The transport arrived in Scotland as it flew towards the Resistance base the transport flew into the hangar and landed the back door of the transport opened and I picked up the first piece of technology that I got from Arcodia and carried it out of the transport and through the hangar before I dropped it off near the command room I then went back to the transport and grabbed the next piece of technology before I carried it through the hangar and dropped it off near the command room I then went back to the transport again to grab the last piece of technology before I carried it through the hangar and dropped it off near the command room the back door of the transport then closed as I entered the command room where I could see Nitro waiting for me "You're here I've got a mission for ya." Nitro said "What is it?" I asked "We've intercepted a Federation transmission apparently the Federation have sent several soldiers to Dark Hollow." Nitro said "Fuck what is the Federation doing there?" I asked "I don't know but it can't be good, I want you to go to Dark Hollow and find out what the Federation is up too." Nitro said "Alright." I said as I left the command room and began moving towards the transport I stopped at the ammunition crate to refill my ammo before I approached the transport the back door of the transport opened and I stepped aboard "Take me to Dark Hollow." I said "Sure thing." the pilot said, suddenly I looked and could see Brian, Belial, Linda, Stahl, De'vorah and Manticore as well as several Ghosts standing just outside of the transport just then they all rushed towards me and attacked me but before they could reach me the back door of the transport closed and the transport took off before it flew out of the hangar and made it's way towards Dark Hollow.

The transport arrived at Dark Hollow as it flew towards the ground before landing the back door of the transport opened and I stepped out the back door of the transport then closed I pulled out my assault rifle before I activated my communicator "Nitro it's Josh, I'm here." I said "Alright Josh according to the Federation transmission we intercepted the Federation sent ten soldiers into Dark Hollow, get in there find the Federation soldiers and put a stop to whatever they're doing there." Nitro said "Alright I'll get it done." I said as I deactivated my communicator, I then turned around and could see that the transport had landed just on the outskirts of Dark Hollow I began moving towards Dark Hollow when suddenly an Angel and a Demon appeared the Angel had gold eyes and a halo on it's head it also had a long tail with what looked like a gun attached to the end of it while the Demon had red eyes and horns on it's head and it had two long legs the Angel and the Demon began attacking me and I managed to dodge their attacks the Angel fired bullets from it's tail while the Demon jumped around and tried to land on me I evaded their attacks until eventually the Angel struck the Demon with several bullets the Demon then jumped onto the Angel and then the Angel and the Demon began fighting each other I took a few steps back as the Angel and the Demon fought each other eventually the Demon managed to hit the Angel enough that the Angel collapsed to the ground before it disappeared I then walked up to the Demon and extended my blade before I plunged it into the Demons chest the Demon roared in pain before it collapsed to the ground and disappeared the then retracted my blade before I continued moving towards Dark Hollow but just then I saw Vex standing in front of me just then she rushed towards me and attacked me, I ran from her as I approached Dark Hollow.

Dark Hollow is a massive city that was built by Monsters there are several different types of Monsters such as Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Witches and Mermaids just to name a few Humanity had been suffering from Monster attacks for years at first the Monsters started out as small groups that would attacks travelers, villages and small towns but after awhile Humanity began planning to wipe out the Monsters Humanity killed and captured several different Monsters and we studied them we learned that different Monsters have different weaknesses for example Vampires burn to ashes when exposed to sunlight and Werewolves die quickly when damaged with anything made of silver with this knowledge we began preparing for an all out war with Monsters but as we were preparing the Monsters figured out what we were up too and so the Monsters started preparing as well while Humanity was preparing our weapons and war machines the Monsters became unified every different type of Monster from all over the world came together to fight Humanity and what did the Monsters do once they became organized they built a city called Dark Hollow, the Monsters built Dark Hollow to act as a safe haven for all Monsters a city built by Monsters for Monsters no Humans allowed and who was the mastermind behind the Monsters unification and the construction of Dark Hollow it was the queen of the Vampires Valeria, she unified all the Monsters from around the world and built Dark Hollow so that all Monsters would be safe from Humanity after Dark Hollow was built the Monsters built a massive wall around the city in preparation for the inevitable Human attack the Monsters then began creating their own weapons and armour once the Monster were ready they sealed themselves within Dark Hollow the Monsters gathered their strength and their weapons and they waited for Humanity to arrive, after some time Humanity was ready for their attack every country from around the world gathered their armies and joined forces for the attack against Dark Hollow and when the day finally arrived both the Humans and the Monsters were ready Humanity gathered their soldiers and their war machines outside the walls of Dark Hollow while the Monsters waited inside the city and before long the battle began Humanity tried desperately to tear down the wall around Dark Hollow but to no avail the wall would not fall the Humans and the Monsters waged a brutal war against each other many Humans and Monsters died in this battle but eventually Humanity managed to tear down the one and only gate on the wall that led into Dark Hollow and once it fell Humanity entered the city and began slaughtering the Monsters it was a bloody fight and after the dust settled Humanity had managed to wipe out almost all of the Monsters the surviving Monsters either hid in the city or fled the city is now a crumbling ruin.

I stood just a few meters from the massive wall that surrounded the city despite Humanity's best attempts to tear it down the wall remains standing I then looked and could see the one and only gate that led into Dark Hollow the gate was almost completely destroyed I approached the destroyed gate before I stopped just in front of it I then looked ahead and noticed that there was something sitting in front of the destroyed gate I looked and could see that it was a Hybrid it looked almost Human but it's arms and legs were long and thin it had long sharp claws on it's hands and feet it's torso was long and thin and it's head was thin it's jaw stretched down past it's neck "Shit the Federation must have left this Hybrid here in case I showed up." I said, I raised my assault rifle and prepared for the Hybrid to attack but it didn't it just sat there looking down and making strange sounds I then lowered my assault rifle before I extended my blade and walked up to the Hybrid but as soon as I got close to it the Hybrid looked up at me and let out a horrific scream the Hybrid then stood up and sprinted towards me at unbelievable speeds I quickly dodged the Hybrid as it swung one of it's arms at me I then swung my blade at the Hybrid and I managed to cut into it's torso but the Hybrid was still attacking I evaded it's attacks and I sliced it's body with my blade over and over again until eventually the Hybrid collapsed to the ground dead, I took a breath before I looked back at the destroyed gate I paused for a moment before thinking "The Federation soldiers are in there I don't know what they're doing in Dark Hollow but it can't be good, I need to find all of the Federation soldiers in Dark Hollow and kill them." I thought as I stared at the destroyed gate "Some Monsters survived Humanity's attack against Dark Hollow it's very likely that most of the surviving Monsters are still in the city, some Monsters are very powerful I need to be careful." I thought as I took a deep breath gripped my assault rifle and entered Dark Hollow.

I entered Dark Hollow and began walking through the city I looked around and could see that the city looked very different from any Human city there were tall buildings that were constructed from old brick that were a dark grey colour the roofs of the buildings were made with old clay shingles that were a dark brown colour there were fences made of old wrought iron that surrounded the edges of the roofs of the buildings the old wrought iron fences had spikes lining the tops of them the streets were made of old brick that were a dark grey colour there were more old wrought iron fences on the edges of the street the entire city was dark even thought it was daytime the buildings in Dark Hollow were built so close together that they blocked out most of the sunlight and the rest of the sunlight is blocked out by smoke that constantly comes out of large chimneys that are on the roofs of every building in the city the city was illuminated by old oil lanterns that were hanging from old wrought iron lamp posts I looked around and could see piles of rubble and debris everywhere the city is a crumbling ruin but it's still standing, I began walking down the street as I moved further into the city I was constantly looking around for any Monsters that might still be lurking around but I couldn't see any I then entered a large area the street went around in a circle with three other streets connecting to it from different directions and in the middle of the area was an old wooden post with old burnt wood at the base of it I then looked up and could see that there was a large Monster tied to the old wooden post the Monsters body was burnt beyond recognition I couldn't make out what Monster it was I then looked around and noticed several other old wooden posts with old burnt wood below them and other Monsters tied to them their bodies were burnt unrecognizable judging by the old burnt wood and the state of decay of the bodies it was clear that these bodies have been here for awhile it's very likely that during the war Humanity strung these Monsters up and burned them alive once Humanity finally managed to secure victory, I walked down one of the other streets and continued moving and as I was walking I started hearing what sounded like moans and low pitch growls I stopped and looked around and that's when I noticed something walking out into the street from a nearby alley I raised my assault rifle and prepared to fire in case it was one of the Federation soldiers but as it stumbled out into the street I looked at it and noticed that it was a Zombie the Zombie looked at me before letting out a low pitch moan the Zombie then began to slowly shamble towards me I lowered my assault rifle and smiled "Oh it's just a Zombie." I said, Zombies are very weak Monsters they're slow they're sluggish and they're unresponsive they only way Zombies could ever be a threat is if there were a big group of them I walked up to the Zombie and stopped just in front of it the Zombie attempted to grab me but I shook it off of me easily I teased the Zombie for awhile until I eventually got bored and extended my blade I then cut the Zombie's head clean off and the Zombie collapsed to the ground dead I then retracted my blade before I looked around and noticed more Zombies approaching me some of the Zombies looked like they used to be Humans before they became Zombies and some of the Zombies looked like they used to be Subspecies before they became Zombies and some of the Zombies looked like they used to be Animals before they became Zombies I let out a quick sigh before I raised my assault rifle and gunned each and every single Zombie in the area down I then reloaded my assault rifle and continued moving, as I walked through the city I noticed more Zombies I effortlessly shot the Zombies before they even noticed me if a Zombie bites a creature that creature will turn into a Zombie but because they're so slow and so weak creatures rarely get bitten by Zombies and because I'm wearing my suit I can just walk right through these groups of Zombies and I don't have to worry about getting bit there are a few Monsters that can turn creatures into one of them Vampires, Werewolves, Slimes and a few other Monsters can turn creatures into one of them using different methods these Monsters can only turn creatures into one of them by using their method of turning a creature into one of them if a Monster uses their method of turning a creature into one of them that creature will become the same type of Monster as the Monster that turned that creature into one of them a Monster using their method of turning a creature into one of them is the only way a creature can become a Monster you can eat a Zombie or a Werewolf or drink Vampire blood or Slime and nothing will happen you can only be turned into a Monster if a Monster uses their method of turning you into one of them if a creature becomes a Monster the creature does not die it simply becomes a Monster it doesn't matter what type of Monster turned the creature into one of them the creature doesn't die it just becomes the same type of Monster as the Monster that turned the creature into one of them, I walked through the streets until I stumbled upon a group of Monsters the Monsters were tall and thin they're arms and legs were long and they had claws on their hands and feet their faces looked disfigured and they had sharp teeth some of the Monsters were carrying Monster guns while others were carrying Monster melee weapons it was clear that the Monsters that I was looking at were Ghouls suddenly one of the Ghouls noticed me and let out a roar which caused all of the other Ghouls to turn towards me just then all of the Ghouls that were carrying Monster guns aimed their Monster guns at me before they all started shooting I just stood there unflinching as the small metal balls that shot out of their Monster guns bounced harmlessly off of my suit I didn't even feel them hitting me "Wow seriously?" I said, Monster weapons are not exactly advanced the Ghouls stopped firing as their Monster guns could only hold one shot I knew that the Monsters were creating their own weapons in preparation for the war against Humanity but I didn't think that it was like this "Fuck no wonder you lost the war against Humanity." I said, just then one of the Ghouls let out a roar the Ghouls with Monster guns reloaded their Monster guns just then the Ghouls with the Monster melee weapons approached me I raised my assault rifle and fired at the Ghouls I managed to kill them before they got close to me and once they were dead I looked towards the other Ghouls who had finally finished reloading their Monster guns just then I heard one of the Ghouls roar I then saw a Ghoul step forward from the back of the group this Ghoul was carrying what looked like a machine gun just then the Ghoul pointed it's machine gun at me before it started turning a crank on the side of the machine gun and as it did so the machine gun started firing I managed to avoid the barrage of bullets with little trouble "Come on this is too easy." I taunted but just then I saw another Ghoul step forward from the back of the group this Ghoul was carrying what I could only assume was some kind of rocket launcher the Ghoul aimed it's rocket launcher at me and fired a large metal ball at me the large metal ball exploded the instant it hit me which knocked me back a short distance I quickly recovered from the attack "You wanna play rough okay let's play rough." I said before I switched to my lancer and fired at the group of Ghouls, my lancer fired a laser at the Ghouls I aimed my lancer at each of the Ghouls killing them as the laser hit them but after awhile my lancer stopped firing I looked at my lancer and could feel that my lancer was very hot the remaining Ghouls tried to attack me but I extended my blade and rushed towards them I sliced through the remaining Ghouls and once they were all dead I retracted my blade before I looked back at my lancer I could feel my lancer cooling down before eventually my lancer cooled down completely I pulled the trigger and my lancer fired again "So my lancer overheats but it will eventually cool down." I said, I then switched to my assault rifle before I walked up to the dead Ghouls I looked at one of the dead Ghouls and noticed the pistol that it was carrying I picked up the pistol and looked at it Monster weapons were not advanced but I didn't have a pistol plus I kind of liked the way this pistol looked so I decided to keep the pistol I put the pistol in my inventory before I searched the dead Ghoul's body for ammo for the pistol I searched the dead Ghoul's body for ammo for the pistol but all I found was a small pouch that had small metal balls inside of it, another small pouch that had powder inside of it and another small pouch that had small patches inside of it I grabbed the small pouches and put them in one of the small pouches on my suit's waist I then continued moving through the city, I kept walking through the city until I came upon a large bridge that was built over a large river that went all throughout the city I began moving across the large bridge until I noticed a Monster at the end of the large bridge the Monster was big it's torso was large and round it's arms were long and lumpy while it's legs were short and stumpy it's head was disfigured one of it's eyes was swollen shut while the other eye was protruding out of it's head I immediately knew that this Monster was an Ogre, Ogres are Monsters that are big and strong but slow and sluggish I approached the Ogre before the Ogre looked at me and roared the Ogre than approached me and once it got close to me it swung one of it's arms at me I dodged the Ogre's attack before I raised my assault rife and began firing at the Ogre the Ogre used it's other arms to try and block my bullets which only caused my bullets to damage the Ogre's arm the Ogre then tried to hit me again but I evaded it's attack and kept firing eventually I managed to shoot the Ogre enough that it stumbled backwards towards the edge of the large bridge and right as the Ogre was on the very edge of the large bridge I ran up to it and used my Thruster Pack to jump up and kick the Ogre in the chest causing it to fall off of the large bridge but just then the Ogre managed to grab me with one of it's hands and pull me down with it "Oh fuck!" I yelled as I plummeted towards the bottom of the large river with the Ogre we fell quite a distance before we eventually landed with a loud crash I slowly stood up and freed myself from the Ogre's hand I then looked at the Ogre and could see that it didn't survive the fall I then looked around and could see that I was now in the large river the water in the large river was shallow it only went up to my ankles I then took a deep breath before I began moving through the large river.

I began moving through the large river I walked under the large bridge I had just fallen from as I moved across the shallow water the water in the large river was dirty I continued moving through the large river until I heard what sounded like growling I stopped and looked around and that's when I noticed a Monster nearby I looked at the Monster as it approached me and as it drew closer I could see that it was a Troll it was big it's body was muscular and it was covered in brown fur it had large claws on it's hands and feet it's head was long with three eyes and a large mouth full of sharp teeth just then the Troll roared at me before it sprinted towards me I dodged the Troll as it charged at me I then raised my assault rifle and began firing at the Troll the Troll swung one of it's arms at me and I narrowly avoided it I continued firing at the Troll evading it's attacks as best as I could until eventually I managed to shoot the Troll enough that it collapsed to the ground dead I reloaded my assault rifle before I continued moving, I walked through the large river until I was finally out from under the bridge I kept moving until I stumbled upon a large drain pipe I entered the large drain pipe and continued moving the inside of the large drain pipe was dark I activated my helmet light and that's when I noticed strange liquid all throughout the drain pipe I looked at the strange liquid and immediately knew what it was "Oh shit, Slime." I said, Slimes are Monsters that are made entirely out of liquid and they can absorb different liquids to change what kind of Slime they are water Slimes, poison Slimes, acid Slimes and lave Slimes those are just a few examples of the different kinds of Slimes they're appearance differs and they can be a variety of different colours, Slimes attack their victims by absorbing their victims the flesh, the bones, the DNA even the consciousness and the memories of the victim are absorbed into the Slime once the victim is completely absorbed into the Slime the Slime will then break off a part of it's body and that part of the Slime's body that the Slime broke off becomes another Slime that looks identical to the victim the Slime just absorbed because it is the victim the Slime just absorbed the victim becomes a Slime this is how Slimes attack their victims it is also how Slimes turn creatures into Slimes it is also how Slimes get their nutriment and it is also how Slimes reproduce, I walked carefully through the drain pipe when suddenly I saw a Slime approaching me the Slime moved in front of me before it stopped moving the Slime looked at me before I raised my assault rifle and fired at the Slime my bullets were absorbed into the Slime I then extended my blade and cut the Slime in half but the Slime simply pulled itself back together "Okay fuck this." I said as I retracted my blade and began running as the Slime gave chase, I ran through the drain pipe as the Slime pursued me and as I was running I came across more Slimes some of the Slimes looked like they used to be Humans before they became Slimes and some of the Slimes looked like they used to be Subspecies before they became Slimes and some of the Slimes looked like they used to be Animals before they became Slimes "Fuck!" I said as the Slimes began chasing me, I sprinted through the drain pipe until eventually I found a door I wasted no time running up to the door and opening it I then ran through the door and slammed it shut behind me I then backed away from the door waiting for the Slimes it would be too easy for the Slimes to just squeeze themselves through the gap at the bottom of the door but as I stood there waiting the Slimes stopped chasing me I then took a deep breath before I turned around, the new area I found myself in was a sewer I walked forward and could see a small set of stairs that went down into the water I walked down the stairs and immediately noticed that the water in the sewer was much deeper than the water in the large river the water in the sewer went up to my waist I also noticed several wooden crates in the water I began moving through the water but just then I heard what sounded like a woman singing I stopped and listened the woman's voice was coming from somewhere nearby as I listened my body began to relax the woman's voice was so beautiful I had to find this woman I had to see her I began to follow the woman's voice and as I moved through the sewers I eventually found a woman sitting on a wooden crate and singing the woman had white skin and long black hair and she was naked but her back was turned so I couldn't see her face I slowly approached the woman but as soon as I got close to her she immediately stopped singing and dove into the water I could then see large splashes in the water and they were coming towards me "Oh shit!" I said as I snapped out of my little trance I then immediately turned around and ran, I ran as fast as I could but she was faster than me in the water suddenly she grabbed me and attempted to drag me down into the water but I shook her off I then raised my assault rifle and fired into the water but the woman wasn't there I kept running before the I was struck by the woman again "Shit I need to get out of the water." I said as I ran towards one of the wooden crate and once I reached it I quickly climbed up onto it I then took a moment to catch my breath as I looked at the water and could see the woman in the water circling the wooden crate I could see that the upper half of the woman's body looked like a Human but the lower half of the woman's body looked like a large fish tail and that's when I realized that the woman was a Monster she was a Mermaid I watched the Mermaid swim around the wooden crate that I was on just then the Mermaid swam towards the wooden crate and stuck it causing the wooden crate to shake I struggled to maintain balance as the wooden crate shook but before long the Mermaid struck the wooden crate again again I looked around and could see another wooden crate nearby I looked back down at the Mermaid I then jumped into the water and ran towards the other wooden crate the Mermaid struck the wooden crate that I was standing on before I jumped into the water again causing the wooden crate to break I ran through the water until I reached the other wooden I wasted no time climbing up onto it as the Mermaid swam towards me I then noticed another wooden crate nearby I jumped into the water and ran towards it as the Mermaid pursued me I repeated this process of finding a wooden crate, running through the water, climbing up onto the wooden crate and then finding another wooden crate before running through the water and climbing up onto that wooden crate I thought about using my Thruster Pack or my Grapple Hook but the area was to enclosed and the ceiling was too low for either of those options I then thought about using my Cloaking Device but I would still have to go into the water and the Mermaid would hear me enter the water plus the Mermaid would see the displacement of the water as I moved through it I moved from one wooden crate to another as the Mermaid chased me I climbed up onto a wooden crate when suddenly I saw the Mermaid emerge from the water I raised my assault rifle but just then the Mermaid let out an ear shattering screech I stumbled backwards from the excessively loud screech and I fell into the water the Mermaid immediately swam towards me I ran through the water until I noticed a small set of stairs that led up out of the water I ran towards the stairs as the Mermaid gave chase I ran up the stairs until I was out of the water I turned around and could see the Mermaid in the water swimming towards me I then noticed a large electrical cable on the wall I then got an idea I extended my blade and cut the large electrical cable I then retracted my blade and grabbed the large electrical cable as sparks shot out of the exposed wires I then dropped the large electrical cable into the water and in an instant the Mermaid began shaking and convulsing as the electricity from the exposed wires surged through the water and into the Mermaid's body after a few moments the Mermaid stopped shaking before it collapsed into the water dead, I took a moment to collect myself before I turned around and noticed a door behind me I walked up to the door and opened it I could then see a small circular area with a ladder in the center I began climbing the ladder until I reached a manhole I opened the manhole and emerged back out onto the street.

I climbed out of the manhole and emerged back out onto the street I looked around and noticed several Monsters surrounding me these Monsters were small and they had green skin and long pointed ears I immediately knew that these Monsters were Goblins "Get away from me ya little bastards!" I shouted as I raised my assault rifle and fired at them, I managed to kill a few of the Goblins before the others ran away I then looked around the area and could see that I was getting closer to the castle in the center of the city, unlike Human cities which have cathedrals in the center of them Dark Hollow has a large castle in the center of it this castle is the home of Valeria it is where she lives and it is where she governs Dark Hollow and all of the Monster that live in the city, I looked at the castle and got an idea "I bet that the Federation soldiers are in that castle." I thought as I began moving towards the castle, I ran through the streets as I drew closer to the castle but suddenly I walked into something I tried to move but I realized that I couldn't I then looked and could see what looked like webs holding me in place I then noticed that I was now stuck in a giant Spider web "Uh oh." I said as I attempted to break free from the web but it was no use just then I heard what sounded like laughing I looked towards when the laughing was coming from and could see a Monster on the web I looked at the Monster and could see that the Monster was female she had white skin and long black hair she had eight eyes her eyes were blue the upper half of her body looked Human but the lower half of her body looked like a Spider she had two Human looking arms on the upper half of her body and eight Spider legs on the lower half of her body she wore a black dress that only managed to cover the upper half of her body the black dress had an opening near the top which allowed me to see the top of her breasts she wore black gloves that went up to her elbows on her arms and she wore black boots that went up to the joints on her legs she wore a black hat that had a wide brim on her head the black hat had red roses lining the top of it she was holding a black cigarette holder in one of her hands with a lit cigarette on the end of it I looked at the Monster and immediately knew that the Monster was a Jorogumo, the Jorogumo crawled across the web towards me and once she reached me she spoke "Looks like I've caught a tasty Human in my web." the Jorogumo said, the Jorogumo then started wrapping me up in her web she spun me around as the web wrapped around my suit "I aint becoming a meal for this Monster!" I said as I extended my blade and sliced through the web, I cut through the web and was now free the Jorogumo then lunged at me but I managed to dodge her attack I then rushed towards the Jorogumo and attempted to strike her with my blade but she moved out of the way before I could hit her she then crawled towards me I quickly jumped and used my Thruster Pack to launch myself at the Jorogumo and once I reached her I kicked her which knocked her backwards the Jorogumo flew backwards right into her web causing her web to break off from where it was and wrap around her the Jorogumo collapsed to the ground wrapped up in her own web and unable to move, I approached the Jorogumo and looked at her despite the fact that the lower half of her body looked like a Spider the upper half of her body looked Human and she was quite attractive I then retracted my blade and dropped my assault rifle before I opened my suit and stepped out my suit closed automatically I then picked up my assault rifle and pointed it at the Jorogumo as I approached her I looked at the lower half of her body I noticed her vagina on the lower half of her body I then removed my pants and underwear before I positioned my cock right in front of her vagina "Get away from me you filthy Human!" the Jorogumo barked, I ignored her and thrusted my cock into her vagina I moaned as my cock entered her vagina I then began to fuck the Jorogumo, I raped the Jorogumo as she laid there all tangled up in her own web unable to move I thrusted my cock into her as she struggled to free herself but she couldn't I kept my assault rifle ready in case she managed to free herself or if another Monster came by I fucked the Jorogumo until eventually my body prepared for release and with one final thrust my cock erupted inside the Jorogumo's vagina me and the Jorogumo moaned as my cum spewed out of my cock and into the Jorogumo's vagina I then removed my cock from her vagina as we both breathed heavily I then put my underwear and pants back on before I dropped my assault rifle and placed my hand on my suit's chest piece and my suit opened I climbed inside my suit and my suit closed automatically I then picked up my assault rifle before I looked at the Jorogumo for a moment before I raised my assault rifle and shot the Jorogumo in the head and with that the Jorogumo collapsed to the ground dead, I then reloaded my assault rifle before looking at a nearby building "I should probably get off the street." I thought as I walked up to the building, I approached the door of the building and opened it I then stepped inside the building once I was inside the building I closed the door behind me before I began looking around the inside of the building looked like a shop there was a counter at the front of the building and there were shelves everywhere the shelves were filled with glass bottles of various shapes and sizes there was liquid inside the glass bottles of various different colours some of the liquid in the glass bottles was glowing it was clear that they were potions just then I heard what sounded like footsteps coming from somewhere in the building I raised my assault rifle and prepared myself for whatever was in here with me suddenly I saw someone emerge from behind one of the shelves I looked at them and saw that they were a woman with white skin and long black hair they were wearing a long black dress and black boots and a large black hat with a large rim and a pointed top just then the woman looked at me before she smiled and spoke "Another Human has wandered into Dark Hollow, don't worry I'll take good care of you." the woman said, just then the woman raised her right hand and I could see that her right hand was beginning to glow suddenly the woman fired magic out of her right hand I dove behind a shelf as the magic soared past me and hit the wall behind me I then realized that this woman was a Monster "Shit it's a Witch!" I thought, Witches are Monsters that can use magic any creature in my universe can use magic if they learn how to use magic many Humans have tried to learn how to use magic but learning how to use magic takes years only a few Humans have ever been able to use magic at first Humanity assumed that Witches were just Humans that could use magic but we learned that Witches are not Human they are Monsters the anatomy of a Witch is completely different from the anatomy of a Human, I quickly raised my assault rifle and aimed at the Witch but before I could shoot the Witch fired another blast of magic at me I dove out of the way of her attack before I fired several shots at the Witch and as I did so the Witch raised her left hand her left hand began to glow I then watched as my bullets stopped in mid air just a few inches away from the Witch the Witch was using her magic to stop my bullets just then the Witch moved her left hand and my bullets came flying back towards me I was struck with my own bullets before the Witch fired another blast of magic at me I narrowly dodged the attack before I began thinking about what to do "This Witch can use her magic to stop my bullets how am I going to kill her?" I thought, just then I got an idea I pulled out a grenade before I pulled the pin on it and tossed it at the Witch the Witch used her magic to stop the grenade just as I hoped she would I then raised my assault rifle and fired at the Witch the Witch managed to stop my bullets with her magic but one of my bullets struck the grenade I threw causing it to explode the Witch flew backwards from the explosion I then ran up to the Witch before I extended my blade and plunged it into the Witch's chest the Witch then collapsed to the floor dead I retracted my blade and took a deep breath before I looked at the Witch's dead body I then thought about something "I should learn how to use magic, if I could use magic I would be much more powerful." I thought, I then thought about how I was going to learn how to use magic I pondered for a moment before I realized something the Federation destroyed most of the world so anything I could use to learn how to use magic is most likely gone the Angels and the Demons are constantly showing up to wage war with one another and kill anything that gets in their way so all life in the universe will surely be dead soon and I'm constantly getting attacked by the Ghosts so I don't think I have the time to learn how to use magic I let out a frustrated sigh before I continued walking through the building, I walked through the building until I stumbled upon a small room I entered the small room and looked around the small room looked like a workshop there were various tools hanging from hooks on the walls and there were pictures on the back wall the pictures on the back wall looked like schematics for some sort of device I then noticed a table in the center of the small room and I could see that there was some sort of device on the table I walked up to the table and inspected the device I then noticed a note next to the device I picked up the note and began reading it "Valeria wants me to create new technology that will give Monsters an advantage against Humans so I put my skills and my knowledge to work, there are certain Monsters that can see Infrared I have used my magic to take these Monster's vision and apply it to a device this device will allow whoever wears it to see Infrared allowing them to see things that would otherwise be invisible." the note read "Infrared huh." I said as I put the note down, I then picked up the device before I put the device on my suit's helmet and as I did so the device attached itself to my suit's helmet and once the device was attached to my suit's helmet a message appeared on my helmet's visor "Infrared Visor installed." the message read "Damn I can attach Monster technology to my suit, my suit is the amazing." I said "Let's see what this thing can do." I said as I thought about activating my Infrared Visor and as I did so my helmet's visor changed and I could now see differently everything around me looked either blue or orange depending on the amount of heat it was giving off "Sick." I said as I deactivated my Infrared Visor and my helmet's visor returned to normal and I could see normally again, I then left the small room and noticed another door near the back of the building I walked up to the door and opened it I then walked through the door and was back out on the street.

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I walked back out onto the street and looked around and I noticed that the castle was just down the street I walked down the street until I arrived at the castle and once I was there I looked around and noticed that the castle was surrounded by a massive wrought iron fence with a single gate I approached the gate that was on the massive wrought iron fence that surrounded the castle I attempted to open the gate but it wouldn't budge I then used my Thruster Pack to fly over the gate and land on the other side I then looked around and could see that the area inside the massive wrought iron fence was a massive garden that surrounded the castle the garden had a stone path that went all throughout the garden the garden was filled with various different plants that were all dried and withered it looked like it had been a long time since anyone tended to these plants there were also large hedges on the edges of the path I began moving through the garden, I moved through the garden as I made my way towards the castle the large hedges prevented me from seeing where I was going I moved through the garden until I heard what sounded like a woman's voice it sounded like she was calling out into the distance I gripped my assault rifle and readied myself for whatever was ahead I carefully moved through the garden until I found the woman making those sounds I looked at her and realized that this woman was a Monster she was a Nymph, Nymphs are another Monster they look like women they have long hair and they make a creepy sound and they are also one of the more dangerous Monsters I stood there staring at the Nymph as it stood in the middle of the path "There's no way I'm fighting a Nymph fuck that." I thought as I turned around and began searching for an alterative route as I continued moving through the garden I began to hear more Nymphs calling out in the garden I moved slowly and carefully peeking around corners to ensure that there was nothing there before I moved, I walked through the garden doing my best to avoid running into more Nymphs until I eventually reached a more open area I looked around and could see that the path had widened and it was now encircling a large fountain I also saw a large staircase that led up towards the front door of the castle I approached the large staircase but as I drew closer I could feel the ground shake periodically followed by a loud thumping sound I looked ahead and could see a Monster stomp it's way into the area the Monster was huge it's body was lumpy and disfigured it had two large arms and two large legs it was carrying a Monster melee weapon in it's hands and it only had one eye in the center of it's head I knew right away that this Monster was a Cyclops the Cyclops looked at me and let out a roar before it began stomping towards me I simply stood there and watched at the Cyclops approached me and once the Cyclops was just a few inches in front of me it raised it's Monster melee weapon above it's head and was about to swing it down towards me but I raised my assault rifle and fired a singe bullet into the Cyclops' cock the Cyclops immediately let go of it's Monster melee weapon and reached down to cover it's cock but by doing so it's Monster melee weapon fell right into the Cyclops' eye the Cyclops then fell backwards and collapsed to the ground dead I just stood there shaking my head "Cyclops' are big and strong but they're not very smart." I said as I began walking up the large staircase, I made my way up the large staircase until I reached the front door of the castle I was about to open the door when suddenly I heard a loud howl coming from behind me I turned around and could see a Monster on top of the large fountain the Monster was big and covered in dark grey fur it had large claws on it's hands and feet it's body was muscular and it's head looked like a Wolf head I immediately knew that this Monster was a Werewolf, Werewolves are one of the more powerful Monsters they're incredibly fast and strong and to make matters worst if a Werewolf bites a creature that creature will turn into a Werewolf the Werewolf jumped off of the large fountain and landed a few meters in front of me I raised my assault rifle but the Werewolf lunged at me at unbelievable speeds I didn't have a chance to dodge as the Werewolf struck me causing me to fly back into the door I struggled to stand but the Werewolf picked me up and threw me into the large fountain I coughed as I rose to my feet "Fuck do I really have to fight a Werewolf?" I said, the Werewolf then lunged at me again I had just enough time to extend my blade before the Werewolf picked me up and threw me I hit the ground hard I then stood up before I took a deep breath "Alright that's it asshole." I said as the Werewolf charged at me I managed to dodge the Werewolf's attack and I used my blade to slice deep into the Werewolf's body the Werewolf snarled as I cut it but as I stood there looking at it I could see the Werewolf's body was quickly healing the Werewolf then charged at me again but this time I plunged my blade into the Werewolf's head I then pulled straight up and I managed to rip the Werewolf's head off the Werewolf collapsed to the ground dead as I stood there holding the Werewolf's severed head on the end of my blade I then pulled the Werewolf's head off of my blade and dropped it on the ground I then retracted my blade before I walked back up the large staircase and approached the front door of the castle, the front door of the castle was a massive double door with two large handles near the bottom I grabbed one of the handles and pushed the door open I then walked through the door and entered the castle.

I stepped inside of the castle and looked around the inside of the castle was beautiful there was a large staircase in front of me that had a large red carpet leading from the front door all the way up the large staircase there was a row of pillars on the left and the right that went all the way up to the ceiling of the room that I was in the entire castle was illuminated by candles some of the candles were in fancy looking candle holders that were in front of each of the pillars and some of the candles were in large chandeliers hanging from the ceiling I began moving through the castle I walked up the large staircase and once I reached the top I found a large door I opened the door and found myself in what looked like a ball room but as I entered the ball room I immediately noticed a large group of Monsters in front of me the Monsters were tall and muscular their skin was green they had claws on their hands and feet their bodies were disfigured their mouths protruded out from their heads their teeth were sharp the Monsters were all wearing Monster armour that was black and they were all carrying Monster melee weapons I looked at the group of Monsters and let out a sigh as I knew exactly what they were "Orcs." I said as all of the Monsters charged at me, the Orcs all charged at me as I raised my assault rifle and began firing at them the Orcs' Monster armour did little to protect them from my weapons as I gunned them down I fired at the group of Orcs killing one after another until my assault rifle's magazine was empty I then extended my blade and began slicing through the Orcs several of the Orcs managed to hit me but their Monster melee weapons were too weak to deal any damage to my suit I carved my way through the Orcs until eventually they were all dead I looked around the room to ensure that all of the Orcs were dead and once I confirmed that all of the Orcs were in fact dead I retracted my blade and reloaded my assault rifle before I continued moving through the castle, I walked across the ball room until I reached another door I opened the door and stepped through and found myself in a long hallway I began moving through the long hallway and as I was walking I looked around and noticed several large Gargoyle statues lining the walls as I walked down the long hallway and looked at the Gargoyle statues I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched I walked up to one of the Gargoyle statues and stared at it I examined the Gargoyle statue closely when suddenly the Gargoyle statue moved it's head and looked right at me I jumped back before the Gargoyle statue came to life and began attacking me I barely had enough time to dodge it's attacks "Shit it's a fucking Gargoyle." I said, Gargoyles are Monsters that are made entirely out of stone they can sit motionless for days appearing as nothing more than a simple statue but they can spring to life at any moment and are quite tough I dodged the Gargoyles attacks as I shot at it with my assault rifle but I barely managed to hurt it the Gargoyle swung it's arms at me in an attempt to cut me with it's large claws I then extended my blade and plunged it through the Gargoyles chest the Gargoyle roared in agony before it collapsed to the floor dead I then pulled my blade out of the Gargoyle's dead body when suddenly I could hear the other Gargoyle statues coming to life I turned around and could see all of the Gargoyle statues in the long hallway spring to life and begin running towards me I rushed towards the Gargoyles and used my blade to tear them apart I sliced through each Gargoyle with my blade cutting through their stone bodies was tough but I managed to slice through every Gargoyle in the long hallway until they were all dead I took a moment to breath as I looked around the room but I couldn't see any more Monsters I then retracted my blade and walked to the end of the long hallway where I found another door I opened the door and stepped through and once I stepped through the door I looked around and found myself in a large room this room I found myself in was much nicer that the rest of the castle the floors were spotless the walls were covered in beautiful decorations there were several chandeliers hanging from the ceiling illuminating the room with their candles and there was a large red carpet that led from the door all the way up to a throne at the end of the room as I looked around I noticed that there were several dead bodies scattered around the room I looked at the bodies and could see that they were the Federation soldiers pieces of their armour were missing and their bodies looked pale and withered as if they were drained of their blood I saw nine dead Federation soldiers on the floor and as I looked towards the throne I could see the tenth Federation soldier he was kneeling next to the throne with his helmet missing he looked at me as he breathed heavily his body was pale and withered just then the Federation soldier spoke "...Please... ...please... ...please..." he said, I then noticed that there was someone sitting on the throne they had their hand positioned just above the Federation soldier's head I then watched as blood came out of the Federation soldier and floated up towards the person's hand before forming a small ball of blood the Federation soldier then collapsed to the floor dead I then watched as the person's hand moved causing the small ball of blood to float over to a fancy looking wine glass that the person sitting on the throne was holding in their other hand the small ball of blood then dropped into the fancy looking wine glass before the person sitting on the throne lifted the fancy looking wine glass up and drank the blood that was in it I stared at the person sitting on the throne and I could see that the person sitting on the throne was a woman she was tall she had white skin and red eyes she had short blonde hair she had two fangs in her mouth she wore a long black cape the cape was lined with gold on the edges of it she wore a black dress that was also lined with gold on the edges of it and she wore black high heels that had an opening near the bottom of each of them that exposed her toes the black high heels were also lined with gold on the edges of them she had red nail polish on her fingernails and toenails she had red lipstick on her lips she also wore a gold necklace that had diamonds on it I looked at the woman sitting on the throne and I knew exactly who she was the woman sitting on the throne was Valeria.

I stared at Valeria as she drank the blood from the fancy looking wine glass Valeria then lowered the fancy looking wine glass before she looked at me just then Valeria spoke "Well now what do we have here, another Human in my castle." Valeria said "I just finished entertaining these other Humans, they were such a treat." Valeria said, I said nothing I simply stood there staring at her "What's the matter Joshua, I thought you would be happy to see that I had killed these Federation soldiers and completed your mission for you." Valeria said, my eyes widened as she said this "How..." I said but before I could say any more Valeria spoke again "Oh come now Josh of course I know who you are my power and influence stretches all over the world, nothing happens on this planet without me knowing about it." Valeria said "And I have no doubt that you know who I am." Valeria said "Of course I know who you are, you're the queen of the Vampires Valeria." I said "I am not just the queen of the Vampires but now thanks to you Humans I am also the last of the Vampires." Valeria said, suddenly Valeria lifted her hand slightly and as she did so I could hear the door behind me slam shut "I have to admit Joshua your skills are quite impressive, I have heard so much about you." Valeria said as she put her fancy looking wine glass down on the arm rest of her throne Valeria then extended one of her arms out as if she wanted me to take her hand "Join me Joshua allow me to grant you the gift of power, the gift of immortality, the gift of Vampirism and together we shall remake the world we will wipe out what remains of the Humans and usher in a new age, serve me and you will never fear death again you will be powerful, you will be immortal, you will be a Vampire and you will be mine." Valeria said, I stood there thinking as I genuinely considered allowing Valeria to turn me into a Vampire the idea of being a powerful immortal Vampire was tempting plus I can only imagine what the Ghosts are going to do to me once I finally die so if I became a Vampire I would be immortal and I would never die from old age but I could still die if I was exposed to sunlight or if someone stabbed me through the heart or cut my head off but considering that the Federation have been trying and failing to do that to me this entire time I think I would be alright and I would serve the queen of the Vampires which I would enjoy considering how beautiful Valeria is I took a deep breath before I spoke "It is a very tempting offer, but I'm afraid I must decline." I said, Valeria then stood up "Very well, then you will die with the rest of Humanity." Valeria said as she launched herself at me at unimaginable speeds and struck me with her hand I flew backwards and hit the door I slowly stood up before I looked and saw Valeria standing in the center of the room "Perhaps you need convincing behold my power." Valeria said as she lifted one of her hands up towards her mouth she then bit into her hand causing blood to drip out of the wound just then I watched as Valeria manipulated the blood in her body controlling it blood poured out of the wound in her hand it then began to take on a more recognizable shape I could then see that the blood had transformed into a sword I stood there staring at Valeria my body began to tremble as I thought about what I was getting myself into Vampires are the most powerful type of Monster and Valeria is the queen of the Vampires so she is the most powerful Vampire I then raised my assault rifle and fired several shots at Valeria but she didn't even flinch as my bullets struck her I then watched as my bullets were forced out of Valeria's body before they fell to the floor just then the gunshot wounds in Valeria's body healed instantly "I am the queen of the Vampires I am the most powerful Vampire in the world you have no chance against me." Valeria said, I put my assault rifle away before Valeria launched herself at me and struck me with her sword Valeria moved too quickly for me to evade her attack so I was hit by her sword despite the fact that Valeria's sword was made out of blood it was solid and surprisingly sharp I then extended my blade and ran towards Valeria before I swung my blade at Valeria she dodged my attack effortlessly I swung my blade at Valeria again but she effortlessly evaded my attack Valeria then swung her sword at me hitting me I then swung my blade and actually managed to hit her Valeria jumped back as my blade sliced into her I managed to cut her but Valeria just looked at the cut I had made before it healed instantly "You really think you can kill me." Valeria said "Perhaps I need to stop toying with you and actually try to kill you." Valeria said as she lifted her other hand up towards her mouth she then bit into her other hand I watched as blood poured out of the wound and as it did so her blood sword turned back into blood I then watched as the blood from both of her hands took on a more recognizable shape I then saw that the blood had transformed into whips just then Valeria began to spin around causing her blood whips to spin around her I tried to dodged her whips but Valeria was too fast one of her whips stuck me I was thrown backwards from the strike I then looked and could see that Valeria's whip had managed to cut my suit and cut me as well Valeria stopped spinning as her blood whips turned back into blood Valeria then pulled her blood back into her body before she raised her hand she then began pulling my blood out of my body I could feel my blood being pulled out of my body by Valeria, Valeria pulled a small amount of blood out of my body I watched as my blood floated over to her she then moved my blood up towards her mouth and drank it "Oh you taste so..." Valeria said but she didn't finish her sentence she just started laughing before she spoke again "Oh I will savor every last drop of you Joshua Robert Murday." Valeria said, I quickly rose to me feet before I rushed towards Valeria and attempted to cut her with my blade but as I got close to Valeria she struck the floor with one of her hands causing a massive amount of blood to erupt outwards from the wound in her hand I was thrown backwards from her attack and fell onto my back Valeria then pulled the blood back into her body before she launched herself at me and before I knew it Valeria was now laying over top of me Valeria held me in place and glared at me before she spoke "I will ask you once more and once more only, join me." Valeria said, I stared into her eyes I could see her fangs in her mouth Valeria's allure was almost impossible to resist every part of me wanted to allow Valeria to sink her fangs into my neck and allow her to turn me into a Vampire I will admit that I wanted to be a Vampire, I wanted to allow Valeria to bite me, I wanted to allow Valeria to turn me into a Vampire, I wanted to spend eternity serving Valeria but I knew I couldn't I lifted my arm and drove my blade into Valeria's chest Valeria slowly looked down towards where my blade had entered her body I pulled my blade out of Valeria's chest and could see that I managed to drive my blade directly into Valeria's heart Valeria looked at me for a moment before she stood up Valeria began to scream as she shook violently she held the open wound where my blade had entered her body the wound was not healing and blood was spilling out of it just then Valeria collapsed to the floor Valeria is dead.

I slowly rose to my feet before I walked over to Valeria's dead body and looked at her "I have killed the queen of the Vampires Valeria, I am unstoppable." I said, I looked at the throne before I retracted my blade and walked up to the throne I sat down on the throne before and smiled I sat on the throne for awhile I then looked over at the fancy looking wine glass that Valeria was drinking from I picked up the fancy looking wine glass and put it in one of the pouches on my suit's waist I then stood up and pulled my assault rifle out I then approached the door and opened the door before I walked through it, I walked back through the castle with no trouble I then reached the front door of the castle and walked through it I moved through the garden without any problems I then moved back through the city without seeing any Monsters and eventually I arrived back at the large destroyed gate that led into Dark Hollow I walked through the large destroyed gate and was now outside of the city I then activated my communicator "Nitro this is Josh, the Federation soldiers in Dark Hollow are dead." I said "Nice work Josh, I hope the Monsters didn't give you too much trouble." Nitro said "Well I did end up meeting Valeria who as it turns out was the one who killed the Federation soldiers in Dark Hollow, she then tried to kill me but I took care of her." I said "What do you mean?" Nitro asked "Valeria is dead." I said "Come on Josh that's not funny, be serious what actually happened?" Nitro asked "I am being serious." I replied "You mean to tell me that you killed the queen of the Vampires Valeria?" Nitro asked "Shall I cut her head off and bring it back to the Resistance base to prove that I'm telling the truth?" I responded "No no that won't be necessary." Nitro said "Good because I'm already out of the city and I don't feel like going back in there." I thought "Come on back to the Resistance base and I'll have another mission for ya." Nitro said "Alright I'm on my way back." I said as I deactivated my communicator, I then began walking towards the transport and once I arrived at it the back door of the transport opened and I stepped aboard the back door of the transport then closed "Let's go back to the Resistance base." I said "You got it Josh." the pilot said as the transport took off and made it's way back to Scotland.