you"
he waves me off
"yeah yeah. Go already"
I leave going to the mansion. I see a few saints here and there, not any of the new ones over here.
"Dont you god damn dare!"
I flinch as I recognize that voice. Its Avery, heat seekers healer. I can't help but remember them yelling at me back on the forgotten shores, or in the waking world, or in the dream realm, or well any tike they met me. I walk up trying not to be sheepish, i am a legacy i can't be sheepish.
"Hello saint Avery I wo-"
she slams her hand on the desk almost breaking it
"its saint guide of the dead"
"oh i am sorry saint guide of the dead. I would like some healing"
she points at a chair next to her
"sit down you wet rag"
she really has never liked me. Doubt she ever will. I sit down and she starts healing me, its not the most pleasant experience, but its still reliable.
"Damn you got beat the hell up. Try dodging with all that speed you've got"
I sigh
"yes I do dodge."
She pokes a wound, I jump at it. The area burns in pain
"don't do that."
She scoffs sticking a finger in my face
"oh spare me from all of that"
I take a deep breath, like everything else this will pass