N: Thank you, guys.
Haughty and Creepy disappeared into the shadows.
As they got to the bottom of the cathedral, Haughty mentally said to Creepy while stopping.
Hy: leave this to me, brother.
Cr: Why are you so angry and polite all of a sudden?
Hy: My master is with his lover, not to mention she is our potential lady, and some pesent is attempting to make them waste their time and ruin their moment? How dare he?
Creepy smiled widely and said.
Cr: Sure. I will observe you for a while.
Hy: my? Do I have a visitor at this hour?
Horus looked around, slowly analysing his surroundings. The cathedral was consumed in shadows, and so he activated luminous memory from his soul sea, lighting up a large portion of the cathedral.
Hy: that memory of yours is quite useful, how about you give it to me and I will let you go with your life.
H: That's not how things will go.
Hy: ho? So you are saying you have a different plan? My my. How do you plan to fight if you can't even spot me, tho? Peasant?
H: I believe you will come to me from your own. I just want to ask you something. And who are you calling present, you wretch?
Hy: I could not care less what you would do with others, but coming here was your worst decision. And your last decision as well. It still goes on.
H: I don't know how much you know, but I am.
Hy: I know who you are, Horus. Executioner of Gunlaug.
Horuse's face turned dark.
H: You know way more than you should, boy.
Hy: so? What are you gonna do about it?
H: I see you have 2 options.
H: either you come out or… are you by any chance connected to that bitch Changing star?
Haughty's face turned from bored to wrathful instantly.
Hy: don't call her that, corpse....or
H: Or what? Will you kill me? No I have a better idea I will make you watch how I will rip that bitch to shreads.
Hy: kill you? No. Wasting my weapon on a piece of trash like you would be disgusting.
As he said that shadows got darker, stronger more alive.
Hayghty walked into the light source, Pitch black armour, stylishly hair put all in the back. The massive blade size of Horus on his back. He pulled it out and set it in front of him, creating a small crack on the floor, and turned it into shadows. His body was also almost entirely pitch black only difference from him and the shadow was that he could talk and some other things.
H: What did I say? You came here like a good little boy or whatever you are.
Hy: Oh, so that's why you are single, look at you, such an ugly trash like you. Even nightmare creatures puke when they look at you.
H: You worthless brat, I will cut your tongue out and make you eat it.
He pulled out a long but short sword and licked its blade.
Haughty laughed and smirked
H: I am quite surprised you can see me, and by the way. What's so funny?
Hy: I see how you got your position.
H: ho? Do tell.
Hy: You seem to enjoy licking big and hard things.
His rage boiled over.
H: I will rip you piece by piece and make YOU beg for your life.
Haughty smirked and said
Hy: come at me, you human toy.
He lunged at Haughty, but he just stood there, easily dodging his stab and before he could retract the blade, he disarmed him and tossed the short blade away, kicked his knee, making him fall on it and followed it by a devastating side kick to his face sending him flying across the floor spilling blood from his nose and face across the floor.
Horus spat some blood and looked up at Haughty.
H: bastard.
Hy: is that all? You really are worthless. Are you good at anything? Oh, no need to tell me. Even doing nothing would be difficult for a trash like you.
He grabbed his blade again, but Haughty did the same exact thing, only this time with the other knee.
Hy: this is boring. Are you even taking this seriously? I clearly am not. Do you see any weapons on me? Forget weapons, gear altogether. Do you see any?
Hayghdy well sort of dismissed his armour.
Haughty was saying that while spreading his arms and smiling coldly.
H: I will kill you and that bitch as well.
Haughty grabbed his face and started to crush it, feeling his upper and lower jaw bones cracking beneath his palm. His smile disappeared, replaced by a cold tone. And tossed Horus like a ragdoll across the hall. With a slight tilt, he scoffed.
Hy: it is not my place to be particularly angry, but disrespecting master's partner is something I can't allow
Hy: apologise and I won't make you beg for your life.
Horus smirked and said mockingly.
H: I will enjoy myself with her while you watch.
Haughty straightened and stopped pretending to be amused. Horus rushed at him again but this time Haughty grabbed his arm twisted and broke it in an elbow joint making Horus saw the bone from the other side and scream in agony which did not stop Haughty who twisted his arm again which was now useless to him and rotated his own blade aginst himself and stabbed him multiple times piercing throught his armour as if it wasn't there at all damaging some of his organs but trying not to kill him as much as possible. Horus, in a desperate attempt, tried to block his own hand with his other free hand, to which Haughty responded by grabbing his neck with his right hand, lifting him above the ground and tossing him across the cathedral hall, making a long blood trail along its length. Horeac stood up weakly, already looking and the silhouette of Haughty slowly walking towards him as if on purpose, stepping over his blood. His Serpent tattoo as if became alive, moving or was it just his blurred vision? He tried to run, but there, where there was nothing when he entered was now the guardian of the cathedral fallen Devil.
Horus faced Haughty again and grabbed his sword in his other hand and rushed at him again. This time Haughty just sight and did not move at all. Just stood still. As Horus got close, his blade connected with Haughty's chest and stopped there. With that, his suppressed presence was released.
H: Ha?
Horus started to shake.
H: F-fallen devil?
Hy: Ascended. I am not of that worthless lesser section.
He slashed again, but not even a scratch appeared on his body.
Haughty grabbed the incoming blade and shattered it into pieces in his bare hand
Hy: didn't I tell you that I will make you beg for your life?
He fell to his knees, petrified in fear.
As he looked up, Haughty was half a step from him, his hand slightly outstretched, and his massive sword disappeared from where it was and appeared in front of him. Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind Haughty, it was a voice Horus knew very well, someone from the Bright Castle.
H: Hey, Seishan. Together we can….
Seishan looked at Haughty and asked politely.
Sh: Please, could you leave the rest to me?
Hy: Seishan, right? The master was disturbed. Will you get rid of this trash for me and…
Seishan interrupted
Sh: I am good at interrogation.
Haughty thought about it and nodded to her.
Hy: master says not to disappoint him.
With that, Haughty walked away, putting his blade on his back and disappearing into the shadows.
She smiled while bowing to where Sunny's presence was.
H: Hey, brat!. Kill me! Don't leave me here alone with this creepy bitch!
As he said that he felt something on his shoulder from behind, even tho there was supposed to be a door behind him, and cold, horrific voice whispered into his ear.
Cr: I don't think you know what fear is. Let me educate you on that.
With that, he looked at Seishan, who was slightly smiling.
Seishan looked at Horus with cold, murderous intent and said.
Sh: You see…Lord of Shadows, as Bright Castle calls him, might show you mercy, but. I am not as kind.
Sh: calling Sunny Lord of Shaodws so embarrassing...maybe I should call him that on purpose from now on.
And with the last scream, Horus, Creepy and Seishan disappeared.
N: wanna talk?
S: Don't you want to sleep?
N: I want to spend time with you.
S: Alright.
They lay back on the bed, Nephis putting her head onto his chest and running her hand across his, finding an sorth of old scar on his palm.
N: What is this from?
S: I cut myself on purpose.
N: Why?
S: You know Seishan's flaw, right?
N: yeah…wait did she…
S: No, that's why I gave her only a few drops so she would know what would happen if she were to try at some point.
N: Oh, and what happened?
S: She almost coughed up her soul. After all, my blood is not normal. To say the least.
Nephis healed it regardless.
S: Could you tell me what the plan is, cause I sort of forgot.
N: You just want to hear my voice, don't you?
S: Yes. Very much so.
N: What can I do with you?
She smiled and said.
N: Well, first we need to kill the Lord of the Dead, cross to the hollow mountains, not die there and take the crown from the first lord. After that, come back and fight Gunlaug over the rule and challenge the crimson spire.
Sunny yawned mid her talk.
N: Are you even paying attention?
S: Yeah, why?
N: So as I was saying.
Sunny stretched and put something on Neph's head.
Neph felt something, but since it was on her head, she didn't know what it was.
N: Sunny, what is this?
S: You are super cute with that crown on your head.
Neph's spell.
Sp: You have received a memory: Dawn Shard.