//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: The 7 deadly sins // Story: The Odyssey of Sunlight Blaze, Rise of a Hero, Volume 4: The Thousand Eyes. // by Justafanfictioner //------------------------------// Sunlight walked out of the office with a satisfied smile. ”Well, that was way easier than i expected, he thought. Now that i know a lot more about the organization, it’s time to change my plans. I have to tell Sunset about it.” Sunlight came to Sunset “Our job here is done, he said. Let’s go” She followed him. “So, how did the heist went?” she asked. Sunlight told her about what happened. “The seven deadly sins, huh? She asked. And the owner of this casino was one of them?” “I quite literally bought his favors, said Sunlight. But i doubt the other 6 will be that easy to take down.” “So, she asked. Who’s next?” “The sin of Gluttony, he answered. Bloody Hooves told me that he own all the restaurant chains in Las Pegasus, including the high-end ones. He goes under the name of Big Joe.” “Where can we find him?” asked Sunset. “From what Bloody Hooves told me, answered Sunset. We can find him at his loft, located under the most high-end restaurant of the city. The Thousand Flavors, an All-you-can-eat high-end buffet. I always wanted to eat there, honestly.” “Yeah, i am kinda hungry” she said. The two arrived at the restaurant and were stopped by a valet “Your names, please?” he asked. “Our names?” asked Sunlight. “Yes, said the pony. So i can see if they are on the list.” “Damn it, thought Sunlight. This must be a reservation only restaurant. As you would expect from an high-end restaurant” “Can’t you make an exception for this time?” asked Sunset. Sunlight showed to the valet a big purse full of bits. “Of course, said the valet. You are lucky, i got the message earlier that two clients, a couple, who had a reservation, cancelled it a couple of hours ago. You can take their places. Your table is the number 13” “Great!!” said Sunset. They entered the restaurant and looked for the table thirteen. “Table thirteen is this way” said a waiter. Sunlight and Sunset sat at the table. Sunlight got up and immediately went for the buffet. Sunset followed him. They came back to their table, Sunlight with a plate full of spicy food and Sunset, with a plate of sweets. They started eating with appetite. “This is delicious!! Said Sunlight. I never ate such a perfectly spiced curry before.” “It is, said Sunset, blushing. I never tasted a cheesecake so moist and so perfectly sweet!” “I am glad you are liking it, said an imposant Earth pony. Here, at the Thousand Flavors, we aim for the absolute perfection. Knowing that the 2 most famous food critics in Equestria are enjoying what my restaurant have to offer, Me, Big Joe, can’t feel anything but satisfied.” Sunset almost chocked on a bite of cake. “Hum, so you are the owner of this amazing establishement? Said Sunlight, who decided to play the part. Well, it really deserve it’s name.” “Is your wife okay?” asked the pony. “I am fine, said Sunset. I just chocked on a piece of cake, that’s all.” ”So, this is our guy” thought Sunlight. ”What are we doing now?” asked Sunset. “The quality of the food is one thing, said Sunlight. I might have let myself get carried away a little. It is indeed delicious, but many other high-end restaurants i visited have food as good as this one. What yours have more than the others, except for the food?” “Oh, i see, said Big Joe. Well, this is the only high-end all-you-can-eat restaurant in town. We receive the ingredients from the best of the best, the quintessence of Equestria.” “Most of those ingredients, like by example, this pepper. It is a rare variety that only grow on mount Aeris during a certain time of the year and in few amount. One of them alone can sold for at least 50000 bits.” “Hum, you are a pepper conoissor, i see, said Big Joe. Indeed, the best peppers in Equestria for the best restaurant.” “How can you afford those ingredients, said Sunlight. Most of them can’t be found on the market and those who can are expensive. I know you possess many high-end restaurants, but their income alone would not be enough to compensate for the expenses.” “But if somehow, said Sunset. Oh, i don’t know...You were working for an organization who have their hands and eyes on almost all of Equestria, and are so rich that they can cover all your restaurants expenses, It would explain how you still didn’t go bankrupt...” Big Joe started sweating. “They must be undercover agents sent to take down my restaurant. Ugh...They probably took the places of the real food critics and intend to arrest me...” ”He’s starting to stress, said Sunset to Sunlight by mind. He think we are undercover agents sent to take down his restaurant.” Big Joe tried to calm down. “You two are definitively not the food critics that were supposed to come, said Big Joe. Are you agents or something?” “You are right on one point, said Sunlight. We are not the famous critics that were supposed to come to your restaurant. We are not agents either, i am just here because i know you are one of the Thousand Eyes pillar, the sin of Gluttony. We are here to take you down” Big Joe started running away. “Should we pursue him?” asked Sunset. “Nah, said Sunlight. Let’s just give him a headstart.” They waited 2 minutes then started pursuing Big Joe. They chased him until they cornered him in a one way room. “You are done” said Sunlight. “You are in a dead-end, said Sunset. You can’t escape.” Big Joe was holding a strange round object in his right hoof. “Me, cornered? Said Big Joe. No, I just wanted to lead you here...And now, with this, i am going to kill you both. I am not going out without a fight...” “What is it? Asked Sunset. A weapon?” “I sense magic coming from it, said Sunlight. It must be a relic or an artifact.” Big Joe ate the relic and swallowed it. Immediately, he started gaining bulk and growing in size until he became sort sort of big muscular brute. “I am going to break you in half!! Said Big Joe. Starting by the stallion!!” He charged at Sunlight. This one swiftly dodged the attack and landed behind him elegantly. “You are not the first brute i fought, said Sunlight. You’ll have to do better than that if you want to hit me...” Sunset fired a beam of magic at Big Joe, but this one didn’t even flinched and ignored it. “It is useless to attack him with our magic beam, said Sunlight. His skin is way to hard for our attacks to even tickle him.” “Why don’t you use one of your super powerful attack, then?” asked Sunset. “Do you want me to make the whole building explode? Answered Sunlight. Don’t forget that there are people eating up there.” “Damn it, said Sunset. Are you sure you don’t have anything that could beat him without destroying the bulding?” “I might have a spell that could get rid of him, said Sunlight. But i will need some time to cast it. Think you can keep him away from me?” “Of course, she answered. Let me handle this brute. Hey, Fatass!! Why don’t you come and get me instead?!” Big Joe turned his attention toward her “What did you called me?!” he shouted. “You heard what i said, fatso!” said Sunset. Big Joe furiously charged at her and jumped high, with his two hoofs ready to crush her. She dodged easily and blasted him in the face. “Missed, fatty!!” said Sunset, mockingly pulling her tongue at him. Big Joe went for a second charge, that Sunset avoided as easily as the first one. She kept doing it for a couple of minutes. “Is this ready yet? She asked him by telepathy. I am starting to get exhausted dodging his attacks!” ”Just a few more seconds” said Sunlight. Big Joe was about to catch Sunset and crush her under his hooves. Sunlight teleported her behind him at the last moment. “Thanks” she said. “Eat this, motherfucker!!” said Sunlight The spell hit Big Joe. “Ancient Magic arcane, said Sunlight. Magic Cancellation!!” Big Joe charged at them for the last time, before his body suddenly start turning back to normal. Sunlight took the artifact out of his stomach and put it in his bag. “What just happened? Asked Sunset. I never heard of this spell before” “Well, this is because this is an ancient spell, answered Sunlight. You see, Discord gave me this spell book a few weeks ago. It is full of ancient, forbidden and forgotten spells. The one i casted, Magic Cancellation, have for effect to cancel or negate the magic in an artifact or relic, rendering it useless.” “And how many of the spells in this book did you learned?” asked Sunset. “Only 3, answered Sunlight. Including Magic Cancellation.” “What are the other 2?” she asked. “You’ll see when the time will come” he answered. “Can i take a look at it? She asked. Please, i’ll give it back to you.” Sunlight gave her the book. She opened it and was terrified by some of the spells. Sunlight took the book back from her. “Some of those spells are insane, she said, shocked. I am terrified at the idea that such a spell existed.” “This is why they are forgotten and forbidden spells, said Sunlight. This one, created by Nightmare Moon, if casted by a competent pony, could completely change Equestria into a realm of shadows and nightmares. And this one is powerful enough to erase a whole dimension if successfully casted.” “Mastering only one of the spell in this book require a lot of intelligence and magic skill, said Sunset. To think you were able to learn 3 of them is blowing my mind. Do you think there is some spells in this book i could learn and master?” “You are definitively smart and magically skilled enough to learn many of those spells, said Sunlight. And you are in luck, because there is 4 that will greatly benefit your mental powers.” “What should we do with this guy? Asked Sunset. Should we give him to the police?” “No, said Sunlight. Hey, Discord!! Can you teleport this guy to Twilight?!” The body of the pony disappeared. “Thank you!” said Sunlight. Twilight was sitting on her throne when she saw two of her guards carrying a body. “Your Highness, said the first guard, We found this pony at the entrance of your castle with a message on him” Twilight took the note and read it. “Guards, bring this individual in the donjon” she said The two guards left with the pony. “Well, it seem that Sunlight is doing a good job, she said. I knew he could do it.” Sunlight and Sunset just left the restaurant, a smile on their faces. “Who is next?” she asked. “With Greed and Gluttony taken care of, we have 5 left. Our next one will be the sin of Sloth, then Lust, Envy, Pride and Wrath. The sin of Sloth is the owner of all the chic hotels in town. Bloody Hooves told me that he lives on top of the most prestigious and most secure hotel of all, the Thousand Stars Hotel.” Meanwhile, in the headquarters of the Thousand Eyes organization... “Boss, said an Unicorn. I am afraid i have bad news. Bloody Hooves, the Sin of Greed, has betrayed us. He is cutting all ties with the organization and is under the protection of the Princess of Friendship. And Big Joe, the Sin of Gluttony, have been arrested and is held captive in Canterlot. And last, every bank we control in Las Pegasus have been robbed.” “I expected Bloody’s betrayal, said the boss. Money is his only boss. And Big Joe was not a big deal anyway. Do you know who are the ones who did this” “Apparently, according to our spies out there, They are two, they are both Unicorns. I believe they had been sent by the Princess to take us down.” “Do you know their identity?” asked the boss. “Not yet, said the shady unicorn. I only have their pictures.” The boss grabbed the picture “Prevent the remaining 5, he said. Right now!” “Yes, said the Unicorn. On it!” The boss smiled. “I don’t know who you two are, he said. But you have balls to challenge my empire. Let me see what you can do.”