*Queen's Border* Corvrus was asleep as he nuzzled Risty closely as she returned the favor. Echidna woke up to find Keltan, who was soaking up sun on the windowsill. Leina woke up and was utterly shocked to see Echidna. "Corvrus! She's in our room!" She screamed as she ran to the bedroom. Corvrus woke up as Leina blushed. "Risty, did you and him...oh god you did!" Leina said as she seemed a bit jealous. Risty got dressed as she smirked at her. Corvrus on the other hand was polishing his armor as he was in his undergarments. Risty talked to Leina on what happened last night as she seemed terrified on what she heard. Rourke losing control and destroying a good quarter of the buildings in the city as well as having Echidna on their side, who was getting Keltan on her again. Corvrus came outside as he was packing their things. Risty gave Leina a hug "He was worried you would die, and that only added to his anger." Echidna said as Leina gave her a hard punch in the stomach. "That was for the poison." Echidna keeled over a bit as she looked at her. "Nice shot." she said through gritted teeth. Risty packed up as well, getting some food in her backpack as Leina sharpened her sword. Echidna was outside as she was chatting to Corvrus. "Look, I will try to vouch for you, but you must keep on your best behavior. If Claudette comes here and sees the ruin we caused. I may never be hired again." she said as Corvrus nodded. "And that will get us on the Queen's bad side." Corvrus added. Risty and Leina left the room and Echidna paid for the rent. The 4 headed out as Corvrus summoned his horse. He then decided to pay for a few horses. 2 White and one Grey. Leina had some trouble with her horse as she got caught on the saddlebag. Risty helps her up as they left the city.

*A few days later* Claudette paced the floor. The destruction of the Queen's border would prompt evil into the very heart of Gainos and if the Queen should blame her family, it will not bode well. And to make matters worse, Echidna hasn't reported back at all, meaning she was either a casualty of the attack or she chose not to come. She had memories of Leina and her as youths as she helped Leina make her bed. She remembered it all too well as she seemed to smile a bit. "Hmm...I just hope my sister is safe. It's one thing to win back my father's affection, but it's another to not find my sister." Claudette said as she sat in her room, thinking on what to do. Her father appeared with his will, she was added to it as the next heir. The threat of Corvrus scared the count more than it should have. "Claudette, what is troubling you?" he asks as he sat next to her. "Leina has been missing for weeks now and I worry for her." she sighed as he smiled. "She is just as stubborn as you are, but that is not why she escaped. She hated being restricted, and finding that she was next for countess made things worse on her poor little heart. Now that you are next in line, she shouldn't need to worry about that anymore." He said as he hugs her close. Claudette hugs him back as she seemed to smile, he was right. A soldier was seen, "My lord, Leina was seen on the road beyond the ruined City. She is alive and well. But she has company following her. Risty, the black knight, and an elf." she said as The count gave her a kiss on the cheek before she left. "Good luck my daughter, and be safe!" Earl shouted down the halls. Claudette mounted a horse and rode for the city

After a few hours of riding, she saw the sun set on the ruined city. An angel was on top of one of the many towers, ogling the destruction. She saw it all and could hardly comprehend it all. She has ear length light blue hair and green eyes. She is seen wearing the same uniform as other lower ranking angels, which consists of a white camisole with a skirt, polka-dots panties, and steel plate leggings. She also wears a steel gauntlet on her right arm and a long dueling glove on her left, other angels just wear two gloves. A vial of holy milk is usually slung across her waist on a small belt. Her most distinguishing feature is that her wings are asymmetrical in size. She saw Claudette and followed her. "She's Claudette, the Thundercloud General. Oh I can hardly wait to bear witness." she said to herself, clearly happy. It began to rain as she remembered the time she saved Leina from falling off the castle bridge. She got all the attention back then and she was seen as a doormat. But now she had the respect she yearned for all those years.

*Outer Territories* They 4 stopped to camp for a moment. It was dark as the horses were grazing nearby. Corvrus went to patrol the area, hoping they wouldn't be followed. Echidna got a fire started as Leina found a large mushroom. She took a bite out of it as Echidna smacked it out of her hands. "You idiot, that mushroom is a bad one. All mushrooms in the wild are poisonous, paralyzing, hallucinogenic, or deadly." she said as Risty went to set up a tent. Leina's face was turning green as she threw up. "Gaah, that was gross. Whats all this weird stuff I'm seeing?" she asks as she fell over. After an hour she was getting worse, Risty and Echidna were asleep as Corvrus tried to comfort her. "Everything's alright, you won't feel like that forever." He said as she shuddered. He heard someone as he saw the angel. He stood at his full height as she backed away. "Hey, I am not here to fight you, whoever you are." She said in a terrified voice, waking Echidna as well as Risty. "Well, who are you?" He asks as he took off his helm. "I'm just a friendly angel passing by." She said as he got a fire started again. The angel introduced herself. "I am Nanael, and I know who you three are. But I don't know you." she said, shuddering as she got closer to him. She seemed to sense the demon inside him as it making her uncomfortable. "I am Corvrus Olmac, The Black Knight. That is all you need to know angel." he said as she wrote that down. "Hey, you were the one that nearly destroyed the border weren't you?" she asks, shuddering at the thought of that happening to her. "Well….yes and no. Echidna pushed me too far when we were fighting and I lost control." he said as she showed him a picture of the demon lion. "This is Buer, the Lion of the Pit. But how he got inside you I will never know. Possibly due to your bloo-" Corvrus covered her mouth. "Uh uh. Not yet. I don't want to scared them." he said to the angel as she nodded. "The mushroom I ate first was fine but the other one was a different color and I felt sick." Leina said as Echidna grew curious on the Lineage of Corvrus.

Nanael beamed as she handed Leina a small three sided pyramid, "I have just the thing. It's Angel's Milk. It is said that female angels can make more of this stuff easily but I am getting off topic. The point is that this can cure just about any mortal sickness, not only that but it is good for your eyes, hair, skin, and attitude isn't that amazing?. And it is for the low cost of 10 gold coins." Corvrus drew his huge blade, not in the mood. "I'm just kidding, just angel humor. I wouldn't do anything like that to someone as needful as you Leina." Nanael said as she saw the knight sharpen his blade, it had grown dull after killing a bear he tracked. Leina took it as she drank it, only for her to spray the angel with it. Nanael seemed surprised and a bit pissed off. "How dare you do that to an angel human, do you wish to incur my wrath?!" She growled as she wasn't wearing a bra at all. Corvrus helped dry the angel off as she calmed down. She was now wearing nothing but her blue polka-dot panties as she looked adorable. Corvrus tried to dry it off as she went to rest, she had tried to help a human out and it blew up in her face, quite literally. Leina waited around the fire as Echidna went back to sleep as Risty shared a sleeping bag with her. Corvrus went to his tent, only to find the angel in there. "Uh, you're in my bag." he said as the angel could hardly care. "Well I am an angel, I could care less what a half demon wants. Sheesh." she tried to sleep, clearly angry. But she had to admit, for a half demon he was rather cute. He sat next to the angel, careful on her wings since they were rather sensitive to the touch.

*Morning* Nanael woke up to find her dress dry as she tried to fly off, only to be caught in a tripwire by Echidna. "Tell me everything you know on Corvrus' family. I mean everything." She said as she had the angel pinned. "Ok, ok. His father was an archangel named Azrael. He was sent to hell to investigate something that a Demon lord was doing and fell for his daughter, Agatha, Princess of serpents. Or, as she is now known, the Great Snake Demon. She was daughter of the fire lord Straga and the Queen of all Snakes, Empusa. The two loved eachother, claiming that their love would bring peace to their two realms. Heaven and Hell agreed, but they sent their baby to earth since it was out of the two's respected realms. You found him and raised him, but at 15 he escaped and met up with some knight of a noble lord named Decius Olmac. Decius raised him and taught him everything he knows, but the queen had him publically executed when Corvrus was 25 by turning him to stone. N-now that he is grown and has learned his demon side, it seems fair that he must learn of his angel side, right?" she asks. "What are you saying that you are willing to help him?" Echidna snarled. "Yes, I am. Just let me go before you rip off my wings." she screamed, waking everyone up. Corvrus saw what happened and separated the two. Echidna seemed scared. She had maimed and abused the son of an archangel and a demon lord. She would go to hell for sure.

Soon a horse was heard, and it wasn't one of theirs. Claudette was seen in front of the camp, Leina was in her armor as Nanael seemed pretty happy. "Alright, let's get this party started!" she said happily as she summoned a symbol on the ground, a match was seen as Nanael acted as the announcer. Leina seemed to hold her ground as Claudette popped her neck. Corvrus grabs Nanael. "This was your plan all along, it was just a setup." he growled as she looked up at him. "Well if you say it that way of course it sounds bad." she said as he was tempted to do awful things to her, but that would make him go to hell. He had to play along with it. Leina and Claudette clashed blades

*Half a world away* Davlin, Shizuka, and Tomoe wandered through a great desert. They then looked up to see that a match was starting. "The Queen's blade is starting again Lady Tomoe." Shizuka said as she heard something, it sounded like a combination of gunfire and an engine roaring. Davlin knew that sound all too well. "Well, I hate to interrupt. But we got Orcs!" he said as he pointed to the west, where a few orc vehicles were seen driving at them. Four of them were buggies and one of them was a truck. "Are those Horseless carriages? How strange, I heard of them but they were only in circuses." Tomoe said as she saw the vehicles. An orc buggy stopped in front of them. He was tall, muscular, green skinned, and had a large underbite. He also had armor on and had a huge hammer next to him. "A'right ya gits. Hand ova' yer stuff. And we ain't gonna shoot ya." One of them said, focusing a machine gun at Tomoe's head. "How crude, but what's an orc anyway Davlin?" She asks as he said. "Orcs were made by the elves on Earth centuries ago, they were supposed to be their protectors. But a red Eclipse made them break free of the elves and kill all in their way. These orcs must have got here pretty early. No Orc camps or any permanent bases yet." he said as another orc jumped from a truck. "Shut yer trap humie, now hand ova' yer stuff now." he barked as he cocked a rifle. "I'll take the 5 in the truck, Shizuke will take the 2 buggies, and you will take the other 2. Ok?" he said as an orc shot in the air. "I said, shut yer traps!" he said as Shizuka punched him hard in the stomach and stabs him with her knives. Davlin leapt into the truck and beat the tar out of the orcs inside. Tomoe cut one of the buggies in two as she beheaded an orc and disemboweled another. Shizuka then tried to drive one of the buggies into another, ramming into it as she jumped out. All that remained was a busted up orc buggie and an abandoned orc truck. Davlin checked the vehicles, they can work but they were uncomfortable. "Wanna risk a ride on these? They are faster than any horse, but have very uncomfortable seats in the back." he said as Shizuka called shotgun as Tomoe rode in the rear. "Why is it that bad guys always get the good stuff?" she asks as Davlin cranked the truck, it had enough fuel to get to their location, the Ruins of Amara.

*Outer Territory Roads* Leina and Claudette kept fighting as they led their battle to a ravine. Corvrus has had it as he took a deadly blow for Leina, right in his chest. Claudette stopped as a lighting strike hit both him, Leina, and Herself, hurling them into the abyss below. Nanael tried to catch them but they were too heavy. "Oh my heavens, I just lost 3 of the best fighters. Azrael is gonna kill me for this." she wailed as Echidna and Risty were both furious with the angel. "Not if we both kill you first." Echidna said as Nanael took off, speeding like a rocket to the heavens. Echidna heard water rushing in the Ravine, meaning if they survive, there was only one place where they could end up. The Amaran desert. She and Risty looked at each other. "I know where this leads, I need you to follow me." Echidna said, hoping that Corvrus survived. "Fine, but turn on me again, I will break you. Got it?" Risty barked, clearly unhappy with losing Leina and her supposed lover. Echidna nodded and mounted her horse and took off, Risty followed her

*Vance County* He saw it all, His two eldest daughters fall into a ravine along with Corvrus. He seemed rather scared, knowing his rule depended on those two to survive as he sent his soldiers all around Gainos, in hopes of finding any traces of them. "Oh Maria, Forgive me." he said as he seemed to cry. He remembered how he lost his wife to that damnable tournament, now he lost his two eldest daughters as well. Elina was devastated as she never left her room. Both her favorite siblings were gone and she needed someone to help her. She heard talk of a warlock in Hinomoto that can track her, and she sent a message to him. A letter was slid under her door as she opened it. It read "I Accept" as the Warlock appeared from the paper, sending the Vance girl back. "You wish for me to find you sisters?" he asks in a kind tone, which made him more intimidating since his left, milky eye seemed to glow as his other one seemed invisible under his black robe. "T-that's right, uh whoever you are. Name your price." she said. The man's eyes glint, his smile broadened as he seemed very pleased with the deal "I am Kade Vakko, and what I want. Well, it's technically a who. But that would be your sister's friend, Corvrus." he said. Whatever deal Elina had struck, it will soon lead to terrible and devastating consequences….

The end

Well that was probably my attempt on his backstory and and I introduced the Card Wizard again. I admit this is one of my more ridiculous chapters since I added the Orcs, but I will give them their bio in time. I had it saved just for such an occasion. Now that I added Nanael to the troup, and Menace is right around the corner. I think it would be interesting seeing a Level headed Davlin against a raging Corvrus. Until then, see you in time.