Chaos Will Reign

Chapter Five: The Hunted

"Hello? Are the cameras working?" Ava contacts the gods of Damien's little Avengers team, and smiles happily. Although the only people who picked up were Lacie and Veto. The other four were busy prepping for the next part of Damien's plan. "Hello everyone, Ava here! Lord Damien had his save data taken, so as the head disciple, I'll fill in for him in the meetings." She says.

"I see..." Veto nods solemnly.

Lacie also starts thinking. "If that's the case, then the enemies are probably already thinking up their next move. If Damien's insights are correct, the next targets should be Aileus and Tine." She states.

"We've already confirmed that that is exactly what is happening." Ava says.

"I know I shouldn't be having my doubts about this now, but are we sure this is gonna be a smart move?" Lacie asked. "Aileus is one of our strongest soldiers. If he loses his Divine powers, the person who gets them will be just as troublesome."

"That's exactly why it has to be him." Tine says as she joins the call. "Preparations are complete on my end."

"As are mine." Aella joins the calls next.

"Perfect." Ava nods. "Then that means the enemy will arrive soon. Everyone, be ready. Let's call off this meeting now then."

"A sound idea." Aella nods. "Oh, and Tine, please don't dig around in the drawers too much. I wouldn't want to ruin your innocence." She waves and leaves the call.

"I have a bad feeling about this place already..." Tine sighs, and closes the call as well.

"Be careful." Veto says and logs out next. Lacie was the next to go, and Ava slumps back into her chair.

"I can't let Lord Damien down... He trusted me with this plan, and I need to see it through to the end." She says, and stands up. "Right then! I need to start archiving!" She encourages herself, and gets to work once again.

———

As that call was happening, Aileus was face to face with a group of what seemed to be mercenaries. "Man, am I really this popular? Can't I just have a simple one on one for once?" He sighs with a shrug. He looked at the faces in the crowd, and would notice that one in particular was familiar to him. But he couldn't quite put his finger on it. But ignoring her for a moment, he also took note of a male oni, and a dark elf. The last person of note was a male with brunette hair and demon wings coming from his back.

As he deduced his enemies, he would suddenly notice that the woman he first took note on was gone. He tries to track her, but would feel a powerful punch to his gut. His eyes widen from the shock of how fast she moved, and how strong her punch her, and was sent flying into his throne, destroying it from the huge impact. Thankfully, it would rebuild itself in a matter of seconds.

"Damn... Okay, that hurt." He groans, and stands up again. "What cutie should I use to beat—?" As Aileus starts to scroll his inventory, he gets interrupted by the woman again, slamming her forearms downward. He raises his own arms to block her attack. She continues to push down, as Aileus could see she was drooling over him. "You, uh, got some drool on your chin...!" He grunts from the immense pressure.

"Oh, eheheh! Sorry, Lord Aileus! I just can't help myself! You're too handsome!" She says, and adjusts her arms to push herself behind him. Aileus quickly pivots and blocks an incoming punch, but the force sends him back into the throne again, and down the stairs.

As this fight started, the dark elf man turns to the oni. "Let's dip. They seem to have this covered." He says. "Lord Shannan could use our help."

"Ugh... I wanted a piece of the God of All Suns too." The oni would groan, as the pair sneak off from the monstrously strong woman, and the demon man in black.

———

"I've arrived at the Temple of Storms." Shannan informs his boss, Erii. At his side was a minty moth woman, as she looks around place.

"I'll be there." She replies, as the long black haired man enters the temple.

As he walks, he would find it suspicious how dark it was. Was the Goddess out? In fact, it wasn't just dark, but empty as well. As the pair walk through the dim hall, they find their way to the main lobby area, which was brightly lit. They both step into the light, and look up the long flight of stairs. Sitting in the Throne of Storms, was...Aella? The Goddess of Music and Lust?

"Well this is an interesting twist of events." Shannan would comment, as he drew his sword.

"Hehe~ We've been expecting you. You must the one with Yan-Shen's data, yes? I never expected you to be such a looker...~" Aella speaks in her usual flirtatious tone. She steps up from the throne, and pulls out her wakizashi from the sheathe in her hair. "Little Tine is still a bit inexperienced, so I'm here to entertain you for a bit. I hope you don't mind...~"

The moth woman was about to drew her sword as well, but Shannan raises his arm to signal her to stop. "There will be no need, LaRissa. I'm itching to test my new abilities." He says with a smile.

The moth girl known as LaRissa would hesitate, but she nods, and steps back. "Understood, Lord Shannan." She says and jumps back, using her wings to stabilize her landing. However, she as she lands, she can feel the air behind shifting through her antenna. She quickly tilts her head to the left as a purple crystal zooms past her. She turns around, sword in hand, as a young rabbit girl stood with a crystal sword in hand. "Hah. Little girl, this isn't a fight you want to pick. So make like the rabbit you are and scram." She tries to intimidate her, but the girl stands her ground. As LaRissa draws her sword, she would suddenly sense another attack via her antenna, and hops to the side. A gun shot. A warning. She grits her teeth and looks up into the sidelines. Sharp the Alien Gunner was also here. "This certainly just got interesting...!" She says, taking on her battle stance.