The dungeon's living room was simplistic, medium sized with dark red pavement, dark brown walls and ceiling looking like wood. A large square wooden table lay in the middle of the room with more chairs than the guild had members.
To one side of the table lay a long blue sofa facing the wall, said wall was entirely crystalized and shining brightly from the illusionary vision magic Dungeons commonly used on their cores. Dagon sat on the sofa staring at the make-shift tv screen, a bored expression on his face as he watched the show.
"These people make no sense…their choice of entertainment makes no sense either!" He sighed in annoyance but continued to watch anyway "Why are these people so colourful? Why is this woman playing so hard to get then blush like she's turning into blood!?" he was currently watching anime.
Author: Trust me you want music for this :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2yuGgp_U8
"KNOCK KNOCK BITCH" Soren exclaimed as his axe smashed through the wall, the one where Dagon was watching his show.
"Tch, took you long enough to-" Dagon was cut off as a dozen black chains flew at him, he immediately summoned his sword to deflect them but ended up being preoccupied parrying Soren's sudden charge and burst of speed.
The chains entangled around his limbs or hooked themselves to his armour, Soren jumped over him and landed on the sofa.
"Com'ere" Stated Birse as he willed the giant arms of shadow to pull the chains back, Dagon was pulled out of the room and back into the forest full hall known as the boss room.
Dagon found himself face to face with the massive guardian as the chains pulled him out, "Do you like pancakes?" asked Cherry as he smashed down his enormous Warhammer onto the Devil. The ground shook as Dagon was crushed into the red soil, his body seemed to go limp on impact.
Cherry was about to pull back his hammer "That hurt" Dagon stated as he grabbed hold of the Warhammer with one hand. Cherry tried to pull his weapon out of the Devil's grip but not even his massive size could do anything compared to the Devil's physical prowess.
Dagon threw the warhammer's head aside sending Cherry flying with, he cracked his neck while standing up "As I was just saying…By decree of the Dezol first legion high commander Lu-"
Soren charged Dagon's back with a swing of his battle-axe sending the Devil flying towards Birse who pulled the Devil more with his chains, as Dagon approached the arms of shadow let go of the chains and clasped each other while raised up high.
"Shadow crush!" Birse chanted and the arms of shadow grew slightly larger as they descended upon the quickly approaching Devil. Dagon summoned his wings and spun mid-flight to realign himself, using his wings he stopped himself then raised this sword with one hand and parried the arms of shadow a thousand times larger than his own.
Dagon sighed in annoyance "Fine, enough words." With a flicker of movement too fast to see he slashed the arms dissipating them into smoke, briefly he disappeared.
"Shit!" Birse raised his gauntlets in front of himself as Dagon reappeared there, the Devil slashed and stabbed at him denting and sometimes breaking his armour before he spun in place and kicked Birse in the gut sending him flying back and crashing through multiple trees. Birse taking his chains with him.
Cherry dashed to stand behind Dagon and spun his warhammer low, he aimed to smash it's head into the Devil's back. Dagon turned and blocked the attack with the flat of his sword but was sent flying after Birse by the force of the attack.
As Dagon flew he spun around and tried to catch controlled flight but ended up defending from multiple arrows shot at him from Skill and Ch who hid in the forest's shadow. He slowed himself down to a stop with a couple flaps of his wings and glanced back just in time to grab one of Birse's chain-hooks with his free hand.
Birse immediately willed his arms of shadow to pull the Devil again, Dagon in turn pulled back as he flew which destroyed the arms of shadow through the force he used and forced Birse to fly at him too. The two clashed in mid-air, gauntlets blocking blink fast sword strikes.
Birse was forced into the defensive due to the Devil's superior speed and strength which caused him to crash down into the ground, Dagon stood above him with his sword raised ready to strike him down.
Dagon quickly turned around to parry a stealthy stab by Jacky as the assassin appeared out of thin air, the Devil disarmed him with a single quick slash making his hand go numb from the attack. Jacky grimaced and tried to back off but the Devil was faster, with lightning fast and fluid steps he slashed at the assassin's chest three times before kicking him back.
Jacky staggered back but held his ground, he threw his two daggers at the Devil causing him to deflect the make-shift projectiles. As Dagon did so Soren charged at him at maximum speed, spinning as he did so the flat of his axe hit the Devil in the chest and sent him flying further away and through more trees.
Dagon slowed himself down as he broke out into an opening in the forest, he was given no time to look around as Cherry came down on him bashing his warhammer onto the Devil and throwing him to the ground.
"Infernal descent!" Chanted Deathchilled forming a fire ball so hot in his hands that it turned white.
"Noxious wisps!" Chanted Seren summoning forth a wave of gas like flames.
"Elemental collision!" Chanted Steph as all kinds of crystals she had were inside her gloves sending forth a shockwave of pure black.
"Charge beam!" Chanted Woody as he aimed his horn at the Devil, the horn glowed white briefly before a stream of crimson red was shot out.
The four mages stood around the opening's edge forming a square around the Devil, each fired off a spell at him. Dagon was about to fly away but Birse's chains entangled all around his wings, Cherry ditched his hammer and grabbed the Devil by the legs then threw him back down to the ground.
Dagon found himself in a bit of a predicament, Cherry, Soren and Birse held down his arms and legs while Steph, Death and Woody formed a barrier around his body with the addition of Seren casting every single debuff she knew onto the Devil.
Even though he was in this position he simply shrugged it off and chuckled coldly "You have me held down for a few minutes, what now? You cannot kill me, this is the extent of your capabilities. Once I'm free and oh I will free myself, you're all dead. There is nothing you can do against us, you're all simply too weak. In her prime it took five heroes to fight off sister Abaddon, three of which died.
She was weak from losing her body, it is not a surprise to us that she couldn't survive. Oh and that little skirmish you had with that other Devil at Helix? Let me correct the silly thought that it was actually father, that was brother Legion wearing an illusion. You cannot defeat Dezol you're nothing more than a pebble in our way."
"True we cannot defeat you in combat, but since when does Serenity ever play fair?" Kyle stated as he walked out of the tree line and moved to stand above Dagon.
Dagon chuckled "Oh and what will this puny dark hero do? You're less of a match for me than anybody else here! I sense it inside you! The hollowness left behind from losing your guide! You're nothing! You have no future!"
Kyle chuckled back "I don't need a guide, I'll figure shit out on my damn own."
"Oh?" Dagon smirked "Let's see if you can figure this out then! I know you're back there, come out come out little Devilling!" he called out to his right.
Sly stepped out of the treeline as he gazed at Dagon deep in thought "Yeah, I'm here."
"Well? You've kept me waiting long enough, what's your answer? I'll even let your friends here get away with a single death each." Dagon offered followed by a loud laugh.
Sly clenched his fists and stepped towards the bound Devil, he grinded his teeth so hard that blood began to leak out. He didn't pull out a weapon, neither did he summon up his aura. He simply stopped to stand by Kyle, he didn't even look at any of his guild mates but simply gazed down at Dagon who looked back with a smirk.
"I'm sorry…but…you're such a sad sight." said Sly "Drunk on power, blind to everything else." He crouched down to where he could whisper into the Devil's ear, "Let me fill you in on something little Devil, it wouldn't have mattered to me what I'd have to go through. Be it mindlessly agonizing pain, my body falling apart particle by particle, death or even fucking hell itself. I will never, betray those dear to me."
Dagon snarled at Sly "Fine then! You shall all die together and watch as I send each of your souls into hell!"
Sly smirked "I'm afraid that won't be happening either." He grabbed the Devil's head with his right hand and pushed it down to the ground then stared down into his pitch-black eyes "You won't be doing shit once he's done with you."
Dagon glanced at Kyle "The pipsqueak fox? What can he do!?" he continued to laugh.
Kyle pushed up his sleeves and kneeled down with his right leg on top of Dagon's chest "Do not underestimate the fox, for it has already peered into your very soul. Literaly."
Dagon's eyes quickly widened in shock and he began to immediately struggle, baring his fangs and over all panicking. Kyle raised both his arms to shoulder height and stretched his fingers mockingly, white-blue flames engulfed them.
"No!" Exclaimed Dagon "I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you!"
Dungeon Lilior, core room, 4 hours earlier.
Sly grimaced as he moved his skinless fingers, he had moved himself to the core room and sat with his back to the wall. "This is fucked" he stated at the VCD that sat on the ground by him, he had already explained his predicament to Birse, Death and Kyle on the other side. The other Serenity members had somehow hijacked a griffin carriage and were on their way back.
Kyle took the VCD from Death's hands "Okay okay let's not freak out yet."
"He skinned my fucking hands, told me I got three days to live and is now waiting in the fucking living room watching Netflix! I'M FREAKING OUT!" Sly shouted into the device.
"Wait we got Netflix?!" Death asked in surprise.
"Yeah some shows I got Lilior to copy from memory, nothing huge. Wait…that's not the point! The fuck do I do!?" Sly continued to panic.
Birse took the VCD from the both of them "We use diplomacy, if that doesn't work well then we'll just have to fight the fucker."
Sly groaned in pain from accidentally clenching his fist "I don't think diplomacy is an option…"
Above Dread swamp, Serenity hijacked griffin carriage
With Woody driving the carriage by using his magic to calm the griffins, the rest of the Serenity guild sat inside discussing how to deal with the Dagon.
"Can't we let Sly accept the Devil's offer and have him as an inside man?" Offered Jacky from the other side as he sharpened his long daggers.
Birse shook his head "It's Sly, sneaky as he can be he's not the best actor. If it was Kyll, you or Cherry I'd be all up for it but…"
"What about tying the fucker up and force him to tell us how to help Sly? We beat two Devils so far for fucks sake!" said Death as he stood by Kyle, both of them standing in front of Birse who held the VCD in his hands.
"The first one was toying with us and got ambushed by the mage guilds, the second was enslaved by a dungeon." Seren counted each encounter "I don't think they compare."
"Well we cannot exactly ask the chap kindly to leave our base…" Ch dejectedly stated.
"Or…." Kyle gazed off at nowhere in particular as plans formed in his mind "Sly what did Dagon say exactly about Devils? Word by word."
"Uhh….That Hellhounds are failed Devils? Whe-" Sly stated quoting what Dagon had said but Kyle cut him off.
"No not that."
"Devils are beings of body? How does that help?" Sly asked.
"What else." Kyle urged back.
"Uhh…Our strength comes from how our bodies are made to affect our souls?" Sly continued to quote the Devil.
Kyle stared down at his own hands and smirked "Lilior"
"Yes master?" The Dungeon replied through the VCD.
"I know how to kill Dagon, Lilior, Sly and everyone else. I'll need you to do exactly as I tell you to." Kyle looked at Birse for confirmation.
Birse nodded "Well let's hear it then, if I like the odds of it then you have the lead on this one."
Dungeon Lilior, now.
Kyle grabbed hold of Dagon's shoulders as his flames immediately engulfed the Devil, they slowly began to eat away at the armour and skin. Kyle willed to control the flame, to not let it consume the Devil but contain it. The flames briefly continued to lash out at the body before calming down and surrounding it properly.
Dagon continued to struggle and snarl "Stop! You don't know what you're doing! Stop this madness!"
Kyle smirked "Yeah I don't and yeah I am." He willed the flames to surround the Devil's soul and a dark-green flame appeared in his vision. The green flame was vicious as it lashed out against Kyle's, unwilling to be controlled yet steadfast with it's precise flow which kept the blue flame away. Kyle didn't try to tame it, he didn't try to consume it as he did with Under's.
Kyle moved his flames to flow with the green, he copied the green's exact flow and began to change it with his own. Suddenly Kyle pulled back while gripping his flames, the green flame exiting the body alongside his. Dagon immediately went quiet and just as suddenly Kyle dissipated the flames and moved back down to grab the Devil's unmoving shoulders.
Dagon's body was starting to slowly crumble, as if it was nothing more than an empty shell drained of it's power. Kyle on the other hand knew better, the shell was what made a Devil as the inside did not matter. He willed his flames back into the body this time filling it up entirely, he tried to keep it together at the best of his capabilities by flowing the flames the same way the green once had.
When he felt that the body wasn't crumbling to dust anymore he willed some of his flame up Sly's arm. Sly almost let go but Birse, Soren and Cherry let go of Dagon's corpse and held him in place as he screamed from the sheer agony of having another soul enter your body.
Kyle willed his flames further into Sly until his whole body was aflame similarly to Dagon's, Kyle was doing his best to concentrate on this task as the life of his friend now literally lay in his hands. He again willed his flame to surround Sly's soul and a frenzied violet blaze appeared in his vision, this flame had no specific flow but simply moved and lashed out randomly.
He watched the flame, studied it's movements and coloration. (" Every madness has a method to it, even Sly") he thought while watching it, he then flowed his flame to slowly surround the violet one. Kyle tried to follow it's flow, he tried to copy it's movements with his own but violet blaze was relentless and pushed his away.
He decided to try a different approach, if he couldn't copy Sly's flow then he'll force it to copy his. Kyle forced his flames to clash with the violet blaze that was Sly's soul, he didn't let them consume but instead simply clash with each other and watched as Sly continued to struggle and scream in pain like he never felt before.
Kyle then noticed something, the violet blaze had a method to it. He couldn't copy it's flow and he couldn't force it to copy his but he could make it change it's flow, as his flames clashed with the violet it began to ease down and flow in a pattern around Sly's body. He flowed more flame into Sly causing another wave of pain, he left some of his flame to clash with the violet while flowing the rest with it.
Carefully he then began to flow the violet flame along with his own out of Sly's body. Sly briefly wailed like a banshee from having his soul literally ripped out of him, he then completely blacked out from the agony.
Slowly he eased the violet flame downwards and into the Devil's body, once that was done and having already made his flame flow exactly how the violet one did he then began to change the violet's flow. As randomly as he could possible make it flow he did and then simply let go, he pulled back his flames and let the violet re-enter it's frenzy.
Kyle stood up and away from them, sweating profusely and more pale than usual. He took uneven breaths and nodded at the others "You can let go." He told them and they did. Sly's body limply fell forward and onto Dagon's, it shattered and dissipated into blue dust.
"What now?" Death asked as he and everyone else gathered around to watch.
"We wait…I honestly don't know what happens now. I guess it's all up to him, if he fails to take it over then plan B is ready just incase." Kyle replied followed by a weak sigh.
Suddenly a burst of black-green aura shot out of the dormant Devil as his eyes opened wide, utterly black and iris-less. The burst of aura sent everyone back and to the ground except for Kyle, the Devil had risen and grabbed him by the collar.
"I take it back" the Devil stated as his empty black eyes seemed to stare right into Kyle's very being.
Kyle stared back and waited for what was to come, he had complete trust in his friends whether they be sane or not.
Suddenly the Devil's eyes began to take colour, milky white surrounding violet irises and black slits. His hair also began to change, it grew down to his shoulders and changed from black with green strands to dark purple with strands of black.
"You under no circumstances, will ever again fucking touch my soul." Sly stated as his whole body briefly shook at the very recent memory "It's fucking creepy."
Everyone burst out into laughter as Sly continued to complain "Hey! You hearing me!? Never again! NEVER! FUCKING! AGAIN!"