Ryuma and the group push through the pathway eventually coming to a tall doorway, Tomasi places his hand on the door and pushes slightly "It doesn't seem to be opening-" Tomasi gets interrupted by the door suddenly shifting open, as the hall In front of them is lit up, what looks like countless bodies lay hung on the walls of the hall, all side by side like some sort of twisted decor. Aquila almost launches himself back from the stench and pure horror he is witnessing in front of him. "With all these bodies you think somebody would care to investigate this place." Aquila says while pinching his nose. "Sad truth is that the Archdemons formed enough connections for these mass murders to be buried. The government doesn't want the public knowing about the doings of the Archdemons so they make deals that suit the Archdemon." Ryuma says while looking down the hall with a look of disgust. "Well... Does this mean we will become criminals once all of this is over?" Tomasi asks. "Not likely, while some countries benefit heavily from the Archdemons, others would be more grateful to have the Archdemons extinguished. For now, killing Gluttony only has benefits. Come on let's keep going. " Ryuma says as he starts walking, everybody else follows close behind.
As they walk everybody tries to keep a straight forward glance to not look at the seemingly endless amount of bodies on the walls. " It feels weirdly barren here. Feel like we should've run into something already." Makya keeps a straightforward look. " Maybe it's because you haven't glanced up yet" a shrill voice says. The entire group shocked by the sudden voice looks up to see a very skinny man, almost green in complexion grinning at them. The man drops behind them and they all turn around to look at him. P raises her fists and Tomasi draws his bow. "Now now weren't you ever taught to be nice to strangers." The man grins. "You don't seem to be an Ally, and if you're in this place you're our enemy no matter the circumstances." Tomasi aims his bow at the man but as he draws the strong a shackle abruptly latches onto his neck pulling him down the hall at a speed faster than anybody can react. As Tomasi fades into the darkness down the hall, they turn towards the man who's grinning. " P, Aquila, I'll leave this guy to you, we're going after Tomasi." Ryuma and Makya run after Tomasi. A wave of anxiety washes over Aquila, not a single thought could form through the fog in his mind. The man dashes at Aquila, Aquila barely dodging to the side hitting one of the bodies on the wall. His panic turns into a flash of inspiration to fight, sending a right hook right towards the man, Aquila continues to batter the man, but as he punches he notices himself feeling weaker and weaker. He doesn't see a single sign of pain on the man, the man looks up at him with a grin causing Aquila to kick him away. "Sorry to break it to you kid but you can't harm me with just punches. Wanna try again?" A sinister smile emerges from the man's face.
Why can I barely lift my arms now, a few punches like that were nothing, something isn't right.. this man it's almost as if punching him was siphoning my energy to him.
"Correct kid, looks like you do have a smart head on your shoulders." The man looks at Aquila and giggles
Did I say that out loud?
"Nope, but maybe you should, your partner here looks more than confused." The man looks at P who is looking at Aquila confused.
As Aquila tries to talk he realizes he can no longer speak.
Wait he took my ability to speak?!, I can't communicate with P to tell her what's wrong. I'll need to push myself harder than I have before to beat this guy. But if he can hear everything I think... Then I think I understand.
The man lunges forward batting one of his hands across Aquila's face, the man's sharp fingernails piercing Aquila's skin, before the man can get any closer P elbows the man in the stomach. Aquila runs at the man.
I'll go for his right side since he seems so focused on his left.
The man changes his guard to his right, Aquila grins. Aquila left hooks the man right in his abdomen.
I figured it out, you need to focus on one area in specific to siphon my energy and certain things I can do away from me.
The man's eyes widen as P comes from behind Aquila, jumping up and using her guard to bash the man's face into the wall. P and Aquila take turns beating the man until he can barely operate anymore. P kicks the man in the stomach hard enough to cause the man to puke blood. The man falls to the ground, looking up and Aquila and P with a frightened expression. Aquila picks up the man by his neck, and grabs one of the empty ropes on the wall, hanging him on the wall with the rest of the bodies. As the man stares at them struggling to try and keep his breath. As the man takes his last breath he watches as P and Aquila walk away, and all he is left with us the bodies surrounding him, and now he is one of the many along that path.
"Thank you, for stopping him from getting any closer." Aquila says to P. P looks up at him and smiles. "Come on let's try to catch up to Ryuma." P and Aquila book it down the hall reaching a massive circular room with a giant wooden beam in the middle. Tomasi is being held by his neck tied to the wooden beam, Ryuma and Makya are nowhere to be found. Aquila looks up and Tomasi who is trying to hold himself up to breathe. Nobody seems to be in the room but them. Aquila tries to reach up but can't get close since Tomasi is so high up. P walks up to him and signals standing on his shoulders. Aquila lifts up P and P brushes Tomasi's ankle just for him to glitch and vanish. The sudden glitch causes P to fall back but Aquila keeps his balance and catches her. "He's not here.. what reason would they have to make a fake of him." Within seconds the hologram reappears. " Where are they.." Aquila looks around, seeing 3 different doors across the room. All have the exact same gloomy appearance. "Do you think they are all down the same door?" Aquila asks, P shakes her head no. "They all went down different doors?" Aquila asks again, P still shakes her head. P points to one door and runs into another.
Aquila runs into the door P pointed to, as he goes down the dark path he can't see a thing until a bit of light at the end. As he gets closer to it the ground beneath him suddenly drops, the light at the end of the path vanishing with it. He falls about 10 feet, landing in some mud. He looks ahead and sees another path. A much slimmer pathway leads Aquila to crawl toward the exit. But when he reaches it there's just another drop, the darkness doesn't let Aquila see a single thing around him, just feeling the narrow confines of the muddy tunnel. He takes a deep breath then drops through the second exit, finding himself in a room similar to the size of the one him and P were just in. Still unable to see a thing he shouts "Anybody! Hello!" Before a hand grabs his face "shhhh" Makya whispers. "We aren't alone." Small yellow eyes surround Makya and Aquila, lighting up the room just enough that they see each other.
[Chapter end]
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An Incomplete History
FantasyA series of events cause the main character Gale to go up against the four arch-demons of the world.
