Elizabeth, and Serana were beyond the weak Cult of Diabolos members that we were so used to slaying that, it was honestly a wake-up call that worthy humanoid opponents were actually a thing in this setting.
Countless razor-sharp spikes and strands of crystal blood spears, and elemental Destruction magic was thrown at us with zero care for the surrounding's but in unison I took Beta's hand into my own and using the training Baldur and Scathach beat into us, we both called upon our divine light and created a powerful shield in the air that made all the attacks stop short and explode in a cacophony of explosion.
While Beta and I played defense, Alpha called upon her shadow and star magic and sent spikes of solid shadows rushing across the ground that sought to impale the two vampire ladies but they both broke apart into a cloud of bats that separated to reform the two ladies at different angles of the room which made the shield we made incapable of blocking their different attacks.
I frowned at the sight of Serana, her presence made literally no fucking sense at all... How did she get here? Did Molag Bal send her? Did her father somehow send her?
All these questions in the end weren't going to be answered right now. I just had to keep my head on straight as I ducked under a spinning drill of an icicle that was shot at me from Serana. "Serana, you still in there?" I called hurriedly as I jumped into the air and partially summoned the blessing of Buddha and my mind became calm, and at peace so I could take in my surrounding's all the better to avoid the net of razor-sharp blood wires trying to cut me into the pieces from Elizabeth.
My question received no response at all. Serena didn't flinch or even react at all. But Crimson did as he burst into a sadistic laugh and saw me take a glancing blow from one of Elizabeth's blood constructs he began loudly monologuing. "You fools! Lord Molag Bal, has given me this haha!" He said proudly as he opened his jacket and pulled out this completely evil-looking medal that looked like a snarling gargoyle face embossed upon it with the gargoyle's vampire fangs dripping blood for some reason.
"This medal is proof of my divine right to rule this world as the Vampire King! The whole world shall kneel to Vampire kind and I shall destroy the other two towers and then destroy the Cult of Diabolos so I can take over the world unopposed with Lord Molag Bal allowing me to rule the mortal world in his stead!" He shouted utterly ecstatic and beyond sanity it seemed as he had none of the aristocratic grace he was known to have.
He had gone completely off the fucking deep end. But lets be honest, if you were willing to swear yourself to the God of literal sexual assault... Then you assuredly had a screw loose.
I held my side that was bleeding freely from the spike of crystallized blood that scrapped by and I realized I was bleeding far more than I should for a spike the size of a quarter to have grazed me slightly but Heracles blessing helped pull my flesh back together. visibly healing and steaming at the speed of the healing.
"So... You couldn't keep a woman and thus needed to use ham fisted mind control to get a woman to stand next to you?" Beta drawled and the man flushed with rage as he impotently stabbed at her with a shaking finger.
"Kill her now! No cut off her limbs I will make her suffer for that insult!" He snarled literally frothing at the mouth and I frowned as I saw how his own face was becoming duller, and even paler than his prior vampiric pale skin.
And then I realized how the icon worked as the medal dripped with blood from his chest. The icon of Molag Bal took the blood of the user to control the other vampires. So if we kept up this fight... The dumbass would literally die of exsanguination or bloodless if it kept up and that's why he obviously kept them in their coffins as not even three minutes into a fight he was clearly suffering from bloodloss.
But such a fight wouldn't last as long as Alpha had already sunk into the already dark and gloomy shadows of this cathedral-sized room, only lit up by large candles and Crimson was so focused on attacking me and Beta who were throwing around holy/divine light, that he seemingly forgot the busty blond elf who was behind us.
And she made her presence well known as she teleported into Crimson's own shadow and with a loud crunching noise she rammed a sword through his chest that pierced through his shoulder and collarbone as he hurriedly attempted to dodge the attack coming from his own shadow.
He actually did well in his dodge, as he made Alpha miss the blow straight to his heart but either way. The distraction it made as Elizabeth and Serana sluggishly turned to look at look at their controller allowed Beta to shoot several holy/divine light arrows into Crimson while I dashed forward as fast as I could and as Crimson fell back, I fell deeper into my state of Nirvana using Buddha's blessing while also using Hecate's transmutation as I grabbed the icon of Molag Bal as Crimson collapsed.
Then even as his eyes widened in fear and his mouth silently opened to scream something, I transmuted the chain that went around his neck into just water. So I could pull the medal back and the moment the connection between him and the medal was broken, instantly I could feel it drawing upon my lifeforce as it began profusing dripping blood from its embossed teeth.
Before anything else, I shouted. "Stop!" And all stopped, Alpha and Beta stopped and so did the vampire royalty in Serana and Elizabeth.
I hissed as the medal all but doubled its draw upon my life force and the dripping blood became a literal hose spitting blood so I called out. "Hecate end this please." And I felt a snap of irritation aimed at me from the goddess within myself at being ordered about.
But then I felt a smug sense of schadenfreude being aimed at me and I mentally cursed as I mentally screamed at Hecate to not do anything Greek but the feeling of 'Smug' being pointed at me only grew as the emblem burned red hot within my hands making my face twist up in pain as my hand refused to move from its position of holding the seemingly molten stone that was being remolded into the shape of an emblem with a shapely woman embossed upon it with the three faces of Hecate upon it.
And then Hecate finally spoke, with her voice being a silky smooth tenor that at first only sounded gentle and kind but there was no hiding the thorns of annoyance-filled glee at my coming misfortune. "Oh my dear champion. You have been given mortal concubines by Ereshkigal, Amaterasu has given you a wife that is a literal piece of herself... So I cannot allow you to think the Greeks are not capable of giving you the 'love' and romance that you deserve... Vampires were actually in my domain as well, so enjoy your own Vampire brides Jake Barriss."
"Fucking Greeks!" I muttered as Beta shot another arrow of light into Crimson, this one directly into his forehead breaking the vampire into a pile of ashes and I called out to Alpha to stop as she looked ready to kill Elizabeth and Serana who were both shaking there heads hard to clear the residual hard control of Molag Bal from their minds and soul.
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Now with the emblem no longer draining my lifeforce to keep Elizabeth and Serana mind-controlled I experimentally attempted to shatter the emblem with in my hand but I could all to clearly hear Hecate chuckling evilly in the back of my mind at my actions and at that I said mentally to all the gods.
'Alright shows over, Hecate has irritated me with her antics so you guys get put in the closet now.' I announced and the other gods made up a din of noise in my mind as they shouted out but regardless I slammed down my mental shields to block out their view of the world and even as Scathach and Ereshkigal attempted to peak out into the mortal world physically I shut that down too.
Let the other gods punish Hecate for ruining their fun.
"What will we be doing now Jake?" Alpha spoke softly as she walked over and I knew she was asking about what we were going to do about the two vampire women... And in the end, although I didn't care much for Elizabeth, I knew Serana still had a part to play for in the future.
So even if I didn't still have a slight crush on the big titty goth girl, I couldn't and wouldn't have her disposed of. "Let them clear their heads... I have questions to say the least." I said evenly, even all the while, Beta moved to the side of the room, so she could more easily attack them with her great archery skills.
And finally, after a couple of minutes, Serana and Elizabeth cleared their minds of the leftover mental fog from the emblem of Molag Bal and refocused on us. There was a long pause, human/elf, made eye contact with glowing eyes of a predator.
But the predatorial eyes blinked as Serana asked flatly. "Where... Am I?"
Instead of myself answering, Elizabeth was the one who spoke with a tired drawl. And I couldn't help but admit that the petite vampire woman had a nice voice as she spoke. "We are within my castle. And that on the floor dead is my retainer who was mind controlling us remember?"
Serana's face twisted into a snarl with her eyes tightening into thin slits as she hissed at the broken man's still form. "Indeed." She said slowly with clear distaste. "Now I do, my mind is still a bit foggy as the trip here to this plane was rough on me even with Molag Bals 'protection' but my memories are clearing up with every moment." She finished and then both vampire ladies in unison turned to Alpha, Beta and myself.
I myself nodded to them and finally spoke out. "Indeed, we killed your master and broke the bonds that bind you as for some reason or another, your presence here Serana is part of some form of doom for the world... Where is your elder scroll?" I demanded as I realized the large scroll she was supposed to have wasn't fucking mounted on her back like it was supposed to be.
Serana's eye's focused on me beyond the other two ladies and I felt Alpha tighten as the vampire progenitor's mana flowed over us as she said slowly. "How do you know of the Elder Scroll I kept?" She demanded quietly.
See the Elder Scrolls, were basically super eldritch scrolls that held the concept of time and reality within them, and thus acted like anchors for reality itself in the Elder Scrolls Universe which was now connected to this universe. They were extremely powerful, extremely dangerous things as just reading the scroll without the right preparations could easily make you go blind or even kill a man with their soul being burned out by the power and 'Truth' within the scroll.
Serana was sealed away both by her freewill as well as by her mother in order to hide the Elder Scroll they had from her father who was a power-made vampire lord who wanted to use several Elder Scrolls to pinpoint the location of a divine artifact that would allow them to block the suns glare allowing them take over the world freely or some bullshit.
So as Serana got... Antsy about myself knowing about her Elder Scroll, but I actually had an easy excuse. "Uhh, we are here on a literal divine quest given by our god for you carry an Elder Scroll which can foretell the worlds possible doom... Why the hell wouldn't we know about the apocalypse in a tube?" I questioned in turn and Serana opened her mouth and then paused.
We could all see the gears working in her head and when she came to the realization that. A- Why the hell wouldn't the gods know about a pre-foretold apocalypse landing in their area, and B- It was obvious that either her father or Molag Bal had snatched the scroll when they yeeted her through space and time to this plane.
And that realization clearly resounded within her head as she finally spoke flatly. "It seems that I no longer have it... Now what will you be doing? Are we going to kill each other, human and elves?" She asked and I noticed she and Elizabeth shared a look that clearly meant they would back one another up if needed.
For a moment I wanted to pulse some mana through the emblem Hecate fucked with to see what would happen at their Serana's confrontational attitude... But in the end, I just smiled and shook my head loosening my stance as I visibly relaxed before I spoke. "Nope, we are leaving now. We killed the big bad mind controller, killed hundreds of vampires, and I know you two aren't going to be an issue." I then turned around with my hands naturally going around Beta and Alpha's waists to nudge them to follow me silenty and I could feel their amusement at my actions.
"Wait! Thats it!? What about the Elder Scroll?!" She called out flabbergasted as she stood there alone as Elizabeth followed after us a bit for some reason, and at her call out I looked back and spoke freely.
"Ah yes, well if it's being kept by the evil vampire god in the mortal realm of Nirn as it needs to be. It will obviously be kept somewhere important, well protected, and in a place where it could be used when needed. So I just need to find that area to get the scroll and go throw it into the ocean." At my words, Serana's face twisted as she realized very easily where the Elder Scroll would most likely be.
Castle Volikhar, where her father ruled with his vampire army.
"Uhm can I come with you guys?" Elizabeth asked with the regality of her being royalty... While also just being too damned cute honestly.
So I nodded with no real issue, as I could feel the connection between me and her with that damned emblem that Hecate fucked with.
"Wait I am coming too! We need to secure that Elder Scroll as my father-" Serana started and I raised a finger to silence her as I wore a wry smile.
"Serana, I have no way to Nirn as of yet... The physical realm won't be landing here for a couple more weeks yet so just relax. Also, you will be paying for 'food' and board with teaching Nirn style magic." I said flatly making the vampire princess's face twitch at how abrupt I was being.
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