That's So Wizard

Chapter 76 - Attack of Titans

Before them was an elderly woman surrounded by a cute wood workshop of machines and tools and layers of fabrics. Her skin was tinted a sickly green beneath blond locks of hair, and where her eyes should have been, were a pink and blue button sewed to flesh. They somehow were still able to see, however, as she did her job as any craftsman would. Said job, being a seamstress, was easier for her, as hanging from her body were many loose strings that she controlled as any would do so with arms.

Kevin watched as she completed the last strand of her project. This time, his skin was only as white as his ginger nature allowed. It surprised himself that he wasn't terrified.

"So you were able to find what I asked about?" Eldrian had waited patiently for her to be finished. "I know it was an odd, tricky request."

Marionette nodded. Her button eyes turned up to him as a smile grew slowly along the wrinkles around her lips. "Yes. We were lucky enough."

Eldrian let out a breath of relief. "Thank goodness. I really owe you one this time. Really. After we deal with this, I'll come back and make it up to you somehow."

The demon's workshop was holding four others at the time—Renatta, Daveon, Arlandria, and Deena. They waited patiently as well, having found seats in the corner, and Deena was nose-deep in a book that was resting on the end table. Something about demonic designer mugs.

"So what do you guys think?" Eldrian asked.

Renatta was gleeful. "This sounds fun!"

While Daveon shrugged with a slight smile, Deena spoke up as she lowered the book from her gaze. "I'll feel silly, but it's the best way. Let's just get things over with."

What they spoke of would soon be revealed to perhaps more than it should, but they had made up their minds. There were some things any good-natured person had to do. There was something inside of them that had awoken, some later than others, that called to them. Somebody had to make a difference. And so, they departed shortly after.

Lucy, being the eldest daughter of the Demon World's ruler, had access to a number of perks, one of which being a portal room the team had used once before. She has the power to open a gateway to any place on Earth, for herself or others. The coordinates become set, and then a fissure of hellfire tears open along the surface. It always left with no evidence of ever being there.

That's exactly what happened. Nobody would know there ever was a fissure in Spokane, but there was, and what it brought was much more important.

***

The tree-covered woods outside the city was void of noise one minute, and but chattering the next. Aegis Arcanum had arrived. In front of them spanned the city with a chill in the air, though the chirping of birds reminded them spring was gradually approaching. That is, if they lived long enough to see it.

Eldrian gripped a slip of paper that flapped around in the breeze. It read the time and place, courtesy of Zayna. He placed it back into his pocket.

He was the first to act. Standing still, ethereal rings formed around his midsection, and they slid up and down his form to his head and toes, but as they went, the outfit he wore before was something else. They revealed his Dark Mage blue robes—face magically showed to show only a pair of glowing yellow eyes. It caused his voice to be distorted, and it reverberated.

One hand outwards brought his Staff of Lightning out of a ring in the air, from seemingly nowhere, to retrieve it from magic storage.

"My turn!" Renatta exclaimed, perhaps too excited by the concept.

As with Eldrian, rings moved out from her body as she changed wardrobe. A form-fit dark red outfit, like a ninja may wear, appeared around her, covering all but her eyes. Though it hide her hair, the back of the hood was tied by a black ribbon, causing her silhouette to have a ponytail regardless. Her voice was masked in a similar way.