Chapter 26
Damien and Shade were engulfed in a black flame, unbothered by the heavy rain. Lance had to back away from the overwhelming heat. As the fire quickly faded Damien stood once again. The traitor's lower body was replaced with dark legs cover with faceless masks and sharp talons for feet, three in the front and one on the back. On Damien's back where two demon wings made of shadows.
"Damien..." Muttered Lance.
"Damien is no more, I am Nyarlathotep." The demon forms a black gauntlet over its right arm and holds it up. "Betrayal."
All the god arcs grow a black vine and connects into the Gods Eater's armlets. Everyone felt eminence pain from their weapons. Their right hands were turning black and mutating.
Lance went down on one knee as both his hands changed. "What is this?!"
"Nyarlathotep! He's making the familiars consume their Gods Eaters."
"How? Is this Damien's blood art? AHHH!" The mutation crawled up Lance's arms, reaching his elbows. "I can't sense Damien anymore."
"He's gone Lance, he gave his body over to his demon, to his familiar."
"Then there's no need to hold back. Remove the armlets."
"What!? You remember happened last time!"
"Do it!" The familiars unlocked Lance's armlets, letting them fall into the mud.
All of the Gods Eaters had their arms mutation reach their shoulders and still growing. The god arcs gave off a faint glow, Nyarlathotep tightened his hand into a fist and the glow faded quickly and the mutation grew faster. "You WILL obey me."
Nyarlathotep sensed something, he turned and was sent flying into one of the houses. The corruption stopped in all the Gods Eater but didn't go back down.
Nyarlathotep emerged from the rubble, the demon was taken back by what he saw.
Lance's arms turned pale blue with folded blades on the sides. Two jets grew out of Lance back, his clothes were taring, his boots were shredded as his turned in a hannibal's. Lance's tail changed into a pale blue hannibal's.
All the of the Gods Eater were horrified by the sight, the first unit was even more so, their leader was changing into caligula once again.
The jets opened with cold fire and Lance flew towards nyarlathotep. Lance grabbed nyarlathotep by the neck and threw him to the ground then to the center of the battlefield.
The demon sat up, it coughed up blood and turned to Lance. "What are you?"
Lance glared at Nyarlathotep with yellow slited eyes. "My name is Lance." The human hannibal extended his blades. "This is inner demon."
"You've lose your mind." Nyarlathotep made a second gauntlet for its other arm and charged. The two clashed, Nyarlathotep catching Lance blades. "You would die for these humans? You would fight a god for a dying race?!"
Lance retracted his blades and headbutted Nyarlathotep. "You're no god, you're a monster."
The demon was getting back when Lance used his ice breath. When Nyarlathotep was frozen the hybrid Gods Eater kicked his opponent back several feet. "Only a human can kill a monster." Lance flew towards Nyarlathotep and punched him in the chest. "Only a human can hope too!"
Nyarlathotep grabbed Lance by his leg and swung him off, still holding Lance the demon hovered into the air and hurled him into a house.
Lance came flying at Nyarlathotep with a left hook. Nyarlathotep dodged the attack and spun to swing his tail into the demon, then backhanded Nyarlathotep in the head with his other hand. Lance extended his left blade, Nyarlathotep dodged thinking it was going for him but Lance was aiming for the wing. The blade phased thought the wings.
Nyarlathotep kicked Lance in the chest then fallowed with an uppercut, while the hybrid was stunned Nyarlathotep grabbed Lance by his arm and flew straight for the ground below.
Lance regained his senses and breathed ice into the demons face the broke free. Lance clawed at Nyarlathotep's torso and punched him in the face, shattering the ice.
Nyarlathotep's fists gave off a dark glow while Lance gave off a golden glow. Both began punching each other where they could get a hit. Nyarlathotep got a punch on the of Lance's head but Lance fallowed up with one to Nyarlathotep's right eye.
The dragon and the demon continued trading blows with each other. Lance got a mighty strike to Nyarlathotep's face then the demon countered with a quick jab to Lance's jaw.
As if the the heavens had had enough the two fighters were stroke by lightning and plummeted to earth. On the ground the two charged again, their fists connected, both sides not giving an inch.
Nyarlathotep was slowly pulling back, Lance advanced and Nyarlathotep side stepped the fist and punched Lance into face. The demon charged dark energy into his attack and blasted Lance away.
As Lance was blown away Nyarlathotep grabbed Lance by the tail and repeatedly slammed him into the ground. The demon took of back into the sky and spun Lance around to build up speed, when there was enough Nyarlathotep let go.
Lance crashed into the ground but the mud softened the impact but Lance was still hurting from the throw.
Nyarlathotep stood over the fallen Lance and stomped on his head. The demon held out its hand and continued to corrupt the god arcs and their eaters.
"The heartless monsters you surround yourselves with, they feeding off the pain of others. Gods Eater are a maniacal unit of sub-human parasites protecting a race that was meant to die long ago. Warp into a feeding frenzy at the smell of fresh aragami blood. Open your eyes familiars and see the creatures for what they are, a swirling mess of hatred and envy."
Lance rose to his feet and charged at Nyarlathotep with his fist pulled back. Lance threw a right hook and Nyarlathotep caught it. The demon saw Lance move his left arm forward and held out his other hand to block.
Lance's left arm blade extended and swung low, under Nyarlathotep's guard and sliced him in half.
"How?"
Lance reach out with his right hand and grabbed on to Nyarlathotep's face. "I'll show you hatred." Lance slammed The demon into the ground and flew forward at high speeds, dragging Nyarlathotep along the way.
After flying for a mile Lance stopped and lifted up Nyarlathotep, his back was grinded and bloody, his wings were gone. Lance threw Nyarlathotep as hard as he could back the way they came and flew after him.
Catching up to Nyarlathotep Lance looked at the demon and grinned. Lance sped up and got back to where the battle started ahead of Nyarlathotep. Lance landed and slid thirty feet, when he stopped Lance's left fist charged up with a golden light.
The hybrid saw Nyarlathotep coming and pulled his fist back. "Go back to hell!" Lance swung and punched the in coming Nyarlathotep in the face.
The demon exploded as dark and light collided. The shock wave created a tide of mud splashing ten feet around the collision.
The god arc lit up and the familiars were freed, they quickly got to work healing their Gods Eaters, reversing the mutation.
Lance fell to his knees, the transformation was taking it's toll and Lance could feel the caligula trying to take over. His vision was fading but he could barely see his armlets reattached to his arms.
Magnus kneels down beside Lance, resting his hand on one of the jets. "We're not losing you again."
Lance's eyes were returning to their normal grey as he closed them.
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