Dc: The Brother of Superman

We enter the mountain, passing the gates. As soon as we entered, the doors closed. Andrew was first followed by me and Nayru.

Inside there was a long corridor; only a couple of torches illuminated this place, and the floor and walls were surprisingly made out of granite, not stone.

We walked for a couple of minutes in a straight line until we came into a large chamber. It was adorned with pillars and statues, and on the floor was the crest that was at the gates. The chamber divides the road into one corridor to the east and one to the west.

"You take the east one; I will take the west one."

"Are you sure?"

The other path was dark without torches.

"Just take care of the occultists and Isaac."

 "Yeah?" 

"Be careful" 

"Got it." I pull out a silence talisman along with a [conceal] one too.

I walked to the east side as he told me; on this path, there were torches.

{Light for easy sight, meaning for humans, he went where the vampires are, didn't he? How did he know? right increased sense of smell}

As I started to approach the end of the path, I could hear some chanting.

"Le sang est la mort..." (Blood is death.)

"Le sang est la douleur." Blood is pain.

"Le sang est la passion..." (Blood is passion.)

"Le sang est la vie." (Blood is life.)

"Le sang se connecte..." (Blood connect...)

{Huh?... This chanting...}

~Master?~ {Sorry, they are chanting in the wrong order, corrupting the original proposal of the ritual.}

~What do we do, master?~

{Hmm... interrupting the ritual will cause a severe backlash, probably killing or maiming all the occultists, or I could wait for them to finish and learn what the objective of this ritual is.}

~Master, there's something in the chamber ahead.~

{Oh?...can you tell me what it is, Nayru?}

~Some sort of artifact, it feels evil.~

{Hm, I see. Well,  let's crash this party then}

As I approached the entrance to the chamber, I could see a group of cultists in a circle. In the middle of the chamber, I finally saw what Nayru was referring to as an artifact: a silver goblet with red gems encrusted all over it.

{Indeed, with my soul sight, I can see that this goblet is trouble}

In my vision, the goblet had faces in all the red gems, meaning that the goblet contains large amounts of souls.

{Ok, let's begin: [Rock Golem]+[Minor Protection]+[Enhance], Nayru, don't let them die; I have plans for them.}

~alright, master~

In the middle of the chamber, a huge golem made out of rock appeared from the ground, scaring the living crap out of everyone here, thus breaking the ritual, and the backlash was instant.

 "No!..."

 "F**!!..."

 *Crack* 

*argghhh* 

Half of the cultist received a heavy injury; the other half was just a minor wound.

"Who dares to interrupt this sacred ritual!"

"There, Brother Blood!"

{What!? Did he say Brother Blood?}

When I focused on the one they called Brother Blood, I saw a young man. He had white skin and red eyes. He was wearing a skull cap and a red, golden, and blue costume.

(Raaaggh)[Treat] 

My golem used his skill, giving him all the attention of the cultist, and I used that to rain spells into them.

{Change of plans, Nayru; hit them hard and aim to kill}

~understood, master~ [Zio] She gathered many light bolts around her and was ready to launch them.

 {[Boost]+[Crackling Lance] [Fireball] [Wind Slash] [Ice Spear] [Flame Pillar]}

Along with my spells, Nayru launches hers.

 *Argghh* "Noo!!.." 

*Crack*

*splash* 

*Boom* 

"You...you...damn...you..." 

When the smoke cleared, only my golem was there, along with a couple of cultists.

{Tch, they escaped; he was young, so he probably just took control of the Church of Blood}

{Where's the goblet?}

 ~there, master ~ {Hmm?} I saw it on one of the walls; the goblet was encrusted there.

"I guess from the impact of our spells, Golem protects the entrance."

My golem moved slowly to the entrance of the chamber; meanwhile, me and Nayru went to see the cultist and the goblet.

"Heal them only enough for them to not die."

 ~yes, master...[Dia]x6~

As Nayru was healing them, I went to see the goblet encrusted in the wall.

 "[Kèter'elyon]" 

"[Aquio]"

 "[Levioso]" 

"I need to cleanse this thing, but I need time."

[Detecting a powerful artifact, do you wish to transfer it to the inventory?]

{Yes!!}

 [Transferring... Complete] In a flash of light, the goblet was gone, and in my inventory was a notification.

[Corrupted Goblet of Blood]

~Master, I'm done.~

{Mmh?...Ah... thank you, Nayru} i reach my hand to her head.

*Pat* *Pat* 

(Giggle)~ You're welcome, master~

"Now let's begin the experiment." I cancel my magic.

{[Dark Bargain: Herma'Mora]}

A green and dark arcane circle appeared below me, and from it emerged a creature. This creature was dark, ancient, and dangerous; it had the aspect of an eye and many tentacles with eyes as well.

~"Speak"~ 

"I want to exchange life energy for his connection to magic," I point at one of the cultists that was on the floor.

~"Approved. One of his tentacles grabbed my left arm, and the other tentacle grabbed the head of the cultist.

Then I felt like something was leaking from me; soon I was getting paler with each passing second, until it brought me to one knee on the floor, but not the other guy.

 *AAARRGGH*

He was screaming his lungs out, and then I heard a notification in my mind.

[Detecting Mind Energy]... Transferring Complete]

[(Mind+2) Do you accept?]

 {Yes} [Mind:87(+15)] 

At the end, he stopped moving. I don't know what consequences this will bring him, but I don't really care; he's at least alive.

 ~master!!...[Dia]~] 

{Thank you, Nayru} Nayru brought me back to full health, so to speak, so I need to replace the offerings.

"I offer ten life runes for their connection to magic."

~"... Denied"~ 

{Hmm...}

 "Twelve" 

~"... Approved"~

"Sweet," I pull out twelve [Life Runes] from my inventory.

Another tentacle grabbed the runes, and more tentacles reached for the heads of the survivors'.

*AAARRGGH*x5 

A symphony of screams—for a couple of seconds, that's all that can be heard in the chamber—then silence.

 [Mind:97(+15)]

{Good, let's go, Nayru; we need to check on Andrew}

 ~Yes, Master~ 

I cancelled my golem and went to the opposite side.

{Thank the presence that it's in a straight line...}

{[Dark Vision]} 

When I reached the end of the west side, there were stairs that led to the underground.

{I don't like this.}

~Master, I could go instead of you.~

{Denied, you're not strong enough}

~Awww~ 

{Don't worry, soon you will be able to help me more, but for now, we go together}

~alright, Master~