Melascula was through with her daily duties. Her role as the Camelot sorceress meant she was basically the mages' boss which meant she had to perform the top experiments and take specific requests from Arthur himself. Her favorite thing to study is how to bring back the dead 616e64206368616e6765207468656972206d696e647320746f207768657265207468657920e2809c6b6e6f77e2809d204368616f73206973207468656972206b696e672e20446f6ee28099742074727920746f2072756e2c206865e280996c6c2070756c6c20796f75206261636b2e.
After every day, she usually go to the bar and drinks a load. She flew through the town to her favorite tavern, My dear. She pushed over the door and to her surprise,
"MELA! Hah Hah!" Her good friend, Galand was there. The huge, muscular, and rather prideful diamond rank Holy Knight of Chaos. He's never taken off his helmet even when eating and drinking as he views it would immediately make him weak. He was laughing up a storm, obviously drunk. "Galand?! I thought you said it'd take a year for your mission." Melascula exclaimed. "That was my brother's thought, until I came along and cleared up the enemies in a week! Hah!" Galand stated. "Oh goodness, you're too much sometimes." Melascula muttered, stroking her head. "Oh don't be such a stiff, here!" He said, giving her a barrel of 56616e7961 ale. "YUMMY!" She said, jugging her barrel.
The two drank all night. In the morning, the two finally left the tavern. "Oh my, I forgotten how much of a pig you can be." Galand stated. "Oh really?! I believe you drank more than I, Old man!" Melascula replied back. "Whatever.. Wanna do this again tomorrow? Got a couple games in mind." Galand said. "No thanks, Galand. Every time we play your...games.." Melascula struggled to say. She's been feeling Deja Vu all night and now, it's starting to bug her. Have they done this before, in exact detail no less? "What?" Galand said, put off by her sudden silence. "This..all of this feels so..familiar to me." She whispered.
Galand then started to ponder. She was right. They have been through this before but where? "Now that you mention it, I believe we have gone through something like this. We met...ESCANOR!" Galand exclaimed. "...My goodness, you're right! We encountered him while in this tavern." Melascula said, now recalling the event. "I challenged him to a fight! I..." Galand said before being interrupted with "Lost?". "...yes. I believe so. Hah, just wait until we meet again. He'll think twice before crossing us, the ten comm.." Galand exclaimed, stopping himself with confusion. "What did you say?" Melascula asked. "T..T...Ten Commandments?" Galand stuttered. He hasn't heard of them before yet the name bursted out of his mouth so easily.
"What are talking about?" Melascula asked, trying to understand why the sudden name drop. "I don't know. It just came out." Galand stated. "Do you know them?" Melascula asked. "No.." Galand said. "Galand, I know when you lie." She said, sternly. "Alright! The name just sticks out in my mind. Like it calls me." Galand said, embarrassed slightly at a rather dumb thought. The two stood in silence, trying to figure this out. Ten Commandments...
"Truth!" Galand said, remembering another specific word. "What?!" Melascula exclaimed, confused. "I remember having a dream where me, you, Grayroad, and some of the others are part of a group called the Ten Commandments." Galand said. "But wait. Didn't you say you fought Escanor as a...ten commandment." Melascula asked. "...so it wasn't a...dream?" Galand asked.
The two stared at each other, trying to find an explanation but...they may have just found it. The two then felt an odd feeling in their bodies. Then the sky grew dark, the sun unnoticeable, the people vanished in a blink, and then, it was just them. Alone in the darkness. "The hell's going on?" Galand yelled. "We may be in for a fight, get ready." Melascula warned. "Hah! I'm not scared of you, come out and show yourself." Galand boasted. "Ah!" Melascula said, grabbing her arm. "What?" Galand asked, shocked her sudden yelp. "My arm! Something cut me!" She said, revealing her bleeding wound. Galand noticed a cut like that could only come from a blade but who's? Where did it come from? "Coward! Come out and face me." Galand yelled louder. Galand then felt a pierce in his stomach. It was a sharp blade but he couldn't see it but his wound was very visible, spewing out blood. He could feel the blade going upwards and it did as the top half of his torso split. Melascula could only watch, trying to find out who this is. This mysterious enemy and their weapon was invisible to their eyes but they were clearly strong and skilled with whatever weapon they had.
"Haha, did you think that would be enough to kill me? Though I will acknowledge that strength!" Galand boasted, putting himself back together. Melascula was beyond confused. Who or what could have enough power but couldn't be sensed? "Eh?" Galand said, feeling a sudden sensation of pain. "Galand?" Melascula asked, trying to see if he's ok. "Oh...Ah...AHHHHHHH!" Galand screamed. BOOOMM!
Galand had suddenly exploded, sending Melascula flying backwards. She tumbled across the ground as pieces of her old friend went flying. She got up to see that he was gone, blown to bits. Galand was dead. "GALAND!" She screamed, horrified. Melascula spent the next few minutes, waiting and trying to avenge her fallen ally by killing this force. However, she could then hear someone. "Hey demon. If you judge others by appearances like that, you'll end up hurt." She heard. It was a...kid? "Am I wrong? One of the demon king's elite, the Ten Commandments. Melascula of faith."
Faith. Faith. FAITH?! So Galand was right. They are...Ten Commandments?! Melascula felt a sharp pain in her stomach, like this knowledge was killing her. She fell to the floor, starting to scream. Her life, was this all a lie? Her body began to shift. She grew bigger
and bigger
and BIGGER.
Her true form, a form she hates. A giant snake. She was confused, scared, and in pain but...she felt weird again. She opened her eyes to see a village. Not the one she was in before but something entirely new. "Why...am I in this form? No...NO!" She screamed. She turned to see Holy Knights and villagers looking at her freakish form. "Holy Knights? Don't look at me! I'll swallow you whole!" She threatened, desperate to leave. She was going to just slither away but she couldn't for there was a presence, right behind her. It was similar to the dragon sin's but...it wasn't him. She couldn't do anything about it though as whoever this person was, it then pierced through her body five times. When the fifth pierce happened, she passed out.
Two minutes pass and she woke up, back in the darkness, to the sound of Galand's rather manic laughter. "I...I'm alive! Hahaha, I'm ALIVE!" Galand yelled in absolute relief. "Galand!" Melascula yelled, also in relief. "Mela! What happened?" He asked. "I don't know, did we fall asleep?" She asked. "I...think so. I thought I just died." He answered. "Same. I had an awful nightmare, I was in my snake form and something brutally killed me." She explained. "Perhaps we were in a trance by this being. Come on, we gotta get out of here." He said, grabbing Melascula and then running in to the East, hoping to escape the ominous darkness. "Galand! Put me down!" She demanded. "Not until we're.." he was saying until sent flying back. Melascula, free from his grasp, was about to scold him until...
"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed, in obvious agony. Melascula rushed towards him. "What happened?!" She asked. "MY EYE! MY EYE!" He screamed, covering his left eye. Melascula saw that blood was flooding below him. The attack went straight through his eye to his skull, leaving a hole in his head. Galand kept covering his eye as he tried to get back up. "Galand, don't move!" She ordered him but he was in too much pain to listen. "Huh?" Melascula muttered to herself, feeling her head being grabbed. SPLAT! Her head was mercilessly destroyed. Blood and what remained of her head splattered everywhere in a gruesome display. "AHH!" Galand screamed in terror as he saw the whole thing. He fell to the ground, now crawling backwards.
Melascula's body, however, didn't fall like a corpse. It stood perfectly straight like nothing happens. He could hear her voice desperately screaming "SOMEONE KILL US, PLEASE!!". Her body was then moving in a certain way like it was being pulled upwards. Galand could once again hear her screaming in agony but he didn't know where. He couldn't take it anymore and got up and ran as fast as he could. The top half of Melascula's torso was ripped in half, sending it flying elsewhere. Galand tried his hardest to get away but he couldn't escape the many piercing delivered on his body.
Finally, silence. Melascula and Galand's bodies fell to the ground. The pain was over. However the last glimpse before dying, they could see it. An chaotic freak. A fusion between the two?! Melascula layed lifeless while Galand was taking his last breaths. "Mela, I'm sorry..." He muttered, finally dying.
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"Now that Merlin had dealt with Grayroad, I had to take precautions to for the others. Now that I've declared war, who cares if they know? If they try to tell the other souls, they'll get what they deserve. Melascula and Galand were only a test to see if this curse works. However, they don't get to leave until I say they can. Now then, Melascula, Galand, it's time for your next mission."
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The corpses began to shake. Groans of agony were amitted as what could be salvaged for their bodies were put back together. Galand's wounds were healed, his helmet on the brink of breaking showed a glowing left eye that could see but...wasn't there. Melascula's torso slipped back together, but her arms and head were destroyed. A shadow like force appeared around them, like Galand, making it seem like she had them but didn't. Her face was unrecognizable besides her red eyes appearing, also glowing. Then in a blink, they were back. In Camelot. The two stared at each other, seeing the walking corpses they've been turned into but the people around them didn't run or scream. They looked into a window, seeing their bodies as practically normal like no damage happened. All Melascula could do then was cry.
