Tower of God: Sequence Strength

Chapter 105: Eve of War



The drumming of shinsu turned into a rapidly forming effervescence, tossing and turning into orderly vibrations that tore through the eve of battle.

The Sun stood at the forefront, followed closely by the Snakes of Mercury. Primordial flames and miniature suns appeared in the area, illuminating the entire Floor in an ever present haze of light, like an eternal noon overtaking the world.

Extending his hand, the Sun started the assault.

A large ball of burning plasma started to form in his hand, growing larger and larger until it was the twice the size of his torso. And so, it fired.

Fiissssshhhh!

Whooooorrrr!

Eduan extended both his hands in alarm, blue lighting phasing in and out of form around the extreme heat exhibited by the attack.

And then, there was explosions.

BOOOM!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The warships exploded into a million pieces, falling like dominos caught in a shockwave. One explosion led to another, causing a chain reaction that quickly became uncontrollable!

"God says it's effective." The Sun smiled as he muttered some words in an unknown language. Hermes.

BOOOMMMM!!!

A dust cloud, one that looked eerily similar to a nova bloomed in the area, quickly covering even the avatars. The Justiciar simply extended his hand and the stellar dust arranged themselves again, forming into various burning balls of plasma.

The Snakes of Mercury rapidly dashed out into the air, rushing towards the dust! Zzzzzttt!

Shaaaaaa!

An eclipse of lighting and a long needle tore through the dust and stabilizing the chaos! "Damn you!!" Eduan yelled in rage, his eyes clouded over with electricity and energy! Both the family heads arrived out of the explosions with nothing more than singed clothes.

Ari Han threw back his arm, shinsu coalescing at his fingertips and rapidly transforming into a needle!

"Die." He muttered softly.

Shiiing!

"God says it's ineffective!" The Sun spoke, right before the attack hit. And right after, the Snake of Mercury hissed, inflicting both the attack and the attacker with Misfortune!

The attack missed with a hair's width, even though The Sun made no effort to dodge. A deafening blow followed, ringing in the background and triggering a deep sense of tinnitus in the ears of everyone present, one that disappeared soon after.

A deep gash extended behind them, one that moved on for dozens of kilometers!

Immediately after, Eduan smashed his hands together and fired a beam of lightning! Grrrrrrrr!

The entire sky lit up with blue neon lights as arcs of electricity began to rain down upon the ground like the wrath of God!

The ground charred and the heavens split! Molten magma began to flow from the cracks and the ground turned into liquid heat!

Yet, as always, The Sun and the Snakes of Mercury cast their respective spells!

"God says it's ineffective!"

Hiss!

Inexplicable, as Han was charging yet again another attack, one of the lightning bolts landed right atop his head, catching him off guard and stunning him!

"Lightning is prohibited here." A clear voice interrupted the fight before Han or Eduan had time to react.

And then, Eduan's eyes widened in disbelief.

The shinsu which had been teeming with arcs of plasma died down, forcibly suppressed by some strange power.

The Justiciar extended his hand again as if proclaiming a holy decree.

"Flight is prohibited here."

And everyone fell.

The snakes of Mercury, whose wings flapped to carry them towards the two assailants quickly lost their function as they cascaded down into the artificial ground they themselves had created; as did everyone else!

Eduan, although momentarily stunned stabilized himself in the air, cold air waffing off of him in waves!

Han who had been more startled than anythint by his friend's lightning also shook his head. Just then, they felt a sudden weakness wash over them, suppressing their shinsu while strengthening the shinsu of the opponent!

The Sun smiled softly as he too fell to the ground. The power of justice worked all too well. "Enough." Han interrupted, his tone cold and laced with a strange and sudden edge.

His blonde hair fluttered wildly in the wind and he held his hand out, summoning his armed inventory.

"Armed Inventory- Methalabarocdena!" He yelled. Something opened, crashing into the world like a rock into glass.

Yet, the White Tower wasn't having any of it.

His eyes flashed, as did Justiciar's.

And both of them simultaneously opened their mouths.

"Artificial weapons are prohibited here." Justiciar exclaimed, landing safely on the ground.

Instantly, Han's armed inventory got sealed, with whatever he was vying to take out remaining a mystery. His eyes widened, but something else quickly followed.

"Mysterious Needle- Methalabarocdena." The White Tower's words rang clear despite the chaos.

As his words landed, Justiciar again extended his hands, this time, carrying a smile on his face.

"Let's have an orderly battle."

The world around them fell like dominos. Squares in space began to overlap with another, as if falling into a void. The laws of the world didn't shatter.

They simply stopped.

Gravity seemed to be more like a suggestion now and as the world vanished into an ocean of ink, White Tower finished his sentence.

"Open."

And then silence.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Eduan swam out of the ink. But perhaps it would be more accurate to say he was thrown out.

He appeared in an expansive plane that looked more and more like a colloseum. All around the sides of the giant arena, which was anywhere between 2 to 2.5 kilometers in radius were hundreds upon hundreds of needles, red and black in colour.

They lined the outer edges, forming an impenetrable wall.

Up above, at the sky was a similar wall, but here, the needles pointed straight down to the ground, as if they would fall any moment to impale any poor soul trapped here.

"Methalabarocdena's realm?" Eduan raised an eyebrow, not feeling the slightest bit of concern. "No. It's different." His electric blue eyes calmly scanned the surroundings, taking in

the shinsu flow and the structure of the beams.

"The rules have been morphed. It's a spell that takes after the realm." He concluded.

"Correct!" A booming voice, teeming with optimism answered his words.

And with a bright flash out light, from the black ink appeared The Sun, blazing and

illuminant.

"And the way to get out?" Eduan smiled at him.

Before the Sun could speak, another ink spot opened in the air as a slithering body came out.

The Snake of Mercury hissed, it's silver eyes staring right into Eduan's soul, studying it to it's

roots.

The Sun smiled compassionately.

"Your analysis is correct. This is made through the White Tower's spell creation. It mimics the realm that the weapon would have opened, but more in balance towards us." He held out his

hands, a miniature sun in both.

"Both of you have been separated as to have a fair nettle between the parties. It's the order

that the Justiciar operates by. Isn't it fair?"

Eduan snorted with a short burst of laughter.

"Fair? How can facing against a family head be considered fair in any way against you?"

"Hmm. True." The Sun couldn't help but agree. As it stood, the power of each of his avatars was far below a family head's. But individual fighting was never the concern of a Lord of Mysteries beyonder is it?

Not to mention the hacks each different sequence provided them.

Eduan clenched his fist, short sparks blazing, slowly transforming into arcs of plasma.

"Anyways, care to tell me who you people actually are?"

The Sun gave a grin.

"God says it's effective." Instantly, the lightning shinsu that had begun to act up again died

down. The Justiciar's power had been amplified.

The Snake of Mercury hissed, further affecting Eduan with misfortune, lowering his chances

of overpowering the Justiciar's prohibition.

Eduan narrowed his eyes with unconcerned curiosity.

"Interesting." "Don't you already know who we are? Isn't that why you came to attack?"

"More or less. Yirang told us about the so called 'God' you people worship. Furthermore,

you're all based on the 22 cards of the Major Arcana." Eduan shrugged his shoulders and poked his ear with his pinky, appearing increasingly relaxed. "It's all very interesting. There's still mysteries of the tower that we aren't yet aware of. Not to mention the strange powers you all got. It almost feels like ours." He snickered.

The Sun walked around, choosing a random direction to wander.

"That's right. We worship the Dominator of the Spirit World, the Embodiment of the Sefirah

Castle." He spoke.

"Do tell me what you call him. Or is that long ass name the only way to refer to the guy."

Eduan joked.

The Sun laughed cheerfully.

Then, the laughter died out, leaving cold truth. "You're hardly qualified to hear his name."

"Heh. If I'm not qualified, ain't nobody in the tower is."

"Perhaps." The Sun spoke. His bright eyes, holding suns inside them stared at Eduan.

"War is on the horizon. You have chosen to attack first. And we will be the ones to finish

everything."

Having said that, The Sun turned to Eduan and blazed instantly. Flames danced around him in arcs, like stellar storms around the Sun.

The Snake of Mercury hissed again. The world around it seemed to distort, turning almost

wavy and fluid.

Eduan locked his fingers and popped them by inverting his hand. He snapped his head in both directions before his otherwise easy going tone disappeared.

"Before we start, there's another thing I need to know."

The Sun stayed silent, prompting him to continue.

Eduan's eyes narrowed, rage inside them.

"Does your organisation have a member that wears monocles and possesses other people?"

His words chilled the air. A cold wind blew through the arena, dimming out the flames a bit.

The Sun's grin widened, almost maliciously.

"That would be the Lovers. Sixth of the Major Arcaan. Or how we refer to him, The Error."

Eduan chuckled.

Nothing else needed to be said.

Everything around him began to freeze, and both the parties dashed at each other.

Ari Han appeared in a similar arena. Having more knowledge about his own weapon and

arena, he instantly knew of the differences in the realm.

"A fine creation." He admitted. "But it falls short. It isn't meant to hold the likes of us."

He turned around, meeting the eyes of the Justiciar.

"Perhaps." The Justiciar's reply was terse and to the point. Seemingly not wanting to waste

time talking.

A sentiment that Han himself was fine to share.

Behind Han, the White Tower quickly formed, his form illuminated by pages and words that disappeared into the ether.

"This is your plan? Separating us both?" Han asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Not a very good one."

"What does it matter?" The White Tower was the one to reply. Han turned around to listen.

"The end result would be our victory. Overwhelming power does not dictate the results of a fight."

"You're an idiot to say that."

"Hmm. Most people would consider me quite wise."

"People are also retarded." Without any more words, Ari Han mobilized the shinsu, forming a giant needle in his hands.

"Let's start, shall we?"

His glowing eyes glared at them like the eyes of a beast.

A/N: I was not, in fact, able to write a second chapter.

Anyways, enjoy this one.

Cheers~~