[center][h3]Jungle Tabernacle - Lair of the Brood[/h3]
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[color=662d91][i]"Silitha? That old hag is dead, at the hands of one of you accursed Nephilim no less!"[/i][/color], the coarse yet high voice echoed as the broodlings sped across the antechamber's floors towards Wrath. The voice was coming from the Mutated Broodmother. So... Was she her replacement?

[color=662d91][i]"I will not go the way of our queen! We shall become strong, and surpass her! I have consumed her remnants for this ambition! Go my children! Tear this one's skin from his flesh!"[/i][/color], from what Wrath could gather... Silitha was long dead, and this was the new queen of the brood. Regardless, it looks like he'll need to fight. The broodlings he cut down were immediately climbed over by the coming horde behind them, but as that was happening, no more were coming from the edges of the chamber... A limited spawn perhaps? Still, he can't just keep cutting up Broodlings, plus the web attacks the Broodmother was throwing at him were starting to constrict the area he has to move as they made areas difficult to move in wherever they landed.


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[center][h3]Jungle Tabernacle[/h3]
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The teleporting stunt by Akoni was rather flashy, while it succeeded, it attracted the attention of the angel commander. Though he had no forces to immediately chase...

[i]"Humans...? They should not be here... More importantly..."[/i], he nodded to a few of his angel guard and they were off after Akoni and Henry. Meanwhile on their end, they'll make it into the ruins at least. The area not being secured yet meant none of them had made it into the ruins, but as the two enter it looks like they were working on other ways already.

As they entered, it became apparent that this place looked like a parliamentary hall, rows of seats and a podium and stage in the middle, further back behind that was a striking statue of a woman holding an orb. Even as a human, Akoni can feel the radiating power from it... Was this what they were after? And why? It's not the seal... Maybe it was just war assets? As they stepped down towards it, they heard a commanding voice from behind them.

[i]"Halt! You humans should not be here. In fact if you're in this deep, you are both no mere humans... If you are in league with demons then I will cut you where you stand"[/i], the [url=http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/darksiders/images/0/03/Ds_angelicfigures10.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120124210321]Angel Champion[/url] and two Army of Light Angel Soldiers stood at the doors behind them. However at the same time, both parties heard the sound of something skittering, as they turned to the front, a [url=https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/bayonetta/images/1/13/Hatred_Transparent.png/revision/latest?cb=20141106003440]Hatred[/url] and two [url=https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/bayonetta/images/c/c6/Hideous1.png/revision/latest?cb=20141010120920]Hideous[/url] entered through the ceiling, almost silently falling to the center. Immediately the angels prepared to fight, and the demons seemed keen to kill just about anyone, with both Akoni and Henry in the middle of it all.

Fortunately the Champion leapt over the two to engage the Hatred, while the Angel Soldiers followed his lead for the Hideous'. There were a lot of opportunities open right now as they all seemed occupied...

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[center][h3]Jungle Tabernacle - Through the Ruins, Village[/h3]
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The angels kept silent watch until their focus was broken by the sound of a female's voice. It was who appeared to be Uriel, or at least, Lily impersonating her. She seemed to get it right down to the voice, being mostly right. Enough that it passed. It wouldn't matter as shouting voices often sound the same anyways. She demanded a report from the angels in a commanding tone, to which they immediately stood to attention and complied as their training causes them to do,

[i]"Commander Uriel Sir! The sealed door we found in the ruins up ahead is still being worked on, however our scholars have confirmed that this is the central building. Very likely where the Seal is located. We've identified that there are three power cores needed to open the door, however there was only one at the site. We need two more. Our forces are currently engaged in combat with demons around ruins near here for one of the power cores, and the other, we are still waiting on a report from"[/i], the angels on patrol had finished their report. Immediately the angels from earlier made theirs,

[i]"Our squad ran into rogue demons and a human heading this way commander! Our squad leader was killed and I am resuming command for now"[/i], Lily of course knew this.

[i]"But... Commander Uriel... Please permit me to ask, I thought you were not stationed for this mission, leaving command to Commander Kushiel instead"[/i], one of the angel soldiers piped up.

For the two waiting in back, it was amazing that Lily's ruse got them this much information. So they needed power cores for the doors? Furthermore two were somewhere in the area, but didn't sound like they were near. The ruins up ahead were likely occupied by angels too. Regardless, Lily will have to think of a response quickly... Or just slaughter them right now. They were all lesser Army of Light angels after all, but it may alert the ones up ahead in the ruins.

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Although... Speak of the devil, or angel really... Before Lily could say or do anymore, another angel appeared, by the looks of his gear and atmosphere, this guy was one of the commanding angels. It was Zarrath, not that they knew who that really was.

The angel answered the other commander's request, [i]"N-nothing else sir. All fronts have not changed in any way just yet"[/i], a simple answer.

As Zarrath figured out the next course of action, the female commander looking strikingly like Uriel began to make him suspicious... Most would mistake her for Uriel, but the atmosphere this one held was different, or rather, she had a similar atmosphere to a demon of all things... Should he simply let this slide...? No, they were in a battleground. Any deception could be fatal after all. But how to approach...