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Lina descended down deeper into the darkness. The stairs didn't seem to ever end, they had been walking for what seemed to be forever. "Lina-san, is there anymore to this legend that you know of?" He had felt there to be another strong aura lurking somewhere in the darkness, one that wasn't the lance.
"No...why?" She glanced back at Xelloss with a curious eye. "I feel there to be another presence merged with the lance; possibly guarding it?" Lina shook her head. "No, the legend ends with the priest hiding it away in these mountains. There isn't anymore. It's probably just the lance's power." She shrugged.
Xelloss wasn't convinced, but didn't press it. If there was anything else down here Lina could handle it. She always did face things with a head-on approach that he admired greatly. Even if her opponent was he himself, Lina would still take him on as if she was the Lord of Nightmares, but with more attitude.
Lina jumped when her feet hit solid ground and looked back at Xelloss, relief was written all over her face. "We're almost there." She lifted her hand up, so that her tiny ball of light could brighten the dark walkway.
The hall was covered with dust and cobwebs, and the smell of mustiness made Lina wrinkle her nose. This place held an untouched air to it that mystified Lina and disgusted her at the same time.
A faint colorless light shone towards the end of the hall, and Lina squinted into the darkness. Xelloss beat her to asking, "What is that light?" Lina shrugged. "I don't know, but it has to be the Heiliege Lance, what else could it be?"
Xelloss nodded and continued on beside her. The power of this spear was very dangerous for the things it did to humans' bodies could be lethal. Of course since he was a mazoku it had no affect over him whatsoever. It worried him how he could feel Lina being pulled closer to it, like she was losing herself to the thought of having it in her hands.
They walked for a bit longer and when they reached the glow Lina was proven to be right. There on a pedestal stood the spear known as the Heiliege Lance in all its glory, it glowed brightly with a powerful essence that made Lina want to reach out and touch it.
She stepped forward and reached her hand out, her fingers aching in anticipation, but Xelloss placed his hand wisely over hers, knowing of the consequence. "Lina-san, remember what kind of influence the spear has on humans. You shouldn't touch it now, I'll do it."
Lina hesitated, not knowing why she was reluctant to let anyone but herself touch the spear, but dropped her arm back down anyway and nodded. Xelloss stepped forward and lifted a gloved hand out to grasp the glowing spear.
"I wouldn't if I were you." Both Xelloss and Lina looked up, surprised, to find a hovering translucent being above them. Seemingly oblivious to their lack of words, the being continued, "I'm not sure if you are aware, but this spear holds a power far beyond anything you could ever imagine."
Xelloss took his hand back, and grinned slyly up at the ghost. "And I assume you are the god from legends, the one whose blood has run down this object?"
"You assume correctly, mazoku. I guard this relic from power-hungry beings such as you and your little friend, you have no idea what this spear will do once it is in the hands of that one." He pointed an accusing finger down at Lina.
"Yeah, we know what kind of power it possesses. What's it to you whether or not we snatch right from under your old wrinkly ass?" Lina had been slightly annoyed at the old man's tone, she felt obliged to feel insulted by his manner.
"It matters to me not, little sorceress. I am only here to do everything within my reach to stop you from taking it; this is my punishment from the gods above as a result for being so careless in my earlier life."
"I doubt you could stop us."
"Believe what you want, but be warned that even if you do manage to defeat me the results of harnessing the power within this spear will only cause unbelievable destruction and-"
"Yeah, yeah we read the floor. Now if you'll excuse me..." She stepped around Xelloss to reach for the spear again, this time more to annoy the ghost then anything else. A small spark of light struck her hand and she yelped more in surprise than in pain, and turned a livid glare up at the spirit. He simply smiled down at her with his index finger poised downwards, and she realized that the lightening had come from it.
"Damned old man!" She spat, cradling her hand in the opposite one. Xelloss bit back a chuckle and crossed his arms, his staff lay pressed against his shoulder. "Why were you sentenced down here to guard the spear?" He asked, trying to steer the conversation to a safer, more mature level. Lina could get them both killed if she tried hard enough.
"I used my powers to turn myself into a human so that I could live and die in peace with my wife, but the humans of my village found out of my powers and saw my presence as an omen upon their land. They turned on my wife and children, slaughtering them mercilessly right in front of me. My wife was the last to die, and the monsters beheaded her while tying me to a stake. The spear they used to kill me was of course the Heiliege Lance, and my blood ran cold down its tip."
"If you were a human at the time, then how did your blood have any affect upon the spear?" Lina decided to speak since she had calmed down a little listening to the ghost's sad story. She couldn't help feeling sorry for him.
He offered her a grim smile and spoke with a bitterness that shook Lina to the core. "It is the curse of the Gods my dear, we can try all we want to become fully human but it is futile. Our holy blood will always run thick through our veins with a vengeance, no matter what form we take."
Xelloss spoke again, his voice turning cold and emotionless. "On another note, I am sorry to inform you that we are here to take the spear from you. It is your choice whether or not let us have it, either way it will be ours." He had never particularly liked gods, and this one was no exception. The patience he once had was wearing thin and he was growing annoyed at the god's babbling.
"Have it your way then, mazoku. I regret having to kill off such intelligent foes such as yourselves, my sincerest apologies." The spirit replied calmly. His cold manner made it obvious that he was unaffected by the thought of killing humans-or mazoku.
He raised his hand to unclench his fist, leaving his palm uplifted and bare. Another shot of lightening, this time bigger and much more powerful, flew out of his hand and threatened to strike them.
Xelloss grabbed Lina by the waist and swiftly teleported a few feet away, saving them from being fried to a crisp.
The spirit turned and rounded in on them again, firing off a series of lightening bolts to which Xelloss easily dodged with teleportation.
Lina could only be dragged along with Xelloss, helpless to the chaos surfacing around her. It annoyed the hell out of her to not be able to do a thing to stop any of it, so finally she shoved herself out of Xelloss's arms.
As another bolt headed straight for her she cast a swift barrier spell, deflecting the shot. But just as her barrier went down another lightening bolt was fired towards her and she was forced to jump out of the line of fire.
"Xelloss, I need you to hold him off! I can defeat him but I just need a second to recite the spell!" Xelloss nodded, and teleported just in front of Lina, holding up his staff to form a barrier of his own around them.
Lina stood her ground and raised her hands. "Xelloss when I give the signal, move." He didn't look back but simply nodded at her again.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, letting the words flow from her mouth. "You pitiful twisted creatures, not of this world…by the Light of Purity I possess, I bid thee, begone to the nexus of our two worlds!"
Xelloss took this as his cue to leave, and teleported behind Lina.
"Megido Flare!" She screamed, her eyes opening as a burst of blue flame escaped her outstretched hands. The flames engulfed the spirit and his monstrous scream echoed through the entire cave.
Lina watched in horror as the spirit's face twisted in agony and his hands reached to her, his eyes wild and livid with anger. His mouth opened in a silent scream of pain, and his figure disappeared into nothingness, leaving Lina shaking. But his raspy voice came out of nowhere, as if to haunt her purposely.
"Be warned, Lina Inverse. You will bring death and cruelty to this impure world of the human, and you alone will be the cause of the extinction of all humanity."