My Calling: Night Warriors
Author: Cornell Valentine Gainsborough
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Chapter 7: Descent of Pyron
Inside of an ancient pyramid, data began streaming across screens and monitors.
"Subject one: Classification, Vampire. Subject demonstrates highest overall power." A video of Demitri Maximoff's battles against the Huitzil was overlaying the information.
"Subject two: Classification, Succubus." A second screen displayed Morrigan Aensland's fights against the machines. "Subject displays abilities of great interest."
Subjects three and four: Classifications, unknown." The third screen displayed a split of a young demon and a vampire hunter. "Subjects appear to be equal in power, but differ in abilities." The demon was using his axe in a fashion similar to a boomerang, slicing through many of the robots, while the vampire hunter was channeling an electrical spirit through his sentient sword, mowing down rows upon rows of the Huitzil.
"All subjects have one possible goal: the destruction of Pyron!"
MAKAI!
The miniature suns, sentries of an unknown force, circled the world, seemingly searching out an unseen enemy. The humans, powerless in the face of this new threat, had no choice but to abandon their homes and flee to parts unknown, hoping to avoid any further wrath of these fiery sentries.
Already, large masses of people were gathered at the waterside, waiting to board one of the many ships that awaited them.
'What could those things be seeking?' Already, news was coming in from around the world, that where these suns had traveled, disaster followed in their wake, but, at four of the scenes where the suns had traveled, there appeared to have been evidence of some kind of battle taking place.
Near Canada, much of the polar ice shelf had been melted away and broken, and to further describe the situation, the water, normally freezing in temperature, had turned disturbingly warm.
In Egypt, the great pyramids of a once mighty pharaoh had been defaced by some type of heat, no doubt the work of the suns, but what would explain the still burning pieces of ceremonial mummy wrap lying around?
In the heart of the Amazonian Jungle, the lush, inviting rainforest was now marred by scorchmarks, the wildlife thoroughly burned.
Finally, in Germany, at the castle of the late Professor Victor von Gerdenheim, the frightening structure had taken on even worse wear and tear, as large amounts of heat had melted the stone foundation, causing much of the castle to begin crumbling.
It was the fifth sun, casting a glow on the horizon as it situated itself in the middle of a city, which these people were fleeing from. Those who were running away from it never seemed to notice three people were heading toward it, nor would they ever know two among their crowd were about to follow as well.
MAKAI!
Outside the Castle Zeltzereich, the fifth of the suns stood patiently outside, lighting up the darkened Earth. From its face, a ball of energy descended, before forming into a humanoid shape, its glowing physique rivaling that of the Olympian Gods. The alien tyrant, Pyron, who had consumed many planets before this one, was ready to battle.
From the window of the castle, a flock of bats dashed out an upper window, gathering in a group to form the vampire Demitri Maximoff.
No words were exchanged as the two began their fight. Demitri went on the offensive, curling his cape around his feet into a drill-like protrusion, intent on spearing the cosmic alien. Pyron shielded himself in a shell of cosmic energy, deflecting the cape drill. Undaunted, the vampire pounded away, breaking the defensive barrier with an overhead blow, then transforming into his demonic form and launching the Demon Billion at the alien.
Dodging in-between the bat-shaped projectiles, Pyron curled into a fiery wheel, launching himself at Pyron before shifting into a sharp, fiery tornado. The demonic vampire curled his wings around himself, blocking the blow before forcefully unfurling them, knocking the alien tyrant off balance. With a strong right hook, Demitri punched Pyron, then stabbed the tyrant through his right pectoral with his left hand curled into a stabbing point.
It had been a foolish move. Over the course of two hundred million years, Pyron had evolved past the point of a physical body, and as such was unaffected by Demitri's action. With a demented grin on his face, Pyron encased the both of them in a shell of energy before teleporting to the roof of one of the abandoned houses to continue the battle.
Even while in his human form, Demitri refused to let this alien defeat him, not after his humiliating defeat at the hand of Belial Aensland, and then a century of rebuilding his power. He dodged Pyron's blazing wheel, only to be grabbed by his foot and repeatedly smashed into the roof. The vampire regained his footing, only to barely defend a projectile fireball.
"The Huitzil tell me you are the most powerful opponent this planet has to offer. Was this a mere mistake?" Pyron stared down at the nearly defeated vampire.
"The mistake is to underestimate the power of the Demon World!" With a flying leap, Demitri tried another right hook, only to have his opponent teleport to a small distance behind him.
"Power of the Demon World?" For some reason, this statement left him with a feeling of excitement, which degenerated into disappointment. "This so called power is nothing against my own. Mine is but the strongest in the known universe!" Raising one hand, he created blue spheres of incredible energy, the Cosmic Disruption. Demitri had attempted to flee, but the spheres flew a small distance ahead of the vampire before exploding, coating Demitri's body in fiery plasmic energy. Summoning more spheres, he commanded them to crash into the vampire, which in turn caused Demitri to crash into the pillar of stone that supported his castle. The force cracked the stone so deeply, it caused the entire castle to come toppling down on its side.
Demitri Maximoff was defeated.
"Was this truly the best this world, this Earth, has to offer? Am I to be disappointed yet again!"
MAKAI!
Nelius couldn't believe his eyes.
Demitri Maximoff, easily one of the most powerful nobles of the Demon World, was defeated. And now, whoever it was that defeated him was dispatching the arriving Huitzil.
Those powers… if he could obtain a power like that, maybe his own mission would've been completed long ago. But, how much longer would it take before he could gain such a power?
The answer to such a question would have to come much later.
MAKAI!
I do apologize for how long this chapter has taken. Quite recently, I've had to battle with an upset stomach, and I couldn't sit still long enough to finish this chapter.
Hopefully, I'm looking at the next chapter being the end of the Pyron Arc, and the one afterwards being the start of the events of Vampire Savior.
Until next chapter,
Cornell Valentine Gainsborough