Countess Cavendish Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
It arrives the part where the girls will go to the last area of the castle before they clash head on with Bernadette Cavendish, this is the most challenging area of the whole place since they will come to clash head on with the lady of the castle herself, dealing with the biggest dangers, Luckily they are all in a huge numerical advantage since there are eleven going through the corridors and that can even be of great help, since there are many creatures, but it is still a complicated part of the whole castle, which will make this numerical advantage be put to test and totally ignored.
And they all start to infiltrate the fortress passing by the door that is above the exit of the tunnel where the passage of the mine cart was, when they arrive there they are faced with a staircase, yet quite empty without any creature, they were going up that spiral quite attentive, arriving to pick some more hearts and change a little the sub items, soon arriving at the top where they face a double door, they open, pass and arrive at that circular room, already knowing that it is an arena, where barely they left a room already face something of the type, with grates descending and this revealing one more creature that they will face.
Chariot: Well to be expected, when we get to that part of the castle it becomes a real ordeal and I'm going to love it, if you guys mind I'll take care of this creature.
Chariot stretched, snapping her neck and fists, as the monster appeared which was the same man eater that was used by Elizabeth only this time without the advantage of the terrain, since it was only the castle part, the Du Nord was soon running towards the monster that was floating, with those tentacular tongues, It was quickly chopped by Belmont's whip that showed what it came for, she gave a throw with the cross, right in the side of the eye of the cross, propelled herself up, was whipping the skull of the creature, jumping out involving the vampire killer in another tongue of the monster that was chopped and falling with style while the girls were getting stunned.
Marianne: What?
Akko: That woman cannot be human is impossible.
Chariot gives a giggle as she hears the girls comments, then she goes on her way, running towards the monster that was trying to shoot beams of light, but Belmont went leaping dodging, throwing another cross through the beast's holes, then she reaches the top of the skull and opens a hole which she uses to use the power of the sub item calling the cross and a beam of light stays on the man eater, who then falls to the ground dying and being defeated, already Du Nord falls with style in a heroic pose, clapping her hands and being relieved.
Akko and Marianne stand clapping their hands together, in shock at the sight of the slayer's such skill, she simply made fun of a boss that they even had a little trouble with, but for the redhead it was just a normal monster, so much so that the door is soon cleared.
Chariot: Ithink I'm still in the old form, age hasn't affected me one bit, what do you think Croix?
Croix: Not bad love, she's still the same as ever.
Chariot: The next room I want to see how you will do.
After that they leave the room and go down the stairs to the room below opening the door and finding a similar circular room, as usual the same process of locking the room happened, then the next monsters that will face the girls appear, in this case Ghost Piper and Dundee Dragon appeared to fight the girls, that were already preparing themselves, but what shocked even more is that it wasn't only a ghost playing bagpipes, but several of them.
Chariot: You really are in quite a mess, huh.
Amanda soon was shooting against the ghost pipers using the new arrows was much easier, some of them were simply disappearing as if it was nothing while others were summoning wisps trying to attack the other girls that were just watching, defending with their weapons against the fireballs with face.
Diana and Hellene went running towards the dragon dematerializing and Cavendish was trying to give a cut, but when she passed with her sword it only raised sparks, since the creature had a very hard skin, what was difficult because the Scottish girl's blade wasn't strong enough, on the other hand Hellene also couldn't penetrate enough with her nails.
Akko and Marianne were the ones that came next and the multiple cuts of Akko managed to open a part of the scales of the creature, raising a lot of sparks, while the whip of Leblanc showed why she was the other Vampire Killer hitting the same place as Akko and opening even more what the French took the opportunity to wrap around the neck of the monster, together with the Japanese the two walk forward and managed to cut the monster that ended up dying, leaving only the ghost pipers remaining.
Amanda was simply the one that was giving a way, shooting the arrows in the ones that were left and this way one more room was finished with great easiness those monsters that before were hard to be killed this time were being defeated with a bigger easiness, once the girls were much more armed besides being used to the creatures of the night.
Chariot clapping her hands together: Excellent group work from you, I enjoyed seeing it, you are really very good at it, you all work very well, managing to immobilize the creatures with what each one knows how to do best, you defeated even faster than I would have taken.
Akko: Chariot Belmont praised us, fucking awesome!
Marianne: I can't believe we got a compliment, I'm here with Chariot Belmont!
The two are celebrating, then they go to the door with the others, going down to the third floor, one more room, more creatures will appear, this time who will take care of them will be Chariot and Croix, since they were more than one, at that time came multiple Cú Siths and a bigger one of three heads which was already starting to advance towards Belmont that simply dodged using the impulses that is giving.
The Meridies simply shoot the others that are running and coming towards her and the girls, and also the ones that want to get in Du Nord's way, showing that she is still with all the form since she simply managed to make that no Cu Sith get near the girls.
Croix: I love doing that!
Chariot managed to rip off the first of the three heads of the Sith Cerberus ass and the monster became furious starting to spit fire towards Belmont who launched a cross and went dodging by propelling upwards, giving a mortal and hitting a whip on the monster's back that opened a big wound, she dampens herself with her hands on the ground the creature turns around jumps to advance on Du Nord, she smiles, gives a lash on the other neck of the cerberus, then she crouches and crawls on the ground severing the second head and in that only the last head is left.
Chariot: I'm beginning to think this monster is losing his mind.
The monster turned threw a beam of light that Belmont dodges to the side, hitting the wall and with that she was just watching the monster's head, gave a jump with a mortal, threw a cross then whipped the neck opening a wound, but narrowly didn't end up cutting the monster, only opened a wound, what she took the opportunity to stay on the creature's back and look around, seeing that alone Croix dealt with ease with the Cù Siths that were coming towards the shooter.
Cerberus starts to catch fire and is the cue for Du Nord jump out, she gives a mortal falls with style the monster goes shooting fireballs and direction her, getting more attentive, but with the whip the Belmont starts to spin creating a vortex that makes it end up mirroring the fireballs that come back with everything on the monster that swallows some, exploding in the process and in this it ends up dying, making in the process the constantly summoned Cu Siths also leave for the better, what Meridies even breathes relieved, since she needed to recharge the arqueabuz on the spot.
Croix: You saved me on this one my love, I couldn't handle the rest, it was just when I needed to carry the gun.
Chariot: A Cerberus, I loved facing that thing, it's fun to tear head by head, now come on, I still want to see how the others do, there are so many of you that I'm curious to know the skills of the others.
They go down for another room, this time in the fourth floor down, almost arriving in the end of that session of so many floors with monsters, in the hour appears some cursed books and they go invoking creatures as minotaurs and werewolves, what it is the perfect cue for all the other ones to enter in action and in that was what Lotte was doing she opened the book and started to invoke an army of knights with armors, already the other girls went attacking the stronger monsters, Amanda and Sucy stayed in strategic points, Jasminka shot the biggest book that already gave a huge hole in the pages and made that thing go crazy, summoning creatures that were just amorphous masses full of mixtures of monsters and parts, a thing until disgusting.
Marianne: Gross.
Sucy: We see creatures dying every day and you're disgusted by this mix-up?
Marianne just nods her head, goes towards one of the werewolves trying to get out of the way with the creature, but ends up stumbling on a book and that right at the time that the monster gives the advance to attack the Leblanc, only that the whip ends up getting in the way and the monster passes through it falling dead to be sliced in the middle, the Frenchwoman even gets up disgusted when she feels that was a little bit smeared with blood, on the other hand Lotte was continuing with the army of monsters that were attacking the books and also managing to finish with some creatures.
Jasminka gives another shot to the bigger book and with that it caught fire, starting to dissolve falling on the ground and freeing the girls of the invocations of the smaller books, since it was that book that invoked the smaller books and the bigger creatures, what Diana and Hellene were already defeating, when dealing with some Malachis that were invoked at the time, but were quickly killed by the dhampirs duo.
Closing with the books the shooters were finishing with the remaining ones, using their weapons the pages were being damaged and some were on fire and having spontaneous combustion, this way ending that cycle of defeated books finishing with the creatures and opening the way for them to finish that room, again with Chariot clapping her hands celebrating as the girls were with all the ability at that time.
Chariot: Excellent, I am really impressed at how well you are working against the creatures, an excellent group of slayers, in my opinion you are the best, you would be the elite of the elite, no creature of the night would defeat you, even the church would fear you, which could also be a bad thing.
Diana: I'm just here to sort some things out, hunter I don't consider myself much, it hurts me too much to keep killing too many of my own all the time.
Hellene: I'm disgusted until now with creature hunters, you kill our creatures for rewards, I can't take it very well, we are killed for your greed, just because we get hungry and don't even have what to eat, we are forced to have to resort to eating something else, unfortunately also some summoners also use us for evil, the whole world is a shit from both sides thinking about it, ahhhhh, what a shit.
They then go to the last floor down to the fifth and final, this arena is as normal as the others, but the floor a revolving gate starts to activate, is opening door by door, until a beam of light emanates and that ends up invoking a copy of Chariot that appears there.
Chariot: Hey Marianne, you can test if you're good against me, why don't you take on my copy?
Marianne: Are you crazy? I don't even know how to use my punches and the whip properly, I only learnt to fight two months ago.
Chariot: This is going to be your biggest ordeal, rest assured that anything from one of you with a watch sub item to the time and defeat this copy on the spot.
Marianne with fear agrees with her head, goes walking a little nervous to the arena, where the copia starts to propel herself towards Leblanc, she gives a creep that already makes the French girl be thrown upwards and she tries to protect herself, but the whip wraps around the girl's body making her crash with everything on the ground and in this the copy is even standing on the body of the black haired girl.
Chariot: Loosen up girl, you have to loosen up more.
Marianne uses the axe sub item that makes her get loose from the whip and also gets stomped which already shows that she has a nose bleed besides the cuts given by the whip, she starts using the whip, Leblanc tries to catch the whip in her hand but feels the tips of the whip moving and then she gets a kick from the copia that makes her walk backwards stumbling and right at the time she screws the whip with the copia and taking advantage of that the Frenchwoman forces her arms and makes the copia hit her face on a chandelier just above.
Chariot: What luck, she really has luck on her side, that's a good thing.
The copy tries to give a whip but Marianne rolls on the floor catches the leg of the fake Chariot making her fall on the floor and giving impulse to stand up and in this boosting even Leblanc is surprised, taking the opportunity to punch the doppleganger in the face who is a little stunned and it was in this gap that she takes the opportunity to whip, but ends up being soon blocked by the vortex of the whip spinning that was generating a wind slightly pushing the Frenchwoman that looks to the chandelier, jumps up holding on and starts to use the axe sub item that hits the copy that is not affected by the cuts, but ends up jumping back.
Marianne gives a push down on the chandelier, making it fall, just in the time that the copy was going to jump towards her, the French girl propels herself down and back and just in time she falls on the floor making the fake Chariot be hit with everything by the heavy chandelier, even getting to surprise the real one seeing all the way Leblanc is creative.
Chariot: Not bad Mari, you have a unique and very interesting style.
The doppleganger comes out of the chandelier but she can't notice anywhere the presence of Marianne that hides behind the remains of the chandelier, discreetly Leblanc tries to jump to wrap the neck of the creature but ends up being noticed and with that the copy jumps to dodge, the Frenchwoman smiles, as she fell on the floor like that she caught one of the diamonds of the chandelier and threw it towards the monster that caught it right in the chest of the creature that fell on the floor and started to catch fire.
The French girl gets up removing dust from her clothes and with that the fifth and last creature of that session full of rooms facing monsters ends, Chariot is delighted with the way Marianne managed to defeat her own copy and goes to her to congratulate.
Chariot: That's what a great warrior does, I really admire someone with such creativity, you remind me a lot of when I was your age, it was the same way, everyone thought I was clumsy and that I wouldn't go far, but look where I am, you have to make your whip and you be one and that I'm seeing a lot in you, so young and already able to use it.
Marianne marvelled: Really? I'm talented? You mean I'm not a weight?
Chariot stroking Marianne's head: You are more of a growing talent, you have no weight, if you have got this far it is thanks to you and your friends, you have all helped each other on this journey and I am sure you have helped them a lot too.
All of them were just nodding their heads, Leblanc was getting a little emotional, this way they go down the stairs, to the next part of that castle fortress, where they end up facing a corridor, a narrow and beautiful corridor, where it's full of windows, with a view to the whole castle, right under the bridge where the trolley mechanism works, in this corridor the most common creatures of the night of the castle were already appearing.
In this case armors with swords, these ones are much more advanced, since normal shots don't hurt much, besides the creatures create force fields and at this time is where Chariot shines when using the vampire killer, she simply annulled that force field and with a few lashes ended up killing the first one, while there was another red armor behind, using two swords, wanting to hit Belmont who gave a creep passing by that one and leaving to Diana who held with the blade of the sword the armor and Akko was the one who finished with hers.
Diana: I like that one heh.
Akko: Do you remember your greatest partner?
Diana laughing: Are you jealous of my sister? Hahahaha!
Akko gets her cheeks inflated, she just keeps on going the way with the others, Lotte takes the chance to summon a hippogriff that is also clearing the way ahead, the others are shooting the creatures, looking through the window the girls could notice that they were giving a slight distance from the tower of the castle fortress, but they could also notice that they are in another way, continuing to open the way, against those creatures that were much more powerful than the common, they went to the door at the end of the corridor, when they arrived there they faced a room where in front of the door there were only some lancers knights, easily killed by the girls, opening the passage for another corridor, this one a little more open, which they could see that the fortress by the window was by that side.
Akko: We are getting closer and closer.
At the corridor was with some bats that entered the window, besides flea mens with armor that were jumping by the walls trying to hit the girls, but they simply by the numerical advantage were opening the way as if it was nothing, enjoying a lot where they were passing, at the end of the corridor they reach a staircase, In it they pass by a more open part on the outside, seeing the clock tower on the side, but also another tower that was the one they were going to go to the castle fortress but that peace was interrupted, when a giant bat appeared, it started to fly towards the girls.
Chariot simply jumped and started to ride the creature as if it was nothing and was already feeling the monster trying to get loose and keep flying from one side to the other, the girls were just watching a little scared.
Chariot: Come on let's fly to the fortress of your mistress!
The Belmont soon ended up being thrown by the creature that went towards it, flying quickly, this until it reached the ground where the Du Nord activates the power of the cross sub item which gives it a sudden stop in the fall and also makes it hit the creature that deviates the route and without control ends up crashing into a spear of the castle walls then falls with everything down the hill starting to implode, being defeated with great ease by Chariot.
Akko: I really wanted one of those angry powers, I would never have to worry about falls.
Chariot: You'd need to be a Belmont or train hard, but I'll teach you, it's a very useful power indeed and look, the staircase to the castle fortress can already be seen.
The eleven enter through the door of the tower, when facing the place they notice that it's dark, until some lights turn on and then reveal another grid closing the passage, as expected they will have to face another boss, this time the one that appears to fight is a gargoyle all muscular along with others that are with spears that are quickly flying to attack towards the girls.
Hellene: Leave it to us.
Chariot: I'm not going to run over anyone's turn, the bat was already mine, you can take care of that one, I'm only here to help heh.
Hellene stomps her fists and goes towards the gargoyle that also doesn't have any weapon, the two meet with a punch that both hands end up colliding and with that they jump back, the other girls were killing the smaller gargoyles with a good ease, and Lotte was summoning some warriors to help with this ending with the creatures and clearing the way.
Hellene: Not bad, until you are a strong creature.
The gargoyle started to scream and tried to devour McLaren's head, who dodged it and punched the creature in the stomach, then dematerialized appearing from behind, giving a strong kick to the monster's back that used its wings to stay in place, just in that moment the redhead appeared in front smiling and almost got hit by a claw, if it wasn't for the power of dematerialization which she used to dodge and then fight back the same claw, hitting it right in the monster's face with her powerful nails.
Chariot: Bernadette's daughters are really strong, they could easily handle the monsters without a doubt, I don't even doubt that much, the youngest one knows how to fight and has a great body, she must have a really huge strength.
The gargoyle tries to fight back again, but McLaren holds the monster's wrist with all her strength. She stabs her nails in the creature's chest, pulls it out, punches it in the face and then kicks it, until the gargoyle hits a pillar trying to stand up, it was already too late, the redhead throws a spear that catches it right in the chest, making the gargoyle die and defeating that monster once and for all, opening the way for the girls to continue to the castle fortress, at this very moment the room is released.
Hellene claps her hands and gives a nod to Chariot who makes a sign with her thumbs, the other smaller gargoyles were already defeated a long time ago, what they already take the opportunity to gather and go to the door.
Chariot: You are really skilful, Bernadette's two daughters too, you have to have a lot of courage to go out like that, you have to really know how to hit.
Hellene just shrug a little bit convinced, then they open the door, in another dark room, only when they arrive there they notice a platform, this platform starts to light some lamps as they were going up, showing the room, it was like a lift, arriving more and more in top, what already indicated that they were to arrive at the place.
When they arrive at the top all that room lights up, revealing finally that tower and also right in front of them the staircase that leads to the fortress where Bernadette was waiting for them, all of them were looking at that, a little bit amazed, and also nervous, mainly the daughters of the Countess.
Diana: Well we have arrived, here we are, after a long time we have reached the castle fortress where my mother is, now Hellene and I will leave from here, you all stay here and don't interfere in case things get tight.
Akko: But Diana... We can help, we are also strong, look how powerful and all skilled Chariot is, she can beat your mother should she pull her into a fight.
Diana: Even if she has her reasons, this is a family matter, I am the one who ended up in this, I made this deal, Hellene and I are the ones in the pact and we will be the ones to end it, in case we leave here, I just have to say that I am sorry and it was really good the time I spent with you.
Diana takes Akko in her hand, holds it tight, then hugs her, giving her a very honeyed kiss, the same Hellene was doing with Marianne, the two gave what could be a last kiss for good, even after getting so far away the two dhampirs still insisted on continuing that way, after the kiss they begin to walk slowly, looking at the staircase straight ahead and already waiting for what's coming.
Akko: Chariot! Croix! Aren't you guys going to do anything?
Chariot: Just rooting for them, after all let's let them sort things out.
Croix putting her hand on Akko's shoulder: Now it's up to Diana and Hellene, let the daughters talk to their mother and sort things out, there's already too much weight on these two, the probability of these poor things ending up killing their own mother is too high.
Diana arrived very close to the staircase, she took a deep breath, at the edge of the place she takes out the sword, opens her eyes and gives a cut that can feel a tremor caused only by the impact of Cavendish, they go together going up the staircase, slowly, little by little, when arriving at the top the Scottish girls look down seeing the others watching her, Akko and Marianne a little bit indignant, they didn't want to accept that. Kagari even walks forward, but as she takes a little step McLaren raises her hand and uses a beam power that almost hits her to block her passage, causing the Japanese woman to fall back and look startled at the expressions of the two dhampirs.
The Cavendish again uses the sword on the tip of the ladder opening her eyes and hitting a slash with everything, then the two together aim a pentagram glyph in the middle of the ladder and throw a power of light beam that falls right on top of the ladder, which only gives a little push at the bottom, then it starts to crack until it shatters all
together staying only in pieces that are all falling on the ground, just fragments.
Diana: Sorry, but this is so that you don't try to climb up here, goodbye my love, goodbye to you all and thank you for the journey we have lived together, unfortunately now it has come to an end, if you have any appreciation for us you can wait, or else get out of here.
They disappeared from there and went walking through the corridors, to meet their mother who is on the throne in that part of the castle fortress, meanwhile Kagari and Leblanc are staring at each other with clenched fists, they don't want to accept this situation, so much so that they look at the others who are simply sitting on the chairs and tables present in that place.
Akko: Are you going to stand there waiting?
Marianne: Help us! Help yourselves! Help our friends! They are in danger of dying, I don't know about you, but I am not going to sit here waiting, because our help is essential for that.
Amanda: They are two hybrid vampires, they will face perhaps the one who is thought to be Dracula, we wouldn't stand a chance not to mention that they asked us to wait, because you who are their girlfriends are so worried, relax a little, rest.
Akko: Because we did not come here to simply work on our own, we are a group, we are a team and I don't know about you, but I am going up there even if it is alone with Marianne, with or without your help.
Lotte: I would love to help you, but my magic has run out, I spent everything against the gargoyle, until I recover it will take a while, I already drank all the potion that recovers the magic, now it's up to you.
Akko angrily slams into the wall just like Marianne, the two go looking at the ruins of the staircase and try to think of some way in which they would manage to jump up there, but all it took was that things were not that positive.
Meanwhile upstairs Diana and Hellene were passing through the corridors of the fortress noticing the banquet table and the door half open, only still hiding what was their mother's throne, where they walked and passed by having that vision of their mother, and the mother finally after 10 years sees her two daughters together and back, the three are frozen in an ecstasy of emotions, a meeting that finally happened, but not in the way they expected.
After a long two and a half hours journey through the castle, finally the group can reach the point where everything will change, the castle fortress, where Bernadette Cavendish is waiting for the eleven, but in this they will only see their two daughters, for what may be the definitive combat or else what the journey will end up becoming. Akko and Marianne will try everything possible to somehow interfere in the battle, but for that they will need a lot of luck and intelligence.
See you, last area witches...