"I'm sorry for failing at my task" stated Drassia as she was kneeling in front of the Grandmaster.
"There's nothing to be sorry about" replied the Grandmaster as he turned to the Warlock "You created a distraction good enough to get them off ourselves. We even got some… items that can be useful to us. And, now that you broke the seal that was holding the demons, more and more will appear"
"I didn't think that was the plan" mumbled Drassia before looking at the Grandmaster "Now what should we do?"
"I will send Dalaya to deal with that… arrogant brat" growled the old man "After all, nothing can resist the energy of the void, but, before that…" a runic portal appeared as three persons came out.
"Master Kel?" wondered the girl.
"It's been a long time, Le Fay" replied the old man.
"How do you know my sister?" asked Arthur as he placed himself between Le Fay and the old man.
"Don't worry, I know him" said Le Fay with a smile "He was my mentor for a time"
"You must be her brother, Arthur Pendragon" mused Kel before turning to the last one "And you must be Vali Lucifer, the White Dragon Emperor"
"Why did you call us?" asked Vali.
"To make a deal with you" answered Kel "I'll need you to do three tasks for me, in exchange, I'll give you a reward for each task you complete"
"Can't be that bad" sighed Vali "What do you want us to do?"
"Firstly, I want you to get an important book of necromancy that the devils are hiding in their library. I will send Grok with you, he can… make a distraction and make sure that no one will disrupt you" explained Kel "Of course, everything will go smoothly as I will send someone to get the ace of the three factions occupied" Vali growled before nodding "You won't regret our deal" as a large muscled humanoid with bright blue globs instead of eyes, he was wearing a dark blue armor and two swords came beside him "Grok, open the gate" a dark energy appeared on Grok hands before that a black portal appeared.
"Let's go" said Grok before walking through the portal.
Vali and the others nodded to each other before following him, leaving the old man smirking.
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"Demons?"
"Yeah, a whole hoard of 'em. I killed them all, but the one who summoned them got away"
"It has to be the work of the Chaos brigade"
"I'm not so sure about that, as far as I know, Vali doesn't have the ability to summon demons"
"What are you getting at, old man?"
"I think we have a new group of players on the field"
A bright golden light filled the room.
"I apologize for arriving late, please forgive my absence"
"Hey Michale, I assume Gabriel couldn't make it?"
"Yes, she has a very important task, so I came alone"
"Alright, let me run you down"
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"I see, that is very troubling to hear"
"Pierce, I know you don't like working for free, but could you please make sure my sister is safe?"
"Sure, you owe me a favor though"
"*sigh* you truly are Azazel's son"
"Oi! What's that supposed to mean?"
Pierce flashed away before he could be dragged into more.
He arrived in his room to see his wife alone.
"I've been waiting for you"
"Well I'm afraid i've got some bad news"
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Grok and Vali's team arrived at the Gremory family's Library.
"Search for the book, I'll make sure that no one gets inside" stated Grok before walking to the door, throwing a rune outside , then closed the door before sealing it with ice.
"So many books" mumbled Le Fay "It can take us hours"
"Let's start now" ordered Vali.
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'Oh boy, a stalker! I hope they can fight better than they can hide'
"Only you would be happy to have a stalker"
Pierce went to an empty warehouse. Just to make sure.
"So, does my stalker have a name?" asked Pierce as he got ready to fight.
"That's not important for someone who's going to die here" replied the person with a feminine voice.
"That cloak… are you with the one who summoned the demons?" asked Pierce.
"A dead man doesn't need to know" said the person before taking the cloak off, revealing a purple skinned elf with purple hair. Her armor was made of some sort of dark blue material and had a nightmarish mace in her hands.
"What kind of elf are you?" asked Pierce.
"You talk a lot"
"I like to get a good look at a girl before I kick her ass"
Something about that mace was bothering him.
The elf girl charged at him, Pierce dodged a swing. Now that she was close, he could feel what it was.
'Void energy?'
Pierce jumped away. "Did your boss assume that void energy would scare me? Or maybe even kill me?"
He got a response in the form of a charge attack, he tried to deflect it with his sword. The blade was cut in half.
"Well shit….."
He used his speed to dodge sever attacks from the elf.
"So I'm going to assume that the one from before told you about me" He dodged and landed a kick to her stomach.
He used the opening to knock her weapon away and knock her to the ground. He placed a boot on her to keep her down.
His sword reformed in his hand, he held the blade to her neck.
"Now what? You have no weapon" his helmet melted away to reveal his smirking face. "This is usually the part where you would beg for your life or- huh AH!" he moved his head back just in time for a ball of void energy to miss by an inch.
He jumped back.
"I've done my part" she vanished before he could say anything.
"Damn it, she got away"
A magic circle formed beside his ear.
"Hello?"
"Its Sirzechs, we've been invaded by undead creatures"
"That sounds bad, if only you had some sort of crazy suicidal bounty hunter to fight them off"
"*sigh* yes, you will be paid"
"Pleasure doing business"
*FLASH*
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In the frozen wasteland, Grok arrived with Vali and the others, and gave the book to Kel.
"Excellent" chuckled the old man "Now, time for your reward" he presented to Arthur a large blade "This is the first and most powerful holy sword that the planet had known. Now it's yours"
"That feeling…" gasped Arthur.
"Yes, this is the Ashbringer. And now, it's yours"