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"Go for it, just keep them off of me until I finish." He instructed, clearing out a few more Poltergeists. Once he was in the clear he clapped his hands together, focusing a large amount of Holy Light into them as he chanted.

"Audite me, domine Elohim
Da mihi hanc potestatem, ut auferatis malum hoc
Et omnes, qui pure et fideliter pertendam in gloria tua
et omnes iniqui, et vile in ardent iudicium iustitiae tuae"

The Holy light then focused on the tips of his first two fingers, which he then used to trace out a Holy Cross in the air as he continued chanting.

Sam punched the ground, disapearing into a cloud of black dust and re-appearing in the ghost world. She started fighting the poltergeists, re-appearing after about 20 minutes. ''I'm back.''

"Pater gloriae, qua invocaverimus te, et filios tuos
A vinculis liberare animas terrae
Et sint in mundo praeter pacem
Te Rogamus, AUDI NOS!"

As he spoke the last line, the cross in the air illuminated the entire tunnel, bathing the undead in its warm light. The Poltergeists were forced out of their stolen vessels and disappeared from the mortal realm, back into the veil where their ultimate fate awaited. Alkilai let out a sigh. "Guess I'm a little rusty, that took way too long." Just then, Sam and Soul returned to the physical world. "Good work guys, the Poltergeists should be gone now, and there's still some back lash from the exorcism, so no big game should be coming for us for a while. Come on, lets see if we can't find this thing before that wears off."

They nodded, following him in silence. ''Gosh.. the Twili people will hate me for quitting them so long..'' Sam muttered, looking down and continuing walking.

"Exactly how long have you been gone?" Alkilai asked. "I mean, you are the princess I doubt they'd let you slum around in the Mortal Realm for too long... or did you even tell them you were leaving?"

''For 1 day.. i rarely go out of the Twili kingdom for more then 1 day..'' Sam explained, sighing. ''Wait.. who told you i was the princess?'' She said, grabbing her machete and getting on guard. ''Wo, wo, wo! Sam, i told him, it's okay.'' Soul replied, lowering her weapons.

Alkilai mentally slapped himself for letting that slip out. "Uh... yeah, he told me on the way, sorry if that was supposed to be a secret or something." He apologized, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "One day huh, and you're already well into your second, that's not good. If you really think they'll be that worried about you then maybe you should just go home. I can deal with this on my own, it was my "quest" to begin with, besides it's probably not a good idea to get the Twilight Kingdom involved in the matters of Heaven and Hell." He stated.

''I will go..'' She said, nodding and disapearing into a blue and black portal.

Once in the Twilight Realm, Sam apologied to her family and people, then telling him she wouldnt be back before alteast 7 days or more. ''I am sorry, i have to go.'' She said, in her twili language, then disapearing and re-appearing behind Alkilai, one hour after she disapeared from the catacombs. ''I am back.''

Alkilai said nothing as Sam and left through the portal, he just continued onward and searched deeper into the catacombs. This was a more difficult task than he had expected, since the catacombs were pretty much a giant maze, he could sense the direction of the Demonic Power, but but always ended up in a dead end, it was completely frustrating. As he explored he observed the destruction the Demons caused as they tore the place apart trying to find... what were they trying to find? Alkilai couldn't believe how ridiculous this whole situation was, he didn't even know what he was looking for, and yet there he was wasting his time in a dirty, smelly old massive grave, and at the order of an Angel, it down right pissed him off.

"I swear if this whole thing was just a wild goose chase I'm gonna conquer Heaven myself." He said irritably. As he festered in his own anger, he picked up a slight rumbling sound coming from further down the tunnel. He stopped to listen and was surprised to find that it seemed to be getting louder, like it was... approaching him. He could feel the floor and walls shake a bit as what seemed like three large boulders that were slightly submerged in the stone that made up the tunnel approached him, circling him before popping out in the open, revealing their true form. They seemed to be lizard like Demons that sported stone like armor and claws. "Gravelers huh, guess I'm going in the right direction at least. Alright, bring it on!" Alkilai prepared for battle. Two of the Gravelers went into the ground while the third rushed up to attack him, Alkilai traded blows with the creature, they weren't particularly fast, but their stone claws made their strikes powerful, and the armor made them difficult to damage, meaning Alkilai needed to use heavy hits too, which slowed him down as well. Alkilai eventually managed to find an opening and landed a punch to its face, making it stagger and allowing Alkilai to follow up with a combo.

However, just as he was about to land the last blow, he sensed the movement of one of the other Gravelers and stepped back just in time to evade the Demon's strike. However, it quickly followed up with a tail strike, but Alkilai was able to block it, fighting as the Demon put pressure on his gauntlets to try and break his guard. This turned out to just be a distraction, as the third came at him from the side but he used his leg to block the strike and retaliated with a Holy Light Side Kick, sending it flying into the wall. He then side stepped and broke the clash with the Demon's tail and went right into a spinning roundhouse kick that knocked the Graveler to the ground. But just as he got back down in his stance, the first Graveler came up right from under him, nailing him with a stone uppercut. Alkilai hit the ceiling and fell back down the floor, he groaned in pain but quickly returned to his feet, staring the three Demons down. It was then that Sam and Soul returned, everyones attention turning to them. "Sam, Soul, what the... I thought you were going back home." Alkilai said, clearly surprised by their return. However, she didn't have time to answer, as the Demons charged at her.

Sam understood, nodding to Soul as he turned to his reaper form.. but.. with the height of a human. The reaper made a hand move, a black shadowy dust coming out of his hand and going in the Gravelers' bodies, removing their soul. ''Your souls shall be mine!'' A deep and dark voice said; actually, it was Soul's voice. The reaper then made another hand move, causing the souls to disapear in the air into a bad smell. ''Cover your nose, Alkilai, that sent is too dangerous for mortals.'' The Twili said, covering up her nose with her hands. Soul then turned back to his human form, sighing.

"Don't have to tell me twice." He said, pinching his nose as to not inhale the Reaper Stench. The three Gravelers fell limp on the ground, Alkilai walked over to them and kicked one to see if it was truly down. "Wow, I can't believe that actually worked, ripping out a Devil Shade isn't an easy thing to do, even for a Reaper." He praised. Devil Shades were the Demonic equivalent of Souls, as Demons don't have true Souls like Mortals do. The most prominent difference was that so long as the body of the Demon remained, a new Devil Shade can be placed into it and the Demon would return just as it was. To prevent this, Alkilai destroyed the bodies with his Holy Light and then returned his attention to Sam and Soul.

"What gives, I thought you guys went back to the Twilight Realm, what are you doing back here?" He inquired, the Reaper Stench finally clearing.

''It would be a shame to let you alone here.'' They explained, beginning to walk. ''A very big shame for my family..'' Whispered Sam, to herself, looking at the ground in shame. ''So we came back to help you.'' Soul continued, smiling.

Alkilai was silent for a moment, he noticed her tone and look when she answered. He wasn't entirely sure of her reasons for returning, she either really wanted to help or really didn't want to go home, either way, he wasn't going to turn her down. "Well, thanks, I know this really isn't your problem, so I appreciate the help." He said with gratitude.

Sam continued looking at the ground. "No problem.." She whispered, disapearing into a shadow and walking silently. On the wall, you could see her Shadow walking but not her body in real.

"She's probably going to unleash her rage on the enemies now.." whispered Soul, to Alkilai.

"What's up with her, is she really that desperate to get out of the Twilight Realm?" He whispered back. "I mean, like I said, I appreciate the help, but killing Jigoku won't help the Twilis get any closer to "salvation", I hate to say it, but she's sort of wasting her time here."

"She wants to help because of she doesnt Jigoku May destroy the Twilight Realm too and she doesnt want her people to Suffer even more.." Whispered back Soul

"...Well, I guess that makes sense." Alkilai admitted. Just then he felt a strange... power coming from the pathway they were passing, it was different from all the Demonic Energy that the place wreaked with, but it seemed to be coming from the same direction.

"Hey guys, I think we're getting close." He said, starting down the tunnel where he felt the power coming from.

"Good.." Whispered Sam, walking out of the shadows and summoning her machetes. "If there are 4-5 enemies we should leave it to her so she doesnt rages against us.." Whispered Soul to Alkilai, making his scythe disapear. "Would be a Very good idea.."

"Trust me, there'll be plenty to go around." Alkilai replied, readjusting his gauntlets. "Come on, don't want to keep them waiting." He led the way down the passage, the closer they got, the stronger the powers got, so much so that they seemed to just blend together at times. Eventually they reached the end of the tunnel and entered into a large chamber; Alkilai was about to increase the intensity of his Holy Light so they could see when suddenly strange torches on the wall, with glowing crystals instead of flames, flickered on, illuminating the room. It was large and much more detailed than the whole rest of the catacombs, at the center of the floor was the Crest of the Royal Family, engraved in what seemed to be gold.

"Looks like we found the Royal Rotting Hole" Alkilai said, noting the multitude of graves on the walls, some of which had names he recognized as former kings and queens. Just then, a multitude of Gravelers surrounded them, six in total. "Alright Sam, go nuts."

Sam frowned, insulted. ''What do you mean go nuts?!'' She said, as without wanting, a black shadowy fist started beating up one of the enemies. The Twili then growled, jumping on another enemy and starting to beat him up, bare hands. ''STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! BECAUSE OF YOU AND JIGOKU MY WORLD IS IN EVEN MORE DANGER!'' She yelled, at the enemy, getting up, tackling one that tried to backstab her and starting to beat it up too.