The Phoenix's Legion

Raziel in his dragon form has set the battlefield ablaze, men, women, mortals and immortals alike scream in agony as they are burned by Raziel's fire. Dragon fire wasn't just powerful it was magic, similar to Lilith's fire it carried curse seals so powerful that it took the form of fire. The only difference was that dragon fire didn't need incantations to summon, the fire cannot be mimicked or controlled. The dragon simply attacked without the distinction between friend and foe, the mighty creature simply craved absolute destruction, the king had truly become a cold blooded wild beast.

Within the fire consumed battlefield many brave warriors have fallen by Damien's hand, with the aid of Ashling and Emrick. Yasumori's two siblings were the last to face them but there has been no report on what happened to them. Now Dante, Boian and Hunter are next to face the vampire elder and the two lords, a blood socked Damien smiled at the sight of the rebellious mortals.

Damien: "how marvellous my days have been, no matter how many of you humans I kill you just keep coming and coming."

Dante: "to think that such a monster can be in the form of a boy."

Boian: "it's ironic that the youngest looking vampire may very well be the oldest, petty he was turned before his manhood was given the chance to manifest, he would made a handsome young man."

Hunter: "enough!!! I need to ask you something monster, was it you back in the first battle of the Rovahn walls, was it you that killed my brother?"

Damian: "the ludicrous red hair, that burning d.e.s.i.r.e for battle in your eyes and that annoying shield, your commander Beowulf's brother, you were just a little boy back then, Emrick, is this the mortal that you failed to beat?"

Emrick: "yes my lord its him, commander Hunt of the stampede valley."

Damien: "that shield could withstand dragon fire, I will take great p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e in taking it for myself as a trophy to remind me of your exceptional attempt."

Damian took a deep breath and unleashed dragon fire on Hunter, Boian and Dante. Boian took to the sky and dodged the attack completely while Dante hid behind Hunter whose shield blocked the fire as it did before. Emrick summoned a shadow that turned to solid black steel that took him to the sky to confront Boian while Ashling faced Dante. Damian ruthlessly attacked Hunter, the attacks left Hunters arm trembling but the mighty shield held on, an opening presented itself and Hunter stabbed Damian in the heart with a cursed blade. The blade should have been able to kill him but it had little effect on him, the vampire elder pulled the blade out, broke hunters arm and threw the commander away whilst keeping hold of his family shield.

Damian: "what is this thing made of? it certainly isn't any kind of metal I have ever seen .... What on earth is that voice?"

A voice that nobody could hear but Damian spoke to him in a loud harsh tone, he couldn't understand the language but he could tell the words were harsh and brutal. A blue light shined on the shield and blew Damian away as well as returned to its rightful owner Hunter.

Hunter: "you're not the first fool to try and take the shield, it bows to one bloodline and one bloodline only."

Damian: "then I guess I'll just have to end your damn bloodline!!!"

As Damian and hunter battled a frustrated Dante tried all he could to fight Ashling but she was one of the fastest vampires alive, he simply couldn't catch her, Dante could barely see her. Ashling laughed as she easily cut Dante with a knife and escaped his gaze, it was a sweet retribution for her failings in the second wall battle. She mocked the young hero without restriction but as she mocked Dante a cruel rage had begun to grow within him. In his rage Dante used his Demon arm to beat on the ground and cripple everything near him including Hunter and Damian.

Hunter: "whose side are you on?"

Dante: "shut up!!! I came here to kill every vampire that stood in my way, I won't be humiliated by that blood s.u.c.k.i.n.g heathen!!!"

Hunter: "your cursed blade was absorbed by your demon arm; it clearly has some influence on you."

Dante: "the only thing it has done is give me perspective, I won't hold back my power any longer just to make the nobles comfortable, my power is mine to own and mine to use and I intend to use it now."

Dante stretched out his hand and in that instant Damian and Ashling felt a powerful force grip their hearts, Damian was able to fight on with Hunter despite Dante's efforts but this only further angered Dante. Dante lifted his demon hand and the dark force intensified with such might that it set Ashling on fire, Damian beat Hunter to the ground and started to approach Dante. As Damien pushed on he could feel these cold hands reach into his soul and slowly force him to the ground but the proud vampire continued to stand and push on, Damien would not submit to Dante's might.

Damian: "surely that isn't everything, is it? I faced such power before and it brought me to my knees, surely you can do better than that, your father could."

Dante unleashed the full might of his demon arm and focused it all on Damian, Damian was brought to his knees and was set ablaze but Dante was too blinded to see what Damian was making him do. Raziel had never left his kingdom which means that every sighting of Raziel was actually Damian. Damian fought Lazarus, Dante's father, he knew very well that the power he was using was undisciplined.

What was slowly killing Damian was quickly killing Dante, the vampire endured the pain as he crawled toward Dante until the warrior's body became ill and fell to the ground, Dante was helpless. Damian stood in confidence as the flames blew away and all his wounds were healed, with Dante crippled hunter would have to face Ashling and Damian on his own but before that Damian had to finish his business with the demon fist clan.

Damian: "your father put up a much better fight boy, he could summon thousands of incantations with that demon arm and all you can do with it is throw a childish tantrum. You even dare aspire to be king? I'll be doing the mortals a favour, you would only embarrass your father and clan, it's time to end you and your annoying demon arm."

Damian grabbed Dante's demon arm and started to pull it off his body, Dante screamed in agonising pain, Boian and Hunter were incapable of helping him, the only son of Lazarus was going to die. He didn't know why but in that moment of pain Dante in tears begged for his dead father's aid, it was the only thing that came to his mind after the demon arms influence wore off.

Damian: "father? Are you so pathetic? I take away your precious toy and the first thing you do is cry for daddy, daddy is dead boy but don't worry you'll be joining him shortly."

A powerful green light from the capital blasted to the sky, it was so large and powerful that it completely cleared the dark cloud above it for but a brief moment. The army believed that the tower was destroyed. When the light cleared the tower was intact and the dark cloud shadowed the tower, it was a shock but nothing seemed to have happened but it revealed to Damian the mortal army's intentions.

Damian: "when that light appeared you summoned some kind of joy, you're not hear to defeat us, you're here to distract all of us while you attempt to destroy the tower. That's why you were so bold and insulting, you provoked us into fighting you away from the tower. The vampires left at the tower aren't reliable enough to defend it, looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me but first I'll..."

A large shadow loomed over Damian and when he turned to look at what it was the sight shocked him, it was a giant monster that was like nothing he had seen. It was eight feet tall and was viciously large and muscular, it was some kind of tiger beast with a humanoid form and it was covered in markings similar to Dante's body. The beast roared at Damian and it sent the vampire flying, the beast was very defensive of Dante, it even seemed to want to protect him from his own soldiers who were trying to come to their commander's aid. What was this vicious being? Where did it come from? And what influence will it bring to the ever intensifying battlefield?

Dante: "I don't know what this creature is but it has given me the time I needed to regain my senses, I have been a disgrace to my father and people. I will become a man worthy of my people's admiration, I will be the king that ends the long knight and I will be the king that avenged Beowulf and Lazarus, the phoenix's legion will have its vengeance!!!"