Blood flowed through the streets of Segres as men and creatures of darkness fought. Swords clashed, heads were cut off, blood flew and muskets malfunctioned blowing up into the cultist's faces and setting off fires. All around bodies piled up, the fires spread and the stench of death loomed.
At the castle entrance, a group of 5 moved. Kicking down the broken inner castle gate that led to the inner courtyard the group of five men were met with a grueling sight.
All around the courtyard were corpses of naked men, women and children. Some hung from a tree, others were impaled on spears as their blood was used to draw some strange symbols on the walls around them. And the smell was horrendous making the men want to spill their guts out.
Putting a hand to his nose Zohan said with disgust. " By Allah, what sort of a monster could have done this? All these young beautiful souls lost."
Jesus watched this scene in stunned disbelief. One by one he looked at all the faces there making sure none belonged to his loved ones.
At the same time, the other 3 soldiers got on their knees and started to pray while Zohan walked over to an impaled girls body. With his curved blade, he cut the spear and grabbed the girls body and set her to the ground gently.
The girl no more than 6 years of age had a fist-size hole where her heart should have been. The girl had a terrified expression on her face. Her eyes and mouth were wide open. Zohan could still see tier drops in the corner of her eyes. Her death had clearly not been peaceful.
With a sorrowful expression, Zohan wiped the tears from her eyes and closed her eyes and mouth, as he said. "Rest in peace now beautiful girl and find peace in the arms of Allah. I swear as the Zohan to find the one who has done this and avenge you and everyone else here. This inhumane monster must pay."
Then Zohan turned to his men and said. "Why are you just sitting around praying? Come and help me lay these poor souls to rest."
Seeing so many innocent young children killed, Jesus felt his heartache. He too wanted to give the children a proper burial, but there was no time. Jesus steeled his heart and walked over to Zohan who had started to dig a small grave and said to him. "Leave them. There is no time. While we stand here the others are back there fighting against those vile creatures of darkness."
With that said Jesus advanced towards the other side of the courtyard where the lords hall lay.
Zohan wanted to say something but he too knew Jesus to be right. In frustration, he put a hand on the girls head and swore silently in his heart that he would return to bury her after his job was done here. Then with a sigh, he got up and said to his men. "Jesus is right. We do not have time for this. Lets first finish what we came here for and then lay these poor souls to rest."
Then without another word, they all stacked up next to the door listening for any sounds from the inside. After a moment of listening all they could hear was silence as only sounds of battle further away in the town could be heard. Then without further hesitation, Jesus grabbed the metal handle of the door and with brute strength opened it and rushed inside ready for a battle followed by Zohan and the 3 soldiers.
What awaited them inside was a dimly lit room with pillars on each side, each pillar held a blue banner with one white star in the middle of it. In the middle of the hall, there was a red carpet stretching from the door all the way to the throne. And there on the throne, they could see a massive a little over 2 meters tall black stone demon with one horn. He wore black armor like the other cultists the only exception was that he wore no helmet, letting everyone clearly see his black face and red eyes.
Like a shark from the deep sea, it bore out its teeth as it smiled and spoke with a demonic voice that sounded like two entities were speaking at the same time. "Welcome to my domain. By the look of it, you have already met my servants. Oh, please tell me what you thought about the little art piece I left outside for you. I mean let me tell you it was not easy making that thing. The bodies just did not want to stay in place and kept sliding down the spears."
Stepping forward Zohan roared out. "You monster! You will pay for what you have done!"
Looking as if he was confused the Demon said. "Oh, I thought it was quite a beautiful piece of art and anyway, what does it even matter? Children, adults or old people what does it matter when one short human life comes to an end? 10, 30 or 60 years all are but insignificant drops in the face of history. So what does it matter how or when they have died? In the end, their lives would never have amounted to anything anyway. But now that I have killed them their lives have had a real impact on this world, a real purpose. Through them, I have gained strength and time. Time to change history, time to see humanity's fate change and to reverse the doom that awaits us all."
At these words, something clicked into place in Jesus mind and then he spoke. "Marino! It's you, isn't it? I should have known. All those years ago something happened. You changed. At first, I thought it was nothing but you becoming a man. But now I see that I was wrong. Something evil has taken hold of you and driven you to do these unspeakable things."
As if annoyed the Demon Marino stood up from his throne causing the Arabs to step back out of fear as Marino then spoke. "Oh, come on father. Enough with your medieval religious nonsense. I am Marino, there is no other. All that happened over 4 years ago was me awakening into reality and realizing my full potential. Father stop and use your head for once and just look at how far I have come, how far the Colombo family has risen. I am the most powerful human on earth and soon to be ruler of Iberia and after that even further beyond. All will come to know and respect the Colombo family name for all of eternity."
Before Marino could continue Jesus said. "You are insane Marino. This time you have gone too far in your endless lust for power. I should have put an end to these insane fantasies of yours years ago, but I was too weak. I apologise Marino I have truly failed you as a father. There truly is no more hope of redemption for you left and so I will do what I must to end this madness once and for all."
As Jesus took up a fighting stance as did Zohan and his men behind Jesus, Marino sighed in annoyance and said. "Aaa, why must you all be so stubborn and short-sighted! Can you not see the genius in my plan? Once all is under my rule I will bring peace, freedom and justice to all and it will be good. The end will justify the means I promise you that Father, just join me and make this easy."
Only seeing a deep frown on his father's face and no response to his words Marino's face turned ugly as he said. "Fine then, if you truly wish to defy me then I guess I'll just have to beat some sense into you and put you behind bars with Mother. Maybe spending some quality time with Mother behind bars will bring some sense into that stubborn head of yours."
With a grin on his face, Marino flexed and like a gorilla beat his fists on his steel chest plate in a show of strength. The room echoed with hard thumps sending fear into the 4 men behind Jesus. Unknown to all but Marino 4 eyes watched this all happen from a sofa in the corner of the room.
With nervous sweat running down Zohan's face he said to Jesus. "You know before I spoke about defeating him and getting all the glory for myself. But since you are the father why don't you take the lead, we will be right behind you. Of course, you will get most of the glory, I don't mind, hehe."
Then from next to his throne Marino grabbed a two-handed sword and unsheathed it. Then without a word, he moved fast taking two steps and then leaped into the air, fracturing the stone floor under himself as he did so.
" Move! " Jesus managed to yell as he ducked out of the way.
The Arabs though a bit slower than Jesus jumped out of the way also, as Marino came down with two hands on his sword. Then like a 350 Kilogram boulder Marino landed with a thunderous stone crackling sound cracking the stone floor under him. Stone rubble and men were tossed into the air from the force of the impact. The closest Arabic man named Nasir being only a meter away was tossed half a meter into the air.
As Nasir flew into the air he could see that black demon's glowing eyes turn to look at him and then he saw those shark-like teeth grin. After that, the demon's left arm moved bringing the blade straight toward him, intending to slice him from head to toe. All this happened in less than a blink of an eye.
Like a video film, Nasir's whole life flashed before his eyes. All those memories of the good, the bad, what he was, what he could have been, his family, his wife and children. He felt fear, regret and most of all sadness knowing the pain his death would bring his loved ones. Then as the blade was about to end him. In his mind, a picture of all his loved ones was shown where they all looked at him in concern begging him not to go. It was the picture from before he had departed on this foolish quest with the Zohan.
Then right as the blade started to cut into his helmet he felt something pulling him away, It felt like someone had tied a rope to his waist and was now pulling it. His eyes widened in surprise as he was pulled a meter back out of the path of the blade.
As Nasir hit the ground and the other Arabs were picking themselves off the floor, Marino gritted his teeth in frustration having missed his target while Jesus charged towards him. Angered by his father Marino answered back with his own powers. With his sword in his left hand, Marino lifted his right hand intending to send a powerful force wave towards Jesus.
Feeling the power gathering in Marino's hand Jesus halted and did the same as Marino.
As Marino roared and sent out a force wave, Jesus did the same. The two powerful forces collided and the air crackled, the ground shook and then a powerful ball of force formed and blew up outwards.
The Floor under the ball of force shattered into rubble sending it and everything in a 3-meter radius flying. From the direction where Jesus entered the room, Marino was tossed hard towards the left wall and Jesus to the right. One Arab soldier was tossed towards the left side hitting a stone pillar hard while everyone else flew backward with Jesus.
As Marino hit the left side wall hard it cracked from the impact, breaking chunks of stone off of the wall. Marino fell to one knee and grunted in anger. Then he looked up and to his left, he could see an Arabian soldier picking himself up slowly off of the ground. Clearly, the man was in pain from the hard impact despite his armor.
Seeing this Marino picked up a fist-sized piece of stone off the ground and with a grin tossed it towards the man. Like a bullet, the stone whistled through the air and then hit the man hard in his side. The man's mail armor gave way and bent under the impact. His ribs cracked and were pushed into his lungs, piercing them and causing the body to go into sudden shock. The shock and impact on the mail armor traveled far, all the way to the man's heart resulting in a sudden heart attack.
In pain, the man clenched his chest as only breathless words and blood came from his mouth. The life in the man's eyes started to fade as tiers formed in them.
Seeing this scene from the other side of the room, Zohan yelled. " No, Saad! Ant wahash! " Gripping his sword and small metallic shield in anger, Zohan got up and charged towards Marino in rage.
Further away Jesus saw this and yelled. " No! Don't do it! "
As Zohan Charged his two surviving soldiers took out their composite bows and let loose arrows. With great skill and precision, the arrows flew past Zohan and straight towards Marino's chest.
Like rocks hitting an immovable boulder, the arrows simply ricochet off Marino's black chest plate armor, causing minor scrapes to form on it. Grinning Marino looked down arrogantly towards the shorter man as he charged at him. With quick movements, Marino lifted his sword and swung it down words intending to cut the man in half.
Seeing this Zohan sidestepped to the right barely dodging the blade. As he did so Marino kicked his left leg forward towards him. Seeing this Zohan bent his legs and body backward narrowly missing the leg and with his running momentum from before carrying him forward slid under Marino.
As Marino's foot kicked the air he turned his head towards the smaller man in surprise and then he heard him say. " The Zohan! " Then he felt a stinging pain in his right leg as the man's blade cracked his stone skin and drew blood, though the blade did not go deep.
Surprised by the toughness of the skin Zohan's eyes widened and then he saw the back of Marino's right fist coming straight toward his head as Marino spun around. Once again through his years of training and experience, he managed to bend his body narrowly missing the fist as it flew over his head with a swishing sound.
Then unseen by him Marino's left leg came straight towards his stomach as Marino did a Roundhouse kick. All Zohan saw was the ceiling as he felt his chest armor cave in and his ribs break under immense force, knocking the air out of him and sending him flying for a few meters.
" Pathetic. " Said Marino in disdain. Then from his right, he felt danger heading his way. Quickly lifting his sword with one hand on the handle and the other holding the blade. Without looking he moved it into the path of the incoming hammer of Jesus.
The hammer's long handle hit the blade, stopping the hammer's head just a little short of Marino's chest pushing him back as it did. Marino slid across the stone floor as he felt two other arrows impact him on the right side shoulder armor, distracting him a little.
Then Jesus brought his hammer back around and smashed it straight into Marino's chest. His armor cracked and bent as he staggered to the left and gritted his teeth in pain.
Angered Marino counterattacked with a sideways swing from his sword but before it could hit Jesus thrust his hammer forward, hitting Marino straight in his face and staggering him backward.
How is he so strong? Marino thought to himself in frustration. Then he felt the hammer strike the left side of his face shattering his skin, causing blood to spew out of the gaps.
Then came another blow to his chest, denting the armor and sending him stumbling against the left side wall.
Marino was completely stunned not understanding what was going on as then he heard his father speak. " Your power has blinded you. You lack skill and only rely on your strength, It makes you weak. "
Weak, weak, weak these words rang out in Marino's head as another familiar voice spoke to him once more in his mind. " Give in to your anger, let it flow through you. Use it to kill, slaughter and destroy then the power you desire will be yours. "
Hearing these words in his head Marino's eyes flashed as he said. " Yes, you're right! I need more! "
Confused at these words Jesus stepped back as he felt something change in Marino. Then Marino roared in rage sending out waves of energy as he did so. As the energy hit Jesus his body froze as if some great unseen force held him in place.
In a blind rage, Marino punched his right fist straight toward Jesus head. Seeing this Jesus gritted his teeth and with all his willpower and strength in his body managed to move his arms in front of his face.
The force of Marinos's fists impacting his plated arms shattered the golden armor and sent Jesus flying backward. Jesus flew straight into a pillar hitting his head hard on it, stunning him for a little.
Seeing his attack fail to hit its mark Marino roared in anger and then stopped as he sensed 2 more arrows coming towards his face. Annoyed he dodged them with ease and then decided to start charging towards the 2 Arabic men with bows.
The ground shook and broke under Marino's weight as he charged like a mad bull sword in hand toward the Arabic men on the right side of the hall.
Seeing this scene the soldier named Basma froze in fear as he muttered to himself, something in Arabic. " liusaeidani Allah. "
Then before Nasir standing next to Basma could even blink 3 times, Marino ran his sword straight through Basma lifting him into the air as he did. In shock, Basma dropped his bow and grabbed a hold of the sword with all his might as his body slid down its length. He tried to scream but only muffled sounds and blood came from his mouth.
Seeing this Nasir stepped back in fear as he watched his friend being killed by the demon named Marino.
Marino looked into the dying man's eyes as he took his right hand off the sword and put his fingers together forming something like a spear and then he thrust his hand towards the man's heart. With ease his hand went through the armor and chainmail underneath digging into the flesh and grabbing a hold of the heart.
Then with a quick pull, he ripped out the man's still beating heart as he watched the life fade from his eyes. Tossing the body with his sword still implanted in it aside he quickly and happily consumed the heart. Licking his lips he then turned his gaze to the other man.
As Marino moved to grab the man, Nasir woke up from his stunned state and jumped backward. In mid-air as he fell towards the ground Nasir having his bow and arrow in hand aimed and sent loose a quick shot towards the demon's neck.
As Nasir's back hit the ground the arrow being too close for Marino to dodge in time was struck. The arrow planted itself into his neck painfully. ' Aaaaaa! You fuking piece of shit! ' Marino yelled in pain as he bent down and smashed Nasir's head in, killing him instantly.
Feeling energized Marino stood back up and then heard his father's angry yell come from his left. " Marino! "
Feeling powerful after killing the men Marino grinned as his father attacked him once more. This time though he was unarmed Marino decided to test his strength and took his father's hammer blows on with his arms as his shields.
Holding his arms in front of his body the hammer struck them causing pain and cracking his black stone skin. But the pain only made him feel more alive as he then struck right back at his father.
Skilfully his father dodged his right hook once more. But immediately after he did a short jab with his left fist towards his father's armored chest. With a hard metallic bang sound Marino managed to finally land a clean hit.
The golden armor got a small dent as Jesus winced in pain from the impact. But then immediately after he counter-attacked and struck Marino once more.
While the father and son exchanged blows and fought fiercely against one another. At the same time, In the left corner of the room, Zohan was coughing out blood as he pushed himself up on shaky legs. Wiping blood from his mouth he said. "Damn, that hurt. That man hits much harder than my wives do."
Looking up he could see the two fighting in the middle of the room. And next to them, he could see his slain men. Looking at the fierce battle he was unsure of what he could do in his state to help and that is when he saw them.
On the other side of the room in the dark, he could see the outlines of what by the look of it could only be two beautiful curvy women with chains attached to the wall.
Seeing this his manly instincts kicked in and he immediately knew what to do. Picking up his sword from the ground Zohan started to shakily move toward the women. "Do not worry ladies the Zohan is here." He said weakly as the women's bright blue eyes turned to look at him from the dark.
Coming to the women's side Zohan looked at them in wonder as they looked at him as well in curiosity. He had never seen women with such pointy ears and perfect faces with big, bright eyes. Their ears resembled that of the Dark Ones but being as beautiful as they were they couldn't have been evil like they were, Zohan thought.
Looking down he could see their pregnant bellies. Seeing this brought horrifying images that flashed through his mind as he imagined what the women had most likely been through. Shaking his head he pushed the images away and said. "Don't worry ladies. I'm gonna get you out of here, even if it's the last thing this broken body of mine does." Then without a second thought, he crouched down and started to hack at the chains with his sword.
Seeing this the women looked at each other in concern and then the one on the left spoke with a bit of a broken Portuguese accent. "No, do not. If you break it he will kill us."
Hearing their angelic voice was like music to Zohan's ears. With a big smile on his face turned to them and said. "I understand that you are scared. But just look behind me. That guy fighting over there is really strong. His without a doubt going to win. All we need to do is just walk on out of here as they fight. And besides I don't think its even safe to stay here. If they keep on fighting like that I fear they are going to bring the whole roof crashing down on us."
Then as Zohan went back to breaking the chains the women looked at each other for a moment and just nodded in agreement to one another.
Suddenly a warm glow enveloped Zohan and he started to feel his bones move back together. Gritting his teeth in pain Zohan said. "Allah, what is this?"
Hearing this the bustier woman on the left said with a warm tone of voice. "Stay still for a moment. I'm healing you. I'm sorry If it hurts, but it's the best that I can do." At the same time, the other Elf used a small concentrated beam of fire to cut through the chains.
Feeling himself able to move once more Zohan was relieved but tired. Though the healing magic was strong it couldn't bring back his lost blood vessels causing the weaknesses from the loss of blood to still be in effect.
Then as the other elf cut the last chain Zohan was about to start moving and that's when the smaller elf on the right spoke. "Wait, we cannot leave yet. There are still others trapped here."
As Zohan questioned the women on this matter, the building shook intensely. Jesus used the stone pillars as cover while Marino kept breaking them apart, as he kept on missing Jesus with his blows.
By now most of Jesus's armor lay on the floor broken, causing Jesus to dodge more and more as he didn't want to take Marino's hits head-on.
Jumping back to dodge Marino's strike Jesus felt his back hit a still-standing stone pillar. Then as another strike came his way he ducked down. Marino's fist missed Jesus head, instead crashing into the stone pillar behind Jesus blowing a chunk of it off and causing stone dust to fly.
By now the air was full of stone dust from the pillars making it hard for everyone to see or breathe in the room.
Stuck between Marino and the pillar, Jesus used his hammer to shove Marino away causing him to stagger back a step.
Almost immediately he stopped and regained his balance and sent a hard straight kick to his father's stomach.
With great force, Jesus went flying through the already damaged pillar and landed with a backward roll close to the entrance to the hall.
Marino smiled as he looked through the dust cloud and saw that his father was hurt. Jesus spit out some blood as he pushed himself back up ready to continue the fight.
Seeing his father hammer in hand and still even after such a long fight in great fighting condition, Marino felt a little proud but frustrated at the same time.
He was quite surprised to see his father like this. Despite all the inhumane upgrades to his body sending his physical abilities to a level that no normal man could ever hope to reach.
Despite this, his father holding the same human body that he had before somehow managed to match him in almost every way physically.
Did his father know of some secret technique to get stronger, why hadn't he ever told him of this he thought.
With a questioning tone of voice Marino spoke to Jesus. "How is it father that you are this strong? How did you obtain this power for yourself?"
Wiping blood from his lips, Jesus sneered and said. "Unlike you, I stayed true to god and he saw it fit to grant me this blessing."
Annoyed by the answer Marino said. "Bull shit father! There is no god the..." Marino stopped midsentence as he saw his father's eyes look somewhere behind him and then he felt a presence behind himself.
As Marino was about to turn around something jumped against his back. Then before he could react to this he felt two armored hands reach around his neck as if intending to hug him. That's when Marino realized in a panic that there was still the damn archers arrow implanted in his neck.
The hands grabbed a hold of the arrow and a shout could be heard from the man on Marino's back as he pushed the arrow into Marino's neck. " This ones for Nasir! Die you Demon! "
As Marino tried to grab a hold of the man on his back with both hands, he felt the arrow pierce his muscles.
Seeing Zohan struggling to hold on and push the arrow deeper as Marino flailed around crazily, Jesus leaped into action.
Deciding to stop Marino's frantic movements Jesus brought his hammer down on Marino's right knee. The blow struck hard immediately forcing Marino to one knee out of pain.
Then as he was about to strike Marino's other knee, Marino pushed out his hands towards his father and sent him flying with a powerful force wave.
While Marino was distracted by this Zohan used the opportunity to get a firmer grip on the arrow and then he pushed it in further.
Marino's red eyes widened in panic as he felt the arrow move through his neck muscles and veins straight into his windpipe. As the arrow pierced the windpipe Marino choked. Blood flooded his throat and his airflow was cut off.
Now in a complete state of panic, Marino finally managed to grab Zohans arms that held onto the arrow.
Zohan struggled against his grip with all his might. But under Marino's inhumane physical strength, the Zohan faltered and lost.
Like tossing a bag of rice into your father's face. The Zohan flew over Marino and the hall, straight into Jesus who with good intentions tried to grab Zohan and cushine his fall.
As the two men were thrown back and slid across the floor Marino pulled the arrow out his neck, sending blood flying all around. Covering the wound with one hand he then started to run towards a side door next to the exit.
"Fuck! I can't believe this! Me retreating and all because of some fucking normal dood! No wait, I'm not retreating. This is but a tactical withdrawal to some more tactical location. Yes, that's it! Hahahaha! Soon my regeneration abilities will kick in once more and then I will show them who is boss." Marino thought of this in his mind as he ran.
With Zohan laying a top Jesus he quickly pushed himself up first only to see Marino running away. Seeing Marino running while holding his throat, clearly hurt. Zohan picked drew his sword and said. "Hey, his getting away! Quickly get up let's go after him!"
As Marino ran into the other room, Jesus got up. Putting a hand on Zohans shoulder as he said calmly. "Calm yourself, it's not over yet. He is heading for the stairways that lead to the castle walls. Most likely he intends to ambush us there. So let's take it easy and watch out for any traps."
After nodding in agreement Zohan followed behind Jesus as they moved towards the stairwell.
Running up the stairs Marino kept leaving behind many stains of blood. His neck was bleeding and he felt dizzy as hardly any air or blood was traveling to his head.
Opening the uppermost door he exited out onto the castle walls. He felt out of breath and he could taste blood in his mouth. His vision blurred and his legs shook as he felt weakness overtaking his body.
Walking slowly along the wall he held onto the battlements as he then collapsed onto his knees. Blood flew out his mouth as he thought to himself. "What's going on here? Why am I not healing? Surely by now with all my power that should be something doable for me, right? No, it can't end here. I refuse to believe that everything would just come to an end like this."
Then he heard the door behind him opening once more. Turning to look he could see his father and the other man standing there. Now for the first time I'm a long while he suddenly felt chills in his body. He felt fear as he imagined his father's hammer coming crashing down on his head and ending his life. It hadn't even been 5 years since his reincarnation and it all seemed to be coming to an end so soon.
Then suddenly his blurry vision turned dark and a somewhat familiar soothing lullaby could be heard. All his pain and worries were taken away and he started to feel sleepy.
Adjusting his head on his pillow he felt comfortable as a blanket was put over him gently.
Then as if realizing that something wasn't right Marino opened his sleepy eyes. Surprised he now found himself in the baby crib of his previous life. His body was soft and warm, he was baby Jack once more.
Looking over to the source of the lullaby he could see his previous lifes mother with a gentle smile watching over him.
Seeing this he was surprised and tried to speak but only lots of baby noises came out of his mouth.
Seeing this his mother placed a finger on his mouth and said. "Sysh Jack. Do not speak my little brave boy. You have already done enough and now it is time for you to go a sleep and let Mother take it from here."
Hearing this Marino wanted to protest, he still had so many things left for him to do. So many things left to see and experience. But then his mother stopped him once more and said. "That's enough Jack. Now be a good boy and go a sleep and let Mother take care of the rest. Ok?"
Nodding his head Marino said with a surprisingly clear tone of voice. "Ok Mother."
Then his mother's face turned a little bit ugly as she said. "No Jack, say it clearly. Will you trust Mother and let her take it from here?"
Confused by this Marino hesitated. But seeing as it was his mother speaking he said. "Yes mother, I will be a good boy and trust you to take it from here."
Then he saw it, the white ceiling behind his mother changed. Now it was the same view that he had seen just a moment before in the real world. There he could see through a hazy vision his father Jesus standing as if frozen in time.
Then as Marino was lost in thought and started to feel sleepy once more his mother spoke with a scary tone of voice. "You truly are such a good and weak little boy. Now let me in and die!"
Confused by this he looked to his mother whose eyes suddenly turned pitch black and then her whole body turned to black smoke. Like a vacuum sucking in dust the black smoke flew into Marino's Nose and mouth suffocating him as it did so.
Quickly it spread all around his body. As Marino struggled to breathe his eyes started to turn pitch black and his vision faded. The last thing he could feel was his beating heart turn heavy and cold as if the fire that burned inside him that drove him forward had been snuffed out. Then the last thing he could see was his father charging at him with his hammer and then darkness.
Then right as Jesus was about to bring his hammer upon Marino a powerful gust of wind pushed him back. Jesus tried to push against it but found it to be too strong and he was forced back to the tower entrance from where he had come.
Zohan hid in the tower as the wind blew fiercely all across the walls, seemingly leaving Marino alone as they seemed to circle around him.
The wind formed into a small but tall hurricane around Marino. It reached all the way up into the clouds. The clouds started to move and form into thick dark rain clouds.
In all nearby lands, people watched this sight in superstitious horror praying to god that this was not the sign of the end.
Then as rain started to fall, lighting struck as well and a dark ball of smoke formed around Marino.
Coming inside the tower out of the rain Jesus took cover as Zohan asked. "By Allah, what's going on here?"
Looking at his cracked armour Jesus decided to take it off, leaving his entire upper body exposed. All he now wore was his golden armoured pants and boots. Using his hammer as a support Jesus leaned out of the doorway and looked at the black ball and said seriously. " I have no idea what that is. But it cannot be anything good for us. I can sense something dark and evil within it, different from before. It's a lot stronger."
Then suddenly the wind stopped while the lighting and rain raged on. The dark ball then exploded outward in a thick black fog and revealed what was hidden inside.
Standing there on the wall was now a tall and muscular human-like figure with white skin and two red horns. The only clothing it wore was the same black pants that Marino had before. Gone was everything else as it stood there barefooted. It looked into the distance where the battle was being fought and then turned to them. It's eyes were as black as night with white pupils.
As their eyes locked onto one another Jesus felt an immense pressure hit him. His danger senses kicked in, warning him of an immediate danger.
Zohan seeing this scene as well was nervously sweating as he said. "Oh shit, it's got two horns now. That not good right? What should we do now? Hey, where are you..."
As Zohan spoke Jesus without a word gripped his hammer tight and charged out the doorway. Zohan was left there stunned not knowing what to do. Looking at the demon made him feel like certain death was all that awaited him if he fought against it.
Then as Jesus charged the Demons right arm changed into a massive black spear. It stepped forward and lifted it's black spear up intending to bring it's blade crashing down onto Jesus.
Jesus thought of dodging this but the demon was too fast forcing him to move his hammer up to block it's strike.
The demon grinned evilly, showing off it's now perfect white human teeth as the spear and hammer collided.
Jesus felt a stinging pain in his hands, as if they were about to give way and break under the immense force. The stone under him cracked and a small shockwave was created from the impact.
Then the demon pulled back and with the tip of the spear aimed for Jesus heart.
Seeing this Jesus moved his hammer In front of his heart barely blocking the demons strike. Then the demon pulled back and sent fort another and another.
Each of the Demon strikes were powerful but predictable as it's intentions were clearly written on its face. Then as they fought the demon managed to suddenly cut Jesus left shoulder with it's spear hand, as Jesus hadn't managed to move his hammer fast enough.
Winching in pain Jesus jumped backwards towards the tower entrance, creating some distance between them.
To him, it was now clear that Marino was no longer trying to just beat him but to kill him.
Seeing Jesus in pain the demon licked the blood off of its spear and said in a deep unfamiliar voice to Jesus. "Good human, very impressive. I can see why Marino was so interested in getting you by his side. But too bad for you, I have no such interests in mind. All I want is more of your delicious blood!"
Gritting his teeth Jesus said. "What do you mean? Who are you? Where is Marino? What have you done to my son?"
Grinning at this the Demon changed it's spear hand into something like a black sword and spoke. " Hahaha, oh hadn't you realised it by now? Marino is not here anymore, he hasn't been here for a long time by now. Now all that remains is me, the great and magnificent Mammon! "
Then without a second word, he charged toward Jesus. His sword was pointed straight towards Jesus head.
Moving his hammer into the blades path Jesus used all his strength to divert it away. But to his surprise, the blade didn't move and went past his hammer guard straight toward his head. Seeing this Jesus moved his head sideways and as he did so the blade cut the top of his nose and his left eye.
Jesus winced in pain as his left eye bled. The Demon smiled seeing this and lifted his sword hand up and brought it down as Jesus blocked it in pain.
From behind Zohan watched as Jesus was slowly being pushed back. The demon was faster and stronger than Jesus and wasn't giving him any opportunities to strike back. The demons muscles also seemed so smooth and perfect like they were made of metal. This made him unsure if his blade could even hope to pierce the demons skin.
Then Zohan heard a pained scream from Jesus and menacing laughter from the demon.
Having dodged an attack by Jesus the Demon had gotten low and driven his blade into Jesus left foot. In pain, Jesus swung his hammer at it.
Seeing this easily coming the demon just jumped backwards and laughed saying. "Hahahaha, so weak. If this is the best you can do then you might as well end your life right here and now yourself and save me the trouble. You will never be able to match my power with yours, Hahaha!"
Then to everyone's surprise a great horn sounded. From a hill In front of the town armoured men dressed in the Iberian colors charged. In front of the group was a black-haired young man, dressed in the white Jesuit armour.
The demon looked at this scene in confusion not expecting such an outcome. Jesus just smiled on the other hand as he said. "I admit, I can never hope to match you in strength alone. But with the courage and help of my friends and my devotion to God, I will defeat you and bring back my son!"
Then as Jesus asked once more for help from Sighard the Demon laughed at him mockingly. "Muhahaha, don't make me laugh! What does it matter how many ants stand in my way, in the end, they are still but ants! Hahaha!"
Then he went silent and lifted an eyebrow as he could see the hammer in Jesus hand start to glow. He could see the man's muscles flex and grow a bit more, barely noticeable to an untrained eye.
Lifting up his now glowing golden hammer Jesus charged and yelled! "By the power granted to me by Sighard, I will end you Demon!"
Mockingly right before clashing with Jesus the Demon then said. "Hahaha, come and try it human!"
From the Demons left the hammer came hard and fast. Moving it's bladed hand supported by the other hand in the hammers path the two weapons then collided.
To the demons amazement, the force was so strong that it pushed his blades arm back and sent the hammerhead straight to his left arm that supported the other.
The demon was pushed against the stone battlements that cracked from his weighted impact.
Jesus pulled back his hammer and then went for another attack. With no time to dodge the demon lifted it's left arm in defense and thrusted it's sword forward.
The hammer hit the demons left arm hard, cracking bones and tearing muscles as it did.
But unable to dodge in time Jesus coughed out blood as the demon blade had pierced his stomach, right under the heart. Nonetheless, Jesus smiled as he gripped his hammer tight pushing it further, breaking the arm in half and intending to move next to the ribs.
The Demon screamed in pain as he kicked Jesus against the opposite battlement. "Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh! That hurts you damn human! Fine, since you wish to use the power of others to your advantage then I will do the same! Witness the power of a two-horned devil!"
Feeling a little dizzy from blood loss and having hit the battlement so hard Jesus pushed himself up slowly. Looking towards the demon he could see him with one arm raised as the thunderstorm seemed to intensify.
Then a red burning portal emerged on The demons left side. Not wanting to just stand by and watch the demon do it's vile magic he moved. But then he felt danger and jumped back. As he did so a big over 2-meter tall red hideous demon swung it's fist barely missing Jesus.
The demon looked much like a human except for its red skin and yellow glowing eyes. On its head, it had a singular horn. It was also completely naked.
Looking to the right he could see more of them emerging out of the portal. Then as more of them emerged Jesus heard the Mammon demon ask the others. "What is this? Where are your armour and weapons?"
Hearing this the demons just looked at each other confused as if not sure. Gritting his teeth in anger Mammon then said. "Fine, I will just get others to come here then."
Then as Jesus started to slay the unarmed but extremely durable demons, more were summoned.
From the portal on the wall Demon Dogs and bats emerged. Then down below 2 more portals appeared. From them, demon's emerged and started heading towards the encircled humans in town.
The reinforcements were not far now. They were already flooding the streets of Segres. By the look of them, there were at least a thousand men coming but if the Demons continued to come out it might not be enough. These were the thought's of the Zohan as he watched all this happening from the side.
As Jesus was pushed back fighting against all the Demons, Zohan said his prayers and then silently climbed onto the battlement and ran.
Regretting his decision already Zohan nonetheless ran towards the demon as he knew it to be the only right way. Then just like before he jumped on the Demons back and ran his blade into the soft flesh next to the collar bone. To his amazement, the blade went in deep about halfway until it was stopped by something.
The demon Mammon screamed in pain as it tried to grab Zohan and stumbled backward blindly. As it's legs hit the lower part of the battlement he alongside Zohan fell off the wall towards the outer courtyard.
Still holding onto his blade Zohan looked towards the ground and thought. "Oh no!" As Zohan hit the ground he was immediately crushed under Mammons heavy body.
The Demon could feel the blade penetrate even deeper as he hit the ground. Quickly he rolled over and got up. With his still-working right hand, he painfully pulled the blade out.
Tossing the blade aside he looked to it's owner wanting to take revenge on him. But to his dismay, the man was already dead.
The man just layed there lifeless as the ground under him started to turn red from his blood.
Not satisfied by this he walked over to the corpse with the intention of ripping out Zohans heart. But then as he stood over the dead man his danger senses suddenly kicked in.
Jumping back he watched as a small fireball impacted the spot where he had just stood at. Turning to his right he could see a big group of women running away from the castle. And most importantly he could see his Mary, Lara and the two Elves standing there defiantly against him.
Mammon watched this scene with mixed feelings. Even though he wasn't Marino he felt a sense of loss and he felt betrayed.
In confusion over these thoughts, Mammon shook his head, shaking away all the confusing thoughts as he did so.
Then in a rage, Mammon charged toward the women. From the ground roots came and wrapped around his legs, rooting him in place.
The roots although able to hold an average man in place for quite a while didn't last for more than a second against Mammon. With sheer brute force, he broke them and moved onward.
Scared by this the elves tossed a few more fireballs at him unsuccessfully as the demon was just too fast for them to hit.
Then right before reaching the women roots sprung out of the ground once more as the women all scattered and ran.
Breaking the vines once more Mammon was furious as he then heard a feminine plea from his right. "Marino if thats you then please my love stop this! Come back to me! I love you!"
There just a few meters away he could see the pregnant Lara with a pleading face. Seeing this his heart skipped a beat and an internal battle began raging inside him.
The Demon Mammon in control of the body of Marino reached out to her and grabbed her by the throat. Only one squeeze away from getting rid of the rebellious annoying woman Mammon realized that he couldn't do it. The Marino inside somehow was preventing him from doing it.
While Lara struggled in his grip, he suddenly felt a small sting of pain as something hit his head. The pain was nothing more than an annoyance to him.
Turning to look at the source of the pain he could see his mother with rocks in hand glaring at him with tears and anger written all over her face.
Seeing this another sting of pain hit his heart. "No what is happening to me? Why am I feeling these unnecessary feelings towards these weak humans? Marino should still be lost in Dreamworld unable to wake up. how is this possible?" Mammon wondered to himself.
Then a sudden yell came from above him, from the direction of the castle. "Let her go!"
Before he could even react a hard hammer struck his head hard. Instantly his grip on Lara loosened and she fell to the ground. Mammon could feel his skull crack from the impact and he could see stars Star to fly in his vision.
Then as Jesus landed he immediately sent another hard blow against Mammon sending him flying for a few meters towards the castles right side.
Seeing Lara unconscious the Elves and Mary ran to her side. At the same time, the other escaped women met a hopeful sight at the outer gate. From the broken gate, armored men emerged to help the women to safety.
Painfully standing up Mammon realized that almost all his forces had been wiped out as the human soldiers couldn't have entered the courtyard otherwise. Seeing all his plans coming to an end sent him into extreme rage.
In anger, he yelled. "Damn, you humans! I will not let it end like this! Newer!"
Then with his right hand, he grabbed a hold of his broken left and squeezed. With great force he ripped his hand off, causing blood to fly everywhere.
Shocked by the Demons actions Jesus stepped backward and watched as the hand melted away. As the flesh on the hand disintegrated away only the bone then remained. Then to everyone's surprise the bone in his hands transformed into a long sword.
Like a madman, the demon then spoke. "Hahahaha. Come at me warrior of Sighard! Come and meet your death! Hahaha!"
Taking him up on his challenge Jesus charged. Running across the dry and desolate thin piece of land that connected the lords castle to the town Jesus felt weak. He had lost a lot of blood, his left eye was gone, his right foot had a deep wound that hurt like hell, his stomach was bleeding blood and he was pretty sure that there was a lot of internal bleeding going on. Despite all of this he moved forward.
Seeing the demon not move and just wait there, Jesus decided to go for an upward swing intended for the demons lower jaw.
Answering back to Jesus with his own weapon Mammon went for a downward swing.
Then as the weapons collided a loud crack and a bang sound could be heard as the hammer shattered into pieces.
Mammon was pushed back closer towards the edge of the land bridge while Jesus also flew backward.
Pushing himself up to stand Jesus looked at his hands realizing that he could not feel them anymore, although he could still move them. His hands trembling and bleeding he redied himself as the demon attacked.
The ground trembled as the demon charged and then swung it's sword. The air crackled as the blade was sent towards Jesus.
Turning sideways only pulling his right leg back Jesus got in close. As the blade sliced the ground Jesus felt his right feet toes being cut as he wasn't able to move fast enough.
But with the cost of his toes, he had gotten into striking distance of the demon. Then with his left fist, he sent a quick uppercut to the demons chin, staggering it.
Then he kicked the ground with his toeless right foot and propelled himself towards the demons head. Grabbing a hold of the demons head with his bloody hands he sent his right knee into its face.
With a hard crack sound the demons nose broke and then Jesus used his left knee to do the same. Kick after kick the demon was pushed back.
In retaliation, Mammon gritted his teeth, kicked the ground planting himself in place and then put his sword in a reverse grip intending to stab Jesus in the back.
Not noticing this Jesus straightened his index fingers and showed them inside the demons ears. His index fingers broke as did the demons hearing. In pain, the demon screamed as Jesus then heard a familiar voice yell to him from behind. "Jesus, watch out!"
Hearing the word's his senses focused and in a blink of an eye he planted his feet onto the demons shoulders and propelled himself up.
As the blade hit air Jesus landed with a back flip on his feet. But as his right leg hit the ground the dirt entered his open tie wounds causing extreme pain. Uncontrollably he then fell to his right knee and then he felt another stinging pain and horrified yells from behind. Turning his head to his left Jesus saw his left arm lying there.
Without thinking he placed his right hand where his left shoulder used to be. In horror, he quickly realized that there was nothing there anymore and the hand lying on the ground was truly his.
While this was going on Mammon raged to himself and Marino inside as he failed to kill Jesus just barely missing his mark. "Damn you! Why must you interfere, we are so close to victory! Just let me kill him!"
Unnable to watch this anymore Mary ran over to Jesus as the Jesuits attacked the demon. From the town peasant soldiers calling themselves the Jesuits had poured through the gate and onto the land bridge.
Hunters sent arrows flying toward the demon as shield users ran in close. Encouraged by Bragi hundreds of men ran In front of the demon surrounding him as arrows flew over them.
Mary dragged Jesus further away as the elf Anna started to treat his injuries to the best of her abilities.
At the same time, Mammon awoke from his internal battle as he felt the annoying arrows striking his hard skin. Most arrows bounced off leaving small scratches on his skin while only a few managed to plant themselves lightly into Mammon.
Seeing the dirty and bloodied human peasants with their wooden shields forming a U-formation in front of him. Mammon roared in annoyance and lifted his sword yelling. "Filthy humans, do you honestly think you can win against me the great Mammon! Die you fools!"
At the same time a bit further away Mary held Jesus in her arms as Anna worked on closing his wounds with her magic. But as Jesus heard the demon speak he pushed the women aside and started the get up as he yelled. "You fools! Get away from him! His too powerful for you!"
Then right as he yelled these words the sword moved sideways, easily cutting through 5 pairs of shields and men. Instantly the men were cut in half, their severed arms and bodies went flying to the side with the powerful gust of wind produced by the demons blade.
Then in less than two blinks of a normal man's eyes, the blade moved twice more cutting people as it did so. Like a mad butcher slaughtering his labs without rhyme or reason the demon smiled as he started to slaughter the men and women all around.
From afar the archers found it now almost impossible to hit the demon as it moved too fast for any normal human to track. Brave men and women having forsaken any thoughts of self-preservation charged toward the demon only to be cut down almost instantly.
No shield or armour made of metal or other material could hope to stand against the cutting power of the demons blade.
Unable to muster up the strength to stand. Jesus was on his knees as he watched this in pain, anger and disbelief. His body felt weak, he wanted to stand but as he tried he just collapsed right back down again. His body just refused to move, the vision left in his one good eye had also started to become blurry as he felt like he was about to lose consciousness.
The four women gathered around Jesus tending to his wounds as he yelled. "Stop this you fools! This is my fight! I am the only one that needs to fight and die here! All this is my fault! Don't throw your lives away like this! I just need a weapon. Why are you doing this?"
Tiers formed in his one eye as he pressed his head into the dry soil and beat his one good fist to the ground in frustration. Then he felt Mary's delicate hand gently touch his back as she asked in worry. "What's going on dear? Who is that demon? Where is Marino? Please tell me his ok?"
Lifting his head to look at the demon slaughtering the soldiers Jesus said angrily. "That demon has taken possession of our son and I'm too weak to do anything about it."
Hearing this all the women gasped in shock. The things Jesus spoke of and what was happening here were things only storybooks spoke about, to them this all was hard to comprehend.
Laying on the ground Jesus was looking at the demon fight when suddenly he saw familiar-looking plate boots walk in front of him. Then a sword fell In front of him as the familiar Bragis voice spoke out. "Get up Jesus. All these men and women fighting and dying here are doing it because they believe in you. If you truly feel so bad about them dying then prove it. Stop whining, get up and slay that demon once and for all. But In the meantime somebody's gonna have to take your place."
Pushing himself up from the ground onto his knees Jesus watched as Bragi walked sword in hand towards the demon. Bragi still wore his full set of armour that he had gifted him all that time ago, no matter what he always kept the equipment clean and in good condition.
Grabbing the sword Jesus tried to get up but failed once more as he desperately yelled to Bragi." Wait you fool! You can't go without me! You'll die!"
Hearing this Bragi didn't stop and simply said with a loud tone of voice. "You saved me from slavery. I'm simply returning the favor. Don't worry we will meet again on the other side, Master."
With that said Bragi picked up speed as he moved towards the demon, from behind Jesus kept yelling desperately but he didn't stop.
Bodies littered the now bloody ground as more and more men were cut to pieces. Then as Mammon sliced an other group of soldiers in half sending blood and bodies flying obscuring his vision. Suddenly through the rain of blood, a warrior wearing the white colours of the Jesuits emerged. Unlike the others, he was a fast one.
Immediately Mammon brought his sword back around, but as he did so the warrior slipped under it to his right side, cutting his leg as he did so.
Unaffected by this he sensed the warriors next position and swang his sword there. Turning around he saw the warrior once again slip under his sword and lunge straight towards his chest, aiming for his heart.
With a smile, he took it straight on. The blade pierced his skin but hit something hard almost immediately stopping in its tracks. He could sense the warriors confusion, as he brought his head down to the man's armoured head.
As their heads collided Bragi felt disoriented for but a moment and immediately jumped backward creating distance between them. He could feel a massive dent in his helmet. The metal had bent inwards, cutting the top of his head as it did. Blood came from his head and fell In front of his face obscuring his vision a bit.
As Bragi tossed his helmet away revealing his handsome face and black hair the demon laughed and spoke. "Hahaha, very good human! But not good enough! My heart is not that easy to pierce! Hahaha!"
Looking around Bragi could see the men hesitate, already the demon had slain almost a hundred of them. If this continued then soon there would not be any of them left.
Taking in a deep breath Bragi sighed and then said with a loud voice. "Well, what are you all waiting for? Kill the demon! Once again, Charge!"
The men hesitated for a second but immediately as one man roared out a battle cry the rest followed and arrows flew.
Grinning at this sight Mammon said happily. "Yes, come and meet your end! Let me see what this new body of mine can do!"
Planting his feet into the ground Mammon took in a deep breath of air and roared. From his mouth, a wide expanding wall of psychic force was sent forth. Arrows were stopped in mid-air and sent back as men and dirt were lifted off the ground and tossed back. Everything around Mammon and In front of him was sent flying backward.
In triumphant Mammon was grinning but as the wave hit the first men sending them flying the dark-haired warrior emerged.
Protected by his own force shield Bragi flew through the demons psychic wave straight toward his head.
In Bragis eyes everything seemed to be in slow motion as he flew through the air. The demon just seemed to happily smile at him as he came towards it. Then as he got close to striking distance he suddenly felt lighter as the demons grin then turned to a surprised expression. Without hesitation, Bragi aimed his sword towards the lower part of the demons jaw. And as he ran his sword through the jaw and brain all the way to the back of the skull, his body hit the demon hard. With all his might he tried to get a good footing on the demon to hold on but his legs just wouldn't respond, as if there was nothing there.
Unnable to hold on Bragi wanted to say something but no words came from his mouth as suddenly he felt weak. Letting go of the sword he fell to the ground. Pictures of his life flashed through his eyes. Then he saw it like it was right there, the face of his wife, the face of that beautiful nun he had met on that mountain that one bloody day and decided to marry. Tiers formed in his eyes, he felt happy, he felt at peace and then the vision faded and nothing.
"No, Bragi!" Came the yell from Jesus as he watched Bragi get cut in half and fall lifeless to the ground.
With the sword in hand that Bragi had left him Jesus like some possessed man got up uncaring of all his injuries and weaknesses and charged.
Seeing this the women cried out to him but he didn't stop.
Mammon dropping his own sword went to pull out the sword implanted in his head. To Mammons relief the sword had missed the brain stem, letting his brain still continue to function even though damaged.
But as he pulled out the sword and looked towards Jesus and his family, roots came from the ground once again wrapping around him. Though they were not a problem to break and the one-armed man charging towards him seemed as if he would collapse and die any second now, but then something stopped him.
Tiers of black blood formed in Mammons eyes as a white spot emerged in them. Mammon felt himself forced aside as if somebody had just pushed him aside and taken over the steering wheel that was his body.
Seeing this Jesus hesitated for a second expecting the demon to strike him down, until he heard the demon say. "I can't hold it for long! Do it father! Kill me!"
Seeing all his loved ones and possibly the entirety of humanity turn against him had finally forced Marino to act. When the sword cut into the brain mammons hold on his body had broken, giving him the opportunity to act. A fire was lit in his heart that pushed away the darkness giving him just enough space to take momentary control.
Then as Anna rooted the Demon Marino in place Elsa channeled her magical powers into Jesus enhancing his strength.
Jesus eyes glowed like the sun as he brought his sword down with all his might as he yelled. " I'm sorry my son! I truly have failed you! "
From top to bottom and left to right Jesus sliced the demon in 4 and as a final strike, he sent out a force wave. The four pieces of the demon flew in separate directions as they were tossed over the cliff and toward the sea.
Flying through the air the last thing Marino saw as his vision divided in two was his father falling to his knees with tears falling down his bloody face, Then as his two Half's separated, he accepted his fate and then darkness came.
But then much like before he found himself in water once more, though this time he wasn't drowning and felt calm. Until suddenly he was forced away from the warm water down a narrow tube and into the light. All around him, he heard noises and beeping of machines as then a happy-sounding woman's voice spoke. "Congratulations mam, it's a healthy baby girl."