CHAPTER 27: OMEGA WEAPON
As the door swung open, Magus noticed a small mist lying on the floor. In the center of the room was an omnious dark shadow stood. Although formless, it still gave off an appearance of might and power...
Alucard: What is it?
Magus: Concentrated evil, awaiting for something to show it's true form.
Alucard: Like what?
Magus: Usually, some sort of signal, determined at the time of it's trapping. Well, this is what Death was guarding it seems... Well, let's loot the place and leave before we accidentally free it... In the next room, they found a huge corpse of a dragon that seemed to have been there for ages becauseof the advanced state of decomposition it was in. In the cavern's upper walls was a shadow drake sleeping peacefully...
Magus: Okay, let's pillage the place quietly and be done with it. They split up and searched the large room for something of use. A bit later, Alucard found a rope.
Alucard: I wonder what this does.
Magus: Alucard! NO! As Alucard's fingers touched the rope, it started to vibrate. Both clearly heard the church's bells ring loudly enough to wake the dead. Along with it came a few loud roars, including one from the room they'd just come from.
Magus: Why did you have to pull that rope.... *sigh* A bit depressed, he crossed back to find the demon they'd freed. The demon turned it's back on them, it's huge tail hitting empty air. It turned to face them. it's body was quite huge, bulky and just a bit ugly. It's lower body was completely muscular. It needed to stand on four legs and use it's tail to keep itself standing. It had a face on it's groin, like that of a puma, but much more deformed. It's upper body was more manlike but it's face seemed pledged as a crossover between man and bat. It's huge sword was honed to the razor edge, seemingly capable of slicing the air itself. It's eyes shinned with intelligence as it looked at the pair.
Demon: Magus!
Magus: It just had to be you...
Omega: I'll get you this time, you lowly man!
Alucard: Do... you two know each other?
Magus: Actually, I forgot where I dumped him... apparently, it was here.
Omega: No... You dumped me very far from here, Death just picked the sphere up and brought it here.
Magus: Well, I'll have to kill you this time.
Omega: Do you honestly think you've done that much progress?
Magus: Well, let's hope I have...
Omega: Last time, you failed miserably, so don't dissapoint me...
Magus: Alucard, this will be the toughest fight you've had for quite some time.
Alucard: What is it?
Magus: An earthly demon, the most dangerous type out there. Created by the planet to defend itself against anything. It's the oldest and most powerful that all the others out there.
Alucard: So WE have to kill it, right?
Magus: Unfortunately...
Alucard: I was afraid you were going to say that...
Omega: First, I'll slay you, Magus, them it's Galamoth's turn.
Magus: Galamoth? Why Galamoth?
Omega: Because his power is growing too rapidly. Since the... Accident, he's been trainign to defeat you and he's finally ready and waiting. Now die!
Magus: Bring it on. We'll see if you've rusted over the past years... Magus charged the massive weapon, but only succeeded in eating a large hit in the head by the Weapon's sword instead. The large cut across his forehead oozing blood all over his face, obscuring his vision. The creature took it's enemy's unexpected handicap to it's advantage and gathered power in it's lower mouth.
Alucard: MAGUS! WATCH OUT! As Magus finally got most of the blood off his eyes, his eyes grew wide. A light pillar burst from the mouth, crashing directly into Magus, dragging him into a nearby wall, pinning him there for a second and then he fell face flat on the bony floor, sending little skulls rolling all over the place. Alucard, terror stricken by the attack, stood gaping at the Weapon. It turned it's attention to him. It twirled it's arm a bit and Alucard felt the gravity around him triple, forcing him to deploy immense strength for the few seconds it lasted. it had drained him of 2/3 of his strength. The sword familiar charged it from the side, but got stopped by a green light emanating from it, forming a dome on it, clearing the floor into a crater. The sword was no more... for now. (Familiars automatically regenerate after a week.) Alucard, maddened by the possible loss of his friend and familiar, charged the huge beast. His Gurthang and Runesword both ebbed in the beast's flesh, but it didn't even flinch.
Omega: Pathetic weakling. Both of you die no.... A strange throb was heard...
Thump, thump
Omega: What is that annoying noise?
Thump, thump
Alucard: What is this? some sort of trick?
Thump, thump Omega closed his eyes and pinpointed the source... Magus.
Thump, thump
Omega: He's on the verge of death, so why is his heartbeat so stable?
Thump, thump Thump, thump The earth started to lightly shake and purple lightning coursed along it.
Thump, thump Thump, thump Thump, thump
Thump, thump Thump, thump Thump, thump A dark thunderbolt struck the semicorpse as a dome of pure shadow formed itself around him. Omega leapt up, let a small beam burst from it's mouth. As the beam collided with nothingness, the catacomb seemed to fade, only emptiness remained. It launched a battery of highly powered energy rays from it's palms streaking at the dark dome and let it all go in a huge explosion, knocking Alucard out cold. They were back at the room, the dome unscratched as it suddenly burst, revealing Omega Weapon's match.
Omega: Brood... Interesting...
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Magus came back to himself a lot later, moving the pile of dead skulls from beside him and found Omega's corpse, on the verge of disintegration, pummeled to a holy pulp. Claw marks and bites were all over it's body.
Magus: What could've done this?... probaly the Drake... we were makign an enormous ammount of noise. Alucard slowly got up, still a bit confused by that explosion.
Alucard: Magus, what was that dark dome on you earlier?
Magus: D... Dark dome??? I have no idea....
Alucard (Mentally): He's lying again... Magus went to the Omega's corpse and tore it's sword from it's hand, shrinking it to human proportions.
Magus: Here, you'll find more use in this than I can.
Alucard: Thanks... I guess...
Magus: We'd better leave, without that sword, that corpse is going to explode any time now!
Alucard: WHAT?
As the door swung open, Magus noticed a small mist lying on the floor. In the center of the room was an omnious dark shadow stood. Although formless, it still gave off an appearance of might and power...
Alucard: What is it?
Magus: Concentrated evil, awaiting for something to show it's true form.
Alucard: Like what?
Magus: Usually, some sort of signal, determined at the time of it's trapping. Well, this is what Death was guarding it seems... Well, let's loot the place and leave before we accidentally free it... In the next room, they found a huge corpse of a dragon that seemed to have been there for ages becauseof the advanced state of decomposition it was in. In the cavern's upper walls was a shadow drake sleeping peacefully...
Magus: Okay, let's pillage the place quietly and be done with it. They split up and searched the large room for something of use. A bit later, Alucard found a rope.
Alucard: I wonder what this does.
Magus: Alucard! NO! As Alucard's fingers touched the rope, it started to vibrate. Both clearly heard the church's bells ring loudly enough to wake the dead. Along with it came a few loud roars, including one from the room they'd just come from.
Magus: Why did you have to pull that rope.... *sigh* A bit depressed, he crossed back to find the demon they'd freed. The demon turned it's back on them, it's huge tail hitting empty air. It turned to face them. it's body was quite huge, bulky and just a bit ugly. It's lower body was completely muscular. It needed to stand on four legs and use it's tail to keep itself standing. It had a face on it's groin, like that of a puma, but much more deformed. It's upper body was more manlike but it's face seemed pledged as a crossover between man and bat. It's huge sword was honed to the razor edge, seemingly capable of slicing the air itself. It's eyes shinned with intelligence as it looked at the pair.
Demon: Magus!
Magus: It just had to be you...
Omega: I'll get you this time, you lowly man!
Alucard: Do... you two know each other?
Magus: Actually, I forgot where I dumped him... apparently, it was here.
Omega: No... You dumped me very far from here, Death just picked the sphere up and brought it here.
Magus: Well, I'll have to kill you this time.
Omega: Do you honestly think you've done that much progress?
Magus: Well, let's hope I have...
Omega: Last time, you failed miserably, so don't dissapoint me...
Magus: Alucard, this will be the toughest fight you've had for quite some time.
Alucard: What is it?
Magus: An earthly demon, the most dangerous type out there. Created by the planet to defend itself against anything. It's the oldest and most powerful that all the others out there.
Alucard: So WE have to kill it, right?
Magus: Unfortunately...
Alucard: I was afraid you were going to say that...
Omega: First, I'll slay you, Magus, them it's Galamoth's turn.
Magus: Galamoth? Why Galamoth?
Omega: Because his power is growing too rapidly. Since the... Accident, he's been trainign to defeat you and he's finally ready and waiting. Now die!
Magus: Bring it on. We'll see if you've rusted over the past years... Magus charged the massive weapon, but only succeeded in eating a large hit in the head by the Weapon's sword instead. The large cut across his forehead oozing blood all over his face, obscuring his vision. The creature took it's enemy's unexpected handicap to it's advantage and gathered power in it's lower mouth.
Alucard: MAGUS! WATCH OUT! As Magus finally got most of the blood off his eyes, his eyes grew wide. A light pillar burst from the mouth, crashing directly into Magus, dragging him into a nearby wall, pinning him there for a second and then he fell face flat on the bony floor, sending little skulls rolling all over the place. Alucard, terror stricken by the attack, stood gaping at the Weapon. It turned it's attention to him. It twirled it's arm a bit and Alucard felt the gravity around him triple, forcing him to deploy immense strength for the few seconds it lasted. it had drained him of 2/3 of his strength. The sword familiar charged it from the side, but got stopped by a green light emanating from it, forming a dome on it, clearing the floor into a crater. The sword was no more... for now. (Familiars automatically regenerate after a week.) Alucard, maddened by the possible loss of his friend and familiar, charged the huge beast. His Gurthang and Runesword both ebbed in the beast's flesh, but it didn't even flinch.
Omega: Pathetic weakling. Both of you die no.... A strange throb was heard...
Thump, thump
Omega: What is that annoying noise?
Thump, thump
Alucard: What is this? some sort of trick?
Thump, thump Omega closed his eyes and pinpointed the source... Magus.
Thump, thump
Omega: He's on the verge of death, so why is his heartbeat so stable?
Thump, thump Thump, thump The earth started to lightly shake and purple lightning coursed along it.
Thump, thump Thump, thump Thump, thump
Thump, thump Thump, thump Thump, thump A dark thunderbolt struck the semicorpse as a dome of pure shadow formed itself around him. Omega leapt up, let a small beam burst from it's mouth. As the beam collided with nothingness, the catacomb seemed to fade, only emptiness remained. It launched a battery of highly powered energy rays from it's palms streaking at the dark dome and let it all go in a huge explosion, knocking Alucard out cold. They were back at the room, the dome unscratched as it suddenly burst, revealing Omega Weapon's match.
Omega: Brood... Interesting...
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Magus came back to himself a lot later, moving the pile of dead skulls from beside him and found Omega's corpse, on the verge of disintegration, pummeled to a holy pulp. Claw marks and bites were all over it's body.
Magus: What could've done this?... probaly the Drake... we were makign an enormous ammount of noise. Alucard slowly got up, still a bit confused by that explosion.
Alucard: Magus, what was that dark dome on you earlier?
Magus: D... Dark dome??? I have no idea....
Alucard (Mentally): He's lying again... Magus went to the Omega's corpse and tore it's sword from it's hand, shrinking it to human proportions.
Magus: Here, you'll find more use in this than I can.
Alucard: Thanks... I guess...
Magus: We'd better leave, without that sword, that corpse is going to explode any time now!
Alucard: WHAT?