Luna Nova Castle, Luna Nova, Wales

The two groups were going by separate ways practically defeating each one of the defences that were left by Bernadette, even with the limitations that they had, they still managed to use their intelligence, to pass over that barrier of power without necessarily being stronger, but by pulling it to a point where they could find a gap that could be a weak point of the creature and this way have a chance of defeating that monster in a more intelligent way and this way progress through the castle that is full of traps and creatures wanting to kill them all the time.

Mariannne was already making the wall look like something by having the blocks pushed back and with that getting to the top, which already made it easier for a climb to the top, which Croix took the opportunity to grab a rope, asking Diana to get to a hook at the top and the Cavendish made sure to unmarshal herself, leaning on a block starting to tie the rope to facilitate the climb that was going to the bottom, she came back and with that Croix was the first, she wrapped her belt around the rope and was starting to climb.

Croix: You can come, the rope is just to have a greater security, in case you slip, just lean on it, it's a way to have an emergency protection.

The girls were starting to climb, in Diana's case she simply dematerialized up there and was like that helping those who were arriving, the others were also following, climbing those bricks one by one, and Marianne was already showing a little fear when making that climb, trying not to look down, only up.
Croix was the second to reach the top, with the help of Diana who gave a push to make Meridies reach that part, then came Chariot, followed by Hellene, Akko and finally Marianne who was all scared and a little relieved to reach the end, so much that she hugged Cavendish.

Marianne: Whew! Finally free of this thing, you have no idea how scary it is to get to the top.

Hellene: Oh yes I do.

Hellene, a bit jealous, even pulls Marianne towards her and hugs her, sinking Leblanc's face in her chest.
Then they look at what is ahead, the two giant armors, which when passing by, they notice that the gates close and stones start to fall, making the six jump forward not to be crushed, with that the armors start to emanate a light by the eyes, a reddish light and start to move, they were two armors, one of salmon colour and the other greenish with six meters high each, they really have a huge intimidation potential.

Hellene: I don't know about you sis, but I'm ready to see how much damage my gauntlets can do.

The armors soon get up, the salmon colored one armed with a sword goes walking towards the girls that are already separating, Croix soon shoots against that thing, but nothing happens, it only ends up making the bullet all crushed against the structure of that thing that possibly was of some resistant metal. The other armor armed with an axe was also starting to go for the attack.
Because the movements aren't that fast, Akko already starts to act, she climbs on top of the axe of the green armor, goes running scraping up the katana against the creature's body that generates a spark, then she jumps where the helmet was and starts giving multiple cuts, but nothing happens, not only she appears, but Marianne's mess too, on top of the armor she wraps the whip around her neck and starts to give a tug trying something, but nothing goes solving, not even the whip had power to penetrate that metal.

Akko: That thing is unbreakable, we have to hit some weak spot if we want to win.

The armor was trying to move shaking from one side to the other, trying to get Akko and Marianne off, meanwhile Diana and Hellene were building up tension, hitting each other's weapons, They looked up and McLaren gave that impulse to her sister that dematerialized herself passing by the sword getting a bigger tension and when arriving at the armor helmet she gave a tension cut that made everything around tremble and with all that tension it releases a creature that was inside that thing, what the girls even got scared when seeing it.
A thing like a mass of flesh with hanging eyes and with some tentacles that had blades on the tips, which almost hit the Scottish girl that managed to dodge by dematerializing and soon Croix was shooting against that thing.

Diana: I don't know what that is, but that it's bizarre, that's very bizarre.

Hellene also didn't waste time, she was already with the gauntlet well tensioned, she goes to where Akko and Marianne were, the two of them were holding firmly the armor that was all the time struggling wanting to escape and seeing that even a tentacle coming out of it about to hit Leblanc, But with all the strength of the world McLaren hit the helmet of the creature that was starting to swing and it was a little thrown with the force of the punch, taking the opportunity to land with style and a creature similar to the other armor came out and with that started to attack the two girls that were on the shoulders, but soon Kagari was able to easily cut the tentacles of that thing.

Akko: So it's those little things that were inside those armors all along? Now they will feel what my real sword is.

Marianne: Itwas that disgusting thing that was being protected? Now I'm going to make it a point to defeat that bug too.

Akko and Marrianne together were attacking that monster that was soon starting to be full of wounds, until a point that simply destroyed itself and the armor fell on the floor which ended up falling along with a key that both of them caught, defeating a part of the creatures.
The other armor was continuing the attacks, but was being surprised by Chariot that was giving a mortal going up for the back of the creature and with style, she involves the vampire killer for all the meat body of the monster jumping to the other side and with the power of the whip it was undoing the whole body in several pieces and with that also defeating the second armor that fell well behind where Belmont landed.

Chariot: Another defeated armour, these things only have size anyway, but nothing like a little patience.

The two armors were defeated letting the keys fall down and with that the girls arrive where the stones were, McLaren thanks to the strength of the gauntlets was able to push those things one by one, also having a little help from the others that were together pushing forward and this way the passage was released, opening the first gate and then the door with the two keys, only that the terror was not over yet, since there was a corridor full of creatures waiting for them, the girls make a point of getting together and start attacking creature by creature.

Akko: Well it's time to show what we came for.

Chariot: No doubt about it.

Marianne: What a horrible smell.

Zombies and skeletons besides some giant flies were starting to appear, with a very strong smell of something dead, and also of rubbish and dirt, it was something that as the girls were getting closer they put something on their faces to inhibit the smell, but there was no mask that protected around that aroma that was very pertinent, they were killing creature by creature, even with the smell that was giving a beautiful hindrance, until being a little of a gap for Hellene start to mock a little of the smell that was getting even more intense.

Hellene: Who farted here? You guys are rotten today huh?

Diana: No one has let out flatulence around here my sis, now let's continue this way, it must be some creature around here or the place we are going to get to, but it has a lot to do with these flies we are approaching.

They continued to kill the flies that were becoming more common than other creatures, the smell was strong enough to reach a point that caused a little dizziness, besides the tears that began to come out, with that Croix took from the bag some masks with aromatics that he left stored and was offering to the other girls that when they put gave a slight improvement, even helping to continue progressing through the corridors of the place that is with a putrefied smell.

Diana: What is that thing?

Akko: I wonder too, the smell is getting worse and worse, it feels like I'm going to faint, even with this mask, you can still smell it a little.

Following until the end of the corridor they end up opening a door where the smell is even stronger impregnating by all of them that are getting disgusted, when feeling all that, even a green fog takes over the environment the smell at that moment was so strong that the whole group was coughing and tearful strong, so much that they leaned the mask herbs to relieve a little, but nothing worked, They were walking further ahead and with that another part that they had to deal with a creature, stones fell and gates were closed, amidst all that fog it is revealed that there was a creature all dead, a giant with open wounds, with giant flies circling the creature and also some maggots that also fell from him, which Marianne soon takes off her mask vomiting in disgust on the ground.

Marianne: Do we really have to face that thing? How disgusting! Ahhhh, just thinking about it makes me want to rip my head off.

Diana: If we want that infernal smell to end, that's the best thing to do.

Croix: I just have to say one important thing to you, under no circumstances, I repeat, do not try to cause sparks or any flame here, or else we may die this smell may contain something that will ignite an explosion, so much so that I will not even shoot anymore.

All of them agree with the head and even get calmer and with that soon Diana and Akko are going up the creature trying to find a place to attack first, the Cavendish is dematerializing until the head, the Kagari is going down by the feet, but dealing with the constant maggots that were falling on the Japanese trying to eat her, but she wasn't alone, since Hellene was also helping punching the disgusting creatures.
Croix and Chariot on the other hand were climbing on a staircase beside, Meridies was using a dagger for defense, since she didn't have any weapon so efficient for short range, taking care of some maggots that were there, already Marianne was trying to find a way, looking at the monster still crying of disgust.

Marianne: Come on Mari, no disgust or else the smell will only continue.

At that moment she noticed a fly approaching and wanting to attack her, in a reaction almost instantaneous Leblanc jumps, mounts on the creature without hesitating and starts trying to hold on, holding the hands in a connection of the creature's exoskeleton that was flying from one side to the other trying to get loose, The French girl had to jump from that fly and hang herself from another one as she screwed the whip on the creature's leg that was flying in a way without control to release the girl that was holding her very tight.

Marianne: Hold still, you little thing!

Marianne is trying to hold on but the flies keep chasing her and she gets loose from one of them and ends up falling sitting on another one that flies away, half unnoticed towards Belzebub that was hanging and this way the Frenchwoman falls right on top of the creature but soon she notices that some imps come out of the demon's skin and start to attack her, fighting against the girl and also Diana who was there just accumulating tension for her sword.
Below Akko and Hellene were taking care of the larvae that were falling, mainly with the amount of hits that the others above were giving against the demon's body, the more the creature took, the more larvae were falling, but even so the girls were taking care of that, mainly McLaren who was able to have an extra tension in her sword, which helped a lot against the attacks on the upper part of the creature.

Akko: I don'tthink after that one I'll ever look at a maggot the same way again.

Hellene: I so little, to think I've eaten so many of those.

Akko: You what?

Hellene: Oh come on, I was hungry, inside the tree there were beetle larvae full of meat, they are a nice dish when they are roasted, I always ate them before hunting deer or bigger creatures that appeared in the castle, it was that or starve to death, I needed them for energy, but they were not that bad, now these ones are really disgusting.

They keep on attacking the larvae, Croix and Chariot arrive on the middle part, where Meridies keep on hitting with dagger some flies and larvae coming close, there were so many that both of them had to join to finish with the creatures around, to have a gap and a lot of that comes from the top of the creature.
Marianne and Diana were taking care of the devils, the Cavendish sword was soon getting reddish and with that she was already concentrated, giving a cut with all the power on the demon's neck that did nothing but stay still with that smell and the creatures around protecting it.
When it hit the neck it ended up staying only the floating head starting to fly towards the girls, releasing an acid in what the Scottish and French were dodging and running from that thing, hitting their own body and going corroding a part of it revealing more larvae inside the thing, so much that Leblanc jumped from the monster and was saved with the platinum haired one dematerializing herself, holding her down there, already the belzebub's head was following them.

Diana: So the head will want to kill us? Let it come, at least now it has no more imps to get in the way.

Marianne: Thanks for the save Diana, now let's take care of this disgusting thing.

The two nod their heads and get ready to go on top of the head that was firing acids against the duo that was dodging against the demon that had its eyes full of maggots, one of which was hanging and the mouth was all putrid, giving a little nausea to Leblanc, but she was swallowing everything and continuing to go on top, giving a nice whipping on that hanging eye that fell.
Meanwhile in other parts of the demon, Akko and Hellene were dealing with a rain of maggots, but soon McLaren gives a punch all tensed up which ends up causing creatures to fly everywhere, and this way everyone even protected themselves, since maggots flew even to the side of Marianne and Diana, some hitting the ceiling and Belzebub's feet ended up falling with the beating that was given.

Akko: It's not enough that so many creatures are around us, now we have to deal with more maggots, this monster has only these things, what anger, what hell, it never ends, it seems that the more we kill, the more they appear.

Kagari continued cutting the creatures with her katana, but suddenly something started to happen with the amount of cuts she was giving, a glow emanated from the sword and also from her, that was very strange, when the light went out, she was trying to give a cut and noticed that she got in a bigger contact area, She even opened a smile on her face because she was able to open a shield of cuts that left her practically like a machine. McLaren continued to accumulate tension and put one of her hands on Kagari's cutting area.
The gauntlets turned red at the time, which she took advantage of to propel herself forward.

Hellene: Here comes the rain of more maggots, get ready Akko.

Akko: make sure none of them get through.

McLaren uses the gauntlets to propel herself upwards reaching the creature's thighs and lands a well placed punch on the demon's pelvis that ends up causing the impact to open all that part, besides causing larvae to fall everywhere, Akko was already waiting for that and aimed the sword upwards, starting to give cuts, Akko was already waiting for that and aimed the sword upwards, starting to cut, but it was so intense and fast that a dome of blood was forming on top of the Japanese girl, because of all the larvae that were falling and dying with this rain, and some were flying everywhere, which made the Japanese girl's cuts even more intense, shining even brighter and she got another improvement, this time with the blade going even faster.
Meanwhile Marianne and Diana were getting together to distract Belzebub's head, which was shooting acid against them, but the two were still dodging in a slightly easy and calm way, but they still had to deal with the constant larvae that were appearing in front of them, and this the Cavendish was using to tense her blade even more, which was getting even more cutting power, and Leblanc was running to all sides distracting the head, which never hit a spit of acid.
The Frenchwoman simply jumped from one hook to another with her whip, dodging and sometimes she even managed to stay on the demon's head, where she gave a few whips and then did a back flip to avoid being hit by the creature's acid, which bought Cavendish a lot of time.

Marianne: You can stand around all day spitting that disgusting stuff, there's no one to beat me to it.

The Leblanc kept dodging quietly, running from the head and with that Diana was building up even more tension with the sword, soon with a precise cut when the head arrives in front of Cavendish she gets to break in half the head of the demon Belzebub, but it was still necessary to finish with the rest of the body, it was still missing the chest and the remaining arms, besides many maggots were around.
Who was in that region were Chariot and Croix, the Meridies was managing to take care using an axe that she found hanging on the wall and with that the Belmont was whipping against the monster's chest that was opening more and more, causing a rain of maggots on the underside which practically created an umbrella of blood on the underside created by Akko, kind of a pile of maggots that fell on top, accumulating more and more, even worrying Diana.

Hellene: Akko is fine, she is taking care of the maggots, more than ever her sword is much better!

Marianne: Let's help Akko and my Hellene, let Chariot and Croix take care of the top, or those maggots will be a problem.

Diana: I agree, we will soon be able to end these things together.

Cavendish and Leblanc go along with Hellene and Akko and it was even possible to hear the sound of the wind cutting and also the flesh of the maggots being cut, Kagari was alive and moreover managing to kill the maggots with ease, So much that Diana was getting close with the sword to touch and only at the slightest touch she noticed that the claymore turned red, what she was already sweeping the larvae that were accumulating in front of her in a much faster way, already Leblanc was helping her girlfriend by hitting a larva that could hit her from behind.

Marianne: Sorry it took so long my love, now let's get it all over with.

Hellene: I apologize for taking all the fun.

Marianne: That's disgusting love, that's disgusting to say the least.

The McLaren just laughs and was accumulating even more tension on the gauntlet, since she had a little help from her girlfriend who was giving some whips there, besides hitting the maggots sweeping that side a little, although the creatures didn't stop appearing, but soon the Cavendish accumulates even more tension when she again approaches the blade of the maggot dome around Akko, at that time she gets the sword even redder, so much tension was this that she went to where her sister and sister-in-law were.
The Scottish woman gives a cut that makes her be propelled backwards a little, almost being swallowed by a maggot that was caught by a punch from her sister that saved her already in the front view the field was practically a huge puddle of blood, it was already becoming a real spill below.
Meanwhile on top Chariot finally managed to open the creature's chest where the heart was revealed and with that Belmont noticed that everything was surrounding her and started to raise her finger when she was about to be devoured by a worm that Croix hit.

Chariot: Hydro storm!

The rain of holy water was falling and the larvae were all being wounded and killed as the drops fell, leaving the way even more free, leaving only the ones that were falling still for Akko, leaving the ground even more covered with a mixture of blood and water spread all over that arena, but that already denoted the end of the creature.
Chariot saw the gap she needed, she started to whip the demon's heart multiple times, what was already revealing something that was helping, since it was opening wounds and flames were coming out, it was the perfect moment for the creature to be defeated and by a dagger thrown by Croix, right in the demon's heart that was opened by Du Nord, Belzebub is defeated.

Chariot: Yes, we made it Croix! Thanks love!

Croix: That was a close one, now we're done with that hideous monster for good.

Chariot: And the smell too, now we just need to take care of the rest.

The creature's chest started to catch fire, the last larvae fell at once forming a mound on the girls, the few exposed were killed on the spot, Diana took the opportunity to go using tensed cuts. The pile shrank and little by little it was accelerating.
Akko soon appears, after so much cutting the larvae, the rain even stopped and there were still some piles of larvae left, which were on the ground, due to the leftovers of the Japanese girl's cut.

Akko: I survived?

Diana: Your sword really has powerful cuts, we can work together to defeat my aunt at once thanks to you.

Akko: Eca I seem to have fallen into a river of blood, I spent so long cutting these things without seeing that I got like this.

Diana: Now let's finish with everything else.

Chariot: Hydro Storm!

Another hydro storm is made by Chariot to further clean up the grub site, the few that were not taking rain were hit by the girls and soon Akko was giving the first cut seeing in a group ahead, when she notices that even the wind cuts are reddened by the speed of the cuts and the area of contact she is even amazed.

Akko: I can get all that right?

Akko kept walking forward and was sweeping everything she saw in front of her giving minimal movements it was already possible to notice that she could make cuts in a small sphere of area ahead, besides, being quick multiple cuts, with that she keeps the sword in the sheath and tests against another group of larvae, at the time she takes it out it practically creates a dome of cut around the Japanese woman who is all protected around, even behind, along with a wind current, she looks at that amazed and impressed at the same time.

Akko: So this is the power of my sword? That's awesome, I'm much stronger, I'll be able to defeat Daryl that way.

Soon all the remaining larvae were gone, the hydro storm swept most of them, and the few that were left or died in the hunters' hands, or simply ran away from there trying to find something else to feed themselves, with this the girls have one more successful mission, they arrive until the rocks, this time Hellene was all tensioned and punches with all the force those rocks that end up breaking completely and the grate door is soon opened, but before that they kind of look at each other.

Akko: We are stinking a bit.

Marianne: A little? We are really stinking, look at all this, seriously, as soon as I leave this castle I'm going to throw away my clothes and wear new ones immediately, I'm going to burn these stinky things and never touch them again.

Diana: And what can we do about the smell? We're in the middle of a mission in a castle full of monsters, it's not my mother's castle, plus my aunt is watching us, I can't afford to take a bath with her watching us.

Akko: No this, I don't want to bathe in a place like this, let's bathe when we leave, but right now I just wanted to think of a way to ease this smell.

Croix soon takes out of her bag some herbs, she goes gathering them in a glass of water and with the help of Marianne using fire magic, she gives a light vaporization and with that the Meridies let some accumulate concentrating.

Croix: Now just shake it off and then I'll throw it at the ceiling with a smoke bomb and we'll get an aroma vaporizer that will make us improve that impregnated smell.

The Meridies shook the glass then threw a smoke bomb and shot against the two of them starting to vaporize and some more pleasant aromas coming out that were reaching the girls, who were enjoying the smells of herbs throughout the environment, breathing deeply and enjoying the aromas, for a few minutes what after all the vaporization the girls were soon smelling the clothes and noticing that the smell gave a brief pass, although they are still with some stains of blood quite spread.

Croix: That at least will get us out of that unpleasant smell, now let's go.

Marianne: Better than the smell of this place here, it's already breathable again.

Diana: My aunt really wanted to try everything to make us immobilized, she didn't measure efforts by using a creature that has a smell that can be able to make us dizzy, I almost fainted, but luckily Croix's masks saved us.

Croix: A good hunter always keeps herself prepared, you don't know when you are going to have a situation where you cannot inhale the air from somewhere, maybe she left some gases that make you sleep, it would be like in a short time to die later, or else some poisonous gas, that's why it is not worth playing with luck, we are always in danger, we have to be prudent at this time.

After this advice, the girls go to another part of the castle, where they will have more challenges ahead, all to try to prevent somehow that the group of girls will be able to advance each part of the castle Luna Nova, the vampire really spares no effort to ensure a victory and everything goes to kill the group of slayers.

Meanwhile in the throne room, there was Daryl forcing her chair further, writhing with rage when she noticed that it wasn't only Diana who also possessed powerful weapons, but also Akko, Hellene and Chariot possessed great potential, which was already giving a concern to the vampire who doesn't want to be defeated at all.

[Daryl's Thought: Ahhhhhh, Belzebub was defeated, one of the most powerful demons from hell came to appear and soon to be killed by these girls, but what a wretch, they managed to handle the maggots like it was nothing, all because of this eyes pulled, I can't believe this Cipango girl is going to have any chance against me, she has a sword that cuts in area, Hellene has a gauntlet with the same effect as Diana's sword and she still has Chariot Belmont, she has magical powers linked to the sub items, but what the hell, I need to fix this soon, now the next ones will be my girls, I hope you do something competent Merrill, I am putting all my trust in you my daughter, do something right or else die being forever useless and weak, I really hope she will make it, or else I might be in big trouble, but gorgon powers are hard to rebut, I will have to trust my weakest daughter, how pathetic is that].

Daryl is still keeping herself tense, much because the girls are still continuing to advance and worst of all they are managing to get stronger and stronger, managing to greatly improve their skills, which could be the end for the vampire for underestimating the potential of each of the girls.

Belzebub the fly demon was defeated, after a battle that did not have very pleasant aromas, but the smell of victory ended up relieving all that stench that was very present, thanks to that the steps of the six are increasingly closer to reach Daryl Cavendish and get a historic victory in a final battle determinant.

See you, demon witches...