Kael, Luca and Jonah stepped through the portal. Seeing a world filled with darkness. This was clearly a horrorflick set in the time of vampires and castles with that kind of thing.

Anomaly detected.

Why are you three here!?

ARE YOU GOING TO KILL ME AND MY FAMILY?!

"Easy, menu. We don't give a shit. Etana's called in for a favour. We're here just to say hello." Kael said, hearing growling noises from the right.

"Ah, ghouls. Look. There's a lot of them. Aren't they fucking adorable?" Jonah said as a ghoul bit his hand.

"That's adorable but you see.. I'm blessed by darkness. So... I hope you understand." Luca said, flicking the head of the ghoul. Where it disintegrated, looking at the other creatures that tried to attack him.

"You're wasting time." Luca said as he fired off his AK into them.

"Nice shot, Luca."

"I'm the only one among us who uses guns. That compliment doesn't come much from you, Jonah." Luca said as they headed further. Hearing hordes of the creatures convening to a position to take on multiple enemies at once.

Seeing the horde of demons and cultists running at them. Kael let out a sigh as he snapped his fingers at the horde.

"No time for this shit. Let's keep it moving." Kael said as they continued ahead to a castle. Kael could see Joshua fighting with the other Venerators. 10 of their people died.Seems like another fuck up on the parts of the God's. Kael, Luca and Jonah strolled in all merrily, perhaps a tad bit casual.

"Looks like you've got your hands full with Soggorin."Jonah spoke as he smashed a demon's head with his cane, then ripping another one's head off. Throwing the head away as he wiped the blood off his hands. The one with the gas mask and the two vampires knelt before Jonah

"Your Excellency." The three of them greeted.

"Hey, we'll deal with the bastard. Sheesh, it seems like a bunch of demons and angels are trying to mess with the worlds again." Jonah said as he snapped his fingers where an explosion occurred from the back. "Master." Ice Reaper knelt before Kael.

"Good to see you too, Ice. Now this is no intervention. It's just us stepping in. Take a look at your friends." The 10 figures came back to life, gasping for air. Where they see a woman with a lantern smile to them. She wore a black dress and had a parisol by her side. The 10 Venerators hugged their friends and teammates. Crying tears of joy. It was Maybellestra the Goddess of Souls.

"Maybellestra. Goddess, why are you here?" The gas mask asked.

"Simple, this was a mistake that was made because Soggorin escaped his containment. So these 10 men should not die on mistakes made by Gods that failed them." Maybellestra justified her actions as the souls and spirits made their way to her. Wishing to be cleaned over.

"Yes, yes... You will all be put to rest. I came to this place because of the many things that needs to be clarified. See this through you lot. Avatars?" Kael walked over to Joshua, patting his shoulder.

"Alpha 1?" Joshua asked to one of the people, the one with the submachine gun nodded.

"I'm relinquishing my command to Joshua. Lead us." The figure said.

Will you grant them your blessings?

Kael, Jonah and Luca looked at each other. Then nodding as the blessings were granted to them, then seeing a Tome that was floating to them. Now that was interesting, a tome with a chattering skull.

"I greet the Avatars of Destruction, Fall and War." Jonah, Kael and Luca bowed to the tome.

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"Lead us, oh Tome. You know where Soggorin hides." Kael spoke to the Tome where the Tome showed that Soggorin was hiding directly below them but there were thousands of the legions that served Soggorin.

"That's... We were struggling with just a few hundred... They're coming by the thousands!?"The others were feeling nervous and anxious to what was going to happen.

"We'll handle the Undead. You've been given our blessings." Jonah said to them, readying his cane as he looked at Kael who was readying a magic circle underneath their feet. It was going to cover everything.

"So roughly a few thousand of the undead and unholy. There's one way to do it." Kael said as Jonah and Luca stepped aside to fight the oncoming hordes. Where Luca let out a roar and charged in with his dane axe. The two of them stepped away as Kael readied his magic. They briefly glanced to Kael as they handled the others.

"Going down." Kael snapped his fingers as the entire floor caved downwards. They were being lowered down slowly while everything else was being caught by it. The screams of the legion was heard by everyone else as the reached a place where only darkness existed. The entire place was full of darkness and that was it. No other light was present.

The light being emitted by Soggorin's true form, the gigantic head that was constructed of human body parts, mouth that housed their heads. Kael had always thought Soggorin looked ugly, but damn. Was Soggorin really that ugly? Kael could not help but chuckle at the sight.

"Child of man... You dare to intrude in my domain?!" Soggorin shouted, his voice alone was enough to cause ear drums to bleed and burst, Kael just dug his ears with his pinky. A bit of blood, it seems that Soggorin is just as annoying as he was before. Kael had encountered the bastard but he was a slippery bastard even back when Kael knew him but this wasn't his fight. It was the Lord of Thorn's fight.

Kael turned away from them and cracked his fingers. He needed to get shit done properly, so the Joshua better not mess it up.

"Soggorin's yours. I'll handle his legions." Kael said as the horde of named demons went to his path. Maybe 25 thousand? Maybe 50? Kael could not care about the numbers, but he needed them to fuck off from Joshua's team.

"The World, bound the ones before me and the leader of these demons." The card exploded, trapping Soggorin with the Venerators. At the very least those bastards won't be able to do much or even bother Joshua. That's the kind of barrier that needs to be broken by another Avatar. Soggorin can barely hit that mark.

"Try not to die." Kael said as he snapped towards the horde before him. Where they instantly were vaporized from existence. The horde kept on coming where Kael smirked as his Avatar of Destruction armor covered him.

The demons could barely move after seeing Kael standing before them.

"Using magic is too much effort. And I don't want to stain my suit... I'll just snap them out of existence." Kael snapped his fingers as heads of demons exploded into bloody tendrills that pulled the creatures back into each other. Merging them together into balls of flesh, Kael raised his right hand upwards and then pulled out a card.

"Four Aces... Turn my foes... To ash." The four cards burned and covered the floor with black flames the entire horde that was coming to Kael's path, they were being burned by the black flames. Where it swallowed them all whole, the flames blanketed them. Covering them like coffins and dragging them down into the ground. Their screams that tried to call for help and mercy was unheard.

The Avatar of Destruction? Nah, Kael's just being lazy for this round. He could take his time, but he does not want any distraction on Joshua's team. He turned a bit to see how they fought. Despite how Soggorin kept summoning his demons to his aide, Joshua's use of the four elements of the Seasons was beautiful. The destruction was something that has Kael impressed. The teamwork of the allies was not something to scoff at. Kael was reminded by his teammates, the other Avatars.

There was a lot that they were doing. Even pushing Joshua ahead. Kael could see the earnest look on Joshua's face from where he stood. A demon tried to catch Kael by surprise, only to be kicked in the knee by Kael and stomped on by him. Now, it was just left for Joshua. Luca and Jonah walked down to see Kael just watching them.

Luca brought out some popcorn for them, where the two of them ate while observing the fight.

"That's not too bad. They going for the typical. Send the chosen one to put the final blow?" Jonah asked.

"That's what Kael used to do. I'm just the battering ram like that knight with the sword breaker. Well..." They watched how the said knight threw his long sword aside. Then grabbing the leg of a demon berserker and swinging it around.

"Well... That puts a spin on banishing demon with their own kind." Luca pointed out.

"Hey, I got pushed by you ass hats to bear responsibility. So let me have my glory."Kael said as they continued to watch this chaos unfold before them. Safe to say the trio was entertained.

"That's Etana's next Avatar. She wants to have a few of them just in case we lose our shit." Kael said to them.

"Not a bad choice. He's lost as shit though. I mean those eyes, looks like he's been lost all of his life." Jonah said.

"What's his story, Kael?" Luca asked where Kael showed his phone.

"From what I understand. Etana gave me a whole fucking preview. Want to see it?" The two nodded, then they watched it in front of them. Seeing how Joshua was surviving alone.

"Damn.. If I was him I'd kill myself too. But he didn't pick that way out. No wonder he's unhinged as shit." Jonah joked.

"Right?" Kael asked.

"Shouldn't we... Help them?" Luca asked as they looked at Joshua falling to his knees to a horse that was as tall as 4 storey buildings.

"Give it a minute." They watched Joshua get back on his feet, they looked at Kael with raised eyebrows.

"Damn." Jonah and Luca watched on, seeing Joshua fight through and giving Soggorin the shot with the Demon's Bane.

"Not too bad now wasn't it?" Kael asked.