Castlevania: Beloved Saintess

Chapter 8: The Castle

A monster was pounding away at the door above trying to get it open while the others stood and watched in wait growling and hissing in anticipation.

After realising that it won't open another came with an enchanted spear engraved with runes and stabbed at the door but nothing.

The monster that was pounding at the door grew in size and started pounding at the door.

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"Can we get that magic mirror working?" Trevor asked.

"I think so. But I can't do two things at once here." Sypha said as Alucard brought the mirror and Maria made her way to restore it.

"I know some Chaldaic. I know how to operate a distance mirror. Which shall I do?" Alucard asked and they all looked towards Trevor.

"Uh…um…I can't do either of those things." Trevor said.

"Come on, Belmont. Time to choose. You're either the last son of a warrior dynasty or a lucky drunk. Which is it?" Alucard asked.

"We're running out of time and the door won't hold, so if I were you Trevor I'd pick one…now!" Maria yelled as she walked towards him and grabbed his collar.

"Okay. Get the mirror working, Alucard. Give me gorce numbers, species, and weapons count. Sypha and Maria stay on their job for now. I'll fortify the point of entry." He said and everyone got moving.

The pounding got more frequent as the place began to rumble.

"I think we're going to see the size and disposition of the attacking force fairly quickly with our own eyes, Belmont." Alucard said as they equipped their weapons.

"I'm forced to agree. Do you have any further suggestions?" Trevor asked.

"Are you asking my advice?" Alucard asked.

"We're working together, Alucard. You're still a bastard, but you're the bastard I chose to fight alongside back in Gresit. Do you have a problem with any of that?" Trevor asked.

"None at all." Alucard said looking content.

"Aww you guys are getting along!" Marua cooed.

"Maria, don't be an idiot and get back to work." Trevor said. 

"Sorry, geez it's not my fault that our chances of actually winning against Dracula got higher." She mumbled as she continued to translate and write in a flash while Sypha took the translations to translate yet another text for the spell.

"So, what do you suggest?" Trevor asked.

"Using this to find Dracula's castle. Now. We're trapped in a box down here. We will eventually be overwhelmed. Unless we change the nature of the battle." Alucard said.

"Agreed. Sypha, Maria!" Trevor exclaimed.

"We've almost got it!" Maria said.

"I'll protect you for as long as I can." Trevor said. 

"We know." Sypha said and Maria looked as he ran up the stairs with worry embedded in her eyes but right now, there were more things to worry about and she went back to translating.

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The door was finally giving way as it began to crumble and a monster stabbed at it again undoing the spell and the bigger one smashed through.

*Boom!*

The entire library shook and everyone looked up knowing that the door was gone.

Trevor made it to the door of the entrance to the library and ran towards a shelf and pulled out a plank that wasn't supporting any book and ran back.