I sighed as I got up ordering my knights to stay in Majula to protect Twilight and her friends. I walked towards the huge hole in the ground and looked down it nervously.
"Aracnoth are you ready?" I ask as Aracnoth stands by my side as he looks down the hole and pukes at the sight of how deep it is.
"Ugh Aracnoth you okay?" I ask pulling him to his feet.
"Yeah I'm okay." Aracnoth says rubbing his forehead.
A woman with a green hooded cape and some fancy cloths walked up to us. As I looked at her she looked like some kind of huntress, but what really caught my attention was her face. This woman had beauty the gods would envy, She stopped in front of us and took off her hood: "My name is Shanalotte I have come to tell you both something. You both have strong souls, and seek to eliminate the dark. Once you kill the being who possesses the Grave lord's soul Nashandra and her sisters will come after you. But one woman will stand to help you, her name is Alsanna the fourth child of dark." Shanalotte says as she looks at his with a worried look.
"Well miss Shanalotte my name is Sir Hiroto Alonne but I am like to be called Sir Alonne, and the information you have given us is much appreciated." I say nodding my head in respect thanking her.
"I bid you two farewell and please put Nashandra, her sisters and, her father to rest." Shanalotte says turning her back and walking away slowly.
I look to Aracnoth and sigh, "Well that was interesting..." I say chuckling a bit.
"Yeah she usually doesn't talk to anyone unless you talk to her first." Aracnoth says rubbing his chin.
"Well lets not waste time we need to get moving." I say jumping down to the first platform then to the next ones as Aracnoth follows me.
Meanwhile...
Manus was talking to a dark grey pony with a red curved horn, the pony was kneeling to Manus as his head was bowed and his crown at his side: "Sombra do you understand you're task i am giving you?" Manus asks.
"Yes Lord Manus, Go to the Black Gulch, Invade Sir Alonne and his human friend, take Aracnoth out, and capture Sir Alonne." King Sombra responds.
"Good I will send a few of my hollow warriors with you to help capture Alonne." Manus says as he slams his catalyst on the floor as ten to fifteen mutated hollows with bloated heads and about fifty eyes appear out of a cloud of black mist. One of the hollows brings a obsidian great scythe to King Sombra and held it out.
King Sombra took hold of the demonic weapon and smiled as he felt the power of the abyss shoot into his body from the weapon: "I thank you Lord Manus I shall bring back Alonne within the hour." Sombra says smiling as he walks through a portal with the hollows following behind him.
Manus smirked in a twisted manor as he turned around and held his pendant, "Soon Alonne will be mine and I will use the souls of the four Lords to make myself the most powerful being in existence, and with Alonne by my side as my right hand man we will be unstoppable!" Manus laughs.
I crushed a rat's skull with my boot as Aracnoth helped me fight off the countless rats in the room, "Damn how many of these things are there? And where is their leader?!" I shout clearly pissed off as i cut two other rats in half absorbing their souls.
"Vanguard should come out soon we just gotta kill a few more of these damn rats!" Aracnoth shouted back as he used his grand lance to impale four rats killing them instantly. Aracnoth then used the bodies as projectiles and flung them at the other rats with so much force that it crushed them and killed the ones that were hit.
Then one last Rat dropped down with a Mohawk like hair style along his head and spine. I directed my attention to the rat that was clearly Vanguard and ran towards him. I shoved my katana through his mouth as it went through his body and out his anus. I lifted my katana in the air and flung Vanguard into a wall as Aracnoth used his Lance to crush/stab Vanguard's skull killing him.
The rats retreated as I felt a massive amount of souls enter my body in a rush. I sighed as I took a sip of estus and looked at Aracnoth who crushed a life gem healing himself. I walked out the other end of the room and saw another rat but this one only had one eye the rat looked at me and scowled, "What do you want human we have no need for thine kind here you bring nothing but filth!" He snarls as I scowl.
"Excuse me what have I done to you?" I ask calmly
"Thine kind has betrayed us and treated myself and my rats like animals and scum." The rat says glaring daggers at me.
"Well I'm not human first of all I'm a giant, and second I have never done anything to you so please lets just both go our separate ways and pretend this never happened." I say as I sheathe my katana and then Aracnoth walks in as the rat looks to him and smiles warmly.
"Aracnoth is that you?" He asked smiling hoping it was who he thought it was.
"Yes it's me my king." Aracnoth says kneeling in front of him.
"Now Aracnoth there is no need to bow we are equals." The rat king says smiling.
"Of course my king." Aracnoth says getting up and smiling.
"So Aracnoth what brings you here?" The rat king asks.
"My friend Sir Alonne and I are going into the gutter to retrieve the soul of the Grave lord and use it to defeat all four children of the dark and Manus himself." Aracnoth responds.
"Wait Sir Alonne? As in the samurai who built up the Iron kingdom, Brume tower, and countless other kingdoms?" The rat king asks gasping.
"Yes that's him." Aracnoth says smiling.
"S-sir Alonne I apologize for being rude earlier. I didn't know it was you please forgive me." The rat king pleads.
"Its okay I forgive you." I say smiling as my mood changed.
"Anyways we must be on our way we need to get to the gutter." Aracnoth says as the rat king nods as he days goodbye to Aracnoth and me. We then made our way down into the gutter killing several hollows and two red spirits. We climbed down many latters and then came to a ledge. I dropped down the ledge and slid down into a hole in the wooden floor that dropped me on my ass right next to the bonfire. Aracnoth fell to the ground and landed on his feet. As he recovered he lit the bonfire and we rested at it for a bit before getting up and moving on.
Aracnoth lit a torch and led the way lighting torch holders ablaze lighting up the area around us. We killed several hollows and three mutated demon dog like things. We then proceeded down some latters that led down to a rounded area with a exit but there were pots blocking the exit. Aracnoth took off his armor after killing the hollows and rolled into the pots destroying them.
"Okay they're cleared out come on Alonne we're almost there!" Aracnoth shouted as he dropped down to the Black Gulch. I followed and went ahead to kill every deformed monster there was so Aracnoth could just run through to me when he was done resting. As I blew through the area slaughtering these hand like snake things and giant spiked worms in the walls I eventually reached the fog wall. I sighed taking a sip of estus as I felt a shiver go up my spine sensing a dark presence nearby.
KING SOMBRA HAS INVADED!!!
I heard this voice in my head as I saw a red dark spirit with fifteen or so deformed hollows with him. I scowled as I gripped my katana slowly walking towards the dark spirit and his minions, "What are you doing here foul invader spirit?" I ask readying my katana.
"I have come here by orders of Lord Manus to capture you and kill Aracnoth." King Sombra says as my scowl deepens
"Not gonna happen. Now I'll give you one of two choices, one leave, or two fight me and die horribly." I growl as the unicorn pony laughs like I just told the funniest joke ever.
"Sorry Alonne Lord Manus wants you and I have been given orders to capture you i wouldn't dare disobey them." Sombra says making his demonic scythe appear. He barks some orders in a different language as the hollows charged me. I smirked as they ran towards me like rabid starving mutts.
I then used my katana to decapitate them one by one with ease after I killed the last one I turned around only to be rammed by King Sombra, "UGH!" I grunt as I am hit. I get up scowling as I take out a catalyst, and casted great magic barrier, and several other protection miracles, and finishing off the casting spree with sunlight blade.
Sombra charged forward again but missed as I side stepped and sliced one of Sombra's knee caps off. Sombra roared in pain as I saw Aracnoth rush towards me in Havel's armor with the smelter demon helm on wielding a great shield, and a huge great hammer with crystalline magic applied to it.
I smile seeing this as I walk over to Sombra and get ready to counter him. Sombra got up and rushed forward I side stepped and tripped him causing Sombra to drop his weapon and fall to the ground. Sombra grunted as he tried to get up but saw a shadow towering over him. King Sombra looked up to see Aracnoth with his hammer and dressed up as a complete monster. Sombra got to scream for a split second before Aracnoth crushed his skull making blood and grey matter splatter all over the place.
KING SOMBRA HAS BEEN VANQUISHED
I sighed as I looked at Aracnoth and smiled, "Thanks for the help." I say drinking some estus.
"Come on Alonne lets go through that fog wall and finish this damn adventure." Aracnoth says as he walks up to the fog wall. I walk up to the fog wall and put my arm out then walk through it with Aracnoth following behind me.
Blood red veins cloud your vision as your sight zooms closer, and closer to the Rotten. The Rotten is in front of a statue with a head in its hands, he places the head on the statue but then falls off. The Rotten clenches his fists and roars in anger flailing around a bit before calm down and picking up his cleaver, the Rotten then turns around to face you...
As I watch the Rotten slowly approach me I put both hands on my katana as Aracnoth pulls out a rapier made of ice and buffs it with dark magic. We charge forward and start attacking the beast in front of us, we are able to get in a few attacks before the Rotten started swing his cleaver making us have to dodge it.
I rolled out of the way then immediately charged back into the Rotten. Aracnoth uses his Ice rapier to stab the Rotten about ten or so times before rolling away dodging the cleaver, I slashed and cut the Rotten eventually severing his left arm off. The Rotten roared in pain as darkness went into his stomach area and then exploded outwards sending me flying into a wall, and Aracnoth to the other side of the room. I groaned as I sat up and brung my estus flask to my lips taking a drink, and stand up taking hold of my katana.
I bolt forward then shove my katana into the Rotten's gut buffing it. The the power, and strength of the Rotten I pulled my katana out and cut of the Rotten's other arm. I huffed as Aracnoth came up behind the beast with a ultra great sword and climbed onto the Rotten's shoulders. Aracnoth beheaded the hollow on the Rotten's right shoulder then put both hands on the blade and then rammed it through the Rotten's head killing it.
The Rotten gave one last deafening roar before turning to ash and that blew away in a unseen wind. Aracnoth came over to me half of his body soaked in blood smiling, "Alonne we did it! Here it is the last lord soul" Aracnoth says holding out a large bright orange soul to me.
I took hold of the soul and felt immense power, and heat course through me as I could feel my body burst into golden flames as I grew in size, and started to levitate. My armor morphs into white and golden armor as angelic wings grow from my back, My helmet transformed into a crown of pure gold and platinum. My muscles became bulkier and stronger as my eyes changed from the color brown to pure golden as they glowed faintly. The look was finished as all my hair turned pure white and longer.
The flames die down as I slowly lower down to the ground as I sigh and close my eyes: "Manus you are going to meet you're fate by sunset..." I say as I open my eyes to see Aracnoth baffled and amazed, "Come on Aracnoth lets go back to Equestria, slay him, and his daughters." I say as I get down on my hands and knees then crawl through the tunnel. As I came out the other side I was shaken to the core because the four beings who stood before me were the four daughters of Manus, Nashandra, Elana, Nadalia, and Alsanna.
Nashandra smiled as she picked up her scythe and looked at me as Aracnoth entered the room walking up from behind me: "Hello Sir Alonne, and Aracnoth. I think its time you submit to our will and become one with the dark..."