Chapter Two: Priestess Gigi
"Get ready guys!" Shika held his shield closer to him as he took out his spear. "Incoming!"
"Kyrie Eleison!" The Priestess said with a bible in her hand. Heavenly bells rang as the four of them glowed, a barrier formed around them giving them protection form attacks.
"Soul Strike!" Five spiritual orbs were unleashed from Difa's rod and struck a ghostly Lude. It disappeared though another appeared right next to Shika.
"C'mon, this all you got?" Shika lifted his shield and crushed the Lude with it, as well as bashing some dark figured Quves.
"Don't take things too easy, those walking trees might be around." Kirby struck five Ludes with his Arrow Vulcan and hit a Quve with his guitar.
"Aah! Help!" The Priestess hollered and the three guys looked at her. Trees with dolls hanged upon their branches were attacking her. Her only defense is the pink wall and her holy barrier which were both weakening down.
"All right that's it! Get down lady!" Difa pointed his rod towards the trees assaulting the Priestess. "Jupitel Thunder!" Orbs of lightning shot towards the Gibbets and pushed them back a foot or two as they were electrocuted and terminated.
"Careful not to hit her!" Kirby warned Difa as he shot arrows with his guitar.
"These monsters aren't stopping! I guess I have no choice!" Shika kneeled on his left knee and planted his shield in front of him. "Get behind me you three!" he said and the three of them followed his orders.
The monsters approached from all directions, ten Ludes, ten Quves, and about fifteen Gibbets rushed towards them.
"Grand Cross!" Shika said as his shield emitted holy light on the ground and formed a cross-shape figure which greatly damaged the undead enemies. The monsters disappeared as Shika fell on the ground, exhausted and damaged as Grand Cross took most of his health points away.
"He over did it again." Kirby shook his head.
"Yeah… well, we are safe at the moment." Difa looked around, analyzing the environment carefully, making sure no monster awaits to ambush them.
"Uhm… I could help a bit I suppose." The Priestess knelt next to Shika and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Heal." She said as green light rejuvenated Shika's health and he was able to stand in no time. "There we go." She smiled at the three.
"What are you doing here ma'am?" Difa asked.
"I was trying to level up and practice, but suddenly mobs of monsters appeared out of nowhere. If you guys didn't find me, I would've been dead!" she held her bible tighter.
"Thanks for the health miss, but you ought to be careful sometime. Why choose to level here anyway? Isn't this a bit too much?" Shika asked as he picked up his weapons and stood up stretching.
The Priestess stood. "I'm Gigi and I'm level 98, a bit more training and I'll be able to transcend. I don't really have any friends to help me so I thought I could do things myself but I was wrong-" she fell to the ground on her knees. "Ah, sorry, I'm tired and out of spirit points, let me rest for a while." She sighed
"Well you're welcome to join us, but we're going to war so you have to be prepared." Kirby sat next to her.
"War? What's going on?" Gigi asked, with her bible on her lap and hoping things aren't that bad.
The three explained about the King's orders, how the royal army needed help, and how adventurers joined to vanquish the evil.
"Wow… I'll fight for the kingdom as well! In the name of God, the world shall be safe from evil, as long as we priests live." Gigi smiled.
"Well, I guess we better get going, welcome to the party Gigi!" Kirby stood and lead the way deeper into the forest, towards the Valley of Gyoll.
The Valley of Gyoll, The Passage to Niflheim
Bats flew in circles above the adventurers, as they walked past the gravestones of the dead, they heard a chanting getting louder and closer.
"My, my, adventurers. Going to Nif I suppose?" a female sitting on a floating, miniature, crescent moon appeared in front of the four. "Well the mistress witch told us not to let anyone through this valley."
"Witch? I thought the witch of Niflheim was long dead?" Difa was shocked, as well as his companions.
"Niflheim, the Land of the Dead. Do you really think the witch can be stopped so easily? Or that the witch rules the land itself? Believe me, there's more to Niflheim than just undead and witches," the Loli Ruri giggled as she flew in circles around Gigi and the others.
"Now now little lady, you're too much of a tease. Time to die." Shika raised his spear and slashed the Loli Ruri using the skill "Holy Cross!" and with the amplified power of the holy light, the monster disappeared with a shriek.