Adventure of Astral Part 12: Cleanout

Sora and Lilac approached the Last Stand as they saw the marbled walls glistening in the moonlight. There were smoke pillars rising from the outer wall as they looked at it extending around a large tower with several levels. All made from marble as they looked from afar. Each level looked like it held several hordes of demons. "Just our luck." Sora cracked his knuckles as he looked past all of them. Directly to the top.

"What should be the plan? It can't be attacking them, during the night. Head on?" Lilac questioned him as he put the mask on his face and cracked his neck. "I will provide support but no more than that." Sora nodded as he looked her in the eyes.

"I am killing all of them. Stay above and watch for any flanking patterns. Keep yourself safe." Sora asked of her as he was gone in a blink of an eye. She transformed into a falcon and took flight above as she watched carefully. Sora was scaling a mountain next to the keep as he wanted to work his way down. 

'The toughest son of a bitch will be at the top. If I kill him it should scare them off, no matter the forces.' Sora looked across as he was above the top layer of the keep. He sat for a second and looked at all of the top layer, the door to the chamber was shut. It should open when he makes an entrance. Killing those demons in front of the door would be a good start.

The group of demons in front of the door were all darkly colored with steel armor. They huddled around the fire as they were eating a couple of body parts. They stood at fifteen feet tall as Sora looked at their weak points.

He jumped from the top of the mountain and spread his arms apart as his cape conformed to his arms and made it a glider suit for him to slow his descent. He slammed into the ground in front of the group as they all faced him. "I didn't know humans did delivery services." One of the giants faced him as he pulled out two short swords, around two feet long in length he looked at them as they all faced him with their giant maces.

"Don't crush him into paste, I don't want a smoothie." One of the giants shouted to the one charging forward as he slammed the mace down as hard as possible. It took a chunk of the marble off as it fell to a lower layer, crushing another demon as Sora was nowhere to be seen. They all looked around as they were puzzled. The giant dropped to one knee as blood was gushing from his heel like a geyser.

The demon let out a loud shouting roar that was heard all across the valley. All the demons were on alert as Sora climbed up the back of the beast. Using his swords to lift himself upwards. Decapitating it as the head of the giant hit the ground with a thud. His body crushing his skull as Sora landed on the ground. Both swords glinting their metallic rainbow color as he rushed the next one. They all swiped at him with their maces as he evaded each one by jumping over them.

He slashed at each joint in the armor and took limb after limb off from the demons as Sora was too fast for them. Dismembering them as each of the giant demons lay on the ground, screeching in agony. As Sora approached the door it slammed open. One demon emerged the same size as Sora as they locked eyes. Sora saw this was the one to be worried about.

"So you are here to do what? Lose in a fiery blaze of battle with no hope of winning, just to die?" The man walked forward with purple armor as they heard a screech from above. Sora knew what that sound was as he stayed silent. "Even if you kill all of us and clear this place out, we will find you again. For I am a detached clone and already know your plan. Segment." The man looked human and reeked of evil as Sora glared at the man and his armor.

"Who am I to judge, you are just a byproduct. I am a leader and you are a coward." The armor collapsed around the man as he wore just purple robes underneath. "You have made many enemies. And now you will pay with your life." The man pointed a purple staff at them.

The demons stood ready to charge as Sora stood still. A white orb flew upwards above them as they watched it. From the orb emerged a lady. Wearing a large oversized witch hat, a white skirt with black outlines, white leggings and white boots. With white arm sleeves and gloves as one of them held a different white glove than the other. Beacon extended from her right arm as she pointed it at them all while they were in shock.

"Now leave or die!" Sora shouted as Lilac froze in the air, coasting on the air current watching the chaos as she held no words for what she was seeing. The witch hovered in air as Sora didn't move.

"Kill them both, he doesn't have the power." The armor reappeared as the purple man charged back in and sent a flurry of staff blows at Sora. While he defended them flawlessly. Becoming buffed by the witch in the air. The demons charged in from behind as Sora decapitated the purple man in one swift motion of his blades. Crossing the blades on his neck as his head hit the ground, the demons kept fighting. Sora slowly slaughtered them all.

Each swing of his blade took another demon down as it overwhelmed Sora, he was backing up due to the numbers of demons. Sora gave the signal as he tossed a sword into the air. The witch nodded as she took a double take to make sure this was promised to hit them all. Sora fended them off for another few fleeting seconds as white beams shot out from Beacon. Striking the demons from all around them. Sora caught his blade as the witch turned back into an orb.

All the demons were defeated as Sora looked around then up to Lilac who slowly drifted downwards to Sora as the orb reentered his body. Lilac turned into her human form once more as the demon's ashes started to blow away in the wind. "Sora, who was that, and why did the man refer to you as a segment? Are you sure this place is safe now?"

"This place will be safe once Astral is here. They fear him." Sora stayed in a chilled silent as the two heard nothing but the wind in the moonlight. Sora went down the outside of the tower and started double checking each and every room as Lilac stood still. She looked into the fire in front of her as she realized something was not right with Sora, and Astral not trusting him was right, but she can play along. She sat next to the fire as the sun came up.

Sora wandered around the keep as he dusted everything clean and took an inventory of all the resources at the keep. Knowing the humans who remained would bring their belongings and more supplies. Sora went back to the top and looked directly at Lilac. He stared into her eyes as she was staring at the valley below. "You will obey my commands. Without fear and hesitation you shall stand by my side." Lilac stood up to drop to a knee.

"Of course Sora." Lilac droned out monotony as Sora was ready to corrupt all the humans who would be due to arriving anytime soon. He listened deep inside of himself.

'Was it wrong to corrupt her, but its for the greater good, she knows too much.'

'Wrong is wrong, even if you make it right.' the angelic voice shouted to Sora as he lessens the corruption from servitude to following his leadership. Lilac fell asleep from the mental attack as Sora carried her to a bed.

The demons at each of their camps saw the humans pass by, not attacking as their direct order was now to not engage until they had a new signal. They had plans canceled as new ones were made. The humans made it easier.