Chapter 16

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The War Of Inferno

Lazarus is in his throne room with Dante at his feet Lazarus says ‘’Dante my most trusted general and servant ready the army’’ Dante raises saying ‘’yes your majesty’’ Dante goes to the demonic army of the damned and they are ready to be sent Dante says loudly in his armour ''we are going to take the mortal realm by force and leave nothing behind but a smouldering land of ash and ruin'' a massive portal opens with Lazarus following behind them, in the realm that Ryan is in, he’s helping move some furniture in for Vix and Zarla and all of a sudden, the ground shakes with a breaking news report that a massive hole, with fire in it has happened in the city centre, with demonic entities emerging from it at a rapid rate, attacking civilians with no hesitation, Floof and Ryan are shocked by the news and they hurry for the car Zarla flags them to stop and gets in as well Zarla says ‘’if you’re facing my father’s army, then let me help out at least’’ Ryan looks at Floof unsure, Floof says to Zarla ‘’alright but one wrong move and you’ll be answering to me’’ Zarla says in return ‘’I have no intentions in betraying any of you’’ Thunder and Dani sit on Ryan’s and Zarla’s shoulders as they come into town Floof’s car is knocked to one side by a demonic warrior, it snarls and growls trying to break the car open all of a sudden it splits in two and Sensei is standing behind it, withdrawing his sword he then cuts the doors off the destroyed car and gets them out, using a heal spell on them they’re soon surrounded and Floof and Sensei get ready to fight, Sensei says ‘’you two get to the portal and seal it quickly’’ Ryan says ‘’but I don’t know the first thing about portals’’ Zarla says ‘’I do’’ she looks at Ryan ‘’it was one of the first types of magic I learned, so let’s end this quickly’’ Ryan and Zarla run and they become their demi-mortal forms heading for the portal and fighting their way through soon, they get close to the portal and Ryan is soon hit by a familiar face and Ryan says gripping his sword at the ready ‘’Dante’’ the red and black demonic wolf laughs sadistically and says ‘’hello again brother, how’s about we settle this here and now and to make sure that there’s no interference’’ a high demon warrior comes out and attacks Zarla, Dante looks at Ryan and says ‘’that will keep her busy and the only thing between you and Lazarus is me, so strike me down or perish’’ Ryan grips his scabbard and looks at Dante saying ‘’you know I wish we met on different terms, grew up together, learned together, be a happy family together but...’’ he takes his draw stance and draws his sword at the ready, he then says with honesty and warmth behind his voice ‘’I’m sorry brother I’m going to have to strike you down’’ Dante draws his sword and holds it at the ready saying to Ryan ‘’I’m sorry as well I honestly, wish there was another way for this I honestly do that sounds like an amazing life you described just know, but sadly it’s a life I can never have’’ they clash Ryan and Dante counter one another move for move, both fighting to get the upper hand on one another and both landed heavy blows on one another Ryan and Dante get up, Ryan putting all his energy and effort into this final attack and Dante doing the same both taking a final stand and they cross one another both kneeling and holding their swords out Zarla had defeated the high demon warrior watching, as both kneel there exhausted and bloody, soon Dante drops to the ground defeated Ryan withdraws his sword and looks at Dante and says ‘’forgive me brother’’ Dante responds with ‘’I already have’’ he disappears through a portal Zarla uses a healing spell on Ryan and they hurry to the portal, when they get there Lazarus emerges from it Ryan and Zarla try to attack Lazarus but they’re swatted back with one strike Ryan gets up and tries again he’s hit back again Lazarus says ‘’enough pest or you will be killed like the rest’’ Ryan gets up and says ‘’I will never give up not while I am still able to draw breath’’ Lazarus says annoyed ‘’insignificant pest I will crush you’’ Lazarus goes to crush Ryan but he’s stopped by Zarla she looks at Ryan and says ‘’Ryan run I’ll hold him off as long as I can’’ Ryan cuts Lazarus’s hand off and looks to Zarla saying ''I’m not going to do that not now not ever’’ Zarla looks at Ryan confused and worried about asking ‘’why?’’ Ryan then looks at Zarla saying without conviction and with certainty ‘’because I want to protect you keep you safe and I love you’’ Zarla is shocked a little with what Ryan just said and another fist comes down they both block it and try to hold it back Zarla then says ‘’wait you what?’’ Ryan says without fear ‘’I love you I was searching my feelings for awhile now and I now know what they truly are, I cannot change them no matter what’’ Zarla then looks at Ryan and says to him ‘’I love you too Ryan’’ they knock Lazarus’s fist back and both look at one another their hands get closer and closer to each other until they touch, a bright lights of both purple and blue fill the area, when it fades away a warrior that possesses lightning and darkness powers stands before Lazarus, having a sort of battle robe with samurai designs incorporated when Ryan and Zarla look around, they appear to be in a pocket dimension and Zarla says ‘’this power I can feel it’s amazing’’ Ryan says to Zarla ‘’I feel it too Zarla’’ Zarla says to Ryan ‘’I never knew such a level of magic was possible I heard it was possible with a demi-mortal and a familiar but never 2 demi mortals’’ Ryan then says ‘’why don’t we give this new power a test drive’’ Lazarus growls and goes to strike at the warrior, they don’t just counter Lazarus they remove his whole arm he growls and keeps on striking at them, they keep on countering blocking and dodging him and soon activate some magic of their own placing a seal around Lazarus, they then get ready their sword and move it back and strike down sealing Lazarus away and closing the portal soon, all the demons turn to ash, Ryan Zarla Thunder and Dani separate and collapse to the ground exhausted