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Post by othus on Sept 6, 2018 6:19:00 GMT
1 hour later.
Camilla had been riding the horse along Thomas with a dead silence in the air, she wasn't exactly sure if they were even going the right direction, but horses often memorized the trip out of routine. A light shone in the distance through the fog, several moving behind it as well, the bad weather finally ceased a little and the visibility became much better, it was Arianna, along with two other men on horseback. Arianna threw her torch on the ground and galloped forward as she saw Thomas and Camilla
"Are you guys ok?! when those things attacked I feared the worst! and then an earthquake happened!? everything is very wrong around here I tell you! don't worry, I brought some help from the village"
The cleric duo might not have noticed, but they had spent a lot of time on that fight, as well as on horseback. The other 2 men dismounted as well, the largest man was riding a black Percheron horse and was wearing a woodcutter's outfit, the animal huffed in relief as he dismounted. he was over two meters tall, with short ginger hair and a tight beard, he seemed to be in his thirties and had arms as thick as logs. A large woodcutter's ax adorned his back, the tool being so big it looked like it could cut a large tree in a single swing. He approached the cleric duo, still towering over them despite the added height of the horse.
"It's quite dangerous to roam the woods at slow speeds, the village has been having a lot of trouble with the monsters, even as we came to your aid, a couple of those things also attacked us"-
The other man dismounted as well in a more delicate manner, he was not nearly as tall, but still above average, he had long blond hair and blue eyes, his frame was much thinner and elegant as well, he was wearing brown pants, a white shirt and a brown leather jacket, he took his leather gloves for a second and set them next to his rapier by the horse as he came to meet Camilla and Thomas as well.
"Good thing they were no match for us, it has become routine for people like us who patrol the forest"
The man looked back shaking his head at him before speaking with Thomas again.
"Sorry, we forgot to introduce ourselves, my name is Marco, the guy behind me is Angelo"
The blond man did a reverence as his name was mentioned.
"I'm afraid we must get out of this forest as soon as possible, staying still is a good recipe for getting killed, please follow us"
Camilla nodded as she moved next to the group, she looked at Ariana before moving further
"Thanks for coming back, it all feels much safer now"
"Think nothing of it, the truth is, we need you as well"
Ariana made her horse gallop as the other two men followed, Camilla also followed through, at that pace, it would take a lot less than an hour to get to Norcia.
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 10, 2018 23:07:02 GMT
Glad to see you alive - The priest said to Ariana as he nodded to both Marco and Angelo. Still he wasn't in the mood to talk or even start a conversation. He sighed as he hoped the trip to be over and get things done. He made reappear his colts agains just in case, reloading them just to be prepared in case another Vrocks came... what he didn't get was the man... It was even a human being? He didn't knew. One thing sure it was that in this case, he couldn't pretend to let go that person alive. Finally a question popped out of his head and inmediatly said it out loud
When did the attacks begin? - The boy looked at both Angelo and Marco, hoping for an answer - I wonder how many days it took until the Vatican was informed... considering the strenght of the creatures I can asume you were very busy
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Post by othus on Sept 15, 2018 8:03:34 GMT
"Aye, the attacks began a little over a month ago, the forest was brimming with life, but now it feels a lot more empty"- Marco replied.
"It has felt like an eternity though, just getting out of the forest seemed to be nearly impossible at first, and we couldn't really tell anyone about this, not even the people in the town below knew."
As they moved forward the fog began to clear itself, the smell of sulfur left by the demons was slowly fading away and letting the natural aroma of wood and moss take over, fireflies flew in the distance, and small creatures like hares and squirrels could be seen hiding around, it was almost as if the forest took back its original state, maybe the presence of the Arch-angel was enough to drive the demons away, at least for the time being. the group kept advancing and soon they were at the top of the mountain, the Sun finally shone through as they left the woods.
"We are here, welcome to Norcia"
VILLAGE OF NORCIA
The Village of Norcia was a rural town, it had beautiful hills and small rivers, the people there farmed for themselves and hunted in the woods, there weren't many things they got from the outside, and everything from their homes to their clothing was produced locally, the population was quite small, so everyone knew each other. Camilla who fancied reading fantasy, felt just like in the shire from the hobbit.
The two hunters waved at the locals as they passed, the houses there had beautiful warm tones of color that contrasted with the green hills seen around, it truly was a beautiful place, if not for the demon problem.
"Oh I guess I should have said this before, I am the mayor of the town, I was the one who sent the letter requesting for priests from the Vatican"
"That makes thing easier!" Camilla replied. she had some questions of her own as well
"I was gonna ask why aren't the demons attacking the village, everything seems to be just fine around"
"Not everything, there are a couple of things I would like to show you later today, but for now I will guide you to your rooms so that you can unpack and then we will have supper, I'm sure you all must be tired...Angelo, thanks for helping me out, you can leave for today "
Angelo waved at them and left galloping, The mayor guided the clerics and Ariana to a large wooden house, it seemed five times as big as the rest, so this had to be the main building of the town, Marco dismounted and signaled them to do so as well, Camila hopped from the horse, her legs almost failed her from the long journey, she simply patted her legs and butt in order to make her lower half react.
Ariana in turn also dismounted, though she didn't have the discomfort Camila experienced, perhaps she had more experience riding. She headed towards Thomas, looking at him with a big smile
"Should I help you dismount father?"-she said as she offered him a hand.
"This is my home, built it with my bare hands! It's not much, but please, feel free to use it as yours, the first two rooms of the second floor are yours, Ariana, you will be staying on the third floor."
Marco unsaddled the horse and gave it a slight slap on the rear, letting it run free.
"once you unpack we can eat, we are having roasted whitetail deer, we also have wine and beer if you fancy that, father, though you might be too young for that little girl, for you we have juice."- he said as he patted Camilla on the head, nearly crushing her just from the weight of his hand.
The house inside was also brimming with the warm colors of the village, the rooms had large beds and, to Camilla's surprise, an actual working bathroom, it would seem technology did get there, though the villagers tried their best not to overuse it.
she dropped her bag on the bed and then washed her face, getting into the forest had been extremely scary, and that angel terrified her all the more, what had happened to Thomas? he seemed so angry, asking would surely be rude of her...
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 17, 2018 0:15:52 GMT
Oh. Thanks you but I can do that myself - The boy said as he went down the horse, the moment his legs touched the ground he felt them as jelly but managed to not fall. He smiled back at Ariana as he tried his best to don't cry because of the pain of his sore knees.
I guess I can't have that... I'm barely 19 years old... - Despite knowing he was already in his legal age, the boy never tried drinking alcohol, he already witnessed Derek most of the time and how the other went mixing different types at the point of being carried home by the other. Of course, Thomas never told Derek that he was the one driving HIS car for when they had to go home, the brunette always lied that it was Chloe or Gallerian the one that took their asses back to the apartment.
In the moment he entered the Mayor's House he felt a nostalgic sensation over the domestic forniture and rural style of the enviroment, which made him remember those years in Weissenkirchen. It has been already 2 years since he left the town and two years since he didn't visit his mother and older brother's stone, he prayed for an apology while he took from his pocket his luggage.
He pronounced the spell as his stuff went into its original size, he accommodated his clothes and stuff into a small and empty wardrobe, the first thing the boy did after that was to take a shower because after that encounter with the Vrocks his whole body was soaked by sweat.
Once he went out of the shower he got dressed with a t-shirt that had written "Be the one!" on it, dark jeans and a pair of all star shoes, one being red and the other blue. His face finally managed to make an authentic smile as he was happily looking at his shoes. Buying the Kamen Rider Build's original shoes from Bandai Premium was one of the most well spent purchases he ever made, Derek tried to kill him when he told him the price... BUT CAN YOU BLAME A FANBOY!??!?! NOOO!!!
He took a time to relax in his bed, playing a pirate version of Bayonetta, since he wanted the game so badly but didn't had a Nintendo Switch or a decent computer that could tolerate ANOTHER game on it so he had to took new methods in order to play more things! It wasn't until he managed to start playing it that he noticed he was staring at the cinematic with a jaw dropped... HE WAS PLAYING AN "EROTIC" GAME WITH A SEXY LONG LEGGED CHARACTER AND FIGHTING AGAINST ANGELS! And she disguised herself as a nun, not to mention the fighthing mechanism was extremely amazing and the constant movement made him so inside the game. Still he noticed that he couldn't relax completely as by moments he remembered the feathered fucker that ran away before even let him ask for Chloe....
He left his psp in the nightstand as he exited the room. Taking a deep sigh the boy went to eat, he only hoped Camilla wouldn't break anything again.
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Post by othus on Sept 20, 2018 0:55:38 GMT
Camilla took a shower and changed her clothing, she was wearing now a white blouse and jeans, she kept the boots, as those were ideal for the countryside.
The sun shone with intensity over Norcia, light pierced through the windows as it illuminated the dining room, on the table, several dishes of wild game were being served, the scent of the meat and red wine roamed in the air as Marco sat on a large wooden chair, probably made out of an entire tree stump. The young cleric also sat down and gave thanks for the food.
Ariana appeared right behind Camilla's back as she sat by her side, for now, it just seemed enough to them to see that they made it alive and had food in their table. Marco served some orange juice to both Ariana and Camilla, while he poured a large pint of stout beer from a barrel for himself, Thomas said he wasn't feeling like drinking alcohol, so Marco had served him unfermented beer, unlike actual beer, it had no alcohol content, and it was a slightly sweet drink.
The young cleric almost spat her juice when she saw Thomas, why was he dressed like that?! the shoes did not even match in color! she rubbed her eyes trying to see whether her eyesight was playing a prank on her or not.
Arianna game him a warm smile as she pulled a chair next to her so that he could sit, she took the mashed potatoes in the middle and began serving a portion to everyone, finally, Marco set half the bowl for himself, it would seem the man ate in kilos rather than by portions.
"Please, enjoy the food, I don't do business when eating, so perhaps after this, we can get to work. for now, let's try eating in peace"
Ariana nodded as she began eating as well, the girl was incredibly fast, eating almost at the same pace as Marco, despite her being 1/3 his size. The venison had a slightly smoked flavor, and the mashed potatoes were creamy and buttery at the same time, the people in Norcia had fresh ingredients all year round and only ate what was in season, so all the dishes there were incredibly tasty. There was one thing that caught Camilla's attention, everything served was wild game, despite her seeing farms stretch far and wide, it was impossible for the people of Norcia not to have some sort of Cattle, she thought it was perhaps their way of giving them special treatment, so she didn't ask anything about it. Camilla had some questions on other stuff, however...
"Father Thomas, your attire is quite...unique, is that what you usually wear?"
"I think it looks good!" Ariana replied before Thomas could give an answer
Camilla simply wiped her mouth with her napkin as she kept looking at the young priest.
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 21, 2018 0:49:54 GMT
Uh? - The boy said before getting the chance to take the first bit on his food, his stomach growling in protest. As he turned red by the sound of his own body he tried to respond - T-Thanks Ariana... W-Well yeah... I usually wear jeans, t-shirts and normal shoes... Oh, wait, I get it. The shoes doesn't match but is the design like this... Is from a japanese tv show that I watch and I really really likeHis eyes shone as he mentioned that, it seemed he really liked that show to even change his mood all of a sudden... well, it passed an hour since he went that rampage in the middle of the forest. Finally being able to eat, the boy inmediatly avoided the glass of beer and went directly to juice I don't want to be rude is just... ehmm... I-I'm not drinking in the job! Yup yup! - Thomas awkwardly smiled at the Mayor, he didn't want his head to be smashed just like the potatoes, he couldn't explain that he never got the chance to taste alcohol or even beer, since both angels always scolded Derek when he drank telling him that that was a terrible behavior for a prince and since both of them liked to make things plural, they scolded him as well.
He kept on eating after all everything was delicious.
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Post by othus on Sept 22, 2018 1:39:43 GMT
"But that has no alcohol boy! oh well, what about you young girl? would you like to try?" -Marco said as he kept eating
Camilla's eyes shone, it might not have alcohol, but she always wanted to try malt in a drink, that drink made her look almost like a grown up!
The sweet flavor of the drink was out of this world, she loved desserts, but this was like a drinkable one! the young cleric nearly gulped the drink in a single go
"Hah, I told you it was good! add some hops and some yeast and you have a beautiful brew, enjoy it while we have it, cause the rest will turn into beer"
Ariana ran for a pint of her own the moment she saw Camilla entranced into the drink, though, to be fair, she had served herself a plate and a pint of everything.
After the meal ended, Marco lifted himself up from the table as he went for his ax.
"Well, now I think we can talk about what concerns us" -He said addressing the cleric duo.
"Follow me. Ariana, you can stay, in fact, I would appreciate if you take care of things here while I'm gone"
The girl simply nodded as she headed upstairs, Marco left the house and walked towards one of the barns, he hesitated to unbar the large gate, but he ended up doing so.
Inside, there were many pigs, at least two dozens, the animals loudly cried the moment light shone through the gates
"There is something really bad with these pigs, we needed someone who knew about this stuff, cause the people are just terrified of them and refuse to eat them"
Marco pointed towards one of the pigs, on its back, it had a stigma shaped like a pentagram, it looked like charred skin onto the pig, if they began to pay attention, all the pigs inside sported the same brand
"Believe it or not, those are birthmarks, at first we thought it had been some sort of coincidence, but then other pigs who didn't have em began to show them as well, people think the animals are cursed, and we have been unable to eat them ever since, we haven't killed them because we need them for the winter, the animals have been more and more scarce, for now we are fine, but we fear the demons end up driving all the animals away."
Camilla looked at the mark quite disturbed, it had been the very same symbols that thing used to destroy their barrier, this was definitely demonic work
"Thomas, what should we do with them? we cannot leave those animals like this!"
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 22, 2018 16:18:25 GMT
The boy took a moment to think, the symbols were the same. As he observed them he couldn't help but to think for what purpose these animals were marked.
Did someone ate one of these animals? Or somebody started acting strange as well? - The boy turned towards the mayor, frowning as he had a worried expression in his eyes. Even if the people, in the moment they noticed these mark stopped eating them, that wasn't proof enough to confirm that the non-marked animals were already infected back then.
We'll need to confirm the condition of these pigs - Crossing his arms, the priest began to think. They needed to prove if these animals weren't possesed, if that was the case they'll have to exorcise them. Otherwise if they were just marked that means they are going to be used as sacrifice... But why too many of them? - Sister Camilla, we have to prepare Holy Water, we're going to test it on one of the pigs, we'll check what is going on here - His tone changed completely, compared to moments before. This situation could be worse than expected and by how things were happening, they didn't have enough time, the Vrocks didn't attack the Village by the moment but that could change any second.
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Post by othus on Sept 24, 2018 6:57:40 GMT
The mayor frowned, but felt some relief, he knew for a fact the people were not acting strange, at least not besides being scared from the recent attacks.
"Hmmm, the people have been fine, aside from those that were attacked by the demons in the woods, nobody save for me and Angelo have been able to cross the woods safely. We have a very small population, so all the food is counted, the moment the farmer saw the pig's marks he let me know"
Camilla listened to Thomas' suggestion, and she immediately assisted him
"I'll go get water from the well"
The marks worried Camilla to no end, if the pigs were to be used as a sacrifice it could mean they were about to summon something powerful, although if they were possessed it would also mean bad news, why would demons inhabit pigs of all things??!
The young cleric drew water from the well, there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary in town, they still had some hours until the sun began to set, so the light wouldn't be much of a problem
Camilla dragged the bucket filled with water and took out her bible, she began the reciting in Latin, her eyes shone in golden light as the water trembled, the pigs began to squeal as the prayer began, desperately trying to leave the barn, Marco went and blocked the barn's gate, the animals desperately began to hurt each other, some managing to rip the ears of the other, the barn was visibly shaking with every word of Camilla.
"Exorcizo te, creatura aquæ, in nomine Dei Patris omnipotentis, et in nomine Jesu Christi, Filii ejus Domini nostri, et in virtute Spiritus Sancti: ut fias aqua exorcizata ad effugandam omnem potestatem inimici, et ipsum inimicum eradicare et explantare valeas cum angelis suis apostaticis, per virtutem ejusdem Domini nostri Jesu Christ: qui venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos et sæculum per ignem."
the pigs cried as if they were being set on fire as Camilla furthered her prayer, the noises were unsettling for her, but that made sure she had to continue. the blessing of water was one of the longer prayers, usually, priests who fought using holy water prepped it at the beginning of the day, it was impossible to make holy water in the middle of a fight.
"Deus, qui ad salutem humani generis maxima quæque sacramenta in aquarum substantia condidisti: adesto propitius invocationibus nostris, et elemento huic, multimodis purificationibus præparato, virtutem tuæ benedictionis infunde; ut creatura tua, mysteriis tuis serviens, ad abigendos dæmones morbosque pellendos divinæ gratiæ sumat effectum; ut quidquid in domibus vel in locis fidelium hæc unda resperserit careat omni immunditia, liberetur a noxa. Non illic resideat spiritus pestilens, non aura corrumpens: discedant omnes insidiæ latentis inimici; et si quid est quod aut incolumitati habitantium invidet aut quieti, aspersione hujus aquæ effugiat: ut salubritas, per invocationem sancti tui nominis expetita, ab omnibus sit impugnationibus defensa. Per Dominum, amen."
As Camilla ended the prayer, so did the squeals of the pigs, Camilla let Thomas know the water was ready
"Father, it's quite clear these things are possessed, we need to perform the exorcism now, the only reason these things are not attacking us is because animals lack the free will of a person"
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 24, 2018 22:43:35 GMT
We'll have to work quickly, the demon ativity may get stronger as the night comes. Now, excuse me for a second
The boy ran towards his room, he didn't care about his attire at all as he only went for his pins, the cross and his own bible. As he returned he was reading some parts of it, mumbling to himself as his eyes shone with a little purple onto them.
Mayor, I'll would ask to get outside of this room since we are not sure what kind of demon we are fighting against. I'll request you to have a weapon in hand, we are not sure if someone would try to enter the barns
The young priest lead Marco outside of the place putting a chair inside of a circle made of goofer dust and salt, the boy explained him to stay inside of it to be safe as demons couldn't step on them.
Before entering, Thomas put some more of the goofer dust in the entrance to avoid anything from entering or trying to break free. Taking the cross and placing it in a high place where the pigs couldn't touch it or make it fall the boy began the exorcism.
All right. Sister, I want you behind me, you'll recite Philippians 2:5-11 is a bit longer but it will protect both of us as well but only ahead, if Marco is in trouble and that person from before appears this will help to avoid a surprise attack - The boy summoned a new barrier with small pentagrams with celtic crosses onto them, the white light positioning behind of them lloking like a big courtain positioned gently.
I'll be on the front - He said turning his pin in the colt againm he was feeling pretty confident, after all a demon couldn't enter his body that easily, not after being possessed by an angel and probably some grace was left inside his body no obstant he felt that the cross would work if something happened - Since is not a possessed person we don't know if we'll encounter a manifestation or the shapeshifting of the pigs. Get ready for the worst.. I'm going to use a powerful verse...
His eyes began to shine with a purple light again, as the pigs began once again to squeal and went rampage
Regna terrae, cantata Deo, psallite Cernunnos, Regna terrae, cantata Dea psallite Aradia. caeli Deus, Deus terrae, Humiliter majestati gloriae tuae supplicamus Ut ab omni infernalium spirituum potestate, Laqueo, and deceptione nequitia, Omnis fallaciae, libera nos, dominates. Exorcizamus you omnis immundus spiritus Omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio, Infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, Omnis and congregatio secta diabolica. Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, dominates, Ut coven tuam secura tibi libertate servire facias, Te rogamus, audi nos! Ut inimicos sanctae circulae humiliare digneris, Te rogamus, audi nos! Terribilis Deus Sanctuario suo, Cernunnos ipse truderit virtutem plebi Suae, Aradia ipse fortitudinem plebi Suae. Benedictus Deus, Gloria Patri, Benedictus Dea, Matri gloria!
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Post by othus on Sept 25, 2018 22:55:20 GMT
The pigs roared as their voices began to distort, hundreds of demon souls came out of each pig, shattering the rooftop of the barn as they left.
Camilla ducked in fear the moment the devilish voices with expressions of pain and relief deafened the squeals of the pigs, for a moment it was like stepping into hell itself, demon souls kept pouring out one after the other, and then it became quiet again.
The young cleric stood up once again now that she noticed the demons were gone.
"Thomas you did it!" -She exclaimed as she hugged him, Camilla had never encountered so many demons within a single place, it was a miracle the pigs were harmless.
The orange light of the sunset filtered through the broken roof, revealing that the pigs were exhausted, but nothing more. The pentagram stigmas on their skin were completely gone as well.
"We have to tell Marco and the rest our job with the pigs is done, at least the village is demon-free for now, let's go back to the house," Camilla said with a tone of relief.
as they exited the barn and the sun began to set, a cloaked figure was waiting for them, the same metallic gauntlets akin to dragon skin, the same dark cloak and demonic book in hand.
"So...you finally did it! HAhAHahAhAHa!!!!!!" the creature laughed in a distorted voice as the orange sky acquired a red tint
"YES, YESSS!!!! I TOLD YOU WE NEEDED YOU! ONLY AN ORDAINED PERSON COULD HAVE RELEASED US FROM OUR SEAL!"
Camilla shook in fear and confused
"Y-you told us?! what are you talking about!! Father Thomas?!"
"Apologies, it seems you don't get who I am yet, let us reintroduce ourselves!"- The figure removed her cloak only to reveal it was Ariana, her eyes shone in red as her face now held demonic runes all over her body
"I...NO, WE, ARE LEGION, FOR WE ARE MANY" -Thousands of infernal voices spoke in unison as Ariana opened her mouth, Camilla trembled in fear as she remembered Legion from a passage of the Bible, It was a demon who possessed thousands of people at the same time, it was eventually exorcised and then sealed into pigs long ago by the son of God himself, the advent of the demons from the bible was a clear sign of the Apocalypse. Legion tore the skin of his face over and over with his gauntlets as it regenerated, it looked at the cleric duo exhilarated.
"At first, I could only possess one mediocre human! but thanks to you two I can freely roam the earth once more! without the Christ alive on this plane of existence, LEGION will possess the entire world!"
Marco and Angelo walked towards Ariana, she had completely possessed the two of them, the hunters of Norcia were wielding a battle ax and a rapier respectively, Legion gave them their first order
"Destroy them, after I consume Norcia, my army will be strong enough to topple the Vatican itself!"
The demon moved with incredible speed towards the downtown center, Angelo immediately ran towards Camilla with inhuman speed, she dodged the rapier as she preemptively added a reaction spell to her, but Angelo followed up his attack, kicking her in the stomach as she was sent flying half a dozen meters or so, the possessed man was completely fixated on killing her. Marco, on the other hand, ran towards Thomas, he swung his ax with both hands aiming to split the young priest in half, the weapon wasn't as fast as Angelo's but it would split the ground in half just from the inhuman force added to his own.
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 26, 2018 0:59:00 GMT
Thomas couldn't help but to curse under his breath. Of course it was going to be Legion... All the hints came back to his memory as well for Ariana being in Aosta and Norcia... all happened in the same time she came there.
As the fight begin Thomas hurried to bring back the pentagrams, he moved them to protect Camilla but it was too late to evade Marco's attack.
He couldn't feel nothing as his vision went black in a mere second, he felt a tremendous pain in the middle of his stomach as he couldn't hear Camilla's screams or the voice of the possessed ones. All he could hear was the cry of a baby, he had that dream before back in Mexico when he passed during the fight against Warden.
He tried to see better for the woman that was carrying him in his dream, he was expecting the dark curly hair and blue eyes of his mother Rachel, the one that raised him among his brothers Michael and Derek. But this woman was different, she had wavy caramel hair and brown eyes not to mention her face was filled with freckles... who was this woman? She wasn't his mother...
Then, he felt his body being carried by another person, a man with middle skin and blue eyes was looking at him, with a worried expression in his eyes... Thomas felt that he knew this man as he hugged his tiny body. Trying to calm the baby's cry the man spoke with a soft voice.
Don't worry, Thomas. Uncle is going to protect you until mom and dad come back... We'll be fine, I promise you - The man said as some tears attempted to escape.
His uncle? He had an uncle? From what he knew his mother Rachel didn't had any siblings, they didn't had grandparents as she was an orphan that grew up near the Weissenkirchen's church. No... whose memories were these? This wasn't his memories at all... But the man called him Thomas... so these were HIS memories!
He heard the man's footsteps as they ran, they heard the shotgun at their backs but didn't take time to look behind them, the man ran as he felt the company of other two men aiming their guns. What was going on?
He saw how the men made a white barrier, similar to Thomas's, full of pentagrams and celtic crosses.
He woke up as if he hadn't be breathing for almost a minute. He then observed how a purple pentagram was protecting the zone where he thought he was attacked, the shockwave of it made his body fall like 5 meters from Marco. He observed his torso, his shirt had a nasty hole in it. Somehow he survived but could barely breath because of the pain.
He hurried to step but his legs were shaking, as he aimed his guns at Marco, he aimed at his legs hopping to slower his movements or in the worst scenario to make him drag his body with his arms. Thomas didn't hesitate as he shot, hoping to avoid vital parts in order to let Marco live.
His barrier by other hand moved to push Angelo to let Camilla have more space to perfom a movement, the priest tried to put attention to both things as he started to perform another exorcism.
Exorcizamus te, omnis immunde spiritus, omni satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica, in nomini et virtute Domini nostri Jesu Christi, eradicare et effugare a Dei Ecclesia, ab animabus ad imaginem Dei conditis ac pretioso divini Agni sanguini redemptis!!
As he chanted, he noticed that some clouds started to gather around, the wind hit his back in a gently way. Some crows began to appear as they screamed, trying to scratch Marco and Angelo's faces. The wings of one of them fell in front of Thomas, this was a signal, she was helping him! Chloe was helping him! But the cross... why Gallerian couldn't help him at all. A voice appeared in his head giving him the answer: You are not the only one being tested here That was the voice of another angel, a femenine voice but he couldn't recognize it... Have faith, young lamb, stay strong and don't forget who is right by your side
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Post by othus on Sept 26, 2018 2:15:48 GMT
Marco began to shake and scream as Thomas performed the exorcise, the bullets had managed to slow him down, but he still rampaged mindlessly, Angelo immediately tried to attack Thomas, as the demon knew exorcisms were the only thing that could defeat them.
Camilla found herself protected by a barrier, she witnessed as Angelo ran towards Thomas, the young cleric immediately cast a spell onto Angelo, who gave his back to her
"Magic of the first order: κάθαρση!"
The purification word was a ranged spell meant to damage the unholy, Camilla used most of her mana into that attack, looking not to banish the demon but to smite him altogether, Angelo wrung in pain as the holy light descended upon him, the man fell out unconscious immediately after.
likewise, Thomas' exorcism had proven to work, freeing Marco from the demon and knocking him out instantaneously. low tier demons had no chance of defeating the cleric duo, no matter how strong their vessels were.
Camilla panted as her energy had been drained by the powerful spell, she had never tried to cast a spell using that much mana, another one like that and she could probably die, still she walked towards Marco who had gunshot wounds and healed him entirely, Camilla sat on the ground almost as if she had just run a marathon.
"The people of the village...they are in danger!...we must stop legion!"
"HAH, You are too late for that" A voice in the horizon replied. There Arianna stood, with 200 people behind her back, the villagers were carrying pitchforks and torches as she commanded them to her will.
"Norcia is MINE! the people you tried to save will murder you now, and after that, I shall rape your lifeless corpses and bathe in your blood!"
What could only be described as a small army began to roll down from the hills after the cleric duo, Camilla was exhausted to the point she could fight no longer, was it really her fate to die there?
"No. I refuse to die here! By the pact of the chosen ones, I offer myself as a vessel for the Divine Providence!"
The heavens parted as the Archangel descended a ray of light in the middle of the night shattered the red hue of the day. Legion stopped his charge immediately, for he recognized the figure.
"MICHAEL!"
"𝔖𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢! 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔶 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢"-The angel replied in anger, even Legion, who had thousands of souls under his command trembled before the might of the archangel.
Michael then spoke to the cleric duo, with as much confidence as if Legion weren't there.
"𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖊𝖉, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖉𝖉𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖉"
He moved right in front of Thomas, his divine light covering his face and body entirely
"𝕯𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊, 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖕 𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖑𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖋𝖗𝖊𝖊"
The demon smiled confidently as Michael spoke, he knew something for a fact
"There is nothing you can do! even if you are Heaven's strongest weapon, even if you defeated Lucifer! you are forbidden to touch these humans! as long as I am inside one of them, you won't be able to touch me!"
"𝕴 𝖜𝖔𝖓𝖙, 𝖘𝖔 𝖎'𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖈𝖆𝖓"
The Archangel lifted his blade as the sky split open, revealing the heavens themselves, two other angels came down from the glory into the earth, the first one, had long black hair and white skin, it was an angel of incredible beauty sporting a Greek bronze armor, the other, was a woman with purple eyes with red hair, wearing a Celtic armor. The Archangel then flew towards the heavens and left.
"Angels of destruction?! You DARE bring those things, before LEGION!?"- The demon absorbed all the souls she had split as she gained even more power, a red aura covered her from head to toe and horns finally appeared on her head, showing her status as a commander of Hell's army.
"LEGION, I, am Dina, Angel of knowledge, prepare to be destroyed"- The angel with black hair held Camilla and Thomas by the shoulder as she spoke to them with a sweet voice.
"Do not fear, children, we shall bring this evil down together, ain't that right? Chloe?"
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 26, 2018 3:07:49 GMT
Thomas was once again about to protest and insult the Archangel Michael as his eyes were on fire. He dared call him arrogant? ARROGANT? Oh yeah, says the fluffy light from the damn place that imprisoned Chloe for almost a year, but he inmediatly stopped as he noticed the other two angels. His face inmediatly changing in the moment he noticed the familiar face.
SHUT UP YOU MUNDANE CREATURE! - Chloe's voice spitted her destructive nature as thunder accompanied her shout, her purple pentagrams appearing as she flew to Thomas direction, the black crows went behind her sitting on trees as their red eyes aimed at Legion. The pentagrams's light begin to get stronger as they were charging to blast their enemy.
You're right, Dina - Chloe stepped on the ground, the grass around her began to die as she moved to the priest side - But my anger for being separated from my husband and children is something that Heaven would pay as well
Thomas kept his mouth shut as he listened to Chloe's rant. Heaven wasn't nice with her most of times, thanks to her human origin... That's why he couldn't control being such a brat in front of archangels or even other celestial creatures, he knew that Chloe was going to scold him for his behavior... No obstant he was too happy to have her by his side again, and probably things would get better once they come back home.
Chloe's hair went from red to black as her eyes turned as fierce as fire, wind and thunders were above them - I'm not a single Angel of Destruction, I'm the one that would end your existence for what you've done to my boy
Crows began to fly from the trees, at incredible speed as they aimed at Legion, their claws aiming at the body as some of them started to loose control, their bodies began to bloat at the point to explode, the blood that once was inside their bodies began to boil as lava, an angel like her didn't care of taking life in order to gain something, that's why there existed angels like Gallerian that could help grow more of them as time flows.
Thomas by other hand loaded his guns, enchanting them with Holy magic. He also shot at Legion, the pain in his stomach was still there as a strange feeling was raising from his throat, it was salty and metallic... He stopped as he began to cough, only to spit blood in big quantities.
Of course the attack from before let his body weaker, and now he couldn't even breath properly. He was out of mana as well, so he couldn't even heal his own body at least for a mere minutes.
The cross that once was in the barns was now in the middle of the ground, flowers growing at its side and a white light covered the object as it dissapeared from the place the poor pigs tried to rest. Chloe slowered down the attack of the crows as she let the pentagrams ready to shot of they detected movement from the demon, she went to Thomas side to check his body noticing that most of the impact caused internal damage and now part of his lungs and liver were threatening his life.
H-Hey... Ha-Happy... later M-Mother's day... - The boy tried to calm her down despite of his state, maybe he was a little too naive and arrogant. He wasn't sure of anything anymore... He couldn't fight against a demon that was in front of his nose for a long time then... how he was supossed to help Derek, Gallerian and Chloe in their fight against the Queen of Driaochtas? They didn't even know if what was possessing the queen was a demon... or another creature, or if Derek's mother was being used by a necromancer... The only thing he knew it was that he was too weak to even endure a fight, the same happened in México and other places as well. Most of time the Vatican decided to not send him into mission because this was the result each single time, if it wasn't by Chloe he would have died long time ago.
The same happened back in his hometown, it was thanks to Derek that the vampire attacks ended in Weissenkirchen, he only talked with the son of their leader... both sides were already damaged and he only took the credit at the very end.
Don't talk sweetheart... just breathe - The angel did her best to stay calm, as she used part of her powers to heal Thomas, it wasn't going to be as effective as Gallerian since she wasn't made for that. Until he noticed... she had a cross in her hand, she recognized it. She smiled as tears escaped from her eyes, they didn't had met yet and he was already by her side. Kissing it gently she placed it in Thomas's chest. It'll take time until he healed completely so she'll destroy that damn demon to kill time.
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Post by othus on Sept 26, 2018 7:50:43 GMT
Dina just nervously chuckled as Chloe cursed everyone and everything, she slowly backed away towards Camilla "Ooookay, if I were you I wouldn't say that out loud, don't want Michael killing us all, now...moving on to business"The angel held Camilla firmly by the shoulder, the young cleric immediately understood. "Well, you said you were gonna offer your body as a vessel, didn't you?"
Camilla shyly nodded, she wasn't quite sure as to what that entailed. "Don't worry, I'm not as bad as other angels, I'll let you keep your free will. well, some of it."
The angel merged onto Camilla's body, her eyes shifted to an emerald green and her hair became all black, her grimoire immediately shifted onto a pure gold book. The blood of the crows landed all over Ariana's body, melting her to the bone, however shortly after she regenerated, demon souls crying in pain as she did. "IDIOT, you won't bring me down with that for I-"his speech was interrupted by another attack, holy light showered him burning even the ground at his feet. "You who sit above the cosmos, Father of David, scent of Alabaster, bring forth the arc of covenant upon the promised land. Magic of the fifth order: ο πόνος του Θεού (Bane of God)"Camilla was now merged with the angel, together their magic power was far greater than before, the young cleric posed a fierce look, unlike anything she had displayed before. as the light faded, Legion's body was burnt to a crisp, half its limbs missing, and yet, it regenerated from its ashes. The enraged demon whispered in an unspeakable language a demonic spell. Hellfire came out of his hands in the shape of a large fireball which upon contact would explode like napalm, Legion lounged the projectile towards the angels and Thomas, Camilla jumped aside with incredible speed. "Greater Haste, Nimble, Heavenly Aura, Reaction, Greater Reaction, Greater luck"- She chanted as the enhancing tier 1 and 2 spells piled one after the other.
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 26, 2018 16:07:16 GMT
Chloe's canons blasted to counter attack the demon's spell. Turning herself in a wolf, Chloe began to move towards Legion, Camilla and Dina could notice that their footsteps began to produce small to none sound. It was the other angel that now was abosrbing every single noice around her, taking it as her furr began to turn from white to grey and then black until she let out the sound wave, ground trembling as she avanced.
Her body shapeshifting from wolf to human once again as her black wings shot her feathers like tiny dagers in the sky, moving fiercly with the wind, aiming to distract the demon. She wasn't afraid at all, consumed by her anger the angel began to recite verses in enochian, her voice made the ground tremble as dark smoke danced around her, everything the smoke touched inmediatly died but for the demon it would only supress it until Chloe was able to finish her verse.
Dina, we'll erradicate it forever - The angel spoke as she continued, taking steps back if Legion tried to break free from the black smoke.
Thomas opened his eyes, noticing that Camilla was now possesed by the other angel... His breathe was coming back to normal and the pain slowly fading away, he couldn't move yet. He locked his eyes in Legion, chanting as well another verse, one that he didn't even knew but words flowed in his head like water and escaped his mouth without trouble.
He remembered... the Holy Water in the bucket... he tried his best to move his body, this time being able to sit. Panting, the boy stood up as the voice from before leaded him in how to walk despite of his condition, in the middle of the battlefield the boy managed to move to the barns the bucket was there, his legs finally giving up as he sat on his knees trying to catch the air that now was necessary for his body.
"The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned"... - He said to himself, as he remembered Mark 5:1-20. He needed to get better and with the help of others drown Legion in the bucket... It wasn't his best plan, his legs were shaking as he stood up once again and dragged the bucket full of Holy Water...
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Post by othus on Sept 29, 2018 8:01:59 GMT
Camilla immediately understood Thomas' plan, her hand pointed at him as her Heavenly aura spell began to heal him and give him new strength.
The dark smoke restrained the demon as it fought to break free with all of its strength.
"YOU WON'T HOLD LEGION WITH THIS! "
The fire of Legion began to consume the black smoke, with one swift movement the demon dashed towards Camilla, striking her with incredible strength towards the barn, the young cleric coughed blood from the strike, it probably broke 5 ribs and then some with ease as she was slammed against the gates of the building, her luck spell had saved her from further damage, as the demon was far stronger than she actually looked.
Camilla and Dina had taken a lot of damage, still, the young cleric pulled through the pain as she grabbed the bucket of water Thomas brought and with a spell increased the amount of water.
"Sweet Alamoth...Armor of the bold...Baptize the sons of the morningstar under the...Gilead. Magic of the fifth order: πολλαπλασιάζω (Multiply)"
The small amount of water suddenly turned into a massive floating blob as big as the barn, Camilla tossed the waterbody at Legion, attempting to drown him inside the holy water
The demon was far too nimble for the slow blob, at that pace, it would never manage to catch him.
"We need to slow him down..." Camilla replied still laid on the ground, hurt by the blow. The demon was not just gonna stand around waiting for the group to think about stuff, with great speed the demon also headed towards Chloe, attempting to strike her with its flaming claws.
"DIE!"- the creature roared with the strength of a thousand souls
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Post by RedLenai on Sept 29, 2018 12:54:00 GMT
The angel did her best to load her canons again as well for her bark as she shapeshifted into a wolf again, sound dissapearing as she tried to have a bigger range so she could absorb more sound waves.
When Legion got closer she barked, her own body trembling for the potence as she dig her paws in the floor to avoid being pushed by the own force of the attack.
In the moment the boy obtanied strenght again, he made appear his colts, fusing them in the Auto Assault 12. His body went backwards for the weight of the gun yet he managed to stay still. He pointed towards Legion, aiming directly at the spine, if it was strong enough the demon would protect the body from leaving it crippled.
He shot one Holy bullet at the spine, two at the legs and two at the arms to inmovilize the demon's body at least for a short time to distract it.
The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him... though he may stumble, he will not fall... for the LORD upholds him with his hand - He prayed for a good luck verse, Psalm 37:23-24.
Chloe moved again to avoid being attacked by Legion, changing to her human form was not a relaly good idea as the fire of the claws made a nasty wound on one of her black wings, destablizing her. Chloe inmediatly stepped on the floor, her body thankfully remembered how to stay in a defensive position as the canons dissapeared, her hands now had the pentagrams in her hands covering them like boxing gloves.
One single and good thing about being locked in Heaven was that in the meantime, she had a prison partner, another angel that fucked up it seems. Good thing about that one was that she teached her boxing in exchange of cooking recipes.
She went in position, her lead hand ready to punch, with the other hand the rear fist was being held close to her face in the guard position. She began throwing semi-circular movements aiming at the sides of Legion's body and face.
"So, remember, the hook is a very powerful punch but aiming at the body is considered a rip punch" - That was what Lucille said, but she didn't care about rules at least not for a tournament or practice. Of course, she combined the wave sounds that were still in her body to perform stronger movements, trying to lead Legion towards Camilla, Dina and Thomas.
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Post by othus on Oct 2, 2018 4:16:32 GMT
The strong combo of sound, bullets, and punches overwhelmed the demon, who regenerated rapidly after each blow, the hook, however, stunned it enough to make him rage. hellfire covered him from head to toe, threatening to incinerate everything in sight.
"I'll kill you all!!!" Legion roared as she increased the temperature, getting close to it would feel like burning alive at this point, but Camilla had just the thing for it.
"EAT THIS!" Camilla and Dina roared in unison within the same body as the water trapped him inside, the demon's heat created a large steam cloud, but the amount of water was too much even for the heat.
Trapped within the bubble of water, the demon wrung in pain as if it was being boiled alive, his regeneration only made his torment longer, as he melted and regenerated unable to do anything.
"C-curse You!!!!" The demon pronounced as his final words.
Camilla released the spell of the water bubble, leaving it to wash away on the ground, the lifeless body of Ariana lied in the midst of everything, Dina came before the little girl as she inspected her.
"It seems Legion died from holy water, the child, however, died the moment the bullets hit her." Dina did a small prayer as she turned around.
"She died a martyr, hopefully, her soul will rest in heaven"
Tears came out of Camilla's body despite her having a stoic pose, even if Dina controlled her body, the feelings of the young cleric poured from her eyes, Dina wiped the tears as wings sprouted outside of her body
"Fly," she said as the spell activated, right before leaving, the angel spoke to Thomas and the other angels.
"I think I'll keep this body for a couple of months, it's been a while since I last stretched my wings, don't feel too bad about killing that girl boy, it wasn't your fault...not entirely at least."
The angel flew away into the distance as the people of Norcia lied unconscious, it would take a while, but the town would recover.
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Post by RedLenai on Oct 2, 2018 20:48:28 GMT
Thomas was in shock at Dina's words... He couldn't speak at all as he observed the angel leave the Valley.
Shut up and don't forget to return that body to their home, I won't deal with your boss for your own mistakes - Chloe hissed as she turned towards Thomas and petted his head, trying to calm the boy that now was sitting in the floor in a state of complete abandonment... his own faith has been burned to ashes.
The angel hugged him, trying to confort the boy. It only took a mere seconds until he began to cry in agony, death wasn't always easy. He managed to hide it during the attack early but now every single thing that happened in that horrible day was now breaking free from his tiny jail.
Both of them didn't knew how much time has passed but it was only a mere minutes, until both of them decided to return the people to their houses, thanks to Chloe's unhuman strenght it'll be easy. Still, the first thing they did was to let Ariana rest in peace.
Thomas didn't speak at all as he was trying to deal with his own sobbing, Chloe by other hand decided that it was best to bury the corpse in the forest, probably at least not too far... She didn't knew if the people will consider her as the demon or a poor victim, so it was better to let her rest in a place where not so much people would be around.
Chloe did the pray to Heaven and blessed the body, since Thomas couldn't do that at all.
After that they returned to the Valley, the angel didn't knew what to do to make the boy say something or at least don't be that upset. She knew more than anyone that death, no mather who were the victim, was something tough and heavy to deal with, it's been only a year but she didn't had any idea about what would cheer Thomas right now...
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