After a week of planning our attack was set in motion. Before we left Roscoe comes up to me and barks. "Stay here with Ina and Taylor and Lucillia buddy, we'll be back, I promise" I said. He licks my hand as we depart. We gathered townsfolk to cause a scene accusing each other of witchcraft, then they'll lead into a riot. Once they started we would wear black robes during the middle of the day to sneak towards the chapels back entrance and kill anyone watching the back doors. We get there and four armed soldiers are guarding the door. "Alright, Gilligan your up" I said. Gilligan walks up to the back door and the guards ready their weapons. "Halt!" They look and notice it's Gilligan. "Ah, Special Threats Hunter Gilligan, what brings you here at this hour?" Said one soldier. "Oh not much... just some target practice" He laughs. SLICE! He chops one of the soldiers down. "Have you lost your mind what's gotten into you!" Yelled another soldier. SLASH! He then cleaved another soldier in half. "Don't raise your voice to your superior" Gilligan bellows. The other two go to run but suddenly they are cut down by Orlan and Herald. "Nicely done, alright, let's head in" Gilligan said. We enter through the back door and we sneak through the corridors. It's me, Gilligan, Horace, Herald, Orlan, Lizzy, Lilith, Cristen, Logan, Laurence and Lance. We turn a corner and run into a few guards. "Hey! Who are you?" Said one of the guards. "Don't worry, their with us, is there a problem?" Laurence said. "This area is off limits to outsiders, what are they doing in here?" The soldier asked. "Sight seeing" Laurence said. The guards ready their weapons. Suddenly... CHOMP! A black beast comes from under them and bites them in half. There upper bodies lie on the ground bloody and writhing. "See... we're just sight seeing..." Laurence kneels and glares at the dying guards. "Traitors deserve no salvation and thus will be punished by the hand of fate... you should've known better" He said. We then continue to move up the chapel and we run into a small issue. There's a massive group of hunters gathered for a cult meeting... lead by none other than Joseph... time to go loud. We get there attention and Joseph looks at me. "Ah, welcome, your just in time, you even brought the cowards with you" Joseph said. "Too bad I already planned for this eventuality" He snaps his fingers and down drops exact copies of the special threats hunters. "Marvelous aren't they? Picture perfect copies with complete obedience... Hunters! Kill the invaders!" Joseph then runs to the highest floor. Lance gives chase while we deal with the hunters and the copies. However as we fight the hunters we begin to notice something strange. They're mutating, healing and incredibly strong. At this point Lizzy and Cristen transform into their beastly states and start thrashing the hordes of hunters. Meanwhile... Lance gives chase to Joseph when he finally corners him to a large metal and wooden pathway next to the clockwork at the top of the tower. "Well... here we are Lance... how was the news of little Evelyn?" Joseph said. Lance grabs his sword and charges forward. They clash blades! Lance holds out his left hand and recites a spell. "Explodir em chamas!" Suddenly a burst of flames spark from Lances hand its blows up in Joseph's face. The two jump back but when the smoke clears... the truth is laid bare. Part of Joseph's body is infected, grey and black, holding a fragment of Rehr... enough to be a danger to the world. "I can see you're not ordinary man now... that means I don't have to spare you any mercy!" Joseph charges forth but then suddenly vanishes... BANG! A small ball shaped round is fired from a musket lined with silver and black wood and metal. As Lance dodges the first initial shot... it curves and changes trajectory returning to Joseph. "Fascinating isn't it?" Joseph said. The shot reloads itself into the musket as he pulls back the hammer. "I found a fragment of Rehr in as an offer for setting him free I gained quite the set of skills and powers... in exchange... I would eventually turn this city into a mass grave!" Joseph laughed. Suddenly the bell chimes and the ground rumbles as the sun turns to an eclipse... monsters from another realm start pouring into the streets... eventually our fights were dealt with but now... the whole city was being sieged by Eldritch horrors... that's when dread filled my heart as I looked down to the streets. People running in fear as they were being butchered... slaughtered like cattle... Ina... Then it hit me. "Shit... Ina!" I yelled. I smashed out a window snagging one of the monsters from the air and crashing it into the ground. Without any hesitation I made a mad dash towards Taylor's mansion. Slicing and cutting up anything that got in my way... the smell of blood became overwhelming... people were being butchered by the dozens... it was... this was hell... I'd failed to keep people safe! I got to Taylor's place and monsters were trying to smash into the entrance. I used my demonic power to slice their heads off and quickly made my way inside. I went through Taylor's workshop and went down to the basement where him, Lucillia and Ina were all hiding. Except for Roscoe... "where's Roscoe?!... Was I too late..." I asked. Suddenly though they froze with fear. I turned and behind me was a mangled creature of flesh and limbs... BOOM! The creature blew up causing the workshop to be exposed and monsters to pour into the house. I was as trying to commune with Sihlus but something was preventing me from doing so. As I look over though... everyone is slightly bruised... I begin to panic as I'm lifted and slammed into the ground by Gilligan. "Oi... get up, we're not done with you lot" his voice was distorted and his eyes were glossed over... he'd been infected somehow and was now just a mere puppet. The others aren't nearby because they are most likely trying to help stave off the invasion. For the first time in my life... I feel a sense of pure... unrelenting dread. Suddenly the others are grabbed and held hostage as I'm beaten around and feel completely hopeless... even if I did fight back... tch... what was the point... SLAM! Gilligan slams me back onto the ground! He then lifts me by the head and holds me up to face the others. Orlan is holding Lucillia hostage, Herald has Taylor and Laurence has Ina. Pow! Herald begins to kick and beat Taylor. "Taylor..." I mutter with hushed breathing... "Taylor!! Sweetie!! Let him go you monster!" Lucillia yells. SMACK! She's slapped in the face and choked and having her clothing torn by Orlan. "Shut up, you'll serve as a fine tribute to the outer god Rehr" Orlan said. Laurence pulls out his axe... wait... "Papa... papa... PAPA!!!!" Ina begins to scream and cry in fear. Suddenly... SLASH! I watch as Laurence takes his axe and cleaves into Orlan! Laurence lets Ina go and he reels in pain as he rips the axe from Orlan's skull. "Huff... huff... you idiots... I knew you were weak minded..." he then takes his left hand and... STAB! He stakes himself in the chest. He coughs off blood... then he rips out a parasite that's squirming and squealing. He then chops it in half as he begins to gush blood from his punctured chest. He quickly darts over to Herald... BAM! But he's cut off by Gilligan who had sent me flying into him. I now lie in the rubble as Laurence tries to stand. "So, you think that parasite is the reason for us changing our minds eh?" Gilligan said. Laurence spits up blood and falls down on one knee. "Hah! What a pitiful sight" Gilligan draws his blade and puts it against Laurence's chest. "You were just some cleric... you never were a hunter... now you'll die a fool for your actions" Shink! Laurence is stabbed by Gilligan's giant claymore. Laurence begins to smile as the life fades from his eyes. Suddenly Herald uses a dark beast to hold Lucillia in place. Ina tries to run away after trying to escape with me but Gilligan snatched her up and just has her held in has hand in a tight grip. "What a pretty little girl... so small I could almost eat you, but that would be too easy..." Gilligan laughs. Ina begins to tear up and struggle. "Don't bother... here's wants going to happen... I'm gonna start breaking your tiny little bones... UNLESS... you tell me where the others are... because your papa is certainly in no shape to help right now" Gilligan said. Ina just sticks her tongue out. Gilligan scowls... my heart sinks even deeper... please... don't hurt my little Ina. He grabs her arm and... CRACK! Bends it completely the other way, breaking it! She screams and starts crying. "AAAAH! MOMMY! PAPA! AWAAUGH!!!" She wails. "Ugh... your no use, your just a stupid child" Gilligan then grabs her head and CRACK. No... Ina. Her legs stop kicking and her body goes limp. Her body is dropped on the ground as she lies motionless. SLASH! Suddenly a bird like humanoid flies in slashing Gilligan and taking off his head. A whole flock of them in fact, then werewolves start funneling in alongside vampires. Demons also start pouring into the city attacking anything that's assaulting the humans. Taylor and Lucillia run over to me as Roscoe comes around the corner with Edward and Gertilde. They are speaking to me... but I hear nothing, my eyes are locked on Ina... my little angel... please. please. Please say something! I start to crawl towards her... "Gavan?" Taylor said. They've been trying to get my attention but I don't hear them... I just feel cold. When I get to Ina I sit up and cradle her. "Ina" I say. "Ina... please wake up... don't leave yet" I say. Edward walks over and kneels down next to me. "She's gone..." He says. Roscoe begins to whimper... nudging her hand... "Ina!" I yell. "INA!" I get louder. Wings burst from my back, my nails grow longer and my hair grows longer. I tightly clutch Ina and hold her close. I see Herald trying to crawl away and I suddenly stomp on his legs. "You have something that I think belongs to me" I said. I begin to absorb his soul... MY soul... from a past life... I feel a surge of overwhelming pressure as my body gets lighter and colder. The air around us begin to turn to a biting chill. "Now I know why you seemed familiar... cause that bastard dug up one of my graves and enslaved a past soul of mine or whatever to use for a living puppet..." I feel more human now too, my skin is lighter, I feel... alive in a sense. I look down at my arm it has mutated. I know have three fingers total on my right arm and it's larger, bulkier and covered in thorns like a protective shield. I also realize it has an eyeball on it that's looking around. "Sihlus... grant me your sacred vessel as my weapon and become my blade once again" I said. He then emerged from shadows. He's shocked at first but then quickly changes into a massive blade, held together by nerves, metal and flesh, with large serrated grooves like the eviscerator, measuring at 6ft long, a jet black blade with the nerves being red and bloody with a curved point. "Silent is the god that fell generations ago... for he had no name, so let him be reborn into this world anew... devoid of his flaws... given a name... usher the coming of Oscira, The Lord Blood" I said. I then flew around to find the others while still clutching Ina close to my chest. I see Lizzy and Lilith struggling to fight off the monster's even with the backup. I descend and crash down between them! SMASH! I crush one of them as I land and Lizzy and Cristen in there demonic forms stop and look to me. Even if Cristen is blind in her demon form... she can still see the shape of my aura... she can sense I've changed. "Master!" Lizzy then paused and tilted her head. Suddenly a massive monster goes to attack them. I bolt forward carving it apart with a single swing. They look to me as I absorb the blood and transfer the life essence to Ina. "Wait... is she?" Lizzy ask. Cristen clenches her fists and growls. "WE'll KILL THEM ALL, Redrin was here a second ago with us; have him set up at one of the main city gates, you and I will set up at the other unoccupied gates, we'll turn this place into a bloodbath for him... we'll make sure she isn't robbed of the beautiful life she had yet to live!" Cristen said. Lizzy gives a wild smile and gets fired up. I fly off and start flying around with Gertilde's people doing diving slashes to slice up monsters and drain them of blood and life essence. Meanwhile... Joseph and Lance are locked in battle! But Lance is looking a little worse for wear... his armor is cracking and falling apart. "Don't you get it! This world is mine for the taking!! I AM THE GOD KING!" Joseph laughs. "That's where you're wrong... unfortunately for you I hate arrogant people... allow me to properly set myself up for our fight" Lance then unties a few knots to release his upper body armor allowing him to just tear and break it off, he's covered in ancient symbols and runes. "Ken o Hanatsu..." a large blast of lighting goes off and electricity surrounds his blade. The air also becomes heavier around the two... flickering every so often with electric being discharged through the air from how thick it is. "I will show you the meaning of obliteration!" Lance shouts! He moves forward within the blink of an eye and strikes Joseph with his palm sending him flying! Joseph slams into some metal and... SHOCK! ZAP! The air now filled with highly charged particles of electricity has made the metal super reactive. Joseph lands on his feet but kneels for a second. "What the hell?! This is impossible... aren't you just a mere human?" Joseph asks. "No... my true nature is that of balance, I am beset by fate when there is no being strong enough to oppose annihilation... to allow humanity to live on..." Suddenly a divine halo appears behind Lance's back and his arms begin to glow with lines In a unique pattern. "In a way... I am fate" He said. CLASH! He dashes forward crossing blades with Joseph. "Well clearly you're weaker than you think if I can cross swords with you!" Joseph said. Lance scoffs as Joseph's blade cracks. KABOOM! The entire top half of the chapel explodes in an elemental hellstorm. This causes the monsters to try to flee as the eclipse passes but most are cut off and slaughtered... the Avian humanoids perch on the rooftops as the clean themselves off from being drenched in blood. The werewolves and vampires help civilians set up temporary housing, shelters, gather food and water as the whole city has been ravaged. I have one last thing to do... before I can call this a victory however. I must restore what was lost... the girls and I's precious little Ina...