Elder Blood Witcher 580 Unexpected Saviour

Alphys "D-don't worry about it, come on, we've almost reached the palace." she says, pointing towards the large structure not far from their current position.

Reima "Well, if nothing else at least he's got style." he says as they walk towards it.

No one is guarding the large entrance as they simply walk in, the insides are ornate with large windows letting in sunlight, or some other kind of light source in, illuminating a large hallway with many pillars inside. When Reima pa.s.ses a pillar he suddenly feels like he's gonna have a bad time, but the sensation is gone the next moment...

The group finally reach the entrance to the throne room, Reima enters first and is surprised by the sight. Instead of the typical ornate room covered in finery and riches he'd expect, the floor was thick with plants, the most prominent being a single kind of yellow flower. Sunlight streams through a window lights up the room in a warm glow.

Inside there are two figures sitting together, a large goat-like humanoid in gold armour sitting on some sort of throne and the other being a short skeleton wearing a hoody. A small table is placed between them and the larger one sips a cup of tea while the skeleton just stares at the cup with a goofy smile on its face.

Undyne "King Asgore... Sans?"

Sans looks up at the new arrivals, "Heya Undyne... You seem to have a bone to pick with me?" he says.

Priscilla smirks at the joke while everyone else's reaction are more tame.

Undyne marches up to Sans and jabs him in the chest, "Where have you been!?! And where is Papyrus? He won't pick up his phone or anything!!!" she shouts.

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Sans "Papyrus is dead." he states gravely...

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Undyne looks shocked, "What? No... Why would anyone hurt Papyrus!?!"

Reima coughs into his hand behind Undyne, "Er, are you forgetting the genocidal kid tearing their way through the underground?"

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Undyne "I'LL KILL EM!" she exclaims, furious at the news.

Reima "Yeah, that's what we're here to talk about, remember?"

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Undyne rubs her face with her sleeve, wiping the moisture from her eyes. "Then, tell Asgore about your encounter."

Asgore nods, "As saddening as it is to hear news of another monster pa.s.sing, we must strive to solve the issue at hand..." he looks at the group, "Forgive me, I am Asgore Dreemurr, King of Monster kind. We don't appear to have met before, may I know your names?"

Reima nods, "I'm Reima, this is Priscilla and Nerissa." he points to them respectively.

Sans left eye lights up momentarily as he spots something around Nerissa's neck, he stands, walks over and tears the red scarf from her. "Where did you get this?"

Reima puts a hand on the skeletons shoulder, changing the focus of his glare from the vampire to himself. "We found it near that burning village." he states.

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Sans nods and stuffs the scarf into his pocket, "It belonged to my brother, thank you for finding it." he says and returns to his seat.

Reima "Yeah, I ran into that kid and know a few things about their abilities. Maybe we can find a way to kill them permanently."

Asgore "Permanently? I thought death was already absolute."

Alphys "We believe that the human is able to reverse time, Reima doesn't appear to be affected by it and retains his memories of their encounter somehow."

When Sans hears this he looks at Reima in surprise, "So you aren't affected by them resetting time?" he asks.

Reima nods, "Yeah, why? You know something about it?"

Sans "Yep... I'm aware of time resetting, but my memories are never complete. I used to work with someone during my time as the Royal Scientist-"

Asgore "Oh, yes... I remember, what was their name..." he interjects, "Hmm... Ah, I don't seem to be able to recall their name." he mutters after thinking fora while.

Sans continues, "Their projects allowed me to see when time was reset, but nothing more..."

Alphys "So you know how many times the human has reset time?" she asks curiously.

Sans nods slowly, "Time has been reset over a hundred thousand times and nothing I do has ever stopped it..."

Reima "Yeah, that kid doesn't give up... I must have killed them in every way you can imagine, even trying to remove their soul doesn't work." he shrugs.

Sans "Their soul allows them to reset time, and as long as they are determined they can't die as long as it exists."

Undyne frowns, "Then, we just have to destroy their soul."

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Sans sighs, "It won't work, believe me I've tried. Destroying a soul is completely different from removing, splitting or modifying it." he says.

Asgore "Then, there is nothing we can do... Maybe trying to appeal to their kindness and humanity would work?"

Reima scratches his head, "Wait a sec, destroying souls?" mutters, slowly turning towards Priscilla.

Everyone else follows his gaze towards the slightly anxious half-breed.

Priscilla "I-is something wrong?" she asks.

Reima shakes his head, "No, not at all. I was just thinking about the only person capable of completely destroying a soul."

Priscilla's eyes widen in realisation, "I can do it."

Sans "How?" he presses, hoping that what they're saying is true.

Reima "Cilla has a very special ability known as Lifehunt, it allows her to destroy souls affected by it... All we need to do is have her cut that kid in half and the problems solved." he states with a grin.