Crioone's wings spread apart as she dismissed the thought of Nara and took to the air. Next to her, Taverna had done the same thing, and in an attempt to shake the deamons of Hell away from them, Taverna had launched a massive wave of energy that tore through their ranks, sweeping the deamons back, knocking the human souls away too. Crioone began to fly away, but was stopped by a sight amidst the mob of deamons. A crimson deamon lay unmoving in the middle of the pack, the wings lined with dried blood. As Crioone continued to stare, Taverna caught sight of the deamon, and immediately took action.
The emerald coloured deamon rushed the mob of deamons, his claws extended, his wings flapping madly, scattering deamonic energy throughout the area, causing multiple souls to take their last look at the world. Once he was sure the deamons were not going to launch an attack, Taverna touched down to the ground and walked toward the red deamon body. When he was only feet away from the deamon, a puff of smoke appeared, and the deamons of Infinitora backed up, bowing their heads to the coming being. Taverna stood stalk still, and Crioone floated down to join him.
"What is it?" murmured Crioone, her breathing almost completely stopped. They had come so close, and the deamon they were eyeing could possibly be Nara. Without thinking, Crioone rushed through the cloud of smoke, grabbing the body as she passed. Taverna shouted a cry of warning only seconds too late. The bing who had emerged was a familiar being. One all to familiar...
***
Renee blasted the oncoming deamon with a surge of power, causing Forna to suddenly speed up. Renee masked her presence, moving out of the way of the former king, allowing the deamomn to plow headfirst into the mountain. Renee then poured magical energy into Forna's body, causing the deamon to slowly overflow with power.
What resulted was a cry from Forna of rage and pure anger. Renee unmasked her presence, and at the same time conjured a blade made of diamond to form in her hand. Renee drove the blade into Forna's neck, just as he exited the hole in the mountainside he had created. With a cry of overwhelming pain, the body of Forna slowly dissapeared, his legend and legacy finally over. Renee dropped to her knees, a sudden weakness coming over her.
"You didn't think I had forgotten about you, did you?" The voice belonged to Lyela, Queen of Hell.
Renee turned to face the magician, but instead found that her body was being forced to stand, and even forced to move towards the edge of the mountain side. "What you are seeing before you is the end of your life," said Lyela, smirking, "and the beginning of the end of the universe!"
Renee looked over the edge of the mountain, and in the distance, she could see Crioone and Taverna fighting widly for survival, then saw them rise into the air, out of harm's way, where they stayed, transfixed by some unknown presence. And then Renee felt extreme pain, and her vision caught sight of the point of a diamond, tipped with red liquid. Renee coughed, but instead of air, being released, blood splattered over her chin and onto the ground. The diamond tipped with blood slowly receaded back from where it came from. Renee's eyes closed, and as they did, the diamond blade was pulled back by Lyela, and came out of the back of Renee's neck.
"And what you see now, is your spirit departing its dead body, only to roam and burn in Hell for a short time, until the ultimate act is complete." ...
***
Hawk was suddenly surrounded by three people, two of which he knew, while the other one was unknown to him. Hawk exchaged a glance with Jet, then Dolphin, then looked at the boy. "Hawk," he said, lifting his hand toward the boy.
"Patrick," replied the boy, in the same tone, also extending his hand, shaking that of Hawk. Jet watched as each one analysed the other. Both were magicians, although their power's were quite different.
Patrick's powers were still developping, and were, for the most part, non combat skills. On the other hand, Hawk's powers were almost fully complete, and were used in direct combat as well as for transportation.
Dolphin looked at Jet, and then Hawk. "So, what now, where are we headed?"
"Celestial Valley," replied Hawk, already beginning to open a gate.
"Don't worry about that, brother, my friend has already opened one, and has stepped through," Jte said, laughing at his brother as he closed the gate.
"Yeah well, we'll just see how he does in combat."...
***
"Tower one is destroyed."
"As is tower two."
"Tower three has been taken care of."
"Tower four... is no more..."
"Tower five is like the rest."
"The sixth tower is flattened."
"The.. seventh.. tower.. destroyed... Returning.. to.. base.."
The last voice belonged to Anlatta, who did not often speak. No one was at the base to reply to the messages sent out by the dog deamon and the six warlords, but the message had reached Bellcast. The white deamon stretched his hand out, the Attalna crawling over him retreating to the shadows of the mist. The time was coming, and in mere hours, Bellcast would arise, and the universe, and every living being, would belong to him. Bellcast closed his eyes, and as he did, the shadows around him dissapeared, revealing an area filled with nothing, with no floor, cieling, or walls. The area was simply known as-
To Be Continued...