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*The Chasm seemed decetively quiet. Until they got too close to the stairs leading down into it from the fields and forest above. As soon as they got close, a winged creature, clear save for its internal organs, woudl dart over their heads, claws out to rake through their scalps before veering off and vanishing into the 'sky'.


Then, a whole FLOCK of the creatures would do likewise, divebombing the brothers as they trespassed where they were not expected*

A lesser creature such as this would not be enough to dissuade Iden from his course. With the honed reflexes, augmented by his daemon's presence, he ducked the blow. The Mjolnir, his left handed weapon, was snapped up from his side. But he held fire, as the beast departed.

Until more showed up.

Iden was not worried. These things could not touch him. But they were an annoyance. As he was twisting to squeeze a shot off, though, they began to suffer the onslaught of energies cast from his elder brother. That in and of itself meant no ammunition was warranted.

*Assuming that Iden was as capable of defending himself as he was, Azrael drew Isoda from his back. He held it in front of him, blade pointing down.*

Call out!

*Isodas blade rapidly grew in size, coming to resemble the soul edge from the soul calibur series, being held out in front of Azrael pointing down, it served as a shield. The dull laughter of Kagu-zuchi could be heard as each shard shattered into nothingness on the mighty blade*

*The messengers sprayed across the glossy walls.. which absorbed their blood and flesh in a most disturbing fashion until they simply werent there anymore. Had Ice been awake, he;d have therefore known his sanctum was being invaded, but the goat himself slept on, kept busy by another member of the clan who did not even know she was helping.

The war ghouls, for their part, were slightly more troublesome. They were big, they were well armoured, but Ice hadnt even been able to figure out a way to protect them from ROMAN rounds, let along the MONSTROSITIES Iden carried.
And he had gained Valeran. That alone was enough to ensure the ghoul he sighted on simply keeled over backwards, brain turned to mulch, body fragmenting until only chitinous armour was left.

The response was less casual. The remaining war ghoul bnear them charge dup the stairs, arms wid eto grab and crush, its below sparking movement in the chasm behind as winged beasts akin to imps lifted off, dropping from the ceilings of the chasm and swooping out to meet IDen and Az, their bodies coated in armour, claws haemox tipped. They attacke din small groups, waiting for the larger ground units - of which there were 6 more approaching from the other entrances - to distract their foes before attacking*

Yeah I hear ya

*Drawing his black zanpaktou Azrael flash stepped towards the nearest war ghoul, appearing behind it in the after motions of a full horizontal swing that should have passed right through the beasts waist. Azrael smirked slightly, he'd been killing war ghouls since the day he was 'born' so he didn't seem in the least bit threatened, he simply kept his eyes on the destination and let forth an incantationless blast of Raikouhou at the nearest group of flying imps.*

*As they got passed the war ghouls and carried on through the chasm Azrael focused himself on Ice, allowing the blood in his veins to be his guide. Locking onto his location Az simply pointed in a straight line, a line that would be blocked by many walls of Ice.*

Leave this to me, just keep the flying things away from yourself...

*Drawing Isoda once more, Azrael pointed the gunblade in the same direction, and then caught on fire. His entire form was lashed with purple fire and he squeezed the trigger, sending a beam of purple energy crashing through numerous layers of wall. He started running, firing every time the need arose to clear his path. The fact that his charging body was on fire should be enough to keep the imps from getting to close to him, but he was ready to dodge if needs be*

*the chasm was sneakier than that. As the walls were plughed through, despite the awesome regeneration of the ice, Az WAS making headway. Soon enough, the imps gave up the attack, but it wasnt clear why.... until the floor opened up all around the pair, dropping them on either side of a long, sheer ice wall that fell down into the catacombs beneath, a place that only Leer really knew much about.

Az woudl fall on one side of this wall and land on a higher level of the catacombs, while Iden was dropped still further, both boys being seal off from each other by a series of ice 'roofs' which crashed into place over head, leaving each in the dark and seperated. Tricksy, naughty cahsm*