Corruption of Souls

Ch.59

When the battle broke out and ruined our passionate rendezvous with Cocoa and Urta, the Night Sentinels were thankfully ready to combat their long-hated enemy.

Within the first two days the battle was fierce and brutal. The Night Sentinels were holding off the Hordes of Hell at the edge of the plateau, their tanks forming battle lines and hammering away at the ground forces of the Hellspawn while anti-air gun emplacements kept the skies clear of the flying demons.

Unfortunately, on the third day Hell had finally breached the tunnel in Unity’s box canyon and started flooding in. Many lives were lost in that tunnel, but they died fighting. Honey and her Hive were cut off on the other side of the river canyon on day one of the siege, but they were hidden and safe, unlike us.

Harmonia was keeping the center of town clear with her overwhelming magic. The rainbow magic of Harmony raced out and burned away demons like they were paper. The Goddess was doing her best to keep the town we all have come to call home safe as she kept the barrier over the canyon up. The civilians were mostly around her praying to empower her or sheltering in the homes and apartments inside the walls of the canyon.

The town guards were doing a fine job at keeping the demons from even reaching the great tree, cleaving and piercing flesh the best they could. The Everfree Forest was also angry, the trees coming to life and crushing hell spawn even before they knew what was happening, the animals of the forest becoming red and angry. Timberwolves rushed out of the trees with iron bark and dark crystals growing on their bodies as they hunted demons, but they even assaulted us when we were still in such a fortified location. The Everfree clearly hated the Hellfires.

As for Hell, they brought their Infernus Cannons, this time on tracks. We can already guess who was responsible for upgrading them. Already half of the town on the plateau above the town center in the canyon was burned to the ground by these and the Everfree was suffering the worst from it when they turned the cannons on the forest once it started attacking them at their backs.

All our efforts weren’t enough to keep them away from Harmonia however. “Visi! Any luck on figuring out how they got in the Canyon?!” We asked our lover since the tunnel was our most heavily guarded point of access, especially since the gatehouse for the bridge at the road to Ponyville retracted the drawbridge the moment Hell showed up.

“They teleported!” Visi answered as she used her sword to cleave two Imps in one swing and shot another’s face off with her massive energy pistol. We can joke about it being one of the ones refitted to use Urta’s cum as ammo later.

“I got that, but how did-Grr!” We snarled when We impaled an imp with the lightning spear We got from the dragonslayer. We were dressed in nothing but our self-grown armor since three days ago when We ran out to investigate and grabbed the spear on the way. The Infinity had also saved our bacon several times. “We need to hurry the evacuation to Tel’adre, get the pups out of here!” Including Urta! Especially Urta! If these monsters get ahold of her, her Argent...

Oh no. We know why they’re attacking! They’re here for Urta! Those fucks told them about her!

Before Visi could respond or We could tell her about our suspicion, one of the Hell Knights punched her in the face which sent her sprawling to the ground. It leaped towards her with its fists in a double axe-handle to crush her, but Visi recovered and thrust her sword straight through its throat and decapitated it while she got back up. “Then go! Do what you have to!” Visilia snarled as she rushed back into the fray.

“Enough of this! I will not stand for my kingdom to fall again!”

“Got it!” We barked before spearing an Imp in the head and retreating towards the portal nexus that Harmonia always had set up around her. “Cocoa, what’s the status on the evac?” We called out to our wife, who was primarily acting as coordinator for the evacuation.

“All the younglings are on the other side, moving the elderly now, We have Starlight and Trixie trying to keep the pups calm in North Fort!” Cocoa informed us.

“What about Urta?!” We demanded and Cocoa bit her lip with a look towards our home. “Damn it, they’re here for her!” Cocoa’s eyes widened and she snarled before sprinting towards our home. “All magically capable, follow Cocoa to evacuate Urta! She’s why they’re attacking! We must not let them have half a chance at getting her Argent!” Or all shall burn in Hell’s fires.

They all nodded and We were about to run for home to help, but something struck us at the idea of running away from the enemy and We snarled before We left to help Visilia again. “Got things ordered at the portals, but we really need to find where the Demons are coming from.”

“Krimzon is leading a scouting squad to find that out! Reinforcements will be coming in, hopefully when Krimzon finds out where they are, who’s leading this bunch, then take them out!” Visilia answered, which gave us some hope. Krimzon was reliable like that.

“Got it!” I growled before stabbing another Imp, this time in the heart before pulling back and slashing at a Revenant in the back, making it’s jet short before it blew up. “How did they even start the portals up without us noticing?” We asked before summoning lightning to rip through a group of Imps. This spear really seemed to like us for some reason, behaving so well.

“There is no portal, at least nowhere close to Unity!” Visi told us as she headbutt an Imp before slicing it in half with a downward cut.

“How did they get through the bottleneck at the tunnel?” We asked before We hurled more lightning at a Hell Knight, frying it before We pierced it’s head.

“How do you think?! Summoners and Arch-Viles!” The demonic alicorn answered, shooting her pistol into a group of Imps charging us. That’s right fuckers! Die to what you’re here to steal!

We heard screaming and glanced at an Imp dissolving in the Purity Pool. Huh, was that the water or us?

“Baron!” A group of guards desperately yelled as they fired their guns before the Baron sent them flying with a massive backhand. A group of Crusaders rushed the Baron of Hell, tackling it down before they hacked it to death.

“Summoner!” Another group yelled, one firing a grenade from a salvaged Revenant jetpack as the delivery system.

“That’s a crafty group.” We huffed as We speared another Imp. If this wasn’t such a frantic melee We could just use the Infinity to mow down the weaker cannon fodder, or even overwhelm tougher enemies. This pistol’s Slag makes it too dangerous to just fire willy-nilly.

“Where are the other fucks?” Visi growled before one of her Night Sentinels was sent careening past us with a Wilhelm Scream.

“Arch-Vile!” Several Sentinels called out while a squad of Gunners used their chainguns to send a hail of bullets its way. However, the Arch-Vile made a run for it across the battlefield and narrowly dodged the bullet storm. It resurrected the most intact demons in the area, but thankfully a Ghost appeared and buried a knife in its skull. He didn’t live to celebrate his triumph since the Baron that was just resurrected stabbed him with it’s wrist blades.

What made things even worse was that more Summoners were spawning in more Demons. If we don’t get rid of them soon we’ll lose Unity. All our efforts thus far will have been for nothing. This beacon of hope and Harmonia especially, will be lost to the world and doom us all!

“No! I refuse to give in! Grow big! Go full dragon! I’ll tear them to pieces!”

We decided to go through with the impulse that struck us, to damn collateral damage and go all-out. Who cares about property damage if We live through this? We began to grow, our scales emerging, our power welling up-

Our transformation was interrupted when an arming sword made of golden light plunged through a Void portal into the stone ground in front of us. We’d changed to the point our wings had emerged and were beginning to tower over the battlefield when this happened. Something caused us to be transfixed by the pretty sword and We reached out to it.

“I am Lucifer, the Lamp Bearer of God, Call upon me and I shall use my Holy Light to snuff out your enemies.”

“Huh?” We dumbly blinked, the odd obsession with the shiny trinket abating as We ignored demons assaulting that could only irritate our scales.

“Wiatr! What are you waiting for?!” Visilia demanded after she flew up to our face.

“The sword talks.” We muttered confusedly, holding the beautiful blade up to our mate, who took the blade and blinked.

“Lucifer, if you really are who you claim, help us! Hell’s attacking!” Visi spoke into the sword.

“Hell?” We heard from the sparkling sword before a blue flaming portal opened next to Visilia and a golden wolf in a black tuxedo with a white undershirt and black tie emerged. “Huh...they aren’t my demons…” He looked at us then Visilia and his jaw dropped. “You look like my old friend Helix.” He chuckled before he turned an Imp that jumped at him to ash with a mere flick of his wrist.

“Question, do you know of a game called DOOM?” Visi asked Lucifer. We’re not sure if now was a good time for talking. Then again, the well-dressed wolf seemed to set the demons on edge. Or was that us? We are a big sexy dragoness, the little things must be intimidated.

“Yes, from I think billions of years ago...or is it trillions now?” He mused and We tilted our head. Why did that seem like such a trivial amount of time to us? “Yes, I do. Doom, Hell, Slayers all that. Played the whole series. Why?” He asked as he idly sliced another imp in half with a copy of the sword in Visi’s hand. Oh, two shinies...

“Just help us get rid of them.” Visi told him, punctuating her words with a shot to the face of another imp.

“Alright. Have a spare pistol?” He asked before he yanked a Revenant towards him by an invisible force and pulped it’s head with his own forehead meeting it’s face before a round from a Mancubus hit him and dissolved his fancy tux. “Well, that was unnecessary.”

“Do you really need one?” Visi asked before she sliced through the Baron’s legs at the thighs and then it’s head before it could respond. Hm, what was going on here anyway? We distinctly remember being desperate about something, but now it all seems rather unimportant. The moment this handsome wolf showed up the demons seem to have become impotent. Like they realized they were suddenly in the presence of an Ultimate Gary Stu or something.

“I split up my powers. I got bored of ruling Tartarus so I purposefully handicapped myself.” He said as We casually grabbed a Lost Soul in our left claw and ate it whole. Hm, spicy with little flavor. The bones do have a nice crunch though. Why does our soul vessel burn though?

“Really?” Visi looked at him with a flat expression. “What was the point in doing that?”

“I wanted to feel excitement. Everything became mundane and someone else could do my job anyway. I’m Undying. I don’t need to eat, drink, can’t get tired, I can sleep just to heal with my limited power, but the objects containing my power can cause problems that can be easily contained. That was something I didn’t consider before someone took said containers and tossed them into the Void.” He sighed and our brows twitched.

“Is this really important?” We drawled, uninterested in this guy’s life story. Either help or fuck off. Hm, imps taste a little gritty.

Visi snarled in irritation before she gave him her own cumshot cannon. Even if that isn’t what it’s really named, that is what We will call it forever. “I want that back. I don’t care how much of an undying asshole you are, there are weapons that can kill you.” She warned him before getting back into the action. Mrr, our mate is such a sexy firebrand.

“I know, but I would still come back in my own dimension, it would just take a ridiculously long time.” He said before getting back to killing. “By the way, what’s your name you two?”

“We’re Wiatr.” We huffed with an eye roll as We reached across the canyon-wait, when were We able to get this big? Meh, doesn’t matter. We grabbed a Summoner and tossed it into our quad-hinged maw and swallowed it whole. Mm~ spicy. “Are the boys coming?” We asked Visilia.

“They’re not finished yet! Tomorrow at best!” Visi replied before she used Repulsion to send a Pinky flying into a group of demons like she was bowling.

“Who? Never mind, hm, what sort of creature are you?” Lucifer hummed before he rushed a Baron and bisected it in a chained killing spree similar to the Doom Marines. “I wish I could summon more power, but my abilities feel like they only have a two-foot radius right now.”

“Do we even want to be within that range?” One of the Night Sentinels asked him.

“No.” He succinctly replied before he kicked a Cacodemon into the sky and it just kept going into the sky. “My strength is still good without flexing my more devastating abilities.”

“So you’re overpowered, big woop.” We rolled our eyes and grabbed demons by the handful, munching away even as the demons fought more desperately.

“Says the ancient goddess older than dirt itself.” Lucifer joked and We huffed at him calling us old. We’re not old, We’re well-seasoned you coot. Much like these demons if eaten in bunches.

“Shut up and keep fighting! Or eating in your case honey!” Visilia shouted with a pissted off look at Lucifer and one of awe at us. “You two can measure each other’s magic cocks later!” She wasn’t in the mood for bullshit excuses, so we both got back to fighting. Well, eating for us. Oh, stop screaming you little shit Baron. I don’t care about your feelings, I’m hungry. Even if my soul stomach feels like I just drank a pool of acid.

“I don’t even have a dick.” Lucifer chuckled. “Is the guy reviving the dead important?”.

“That is the dumbest fucking question.” Visilia snarled at Lucifer regarding the Arch-Vile. I don’t know, it’s being a sport and giving me more fresh food. Yes tummy, you’ll get satisfied.

“Well let's see if Hellfire is worse than what I make with the main sequence star of a Blue Giant system.” Lucier pointlessly said before he carved a path to the Arch-Vile, his clothes becoming more and more damaged and exposing his fur as he fought through Hell Knights and Barons.

“Wow he’s full of himself.” I huffed before I scooped more food into my maw. Nobody responded to my comment and I sighed as I rubbed my rippling abs. “Why am I so hungry?” I pouted as my tail wrapped around a Baron and I snapped his neck before I started to swallow him hooves first. “Oh, wait I haven’t eaten in eons. At least not to my full limits.” I went to grab more food, but the morsels had been driven back into the tunnel. “Aw…”

“Princess! If you could size down to help in the tunnel that would be great!” A Night Sentinel requested and I nodded, shrinking down to a much more manageable size, but the tunnel was too packed for me to be a giant at all, so I kept going and-

What? What happened? Oof~! Our poor soul-tummy~! So much Argent-infused soul energy~! “URP!” We fell to our hands and knees and vomited up a bunch of rainbow slime that eagerly sought Harmonia over the other people nearby. “Eugh...too many demon souls…” Good game, bad...souls...

“Princess! Are you okay?!” A Night Sentinel rushed to us and helped us to our paws as We wobbled about, forced to use our tail hands to hold us steady. “I guess eating all of those demons was a bit much for you after all.”

“Huh? Eating?” We retched and bent over, puking up more of the slime. “Oh~...”

“Ugh, what happened? We were going to have me take over, but...eugh...so sick...”

“Wow, you’re done. Okay Princess, time for you to get to safety.” The dutiful man in the shiny white armor manfully helped us along towards the portal and We blacked out feverishly at some point.