the dark master was dead, spyro and cynder killed him, and with his death the chain was lifted. the curse was broken. spyro could do whatever he wanted and wouldn't have to care about the consequences. he was truly free.
he smiled as he touched down to the surface of the world where he was greeted by sparx and the dragon elders. but this time he had no reason to pretend he was friendly and nice. he bared his claws as the dragon elders came closer and grinned. he dared any of them to come closer. terrador called his dare, and ran up to him inside an earthball. to any other dragon this might be an invitation by the devil to send yourself into hell, but to the next dark master, it was merely a childish tag. spyro opened his mouthed and breathed out a stream of ice, which froze the giant earth ball dead in his path. cynder the elders and sparx stared at him. they shouted and said a few things to him, but he didn't care, he was only interested in one thing. his army.
he flapped his wings and achieved liftoff from the ground, he had this planned for quite awhile now. he knew exactly where to find his army.
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it took a good 2 hours of flight, but spyro was finally at the temple. he had found this place awhile ago, but he couldn't tell ignitus about it. even discretely because of how evil it was. the temple was a place where the shadow creatures lay. the faceless and bodiless beasts that wait in the temple for their god, the one who was phophecized to lead them to galactic conqueration. they had taken an oath that they would never attack the surface world without their god, but they would murder anything that entered their temple who was not their god. apparently they had a way of determining who their leader was, but that secret was forgotten by the surface dwellers for a long time.
spyro knew in his heart that he had nothing to fear as he entered the underground temple. he was destined to be their king and whatever test they had planned for him, he was sure he would pass.