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featureless and boring. The complex itself contained a lot of large chambers and there were many tunnels with lots of turns and forks. Adelais and Azrael could’ve gotten lost there, but some of the guards were assisting them and led them in the correct direction. It wasn’t long before they got to the room where they spotted Malakai at the opposite end. He was standing right before another tunnel, and by his side were three other dark angels, two male and one female.
     
    Adelais recognized his old friend instantly. Malakai barely changed. He had shoulder-length black hair, some short facial hair on his chin, and, similarly to Adelais, hollow white eyes, as he too was a human before joining the ranks of dark angels. His face was stern at first, but when Adelais caught his glance, he noticed Malakai producing a faint grin. He knew Malakai was happy to see him too. They hadn’t seen each other for at least two terms.
-           “I’ve received Lord Hades’ message.” Malakai said to Azrael and Adelais as soon as they approached him.
-           “We need to discuss the current situation.” Azrael responded.
-           “Yes of course.” Malakai agreed, and then turned to Adelais, “Greetings Adelais. Been a long time.”
    Adelais returned the greeting. Malakai then proceeded to introduce the three dark angels standing by him, as they were his new troop, and it would’ve been rude not to. The two male dark angels were Dugan and Ragnar, and they were both inherent. Ragnar was slightly taller and broader than Dugan and wielded an axe, whilst Dugan wielded a sword. The female dark angel was Aurora. It was clear to Adelais that she was an adopted dark angel by the way her eyes looked. She seemed to have a strong vibe of innocence and benevolence to her. Malakai also introduced Adelais and Azrael to his new troop. Once the introductions were done, they proceeded back to the main topic at hand.
-           “You must be aware then that a large number of creatures from this sector attacked both our sector and Helheim.” Azrael started.
-           “I wasn’t aware of that at all until the messenger told me about it. It’s not in my Lord’s best interests to start a war now, and neither does he have any intentions to do so.” Malakai stated defensively but calmly.
-           “I thought so too.” Azrael acknowledged his response, “It didn’t appear to be an invasion at all in fact. The monsters were all infantry and we dispatched them fairly quickly. Perhaps there’s been a breach in your defences and someone commanded those beings to attack us.”
-           “I will have to discuss that with Lord Beelzebub.” Malakai admitted.
-           “Would it be adequate for us to see him?”
-           “I’m afraid not. Ever since he heard of what happened, he got busy with sorting it out and told me he was unavailable.”
    Whilst Malakai and Azrael were conversing about the issue, Adelais began looking around. His eyes eventually stopped on Aurora, who was looking back at him too. She was wearing an elegant headband, which was keeping her long dark brown hair off her face. The expression on her face, when she caught Adelais’ glance, changed slightly, and she diverted her gaze away immediately, starting to nervously look about the place. Adelais found her to be somewhat alluring and mysterious. He remembered himself being shy and confused like that too when he first joined the ranks of dark angels. This told him that Aurora was a very recent recruit. The other two, who were inherent dark angels, looked more confident and ready.
-           “In that case I’ll have to investigate the matter.” Malakai concluded when Adelais tuned back into the main conversation.
-           “If you ever need our help, we’ll be glad to lend a hand or spare some troops.” Azrael commented in response.
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