Talion in Equestria

Everyone was gathered in the courtyard where we built the portals to the other kingdoms the undead were slowly gathering but we did not have time we would leave the portal open to let them through and it will close when they all got through. We were now in Regems kingdom. It was a very large city the building had a roman feel to it as I looked around to see Coliseum behind me.

“Welcome.” I heard as I looked forward and saw Regem in armor the armor looked like it was made of gold with many precious gems on the chest piece such as rubies, sapphires, and diamonds.

“Hey.” I said as the panther guard walked up to the king and bowed. “Where were the demons spotted?” I asked and he leads me to a nearby building that has been made into a war room of sorts after we walked inside I saw Daron Stonepelt was already here with Torch.

“So where are they headed?” I asked

“We don’t know yet after they found out we found them they changed their direction every few miles.” Daron said.

“Well are they headed in any general direction?” I asked

“Yes and we have narrow it down to two possibilities here and a port city about 50 miles from away.”Torch said.

“The port city is the most exposed,” I said.

“Yes it is Torch is going to take his dragon and head over there we will stay here and see if they attack here if not we will head over to the port and help Torch it is the best plan we have at the moment.”Daron explained it was a good plan the dragon could hold their own against the demons if needed.

“I agree that is a good plan the dragons can hold them off long enough for us to arrive.” I said but I still don’t know the size of their army.”How large is the army?” I asked them.

“From what we have seen around 30,000.” Torch said this may be the biggest force of demons we have seen so far.

“How many do we have here.” I said

“Well me, Torch, and Regem have about 15,000 how about you?” He asked.

“The portal is powerful but it has its limits the most we can probably get through is 4,000 to 5,000 but I can create more undead and so can my liches.” I said.

“I suppose we are about even I guess.” Daron said and we nodded.

“How far are they now?” I asked.

“About an hour from here. Torch should be heading to the port right now.” Daron said and Torch took his 700 dragons to the port as they grew to their full size in a few seconds.

After that, about 5,000 undead made it through the portal before it shut down and started to recharge.

I started creating bonemen, mistmen and wraithmen they were powerful and useful undead I tried it once during my other life how a wraithman would fare against a deathlord it would take two of them to take down one and I figured out why deathlords and death overlords cost so much magic it's their shouts when I make them I am basically creating dragon souls for them to use shouts take a soul is one thing but creating one from nothing is something different.

So there was now 9,000 undead ready to fight and most of them were put underground because they were taking up to much space in the city so myself and the liches made shelters for them to be stored in until the battle.

“Have we figured out where they are going?” I ask Regem.

“Yes we have confirmed they are coming here I just sent a messenger to the dragon but it will take a while to reach them.” Regem said as he looked to the horizon.

“Let’s hope we can find the gates after the battle.”I said to him and there was movement on the horizon. “Get the civilians to safety I will get my undead archers on the walls and at the gate,” I said as the undead left the shelters and the civilians took their place in them. The bonemen and mistmen were on the walls the undead knights and death knights were at the gates ready to fight and the liches bound the new undead weapons to the orb that I now have attached to my belt wrapped in a bag made of leather.

The demons stopped right outside our archers' range after they got here but they were in range of the mistmen but I had them hold fire for now until we figure out their plan.

After a minute two figures walked through the army of demons they were wearing regal looking armor.

The first one’s armor was made of steel with a red gem in the middle he had steel shoulder guards his helmet had goat horns and a spike on the top. His skin was red he was about 6 foot 5 he wielded a sword with a dark blade with a few runes engraved in it his eyes were blue with a bit of green in them.

The second one was female she was wearing a large coat that went down to her feet with fur at the collar of the coat she was a succubus but with a dark magic demon appearance she had no weapons so I guess she uses magic I heard the flapping of wings beside me Hecale landed beside me and was shocked.

“Mother.”She said my eyes widened as I looked back at her there was definitely a similarity to their looks.

“What should we do with her?” I asked.

“I would like it if you captured her alive she was the only one that was ever kind to me in Tartarus,”Hecale said. “The other appears to be one of the seven demons lords. Be careful around him.” She said.

He didn’t look that dangerous but if Hecale is worried I should be careful.

“Fire,” I told the mistmen as they fired ice spikes at the demons they all hit their marks causing the demons to panic and charge. The archers fired immediately seeing as how they were now in range the wave of arrows wash over the demons as the orb glowed inside the bag as it gathered their souls.

“Ram the gates.” One of the demons yelled before being shot in the neck with an arrow.

Some of the demons were lifting battering rams and they were now trying to break through the gates any demons who had shields were blocking the arrow from hitting them.” Bring them down.” I said as my bonemen and Regem’s archers started to join the fight as they got on the wall.

They were starting to break the gates and the death knights were using their massive shields to plug any holes that appeared.

They were now breaking through the gates. The undead were the first to fight them as Regems guards were trying to get the civilians to safety. I looked to where the demon lord was but he was gone, however Hecale’s mother was still standing there.

“Where did he go.” I said looking for the demon lord but no one could find him.

They had now broken down the gate and I jumped out the wall to join the battle but I was flung through a building as soon as I touched the ground.

I got up out of the rubble and looked around for what attacked me then out of nowhere the demon lord appeared in front of me and jump kicked me into another building. “What the fuck.” I shouted as I went through another building.

I got out of the rubble again he appeared but I managed to dodge his next attack by jumping on top of the building I sensed no magic when he attacks so it must be his speed.

“You're not using magic are you?” I asked and I saw him grin under his helmet.

“You are one of the few people to figure it out before they die. My speed is what made me a demon lord.” He said.

He lifted his sword and disappeared again only to reappear in front of me and for some reason, I was feeling a bit of deja vu from what I did not remember. Our fight continued as we crossed blades he was slower for some reason when we were fighting close quarters so he is limited to what he can do when he has little room to move.

He thrust his sword forward but I swung my sword around so it only grazed me on my shoulder. He then looked to a nearby building and vanished. I quickly looked at the building and he reappeared, still in the stance he was in when he vanished that is when it hit me. After seeing this I had a theory, however it was very risky but had a good chance of succeeding.

He got in a low stance with his sword at his side and vanished again and instantly reappeared in front of me. I put my sword to my side and blocked his blade. “Yes, it worked.” I said.

“What do you mean and how did you block my attack.” He said.

“It was risky but it works I figured out with your speed you have little control over it. That is why you have to stop to attack; you can only travel in line of sight. That is why you looked at the building. Not only that but you can not speed up your attacks in a close quarter fight, so you use your speed to get a jump on your opponents.” As I explained he became more and more furious as his movement become filled with rage and much more predictable. Suddenly I remembered where I’ve seen this before. It was Dispo all over again. Even though this demon had little control over his speed he was still difficult to fight. Even though I could read his movements he was still very fast.

He tried to swing his sword at my head but I leaned back to dodge it. Even still it scratched my cheek. I got back in my stance and tried to stab him however he jumped back only causing my sword to get caught on his helmet pulling it off his head.

He lunged at me with his sword pointed forward. I saw that this was my chance. Ducking below the blade I thrust my sword forward through his gut. He fell to the ground behind me with my sword still through his stomach. He started coughing up blood as he got up.

“You will never win this war. This is only the beginning of the end for you and every mortal on this planet” The demon lord said as he tried to pull out my sword casing him to bleed faster. “Circe's demon army is endless it is hopeless to fight us.” He said as he pulled out the sword which was the only thing that was keeping him from bleeding out. He collapsed on the ground from blood loss dying shortly after that.

I heard clapping behind me and turned around to see Hecale’s mother standing with a smile. “Handsome and clever I like you already” She said I held out my hand and my sword flew towards me and into my hand as I pointed it at her.”There's no need for that I came to surrender to you.” She said but I doubted that.

“Forgive me if I have my doubts.” I said as she took off her coat. She wore a black skintight bodysuit that nearly blended in with her skin the only thing that revealed the suit was the ends of the sleeves being red showing she was actually wearing something. She had no sword or any kind of weapon hidden under the coat.

“I am unarmed,” She said I lowered my weapons as my undead grabbed her arms and put magic suppressing cuffs on her, taking her away.

“Master I believe it is time to use the shadow demons,” Phantom said as he left my shadow he was right we never tested them and we did not know their capabilities.

“Hmm yes, I suppose you’re right. Go have some fun.” I said as my shadow started erupting. Shadow demons starting flying out and letting out terrifying screeches that caused demons and citizens alike to cover their ears and cower as they heard them.

The shadow demons were using their long claws to rip through the demons armor and weapons they were also grabbing them and carried them high in the air and dropped them to their deaths.

We heard roaring in the distance as the battlefield outside the city was suddenly covered in flames, the dragons had arrived just in time to finish off the rest of the demons.

Torch, Regem, and Daron walked towards me Regem was covered in demon blood but Daron was perfectly fine. “Hey, Daron where were your warriors during all this?”I asked him and he laughed nervously then Regem stepped in.

“I asked him and his warrior to watch over the people in case the demons found another way into the city,” Regem said and I nodded and the shadow demons started flying into my shadow. I looked back to Regem and the others and they had angry looks on their faces.”Why do you have demons under your control!” He yelled.

“I created them a while ago but never had the chance to test them they seem to be effective in the fight they are shadow demons they are made of shadow and most of the time reside in my shadow when they are not fighting for me they are no danger to us but to the demons that is a different story,” I explain they still had an angry expression but they understood and put it to the side for now. “Now I must return to Minas Morgul to resume my duties,” I said as my undead left through the portal and I did shortly after the undead went back into storage except for the undead knights which rejoined the royal guard.

The captains and Liches joined me in the tower so we could make think of the area the gates are in.

“It would probably be in the area.” The royal guard captain said as he drew a very large circle on a map the area he was suggesting was vast and would take a long time to find the gates and they would surely attack again before we find them but we will have to deal with it for now but now that we have an area to scout we can finally end this before it is too late.

“For now we keep an eye on the area for any demons activity but we must prepare for their next attack we will mostly bring the royal guard next time we go into battle we will need the numbers especially if we fight in the open the city gave us the advantage this time but next time we might not have that opinion,” I said and they left to prepare for the next attack.

It was now time to see the prisoner I walked down to the dungeon I tried to make her comfortable since she was Hecale’s mother and since she surrender willingly I gave her a proper bed and a few books along with a candle for light I reached the lower levels of the tower where we were holding her.

I walked past the iron door that separated the dungeon to the rest of the tower above I walked in view of her cell I heard her moaning I looked inside her cell and saw her she still had her suit on so she was just rubbing herself while groping her breasts she noticed me but kept going. “Hello.” She said.

“Am I interrupting something?” I asked as she stopped and stood up I never really paid attention to her figure before but she was just like Celestia with large breast and an hourglass figure and large ass.

“No, but your welcome to join me if you want I’m sure Hecale won't mind me borrowing you for a bit and thanks for the accommodations the most I got from Hecale father was a cell until he was horny enough to fuck me.” She said as she looked at me with a sultry look.

“Sorry but no and are all succubuses like you?” I asked.

“Yes we are.” SHe said simply as she showed off her body by showing off her assets.

“We should head upstairs and get Hecale,” I said as she smiled and we headed upstairs where Hecale was waiting for us.

“Mother.” Hecale struggled to say through her tears as she hugged her.

“Shhh it’s ok I’m here and I’m not going anywhere.” She said as she hugged her back.

“So why did you surrender?” I asked her as they broke their hug.

“I sick of Tartarus it was bearable before but when Circe returned it has been nothing but torture there are many demons that don't want to fight being taken and experimented on especially their newest project.” She said.

“What is it?” I asked.

“Circe knows of your power to bring back the dead and its limits she is making weapons that will destroy bodies of those they kill.” She explained and me and Hecale were horrified I needed to warn the other kingdoms.

I cast the spell as several screens appeared they were answered shortly after.”What do you need?” Regem asked Toa, Torch, Daron, Celestia, Luna, and Noa asked simpler things.

“I have bad news the demons now have a weapon that will destroy the bodies of the dead so I can't bring them back to life,” I said and everyone was horrified.

“Where did you get this information?” Toa asked as I pointed to Hecale’s mother.

“What makes you think we can’t trust her,” Daron said.

“She has nothing to gain and even with this information, it does not change our plans in the slightest also if she isn’t telling the truth it won't affect us at all,” I explained to them it was true if she was lying it won’t change anything.

“True it won’t change anything but this is important information that will need to be taken into consideration with every move we make it will cause trouble along the way if it is true.” Torch said.

“Yes we will have to put that into consideration but we don’t have much of a choice so, for now, we must keep watching for the demons next attack,” I said as they all nodded and I ended the spell. “Now that they know that should help them make countermeasures against it” I said to Hecale and her mother then she collapsed.

“Mother, what’s wrong?” Hecale asked as red marks start appearing around her mother's body.

“Circe is trying to bring me back to Tartarus I need a contract to stay here.” She said and started the contract we didn’t need any conditions so it was easy.

“Now all we need is a name how about Lotus.” I said she nodded and the contract was finished and just in time she was almost engulfed in the red marks and now they were starting to fade and return to normal she was breathing normally too.” It is done now we can breathe easy Hecale can you get her a room I need to absorb the souls that were gathered during the battle.” I said and she took her to a room and I went to the room I kept the palantir I placed some guards in there to even since Leo touched it I have felt a little uneasy leaving it alone.

“Move it for a minute,” I told one of the undead they were unable to use it so it is safe for them to touch it they took it out of its place so I could place the soul orb as I am now calling in its place the orb illuminated the entire room with red light as the souls of the demons floated around inside.

I placed my hand on the orb and the glowed brightened and then started to fade as the souls were being absorbed at first everything was going well but then I was suddenly in pain and I was unable to remove my hand from the orb the undead in the room except for the one that was holding the Palantir cam to my aid in trying to remove my hand from the orb they were trying to pry it me by grabbing my arm and then the orb and pulling opposite directions but to no avail the pain only increased as more soul were absorbed into my body and soon after I passed out.

1 hour later Hecale POV

All the girls had gathered they were not told anything and this is being kept from the public.”What’s going on?” Celestia asked I was wondering the same then but the captain of the royal guard walked in with a doctor.

“Thank you all for coming here.” The doctor said.

“What happened to him?” Luna asked worried for Talion.

“Well from what I have gathered from Thanatos the liches the captains and medical books he was absorbed to much power from what the liches said he can gain power through souls and he used demon souls.” He explained but it does even if it is a magic overload I would not cause him pain like this it would only prevent him from using magic for a while.”His power has nearly tripled from the power spike.” He said and I swear I could even hear a nail drop on the floor.

“That is not possible that much of a power increase should have destroyed him,” Twilight said

“We can thank his dark magic for that as we all know dark magic clings to its host even after death it very nature is to corrupt and improve their host bodies but since Talion is immune to its corruption it only improved his body just in time for him to barely survive the power spike but we have also made a new discovery demons soul have a much higher quality than our souls he probably didn’t notice at first but I think I know why.” He said but he looked hesitant to say it.

“Well, what is it,” I said.

“I think demons are fragments of Circe’s soul.” The doctor said quickly and then the room was silent again. “And it is possible if he continues to consume her soul fragments for him to inherit some of her abilities and powers but that is only my theory and opinion.” He said.

“And what do you base it off of?” I asked.

“In accent legends magic was said to originate from our very souls but since it could not be proven it was just written off as folklore but with what we have gathered recently it might be true and Thanatos told me about the process to make a proxy he removes half of your and replaces it with magic and the soul absorbed it and makes a connection between the two.” He said.

“Yes that does make sense but what makes you think makes you think they are parts of her soul,” Twilight asked.

“There was only one soul left in the orb that Talion had we have scanned it with magic sensors only to find out it is fractured and small but still incredibly powerful a soul in normally complete and much larger that is why I think they are fragments.” He explained as he looked through his notes.

“Well, when should Talion wake up?” I asked

“In a few hours it seems his body was forced into a deep sleep so it could adapt to the magic that now courses through his body and he may have trouble controlling his new strength when he wakes up so he will need to practice to control it,” He said.

“Is there anything else we should expect?” I asked.

“Yes, it involves you and Thanatos.” He said. “It is possible his magic might also course through you and make you stronger so you should keep power in check just in case you have a sudden power increase.” He said it was a good thing he warned us it could have caused trouble if we suddenly couldn’t control our power but for now we have to wait for him to wake up from his sleep.