Meliana Redgrave(Part1)

Unknown; “Just one? We came to the fucking boonies for one single fucking demon?” One of the dwarfs said.

Unknown; “I’ve never seen a demon reading before,” one of the elves said.

Unknown; “Ahhhhh, for fuck’s sake and here I though I get to plunge my axe in a lot of demon flesh today, and I am just left here with just one, stay the fuck back, ’ll deal with this myself,” the orc leader said.

Everybody backed off.

Rain; “Greetings, can I ask where you are from?”

Of course Rain merely asked this only wanting to know where the gate was placed.

Unknown; “He talks? Our tongue? Why is a demon speaking our language? Garoj, I think we should tread more carefully with this one, I’ve never seen anything like this before,” the A+ ranked healer said, concerned.

Garoj; “Ughhhhhhh, you’re right Meliana. Everyone! Battle formations!” The orc shouted.

They all started to form a group with the tanks in front of them, Garoj in the middle, Meliana and the other healers guarded by the thieves in the back, and the mages at each side, starting to chant their protection spells.

Rain; “Good form, can’t say that I’m not impressed, you all seem to be doing this for some time together,” Rain said as he opened a dark gate pulling his katana out.

Garoj; “Attack!”

They all moved as a team, the healers used their protection magic on the front line, the healers and mages used their magic to boost Garoj’s attack and defense, in their mind they did everything they could, yet they did not understand what they were facing.

Rain took his time with them, mostly blocking and dodging every attack, never attacking once, he knew why he did this, once a party enters a gate, another cannot, he planned to keep them alive in there with him for all 6 days, or what was left of it.

After 5 hours of nonstop barrage of attacks against Rain, they were all exhausted, barely able to stand.

Rain started thinking.

“Hmmmm, although they have good coordination most of them are just plain average, nothing to write home about, they probably managed to get this far with this group due their coordination, which is done by who in the group? The orc is not half bad but he is dimwitted. He is clearly the strongest among them but not their leader, guess I was wrong, then who else? Who is leading this party? The woman, the cleric, what was her name again? Meliana? I’m pretty sure she’s behind everything. I can probably make use of her, but how? How will I do that? WAIT !!!! WAIT !!! WAIT !!! Lurial clearly stated that the conditions of me clearing this gate are to be alive at the end, the creature did not mention anything about being the only one alive at the end.”

Mephisto; “Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! And he has a brain, ladies and gentleman,” Mephisto shouted, communicating with Rain telepathically.

Rain; “What? Get the fuck out of my thoughts!”

The adventurers were in shock, they were all waiting for Rain to kill them as they barely could move or had any mana left, yet they saw him starting to argue with himself.

Rain; “Ughhhh….I guess I’m going to need to get used to this…” Rain said, going towards the adventurers.

Rain; “You!” Rain said pointing to Meliana.

Meliana; “Me? What do you want from me you scum, just kill us and be done with it,” Meliana said as she stood up from the ground, grabbing her staff.

Rain; “Ah! Ah! Ah! I have a proposition for you and only you, you may be able to save the lives of your party members, just saying. Dear god I’m turning into him…..”

Meliana; “What do you want from me, you demon scum?” Meliana responds as she watches her party members, exhausted, barely able to move.

Rain; “First let me introduce myself, my name is Rai……. Guh! Guh! My name is ……Ramiel Pheles, may I also know your full name?” He asked as he almost gave his original name away, Rain did not want to do that as everyone in the world knew his name due to his mother.

Mephisto; “Daddy is so proud!” Mephisto tells him in an excited tone.

Ramiel; “Ughhhhh….get out of my head…”

Meliana; “My Name is Meliana Redgrave, Cleric, A+ adventurer and member of the Crimson Dawn guild.”

Ramiel; “Crimson Dawn guild? Hmmmm… Can’t say I've ever heard about that guild before,” Rain thought, moving his index finger near his mouth.

Ramiel; “Crimson Dawn? Crimson Dawn? Crimson Dawn?..... I’m pretty sure I know all the top ranked guilds in the world, yet I've never heard of Crimson Dawn....”

Meliana; “Know of our guild? How does a fucking demon spawn even know the guilds of the world?” The orc leader asked.

Slightly upset by getting called a demon spawn, Rain's mana starts emitting from his body.

The large amount of mana that he was emitting knocked out 13 of the members of the party, now only the orc and Meliana stood, on their knees, sweat dripping on their bodies.

Meliana; “What’s this??? I feel like I’m at the bottom of the deepest ocean, my entire body trembles I can’t… I can't breathe… I've never felt anything like this before …who is this demon? What did he say his name was? Ra….Ramiel…I’ve never heard of a demon named Ramiel….Pheles? Ohhhhh!! Goddess. Pheles, Mephisto Pheles, first son of Lucifer, is he related to him? Is this what a top ranked demon looks like? If so…humanity is doomed, Helena…save….us,” Meliana thought to herself.

Ramiel; “I’m sorry, I didn't mean to do that…” Rain said, lifting his aura.

Meliana; “Uhhhh…uhhhhhh….uhhhh,” Meliana, starts breathing again.

Rain; “Crimson Dawn, when was this guild formed?” Rain asked as he squatted in front of Meliana.

Meliana; “Three…..uhhhh….. three… years ago….uhhh…” Meliana responds as she still has trouble breathing.

Ramiel; “Three years? Hmmm I'm sure I would've known about them, especially since they are new…and would’ve probably made the news around the world….not to mention guilds that recruit all races are well known to begin with…” He thought.

Ramiel; “Say …Meliana, what month and year are we currently in?”

Meliana; “March 23rd…1137,” she responds in a quiet voice.

Ramiel; “WHAAAAAT!!!?”

Meliana squeals in fear and raises her hands to her head in hopes of protecting herself, thinking Ramiel was about to kill them.

Ramiel moved away from them.

She puts her hands down, looking at him, not understanding why this new found information upsetted him.

Ramiel; “MEPHISTOOOOOOO!!!”

Mephisto; “Stop shouting at me… What do you want?” Mephisto responded to him telepathically.

Ramiel; “THREE YEARS!? THREE YEARS PASSED? Why didn’t you tell me about this?” Ramiel asked him, upset with Mephisto for not revealing this information to him sooner.

Mephisto; “Well….in the void time moves differently, one hour in there… three years in the outside world, that’s why I even apologized for taking that long getting to you… I don’t apologize easily you see…”

Ramiel started moving in a circle at a fast pace thinking.

Garoj and Meliana watched in confusion as they did not understand what was going on.

Ramiel; “Hmmmm… I wonder how many other things he might have forgotten to tell me…I need to approach everything very carefully in the future…he is definitely not to be trusted, three years … a lot of things can happen in three years …. are they even still alive? Hmmmm… They should be... At least I hope so…. WAIT! Wait a second….they all received a reward from Mephist too… Right? If that’s so…. They should be far stronger than before… I mean look at me… I was no better than those guys sleeping on the ground a few hours ago…. And look at me now… Why did I not think of this before ? I need to find out what happened to her at least…”

Ramiel stopped and look at Meliana.

She is startled by his gaze.

Ramiel; “I’ve heard you humans have a hero, what was her name again…. He… Helenia something? How strong is she compared to me?” Rain asked, trying as much as he could to not give himself away.

Meliana; “That’s Queen Helena to you demon, and she is by far stronger than you, she will stop you, you'll see… Our deaths here will not be in vain…” Meliana said while getting up.

Ramiel; “Queen, huh? Now I look forward to getting out even more...”

Ramiel; “Who says I'm going to kill you? Did you already forget? I told you there was a way for you to save your party, didn’t I?”

Meliana; “I’m NOT going to have sex with you, demon!” Meliana shouts, embarrassed.

Ramiel; “Hahahaha! That’s not what I want from you…. at least not now…”

Meliana; “Then what? What could you possibly want from me?”

Ramiel; “I promise, I'll let everyone here live, if….you join my guild.”

Meliana; “Your guild? What do you mean? A demon cannot create a guild…. Wait…. That’s what you need me for, Isn’t it?”

Ramiel; “Not really, I can create a guild without your help, I just want you to be the first member that joins.”

Meliana; “Ok…not sure how you’ll be able to do that, but…you’ll let everyone here live…but don’t think I’m that dumb and can’t read between the lines, you’ll let everyone HERE live, but not everyone else within our world isn’t that right? And that…that I cannot agree with.”

Ramiel; “See…that’s why I’m going to need you, you’re pretty smart and quite strong, I’m going to need someone like you with me, especially since I know so little of your world,” Ramiel said, lying.

He knew he needed her so he had to lie, someone that was smart and not to mention a healer which was quite hard to come by, she was quite his type too… and he wanted her at his side to deal with everything that came with creating a guild, paperwork lots and lots of paperwork. Plus she was an A+ healer which was a good start for him, she probably was pretty well known too, strong people would’ve joined if she was there with him, or at least be somewhat interested in joining.

Ramiel; “I make no promises in not killing people from Goetia, I would probably do it quite often too, what I can promise you is that I do not intend to destroy your world or kill everyone in it, that’s it,” Ramiel responded to her.

Meliana; “Why? Why is a demon interested in creating a guild? What is your goal?”

Ramiel; “I’m not going to tell you that… yet, I do want to do something when I’ll be out, and it will require building a guild first, that’s all you need to know.”

Meliana; “I’m not sure if I should agree with this, I'll need some time to think...”

Ramiel; “Sure, you have three days to think this over, I'll wait for your answer until then.”

Ramiel sat down and grabbed his book, starting to read again.

A day passes without much happening, Ramiel trained, he read, the party watched him as he trained, understanding immediately that whatever they did they would have not been able even scratch him let alone kill him , plus, they had a way out now, some of them were waiting with Garoj others stood near Meliana pleading to her to accept his deal, the party was broken in half it seemed, some that sided with Garoj and others still with Meliana.

Rain drifted asleep, dreaming of his childhood.

Rain found a corner to sit down, propping his back against the cold wall. In his arms, he cradled a small, fragile puppy, its innocent eyes wide with fear. Before him lay another, larger dog, lifeless and silent—a stark testament to the unfortunate turn of events.

As Rain sought solace against the unforgiving surface, three boys from his class loomed over him, armed not with swords, but with wooden sticks meant for training exercises. Their intention was clear—to intimidate and dominate. The two boys swung their makeshift weapons with a menacing determination, raining blows upon Rain.

Undeterred, Rain shielded the defenseless puppy, clutching it tightly to his chest. His eyes mirrored a blend of defiance and protectiveness, refusing to yield to the aggression surrounding him. The air was tense with the clash of ideologies—on one side, the cruelty of the boys seeking dominance, and on the other, Rain's unwavering compassion and commitment to safeguarding the **** life in his arms.

The scene unfolded like a clash between darkness and light, cruelty and kindness. Despite the onslaught, Rain remained resolute, determined to shield the innocent from harm. In that chilling moment, the contrast between the brutality of the wooden sticks and the warmth of the puppy in Rain's embrace painted a poignant tableau of resilience against adversity.

Unknown; “That’s it, beat his ass! This fucking arrogant prick thinking if he is her son he gets to tell us what to do!” One of them shouted.

Unknown; “Yeah! If we want to fucking kill a stray we will, who the fuck do you think you are to stop us!” Another one shouted.

Unknown; “We just wanted to see what taking a life feels like, you see... We have to know these things early, or so my father says... ”

Vian passes by noticing Rain getting beaten, Rain locked eyes with him as he passes by.

Vian did not want to get involved, as he was born without any mana he was bullied quite a lot by everyone as he was growing up, especially since he’s father did not care he was bullied, it build a strong character for Vian, that’s what he told him. Noticing that today was Rain's turn and not him, he smiled as he continued to walk away.

A few more minutes pass as Rain was getting beaten, blood starts dripping down from his head and his wounds.

Unknown; “HEYYYY!!! Stop right there!” A girlish voice could be heard from the back.

Unknown; “Fuck! It’s Morrigan, run!” One of them shouted as he dropped his wooden stick, running away.

Rain let go of the puppy, he runs to his mother that stood dead on the ground, sniffing her and squealing .

Morrigan; “What the hell happened to you? I told you to call for me when this happens Rain!” She said as she grabbed Rain, lifting him up from the ground.

Rain pushed her away and walked towards the dead dog.

He dropped down to his knees near the dead dog.

Rain; “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I was not able to save you…. I couldn’t … I’m weak…. Why am I so weak?..... I train everyday... WHY AM I SO WEAK!!!!!” Rain shouted, bawling his eyes out.

Morrigan; “Rain….” Morrigan said in a soft and warm voice, squatting down behind Rain, embracing him.

Rain was woken up from his dream by a shout.

He looked around.

Rain noticed Garoj holding the head of an elf with one of his hand, on the other his ax, blood dripping from it, only Garoj and Meliana were left alive, Meliana was wounded, she had a few cuts around her body, her wardrobe cut, revealing her breasts, she had a light mana bubble around her, protecting herself from Garoj.

Garoj; “It’s the only way Meliana, we can’t let him out, we all have to die here, and with our deaths, others will enter, stronger than us, and if they die too they will send others, stronger each time, until he is dead, it’s the only way,” Garoj said, throwing the elf head at Meliana's feet.

Meliana; “You’re mad! How could you do this? They were your friends, your brothers, we fought, cried and laughed together, this is not the way!” Meliana shouted.

Garoj; “I see no other way to stop him, and you did not either, it has to be done, that’s what we said to ourselves when we started this guild, no matter the sacrifice, we’ll endure it, so that we may one day take back our home, now our promise has to be carried out by your brother, he’ll see to it one day, but under no circumstances can we let this demon out, the first thing he’ll do is to destroy our home and there will be a long time before someone stops him if he gets out, how many more will die at his hands before that happens?” Garoj said as he started to infuse his ax with fire magic.

The light bubble around Meliana starts fading away.

She seems to have accepted her faith, she did not agree with what Garoj had done, but he was in the right doing it, she feared Ramiel and what he could do if left free and she loved her little brother more than she loved herself, she accepted her faith for the safety of her brother and the people she cared for back home.

Garoj lounges himself at Meliana with his ax, aiming for her head.

Ramiel quickly jumped in front of him, protecting her.

She is startled by his action, in her mind at the time, Ramiel did this for your own benefit.

Garoj’s attack has little to no effect on Ramiel, but it did pierce his skin a little, blood starts dripping from his cut.

Garoj; “Red? Red blood? Why? Why does a demon have red blood?” Garoj stated, confused.

Meliana was confused as well, never has she seen a demon that had red blood before, the color of a demon’s blood is gray ash, never had such an incident seen before.

Ramiel; “That’s not for you to know orc …”

Ramiel plunged his hand into him, pulling the orc's heart out, blood starts dripping from it and onto Ramiel's shoes, Garoj falls to the ground.

Meliana drops **** from using all her mana, from fighting Garoj and half her party, protecting the other half that sided with her.

Ramiel; “Uaghhhhhhhhh!!!!” He shout in pain, dropping to his knees, throwing the heart from his hand away.

Mana starts pulsating from his body, making him feel a pain he knew all too well, the same pain that he felt as he ate the apple.

A sort of game menu appears in front of him, displaying a message in Lilim.

As the pain starts lifting, Ramiel goes towards the book, grabs it and start to translate the message.

“Congratulations! Achievement “First Kill” Unlocked! Please pick your reward!”

With his hand he clicked the “Please pick your reward” message as it was highlighted.

After he clicked it, another window with 666 skills opens up. He did not understand a single thing that was written, lucky it had a search bar at the top, all he had to do now was write what skill he wanted to search for and see if it was there.

Ramiel; “Hmmm…I guess he forgot to mention this too…. Let’s leave it open for now, I need to think this over, first let’s take care of this problem,” Ramiel stated as he looked at Meliana who was out cold on the ground.

Ramiel created beds from the materials that the adventurers had with them, he placed all the dead adventurers on them, covering them with robes that they carried with them, he made two more beds closer to each other and further away from all the smell of the dead. Ramiel lifted Meliana up and place her onto one of the two beds. He made a small fire to keep her warm and covered her with a robe. He grabbed some of the water and food that they had with them and sat on the bed near her.

Ramiel; “Finally some food, I didn’t know what to expect after I turned into a demon, will I still be able to enjoy human food? If not… that would’ve been a problem, I like eating too much, seems like I worried for nothing, this still tastes good for me. Now the problem with this, what do I want? What could prove more useful for me after I get out?”

Ramiel looked in the reflection of his sword at his face, noticing his two large horns.

Ramiel; “This is definitely a problem, sure…. There are a lot of adventurers out there that look even more fancy than me in my demon form, I will probably pass without too many looks….in the capitol…. but I’m starting from scratch with nothing, if I was an S class, nobody would’ve cared that I looked this way… but all adventurers start at D rank, that is… If you pass the test… A D rank looking like me is definitely a problem I would stand out too much… And that’s not what I want… At least not at the start…. Hmmm…. I guess I'll look for some transformation skills?”

He grabbed the book and open the search bar, starting to look for any transformation skills.

He spent some time and searched for “Change, Transformation, Alteration, Variation, Conversion, Revision, Metamorphosis, Mutation….” To no avail.

Finally after all was seemed to be lost, he searched for transfiguration.

Ramiel; “THERE IT IS! Almost thought I was out of options…. let’s read the description,” He said, opening the skill description.

He spent some time translating it.

Ramiel; “Transfiguration: The user is able to change his appearance as he wishes, this skill drains mana as it’s active, the user is not able to use other mana skills during transfiguration.”

Ramiel; “Fuck…. Not being able to use skills will suck… I’ll have to take the guild’s test without using any mana…. Hmmm… Still this is the best option I have… And as long as I still retain my psychical ability it should not pose any problem, guess I’ll take it.”

As soon as he accepted the skill, he felt a slight change in his mana.

Ramiel; “Huh? That’s it, I expected something more to happen… Let’s try it!”

Ramiel spent a few hours dabbling into his new found skill looking at his reflection from he's katana. It took you a lot of time to understand it and maintain appearance but he finally found a look he was good with.

Ramiel(Rainheart) Pheles
Demon, Transfiguration form.
Age: 21
Dark/Wind/Transfiguration abilities.

Ramiel; “Humph... This is good enough, nothing too fancy but not too weak looking either, a good middle ground… Now…. What am I going to do with her?”

Ramiel turns back into his demon form.

Ramiel start poking her cheeks with his finger as she was asleep.

Ramiel; “Guess I'll let her sleep, she’s the only one left now …. I need to be careful around her.. I don’t want her to do anything stupid, like killing herself…. She probably won’t tough... If she’s a cleric she was raised by the church … and one of the worst things that a human can do by the commandments of the Goddess is to take your own life, she won’t go against it or will she? Hmmm…. Anyway… She mentioned earlier that my mother was Queen… I wonder how that happened … I can’t be asking her too many questions about my mom… I’ll give myself away and my goal…. She also stated that she was stronger than me even after feeling all my mana … I do feel around my mother’s power right now… former power I should say …. I keep forgetting she got some sort of reward too from Mephisto…. Compering my former self with how I am now I should deduct that she is at least 5-10 times stronger than she was before, than I am now …. I'll figure out everything that happened after I get out… Right now… More training, I need to get used to this body.”