Ch. 22: To War, We Ride

In the demon realm, things were getting crazy as the Titan Trappers were making their next move.

After multiple failures, they had gathered all of their forces together for one last assault.

An all or nothing attack with everything and everyone they had left!

"Is everything ready, General Tarak?" The leader of the trappers, Bill, asked his general.

"Ready and waiting." He said with an arm over the chest salute.

"Good! Our dream has been denying king enough! With the false Huntsman gone and the Titan brats nowhere to be seen, our final assault can begin!" Bill shouted as he jumped on his desk.

On the original Titan corpse, every guard was ready for war as well. Preparing as we speak.

"Is the heart secured?" Raine asked the guards.

"Yes, Mx. Raine." They said.

"The guards double and all given armor and cloaked with a layer of Witches Wool like I suggested?" Raine continued.

"Of course!" One said, showing his new chest plate with a purple layer of magic protecting fabric.

"Good because for the first time ever, the Boiling Isles are going to war." Raine said.

"What about during the Savage Ages?" One guard asked.

"That was just a lie Belos said. The Savage Ages were a peaceful time, Luz and Lilith can confirm to that." Raine said to him, remembering them telling Raine about their time travel story.

"Understood, Mx." the guard said with a nod.

"Good because we don't have time for a history lesson." Raine said.

"No, we don't." Eda said, flying down to them in harpy mode. "They're almost here."

"Let them, we're more than ready for them." Raine said, pulling out a flute like it was a dagger.

'... Damn my spouse is so hot.' Eda thought, getting horny, 'After this, I think we're going to try for a baby.'

Eda's body was a lot younger now after accepting her curse/the owl beast and gaining anti-magic three years ago. So it COULD be possibly for her to have a baby with Raine but that could wait for another day.

"Let's go, Raine." Eda said as she flew up and grabbed Raine by the shoulders, flying to intercept the trappers at the beach.

"We'll act as the first line of defense and try to drive back as many as possible! With your anti magic, that should be easy." Raine said to Eda.

"Yeah and unless that Titan killing metal works on my anti magic, they've got no chance." Eda said as her right hand twitched in anticipation.

Raine and Eda landed on the beach, seeing the boats approaching the beach.

"Eda, try and stop them." Raine said.

Eda nodded before she punched the ground, spreading anti magic and creating large black tendrils of her corruption.

"A little anti plant magic should help." Eda said with a grin as she made them dive into the water to the ships.

A trapper noticed this and sounded an alarm about the incoming black tendrils before they ripped through the hull of a ship!

"The hull has been breached!" One shouted.

"Employ counter measures, now!" A Trapper captain shouted.

"The owl witch is at the beach! Aim for her, she's the source!" Another one shouted.

The trappers rushed to prepare the cannons and aimed all Eda and Raine.

'Are those cannons?' Eda thought.

BOOM!

Magic enhanced cannonballs flew towards the beach, right for Raine and Eda.

"Eda!" Raine said.

Eda held up her left hand and held her open palm out, making a black see through barrier.

The cannonballs hit, almost sounding like gongs against her barrier as Eda grunts from feeling the impact in her hand.

"Shit, this is really packing a punch." Eda said.

"Then let me lighten the load." Raine said as the trappers fired more cannonballs!

They put the floor to their lips and began playing, sending out a wave of bard magic that made the cannonball slow down to a halt in mid air.

'Now for a little rebuttal.' Raine thought before playing sharp note, sending them back.

The cannon balls hit the ship with enough of an impact to go through the ship.

"AAAAAH!" The Titan trappers shouted as their ships jostled!

"Put up shields! Anymore hits and we'll sink!" A captain shouted at the others.

"Ha, nice hit Rainstorm!" Eda said with a grin.

"Don't thank me yet! They're preparing another bombardment!" Raine said, preparing their flute counter again.

More cannonballs fired, more than double the first amount as they hit Eda's barrier. Only this time, it has made the shield break!

Raine quickly made a sound barrier to block the cannonballs before firing them back, but this time the ships had their own shields to block as well.

"Shit, that's not going to work!" Eda said.

"Hmmm, then how about this? I stop the cannonballs and you coat them in anti-magic before I launch them back?" Raine suggested.

"That might work." Eda said with a grin.

Eda pulled her right arm out of the sand, pulling the black tendrils from the ships as well, and draw a black spell circle, coating all of the cannonballs against Raine's sound barrier with anti-magic.

"Let 'er rip, baby!" Eda said as Raine played a high sharp note!

The cannon balls launched back at the ships.

"Incoming!" A trapper shouted.

"It's fine! The shield will hold!" Another shouted.

Only for the magic shield to SHATTER at the antimagic cannonballs!

"Oh shi-"

BOOM!

An entire ship was destroyed and sank, drowning the trappers inside.

"Ha!" Eda laughed, "Take that, you jackasses!"

Raine grinned as they watched one ship sink as the last three moved closer.

"Double the strength of the shields!" Another trapper captain shouted.

"They're trying to brute force their way here." Eda said, preparing for another combo.

"A strategy like that is doomed to fail. Why would they possibly do this after-" Raine stopped when a new thought came to their mind. "Unless this frontal assault is just a diversion!"

"... Shit!" Eda said with wide eyes.

Another bombardment of cannonballs shot at them, making Raine quickly put up a sound shield to stop them again!

"We have to move back!" Eda said.

"And contact the castle! The heart might be under attack!" Raine shouted.

"Let's fly!" Eda said, grabbing Raine with her feet and flying off to the castle!

"They're retreating! Hurry to the shore!" A trapper captain shouted.

Things were far from over and it was only going to get worse.

Back at the castle, Bill and Tarak were approaching with a group of elite Titan Trappers with them.

With Eda and Raine distracted, it would be the perfect time to attack the heart...

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...If it wasn't for Darius and Eberwolf standing in front of the castle.

"So you two must be the leaders of the Titan Trappers." Darius said as Eberwolf growled at them. "I have to say, I expected more."

"Move aside and we won't kill you." Tarak said.

"Such a weak threat... have you ever killed anything?" Darius said.

"Of course we have! Titan trappers always hunt lower creatures before titans! We train for that, of course!" Bill said.

"YEAH!" The elite squad shouted in agreement.

"PFFFFFFFFFFF!" Eberwolf blew their tongue at Bill, saying that they thought this was bull crap.

"I agree, Eberwolf." Darius said with a nod, "You two should take your trappers and return to your island... or else."

"NEVER!" Bill shouted, using his magic to summon a scimitar made of Titan killing metal!

"Well... the I guess your blood will stain the ground." Darius said, "And I just had this suit dry cleaned."

"It's not that great a suit anyway." Tarak said, pulling out a spear and igniting with fire magic.

"Hehehehehe." Eberwolf chuckled as Darius narrowed his eyes at Tarak.

'Now you've done it.' Eberwolf thought.

Darius growled at him before snapping his fingers, making a large abomination rise up behind the elite trappers squad and swallow them whole!

"OH FUCK!" Bill shouted as the large abomination vanished into the ground like a bathtub draining.

Where those dead bodies went, nobody knows. Not even Darius as he turned into a giant abomination himself.

"AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF FASHION!? WALKING AROUND WEARING A DEAD CREATURE!" He shouted at Tarak.

Bill and Tarok stared giant abomination man for a moment.

"...HE is yours to deal with, general! The small beast is mine!" Bill said, pointing his scimitar at Eberwolf.

Eberwolf let out something that was a cross between a laugh and growl.

'As Darius says, pride comes before the fall.' The beast witch thought as their right arm expanded, becoming larger with steel like shell plating and sharp claws at the end.

The feral beast came out and it was itching for a good fight. And Bill was afraid but he didn't show it, he couldn't show it. Not if he wanted to summon his new god.

"The Archivist SHALL arrive this day!" Bill shouted, skillfully slashing his sword around before pointing forward! "Onward, Tarok!"

"With pleasure!" Tarok shouted as they charged at Darius and Eberwolf!

The Coven heads charged as well with Darius creating a blade and clashing with Tarak while Eberwolf threw a punch as Bill blocked with his scimitar.

"Mangy beast!" Bill said, trying not to be pushed back by Eberwolf.

'Ugly shrimp!' Eberwolf growled at him.

They knocked him back before Eber bit down on Bill's leg.

"Aaaah!" Bill screamed before Eber pulled him up and began thrashing him around before throwing him to the right!

"Don't make too big a mess." Darius said as he pushed Tarak back.

"Focus on me, you stain!" Tarak shouted as he jabbed and slashed at Darius.

"Make no mistake, you're going to be the stain at the end of the day." Darius said darkly.

Darius moved around Tarak and attacked from all sides, making the burly trapper spin and block all his attack.

"You will not stop us, today will be the day we eradicate the rest of those disgusting creatures!" Tarak said.

"The creatures that gave us life?!" Darius shouted at him, going back to fighting face to face with two swords. "Are you and your cult suicidal?!"

"No, we are awoken, those beasts are dangerous and will bring nothing but destruction!" Tarak said.

"Like you've been doing recently?" Darius asked logically.

"Silence, heathen!" Tarak shouted before using a telekinesis spell on some trees, throwing them at Darius.

Who easily cut them to pieces with some flare.

'Child's play.' Darius thought.

The same could be said of Eberwolf as they kept attacking Bill with their enlarged arm, making the leader of the Titan Trapper do nothing but block.

That's when Eda and Raine arrived from above.

"I knew it! It was a distraction!" Raine shouted, watching Darius and Eberwolf fight.

"Do you want to drop down and help them or should we head straight to the heart?" Eda asked Raine.

"They are two of the strongest witches we know, they can handle this, we have to get the heart secured." Raine said.

Eda nodded as she flew past the battle and into the castle, flying low and allowing Raine to run on their feet as Eda continued to fly above them.

"Raine, I'll go guard the heart, go get the guards ready for battle." Eda said.

"Alright, I won't be long!" Raine said as they split apart in different directions.

Eda flew to straight for the heart, ready to defend it with her life.

'These fuckers tried to hurt my kids and made me send them away! I am gonna make sure they die SLOWLY and PAINFULLY!' Eda thought as her eyes darkened to pitch black.

For once, the owl beast was in full agreement with Eda and was going to work in tandem with her.

It also grew to like Luz and the others, even if it had never met them in person. Her corruption began to spread around her body, making her look like a living shadow.

When Eda arrived at the heart, she placed herself right in front of it and spread her corruption like a wall of protection behind her.

Nothing was getting past her, it was like there was an all power demon guarding it even more when her eyes started glowing.

Meanwhile with Raine, they found several guards and ordered them to prepare for battle.

"Cover any and all ways inside of the castle! And get a squad of archers on top of the walls in case of an aerial attack!" Raine ordered them, making the guards quickly rush to grab their weapons.

"Right away!" The guards said.

"What about the heart?" One guard asked.

"My wife is guarding it, and when she's furious, you want to stir clear of her. Trust me." Raine said.

They've heard rumors about the Owl Lady from the coven days and that warning was no lie. Some guards are still in therapy from the one time they crossed her on a bad day.

"What about Darius and Eberwolf?" Another guard asked.

"They're fighting the leaders of the trappers out front." Raine said, pointing to the front. "Some of you go help them."

"Yes, commander!" The guards said before they all rushed to get in their positions.

'No doubt those ships reached the shore and they're matching for the castle right now.' Raine thought as they walked to rooftops. 'We'll be ready for them.'

Today wasn't going to be a kids show style fight... there would be bloodshed... on both sides.

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