White particles fluttered toward the ground, glittering as they gave signs of an epic battle. Four individuals were at a standstill with an enemy of higher power. This enemy appeared to wear your typical magical girl outfit, holding a wand inside her hand, a short skirt with stockings, and red Mary Jane shoes. Not to mention; blue hair with bow ties on each side of her head.
The ones standing their ground against this enemy were Christopher, Emerald, Lucia, and Florian, who were all at a disadvantage.
"What's going on?! Something has to be wrong! We can't use our magic when we are near her." Christopher fell to his knee, visibly irritated.
"It's some item she's using. It's either a modded weapon or something even greater." Emerald was kneeling next to Lucia, and Florian, who were on the ground, unconscious, "Debuff spells that can nullify magic shouldn't be able to affect us, and yet…"
"Oh? I didn't tell you what item I was using, huh?" The magical girl spun the wand around in her hand, doing a simple twirl, "This is my King's glorious item, Ravager God Perses!" She turned back around, thrusting her fist forward, and revealing a ring on her middle finger.
"Is that a level infinity item? Who is your king?" Asked Christopher.
"His name is Lucifer, one of the Four Great Kings, duh! Who else could have made something powerful like this?!" She looked at the ring on her finger, smiling in joy, "Ahh~ he's so wonderful, I can't wait to marry him one day! My Lucy poo!"
"I don't understand—we can hold our own against other level infinity items, so what's changed now?" Questioned Emerald.
"I believe it's no ordinary level infinity item. Look closer, Emerald."
From Christopher's words, Emerald glanced at the ring with her Phantom Eyes, noticing something peculiar.
"What could that be?"
They noticed that the level infinity ring had an ominous aura around it, revealing that of a spirit.
"It's being controlled by a spirit... but not just any spirit." Said Christopher.
"Even our Phantom Eyes cannot decipher this spirit's name, or origins. It mustn't be in the game; this spirit has to come from a particular mod."
"Correct again, Emerald." Christopher chuckled, "It's quite funny, isn't it?"
"What?"
"They need pathetic mods to even stand a chance against us."
"Hmph," Emerald snickered, "If we were prepared from the start, then this would've been fairly easy. But we were ambushed, and caught right in their trap."
"Indeed, but that makes me wonder if this was all planned from the very beginning. Were the swindlers guild watching us this entire time?"
"It seems so."
Emerald stood her ground, extending her arms side to side, "Augment Magic, Celestial Burst!" Utilizing Celestial Magic, Emerald was able to use the energy of exploding stars, becoming a miniature singularity. Her body was glowing in bright colors, having the ability to blind everyone in her presence. "Haah!" She expelled her energy outwards, creating the same phenomena as a Gamma-ray burst all around her body.
The explosion caught the magical girl off guard as she covered her eyes, trying to ward off the spell, "It's so bright—I can't see anything! It's like looking right into the sun, but worse— Aaaaahh!!" Her body was engulfed in the magic as it pushed her back from the initial impact.
"You're wide open!" Christopher pursued her, slashing at her chest with his weapon, Velocity's edge.
"Ngyaaaaa!" She yelled in pain as her body fell backward, tumbling across the ground, "It hurts... it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!! H-Help me, Perses!!" She called out to her ring for assistance, alerting both Emerald and Christopher.
"Hurry and finish her now!"
"I won't let you!" Christopher lunged at her, jabbing his blade towards the magical girl's head.
"Help me!!" She yelled again, and the ring finally responded, conjuring a barrier around her body.
"Tsk!" Christopher nearly had her, but the modded ring was preventing him from getting any closer.
Even with Velocity's edge, it stood no chance. This was Supreme-Grade equipment forged from a unique blend of ancient meteoric iron and enchanted silver. The blade shimmers with an otherworldly light, hinting at its immense power. When wielded by Christopher, it grants him unparalleled speed and diminishes the swiftness of his opponents.
He had many advantages, but they were all being taken away by such a cowardly item.
"You would've already been dead by now, wench."
"Who are you calling wench, pretty boy?" The magical girl stood up, laughing at them both, "Don't get too carried away, I haven't even used my trump care yet!"
"Trump card?" Asked Emerald, walking next to Christopher with her hand on their hip, "Go ahead and try it." Her body was surrounded by a misty darkness, "Let's see how you can handle us taking you seriously."
"T-Taking me seriously? Are you saying you were just playing with me this entire time?!" She balled up her fists, deactivating the barrier around her, "I'll show you!!"
"Fool, so easy to manipulate. Was your ego that damaged?" Emerald's eyes flickered in a contradicting, dark light, eradicating the wand in front of her.
"Huh? My wand... what happened?" She looked at her hand, seeing her wand fall to pieces, "But how? How was my Supreme-Grade equipment destroyed so easily?!"
"It's a special Gift of mine—inherited by all members of the Phantom Mutiny. We each have our own unique gifts that can do a variety of things; Call mine, Phantom Equinox." She smirked at the magical girl's despair. "It eradicates all phenomena, including the events of you ever obtaining that weapon."
"Eradicates… all Phenomenon? Such a thing never existed in the game! You have to be using mods as well, cheater!" The petite magical girl was angered, scowling at them both.
"No, not at all. Each Guild has a special trait that separates them from the rest; ours just happens to be unique Gifts." She chuckled. "They're called Phantom Gifts, and they are only used when we're in a dire situation. Mine tends to be the strongest."
"I won't let you beat me, even with your stupid, stupid, Phantom whatever!"
"How unfortunate for you—if you went up against anyone else that wasn't part of the Phantom Mutiny—then perhaps you would've won with your mods." Christopher was directly behind her after blitzing her perception with Velocity's edge, "Perish!" He lifted his blade. "Temporal Disruption!" Christopher slashed at her back with brutal speed.
"Ack!"
His ability was able to inflict a temporal disruption upon the opponent.
This disruption momentarily weakens their connection to time, reducing their speed and reaction time.
The effect intensifies with each consecutive hit, gradually diminishing the opponent's speed stat and making them progressively slower and more vulnerable.
That's what was happening with the magical girl.
Her Life points were diminished, revealing that she only had thirty more left.
"Help..." She mumbled as she fell toward the ground, about to collide with the terrain, "I can't... beat them!"
("You foolish little girl. Lord Lucifer and Belial put their faith in you, and you can't even handle two Guild members!? I'm disappointed.")
A deep voice spoke within her head. It was the ring.
("To think they'd rely on someone as weak as you. How naive!")
("It's not that I'm weak—they're just too strong! I can't do it with the way I am now.")
("Then sit back, and let me handle this.")
The girl's body was suddenly engulfed in a dark aura, revealing something monstrous.
"Oh no, Emerald, run away!!" Christopher widened his eyes, realizing something horrendous, "We have to leave at once!"
"Damnit, you cheap bastard!" Emerald, furious, picked up both Lucia and Florian, "Spatial Warp!"
"That won't work in my domain."
"What?!"
They could hear a deep voice coming from the magical girl—revealing that they were stuck inside a barrier.
"We are trapped..." Muttered Emerald.
"Tsk, we have no choice!" Christophers body was engulfed in a golden light, "Phantom Sandman!" He used his Phantom Gift, manipulating the laws of reality to nullify the domain, but nothing worked. "How irritating. Even with my Phantom Gift, it's doing nothing to this ominous magic."
"You're now slaves of Lucifer! I welcome you to his castle!" They extended their arms into the air, laughing hysterically.
With Emerald's Phantom Gift which destroys all phenomenon, and Christopher's Phantom Gift which destroys magic and the level of his opponents, they were still no match.
This was the power of mods.
It was powerful enough to capture them in its imprisonment.
If only they prepared for this situation—they would've stood a chance—but in the end; they were ambushed, and unable to calculate their enemy's strategy and usage of mods.
"Bwa ha ha! Witness his glorious power!"
The dark aura, surrounding the girl, would explode inside the barrier, immersing everyone inside its baleful radiance.
Their bodies slowly started to disappear as they were being sent somewhere, far, far away.
"We were careless!" Exclaimed Christopher.
"It's not every day you see a modder, Christopher. We gave it our all, so now we must plan our escape the moment we are chained prisoner."
"To act so nonchalant in a situation like this, are you insane, Emerald?!"
"Insane? Of course~! That's what I'm known for."
Christopher bowed his head, huffing a sigh.
"I expected a response like that."
Their bodies suddenly vanished from thin air, alongside the magical girl's.
Emerald and Christopher's presence could no longer be felt on the North Continent.
All that was left behind was Lucia and Florian's weapons; lying on the ground.
***
"Hehehe, it went exactly as we planned!"
Sitting in the midst of a dimly lit room, surrounded by candles, was Belial, and in front of him was one of the Four Great Kings, Lucifer.
"Yes, we have successfully captured two members of the Guild." Lucifer leaned forward, eyes glowing red, "Now the war truly begins. I will bring chaos upon Ottenmore and it's civilians."
"And once that's done, I'll have Emperor's throne once and for all." Belial grinned, holding a glass of wine in his hand, "I'll make sure that tyrannical king experiences true terror, from the hands of Belial, and Lucifer himself!"