The following morning Edward calls for me, Logan and Axothul, naturally we all go and see what he needs, turns out Willis was being followed but to no avail, the culprits trailing him were slaughtered by him, alone, Willis had utilized all he knew about the Eldritch world and had single handedly fought off the invaders, after this the cultists may think twice about any further advances. "Willis, tell them what happened, spare them no details, they'll wanna hear how you dealt with the invaders" Edward said. "They tried storming the town during the night, however I now how to summon dimensional shamblers, creatures that travel through dimensions and hunt without relent, I had them all under the influence though that if they so much as turn on me though they would suffer at the hands of gods judgment, they had a leader with them though, a vampire was with the cultists, I crossed blades with him... I knew him too... Valim, he's a pure blood, figured you wanna know" he said. I narrow my gaze. "I know where they're hold up... assuming they haven't already evacuated now that I've defected" Willis said. "Then we haven't the time to waste, we should investigate at once" I said. "Are you confident the town will be safe in our absence?" Edward asks. I smile and look at him. "My faithful servant shall remain to butcher all who would target this town, as for those who would be caught outside the town, I can't guarantee their safety" I said. Edward shows worry, he can tell my attitude and feelings have changed, my demeanor and sympathy as well. Sihlus emerges from the shadows and kneels. "Sihlus, you know your role in all this I trust" I said. "Yes, Master, do remember that the little girl will need protection as well" He said. Right... the little girl... "I believe I discovered the little girls name too... her name is Ina... she's a human... she was orphaned at a young age because of cultists" Sihlus said. "So you looked through her memories, at least that saves us some trouble" I said. "Edward, I want every able hunter to be ready by nightfall, then we follow Willis' lead to the location and storm the place, we butcher every single cultist there. Every. Single. One" I smile. I show complete disregard for the cultists, Cristen's words sang to me, and I have never felt more alive than now. My mother wanted me to be happy, but her and my father never got to see that because of fate, so now fate shall be dealt a cruel hand by me. I shall butcher any who may try to harm me or those I hold dear... including humans. We inform the others of the plan, Lizzy and Lilith opt to stay in the town with Sihlus and Axothul, Ina stays with them, Logan and I set out with Redrin and the entire church of hunters. On our way we encounter a group of beasts, we lay waste to them, mere werewolf's but not a single hunter fell, not even newer recruits, they had minor cuts and scrapes but nothing too bad, we press on and before long we reach a small fort of cultists. We all setup an ambush around the edges and lie in wait for nightfall. "The fools actually didn't leave, then again, I don't think Valim has had time to inform them of a retreat yet, meaning they'll be lamb to the slaughter when our ambush is sprung" Willis said. "Leave no survivors... I want them all dead, humans and inhumans alike" I said. "Gavan, we need to be able to question them though" Edward said. "They'll just cast a spell that'll cause their heads to burst, butcher them in cold blood..." I said. Edward is clearly aware of my intent, and he's made uncomfortable with my new mindset. "My dear... are you well?" Says a voice. Cristen wraps her arms around me and smiles. I lay my head against her arms and smile. "More than well, I'm excited... I have poison and acids at the ready for these cultist bastards" I smile. Cristen then makes a massive grin showing a mouth full of sharp teeth. "Good~ kill them and show them the pain they cause others, give them no quarter" she said. The nearby hunters hear this and are alerted to this... my image was never one of admiration, but this is what I had to do, kill the evil to protect the weak. Soon night was upon us. Edward stood up raised his arm. "Hunters... CHARGE!" He throws his hand down and all hunters around all side charge the fort. The cultists grab muskets and weapons, soon beasts they have under control are set loose, hunter are thrown around but are standing their ground. A large disfigured man charged me and threw me back! "Oi, I'm gonna break you little man!" Said the large brute. I get up and go to grab my blade but Logan steps in. "Let me have this one, hey ugly! Not even gonna try that hard with you" Logan gloats. He throws a punch and breaks the brutes jaw. The brute looks in fear. Logan just smirks and shrugs his shoulders at the brute. "I'll stay out here, you, Edward and Gertilde go find this Valim guy" Logan said. I join up and we go through the main building. There's a medium amount of guards set up but this time I brought my firearm. First time to give it a proper try. The first group of guards were set up in a phalanx formation but when I pulled out my pistol... BANG! It blew clean through the steel bulwark they desperately tried to form. "Hah! Oh I like this, gotta use this thing more!" I grinned. We tear through cultists and finally reach a main room, it's small but big enough for a few guards and a small council to plan out attacks. There sat a vampire with jade green hair, yellow eyes, white skin, in full plate armor. "You!" He stood up and grabbed his blade! "You're the one slaughtering our people! We are trying to remake the world, I serve my master and his lords so that we may restore a great ancient elder god and rewrite the world anew!" He steps toward us. "But... if you insist on coming here to die... then so be it!" Wings burst from his back and he charges us smashing the wall down into the previous room. I draw my blade. "You're up against two Veteran Hunters and a Halfblooded Vampire, you're outmatched!" I said. "Oh really?" He said. A blade suddenly appeared behind Edward. "WATCH OUT!" TING! Cristen punched at the blade breaking it before it stabbed Edward. "Now what? A harlot looking to intervene?" Valim said. "Oh no... a lot worse..." Cristen begins to change. Her index and middle finger fuse together, her ring and pinky finger fuse together on both hands, her hands grown, they cover over in a white snow like substance, hard like concrete, but wet and slimy, her legs do the same, but became reverse jointed, her height goes from 7'9in to around 9'9in, her muscles swell up, her tail suddenly becomes much thicker, her face forms into a point, she has no eyes, a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, her face becomes covered in the same white as her arms and legs, but I noticed her veins, they're clearly visible and pulsating. "Graaaaaah!" She lets out a horrific shriek! "What monster are you!? Surely you don't intend to ally yourself with humans?" Valim said. Cristen leaned towards me and brushed her tail against me, as a gesture of love one might think. Then she let off a low bellowing sound. "I think I know who she trusts... it's not you vampire... but it's also time for you to meet your end, this cultist nonsense ends now, then we're going after your leaders" I said. I then shoot him a smile. "Also, pure blood, I'll consume your blood after I kill you, taking any power you may have that I don't" I point the tip of my sword at him. He charges at us and we start clashing swords. Cristen swings at him and lunges at him when he comes close to the ground, Edward is using his sword cane to try piercing the vampires armor in hopes of wounding him and Gertilde is aiming for the wings. I quickly pull out my pistol and BANG! I put a hole through one of his wings! Crash! He slams to the ground and quickly stands up! "Gotcha!" I said. BAM! He conjured a hammer behind Gertilde to knock her back and caught Edward off guard landing deep slash on his arm. Edward jumps back and tears his sleeve off. Blood runs down his arm and forms a line to the ground. "Got me pretty good, alright, guess I gotta take this seriously" Edward grows in size and his muscles grown and distort, he slowly turns into a werewolf and howls, his sword cane now also changed into a massive saw like cleaver. He leaps at Valim grinding the steel saw against the ground as he misses. Suddenly doors burst open and cultists pour in, backup arrived, that means either they sent reinforcements or... our hunters were beaten... including Logan and Redrin... but soon the hunters come pouring into suit and cutting them off after blowing the wall down ahead of them. Logan steps in. "We'll keep em off you, just kill their leader then they'll scurry like rats" Logan said. Gertilde leaps in to slash at Valim and slashes his plate armor, carving a large gash into it, Edward then charges forward clawing at him and biting at him! A flurry of tooth and claw, mixed with cold steel Gertilde and Edward back off and Cristen runs in to punch Valim, she punched him into an adjacent room and we followed him. "You're not hunters... you're a group of freaks... if I'm to die... I'll die by my own kind!" Valim said. I jumped in and threw a vile at him... BAM! He punched me in the stomach and I cough off blood. "I heard about your little tricks, so I experimented on myself, acid has no effect, poison doesn't harm me, RAH!" He kicks me back and the others rush in. He cuts a rope causing a massive metal chandelier to fall on Cristen's leg impaling it pinning her to the ground. She shrieks in pain. Gertilde jumps at Valim and crosses blade with him while Edward and I try to free Cristen. "C'mon, Damnit!" I yell. My hair grows out and my eyes turn red and with a bit more effort we free her from the pain but her leg is heavily bleeding and injured now. CRASH! Gertilde is launched against a metal door and a loud cracking sound can be heard, the ceiling above them gives way and Edward dashes over covering her from the debris. They both get covered but with Edward in his beast form they should be okay. Cristen kneels for a moment. "What will you do now vampire? It's just you and me? What. Will. You. Do?" He asks. I look him dead in the eyes as I grab my blade and slice my hand. The blood runs down the blade and becomes enveloped in blood. I throw off my coat to reveal my arms, muscles are strained but toned, one of the rare times I show my arms since I'm wearing something with short sleeves. CLASH! I dash toward him and we cross blades. "I'm just gonna kill you" I said with a lackluster voice. Then I grip my sword harder and scowl. "Cause you hurt my WIFE!" I yell! CLASH! I dash back and used the technique to quickly dash behind him. Clash! Our blades cross again, narrowly this time though, he was unaware I knew of that technique. "So the traitor told you about Regnum Umbrae... the fool... it's not a skill... it's a place" we both jump back. "But that doesn't matter!" Clash! Shing! Ting! Slash! Clash! Slash! Swish! I started to get starved because the blade was draining my blood and my awakened vampire state was also draining my blood. Suddenly Cristen grabs him and holds him in place. I smile for a moment. "Good girl! I'll be sure to treat you after this!" SLASH! I skewer Valim through the heart after shedding the blood off my sword, Blackout, the blood runs down the blade and I take a moment to breathe. "On second thought... I'll take a vial of your blood... drinking the blood of a male directly from him seems weird to me" I said. I hold out a vile and let the blood flow into it. Once it fills I pull my blade from his corpse and Cristen drops him. She smiles and I smile... then I blackout. Switching perspectives. She sees me collapse and panics for a moment, she quickly scoops me up and holds me and helps free Edward and Gertilde, luckily she he only injury Gertilde took when she hit the metal door was a broken arm, Edward had some bruises. By the time they were outside the cultists were trying to run, those that weren't able to were being caught and slaughtered by hunters, no mercy was being shown. Cristen held me in her arms, I was unconscious but she knew I would be proud of the sight if I were awake at the time. "So... now we chase down every other cultist and eliminate them, that's Gavan's end goal isn't it, not only to stop the end of this world and any other, but to protect the weak, he just has more extreme measures that he wasn't taken now doesn't he" Edward said. Gertilde looms to Cristen. "Oi... succubus..." she said. Cristen turns her head in curiosity. "What did you say to him to make him so devilishly cold after that incident with the shop owners?" She asked. "Hmhm" Cristen's vocals are distorted and deep. "I told him how I felt, him and I... we are outcasts... humans will never accept us... Christ will not tolerate us, the devil loathes us, we should only show respect to those who deserve it, any others who haven't earned it, should find kindness elsewhere, we're here to protect the weak, not be there friend, if they are sad, then they should fix it themselves, the hunters though are our family, each one of them are different, no demons like me and maybe no vampires bc is, but all hide secrets, making them trust worthy enough to respect" Cristen said. She smiles and looks directly at Gertilde. "Even though this form lacks eyes, I see the color of everyone's spirit, all our spirits our blackened, but Gavan's... it has only started to blacken... my only desire is to have him be my dear, darling husband, for him to make me his wife and call me when he so desires" She smiles. "It's simple, our souls are one of two colors, pure white for those who are not twisted or steeped in bloodshed, and pure black for those who have to cause blood to be spilled, Gavan before we met never wanted to kill, he was always about apprehension, now that's different, anyway, let's all return and check on the others post haste" Cristen said. Edward suddenly remembered! "All hunters! Mobilize and return to the town at once, post haste!" They all return and to no surprise the town is in once piece, Sihlus greets Cristen. Lizzy and Lilith run out. "Gavan! Is he okay?" By this point Cristen is back to normal and is carrying me in her arms. "Yes, he was in his awakened vampire state for another fight, so he drained himself of blood pretty heavily, but he'll be better with proper rest" Cristen said. Roscoe comes running up to us and barks. "Hey bud, he's okay, he's just sleepy" Cristen smiled. Everyone returns to there places. A large ambush had just paid off, the leader of a nearby cultist fort was killed and we have managed to save a little girl from being sacrificed. Once they get back to the house, Cristen puts me in the bed, she changes my clothing, bandages any wounds I might've got and lies down with me.