The dragon's harem

The burial opened into a large chamber lit by torches and glowing blood bowels.

The middle platform rested in the middle, holding a massive obsidian altar. That is only accessed by four staircases, one on each side. And blow those stairs, what seemed like a limitless void spanned into the nothingness.

Looking around, tens of cells dotted around the outer perimeter, containing both the dead and the living.

Inside the burial chamber, the cultists gathered around the sacrificial altar with the woman chain on it. Most of them chanted, their voices shaking the place.

CLICK! CLACK! CLICK! CLACK! Eris walked out of the main door, slowly descending the stairs.

The cultists stopped chanting and stared back, seeing her glowing with blood magic.

"Who are you?" One cultist stood before Eris, lifting his hand to block her.

CRACK! Without moving much, She extended her hand, grabbing him by the neck, her claws digging into his flesh.

"I'm already full, so get out of the way," With one shove, she threw him into the abyss, and his screams could be heard getting further away.

"Beautiful," The armored man standing beside the altar said with a smile, putting the dagger he was holding on the table beside the chained woman.

Eris glared at him, "Release her," Her eyes flashed red. The room quickly filled with her presence, [Draconic divergence]

"RIGHT NOW!" She growled, and half of the cultists fell on their knees, shaking.

"Sadly, I can't. He requires a sacrifice and one that screams well at that." He lifted the dagger again, licking it, "Want to get in her place? Escaped little girl?" He giggled, "Or should I just kill her, right now?" He swung the dagger down, stabbing the woman's leg, and her screams filled the room.

He then stared at Eris, "What will you do now? Time is running out."

Eris cracked her neck, "Normally, I should scream and lung at you. I have my personal motives to rip you apart as well," Her face twisted, "But there are tens of people locked in the cells around us. Making a rash move could make me lose and doom them to oblivion."

Eris's eyes looked around the man, and she noticed something. ^He may be an evil god, but a god nonetheless. If I stepped into the ritual altar, I would get burned by holy magic. The man was baiting her,^

He burst laughing, swinging the dagger around then threw it into the void, "Of course, you won't be so soft,"

The man started walking toward Eris, holy magic crackling from his armor. "A child lost to time only lived with luck," He said, his eyes flaring with magic. "Demitric didn't really raise you, but you grew to be a ruthless killer just like her. To bad that side ruthlessness didn't extend to her daughter,"

"I know you killed her, and I came here to cremate you," Eris growled, conjuring her plasma spear.

"You just don't know," He giggled, "Your mother was our leader, a bloodthirsty vampire lord that walked on a mountain of corpses."

Eris glared at the man, and he giggled, "Don't look at me like that. She trained me for years. I knew her better than you. That's why, I was saddened when she failed her holy order,"

SWOSH! Eris swung her spear at the man, and he blocked it with ease, "The lord of murder demanded she kill her own daughter. By doing so, he will grant her the purest of his power, the incarnation of violence." CLANG! He deflected Eris's spear down and punched her back with a powerful holy fist.

"Instead, the foolish didn't just fail her holy mission. She sent you away where none of us could kill you and help her finish the mission. She couldn't be saved, and god gave me my holy mission, to kill her." He pointed his sword at Eris as she stood, her bones rattling.

"AH! Mistress!" Pin appeared standing on the altar, "Kill the imposter and take your mother's inheritance. The rightful owner had come back, seeking a blood sport," As the imp lifted his arms, the ground shook with a thunder wave, blasting all the cultists to the out perimeter.

The man looked back, smiling, "You filthy little imp, you were still alive,"

BAM! Eris lunged forth, swinging her claw at the paladin's head.

"One-on-one, I won't have it any other way." He swung the blade up and blocked Eris's claw.

KA-DON! Plasma engulfed Eris's foot as she sent a kick at the paladin's head. CLANG! He deflected the kick with his blade, only to see Eris's other claw flying at his face.

CLANG! CLANG! BAM! CLANG! One strike after the other, Eris kept throwing claws and kicks and he parried and deflected all of them until his blade turned red hot. Thwack! With the last strike, he lunged back and took a stance.

"Ouch! Hot," He stared at her with a grin.

"Tch!" Eris grunted, "Monster,"

"Hehe," He giggled, "Thanks for the compliment. And now, it's my turn," Thwack! With one powerful leap, he blitzed forward at a blinding speed.

CRACKLE! Isdis conjured her plasma spear, lifting it up to block the attack.

[Divine Smite] BAM! The paladin's sword connected with her spear, emitting a bright light that washed over the burial chamber. BOOM! With an explosion, Eris's body flew back at a tremendous speed, smacking onto the wall.

GAH! She coughed blood, and the moment she opened her eyes, she could see him flying toward her with a second swing.

"Damn it!" Eris moved to the side, dodging the swing at the last moment. The wall cracked as the second divine smite hit. The other cultists cried, some cheered and the others screamed as they saw Eris run away on the walls.

The Paladin stared at her with a smile on his face, "Vampire, your claws are useful. We humans don't have such things," He bent down and lifted a stone from the rubble.

"Have you heard of stoning?" With a grin on his face, he bent backward [Divine Smite]

BAM! He threw the stone like a thunderbolt, a crackling with holy magic.

"Huh?" Eris jumped off the walls and back to the arena, dodging the stone. ^If he has ranged options then I can't just stay away and fire at him.^ She lifted her hand, conjuring a plasma spear.

BAM! She threw the spear like a javelin, burning harder with her plasma.

The Paladin stared at the spear in that split-second. ^Unstable magic, it will explode on impact.^ He picked another stone and threw it [Divine Smite]

With a smile on her face, Eris pointed down with her finger and the spear changed direction, dodging the stone and flying directly at the paladin.

"GEHE!" The paladin gasped, ^She can control it?!^ He jumped aside, using his sword as a shield. [Shield of Faith]

BOOM! The spear exploded in a rose of flames upon contact, and the paladin got blasted back. The moment he landed and lifted his head, he could see four more spears flying toward him.

"There are more coming!" Eris shouted, conjuring a fifth spear and throwing it. CLAP! She clapped her hand, "Dance!" 

PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! The five spears flew at tremendous speed and the paladin barely dodged aside, leaping from one spot to the other as they tried to hit him.

As he did his best to dodge, he could see Eris moving her fingers. ^She's manually controlling them, I should be able to distract her.^ With one swift move, he kicked a stone at her [Divine smite]

BOOM! One spear hit him and exploded, but the other four all missed and exploded at the wall as Eris dodged the stone.

^Tch! The bastard is sharp,^ She growled, getting ready to fire another spear.

The moment the smoke cleared from where the paladin was hit, he was nowhere to be seen.

CLICK! Eris's ears picked up the sound coming from her back, she instantly turned swinging her spear. Nothing was there, only the paladin's helmet rolling on the ground. "What?" She gasped.

BAM! From the edge of the platform, the paladin emerged and swung his sword at Eris [Divine Cleaver]. He's been waiting for her to turn around.

Eris turned around rapidly and lifted her spear, blocking the divine cleaver at the last moment.

CRACK! BOOM! Eris was blasted back and hit the wall again, her body smoking from the holy magic.

"Tch!" The paladin grunted, "Your spear took most of the hit and exploded, blasting you away from my spear. Barely any holy magic reached you," With a smile on his face, "How many paladins have you fought before to get such an experience?"

CRACK! Eris fell on her face, plasma crackling from her hair and back. "A shit tone of your kind," She stood, leaning on the wall, "But, one of them was a real monster. Even more than you," She smiled, remembering her fight with Lydia.