I shot forward
My scythe and his sword impacted
Sparks flew, I could feel the electricity in the air
Three attacks, I could only deflect on sense
My fist soon after smashing into his chest
The force enough to level a small city, merely revealed
The King wore armor beneath that cloak
His counterattack was fast
Everything he did was fluid but I was able to deflect
Thousands of attacks all in the blink of an eye
I’d learned to channel my pain, my fury
I’M GOING TO DESTROY YOU EVEN IF I HAVE TO DO IT WITH MY FISTS!
I’d lost myself in an energy I never knew I had
I felt my rage seep through my very blood
I controlled it as I shot forwards for my next attack
Just as I thought, he was going to use that sword
He seemed to ready his stance,
I was going to have to do something completely unexpected
So rather than dodging or avoiding him
I sped up…
I got through, knocking his sword from his clutches with my scythe
The force of the collision of the two weapons sent both weapons flying away
I didn’t care as I impacted, hand on his throat
Another fist impacting several times into his chest plate!
The force of my attack had sent him flying into the wall of the Clocktower
There were screams coming from the walls as I continued my attack!
I felt his armor start to cave…
Throwing another fist I heard a shattering and felt my hand go through his armor
I had gone straight through one end of the armor and out the back!
I was in shock as I pulled back and watched him fall to a knee, silent…
Had I only hit shadows?
A black energy radiated from the hole, but it was nothing solid
It was the same type of energy that had erupted from his body initially
What…are…you?
The Clocktower King stood once again and soon a voice came from him
It was heavy, filled with sorrow, and yet it was something so powerful…
I nearly was brought to my knees simply from the sound of it
If you ever hope to kill me…you will need to destroy my very soul…
Do you know how to destroy a soul my dear?
The entire Clocktower began to grow dark…
I could feel my soul shaking under the pressure of this new power
Struggling to stand, I felt myself stabbed through the gut…
Pinned to the wall before I could blink
The very blade that killed and consumed Ren was about to do the same to me…
Was it all for nothing?
I coughed up black bile…
This is where it ends my dear…I’d hoped this would end differently…
The Kings sword was ripped from my abdomen
I struggled to keep standing…
Everything slowed down as I coughed up more blood…
No…NOT LIKE THIS!
I’m not sure what happened, or how…
It could’ve been my will to live…or my wish to avenge Ren…
In a flash the Clocktower Kings blade came towards my neck
Slightly faster were my hands…
I was still weak, barely hanging on…but something in me…
Fought to live…something caught that blade
I felt several blows to my face, one making my head bounce off a wall…
Any attempt at finishing me was stopped somehow though
A few more shots to my open wound
Another attempt with the Kings blade caught just in time
I wasn’t sure how this was happening, but it wouldn’t last long…
THRUST! CLAMP!
I fought with what little life was left in me…
A blade less than an inch from my throat
I fell to my knees as he continued to try to finish me
My arms shook, my hands in a prayer like stance
Shakily holding the blade from finishing me…
Every second my breathing grew heavier…more desperate…
I was on the edge, the Clocktower King knew this…
I closed my eyes, mustered everything left in me and fought to hold on!
A pulsating energy shot through my soul…it lasted for a second…
Then grew slowly…steadily
My teeth were chattering, I was sweating, bleeding out…
All signs pointed to my untimely end and yet as this energy grew…
I felt myself gaining strength…my wound slowly healing
Leaving just another scar on my soul
I didn’t understand what was happening but soon a white aura grew around me
The Clocktower wasn’t dark any longer, it glowed
Half enshrouded in light and half in darkness
A single line of light began to appear within the Kings blade…
A fracture that soon splintered and branched off
I was consumed with a peaceful energy that soon exploded outwards!
DEATH WILL NOT TAKE ME YET!
I pulled the blade sideways and it snapped!
My scythe appeared suddenly and I planted it into the Kings face!
The remnant of his blade fell to the floor and shattered
There was a violent shaking within the Clocktower and I stood up
I was consumed by this power until I felt a white armor form around my body
The Clocktower King fell to his knees and sat that way, looking up…
The Clocktower itself continued shaking, souls screamed and writhed in pain
It was as though the world itself were going to shatter
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! YOU BITCH! I WON’T LET IT END LIKE THIS!!!!!
The voice that spoke was not the Kings…rather it was like millions of voices
All at once, but quite familiar…
It was The Clocktower itself…
Red lightning shot down and hit the Clocktower King…
An explosion erupted, sending my scythe flying into the wall
It was soon enveloped by the Clocktower itself…as though it was feeding on it…
A mad cackling of billions of voice came forth from the King who now stood
The world stopped shaking as the King stood up…
There is no escape…THE CLOCKTOWER ALWAYS WINS!
A helmet soon clasped around my face from my armor and I braced myself…
You can’t slay a God!
I didn’t wait for it to speak again…I shot forward
We met in the center of the tower…
Gauntlet to gauntlet…shaking the tower and the world itself!
-The Clocktower: Soul Resistance-
