Chapter 20: Invasion of Chaos
A hurt and exhausted Paul finally limped his way to Jacob. He had a couple of healing potions on him, but they were not nearly enough to heal all the damage Danny did to him. He had used those warp bombs to warp back to the warp point he made along his original path. By creating that warp point, he could warp to the temple, get the Masamune, and come back with Jacob hopefully not noticing. Jacob looked to the torn up dark knight. "What the heck happened to you?" asked Jacob with a slight smirk. "Looks like someone really kicked your ass" "I fell, so shut up" said Paul with rage in his voice. Lucky for him, he didn't notice the Masamune though Paul to himself. He had hidden it behind his cape so that Jacob wouldn't suspect him of anything. They were very close to the village. "Something evil is definitely going on in that village" reported Jacob. "While you were gone, I heard a freaky dragon yelling and lots of explosions. Couldn't you hear them?" "Like I said, I fell" said Paul again. "I got knocked out." Too bad that fall didn't kill you said Jacob in his head. In a few minutes, the two warriors reached the village boundaries, and the sight was straight out of a nightmare. A large fiery hole was in the center and lots of sinister demons were crawling, leaping, and flying out of it. But the worse parts were the sight of the almighty Chaos Imperial Dragon and the chaos sorcerer also attacking close by. There were hardly any living souls in the village. Several demons were already devouring the weak or dead. "This is sick. Only Ha des could do this" said Paul with an enraged fire in his eyes. "Jacob, we still have two of the chaos monsters. Your chaos warrior can defeat the chaos dragon. And the Magician of black chaos can easily mow down the sorcerer." "Right Paul" said Jacob while shuffling threw his deck. "I'll use the essences of a light and dark monster from my deck to summon Black Luster soldier to this world!" A ball of white and black light came up and clashed together, opening the gates of chaos. From the void, the chaos soldier jumped out. "Go my chaos warrior! Take those fiends out!" commanded Jacob. "I'll lend a hand also by summoning my revolver dragon and my magician of black chaos to help out also" added Paul. The huge metal dragon and Paul's own chaos magician came to aid the chaos soldier in battle. Immediately all three warriors started to take out the demons as best as they could. From a distance, the dark ruler was relishing in his victory. He planned to destroy the righteous on the earth so that he could truly rule the earth. He caught sight of the chaos soldier and the chaos magician in the battle. "Wonderful" said Ha des, "Now all of the four prophets are in one place and within my reach. Chaos rider, chaos necromancer, and chaos witch doctor, time to make your entrances!" Three more workers of chaos started to charge Paul, Jacob and the remaining chaos monsters. It was their job to capture the last two chaos monsters and to subdue Paul and Jacob. The small group of heroes was too busy fighting to notice the chaos monsters swooping down on them. The chaos witch doctor laid hold of Jacob and with some eerie chants made Jacob vanish. The chaos soldier noticed and tried to run to Jacob aid. The chaos necromancer then flew in front of the soldier. "Your master has been defeated. Your real destined master, Ha des is awaiting your presence. "Hades?" said the chaos soldier, "That is the name of my master of legend. Lead me to my leader." Paul turned around, wondering what happened to Jacob. He saw the necromancer and the soldier running off. "Oh no you don't Ha des. The Masamune will stop your terror in its track!" Paul raised the Masamune to attempt to strike down the chaos necromancer, but before he could get a clear shot, chaos rider Gustaph hit him in the back of the head with the hilt of his sword. Paul got knocked out and collapsed. The chaos rider quickly followed the necromancer, leaving Paul's fate to Ha des minions.
Chapter 21: It's always darkest before dawn
Enraged and thirsty for vengeance Demetra leaped and clawed her way through the countryside to reach Ha des. With all of the smoke and ashes from the destroyed land, the sun was blocked out, thus protecting her from day. "You have gone too far this time Ha des!" yelled Demetra aloud. "You took away a man that I love and my reason for living. By the last bit of righteousness left in me, I will avenge Daniel Chambers. She stopped for a second, got to her knees and said a prayer. But this prayer was actually a spell. Demetra started to transfigure and turned into the skull guardian. Demetra Novax, with the incantation and the surrender of her body performed a ritual to turn into a creature of light. She now used the guardian's stealth to make her journey a little smoother. She would also not be hurt by sunlight, just in case it broke through. By the time she reached the city, nearly all of the demons from the shadow realm were out. There were seas of them rampaging about. Twin headed wolves, feral imps, summoned skulls, winged minions, octiclops and many others were out. But the worse sight was that of three of the chaos monsters attacking a fallen Paul and the dark magician of chaos. "They need help. But how am I supposed to take on the chaos monsters? They are divine beings." She heard a terrible cry of fear and pain coming from the hospital ruins. She recognized that voice. "Lily! Oh God, please don't let it be so!" She ran into city toward the hospital ruins. She saw a tiny angel trying to flutter away from an advancing gang of monsters. Lily was falling to the floor. She was going to be killed. "NO!" screamed the skull guardian, "If Lily dies, I will fail Danny. The warrior of light intercepted them and with her powerful and lethal swinging arm and wrist blades, she made quick work of the weak demons. Demetra went toward Lily. She was breathing softly on the ground. Her wings were badly damaged, her needle was no where in sight, and it seemed that she had a mortal wound on her back. Lily was dying. The skull guardian started to shed tears. "Stranger, please help me" whispered Lily, please take me away from this village. Could you help me find a man named Danny Chambers?" Demetra gritted her teeth in despair. Although Lily wasn't around when Demetra was with Danny, she heard a lot about their closeness. With Lily so close to death, she probably wouldn't even make it back to the spirit temple ruins. Besides, how could she tell her that Danny was dead? Demetra decided that she'll break the news if Lily made it. "I will help you. Hold on as long as you can" commanded Demetra. The skull guardian held Lily close and prepared to flee the village. She jumped up but before she made it to safety, she was shot down by powerful magic. Demetra grunted in pain and in the strike drop Lily. Where do you think you are going child? said a familiar voice in her head. Go to hell Ha des. You can't control me as the skull guardian." True, but I'll take you down sure enough Out of no where a hinotama soul soared toward Lily. She tried to crawl away but was too weak. She looked back in fright in the eyes of death. Demetra pulled a lever on her wrist and swung her arms. The blade on her wrist was launched and took out the fiery creature. "Lily run!" yelled Demetra to Lily. She tried to run away, but a possessed dark soul leaped and bit Lily. After a short cry of pain, Lily dropped, her life now gone from her body. Time almost seemed to stop as the fire of life was put out in Lily. The skull guardian dropped to her knees in despair. A masked hell raiser slithered behind her and raised its club. Demetra was too shocked to turn around and with a mighty swing, also knocked Demetra out. Ha des himself walked around the masked beast and picked up Demetra's limp body. She had transformed back once she had fallen. "Didn't I tell you Demetra! Look at this. After all of this, Shinato still chooses to remain silent. You were trying to help a false cause. Now I will destroy you and demolish your essence. As far as I see it, you don't even deserve to suffer in the shadow realm. Hades used Soul demolition and Demetra's soul was sent to a different dimension. Her body dropped to the floor and turned to dust.
After a few moments of silence, a vengeful arm grasping the Eslydion shot up out of the rubble that once was the spirit temple. And in a destroyed town, a proud and powerful warlord opened his eyes.