demonic bird's wing, sending the three hurtling down into the sea.

relenting. "Hold on to me." Nyx tells the paladin as the bird flew away from the city while the knight continued firing arrows.

An arrows zips through the sky, seemingly with a will of its own as it manoeuvres through the peaks of towers in breakneck speeds, heading straight to slice through the

grits out, lightly hitting the bird's neck, tugging on her feathers in an attempt to steer her away.

The arrow fired flew past Nyx grazing her forearm. Another arrow flew straight towards the bird, piercing through her neck. The hunter urged the demon to leave the city with the bird eventually

towers did she catch a glimpse of a single person. Looking ahead she sees it, on top of the highest tower in this city stands a person. A single knight with an arrow nocked on their bow. Nyx feels the heat rising, a burning, frantic heat emanating from her demonic bird. "Hey. Hey! Don't engage!" She

"It was your choice to wear heavy armour. The bird can handle it too so I didn't see the need to 'prepare' you." Nyx states as she lets go of Alcides, petting the bird in thanks. "I don't like this place." She mutters, looking down at the city. Silent as a tomb, no people in sight. Not even in the

as she pulls Alcides to her, grabbing hold of the bird's feathers once its larger form flew under them. Looking up, the hunter sees no tear across the blood red sky, as if the rift was there to lure anyone in, damning them to live in a world unknown to them.

wet film that tore as they crossed into another world, a thick substance that stuck to them even as they fell from this other world's sky. Below them lies a city by the cliffside, sprawling with towers, a large wall stands before the towers, facing the lands before the city.

Nyx calls on the bird

They have to find out what caused this, see if they can take it on their own. She doubts it.

They're entering unknown lands. She doesn't know where they'll end up at.

She grabs Alcides by her hammer, calling for the bird as she jumps into the rift, dragging the paladin along with her.

There is

Of course they'd need more than one paladin to seal this thing. It's never this easy. She gets down on one knee, reaching out to touch the edge of the rift. It felt like an open wound, flesh wet with blood, the stench of decay spreading once she laid a hand on it. Nyx knows the paladin is right.

her early, futile attempts to seal it off. Bloodstains and slashes adorned the walls and the floor surrounding the rift from the hours she spent cleaning up the mess that left the rift. Glancing at Alcides, she wondered if she could seal it from the outside.

"How good are you at sealing spells?"

fed. It's much different from the other hell gates she's aware of. It's different from the one the church of thorns created. It looked more like someone tore through the boundaries between worlds, a show of brute force. Glancing at the scorch marks scattered on the areas she had written spells on,

thing would be the only one that would look for her. Rereading what she has written so far, she adds in 'check on my dog if you come by here.' in her message to Alyona.

Putting her phone in her pocket, she faces the rift at the foot of the staircase, large and gaping like a mouth waiting to be

the bird over to Alcides. "Think up of a name for her if you want. I gotta let someone know where I'll be." Nyx excused herself to send a message to someone in case they start wondering what happened to her, pausing in the middle of typing her next message when she remembered her dog. That little

"Her name isn't Bacon." Nyx points out, glaring at the bird. "I just call her bird, but I guess that's rude that she doesn't have a name yet." Not that the bird gave a shit. Giving the paladin a once over, Nyx answers her with a hum and a shrug. "Don't think they give a shit." She mumbles, handing

//I like the old forest as a title