CastleVania: Intermezzo of Agony

chapter 21

Modoru soon stopped laughing, sighing in content as the corpse of Malum's vessel had faded off. He snapped his fingers as his sword disappeared in a flash of light. Ready to be summoned again if needed.

He approached the throne, and sat on top of it. Placing his arm on the armrest as he laid his head on his palm. Smirking to himself.

Suddenly he heard footsteps. Four people ran here. Chisami, Yamaju, Oliver and Kasumi.

"Shit... I think he became the Dark Lord after he died..." Oliver said as he facepalmed to himself, clearly upset by the outcome. "Modoru... Whatever is going on your mind, snap out of it!" Yamaju said, pointing his greatsword at him. "Yeah, that's right, snap outta' it, snowball!" Chisami added.

Kasumi said nothing. She just dropped onto her knees, and wept. Knowing that there was nothing she could do to save her best friend. Modoru felt a strong sense of pity wash over him...

Even now, he still considers Kasumi his best friend. No matter what. He gritted his teeth to restrain his emotions and glared at Oliver. "Oliver Belmont..." he said coldly, he sat up from the throne... Suddenly, the vampire hunter found himself being enveloped by a harmless beam of light, as he suddenly found himself just a few meters away from Modoru's throne. 

The Dark Lord snapped his fingers as a barrier that seperated him and Oliver from the others appeared.

"You're my top priority in killing... BELMONT!!!" Modoru bellowed as he sat up and summoned Typhon on his hand. The others could do nothing but watch.

Modoru charged at Oliver and before the hunter knew it, the Dark Lord was right in front of him, he tackled Oliver out of the window. Both of them crashing down. Modoru attempted to stab Oliver straight at the chest, but he immediately grabbed out a dagger and blocked it before kicking Modoru downwards.

He crashed onto the castle graveyard nearby a dead tree. Oliver drop kicked downwards and when he was near on hitting the ground, he yelled, "TARDUS!!!!", his falling slowed down, afterwards he yelled, "CANCEL EFFECT!!!", his body moved in normal speed again, allowing him to land safely, but before he could react, ten dark meteors were sent flying to him.

Oliver ducked down to avoid the first one for it was aimed towards his upper body, and jumped up as soon as he high jumped which was followed by an uppercut to avoid the second for it aimed for his lower one.

Modoru dashed up the air diagonally and punched Oliver at the stomach, sending him crashing into a tombstone, as a hand came out of it and tried to grab him, the Belmont sliced its hand off with its dagger and dashed away as zombies began to come out of their graves and head towards him.

The hunter sighed and pointed his finger to the sky. "HYDRO... STORM!!!!!!!". Thunder flashed and roared in the sky as holy water poured down, killing the zombies in an instant. Modoru had summoned a barrier to protect himself on time.

"I'll have to rely on monsters who float or fly, if I use those who can only move on ground. Then its no good, for its completely wet with holy water..." Modoru thought, but an idea struck him. He decided to deploy his human soldiers here first. He ordered them through telepathy to teleport here.

They all surrounded Oliver and casted a barrier around them, Modoru and Oliver so that there is nowhere to run for the hunter.

The Dark Lord grinned at the Belmont. "What are you going to do now, Belmont? You have used an Item Crash. According to the legends, Item Crashes could exhaust their user heavily, and if used too much repetitively, they could potentially make their caster pass out or worst... Die...-" Modoru's eyes widened as Oliver tried to ignite the Vampire Killer in flames using magic. "SHOOT HIM. IMMEDIATELY!!!" 

A soldier shot the hunter at the leg as he yelped in pain and collapsed onto his knees, preventing him from doing another Item Crash as Modoru walked towards him and kicked him on the head, before grabbing him by the collar, punching him  several times, again... and again... and again... and again... and again... and again... and again...

He kept doing this until Oliver's face bled, he pushed him down to the ground as the Belmont writhed in pain as he got up on his knees. "Tell me..." he said in a raspy voice. "Why do you wanna reset this world so badly?..."

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Modoru simply grinned and chuckled. His soldiers simply stayed silent and remained in that position with their guns pointed at Oliver as they are surrounding him. "So silly, Oliver... Not only have you failed your bloodline... But you still don't know why?" he asks in a mocking tone as he shrugged. "We will perish terribly in the end... Maybe a lot of us will be going to hell... So, you see, that is why I'm trying to give humanity another chance."

Modoru circled around Oliver, his hands on his back. "In order to achieve something...  It's either play with the flames or sit back like a loser, Oliver..." 

He immediately grabbed Oliver by the throat as he opened his mouth, fangs growing from his teeth as he pulled Modoru closer and sank them into his neck, drinking his blood a bit before throwing the hunter into the ground as he stumbled, groaning in pain... He had let go of the Vampire Killer in the process.

Modoru walked over to the whip and picked it up... After a bit, he began to absorb some of its power, feeling surges of it coursing through his body. Before panting and throwing the whip onto the ground... He hadn't fully absorbed its power, but he did absorb a great portion of it.

He summoned blue flames on his hands. Instantly gaining knowledge of the Belmont's techniques... They cannot simply be learned. But you must have the blood of one. By sucking Oliver's blood, and absorbing some of the Vampire Killer, he has gotten access to its Item Crashes. Even though they are not as fatal as the ones a Belmont would naturally have, Modoru can simply use his dark powers to strengthen them... When one possesses the Vampire Killer, they'll not only receive ability to use the clan's techniques but learn them easily as well.

"Kill him." he said, cancelling the barrier as he walked away. 

Oliver looked up as Modoru walked away... "DAMMIT... I'LL... I'LL KILL YOu.... DRACULA!!! THIS IS NOT OVER!!!... M-MA-MARK MY WORDS!!!" he yelled in anger and pain...

He coldly scoffed at the hunter's words while walking away, keeping a straight face as the sounds of blasts of magic can be heard along with gunshots from behind him...