-3 days later-
Y/N and Zanden had a stare-down with normal swords. Mitch was watching and sweating a bit from the tense atmosphere. Suddenly, they charged at one another and clashed their blades, neither combatant letting up. Y/N managed to get a good kick in, making Zanden fall as he pointed his sword at him. Zanden chuckled at Y/N.

Zanden: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were an experienced swordsman.

Y/N: Yeah well I did swing sticks around a lot as a kid, it just felt natural.

Zanden: Well you're improving at a fast rate, how's your Black Blood magic?

Y/N: Pretty good. It isn't too hard once you get the hang of it.

Zanden and Y/N put their training swords away just in time for Melcor to walk into the room, turning the atmosphere tense and dark.

Melchor: Stop wasting your time and come, Balthazar and I have found the location of the next item.

With a sigh, the two of them followed Melchor. A few minutes later, they were in the meeting room where Balthazar was looking at a map.

Balthazar: You see Y/N, the next item is the Spawn of Horrors, which is located at the sunken temple of Erzabeth.

Y/N: Erzabeth? Where's that?

Balthazar: It's located to the Northeast of the Wallacia Kingdom.

Melchor: I will accompany you this time. You merely have to fight while I find the item.

Zanden: And what about me?

Balthazar: I'm afraid you cannot join them for this mission. We still have a lot of things to discuss regarding your future, but you may watch over the castle in the meantime.

Zanden: Alright, have fun.

Y/N and Melchor left, leaving Balthazar and Zanden alone. Balthazar folded the map and placed it on the table.

Balthazar: Zanden, what do you truly want to do now that you're free from the prison?

Zanden: To live freely without a care or burden.

Balthazar: How do you plan on accomplishing this?

Zanden: By finding work and possibly settling down in a village or town, don't know.

Balthazar: I can arrange that if you so wish. I apologize for what Fergus has done to you.

Zanden waves it off.

Zanden: Eh, it's alright. You didn't know and you're pretty busy being the pope and all. I won't blame you.

Balthazar smiles and pats Zanden's shoulder. 

Transition
Y/N and Melchor were in the cellar of the castle. Melchor led him through the shelves of oddities ranging from a skull with an eye within it to a mummified hand in a jar.

Y/N: What are we doing here?

Melchor: Do you know of Devil's Essence?

Y/N: Yeah? Why wouldn't I?

Melchor: You come off as the uneducated type. 

Annoying Y/N once again, Melchor uses his magic to shove a jar into his chest. Inside it is clearly Devil's Essence, but this essence is bright yellow and looks like two conjoined faces.

Melchor: It's worthless to me, you take it. 

Timeskip
A few hours after they left, Y/N and Melchor arrived at the ruins of what appeared to be a temple. The temple had an eerie green glow and carvings of human-animal hybrids similar to Egyptian gods like Anubis or mythological creatures like a centaur. 

Melchor: Obviously.

Melchor and an annoyed Y/N walk into the temple. They had to fight a lot of undead warriors and humanoid creatures with animal heads. It wasn't until they were walking down a dark hallway that Y/N noticed that Melchor was acting weird.

Melchor: This temple was built by one of the oldest kingdoms of Sylvania, one that worshipped ancient beings and creatures from another world.

Y/N: Another world?

Melchor: Yes, the one the demons came from. You see Y/N, these demons are not from Hell as you would think, but from another realm known as Erebus. Erebus was home to many different species of demons and creatures, some were peaceful and friendly, others were cruel and violent, but they all had one thing in common......their magic. They were beings with incredible magic sensitivity, skill, and intellect. Summoning a meteor or storm was child's play to them.

Y/N: What happened to them?

Melchor: I am unsure. One day, everything collapsed and a fragment of that other world rested within this temple. That is where the Spawn of Horrors lies and the one ensuring it will grow into an ender of worlds - The Grotesque Wet Nurse.

Melchor and Y/N walk through a portal. On the other side of it is a completely alien world. Everything seemed to be made from an organic stone material littered with holes. A damp smell permeated the air as the formations stretched high into the air only to be obstructed by fog.

Y/N: The fuck is this place?

Melchor: This is the Garden of Horrors, the piece of Erebus the Spawn of Horrors has corrupted into its home.

As they walk deeper into the area, they notice the ground getting wetter and squishier. Suddenly, it felt like something was following them. They keep hearing wet sounds and moans behind them. The closer they got to the center, the louder and more intense the sound got. When they turn a corner, they see a woman sitting in a pool of fluid with a baby in her lap. She was a tall curvy woman with long black hair with blue highlights and blue skin. She had large breasts that were leaking milk, long sharp nails, and serpentine tentacles attached to her head. Her face was twisted in a grimace as she fed her baby with her breastmilk.

Y/N: The fuck?!

The woman looked at the two and hissed loudly, making the baby cry.

Melchor: She is the Grotesque Wet Nurse.

Y/N: You mean I gotta fight her?!

Melchor: Of course you imbecile, why would I bring you to otherwise?

Using his magic, Melchor telekinetically rips the baby from her hold and onto the ground a ways away, causing it to cry. The crying progressively became even more demonic and guttural as the baby morphed and mutated into a grotesque thing. It curled and grew into a misshapen fetus with a red eye and wrinkled white-gray skin. One of its eyes started to swell shut until it developed a tumerous growth taking up most of the space on its face. Its arms and feet shrivel into tendrils as a small tail comes from its rear. 

Seeing the atrocity that befell her wet child, the Wet Nurse gave a banshee-like screech and charged at Melchor, but Y/N grabbed his sword and blocked her claws while Melchor calmly walked to the deformed child. He placed a hand on it and started chanting a spell.

Wet Nurse: YOU MONSTER! YOU BEAST!

She began to rain down blows and claw swipes on Y/N, who struggled to block each one. Melchor kept chanting until he reached his climax, causing him to trap the deformed fetus in a red magic circle and bind it with chains. It cried as the chains tightened and forced it into one spot, which caused the Wet Nurse to become even more enraged.

Wet Nurse: NOOOO! MY PRECIOUS! YOU CAN'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME!

After that, Melchor started using another spell on it. The ferocity of her attacks only increased, causing Y/N to constantly block and parry. She was a formidable foe, especially given her magical abilities. Y/N ducked under a claw swipe and ran behind her, slashing her across the chest with THANATOS 9 as if he were some kind of reaper. She groaned in pain as she grabbed his scythe and tried to throw it away, but it didn't work thanks to his stubbornness and the fact he pistol-whipped her with BALROG I. Enraged, she swung her tail at him, which he barely managed to dodge before shoulder bashing her and throwing a glob of black blood into her face. She gagged on it, causing Y/N to take advantage of it and stab her through the gut with THANATOS 9. Surprisingly, she took the hit and threw Y/N with surprising ease, making his scythe disappear as he hit one of the rock formations. She walked over to him and stomped on his chest with a loud thud, pinning him down.

Y/N: Dammit dammit dammit, why do these crazy bitches always got the strength of a fucking Ox?!

She looked at him with a crazed expression.

Wet Nurse: You filthy beast! I will devour your flesh and then eat your bones!

Y/N: Oh fuck no!

She laughs and opens her mouth, revealing rows and rows of razor-sharp teeth. Panicking, Y/N made a spear of black blood and made her bite on it. The putrid taste was enough for her to gag and let off, giving Y/N time to kick her off of him. Y/N stood up and sliced her with his sword, making her yell in pain before she scratched him on the chest. He gritted his teeth and slammed her into the ground. She got up and swung at him, but Y/N jumped up and kicked her in the stomach with his flaming foot. He summoned BALROG I and shot her with explosive bullets. Though they didn't blow her up, they did do a number on her as she hissed and rolled around in pain. When she got up, she glared at Y/N and scratched his chest, leaving 3 bloody gashes and ripping his clothes. Y/N cut her in the leg with THANATOS 9 before changing it into CROW 9 and punched her dead in the face. She roared in rage as she charged at Y/N, but he changed into his wolf form to dodge her attack and turned into a crow and flew around her before turning back directly above her and slamming his new mace directly on her head.

Y/N: Whatever was in that Essence, it sure packs a mean ass punch. I'll call this thing.....I don't know but it'll be 9.

The force of the blow stunned her and allowed Y/N to grab her tail and slam her face-first into the ground. She growled as she stood up again, only to be caught with a full-body tackle by Y/N as he bit into her neck. She yowled and thrashed about, but Y/N held tight until he dug deep enough to rip out a chunk of her flesh. She stumbled backward with a yell before charging at him once more. She and Y/N engaged in a fight like wild animals, scratching and biting one another with no shred of mercy or restraint. At one point, Y/N managed to pin her down and bite her face, tearing it. She screamed as she rolled around in pain, only for Y/N to jump on her and slam his mace into her face. She screamed in agony as he slammed it over and over again, crushing her face and skull. He ripped her tentacles from her head and slammed them into the ground.

Wet Nurse: NOOOO!

Suddenly, her screams devolved into cries. He held his mace up but stopped when he saw her crying. He looked at her and saw her face was completely mutilated, her eyes and nose were gone. He saw her tentacles were squished and mangled, and her body was covered in wounds and bruises. He looked at his hand and saw it was covered in her blood. He looked at her and saw that she was no different than a mother or a normal woman. Though the injuries don't seem to be the reason she's crying....

Wet Nurse: My precious child! You monster!

Y/N: Wait....this thing feels emotion?

He looked in disbelief. Sure, he knew she was angry and tried to kill him, but that's a natural response to an animal when threatened. To see her crying like this.....it just fucked with his head. He felt pity for her.

Melchor: Y/N, stop dawdling and finish her.

Y/N: No, I won't kill her. She doesn't deserve to die.

Melchor: Y/N, she is nothing more than a beast!

Y/N: No! She's not. She's just scared and hurt! She's worried about her child!

Melchor: Enough!

Melchor telekinetically lifted Y/N in the air, causing him to struggle against his grasp.

Melchor: I WILL obtain the Skarlet Feast, and your emotions will not stop me!

Melchor throws Y/N to the side and throws a crystal at the Wet Nurse. The crystal created a magic circle under her, which spawned a multitude of spiked chains around her and wrapped around her injured body. The chains started pulling her downwards into the circle as she screamed in pain and horror. Eventually, her screams faded as she was pulled into the circle. After that, the circle disappeared and Melchor picked up the crystal and observed it. 

Melchor: Hm, at least she can be used as magic fodder or fetch a high price as a familiar.

Melchor leaves, not caring about Y/N's mental state. Y/N sat there staring at where Melchor had taken the Wet Nurse. He couldn't believe he tried to kill a scared mother. He couldn't believe Melchor had the heartlessness to kill her without batting an eyelash. Looking back, he couldn't believe that Melchor would sacrifice his own child as a concubine without thinking twice about it. Y/N looked around at the foggy area before looking up at the sky and seeing the stars through the fog. He noticed a small star twinkling. He remembered what the Wet Nurse said about her child. No, how she FELT for the child. He felt pity and anger towards Melchor for what he did to her. He knew that Melchor would not spare his own son's mother if needed. Y/N stood up and ran back through the portal. He had to be alone for a bit.

Timeskip
Y/N and Melchor made it back to the castle. Whereas Melchor immediately went to Balthazar and the church, Y/N just trudged to his room. He ignored Ophelia, Mitch, and Nexamoria's attempts to talk to him and locked his door. He collapsed on his bed and stared blankly at the ceiling. The memory of her face and screams lingered in his mind as he lies there, unmoving.

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Y/N: I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried

He reminiscent back to his first time in Hell. Though he grew used to it, he was scared. Scared of being in a new place and scared everything he tried to escape from was true.

He reminiscent back to his first time in Hell. Though he grew used to it, he was scared. Scared of being in a new place and scared everything he tried to escape from was true.

Y/N: But I'm still caged inside

He thought back to when he did some work for Valentino. That was the first time he felt dirty after sex, all the whips and chains, the cages and gags, it made him feel sick. 

Y/N: Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

He got up and looked at his sword, briefly seeing a pair of glowing blue eyes that disappeared.

Y/N: So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one would ever change this animal I have become

He marched over to the sword and grabbed its hilt.

Y/N: Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

He jumped out of the window and wandered around aimlessly, sword in hand.

Y/N: I can't escape myself
So many times I've lied

He was quick to dodge an arrow and looked to see a group of assassins, making him sigh.

Y/N: But there's still rage inside

One assassin went to slice him, but he bisected the assassin half with no remorse.

Y/N: Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

The assassins looked shocked at what he did but they all charged at him at once.

Y/N: So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one would ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me

A few assassins tried to get the jump on him, but he cut his hand and flung bolts of black blood at them.

Y/N: Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

He got stabbed in the stomach but seemingly didn't care. He summoned BALROG I and blew the attacker's head off.

Y/N: Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

More assassins flooded from the trees, surrounding him as memories of the cult's words rang through his head.

"Sinner"

"Monster"

"Devil spawn"

"Mistake"

A few tears fell from his eyes as he mercilessly cut down assassins one after another.

Y/N: Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

He bit the neck of an assassin, tearing out his windpipe and even going as far as eating it.

Y/N: Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

Suddenly, his sword changed right before his very eyes.

He looked at it in awe, running his hand along the glowing blade. 

Y/N: So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become

He started mercilessly cutting down assassins one after another.

Y/N: Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

The assassins tried to run away scared, but he created briars and vines of black blood to restrain them.

Y/N: Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

He walked towards them, dragging his sword along the ground. They looked at him in horror as he raised his sword, no emotion in his eyes.

Timeskip
Y/N, in crow form, flew through the window and transformed back, revealing himself to be covered in blood and viscera. He heard a gasp and looked to see Ophelia with her hands over her mouth. She was draped in a silky black negligee that revealed all of her curves and plump assets. He said nothing and dragged himself to his bed, going to lie down but felt Ophelia pull his head onto her lap before rubbing it. He felt.....comfortable.....vulnerable even. He felt something wet on his face and realized that he was crying, realizing that it was because Ophelia gave him something he'd never experienced fully.....

A mother's love.....

(A/N: I'm really sorry this chapter is late, and that's because nothing's been on my mind other than the fact I'm leaving for Basic Training on Monday (July 15th). So I opted to make an emotional scene with the rest of the chapter after a fight.) 

Conjoined Essence
Split: Y/N can create up to 2 clones of himself. Each clone can hold one of his skillsets (BALROG, CROW, JANUS, THANATOS)

Echo: Y/N, in his JANUS form, can create golden silhouettes that mimic his previous action

Guns from the JANUS series can fire a seemingly endless stream of bullets for a short amount of time

JANUS 1: A sawed-off M79 grenade launcher that can shoot a 3 round burst of grenades

JANUS 3: A 50-round M1 Thompson 

JANUS 5: A 30-round HK416

JANUS 7: A German Rheinmetall MG 3 that, unlike its brethren, shoots a bolt lightning attack after a while

JANUS 9: A mace that packs a MEAN punch

JANUS 11: A 12 gauge, 15 round UTS-15 that can fire like a submachine gun as a special ability