CHAPTER 25: GALAMOTH
On the other side of the gate stood the past, in a deep cave. The pair jumped down from the ledge the door was on and advanced to the side of a sea of bones. The floor was covered in jagged remains of ancient warriors. Skulls lingered about, spears, swords and axes hid amongst the various bits of these ancient invaders.
Alucard: Well, this is probably where Death piled all those who managed to reach his gate...
Lyliara: Well, do we care? Let's go up. She flew up to a small platform witrh the stairs leading up. Alucard turned into a bat and the small lift crossing the sea of bones arrived and left just as fast. In the chamber above were open tombs on the walls where more deceased men layed in eternal slumber... except for a few... A bunch of mummies and zombies came out of their tombs. Alucard used his Marsil and scorched them all to hell. At the other end of the room was a staircase leading down. They were back to the sea of bones, not seeing either end of it. They took the lift when it got close enough and used it to cross some distance over the dangerous pile of corpses. After a bit, they jumped on the next one that lead them to a low ceiling covered in spikes. Their transfer arrived while under those spikes, Lyliara glided there and Alucard transformed again to cross. That lift brought them out of the sea and to a staircase leading down. In the room was the door out and Frankenstein's monster. It roared loud and detached a stalagmite, making it fall and tear out it's brain.
Alucard: Okay... our author doesn't hold Frankenstein in great respect, does he?
Lyliara: Well, it is just a bunch of limbs tied together with a semi- functional brain, so what can you expect? They crossed the door to the present. The temperature turn to freezing in a matter of seconds.
Alucard: I...t's so COLD!
Lyliara: You think? This place is pretty warm compared to some I've been. In the room they were in, they found a few witches on brooms, but they retreated when they saw the two... In the next room, they were at a four way crossroad. In the center of it was Magus, still envelopped in the deep darkness from before.
Lyliara: How did he get all the way down here before us?
Alucard: More importantly, how can he stand up?
Lyliara: Well, we'd better take him with us... Alucard, take he lower right road, I'll take the lower left with Magus...
Alucard: Right... um... what exactly am i searchign for?
Lyliara: A giant demon.
Alucard: Well, that should be pretty easy to find...
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Alucard waved farewell as he engaged himself on the path Lyliara had told him to follow. He followed a dark corridor to a large well lit room. Within were dozens of slimes, one of the witches from earlier and a floating lady who'se skin
seemed too pale and... blueish to be normal. A small orb of ice rotated around her, chilling the air to sub-zero temperatures. Alucard, jumping his way up to their level and listened carefully.
Salome(Witch girl): How is his lordship these days?
Frozen-Half: As grouchy as usual whyle scheming.
Salome: Who'se he want to overthrow THIS time?
Frozen-Half: Apparently the demon king, but his plan's WAY too complex! I've calculated his scheme will take 10000 years!
Salome: That's a hell of a long time! My children's children won't see the end of it! Frozen-Half: I'LL probably be dead by then!
Salome: Now THAT says a lot. Anyway... How is it like?
Frozen-Half: You mean getting killed, sucked dry of blood and getting it all replaced by Ice before being revived?
Salome: Must've been painful...
Frozen-Half: My dear sister, if you only knew the half of it...
Alucard: No, this is not my father's style, but who are they working for then? He silently crept by the sisters as a bat. He noticed both of them, staring directly at him. The youngest returned to talking to her sister whyle the eldest kept a icy gaze leveled at him until he'd left her line of sight into a pitch black room where he reverted because the air around him felt so wrong... As his feet hit the ground, he searched his equipment for something. Not finding it, he cursed not having inherited Night vision from his father.
Alucard: Flames of light who burn so bright, into my hands gather your light. A small sphere of light appeared in his hands, projecting light around him. He immediately cursed having been asigned this path. The floor, the ceiling and all the walls ahead were covered in spikes. close to him, he could see a trail of dried blood leading into the shadows. As he raised the sphere, he saw a wall raising from the floor where a skeleton was impaled in the wall's spikes. Alucard, gathering his vampyrical powers within him, felt his body melt and dissolve. He hated having to do this, but he had to. He kept the power flowing into him until he felt he was total mist. He slowly proceeded torwards the hole above the wall. Beyond was but shadows. In his initial visit, he'd avoided the dark catacombs and had chosed to stay warm. As he proceeded forward, he felt blocked with a sharp piercing sensation crossing him. Although he coudn't be hurt, he still felt magical damage. SOMEONE had known of his powers and planned ahead. Now, he backstepped, keeping himself leveled to the floor until he fit in an opening so close to the entrance, he'd never expected it. He slipped down and followed the path across the room as best he could. Several minutes later, he was above a glowing tile. Reverting, he landed straight on it. The light immediately faded, leading to a blinding flash as thew room was lit forever... or until someone closed the tile. The next room was straight and guarded by two salome's. The demon took care of one, but Alucard had to handle the other. His sword had no way of penetrating her heavy wards. Avoiding her cat's path, he took the Runeblade from his side and launched it at her. It hit the wall, crossing it, but not harming her, as if she'd been nothing but a ghost, nut as it returned, it clearly crossed her, the hilt bursting from her stomach, taking along a large part of her guts. After wiping off most of the blood off it and unraveling her guts from the magnifiscent hilt and placing it back at his side for futur use. Descending in a hole in the floor, he found himself in a long corridor leading to a small crypt where an altar stood. Upon it's bloodied surface, a small object rested. A lifesise skull carved of a diamond stood there, a ruby in each of it's cavities. Alucard calmly pocketed the stone. For it to be this well guarded, it HAD to have a use.
Demon: Hmm, I'm not sure of it's safety at all.
Alucard: Neither am I, but if it DOES have a use, we won't have to come back here. He started to run back the way he'd came, a bit worried about Magus and Lyliara, since if he wasn't there, how were the two going to handle the huge demon...
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Lyliara lead Magus down the path, into a room filled with tombs and then to a river of blue liquid emanating the cold atmosphere. Small snowflakes rained from the ceiling. In the center was a bridge made of stone. Lyliara went over to the river and stared at if for a minute.
Lyliara: Pure Ice Magic, better make sure my little Magus doesn't fall in... The two started to cross the bridge, Magus calmly following. In the center was a blue girl with an ice orb floating and circling around her.
Frozen-Half: No one may pass here, for it leads to my master's chambers.
Lyliara: Let me pass, I must consult with Galamoth.
Frozen-Half: None may pass!
Lyliara : Well, then you die... Her hand radiated for a second and then stopped, feeling an immense surge of evil from Magus. She leapt aside, using her wings to stop her from going down to the Ice's level. A spear of utter darkness had burst out of Magus' body and impaled the girl. In seconds a dark flash occured and nothign was left of her. Lyliara: I REALLY have to watch my back with whatever Magus is infected with... On the other side of the pool was another room with tombs and a way up. At the top, they ventured into the next room. In it was an immense demon, practically two and a half stories high wearing strange egyptian-like armor, but the metal it was made of was unknown to Earth, originating from the lower plains. It's yellowish skin made it look a bit sick, but yet... that much more fearful. It had a mace and a shield for weapons. The demon rose to it's full height and spoke in a titanous voice.
Demon: gan zot rein wankun. (Okay, since it's two demons talking, they're using their native tongue, demonic, so I'll just translate now to save me the trouble of writing more of it...)
Demon: Finally, someone from outside...
Lyliara: Master Galamoth...
Galamoth: Another follower who wishes the death of the Nether King... ... Why is THAT with you?
Lyliara: Why is what with me?
Galamoth: That trash that is our foe behind you.
Lyliara: Magus is no threat to...
Galamoth: Enough!! Dispose of him and then we'll continue talking.
Lyliara: NO!
Galamoth: You dare disobey me?? Do you know the penalty given to those who do so? Death!
Lyliara: Do you honestly think you're scaring me? You're so full of it...
Galamoth : How dare you! You'll pay dearly these insults! He swung his mace down hard and fast, but the girl was long gone from the spot.
Lyliara: As slow as ever, I see...
Galamoth: Oh... so it's YOU...
Lyliara: Who did you think it was? Some lowly Succubus?
Galamoth: Anyway, why are you here?
Lyliara: This man is infected with an unknown virus, I'd wish for you to tell me what it is... Lyliara tossed him the sphere containing the sample she'd gotten earlier.
Galamoth: I've never seen such a thing in my entire life...
Lyliara: Say now, YOU don't know what this is? And you dare proclaim your rank?
Galamoth: I may be who I am, but that doesn,t mean I know everything... WHAT THE?? The evil surge was felt again. Galamoth started to shiver across his entire body. Lyliara, floating at the levl of Galamoth's face, stared again at Magus, noticing the goo on him acting up...
Lyliara: What's happening?
Galamoth: What's this aura? It's overwhelming!! The goo detached itself and crawled along the floor torwards Galamoth. The huge demon made a step back fro every meter the goo progressed until he was cornered. It lunged fro him absorbign him fully into itself while the demon let out an inhuman scream of agony. Magus fell to the floor, unconscious, all life signs perfectly fine. At that tim, Alucard showed up.
Alucard: Don't worry, I'm here to help!! ... ... Um... where's the demon?
Lyliara: Too late, he's already dead.
Alucard: And Magus?
Lyliara: We'll wait and leave once he's up...
On the other side of the gate stood the past, in a deep cave. The pair jumped down from the ledge the door was on and advanced to the side of a sea of bones. The floor was covered in jagged remains of ancient warriors. Skulls lingered about, spears, swords and axes hid amongst the various bits of these ancient invaders.
Alucard: Well, this is probably where Death piled all those who managed to reach his gate...
Lyliara: Well, do we care? Let's go up. She flew up to a small platform witrh the stairs leading up. Alucard turned into a bat and the small lift crossing the sea of bones arrived and left just as fast. In the chamber above were open tombs on the walls where more deceased men layed in eternal slumber... except for a few... A bunch of mummies and zombies came out of their tombs. Alucard used his Marsil and scorched them all to hell. At the other end of the room was a staircase leading down. They were back to the sea of bones, not seeing either end of it. They took the lift when it got close enough and used it to cross some distance over the dangerous pile of corpses. After a bit, they jumped on the next one that lead them to a low ceiling covered in spikes. Their transfer arrived while under those spikes, Lyliara glided there and Alucard transformed again to cross. That lift brought them out of the sea and to a staircase leading down. In the room was the door out and Frankenstein's monster. It roared loud and detached a stalagmite, making it fall and tear out it's brain.
Alucard: Okay... our author doesn't hold Frankenstein in great respect, does he?
Lyliara: Well, it is just a bunch of limbs tied together with a semi- functional brain, so what can you expect? They crossed the door to the present. The temperature turn to freezing in a matter of seconds.
Alucard: I...t's so COLD!
Lyliara: You think? This place is pretty warm compared to some I've been. In the room they were in, they found a few witches on brooms, but they retreated when they saw the two... In the next room, they were at a four way crossroad. In the center of it was Magus, still envelopped in the deep darkness from before.
Lyliara: How did he get all the way down here before us?
Alucard: More importantly, how can he stand up?
Lyliara: Well, we'd better take him with us... Alucard, take he lower right road, I'll take the lower left with Magus...
Alucard: Right... um... what exactly am i searchign for?
Lyliara: A giant demon.
Alucard: Well, that should be pretty easy to find...
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Alucard waved farewell as he engaged himself on the path Lyliara had told him to follow. He followed a dark corridor to a large well lit room. Within were dozens of slimes, one of the witches from earlier and a floating lady who'se skin
seemed too pale and... blueish to be normal. A small orb of ice rotated around her, chilling the air to sub-zero temperatures. Alucard, jumping his way up to their level and listened carefully.
Salome(Witch girl): How is his lordship these days?
Frozen-Half: As grouchy as usual whyle scheming.
Salome: Who'se he want to overthrow THIS time?
Frozen-Half: Apparently the demon king, but his plan's WAY too complex! I've calculated his scheme will take 10000 years!
Salome: That's a hell of a long time! My children's children won't see the end of it! Frozen-Half: I'LL probably be dead by then!
Salome: Now THAT says a lot. Anyway... How is it like?
Frozen-Half: You mean getting killed, sucked dry of blood and getting it all replaced by Ice before being revived?
Salome: Must've been painful...
Frozen-Half: My dear sister, if you only knew the half of it...
Alucard: No, this is not my father's style, but who are they working for then? He silently crept by the sisters as a bat. He noticed both of them, staring directly at him. The youngest returned to talking to her sister whyle the eldest kept a icy gaze leveled at him until he'd left her line of sight into a pitch black room where he reverted because the air around him felt so wrong... As his feet hit the ground, he searched his equipment for something. Not finding it, he cursed not having inherited Night vision from his father.
Alucard: Flames of light who burn so bright, into my hands gather your light. A small sphere of light appeared in his hands, projecting light around him. He immediately cursed having been asigned this path. The floor, the ceiling and all the walls ahead were covered in spikes. close to him, he could see a trail of dried blood leading into the shadows. As he raised the sphere, he saw a wall raising from the floor where a skeleton was impaled in the wall's spikes. Alucard, gathering his vampyrical powers within him, felt his body melt and dissolve. He hated having to do this, but he had to. He kept the power flowing into him until he felt he was total mist. He slowly proceeded torwards the hole above the wall. Beyond was but shadows. In his initial visit, he'd avoided the dark catacombs and had chosed to stay warm. As he proceeded forward, he felt blocked with a sharp piercing sensation crossing him. Although he coudn't be hurt, he still felt magical damage. SOMEONE had known of his powers and planned ahead. Now, he backstepped, keeping himself leveled to the floor until he fit in an opening so close to the entrance, he'd never expected it. He slipped down and followed the path across the room as best he could. Several minutes later, he was above a glowing tile. Reverting, he landed straight on it. The light immediately faded, leading to a blinding flash as thew room was lit forever... or until someone closed the tile. The next room was straight and guarded by two salome's. The demon took care of one, but Alucard had to handle the other. His sword had no way of penetrating her heavy wards. Avoiding her cat's path, he took the Runeblade from his side and launched it at her. It hit the wall, crossing it, but not harming her, as if she'd been nothing but a ghost, nut as it returned, it clearly crossed her, the hilt bursting from her stomach, taking along a large part of her guts. After wiping off most of the blood off it and unraveling her guts from the magnifiscent hilt and placing it back at his side for futur use. Descending in a hole in the floor, he found himself in a long corridor leading to a small crypt where an altar stood. Upon it's bloodied surface, a small object rested. A lifesise skull carved of a diamond stood there, a ruby in each of it's cavities. Alucard calmly pocketed the stone. For it to be this well guarded, it HAD to have a use.
Demon: Hmm, I'm not sure of it's safety at all.
Alucard: Neither am I, but if it DOES have a use, we won't have to come back here. He started to run back the way he'd came, a bit worried about Magus and Lyliara, since if he wasn't there, how were the two going to handle the huge demon...
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Lyliara lead Magus down the path, into a room filled with tombs and then to a river of blue liquid emanating the cold atmosphere. Small snowflakes rained from the ceiling. In the center was a bridge made of stone. Lyliara went over to the river and stared at if for a minute.
Lyliara: Pure Ice Magic, better make sure my little Magus doesn't fall in... The two started to cross the bridge, Magus calmly following. In the center was a blue girl with an ice orb floating and circling around her.
Frozen-Half: No one may pass here, for it leads to my master's chambers.
Lyliara: Let me pass, I must consult with Galamoth.
Frozen-Half: None may pass!
Lyliara : Well, then you die... Her hand radiated for a second and then stopped, feeling an immense surge of evil from Magus. She leapt aside, using her wings to stop her from going down to the Ice's level. A spear of utter darkness had burst out of Magus' body and impaled the girl. In seconds a dark flash occured and nothign was left of her. Lyliara: I REALLY have to watch my back with whatever Magus is infected with... On the other side of the pool was another room with tombs and a way up. At the top, they ventured into the next room. In it was an immense demon, practically two and a half stories high wearing strange egyptian-like armor, but the metal it was made of was unknown to Earth, originating from the lower plains. It's yellowish skin made it look a bit sick, but yet... that much more fearful. It had a mace and a shield for weapons. The demon rose to it's full height and spoke in a titanous voice.
Demon: gan zot rein wankun. (Okay, since it's two demons talking, they're using their native tongue, demonic, so I'll just translate now to save me the trouble of writing more of it...)
Demon: Finally, someone from outside...
Lyliara: Master Galamoth...
Galamoth: Another follower who wishes the death of the Nether King... ... Why is THAT with you?
Lyliara: Why is what with me?
Galamoth: That trash that is our foe behind you.
Lyliara: Magus is no threat to...
Galamoth: Enough!! Dispose of him and then we'll continue talking.
Lyliara: NO!
Galamoth: You dare disobey me?? Do you know the penalty given to those who do so? Death!
Lyliara: Do you honestly think you're scaring me? You're so full of it...
Galamoth : How dare you! You'll pay dearly these insults! He swung his mace down hard and fast, but the girl was long gone from the spot.
Lyliara: As slow as ever, I see...
Galamoth: Oh... so it's YOU...
Lyliara: Who did you think it was? Some lowly Succubus?
Galamoth: Anyway, why are you here?
Lyliara: This man is infected with an unknown virus, I'd wish for you to tell me what it is... Lyliara tossed him the sphere containing the sample she'd gotten earlier.
Galamoth: I've never seen such a thing in my entire life...
Lyliara: Say now, YOU don't know what this is? And you dare proclaim your rank?
Galamoth: I may be who I am, but that doesn,t mean I know everything... WHAT THE?? The evil surge was felt again. Galamoth started to shiver across his entire body. Lyliara, floating at the levl of Galamoth's face, stared again at Magus, noticing the goo on him acting up...
Lyliara: What's happening?
Galamoth: What's this aura? It's overwhelming!! The goo detached itself and crawled along the floor torwards Galamoth. The huge demon made a step back fro every meter the goo progressed until he was cornered. It lunged fro him absorbign him fully into itself while the demon let out an inhuman scream of agony. Magus fell to the floor, unconscious, all life signs perfectly fine. At that tim, Alucard showed up.
Alucard: Don't worry, I'm here to help!! ... ... Um... where's the demon?
Lyliara: Too late, he's already dead.
Alucard: And Magus?
Lyliara: We'll wait and leave once he's up...