CHAPTER 14: CHURCH
Magus emerged into the castle's ancient church that had slowly been invaded by Dracula's minions. A light aura of Holyness filled the air, making it hard for most of Dracula's men to live here. Magus was immediately confronted by a large room filled with stairs going up around 8 floors. As he started to climb up to the third floor, he saw a flying skeleton with a shield and a lance charge him. Leaping upon the stairs, he let it crash into the stairs and break to pieces. Immediately, another charged... up to the top, the relentless assault of the suicidal skeletons continued and at the top, they stopped coming. Before the next room, he had to slice an Axe armor to pieces. In the next room, small fuzzy and invulnerable creatures claimed platforms as their own endlessly spinning around the platform, pushing off anything it touches. Magus leapt over it and got on the stairs. He heard a titanous scream and looked down. A Tremendous serpent was climbing up, destroying stairs and platforms, engulfing anything that entered it's huge jaw. Magus ran up as fast a she could, tearing every Axe armor to shreds if he had time, a few were merely maimed and eaten by the serpent. At the top, he rushed into the next room before the snake engulfed him. He saw the reptile's eye for a second and it retreated into the darkness below until another foolish person would attempt the climb. The platforms magically reconstructed themselves and enemies returned as well.
Magus: Well, I'll never see an auto-raising screen the same way again... The next room also involved climbing up many floors on stairs, but this time the threat was bone pillars. The entire room was supported by them, which made their lives vital unfortunately.
Magus: Damn, can't kill them... wait... Bone pillars, eh? Magus put on a ring to absorb all low level fire attacks and spells. He strolled up the stairs, getting his strength back with every fireball or breath. After that, he emerged at the top of the church into a small room with the door to the present. All that stood in his way now was the boss, Frankenstein. The giant man tapped his feet to the floor and sections of the ceiling gave in, falling down and knocking him out.
Magus: Um... right, I don't think that was supposed to happen... was it? He got no response. He leapt over the buried monster and went to the present. The present's Holy energy was greater than ever, stopping all undeads from existing.
Magus: Hehehe... poor, poor Dracula had to deal with Holy type creatures it seems... Hope he got a paladin or two... Their handshake probably burned his hand right of... Magus climbed the statue in front of him to the upper floor, a giant staircase.
Magus: Enough with the stairs already! On his way up, he fought and defeated a bunch of soldiers.
Man: Halt there fiend! How there you trespass in this holy place! I shall put a stop... He tripped and rolled down the stairs, leaving Magus with a drip.
Magus: Is it just me or is this becoming completely stupid? He continued to climb for awhile and saw a bone pillar holding something behind it. It's skull was all fractured and would break if hit. Magus sighed and slashed it. At the same time, the idiotic paladin from before had went to get 10 of his comrades and all were running up to him.
Man: There he is! Get him, destroy the evil one! The bone pillar had been a trap, behind it was a huge spiked ball that started to tumble down the stairs fast. Magus leapt over it and landed at the top of the stairs the pillar was guarding, but the paladins now had to deal with it... The ball kept rolling, leaving a puddle of Holy blood all over the clean stairs...
Magus: Okay author, that's enough Enemies are stupid jokes already. He entered the next room where a big sword just floated there. After he made a few steps in, a bunch of smaller swords appeared, forming two wheels, one of four larger swords and between those swords was a wheel of 8 smaller swords. As the sword got in closer, the two wheels spinned fast, making them hard to see. Right beside it was a huge cross tied to the wall...
Magus: What did I just ask you? I am not cutting down that cross!! Magus sliced the sword, tearing across both wheels and slicing the evil sword in two. In the next room was one rickety staircase...
Magus: Not another damn staircase!! ... that lead up to a wooden platform. Magus went up it and found a small room connected there. In it was one LONG hall whose walls, floor and ceiling were covered in spikes. In the center was also a metal grate blocking all forms of passage. Magus sighed and headed back higher in the last room. On the floor above him was a ghost wielding a sword, right above it was a giant bell...
Magus: Can't you take a point? No Enemies are stupid jokes!
Author: Hey! That's how the game is done! SOTN church has a Hunter spirit under a giant bell, it's not my idea! Magus sighed and killed the ghost, going in the next room, a horizontal hall, followed by another vertical bell tower and another hall and then the boss... In the room was a hypogriff, a beast made of the front of an eagle and the back of a horse... I think that was it... make it red and there you have it! The beast Inhaled and let out a fire breath. Magus, still having his ring on, absorbed it all. It rose in the air and dive bombed at him. Magus got in a defensive stance and got a corpse on him, the beast's head detached. He got the corpse off of him and noticed an elf at the other end of the room, near the gate to the future. He was wearing a blue mail, a blue cape, long green hair and was a moon elf. He was putting away his sword.
Magus: Rhys?
Rhys: So we meet again, it's been awhile, eh Janus?
Magus: Nani? Janus, I'm Magus and you know it!
Rhys: Oh? You seem to know less about yourself than most others it seems.
Magus: What do you mean?
Rhys: Inside you dwell two spirits. One is Janus, the elf we met on Evermeet that fell in love with Cilliana and the other one is Magus... whom we know nothing of and is currently in control.
Magus: Anyway, why are you here Rhys?
Rhys: Ah true, Magus has no idea... I am Janus' guardian, so I'm bound to follow and protect you.
Magus: WHAT? But I don't need a protector!
Rhys: Oh really? Then explain to me what happened at the colloseum in both present and future.
Magus: Well... um... ah...
Rhys: Thought so. Janus grew and undying love for Cilliana and grew a bond unmatchable with her... a bond that luckily seals his true power from him. If something happens to her, that power breaks free... but since it's being conducted through YOUR body, a body of the shadow element, the power negates and weakens, but makes you loose complete control over your actions... Actually, with the little you can sustain, you'd have enough to blow up the universe a few times in a row...
Magus: What? And what am I supposed to do about it?
Rhys: The only was is to separate you and Janus into two separate bodies... but that's WAY harder to do than say... I'll warn you when I find a way, until then, we will meet quite often... oh, and if you DO find Cilliana, keep her safe, for your sake. He leapt into the gate to the future.
Magus: Wait! He leapt in after the man, hoping to get a clearer explanation.
" Author note: Sorry if I confused you a bit with all that, but if I did, don't worry, that subject won't be mentioned again until WAY later... so just keep that in mind and keep reading like I never wrote it since most of you will never get that far... "
Magus emerged into the castle's ancient church that had slowly been invaded by Dracula's minions. A light aura of Holyness filled the air, making it hard for most of Dracula's men to live here. Magus was immediately confronted by a large room filled with stairs going up around 8 floors. As he started to climb up to the third floor, he saw a flying skeleton with a shield and a lance charge him. Leaping upon the stairs, he let it crash into the stairs and break to pieces. Immediately, another charged... up to the top, the relentless assault of the suicidal skeletons continued and at the top, they stopped coming. Before the next room, he had to slice an Axe armor to pieces. In the next room, small fuzzy and invulnerable creatures claimed platforms as their own endlessly spinning around the platform, pushing off anything it touches. Magus leapt over it and got on the stairs. He heard a titanous scream and looked down. A Tremendous serpent was climbing up, destroying stairs and platforms, engulfing anything that entered it's huge jaw. Magus ran up as fast a she could, tearing every Axe armor to shreds if he had time, a few were merely maimed and eaten by the serpent. At the top, he rushed into the next room before the snake engulfed him. He saw the reptile's eye for a second and it retreated into the darkness below until another foolish person would attempt the climb. The platforms magically reconstructed themselves and enemies returned as well.
Magus: Well, I'll never see an auto-raising screen the same way again... The next room also involved climbing up many floors on stairs, but this time the threat was bone pillars. The entire room was supported by them, which made their lives vital unfortunately.
Magus: Damn, can't kill them... wait... Bone pillars, eh? Magus put on a ring to absorb all low level fire attacks and spells. He strolled up the stairs, getting his strength back with every fireball or breath. After that, he emerged at the top of the church into a small room with the door to the present. All that stood in his way now was the boss, Frankenstein. The giant man tapped his feet to the floor and sections of the ceiling gave in, falling down and knocking him out.
Magus: Um... right, I don't think that was supposed to happen... was it? He got no response. He leapt over the buried monster and went to the present. The present's Holy energy was greater than ever, stopping all undeads from existing.
Magus: Hehehe... poor, poor Dracula had to deal with Holy type creatures it seems... Hope he got a paladin or two... Their handshake probably burned his hand right of... Magus climbed the statue in front of him to the upper floor, a giant staircase.
Magus: Enough with the stairs already! On his way up, he fought and defeated a bunch of soldiers.
Man: Halt there fiend! How there you trespass in this holy place! I shall put a stop... He tripped and rolled down the stairs, leaving Magus with a drip.
Magus: Is it just me or is this becoming completely stupid? He continued to climb for awhile and saw a bone pillar holding something behind it. It's skull was all fractured and would break if hit. Magus sighed and slashed it. At the same time, the idiotic paladin from before had went to get 10 of his comrades and all were running up to him.
Man: There he is! Get him, destroy the evil one! The bone pillar had been a trap, behind it was a huge spiked ball that started to tumble down the stairs fast. Magus leapt over it and landed at the top of the stairs the pillar was guarding, but the paladins now had to deal with it... The ball kept rolling, leaving a puddle of Holy blood all over the clean stairs...
Magus: Okay author, that's enough Enemies are stupid jokes already. He entered the next room where a big sword just floated there. After he made a few steps in, a bunch of smaller swords appeared, forming two wheels, one of four larger swords and between those swords was a wheel of 8 smaller swords. As the sword got in closer, the two wheels spinned fast, making them hard to see. Right beside it was a huge cross tied to the wall...
Magus: What did I just ask you? I am not cutting down that cross!! Magus sliced the sword, tearing across both wheels and slicing the evil sword in two. In the next room was one rickety staircase...
Magus: Not another damn staircase!! ... that lead up to a wooden platform. Magus went up it and found a small room connected there. In it was one LONG hall whose walls, floor and ceiling were covered in spikes. In the center was also a metal grate blocking all forms of passage. Magus sighed and headed back higher in the last room. On the floor above him was a ghost wielding a sword, right above it was a giant bell...
Magus: Can't you take a point? No Enemies are stupid jokes!
Author: Hey! That's how the game is done! SOTN church has a Hunter spirit under a giant bell, it's not my idea! Magus sighed and killed the ghost, going in the next room, a horizontal hall, followed by another vertical bell tower and another hall and then the boss... In the room was a hypogriff, a beast made of the front of an eagle and the back of a horse... I think that was it... make it red and there you have it! The beast Inhaled and let out a fire breath. Magus, still having his ring on, absorbed it all. It rose in the air and dive bombed at him. Magus got in a defensive stance and got a corpse on him, the beast's head detached. He got the corpse off of him and noticed an elf at the other end of the room, near the gate to the future. He was wearing a blue mail, a blue cape, long green hair and was a moon elf. He was putting away his sword.
Magus: Rhys?
Rhys: So we meet again, it's been awhile, eh Janus?
Magus: Nani? Janus, I'm Magus and you know it!
Rhys: Oh? You seem to know less about yourself than most others it seems.
Magus: What do you mean?
Rhys: Inside you dwell two spirits. One is Janus, the elf we met on Evermeet that fell in love with Cilliana and the other one is Magus... whom we know nothing of and is currently in control.
Magus: Anyway, why are you here Rhys?
Rhys: Ah true, Magus has no idea... I am Janus' guardian, so I'm bound to follow and protect you.
Magus: WHAT? But I don't need a protector!
Rhys: Oh really? Then explain to me what happened at the colloseum in both present and future.
Magus: Well... um... ah...
Rhys: Thought so. Janus grew and undying love for Cilliana and grew a bond unmatchable with her... a bond that luckily seals his true power from him. If something happens to her, that power breaks free... but since it's being conducted through YOUR body, a body of the shadow element, the power negates and weakens, but makes you loose complete control over your actions... Actually, with the little you can sustain, you'd have enough to blow up the universe a few times in a row...
Magus: What? And what am I supposed to do about it?
Rhys: The only was is to separate you and Janus into two separate bodies... but that's WAY harder to do than say... I'll warn you when I find a way, until then, we will meet quite often... oh, and if you DO find Cilliana, keep her safe, for your sake. He leapt into the gate to the future.
Magus: Wait! He leapt in after the man, hoping to get a clearer explanation.
" Author note: Sorry if I confused you a bit with all that, but if I did, don't worry, that subject won't be mentioned again until WAY later... so just keep that in mind and keep reading like I never wrote it since most of you will never get that far... "