The Karcist and the Lord
a S.C.P. Foundation Mythos x M.G.E. crossover
Chapter 33: Rage of the Machine God
Amuil began to scream and shout, turning her head sideways left and right. The man holding on to her initially tried to hold her down, by when one of the wings hacked off both his prosthetic limbs, the man backed up as a number of feathers were also shot and stabbed into his body. After a few seconds passed, the woman addressed him, as he inspected his shortened limbs.
"Why did you not sedate her first before going in with the mind probe Barion?" she questioned.
"A more active mind will be easier to search through then a resting mind, which I will have to reawaken away Magos, and thus shorten the process." the man replied, turning to the one in charge. "Would you mind then?" Barion asked, showing the stumps still attached to his torso to some one behind Amuils decision. Suddenly the Void Seraphim felt a pinprick, and jumped to see a dart was shot into her arm. As a sudden feeling of drowsiness overtook her and she relaxed the sound of Barion saying "Thank you." could be heard as her vision turned black.
**POV SHIFT**
Barion waited for a bit as the sedative dart Militant-Litigant Slannah shot into the patient pumped her with the drugs inside, as another Tech-acolyte grabbed the prosthetic arms that clanged onto the floor after being cut off. After they opened the creatures eyes for him, Barion once more prepared the neural probe, its almost filament thin needle designed to stab into the eyes of another being through the pupil with as minimal damage as possible. He stepped through the energy barrier, and the dendrite it was attached to came out from the backpack Barion wore, and as it lowered down, a grid formed which showed that the neural probes' needle was lined up properly. Before actually piercing the cornea and entering the pupil to start working through the entire eye structure into the optical disk in the back of the eye where the nerves connecting to the brain however, the neural probe leaked a small droplet of fluid, which dripped onto the eyes' surface as the grid disappeared. Upon contact, the iris, which was a deep shade of purple with flecks of azure blue widen to allow easier access, then the neural probe pushed into the eye, and then pierced it.
A small trickle of clear fluid oozed out of the organ, and the Void Seraphims' body instinctively flinched, and a groan of pain escaped her lips. A second Mekhanite assistant then clean off the fluid with a tissue, holding it next to the organ as the neural probe slid through and more fluid from the gelatinous vitreous humor came out, now pinked by small trace amounts of blood, indicating a blood vessel was grazed. Barion could actually feel the structure inside since he was blessed with the holy ichor of Mekhanes' blood, and thus was effectively one with the device he was using. When finally felt the tall tale sign of the retina, he had it. Then, a set of microscopic wires, invisible to the naked eye came out of the very tip of the needle. They then went into the retina, and fused into it and the optic nerve it was fused into.
"Neural probe attachment successful. Beginning linkage with this creatures nervous system." Barion said. He then began to electrically stimulate the optic nerve, the which sent the tiny pulses into brain of the Void Seraphim, who occasional moved involuntary as the various parts of her brain then sent those signals to do various things, such as clenching her hand and then letting it go. After a few seconds passed, the Mekhanite flinched instead, jerking his clenching his hand in time to her doing so. "Linkage engaged. Downloading a copy of the neural patterns in memory center... downloading... downloading... download of memory copy successful." As the needle retracted and the Void Seraphims eyelids reflexively closed upon release, the Tech-acolyte frowned visibly.
"Status on the Sarkic invasion of the other world?" the Magos asked. Barion turned to the woman Mekhanite, and spoke in a surprisingly menacing tone, shown more from the look in his eyes then his words.
"...I request creating apple supplies of fire sprayers for the phalanxes and the recipe for creating more fuel for them to burn through based on what I have learned about this world, for The Flesh and its abominable heresies are not the only thing we are going to be fighting." As though they were telepathic, every other Mekhanite in the room could feel the sheer anger of what he learned. He then clarified further. "There is a faction that partake in the worship of similar tenants to that of The Flesh, known as the Mamono, which all take the form of women with animal traits and were the result of a singular so-called 'Demon Lord' taking power and changing their very biology. Their main form of spreading and assimilating other beings into joining them is an mind-altering power they refer to as Demonic Energy. This Demonic Energy is just as corruptive and vile to ones body as well, for the core tenants of the Mamono center around turning Human males into their way of thinking, and consorting in flesh-worship with them."
"So, what warrants any kind of response to them? The Sarkics are much more dangerous."
"Because, Demonic Energy is corruptive to everything, including the purity of metal and machine, meaning not even we are safe if we ignore it. Demonic Energy is one of the most vile, disgusting and diabolical things I have learned about this world. Nothing sacred can be protected from its grasp. The dead awake when exposed to it, a civilization similar to ours built a race of machine men, holy and without number, and they have been assimilated into the Mamono ranks. Weaponry and armor that is enchanted will also turn on their owners, metal ores will be soaked through and converted to produce weapons that produce Demonic Energy and corrupt the souls of those attacked by the Mamono with it. Nothing is safe, nothing is sacred enough to hold it back, as even the very lands will turn to serve the purposes of the Mamono. Thus we must make haste to perform our duties, and enact a wide-spread Purging Crusade at once." Barion explained. As the Mekhanites took in the information that their peer learned, a wide ranges of responses were given in response.
"If Demonic Energy=corruption to even the sacredness of metal, then Crusade(any other response). Let the presence of it=0." One of the Mekhanites said, letting out a burst of fire erupt out their fire-sprayer into the air.
"We march for Mekhane! All who worship The Flesh must burn in the Broken Gods name! For Mekhane! FOR THE BROKEN GOD!" another yelled, his voice modulator raising in volume. Soon, the Colossi were filled with chants and prayers to Mekhane.
"FOR THE BROKEN GOD! WE MARCH TO WAR! ACTIVATE THE GATE, AND SEND US TO THIS WORLD TO CLEANSE IT!" the Mekhanite Magos yelled out. After calming down as the Mekhanites took their positions, she connected to the others in her army, and spoke. "We have our duty to the Machine and to The Broken God. Out on the other side of the Gate, a world of abominations fighting abominations is out there, for The Flesh has more then one grip on it. We will march out onto this world, and we are to expend upon it the wrath of Mekhane. May all who dare stand before us burn in his wrath, and will we will be his hand going forth and enacting the cleansing of their souls. This is our duty and we will not shirk from it. All Colossi, ready for transportation..."
**POV SHIFT**
Wonderland
As the Queen of Hearts went into her Demon Realm, the Alice-Lilium teleported over to her throne, and sat down in it. Her Cards, Mamono who acted as the official military waited as her servants went and came through the portal, carrying Druella and Emmalis. Druella was saved when Royal Makai was destroyed by the Medical Sabbath working at fixing her condition, as they created a barrier at the last second that saved them from the rubble burying them. The Queen of Hearts herself of course was tired, at least that was the reason she gave for going to her bedroom while everything was being taken care of for her sisters.
When she went inside, the first thing she did was grab a bright ruby-red pillow and screamed into it. They were finally beginning to do something about the Grand Karcist and his Cult, and he managed to put the Mamono on the ropes once again! The sneaky bastard practically had plots upon plots. How could one God give them so much trouble absolutely escaped everyone, as Ion has always had some back up plan that screwed up any victory the Mamono gained and turned it to his favor. A Kuioichi dressed in a jesters outfit appeared from the shadows.
"Master, are you alright?" The Queen of Hearts looked Regalia, and groaned before falling onto the bed. "I'll take that as a no."
"We got a refugee crisis, because one of my sisters blew up Royal Makai after the Grand Karcist tricked her into attacking mom, then blow up the entire city. Then, Koragh the Arch-Lich has escaped, and what information they have indicates he is now running around with the Cult of Nalka, who have launched an attack on Lescatie. I've sent a reinforcement army, who should be on their way. Currently, Lescatie and the area has snowballed out into a mess I'm not in the mood to talk about, Druella is paralyzed, and I want to just wake up and learn it was just some fever dream from that trippy red and white mushroom that was discovered on the Wonderland border." the Queen of Hearts summarized, her voice slightly muffled from speaking into the mattress.
Regalia simply nodded, and left the room. "I'll let you take a minute alone to yourself." she said, closing the door quietly...
**POV SHIFT**
Berina, Mamono-friendly Kingdom
As King Grangerial was walking over to his queens bed, he spoke to his wife, who was turned into a Dragon. It was bright noon day, and so far the Cult had ignored it, though some elements of the insane followers of Ion had been spotted on the border.
"How was your day?" his wife asked, stretching her arms and arching her back.
"It was better then the last few days Annabelle, so there's something." Grangerial said, before sighing as he sat down next to her. Just as they were about to kiss, a lighting bolt struck the ground outside their window somewhere in the city. "Oh Gods, can't Odin wait five minutes to- OH SHIT!" he screamed, as multiple lighting bolts struck the same area. Then after a few seconds passed, the couple widened their eyes, as an object of some kind was seen falling within the lighting.
And take them to the safe house?" Annabelle asked.
"Yeah, you go do that. Guards! You'll watch over the Queen and her children." he said to the two men outside their room. As he walked down the hallway, a number of men and their Mamono wives came down the halls. "You are coming with me to investigate what happened."
"Where are we going? There were multiple areas that got hit." a Dhampir asked.
"Which ever one is closet." Grangerial replied.
After a few hours had passed, he and his escort had approached the crowd gathered around the site.
"Make way for the King!" one of them shouted, and the crowd parted before them. Grangerial walked up to a guard, an Oni with a spear built up to her proportions as he spoke. He could see that where the lighting struck, a crater had formed, with a hole in the center.
"What do we know about what just happened here?" he asked.
"I don't know, but multiple witnesses said something fell through. Whatever it is, it was not there before, since we have a sewer under this street." the Oni replied. The King then drew his sword, before stepping over the ledge. "Your majesty, I know you're blessed, but do you think that is wise?"
"Relax, we're not in danger with him around. He was one of the strongest Champions to first fall, and he was never lost a single battle. Why do you think his wife turned into a Dragon?" a Dhampir, the same one from before responded. Everyone looked as he went to pick up something that looked like polished bronze. When he touched it, his hand jerked back. "Is it hot?" she asked.
"Cold." Grangerial then put on a glove, and grabbed it once more, to let go again upon receiving an electrical shock that made him cry out. Then, suddenly a rumbling could be felt as the ground shook. "EVERYBODY GET AWAY!" he screamed, as the Mamono and Humans back up. The ground seemed to breathe, as just as Grangerial got out it went up, then collapsed, shooting up a cloud of dust into the air. More screams and yelps of surprised were heard, as a giant arm made of the bronze metal he saw appeared and slammed into the ground, crushing a cart selling cabbages.
"WWWWHHHHYYY?!" somebody screamed, before a shape was seen pulling itself up and out of the ground. When the dust cleared, the crowd stared in shock at what appeared to be an Automaton, but styled in the armor and fashion of Sparthens. There were two eyes that scanned the crowd, blank circles of black glass that were the only thing they could see of the behemoths face. It wore a helmet that had a slight crest on top, and a barrel torso along with long and thick arms like tree trunks. A faint shimmering field of some kind could be seen, while chunks of rock and debris fell off the machine mans body.
It then let out a blaring noise, like a foghorn that blew loudly to the point most of the observers had to cover their ears. After two more blaring noises, each one more quiet and shorter then the one before it, the Automaton raised his hand with the fingers splayed out, then fired blue energy bolts at the crowd from each one, and those struck by them exploded into dust.
A terrified screaming could then be heard, as more of the Mamono and the Humans around them were disintegrated, while a number of combat Mages fired off a number of spells, actually damaging ones to stun it, and others to corrupt it. The Automaton turned into the attacks, which exploded or were deflected by the field around it, and pointed at the now scattering formation with linked fingers, forming a gun shape with them. A bigger energy bolt was fired, and the entire group was killed in the blast. Grangerial let out a scream, drawing its attention. Everyone stopped, as the behemoth turned and stared at him. They could sense him charge up with Demonic and Spiritual Energy alike, before suddenly launching himself at near supersonic speed at it from the end of the road, his red glowing sword pointed straight for the machines' head. However, it faded away as though it was just an illusion at the last second, and he turned around as it faded in again turning to him once more.
What?! The man thought. There's no way that thing knows magic! When it raised a finger gun at him, the King snapped out of it. He then raised his sword in time to catch the bolt the Automaton fired at him, and deflected it back. When the energy struck it, the machine man proceeded to let out a metallic groaning sound as it staggered, trying to keep its balance. "NOW!" he screamed, as the royal escort that came with swarmed the Automaton. They climbed on its body, and started to attack the field surrounding the body of the machine.
It turned out to be a mistake however, as a shock wave suddenly blew them off of it, created by the force field which sent them flying and ragdolling in every direction. Grangerial landed on his feet.
What the hell is this thing? The King thought, then turned to the stomping of a second behemoth approaching, raising what looked like an arm with a cannon at the end, the end of which dripped some kind. As his eyes widened, a roaring sound came as the cannon released not a giant cannonball, but a deluge of burning liquid, which consumed him before the screaming Human could react, only now noticing the trails of smoke and orange light in the sky behind it...