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.