(Contains spoilers from invincible:off with his head)
Milly still couldn't tell reality from illusion even after she woke up.The council members who had helped revive her had left urgently and had not returned .Molly spoke to her softly telling her about the situation that had happened as she also interrogated her about what she had seen on the week she had dissapeared.
"What do you mean week?I was only out for a couple of hours ,"
"Milly we found you submerged in the bog ,You must've been in there for a few days since your lungs were filled with water,"Molly said to her looking at her straight in the eyes .
After getting a hold of Milly ,Molik fed off her soul ,her memories ,her happiness,her fears and all her emotions.Milly would constantly fall asleep and stay in that state for a day or two .Once awoken ,She would be even more emaciated than she was when she slept.Molly got more and more worried whenever Milly passed out.
The hunter's nurses had put her under medication.One of their sages had prepared to find a way to free her from Molik's grip. After consuming Milly's soul,Molik would probably go onto consume the closest family members starting with Molly and then McEwen and finally Neil.
// What no one knew was that Molik had his first encounter with the family through aunty Gladys and her husband.It slowly consumed her as Milly watched .Aunt Gladys had first shown the symptoms after consulting the occult shop in search for an ouija board.
She wanted to use it to converse with her husband who had died in the line of duty.He had gone to do an article on a cave that was presumably haunted. Everyone in that cave had either gone insane or committed suicide.Molik allegedly roamed those caves.
He would get into ones mind affect his vision and make him see all his loved ones who he longed for .He would then transform his loved ones into savage beasts who were after revenge over even the slightest ,pettiest issues.Molik liked her husband's brave nature and his obnoxious drive to getting whatever he wanted in life .
Gladys remembered her husband's last days where he would look into the mirror and start laughing. He would often talk to himself and get violent for that reason she isolated his room .She would sleep on the couch and if lucky enough she would have a quiet night.On several occasions,her husband would either scream loudly in the room or follow her to the couch and beat her.
She never took him to the doctor despite the family's warnings. He once tried to beat her up at a family dinner when it all snapped. After days of enduring excruciating pain ,her husband finally threw himself off the roof of their 3 storey apartment as Milly watched. It left her traumatized ,it was even more traumatic when Aunt Gladys blamed her for pushing him. The two families split because of that specific issue.They congregated again when Aunt Gladys became more ill. Aunt Gladys on seeing Milly, immediately attacked her prompting Neil to hold her back.That evening after she was discharged ,Milly found her in the basement speaking to someone who she couldn't see. She walked slowly despite the creaking floorboards.She scared the wits out of Aunt Gladys after she let out a shrill on seeing the ouija board.She knew what it was and she knew the damage it could cause. She therefore held it in her arms and smashed it against the floor breaking it into three pieces.She knew deep in her it was the cause of all this and no one not even Neil who heard the noise could hold her back.She would slip through his grasp as she continuously smashed it up.Aunt Gladys screamed in horror.
"You foolish girl !You have killed me!" She screamed,
"I have destroyed what would kill you ,you should thank me!" She retaliated angrily.
"Thank you?"she asked in contempt
"You're welcome,"she replied nonchalantly .
After a few days ,they found Aunty Gladys dead in her basement.She was in pieces as the ouija board was.She was broken into precise pieces as that of a broken porcelain.
The whole view was disgusting to look at and Milly retched and puked all over her dismembered corpse.She saw the embedded scowl of contempt on Aunty Gladys' face and she retched even more.She could have sworn she saw her blink but who would believe her,she dismissed it as a random thought .
In her conscience,she saw Aunt Gladys' head tell her ,"This is your fault,I WILL DISMEMBER YOU AS YOU HAVE DONE TO ME!"she yelled at her. Milly screamed and passed out after that. Everyone dismissed it all as due to shock. //
"Milly ,please wake up?"Molly pleaded with her .The cave where they were at was shaking vigorously.It was as if being hit rhythmically by something huge and strong.Everyone inside the cave screamed as general Asül who sat at the door to where Milly laid commanded more and more hunters outside.
Asül was healing fast and even the sage in charge of the sick bay had noticed.In a few hours he would be fully healed .He would join battle and aid in trying to bring back the deities who were locked in the statue. Debris fell from the roof of the cave and Asül ordered two of his men to lead out ,Molly,Milly and Mrs McEwen. Neil refused to join the fleeing party as he wanted to stay back and fight. Lara was also escorted out from her cell since it was not safe to have her. Everyone prayed to their gods as they readied their weapons to fight against the demons.
Augurs was still locked in a cell and no matter how much she begged to be released Asül had set clear rules .No one dared to release her . She transformed into her battle self and started punching the walls but it was all useless .The punches didn't even crease the wall. Asül saw it as a risk since Augurs had a higher chance of rejoining his brothers and leaving his family. Demons were remorseless after all. It was mundane to imagine the whole situation and he let it go .He wanted to heal as fast and rejoin the battle as soon as possible. Many hunters we're getting killed ,he was in the cave but he could feel the eerie but immense power that ominously loomed outside that cave .
He would need to break his speed limits to win this war .Despite the long training sessions with the Deities he hadn't achieved "perfect lumina " .This was a state which deities used in battle in that they moved so fast that they weren't visible anymore, they would resemble a white light whenever they landed a strike on an opponent moving at normal speed. A few men had mastered it during their first battle against the demon race which was thousands of years ago .Asül hadn't fully mastered it but at this moment completely needed it. The deities used it with ease and he hated it. When in that state ,Asül speed was merely child's play .
As he sat there pondering he felt an energy surge within him. His heart rate gradually increased and he breathed better.
He then heard a huge thud followed by an explosion on the outside of the cave. Screams ,roars and battle cries filled the cave and it made him feel even more battle oriented.