The Last Light - C5

P20 C5.1 Into the Eye of the Storm
The air was heavy, the sky split open by the trail of magic left behind by the five ArchAngels soaring through it. Their wings, forged by ascension and divine fire, burned across the heavens like streaks of fate. They had arrived. In one second, the tide of war had shifted.

But now, a new threat has risen.

But the Mountain...

It cracked down the middle. Stone split, the heavens trembled. A massive series of magical circles erupted upward like stairways into eternity. The being who had been watching from atop the peak finally stepped forward.

Wreathed in a coat of galaxies and eyes like ticking clocks, he floated above the battlefield.

"I am Jin," the man said, voice layered in many tones. "Traveler of realms. Watcher of echoes. I've come for what's been hidden for a thousand years... and to aid you in what comes next."

His hand rose. Time itself paused for a blink--then shattered like glass. Everyone turned toward the mountain. The final seal opened.

An enormous eye blinked open from within the mountain. Its gaze was eternal, alien, god-like. The battlefield stood still as it stared--right into the soul of existence.

Then chaos broke loose.

Magic Circles formed above everyone, summoning Dark Magic, vaporizing those who get hit. A loud roar echoed across the valley, with a towering demonic entity starting to rise from the shattered stone and dark cloud. With wings made of obsidian-flame, eyes glowing with the rage of a thousand eternities, and skin as red as hell itself.

"The Daemon King..." Blaidd mutters.

The Daemon King, which laid dormant for over a millennium, finally emerged. Its very presence causing burns to those who even look at it. The ArchAngels unite together and rise up into the air as it begins its rampage.

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P20 C5.2 When The Sky Begins to Fall

With chaos happening all around, a few stragglers still rather kill what they came for rather than working together.

Faust blasts forth wave after wave of bullets, as from the sky, Davie rained tech-fire upon Faust. Their clash was magnificent--until a hand reached out from the mountain, grabbing them both and pulling them into the dark cloud.

Beau attempted to cast a chain spell to keep Davie from being pulled away, but the beast summoned a black Magic Circle under him, disintegrating him in the blink of an eye.

Blaidd floats above the Daemon King, with shards of Ice orbiting him like broken glass, "With this Fate shattered, a new Celestial arises from the depths of Time, Fractured Eternity." He slices through the storm, each shard of Magic forming jagged celestial blades, piercing the beast's thick scales and creating cracks in its skin.

Back on the ground, Zamy, shielding Ina and Kuddle, tried to pull back their wounded allies. But a divine spear--from Toku's direction--pierced him straight through the core.

Kuddle hurried to cure his fallen ally. But, the beast's eye locked on him as he tried to resurrect Zamy. A flash of dark-light--gone. Kuddle's presence disappeared from the battlefield.

A bright blue light is seen above as LuLu glows with her wrathful energy, her wings burning with dark-fire. "For every scream in the dark, I command you to echo it back tenfold, Nocturne Requiem." Her scythe glows as copies of it are summoned and sent spiraling towards the beast, inflicting dark-cuts, forcing the beast to be unable to heal its wounds.

Rikushi began to channel all the core Elements into a bright vortex. "Let the Elements spiral, with this symphony as said by the Stars, Nova Burst." A storm of Fire, Water, Rock, and Air Magic swirled together and formed a Beam that pierced straight through the beast's wings, making it drop to the ground in pain.

At the center of the fight on the ground... stood Tyrant.

His final shout echoed, calling upon all of his last allies he had, to retreat--but the combined might of Kaide's sword and Glonk's fists crashed onto him. Kaide broke his stance and guard while Glonk delivered a blow straight through his chest, coming out the other side with Tyrant's heart in his hand, squeezing it until it burst.

​Tyrant's corpse fell.

Right above the beast, Valentine chants his final spell, with the wind around him changing directions. "Let my Will become my Strength and my Heart turn to Steel, Crimson Blessing." With his fists becoming each a meteorite of fury and pure-might, he flies downward as quick as his human body allows, striking a powerful impact onto the back of the beast, sending it to the ground.

With the beast held down by Valentine, Toku spread his arms, with his spear levitating in front of him, beginning to glow brighter than the sun itself. "With these Chains broken, I now command you, spread your wings, as your time ends here, Unbound Zenith." His spear begins to take shape into a ray of light, right as it charges straight down into the Daemon King's chest, breaking through its hard scales and hardened flesh.​

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P20 C5.3 A Pact was Made

The Daemon King starts to rise back up, with the spear still in its back. But, a voice echoed throughout the area, making even the beast pause.

Glonk steps forward, hands glowing with chains made of a dark energy. "Your rage is mighty, but even rage needs a home."

Glonk drops down, with his palms on the ground, sending veins of light throughout the ground to right under the beast. Chains wrap around the Daemon King as Glonk speaks in a language no one could understand. The beasts tries to resist and snarls, but then it bows.

A contract was made, the Daemon King seemed to have been tamed. A new symbol formed on Glonk's chest--a mark of his dominion. The others stared, both confused and amazed.

The war has finally ended.

Silence fell again. Fires smoldered. Blood and ash decorated the fields. The NTG and Astralla Clan gathered who they had left inside the airship near the medical pod.

Gem knelt beside Kite, still encased in stasis, her pulse dim. The healing magic had reached its limit.

Jin stepped forward, kneeling beside her. "She is closer to death than life," he murmured. "But not lost."

Everyone turned to him.

"I know a place," he said. "A realm outside of time. A place where revival of this caliber... is possible."

He looked at them, eyes aglow with stars. "But it will not be easy."

They looked to one another, weary but united.

The sky, though bloodied, was quiet.

Nova Terra's first war was over.

But a new journey had just begun.

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[TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT ARC]

Slain:
Astralla: Faust
NTG: Kit-
Tyrannical/Tenebris: Kuddle, Zamy, and Tyrant
RJ&Co: Beau
Iustitia: Davie

Next Arc:
"Betrayal never comes from your Enemies."