Ok guys this is it. I got convinced to start over again my story on english so there it is. League of Doom has reborn. And to be honest i feel like i wrote the extended version of the chapter 1. Gonna take a break and will be traslating the rest of the chapters with more content and after the original 4 are back, then i will resume the rest of the story. Really sorry for the spanish subscribers for this, but i feel this was necessary. Thanks for all the support from the Discord channel. And lets Rip & Tear.
V.3
So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May you thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood of your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
-Corrax Entry: 7:17
William Joseph Blazkowicz III, better known as the Doom Slayer, has returned to Argent D'Nur thanks to the sacrifice of VEGA. The view in front of him were the fragments of the planet absorbed by Hell. His blood was boiling from his impotence for not saving his adopted homeworld but that was the past. What's done is done and he must go forward. Before starting his mission to close The Well, an old memory from his past surfaced making him remember that not matter how dire the situation is, he must not lose faith. That's what she told him a long time ago.
The Astral Grove, a mystic realm located outside the boundaries of the mortal plane. An ever-changing spirit world. In order to reach here, you need to find in the depths of the forests the portals that appear randomly. These portals tended to appear in many worlds. Only the most powerful individuals were able to travel there without effort. One day two people arrived via a portal. The first was a man wearing a large black tunic and a hood that covered his face, the second was a space marine wearing a damaged thick green plate armor. He had arm guards, white greaves over his black boots covering his shins and a light grey helmet. The helmet covered his entire face. The area of the eyes had a visor made of glass, being colored an icy shade of blue. Only a bit of his neck was expossed. It appears he went into a brutal fight and barely survived it. The hooded man helped his partner to lay on the grass, then he began to yell for someone who lives here.
"Starchild come immediately. This man needs your help."
The animals around were frigthened by the power of his voice and kept their distance. A woman came after hearing the call of the man. Her clothes consisted of a large blue skirt, yellow large blouse, armlets, a red cloak and had a magic staff. Her most prominent feature was her long blue hair. She put her hand in her mouth worried after seeing the severe wounds.
"What happened to him?"
"It was an ambush in one of his journeys. The enemy brought a significant force but he survived. The problem is, they put a lot of effort to kill him. I'm talking about heavy fire power and big monsters."
After finishing his explanation, he made a gesture with his hand and removed the upper section of the armor, the marine had wounds everywhere. Cuts and burnings were the majority of the damage he endured. They lean back the marine in one of the trees and the woman used her magic to heal him. All the damage on his body was erased thanks to her divine power, leaving only scars as a reminder. The woman smiled because she helped another person to recover but now was the time for questions. She faced the hooded man who stood at her side watching how his friend was restored.
"What do you have in mind Seraphim?" The woman asked looking at him with restlessness. "The starts can feel something terrible is approaching."
"It's better for now that you don't know what's happening. I will come for him after he recovers."
The man vanished in front of her as she sighed. The animals that lived here came close to the woman and she touch them, she sat down on a rock and started to play her flute. Everyday she played and the animals enjoyed her music. The melody reached the ears of the marine, he started to wake up but he had difficult to open his eyes, he was too tired. It took some time but he opened his eyes and realized he was in another place.
He noticed his wounds were healed and only scars remained, he turned around observing the groove and in that moment he saw her. The woman in front of him was playing a relaxing song that could calm the rage of the most savage animals. He tried to walk where she was but fell on the grass. The scream of pain made the woman stop playing her flute and saw the man laid on the grass.
"Do not force yourself, your body need rest." She said standing near the marine. "Put your arm over my shoulder, I'll help you to return to the tree."
The marine obeyed and with the woman's help he leaned back in the tree. Now that she was close to him he examined her amber eyes, lunar earrings and fair complexion. She was a beautiful woman, but her most attractive feature was her smile. An innocent smile unknown of the horrors of the war. He noted she put her hand in his chest and casted a spell that wrapped his soul. The pain was gone once again. He will have to be careful next time.
"That will be enough. I couldn't imagine what horrors you faced but I managed to heal your wounds." She said as she got up. "The stars are telling me you come from a place where war is perpetual, but you must never lose faith. After the storm comes the calm."
The man grabbed her hand and she noted the warm touch coming from him. She understood he needed her assistance and sit alongside him.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you my name. My name is Soraka. In a matter of days I'm sure you will be healthy once again."
Now that she was close of him, she blusshed a bit after appreciating much better his muscular body. She had been visited before by handome and strong travelers but no one had the perfect body of this soldier. She was curious to see his face. The man noted her curiosity and deduced she wanted to see who was beneath the helmet. He grabbed it with both hands, raised it and put it on the grass near of him. Soraka gasped after see the face of a man who has clearly been in the worse places and survived.
Middle-aged man, around his forties. His eyes were light brown. The color of his hair was dark blonde. Now that he was looking at her without the helmet, he appreciated better the beautiful woman next to him. The least he can do is to give her a warm smile in gratitude for healing.
"Thank you."
Soraka was caught by surprise by hearing him speak. Clearly he hasn't talked in a very long time. But his words were honest and that's all that mattered to her. Once gain he tried to get up, this time his body managed to stay on foot. He was still using the tree as a support to not fall again.
"Careful, you just recently recovered from a serious fight. Your wounds are healed, but your body needs time to recover." She said keeping an eye on him. "Your friend told me to watch over you."
"Where is he?" He asked while checking his right arm.
"He left. The Seraphim never tells anyone where he goes." She answered pointing out where he dissapeared. "Do you know by any chance what he is up to this time? Even the starts that are my guide can't track any of his movements."
The marine faced the Starchild, at first he didn't wanted to tell her, but sooner or later she will know about it.
"He's going to upgrade me."
"Excuse me?"
"I'm going to be his avatar of vengeance." Once he finished his sentence he grabbed his armor that was on the grass and verified it didn't had any major damage. Surely his friend did a quick repair using his power to restore it to his default configuration. After he put it back on the grass he noted that Soraka was worried. "What happen."
"Why would you choose the path of eternal torment."
The marine walked slowly towards a rabbit that was close to the healer. He put his hand near the rabbit, the animal smelled no malice coming from the human and jumped towards the hand. Now with the animal on his hand he was petting the head of the rabbit and Soraka understood why he was gonna accept the Seraphim's blessing. He lowered his hand on the grass so the rabbit could return to the forest. Beneath the appereance of a cold and ruthless killer, there was a humble and a caring person.
"I´m sorry for misjudge you. At first i thought you were some assassin hired by the Seraphim, but after seeing with my own eyes your nobility, I have learned i must not judge at first sight the appereance of anyone."
Even the mortals can teach humility lessons to the celestials beings. Never forget that.
The Seraphim teleported back to the Astral Grove after detecting his champion was recovered. Upon his arrival the animals again went into hiding, Soraka made a reverence and the Seraphim did the same. He approached to his friend, he examinated the body and turned around to see Soraka again.
"What do you think of this masterpiece?" The Seraphim said refering to the body of the marine. "I mean you're a woman and can't negate feel atracttion."
"You know how i despise these jokes." Soraka said. "Have you come to pick up your friend?"
"Indeed. It's time for us to go. Once again i thank you for your help."
The marine put back his upper armor and his arm-guards. The Seraphim opened a portal in the middle of the Astral Grove and was the first to cross it. The marine waited a few moments before leaving behind this place, he took a deep breath and turned around to bid farewell to Soraka. He approached to her, still with his helmet on his left hand. The difference of heights between them was very notorius. He was around 6.4 feet tall and she would be probably 5.8 feet tall. She put her right hand on the chest of the plate armor and approached the marine.
"You will always have the doors open to the Grove. Whatever your crusade is, I will pray for your sucess."
Her words restored his will of fight. Now he put his hand on her shoulder.
"I William Joseph Blazkowickz III, in gratitude for your help, i will continue my fight." He revealed at last his name to the Starchild. "I hope we meet again."
He put back his helmet, put the safes around it once again and walked to the portal. Once he crossed to the other side, the portal closed.
That was a long time ago but he carried her words and never lost faith. He turned around and saw the giant demonic skeleton with horns chained to the wall, it missed his arms and legs, probably it was there as a warning or as a trophy. At his right in the sky he could see the UAC base on Mars in the mortal plane. Crossing the hallway, he saw the remnants of demon bones, the most prominent was a giant skull. He saw a giant statue of him wearing the Praetor Suit, it missed his right arm, between the legs there was a stone with the same sigil in his helmet carved, at his right there was a pile of impaled skulls. He reached to the end of the road of the fragmented island where he was standing.
Below there was the ruins of a shrine who once belonged to the battle priests, now absorbed into demonic architecture, there was a demon patrol on the zone. He drew out the Gauss cannon with precision bolt and started shooting the Imps and Cacodemons. After he killed them he jumped to the next platform, during mid-air he performed a second jump and landed safely. He changed to the Super shotgun, he moved to the right of the shrine with caution and saw three Imps appear shooting fireballs, he shoot twice killing two of the three, the remaining one was wounded and proceed to pummel him. He went to the center of the shrine and saw a stairway made of stone.
In the middle of the stairway there was a berserk pack and grabbed it. Two Hell knights appeared from both sides and jumped where he was, he evaded their attacks by moving a few steps in the stairways, made a double jump and stomped the first, the second one he punched him so hard he ripped half of his jaw and tore his head with the spine included. He saw a Summoner appear were he landed in the first place, he was bringing more Imps and went immediately to his location. Three punches and they died. He heard the roars of more demons appear in the shrine, turned around and there were Pinkies and Revenants who charged at him. He returned to the center evading the enemy missiles and killed them.
He turned around if there was no more demons in the center of the shrine, now they appeared in the upper section of the place. Some Imps were hanging in the walls, he saw them and with his speed he destroyed them. Behind him more Revenants and Imps appeared trying to hurt him but their efforts were futile. They were utterly destroyed by one punch. Another Summoner was preparing more troops to appear but immediately was killed. A Mancubus appeared from the right side and he was brutally murdered by watching how the Doom Slayer ripped with one hit his armor who covered his stomach, and the second one exploded all his torso leaving only the head hanging from the spine. The last demon was an Imp trying to run, but the moment he crossed paths with the Scourge of Hell, the effects of the Berserk pack wore off and the blast wave annihilated him.
He stood guard with the HAR with micro missiles ready, but no more demons appeared, the shrine was clear. The door sealed in the middle section of the upper floor opened. He walked the stairways, crossed the door and reached the other side of the shrine. Where he was standing, he appreciated the Well and some giant statues of the Night Sentinels. He kept the HAR ready in his hands. The other side of the shrine had three floors but they were destroyed and had to jump between the floors while killing hordes of Unwilling. Once he reached the low level he walked towards the statues and looked the other side of the floating broken mountain in front of him.
He jumped to the pass of the mountain, keeping an eye of every step he made, a wrong step and he would be floating for all eternity in the emptiness of the void. There were a lot of candles in his path. Cacodemons awaited for him, only to receive missiles to the face. Some Lost Souls appeared out from nowhere and charged at him, he quickly shot at them. Climbing his way he reached the end of the road and saw two Imps climb to his location, he shot the barrel in front and both imps died. He went back a few steps were he came up, saw another route and decided to take the upper path instead of jumping to the right side of the mountain. He jumped with care and he reached the secret passage. He grabbed a mega health package just in case and saw the sanctuary were the first Wraith was imprisoned.
Kill him.
The dark lord voice echoed the region ordering the demons to kill the Doom Slayer on sight. The first arena was in ruins, there were three bridges in the middle of it, the first was beneath them and was the healthiest and the other were badly damaged. Beneath them was a pit which floor was bloodied. The second bridge of the left was connected to the middle one forming a crossway. The middle bridge had lookalike fangs at the borders, also there was a Quad Damage sphere on it. On the other side of the arena there was a sarcophagus and a giant skull incrusted on the wall. At the right side of the arena was the shrine were it was locked the altar which held the first Wraith channeling the argent energy to power up the Well.
There were some Hell knights patrolling the area, with the Gauss cannon he killed them. He jumped to the arena and in a matter of seconds more demons spawned in front of him. Imps, Hell razers, Revenants, Pinkies, Lost souls and more Hell knights. He changed to the Plasma rifle and shot a stun bomb at the Revenant who was close to him, quickly disposed him with the Super shotgun and the stun effect traveled near the other demons who were approaching, he drew out the D-12 chain gun with mobile turret and ripped them apart with ease. Changed back the plasma rifle again shooting a stunt bomb to a Pinkie near the sarcophagus and with the Super shotgun shot at the back which was his weak point killing him.
With the HAR with micro missiles he killed lots of Imps and Hell razers but more demons came from nowhere. He took one of the portals who were located in the walls and was teleported to the far side of the arena, in the middle bridge saw a Quad Damage sphere but some Hell knights went after him. The Gauss canon with siege mode was ready, charged the beam and destroyed both of them. He ran to the middle bridge and grabbed the sphere. Feeling the power now it was time to destroy them. Before doing that, he double jumped a Pinkie who was running straight at him and went to the same portal he took earlier and came back again to the same place.
He drew out the BFG and aimed in the right angle, double jumped and pulled the trigger. The super charged sphere of Argent energy powered up with Quad Damage annihilated every demon present making a gore fest. No more demons spawned and the doors of the shrine opened. He went to the altar and saw the Wraith sleeping and the orb of Argent energy powering up the Well in the sky. It was time to use the Crucible. He embed the artifact on the sphere, absorbed the Argent energy and the sphere exploded, weakening the Well. The Wraith was finally free. When he got up, there was one of the spirits of the Night Sentinels pointing out where to go. The spirit vanished in front of him. Before leaving the shrine, he saw a skull switch in the wall, he activated it and heard a door open. A secret passage was open and went over there.
He left behind the arena and walked to the cavern, always keeping an eye on his surroundings and saw the exit. The second arena was in front of him and of course another shrine on the right side. The place was in better shape than the first. There was a bridge in the middle of the shrine and arcs around them, pillars with braziers of fire, to the right was the second shrine with his doors sealed, waiting for enough blood to be spilled in order to be opened. To the far side there was a little cliff with some trees near the mountain.
He must not be allowed to free them.
Once again the demon lord ordered his minions to stop the Doom Slayer. He jumped to the arena and in that moment the demons spawned to defend the place. With the HAR on hand he shot micro missiles to the Imps and Hell razers who were in front of him, keeping an eye of the Cyber mancubus who was on the main bridge shooting acid at him. He saw a Hell knight charge at him, he killed him with the chainsaw. Standing on the cliff he shot with Gauss cannon the hordes of demons approaching. Hell knights, Imps, Revenants and Hell Razers. Whoever dared to approach him was killed.
A Pinkie managed reach to his position, unfortunately for the demon there was a Berserk sphere nearby and after the Doom Slayer grabbed it, he punched him and throw away his corpse. More demons spawned near the shrine, he took the portal located in the wall of the mountain and was teleported beneath the shrine, went forward and started a killing spree destroying the Cyber mancubus on the bridge, the Imps who were hanging on the pillars. Pummeled more Hell Razers and to one of them he grabbed both arms, put a feet on his chest and ripped his arms from his body. Another Cyber mancubus spawned near the fountain of lava, he shot some acid rounds but was futile and the demon was killed with two hits.
More Imps alongside Revenants appeared from the other side and with every kill he made, he became faster reaching to their location and killed them. He was feeling the effects of the Berserk power up wear off, before it ended, a Baron of hell come forward as the last demon to defend the shrine. Both enemies went forward but the Doom Slayer was faster and stronger, first it was a kick to the leg breaking it, next it was a hit to the face and the last hit was again in the face but it was with such strenght the demon was sent flying with his head off. No more demons spawned, which means enough blood has been spilled to the gates to be opened. And so it was. The gates opened and went to the altar of the second Wraith. With the Crucible he absorbed the Argent energy orb, closing it. After he finished another explosion happened and was thrown at the floor. When he got up, saw another spirit of a Nigh Sentinel pointing out where to go. He left the shrine and at the end of the bridge of the arena saw a new entryway to a cavern. He jumped and followed the path of blood leading it to the final arena.
Only one Wraith remained and the portal of Mars will be closed permanently. He observed the terrain before engaging the enemy. The shrine was on the right side, the rest of the arena consisted of rock platforms and some of them had gravitational ramps. In the middle of the place there was a bridge, also it had some caverns and portals. With the Gauss cannon with precision bolt started to shoot the Hell knights who were patrolling. He jumped to the arena and the demons spawned to defend the last shrine. Imps, Hell knights, Revenants, Hell razers and Pinkies were the first line of defense.
Quickly changed to the HAR and started firing micro missiles at everything in front of him, quickly went to the first ramp and he landed on the other side of the arena continuing his onslaught. A Pinkie was nearby, with the Plasma rifle he shot a stun bomb and killed him with the Super shotgun on the back, he keep changing positions between the high ground of the platforms or changing positions using the portals. Most of the demons were on the other side, a perfect time to use the D-12 with mobile turret. The three cannons obliterated all demons, even the Pinkies with their extra armor.
For a moment there was no enemies, but more demons came appearing from different. Mancubus, Hell knights, Cacodemons and Barons of Hell were deployed. He took the portal to return to the other side of the arena, went to the middle platform were there was a Quad Damage sphere, and before unleashing Doom upon his enemies he shot a stun bomb at the Mancubus and with his damage increased, killed him with the plasma rifle, the stun effect spread to the Barons. He went back to the gravitational ramp and jumped to the other side of the arena, it was time to end this fight and drew out the BFG, with the Quad Damage still active he shot and in seconds the demons exploded their innards.
The super charged Argent energy sphere traveled all the arena ending the combat. And so the final shrine was opened with the blood of the fallen. He proceeded to seal the last Wraith and with the Crucible on hand, that action was possible. The artifact sealed the last orb and another explosion thrown him to the ground. This time he heard the laugh of Olivia Pierce, meaning she was alive after she opened the portal. After he got up he could see his actions to bear fruit, the Well has been closed and Mars was free.
After he left the shrine he saw the spirits of the Night Sentinels watching over the entrance of a cavern, as if they would kill any intruder who dare to interfere in the final confrontation between their leader and Olivia Pierce. He jumped to the cavern and landed in a floor full of blood. The whole place was filled with the bones of dead demons in the corners, in the walls there were monuments of ancient demon lords who ruled Hell, and the place itself was filled with all the might of the fourth ruler, indicating his presence nearby. The Doom Slayer got up and saw the massive pentagram on the floor and in the middle of it was Olivia Pierce. Her armor was full of blood, and just by watching her near dead appearance, indicated the demons have no longer use of her.
"They promised me so much."
Those were her final words before her unholy ascension. Poor unfortunate soul. Making deals with demons always ended up forfeiting your soul being manipulated and destroyed. Olivia was pierced by an electric discharge and fell to the ground unconscious. The blood absorbed her and her ascension was at hand. The ground started to quake and from the pentagram an armored spider leg rose. In seconds the demon lord emerged from the blood. Olivia served as the final sacrifice to bring forth the Aranea Imperatrix. The brain was exposed and divided by a metal plate, always beating. Below the brain was a plasma cannon. The prophecy said the dark lord of Hell of the fourth age will rise with the unholy union with the key holder. His mind was everywhere, fed from the blood of all the demons who have fallen and forged with bones of stone, steel, iron and sinew. A God above all the Gods to rule them all. It's time to see if the prophecies are true.
The Doom Slayer started with the D-12 mobile turret while evading enemy fire, the Aranea did the same moving to the left side, he jumped to the right side and from there continue firing. The Aranea rotated his head and now he had more protection and his cannon was on top. He moved forward to crush him with one of his legs but the Doom Slayer quickly changed to the Gauss cannon, jumped first and shot the floor to dash back from the armored legs. Once he was away he resumed the shooting, the lasers were penetrating the brain and once again he changed positions.
The Aranea didn't care of the shoots and changed his patron of attack. Now he used his armored legs as weapons and filled the room with lasers moving sideways, but the Doom Slayer jumped or crouched the beams. In that moment changed to the Rocket launcher with lock on, shooting three missiles, all of them to the brain. The Aranea now shot bombs from his legs to everywhere, forcing the Doom Slayer to stop his attacks and evade them. Now was the time to use his psychic powers. He summoned pillars of flesh from the blood and unleashed electric shocks all over the place. The Doom Slayer jumped to one of the pillars and from there resumed the fire, using again the D-12 mobile turret.
The onslaught of bullets forced the Aranea to fill all the pillars with spikes and the Doom Slayer jumped back to the floor, he grabbed pieces of the pillars using his mind and he throw them, too bad the pillars were destroyed with the rapid fire of the mobile turret. The Doom Slayer drew out the BFG and one shot stunned the Aranea, once again with the mobile turret he sprayed slugs all over him. His brain was damaged and he barely could move, so he sat and used his legs to shoot lasers and create defense walls to delay the inevitable.
Another shot from the BFG and he stopped his defense and was open to another barrage of slugs to his brain. He tried to move for the last time but his battle armor had suffered enough damage and fell to the ground, awaiting his death. The Doom Slayer walked towards the Aranea and set foot on his mouth, grabbed with the left hand the upper mouth and with his right hand put the BFG on his mouth. He charged the weapon as the Aranea watched with horror his end. The shot destroyed half of the brain and the Aranea was no more. A moment of silence was there but then he saw in his visor an announcement from the tether system, activating the dimensional jump back to Mars. He was once again back to the UAC, everything was fine until he realized the process of tethering was still active and he was trapped.
"You've won - It's over. You stop the invasion and closed the portal. But it's come at a price – Argent, VEGA. This entire operation. You see, I've watched you work – come to understand your motivation."
Samuel Hayden has made his move paralyzing him. He shouldn't trusted him in the first place. He was walking towards him explaining his ulterior agenda.
"You think the only way is to kill them all - leave nothing behind - and you may be right. But we can't just shut it all down. Without Argent energy it will be worse. I don't expect you to agree."
After he finished explaining his motives he used his hand as it were a gravity gun and took the Crucible from the Doom Slayer.
"But with this... we can continue our work. I am not the villain in this story. I do what I do because there is no choice."
His intentions were clear. Resuming the production of Argent energy no matter the consequences.
"Re-routing tether coordinates… Complete."
The computer voice indicated the teleporter was ready.
"Our time it's up. I can't kill you - but I won´t have you to standing in our way."
With a gesture he activated the Crucible true form, a red energy blade with demonic runes and a dread aura around the weapon.
"Until we see each other again."
As he said goodbye he turned around and went back to the control center. The teleporter activated and the Doom Slayer was sent into the unknown.
The Seraphim always vigilant of his mortal champion, watched how he was being hurled to another place of Hell. He had another task for him. While the Doom Slayer was cleaning the disaster on Mars, he had a vison of the Magister Mutatio making his comeback. In ancient times he was defeated but it took countless sacrifices. He detected the place of origin in a distant world, filled with magic but also with familiar faces related to the Doom Slayer. With his hand made a gesture and altered the destination. He would land in another dimension, which domain has started to make contact with Hell. There was a gift left behind he could use to reach it.
The Doom Slayer fell in a desert after the dimensional jump, he got up with the Super shotgun and observed the desolate terrain. In the middle of nowhere, it seemed the horde was preparing an ambush. He started moving to realize in which circle of Hell he was. The first thing he noted was the sky of the region was purple and he could see an imminent storm. On his way he found the bodies of purple insects, looks like a battle took place nearby. He heard roars not far away from his position and went to see what was happening. He saw an ongoing battle between the horde and these insects. The Imps were fighting to control this area from the insects, while they were stronger, they were outnumbered. Before kill them all, the suit interface started a software update. His visor now was showing VEGA, the artificial intelligence from the base of Mars.
"Hello, thanks for making a backup in your system. Looks like the hardware of your suit it's compatible allowing my installation."
Well at least his journeys won't be so quiet now, that's a relief. Now that he thinks about it, probably VEGA could unlock the tethering device and use it.
"Doctor Hayden send you to the region E3M1, one of the first tests areas where he sent drones to explore the region during the early days of the program. The archives that I have about this land are different with his current state, even the fauna. It's the first time I see these insects living here."
More insects emerged from the sand and more portals spawned Imps to fight. There was something here if both factions were sending reinforcements. He went forward the battle, the Imps were the first's ones to see the Hell Walker and the fight took a new twist because they forgot the insects, he was the new target. They shoot fireballs but he dodged them, killed three Imps with a double shot, recharged while doing a backwards double jump, he shot again to other group of Imps and the last one who was weak he grabbed him from behind and ripped his jaw. The remaining Imps retired for the time being and left him face the swarm of insects. With the Plasma rifle on hand, he shot all insects who dared to strike him, he quickly changed to the Heat Blast mod and the constant fire towards the bugs quickly charged the heat wave.
He never stopped moving, the insects went after him but the rapid fire of the Plasma rifle kept them at bay. The dessert started to tremble and more insects arrived, he waited them to be close enough and activated the heat blast stored killing the large swarm around him. From the sand emerged a large purple crystal that was responsible to summon more insects, another wave of insects came to defend it, but the rapid fire quickly dispatched them. With his fists he broke the crystal and no more enemies spawned. Curious about the item he grabbed a fragment and keep it on one of his pockets.
Now he went after the Imps with the HAR. He wondered what part of Hell he was, guess they absorbed another realm to bolster their numbers. For a while everything was quiet, VEGA was analazing the surroundings and recording. He stopped for a moment his walk to appreciate the remainings of the clock tower that served as one of the many fortress-monasteries the Night Sentinels had. After walking a little more he found the ruins of the city of Ungmar. For what he could see from the remainings of the once beautiful city, the architecture was similar to French Gothic, mixed with cutting edge tecnology. Something was different since the last time he was here. Ungmar originally was located on an island and had bridges on the north and south of it, but since Hell devoured Argent D'Nur, anything could have happened.
So many memories here with his brothers at arms. Now it's a shell of his former glory. The moment he step foot unto the city the Imps attacked him, hanging themselves on the walls of the buildings, the devastator rounds blew of their heads without effort. As he advanced through the streets, more memories surfaced. The city once faced an invasion and helped the young recruits to survive, the people erect statues for the brave soldiers who defended the city.
Many thousands of years ago
The recruits helped the civilians to evacuate the buildings and guide them towards the shelter in the middle of the city. The city of Ungmar has been marked to be destroyed by the horde. Thousands of Lost Souls and Infernal Cacodemons in the air, on the ground there was jeeps transporting Possesed human soldiers, behind them were Cyber pinkies and Dark imps. Far away of the enemy lines, the high ranking demon who was in charge of the siege was an Overlord Elemental. The Night Sentinels established a flee on sight order, because the Overlord was a very dangerous and powerful adversary, capable of destroy entires companies on hiw own. Only the most seasoned warriors were capable to kill it. But this was an invasion on their homeland.
In order to reach the main city, the demons had to destroy the keeps. There were two of them. One in the front. The second on the rear. There was a company on each keep ready to defend it with nails and teeth. The road was filled with traps to delay the advance of the demons. As the convoys were getting close, they stepped on the mines starting a bunch of detonations on the roads. Once the explosions ceased, only a handful of vehicules survived but even they didn't have a good start, because as soon the Possesed soldiers left the vehicles, they were recieved by the barrage coming from the torrets on the keeps. On the walls were positionated mages chanting in the tongue of the Wraiths a spell to slow down the advance of the horde.
A purple mist started to cover the road and the enemies soon found that their movement was being slow down by magic. The Possesed soldiers tried to kill the mages using rocket launchers but the fire coming from the turrets killed them first. The Cyber pinkies thanks to their robotic legs weren't affected and started to get close to the gate. The gunners turned their attention to the bull demons, leaving the mages to deal with the rest of the horde. The Overlord Elemental wasted no time and joined the battle. One of the priests at the keep saw him and went to the teleporter to warn to the senior members of the Night Sentinels to help on the defense of Ungmar. As the demon commander came to the battle, soon other powerhouses arrived. The Overlord Elemental passed the command of the invasion to the Spider Mastermind bringing legions of Daedabus behind him.
This was too much for two keeps to handle. A runner was dispatched and used the teleporter to return to the city. Augustus Sternhelm, a recruit who joined yesterday the Night Sentinels was living his first major battle against the demons. His first order was to deliver the message for backup to Empyriam. Once he reached the clock-tower, he explained to his senior officers the sighting of an Overlod and a Demolisher leading the invasion.
"Augustus Sternhelm, you have the honor to visit Empyriam in your first day. Not everyone can set foot on the holy city of the Night Sentinels. Report inmediately the situation and pray that your brothers survive long enough."
"Yes sir."
20 minutes later
The soldiers repelled the fireballs coming from the Dark imps, the mages continued chanting the spell to slow down the march of the demons. There was another group of mages casting fire spells on the ground incinerating the demons. The Cyber pinkies encountered resistance from the soldiers using their shields to push them back. The priests who were behind the soldiers blessed them with the power of the Wraiths, the buff was short and they have to use it quickly to kill as many as possible. The Lost Souls hurled to the gates of the keeps to weaken the defenses, the Infernal Cacodemons spit fire to the turrets on top of the towers, the gunners were having a terrible time dealing with them but things went to worse with the coming of the Overlord Elemental.
The Overlord started firing Hades Spheres on the battlefield, reports from the veterans indicated these orbs where flying mine bombs. The demon faded away and reappeared on top of the towers where the gunners were located. He fired a barrage of electricity amd caught by surprise the gunners killing them. The Lost Souls that still remained launched to the mages and by killing just one, the mass spell that slowed down the demons started to loose power, forcing the mages to split up between killing the airborne threat and deal with the ground forces. The Overlord teleported behind the Infernal Cacodemons, the combined attack of the flying demons was a serious threat. The Overlord now summoned his most deadly attack, the lightning balls. The orb traveled at alarming speeds and soon it touched the ground, pillars of lightning began to torn apart the Night Sentinels ground forces.
The other keep had his problems. The Spider Mastermind was packed with two super-chainguns and a BFG. The advance of the Daedabus was a walk in the park annihilating everything on sight. The keeps have been lost at this point. The survivors activated the emergency protocols by destroying the teleporters, to make sure the demons don't teleport to the city. The second line of defense were the bridges. The battle mages that survived postionated behind the Enhanced Power Armor units, bidepal armored walking tanks with lasers and rocket launchers on their backs. On the barricades were turrets and their respective gunners. In the worse case scenario, the bridge had mines below, ready to blow up in case the demons manage to capture it.
Tension was rising up, the Night Sentinels stood guard waiting for the gates to be smashed in any minute by the demons.
"Attention to all the troops defending the city of Ungmar. We're on our way. Don't let these monsters desacrate your homeland. May the Wraiths bless you."
The troops heard the good news and their confidance restored. Whatever came throught the gates will stop it at all cost. The Cyber pinkies destroyed the gates and from behind it came a large mob of Daedabus resuming the siege. The EPAs kept at bay the swarm of Cyber pinkies while the mages casted flamestrikes on the floor. The gunners killed uncount numbers of Dark imps. Now that the keeps were under control of the enemy, they used the corpses to create Gore Nests to spawn more demons. From the top of the towers, the Hell Razers started shooting at the mages. The Infernal Cacodemons appeared from the sides of the bridges burning any unfortunate victim.
Before they could cause more harm, the flying demons were quickly disposed by the timely arrival of the elite troops via teleportation. One hundred men divided between the bridges, and of course the last person to arrive was the Doom Slayer himself. There was not time to praise, the Doom Slayer ordered to hold their positions as he personally led the defense. In the middle of the bridges were located teleporters to move between the bridges in case any side needed more help. The demons became more hostile after seeing the Scourge of Hell on the battlefield. William moved between his troops watching them fight the demons, he was proud of their dedication and sacrifice. Now was his turn to bringing the victory to the citizens of Ungmar.
The weapon he used for this task was the BFG 11K, pulled the trigger and the plasma beam began to destroy any opposition in front of him. The next hour turned into a slaughter for the demons. The legions of Cyber pinkies obliterated, the Dark imps killed by the combined might of the footmen and shadow priests, the Infernal Cacodemons slain, the Overlord and the Spider Mastermind were struck down by the Doom Slayer and his elite guard. The city has been saved, and will endure another day. The young soldiers who bravely fought to defend the city against overwhelming odds, were honored with a statue representing their courage. It was a quick ceremony because they had to tend the wounded and bury the fallen, mourn them and resume their activities like any other day on Argent D'Nur.
Present Day
His thoughts were interrupted by an Imp who tried to scratch his armor but he was blasted to oblivion with a quick headshot. He turned around and found a fissure on the ground, he could see the stairways leading to an underground building. He changed to the micro missiles mod and faced a lot of Imps and Revenants who were guarding the stairs. After killing all opposition on his way he reached the end of the stairs and was in front of a crypt, but it was not an ordinary one. He recalled the contingency plan if Argent D'Nur faced an extinction event. It was a security vault hidden using magic barriers to keep them hidden, but it has been thousands of years and the spell lost his power after that time. It would be a matter of time for this place to be found.
He opened the metal gates and entered the building. Inside of it was located a teleportation machine, one of the top secret projects developed by the knowlodge passed by the Wraiths. They offered the D'Nurians how to build interdimensional teleporters in exchange of worship, entertainment and sacrificies to honor the covenant. The equipment was connected to a sigil on the ground, its power was still latent after all this time. A gift from the Seraphim.
"I've finished scanning the fragment of the crystal you picked. My conclusion it's part of a dimensional teleporter using mystic sources to bring up troops."
Suddenly an earthquake struck the city, followed by a thunderstorm. He went to see what was happening and found that the sky changed drastically, the heavens from Hell and this unknown realm were colliding, as if they were merging to become one. There was no time to waste, he returned to the vault and activated the machine. The panel was still working, only had a bit of dust. After cleaning it, he pressed the runes to verify everything was working as intented.
"It's a shame we never found this place before, the surveillance bots didn't reached up to this region and everything I think how could work it's pure hypotethical. But you're the only one who knows how to operate it. I believe the machine can take us back to Mars but we don't have any coordinates."
VEGA was right about William being the only one who knew how to operate the machine. He pressed the buttons and the panel showed the vault selected to be teleported. The panel that showed the destination was broken and he couldn't let the demons capture this machine. Once the final details were checked, he activated the machine and the vault teleported towards it's next destination. The Seraphim gave a hand were he would arrive next, the world called Runaterra. He has seen many things to come in that world that put in danger the equilibrium.
"You will get a nice surprise once you're there William. I'm sure both of you will be happy to see each other again."
The vault appeared in a swamp frightening the animals. He opened the gates and could see the swamp surrounding it. It wasn't a bad place to hide. Probably the first days this site would be safe but he knew sooner or later someone will discover it. He turned off the machine and with the combat shotgun went to explore this new world.
"I will mark on your map the locations you visit on the way. Also I marked the coordinates of the crypt where it's our point of entry."
The walk was quiet, he haven't feel peace since the golden days of Argent D'Nur. He left the swamp and found a road, he followed it and after a while he found a town which was protected by walls. For the time he stayed far away, hiding in the forest. The radar on his mini map tracked the coming of knights mounted on horses. He heard he was in a nation called Demacia, the name of this world was Runaterra and the rest was political stuff. Now he had the basic knowledge but he was sure in this world there would be more nations. The interface marked the town and his habitants as friendlies. He watched the knights enter the town and decided it was not the time to make contact. He laid down on a tree and was wondering what to do.
"When you feel ready, make contact with the people of the town. Probably they will have more information."
His priority was to prepare Runaterra if the demons dare to strike this world. He was sure the people of Demacia would understand the situation. He took a break after so much death and destruction. His arrival didn't go unnoticed because the machine teared the walls of reality of Runaterra. An old man in a forgotten wasteland, a traveling mage which skin was purple stopped his journey to feel the disturbance, a humanoid armored jackal who was walking on a dessert stopped after sensing a unnusual wave of energy pass over the lands of Shurima, a celestial dragon who was resting in the outer space and an ethereal entity which was always accompanied by little yellow spirits were among the few who felt this anomaly.
He was sleeping like a rock. After eons of conflict the basics needs of rest or eating were meaningless, but he did sleep sometimes to remember he was a mortal. The night was in all his splendor, the animals of the forest saw the stranger but their instincts warned them he was extremely dangerous. Even when he was sleeping, they smell the stench of death coming from him. The animals felt another presence arriving and immediately abandoned the area. A spectral black wolf wearing a white mask alongside a female humanoid lamb wearing a black mask, instead of feet's she had hooves, her fur had blue tattoos and was holding a bow. Lamb and Wolf, Kindred as they're better known.
They felt too the rupture of reality and tracked the source of the phenomenon and what they found was a man sleeping. In all of their journeys through the history of Runaterra, they haven't seen a futuristic alien armor so imposing that it didn't seemed to be made by mortal hands. Also what caught their attention was the sigil on his helmet. VEGA sensed the presence of unknown entities and immediately yelled at the Doom Slayer.
"Wake up."
The Doom Slayer heard VEGA calling him and grabbed the super shotgun aiming at the forest to whatever was coming after him. He found nothing. From the shadows saw the creatures walking towards him, a spectral wolf and a humanoid lamb wearing masks. They realized he could see them because he was aiming to them. No one said a word for a long time and the spirits broke the silence.
"Who are you outlander?" Lamb asked.
"Have you come to steal our harvest?" Wolf asked too.
They didn't get an answer from the stranger. Everything he was doing at the moment was aiming at them.
"Why have you come to this world?"
"Perhaps he wants to steal our food. I can smell the stench of death."
Again Lamb asked but he was silent. Wolf assumed the stranger wants to steal their souls.
"Since you can see us you must choose. My arrow…"
"Or my fangs. I'm always hungry for a chase so please, choose me."
Wolf was ready for any movement. Even in front of the death the stranger was calm and stoic. Kindred couldn't smell fear or doubt, he was the first to directly challenge their dominance. The Doom Slayer tired of their questions opened fire.
"Finally some action."
Wolf went to bite the arm of his prey, but he dodged quickly the assault. The bullets didn't seem to work against the spirit, so he opted for a more practical way: his fists. Lamb still smelled the stench of death but the thread of his life was strange. Through the metal and flesh that covered him, she could see a cursed aura around the man. It was not related to an undead curse, resurrection or extended life, but something from beyond. They have encountered many individuals and none of these had this curse. Wolf managed to bite the arm protected by the armor, but he was open to be hit. He tried to break the metal but his fangs couldn't do it.
The Doom Slayer punched the mask non-stop and Wolf grunt because he had never encountered this resistance. He stopped biting him and hid in the forest, the shadows were his perfect ally. VEGA was recording the fight and making a file to the Codex. The Doom Slayer still had the hologram module and in seconds a duplicate of him came from the machine with the plasma rifle. Both started to shoot to different directions. Wolf attacked from behind but he missed and went to the hologram. The Doom Slayer shot a stun bomb and the spirit was trapped by the birkeland currents empowered by Argent energy. Now the wolf was the prey.
The Doom Slayer hit it so hard the spirit was thrown away. Wolf got back up and immediately chase him, he saw he was waiting for him, he didn't move. He opened his mouth to rip his head but that's exactly what he was waiting for. The Doom Slayer punched through the mouth and slammed him to the ground. He removed his hand form the insides of the mouth, he put one of his knees on the neck of the beast and resumed the beating. Lamb was shocked to witness the defeat of his other half by this warrior, but also she watched as each hit landed, his mask started to break. She wouldn't allow that to happen. She aimed at his hearth to end him swiftly, the arrow went straight to his hearth but the spectral arrow was burned into ashes. His soul was tempered by the fires of Armageddon and tainted beyond ascension. The Doom Slayer stopped the beating and turned to see Lamb.
"If you break his mask, you will unleash a catastrophe so terrible that no one will be able to stop him."
For a moment he thought of the consequences of his actions. He just came today and the female spirit warned him about the destruction of Wolf's mask. He would have thrown his plan to save this world to the garbage, so for the time being he followed her request to stop. He left Wolf run and saw the little cracks on his mask. He was behind Lamb, not wanting to show his shame.
"You don't belong to this world. I saw through your soul and you're beyond life and death. Whatever purpose you have here, keep in mind we will be watching you."
"I will hunt you down until your soul its mine."
And they banished from the forest leaving behind the stranger. The Doom Slayer look his arm where Wolf bit him. The beast bit hard, but it ended up as another memory of his long list of victories.
"The entities which showed today, looks like they're similar to the folklore of Death on Earth. My guess in this world there will be more magical beings."
What a night really, he resumed his rest and the peace returned to the forest. The sun was rising in an island continent filled with ancient trees, tall mountains and tranquil rivers. This land was called Ionia. In the roads there was a female healer always wandering and helping the people. But what makes this healer so special, it's her blue skin with tattoos, long pointed ears, long white hair, a horn in the middle of her head, bandages in her arms and legs, instead of feet she had hooves. Her vestment was yellow jacket and a red cloak. Yes that's Soraka. But why the drastic change, that's something we will find later. In one of her walks she was approached by Kindred, she of course could see them but what called her attention was Wolf mask damaged.
"Can you help him?" Lamb asked. "He got into a fight and he lost."
Soraka user her magic to repair the mask and in the meanwhile they started talking.
"What happened to him? I've never seen Wolf hurt so badly."
"There's a powerful stranger who arrived yesterday. His stench of death called our attention. But it's the first time we see an individual wearing an armor so powerful he was capable of hurt Wolf and his soul is…unusual. He's not cheating death. I can detect when someone has cheated by using artificial means, necromancy, resurrection or stay in an undead state. His armor it's not from this world and I doubt anyone can replicate something like i have seen. There's something else, his helmet has a sigil I've seen a long time ago. It had the form of an angled anchor painted in red."
While she explained what happened, Soraka finished repairing Wolf mask and he regained his confidence once more.
"Can you recreate the symbol?"
Lamb used her bow and made a recreation of the symbol on the earth. She recognized the symbol as her eyes opened wide.
"This time he will pay."
"Easy little Wolf, we must keep an eye on him first."
"And where is he?" Soraka asked to Kindred.
"He's on the lands of Demacia, far away from here. But I have the feeling he shall visit this land too. Well that's what I think about him. All I have to do its follow it's his stench of death."
"We will meet again little goat." Wolf said but before leaving he was hit with the bow of Lamb. "That hurts."
"Don't be rude."
And they left the Starchild to wander again on the roads. There's only one person she has known who have that sigil.
"It's that you William?"
She resumed her walk and pondered about this possible reencounter. Now changing from Runaterra to Mars, Samuel Hayden was in his office studying the tablets of the Crucible to understand it's secrets. Mars was free of demonic corruption but the installations were damaged and he was the only person "alive" on the planet. He had to restore the Argent energy back to circulation. Earth still had some reserves but the constant demand of Argent energy made these reserves trivial. Now that the Doom Slayer was gone, he could lie to the media of the incident, the board of the UAC would be the only people he could reveal the real problem that happened.
"Better contact Earth and tell the board I'm going to need new personal."
1 hour later
Samuel still on his office made a call to one of his contacts in the underworld. He waited until someone answered his call.
"Samuel it's been a while."
"I have a job for the War Hounds. The pay will be as always."
"Ok i'm listening."
"I want you to attack the space colony Arda."
To be continued…
Sorry for these 6 month hiatus but the best course of action was to remake chapter 1. I was originally working on chapter 5 but after reading over again the old chapters, man what a mess i did back there. I'm glad i managed to fix them. As you can see people, the whole chapter 1 was extended even more adding new content.
For the Doom readers, you might recognice the monsters on the flashback sequence i implemented. Yeah we have Project Brutality action. In case the things turns for worse, maybe you can see in action the absurd arsenal of Russian Overkill.
Well the next thing for sure it's a remake for chapter 2. A proper one.
Also good news for me. I've got an invite for the beta for Battle for Azeroth. Durga my friend thanks for all the support. It doesn't matter how long do you take, finish it.