Immediately the once joyful room stifled as they looked upon the spear that pinned both the recently summoned demon & their charismatic leader. For a few seconds he struggled. Reaching up to the spear that pierced his heart with shaking hands while blood bubbled out from his lips.
Although, soon enough, his body became limp as his struggle came to an end.
"What do we have here~?"
"It seems our tip was spot on…"
"Good thing you ended that demon; who knows what could have crawled out."
"Welp, time to end this disgusting cult."
"Cursed bastards who don't know the grace of god should feel blessed to die to our light!"
The sound of metal boots impacting the steps was all that echoed throughout the chamber as a group of five people in armour arrived. Three of them (the first three to speak) had full armour which had turquoise banners resting over their chests. Displaying a symbol reminiscent of two orbs in a braided circle.
Those two orbs were nowhere near the same size with the smaller of the two orbiting around the larger with thorns seemingly emitting from it. Meanwhile the other two members only had the bare minimum level of armour with robes adorned with the same symbol. The metal being tinted bluish-green.
While the foremost had a sultry smile with him also being the one to throw the spear; his fellow knights had a bardiche and a spiked metal club plus metal kite shield. Their last two companions were wielding a full stave and a simple wand. All of them looked down on the cult like they were trash.
"T-the inquisitors of the barbed moon!"
"N-no!"
"Leader!"
Various panicked screams echoed throughout the hall yet those five individuals didn't really seem to care as those two with their weapons charged forward. One bludgeoning heads so hard that they burst like rotten fruit while the other had no issue bisecting people. Former only targeting those who got too close.
It was hard to tell the gender of the two (unlike the flirtatious blonde leader they wore great helms) however the vigorous yells as she swung her mace made it clear that the guardian was a girl.
Those two backliners also didn't waste time in dispensing their own holy justice - the one with the wand blasting those running away. Almost like he was trying to keep them grouped together. Every time he flicked his wand it resulted in someone dying with his magic going through any type of metal armour.
Same as the tinted weapons; seemingly just phasing through any metal with only leather being able to provide protection.
Not that leather was nearly enough to stop their brute force, though.
*ding*
*crunch*
*ding*
Of course - although not all the cursed people were willing to take it lying down - those knights were clearly granted fairly high ranking gifts or training to make up for it. Easily taking out every single person that tried to fight their fate. It was simply a complete massacre.
"You can't get away with this!"
One brave member of the cult screamed as flame erupted from his body - activating his martyr of fire skill to boost his stats at the cost of his own health. For the first time those inquisitors found themselves unable to freely throw around their weight. Exploding out the crowd to suddenly palm strike the polearm knight.
That caused the knight to hurriedly move his weapon to only just barely be able to block the attack while still being sent hurtling backwards. Letting a lot of those remaining cultists successfully back away under his protection. The mage giggling like a child as his short form stepped forward.
*ding*
*crunch*
*ding*
"Oh this should be fun!"
Once again flicking his wrist to cause a bolt of turquoise to fly through the sky towards the fire-engulfed warrior's head. Surprise evident on the mages face as the impact didn't even cause his head to rock. The flames seemingly caused the magic to just fizzle out which caused the priest to speak up.
"The moonlight cannot pierce through those cursed flames due to its nature but don't think for a second that your heathen powers are superior to those we possess!"
His voice contained anger as he slammed his stave onto the floor to cause ripples of magic to fly across the floor.
Suddenly the group began to turn transparent making it harder to see their actions.
With that the knight charged forth however the immolated cultist still managed to sidestep most of the attacks made. A fact that seemed to slowly begin breaking through the composure of the previously uninterested inquisitor. That boredom makes way for anger that the freak wouldn't die.
"Should I help yo-"
"I've got it!"
"Okay~ okay~ don't get your knickers in a twist because you're weak!"
Putting his hands up as if trying to calm down his companion despite his words (obviously) having quite the opposite effect. Soon resulting in him taking another punch. This time causing his moonlight blessed helm to ring as he fell down on his back much to the amusement of his supposed ally.
An ally who burst out laughing.
*ding*
*crunch*
*ding*
It was at that moment when everyone saw movement on the raised platform as a relatively small figure began to stir from unconsciousness. Resting her hand on her face as she sat up. Her hood doing nothing to hide her head as silver hair, glimmering blue under candle light, came to freely flow.
That was a scene that caused those watching from the stairs to raise a brow as they didn't hear anything about a member of the royal family being kidnapped. Soon looking amongst each other in obvious confusion at that scene. Not caring as their "friend" skidded across the floor due to a kick in his side.
"Huh, did they take a member of the royal family to complete their evil ritual?"
"Maybe… Their divine power would allow them to break through that filthy casket."
"Doubt these weaklings could manage such a herculean task, though."
"Plus there have been no reports of issues since that Strauss girl did a good job in killing herself off by disgracing her lineage with a mere tier 3 ability."
"Ooo~ a fake, then I can kill her?"
Impatience was clear as he didn't even wait for his companions' agreement as he once again threw out a magic bolt only for it to be batted away easily by her spare hand. A sight that caused all of them to be mildly surprised. Even the flaming man who had a mere few minutes couldn't help stopping.
"Princess…. You're alive?!"
"Not just alive… I feel better than ever…"
Elizabeth answered as she slowly tensed & untensed the hand that had just slapped the magic away.
*ding*
*crunch*
*ding*
Her hand didn't even show any signs of being injured until the magic that just fizzled out soon after coming into contact with her hand.
"I-I don't understand… Should I not be dead after the summoning?"
She was supposed to be inflicted by whatever curse was affecting the demoness she summoned, a price for summoning in the first place, so her living was inconceivable. Looking around made it clear that she didn't have the time to ponder it anyway. Seeing the bodies of those that took her in scattering the floor.
"Y-you… N-need t-to esc-"
Soon that flaming figure fell down to his knees as the flames began to turn into naught but embers with nothing defining left on his charred body.
"About time the fucker keeled over."
With that the invaders decided to stop playing nice as they looked towards Elizabeth with clearly no kind of urgency to be seen. Not taking a little girl seriously. Still they couldn't help being curious about what someone with that hair colour was doing in an unfitting place like this.
"Care to share why you may be here, sweet cheeks~?"
Sweeping a hand through his hair with a seductive grin on his face.
"To summon a demon to kill you all but that doesn't seem to have worked on account of-"
She spoke while standing up to show off her full height (not that she had much of it) only to immediately freeze as she looked over her shoulder. Finally seeing exactly what she summoned. Yet the sight caused her blood to suddenly freeze as a lot of things became clear to her.
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"Hahaha so you thought if you would have the strength to defeat the church if you borrowed the power of this weak-!"
*splat*
He didn't even get to finish.
Initially all of them were chuckling together at the foolishness of the girl; even the one who had been beaten up slowly got up while nursing his wounds. Laughing at the stupid brat. Although all that stopped upon hearing that disgusting sound.
At that point all the inquisitors couldn't help turn their heads to their companion upon hearing that sound only for all of them to suddenly pale. Not a single one was able to speak up. Afterall… None of them saw what exactly happened yet all of them saw that there was what looked like a finger sized hole in the wall.
That as well as the bloody grey matter of their priest splattered across the compacted dirt.
"Go on. Entertain."
*ding*
*crunch*
*ding*
Finally they paid attention to the background noise of the room to hear a simple small ringing of bells along with the sound of bone crunching and meat squelching. From behind Elizabeth a beautiful voice echoed through the silence. Everyone, even those running for their lives, couldn't help but focus on it.
What should have been the bloody but full corpse of the cult leader was instead a mutilated cadaver that lacked its head and an entire arm. All the blood seemingly drained from it while bits of flesh & bone had clearly been pinched out. Signs of someone picking away at that fresh body with nothing but their hands.
It was this that caused an imbalance that finally allowed the body of the man to fall to the ground which should have been impossible since the spear skewered through the demon. Or at least they thought it skewered the demon. Watching from the gap created by the door, out of the abyssal darkness, was a single untouched eye that felt like it was piercing through their entire being.
"I- h-how…"
"Because I am Divine Demon of the Primordial Blood while you are weak, tonto."
Never had his spear failed to pierce a target as he was blessed with the gift of instant momentum; allowing his momentum to reach the peak in an instant. It allowed him to use his weapon at a level that had him taking on those of a higher rank. That was also why he wasted no time.
Seeing a hand reach out to grab the side of the coffin, no longer withered but instead with smooth skin that was covered in markings, he backed away. He wasn't sure what was contained inside yet he knew it was far beyond his pay grade to deal with it. And if he couldn't hurt it…
Instantly turning tail and abandoning the rest of his team as he used his ability to send himself flying up the stairs at a speed that they couldn't fathom.
"Coward."
"He may be a coward, however at least he's not a liar like you."
"Today is the day that you will meet your maker, demon!"
"Vihihi~ I am the maker~."
Every line she said both confused & terrified them more.
"Stupid demoness; the divine demon is the one who made your kind and he died so you're likely just some slutty succubus who had a lot of kids from taking superior human seed. A demon is still a demon. Let me send you on your way back to the demon realm~!"
Lifting his wand up he charged a powerful ball of turquoise energy before pointing it towards the raised platform at which point it exploded forward. Elizabeth jumped from the stage as a beam of potent magic engulfed essentially everything. Any organic matter quickly began to decay under its might.
"Nn?"
Seemingly asking if that was all that he could do as the young face of the mage was covered in sweat from prolonging the beam as much as possible.
"If our god can kill the real divine demon there is no wa-"
It was then that they gave up any chance of survival.
"nAvY!"
Screaming that colour with so much vitriol that they all had no choice except to freeze on the spot with most of the humans passing out on the spot. Even Elizabeth struggled to turn her head back up to the stage just in time to see that obsidian door fly off… Across the room.
*SPLAT*
The young looking mage could only scream in terror as the door soon crushed his body against the back wall without his allies having a chance to help. At least it was quick. Although that only made it all the more terrifying for the two warriors that remained.
That demon leapt out the coffin with her body engulfed in crimson flames that seemed to take the form of a blood thirsty hound. Her fingers like claws as she propelled herself through the air. That shield bearing girl finding her head slammed into the floor which resulted in her head becoming minced inside the helm.
This didn't stop the demoness from lifting her helm up to throw it aside, blood & gore spewing out the fly across the room, as she grabbed the female knight's arm. Flinging the body from left to right until the sinew visibly became too stretched out. The rest of the broken body flew across the room.
In the time it took for that to happen; the last knight had only barely managed to turn around to see the horrifying scene of that beast holding the mangled arm. Black flames acting as skin to cover that demoness body as she growled angrily at having lost a toy.
Tilting her head back to see the last knight… Who just died.
Unable to handle the intensity of those burning violet eyes which resulted in his body simply shutting down as he essentially exploded into meaty chunks. No energy was exerted. Just her rage filled piercing purple eyes was enough to cause reality itself to reject the man's existence.
"What did I bring into this world…"
Hearing the girl's voice caused that demoness to stop her rampage to slowly turn towards the girl for a second only to let out a yawn. Those crimson flames are fading. Revealing beautiful crimson hair that looked just like blood along with a set of horns that circled her entire scalp.
Two horns in particular, at either side of her forehead, were unique in that they were larger and instead of being black were actually gold at the tip. Intense colour fading as one went down their length till phasing into a pearly white until eventually matching her skin tone by the time it reached her forehead. Even if said skin was covered in various markings that certainly sold the image of her being a demon.
She was also now in the nude allowing all her markings to be fully admired.
All of them.
That demoness then proceeded to grab the bloody door of her coffin only to drag it back to her resting place to… Continue resting?
Stepping back into the casket with her leaving the door barely open once more.
Not that she forgot the girl as she slowly reached her hand out where an unusually violet apple sat in her open palm.
"Niña... Deal?"