Boom!
The spacecraft Ketchup spent all his dime on blew up.
Its parts were then dissolved into nothingness caused by Zephyro attack. It was unknown whether or not it was caused by Destruction or Nihility.
Strangely enough Ketchup lived. With the spacecraft parts gone it cleared up the view to reveal his body floating in space.
There was not a single injury on his body. No blood, no bruises... Even his clothes was still attached.
However, his eyes were completely bloodshot as if he went insane.
The white-haired woman face reveal shock while La Mancha trembled in surprise. They were for sure the man was just an ordinary bystander so how was he alive?
"Damn it all..." With his eyes still bloodshot Ketchup felt his intelligence dwindling and his vision becoming blurry.
With the little intelligence he still had he came to realize his vision was blurring because he was about to lose consciousness. The lack of oxygen plus what Zephyro did caused his body to become greatly exhausted.
"Albert..." With the little he still had he called out to Albert.
As if understanding what he wanted, Albert reassured him by filtering his body with renewed oxygen. One of the many features of the AI brand.
Soon his intelligence vanished, replaced with madness.
His eyes that were about to blur were widely awoken. His bloodshot eyes stare at Zephyro back, his face distorting into great anger.
He then shouted, his voice resounding with the cosmos, "Zephyro, you bastard... The first time you nearly played me to death, now the second time you come back with the same intentions..."
"This time you even blew up my ship!"
Unaware that the reason he's still alive wasn't because Zephyro spared him he continued, "Just you wait! Remember this, if I live through this you will grow to regret letting me go!"
He bellowed before losing consciousness entirely.
At the same time Zephyro turn around to face Ketchup.
"..."
He silently looked at Ketchup while raising his blade little by little before placing it back down.
He repeated the same action numerous times.
It was as if he was contemplating whether he should kill Ketchup or torment him a little more by letting him live.
In a span of mere seconds, he made up his mind.
Arrogant child of Akivili know your place.
Unwilling to accept Ketchup declaration, he arrived in front of him in an instant before raising his blade.
Click.
Before his blade could cut Ketchup in half a sound resonate through space.
At that moment time itself felt like it was frozen, the cosmos put into a standstill.
Zephyro himself was caught in the standstill, his blade hovering mere inches from Ketchup body.
Then the sound of a sword being drawn outside its sheath resonated with the cosmos.
The laws of the cosmos soon fell apart before being drowned in the power of The Nihility.
The white-haired woman appeared before Zephyro like an assassin in the night.
At the same time an arrow came flying at Ketchup before stabbing itself into his hand.
The arrow then flew towards Planet Aedos at the speed of light.
The white-haired woman then raised her sword and so did Zephyro.
Soon... there was no soon. The cosmos shattered leaving a pitch red-white darkness in its wake.
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Ketchup eyes widen awake and he rub his head in discomfort.
He soon got up and scanned the area with his eyes.
The results left him rather unease. He was sure the closest place was Planet Aedos.
"So why the hell is it in ruins?" He questioned to himself. Planet Aedos wasn't purple on the inside, rather it looked more like any other ordinary planet.
However, all Ketchup could see was Destruction.
Mountains crumbled to the ground, rivers intoxicated with death, and corpse of what he assume we're Aedos natives lay flat covering a wide radius of the earth.
"Albert what happened after I lost consciousness." Unbothered by the scene, he enquired, he couldn't remember a single thing after he told Albert to give him oxygen.
Albert responded and he nodded his head, shivering at the latter part. He remember this wasn't the first time something like this happened to him.
Anytime he's in danger his mind gets taken over by this madness. It would boost all his strength to his maximum potential at the cost of going insane.
When Zephyro gazed at Ketchup he was sure that right then and there he would die. The madness saw that and took control causing his body to survive a sure death.
He once asked the Emanator of Trialblaze that appear in his head to give him missions and he actually had an answer or rather a hint.
Your parents bloodline is so dazzling that even the IPC are wary of offending them.
The madness is from your father as for your mother's, her bloodline is suppose to balance the madness.
Your mother's bloodline is called Tranquility.
Madness... Tranquility... what do you think will be the results when the two combine?
Their answer only left him with more questions. At the same time it cleared up a lot. For one, this madness isn't a bad thing since it's something in his blood.
Second and the one that put him at ease was the fact that he wasn't some strange experiment created by the Aeons.
Still he wasn't so sure. What if HooH planned to create another Aeon through him in case one day Nanook gets killed by the other Aeons the same as Tayzzyronth?
The Aeons are so mysterious that Ketchup who is rather a paranoid person couldn't help but think of all the possibilities. Although Nanook is rather tame with the destruction he causes, Ketchup was sure that one day they will face an obstacle that will cost their life.
But none of that was his business. Ketchup is just a lone trialblazer who'd rather stay home getting drunk and being lazy for countless Amber Eras till he withers away.
He once again scanned the area. The bodies laying all around didn't bother him. After all, he already witnessed worlds being devoured by Destruction to be fazed by such a thing.
Still he was rather worried. He was sure this was all Zephyro doing.
"But why would Zephyro target planet Aedos. Is it because it's outside the Knowable Domain?" He thought but the only answer he got left him laughing.
Is there anything in the cosmos stopping a Lord Ravager from causing more Destruction?
The planet was already outside the Knowable Domain so the odds of anyone showing up was unlikely.
"Still... to think La Mancha would face that monster head-on." He exclaimed with admiration. The Galaxy Rangers may be unpleasant sometimes but they are always the first to charge into danger.
That's not something just anyone could develop. As a big coward, people like them will always have his support.
Of course if it means he's outside the danger.
"And that white-haired lady..." He gulped while mentioning her. To wield the power of Nihility so well.
There was only one person Ketchup could think of.
Acheron.
Before arriving at Penacony she was an unknown individual. However, after facing P45, Aventurine that changed everything.
For one, nobody thought anyone could become an Emanator of Nihility. The concept was just too bizarre. That lifeless thing that only knows how to consume... Who would've thought it had an conscience to bless someone?
But was it really a blessing? Only that white-haired woman, Acheron would know.
As he was thinking over all of this an orb came flying his way.
"It's one of those things..." He sighed as he search his body for his weapons.
The flying orb quickly spotted him. Its one eyeball lit up red ready to unleash a beam of light in Ketchup direction.
However, before it could do so it was shot in the eye before blowing up.
Ketchup unholstered his twin pistols one red and the other blue.
These two weapons were a gift he got for his contributions to the Trialblaze. He calls them Twin Dragons since they are shaped similar to a dragon, one being a fire element dragon while the other being an ice element.
These two weapons have three uses. The first is to use his energy as a Pathstrider to release a beam of his own power.
As much as he hate to admit it, being a Pathstrider of the Trailblaze has its benefits. If he didn't follow this path then he would've just been any ordinary mortal unable to borrow the paths power.
The second use lays in the both pistols. The blue one is able to absorb other attacks while the red pistol unleash that attack.
In a sense you could consider it a counter-attack.
But it comes with consequences. The blue pistol does not absorb the entire attack. In fact, the blue pistol adjust to the user's endurance. For instances, if Ketchup were to take a blow from that flying orb he could easily absorb it.
However a blow from an emanator like Zephyro? No way. Even an attack from a spacecraft is something he's unable to handle.
Outside his madness state that is.
As for the third use, Ketchup likes to call it an "out-of-options attack."
Attaching the two pistols together releases a fire and ice dragon coiled together to unleash devastating destruction at the cost of his entire energy.
Since getting these pair of weapons, he have never used this attack and he wish there never comes a day he have to. Running out of path energy wouldn't do anything to him. Afterall, its not his power to begin with.
But it would greatly put him at a disadvantage against any enemy he faces.
When Ketchup destroyed the flying orb the ground began to shake.
"This is bad." He thought.
Albert spoke and Ketchup couldn't help but gulp. Three Doomsday Beast could easily wipeout intermediate civilization before help could arrive. So why were there three of them on this unknown planet outside the scope of the Knowable Domain?
"I refuse to believe this is an ordinary planet..." He told himself. For Zephyro of all people to send such a large amount of troops to planet Aedos, "There must be something here he desires." Ketchup came to conclude.
Zephyro isn't like Phantylia who would patiently wait for the perfect time to cause destruction.
"Unless he's just bored." He chuckled, firmly gripping his pistols as he wait for the enemy to arrive.
Not even a minute later, an army of one-hundred Voidrangers surrounded him in a circle formation.
They stood there with their blade-like hands itching to cut Ketchup into tiny bits and their weapons pointing right at him, ready to blast him into oblivion.
But all they did was stood there as if they were waiting for some kind of command.
Ketchup also stood there waiting. He scanned all of them like prey to be slaughtered and so did they.
The one Trialblazer and a hundred Anti-matter Legion troops didn't wait long. The wind blew sharply onto Ketchup face, cutting his cheeks in the process.
The wind was like glass shards flying through the skies. Looking up, you'd see three horse like figures staring down indifferently at the world.
These three are the Doomsday Beast. These mighty figures could crush worlds in a matter of hours.
However, when they glanced at Ketchup, a look of caution crossed their eyes.
Ketchup noticed this and was surprised. It seems like Zephyro told them about him.
The three Doomsday Beast just looked at one another as if they were having a strategical meeting.
But Ketchup wasn't gonna sit back and wait for them to come up with a strategy to kill him. He stumped hard on the ground causing his boots that with one look you'd think we're ordinary boots to lit up.
He soon vanished from their sight.
The voidrangers looked around confused. As for the Doomsday Beast they roared in unison.
Whatever device Ketchup just used to turn invisible couldn't escape their sharp eyes.
Unfortunately, the Voidrangers weren't like them.
Just as Ketchup vanished, twenty odd Voidrangers fell to the ground.
One of the Doomsday Beast roared once more. This time causing destruction throughout the air.
Destruction washed away the wind and causing waves of destruction to flood the air.
The device Ketchup used to go invisible stopped working and his figure was revealed.
In that moment it took for the Doomsday Beast to roar, twenty more fell and when the wave of destruction flood over him an additional twenty fell.
The three Doomsday Beast roared once more, seething with rage. It was a surprise to Ketchup that these Beast had the intellect to feel sentimental.
"Hmph, or maybe your worried the boss will cut you down for these losses!" He sneered, seeing right through these Beast.
The three beast who were listening growled together causing Ketchup to chuckle.
Inside on the other hand, he was sweating bullets. The beast that destroyed his Invisibility Device was way too smart to be some mere Doomsday Beast.
The way it destroyed the device while also not causing any casualties through their ranks meant these Doomsday Beast were probably strictly trained.
Which means his luck once again was garbage.
These Beast were way too cautious against a little Trialblazer. He had no idea whether it was truly Zephyro who told them about him, but in any case, he was not getting out of here alive.
Fighting one Doomsday Beast is already a huge hassle much less three! Not just three of them, but three whose intelligence shouldn't be trifled with!
"Whatever! Let's pray for a miracle." He huffed, ready to kill the remaining Voidrangers when he suddenly saw fifteen huge beams of light pointing right at him!
The Doomsday Beast were furious! They rose higher into the sky with their wings spread wide open as beams of light form around them.
They were about to use their ultimate move!
Ketchup seeing this actually closed his eyes in prayer but soon went red in rage and yelled, "Nah, actually fuck that! And fuck Akivili too, fuck the Trailblaze as well, that damn Emanator and you too Albert!"
"And fuck you too ten billion times Zephyro!" He shouted, his eyes bloodshot as a red aura cover his body.
After saying his piece, he slowly raise his blue pistol at the Doomsday Beast.
The remaining Voidrangers knew what's coming already left the scene.
All that was left were Three Doomsday Beast seething with rage and a lone Trialblazer seething with madness.
The world went quiet.
All that could be heard were the Doomsday Beast beams of destruction charging up.
However, the quiet moment didn't last long.
The beams went quiet.
And then everything went to hell.
The sky blew up into black smoke, the land carved apart like a sculptor destroying a beautiful piece of art.
The rivers that were already dyed in the colors of destruction evaporated into nothing.
What was left of already crumbled mountains vanished.
If an historian was here to witness this scene then they would shook their head before writing in the Data Bank:
Another beautiful planet cried out in pain at the cruel hands of The Destruction.
The three Doomsday Beast watched the destruction they caused with that same indifference before turning around to leave.
"Where do you think your going?" But just as they were about to leave they heard a voice that made them jump.
They were frightened by the voice.
Ketchup still stood there with his blue pistol raised at them. Just like what happened with Zephyro, not a single scratch was on his body.
But this time the madness was far worse.
The red aura around him grew in size until it reached the very sky.
The red aura represented his madness and surprisingly it surpassed the very laws of destruction.
The madness caused the land, rivers, and whatever destruction passed by to go berserk.
It was hard to describe, Its as if... everything, even inanimate objects came alive, taken over by the madness.
The Doomsday Beast were truly afraid. The madness around him cracked through their body.
Do remember, these Beast were created by the power of destruction.
Which only means, the Ketchup right now could very well kill them.
They began fleeing in the opposite direction.
"You cannot escape!" Ketchup seeing them try to run laughed like a Masked Fool before lowering his blue pistol and raising his red one.
The red aura that went up into the sky came flying back down before entering his pistol.
He then savored the feeling of watching his enemies run away from him.
In truth, it was a rather ridiculous scene to see three Doomsday Beast running away. The so called "weapons of destruction" being so frantic.
This kind of joke is something even Aha would laughed at for countless Amber Eras.
Even the Ketchup right now couldn't stop laughing.
But he knew he couldn't enjoy the moment for too long. He yelled like a berserk maniac before pulling the trigger.
"Die! Counter-attack!"