*Raal glances at the note.* Hmm? It would seem our hidden advisary has sent us something. I'm assuming you wish to read it, don't you Aina? *Raal smirks, looking at Aina.*

He looks into the writing and shrugs at them. I have a feeling that this is telling us of a warning but who cares. He fellows the rest of the group.

Aina would turn to Hate after thinking for a little while. "Would it be permissible for me to return to the kingdom? I want to return to that library if at all possible. I keep getting a nagging feeling like I've overlooked something."

Hate was already in the portal, but she managed to hear Aina, her voice came from the portal. Hate: if you have different plans say it, well, is true that I've gone faster than I should have gone... Hate didn't said anything from a second, looks like she took a moment to think. Hate: alright, we'll do this, sooner or later Leo and their friends will come here, yes or yes you must be here with us to fight them and secure the victory. You can choose, if you want to help me come to the portal, if you want to leave and look somewhere else do it. Suddenly another portal appeared next to Aina, it was connected to that place where they talked with George. Anyways, that flying note was still there, waiting for someone to pick it and read it... Now you can do three things: Go wih Hate. Read the note. Return to the library. if you want you can split up, but that is your choice.

Aina wouldn't need to think about what to do next. She understands her abilities and that a leader should use her subordinates to the best of their abilities. Dungeon crawling and combat were out of her field of expertise. With some of her memories back she can defend herself better but didn't have much confidence of actually being useful, if anything she would just be a hindrance. She would walk through the portal to the burned library in hopes of finding something. "Considering you can create a portal to any of our locations then if my presence is needed then simply summon me. I will arrive posthaste. Until then I wish you all the best with your assignments."

*Raal would watch as Aina left the group, his snake like eyes narrowing slightly.* Hmm. *Raal would then pick up the note and skim read it.* I wonder what he wants.

I will follow Ania to make sure nothing jumps her... and besides, two is better then one back in Cainhurst. He fixes his helmet and collar and soon follows Ania.

Crow and Aina. Crow and Aina went into the portal, they appeared in the library, it was empty because that strange woman burned all the books. While looking around, Crow noticed something, he didn't the last time, behind George's desk, there was a false shelf, when he pushed the shelf it began to move and showed a secret hole in the ground. Meamwhile, Aina saw how that woman from earlier began to appear next to Crow, she took her rappier and stabbed the air, for an instant it looked like she stabbed Crow, but she didn't, she was not there, Aina was having a vision of her, she was able to see what she was doing right now, by the way was she is moving... looks like she is fighting, Aina saw how the woman was moving until the vision ended, what has just happened? why has Aina saw that? Was that one of the effects of that attack? Raal: Raal opened the note and he began to read it: In case you decide to read this letter, let me tell you that you are doing the right thing, I'll get into the point, inside Gladsheim, there is a monster called Album Atrum, he is very uncommon and powerful, but don't worry, I don't want you to fight him, just put this magic vial next to him and it will began to absorb his magic, that's what I want. If you give me that vial filled with his magic I'll reward all of you, and you will like it, now be carefull, because this letter will transform the moment you read it. The moment Raal read the letter it turned into a magic vial. Now with that is time to follow Hate before she starts to suspects anything.

Hmm. Interesting. Orochi, analyse the properties of this vial. I'm curious about it. *Raal pushes the vial down Orochi's throat before following Hate, hands in pockets. His thought lingers on Aina and Crow for a second before he shakes his head.* Their path is there own. If they end up against me, I shall simply put them down.

Aina remained composed as she saw the vision though the panic in her chest was still present. Even upon the realization of the nature of the vision she still didn't fully calm down. Instead she just continued to watch. As if mesmerized by the woman's figure, her swordplay, footwork, precision. It was simple to understand that the woman was far more skilled than most. Though Aina had seen swordsman of her era that were far better, the fact was she was still an opponent that couldn't be underestimated. She wouldn't report this to hate, not yet. She needed to know more. Who this person was. How they were connected to George, Selena, and Hate. For now, once the vision ends, she would move to the opening in the ground. peering deep into the darkness. She would step out over the hole but instead of falling down a solid platform of shadow would appear for her to stand on. She began to slowly descend, creating another one for Crow as well.

He soon grows curious of the hidden trapdoor. Seems this George individual is becoming for interesting by the minute. I wonder what is in there... Hesitate for a moment and soon jumps into the secret hole.

Crow and Aina. While they were descending Aina kept seeing visions of the red haired woman, she was still fighting and fighting, it was hard to say more due to the mask she was wearing, the only thing Aina was able to see is how she was dressed. That person had long and plain red hair that ended near her hels. She was wearing blue and white clothes, a strange golden armor for her legs, her arms were covered for a large golden gloves that covered her hands and her arms until the elbow, as last thing, her black mask only showed her crimson eyes. The visions got interrupted by a massive number of runes drawed on the walls of the hole, they all were shinning with a very light shine that was illuminating everything with a purple light, suddenly, Aina and Crow began to feel they were descending faster and faster... then they noticed they began to fall... they fell at such a high speed they weren't able to see the runes anymore... then... they saw how the light began to disappear... until everything went black... ... ... ... When Aina and Crow woke up they saw they were lying down on a different place, they appeared in the middle of a forest, they were able to hear noise, so they probably were near a city. When you stood up, you noticed a strange mark of a bird in your left hand, it was strange, but it didn't look like anything dangerous. Raal: When Raal went into the portal he appeared on a floating piece of structure, there were 4 ways with a little blue portal in each way. The rest of the place was black, it turned to purple the more down you were lookimg, it was for sure a creepy and sinister place. Hate: Gladsheim is a random dungeon, however, I can feel tracks of magic here, so it will be easy for us to find the source of the orb, so let's move. Note: if you want to be sure and reach your objetive, just follow Hate through the dungeon, however, if you want to go by your own... you can get lost, but you can find something interesting. Another thing, if you go by your own you will have healt, depending on what you do you will recover or lose healt, if your healt goes to 0 you will lose, but that means you will have to wait a bit until the point Hate wakes you up (When Crow and Aina posts a few times)

Aina would look on curiously at the mark. Scratching at it first before realizing it was embedded into her skin. She sighed as she thought back to the tunnel with runes. Considering her shadow platform had become all but useless during the descent and the fact she was now in a different location it was safe to assume that she was either moved to a different location or maybe even shift to a different space. There was no way to tell at the moment. She would dust her clothes off and then begin walking towards the direction of the noise as she gestured for Crow to follow her. "Be careful. I cannot assure that we are even within the same realm anymore. Do not do anything that would draw too much attention."

The Crow gets up and Aina gets to see Cainhurst hunter's bird marked arm while being not protected with armor, it is a almost corpse blue while radiating an aura of cold due to him living in isolation. That was not what I have anticipated... He notices the bird mark and simply shrugs while putting on his gauntlet back on.

*Raal was not intimidated by the dungeon's appearance.' I shall set off then. I don't know if you're coming with me, but if not I shall see you at the end of this place. *Raal headed down the corridor in front of him, passing through the portal down the path.*

Aina and Crow Aina and Crow went to the city, it was a city surrounded by the typical walls to protect it, you went inside through one of the entrances and there you saw that most of the houses and bussines were closed with wooden tables, the people were gathering their stuff in order to leave, most of them were nervous and some of them were also injured. When you got closer, Crow felt how something hit his leg, it didn't hurt him, because when he looked at it he saw a little girl that accidentelly crushed with his leg, the girl stood up, she apologized to Crow without looking at him and she continued running until she went to a woman that looked to be her mother. While Aina and Crow where looking around a guard went to them and made them signals to leave. Guard: what the hell are a couple of turist doing here? Don't you know aquarium's army is comming to this place? If you want to live move your ass and leave before is too late, follow the people and eventually you will find the secured place for civilians, but I can't promise you will conpletelly safe there. With that said, the guard turned back and left, anyways, despite of the way he has talked, he has given you some info, but... where are you exactly? Why the hole has brought you here? Raal: Gladsheim: floor 1. Hate: well, if I sense you die or something like that I'll revive you again, good luck Raal. Raal went to the portal, but when he wanted to notice it he was alone, looks like Hate has decided to follow the tracks by herself. When Raal appeared in the next room he saw he was on a straight structure with three ways connected each other with a few monster around, one was a winged demon, a strange white wolf and a corrupted tree. At the other side, the next portal, what will Raal do? Walk like if anything were happening. Sing *what is love* with all your strenght. Attack one of the monsters while avoiding the others Dress up like a monster and go to the following portal Go back and fuck your life. run directly to the next portal Use your imagination (act by yourself, I leave this here in case you have a better idea)

*Raal would look at the monsters and sneer before simply walking past them, towards the next portal.* I'm not going to bother wasting my time.

He smiles sadistically upon the guard saying army and walks into the city with bloodlust in his eyes. Then I will make sure that this Aquarium army's blood runs through these streets... I have been hoping for a real challenge ages ago.

Aina would sigh as crow felt a tug on his coat. "Please don't make this anymore difficult than it needs to be. We should try to gather information first before making any moves. Only fight in self defense and if possible please don't kill without my permission. We don't even know if this is the same world. If you can, approach the soldiers at the garrison as a mercenary and collect info. I will move to the safe house. We will reconvene here in an hour." She would begin to follow the crowd to the safe house hoping Crow wouldn't cause any unnecessary trouble.

Raal: walk like if nothing were happening was a completelly bad idea, because when the monsters saw you they began to attack you, luckily you managed to reach the other portal miracolouslly. Raal: 1800 --> 800. Now you are on a room that has three ways, one is in front of you a bit away, the other two at right and left are closer, but all of them have monsters around. What will Raal do? Fight like a man. Find a way to sneak around. Force a turf war. Run directly to one of the portals. Use your inagination. Crow: While walking around the city, Crow saw a group of guards who were talking next to a table, they were very focused on analyzing a map they have in front of them that they didn't noticed Crow was there. Soldier 1: what do we do now...? The city will be destroyed soon... Soldier 2: is a miracle they'are not already here... Soldier 3: they will be here at anytime... I hope the civilians have the chance to escape. Soldier 2: they won't... all of them are going to die... because we are surrounded... Solider: 1: what about if we try to open a hole... Soldier 3: it will be very hard... and with the manpower we have... ... ... ... Suddenly, while the soldiers were talking an arrow passed by one of them, they turned to the source of it and they saw a group of soldiers with blue and white armor approaching them. Soldier: No way...! Soldier 3: W-we have to call the others! We have to earn time for the civilians to escape! Soldier 2: hang them there! I'll come with reinforcements One of the soldiers ran away but just a second later, a spear of ice flew directly to the other two guards leaving that ice spikes half-covered in blood. Soon another man, with a bigger armor and a strange spear with a blue gem appeared, he first looked at the two soldiers with disappointment. ???: weakness... it disappoints me... He looked around and soon he saw Crow and his corrupted Falchion. ???: he is... one of then here...? Go an kill him, later I want to see that weapon before it disappears. The enemie soldiers charged at Crow with no good intentions. Aina: While Aina was following the group she saw that little girl from earlier who was resting on the mother's shoulder, she innocently looked at Aina for a few seconds. ???:... ???: is something wrong? ???: Oh... nothing... ???: are you scared dear? ???: I'm never scared... ???: I know... you are a strong girl... right? Selena? The little girl smiled and she closed her eyes while the mother was petting her back, looks like that little girl is called Selena... Aina suddenly began to think... is that Selena... Soon Aina reached a camp where the civilians were going, she lost the girl and the woman from before, while she was looking around, she felt something bad... like if someone were looking at her, suddenly she felt a dark arrow piercing her in her stomach, when she managed to turn back she saw a black armored guy who appeared from the darkness. ???: i expected more fron you... so sad... Some guards went to fight that guy, but they all were being defeated very easily but that man... Aina's vision went black as she fell to the ground. ... ... ... In that darkness she began to see how a silhouette began to appear, it was that red haired woman. ???: I have to say I didn't expected you be there, well, looks like I'll have to help you a bit. Then Aina felt how the pian from the arrow began to disappear as another pain in her head appeared, making her remember fragments lf the past that could help her to fight. Kinda busy so I don't have time at all to review ot, If you don't understand something ask me.

Aina would roll around on the ground as she wreathed in pain. Her body trembled as she tried to resist the pain of a millions hot needles piercing into her brain. As he mind went blank broken fragments of a forgotten past began to piece themselves together. A past where she was trampled. Chained and tortured. Her will held no power. Simply powerless and the lords men had their way with her each day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day. Repeating until she could no longer keep count of the men whom forced themselves on her. The day she was abandoned to die out by a river and the desperation that took over her every sense. Her instinct to survive even with broken limbs and a broken body. She remembered the poison she used to take away the Jade emperors immortality and the Jade emperors Heaven Rending Sword that she stole after poisoning him. The soldiers she fought to tooth and nail. Those who wished her dead. All falling like the others. She remembered. She was once the poisonous flower of China that control it's underworld. She slowly stood up to her feet. As she did so her shadow became a pool of darkness next to her as a old Chinese sword emerged from it's depths. She would take hold of the sword by its sheathe as she pulled the jade blade from its' scabbard. The dim glow the blade gave would be more than enough for anyone to recognize the divinity of this weapon. She simply looked at the man with cold eyes as another eye had opened on her forehead directly above her left eye. Her eyes were empty and cold, no words left her mouth as she slowly walked towards her foe as if she was possessed.

*Raal rolls his eyes as Orochi injects him with a healing tonic.* Work in progress, but needs out weigh losses. *Raal pulls out a small white device from his coat pocket and attaches it to himself before turning it a few clicks clockwise. Soon, Raal fades, becoming invisible as he surrounds himself with an anti-magic detection field, rendering him invisible to the naked eye and undetectable by magic sensors. With that, he starts heading for the portal.*

The crow hauntingly twists his head to look at the soldiers with a ghoulish smile that bleeds mania. Would you become my prey? Then if so it shall be a pleasure... The rest of his body turns with the sounds of crunching bones and draws out Evelyn and fires a toxic shrapnel bullet at all three of them.

Raal: He sucesfully got healed while he easily avoided the monsters. Raal: 800 --> 1200 He went to the portal straight him, and in the next room he found stairs and another portal that took him deeper into Gladsheim. Raal now appeared on another four ways room, each way had a portal that was being guarded by a monster, so it could be hard to avoid a fight, what will Raal do? Sing a random song. Go back and fuck your life. Distract a monster and go to the portal. Fight him and kill him, then go to the portal. Bait a monster and run into the portal. Use your imagination. Aina: When Aina stood up she took a better look to his enemy, it was a black armored guy with an ebony armor, it was covering his entire body and even his face, the helmet didn't had any kind of holes so it was strange on that point. He was using an ebony bow to kill the soldiers who were trying to fight him. When he noticed Aina was walking towards him he noticed Aina was more special than he thought. ???: so... you also have one... interesting... I've been told that I probably wouldn't fight one like you... The armored man prepared his bow, you can feel he is kinda happy to see a decent adversary, the people who were around left to avoid getting involved in the fight. ???: let's see what are you able to do... With that said he shot an arrow that splitted out multiple times creating a wave of smaller arrows, all of them goin directly to Aina like if they were being controlled to fly to the target. Crow: The shots from Crow's Evelyn easily pierced the enemy guards armor but it weren't strong enough to the one who was back. The guards fell to the ground and they began to scream by the pain of the poison, the other armored guy was staring at Crow, when the others guards die before taking his frozen spear. When he took the spear his armor got covered with an ice layer giving it a light blue tone. ???: I don't believe you are from here but sincerelly now I don't care about it, what I want to do now is analyze that beautifull sword you have there... and for that... I'll take away your arms and legs to later interrogate you... That guy prepared his frozen spear and slowly walked towards Crow, when he was a bit closer he prepared and vertically slashed the air to unleash ice spikes that were appearing on the ground and going directly to Crow.

He soon cackles in madness and disintegrates into a huge and ravenous swarm of flesh craving crows. Pain is just an outlet that has caused me such loses. On the first day the Executioners arrived and caused such slaughter. The second day we cursed them into ever suicidal zealots of martyrdom, so I shall cast such curse yet again! The swarm soon moves to the guard preparing to peck out every inch of flesh from him.

Aina continued to walk unperturbed. As if the gale of arrows were a mere nuisance, two blades of shadow emerged from the ground and crossed each other directly in front of her, blocking the barrage. Her head still hurt. Memories were still flooding back. Of her one and single companion. A demon beast that had the form of a cat the size of a lion. How she nursed it back to health after if almost died during it's war with the Jade Emperor when Sun Wukong lead their forces. The numerous people who had hunted her down to kill said beast. The numerous meetings and people she helped as well as the ones she parted from and killed. Those memories still flooded back, like a damn that could no longer be stopped. Maybe if they were simply memories of someone whom her ages appearance matched then it wouldn't be so severe but the number of memories flooding back numbered well over 300 years. "Kill" Those simple worlds left her mouth as she kicked off of the ground, charging towards the archer. The two blades of shadow that came out of the ground twisted around her arm and then wrapped around the guard of the blade. Upon coming within a few feet of the Archer she would swing the blade horizontally. Her nose began to bleed with the rush of memories.

*Raal would look between the monsters before letting Orochi out of his lab coat. Orochi would burrow under the ground and soon make a loud noise in an anttempt to distract the monster down the leftmost path. Raal would then simply walk through the designated portal, asssuming the distraction worked, picking Orochi up as he went.*

Raal: Orochi's scream worked and the monster jumped to attack the source of the sound, but he didn't hit anything mire than the ground and when he turned to Raal he was already leaving with Ororchi. In the next room, Raal didn't saw any monsters, he was on a big round structure with a few runes on the ground that were the following: fire, water, wind, earth, darkness and light. When Raal went closer he heard an omnipotent voice in his head. ???: activate them in this order if you want to summon me... First the one that blinds you if it is strong enough. Second the one that you always touch. Third the one you seek when scared. Fourth the one humans are afraid of. Fifth the source of all life. Sixth the one takes you to the darkness if disappears. Aina: The armored man used his bow to stop the attack, the moment the attack connected the strenght moved the plants that were around. The armored man then opened a small hole next to his free arm and punched in, when he did that another one appeared next to Aina's face and the arm went through it, punching Aina in her face and pushing her away. After that the armored man prepared his bow and shot an arrow that flew by next to Aina and hit a tree that was behind her but a bit away, for an instant Aina saw the bright of a string that the armored man used the drag the tree out of the ground and carry it violently towards Aina. Crow: The crows attacked the armor, but the ice layer was recovering the moment it got damaged. ???: Is hard to see someone who adopts different forms... you are a an unique one... But that man only needed to step strong on the ground to create multiple ice spikes that began to pierce the crows. ???: you will show yourself sooner or later...

*Raal rolls his eyes.* A riddle. How droll. *Wihtout having to think much, Raal activated the runes in the order of Light, Earth, Wind, Darkness, Water and Fire*

As the crows soon begins to explode violently like Molotov cocktails, the real Crow strikes from behind with Falchion and seems that the soldier damaged his helmet showing of the broken and mangled face he bears. Dare touch me with the sheer cold? Then I will burn away such bothersome pests! He soon plunge the corrupted Falchion into his back with such ferocity.

Aina would be hit by the tree and and be sent into a nearby wall that crumbled upon impact. As the smoke cleared she would be sitting in the rubble with what looked like her shadow wrapped around the side of her body that was hit by the tree. She had barely received damage from the tree but instead received more damage from the impact since the shadow couldn't react in time. She sat there for a few moments as more memories flowed into her mind. Memories of a specialty she had forgotten. The contracts she had made with numerous people. The lies, betrayals, and blackmail. She was far more than a simple Geisha. She was far more than a simple woman. Whether she was human or not was debatable. Since the day she devoured that creature out of desperation for her life she was changed. She had killed. She had betrayed. She had blackmailed. She had crushed all those who stood before her underfoot. She controlled the shadows. She controlled information. She even poisoned a god. Her enemies were numerous but her allies were vast. She soon stood up from the rubble. Not even taking the time to dust herself off. Instead she knelt down and scooped out a whine cup from the shadows of her feet. The cup was filled with a clear liquid that had no scent. She blew on the liquid and a mist flowed off of it and began to cover the room. Anyone caught inside the mist would begin to grow weaker. That's right. She was the great poisoner who even crippled god. There was no reason to fight fair. And as the room became covered in a rainbow mist her figure too would disappear. Blended into the unknown. Nothing could clear this mist short of a gods power itself. All returned to silence as if nothing had ever happened and yet the man would feel the gaze of a predator eyeing her prey.

Raal: All the runes shined stronger as Raal activated them. The runes then remained with that shine after a strange monster began to appear. ???: My name is Album Atrum, now mortal, let's begin the feast... The Album Atrum began to walk closer towards Raal, who was feeling that he has summoned a colossal enemy, but that name is the one mentioned in the letter, so he actually has found something interesting. Raal VS Album Atrum: Album Atrum: 100000. The vial is reacting to the Album Atrum and is absorbing magic. Aina: The mist covered the area, but despite that, the black armored guy was not feeling weak at all, he was just thinking about what kind of fighter Aina is. ???: so this is how we are going to play, uh? I feel you are strong, this is going to be... interesting... The armored man then disappeared in the shadows, he was feeling Aina was close, the man charged his bow and shot an arrow that mysteriously flew directly to Aina, but luckily for her it failed. ???: Say potato. Knowing now Aina's location the man shot now a stronger arrow that is flying directly to Aina and will hit her until she doesn't avoid it. Luckily for Aina, she has now the location of her enemy and she can counter him. Crow: The Guard quckly turned to Crow while more spikes were appearing from the ground blocking the explosions from the crows and then he would use his spear to hit the tip of Crow's falchion, the energy unleashed from the hit destroyed the ice that was around and covered the place with little shining fragments. ???: you are not from here, that's for sure, what are you? An escaped inmate? You look like a person who has killed and killed, but you are just only one more between the ones like us... The guard then put more strenght in his spear and then energy pushed both fighters away, the guard then raised his spear and sent four bigger ice spikes towards Crow.

*Raal sighs before completely ignoring the dragon, walking past it and starting to look around the room for a way to progress. The magic would be siphoned into Orochi, who still had the vial swallowed into it.* Sorry to disapoint, but I really don't care to fight. Sure, there's someone out there who would prefer I absorb your magical energy through combat, but since you seem at the very least somewhat intelligent, I will trust you respect my decision not murder you and take what I wish. Do we have an understanding?

The witch of nightmares. The wretched poisoner. The demon of contracts. The mother of shadows. All these names and many more once belonged to a single being. Most of china's dark lore and fairy-tales meant to scare their children into obeying their parents were inspired by her. The arrow tore through her flesh and bone as it scattered on the ground. Her body fell limp onto the ground yet no blood flowed from it. Instead the body became visible to the archer as he realized it was pitch black. He saw it slowly meld into the shadows of the ground. "That's right. I finally remember." her voiced echoed in the room in such a way that it felt as if it was coming from all directions. Soon the man would suddenly feel something grab onto his leg. Upon looking down it seemed like a child but when the child looked up at the man he would see it bleeding from those empty eye sockets as black blood dripped out of its mouth. Soon other small children scrambled from the mist and began grabbing the man by his legs, as if they were trying to drag him down to them they kept coming. One after the other. "I am merely a relic of a bygone past that will never be remembered." The black blood that dripped from the children's empty eyes began to pool under the man. As if this pool of pitch black wanted to devour him he slowly felt his body sink. Eyes began to open up and stare at him from this pool. "And yet this soul still persists. This flesh still persists. This mind still persists. Even when it had met with destruction." her voiced trembled a little as she said these words, voice tinged in sorrow.

The Crow steps back but having a ice spike hit him yet he feels no pain to the cold. I am the Crow of Cainhurst, Queen Annalise's blade. A Hunter who hunts others for her glory... and your blood shall please her greatly. His hand that hold Flachion soon ruptures out into massive pearl tendrils that swing wildly and uncontrollable and the slits in his mask glows a haunting red. Since my ascension to Vileblood centuries ago, I have rejected humanity for this is the true form of man!!!

Raal: The Album Atrum would stare at Raal while the vial was getting filled with magic, when it got full, Album Atrum began to walk away and then without saying nothing he left... who knows, probably you will see him in the future, Raal put the vial in his pocket and went through the following portal. Raal now appeared on a room with a statue of an angel, the angel was sat and he was holding an orb of light, looks like you've managed to reach this place even before Hate, what will Raal do now? Aina: The black armored man strongly stepped ln the ground unleashing a wave of darkness that destroyed everything that was around him, when that scenery disappeared both returned to the now destroyed camp, the black armored guy was staring now at Aina, his voice sound kinda amused. ???: you must be one out of the commons, how old are you? 300? 400? I refuse to think you are younger than 300... While saying that the armor began to turn even more black as two wings appeared at his back, his arms got claws, another bow of pure darkness appeared on his other hand and his posture changed, like if he was turning into a demon. ???: long time since I had to mix with my weapon this way, now let's see how long can you play... The man quckly shot a wave of arrows and dashed towards Aina with his bows prepared, she saw how one of the arrows went through him but it didn't damaged him. Crow: The guard didn't expected Crow would be that pshychopatyc, when Crow got closer he created an ice wall, but it didn't stopped Crow's arm to hit the guard and send him to a nearby house, the hit destroyed the house and the ones that were nearby. Despite of the attack, the guard calmly walked out of the dust and smoke, but his appearance was changing, the ice layer from his armor began to get filled with minuscules spikes has the layer gets more dense, Crow then noticed the man was starting to be colder and even more colder while the ground around him began to get frozen. ???: how old are you? I refuse to think you are younger than... 250? Or maybe 300? Is such a waste someone like you is in the enemy side, but now is time to get serious on this... The man the began to ski, he quckly created a ramp to go up and he prepared his spear to stab Crow with it.

I have been under a veil of a pale, thin dream. This body is just your mind comprehending of the true terror the broods behind this layer of flesh... Seams in his body begins to rip apart and more slimy slug like tendrils leak out squirming like hungering rats.

I wasn't actually expecting that to work. *Orochi would give the Vial to Raal.* Hmm. So it actually absorbed the dragon's magic, hmm? Heh. *With a smirk, Raal throws the vial to Orochi. The robotic snake would take the vial and shatter it, absorbing the magical energy into itself.* Heh. I think I'll use this myself. I may have to thank that fool later. Well, anyways. *Raal looks up at the angel statue, his arms folded.* I suppose I'll have to wait for her. I do hope this won't take too long.

Aina was standing there with a distant gaze. As if her attention was somewhere else entirely. Tears streamed down her face as she remembered everything now. "Ying Yue" she muttered as she took the brunt of the attack. Her body wracked with pain as her blood flowed out. She hadn't even tried to dodge or block. She simply stood there as if she wanted to die as she was attacked.

Raal: When Raal took the magic vial he began to shake, he fell to his knees while feeling how a strange new magic was going through his body, when that feeling stopped he felt renovated, he feels he is now able to use new magic. Raal has obtained the magic mode, in that mode his actions will cast a random magic effect and he will be able to cast the spell: Magic of the earth to deal light almighty damage x4 and ultimate x1. A minute later, Hate, followed by the others reached the place, they saw Raal as the same spot and the same way he always was. Hate: oh, I love when people isn't late to a meeting, we had a little incident with a strange dragon, we managed to repel him but well, I hope we've not made you wait. Hate then turned to the statue and looked at the orb with a smile. Aina: The black armored man dashed directly to Aina and hit her with his fist in her face with a strenght that send her through the ground for a few metters, but while that, the arrows flew towards her and began to hit her leaving a lot of dark dust around. ???: is already done? Such a disappointment... my teammate would be really annoyed with such weakness. Crow: The slugs got frozen the moment it touched the guard and he sabbed Crow with his spear while frozen him, he then performed an horizontal slash that broke the ice and pushed Crow to a nearby house that got destroyed when he hit it. The man had a hole in the chest of his ice layer exposing his armor, however, that ice layer was recovering, but slower than before. ???: such an interesting magic... is the first time I see something like that... what kind of weapon is that...?

*Raal glances over his shoulder at Hate.* Took you long enough. *He looks back at the statue.* I'm assuming this is what your looking for, yes?

His upper half soon falls off from his waist following pale white blood gushing from the both the upper and lower torso. Mother Kos... guide my mind, find divine sanctuary from the chasms of my shattered mind...

"Ah~, now I see." her voiced ringed from the small crater she was in. She slowly stood up as she coughed up blood. Her whole body was in pain now and she could feel that some of her ribs had been broken from the impact but her mind was now clear. Even if her body was broken, as long as her mind wasn't then she could persist. She returned the sword to its sheathe, slowly walked out of the crater and picked up a nearby slightly damaged umbrella. She dropped the sheathed sword back into her shadow as she played around with the umbrella a little and then returned her gaze to the man. "Allow me to apologize." she said with a bow to the man and a enchanting smile. "I was distracted but now you have my full attention. It has been overlong since last I have entertained a man so please have patience with mine self. I will be sure to leave you with a pleasurable experience." she said as she straightened her back and licked her luscious full lips. She could feel it now. Her power was her own. The being that existed within her was she herself as well. She wouldn't even know how to tell the difference between the two because they were now one. She could feel the negativity in the air from the peoples panic feed her being, slowly making her stronger and beginning to slowly heal her wounds. She began to spin the umbrella on her shoulder while it was open. "I hope that I can be an adequate partner for this dance." Her elegant figure belied her surroundings as a faint blush tinged her cheeks. She slowly put her hand up and simply waved it as three curved blades of darkness came out of the shadows and shot towards the man, gliding across the ground, reminding one of the fins on a sharks back cutting through the water.

Raal... 1? Hate: don't be like that, we could have been here earlier if that dragon would have taken a different way. But well, we are here and we continue with the next step of the plan, I'll destroy the orb and I'll hide as it. Hate walked towards the statue, she carefully picked up the orb with a smile and turned to the others. Hate: you must go deeper into the dungeon and find the ritual room, there we... ???: No... NO.... Suddenly, a strange voice appeared from the orb Hate was holding, everyone looked at it with a surprised face, Hate was completelly sure that voice was not from from Lux. Hate: excuse me what!? What are you? ???: my half... MY HALF... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Suddenly the orb turned from an orb of light to a orb of pure darkness, it unleashed a magic wave that pushed Hate away and made the others to back up a bit. After a few seconds the orb turned to a strange skeleton that had a completelly black heart in his chest. Hate: so... that's what you are... the Heart of Darkness... Hate calmly stood up and walked with Raal and the others. Hate: long time ago, Lux fought this parasite, I say parasite because I think he has spend all this time devouring Lux from inside, turning all his light into darkness, the worst thing? This thing is crazy and is usseles for us. ???: SHUT UUUUUUUUUP! I... III... Hate: blah blah blah... Hate took out her crimson Katana and aimed to it to the heart of darkness. Hate: my apologies for this gentlemen, but if we want to continue with our plan we must destroy this thing first. Aina... 1? The black armored man took a battle posture, he spent a few second watching Aina's dance but when she ended he prepared for battle. ???: I'm glad... sincerelly... I'm tired of waiting, tell me mysterious woman, are you ready to fight for... Just the moment Aina shot the blades a portal opened in front of them as Aina got surrounded by portals while the man moved his bow to the left, creating two more portals, one at the left of his bow and another at the left of Aina's head, it happened that fast and so sudden that Aina got stabbed in her head and the blades went through the portals slashing her and destroying her body. The blades disappeared while her body fell to the ground, the black armored man calmly walked towards her and smashed her head with his feet in order to destroy it, somehow she managed to hear what the man said. ???: ...die, I'm known by finishing my enemies before they are a threat, unluckily for you is too late hahahahahaha! Crow...1? The guard walked towards the upper part of Crow, Crow saw how is lower part got impaled by multiple ice fragments. The guard stopped close to the upper part and looked at Crow, his voice sound very disappointed. ???: I expected more... much more from you... that weakness... I hate it... The guard prepared his bow and stabbed it on Crow's head, but somehow, he managed to hear what he said later. ???: If you would have been a proper adversary... maybe I could have let you live... maybe... you could have even joined us... Eveyone: While Aina's and Crow's vision was vanishing, Raal saw how Hate, Ridley, Meta Ridley and Dark Samus went to fight the heart of Darkness Suddenly; the mark on Aina's and Crow's hand began to shine stronger and stronger until it covered everything with a pink light. Then between that light, they saw a red haired woman with a mask. Continues in next post

???: and still you die... stop playing, seriously, you are on a worse situation than you can ever think... and you are still playing like kids!? ???: Raal, Hate knows about that letter, I'm amazed you've not noticed thay she knows what you talked with George, why do you think Dark Samus was there? She was hidding and informing Hate all the time, she knew from the beginning something like this could happen, if you want to live, give that vial to Hate, or use you mind, I think you have a good brain. ???: Crow, you are against Iscis, an adversary that can create ice from the nothing, if you want to beat him, you will have to do it ways better, for example, use fire or brute force like you did before but remember he is stronger than you, use it wiselly, also, NEVER! Stay in the same spot for too long, or he will stab you with ice. ???: Aina, Val is an adversary that is faster than he looks, he can open portals where he wants inside a range of 15 metters, also, his arrows will follow you until they get destroyed, if you want to defeat him, go serious from the very beginning, is true that he always kill before he is in danger, that is something that has made him unexperienced when the danger is already there. ???: you get it? What about if this time you don't screw it and do things fine? Remember, Hate is always 3 steps in front of where you think she is, if you want to survive, or atleast, see the people you love one more time, start to use your head, or you and everyone will be dominated by that woman, good luck and don't fuck it again. The woman began to disappear as the light goes more and more bright. ???: oh, and say "Hi" to Selena from me. The woman disappeared as everything went white... ... ... ...

Raal: Raal clamly walked like if nothing were happening, but suddenly he noticed that wouldn't work with the monster and he began to run, luckily he managed to do it in time before a monster reached him. He was on the following room, but he felt he knows what he has to do. Aina: She reached the camp where the civilians were going, she lost that child and her mother, but that was another point, because she know what she has to do now, this time she feels the danger that is behind her. Crow: Soldier 1: what do we do now...? The city will be destroyed soon... Soldier 2: is a miracle they'are not already here... Soldier 3: they will be here at anytime... I hope the civilians have the chance to escape. Soldier 2: they won't... all of them are going to die... because we are surrounded... Solider: 1: what about if we try to open a hole... Soldier 3: it will be very hard... and with the manpower we have... ... ... ... Crow suddenly remember what was going to happen, he looked to the left and a bit away he saw how an archer was about to shot an arrow.

Hmph. I don't a lecture from a spirit to know things. Everything it said was old news. Talking down to me is foolish. *As Raal walks into the following room, Orochi slithers out of his trouser leg and slithers next to him. He looks around, unconcerned with what was happening.* Are we enjoying ourselves?

Aina would be confused at first but would quickly regain her composure as she returned to the room from before. She walked over and picked up the umbrella from before. It seemed to be in better condition this time than before. Maybe it wasn't trampled upon in the chaos this time. She opened the umbrella and twirled it around as the color changed to a deep apple red. She smiled and then spun around, waving her hand and before anyone could react those self same three blades of darkness came out of the shadows and glided across the floor, heading straight for the archer before he had time to react. She wouldn't give him the time to take it easy this time. Without even taking the time to watch whether or not it managed to hit him she once again scooped the wine dish from the shadows filled with the clear liquid and blew on it, causing a mist to role off of it and cover the room. "Tis nice to meet you. I shall be thine partner for this evening." her voice echoed through out the hall, not giving her position away as it sounded as if it was coming from all around him. The screams of panic still within the area as all the people haven't had the chance to fully evacuate.

The crow gets up with a ringing headache with the only memory If this wretched city meet the same fate like Old Yharnam... then so be it... He soon looks into his pockets to find the necessary materials to craft weapons of fire.

Raal made the same way he did before like he did it before. He soon reached the room with the strange runes, he activated them in this order: Light, Earth, Wind, Darkness, Water and Fire. Soon, the Album Atrum appeared and Raal filled the vial again to give it to Orochi, but something was different, Album Atrum stared at Raal for a few seconds, he didn't do that the last time. Album Atrum: I'm old enough to know when someone has traveled back in time, I can say... you will travel back again... With that said Album Atrum left... you still feel you will see him again... he is more reasonable than he looks... maybe you can do something with him the next time. When Album Atrum left Raal gave the vial to Orochi and he went to the room with the orb and the statue, soon Hate will be here, maybe you can do something different this time or let the time go by his own Aina: [i]The blades quckly went to the black armored guy who was about to shot Aina and the three blades slashed him making him miss his shot, he took a hand to his stomach completelly surprised with what has just happened. Val: WHAT THE...!? H-HOW!? I've been following you all this time... He soon adpoted his stronger form and he prepared his two bows aiming them towards Aina. Val: I've never done the fusion this fast... you... who are you!? He then shoot an arrow that passed next to Aina and hit a tree, Aina then saw how the arrow had a string and used it to drag out a tree and carry it violently towards Aina. Crow: Now with his weapons prepared Crow shot a fire bullet towards the archer, the shot pierced his forehead and his head, continuing and hitting another guard in his stomach and making both of them burn. One guard with a different armor looked at them with disappointment. Iscis: weaks... The three guards after noticing who was that person they ran away, meanwhile, Iscis turned to Crow, he took a frozen spear and he began to walk towards him. Iscis: you look different... let's see who is stronger... Iscis prepared his spear and he slashed the ground creating a line lf spikes from the ground that went towards Crow.

*Raal opens his hand, causing Orochi to spit the vial back to Raal. He looks at the vial with a curious gaze.* What's so important about this thing that Hate would kill for it? *Raal hums. He stuffs the empty vial into his lab coat pocket. He looks up at the statue.* As for you, the Heart of Darkness I believe she called it, if you can here me, you may want to get out of the statue and run far away. If you do not leave, I can almost guarantee you will perish with in... hmm... about 10 minutes I believe. Though, if you can't hear me, I suppose I'm talking to myself. Heh. *Raal sticks his hands into his pockets, looking up at the statue, patiently waiting for something to happen.*

"I am Aina. I hope that this lowly Geisha will be able to adequately entertain you." she said with an enchanting smile Aina payed no heed to the tree as it was thrown at her. She simply took a sip of the colorless liquid in the wine dish as her shadow swelled under her. Soon after tendrils of darkness came up from the shadows and plucked the tree from the air. Before the main would have a chance to resist, the shadows would quickly pull on the tree causing the man to fly towards her. She would then begin to blow bubbles that steadily floated towards him.

The Crow lets out a disturbing and inhuman screech similar which caused everything around both Iscis and the Crow to explode in a pyre of destructive flame. I know of you weakness... you should've ended me for good when you had the chance.

Raal: The orb of light remained there for a few seconds, it remained there like if he wasn't able to understand Raal at all, but after a few seconds it disappeared, Raal heard a voice in his head a bit after the disappearance of the orb. ???: you... you will regret this... IHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAIFHSIDJSOAJUSHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!! The voice left with a psychopathic laugh... you are now thinking if you have taken the good best choice... anyways, a bit later, Hate came from one of the portals. Hate: sorry for the delay, we had a little incident with a strange dragon, oh, I see... you've already destroyed the orb, good job. Hate turned into an orb of light and she went to the statue. Hate: now, we must wait for the others to come here, well, do you want to ask me something? Like what can you do or something like that? You can always sit down and sleep if you want. Aina: Val: what kind of weapon is that!? They didn't told me I would fight someone like you! Vaal opened a portal and went into it, he disappeared but Aina knew he was still there, Aina was not able to see him, however the bubbles were still going towards Val, something he didn't noticed because suddenly Aina saw how a wave of arrows where flying directly towards her. Aina heard how Val was mumbilng to himself. Val: who is she... why she has... this must be a joke... Crow: The scream surprised Iscis and both got covered with flames, Iscis surrounded himself with a layer of ice but still his armor got a few burns. Iscis: you... you are crazy... The layer around Iscis got stronger as minuscule spikes appeared on it, he hit the ground with the handler of his spear and then the ground around and the rest of the flares got frozen, Iscis then began to sky towards Crow, he created a ramp to go up and prepared to fall over and stab Crow with his spear.

*Raal looked over his shoulder at Hate.* No, I talked it into leaving. Apparently, it knows you by reputation and is defiantly not interested in dying. But that's a story for another day. *Raal takes the vial, mana emptied into Orochi to power it up, out of his pocket and looks through it at the light source in the room* A gift from George. Came with a letter, but that's gone now. Not that I doubt you already know about it. You seem very informed. *Raal glances at her.* I doubt the other two are coming. That imbecile seems to be doing his best to turn people against you. Aina seems especially intrested. Crow just rolls with the punches. I'm sure the Metroid Prime has told you as much though. So, seeing as none of this information is new to you, here's my question. What's your plan at the end of this? I like to know where a Gilferma is taking me, after all.

The wine dish faded into the darkness of her shadow as she simply swirled her umbrella. She could feel it. No matter what or where he was hiding she could feel every bit of negative emotion that exuded from his person. His fear and anxiety simply fed her, making her stronger. She knew exactly where he was. When the arrows came towards her she simply put the umbrella in front of her while it remained opened and as if a barrier was covering it, she blocked the arrows. She continued to swirl the umbrella as the mist from before began to cover her. She could be seen licking her lips before fading into the mist. This didn't last long before the man felt a weight on his back. Her small arms reaching around his neck as if embracing a lover. Her breath on the nape of his neck as she whispered into his ear. "Our dance hath not yet ended. Please, do thine best to satisfy me as well." she said, a seductive tone escaping her every word. The man could feel the very shadows under him slowly creeping up his skin, as if it was trying to restrain him utterly and completely.

The flames still rages on as and the Crow and impales himself with the spear even deeper and looking at Iscis with more fire roars from the mask. Do I disappoint you now??? His jaw soon begins to drip smoldering ash and boiling blood and he unhinged his jaw and pukes out a giant stream of fire.

Raal: Hate laughed, looks like she already knew about the vial from the beginning, she then said with an amused tone. Hate: yes, I knew from the very beginning what you talked with George and that, I though you would try to betray me, actually, I was about to make you disappear. Hate's tone change to a more serious one. Hate: I'm more smart than the others think I'm, if you do something that can destroy my plans... well... just remember what happened to Alex. Anyways, my plan is simple, when Leo and the others come here, I'll wait until the "revive" Lux and I'll take the form of an angel, with that form I'll manipulate them to kill Selena, and later... I'll kill them all, well, except for Leo, he is the only one who will survive. It was very strange... why would Hate let him live? And only him? You looked at Hate like if you already knew the answer. Hate: what? Oh, you already know it? Aina: Val was not able to move; he felt Aina's arms around his neck, the creepring, her voice, the fear he was feeling, it was impossible for him to believe someone like Aina could exist. Then Val did something he was not going to believe... Val: This is a big hit for me... but I have no choice. Val then exploded in darkness, darkness that pushed Aina away and the strong wind didn't let her see anything. After a few seconds, when that explosion ended Aina was not feeling him around, after waiting for a few seconds she noticed he had left, could that big hit meant that he got forced to leave a battle? There is no need to ask yourself that now, because some guards and people that remained hidden went out and they began to aplaud and cheer Aina, they probably can't believe Aina has managed to repel someone like Val. Crow: Iscis felt strange about that phrase... why he said something about disappoint? Iscis was asking himself that question when suddenly the burst of fire reached him, he used his spear to freeze it, but he didn't manage to stop the attack at all and he flew away by the force of the attack, he was about to fall to the frozen ground, but suddenly a shadow helped him to recover. Crow saw how a black armored man appeared from anywhere. Iscis: what are you doing here? Val: they have a xeno... Iscis: What!? Another one!? This was not in our inform! What the hell did the investigation team!? Val: that's something I'll personally ask... Iscis: we are on trouble then... I can't do anything against this psychopathic man... Val: in that case... we'll do this together, let's show him the power of aquarium's army and later we'll kill that woman. Iscis: Looks like the most coherent plan, okay then. Both warriors began to walk towards Crow, but suddenly a explosion of fire hit Iscis as Val got forced to dodge a few shots. A bit away, Crow saw a strange man armed with guns and a... Cat? Iscis: more of them! Val: A fucking Cat!? Why a fucking Cat has a xeno!? Iscis: we must evacuate! Val: indeed. The black armored man raised his arm and a explosion of darkness covered everything, when Crow recovered his vision, both Iscis and Val were gone, and the other man and the cat remained there... Who are they...?

Meow... The cat- more like a kitten actually- glances around, a bit puzzled. It then stretches and smooths down its ruffled fur.

Aina ignored the crowd at first as she made sure he wasn't around. A sadistic smile then crept onto her face as a slit appeared over her right eye, opening and revealing another eye. "You didn't think you could escape me did you?" she spoke to no one in particular When the third eye opened the same eye opened within Val's shadow as well, watching his every move before closing. She decided it would be best to let him go for now and further breed his fear within him while gathering information. After all, for as long as the fragment of her shadow was within his shadow she would be able to observe everything he does and say, not including the nightmares of her that will haunt his dreams for now. The curse of the sixth knot. She looked around to the crowd as the third eye closed as she picked up the umbrella once more and twirled it around on her shoulder. She'd taken a liking to it though she still preferred the umbrellas from old china. Maybe now would be a good time to regroup with Crow. She would call one of the nearby soldiers to her and have them escort her to Crows location.

*Raal smirks and then laughs heartily.* That's hilarious! You actually thought I would side with someone like that imbecile? That's the funniest thing I've heard since you resurrected me. *Raal stops laughing but continues smirking.* Why would I side with an unknown against a strong formless like yourself that had my life in the palm of her hand? Please. That's boring. You interest me far more than that imbecile ever could, as smart as he thinks he is. *Raal rests his back against a nearby wall, pocketing the vial once more.* As for Leo. Well. It's funny what a little travelling can do for you. A little listening in to a conversation here and there. Knowledge is power, after all. It's what I pride myself on. So, where do you want me for this grand plan of yours? After all, I stand on your side still. Or would you rather try and erase me from existence and see how that path plays out? *Raal looks at Hate with cold, calculating yet curious eyes. It would seem even Raal can't predict Hate's next move.*

The Crow's begins to twist and break into normal and he coughs out a puff of smoke and looks at the Cat and the man in confusion. I wonder why you two are here.

Raal: Hate turned to woman again, she was sat down with her legs crossed in the statue, where the orb were supposed to be. Hate: my plan is simple, I want to create hate, simply like that. You will be asking yourself, why? As you know I devour the hate from the humans and I turn it into power. That is the basic, but I've noticed... the more hate I devour the stronger I become here, if I keep this for... a year aprox I could use my full powers in this world... and if I could do that... oh... that could be amazing, this universe would be completelly mine. Hate chuckled after saying that phrase, no mather how Raal looked at Hate, it was impossible for him to know what she was thinking about or what she would do right now. Hate: you know that human rules doesn't apply to me? If for example there is a monster that can't be beaten for any being of this world, I could beat him, that is something I really like because I can use or do whatever I want in this world, there are some spirits that have tried to curse me, but they failed because they are not over me. Hate then left the statue with a jump and looked at the portal they came from. Hate: they are not going to come, if that light was really the heart of Darkness I'm sure they have fought the other part, let's leave this place now we can, are you going by your own again or do you want to come with us? Crow, Aina and Cat: Val felt Aina's presence around him, but he strongly stepped on the ground while surrounding himself with darkness, Aina lost contact with him that moment. Meanwhile, Val and Iscis were returning to their base. Val: that woman... she is dangerous... Iscis: ... Val: what's wrong? Are you that depressed? Iscis: do I disappoint you now? Val: ??? Iscis: that guy said it while I was fighting him... don't you think it is strange? Val: wait... now I think about it, I followed that woman during the way and she didn't noticed anything until she stepped on the camp, she then acted like if she knew me beforehand... Iscis: I have the theory that they've travelled back into time. Val: what!? is there a Xeno able to do that!? Iscis: if there is, this war is already lost. Val: The king must know about this. Iscis: that's what we are going to tell him. ... ... ... Returning to Crow and the Cat, they stared at each other for 5 minutes, there is when they saw a masked red haired woman that walked towards them. Aina was still being aplauded, the people was so happy that they didn't hear Aina's words, suddenly, between all the people, she saw how the red haired masked woman walked through all of them... Like if she was an illusion only they were able to see and hear. ???: looks like you've changed the future, I can tell you things have already changed here. But don't think this is over, you are on the middle of a war between two kingdoms and you are the hope of this people now. The woman sat down in the air, like she was on a seat. ???: This place is completelly surrounded by aquarium's army, what you must do is simple, win time, aprox one day or two until the real army is here and can save this people, if you are asking where you are, you are in the kingdom of yggdrasil in the year 751. The woman then showed the back of her left hand, showing a mark of a bird on it, the same mark Aina, Crow and even the Cat have. ???: this mark is like an extra life, it will be activated if all of you die, and it has two stacks, Aina and Crow has wasted one, but the Cat has still 2 stacks, you can use one of the stacks to bring here an ally you can trust, I'll leave it up to you, but remember, you must save this people, I'm getting out of time, the explanation will have to wait, good luck. After saying that the woman began to disappear, Aina went by herself to the town where she saw Crow and the Cat who were waiting for her.

The cat makes a rumbling sound in annoyance and frustration. Out of one battle and into the next... his memory is fuzzy, but... he can't let anyone die. The kitten takes a few steps towards Crow and looks up with wide yellow eyes. Mew?

*Raal sighs.* How small minded for a formless. You are a being of limitless power and you only hold your sights on one pitiful universe. Can't say I approve. *He then smirks* Still, it would seem that your at least trying to do it in some sort of style. I suppose I can see merit in that. Still, it would seem your stil... *Raal chuckles.* I suppose I shall come with you. I'll join you until I find you boring. So don't disappoint me now. See if you can keep an old monster like me truly entertained. Tss tss tss tss tss,

Aina would raise a brow to the cat as she came across her.....ally? Yes, for now they were comrades. All things considered he didn't seem to have much trouble on his end. "So doth thee mind explaining what this creature is?" she asked as she looked the cat, feeling something from it that was far out of the ordinary. She sighed upon realizing her older type of speech patterns as she coughed to clear her throat. "What is this......cat? Is it even a cat?" she wondered as she looked over the creature before looking at crow and finally asking a bit of a more serious question "Are you aware of our current situation?" She asked, hoping her was. If he wasn't then she would reprise him of the situation then call one of the guards to her to ask them to bring the person in charge of the cities defenses to her immediately. Though there was the thought of why she should even have to care about this place to begin with. This town seemed unimportant. Not really a trade town and considering how many people she saw in the shelter it could barely be considered any better than a larger village. Even the number of guards she saw were far too few and they seemed undisciplined. She would need an idea of the towns defenses if they even hoped to hold off the enemy forces. In the back of her head she really just wanted to run though. She didn't know any of these people, didn't care for any of their lives and had no connection to them save the red haired woman who saved her life with that mark without ever asking her permission. Though admittedly having her head crushed was a far more pleasant experience than being burned alive after having her limbs cut off. The current situation seemed hopeless all around but depending on the cities defenses she may just be able to hold this place for a single day. She would also need a better understanding of her......comrades? abilities. This was turning out to be a long mission.

The Crow hovers his hand over his Chikage as the women approaches to him. She seems interesting... hope she is not that lancer...

Raal: Everyione left Gladsheim, they walked without saying nothing, after a long walk they returned to the ship. Hate: looks like that has not gone as I wanted, but is fine, we can now do a few things now, I want some things dead and I want a lot of intel, so don't worry because you have a loooot of job. When Hate ended she gave Raal a "To do" list. Hate: Do that and we'll talk about the next objetive, good luck, if you excuse me, I have my own "To do" list To do list: find the book "ancient gods of the lands" ubicated in an old library of Tokio. (Search and find) Find and Slay the spirit of the sun (easy assasination) Destroy a factory of magic runes ubicated in the pacific sea (sabotage) The list continues... (But I'll post the complete one in the server, with additional info). Crow Aina and Cat: Looks like you all know what to do, they luckily found the captain that welcomed them with a cheerful smile. He showed them a map and gave them the info about the situation. Captain: this is the situation, we are surrounded by the three captains that are attacking, they are Val, Iscis... and unluckily we don't know who is the last one... Captain: we are surrounded, however, they have only attacked from south because the geography is very favorable for us in the rest of the zones, the south only has a forest and a few hills, I think we can use this to our advantaje if we do it good. Captain: counting the people who has offered to help, and the forces we had before, we are aprox 1000 soldiers ready, however... they are more than 10000... Captain: as last thing if we manage to survive 2 days, we could open a hole in the east and they would be forced to retreat thanks to the royal army, any questions? I'll give you more details in the server.

The Crow looks at the map to find the areas that are weak. Then what about I set the forest on fire... to cause them to trudge through it slowly.

The guard stared at Crow with a scared look. Captain: I think that is excessive... While Aina and Dante were looking at him another guard came with a letter in his hand. Guard: captain, we have received a letter from the enemy! Captain: what? What says? The soldier opened the letter and he began to read it. *Greetings to the fellow Yggdrasil's citiens. Looks like you have managed to beat two of my best men, I have to say we didn't expected to find Xenoblade users here but looks like destiny is always surprising us. You will be asking yourself why I sent you this letter, that will be answered right now, instead of fighting like animals and kill us each other, why don't we talk this and find a pacific way to solucionate this? I'm sending you this letter to inform you that I'm up to negociations. You have two days to answer this letter, more specifically to the camp we have in the north, in the meantime, any of our soldiers will attack you or your men as long as they don't engage first. Thanks you for reading this letter. Valentina Captain: w-what are you going to do? Are you going to negociate? Note: you can negociate with the enemy army, if you do it right you will be able to save everyone, but if you fail... Well, let's say nothing good will happen. Remember that you can summon an ally to asist you in this negociation, use that in your advantage.

If they want a fine chat then so be it. He finds a quill and ink and begins to write a response.

Aina would listen intently to the letter as she pondered on the current situation. The fact was they were at a disadvantage no matter how you looked at it. The enemy assumed they had strong forces because she and crow were able to push back the enemy general but the fact of the matter was they were surrounded. The enemy had far more numbers and if they truly wished to they could lay ruin to this city within 2-4 days with little overall casualties. Still, the fact they believe they have the forces to the contend with them could be used to her advantage. All in all she would be bluffing but as long as they have the illusion they can fight back properly then that's all that mattered. The enemy wouldn't want to waste unnecessary human resources after all. Aina finally looked back up to the captain with a serious expression. "I want all Calvary and heavy units assembled immediately as well as archers and mages. I also need accounts for all gear present in your stores. I will meet with the enemy to negotiate but we need to make sure they understand until the very end that we can not be trampled upon without incurring heavy losses to themselves." she spoke as she found a place to sit down, waiting for the forces to be assembled.

Dante's eyes cracked open as he regained consciousness. "Where am I...?" He looked around not knowing what to do. Then memories began to come like flashes of lighting. The sounds of footsteps, falling, a bed, all out of context but it gave him enough to realize he wasn't at the castle anymore. He slowly found his sense of balance and looked around.

Aina was sitting at a nearby table carefully eating apple slices with a tooth pick. Upon seeing the man fall out of the bed she stopped and placed the apple slice back onto the table. Her gaze moving over the man as he regain his bearings. "So you've finally woken up. I don't know if this is good timing or bad. If you do not mind, I wish to inquire about your identity while I still have the time." She said with an indifferent expression

One lf the guards nodded and he went out to prepare everything Aina said as best as he could be able to, meanwhile Dante returned to himself and the others gave him a summary of the situation. Crow finished a surprisingly well written letter and they sent it to the enemy army, then they prepared themselves to wait for the guards to prepare. A bit later the guard warned Aina, Crow and Dante, the went over a horse and they began their journey to the enemy camp. You noticed something, some guards were a bit nervous, but they looked like they were trusting you... Like if you were their last hope. Captain: may I ask... The captain who was ahead began to talk. Captain: what kind of strategy are you going to follow? Maybe is better to know something in special in case something goes wrong. Don't think bad, but I just want to be sure.

"That really depends." she said, riding on the same horse as Crow as she looked at the Captain "I have already started making preparations but unfortunately my knowledge of the current situation is far lower than I would like" shaking her head a little as she bit her thumbnail to show her discontent in this situation "Before we arrive I wish for you to tell me as much as you know about this world as possible. More specifically of how war is raged and the history between this kingdom and the one who's armies were attacking the other day. The more I know the better. Even little details you think unimportant will be of use."

Dante looked at the captain as he struggled to ride the horse. He's never done this before, made him appreciate the person who invented cars even more. This is going to kill me, I feel like throwing up. "And uh plan?" Dante laughed, slapping his knee and nearly falling off his horse. "You think I plan things? Nah, I just think of something when I get there."

He shows the guards the letter he wrote which is a ultimatum. Our plan is simple, present this ultimatum to the enemy and see if they can agree. Simple as that.

Captain: this is a short summary: We are currently on the kingdom of Yggdrasil, which capital is the Rooted City. Recently, the Xenoblade users went to the other side of the kingdom to defend the frontier against Amaltea's xenoblade users, but now we are being attacked by Aquarium's army who is taking advantage of our situation, we have been trying to defend this place until we get support from the royal army and their xenoblade users. Captain: about this world, there are 8 kingdoms, I would like to tell you more about them, however I don't have enough time to explain you more, but let me tell you. Wars are decided about xenoblade users, if we lost you... We are done, however if they lose theirs, we have this part secured, please keep that in mind, you are our only hope, no mather how many soldiers you have, if you don't have Xenoblades you are done, and by Xenoblade, I mean a person who is able to use magic and legendary weapons. A few minutes later, the group saw a wall of wood with two guards over the entrance, the group stopped and the guards made a signal to open the doors. Guard: our general is waiting for you, go inside. When the group went inside, Aina, Dante and Crow expected their soldiers would be nervous, however they were completelly calm, it was perfect to give an ilusion of power. Soon they saw two familiar faces, Val and Iscis were waiting on a tent, they didn't looked at them, they just opened the tent to let the group go inside. Val: as long as you negociate, you have our word that we won't attack anyone. Iscis: we'll also take care of your horses, so you can calmly proceed. You left your horses and went inside the tent, the soldiers remained outside and you went alone. Inside the tent you saw a table with a few seats most of them weren't used, only one at the other side of the table was being used by a red haired woman who was dressed with an elegant white armor, the armor had a little and discreet cleavage, the legs were covering most of her legs except her knees, the feet had some kind of wings attached to them. ???: Greetings. The woman stood up, Iscis and Val went inside and they went behind that woman. Valentina: I'm Valentina, current general of this part of Aquarium's army, nice to meet you, now, shall we begin this negociation? Valentina sat down, Iscis and Val went to a corner, one at the left side and other at the right side. Valentina: I let you begin, where do we start?

This really isn't up my alley. I've never done negotiations, I'm better for wars than this... not that it won't be interesting to see who I am fighting. I think I should let the smooth talkers do the... talking. Dante calmly walked to one of the seats and sat down tilting the chair. He decided to simply listen and give his "opinion" if he thought it was necessary.

As well the Crow simply sits down and looks at Iscis with a twisted smile and returns to Valentina. I am the Crow of Cainhurst, queen Annalise's most faithful knight. And we should start discussing about this war with this city that the man with the ice lance invaded.

"You may refer to me as Aina. Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance." she said with a slight bow for greetings before sitting down in the chair directly across from Valentina. "I am one of the representatives of that town. We have come here to hear the terms of your retreat." An enchanting smile appeared on her face. The fact is right now they did in fact hold the advantage in these negotiations. Even more so because the enemy had already made a miscalculation. They believed they could invade easily because there were no Xenoblade users present however they have already confirmed the presence of three immediately after invading. If Aina had to guess, this probably caused a lot of logistical problems within their intelligence department considering the result of said invasion. This meant they didn't have a good grasp of their battle potential nor if there were any other Xenoblade users present within the town. They had the advantage of being complete unknowns to the enemies.

It was the first time Valentina has heard about that Annalise, and seeing how crazy and insane Crow looks, she was only able to think that Queen was no different. Valentina: I have to say you are completelly unknowm for us, you have just appeared from the nothing and you've easily defeated two of my best men, I can also say is our fault, we should have expected something like this could happen, but don't worry our investigation team has already got a warning. Valentina looked directly to Aina's eyes, it was like Val told her, she was very enigmatic and she looks like a very smart person. Valentina: So Aina... Why do you think we should retreat when you are completelly surrounded? I want to know what have you thought.

The Crow silently laughs to what the investigation team's action. Besides of our... unneeded arrival, we should see the possibly solutions that will evade the chances of conflict and... bloodlust...

Dante simply listened to the other people talking. He wasn't completely sure as to what to add into the conversation. He didn't have any personal feelings towards one side or the other. Whatever side came out he'd be fighting either way. Lot of stuff I don't get, Val gives me the creeps while Aina isn't much better. Oh well, I just I'll just keep on guard.

"Completely surround? Surely you jest. The fact is no matter how many pawns you move onto the board none of that matters. Wars are not fought with soldiers. You should know that better than anyone. They are fought by the wielders of Xenoblades. The more powerful and the more numerous the Xenoblades any given power has in their possession, the more national strength they reserve." Her smile only growing more cheerful as she spoke "But explaining that to you is not why I'm here. You called for a negotiation and yet you're asking for a reason as to why I think you should withdraw. Surely I hath not overestimated your intelligence or could it be" her gaze now becoming sharper as the smile grew thin "That you have underestimated mine?" That's right. There was no reason to pretend as to the reason these people called for a negotiation. The fact they did simply meant we are to big of an unknown that they risk losing national power by being in conflict with us. They don't know our numbers after all, and have no means of attaining that information. That leaves three options left to them. To either negotiate a ceasefire while they retreat, to convince us to join their side, or the third, option which is the least likely, to kill them here with us gathered. The option would only be taken by a complete and utter imbecile though. She would only prove her own immaturity and thus show herself incompetent and a lot easier to handle. That left them with the first two options. Since they didn't know how many xenoblade users were present on their side right now then they had the advantage. After all, who would be stupid enough to come here with all of their cards. This was her first gamble and her first bluff. They could have come here with just enough to enact negotiations and left the others to defend just in case. If the woman across from her had a brain and any experience in warfare then this would be the conclusion she should come to.

Valentina's face didn't changed, she quietly listened to everyone until they were done. Her face then drawed a small smile as she closed her eyes. Valentina: do you think I've understimated you? What a good joke, actually we both think the same... She then opened her eyes and gave a serious look at the group, she then looked back at Iscis and moved her head to let him talk.. Valentina: iscis? Iscis moved his head towards the group, specifically to Crow. Iscis: do I disappoint you now? Aina and Dante didn't understood that phrase, however, Crow knew the meaning of that phrase. Valentina: when Iscis told me that... It made me think... Why would you say that when is the *first* time you fight against him? I also got curious about what Val told me about you Aina. Val, could you? Val: I got curious the moment I saw you, I followed you during the way, I even saw how that little girl looked back at you. During that time, you weren't suspecting anything, however when you returned to the camp... How you acted and moved... You knew me before hand... I'm sure of it. Valentina: considering both informs... Mixing the information... And judging you three have the same mark in your hand... I'm forced to ask you this, are you really Xenoblade users? Because I'm starting to think you are a little group of people that somehow has obtained powers. When you thought Valentina was over she continued talking. Valentina: don't think I'm over, because I also think you are hiding more things, like that travel back into time to beat my two Xenoblade users, you know? I'm that sure Iscis and Val killed you at the same moment, it doesn't look like that, but they are very synchroniced, for something they are called the Dark Blizzard, but that is a history for another time, what about if you answer what I've said? Have you travelled back into time? Or... Are you even Xenoblade users?

Laughter. Wholehearted laughter filled the tent as Aina opened her mouth. It seemed to come from nowhere, without warning but her laughter could instill any number of reasons into the minds of all those present. It was beautiful, clear like a crystal bell, there was no ill or malicious intent that could be felt from it. However, the simple fact it was so pure meant she found something that Valentina said funny and that alone could be considered mocking. It took a few minutes before her childish laughter finally died down and she regained her composure. "I wonder how many times we've had this talk" she mumbled just barely loud enough for Valentina only to hear as if she tried to hide it and then looked up into Valentina's eyes to reply to her question. "Twould seem I hath overestimated your intelligence though thee gains half marks." the same enchanting smile formed on her face yet the look she had was one looking at a child. "You are correct about one thing and that is the fact we have a companion that can control time. There are a few limitations such as these marks." she would hold out her hand to show the mark she has. "We can only use it so many times per day. Beyond this our companions Xenoblade isn't fit for combat and so we leave them behind with the others." she softly lowered her hand. "Now as for your accusation of us being xenoblade users or not is honestly irrelevant. The fact is the reason we are here is because you wanted to feel out our fighting force and if possible recruit us. If not then you planned to kill us. I'm sure by now if that brain of yours is spinning as fast as I can assume then you are coming to a single conclusion at this moment." That's right. The only conclusion she can come to at this moment is to retreat. As for whether she admitted they were xenoblades it didn't matter. The fact they weren't didn't matter either. All that mattered was that two unknowns defeated two of their strongest generals. That in and of itself will have them guessing and the fact she confirmed the theory on the time control meant they wouldn't try anything that would just give us more info. Even taking it a step forward she made the earlier comment in a way that should have made Valentina think this whole conversation has already happened before. In the end, they had no way out but to retreat.

The Crow soon chuckles with the madness bleeding through his mouth. I am no Xenoblade but as a being that is beyond human perception, for this body is just how your feeble weak mind can only perceived me as. *They soon see a glimpse of the Crow's true face, a mass of black feathers and a mutilated jaw that as shifted back into a beak.* So... care to talk about a compromise that will benefit us both?

Valentina quietly listened to Aina's words, despite the perfect performance from Aina, Valentina knew Aina was bluffing, because she knows is the first time they have this talk and they don't know how to activate their mark. She could have said that and continue the conversation, however seeing how Crow turned into a beast for a second made her think, it didn't scared her, but is like if she was interested in that power. Valentina: Good point, I like you, you remaind me to Val and Iscis, one likes to show the teeth while the other likes the words, I would like to continue this conversation tomorrow at the same hour, I feel we can really find a way to benefit both sides, and, as sign of trust, my army won't attack until this negociation is over. After saying that, both sides performed a little reverence and then Crow, Aina and Dante left the tent and returned to their base. A hour latter, Valentina was in her tent, she was writting a letter when suddenly an elegant man went into it. ???: do you have a moment? Valentina: what happens George? George: a letter from your father. Valentina blinked a few times and slowly turned back at George who was offering the letter to Valentina with a pleased smile. Valentina took the letter, opened and read it, her expression didn't changed... But is like if something inside her had died. Valentina: so... Another has died... George: Indeed, you know how is this world, if they don't... Valentina: I Know it, have you come to give me this? Or are you going to stay here the whole night? George: my apologies, farewell, princess. George performed a reverence and then he turned back to left the tent. Valentina looked down for a bit, she then put closer the letter to a candle and burned it, later she blowed it and she prepared to go to bed. Meanwhile George was walking when he took out a black ring from his pocket, he looked at it and smiled like a psychopathic, like if he was thinking on something big, he put the ring in his pocket again and left. ... ... ...

Now in the morning, the group received another letter from Valentina, this time she was going to go there to continue the negociations while eating. At afternoon, the guards prepared a little build to the meeting, Valentina followed by Val and Iscis were received by the group. Valentina: Greetings, I'm glad to see you again in those conditions... Valentina was about to continue talking however a guard quckly approached the group, he was heavy breathing by the run. Guard: w-we have trouble...! A- a group of thieves have come and they are attacking us! They even have a xenoblade user with them! Anyone expected a group of thieves would have a xenoblade user, Valentina closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh. She then summoned what looked like a holy shield and sword. Valentina: sincerelly... I dislike thieves, what about if we deal with them before resuming our talk? Val and Iscis also prepared their weapons offering their help, it was something unexpected, both groups were about to work together to save the people... ... ... ... But destiny, is more whimiscal... Because suddenly... The ground shaked, and the group began to hear a scream... A scream that got more and more acute that forced everyone to cover their hears, then... A wave of black winds came and when it touched the group they all lost their conscience... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I.....I.....who am I...w-what... ... ... ... Who am I... Why am I here............ ... ... ... What... I'm feeling... Is... What... Is... This...? I... I-I... ... ... ... When the group opened their eyes, they saw a different scenery, instead of a forest filled with live... They saw an empty place, there were no trees, no animals... No life... The only thing they were able to see, it was a ground filled with corpses from both kingdoms, all the guards were dead and they are all had completelly white eyes with tears on them.

Valentina, Val and Iscis woke up and they got amazed by the sudden change. Val: are you fucking kidding me!? Where is the forest!? Where is everything!? What the hell has happened!? Iscis: the life around us... All the living things around us has disappeared... Could it be related to what happened before? Valentina: I can't believe it... I... I can feel it... the sadness and the death are around us... what kind of xenoblade has done this!? Everyone looked at their surroundings, in complete silence, the only sound came from the wind that was raising a bit of dust from the ground that was filled with life, but now... It was just dead ground... There was no life on it... Suddenly, Iscis broke that silence and pointed to a shadow that was a far away. Iscis: I can see someone there... Everyone walked to the shadow, when they got closer, they began to see that shadow was what looked like an adult humanoid that was holding a colossal black axe, when they got closer, they saw that humanoid was a demon with pure black scaled skin, it slowly carried a hand to one of the bodies, when it touched the body it began to turn into dust and disappear, the wind took the dust away and only the armor and a strange blue dagger remained there. ... ... ... Why... This... Is so familiar... My head... I can't... Remember... Who... Who am I... Uh... You... You are... Alive... W-why... The demon walked a bit towards the group, he was dragging his axe through the ground, leaving a little path after it. Valentina: what... W-what are you!? Iscis: an emotional!? A xenoblade user has gone over the limit? Val: no... That is not an emotional... The dagger is a xenoblade... Then... That guy was the xenoblade thieft... Valentina: what is that then!? ???: death... Suddenly the demon moved his lips to say that words, he gave a cold look at the group with his black eyes filled with coagulated blood. ???: you... must die... Everyone... everything must die... The demon began to ran towards the group, he prepared his axe to perform an horizontal slash in Aina, however an ice pillar came from the ground and blocked that attack, then Valentina ran towards the demon hitting him with her shield and pushing him back, allowing Val to shot a wave of dark arrows towards him. The demon stepped back and remained with a confused expression in his face and look. ???: everything... Must... Die... Disappear... I-i... I... Must kill... You... Must die... And... Dissapear... Valentina: shut up! We are going to defeat you! I just stand here while you vanish the life this way! Val: You... You are dangerous, this time I'll deal with that danger correctly. Iscis: you look strong, but your moves are pretty bad, looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson.

You saw how they prepared to fight, for an instant you were about to run away, however, you heard a familiar voice in your head... The voice of the red haired woman. ???: there he is... Listen, I'm going to your position but it will take me time, resist until I'm there and kill that thing! But be carefull, he looks confused and about to die... But d... H... ... .........! The voice disappeared due to some kind of interference, the sky began to get covered by dark clouds, the only thing that remained uncovered was the moon, who was shinning with a magical white light. What is that thing...? Is pointless to ask it now... Is very dangerous to leave something like this at his own... You must kill him... ???: I will kill... Everything... Everything... I found this ost good for this fight, I leave it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k1jTw8zNurg Good luck.

Dante looked at the monster beginning to take out his sword. I'm getting a different feeling from this guy than I usually do. Not fear or power but... this guy used to be a person right? Doesn't feel right hacking away at him. Dante stopped brandishing his sword half-way. He instead pulled out his twin pistols while backing away to gain distance. So many things just happening at once, I can't make any big decisions until I know enough, this is giving me a headache. Didn't this start out with invisible pirates... heh, good times. He began to fire at the demon's knees.

Aina looked around as the creature rampaged, taking note of the shadows and the darkness that now enveloped the area. She would look up and see the moon with a curious glint. Wasn't it day a moment ago? Did this creature just cause the day and night to shift? She would then take note of the others around her as they all seemed to take their battle stances. Each stance telling her more than she needed to know of how that person fought and how best to support them. He gaze lingered for a while on Valentina as the thought of allowing an unfortunate accident occur to her crossed her mind. For now she would take some distance from the front line and begin to silently assimilate the shadows around her as well as pull the umbrella from her own shadow, twirling it around as it sat upon her shoulder. "This seems more like your area of expertise Crow. I'll leave it to you. I'll support from the rear so don't worry and go all out if you need to." she said as her gaze returned to the creature before them. For now she'll use the shadows to defend her allies. In combat, it's best if everyone simply sticks to the role they are best in after all.

He gets up and draws out the Falchion as he gazes at the beast. Another night... another slaying of a beast. I do wonder if it bleeds of blood... His arm glows of a black flames and he shoots out small golf ball sized stars where it flies at the monster.

Dante's shot pierced the demon's knees but he didn't reacted at all, even when he has two bleeding holes there, the demon ran towards Crow with the axe prepared to perform an horizontal slash, the move was very easy to see and Crow didn't had problems on dodging hit and counter with his ball sized star. The demon didn't reacted to that, when he saw Valentina was running towards him he prepared his axe and performed a strong vertical slash. Valentina dodged it and used the chance to counter, however the demon performed a somersault to end over the axe's handle and then he jumped again summonimg the axe in his hands and falling with a powerfull slash over Valentina, however, she was no longer there, she appeared away of the danger from one of Val's portals. Another portal opened from behind and Iscis stabbed the demon and retreat, when the demon wanted to react he was already gone, Valentina threw her shield that hit the demon in his head and then slashed him with her sword. The demon stepped back and looked down for a few seconds, his body was half-covered in black blood that was flowing from his wounds. W-what happens... Why... I... M-my... ... ... ... ... ... ... I feel heavy... I... Must finish them... Kill them... I... Must d-destroy... Kill... Destroy... Slay... B-but... Who... What am I... The demon stared at Valentina who was the closer person to her and she prepared to smash her with her axe.

The Crow sees the demon rushing did something that will catch Hate's attention, he reversed the corruption of the Falchion back to it's normal form so it's divine holy properties will shine while being able to harm the demon. Though I love a good challenge when it come to hunting monsters. But aiming to kill someone who is not in your fight. He upswings the sword, severing off the limb that had the axe. Is nothing more then SELFISH!

After assimilating enough of the shadows around the area she simply looked at the creature as ribbons of shadow came up from under the creature and wrapped around it's legs, keeping it from moving from the spot. The moment Crow severed the arm another shadow quickly shot out and grabbed the weapon, taking it a good distance from it's owner. She knew the thing could just call it back but maybe if she could observe the phenomena she could find a way to combat it in the future.

Dante flinched seeing it not react to any of his bullets. He pulled out his sword and aimed for it's leg, the same place where he shot so it would be easier to cut off. If I can't shoot it down then I'll just cut it down. You asked for this you resilient bastard. Dante charged at the monster slicing his blade toward the monster's knee.

The demon saw how Crow attacked him and he countered with a brutal slash, however, he didn't noticed Crow cut his arm, he saw how his axe fell to the ground and how Aina's shadows were taking it away, the demon tried to pick it by extending his other arm but suddenly Dante's attack cut his leg and the demon fell to the ground, he tried to stand up but Iscis prepared his spear and stabbed him in his chest, the demon remained in the ground as he closed his eyes and died. Iscis: pathetic. Val: is dead. Valentina: really? Val: yes, he is not breathing. Valentina: good... But what is that thing? Is the first time I've seen one like him... Iscis: is a demon, a dead one, let's leave that point there. Val: I agree, we won't discover anything here. Iscis took out his spear and he turned back to return with Valentina and Val. ... ... ... ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ i... I'm... Dead...? N-no... T-then... Why... I still feel it... Why... I can feel it... I... am... Dead... ... ... ... A-am I dead...? W-what... ................................................................ Oh... ... ... ... I see. ... ... ... I... I remember now... What I am... Who I am... ..............................................hahaha... That's it... The corpses around the group began to descompose and turn into dust that slowly flew towards the demon, surrounding him. The clouds began to cover the moon and everything began to turn black, until everything was black, there is when the group heard a voice. ???: I will rise from death... I... I'm that... The encarnation... of the death... Suddenly, a thunder illumimated everything, the group saw how the demon, now fully healed was standing up, with his axe in his right arm and a black katana with dark blood flowing through it and falling to the ground in his left hand, looked at the group with his black eyes and a smile. Valentina: you have to be kidding me... Val: he... has ressurrected... Iscis: be carefull... he looks more awaken now... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJg97Zj_BO0 The demon dashed towards Valentina and performed a brutal horizontal slash with his axe, Valentina used her shield to protect herself but the hit sent her a few metters away Iscis attacked with his spear but the demon used his katana to block it, Val shot a wave of arrows towards the demon, but he suddenly bite somewhere in his mouth and puked black blood to destroy the arrows. Iscis: are you kidding me? Don't come to me with that shit! Iscis put more strenght and managed to push the demon away, he then touched the ground with his spear and created a pillar of ice from the ground that hit the demon in his head, however he used his axe and destroyed the ice and used his katana to attack Iscis who used his ice armor to block it, Val opened a portal behind the demon, but he reacted very fast and jumped into it, he kicked Val and threw him into the ground, the demon then raised his axe and prepared to smash Val with it.

Yeah well nothing is really that easy huh. Dante pulled out his pistols again, not afraid to aim for the head since he doubts he'd stay still even if he dies. He slowly backed away, looking to provide cover for any of his team mates that needed it.

Seeing the demon rising from the dead again and preparing to smite upon Val, he aims his Evelyn and fires a shot at the axe to shatter it. Back off of the ice knight!

And the time stopped. Hi! Don't mind me, I just came here to slap. Slaps Crow. Good bye. and Kushala disappeared. You can ignore this guys.

Iscis would feel his body drop into the ground. No, he would soon realize it wasn't the ground from the way it felt. He found himself in perpetual darkness. No sound, no sight, no warmth. The kind of absolute darkness that would drive a person insane if left within it for too long no matter their mental fortitude. Luckily enough he would only feel this for a moment before light rushed into his eyes temporarily blinding him. When his eyes readjusted to the light he would realize he was right in front of Aina who felt a chill run through her from the experience. "I will never get used to having living people inside me." she groaned as she kept her eyes on the creature in front to bail anyone else out of danger if needed, hopefully with a shield this time and not swallowing them and spitting them out.

Iscis appeared next to Aina and he saw how the demon smashed is axe on the ground, he quickly stood up and one of Val portals appeared in front of him, he went inside, slashed the demon and jumped back into it avoiding another dangerous slash from the axe. Another portal opened and Valentina came from it, she stabbed the demon in his back, the demon used his katana but Valentina performed a somersault over the demon and she slashed him again before jumping back into another portal. The demon then dodged Dante and Crow´s shots, and suddenly he did something anyone expected, he calculated when and where was going Val to open a portal, he jumped into it and managed to successfully slash him with his katana. It was about to be followed with the axe but Iscis used his spear to cast an ice block and stop him, meanwhile, Val's armor began to change as he adopts a different posture and another bow appears in the other hand. Val: so... You want play uh!? We'll play then... Val charged towards the demon and both began to fight, while Val was attacking and dodging the axe and the bloody katana, the demon began to dodge shots and slashes... ... ... ... Yes... YES... YEEEEEES... This is the feeling! The feeling...! I'll kill you... Kill... Kil! I'll kill every live thing of this world!! The demon used both weapons to stop Val's bows. ???: I'll kill everything...! Starting by killing you! Val got forced to jump back because the demon puked more dark blood, suddenly everything turned black for just an instant and the demon appeared behind Aina ready to decapitate her with his axe but Crow stopped the attack, the demon then prepared his Katana but Dante stopped it before it reached Aina.

Dante caught his breath while slowly backing away from the monster. He looked back and forth around his team mates. Can't go on like this forever, but neither can he. But he can revive. Dante charged at the monster, his sword disappearing into dense demonic power around his hands. He reeled his fist to the monster's head.

He takes aim of his rifle at the demon's head with his Evelynn which begins sparking in flames. I will support you demon slayer! He starts firing multiple shots at the demon with it's fire rounds.

Aina would simply twirl the umbrella in her hand around despite seemingly being attacked before. There wasn't any reason to lose her cool. Her allies wouldn't allow her to simply die after everything that's happened thus far. Instead she will continue to observe this situation as she tries to not only uncover the truth about her opponent but her true target as well. So far she had already learned that this creature was to some extent learning about how they fought but the way it was doing so seemed to be more for Valentina's group. Could it be that it's not so much as learning how to fight them but was actually analyzing their xenoblades? Is that why it hadn't been able to properly counter Dante and Crow as of yet. If that was true then it meant that at the very least they had some kind of advantage. Well, that was of course assuming that that was indeed the case. She would continue to scan her surroundings as she tried to better formulate a plan to defeat this thing. The longer they fought the stronger it seemed to become but for what reason was it even targeting them? Was it really simply to fulfill it's desire to kill. There was no way in hell she would think something so absurd was the case. This timing. This location. This was set up by someone and she had an idea who. The third eye opened right above her right eye as it looked around. A smile creeping onto her face. "So what exactly is your next move?" she asked, not to anyone here but her true target. Most likely they noticed long ago she had been observing them and simply continued to let her for what ever reason but she had eyes everywhere. Anyone whose shadow overlapped with hers were all under surveillance. That's why she knew. That's why she was certain. The undeniable truth would not change. She could trust no one.

After saying that, Aina expected someone would answer her... But the fact is that anyone did it, after analyzing her surroundings she noticed they were actually alone, there weren't any being watching them right now, they were alone, however, the most strange and different presence, was comming from the demon, it was like if the souls of the dead were flowing through him, ready to assist him, there is when Aina noticed she was in front of something worse than a god of death... Dante punched the demon who stepped back then Crow's shots hit the target and one of them pierced the demon's head. The demon looked up due to the shot's push, he smiled while his coagulated blood was flowing out from his wounds, he slowly looked at them with a smile, a twisted smile. ... ... ... And then, he did something anyone expected, he used his katana to cut the veins of his both hands, then he carried his axe to his neck... And cut his throad, the blood began to massivelly flow out from his new wounds as he fell to the ground while laughing. Then his body stopped moving as he died. ... ... ... Hahahahaha... Hahahahaha...HAHAHAHA... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Now! Is the time to show you... No mather what you do... No mather how much you run! Death... Is very patient... Sooner or later... It will catch you! The demon got surrounded by a strange dark aura it got stronger and then bursted making the body react, after that the demon began to stand up, his body was fully healed except for the wounds he did to himself, he was still bleeding from that wounds but he didn't really cared about it, after standing up, he screamed and the wound of his neck let out a lot of blood around him, the moment the blood touched the ground, it turned into a dark burst that seemed very dangerous. The sky got filled with thunders that were falling to the ground turning this into an apocalyptic escene, that demon now was looking a very dangerous oponent expexially because his weapons were dripping blood that turned into a violent dark energy wemhen it touched the ground .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Icu68mFvsb4 With an insane speed now the demon charged at Crow with his katana, Crow blocked it but the katana splattered a track of black blood in Crow which bursted in dark magic and pushed him away. From the same spot, the demon slashed the air two times towards Dante with his katana, the blood reached him and he suffered from the dark burst. Aina was about to react, but suddenly she noticed she could be the next one and she was right, she luckilly blocked the axe, however it also splattered blood over her and the dark burst made her fall to the ground. Before the demon were able to finish Aina Iscis charged at the demon and stabbed him in his back, but this time his skin was too hard and Iscis spear bounced. Iscis: N-no way... Iscis then saw the axe being raised up and fall over him, he used his spear to protect himself, but the blood and the dark burst hurt him badly, while he was protecting himself from the axe the ice around him began to get more dense as minuscule spikes appeared on it. With more strenghts Iscis pushed the demon away, Valentina threw her shield to the demon stomach to make him react and when it hit Val opened a few portals around him and the three began to attack the demon with everything they got, they attacked multiple times before the demon spat up a lot of blood around him to make everything burst in darkness. Valentina, Iscis and Val left the area before it was too late, but despite all the attacks the demon had just a few scratches. Iscis: we have to leave... We can't kill this thing, it always resurrects! Val: I agree... We've done more than enough here... Valentina: if we leave this thing here it will destroy everything, just think about it, just watch around! We have to kill it now before he destroys everything!! Crow, Dante and Aina thought it was a good idea to leave and think for a plan, however they began to hear the voice of the woman. ???: I'm closer to you, give me 2 minutes and I'm there, also, Valentina is right, if you leave that demon bored he will extinguish all the life of this world, including you, keep him busy a bit more and I will help you to seal him!

Dante paused considering leaving before groaning knowing what the "right" thing to do is. He pulled out his pistols and began firing while backing away, almost taunting the demon. Just two minutes, I can do five! I don't got to kill it. Dante thought as he kept shooting.

Aina thought about everything carefully before she came to a single conclusion. The conclusion was laughable. It wasn't a decision that she would normally make. Something had to be wrong with her. Maybe it was due to the fact she already died once that her own life was not as important to her or it could be that she simply has lost her mind. Either way was bad but in the end it was moments like these that made history. Though she was the type to stay to the shadows of history rather than the forefront of it. She gave herself a self depreciating smile as all the shadows she had assimilated with before began to ripple with her at it's center. "I advise all of you to leave. I have an idea but it won't work if you all are here. To be blunt, you all are a nuisance. If you don't leave soon then don't blame me if you die here." She calmed reached down into the shadows at her feet and scooped out the wine cup of clear liquid. The god killing poison. There were none that were immune to its effects. Even if this creature is immortal it will cripple him and take away it's immortality. She alone was immune to it's effects. This would have been a good time for her companion to be here with her. For the poison to work on a true immortal like this creature before her she would need him to come into direct contact with it and not disperse it into a weaker mist like she usually does. "Seriously, kids these days sure know how to make things hard for their elders." she said as the umbrella twirled on her shoulder soon become pitch black. Her third eye opened once more as eyes began to open in the shadows around the area. She would use her trump card to buy her enough time for that fucking brat to get here and clean up this mess. She was kind of pissed about the whole thing now but she would save her complaints for when this all ended.

The Cainhurst hunter smacks his head in an attempt to rid of the voice while he channels the Rite the Call from Beyond at the demon. Wretched voice... get out of my mind! And something shoots out of the hunter's eye and striking the demon.

The posion from Aina weakened the demon very effectivelly, he fell to his knees, later both shots from Dante and Crow hit the demon in his head and killed him, however, more energy gathered around him as his voice echoed in the surroundings. ???: don't you understand...? Death... Gives me more power... No mather what you do, you can't kill an encarnation of death, because death... Is what I'm and from what I'm made of... The energy reacted and the demon began to wake up once more, and, in an instant he dashed towards Aina and slashed her with the Katana, then towards Val and smashed him with his axe, Iscis got stabbed in his chest, Valentina suffered a heavy slash in her stomach, Dante fell the weigh of the axe over him while Crow got covered in the dark blood that exploded in darkness That happened that fast anyone had time to react, the demon then jumped and began to puke blood around the batlefield, it caused a lot of explosions of dark energy that literally covered the place with explosions of darkness. When the attack ended, everyone was on the ground bleeding and the demon was looking at the sky filled with dark clouds and thunders. ???: do not fear anything... Soon... The eternal embrace of the death will come, then... You will enjoy the eternal dream he can offer you. Everything was dark and blurred, the demon was smiling while looking at the sky, when suddenly a sword stabbed the demon, he looked back to see a red haired woman with mask has used a strange sword with feathers inside it to stab the demon. ???: you say death this death that, but do you know what I have with me in this sword? The sword began to shine and when it did it the demon began to scream in pain. ???: life... The sword shined stronger and bursted pushing the demon away, he quckly stood up but the red haired woman slowly moved the sword while this one was shinning, it left a lot of shinny fragments of light that the moment it touched the demon he began to scream in pain until he fell to the ground, he was not moving and slowly, his body began to turn into dark smoke and disappeared, however, his voice echoed one more time in the air. One day... ... ... ... Death will come... And... It will take you... everything of this world will fall... One day... Death... Is very patient... The voice disappeared and the sky began to open as the dark clouds disappears from it, and then, you saw the moon again, shinning strongly.

???: hmmm... From somewhere the woman took out a book, she looked at it and despite wearing a mask, you felt her smile, she then moved the book to show you his name "Destruccion of Yggdrasil" That was the name of the book, however the name began to change like if something were rewritting it, now it's called: The manifestation of the death encarnation ???: congratulations, you've changed the future. After saying that, the woman got closer to Dante, Aina and Crow who were on the ground, picked up the sword and moved it over them to let the shinny dust fall over them, the moment it touched them they felt fully healed. ???: I'm sure you have a lot of questions, well, me too. I don't know what is that demon and why he appeared here, but you've saved Yggdrasil's kingdom, something that will affect the events of this world, but let's leave that for another time, I'm sure you have a lot of questions for me, except my name or other private points, I can answer any of your questions. You looked around and saw Valentina, Val and Iscis who were unconscious on the ground, the woman did a gest to leave them alone. ???: they are alive and they will live, don't worry, I prefer if you don't touch them.

Dante barely was able to understand what the hell is happening, though he's starting to get used to that feeling oddly enough. "Alright... I guess my first question is why can't we ask you certain questions?" Dante chuckled still feeling tired.

He gets up and grips his head but he turns to see the woman. I can feel my mind engorged in blood... and why did you save us?

"Why are we here?"

The woman kept holding the book, she ocassionally opened it to check a few pages but she kept an eye on the group, expecislly in Dante. ???: why I can't say some stuff? Because I can't, simply like that, let's say it could have severe consecuences for the future. Now I'll go to the point, as Crow and Aina has asked I have a big reason to have brought you to this place. And that reason was the thing that has just disappeared, I wanted to repel him from this place before he had the chance to kill the 90% of the population of this world, thanks to you I have managed to change the future, something I really appreciate. Despite of wearing mask you felt she was smiling, the woman continued talking ater two seconds. ???: You came from *portals* in the time to aprox 700 years in the past, why didn't I did this for myself? I have my secrets which I can't tell you. But you are asking to yourselves, what now? For now forget about the demon and xenoblades and thay stuff, you helped me and I'll help you, I'm sure you are curious about... What Hate has been really doing, expecially because of her *wonderfull conection*... Her voice turned more serious the moment she mentioned Hate, she said she was going to show you what she has really been doing, what could that mean? ???: Not only that, I'm sure you don't know about Selena's plan and what Leo, Kushala, Corrin, Samus are dead, but first... Let me ask you something, what is the first thing you remember? Nah, don't answer, Hate resurrected you, right? Well, let me show you what has happened before that day, the day you resurrected *the first time*. The mark you had in the back of your left hand began to shine and everything began to go black as the mark shined until that light also got covered by the darkness... ... ... ... Slowly everything got more illuminated, the group appeared inside a casttle, more specifically inside the throne room, there they saw a woman with a mask who was sitting in that throne and a soldier bowing to her... The soldier... Was the livelly image of Crow. Suddenly a man armed with a wooden wheel went inside, he fought and defeated Crow, he was about to attack the queen but suddenly he got stabbed by a crimson sword and the man fell to the ground.

Annalise: who are you? Hate: hmm... That even matters? I mean, I just saved your life! Annalise: you've killed them... Hate: them? Hate looked back and she saw Crow who was completelly disquartered, Hate then looked at her left that was still holding Crow's head. Hate: oh right! I totally forgot... Annalise: ... Hate: don't woooorry. Hate then showed a demonic smile in her face as she dropped the head, and went to grab and raise Annalise. Hate: because you are the next one! And the fact you are inmortal makes everything funnier!!!!! Hate brutally hit Annalise until she ended up being a piece of meat, piece she picked up. Hate: listen dear... Just thinking on how much your knight and you are going to suffer makes me smile... Hahahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hate remained in the spot, laughing and playing with the piece of meat, then everything began to turn black as you heard the voice of the woman. ???: Cainhurst casttle, there is when you died Crow, Hate is manipulating you to make Annalise suffer, not only that, I'm sure she will make you hurt her until both of you beg Hate to kill you, there is when she won't do it, she will keep you as a hate vessel. Now you know your truth let me go with Aina, you died time ago, you are a very powerfull and smart woman, but Hate is smarter... Everything began to get illuminated again, there they saw the garden they appeared the first time, but Aina and Hate were the only one who were there. Hate: Hello! How are you feeling? ... ... ... Hate: so... This is how is going to be? Fine by me. And then Hate and Aina fought but Aina quickly lost against Hate and died. Hate: I'll try without memories... That will help me to manipulate her... Okay then. A light appeared in front of Hate and went to the ground, it grew up until it took Aina's form, at first she was confused but Hate quckly got closer to her and talked with her. Hate: Yes... You are perfect, do me a favor and die quietly... Better... I'll torture you a bit to see the best way to use you even better... Maybe I can even revive the little Cat that was with you, but we know what I will do... Hate took her crimson katana and slayed Aina by decapitating her, she remained there with a psychopatic smile. Hate: I will enjoy so much seeing your face while I torture that kitty friend of yours! But first... I need my new warriors to obbey me... Hmhmhm... Everything went black again, and the strange woman spoke again. ???: Is not different from Crow, she just want to use you and later torture you and turn you into hate vessels she can use to earn power from you, Crow, Aina, I want now to ask you something. But first, Dante, watch this. The woman went to Dante and she touched the mark on the back of his left hand, Dante then felt a bit of pain in his head and he began to remember something... ???: Aina, Crow, can you still go with Hate after knowing this?

Shocked of what Hate did, he laughed to it in delight. Oh my... this may be the second time that I have seen the queen be reduced to nothing but pink meaty paste... the first was Alfred... that damn executioner, think that he had avenged his old dead mentor, but in reality, he had just reduced to a puppet of the queen. She always comes back... she like the hunters... are undying.

"Honestly, tis not something I wasn't already aware of. I began to have mine suspicions when I understood just how much power she hath over our lives. These suspicions were made a reality when she finally disposed of Alex. Even more so when I met that.....traveler? Either way, when I regained my memories during that fight with the bow idiot I remembered what Hate had done. Regardless I planned to betray her eventually but I needed to find a new host before making any obvious moves against her." The usual smile she wore was no longer present. Only the emotionless eyes of one who had experienced far too much in her short life remained. "The problem is who you are? You bring us here. Have us fight this.....thing. Save us but then expect us to trust you when you're the reason we almost died mere moments ago. Why should we trust you? Why should I Trust you?"

Dante's eyes widened, his vision turned back for a moment until he pulled his hand away. He pulled out rebellion on instinct pointing it at her. "How the fuck are you?" He screamed.

The woman pointed to Dante's left, there he saw Aina who was talking like if nothing were happening. ???: the Aina you saw is from the past, Hate revived them but she took her time to do it in a way more practical for her own plans, in ither words, that was just a memory from Aina. The woman then let out a sigh and then she said just a word to answer Aina. Cassandra. The moment she said that the atmosphere changed, she was not fine with revealing her name and her voice turned more serious. Cassandra: are you happy now? But I have to tell you to keep my name as a secret, as I told you, if others discover my name it could have severe consecuences to the future, so do me a favor and never say it without my permission. The woman continued talking, there was something different on her, like if she was being herself now. Cassandra: look, I can help you to deal with Hate, do you think you even have a chance to her!? No, she is a magical being who has enough power to destroy entire planets or worlds if she wants, I can tell you if you go agaisnt her without a solid plan you are done, not dead, done. As I said before, she will turn you into hate vessels. What do I want? Well, let's say I've fallen in love with a girl called Selena, but there is a magical being that want's to destroy her psichologically and later kill her, I can't let that happen, however, I can't do it alone and that's why I need your help, and to make this pact more fair I offer you this. Aina: you will regroup with your old friend. Crow: I'll help you to save your queen. Dante: you don't know this yet, but Selena has saved your life a few time's already, I can help you to pay your debt with her, but still if you want something else we can talk it. Cassandra: have we a deal?

Dante found himself with the familiar feeling of not understanding what's happening but he sighed anyway. In a way he thought it was simple. Just fight who they told him to, and whatever happens... happens. If he doesn't like it he'll just keep fighting like always. "Heh... always so complicated you super-beings and whatever. Just tell me who to hit and I'll decide whether or not to do it. See, simple." Dante chuckled.

To finally wake from this nightmare shall be a pleasant desire. The Crow gives Cassandra handshake whom smiles behind him. I shall agree upon this deal Lady Cassandra.

Aina thinks for a few seconds, her scowl never really leaving her face. Her thoughts were far more calm than ever now that she was able to paint a bigger picture of what was going on. There were still some things she wanted to know but she felt this 'Cassandra' would more than likely not indulge her curiosity. And then there was the 'reward' she just promised. She thought about using the tattoo to call her friend to her but the truth was she was afraid. Afraid of the knowledge that if he didn't appear then he was probably dead. A thought she would dwell on for now. After she finished thinking her shadow came alive as it began to draw numerous symbols on the ground around them. Geometric shapes and strange letter forms filled it's contents until it's completion. A magic circle now lay at her feet. She turned to the red haired woman, looking her into her eyes. "Twould seem no matter where or when I am people wish to use me without end. I shall be frank. I don't trust you. Nay, the only one here I can say I am able to put even a modicum of trust in is Crow and that is simply because of how simple and straightforward his overall motives are. You and Dante on the other hand I would rather have nothing to do with, however we seem to have at least a similar goal in mind. Because of that I am willing to work with you but only if you form this contract with me." she gestured to the magic circle that lay at their feet. "The terms of the contract are simple. Until we have adequately fulfilled our role of supporting each other in the mission of stopping and or killing Hate we will be unable to betray one another. If the terms of the contract has been breached by either party then it will be terminated and the responsible party will forfeit their life. I believe these are adequate terms." She wouldn't take any more risks than necessary. "If you agree with this contract then let flow a single drop of your blood into the magic circle. Those are my conditions of continuing this farce. I'll even tell you my own plans of defeating hate if you do so but I refuse to continue to be used at anyone's convenience." It wasn't the enchanting smile she always wore but instead a more business one creeping onto her face.

Cassandra walked closer to Aina stopped when she was inside the circle. Cassandra: Did you know we have a lot in common Aina? We both have someone which is alive and dead at the same time. We both are very carefull because we know how humanity is and not only that... A black rapier appeared in her left hand, she carried the weapon to the other and made there a little cut which dropped a bit of blood on the circle. Cassandra: ...I also like to observe everything around me, even the smallest detail because is something I can use in my advantage. Cassandra walked away from the circle after accepting Aina's deal, after seeing everyone was ready she made disappear her rapier. Cassandra: alright then, we must move fast maybe Hate and Selena are already fighting, what is the plan? Is very simply, me and Selena will deal with Hate, meanwhile, go with the others to help to beat Hate's allies, both flying lizards and the copy of Samus. It seems easy, but it is not, you've seen Hate with your own two eyes, she is reaaaally smart. Well guys... The woman closed her eyes, slowly, she took a stick with a crimson stone at the end of it, the stick began to shine and the stone got surrounded by a few lines of fire. She then opened her eyes and gave a serious and deternined look to the group. Cassandra: ...is time deal with an infinite. End of this thread, you will continue in the Sun thread for a bit.