I'M NOT DEAD!

The Demon World; A place of horror and battle where many demons and monster originate. They are as old as the Heavens themselves where the King of Demons rules the land with power beyond imagination. There were few who could match his power and those were the Fallen Angel, Delmore, one who threw his pure white wings for a life of liberation and a twisted sense of freedom. Even though he was powerful, the Fallen Angel wanted to gain power from the middle of the land like a tree sprouting to both ends where he would have control of both Heaven and Hell under his bidding.

Heaven was the beautiful land in the sky where the residential angels lived. The Angels born into this world were both messangers and protectors of humans. Those who fell in love with humans gave birth to heroes of the land that died with valor. It was said the mother of the nephilem child would carry them to the life beyond and spend an eternity being with their child.

The Valentine Family; A family said to have decended from a noble lineage that would take swords in battle. Stories of the Valentine Family date back to the first Queen of Gainos, Elizabeth Acerogalon, who was said to be the Sword Sister to Felicia Valentine. The nobility of the family went from fighting wars to an underground mercenary group where they hunted down demons that would attack the Continent.

"So, this is the Swamp Lands?" A mature Felicia Valentine took off her hood as she gazed at the pure decay of the land. Soon after a horde of undead soldiers were summoned from the ground as they quickly outnumbered her. "Pardon my intrusions." From under her cloak she held a long sword of unbreakable silver, sharpened like the blades of Hinomoto but it was as light as a knife. The blade that was held by the Queen herself, gave this mighty sword to the Valentine as a gift of friendship and trust.

"Welcome my Dear." Out of the portal of Darkness appeared a well endowed woman wearing revealing robes that left little to the imagination. "Do you wish to join me?"

"Neigh," She pointed the blade at the busty demonic woman. "I've come to kill you." If you were to witness such a battle, you would claim a miracle that you even lived for a second just from a peek. The battle lasted for seemed like a millenium for the two fighting as only one could come out on top. "Damn it...!" The head of the Valentine family was weak, her body failing and her eyes becoming heavy. "I need to end this now...!"

"Finished already? And we were just finished with the foreplay too~" She licked her lips wanting the blood of this girl on her hands. "I shall keep you as a pet. Doesn't that sound delightful?"

"I'd rather die." In a single thrust she stabbed her blade in the ground where a sealing circle surrounded the two. She began praying as pillars of bright flames surrounded them both that it made the demonic woman panic.

"No you don't!"

The demonic woman smiled wickedly seeing her hand stabbed deep into Felicia's heart only to see her laugh. "Just what I was waiting for." Soon the flames began swirling closer to the two as Felicia's blood dripped onto the sword as the circle was finally caged in. "There's no escape."

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

"Your body will burn... And with it you will never be able to use your magic ever again..."

"NOOOOOO!"

In her final moments, Felicia Valentine only thought about her husband and their child that still rested back home. Days later, the Sword was recovered but without a body with the tale of Felicia Valentine's sacrifice going down in the history of Gainos. Soon, the Sword of Queen Elizabeth Acerogalon was broken into pieces and created into 7 different blades scattered throughout the world and the Queen's Blade had begun.

CHAPTER 44: THIS PARTY IS OVER ~THE FINAL BATTLE~ JACKPOT

"WERBELLIAAAA!" The Swamp Witch's voice was loud like a banshee and spine chilling like a ghost on winter's night. Everyone looked at the monster as fear corsed throughout their veins, their bodies shaking as if they saw something that should never be seen by mortal eyes. With such speed she unleashed the sharperened tails like they were whips at the Demon Princess and her children only to be deflected by the King himself as he could only smirk.

"You okay?!" He asked as he sliced the incoming attack. "Dang, I've heard of Extreme Makeover... But I think this is getting a little out of hand." He joked while resting his sword on his shoulder.

"VALENTIIIIINE!" The Swamp Witch growled in pure anger as she raised her sharp claws straight at the Nephilem who prepared for the attack as he blocked it with his sword. The impact caused the ground to crack with a gust of wind that felt like a storm. "I SHALL... END YOUR BLOODLINE! VALENTINE!"

"If I had a gold coin for everytime I heard that." He quipped as he began shooting at the Swamp Witch while dodging the incoming sharp whip-like tendrils with the Hell Knight of Ice coming straight at them. Cocytus slashed at the King only for the blade of ice to be sliced with a high jump away from her attack while a rain storm of lead started firing at her.

"ENOUGH!" Werbellia voice was mighty and furious at the scene in front of her as she used as much power as she could summon to halt the Knight in place. Slowly she bended to one knee as if chains were bringing down to the ground only for those chains to be shattered as Werbellia's power vanished. "What is-What happened?!"

"Oh my dear Princess Werbellia..." Cocytus laughed in her deperate state as if she was looking down at the Royal blood of the Demon World. "YOU don't control us... SHE does." The pointed her blade at the Swamp Witch who held a menacing grin on her face as the ice reformed to the sword. In the reflection was a face of fear, one she thought she would never see own. "I think it's time to say good night!"

With both hands on the grip she planted the blade deep into the Earth as the area surrounding them had sharp pillars of ice being summoned forth almost killing her.

"LOOK OUT!" Annelotte shouted as she tackled her mother away from the attack then slashing the pillar into chunks of ice. "Mother, are you alright?!"

"My magic... How could this..."

"You're not in full control of yourself yet." Aldra told her mother as she offered her hand. "Whatever that disgusting monster did, it must've taken a lot out of you."

"Well then, that just means we gotta kill it." Eli readied his sword only for Aldra to halt him. "What's wrong?"

"Look ahead." Cocytus had a evil aura surrounding her body like it took the shape of a wicked smile then bursted into purple and black flames... Curse magic! "She's getting stronger by the minute."

"Then leave her to me." Juan told them. "You guys get outta here, this is my fight now."

"No! I won't leave you alone again!" Annelotte protested at the King. "This started when she attacked us, this started when she seperated us, and it will end with all of us united!"

"I know." He told her. "But this bitch has some beef with my family too. So it's my job to take her down and end this bullshit." He looked at the family of Royal Blood Demons with a serious look in his eyes. "She did the same to me... She attacked and hurt us... So now it's time for payback and this time I'm not pulling any punches."

"I won't let you fight alone." Annelotte grabbed his shoulders and spun him around. "I don't want to lose you again! Not again..."

"You won't." He smiled at her.

"How can I trust you?" She asked before he pulled off his locket, something he always held precious to him. He handed it to her as she looked at him confused as he smirked.

"That's all the trust you need." Before anything else he walked off to fight against Cocytus and the Swamp Witch alone, something that Annelotte couldn't help but shake at the fear inside her heart.

"Annelotte, we need to go!" Aldra shouted at her sister who hesitated then ran off as they all went back to the fortress to rest for a while. Sooner than they thought, all the demons that bowed stood up once more before them and were on the verge to attack. As Eli was ready to fight them off, spirits created a barrier that then spilt the demons to opposite sides to create a path.

"Quickly!" They saw Airi controlling the spirits from behind them. "We must go!"

"Right!" Annelotte nodded before they left to the fortress as the spirits disappeared. The King looked behind one last time as he couldn't help but laugh at the situation in front of him.

"Now then, where were we?" Juan asked the Hell Knight and Swamp Witch who couldn't help but snicker at him. As she charged in straight at Juan who prepared for the attack, it was intercepted by Branwen who perfectly parried the blade as she pushed the Hell Knight away from the King.

"You can't hog all the fun for yourself!" She claimed while kicking the Hell Knight in the jaw that it caused her to stagger. "I'll keep her busy." He only nodded at the Dragon Decendent who readied herself. "This is gonna be fun!" She held a wide grin on her face as Cocytus growled in annoyance at the Warrior in front of her before stomping a foot on the ground for the earth to cover in ice as trees that were crystal-like form around her.

"So you wish to play?! THEN LET'S PLAY!" With full force she swung at Branwen with all of her might that it caused a ball of snow to surround her. It shocked her to see her standing in a crator as she blocked the sword without a scratch with her shield. "So this is the strength of a Dragon Decendent? Interesting..."

"There's a lot more I can show you." She playfully teased before saying a prayer with her sword. "Shall we get started?"

Everyone else however wasn't having that much of a good time compared to the King or Branwen. The Ferryman toyed with the Beautiful Fighters like how the Gravedigger was doing with the others, as it gained a good hit on Tomoe while smacking Alleyne with it's spear. Vanishing into water once more to dodge a hit from Nowa as it sneaked behind her to stab her straight through the back of her neck!

"NOWA!" Alleyne stared in horror at spear about to kill her precious student as it then blocked successfully by Melona who used her own body to stop it then harden around where it pierced her. She smirked at the Hellknight while gripping the spear with her own hands for reinforcement so that it wouldn't leave her sight.

"Shizuka!" No sooner the white haired Master Kunoichi landed the first ever deep cut on it's chest that they even heard a faint scream. The Ferryman quickly vanished into water then reappeared away from them while clutching onto the wound like It's life depended on it. "What are you gonna do now, stick boy?" She teased before seeing it raise It's arms as the Water of the Underworld started to form around It. "I don't think so! Alleyne, so the spear!" The Elf quickly grabbed the Hellish weapon while feeling an evil but mighty power flow through its metal.

"I-Incredible..." Her voice was in both amazment and terror before focusing on the flood that was fast approaching them. It felt like her own as she twirled the spear amongst her fingers causing the flood to come to a halt. She danced elegantly with the staff as she surrounded her and everyone in a shield of water the swirled around them before launcing a tidal wave back at the Ferryman who pushed back the tidal wave with Its hands that it gave them an opening that they were looking for!

"Shizuka, follow me!"

"I'm way ahead of you!" Both the Slime and Kunoichi traveled through the water that gave them a burst of speed before shooting out the other end to see the Ferryman taken by surprise! Shizuka slashed Its head off clean while Melona sliced where it's heart was that it fell to the ground as the water calmed itself and disburst quietly. The head of the Ferryman landed in a puddle of the water as hands grabbed it and began tearing the hood off to reveal the face...

It was a man, old with a face that had been covered in dirt with a bread that seemed to have never been cleaned. His eyes were like that of a put out furnace where only a tiny flame resided in his eye sockets... "Well done..." His face began to decompose into bone that shattered to reveal a gold coin that crumbled to dust.

"That's one down..." Shizuka counted as her eyes witnessed everyone fighting against the other Hell Knights together. "And four left."

"Alleyne, you and Nowa must give aid to Nyx." Tomoe told her Elven sister-wife. "Melona, can you aid the others with the Centaur?"

"Leave it to me. I know just what to do!" The slime ran back before shapeshifting her body for a pair of make shift wings that helped her fly.

"Shizuka, we shall give support to Annelotte and her family." She told the Kunoichi as the two ran fast like the wind carried them to help the Princess Knight. In front of them were a group of demons that blocked their path...

"No other choice but straight through!" Shizuka turned her fingers into sharp razor-like claws as she slashed straight through that it cleared a path for Tomoe. Drawing both of her katana's out while channeling her strength into them before slicing every demon in front of her. "I see them!" Shizuka called out as the family of half-demons were running away from the approaching mob of demons where Aldra and Airi were keeping them away at best. "Over here!"

Shizuka waved at the group who were happy to see some friendly faces for a change. "Aldra, are you alright?" Tomoe asked her friend who nodded, yet her eyes darted in worry over her mother who was now out cold. Eli was now carrying his mother over his back, as she felt quite at peace with this sensation of warmth. "This is your mother?"

"Lady Werbellia is a powerful demon of royal blood." Airi told the Warrior Priestess. "Seeing her like this would make all of demonkind worry, while some view it as a chance to be the next to rule the Demon World."

"We must get her to safety." Annelotte told them as they all made a sprint to the Fortress which was now in their sites. They continued running all the while watching everyone else fight off the Hell Knights where pillars of flame rose from the ground. The Gravedigger attacked the group in with stones that were scorched from fire where one hit heated the steel on Ymir's axe. Pushing her cousin aside from an incoming second stone that aimed at her head then sent back with a mighty swing from her mighty hammers.

On point the stone hit the Hellknight right in the cent of the mask it wore and dropped down onto the ground. "Got em!" Eilin cheered

"Quick, let's finish it off!" The dwarves ran with their weapons raised and ready to end the fight only to be blown back by a pulse of fire that sent them flying back to their group.

"H-Hey, are you two alright?!" Naomi asked seeing that their clothes were nearly charred and their weapons almost looked like they were at the point of melting. Their eyes could not help but stare at the Gravedigger who slowly stood up as the masked began to shatter piece by piece as Its face was sight of horror. It almost looked like charred flesh and bone with a wicked grin crossing from ear to ear.

"Oh no..." Nyx came to a bone chilling conclusion that she didn't like in the least. "I think... It was only toying with us..." Everyone gulped at the realization only for it be true as it summoned flames all around It before sending it off straight at them where the ground broke apart and erupted! "EVERYONE BEHIND ME!" Using her strongest spell she created a barrier of fire that almost pushed them back. Once the fire died down, their eyes witnessed a firey trench down below as the earth was still smoldering the flames that rose. "Incredible."

"Now's NOT the time to be impressed!" Elina shouted at the Pyromancer housewife. "Think of a plan before that bastard fries us up!"

"The only thing I can do it quite possibly buy us some time for an escape..."

"You gotta be kidding?!"

"She's not wrong." Ymir told the Captain of the Assassins. "This guy can melt all of our weapons like nothing..."

"I hate to run, but..." Naomi clenched her teeth as everyone started to sprint away from the Hell Knight.

"Let's get outta here!" Eilin shouted as Nyx created a shield to protect them from any attacks but would fail soon after with a massive explosion breaking it apart. Caught in blast the group landed face first in the dirt while the demon walked to them as pillars of hell fire rose with every step he took like it was Its own red carpet. Soon a tidal way of flames appeared under the Grave Digger as it rode the wave under Its feet and ready to cleave their burning bodies with the shovel.

"Nyx!" The Phoenix Queen turned head to the familiar voice of Nowa where a massive current of water shot above them and put out the hellfire and blasted the Grave Digger back with massive force. To their rescue came the Elves who came to their rescus as Alleyne gracefully spun the staff once more causing a high tide of water to approach the demon who jumped over the wave with a blast of fire. Quickly diving down into the ground once more with the earth shaking furiously as smoke started to rise from all the holes around them.

"Here he comes!" Naomi warned as Allenye quickly started creating a whirlpool of water surrounding the group as she manipulated the murky water of the 5th Circle into one of the pits of fire where steam began to rise instead of smoke causing the Beautiful Fighters to sweat profusely. Soon geisures of water shot out of the pits with the Hell Knight fighting back the water with Its flames to no aveil. "I GOT EM!" Sprinting quickly at the Knight made her smirk as she gave the hardest punch she can deliver to the Gravedigger causing to skid across the ground.

"Let's kill em dead!" Ymir shouted as they all grouped up and sprinted at the demon who paniced at Its demise. It tried to grab it's spade only for Its arm to be sliced off by the Princess of Steel Mountain! "I don't think so!"

"Leave this to me!" Shouted the Princess of Gem Mountain swinging her mighty warhammers into the demon's chest. With great force she sent the demon straight into the sky for Elina to wrap the whip blade end of her weapon around the Gravedigger as the blade piereced Its charred flesh.

"Alleyne, do it!" Nyx ordered the elf who summoned the Water from the River Styx once more as she aimed the Spear of the Ferryman at the Demon's heart. The spear flew across the sky as the water danced around the spear to form a spike that pierced the demon straight into the ground. When the murky water cleared up, the demon laid defeated on the ground as water escaped Its burned wicked maw like a horror fountain.

"Is it dead?" Eilin asked kicking the leg lightly only for the demon to jump at them that scared them, only for the demon to be silence permenately as with it's head cleaved in two by a blade of fire from Nyx's staff. The body of the demon began to turn to ashen embers that blew through the wind, leaving only a charred black skeleton on the ground. Alleyne took hold of the demonic weapon thinking that Juan could quite possibly use this in the future, but for now it shall remain with her.

"How many does that make now?" Elina asked fanning herself from the heat, seeing the other Knights fighting the Rebellion. The ones they had left now were the Centaur, The Flying monster and the Knight that controlled ice.

"Let's rendezvous with Leina and Claudette. They could probably use the help..." Alleyne gave the idea with everyone agreeing to it. Quickly the went to the location of the large Centaur seeing the battle from afar and it didn't look too good.

For Leina's group, they were quite winded... "You know... I think I can safely say... She is tough." Risty said in between breaths as she was physically exhausted. The Centaur that stood above them who held onto a grin as the cuts and wounds did nothing but heal after they attacked her. "Anyone got any ideas?"

"I'm thinking." Echinda told her who was on her knees now with Irma completely exhausted from the fight. "Irma, can you still keep going?" Struggling to get up was easiest part, but trying to stand was the most impossible thing for her right now. The Assassin fell hard on the ground in pain like something was clutching onto her muscles. "Damn!"

"M-My body won't move..." Mirim passed out with the vibration stones shutting down. It has taken it's toll on the poor girl

Melpha and Sigui were channeling the last of their Holy Magic into their poses only to fall short. "I-I'm sorry..." Melpha told them as she felt like she was gonna black out. "I must rest..."

"Rest up for now you two!" Leina told her sister-wife as she and Claudette kept standing. Their armor cracked as a slip of their breasts showed for those to see, Leina's mask completely destroyed as she took it off with Claudette's crown shattered and her hair a mess. "Claudette, try attacking her from under."

"While I attack her from the bottom, aim for her head."

"We'll support you!" Izumi said as she and the Behemoth were at her side.

"I'll do what I can to open up her shields." Menace wiping off some blood from her lip as the Holy Magic surrounded her body once more. "But I'm afraid I can only do it for a short time right now."

"I'll try and give you support from here." Luna Luna told them as she began dancing slowly once more. The power of the Sunlight Dancer began enchanting the Beautiful Fighters with power from the Sun that it they could feel it in their blood.

"Ready?!"

"Ready!" The Vance Sisters gripped their swords tightly as a power aura surrounded the two once more with a thunderstorm approaching. Menace and Izumi nodded to each other before charging in straight at the Centaur once more where the Samurai's katana shined beautifully. The Hawk created by Menace appeared behind her once more as she quickly leaped high into the air where the Centaur raised her shields.

"Oh no you don't!" With a strong kick she was able to stagger off her feet as Izumi slashed at her heels. With the opening she sought, Menace commanded the Hawk to open the shields with all of her strength. "LEINA! CLAUDETTE! NOW!"

"YOU PESTS!" The Centaur raised her swords where the Hell Knight swiped at the Samurai only for the Behemoth to protect her. A deep cut appeared on the beast's body where it tumbled to the ground and lay weakly.

"Dio?" Izumi was in a daze as she suddenly awoke herself seeing the Behemoth hurt. "Dio?! Dio?! Come on, you can get up from this!" The Beast did nothing but growl weakly with his breath becoming ragged, it's vision fading away. "No no no no...! Please no!"

"I'LL KILL YOU NEXT!" The Centaur grabbed the Amara Queen as she raised her blade against the Samurai who was in total fear. "ONCE I'M DONE, ALL OF YOU WILL SUFFOCATE IN THE BOILING BLOOD! YOU WILL NEVER REACH THE SURFACE FOR ALL ETERNITY!"

"Not if I can help it!" A familiar voice that belonged to their favorite Slime came from the Hell Knight which was supposed to be dead! The Hell Knight of the Fourth Circle swung the hammer at the blade it snapped in half where a large stone fist connected to the Centaur's face.

"WH-WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!" The Centaur's fury was set ablaze as she saw a pair of large pink bunny ears appearing from the top of the Knight's head.

"Melona!" Menace was happy to see her again, especially with how strong this demon was. Another fist then connected to the Centaur's face before being headbutted that it damaged her nose! Melona quickly grabbed the Hell Knight and placed her in a headlock to keep her from moving but it she was more slippery than the slime!

"Leina, Claudette! Finish it!" The Vance Sisters began charging at the Centaur with great speed that was almost inhuman like. The Energy surrounding them boomed and the sounds of a mighty yet ferocious roar could be heard in the thunder. The Energy around the sisters took the shape of an ancient powerful Dragon as it bared its fangs at the Centaur!

"THUNDER GOD..." The slashed up the Centaur's body as she screamed in constant agony from the how powerful their attack was! Soon they rose up high in the air where she couldn't help but glare at the sisters coming down! "DRAGON STRIKE!" In the Hell Knight's last moments, she could only see the Dragon about to kill her before her vision turned black...

"Impossible..." The Hell Knight's body drooped to the floor, her mind vacant of anger and pride. The only thing she felt at the end of her life was nothing more than regret... "How can this be... Cocytus." Melona let go of the Centaur's body to let it fall hard on the floor before Melona got on her knees where the pink slime started to seeped out of the cut.

"Never... Doing that again..." Melona stated as was now super tiny.

"Melona?!" Menace ran to the slime as she scooped her up gently into her arms. "What happened?"

"I must've used... Too much energy..." She told her. "How's Izumi?"

"Izumi!" Leina ran up to the Samurai who was still holding onto the Behemoth. "Izumi, we need to get out of here!" She didn't react at all to Leina's words, instead she took a shattered piece of the Behemoth's fang into her hand.

"They'll pay for this..."

"Izumi?" The girl reckless started running straight at a crowd of demons only to be stopped Leina. "Calm down!"

"Let me go! I'll kill them! I'll kill them all!" Izumi shouted wanting to do nothing more than to cut down every last monster in her sight.

"Izumi!" The Wandering Warrior forced the Samurai to look at her as she slapped her hard enough to leave a mark on Izumi's cheek. Leina grabbed the Samurai's shoulder with a tight grip to get her to look straight at the Wandering Warrior. "I know what you're feeling right now but you must understand this, if you die now then his death will be for nothing."

"Leina," Echidna gotten the attention all the while carrying Irma who was only semi conscious. "It's best if we head back to the fortress and rest for a bit."

"What about... Juan and the others?" Tarnyang asked the Wild Elf.

"Have faith." Melpha told the Shai-fang girl with a confident smile. "Everyone now is fighting with everything they got. We must believe in them." Menace nodded to that as she placed the passed out Mirim onto her back with Melona riding on top of her head.

"She's right. Now, let's hurry and draw back before more come!" Claudette commanded as they began to hustle back to the Fortress only for a group of Demons to appear right in front of them. "Damn...!"

"BLAZING FEATHERS!" Right on time came a barrage of fire rain down on the horde, with the rest of the group right in front of them. "Everyone!"

"Nyx! Naomi! Alleyne too!" Leina smiled happy to know her sister wives were safe, only for her to be tackled to the ground by her baby sister. "Elina?"

"LEINA!" The Captain began to nestle straight into her breasts causing the Wandering Warrior to struggle and kick her legs. "HOW I'VE MISSED YOU! I'M SO HAPPY YOUR SAFE!"

"Elina, enough." Sighed a tired Claudette who couldn't help but smile at the mischief her baby sister can cause.

"Claudette! It's a good thing the both of you are okay!"

"Elina... Can you please get off me?" The middle Vance sister asked only for the youngest to whine and reluctantly did so. "Now then, it's great that we're all together now."

"Indeed, I feel like a massive weight has been taken off my shoulders." Alleyne nodded. "We should head back to the Fortress, Juan and the others can handle the rest."

"I hate to do it but we would just be getting in the way if we tried to help him in our current condition." Naomi punched her hand in frustration.

"Don't worry." The tiny Melona stated as she gained their attention. "If there's one thing that husband of ours can do, it's finish a fight."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Claudette looked down. "As long as he doesn't use the Soul Relinquish, he should be fine."

"He'll do it." Nyx smiled looking at where the her husband was fighting, seeing pillars of ice in the far distant. "I believe in him." The Beautiful Fighters kicked up their legs and began to rush straight back to the Fortress to rest only for a massive ball of fire to crash right in front of them. Their eyes darted towards the sky to see the battle in sky taking place, as the Demon in the Sky and Its horde fought the Dragons in a firey blaze. Leading the dragons was Yuit and Vante who had her hands turn into powerful saw like blades that cut the demons in two.

"I need 15 of you to ambush them from the right, the rest of you we're going all in!" Yuit commanded seeing the dragons with their riders following their orders. In front of her was horde of those flying bastards coming in straight at her with the Geryon following close behind. Nearing each other so close the dragons began breathing out their inferno that caused the demons to fry while some escape and slashed the heavy scales as if they were butter. Some of them went down screathing in pain as other went down with a fight, as a Rider being impaled by a demon's claws took ones head and slain down three more with a bronze sword. "Oh my God..." Yuit covered her mouth seeing the death of an ally as she looked a head trying to control the uneasy feeling in her stomach.

"YUIT! LOOK OUT!" Liliana shouted at the Little Elf with the Geryon flying straight through the sky like a bullet and straight at the duo!

"Vante!" The Automaton transformed her fist into what seemed like gattling guns and began to gain some distance from the flying Hell Knight who only smirked under the helmet. "Take this!" At rapid fire bullets fired only for them to do nothing but scratch Its skin as small ounces of blood flew out. As soon as Vante ran out of bullets, the demon extended Its claws and talons at the Automaton to slash. With quick movement she was able to dodge by a hair as the talons only slashed the torso area of her dress to reveal Vante's breasts for all to see. "You want to play chicken?! Fine!" With a swipe on the controlling tablet, Vante's right hand quickly turned into that of an energy chainsaw-like weapon ready to rip apart the demon. "I didn't want to use this cause it takes up too much energy... But I guess I got no choice!"

The Automaton charged straight forward at the demon only to miss her strike at the last possible second! The Geryon wrapped Its tail around Vante in a tight squeeze to the point her body began to break into pieces! "Oh no!" The Pirate Captain quickly had her men ready a cannon as the ball launched clear across the sky and straight at the Geryon's head that it released the automaton from Its grasp. On reflex she clutched onto the demons neck as she began to saw off it's left wing that it kicked off the automaton and cleaved her in two!

"VANTE!" She had shut off with her eyes closing moments afters her disembowlment. "WAKE UP! YOU NEED TO WAKE UP!" The little elf cried as she hugged the robotic maid tightly. "V-Vante... I'm sorry..."

"Lady Yuit!" Quickly a Dragon Rider was able to save the two before ever hitting the ground. The rider brought the two back to the ship where the crew took the two off the back and into the cabin nearby.

"Its trying to retreat, Captain!"

"Not on my watch...!" Taking a hold of her rapier, Liliana began to gather the power around her to unleash her wraith. The souls of the damned began to swirl by her feet as they surrounded her sword to create a vortex of power. "SKULL FLASH!" A spiral of skull was shot through the sky and straight through the Geryon's chest and out of Its back with a screach of pain being heard through the battlefield. The echo the of Its screams went down with it as the demon plummeted straight to the ground with a cloud of dust covering the corpse.

"Captain, we found some rope for us to use! We can have the dragons help get back to the fortress!"

"Fine job men! Let's retreat for now and replenish our strength!" A pair of dragons took a hold of the rope and began dragging the ship back. The Captain turned her head to see Branwen fighting against the last Hell Knight while Juan was fighting against the Swamp Witch completely on his own. "Good luck..." She smiled hoping to see him come back safe and sound. The stage of frozen land soon started to melt as the flames of battle rose tremendously against the Ninth and final Hell Knight. Branwen slashed away the walls of ice like their were weeds in a garden to get in close at Cocytus. The Ice user transformed her blade into a massive warhammer to smash the Dragon Warrior into a mere stain on the ground, only to see that she blocked that attack with impressive strength that made the Hell Knight smirk in excitement.

"How exquisite!" Her mouth was wide like an arch, grinning madly at how strong Branwen was. "I knew the Nephilem was strong but a warrior such as you has quite possibly earned my highest respect."

"Have you fought other Dragon Warriors?"

"Only weak ones... Ones who craved for blood or those who betrayed their kin strength."

"Then you've never faced a True Dragon Warrior!" Branwen smiled as they readied themselves once more as the aura surrounding them took form. "We thrive on the battlefield, a place we were bred and born, a place we call the comforts of home."

"To take the life of a noble soul as yours will be nothing but honorable for me! Your blood will paint the beauty of my ice!"

"Your ice will be melted by my fire!" Taking a deep breath, Branwen's pupils became slits as the roar of a dragon erupted from her as did the fire of her own Will! The Dragon Warrior charged straight at the Hell Knight who blocked the attack with her own blade causing chips of ice to scatter! Pushing the demon back, Branwen saw her chance only for it to be blocked the frozen tundra underneathe rising to the sky above. Confused, she looked towards the earth only to see the Hell Knight creating a pathway up to the landscape where she slammed her blade against her opponent. The clash was strong it broke apart the piece of frozen earth and sent the two plummeting to the ground blow!

As they were falling straight down, Cocytus came close to Branwen with a spear of ice ready to stab the Warrior only to be blocked then grabbed! The Dragon Warrior quickly reached out to the Demon and turned her body around to brace for impact as she also stabbed the Hell Knight multiple times with her own spear for good measure! As they impacted the ground, a cloud of dust and debris over shadowed the two until the body of Branwen was sent flying out as she skidded across the ground then quickly recovered by stabbing her blade into the dirt. Cocytus stood out of the dust cloud with a wicked smile across her mouth and the stab wounds freezing to stop the bleeding.

The Demon began to slid across the frozen ground with a large sword in hand and slammed it hard enough to shatter it against Branwen's shield. It didn't stop her momentum at all as created a ice pillar to turn herself around as she slammed her a blade of ice once more against the Dragon's shield. She kept doing it so many times that that were a total of five pillars now, one in each different direction. "Pentagram of the Frozen Damned!" Like a maestro with it's baton she summoned the souls of the Ninth Circle directly underneathe Branwen as she began to raise her straight to the top.

"L-Let me go!" She struggled against the damned souls until they turned into solid ice, a crystal scuplture now in the middle of the pentagram and soon the Knight witnessed her creation. The Hell Knight smiled at her target while creating a frozen lance ready to hit the bullseye. With great force the lance began to soar through with an evil aura surrounding it, knowing for sure it will kill here in one blow! This power and skill, was like anything she had ever imagined... And she was getting more and more excited about it! One more time she broke free from the sculptures grasps as she quickly began to soar down below at the demon in front of her. Missing the lance by a hair, Branwen's eyes began to glow as the flames of her will began to take form. "Judgement of the Dragon King!"

Wings of a pure white fire burned brightly which soon engulfed her body as it manifested into a great dragon with a mighty roar! Cocytus could only grin at this amazing feat of strength... "Yes... This is it..." She spoke before summoning forth the souls of the damn once more beneathe her as she created a blade once more but this time empowered by the ninth circle's true power. "THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!" She prepared herself for the attack as pillars of ice appeared along with what seemed to be frozen arms reaching from below. As every second passed, it felt like timed slowed down until a humongous cloud of debris swallowed the two with fragments of magic being released. When it died down, Cocytus and Branwen had their backs turned against each other. "This everything I've wanted..."

"This was the most excitement I've ever had in my entire life." Branwen smiled as she looked at her blade. "You truly were amazing... Knight of the Ninth Circle..."

"I should be the one thanking you." She began to laugh softly as her body began to slowly encased like a frozen statue. "The King... He held back, did he not?"

"Quite possibly." She answered her question. "He most likely knew you wanted the fight of your life."

"That bastard..." The Hell Knight dropped her blade onto the ground as it shattered into tiny fragments. "I'll be waiting for my rematch with him... But until then, you've satisfied my need for battle. Branwen... Carrier of the Dragon's Blood... I thank you." Her body was completely frozen solid as it started to crack. The sculpture soon shattered into million fragments of ice until it was truly gone. Branwen could not help but gaze at the destroyed remains of the castle where purple lightning surged forth along with a power wave of darkness and curse magic.

"Juan... It's up to you now." Usher soon landed right by It's master while beckoning her to climb aboard. "Yes. Let us heal our wounds for the time being."

Inside the ruins is where the real battle took place, as Juan stood before The Swamp Witch. She examined her opponent like a hunter stalking it's prey. "Son of Anna... Spawn of Michael Valentine...!"

"The one and only." He said unsheathing the massive sword on his back. "If my presences alone pisses you off, then you're gonna hate the news I got."

"You're aggreviating lineage won't be around for much longer!" She threatened by slamming one of her legs that caused a wave magic to be shot at the Rebel who only took a step to the side while whistling a tune. "I shall wipe away ALL that has been touched by your feet! You're repulsive stench shall be cleansed from this Earth!"

"I think that's my line." He teased. "Afterall, you've been pissing me off for quite a while now." He stated with a serious look on his face with his eyes turning red once more. "You cursed Alleyne, basically made the elves goes extinct, took Leina away from me, blinded Tomoe, held Risty captive in the dungeon, if that wasn't enough you held my kid captive...!" The air began to grow violent on the King's side to the point it could rival the Swamp Witch. "And God knows all the other bullshit you did to everyone else."

"They were key parts to the prophecy! One that shall come to fruition for the surface to bow before me." She shaped an orb into her hands that soon turned dark. "And soon the Heavens shall kneel before me, the Head Angel; Vehuia shall be nothing more than my toy." Dark clouds formed around the sphere as she witnessed the broken eyes of the Head Angel in the orb. "But there was one thing that ALWAYS stood in my way... You Valentine's ALWAYS got in the way of the prophecy! No matter how many I sent to destroy you all, you're bloodline is like cockroaches to me!"

"So the entire reason my family died was because of you?" He asked gripping his sword.

"That's right, I was so desperate to end your pesturing bloodline that I unleashed the bastard Delmore into this world!"

"Delmore... Was your doing...?" His voice filled with distraught.

"Long ago, your father and mother along with Owen and Cattleya sealed him away into the demon world... I knew your father would be a thorn at my side so I summoned that Fallen Angel to work for me." She showed him a vision of a dark figure with a menacing smile standing in front of the half-breed as he disappeared. That laugh... That very same laugh that was sewn into his memory. "If only I knew how cunning that bastard was I wouldn't have summoned him back. The mission was to kill your father and mother, but he decided to take matters into his own hands and possess Werbellia's child to take hold of the Throne! The entire kingdom was under his rule and I let him get away!"

The memory still haunted him to this day, the day he witnessed his parents die by his hand. That day was when Delmore cursed him with his own magic by stabbing him in his heart and injecting him with his demonic touched his heart feeling a faint thumb from his memories as his eyes glared at the Swamp Witch. "Then you've must've had a field day when we were killing each other down under." Juan commented, his fury now peaking through.

"Today is the day the Prophecy comes true! You shall receive your final curtain call!"

"Usually I don't play for a private audience, but I guess I can make an exception." He took a deep breath one last time as he took his stance. "Time for the Main Event!" The Swamp Witch wasted no time where she blasted a wave of dark magic straight at the Rebel who waited until slicing it in two only to be surprised by the Witch charging at him with full force! With a smirk he stood his ground to block the rampaging demon as he slid under her belly to see a perfect opening to unleash a barrage of bullets that made her hiss in pain. When he was out of close distance the witch lashed at him with her tails blocking every attack that came at him.

"Bastard!" She retracted her tails until thrusting them all at once in a spiral like motion into one massive spear! Juan quickly jumped ontop of the tails as he began running along as they started to seperate, causing him to jump across between the scorpion like appenages until reaching his target! He stabbed the Witch right in her abdomen causing her to scream in pain- Only for her to retaliate by summoning forth a power wave of darkness to push back the King.

His feet skidded across the floor until stabbing the blade into the earth to stop himself, his eyes seeing the wound close in nothing more but a few seconds. The Swamp Witch used her powers to manifest something from a portal in the ground, pulling out the familar sword of the First Knight of Hell; Limbo. With the strength of a thousands souls she sent beams of curse magic at the King who dodged them like they were nothing. She channeled her magic into the blade as the blade became a pillar of magic where she brought it down for the King to block the attack with power wave of her curse pulsating from the blade itself!

She readied herself for another swing only for Juan to parry the blade out of her grip and into the sky knowing that was his chance. His eyes turned blue as a majestic light shined forth from his body as pure white wings appeared from his body, along with his coat. Quickly he flew to grab the sword in his left hand while dodging beams of dark energy from the Witch. It was a straight shot downwards to her body where the only problem were her tails trying to pierce him. "Bullseye!" He stabbed into the Witch's spider body with both blades and cutting open into her flesh like a surgeon as he began firing a heavy load of never ending bullets into the wound.

Screaming in pain she swiped him away like a fly, his lips forming to a smirk knowing that what he's doing is making her angry. "DON'T TEST ME, VALENTINE!" The mouth of the grotesque spider part of her body screamed as it let out a violent wind that blinded his vision of her. Out of the wind lashed out one of the Witch's tails that cut into the left sleeve of his coat and thin slice into his arm. More of the tails began to lash out making it incredibly difficult to predict where the next attack was coming from, until something more problematic occured! Out of the ground appear a foul sight of mud with three heads that it one of the heads bit the King's leg to keep him suspended!

"Shit!" He cursed while seeing the wind disperse as Swamp Witch charged up an orb of curse magic that looked like it could almost kill him. In a desperate attempt he engulfed inself into light as the curse magic fire yet the light reflected off her attack like it was nothing when the light died down, he grown a second pair of wings with a pair of beautiful ruby gems on the top that resembled eyes and his clothes changing once again! His hood resembled that of an eagle's head with a bronze beak, his right shoulder was covered in a bronze pauldron that resembled a roaring lion while the left looked more or a bull with sharp horns. "Let's rock and roll!"

"W-What is this?!" The Swamp Witch questioned only to grow impatient! Her legs stomped the ground beneathe creating an earthquake that summoned pillars of rocks to come forth that almost pierced the Nephilem. When it seemed like a stone spiked pierced his body, he vanished like a ghost only to appear behind the Swamp Witch his legs crossed as he waved at her. Once again she summoned pillars of stone that encased Nephilem's body with a chance to manifest a spear that was used by the Fifth Knight of Hell; Charon.

Crashing waves manifested from the ground up like they were trying to grab the Nephilem to no avail. Soon the waves started to twirl into a massive size whirlpool that sucked him inside leaving the Witch smirking. The mouth of her grotesque lower body opened as it began breathing the fires of Hell- Shooting out a fire ball straight at the whirlpool creating an explosion of steam. "So it's fire you want to play with, huh?" Her grin dropped in dread and her eyes witnessed the steam clearing to see the Rebel now with six wings, the tips of the feathers seemed to be lit in holy fire. Behind his head shined a golden halo made of his feathers with a bright flame burning in the center.

"WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE?!" The Swamp Witch summoned sigils around her tails as they fired a barrage of arrows at the Nephilem who dodged the onslaught. The arrows fired once more at the King, only smirking at his chance. Like wind he blew past the attack until he was right above her body and sliced her tails like mere paper. "VALENTINE SCUM!"

"Don't tell me that's all you got." He mocked only to be surprised as her body began to pulse rapidly that made him retreat into the sky. Slowly what grew out of her body was that of skeletle remains of bat-like wings until flesh and skin manifested over. Her entire body began to take flight where she charged straight at Juan who was ready for the attack! He swung down at the Witch who blocked the attack with her bare hands with blood tricking down slowly and here eyes burning at the sight of the Valentine in front of her. "Neat trick I'll give you that!"

Her own mouth opened wide like that of a snake where he noticed fire started to appear. Thinking fast he placed the pistol in her mouth and began firing it over and over again until he shook her off. The wounds healed slowly this time, taking note that she was getting exhausted from using all this power... Unfortunately so was he. He could feel it in his soul that what he's doing won't last much longer so he needed to put a stop to this fast as he could.

The Swamp Witch could only scream at the top of lungs wanting nothing more than to kill him painfully. The tails detatched from her body until a brand new bigger tail like that of a scorpion appeared out of her back. "NO ESCAPE!" She began charging up an attack that was bigger that he could imagine. Both of her mouths opened wiped as the flames turned dark like her curse magic with the tip of her tail having a sigil hover over it. A barrage of great spheres filled with cursed magic were shot out along side a powerful beam of magic from her tail.

The Rebel wasn't expecting such a desperate move from the Witch, needing to do his best to survive the onslaught by blocking the attacks. It was more stronger than he thought as the beam of magic pushed all the way down back to the Earth where he broke his fall at the last second, gazing at Swamp Witch who began to soar downward with desperate move that would almost kill them both! He took her challenge and began flying to the Witch who fired her attack once more giving him a thin chance of escaping. "There!" He called out as he covered his entire body with the six wings on his back and started to spin like a drill. Piercing through the attack was reckless as he felt every curse attack hit his body but it was worth it as he got close enough to cut off the scorpion tail!

In his chance he sliced off all the wings off her body as she began plummeting down to the ground. She didn't give up as she kept firing spheres of curse magic at the Nephilem who chased her all the way down as he plunged his sword deep into the spider and began running up to her torso while cutting her open! He kicked down hard to make the impact stronger to create a deep crator that hugged her entire body perfectly, he smiled like it was a piece of art. "I guess that's checkmate."

When he was about to sheathe his sword, needles of ice formed around him that it caused him to look to see the Swamp Witch's body. "It's not over... NOT OVER YET!" She crawled her torso out of the grotesque spider-like body to see she now had a pair of legs, the crotch protected by her REAL body. She stood up slowly as a blade of ice equal to Juan's formed by her side, the eyes of the paratistic like demon lit up with malicious intent. "Do you truly think... This is the end?!" The groteque body behind her began to take root into the ground where a black beacon of evil magic started to shoot out straight to the ground and the demonic portal! Soon after, an army of demons began to rise out of the earth and water of the Swamp... A brand new army making the King clench his fist tightly to draw blood knowning that this was gonna take longer than he thought.

"Guess I got a full audience now." He joked ready to take on an entire army.

"KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!" She ordered seeing the demons charge at the Rebellion who had witnessed the army coming back. "You're alone Valentine! I'm going to enjoy breaking you and everyone of those whore you claimed!"

"Y-You gotta be kidding!" Naomi complained seeing that were even more of them than before.

"No way we can take on all that!" Tarnyang said backing away from the railing in fear.

"Is this truly a losing battle?" Claudette began to doubt their victory having the horrible feeling that she'll see her son again in another life.

"Now is not the time to be discouraged!" Leina shouted at them all shocking them all as she began walking out to the battlefield.

"Leina you're still hurt! Don't be so wreckless!" Elina demanded her sister who only gave her a glare.

"Juan is out there risking his life fighting and we're just gonna stand here?!" She shouted at her little sister. "I'd rather go down fighting protecting my home!"

"She's right." Annelotte stepped up unsheathing her sword. "We're fighting to protect not just our lives and homes, but our futures too!" Annelotte gave the Wandering Warrior a confident look in her eyes with Leina thanking her. "We fight to the bitter end!"

"YEAH!" They all charged forth back into battle against a stronger enemy than before, but that didn't stop them any time soon.

"Foolish... COMPLETELY FOOLISH!" The Swamp Witch mocked as she charged forth at the Rebel who blocked the attack. "NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU'RE COMPLETELY HOPELESS! YOUR ARMY IS WEAK, YOU HAVE NO MORE ENERGY, YOU ARE ALONE! THE VALENTINE BLOODLINE, THE BEAUTIFUL FIGHTER AND REBELLION SHALL DIE HERE!"

"Think again!" Both the Swamp Witch and Juan looked to see someone flying high in the sky as small amount of rain began to pour down. Some of it landed onto a nearby demon as it began to shout in pain as what it was began to burn! "Sorry I'm late!" The Nephilem only smiled to see that it was his beautiful angelic wife, Hachi and Laila carrying what seemed like a bazooka filled with holy milk. "He's NEVER alone!" Right behind the fortress sounded like something was revving up like it was a car. Soon, massive transportation wagons filled with soldiers from Gainos lined up along with Fio who was leading them all.

"Lady Elina! And Captain Eli!" She waved at them as they waved at her back. "Ready soldiers?!" They all raised their weapons in arms before charging straight at the demonic army. When some of them began to attack with their hellish magic, a rain storm of holy milk began to drop from the sky as an army of angels carrying a variety of weapons flew down with the Head Angel in tow.

"The Head Angel?!" The Seraph stood on mortal ground as she slammed the bottom of her staff on the soil causing a powerful quake to the demonic army.

"This is an offense not just to the surface of man, but to the realm that is all of Heaven!" She pointed her staff at the where the Swamp Witch stood. "You shall be stopped, here and now!" The army of Heaven, the army of Gainos and the Rebellion all charged straight in at the Demonic forces. When some of the demonic beings charged at the army, a familiar massive blade swung down as it tore them apart limb by limb.

"Sorry we're late!" The one wielded that blade was none other than Cattelya, along with Owen who held onto a finely crafted sword that he used since his younger days. Tagging along was Rana held clutched onto a spear closely to his chest as he too was ready for the battle at hand. "Airi!" The blacksmith mother called out to the maid who decented to the happy family as she hugged Cattelya.

"It's good to be with you all again." The maid smiled until she felt someone almost tackling her legs, only to see Rana hugging her tightly. "I missed you most of all, Rana..."

"I'm so happy to see you again, Airi." The young boy smiled with tears in his eyes.

"No more tears. Not until we've won this fight!" They all nodded as they marched foward cleaving all who stood in their way!

"DAMN IT ALL!"

"Give it up." Juan told her as he laid his blade on his shoulder. "This whole thing about Prophecy? Fate? It's all bullshit..." The King stared into the reflection on his sword, thinking back to those years when he fought Delmore. "When it comes to humans we can change the future no matter how bleak it looks. And I'm gonna prove it to you now."

"COME ENLIGHTEN ME THEN, VALENTINE!" She took a massive jump straight to the sky as she came plummeting down with Juan dodging the attack but was barely able to block her tail that was aimed directly at his neck. What he didn't expect was her tail wrapping around his neck and began tossing him around like a rag doll! After the what felt like 10th slam into the pavement he could see the Witch coming down with a blade of ice and now a blade made entirely of her curse magic. Thinking quickly as fast as he could, Juan grabbed onto the blades with his bare hands to seperate them so his could eyes wouldn't be shish kabob'd like a snuff film.

With the opening he head butted the Witch hard enough to break her nose while landing a good hook to her jaw. Now was the chance to strike before she could recover so he took his sword with both hands and stabbed the Swamp Witch straight in her abdomen causing a shriek of pain to escape her lips. To silence her he placed the gun right in her mouth, before he could pull the trigger however he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen to see both of her sword piercing through him. "Dammit... Not again." He joked as he began firing straight into the Swamp Witch's mouth to then kicking her off his sword. He calmed himself down then began to concentrate on the wound to close it quickly. Just when he thought he was safe his ankles were trapped by stone then engulfed in ice all the way to his knees until he saw the Swamp Witch breathing raggedly with flames encasping her.

"YOU WILL NOT LEAVE HERE ALIVE!" With a deep breath she shot forth a great sphere of cursed fire at the Rebel who tried to block the attack with his blade! When the fire dispersed leaving trails of smoke, he witnessed the Swamp Witch channeling her cursed magic once until she fired another straight at Juan who stood his ground. On and on, the cursed fire balls went on relentlessly. It felt like he was getting hit by tnt right in his face and his body began to deteriate, his legs about to give out. He stabbed the ground with his sword trying to stand but she could tell he was at his limits.

"Shit... I can't give up now..." The light that he gave off went dim along with the wings dispersing feather by feather. "I won't... I won't...!"

"Finally... It's time for the prophecy to come to fruition!" She charged forward with great speed ready to take his head off with the blade of ice. "YOUR BLOODLINE ENDS HERE!"

"Hate to tell ya the bad news..." He told her standing back up with his sword ready and a grin on his face. "But there's no way I'm dying here. Not now... Not ever!" He proclaimed as his eyes flickered red as the scar on his chest began to thump. The world felt like it was slowing down for him, like it almost stopped. The world became white as he saw the sillhoutte of someone passing him by with a hand placed on his shoulder.

"Give me a good show... Juan." The familiar voice said before it disappeared.

As she was about to clash against the King, a power so great erupted from the King that it shattered the Witch's blade into pieces before it could make contact with his neck. "It doesn't matter how strong you are," Soon her entire body was sent flying away and tumbled across the ground until she forced herself to stop. She saw something that atonished her but also angered her at the same time... How? How was such a feat possible?

Standing in place was Juan, his wings completely different... The middle set of wings started like that of normal angel wings until the feathers formed into black leather as the wing span were more bat-like. The coat became tattered and grey as it merged with his skin, his neck becoming almost reptilian with black scales that manifested all the way up to his neck and ended at his cheeks. His palms were covered in scales that ended at his fingers almost like his gloves.

"H-How?! How can this be?!" Her eyes scanned around his entire body until she spotted an eerie light on the left side of his chest. "Delmore...! So it's his curse that he carved onto you!" The King said nothing but kept walking towards the Witch who charged as full speed ready to take away the curse magic. That was until her hand was stopped by the King who grabbed it with one hand as her finger tips were a few centimeters away from his heart.

"It's pointless." He told her while headbutting the Swamp Witch to cause her to stumble on her feet then pushing her away until she opened her jaw about to fire a power blast of cursed fire point blank. Thinking fast he morphed his right pistol into that of lever action shotgun then placing it in her mouth. "Human's arent your slaves." He said pulling the trigger that blasted the back of her head off until it regenerated back to normal. "You really underestimated humanity... When it comes to humans they got something a scum bag demon like you doesn't."

"SHUT UP!" She shouted summoning boulders the size of houses as she sent them flying straight at the Rebel who only slashed them with one stirke.

"Humanity will always fight back... It's in their Will to fight whenever they're driven back into a corner." He stated as he began walking towards the Swamp Witch who began summoning the violent storms while forming hail into the shapes of spikes only to be repelled like nothing. "No matter what you do, you CAN'T enslave humanity... Whether you're a god or a demon."

"SILENCE!" She screamed spearing out a barrage of curse magic projectiles that were all shot down before they could even touch the Rebel.

"No matter what you do... It's pointless!" Juan began charging straight at Witch who accepted his challenge by creating a magic sword that was made of raw evil magic. When they clashed one more time a strong light she, the blade that the King used began to shine beautifully as a glimmer of the Queen's Blade was seen in his hand. "It's over!" In a second the magic sword was destroyed causing the Swamp Witch to panic, until she felt the massive sword pierce through her body as he began lifting her into the sky where he laid down a series of cuts across her body every second for the next minute.

"V-VALENTIIIINE! I CURSE YOU AND YOUR BLOODLINE!" She shouted trying to fight back only to have her arm cut, regrown then cut off once more. When the Witch started to fall to the ground, she witnessed the King who stopped for a moment as he poured all of his power into his sword as it was engulfed in raw power. "YOU WILL BE CURSED FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!"

"Then this will break it!" He decendend to the Earth like a hawk as he brought down a powerful heavenly light that engulfed the entire battlefield that blinded everyone. The Head Angel herself could barely keep her eyes open when she saw the attack.

"JUAN!" She called out to her nephew to no avail, only to be pushed back with Nanael and Laila landing in her chest. Leina held onto Claudette who had to stab her weapon in the ground so she wouldn't be blown away be such a massive power, where Elina was being protected by Fio.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Elina shouted.

"I-I DON'T KNOW!" Fio answered trying to look but the light was too bright to see.

"ANNELOTTE! ELI!" Aldra held onto her younger siblings tightly as they tried to take cover, where Melona had to hand on tight to Menace who even had her own share fair of trouble trying to keep her balance.

"Rana!" Airi clutched onto the boy as they were soon protected by the husband and wife blacksmiths. "What did Juan do?!"

"I don't know but hang on!" Owen ordered as he clutched onto them tightly.

"I guess this is it then..." From another side of the battlefield, Anerista witnessed the light engulfing the entire Swamp as she reached out to it. Deep down, she wished she could take hold of such warmth only for it to be impossible for her. Her hands began to fade like a ghost until it completely disappeared. "It was fun while it lasted." She closed her eyes begfore disappearing into the afterlife, knowing that she has accepted her fate.

When it died down, everyone saw that the entire demonic army was completely gone where they witnessed it completely blank slate.

"D-Did we do it?" Luna Luna asked as the accursed clouds that blocked the heavens began to part where they could see the blue sky crystal clear.

"W-We did it?" Sainyang asked Tarnyang who looked to see the sun shining brightly.

"We won..." Tarnyang could only say as her mouth grew into a smile.

"WE WON!" The entire army began to cheer as some raised their weapons in the air while shouting in victory.

"I-Impossible..." In the center of it all, the Swamp Witch now weakened to the point her body began to crumble. The flames that made up parts of her body died leaving a charred mix of flesh and skeletal remains. "The Prophecy should of come true...! The cards were in my favor! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!?"

"Still don't get it do you?" The King asked walking up to the Swamp Witch who panicked at the sound of his voice. "When it comes to humanity, we have the power to change fate. Doesn't matter what the hell is in our way, no one decides destiny for us." He told as he stood atod from her with a massive grin on his face. "That's what makes humans strong afterall." He pointed the gun straight at the Swamp Witch's real body.

"You...! You...!" Her eye lit up with a burning hatred as she detatched from the vessel to latch onto Juan. The Swamp Witch's real body being engulfed in flames as a demonic face appeared. "VALENTINE BASTARD!"

"Jackpot." With a single squeeze of the trigger, he shot the Swamp Witch dead center as her body began to crumble. Pieces falling off before she exploded into cloud of dust and demonic energy. "It's finally over..." He took a deep breath of relief as looked up the clear blue sky, seeing the sun shine onto the decaying land.

"JUAN!" He looked behind him to see the Beautiful Fighters, The Rebellion and all of his friends call out to him. As everyone was celebrating, Annelotte could only run at the King who waved at her as everyone else began to join. The half-demon jumped into his arms where everyone tackled the King as some began to laugh. Out of the fortress, Werbellia looked at her children celebrating their victory that it made her feel a strange sense of warmth.

"Thank you..." They all gained the Werbellia's attention as she politely bowed the the Nephilem. "I never knew that I would owe my debts to a Valentine, I'm surprised yet thankful for all that you've done."

"My pleasure." The King smiled. "It's my job afterall."

"And now you can finally come home, right?" Naomi asked as she grasp onto the pressure point on his shoulder that made him bow to her whim. "Glad to see you agree."

"Come on Naomi, that's enough!" Menace complained as she broke her grip as the Queen of Amara held onto her husband's arm. "If anything he's coming home with me for the next year!"

"No way!" Luna Luna shouted as she took his other arm while turning into the Moonlight Dancer. "Juan is coming home with me! It's about time we have our honeymoon~!"

"Save your breath," Echidna scoffed. "If anyone is going to have some stress relief it's going to be me." The Wild Elf was able to take a hold of the arm that Luna Luna held onto as she gave her a wide grin.

"Fuck that! You know how long it's been since I've had a good time?!" Risty complained grabbing onto her husband all for herself. "It's been FOUR years since I've eaten and drank anything so I NEED this!" She placed her hand on his groin wanting it badly.

"Is that why your so grumpy?" Leina asked her best friend/sister wife as she laughed remembering how many plates she scarffed down in the fortress. "If anything I think we ALL deserve a little bit of fun? Right, Juan?" The Wandering Warrior crossed her arms seeing the Nephilem panic knowing that this will be quite the challenge. "Are you scared?"

"Is it bad if I say a little?" Her husband answered causing everyone to laugh at his remark.

"Don't worry, I'll help you~" Melona said as she pointed at her groin. "Well... Let me get my strength back at least."

"I think you look cuter like this, Flabby Pink." Nanael teased.

"Oh shut up you klutz!" The slime retorted causing them to glare at one another before giggling. "How about we all go home for now?"

"Sounds good to me." Irma agreed feeling sweaty from all the fighting. "I could go for a bath honestly." She stated trying to air out her body from the heat.

"I'll scrub your back if you scrub mine!" Nyx offered.

"My that sounds wonderful! Will you join us, Lady Siqui?" Melpha asked the Inquisitor who simply nodded.

"After I wish to study in the Holy Poses with you, Lady Melpha." All the girls got to talking to once another while Juan was busy looking at the Swamps. After fighting here from time to time, it's quite alien to see it look almost like a regular plain of land.

"What are you thinking about?" Eli walked up to the King who continued to look out.

"Thinking of building a mansion here to be honest." He answered causing the young Knight to look at the King in confusion. "Good space, nice view... Crappy part is I hate this place, but the Blood Hot Springs are nice."

"Did you say "Blood Hot Springs"?"

"Yeah, one time me and Melona snuck in here and took a bath together... That was also the night our daughter was-"

"I don't need to know." He interrupted him causing the King to have a laughing fit.

"How does it feel by the way?" He asked looking him dead in the eye with wide grin. "Knowing that I'm probably gonna be your brother-in-law?"

"Is there anyway I can fight you so that doesn't happen?"

"Maybe... But Annelotte might get mad at the both of us." He laughed as he patted him on the shoulder as he began walking to the fortress.

"There is one thing I must ask of you, Juan Valentine." The King looked behind him to see the Princess of the Netherworld with her hand together. "The Swamp Witch hid my husband somewhere in this Demon World... And it will take time for me to recover until my power has been restored."

"So you need a bodyguard huh?" The King looked at his family and friends about to enter the Fortress. "I'm so dead... This will cost you." He told the Princess who bowed to him in respect.

"Thank you." The two began to walk away from everyone until Naomi caught a glimpse.

"Hey! HEY! JUAN!" She ran to her husband who turned around to face her anger. "WHERE do you think you're going?!"

"I got another job. I need to put food on the table too for us somehow."

"We make enough with the farm!"

"Lady Naomi, I need his help." Werbellia made perfect eye contact with the martial artist. "If there's one thing I want in this life it's for my husband to return to me... We both share this feeling, but mine is in danger... He's trapped somewhere in the Demon World and I don't know whether he is dead or alive."

Naomi could only stay quiet as she crossed her arms and looked away. "2 Weeks." She said catching them by surprise as she looked down. "If you don't come home by then, I'll never forgive you!"

"Juan!" Annelotte ran up to her lover who stood close to him. "You're leaving again?"

"I have to, but I'll be back. After all, someone's gotta find your old man."

"Then let me go! He's my father, he's my responsibility!"

"No can do. It's my job to hunt demons, can't have you taking this on."

"No!" The Princess Knight stopped him in tracks as she raised her sword to him. "I won't have you bare this... The Swamp Witch took him away from me just like how she took away everyone else."

"Then let's decide." He smirked as Annelotte sheathed her blade. He turned around to the Beautiful Fighters with eyes on Risty. "Hey Risty, you got a coin?" The Benevolent Bandit knew what he was planning as she could only let out a short laugh.

"Yeah, take it." She flinged the coin from her hand as he caught like nothing. He presented the coin to Annelotte showing the head a former ruler of Gainos.

"Heads I go, tails you go." He flinged the coin into the air as he caught on the spot. He opened his palm to reveal it was heads, making the Princess Knight frown at the results. "I'll see you soon." The Rebel placed the coin in her hands before walking passed Annelotte, as she turned around to see them entering the Demon's Gate.

Annelotte began to to cry seeing him leave, like as if this was the last time she'll see him again. "Damn coin...!" She looked at the gold coin in her hand as she flipped it to the other side as she was both surprised yet angry. "Both sides... Are heads?!"

"It means he'll have double good luck." Leina told the half-demon as she placed an arm around Risty who shurgged.

"Why that... Stupid jerk..." She laughed clutching onto the coin, praying to see the Nephilem once again. Where life takes them now, no one really knows... Life is but a journey that many take to discover oneself. Some say that life is nothing but a path to ruins, while others find a path to strength. Where that strength leads is another journey in of itself, but those with a righteous heart will always know the correct answer that lies in their heart. That's what it means to be human, what it means to be free. The human will is always such a mysterious force but one that is powerful when united. Even when you are at your lowest point, know that your will shall never shatter no matter how dark times are.

These Beautiful Fighters know this as they take destiny into their own hands, fighting for their beliefs and protecting their dreams. No matter the opponent they face they'll always fight with everything they got, showing that they are stronger than the other. Soon, the Queen's Blade will begin again but until then our heroes rest knowing that their homes are safe. In Gainos, the night took over the day where Claudette began to rest tuck her son into bed. "Good night, Ayumu... I love you." She kissed her child on the head before leaving his room with soldiers guarding his door as the one waiting for her outside was Annelotte. The two walked the halls of the castle, inspecting how clean it look after the Swamp Witch almost destoryed it all. "Has Juan returned from the Demon World yet?"

"I'm afraid not." She answered. "It's been 5 days now, yet instead of worried I have this feeling that he's safe."

"That's rare, normally I'm always worried." The Queen joked causing the two to share a quick laugh.

"Claudette!" Off the ceiling came the pink slime Melona was back to normal. "Preparations are complete, all that's left is the list."

"Has Nanael gotten started on the combatants?" She asked gaining a nod.

"Yep. Everyone is going to be there, so don't expect me to go easy on you." Melona gave her sister wife a quick kiss on the lips. "Both in bed AND in battle."

"We'll see who submits first." She flirted back as the slime hummed a song as she walked away. "Sorry about that, Melona is quite... The forward one in our little family."

"You call this family little?" Annelotte teased. "But I guess I'll have to get use to it."

"Trust me, it basically becomes like a second nature. Letting you know now, she'll wrap you in tentacles when she sleeps sometimes." She warned making the Princess Knight have flashbacks to that damn octopus that belonged to that on warrior she fought so long ago. "Other than that, this family... Is the best family you can be apart of."

"I just gotta plan my wedding. Everytime I try to talk to Eli about it he immediately wants to drop it." She complained. "He's such a child."

"It's not easy having younger siblings." She told her as the two finally came to the throne room where they were given a beautiful view of Gainos completely restored. "The Queen's Blade will start in 9 days, I hope you're ready."

"Yes I am." They looked at each other competitive look on their faces. "Though we may be sisters in arms, and soon to be sister wives... I won't hold back."

"Neither will I." The two shook hands with a firm grasp showing each other's determination. "Now then, who else is competing in the tournament?"

"Melpha is training Siqui in holy poses, from what she's told they are quite..."

"Trust me, in bed it's a sight to be hold." Claudette blushed remembering some of their nights together. "Knowing Siqui she'll be very hesitant on her first night but she'll come to enjoy it soon enough. That is IF she agrees to it."

"I never knew how... Perverse you were with the others." Annelotte teased.

"Blame the perverted ones, or I can give you a deminstration." She offered only for the half-demon to hold her hands up.

"I-I'm good." She blushed. "Other than that, Liliana disappeared... But I know she'll fight in the tournament. Luna Luna returned home for training, she'll be quite a tricky opponent if we ever fight."

"I know Mirim is training with Ymir right now, still can't believe she's wanted to be part of this too..." She sighed with a migrain growing but took a deep breath to calm down. "No matter, the more the merrier I suppose."

"Here's hoping we don't get TOO chaotic." She looked down to see her Sister's in arms waiting for at the entrance below. "I must go. Until then, farewell... Queen Claudette."

"I await for you, Annelotte Kretuz." They bowed to each other before Annelotte left as she finally met up with the Shai-Fang sisters, Siqui, Mirim, Izumi, Yuit and Vante waiting for her at the entrance. In another part of Gainos was Eli and Eva who prayed at the gravestone of Aeton with a bouquet of different flowers on top. They smiled through the tears in their eyes as they left together hand in hand where had a set of matching rings on their fingers. They prayed that Aeton would watch over them for the rest of their lives as he will always be a part of their family.

In the far reaches all across the Continent, everyone was training for the upcoming tournament. Many new faces would come and many old faces would gather together once more. However, only one person wouldn't fight but instead would wait for someone to come back home. "Mommy?" Naomi's daughter Sasha looked down to see her daughter pulling on her pants leg. "When's daddy coming home?"

"Hopefully soon baby." She said with a smile on her face. "I know he will... I know it." She witnessed birds sitting on the railing of her home as she got up from her rocking chair. "Come on, let's go help everyone in the back." She took her daughter's hand in hers as they went to help with the harvest.

9 DAYS LATER

"THESE FIGHTERS WHO SEEK TO ENTER THE QUEEN'S BLADE!" In the stadium next to the castle, everyone from the continent had a good seat to watch a Queen's Blade match that was in the making! They were now in 3rd round of matches, with this being the last one and after that the semi-finals. "THE WANDERING WARRIOR, THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER OF THE VANCE FAMILY AND CHAMPION OF THE CONTINENT: LEINA VANCE!" Called out Nanael who has been practing her announcing skills for sometime now. "VERSUS THE SWORD SAINT PREISTESS, THE SHRINE MAIDEN OF VICTORY, HINOMOTO'S WARRIOR HERSELF: TOMOE!"

The two Beautiful Fighters stepped forward into the arena as both were giving off an aura of pure fighting spirit. "I've been waiting for this for sometime now, Tomoe."

"I share your feelings, Leina... I'm happy knowing that we get to fight once more." The two withdrew their weapons ready for the fight to begin.

"BEGIN!" In no time at all they clashed against each other leaving dust in their trail in every step they took. The sounds of metal clanging against each other mixed together with the passion they had in their voices made the entire crowd cheer for both of them! Tomoe dodged one of Leina's strike as she went for a swipe under her legs where Leina jumped ontop of her katana! Losing her grip made her react fast now only having one katana, but it was the style she was most familiar with. They clashed once more with fire in their eyes and a smile on their face, sparks began eminating from the two trying to push the other back.

When they broke the confrontation they began taking heavy swings at one another so strong that it cut the air. The people in the stands could feel just how strong those attacks were when strong winds blew at them. "Now!" Tomoe rushed in as she was able to land her signature Warrior Kick at her opponent who stumbled back. The opening Tomoe sought she went in for the attack only to be countered by a roundhouse kick by Leina! She recovered herself quickly to gain some distance where the took a breather.

With a single step it looked like they disappeared only to appear in the center of the stage as the ground look like it began to break! "Leina's doing pretty good out there!" Risty smirked with her arms crossed.

"Yeah, but Tomoe's giving her a run for her money." Shizuka countered. The Hinomoto Priestess blocked The Champion's strikeas she thrusted her blade to only graze her cheek. When Leina gained some distance from the preistess she saw her chance to grab her second katana where Tomoe was ready for a stronger attack. She ran straight at Leina as she clashed sword once more but this time she was having trouble keeping up with Tomoe's incredible speed with the dual style. She was able to land an attack right on her breast plate causing her nipple to be shown that roused the crowd.

"A nice sight." Melona commented as she bit her lip trying not to think of the possibilities she can do to the middle Vance sister.

"One that's lovelier up close." Echidna commented licking her lips.

"KICK HER ASS LEINA!" Elina shouted from one of the other stands as she was furious someone would try to peek at her breast the RIGHTFULLY belonged to her and not that stupid brother-in-law! Tomoe took one more swing at Leina who carefully parried the attack to thrust her blade at only to dodge at the last minute! The dodge didn't go without it's punishment as the top of her kimino was sliced opened to reveal both of her breasts for the world to see causing a bigger uproar!

They looked at each other's chest with a blush on their face. "H-How shameless...!" Tomoe complained trying to hide her breasts.

"Hey you started it!" Leina shot back as they could only glare as they rushed in once more.

"Lady Tomoe is amazing!" Izumi commented watching the match with the rest of the Beautiful Fighters. "She's definetly gonna win this!"

"Are you sure about that? After all, Leina Vance was the winner of the last tournament." Yuit smirked. "Right, Vante?" The maid nodded to her master where the little elf stuck out her tongue.

"Both are quite skilled, if anything it'll quite possibly be close to a draw." Airi stated sitting next to Rana with Owen and Cattelya. "The next series of matches is when the fun truly starts."

"LEINA! TOMOE! GIVE IT YOUR ALL!" Menace cheered from the stands with her son in her arms. The two warriors strikes began to fire off sparks from the clash of metal as they headbutted each other.

"Did I miss anything?" A voice asked from behind Naomi who was surprised as she knew who it belonged too.

"You're late for the sparring but they're about to get serious." She told him as he took a seat down right by his wife. "Did you find him?"

"It wasn't easy, but yeah." He said relaxing with his back leaning against the wall. "But right now, let's just enjoy the show."

"HERE IT COMES!" Ymir stood up from her seat seeing the ground beginning to crack underneathe the two. Every swing they made cut the earth below, every attack they blocked almost pushed the other back. Sweat would fly off of their bodies with how much force they put into each attack. Their blades were engulfed in a power energy that when they stirked against one another they caused the ground in the arena to crack with some pieces of rock shooting up like it was an earthquake!

The two pushed eachother off to gain distance while taking a deep breath to calm down. With it, they couldn't help but begin to laugh at what had transpired just now. This was supposed to be a series match, but they were having the most fun they ever in the past years. "You've grown stronger..." Tomoe complemented.

"If I didn't then this fight wouldn't mean a thing for the both of us." She stated gripping her sword tightly while looking at her own reflection. "I'm going to go all out, Tomoe."

"No more holding back from here on out, Leina." They nodded as the night became dark with thunder roaring causing everyone to look up. Leina held Evindil in front of her as she channeled lightning into the blade, the very same that Claudette used when they fought so long ago. Tomoe held on tightly to Kushinawa where she started to pray to the blade as it started to emit a beautiful light as cherry blossom petals began to fall.

When they opened their eyes, a powerful aura erupted as both of them took the forms of dragons!

"LIGHTNING DRAGON TAIL!"

"GEKKO NO RYUMAI!"

The roars of mighty dragons erupted from within them causing a strong wind to blow that almost blew away the audience. Leina and Tomoe looked at each other once last time before shouting at the top of their lungs before charging in, not holding back against each other! The people were excited as they clashed unleashing a powerful energy that felt like two wild storms trying to push the other back!

"THE WINNER IS...!"

The Queen's Blade tournament... A tournament that many fighters partake to see who can be the next beautiful and mighty ruler of the Continent. There, they fought with all their sweat and tears until one remained standing. The Queen would go on to lead and protect the land with all of her power, no matter what stood in her way. "THE FINALS HAVE BEGUN!" Everyone sat in attendance, the citizens of Gainos, the people of the Continent watching from a far through the crystal globes. "THE CHALLENGER IS THE PRINCESS OF KRETUZ CASTLE, THE LEADER OF THE MIGHTY REBELLION: ANNELOTTE KREUTZ!" Everyone cheered for the half-demon as she waved at her sisters in arms. "ALL STAND FOR HER MAJESTY!" Everyone in the colosium stood up as the golden doors opened wide as Claudette began walking out with a smile on her as everyone cheered for her aswell. "THE THUNDER CLOUD GENERAL AND THE QUEEN OF THE LAND: QUEEN CLAUDETTE VANCE!"

"So glad to see you made it."

"It was promise, was it not?" They took out their blade and were ready to fight, but the tension was so thing that you could cut it would a dull knife.

"READY?!" They gripped their blades tightly, feet firmly placed on the ground. "BEGIN!" The two clashed their swords against each other as the power of lightning and thunder took over the arena. Everyone was cheering for the both of them, but the noises the audience was silent to the two combatants as the only thing they could hear was the sounds of their blades hitting against each other!

Every fighter has something to prove when entering the tournament, whether to be stronger or embrace a dream. The Queen's Blade always showed the true faces of those who entered as those with a strong will shall grasp onto their dreams, their futures, their destiny. Where will this life of bonds and freedom take these beautiful fighters? They won't know...

"UNLESS WE FIGHT!"

The End...

23 years later...

In the market street walked a young woman wearing a cloak to conceal her face. "Let's see... Lady Nyx and Aunty said they would meet me here soon." She scanned the note in her hand. "I wonder where Helia is?"

"SISSY!" Out of complete nowhere the young girl was tackled by someone who hugged her tightly not wanting to let go. "Hi!"

"Helia!" The young woman shook off the girl gaining a better looked at her. The girl wore quite an extravagent dancer outfit that looked like it barely covered anything that was adorned with small pieces of gold. "How many times have I told to stop sneaking up on me like that?!"

"But it's fun though." She giggled knowing how much mischief she can cause her big sister. "Besides, Mama isn't here to help me with my dancing today."

"Just because Lady Luna Luna is busy at the Calibara Forest doesn't mean you can just cause trouble! AND PUT ON YOUR CLOAK WHEN IN PUBLIC!" She scolded throwing a white cloak at her younger sister who only pouted.

"But I like the sun hitting my skin!"

"No buts!" The Dancer only pouted as she placed on the cloak to cover herself. "Jeez, I'm starting to think Selene is my favorite out of the two of you."

"H-Huh?!" That made her panic wanting to win her big sister's affection. "C-Come on sissy! That's not fair!" The way Helia began to almost cry made her laugh as they kept walking through the market. Many people gathered at what seemed to be a barker trying to sell some newspapers. "Isn't that Aunty Yuit?" She asked excitedly to see the little elf and Vante on the street making quite a ruckus.

"That's right everybody step up cause you're not gonna want to miss this!" The little elf shouted gaining their attention. "Talk of the Amara Kingdom's Queen Menace about to pass the throne to her son, Prince Aaru and Princess Khepri begins training for the Queen's Blade tournament! Not only that but it seems the land of Hinomoto is in progress of creating a city of their own here in the Continent! Read it here fresh off the press!" After some time had passed, the little elf counted all the gold she had collected. "Alright!"

"Aunty!" The little elf's looked at the direction to see two figures walking up to her. "It's been too long!" Helia hugged the little elf who was surprised at the sudden hug.

"I-It seems you've grown, Helia." She said trying not to be pissed off by the fact her own bust size was basically flat as a board. When given room to breathe she saw the cloaked figure who took off the hood to reveal her short lavender hair and beautiful blue eyes. "Iris, it's good to see you too."

"Likewise, Aunty." She bowed polietly to the little elf. "Have you seen Lady Nyx?" She asked as the little elf climbed on top of the automaton.

"Not too long ago so she should still be here in the market district. Follow me, I'll take you to her." The group of girls walked through the district seeing many faces pass by as some bowed to the two girls.

"Good morning, Lady Iris. Lady Thea."

"Good morning!"

"A beautiful morning with you two around."

"Being the daughters of the King has it's perks, ya know?" Helia smirked at all the praise she was gaining. "Everyone loves us, it's almost suffocating."

"I guess so." Iris said looking down at the ground. "I hope father's okay... He's been gone for some time now."

"I know your dad and trust me when I say that he's fine. He'll be back anyday now." Yuit tried to relax the young princess. "Hey I see her! Hey Nyx!" She called over to a woman wearing a lovely white long sleeve shirt, a cute pink long skirt wearing a blue apron over it all. The woman's hair was a lovely brown that was tied in pony tail that hanged off her shoulder.

"Helia, Iris, Yuit and Vante!" The mother ran up to her children where she gave them both a great big hug. "I'm so happy to see you two again!"

"But you just saw me not too long ago, Lady Nyx." Iris retorted.

"Oh, how many times do I need to tell you to drop the "Lady"? Call me Mama Nyx!"

"M-Mama Nyx..." Nyx blushed as the retired Pyromancer patted her head. "A-Anyway, shall we go?"

"Please! I tried to get the other girls to come with me, but they wanted to focus on their training."

"Well the next Queen's Blade tournament is coming up so everyone's doing their best to prepare."

"Did I ever tell you how I kicked your Aunty Elina's butt?"

"For real?! You were a contestant in the tournament?!" Helia asked her Mama Nyx who laughed at the memory.

"Quite some time ago, but it wasn't in the tournament. She lost to your Mama Echidna and let's just say Elina has been training hard everyday to get back at her."

"Mama Echidna is so cool!"

"If not... A little... Forward." Iris remarked at seeing some of her fights since she was a child and got older. "But I guess the most forward one out of them all is Lady-"

"Mama." Nyx corrected.

"M-Mama Melona." Iris hated saying such childish words, especially in public. "Now I know where Lala get's it."

"Your big sister Lala is a little more innocent in that category." They all laughed as they shopped for ingredients for dinner. "How are your other siblings?" Nyx asked her daughters.

"Selene is sleeping somewhere in the city, while Jeanne is with Molly at the church training under Mama Melpha and Mama Sigui."

"Kara is helping Grandmother, Auntie, Uncle and La- I mean... Mama Mirim at the farm. They come by to the city often to sell their goods, though we always tell them they're welcome to live here anytime."

"I know Brenda is training with Mama Branwen somewhere far and Sachi is in heaven with Mama Laila."

"I see." Nyx hummed happily seeing the next generation becoming stronger by the minute. "If memory serves right, all of your big sister's are going to compete in the tournament aswell."

"Then I guess the tournament is going to be one big family reunion." The Princess of the Kreutz family gazed up at the sky to see where the crystal globe hovered above. One day she'll be on there fighting against all of her sisters and even new opponents. The Queen's Blade tournament would start in one year... And in that year she will show the whole world just how strong she has gotten. "I'm more human... And that's what makes me strong." Her hand touched where a lone necklace hung around her, one that her father had given her as a gift. When she opened the bronze locket, it held a picture of both her parents smiling happily while holding onto their daughter who was still a baby.

"Iris! Hurry up or we're gonna leave you behind!"

"R-Right! Coming!" The tournament was coming around the corner, but being able to spend days with them was all that mattered. She gazed up at the castle above as she clenched her fist making herself a promise. She'll win the tournament and become the most strongest Queen that would surpass all others. "I hope you watch me, where ever you are... Father. Me and mother are waiting for you. Until that day... I will fight!"

That's it. That's a wrap everybody, after 7 years we are finally done. Thank you, so much for sticking with my dumb ass for this long... I REALLY appreciate it. I wanted this chapter to be the TRUE finale which is what I planned last year in September... However with recent events I've been busy doing a bunch of bullshit such as staying alive while also being at work. To be honest I don't know if anyone who used to read this is alive or not... But I'm happy knowing that I'm finished with this and I happy knowing that maybe there are those that stuck with me to the end. Thank you all... I'm not the most talented, I'm not the most grammatically correct or the best at keeping promise but I say this from the bottom of my heart... Thank you.

For everyone out there, PLEASE stay safe. Wash your hands, keep your distance from each other. I've lost a family member to the virus already... So it hurts knowing that people are ignoring that thinking they're invincible when they're not. But remember, just because we're human doesn't mean we can't give up so easily... We have a strong will which what kept us going. I know everything is crazy right now, (trust me I work in retail) but that doesn't mean we can just give up.

I know some people weren't happy with Juan turning into a girl... But the reason I wanted to do that was because we wanted to do a futa joke. I'm dead serious. It's too easy with Melona and Luna Luna, so we decided to go above that and make Juan into a girl who would slowly go back into being a girl. Also, did you know that in some writing it's said that angel's are hermaphroditic? I'm not just going by Interspecies Reviewers, but there are REAL pieces of old writing that says Angels have both. So hey, you learn something new everyday.

To all the people that kept me going, Hin, TYZO, Authorknight, Shadow0Fire, Kira444, godofmadness, and just EVERYONE in general. I thank you. Where ever you guys are, I hope you're safe and happy living the best life.

Well then, it's time I leave. Will I ever be back to make another Queen's Blade story? Who knows... Life is weird sometimes and you never know where it will take you. Maybe I will make some short stories, but I do want to remake First Rebel because... I've said it countless times but holy shit is it bad. And right now I need to get on the Sekirei lewds. I kinda want to write Ranma lewds because no one has done it. They try but I feel like they're not willing to take the dive, however I'm willing to take the dive into that abyss while placing a gun to my mouth. What does that metaphor mean? I don't know. Just know, that good shit might come... Maybe. Eventually. Eh.

If you want to follow me on the horror show that is twitter than check me out there. Same as here, still dead inside.

Until that, I take my bow and leave. Good-bye guys, take care and see you next time.