The Karcist and the Lord

a S.C.P. Foundation Mythos x M.G.E. crossover

Chapter 26: Forbidden Knowledge

Royal Makai

Emmalis was laying on her bed, whimpering and crying as the youngest Lilium shuddered and shook at the new vision she was seeing. Her father was sitting in a chair, watching over her with a grim look, helpless to comfort her from whatever she saw. Every time she saw something, she was reduced to this state, panicking under the strain. And when she woke up, she would barely interact with anything or anyone, and at one point refused to eat or drink her meals.

Mikheal was furious, his heart a raging storm of anger and hatred towards Ion, that loathsome creature. How could such a damnable and heartless thing exist?! The Monster King could feel his emotions being played out on his face. The Baphomet and the Queen of Hearts had come with the Klavigar, who currently was being kept in Alice Heart-fell tower, the leader of the Black Sabbath now trying to get him to give some new information about the Cult of Nalka. Mikheal was drawn out of his stupor when the door opened, and the Queen of Hearts walked in.

"Dad? What do we do with Emmalis? I heard she is starting to refuse eating again." The Alice-Lilium said, acting more her centuries-old age instead of form. Her father sighed, and stood up as she spoke again. "Where's mom?"

"She has gone to the Archives. She believes that there may be something she and I missed when looking through the history of the world, something which may give context to this threat we all face." The man said, walking over to the Queen of Hearts and placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Can we go see her?" the Queen of Hearts asked, only to frown when her father shook his head. "Why not?"

"You wouldn't like how the Archives affect the Monster Lord when he or she back then accessed it. To summarize, it causes whatever Monster Lord to gaze into their predecessors memories to be acted out with their body, and some of the things they did back then is best left unknown. Unfortunately, a record must be allowed to exist, as the Archives also were a key source of information that led to your mother finding out things the Chief God never told anybody but a this one Lord was also a Dragon, or that one who was a Kraken." Then suddenly they heard a gasp, and turned to see Emmalis writhing as she let out a groan.

"Terria, don't do it..." she muttered, as she tried to let out what she was trying to say. "The Archives, mother said no..." Mikheals' eyes widen, as he ran out the room and down the hallway.

"TAKE CARE OF YOUR SISTER!" his voice yelled, leaving the Queen of Hearts in a confused state. With a stammer, the Queen sighed, and climbed onto the bed to hold her sisters hand.

**POV SHIFT**

"Terria, what are you- hey!" a Dark Matter yelled, as the Dragon-Lilith shoved her out of the way. Her sudden arrival was one that left the various creatures in confusion. She practically blew through the Mamono in her way like a cannon ball punching through trees.

"Out of my way!" she screamed at a Vampire, who did so just in time as Terria sped past her, dashing and running through hallway after hallway, descending downwards only through who knew how many stairs underground, her single minded goal the bottom level of the underground part of the Demon Lord Castle. Over the thousand years, the Mamono made this part of the castle, designed to put away all that could not be used to bring love and peace to the world once it is freed from the Chief God. For example, there were many Monsters who were yet to turned when the Mamono were first born. So, they were gathered and imprisoned by her decree in special cells, held with chains of enchanted Demon Realm Silver and paralysis spells. The chains were forged with spikes, so they would continuously drain the unturned Monster of its energy and replace it with the Monster Lords' own, and over the years such Monsters disappeared. However, some somehow miraculously remained, and every now and then Terria would see such a creature.

A Hell-Hound who glared at her like a predator starving for meat with its glowing red eyes, black fur covering its wolf-like body. A Lich that was frozen mid-casting, looking more skeleton then man, emitting a deadly green fog from his mouth and eyes. A Shogoth suspended in mid-air, a gray a mass of slime and yellow and black eyes that followed Terria. She also gazed upon various weapons and artifacts that also were contained. A series tomes, for example, which contained spells that were forbidden due to being inherently lethal, such as Blood Magic. A painting that was hung to face the wall instead of open air, where one may gaze upon it. Instruments used by Satyrs before the Mamono rebellion was born. Terria could feel Ion in her head, seeing what she saw, hearing what she heard, exc.

She didn't care, what mattered most was the confirmation of what he told her, of what he showed her. She had to know what was in the Archives of the Monster Lords, and she had to know now. She had to squelch the feeling of shame, of how utterly disgusted she felt towards her own kind. They may have done some things that were horrible, and may have force themselves upon Humans, yes, but those, those nightmares Ion gave her couldn't be true. No way they could be true.

As she came down the final staircase, Terria could see the entrance to the doorway to the deepest room of Royal Makais' underground. The room to the Archives. As all Mamono obeyed the will of the Monster Lord, including her daughters without question, the doors never needed to be given locks of any kind. After all, up until now no Mamono in her right mind wanted to talk about those days of bloodshed and murder so why bother? Terria did not stop to open it however, as she instead body slammed into them, just barely registering that someone was in there. A loud crash was heard, and the slabs of stone blew up into dust and shards of rock. When the dust settled, Terria was shocked by what she saw. She was not shocked by the Archives being a crown of blood red jewels, but by what she saw her mother doing while wearing it.

The Monster Lord was laughing madly and dancing about, the Succubus in the form she had when Ion showed Terria her own mother torturing a Human to death. She stabbed in the air with a dagger made of black energy, and her tail grew a set of spikes which she flung randomly in one direction or another. Deborah jumped into the air, and with a evil and malevolent grin, screamed with a psychopathic ecstasy as she manifested a number of bolts of magical power, which crashed and destroyed some illusionary enemy. She then flew downwards, spouting unspeakable words of hate, hurling insults as she motioned beating someone to death with her bare hands. Terria watched on, stunned at the barbarity and violence her mother was indulging in. The Dragon-Lilith wanted to vomit in disgust at what her mother was calling Humanity, her slurs ones that have been unspoken for centuries, now casually being spewed from her filthy mouth left and right.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! LOOK TERRIA, LOOK UPON YOUR MOTHER! GAZE UPON THE ONE WHO YOU FIGHT FOR! SEE HER FOR WHAT SHE TRULY IS! THIS IS THE ONE WHO CALLED THE CHIEF GOD A TYRANT, WHO BIRTHED YOU, AND DARED RAISE YOU TO LOVE HUMANS! Ion continued laughing maniacally, taking great pleasure in this display. Terria then grew enraged, her hands curling into fists as her vision grew red. She held back, tears of rage and despair flowing from her eyes as she stood there, with Ion stopping for a second to take in what he felt from her mind. He could tell she hadn't attacked, because of the difference in power and strength was too much. Oh ho? Seeing red are we? If you want, I'll gladly lend you my favor. Just. Say. Yes. At that, Terria looked up, still crying.

"Do it." and with that, the Dragon-Lilith felt her body grow in strength and power, just barely registering what sounded a man screaming at her to stop. When Terria turned, the last thing she saw before the red overtook her vision was her father the Monster King running towards her. She barely had time to process what was happening, before the Dragon-Lilith was consumed mentally by the surge in outrage toward her mother to think about anything else...

**POV SHIFT**

As Deborah the Mamono Lord was taking the information with the Archives of the Monster Lords, she was unaware of her surroundings, and the memories of countless Monsters who took the title of Lord flowed through her like water in a sieve.

She was Antoriah, the Orge Desecrater of Human Temples to the Pantheon, hanging a priest by his entrails as she ate his flesh in front of a cowarding nun. She was Fileso, the Vampire Lord of the night, chasing a female Hero through the streets of Royal Makai, her arm mangled and torn apart by her claws. She was Blood Maw, the Dragon who leveled an entire mountain kingdom by Humans that had developed what would become known as the Automatons.

She was all of them, and more, feeling what they felt when causing the calamities they did and thinking their thoughts at the time. She felt their pain when a Hero finally killed them, the speeches that the Chief God gave to her next successor, then more memories of destruction and death entered her mind. As a result of the sheer amount of information that she was going through, her body was acting of its own accord, her mind in a dream-like state of inattention looking for minor details.

So when she felt the Energies of Ion in the same room as her, she took the crown that acted as the focus for the Archives, reverting to her Mamono form. She heard a primal scream of pure hatred and wrath combined with a womans voice, and turned just in time to receive an iron block of a punch from a Dragons fist. She was sent flying through the air, and smashed into one of the walls of the room. A dust cloud was kicked up, the Monster Lord disoriented and confused. Before her vision and hearing cleared, she felt her attacker land next to her, a rumbling crash echoing throughout the room. Another blow to the head followed, then a stomp to her legs as the Mamono Lord cried out in pain.

"Stop this at once!" she heard her husband cry out, and the Dragon assaulting her paused.

"DID YOU NOT SEE THIS THING FATHER?! SHE WAS REVALING IN MURDER AND BLOODSHED!" Deborah froze, her feeling blood trinkle down the side of her head, as she looked toward the Dragon that was mauling her with a cold shiver of disbelief. It turned into shock and horror, as she beheld Terria, but in some horrific state of half-transformation.

From the feet up, her body was covered in scales that were spiked outwards. Her legs bent backwards, making her crawl on all fours, as her arms also turned into a front pair of legs. Her back was elongated, with an arch that was unnatural and had spines running down its length. Her face was distorted as well, and her eyes glowed with fury. A pair of Dragon wings were formed as well, folded into her body. With a voice filled with hate Terria screamed again.

"OR IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL MOURNING THE LOSS OF MY SISTER?! INDUGING IN THE UNSPEAKABLE ERA, ACTING OUT THE GREAATEST CRIMES EVER COMMITED TO ANOTHER LIVING BEING WHILE HURLING OUT THE WORDS THAT ARE OUTLAWED?! ION WAS RIGHT, YOU DESERVE TO SPEAK OF JUSTICE AND PEACE, BUT NEVER FOLLOW THEM YOURSELF! HE SHOWED ME THE THINGS MOTHER HAD DONE, WHAT THE DAYS OF THE CYCLE WAS LIKE, THE BLOODSHED AND HORROR WE INFLICTED ON HUMANITY!" The Dragon-Lilith screeched, attacking Mikheal as she ranted. The Monster swerved and dodged her swiping claws, and at the last word, she belched out a gout of flames towards Deborah, who barely managed to block the flames with a magic barrier.

What the hell has Ion done to her?! The Monster Lord thought, and the smoke parted to reveal the screaming form of Terria flying towards her, spear-like claws ready to impale the Succubus. The Monster Lord flinched, only to feel blood spatter all over her face. Terria suddenly started to struggle to breath, and when the Deborah looked, she saw that her daughter was not the one injured. Mikheal had took the blow, and was still standing despite the bone protrusions in his torso.

"What? No..." Terria said, pulling her hand out of Mikheal. He collapsed on his knees, and coughed loudly. "Why? WHY?!" she screamed. But before any one of the other two could explain, she stared at her own hand.

"Terria, calm down." Mikheal said, the Demonic Energy already healing his body, as he stood up to show he was fine. However, the Dragon-Lilith started to hyperventilate instead, the fact she harmed not only a Human, but her own father as well setting in. "Terria, breathe. Calm down, I'll be fine." It was useless however, as Terria turned and ran away, the sheer bulk of her frame crashing through the doorway, and the two could hear her smashing apart the the ground as she crawled.

"TERRIA!" The Monster Lord screamed. However, the steps continued to fade...