Tombstone Part I (Mobile Legends Fanfic)
Alucard and Zilong as best friends. Contains minor ZiluFrey or Zilong/Freya also other common ML ships (e.g. ClintxLayla, LancelotxOdette). I’m deeply sorry for any grammatical errors and spellings. I’ve proofread this but in case I missed something...
VICTORY
“Good work, team.” says a blond haired female warrior. Her golden armour shining under the bright sun. Her wings slowly fading away as she cancels her inner Valkyrie.
Layla, the twin ponytail gunner, collapsed to the ground. “God, that was so hard!” She whined making her cowboy boyfriend chuckled. Clint was on the opposite team for today’s match. He was the dominating one during the early game but he was impressed that his girlfriend’s team managed to do a comeback.
(If only that motherfucker Akai didn’t fall asleep at the base)
“You did great, babe.” Clint praised, helping Layla up to her feet. She leaned against him for support and they left the arena along with the others. Only except one.
Zilong stared at the crumbled ruins of the red team’s base. Minions swept away the red stone and rebuild the main tower. The other minions did the same for the rest of the arena. The announcer warned for previous heroes to leave the arena for the next match to be prepared. Zilong would be as happy as the others when they came the winner but since the past few days, he felt empty.
As if someone was missing…
“Zi?”
The eastern warrior turned around and met Freya. The blond haired Valkyrie had one brow raised in a questioning manner. Her shield and sword were gone, probably stored in her secret weapon dimension. “Is there something wrong?” She asked.
Of all the females in the Land of Dawn, Freya was the one closest to him. They used to be the worst enemies but one single match made them close friends. Freya owed Zilong for protecting her from enemies and Zilong, on the other hand, owed Freya for helping him with one of his mission. From then on, they became best friends.
Maybe even better.
“Zi, are you okay?” She asked again when she got no answer form her long haired fighter. “You’re spacing out a lot lately.”
Zilong shook his head. He shared many things with Freya but not this one. “It’s nothing. I was just thinking?”
“About what?”
The spearman bit his bottom lip in thought. He needed a good lie to distract Freya from getting any suspicious thoughts. “It’s a about my father. We had a serious talk last week.”
Thankfully Freya knew about his trip to the dragon king. The girl’s face melted into something calm and nodded with a long ‘oh’. “If it’s about the dragon king, then that is not my business. Sorry I asked.”
“It’s okay.”
Freya and Zilong walked together to the lobby. Heroes walked around, some injured some are not, and minions scampered about with their weapons. A few carried cleaning supplies and broken parts from previous match. A group of heroes ran past them towards a gate with a timer ticking over it. The timer indicates when the player is about to arrive at the match.
The two fighters headed for a bar outside of the fighting arena. There weren’t many people because it’s the end of the Season which means players are pushing for their ranks (some even slipped down on their way up). Freya and Zilong sat at the bar counter. Freya ordered Blue Buff while Zilong got himself some Red Reaper.
The male fighter kept his gaze around the bar. There was a performance on stage - a stage play. A group of people sat in a corner, playing poker. Hookers got themselves comfortable with the customers and even pulled some to the back. The two fighters enjoyed their drinks, occasionally shared some small talks.
Then, Zilong’s eyes caught a familiar sight walking into the bar. Tall, blond haired in a long blue coat. His metal gauntlet was missing, exposing the glowing purple demon arm which strike the Dragonborn odd. He came in empty handed without his favourite sword.
Zilong watched the young man took large strides to the other side of the bar, slightly darker than the rest. People murmured at the sight him. A man yelled profanities at him and women showed looks of disgust. But the young man paid no heed to them. He just sat down at the lone table and looked out of the window. A waitress came to pick up his order.
The dragon knight turned to his partner. Freya had finished her glass and ordered another. Apparently, she had no battles in the upcoming hour so she was free to do what she wants. These days, Freya and Zilong were hardly pick during the match unlike the others especially the new arrivals.
“Hey, I’m gonna go meet a friend.” He told her. Freya looked at him, popping a bar nut in her mouth. She nodded without saying anything and Zilong stood up. He walked away from the counter and headed for the young hunter sitting alone in the dark.
Alucard was too preoccupied in his thoughts to even notice a long haired fighter coming his way. He jumped up when someone knocked on the table. Alucard looked up and noticed his friend, Zilong. “Oh, it’s you.” He mumbled, sounding emotionless like a robot. Alucard turned his gaze back to the table top.
Zilong sat down opposite of the demon hunter. “Hey buddy.” He said, with a smile. “It’s been a long time. How have you been?”
Alucard mumbled what sounded like ‘Fine, like always’. The waitress from earlier came back and placed Alucard’s whiskey along with a glass. Zilong watched his friend popping open the bottle and poured the clear liquid into the glass. Then, the blond fished out a box of cigarette from his coat pocket and lit one. He dragged on the stick and blew out the smoke from his mouth.
Zilong looked down at his hands. The Alucard in front of him is so different then the one he had been friends with many years ago. He remembered it all too well. Alucard was like a delinquent and quite barbaric. He had short messy white hair and wore red coat. He never covered the demonic arm with a gauntlet and his sword was a giant rectangular one.
The old demon hunter was feared when he first stepped into the Land of Dawn. He was the hardest one to kill and Zilong remembered how it made him crazy seeing Alucard coming out of a 1vs5 fresh as a daisy despite the enemies supporting heavy wounds.
What happened to that happy, loud demon hunter he had been best friends with?
There has been a disease outbreak recently. It had no cure and it infected almost everyone. It weakens heroes and some were no longer able to fight due to the virus. Sadly, there is no cure although oddly enough a few recovered after getting struck by this disease. Heck, these people even got stronger.
There was no official name for this phenomenon but the heroes called it Moonton.
Zilong heard Alucard got infected pretty badly. Each passing day he got weaker and weaker to the point that he was not allowed for Rank matches. He had done many healing procedures but the results were negative.
Could that be the reason for Alucard’s change of attitude?
