Titans of Ages Current

Part 2: Soul Catcher

Well shit, look what you did Vlad. There must be like, what, a thousand of them? Valkyries, heh, sometimes I feel like they should work for me.
Argh! Stupid mind! Trying to remember things! I keep getting patches of memories, but I never see the whole picture...
"CHARGE!!"
What? Oh yeah Luciere is calling us to battle, but that must mean... Somebody is here that means to stop us. BUT OF COURSE! IT'S THE VALKYRIES! I KNEW SOMETHING WAS ARIE HERE!
It seems the others are charging them. Oh yeah, appending war! Why must I forget these things? Hmmm where should I charge them?
Think, Vlad! It's not your during point but it helps... Sometimes...
Let's see, Levy seems to be handling the back of their forces. Her uncanny ability to transform into the world eating leviathan allows her to match anyone in power and skill... Aside from that she holds the power of the leviathan! Her maw acts as a gateway to hell! How delightful! I see it now, the majestic beast inhaling screaming Valkyries in fight! Shrugging of blast of energy and the ranged spears with ease, returning with her powerful jaws! What beautiful sight! She obviously does not need my help.
But what of Jack? The newest recruit has more skill than we imagined... The power of Mammon gives him the ability to transform as well as copy his opponents powers. Not to mention his ability to manipulate gravity to a degree! What a vision he paints with his platinum daggers.. He is using their weight and his ability to manipulate gravity impressively! As he slices, he uses gravity to raise the air pressure along the blade, turning even the slightest stroke of metal of flesh into a ghastly sight of screaming Valkyries and a mist of blood! And he keeps it up without losing a step, all because he silently copies Bell's power to infinitely produce energy! What wit that boy possesses!
Speaking of Bell! That power she possesses is remarkable. Why must she waste it on her automatons? It could be put to greater use! But nonetheless, she proves herself formidable! I can view the bright light, the kind she uses to incinerate everything before her. I never knew about Belaphegor itself. I'm sure it was a magnificent story though..
Ba-al! Of course he needs my assistance! No wait, never mind... I forgot how capable he proves himself regularly. Being the host of Beezulbub, he is entitled the power of consumption. He spawns tendrils to pull in his prey. Every part of his body can pull apart into another jaw. The inside of his body acts as a pocket dimention, putting all the consumption to good use! To top it all off, he can regurgitate homunculi that are creations of the things he has consumed. Poor things, those valkyries are. You just can't fight his grip as he releases paralysing toxins into the air, and pulls into his constantly gnashing maws. Despite it all he simply retains his composure. He always did have class.
Must I even ask about Luciere? Our self-appointed leader? I have never seen her power, as she would much rather fight off the horde with her bare hands or using only the aid of the golden spear of destiny... That thing gives me the chills... But! It is still an amazing tale of how she acquired it all! Challenging a gogori to a fight, and not only winning but ripping the wings of the fallen angel.. She had Bell attach them to her body. After words they became a vibrant gold color like anything else she claims as her own. Typical arrogant nature, fighting their leader using only the spear. It's all I could expect of the host of Lucifer!
Maybe I just concern myself with my own assailants. Someone is bound to have noticed me by now. Hmmm it looks like Luciere is the only one fighting.
That means.
"Holy shit Vlad take it easy! You almost took out the countryside!" Jack strides towards me. He had minor wounds but he is okay.. That's good.. I feel like him and Levy are people I can call friend.
It's not like the feeling the other three give me.
But what does he mean? Looking back I see the ashes and smoldering remains of what used to be called a woodland area... Wonder what I missed...
Oragnik... I don't like that look in his eyes..

"Insolent fool! Did you really think that holding the spear of a god made you a god?" Oragnik is taunting my effort with the spear. Being evenly matched at the moment, and he himself being outnumbered, his words should not instill as much hatred as it does towards him.
I draw back the spear as we stand in mid-air. My gaze at him is a mask of composure, for on the inside I feel overwhelmed at the fact at what this is: my chance.
Etrius will see my power, and know where I stand above the others. I'll be his right hand, his sword, his means to strike his enemies.
And it all starts with this valkyrie, Oragnik. Let's dance fool!
"AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!" my speed is unmatched by any living being, for he must have not seen my sudden motion. My blade cleanly goes through his midsection, leaving s trail of blood behind him.
Such a befitting end to a menial foe. He didn't even attempt to resist my power.
" It'll take more than that little girl!"
"Don't embarrass yourself! That is a life-ending cut."
He paused his movement, looking down into the puddle of crimson tides emanating from his gut. His eyes are hazed as he begins to fall over.
"Ha ha ha ha ha....." He begins to laugh. How pitiful... Wait a minute... He won't stop?
"Hahahaha,... HAHAHAHA!!" we all watch in horror as this dying reaper laughs at the sight of his own death.
The only sounds between the clusters of cackling of the sounds of his body falling apart at the seem as his organs begin to slide from his flesh.
But a chain is unfurling from his body... There is no end, but a black slit of paper with a rune inscribed on it..
The chain releases from his body and begins for the blood-soaked ground. No sound is made until the paper makes a small rustling sound upon touching the ground...
His right hand bears the hook of valkyries, used for pulling off very unwilling souls. He lugs the hook at the rune as it begins to radiates massive amounts of blue light.
That light ! Have I seen it before? Yes it's unmistakable!
A portal to the spirit world! The hook falls through as another portal opens above him. The hook is falling behind him as he catches it.
The bizarre ritual should be stopped, but if this the key to his full power let it be. I'm going to make out clear how strong I am.
He take the hook, and lodges it into his ankle before letting go. His body plummets into the spirit world before the chain stops rattling.
Then it changes direction, his body is soon pulled from the portal. His wounds mended and his body returned to its overall former capacity.
He shrugs at me arrogantly! What is it gonna be? What game are you playing?
"Suprised? Don't be, although it isn't everyday you get to see a valkyrie that can catch his own soul! Haha!" His grin tempted me to find out how far can a spear be inserted into him.
Catch his own soul? Does that mean be can go on forever fighting this battle? Of course not! He needs the runes to open the portals to the spirit world... It's just more effort to put an end to this miserable creature.....