「Crystal War Requiem」

Dark clouds circled the skies of the battlefield. Primus marched towards the lot. still, under the spell of Sombra and his dark magic, ignoring the sounds of the outside world. Unable to reply, trapped within his body. He could only answer the commands of his king. And his orders are to eliminate all those that stand in his way.

Treading forward slowly, Primus holds his sword firm, as he could only coldly stare at his brother. Desperate to call out to him.

"Primus! Snap out of it!" Metal yelled but to no avail,

Seeing no other way out of Sombra's control, he reached for another spear on his back with his left hand. Only to see a pillar of magic zooming past him, slicing his arm off and in the process destroying said spear on his back, now left with one. The trail where the magic attack has left erupted from the ground from the force exerted. Blood was soon gushing out, unable to dally any further. Metal quickly warped his scarf around his amputated limb with his mouth to somewhat help stop the bleeding.

Turning his attention back onto his brother, Metal was met with The General just inches away from his face, blade already winding up for a swing.

"Metal!!"

Forcing Metal out of the way with a tackle, Blizzard now has to take the full brunt of the attack from Primus. a horizontal slash. Though Blizzard was still hovering midair from flying at great speeds to push Metal out of danger, his awkward position means that his head is in line of fire with Primus's sword. Seeing this coming, out of instinct, Blizzard moved his arm to block from the incoming strike.

He wasn't fast enough.

Causing Blizzard to have his right arm, right ear, and the centre point of his marginal covert on his right wing to be slashed off his body.

Without missing a beat, Primus thrusts his sword into Blizzard's abdomen. Carrying him by the handle, he lifts the pegasi over his head, turns one-eighty, and slams him into the ground.

"Cancer." Primus monotones,

Jabbing his blade deeper earns him a 'hurgk!' sound from Blizzard as he desperately tries to pull out the curved, cold alloy that's deep in his stomach. However, his movements are quickly seized when jet-black magic chains stretched out of his puncture wound, wrapping themselves around Blizzard's body in a quick fashion. Coughing up blood, Blizzard is now down for the count. Removing his weapon from The Captain, Primus set his sights on Metal once again.

Only to be met with a cannonade of magical spears flying towards him.

Dashing back, he slashed a couple that flew to him. Hurling his blade to the sky, he dodges more spears aimed at him before teleporting to where his blade was. Grabbing it once more, he summoned his own arm of swords to dance for him.

"Sagittarius."

Metal ran in a zig-zag formation, dodging while simultaneously throwing spears after spears to try to parry the rain of blades showering his person.

"「Gold Experience Requiem!!」"

Punching both fists into the ground, he imbues it with life, trees burst forth, covering the general area of where Metal is running to, providing him with a shelter and at the same time acting as a shield to deflect the blades flying towards The spear Captain. Yet, the sound of air cracking coupled with the rise in temperature gave little closure to either of them. The trees buckled and snapped before combusting into purple flames.

Primus was already back onto the ground, with slash marks all around his torso from the physical backlash of attack one of「G.E.R」's lifeforms. Still, with the shine of his horn, his wounds all closed up and blood receding back into his body.

Clutching his makeshift spear, Metal summons even more spears to his side. Moving forward with a large stride, he javelins his spear towards Primus, the rest of his arsenal following suit. Despite that, Primus's body didn't bother moving to dodge at all. Confused, Giorno was racking his brain, thinking of possible moves that The General can be plotting. However, a laugh from King Sombra's echoing voice broke his train of thought as he looked around for where the source of the noise may be coming from.

"Heh, are you really going to hurt your brother?"

Realization soon hit The blonde Joestar, turning back to where the fight was happening. He could only watch as all of the spears that were meant to hit Primus were all flying past him, not even close enough to graze his fur. Looking back, Metal was standing upright. A tear flowing down his cheek now,

"I-I... can't possibly bring myself to hurt my brother." The Captain said,

Turning his head down, he dropped to his knees and accepted his fate. As another victim to fall to The Crystal Empire's reign of terror and to his brother. Giorno couldn't stand any of this. Gritting his teeth, he yelled out at the top of his lungs, calling out to Metal.

"Captain!!"

This worked, catching Metal's attention. He looked over to where Giorno was getting up from.

"Fight!!" His voice echoed out,

"I don't think I can live with the guilt if I were to kill my own brother." Metal sorrowfully replied,

"Are you going to let your brother suffer even more!? Do you think he wants this!?" Giorno tries to reason,

"METAL!! GET UP!!" Blizzard bellowed out, still restrained on the floor. Now, Metal's attention has turned to him,

"ARE YOU GOING TO LET PRIMUS GO AGAIN!? WAS THAT PROMISE YOU MADE JUST NOW AN EMPTY ONE!? ARE YOU GOING TO LET SOMBRA TOY WITH HIM AGAIN!? ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO STAND BY AND WATCH THAT HAPPEN!?"

Remembering the promise he made to his little brother, he was forced to face reality. Unable to use the excuse of either being too weak nor the excuse of being forced to run away. He stopped crying,

"Silence." reverberated King Sombra,

Lifting up his blade, Primus summoned a magic sword directed only at Blizzard. Ripping through the air, The Winged Captain was forced to endure another object being punctured through his body, groaning in pain and cough more blood up.

"Blizzard!" Metal yelled,

"Look forward!" Giorno called out,

Watching on helplessly, Giorno was now engaging the enhanced General with his Stand. 「G.E.R」throwing punch after punch only with be effortlessly parried with a swing of the sword.

"You can't stop now! Look at how far you've come!! Are you going to stop because King Sombra tip the tides of battle? No! Your resolve to see this battle through until the end! So steel yourself, and move forward! Even if you can't save your brother from King Sombra's grasp, you can still free him from the shackles of pain!! Fight!!!"

Pushing forward,「G.E.R」continues his onslaught of punch barrages. Switching, he transferred his energy into kicks. Parrying a kick with his forearm. Primus cleaves off the leg with a swing of his blade, which in turn sliced off Giorno's leg as well. Now left with only one leg, Giorno drops to the ground. Using this opportunity,「G.E.R」dragged his fist off the ground, breaking the earth and shattering the rocks into smaller individual pieces and pushed them towards Primus.

Though some missed, a large one managed to land a hit onto Primus's body.

"Now! 「Gold Experience Requiem」!!"

With his command, the rock previously imbued with life transformed stretched itself into a large python, fully warping itself around Primus's body, it began to constrict the air out of him.

"Pythons have great constricting strength, great enough to force ribcages to seize movement, and some strong enough to force cardiac arrest." Giorno comments,

Unamused, a leg managed to free itself of the constricting animal. Using it to kick Giorno off the floor, but was dampened due to「G.E.R」passively protecting him. Yet, It was still strong enough to send him flying backwards as he lands near a standing wall close by, summoning more swords. Primus shoots them above where Giorno had landed, collapsing bricks and stone onto him. The only thing that indicates Giorno is still under the massive debris covering him is his exposed right arm resting onto a pile of rocks. Having dealt with Giorno, Primus turns his attention back onto the make coiled around his body. Now starting to feel the full force of a giant python, he tries to rip it off his body with a hand. However, a spear came flying in. Forcing Primus to parry it with his blade.

"Heh, you're right, Giorno, Blizzard. You guys are right. And I'm sorry for holding both of you back. Primus!" Metal admits, walking to his brother,

Looking up, Primus stares at his brother, lifeless eyes gazing at The Spear Captain.

"Your brother is coming to your rescue."

"Enough," Primus said,

Bursting into bright purple flames, the python enwrapping him release its grip, hissing as it moved away, returning into its previously lifeless state of a stone. However, the rocks that had flown past Primus and landed behind him burst forth trees once again to catch Primus's legs and his torso, leaving his abdomen semi-open as it grows behind him and upwards into the skies. Though these kinds of trees far exceed the size of what Giorno has produced in the past, it towers even giant buildings. Thinking it was the same kind of procedure by now, just the size difference, Primus expanded more fire, enough to cover his body.

It seemed to work as the bark around Primus began to wither away. But despite that, the flow of growing tree bark never seemed to end as it replaces the damaged ones with haste.

The type of tree that Giorno had called forth is a different type of tree. It is from the family of Cupressaceae. It's the species of Sequoiadendron giganteum, or otherwise known as the Giant sequoia. These trees can grow up to a height of fifty to eighty-five meters tall, with a trunk diameter ranging from six to eight meters wide. That being said, these kinds of trees have an extraordinary life cycle. With includes the usage of fire. Whenever the sequoia trees are ready to reproduce, it waits for a forest fire to occur. This gives them three main things to grow.

One, it frees up space near the sequoias to allow room for sunlight and water to enter.

Two, the smoke generated by said fire heats the cones of matured sequoia trees without harming them, allowing the cones to open up and spread their seed down to the earth.

Three, the open space acts as nutrient-filled soil for the seedlings to grow, which is important for the seedlings to mature in harsh conditions.

However, thanks to Giorno's「G.E.R」and his life-giver ability. It allows the sequoia trees to be hastily matured and grow to their full height, bearing seeds just as Primus can burn them down. Not to mention, Giorno overflowed the rocks with as much life essence as possible. Thus the life energy carries over to the seedling, which repeats the cycle. Giorno trusted that Primus would use his fire again, as he has done so in their past encounters. It was a big gamble, as having used his Stand for such a long duration of time really is tiring him out. So should Primus never had used his flames, the trees would've lived out their lives in acceleration thanks to Giorno's life-giver running through the trees. Essentially, dying before it could even trap Primus.

Now with Primus feeding into Giorno's trap, Metal took advantage of this situation. Starting to sprint, he races himself towards, with his final polearm in hand.

Unable to move but still able to push his arm that holds his blade, he brings his blade down for a vertical slash of Leo. Suddenly, a body warps itself around his throat.

"Hurry up, Metal!!" Blizzard cried,

As the purple fire seared his skin off, puncture wounds in his abdomen and feathers set ablaze, he holds on for dear life with a single arm, trying to stop the Primus from swinging his sword onto his brother.

"Capricorn."

That was all Blizzard heard before Primus removesBlizzard's lower body. His legs falling to the side, and his grip loosens. Only to strengthen again, tighter this time around. Massive amounts of blood gushing out, Metal's eyes widen, as he called out,

"Blizzard!!"

"Don't mind me!! Giorno can fix it!!! Just do it!!!" Blizzard managed to cough out,

All the pieces were set, and everyone played their part to the best of their abilities. Seeing as this is his only chance to do it, Metal placed all of his magic reserves into his arm. Strengthening it as much as possible. Reaching his brother, trapped by trees and roots, with his friend helping out. He throws his spear forward and into Primus's chest.

"Rimfire: Aimless."