The water had turned dark and now smelled foul.All around us, tentacles shot from the water and dragged our ships down into the depths of the pitch-black ocean...We could only sit and watch in horror...Leiso was almost in tears as her troops cried out in vain to escape their doom.The carnage continued to spread further into the ocean behind us and soon, the shadow dragon reappeared.She flew straight out of the water and faced Johann."INTERESTING... A DRAGON GOD... I WILL ENJOY DEVOURING YOU AND ABSORBING YOUR POWER!" The shadow dragon said."YOU WILL NOT HAVE ME, VILE ABOMINATION! I AM JOHANN, THE PHOENIX DRAGON GOD!""I AM THE SHADOW DRAGON. FORMERLY KNOWN AS KELVASTIOL, THE AVERNIAN WORLD DRAGON OF WATER!""YOU ARE A VILE COWARD FOR ALLOWING YOURSELF TO FALL SO FAR!!! YOU WILL FACE MY WRATH!""MY MASTER CAN OFFER YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN THOSE PITIFUL WEAKLINGS YOU CARRY... I RECOGNIZE THE TWO THAT FLED FROM ME. THEIR LOVED ONES CALL TO THEM!!!" "Johann, please kill that abomina
The Enforcers did not publicly make a decision to abandon the civilians. But...We had no choice.As many people as possible were evacuated to bunkers, but we knew they wouldn't be safe.I felt dirty as we gave the order.They would be placed underground for 'their own safety', and when the Ooze came along, it would make their deaths quick and painless.It didn't seem to be obstructed by physical objects and could warp the landscape as it saw fit.At this point...there was no saving these people.All of us felt terrible about it...But we chose to bear that burden together.Johann offered to take us out of here several times, but we wanted to fight until we were sure there was no hope.Isabella made a few tearful calls to Emily and Zack as well and I joined in.They were precious friends of ours...but there was nothing we could do.Isabella cried and cried as she spoke to Emily but she understood."Please...just promise me that you'll live on for us, okay? Maybe someday we'll meet ag
"ALL TROOPS!!! READY!!!" Leiso shouted.The horrors of the Ooze slowly approached from the south.As they got closer, the sky above us turned dark.More than likely, they had now darkened the sky of the entire world... This was our final stand.These monsters...and that bastard Source...They had taken everything from us.I felt an unquenchable rage well up within me. Then I manifested a huge number of light spears and threw them all far into the crowd of monsters.The spears obliterated the enemies and the other Enforcers stepped forward.Isabella raised her sword and I felt my stats increase greatly. At the same time, the other Enforcers unleashed a hellish barrage of attacks using their Aspects.The military began firing rapidly in the direction of the enemy.Even Rune, who hadn't been much help, had made efforts to imbue the turret she was using with divine energy.This way, its plasma blasts could destroy the monsters just as we did.The enemies in front of us went down with ease
"Wow! You actually defeated my shadow dragon! Oh man, that's so amazing! Not like I haven't seen it before, though..." The man said sarcastically.He wore a different outfit than the generals. A dark gray shirt with a low-cut collar. He had on black pants and shoes. Over his shoulders, he wore a dark purple cloak with a checkered pattern on it. He had an earring with a dark purple crystal hanging from his left ear.He did not possess a mask or a hood to cover his face.The man had white hair just like the Attendants and his eyes burned with a dark purple energy.At the same time...This guy looked lot like..."Cain...? Is that you...?" I asked."Ugh, don't call me Cain, Mizik. Just call me Difar. I prefer that name, you know?""Fine...Difar..." I said confusingly."Mizik...do you know this man?" Isabella said."Yeah, he's the piece of shit that evicted me from my house. He...turned into a monster right in front of me. You never got to see his face, but...this is him. Without a doubt..
I shot straight towards Difar with my swords at the ready.As soon as I reached him, I felt my sword hit something...A huge black claymore with glowing purple runes had manifested in his hands to block the attack.I was then blown back by an immense wave of chaotic dark energy as Difar readied his sword."Do you like my sword, Mizik? I found it on Avernia. It used to be called Hope...but now I call it: EXTINCTION!!!" Difar swung Extinction down as it radiated incredible power.The Enforcers as well as myself just barely managed to move as a gigantic wave shot across the ground and obliterated several sky scrapers while creating a chasm several miles long."HOLY HELL!!!" Jallah shouted"GAHAHAHAHAHA!!! YOU FOOL! I'M A GOD!!! HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY KILL A GOD!?" Difar laughed.At the same time, Isabella had begin fighting Cassandra.Cassandra darted around Isabella faster than she could attack and magic daggers appeared all around her.They shot at Isabella in a barrage and Cassandra sw
We continued drifting for a while...I eventually passed out as Isabella worked diligently to heal me.When I woke up, I was still in terrible pain... The air here felt so dense...like I was being crushed alive by an unseen force...The entire time, Isabella held onto me tightly and never let go...Where are we...? Am I dead? I opened my mouth to speak, but as soon as I did, I didn't hear any sound.It felt incredibly hard to breathe... Like my lungs were being crushed by something other than Isabella.I looked around and saw stars in the distance.We passed a few of them and simply kept moving...Were we moving? The way things were out here...it certainly felt like we were moving...Things looked to be moving past us...But the entire time I was thinking about these things...it felt like I was ignoring something important.My mind was in an uproar at the moment. I couldn't think hardly at all. My emotions seemed to be in chaos and I could feel nothing except overwhelming fear and
Kyriel atood up after slaying the hero who had stood against her. The entire area was littered with bodies and Corrupted horrors.This world was called Daser.Lord Difar had brought Axiom, Tyras, Kyriel, and even Valthiem to conquer it.The corpse of the supposed 'strongest hero' in one of this world's countries was a mess at her feet. Kyriel had multiplied her daggers and stabbed him repeatedly. She pinned him down with her blades and stabbed him in the throat until he stopped screaming.At first...he shouted about honor and destroying the plague on their world.But the truth was that Kyriel could see his eyes constantly examining her body.Her face was hidden, but he didn't seem to care.He even commented on her physical form before the battle. Saying that he could give her 'a wonderful time'.But Kyriel's heart already belonged to someone else.As she shook the blood off of her dagger, thoughts of this man danced in her mind.Back when she'd been known as Cassandra, she had a mist
Isabella had done everything she could to heal Mizik as they drifted through that horrible place...For some reason, her powers didn't work at all out there.But they had just exited the Firmament and entered a new world.As soon as they did, she placed a barrier over her and her beloved Mizik since they were falling from orbit.She made sure to heal him as well while they were falling.The whole time, he said nothing. Isabella could tell something was wrong, though...Something not right in his head...As the two fell, they reached an extremely high speed and finally slammed into the ocean.Unlike their first entry into Ignitus, Mizik had taught Isabella how to swim. Now, she was a great swimmer and easily held an unconscious Mizik on her back as she stayed afloat.Actually...she had an idea...Isabella's barriers were very useful. Mizik had taken the liberty of combining Aegis Barrier with her own barrier magic related to The Centurion Aspect and increased their potency.Her new pow