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Chapter 16: The True Masquerade

..Khalid. The man behind the mask this entire time was Khalid, Acubens' left hand man. The usually emotionless Ba'al showed an expression of pure shock, expecting the mask to reveal Salomon. Marcello turned and looked at Ba'al, and saw the expression he was showing.

Marcello's shock quickly changed to anger. "So, this entire time..you were Raven?" asked Marcello.

"That is correct. I am Raven, the true Headmaster of the Raven Reapers." Khalid answered. "I was able to disguise my voice with a voice change spell enchanted into the mask."

Marcello glanced back at Ba'al, who still look like in utter shock. Then he looked back at Khalid. "So, it wasn't Salomon?"

Khalid shook his head side-to-side. "No. Why would we accept our enemy as our master, our voice?" Khalid stopped shaking his head and looked at Ba'al. "Are you going to finish me?"

Marcello looked back at Ba'al, sighed, then looked at Khalid. "I don't think you're the one who needs to be finished." Marcello looked at Ba'al with a serious expression. "Care to explain, brother?"

He took a few steps back while shaking his head side-to-side. "No, no. This is a trick, a lie planned by Salomon." he replied with a raised voice.

Marcello drew his sword and walked closer to Ba'al. "It seems the liar has been discovered." Marcello sighed. "Why did I believe you, brother? Why didn't I just listen to Lord Salomon?!"

Marcello's brother sighed and returned to his emotionless expression. "You're a fool Marcello. You don't understand-"

"-Understand what!? That you're nothing more but a liar!? Why did I question Lord Salomon? WHY?!"

Marcello pointed his blade at Ba'al. "I done believing that there's a small chance that you could understand. I thought that I could make you understand, but then...I stopped believing for that split second and look at what almost happened. Well, I'm done being fooled by your lies, I'm going to put you and your disease upon this world to an end."
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"You're being fooled right now. This is what Salomon wants."

"Or maybe this isn't what YOU want. Maybe you wanted me to believe so I could turn against Salomon as a part of your sick game."

The assassin took another sigh and his eyes changed to Crimson red. He readied his scythe and Dragon Claw. "If this is how you must end, so be it." Marcello closes his eyes, then reopens them. His eyes were Crimson red. They both charged at each other.

Marcello swings his sword at Ba'al, who blocks with his scythe. He pushes Marcello, grabs him by the throat, punches him a few times, then throws him at a wall. Marcello is hurled through the wall, and lands in another room hard on his back.

When Marcello just got to his feet, his brother suddenly appears and impales Marcello in the gut with his Dragon Claw. Marcello's eyes widened. He took his claw back and kicked Marcello to the ground. Blood poured from Marcello's wound despite it not being too deep.

Marcello was on his hands and knees when Ba'al kicked in him in the gut hard. Marcello held onto his gut as it hit pretty badly. His brother stared at Marcello with emotionless, remorseless eyes. Marcello got to his feet then looked up at Ba'al, who appeared to be waiting for him.

Marcello charged at Ba'al, then swings his sword. The Crimson Reaper disappears right before Marcello's blade made contact with him. From behind, a Dragon Claw slash wound appeared on Marcello's back. Then to the left, another appeared. Then to the right, another appeared. Then right across Marcello's face, another was cut.

Marcello is then kicked to the ground, where his body was lifeless. His brother stared down at Marcello, sighed, turned his back, then walked away. "S-stop!" a voice shouted. The Crimson Reaper looked back and his brother was back on his feet. "I-I'm not done!"
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Marcello's brother shook his head side-to-side. "You're not worth my time, Marcello." he replied. With that, he returned to walking away. Marcello charged at Ba'al, then swings his sword when he was close enough. He turns around when Marcello got too close, then swings his scythe at Marcello's chest.

His scythe cuts Marcello, from the left shoulder to his right hip. Marcello's eyes became hollow when he fell to his knees, he then looked up at Ba'al. "Forgive me." he whispered to Marcello. Marcello fell to the ground in a pool of blood. The Crimson Reaper sighed, turned around, and walked away.

Marcello's eyes began to slowly close shut. "No..this can't be the end..I don't want to die.." he said softly in his head. He looked at Ba'al and held his hand out to Ba'al. "..Brother..!!" This took Ba'al 's attention, he looked back and saw the state of his brother. A tear fell from Ba'al 's left eye. He looked away and continued to walk.

Marcello fell back to the ground as his eyes closed fully. His body, lifeless. But then something overcame Marcello, a feeling of true demonic power. His hands clenched and his teeth grit. The Crimson Reaper knew something was wrong, so he stopped walking.

Marcello sat up with his eyes still closed. He grabbed his sword then got to his feet. A demonic aura surrounded Marcello as greater demon's wings grew from his back. His trench coat rips off, revealing his chainmail. Then his eyes open, the entire eye was Crimson red.

When his eyes did open, a pulse of energy went through the room, crushing all glass objects, including windows into small bits. Marcello's evil eyes glanced upon his brother. "I told you I wasn't done." he said with a voice that sounded more demonic like

Ba'al looks back at his brother and saw Marcello's demonic power at it's fullest. "I see. This is your demonic power at it's fullest." he replied.
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"Enough of your talk! It's time you pay for the crimes you have committed."

The Scythe of Verità began to glow multi colored. "If I have to use this on you, let it be." he tapped the bottom of the scythe on the ground. Suddenly, the room froze in place in black and white. He turned around and charged at Marcello. But somehow, Marcello charged at Ba'al despite time being frozen.

"How is that possible? He isn't frozen." he said in his head. Marcello swung his sword at Ba'al, who blocked with his scythe. The battle of true demonic power had begun.

Meanwhile, back into the battles taken place outside the castle walls. A group of Albalis surrounded Logan and Visdin. Nyx began to fight with Sarah, while Aries fought Vezyfher. And last but not least, Darien fought Lev. Aries and Vezyfher fought from top of buildings. Aries swings his Dragon Battleaxe at Vezyfher.

He competently jumps back and dodges the attack. When he was in the air, Aries charged at Vezyfher. When Vezyfher lands on his feet, Aries swings his Dragon Longsword. Vezyfher guards with his metal arm then takes a quick punch at Aries.

Aries kicked Vezyfher's gut. He fell to the ground. Aries swings his Dragon Battleaxe towards the ground, trying to impale Vezyfher. Vezyfher rolls back and dodges. He got to his feet and pointed his sword at Aries. A dart shoots out. Aries swung his Dragon Battleaxe at the dart and deflects it.

Vezyfher charged at Aries. Aries' Dragon Longsword began to glow red. He then charged at Vezyfher as well. When they were close enough, they swing their swords at each other. Their blades collide with each other's. Aries was about to swing his axe until he realized that Vezyfher was about to pull the trigger to his dartgun.
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Aries quickly jumped back as Vezyfher pulled the trigger. Instead of an execution shot, the dart hits Aries' right shoulder. Aries' shoulder flies back once the dart made contact. But wince Aries did not. He readied himself like a true warrior. Vezyfher charged back at Aries.

He swings his sword, the Chrysanthemum, at Aries. He blocked, and then threw an attack of his own. Vezyfher dodged the attack by jumping into the air. When he was in the air, Aries grabs something. He throws a large black throwing axe at Vezyfher. Not expecting it, he barely blocks the attack.

Aries jumped into the air along with Vezyfher. Then swings his Dragon Longsword at Vezyfher, he blocked of course. But then Aries swings his Dragon Battleaxe. His axe impales the left shoulder of Vezyfher. Vezyfher pushes Aries' sword away and then punches him in the face.

They both land back onto the ground, Aries hits the ground while Vezyfher lands solidly on his feet, with Aries' battleaxe still impaled into his shoulder. Vezyfher grit his teeth as he ripped the battleaxe out. He threw it off the roof to the ground below.

"You disgusting vermin. You dare hurl your weapon into me!?" Vezyfher shouted at Aries. He didn't reply for he simply got to his feet and readied himself for blade-to-blade combat. Vezyfher shot a dart and Aries threw an black throwing axe at each other at the same time.

Both of the weapons hit each other and falls to the ground without any injury. They both charged and swing their swords at each other. Their weapons collided with each other's. They jumped back and repeated the same thing that they just did. Once then jumped back, Aries waited. Vezyfher hastes towards Aries.

Darien fought Lev, the small but old boy. Darien readied his Dragon Scimitar in his hand and charged at Lev. With his dual blades ready, Lev waited for Darien. The approaching warrior swings his Scimitar at Lev. He blocks with his dual swords crossed like an X.
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Lev jumped back and threw one of his many swords at Darien like a javelin. Darien jumps to the side and dodges the sword. Lev smirked then threw his left hand out in-front of him. But strangely enough, Lev was unable to control Darien's emotions.

Darien got close enough to connect an attack. Not prepared for it, Lev does a last second block and one of his swords is hurled out of his hand. Darien continues to strike with strong, hard-to-block attacks. Another one of Lev's swords is blown out of his hand.

Lev was left defenseless, Darien swings his Dragon Scimitar at Lev's left shoulder and cuts a deep wound. Darien kicks the boy to the ground where he began to crawl away from Darien. Lev looks up at the elf with a truly hateful look upon his face..but then he smirked.

Lev disappeared and a black shadow quickly enters Darien's body. Darien fell to his knees and his eyes changed to the color red. "If I die here..father will disappointed in me." Lev mumbled in Darien's voice. Darien raised his sword like he was going to impale himself.

Right before the blade made any contact with Darien, it stopped. Darien rose to his feet and the black shadow is released out of his body. Lev reappears as the shadow hits the ground. Lev sat up right after hitting the ground, his teeth grit in frustration. Darien readied his Dragon Scimitar as he waited for Lev.

Lev got to his feet and charged back at Darien. He swings his last sword at Darien, he counters. He jumps a very short distance, kicks Lev right in the face, then swings his Scimitar at Lev's upper right arm. Lev quickly jumps back and dodges the attack.

They both swing their swords at each other at the same time. Their blades collide with each other's. Darien pushes Lev back and attempted an impale. Lev jumps back and throws his sword at Darien.
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At the last second, Darien guards with his arm. The sword impales his left forearm. Lev bolted towards Darien, took his sword back, and swings his sword. Darien guards the attack with his sword horizontally, while Lev had his blade vertically.

"Give up! You're not strong enough to defeat Abaddon's will!" Lev yelled.

"Look, sorry about attacking you and all, seeing as how you're a kid. But I'm not going to let you kill me without a fight." the elf replied.

"Heh. If you're not going to forfeit your life, then I'll have to take it by force!!"

"I guess you're going to have to!!"

Sarah fought Nyx, the sadistic woman. Sarah charged at Nyx. Smiling evilly, of course, Nyx stomped down on the ground. A large Moss Titan rose from the ground. It let out a booming roar. Sarah looked up at the titan with an expression of "you've got to be kidding me".

Nyx yelled out a loud yawn. "Hey..um..Mister Moss Titan. Yeah, kill this little girl for me. I know, it's not much but seeing her get beaten into broken pieces will amuse me." The Moss Titan replied with a loud cry. "Yeah, thanks!" she disappeared and reappeared on top of a roof. She sat down with her legs crossed.

The Moss Titan slammed it's giant fist at Sarah. She jumped away from the titan and landed on her feet. However, the force of the punch was like an earthquake, like a sonic boom. Sarah fell off her feet. The Moss Titan grabbed a large chuck of earth and lifted it into the air, about to throw it at Sarah.

Nyx began to laugh. "Haha! Too bad your boy-toy isn't here to-" Suddenly, something grabbed her attention, which is why she stopped talking. Her titan look like it was about to fall. And so the titan did fall on top of a bunch of building, crushing them into pieces, and blast of smoke and dirt smothered the air.
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When the smoke finally dissipates, what was left of the buildings was nothing more but a mountain of dirt and moss left by the titan. Nyx looks down and saw Janak with his blade out. He looks up at Nyx, then smiled. "You think I was going to let that happen?" he asked Nyx.

Nyx smiled evilly, then laughed diabolically. Janak looks back at Sarah with his emerald green eyes. "You alright?" After the concerned question, Sarah nods her head briefly. Suddenly, Nyx quiets down. She jumps off the roof of the building, and lands in-front of the two with an devilish smile.

"That was beautiful, Janak. You saved your girl by risking your life. It's so beautiful that it almost brought a tear to my eye." she replied.

"You can't cry, Nyx. You don't have any emotions!" Sarah added.

"Aww, that hurts. I thought you knew me better, girl. I have emotions, just like you."

"No, you're nothing like Sarah. Unlike you, she doesn't take pleasure in murder, you sick witch."

"I'm hurt that you can even think about that. I don't enjoy murder," she looks at the two with a truly malevolent look. "I relish in it."

Back inside the castle, the enraged, empowered Marcello was fight Ba'al, his brother. The room around the two was frozen in time. The two moved so quickly with it looked like their fight was in super fast forward. Marcello swings his sword at Ba'al, who blocked with his scythe.

The Crimson Reaper quickly move behind Marcello and slashes his back with his Dragon Claw. Marcello turned around and grabbed Ba'al by the throat, he throws Ba'al at the wall. He crashes through the wall, and into the next room, which appeared to be a servant's room.

The assassin quickly got back to his feet, only to get a punch in the face by Marcello. He fell to the floor, and Marcello picks him up by his scarf. "C'mon brother. Is this all the Crimson Reaper has to offer me?" he taunted.
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He lets go of his Dragon Claw and that hand clenched up. He began punching Marcello's face as hard as he could, to the point where Marcello's face began to bleed. Marcello lets go of Ba'al, and he picks his Dragon Claw back up.

He charges back at Marcello, and began slashing in at random. Until Marcello places his hand on Ba'al 's chest, and this huge blast of demonic energy bursts out from that hand. This sends Ba'al out a large window that was behind him.

He blasts through the glass, through the window. He falls three stories before hitting the ground, hard on his back. Marcello teleports in-front of Ba'al, who was laying on the ground with blood coming out from his mouth.

Marcello raised his sword, like he was about to kill Ba'al, until a familiar voice took his attention. "Is this really what you have become, Marcello?" the voice said.

Marcello looks back and saw Salomon. "S-Salomon!?" he replied.

"That is correct." Salomon walked closer to Marcello. "Spare your brother Marcello. I think you've done enough work."

"Give me another order and I'll kill you."

"Oh? And you think I fear you in that state, Marcello?" Salomon puts his hand on Marcello's shoulder. "You still the boy I raised, don't forget that."

The demonic aura disappeared. Marcello fell to his knees, withered of his energy. After a few deep breaths, he got to his feet and looked back at Salomon. "T-thank you Lord Salomon."

Salomon smirked. "It was no trouble at all. Finish your business with your brother. I will discuss with you later."

"But what about the Raven Reapers? What about Raven?"

"Raven and his cult most likely retreated. Rest assured, the fight is over for this moment." With that said, Salomon went back into his kingdom.

Marcello looked back at Ba'al, who's eyes had opened. "I think it would be best for both of us if you didn't get up."
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