Estarossa (Jack) POV
The flight gave me time to think on recent events and what the future holds. If Galand was able to appear then others may do the same, but two things are bugging me to no end. Why did he recognize me as Estarossa and how did his power increase so much? If he had Truth I might have been in trouble considering that's at least 38k+28k=66k and Critical Over raising it to at least 99k. I want to say that was the dragon soul, but I doubt that and the power increase from Commandments was inconsistent if Estarossa went from 60k-88k-126k-200k. If he was this powerful without a Commandment I'll need to learn how to use Light and soon, otherwise I'll need to somehow give Mael control so he can do so. That reminds me.
"Mael?" I thought to him
'Do you need something?" He asked
"How effective is Light at healing and reattaching limbs?"
'It would have no problems unless a sufficient amount of Darkness was used. You plan to reattach her wing if the doctors can't don't you?'
"For a pegasus to lose the gift of flight, especially one like Rainbow, would be similar to if not worse than a unicorn losing it's horn, a bred warrior losing his arms, or an Archangel losing his Grace. The only things she has left are a limb that no longer has any purpose, friends, family, and her life. She certainly lost her pride and may have just lost her job, her home, her future, and more. All those years she spent trying to become the best flyer in Equestria so she could fulfill her dream and it's taken in a second by a battle hungry maniac with a smile on his face. As I said, killing her may very well be an act of mercy at this point, that's if she doesn't decide to attempt suicide first. Besides, my hellblaze might have done more than I thought."
'The hellblaze didn't do any damage a low class angel couldn't heal. *sigh* And what kind of Archangel would I be if I didn't help?' So we are in agreement then
"Now what about Galand's soul? I doubt you'd just accept me eating it and I'd like to avoid the possibility of necromancy on powerful beings like him. Especially considering his power without Truth. The power from it would be useful sure, but losing your body and having a Commandment is bad enough for you I'm sure."
'Do what you must. I had just about reached my limit around the time I was given Sunshine. I would prefer to avoid eating his soul, but if other threats like Galand appear then we may have no choice. Perhaps we could seek help from the Goddess of this world?' I suppose we could
"Maybe. I feel like we'd be pushing it though. She already made me immune to the Commandment's corruption and gave me the magic eye in exchange for befriending Luna. I would expect some kind of task in exchange for transferring Galand's power or making a sort of bank out of it (imagine the Hundred Healings Jutsu Tsunade and Sakura used against Madara and Kaguya). I still think it'd still be best to have Celestia and Luna's input on this anyway."
'If there is a task to be done then it would be in our best interest do it. If others especially brother or Zeldris appear you'll need it.' He pointed out
"Hopefully it won't come to that though. It might not though since Galand recognized Estarossa instead of you. My guess is because he died before the spell Gowther casted was broken, if that's the case then our list is narrowed down and less to worry about. It could have been random chance or Galand being an idiot again. The former would leave Drole, Gloxinia, Monspiet, and Fraudrin as the only ones to see Estarossa. The rest should see Mael." This might get confusing and fast
'Which should mean less trouble from the Goddess clan at least leaving Monspiet for attacking him and Derrieri, and Zeldris assuming you're right in how Galand was excluded from the spell's release.' Less on my plate that's for sure
"This is a lot to think about so let's pick this back up some other time."
The flight continued in silence, probably for the best considering what we have to deal with right now. My fears have come true and one of the elements may be damaged in more ways than one if not useless now, I'm still trying to make sense of how and why this happened. Do promises from Loyalty herself mean nothing? What about the others? Is Twilight really this incompetent? What wasn't to understand about 'run away'? No. I'm putting this off for now, I have better and more important things to do than try to understand and do the equivalent of trying to cure stupidity. Upon landing the guards saluted us(?) and surprisingly no weapons were dropping this time. We quickly made our way to Luna's room as we expected her to be there or in the library right now, if the noises in her room sounding like mobs being slaughtered in one of the Warriors games are anything to go by then we were just saved a trip. Opening the door and I was right on both parts.
"Sister, we need to talk." Celestia said after a long pause. Luna paused the game and saved while turning to us with a concerned look on her face.
"Is something wrong?" Luna asked getting up and coming to us. Celestia took a moment to calm herself knowing she would need it.
"I....I don't know where to begin." She said shaking
"Maybe it would be best if I told her." I offered
"Tell me what?" Luna asked, Celestia didn't respond so I took that as the okay to do so
"Long story short, my fears were correct and Galand the Truth was in Equestria, and was somehow more powerful than when he had Truth." She became shocked and immediately turned to terrified "He killed the dragon and cut off one of Rainbow's wings after she attacked him even though I told her to run after she promised she would do so." Luna looked like she was shaking in rage, restraining herself and trying not to shout "I killed him, took his weapon, and took his soul. What to do with it I'm not sure." I pulled out Galand's soul and no sooner was it in Luna's view did she summon her scythe and attempt to kill his soul, but Love stopped her and I caught her as she lost her balance.
"What did you have in mind for him?" Luna asked after calming down enough to do so
"Our choices are release his soul, kill it if possible, or I eat it and gain more power as a result, but there are a few possible drawbacks to that choice. Our last option that Mael thought of is to see about your mother helping with this. I'm going to need the power if his strength surpassing when he had Truth is any reason to go on, but I might be weaker in the long run, and I might lose the cooperation of Mael if I eat it." She and Celestia looked at him with I would say pure hatred in Celestia's case, but she doesn't appear to be affected by Love so that's a no probably. They took a few minutes and shared a few looks before coming to a decision.
"As much as I would enjoy ending his existence here and now I can see why one isn't an option, the second almost as bad, the third possibly being more problematic, and the fourth would require the elements or the tree they came from." Luna said not looking away
"Unfortunately after Galand's attack, the elements are out of commission for the time being, especially if Rainbow does become a threat to herself." Celestia said with regret on her face
"So this leaves your mother's help as the first option and soul consumption as a last resort. However if neither the doctors nor the elements can help Rainbow then I'll need to learn how to use Light and soon. I had to use hellblaze to stop the bleeding so they might not be able to do anything because of it. It may have been weak enough for a low class angel to heal it, but it may have still done a lot of damage and I don't know how low class angels compare to you or the average pony." They both shared looks of concern knowing what I'm saying may very well be true, Celestia looked to me after a few moments of silence
"I have something to ask of you, as a friend." She said
"Ask away."
"If you can't learn to control Light, if the doctors and elements can't help Rainbow Dash, but you do learn to remove Commandments and everypony else agrees on it, will you share your blood with her?" Come again
"Mael!" I shouted out loud, catching the sisters by surprise
'Goddess blood is safer than demon blood, but since it's our blood it may not end well.' He said, good to know, but damnit
"So Mael basically just said no, so Light and the elements are the options most likely to work with the fewest consequences."
"Understandable, but not unexpected." Luna said. I walked to the door, but Celestia stopped me
"Where are you going?" She asked
"The Everfree, we'll have results from the hospital within the day and regardless of whether or not she can be helped by them or the elements I still need to speak with your mother about what we just discussed. She might also have a solution to Rainbow's problem soooooo yeah." She accepted this answer and turned back to Luna
"Very well, do what you deem to be necessary." Just as I was about to open the door, Luna stopped me
"Estarossa?" She said
"Yes?"
"Come back soon alright." She said smiling.
"You know I will. How about when I come back I introduce you to some of the other games Celestia bought you?" I would have asked her out, but I'm broke and I still feel it's too soon.
"I would like that." Her smile got a little brighter as she said that
"Alright, be back soon. Bye!" I said and flew off deciding to mess with everyone in the hallways. I wonder how much damage this will cause, worth it.
I know the guy has a lot to worry about but give him a flaw make it too where he doesn't like pudding or has a fear of worms just something to make him more human
Don't worry, it'll happen soon enough.
I think he should get a group of powerful unique individuals akin to the sins, because he can't keep relying on himself & Mael. Celestia could help find these beings, she was shown to have something similar to 'VISION'.
Please consider this for the future & tell me what you think.
These videos could give some inspiration, if you consider
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I'll let you know when I get around to watching them.
Well, at least here he’s now considering helping Dash. Things will be quite interesting soon.
Wow this is a great story i'm eager to see if he will contact faust and what task she will ask him to perform to earn this favor from her
If Estarossa is going to fight by himself then he should train himself.
Strength:Exercise by lifting a mountain & carrying it
Magic: got that covered with Mael training him to use light which he could combine with his darkness & create a whole new magic
Spirit: Meditate perhaps
Also good story you made & let me know if you want me to give you a link for a video on Beowulf.
Happy Holidays
I hope you make more stories that you'd like to make.
Will we get to see a chapter where Estarossa encounters the 3 Ghosts of Christmas/ Hearth's Warming or Krampus?
P.S. Will Dolores appear? Because she needs some friends & I want her to appear again. happy hoildays🎄
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Who's Dolores?
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Diane's friend who was killed before she joined the sins. Link here.
Also you know of Krampus?
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Now I remember, and no to her, yes I know krampus
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Quite sad about Dolores hopefully you'll change your mind.
Good to know you have know of Krampus. Because I figured that he would be an interesting opponent for the reason that he could be on even ground since he's a demon who could have a magical power similar to a grace(he could be immune to the commandment due to being a creature of Christmas) & Estarossa is technically an angel with a commandment. Although this is your story it's your choice of whether you want to include a Christmas chapter with Krampus, just giving you an idea here.
I also think Gowther(1) might have made his Commandment into just a power booster because of 'Invasion' which involved manipulating memories & his Commandment got rid of memories.
One more thing
If you don't want to use any Commandments for enemies a while then create some ancient evils that get unsealed by Melsacula perhaps(since she was applied to not be sensed to be alive by her fellow Members) & they could have been sealed away by the Pillars since in 'Shadow Play' they were implied to have faced many evils. Just want to give you an idea for story, sorry if it annoys you.
Tell me what you think, please?
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Chances are I'll use more Commandments and not just the characters. It was hinted they might actually give a power % boost instead of a flat power boost considering how much Estarossa/ Mael's power kept jumping (60k-88k-120k-200k). Otherwise I might use something similar to them like the Espada in Bleach and how 1-10 represented the 10 Aspects of Death.
Solitude
Decay
Sacrifice
Emptiness
Destruction
Despair
Arrogance
Madness
Hatred
Rage
Can't remember the exact order or if Hatred was one of them.
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True, that characters might not have a high power level compared Estarossa(Jack) & a Commandment can grant a great power boost, but what about the negative effects like someone who doesn't know about it & does something that actives it & that the triggers & effects of some them are unknown & the effects could be triggered but he wouldn't know how to avoid it & Faust made just him immune to his 1 Commandment & only that one.
Also sometimes certain magical powers can make one very powerful if used to their full potential like Devil Fruits & Ban was able to least good amount of time against Galland until 'Cocoon of Darkness' was used & this Scene with Fraudrin & your characters are as powerful as you make them. Also good idea for the team's motif & I can understand why you wouldn't go with having a team & I don't mean any hate towards you & hope to you get to make your stories.
P.S. Weird that Griamore's magical power(Perfect Shell) looks & has a similar name to 'Perfect Cube' a magic from the Demons & was raised/trained by Fraudrin, if Estarossa encounters Fraudrin ask him about it
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The Commandments could still be used if done right. Truth for example only triggers if a lie is spoken, sign language and written words were never said to be included. Faith only triggers when faithlessness or the loss of faith is shown, what if the bearer never had faith in the first place? How about Reticience being given to a mute person (Truth and Reticience)? There are still many options to choose.
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I ment that random people/ponies that cross Estarossa(Jack)'s path wouldn't know about the Commandments(power). Like if he want to get a chocolate cherry custard cake with buttercream rosettes, while he had the Pacifism Commandment & while waiting for it, someone in his presence could swat & kill a mosquito, then they get afflicted by its negative effects.
Something similar could happen with Truth someone could be acting like someone("Look at me I'm *insert name here* & I'-"(turned to stone))or being sarcastic("Wow you're a big help, idio(same result).
Although I like the ways you came up with so the owner could avoid the effects & if you did have the team with theme's aspects, you could give Madness the Truth because the mad usually believe their truth & the only thing they would do is keep a vow that they say. You could also give an Optimist Faith because they mostly don't lose hope for the better & it wouldn't activate unless they lose that hope thus losing faith in hope & saying there's no hope would be showing no faith in it.
If Estarossa does get his own team will he give them a stolen Commandment & will He(Jack) get his own magical power since he's a different person & that using a power that's not physical 'Full Counter' might give the Commandments a shock, also he could annoy his opponent & that annoyance can turn into Hatred thus making them unable to do anything.
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No idea, still early in the story. I might give Jack his own magic ability though now that the idea is out there.
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I'm glad, I gave the idea
I hope Galland' soul is put in a plush toy because he doesn't like being weak & likes using his power, so him in a plush body wouldn't give him Strength, a plushie's ultimate limit is if it doesn't get ripped by 2 kids, so 'Critical Over' his magic would be worthless, & his spirit would be Crushed from being in a weak, soft, plush body.(also it would be very funny)
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But seriously I really do think you should spare him.
Also will Estarossa go on quests for the Princesses(like the ones the Sins had before the framing) before encountering another character from the Anime/Manga, because he will need to practice his magic, skill, & overall abilities, & will there be some Poison Joke?
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Most likely, I intend to fit in a "NO! You are not Escanor! You don't get to say that!" moment.
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Villain who said the Lion's line: who the heck is Es-(*Punch*) i.pinimg.com/originals/0e/b2/c4/0eb2c4fa2f940aa63c69d3e23809240c.gif
Estarossa: That's the Sin of Pride.
I hope you put Celestia's 'Vision' to good use(since it was used once). I wonder what will happen on the quests.
When you said the idea of the 10 aspects did you mean them to be Estarossa's order of knights or villains that he has to fight when you responded to my comment of ancient evils unsealed.
If you meant knights: then that awesome since having allies/ Knights of his own which he could help train would help give him the edge in a battle.
If you meant villains: that's not what I wanted to get across when I said it, I thought of evils unsealed to give reason for Estarossa(Jack) to quest to stop them from terrorizing a town/city & to help him practice his powers so there isn't an incident like Meliodas had before he went to Liones. I thought Melsacula would be the one to unseal them to build up an army to help her conquer Equestria most likely because she would've heard of Celestia & assumed she was as Powerful as Escanor or more powerful & she wouldn't want the same thing to happen again & the monsters obey her out of fear & bow
P.S. Congrats on having 101 likes on this story & hope you have more
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I meant villains. I did say I would use more Commandments and probably not just the characters. If I use that ancient evil idea I would probably use enemies that represent the 10 aspects of death, similar to the Espada from Bleach. That may not have been what you meant, but it would still work. I could use it as a chance to explain what Faust is doing in the Astral Plane and think of more villains of comparable power to the Commandments.
Estarossa isn't nearly as powerful as he could be from what I can gather. I already explained his and Mael's massive power boosts per additional Commandment, it was never stated he actually became stronger when Mael returned though. In recent chapters Ludociel in Margaret's body had a PL of 201k (restrained by human body even with high specs), Zeldris without Piety (PL should have been almost cut in half) was able to surpass the Grace of Flash with his real power Ominous Nebula and was only stopped with Escanor's The One (PL had to be well over 200k). Chandler and Cusack were between 160k and 170k or something like that.
Considering how Ludociel in HIS body had trouble with just a single Indura Derrieri as Indura Monspiet was effortlessly restraining Tarmiel and Sariel (minimum PL required for Indura is 50k), it's implied either Indura massively increases power by at least 4X the user's current power or everyone was a hell of a lot stronger.
The manga proved me wrong when I said Mael probably had around 32k without Sunshine, and it was never stated Graces actually boosted power, but gave abilities to the user. If the Supreme Diety did exactly what the Demon King did then each Grace is equal to 2 Commandments (Commandment = 5% DK PL, Grace = 12.5% SD PL). My belief Mael's highest PL was around 180k was proven wrong if he really is the strongest of the Archangels. If Ludociel in a human body was stronger than Meliodas was thought to be when he had Love, how strong was Mael with and without Sunshine and The One? How strong was Estarossa before the demons were sealed? If the SD was equal to the DK then both have PLs of at least 560k, and as each Commandment is a boost of at least 28k, then each Grace is at least 56k.
If the Commandments were really at 60-70% (now thanks to recent chapters I'm being lead to believe 30-40%), Estarossa's original PL was at least 80k. If Mael's original PL without Sunshine is at least 50k (was thought to be 32k), then with Sunshine and The One he was at least 106k and 250k respectively. Those ancient evils could be explanations and excuses and reasons for a lot of things I could do.
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I am a bit disappointed that he will have not them as his Order, because I had a few ideas for half of them if they were Knights, which I would have let you use, & it would be fitting considering one of Mael's title(& that one of Them is voiced by David Vincent(Grimmjow)). But Just got to wait & see how it goes the other way. Also here's Something unique listen to & I thought of 'Sunshine' as a power multiplier instead power adding.
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You should read Vivzie's comic Zoophobia. It's funny.
Sunshine sadly, but understandably isn't a multiplier. If it was then for Escanor's real PL being 15 and Sunshine increasing it to 150k- >200k that would have made Mael OPAF when he had it. And if the DK and SD are more powerful than that, then we are a few digits off from their real PLs, and I pity whoever pissed them off either way.
Sir, I'm wholeheartedly invested in this story, continue on like the insanely-smart and amazingly-awesome writer you are!
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I will
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When will this be updated?
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When sleepy bear finally gets his SDS fic out. We want to see how well we can do a crossover as both stories will be in the same world.
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Oh boy...crossover stories with two authors never get finished. All i can ask is you don't abandon your other stories once one of you loses interest.
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It'll only be for a few chapters here and there.