CrestFallen, Chapter 1

A long time ago in the time before the Citadel a land of devastation was in its prime, the Mainland. The Mainland was filled with life, however it was also scared with death and war. Our story takes place on such a land as a large battle had just finished between two neighboring kingdoms. The land was littered with bodies and corpses on both sides as the battle had last for many days and many nights. However one fateful day a random Knight had found themselves alive amounges the corpses of his fellow companies, his brothers and shield sisters. The knight asked a plethora of questions,

"Why am I alive?" and "HOW am I alive?"

The knight looked around once more at his fallen comrades as he now regretted his new chance at life, his final moments were to be on the battlefield field and not nowhere else. The knight dropped to his knees and lifted his sword ready to end his life before then hearing whispers coming from afar. The knight looked forward only to see the mighty Being Slayer left in the corpse of a large Stone giant. It was as majestic as the old tales said. The Knight wondered though what it was doing here and without its master Falklore, the Knight looked around before the blade called to him once again. As he did the Knight then saw as bodies and other pieces from his fallen comrades and enemies alike as he saw them all being dragged away into the distance by a invisible force. They're bodies began to all smash and crunch together, bones and skulls breaking as they all combined together into the shape of a large figure. The figure fell to the ground, as they did the environment around began to decay and rot even some of the smaller branches of the Eden tree that had yet to even experience life decayed away falling billions of feet out of the air and making giant craters upon impact. The knight then looked up as a crow landed on the helmet of a dead knight only for the dark entity to grab the crow by the throat killing instantly and turning it into a twisted and malformed version of itself.

"Oh God, it feels good to be back" said the entity as it began to stand up and walk over the corpses around it with the skin of the soldiers and knights crawling off their bones and mending to the body of the entity acting as clothes. The figures body was made of black bones, its skull was a large crow skull and the flesh from the knight's fallen comrades and enemies now were nothing more than clothes to it. Thats when it hit the knight, it was him! The conduit of decay, erosion and most importantly. It was Corruption!

"HehehehehHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! AUGH!" Corruption began to cough heavily as black smoke and muck came pouring out of his mouth with the rotten crows around him cawing in a twisted and demonic new tune.

"GOD! It feels good to be back, guess that blade isn't everything its cracked up to be heheheh, hm?" Corruption then looked down at the knight which was near the Being Slayer. The knight then looked at blade and Corruption, the two made eye contact. With burst of speed the knight reached for the blade only for Corruption to use the bodies the blade was under to kick the knight back sending him to the ground.

"Heheheheheheh" Corruption chuckled before then pulling the blade towards him gripping it in his hands. The knight got up and looked in horror at Corruption weilding the Being Slayer. Corruption's attention then turned to the knight.

"Run" Corruption said and without a second thought the knight ran away in absolute fear. Corruption watched as his rotten crows laughed a demonic laugh around him, the conduit than looked closely at the blade. It's power was incomprehensible.

"Omnipotence...in the palm of my hand" Corruption said as he touched his charcoal boney fingers along the blade as he could hear whispered coming from it.

"So that valiant knight is without his most powerful weapon hu? Let's make sure he dosent get it back" Corruption looked towards a nearby kingdom.

"I know just where to bury it" Corruption growled. On the outskirts of the kingdom was a small farm growing vegetables and crops of all kinds. There a family lived there with they're two children Sam and David. Sam and David were outside milking the cows as they had to get they're farm ready for when the soldiers returned from a battle they had went off to face aided by the Conduits of Peace and Potential.

"I wonder what great stories uncle will have when he gets back from the war! Oh i can only imagine what its like to fight alongside conduits!" Sam said with glee as her brother smirked.

"Believe it or not our family has a history with meeting conduits Sammy" said David with a wide smile

"REALLY!" Sam said surprised

"Yup, why Mom when she was pregnant with you was super sick, but was saved by the Conduit of Life making you very healthy and special" David as he got up stretching his back

"Wow...does that make me a conduit too!?" Sam asked eagerly, but David put his finger over her mouth and stuck his tounge out teasing her.

"Guess you'll never know!" David chuckled as he then looked towards his home. "Wonder if ma is done with supper yet" David said as he rubbed his belly with Sam also curious as well. Back at the house The mother of the children Rachel put supper on the wooden table that her husband Peter had just finished making.

"Oh my, these little brats better like the supper I done cooked up for them. I especially hope I get that Peter to eat his eggs. Mans been out in the field all day maybe he deserves a little reward" she said as she ran upstairs after seeing him making his way towards the house.

"Golly, the weather may be too good this year. Especially with all the varmints and little critters it brings with it" said Peter as he entered his home and put his tools down near the door. He then smelled the delicious food and made his way to the dining room to which he picked up a piece of bacon from his plate and ate.

"Peter come upstairs i have a surprise for you dear come upstairs!" Rachel yelled, but just as Peter was getting ready to go upstairs he began to smell a horrible and rancid stench that filled his nose.

"HOT DAMN! What is that? Smells like a corpse" Peter said as he began to track the smell only for it to lead him to the basement door. He hesitated, but then pulled open the basement door only to see darkness below a few steps. He then grabbed a lantern near the kitchen and began to walk down

"PETER WHERE ARE YOU?! I AINT GONNA BE LIKE THIS ALL DAY!" Rachel shouted

"HOLD ON WOMAN I'LL BE THERE!" Peter replied back in a loud tone as he kept going down the stairs. He had never felt such a chill go up his spine and the horrible and absolutely disgusting smell coming from downstairs was like as if he stepped into a room of 3 week old corpses, however that wasn't the case as what he found was much more disturbing.

"What the hell..." Peter said as he then saw a large hole in the side of the wall, the hole was huge and much bigger than he was.

" I need to go-" but before he could finish Peter turned around only to see the tall and slender Conduit of Corruption stand at the foot of his stairs.

"Oh my god" Peter said in pure terror as Corruption then walked towards him his feet decaying the wooden floor under them. Corruption stopped in front of Peter and looked down at the candle and with two fingers put the light out. Upstairs Rachel was in her robe waiting for Peter, but as minutes passed she became impatient and began to go for the door only for it to open for for Corruption to enter into the room shocking the Rachel.

"...oh dear god" Rachel said as Corruption then grabbed her face and like butter peeled it off with her screaming the entire time as it felt like lava had been dumped all over her face, she collapsed to the ground. Corruption picked her up by her leg and began to drag her down to the basment.

"Bro did you hear that?" Asked Sam

"Ma probably found another spider again" David said as he filled his last bucket full of milk.

" Hey! You know what I do smell tho?" David asked

"SUPPER!" shouted Sam and David ran towards their home and went inside.

Sam went inside only for her brother to cover her eyes instantly.

"Uh David whats going? Is this some sort of game?" Sam said with curiosity, but David was petrified as he saw organs and blood all over the floor leading towards the basment. David looked in horror as he then looked to his sister.

"Stay here Sam, I gotta go check on Mom and Pop realy quick ok? But keep your eyes closed"

David ran down to the basement, but on his way down he slipped over something and fell down the stairs knocking himself out. After a few minutes he then woke up a few moments later in the pitch darkness of the basement which smelled like fresh blood and corpses. He covered his nose.

"MA?! PA?!" shouted David as he tried to get up only to realize he had twisted his leg falling down the stairs, as his vision began to adjust, he then saw a horrid sight. What looked to be a woman in front of him leaning against the wall was missing her skin and was nothing but meat and bone with her shaking violently unable to make any noses besides whimpers and such. David looked in horror at the scene before he then looked up to see at the top of the stairs what had tripped him was hiw own mother's flaccid skin with the head still having its hair attached to it.

"My god" David said in dread as he then looked forward towards the large hole in the wall, he began to crawl towards the stairs before he then heard the sound of crawling and grinding, his head slowly turned towards the hole as he then Corruption crawling out of the hole. David looked at Corruption only for him to flash his red eyes at the boy rotting away his eyes causing him to scream in pain as Corruption dragged him into the tunnel where his screams only got louder while Sam above oponed her eyes to see the horrific trail of blood leading to the basement.

"David?" Sam yelled worried

"David!?" Sam yelled again as she then ran down the stairs to the basement only to see her brother getting devoured by rottened birds who had already peeled away his face, she wet herself at the sight of it. Her eyes then averted towards her mother who had been died.

"DADDY!!!" Sam screamed as she ran upstairs only for Corruption to grab her by the face having had waited for her the whole time.

"Why did you hurt my family!?" Sam whimpered as Corruption sharpened his claws

"I though conduits were supposed to save the world and help good people!" Sam said, but Corruption didn't respond as he then moved his hand close to the girl's face

"I'm not afraid of you!" Sam said causing Corruption to stop

"What?" Corruption said

"I'm not afraid of you, my big brother told me that when I was born a conduit blessed my mommy so that i would be ok and that makes me special. You can't hurt me!" Sam shouted as tears rushed down her face. Corruption looked at her as she closed her eyes ready for whatever fate would come for her, but nothing happened as Corruption dropped the girl onto her butt along the blood stained floor.

"Wha?" Sam looked up at Corruption as he began to leave for the door.

"WAIT! WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL ME!? WHY DID YOU KILL MY FAMILY!?" Sam screamed as tears rushed down her face and anger painted her expression.

"Because, dead people can't tell stories now can they." Corruption chuckled as he walked out the front door. Sam began to cry and wail as she thought about everything she had heard about Conduits, was it a lie? Were they all like this? Sam thought to herself as she felt the blood on the floor underneath her hands. She then swore to herself that she would never trust another conduit again.

Corruption walked through the farmlands killing everything with his presence as cows and livestock alike all died in a matter of seconds with their bodies spreading a dangerous mold and puss.

"Heheheh, And now time for the final show" Corruption said as he turned to look at the whole kingdom and got ready to annihilate it with a single gaze from his red eyes. However. He then sensed something and looked to the east sensing the enormous surge of negative energy before he shook it off, he then revealed his red eyes which surged with death waves which sent out overwhelming tension and force towards the city detonating it like a bomb. The mushroom cloud could be seen from thousands of miles away. Corruption walked over the bodies and small houses that now littered the grounds and remains of the city. He then began to decay all the remains as a horde of his rotten crows came down with the being slayer in hand and began to bury it under the rubble of the city. He then softened the ground into sludge before hardening it with the heat from his eyes.

"The days of heros is over" Corruption said as he stood up proud of what he had done. Corruption then began to walk away before getting a stone thrown to his head, Corruption turned to see Sam there breathing heavily and completely battered and bruised.

"Or maybe not" Corruption said as he began walking towards Sam who stood firm and strong regardless of her injuries.

"Maybe the last hero dies with you" Corruption said menacingly as his hand reached for Sam, but before he could kill her Corruption was punched square in the back of the head sending him flying right over Sam and into what remained of the farmlands. Sam opened her weak eyes as a armor covered hand pat her head before the large knight walked past her.

"WHO DARES STRIKE AT THE MIGHTY CORRU- oh" Corruption stopped mid sentence as he watched the mighty knight of Eden and the true weilder of the Being Slayer walking right towards him. Falklore had arrived.

Corruption looked in shock at Falklore's return so suddenly.

"Well isn't this a surprise! It would seem you haven't lost your edge just yet, but without that powerful blade of your's. Your nothing" Corruption grinned as he stood up and Falklore looked towards him.

"What do you plan to do now?" Corruption asked only for Falklore to pick up Sam chuck her into the distance sending her soaring high through the sky with Falklore then turning to Corruption.

"Once everyone gets word of the disspaarence of the Being Slayer everyone will come after your head! However I guess they won't get the chance once I kill you" Corruption said as he then sprinted up towards Falklore who responded with a strong kick to Corruption's chest sending him right back down the hill of rubble and muck. Falklore jumped towards Corruption slamming his fist into his skull with Corruption then grabbing Falklore by the head lifting him up into the air. Falklore kept punching at Corruption, but the mad conduit only laughed as Falklore's attempts were mild at best to him.

"HehehehHAHAHAH! NOTHING YOU CAN DO NOW! Fabled hero! Your time of adventure and getting into the affairs of us higher beings is now over! Why resist me? Why fight against powers that clearly want you dead! Your nothing Falklore, nothing more than a crestfallen warrior who can't seem to learn when to give up. Thats ok though sweet warrior of gold and iron, I'll set your soul free! I'LL SET YOU FREE!!!" Corruption screamed only to have the conduit of Wrath slam into him from the back dragging him across the field. Falklore fell into the arms of the conduit of Life.

"Rest easy now soldier" Life said

"ARGAH GET OFF ME!!!" Corruption shouted as he removed himself forcefully from Wrath's mighty grasp. Corruption turned to see his Kin standing before him, Life, Justice and Wrath all here.

"SCRAM YOU LITTLE ROTTEN THING!" Wrath shouted "OTHERWISE I'LL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM GODDAMN LIMB!!" Wrath screamed as Corruption sank into the floor.

"It dosent matter, the age of heroism is over" Corruption muttered as he left. After the Conduits Wrath, Life and Justice all watched Corruption escape they took the wounded Falklore back to they're camp. There all the conduits were relaxin, training or conversing with one another.

"Brother im telling you if we ate enough of these we could be unstoppable!" Said the conduit of Power Bastian to Passion(O'Brien) who was completely uninterested and was busy writting in a book he was making.

"Very interesting Bastian, not." O'Brien said only for Wrath to walk up to him and grab his book, pissing off O'Brien understandably.

"HEY YOU DAFT BRUTE! PUT THAT DOWN NOW!!" O'Brien shouted in frustration

"You still writing down your little creatures in this thing?" Wrath said as O'Brien jerked the book away and fixed his glasses.

"Hehehe, nerd" Bastian snickered

"Oh shut up, why don't you go open a pickle jar for me Mr.All-Powerful" O'Brien snarled as he walked off ticking Bastian off. Farther in the camp Life set down Falklore on a mat in one of the tents, she then created a flower out of the ground setting it down on his chest as it began to heal all his wounds and injuries. She then walked around looking for Death which she found standing underneath a tree covered in the dark shade.

"Always hidden from us" Life said "No, never hidden. Death is always present no matter where we go or where I am" Death said as he turned to Life.

"Can you feel it? One of our own is nearby. Yet another forbidden conduit to kill or imprison." Death said as he then turned around and picked up his scythe.

"Have you ever thought of using a different weapon?" Life asked "Whats wrong with what I have?" Death asked

"Just seems a bit cliché don't you think?" Life answered

"...how about you stick to working with the living and leave what I do to the dead to me" Death said. The two went back to camp and saw Peace sitting down with a Young child. Life and Death stared at the child for a moment before they kept walking.

"I'll never understand how you convinced me to allow that abomination into the group." Death said with Life simply smiling. Almost all the Conduits met at the outskirts of Camp where they waited for the Forbbiden Conduit to show up.

"Do you think its Time and Space?" asked Healing to which all the conduits gasped and looked at her.

"Dont scare yourselves" Death announced getting all their attention.

"That time is over and Time and Space has been heard of since Messiah dealt with them, No doubt its long dead and gone..." Death said as he looked forward.

"But, what if it is them?" Life whispered

"Then may Nunn help us all" Death replied as the Forbbiden Conduit then came into view to reveal it to be Blasphemy(Quella).

"BLASPHEMY!?" shouted a confused Wrath

"What is that wrench doing back here?" Said Lust with Destruction looking in curiosity. The Conduits all got their weapons ready before they saw Quella put her hands up.

"I don't want any trouble; I've just come to see someone" she said as she kept walking towards them.

" FREEZE WOMAN!" shouted Wrath, O'Brien simply kept staring as he continued to write.

"Steady Wrath" Bastian said as he looked around for anyone else.

"Who are you here to see?" Death asked

"I'm looking for my son" Quella said, Peace then squeezed through the conduits and came eye to eye with Quella. They both nodded as Quella followed Peace towards his tent where the young Conduit of Balance was playing sticks. She sat next to Balance and looked at him before patting his head. "MAMA!" Balance shouted as he and Quella hugged each other. Isnide Wrath's tent Falklore woke up, he looked around before stepping out of the tent. Falklore then met eyes with Quella who stepped out of Peace's tent.

"FALKLORE!!" Quella muttered nervously, Falklore looked at Quella who turned around her face red. Falklore turned his head and began to walk out of the Conduit's camp where at the outskirts a few Conduits were still standing around.

"Hey look who it is" Wrath said nudging O'Brien whi fixed his glasses and looked over.

"Who Falklore?" O'Brien asked

"Yea dummy, its not everyday you meet the Godslayer" Healing said excited as Falklore walked past them.

"I'm curious though, without his sword is he as formidable?" Bastian said as he walked towards him

"HEY! BAD IDEA!" Wrath shouted Falklore kept walking until a rock was thrown at his helmet. He turned around. The Conduit of Power, Bastianstood before him.

"I hear you can kill the ones that can't be killed. That you're a Godslayer." Bastian said

"Bastian-" but before Healing could say anything more conduits came over to watch.

"I want to out your power to the test, of course without your little knife" Bastian smirked. The Conduit of Power, Bastian stood in front of the mighty Falklore while all the conduits look on in horror.

"BASTIAN STOP!!" Life shouted only to get held back by other Conduits.

"Hes decided his fate" Destruction said Bastian and Falklore looked at one another.

"I want you to know just how immense I am, The conduit of Power. Your own strength is defined by me, I am strength. I am POWER." Bastian said as he continued to talk about his overwhelming power as Falklore removed his shield from his back.

"- Now then, let's do this!" Bastian said as he ran towards Falklore readying his attack, he charged up a large amount of energy and kenitic energy into one punch. However. Falklore blocked it with his shield which upon impact actually sucked In Bastian.

"Woah!" Wrath shouted

"W-Where did he go?!" Pride said Falklore then turned towards a tree and just as if he had jumped through a portal Bastian came right out of the shield and face planted right into the tree.

"ARGAH!! HOW DID YOU?!" Bastian looked around completely confused. Falklore continued to stand there motionless and focused.

"Alright then, lets try that again!" Bastian said as he then blitzed around Falklore to attack him only to see Falklore facing him again.

"Son of-" Bastian muttered as he then increased his speed.

"Lets see you reapond to this!" Bastian then moved a light speed to the point everyone was standing still, he then sped to Falklore and delivered a punch to which Falklore then dodged out of the way of.

"THATS NOT POSSIBLE!!!" Bastian shouted in his head only for Falklore to backhand him stopping the time stop and fracturing Bastian's skull knocking him off his feet..

"Are they done? Is it over?" Healing said worried

"The fight was over the moment that idiot thought it started" O'Brien said as he watched Bastian wiggling in pain.

"You sure you'll be ok? At least let us help you find it." Life said to Falklore who shook his head as he looked down towards Bastian.

"Next time won't be the same" Bastian said as Falklore then began his journey to find his blade. Falklore was traveling through the decay Corruption had left behind. He looked through it all feeling the being slayer may be close by. However as he looked he felt the presence of two individuals near by. Falklore turned to see two beings standing in the distance with one being a male in all black armor carried on a throne by small harpies and the other one being a female walking towards Falklore with two scythes.

"Well well well, if it isn't the mighty Falklore, or shall I say Folklore? Cause thats what you'll be when I'm done with you!" Said the Black knight as it sat on its throne.

"Heheheh, oh yes, we're gonna have fun with you. Once we take you back to our father he'll finally make us all powerful! Meaning I can make as many of you as I want hehehe" chuckled the woman. Falklore turned to them as he clenched his fist.

"Best to introduce ourselves, you've heard of me already im su-" but before the black knight could speak Falklore punched him in the face sending him flying through his throne and into the woods shocking the woman.

"WOAH! My brother got clapped! Alright my turn! Prepare for the Wrath of Alfredia!!" Shouted the woman as she then jumped to Falklore who tried to punch her,but surprisingly dodged his attack and planted her hands on the ground with her legs then wrapping around his head and slamming Falklore's head into the ground causing a earthquake which shook all of Eden.

"EDEN CORKSCREW!!!" Alfredia shouted as she then spun her body into vortex like way moving so fast the two began to teleport all over the tree of Eden as she continued to use her

"Eden corkscrew" attack to slam him into branches of Eden and its many orbs until...

"TAKE THIS!!" Alfredia then kicked Falklore back down to the ground as she began to spin herself and her scythes once again in a vortex like pattern as she then went plummeting down to Falklore with enough force to detonateall of eden three times over.

"PAIN COMET!!!" Alfredia screamed as she went hurtling towards Falklore who got up and with one punch knocked her and her attack sending her away nearly breaking his arm in the process. Falklore grabbed his arm before healing it back up suddenly the dark knight from before flew directly towards him at Immeasurable speeds and slammed his fist into the side of Falklore's head hitting him so hard that he went flying through the tree and landed on a random branch near the middle of it.

"NONE PUT THIER HANDS ON THE MIGHTY LUCIFER!!!" shouted the First son of pain Lucifer. Falklore got up and shook himself off as he then saw Lucifer teleport near him with Alfredia leaping up to the branch where they both were at. Falklore looked at both of them

"The mighty Falklore, what a sad state this is. To see you in such a horrible state. It'd only be fitting if I ended your poor existence." Lucifer said as he then flew towards Falklore who turned his body intangible causing Lucifer to go through it and for Falklore to turn around slam the dark prince's face into the branch of the tree causing the orbs to jingle like loud bells. Alfredia then pounced on Falklore and began to punch at his helmet which didn't dent once. Falklore then punched straight through Alfredia's face.

"BASTARD!" Lucifer grabbed at Falklore's leg which then Falklore head butted Alfredia backwards before heel turning and stepping on Lucifer's head attempting to crush.

"EEEEEENOUGH!" Lucifer screamed as the shockwave nearly ruptured the Omniverse itself. Falklore moved back a few steps as Lucifer hovered above him covered in pure dark energy.

"I'm a GOD Damnit, without your precious sword your nothing!" Lucifer said as he then charged up a large sphere like attack.

"You may be able to-" not even letting the dark prince finish Falklore punched him in the jaw before piledriving him through the branch they were on and straight back down to the base of Eden. The two left a large crater as Alfredia then began to descend after them. Falklore got up shaking his head as Lucifer than came bursting out of the ground and punched Falklore dead in the chest only for him not to move a inch.

"WHAT THE!?" Lucifer shouted shocked as he then began to punch away at Falklore with a barrage of attacks yet none did any good. Falklore then punched Lucifer faster than he could even react to hitting him with a absolute attack from his fist. Lucifer nearly fell unconscious before he then returned the favor by hitting Falklore with one of his own nearly taking Falklore off his feet, the two then went blow to blow shaking everything as their fight continued to rage on until a large cosmic slash went towards Lucifer with him barley dodging out of the way.

"What? !!!!" Lucifer looked in shock at who had shown up. The swift blade of the east, EchoStar. Lucifer looked in shock as he stared at EchoStar, Falklore also looked at him with Alfredia also staring amazement.

"Greetings Falklore, Allow me" EchoStar said in a calm tone as he then got into a striking position with his blade, Alfredia immediately teleported away while Lucifer stayed ready for the first attack to come. EchoStar breathed a heavy breath as he began to unsheathe his blade, Lucifer then also readied his hands with his dark power. EchoStar then instantly cut the air so fast that not even the Gods could react to stop it. EchoStar had cut the totality of dimensions in half causing for all of everything and beyond to ripple out of control causing for things once 2D to now be 8D and ect. Falklore however didn't mind the absence if dimensions as he was still able to move, however it took Lucifer a minute to adjust. EchoStar then jumped up and slammed his leg down dislocating Lucifer's shoulder instantly as Falklore also jumped him and slammed his shield over Lucifer's head which not only curses him, but disabled his use of powers for 30 seconds making him no sustainable to the effects of the Omniverse now void of dimensions causing for Lucifer to collapse from everything instantly. Falklore then landed on whatever dimension the ground now was as he then looked up as he watched as the Archon of the white city then appeared and slammed his hands togther restoring the Omniverse back to what it was and recreating the dimensions within it. Falklore and EchoStar looked to one another before EchoStar put his hand for a high five only to Falklore ignore it.

"Ah, not much for kind gestures. Fair enough" EchoStar said as he looked to the Archon. "

You two are going to pay for what you did!!" Shouted the Archon before Lucifer appeared behind him shoved his hand straight through him like butter shocking EchoStar and Falklore.

"Did you honestly think that attack would kill me?" Lucifer said as he threw the Archon to the side.

"Now then, enough-" but before Lucifer could finish the orbs of eden turned dark as eyes and a dark mouth appeared in the sky.

"Its time to return my son" said a deep and looming voice. All the gods of eden and conduits all came out to see who had just appeared.

"N-no way!" Quella said

"Is that!?" Life said shaken

"The Eldest Son of Pain" Death finished as EchoStar and Falklore looked in shock to see Lucifer being summoned back to the dark throne by force.

"NO! FATHER WAIT!!! I CAN STILL FIGHT!! LEAVE ME!! I COULD HAVE WON!!!" Lucifer screamed

"We'll talk more once you're back" the Eldest son spoke as Lucifer dissappeared.

"As for you Falklore, do not see this as a victory over me. Without your precious blade in hand. I'll be sure to eviscerat you off the face of this world, thags a promise." The Eldest Son of Pain said before dissapering and everything turning back to normal.

"Well, that was exciting" EchoStar chuckled as Falklore just stared at him. Moments after the battle soon a rumbling was heard as everyone turned their head to see Messiah walking across Eden and over towards the tree.

"Hes back" O'Brien said as they all watched as Messiah then stopped and with no effort restored the Omniverse back to a complete perfect state and remade it much tougher than it previously was before he then proceeded to continue walking again.

"Such power" EchoStar said as he then thought back to the eastern dragons and clenched his fist. However Falklore was silent...as usual. Falklore then rested his shoulders and sat down with his shield falling asleep on the spot.

"EHHHH!!" Everyone shrieked as they all were shocked at Falklore's sudden rest. The conduits looked to each other as they all tried to lift up Falklore to get him into a bed to sleep in, however...none of them could do it. They tried asking EchoStar, but he had started meditating. Finally Quella came forward and with her powers she summoned forth a new pair of hands specially designed to lift Falklore which worked as she was easily able to carry him and put him down into a bed to rest for the night. As everyone worked Quella and the young child conduit Balance relaxed in the same tent as Falklore who suddenly woke up after sleeping for nearly 48 hours.

"Woah! You sure sleep hard don't you?" Quella said as Balance ran outside to play with rabbits. Falklore looked around and saw his shield leaning aginst Quella. He went to reach for it, but ended up startling her.

"Oh my apologies, it just looked like you were gonna touch me is all." Quella said playing with her hair. Falklore never understood women...and he didn't want to. He quickly picked up his shield and left the tent.

"H-HEY!" Quella yelled as she rushed after him.

"It wasn't easy looking after you for all that time! I'm a warrior damnit not a grown man's babysitter!" Quella said getting Falklore's attention.

"Hmp, guess even Godslayers have their weak spots" she thought to herself "Well did I touch a nerve? You know for a hero of eden you sure don't know how to show gratitude" Quella said, Falklore then turned around and walked to Quella and pulled a walnut out of his pocket and gave it to her before leaving.

"....I hate men" Quella said annoyed as she looked st the walnut. Falklore walked out of the camp as he then saw EchoStar waiting for him.

"Ah! Good friend! I'm glad to see you yet live. You falling asleep so suddenly had me worried." EchoStar said Falklore stared before continuing to walk

"Your looking for your sword correct?" EchoStar said getting Falklore's attention.

"The eastern dragons told me about it, told me who buried it. All we need to do is find Corruption and we can get your blade back. Falklore turned to him and nodded. "Good, we'll have to journey to my home,we can make the journey their on foot." EchoStar said as he and Falklore began to walk towards the land of the eastern dragons. Back at the camp Quella watched the two warriors leave. Death then came to her and she immediately knew. "Yea, yea im going im going" Quella said as she began to walk away. She looked back at Peace playing with Balance, Quella looked at Balance with a smirk before the conduit of Life then got between her and her son giving her a less than friendly look. Quella then walked out of the conduit camp as she had nowhere to go now. She traveled around for a couple days fighting and sleeping a lot as the days went by. However one day during the pitch darkness of night on a rainy day... "Sleeping well I hope" said a voice causing Quella to wake up armed and ready. She then looked up to see Alfredia. "Well if it isn't the bitch" Quella said "Careful Forbbiden one, im not here to put you our of your misery...not yet" Alfredia said as she jumped down from a tree. "Why are you here? Quella asked

"Call this a proposal, I want you to help me get a very special thing from a place I can't reach." Alfredia said as she walked around Quella with Quella not looking at Alfredia to avoid temptation. Alfredia's gaze was deadly and she could manipulate just about anyone with a mere look. "ENOUGH!" Quella said as she attempted to slash at Alfredia while keeping her eyes shut, Alfredia moved out of the way. "I'm not your errand girl and I'm sorry if daddy is upset with you. Leave me out of your damn family. Issues cause your dad's afraid of a man dressed in white carrying a black rod." Quella said to which Alfredia looked at her pissed before she then left. Quella's arms slumped as she then fell asleep leaning aginst a log by her fire. Corruption then crawled out of the mud of the ground and starred at the sleeping Quella. "Blasphemy, such raw strength! Nothing better than this. You'll make a perfect mother for my spawn heheh" Corruption then grabbed the sleeping Quella's arms rotting them, he continued to giggle until Quella punched Corruption in the face sending him twirling backwards. "ARGAH!! WHY YOU!!" Corruption said as he then ran towards Quella only for her to create a anti-corruption blade which she stabbed him with nearly killing him. "ARGAAHHHHHHH!!!" Corruption screamed as he fell over and ran away. Quella then sighed as she looked at her prosthetic arms. They had suffered heavy decay and rot. "I hate that damn guy!" Quella sat down as she proceeded more on what had happened just now. Quella continued to wonder around using her prosthetic arms as much as she could before they eventually began to wilt away die to Corruption's rottened touch. Quella then watched them fall right off the stubs of where her arms used to be. "Stupid damn Corruption, I swear I'll get you for this!" Quella said before a stone was thrown at her head drawing blood. She turned around to see a whole pack of villagers there. "Hey! We know you! Your that Blasphemy girl right?!" Said a farmer "The one who killed Captain Grover and Munch on Mount Grinco!" Shouted another villager "And the one who murder my son during the war!" Said a woman "A lot of good people die whenever your around! I'm curious, do Forbbiden Conduits ressurect like regular conduits? How's about we find out. Quella stared at them a bit before she then ran over and proceeded to murder every last villager with her head and legs decapitating some of them even. After the slaughter was over she then looked to see the children of the villagers all looking at her in shock and competently saddned at what theu had witnessed. "Hmp, ain't like its my problem. Stupid people die for stupid reasons" Quella said as she continued on her way. As she moved along she then found the blade of Death and Cherry leaning aginst a group of trees. "Score!" She shouted as she ran to it admiring its beauty. "One of the most powerful blades in all of Eden, and its just laying here. EchoStar you've lost your touch." Quella said as she bit the blade and pulled it out with her teeth.

"You looking forsomething?" EchoStar said as he jumped down from a tree scaring the life out of Quella. He and her sat down after a brief explanation. "So your gonna help the hero get his stick back, goodie." Quella said leaning back aginst a tree. EchoStar put a fallen leaf back on a tree. "Yes, well without Falklore in peak condition all of Eden will fall to the gods." EchoStar said "So?" Quella replied "If that happens, this land and everyone and everything we know and need will be gone. Me,Falklore and you conduits are all that remain to stop them." EchoStar said with Quella scoffing. "So where is the idiot anyway?"Quella asked "Eh, he's somewhere around here." EchoStar said as he then grabbed his blade and got up. "If you see him, let him know I'll be in the next town over." EchoStar said as he kept moving. Quella rolled her eyes as she then walked deeper into the woods and found a large lake leading all the way to the town that EchoStar was talking about.

"Not ideal, but its better than smelling like corpses." Quella said as she sat down in the lake washing off all the blood, gunk and filth. Quella however was still annoyed that she couldn't get the Armour off to bathe her actual body. That's when she noticed it. "Wait...is that!?" Quella screamed as she saw Falklore's Armour and shield laying near the river. Quella then got up flustered before she then saw him, a man with shaggy and messy amber hair covering his face walked out of the forest completely naked. Quella looked at him up and down, the man was built very well, almost perfect and he "other" features seemed to be very well built too she though to herself as she watched the man walk towards Falklore's Armour and began repairing it. "...Falklore?" Quella said to which the man turned his head towards her. "NO WAY ITS REALLY HIM!!" Quella screamed in her head. "...how lame though, i half expected him to be a skeleton, a monster or maybe even a buff lady." Quella said as she continued to watch him. Quella watched him completely forgetting he was naked, Falklore looked back at her and noticed her wearing Armour in the water. "Hu? Well in case you haven't noticed i can't exactly take my Armour off pal." Quella said annoyed as she then saw Falklore put on some pants and get up. "WOAH WOAH WOAH! I didn't say you could undress me!" Quella said all flustered however Falklore had just had enough with this woman's shenanigans. He got a knife from his pocket and with perfect accuracy and without looking threw the knife hitting every single strap and button on her Armour till it fell off her body perfectly. Quella was in complete shock. Falklore then pulled a walnut out of his pocket and threw it into the air with it landing on her messy head of hair. She watched as Falklore then grabbed his armor and walked into the woods leaving Quella. She sat down in the water frustrated and sexually frustrated. "I don't know what I expected from that fucking righteous hero. He wouldn't know a good hint if it bit him in the crouch....its not like I ask for much. All I want is some form of attention. Yet all it ever is...is bad. Why was I born like this, born into horrible existence like this. Used to make a child I can't even see...the Conduits, what a fucking joke. Keepers of the world, protectors of Eden...all just a bunch of bullshit!. We all deserve to die...we all do. So why not let me deliver it to you, that way you know I have your best interest at heart." Quella said,she then fell asleep in the river. A couple minutes went by before Falklore walked back over to wash his bloody hands, he then looked over to see Quella's head about to be submerged under the river. He walked over and picked her up. Falklore then put her down across him and the bonfire he had started. Falklore then began to grab a piece of paper and began writting something down. After a few moments Quella woke up with Falklore across from her with his shirt now on her. It was so big it almost went over her knees. "...don't think I'll thank you." Quella said as she stared at Falklore who wasn't paying her any attention. "What? Don't want me to talk? Oh I get it, you want something else. You don't want my mouth to be talking, but doing something else." Quella said as she got herself up and walked to him. Falklore's head turned to her as he then scooted away from her. "Hey! This is hows its supposed to go. I'm a woman, your a man. you only desire one thing from me. So how about we get it out of the way and just...do it" Quella said weakly. Falklore turned away from her. "Its not like I could fight aginst you if I wanted to." Quella said saddned. "Or maybe thats why you don't want to do it! You think I'm a horrible looking woman!" Quella shouted as Falklore continued to ignore her. "IS THAT IT!? DO YOU THINK IM UGLY!? THINK IM A FREAK!!!??" Quella screamed as she got closer to him. "WELL!? ANSWER ME!!" Quella screamed into Falklore's ear only for him to get up and walk away. Quella watched before she fell to the ground exhausted. "Men...are so stupid." Quella said, Falklore then walked around the woods as his fist were so balled up he was drawing immense blood from his hands. He then stood in front of a tree, but instead of punch it...he hugged the tree.

Falklore then walked back to the bonfire a couple minutes later to see Quella looking at it. He looked at it and her. Falklore sat down as he kept writting, Quella's eyes looked to him as she then got up and walked away. Falklore watched, but then got back to writting. She then came back with her mouth full, Falklore looked up as Quella walked over to him. She then kicked his arm as Falklore then put his hands out. She then spit out a bunch of walnuts into Falklore's hands. His hair poofed a bit as he looked at them and then to her. He got up and hugged Quella tightly. She was completely motionless as she had no idea what do as her legs were shaking. "He-hes gonna grab me any minute now." Quella said to herself. However the thought passed as Falklore then let go and grabbed the paper he was writting on and opened it up to her. Her eyes filled with tears as she read it. "Dear Conduit of Blasphemy, I want you to know I appreciate you looking after me. Its not everyday I'm taken care of so I appreciate you immensely. I also wanted you to know that I rushed to leave due to the other Conduits talking about you. They all talked bad about you and yet you were the one watching me and not them. You have a beautiful son by the way and he has a beautiful mother. Stay strong and know that even if the world hates you, know that I do not." Said Falklore's note, Quella's face was filled with tears as snot also ran down her face. Falklore put the paper down as Quella rushed into him with them embracing once again. The next morning Falklore got up as he then felt something on his chest as he saw Quella laying ontop of him. He put her down gently onto the grass as he walked towards the lake, he dipped his hands in the lake washing them when suddenly it became filthy and covered in corruption. Falklore looked over to see Corruption walking across the river towards him. "Well well, whats a common man like you doing out here all alone. Heheheh, looking to di-" But Corruption would get uppercut into the air sending him flying miles through the air before landing on the bank of the river with a loud boom. "W-WHAT THE HELL!?" Corruption shouted as Falklore started walking towards him. Corruption then spewed a hot acid towards Falklore who simply dodged out of the way before beating up Corruption with a barrage of attacks before planting his head in the ground. "I didn't ask for this you know" Corruption said catching Falklore's attention. "I didn't ask to be born, I was born and everyone was afraid of me. What else am I to do?. Is it wrong for me to fill the role that life gave me?" Corruption said, Falklore loosened his grip a bit only to get kicked in the stomach and sent flying backwards into the corrupted lake. Corruption than stomped on Falklore's head attemptingto drown him. "HA! FOOL! NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN!!!! HAHAHAHAHA" Corruption laughed as Falklore then gave himself gills before he grabbed Corruption by the beak and then slammed his head into the ground. Corruption and Falklore struggled with each other before they heard the sound of footsteps coming they're way. They both looked over to see EchoStar. "Goodness, I leave you alone for a day and your already in another fight." EchoStar said as he got his blade ready. Corruption jumped away. "So that's your face, no matter! This won't change anything. Your time of heroism is over Falklore. Soon they'll be after you. The gods won't wait for much longer." Corruption said as he melted into the ground. "Friend of yours?" EchoStar said to which Falklore just shrugged as he then turned to see Quella awake. "Oi! Good to see you in once piece" EchoStar smiled "Mmmm pleasure is yours" Quella said "I spoke with the eastern dragons using the blade of Death and Cherry, they said they can give you your arms back madame. However you'll be journeying with us for a time." EchoStar said "Nothing better to do" Quella said "Excellent!" EchoStar said as Falklore wiped off the corruption from his body.

At the Dark Throne "YOU FAILURE!" shouted the voice of the Eldest son of Pain "Father forgive me! But you didn't give me a chance! I would have-" "SILENCE!!!" shouted the Eldest son

"I SHOULD RIP YOU ATOM FROM ATOM!That was a poor show you gave out there! Falklore has no being slayer and yet you let him throw you two around like dolls!" The Eldest Son shouted causing Lucifer to wince "...listen my Son, if that blade is returned to Falklore we will be unable to proceed onward with our plans to spread pain across all of Eden. Get some rest my son, ill inform you what to do tomorrow." The Eldest Son said, Lucifer looked up and then walked inside the Dark castle behind him. As Lucifer walked in he saw Alfredia sitting on his throne. "Yooohooo" Alfredia whistled annoying Lucifer "Get down from there rat before I beat you to bloody pulp!" Lucifer shouted "Alright Alright! Calm down Mrs.Pain in my ass hehehe" she replied as she hoped off his throne letting Lucifer sit in it and think. "Hey bro look what I found!" Alfredia said as she ran to her chambers "I don't care Alfredia" Lucifer said annoyed before he then oponed his eyes to see a naked cat in front of him. "....Alfredia, what in father's name am I looking at?" Lucifer asked

"Its a hairless cat! You like him? I called him harry." Alfredia said before the cat got lifted out of her hands and folded in on itself before falling to the ground in a bloody mess. The two siblings looked then in horror as their mother and ruler of the DarknThrone Barla had arrived back from her trip. She was beautiful, her long black hair mixed with her perfectly shaped face her eyes a cold and beating red, she was devilishly gorgeous with her long black nails looking like claws. "Mother!" Lucifer and Alfredia said in shock "I heard about you two's big blunder the other day, your father no doubt talked to you already so i won't say anything" Barla said as she walked over to them. "So then what are you doing here?" Alfredia asked "Because you fools almost forgot the most important day of the year!" Barla yelled scaring Lucifer and Alfredia. "You almost forgot! Family game night! Barla said, Lucifer, Alfredia and the Eldest son all collectively groaned "Goodness woman, you leave me out of this one. I'll just watch this time." "Fair enough" Barla said as she then turned to see Lucifer and Alfredia trying to sneak away. "Oh no you don't!" Barla said lifting them and dragging them to her. "We're going to have fun today and you two are going to STAY UNIL ITS OVER!" Barla grinned

EchoStar, Falklore and Quella all got ready to the next town over. "We're gonna need to stick togther now. With Lucifer and Alfredia and now Corruption wondering the lands there's no telling what could happen. " EchoStar said "Yea thats good, one question though." Quella said

"Yea?" "WHY IS FALKLORE NOT IN HIS ARMOUR!?!" Quella shouted as she pointed to Falklore who was in casual clothing with his Armour in a large bag and his shield on his back. Falklore waved before he then saw a large dire wolf in the distance. " Well Falklore is pretty recognizable and if anything of what Corruption said could be true, Millons of lesser gods will be after to claim his life...of course not saying he can't hold his own, but I'd hate for him to overwhelmed so we're gonna be going in disguise." EchoStar then used his blade to give himself a disguise with him now wearing a kimono and large straw hat that covered his face. Quella got a good look at EchoStar face and saw he had long black hair with blue yes. "Wow" Quella said, it was so weird seeing the legends of Eden just look like like regular men. "Heh, shall I make you something or do you have some regular clothes you'd to wear? EchoStar asked to which Quella scoffed and looked away. "I'd rather not catch whatever radiation comes from that thing. I'll grab some clothes from the town over." Quella said "Whatever works for you mam" EchoStar said "I AINT OLD STOP CALLING ME MAM!!" Quella shouted as suddenly the ground began to shake as they both looked over to see Falklore wrestling with 30 feet tall dire wolf. "Hes insane" Quella said "You know I agree." EchoStar said before him and Quella went over to Falklore as he tackled the large wolf. "My friend, its time for us to move on." EchoStar said as Falklore looked over and then let the wolf go as they all started to make their way to the next town. As they made they're way there they saw the Scribe hovering over a bottomless pit in the middle of the road. "Is that?" Quella said in shock "The Scribe." EchoStar said as Falklore just remained silent...as always. They all walked over to him as the Scribe just then noticed them. "Ah hello legendary warriors...and forbidden one." Scribe said with Quella rolling her eyes.

"What is this?" EchoStar asked "Another failed attempt to break free from the void, Uvak." Scribe said "Uvak? Your still worried about that thing, he's just another bad dream, a children's story. Something to scare the gods off their high horses. He's no more real than Ve-" "YOUR WRONG!" Scribe shouted spooking everyone. Even getting a small reaction from Falklore who took his attention away from a butterfly. "Uvak is very real! You have no business saying what is and isn't real when anything in this world is possible!." Scribe said as he then placed new ground over the bottomless pit filling it. Quella rolled her eyes looking away while EchoStar and Falklore looked to another. "Hey old man" EchoStar said getting the Scribe's attention. "How about once we get Falklore's sword back we go to the void for you and help you search for any remains of this Uvak. If it really helps you have some piece of mind." EchoStar proposed only for the Scribe to turn away. "When did warriors stop believing in the unreal and start only thinking with their eyes." The Scribe then dissappear into a thick mist of black smoke. Falklore scratched his head as the others watched. "What do you think my friend?" EchoStar asked, Falklore turned to him, even though his eyes where covered by his shaggy hair EchoStar could still feel his gaze. "Yes I see, ok." EchoStar said with Quella looking between them utterly confused. "I'll never understand men" Quella said only for Falklore to ruffle her head of hair. "HEY! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF ME OR I'LL BITE OFF YOUR NOSE!" Quella shouted as she marched forward angrily with EchoStar chuckling behind her. Falklore stayed back watching them. "..." Falklore then followed.

EchoStar,Quell and Falklore continued eventually reaching town and seeing hundreds of people walking, talking and a bar fight happening as well. "Hello there travelers!" Said a random man as he approached them. Quella looked to see some women looking at her and Falklore. She then looked to Falklore who was was staring at her. She blushed and looked away. "I wish he wouldn't stare at me...well i guess if I saw me I'd stare too hehe." Quella chuckled as Falklore then put his hand her head again causing her face to turn red before he then turned her head towards EchoStar who was talking to her the whole time. "Uh Quella did you want something to drink or not?" EchoStar asked to which Quella looked at EchoStar with a annoyed look before EchoStar than realized what he said. "Oh heh woops! Ehehe guess we'll just have 2 th-" however Falklore then coughed loudly getting not just the attention of Quella and EchoStar, but of people even in the next town which was roughly 30,000 miles away. To say he had nearly destroyed the hearing of everyone withing a 100 mile radius would be a understatement. Quella then looked to see EchoStar had covered her ears. He and her then looked to Falklore who then pointed to himself and made drinking gestures. "Oh! Good idea, you can always help Quella drink. What a good idea!" EchoStar said as he then turned around to talk with the man from before. Falklore tapped Quella's shoulder and then motioned towards the shop near by. "Oh yea I need new clothes." Quella said as her and Falklore started walking towards the shop while EchoStar stayed behind. Quella and Falklore entered the store as they then saw loads of animal pelts and monster heads with of course a few isles with some supplies and even clothing. Falklore looked around as he set his stuff down. "Welcome in you two, hope you both find what you're hearts desire in the best shop of all Eden!" Said the store owner. "Hmp, the other stores I've been to have way more stuff than this." Quella said only for Falklore l to pinch her cheek. "OW! HEY! HANDS OFF YOU MANTHING!!" Quelka shouted as she looked up to Falklore pissed. "I'm tired of this man treating me however he wants, time for some good ol Quella payback." She said as she then went in and bit Falklore's hand extremely hard...only for it to feel like she bit on a hard rock. "OWOWOOWOWOWOWOWOWO!! WHAT THE HELL!?! HE MADE HIS SKIN AS HARD AS ROCK IN A MATTER OF SECONDS!?" Quella shouted in her head Falklore infact did as he knew exactly what Quella was probably gonna do. He then walked over and looked at some of the clothes laid out, he saw a nice red dress and some wonderful maiden clothes, he pointed to them looking towards Quella. "YOUR INSANE IF YOU THINK IM GONNA WEAR THOSE!!" Quella shouted in response to which Falklore's finger went limp as he was shot out of ideas as he scratched his head. He had no idea to shop for women...he'd hardly hung out with them regardless of their attraction to him of course. Falklore looked over at a flute laying around as Quella continued to rant on and on. He picked it up and then looked at its texture and craftsmanship. "AND ARE YOU REALLY JUST IGNORING ME!?" Quella shouted again as Falklore continued to examine the flute admiring its work. "Uhh you like that flute sir? My son made that flute." The store owner said, Falklore's mouth opens just a bit perhaps a sign of slight shock.

"Yea he worked on that thing, he said he'd love to become a professional woodcarver someone you know who works with wood. I don't know how it works, but I have faith in my boy. I hope he's doing ok...wherever he may be" the store owner said wipping away his tears. Falklore thought back for a moment to his own past before then shaking away the thoughts before he then picked up the flute and walked to the store owner. "Oh? You want his flute? Thats much appreciated sir thank you." The store owner said as he got out a booklet to see the price for the flute. As Falklore then went dug in his pocket for his change Quella head butted his back. He turned around. He saw that she had the black dress in her mouth that he had picked from before. He looked at her "...didn't seem like such a bad color." Quella said, Falklore then smiled as he used it from her mouth and patted her head, she wanted to be annoyed, but didn't bother.

"You know maybe you should get a notepad or something, that way I can at least hear what your saying." Quella said to which Falklore ignored her and payed for the dress and the flute. The two then walked out of the shop, Falklore looked for EchoStar only to see him sitting on the top of the stairs to the shop meditating. EchoStar than oponed his eyes and turned around to see what they got.

"Wow! That dress is really nice, didn't know you had such nice taste Falklore!" EchoStar chuckled with Falklore smiling before then giving it to EchoStar. Night soon began to set, EchoStar got them all a single room in a Inn as Quella changed into her new dress with Falklore putting her Armour down in his bag with the rest of everyone's. "God this dress looks terrible, I feel like I'm going to a funeral. How do ladies walk in these. Well at least the shoes aren't too bad...never heard of a woman wearing a dress who had no arms." Quella said to which EchoStar chuckled while Falklore stood up and tied the bag. He then pulled out the flute he had bought earlier. "Thay flute of some importance to you my friend?" EchoStar asked which of course Falklore didn't answer and instead went outside. Falklore sat outside behind the Inn where a older woman with blonde hair was sitting down smoking a pipe. "Ah! Hello there young man, how are you today?" She asked only for Falklore to just sit down and look at the flute. "Mmm I understand, sometimes words aren't good enough to describe something. So what is it? You meet up with an old friend? Find a girl you like? Or maybe just maybe your at a crossroad in your life." The old woman said Falklore looked at her. "Its ok to be silent deary, you need not say anything to this old coot. When you get this old sometimes the best thing we can do is just listen ohohohohohoh!" She laughed as she took a big puff of her pipe. Falklore then looked to the flute. "You good with it?" She asked to which Falklore's hand began to shake holding it.

"Dont think of it as a sword dear, think of it as what it is. A piece of material meant to soothe people." She said, Falklore's head jolted up as he looked to the old woman who was smiling at him, he looked at her and then back to the flute. Falklore then no longer saw the flute as the being slayer, but as a flute.Falklore then began to play the flute with the old woman besides him. A long couple hours later Quella would walk outside to look for Falklore. "He didn't go to bed last night, where is that man?" Quella said as she looked down to see the flute lying on the floor. She then looked ahead to see Falklore sitting on the grass looking at the morning sky. "Whats he doing?" Quella said. Falklore looked up at the sky as Quella's eyes followed his only to just see the sky. Falklore however saw things completely as he shifted his eyes into different sights allowing him to see different things. Quella started to approach Falklore who turned around and saw her. He waved. "Whats up with this guy, he really isn't anything like how imagined. When they spoke of him he sounded like a paladin for justice and someone who was Righteous in nature, but he acts just like some kid or some random guy I'd see in a town." Quella thought to herself as she then sat next to him. Falklore looked at her and then back to the sky. "You know your pretty different from the men I've met in the past." Quella said Falklore just listened "In a good way of course." Quella said to which Falklore smiled as she did the same looking at him. "Even if you are annoyingly arrogant!" Quella shouted playful as she put her feet in his face to which Falklore let hit him, he looked to her smiling as she also did the same. Falklore and Quella looked at each other for a long moment before Quella tried to lay her head in Falklore's lap only for him to move out of the way. "AH! HEY! Whats wrong with you all of sudden?" Quella asked confused, Falklore looked at her his mouth opening before closing again as he looked away. Quella looked at him irritated as she head butted his back causing him to teeter a bit forward.

"Hmp, if hard to get is how you like to play then fine" Quella thought to herself as she then ran into the long meadow ahead of them with Falklore looking at her. She just stood in the middle of it looking at him as he also stared at her. Falklore then saw Vor come over the horizon and burn everything away. Falklore looked in absolute terror at Quella's burnt corpse fall to the ground along with hundreds of others. He went to reach for his blade only for it not to be there. Falklore began to sweat more intensely as Vor's eye looked directly at Falklore. "Still think yourself a hero? Still think you can stop ME." Vor said to which then Falklore looked as he began to burn away as well, but before he could even scream his mouth was no longer there, he clawed at his mouth only for a blinding light to shine ahead of him as Vor then turned into the being slayer. Falklore's eyes shrunk. "HEY!" shouted Quella waking Falklore from his nightmare. He woke up in haze. "You good? You were sweating like crazy. Have a nightmare?" Quella walked over to see Falklore's face drenched in tears. She then turned around. "Sorry" Quella said as Falklore then felt his fave and wiped his tears away. She thought about him for a moment as she turned to see Falklore back to his old self. "Hey, you know I wouldn't tell anyone if you spoke to me. I can keep a secret, trust me I got a few." Quella said to which Falklore just leaned aginst the beam support for the balcony. He just did nothing. "...whatever, do what you want hero. Damn you types are so weird. How on earth you make friends is beyond me." Quella said as she sat at his feet facing the long meadow in front of them. Falklore simply stared at her and then to the sky.

"..."

"You two seem to be having fun" said EchoStar behind them getting their attention. "So, see anything good?" He asked as he sat down next to Quella who just ignored him, he smiled and then looked up at the sky as well. They all stated for a moment before Quella asked a question. "So, this a once in a lifetime chance I'm gonna get to be with you two, but now I have to ask. Which one of you is stronger?" Quella asked to which Falklore and EchoStar each pointed to the other which caught Quella completely off guard. "AH, You can't be serious, do none of you have confidence in your own strength?!" Quella said "Hehe, as much as I appreciate the idea my friend, you are definitely much more mightier than I." EchoStar said to which Falklore gave him a gentle kick shaking his head, he then began to mimic ninja like movements to the best of his abilities. Even going as far to make hand signs. "Uhhh heheh, thats a ninja my friend, I'm a samurai." EchoStar chuckled to which Falklore smiled in embarrassment with Quella being indifferent to their behavior.

"Why don't you both prove it?" Quella said "How?" EchoStar asked "How about you both run to the horizon and then see whoever makes it back is better." Quella said Falklore and EchoStar looked at each other before they both then walked down the porch and both stood next to each other. Quella watched in excitement. "Its been a while since I've ran so fast before, you'll have to forgive me friend if you catch my dust." EchoStar said bowing to Falklore who nodded back to him. The two then both got ready to sprint forward...they waited for a bit before looking back at Quella who was watching them. "Oh! Uhh go." Quella said which within a matter of seconds they were both off, EchoStar ran swiftly in fact it didn't look like he was even touching the ground at times whole Falklore ran like horse with both his limbs fully extending to their max before his next leg went out. Both eventually made it to the horizon where the edge of Eden was. They both took a moment and stood there. "You know, I've never been one for these sorts of competitions. I think we'd be better of tieing this whole thing that way none of us feel bitter, what do you say my friend?" EchoStar said smiling to which Falklore smiled back. "Women can be...quite a lot if I'm to put it lightly heheh." EchoStar said as he then looked out to the sky, Falklore scratched his head accidentally finding a walnut in it. He looked to see EchoStar still staring at the sky before he then ate the walnut.

"..."

EchoStar and Falklore then both sat down near the edge of Eden as they both looked out at the endless sea surrounding it. "Someday I forget what its like to be a man, I'm so busy playing hero." EchoStar said as Falklore looked to him. "I wish my..." EchoStar then buried his head in arms as his long black hair flowed in the wind, Falklore extended his arm and rubbed EchoStar's back. He looked to Falklore in shock as Falklore then removed the hair in front of his face. EchoStar's eyes widened before Falklore then put his hand down letting his hair rest in front of his face. "...You truly are...no, Your a fantastic friend and man." EchoStar said EchoStar then looked back at the sky with Falklore as the two sat in front of the sunrise togther.

"CHRIST! HOW LONG IS IT TAKING THEM!?" Quella stomped angrily before an old woman came outside. "Hello deary, breakfast is ready. Want some?" Asked the woman, Quellla looked to her and then back to her. "Eh why not, im starving" Quella said as she walked with the old woman inside, the old woman then looked out to the horizon before closing the door. "You know I've seen the way you stare at her. I wouldn't put it past you to aim for most precious of roses." EchoStar said causing Falklore's face to turn red as he shook his head. "Hmp? No? Thats weird. You two are getting along so well compared to before." EchoStar said catching Falklore's attention. "Yes, I was there at the campfire thst night. I overheard you both when I came back...forgive me for snooping." EchoStar said bowing to which Falklore just waved off before he threw a stone over the edge. The two of them sat there for what felt like hours before eventually getting up. "We should get back,no doubt Quella has lost interest which means we can relax once again. Not to mention the inn has a breakfast hour and I was so hoping to try their eggs. What do you-" but as EchoStar mentioned Falklore had already began to sprint fsr ahead of him. "HEY! DONT EAT EVERYTHING NOW MY FRIEND!!" EchoStar shouted running after him. Once Falklore and EchoStar returned everyone was sitting down and eating pancakes along with some eggs. "You big fellows sure like to eat." Said the old lady as she watched Falklore eat up his food like a child while EchoStar ate properly with Quella sitting back having already eaten her food. "So now I'm a bit curious, Who's the craziest Enemy you've fought? I don't mean to brag, but I've bested Edra before in battle." Quella bragged to which EchoStar and Falklore looked at one another. "Well I don't normally brag about victories, however I can tell you the time I faced off aginst the mighty Injustice." EchoStar said to which Falklore stoped eating st the mention of the name. "Oh yea, but I mean who didn't fight that guy?" Quella said "Didnt The Srcibe and Prism try to kill him and failed?" Quelka said to which EchoStar shook his head. "No, they were having a hard time with the Forbbiden one. It was tough fight, i tried to hit him with my blade so many times, but he dodged every attack I threw at him! He was one mighty foe...cruel one too." EchoStar said as he gripped his butter knife.

"Yes, very difficult eventually I managed to get a hit on him to which I used the blade to wipe him out. However he just came back in the next cycle. However before I could get to him Falklore ran into him with a few other conduirs and trapped him for good." EchoStar said as the old lady made more eggs. Falklore looked down to his hands and gripped then thinking of the being slayer once again. "So Falk, what about you? Oh yea thats right. You don't talk." Quella said annoyed as EchoStar got up to wash his hands. Quella then eyed Falklore's eggs he was eating, however Falklore would look to her with her eyes then looking away. "I was just staring is all." Quella said before she even realized Falklore was next her. He then picked up his plate and handed it her. "I- I don't want any Falk, I told i was just looking is all! What are you mute and deaf?!" Quella shouted to which Falklore scratched his head before setting the plate down and wiping his hands on his pants. "Now son we have a sink for a reason, please use it." The old lady smiled as she then went to the porch. Quella watched as Falklore walked out into the hall. "...God the stories he must have, wonder if he's ever lost to anyone." Quella asked herself as she then shook away the thoughts. EchoStar began to clean up the kitchen and washing plates with Quella still sitting down.

Falklore fell to his knees in the hallway gripping his chest, he thought back to the foes he'd had faced in the past, Injustice, the mind of Menses and the Nameless thing. Falklore began to sweat immensely at the thought of them returning once again. "Hey! Falk where'd you go?" Quella said as he could hear her footsteps coming towards him. Falklore then stoped sweating and stood up straight. Quella got to the hallway to which Falklore was standing in before turning to her and waving. "Gosh what a weirdo" Quella said "Anyway come on, EchoStar just got some words from the Eastern dragons again and has to tell it to us." Quella said as Falklore followed. EchoStar was sitting in a chair while crossing his arms as Falklore and Quella then walked in. "We have some company coming soon, we'll need to prepare." EchoStar said as he then got up. "Whos coming? Are they a threat?" Quella asked worried "We'll see...whos coming?...Amberlen." EchoStar said to which Quella and Falklore looked at one another. Far outside of town everyone looked on as this child like doll looking holding a large brain like organism was walking towards their town. Falklore walked outside with EchoStar and Quella ducking behind them since she had no means to defend herself. As Amberlen continued to walk she then tripped over the mind of Menses's arm causing her to fall and dropping the brain. "Argh! Damnnit Menses! Keep your arms high up! Im tire of always tripping over you!" Amberlen shouted at Menses as it tucked its arms in with Amberlen dusting herself off and then continuing to walk formally. Soon Amberlen would maker her way towards the trio and stop in front of them. "Hello there warriors, good to see you haven't kicked the bucket just yet."Amberlen said. "What do you want keeper of the twisted lands?" EchoStar said "Your help is needed in the twisted of planes. Menses has sent me a message alerting of a threat that will come from the void. You aid is required, all of you." Amberlen said "Oh...your without your weapons." Amberlen said "Yea" Quella said "...Well this was a waste of time then." Amberlen said annoyed "HAVE SOME DAMN RESOECT YOU LITTLE SHIT! WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO GET OUR WEAPONS YOU TALKING BARBIE!" Quella shouted shocking Falklore and EchoStar as they both looked to her each other and Amberlen who looked at her shocked too. "WHY YOU- you...you don't need to yell at me!" Amberlen said as she started crying.

"Are...are you crying?" Quella asked only Amberlen to cry some more. Falklore, EchoStar and the mind of Menses all looked at Quella who then looked to all of them. "HEY DONT LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!" Quella shouted. Falklore, Quella, EchoStar and Amberlen all were inside the Inn as the old woman made them some more breakfast food. "Its ok little one, let good ol Gramgam make you something good to get your mind off that harsh woman's words." Said the old woman as she grabbed some milk from a cubbered. "Thank you for your kindness." Amberlen said as she gave the eggs to the mind of Menses which oponed a mouth in its head. Falklore looked at it with deathly stare until EchoStar tapped him on the shoulder. "Relax my friend, there's no monster here. No foes to slay. Your safe and without anyone to fight. Relax for a moment, try to find some peace even among old enemies." EchoStar said "Yes. Even with that irritating woman of yours that only can spake at a high volume." Amberlen said as she ate her pancakes. "I DONT YELL!!" Quela shouted causing everyone to cover their ears. She then looked around embarrassed as she sat down on the floor and hid in her big shirt. Falklore looked down at her with her looking up at him for moment to him smile. She looked away even more embarrassed. "So young one, what brings you here again?" EchoStar asked "Hmp, first off im older than all of you." Amberlen said "Uhhh" EchoStar said said as he looked to Falklore who shrugged at him. "Alright then, go ahead." EchoStar groaned. "I'm here as a warning, a ancient evil is rising up and we at the twisted lands need your help." Amberlen said "Whats the threat?" EchoStar asked as everyone leaned in to hear what Amberlen had to say. "Uhhh i kinda forgot heheh" Amberlen chuckled nervously causing everyone to fall over utterly dumbfounded.

"ARGAH HOW IS-" however before she could Falklore covered Quella's mouth. He then pointed to his ears with a bit of annoyed frown. "....get your hands off me." She said muffled as Falklore slowly removed his hand. "...sorry." Quella said to which Falklore smiled at. "But you came all this way! How could you forget now?" EchoStar said to which Amberlen then shrugged before looking st Quella. "Mmm maybe I'll get my memory back if someone apologies for yelling at me." Amberlen said yo which Quella began to fume up before seeing Falklore looking at her. She calmed down and looked away. "...I'm sorry for...y-yelling at you." Quella said to which Amberlen smiled. "Alright then looks like I now am beginning to remember what I came here for." Amberlen said "Ugh, thst gave you your memory back?" EchoStar said annoyed before suddenly hearing a knock on the door. Falklore then walked out the kitchen towards the door. He oponed only to see the largely imposing Conduit of Wrath with Light and Justice next to him.

"Greetings there sir, we've come to notice that your holding someone quite important to us inside." Said Light with a constant smile as Justice and Wrath just stared. Quella peeked out of the kitchen only to make eye contact with Light who was looking dead at her. "EEK!" Quella squeaked "Ah Blasphemy! There you are! We've gotten news that you slaughtered a village not too far from this one. We'd like to have a talk to you about that if you don't mind." Light said before then having the door slammed in his face by Falklore. Falklore looked back at Quella who ran to him.

"Are you insane! Thats Light and Wrath! I get your strong but-" however before she could finish the door then was ripped right off its hinges by Wrath as Justice walked in with Light. "Apologies, but I wasn't asking." Light said as Falklore stared at him and EchoStar came running out of the Kitchen. "Funny, I never thought of you to be the slutty type Quella, aren't you promised to Peace?" Light said to which Quella fumed up once again. "I AINT PROMISED TO NO ONE! ESPECIALLY NOT SOME STUPID CONDUITS LIKE YOU!" Quella shouted. "Now now then! You all will disturb the other guest. How's about you all tak this nonsense outside with you." Said the old lady as the other three Conduits look at her. "Are you seeking to stop a Conduit while on a mission?" Light said leaning towards the old lady still smiling. "Well yes, your wrecking my home." Said the old lady as she then had her head ripped off her body faster than anyone could react to by Wrath who then threw the head to the side as the old woman's body twitched and fell to the ground with bloody painting the floor. Falklore, EchoStar and Quella all looked in absolute shock. Falk ran over and grabbed the old woman craddeling her in his arms as the conduits looked down completely indifferent "..." Falklore's eyes began to grow wet as his tears than began to shed and fall upon the woman's blood stained neck and clothes. His hands shaking, not having reacted in time to save a single life. As he looked outside to see other people outside the Inn staring within. Falklore's eyes then went from from sadness and sorrow to melancholy and lucid as his emotions had grown so great he had completely lost understanding for them.

"Humans, always so troubled. It must be a sad life to live a singular life, one without purpose or ever finding one. You stare all your life looking up and trying to understand your place in the world." Light said as he took a knee to Falklore and pet his head. "Its ok, think about it like this, your life and hers will soon be unified one day." Light said as he then got up and looked to Quella as she looked at them completely pissed. "So feel like coming now?" Light said as Quella then attempted to kick Light only for it to go through his head and hit the wall. "I thought as much." Light said as then Wrath attempted to grab her only for Falklore to now suddenly be in the way. "Odd, I could have sworn he was on the ground a moment ago." Light thought to himself. "Hey! Get out of our way otherwise you'll end up like your grandma!" Wrath said. "Well I asked you." Wrath said as he reeled his fist back only for Falklore to punch Wrath in the chest breaking his ribs and sending him flying outside shocking Light and Justice. As Falklore jumped outside Justice watched as Light teleported next to Wrath who was still on the ground choking on his own blood. "Tch how pathetic." Light said as Falklore began walking towards them. "Falk-" however EchoStar stopped her. "Seems your from a mighty breed, but are you truly going to strike down conduits? We who hold this world on our shoulders!" Light preached to which everyone looked directly at him. Falklore kept walking towards him. "Fine then, show this world your Justice! Show them how much of hero you are!" Light preached louder. As Falklore continued to walk he then had a bottle thrown at his head drawing blood. He looked over in anger at who did it to see a little girl in next o her mother. Falklore looked in shock only to then get more objects thrown at him. "STAY AWAY FROM THEM! shouted the people

"YOUR A MONSTER!" they shouted again "Stop hurting the good guys!" Shouted the little girl. Falklore went from his eyes being anger to sad once again as he watched the very people had shown to protect turn on him. Falklore covered his head as he got on his knees with tears rushing down his face, Falklore watched as blood mixed with him as more people ran over to kick and belittle him, a stranger to their world. "Ah yes, its ok. To cry." Light said as then everyone stoped throwing and kicking him to make way for Light who walked over to this man who's amber hair now turned a blood like red. Light took a knee and and held Falklore's face. "Its ok, you don't understand this world. You are scared due to reality now revealing itself to you. Don't worry use Conduits are here, here to help you. To heal you." Light said as everyone began to cry and clap. "Dont worry everyone, this man is simply confused and is unaware of our ways. But thats ok, we will help him understand, help him to listen and heal him." Light said as he then began to summon a ball of light from his hands. "Let me show you...the light." Light said only to be stopped upon Justice calling to him. "LIGHT! QUELLA HAS ESCAPED!" Justice shouted "WHAT!?" Light shouted teleorting over to see the house empty as he walked over the woman's body. "Damnit Justice! Why didn't you stop them!" Light shouted looking at him. To which Justice just stared. Light then scoffed off as he then left the Inn and watched as Wrath got up weakly. The town people then looked down to see Falklore with his hands in the sand of the town, his views completely shifted. "Come! Wrath! Justice! We'll search the area! Leave no stone unturned." Light said as he, Wrath and Justice walked away. Justice then tuned to Falklore on the ground and then kept walking. Falk would be there all morning into the night still on his hands and knees.

Late during the night EchoStar would return to find Falklore still in the middle of town on his knees. "Oh dear friend." EchoStar said as he jumped down from one of the town homes and landed next to Falklore. "Come on my friend, we'll be moving on from here." EchoStar said as he helped Falklore get up and the two made their way towards the woods outside of town where Amberlen and Quella were waiting. Once EchoStar and Falklore were back Amberlen sat down on the ground with Quella looking st Falklore who was just standing for a minute. Quella walked over to him and nugged him getting Falklore out of his trance. "Hey, I appreciate you for what you did. I'm sorry that my actions got you into that, you didn't need to go that extreme. I understand you like helping people, but you only end up getting yourself in trouble when you interfere in the affairs of others." Quella said as Falklore looked to her. "It'll be morning in the next couple hours, seems as though Light and those other Conduits seemed to have moved on. So we'll get to moving around the earliest point of sunrises." EchoStar said as then everyone began to set up camp and get ready to sleep. Falklore would wale up later at sunrise with EchoStar being ready before him.

"Ah my friend. Good to see you rise up like a phenoix. Now then, I've already taken a quite bath in the river near here, if you want to before the ladies get up now is the time. Otherwise you'll be waiting till dawn for them to finish." EchoStar chuckled as Falklore looked towards him and then made his way towards the lake. Falklore took off his clothes as he breathed a sign of relief with him sitting in the lake. As he did he washed all the blood and wine out of his hair with it leaving a red like mist in the water. Falklore's eyes rested on the color it left behind in the lake. Falklore then saw strains of white hair floating down the river past him, he then turned around to see a long hair slender looking figure combing its long hair. Falklore's face turned red when he would see the figure turn around for it to be Light bathing near by. Light and Falklore kept eye contact before they both then looked away from one another. Falklore then got up, got his clothes and speed walked away before Light could recognize him...or so he thought. "...Wait a second!" Light said before then Falklore hid behind a tree avoiding Light who was running around topless and in nothing but shorts. "Damnit! Where did that man go? I owe him for yesterday. Though he was pretty cute...pity." Light said shrugging as he continued to look for him. Falklore gave a sign of relief before attempting to walk away only for Light to push him against a tree.

"Not so fast!" Light said smirking Falklore looked around for the other conduits as Light began to speak. "I owe you for hurting my servant Wrath. I don't know what sort of man you are,but disturbing conduits during a important task or mission is as sinful as you can get especially for such a common man like yourself." Light said as he grabbed Falklore's shoulders. Falklore had never seen such a frail looking man before and one that looked so androgynous. Light up close looked female, his eyes were sharp and hands were small and even his lips were more roses than even Quella's. Hard to believe he was male. Falklore than grabbed Light by his shoulders shocking him as he had overpowered Light easily. He then lifted him up and then put him down to the side. He hadn't forgotten what happened, but he was unsure what his actions towards Light should or would be. "Oh my, aren't you the forceful type." Light said getting Falklore's attention. "You know its not often that I meet a man who can teach the lower class like wrath a lesson and also listen well to my words. Maybe your not entirely hopeless. Ever considered becoming my pet?" Light said leaning aginst th tree. Falklore's mind had zero idea or even a idea on what was happening. He had been hit on by many, but never another man much less a conduit. Falklore walked away leaving Light by himself.

Falklore then walked over back to camp where everyone was getting ready to go. "Am my friend, you return. I hope your bath was good" EchoStar said as Suddenly Light jumped onto Falklore's back surprising him and everyone else. "It sure was!" Light said as he made eyes towards Quella who looked shocked and pissed. Light smirked. "Thank you for washing me up all nice and clean good sir. You really are good with those hands of yours." Light said sweetly. "Hold on, I could have sworn Light was a boy." EchoStar said "Hes androgynous, means he has feminine features that could easily rival the features of a actual woman." Quella said "A.k.a THAT MAKES YOU A TRAP BITCH!" Quella shouted to Light who got a stress vain on his head getting increasingly annoyed.

"You know such language is unbecoming of a woman, but I guess it suits Forbbiden trash like you very well." Light said as Quella greeted her teeth in anger "Ugh drama, this is why I stay alone." Amberlen said with the brain squirming in agreement. "Why would any man want a woman with no arms, plus didn't you already give birth already? Your body definitely isn't anything to gawk at." Light said as Quella's went down slightly at the mention of her son and figure. "This man your attached would drop you at the first sight of a real woman." Light said as he felt up Falklore's chest. Falklore looked down at Light who looked up at him. "Mortals are so easy to manipulate, for who could ever resist my Light." Light said as he looked up at Falklore only to his head move back as Quella's leg slammed into Light's face and sent him flying right into a tree face first. Falklore and everyone else looked shock at Quella's sudden burst of spirit. "Thanks for holding out that long, I'll take it from here. My reputation is already tarnished." Quella said as she began to stomp towards Light who would get uo weakly. "Ah finally given in have you? Hehehe go ahead and beat me up, its all you brutal types are good for." Light said

"YOU ABUSE THE CONDUIT NAME! YOU DONT DESERVE THE PLACE YOUR AT!!" Quella screamed "DON'T DESERVE!? I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THAT FROM SOME LOWLIFE WHO FINDS EXCITEMENT IN KILLING AND HURTING OTHERS!!" Light shouted back getting Quella to back away a bit. "Yea, don't think me and the others forgot about your killing sprees back in the day! You call me a monster, but I'm not a Forbbiden Conduit, IM NOT A MUDERER!!" Light shouted EchoStar and Amberlen looked at one another. "You think this is easy, that being a conduit means sunshine and rainbows!? You have no-, not even that. You couldn't begin to fathom the pressure that this world has placed on our shoulders. "Conduits are heros" "The Conduits will save us!" What a fucking laugh, I'm sorry that I'm not out here eating babies or rapeing young boys and girls, but the harsh truth is Quella....I'm not a bad guy. I'm just that. A guy." Light said, Falklore stared at Light, his mind racing with thoughts and feelings as Quella stood there unsure how to respond.