Friday 8:30 AM April
"What the hell?" Lina asked as she woke up and found herself back in Gaia's realm without warning.
"Sorry for the rude awakening but there is something important we need to discuss." Gaia said as Lina turned around and saw her and was mildly embarrassed to have Gaia look at her in her sleep clothes of just pink panties and a white T-shirt with no bra underneath.
"It couldn't have waited until I woke up properly?" Lina asked with a light tint on her face.
"No, it couldn't. You are my champion and I offer you power but it seems that a troublesome God has somehow hacked into this system and is trying to hinder your growth." Gaia said in a serious tone of voice as Lina had a mildly shocked expression on her face.
"What do you mean?" Lina asked back.
"I'm sure you've noticed it when you developed spells the other day. The drain your mana takes is much more severe than it should be and I can't explain what other glitches have occurred but I brought you here to warn you that the God behind this error is the God of war known as Ares. Now, I can fix this but I want you to let this serve as a warning to you that you are in danger." Gaia said as she walked up to Lina and placed a hand on her chest as Lina felt some strange sort of pull coming from deep within her and when Gaia removed her hand. Lina had somehow felt lighter.
Glitch in the system has been resolved and the bug fixes have started…Bugs are now resolved, and errors have been solved.
Spells that cost MP per second have changed to per minute!
Physical and mental limitations have been lifted!
"Whoa." Lina said as she looked over herself for a minute as she felt…Good and the strange thing was that she didn't even realize that she felt bad in the first place.
"I will send you back now. If Ares interferes again the only thing, I can do is lift his curses but be warned that the curses I can lift only apply to curses that effects your powers in the system itself. Other curses cannot be mended by me because I lack the power." Gaia said as that confused Lina but before she could ask any questions the world around her was a blur as she woke up in her room with her lower half on the bed and her upper half draped over it as her head was touching the floor.
"Damn it." Lina cursed as she crawled out of bed before getting properly dressed as she made her way to the bathroom to clean herself up a bit as she also got dressed in a simple brown T-shirt underneath her favorite yellow and black jacket with jeans on as she also put on some socks and shoes as she grabbed her things before she decided to head outside and walk around a bit as she tried to figure out what her next move should be.
"I could go to martial arts classes early but I'm pretty sure that Colleen is teaching a class right now and if not, she might not have even opened the dojo yet." Lina said as she honestly wasn't sure what to do with this kind of downtime since today is a teacher work day.
"And in breaking new it seems that A.I.M has developed a brand new line of construction robots that can work in extremely hazardous areas to help harvest materials and build new homes and businesses for people in the more dangerous parts of the world." A news reported said on a tv in an electronic store that Lina just walked past as she stopped and looked at the screen along with a few other people as they looked at the screen showing the A.I.M machines in action as they even have a line of law enforcement robots and what not.
"It's a shame all this happened after A-Day." A random guy said as Lina let out a sigh when she heard that. The other teens in school still talked highly about the Avengers but not overly so as several people still think that the Avengers were the cause of the disaster in Seattle.
After that the courts legally disbanded the Avengers and seemed to forget all the good, they had done when fighting the bad guys who are now no doubt plotting some bad things. The world still has people like the X-men but they mostly handle problems revolving around Mutants and the new generation of enhanced humans that were exposed to whatever scientific gases that covered Seattle.
Lina didn't linger as she began walking as she tried to ignore people talking about A-Day and the Avengers since the topic always seemed to get heated rather quickly and for a while Lina simply wandered around the city.
"New York seems to be one of the few places that doesn't have much A.I.M influence." Lina said to herself as she thought that A.I.M was weird, and its founder also seemed a bit strange. "Maybe I should look into A.I.M" Lina said to herself as she walked the sidewalks.
"Yo did you guys hear the news reports lately?" A random guy asked his friend on the sidewalk as he was huddled up with his buddies.
"Yeah, some weird dragon looking fuckers where killed downtown and there are other reports saying that those dragon things kidnap people to. I think some new gang is trying to make a name for themselves with some bull shit costumes if you ask me." The random guy's friend said back as Lina walked past them and listened to every word.
"Shit." Lina cursed to herself as she walked and despite the warning, she had gotten she knew that she couldn't leave the abominations alone. Especially if they have started attacking people out in the open.
So, Lina quickly took out her phone and opened google map to see her local area and the dungeons nearby and quickly decided on what she would do today as she is going to take down another dungeon.
"Excuse me but you wouldn't happen to be the girl who took down two dragon dens would you?" A mysterious voice asked from behind Lina which made her quickly turn around and see a gothic looking girl with a genuinely kind smile on her face and next to her is a man with a fit but not overly buff figure with tanned skin and wavy black hair going down to his shoulders as he also has black eyes and is wearing what looks like medieval knight armor but without a helmet and on his back are two swords. One is a short sword and the other is a long sword respectively.
Nico Minoru, Level: 26
Host to the Staff of One/Sister Grimm
Hunter, Level: 50
Child of the Blood
"How do you know about that and keep your voice down." Lina quickly said to both the strangers.
"Sorry but we don't have much time to talk. We require your assistance in dealing with these false dragons. After all you are the first to survive dealing with these beasts despite how weak they are." Hunter said as he crossed his arms before screams were heard in the distance along with a loud explosion as the trio quickly looked north and saw several Draconic Abominations attacking the city but behind the monsters where two Cyber-Drakes.
"Oh shit." Lina said before she quickly ducked into a dark alley during the chaos to make sure she wasn't spotted by any cameras or anything as she quickly sprang into action. "Activate Equip Set One." Lina said as she was now fully covered in her samurai themed armor and reemerged from the alley way and ran past several bystanders as she saw that Nico and Hunter were already dealing with the demonic forces as Hunter bravely faced off against the Cyber-Drakes while Nico backed him up with magic while also trying to deal with the Draconic Abominations.
Lina also noticed that while Hunter hadn't changed in anyway. Nico's attire had changed to a gothic witch type of clothing and hat on her head and her head seemed to be shrouded by shadows.
"Die human!" A draconic slave shouted which confused Lina as she didn't remember them being too talkative or that the slaves were a higher level than before but she paid it no mind as she quickly grabbed both her short swords and quickly slashed at the slave who was wielding his own blade made from steel.
It didn't help him though as he hit the ground with a slash across his neck and chest as he quickly bleed out. Now Lina didn't have time to pick up the sword as other abominations seemed to be coming at her as these types of abominations seemed to be of various types instead of the slaves and cyber ones that she has faced so far.
"Bronze Skin." Lina said as she casted her spell when two very fast abominations closed in on her with there claws at the ready as there bodies have neon yellow symbols all over them as Lina could only guess that the symbols are magical runes of some sort.
Draconic Speed Abomination, Level: 22
"Your fast but you don't hit hard enough to stop me." Lina said before she let out a battle cry and used all her power to push her swords up and make both abominations stagger backwards before she cast two Earth Bullet spells at them which dealt a lot of physical damage as it was rather close ranged to the targets when they were fired, and Lina could hear the sounds of crunching when the rocks made contact with their targets.
"Hey you actually joined the fight?" Nico asked after blasting a few abominations with dark bolts of energy from her hands as Lina ran up to Nico and quickly slashed at an abomination that tried to get her with a sneak attack.
"I don't know who you are but you seem to know me and want to stop these monsters so I'll help you but after that you have some serious explaining to do. Got it?" Lina asked in a serious tone.
"Got it." Nico said back in her own understanding tone as they dealt with the monsters as Lina looked back and saw Hunter destroying one of the Cyber-Drakes with a powerful magical attack as he jumped into the air with both his swords raised above his head before they where surrounded a dark greenish kind of energy that took the form of a giant mace and he brought the magical attack onto the Cyber-Drakes head and smashed it to pieces as flesh, cyberware and grey matter hit the streets as Hunter landed on the ground and quickly turned to face the second monstrosity.
"You beast might look like a dragon's kin, but you don't have the power of a dragon." Hunter said before releasing another battle cry as he charged once more.
"Does he need help?" Lina asked after cutting down another small fry.
"If he does he'll ask but right now we need to deal with our own problems." Nico said as two giant abominations walked up towards them as these two where roughly eight feet tall and built like brick houses as far as muscle is concerned. They had sharp and jagged horns on their heads, and they had technology fused into their flesh as the front of the chest and their entire lower bodies are cybernetic.
Draconic Cyber Defender, Level: 30
"These things are hella strong." Lina said with wide eyes before she and Nico both had to jump out of the way when the draconic defenders opened their mouths and released a gout of flames from their mouths that scorched the ground that Nico and Lina where both standing on.
"That isn't good at all. Do you have any plans on how to deal with these things?" Nico asked Lina.
"This is the first time I'm seeing them. So, just try not to get hit." Lina said as she fired an experimental Earth Bullet to see just how much damage she could do to the monster and frankly the thing wasn't even phased by the attack. "Looks like I need to get creative." Lina said as the cyber defender rushed her while the other one attacked Nico.
Lina decided to use her speed to her advantage as the thing is strong and tough but lacks speed. So, she ducked under one of its wide swings and tried to slash its leg but even with all her strength she failed as her swords broke on contact with the cybernetic leg.
Lina didn't have time to complain however as she was hit with the monsters backhand when she stumbled back from the impact of her swords shattering as she was sent hard into the ground as she tumbled for a few moments before her momentum stopped and she was able to slowly stand up as her armor and defensive spell once again took the brunt of the damage but sadly Lina discovered some crucial information about her spell at that moment.
[Bronze Skin] has been broken by enemy attack!
"Bronze Skin!" Lina shouted as she cast the spell again after seeing that the spell can be destroyed with enough force as she quickly reached into her inventory and took out her iron eater sword and another short sword. "Bronze Skin!" Lina shouted again as she layered the spell over itself and had two shields now.
Honestly Lina didn't know if it would work but she wasn't about to complain now as the cyber defender got closer to her and she was once again dodging under blows and with her two swords she struck at each part of the monster's body.
Her last two swords broke due to damage and not from any defensive power that the monster had so Lina paid more attention to what she was doing and how bad her swords where getting as she is now learning that the draconic abominations have acidic blood and unlike earlier. Lina is now seeing the small bits of steam that come off her swords when they draw blood from these monsters.
"What the hell has the Cult of Mars created?" Lina asked with a heavy breath before she got another crazy idea before she raised both her swords to block another strike from the monster that seemed to be learning how to counter Lina and catch her off guard when she tried to evade as the hit once again sent her back but this time her feet stayed on the ground as she saw what looked like amber colored glass shatter in front of her eyes.
[Bronze Skin] has been broken by enemy attack!
"Focus Lina." Lina said to herself as she didn't cast another shield spell and instead focused her mana into her spell Lesser Earth Movement as she felt the ground underneath her and unlike in her practice she didn't take things slow and instead tried to rush to complete her objective as she focused on creating a stick or spear to come out of the ground and hit the cyber defender and after feeling a noticeable drain on her mana she got the result she wanted after the cyber defender got close and ready to deal another hit as an arrow tipped spear made out of rock came out of the ground and impaled the monster through its chin as the tip came out of its skull.
You have created a new skill!
Lina ignored the skill alert and ran to help Nico who now had a staff in her hands and used it to block the strikes of the cyber-defender that was attacking her and Lina focused once more on her new spell and saw that the spear didn't move very far and it merely came out of the ground but Lina didn't care as she put both swords back in her inventory and grabbed the spear made of rock with both hands as she had to yank it out of the ground as she felt how heavy the thing was.
She didn't dwell on that fact however as she ran towards the cyber defender while it wasn't looking and with the spear, she impaled the monster through its back but more importantly is that she stabbed through its heart as Lina felt the spear disintegrate in her hands into lose clumps of rock and dirt as the cyber defender fell to the ground dead.
"Thanks for the save." Nico said with some exhaustion in her voice.
"That should be all of them." Hunter said as he had killed his enemy before rejoining the girls.
"Why did they do this?" Lina asked as she looked at the battlefield and saw several people were hurt or even killed and some buildings where recks and the street wound need some construction work done in order for cars to move through the street and not is not even mentioning the state of the dozens of cars that had been tipped over to attacked by the wild monsters.
"That is what we are trying to discover." Hunter said in a serious tone of voice as he walked closer to Lina. "I know this isn't the best way to ask for help but we need your assistance in order to figure out what this mysterious cult is up to. So, please help us." Hunter said as a magical portal seemed to open behind him just as sirens started sounding and getting closer.
"Fine but this had better be quick." Lina said as she agreed to go with Hunter and Nico through the portal.
Quest Alert!
Name: Midnight Sun
Objective 1: Join the Midnight Suns
Objective 2: Help take down the Cult of Mars
Objective 3: N/A
Rewards: 10,000 XP, New Allies, New zone to train in, Increased REP with the Midnight Suns!
Failure: Possible Death
Due to your choice to go into a portal before this quest appeared. You have already accepted this quest!
Lina simply rolled her eyes at the quest screen and looked on at the strange new world she found herself in as she saw that she is standing on a light blue pathway created through some form of magic and around her are various portals opening and closing.
"This is Limbo so stick close. You don't want to get lost in this place." Nico said as Lina swallowed some of the saliva in her mouth before she followed Nico and Hunter for a relatively short walk before they came through a different portal and emerged in a place that Lina couldn't recognize at all.
When they came out of Limbo, they had walked onto a stone platform and where in front of what looks like a forest like place with a massive building nearby and standing in front of them are two people.
One is a white-haired girl around Lina and Nico's age and she is wearing a punk rock T-shirt and black pants with boots on her feet as her right hand and entire arm is covered in some metallic armor while she is also holding a strange looking sword.
The second person seemed to be a woman who is a bit old and seemed a bit annoyed as she is dressed in modest clothes but what really concerned Lina was the information she saw above their heads.
Illyana Rasputina, Level: 28
Magik/Queen of Limbo
Caretaker, Level: N/A
N/A
Lina had seen high levels, low levels along with a EX level but the Caretakers information was completely blocked off and unreadable which is a bit concerning.
"Hunter and Nico I could have sworn I said to wait until we had gathered more information." Caretaker said with a stern look on her face with her arms crossed.
"You did but those weird fake dragons where on the move and we couldn't exactly wait before they decided to attack New York City." Nico said before a wave of purple magic washed over her and she was dressed in her regular clothes once again.
"That's a convenient excuse Nico." Caretaker said as Nico nervously rubbed the back of her head and looked down as Caretaker looked at Lina for a moment. "So, the time for one of Gaia's champions has come once again." Caretaker said as that shocked Lina.
"How did you know that?" Lina asked back.
"These eyes of mine have seen many champions of Gaia and each one has a unique aura about them. You have that aura child but that isn't important. What is important is that you have information regarding these imposter dragons that have come up." Caretaker said in a serious tone of voice.
"I do. I've seen these two fight against those abominations and try to help people so I don't think your bad guys but I also don't really trust you either. So, I'll share the information with you but only if you guys promise to help me put a stop to these monsters." Lina said back in a serious tone of her own.
"We were planning on doing that anyway. But if it will help you trust us than I promise you that we will deal with these dragons together." Caretaker said as she uncrossed her arms. "Come with me into the Abbey." Caretaker said as she started walking away as Lina followed along with Hunter, Illyana and Nico as the group was soon standing around a magical table that seemed to function as a map of the world as Lina took notice of the other people here.
Eric Brooks, Level: 71
Blade
Robbie Reyes, Level: 31
Ghost Rider/Spirit of Vengeance
Hercules, Level: 350
God of Strength
"So according to all the information we have gathered thanks to our new friend and Hercules as well as Nico. It seems that the Cult of Mars is trying to take over the world in the name of Ares and thanks to a combination of science and sorcery they managed to create a new army that might be able to help them accomplish that goal." Caretaker explained to everyone.
"I just can't understand it. What would Ares have to gain from doing this?" Hercules asked as he looked at the map before him.
"It might not be that simple." Lina said as all eyes fell on her. "I'm not saying I understand the way a god of war thinks or anything but since A-day. The Avengers have been disbanded and are nowhere to be found so I would think that now would be the perfect time for someone to try and take over without worrying about a group of heroes trying to ruin his plans." Lina said to everyone.
"My thoughts exactly. Ares is doing this because he feels like there is no threat to stop him but that still doesn't explain what the end goal actually is. If he wanted chaos and bloodshed, he could have done that on his own. So, why did he create a cult to do it for him?" Robbie asked as Hercules spoke once again.
"Ares is a God and God's gain powers from belief even if it is a twisted sort. Now Ares might have Godly power of his own but with enough belief he can power himself up with the only limit being how much faith he has gained from his followers." Hercules said to everyone.
"That means he has already gotten a head start on amassing power. The cult of Mars is a big organization after all." Illyana said.
"This is troublesome. Right now, we should focus on destroying these abominations that call themselves dragons." Caretaker said to everyone.
"So, what's our first stop?" Eric asked as he crossed his arms.
"There is a massive den in Brooklyn, and it is most likely where the cult managed to generate the forces to attack New York today. We need to destroy that den and stop them from creating any more monstrosities." Caretaker said firmly.
"What's the location?" Lina asked as the map showed the very location of the Den in Brooklyn. "Never mind then. That's where I'm headed." Lina said in a serious tone of voice.
"Shouldn't you rest and recover from that exhausting fight from earlier?" Nico said with some concern.
"I'll be fine. I can't just sit back and do nothing." Lina said back to Nico as Hercules gave a hearty laugh.
"You have spirit girl. Back in the old days of Greece you could have been a hero in your own right. Fighting battle after battle reminds me of myself in my younger days." Hercules said before Caretaker spoke up.
"You have been through a tough battle already, but I know that with a champion of Gaia I can't stop you from going off into battle with reckless abandon. So, you can go on this mission as long as you stick close to Hunter and don't get in the way." Caretaker said as Lina thought that it was a bit odd.
The way she talked about being a champion of Gaia was strange and it raised a few questions in Lina's head.
"Considering what we are up against we need to hit this cult hard and fast. So, Robbie and Hercules. Do you both feel like joining me and the champion of earth on this extermination mission?" Hunter asked.
"You don't even have to ask Hunter." Robbie said confidently.
"Hopefully I can find out what Ares is truly planning when we turn this location upside down." Hercules said and soon enough the group of four were outside of the Abbey and back at the stone platform where Illyana also stood as she used her sword to slash at the air and create a new portal through Limbo.
"Whoa." Lina said as she knew that she wanted to try and learn whatever magical spell it was that Illyana had just cast.
"You get used to it." Hunter said before the group of four walked through the portal and into Limbo where they walked before walking through another portal as they were dropped off in a bad part of a neighborhood in Brooklyn as they started walking through what looked like ruined streets.
Due to having a moment to relax you are now being given the rewards you have earned during the attack on New York just a short while ago.
The skill [Bronze Skin] has reached level ten and was maxed out and now you can chose how it evolves by picking one of the options.
[Iron Skin]
Or
[Bronze Shatter Skin]
Lina noticed that she didn't really get a description of either skill evolution line and as result she had to go with whichever seemed better and frankly more defense seemed like a reasonable decision so she chose Iron Skin without delay.
[Iron Skin, Active Level: 1
Tier: 1
You have learned a combat spell made in the waring age of Greece by combat mages as this spell hardens your skin to have the strength and durability of iron!
Passively boosts Strength by 42%
Passively boosts Endurance by 46%
Grants you 30 DT while active!
Cost: 25 MP
Duration: 90 Seconds!]
'The skill evolved but the magical cost didn't change.' Lina thought to herself before she saw other screens appear in front of her face.
You have created a new skill!
[Earth Spear, Active Level: 2
Through the manipulation of earth you can create a spear made out of rock and use it however you see fit.
Deals 73% more piercing damage!
Cost: 125 MP!
Duration: 45 Seconds!]
You have levelled up! Level: 12-13-14
"That must be the place." Hunter said as the group soon came up to a massive factory pumping out a green looking gas into the air and guarding the factory wasn't dragon abominations and instead it looked to be A.I.M synthoids.
"What the hell are A.I.M bots doing here?" Robbie asked as the group where hidden behind a few cars.
"More importantly we need to know why they are protecting the draconic abominations nest." Hunter said as this took each of them by surprise before Hercules stood up from behind his cover as he unsheathed his mace.
"It doesn't matter why they are here. What matters is that they are standing in our way and since robots lack reason I don't see a point in asking to be let in politely." Hercules said as he was ready to fight.
"I couldn't agree more." Hunter said as he readied his own swords as the group made their way towards the factory as Robbie's body ignited and he was changed into the spirit of vengeance as Lina couldn't help but notice that Robbie's level and name had changed entirely.
Zarathos, Level: EX
Spirit of Vengeance/Ghost Rider
"Whoa." Lina said before several synthoids came up to them as it was a mix of standard model synthoids and the proto-type models.
"This area is off limits to civilians. Leave now or be arrested by local law enforcement." A synthoid said as Lina also noticed that she couldn't get a read on the robots.
Proto-Synthoid, Level: 0
Synthoid, Level: 0
"Sorry but we aren't going anywhere." Hercules said before he swung his mace and obliterate the synthoid in front of him and just like that the battle started as the group of four took on the synthoids who engaged in battle as Lina used a combination of her sword play and earth magic before she ran into a problem.
You have exhausted your MP and are suffering from [Mana Exhaustion]!
MP regeneration is slowed by 75%
Lina grit her teeth in annoyance after firing her last Earth Bullet as she just focused on using her swords to deflect and parry attacks as she slashed and hacked away at robotic enemies with little effect given the fact that the robots are completely mechanical unlike the cyber enhanced monsters she had quickly gotten used to fighting and it was only thanks to her sword play and her iron eating sword that she was able to keep up with the other three heroes before the battle soon ended as Hunter, Hercules and Robbie took care of a majority of the enemies.
The skill [Parry] has gained 3 levels and is now level 10!
You have created the skill [Cross Guard]!
[Cross Guard, Active Level: 2
By wielding two swords and placing them over each other you can block attacks.
Passively increases Endurance by 13%]
The skill [Self-Taught Short Sword Mastery] has been maxed out! This skill however can not be evolved without proper instruction from a sword master!
"If this is any indication to their forces in the factory than we are in for quite a fight." Hunter said as he glanced over at Lina. "Are you sure you can still fight?" Hunter asked with concern in his voice.
"I'll be fine." Lina said as she walked around looting a few of the corpses while still staying behind the three heroes before they entered the factory as Lina quickly summoned up her Gamer Store and sold a bunch of the mechanical and high tech stuff that she had gathered and after getting a bit of money she looked up anything that could help her recover her mana and stamina and sure enough she found just the trick.
3x Lesser Mana Potion
3x Lesser Stamina Potion
Lina left the Gamer Store and quickly downed two of the MP and SP potions each and had her energy reserves fully restored as she simply dropped the empty potion bottles on the ground as they walked around the factory.
"This place is all kinds of creepy." Robbie said as he had returned to his human self as the floors and walls of this place had blood splatter all over as well as strange looking machines and giant tubes and vats all over the place.
"I agree but where are all abominations?" Hunter asked as they have been walking for a fair bit of time and found nothing until they came up to a large room and saw that the room was lined with large vats containing people that looked halfway transformed into draconic monsters as there is a computer in front of each vat and there are several doors leading in and out of this room and near the end of the room in front of a vat are two figures both in dark robes.
"Freeze where you stand!" Hunter said loudly as the group walked up to the due as one of them shed their robes and Lina saw that the figure is Cyber-Fang who now has most of his entire body made out of cybernetics with the exception of his head.
"We meet again fake samurai, and it seems that you've brought friends with you." Cyber-Fang said as Lina noticed that his level had increased a bit and he seemed to have a new dangerous aura around him.
"I don't need friends to kick your sorry tail back to the scrap yard." Lina said as she stood proud and she was also thankful that she was wearing her voice altering amulet since it seemed like Cyber-Fang now had influence in A.I.M and she didn't want to give the monster any clue as to her real identity.
"It seems like you have made new friends my lovely creation. And you have even brought me the legendary Hunter. It seems like things just keep getting better and better." The second figure said as Lina went to cast Observe on him but she saw that her spell had failed.
Enemy has rebuffed [Observe]!
Lina felt a small pang in her skull when her spell failed as the figure in the robe laughed.
"That wasn't wise girl. Trying to gather information on me is rather foolish and is proof that Gaia has poor tastes in champions." The figure said as that shocked Lina as Hercules stepped forward.
"Ares." Hercules said in a grim and serious tone of voice as the second figure shed his robes in black flames and revealed himself to be the god of war Ares who was roughly six foot five with tanned skin and he is wearing heavy looking battle armor that covered his body with the exception of his skull before black shadows covered his face and materialized into a spartan style helmet.
Ares, Level: 500
God of War/Mars
"Your Ares?" Hunter asked as Robbie changed back into the ghost rider.
"I am. And as you can see I am in the middle of something so I am going to have to get rid of the lot of you." Ares said before he snapped his fingers before explosions were heard from all around the building. "You can either fight us or run. The choice is yours."
"How about we do both." Hunter said as he readied his swords and charged at Ares and Cyber-Fang along with Hercules as Lina and Robbie where right behind them as Hercules classed with Ares and Hunter fought Cyber-Fang who managed to hold off the Hunter's attacks with a combination of his technological enhancements and what seemed to be magic radiating off him.
"Not so fast heroes!" A voice shouted as someone burst through a wall and destroyed one of the vats as this person was a wanted terrorist as this person is known as Jack O'Lantern.
Jack O'Lantern, Active Level: 75
Minor Demon/Possessed Terrorist
Jack has a pumpkin on his head with flames coming out of the eyes and mouth as he is fit looking and is wearing a green and black body suit with leather wrappings that are wrapped around him and around his belt and across his chest are two utility belts.
"Jack O'Lantern is real? I thought he was a myth." Lina said in shock before Jack quickly grabbed one of the bombs from his utility belt and threw it at Lina and Robbie as Lina dodged out of the way while Robbie took the brunt of it with hardly any issue.
"These flames mean nothing." Robbie said in a dark and heavy voice as he was surrounded by green flames before he opened his hands and summoned his chains of hell and swung the in front of him to create a tunnel of wind that redirected the flames back towards Jack who simply jumped high into the air and dug his foot and hand into the wall to stay in place and not fall.
"Ghost Rider your death will be my greatest victory." Jack said with a cocky voice.
"Earth Bullet!" Lina shouted as she sent a rock projectile towards Jack who simply let it hit him as he laughed.
"Is that the best a champion of Gaia can do? Let me show you what real magic looks and feels like." Jack said before he threw another bomb that hit the ground in front of them but this one was different as it exploded as a concussive shockwave that sent Ghost Rider and Lina back as Lina fell to the ground and was hurting from the force of the attack.
Jack simply chuckled as Lina slowly got back up to her feet.
"That wasn't even my strongest bomb and it has you on your ass!" Jack cackled maniacally as Ghost Rider threw his chain towards Jack who removed his hand and foot from the ceiling as he fell to the ground to avoid the chain and the moment, he hit the ground Ghost Rider opened his mouth and blasted Jack with a torrent of hell flames, but Jack seemed to be shielded from the brunt of the damage thanks to some protective ward that was formed around him.
"Soul protection." Ghost Rider said in annoyance. "Troublesome"
"I've learned quite a bit Ghost Rider and believe me when I say that I've been juiced up for this fight and I intend on taking your skull for my wall." Jack said before he charged at Ghost Rider with two combat knifes in his hands that glowed with white flames as Ghost Rider caught both of Jack's hands to prevent Jack from stabbing him.
"Earth Bullet!" Lina shouted as she fired her spell over at over again at Jack to no avail before he got annoyed and jumped backwards from Ghost Rider and sent a sharp pumpkin shaped shuriken at Lina who managed to duck under it as it grazed her kabuto helmet and Lina could immediately tell that her helmet was seriously damaged since she felt a new breeze in her hair and on her scalp as the shuriken left a small but clear slice in her helmet.
"You dick! Do you have any idea how expensive this helmet is?!" Lina asked in rage before ducking and tumbling on the ground to avoid more shuriken's that were aimed at her as they still hit her armor and the exposed parts of her body before Ghost Rider grabbed Jack's attention once more.
"Okay I'm going to make you regret that." Lina said in anger as she prepared yet another Earth Bullet but she stopped mid-cast and decided to try and alter the spell as she focused and made the sphere of rock get larger by taking the rocky minerals out of the floor she was standing on and made the rock become more oval shaped with a jagged point before she started to hesitate as she was making a spell designed to really hurt someone and she wasn't sure that was what she wanted to do and instead she once more changed the spell and instead of making it a oval spike she changed it to take the form of a fist and sent it flying towards Jack and luckily it caught him off guard as it hit him in the side.
You've created a new skill!
Lina ignored the message and smiled as Jack took a moment to stand up before Ghost Rider wrapped him up in his chains.
"Yeah! How did that feel you jerk!" Lina shouted at Jack scowled in response before opening his mouth and sending out a red bomb that rocked towards Lina who quickly ducked under the attack as it hit the wall and burst with hot plasma and quickly ate through the wall as the entire building started shaking and parts of the ceiling started falling.
"This place won't last long!" Hunter said in annoyance as Cyber-Fang had pushed him back with a green bolt of lighting that came out of the palm of his hand.
"This has been fun Hercules but this is where we part ways." Ares said to Hercules as he had hit Hercules with a strong knee to the chin which sent him stumbling backwards a bit.
Then a portal appeared as Ares sent a blast of dark magic towards Ghost Rider and knocked him into a wall which released the chains around Jack as Jack ran towards the portal along with Ares and Cyber-Fang as the trio escaped.
"We've got to move!" Hunter said before a portal suddenly appeared in front of him as this portal led back to the Abbey. "Come on!" Hunter shouted as Hercules, Ghost Rider and Lina each ran into the portal just as the factory collapsed and soon enough the group found themselves back in the Abbey.
"That could have gone better." Caretaker said as she stood in front of the beaten group as Robbie changed back to his normal self and soon enough the group was back in the Abbey as Lina was alone and walking around the forest around the Abbey for a while.
"I wonder if mom and Romeo are okay." Lina said to herself as she reached into her Inventory and took out her cell phone as she saw several missed texts from her mom who was worried about her since the attack on New York had made the news.
"I'm sorry mom." Lina said as she unequipped her amulet and called her mom to talk to her.
END!
A/N: Okay I would like to apologize for the last chapter where my Earth Bullet spell had like three different names because I wasn't paying attention at the time of writing the chapter.
Anyway more stuff is happening and I decided to add in content from Marvel Midnight Suns and Avengers Assemble since I enjoy both games and I don't see a reason why I can't have both in my story.
Lastly I decided to pull a random plot device and change up things a bit and make these gamer powers easier to use and understand.
Not much else to say other than please fav, follow and review.