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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 15:51:31 GMT
Erinye raised a brow. "..Uh.." She paused, a bit confused by the moaning, of all noises, before she began to head up the stairs.
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 15:57:34 GMT
Nephthys quickly followed after Erinye-
Till a random undead griffin who was the source of that moaning jumped from behind her, tackling Nephthys to the floor, causing her to drop the staff, sliding away from her.
Nephthys, with a desperate look, tried to crawl towards the floor only for the griffin to grab her by her foot and she kicked him in the beak before turning to Erinye.
"The staff, give it to me! It's my only way of channeling my energy into blasts!" Nephthys exclaimed.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 16:06:43 GMT
Erinye darted back down, grabbing the staff and sliding it towards Nephthys.
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 16:09:59 GMT
Nephthys grabbed the staff, charging it up and blasted the griffin's torso off with a rather large beam till only it's legs were left and collapsed on the ground.
She quickly sent the griffin's spirit away and ran on the stairs, exhaling and inhaling in and out.
"It came out of nowhere! No matter where we go, they find a way to be in any place we go to." Nephthys said.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 16:18:21 GMT
"Well, that gave Gin a couple extra seconds- we need to hurry." Erinye said, rushing ahead.
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 16:22:19 GMT
The two climbed the stairs and reached the large door, Nephthys opened it.
They were in another corridor with two doors similar on both sides, probably the exits from the other two path's these two could of taken and at the end of the corridor, there was a gap with a bright shining light coming from that room.
"...I think ahead of us is the chamber. And he will be waiting for us inside. Are you ready?" Nephthys asked.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 16:31:43 GMT
"Already am." Erinye said, Placing one hand on the wall as she held tightly to her gun.
Taking a breath, she walked into the room.
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 16:48:19 GMT
Quickly followed up by Nephthys.
The two of them had to climb down a set of stairs as Nephthys took a good look around the place.
The treasue chamber was big with piles of gold and silver on each side of the room, support beams connected to the ceiling, torches, pretty much everything a treasure room needs to have.
At the end of the room, there were two statues of Griffins facing each other, both on their knees with their hands placed together in a praying position.
Nephthys walked to the center of the room, there was a hieroglyph on the floor, showing a silhouette of a woman, lying on a bed with a bird of paradise flower held to her chest as a figure wearing a cloak with bone patterns on the cloak holding a scythe was standing over her.
She then looked up to see that the glow was coming from the ceiling, one of the Orbs of Fulfillment was there, held in the grip of a statue hand connected to the ceiling, all it would require was either a stepladder or a high jump to make it to that orb.
Strangely enough, there was no sign of Gin in the room as far as she could tell.
"...There is the orb, but I don't see him anywhere." Nephthys said, trying to sense his presence.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 16:59:00 GMT
"Couldn't he just be hiding?" Erinye asked, walking forwards. "I don't see how he could've gone ahead of us."
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 17:08:53 GMT
"That is what I was thinking." Nephthys agreed.
Sure enough, someone behind a support beam threw five kunai knives at Nephthys and Erinye.
Nephthys raised up the sphere and the knives exploded the moment they came in contact with the sphere.
"Your tricks are starting to get old and repetitive I'm afraid, Gin." Nephthys said, glaring at the support beam.
Gin walked out of hiding, smiling in response.
"Ha, trust me, lady, I'm not out of tricks just yet, I still have a lot more rabbits to pull out of my magic hat." Gin said, placing his hand on his ear and a beep was heard, some sort of a signal of sorts.
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Outside of the Sphinx.
Nakiri suddenly appeared on top of the Sphinx's back, no one would be able to spot due to how high she was up there.
Placing one knee forward and crouched down, she looked down to see Balthazar before she looked at the sky, she could see a massive flying figure heading his way towards the Sphinx before looking up the sky as the knife with the element of knowledge was picking up on something.
"Hmph." Nakiri glowered as she pulled out her flute and began playing it quietly, the pink energy from one of her knives was being tapped into the flute.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 17:18:12 GMT
As she did this...
A Transmission Beam shot down from the sky, as a single figure appeared in front of Balthazar. It was Cupid, by himself.
"...Greetings." Was all Cupid said, as he smiled at Balthazar, twirling a wilted flower petal, one that had turned completely grey and lifeless, in his hand.
With a flick of his hand, he cast the petal to the wind. "My name is Cupid Clovis, perhaps you've heard of me?"
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 17:22:11 GMT
Balthazar din't smile, instead aimed his lancer straight at Cupid's chest.
"Bits and pieces. A pirate you are, the orb you seek for malevolent intentions. To get it, pass through me you must." Balthazar said.
Balthazar then looked up the sky as he his pupils increased, activating the eyes of the hawk, seeing dozens of ships flying in the air before looking back at Cupid.
"Lots of crafts you've brought. Naked to the normal eyes, but not me." Balthazar said.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 17:23:53 GMT
"Ah, very impressive. As expected of a Guardian." Cupid said-
as time paused
When it resumed, 10 separate bullets flew into Balthazar's left side, sending him careening off to the right.
"I suppose you saw that, as well?" He asked, still smiling at Balthazar as though they were making idle chatter on a pleasant summer day.
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Post by Master Psychic on Dec 31, 2019 17:32:04 GMT
Balthazar stomped his foot against the ground to prevent himself from falling and held onto his Lancer, clenching his beak as smoke was coming out of his left before he reached to his side and ripped the bullets out of before dropping them on the ground.
He was bleeding but despite that, he was far from being finished as he stood his ground and pointed his Lancer at Cupid.
"Very resilient, you will find me to be, adapt to your bullets, I will. I won't be taken down that easily." Balthazar said.
His wings opened and launched multiple feathers at Cupid aswell as in others direction, some were heading to where the bullets came from.
"The orb, you will not claim. Those with good intentions who will see to it that they will get rid of this infernal curse will earn them, I will now allow them to be used for your mad schemes." Balthazar announced, continuing his attacks.
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Post by IDEK on Dec 31, 2019 17:59:55 GMT
Cupid stood there, letting the feathers hit him as-
time paused
when it resumed, several of the feathers had been sent flying in different directions, and there were some of his own feathers chucked into his own back. As Cupid adjusted his stance, Psyche emerged from the trees, with her hands held out in front of her. A Bright Pink string seemed to shoot out of the tips of her fingers, shooting itself straight into Balthazar's wrist- not latching onto his physical body, but latching onto his soul, which was occupying the same place.
"Oh, but you see. My intentions are pure." Cupid said. "Not mad at all, I'm not the moustache-twirling bomber that people are so happy to make me out to be, you see." He elaborated, as Psyche shot two other strings out of her fingers, one for Balthazar's left wing, and another for his right.
"I don't expect you to be easy to take down, but I hope you don't expect us to be a cakewalk either." Cupid said, as Psyche took a step back, exherted physical force, and pulled all four strings towards her. Balthazar's soul found itself being pulled into the sky by her motion, yet his body wasn't feeling the same pull at all.
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