The six soon made it back into town where they began heading for the castle of the storyteller himself.
"The trial has now taken place, and the Vigilantes themselves have taken the stand to prove Espella is Bezella." Barnham said.
"Hopefully, Phoenix and the others can buy us time to get the evidence and the Storyteller. If everything here really is planned, then he'll likely be in his castle." Jexi said.
The six then made it to the castle to see a Robot master made of wood.
"I am Woodman! I am a roaming robot mercenary hired by Mr. Cantabella as his bodyguard." Woodman said.
"Crap. Jexi, you take this one, we got the Storyteller." Chie said.
"No worries." Jexi said as he stepped up to the robot.
"So, you wish to fight for your friends? How noble. But I must protect my charge." Woodman said.
"I understand. But that doesn't mean I'll go easy on ya." Jexi grinned.
"Wood Hammer!" Wood Man shouted bringing his hand down on Jexi only for it to be easily blocked.
"Wow. You got some grip. Let me show you mine. Ultimate Color Slingshot!" Jexi shouted, flinging Wood Man into the wall, knocking him unconscious.
Chie then crashed through the window and landed in front of the storyteller.
"Call off the trial!" Chie shouted.
"No. It's time for this recurring nightmare to finally end so we may live in peace." He said.
"Does that mean you gotta burn your own daughter? Wasn't this just an experiment?"
"It's more than that. You see, something terrible happened on this place ten years ago. Our annual fire festival. But, something went wrong. The village was in flames and almost everyone died. Only four escaped, me, Espella, Belduke and his daughter Eve. Espella has lived with this nightmare for years, so I created Bezella in an attempt to finally cure her of the nightmare. Wait, burned alive? What do you mean?"
"Dark Law's been playing you!" Chie shouted.
"Darklaw? Eve. This was unexpected." He said. "Eve has always been spiteful to Espella and myself ever since they were in the bell tower and saw the village in flames. She also hates me because of what happened to Newton Belduke."
"We need to stop her! You gotta go on the stand and tell everyone the truth!" Chie shouted.
"You're right. This cannot stand anymore." He said. "Forget the experiment. I need to protect my daughter."
"We gotta hurry! Darklaw's got Right and the others on the ropes!" Jexi said.
"But, if we are going to get me and Eve on the stand, they'll need to be an Inquisitor." The Storyteller said.
"That is no problem." Layton said arriving. "For this last trial, I shall take on that role." He said.
"Okay let's go!" Maya said.
Meanwhile at the court, things were looking bad. The trial had gone back and forth, but Darklaw had the advantage now.
"This is it Mr. Wright. Any last words?"
"There's no way, we can keep this up much longer." Wright said to himself as Hope put a hand on his shoulder.
HOLD IT!
Jexi and the others arrived just in time, the crowd gasping.
"People of Labyrinthya! It's time we finally put an end to these witch trials once and for all." Layton said as his group stood on the Inquisition side. "Darklaw, you and the Storyteller are now witnesses." Jexi said.
"No! I was so close!" Darklaw said.
"It's time the truth came out. Everyone needs to know what's been really happening." Sugarcoat said.
"Then noble Storyteller and Darklaw, give your final testimony." The judge said.
Witness Testimony
"This town is my creation. A testing site for new pharmaceutical drugs. The people here all signed up for this in order to live new lives. I only did it to free Espella from this nightmare." The Storyteller said.
"Espella was the one who rang that accursed bell and destroyed everything we cared about. She needs to face her crime." Darklaw said.
OBJECTION!
"I'm ending this Darklaw. This last piece of Evidence will prove you were the one behind everything." Hope said.
TAKE THAT!
Before the crowd, Hope showed two necklaces. "These are needed to access a secret lift to the bell. Espella and Darklaw used it years ago. But, Espella couldn't have rung the bell if she saw this dragon. In reality, it was Darklaw. She rang the bell back when she was a child and psychologically put the blame on Espella." Hope said.
"No, no, no. But, Espella, she rang the bell. It...it wasn't my fault." Darklaw said holding her head in pain.
"Admit it Darklaw…" Hope said pointing his finger along with every single hero. "...you caused this nightmare, and only wanted revenge on Espella's family!"
"Uh, Hope. You might wanna stop showing off for a minute." Jexi said pointing to the bell tower Espella was getting ready to jump.
"No, I don't believe it, I can't believe it! I am the Great Witch, and this will all end with my death." Espella said leaping off. The crowd gasped before a hand grabbed her leg out of nowhere. They saw the arm belonged to Darklaw.
"Eve! Please let me go. It's all my fault. I'm the great witch. I don't wanna make you all suffer anymore."
"No! It's my fault! If I hadn't wanted to go hear the bell, none of this would have happened." Darklaw said her cloth began to rip.
"Oh no!" Hope shouted before seeing Jexi raise a hand and making them float.
"You know magic?" Natsu asked.
"Not exactly. Now, It's time to shatter the illusion." Jexi said.
"Layton, Wright! Theres one last spell that can end this! Shout it together!" Hope said.
"Shall we, professor?" Wright asked Layton.
"Yes, we shall, Mr. Wright." Layton said.
The two raised their pointing hands up as they pointed straight.
"Talenda!" They shouted.
All of the scenery then disappeared, replaced by a dome and cranes. One of which was holding the girls and being operated by Flux.
"So, this is the real Labyrinth." Hope said looking out at the scene.
"I can't believe this. How could we not see any of this stuff?" Luffy asked.
"I put in a subliminal message that you could not see true black." The Storyteller said.
"But my hair's black." Maya fumed.
"But not true black. The black he is talking about means the color of darkness itself." Layton said.
"Still, there's something I don't quite get. Why did you wanna hurry up and finish the story?" Chie asked him.
"Well, to be honest, for years now, I've been doing battle with an incurable disease inside of my body." The Storyteller said.
"I...never knew." Darklaw said looking down.
"Father." Espella said sadly.
"Not to worry, Espella. Recently, I got word from my company. They've created a new wonder drug that will cure my illness. I'll be departing to London in 2 days to take it as well as undergo surgery." He said cheering the girl up.
A grand Celebration was held in Labrythia, Tails developing the antidote for the drugs the people had been ingested and inhaled. Jexi then found out how that blind date went with Juvia and Hope.
"Were good now, but Juvia thinks I got a crush on her now." Hope said.
"Well, something's are hard to get rid of." Jexi said as Flux approached.
"I must say, this has been a great deal of fun. Best. Vacation ever." He grinned. "Next time we meet, it back to being enemies. Which might be soon with that big event coming up."
"Big event?" The two asked.
"A tournament, set up by the Exploration Society of the pokemon world. It's created so people can not only fight by search as well. Fighters and teams from all over are going to compete. Its called...Furious World." Flux said. "And what people are fighting over, is this." he said showing a box and a weird heart. "Two of the universe's most well sought after prizes: Pandora's box and the Skull Heart. Their locations are currently unknown from all except the society. The teams who make it all the way to the end gets a chance to obtain these valuable prizes."
"There are 3 worlds entering."
"Yes. The fighters of the Street Fighting Tournament, Fighters from the Tekken tournaments, and the third one is composed of girls with bizarre power. Not only them, but several guilds, my own team and this other team is competing. It's going to be the biggest event in history!" Flux said.
To be continued in… Dimensional Heroes Legends: Furious World
By Hope and Jexi
