Yumi hummed a merry tune as she sat in a warehouse on a throne made of skulls. These weren't fake skulls but real skulls, skulls she had been slowly collecting from the people she killed in Hargeon and Marigold. She took the careful time to clean each skull to the point the bone shined like shimmering diamonds. She then carefully placed each in a position to assemble her throne of skulls. The demon rented out this warehouse by the docks, right at the end of the dock for privacy and began her work, setting up all the supplies she needed in order to create her new masterpiece. Yumi had a skull throne on the Grimoire Heart Ark, but now she was making a new one. The throne had been assembled just last night with the final piece being added this morning now Yumi was seated in it enjoying the feel of death that clung to it. Yumi, as she sat upon the throne of skulls, appeared the very picture of death, and behind her hung a portrait of her demonic god. Malum took the form of a towering black demon hundreds of stories high, long horns atop bis head, devilish bat-like wings on his back, two long spears tipped tails with glowing red eyes. He wore heavy spiked armour that made him appear the picture of a berserker. His helmet was that of a skull shaped like a demonic beast. He wielded a massive double bladed axe as he sat upon a giant skull throne atop a mountain of corpses surrounded by an ocean of blood and black flames.

Yumi raised a skull whose top was cut off and the bottom filled in to create a cup. The cup was filled with a red liquid, blood. Yumi raised the blood to her pink lips and began to drink as she chanted the prayers of Malum. A demonic array which she had drawn up around the throne comprised of various runes lit up as magic surged around her. She was making her offering up to Malum. The blood she was drinking from was a collection of ten different people. By drinking the blood their life essence coursed through Yumi and was transferred onto her Demonic God in order to increase his power. Yumi swished the skull chalice, mixing up the blood inside as power coursed through her as she felt a connection to her demonic god.

Yumi inhaled before exhaling an air of darkness. A sinister aura flowed out from her body as the souls of the departed crossed over through her and into the grasp of her God. It had been some time since she set up a proper ritual like this and while she would love to partake in the blood oath she had things to do. Yumi downed the last of the blood and rose from her throne of skulls. She brushed her gothic lolita clothing off and marched to the door of her rented warehouse. Yumi retrieved her double handed axe from the door and tossed it onto her back and walked out. SHe was planning to leave Hargeon in the future and begin gathering information on the other guilds. At the same time, she would be looking at potential mages or adventurers to recruit to the guild, Grimoire Heart. A number of members had gone missing in action and hadn't be heard from in a long time. She wanted to bolster their guilds forces for the scheme she had in mind, the raids she would soon plot. Yumi was looking forward to engulfing the guilds in disorder and chaos.

Yumi left the safety of the warehouse and raised her right hand to shield her diamond like red hues from the rays of the sun. Yumi scowled at the light as her eyes adjusted. Once adjusted she departed from the docks heading in the direction of town. It was time to do a little scouting to see if she couldn't find anyone worthy of entering the guild. The tiny lolita only four foot ten in height headed to down neither running or jogging, walking at her own pace. Her tiny frame was hard to see amongst the weekend crowds of Hargeon, but even so her tiny, petite yet snow white features stood out, especially with the axe she carried on her back. The Viking Axe on Yumi's back was as big as she was. For such a little girl who appeared only twelve to be carrying such a large weapon was sure to stand out.

Finally Alyssa had made her way to Haregon. The streets were quite empty and she momentarily forgot the reason she had decided to stop off in the creepy little city. The sun was shining brightly, burning Alyssa's fair skin. She hated the sun, absolutely hated it. Arcane seemed to dislike it as well, seeing as he was trying his hardest to stay in the shadows of the buildings. Being albino seemed to have no perks, only disadvantages that Alyssa hated. Her pale skin burned in the harsh sunlight easily, usually taking on a bright red color within an hour of being exposed. Her attire helped somewhat as her long sleeved shirt blocked the sun from beating directly on her arms as her pants did for her legs. The cap she wore somewhat shielded her face from the direct light yet she was still uncomfortable, adding to the annoyed attitude currently enveloping her demeanor. Thankfully, the streets seemed to clear quickly, removing the small crowd that was adding to her annoyance.

Arcane began growling lowly from Alyssa's right, eyes zoned in on something in the distance. She squinted, finding that the something was in fact, a someone. It seemed to be a small girl, around the age of twelve. She carried herself with a pep in her step that seriously pissed Alyssa off. She was not sure why Arcane was growling at the little girl, but she knew that was usually a bad sign, and bad signs were exactly what Alyssa was looking for at this moment. Upon closer inspection of the girl, Alyssa noticed that she carried an axe nearly her own size upon her back. This was not a normal little girl, or if it was, she was a very strange one. Alyssa could not help but smirk, this child could be an interesting challenge for her.

Yumi skipped her way into the middle of the Hargeon Town Square, where she came to an abrupt hold. The square was packed with people on this busy weekend. Yumi licked her lower lip in a slow sensual manner as she began to survey the square with a twinkle of mischief in her eyes. While she was looking to recruit a few new members for the guild it didn't mean she could cut loose and enjoy herself. Perhaps it was time to show off her new demonic personality and bring a little chaos and destruction to this precious little peaceful harbour town. If she did maybe she would be able to draw in suitable mages for the guild. She needed people who were strong, capable or had the potential to be trained to be stronger than they currently were. Sometimes the best way to do so was trial by combat.

Yumi licked her upper lip as she shut her eyes and began to revolve the magical energy within her body, slowly drawing it to the surface. It was time to cause a little mayhem and draw the major players to the city centre. Yumi inhaled and released a loud deafening cry, "COME FORTH IF YOU DARE!" The little lolita released an angry battle cry as she let loose the emotional bonds on herself. Her anger broke forth like a raging tidal wave that cracked the surface. The emotion of rage washed over her and burst forth from her tiny body encompassing with her magical energy. Mana taking the shape of tongues of black fire erupted from her tiny frame engulfing her in a dark aura. The black magical energy surged wildly kicking up a dust of wind creating gale force winds. The strong winds tore the ground apart picking up debris and brushing the weak aside.

Murderous intent mixed in with blood lust infused itself with her thick dark magical aura creating a feeling of pure sinister vile over the entire area. A foul demonic presence crashed down upon the town square encompassing it in its might. The earth shook violently as the mana and murderous intent twisted around Yumi. The intent of murder was so overwhelmingly thick, dense and powerful it washed over everything like a raging wave. The intent was so thick, it was the type that could only be accumulated by claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and for such a tiny, young innocent looking creature to possess such deadly intent was terrifying to those present.

Yumi began to laugh in a sinister manner as the mana took shape behind her. A roar erupted from her body as a visage of a demon towering hundreds of stories tall appeared behind her. Glowing red eyes glared down at the insects before the demonic visage as two long tails flicked behind it, demonic flames surging from its mouth as its blackened horns atop its head absorbed all light around them. It was the visage of her Demon God Malum who towered behind her.

People screamed and began to run attempting to escape from the little monster. People fell to the ground unable to withstand the thick intent and pressure of her magical energy falling all around Yumi. The little demon retrieved the axe from atop her back gripping it with both hands and launched herself forward towards the closest person a burly man. Yumi appeared in front of him and swung her axe down. With sheer brutal force the axe struck him on the head and split him in two down the middle to the groin. Blood sprayed out into the air raining down around the little demon. Screams followed as people witnessed the brutal killing.

Alyssa watched as the small girl began shouted into the crowd.  Alyssa grinned as the girl's magic began to swirl around her.  Yes, this was what she had been looking for, the ultimate challenge.  This girl was not normal as she had expected.  Alyssa watched as the girl split a man in half and blood began to shower the crowd.  People began to run from the child, showered in the blood of the corpse upon the ground.  She had told someone to step forward, and everyone began running from the girl.  She was powerful, there was no doubt about it.  Alyssa felt Lyss shift to the front of her mind and she let her take full control.  This was a fight she was going to partake in.  Arcane felt the shift of her energy and his growling got louder as Alyssa pulled the sword from her back, taking a few steps forward with Arcane on her heels.  She was prepping herself, her magic stirring within her body and she felt the familiar hum and then there was the foreign feeling of the spirit from the cursed blade coursing though her.  Though she was sure her magic would do nothing against this child.  

"You are asking for a challenge?!  I shall give you one!"  Alyssa called out, stepping out of the crowd, covered in the blood of the dead man.  Her lips were tilted into a smirk.  This is what she had been waiting on.  Arcane had stayed within the shadows nine meters away while Alyssa had stepped a bit closer, around seven meters from the woman.  "Arcane!  Ember!"  The growlithe jumped into action almost immediately, opening his mouth and spewing a one meter arc of fire that reached a ten meter range, attempting to at least damage the child slightly.

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Yumi licked her lips, collecting the blood by her cheek allowing her to taste the iron within. Yumi's lip stretched into a sinister smile as she looked down at the corpse of the man she had just fell. Yumi flicked the axe in her hand, flicking off the blood off her blade before she wiped the remnants off on the deceased man's clothes. Yumi hefted the giant axe onto her right shoulder, clutching it with both hands as she searched around for her next victim. She had taken one life and she could feel the essence of the man's soul running through her body and moving its way onto her dark lord. The excitement began to bottle up within yumi's body slowly overcoming her as the blood lust began to overtake. Yumi's soft sensual pink lips parted as a sultry seductive moan escaped. Her tongue extended out saliva dripping from the tip as a lustful gaze appeared within this pearly red hues. She rubbed her thighs together as a warmth formed in the pits of her stomach, "More!" moaned out the seductive Lolita in a sultry tone.

Yumi's eyes twinkled, the excitement growing but soon began to slow as someone proclaimed to accept her challenge. Yumi in her lust induced haze turned in the direction of the voice, it was a woman an albino woman with long white hair. The woman was only slightly taller than yumi and accompanied by a strange dog like creature that would reach yumi's waist. The dog had orange fur with black stripes running along its body.

Yumi turned her body allowing to face the young woman who gave a command to the dog. The creature opened its mouth spewing red hot one-meter arc of flames. As the flames raced towards Yumi covering the nine-meter distance the lolita released a demonic roar from her petite lips. Mana exploded out from her body swirling violently around her as she placed the axe in the ground and raised her left index finger towards the incoming flames. A beam of black magical energy one meter in diameter cut through the air with pure ferocious might slicing the art apart. The beam of magical energy slammed into the burning flames slicing them in two but it did not lose strength as it continued on. The beam would shoot between the Dog and companion striking a building it. The beam cut through the wall causing an explosion on impact.

Yumi licked her lips as her sinister smile grew in size. Mana continued flowing off her body in droves, like an erupting volcano that would not yield. Yumi threw her arms out to the side and her magical energy surged around quadrupling in size forming a dome around her that consumed the entire town square. She was releasing the full force of her A rank magical might. As her magical might as released Yumi began excreting her demonic pressure releasing it at full strength. The pressure of her demon heritage came crashing down upon the town square inducing fear to the masses, it was as if gravity had suddenly doubled beneath its effects.

Yumi swiped her right hand through the air collecting her Viking Axe and gripped it with both hands. "You face the Demon Herald of The Dark Demonic God Malum! He who goes by many names! The Evil One! Bringer of Chaos! Conqueror of Worlds! Envoy of Hate! Sworn Right Hand of Death! Descendant of Darkness! Oath Caller of Blood! The Axe of Despair!" declared Yumi as she swung the axe and prepared herself for combat, she would allow her foe to strike again to test the waters.

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Lyss had watched as her faithful companion had fallen after one blow. A whimper escaping his lips as he collapsed. She held her hand palm open at her companion as she willed her magic to heal him enough to regain consciousness, though he would be out of the fight. She gripped her sword in her hands and faced the child who obviously was not simply a child. The girl held a strong demonic presence that Alyssa could not fully sense. The girl was extremely powerful and though fright ran through her body though Alyssa would not back down. She swallowed the lump in her throat and a smirk found her lips again. She cracked her neck as she stared the girl in her eyes.

"You are powerful, my dear woman, though it seems not simply a child holding magic! I can also sense the powerful presence along side you! Though I cannot promise you an interesting battle, I can promise that I will try my hardest to give you a good time." She added a wink onto the end of her statement and then swung her sword, releasing an arc of darkness towards the girl. As the arc flew at the woman, Alyssa dashed forward and rolled, intending to land behind the woman. As she landed, she swung her sword, intending to hit her stomach with the blow. She knew the girl had to be quick, for as small and as strong as she was, especially with the presence of the demon surrounding her.

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Yumi licked her lips in a seductive manner as she exposed her pearly white teeth. Her demonic presence continued to grow as her mana formed a vortex shape around her lithe body. Her mana had skyrocketed upwards creating a tall tower as the demonic figure of her God howled, black flames spewing out from his mouth to encompass the sky turning it black. Yumi could feel the presence of her Chaos God looming over her, allowing her demonic heritage to shine, she could feel a wealth of power rising up within her tiny frame. Power coursed through Yumi threatening to explode out and tear her body apart but she kept a firm tight control over it, allowing it to funnel through her blood stream. Mana lashed out violently like whips digging deep trenches in the ground. Even so, the girl opposite Yumi refused to back down, simply swallowing the lump in her throat and preparing for combat.

Yumi began pulling in the massive amounts of magical energy she released, sealing it back into her body making it vanish like it was never there to begin. Even though her magic had been sealed the Demon God Malum still stood over her and her demonic pressure combined with murderous intent engulfed the town square.

The albino woman charged in after speaking up, Yumi paid no heed to the words. In battle words meant very little, the only thing that was important was one's own strength and actions. Yumi tightened the grip on her axe watching as the woman unleashed an arc of darkness from her sword before charging in, dashing forwards and rolled attempting to move behind Yumi. The Lolita could feel a dark presence being released from the blade, it resonated with her own dark aura. Yumi released the grip on her axe as the arc of darkness connected with her chest and engulfed her body washing over it. Yumi felt no pain as the darkness engulfed her before it was absorbed into her body. A blade swing soon followed aiming towards her. Yumi raised her right hand, her fingers coiling around the sharp blade as she caught it barehanded.

Yumi held a tight grip on the blade. Yumi pushed the sword back in order to throw the woman off balance before she grabbed her axe and jumped back to create an eight-meter gap between them. Yumi flexed her muscles, flicked her wrist and tongues of black flame like mana burst forth from her body enhancing her physical strength. The guild mark on her right shoulder began to glow bright red from under her dress.

Yumi crouched low to the ground holding her axe with both hands before she kicked off with full force. The ground cracked below her as she propelled herself at a speed of eight meters per second. The moment she was six meters from Alyssa Yumi swung her axe releasing it and sent it hurdling towards Alyssa. Yumi had thrown her axe as if it was throwing axe instead as if it was a giant two handed weapon. The axe spun wildly as it flew towards Alyssa aiming for her chest. Yumi had angled it so that when the axe collided it would only strike with the flat blunt side not the sharp blade edge.

Yumi continued on charging head forward behind her axe. Even if the axe struck or dodged Yumi would close in on Alyssa and reach out with her right hand to latch onto Alyssa's face. Yumi would plant a foot in the ground after and throw Alyssa across the town square aiming at a nearby store. Yumi would throw with enough force to destroy the stores window front.

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Alyssa had seen the axe as it was barreling towards her and she intended to roll and dodge the attack. Though the moment she decided to try and roll, the woman dashed at her, grabbing her by her face. She felt her feet leave the ground and soon she was flying through the air. She had enough time to use her water shield upon herself before hitting the store front, smashing through the glass and landing in a heap on the ground. Her shield did not block all of the damage and she found herself unable to move upon the floor. Blood seeped out of her lip, nose, and a couple other places that had been impacted by the glass. Struggling to stand, she limped out of the store front, clutching her sword still in her hands, she knew she would not be able to fight. She collapsed onto her knees in front of the woman that had bested her in battle.

"It can't...be over." She let out a cry as she tried to stand again. Her hands clutched her side as she felt blood seeping out. "You...have bested me." She felt tears grace her cheeks as she realized exactly how mad at herself she was. She could have done better. She could have beat the strong one if she tried harder. She needed to grow in power, she needed to get better at her combat skills. She was rusty and so was Arcane. Though they may not have put up a great fight, they did their best.

Yumi swiped her left hand through the air slicing through her own magical aura. Yumi moved to collect her axe after she had thrown her opponent away. The lolita gripped the axe raising it up out of the ground where it had been impaled. The axe had impaled itself deep into the stone pavement of the town square. Yumi gripped the axe and heaved with great might ripping the axe up out of the ground along with a slab of concrete as big as she was. Yumi swiped the axe through the air throwing the slab of concrete away where it collected with a food cart crushing the watermelons inside. Yumi hefted her mighty axe and attached it to her bag when she heard the sound of movement.

The demonic monster turned to face the sound, watching as the albino woman she had thrown stumbled out of the store front, pushing debris aside. She was bleeding all over, having taking heavy damage. Yumi eyed the albino with a blank stare, the excitement of battle had died down within her slowly dissipating. Her magical aura vanished as her strength returned to normal. Yumi brushed a few strays bangs out of her heart-shaped face as the sky began to turn back to normal. The demonic visage of her God slowly began to shrink in size as it was sucked up into Yumi's tiny body vanishing from sight. The killer intent that had been released early was also sealed away including all the bloodlust she released. With it all gone the demonic pressure hitting the square was released and Yumi returned to appearing to be an ordinary little girl.

"You have guts I'll give you that." complimented Yumi as she began to approach the albino woman. She walked right up to Alyssa and raised her right hand, extending her index finger to reach up and poke the albino in her forehead. With how injured she was and how strong Yumi was the poke would be enough to knock the girl over so Yumi could loom over her.

"You're weak. But I see potential." The sinister smile continued growing on Yumi's lips as she cast her gaze upon the albino. "Accept Malum into your heart! Take hold of the anger in your heart! Anger will give you strength! As you kill the connection to Malum will grow stronger and so will you!"

Alyssa could feel a new type of evil coursing through her system. She was mad, furious actually. The hatred that was running though her was not only from the fight, but from Kenny leaving, her family leaving, and from the split that was always fighting her. She could turn her anger into power? That was something she had never heard of. "Malum? Your God? Please. Teach me how to turn my anger into strength! I will accept whatever God I need to to become as strong as you!" Alyssa said, truth coating every word she said. Killing was something Alyssa could do, the one thing she was truly good at. The split would be happy, it was finally winning. Alyssa was finally giving in to the evil side of herself and boy did it feel good! Kenny was in the back of her mind currently. If he wanted to get stronger, so would she, by following this God that had just been presented to her. It had to be fate for her to stumble upon this woman. She had come looking for a fight and she got just that. She got everything she wanted and more. Her anger was growing slowly, and she could feel herself making a connection to a new world, one she never knew existed. She climbed to one knee and bowed her head. "This is my vow, from here on out I will accept Lord Malum into my heart and will serve him until the day I no longer roam this world!"

Yumi eyed the albino woman before her as she began to speak asking for Yumi to teach her about the ways of Malum. To help her find out how to use her anger to make herself stronger. The woman even went to the point of kneeling down before Yumi on one knee declaring that she would accept Malum in her heart, serving him until the day she died and was no longer roaming on this plain. Yumi reached out with her right hand, allowing her delicate white fingers to caress Alyssa's cheeks the motion was soft and tender. "Do not worry, even if you are to pass from this world you shall move into the afterlife, entering Malums domain and serve beside him for all eternity!" Spoke Yumi as she cupped Alyssa's chin and lifted the woman's head.

Yumi's sinister smile began to change, it was a soft angelic like smile as a bright gleam appeared in her eyes. "My God is a benevolent one! I was once an old crusting woman of seventy-five years. I slaved for years killing in his name and I was rewarded! He granted me the gift of youth and turned me into a monster! I am no longer human but a creature of darkness, a demon!" spoke Yumi as her demonic presence began to exert itself once more, but it was not directed towards Alyssa, merely to help show her the way.

"As a demon you wil gain this same ability of fear! it will weaken your enemies and grant you immunity. The darkness will become your home, it will never harm you." Proclaimed Yumi as she took a step back and extended her right hand for Alyssa to take. "Come take my hand and I shall engrave upon you the symbol of our Lord and induct you in our ways. Know this if you chose to follow me, you follow the guild I am apart of. My guild is most secretive, and dark we perform many evil dudes. Fear not for you will be rewarded."

Alyssa smiled as she looked up at the woman's hand. A demon? She figured. The woman was actually seventy-five?! She must be wise and all knowing. Her God would be accepted by Alyssa, and she would get stronger. Alyssa wanted to learn all that the woman had to teach and she figured this would be the best way to learn. She would be embarking in a new journey with a new ally and teacher by her side. She took the woman's hand and she felt a new power surge through her as she used the woman to help herself up. Though it was still hard to stand upon her own two feet, she found herself feeling much better about herself. She smiled at the woman above her. So she was joining a guild, a dark guild at that. The woman looked like a twelve year old girl, she was beautiful and seductive, someone that Alyssa would love to get between the sheets if she did not look like a child. This woman would be her master from now on, the person she followed into every battle if need be. A friend, an ally, someone who was going to make her much stronger than she was before. She was excited for what was to come in life, though she did worry about what Kenny was going to think. If the guild was so secretive, would she even be able to tell him? Probably not. Though it would hurt her to lie to him, she would do it if need be.

Yumi grasped Alyssa's hands, though she did not know the woman's name and she did not know Yumi's. It was not quite time for the name's to be revealed only when she had been finally inducted into the guild and the ways of Malum could name be revealed to one another. Yumi bites her lower lip as she began to pull the albino woman to follow after her, leading her by the hand. Yumi did this for the first few steps before removing her grip and placing her hands behind her back. Yumi while tiny walked with great strides, "Be sure to follow closely." Commanded Yumi to the albino, she would soon become Yumi's disciple and the first to be inducted as the newest apostle in the name of Malum. How long had it been since Yumi had performed an induction, many years almost twenty?

Yumi would through the streets of Hargeon, making sure the woman and her pet kept close as she led them towards the docks. Yumi led them to the end of the dock and towards the warehouse she rented which was easily ten meters high. The warehouse looked plain and ordinary with rusted doors. The warehouse was like all the others and didn't stand out. If it stood out the warehouse would only draw unwanted attention and Yumi did not want what was inside to be found. YUmi slid the door open with a loud screech of metal. Yumi entered and motioned Alyssa to follow before she shut the door and they were greeted to nothing but darkness.

Yumi found the light switch and flipped it turning the lights on. A row of lights above them lit up, the bulbs created a red light illuminating the warehouse in an eerie demonic light. In the middle of the warehouse was a large ritual circle forged from human blood. The circle was coated in ancient symbols, the demo tongue. In the middle were numerous geometrical shapes encompassing one another. Directly in the middle of the demonic array was a throne comprised entirely out of skulls. Each skull was bone white and had been cleaned to such a point they shined. Behind the throne was a large black portrait detail the demonic god Malum.

Malum took the form of a towering black demon hundreds of stories high, long horns atop bis head, devilish bat-like wings on his back, two long spears tipped tails with glowing red eyes. He wore heavy spiked armour that made him appear the picture of a berserker. His helmet was that of a skull shaped like a demonic beast. He wielded a massive double bladed axe as he sat upon a giant skull throne atop a mountain of corpses surrounded by an ocean of blood and black flames.

"To worship Malum is to walk the path of blood! You will kill, kill for his sake! You will treat death not as art but as a way of life. Never turn death into art, kill swiftly and with merciful brutality. Ending lives with one swing. With every death, the souls of the lives you take will pass through your body and onto Malum who shall consume them to grow stronger. You will collect skulls and assemble a mighty throne in Malum's honour and sit upon it without a trace of humanity." Preached Yum as she began to descend towards the throne of skulls. She reached beneath removing a brand that held the symbol of Malum, the same as the ritual circle. "With Magic, this symbol shall be engraved on your back." Yumi grabbed a guild stamp from beneath the throne next. "With this stamp, you shall become a part of our organisation, secrets is what you will keep taking them to the grave."

Yumi began to release her magic into the items making both glow bright red. "Come kneel and enlighten this Witch of where the mark of thy guild shall be placed." The mark of Malum would always be positioned on the middle of the back, whereas the guild mark went where ever the member wished.

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Alyssa was frightened to say the least. She was embarking on a new journey, one that would hold with her for the rest of her life. Was she ready to embark on this journey? She believed she was. Arcane seemed to be just as confident as she was, tail wagging as he inspected the throne of bones and the symbol in human blood. Alyssa was entranced by the portrait of her new found lord. She strived to be as great as her new demon master and serve as well as she did. She would kill for her new demon lord and gain power through the killing that she did. She would feed her new lord the souls of her victims, making him grow in power as well as herself. She felt her fear turn to excitement. She was ready. Ready to bask in the glory of her lord. Ready to be covered in the blood of her enemies and perch upon a throne of the skulls of the innocents she killed. A smile found her lips as she realized this was where she belonged. She had tried her hardest to fit in everywhere she roamed and yet never felt as truly at home as she did here. Finally there was a place for her. A place where her killing could be put to use. She knelt at the feet of the demon before her and removed her shirt in order to give the woman access to the bare flesh of her back. She was not worried about the pain that she was about to relieve. Instead, she concentrated on the power that she would be gaining through serving her new master.

Yumi watched as the woman without hesitation knelt before her and removed her shirt exposing the white of her back. Yumi eyed the tender flesh as she raised the demonic brand. The light burned brightly as mana surged into it. Yumi brought the brand down pressing it into the middle of Alyssa's back. Magical energy poured forth out of Yumi, through the demonic brand and into Alyssa's body. A warm energy would encase the woman engulfing her in a feeling of pure unrestrained rage. Yumi was letting loose of her emotions exposing her own anger and allowing her connection to Malum to reach Alyssa.

Anger would engulf Alyssa's entire being allowing her to feel all the pent up rage Yumi had accumulated over the years. It would be enough to drive anyone into a berserk state, but for Alyssa it would be a calming warm feeling that seemed to empower her. Black mana in the shape of fire would erupt from Alyssa's body as a bright red light shines out from her back as demonic symbols began to engrave themselves into her flesh. It would be like a thousand needles poking into her back at once.

As the demonic energy coursed through her a loud roar would be heard as the visage of Malum appears within her mind before appearing before her. Alyssa would experience a vision just as Yumi did. In the vision Alyssa would appear before Malum's throne, kneeling before the mighty Demon God as an ocean of blood surrounded her and she knelt on the bones of the dead. The wailing screams of a million souls would echo through the thick miasma coated air, the souls of the damned who had been sent to Malum.

Malum would look down upon Alyssa with burning crimson hues as he raised his giant right hand. The hand would descend upon Alyssa and his right index finger would touch her forehead, "Rise and announce thy name, my apostle. Bath in the blood of your enemies! Feed me souls of the damned! Please this Chaotic God and you shall be rewarded! Like the other faithful servant!" Malum would roar before ejecting her from the vision.

The moment it was over the runes would have completely engraved into Alyssa's back becoming one with her. Once it was done Yumi raised the magic stamp and placed it down upon Alyssa's back just above Malum's symbol. It would be the mark of Grimoire Heart appearing in the colour the albino woman desired.

"Rise my sister! You are now an Apostle of Malum. Please our Lord and one day you will rise beyond an Apostle into the ranks of High Priestess!" Spoke Yumi as she moved to take her position on the skull of Thrones she had made. "You have been inducted and it is only right for all to be revealed. I am the High Priestess! I have followed Malum since I was but a babe raised in his ways! I go by many names, through for I have been known as 'The Witch of Carnage' for I have left a sixty-year trail of bodies!" barked out Yumi as she began to reveal herself. The name Witch of Carnage was one spoken with whisper, no one knew of her identity. "Amongst my guild, I go by the name Carnage! You to will have a name decide by the Guild Master. But as your sister in blood you may call me by my name, Yumi. Hateshiginai, Yumi." Spoke Yumi as she crossed her right leg over her left, folding her hands over in her laps.

"THe guild which you are now apart of is a dark one, we scheme and operate from the shadows. Welcome to Grimoire Heart!" declared Yumi with a joyous smile on her pink lips.

The brand had hurt worse than Alyssa had realized. The pain nearly too much for her body to handle, yet she felt a warmth of powerful energy coursing though her body. Soon, she was sucked into a vision where she was kneeling upon a pile of bones. Most would be terrified yet Alyssa found herself smiling up at the lord above her. He had placed a finger upon her forehead and spoke the words to her. "Rise and announce thy name, my apostle. Bath in the blood of your enemies! Feed me souls of the damned! Please this Chaotic God and you shall be rewarded! Like the other faithful servant!" Alyssa wanted to be recognized in the eyes of this god. She would feed him all the souls he needed and in turn, he would help her rise to power with her newfound sister and master. Once she was expelled from the vision, she found herself in tears from the power she was feeling. She was very happy. Happy to be part of something more. She did not care that she would not be able to speak of her new guild. She would become powerful, with or without Kenny by her side. Though she would prefer if he would join the dark side along with her, she would not force him to do something he would not agree with...Yumi was the demon's name. It fit her well. "My name is Alyssa." She said, introducing herself to the woman she was currently looking up to. "I hope I can serve our lord well and that you will guide me in the ways. Maybe one day I shall become strong like you!"

Yumi revealed a gleeful smile as she eyed the young woman who revealed herself to be known as Alyssa. Yumi hopped up off the chairs and placed her hands behind her back and began walking around her knee sister sizing her up with her crimson hues. "At the moment you are weak but do not mind this. For once like you I was weak too. Time taught me much, and I will teach you. Your first task will now to be to take your first life!" spoke the demon lolita in a soft sinister tone as she walked across from the warehouse to an off room. She opened it up revealing a number of men and women of various ages young to old bound and crying. There was a total of six. Yumi whistled to herself looking over them appearing to be thinking.

Yumi made her decision and reached out pulling out a young woman no more than twenty-three years of age. The woman was pretty but nowhere near Yumi's level. She had long brown hair and baby blue eyes dressed in a yellow dress. Yumi dragged the woman out by her hair, her arms bound behind her back. The woman cried out in pain as Yumi dragged her out and shut the door. The Lolita pulled the woman over to the ritual circle and threw her down. "It is time for the taking of your first life. Do not hesitate. Be warned when you take a life your body will heat up as if in heat, and lust will begin to form within you. As women when we worship Malum our entire body is offered to him. The souls crossing through you will be the greatest pleasure you ever know!"

Yumi drew the axe from her back and looked at the Alyssa before turning to look at the bound woman. Yumi forced the crying woman to kneel down before Alyssa exposing her neck. Yumi then extended her mighty axe towards Alyssa. "Take my axe and in one swoop take this woman's head! From there I will instruct you to clean away the tissue and organs until only the skull remains. This will be the first for your throw." Declared Yumi as she extended the axe out. The Viking Axe was heavy and would require not only both arms to swing but also great effort.

Alyssa felt honored that she would be granted her first kill with the axe that the High Priestess used. Taking it from her outstretched hands, Alyssa found that it was a lot heavier than she realized. She used both of her hands to clutch the axe and grinned brightly at the crying woman before her. She knew there must have been a crazy look in her eye as she handled the axe as if it was precious. Without wasting a moment or regretting a thing, she swung the axe, lopping the woman's head off sloppily. Blood began to flow from her body as it slumped to the ground lifeless. As Alyssa felt the woman's soul enter her own body, she felt a rush of extreme pleasure, even more so than Kenny gave her. A gasp escaped her lips as she threw her head back and moaned, clutching her thighs together tightly as a warm feeling gather in the pit of her stomach. It was a pleasure that she had never felt in her life before and she wanted more. It was such an addicting feeling! Both she and her split could agree on that. She stood still for a moment to allow her body to get used to the new feeling before she looked down at the head rolling around at her feet. She lifted it by the hair and looked at Yumi questioningly. "There must be a certain process to clear the skull correctly, you must teach me."

Yumi watched with eager eyes as her new disciple raised the axe and with a sloppy swing cleaved the head off. Yumi watched blood spray up into the air as it did the ritual circle lit up. Magic rained upwards absorbing the blood feeding it into the circle increasing its demonic power. The moment the kill had be claimed, Alyssa began to feel the effects of the woman's soul passing on through her. Yumi licked her lips in a sultry manner as the woman released a moan from the sensation that flowed through her. The last Disciple Yumi took had not been as eager as this one, in the end, that disciple had been a failure and Yumi had claimed her life, but she felt this one would be different. Yumi waited for Alyssa to finish experiencing her first high, watching as she settled down before lifting the head up by the air asking to be taught how to clean the skull.

Yumi nodded and took her axe before throwing it onto her back and beckoned Alyssa to follow her. Yumi moved through the large warehouse to a room behind the ritual circle. The room was closed in and the thick smell of acid flowed out. Yumi opened the door and walked on in revealing a metal workbench equipped with various tools. At the end was a vat of powerful acid. Yumi moved to the bench where another head already rested, this one of a young man in his early teens. "I shall perform for you. Watch carefully." Instructed Yumi as she grabbed a metal handle, before opening up a draw from under the table. She pulled out a long metal blade and attached it to the handle. Yumi grabbed a sharpening stone from the table and used it to sharpen the blade. She moved it with grace and ease, she appeared like an artist as she sharpened the blade.

Yumi then grabbed a pair of gloves sliding them on and took the blade and began to first scalp the young man's skull remove the hair from on top. As she removed the hair she would dip the blade into the vat of acid. The acid melting the hair away but didn't effect the blade at all. The acid removed the hair and blood keeping the blade sterile and clean. Yumi continued working away until the top half was completely gone revealing the top part of the skull. Yumi then went about carving off the ears, mouth and nose dropping them into the barrel to melt away.

Yumi followed off by removing the rest of the flesh with an expertise. Her hands in covered blood and gore. Soon all that was left was a bloody skull with a tongue, eyes and brain inside the cranium. Yumi turned the skull upside and pried the mouth open taking out the tongue and dropping it into the barrel, followed by plucking out the eyes. She then grabbed a long narrow pole with a hook on the end and pushed up the nasal canal using it to remove the brain, she to dropped it into the barrel. Yumi then grabbed a pair of metal tongues grabbing the skull with it and slowly lowered it into the acidic barrel. Steam hissed into the air as Yumi held the skull in for but three minutes before pulling it out. The rest of the tissue was gone, all that remained was the skull.

"It is easy enough to just place the skull in the acidic barrel and melt everything at once, but one must take tender care of the skull. By carving away the flesh yourself the skull becomes part of you and that part then becomes your throne. Every piece of your throne is carved with love and care." Yumi sat the skull on the counter top and stepped back.

"It is your turn."

Alyssa had watched carefully, studying the movements of the woman closely as she tenderly began cleaning her skull. She treated the skull with the up-most care and Alyssa would be sure to do the same. Trading spots with the woman, she carefully took the blade and began to copy her movements, doing her best not to mess up the skull itself. She began scalping the woman, which was a bit more difficult since she had longer hair. Soon, she had begun carving off the face and then took out the tongue and eyes. The vat of acid quickly ate up the flesh leaving nothing behind. Once she had finished cleaning the skull, she smiled proudly at her accomplishment and held it up as if it was a prize. To her, it was a prize, her first steps to her own throne of skulls. She had seemed to scratch the skull a bit, but other than the small imperfection it was really well done, at least in her eyes. She placed the skull upon the counter and turned to the woman who was inspecting her movements. She hoped that she had done everything correctly in the eyes of the woman. She was still feeling the aftereffects of her first kill. Her entire body was humming with pleasure and she was beaming with excitement. Almost like a child who wanted to please their parent. She wanted to please the woman before her. She carefully stoked the skull in her hand, pleased with the result.

Yumi watched as Alyssa began the act of preparing the skull removing all the hair and flesh with the blade. Yumi hummed as she watched Alyssa's work. While she was a bit sloppy and there were a few times she struck the skull, leaving an imperfection it was acceptable. After all the first time Yumi prepared her first skull she had done the same but sixty years late and three skull Thrones later, and many other skulls were taken she had perfected the art. It would just take time. As Alyssa finished and showed off her work. Yumi gently took it in her hands and began examining it, "While it has a few imperfections it is certainly passable work. Much better than my first time." Complimented Yumi before handing the skull back over to Alyssa.

Yumi picked up the skull she had prepared and tossed it over carefully towards Alyssa, "Here. This is my gift to you. My father, the one who taught me of Malum presented me with a skull for my first throne, and now I do the same to you. Let these two became part of your base. It will take some time for your throne to assemble. However, not every skull will make its way onto the throne. Only those you consider special to you shall be added. I have discarded many skulls, only choosing those with the only perfection to form my throne."

Yumi walked out of the room, only after cleaning up the tools, "For now you will be able to use this warehouse and my tools. Eventually, you will obtain your own. When I leave Hargeon I will leave this warehouse behind, when you visit you may use it as you please. As my new sister, what is mine is also yours." Yumi would lead Alyssa away from the room returning back to the skull throne.

"You may leave your skulls safely here as you work towards your throne. When you have gathered the first thirty, we shall prepare the base and ritual circle that will encompass it." Instructed Yumi as she waved a hand pointing it towards space just opposite her own throne and circle. Indicating this is where Alyssa would start from.

Alyssa placed her skulls upon the ground where the woman had motioned her to. She was eager to begin training under the woman. Upon placing her skulls, she turned back to the woman to thank her for her help. She was sure they would be meeting a lot in the future, as this woman would be her new mentor. She hoped she would perfect her skills cleaning skulls before the next time the woman inspected her work. She was a student eager to learn and her mentor seemed just as eager to teach. "Thank you, Yumi for all of your help. You are truly a powerful and wise demon." She said, nodding her head to the woman before she made her way out of the warehouse shocked to find it was already night time. Arcane followed behind her, specks of blood coating his fur. Alyssa would have to give him a bath soon. As they made their way back towards their hotel, Alyssa found herself wandering into an alley towards a drunken man. Maybe this would be the perfect time to start feeding her lord. Unsheathing the blade from her back, she smirked before sending the blade flying through the man's throat, beheading him quickly only to be showered in his blood. Feeling the effects once again, she knew she would become addicted to this, to the feeling, and she was fine with that. Arcane barked, alerting her that they needed to get home, and so she left the alley and made her way back to the hotel.

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