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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7: enchained

Zeke left Valery at the court yard heading to the dungeon where Olivia was imprisoned. He commands the guards to bring in

chains and handcuffs inside the cell. Valery had a bad feeling when she had the sound of chains, she sneaks her out of the palace running to the locksmith's stall. She gets a master key so she could open the doors of Zelda.

Zeke opened the cell got closer to Olivia as she tried to move away from him as fast the r as possible, but the bars prevented her freedom. Zeke drags her hand with force as she tried to free herself, but she couldn't Zeke was too powerful.

Zeke tossed her over his head to stop her momentum. Olivia's body bounced off the ground she could feel her bones cracking and there was nothing she could do but just cooperate. Zeke's guards lifted Olivia back to her feet leaning her body on the wall. Each gaurd spread her arms open locked on chains on each hand. Her feet were handcuffed restricting her from moving.

She was entirely locked in the cell not given enough room to move. Was this the beginning of her end? She began to worry about her party, how they were coping with Hades?

Zeke grabs a bucket of water and tossed it to Olivia. Her body started shaking while going through the pain. She was damned to see Zeke punishing her, she felt fable her fighting spirit has shrunk. The only option she had is crossing her fingers hanging her heart in the balance at the middle of her chest. Zeke left her at the cell and meets with Orion at Kings county. Orion to a knee embracing his majesty.

" Your Majesty I'm dwelled to tell you that Hungary has been seized by the alpha pack it all going according to the plan quite smooth, Mark, has been cooperating well with us," said Orion.

" You've proven yet again to be my loyal protege. We'll execute our next plan and send the army of fallen Angels to stop Patterman's crew from sabotaging," replied Zeke.

" Y-Yes, it shall be done with immediate effect," said Orion.

Orion blows the great horn crafted from elephant tusk calling upon the army of fallen angels who flew on the air in large numbers. Orion led them to the ruined lands searching for any living mortal that dared to trespass Zelda. Cosmo's coven heard sounds of flapping wings behind the cave, they warned it was army out on the lookout for him and the party.

"What's happening out there," asked Damien.

"It's the fallen Angels, their looking for us," answered Cosmo.

" We just have to fight back with all we've got, then make it past the gates," whined Victor.

" Easy for you to say. Challenging to execute," said Emelia.

" My coven will assist you guys with the fallen, I'll takedown, Zeke," said Cosmo.

Cosmo opens the cave firing back with his coven assisted by Olivia's party. Orion launches himself on Cosmo, both rolling like a ragdoll on the ground.

" O-Orion," said Cosmo

"C-Cosmo," said Orion

" You have been fighting for Zeke all these years, what has he given you in return? "Asked Cosmo.

"Zeke has honored me as his loyal protege in the presence of Zelda, I've always been loyal to him, I will continue to fight for him till death," replied Orion.

" Take a look at what's happening right now, Zeke has overthrown the king into the river of forgetfulness, and proclaimed himself king," said Cosmo.

" I know that very well, I just don't understand why you've turned your back against us," replied Orion.

" Zeke has blindfolded you, Orion," said Cosmo.

" I'll take this opportunity to bring your head along with me! " Orion draws his sword challenging Cosmo to a duel.

Orion swung his sword at Cosmo's midsection, in the nick of time Cosmo blocks it with his sword. Orion wasn't expecting that reaction, quick as lightning. Orion took a couple of steps back creating some space between them. Both men ran towards each other with their swords in hand rattling against each other.

"You're quick on your feet, great reflexes you have there," Orion praises Cosmo.

" I won't hold back till I take you down," replied Cosmo.

" If my normal form can't take you down then I'll give you my best self," said Orion.

He closes his eyes, drops his sword to the ground. He breaks a horn off his head, swallowed it inside him.

The ground cracks open lava boiling beneath them. Orion's bat-like wings grew had spiky ends. Orion morphed into a demon fueled with the rage and growing hatred he had for Cosmo. With a determined look on his, he breathed out internal flames burning down Cosmo's cave till nothing was left behind.

" Those are the black internal flames. They burn for eternity nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now," said Orion.

" Don't forget you're not invincible," replied Cosmo.

Orion shot spiky horns at Cosmo and the party stood behind Emelia's magic shield watching Orion release the rage of his power. His power obliterated everything that stood in its way. The magic shield could withstand it thanks to the wand. Once the process ended the party fought the remaining army of the fallen angels leaving Cosmo with another duel on his hands. Orion thrusts his sword at Cosmo's using his force to grind in.

" Damien look at Cosmo, so skillful with the sword," said Rosé

" We shouldn't interfere in his battles!" replied Damien.

Two fallen angels landed close to the siblings, Malissa shot a series of arrows from her bow aiming at the first angel. Victor tossed his ax at the nape of the second angel beheading it.

" You fellas gotta focus your minds we are in the middle of a battle here," Victor said accusingly.

The two siblings took on a group of angels by themselves. Victor seemed impressed by the chemistry the siblings had hoped that he could develop one with Emelia using her wand as the upper hand wiping out every last Angel with the reverse push spell. Victor felt proud of Emelia for being able to protect him from harm.

All he wanted to do was impress her as much as he can. Victor took a gamble with his life, standing forward behind Orion, with the pair of axes in his hand, he jumped high lashing the axes at the shoulders of Orion chopping off his wings.

Emelia was indeed impressed with Victor's display, she wasn't expecting the guts he had neither did Orion. Losing his wings was a disadvantage for him. Cosmo called the party for backup. He needed them to lend him the strength to defeat the demonic figure.

He embraced Rosé's Swordsmanship on display watching her slice rocks Orion threw into pieces. He could tell that she had mastered kenjutsu back on Earth, the movement and variations caught his eyes by surprise.

" Listen up! Rosé and I will destruct Orion, the of you should stand back and watch how it's done," said Cosmo.

" Let's do this!" Rosé replies with excitement fill in her. Damien gave her the chance to combat alone without him. He wanted to see her evolution in kenjutsu, stepped aside, and watched his dear sister team up with Cosmo he was thinking a lot about how they will coordinate.

Cosmo and Rosé stood next to each other linking their fingers together confusing Orion.

" Are you ready to show them what you can do ?" asked Damien.

" I'm ready," she said.

Both dashed their feet bracing their swords slashing Orion's arms disconnecting them from his body. Orion collapsed down to the ground unable to regenerate his body due to using too much power when he maneuvered the horn shooting ability. Before Cosmo could finish him off he whispered a few words into Orion's ears.

" It's shouldn't have ended this way," he said.

" Cosmo... thank you for freeing me,"

Cosmo ruthlessly pierced the sword through the heart of Orion blood streamed down the ground red velvet in color Rosé hung her mouth open supprised by the words uttered by Orion. Orion played dead free from Zeke's commands. He served Zeke for his entire life now that it has come to an end his fate lies at the hands of Hades. The time had come for him to pay for his misdeeds at the lake of fire.

" We are heading straight to Zelda, I've got to stop my brother from unifying the living with the dead," said Cosmo.

Cosmo and the party got to the kingdom of Zelda within two hours of walk. The kingdom was surrounded by flames around it except for the entrance. Once the gates open there's no escape until the ruler I defeated.

The clash of the living and the dead shall conclude which of the world was indomitable with the reputation of Hades on the line Zeke would stop at nothing to kill his brother and redefine his existence as the most powerful vampire in history.

Zeke paced his chamber back and forth wondering what could have possibly happened to Orion. His most loyal that Orion became his protege. He kept getting a strange feeling that something bad was going to happen. He sensed his brother was returning to Zelda back to dethroned him and bring the kingdom down to its knees.

Zeke orders the rogue vampires to tighten the security around the palace despite knowing it wouldn't be enough to stop Cosmo. He was ready to face his brother after all those years. Zeke held

A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used, derives from the original mace used as a weapon. Processions often feature maces, Zeke's mace is made to cause nothing but pure destruction.

He keeps Royal weapons such as crowns, scepters, orbs, swords, ceremonial maces, and rings, all usually in gold or silver-gilt and heavily decorated with precious and semi-precious gemstones, in styles that go back to the Middle Ages. 

Zeke held a scepter summoning the demons of Zelda to lurk around his kingdom stopping Cosmo from ever reaching him.

Olivia's party opened the spellbook reading about demons.

After their spiritual decay is complete, demons develop supernatural abilities. It is unknown how demons' powers increase. However, it seems they do not gain it purely from age.

Demons possess superior physical strength much superior to humans; capable of physically overpowering them. Demons can also overpower most monsters. Once, lower demons can overpower hives of vampires and even kill a wendigo without the use of fire. Also, lower demons can slaughter small armies of humans and rip humans to pieces with ease.

Demons can be destroyed by holy fire and water as it burns their vessels or by the pronouncing of the word ' Christos. Angel blades are capable of killing most demons. Demons could be restrained and harmed by magic, and at least two spells.