Hell to Pay

Silver, Tora and Divine were traveling down a long hallway. The hallway seemed to become more and more life-like. Witnessing the remnants of battle, she realized that the necromancers were here before they were, no doubt here to perform some form of ritual.

The walls of the tomb were becoming more and more decorated. Scenes of battle were depicted. A young woman with snake scales, pupils, and a tail was depicted fighting against Angels and the Humanoid races. She had an army of monsters and demons at her back. And although it looked close, she was eventually purged from the Mortal plane, and cast into a pitch black portal. The scenes were elegantly drawn. Silver thought for a moment. 'So, Echidna, the mother of all monsters, led a rebellion against the heavens. Angels, and Humanoids fought against her, and eventually managed to win. Interesting'

Silver, Tora and Divine saw into a large open area. A massive tomb was sitting in the middle of the cavern. Four necromancers were standing around the tomb, chanting a spell in unison.

"Echidna. Mother of us all. Rise from nothing. I desire a beautiful world of death. Come forth, and once more destroy that which has been denied to you. Neither Heaven, nor Hell could destroy you. For you are eternal, and only in the light of day, will eternal night forever sleep."

The entire cave system rumbled, and a deep, motherly voice sounded out. She spoke like everything was beneath her. "You fools! I am not dead. I am merely stuck in Purgatory. Find the portal to this plane. I know not where it is, but you must free me from this eternal damnation!"

The rumbling stopped, and Silver frowned. She looked at Tora and Divine before sharing the world quest with them. Immediately, they were awestruck, but happily accepted. Earlier, right after Echidna had spoken, Silver heard the infamous *DING*.

"World Quest, Return to Dawn has been updated. New Information: The Mother of all Monsters, Echidna, is attempting to free herself from purgatory. You and those close to you must stop this at all costs, for if she is freed, there will be hell to pay."

[Quest participants: 3/5.]

The necromancers turned towards the resting chamber's entrance. One of them saw the three newcomers and yelled: "Intruders! How dare you sully the goddess' chamber. Prepare to die!"

Silver, Tora and Divine drew their weapons. They formed up, and Tora immediately used Taunting Battle Cry. [Skill Failed. Reason: No monsters detected.] Tora yelled out to everyone. "This has become much more difficult. These aren't monsters, they're NPC's."

Silver cursed loudly and dashed towards one. Once she was within range, she saw that their eyes were pitch black and had no pupils. They were possessed by Demons. She swung her scythe down on it's chest, drawing it's blood. She yelled out "They're demons! Divine use as much light magic as you can, I'll try and draw their focus!" Twisting her body slightly and bringing her knee up, she hit the Demon in his abdomen and dashed towards the next one.

From the corner of her eye, she saw two more necromancers chanting a spell. She slashed across a demon's torso, creating a gash that ran from shoulder to hip. Immediately after that, she saw two orbs of condensed mana rushing towards her. She rolled to the left and avoided the first one, but was hit in the shoulder by the next one. She winced when she saw her HP: 100/140. She called out once more. "Tora, run interference, I can't afford to have them pelting me with spells." Divine and Tora got to work quickly. Divine rushed towards Silver and stabbed at the Demon about to kick Silver across the room. A wound opened up on it's arm, and it staggered backwards, unable to finish it's kick towards Silver. While that was happening, Tora began to interrupt the demons casting spells. although he wasn't fast, he had a skill called "Bull Rush"

"Bull Rush: Charges towards a target, If the target is hit, interrupts their last action and places them in confused state for 1 second. Cooldown: 1 Minute."

Silver dashed towards the next demon. She arrived in front of him within a second, and what greeted her was a dagger. She raised her hand and allowed it to stab into her palm. The Demon was shocked, and Silver used that to tear the dagger out of his hand. She pulled it out and threw it at a demon casting a spell across the room. The dagger hit him in the shoulder and interrupted his chanting. Silver solidified the blood on her hand to stop the bleeding. She gripped her scythe and slashed it across the demon's torso. He recoiled In shock, and moments later, Divine appeared behind him. She stabbed her sword into his torso, and Divine began chanting. Silver protected her. Wielding her scythe like a crazed reaper, she deflected blow after blow. When Divine finished chanting, numerous beams of light pierced through the demon. He dropped dead instantly.

Silver and Divine ran towards the next demon, but stopped when they heard an anguished cry. They looked over and saw Tora with a dagger in his shoulder, and a demon chanting a spell. Silver acted immediately, and picked Divine up with a princess carry. She chanted. "Blood flows in the east. The Night is safe, and the day shall not break early." Immediately, her speed shot through the roof. She appeared in front of Tora in under half a second. She dropped Divine and slashed across the demon's torso. Laughing like a woman possessed, she called out "COME ON. IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT? I'LL TEAR YOU ALL LIMB FROM LIMB!" In the span of one second, Silver had swung her scythe three times, and cut off both of the demon's arms and one of his legs. She stomped on his cut off leg and grinned sadistically. Picking him up by the hair, she threw him back towards Divine and Tora who stood frozen in shock. The demon landed on the ground with a soft "thud".

Silver dashed towards the next demon. She activated "Maniacal Frenzy" and everyone turned towards her. She looked horrifying as an intense blood lust rolled off of her in waves. Her eyes were full of madness. The demon's were like meat in a grinder. Unable to do anything, they died very gruesome deaths. The first one had his legs cut off before being stomped on until he died. The last demon attempted to flee before Silver grabbed him by the arm. She Immediately dislocated his shoulder, and threw him to the ground. Stealing his dagger, she stabbed him repeatedly in his arms, legs, torso and hands until he died. She laughed madly the whole time he was dying. When the last one was dead, she dropped the dagger.

Silver deactivated her skills, and her aura returned to normal. She covered her mouth and coughed. Blood seeped from between her fingers and she stumbled over to Divine and Tora were sitting. They seemed unsettled. Silver muttered "No one will kill someone I care for...Not..again" before she collapsed on the floor.