Ambushed Capture

White particles fluttered towards the ground, glittering as they gave signs of what was happening. A battle was going on, four individuals were at a standstill with an enemy of higher power. This enemy appeared to wear your typical magical girl outfit, holding a wand inside her hand, a short skirt with stockings, and red Mary Jane shoes. Not to mention the blue hair ties on each side of her head.

The ones standing their ground against this enemy were Christopher, Emerald, Lucia, and Florian, who were all at a disadvantage.

"What's going on?! Something's wrong… we can barely use our magic when we're near her." Christopher fell to his knee, visibly irritated.

"It's some item she's using. It's either a mod or something even greater." Emerald was kneeling next to Lucia and Florian who was on the ground, unconscious, "Debuff spells to prevent usage of magic shouldn't be able to affect us… and yet…"

"Oh? I didn't tell you what item I was using, huh?" The magical girl spun her wand around in her hand, doing a simple twirl, "This is my King's glorious item, Ravager God Perses!" As she turned back around, she pumped her fist forward, revealing a ring on her middle finger.

"A level infinity item? Who is your king?" Asked Christopher.

"His name is Lucifer, one of the four great kings, duh! Who else would have something so powerful like this?!" She looked at the ring on her finger, smiling in joy, "He's so wonderful… ahh, I wanna marry him one day. I can't wait until I become his wife!"

"…I don't understand, we can combat against other level infinity items, so what's changed now?" Muttered Emerald.

"…I believe it's not any ordinary level infinity item. Look closer, Emerald."

From Christopher's words, Emerald glanced at the ring with her Phantom Eyes, noticing something peculiar.

"What could that be?"

They noticed that the level infinity ring had an ominous aura around it, revealing that of a spirit.

"It's being controlled by a spirit… but not just any spirit." Said Christopher.

"Even our Phantom Eyes cannot decipher this spirit's name, or origins. It's not supposed to be in the game, it comes from a particular mod."

"Correct again, Emerald." Christopher chuckled, "It's quite funny, isn't it?"

"What?"

"They need pathetic mods to even take one of us down."

"Humu," Emerald snickered, "If we were prepared from the beginning, this would've been fairly easy. But we were ambushed, caught right into their trap."

"Indeed, but that makes me wonder if this was all planned from the very beginning. Were the swindlers guild watching us this entire time?"

"It seems that way."

Emerald stood her ground, extending her arms side to side, "Augment Magic, Celestial Burst!" Utilizing A-tier magic, Emerald was able to use the energy of exploding stars, becoming a miniature singularity. Her body was glowing in bright colors, having the ability to blind everyone in her presence… until she exploded her energy outwards, creating the same phenomena as a Gamma-ray burst.

The explosion caught the magical girl off guard, as she covered her eyes, trying to ward off the spell, "It's so bright… I-I can't see anything! It's like looking into the sun, but worse- Aaaaahh!!" Her body was engulfed in the explosion, pushing her backward from the initial impact.

"Haaaaaah!!" Christopher pursued her, slashing at her chest with his weapon, Velocity's edge.

"Ngyaaaaa!" She yelled in pain as her body fell backward, tumbling across the ground, "It hurts… it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!! H-Help me… Perses!!" She called out to her ring for assistance, worrying Emerald and Christopher.

"Hurry, finish her now!"

"I won't let you!" Christopher lunged at her, jabbing his blade towards her head.

"Help me!!" She yelled again, until the ring finally responded, conjuring a barrier around her body.

"Tsk!" Christopher nearly had her, but the modded ring was preventing him from getting any closer.

Even with Velocity's edge, it stood no chance. This was Supreme-Grade equipment forged from a unique blend of ancient meteoric iron and enchanted silver. The blade shimmers with an otherworldly light, hinting at its immense power. When wielded by Christopher, it grants him unparalleled speed and diminishes the swiftness of his opponents.

He had many advantages, but they were all being taken away by such a cowardly item.

"You would've already been dead by now, wench."

"Who are you calling wench, pretty boy?" The magical girl stood up, laughing at them both, "Don't get too carried away… I haven't even used my trump care yet!"

"Trump card?" Emerald was heard walking next to Christopher, hand on hip, "Go ahead and try it." Her eyes fluttered in a misty darkness, "Let's see how you can handle us taking you seriously."

"T-Taking me seriously? Are you saying you were just playing with me this entire time?!" She balled up her fists, deactivating the barrier around her, "I'll show you!!"

"Fool, so easy to manipulate. Was your ego damaged?" Emerald's black glowing eyes would suddenly eradicate the wand in front of her.

"M-My wand… what happened?" She looked at her hand, seeing her wand fall to pieces, "No… how could this happen? My… Supreme-Grade equipment, destroyed so easily?!"

"My Phantom Eyes eradicates all phenomena before it, including the event of you ever obtaining that weapon."

"…Eradicates all… Phenomenon? Such a thing never existed in the game, you're using mods too, aren't you?!" Shouted the petite magical girl.

"No, not at all. My brother gave them to us—The Phantom Eyes are only used when we're in dire situations, and mine tends to be the strongest."

"…I won't let you have your way!!" Shouted the girl.

"It's too bad for you. If you went up against anyone else except the Phantom Mutiny, then perhaps you would've won." Christopher was directly behind her after blitzing her perception with Velocity's edge, "Perish! Temporal Disruption!" Christopher did a flurry of slashes at her back, knocking her forward.

Temporal Disruption inflicts a temporal disruption upon the opponent. This disruption momentarily weakens their connection to time, reducing their speed and reaction time. The effect intensifies with each consecutive hit, gradually diminishing the opponent's speed stat and making them progressively slower and more vulnerable.

That's what was happening with the magical girl.

Her Life points were diminished, revealing that she only had 30 more left.

"Help…" She mumbled as she fell forward, about to collide with the ground, "I can't… beat them…"

("You foolish little girl. Lord Lucifer and Belial put their faith in you, and you can't handle two Guild members!? I'm disappointed. To believe they'll rely on someone as weak as you. How irritating!")

The ring began to talk, using telepathy.

("…It's not that I'm weak, it's just… they're too strong! I can't do it with the way I am now.")

("Then sit back, and let me handle this.")

The girl's body was suddenly engulfed in a dark aura, revealing something monstrous.

"Oh no, Emerald… run away at once!!" Christopher widened his eyes, realizing something, "We have to escape!"

"Damnit, you cheap bastard!" Emerald, furious, decided to pick up both Lucia and Florian, "Spatial Warp!"

"That won't work in my domain."

"What?!"

They could hear a deep voice coming from the magical girl until they realized they were stuck inside a barrier of some kind.

"We are trapped…" Muttered Emerald.

"Tsk… we have no choice." Christopher's eyes would glow in gold, "Even with my Phantom Eyes to weaken my opponent and their magic, it's doing nothing to this ominous force."

"You're now slaves of Lucifer! I welcome you to his castle!" They extended their arms into the air, laughing hysterically.

With Emerald's Phantom Eyes which destroys all phenomenons, and Christopher's Phantom Eyes which destroys all magic and the level of his opponents, they were still no match.

This was the power of mods.

Powerful enough to capture them in their imprisonment.

If only they prepared for this situation, they could've had the advantage. But they were ambushed, unable to calculate their next action against unknown mods such as this.

The dark aura surrounding the girl would explode inside the barrier, immersing everyone inside its baleful radiance.

Their bodies slowly started to disappear. They were being sent somewhere far far away.

They would no longer be in the north continent… but somewhere far more sinister.

"Shit… we were careless!" Exclaimed Christopher.

"It's not every day you see a modder, Christopher. We gave it our all, so now we plan our escape the moment we are chained prisoner."

"To act so nonchalant in a situation like this, are you insane, Emerald?!"

"Insane? Of course~! That's what I'm known for."

"…I expected a response like that." Chris bowed his head, huffing a sigh.

Their bodies suddenly vanished from thin air, along with the magical girl.

Emerald and Christopher's presence could no longer be sensed.

All that was left behind was Lucia and Florian's weapons, lying on the ground.

***

"Heheheheh… so it went exactly as we planned."

Sitting in the midst of a dimly lit room, surrounded by candles was Belial, and in front of him was one of the Great Kings, Lucifer.

"Yes, we have successfully captured two members of the Guild." Lucifer leaned forward, eyes glowing in red, "Now the war truly begins. I will bring chaos upon Ottenmore and it's civilians."

"And after that's done, I'll have Emperor's throne once and for all." Belial grinned, holding a glass of wine in his hand, "I'll make sure that tyrannical king experiences true terror, from the hands of Belial, and Lucifer himself!"