Charla, tied, walked through the colorful halls draped with sheets of pink, green, and red. All the while, Kalu led her by the arm. Curious, she glanced from room to room, finding each one with vacant beds ready for use in the eerily silent hall.
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With a proud smirk, Kalu opened the final door, revealing a Library with shelves and cluttered tables filled to the brim with scrolls and books. "
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Kalu glanced back at Charla, surprised. "
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Charla cracked open the book, finding different and obscene positions that she never thought possible. With a flushed face and shaken hands, she whimpered out her words. "
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Kalu whacked the scroll in her hand, forcing a wide fake smile. "
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Kalu slowly approached, sending Charla into a panic as she tried to break from her bindings. Suddenly, Kalu pushed her into the shelves behind. Scrolls rattled off like falling rubble, falling and bouncing off of Kalu and Charla alike.
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Charla gulped at the idea, but her mind immediately flashed back to day Bretta was finally released. She couldn't escape the gut-wrenching colors of utter despair and fear, mixed with a deep-rooted hatred, targeted towards Zelak.
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Suddenly, the door from beyond the hall cracked open with a loud creak.
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Hearing her sound of dragging, Kalu stopped and giggled. "
She peeked out the door, but to her shock, Pirna was tossed right in front of her.
"Argh!" Pirna stuttered and winced towards Kalu.
"Pirna!?" Kalu, shocked, looked from Pirna to Zelak, who stood over her in the library door.
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Kalu covered Charla's mouth and glared coldly at Zelak. "
Zelak became silent at once. He straightened his back and then spoke. "
A knife zipped at Zelak, nearly striking his neck. Kalu, with a contorted rage, glared coldly at him. "
He tightened his bloodied grip on Kalu's dagger, matching glares. "
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Mustering all his strength, Zelak threw Kalu into the hall and locked himself in the library with Charla and Pirna.
He conjured his sword, pointing it at Pirna. "
A knife quickly pierced the other side of the wooden door again and again, followed by a scream. "
Zelak winced, feeling the pain rising. "
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Zelak laughed weakly, watching as Kalu continued stabbing at the door. "" he suddenly blurted a quick chuckle. "
"" Zelak clenched his fists. ""
Zelak eyed a confused Charla again, as the bashing and stabbing of the door continued. "But that's all the more reason I need to get Charla out of here. With that Human out of the picture. Charla becomes useless to them."
The door crashed open with Kalu bursting through.
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Kalu's eyes flashed pink, warping Zelak's world.
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Kalu Sneered. She glanced at Charla and, noticing her gaze, Zelak repelled Kalu back to the hall.
"Argh!" Pirna suddenly stabbed Zelak in the waist. He quickly forced her knife from his waist and whacked her across the library, then turned to block another of Kalu's attacks, clashing with a deafening loud clang.
Kalu's eyes flashed, stunning Zelak. Pirna, gritting through the pain, leaped from the cluttered tables and lunged at Zelak with her knife at the ready.
The two clashed, and Zelak's gaze quickly narrowed to Kalu, attacking from below.
In an instant, he shifted his sword into his fiery chain, blowing the two back.
Now distant, He reverted his sword to its standard form and posed at the ready. Undeterred, the two succubus attacked at once, clashing blades and cutting through shelves and tables.
Charla, who stood in complete silence, watched from the corner of the library as the back and forth between Zelak and the two succubus continued.
Amidst the flash of sparks, Zelak managed to catch Kalu's leg with his bladed chains and slung her into the shelf wall.
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Kalu snarled at the remark, recovering from the bashing. "
Pirna immediately flashed her pink eyes, stunning Zelak just momentarily, just enough time for Kalu to kick him into the corner of the library, breaking its shelves.
"Z-Zelak!"
In a flash, Charla found a knife to her throat, stunning her. Kalu quickly slung her way behind Charla and held her at knife point. "
Zelak fought his way back to his feet and grimaced at the sight of seeing Charla in Kalu's hands.
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Zelak glared. "
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Obeying Kalu, Pirna took Zelak's sword, using spare strands of sheets. And with her bloodied hand, she held her dagger to Zelak's neck.
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Pirna glanced at Kalu, unsure, and froze. Growing irritated, Kalu called Pirna again.
Kalu suddenly felt something wet slathered on her thighs. She shook and grew hot in an instant.
Unable to control herself, Kalu fell to her knees, releasing Charla.
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Charla quickly distanced herself from the succubus, watching as she turned over, attempting to resist the urge set upon by Charla's spit.
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Zelak, with Charla's assistance, moved the two succubus into a private bedroom, closing the door on the two.
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Walking from the hall and outside the building, Charla turned, discovering the building to be a brothel.
Zelak slumped to the wall of the brothel and sat. "Charla." He called, his tone soft. "
"Yeah… I think so…>"
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Charla, playing with her fingers, was unsure how to answer. "
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Rows of different-shaped dark puppets lined the silent halls of the castle. They stood at attention as Lyra and Cyrus continued past the many monstrosities left behind from their newly waged war.
" " Cyrus eyed the many strange dark puppets, curious. " " Cyrus and Lyra turned the corner and saw a single dark puppet gesturing towards a single door in the middle of the hall.
" In an instant, the largest of the puppets punched the door, shattering it to pieces, along with the debris behind it.
The elder demons inside the room shielded their eyes. They could only watch on as Cyrus stepped through the smog left behind.
" "C- Cyrus!?>" Biltrix blurted. " "