155 Where there is light, the night shall fall (1/2)

Part 1

Daren, Lilith, and Marcus were reuniting with Leona and her group, as well as Chloe, her daughter, and Joseph who for some reason insisted on staying there instead of running away with the rest of the students and teachers.

The group was observing a massive portal in the sky that showcased the world Daren and his group originated from as if it was some kind of giant tv screen in the shape of a circle.

Before they noticed, the portal started to release residual energy towards the atmosphere, completely covering the light of the sun and drenching the sky in some kind of red darkness.

”This feels like the demon kingdom all over again...” Daren whispered.

Marcus kept looking completely at a loss on how to react towards this sudden development, ”What is Mia planning??”

Lilith tried to use her future sight once more to get some answers, but they suddenly were interrupted by the scream of people on the streets.

They all looked to see what was the cause and realized that several spirits were flying around the city and chasing after the people.

”They are under attack!! We need to help!!” Marcus yelled.

”Wait!!” Daren urged, as he grabbed Marcus by the shoulder. He then revealed a few pieces of absorbing crystal fragments that he took from the crocodile monster, ”We need to gather more energy first!! If our bodies run out of magic, energy the spirits can take possession of us!”

Marcus nodded in agreement but just as he was about to reach for the piece, he spotted a group of spirits flying right in their direction.

”Look out!!” he shouted.

Everyone turned around to follow his eyesight and spotted the flying ghosts as well. They all started to jump out of their trajectories to avoid being touched by one of them, giving birth to the world's most lethal game of tag.

Daren gave a few crystals to Marcus to refill his power and proceeded to rush towards Lilith as well, ”Lilith!!!” he screamed.

The woman tried to reach for him but a spirit appeared right in front of her getting on Daren's way. Lilith raised her silver sword that was made out of Marcus' blessed metal and cut the being in half, making it vanish completely.

”Marcus!! We need you!!” Lilith yelled.

The lad tried to create weapons for his allies to use but even more spirits showed up and began to surround them. Leona's group saw their distress and tried to push the ghosts away with their fire magic. However, the deceased souls simply looked annoyed as only blessed energy could truly vanquish them to the afterlife.

”It didn't work...?” Leona gasped.

The spirit jumped straight into Leona's path and was about to absorb her, but one of her followers pushed her out of the way, saving her but dooming himself in the process.

”Johan!!” Leona cried as she observed her comrade being possessed.

”Mom!!!” shouted Claire.

Marcus turned around and saw that Chloe had pushed her daughter away from a spirit's path as well and got herself possessed in the process.

”Oh, no!!” Lilith said. She tried to rush towards Claire and Jospeh and used her sword to keep the two safely away from the transparent creatures, ”Daren!! We nee crystals!!”

Daren followed her command and threw two pieces of absorbing crystal at Lilith, who in turn handed them to the two kids she was protecting.

The spirits tried to take over their bodies but were unable to enter thanks to the magic energy that they absorbed shielding them.

”We need to get out of here!! They won't stop coming!!” Marcus explained.

Daren rushed towards Leona who kept trying to face the spirits with her magic but achieving little success in the process.

”Why won't these things die??” she complained as she saw more and more of her teammates being possessed one by one until there were only two of them left.

”Fire lady! Catch!!” Daren screamed as he gave them a few more crystals to use to repel the spirits, ”Stop wasting your magic!! They will enter your body if you run out!!”

”U- Understood!!” she replied.

Daren looked at his surroundings. He needed to confirm if everyone had received a crystal to stay safe from being possessed. Leona and her last follower just received one, Marcus too, Chloe was taken over but the two kids were also safe. Which meant that only Lilith was left.

He checked his pocket to confirm that he only had one crystal left.

He saw Lilith facing off against a horde of spirits that were circling her as she continued to slash every single one with her sword. Her blessed weapon was successfully keeping them away for now but Lilith would run out of energy at any second now due to the continuous use of her future sight.

Daren started to run towards her to deliver his final crystal but midway through, he saw a spirit coming right at him.

”Daren!!” Lilith screamed as she saw him in danger.

The spirit rushed towards Daren. He could repel it if he absorbed the energy from the fragment in his hand, but then Lilith would be at the mercy of the creatures.