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The void is ablaze with burning plasma, powerful shells, untold numbers of craft, power armored knights and so much more square off around the green and blue planet. Derra gives the order many have been waiting for, for the first time in thousands of years the Hunter of the Damned aims it's mighty cannons towards the closing enemy center force, the mighty guns fire a bombardment of massive shells, rounds that can tear a cruiser apart in a fraction of a second race towards the enemy force leaving tracer trails in the process, the shells move so fast however that the enemy crews can't compensate in time, the volly hits and destroys two battleships with one of the rounds having punched clean through a battle cruiser, three heavy cruisers are also taken out along with one light cruiser and two standard cruisers, the smaller guns join in the bombardment, what they lack in range and velocity, they make up for in their larger volume of fire, claiming the closing cruisers nearby. The Howling Crusader meanwhile streams around the globe, it's weapons blazing and eliminating the light cruisers and escort carriers zooming towards Earth, the buster projectors making short work of the enemy vessels.

Magnum fires his wrist cannon and natural beam, taking down two heavy bombers, he cuts through an enemy exo-suit with ease "Elvo! We've been at this for two hours now!", he impales his sword through the chest plate of an enemy suit "And they just keep coming!"

Elvo's voice comes through "The enemy siege engines are moving towards us, I am detecting their power plants building energy."

Magnum kicks the enemy "We have no choice, it's time to use the new buster rifle! Elvo, I want live updates on the siege engine locations, if any of them fire Earth will suffer major damage."

The mystic wolf puts his sword away as he zooms, the wrist cannon and shield pop from their locations, the two lock together and transform into the suits most potent weapon, an assault armor pod comes his way with it's weapons ready, Magnum fires the buster rifle and the pod explodes in heat death. He makes it to where he can counter the first of the massive weapon units, he takes his sword out again as he aims with the rifle in his left hand, preparing to fire to fire both his natural beam and the rifle at once and begins to charge both up, locking the targeting system onto it.

The Gypse comes and covers the mystic from some more foes, Elvo is doing her best keep track of everything, but the numbers of drones, automata and the enemy forces is really hard to keep track of even for her. Magnum unleashes the power of both attacks, both converging into a single powerful beam, it smashes into the barrel of the enemy vessel and it explodes in a violent cascade of energy as it claims the small fleet protecting it. The Howling Crusader changes course and steers towards the second siege ship, the buster cannons rip through the enemy shields with ease as heavy cruisers return fire, the few laser cannons and point defense weapons on the large vessel join in weapons fire but the dreadnoughts shields absorb it. Like a bird moving towards it's prey the mighty ship swoops from the side, the two forward facing phased particle ray cannons ignite is a display violet and white colored energy and three seconds later the two fire massive shots in the form of screaming lightning bolts run through the void, vessels close to the bolts find their shields overwhelmed by the bolts before suffering extensive electrical damage with a few exploding, the bolts strike the massive vessel dead center, the shields collapse instantly as the bolts go straight through the entire vessel, the electrical power travels to the other surrounding ships, the Howling Crusader breaks away and the all the hit vessels explode as they succumb to their wounds and moves to intercept another strike force of light cruisers.

Magnum finds a firing position and gets a lock on the last siege machine, this time he only uses the buster fire and obliterates the final behemoth. But the battle is far from over, a group of seven heavy cruisers, two carriers and a battleship move to dual with the mystic wolf, the mystic ships open fire with their own weapons, teal beam peel through the dark void and in a few sweeps destroy most of them with only one of the carriers and the battleship surviving but both suffering moderate damage, Magnum simply uses his two beams to finish both off before moving to aid one of the less protected areas.

On Earth, the population trembles at the sheer conflict in space, what they had only seen in science fiction movies was now for all to see. The scary part is the enemy force has only lost roughly sixty ships, a mere drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the assembled forces, for most of the Knight ships they are at a disadvantage as most are equipped for boarding and planetary assault operations with few ranged armament outside of point defense batteries. Given the smaller pool of vessel at their disposal, most of the defensing forces are concentrated at one location with the Howling Crusader continually running intercept courses while the Hunter of the Damned fires mighty salvos at clusters of enemy capital ships while the Chalice of Glaze fires her weapons at several others, despite being a heavy cruiser she lays out several accurate shots that put down several cruisers, However, the enemy has gotten some hard hits of their own, two knight heavy cruisers have been lost almost with all hands along with several escorts with two cruisers having suffered moderate damage, Marouge's forces has also taken some losses, one heavy cruiser, several escorts and one cruiser are heavily damaged with a heavy cruiser and three cruisers lost.

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Circie smirks "They are tenacious I'll give them that, but even they can't take these odds head on.", she looks to the jackal "Are you sure this will work in forcing magnum to do what we want?"

Kathleen gives a cackle "It will, he has no choice now. The tactic that got him off Boragous 7 and get to safety will now be the very thing that'll seal his fate.", Kathleen begins to laugh which catches everyone's attention "After this... we'll finally be rid of that mutt once and for ALL!!!"

Circie gives the order for more stellar assets to make their move, it's now all about putting pressure on Magnum, enough to force him into an unexpected corner.

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Elvo contacts her brother "Ten battle-groups are coming our way!"

Magnum gives a growl "I know how to get them to back off! Time to repeat what I did when I had the Prescience!"

Everyone who knows what he is talking about tenses up as the wolf gets in front of the combined fleet, Magnum points swings his helm to the right while he aims the buster rifle to the left, both beams begin to charge.

Marouge looks over to the sensor operator "The enemy is doing what?!"

The operator looks to her "As soon as Magnum began charging his beams, most of the remaining enemy forces began moving towards us at their top speeds!"

Poralla looks to her wife "Why would they do that?"

The vixen thinks for a few moments, she gives a growl "Damn it! It's a trap! They want him to destroy them!" knowing the only other option is for the enemy to grind them away to nothing.

The weasel blinks "What do we do?"

The vixen's eyes look to the void "Pray that we pull through this..."

Magnum launches his attack, the two beams ignite the void and slowly come together, most of the enemy fleet is caught but they don't do any evasive maneuvers with some even intentionally throwing themselves into the powerful beams. As this is taking place, the cascading red energy in front of Mars begins to violently erupt as the two moons are put into a maelstrom of a spin, the combined shields of where Circie's flagship is protect the group from harm but barely as Magnum completes the attack, out of the entire fleet only Circie's flagship, ten battleships, 35 heavy cruisers, seven carriers, five escort carriers and 80 cruisers are all that remains.

Magnum takes a breath, suddenly he along with the other mystics feel constrained as this wave of unease hits them and their bodies lock up. The twisted vortex behind the corrupted fleet explodes, releasing a powerful scream in everyone's mind from the direct location to all-throughout the Solar System. The red energy grips the martian world in a tidal wave of power as what was once the moons of world become vaporized to mere dust, electrical arcs lash out as black and red energy pulses the world.

The mystic trembles as the realization sinks in "W-What... What have I done...?"

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Kathleen's laugh consumes the atmosphere of the bridge, the plan had worked, now it was a question of how long it would take to strike the final blow and vanquish the mystic that she has been dealing with for so long. But even more so, the ultimate objective of the cults for centuries if not thousands of years in the making has finally been accomplished as the Shifting Crimson, better known as the Vision of Consumption, has returned in some form... and with it something far more powerful is to come....

The jackal gives a venom-laced grin to the void "We couldn't have done it without you Magnum, with the barrier finally broken, the deities the cults follow will lead us to paradise."

Circie moves past her "Our loses are great as we had to change the plan from offering the planets population, but we still have plenty of firepower for our use.", she looks to the jackal "But we can't set up a ground presence if we assault Earth, at least for long."

Kathleen slithers around the bridge "It matters not, with the breach we can allow those we freed to feast for themselves, once the world witnesses their power they'll bow to them."

The sensor operator looks to them "I am picking up an energy signature from Mars!"

From the cackling power a beam fires and zaps past the corrupted fleet and quickly passes the defenders...

Kathleen blinks "Wow, they are hungry indeed." showing her mouth full of teeth.

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Magnum begins to move "Elvo! Send me coordinates where that beam went!" and zooms to the surface of the planet.

Elvo's voice comes through "Be careful Magnum, I am picking up a very high energy ready from it and I don't think it's a weapon, visuals show it's turned into a ball of energy."

Magnum breaks through the atmosphere and lands in the middle of his hometown, his gaze goes to what the beam has created and it is a ball of red energy with no damage to the area, a crowd starts to gather as Magnum has his helmet fold into his suit and takes the buster rifle apart to be the shield and wrist cannon again. From the red orb a pair of lavender eyes materializes, their gaze going to the mystic wolf instantly as a smirk of teeth can be seen within the orb.

"It's delightful that we finally meet in person, it's quite a difference compared to a viewer."

Magnum takes a stomp forward "This is your only warning, leave this planet and the Sol System!" giving a harsh glare as he aims his sword at the orb.

The being gives a laugh "We will, as soon as we bring the system to heel, just as we planned a long time ago."

Magnum blinks 'We? This thing can't possibly be talking about the cults? Could it?'

The orb sparks and flattens out as the eyes and teeth disappear, a dark opening takes the center and a being steps out, it bares the same eyes and grin, most of his coat is white though his arms, tail, back, ears and sides of his head are black, his hair is short and light orange hair and his markings are as deep red as thick blood, the markings covering his hands and feet, a sickle-shaped mark on either side of his muzzle, the points of his ears and trails off the sides of his eyes, a flowing line on either side of his tail and the last one is obscured by some kind of plate of bronze armor held secure by thick black straps with that seven he saw in his vision.

"I am Tem'vez, son of Ver'cal and the Lord of Torment!" creeping towards the knight.

Magnum begins to feel his skin crawl, just this things presence is pretty strong....

"You have never seen a shade mystic wolf, much less one that has undergone the Dark Change... I assure you, you have not a clue what you face."

"Nor do you hellspawn!" Magnum's eyes giving a powerful blue shine, the mechanical wings of his suit moving upward.

Tam'vez puts on a one heck of sinister grin, he moves his arms to the sides "You have your weapons, it's fair I show you mine."

The shade mystics arms begin to shift, muscle and sinew burst as bone is broken and reforged, his right arm turning into an organic sword with it's blade made of bone while the left changes into flail of flesh with it's head made of bone. Magnum raises a brow as his looks disgusted by the sight while the crowd is completely unnerved, the shade looks to the mechanical wings of Magnum's suit and forms a pair of massive bat-like wings, the knight tightens his grip on his power sword and braces himself.

Tam'vez cackles "I may have lost my beam attack along with most of my other powers, but I have gained something more... flexible. I can change the form of my body by my will, within some boundaries of course and you'll find I am more durable as well."

The corrupted mystic charges him, he swings his organic blade which Magnum catches with his, Magnum blinks as he realizes his sword isn't cutting, he looks and sees a faint red field over the sharp bone... an organic power sword? Tam'vez forces Magnum back and swings his flail which Magnum easily knocks away with a quick swing, the knight launches a torrent of ice shards which cuts and impales Tam'vez numerous times, the twisted wolf, chuckles hungrily as the ice loosens and falls, his wounds healing instantly. Magnum fires a quick blast from his mouth and wrist cannon which miss as Tam'vez dodges with a strong leap, Magnum uses his air powers to lock him in place and quickly throws him to the concrete, the hard surface gaining quite a thick crack. Before Magnum can even switch his stance, Tam'vez springs to life and within a second both lock their blades again. The flesh flail comes to Magnum's face but is stopped dead in it's tracks with a hard grasp of air, Magnum has two large ice shards form which impales Tam'vez from behind, earning a gasp from him, Magnum then bashes his shield against the side of his face and sends him away with a solid power kick to the chest. Before the creature crash lands his legs lock with the ground, the ice falls out as he regains his stance, Tam'vez begins to laughs as he looks to Magnum who is beyond shocked and amazed, the impact alone from his shield was more then enough to shatter anyone's skull, never mind the ice shards which he knew were also fatal where they hit....

Magnum glances to his opponents legs, he smirks and freezes the shade mystics leg solid and fires his mouth beam, Tam'vez breaks free at the last second but Magnum's attack strikes his left arm as he swings the flail upward so that the bone catches most of the blast. Tam'vez blinks as he looks to his destroyed limb before looking back at Magnum and begins to laugh once more, bone and sinew regrow into a new form, this time a a huge clawed hand. Magnum cannot believe what he is witnessing, this mystic was laughing and not feeling really anything from his injuries, Tam'vez charges again with Magnum doing one of his own, the wings of Seraphim come alive and he zooms, he knocks the organic sword away as he impales his power sword through the shade, Magnum lands on his feet and presses down on Tam'vez, giving a light growl as the two lock eyes, but Tam'vez mockingly laughs at him, Magnum even twists the power sword and all it does is make him laugh even harder.

"I can absorb your attacks, my flesh is like live clay, you can cut and burn me all you like and I won't even care. To add to this, I no longer even feel physical pain and instead it feels pleasurable to me.", he brings his face a little closer "You on the other hand have no such benefit!"

Magnum quickly gets away from Tam'vez, now knowing any part of his new foe can be a weapon of some description, he feels his hair stand on end as he feels something take the air...

The knight cries to the crowd "GET CLEAR!!! NOW!!!" and dashes to the side.

From the portal, a purple beam is fired, it misses Magnum but hits and destroys a pharmacy building outright as the crowd disperses, from the opening a new form emerges, this one is a female mystic wolf, she bare the same fur pattern as the other but slightly different with the crimson going around her eyes, the markings on her tail being more numerous and the markings on her muzzle not so defined, her ears lacking the crimson with her eyes being purple, she's wearing an actual suit, the top is lavender while her pants are black, she's wearing heavy boots with blood drops on the tops of them, bronze armor is on her shoulders, forearms and hips with the hip armor having the same symbol as the chest plate Tam'vez bares, all while her light orange hair hangs just below her shoulders.

Tam'vez looks to her "I wasn't expecting you to show up so soon mom, you want to help me break this guy in?" with a shrug.

The wolfess moves a little closer towards Magnum but her gaze is on her son "You could say that.", she flips her hair a little as she focuses on the knight "So, you are Magnum, the mystic knight our followers have been dealing with for a while now."

Magnum braces himself "That is correct and now, you're going to pay the price for attacking this world!"

The shewolf gives him a smirk "I like your spirit, too bad I have to break it. I am Ver'cal, they call me the Debauched and the Queen of Depravity!" red energy flows around her as purple fireballs form in her hands "And now, we get to finish what we started a long time ago!"

Two bright flashes occur next to Magnum, revealing Za'vara and Mo'Ceva with their weapons ready as they stand with the mystic crusader.

Ver'cal laughs "I was wondering when the mystic foxes would show up!", she straightens herself out a little "I told you we would be back!"

Mo'ceva gives a glare "You have returned to meet your end of that's the case!" with Za'vara joining in "Besides, there are only two of you and three of us!"

"You will find, that that doesn't.... MATTER!!!" and she launches the flaming balls from her hands.

The mystic foxes put up a joined field to block the attack but the sheer power rocks the field, the shewolf fires her beam which obliterates the field completely, as it falls Magnum zooms towards her with his sword ready, Ver'cal flashes a smirk as the red energy around her stops Magnum's sword from decapitating her, before Magnum can react, her eyes shine a bright lavender and sends him flying back.

Elvo is watching in horror at the display between both sides as she looks at all the data her sensors are gathering, the scale and capability these corrupted mystics are displaying is nothing short of amazing... the real scary part is that the shewolf's beam is an exact characteristic match to the large beam they avoided earlier in the operation...

Ver'cal uses her energy to form a sword of red light, she swings at Magnum who blocks it with his shield, the incorporated mystic tech using his energy to help in creating a personal field for better protection. Magnum swings but misses as she pulls back, the mystic foxes join him on the offensive, but Tam'vez intercepts them with his organic weapons, locking both in a clash. Magnum has his shield bring out a beam saber to the grasp of his left hand, the blade activates, the pink energy is ablaze in power as he charges Ver'cal, the two are locked in a duel as each one tries to get the upper hand, several of the shewolfs strikes land but the suits advanced protection systems deflect or catch her hits, the Seraphim's protection and the integration of mystic tech is a huge success. Unknown to Magnum and the foxes, another being is waiting behind the veil, a pair of lavender eyes watches the action unfold in eagerness and curiosity...

Magnum finally gets an opening and takes it, he deflects Ver'cal's impaling strike with his shield and thrusts his sword onward, the blade misses her vital organs and cuts just between her shoulder armor and neck, just enough so that a trickle of crimson flows from the wound... a roar comes from the portal which catches everyone's attention, Magnum breaks contact and braces for what is now apparently coming. A third creature smashes through, it's figure vaguely looking like a wolf, it's head is virtually hairless save for it's ears which bare crimson fur only, the body is an abomination of bone-plate and muscle, it's maw a cluster of razor-sharp teeth, the creature stands at roughly nine feet tall, it's tail being the only real place covered in fur, no crimson patterns and only black, the new foe looks squarely at Magnum and roars.

Ver'cal heals her injury as she eyes the being "Aww, you've come to give mommy some help?", she looks to Magnum "Have fun Fal'erk, enjoy your first real prey!"

The being rushes towards Magnum who dodges to the side, he swings his swords, both glance off the cursed bone instantly, Magnum zooms away as it swings it's wicked claws which instanly cuts through a statue as if it was melted butter. Magnum know he's needs to find a way to breach this things armor or risk being torn to shreds, he quickly puts away his beam saber and fires his beam attacks as it charges, the beams burn into the bone but it is only superficial damage at best and dodges, this time it's claws glance against his shield, the energy field deflecting the attack. The knight and abomination lock their gazes with each other, the other mystics watching the skirmish on the sidelines as the world takes the fight in, Magnum without relinquishing his sword forges his buster rifle, holding it in his left hand, he points his power sword at Fal'erk with a strong glare as Fal'erk hungerly growls, Magnum knows he only has one chance as he looks over Fal'erk's natural armor.

The wings of the Seraphim buzz with power as they move and he zooms forward, Fal'erk roars as he charges, their interlocking stares are still unbroken, as the two get closer both sides watch closely as a lot hangs on this moment, the two come together but at the last second, Magnum has the wings spread out and unleash a burst of kinetic energy which causes Fal'erk to flinch, Magnum angles his sword and impales into the soft flesh between the hard bone, with a hard shove and pull at a different angle, the center bone plate is torn out, revealing cartilage and the internal organs of the corrupted mystic, Ver'cal and Tam'vez become surprised at this turn of events as Magnum shoves the barrel of the buster rifle into the open cavity as it gains a proper charge, the two fighters look at each other once more...

Magnum growls "YOU ARE TERMINATED!!!" and fires.

The buster rifles beam is launched, the beam screams through Fal'erk's back, the sheer heat baking him from the inside as he screams, steam burns from his mouth a half a second later as a good chunk of the torso disintegrates. The shot ends as Fal'erk's body flies away, landing a few feet away from the knight, Magnum plants his foot on the corpse and howls into the air with his sword raised as the two other corrupted mystics stumble, Magnum's tactical awareness and experience has emerged victorious over Fal'erk's enthusiasm and headstrong approach. Tears of anger leave their eyes as Magnum and the mystic foxes get between them and their fallen corpse, Magnum is aiming his buster rifle at them... he doesn't intend on missing.

Ver'cal sighs "We retreat for now!", Tam'vez moves but she stops him "NO! Let them come to us!" in a whisper.

Tam'vez agrees with a reluctant nod as he wants revenge, but he and his mother flee, the portal sealing behind them and fades away. A crowd gathers around the trio and begins to cheer, with those up in space equally celebrating alongside them... Magnum has made his first mystic kill...

They bring Fal'erk's body to the Howling Crusader, both Elvo and Saraphina begin to work on it as Magnum thinks they can learn something from it. Everyone else is on the bridge with Derra, Marouge and Poralla also present, time ticks by as they all wait for any results, Magnum eyes the sensors and sees the cults have tightend their defenses on Mars... an all out assault will be needed on such a target but they don't have the numbers, they need help.

Magnum looks to the foxes "Please tell me that we have that gate."

Mo'Ceva slowly forms a grin "It was just authorized and the gate will arrive within the hour, all in all we should have it up and running in a few days if we rush."

The wolf sighs "We're going to need some more firepower and numbers, our only option is to storm Mars and take the fight to them."

The hyena looks to Magnum "I'll see what Orders can make it to the gate to lend us a sword." with Marouge joining in "And I can see if our kingdom has anything they can spare if I put a good enough request in...with Poralla's help of course."

Magnum sits in his command chair "I'll have to talk with Elvo, let's see how serious Earth is in helping us, if we can make space craft with Earth's tech and materials we can bring their armies in to help supplement us, nothing fancy, basically massive landing craft would be more then sufficient."

Saraphina enters and Elvo's hologram appears as another hologram of Fal'erk's corpse also appears...

Magnum takes a breath "What were you able to find?"

Elvo looks at the hologram "After looking through the body and samples from the other two, we have concluded these are indeed mystic wolves, though they have suffered extensive mutation and changes."

The rabbit brings up an image of the bone Magnum took off the defeated creature "Testing has shown that this bone is both extremely durable and can put up a defensive field, an organic version of energy shielding and power weaponry."

Magnum raises a brow as he folds his arms together "They are formidable enemies I'll give them that. But that can't be all you were able to observe."

The coyote and rabbit look to each other for a moment before giving a nod, Elvo brings up samples from all three of the corrupted mystics "Well, we decided to look at their dna and we found something off, we knew they would be related to one another but we were able to cross reference and make the determination that... Fal'erk was the offspring of the other two."

The whole room goes silent as the information hits them and no one hasn't got a clue what to say, finally Magnum breaks the silence "Inbreeding? That would explain how deformed he looked." as he rubs his chin.

Vanessa chimes in "But I thought something like that took generations to occur." with a raised brow.

Za'vara looks to her "Given their corrupted make up and effects of the Dark Change, even if they weren't doing such a thing, their offspring would still suffer such defects, though maybe a little less so."

The coyote brings up information windows of more data "We also took a closer look at his claws and ran all kinds of data while looking at the data Seraphim gathered in it's fighting, and the only real counter we have is to use energy and kinetic shielding in withstanding their attacks. Though mystic armor does offer significant protection from them."

Magnum looks to the pair "But we know we can kill them, it's just bypassing their defenses. But my sword is too inefficient and that hammer is too awkward for me to use with my kit as I cant use the buster rifle.", he sighs as he exclaims "If only I had a mystic sword like the one that wolf had in my vision, I am sure that would work."

Mo'ceva eyes him "What did this sword look like?", Magnum describes it's appearance to her, to which the vixen responds "It sounds like a weapon that went missing a long time ago, a sword known as Galatine, wielded by Ga'in the Raze... it was last seen roughly 30,000 years ago based on legend."

Derra blinks "30,000 years ago? That's when the biggest threat was the Vision of Consumption and it was sealed."

Elvo blinks as an alert comes to her "The key is complete, I am accessing records now."

Magnum asks Elvo to apply the parameters for the sword to see of it's mentioned and compare them to legends on Earth and the like, if they can find this weapon... the results are incredible... it turns out there are some personal records of Ga'in and there is a detail mentioned that those he encounters on Earth misspell his name as Gawain and that his sword is known to those on Earth in legend... the sword known as Excalibur... a mystic sword that can help swing the tide in their favor...

But now hopefully they'll get all the answers they need to ultimately win this crusade, Elvo quickly gets to work on blueprints for vessels able to reach Mars while Magnum tries to figure out other ways to hopefully make their way around the powers the shades have.

Magnum looks to a viewer that has the tainted martian world with a glare 'If we win this, hopefully this puts the cults down for good, but now I have two mystics that want my head and they make Kathleen look like a puppy by comparison.'

To be continued...