Operation War Dogs: Dogs of War [WW4 Start Event]

The world was a bloodbath; Dismembered bodies encompassed Magnolia's reality. Every swing of her blade took hundreds of lives. Each step propelled her hundreds of meters forward into the throng of enemies. She was a true shinigami; a god of death that had descended upon the battlefield. The smell of iron had long since saturated her senses, the sticky quagmire of blood drenching her from head to toe. Flashes of silver moved across her body as she severed limbs, bifurcating bodies, decapitating enemies with extreme precision.

"Magpie, It looks like a rather strong one has come." Raijin's voice rumbled as Magnolia's golden eyes snapped up at the pale-skinned male that was standing in the sky.

With a mighty swing of her eastern blade, the region within several hundred meters was cleared around her in a shower of blood, sparks, and dust. The Shinigami was a streak of gold and silver careening recklessly through the sky. She would reach the rakshasha of the 35th layer in mere moments.

"Don't think Ill of me." Magnolia's voice echoed as her body appeared in front of the male, her right foot high over her head. Magnolia's foot shot down almost instantly afterward.

This blow was backed by Magnolia's tyrannical strength, and further compounded by Augmentative techniques like Iron fist, and demon shattering blows. This blow would be extremely dangerous, capable of shattering most defenses with vibrational forces. As if to testify it's terrifying strength, the ground beneath the blow was shaken to bits, enemy forces in the region beneath them turning into a mist of blood, a massive explosion of force throwing enemies on the earth below them in a radius of hundreds of meters around their region away like rag-dolls.

If Bid managed to avoid the sudden attack, Magnolia's body would quickly disengage, ready to counter-attack at a moments notice. Either way though, a massive cloud of dust was jettisoned upwards by the negative vacuum that remained in the aftermath of such a destructive attack. For two miles surrounding the combatants, a large empty spot was cleared. To the people below, these two were monsters; in any region they fought within it was clear there would be only death and destruction. The cloud of dust seemed to have become a domain belonging solely to the two otherworldly fighters.

" I do not know who you are; however my Ally, I entrust the men and women here with us today to you. I trust you." Magnolia's voice echoed sonorously, directed towards the yuudeshi who had joined her here today with the common goal of overthrowing shadow fall oppression.

Magnolia had not lowered her guard within the cloud of dust, even when she spoke to the yuudeshi. Her golden eyes peered into the turbulent brown gloom, and even though explosions, screams, and gunfire continued Magnolia did not register them as actively as before. Instead, she focused on the foe before her.

"Magpie, I know what you're going to do, It's never a good idea to do that. Raijin's tenor voice rumbled in Magnolia's mind, earning a faint grin on the corners of the woman's lips.

"It's never a good idea, that's what makes it perfect." Magnolia's mental response was short and to the point; it summed up her thoughts perfectly.

"I know you can't be dead yet, so you might as well come on out, and face me like a warrior." Magnolia's voice wasn't particularly loud, it didn't have to be. Her voice covered the distance between her and the pale demon perfectly. It also conveyed Magnolia's intentions perfectly: She'd rather fight him with honor, but she wasn't above putting him down like a dog.

Fatal error.

Calypso felt her face hit the recently torn dirt as she had popped out somewhere she entirely did not intend. She didn't know if someone was just large enough for her to use to transport, or some stray attack that was static long enough for her to use as an avenue to appear, but here she was, in the middle of an actual battleground.

Today was an immense mess, not only had she needed to babysit earlier, but it quickly nosedived and spiraled, from one she had viewed as a friend burning up part of a city, to having to evacuate many, to having to quickly go about and help where she could. She had warned some at other cities, eventually stopping in the wilds for a rest, and then popped up in this absolute warzone trying to get to another city. This was no time to panic; Even if she wasn't a Shadow Fall agent, she was compelled to help her kind, but this didn't mean that she'd openly attack the opposing forces, no, she'd just quickly go about, pulling others out of danger, blocking ranged attacks, and immediately attending to the injured. She had relayed more general information about her position and what was happening to her sibling and attempting to keep updated but at the same time, somewhat vague and unbiased.

They weren't the ones who decided this bloodshed should happen, it was all orders, orders and anger, anger and fear... She blotted the sight of eviscerated bodies out of her mind, knowing this wasn't the time to mourn the dead, just prevent the dead from becoming numerous. She mentally griped about her mother during this time, having no clue what she was currently up to, just the thought that she was probably up to something horrible. The young one knew something needed to be done about her home world's situation, but she wasn't anybody to anyone, all she could do was piece together her strength, little by little, with the kindness she had plenty of.

"..There, that should heal OK."

She had shed tears upon someone who had sustained a good several cut wounds, purposefully holding back on pushing wishes as the situation called for immediate action, but she had pulled this one away from the immediate combat, praying the others would be too distracted trying to tear each other apart. She had seen some golden woman slicing people to bits and thus tried to keep as far from her as possible; Calypso wasn't too sure how to deal with someone who was a walking blender.

"..Okay, I.. I've done all I can right now just, try to stay alive, you should be able to get up but, I advise getting away, there's someone here who's ripping people to shreds so, stay away from where ever you see a bunch of diced body parts.."

She parted ways with the demon she had left lying, panting and running through the crowd, trying her damnest to look for anyone else in trouble that she could feasibly help, while dodging the multiple methods of death constantly tossed to and fro and sometimes her way; she just hoped nobody would fully focus on and single her out...

It appeared as if their first combatant would appear to defy their own forces push into the liberation of America from the Shadow Fall stronghold. A demon that had exponentially more power than the Yuudeshi herself did. Either way that didn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Chifuyu figured the blonde woman was more than a match for him as he appeared to try and plant a drop kick on the target. There were more pressing matters, she was already planning to handle the situation in Karakura, her father not responding had her a little concerned but she figured he had a plan. One such as Shadin Yuudeshi simply didn't disappear to an attack like this.

For now damage control was being planned by her, three ones. That's all she needed, on top of herself. That was a bit of a problem, she needed more energy and she didn't want to use the Yuudeshi Network at the moment due to her operating on the assumption her father needed it all. For now it was up to her to handle this issue.

"Desmond Hayden has appeared to combat both Ravan and Mana, however given Mana's appearance in multiple places it can be assumed this is a mere replica of the Demon Queen. I will handle the situation in Karakura in regards to the Demon King, Ravan's actions. If you can provide the energy required that is and one more should be fine. You are fine to stay here. Furthermore it appears as if Valentine Ransom Carter has made a move in Europe, an interesting display of his skills."

"You can save that information, I'll look at it later and I'll give you permission to execute that plan. Contact Yuel and make it happen."

Having addressed the situation she put her attention towards Magnolia, even though her response was lacking in warmth or kindness it was clear she had steeled herself for what she was about to do if Magnolia was able to catch word with the developments of Karakura then she could possibly understand why the Yuudeshi had shifted in personality.

"These people are your own, I am merely a outsider in this battle. I am sorry but while I came here with the intent of liberating oppression and to represent my faction is not my current thought, for the moment I desire retribution for this organisation's bold action they have just done."

Letting her floating shards of crystal cover the surrounding area in blood and gore of those that tried to approach her she acknowledged this information she was receiving, even though she appeared to be talking to herself Chifuyu's eyes scanned the area around her. What leaders and tactical targets she could remove to create chaos and disarray amongst the shadow fall forces. With Magnolia handling the big bad demon so she didn't have to the crystalline lux operative was grateful she could leave that to her. For now though she decided to handle an certain demon she had taken notice in.

A healer of some kind, definitely not here to fight as she looked more like she was there to assist the troops rather than actually kill with them. However that was an issue, her actions raised morale and gave hope, she looked important and that was all the excuse Chifuyu needed to make her way to Cali's position and rip apart all the canon fodder in-between their path, so far they had all been pretty easy to deal with but this woman was definitely stronger than her in terms of raw power. How she could use it though had been yet to be demonstrated.

"You're saving them? Saving these demons are pointless don't you know, why not just let them die? While you have yet to fight in this battle your willingness to save these people makes you just as guilty as them in the actions of Shadow Fall however noble they might be."

After she had made her intentions known she was surprised by the response from those around her, the injured making an attempt to kill her even if it was a bad idea. How the act of kindness from Calypso had made them willing to try and protect her. It was annoying, even more so that a few of them had managed to actually break through her field of shards that had torn apart their brethren and successfully punch, claw and bite her. Overall it left Chifuyu with three demons of various forms trying to restrain her, with one biting into her upper-body, one having punched her arm to the point it cracked and seemed to break while the third had ripped down her shoulder and tore through some of her clothes leaving some blood to pool out from all these wounds. All of them enough to kill a normal human being.

"Noble indeed."

With that said her attackers would quickly die as the one biting her had it's head and jaw be torn apart by a crystal structure she generated off her body and the other two felt her crystal shards rip into them angrily. When it had finally been done and so long as Calypso hadn't moved then she would get to see the Yuudeshi's wounds crystallise and then heal as though they had never been there with only the torn and damaged clothes showing any signs of that attack.

"Now that it's over, you're next. It should be quite fair from my calculations thus far of course while I fully intend to kill you it's unfair of me to not introduce myself after you have shown such humility despite being a demon, I'm Chifuyu Yuudeshi."

Giving a genuine smile that looked out of place, she seemed more like she was meeting a friend for a meet-up rather than a twisted or sadistic one more fitting for having just admitted you were going to kill a person.

From his position in the sky Bid'Daum allowed himself to briefly enjoy the scene before himself. A blonde, whom evidently wasn't breaking a sweat, was sweeping her way though the battlefield leaving naught but a trail of blood and body parts behind her. As this occurred Bid'Daum, with a mighty inhale, let himself dine upon some of the freshly massacred souls.. "Not a bad appetizer." The demon would mutter to himself as the carnage before him continued. It seemed joining this battle was a good idea, for the moment.

Whether unfortunate, or not, Bid'Daum had garnered the attention of at least one foe upon the battlefield. The eyes of the woman he had been watching snapped up to him almost immediately, at that moment her blade became a blur of steel through the air as a several hundred meter area around the blonde was cleared in an instant. The pale demon couldn't help but briefly admire the absolute slaughter this woman had brought forth to the battlefield.. But this admiration could not last.. For this was War.. And he had a battle to join...

Or so that was the plan... Until Magnolia appeared before him as if she hadn't been standing down in the area she had cleared just a moment ago. Bid'Daum heard the woman speak as she appeared, but what she had said mattered not.. What mattered was not taking a hit from the being before him. The pale demon knew outright that this woman outclassed him but would not back down. As such when Magnolia lashed out with her initial attack the white haired demon was already moving, albeit at a slower pace in comparison to his foe. Fortunately for the Rakshasa his speed would be just enough to clear to kick coming from Magnloia, but not quite the affects of said kick. Even as he evaded the mighty blow Bid'Daum could feel the vibrations strike out at both him and the surrounding area..

Even as he took the impact of the vibrations he failed to escape Bid'Daum spoke, "Che.. Should have known evading the kick wouldn't be good enough.." The white haired male would briefly cradle the core of his body with an arm, spitting out a large glob of blood, it seemed after effects of Magnolia's attack had taken more of a toll than the male had expected.. Or even knew to expect. Despite not taking the attack directly he could feel the internal damage done. "You're strong woman.. Far stronger than the insects littering this battlefield.." The Rakshasa would speak out as Magnolia disengaged, giving the demon but a moments reprieve.

Despite Magnolia not following up Bid'Daum was cautious.. He had been left in a dust cloud, with no follow up immediately coming at him.. This was... Odd.. He'd never do something like this, something such as giving up such a large advantage as lack of proper sight. With a roar and outburst of his demonic energy Bid'Daum would clear the dust surrounding him, only to see just what kind of damage that blonde was capable of.. And what met his silver-white eyes was no real surprise.. the woman had cleared an immense area around the two, not a soldier nor building remained standing within the area of effect as far as Bid'Daum could see. This woman before him was truly something.. The Rakshasa, despite his hunger, could only wonder how much power he could draw forth from this woman.. How far could he push her, and her push he?

It was as these thoughts crossed his mind that Bid'Daum heard Magnolia's words.. "I know you can't be dead yet, so you might as well come on out, and face me like a warrior." Now that.. Was interesting. Face her like a warrior? Did the woman assume he was such merely due to the blade he held within his grasp? Or did she get some sort of a feel for him that brought her to such a conclusion? At this point it mattered not. This foe was evidently confident enough in herself that she wished to have as fair a fight as one could possibly have on a battlefield. Whilst the offer had been made the Rakshasa briefly considered aiding the Danava he felt arrive but with a glance in Magnolia's direction, decided against said course of action. It'd be best if such a monster was kept occupied by another, if weaker, monster.


"I find it odd that a monstrous woman such as yourself would request such a thing.." The demon would speak, his free hand sweeping through his silver-white locks as the other readied his blade before him. "Never thought I'd meet an honorable monster in a war.." Bid'Daum couldn't help the grin beginning to split his face.. This was about to get interesting..

And so Bid'Daum would respond to Magnolia's initial attack with one of his own. Infusing his blade, Zar'roc, with his demonic energies the Rakshasa would lash out with a mighty swing of his own. As the blade flashed through the air before him silver-white energy would erupt from the blade, slashing through the space and ground separating Bid'Daum and Magnolia. Behind the attack a large trench would be left in the ground, effectively splitting the immense area that Magnolia had cleared with her own strike. Whether or not his strike would land upon the blonde it would detonate upon fully impacting near her, kicking up yet another cloud of dust, and devastating the area further.


With this it was time for their battle to truly begin, and only time would tell if Kansas would survive the coming onslaught.