You ascend the staircase leading up to Order HQ, and suddenly, a familiar figure marches out to meet you. No, that's not the right word for it-- you've seen this resolve in C████ a thousand times, the unwavering, no-nonsense, iron-fisted, stick-up-his-ass glare like he's he's going to war.
Only this time, he's aiming it at you. And not in the disciplinary way, either. You try to ease the tension with a remark, "That's a look you shoot your enemy."
But he does not stop advancing on you. What's going on? You try a different tack: "Okay, well then let me ask you this: what exactly is the Order after? and who the hell is D████?"
C████ unsheathes his blade and snaps, "You do NOT demand answers from ME--" swinging it down at you, just barely missing as you dart back. Another swing goes for you head, and you block with your demonic arm - it clangs off the carapace, and he's driven back by the sheer force of the clash.
There's no hiding it now. C████ points his sword accusingly at you, hate and fire in his eyes. "You possess the power of a demon..."
You're not ready for this. Even as he squares off against you, you keep the Devil Bringer far from him, hidden behind you. Your voice even shakes a little when you tell him, "Back down! I don't wanna hurt you. I won't do that to K████."
He responds with a scoff. "'Hurt me'? You don't get it, do you?"
Then, reaching into himself, a golden light begins to burn from deep within C████ - with a powerful cry, his human body is burned utterly away, transformed. The man he once knew now hovered before him, with bright white plumage all over his body. One might be mistaken for thinking he looked angelic, with his horns in the shape of a halo, his one broad wing and a powerful shield. But close inspection would reveal his primary feathers to actually be hard like nails, the shape of his gold-tipped talons to be more twisted than an eagle's, with vicious blue veins of corruption running over the surface of hard carapace rather than skin.
You look on in disbelief. "You too..."
Proudly, the man you had called brother announces with a demonic timbre in his voice, in his unnatural new form: "I have been chosen to take the next step in evolution! To become something far more than just human. I am an ANGEL!"
"Wrong, Credo." You step forward. "All that you've become is a demon."
He does not heed you, drunk on his false divinity. "As the Captain of the Holy Knights, you are now under arrest. It is the wish of His Holiness!"
Credo Angelo
You ascend the staircase leading up to Order HQ, and suddenly, a familiar figure marches out to meet you. No, that's not the right word for it-- you've seen this resolve in C████ a thousand times, the unwavering, no-nonsense, iron-fisted, stick-up-his-ass glare like he's he's going to war.
Only this time, he's aiming it at you. And not in the disciplinary way, either. You try to ease the tension with a remark, "That's a look you shoot your enemy."
But he does not stop advancing on you. What's going on? You try a different tack: "Okay, well then let me ask you this: what exactly is the Order after? and who the hell is D████?"
C████ unsheathes his blade and snaps, "You do NOT demand answers from ME--" swinging it down at you, just barely missing as you dart back. Another swing goes for you head, and you block with your demonic arm - it clangs off the carapace, and he's driven back by the sheer force of the clash.
There's no hiding it now. C████ points his sword accusingly at you, hate and fire in his eyes. "You possess the power of a demon..."
You're not ready for this. Even as he squares off against you, you keep the Devil Bringer far from him, hidden behind you. Your voice even shakes a little when you tell him, "Back down! I don't wanna hurt you. I won't do that to K████."
He responds with a scoff. "'Hurt me'? You don't get it, do you?"
Then, reaching into himself, a golden light begins to burn from deep within C████ - with a powerful cry, his human body is burned utterly away, transformed. The man he once knew now hovered before him, with bright white plumage all over his body. One might be mistaken for thinking he looked angelic, with his horns in the shape of a halo, his one broad wing and a powerful shield. But close inspection would reveal his primary feathers to actually be hard like nails, the shape of his gold-tipped talons to be more twisted than an eagle's, with vicious blue veins of corruption running over the surface of hard carapace rather than skin.
You look on in disbelief. "You too..."
Proudly, the man you had called brother announces with a demonic timbre in his voice, in his unnatural new form: "I have been chosen to take the next step in evolution! To become something far more than just human. I am an ANGEL!"
"Wrong, Credo." You step forward. "All that you've become is a demon."
He does not heed you, drunk on his false divinity. "As the Captain of the Holy Knights, you are now under arrest. It is the wish of His Holiness!"
BOSS FIGHT ENSUE