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Cruel was the only word to describe what happend in the year that Julius Belmont defeated the lord of darkness, world did not change in that year instead the people were digging into their grave by the evil that has walked over the earth. The evil was no living being but the curse that Dracula unleashed on humanity before he died. In the months that followed the curse drove people to madness killing friends and loved ones. But the time has come to put a stop to this curse.
Thirty-seven years after the curse was unleashed on the lands of the living Soma Cruz, the reincarnation of the lord of darkness was planning to create a entrance to the world of the death. And so he created a portal to that world using all of the souls he had collected over the years but at a cost...
There were colors mixing in the portal and signs of magic were flowing inside. The portal showed reflections of seven other people besides Soma. He saw that there were others that were ready to step into the portal that was mixed with colors and scenes of beauty and horror that belonged to the death. As Soma stepped into the portal he felt perfect harmony but a sudden feeling of despair was the last thing Soma felt from the real world as he fell into the abyss.
Soma fell down into the abyss, the cold finger tips of darkness were surrounding his body slowly pulling him into madness. "No I won't be taken by the curse." The young man said to himself when the thought of Mina crossed his mind and he broke free of the binding of darkness. But he didn't awake in time and as he was falling he fell through the roof of a burning building and landed on the first floor.
"Damn it..." Soma cursed as he was laying on the floor of the building and he struggled to stand up but when he heard people screaming outside he gathered his strength and ran to the door as fast as he could and kicked it open only to find a village that was burning down to the ground. The ashes were in the air, the scent of burning wood could be smelled in every corner of the village but it was the sky that made Soma stand in shock. It was red as the color of blood instead of the darkness of the night that was beyond it. "This is the world of the souls?"
While Soma was standing in shock several skeletons slowly surrounded him. "Was it like this all along?" as soon as Soma finished his sentence a knife was thrown at him but with his sharp senses he dodged it right on time and quickly threw the counter-attack with a swift dash and he grabbed the handle of his blade before he cut the skeleton's head off. But a much bigger skeleton jumped throught he window next to him. Soma tightened his grip on his blade and did a quick dash into his opponent's direction only to see a large fist punch through the skeleton destroying it completely.
Soma watched the skeleton's bones being scattered around in pieces. Soma looked up at the woman who was levitating in the air. The wind went through her hair and showed her lovely tresses and her long blue skirt was waving around beautifully. When the girl landed down on the ground she brushes the dust off her skirt with a sigh. "Who are you?" Soma asked when he loosened his grip on the blade he was carrying but he didn't lose his focus on his surroundings.
The girl turned her attention on Soma with a suspicious expression on her face but she soon turned to the buildings that were burning down in front of them. "I am Shanoa, the morning sun coming to vanquish this horrible night." the woman answered as she took a look at Soma's sword wondering how he would defeat that skeleton she defeated easily with just a sword. "And who are you and do you know where we are?" Shanoa asked with a curious tone in her voice. Meanwhile Soma walked to the skeleton raising his hand in the process and he absorbs the skeleton's soul.
"I am Som-" Shanoa's eyes widen in suprise and she quickly took a step back and she gathered her strength and prepared a strong wave of wind in both her hands. "No step further!" the girl yelled when she aimed one hand gathered with a strong wave of wind on Soma. "Who are you creature?" Soma tightened his grip on the handle of his blade again. "Calm down I am not here to harm y-" Soma's eyes suddenly widen in suprise when Shanoa turned her attention away from him.
"Someone help!" a loud scream yelled out through the streets of the village only to find Shanoa and Soma. They were the only ones to hear the call for help and Shanoa lowered down the wind in her hands and soon ran into the direction of the scream. Soma followed Shanoa and wasn't far behind her. Not far from where Soma and Shanoa defeated one of the many skeletons in the city a mage was fighting a horde of skeletons herself. "Raging fire!" the girl screamed out as she burned down a group of skeletons. After that she turned around as fast as she could to face another group of skeletons.
She pulled the book she was carrying closer to her stomach and she places her hand on the left page. "Piercing Beam!" a beam shot out of her book and a part of the skeletons were blown off their body and they soon fell on the ground. "Take that you stupid skeleton! I won't go down that eas-" The wall behind her was suddenly destroyed when a large skeleton jumps through the wall and lands down on the ground ready to throw a barrel at her. It was too late for the mage to react but then a sharp black end of a dark brown whip hits the skeleton's head so hard that the skeleton breaks into pieces in a instant.
"You need to concentrate more on your surroundings." a voice came from the shadows but the man quickly stepped into the light of the fire but the darkness still covered the left side of his face. "Huh, who are you?"the mage asked with a tone in her voice as if she was suprised and a smirk went across the man's face. He slashed his whip against the ground creating a small crack in the street tiles. After his whip makes contact with the tiles he dashes past the skeletons and whips every single one of them as he dashed past them. They soon meet the ground, in pieces. Another large skeleton jumps down through the wall of a building and lands in front of the unknown warrior.
The skeleton screams as loud as it could but the warrior was not intimidated and he throws his dagger into the skeleton's head which causes it to stagger. When that happend the warrior twirls the whip in circles in the air before he throws it around the skeleton's neck. "Hah!" After that he pulls the whip towards him ripping the skeleton's head off in the process. The warrior swings his whip to the left and smacks the two remaining skeletons with the head of the bigger skeleton creating a small moment of silence after they collide. When the dust lifts up the only thing that was left were the broken bones of the skeletons.
When the warrior was done he let out a sigh and he let the whip rest on his shoulder. "Thanks." Charlotte said with a warm smile on her face but the warrior didn't react because he was watching the burning courtyard that was behind them. "That kind of fighting style, I have seen it before with Jonathan but he's not carrying the whip. Could it be that he isn't part of the Belmont clan. She whispered softly when she closed her book.
The warrior picked up his dagger and put it back in it's sheath. After that he slowly turned to Charlotte revealing a scar over left his eye. "Your wrong there child. I am a Belmont." As the village was burning Soma and Shanoa made their way to the sceam for help not knowing what waited ahead of them...
