Inside a shaggy tent in the middle of a forest, a bandaged Rohan was starting to regain consciousness."Argh, w-where am I?"He sits up and holds his head, wincing in pain as he recalls the incident that transpired which led to his current condition.Rohan clenched his trembling fists, releasing his aura in a fit of rage.He planned on having his brother return to Cronoa with him so he could face his crimes."That mad man is loose out there and it's all my fault."Rohan managed to eventually calm down a bit as his aura disappeared."Caww!!"He hears the cawing of a bird from outside the tent and decides to check it out.As he steps outside the tent he sees a rainbow-colored bird flying towards him and spots an old man trailing not too far behind."Huhuhu. It seems the youngin has finally awakened, Ada.""Woah!"Ace and co. have completed their first trial in the Aquarius crypt and await the final test.They were currently walking in a vast hall that depicts numerous hieroglyphics."I'
"Aria!" Harold who had a pair of purple aura wings was first to ascend to the altar leaving Jacob and Vex dashing forward. They set their gazes towards the woman who betrayed them. "Harold..." Said Edrees. He was panting heavily and looked as if he could pass out at any moment. He has taken substantial damage from the Elder Saint. "That clown went ahead and lost..." Harold's aura combusted around him. "Don't overexert yourself, Harold. Just hand over Kisha and I'll be on my way. Nobody has to get hurt anymore." "Are you listening to yourself talk right now? You're telling me to abandon my ally?" Jacob and Vex arrived on the scene and stood beside the Dark and Sword Saints. Aria chuckles. Even though Edrees was covered in cuts and bruises, she was completely unscathed. That goes to show the difference in their strengths. "You four could barely breathe normal, especially you, Vex. You were ambushed earlier and still had to fight the Valhalla clan." In truth, they all had par
"Do know why I'm telling you this?"Ace hardened his gaze."It's because, deadman tells no tales. Apex!"Ace widened his eyes as Stark became enveloped in his shadow. "Tck, Shadow Apex." "That's not all," Stark smirked. "Relic Awakening!""Apex and Relic Awakening?" "Behold, the power that you could never achieve!" Stark folded his arms. "With this, I don't just control my shadow, but every shadow! I don't have to lift a hand to punish you, boy.""The pressure he's releasing..." Ace clicked his tongue. "It's unlike anything I've ever seen."Ace's body became heavy. His mind was giving commands but his body was not following. He hardened his gaze at thr man in front of him. "Why can't I move?" He said to himself. "Is this what true fear feels like?" Ace's body froze completely upon witnessing his father's powers. He knew first-hand how powerful the phantom lord was. But now, he had crossed the boundaries of power that he'd given him credit for."You have this much power, yet yo
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Rhea." Ace was standing beside Maggie as they faced the captain of the Enders Clan.Rhea darts a look at the Historian before shifting to a smile. "Same here, Ace. Remember, you're always welcome and, good luck with the tournament, may the best Brave win." She offers the ex-assassin a handshake which he gladly accepts much to Maggie's dismay. The two were now walking along the streets of Lundar."That reminds me," said Ace. "Where's Lela?" "Eh?"Meanwhile... Somewhere else within Lundar."Where am I?" The Dragon Saint was lost. "Hey!"A voice called out to her as she turned around to look at a building. She saw the figure of a less-than-average man withstanding pointy hair. "You're..." "What's a Saint doing all the way here. Or better yet, what's a Saint doing with the Aegis clan!" The man jumps down and lands in front of her."Rex Valentines, don't you forget it." "..." "What? Cat got your tongue?""My guardians told me not to speak w
'Tck. Those bastards have exhausted all my clones.'Jester thought to himself as he looks at an exhausted Vorus."Huff. Huff." Vorus was bruised and battered and could barely stand right.They have been fighting for over 15 minutes now with Vorus not being able to get a single hit.Jester on the other hand."Jester's Elbow!" He dodged a strike from Vorus and hits him with a spinning elbow.He continued dancing around the large man while dodging all of his attacks.Vorus had been on the receiving end of a terrible onslaught of attacks from the clown.This seems to have infuriated Vorus even more.Vorus swung his hammer once again only to miss the clown as he had sidestepped him.Losing his balance due to fatigue, Vorus stumbled to regain balance."Jester's Kitchen Knife." With a swift movement, he slashed through the chest of Vorus and blood splattered all over his mask.Jester took a deep breath and said, "Mhmm, don't you just love the scent of blood in the morning?"He grabs the head
It "Devil woman, we received word from the Demon spawn. They've succeeded in their infiltration mission and will join us in a bit."Rhea had a malevolent smile on her face."Gather everybody."A few minutes later, Rhea, the Enders, and the Aegises were all gathered around the castle entrance."Rada Khan is already near the outposts. It is time.""Everybody, gear up! Eat! Take a 10 minutes nap or whatever... We're going to war!"They all cheered in unison as they prepped themselves, physically and mentally."So, we all know our parts?"Rhea and Vorus nodded at Reginald."Hehe." Kaz slaps the back of the thief. "Don't worry about a thing, your plan is foolproof. We just have to hold on till the cavalry arrives.""Well then, as the Demon spawn will say... Let's do this thing."..."Woah."The alliance was currently staring off against Rada Khan's army."Hahahaha! Just as expected. Rhea Kay will join the party as well.""Khan! We should have just killed you off when we had the chance.""O
*The"Of all the places you can choose to die, you chose the top of a wild beast?"Ace and Keith landed on top of the shadow dragon that was carrying Stark. "Who said anything about dying?" Keith retorted. "We're putting an end to this madness, you've gone too far father." "Father?" Stark scoffed. "Ungrateful fools like you have no right to call me father." The twins gritted their teeth. "Ready?" Ace asked not taking his eyes off theur father. "No," Keith replied calmy. "But then again who can actually get ready to take on the world's greatest assasin on the top of a dragon?" "Hehe, you're right I guess." The two smiled. Ace having received a shadow thanks to Reginald, created a pair of shadow daggers. Keith followed suit making a pair with his miasma. "And now, for the extra touch." The ex-assasin smiled. He coated the shadow daggers with hus dark aura making them larger by a little. "Not fair..." Keith pouted making the ex-assasin to laugh sheepishly. Stark remained unfa
"There's the portal." Vorus points towards the direction of the crypt's portal."Come on let's go!" Ace dashes in the direction of the portal.He turns around and calls out to his clanmates to follow suit.Thud!"He crashed into a woman and her glasses fell to the ground."My glasses! Hey, watch where you're going, punk!" She gets down and begins to pat the ground helplessly trying to feel her glasses.Ace picks up the glasses and hands them over to the woman with both hands as he bows apologetically."My apologies, I wasn't looking where I was going."She snatches the glasses and puts them on. Thankfully, they were still in a good condition so her anger subsided.Just as she was about to address the man who just bumped into her..."Well, sin-" Before she knows it, Ace had sprinted away and left the girl to her thoughts.'What a strange fella.'"You have to stop rushing into things without thinking."Reginald scolded the ex-assassin as they've caught up with him and were now facing th