The enormous fireballs fell down upon Maria and Darkbound and her new Undead, only for a powerful Barrier of Abyssal Darkness, channeling the power of the Bracelet of Fenrir to defend against the deadly magic.
Once the rain finished, the entire surroundings were ablaze though, and this level of magic could quite easily destroy an entire city.
"T-That's Anastasia's magic! Well, seems like she didn't even hesitate to burn us to a crisp! Fucking bitch! She's a coward that escaped too!" Claw barked angrily. "GRAAH! Fuck it! Maria, as long as you promise me to rescue the rest of my tribe that's living on the Frost Queen's dungeon, I'll join you!"
"Oh really~? Well I was just planning to force you to cooperate anyways, but fine." Maria laughed. "But what with the sudden change of sides?"
"The Frost Queen… lied to us, she sent us here convincing us it would be an easy win. We were completely outmatched after you arrived, and well… here we are." He sighed. "And I don't like the other Frost Generals anyways! They're all nasty bastards! And I hate how she just decided to cooperate with those damn Humans from the Empire of Light… They're the bastards that hunted my tribe for generations, they see us as nothing but beasts!" Claw barked angrily.
It seemed he had a very deep grudge against the Empire of Light. Maria sighed, but this was to be expected. It was the most influential country in the continent and they ruled over the others with iron fist. Those that did not abide to their rules would, sooner or later, be destroyed.
They were the ones behind the death of her family, and behind the death of many other families similar to hers, who descended from the Ancient Heroes that had sealed the fragments of the Evil God long ago.
"Anastasia is a frail and cowardly Sorceress. I guess it makes sense she would run away and hide somewhere while conjuring magic at us. She's quite smart for being a dumb puppet of the Empire of Light!" Claw said angrily. "However… she might be able to hide with her magic from mana observation abilities, but she cannot hide her smell." Claw started sniffing the air. "I can feel it, she's not that far!"
The other werewolves quickly followed Claw, assembling, and beginning to sniff the air, quickly sensing the scent of the cowardly sorceress.
"She's there, Maria! Let me go and kill her!" Claw said angrily.
"Don't be reckless, Claw." Maria sighed. "She's not a Hero for nothing. If you go right now as you are, you're going to get killed easily. Tell me more about these heroes… I am beginning to remember things as my other body fights that Darkness Hero."
"They're the Heroes from the Empire of Light that were given the task of slaying you and your subordinates. They're part of the Church of Light Faction, who prays to the Aesir, Odin and his children, mostly." Said Claw. "They have come with the pretext of avenging the nobles you killed, but they recently got a Divine Message from Odin that told them to cooperate with us. The Frost Queen also got the same Divine Message from Skadi, the owner of the many artifacts she found."
"Oh, I see how it is." Maria nodded. "I knew it, all of this is something that bastard orchestrated. Alright, I cannot accompany you but someone else is going there with you. I have to go help everyone else."
Suddenly, a giant slime made of liquid metal appeared, shining brightly with an aura of rainbows. It was nobody else than Mercury!
"T-That's the giant slime that one of the Heroes should had killed?!" Asked Claw.
"It seems whoever he was, he held back a lot." Maria said. "Mercury's body is very big and moldable, so he managed to survive even after his body was almost destroyed." She said while petting the adorable metal slime. "Now, Mercury, accompany these men."
"Don't worry, it's not as if I am not going either…"
And a second Maria appeared, this one was wearing a purple dress, and had dazzling purple eyes and hair. It was Maria's Poison Body Ego, who had decided to accompany them.
"Then let's go kill that damn coward!" Claw roared.
As Maria saw her Poison Body Ego and Mercury accompany Claw, she glanced into the entrance of her ruins, an army of Frost Monsters was approaching from the faraway Dungeon where the Frost Queen was constantly summoning them.
It seemed she was not only a Calamity but became a Dungeon Master, being able to control the powers of the Dungeon, she was able to conjure the power of the Dungeon's ability to summon monsters and has been abusing such power with her enormous quantities of Mana and Divine power fueled by the Tower of Skadi, constantly summoning them.
"We have to go protect the city, Darkbound! Let's go." She said. "You too, come as well!" Maria brought with her the werewolves as well, rushing towards the city.
As she ran, the memories of her other bodies reached her. The death of Lancelot, and then the rush of memories coming as Jonathan revealed himself all at once. It was a bit too much for her. She felt a slight amount of despair, and hope mixed together.
It was a strange feeling that made her wonder if all her struggles were even worth it… Yet when she saw an army of Giant Black Spiders approaching and defending her home, as a tiny and adorable little white-haired girl commanded them… such thoughts faded away rather quickly.
A friend she had made long ago appeared out of the blue, willing to come out of her dungeon into the world she feared, just to protect her.