Countess Cavendish Castle, Edinburgh Scotland
The whole team is complete, the eleven girls are ready to go to the most complicated part of the castle, the one that will be the definitive one, but before reaching this part, it is still necessary to tell the part where they went on the way with the mine cart through the caves of the castle, now having a witch who is much more expert in medium and short range combat, since all of them in that part of the journey were practically all long range since they used firearms or else bow and arrow as in Amanda's case.
Chariot was back to active, returning the memories and with that the girls all took the opportunity to cross the corridor where they reach again a mine cart, the whole group of five girls climb on top and with the whip the Belmont can activate the lever to distance making the whole machine began to rotate.
The cart was arriving in a part of a tunnel and soon some skeletons were starting to appear, the Du Nord with reddish hair this time starts to give some whips and shows that she is still very strong, being able to with a single hit give fatal blows to creatures of the night, on the other hand the others also shot the remaining creatures and all of them could notice that even in posture and manner the former hunter was very different from Marianne.
Amanda: It even looks like you and the whip are one and the same.
Chariot: That's how it has to be, you have to feel your weapon, you have to be your weapon at these times, show that you're all in control that's what I think when I'm with the vampire killer, we're one and I have all the control of it.
Some jellyfish heads started appearing floating there too, going towards the cart the five of them started attacking the creatures and also taking care of the skeletons, the times they needed to carry the weapon they crouched, being a little vulnerable to the skeletons that got close, but this was no longer a problem with Chariot simply showing what she came for, she using the vampire killer was also able to shoot some fireballs from the whip, which turned the weapon sometimes into something long range too, making the girls even manage to gain some time.
Only they reached a more challenging part, with the cart starting to start a curving descent, slowly gaining speed, so much so that skeletons stopped following just like jellyfish heads.
Chariot with arms up: How awesome! I always love to get that cuddle!
Amanda: Tell me about it, this is the best part of the castle.
Croix: We almost died from the broken bridge!
Chariot: I'm sorry, I ended up doing this to stop you, apparently it didn't work out, you did it.
Croix: No need to apologize for something out of your control my love.
The five were arriving at the bottom where the cart continues at full speed along the course, running over many of the knights in armor that appeared on the way, trying something, but there was also a trail on the left side and in it lancers appeared trying to stick the girls that dodged the lances, even Chariot gave a whipping to one or another, Little by little the cart was losing speed for running over many people and with that the girls were starting to react, shooting the armors that were in front, while in the rear the infamous skeletons appeared running, and in this the Belmont jumps from the cart and propels herself backwards whipping and killing everyone around like a drill, then she propels herself back to the cart, impressing the trisal.
Amanda: Woah, that's really cool, I wish I could do all that.
Chariot: Belmont Magic... Just kidding, but it's a bit of magic and practice, I can teach them when I get back home, who knows you might be the next generation of slayers, after all I can't be the great Chariot Belmont forever.
Amanda: I'm going to think it's great, it must be really good to venture out using these boosting spells, just imagine how high I could go that way, or even how far I could cover.
Chariot: Even this is tiring, it's like I've run a long distance when I do these powers, so it's very tiring on my legs.
The cart arrives in a downhill part again, this time a little steeper, and it gets much faster, so much that creatures stopped appearing and the girls' concern became practically to hold the cart as strong as possible in order not to die by falling, They managed to survive and with all this speed the trolley went through an underground part of the castle, there were even some loopings on the way which Chariot and Amanda were loving, screaming until they wanted more, a session that seemed like a tube, until returning to the calm straight, where Croix breathes relieved even though the trolley was still going very fast.
Croix: After that I will never again climb on a mine cart in my life.
Chariot: Ah go it was actually quite fun.
In this flat corridor there were two parallel rails and right at that time one of these appeared with a blade on the left side, the five quickly crouched while behind came another cart, this one with knights in armor that were poking down, but of course the girls attacked and left all the cart of these creatures empty, clearing a lot of opportunities.
Only that carts still appeared, with creatures wanting to attack and these more frequent, more spearmen knights came, these jumped from their cart straight to the five's carts, Chariot was there, what those creatures didn't expect, exactly because she is the short range hunter, with the whip the Belmont managed with a huge ease to finish with those knights, leaving the way much more open.
Chariot: You can send more, I will take care of any creature that dares try to attack us.
Confident Du Nord was surprised with another cart full of skeletons, these that even with the girls weapons were of no use, but soon Jasminka was the smartest, she simply hit the rail of the carts, damaging the place and causing the train full ended up derailing and went disassembling straight to a cliff that was on the side. Antonenko ended up doing that on both sides, what made the girls' job a lot easier, when seeing the next cars disassembling, even more because it was full of creatures, most of them ended up dying and falling on the precipice, the rest were too slow to reach the girls.
Croix: That was genius Jasminka, even I wouldn't have thought of an idea like that, now we really will be able to get through here smoothly.
Amanda: Excellent Jas, that was really brilliant, let's enjoy the trolley trip a lot more!
Another part of the descent just arrived, this one being very similar to the beginning, where they passed through one but soon came across rails on the walls, these were of carts that were thrown in the direction of them that almost weren't hit, since the quintet was trying everything to increase the speed of the cart, but the real danger was in the creatures that were just inside those carts, they were the most dangerous, so much that they were jumping from there trying to hit them.
Chariot: It was to be expected that they would have creatures for that side.
They were making a point of trying to hit some of these, using the weapons the girls of far away they shot in direction to the holes and when they passed they noticed that some had already dead creatures that until arriving more down, since they arrived to a flatter part, but not everything was flowers.
The surviving creatures, were trying to attack, but Chariot was spinning the whip like a blade hitting these monsters around, while the girls stayed crouched, what the cart was little by little going up in a part where the parts of the road went in an up and down direction, what was keeping a little of the momentum during the ascent of the cart, the speed was stabilizing in that ascent thanks to that part, in which they arrive a little slow, but they get to go up until enough, what they see some parts of the castle of deep, including the fortress.
Croix: That's where we're going, the girls must be waiting for us to get there.
Chariot: I can't wait to meet this whole group, it makes me a bit anxious.
Croix: You'll definitely like them...
Amanda: Girls, not to get in your way or anything, but we still have a big problem here.
A rail appears on their side, on the right and in that a half amorphous creature that looked like a pile of bodies was on top of that cart, kind of trying somehow to attack the girls throwing these people towards them and the cart was in a somewhat steady speed, the screams of people were constant, which made it even scarier.
Chariot was the first to get out of the cart, she leaned where that mass was and started to whip, listening the people's screams and the bodies falling on the ground, some almost made Belmont fall, but she used some hooks that were by the tunnel and was leaning, going from one to the other with the whip, the other girls were shooting, opening the way to the other side.
Chariot: It's pretty scary here, I have to admit.
The bodies that managed to dodge the attacks would follow the cart and it was becoming a concern for the girls as well, which Chariot takes the opportunity to lend a hand with, while they went about tending to the cart. Making a spinning attack, Belmont made a hurricane of whip form, killing everything that touched nearby, being an excellent area attack that Du Nord perfected, which was also helping to open the way more.
The large sphere full of human bodies soon ended up coming off the cart and was floating in front of the girls' carts, and with that Chariot leaned on where the creature's cart was, starting to attack from afar with the whip, even revealing one of the holes, viso that a part of the creature was broken.
Revealing a creature underneath that was even scarier with apparent tentacles, it arrived to shoot a ray in direction to the cart that ended up making to destroy and with that Chariot jumped of there if propelled forward and pointed the finger up getting standing in the cart of the other four.
Chariot: Hydro Storm!
Then she went running from one cart to the other hitting a candle hoping to come a sub item and what came was a cross, she made sure to throw it towards the monster that revealed one of the faces, then she got very close, used a special attack, where a beam of light emanated around her and crosses started to circle around Belmont, hitting everything around and causing even more damage, making that only the creature with the tentacles was left, which receives shots and also whips, falling on the ground and being defeated, taking advantage of the moment Chariot returns to the cart with the girls and they go on that way, again arriving at a part where they would stop at an underground tunnel.
Amanda: Woah! That power is impressive, I never imagined I would see someone this powerful before, Chariot can you use those sub items like that?
Chariot: Each one of them I know a special power, it's an inheritance from Belmont, not only I know the hydro storm which was the only one Croix learned, but I know the other attacks too, which helps a lot and woah! More descents!
The girls were holding on as tightly as they could, and Croix was already showing a lot of fear, holding on tightly to Chariot who was holding on to the trolley, in the same way Constanze and Jasminka were holding on to Amanda.
The trolley goes through a part where it becomes straight again and then goes up again, then down, it keeps going up and down, until it
reaches another tunnel corridor where they see common visitors again, in this case the very familiar creatures, the infamous skeletons that were starting to run towards them.
Croix: I hate that part of the castle.
Chariot: I love it! One thing Dracu... Bernadette has to be admired and that's what she did with this castle, it was the most way mine cart track, it gives all the adrenaline I've wanted to feel for years!
Seeing Chariot all happy, Meridies even forgot about the trauma, seeing as she was getting quite excited, so much so that she flashed a smile then went to start helping her girlfriend with the skeletons, shooting the creatures, clearing more path through that whole area.
The skeletons were practically nothing in that corridor, which was starting to get pretty decorative, the cart was also slowing down, some paintings were appearing and those were shooting fireballs, which the girls were dodging and shooting around, noticing that they were creatures of the night, besides vases that were floating towards them.
A ceramic one even hit Belmont
's head, but luckily it didn't hurt her too much, so much so that she was laughing a bit at being hit.
Chariot: Hahaha! I'm kind of clueless not to notice that one, good thing it was just weak pottery, I could have cut myself on that one.
More attentive Chariot was hitting the vases with the whip, also using a little of the sub item that was opening the way to a greater range than the whip, the others were taking care of the paintings, practically leaving a much safer and free way, since nothing passed through that wall, Belmont stayed on the front cart to be able to protect herself and the others were alternating carts, but always going to stay in the rear.
Amanda: Wow! We're really managing to give an account here, there's nothing that gets past us.
Croix: A good synchrony and also planning is what makes us succeed.
Some jellyfish heads were also appearing floating there, but the cross that Belmont was holding was simply making the creatures not even get close, since Chariot knew precisely the pattern of the creatures, throwing the cross at exactly the right time and with that she was managing to leave that part free, the cart was slowly reducing the speed until it stopped completely, reaching the end of the line and with that they got off the carts and looked around, where there was a door.
Chariot: But already? The trolley ride was so much fun and it was over so quickly?
Croix: For me that lasted an eternity.
The five of them went to the door, when they went through there, they ended up facing the bars falling down when they arrived in a place that looked like an arena, in the two doors the huntresses ended up being locked and in that moment an armor ended up falling down, huge was staring at the girls and in that Chariot gave that move with his arms, spinning his limbs, he cracked his neck and fists and took the whip in hands, spinning his body and then pointing to the creature.
Chariot: Die monster, you don't belong in this world and I will make you go back where you belong!
The others tried to shoot, but it was simply no use, their ammunition was not enough to penetrate the monster's armour, not even Jasminka's, which they were already getting worried about, since all hope of victory could be in Belmont who remained confident, while the armour was walking towards the red haired one.
Croix: Chariot! Our shots are not efficient! Get out of there! Vampire Killer's not gonna make it!
Chariot gave a smile and that armor with 6 meters high with a sword with almost half the size of the monster was giving a cut, quickly the Du Nord used the sub item of the cross, that caught in the waist of the creature, she propelled herself up was running over the blade jumped giving a mortal back and passed with a jump where it fit the whip well in the neck of the creature what barely hit since the vampire killer ended up giving a rebimbada.
The monster turns and try to give a cut to the reddish hair that give a mortal throwing the cross towards the monster head, and also standing on the sword of the creature practically turned back. The girls were getting impressed with the tremendous ability of the hunter that simply went playing with that creature without fear.
Amanda: She really is quite powerful, well now I understand why Marianne and Akko have such admiration for this woman.
Croix: Good old Chariot Belmont is back, she really hasn't rustled in those years.
The armor went to try and attack with her hand down a slap at Du Nord who propelled herself forward and it was in this that she took the opportunity to propel herself upwards giving a few lashes to the creature's head that in the first one took a few steps backwards, causing Belmont to land on the ground with style in a heroic pose.
The creature in turn stuck the sword in the ground and went to attack the redhead again who confidently ran also towards the monster who raised her arm, holding herself up to give an all up slash, only Belmont
quickly gives that tricked, jumping up she makes the armor hit the ground, she propels herself up hits another whip to the face and then propels herself up, wrapping the vampire killer in the neck of the creature and holding with both arms she passes to the other side arriving to "decapitate" the monster that was still alive, making the helmet of the armor fall in the ground and she fell even in style landing on top of the helmet of the creature that turns and even without the "head" tries to attack the Du Nord dodges going forward and that makes the armor itself break the helmet.
Amanda: Whoa! That's a very smart move by Chariot, she's also full of the strategies, I would never think of doing that, your girlfriend is awesome Croix.
Croix: Chariot being Chariot, she's always been like that, my girl is really showing she's still got it all.
Chariot turns around and seizes the moment, she propels herself upwards, then propels herself forward getting practically on the monster's head, uses the power of the sub item that is the one of the cross, making right in the open part of the monster that the sacred energy emanated all inside the armor that was even feeling the impact of the whole power of the cross, catching fire, then falling apart exploding and dissolving and in this the Belmont even kisses the Vampire Killer himself wrapping him in the arm as a victory pose.
Chariot: Now we are free to proceed here, this little creature was a bit annoying, but I think we will soon reach the castle fortress.
Croix: You really haven't stopped being the good old Chariot you always were, have you? Good to see you back my love.
Croix arrives at his girlfriend, gives her a warm hug, which Chariot reciprocates in the same way, the two then kiss and keep their faces together, they continue their way through the arena to the other side, where they come across another mine cart platform, to Meridies' horror and the joy of the two girls who love the turns on the rails.
Chariot and Amanda: Trolley!
The other three put their hands on their faces, a little frustrated, they all climb on the carts, going together by the path, where Belmont activated the lever, giving that impulse, passing through a tunnel where it was already full of bats and in this they had to lower their heads, since the animals were attacking and thirsty for blood, after this corridor they reach another part of the castle where it's full of flying skeletons holding spears and shields, going for the attack to catch the girls that were going their way.
Despite the shield, it was totally useless, the girls' weapons were strong enough to penetrate through the protection and still cause a lot of damage.
Chariot: Well, this cart doesn't even have the radical parts anymore, it's just going slow.
Croix: Good!
Right at that time that Chariot ended up talking a part of the rail starts to propel the trolley on its way up, making a spiral upwards and that was what excited Belmont and also O'Neill, the two were screaming of excitement, while the others were afraid and the trolley went with all the impulse upwards, reaching the top of a tower, where from far away they could see the whole castle.
Chariot: Woah, that's beautiful, even though it's Dracula's castle, it's beautiful to see like that.
Croix: At the same time it's scary, look at that height, you really don't bother with the height of it all, it's beautiful, but I'm scared to death and Ahhhhhhhh!
The cart goes down that tower, going to another tunnel, this one passing through a corridor where some lamps are being lit, until one fell in the hands of the five, the cart continued, passing through that corridor, then gave a curve, gradually losing speed, arriving at a climb, where it ends up coming across a familiar path, a castle corridor where there were Akko, Marianne, Hellene, Diana, Lotte and Sucy in a defensive position, but in reality they did not expect the presence of the five there.
Akko and Marianne: It's her!
The mine cart approached the girls, bumping right up against the plates made to hold the machinery, they got out of the mine cart and made a point of all there greeting each other, talking to each other, in a friendly way, keeping the interaction going, then came Marianne and Akko towards Chariot the two kind of kept giving those analyzing looks, Belmont was a little embarrassed with all those looks from the duo.
Marianne: Woah! So you're Chariot Belmont? Really? Your stories were a huge inspiration for me, since childhood I was told how you were the best creature hunter in the world, that you have the blood of the legendary Trevor Belmont.
Akko: I have been listening to your stories since I left Spain, you were inspiring, I never gave up on being a hunter, it was at a time when I was getting tired of hunting monsters for not having challenges, but your stories made me think of continuing, I decided to make this journey to go to you as a form of personal achievement, now that I see you I understand the reason for so much admiration.
Chariot: Hahahaha! Children who admire me, I never thought I would see this again, well two well grown women, I didn't imagine I would be remembered so much, even more for my disappearance, but yes I am the one, I came back here from the world of the dead... I'm joking, no need to be afraid, I was controlled by the hands of a priest who is working here in this castle, he was the same one who sent me here 10 years ago, unfortunately the church betrayed us.
Croix: Yes, and I had warned you back then that asking for a pardon for homosexuality would not work, they would not want to allow that, they would do everything to erase your history, but now let's go, the castle is waiting for us.
Akko: Now there are eleven of us and we can get it over with...
Croix adds: Actually this is just the beginning, our real villain is not Bernadette, who is behind all this is Daryl the sister of the Countess of this castle.
Marianne and Diana shocked: What?
Croix: Before we go up I will tell you the truth, or at least what I am theorising.
Croix tells little by little to the two daughters of Bernadette what really happened, the reason why Daryl is behind all this plan and all the bad things that have been happening in the world, revealing the truth to the two dhampirs that are in shock, practically speechless.
Both of them put their hands on their chins and look at each other for a while, and they agree, Diana even punches a wall together with Hellene, both of them were really outraged, mainly because it made sense.
Diana: The chances of you being right about all this are enormous, I don't doubt anything, that woman is scheming, now it makes sense that she wants us to kill our mother, it was all a plan to take the power for herself.
Croix: What are you going to do?
Diana: Let's not stop here, Hellene and I will try to talk to my mothers, we will try to negotiate, but for all the good things, don't try to interfere in anything, it's just a family matter, I believe that because we are the family we can achieve something, I will reverse all this by talking to her and then we will defeat my aunt once and for all, she is for sure a cunning viper.
Hellene: I warned you Diana, that woman stank and she stank a lot, but you didn't want to listen to me, now we're in this, we'll have few options, even more so, since she pulled a fast one on us, we should have thought twice.
Diana: She would make us sign the pact anyway, if not for good she would do it for evil, she would arrange some way to collect my blood, we would be taken by surprise, but I don't understand why mother would agree to that, so let's just try to put an end to it.
Croix: Either way if you guys end up the worst way, we will defeat this curse for all of you, this viper has caused enough suffering for all of us.
Chariot: I have never been one to wish that someone would pay, but this woman has done too much evil to us and I don't want to accept it, we will finish her off, we will make her pay, she is the real Dracula, this woman is a servant of Satan without a doubt, even he himself would find her too evil for hell, what a wretch.
At this the eleven give the hands, they face each other in a motivated way, they start to walk the corridor of the rail, where it gives in a door that is well on top of the tunnel of the exit of the door of the castle fortress and with this the journey for the castle fortress begins.
Up there in the same place but on the top, Bernadette was sitting watching everything with a smile on her face, from one side to the other, she even started to dance celebrating, as if she was excited for what was to come.
Bernadette: Marvellous! Bernadette: Wonderful! They have survived! All this will come to an end! The suffering will end!
Then she shuts up and looks around, noticing that there's no one around, she sits down on the throne and looks at the staircase, already imagining the eleven girls appearing there, climbing the staircase until they reach where the vampire was.
[Bernadette's Thought: Chariot is free, in the end I managed to help Croix free her, without her being noticed, the glasses, Chariot's interference, all well planned, now that damned bishop will pay and this I am sure, these girls will make the damned priest who killed my wife swallow everything he did, he will burn to death as was deserved, never before have I had such a planned revenge as this, now Laura McLaren's own daughters will make that bastard pay dearly for what he did].
Bernadette looks at the crystal ball, notices that the girls are starting to pass through the last part, excited, she gets up and arrives at the banquet room where she prepares the food, leaving everything ready for the hour that she will receive all the huntresses, being always the most receptive person of the world, the whole place is being decorated, she is making a true clean, just waiting for the hour that she will see all of them going up that stairway, so much that she arrives at the tip looking for down and for all the landscape of the castle, again traveling in the thoughts.
[Bernadette: This will be the last time I will see the moonlight through the beautiful cloudy sky, who would say that it has been ten years that I have been waiting for this day, after so long I will be leaving this world, it was good to have lived these years, at least the ones I had with my family, but now I have to do the best thing I could do, put an end to this curse and die, goodbye world, goodbye everybody, Diana, Hellene, I hope you can really kill me, I don't deserve to be alive in this world anymore... I will be coming to meet you Laura, I am waiting for your love, wherever you are, know that I will always love you, even if we don't deserve to be in the same place, unfortunately, I am an unworthy creature, my end will be tragic and it is all the fault of my own sister's greed for the rot present in this world, I could try to put an end to it, but it is a futile effort, people are still rotten and manipulable, all I would do is just give another war full of death and create a new cycle of hate, unfortunately humanity is bad, not even the scariest and worst creatures of chaos compare to what humanity can do of cruelty, after all these creatures only exist because of us].
All of them are on their way to the final part of the castle, where the greatest challenge will be, demanding that these hunters have a good skill and expertise, as well as patience, since it will not be an easy journey. Besides all the drama of Bernadette Cavendish who is accepting a fate that her daughters want so much to make it possible to change. All because of the greed of a specific human being who is causing so much terror and evil to people who had nothing to do with it, suffering for the desire of other people's power.
See you, minecart witches...