"So, how did it go? Did he had an idea?".

Ru replies,

"Hmmm...all I could say is that he kinda found an idea but, I wonder why he'd tell me to cook lots of food...".

As soon as Mai heard Ru's funny statement, Mai couldn't believe on what she had heard, making her to bash the steel bars of the cage, filled with rising anger. Then, Mai said,

"What is he even thinking!"

"He 's going to a picnic?!".

Ru was astonished over Mai's fury. There was an awkward silence in the air afterwards. a.r.s.eia just sighed over Mai's scandal. Sooner or later, Ru tried to break the ice by replying back,

"Hmmmm...I don't know but, I'm sure he's up to something using these food I'm making...".

a.r.s.eia overheard Ru's words, making a.r.s.eia to s.p.a.ce out on her thoughts,

("Food huh...").

Then, a.r.s.eia said,

"Food...thanks for reminding me, Ru and Mai..."

Mai didn't utter out any other word although, she just controlled her anger. As for Ru, she said and suggested like she was a shy teenage girl to a.r.s.eia for some reason,

"Uuuum...I can whip out a nice roasted meat right now, using that magical portable kitchen, lady a.r.s.eia...".

a.r.s.eia gulped and looked eager, as she heard Ru's interesting words about food. Thereon, Mai was convinced in her thoughts, especially about Zeran's relation with his mother,

("Now I know where Zen got his huge appet.i.te from...").

After sometime, Na.s.sus came back. Thereupon, he witnessed that the captive G.o.ddesses inside the huge birdcage were eating roasted baby back ribs with delight on their faces. The way of eating the said food would appear to be messy in most cases but, the three G.o.ddesses were looking very neat and sophisticated upon eating the scrumptious and juicy looking ribs roasted into perfection, since they were having ceramic plates and proper utensils, thanks to Ru's weird magical powers inclined with convenience and food. The three of them looked-like they were graceful ladies of cla.s.s, dining in a five star restaurant, even though they were sitting in a freestyle position without any signs of chairs. Na.s.sus didn't looked happy as he saw them, turning him to be in his thoughts,

("I never thought that these G.o.ddesses are acting like this in the midst of a crisis...")

("They're truly...disappointing...").

Then, Na.s.sus tells to them,

"You all disappoint me...".

Suddenly, Zeran emerged from the huge door engraved with mystical runes, in which Zeran proved his grand entrance and intense presence with a loud bang. Then, he exclaims very confidently, pointing at Na.s.sus,

"The only disappointment you'll see here, is you...Na.s.sus!".

The atmosphere was starting to swirl in searing heat once again, as the two heroes eyes' collided with each other. Na.s.sus just huffed and looked at Zeran with a cold stare. Then, Na.s.sus said,

"So you've come...to claim your death wish...".

Zeran replies,

"Nahhh...I just came here to have a nice PICNIC DUEL with you...".

Mai comments,

"I knew it...".

His attention was caught by the birdcage. Thereon, he noticed that the three G.o.ddesses were eating baby back ribs dipped in succulent sauce. He waved to them and said in a joyful manner,

"Oh hey Mai, mom and my dear Ru".

As Ru heard Zeran's greeting, her ears twitched in great excitement. Ru had stopped eating her meal and waved back aided with her endearing voice that would please any man's ears,

"Ara ara♪"

"Hi Zera...don't worry about us, just do what you can♪".

As Zeran heard Ru's humming voice, he shut his eyes for a moment. He grinned a relieving smile such as if he had heard the voice of an angel. Then, he says in his thoughts with his boosted motivation,

("Music to my ears...").

A little while later, he opened his eyes and took a direct look of a tiger at Na.s.sus. Not only that, Zeran wrought out his arm with his divine golden claw. He sighed and said, as if he was taunting Na.s.sus,

"Now then...let's begin shall we...".

Na.s.sus replies,

"Agreed...".

Na.s.sus went near the huge birdcage. Then, he casts out, while he was holding out his hand on its steel bars.

"ULTIMA BARRIER...".

As the magical spell was casted, a huge hexagonal blue barrier had encroached around the cage, turning the three G.o.ddesses visions to be blocked by some sort of forcefield that would to be more appropriate in a sci-fi world, rather than a fantasy one. It seemed Na.s.sus doesn't want them to see his fight against Zeran for some deep reason. Sooner or later, Na.s.sus brought out and wielded his seeped in abyss claw. Thereupon, the both of them said in high spirits and energy,

"LET THE GRAND HEROES DUEL BEGIN!".

Then, Na.s.sus casts out,

"BLADE MEMORIA..."

"LI-JU!".

Afterwards, a huge blade tinged in great radiance of pure white emerged from Na.s.sus's other vacant hand. The blade looked-like it was molded from a crystal with different sharp edges on each side, turning it to look-like a sharp piercing razor blade. Though, at the end of its sharp narrow tip, it was leaking out droplets of liquid crystals, such as the blade was letting out her own tears for Na.s.sus. As Zeran saw Na.s.sus's enchanted weapon, he was stranged such as he was seeing Otorine crying for Na.s.sus, although he didn't mind it that much and Zeran responded by casting out his own,

"BLADE MEMORIA!"

"DA REAZ!".

Thereupon, Zeran was now wielding his own brand of Blade Memoria, although its form was very different from Na.s.sus's magical weaponry. Zeran's Blade Memoria looked like it was a combination of a whip and a blade slathered in all deep black, in which the razor blade looked-like it was a snake blade accesorized by a few amethyst gemstones per segment. Thereon, the whole form oozed out the form of a mysterious serpent, revering the manifestation of his dark G.o.ddess Ru. Not only that, he was feeling Ru's spirit supporting his fight, boosting his confidence even more. The air became frozen in silence but, the sheer burning eyes of the dueling heroes for bloodshed made the whole place to be very intense, as they were about to commence their battle using their said Blade Memorias infused by their feelings for their own G.o.ddesses. Zeran didn't let out the first strike but, he was antic.i.p.ating Na.s.sus's movements. After sometime, Na.s.sus went unto the offensive and startled the battle by swinging his weapon from above unto Zeran firsthand. Though, Zeran already expected that kind of attempt, so he just parried it with his blade that suddenly stiffened itself to become a solid blade. Their eyes met as their blades were grazing into the sparks of h.e.l.lfire. Na.s.sus noticed that Zeran had became more formidabble, so Na.s.sus had leapt back for a few distances and started to talk,

"So you'd be one of the puppets of that da*ned demonic G.o.d in another world then?".

Zeran replies with an awkward smirk of a sarcastic menace,

"Hah? Puppet? Demonic G.o.d?"

"Err...nah...I just want to free those G.o.ddesses I hold dear to me..."

"I don't care about those other G.o.ds and G.o.ddesses...".

He pointed his blade at the distant Na.s.sus and said his reb.u.t.tal,

"And what about you? What's with you in ENSLAVING these poor G.o.ddesses?".

"I'm sure it's much more than, pleasure...".

Though, Na.s.sus's response was a powerful smash on the ground with his acheing blade. Thereon, white rocky pillars protruded from the crystal white ground in an orderly line producing a wall of earthen white material that was directed unto Zeran. Though, Zeran dashed to the right, making him to dodge the lethal strike in the nick of time. Na.s.sus removed his humongous crystal blade stuck to the ground like it was mere needle punctured from the cus.h.i.+on. Then, Na.s.sus responds to the previous question with his sudden shout,

"IT'S BECAUSE..."

"I WANT TO FREE THAT ONE AND ONLY G.o.dDESS FROM THAT DEMONIC G.o.d'S CLUTCHES..."

"THAT'S WHY, I AM ENSLAVING THE OTHER G.o.dDESSES IN ORDER TO CRUSH HIM, BY UTILIZING THEM!"

"No matter what it takes...".

As Zeran heard Na.s.sus's deep and desperate words, Zeran was in his own thoughts suddenly,

("Wow...he's even more ambitious than Fae and Angehime...")

("But...to think...his reasons are kinda FAIRLY n.o.ble...")

("I wonder who's this G.o.dDESS he wanted to save...")

("She must've been worthier than G.o.ddess Otorine then...")

Afterwards, Zeran compliments Na.s.sus,

"Ummm...n.o.ble ideals I see?"

"And what about...".

Na.s.sus already expected Zeran's next words would be, so Na.s.sus replies in a snap,

"Yes...Angehime also wants this change to happen..."

"She chose this by her own will...She shall support me upon my ideals..."

"I don't know what she'll benefit from this though...".

Though, Zeran wasn't pointing Na.s.sus's relations.h.i.+p on Ange for some reason, instead he continued to tell his real statement regarding another matter, that would pique interest in a sublime way,

No I mean, YOUR relations.h.i.+p with G.o.ddess Otorine...".

The atmosphere became awkward and the grave deafening mute of death seeped through the air, as Na.s.sus didn't respond. He just squinted his eyes, such as he doesn't want to talk about that sensitive topic. It looked-like Na.s.sus was open for opportunities, although Zeran felt tense and he just gulped, since he must've pushed Na.s.sus's switch for some reason. Sooner or later, Na.s.sus gritted his teeth in rising furiousness, although he dropped a sudden tear from his agonized face. Soon, Na.s.sus jumped high into the ceiling. Then, he crashed down on Zeran, using his mighty blade. In turn, Zeran did a nice backflip to dodge Na.s.sus's lethal strike. Thereon, Na.s.sus had only made a severe crack on the floor that rumbled the whole place such as an earthquake had occurred. Afterwards, Zeran tossed out the temporal sealing spheres that he had ama.s.sed from Celestia heavens and the ones his mother G.o.ddess gave to him recently. Then, he says with an insulting smile,

"I'll just let out these babies out if you would...".

As those were near Na.s.sus's range, they exploded and let out a powerful flash of blinding light, making Na.s.sus to block the bursting radiance with his mystical blade. The light that was let loose was comparable to the intensity of a real flash bomb in a modern world. Later on, Zeran saw in his non-intrusive cyber vision the text saying,

["Succesful ?...??? Sealed abilities of HERO Na.s.sus..."].

As he saw that funny information, he was kinda infuriated in his thoughts,

("So I can't see which of them are sealed...no matter...").

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Sooner or later, Zeran changed his pacing. He was breathing heavily like he was breathing breezing winds along the fields, turning his body to relax and heighten his focus. Na.s.sus didn't let out a destructive attempt, since he was ever cautious of Zeran's tricks. Thereon, Na.s.sus just stanced, as if he was ready to strike from below, letting Zeran to cast out,

"SHADOW SPEED!"

"REFLEX BOOST!"

"ACCELERATE!"

Zeran's body looked-like he was wreathed in atmospheric air of dark winds. More than that, he was feeling that his feet were feeling light as a feather. His eyes and nervous system were synchronized in a better way than any normal human, heightening his reflexes forevermore. Then, Zeran says in his thoughts, while he was posing like was ready to race in a relay run.

("I'm gonna go fo speed...").

Though, Na.s.sus didn't let himself to be behind of Zeran, so Na.s.sus also casted out his own version of chain enchantment, while he struck his Blade Memoria to the ground and tightening his grip unto it,

"OVERLOAD!"

"PENDRAGON ENCHANT!"

"TOTAL OFFENSE!"

"OMEGA POWER!"

"POWER EXCEED!"

"POWER TRANSCEND!".

Zeran witnessed from his interesting vision that there was a surge of an unstable powerful aura from Na.s.sus's body, such as his aura was showing the depiction of a pristine white phoenix from the sacred heavens above, proving its sheer dominance. Not only that his extraordinary sight also saw the information saying, while he was looking at Na.s.sus,

["Na.s.sUS'S BASE POWER: ???..."]

["Na.s.sUS'S STATE: ENERGY LEAK..."].

Zeran was in his surprised thoughts after,

("By the G.o.ds...His power is exceeding!")

("So he chose...CRAZY POWER focus this time...")

("But, he also boosted his powers by causing himself to LEAK OUT his own energy...hmmm...")

("A double-edged tactic I see...").

Na.s.sus lifted his blade. Then he swung it downwards once again, while he was casting out,

"BLADE STREAM!".

As the magical spell was casted out, there was an intense beam of light that came out from the swunged blade, in which the white beam was aimed to Zeran. Zeran leapt and dove to the other side, to dodge the oncoming deadly attack. He was able to dodge it but, he still took major damage from the close-ranged burning aftermath of the beam. He stood up. Next, he brought out a piece of a peanut b.u.t.ter and jelly sandwich and ate it in a snap. Sooner or later, Zeran's burnt bruises healed in an instant. Na.s.sus noticed Zeran's uncouth action in the middle of the duel, turning Na.s.sus to say with utter hatred,

"You dare mock me?!"

"By eating in a middle of a fight?".

Na.s.sus dashed near unto Zeran and swung lots of deadly furies. Though, Zeran just parried and dodged most of them, due to his boosted speed and reflexes. Afterwards, Zeran responds back, while he was close to Na.s.sus,

"Hey...there wasn't any rule that said eating was forbidden, right?".

As Na.s.sus heard Zeran's reb.u.t.tal, Na.s.sus never felt more insulted in his entire life, making him to lose one of his bearings of composure. Thereon, Na.s.sus lashed out a destructive strike of crazed viciousness unto Zeran, like Na.s.sus was similar to a berserked viking,

"GRAHHHHHHH!".

Zeran held down the tremendous impact of the blade with his golden claw, although due to Na.s.sus's amplified strength, Zeran was having a hard time holding down the oncoming blade. He resorted to give a roundhouse kick to Na.s.sus's left abdomen instead, making Na.s.sus to lose his balance for a second. Zeran moved a few paces away from Na.s.sus. Then, he lashed out his enchanted weapon like it was a s.a.d.i.s.tic whip. His weapon extended and changed its form into a real razor sharp whip. The hit connected unto Na.s.sus, making Na.s.sus's left neck to get a fresh cut. As Na.s.sus felt the sting of pain, Na.s.sus's cold eagle eyes was directed unto Zeran. Later, Na.s.sus rushed near Zeran and left out a strong swing upwards. Zeran was thrown away but, he was able to get up, since he embraced the attack using his stiffened blade, yet he coughed out a streak of crimson blood. He brought out a chocolate bar from his exceptional inventory. Suddenly, his wounds were healed once again. Na.s.sus wasn't liking Zeran's unconventional tactic, so Na.s.sus fumed himself in rage and swung his blade at Zeran left and right repeatedly. Though, Zeran was just parrying Na.s.sus's strikes with careful antic.i.p.ation. Sadly, Zeran was being overpowered by Na.s.sus's heavy piston-like strikes, so his parries were becoming weaker and duller. Thereon, Na.s.sus was able to hit Zeran's left hip. Zeran felt the sheer pain that coursed through his nerves and veins. Thankfully, he was able to move back before Na.s.sus would let out another dangerous attack. As usual, Zeran brought out a chocolate bar and ate it immediately in one fell swoop, making Zeran to recover himself. There after, he cracked out a sarcastic grin to the distant Na.s.sus. Na.s.sus had snapped, as he saw Zeran's insult, so Na.s.sus bursted out,

"ENOUGH OF YOUR MOCKERY!".

Afterwards, Na.s.sus casted out,

"BLADE MEMORIA..."

"PHOEN!".

A second magical longsword wreathed in raging flames of a phoenix had emerged unto Na.s.sus's abyssal claw. The heat of the battle was amplified forevermore by the burning h.e.l.lfire of his second weapon. He swung his sword like he was las.h.i.+ng out a dangerous forceful dance of fierce flames. Then, Na.s.sus struck the ground with his burning blade. The flames were let loose from the ground and Zeran got burned due to the emerging flames, although he was still standing on his bare feet. Soon, he ate five chocolate chip cookies quickly, as usual his painful burns and wounds were gone. Na.s.sus looked troubled, since Zeran should've died from that threatful attack, making Na.s.sus to blurt out,

"HOW COME YOU CAN'T DIE!?"

"YOU AREN'T IMMORTAL LIKE ME!".

The h.e.l.lish flames had ceased. Zeran regained his balance and proved a taunting pose, while he was saying with a smirk on his face that was similar to a sneaky menace,

"Hah! Let's just say..."

"I got my own tricks up on my sleeve...".

Na.s.sus had grown tired of the feeble fight. Later, he says as if he'll bring total judgement to his foe,

"Then, I'll just finish you with this..."

"You should be grateful that you'll ever witness this...".

He casts out with a strong shout to the heavens above,

"BLADE MEMORIA!"

"G.o.dDUSEUS!".

As his desperate plea of destruction was heard, a divine pentagram filled with holistic vibes emerged from the center above. Zeran gulped, as Na.s.sus was serious upon crus.h.i.+ng him down. That sudden moment, a loud roaring thunder was heard throughout the room and a transparent blade etched in diamond fell in front of Na.s.sus. The blade that fell from the heavens looked very much outstanding to see. It's body was flawless without any marks or scratches. It was bursting out white holy flames that would purify anything in its wake. Unlike the other Blade Memorias of Na.s.sus, it didn't have any kind of spiritual vibe, instead it was like an empty sh.e.l.l filled with the remains of divine energy stuck unto it. He stuck the two blades near his third blade then he casted out,

"BLADE MEMORIA, UNION!".

The three magical weapons floated into the air. Then, they swirled like they were becoming into one spinning blade faster and faster. Soon upon, as the twisting blade reached its peak upon cycling at the speed of light, there was an intense flash of light that was let loose, making Zeran to shut his eyes. As soon as he noticed that the blinding light was gone, he opened his eyes and saw that Na.s.sus was wielding a humongous tri-bladed shuriken. The three enchanted blades combined their elemental powers and turned into one revering its great majesty. In turn, Zeran stanced himself such as he was a solid wall prepared for the siege to commence. The air became subtle, as Na.s.sus exhaled with focus on his eyes. A little while later, he flung the huge shuriken like he was an amplified ballista. Thereon, the spinning blade looked-like it was a discus made from divine light. Though, Zeran noticed that the blade could penetrate his defenses, so he just dodged it in a sudden snap. He was able to dodge it due to his accelerated and blistering speed although, the outer winds from the aftermath of the spinning destroyer caused grievious wounds unto his whole body. Na.s.sus looked unarmed, as he flung his threatful weapons away, turning him open for another opportunity but, Zeran was no fool to rush with his damaged body, so he ate a chocolate bar and healed himself instead. Though, Na.s.sus expected that his foe would eat his way out, so he casted out immediately,

"PENDRAGON BURST!".

Suddenly, a series of various elemental dragons created from magical energies descended down unto Zeran and proved his utter demise. He felt the direct impact of the raging flames, the gush of water, storming winds, numbing lightnings, heavy burst of the earth, deathly darkness and blinding light blended into the most unnerving way possible. Soon after, the blasting energies dispersed although, Zeran was still on his two feet yet, he was coughing out a gush of crimson liquid from his own internal organs and breathing his last stand. Though, he just took out a burger and ate it to recover his lost energy. Na.s.sus regained his three blades but, he dispersed the other two and just held unto his trusted Blade Memoria Li-Ju. For some reason, due to their long battle Zeran's speed was boosted better than he had expected due to his acceleration enchantment, in which his enchantment would mean the longer the battle it would take, the faster his movements would become. His feet wasn't feeling like a feather anymore but instead, his feet was similar to a jet plane. He seized the opportunity, and dashed at Na.s.sus straight-on. Na.s.sus was shocked of Zeran's amplified speed but, Na.s.sus still stood his ground. Zeran let out lots of quick strikes repeatedly that were similar to the movements of a speedy ninja dwelling in the shadows. Though Na.s.sus didn't falter, as he just tried his best to parry and block Zeran's crazed speedy frenzy. The two were having a long battle and Zeran was able to cause fresh wounds unto Na.s.sus this time around. Even though, Na.s.sus was able to flung Zeran away upon his swinging counters, Zeran just stood up, ate some cookies and chocolate bars in a snap then continued his persistent onslaught. For some reason, Na.s.sus was sweating from the annoying battle, so he expresses his anguish,

"IS THIS A JOKE?!"

"A weakling like you...was able to stand against ME?!"

"I won't allow this!".

Soon, he kicked Zeran away from him, tossing away Zeran unto the concrete wall. Zeran felt the surge of pain from the back of his spine although, he tried to get up quickly. The next moment, Na.s.sus struck his blade down unto the ground and posed himself in a n.o.ble manner and casts out,

"DIVINE BLADE!".

Zeran looked above and saw the radiant burst of light heading unto him fast, making him to say in his thoughts,

("Oh...great...")

("Time to empty my food stash now...").

Thereupon, an illuminating burst of destructive light of judgement struck down unto him. Not only that, the strong light was surging throughout the place, as he was inside the curtain of white doom. Na.s.sus took his sword and walked away, while he was saying his farewells, since he was convinced of his opponent's apparent destruction,

"I'm sure you won't be able to stand against that..."

"You are done for..."

"Former hero Zeran...".

He went near the birdcage and removed the barrier that blocked the three G.o.ddesses view. Sadly, they saw that Zeran wasn't visible in their presence anymore. The only thing they have seen were the waterfall of destructive light from a near distance and Na.s.sus. Afterwards, Na.s.sus felt weaker somehow. His feet and hands were getting weary, while he was panting for air with a problematic look on his face. He tried to stand on his ground by gripping unto his enchanted weapon. Then, he was puzzled in his thoughts,

("How is this possible?!")

("I have IMMORTALITY AND INFINITE ENERGY?!")

("I shouldn't be able to dry out even by just LEAKING MY OWN ENERGY!)

("How is this happenning?!").

Mai looked sad but, a.r.s.eia just shut her eyes with a composed look on her face.

As for Ru, she noticed that inside the curtain of the unending light, she witnessed a glimpse that Zeran was eating lots of peanut b.u.t.ter sandwiches in quick succession that would even bring the eat-all-you-can partic.i.p.ants to shame. Ru noticed her dear Zeran's dirty trick, so she knacked out a relieving smile although, it soon became into sinister grin of a scheming demonness and she expresses,

"So that's how it is...Zera..."

"You glutton..."

"NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!".

Mai was crept out, as she saw her weird close friend became even weirder due to her laughing response than hers, making Mai to ask with a deep concern to Ru's current sanity,

"Ru? Did you go nuts when you saw that your Zera was gone before your eyes?".

Ru replies,

"Hmmmm...no...it's the opposite...".

There after, a.r.s.eia wore a smile and comments,

"Sigh...you didn't notice it...did you Mai?".

The surging light had dispersed into the air. Na.s.sus was almost ready to depart and he was on his way to report the good news to light G.o.ddess Ange at the other side of the room but, his ears couldn't believe what he had just heard, since he heard Zeran's lively response from behind,

"Wow...Ru's evil laugh is kinda cute...".

Na.s.sus turned his body around. He noticed that Zeran looked unscathed nor even damaged from the severe demise of the recent judgement. More than that, Zeran was still eating his last piece of a peanut b.u.t.ter sandwich. He waved at Na.s.sus like he was an annoying foe. Thereon, Na.s.sus was shocked and he exclaimed, as if he couldn't believe his eyes,

"HOW?!".