The cold mountain winds blew as Femto and Reddo made their way through the mountain path that separated Greed and Gluttony Country. They were and had been walking on a trail known as The Snake's Wit. The trail was safer than just going up the mountains the normal way, but the path was rocky, had irregular terrain, and experience frequently potent turbulence. However, it was the safest path. . .as long as one avoided the Dagger Snakes.
In complete silence Femto and Reddo trudged through the mountainous path. However, Femto was struggling to keep his balance due to the irregular terrain. Reddo, however, passed over it with ease due to his large size.
"This is annoying as hell." Femto mentally griped when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He landed in an awkward gritted his teeth, "This is stupid."
Reddo roared with laughter, literally. He roared and caused loose rocks from the top of the mountains to roll down the mountains sides. Femto scrambled to move out of their way before turning to glare at the ancient Zinorge.
"Keep it down! You're going to bring the entire mountain down on us!" Femto snapped at the large creature.
Reddo stopped and looked down at the small man. Femto felt a pain a vein pop in his head. He hated being looked down on and talked down to. He didn't like it from Reddo especially because he could do that in both ways; mundane and figurative.
"Perhaps, but yelling at me doesn't solve a thing." Reddo replied calmly with a smirk, "However, it would have to worry about falling rocks for much longer. We're almost there."
Femto just sighed and rolled his eyes before going back to trying to walk up the path. He could hear Reddo snickering behind him, since even his chuckles sounded like rumbles of thunder. He sighed again only this time much more slowly.
"This is going to be a long walk."
A few hours had passed but the cover of night remained strong. At the moment Femto and Reddo had just got to the end of The Snake's Wit. Femto dropped to his knees and began to breath heavily with silent revelry at finally reaching the end of the road.
"I thought you said we were almost there." Femto said as he looked over to Reddo. "You said that we were there, and that was five hours ago."
Reddo sighed as if he was annoyed and looked down at the much smaller creature.
"Well, excuse me. I was able to see the end because I'm so big. However, I failed to see how long it would take you, a smaller bipedal creature, to cover the distance." Reddo stated, "A simple mistake."
Femto groaned, "I really hate it when you talk down to me like that."
Reddo made what looked like shrug before looking straight ahead. "You should probably save your energy."
Femto arched an eyebrow before turning to face the direction that Reddo was facing. What he saw made his eyebrow arch even higher. Standing at the end of the road, in front of what looked like a swamp, was Asmodeus of Lust in all of her glory.
She smirked and practically purred,"We meet again."
Femto rolled his eyes, "Asmodeus." He said, "Why are you here?"
The demoness giggled, "I'm here to help you."
"Why?" Femto asked while narrowed his eyes. "What do you have to gain from helping me. A know for a fact that the Lady of Lust doesn't do things for free."
Asmodeus smirked and reached for something. Femto tensed up slightly when her hand went behind her back, but he relaxed a bit when he realized it was just a bottle. He noticed the bottle looked like a lady's perfume bottle, and even had the label to match it. She walked up and handed it him.
"You're right." She said, "I don't do things for free. However, you fail to realize, that I always get what I want. Always."
Femto gave her a look before noticing the confident smile curling upon her lips. The smile was one that the lady of lust wore often and it was one that she knew how to use. Her smile could move mountains with sheer force and what was truly frightening was that she knew it.
"You're adorable if you think that what I'm doing doesn't benefit me in the slightest. I'm Lust, not Charity." She stated with a twinkle in her eyes.
Femto sighed, "That's strange, considering the opposite of Lust is Chasity. Charity is the opposite of Greed."
The pink haired demon laughed. "It seems you don't know as much about me as I thought; but, no one really knows anything about me."
Femto narrowed his eyes at that but didn't say a word back. Asmodeus smirked at his silence and pointed to the bottle that she had handed him only moments before.
"Cyrus Grey is in Gluttony Country. He has a very powerful nose, so if he gets one whiff of you, it's game over. However, my perfume should mask you from his nose. To put it into simplest terms, I would keep a low profile so you don't arouse unwanted attention." She explained.
"Cyrus?"
The Lady of Lust nodded, "I'm sure Mammon told you about him. He's our family's attack dog, and arguably the most efficient solider we have. However, he relies on his nose too much, so this should protect you from being detected. But, even so, don't use magic."
The masked man arched an eyebrow, "Why not?"
"Like I said, Cyrus has a very powerful nose. He's even able to distinguish magic signatures. He'll sniff you out like a rat if you're not careful."
"I see."
Asmodeus smiled, "Good. Oh, almost forgot." She added, "Gluttony Country is divided into two parts; the outer sanctum and the inner sanctum. The exterior is where the poorer people live and where the cannibalism most often happens. The interior is peaceful, but the higher class eat the lower class."
Femto just stood there in shock, "What the fuck? What the hell is that allowed?"
Asmodeus shrugged, "I don't know nor do I care. Gluttony isn't my sin, if you really want to know, why not ask Beelzebub?"
And with that she disappeared in a flash of pink flames, leaving a now confused Femto, and a bored Reddo behind. Femto was confused because Mammon made no mention of that Asmodeus was apparently capable of teleporting.
"It seems my life is about to get even more interesting."
"Femto." He heard Reddo call. The masked man looked back at the massive creature and noticed the glassy look in his eyes.
"What?"
"We still have to cross that swamp."
Femto blinked and turned back to the end of the path and glowered when he saw the swamp. However, this swamp made him very uncomfortable. The thick air that came out of it smelled atrocious like the smell of a recent murder. The air practically choked him and corked his lungs with a vile viscosity. However, the air wasn't the only thing off putting. The way the swamp looked was awful too. A thick red mist that surrounded the swamp making it look even more ominous than it already was. The limbs of the trees looked like thin limbs desperately reaching out for help. It basically looked like a miniature hell.
Femto glowered, "You have got to be shitting me!"
"Obviously not because it's right in front of us." Reddo added.
"Oh shut up!"
Reddo laughed in response as the duo made their way into the vile swamp. They waded into the thick red mist and disappeared it's thick grasp. When they entered the swamp they quickly noticed that their ability to see wasn't much better inside compared to outside. However, at least they could see what was in front of them.
On the inside the the due could see the twisted trees and moist, muddy ground that made up the swamp's landscape. The same red mist from before remained, but it clustered towards the back. They could now see the twisted limbs of the trees and the horribly deformed ground that looked like skin of a person suffering from a leprosy
"Well. . . this is disturbing." Femto said as he took in the landscape.
The masked man went to take a step forward and quickly found himself falling to the ground when he slipped on some mud. He hit the ground with both a with both a squish and a small splash. Reddo laughed as the masked man groaned as he laid on the ground.
"For a professional monster hunter, you sure are clumsy." The Zinorge laughed. "I'm surprised that nothing ate you!"
Femto glared up at Reddo before getting to his feet. As he did this became aware of the wet feeling on his hands and his pants. Cringing in disgust, Femto looked down to a see a large wet stain right on his behind. Stained by putrid swamp water no doubt. He then turned his attention to his hands. His eyes widened when instead of seeing the glistening of water, he saw a thick red substance.
"Is this blood?" Femto said taking a sniff. It was a little known fact that blood smelled like copper if it was fresh, and unfortunately for him it smelled just like that. "Yes it is."
"Then my suspicions were correct." Reddo said as he looked around. "I've heard rumors of this place. This must be the Shadow Isles."
"But it's a swamp."
"It seems we entered a portal. They are located where the different counties meet each other. They aren't even noticeable." Reddo explained.
"Never heard of this place."
"That's because no one knows it exists. The rifts open so suddenly that it's impossible to tell it from a normal path. However, they are spacial incorrect and they end when the path ends."
"What?"
"Walk down the path, get to the end, and you're home free."
"Oh."
The two looked at each other briefly before. Femto's red eyes met the matching eyes of the mighty Zinorge. The glowing red eyes of the beast will still glassy but underneath that, there was something. . .different in them.
"Strange." Femto thought as he and Reddo set down the path.
The swamp was almost completely silent. The silence just added more to the eerie effect the swamp already had. There were no birds chirping. No insects were present. There wasn't a single sound other than Femto's light steps and the much louder thuds of Reddo's paws.
The duo were both painfully aware of the silence and as they walked they shifted uncomfortably. Their eyes would occasionally shift to the side at sudden feeling of being watched. However, they didn't see a thing or even a disturbance in that direction.
"I don't like this. This. . .place is like a silent hell. You can't see anything, hear nothing, and believe that nothing is there. But, you can feel it as if it was a sure thing." Femto muttered mentally.
"Hhmm. . . I have a bad feeling about this."
A sudden sound made the two stop in their tracks and look around for the source. However, the thick red mist obscured their vision and the smell of blood filled their noises preventing them from recognizing any other smells.
"Reddo you're like twenty feet tall, can't you see anything?" Femto asked the large beast.
"For your information I'm thirty-one feet tall. And no, I can't see a damn thing, this red mist is as thick as you and thirty feet off the ground."
"You're an asshole."
A sudden noise caught both of their attentions. They both turned to a massive tree located right behind them. However, it wasn't the tree that made the noise, it was the flock of ravens perched on it's thick limbs. Unlike their human world counterparts, Inferno ravens acted like vultures and made up the backbone of the scavenger class. However, to see too many of them outside Dante's Domain was considered an omen.
"Why are they just sitting there?" Femto wondered when he noticed that the black birds were staring directly at him and Reddo.
"Oh now. . .it's coming." Reddo grimaced mentally before he noticed something coming out the trunk of the tree.
He quickly turned to Femto and shouted, "WE NEED TO GO NOW!"
"Why?"
"The Revenant."
"Who's that?"
Reddo glanced over at the tree, "Him."
Femto arched an eyebrow before turning to where Reddo was looking. His eyes widened when he saw that all of the ravens had suddenly disappeared and being was left in their place. The being in question was large easily standing as tall if not taller than Femto himself but was wider. The being was clothed in a wore black, hooded cloak, that shrouded it's face and covered every part of it's body. The cloak in question was held together at some spots with leather straps that resembled stitches. In it's hands the being wielded two sinister clever-like knives.
"Oh." Femto said before he suddenly had the urge to throw up. Just looking at this creature—The Revenant made him sick.
"Oh shit."
"Don't fight him." A voice said, "You can't heal if he cuts you with those knives. Just run."
"Oliver?"
"DON'T CALL ME OLIVER!"
"Ocot?"
"Yes. Now run!"
Without saying a word or giving any warning, The Revenant ran forward towards the duo, it's knives held high. Femto's eyes widened before he turned to run. He wasn't going to argue with Ocot, so all he did was run. As he ran he heard the thuds of Reddo's much larger feet behind him. He didn't, however, hear the Revenant behind him though.
He looked up to see a group of ravens flying just above his head. "Oh shit, it's a shapeshifter."
The masked rolled out of the wall just as the Revenant formed from the ravens just above him. He made special care to make sure the knives didn't hit him. He quickly got to his feet and continued to rune before he heard the crackling of electricity. He turned back just in time to see Reddo blowing up the Revenant with discharge of red lightning. The limbs of the Revenant were sent all over the place, include one of it's arms that landed right next to Femto's foot.
He stopped and frowned, "Why didn't you do that before?"
"Because this doesn't kill it. It's still alive." Reddo replied.
Femto suddenly felt something on his ankle. He looked down to and was horrified to see the dismembered arm of the Revenant was grasping his ankle. He quickly kicked it away and looked back at the massive beast in front of him.
"Let's get out of here."
"No arguments there."
The two ran down the path that they were originally walking on and made their way out of the Shadow Isles, as the Revenant slowly pulled itself back together. Not many had escaped the malicious being and those who did wish they didn't. It was a well kept secret that the Revenant was an intelligent being and held a special place among the ranks of the undead. And one of the things that made it special was the it could hold a grudge.
After about an hour of running, dodging skeletal hands popping out of the ground, and avoiding the webs or giant spiders; Reddo and Femto finally reached the end of the path. They watched in awe as the world around them began to twist into what it was before the portal to the Shadow Isles opened. The twisted trees of the swamp where replaced with the the barren rocky landscape that surrounded the plains around the different Countries.
Femto arched an eyebrow, "Why are the areas around the Countries so barren?"
"I'm not sure actually, it may just be the geography. However, this could be just as easily attributed to the Infernal Shift."
"The earthquakes."
Reddo nodded, "Indeed."
Femto turned in the direction of Gluttony Country and stared at the large city. He looked back at Reddo and frowned.
"I'm not going to be able to lay low with a thirty foot tall Zinorge by my side." He pointed out.
"Probably not. I don't know what you suppose though." Reddo replied.
"I don't know what to do. . .but I think I might know someone who does."
Femto turned around so that his back was facing the beast and closed his eyes in concentration. Reddo narrowed his eyes at this act but didn't say anything as the masked man concentrated on something.
"Fierce?" Femto mentally called.
A few moments when by before there was a response. "Yes?"
"Ah, so, you're still here."
"Not like I can go anywhere."
Femto scratched the back of his head, "Oh, right."
"Anyways, did you need something?"
"I did actually. Is there anyway that I can turn Reddo into a less inconspicuous form? He's a little. . .suspicious looking right now."
"Why are you asking me?" Fierce asked incredulously.
"He's your pet is he not?"
Fierce sighed. "He is. But I never made a contract with him. Putting that aside, it seems that some of your memories have returned. I don't remember telling you about Reddo."
"So how do I make a contract with him?"
"I don't know. TW would know better than I."
Femto arched an eyebrow, "TW?"
"THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES!" A high pitched, childish, and extremely annoying voice called. Femto recognized it from before, but could remember what it had to say.
"Oh my goddesses."
"DID SOMEONE CALL THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TW!? WHAT DO REQUIRE OF ME MORTAL!?" TW asked arrogantly.
Femto felt his eyebrow twitch from under his mask. Fierce just sighed, "Is this guy for real?"
"Sadly, yes."
"I SAID WHAT DO YOU REQUIRE OF ME MORTAL!?"
Femto sighed and shook his head, "How do I make a contract?"
"IN ORDER FOR ME DO TELL YOU I DEMAND A TRIBUTE!"
Femto groaned and facepalmed which made Reddo give him a questioning look as result. On the other hand, Fierce hadn't said a word since TW had started talking. However, unlike before Femto couldn't feel his presence meaning he left.
"What for?"
"I JUST DEMAND DO MORTAL!"
"This is really happening."
"I WANT YOU TO BOW DOWN BEFORE ME AND KISS MY TOES YOU FILTHILY DOG! AHAHAHAHA!" TW shouted
"No, fuck you. I refuse." Femto almost deadpanned.
"WELL THEN I GUESS I WON'T," TW suddenly paused, "What are you doing here Ocot, Fierce? Why do you have those sticks? Wait, wait what are you-OUCH! STOP IT! OUUUUCH! YOU BASTARDS! OOOUCH! OKAY, OKAY FINE!"
Femto found his lips curling into a cruel smile at the sounds he was hearing. The anguished cries of pain brought him a sense of joy that he hadn't felt in a long time. The screams of pain from a person he didn't know brought him a wicked sense of joy and if that wasn't enough. . .he was enjoying that feeling.
"Alright," TW said said without shouting this time, "I'll show you. Now here is what you do. The first thing is you need to do is get him to kneel."
"Gotcha." Femto said before opening his eyes and looked at the massive beast in front of him. "Alright, Reddo kneel."
Reddo looked at him before sitting on his hind legs and blowing his head down. This is what Femto assumed was his version of a kneel.
"Now get make him repeat these words. I, Reddo, Knight of Greed hereby pledge my life and loyalty to you, the Overlord."
Femto nodded, "Now repeat after me."
The masked man spoke the words that TW had told him to Reddo and after he was finished Reddo recited those exact words. When the Stygian Zingore finished the duo waited form something to happen. A few moments when by, but still nothing happened. Finally Femto just asked.
"Is something suppose to happen?" Femto asked both out loud and to TW.
"Give it a minute." TW replied earnestly.
"I just don't get what is-"
That sentence was left unfinished when a bright burst of light erupted from Reddo. Femto covered his eyes because the intensity of the light was so great. The bright burst of light resided for a few moments before it quickly died down, vanishing just as quickly as it appeared. When the light was completely gone Femto turned back and was surprised to see that Reddo had became a chibi of his former self. He was now the size of a medium sized dog, was adorable as hell, and was sleeping while sleeping.
"Wow," Femto gaped as he appeared to be awestruck, "just. . .wow."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! HE'S ADORABLE!" TW roared triumphantly for whatever reason. Femto could already tell TW was a strange person.
"Excuse me while I go kill myself." Fierce stated.
"So this is what you guys do when I'm not around. I can't say I'm surprised by this." The voice of Ocot said.
Femto sighed and faceplamed, "Well, at least he's less suspicious now. I wonder if he can still use his abilities though."
"He probably can." TW added, "It would be just instead of lightning storm, it would be more like a static shock."
The masked man rolled his eyes, picked the furry creature up, and walked towards Greed Country. As he made his way there, he became very aware of the fact he was being watched by something. He tried his best to ignore it, but what it was meant business. He could literally feel the ill intention emanating off of whatever it was. However, he put this out of his mind and focused on his objective.
An hour had passed since Femto started his trek to Greed Country. He had finally reached the front gates of the outer wall. He walked into the city and was disgusted by what he say. There were people everywhere. They all sported ragged cloths and were dirty. Their face held the tell tale signs of anguish and suffering.
"This is disturbing." Femto thought as he walked past them.
As he walked past he noticed a few things. He noticed that the ground wasn't paved and instead looked like a sandy area instead. There wasn't any grass or tress, or anything, just sand. He also noticed the lack of houses and the abundance of what looked like small shacks and tents. And the final thing he noticed were the bones sticking out of the sand. They were obviously humanoid judging by their size and way the seemed to together. However, the people didn't seem to be too startled by this fact and just went on with their business.
"It must bother them too much since they have to live here." He deducted before he suddenly felt a aura of malicious intent. He recognized it as the same aura as before and turned around to see what was the source.
There standing behind him were three large humanoid creatures. They had a appearance that belong on demon, which wasn't surprising since what they were belonged to the demon class. The creatures bulky and had a large amount of muscle mass. Their skin varied in color and ranged from a dull grey to a dull red. Their eyes were a glowing yellow color. They also had horns growing on the sides of their heads. Femto knew what these were.
"Onis."
Onis were a class of demon that made up another class of demons known as sub-demons. A sub-demon was a demon that were as sentient, humanoid, or social as 'higher' demons, they were often either tribal, nomadic, or shunned by other demons. An Oni was no exception and were known for being less vicious and having a huge appetite.
"I'm going have to kill these motherfuckers aren't I?" Femto groaned.
The Onis growled in apparent hunger. Femto sighed as a response and drew his sword. The Onis were undaunted by this and instead held their ground. This is what they would usual do in this situations. Onis were fearless unless they were certain that they were going to lose.
"It seems I need to break their wills." Femto thought as he held up a hand to summon a flame.
"Stop!" Ocot warned, "Remember what the well endowed one said. If you use magic, the Grey will know you're there."
Femto groaned, "Oh yeah, forgot about that."
The Onis rushed forward at surprising speed given this large size and obvious heavy weight. Femto held his ground and grasped his sword with both hands and swung swiftly as the Onis closed in. In a flash a splash of red hit the ground as a severed arm followed. The victim of this amputation roared with pain before striking out at Femto who easily dodge and impaled the creature in the head with his longsword.
"Disgusting creatures." Femto sneered.
The other Onis roared with outrage and swung at Femto with their tree truck like arms. The masked man ducked under them before having to roll out of the way of their massive fists. From his position on the ground Femto looked up at the two remaining Onis. He also took a glance at the third one that laid dead on the ground with a large stab wound in the middle of it's forehead.
The two Onis ran forward once again with their surprising speed towards Femto, who just narrowed his eyes. His grip on his longsword tightened before he got to his feet as the two large creatures steamrolled forward towards the masked man. As the came closer Femto dug his foot into the ground and when they were right in front of him, he kicked, knocking the sandy dirt into the faces of the Onis, blinding them.
Femto smirked, "Only play fair when you have to."
With his much larger opponents blinded Femto used this opening to quickly eliminate them. He swung his sword and beheaded one of them before stabbing the other in heart with. He didn't blink as the bodies of the Onis fell to the ground with a thud.
Femto sighed and sheathed his sword and turned to enter the inner part of Gluttony Country. However, before he did he felt something was amiss and looked back. His eyes widened when he saw that some of the people were eating the corpses of the Onis. The masked man back away with shock.
"Oh shit! I'm in my way over my head here." Femto whispered before skulking behind the walls into the inner sanctum of the city.
Femto sighed when he entered the inner sanctum of the city. As soon stepped in he noticed there was a world of a difference in the inner sanctum compared to the outer area. The ground of the inner sanctum was actually paved with white stones and looked to be very well maintained. There were well maintained builds were placed all over that added the look of an actual city. There were also people dressed very well compared to the old potato sacks that the people in the poor section were wearing. There also seemed to be a bit more. . .civil than the people outside. And the best part about it was that there weren't any bones sticking out of the ground.
"Well, this place already seems to be nicer than outside." Femto thought as he walked forward onto the paved road. For some reason, he felt relieved when his boot touched paved ground.
"Sometimes the most devious assassin can have the most trustworthy face." Ocot warned, "And that is why all my assassins were all female and cute. No one ever saw them coming."
"That's messed up."
"No, that's how you become the most notorious and dominate Overlord in all of history." Ocot replied.
Femto didn't reply to that. His ruby red eyes just narrowed and he continued to walk down the road with little interest in what Ocot had to say. As he walked he started to notice that the people were looking at him. He glanced at their faces as he walked back and chalked them up as looks of interest. This was mainly because they were dressed in colors while he was dressed completely in back, with except for his mask.
"Yeah, that must be it."
As he trekked deeper into the city he took in all the sights there were too see. The city was absolutely beautiful. But, no paradise is too perfect. This was made especially true when he passed by restaurant which was serving a strange looking kind of meat. Due to his study of anatomy, Femto was able to identity this meat as belonging to the humanoid variety.
"I hate Gluttony Country so much." Femto thought as Reddo shifted slightly on his shoulders, "It's kinda strange that no one has pointed Reddo out yet."
However, Femto wasn't going to make a big deal out of this since the less attention he attracted, the better. He made extra care so that he would be detected by the Grey. Although, his feat would be easier to accomplish if he knew what the Grey looked like. Frankly, the only thing he knew about the Grey was that his name was Cyrus.
"What does this guy even look like?"
But before he could ponder what the Grey could look like, he felt a familiar aura around him. The aura was malicious yet at the same time ambitious. It was a rather strange combination and it was way too fierce to be the offspring of random ill intent. No, this was something much more intent for for that.
"I have a bad feeling."
"As do I." Fierce added.
"Me too." Ocot also added.
"Look behind you." TW said
Femto stopped and slowly looked over his shoulder. When he did this he spotted a few things that looked very familiar and very ugly amongst the crowd of the fairly normal looking people. There was a group of Onis right on his tail. Onis typically traveled in groups of five to seven, and there were four of them meaning this was a large group.
At that moment Femto ran. He ran as fast as his legs could take him through the city. He made his best effort to avoid running into the pedestrians, but he couldn't avoid them all and actually ran into a few of them as he ran. He would occasionally glance back to see the Onis quickly gaining ground, probably because they weren't as care to avoid pedestrians and actually flung them out of their way.
"Damn brutes." Femto cursed as he turned around a corner only to meet a dead end, "Shit!"
The masked man spun around just in time to see the Onis enter the alleyway. His eyes narrowed before he shifted his eyes to look for possible ways of escape, but saw none. The Onis stepped forward to match Femto's steps back before the masked man felt his back against the wall.
"Dammit!" He cursed before a certain noise hit his ears. He looked up too see what appeared to be a airship flying overhead. "Perfect."
Femto pulled the clawshot that he had obtained from Mammon, aimed it at the ship, and fired. The claw shot into the sky and due to the improved condition of the claw, it was able to go father into the sky. Luckily for him, the chain was just long enough to grab the railing. He smirked at the Onis before he was launched into the sky as the claw started to pull him up towards the ship. As he flew through the sky tears were ripped from his eyes as he quickly approached the ship before he was practically vaulted over the side and hit the metal ground and sending Reddo a few feet away, but not waking him up.
"Ouch." Femto said as the claw retracted to the gauntlet. "Now, where the hell am?"
"Well, well. What have we here?" A voice said.
Femto grimaced and slowly turned around to see a shadowy being sitting in the back of the airship's deck.
Well, this chapter was originally was suppose to be released yesterday. But being the lazy mofo that I am, I worked on it a bit yesterday, and didn't get too much work on it. I finished to today though. Things in the Inferno are winding down, so this the setting of the Inferno will not last too much longer.
For those who are wondering why Femto isn't called Link now that you know his identity; the answer is simple. As long as he wears that mask, he is Femto, without the mask he is Link. Alright?
Asmodeus is on no one's side. She looks out for herself and her own interests.
This explains what Reddo says about the portals better: At the beginning of the path there is a portal, you walk down the path you enter the portal, you reach the end of the portal and you exit the portal. It's like a fixed point, think of it like the Bermuda Triangle.
Also, if you feel like challenging me on the fact on why Onis are in this story; don't. You WILL not win. In this story; Hades, Onis, Kitsunes, Zombies, Vampires, Headless Horseman, etc, all exist, but aren't CLAIMED by any region or culture yet.
The Onis are taken somewhat from Mortal Kombat, but I've only played Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance, so I have no idea what those things looked like without looking it up. I tried my best and used what it gave me, so, that is all I have to say.
The Revenant is from The Secret World, and no, this is not the last of him. And the weapons it uses look more like long cleavers than knives, but that is what the games says they are.
Brone is still MIA as I don't see a reason to show you what he is doing at the moment. You can pretty much guess what he is doing.
Yes, Ocot's real name is Oliver. His name is a double acronym, it stands for Ocarina of Time, and it also stands for his full real name.
alternativefuturefan27, I need to speak to you after you're doing reading this. It concerns the rewrite of the sequel of this story, and the possible preview of that very rewrite.
I don't own The Secret World or Mortal Kombat
