( Continued from here )
Darius stared Arden directly in the eye after he stopped him from killing Umbra, his eyes glowing a bright orange instead of a natural red. He stared him down, almost feeling confident in himself, especially in this new form. ‘’Tell me where Kujo is and I’ll spare every last one of your foundation grunts, including Thunderstruck’s failed experiment. I know what you’re answer is.”
Arden doesn’t grin, nor smile a wicked smile. He doesn’t lash out, nor is he getting ahead of himself. “Jotaro is on a sub on the way here and I already told Itachi to tell everyone else to hide if I die here.” The mercenary says, catching the Brando off guard. “I’m having anymore lives risked because of this crap.”
Darius is surprised that Arden informed him about where Jotaro was. He thought that he’d try to deny him of that, but no. Something was off and despite his monstrous state, he knew that. “Then why do you still stand in my way?”
“Simple.” The mercenary takes off his gloves. “Morioh, Rome, London and Manhattan. You kicked my ass in two of those places, you were almost blown to ash in Rome and I am STILL pissed about your trip to Manhattan in 2003.” He cracks his knuckles, staring down Darius. “Add our little scuffle back at that prison and you can say that I’m a tough bastard, despite being an anti-social merc. Then again, there are more good families working at this foundation and at the moment, you just want to kill one man.”
“Oh no, WE ARE FAR PAST THE POINT WHERE IT IS JUST ONE MAN!”
“Then again, that’s why you did what you did, right? You wanted to kill one man who was protected by thousands, but now... you have a shot and everyone else can live for another day. Call it a gamble, hell, the others can call it treachery... but sending a million guys after you has never worked.” Arden gets in a defensive stance and pulls out Via Las Vegas.
Darius doesn’t seem to understand or get what Arden is trying to do. “So that’s what this final stand is... a gamble?”
“Call it what you will, either way things end here.” He then throws some explosive playing cards at Darius, officially starting what he believed to be his last fight. He remains on the defensive, keeping the monstrous Brando as far away as possible, before he got an unexpected punch from CWR. The mercenary regains his footing and blocks a few punches, kicks and bites from Darius. Whenever he saw an opening, Arden would either throw and explosive card, use his stand to punch the Brando or punch him with his bare hands. The battle was at a standstill, with Arden mixing smarts with his stand’s strength and with Darius getting quite sloppy in terms of combat, but he was still strong enough to land few killing blows if focused. The mercenary took notice of this and threw a smoke bomb at Darius’s eye, temporarily blinding the monstrous Brando. Arden used his stand to make a sword and sliced Darius’s hand off before leaving some slash marks on his chest. “Darius Brando,” As soon as the smoke clears, Arden jumps in the air with his sword in hand. “MAY YOU BURN IN HELL!!” He aims for the Pillars chest and then...
To Be Continued...