After we woke up that day, we were bothered again by people wanting to be healed and cured.Reluctantly, Isabella helped them on the condition that they stop trying to have me executed and treat me nicely.They also reluctantly agreed.Later, we continued our way up and made it to the second village.It was pretty much the same deal...We showed up, they praised Isabella, treated me like a dog that needed to be put down, she yelled at them, then we ate dinner just before going to bed.And the next day was also the same. We woke up, got harassed, Isabella healed people in order to stop them from despising me, and we continued our climb.Now we stood in front of the temple and Isabella was beyond fed up.We had climbed a great distance. The temple was located above the clouds."Th-there are...statues and paintings of me...in a swimsuit!? WHY!? WHY DOES SUCH A PLACE EXIST!?!? IS THIS HELL!? I DON'T WANT PEOPLE STARING AT ME!!!" Isabella shouted.She had tears in her eyes, so I instinctiv
We walked over to the entrance and Jallah placed his hand on a statue of Isabella.He grabbed the arm and raised it to make it look as if it were waving cutely at someone."I hate this cursed place..." Isabella mumbled as a secret passage lesson underground opened in the floor next to the wall."Rune and I will just...stand guard here. We don't really need to go down there..." Jallah said nervously.I'm getting a bad feeling about this...Isabella led the way and I followed after her.* * *I wasn't prepared for this.I don't think anyone could have been prepared for this sort of thing.When we entered the room, something sparked and a bunch of lights turned on.Actual lights. On Delvandal.I had no idea how they managed to do it, but I could only assume they had taken the technology from Elysium... Regardless, that wasn't the strangest thing in the room.The tomb didn't look like a tomb at all. There was a coffin with the image of a young man hugging Isabella while she looked loving
"All of you stay here! If possible, try to clean this place up!" Isabella said as we both readied our weapons."Yes! And please...save our world. The world these people love. And if possible...don't leave us all here!" One of the Isabella androids said.We nodded and immediately ran out of the tomb.When we saw Rune and Jallah, they were already on edge."What the hell was that damn noise!? And this feeling...it's like..." Jallah mumbled."The Corruption!" I shouted.Jallah and Rune looked over at me and their expressions turned grim."Already!? Seriously!? DAMMIT!!!" Jallah shouted.I could already feel a truly malevolent rage rising within me...For some reason...it felt like Vengeance was reacting to it differently than normal. Like it was devouring my anger and growing in power.We quickly ran out of the temple and I saw a lone figure standing while wearing a dark armored robe.He was a tall man with medium-length blonde hair and piercing blue eyes."Damn...one hell of a magic wor
Mizik continued his rage-filled assault on Cain as Tyranus unsheathed Hopelessness and aimed it at Isabella."I've been meaning to pay you back for what happened at the estate all those years ago, you bitch..." Tyranus said as he glared at Isabella.Isabella allowed herself a slight smile as she raised her shield."You'll find me much harder to deal with than even that day!" She said."ENFORCERS, EXO FORMATION!!!" Leiso shouted.Immediately, Carlos and Leiso moved to Isabella's back as Jallah stood at her side."ADORABLE!!! I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR HEADS!!!" Tyranus shouted.He activated forms two and three just before instantly appearing in front of Isabella and striking her.She blocked it with her shield."SHIELD ENCHANT!! STRENGTHEN!!!" She shouted.Her shield started glowing brightly as she slashed Tyranus.At the same time, the voice of the centurion caused her strength to surge.He was sent back and clutched his chest in pain.Then Carlos threw several spikes of blood and rained f
Isabella looked at me with eyes that seemed to say she was in horrible pain."Mi...zik..." She whispered.I looked at her sadly."What...happened?" I asked."You went...crazy... Used the heart stone... So I did too..." She said.Then she pulled out a black katana still in it's sheath. "I killed...Tyranus..."I felt proud of her, but I was also very worried..."Did we kill Cain?" I asked.She shook her head sadly."He got away... We're not going to die...are we?" She said."I don't know..."Isabella slowly got up and hugged me.Doing so seemed to cause her quite a bit of pain and eventually, we managed to stand up. We leaned on each other as we made our way to the door and it opened in front of us.Rastair stood in the doorway and looked down at us."You two are quite the sight... But thank the gods that you're alive. You were out for four days after that crazy battle..." Rastair said."Four days...? I can't even remember the fight to begin with..." I said."Jallah said you went compl
"VAKRA!!! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!" Rastair shouted gleefully as she approached him completely unarmed."What do you want!? WHY ARE YOU BREACHING YOUR AGREEMENT!? DID I NOT MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?" Vakra roared."I just couldn't get enough of that wonderful body of yours. I came back for more. That a problem? I figured bringing the real Leviathan would get your attention a bit faster. Was I wrong?" Rastair said."I...what? Is that it!? YOU BOTHERED ME FOR SOMETHING THAT TRIVIAL!?" Vakra shouted angrily.Rastair smiled at him.Since the other members of the crew were around, she did her best to maintain her composure."Nah, not just that. See, I didn't have time to go back to Ripper Isle. This is kind of urgent. We have a bit of a situation here. Care to let us come ashore?" Rastair said as she came closer to Vakra."Hold it. What sort of situation?" Vakra said."Like, my companions here just got their hands on the legendary heart stones and some horrifying evil just showed up in o
I was very relieved to discover that the Mad Admiral wasn't an evil individual. Vakra was a rude and very blunt man, but he wasn't really that bad.Although I couldn't figure out why someone like him seemed so attached to this country...For starters, he had a demeanor of someone that didn't care about his subordinates. A mad scientist that only cared about the data and results he could glean from a person or an event. As far as I could tell, such a man shouldn't be commanding soldiers or running a ship...This type of person was better suited to live in a laboratory and rarely see the light of day.Yet...Vakra was highly respected by his peers and treated almost like a King.But aside from his 'comments' about Leiso, Rune, and Isabella...I didn't find him to be all that bad.And this was after a couple of days living in his laboratory.It seemed like Vakra had very little time to spend with women. Although, he very much enjoyed their company. And after I asked him about it, he gav
We walked slowly and quietly towards the two gigantic thrones.One of them sat empty while the other had a young elven child in it.He had dark green eyes and short purple hair with pointed ears.He wore a golden crown on his head adorned with rubies and silver ornaments. Additionally, his clothing wasn't so different from ours, except it was far more intricate and beautiful.This kid was definitely not old enough to rule an Empire.Beside his throne, was a very large and imposing man.He was...grossly overweight. Not obese, but I could tell this man lived very luxuriously.He had on a similar robe to us.Vakra had mentioned that these robes were decreed as the appropriate attire for being in the Emperor's presence. For everyone except Vakra, of course. He was an exception to the rule due to being a skeleton half of the time.Vakra also mentioned that it was a rather...childish order...Regardless, the large man had a scruffy beard and a devious look on his face.I couldn't see the re