Prologue

                                             

“It took you long enough to notice my presence, Arum.”

“Quit the talking snake, give me one good reason why I shouldn’t behead you right here.”

“My dear undead knight, since when did you become so unreasonable…” whispered the demoness, unbothered by the threat made to her.

It was in the middle of a graveyard that the succubus and the undead knight met, the land was barren, plagued by insects and full of skulls and bodies decaying. Eryna, the demoness, was sitting on top of a gravestone, legs crossed, smirking at Arum. Her blood red eyes were fixed on the undead standing in front of her.

“Something tells me you’re not here to discuss the ever eternal war, succubus,” Arum’s voice hissed through his hollow helmet that showed only two green lights shining. He was a huge skeleton, dressed in rusty, old armor, carrying an axe that looked like it was used in countless battles.

“You never cease to disappoint, my dear knight,” purred Eryna, clearly enjoying this moment. She got down the gravestone, crushing every skull and bones with her high heels boots. She wasn’t an ordinary succubus that fed on humans’ sexual desires, she was an arch demoness, the very right hand of Malphas, the Lord of Hell.

Her body was covered by red scales and she was spinning her black whip playful.

“What if I told you that there might a way to end this eternal war, Arum?” she asked, gazing into his empty helmet. “A way to destroy and corrupt those insufferable angels and to bring all this land to our knees?”

“Don’t be coy vixen, you and me both know that this is not possible, not as long as our Lords are invincible.” breathed Arum in her face.

“Hm… my knight in rusty armor, it’s not like you to not trust me”, hissed Eryna, caressing his breastplate with a light touch. “Even if this idea won’t work, it should provide for some much needed entertainment in this dull war, don’t you think?”

“What is it you have in mind?” responded the knight, clearly intrigued.

“It so happens that in this graveyard lays the body of a hybrid from ancient times. An experiment deemed pretty dangerous, so he was drained from all his life energy and buried here. Now, my Lord Malphas, suggested we revive this creature so it can wreak havoc in this world.”

“Why would we agree with this revival, if this creature was deemed so dangerous? What makes you think we can control it?” asked the undead, skeptical.

“It is said that he will obey the masters whose essence will be used to revive him. And considering we will both participate in his revival, his only target will be the Heaven Empire. Plus, this will be only the start of a much bigger plan.” hissed Eryna, clearly pleased with this plan.

For a moment Arum did not respond. A green gas was coming out of his helmet, as he was considering the risks of this plan and whether he should believe the snake of Hell.

“I’m guessing you already know how to awake this creature…” he responded eventually.

“I knew it won’t take long to convince you.” In that moment, she leaned on a stone in the middle of the graveyard. She grabbed the edges of the stone and with great strength, she cracked it in half, revealing a round razor blade, with a pipe inserted in the middle of it that went deep into the ground.

“This is where the hybrid rests. All we need at this point is to use this blade to feed it our essences and the creature will take care of the rest of the plan.”

Eryna slit her hand on the razor blade, liquid flame dripped from her wound and slithered down the pipe into the ground. At that moment, Arum removed the glove from his left hand, revealing dark, decayed flesh. He repeated Eryna’s gesture and this time a black and rotten essence went into the ground.

A storm of fire and plague surrounded the gravestone, prompting the demoness and undead knight to back down. The sky turned green and fire cracked from time to time, lighting the skies.

“The plan was set in motion, this ought to provide some interesting events.” said the succubus, clearly pleased with herself.

Arum did not respond however. He stood for a second, staring at the storm, then vanished in a swirl of locusts.

“My dear knight… you have no idea what you just got yourself into.” smirked Eryna, looking at the ground beneath her that just began to tremble. “Soon my child, soon you will be free to do as your heart pleases. But most of important of all, you will help us to incinerate the Empire of Heaven that those angels hold so dear.”