Castlevania Legend of the Demon Castle: The rise of Demonic Castles!
Every night, I have the same dream. It starts with me looking at a large, ruined abbey.
Then, there is a young, beautiful woman, who possesses a near-overpowering aura; but at the same time, it feels welcoming. Her face is soft and warm, she smiles at me, extends her hand to mine, and I take it. As our hands meet, all of a sudden, I feel warm. Then she begins to lead me through a long, dark tunnel, but the light of her aura illuminates it.
This tunnel is filled with inhuman monsters on both sides, just looking at us. The strange thing is, it’s like they’ve made a path for her, or they’re too scared to get in her way. Even though these monsters are the stuff of nightmares, their eyes filled with bloodlust, beings of pure evil, I’m not afraid at all. As I take her hand, I feel safe, like nothing can harm me.
Every so often, she’ll turn to look back at me, and smile and say, “Not too much longer now, ok?” Her voice makes me feel so safe. After some time, we reach the end of the tunnel.
As we step outside, we find ourselves in a beautiful field filled with all sorts of flowers. The whole place feels wonderful. We keep walking until we reach a river. On the other side, there is a huge oak tree, with enormous branches stretching out so far around it.
Suddenly, my eyes are drawn to a man standing under the tree. The shade is covering his face, so I can’t make it out. But I can feel his powerful aura as well. When I start to ask who they both are, I wake up.
Every time I try to remember the dream, it’s always hazy. But I know that if I can find the abbey, I might be able to make sense of all this.
After using the network to look for ruined abbeys, it didn’t take long before I found the one that’s been appearing in my dreams. It was called Fountains Abbey. Looking at the image on the screen, I could feel it calling to my soul.
So I now I knew where to start.
After reaching Fountains Abbey, Guy made his way down through the river, into a small tunnel. He then began feeling the wall.
Suddenly, the whole wall opened, revealing stone steps that looked as though they led to some catacombs. It was a mystery how Guy knew of this secret passage that had been locked away for centuries, but it was as though the knowledge was just there in his mind. The steps led Guy down to a long tunnel. He looked around him. It all seemed so familiar...
Guy: No…this place…is it the same as my dream?
As Guy marched on, he could feel something pulling at his soul. He picked up his pace. The tunnel led to a huge room decorated with holy images. The room’s age was hard to tell, but it seemed like it had been there hidden away for centuries.
As Guy looked around, his attention was brought to the centre of the room. A pedestal stood before him.
As he got closer, that feeling that something was pulling at his soul returned, but even stronger. He noticed the pedestal had a symbol on it. It looked like a crest. Guy didn’t know why, but it felt familiar to him, like he had seen it before somewhere. His dreams, maybe?
But it didn’t hold his attention for long, as his eyes were drawn to the top of the pedestal.
There it was, holding an old whip. Guy could feel it's powerful aura bursting fourth – this feeling started a stirring in Guy’s blood. It was a feeling he had never experienced before, but it felt like fate was calling him. The closer he got, the stronger the feeling in his blood became. He slowly reached his hand out to the whip – the need to hold it was becoming unbearable to him.
As soon as he touched it, he felt power swell up inside him, like something was unlocking a great force within him. He could feel it spreading all over his body, both inside and out, like a warm, pure wave of light. All his abilities had been powered up, heightened.
He felt like his very soul, blood, and being were connected to the whip; and the whip’s very soul, blood, and being where connected to him, like they were one, like the whip was alive. He could feel it's aura again; this time it was different, but familiar at the same time.
He also felt something else was being unlocked inside him, it felt like even more power was being drawn out.
This was all thanks to Richter, and to a holy purification rite he cast centuries ago.
Richter had spent much time trying to find out why he fell under Shaft’s control – his holy powers should have banished the evil. But after much research, he discovered that centuries of death-defying battles with the dark lord Dracula resulted in lowering his family’s talent to resist the Count’s evil power. And that’s what had happened to him.
After a searching for a year, Richter heard a story of a relic that could cure anything.
Desperate to heal this weakness in the Belmont family, he set out to find it. After a long, hard journey, the relic was his. But casting it on himself would not be enough – he needed a way for it to reach his kin. That’s when an idea came to mind.
Richter cast the holy purification rite, and managed to make the rite a part of the whip’s memory, so it could reach all the pure-blooded Belmont descendants.
The rite unlocks a pure-blooded Belmont’s transpersonal Chakras and relinks that Belmont to the divine even further, thus immuning them not only from curses and any other dark forces, but unlocking even more of a Belmont’s untapped power, as well as giving them several other abilities.
As all this was happing, Guy felt the presence of three people. He knew who two of them were from their auras: it was the was young woman and man from his dream.
But this time, the man’s face was not obscured, allowing Guy to see him clearly. He and the woman were both smiling at him, as if they had waited so long to see him.
There was another man that Guy did not recognise, but his aura felt the same as the other two, and he looked similar to the man from his dreams. He too was smiling.
It began to feel like they were embracing him; he could feel their warmth and love spread throughout him. He saw more and more people, some women, some men, they all looked alike and had the same aura.
He could feel their warm loving embrace also, he could feel all of them wishing him luck and praying for his safety. Suddenly, each one of them then seemed to vanish back into the whip, one after another.
Then came one last figure – it was the woman again. She smiled. She reached out her hands and held his face so warm and tenderly. She had a warm, loving look on her face, like she was meeting a new member of the family for the first time. She then kissed his forehead. He could feel her warm, loving, protective aura run though him. It was then Guy suddenly realised that it was her aura he felt when he became connected to the whip. He also thought he heard her say something…
Sara: You are never alone. We are always with you.
As the last of the power had finished spreading out through his body, Guy looked at the whip. Tears pouring from his eyes, he fell to the ground and gently wept from this is incredible experience. After some time, he spoke, trying to make sense of all this.
Guy: Wh….what was that? Was it real?
He asked himself. But he knew one thing was real: he felt amazing, like he was bursting with power. He composed himself and stood up.
Guy: This feeling, this power! I can feel the whip’s purpose, I know the truth now, why my dreams led me here, and I gladly accept my fate. I will take up my ancestors’ mission to destroy the night.
Guy then flexed the whip, knowing all those evil beings that take a twisted joy destroying lives will now learn what it means to experience true fear.
Over the past month, the Church, as well as the Brotherhood of Light and Ecclesia Organization had received a report of a castle rising seemingly out of nowhere.
To make matters worse, reports also showed that the mysterious castle had brought with it an army of monsters. These terrible monsters had been invading and destroying the nearby villages.
The three Organizations despatched their holy troops. Their mission was to pacify the monsters, secure the safety of the villagers, and find out the source of this castle.
Early reports stated that the monsters were unusually powerful. Soon, reports stopped coming in at all.
Another unit was sent in; however, this had the express disapproval of Genya, who wanted to send in a different team. But the Brotherhood did not like the idea of bringing in outsiders, mercenaries who were not aligned with anyone; and they were confident that their and the Church’s warriors would be enough this time. They admitted to having previously underestimated the situation – their next units were to be armed with the most heavy and powerful anti-monster gear both they and the Church had to offer.
At 09:00 hours, the units landed at the site. At 12:00 hours, reports came in that they had breached the village and penetrated further then the last team, but they had met with significant resistance from the monsters, and had suffered heavy losses. They also stated that, unusually, the strength of these monsters was not affected by the day.
By 4:44 hours the following morning, once again, reports stopped coming in. The whole thing had played out exactly as before, much to Genya’s fury.
During the meeting that followed discussing what action was to be taken next, it was hard to miss Genya’s anger at the Brotherhood’s incompetence. It was then that the Church approved of doing things Genya’s way; but the Brotherhood insisted another team went in also as a back-up unit, to relay information back to HQ. And so Genya’s proposal was approved.
At 20:20 hours, Genya despatched both Guy Belmont and Yuki Getsu, as well as the Brotherhood’s back-up unit.
At 21:00 hours, reports stated that Yuki and Guy had not only breached the village, but defeated the hostile monsters. At 22:01 hours, the back-up unit had established a base camp within the village.
At 23:12 hours, both Guy and Yuki had entered the castle. After a lengthy battle to reach the top, they came across an orb. Both of them knew right away what it was, even if it hadn’t had its dark, demonic aura. They had both read the accounts of Simon’s Quest from the tome found in the Belmont hold: it was none other than one of the Count’s relics. And it was this relic that was the source of all this chaos and suffering.
At that moment, they were attacked by the guardian of the orb. They destroyed and secured the relic at 18:23 hours, the report stated.
Guy and Yuki made their way back to base camp with the relic. They confirmed the destruction of the castle, and the demonic aura was lifted, the air having been purified.
At 21:12 hours, an aircraft carrier picked them up, and took them back to HQ.
It was there that Yuki and Guy informed Genya and the other Organizations that the Count’s relic was the cause of everything. Genya thanked them, and offered payment for their work, much to the Brotherhood’s disproval.
Guy: None is needed. We were –
Yuki: Hey, hey, now let’s not rush things. We did use a loootttt of equipment, and Holy Items ain’t cheap ya know, so we shouldn’t refuse Genya’s kind offer.
After receiving the money they’d earned, they both left. Their conversation could be heard down the hall…
Yuki: Wow! Heeeyyyy, what job do ya wanna take on next? Ohhh, how ‘bout that one in Egypt?
Guy: Well, that would seem like the next best choice.
Yuki: Alllll right! Cairo here we come!
Guy: We’ll need to hire a private plane.
Yuki: It’s fine, it’s fine, the money from this job more than covers it.
The head of the Brotherhood scoffed.
Head of BHOL: Disgusting. So we now place our trust in mercenaries! First off, that unholy monster playing human, and failing, and then the Belmonts – just another set of mercenaries, ungodly opportunists! All they care about is money, like all his family, all the way back to mediaeval times! And this latest member is no different; I’ve heard stories of Belmonts demanding exorbitant amounts of money or other things for their “services”. They’ve never understood what it means to work for the almighty. And now we’re paying these filth!
Genya looked at him. He walked up to him, his hands in his pockets
Genya: Those in glass houses. How much was it that you requested to “restock”? 100,000K was it? And who paid for that, the Church and taxpayers I believe? And how is that going? I see you’ve just bought yourself a new house, and you’ve done up your office. Was that your request, or God’s?
Head of BHOL: THAT WAS FROM PRIVATE FUNDS!! IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY WE WERE GIVEN!!
Genya: Well, I think at the next meeting of the Heads, we should look over the receipts for your “restocking”; that is of course if you filed them, as I’m sure you did, as you know better than anyone how bad that would look if you haven’t.
Head of the BHOL: WHY YOU – !
Head of the Church: Genya brings up a good point.
The Head of the Church looked at the Head of the Brotherhood of Light.
Head of the Church: And WE WILLL be looking into this matter. But for now, let’s talk about what our next move.
So, after the news that the Count’s relics had resurfaced, the Organizations were on high alert, hoping to make sure that if this happened again, they could stop it without the loss of human lives.
For two months, there was nothing. But one day….
Two hunters were battling their way through a castle filled with inhuman monsters.
Guy: This is worse than last time. Gyahhaa!
Guy lashed his whip, destroying a peeping eye.
Yuki: Nice shot! Man, we gotta be coming to the top.
As they both dashed further, the whole place felt off – almost Like a dream…
Guy: You know, I think our theory is right.
Yuki: Yeah, I know what you mean. This aura is all wrong.
Guy: It just…this whole place looks like a mish-mash of what we’ve read in the tomes back at the hold.
Yuki: And not to mention the sketches in the tomes too.
Yuki dodged an on-coming attack from an Axe Knight.
She let forth an energy strike with the spear.
Yuki: But…it’s… it’s like the whole thing’s been remembered wrong. Parts that SHOULD be there aren’t.
She said, getting her breath back.
They continued to dash along, destroying monsters in their wake.
Guy: We’re at the top floor. But this looks like the Demon Castle’s entrance back in its 1792 incarnation.
Yuki: And if what the tomes say are true, this should be the keep. It is like what we thought – the relic draws out whatever the guardian of the relic has seen, read or heard about the castle. The relic’s powers bring that version of it to life.
Just then, they reached a pair of huge steel doors with faces of lions carved into them.
Their combined strength smashed open the steel doors, both sides flying left and right, the doors crashing as they landed, dented.
What horrors will the hunters of Light Face in this place of doom? find out in part two
The amazing art seen here is done by None other then JoshYal.Art
He brought this piece to life with his fantastic artistic skills. So i can't Thank him enough, for helping making this dream into a reality.
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