As Indulf moved through the brush nearing the clearing where the slaughter had commence an unknown sense of dread began to seep in for something-something just wasn't right and this was soon confirmed when he found that the clear that had once be bathed in blood and gore was now simply.

Spotless? this sight caused Indulf's eye to narrow for no creature no matter their avarice or gluttony could devour and drink up all that blood and gore present! Something was wrong and Indulf knew but he couldn't for all his experience as a Headsman find what could have done such a thing but he soon did come one conclusion he was to not trust that old man no matter what!

After sometime Indulf sighed and began the trek back for no matter how persistent he could find no further details of what had happened to the bodies the blood or anything for that matter. And as he approached the camp he cast his eye to the forest around hoping against hope that something would step forth to clear up the fogginess of this whole matter but no such event occurred much to his dismay.

But as he approached the camp a noise ever so faint drew his attention he turned to find no else but the Old Man beckoning him to a tree some distance from the camp. And after confirming that his mind was not simply playing tricks on his mind Indulf began to approach with the utmost caution as he felt that something was quite off.

As Indulf approached the Old Man the Old Man in an excited whisper began to ask Indulf if he'd like to do him a favor to which Indulf simply responded simply by crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow quizzically to which the Old Man stood up from his hunch and Introduced himself as Yshol Liumang.

"You see I represent a very powerful organization known as Circle of Hallow Souls and well my backers have had a thorn in there side for sometime known as Roy Isobe and well we needed to see him removed if you will and well it has occurred to me that by myself I am no match but with you! The tables would surely be turned so I ask of you will you join to slay Roy Isobe if you do there will be a great reward for you as well as a powerful position within the Circle so what do you say oh great Indulf Anexues?"

After staring at Yshol for what seemed to be a small eternity Indulf held out his hand to Yshol whom firmly grasped it and shook it with an excite pace after sealing the deal of the deed and as soon as this occurred an evil glint could be seen within Yahoo's eye's that showed that he truly desired the demise of Roy and soon Yshol began to explain in depth to Indulf in what was to occurr for Roy to meet his demise and that was to simply seppareate him from the group and have him meet with an unfortunet.....Accident!

Several Hours later...

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Indulf sat next to a fire that cast the cave into a gloom as the small fire attempted to valiantly fight back the creeping shadows that wish to cast this inlet into darkness but his eye was not drawn to the fire no his eye was ever vigilant his gazing out seeming to pierce the very air outside the cave that in which resided himself, Roy, the crew that had gotten him to this location and then there was... Yshol who sat opposite to Indufl appearing to slumber to Indulf he knew better he knew that this Man would never slumber so close to his target and that it would cause his great stress to not simply strike down Roy here and now but no he needed it to look like an accident of some kind be it beast or nature that struck the blow.

And there in the twilight cast by the fire sat Indulf his mind racing as he sat in silence trying to find the best path forward deep in his heart he felt that he should simply strike down Yshol down and be done with it yet to do so would show that he was sloppy in his temperament and in his soul. It could also prove to lead to further complications and that was something he simply couldn't have.

So as he sat there being greeted by the first rays of light from the dawn he stood a fire burning in his eye as he finally found that he would take and it was a path he would not stray from.

And soon enough the others began to stir from slumber to which Indulf looked to them and made his way to Roy shaking him from the throws of the slumbering world and soon Roy stared at him and asked what Indulf wanted to which Indulf informed Roy that he thought it best to move the group from the cave for he had a feeling that this location was no longer secure.

Roy after a moment of simply staring at Indulf nodded his head he too felt that this place was no longer viable to them. After getting everything packed and wiping away any trace that they had even at one point been there at all.

Several Hours Later...

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After the group had spent some time traveling through the forest they soon came to a large tree larger than any tree they had ever seen this tree was large enough to act as a house for the motley crew and soon they had set up camp within the tree and to make certain that they were harder to discover part of the group spent several hours to move fallen trees and shrubs and bushes to hide the entrance.

Soon, however, Yshol approached Roy and asked if he and Indulf would follow him for he found something of interest not too far from their current location and after walking for a time the trio came to a stop in clearing which puzzled Roy for he spotted nothing worth noting but he was willing to allow the old man his say but before he could he was blasted by an incredible pressure that emanated from Yshol who seeing Roy struggle under the pressure began to laugh out in utter glee.

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"SO Roy Isobe is this how you pictured it?"

upon hearing this Roy raised his head and through clenched teeth asked.

"Pictured what?"

This caused the old man to laugh even harder and in a roar of joy shout.

"WHY YOUR DEATH OF COURSE!!!"

But as the Yshol shout, this a glint shinned from his left as a case slammed into sending him flying and after gaining his footing he turned and shouted at his attacker one Indulf Anexeus this caused Yshol to exclaim.

"INDULF YOU FOOL WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU ARE TO ATTACK ROY NOT ME!?!?"

But soon a grin graced Indulf's lips and his response shook Yshoul to his very bones.

"You honestly thought I was going to bow to an organization who I've never met and do there bidding simply because they offer dreams of grandeur and glory and yet they ask me to stab in the back this-this individual who has yet to truly earn such a fate from me? Then you are truly a fool!"

Upon sating this the air behind Yshoul began to ripple as a rift opened and out stepped the very creature he had to describe upon their first meeting and this confirmed what Indulf had thought was that the beast had disappeared to cleaning and that was due to the fact it had left very much the way it had come through that vortex!

Once the beast had fully pulled itself from the rift Yshoul point a finger at Roy and Indulf shouting in outrage.

"SLAUGHTER THEM LEAVE NOT A TRACE OF THEIR EXISTENCE!!!"

But before he could do so Indulf began to laugh disrupting the shout of Yshoul and after laughing out in utter glee at the folly of the old fool before him he turned to Roy and offered a hand whilst asking one thing that had been nagging at the back of his mind since his first encounter with the man Roy Isobe.

"Tell me Roy is there a reason for why your eye is like mine for I know that it is no wound that caused such a look and I suggest you answer or I may have to get ugly with both dealing with this fool and prying the info from either you or him!"

After a moment Roy stood up and looked at Indulf and simply exclaimed.

"Help me deal with this and I'll tell you whatever you wanna know."

After watching Roy too see if there was any way to imply that he was lying in any way and thankfully there was none for Roy was a straight shooter and in this case, it was simply best to lay his cards on the table and hope for the best.

After confirming this fact a glint appeared in Indulf's eye as he retrieved his blade from its case and extended it to its full length upon doing so the beast roared and charge but as it closed in Roy could be heard shouting.

"Arcum ante mundi pondus!"

Upon saying this the beast was hit by a wall of pressure and to Yshoul's utter shock and despair Roy's left eye was open and instead of a milky white damaged eye or simply an empty socket was his eye but the iris was not normal in fact it was in the shape of a globe!!!

Upon this occurring the beast that Yshoul had summoned began to howl in what seems to be rage and charge Roy only for three jarring sounds clapped out in response the beast jerked back blood spewing from three clear wounds on its chest!

Soon Yshoul roared and turned to Indulf who held in his extended hand rests a large firearm after a moment Indulf lowered his arm and turned his attention to Yshoul and whilst not breaking line of sight grasped the handle of his steel case and flung it into the air after unlocking the clasping keeping it tightly shut!

And of the case came his cleaver that in his mind he felt that he truly should come up with name for but well that could come later he had more important matter to deal with now

Upon seeing this Yshoul began to back up but as he did he began to move his hands in a series of gesture whilst chanting!

"Aperi Inanis est qui autem curvatis"

And soon a vortex sprung forth and began to move towards Yshoul who with a defiant roar shoved his hands out causing whilst shouting out another chant that caused flaming chains to erupt from the ground and move to attempt to bind Roy and Indulf.

"Infernum est scriptor torque"

As this happened Yshoul's beast began to stir once more and soon started to charge towards Indulf to unleash its fury from being harmed moments before. But as it neared Indulf he simply crossed his arms and gave a cold harumph and soon he slammed his clever into the charging beast which in its rage pushed Indulf back but this had the draw of slipping the blade further into its chest.

Soon enough the beast's blood coated the ground and after shuddering a for a moment and letting out one last pitiful roar it collapsed into a cloud of black smoke that flowed towards Yshoul and oddly enough seemed to be absorbed by him.

Soon Yshoul not only had to contend with the sheer pressure resonating off of Roy which caused any of the chains that near him to be smashed into dust but now he had to also deal with Indulf who had begun to strike at the chains around Yshoul and soon a look of fear could be seen shining in Yshoul's eye as he weighed out his options.

And soon it was with gnashed teeth that Yshoul pulled out a small black pendant in the shape of a jagged tooth!

And once again Yshoul began muttering his next incantation

"O Magni Drarakh quod Vilis ad servum tuum humilem, et Semper interficere tam stulti sunt!!!"

Upon stating this a circle of fire erupted from the ground. With arcs of fire streaking across the ground, forming sigils and runes upon the blackened ground. The beams connecting, swirling together to form a burning seal, the ground trembling as Yshoul’s mutterings turn to screams, a great cacophony of voice, flame, and thunder, getting louder and louder as the fires grow brighter and brighter, forming a visage of some creature from the beyond.! Soon the seal began to tremble more and more often as the face within in the seal that howled with enough force to shatter the seal. And once the seal shatter a massive blackened demon stepped forth that had the face of a dragon or some sort of ancient serpent the barreled torso of a bear as well as the arms of a some unknown beast but it had claws as long as swords and as for its lower half it spread out into four reptilia like legs with a massively scaled tail swishing back and forth behind it. And even more, it seemed to emit a black smog that sucks the very life from the air!

After the Demon finished extracting itself from the seal it turned to Yshoul and glared which caused Yshoul to back up several paces and bow with respect to the entity soon with a cold snort and turned it piercing gaze to Roy and Indulf as well as the slain beast. The demon sat for a moment simply staring it raised one of its clawed hand and flicked a finger causing the slain beast to be consumed in raging inferno of black fire that seemed to emit horrid howls that would shake the souls of lesser men.

Soon enough the flames began to flicker and then simply extinguished themselves and inside the flames now stood the beast but it emitted a murderous aura as well as a smog alike the demon just weaker! The beast soon turned to Indulf with eyes glittering in rage as it coldly snorted and charged Indulf at greater speeds. And soon the beast was upon Indulf flinging him into a nearby tree with a sicking crack that caused Indulf to take a sudden gasp as he felt what seemed like several ribs either breaker or at the least fracturing.

But before the beast could step forth to attempt a finishing blow a sense of grave danger echoed in its mind that caused it to leap to the side as a force of bone-crushing force slammed into where the beast had just stood.

The sight of the beast dodging cause to let out an angered snort but before he could attempt further Yshoul brought up his hands above his head with both palms flat and facing out and in crazed muttering formed fireballs of various colors to ignite!

"Stulum igne consumptum est!!"

Soon the fireballs began to emit a droning noise as they began to stream towards Roy taking his attention away from Indulf who was just now managing to gain his footing again after leaning up against the tree he had slammed into he heard a rumbling as he turned in a daze to see the beast coming in an attempt to slam into him but as it was about he leapt out of the way causing it to slam into a tree instead! This seemed to just anger the beast further but it allowed Indulf to once again to gain his sense.

After clearing his head Indulf reach and grasped his coat and flung it to the side after which Indulf extend his cleaver to its full length and motioned for the beast to charge him once again to which it did in a frothing rage!

As this was happening Roy was suffering his own problems as he had to use the power in his eye to strike down the swarm of fireballs that seemed near endless!

A thought popped into both Roy and Indulf had a similar thought.

"Today was gonna be a long day!"