A man walked the large gilded halls of the capital calmly, his black hair hung around his face and his eyes glowed like blood, his black robe was intricately engraved with gilded thread depicting large dragons on either breast, he opened a pair of large wooden doors and bowed deeply,
"My lord, is it true a former has touched Death's boy?" The man kept his head down respectfully.
"Pride," The deep voice bellowed "You would be correct, I see your information network remains as vigilant as ever."
"Your majesty, would it not be proficient to use it?" Pride kept his head down.
"Do not presume to meddle in my plans! I have planted the seed that will be undoing, as was the undoing of all his predecessors the attraction to these weak willed human girls." The voice bellowed.
"I humbly apologize, my lord I ask you to allow me to be the one to end him." Pride kept his head down but his silently prayed.
"Hm, you believe a lesser evil can defeat the Archangel's son?" The voice seemed amused.
Pride struggled not to retort at the term lesser "I do, Your majesty."
"Very well, I shall test you…Bring me the head of wisdom." The voice said contemptuously.
"Wisdom, sir?" Pride asked.
"It seems Maltheal's boy is much like his ancestors and the Archangel himself, they all hold wisdom dear to their hearts." The voice explained maliciously.
"It will be done, Your majesty." Pride stood, turned on his heel and left the room, his features twisted into a wide evil grin "This will be your downfall, oh Great Lord Satan."
Lightning and thunder ripped the sky as the six descendants of the Archangels stood on the southern wall, overlooking the barely illuminated field between them and the forest, the six had been practicing tirelessly with their weapons, they all had achieved the second forms each weapon held as with the previous the weapons reflected their personalities and fighting styles, Grey much like his previous staff weapon got a pair of short swords, the same flowing motions were used as staff fighting and he found them comfortable, Berthold gained a large two handed hammer, the thing had a spike on one side and a flat circle head perfect for the brute force and crushing power he already could produce with his hands alone, Rikimaru keeping with the perfect balance of attack and defense he had with his original Katana, gained a long sword and shield, Ayame kept the same mobile attack pattern she was used to with her Karmas and gained a set of dual tiger blades each attached to a gauntleted arm the blades extended and rotated to suit her attack patterns just as the Karmas did. Erza gained a bow, while Natsu had been skeptical at her ability to use it effectively in combat, the combination of her speed and the shot that manifested themselves from light she focused into an armor piercing beam allowed her to move about and keep distance whilst unloading shots at a near blinding speed.
Another crack of lighting lit the field in front of them as rain began to drizzle down from the sky, Natsu watched the edge of the forest barely blinking as water ran down his face, with a blood curdling howl the first of the shades exited the forest, the faceless monster walked in the formation of hundred as they stepped onto a field they had not set foot on in more than a thousand years, Natsu knew from Karite that these were not the only demons that would exit the forest, these were the lowest form of demons Hell had to offer and he and his companions had to annihilate every last one of the things that inhabited the forest in front of them.
"Berthold, Riki with me," Natsu said simply as he leapt from the wall, Karite glowed white and morphed in his hand as he flipped over and landed with a soft squelch as his boots sank a few millimeters into the mud, the more of the same sound hit his ears as the other two landed beside him "We stick to the plan, get as many of their attention as possible when we are getting surrounded, Ayame, Erza and Grey will join us and force a whole at our backs, we stay in a circle and expand outwards."
The two nodded and Natsu turned his head to Erza, who nodded to him before her bow materialized with a soft purple glow, she drew back the string of the white and gold weapon and a beam of bright purple like twisted to life in front of her she aimed the shot up and fired, embedding the arrow in the chest of a demon as it exited the forest, the thing grabbed the light before letting out a pained screech and melting away in a golden light. The demons on either side of him raised up their arms in front of them and pointed a claw at the wall, letting out a battle cry as they charged towards the village.
Berthold spun on his heel and sent his shield flying in an ac in front of him, the thing spun with a whiz as it flew through the front line of the demons horde before arcing back towards him like a boomerang he caught the thing on his arm as he walked towards the charging horde.
Rikimaru lowered himself and ran forward the shield on his left arm and the long sword in his right, as he neared the front line of demons they sent a clawed hand at him, he slid along the ground and raised the shield, the claws clattered against it with a clang as he spun pulling the long sword across his body and separating the heads of the three in front of him.
Natsu spun his large scythe on his arm before embedding the blade in the ground beside him, he walked forward slowly dragging the thing through the mud as he broke into a run before taking a quick hop and jumping forward spinning his body and bring the blade through the centre of the demon in front of him, the halves split and fell apart and Natsu bowed his head as he rolled the weapon around him, blocking the strikes of the rest as they surrounded him before planting his feet and rotating the blade whipping it around his head again and clearing the group around him.
"Now they are just showing off." Ayame noted from the wall as Erza fired another shot, dropping another demon on the left wing of the advancing force.
Grey didn't say anything as he watched the progression of the enemy force "I think it's time we join in the fun."
Ayame smirked as her weapons morphed into her hands, she jumped from the wall and rolled over her shoulder's charging the group as the slowly surrounded the three in the centre of the field, she darted in and out of the group dispatching demons with well placed strikes.
Grey spun the blade staff around his head atop his palm, he glanced around reading the opponents order of attack quickly before, gripping the weapon, a demon to his left charged him, he brought the back blade of the weapon around and cut it off at the knee as he spun on his feet bring the weapon around cutting the head clean as he continued around the circle, he blocked three sets of claws and forced them back bringing the weapon in an arc in front of him cutting them in half.
At their current range Erza could lock and fire at any speed she wanted and was almost guaranteed a hit and so that is what she did, her hands were barely a blur as she fired shot after shot, her eyes the only indication she was changing her target at all as they darted around the field, a clawed hand was coming down on Rikimaru's blind side and the arrow went through the centre of the demons hand, it shouted in pain as another shot went through its neck, Rikimaru smirked and touched three fingers to his head before moving them towards her with a nod.
"I believe it is time we got down their child." Amaria announced simply
Erza nodded as the bow moved into the two hook swords and she flipped off the wall, landing with a light thud and charging the steadily decreasing number of demons currently occupying the field.
Berthold glanced around him before his large shield and knuckle weapon morphed into his large hammer, he spun it around over his head and slammed it into the ground the shock causing the nearest demons to stagger away from him slightly, he brought the weapon around in an arc and dragged the group around him into the ground, the ones that died melted away much like the Former did, the others stood groggily as if knocked out as he brought the spike around to dispatch those that got back to their feet.
Natsu spun the scythe around his head, and sidestepped the strike the flew at him, before humping back rolling over flipping on his hands and bringing his weapon around him, Blade pointed outwards, he gritted his teeth and charged again bring his Scythe around in a large arc, the sound of steel ripping thresh echoed in his ears as the demons in front of him fell.
He stood and looked around, lower class demons was an understatement these were almost as good as sending mounds of flesh to attack them, Natsu watched the forest as Rikimaru ended the demon in front of him, as the body melted the second wave emerged from the encroaching darkness of the forest, their eyes glowed red behind the dark inky black steel of their masks, large barbed swords held in one hand and small round shields on their arms as they watched the group in front of them, another howl sounded as the group of demons in front marched towards them in a box like formation, shoulder to shoulder shields held firmly in front of them like a military battalion.
"This is where the fun begins." Natsu smirked as he readied his weapon.
A/N: Slightly shorter chapter, I have a few more things to plan out regarding the fights and Satan's master plan that I need to flesh out, regardless hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will see you on the next one.