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// Mardum: Assault on Inferno Peak 
// Story: World of Warcraft: Burning Skies 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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With the final gateway activated, the Shivarra called in from the Black Temple, and Sevis saved from having to sacrifice his soul to power the device that would open the way for Matron Mother Malevolence and her forces to join them, Spitfire and Rainbow joined the force of Illidari that was moving towards the volcano that was the base of operations for the Brood Queen that controlled Mardum, and they were joined by the Felsaber that Battlelord Gaardoun had brought, which the pair noticed was eager for battle. One thing all of them noticed as that their foe was using either using the other Legion ship to rain blasts down upon the area they happened to be the path they needed to use or they were using siege weapons to fire that them, but in the end it really didn't matter to the pair since none of them got hit, meaning they were able to breach the heart of their foe's world without losing anyone. That was when they got a good glimpse of the area that their foe ruled over and found that there was a gaping hole in the world that the vertical Legion ship was floating above, basically preventing them from getting up there by normal means, even though both Spitfire and Rainbow would be able to fly up there with no problems, before they spotted a large number of demons scattered around the majority of the area that was beyond where they were setting up their camp, which happened to be where the rest of the Illidari was resting. Based on what they could see it sure looked like the demon that was in control of this world was prepared for them, as the pair could see an engine of some kind that was no doubt drawing souls to it, an area that seemed to be spawning more of the spider demons, and at least three siege weapons that might be trained on the area they were settling down in.

Oddly enough the blasts that were raining down on the pass between the third gateway and the new temporary camp stopped when they reached the area that Kayn and the other demon hunters were waiting in, though that was when the rest of their forces, the ones that had been following them, spread out around the rest of the massive camp that had been set up earlier, while Spitfire and Rainbow approached the main part of the camp.

"Kayn, we've killed Beliash and summoned in the Shivarra," Spitfire stated, even though their mere presence should be enough to tell him and the others that they had succeeded in the missions that she had set for herself and Rainbow, but she did know that some people appreciated being told what was going on and liked hearing others inform them of their success, before she and Rainbow glanced out at the massive area they were in.

"Thanks to your orders, and the death of the Doom Commander, we've brought the Legion's reinforcements to a stop in the area we just cleared out," Kayn remarked, showing that he was pleased by what Spitfire and Rainbow were able to do on their own, no doubt confirming his thoughts on how strong the two of them were and how fast they were growing in comparison to their own Lord, before he focused on the task at hand, "Lady Spitfire, its time that you took full control over our forces and order your Captains in whatever manner you see fit for the final battle with the Brood Queen's forces, though we do know that the Spider Fortress, the Soul Engine, and the Forge are the primary targets we need to take out before we fly up to the vessel."

Spitfire took a moment to look out at the areas that Kayn had mentioned, confirming her thoughts that the others had been scouting out the domain of their main target was located in, while she and Rainbow had been calling in the rest of their forces, before taking a few seconds to consider their allies and where they might be useful in the battle that would be coming in the near future, before turning around so she could approach the areas the Captains were standing in, even though they were separated from each other, hence why she was heading towards the naga first.

"Lady Spitfire, its good to see you and Rainbow again," S'theno said, as she was the first Captain that Spitfire had picked out, mostly because she was the closest of the three due to Malevolence and Gaardoun being further away from the area that Kayn and the other higher ranking members of the demon hunters were standing in, though it was clear that she was more interested in what they would be doing next, "though we should focus on the business at hand. What sort of plan have you come up with?"

"Based on what I've seen, I would like you to take your naga to the north and assault the Soul Engine our foe had her demons set up," Spitfire replied, though as she said that Rainbow glanced at the area in question and quickly understood what she was talking about, as it wasn't hard to see what she was referring to since the demons weren't bothering to hide the ritual that they were in the middle of performing in the area, "basically kill all of the demons that are guarding the Soul Engine and disrupt whatever ritual they're trying to perform."

"A fine task for the Coilskar, I am in agreement." S'theno stated, where she turned her head for a moment and issued a few quick orders to the naga that were behind her, who would be moving out the instant the battle started, which would be whenever Spitfire was ready to declare war on the rest of the demons that called Mardum home, before she faced the pair again, "I am eager to be done with this invasion... a volcano is no place for the naga."

The pair nodded their heads to that, as it was easy to see why Lady S'theno and the rest of her forces might be a tad bit uncomfortable when it came to the area they were in, given the heat that a volcano could give off and this was likely far more than what they were used to, though with the first Captain having been given their orders Spitfire moved on to the next one so she could make sure they were ready for the battle to come.

"Lady Spitfire, how might I help you?" Malevolence inquired, though before Spitfire could even say anything she knew that the Shivarra knew exactly why she was coming over to the area that she and the rest of her kind were standing in at the moment, but despite the fact that all of the Captains were technically above both her and Rainbow, given that the pair had only been part of the Illidari for nearly two years, they and their forces were waiting for Spitfire's orders, showing that they trusted Lord Illidan's decision to put her in charge.

"Matron Mother, I would like you to take your coven over to the Forge the demons have constructed," Spitfire stated, because the Shivarra were the best ones to assault the area in question and terminate the demons that were in the area, based on what she had seen in the past when she and Rainbow had been in the middle of their training, to become true demon hunters, "kill them and disrupt their operations."

"We will see it done, though I urge that you and Rainbow remember what I told you earlier," Malevolence, apparently thinking that the pair needed a reminder about the fact that the rest of Lord Illidan's forces were under attack by the foes she had mentioned earlier, the forces of the Alliance, Horde, and the Sha'tari, before she focused on what she had been told a few seconds ago, "Come, sisters, our former brethren await our tender mercies."

Spitfire and Rainbow glanced at each other for a moment, not really expecting the Shivarra to cheer for the chance to take down the demons of Mardum, before the demons departed from their camp and headed out for the area that they had been told about, just like the naga had gone earlier, to which the pair headed for the area that the final Captain and his forces were standing in, waiting to be told what to do like the rest of their forces.

"I await your orders, Lady Spitfire." Gaardoun stated, where he saluted her the moment she and Rainbow approached the area that the Broken were occupying right now, and by that they noticed that he raised a fist to his chest for a second or two, while at the same time the rest of the mystics and warriors seemed to be ready to move out, since they did the same thing that their leader did when the pair stopped in front of them.

"With the Soul Engine and the Forge taken care of, you and your Ashtongue should focus on the Spider Fortress and cut down the demons that control the area," Spitfire replied in kind, where it didn't take the Broken all that long to nod as she gave them their orders, showing that they understood what she was telling them and that they were ready to engage their enemies, since there were quite a number of them scattered around the massive area that the Brood Queen's lair was located in.

"It will be as you say." Gaardoun said, where he turned and glanced out at the area that they were referring to as the Spider Fortress, where there were clearly demons waiting for enemies to arrive and do battle with them, just like the other two areas that the Illidari were getting ready to assault, before he steeled himself and turned towards the rest of his forces as he raised a hand into the air, "Ashtongue, with me!"

With that said the Ashtongue marched out of the temporary camp that the Illidari had set up and started to march on the area she had told them about, to which Spitfire and Rainbow said nothing to that as they turned around and walked back to where Kayn and the others were standing, as it was time to see if there was anything else that needed to be done before they declared war on the rest of the forces of Mardum.

"Our forces are in the middle of heading out to engage the demons of Mardum," Rainbow commented, as Spitfire did note that she had been rather quiet the entire time she was telling the Captains what sort of orders they needed so they would be able to take down the demons and open the way for them to invade the ship that the Brood Queen had to be located in, before she noticed something that was out of place, "Say, where did Jace run off to?"

"He swore, for a split second after we entered this area and started to set up our temporary camp, that he sensed a demonic presence in a nearby cave," Kayn replied, though he did seem to be happy that their allies were in the middle of getting ready for their invasion, by heading towards the areas that Spitfire had specified when she talked with them, only to sigh for a moment as he considered what he was going to say next, "We cannot launch our attack on the rest of the demons until we're sure that we aren't going to be flanked, so, while I loathe to ask you two to waste your time by seeing what Jace might have found, I would recommend heading over there and offer him the use of your spectral sight, to see if he's right or if he's going crazy."

"Could be nerves, given what we're doing," Spitfire said, though at the same time she knew Jace and figured that if he felt that there were demons in an area that was near their temporary camp, getting ready to ambush them when the rest of the Illidari moved out to tackle the various parts of the area that they had been commanded to tackle, he would have taken a few of their forces to investigate the area that had worried him, before she took a moment to turn toward the area that Kayn was looking in, "Don't worry, we'll take a moment and check it out... chances are he's right and we'll have some more demons to kill, but regardless if he's right or wrong we'll be right back in a few minutes."

Kayn said nothing as Spitfire and Rainbow left the camp and headed for the hill that lead to the area that Jace felt the demonic presence in, where it didn't take the pair long to reach the area that he was in and discovered that the demon hunter they were looking for had a few allies standing around him, a few Broken, a few naga, a few Shivarra, and a two or three demon hunters, which meant Spitfire was right, he had taken some allies with him in the off chance that there were some enemies in this area.

"Lady Spitfire, Rainbow, its good to see you again," Jace stated, as the last time they had seen each other had been a few minutes ago, when he had them use the remnants of Inquisitor Baleful's soul to power his Nether Crucible, which had revealed Beliash and his plans to have his Eredar summon more demons to attack them, before he focused on what he was doing at the moment as they stared at a tunnel that was covered by collapsed rocks, "Listen, I'm positive that there is something powerful residing in this cave, but with all of the immense Fel energy that permeates Mardum, thanks to what Sargeras did to this world when it was still whole, I cannot be sure if I'm actually feeling a powerful demon or remnants of what happened so long ago... however, both of you have a mastery of the spectral sight ability that is far greater than any demon hunter, save for Lord Illidan, and you might be able to see what I cannot."

"Yeah, because we're awesome like that!" Rainbow remarked, because that was something she and Spitfire knew, a fact that none of them needed to be told, even though Spitfire had to resist the urge to bring her palm to her face, because she didn't feel the same way, though while she did that some of the other members of the Illidari rolled their eyes as she said that, showing that they were focused on what Jace had called them over for and less on what Rainbow was saying at the moment.

Spitfire, on the other hand, closed her eyes as she focused on the cave for a few seconds, though when she opened her eyes again it was while she was focusing on her spectral sight ability, allowing her to see what was hidden in this area thanks to the Fel energy tint that was around her sight, and when she focused on the cave she could see a number of demonic signatures that revealed that Jace was correct, especially since there might be a rather powerful demon resting inside the cave, if her senses were right.

"Well, you were right, there are demons in this cave." Spitfire stated, where her words triggered the Illidari that were standing around her and Rainbow, as they were eager to hunt down and slay the demons of Mardum, before she sensed the incredibly powerful energy signature that Jace might have noticed earlier, when he first felt the presence, before she focused on what they would be doing next, "Very well then, let's show these demons that they cannot hide from us and wipe them out so we can focus on taking down the Brood Queen."

It was in that moment, after she gave the command, that Jace and the other demon hunters loosed their eye beams at the rock barricade that was protecting the entrance, revealing that the new trick that Spitfire and Rainbow picked up as they killed Inquisitor Baleful was actually a skill they would have learned in due time, so this was more of an accelerated learning session for the two of them, before the rock wall shattered and they focused on what was on the other side, as in the demons Spitfire had sensed. Jace, as the pair started to move forward, quickly informed the pair that he guessed there was a powerful Fel Lord lurking in the cave, which was basically a taller and much more powerful version of the Felguard they had fought in the past, meaning that if they killed the demon in question they would be able to increase their powers even more, making them as ready as they possibly could for when the time came to attack their true target. Spitfire wasn't here for more power, even though she knew a few of the stronger demon hunters were taking what they could get as they let her and Rainbow rapidly catch up to them, but taking out another powerful demon and cutting down its assault force sounded like a plan, especially since Jace insisted that he and the forces he had brought would take out the soldiers so the pair could reach their target. As such the pair rushed through the cave with the small force of Illidari following after them, where the demons were surprised and even revealed the name of their leader in their panic, Caza to be exact, which was followed by Jace and the others cutting their way through the demons that were in front of them, but what surprised both Spitfire and Rainbow was that there were only Felguards in the cave, no Eredar, meaning someone had sent them into the cave while they were making their way to their camp and had closed the door behind them.

Thanks to Jace and the others, however, it didn't take Spitfire and Rainbow all that long to reach the area that the Fel Lord was waiting in, where they were correct in assuming that it was just a taller and stronger Felguard demon, though as soon as Fel Lord Caza saw them he went on the offensive, by hurling his axe in the direction they were coming from, to which the pair dodged the attack and then attacked as their foe went to retrieve his weapon. It was an amazingly dumb opening to the fight, throwing your weapon away the moment you spotted the enemy and then had to rush to retrieve it since the massive axe didn't have the shape that would allow it to return to the one that threw it, where Spitfire wondered if such a thing would work on their warglaives, though she wasn't going to complain as she and Rainbow hacked into Fel Lord Caza's legs and arms as he finally retrieved his weapon. Surprisingly enough their foe was rather slow when it came to attacks that weren't hurling his massive axe through the air, so he could catch opponents by surprise when their backs were turned towards him, but since the pair was paying attention to him it was rather easy for them to avoid the incoming attacks and return the favor, even though he continued to brag about how his attacks never missed their mark, meaning he had to be in denial over what was happening to him, which, in turn, brought down his fighting ability. As such it didn't take Spitfire and Rainbow all that long to bring the Fel Lord to his knees and end his life, allowing them to divide his power and essence between them, like Jace had commented on earlier, before they ignored the side passage, which seemed to head back to the beginning of the cave, and retraced their steps back towards the entrance, mostly to see how the rest of the Illidari were doing with their enemies and cutting down any demons that might still be alive.

"We've cleared out the demons and, as a result of discovering their existence, you two have become even stronger for your efforts," Jace commented, informing them that the rest of the demons had been killed, which they could see as they looked around the rest of the cave, even spotted the corpses of two Eredar that must have been hiding when they were on their way to deal with Fel Lord Caza, before Jace turned to leave the cave, which the rest of the Illidari were doing as well, as it was time to return to the mission their Lord had given them, "Come, let us return to our camp and then join the battle that is surely unfolding around the Legion ship."

Spitfire and Rainbow nodded their heads as they headed outside as well, pausing for a split second as the Felsaber caught up with them, where it was clear that it had been finishing off a demon while they fought the Fel Lord, before they headed back to the camp so they could tell Kayn that they had no reason to fear of an ambush from behind, at least not for some time, since there was no telling when the Legion would send reinforcements to Mardum, hence why they wanted to be done with this mission before such a thing happened.

"Kayn, we've taken care of the demons that Jace discovered," Spitfire stated, letting Kayn know that they had returned and that Jace had been telling the truth about feeling a presence in the area that he had run off to, though as she said that both she and Rainbow looked out at the area that their forces were fighting in, taking down demons and clearing the way for them to invade the ship that was floating in the air above the middle of the entire area, "so we won't have to worry about a force of demons attacking us or reinforcements being summoned in at the wrong moment."

"And both of you are stronger as a result... I daresay you're almost as strong as Lord Illidan himself," Kayn said, where both Spitfire and Rainbow took a moment to shift their glances towards each other, as it was hard for them to imagine that either of them were close to being as strong as their Lord was, especially since they didn't have anywhere near all of the experiences that their Lord had, only to resume looking at Kayn, who coughed before getting back to what he had to tell them, "As you can see, our forces are in the middle of attacking the demons that call this world home, cutting them down so we can assault the ship, but they've started to use their devastating siege weapons on our camp and we aren't sure how long Jace's wards will be able to hold up."

"No to mention that we need to cut down the Brood Queen's commanders as well," Cyana added, referring to demons that were around Doom Commander Beliash's level, which, if that was the case, meant that they would be easy to slay in battle, given what happened when they faced the demon Spitfire and Rainbow were thinking about, before she glanced at them for a moment, "it will help us ensure a total victory over the Legion, and empower all of us at the same time, to make us ready for the assault on the ship."

"Also, one of the demons I interrogated gave me a juicy bit of information: there's an Imp Mother in this place that is inscribing the Legion's secrets," Allari commented, speaking for the first time since they arrived in the temporary camp, as if she had been thinking about what to say to the pair, when they weren't busy cutting down demons and making sure their forces weren't going to be flanked by the enemy, "Kor'vas went ahead to see if the information is true and, if it is, to bring back whatever she finds, though she might appreciate some help in doing that."

"Then its time Rainbow and I joined the fight," Spitfire stated, where she made sure that the Felsaber realized that it would be sitting this fight out, in the sense that it would be guarding the camp and making sure that the demon hunters that were staying here, of which there were a few, would be ready for what would be coming next, before she opened her wings and glanced at her friend, "You ready to go?"

Rainbow wasted no time on talking as she took to the air and headed towards the Spider Fortress, which was further along a path to the right side of the temporary camp they had created, and it didn't take them long to crash into the spider demons that were running around the place, where Rainbow dived down and cleaved her way through several of their foes while Spitfire joined several of the Broken in both saving some of the weakened Illidari, regardless of who they were, as well as cutting through the spiders that were coming after them. While they were doing that Spitfire learned that one of the enemy commanders was in this area, apparently the King that was married to the Brood Queen that Sargeras put in control of this world, and that Battlelord Gaardoun was fighting it at the moment, which was why the pair, as soon as they were done clearing the immediate area of demons, so the Broken could wrap up the rest of the Spider Fortress without having to rely on their skills, headed towards the structure the first commander was located inside. As they did that the pair heard the Brood Queen comment on something, where they glanced in the area of their camp and found that Cyana was in the middle of joining the Broken with some of the other members of the Illidari, meaning she was trying to corrupt one of their order into turning against Lord Illidan's teachings, but for right now it seemed like Cyana was resisting the demon's voice and was cutting down her foes, causing the pair to smile as they breached the building that Gaardoun was supposed to be inside. It was then that they found the King of this world, a Fel green spider demon that seemed to be part spider with a more humanoid chest and head, which could very well be the male version of the Aranasi, but he was in the middle of fighting Battlelord Gaardoun and the pair rushed in to do battle with him, since his death would weaken the Queen's forces to some degree.

It seemed like their ally might have been persuaded by the Brood King, in the sense that his forces had been wiped out due to the attack on this area, but Rainbow assured him that his Broken were overtaking the Spider Fortress, while at the same time Spitfire swung her warglaives at the demon and cut into one of his legs, which was the moment that she was joined by Rainbow and the Battlelord. It proved to be the perfect chance for them to use their new skill, as the demon seemed to want to hatch some of the eggs that were in the area so he could quickly flood the area with spiders and kill all those that opposed him, though Spitfire readied one of her warglaives and hurled it towards the closest cluster of eggs, where the sharpened edges of the weapon cut through the eggs and slew the demonic spiders that were inside them, only for Rainbow to do the same thing with the other cluster to clear the entire building out. That infuriated the King and was what caused him to lash out at them without thinking about what he was doing, opening more holes in his defenses for them to attack, eventually allowing Spitfire, Rainbow, and Gaardoun to bring down the King, who yelled about his death as he fell to the ground, something that infuriated the Brood Queen, before the pair bid the Captain of the Broken farewell and returned to the battlefield as they watched more of the Broken overrun the Spider Fortress. From there the pair took a few moments to head over to a lowered area that one of the Legion's siege weapons was located in, where they were quickly joined by a number of Broken that bombed the weapon in question, showing that they had been trying to get to this area and the pair had been able to let them do just that, before the Broken returned to their Captain, leaving the pair to continue towards the next area, the Forge.

The Forge, as it turned out, was where all the Felguards were positioned, though off in the distance was a massive Mo'arg that was likely the commander of this area, an Overseer or something of that nature, so Spitfire and Rainbow flew into the area and cut down a number of demons that weren't the Shivarra, who were busy cutting down their foes before they could press onto the area the Illidari were camped in, and the pair knew that it wouldn't be long before the Broken joined this battle. The Overseer seemed to be in the middle of testing his weapon, a massive sword that he called 'new' for some odd reason, as the pair noticed that it seemed like it had been through some battles before this point, on one of the Illidari that were in the area, the Matron Mother to be exact, so it didn't take long for the pair to dive down into the area and cut into the demon's arms, forcing him to swing up into the air and left Malevolence to attack his legs. The fact that both Spitfire and Rainbow had wings, and were using them to their advantage in this fight, meant they could avoid the rather slow attacks that their foe was sending their way, meaning the Overseer might not be able to fight all that well with the massive hunk of metal that he was swinging through the air, but that didn't stop them from cutting the Overseer down where he stood and weakened the Brood Queen's control over another section of this world, as well as give them a bit of additional power to add to their growing strength. Spitfire determined that killing certain demons would grant the two of them new abilities while others would only serve to add to their overall power, and so far the commanders of the Brood Queen's army seemed to be in the later category, but she shrugged that off as they landed near the Shivarra that were standing near the second siege weapon and let them use their magic to lift the weapon into the air and then throw it into the central hole that filled this part of Mardum, basically destroying it in the process.

With that are deprived of its commander, and the Felguards starting to lose both ground and hope, which made sense after they witnessed the Overseer die, Spitfire and Rainbow started to move towards the area that the Soul Engine was in, the last of the three locations they had to claim before the assault on the ship, before landing in the middle of a river of fel lava, as that was where they found Kor'vas, who was staring at a cave the lava was coming from.

"Lady Spitfire, Rainbow Dash, its good that you've arrived," Kor'vas said, her words informing the pair that she must have succeeded in discovering the location of the area that the Imp Mother Allari had told her about, hence the reason she was looking in the direction of the cave and was barely looking at the pair, to which a smile appeared on her face as she got ready to reveal what she had learned, "I've discovered the location of the Imp Mother that Allari told us about, and I've also confirmed, without her seeing me, that she does have a tome that should contain a number of unknown Fel secrets, a tome that we must obtain."

"So we'll go in, cut her down, gain some power for our effort, and walk out with the tome," Rainbow replied, as she had been around Allari, Kor'vas, and the others long enough to tell what someone was going to say next and what they would need to do, since she and Spitfire usually did the same thing at the same time, but instead of wasting time she just headed into the cave and started looking for the Imp Mother, as she was a little curious as to what sort of secrets this Imp Mother might have for them to take and use against the Legion.

As Spitfire moved to join her Kor'vas mentioned that she would leave capturing the tome in their hands, since she was going to move to another location to help out the rest of the Illidari, to which Spitfire nodded and joined Rainbow so they could head into the cave together, only swinging their weapons as they encountered an Imp or two, as they weren't worth all the more elaborate moves in their arsenal. It didn't take them long to reach the end of the tunnel and find their target resting in the middle of a pool of Fel lava, just like all of the other Imp Mothers they had seen so far, though she did notice them as soon as they walked into the area of the cave that was her domain and attacked them by attempting to breath what appeared to be a deadly gas on them, which was the perfect moment for them to realize what Beliash's ability was as Rainbow raised an empty hand and her power cut off their foe's attack before she could even use it. Based on that Spitfire had to guess that they had gained a power cancellation ability from the Doom Commander, a neat trick that was only now coming in handy since none of the other demons had used a magical power against them, though all of this caused the Imp Mother to use her hands against them while trying to defend the tome that she apparently just completed work on, as she even told them that they wouldn't be taking her tome away from her. As the pair discovered that was literally all she did, she used her clawed hands to try and get them to leave her alone, and the rare times she even tried to use her attack on them Spitfire used the ability to cancel it out and force her to just claw at them, eventually informing her that this was all she could do, so in the grand scheme of things it took her and Rainbow about a minute to cut the Imp Mother down and collect her tome, which conveniently shrunk down to the size of a normal book so they could carry it.

With that taken care of the pair headed outside and made their way to their right, in the direction of the Soul Engine, the last area they needed to clear out, where they found a Pit Lord in the middle of giving orders to some of the soldiers it was in command of, so Spitfire angled herself low and cut into the demon's exposed neck while Rainbow sliced open the top of its head, quickly causing a small explosion as the demon dropped dead, even though they divided his soul in half so they could both gain a bit of power from it. After the Pit Lord was taken care of, and the Illidari that had been near it, up until one of them spotted the pair incoming and had the others move, headed out to kill more demons, the pair turned to their left and found the third siege weapon, one that the Coilskar were in the middle of freezing so that the brutes could hack it to pieces, showing that they had accomplished their goal as well. Now that the camp didn't have to worry about any additional attacks like that the pair focused on the dreadful Soul Engine and found that it was being commanded by one of the Nathrezim, where the Dreadlord growled as he spotted them and stepped out of his domain, which was the absolute worst decision he could have made in his entire life, as the pair was ready to dive down onto him the moment he was no longer under the cover of the two story Soul Engine, something that allowed them to quickly cut him down as the naga made sure to freeze his legs so he couldn't escape. Killing the Dreadlord took only a few seconds, they weren't the best when it came to actual combat, as they discovered during their raid on Nathreza, so it wasn't long before both of them had a bit of additional power to add to their considerable strength, at least according to what their allies said, before they took to the air and left the Soul Engine to the naga, who were going to destroy it entirely, which was why they flew back to the temporary camp Kayn and the others had set up.

As it turned out almost everyone, as in all of the demon hunters and the Captains, had returned to the camp after they had completed their individual tasks, hence why Kayn and the others were patiently waiting for them to come back, while at the same time their soldiers appeared to be resting as they waited for the call to fight once more, even though all of them said nothing for a few seconds as Spitfire and Rainbow landed, no doubt waiting to see what Spitfire had to share with everyone, especially since she was the commander of their forces, for now.

"I bet the Brood Queen is shaking in her, ugh... I was going to say boots, but that won't work." Rainbow started to say, but due to the nature of the Aranasi's body, and the fact that the Brood Queen didn't wear any clothing, except whatever natural armor her twisted body gave her, that stopped her from actually completing her thought, before she shrugged and continued to speak, "Anyway, we've taken out her forces, smashed her toys, and killed her commanders... and we got the Fel tome that Imp Mother was working on, so I would think she would be shaking in fear."

"The demons made a grave error in inscribing their secrets into this tome, but there's only enough power to enact one of the rituals that it contains," Kor'vas commented, as she and the other demon hunters could feel the Fel energy that was emanating from the tome that Spitfire was carrying at the moment, because while she trusted Rainbow she didn't want to leave such a powerful item in her hands, mostly in the odd chance that she accidentally dropped it, something that might not happen due to how Rainbow had matured since the start of her training, before Kor'vas faced her, "Lady Spitfire, you'll have to pick one of the rituals and embrace it... and then, when you have its secrets, share your knowledge with the rest of us so that we might use this power against the Legion."

Spitfire nodded and held up the book, where she found that when she focused on it she could see the various rituals flash through her mind, like it was informing her of what it was able to do and what she was able to do with it, before she found an ability that the Imp Mother had labeled as 'Metamorphosis' and that it was designed to grant demons a second form, an empowered form that lasted for a time, and that one could either be a brutal warrior or a slender fighter, with all the demonic aspects, but when it came to her and Rainbow she saw nothing. Rainbow seemed to be thinking about what she was doing as she placed a hand on her shoulder and focused her mind as well, to which Spitfire could tell that she was seeing what she had seen, along with the mystery image that served if they were to take on this ritual, before feeling a tug that had to be Rainbow suggesting that they take this power for themselves so they could bring down the Legion and the Brood Queen that was their current target. As such Spitfire nodded her head and focused on learning the information that the Metamorphosis ritual had to offer them, though when she did that the tome's energy tore itself in half and slammed into both her and Rainbow, engulfing both of them in Fel energy as they remained still, curious as to what the power was going to do to them since the tome had offered no idea as to what was going to happen next. At the same time the rest of the demon hunters took a step back, obviously caught off guard by the suddenness of what they were doing, but at the same time it was clear, without seeing them, that the group was interested in seeing exactly what was going to come from the pair tapping into the power that had been inside the tome.

When the pair were able to see again they discovered that they had gone through some interesting changes, as both of them retained their demon hunter features, though Spitfire's mane and tail had taken on a fire-like appearance due to what they had done, a Fel fire to be exact, her fingernails were sharpened to the point where they resembled claws, and she could see that there were a few small spikes on the back of the lower part of her legs, though that was before she found some flames wrapped around her arms and legs. She found that she looked like a fire elemental that was mixed with a demon hunter, though when she glanced at Rainbow for a moment she found that her friend had been changed in a similar manner, only instead of flames she had blue lightning that seemed to be wrapped around her arms and legs, as if she were a storm elemental or something, though her main and tail only became wavy, instead of taking on a flaming appearance like Spitfire's had done. Rainbow grinned for a moment as they glanced at each other and took in their new empowered forms, especially since these seemed to be similar to the form they had seen for a few seconds before they had tapped into the power the tome possessed, even though the tome no longer existed due to what they had done, but that didn't stop them from glancing at the Legion ship, as this power would allow them, and possibly the other demon hunters, to take down the Brood Queen and take the Keystone, bringing them one stop closer to bringing down the Legion and saving the universe from their crusade.