Location: Birdsville

Point of View: Cratos

Since I came back to Birdsville from the realm of the God of Time after three weeks, I forced myself to ally with the light elves and dark elves while I called on my new legions to prepare for the next attack against the thief who stole Loki's scepter.

In the streets where light and darkness both constantly collide, the light elves and dark elves suddenly rushed through me and used their swords.

"What are you doing?" I said.

"Who are you?" the leader of the light elves in Alfheim, asked me.

"I'm at the side of the Asgardians."

Bats interrupted our conversation and the leader of the shadow elves in Svartalfheim emerged.

"Seimei... you're back." the shadow elf queen claimed.

"Dex?" the light elf queen also claimed.

"Seimei... and Dex... I'll take those." I said.

"Seimei is the queen of Alfheim. And I, Dex, am the queen of Svartalfheim." the shadow elf queen, introduced me.

"And I'm Cratos..." I was perplexed a bit.

"Where are your legionnaires, Cratos?"

"I usually fought alone, but I have the Amazons and the Schildmaids at my assistance. Sometimes, Valkyries served me, yet they followed most norms from Odin and Hevadon."

"The Shield Maidens... I know you've led them at once. Yggdrasil is in danger right now."

"Well... I'm aware of that. Dex, I encourage you to join forces with... Seimei?"

"Yes, Seimei, the queen of light elves."

"All because Loki's scepter was stolen. Same goes for the Reaper's scythe. It's all due to the power-hungry student that became a cursed demon."

"Cratos, we'll take care of Midgard and the elf worlds. Hevadon and Zerex will initiate this clash against that student." Agri No Seimei added.

Meanwhile, the four elemental gods appeared in Birdsville. Kavel assigned each elemental god to guard and attack the possible enemies that will invade Yggdrasil under DarkFlame's command.

"Brax, you'll summon earth elementals and stone golems in all realms especially in Nidavellir or Svartalfheim. We'll protect the dwarfs while they will craft special weapons for the Legions."

"Ferex, you'll summon water elementals and sea monsters in all realms, especially in the seas of Midgard and Niflheim. Same for the five rivers Grim Reaper had explored before."

"Asxhe, you'll summon wind elementals and energy tornadoes in all realms, especially in the three dominating realms of Asgard, Midgard, and Jotunheim. Same for Ziri's lair in Olympus."

"And I will summon fire elementals and fire giants in Musspellheim. Even in Hexev's infernal domain."

Location: Immortelle's Chapel

Point of View: Zerex

Such strange graveyard I had explored, such memories my master had. Now, as Grim Reaper's true successor, I alone knocked the door to Immortelle's chapel.

"I only let the masters of death, the underworld, and the afterlife visit my sacred home." Immortelle, its owner, said.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Zerex, and I am Grim Reaper's successor. A death knight with the powers of necromancy and my power comes from his scythe, my ancient sword, and the bow of the underworld king Beelzebub." I replied his demand.

"Oh... come in. I never noticed that Grim Reaper chose you, Zerex, to retain his legacy. I'm sure you also led an undead army, just like my most powerful colleague. By the way, what made you come here?"

"Uhm... Immortelle, I knew you because of my master's story, but I have a request. My master, Grim Reaper, usually wields his scythe in combat..."

"I know, I once used a scythe."

"But his scythe is stolen by a power-hungry being for the sake of conquest. He's not satisfied of his leadership in school."

"I know you can retrieve the Reaper's scythe from him. He is powerful, but he cannot manipulate it well like Grim Reaper and Loki both can."

"Loki..."

"One of Grim Reaper's allies or enemies. Loki defeated my second-in-command Morbid Mays in battle."

"I'll tell Hevadon about this!"

"Hevadon?"

"My ally who was once my mortal enemy. He is Loki's successor, the leader of the Pegasus Knights and Valkyries in Asgard. At first he only wielded light magic coming from the Asgardian realm, but because he picked up Loki's scepter, he gained the ability to deceive enemies and subtly gain advantage over them. Along with my master's scythe, Loki's scepter is also stolen by the same being."

"Supposedly you're both enemies, right?"

"Yes, but both sides are in trouble all because of that cursed mongrel! We became allies!"

"Oh... I see... By the way, I have a Soul Gem and a Stone of Afterlife for you. Be infused with their powers; and from the runes of the Scroll of Revival, let them be written in your ancient sword. This increases immense undead energy while strengthening the undead essence you have. Grim Reaper and I both did this before. When you have his scythe, you became the strongest and the most powerful commander of the undead."

"But..."

"I know that you can be inferior to him in any way, but with these powers to be bestowed on you, you can be second to Grim Reaper in terms of power. Zerex, I know you can do it. Just follow the suggestion of his everlasting colleague."

The artifacts Immortelle had showed to me glowed and the souls I have whirled around me. I was on a powerful burden; but with his advice, I grew stronger and stronger.

"Immortelle, I'm sorry but let's test it out."

"Forgive me later."

Immortelle used his staff and I used my sword in combat. I charged and made a move against him, but he used spiritual energy to counter me.

"You have the power bestowed on you, Zerex. Use it wisely!" Immortelle demanded me.

"Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhh!" I screamed in rage.

As the clash continued, I shot a Beelzebub arrow and charged him using my sword.

"How long will Grim Reaper be impressed on you like he defeated me once?"

"I'll do the same on you!"

With his spiritual energy that granted immortality to allies and spiritual death to enemies, he cast some spiritual flames on me. Aware of this, I dodged.

"I'm not the embodiment of death like my master. I'm just a death knight being infused with Grim's powers." I said.

"Don't let your position fool you." Immortelle taunted.

"LINEW!"

"Resurrecting Morbid Mays."

I called Linew, the death fiend of Araxneus, to battle, but he was stopped by Immortelle's second-in-command Morbid Mays. That shadowy ghost imbued with lightning initiated the clash against my second-in-command who is a shadow fiend imbued with spiritual flames.

Linew summoned his fellow death fiends while Morbid summoned poltergeists.

"Zerex, it's all on both of us now." Immortelle said to me.

Immortelle summoned his phantom knights, the ghostly forms of my death knights. I even summoned my death knights as well. However, my death knights turned on Linew and his phantom knights turned on Morbid Mays.

"Immortelle, you're now left alone with me to subdue you." I taunted.

"Don't expect, Zerex." Immortelle himself replied.

While I constantly shot him with Beelzebub arrows, Linew and Morbid brutally battled each other.

"So this is Immortelle's chapel, right? Well, I'll rule it after Immortelle dies." Linew taunted.

"Who dares to conquer Immortelle's chapel? As long as the owner lives, he will still live and rule this place! Also take note that Immortelle is an everlasting ghost." Morbid said.

"Hmmm... well... my best friend already took care of Immortelle. And me? To you! Burn in hell!"

"So be it..."

Morbid Mays threw Linew series of lightning bolts and drained his life. Countering this, the death fiend used spiritual flames and shadows to release souls from below and burned him.

Since Morbid Mays suffered spiritual burns and his life-force has being absorbed by Linew instead of trying to steal the death fiend's life-force, Linew single-handedly subdued the dark poltergeist. The phantom knights and poltergeists were at Linew's command right now, while the death fiends led them to Araxneus.

"You..." Morbid called Linew.

"I'm not killing you. I'm just burning you for your ghastly suffering. Where is Zerex?" Linew asked.

"Like you said, Immortelle was on a clash with him."

"You'll be my second-in-command this time."

"What about Immortelle?"

"I'm pretty sure that Immortelle's soul will be infused with Grim Reaper's scythe along with my former master Jaa, the demon sage. Zerex will use it against our common enemy. Now let's travel to my kingdom of Araxneus."

Meanwhile...

I stabbed Immortelle without notice, but he was not having his physical body. The Immortal Wraith became a wandering soul.

"Congratulations on your newfound powers, Zerex. Now get the scythe and defeat your enemy. I will always be present in your army, I promise."

I seemingly obtained Immortelle's soul in the process, leaving the chapel with no inhabitants. The pale-colored wraiths in this strange graveyard became part of my soul collection, and now, I will use my newfound powers to defeat DarkFlame.

Location: Midgard

Point of View: Hevadon

There is a strange cave found in Midgard that was perpetually in flames. And my Pegasus steed ate the golden apples Loki once had.

A fire giant approached me, and I switched to being a fallen angel.

"Give me the golden apples, and I will bestow them with the fires of Musspellheim." the fire giant spoke to me.

"So this place has what Loki called 'Immortality Apples'?" I asked.

"Yes, and there are streams here that have the combined powers from the Well of Mimir and the Well of the Norns. Once you go in, the fire orbs from Musspellheim illuminated the area; but as you go deeper, the ice crystals of Niflheim will inform you that under the ground you step is a dark, cold world."

"And you're from Musspellheim, too?"

We had a conversation as my Pegasus steed met with Loki's steed Sleipnir while licking water at the cave streams.

"Yes, I am Mena, the wife of Surter, and the queen of Musspellheim. This cave is not known to mankind, but the jotunns who lived in it knew how Loki followed my advice. How deceitful he is, right? Even you had this deception inherited from Loki, being a Pegasus Knight, being a fallen angel, and now being Loki's successor!"

"I knew that I'm Loki's successor, but I never knew how inferior I am to Loki's immense cunning. I witnessed that even Loki created illusions."

"Even without Loki's powers, you are cunning. Outside, you are a knight in shining armor. But inside, this. A fallen angel looking for vengeance. The fires of Musspellheim are fitting in your fallen phase. The ice of Niflheim are fitting in your armor as well. Fuse them, and there is untold power you cannot imagine."

"Exactly the reason why I came here. I wanna know how Loki survived Grim Reaper's magic."

"Not only that, these powers can beat the forces of the dead. Here, take a glimpse in the cave's streams. Witness your fate, and be wise."

I even drank the water from the streams, and I ate the power-infused apples. Mena was surprised when I had nothing in my hands, yet she cast fire magic for these powers to remain in my fallen phase.

"And you can revert back to your original phase at will. Just use these powers wisely. The giants will also be your soldiers, too."

"Okay Mena, thank you for giving me these requests. I promise that I can follow them in no time. Until we meet again. Hiya!"

I rode my Pegasus back to Birdsville to reunite with Zerex.

Location: IASPA

Point of View: Author

Irecka ran around to witness Myron's gaze.

"Myron! You came back!" and she hugged him.

"Yeah, and I learned to use this horn at will. But it would be a sacrifice." Myron replied.

"What sacrifice?"

"I may not stay long with you if I turn myself into a titan."

"Even if you are a titan or a human being, I like you, and I am willing to love you..."

"Same here, I like you too. But please don't be sad at this moment if ever I'm not here in your presence, I'm always here, I promise. Just tell me where you are, and I will go there. Just call me, and I'll be there. Is it okay?"

"Yes, Myron..."

"Hey friend! Long time no see here." Em just moved on from his desperate side with Bea's death.

"Yeah, same here. Where are your friends, too?"

"WELCOME BACK MYRON!" S.L., Bou, Khazam, Ray, and Ralph greeted.

"These f***ers never changed."

"Yeah, same here, even if I missed Beatrice who just died during Azalev's battle."

"Oh yeah, and Ralph?"

"S.L. told me that he was cursed into a lich and... came back to normal just like you."

"And I believe I'm still a wannabe cosplayer, after all." Raine interrupted.

"Hi, Raine." the students greeted.

"So, after this battle, months and months later will be our graduation event." Khazam informed them.

"Oh yes! This walk in the park thing. We all just need to study though. There might be a surprise quiz!" Em replied.

Later, the Class A and Class B students had an immediate reunion.

"David is yet to be found though." Ralph said.

"He is DarkFlame." Raine replied.

"DarkFlame?" Jason and Paul were shocked of Raine's news.

"So our former scout leader just went insane after all." Paul added.

"Yeah, he's arrogant as always." Jason said.

Two days later, Hevadon and Linew resurrected Vexeazel and made a request.

"I'll have my revenge against Azalev..." Vexeazel said.

"We're not talking about Azalev. Why I revived you is because I'm also a fallen angel. And I revived you because I want you to join us in our clash against a student who became a demon. It's time for you to redeem yourself." Hevadon requested.

"I want the Demigod of Light to die! It's none of your business what you are talking!"

"What do you want, fallen one? Rule in your own kingdom or serve in ours?" Linew asked.

"Okay... I wanna rule my own kingdom..."

"And you will make effort to resurrect Hexev's demons and your fallen friends. Hell becomes your domain, but, you can rule that in one condition."

"What?"

"If you join forces with Azalev in our battle against a demon who wants to rule your realm, you will rule Hell and we will not intervene you. Not even him. How can Azalev travel to your infernal realm?"

"Okay. Who is that demon who wants to rule Hell? Is it Asmu?"

"Asmu is long dead. Hexev is long dead, too. That demon who wants to overthrow you is a student."

"That student who once allied with Azalev?"

"Yes. And do not even pick a fight with Azalev or else, the remaining forces of Hell will be unstoppable without a ruler, even your fallen angels." Hevadon added.

"Fine. But I want that even Azalev's soldiers won't get ours."

"We had a plan on that. Don't worry. So, if it's a deal, we will assign you two locations - Svartalfheim and your realm."

"Fine. So now I knew what to do, I'll get out of here."

Vexeazel disappeared and Hevadon traveled to IASPA to find Azalev. Linew was left alone.

In IASPA...

"Azalev, I assign you two locations to guard and attack - Alfheim and the Celestial Heaven. Pretty sure that DarkFlame will conquer those realms so be warned." Hevadon requested.

"What happened?"

"Please take me to the Celestial Heaven. There might be some troubles."

"Sure, no problem. By the way, will Zerex also go there?"

"Yeah, just tell him about that."

Azalev took both Hevadon and Zerex to the Celestial Heaven. Will there be trouble? Will there be something that ignited the final battle involving the numerous legions of Yggdrasil? Will the scepter and the scythe be retrieved by the right hands? The next chapter will possibly end the story.