The woman opened the door and greet the two guys standing there...

Woman-Munderic is in the basement, I didn't know he expected company.

The woman was a typical middle-aged woman, she was pretty much a stereotypical woman at her fifties, with short grayish hair and a pair of glasses that slightly fell to the tip of her nose, Gabriel and Mak were a bit shocked, they didn't

expect to see a woman like her in a place presumably owned by a warlock, they decided to play it safe for now and they asked the woman...

Mak-We came to surprise him, don't tell him we are here, please.

Woman-Alright, I am just happy to see that Mundy made some friends.

Mak-Where is the entrance to the basement? We want to sneak in there and scare him a bit.

Woman-I'll take you there.

Mak-Thank you.

The woman took them at the basement entrance, they all got in there but the place was empty.

Woman-I thought he was down here, how strange.

Mak-That's actually better, when he comes in we will jump right out and scare him.

Woman-Ok, I'll go up and prepare something for you to eat, when Mundy comes back, I'll bring you some snacks.

Mak-That would be lovely.Thank you.

Woman-You are a very nice boy. See you later.

Mak-Yeah.

The woman left and went back upstairs.

Gabriel-Mundy?

Mak-I know right.

Gabriel-Where is that son of a bitch?

Mak-Basements aren't their usual hiding spots, we should search around here.

They both looked around the basement for a couple of minutes and found a curtain hiding a whole room behined it.

Gabriel-Get over here.

Mak-Did you find something?

Gabriel-This curtain over here is covering something.

Mak-What are waiting for? Slide it open.

Gabriel-I don't know what could be inside.

Mak-And that's the guy that wants to kill a demon. You are a big puss.

Gabriel-Fuck you.

They opened the curtain and revealed a whole cave behind it, the decoration was way different inside,there were human skulls on a self that was mounted on the wall,a big desk with a modern computer and a couple of action

figures that sat on top the desk, it looked like a typical teenager's room apart from some items that definatelly had no reason being there, candles and two mirrors that pointed into each other,there was a bed in a very bad shape that

occupied a place behind the desk, while they looked around the newlly discovered room Gabriel sensed something from behind him,he turned around and saw a hideous creature that tried to bite his legs. Gabriel immediatelly kicked

it and threw it at the wall, the creature didn't even faze from the kick and went back in for the attack, Gabriel grabbed it and slammed it in the wall, hitting it with all his streangth. The creature recovered after each hit and started to

flail while it was pinned in the wall, after a good 20 hits someone walked in the room...

Munderic-What's going on here? Who are you?

Gabriel-Who are you?

Munderic-My name is Munderic.

Gabriel-You bastard!

Mak-Calm down Gabriel.

Munderic-What are you doing in here?

Gabriel-I've come to rip your head off!

Munderic-What?Why?What did i ever do to you? I don't even know you.

Gabriel-You are the one who helped that son of a bitch, Marbas.

Munderic-How do you know about Marbas?

Mak-You summoned a succubuss too.

Munderic-Yes i did. How the fuck?

Gabriel-I killed her, now talk or i will kill you too.

Munderic-What are you talking about?

Gabriel-Don't play dumb with me!

Mak-Gabriel, let him speak, I think he really has no clue.

Munderic-No clue about what?

Mak-What was your contract with Marbas?

Munderic-He wanted me to summon a succubuss.

Mak-Why?

Munderic-He never told me!

Mak-Why did you even make a contract with him? You...How old are you anyway?

Munderic-I am 20. My master didn't want to help Marbas...

Gabriel-Why did you help him then!?

Munderic-Why do you care?

Mak-After we killed the succubuss, Marbas killed someone that Gabriel held dear.

Munderic-What?

Mak-You don't know about that? Wasn't you who brought his conciousness here?

Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.

Munderic-Of course no! I just summoned the succubuss. I didn't even see her after she left from here

Mak-Well, she went to an internal school and sucked the souls out of innocent children.

Munderic-Oh god.

Mak-Gabriel sent her back to hell in order to stop her.

Munderic-Why?

Gabriel-It's my job to bring justice to this world.

Munderic-Justice huh?

Gabriel-If it wasn't you who helped him then who?

Munderic-I don't know. My master would never make a contract with him.

Mak-You moron are the one who brought this thing here in the first place.

Munderic-I wan's thinking straight at the time, I just wanted...

Mak-What!?What would you possibly want a demon's help for?

Munderic-I can't tell you....

Gabriel-Can you at least tell me what is that thing that I am holding here?

Munderic-That's my invunche.

Gabriel-What?

Munderic-Let's say it's my pet.

Mak-Who would keep a pet like that?

Munderic-I need it for rituals.

Mak-What rituals?

Gabriel-You don't know?

Mak-Why should i know?

Gabriel-You always know things like that.

Munderic-An invunche is a warlock's assistant, it protects the cave and is used as a catalyst to certain rituals.It feels no pain and can't get harmed so it is often used in sacrifices.

Mak-It is also extremely ugly.

Gabriel-True, even you are better looking than that thing.

Mak-You are a just cruel man.

Gabriel-Now that I see it better, oh god that thing is hideous.

Munderic-I thought it was kind of cute.

Gabriel-No ,no, a dog is cute. That thing is something you vomit after food poisoning.

Mak-Good one.

Gabriel-More to the point. I want you to send me down there.

Munderic-Why?

Gabriel-I am going to kii him.

Munderic-How?

Mak-He is not a typical human. He is not a human at all to be honest.

Munderic-What is he?

Mak-You don't need to know.

Munderic-No.

Gabriel-What do you mean no?

Munderic-I don't want more trouble with Marbas. What do i have to gain if i send you to kill him?

Gabriel-If i don't come back....You can keep the goblin.

Mak-What?

Munderic-What good is a goblin?

Gabriel-That little shithead is a walking encyclopedia, it will prove usefull.

Munderic-Fit compensation.

Gabriel-Do we have a deal?Besides, Marbas can't get you on his own. If I kill him, it would benefit both of us.

Munderic-Ok, I will.

Mak-Isn't anyone going to ask me about this? I have to spent time with that thing?

Gabriel-Shut up ,you are "compensation".

Mak-Great.

Munderic-Allright, give me some time to prepare for the Gate ritual.

Gabriel-That bastard is going to get it.

Mak-Please Gabriel, come back, whatever you do, come back. I don't want to be close to that thing.

Gabriel-I'm sure you will make good friends.

Mak-The shit i took this morning wouldn't want to be friends with that.

Munderic-Please be quiet, I can't concentrate.

Gabriel-Sure.

So, Gabriel finally found the man that caused everything, even though he isn't the one that commited these action he sure is responsible for it, now that Munderic is performing the ritual to open the gate for Gabriel to cross over,

he doesn't know what he is going to come across when on the other side of it, even if the situation turned better between Gabriel and Munderic,Gabriel's mind is full with rage,now that Munderic is not to blame for F.Johnnathan's

death,all of Gabriel's anger is directed towards Marbas,he never gave it much thought but he wanted to kill Marbas with everything he has got, the moment he comes face to face with him everything is going to turn bad. The only thing that

would presumably be considered good is that Marbas targeted F.Johnnathan and not Helen, for if Helen was the victim then Gabriel would have lost his mind completely, nothing would have stood in his way there and Munderic might

not even had the chance to speak,Gabriel had that thought deep in his mind,what would have he done if Helen was the one that got attacked by Marbas. The last time anyone dared to threaten Helen's life was the moment Gabriel lost

all control and became something else, something that no one is able to explain yet...