A man with silver hair was seen looking at none other than Claire who was chained to the wall in magic sealing chains. "So your Claire Kagenou? I have quite a few questions for you to answer." Claire looks at the old man once, and Instantly recognized who he actually was, amd tgst fact shocked her.
"I know you. You're a Vicount I think if memory serves it was Vicount Greese who had a disgraceful loss at the God of War festival during the first round against Princess Iris." Instead of getting irritated, and lashing out the Vicount did a fast, and powerful kick which Claire dodged by a hair.
"So you dodged that fast of a kick while locked into magic sealing chains that is impressive." Claire just scoffs at the man. "Well of course my adorable little sister taught me it's about how you use magic not how much you use." The look on the Vicount seems to get intrigued. "Well besides your sister have you felt ill lately?"
Claire hums in acknowledgement. "Yes but my sister being a psychopath tried some kind of healing magic on me when a black spot appeared on my skin. She said it was a mix of being in the cold then catching the cold, and the black spot was just a bruise." After stating that as a matter of fact the Vicount spoke up.
"Well it's seems I'll need that sister of yours th.–" before he could even think about finishing his sentence the chains on the wall snapped off and werr going to decapitate him if he didn't dodge. "If you so much as lay a pinky finger on her I'll kill everyone you ever associ–" at the start of the rant Claire is swiftly cut off, and is punched had in the gut.
Then as she fell to the floor one of the gaurds runs into the room like a panicked chicken running from a fox. "Master Greese were under attack! Seven of them came out of nowhere like phantoms!" Greese or his last name Olba snaps his head at the gaurd before rushing to where he came from. "How is that possible some of our men are good enough to be in the royal gaurd!?"
As he finally reached the court yard he saw the seven individuals who happened to be The 7 Shades. "Who are you people! What's your name?" Alpha being the defacto second in command of Shadow Garden swiftly does waht she thinks Chloé would in this particular situation.
"We are Shadow Garden, and we bring doom to the Cult of Diablos." Next to speak up is Epsilon. "And we know everything from the truth of Demon Possession to the hero's descendants." Greese of course begins to freak out after hearing that.
"Where did you learn about the Cult of Diablos...?! Those are our most guarded secrets known only to the upper echelon! The couldn't have been leaked." He was about to attack but gets slashed faster than the his magically enhanced eyes can track.
"Bad idea, but we won't kill you atleast not until you tell us everything you know about." The girls begin giggling but are stopped as Greese takes a red pill into his mouth which caused his magic power to sky rocket before finally stabbing the ground falling into a hole leaving the seven shades perplexed.
"Shouldn't we give chase?" Alpha shook her head before looking at the others. "No he is headed straight towards her." This causes Beta to get excited at those words. "You mean Lady Nacht predicted this? She's so amazing!"
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'Where did they go! I feel like Zoro right now which isn't pleasant... is that a secret door? So cool! Seeing it in person is way more radical... no I'm not using that word I feel like a boomer. It gives me "Hello fellow kids" vibes.'
Greese who thought he had successfully escaped those seven girls stumbles across an eighth. "Another one? No wait... your all alone!" As he swung his sword in a downward arc Chloé stops his sword with merely her fingers.
'He's quite strong. He even has more magic than Alpha... Unfortunately for him he will be my Ebony Blade test dummy due to his inability to use it properly, and be a proper threat. Simply put swinging your sword around randomly like a meat head won't win you any fight against someone who knows what there doing.'
On the outside Greese was getting his ass beat by Chloé who wasn't even using a sword simply smiling until he finally fell to his knees barely holding himself up with his sword. "Tell me. Where did you come from? Just what is Shadow Garden?!" Without even missing a beat Chloé gazing down with her yellow eyes that seemed to pierce right through the soul like an omnipotent judge.
She then finally Conjures the Ebony Blade with her slime sword. Seeing that the sword was being held like it was sheathed with the blade of the sword being pointed outward, and Greese felt the grim reaper herself was staring down at him "We lurk in the shadows in order to hunt the shadows. That is our sole purpose."
Greese hearing this wanted to attempt to discourage fighting the Cult of Diablos. "Do you really mean to oppose them!? No matter your strength you won't stand a chance against the darkness as it's rooted far deeper than even your can imagine!" Smirking which was something Greese even noticed as Chloé spoke.
"Then we'll dive even deeper. As deep as the abyss goes." The finality in her tone, and her readiness to strike evident as she pumps her sword with magic power to the point it looked like an "I. Am. Atomic." then she speaks. "Playtime is over." One slash is all it took for Greese to see his life flash before his eyes as it cleaved through him, and his sword like a knife through butter.
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On the outside of the abandoned mine the seven shades watched as their leader walked out of the mine. "Alright girls good job in there you did you duty wonderfully. But I know you girls are going to leave shortly no? So allow me to request something stuff if that's alright?"
All seven of the girls were shocked at how personal their leader was currently being. Alpha then spoke up. "Well what is it you wish to request Lady Nacht?" When they saw her gaze go from overdrive to normal they all also saw her relax aswell.
"I'm not just asking these as your leader but your friend, and a younger sister. I want Claire protected, and I want everything reported to me no matter how "beneath my notice" you deem it as I won't be the one gathering the information you should know what I'm implying but I'll just say it flat out bluntly.
I'm still human girls which means I still have room for error that also means I'm not all knowing I can't actively help if I'm held in the dark because "Lady Nacht knows all" which isn't true.
Sure I'm way smarter than most but I'm as already mentioned not all knowing something please keep me informed of everything i don't care how small it may be. If I do know it I'll say so but it never hurts to make sure of something especially when we are fighting an enemy as big as the Cult of Diablos do I make myself abundantly clear?"
All the intelligence members aka all but Delta nod with a serious expression. "Alright now that that is all done, and over with I'd like to have one last meal with my best friends before we get separated for a long period. Is that ok with you girls?"
All of them then embrace Chloé beginning to cry which causes Chloé to do so aswell after separating the leap off into the trees towards the Kagenou territory so they can have one last meal together before everyone splits up to fight the cult. They then walk off into the night for one last shared memory together.