Nova looked down towards the ground trying to think. Valken was right, it wasn't like he had a detailed map of the city imprinted on his mind. She then looked up at Valken and then towards the big tree which held their Queens quarters and that of the Seers. She then pointed towards it. " Start at the big tree there,... she maybe heading her way here as we speak. Her and the Seers should have a strong aura so if you can see that perhaps you can see them." She said. She did not know the extent of Valkens abilities but perhaps he could find her. "Hotaru should be with her, if you remember her scent go by that as well."

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The fighting seemed to get heavier once they left the safety of the keep. It would seem that the demons grew more eager to kill when they saw the Queen and the Seers. To kill them would put them in good terms with their leader. Hotaru grunted as she had to release another thousand pedals towards another group of demons. They seemed to never end but it was all she could do to protect those she was told to. Her father helped out as well which was good for she doubted that she could do this without him.

Valken looked to nova a little helplessly, relying on every word she said. She pointed somewhere which valken could use his echolocation to determine the direction and then send his waves there to locate the tree. He nodded seriously. "Okay I got it! Thank you" with a few skips towards the large tree he jumped up into the air and took flight. He landed his feet on the side of the tree building and entered through the window again. Valken took In the scene and was able to locate the band of seers rather quickly. They were a few levels down from him and so he made his way downward, once he came closer to the group he caught onto hotaru's scent and he meet up with them quickly. It seemed as though hotaru was defending the queen and so he was nervous about approaching the seers and the queen.
"Ho- hotaru!" He called to her, perhaps he could use her as a buffer . "I need you help me!"

Kyoto watched as Valken took off after Nova gave him instructions upon how to find the Queen and the Seers that would be with her. He then turned to look to the demons that were making a climb over the walls. Despite their reinforcements of pegasus riders the demons still made their advance. He pointed his sword towards them but did not leave Nova's side. He would only attack when he needed to. For right now the elves still put up a fight. "I hope Valken finds them fast, it wont take long before we are over run." He said.

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Alduin felt a sudden blast of lightning as Jauffre the Bronze dragon began it's attack. Quickly Alduin stapped its wings into the ground using them as a shield while he charged up another blast from his main breathe weapon. These foolish dragons will learn their place. Alduin had dealt with their kind before and will soon put a end to their meddling. He hated these dragons who took the path of righteousness. Dragons were ment to rule over the weak not join sides with them. Pathetic lifeforms were not ment to be thought of as allies but food or slaves.

"You see great Knight, the survivors that did not escape the city of Lithuim are going to be used as sacrifices to break the seal of the mirror and once more the great Succubus Queen Alceone will walk the earth again." He explained to Ishmael. Ishmael only responded with widened eyes. This succubus Queen was a great threat to the world when she was first here. Now these demons work to release her? Apparently he was going to be given front row seats to the show and he did not like it. To be so close to the evil and not having the power to do anything was almost maddening. Eliphas seemed to laugh as suddenly the whip off fire returned into his hands. The whip seemed to have a life of its own as it wrapped itself around the arms of Ishmael. The chains that held him came loose and even here he was powerless. The burning sensation of the whip filled him with pain. He moved behind Eliphas as the great demon moved, taking him to see the mirror no doubt. If only he knew the spells of sealing for he would fortify it and maybe even seal Eliphas with her.

Hotaru heard Valken's voice and then looked to the Queen and the Seers. She looked to Valken, "Get them out of here,... and quick!... Don't worry about me I can handle myself." She yelled. He staff made it possible for her to last this long without rest and she knew it could help her for just a bit longer. Right now there were more important things then her and that was saving the Queen from these horrid monsters. These demons were horrible in every which way and deserved to fall to her thousand pedals. She then looked to the Queen real quick. "Mi lady, that is Valken,... he will help you escape. Don't worry he is a demon but he is on our side." She yelled. Hopefully her voice was heard by the Seers as well. She then turned to look to Valken once more giving him the nod.

The Queen heard everything perfectly and looked to the Demon known as Valken and she sighed. It was almost funny, here is a demon wanting to help us while others come to destroy us. She grabbed a hold of one of the Seers and began to tug him towards Valken. "Come with me... do not worry we can trust him. It's not the first time we accepted a demon within our city." Well technally Ryung and his daughter were not demons but guardians but who would argue at this point.

Valken opened a large orange ringed portal so as to give them a lot of space to go through. Before letting the queen and the seer's go in, he had to warn them about the dangers.
"You have to make sure not to touch the ring at all! understand? step into the blackness and you will be completely safe from everything going on here! be very careful and if you touch the ring, it will singe that part of your body off and it could cause an' explosion as it could collapse on itself. I have to stay here to keep it open for you to go through, once your all in, i'll help you wade through the darkness and get you to the other side. Again, do not touch or trip by all means..! now go-go-go!" He yelled and one by one he watched them get into the portal. once they were all in he opened the out going portal and jumped inside the ingoing portal.

Now it seemed as though the group was floating in a void of darkness. The sensation felt a lot like being in water only lighter and valken waded himself through the darkness and collected everyone. He had them hold onto each other as he brought him to the outgoing portal which was right on the deck of the boats that Nova had told him to get them to. Valken went through the outgoing portal first and held his arms out into the portal to help them through.

Kyoto turned around looking into the shipyard and he saw a portal open on top of one of the boats. He watched as Valken climbed out of it and he nodded. He then looked back to Nova. "Well that didn't take him too long." He said and then began to back up into the building. "That means we get ourselves on one of those boats." He said and turned around moving towards one of the boats particularly the one that Valken had chosen.

Ishmael was held in place by Eliphas while he watched the dark ritual take place about a mirror. He noticed that a dark figure loomed within. A circle had been formed with mutliple people filling it's boarders. Ishmael was forced to watch as one by one, each person began to implode and the circle turned red as it glowed and the mirror itself began to shake until finally it shattered with a burst of dark energy causing him to look away for a second. When his eyes returned to the mirrors location he found himself staring down at the Succubus queen herself. Free from her prison within the mirror. He gulped a bit afraid of what would happen next.

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Cassandra remained in her bed. She had moved to a sitting position with her back up against the wall. She then began to rub her stomach, she looked over to the elf assigned to her care. "Is there a chance that maybe I can get something to eat? Perhaps one of those famous breads of yours. You know the type where one bite fills your stomach." She said. "Just something to settle me for the trip. Where ever we might be going." She then began to wonder how the others were doing right now. Her thoughts loomed over that of Valken and the others. She had not known what had happened to Ishmael as of yet. If she did her thoughts would mostly be filled of him.

Hotaru and Ryung were among the last to enter the portal. They entered it only simply to get out of there quick. For Hotaru it was very hard to see and she did not inherit fathers Keene nose. So she held onto his hand as he guided her. He could pick up on Valken's sent rather easily in here and followed it. When he saw the exit to this very dark haze looking of a world he waited for the others to exit first. Once the Queen and the Seers had exited he pulled Hotaru along.

Hotaru took the time to look around to get her bearings and she noticed the many boats besides the one they where on. She sighed and moved to railing and pressed her back against it and slid down it. She began to let her body relax a little. She was only half demon after all and her body did have its limits. "Thank you Valken, your help was most appreciated." She said. Her free hand, the one not holding her staff, pressed against her chest as she tried to slow her breathing. Ryung hovered beside her and he crossed his arms, not saying a word.

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Nova turned around to see the same portal and Valken holding it open. The sight of the Seers climbing out of it gave her a bit increase on hope. She then heard Kyoto speak that it meant it was their turn to fall back and indeed it was. She moved her body into a run as she used all meaning of the word haste. The moment her and Kyoto boarded the boat she began to give out orders. "Raise anchors! And set the sails!" She yelled as she cut the ropes that held the boat to the dock. It did not take long for the rough waters of the river to push the boat along. The other boats did the same. Off they were escaping the once paradise of the elves. Nova stared behind them as she saw fires erupt and screams being silenced.

Kyoto followed behind her as she voiced out orders to her kin as she cut the ropes that held the beautiful white swan boats in place. That's what they reminded him of, white swans. He saw her looking to the place she once called home and he sighed. Moving a hand to her shoulder. "Look you did all that you could, we at least saved some people." He said in a attempt to soothe her. He looked about the boat taking note of the survivors and noticed elf women and men among them. There were likely a good number of them on other boats as well. "With these survivors your kin won't die into the wind like those of many other races lost to the ages." He added.

Valken sighed watching Hotaru and Ryung relax. " I supposed I could have done more.." He looked back to the ones who perished behind them. The poor souls, they didn't have a chance and had no idea about the forces that worked against them. Perhaps if they knew, their deaths wouldn't be so traumatic. It was a strange occurrence that he was having sympathy for screaming pain where typically he would just opt it to the fault of the victim. Perhaps it was the same sympathy he has for his parents and the pain they went through to keep him alive. They found themselves in the predicament of taking care of a demon child that was barely theirs and instead of giving up, they rode through it and persevered. And now these people are suffering for no reason only that they were in their homeland.

Valken became angry, he ground his teeth together and turned to kick the side of the boat. He did not know what to do with himself, if he should let things be and stay on the boat or go out there again and bring back more survivors. He could very easily do it too it would only take as long as the time it would take to find them.
But, he figured that there was a chance enemy demons could jump through his portal too, just as Hotaru and her father had done and he would be endangering the entire boat and possibly the others. It could be a disaster.
So he stood there facing the dying city, him particularly could hear all the prayers to their gods that they had either been yelling or whispering. It was difficult to hear family's try to bargain with themselves in order to save one another, particularly their children. But it does not matter to these Demons and unlike Valken's demonic principles, they would have no problem slaying children or the elderly. It just made Valken almost wretch as there was always a downside to his super sensitive hearing....

Alceone waved Eliphas away from Ishmael and then approached him. She pressed a finger against his forehead and slid it down his cheek. His soft skin made her desire him even more. Much more then Eliphas ever could. This human was handsome and with great potential. "So this is what the skin of a holy man feels like. I have felt this once and lost my chance to have it. You now belong to me, my little peach." She said. Ishmael tried to force his head away from her touch but he was powerless. He then narrowed his eyes in disgust.

"I will never be yours you evil hell spawn." He answered and little did he know that his words only made that desire much stronger. The forbidden fruit was always something to behold and made one greedy for its taste. She laughed at him whole heartedly, she then pushed his head to the side with a hold of his chin. She then licked his cheek from the bottom to the top. "Foolish man, Alceone gets what Alceone wants, and right now Alceone coud use a new plaything." She said. She then tilted her head to peer at Eliphas. "What do you think would be the most painful of endeavors?... I know! How about the corruption of a paladin and then setting him loose on his friends?" She said. Her eyes spinning around to face Ishmael's. His eyes widened with fear and horror as each word was said. "No!....No please don't you dare!" He yelled.

She simply giggled at him."You poor miserable fool, your mine now. You haven't got a single choice in the matter and are powerless to stop me." She then pressed her finger to the middle of his forehead and her magic quickly began to do its job. He began to feel its dark power push against his Holy Spirit. He was putting up quite the fight to which made Alceone grin. "Your will is strong, but not strong enough." She then pushed forward. Her breasts pressing up against his armored chest. Her lips pressed up against his. The very touch began to drain him of his life's energy, weakening him to her magic. The enchantment engulfing and corrupting him in body and soul.

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Cassandra felt the boat move and she smiled. "Well your Queen made it. By chance is it safe for me to move? I would like to see if my friends have?" She asked the woman. The elf nodded, and rose up using her strength to help Cassandra up. She then moved with the dark elf to make sure she was alright. Many eyes turned to her as she moved. When she reached the deck finally, after what would seem like forever. She saw familiar faces, but one was missing. Ishmael was not with them, he was no where to be seen. She rushed over which was probably not the best idea as her head began to feel pain spikes. "Where is Ishmael?!" She yelled to them. She looked to each one waiting for a answer. Her hand moving to her forehead. The elf caregiver assigned to her rushed over to hold onto her.

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Jauffre saw the energy building up within Alduins mouth. He suddenly slid to stop. That same weapon killed Silver. He tried to move out of its path but failed to. When Alduins beam was released it teared right trough his wing. The pain was almost unbearable causing Jauffre to crash to the ground in agony. He roared and screamed trying to stop the bleeding.

Nova looked over towards Cassandra as she spoke. She had not witnessed Ishmael's disappearance at all. She knew nothing and the mentioning of him caused her to look back to the city. Did we leave him behind? Is he fighting the demons in order for us to escape? Those questions moved through her mind as she thought about him. She then recalled that Valken had went to help Ishmael before he volunteered to help her save the Queen. Did he by chance see what happened? "Valken did you see anything?" She asked.

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Hotaru didn't even get to see it either so when she watched she simply waited for whatever answer would be given from Valken. She then looked to Cassandra who looked to be not in the best of conditions. She rose up and moved to Cassandra. "Careful, we may need you later on, so don't over exert yourself." She said.

Alduin began to move towards Jauffre, step by step. Well more or less using the claws on his wings to pull himself forward as his legs did the walking. When he got to the dragons body he digged one of his claws on his wings into the opening of the torn wing. He laughed as he did this tormenting the Bronze dragon. "You foolish wyrm, you honestly thought you could best me? I am Alduin, the devour of souls. I will not be destroyed by some weakling like yourself. Now join your friend,.." He said and charged up his breathe weapon and released it. It was aimed right for Jauffre's head. Alduin went for the kill shot right off.

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Kyoto sighed at the whole thing and figured there was some good reason behind Ishmael not being here. He half expected him to climb out of Valken's portal but he didn't. "He is a paladin remember... he can handle himself pretty good. He sure looked like he was against that Eliphas." He then tapped the hilt of his blade. "I don't even think Icingdeath here could have been a match against that thing. If that is our enemy perhaps Ishmael is the only one to defeat him."

Valken turned his eyes towards the talking heads around him, by now he could distinguish each voice to their appropriate names and their scent told him their gender. There was an awkward pause after Cassandra asked what had happened with Ishmael and nova gave the spotlight to valken.
"Sorry.." He started, "but after I pulled off the eliphas' helm, he got angry and grabbed hold of Ishmael. Then they simply disappeared. While...I can't physically SEE with my eyes very well, I knew that he had been teleported somewhere far off because both of their auras had suddenly disappeared with them, which is characteristic of a sudden removal..." He swallowed and cleared his throat as he continued ," my portals and teleportation are similar, but they are not the same...and it's because of that, I could not follow them... Both methods require that the traveler who initiates the act knows where they are going. Because eliphas knows where he should appear with Ishmael and I do not, there was no way I could possibly find them... Teleportation is much more instantaneous, where as..my portals are more as though I still need to move from point a to point b, it's just I'm making that trek much shorter...it's a little difficult to understand..but if you want me to elaborate more I can..further more...Ishmael may be a paladin but he is just one. I know it might sound mean spirited to say, but we cannot rely solely on him because of his power. All the same, we must pull our own weight especially now that he is gone...just because he is not here does not mean we can't accomplish our task. Even eliphas needs help with his mission and he would be nothing with out his armies. "

Cassandra listened to the words spoken by Valken. Ishmael had been taken by Eliphas to god knows where. They couldn't do anything now for him, seeing as they didn't even know where he was. Right now they would all have to pull their own weight. Just like how Valken put it, Ishmael is gone now. We can not rely solely on his holy might to defeat the enemy for us. Ishmael maybe a paladin ,but even they can fall to the might of a demon. "We will proceed on the current course, we will just have to rely on our own strengths from here on out,..to be truthful though, with my concussion. I don't know how much help I can be at this moment." She said as she found a place to sit down. "Right now my head feels like its about to explode." She looked to those she called her friends and smiled. "I don't think I have to worry too much if I am unable to fight. The lot of you seem to handle yourselves pretty well."

"I will still wish the best for him though. He would have made a great friend to us all." She said. Nova walked over to join them and she sighed. "Lets not drop our guard though, we maybe safe from those demons that only have feet but some can fly. Also don't forget they have a dragon on their side as well." She wasn't going to forget Ishmael but he wouldn't want them to be distracted. Such feelings could cloud their judgement and result in their deaths. The enemy will likely use such a loss to their advantage and she would not be surprised if a succubus would take up the form of Ishmael just to fool them. Right now they had pretty damn good resources with them, The seers and the Queen would likely ensure the survival of her race and with Valken at their side. He would be their most valuable asset right now. His Keene senses of smell and echolocation can literally pick out a demon or something sinister a mile away. "Valken we will likely need your abilities from now on. With Ishmael gone, we can not rely on his ability to sense evil. Your abilities will make up for his loss." She then looked to Cassandra.

"You best take good care of yourself, we should have good enough medicine to help you along, your darkness spell will come in handy as well. Especially if Valken was to combine that ability with his sense of smell and echolocation." She added. Then she looked to Hotaru and Ryung and then to Kyoto. "You don't need me to explain how useful you three are. You already know that answer." She then looked to Valken and wanted to know more about him. Such as all his abilities. It would be perfect if he could sense Aura as well. It would make Succubi or incubus or any other evil shape shifter on the enemy's side not much of a threat. "Valken,... by chance can you sense or feel auras as well? I need to know all the tools we can put to good use. We have to expect that Eliphas will send his best at us. The elven race has survived despite our losses he will still see my kin as a big threat. I will expect shape shifters such as Succubi and the like to try their skills on us."

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Hotaru kind of shrugged and looked over to Ryung. " You don't have any abilities like that right Father? I mean Valken might be able to but if you could sense evil or good you might be able to ease up some of the pressure." She asked him and Ryung looked to her and then back to the others. "Seeing as we have no problems with Valken being on our side I suppose its okay to give up the identity of myself and my daughter here."

"We are not human, Valken would have likely picked that up the day he meet her or myself. I am what you would call a Nine Tailed Fox,..." He let that name hang there in the air for awhile. " The human race likes to label us as demons but we are not necessarily." He explained. " Thus explains our abilities, their not spells you would learn from a spell book but hereditary. Hotaru here is only a half breed though. Her mother was human and is likely safe on one of these boats." He looked to Valken and then back to Nova. "I can only sense when large amounts of energy is being used and whether it is evil or not. I can not sense or pinpoint auras."

Hotaru sighed scratched the back of her head. "Sorry Valken, I tried to make it less on you. Don't worry if you can't either, we will just have to up our guard that is all."

Valken wiggled his nose and faced cassandra, " what happened to you?" he asked wondering as to what she meant by her head wanting to explode.
He then turned his focus to Nova who said some wise words herself, it was true, they should not drop their guard and that there are flying demons. "It'll be alright, if flying demons come to us then I can defeat them easily. I can fly too you know.." He answered, reassuring her. He nodded to Nova as she wanted to pick his brains about his learned abilities." I can sense both dark and light auras..Shapeshifters would be no problem, they can't hide their auras from me." He turned to listen to Hotaru talk to her father and he explained who he was. ".. well I thought it went with out saying that you weren't human... you mean no one else knew?" He sounded a little confused but he sat down on the floor to get comfortable where he was, even if it was a hard wooden floor at that. "Thats fine." He said as Ryung told them that he can only sense large scale auras, " Demons like humans are varied in their abilities. The only reason why I can do echolocation is because I am a bat demon, that's just my natural ability and also because of that honestly my weakness is water. Besides the real fact that I can't swim.. My echolocation becomes distorted if it rains and of course, because my eye sight is bad, I won't be able to find my way around force fields or mirrors because they will seem like a solid wall to me. Also not many demon children have parents that are versed enough in rare arts like aura sensing and interplanal travel.

However, unlike my echolocation, those two abilities ARE applicable, meaning I can teach you how to do them, Ryung. Im confident you can even learn to use the portals just like I can, although that will take longer than the aura sensing. Although I can't say the same for your Daughter, Hotaru. While Im certain she can learn Aura sensing just as you can, I don't think she'll be able to use portals to the degree of you and I as she is not full demon.... Not to offend, but half demons are not as strong and resilient as full demons and thus, trying to create portals can be difficult and much more dangerous for her.

Essentially what I am doing is ripping a hole in space and time and using my aura to keep the event horizon stable. If something should interrupt that event horizon or if I cannot keep it in a constant, continuous ring it will collapse on itself and explode, possibly creating whats called a black hole and that... is not good." He cleared his throat again, clearly not used to talking this much in one sitting he focused on Nova again, regarding a full list of his abilities.
" There is... one thing though." He stood up again becoming a little serious as if he wasn't already before. " as you guys know I was .. brought up under unusual circumstances. My mother was a dark being and father was a saint. I inherited most of her dark power and my real fathers thick skin.. But in my infancy I also gained the ability to absorb light aura... and release it back as an' attack." He felt uncomfortable saying this, but how else could he tell them?
"I was thinking.. if we got a light being to fight a long side me... I could become a secret weapon... something they wouldn't expect and maybe we can use that as a strategy against them. Perhaps even.. I could take down the demon army in bulk while all of you can focus on eliphas.." He became a little nervous, not because he was afraid to be a martyr but because he had hoped that there would be no magical mirrors watching them from afar somehow.

Alduin grinned as he finished off the bronze dragon and then he pointed his head towards the city and noticed the white sails of the elven boats. His orders were to destroy the elven city, that did not mean any pursuit of escapees. So until Eliphas gave him specific orders to go after them he would continue his onslaught of the dagger eared people. He hated their kind just as much as anything else without scales. With a quick gust of dust and wind from the flap of his wings he was back in the air. He began to circle the city and attack anything that remained. He did not discriminate between adult or child.

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Kyoto scratched his head as everyone talked about their abilities and the like. All he had was his sword. Without it he was just a regular human, so he wasn't special like the others. It made him feel a little left out really. Nova, gifted with the magical prowes of her kin. Cassandra, gifted with two abilites he had seen so far, the fairy fire and the darkness globe, plus her hereditary background left her with skills that could easily dwarf his. Hotaru, Ryung, and Valken all had demonic blood circulating through their veins. Even with Hotaru being half demon, she still could over power him with a single swing of her staff. Compared to them he was nothing but a mortal with a magical blade. He felt he would be of no use to these people but they still felt he had a place in all this. That thought comforted him a little.

Eliphas watched as the event played out, he did not enjoy watching her kiss him but he swallowed his pride for now. The transformation of the paladin was amazing though. He had to admit that, her power must be extordinary if she could corrupt a paladin such as this one. He began to wonder if she poured more then that into him as black wings like that of a raven formed. As well as a sword of great demonic power forming behind him. The very armor he wore was black, trimmed with a blood red color. His power seemed to be great as well. He could feel the pressure from it and he did all he could to keep himself from falling over. At this point her lips had left his. He was so corrupted by her spell that she did not have to worry about him pushing back against it. He was still a little cautious though, Ishmael could still try and attack the evil that had taken over. The paladin's will was strong enough in his opinion. "I will check on the progress of our forces attacking the elven city."

Alceone simply waved him off without a single glance. Her focus was too much on her creation to even care about his own. Eliphas squeezed his hands into fists in bitter rage. It took all of his energy to resist the urge to just go over to this Ishmael and smash his brains into the wall. He did the only thing he could and teleported away. He targeted his destination out of memory and appeared upon the wall. The city was on its last two legs and it did not have much left but what caught his eye was the white sails. He glared at them growling. He looked about and wondered if his helmet had been left behind. This required him to return to the point he was last. He regretted leaving with the paladin at this point. He feared his Queen would just forget about him and go with her new pet. He had to prove himself here and now. He found his helmet and saw the scratch marks on it from where Valken had grabbed it. He then recalled everything and tried to remember who had grabbed it. He was too focused on Ishmael to notice if it was the same bat demon he saw in the woods when he had a fake image of himself.

He gave up on trying to recall it all and placed it back on his head. He then looked back towards the sails and figured his powers would be wasted on the other ships. He would simply take Alduin with him. He himself would concentrate on the ship that held the Seers and The Quuen, as well as the fold who tried to interfere with his goal. It would be a cake walk for them. A boat on the water was easy to sink.

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Cassandra listened to everything that had been said and when Valken asked what had happened to her. She sighed, "carelessness, that's what happened. The horned devil came out of no where and exploded the door I was aiming to run through to try and help Nova and those still inside. The blast put me out before I even hit the floor again. I think my head got banged up during it cause every few second I feel this awe full pain in my head and a constant high pitched sound in my ears. Like nails on a chalk board. The pain just simply makes it all feel like my head is going to explode." She simply put it. Perhaps it was the term if her head exploding that he didn't get. Perhaps he thought she meant it literal and she smirked. "Don't worry my head won't actually explode, if you had ever experienced a concussion you know what I mean." She then looked towards where the ship was heading. "Where are we going now?" She asked particularly no one. She hoped a answer would come from the elf woman who had followed her out here.

"We are head for the elven city of crystal, it literally floats atop the ocean and is very huge. It is a mighty stronghold, well so I am told." She said. She looked to the smoke from the city they left."I thought that city was pretty mighty in itself but our enemy proved that wrong." She felt a tug from Cassandra and she looked to her.

"Well it will be harder for them to reach it. The only force he could send is one from the air, Valken isn't the only demon who fears the water after all." She said. She referred to the fact that most of the demons would have been powerless against the oceans waves. "Besides that, your city wasn't prepared to fight a war against demons, anything else would have never made it past your city's first defenses." She said trying to improve the mood of the elf. She then used her strength as well as anything solid nearby to get herself to her feet. She then held onto her elven caretaker. "Take me back to my quarters please, I have had enough of the rocking of the boat." She said. It was just a excuse to just go back to the soft bed. The boat they were on did not really rock. It was built well to where it glided down the river. It would take a long while before they even reached the ocean.

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Alceone marveled at her creation and she felt the need to test him out. She recalled Eliphas's failures and it made her grin. "Awaken..." She commanded and sure enough Dark Ishmael's eyes opened. "How would you like to show off your powers to your Queen?" She asked. Dark Ishmael looked to her and nodded. He then responded with."Yes milady I would like to show you what powers I have." This made her smile grow. "The demon that was here, his name is Eliphas. Did you know that he has failed me on multiple occasions. He failed to kill everyone in the god forsaken city of Lithium causing people to escape. He even failed me long before that when he tried to destroy the Crystal City. He then failed to get the tome from the pink haired elf." She explained and simply nodded. "Punishment is in order don't you think? I want you to kill him. That is it, you will do nothing more. If you are in the presence of elves because he decided to try and redeem himself you will ignore them and return to me. Understand?" Dark Ishmael nodded and moved away from her. He bowed and then moved to the balcony. With great speed he shot up into the air and then towards the elven city.