>>5760018>>5760186Aiming to protect your men, you throw several of your seeds to obstruct the Falconians line of sight, controlling the crowd to ensnare them and restrict the ones who don't have the advantage over the soil. In the meantime, you attempt to contact Locus as he stops himself from attacking your team.
"Fighting these foot soldiers is beneath you, Moonlight Knight. As much as it would be for me to start decimating your men. Why don't you approach someone who can match you in strength?"
"What?" Locus stops himself from galloping after hearing your pledge, unused to hearing stranger's voices in his head.
Signaling over to where you were, Locus drops the large amount of red mush that once were your allies on his weapon, and calmly approaches you in fighting stance.
"And so we meet again, Locus." You greet your foe, who appears to be looking slightly through you other than directly into your eyes.
"Your eyes have changed color, and your posture is very much unlike the last time I've seen you. I assume you have given into the God Hand's pressure and sacrificed someone dear to you?" Locus assumed you had cheated the system to bridge the power gap between yourself and Femto.
"Do not mistake me for an apostle like yourself. There is no trace of demon blood in me, no matter how many times the likes of your master pushes me onto the cliff of despair, I will walk on air if it means avoiding my fall."
"Your speech is one of bravery, yet it rings as hollow to my ears as the screams of the dead. I do not doubt your power, but I do doubt your character, if it means interfering on Griffith's plan."
"So you do know about his idea to meet the creator? Do you truly believe that Griffith will create a just world that mirrors his wishes?"
"I do not have a reason to doubt his claims. For decades, despite remaining undefeated in combat, famous across all lands, and being generously compensated for my feats, I never wished to stay with a master, unless he truly showed me a glimpse of his ambition. To recreate a world free of causality and the ties that bind you and I to this earth is one I will gladly give my life to. I have lived a life of servitude to just causes, and I wish to remain that way."
"What the hell do you know about just causes?! ABOUT GRIFFITH!?" You growl, getting angry at the way that murdered was embellished by one you used to respect.
"What I do know is that no matter how much control one has over his apostle form, to make a pact with them means forever losing a part of yourself. Your freedom. For a member of the dark lords to aspire for freedom of himself is not to be ignored."
>Your blind allegiance has made you a shadow of who you are. It's sad it has to end this way.>It appears there is nothing I can say to convince you, so let's settle this like true knights of Midland.>What did you lose to attain the power you have today?>Write-in. 