The lights came back on and with it a bunch of hidden railguns, all aiming straight at Sera. They were a lot bigger than the ones humans can use.


    ''So, this is what those energy cells were for. To power these weapons.''


    Sera didn''t have time to run away or even dodge the shots. She summoned her weapon as a shield and tried to not die. Shot after shot rang out, they were so powerful that the ground around Sera began to cave in.


    Still she held her ground, her arms were already numb from the attacks but she couldn''t even move. Her Essence began to dwindle and she dismissed everything except her wings and shield which she still held. At some point she fell to her knees and began screaming.


    She couldn''t even hear her own thoughts from the constant noise of railgunfire. Her Essence was so low that she had to dismiss her shield as well. She only had her wings to protect her, the pain was excruciating. Her wings felt like they were taken apart muscle by muscle.


    It took around one minute of constant bombardment for her Essence to fully run out. As her wings dissipated the shooting stopped. Sera was lying on the ground and around her silence reined.


    She quickly glanced towards Bea, she was fine. There was a large dead cat near her.


    ''She managed to kill the other as well, that''s good... and the railguns only shot at me.''


    Sera tried her best to see Bea''s face but her vision just couldn''t focus. If she had to guess there was pain, anger and horror, but she didn''t know for sure.


    Suddenly there was a flap of wings and a huge demonic man appeared in front of her.


    ''Seems like Hellfire is still alive.''


    From his shadow Faith came out and knelt next to Sera. There were tears running down her face. Sera''s mind was getting more and more foggy, but she held on.


    "My Lady... Get up, we have to leave... All the slaves are rescued..."


    Sera looked at her, then reached out and held her hand. Tears were running down on Sera''s face as well. And Faith began crying even more, she knew what Sera was about to say.


    "Save them... Get them... To... Safety..."


    "No... We can all make it out..."


    ''No we can''t... Nightmare won''t let me go...''


    There was a noise next to her. Footsteps, slow and methodical heading her direction. Her eyes were trying to stay open, but her vision was all foggy.


    Above her stood a man, he was very handsome with dark hair and dark purple eyes. He stood with arrogance, like she was only a bug in his eyes.


    "So... You''re... Nightmare..."


    He smiled at that. It was a Mad smile. "Oh, so my reputation proceeds me."


    ''Arrogance it is.''


    "Well... It wasn''t... Hard to... Guess..." Sera''s words were getting more and more slured.


    "Yeah well, your reputation proceeds you as well. You even managed to get the attention of my Master. The strongest Evolved to ever exist, killing a Horror of the 3rd Tier as your first monster, just because he angered you."


    He began laughing madly.


    "The horrible Archangel of Despair, finally dying at the hands of a human girl. The other two would be emberassed, well if they would still be sane of course."


    Through the exhaustion Sera tried to pay attention to what Nightmare said, it confused her.


    "How... How do... You know... That there are... Three of them...?"


    He laughed again.


    "Do you know what they fought against? Wait no, let me rephrase that! Do you know what defeated them?"


    The smile on Nightmare''s face was the scariest thing she ever saw and before she could try to answer he spoke again.


    "Madness."


    After saying that Nightmare kicked her in the head and she instantly lost consciousness.


    [End of Part 1 - Angel of Despair]