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Chapter 8: - The Horseman of War
I looked down at the scene that had greeted me and Dante after I pulled us up from the tunnel we were in, the brunette girl was hidden away in between two derelict builds obviously to protect her from the vicious battle that was happening only a few feet from her location.
The Fortuna Boy, the demoness and the human woman were dodging the attacks of a hulking demon clad blood red armour and wielding a great sword which it used to crush the ground that he was standing on. I hissed knowing that those three had no chance of beating The Horseman of War, I jumped down and managed to surprise War by using his face as a springboard which sent him flying backward when I pushed off.
"Well that's one way to make an entrance," The demoness commented from behind me. I kept my eyes locked on War as he rose to his feet, the same burning red eyes as his brethren locked on to my form and he began to roar with laugher as if he had found something incredibly amusing.
"You are the witch that has caused my brothers trouble. I'll take your head as a trophy and feast on your carcass," War declared. I remained silent as I removed my sword and Dante joined me on the ground, the half-demon removed his twin pistols and pointed them at War who glared in return. "The spawn of that traitor Sparda, I'll make you pay for our last match," War growled as his eyes shone brighter with rage.
"You'll be the one to pay War, you and your filth aren't welcome in the World of The Mortals," I spat at the demon. This triggered a reaction as he launched himself at me however I managed to dodge the broadsword although the ground wasn't so fortunate as a crater was formed where I once stood, Dante took this opportunity to launch a hail of bullets at War but they didn't even affect him.
War pulled his weapon out of the ground and then spun the weapon around in a wide arc which forced all of us to jump backwards to avoid being bisected by the attack. The demoness recovered the fastest as she launched lightning form her fingers which smashed into War and caused him to roar in pain but he simply charged at the demoness with his sword poised to cleave through the woman.
The Fortuna boy blocked the attack with his sword but the force of the swing caused his balance to be shaken and he stumbled away from the weapon to regain his balance thus allowing War to raise his weapon ready to slice the boy down the middle since he was disorientated. Luckily the human woman had used the rocket launch to quickly fire a missile at War which slammed into him and sent him flying before exploding.
I doubted the attack would have hurt the demonic warlord but it would have disorientated him which did give us enough time to regroup and put some distance between us and our opponent, we moved away from the brunette girl so as to not endanger her any further.
"Ok Wiccan, any ideas about how we beat this guy?" Dante asked. I wasn't sure about what exactly to do without the Sacred Elements but I knew that Dante's demonic heritage would be key to defeating the demon, suddenly I felt something rapidly approaching us and so I spun around and held up my sword which successfully blocked War's strike although I had to press my other hand against the blade to prevent my weapon from snapping in half.
I felt something wrap around my waist and I was pulled out of the way as Dante swung his own sword at the demon which was more easily able to push back War's large weapon, the two struggled against each other before War pulled back from the fight and slammed the sword into the ground which caused a small crevice to appear from the impact.
Dante pointed his sword at the warlord prepared to fight him again so I summoned my chain and attached my daggers to the metallic length, Dante and possibly the Fortuna Boy would have to handle close combat whilst the rest of us attacked from a far, Dante looked back at me and I nodded signalling that I have a plan.
"Your sword and the boy's will withstand the impact better than mine and your demonic blood gives you an advantage so use it. The rest of us will attack from a far to assist you," I informed the white-haired man. He nodded before charging straight for the warlord who pulled out his sword which caused a trench and swung it at the half-demon although he managed to catch the weapon before it took his head off.
"Why should we trust you?" I heard the Fortuna boy ask. I looked at him and saw that the demoness and the human woman were with him and had their weapons pointed at me, I swung my sword onto my back and pinned them with a cold stare before telekinetically raising my chain so that it floated in the air.
"Because at the moment I'm the only way you'll survive this fight," I commented. I then commanded my chain to strike at War which wrapped around his ankle and pulled him off balance allowing Dante a clean strike to cleave a wound across War's torso.
The demon roared as he stumbled back but this did not deter him from his goal of killing us as he stabbed his fingers into the wound and caused more of his black blood to spill from it, War then moved his hands which caused the blood to react and it was sent flying at us. I raised my shield to protect us but when the blood impacted the shield, small cracks appeared on its' surface but it managed to withstand the assault.
I gritted my teeth as I realised that War was capable of using blood as a weapon, Dante had also realised this and so he began to engage the demon so as to prevent him from using the poisonous fluid to attack us. The other three had realised the danger and so they move about and began to fire their guns at the warlord which caused more blood to spill from his body however War jumped into the air and turned the blood into spikes and launched them at us.
I sent out a magical pulse which counter acted the demonic aura within the blood and caused it to seize up and become solid thus prevent the others from getting hit as they all managed to dodge or block the attack before resuming their own assault with the two women returning to their guns whilst the Fortuna boy charged in and began to help Dante fight off the warlord.
I moved around to the other side and sent my chain flying into the demon's back but he had sense the attack and dodge out of the way so I stopped the strike before it hit the two half-demons, War laughed as he landed and rushed at me with his wounds already healing thanks to his demonic essence.
I jumped into the air and used my magic to summon some ice which I sent flying at the Horseman, he blocked the attack but I landed behind him and wrapped my chain around his neck which I then used to send him flying through the air which allowed the other females to fire bullets at the airborne demon.
War used his sword to stop his momentum and return himself to the ground however he had to swiftly dodge a swift strike from the Fortuna boy's Devil Trigger's phantom punch. This distraction allowed Dante to head in and bring his sword down towards War's neck although the warlord used his blood to act as a shield which protected him from the attack thus allowing him to swing his sword up towards Dante and their weapons clashed against each other, sending up sparks.
The two pushed against each other as they struggled to overpower the other, I changed my skin into metal and charged at War, when I was at a close enough range I sent a punch flying into his face which caused him to be sent flying backwards from the strength of my attack although he swiftly righted himself and sent out blood bullets towards us.
Myself and Dante dodged the attacks by jumping into the air where Dante used his guns to rain down an attack and so I summoned forth light which I sent out alongside Dante's bullets and they slammed into our opponent at the same time which forced him into the ground.
War wasn't able to rest for long as the human woman had sent a missile flying at the demon alongside bullets from the demoness and the Fortuna boy which forced the demon to use his blood to protect himself from sustaining any more severe damage. The smoke cleared and War rose from the ground but all of his injuries had disappeared and he seemed to be in perfect health, War laughed at our shocked expressions before taking his sword and rushing towards us.
Dante stepped in front of me and caught the blade but War seemed to be more powerful than before as the ground cracked beneath them from the force of the swing and when War pulled back before diving in for another attack, he managed to send Dante flying backwards although the demoness caught him.
I flipped backwards before War could launch an attack on me and I placed myself next to Dante and the demoness with the human woman and the Fortuna boy rushing over to join us, Dante rose to his feet and rolled his shoulders to ensure they weren't damaged from the sudden increase in War's strength.
"What the hell happened babe, he just got stronger?" Dante asked. I didn't know the answer to that as most of the information about these specific demons had been lost during the chaos that had occurred during the Witch Trials.
"That's a good question. The only answer I can think of is that he was holding back during the previous fights," I answered. Dante gritted his teeth as the two women exchanged a worried look whilst the Fortuna boy let out a quiet string of curses, I simply pulled my chain back so that it floated beside me as War let out a roar of laughter.
"How right you are little witch. The longer I exist, the strong I become. During our first battle Spawn of Sparda I had only been freed for barely one day but now my power is greater than before. You have no hope of defeating me now," War gloated.
I had enough of War's attitude so I retaliated by launching a blast of magical energy at the demon which he deflected by swinging his sword to intercept its' path although this was the trigger for the others to react as Dante launched another hail of bullets at the demon and the Fortuna boy got in close to War and threw his own sword towards the Horseman.
War managed to dodge the attack by jumping onto the blade and throwing his foot into the boy's face which sent him flying back although he managed to right himself and fire his gun at War but it didn't affect him as he had blocked the metal projectiles with his sword.
The demoness launched lightning at the demon which pushed him back and left a smouldering burn mark on his chest plate but it didn't delay him one moment as he immediately charged towards us and swung his sword at us so we dodged out of the way although his sword managed to cleave a part of the human woman's leg which effectively put her out of the fight as she couldn't put any weight on it.
I hissed through my teeth as the demoness took the woman and hid her near where the brunette girl was hidden, War had seen this occur but he was completely unconcerned with them as he immediately attacked Dante who blocked the attack and then jumped back so that he was stood beside me and the Fortuna boy.
"You two need to use the Swords of Sparda. It might be the only way to stop War," I commented. I could feel the eyes of the two half-demons boring into me but I ignored it, it seemed to be the only way that we could defeat this demon without taking the life of an innocent being and using Black Magic to attempt to seal away the demon which was a level that I refused to stoop to.
The two half-demons seemed to have decided to listen to me as I felt a flood of demonic energy wash over the area and it almost seemed impossible for me to breath from the weight of the energy, I remained calm as I looked to see the two swords gleaming brilliantly in the waning light that cascaded down from the sun.
War's eyes widened at the sight of the two blades before narrowing as he let loose a loud roar that sounded more animal than human and even managed to shake the ground with the sound, the demon then rushed towards us fully intent on killing us instead of being killed himself.
War swung his broadsword towards us but all three of us dodged out of the way just in time as when the sword impacted the ground a huge crater appeared because of the sword impacting onto the ground, I gritted my teeth and knew that I had to give the two half-demons an opening for them to strike.
Knowing what I had to do I began to channel my magic into every cell of my being which caused purple veins to appear on my skin which pulsed with the energy that flowed through my body, I ran towards the Horseman and delivered a blow to his head which sent the demon flying backwards and into the trees that ringed the outskirts.
The demon slammed into the trees and completely snapped the plants in half however this hardly delayed the warlord as he easily got back to his feet and rushed towards me with his demonic speed. However I used my own speed to whip my sword around and catch his own, I flooded my magic into my weapon which strengthened it thus preventing my weapon from breaking under the weight.
War pressed down harder onto me positon however I began to push back so as to keep him occupied long enough for the two males to attack him, I felt the ground beneath me begin to crack from the pressure that was being exerted onto it and so I launched out a kick into his abdomen which sent him skidding backwards.
This presented the perfect opportunity for the two half-demons to attack him and they took it, the two flanked him on either side of and thrust their sword through his chest. The opposite appearance of the swords was clearly seen even more now that they were being wielded side by side, the slight precise elegance of Fortuna boy's sword and the broad cleaving strength of Dante's sword enabled them to severely damage War.
The demon struggled to maintain his balance as the two ripped their swords from its' body which caused more blood to spill from his wounds which also dribbled from his mouth as he coughed however before Dante could land the killing blow by taking off War's head, just as with his brethren, he was enshrouded in shadows and disappeared.
"Well that was fun," Dante commented. I shook my head at the white-haired man's comment and slung my sword onto my back as the man also returned his weapons to their holsters.
However the peace did not last for long as I felt a gun being pointed at my head, I looked out of my peripheral vision and saw that the wielder of the metallic weapon was the Fortuna boy although as I casts my eyes about it seemed that the human woman, who was being supported by the brunette girl, and the demoness shared the boy's sentiments as their guns were being pointed at me as well.
"Nero put it down, she isn't our enemy," Dante spoke up. The boy darted his eyes over to Dante but kept the barrel of his weapon firmly pressed against my skull so as to make sure I didn't move whilst he was preoccupied with conversing with the older half-demon.
"How do you know she isn't lying Dante? Those powers she has aren't like anything I've seen before," Nero argued. The human woman and demoness voiced their agreement but this didn't deter the Son of Sparda as he immediately walked over and seized my arm which he used to pull me behind him.
"Dante what are you doing. She attacked a human without any reason and nearly killed him in the process!" The human woman yelled at Dante. Dante looked at her but kept me behind him so that Nero wouldn't have a chance to shoot me, Dante kept a grip on his guns as he looked between me and his allies obviously torn about something.
"Wiccan isn't lying. Don't ask how I know that, I just know that she isn't lying to me and besides she hasn't tried to kill any of us during our fight against War when she had plenty of opportunities," Dante argued. I looked at the man and felt my face flood with heat at his words, only my sisters had been this kind to me before and Dante didn't even have a reason to trust me, this caused me to smile whilst the man was looking away from me before I composed myself.
"I do not ask for you to trust me but the threat against this world is real and I cannot stop it on my own thus I need Dante's help to stop him and I will probably need your help as well," I spoke as I stepped out from behind Dante. This put me right in the line of fire making it easy for any three of them to kill me with a single bullet however none of them took the opportunity to do so as they looked at each other.
"Alright, we'll trust you for now but only because of Dante vouching for you. The moment you make one wrong move you can expect one of us to kill you," The demoness spoke. I nodded understanding her terms and all three lowered their weapons at the same time. "Your name is Wiccan. I'm Trish, that's Lady, the boy's name is Nero and the girl's name is Kyrie," The blonde demoness informed me.
I nodded now having names for all of them however I suddenly stilled as a cold feeling that I had felt before washed over me and I slowly turned to where War had disappeared and could only watch as the shadows began to rise up, the others all pulled out their weapons as the shadow dropped away to reveal a figure contained within them.
The figure that had arisen from the shadows was as tall as the other three Horsemen and wore pitch black armour with the same blood red eyes boring into us from within the shadowed helmet, in his hand was a gigantic scythe with a green fluid dripping from the curved blade and when it hit the ground it sizzled for a brief moment.
"Great this is just what I needed," I sarcastically commented as I held my sword in front of me. The figure approached us as the others gathered closer to me with Dante placing his hand on my shoulder as he kept his weapon at the ready. "That's the Fourth Horseman of Apocalypse, Death," I told them.
