Danmachi: Westward Cloud [Complete]

[Vol.4] Quest 322.5- First Light

When Nox next opened her eyes, she found herself under a dark, cloudy sky.

"H-huh? A forest fire?" Nox gets up to see the forest on fire and Vento running towards her, along with other spirits.

"Run!!!!" he shouted. "(óneiro)!!!!"

Whoosh~!! Whoosh~!!

Powerful gusts of wind blow in the direction of the fire.

"Vento, what’s going on!!" Nox quickly stands up.

"It’s Zeus’s heroes! We need to run!"

"Where do you think you’re going!!!"

Baaam!!!

The earth cracked, separating the two friends.

"Damn monsters!!!" shouted Vento, turning to face the Spirit.

"Be quiet, heathen!" shouted the earth spirit. "Master!! These are the first generation!"

"Good!!! I like a challenge!!!" The ancient hero stomped his foot, creating more fissures. "My fellow heroes!!! Cleanse the land of these stains!!!!"

More and more heroes, with their spirits, could be seen running through the woods.

"Dammit!! Nox run!!! Save as many of our kind as you can! I’ll hold them off! (óneiro)!!"

He used his golden wind to blow all the other spirits over to where Nox was.

WHOOOOOSH!!!!!

"Vento!! We can’t leave you behind!"

Bwoosh!!!

The fire began to grow closer to them, with a figure coming out of the fire.

"Well, well, well, look at this bunch of outdated spirits. Master, burn them!" said a Fire Spirit.

"Hm."

Bwoosh!!!

"(óneiro)!!!!"

Whoosh!!

They curved the fire back into the tree line.

"I said go!!!! Now!!!" Vento shouted at the top of his lungs.

Nox and the other spirits began to run, and run, and run.

Huff!! Huff!! Huff!!

Huff!! Huff!! Huff!!

Huff!! Huff! Huff!!

They didn’t dare look back, even if they could feel his wind touch their tear-stained cheeks as they slowly faded away, overtaken by the heat and the shaking of the earth.

"Grrr!!! Keep running!! Don’t—crack!!!"

Thunderstruck in front of her, with two people coming out.

"No running away; on my father Zeus’s order, you all are to die, especially you child of Nyx," said the pale blonde thunder spirit. "Master!!!"

"Die." She raised her arms, and thunder shot out.

‘Y-you wretched bast—‘

"—ards!!!! (May the veil of my paradox flash and be gazed upon; cut through the cosmos; heaven will darken; earth will brighten.) [White Night]!!!!!!!!"

B o o m!!!~

Her attack sliced through the lightning and cut the hero of thunder in two.

"…Ah." The hero said this as their bodies slid down their torsos and fell to the ground.

Thud-splat!!

"Did thy think I shall die so easily!!!" Nox shouted, charging toward the spirit.

"You bastard!!!!" she charged at Nox. "(Crackle and boom)!!!" she chanted as lightning covered her.

(No god shall touch the night; I dance upon the stars—touch the stars!) [White Night]!!" She connected two stanzas of her chant, a luxury and privilege of the first generation with long chants. "[White Night]!!!"

Blink!

Within half the time, one would blink. Nox stood behind Zeus’ spirit with four blades of light stemming from her fingers.

Spurt!!!

They sliced the Spirit into chunks.

"Everyone run!!!" Nox shouted. "They shan’t murder us all!!!"

All the surrounding spirits had a fire of anger in their eyes as they roared.

"UUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

They pushed forward as more and more spirits came with their chosen hero.

"Die!!!" shouted a spirit.

"Keep moving!! I shall handle them!!" Nox shouted.

Nox blitzes and cuts down the spirits who came after them.

One by one.

"Gaah!!"

"Keep moving!!"

Spirits around her fall.

"Kyaa!!"

"Dammit!!"

Yet the White Night kept moving. Her fellow first-generation spirits took arms and went their way to allow the weaker ones or the ones who do not have the guts to fight and kill their kin,

"Hurry!! Hurry!! Ignore thy pain and press forward!" Nox commanded, leading the slowly dwindling spirits within her group.

Time blurred for Nox as she fought and killed to save her group and her people, yet in the end, she found only herself surrounded by Zeus’ spirits.

Pitter-patter!! Pitter-patter!! Pitter-patter!!

Pitter-patter!! Pitter-patter!! Pitter-patter!!

Pitter-patter!! Pitter-patter!! Pitter-patter!!

"Huff!! Huff!! Huff!!"

All around her were Zeus’ thunder spirits, and worse of all, the rain was falling.

"You certainly live up to your title as a Grand Spirit," said a thunder spirit.

"But your creator should have minded her own business and left Father to do as he pleased." Said another.

"Huff!! Huff!! Curse thy second-generation pawns." Nox smirks as she puts her hands together in a Buddhist prayer. "I shall complete my purpose!!!!" she howled as she glowed. Mana in the air converged towards her.

"!?!?"

The amount she was taking was massive. It didn’t even leave any for the spirits that surround her to regain any back.

"(From the shadow of the night genesis, a white light birthed.)." Nox began to chant.

"Do not let her finish her magic!!!"

They held their hands to strike her, yet Nox sped up her chant faster and faster, and before they could even shoot out a bolt of lightning, Nox had already finished her chant.

"Begone, children. (My name is Candidus Nox, the beloved darling of the enigma of prophecy.) [White Night]."

FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!

From a distance, many could see an orb of white, a second sun.

On that day, the Grand Spirit of the White Night finally made her name known during this time of blood and fear.