Ash, Blood and Sacrifice

The air is covered in ash, smoke and fire, the armies of mortals and immortals battle one another with hearts heavy with hatred, sending earths dust to the sky with every corps that fell. The battlefield is thick with death, loud cries of anguish and pools of blood belonging to mortals and immortals alike but by some miracle, despite being surrounded by Raziel's army, the mortal alliance stands tall and strong.

Tharion: "we have been able to hold off the army but they are slowly pushing our forces back, we have to separate the army's commanders."

Drago: "Hunter and Amelia have pushed forward to face Emrick and Ashling, I will take Annabella to aid me when facing Damien, Bellarabi will face Von Drake. You, Yasumori and Ryoko will have to take down Raziel's wives, Boian will take care of that Labunka."

Tharion: "do you think it's wise to leave Raziel hovering above us?"

Drago: "we have no idea what that monster can unleash and we have already lost two days to this battle, by this days end the vampire king will join the battle. We must weaken his forces so that we can attack him simultaneously and we will have to keep the Lycan's in human form until the cursed king joins us, their venom will be vital to our survival."

Catalina: "me and Hunter are ready to confront Emrick and Ashling."

Soldier: "my prince we cannot find the king, we lost sight of him in the battlefield, the men fear for their king, could our mighty king have fallen."

Drago: "silence yourself soldier, where could father be.?"

Catalina: "king Titus has gone to confront Raziel, Amelia was seen following him."

Tharion: "that old fool wishes to weaken Raziel before he faces us, Titus will die if he faces him alone, I must be by his side."

Drago: "Amelia has broken our formations and father's actions hasn't helped either, Tharion I need you down here, you…..."

Tharion: "you cannot give me orders boy, you are not my king, Anabella shall take my place, I must fight beside my king, Amelia is too weak to be of any use to Titus."

Tharion charged to his king's aid, hoping to stop his friend from choosing a fate that would ensure his death. At that very moment Titus and Amelia had made it to the summit of the red wall and confronted the king of vampires who sat on a throne of red ice drinking a fine bottle of red wine.

Raziel: "I didn't think you would actually come to face me yourself, it's nice to see that the bravery of your family has not diminished, your grandfather would be proud."

Amelia: "enjoy your wine while it lasts monster, it will be your last."

Raziel: "oh I remember your blood as well, the family that led the young legion before it grew so bold under the lion's authority. You lack the strength of your ancestors but your heart burns like the sun, you would make an excellent wife. If its battle you seek then it is battle you shall have but I would recommend you wait for Tharion's arrival."

Tharion: "the king does not need to wait, for his loyal subject is here."

Raziel: "silly little cousin, first you form the resistance, then you show them how to rule and now you bow to them? You certainly have lived an interesting mortal life but clearly your old body has afflicted your mind, I will free you from that burden."

Titus: "it's strange to think that you and Tharion were raised under the same family, one carries no love for mortals whilst the other one has endlessly laboured for equality and freedom."

Raziel: "Tharion isn't the only one who carried love for mortals, if he knew that he might have thought twice before cursing me, before afflicting the burdens ofkings upon me, you cannot begin to imagine what horrors I shield my subjects from."

Tharion: "what? What horrors?"

Raziel: "oh no cousin, you have to win our little game to earn a tale from me."

With blinding speed, the cursed king charged towards Tharion in hopes of reaping his cousins heart out but by Raziel's surprise king Titus had grabbed his arm and threw him back to his red ice throne. Raziel gave Titus a sinister smile almost as if there was a secret within Titus that Raziel had discovered, Tharion stared in horror for he knew that his friend had used the same dark power that aided Ragna in defeating Acheron.

Tharion: "Amelia, when the moment presents itself you aim for Raziel's heart, you acquired a cursed blade yes?"

Amelia: "yes, it's the modified version so it has a much stronger effect on vampires."

Tharion: "good, stay behind me and let Titus lead the attack, the king has sacrificed his own soul to give us a fighting chance against Raziel, we shall ensure that his courage is not made vain."

Titus summoned his falling heavens technique which started to melt the red ice wall. Titus attempted to burn Raziel but the effort was pointless, the cursed king couldn't be killed by fire, so whilst still in the flames Titus attacked Raziel and begun to beat him through the ice wall. Titus continued to beat on Raziel until they reached the very bottom of the ice wall which was deep under water, Raziel smiled at Titus as he grabbed him by the throat and threw him right back to the summit of the wall. King Titus reached the summit of the wall only to be met by Raziel's armoured boot, how could the vampire move so fast?

Raziel: "am sorry boy but you simply can't defeat me with your fancy flame and your physical ability is just pathetic, run back to your army, you can at least die with your loyal subjects that way."

Titus: "I will not return to my people with failure, not after all they have sacrificed to come here, I will beat you or die trying."

Raziel: "death is all you will achieve if you continue this fight."

Titus: "I beg to deafer."

Titus looked to the sky and sucked the fallen heavens into his own body, it made his skin red with black veins emitting ash, the king stared at Raziel with deep black eyes. Titus charged towards Raziel once again but this time the blow struck Raziel so bad that it sent him to the sky, Titus leaped after him which such force that it destroyed the red ice wall completely. Tharion was able to grab Amelia and glide to the surface, Tharion looked to the sky and saw fire of red and gold colliding with one another. Raziel cracked a large smile as each blow he blocked from king Titus made his arm tremble, it was a glorious feeling that excited the cursed king.

Raziel: "yes Titus, show me the might of the mortal king, show me why they bow to you."

Amelia: "amazing, our king is equal to Raziel's strength, maybe even greater."

Tharion: "am afraid it won't last long, the power his holding is tearing him apart, we must weaken Raziel so that Titus can deliver the final blow."

Amelia: "well then get us up there!!"

Tharion: "he'll see us coming, we need to let him get lost in battle and focus only on Titus, that's when we make our move, I suggest you find a horse."

Amelia: "what?I have no control of that ability and I don't like the idea of sacrificing a noble steed."

Tharion: "it's the fastest move you have and I only need you to move straight, were going to kill the king of vampires."

Battle echoes in the air, many battles all across the immortal lands soaked the earth in blood but the battle had achieved its purpose for the hellboken had finally reached the capital without being detected. There was a great army defending the capital but Ragna and Dracula had their warriors attack from multiple points as they leaped from the sewers and attacked with great ferocity, the confusion also aided them in entering the dark tower without challenge.

Ragna: "here at last, its huge and it carries a dark presence."

Killshot: "it's size doesn't matter, we just need to go up but remember, the door that leads us to the dark towers power source is the same door that leads us to Lilith. Her power will be limited but she won't be easy to stop."

Kiva: "we don't have to kill her, just destroy the power source."

Thomas: "which will free Lilith and give her access to all her power."

Dracula: "that may be true but she has fuelled this thing since its creation, parting from it will bring her to her knees, our escape is secure."

Kiva: "in theory, she has never been known to have a weak moment, not one, the vampires couldn't even speak her name without fear taking hold of them."

Thomas: "my armour can resist magic to a degree but if she is everything they say she is, forget withstanding her strength, I doubt any of us have the strength to put her down."

Ayah: "our venom did weaken Alaric but it took everything I had within me to do it, our lycan forms aren't strong enough to contend with vampire elders, we could be pushing forward to our deaths."

Ragna: "if we do nothing then we are all as good as dead, we have to destroy the towers power source, we have to face Lilith."

Killshot: "well we can't turn back now, with undesired company present, hellboken crew, move out!!!"

Michael's log: "this is simply delicious, so many deals finally being collected, so many lives being sacrificed to the serpent's gate and we are just moments away from destroying the one thing that stands in my masers way. I have given you a king my lord, now wait as Lilith gives you the earth, just a little longer my titan king, just a little longer."