Deadly Sins(Ch.7)(Alfhiem, Land of the Faes)

 After surviving a life-threatening fall, Rias and her friends found themselves surrounded by full-body armored soldiers. Unable to fight back, they were captured and taken away to the dungeon of the soldiers’ castle. Upon arriving in the dungeon, they witness the cruel torture and abuse done there. They’ve seen little people, blood running, begging for help. As they went deeper into the dungeon, They saw bloody wings in piles on the sides and heard many different sounds, such as crying and grunting. Their fear grew with every step they took. Suddenly, they stopped at a dungeon cell with a single girl in it. The guards opened the cell door and pushed Yana and Rias in it. Across from the girls was a cell full of little boys that they threw the guys in it.

“Now, you fairies be good prisoners and behave yourselves, or you go into the torture room.” One of the soldiers said before he walked off while laughing.

“You bastard,” Yana thought to herself as she felt helpless and angry.

“Yuso, Esu na ye? (Excuse me, Who are you?)” The little girl asked.

Yana couldn’t understand her, so she attempted to wake Rias up to see of she could. Sadly, She failed multiple times.

“Asu pase grangu? (What’s wrong with her?)”the little girl asked worriedly.

“Are you worried about Rias? I think she’s just resting. She used a lot of power earlier.” Yana said slowly as she tried to reassure the girl.

“Staze Ba. (Stand back.)” she said as she gathered mana.

“O'fellon compards, eans hy poer, n heal pase. (oh fallen comrades, lend your power, and heal her.)”she chanted.

Suddenly, Rias glowed and woke up. As she rose up, she was tackled by Yana, who was silently crying tears of happiness.

“Ow! Why did you jump on me, Yana?” Rias asked.

“Because you suddenly passed out after landing and didn’t wake up, I was really worried about you.”

“Really? I had no idea.”

“Yeah, and this girl was the one who helped yo-

The girl cries out in pain, interrupting her.

“What’s wrong? What’s happening to her, Yana?” Rias asked worriedly.

“I don’t know.”

Then, Rias noticed the iron collar around the girl’s neck, and how it glowed.

“Yana, look at her collar. It’s glowing.” She said as she touched it.

“Yeah, weir... Ow.” Yana said as she burnt herself on the collar.

“What’s wrong?”

“I burned myself as soon as I touched the collar. I think the collar is burning her.”

“Pease, hep yu. (Please, help me?)” the girl asked struggling to stay conscious. A second later, she passes out from the pain.

“Alright, I’ll help you,” Rias said with confidence and conviction.

“Rias, Do you understand her?”

“I’ll explain later,” Rias said as she transformed again. This time her transformation was distinguished with red hair with a sparkling, silver streak and silver eyes with a cross-like shape in her eyes.

“Alright, let me break this collar,” Rias said confidently. Then she touched it with one finger, and the collar started to fall apart into blocks.

“Rias, How?”

Yana stops her comment as she saw Rias using heal magic. Suddenly, the girl jumped up, surprising them both.

“Thank you very much. My life is in your debt.” She said as she bowed.

“Oh, don’t worry about it. You helped me out, so it was only right to return the favor.” Rias said modestly.

“No, As princess of the fae, I have a duty to repay all my debts,” she said.

“Wait, Princess? Fae? What do you mean?” Yana asked confused.

“Well, let me start by introducing myself, I’m Raya, princess of the Fae, and daughter of Queen Titania and King Oberon.”

“Fae?” Yana said as if nothing was processing.

“Fae, or faires in human terms, are beings that are capable of manipulating and utilizing elemental energy, and spirit energy,” Raya said as she summoned the energy to her hand.

“So, if you could’ve used this energy, why didn’t you escape on your own?”

“Two reasons. The first is the iron collar that was around my neck. Iron blocks our powers and burns us in the process. The second reason was that I didn’t want to leave the other faes that are trapped here in this hell. I also my duty to protect all of the faes. I was not going to abandon them.” She said with a serious look in her eyes.

“I get that you have a sense of duty to protect your kind, but how did you and your people get to capture in the first place?” Rias asked.

“I don’t know myself. I was just playing in the woods when I saw these human knights transporting some faes to their castle. I guess they had someone watching from the outside of they’re caravan because I was planning to follow them back to their castle, but was captured in the process.”

“That makes sense, but it seems they can’t tell the difference between faes and humans. I mean they captured us, and we’re human.” Yana said.

“Yeah, but we are still different from them. We’re more advanced and can use magic, not to mention our SP Powers. We aren’t like them here. We’re unknowns to them and humans fear the unknown.” Rias said with an intense look.

“Rias? Are you okay?” Yana asked worriedly.

“Hm, Of course, I’m okay. Just thinking out loud.” She said smiling.

The smile Rias gave seems like it stopped Yana from asking any more questions for now. However, the smile was only used to reassure Yana. Rias, being the genius she is, knew that their first priority was getting out of the prison with everybody. Sadly, there was a huge problem Rias couldn’t access any of her power. It seems that she used most of her power to save her and the other lives during that fall. Luckily, thanks to her god-grandmothers, Reiko and Asia, Rias felt that her powers we’re recovering slowly, and by tomorrow morning she should be full strength.

Meanwhile, in the forest of the fae, A woman zooms through it leaving nothing but flatten trees as a trail. She seems to be worried about something. Then, she stops in front of a giant door and places a hand on the door. The door shines and disappears, revealing a bustling city of Faes. From Spriggans to Dryads to Sprites, there were many different kinds of fae in this city, and as the woman walked through the gates, the guards stood at attention.

“Glad to see you okay, my queen.” A man said as he approached the woman.

“Shouldn’t you be locked up awaiting your punishment?”She said.

“I don’t what you're talking about. The king of Fae, Oberon, doesn’t belong in a prison.” He said.

“Really, you don’t belong in prison. You sold your own people to those humans for no reward, not mention your own daughter. Who knows what they’re doing to her now.”

“I did not do anything of the sort. Even if I did something like that, you wouldn’t be able to prove it.” He said with a malicious smile.

Suddenly, a shockwave came from the woman, causing the people around her to tremble.

“You dare talk to your queen like that. You must be ready to die.” She said.

“Come on, Titania. You won’t kill your beloved king, will you?” He said arrogantly.

“Beloved king? No, but the man that killed his son and sold his daughter, along with the people he’s supposed to protect, to the enemy. Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you right now.” She said.

“For one thing, our daughter would be upset, and you don’t have your full power yet. Currently, your powers aren’t enough to fight a human army, let alone me.”

“Is that what you think?”

Suddenly, Glowing chains shot up out of the ground and wrapped around Oberon tightly.

“What’s going on? What is this?” He said while struggling to break free.

“These are a gift from my father. He thought I would need them at some point. They seal any type of magic of the person who it’s wrapped around.”

“That old man never liked me. Him and your siblings.”

“Guards, Take him back to his cell and don’t let him out again.” She said as she released another shockwave.

“Yes, my queen.” A guard said with fear in their voice.

“You really shouldn’t scare your people like that, Aunt Tania.” A voice appears behind Titania.

She turns around and her mood changes.

“Leska, Sapphire, Jeanne! I’m so happy you’re here, but why are you here?”

“We came to give you the good news. We, the people of Eden, have received our rightful king, and his three wives.” Sapphire said.

“So, Ryuuji finally came back. That’s wonderful. He needs to take his father’s place as the leader of the Lucrada Clan.”

“No, not Ryuuji. It’s the son of the second daughter, Reo Amagiri.” Jeanne said.

“What! He finally awoken to there powers again. This is wonderful news. Too bad it came to me on a horrible day.”

“You mean your daughter being kidnapped by the humans,” Leska said.

“Yeah, and I see you’re still away watching.”

“Of Course. We protect family, even if you don’t need it.” the three of them said simultaneously.

“Good to know.” Titania said while smiling.

“So, shall we begin.” Leska said as she summoned a magic circle.

Out of the circle, was a pack of wolves from Hikojima, the hell beast(she was using as a pillow), and Tsuki, the leader of the Oni.”

“Is there a reason why you summoned me to the place, Lady Leska.” Tsuki asked.

“You’re helping us search for Reo’s cousin. Plus, we might need you to help to get in undetected.”

“Yes Milady.”

“Wait, Leska! We can’t go just yet.” Titania said.

“Why not?” Leska said with a disappointed tone.

“Because I just woke up, and I don’t have my full powers yet,” Titania said.

“Oh right, I forgot about your condition,” Leska said.

“Huh, What condition?” Sapphire asked.

“Well, Sapphire, as you know, Aunt Titania is not an ordinary fae. She’s a fae with Jan-gu blood in her veins. However, like Reo and Anko, she has a problem controlling her powers when she sleeps. Even though there’s no need for her to sleep like other beings, she still prefers it every once in a while. So, she made a special kind of magic, that she uses to temporarily seal her from the dimensional energy every time she sleeps, but it takes a long time for her to recover her power after she uses it.” Jeanne explained.

“How long?” Sapphire said.

“Three days,” Titania said.

“How long you have left?” Leska asked.

“My powers should return tonight, or in the morning.”

“Okay, we’ll wait, but we first have to find the princess and her friend before anything else,” Jeanne said.

“Princess?” Titania said with a surprised look.

“Reo’s and Anko’s goddaughter, Rias. That’s the original reason for us being here. Grandpa sent her and her friends here to help you, but they were taken by the humans when they landed. So, we came to give them back up.”

“If they were taken by the humans, they probably think she’s a fae.”

Suddenly, Sapphire hears screams and moaning from far away. She turn towards the sound, and uses her dimension sight to see the problem. However, She wasn’t expecting to see this. Elves men hung on the cross, slowly dying as they watch their wives get rape and their kids killed by the humans.

“Jeanne, Leska, I’ll be right back. I going to wipe out some humans.” Sapphire said as she slowly transforms into her adult form. Then, she releases an immense amount of energy, just before she takes off into the skies, to blow back her sister and Titania.

“Oh, no you don’t sister. I won’t allow you to have all the fun.” Leska said as she tied Sapphire up with her strings, but they broke instantly.

“Sister, You know you can’t hold me with your string.”

“I know. This is a distraction.”

Jeanne appeared behind Sapphire and attempted to knock her out with a blow to the neck, but Sapphire activated her Armor body almost instantly.

“Sorry, but you can’t stop me,” she said as she throws her sister into the direction of the village.

Few minutes later, Jeanne wakes up with Sapphire, standing in front of her, in front of a village. She hears screaming and crying from the village. Jeanne got up and ran into the blazing town, but she was stopped by Sapphire.

“Why are you stopping me, Phi,” Jeanne asked

“It’s too late. They’re already gone. ” Sapphire said as she extended her arm. The image of the village burning disappeared, showed its ruin.

“What happened?” Jeanne asked as she fell to her knees.

“The humans of this dimension are on a warpath against the fae. They’re planning to wipe out every living fae here.” Sapphire said.

“That’s why you said that stuff earlier,” Leska said.

“Yeah, but I was too late. This happened last night.”

“So, what will you three do? Call the Lucrada or the archangels of Eden.” Titania said.

“Why should we call anyone for an army of humans? We’re strong enough to handle a couple of them. Like really, We’re the strongest people on Eden.” Leska said confidently.

“Yeah, besides we have to do ourselves. If Reo finds out about Rias being kidnapped, he would immediately come here to help. He’s the definition of a helicopter parent when it comes to Rias.” Sapphire said.

Leska and Jeanne nodded in agreement.

“Alright, let’s head back to prepare for the upcoming war.

Disappearing instantly, they all went back to the city. Once there, they saw something horrid. The city was set ablaze by the humans, leaving no survivors. In the mess of it all was a single message with a small blade through it. It read “This world is no longer yours to rule.” Titania fell to her knees and cried out for her people.

“Auntie Titania, I’m sorry. If you didn’t come after me during my temper tantr...

“Enough Phi, We all know it’s not your fault. If anything, you saved me.” Titania said as she stops crying.

“Seems like I’m too late,” Ira said as he appeared above them all.

Titania looked up and saw him.

“Father, Why are you here?” Titania asked.

“Well, I was on Eden to get the Jan-gu to take them back to Caleaxia to welcome a new race to the multiverse.

“What! Reo and Anko had kids!” Jeanne said with excitement.

“Damn, That kid works fast,” Leska said.

“No, they had to be enter a evolution chamber in order to withstand their true potential. I think they’ll be the birth of a new race once they awaken.”

“Why would you say that, Gramps?” Leska asked.

“They’re far stronger than anyone of us. But, anyway, we can solve that later, for now, let me fix your problem.” He said as he stretched out his arms.

“What are you trying to do, Grandpa?” Sapphire asked.

“Right, You’re still young, so you probably don’t know about our ultimate ability, Resurrection.”

“What? We can bring the dead back to life?”

“Yes, We just need to prepare new bodies and retrieve the fallen souls from the afterlife. The only downside is we have to rest for ten days to recover.” He said.

“I never knew that we possessed such an ability,” Sapphire said excitedly.

“Well, you never been around death to actually learn it, but, if you ask me, that’s a good thing.”

“Sorry, for interrupting father, but why would you do something so great for your daughter you abandoned?” Titania asked.

“First of all, I didn’t intend on leaving you and your siblings, but there was something I had to do. Hopefully, this would be enough for you to forgive me. Be right back.” Ira said as his body fell to the ground.

“What the h-

“Don’t worry. He went to the afterlife, but why leave his body here?” Titania said.

“Don’t know, but I think we put out the fires before they arrive,” Jeanne said.

“You’re right, Let me see if my powers came back,” Titania said as she got up.

She closed her eyes and concentrated on her surroundings.

“Feel it. The elemental energy that makes up this world. No, I need to conjure all the power I can to improve this once great city and bring it into a new age. For my people, I need to access the Jan-gu powers I possess. Please.” Titania thought to herself.

Suddenly, She shined brightly and slowly transformed into a form similar to Omega Form that the Jan-gu use. As time passed, Titania regained more and more of her power. She opened her eyes and released a strong gust of wind, which destroyed the flaming buildings easily.

“Holy shit! That’s a lot of p-power from her. I can’t even produce this much power.” Sapphire said with excitement in her voice, as her natural fighting instinct took over.

Back at the Human Castle, the human king, King Arges, walked down to the dungeon with his children. The reason for this trip is an educational expedition. He wants to teach them not to fear the Fae but to crush them under their boot. However, there was also an unspoken reason for today's trip. Once they arrived, they saw the dirty, disgusting dungeon covered by wings and blood. The cells echoed with cries of the capture faes, in pain. Once they reached the end of the cells, they saw Rias, Raya, and Yana.

"Father, I made my choice. I want these three to entertain me." The Prince said,

"All right, in that case, I'll take the three of them." The Princess said as she pointed to Tyrell and the others.

"Sure thing. Guards, Release these faes into my children's custody." The king ordered.

"Yes Sir." the guards said as they made their way to the cells.

As the guards opened the cell doors, a loud boom came from above. The king and the guards ran outside to see what caused the sound, leaving the prince and the princess down in the safe dungeon. However, the didn’t realize they left the cell wide open. Rias and the others ran out of the cell as soon as the guards left and released the other faes. However, the prince and princess blocked the only exit.

“Move out of the way!” Rias yelled.

“How dare a disgusting, filthy fae tell us what to do? You should be grateful we’re letting you live for now.” the princess said.

Rias sighed and thought “We don’t have time for this.”

Suddenly, Rias transformed, and attacked the prince with a punch to the stomach. He fell to his knees and vomited.

“Whoops, I didn’t mean to do that. Seems like I have to hold back on you, Princess,” she said as she turned towards the princess. The princess, paralyzed by the fear, stands completely still while soiling her clothes.

“Wow, Rias is scary when she’s angry,” Raya said, shaking.

“You think. I think she rather calm compared to her god-father and god-mother when they angry.” Yana said.

“Really? Who are they?”

“Our weak cousin, Reo, and his slutty girlfriend, Anko,” Tyrell said

“Idiot! Don’t say that about Reo and Anko, especially in front of Rias. Do you want her to get angry again? There’s no one here to stop her this time.”

Realizing the wise words that came from his twin, Tyrell felt a sense of danger and fear. He looked at Rias, hoping she didn’t hear him. Luckily, she was more focused on the power outside.

“Let’s go!” She said.

“I hope that’s who I think that is... Papa... Mama... I need you two here.”

As they rushed through the castle, they encounter soldiers, who were determined to stop them. After a few easy fights with the soldiers, Rias and the others rushed outside and saw it. A war between the human kingdom and the Faes.

“What’s going on? Why is everybody fighting? What are these beings? I don’t recognize them at all.” Raya said.

“Human King!” Titania's voice echoed throughout the battlefield.

“Release my daughter and the others fae under capture and you, along with your people, shall live another three days.”

“HELL NO! You have no right to threaten me, nor my people. We will fight you until the end.” The human king responded angrily. The crowd yelled as if they already won the war.

“Foolish humans, indeed! Now they have to suffer for something their king decided.” Leska said as she sat down somewhere on the battlefield.

“Well, they made their choice. Now we don’t have to hold back against them. They can properly get punished for their sins.” Jeanne said.

“Okay, but let’s try not to injured the innocence,” Sapphire said.

“Right.” Leska and Jeanne said simultaneous.

Suddenly, the three of them sprung onto the battlefield. Each of them had a different purpose. Leska was to thin the numbers of the army. Jeanne was to handle the air weapons such as the cannons. Sapphire was to search and rescue for Raya and the others. Once the army is down to a certain number, the Fae will attack the castle. However, the plan didn’t go like it was supposed too. The humans had a secret weapon for the revived Fae and their queen. Specialized iron dust made to destroy a fae with a touch. It attacks the cells of the faes that help convert elemental energy and once they’re destroyed, the fae’s body disintegrates into dust, leaving nothing. They called it BlackDeathX or BDX. Along with this problem, humans had people who were on par with Leska and Jeanne's power. It was the side effects of working with BDX. It mutated the humans’ DNA which allowed them to access a massive amount of power and some even developed abnormalities. Thanks to this development, they had the confidence to start this war. Luckily, Titania noticed the escaped fae and landed in front of Rias and the other. Automatically, Rias raised her guard.

“Are you all alright?” Titania asked concernedly.

“Mom, What happened? Why is this happening?” Raya asked.

“We came to get you, and stop the humans’ genocide plans for the fae.”

“Genocide? Why would they do that?” Rias asked.

“I wasn’t talking to you, human. Stay out of our business before I turn you into dust.” Titania said as she gives off a strong, deadly aura.

“Mother, no. Don’t... She was one of the people helped me and the others escape. I trust her with my life.” Raya pleaded.

“Raya, are you sure you trust her?”

Raya nodded with a serious look. The look Raya gave Titania was so intense, it convinced Titania to trust Rias too. Suddenly, A dust cloud of BDX attacked Titania and the others while their guard was down. Wondering how it was possible, Titania erected a barrier to protect and purified the Raya and the other from the dust.

The human king laughed loudly and yelled “What now, You false queen? Once you touch the dust, you’re dust.”

Suddenly, the BDX cloud slowly retracted within itself. As seconds went by, the cloud consumed by Titania, surprising the king. Thanks to her heritage of a Jan-gu, the BDX doesn’t affect her as it affects her subjects.

“What! Is she going to be okay? That stuff looked like it’s deadly to you fae,” Rias asked concerned.

“Yeah, She’s fine. My mother is a hybrid, and the strongest fae in the entire universe.”

“Hybrid?” Rias and the others asked.

“Right, human. You don’t know about our legends. Well, my mother is a part of a Clan called the Lucrada Clan.”

“Lucrada!” Rias said excitedly.

“You don’t know about them. They’re legends known across the Universe. Every race should know stories of their deeds.” Raya said shocked.

“Who’s the leader of this Clan?” Yana asked.

“My uncle, Vlad Lucrada. He’s a part of the all-powerful race, Jan-gu.”

“What? Grandpa Vlad.” Rias said excitedly.

“Wait... You know about Uncle Vlad. Do you know about his wife... Auntie Meliona?” Raya asked curiously.

Rias nodded. Raya looked at Rias with a confused look. “Who are you, Rias?” she asked instinctively.

“What do you mean? I’m Rias Mashiro, Princess of the Jan-gu,” she replied.

“Impossible! You don’t give off an aura similar to my uncle.” Raya replied.

“That’s because she's the god-daughter of the new king and queen of the Jan-gu,” Titania said.

Raya, shocked by the news, instantly curtsied and held her head down.

“Forgive me, milady. I didn’t know of your status,” she said.

“Stop it! There’s no need for formalities now. Besides, we’re basically family.” Rias said.

They each looked at each other and laughed. Suddenly, a cannonball flew towards Rias and the others. Unfortunately, none of them noticed the cannonball until it crashed.

“Miss Rias, Please remember that you're on a battlefield. Please be aware of your surroundings.” a familiar voice said.

Rias looked at the barrier around them and noticed the person’s voice. It was the dryad that was her father’s familiar. Happy to see a familiar face, Rias jumped onto her as she yelled “Jade!”.

“I’m happy to see you too, Rias,” she said as she put her hand on Rias’ head.

“I missed you so much,” Rias said.

“I did too. Master Ezra hasn’t been calling me in a while. Now that I mention it, I think the connection between us has been sev-

Jade’s face went blue with fear.

“Rias, what happened to your father?” She asked.

Yana looked at Rias and hoped she was okay to answer the questions by the strange person. Rias had an intense look on her face, scared to tell Jade the horrible news about Takayama. Suddenly, she felt three hands on her. She turned around and saw the three astral projections. It was two grandmothers and a strange person she didn’t recognize. They all looked at her giving her a feeling of reassurance.

“The WAA(World’s Army Association) murdered my father,” Rias said.

“Murdered,” Jade said, fearfully and confused.

Rias nodded.

“Grandpa Vlad said that the WAA has became corrupted by the corruption of the Rebel Gods.”

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck Rias, nearly killing her. Jade looked at Rias’ body with a cold, dark look. It was a look of fear and sorrow. Titania looked up, wondering where that lightning coming from because there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Then, she saw him. Thor, the Norse god of lightning and the guardian of the humans staying in Alfheim.

“Raya, I want you to take everybody and run back to the forest.” Titania telepathically said. However, Raya didn’t respond because she was paralyzed by the sight of Rias.

“Raya!” Titania yelled. Sadly, it was no good. Raya sat there.

“Auntie, What happened?” Jeanne said.

“What is he doing here?” Leska asked with disgust.

“Rias!” Sapphire yelled with a worried expression.

“You three, I need you to retreat with everybody back into the forest,” Titania said as she kept her eyes on Thor.

“ No Auntie, Thor is one of the strongest gods of their entire race. You can’t fight him alone.” Jeanne said.

“Did you forget? I’m the Queen of the Fae, daughter of Ira Lucrada. A Fae/ Jan-gu hybrid. Even, if I’m just a half-breed, I’m still one of the most powerful races.” Titania said just before she took off into the sky towards Thor, striking a flame of strong hope and morale in Jeanne, Sapphire, and Leska.

At that moment, Sapphire teleported everybody, except Titania and Thor, back to the city. Once there, the three of them healed the injured, starting with Rias. Back at the battlefield, Titania and Thor face-off.

“You don’t belong here, Thor. Leave now!” Titania said with an overwhelming aura.

“The queen of flies dares to order me around. You must have a death wish.” Thor responded with his own aura.

The sky slowly turned dark as the clouds gathered. Then, the thunder roared as each bolt of lightning crashed down, hitting the surrounding area, and scaring the humans back into their castle for safety.

“You’re really not going to give up,” Thor said with a smug expression on his face.

“No,” She replied just before charging at Thor.

As they clashed, lightning flew everywhere. However, Titania was the only one who was knocked back, and the reason for this was Thor’s weapon, Mjolnir. A mighty hammer crafted by the Jan-you as a gift to the gods as a symbol of peace between two races. Only those who have true honor and worth may wield this weapon. The hammer itself is composed of condense Caleaxium, which can only be found in Caleaxia, making it the heaviest, strongest, and most durable weapon in the universe. Also, it can act as a conduit when channeling elemental magic. It was supposed to be used by the Human’s world savior. However, the gods had other plans for it. They only use Mjolnir as a weapon of mass destruction. They destroyed multiple super-intelligent civilizations and used them as they saw fit.

“Enough, I didn’t come here to play,” Thor said as Titania got ready to charge again. He raised his hammer over his head. Suddenly, holes formed in the sky, and out of the cam a ship of soldiers from the earth dimension.

“How unfortunate?” Titania said as she sighed.