Deathsong Chronicles - Tacet 4

Ophelia hissed and shrieked as Kaithlyn pummeled her with a psychic wave. The demon tried to attack Alloyn, but was buffeted away by another blow. She then lashed at Kaithlyn with three poison-tipped tentacles, and delivered a vicious kick.

Kaithlyn dodged the tentacles, and brought her dualbladed sword slicing up, cutting off Ophelia's leg cleanly. The demon shrieked in agony and toppled, but tried to retaliate by lashing again with the tentacles.

The psychic soul warrior gestured, and a pile of rocks nearby rised up, and came smashing down onto Ophelia. Simple as that.

Kaithlyn breathed a sigh of relief, and turned just in time to see Alloyn smash the Dark Stone to pieces. She dropped to the ground, gasping for breath. "One down, three to go."

The group hurried on. They went for several metres, however, before a horde of large demons blocked their way. "Go!" shouted Shadowz, urging Alloyn, Sieghart, Xepher, Kaffleen and Kaithlyn on.


They reached the next two stones without obstruction, and Alloyn swiftly destroyed those. But at the last stone, three ominous shadows were cast over the group as they approached the stone.

"Sieghart, long time no see." drawled a voice, and cackles followed by two other beings.

"Ah, Muramasa. I was wondering when I would meet you again. Shall we?" replied Sieghart, and the two launched at each other, Muramasa swinging his two katanas against Sieghart's lightning swift broadsword.

"Kaffleen, you disloyal little girl. Come, join us and pledge loyalty to our lord Aria!" said a woman in blood-red robes. "Zealot, you bitch, say that again." Kaffleen spat. "Language, girl." A ball of magic leapt into life in Zealot's hand, matched by Kaffleen's own.

And last but not least...

"Ariandus? I thought you were dead." muttered Xepher.

"Well, I'm not. But you're gonna be soon!" screamed the archdemon.

"Alloyn, start busting that stone already!" commanded Sieghart as he parried three strikes and retaliated. Muramasa hissed as blood was spattered on the ground. Black blood.

Sieghart let out a yell of triumph, and brought his sword swinging round, slicing Muramasa into two pieces.

Kaffleen and Zealot were enshrouded by a crackling blue nimbus of magic. They were pouring magic into each other so much that the very air around them was warped.

Without Zealot noticing it, Kaffleen was edging closer. And when she was close enough, the angel-human hybrid drove Kunou no Yami into Zealot's stomach. Zealot screamed and shrieked, and vanished into dark smoke.

Xepher disposed of Ariandus without difficulty, as last time. Ariandus blinked as his head came cleanly off his neck. Just as his terrible countenance was twisting into anger, he evaporated.

"So much for the scariness." muttered Xepher.

Alloyn gave a "Ha!" and the last Dark Stone shattered. The force field outside Aria's massive stronghold dissipated. Alloyn dropped to the ground, utterly exhausted.

"You okay?" asked Xepher, squatting down beside her.

"Yeah, go on. The Great Dark is almost unleashed. I'll be behind you." muttered Alloyn.

Sieghart, Kaithlyn, Kaffleen and Xepher rose, and raced to the metallic and organic stronghold, aware that if they failed, the world would be doomed.