After killing the soldiers in my way I rush towards Celestia who quickly gets out of the hole in the wall and swings her maul at me. Our weapons collide making both of us stagger back slightly, she snarls at me and swings again only for the same result as the first strike.

Her horn lights up and she fires a blast of energy at me, I react by forming a shield of shadows deflecting her attack. She then swings her maul and I use the shield to block it, the shield shatters but I'm unharmed as I stagger back from the force.

A gunshot goes off and Celestia yelps in surprise as the bullet ricochets off her chestplate leaving a dent in the metal. It seems Desire wants payback.

I take advantage of her momentary surprise and try to cut her in half with my scythe, her armour is stronger than it looks and only causes her to get sent skidding across the stone floor.

The alicorn slowly stands back up with a shake of her head. "How like a demon, no honour in battle," Celestia says and spits out some blood.

She took a cheap shot at me at the start and she talks about honour? "Honour? You think there is honour in battle? Bitch, there's only three things in battle, the winners, the losers, and the method in which you win. I did not become Overlord by playing fair or nice. I took what I knew and used it against my enemies ruthlessly making sure my people lived while they fell! I will use any means at my disposal to ensure my people suffered as few casualties as possible while decimating my foes to the brink of total annihilation. You think there's some code of conduct to battle? There isn't," I tell her and fire a ball of darkfire at her, she gasps and quickly teleports to the side just avoiding the attack which blows out the wall behind her.

She looks back at me with a worried expression before teleporting to my left and swinging her maul at me. I raise my left hand up and catch the spiked head of her maul where a spike pierces my hand making me grunt in pain and her to look stunned.

"I've fought in so many battles, I've faced demonlords with a variety of powers and abilities over the last thirty-two years, and so far all you've shown is increased strength, agility, and some energy based abilities... Even your healing is pathetic," I comment and rip her weapon out of her grasp before sending the maul into the Shadow Realm out of her reach. She stares at the hole in my hand which closes quickly, though I hiss at the pain it causes.

Her horn glows and a large sword made of her golden energy forms in her hands which she then swings at me with an almost feral snarl on her face. I frown and stand still, only raising my right arm to block her attack with my scythe. Thanatos is pulsing with the desire to steal her soul, his anger at alicorns for sealing him in his own weapon rising.

I continue to block her frantic attacks and start to get annoyed, it’s like she hasn’t seen battle in ages, I then lash out with my left arm and back hand her in the face, making her spin in the air three times before clattering across the stone floor.

She gets back up and glares at me while wobbling on her feet a bit. "You will pay for killing my guards and what you've done to Fluttershy," she tells me and then looks at Luna. "And you shall not escape to haunt my sister ever again," she tells her.

I look back at Luna whose eyes look very upset. "Do you know what's more sad?" I ask Celestia getting her attention. "Your guards would still be alive if they didn't attack, and I warned you not to follow us. Their deaths are on your hands, Princess," I tell her and begin walking towards her. "And as for Luna, you will not touch her," I say and rush forward quickly and swing my scythe, she barely dodges and this time I leave a large tear in her left biceps armour.

She yelps and teleports a good few metres away. "That is not Luna! My sister is recovering in Canterlot after what that monster put her through! As for my guards, they will be avenged for their deaths," she snarls at us and fires a bolt of magic at me where I swat it away with my left hand, which is burnt by the sheer heat of her attack.

"Ouch," I say emotionlessly as the skin peels off and heals. "So you wish to die that badly? Very well," I tell her and rush at her again and create two clones of myself using my darkfire, we surround her and we all begin slashing at her with our scythes as she tries to desperately parry my attacks, she tries to teleport again but I quickly swing my scythe and cut two inches of her horn off, making her scream in agony. After a whole minute of slashing and burning, my clones dissipate and I pick up Celestia by her throat, her armour is all torn to ribbons and she's bleeding badly with burns across her body as she dangles limply. "Any last words before I take your soul?" I ask her raising my scythe above my head.

"STOP! Sir Damien... please, dost not harm our sister," Luna begs me as she floats over to us.

"And why not? She's made it clear she wants to kill me and my wife, despite that it was her people that pulled us from our home and family, then to attack us just for what we are. If I don't kill her now she'll be a threat to myself and my wife later," I reply and grip Celestia's neck a bit tighter getting her to choke and cough.

"That mayhap be true, but she is just over protective of our subjects and Equestria will fall into chaos should she be slain... The last Overlord didn't exactly come to us with offerings of peace..." she pleads and reminds me of Tirek's attack.

I growl and look back to the gasping woman in my grasp as I try to repress my urge to kill her. "You should thank Luna, she just saved your pathetic life," I tell her and drop her on the ground in a coughing heap.

"I'll take this whore and Fluttershy to the outskirts of that town near the forest, I'll be back after that and we can leave," I tell my wife before looking back at Luna. "You're welcome to join us or stay here, it's your choice," I tell her before gripping Celestia by the back of her neck, picking up her horn tip and dragging her over to a trembling wide eyed Fluttershy. "Come, I'm taking you home," I tell her and hold my hand out as my demonic form reverts back to my normal form.

She nervously takes it and I then meld all three of us into the Shadow Realm, she eeps and clings to my arm as I fly over the forest and to the edge of that town. I exit the realm and dump the alicorn on the ground as she grunts in pain with the tip of her horn next to her.

I see people stare at us before looking at Celestia, they scream in fear and start running around like headless chickens making me chuckle slightly. It also seems Celestia has passed out. "Fluttershy, tell your Princess here that should she come after me again, I will kill her," I tell the timid woman who nodded fearfully at me.

"FLUTTERSHY!" I hear a female voice call out and see a purple furred woman with dark blue hair and two stripes of pink through it, she's wearing a long dark purple skirt and a white button up shirt. She looks hysterical as she runs over to us.

"I shall take my leave then, don't forget to tell her," I say to Fluttershy before leaving into the Shadow Realm again. I wait for a few seconds as the purple woman checks over Celestia with her horn glowing before more people gather around trying to help. I huff and make my way back to the ruins.

I arrive and exit the Shadow Realm where Desire tackles me and snogs me deeply. "I'm so glad you're safe," she tells me.

"I'm fine, she wasn't as tough as Val'hades was," I reply with a chuckle. Noctis then flies down from the rafters and lands on my shoulder.

"Do not underestimate our sister, she was not fighting at full strength, she hast been giving our other half some of her power to recover quickly," Luna informs me.

"So she attacked me while she was weakened?" I ask as I look around for my pistol.

"That is most likely yes," she replies and nodded her eyes up and down.

"I see..." I say and frown as I find my weapon and reload it, maybe I should have just killed her to be safe... "Well, we need to leave now, have you decided if you wish to come with us or stay here?" I ask her.

She looks around the ruins and then to a few splatters of Celestia's blood on the floor before looking back at me. "We shall go with thee... our sister shalt not take this lying down... she will come back for us with a larger force and possibly the elements as well," she replies with a sad tone.

"Very well. Do you need to eat, drink, or sleep?" I ask her.

"We can sustain ourselves with the magic in the air for now, but tis not enough to help us recover," she tells me sadly.

I look at my right hand and cover it with my shadow energy, as it's similar to the energy she's made of. "Can you absorb this?" I ask while holding out my hand to her.

She looks at my hand and goes wide eyed. "Tis shadow magic..." she says quietly and then engulfs my hand with her mist like body. I can feel her absorbing my energy and she gasps as black ears pop out from above her eyes, followed by a horn and a muzzle with human like teeth. Her face then forms followed by the rest of her head down to her neck. The mist like shadow of her body now looks like it's her hair and her fur is blacker than darkness itself.

She's beautiful.

I pull my hand back as I feel quite drained from both the battle and her taking my energy.

"We... We feel our magic returning... please, canst thou spare more?" she begs me with pleading eyes, the echo to her voice now gone.

"Later, right now I need to recover and we need to leave," I reply.

"We thank thee for helping us and protecting us from our sister, Sir Damien," Luna tells me with a smile on her face.

I return the smile before Desire decides to ruin the mood. "Damn, she's hot... Can we keep her?" she asks me seriously.

I groan and facepalm myself while shaking my head, I then notice Luna blushing slightly at Desire. 'This is going to be a long trip home,' I think to myself.

"So, Luna. Which way do we go? We don't know these lands and getting out of the country seems like a good idea for now," I ask our newest travelling companion.

"We should head west towards the gryphon kingdom of Gryphonia. There our sister hast nary any jurisdiction and can not pursue us," she replies as I yawn. "Perhaps thou should sleep tonight and allow thee to recover thy strength," she then suggests.

I look up out of a hole in the ceiling and it's still night out. "Alright, I could do with a quick nap, I doubt Celestia will recover fast enough to attack us again so soon," I reply. We then walk through the castle and find Luna's old room still in good condition.

I remove the dust and then lay down onto the bed where Desire snuggles up beside me with a happy smile. Noctis has flown over to a cushion on the floor and falls asleep there. "We shall watch over thee till ye both awaken," Luna then tells us and I chuckle.

"Thanks, see you in the morning," I reply and after a few minutes I drift off to sleep.

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