Chapter 1

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"Are you sure this is a good idea captain!?" shouted one of the six coven scouts as he reinforced his energy shield against the boiling rain. "Of cores I'm sure. The Owl Lady will have no choice but to come this way once the ground force drives her off. That way she'll be too tired to fight us when we corner her," declared the captain as he steered the airship into the storm over the boiling sea. Luckily for them, the winds weren't blowing too hard, but that didn't help the fact that the rain was still burning them. "Captain, I think we should turn back. We've been out here for hours and some of the men are starting to have trouble with their shields," said Scout one who was closest to the captain.

"Are you nuts!? Think of the rewards we'll all get once we bring the most wanted witch in all of the Boiling Isles in!" the captain shouted as he turned to face his men one hand still on the wheel. "We'll be praised as heroes and the chances of one of us becoming head of the Emperor's Coven will skyrocket. So if you all want to" "Land!" yelled scout six, who was in the back, interrupting the captain's speech. The captain turned back to face the front of the ship only to see an island with some kind of tower appearing from the fog. Curious about the island scout one paled out a map from his pocket and looked at it. "This island isn't on the map," he said as he looked from the map to the island and back.

"We're going in," the captain said as he started to steer the ship towards the island's shore. "What about the Owl Lady, aren't we supposed to wait for her to show up?" asks scouts five who was in the medal. "I think exploring an island that's not on the map is more important than one wild witch. For all we know there might be dozens of them hiding on that island," said Scout one as he folds ups the map and puts it away. He then grabs one of the spears on the ship's side. "He's right as members of the Emperor's Coven we need to scout out this island and report back," the captain said as he landed the ship on the beach.

After the captain and all of the coven scouts armed themselves, they left the airship and headed into the jungle toward the tower. Once they reached the tower entrance, they were amazed at the grand scale of the entrance and the marking that surrounded it. "Captain, have you seen markings like this before?" asked Scout two as she examine the entryway. "Can't say I have," he said as he walked pasted the entrance and into the tower. "Finally! We're out of the boiling rain," shouted scout three as all of the scouts started to enter the building.

Upon entering they saw a huge room with worn-out paintings all over the walls, as well as dozens of small rock piles that were everywhere on the floor. "What's with all the little piles of rocks?" asked Scout two as she kicked one down. But right before any of them could answer the question they saw a shadow move among the piles.

As the figure got closer to them they all prepared themselves for battle. Two scouts and the captain drew magic circles, while the other four ready their spears. The air was tense as the coven witches waited for the right moment to strike. And that's what the captain did as soon as the figure come into his line of sight. He fired a blast of magic right at the shadowy figure which let out a loud 'weh' as it was sent flying into more of the rock piles. As the dust settled the coven witches got a good look at what was scaring them. It was a small dog-like demon with dark gray fur, a skull-like head with horns on the back, and big eyes that had purple irises surrounded by yellow, that were full of fear as it stared at the witches.

"What is that thing, a pet of some kind?" asked Scout one as he watched the captain approach the little demon. Once the captain was close enough he knelt down and reached out his hand to pick up the demon that was too scared to move away. "I don't kn-Oooow!" shouted the captain when a similar demon come out of nowhere and bit his hand.

After he stumbled back the demon let go of his hand and that's when he was able to get a good look at it. It was no doubt the same type of demon as the first one, but it was twice as big and its fur was a shade of dark brown with hazel brown irises surrounded by black. The second demon got in front of the first one to protect it and started growling at all the witches that were walking toward them to get a better look. That's when a menacing 'hiss' was heard right behind the scouts.

As they all turned around they were met with the sight of a seven-foot-tall creature made of what looked like stone and mud. Its eyes glowed an early blue as it raised its arm above its head and it transformed its hand into an axe. It then swung its newly formed weapon down onto the coven witches.

But just before the creature could hit anyone scout four summoned an abomination that caught the creature's arm and began to slither its purple mud limbs around the creature's body trying to restrain it. "What is the thing, an abomination of some kind?!" shouted Scout one as he charged at it with his spear only for it to break on the impact of the creature's stony body. "If it is it's not like any abomination I've never seen," said four as he poured more of his magic into his abomination in an attempt to keep the creature still.

That plan, however, failed because the creature was too strong for the abomination and broke free in a matter of seconds. It then charged at the group trying to hit any of the witches. "Scatter! Then try to surround it and attack it from all sides with your strongest spells," barked the captain as he ordered the scouts while also trying not to get cut in half. Upon hearing the orders all of the scouts split up heading in different durations in hopes of cornering the creature.

After several minutes of running, shouting, and trying not to die all of the coven witches finally manage to surround the creature. Again scout four attempted to restrain the creature with an abomination while scout six tried to help the abomination with his plant magic. The rest of the group watched with high hope as the vines and the abomination slithered and grow around the creature. The planed worked for the creature was no longer able to move no matter how hard it tried to back free of its prison. "Now, hit it with everything you've got!" shouted the captain as he drew the biggest spell circle he could.

The other scouts followed his lead and together all seven of them launched their strongest attacks against the creature, resulting in a huge explosion that send the creature flying into the wall. Upon impact, the creature fell apart with its stone pieces and muddy parts flying all over the place and against the wall. "John-Luc, no!" shouted a new voice that startled all of the coven witches into turning around towards the two demons.

That's when they saw the biggest of the two standing on its hind legs with one of its front paws reaching out toward the messy seen that was once the creature. "It can talk," stated Scout two as she looked at the demon in surprise. "That thing was your friend?!" shouted the enraged captain as he stomped toward the two demons. "Run!" shouted the brown fur demon to the smaller gray one behind it.

The two demons then started to run away from the approaching captain only for the smaller one to trip on a rock and fall to the ground. Seeing the opportunity the captain then fires an attack spell at the fallen demon. "No!" shouted the bigger demon as it jumped in between the attack and the fallen demon only to get hit itself. "Weh!" the demon shouted in pain as it fell to the grow unconscious.

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