[center][h3][color=4682b4]Farris Aran[/color][/h3][/center][color=4682b4]"You seen to never realize your place, demons like you are only good to dia and serve as an example to the rest of your kin,"[/color] Farris said as she interposed her shield in the way of Apia's attack towards Saef, ready to block it. With another sweep of her blade, Farris caused a barrage of crystals to cover the corridor, countless spikes jutting out from many angles coming from the nearby walls. Gelgath's blizzard would be a double-edged sword, the Angel troops could see nothing, but likely the Demons wouldn't be able to see the myriad of crystals dotting the catacombs.

[color=4682b4]"I'll borrow this momentarily,"[/color] Farris said to Saef as she dismissed her sword and picked the rime covered gun of one of Saef's men, who lost his strength right close to her, pointing it to one of the crystals. The defenses granted by her own warcry wouldn't be enough for Farris to resist the frost for much longer but, at least she could try one more move. [color=4682b4]"Let us see if your insects and ice can avoid this,"[/color] she said, pulling the trigger. The moment Farris shot, the whole corridor flared with holy light reflected and refracted into the crystals that filled this section of the underground. It may not be enough to kill Apia and Gelgath, but certainly would be so to wipe out most of their minions, leveling the fight once again.

Or so, Farris though, before the red mist of the Blood Countess' roses began to mingle with Gelgath's blizzard, turning the already deadly attack into a true demonic nightmare of clingy corrosive ice. [color=4682b4]"When did—?"[/color] Farris asked, only to see the Demon Roses' mist seeping into the underground through the many holes in the catacomb's ceiling. [i][color=4682b4]"Such cowardly tactics,"[/color][/i] she cursed under her breath, before raising her voice, [color=4682b4]"Thaumaturge, we must retreat and regroup. In this position, we are surely going to perish. Fall back to the catacombs closer to our Base Camp. We shall be safe from the fog there!"[/color] Farris shouted, before trying to force her way through the remnants of Apia's and Gelgath's forces, cleaning an escape corridor for the survivors among Saef's platoon.
[hr][center][h3][color=ed1c24]Victoire Bordeaux[/color][/h3][/center][color=ed1c24]"Gah! Damn you, Avaritia,"[/color] Victoire cursed as soon as Henry impaled them both. [color=ed1c24]"You won't really let me have it my way, will you? Very well then, I concede defeat..."[/color] Even though she admitted her defeat, Victoire's lips curled into a blood-stained, devilish grin; her roses had finally caught up to them, which meant that the whole Graveyard was under her control now. Her job was done. Victoire wouldn't last long, but she didn't need it as well, she had just one more task to do before even her resistance failed.

Take Henry down with her. To the depths of hell, if need be.

[color=ed1c24]"But I claimed victory for Hell once more. And, just to be sure,"[/color] Victoire licked the blood running from Henry's neck, running her tongue upwards. She stopped the teasing with a bite on his ear, [color=ed1c24]"I'll return the favor and have both of us become food for my last trump card. Let's die together, Henry! Your blood and mine together, to feed the ultimate Demon Rose construct!"[/color] As Victoire said so, she turned all the blood remaining in her body into a massive Demon Rose hedge, skewering and crushing Henry just like he did to her.

With a sky-splitting roar, Victoire's ultimate summon rose in their place. The [url=https://static.zerochan.net/Black.Rose.Dragon.full.2100846.jpg][u]Demon Rose Dragon[/u][/url] which she had been trying to use ever since the battle of the Elicitor, had finally been born. With a mighty beat of its wings, it took to the skies, to search and destroy any who still dare to try to ruin its mistress' grand achievement.

[i][color=ed1c24]"Tsc... dying like this may not be so bad after all. I'll remember the taste of your blood, Henry..."[/color][/i]

[color=ed1c24][D. Rose Radius: 30720/7680/7680/3840/3840 meters] [Catacombs/Underground Coverage: 51.2/25.6/12.8 %]

<< Whole battlefield taken above ground, more deaths will only fuel the D. Roses' regeneration. Rose Dragon finally summoned, after months of failed chances.>>[/color]
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