"Done!" Orgran called, hefting a large pillar of golden crystal covered with rings of sparkling metal.
"Good now I will make the portal," Talion said as he drew his sword and stabbed it into the ground and cracks formed around where the sword stabbed into the ground and leaked red magic then the ground started to shake and a large archway started rising from the ground and energy formed in it make the inside look like a see-through veil.
Eva goes up to it and looked in seeing many souls she tried to touch them but Talion stopped her and said "Bad idea only undead can safely travel between life and death if you were to touch the veil between them your soul would be ripped from your body my soul, however, is not as attached as yours so I will bring him closer." He warned and his body fell limp as his soul left his body it was he was see-through with a red outline and he entered the veil.
"Alright, I'm gonna go babysit, you get to work on carving, toots!" I heard a new voice as a tall man adorned in crimson waved to me as he passed, walking through the portal.
POV Change Talion
I walked through the veil and was now in the afterlife.
"Wow, nice place, digging the grim vibe here… course Hell had the better climate." a voice jokingly commented from behind me. "So, you're the Tomb-strider, wait no, that's not it… Sarcophagus-skipper… Crypt-leaper?"
"Grave Walker," I said as I turned around and saw a familiar figure.
"There it is! Can I call you Gray for short? Your expression makes it fit so well!"
"Only if I can call you Al, Alucard even though I did not expect to see you here, " I said with a grin.
"Oh I'm starting to like you, out there you were a bit too dull if Orgran wasn't the one in the driver's seat I would've found a better way to clear up my boredom, but nooo, he wants to be nice and make you a gun! So, who's the old dust bag we need to find?" Alucard said.
"Eva's Grand Master, they share a connection they shared in life we will use it to find him, and he's making me a gun?" I asked him.
"Yep! He got more of that Mithril stuff and he's made you a god gun… say, this guy wouldn't happen to have horns and a lingering wisp of nightmare moon's magic stuck on him, would he?"
"Yes he would and I didn't really find it surprising where I come from Mithril was usually used by the dwarves they say it was as light as a feather but hard as a dragon's scale," I said.
"Oh, then you keep looking over there, and I'll go talk to the lingering soul over here that's clearly our target."
"I already knew he was there while we were talking I was following the connection I can multitask," I said and we walked over to the Grand Master.
"So, who bets the nightmare stuff clinging to him is gonna make him violent and attack us?" alucard asked.
"Most definitely so be ready to restrain him if needed," I said as we approached.
I heard two guns cocking, and looked to the vampire wielding them. "I'm sorry, what did you say?" Alucard asked.
"Nothing much just be ready for a fight," I said and we were close to him now he was silent at first but then he twitched then vanished and punched Alucard in the face.
The vampire simply grinned in spite of the blow and backflipped using the momentum, leveling his handguns for a volley of holy bullets. "Alright Casper, say cheese!"
"Don't worry about killing him in this place he will only reform after a few minutes," I told Alucard and I used my mist to create a black long sword.
"It's not Big Beef Combo I'm talking to!" he started firing… at the dark silhouette that was floating behind him, but it dodges the bullets. I teleported behind the silhouette and swung at it cutting into his back.
Eventually, the dark silhouette could not handle the two-pronged assault and screamed out a death cry before fading into the Aether.
"What-what happened, where am I, and who are you two? an undead and a deity working together?" The Grand Master said.
"How did you know?" I asked him.
"Rescue now, questions later, sup pops! We're here to bring you back to life and see your pseudo-daughter again!"Alucard said as he tried to grab the Grand Master.
"Impossible no one can resurrect the dead from here!" The Grand Master said sadly.
"You realize you live in a world where Discord is an established entity, correct? Don't you think the concept of impossible is a bit… stupid, at this point?" Alucard said
The Grand Master gets a look of realization and understanding when it finally sinks in what was said. "I guess you're right."
"Well we need to get out of here now there is no telling if evil souls will try to get through the portal when we are away," I said.
"Yeah, come on, then we can set up adoption papers and make you officially Eva's dad or whatever!"
If ghosts could cry the Grand Master would be crying and we continued to lead the Grand Master out of the afterlife and I was right there were a few souls trying to breach the portal but to no avail.
Alucard took on the biggest grin as he readied his guns. "Oh good, the nightmare fight was too short," he said as he rushed in and started shooting up the specters.
"Well you can deal with them real quick I will get him through the portal," I said as I put my hand on his shoulder and we pushed through the souls as Alucard dealt with them. We passed through and I felt something trying to pull the Grand Master back but it only got stronger when I attempted to take my hand off the Grand Master.
Alucard leaped out shortly after, the vampiric form fading away to reveal Orgran as he turned to Eva. "Hey, is the Totem done yet?"
"Not quite he had a really long life and I know most of it," Eva said.
"Hey he will only be able to stay as long as I keep physical contact with him," I told them
"Alright, but we should hurry, I don't know how long Talion can keep your dad here… and before either of you say it, yes, you raised her, you cared for her, and you loved each other as family, you're her dad." Orgran said
"Your right I think of him as my father," Eva said.
"And her my daughter." The Grand Master said.
Once the final letter was etched in, the totem shifted to show the head of Bronze Courage on the top of the pillar, a chain connected to a sort of spiritual life preserver launching out and linking to the soul of the Grand Master, having the pull towards the gate disappear.
Next, we watched as the minotaur's spirit was absorbed into the Totem as magic swirled around, picking up streams of water, earth, and fire in a whirlwind that began to form the shape of his body. Finally, the new physical body of Bronze Courage, the form of a Minotaur at the peak of his youth, set hoof onto the ground as the spirit was siphoned into the new body from the Totem through a river of golden mana… and the eyes opened.
In disbelief, he looked down at himself. "I never thought I would say the words 'I live again' but here I am so I LIVE AGAIN!!"
"Alright! Welcome to the land of the living! I think we should make sure your new body is working right, starting with the heart." Orgran stated.
"So how ya gonna do that?" Bronze Courage asked.
"Simple!" Orgran clears his throat, then takes a deep breath. "I'm banging your daughter! Who might be pregnant with my child since we did it three times these past few days! And she was the one who initiated the first two!" Orgran said.
Eva gives Orgran a swift kick in the jewels.
"GAH!" He doubles over slightly but seems rather unhurt. "Hey, if you have a better way to give a father a heart attack I'm all ears!"
Eva kicks him again right in the same spot but harder.
"ARGH!!" He stumbles… but recovers. "Easy! I'd like to give our kid some siblings at some point!"
"Well, I guess it is time for introductions I am Talion god of darkness and death," I told him.
"That explains how you were able to bring me through the portal you're a shinigami type deity." The grand master asked.
"Yes, I guess you could say that," I said.
"I'm Orgran The Red, Last King of The Dwarves of Mylinia."
"And?" BC asked.
"I'm the first other Displaced that Eva has met due to her summoning me through my token, I originated from an alternate Equestria."
"So that is how you met Evangel!" BC said. "Now is what you said true?"
"Yes, for the sake of me sacred pearls, I won't give you the play-by-play, but yes, we did bang and now I'm in a happy relationship with her."
"What is that on your finger?" He asks, Pointing to a ring on his left ring finger.
"Oh! That's my wedding ring, don't worry, Eva knows about them already and my two wives are very much into bringing other girls into the relationship… as long as there's a proper emotional connection, that is."
"Uh-huh ok."Bronze Courage said, "So talion how many wives do you have?"
"Well let me think there is Hecale, Aiko, Cadence, Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Celestia, Luna, Chrysalis, and Tempest so 11 I think," I said.
"Holy fuck, you're lucky you're undead or your heart would probably explode from all that bedtime affection… how the hell did Shining fuck things up with Cadence anyway? Normally in Equestrias, he's rational and good-hearted."
"Well shining sent tempest after me she used to be an assassin and also hid her gender with a magic cloak and he also killed his competition for the captain of the royal guard and many ambasers of equestria and other kingdoms" I explained.
"Fucking hell such dishonesty and backstabbing." Bronze Courage said surprised
"I'm with Grand Master on this one, your Shining Armor has such dishonorable practices that makes my Dwarven blood boil, the only good thing that seems to come out of his scheming is that with Tempest on your side, The Storm King of your world is short one very capable commander."
"We have not seen him yet so he might not even exist in my Equestria and the punishment I gave him was more than shining deserved," I said.
"Actually, and this is my inner scientist talking, but Equestria's always seem to have constants, such as the races from the show existing in one form or another, but an important thing is if the Storm King is not a major player in your Equestria, then in your high status, you should've gotten word of Hippogryphs being an active society outside of Equine borders, but I'm guessing they're not?"