[Everyone seems so happy to see me]
Resheph's grotesque head descended toward Adam, freezing him in place. Its vaguely human shape was distorted—his mouth a massive, gaping hole lined with razor-sharp teeth curving into a mockery of a smile. Deep, hollow sockets housed flickering green flames, and his pitch-black face bore no other features.
His long, stocky legs carried him through the cathedral's doors, his filthy loincloth flapping in the breeze. Wind surged in behind him, swirling dust and despair through the hallowed space.
[Oh my, Its you. Really real guy.] Resheph said, his voice echoing through the cathedral, his voice pulsating through everyone's heads. It was so powerful that everyone in the cathedral was lifted instantly and they all tried to run as they zipped out their chairs, but immediately returned as soon as they saw the demon at the door.
Resheph's voice echoed, reverberating through the cathedral like a curse. It wasn't just heard, no, it pulsed inside everyone's heads, leaving no room for their own thoughts.
Adam noticed it immediately: "he got bigger." Resheph had been tall before, but now he was a titanic issue.
Valeria's expression twisted into badly concealed anger.
"Ariel. Dispel this vile demon," he commanded, a brilliant being of light materialized in the center of the cathedral; This was the legislator of Valeria's Haven. Staring straight at Resheph, whose toothy grin widened at her presence.
[He isn't hostile.] Ariel's flat declaration was followed by her form dispersing into particles of light that spun around the area
Valeria exhaled sharply, relief briefly crossing his face.
[Not yet Im not.] Resheph corrected, leaning closer to Adam. His sheer presence caused Adam to collapse, scrambling backward in fear.
Then, as if flipping a switch, Resheph pulled back and said,
[I'm actually here to speak to you about property insurance.] instantly, the overwhelming energy of the massive devil in front of them had vanished all at once.
'Demons shouldnt be able to crawl into the house of god' One of the scared residents of Valerias Party under the chair whispered to themselves.
"That's hilarious." Kaiser said, looking at the massive figure towering over them all inside the cathedral. Vari seemed to be sitting still staring at the altar but he was holding his Axe tightly, ready for the gesture from Kaiser and he would attack.
[Yes. Yes. This is a beautiful Cathedral you have here, would be a shame if its destroyed. You're incredibly lucky to have me and a bunch of little rats.] Resheph insisted.
Valeria staggers over to the front row of his congregation and runs his hand across the faces of all the nuns he had control over and then his Crowd Control started to work over them once more and then
they went around and touched everybody they could and then Valeria controlled most of them to sit on their chairs and stop moving.
[Crowd Control, Safe Haven summoning and a Legislator of Light all to yourself. I know Roles haven't been chosen yet, but you're shaping up to be quite the priest.] Resheph said as Valeria approached him, 2 of the nuns standing beside him with knives in their hands.
[Woah. Come on now. These aren't fighting words and this is definitely isn't a fighting chapter. Just pay attention to my address.] Resheph says as he lowered his knees to the ground and sat on the floor. His lassive frame still overarching over everyone but he seemed a little less overwhelming.
[The guys up at the goetia 72 asked me to go around explaining this bullshit to everyone because the task masters creation ran into a hiccup, but that doesn't matter. But its fine I wont Stay Docile for long. You can just read this news letter thing.] Resheph said as he threw a rolled up piece of paper at Valeria who caught it reflexively and then he stands up.
Him simply standing up released so much stench that the nuns beside Valeria had fainted even though they were under crowd control.
Kaiser gave the go and Vari flipped out the chair he was in and jumped towards Resheph but Resheph simply put his only hand out and stopped him mid air by catching him and gently placing him back to the floor.
[None of that anymore. You humans really get on my nerves.] Resheph said as he backed out the door of the cathedral and revealed that a herd of Plague discipeles were walking all around outside the church to Adam, Kaiser, Vari and Valerias surprise.
"It's fine they cant come in." Valeria ensured.
[I can.] Resheph said as he reached into the Cathedral and grabbed one of the sitting women sitting in the congregation.
Like a flame just ignited the dark despair inducing energy of the vile demon had spread again and Valeria seemed for the first time to be in tune with the emotions of others as he demanded, through her mouth before his Crowd control was lifted from her.
"no, put her down please." Valeria begged.
[No can do. Blame the really real kid for this. He took my arm.] Resheph declared as his form began to shrink down and then he ripped the hands off the shrieking woman in his palm. Ripping both limbs out in a bloody mess.
As she let out a blood curdling scream and then he grabbed her by the head with his still massive hand and then smashing her against a tree where she died on impact and then a swarm of plague disciples descended on her and tore her apart.
With the two arms he stole, he connected the fingers of the right arm to the stub of the left arm and then gripped the connection so tight that the bones shattered and welded together, a black mass seeping out the connection and then hardening, making an enlongated appandage which he slammed onto his side where his missing arm would have gone. This time a green liquid seeped out the connection and hardened and then hundreds of green vein like strings emerged from where the
connection was made and laced down the false arm and then he claimed it.
The now singular appendages with dpuble the joints and bends spread its tiny fingers open and closed. He put his real arm over his new 'Shoulder' and seemed to get a feel for the new limb.
[Wow. Worked better than I thought. I'm afraid it wont have the capabilities of my old arm though.] Resheph said, as he flipped the multiple joints of his new arm around in a disgusting show of his villainy.
"Go on. Attack him." A voice said from underneath the chair that Kaiser and Vari were leaning on looking at the devil squirm about outside.
"Oh, its you again." Kaiser said, his smile dropping a little as Five crawled out from under the chair.
Adam turned his head slightly to Five but she stuck a tongue out to him and crawled up Kaisers lengthy body and with her claws held on tightly to his clothes.
"Should I Attack?" Vari asked Kaiser.
Kaiser simply shook his head with a 'You will die' look on his face which Vari understood completely.
"Old man Vall, you have the most stupid Legislator I've ever fucking seen." Vari addressed as Reshephs new arm reached into the church and grabbed another woman from the congregation by her hair, dragging her out the door to Velerias continued dismay.
From the look on his face he was trying to summon The Legislator of his safe Haven but only sparks would fly and then die down, it was not responding.
[Soon, The angels of death will nuke all of the zeroth circle. And when that happens, only those covered by the blood will survive. So let me help you.] Resheph said standing outside the Cathedral with a woman in his hands as everyone in the cathedral watched on in fear.
Resheph slammed the woman on the floor incredibly hard once and then walloped her against the wall over the massive doors of the church and then proceeded to continuously scrub her corpse over the door in an arch.
A red jagged line now marked the entrance to the cathedral.
[There. like lambs blood. I hope you like-] Resheph tried to say but a massive pillar of light blasted through the door of the church and connected squarely with him.
"You shouldn't be able to do this." Valeria said as he charged up another one of his beam blasts by bracing his fist as he walked closer to the gate and then letting it off once again before the dust from the last one had settled.
"Begone you foul demon. Depart from this place." Valeria said confidently as it seemed Resheph had shrank more, the chain on his other real hand now dragging against the floor as he walked out the dust and straight into the church.
but as he did he drove the palm of his new false arm straight into Valerias Chest and it pushed Valeria so far that he slammed through the stained glass behind the altar and ended up in an upper accomodation room in the higher floor of the cathedral.
[I am able to do this. As long as I'm not hostile within this stupid haven. If I start the swing for a hostile
attack, and stop being hostile as I walk in, the swing will still be in full effect.. You need to be very specific with your rules Valeria. Devil's like me know all the loopholes] Resehph said as he walked deeper into the cathedral making everyone off of Valerias command to step back a few times to stay out of reach from Resheph.
"Tired of this" Vari sighed under his breathe as he grabbed his axe and started to walk towards Resheph who was now well inside the cathedral, almost like he had forgotten his last attack being easily shook off..
[Ha! A church in hell] Resheph ridiculed as he reached around the church with his lengthy arms touching everything.
Kaiser put his hand on Varis shoulder to try stop him but Vari pushed off and kept walking towards the demon.
Resheph grabbed on to Adam who had seemed to have fully passed out from his own petrification.
[Where's my arm?] Resheph asked as he held Adam upside down by his legs. The massive arm not wrapped on his back at that time.
Kaiser seemed to be surprised as he turned around and saw five open up a hatch along the corner of the churches walls and force the arm inside of it.
Vari got close enough and as he swung his Axe on the bare back of the devil in their midsts, the axe seemed to snap cleanly off its hilt.
Resheph turned around, threw Adam against a wall and swung down his massive arm on Vari in an instant before he could even comprehend what was happening.
A black ribbon seemed to zip through the air, wrap around Varis leg and pull him out of harms way before the arm could slap down on him. The same thing happening to Adams limp body as the two are pulled towards Valery, who had executed this flawless save,
"Insufferable" Valeria said as he closed his eyes and in a rush never before seen through his Crowd control he made all but three of his people run around Resheph and up the stairs to their accomodation rooms, not without a handful of women and 3 other children being grabbed by the Devil and in a twisted turn of events, crushed within his hands and their corpses flung about, soiling the inside of this holy environment.
[This is so much fun.]