410 Final Chapter: Valhalla
After fighting another gruesome battle against the enemy of the G.o.ds, Lyner was happily drinking in the hall of heroes.
"Ahh, Beer after a good day"s battle this really is heaven!" Lyner wasn"t the only one acting like this, in the hall of heroes. Millions of dead heroic figures were gathered in this table, and a lot of them were battle freaks like Lyner.
It has been a few years since Lyner arrived in Valhalla and in those years he has already battled a lot of historic figures, and he has won all his battles. The current Lyner was now stronger by leaps and bounds than he was back when he was alive.
Still no matter how strong he gets, when he"s out there fighting the enemies of the G.o.ds it was still hard. Even in this afterlife, there was a chance for permanent death. Many warriors have fallen, but many replenished them, but for some reason, that stopped for a while around ten years ago.
Upon questioning the newcomers, they learned that something bad was happening in the mortal realm. Still, that didn"t really bother the G.o.ds nor the dead, as their purpose remained the same.
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While Lyner was drinking alone, he spotted some familiar people in the corner of his eyes. Two people were fighting furiously. One of them was Carlo Samarita, and the other was Richter Greyhound.
"Die a second death you bast*rd!" Carlo punched out while shouting at Richter.
"By your hands? Impossible," Richter scoffed as he prepared to block the punch. But before the punch could reach Richter, someone stood in front of him, and another caught Carlo"s hand.
"That"s enough you two." The newcomer in front of Richter was his older brother Leon. On the other side, the one who caught Carlo"s hand was Arthur Glory.
"We are already in the afterlife, grudges we had in the mortal realm shouldn"t exist here." Richter wanted to say something to Arthur but then, a beautiful maiden appeared beside him. This was his wife Tanya, who shook her head.
"Don"t fight him anymore Richter."
"Tsk, Fine if that"s what you want." Richter reluctantly backed off. Carlo was about to gloat but then another person suddenly appeared beside him.
"Don"t bother doing this Carlo. It won"t change anything." The one who appeared was Richter"s son, and Alex"s biological father Richard. Hearing what Richard said, Carlo was finally able to calm down.
When everyone was about to go their separate ways after calming down a bit, they suddenly jumped to the side. Somebody was shooting at them.
"WOW! It"s been ages guys, there are some people who I know and some I don"t but all I know is all of you are pretty strong! So how about we do a little Valhalla greeting, and fight!" The one who suddenly spoke saying such a vicious statement was Lyner. Most of the people present knew who this was, but the others like Richard and Tanya didn"t know, all they knew was some crazy person suddenly attacked them.
The other warriors eating their meals stopped and took some distance from the fight. Since this was a normal thing to happen, they were used to it and knew what to do. Once they were some distance away the warriors started making bets on who would win.
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"Lyner, what the h.e.l.l are you thinking?!" Arthur questioned while dodging the barrage of bullets heading his way. These bullets were unlike normal bullets in the mortal realm as they were specifically made to kill demons, which made them stronger and st.u.r.dier than normal. Arthur who could usually catch bullets barehanded couldn"t do so with these ones.
"What else could I be thinking! There are strong people that I know of when I was alive, and they"re all together in one spot. Of course, the only thing I"m thinking about right now is fighting all of you guys together!"
While Lyner was speaking in excitement someone was able to get behind him. Tanya with a spear at hand was about to pierce Lyner, but before her spear could reach Lyner something blocked her. There were wires all over the place stopping her spear from moving forward.
"h.e.l.lo, former SS rank Tanya. I"ve read about you in history books, and I"m happy to meet you. Here"s my welcoming gift." Lyner then entangled Tanya using his wires. Like all his current weapons the wires he was using were also meant to deal with demonic beings. So even someone like Tanya couldn"t escape using her own strength. Lyner was then about to kick Tanya in the gut when he was suddenly forced to evade.
Richter and Richard were shooting at him. While Lyner was evading the bullets, he suddenly s.h.i.+fted his head slightly as a fist past by him. Arthur then began close-quarters combat with him, while Richter provided cover fire, and Richard helped his mother Tanya from the wires.
Once she was free, Tanya then started to help Arthur in the melee against Lyner. It was then Lyner sensed danger and could barely evade by ducking, as a scythe sliced through the air, almost taking his head off. Leon was waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack and when he saw it he took it, but even with his surprise attack, Lyner was still able to evade.
When Lyner was about to counterattack and hit Leon, a whip-like sword entangled his right hand. Carlo was able to use the gap Leon made to sneak attack Lyner.
Seeing his arm entangled, Lyner suddenly used full RELEASE and tightened his muscles while pulling Carlo towards him. Carlo being overpowered by Lyner let go of his weapon. The six of them took some distance from Lyner and surrounded him.
The moment Lyner went into his full RELEASE state, the six of them unconsciously felt how dangerous he became. Lyner who was outnumbered and surrounded by such powerful opponents smiled that vicious smile of his and spoke in joy.
"THIS IS GREAT! THIS IS AWESOME! VALHALLA REALLY IS PARADISE FOR A WARRIOR! To be able to fight all of you guys, in your peak states is a joy I cannot describe. It"s intoxicating, I can"t get enough of it! Now I"m going to get serious! I hope you guys keep up!"
Before Lyner attacked, Richter used his version of full RELEASE and was about to attack, but Lyner was still quicker and came in front of him.
"You go down first!" Lyner who was an equal match to Richter when they were alive, grew so much stronger than his opponent that Richter could no longer keep up. Richter saw Lyner"s hand about to chop on his neck, his eyes could follow the movement but his body couldn"t react on time.
Lyner took out the most troublesome opponent first with a heavy chop to the neck making Richter faint. Tanya and Arthur reacted at the same time and attacked Lyner from the right side, and the left side. Lyner then took hold of Tanya"s spear and Arthur"s hand, after that he pulled on them making them trip a bit. Lyner then kicked both of them in the chin, at the exact same time. His speed at this point defied all logic. The two fainted after that attack.
Carlo and Leon reacted a second later than Tanya and Arthur. Carlo used his whip sword to sweep Lyner"s legs, while Leon used his scythe to slice Lyner from above. Lyner then jumped evading the two attacks while spinning horizontally in mid-air.
After evading Carlo and Leon"s attacks Lyner did a spinning kick that hit the two of them at the back of their necks, making them faint. Richard was the last one standing, but he wasn"t able to do anything, since the moment Lyner went into full RELEASE he immediately caught the weakest of the six using his wires. Richard was unable to move as he watched everyone fall one by one.
The battle was over, Lyner won, and the surrounding warriors cheered.
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Arthur slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Richter and Lyner drinking beer. He looked around and noticed that he was sitting in one of the tables in the hall of heroes. He was sitting with Lyner, Richter, Carlo, Tanya, Leon, and Richard.
He then heard Carlo and Richard having a discussion about Alex. Carlo was telling Richard about how Alex grew up.
"And get this, that son of ours actually had not just one but two girls that like him so much. I"m sure many more girls were chasing him around."
"So that boy actually became a playboy. I guess that"s your fault isn"t it!" Richard shouted angrily at Carlo.
Arthur also heard Tanya trying to stop Lyner and Richter from continuing there drinking match.
"Heh, you already lost to me in battle, of course, you"re no match for me in drinking as well." Lyner happily provoked Richter.
"Shut up you punk! You were still in diapers when I started drinking!" Richter responded while gulping down another beer.
"Really you two, let me join in as well!" Leon happily started drinking.
"You three better drink slower. You might choke if you do it like that. Come on, are the three of you, teenagers?" Tanya sounded a bit exasperated.
Arthur was dumbfounded when he saw the scene before him. Moment ago all these people were trying to kill each other, but now they were all sitting in a table drinking and happily talking to each other.
Arthur couldn"t help but smile as he took a mug of beer as well. "I"ll show you guys how to really drink! Back in the mortal realm, I was also called the Saint of Drinking!"
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The former enemies drank and made merry, awaiting for the next day when a new battle begins.