Time in the Nusquam Trilogy
Part I
Part II
Epilogue
Oblitus could feel the cut in the air from the God Edge. That was too close.
"Stop running, Oblitus," Ipso taunted. "You're embarrassing yourself."
Oblitus leaped twenty feet back and reached out toward the darkness of the Nusquam. As a bow whizzed through the air, Oblitus flipped to catch it. The bowstring illuminated as he drew it back. An arrow of white light turned the dim Nusquam into day. "Stay still, Ipso."
With the release of the string, a beam of light fired toward Ipso. The automaton barely dodged the shot, but the beam connected on a pillar behind it. An explosion of white light hurled Ipso from the epicenter.
"What about your precious collection!"
"I'll get new ones. Everything becomes forgotten in time." Oblitus drew another light arrow and let it fly.
"Damn you!" Ipso dodged again. It was losing ground as Oblitus advanced firing shot after shot.
"I'm tired of playing games." Oblitus dropped the bow and held out his hand again. This time, an orb came to his summoning. He shook the orb and pointed to Ipso. "You're done."
A dull glow reached out to Ipso, enveloping it. Oblitus raised his arm up and Ipso did the same.
"Noooo!" Ipso adjusted the God Edge in its hand and threw it right at Oblitus. It struck him in the shoulder and he collapsed. "Tell me, Oblitus. Does a God bleed?"
"No, Ipso." Oblitus stood up. "Not if we don't get hit." He held the God Edge in his hand. "Now that you don't have the sword, we can finish this."
A large spear comes from Ipso's right and strikes it in between its ribs. The crystal inside Ipso's chest shatters and it falls to its knees. "No... I was suppose to escape."
"Nobody crosses me Ipso. You should have stayed in your cage." The light in Ipso's eyes faded as it gave its last twitch.
Oblitus gave a sigh of relief. Some things must stay forgotten. He looked at the God Edge. Especially this.
He walked through the rubble in his physical artifact quarter into the far corner of the Nusquam. A large door flanked by two massive torches stood in front of Oblitus. "Open."
The door creaked and revealed a single pillar inside. Atop the pillar laid a single hammer. "The World Breaker." Oblitus said as he carefully lifted the hammer and lightly tapped the God Edge. The blade instantly turned to embers, floating in the air around him.
Gently, Oblitus laid the hammer back on the pillar and walked out of the room. As Oblitus walked away from the closed door, he said to himself, "If the God Edge could strike fear into a heart of a God, that hammer makes the very fabric of reality shiver."
And so concludes the short trilogy of Time in the Nusquam. I will write an epilogue, so be on the look out for that tomorrow.
I hope I put some of you gods' minds at ease. Yes, the God Edge could have cut a God, but Ipso was stopped and the sword was destroyed completely. No shards, only ash locked in a vault.
But that vault!
Edit: Grammar.
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[–] NobleParadox ago
Oblitus shows off the treasures of his vault in a hight against Ipso, after a brief confrontation, he destroys Ipso and uses a hammer to destroy the God Edge.
@silvester
End of story. I recommend you link this to parts 1 and 2 for easier tracking for new readers.
[–] the_subhorizon [S] ago (edited ago)
I just posted the epilogue which has them all. I can update all of them with the links.
Edit: Done
[–] HumptyDumpty ago
That hammer, would be so useful against an army of sentinels. :)
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[–] HumptyDumpty ago
True, I do hope Oblitus is open to a trade..