Born Of Void And Spirit

Arc 0.5

Regulon's Rampage

A mass of black energy traveled through the skies of Desolatia until it stops near the gatehouse of Kastle Kadr.There it transforms into the petite, Angelic form that is Soul of the Shadows.They quietly studied an army of Familiars from a distance to fully assess the situation.
The Barrier that protected Kastle Kadr from invaders is now breached,allowing for the hundreds of creatures to smash the vulnerable front doors and swarm the fortress with vicious ferocity.
Soul took this opportunity to raise their hands to the heavens and conjured a massive black bomb that rivals the Hollow Seraph itself in size.
Hoisting it in one hand with minimal effort,Soul brought the bomb behind itself and began to spin around until it was as fast as a turning turbine.
Then it threw the Essence Bomb with the pitching skill of a professional baseball player.
Apon colliding onto the skull of an Ape Familiar,it exploded,the black cloud of carnage and destriuction consuming dozens of them in the process.That caught the attention of most of the remaining Familiars,causing a simultaneous shift in focus.
Hundreds of cold,merciless eyes targeted the lone Hollow Seraph,their expressions all sharing a united display of malice.
They circled around the emotionless Being until there was a circle of hundred bestial body surrounding Soul.
The horde of bitterblue-eyed terrors bristled in unison,but none made the attempt to strike the Seraph despite suffering casualties from their enemy's Essence Bomb.
Instead a Feline Familiar,larger and more dominant than most of the others, came forward,bearing a gold mane and a lean,spotted physique.

"The Hollow Seraph,"
it stated,it's tone almost polite despite the blatant hatred threatening to boil over it's deep,oily voice.
"We did not anticipate your arrival."

"Please cease your assault of wickedness,"
Soul requested with a disarming smile.
"It is not too late to sever the thread of cruelty and retreat."

The Feline Familiar huffed in defiance.
"We cannot stop even if we wanted to.
Sir Drewun sacrificed much of his overall lifespan for our continued existence in the Mortal Plane.We owe him our very lives."

"If we were to refuse his commands,"
stated a midnight blue Cyclon Familiar with an insignia of a spherical Being on his bare chest.
"Our lives would be forfeit.Not that we would even think of performing such an act of treason.Sir Drewun would not have his ability to give us new life without the aid of the Divine Bestower."

Soul blinked for a moment to fully digest what they have learned.

"The 'Divine Bestower'?Who is this person?"

"Person?!"
The Familiar snarled,hissing and growling their shock and indignation.

"The Divine Bestower is no mere 'person',
the Feline Familiar informed, drawing close to Soul.
"It is a God!A God of Light,Hope,and Prosperity!"

Soul folded their arms over their chest as their expression changed from a docile smile to a skeptic frown

"A God?"

"Yes."
The Feline glared into Soul's gleaming white eyes.
"Do you doubt our God?"

"I cannot say I doubt them,"
the Hollow Seraph replied with blunt softness,
"as I did not meet them.But,regardless,
I shall refuse the twisted machinations of Sir Drewun and the Divine Bestower.Since you shall stand by your current convictions,I shall stand by mines."

In Soul's hand, a long,leaf-bladed Essence Sword larger than their entire body was materialized.
They gripped the handle of the weapon with both hands,the blade facing to the side on their left direction.

"I bare you no ill intent.But I will have to slay all of you."

The Feline Familiar let out a hearty laugh that many( excluding the Cyclon) shared in kind.

"You struggled against even one of us,"
scoffed the powerful cat-like brute.
"How can you possibly believe you can overcome our superior numbers and steel-forged faith?"

"I shall find a way,"
Soul retorted in a calm,tranquil tone.
"Beginning now."
Before any of the monstrous Invaders could even attempt to attack,Soul swung his Essence Sword and cut straight through a wide circle of their enemies,including the Feline Familiar.
Most of the Familiars who were caught in the attack arc perished into dust almost instantly but the Cyclon,Feline,and a heavily armored Humanoid withstood the blow with only moderate damage.
The Feline Familiar has fallen in an angry position but his standing cohorts merely folded their arms over their chests in a display of their endurance.

"You....filthy heretic,"
The cat-like Beast snarled,grasping its hulking paw on the harsh,rock-hard ground of Kadr Road.
"If you was not a Spawn of the Hollow Lord,you would be nothing but a feeble child!"

The majority of the Familiars rushed forward to finally swarm their hated enemy but the Humanoid one raises his dark velvet hand to stop them as the Cyclon and the Feline looked on.

"Stop,"
he ordered,his ominous voice stopping his comrades dead in their tracks.
"You all are too weak to defeat the Hollow Seraph even with superior numbers."

"We don't take orders from you,Obsidian Knight,"
a smaller Satyr Familiar challenged,leaping at Soul with his hooked weapon lunging toward their throat.Soul swiped the edges of the Blade upward the moment the skinny Invader drew near,cleaving him in two.As he dissolved into dust,his allies followed with volleys of Offensive Spells,arrows,swords,and other physical attacks.No matter what they throw at the Hollow Seraph the results was the same; they were either blocked,dodged,or countered with minimal effort.As the three more powerful Familiars watched their cohorts become powder,the Obsidian Knight unsheathed his lava-forged sword and rooted it to the ground.

"Enough,"
he commanded again,a weak burst of flame surrounding his general vicinity,knocking over many of his comrades and halting their bull-headed assault.
The Feline and the Cwere the only ones who was able to resist its feedback without major injury.
"You have been shown the truth of my warning.You are useless to Sir Drewun and Regulon if your bodies become dust again.Furious Flame,Acute Aim, and myself will dispose of this Hollow.You will continue to assault the keep and dispose of Kaiser Kadr's forces.
Auburn Spark shall take care of the Kogre King himself."

The Familiars only had to look at the varied assortments of different colored dust mounds briefly to make their decision.They gave up their futile efforts to defeat Soul and made a dash toward the broken front doors.
Soul rushed toward his fleeing enemies but was intercepted by a red, flaming ball of concentrated Magical energy launched by the Feline Familiar,Furious Flame.They narrowly dodged the projectile without turning back but a rapid fire series of dark blue lasers from the Cyclon Familiar Acute Aim managed to knock them to the ground.
While the lesser Familiars enter inside the Kaiser Keep unopposed,
the Obsidian Knight held his sword upward in one hand before pointing it's tip at the fallen Hollow Seraph.

"Do not concern yourself with the weaklings,Soul the Hollow Seraph,"

he stated,his helm covering nearly all of his face except his highly anticipated,bitterblue eyes.

"They are inconsequential.We are your true enemies."