All of the Dark Territory races were racing to the Obsidian Castle, since they got word that the emperor was back and that soon they would be able to take out the Human Empire and rule the whole Underworld still not knowing what their emperor really wanted which was a certain blond on the human side.
Inside the castle, Gabriel got up from the throne and started to walk around the room, "Wow bro that account fits you." Vassago said as he got a closer look at Gabriel in the Emperor Vector Account, "Why thank you, I think that the dark knight fits you as well." Vassago nodded then a thought hit Gabriel the Dark Territory races would be heading there to see him so he was going to pretend that he is the emperor.
The Mountain and Field Goblins were going head to head, alongside the Giants, Orcs, Ogers/Weare wolves, Pugilists, some Dark Knights, Assassins, Merchants, and the Dark Mages Guild. All the leaders were excited to see the emperor that they have heard about for so long had finally came to lead them, as everyone entered the castle Shasta and Lipia were already there and they got their knights in a single file line before leading them into the throne room with the other races following them.
Once all of them entered the throne room they saw Gabriel and Vassago looking at them, all of the leaders were up front and they bowed to the emperor. Everyone except Shasta, introduced themselves to the emperor and he would only nod at them, Shasta was still confused on why the emperor was back and right at the moment where the war was about to start. "Emperor Vector, I'm Shasta the commander of the dark knights and I have a question for you." he said, "Go on I'm listening." Gabriel said, "Why have you come back and what is it that you seek?" When Gabriel heard that question he decided to go with it and make up some random stuff just to please his people since to them he was Emperor Vector. "My loyal subjects I have returned and I desire a few things, I want a certain female on the human side she is the Priestess of Light and she is very dangerous and it could put a delay in my plans during this war I want a lot of blood and screams from the humans but I need that female alive and who ever brings her back to me will be rewarded but if you disobey I will punish you." Gabriel said, all of the races were silent at first before Lilpillin the leader of the orcs started to stomp his feet. Soon his people followed and the whole room erupted in cheers the one who was the most happy was Dee Eye Ill she was excited since she wanted to give her whole self to the emperor so that he will let his guard down and she can take him out so that she can be empress of the Underworld she also wanted to find the secret to Queenillia's immortality.
Later that night Lipia and Shasta were in his chamber once again they were trying to find out why the emperor came and why now, maybe since a war was coming but to them it felt out of place. "I don't know what to do and now that he's back I think the peace agreement with the humans is on hold for now but we still need to see what he is capable of but I don't want one of us to end up hurt or worse dead." Shasta said, Lipia nodded then a random female dark knight came in. She had long light blue hair and dark blue eyes. She was a 2nd rank knight and one of their strongest females. "I can see what the emperor wants," she said, Lipia and Shasta looked at each other then at her, "Alright but how do you expect to see what the emperor is up to?" Shasta asked, "You can put a sacred art on me that can have you record anything within the range of the room and people you are recording. And when recording is done it turns into a disc make sure not to lose it so that when the time comes you can show it to him and he can reveal what he truly wants." she said, "Ok, just be careful Haruka," the teal haired girl nodded and went to see what Gabriel and friends wanted, and the commander and vice commander placed that sacred art on her so that when she gets there the two can know what's really going on.
Gabriel and Vassago were in the living room inside Emperor Vector's chamber and they were having a little conversation over wine. "Man this wine tastes like the real stuff back home." Vassago said, "Well this world is based off of ours and it's so realistic, you enjoy that I am going to contact Critter." Gabriel said as he walked over to the other side of the room where a consol was and he pressed accept so and it connected to the real world. "Hello Caption," Critter said, "everything is ok over here, the war should be happening tomorrow night our time." Gabriel said, "Ok, just know that the accounts you are using are one time accounts if you die i can't log you in with the same account twice." Critter stated, "Ok we will keep that in mind." Gabriel said, "The next time we speak we will have Alice." Critter hummed on the other end, "Alright good luck." With that the call ended and the Underworld went back to its normal speed. "Hey why don't we head out before the fighting starts?" Vassago said, "No thanks we need to be ready for the battle ahead." Gabriel said, Vassago sighed and he placed the wine glass on the table before standing up.
"I guess I can go do some dreaming about it." He said before he left for his bedroom, Gabriel also walked towards the door to his room. When he opened the doors he saw a teal haired girl standing there bowing, it was Haruka and she was dressed in her favorite teal and dark blue night gown. Gabriel did not know why she was there and he definitely did not know that she had a dagger hidden in her hair. "My lord I am Haruka Sakamaki, 2nd rank in the dark knights but first in the female devison, I have come to help you get settled since it has been a while since you have been here." She said, Gabriel decided to just roll with it since he had the urge to see if he could do his ability on the teal haired female in front of him.
Haruka had no time to react since Gabriel moved to fast for her she couldn't even get the dagger out and in position, she was pinned to the mattress, and all the poor female could do was scream since she was not expecting this to happen and she hoped that Lipia and Shasta heard what she was going through.
Once Gabriel was done with her, a gold light emerged from her forehead and it was her soul. Gabriel inhaled it and once he looked up and the ceiling he was like a kid on Christmas, but poor Haruka she was still and lifeless with tears running down her face the girl was only 18 when her life ended. Haruka was first found by Shasta when she was 7 years old and he took her under his wing since she had nowhere else to go. He raised her as his own so they had a father and daughter relationship, once Lipia started dating Shasta, Haruka saw her as a mother figure but now the couple was going to have a tough time without Haruka.
Gabriel had always had a fascination with the human soul ever since he was little. Gabriel was born to a wealthy family and his father ran a successful business yet in his free time he collected butterflies when Gabriel was 6 his father told him about the butterfly not having some parts that most living this had and that they would be dead if you take off their heads. Gabriel then started to dissect insects and slowly worked his way up the chain of living things, one day while on the porch of his house with a grasshopper in his hands a girl came up to the gate waving at him. She was his childhood friend Alisha, and ever since he heard about the soul he wanted to see if he could get a human soul, so before Alisha and her family were supposed to leave for a new home. Gabriel took her to the forest and ended her and that is when his fascination with the human soul started and he had experimented on other people after her he just turned into a complete psycho when it comes to the human soul.
Before Gabriel got rid of Haruka's lifeless body he found a dagger hiding in her hair, so what he did was that he frose the poor girl in a block of ice and had her moved to another room until morning since he was going to show everyone what happens when you mess with him.
Lipia and Shasta were getting worried about Haruka since they did hear what was going on with her when she was in there, but yet she hasn't come back yet. "Do you think that she is ok?" Lipia asked, "Yeah but I'm not certain from what we heard that man could have done something to her that is unforgivable but we just don't know what and if he did what I think he did then I won't go all out I will just take it like a man and I will have him give us her body so that we can have her in her chambers so that we don't have do barry her since she is way too precious to us." Shasta said, "I really hope that he didn't kill her…" Lipia said, Shasta got up from his spot and he walked over to her and embraced her since they were in for the worse when morning came.
*The next morning: Obsidian Castle; throne room*
All the races were back in the throne room since Gabriel had something to tell them, "I had an unexpected visitor in my chamber last night." he started, Shasta and Lipia knew who it was and were scared since they saw the teal haired girl as their daughter. "She had a dagger hidden in her hair," Gabriel continued and now the two leaders of the dark knights went stiff since they had to prepare for what Gabriel might have done to poor Haruka. "No pay attention this is the punishment you will get if you mess with me like this traitor here." Gabriel motioned his hand at the opening at the side of the room and a maid walked in pushing a metal table with a cube on top.
When it was in front of Gabriel he motioned for her to leave and she did then he put his hand on the cloth that was covering the thing underneath. He lifted it and they all saw Haruka's lifeless body caved in Ice, Shasta and Lipia bursted into tears since now the girl they saw as their daughter was no longer with them. Like Shasta said he did not go crazy like he would have since he was still wanting to make peace and get the emperor out of the picture. "My lord can I make a request regarding the body?" Shasta said trying to hide that he was crying, "Go on," Gabriel said, "Could the dark knights dispose of the body since that was one of our strongest warriors?" Gabriel nodded then the same maid came in and took Haruka's body to her chamber then Gabriel went on with the order. "Tonight is the night we go to war with the humans and I want my demands and desires met but remember the knights on the human side are not a force to be reckoned with. Now show them what we are made of with the power of darkness!" Gabriel cried, then Dee said, "Long live the Emperor!" and the room erupted into cheering, well except with the leaders of the dark knights.
After the meeting and since they had a few hours until they had to be at the battle field Lipia and Shasta went to see Haruka one more time before going into war. When they were done seeing Haruka the two knights went to get ready for battle, 'Just you wait Emperor Vector I will get revenge for what you did to my daughter me and Lipia will not stop until you are gone and she can rest in peace or someone can bring her back.' Shasta thought as he and Lipia exited the castle and followed the other races to the eastern gate.