After what happened with Samigina, I began to reflect. He is right. If we are going to meet again, we have to be stronger in my melancholy. I hear a warning cry and Brandon's hoarse voice. guys to breakfast was what he expressed with the shout.
I got up from my bed thinking that we have to get some weapons first, let me think that the weapons are important, they are my priority, let me explain to you how they work here, the celestial weapons are effective against demons but they are useless against angels, they only cause them scratches, and only certain people can use them, demonic weapons hurt all angels and demons, but not those in purgatory, demonic weapons hurt, even the user, curses are dangerous, they grant great power but using them for a long time will be a result Fatal is a double-edged sword, the weapons from Purgatory have small abilities and hurt everything, they are not super effective, they are neutral to everyone, that means they cause the same damage no matter the kingdom, I think I will have one from my home kingdom, The weapons of purgatory are neutral but they do not stand out in anything like the others but they are very balanced.
I sat at the dining room table across from Brandon at the table we made and Brandon says to me with concern.
Brandon: I think we need to talk to the kids about our preparation.
I agree with what was said and respond calmly.
Dario: yes in fact I was thinking that
We waited for the others to arrive and a small hand touched my back.
Girl: Lord, thank you for saving us.
I saw a small face and lowering myself to its level as I stroked its head I responded.
Dario: You're welcome, don't worry about that. I can ask you a question, you don't have to answer if you don't want to.
She nodded as if waiting for the question with a little anxiety and that's normal, she's scared and doesn't know where she is, she's lucky we arrived on time.
Dario: why did they have them down there?
She looked at me with her head down and, stuttering, she began to articulate words to me. You could see the fear, the trauma caused, her small hands were shaking and her teary eyes gave me the signal.
Girl: it was, it was, for
I interrupted her immediately and diverted the topic, I already did more harm than good, I can't imagine the torment she had to go through.
Dario: better leave it there
On another side of the house or bar
Ángel: guys you already know that we have to discuss
The seriousness in his words towards the atmosphere was heavy.
Duncan: I know, they already know what we are going to do today, but I need them to cooperate.
What will it refer to?
Leo: Duncan is right, they can help us, but I don't think it will be fast.
Rubén: since we have no other choice. that marquis Samigina is one of the most powerful
Duncan's Mind: I think Dario is the most valuable here since he can get a lot of material with his shadows, but he is dangerous
Emmanuel: Guys, come to breakfast, these discussions are discussed as a family.
Most thought that Emmanuel is right.
Hoping that everyone would arrive quickly, I took the floor.
Dario: guys, I'm going to be honest if we all don't have quality weapons and train more we're all going to die.
I shocked everyone with my harsh words, most of them looked at me surprised, but Carlos took the lead.
Carlos: I know, faggot, I know, and what do you want us to do? We're weak. We barely have the material to make weapons that don't break after two fights. You think we're not trying hard?
I stayed silent, he was right, we are weak, we managed to kill low-ranking seraphs and demons and some halflings, very lucky with our guild ability, I put myself in his shoes, we are renegades, we do not have teachers to teach us how to use our skills and our weapons, if they are not of a dead person they break trembling I told them
Dario: I'm not telling you this because I don't appreciate your effort, I'm telling you because I'll go get material.
Everyone shouts surprised.
All that
I see you don't know what I have planned
Dario: I have a plan to get material
Rubén's mind: I think he already had the same idea as us
The others began to question any idea
Brandon: What kingdom?
Leo: Also how will you do it?
I stayed silent because I didn't know how to answer them and since everyone stays silent thinking it makes me uncomfortable.
Leo Mind: Getting matter is difficult, especially in these times since everyone is in a great uproar since heaven and hell remained hostile.
Dario: we have to get neutral material we have to go the safe route very well who is going to go with me if no one wants to go no problem I was born alone and I will die alone
The children looked at me strangely. They didn't understand what was happening. I don't even know how old they are. What are we going to do with them?
Duncan spoke up to make me see reason.
Duncan: look bro, there are times when we love you, but what you propose is very risky, we have to think about it better.
Emmanuel followed suit.
Emmanuel: if you give us more time we can think about it better and organize them better
Dario: I already told you, I know that logic tells me not to do it, but we have to start stopping being weak.
I got up from the table and went to my room. I already had a backpack prepared. I took it and opened a portal to purgatory with my necklace with the stone of return. When I crossed the portal I ended up in the mountain of emptiness, it is a place where vegetation grows In a strange way, the monsters are powerful, but that's not going to stop me. First, the animals detect me with their sight, since in a vacuum things smell a lot. Smell doesn't help them much, but the noise I make will be difficult to ignore, but no. It's hard for me to try.
I started walking for about 30 minutes. I thank luck, I found a cave. The caves in this place are where the neutral mineral abounds.
In the home of the protagonists:
Duncan: guys, you have to go with Dario, you know he's very impulsive and he's going to do something stupid and tracking him down is very easy.
Emmanuel explained.
Emmanuel: I already know with my ability it is easy to follow someone since they are a person and not an animal, but what worries me is what we will do
Leo: look, Dario, although he was very aggressive, he's right, it's more that we have to be stronger and I'm thinking about how to make ourselves stronger and I have the solution.
We all saw it strange and we kept talking
Carlos: look, I apologize for offending you, but we have to take into account how we will do it since we can defeat almost everything in the cave or mountain if we use the guild ability
It's true, I haven't explained it to you, let me share it with you. The guild skill is a unique skill that is obtained by joining you can only join once in your life since with the people you make the guild is like a marriage since you unify the souls of the members to form the skill the name does not influences power.
Ángel: It's already decided, we can't leave Dario alone in this decision, by the way, where is Brandon?
In another part of the house
Brandon approached the children with the intention of getting information from them.
Brandon: Hello kids.
The children greeted him warmly upon seeing him.
Child: hello sir
Girl: Mr. kitten
Brandon was touched by the tenderness
Brandon: Why do you tell me like that?
I ask happily and curiously
Girl: I saw when he turned into a very big kitten
He responded with his eyes shining.
Child: Seriously, can you show me?
I asked, skeptical but excited, it was exciting to see how they were happy to see a normal animal.
Brandon: You're okay, look.
I transformed into a panther, my power gives me the skills and powers of the beasts of all the kingdoms, the panther has resistance to flee and veils like the wind – Brandon mentioned
Child: wow that's great and how he does it
I ask with that face of not believing it
Brandon: is done with the power of blessing curse or awakening
Girl: and we can
Not wanting to ruin his illusion, I tell him tactfully.
Brandon: I'm afraid not since they are too young for that.
Brandon's mind: I feel old, I'm only a few centuries old.
Brandon: Well, kids, I have questions. If you tell me what I want, I'll give you candy. In fact, I'll let you play with the console every day.
The children began to get excited and happy, jumping like crazy.
Brandon: first his name
Child: my name is sacha
Girl: and me is agate
Brandon: And where do they live?
Sacha: we come from a place where it is very cold all year round.
Agate: and there is like a huge church with an oval shape and lots of colors
Brandon: As they tell me, I think they come from a country called Russia.
Sacha: Yes, that's where we come from.
Ágata: we will be able to return home soon
Brandon: First we have to know what to do about the situation.
The good thing is that my blessing translates into me talking to a human no matter what country it is, it is easy.
With the others who were looking for Dario
A call came out of nowhere and it came from a place with echo or depth, but Leo answered first.
Leo: hello handsome
Darío: this is not the time for this asshole guys, guys I need help I'm in the cave to the north in the mountain of emptiness in purgatory there is an intermediate level dragon I need help come quickly
Rubén: what is the dragon like?
Dario: he is about 5 meters long, his scales are black and his element is fire. He has wings, but he hasn't used them. I don't know if he can fly or glide, and he has very big horns.
Note: magical devices can make a universal call, you call one, you call all.
Brandon: you go with Dario, I'll be with the kids.
At that point the protagonists looked at each other and responded.
Ángel: ok we'll order them for you
Carlos: we'll be back quickly
Emmanuel: if something happens, open a portal
Brandon: Okay.
When we heard Dario's transmission we quickly went to the warehouse to get ready. If there's one thing we've learned in these years, it's that if we go convulsively they'll kick our butts, and Dario can hold out for a bit, I think.
Carlos used his ability since Carlos' power is to make celestial weapons, each one took one except Emmanuel who already had the sword that Dario gave him and then we took objects of many different uses, we had to take the pearl of the abyss and dome of force and the grapes of change and some explosives.
We opened a portal to purgatory and we all looked at each other and someone spoke after entering.
Emmanuel: I'm going to look for it.
I placed my hand on the ground and saw it as the smells of energy when I felt it I found the cave – Emmanuel did
Emmanuel: there is a trail and it ends there
Duncan: Hey, and your skill as far as you can detect traces and people.
Emmanuel: at the moment we only have to follow the trail for 70 meters, but don't worry, I only need a little to follow the trail
After 10 minutes running like crazy we found the cave and when we entered we walked silently, but boom I found the trail of the dragon, but I don't understand why Dario didn't open the portal to get out.
Portals can open wherever you've been and we've all been here trying to get metals, the ones in Purgatory are the most effective, but almost all collecting is slow and dangerous.
Walking, the trail ended at a cave wall, that means it is a labyrinth, labyrinths are very rare places to find, there are weapons with unique abilities, but they are very complicated and do not allow you to transport yourself or escape in any way alone. You have three options either you complete it and leave or you go back the way you came or you die I see why he didn't go the easy way we just have to all get out alive, but the question is how powerful what he is facing everyone kept thinking.
We started running when you enter the labyrinth it is easy to find the monster that is the boss as in this case since you only have to follow the trail of destruction and we saw parts of the walls of the cave on the floor rubble we used something that never fails we screamed like crazy.
All: Dario…. Dario…DARIO RESPONDS
Voice in the distance: HELP ME AHAHAHA
And we quickly identified where it was
Emmanuel: Guys, I reached the limit of my ability, but we can be guided by the sound and the debris in the entire area.
Rubén: listen to me guys, I have a plan.
Dario's view:
I kept running from the dragon without seeing my friends who were screaming for me.
Dario: guys where are you?
I was cornered, the dragon did not stop eating my shadows, I need bigger monsters, but from its back some chains began to wrap around the dragon's neck and began to squeeze the neck, when a circle from our guild and a celestial scythe appeared, I looked at it and in my Mind, thank you Carlos, I quickly took it and went towards the dragon's stomach, with a torrential force I managed to pierce the stomach and the dragon screamed with such force that all of us covered our ears. I thought the scream would leave us deaf, but the unfortunate man began to trying to fly he spread his wings and began to flap Rubén began to try to deny that, angel trying to avoid that. The same, controlling matter, detached some large stalactites from the dragon's wings when it fell to the ground after that,
The dragon began to launch a sea of flames, a constant beam that did not stop as soon as it got up and began to burn us. Duncan saw this and began his strategy. He separated his blood, preventing it from reaching the heart. The heart was not pumping blood. The dragon began to faint. Losing consciousness with the little consciousness he had, he began to charge a large mass of fire quickly. Leo ran in front of him and created multiple sword blades and threw them at his neck after stabbing many, Carlos with two celestial swords in his hands. with two very deep cuts in the wings so that Emmanuel would not fly with a very strong double stab in the hind leg the poor dragon fell silent and while on the ground he just looked at us with sadness of not being able to fight anymore the dragons have very noble souls and half dead we placed bombs near his stomach and chest and on his head and with a small dynamite with a 10 second fuse we moved away, there was a very big explosion that we almost caused a collapse in the labyrinth
The others looked at me and with a big hug they were trying to hit me, they hit me among all the children of and told me
Ángel: What's wrong with you, do you know how irresponsible this was?
I stayed silent, I couldn't respond to my stupidity because he's right.
Duncan: Look, don't take this the wrong way, we care about you, we thought we would all go prepared.
Emmanuel: you know what would have happened if we arrived later
His words hurt me, the voices of reason gave me their perspective and I couldn't do or say, just lower my head.
Carlos: Look, we just want you to not do it again.
Rubén: you already know that we have to become stronger, but we have to support each other
Leo: but don't worry, you left us here and there is a lot of material, we can make quality weapons.
They extended their hand to me to get up, so because of the scolding I forgot to say that I fell to the floor when they hit me. I just said thank you guys while you could hear me sobbing.
Angel: Don't worry anymore, you have to do it.
Dario: that's true
I approached the dragon and with a knife I took its scales, fangs and many materials from the monster and when I finished I said, it appears when the dragon rose like one of my shadows.
Name the shadow???
Dario: your name will be Apocali
He looked at me and smiled and I put away my new shadow.
Dario: well let's go rest
We sat down and they told me
Emmanuel: By the way, when we came we saw many corpses, you killed them.
Dario: well it was Apocali but I think what I want at the moment is to finish the labyrinth, only the boss is left
Duncan: you didn't hear anything ******
Angel: I know this is almost over, but you can't ask for that.
Dario: let me tell you something.
About 50 minutes before
Ha, ha, ha, ha he takes me because you still have energy the dragon started throwing fireballs I ran out of energy he takes me in the distance I see a silhouette
Dario: oh my god there are monsters
Some wolves appeared in front of me and an idea sounded in my mind. I ran faster and the dragon, trying to catch up with me, threw a charged ball at me and I headed towards the leader of the pack. I jumped as fast and high as I could. When I looked, the pack was exterminated and just like that. He went with multiple monsters until he was left here
Rubén: then you have more shadows
I looked at him with a mocking smile and said arise and many shadows came out, unfortunately not all of them fell into my power, but I have 20 shadows and my limit rose to 60
Leo: wow, I think that's why I wanted to go after the boss.
Duncan: If you say it like that we have a better chance.
Carlos: but we just need to plan our strategy more
Emmanuel: If I have an idea, listen.
When we entered the boss room we were riding Apocali and he had a large charged fireball to throw and we saw a three-headed hydra and he saw us shout with great force, spear.
Apocali threw the fireball and screamed again, but the louder, almost all my shadows began to emerge from the ceiling and the floor to hold him down. Rick was in front of everyone, I think he took the role of the leader of the army.
A few minutes before the boss
Emmanuel: look what we have to do is hit hard and very strong but very, very strong first we will launch a powerful attack to hurt him then we hit him when he is on the ground then you call your small army to hold him down and you call them in the roof so that with his weapons and are like human burdens he calls the strongest on the ground to hold him
Darius: ok
In the present
Dario: good plan Emmanuel
The shadows launched from the ceiling like projectiles and stabbed or cut the hydra very deep. The monster began to shake trying to get up. Apocali kept it on the floor, but the heads on the left and right began to bite Apocali and inject and throw. powerful poison to Apocali the cry of pain so much that we covered our ears and the hydra loosened its bites.
Dario: Duncan, Angel.
They both told me ok Duncan returned the poison back the way it came and Angel modified and flattened the fangs they went from sharp to flat or a uniform platform on the fangs.
Everyone's mind: we may well win.
That gave him enough time to burn his head in the middle the hydra started to faint so Carlos pulled out weapons for almost all of us we jumped towards the body and started hitting his body cutting and stabbing him we all started stabbing and ripping as if there were no One morning and Duncan started stabbing along with Angel, Leo began to create many blades to stab into his body, he began to lose a lot of blood and Angel and Emmanuel kept cutting the body. The damned one was still alive but not for long. With his last breath he let out a lot of gas. toxic throughout the cave, the callus after a while and almost dead I said with the scythe in my hand, thank you for giving us strength, goodbye. With great force he stabbed the scythe into the head that was still alive.
Maybe the toxic gas began to affect us and we began to heal, but that did not mean that we felt bad. There were symptoms such as coughing, some vomited and others felt weak. I began to regret my stupidity.
Once he was dead we took out the materials he had, but I approached and said, the monster appears, it did not appear as a shadow, I said for the second time, it arises and it did not appear and it started to speak, please friend, don't be angry, we are just weak and we needed strength, no, you judge us. whatever it takes to survive I just stroked the lifeless head and said for the last time it arises he stood up like my shadow he stood up he looked at me with a look of approval
Dario: thank you, your name will be Noziz
Noziz is a 5-meter Hydra with three heads with gray scales and legs with small claws, but with a toxic breath such as being able to inject poison at the moment that is all we know, he may have more abilities like Apocali.
Duncan: We managed to stop his poison, it was complicated.
He says it while celebrating his achievement and the other person followed along.
Angel: You think leaving his fangs harmless was very difficult.
But others complained about their condition
Carlos: I'm tired and hungry.
And others looked at me with a smile that was going to bother
Emmanuel: Dario, you invite the food
Leo: well let's go
Rubén: the gun is missing
Out of nowhere a door opened and an obsidian throwing knife with the gods of the Mexican land came out and I remembered it's true we are in Mexico generally only here you can get good weapons we should also go to Europe or Asia there are also good weapons there I wonder what ability he has,
Dario: Well, who gets it?
I asked expectantly since all this happened because of me, I didn't feel worthy of this reward.
Duncan: Well, since you caused us a lot of problems, you can keep it.
I didn't expect that one, they were letting me keep it.
Rubén: it's true, you made us gain a lot of advantage against Noziz
Carlos: thanks to you we will have a lot of material to have weapons for almost everyone, let's go home
Emmanuel: Carlos is right.
Leo: okay black guys let's go
Everyone agreed I felt very good my friends were helping me again I will learn from this mistake.
We leave through the door that opened and open a portal to hell, we'll see what destiny has in store for us, but I'm not worried since my friends will be there with me.