The heroes rushed through town to find it deserted. "Why is the town empty?" Aladdin asked. "There's been a warning about a possible avalanche. The whole town's been evacuated." Emmy explained as they hurried to the cave they found Aurora in. They were shocked to see the ice wall had completely melted.

"Of course. The true Azran treasure was here all along, right under our noses." Layton said. The group hurried inside to see Descole standing at a stone door.

"Hold it right there, Descole!" Hope said, pointing his ring at him.

"No. The Azran puzzle is mine to solve and mine alone." Descole replied.

"Hold it right there!" shouted a voice. They turned to see Bronev and several grunts behind him, accompanied by Daemon. "Hand me the key and the girl." Bronev said.

"Pfth." Descole said before tossing the key over to Bronev. "Well, that was easy."

"Stop! You mustn't go any further. The Azran Legacy, it's not what you think!" Aurora said. "It could destroy the worlds."

"Dont be ridiculous. Are you not the Azran Emissary? Isn't it your duty to uncover the secrets left by your people?" Bronev asked.

"But…" Aurora said before her eyes glazed over. "Yes. It is...my task." she said.

"That's a good girl." Bronev said before Sanji noticed a familiar circle on the floor.

"Well, what do we have here?" he said smiling. "Looks like this place is a no weapons zone too." Sanji said, slamming his foot on the ground, activating it. The guns in the grunts hands began to shake and move rapidly. As they were distracted, Luke ran to Bronev, grabbed the key and tossed it to Layton.

"No! Give that back!"Bronev shouted.

"I think we have you outmatched." Usopp said.

"Oh, do you?" Bronev said.

Surprising everyone, Emmy broke off a sharp icicle and held it against Luke's throat. "Professor, hand him the key." she said.

"Emmy! Not you too!" Luke shouted.

"Yes. I'm an undercover agent for Targent. You see, I have no choice. I must protect Uncle Leon." she said. "He's the only family I have left."

"Wrong." Eren said, walking forward. " When my Mother was killed by the titans, the only one I could turn to was Mikasa and Armin. Don't you see? Isn't the professor like family to you?" he shouted.

"No! I will not let you turn me." she said as Layton tossed Bronev the key.

"Finally." Bronev said. "The Azran legacy is almost mine." He lifted the key to the door as it glowed. the door vanished as he, Daemon, Aurora, Emmy and Luke headed inside.

"You heroes just let them walk away? Not your best moment." Descole said.

"We aren't giving up. We're going to follow him until we reach the last part of the sanctuary." Jexi said.

"Then allow me to call a temporary truce. We both want to see Targent go down. So it's logical we work together." Descole said.

The joint group headed inside to see Luke standing across a large chasm. "Guys! I'm over here!" he shouted.

"Hang tight, M'boy, were coming!" Layton said.

"We'll need to make some sort of bridge." Descole said.

"I got it. Ice Make: Pillar!" Gray shouted making a pillar of ice and knocking it over. The group carefully walked over. "Luke, where's Bronev?" Jexi asked. "They went on ahead without me. Guys, Emmy is still on our side." Luke said.

"Whaddya mean? SHe held an Icicle to your throat!" Kuwabara shouted.

"She told Bronev I had an injury and left me behind to meet up with all of you." Luke explained.

"Good, there's still some good in her yet." Layton said.

They continued into the next room to see several statues firing lasers from their eyes. "Must be the security system." Franky said. "Nothing I can't handle." Descole said drawing his sword and slashing each statue on their backs.

After the slashing, the group continued forward, but before they got far, a statue fired a beam at Luke. But before it hit him, the shot was blocked by Descole. He fell to the ground in pain.

"Descole!" Hope shouted.

"I… didn't know what came over me. But maybe you remember, Layton. When they came and took our parents." He said.

"You two are brothers?" Luffy asked.

flashback…

"It was years ago. Our parents were both abducted by Targent. We were left alone in that large house. The adoption agency told us a family was coming by. However, they could only take one of us." Descole began.

A younger Layton and Descole were then seen. "Now remember, from now on. You are Hershel." Descole said. "But, I don't want to leave you." "You'll be fine with the Layton Family." he said.

The door then opened to reveal Roland and Lucille Layton. "My, such well behaved boys. It's a shame we can only take one. So, which one of you is Hershel?" Lucille asked.

'This is Hershel." Descole said pushing Layton forward. "So, what will become of you?" Roland asked him. "It's all right. Another family is looking after me. The Phils." he lied. The brothers shared one last look at each other before Layton was taken to a car. "Goodbye, brother. Your new life as Hershel Layton...begins." he said.

end flashback.

"Of course. How could I have forgotten. Hershel was my brothers name." Layton said.

"Of all the people…. I never knew you two were related." Hope said.

"Well, we did come from a broken home. After he was adopted, i threw myself into Archaeology so I could one day get my revenge on Targent." Descole said. "The accused civilization is the whole reason this chain of events even happened."

"And what of your parents?" Jexi asked.

"From what I learned, our mother passed away a few years ago. Our father however stayed within Targent and rose through the ranks until he began running the show." Descole said.

"So that means Bronev is…"Jexi said.

"Our father." Descole finished.

"I can't believe it." Layton said.

"Layton, it is up to you to stop our father before he sees this madness through. Please." Descole said before passing out.

"Youre not alone man." Dan said walking up.

"Yeah. You've got us." Hope said.

"Now let's take Daemon and Bronev down!" Jexi shouted.

"Descole, you better be living when we come back. We need to have a long talk about brothers." Luffy said as the heroes continued.