Chapter 37: Azazel's Dark Heart
In a temple illuminated with an ominous aura of darkness and death, seven ponies stood at the center of throne room standing above a blood colored rug. The columns nearby them were wrapped with barbed wires that had creatures within them, attached to the column, prevented from escaping, as they were reaching out in a still like grim like prison, skinless and flesh showing bodies, stabbed by the metal sharp edges of the large, long string. The walls were made of red pulsating flesh of some unknown creature, as if it were alive. The ceiling had hands, hooves, claws, and any appendage like limb that can grab or not grab. This throne room was simply alive and dead.
The seven ponies who were in the throne room, staring at the man in the throne chair, was Eulogy, Silver, Nero, Psionic, Insane, Maple, and March. The one on the throne chair had long silver locked hair that extended down to his purple plated chest armor that had a gold triangle with a hand imprinted in the center of it infused in the center of the armor. He had black fingernails and he also wore black eyeliner along with gray lipstick. His feminine features were attracting and present with his pale face that revealed a lot about him, but also hid his dark emotion of atrocious behavior. His purple leg armor was revealed through his waist robe along with his purple boots.
Each pony bowed in respect to this feminine looking male. Silver looked up and walked forward two steps, before stopping. "Lord Azazel, our forces are prepared for the invasion. On your go, we'll strike." He said.
Azazel's eyes had glanced at the cryomancer before he rested his chin on right fist. "What about the cult of Zazibac, have you found any member yet?" He asked in a calm tone.
Silver frowns and shook his head sideways. "Sorry my lord, but sadly we did not find any members. I think that the legends are true. That cult had to have been exterminated by another cult or actually entered into Paradise." He said with tone of shame, sad about his failure to gain the last of the requirements for building up the forces for his lord.
"I am slowly falling to that theory. Perhaps they do not exist anymore, I do not know. Where ever they went, it is impossible for even me to track them down." Azazel said.
"Perhaps they extinguished themselves out of this dreadful world." March said, calmly.
"Yes, just like you leaving the swordsponies." Maple said, smirking at him.
March glares at her and says, "Shut up you jealous whore. I felt glad I left that place and glad that I managed to hurt Solar and almost kill him if I hadn't felt like sparing him for another day." He earned a stone glare from her. The zebra smirked at the mare that became furious at him.
"You shut up, Solar could easily defeat you and you know it." Maple said.
"I'm sure Solar could do more than fighting." Insane said in a lucid tone, licking his lips.
"Stay away from him you cuddler, he is mine!" Maple yelled at Insane.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Maple; technically he belongs to no one." Insane said grinning at her.
"You better not even lay a single hoof on him Insane, or I'll rip you to shreds." Maple said, stomping her hoof on the ground.
"How about you try making me?" Insane asked, provoking her even more.
Nero sighs in frustration and says, "Enough, you two are both making a fools out of yourselves." Insane and Maple both glanced at the black phoenix pony.
"Really? You're the one saying that? The one who let a Paradise member live." Maple said, causing Nero to glare at her.
Silver, Eulogy, Psionic, and March all look at Azazel who was grinning.
"Eulogy represents sloth, Insane represents lust, Maple represents envy, March represents greed, Nero represents wrath, Psionic represents gluttony, and Silver represents pride. How amusing to see sinful siblings argue with each other, trying to prove a worthless point." Azazel said, causing all of them to look at him in silence.
"Good, your reckless bickering is quite a bothersome. Eulogy did you resurrected the needed bodies as I told you too?" Azazel asked looking at the necromancer.
"Yes Lord Azazel, I resurrected Erebos, Lyncro, Flare, "Flare?" Silver interrupted her.
"Yes, even Flare, now let me finish." Eulogy said glaring at Silver who sighed and motioned her too continued.
"Anyway, I also attempted to bring back Shinnock, but he's well…not in the void dimension anymore." Eulogy said shuffling her hooves nervously.
"Amazing, you failed to retrieve Shinnock." Psionic said, earning a death glare from the necromancer.
"Eulogy, ignore Psionic dear, he's quite gloomy today." Insane said calmly.
Sighing in frustration, Eulogy says, "He's in another dimension my lord."
"Another dimension, I wonder how he even got there?" Azazel wondered. "That's all I need to know. Now tell me, what will be accomplished with Helena?" He asked, gazing back at Eulogy.
"I'm teaching her still about the gateway transmission spell, she already knows the basics as to what she has to do after her training." Eulogy said in a calm tone.
Azazel smirks, lifting his right hand into the air. Suddenly, a large black ball appeared above his palm. "Syoku…Tendora." He said in a whispered tone. He then snapped his fingers, summoning a portal to the outside realm where a city was seen through its water like surface. "Heh…" Azazel grinned while pointing the black ball directly at the portal. He then fired it through the portal and held out his fingers in a snapping position.
New Trot City
A Taxi pony was waiting behind another taxi pony, stuck in traffic in the buzzing bright city. He was growing impatient from all this traffic. He had to get to his customer and he was running late. Looking up, he notices a portal in the air. "What's that up there?" He asked a pony next to him who also glanced up to the sky spotting the portal. The rest of the ponies near them started looking up, curious to what these two were looking at.
A large black ball flies out of the portal straight into a building, then suddenly, a burst of hot air and strong blowing winds blew out of the building, obliterating its very existence from the planet. The ball exploded into a massive explosion, spreading straight towards all the objects and living beings that stood in its path, killing them without mercy. The taxi pony started to yell while staring at death's smoky presence heading straight towards him. He felt his body burn as his skin and fur started actually melt away into nothing but oozes of blood. Then he too was gone with 95% of the city.
The cloud of death started rising high above sky, breaking its limits while reaching into space. The force of the destruction spread across a few towns such as Las Pegasus, Trottington, Fillydelphia, even Neighpan. The mushroom cloud could be seen from even Cloudsdale.
Back in Azazel's Throne Room
Azazel looks at the carnage he had caused, grinning in amusement. "March…" He called causing the zebra to glance at him. "Your daughter plays a great role in this war you know, if she masters this move, this very power in her hooves. Then even the gods of the multiverse will be frightened of her that is if any of them don't know how to use it." He said, starting to giggle.
March ears lay down as he sighs asking, "My liege, what about the after effect?" He was concerned.
"Don't worry March, I'm making sure that she can be able manage only twenty percent of the Syoku arts. Lord Azazel used only two percent of his power, so you don't have to worry about it, okay?" Eulogy asked, earning a nod from the concerned zebra.
"My lord, Faxilimis is still being stalled by that insomniac. I believe Charon could take his place when Paradise enters into the tower realm of your brother, Samuel." Insane said.
"I see, I will inform her soon. Get ready, all of you. The invasion shall begin." Azazel said, getting up from the chair. The seven sinful ponies nodded their heads and began walking away.
To Be Continued
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