The First Night of Blood Red [EVERYONE]

Notes: Everyone can now join properly. Demon servants shall be flooding out of the broken castle to fight with, there's the 'High on Oblivia' Mizetto who needs stopping, Chester might wanna get off the roof, etc. 

Flood wasn't kept waiting for long. Even though he just destroyed a lot, his body was still shaking with the urge to destroy. Whilst he still remained sane, Flood was made painfully aware of exactly what condition this world would be in, if he'd not decided to try and save it. He glanced down to his hands, shivering in and out of shape, knowing from them, this world and all realms could be wiped out in a few days. And right now, Flood didn't think anyone could compare to his level of power. Not even Exitium, and Flood held nothing but pure hatred towards the once feared man. As soon as he heard Exitium's voice, Flood looked up. And Exitium should have wished Flood never looked up. As soon as he saw the flickering soul of Chester, to returned to his normal vision, Flood for a moment froze. What he'd done to her, Exitium's 'improvements' to Chester. Flood didn't know if he could look, because it all brought him back to those years ago. Seeing Itami hold Chester like a prize to try and make Akvan do as she wanted. To destroy the world. Flood stared up to Exitium, wanting to rip each part of that man into pieces so small, he'd be nothing but dust in the air. But that distance, it made Flood angry that Exitium could plan until Flood reached him. "Mother... I know there is more power... please, grant it to me, if only for a moment." He muttered quietly.

Somehow, from the thick Dranar air, the Sun Goddess heard. In a few seconds, Flood was taking in a massive amount of power, all held in for once strike. It was so sheer, Flood's white form glowed gold, until everything was released as Flood jumped. It looked as though he'd simply teleported before Exitium, because no one could record how fast the Sun child moved. Looking to his enemy, Flood shot a beam of light right though Exitium. It sent the Demon King back, as well as burning right through him. Flood relaxed his hands, looking at the red mist that fell around him as Exitium must had killed by that attack. He moved a hand to let some of the red land on it, before flinching as what he felt. That presence, Flood knew it well. And this red mist was full of it. He looked to Exitium's body, head shaking a little. "No... No, NO! THERE IS NO WAY YOU SURVIVED, YOU DEVIL BASTARD!" He yelled, feeling his head get heavy. This couldn't be true, and yet Flood saw no possible reason otherwise. Exitium's appearance had been changed, in a similar fashion to what had happened to Akvan once. And the culprit of the changes, and the power... was Shinda. Flood was losing more sanity than before. Not only was Chester hurt by Exitium, but the two worst people had combined forces. If Shinda was still alive, then... then this world was in a lot more trouble than Flood thought. He glanced to Chester and Mizetto, knowing he should be helping them the most, but also distracted by Shinda's sudden reappearance. He did one thing, using the last of the requested extra magic, Flood send white mist around their necks, destroying the red ropes that Flood knew would only aggravate him more if he looked at them. And his sanity was already running thin. He then went after Exitium's body, hoping he could remove Shinda somehow before the problems got worse. But as he approached, Exitium's body was covered in red mist, like an evil form of Flood's Eteru. Whilst in it, the Demon King's body was healed, and even his missing arm returned in the form of a red mist. "I hope you're fucking happy, oh mighty King, I told you he'd be a problem." Came a quiet voice. Quiet, yet easily recognised by Flood. He went to blast Exitium into more pieces, before the healed King jumped up and out of the way. The red mist disappearing everywhere but his arm, Exitium smirked. With his Oblivia magic arm, Exitium broke it off, sending the arm of magic passed Flood, and right into Mizetto from behind. "Destroy this world, my Oblivia slave! Bring Dranar down from the skies!" Exitium commanded, before Flood cut him off before he could do anything else. The damage was done, Oblivia magic was far worse than a red rope of enslavement. Mizetto would be nothing but a mindless servant to Exitium, whilst the King was still alive. Which Flood was hell-bent on taking away from Exitium. Flood glared at Exitium, going to attack the man, before the Demon King took to the skies on his strong wings, forcing Flood into a sky fight as the Sun child followed him on a floating disk. 

Everything that had happened in the last few days was a massive blur Mizetto sorely wanted to forget. He'd been taken up to Dranar, forced into giving into Exitium's will. Clue was... Mizetto still had trouble believing it. That boy that kidnapped Mizetto did something to Clue, he was poisoned by a killing blade. And being stuck in a cell up in Dranar, Mizetto had already wallowed in the idea that Clue was dead. How could he survive that kind of poison, too weak to even run. Mizetto had swallowed the pain inside, refusing to show any sign of hurt when taken to Exitium. Even sitting in front of the bastard King's throne, sharing the pain of the forsaken red rope with Chester and even the poor kid who himself was forced into bringing Mizetto here. Nothing made sense, and to top it all off. Mizetto had been taken here at the worst of times. He should be down in the Mun clan now, next to Ari like any almost father should be. But instead, Exitium was forcing him into following the King around, as someone from down in Sohul was finally arriving to get Chester and him back. For it to be Flood of all people, gave Mizetto hope. He openly smirked as Exitium was blasted in the chest in less than a second. Although Flood's reaction to killing the King wasn't to laugh at. He seemed, weird. The power radiated off of Flood was more threatening than Exitium's, and it made Mizetto almost shiver when the misty man went to remove the red ropes. He'd not been wearing it long, but it felt relieving to have it off. But that relief and freedom was short lived. As Mizetto was turning to see the approach of anyone else looking to help, his vision suddenly disappeared, as it felt like a spear was stabbing directly into his spine. What happened next, Mizetto didn't even know. 
Collapsing after hearing the ringing command of Exitium, Mizetto's body for a moment was frozen as it accepted this new power. The last thread of himself was struggling on, trying to refuse to do the horrible act Exitium desired. Bringing down Dranar would kill everything it landed on. All the Humans, the clan, everything would be gone. But Exitium's Oblivia influence wasn't something Mizetto could refuse. Against his own will, skin around his forearms turned into rock, like his gauntlets usually did, but actually a part of his skin. He twitched, before slowly rising to his feet. His wings and tail had also been forced out, and Mizetto's eyes were nothing but a red glow. He didn't even acknowledge anything around him, that voice that should normally both calm and panic Mizetto at the same time was unrecognisable. All Mizetto could do was follow orders, and use his power and the added power of Oblivia magic to do as Exitium requested. He stood with his hands out, before the ground around his feet cracked, and the magic process began. A message relayed down the stone wall of the castle, right to the floor of the ravine. Cracks emerged everywhere, until portions of the Dranar earth broke free from one another. The free pieces began slowly falling, dropping down to land somewhere in Sohul. The ground would fall in small chunks, before progressing to larger and larger falling parts until the entire realm fell.

Once again, her piss brained brother had decided to be reckless. Flood had gone on missions alone, without the other two, because he believed the mission was too dangerous, or better done alone. But this time, Flood was being reckless and stupid. After so many years of staying away from Chester, and making sure Fairy and Fable stayed away as well, Flood decided to simply go up and talk to Chester. Invite her right into the battle she wanted no part of, after years of wanting to keep her safe and away. And because of his mistake, Flood was facing the chance of the one he spent two lives trying to protect might be killed by the Demon King. Fairy had predicted something about Flood's plan to the group might be different in his head, but to leave without telling even his two most trusted sisters was just beyond stupid, and made Fairy mad. And when she was mad, Fairy's magic showed it. Waking up to no brother, Fairy had dawned her armour on and jumped up to Dranar in a heart beat, following the flood of people all equally mad at their 'leader' for his lie. 

But, Fairy had to hand it to Flood, he knew how to be angry. Chuckling through her helmet at the sight of the massive bite out of Exitium's castle, Fairy scanned around for the white form of Flood. She saw him flying around the sky like a blur, smashing into what appeared to be Exitium. Fairy got ready to go and fly after her dumb brother before he got himself killed, or anyone else killed, before the earth shook. It seemed everyone had a new problem to deal with, as an ally was turned against them. Typical Exitium style. Fairy remained in the ravine for now, however, sensing another problem. Most of clan was with her in the ravine, a brave few going up to the heated rooftop to see what was happening. Fairy looked further into the skies, seeing small silhouettes of something else, plus one massive shadow approaching fast. Too large to be Demons, and thinking of what the Demon King had in his army, Fairy jumped into action. The flying creatures were fast approaching, a whistle carrying through the air as they charged down. Fairy turned around, facing the group of disorientated and angry allies. She activate d flight, grabbing who she could and dragging them back to cover. Others got the idea, and Fable helped as well. And luckily, everyone got away before what felt like a bomb hit the cracking ravine. Once the fires and dust had died down, Fairy moved out of cover, slowly followed by the others, and all froze at the sight. A mass of scales, five hissing heads of different colours. And it was the size of the castle, only just fitting into the ravine. It's hulking body was causing a quake with each breath, and the piercing, ten eyes of each head looked around with murderous content. Fairy didn't have time to stare in fearful awe of the monster, jumping into action by summoning Joyeuse, going forwards to try and strike the beasts underbelly. Finding and beating up Flood would have to wait for everyone, it seemed. 

Everyone was mad right now. For a clan that Gensho had come to know as a happy, all for friendship clan, that was something very rare. Even Zuura himself was angry, and everyone had kept a good few feet away from the clan leader. Gensho had been close to tears ever since Chester went missing, fretting every moment he didn't know where his beloved sister was. Gensho never liked being away from his family, and when one was captured by a tyrant King with a lust for pain, Gensho wanted to go and find them immediately. But Flood had told them not to attack yet, leave it until morning when Exitium would be most relaxed and least expecting. And yet the wise and trusted leader himself had decided to high tail it to Dranar alone earlier. Of all the people who should go sooner, Gensho felt it should have been him or someone else who meant a great deal to those captured by Exitium, and vice versa. Whilst Flood was a powerful, and seemingly caring man, Gensho didn't know how to feel about Flood going up alone like he did. Needless to say, as soon as someone had noticed his disappearance, the entire clan was going into the red skies. Gensho reached the roof of the Mors Castle just after Ari. The heavily pregnant Angel was at this point being as stupid as the mysterious Flood, but right now all Gensho could focus on was Chester, and her condition. Not for seventeen years had Gensho seen her like this, and it wasn't something he wished to see again. Gensho almost dragged Chester into a hug, not even speaking first. "You need to get out of here too, the both of you aren't safe." Gensho stated, thinking over Chester's words. The ones on the rooftop were behind the Dragon as the monster landed in the ravine. It was a fight made for those down there, as the few on the rooftop had to deal with the Demon servants flooding out from doors and cracks in the broken castle. Gensho glared as a few approached, slowly letting go of Chester. He turned to give her a sad smile. "I'm sorry for letting you get in another situation like this, Chester... b-but I'm so glad you're alive." Gensho brought his sword out, pointing it to the sky. "I'll keep the Demons at bay, stay here with Ari and keep safe, please." Gensho asked, before his eyes glowed red. He'd learn years ago just what kind of change had happened to him years ago. Shinda had turned Gensho into a Kyuban, whilst not a full one, with as much blood-lust as regular Kyuban's, Gensho could still absorb souls, and move incredibly fast and strong. A new skill Gensho began to demonstrate as he quickly incapacitated attacking Demons, most of the enemy being too young or not trained for real combat. 

Not much that happened next Exitium could bring himself to understand. He'd known Flood would be a strong opponent, but to go against all things real to move that fast and with as much power, perhaps Exitium had imagined him to be weaker. But the Demon King was made painfully aware of where they stood when he lay unconscious, body destroyed as his spirit friend was forced to put Exitium back together. Exitium ignored his friends words, knowing that himself by now that Flood wasn't to be taken lightly. Hearing the livid... thing attack again, Exitium jumped onto his feet, and into the clouds. He needed to see the range of Flood's attacks, and that might take time. To keep the others, who were now flooding up to Mors, busy, Exitium rushed into his next plan. He forced his Oblivia magic into Mizetto, letting the tool complete the task Exitium had been pestering him for seventeen years to complete, musing over the idea of the little Demon killing his love and friends without hesitation. But Flood was relentless in getting all of Exitium's attention, and the Demon King attempted to blast the misty man into pieces with some explosions. Flood took the explosions directly, but to Exitium's dismay, the explosion didn't even waver the monster, and only seemed to fuel Flood's anger. Gritting his teeth, Exitium moved to lap the castle, barely dodging as Flood sent white spikes towards the King's back. Though, for a moment, even Flood stopped as Exitium's secret made it's appearance. Over seventeen years, Exitium had gathered the strongest Dragon of five different magic types. Ignis, Shu the Dragon of Death, and three others. All together, Exitium gruesomely and inhumanely merged their souls together. Exitium smirked as Flood seemed distressed by the beast. It was barely living, a mush of five souls forced together. No doubt the five individual Dragons were in excruciating pain, but this was a gift to Ignis. The red Dragon desired more power, and Exitium granted him just that. Now he was a part of the strongest creation Exitium had ever made, and would be able to feast on all the pathetic souls of the Mun clan to his pleasure. Grasping the opportunity, Exitium sent an explosion at Flood's head, bringing their fight back into it's destructive motion.

Note: Ikiru is NPC

Kakushin really hadn't been a part of this group to be as angry as the others when all of the plans were thrown into disarray with the lies of the one leading them. But he was mad that Chester had been captured, his sister not deserving anything near more pain. And so everyone who loved Chester wanted to attack as soon as possible, but their plans had been halted. The only good thing to gain as they got to Dranar was that Exitium was being taken care of, and Chester was left in the safe hands of Gensho, a half-Kyuban. Kaku had personal information about the soul suckers, and knew that Gensho was more than worthy of keeping Chester safe. Speaking of Kyuban's, Kakushin glanced to Ikiru, his brother humming happily as he looked around, staff held over his shoulders. He was much more ready for battle than years ago, inheriting his sisters magic, finding a way to control his Kyuban powers without falling into blood-lust. Kaku was at the point where he didn't really need to worry about his younger brother in a fight, knowing the Guardian of Life could easily handle himself. 

The two Angels were further in the air than everyone else, known to work after observing everything. They weren't the first to see the massive creature approach, but they did see every part of it's destructive power. It wasn't hard to tell this was an Exitium creation. Kakushin glanced to Ikiru, his brother's smile faltering slightly with this new five headed Dragon's appearance. Swallowing his fear at the sight of the monstrosity, and after spotting Rurushu handling his own fight, Kakushin looped around and into a dive. They'd focus on each head like it was a separate Dragon, hopefully decapitate it or otherwise immobilise the creature before it let chaos rain down on the Mun clan below. Kaku aimed for the closest, Green Dragon head, sword ready to slice along it's neck. But the massive Dragon was faster than it appeared, the Green head dodged the attack completely, and over the top, the Blue Dragon head opened it's jaws to wrap around the Angel. But Ikiru was on top of the situation, moving like a blur as he hooked the Dragon's mouth in his staff, pulling it with his momentum before it crashed into another head. Leaving Ikiru to usher the Dragon around, Kakushin heard the monster take a breath, looking towards the Red Dragon head as it prepared to fire. Those kind of flames would obliterate those below, so Kakushin instinctively made a move. Risky, but with motive, Kakushin flew into the blast range, setting up a barrier of light to block the flame attack. Flames licked around the shield as the Dragon created its inferno, but Kaku's magic held up, only feeling the tips of his wings feel the heat. Whilst the Red Dragon was so determined to roast the Angel, it didn't notice the other one moving from head to head. Ikiru bounced off of the Blue head, using his Kyuban speed to slam right into the softer part of the Red Dragon's head, right where the skull didn't cover on the side. The Red Dragon stopped it's attack as Ikiru's attack stunned it, enough for the two Angels to get far enough into the sky again. This battle didn't look like it would end easily. The Dragons all had different minds, but they worked like one big unit. Attack one, and another would defend, or one of Exitium's other minions would get in the way. Kaku took a deep breath, glancing to Ikiru. "How much more can you handle?" He asked, nervous that Ikiru's eyes were going red. 
His brother chuckled, twirling his staff around his hand. "Oh I'll be fine, if I get hungry, we've got a tasty big Dragon right below us." Kakushin didn't know what effect eating such a monster's soul might do to his already messed up brother, but if such a thing weakened the Dragon, then Kakushin couldn't be all against it.