Old Ones

As Sebastian and Ezel were watching the trees,Olaf came back alongside the others.

"Ezel,you said there was important information to be discussed?"

"Yes,Do you know the tale of the Old Ones?"

"Huhh? I Do not,mind explaining it to me?"

"Well in Azerath, there's an old tale of a certain type of trees, trees so old some say they existed even before the calamity.These trees were sacred altars in which the ancient people used to worship the gods,they could "absorb" corpses and let them out again,after they did,these corpses would always remain in pristine condition and not have a foul smell.

Due to that the idea that they were divine trees send by the gods to cleanse the dead ones of their sins became widely propagated .

The Inhabitants of the Old world therefore began leaving their deceased near these trees in hopes their sins would be cleansed and they would be taken to paradise...

However one day something onmious happened ...The corpses which were bought to the trees all came back to "life",the people of the ancient world at first thought this was a miracle...until these corpses started eating them,they had an empty gaze and seemed driven purely by an endless hunger,never stopping their pursuit of nourishment for a single minute.

Fortunately the light keepers of that time eventually managed to eradicate these corpses,largely due to the fact that there were not that many corpses that were placed in the trees before whatever made them come back to life happened..."

"I see...and what is your point exactly?"

"Well those, trees had moved position by the time the Light keepers went to burn them and their leaves had all turned bright red...Now take a look at those trees there in front of us."

"...Fuck."

As Gavian looked ahead,he spotted trees with bright red leaves that seemed to have moved position since he last saw them.

"Everyone prepare for combat."

Just as Gavien sent out an order to the Cohors,pale white hands protruded out of the ground.Bright yellow eyes shining in the dark, elongated ears,sharp nails colored black and emanating a strange dark mist around them,a slender build with long limbs and chains connecting them together...

"Monstra Nivis?"

"What are they doing here? Aren't they only supposed to be found in cold extremities?"

" They are but well,this is the Mountains of Gehenna.We may be in Silva Infernus but The nix Infernus is located right next to it,Maybe they came from there?"

As Princeps, Faye and Olaf reacted to the appearance of the legendary creatures,Anya stepped forward in direction of them.

"Phoenix,come with me.yakone,stay back and prepare to activate your ability in case one of us is in mortal danger."

"Okay!"

"Yh-hyh-hh,yes."

The two girls went in direction of the horde of attackers,Anya took out her sword and jumped forwards in direction of a monster located 20 feet to her right and immediately engaged in combat.

The monster swinged it's chains forward,bringing a compatriot with half of its body missing forward and the two of them launched a conjunct attack.

"Tsk, they're quite smart huh?"

Anya performed a 45 angle sword strike encompassing the upper body of the disabled creature and the lower body of the other,the snow monster swinged it's arms backwards throwing its disabled companion a little bit backwards and came forward to meet Anya's strike with its sharp nails,its hands were sliced through and then its torso,but before Anya could retrieve her longsword to a proper position the disabled creature launched a strike of its own,before it could make contact though...

"Vulcrim."

A ray of fiery light came in its direction from the left,the monster could not react and was burned to a crisp.

"Thanks."

"No problem,but these things are quite crafty eh?"

"Sure they are,we must proceed with more caution."

As they were in the middle of conversation,a group of 4 creatures lined up in a row came running in their direction,Anya activated "Sorim" lighting up her longsword with a Blueish white glow.

She striked towards them and her strike slashed them apart.

"Eh?they didn't even attempt to dodge?"

Anya questioned the meaning of the creatures actions until she saw that behind the now dead abominations some of the monsters which were previously chained up together were now free on one side.

The abominations split in two groups each going in a different direction.

'They tricked me..."

"Phoenix you go right,I go left"

Hearing the command from her vice captain, Phoenix neared a group of snow monsters and shouted "Enray!",A massive ray of fiery light proceeded to completely annihilate the creatures on the right which had split from the main group.

As she was done with her opponents Phoenix turned to the left and spotted her vice-capitain amidst a heated battle with a towering monster possessing two horns and 4 arms.

'where did that come from?'

'and what about the rest?'

Phoenix looked through the battlefield and found that all the other creatures now lay dead on the ground,their corpses all possessing a wound in their foreheads which was dripping blood.

'It seems she was forced to use Annihilatio Siderum already."

Phoenix ran in direction of the battle to support Anya and upon arriving 15 feet of the creature casted "Valeeyn".

The creature which was amidst an attack suddenly froze,Anya noticed this and Immediately casted "Sorim."

The creature was beginning to be split in half however when the attack was halfway through its body it began regenerating.

Noticing this fact,Anya activated "Vessios" and the slash of light suddenly solidified.

The creature managed to finish its regeneration but now it had a solid sword like thing inside it.

As it began moving it seemed to be stumbling about quite a bit, Phoenix joined the fray and the two of the kept kitting away at the creature until it seemed incapable of moving properly.

Once this happened they both went for the finishing blow,Anya activating "Sorim" and Phoenix activating "Enrai",the now severely weakened creature could not dodge and was strucken clean by the combo of fate spells.

However even after such a deadly combination the creature still remained alive, Frustrated with the development Phoenix exclaimed,"Whatever I'm going all in!"

Saying this,she started making a set of signs with her hands and after 6 seconds a circle was formed below the creature,this circle was made out of fiery dark red light.

Anya exclaimed"Aedes Irferni."

Extremally hot dark red flames poured out of the circle in the ground and completely encompassed the creature.

After a while they extinguished and in their place only ashes remained.