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Chapter 28 - 22: climax: part 2.

Lisa had made it to the old clock tower by sundown, when no one was looking she lifted the sewer cap in an alley and climbed down the ladder.

When she got to the bottom of the ladder, a horrid putrid smell stung her nostrils as she breathed in, Her nose crinkled a little.

Part of her wanted to gag, but she fought through it and lifted her sleeve to access her gauntlet, she pressed a button and it opened up and began projecting her holgraphic map.

It took a few seconds to update but it had scanned the area and it had gotten a full map of the sewers, as well as a reading of the mana and demonic energy in the air.

"There you are." She saw a high concentration of demonic energy on the map just ahead.

She pulled out her dagger, as well as her brass knuckles, she steeled herself as she walked towards the source of the magical energy.

She walked about five minutes in the same direction, then she stopped when the gauntlet beeped like crazy, she made sure that the volume was down so no one heard her.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

It was practically screaming 'right here you dumb little-'

But for some reason, it was at a dead end.

"Wha?" She whispered to herself.

"But... Why is it-?" Then it hit her.

"Now I'm the idiot."

She began feeling around on the wall in front of her, she placed her ear on it and knocked a few times.

Knock- knock-

It was hollow.

Which ment that there was probably some kind of hidden room behind it, and if there was then there must be a switch somewhere.

She scanned the area with her eyes, but she couldn't find anything...

But then she looked down and saw she was standing on a metal hatch with a lock on it.

She got on her one knee and she charged her circuits, suddenly blue energy formed into a blue flame, she held the lock in her hand and it melted in seconds.

She pulled up the hatch and there it was, the switch. She flicked it and suddenly in front of her a rectangular shape appeared in the wall.

She stood up and pushed it and it opened up slowly like a door, she walked in cautiously.

She tiptoe'd down a dimly lit hall, she could here chanting, she recognized it was Canaanite.

When she got to the end of the hall, she creepy down and saw a large room, there was at least fifty people in dark cloaks standing around an alter, in front of it was a large fire, and there in the back was a golden calf...

She recognized it. "Baal." She gritted her teeth.

Baal, or hu'baal.

The canaanite God of storms, harvest, wealth and riches, he was the canaanite equivalent of Zeus the thunder God.

He would ride on a cloud and with lighting as his weapon's. He had two forms, a man with lighting in his hands, and a calf or bull.

Much like Zeus.

One could argue there the same entity.

"They made a high place down here."

High places where they would worship canaanite gods, they had there temple's

But they would have shines to there gods and even sacrifice there too.

"They did it right under our noses."

Suddenly... A figure emerged.

He wore a white cloak unlike his fellow cultists, all of them seam to become more

Reverent as he stepped through the middle of them and onto a platform.

He suddenly took off his hood and raised his hands for them to stop chanting.

Lisa grinded her teeth as she looked upon him, he had curly, seaweed like red hair, a creepy looking grin and a rather long nose, he was long and lanky, tall but skinny.

He had a gold stalf in his hand with a bull on it. She know who he was. "Nikolai."

This was the man her father was sent to take in. Yes her father was a bishop, but he wanted to relive his days as a hunter one last time.

And Nikolai wretthers was one nasty sorcerer and high ranking member of the cult of mal he wanted desperately to take in.

But that led to his disappearance, and her mother leaving her all to herself...

But there was no time to think about that.

"My brother's." He spoke in a deep German accent.

"It is time for us to finally receive our reward for our hard labor, for you all have been degilgently hunting our sacrifices to Baal, I am deeply grateful and proud of you my congregation for your efforts... We only need one last sacrifice, and Lord Baal shall give us his blessing." He smiled and gestured to an even taller, more imposing figure.

It was the man in black.

"My dear Reginald, you have captured the last sacrifice yes?"

He gave a nod and stepped forward.

"Yes my master... She is in the next room"

"Good... Good... " He grinned sinisterly.

"Bring her to me."

He gave a nod and went into the next room, after a few seconds he came out, and there tied up from head to toe was a little girl he carried like a lamb to the slaughter.

"No! Please! Let me go!" She had to be only ten, maybe eleven at the most.

Lisa looked, and it was the same girl Jack had shown her.

"Crap." She mutterd under her breath as he laid her on the alter, suddenly they started chanting once more, they began beating drums on each side of the idol.

Nikolai walked forward, he pulled out a gold dagger and looked over the girl.

"Hello my dear child... Don't worry, your dieing for a good purpose, and I promise it'll only be a moment of pain... "

"NO!" She screamed and struggled.

"PLEASE! SOMEONE HELP ME!" tears formed in her eyes, he raised his dagger, he was about to strike.

But then Lisa shot a bolt of lightning right at the dagger, knocking it out of his hand.

"?!"

She walked out of the hall and pointed her dagger at him. "Nikolai wretthers! I am Lisa Elwood! And by the authority of the bathazarian church I'm here to capture you and make you answer for your crimes!"

There was a pause.

"Hehe... Hahahaha!" He laughed like a madman.

"Well, well, well... Lisa Elwood... I know who you are yes, your father was Thomas Elwood yes?... " He stepped off the platform.

"Yes, he was... You know, your father was one of the greatest hunter's I've ever fought... " He grinned as he came to the middle of the room.

"However... He fell to me... But, I let him live so I could torment him for days... "

Lisa's heart sank, her eyes widened as he uttered. "Or was it months? Who knows... I had so much fun torturing him, time flyes as they say... But, eventually... I killed him. Slowly, painfully... "

"You-" she began to boil.

"What? Did you think he was still alive?"

"ILL MAKE YOU SUFFER!"

Lisa lunched at him, before she could strike he teleported out of the way and punched her, black energy exploded from his fist and she was thrown into the wall.

"!"

He teleported again and he picked her up and slammed her into the ground, he held her there for a few moments grinning like the devil himself. "My, my, your much weaker then your father was... "

She gritted her teeth.

"You..."

"But you have his spirit, I'll give you that."

Suddenly he got off her and black tendrils manifested and rapped around her body and held her up. "Would you like to know how he died?"

He whispered in her ear. "He died with piss and shit all over him, with his skin ripped off and beaten so bad you wouldn't be able to recognize him... He was in so much pain... He begged me to kill him, so I fed him to a lion I had starved for a few days for the fun of it."

Lisa bagan crying.

"I hate you... You monster!"

"I bet you wanna kill me huh?"

She didn't speak.

"But isn't it your family code to never kill? Even if that person is a serial killer?"

She looked up at him.

"I wonder, would you brake your family's code of honor to avenge your dear old dad?"

He grinned and dropped her.

"Now's your chance."

He raised his hand and suddenly black tendrils shot out and grabbed he gold dagger and brought it to his open palm.

"Here we go. See this knife? I skinned your father with it." He licked the blade.

"Here." He dropped it on the ground.

"Pick it up... "

Lisa hesitated for a moment, her expression unreadable.

She grabbed it and stood up.

"Good... Now, stab me."

He sed smiling.

"Go on.... I dare you."

She looked at him, then the dagger.

* * *

"Damn it!" I sed as I struggled against the chain. "Damn it!"

I kept going, there had to be someway to get these off...

But... Then again... If there was, I didn't know it.

"Crap... "

I stopped. It has been thirty minutes already, and Lisa was probably there by now, and she had no idea what she was getting herself into, neither did I. I could only think of the worst. Why? Why? Why!

Why didn't she listen! She could have been killed for all I know!

I laid my head on the ground. There was no getting up. Then it occurred to me that this is probably how Lisa felt when I fought the goblin Lord, scared, hopelessly scared for me.

"Lisa... I'm sorry."

So is this it? Am I just giving up?

If I do it could mean the death of the girl who I loved... And yes... I loved her. With everything in me. Even though we haven't been dating for more then a week, I've known her all my life. She was the only girl who I ever really liked and she cared so much for me. But I hated myself so much I was blind to it.

And now I was giving up?

"I really am a piece of shit."

After a few more seconds, it came to me. When there's nothing else I can do...

I can pray.

"Alright... Um... First off, Lord I ask you forgive me for that... Second... "

I took in a deep breath.

"Lord, you see what's happening, you see what's at stake, not just Lisa's life but another girl's life is at stake... So please... Please, for there sake... And for the sake of your glory... Somehow get me out of this."

A few seconds past, and then a gold light began to manifest from behind me. "?!"

White and silver flames bursted into existence from my left and coverd all the chains. And suddenly they exploded into white shards in the air.

I was free.

"Wow... That was fast..."

Then I got up.

"Thank you Lord... Now to get to Lisa!"

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