Countess Cavendish Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland

The girls got the five fragments of the door, so they rested a bit and then went straight to the point, taking the time to talk about the journey and get used to the new powers they acquired during this time, which gave them a great improvement to continue the journey, maybe having a chance to finally defeat Elizabeth Lancaster, who is waiting for their presence all this time.

The time passed, it arrived the hour in that they get up, they all go well in the hour that make two hours that were in the castle, fed and healthy, until they also took the opportunity to give a sew in the clothes that was torn in some of them, with that they arrive until the door, each one leaves the fragment in the door. With the five together a brightness starts to emanate from it, with light beams going around, then the circle formed with the fragment turns and the door starts to run to the left side finally revealing the corridor that comes next the ten pass by there and notice that it's a corridor until very elegant, where it didn't have any creature until then.

Diana: That's strangely very quiet.

They continue walking down that corridor, very carefully and attentively, it was a long corridor, but soon they come across dangers, when Diana accidentally steps on a part of the floor that activates a blade that came in a pendulum almost cutting the ten who jumped backwards dodging it, and this way they continue carefully, but it doesn't take long for another trap to be activated when Akko pulls an almost invisible line which activated an arrow shooter that was defended by Lotte using a magic shield spell.

Akko: Sorry! This fucking castle came with traps just now.

Another trap was activated, this time with Hellene turning into a wolf and running quickly to activate it, arriving at the door, it could be noticed that it activated different traps on the way, flame throwers, arrow shooters, stakes that stood up and even a trapdoor that releases creatures, those that by being activated and staying that way, the girls took the opportunity to give an attempt to pass.

Hellene: It's safe now!

Marianne: If that's safe I don't even want to know what's dangerous.

They carefully protect themselves, passing by where the traps were activated, even Diana was using the bat form to guide them through the front, little by little they were passing by that corridor, almost being hit by the traps all activated, since they didn't stop for a second to continue that way, until they finally arrived at the end of that corridor.
When they open the door it's revealed another corridor, but this one had a bifurcation, they got close and noticed that the door contains a cross, they wondered which way they were going to follow.

Lotte: Accordingto the map this fork leads to the royal chapel of the castle, that's not where Bernadette Cavendish is.

Voice of Chariot: Croix! Go for the Chapel! Go for the...

Startled Marianne: What was that?

Croix: Chariot, she's in the chapel, so I'll go this way, you all follow the main mission, I'll go after my wife.

Diana giving the glasses to Croix: Don't forget to wear them when you go head-to-head with Chariot, who knows you might find out what happened.

Amanda: We'll go with you Croix, just to have a greater protection, you all carry on through the castle, we don't want you to go alone and unprotected.

Laughing Croix: Unprotected me? You've got to be making fun of my face, I can get through this castle all by myself, but fine, any help might be needed, I won't question it.

They come to an agreement, Amanda, Jasminka, Constanze and Croix go by the way of the royal chapel, passing through the door and waving to the girls that will get out of there, with that the six that remained go by the main corridor, a little tense, since they won't have the help of those that are armed with firearms for a case of ending up meeting with Elizabeth.
In that corridor itself was already possible to notice that there were some creatures that kept jumping and wandering, what was already being a little of a beginning of combat for them that were walking in that place facing skeletons, carnivorous plants, knights in armor and goblins that were provoking even more jumping from one side to the other, disturbing the progress of the girls in the huge corridor.

Akko: Look at the size of that corridor! The royal chapel should be so much easier to get through.

The corridor was already half over, but it was still full of dangers, and bigger creatures started to appear, like malachis that started to fly and spit fire towards the girls, Diana even thought about the possibility of testing the new power she had acquired, but she decided to leave it on the bluff so that Elizabeth would be in the biggest mystery without knowing anything about it this way she attacks in a normal way, using her sword that still had the normal attacks, while Akko managed to open the way. The
two of them managed to cross the corridor more and more, passing to almost the end, where a minotaur
fell using an axe, almost hitting Marianne who dodged, wrapped her whip around the creature's leg and pulled back with everything making it fall and then the taurine creature was finished with a powerful double stab from Diana and Akko, who made the move together and then kissed each other.

Hellene: Theydon't have to be that psychopathic either,

The end of the corridor was finally reached, they came across a room where there was a wheel made of swords and a giant sword floating by a spirit and with that they were already running giving that distraction on the creatures, with Marianne taking the opportunity to give that screw on the leg of the giant spirit that ends up tripping giving a cut that catches the sword wheel that ends up spinning and catching the creature and at that time they all look at Leblanc in shock.

Marianne: What?

Hellene: You are really blessed by the goddess of luck, that's for sure.

They go up a staircase in that room, facing a double door, on that door they see that there is a circular arena and soon stone blocks fall, to the surprise of the group that was caught by surprise, and soon the creature started to appear a giant bat and several bats that were together starting to attack the six girls, but they were preparing themselves to defend themselves.
Akko with the sword protected Lotte and Sucy with the multiple cuts, while Diana, Hellene and Marianne went to attack the giant bat, and the two dhampirs changed into bats on the way until they reached the creature, Then they got close but were kind of blocked by the beating wings that created a vortex of wind pushing them, including Marianne, but Leblanc didn't waste time, she took the chance to throw a sub item axe, that caught a chandelier that fell right on top of the bat that was getting a little stunned.
Hellene and Diana give that nod smiling to the French girl, then the pair of dhampirs, go flying in bat shape, McLaren goes back to the human shape in the middle of the way and throws the Cavendish with all the strength to give impulse, she goes with all the impulse until go back to the human shape where she stays with the sword pointed to the bat that goes back to be sane, it tries to flap its wings to create a vortex, but the force with which the Scottish was thrown was enough for it to get close to the creature leaving a slight cut until it was thrown by the wind with a hole that was left in the creature's heart.

Hellene: Good sis!

Diana: I tried, but it's hard to attack that thing.

Meanwhile Akko was dealing with the smaller bats hitting them with multiple cuts and Sucy was already preparing arrows to throw at the bigger bat, taking advantage that she was protected, Lotte also was concentrating a spell at the time, everything to fight the monster, Yanson was preparing a wind spell to annul the vortex that the bat's wings make.
Marianne keeps looking around she goes running around the bat climbing on one of the walls, noticing that there is a gap, getting to be on top on a platform, which she keeps looking down with fear, swallowing saliva she jumps throwing herself from there falling right on the creature's head, the herself wraps the whip on the creature's neck, which gets the perfect gap, Sucy launches an arrow that catches on the monster's eye, followed by another and a series of arrows blessed by the bat's body.
Diana and Hellene do the same boost as before, only this time Lotte uses her wind spell so that it nullified the effect of the vortex as well as giving even more boost to Cavendish, who was launched with all the strength her sister had in her arms.
With all her strength Diana stroked the monster's heart which gave a sonic scream, but then it started to catch fire dissolving itself and with that they managed to defeat with a strategy a creature that was somewhat powerful, being graced with orbs that were taken by Diana and Hellene, which granted the power to shoot fire in the bat form.

Diana: That was kind of an interesting fight, we really work well when we go for strategy.

Hellene scratching Marianne's head: That's right mon amour, you were brave jumping from up there, even more so holding your neck, it was a very clever strategy, thank you for the help you gave.

Akko: At least now bats have stopped appearing, I was getting a bit fed up with those things.

They had the passage released and with that they went through the door, even finding it strange that there wasn't any potion that was given, but they just decide to continue on their way without questioning too much, they end up arriving at another circular arena and with that stones again fall on the entrance and exit, what they already find strange, since they had just had a battle against a creature.

Akko: Fuck, but that shit again?

Diana: Apparently they really want to complicate things.

Lotte: And they do, there are three such rooms, before we go to the outer wall of the castle and then we'll go through the clock tower and finally the end which is the castle fortress, but until there we're really going to have a road full of obstacles anyway.

A creature begins to appear, with a body of a giant chicken, snake tail and chicken body only that even having an appearance that was not so intimidating, it was an extremely dangerous creature, a cockatrice, it begins to already release a greyish breath as soon as it arrives, which the six dodge jumping to the side and in that breath it was noticed that it petrified what was around, noticing that it was already a pattern of the creature that could be fatal to the group that was preparing to defend itself from the attacks of the chicken monster.

Akko: Seriously a giant chicken.

Hellene: Imagine the food that would go to hit with that thing.

They spread around that room, the cockatrice was starting to give that stop and scratch on the ground, then was running with everything to Akko the Kagari gave a jump to the side, but still was followed by the creature, what she was trying to prevent by throwing daggers towards the monster, almost being hit by the petrifying ray of the monster that did not give up, taking advantage of the moment Diana and Hellene go flying in bat shape, the creature decided to focus on running after the Japanese.
Marianne uses the whip on the monster's legs leaving it coiled and with that making the gallinacean fall on the ground, right on time Diana jumps to give a stab, but the cocatrice gives a petrifying ray, what she dodges dematerializing herself and going to the side losing all the momentum of the momentum.

Diana: Damn it, I didn't want to use that attack, I don't want to give them the opportunity to see that I now have the power to do that.

The creature gets up and starts screaming all over the place spitting fire all around the room until it's hit with multiple arrows and one of them gets the creature's eye, pissing it off even more and trying to find where is the person who did that, then it ends up being grabbed by the leg again being pulled back and almost has its neck cut by Akko who gives it a grazing cut that catches the creature, leaving the Japanese girl facing the eyes of the cockatrice.
The creature spits the petrifying ray and scared Kagari can't move in time, Diana looks at that scared when suddenly she sees her girlfriend being turned into a stone statue right in front of her eyes.

Diana: Akko! No! No!

Diana starts hitting the ground in anger, and then gets up in anger, the cockatrice goes screaming, the angry Cavendish goes up with everything towards the gallinaceous creature, which goes using the petrifying ray, But the Scottish woman creates a magic barrier that reflects the power right on the head of the creature that ends up having its head petrified and with aggressiveness the Scottish woman attacks the cockatrice, with a cut that was strong enough to decapitate the creature and the petrified head of the chicken doesn't fall on the statue of Akko that was caught by Hellene and left in a safe place.
Furious Diana starts to stab in fury at the creature that was already dead to the point that it was dissolving into fire and after that the Cavendish was starting to cry slapping her hand on the ground, kneeling still half devastated, a little because she thought that was the end of Kagari.

Diana: Damn you! Cursed! Cursed! That damned cockatrice.

Hellene went to her sister to try to comfort her, Lotte was looking in the book, she was trying to find a cure for the petrification, taking a look, she mixes some potions that she had in hands then drips the liquid in Akko that slowly returns to normal to the point of giving a relieved breath and also get scared.

Akko: Whew! I'll never face a giant chicken like that again.

Sucy: How desperate Diana was.

Diana heard Akko's voice, turned around and seeing her girlfriend alive and well she ran towards her and gave her a deep kiss, the two started to get more tender, giving that moment as if it seemed they had never kissed before, giving demonstrations of love and everything else.
At this time Lotte got a
power boost, this time it was for Lotte who got a staff that would make it even easier for her to cast spells, since she only had one book. The two honeyed girls soon break away from the kiss and the Scottish girl gives a smile of relief.

Diana: I thought I was going to lose you forever, I am relieved to hear that you are well, that you have been healed.

Akko: I tried to cut that chicken's head off, but it dodged and took the opportunity just in time to turn me to stone, I'll never want to have that experience again, it's like I'm trapped inside something, not breathing and all dark, I'm glad they saved me in time, because I don't know what I would do if I ran out of air.

Sucy: Thank us for the potion, but also Diana was a real rage when she saw you like that, you had to see it, she ended up like it was nothing with the cockatrice, it just went through her made her turn to stone...

Diana blushed: Ah juist did whit ony desperate body wid dae, ah juist wantae shaw mah loue that ah hae fur akko.

And with that they all hug, take that deep breath, moving to the next door, where the stones fall again blocking the passage, what they end up finding Elizabeth and she was sitting on a skull, where they had several faces, with the mouth open and tongues with strange shapes, in an arena full of skulls around the floor, walls, ceiling, everywhere there were skulls.
Lancaster is just clapping her hands sitting cross-legged on the monster while the girls are staring at her with anger, the vampire is just showing the total disregard and debauch with the situation.

Elizabeth: Weel weel weel, if it isnae thaim, it looks lik' ye a' survived, ainlie four o' ye wur smart enough tae tak' yer chances in th' ryle chapel, weel tae ill yer noo in yer lest moments o' lee, jimmy eater 'ere is aff tae murdurr ye 'n' a wullnae hae th' buzz o' bein' th' yin tae tak' yer bides, bit whit th' hell, tis th' master's orders, sae ye ken.

Hellene: The master's orders, my ass! You're such a coward! You don't guarantee combat and you keep running away, soon you'll be on your mistress's little legs in fear.

Elizabeth: Hahahhaha! ye guys ur ridiculous, anyway a'm gaun, hae fin trying tae murdurr man eater, it wilnae be easy at a' tae coupon him, cheerio the nou.

Elizabeth was dematerializing, leaving through a gap, Hellene even tried to follow her, but Diana put her hand on McLaren's shoulder and she decided to stop trying to follow Lancaster, who ran away and that same gap was closed.
Quickly the girls were dodging the creature's attacks, getting kind of scattered around the arena, but soon they had some problems, when from the ground skeletons appeared emerging from the place and grabbing the girls' legs.
Diana and Hellene with the strength they had propelled themselves, Cavendish went to help the other girls not to be caught by the skeletons sinking in the middle of that sea of bones, and McLaren went up the creature.
Giving a cut right on the tongue of the monster she was electrocuted and with that she fell on the floor almost sunk and hit by the tentacle of the creature that was going to catch her if she had not dematerialized and with that she went to the top of the Man eater starting to punch the skull of the creature that soon went to the ceiling trying to crush McLaren who turned into a bat and managed to dodge and throwing a fireball right into one of the eyes of the monster that even gave a fall on the floor.
Meanwhile Diana finished saving the girls from being sunk by the skeletons in the sea of bones.

Akko: That thing almost makes us sink! I'm the one who doesn't want to join with those bones.

Marianne was the only one that wasn't sunk, she uses the whip to get the bottom of one of the monster's tongues, causing some damage, but the monster soon throws itself on the ground trying to crush Leblanc that jumps back, and then uses the axe sub item to cause some more damage in the creature that still remains unharmed.
Akko takes advantage of the moment and climbs on the back of the French girl, who uses the immupulse and gives multiple cuts, taking the katana from the sheath and passing through one of the tongues that ends up falling on the ground, but it turns into a maggot that follows the girls, Sucy tries to give an arrow, but it has no effect, Diana is who goes next and with a precise cut kills the maggot.
Sucy prepares other arrows, aiming well on the inside, she stays on a safer platform made of bricks, she aims well on the inside of the creature that was being distracted by Akko and Marianne that were jumping from one side to the other hitting the bottom part until it gives in, turning into a larva.

Akko: God, that's disgusting!

Akko gives multiple cuts to the point where that grub bursts, and that's what the skeletons below were distracted by, picking up the man eater meat that was getting scattered around the arena, which they could get some extra relief from.
Lotte goes concentrating a boost glyph, where Hellene and Diana get together again and in that they throw the two girls who turn into a bat in the middle of the way to gain speed and then McLaren throws her sister with everything that returns to human form with the sword in hands goes through the skull of the creature from one side to the other with that to the ceiling where she hits with everything and almost got crushed by the man eater, dodging using dematerialization to dodge.
Taking advantage of the moment she hits the third and last tongue of the creature with her sword and gives a strong enough cut to make it fall on the floor, as it becomes a larva, Akko is the one who gives the cut bursting and that way making them get rid of the skeletons grabbing them on the floor.

Akko: Finally these things have stopped picking us up on our feet, it even feels like we're delicious enough for that, I'm just bone.

Diana: less talk more action, we still have to face this creature that is alive.

At that time the mane ater started to accelerate more the attacks smashing faster following the girls what they were dodging as fast as they could, but the giant skull didn't want to stop for nothing trying to make them turn into puree, Marianne took advantage that the creature wasn't attacking her, she looks to a chandelier, hangs herself on the walls of the place almost being bitten by the present skulls, jumps screwing the whip on the chandelier, while the girls kept trying to run from the man eater.
Leblanc jumps right into the hole that Diana opened as she went through the creature and from there she can see that there was a creature inside, where she wraps the whip around inside that core and jumps out of the mouth which reveals the vulnerable middle of the creature as the giant skull fell to the ground.

Marianne: Now let's see if you're that much of a knockout outside that skull.

The creature goes flying dodging, shooting a ray of light that was defended by Diana and Hellene using a magic barrier spell and with that it was being shot in an incessant way at the group, but soon Lotte is starting to prepare a spell, summoning creatures that are starting to go after the monster that has more than one tentacle shooting those rays of light, hitting the armies that she summoned to try something, the worst of all is that it was with tremendous precision.

Diana: I don't know how much I can take here, but we'd better get a handle on it.

Sucy prepares arrows, she shoots one that gets the creature well and it stops shooting those rays, giving a little relief to the girls, but that core is still running out of rhythm shooting uncontrolled rays and right at that moment the Manbavaran shoots other arrows until she finishes her shots in that special set of arrows that makes the creature start to catch fire starting to fall on the ground and then dissolving completely, ending that battle once and for all. In this, they end up dropping vials of vitality recovery, and also an improvement for Diana's sword which she touched and could notice that she could change elements when using it.

Diana: Now I have an elemental sword, this is going to be too interesting here, Elizabeth get ready because I am going to defeat her in every way.

Lotte: From here we go to the outer wall of the castle, we are coming.

The girls leave that arena since they didn't want to be caught by the skeletons and go to a corridor where they are walking, coming across some creatures that are not very difficult to defeat, just some skeletons and armed knights, what they were doing was cleaning the corridor and also taking the opportunity to take a look at the window, until leaving the place free, where they gathered to have a chat and also to rest a bit.

Marianne: Now we can take a breather, seriously what a pain in the ass little creatures to face, it really is a relief to be here and alive, without having to worry about those skeletons anymore.

Hellene: Now just get to this Elizabeth, no more games, she has nowhere else to run and we will love to defeat her!

Diana: That damn thing left all those creatures and almost killed my beloved, not to mention the shame she put me through when we fought the first time, I will take revenge on her by sticking that sword in and using all the elements, she will feel the power she has never seen before, now I am no longer the same she faced in Dumfries!

Sucy: And I put concern in this hahaha! That's love and desperation, if we're going to follow that logic we just need to leave Akko in a near-death situation and Diana will be releasing her vampire power to kill the creature on the spot.

All: Sucy!

Sucy: What? It's a strategy, tell me it's a bad idea, we have to have everything on our side and take our chances, this castle doesn't want to see us alive, I'm just taking advantage of the resources and strategies we have to defeat these monsters.

Diana: Speaking of monsters, I wonder how Croix must be doing now, even more so since she and that O'Neill lassies went the other way.

Akko: Ihope they're ok, I'm sure they should be able to handle it, but now they really are a miss, those firearms are faster than any arrow, imagine the damage they wouldn't do on Man eater.

Sucy: Oh come on, are you really underestimating my arrows? I managed to save our skin at the last minute and I don't even get a thank you, I used arrows that shoot as fast as a gun, that's why it was so lethal.

Diana: No arguments around here and really thanks for everything Sucy, let's keep going here, we still have a way to go, this castle is not going to sit around waiting all the time, let alone that bitch Elizabeth.

They all agree and some of them get out of sitting at the window, starting to open the door and with that they arrive until the part of the external wall of the castle, where there are some towers, and as soon as they arrive they come across an obstacle that they hadn't seen for a long time the floating heads of medusa, that started to go flying from one side to the other, Some of them were even yellow, where the girls take care and go up that tower little by little, since there was nothing down there and the way was higher, passing by some stairs, where there were orangutan skeletons throwing barrels on fire to prevent the girls from going up.

Meanwhile in the castle fortress at the top of the place there was Bernadette Cavendish watching everything from a crystal ball, already noticing that two groups had split up to explore the castle, the vampire already had a smile on her face, at the same time also sketching a concern, until she had her moment interrupted by a Imp that ended up flying towards the lady and then the monster bowed before the presence of the leader.

Imp: A thousand pardons my master, I just came here to inform you that according to my information, the slayers have split into two groups, one that went through the royal chapel and the other that is heading in our direction, this group just reached the outer wall of the castle, they defeated the bat, the cockatrice and the man eater, they are really powerful slayers my master, I have a feeling we could die.

Bernadette: Well,you could die even if you keep informing me like this and stay in this pessimistic mood and you don't want to die, do you? I appreciate your way of reporting, now leave me alone, I have to think of a way to protect myself, they will really get here.

Imp:master, if you want I can help you with Elizabeth's question, she is alone, are you sure she can handle it?

Bernadette: Not at all, your function is only to be my messenger and to protect the castle in your respective area, apart from that you have no reason to help Elizabeth, if she is defeated, that is her problem and not ours, this one is testing my patience and fidelity for a long time, I only don't finish her because she is a valuable servant, anyway, go back to your work.

The imp flies back to where the girls are and with that Bernadette takes a deep breath, takes a look at the crystal ball having a bit of pride to see her daughters progressing more and more through the castle, even full of traps, they've been proving to be quite familiar with the place.

[Bernadette's Thought: This little devil is a little stupid, I always know what happens, I only pretend not to know because I value the dedication that he always had and the fidelity, since the day that Laura and I were together, he never made a point of attacking who I told him to spare, they were wonderful days those times, pity that they don't come back anymore, now I just have to accept Bernadette... Death will one day come to you and this time it will be a match that I will leave here smiling, knowing that I am leaving for the best of my two little girls].

The final rooms of the castle, which the girls are exploring, revealing new dangers, which they had to practically face 3 bosses in a row in order to progress through the castle and Elizabeth's meeting that the fight against the Vampire will only be a matter of time to happen, things at Countess Cavendish's castle are tightening up and soon issues will be resolved on what is a long journey.

See you, boss witches...