Chapter 6
Diablo's Demise
"Not even death can save you from me!" Diablo's voice pierced the air and sent chills down Kayasha and Glacian's backs.
Panicking, Kayasha opened a portal to the Pandemonium Fortress. While she ran to it Diablo waved his right hand and a bone grid went up around the portal, preventing anyone from traveling through it.
"Hahahahahah, you won't escape that easily, prepare to become one of my own!" With those words he shot a wave of red lightning straight at Kayasha. It hit her straight in the chest and sent her flying into the far wall. She slumped down it and lie there, dead.
"NOOOOO! Glacian yelled charging Diablo, his scepter and sword drawn. With a simple extension of his arm, Diablo stopped Glacian's attack and knocked him on his back. Diablo lowered his right hand and pointed it at Glacian. Glacian rolled over, and just in time too, Diablo shot a fireball where Glacian had been lying, the ground exploded, revealing a liquid magma pool.
Getting up Glacian activated his Holy Light aura and used it against Diablo as he had done against Izual, but Kayasha's death tainted the effectiveness of his aura and it was useless against Diablo. Diablo swung his tail and the tip connected hard with Glacian's armor. Glacian jumped back and regained his balance. As Diablo swung a second time Glacian held out his sword and cut a chunk of Diablo's tail off, which shriveled immediately.
"Argghh! Stupid mortal, you do not realize the power you are dealing with!" Diablo shot a red chain of lightning at Glacian, who let it bounce off of his armor.
"And you don't realize the fact that my armor is lightning resistant!"
Diablo became angered by this sassy remark, so he swung and hit Glacian in the arm. Grabbing his arm, Glacian dropped his sword. Diablo stepped on it and crushed it into powder.
"Ready to join my forces of evil?" asked Diablo, satisfied with his work. Expecting to finish Glacian off, he swung his tail. Glacian somersaulted backwards and grabbed his scepter from its sheath. He swung it with grace and it connected with Diablo's side. With an 'umph' Diablo stumbled back, then stood up straight. In a blaze of pure rage Glacian charged and caught Diablo off guard by jumping and hitting him in the jaw solidly with his scepter.
"You underestimate the speed and grace of the power YOU are dealing with." With this he tried his aura one more time, but it had no effect. Diablo was just regaining his balance when Glacian hit his tail hard with his scepter and broke a spike off. Diablo swept his arm back, hoping to catch Glacian off guard, but Glacian was too fast. Glacian ducked the attack and smashed Diablo's arm as it went by. While Diablo seemed to be getting ready to shoot something at Glacian, Glacian backed away to dodge the blast. He also had an idea. He ran to Kayasha's body and picked up her bow. Although he had no training in bow and arrow technique, he'd already seen this one used before.
Diablo's bolt came and it glanced off Glacian's armor, burning a small hole in it.
"Hah!" yelled Diablo, "A rogue's weapon? I thought you were more civilized!"
"I am." Said Glacian. He raised the bow and aimed at Diablo's head. At the last second he charged Diablo and moved his aim to the right. 'This is for you Kayasha' he thought to himself. He fired the arrow, which whizzed by Diablo's ear.
"Hah! Is that the bes-" Diablo began to say, looking at where the arrow had landed, nearly twenty feet away. But before he could finish, Glacian had drawn his scepter and charged Diablo. With one swift movement, he jumped on Diablo's arm and swung his scepter. It solidly smashed Diablo's face and knocked his soulstone loose.
The soulstone fell out of Diablo's body onto the ground, and as it did, Diablo's body dried up, turned to dust and scattered. The stone glowed a bright red and Diablo was successfully contained.
With a sigh of relief, Glacian bent down and picked up the stone. He walked over to Kayasha's portal and beat the bone wall until it fell apart. Then he walked over and retrieved Kayasha's body and returned to the Fortress.
As soon as he stepped through, Jamella and Tyreal both came rushing over. Sobbing, Glacian handed Tyreal Kayasha's body and begged him to revive her.
"I can't, I don't have the power. The only one with that great a power is my liege."
"But you must, YOU MUST!"
"I can't."
Glacian fell to his knees, his face buried in his arms. Out of his hand fell the stone.
"Is that?" asked Tyreal.
"Yes, yes it's his soulstone."
"There may yet be a way."
"How, anything!"
"Well, I was the one who defeated Baal, I was given a choice, to be made an Archangel, or to reincarnate a good person. Everyone I knew was alive, so I chose to be an Archangel. If you destroy this stone, you may have the choice."
"I will destroy the stone, give me the hammer and I will destroy it immediately."
Tyreal handed Glacian the Hammer of Rage and Glacian retuned through the portal. He searched the Chaos Sanctuary until he found the Forge of Rage and, with a single stroke of the hammer, he smashed Diablo's soulstone.
Instantaneously the sanctuary and everything surrounding it lit up, a great weight was lifted from Glacian's shoulders and he could feel the evil around him diminish. 'This is it' he thought to himself 'This is where we all live happily ever after'.
He returned to the portal and the Pandemonium Fortress. There he was greeted by Tyreal who said calmly.
"I have been given the power to knight you into an Archangel or to bring back a good person, you may choose."
"Bring her back. I want you to bring her back!"
"Alright." Tyreal whispered a few words under his breath and reached up with both his arms. A great white light filtered into him and he pointed his left hand at Kayasha while he kept his right in the air. Suddenly the light stopped and Kayasha sat up.
"What's going on?" she asked, dazed.
"Kayasha?" Glacian stared at her in amazement.
"Yes, it's me, why are you all staring at me? What happened to Diablo? What happened to me?"
"You were killed." Tyreal said bluntly. "Glacian defeated Diablo and crushed his soulstone. He was then given the choice to be an Archangel or to bring back any good person. He chose you."
Kayasha and Glacian looked at each other for a second, and smiled.
Diablo's Demise
"Not even death can save you from me!" Diablo's voice pierced the air and sent chills down Kayasha and Glacian's backs.
Panicking, Kayasha opened a portal to the Pandemonium Fortress. While she ran to it Diablo waved his right hand and a bone grid went up around the portal, preventing anyone from traveling through it.
"Hahahahahah, you won't escape that easily, prepare to become one of my own!" With those words he shot a wave of red lightning straight at Kayasha. It hit her straight in the chest and sent her flying into the far wall. She slumped down it and lie there, dead.
"NOOOOO! Glacian yelled charging Diablo, his scepter and sword drawn. With a simple extension of his arm, Diablo stopped Glacian's attack and knocked him on his back. Diablo lowered his right hand and pointed it at Glacian. Glacian rolled over, and just in time too, Diablo shot a fireball where Glacian had been lying, the ground exploded, revealing a liquid magma pool.
Getting up Glacian activated his Holy Light aura and used it against Diablo as he had done against Izual, but Kayasha's death tainted the effectiveness of his aura and it was useless against Diablo. Diablo swung his tail and the tip connected hard with Glacian's armor. Glacian jumped back and regained his balance. As Diablo swung a second time Glacian held out his sword and cut a chunk of Diablo's tail off, which shriveled immediately.
"Argghh! Stupid mortal, you do not realize the power you are dealing with!" Diablo shot a red chain of lightning at Glacian, who let it bounce off of his armor.
"And you don't realize the fact that my armor is lightning resistant!"
Diablo became angered by this sassy remark, so he swung and hit Glacian in the arm. Grabbing his arm, Glacian dropped his sword. Diablo stepped on it and crushed it into powder.
"Ready to join my forces of evil?" asked Diablo, satisfied with his work. Expecting to finish Glacian off, he swung his tail. Glacian somersaulted backwards and grabbed his scepter from its sheath. He swung it with grace and it connected with Diablo's side. With an 'umph' Diablo stumbled back, then stood up straight. In a blaze of pure rage Glacian charged and caught Diablo off guard by jumping and hitting him in the jaw solidly with his scepter.
"You underestimate the speed and grace of the power YOU are dealing with." With this he tried his aura one more time, but it had no effect. Diablo was just regaining his balance when Glacian hit his tail hard with his scepter and broke a spike off. Diablo swept his arm back, hoping to catch Glacian off guard, but Glacian was too fast. Glacian ducked the attack and smashed Diablo's arm as it went by. While Diablo seemed to be getting ready to shoot something at Glacian, Glacian backed away to dodge the blast. He also had an idea. He ran to Kayasha's body and picked up her bow. Although he had no training in bow and arrow technique, he'd already seen this one used before.
Diablo's bolt came and it glanced off Glacian's armor, burning a small hole in it.
"Hah!" yelled Diablo, "A rogue's weapon? I thought you were more civilized!"
"I am." Said Glacian. He raised the bow and aimed at Diablo's head. At the last second he charged Diablo and moved his aim to the right. 'This is for you Kayasha' he thought to himself. He fired the arrow, which whizzed by Diablo's ear.
"Hah! Is that the bes-" Diablo began to say, looking at where the arrow had landed, nearly twenty feet away. But before he could finish, Glacian had drawn his scepter and charged Diablo. With one swift movement, he jumped on Diablo's arm and swung his scepter. It solidly smashed Diablo's face and knocked his soulstone loose.
The soulstone fell out of Diablo's body onto the ground, and as it did, Diablo's body dried up, turned to dust and scattered. The stone glowed a bright red and Diablo was successfully contained.
With a sigh of relief, Glacian bent down and picked up the stone. He walked over to Kayasha's portal and beat the bone wall until it fell apart. Then he walked over and retrieved Kayasha's body and returned to the Fortress.
As soon as he stepped through, Jamella and Tyreal both came rushing over. Sobbing, Glacian handed Tyreal Kayasha's body and begged him to revive her.
"I can't, I don't have the power. The only one with that great a power is my liege."
"But you must, YOU MUST!"
"I can't."
Glacian fell to his knees, his face buried in his arms. Out of his hand fell the stone.
"Is that?" asked Tyreal.
"Yes, yes it's his soulstone."
"There may yet be a way."
"How, anything!"
"Well, I was the one who defeated Baal, I was given a choice, to be made an Archangel, or to reincarnate a good person. Everyone I knew was alive, so I chose to be an Archangel. If you destroy this stone, you may have the choice."
"I will destroy the stone, give me the hammer and I will destroy it immediately."
Tyreal handed Glacian the Hammer of Rage and Glacian retuned through the portal. He searched the Chaos Sanctuary until he found the Forge of Rage and, with a single stroke of the hammer, he smashed Diablo's soulstone.
Instantaneously the sanctuary and everything surrounding it lit up, a great weight was lifted from Glacian's shoulders and he could feel the evil around him diminish. 'This is it' he thought to himself 'This is where we all live happily ever after'.
He returned to the portal and the Pandemonium Fortress. There he was greeted by Tyreal who said calmly.
"I have been given the power to knight you into an Archangel or to bring back a good person, you may choose."
"Bring her back. I want you to bring her back!"
"Alright." Tyreal whispered a few words under his breath and reached up with both his arms. A great white light filtered into him and he pointed his left hand at Kayasha while he kept his right in the air. Suddenly the light stopped and Kayasha sat up.
"What's going on?" she asked, dazed.
"Kayasha?" Glacian stared at her in amazement.
"Yes, it's me, why are you all staring at me? What happened to Diablo? What happened to me?"
"You were killed." Tyreal said bluntly. "Glacian defeated Diablo and crushed his soulstone. He was then given the choice to be an Archangel or to bring back any good person. He chose you."
Kayasha and Glacian looked at each other for a second, and smiled.