We enter the mountain, passing the gates. As soon as we entered, the doors closed. Andrew was first followed by me and Nayru.
Inside there was a long corridor; only a couple of torches illuminated this place, and the floor and walls were surprisingly made out of granite, not stone.
We walked for a couple of minutes in a straight line until we came into a large chamber. It was adorned with pillars and statues, and on the floor was the crest that was at the gates. The chamber divides the road into one corridor to the east and one to the west.
"You take the east one; I will take the west one."
"Are you sure?"
The other path was dark without torches.
"Just take care of the occultists and Isaac."
"Yeah?"
"Be careful"
"Got it." I pull out a silence talisman along with a [conceal] one too.
I walked to the east side as he told me; on this path, there were torches.
{Light for easy sight, meaning for humans, he went where the vampires are, didn't he? How did he know? right increased sense of smell}
As I started to approach the end of the path, I could hear some chanting.
"Le sang est la mort..." (Blood is death.)
"Le sang est la douleur." Blood is pain.
"Le sang est la passion..." (Blood is passion.)
"Le sang est la vie." (Blood is life.)
"Le sang se connecte..." (Blood connect...)
{Huh?... This chanting...}
~Master?~ {Sorry, they are chanting in the wrong order, corrupting the original proposal of the ritual.}
~What do we do, master?~
{Hmm... interrupting the ritual will cause a severe backlash, probably killing or maiming all the occultists, or I could wait for them to finish and learn what the objective of this ritual is.}
~Master, there's something in the chamber ahead.~
{Oh?...can you tell me what it is, Nayru?}
~Some sort of artifact, it feels evil.~
{Hm, I see. Well, let's crash this party then}
As I approached the entrance to the chamber, I could see a group of cultists in a circle. In the middle of the chamber, I finally saw what Nayru was referring to as an artifact: a silver goblet with red gems encrusted all over it.
{Indeed, with my soul sight, I can see that this goblet is trouble}
In my vision, the goblet had faces in all the red gems, meaning that the goblet contains large amounts of souls.
{Ok, let's begin: [Rock Golem]+[Minor Protection]+[Enhance], Nayru, don't let them die; I have plans for them.}
~alright, master~
In the middle of the chamber, a huge golem made out of rock appeared from the ground, scaring the living crap out of everyone here, thus breaking the ritual, and the backlash was instant.
"No!..."
"F**!!..."
*Crack*
*argghhh*
Half of the cultist received a heavy injury; the other half was just a minor wound.
"Who dares to interrupt this sacred ritual!"
"There, Brother Blood!"
{What!? Did he say Brother Blood?}
When I focused on the one they called Brother Blood, I saw a young man. He had white skin and red eyes. He was wearing a skull cap and a red, golden, and blue costume.
(Raaaggh)[Treat]
My golem used his skill, giving him all the attention of the cultist, and I used that to rain spells into them.
{Change of plans, Nayru; hit them hard and aim to kill}
~understood, master~ [Zio] She gathered many light bolts around her and was ready to launch them.
{[Boost]+[Crackling Lance] [Fireball] [Wind Slash] [Ice Spear] [Flame Pillar]}
Along with my spells, Nayru launches hers.
*Argghh* "Noo!!.."
*Crack*
*splash*
*Boom*
"You...you...damn...you..."
When the smoke cleared, only my golem was there, along with a couple of cultists.
{Tch, they escaped; he was young, so he probably just took control of the Church of Blood}
{Where's the goblet?}
~there, master ~ {Hmm?} I saw it on one of the walls; the goblet was encrusted there.
"I guess from the impact of our spells, Golem protects the entrance."
My golem moved slowly to the entrance of the chamber; meanwhile, me and Nayru went to see the cultist and the goblet.
"Heal them only enough for them to not die."
~yes, master...[Dia]x6~
As Nayru was healing them, I went to see the goblet encrusted in the wall.
"[Kèter'elyon]"
"[Aquio]"
"[Levioso]"
"I need to cleanse this thing, but I need time."
[Detecting a powerful artifact, do you wish to transfer it to the inventory?]
{Yes!!}
[Transferring... Complete] In a flash of light, the goblet was gone, and in my inventory was a notification.
[Corrupted Goblet of Blood]
~Master, I'm done.~
{Mmh?...Ah... thank you, Nayru} i reach my hand to her head.
*Pat* *Pat*
(Giggle)~ You're welcome, master~
"Now let's begin the experiment." I cancel my magic.
{[Dark Bargain: Herma'Mora]}
A green and dark arcane circle appeared below me, and from it emerged a creature. This creature was dark, ancient, and dangerous; it had the aspect of an eye and many tentacles with eyes as well.
~"Speak"~
"I want to exchange life energy for his connection to magic," I point at one of the cultists that was on the floor.
~"Approved. One of his tentacles grabbed my left arm, and the other tentacle grabbed the head of the cultist.
Then I felt like something was leaking from me; soon I was getting paler with each passing second, until it brought me to one knee on the floor, but not the other guy.
*AAARRGGH*
He was screaming his lungs out, and then I heard a notification in my mind.
[Detecting Mind Energy]... Transferring Complete]
[(Mind+2) Do you accept?]
{Yes} [Mind:87(+15)]
At the end, he stopped moving. I don't know what consequences this will bring him, but I don't really care; he's at least alive.
~master!!...[Dia]~]
{Thank you, Nayru} Nayru brought me back to full health, so to speak, so I need to replace the offerings.
"I offer ten life runes for their connection to magic."
~"... Denied"~
{Hmm...}
"Twelve"
~"... Approved"~
"Sweet," I pull out twelve [Life Runes] from my inventory.
Another tentacle grabbed the runes, and more tentacles reached for the heads of the survivors'.
*AAARRGGH*x5
A symphony of screams—for a couple of seconds, that's all that can be heard in the chamber—then silence.
[Mind:97(+15)]
{Good, let's go, Nayru; we need to check on Andrew}
~Yes, Master~
I cancelled my golem and went to the opposite side.
{Thank the presence that it's in a straight line...}
{[Dark Vision]}
When I reached the end of the west side, there were stairs that led to the underground.
{I don't like this.}
~Master, I could go instead of you.~
{Denied, you're not strong enough}
~Awww~
{Don't worry, soon you will be able to help me more, but for now, we go together}
~alright, Master~
We descended through the stairs into the underground floors.
~Master, i smell blood~
{Stay alert, Nayru}
~Yes!~
After a couple of minutes, we finally reached the end of the stairs, but we only saw another long corridor.
{Hmm...better use another round of talismans} I grabbed the [Silence], and [Conceal] talisman, and put it on me.
{Now, we can move on}
We walked the long corridor, this one was different, in the walls were carvings of some type.
{I think is a language, but i will need time to analyze it}
As i was observing the walls, Nayru was silent, floating beside me.
{Feeling anything?}
~yes master, up ahead, someone is fighting~
{Really?}
~Yes, Master~
The more we get close to the end of the corridor, the more what Nayru told me became true, i could hear sounds, and vibrations from time to time.
Then when i reach the end i could see exactly what was happening.
Our companion, Andrew, was fighting a couple of dozen vampires by himself.
*Boom*
*Crash*
"Just die!!"
"F***k you!!"
"Bastard!!"
*Crash*
Maybe because they're immortals, but i don't see an end to this battle any time soon, so let's tip the balance.
I focused on Andrew. {[Minor Protection]+[Boost]+[Stone Armor]+[Enhance]}
I first focused on increasing Andrew's defense.
"What!?"
"What is that?"
"What a hell..."
When suddenly an armor made out of stone manifested in his body, he stopped, the other vampires did it too.
{Perfect, [Hex]x13}
[Randomizing Curse....Complete]
[Curse of strength]
{Ha..ha..ha}
Soon they resumed fighting, but something was different, they were losing, and fast.
"What's happening?.."
"I feel weak..."
"No!!!..."
*Ripp*
*Crash*
*Boom*
He, without mercy, eliminated every single one of them, the method he used, simple, he ripped their heads off.
"It's everyone death?"
"!?" A hand stopped right in front of my eyes.
".....sorry, i should have knocked"
"Isaac?"
"Yes, I'm Isaac" The hand went back to his side.
"To answer your question, no, some of them escaped"
"Same as me, some cultist managed to escape"
"Understood, wherever they were doing here, they will change place or be more discreet about it, let's get out of here before reinforcements arrived"
"Got it, then i will open a portal to Zatara's house, it's that good?"
"Yes, that will be fine"
"[Kèter'elyon]"
"[En aquest lloc i en aquesta hora, invoco el Poder Antic, Obre la porta a través del temps i l'espai, Creo un camí cap a un altre lloc]"
A regal golden portal appeared before me.
"Let's go"
*************
"I see, so some cultists, and vampires band together to cause death"
"They had an objective, Giovanni"
"And, what do you think, that will be Andrew?"
"According to Isaac, there were some arcane circles in the victim's house"
"Isaac,"
"Hm?...ah sorry i was distracted, what happened?"
We're now at the studio in the mansion of master Zatara in Gotham, and now that i had time, I'm thinking on how I'm going to cleanse the artifact.
"What arcane circles you encounter in the victim's house"
"Ah, yes, those were used by the Aztecs in ceremonial sacrifice rituals, but they were modified to only absorb the life essence, instead of their original propose"
"Which was?" (Andrew)
"An offering to the Gods"
"But, why would they do that?"
"I think, i know the answer to that Master Zatara" I weaved my hand at the table, and the goblet appeared on it.
"This!?"(Andrew)
"How do you get it!?"(Zatara)
"Both of you know what this it?"
"Yes, Haaa... it's been twenty years since the last time i have seen it... The Goblet of Blood"(Zatara)
"This artifact was reported missing, according to The Court, it was stolen"(Andrew)
"I guess not"
"Indeed"
"You can see it right, Isaac"
"Yes, Master Zatara"
"What?"(Andrew)
"This artifact it's corrupted"(Zatara)
"Yes, i was thinking in a way to cleanse it"
"Mmh...that will be difficult, we don't know how many souls it contains nor how heavy the corruption is"(Zatara)
"At least i can try, right, Master?" (Sigh)
"Yes, you can"
"Sweet, [Kèter'elyon]"
"I never cease to be amazed by that"(Zatara)
"His magic?"(Andrew)
"Yeah"
{Ok, let's try this} i walked at the beginning of the table, and i started to put some talismans [Cleanse Talismans] to be precise, i put it in a hexagon shape, then i began chanting.
"[T'invoco, llum de la màgia pura, a través del vòrtex flueix el fang celestial de la foscor a la llum, escombra la història]"
(I call to thee, pure magic's light, through vortex flow the heavenly mire from dark to light, sweep history)
When i finish chanting my talismans, resonate with it, and the six activated at the same time. In a flash of light, a pure golden hexagon appeared below the goblet, and began the process of cleansing.
*Tssiii*
*Waaa*
The souls inside the goblet began to wail in pain, and something else.
~ewwwgh~
"Ughh...the smell"
"It's foul"(Zatara)
"Is not that bad"(Andrew)
It smells horrible.
**********
At the end Master Zatara said that he will leave this artifact with a friend of them, if i had to guess is probably Dr. Fate, he is the only one powerful enough to contain it and protect it.
He promised me that he will introduce me to him when the time were right. When that will be, who knows.
[Status window]
[Name: Isaac Kent(lvl 39)]
[Class: [Wizard(lvl.15)]
[Summoner(lvl.15)]
[High Wizard(lvl.15)]
[Forbidden Arts User(lvl.15)]
[Sorcerer(lvl.10)]
[Arcane Summoner(lvl.2)]
[Job: [Enhancer (lvl.30)]
[Scribe(lvl.20)]
[Rune Crafter(lvl.10)]
[Body:33] [Mind:97(+15)] [Soul:50] [Luck:15] [Faith:15]
[Magic: Kèter'elyon]
[Equipment: [Expert Robe Set(Rare)] [Expert Staff(Rare)] [Ring of the Fighter(Unique)(left hand)] [Necklace of the Initiate(Rare)]
[Inventory]
[Artifact: Unavailable]
[Active Skills: [Fireball] [Wind Slash] [Shadow Bind] [Rock Golem] [Sacrifice] [Dark Vision] [Lightning] [Ice Spear] [Repulsive Blast] [Drain Touch] [Dark Bargain] [Hex] [Minor Protection] [Flame Pillar] [Crackling Lance]
[Job Skills: [Enhance] [Boost] Polyglot] [Photographic Memory] [Author] [Binding] [Infusion] [Carving]
[Passive Skills: [Damage Transfer] [Resistance(Poison, Bleeding, Element(Earth)] [Multicasting]
[Arcane Creature]
[Nayru (Pixie)]
[Level: 15]
[Skills: [Dia] [Zio] [Companion]
{Before i challenge the dungeon, i want to visit Raven and my parents, also to know how's Clark}
{But first i have enough points to achieve a hundred points in Mind, what's going to happen?... let's find out}
I put two points into [Body], three points into [Mind], and three into [Soul].
[Warning... Achievement Complete]
[Initiating Mind Defensive System]
{What!?} Then i felt it, almost like a thin film is protecting my Mind, i feel more focused.
[Mind Shield: increase the Mind defense by 50%, and decrease the Mind interference by 50%]
{Wow, i feel refresh, like i had slept for a whole week, but what does it mean by interference?}
[Every Mind suffer natural interference at the time they collect information from the environment, distractions, emotions, to name a few, this skill decrease that interference making you more effective at collecting information from your environment]
{Got it}
______________________________________________
{I guess Raven come first, i haven't visited her in a while, although we write each other often i didn't have time to visit, I'm still worried about Trigon, i know that he will not give up that easily}
~Where are we going, master?~
{That's it!!... Nayru i have an assignment for you}
~What is it, Master?~
{Protect and accompany a family member for me, are you up to the task?}
~Yes!!!~
{Good, let's go to Azarath}
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