Undyne stared down her opponent, garbed in armor as she was, as the yellow soul floated around her, giving off its crimson glow. She bared her teeth as she stared into the face of her oppressors, the ones who had crafted the barrier and trapped monsters beneath the earth for so long. She rallied herself to face a foe that outstripped her in every regard...and felt her soul surge as she felt the drums of battle beating.
Gerson had once told her that every living being had a purpose. Every plant, every animal, every monster, every human, every rock, and every ghost... Undyne supposed every pony had a purpose to. As she felt her blood boil in her veins and the yellow soul resonate with her own, she realized...she'd found hers. The impossible struggle, the battle for the fate of her race...this is what she'd been born for, and she would not fail!
"Heh," she grunted as the yellow soul swept closer and closer to her in the ether. "You're just as eager for this as I am. We're outmatched by an unreasonable margin...but despite that, you're as ready as I am to leap into the fray. You'd attack this guy even without me, wouldn't you?" Reaching out, she let the soul settle into her hand. "Well...I can hardly keep you waiting, now can I?"
She stared up at the armored Sage, wielding its twin swords. "You think you just have a monster with a human soul to deal with here, and are convinced you can handle me...but you're wrong on both counts. First off...I'm not alone. Every monster in the Underground is behind me, and more. Can you hear it?"
The Sage tilted its head in confusion.
"The voices from beyond the void..." Undyne whispered. "They want Woona to be saved...they want us to be free...their power flows into me as well!" She clenched her hand around the yellow soul, and her body flared with light. "They all stand with me, united in a desire to bring you down!"
Undyne's armor blazed with light as it warped around her. The grey metal darkened to black as it shaped itself around her, customizing itself to her as full plate. The shoulder epaulets expanded, becoming three-fold spikes to either side of her head. Her crimson hair burst free of its ties, flaring behind her head like a banner. Her muscles bulked up within the armor as power flowed through her body, and marks of hearts appeared on her gauntlets and grieves. A yellow heart appeared on the armor in the center of her torso, pulsing with light before being encased in crimson crystal. Her eyepatch burst into light, and the empty eye socket opened, revealing the yellow soul staring out with her. She seized a spear of magic out of the ether, and it crystallized into physical matter, a flaring blade of ruby and steel.
"And your second mistake," Undyne spoke up, "was thinking you could ever handle me!" Thrusting her arm forward, a wave of blue magic spears lashed out at the Sage, some being deflected off its swords, some bouncing off its armor...but some hit their mark.
The Sage lunged forward with its twin swords, seeking to counterattack, but Undyne deflected each strike with a spin of her spear. She watched and waited carefully for an opening...and when she saw it, she clenched her free hand and delivered a haymaker right to the Sage's chin, sending it flying back. Lunging forward, she began rapidly thrusting forward two handed with her solid spear, forcing the Sage on the defensive as she shouted out, "Ora ora ora ora ora!"
The Sage continued to use swords and armor to deflect most of the blows, but the pace was wearing on the ethereal foe. More and more strikes were penetrating defenses, and it was forced to leap back out of range. It tried to get enough distance for breathing space, only for a sweep of Undyne's spear to stretch over it, trapping it in a green glow, unable to move.
"You should know what green means without me telling you," Undyne growled out as she shifted her spear from her right hand to her left. "After all...you've kept us from moving on for eons!" She lifted her right arm...and was stunned to see a massive mini-gun take shape out of the ether, courtesy of the yellow soul. "Heh, kid I like your style!" She aimed the massive weapon at the Sage and opened fire, shouting, "Daka daka daka daka daka daka daka daka!"
The mini-gun fired out not bullets, but her magic spears, barraging the Sage from all sides as it was forced to spin and twist, desperately trying to deflect all the energy spears that sought its life. Deciding to add to its struggle, Undyne added a rain of spears from above, striking down at it firmly before hurling her main spear as the green curse lifted. Even the shockwave sent the Sage tumbling.
Undyne watched her foe slowly but surely becoming her victim, unable to keep up with the sheer amount of power she was able to put out...and knowing that even at this point, she was still holding back. Is this what it's like for the skeletons? she thought to herself. All this power inside, knowing how easy it would be to just turn it loose to handle anything they came across...knowing it's only their own will that keeps them from changing from monsters into demons? She chuckled softly to herself as she closed her eyes. Maybe I've been too hard on Papyrus...if this is the kind of power he keeps in check, maybe he'd make a better royal guard than I thought.
Seeing her eyes closed, the Sage leapt free of the barrage, taking several strikes as it raced for her to deliver a heavy blow. With its killing intent and power, a single blow would be all it would take to slay a Monster, even strengthened by a human soul. Leaping into the air, it brought its swords down...only to feel them fall from a suddenly nerveless grasps as it stared at the spear it had impaled itself on.
"And your final mistake...thinking you could read me," Undyne finished as she opened her eyes. "This fight is over...and now you die!" Jabbing the base of her spear into the ground beneath her feet, she leapt into the air. "This is for every monster you ever killed in the Great War, you bastard!" With that, she came down boots first, driving the Sage down onto her spear until the blade punched through its soul, shattering it.
Undyne landed beside her spear, pulling it from the ground with a spinning flourish. "That's mine down, Woona!" she called out as she turned towards where she could sense the pony's struggle. "And if I won here...then you don't get to die!" She laughed maniacally to show her confidence in Woona, to give her the encouragement to hold on just a little longer.
Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Go undyne! Woo!
(Can't believe I'm so early)
Yowza. This is an amazing chapter. And did you sneak that Skeleheadcanon in? Or was it just something I missed in-game? Lovely story, it always manages to keeps me on my toes. STAY D E T E R M I N E D Woona!
And now I have to retract my statement from 2 chapters ago about the lack of an Oraoraora pulled. Fits better with Undyne anyways! Still, needs more- *Daka daka daka* Make that, as much Daka as it was given.
Dere's ken't be enuff Dakka, ya git!
No obvious gurren lagann reference, I am disappointed. Everything else more than made up for it.
These sages are not humans, they are little more then demons in human form, so completely consumed by their negative emotions.
Would've been great if undyne pulled out a humongous sword like the buster sword from final fantasy, or gut's sword (can't remember what it's called
Those human sages must have been bored as hell, keeping the barrier up for all that time.
No wonder they don't really seem to give that much of a shit when they're in mortal peril.
7387164 Dragon Slayer.
I am absolutely loving it don't spare A SINGLE ONE!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO UNDYNE!
EPICNESS AND POTATOES ALL ROUND
STAND PROUD, UNDYNE!
Why would they be complaining about the "sages" not surviving? They are killing intent given physical form, no quarter given or taken. These fights, are truly kill or be killed.
... If it weren't for the fact that some characters have hearts for higlights, I would be somewhat weirded out by this.
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Then again, some even have stars for pupils.
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I'm reminded of a story from A03, wherein the story takes a Hard Mode vibe and Asriel occupies Frisk's body, similar to Chara in this one. At one point, they fight Undyne, and they have to work together (using two shield/spears rather than just the one) in order to survive each volley.
Post-Genocide? I'm not certain if you've noticed, but I highly doubt that a malevolent force grew enough power to tear the universe asunder, much less seven. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a universe for anything to take place in, or a chance for an ultimately happy ending in the iterations to follow, if such was the case. Even if the Sages, as you claim, gave their lives to perform the spell, the fact remains that they did it in the hope that the monsters wouldn't overcome the human race. Because you know, this could happen.
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Or this.
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Or this.
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Hence, it would be more akin to saying they died as martyrs (in their view) rather than someone with a malicious intent. Think Zod from Man of Steel, without as much mugging or world destroying.
Now then, with that out of the way, time for something silly.
Yeah, that should do it.
I think im that yellow soul because mini-guns are my style to.
i would like to meet this kid one day and have a chat about the types of mini-guns there are and what ones are his favorites.
7387322 Minigun Asgore is better.
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EDIT:
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becoming three-fold spikes to either side of her hear
1. Head.
Least we knew Undyne was... gunning for the win.
7387164 Its name is Dragonslayer
7387310 What AO3 story is that? If there's one franchise I love reading fanfics of (besides MLP of course), it's Undertale!
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I meant 'equivalent to Post-Genocide' in terms of intent and Soul Nature. Basically, there is no Mercy or pity in their souls. So each of the seven doing battle with the Sages now are the equivalent of the Megalovania fight.
...perhaps I should have said 'end-Genocide', instead.
7387511 The Longest Road, by Veluren.
And Woona wasn't in this chapter -_-
They thought that was all they would need...
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
YEAH! THAT'S THE UNDYNE I KNOW! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!
7387521 Except one thing. You could kill Sans, walk up to the Throne Room by a pixel without entering, and then Reset. The difference between the situation here and the situation there is that the Sages can't give up. A player can exit a Genocide Run at any time as long as they don't go into the room. Like so.
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Actually, technically you can close out of the game and reset when Flowey starts begging you not to kill him. You don't actually start delivering the lethal strikes unless you hit a confirmation key when he says that, otherwise, it stays right there. Closing out there will let you Reset without killing Flowey there.
7387672 Huh, no kidding.
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7387672 I wonder if he different dialog when restarting there. Would he acknowledge that you acceded to him?
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Don't know.
Someone should do it and record the difference to post to Youtube.
Who has the dark blue (Integrity) soul?
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Flowey still has that one to allow him to maintain the bridge through the barrier.
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Ah, Thank you for explaining that!
I don't know why, but I can't help but think of this song:
Also I'm pretty sure Yellow Soul is American
Jo Jo's bazzare adventure and orks from warhammer 40k, keep the references coming
7387310 Bah, those forms are sooo overrated, I prefer awesome adult Asriel:
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But let's be honest
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Even though
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7387366 Minigun, Maximum pleasure
*Gasp!* Undyne can hear us! Hi, Undyne! Anime is awesome, but, alas, not real! Sorry, you had to find out eventually!... What? She can't live her whole life thinking anime is real, now can she? Imagine if you still thought Dora was real.
Every hero has to make a serious choice.
7388196 Depends on your definition of "anime"... Do you mean the plots of the anime, or the general types of actions performed in them? Because if it's the latter... well think about it, robot TV stars? Crazy brilliant scientists? People who suplex random things and burn down their own houses just because they can? SOUL power? Anime isn't just real, Undyne... you and your friends ARE anime!
buck me that was intense and brutal please do more like that
past few chapters have reminded me of this
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wait a minute i must have missed the jjba reference where was it
7389450 One phrase. ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA
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its small but it is there
Wat.
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Undyne's a monster, and the Yellow Soul is one of the six fallen children. A monster with a human soul.
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I feel ashamed for missing that, I guess I read over it. Thanks for pointing it out.