Chapter 18: Chapter 18 - Scimitar Medium
Mylo landed his car among the snowy mountainside. The winds were blowing heavily while snow blew in the wind and among the few trees he could see. He stepped out of his car, ignoring the cold while dressed in a simple pair of jeans, tennis shoes, and a loose white button up shirt.
He only looked around for a moment before one of Argus' Hummingbirds appeared in the air. It began to land next to his car in the open area he had landed. It had no ground access but it was large enough for them both to land vehicles. It would make him wonder what sort of geological feat occurred to cause this type of landscape to develop, if he could not see the portal in front of him that was on a flat face of the mountain that seemed untouched by snow and frost.
He stood just in front of the portal gateway while the Hummingbirds' usually silent engines slowed to a crawl. Then Scarlett in a pair of red combat boots, leather red pants, a black tank top, and a red leather coat walked up next to him.
"So who are we saving this time?" Scarlett asked as she brandished a scimitar that felt dark and foreboding.
"Artemis, I am sure you remember the warning she gave me back then." Mylo answered as he twisted his hands in the air and a pair of metal gauntlets that looked like animal paws appeared, going from his hands to his elbows.
"Are those made completely out of Nth metal? And where the hell did you pull them out of?" Scarlett asked, ignoring the answer she got.
"I already told you I was working on some stuff, but no it is steel. I am still working on your equipment and armor. It is still difficult to combine your phoenix blood with Nth metal. I got lucky with that staff of yours. But what the hell is that sword?" Mylo asked as he glanced at the sword that almost seemed to swallow the shadows.
"Oh this? I got it from Dracula after I killed him. He dueled me using a binding ritual. I obliged since I got his knowledge of sword techniques in exchange." Scarlett answered with a grin on her face.
Mylo shook his head before he stepped into the portal. He felt a cool sensation as his body broke through a thin barrier. Coming out the other side he felt a piercing cold as he stepped into an open area.
It was an open field that was located in the middle of the forest. Covered heavily in snow, Mylo looked down and saw the snow was up past his ankle. He grunted in annoyance while the snow within ten feet of Scarlett began melting when she stepped through the portal.
"A fucking snow terrain. So how are we-" She was interrupted as a large group emerged from the trees. There were three distinct groups: people in red and black armor holding guns and armed to the teeth in various armor and weapons, the second were fewer with them spread out between the others with there blood red robes boney thing hands and a red book with black satanic drawings, the last group were shirtless men with tattered jeans.
"Who tresspasses on Trigon's Lands!" One of the robbed men yelled.
Scarlett frowned and looked over at Mylo, "Trigon?"
Mylo just shrugged, "come on, I gave you a packet on known supernatural groups. Did you not read it?" He double checked his gauntlets while Scarlett clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Fine. Just give me the basic rundown." She rolled her eyes.
"Cultists that work to summon their demonic overlord and world conqueror Trigon to this world. For the record they aren't crazy, he does exist and plans on destroying our universe. But their plan has been derailed at the moment so they are just a bunch of remnants grasping at straws." He explained.
"You dare ignore us!" One of the cultists raised his assault rifle and opened fire on them. The bullets pelted the ground in front of them in warning.
"How do you want to do this?" Scarlett asked as she frowned.
Mylo took a deep breath in as the light snowfall around him twisted slightly due to the magic energies he was channeling. He then opened his eyes as a purple light covered his eyes for a moment.
He could suddenly see far into the distance. He was instantly disgusted by what he saw. Far into the distance was their main temporary base made up of tents and cages. Where they already had a number of women chained up and abused in various fashions. He actually had to take a moment in order to not be overcome with anger.
Beyond that he could see another large grouping of women were fighting against the bipedal wolves of the supernatural world, werewolves, it appeared to be an even fight. Mostly due to Artemis and her hunters, who were sliding between archery magic and commanding their wolf companions.
"We steam roll them, they are irredeemable. A mile down that way is their base. I am sure you will know what to do when you get there. Artemis and her remaining hunters are about to get ambushed and overwhelmed." His eyes switched to normal a moment later as the snow settled around him.
Scarlett smiled as she drew her new sword, causing a plum of flame to engulf it. "Finally, I get to really let loose!" She yelled as her body became morphed with a silhouette of flaming armor with the head shaped like a beak and her wings spreading several feet. While her skin gained goosebumps and a mix of red and orange feathers.
Mylo grunted before he flexed his legs and stomped off the ground. The muscles in his arms and legs caused a shockwave before he launched forward, appearing in front of one of the robed men.
He only got a chance to flinch before Mylo swiped with his right claw gauntlet. Shredding the bone skinny man into four chunks of meat that littered the soft white snow. The slash itself went for several feet shredding trees and hidden members of their groups. He then launched forward again, upending trees and shredding hidden adversaries. Making a straight line towards Artemis' location.
Scarlett on the other hand. Extended her wings causing heat to ignite the nearby trees and steam to rise as the snow rapidly melted. She took a stance and sliced downwards a moment later. Then up rapidly as well. There was an earthquake before the ground exploded with spouts of lava coming out of the ground.
"AAHHHH!!" Several of the enemy Trigon followers began screaming as their skin melted.
While the robbed men began floating in red bubbles, having reacted quickly now that they knew the new people were hostile. The remaining ones began chanting a spell that was incomprehensible and grating on her ears.
Scarlett frowned, "okay… let's see if some of the new tricks I picked up work on these… magic users." She then began chanting, moving her sword, drawing out symbols in the air.
"$^%^(&#@%" The remaining trigon followers said an incomprehensible word and stopped chanting. They then began growling and pulling off their own skin. Grotesque horns, extra limbs, and pointy teeth began appearing.
Scarlett raised an eyebrow but did not stop her chanting. They each looked unique but with their appearance it was clear what they were. Especially as they began growling like animals.
"You can not win, tiny bird! We will have our way for our lord commands it. All threats to his return will parish!" They spoke in unison, which honestly was starting to creep her out. After they spoke the demons began moving towards her.
But Scarlett finished her spell, "Eruption!" A fountain of lava spouted out of the ground but instead of going straight up they flew toward one of the demons and incinerated it. Scarlett moved her sword directing the flow.
The demons moved quickly, one of them backed up and began chanting. The other three moved in closer, intent on fighting close quarters. As soon as one got close she moved back using her large fiery wings to flap backwards. The lava plume flew through the closest one, which also happened to be the fastest with its four legs skipping off the ground. All that was left were the legs. As they tumbled along the ground, which was molten at this point. Only reason it was not directly destroying them was because it was a side effect of her heating up the area and not magical in nature.
"What is your master going to do if I don't yield? Give me an earache?" Scarlett responded sarcastically as another demon fell to her directed lava plume.
The one in the back finished chanting just as she killed the fourth one. She directed the plume of lava to the last one but a fiery bubble appeared encasing and protecting it.
"You should fear my master! He will return when his daughter-" The demon stopped his angry rant and his eyes went wide suddenly and he exploded.
Scarlett raised an eye and looked around, seeing there was nothing alive nearby she shrugged and dismissed the magic. "Well damn… that isn't ominous at all." She then looked in the direction Mylo went. "Let's see what else is here."