Blood of Sin
by
Jay V Koo
Prologue
In a universe of mixed time lines where the sword and the gun coincide ... Now a man walks up the stairs to a cathedral it is night, the moon lights the night sky. Clouds floating close by the moon giving an eerie look to the night the weather begins to change thunder and lighting begin to add to the dark night.
The man seems to be one with the storm he is dressed in dark clothing . Upon his back his long coat, on the back of the coat is a metal plate in the shape of a shield baring a black cross and two smaller ones upon his shoulders . He also wore braces on his wrists on the right a cross fastened to it worn upside down made of metal. The night hid his face well the wind made his long dark hair flow in the wind along with his coat, revealing his armaments his sword and a revolver at his side with bullets along his belts.
Lighting flashes and for an instant reveals his face green eyes bright as jade. And a scar across his face from his left eyebrow to just under his right eye. He also has a bread around his chin connected to his mustache. A necklace is worn half tucked within his vest an unique styled cross green the center white and another diamond shaped piece of jade, from the outer edge of the white circle came two spikes around the top point of the cross arched.
The man reaches the door the lighting flashes again as he pushes the door open with one hand. He enters the place is nearly empty with only a few people praying and a few of the church members working on straighten up the place. The man walks down the walkway and to the end and turning right and enters the confession booth.
The priest opens the small door to speak with the man and begins the confession. "Lord we ask you to allow us to confess our sins and to be forgiven of our acts of evil and dark ways... My child what is troubling you confess your sins to be forgiven..." the man sits down it is dark in the booth only a faint outline can be seen by the priest of the man as he begins to speak. "Father I have come to confess my sins... I am a man of sin I can feel I am tainted with darkness..." the priest nods "With faith and confession you can overcome the darkness within your soul..."
The man nods "I must tell you of my past to explain myself..." and so he speaks of the dark past he has lived.
I was young my family and I were very close I was very faithful to the lord as well as my family we lived a decent life... When I was ten things in my hometown got bad a new cult had come to take control and many fought and died some hid their beliefs and pretend to be in their beliefs we were one of those families. One night as we prayed a cult leader came for a surprise meeting caught us and killed my parents on the spot and my unborn sibling who was due to be born soon. I was taken by them tortured for my beliefs then thrown out on the streets I was then thirteen.
My faith was shattered why would the lord have my family murdered for our faith in him and beating my soul hurting me as well. I left my home town to a village on the edge of the cults border that wasn't taken by them yet and ran to the church for help. I told them of what had befallen my home and the land they helped me then when my strength returned I asked for their help to take back the land... They refuse said it was wrong it would make me and them the same as the evil cult killing for beliefs.
I managed to get enough money for a sword and a leather vest and ran to help my fellow people. It took about a week to work my way through but I got to the clan leader and defeated him and retook my homeland. I then returned to the town who aided me and asked for their generosity again to help aid my town they refused and declared me a heretic ... I was hunted down and fought my fellow believers to survive and then I decided to take out the cult overlord who started all this.
A month later I found him and within two weeks I worked within the clan getting closer to him then I confronted him one night... I snuck up behind him ready to give him a killing blow to his head and he spoke to me "It took you a month to find me and another few weeks to finally come at me pathetic..." I raised my sword "Damn You!" he quickly unsheathed his sword and blocked my strike. Then grabbing an hand-axe interlocked with my sword and removed his and struck me across the chest the leather vest helped but not enough my skin slashed of its outer layer blood slowly emerging from the wound staining my vest and chest.
"You fool fighting for your Lord! I know exactly what you have been going through I too was in your position betrayed by the light then I found my true power and self buried under that pathetic light belief and virtue . Then I was brought into the dark realm and taught of the dark arts and the ways of chaos! Think about it, with light and your lord you live once die and go to your heaven... darkness live life to the fullest, anything is for the taking, do what you will! Sure death eventually awaits serve in hell under the dark lord and be reborn again as a demon, chaos infused into you, your power unmatched by the humans!"
My rage consumed me I rushed at him took his blow with the sword right through my gut and my sword through his throat... That's right I killed again but that's not all father... I did listen to him as I began to die the dark lord came to me as I called for him to... Now I have a message from him to your lord father Sin will become one with all human blood he will take all and I'm here to collect!"
The man drew his revolver and fired all his bullets at the priest through the confession booth... Then sheathing his gun and drawing his sword cutting the wall apart and emerging into the other half of the booth he stabbed the priest in the heart. Then kicking the door out and breaking it off the hinges he walked out.
A monk came out of the hallway across from the booth and saw the blood of his priest upon the man "What has happened here!" the man pointed the sword at him an spoke "I have come to collect blood for your sins Brother!" for the next hour or so the man massacred the people within the cathedral blood upon the wall pictures the furniture even upon the statue of the savior. In which the man made a disgusted look at the statue.
The man came upon the last room and entered a young woman in her twenty's on the ground she seemed weak as if she was dying... He looked at her for a few moments and turned to leave "wait... don't leave me here help me..." he stopped and quickly turned and pierced her heart, shock now upon her face for which his brutality caused. "Die well rest in your belief of peace..." he pulled his sword out blood shot from the gash and he turned to leave "who are you..."
He stopped and spoke "I'm the collector of sinful blood I'm... Vittorio man of sin..." with that she fell the last word she would ever hear sin...
Vittorio left the room and closed the door and sealed it with a magical barrier. Then entering the main hall he tensed up and pulled a dagger from his side and cutting his palm of his left had and sheathed it. "Blood of sin I call to thee you are to be summoned to thy dark Lord!" all the blood in the cathedral came into the room and began fusing together into small blood demons then the demons came at Vittorio he drew his sword and slashed them away.
All the blood demons reformed then fused into one large demon of blood baring a scythe. "You dare try to collect blood of sin?! You can't handle that kind of power!" the demon charged Vittorio and slashed through him... The scythe did not cut him but infused within in him sending pain through him causing him to fall to one knee... "Impressive human most mortals would have been split in half believing they were cut in half by it..." Vittorio stood "You are no match for my sins demon!" the demon was infuriated and rushed him. Vittorio blocked the attack then met him with another slicing the scythe head off and it then refused back together.
The attack weakened the demon "No use you must know I will always reform!" Vittorio stabbed the demon through the chest "Silence demon!" the demon howled in pain then ripping his own wounded hand open more allowing blood to flow he forged a staff of blood and tossed his sword aside then releasing darkness within him changing into a demonic state his crosses reforge themselves into the anti cross forms and the cross upon his arm glowed a blood red. "Feel the power of unholy Vengeance!"
Vittorio began to beat down the demon to the ground then viciously mutilating him beating and crushing him to pools of blood then he knelt down absorbing the blood within him. The demon slowly reformed with the remaining blood and stood and attempted to attack. Vittorio dodged and smacked the demon with the blood staff across the face knocking him down. Then Vittorio pinned him down and pierced the staff through the demon "Demon of blood and sin I dam you to the dark lord and banish you to my soul to be combined with thine sins!" with that the blood staff reabsorbed into him through his palm then the demon with it paralyzing him as it happened then a burst of energy knocks him to his back.
Vittorio then stands up brushes off walks over and retrieves his sword. Then disables the barrier over the room with the young woman "Now your soul may be free..." Then sheathing his sword he walks out of the church lighting striking viciously with the hard rain... Vittorio walked into the moonlit night...
Chapter I
The Legend of the Cross of Unholy Vengeance
A year later from the massacre at the church... Vangara a port town on the outskirts in a tavern a group of men drinking discussing the events that happened. "It was an act of Satan I say all the people inside were dead murdered all the blood drained from them..." one of the men laughed "You fool it was some maniac on a killing spree not some act of Satan..."
Another man spoke he seemed more concerned about the subject "The whole thing worries me something isn't right yes I heard all the bodies were without blood but a young woman was found she was already dying of the black streak plague ... she was found still baring blood why her? Of all the people if this was an act of Satan why was she spared? She was not the only woman in the church and she was the one who was to die anyway."
An old man walked over to them and sat with them "I'll tell you something about that night I was close by the town where it happened. That night I felt darkness try to infect me it reminded me of a legend I was told by a bishop when I was young..."
In the high point of the third age there was an group of high ranking religious officials who would hunt down the damned they bared silver crosses and they were cooled in holy water and blessed by the arch bishop himself... These crosses were unmatched no demon could stand a chance against them then a demon overlord finally appeared to stop them the crosses alone were not enough the monk suggested to combine the crosses into one so they did. The power of the cross grew tremendously with that the demon overlord was to be banished before he died he cursed the clan and their cross infusing his soul into it... creating a anti cross.
The cross destroyed the clan members instantly it glowed a blood red and a demon later found the cross and became a overlord shortly there after, it took a war of five years before the new demon overlord to be defeated the arch bishop then later sealed the cross away, its power was even too much for him to bare and died as he left its holding place...
It is said the cross when used anyone close by the cross begins to be infected by it's power or those of strong faith are weakened or even killed by it instantly...
"And that night I felt I was infected by that cross if I'm right and that cross is being used again things will only get worse..." another man put his mug down then spoke "So what was this cross called?" the old man answered "The cross was corrupted by chaos with vengeance so it was named..." then he was interrupted "Unholy Vengeance..." All the men turned to see who had answered it was Vittorio he motioned the bartender "A bottle of rum..." then threw a bag of gold to him "Sure thing catch..." he tossed the bottle to him.
Vittorio unsheathed his dagger and sliced the cork off then caught the bottle and took a drink then sat down at a table by himself. The old man was shocked to see someone who knew of the Cross of Unholy Vengeance... So the old man walked to Vittorio and sat with him. "Did I ask or say you could sit here?" said Vittorio. "No forgive my rudeness but how is it you know of the cross? That story is kept secret not to be shared unless under dire circumstances so how is it you know of it?"
Vittorio tool another drink then answered "For one thing you just told the story to random people... I was a part of the Blood Retainers high council before it was dismantled so I know a lot more than you'll ever know... Of course the fact that well..." The cross on his right wrist began to glow at the all seeing eye a blood red...
Then the cross itself began to glow the blood red then a dark flame began to erupt from it..."There's that..." the old man saw the cross and fear over took him and he quickly got up and began to run. "Not so fast old timer!" Vittorio got up and grabbed a dagger from his side and threw it at him. The dagger went right into his right shoulder and knocked him to the ground.
The whole tavern began to panic "Silence!" yelled Vittorio. He waved his hand sealing off the tavern with a spell blood red souls of the sinful blocking all the ways in and out. "You all have seen my power because of this old fool blabbing about forbidden past occurrences you all may blame him for your demise if you wish" the old man crying in pain on the ground as Vittorio walked to him."No please don't forgive me father!"Vittorio shook his head "You knew it was forbidden to speak of it..."with that Vittorio unsheathed his sword then stabbed the old man in the back to his heart.
End Chapter I
Chapter II The Collector Preview
The few of the more violent people in the tavern got up and tried to attack Vittorio not wanting to be killed by him if they had a chance. The first ran up and drew his raiper and tried to fend him off Vittorio held up the cross and instantly it followed his command and ignighted and it corrupted the man and killed him. His life just stopped he fell without a scream even... "Foolish..." Vittorio exclaimed. The other roughiens stopped in their tracks then one of them spoke up "You are truly a being of evil you seem human fight us like a true man and not use your demonic power what say you?" Vittorio noded and pulled out his dagger and from the old man and seathed his dagger and sword. "Come on then." The bar tender pulled out a shot gun and began to load it up as the six men and the two woman began to gang up on Vittorio.