"This place, where am I?" Aigis asked. "The last thing I can remember is confronting Zorc, but then he did something to me."
"I'm impressed, most people would have gone insane mere moments after entering this domain." said a mysterious voice. "You've gotten my attention mortal. Interesting, that form should be more than sufficient to destroy your will and grant my master your strength."
"Who's there?" Aigis asked cautiously just as a man in a brown suit appeared in front of her with demonic red eyes. "Ikutsuki, how many times will you return from the dead?"
"So you have quite a bit of history with this individual, of course that just makes this even easier." Ikutsuki said in a demonic voice before beginning to chant.
As the demonic Ikutsuki continued to chant, a red glow appeared around Aigis and slowly flowed out into the air around her.
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"No way, what are you doing to Aigis?" Labrys asked angrily.
"Her power is quite impressive, which is why I intend to claim it for my own." Zorc said calmly. "It's only a matter of time."
"That's not going to happen, even without our persona we can still wipe you out." Kanji said. "You hear that you freak, we've beaten guys twice as powerful as you."
"He's right, but why don't I just show you what we mean." Sho said with a smirk while glancing at Labrys. "Mind giving me a boost?"
"Insolent mortal, you stand before lord Zorc himself." said a dark green lion. "His will is absolute, and you will all die here."
"Supposing you are correct, what exactly is it that you plan to do once you've defeated us?" Naoto asked calmly.
"That should be simple, your world will be plunged into darkness and lord Zorc will rule over all creatures." the lion said smugly.
"I see, well in that case we simply won't allow that to happen." Naoto said.
"Oh, and how do you intend on preventing it?" the lion asked sarcastically. "Your only source of power is gone."
"That's what you think." Labrys said tossing Sho into the air. "We're not beat yet."
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"This is getting out of hand, our world is continuing to be drawn into this one." Mitsuru said nervously.
"In that case we just need to beat Zorc and make him fix everything." Yosuke said. "Do you have any of those things left partner?"
"You mean Soma's, no I'm completely out." Yu said slicing through a shadow approaching him.
"This isn't working, no matter how many of these things we take down more just keep coming." Akihiko said in annoyance.
"Arrow Rain." Rise said suddenly. "Sempai let me help too."
"Right, thanks Rise." Yu said.
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"What are you doing?" Aigis asked as the red glow continued to flow into the air around her and the demonic Ikutsuki.
"My servant is syphoning away that power of yours and granting it to me for use at my will." Zorc said coldly. "It's only a matter of time, and then you will perish alongside the rest of these mortals." (1)
"Syphoning my power, you can't do that. I will not allow it." Aigis said. "Activating Extreme Orgia Mode."
"Interesting, there's clearly more to you than I initially thought." Zorc said.
Suddenly the red glow turned blue and began flowing back into Aigis.
"What, how are you doing this?" the demonic Ikutsuki asked fearfully.
"I'm not, however I have a feeling I know who is." Aigis said calmly. Elizabeth-san, thank you for your assistance, she thought.
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"Master Zorc, what's going on?" asked a skeletal warrior. "The one in blue just destroyed over a hundred of us in one attack."
"I can see that, mortal who are you?" Zorc asked coldly.
"Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Elizabeth." the girl in blue said with a smile. "Of course I can't allow you to destroy the world, there's something far more important for me to do. Therefore I'll have to use all of my power to defeat you."
"In this realm my power is limitless, no matter how strong you may be you have no hope of defeating me here." Zorc said. "The only fate in store for you is death."
"Interesting, I was going to tell you the same thing." Elizabeth said politely. "Come Thanatos, Megidolaon."
As Elizabeth said that, her persona appeared and formed a massive orb of purple light that slammed into Zorc.
"Whoa, just how strong is she?" Kanji asked.
"I don't know, but I'm glad she's on our side." Yukari said.
Suddenly the red orb began to flash before turning blue.
"What, how is this possible? No mortal should be capable of overpowering lord Zorc." the skeletal warrior said nervously. "Just what kind of creature are you?"
"That question is not easily answered, however I can inform you that she is an ally of mine." Aigis said calmly. "Yamato-Sumeragi, Bufudyne."
"Insolent fools, you have no hope of defeating me." Zorc said coldly as a pillar of flame enveloped Elizabeth and Aigis.
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"What's going on over there?" Akihiko asked as the pillar of fire appeared. "Don't tell me they're in danger."
"It's definitely a possibility, however it could also be one of the allies Narukami mentioned. Right now all we can do is hope that whatever's happening ends up working in our favor." Mitsuru said thoughtfully.
"Well there's no point sitting around here, we need to get to the others and do something." Chie said. "There has to be something we can do."
"Agreed, but what can we do from here?" Akihiko asked. "These guys are barely giving us room to breathe."
Suddenly the pillar of fire vanished only to be replaced by a massive purple light.
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"This battle is far from over, it seems that you are even stronger than I realized." Zorc said coldly.
"The strength of the wildcard is immeasurable, compared to one who wields it you and I possess very little power." Elizabeth said calmly.
"You dare question my power, very well. Let's put this wildcard of yours to the test." Zorc said as a red glow appeared around him.
(Elizabeth has arrived and joined the battle against Zorc. Next chapter the battle will conclude. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)
(1) (Zorc created the realm where Aigis' strength was being syphoned away, and so was able to telepathically communicate with her while fighting the others.)