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originally posted in:The New Dojo
6/1/2017 11:48:52 PM
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[b]Chapter Thirty Four[/b]
Ragnarok was only a few miles away now. They saw the dark clouds that formed ahead and lightning struck at the island. Arianna saw the familiar castle atop its mountain in the centre of the island and the massive stone city that took up the entire east side of the isle. She knew the docks were on that side, but the place would be infested if anything here was similar to the last two islands. Then, she spotted a river. It made its way down the centre of the island from what Ari saw meaning it would come from behind the mountain.
[spoiler]For Orn[/spoiler]
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"I'd have [i]spunk[/i] if.. forget it." Isaac sighed, walking next to Scarlett and breathing in. Arianna attempted to take Haakon's attention, by walking by him and attempting conversation. "So.. ready to kick this git's ass?" She smiled wildly, still covered in gore and darkened blood. "Scar, I.. I'm dying, at the end of this. Scratched on the last island, contracted the infection.. I already told Ari to kill me if anything goes wrong, alright? And if.. if she's not there, then I hope you will be." Isaac muttered, shaking his head as he looked back at the scar upon his beaten, bloodied arm.
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Tywin bellowed at Ari's remark as Scarlett raised her hand to her bottom lip. "Uh...ya, Isaac. Of course. But...what do it think you are turning into? One of them?" She asked as she gestured to the dead bodies. "They...aren't zombies. You know that right?"
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"...I looked at my blood cells - well, not looked, it's complicated.. they were just being eaten away. All I've seen of zombies is an infection of the brain.. what about these people? If not zombies.. what have they become?"
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"Isaac. Look closer at their teeth." She said as she knelt down by one of the corpses. She lifted its head, which allowed Isaac to see the regularly sized massive sharp teeth. "Isaac, these aren't zombies. They're vampires. Diminished, hungry, hive mind like vampires. The only thing that's driving them crazy is their thirst for blood. They don't eat organs, they try to get into the bloodstream. I'm guessing what you are seeing with your cells is just...the infection that's causing that thirst."
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"...Aren't I just the perfect host for this: a blood manipulator. This is bad.." Isaac trembled a little, shaking his head. "Felix would likely know a cure. He wouldn't tell us, or he'd trick or deceit us. We need to move, before.. Y'know."
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"Ya...ya I getcha. We'll figure this out kid." "HEY. LETS MOVE!" Haakon yelled at the two. He immediately took off towards the massive set of double doors that took through place on the east side of the room and he pulled them open.
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Isaac merely nodded, as he carried onwards towards Ragnarok's Jarl, Arianna next to him. It was about time to end this fight.
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"Alright!" Haakon started. "We make our way up the stairs, and that'll lead us to the throne room! Then, we kill Felix! HAHA!" He cried as he sprinted onwards into the massive room. As Ari and Isaac looked up they saw the massive staircase that went around the long square walls. The stair case went flat every now and then to allow access to branching off rooms but otherwise it followed the wall. There was a gap between the stairs, so the two could see the ceiling of the castle far above them.
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"Holy shit." Arianna muttered to herself, shading up at the staircase and the ceiling with some form of awe. She only hoped that there wasn't any of the afflicted, for they had already halted them enough.
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Unfortunately for her, however, She got something much different than the usual dead. She saw figures jumped down from the top of the stair case, they were swooping down fast and they were not stopping. And Haakon hadn't noticed yet.
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"Haakon, above you!" Arianna yelled, her weapons drawn as Isaac flickered his attention to the incoming beings. His kama was already drawn, energy shielding online as if prepared for intense combat, which he was.
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Haakon looked up and cursed as he raised his machine gun upwards and fired. He shot one of the figures and they raggdolled down and splattered on the steps beside Ari. As she looked at the creature, she saw that it wore black clothing and had sickly torn skin like the other dead creatures. But, this one had a blade in hand. Suddenly, the rest of he figures landed around the group as they stood on the steps. All of them wore black clothing and drew their variety of Melee weapons. There were eight, at the moment. But Ari and Isaac didn't know how many more were coming. Two stood in front of Haakon while the rest landed behind the group. "Come on kids! We gotta get to the top still!" The Jarl yelled as he open fired on the first target. The long toothed creature ran at Haakon and swung at him with a Katana but the Jarl blew its head off before it could complete the lunge. The six creatures behind them sprinted at the group while the one in front drew a large kukri knife.
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"Finally, these cucks are using [i]weapons[/i]!" Arianna laughed viciously, as if she found incredible joy within the fact of the monsters having weapons at last. Isaac made haste, looking for a way past the creatures as Arianna went to challenge them in combat.
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Then she quickly realized combat may not have been the way to go. More creatures dropped across the stairs, all armed with steel. Another dozen had jumped down and then another dozen after that. The only way was up, past the dead soldiers.
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Isaac had already figured that out, sprinting past the dead as he headed up. Arianna had noticed, as she yelled over the chair. "We need to go up!"
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"Up it is then!" Haakon suddenly yelled as he picked up Ari by her waist and lifted her over his shoulder. He did the same with with Scarlett who let out a yelp as he did so, and he began to charge up the stairs after Isaac. The dead ran after Haakon, and Ari would have to try and cover him from her interesting position.
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"Oh, for-" Arianna went quiet, as she began to rapidly slash with her blade: waves of energy were sent flying towards the chasing monsters, hopefully searing through their bodies.
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This tactic seemed to work for some of the black cloaked figures but they continued to rush at the large man as some of them survived the strikes. Haakon caught up with Isaac now and nearly ran past him before three more creatures jumped down into the steps above them. "BOY! TAKE CARE OF IT WILL YOU?!" He asked.
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"Oh, [i]fine[/i]!" Isaac roared back, in a considerably pissy and apparently bitchy attitude. He swung his left arm suddenly, the first that he waved upon exploding and showering the others. The other two found spikes digging into the flesh, before they split into two, as the spikes dissipated into blood afterwards.
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"See?! Look at ya now! You're being productive!" Haakon declared as he sprinted past the boy up the stairs.
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"Oh, please-" Isaac said in a somewhat furious tone, sprinting after Haakon in an attempt to catch up. After walking over the pool of blood that he had created, he then made a wall, blocking off the pathway from the zombies behind them.
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The dead couldn't pass which allowed the group to sprint up the steps further. The four of them were nearing the top before more dead leapt down. One of which landed on the railing of the steps and slashed at Arianna in her inhibiting state.
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Arianna barely blocked, gagging as she was left open. Her state had left her considerably rendered. "Isaac!" Without a word, the being was shredded from the inside, as Isaac kept running with almost inhuman determination.
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More creatures sprinted down the stairs to meet Isaac in combat, but Haakon continued to Sprint and he bashed through their ranks, leaving the three creatures prone as they fell.
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Isaac's immediate reaction was to let them explode as they hit the ground, and so they did: adrenaline was pumping through him now, as he carried onwards after Haakon.
