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Chapter 17: The Revival Weapon
Raziel and Kain opened the gates leading to the Pillars, the sight was wonderful, but Raziel could not take too much time to marvel at the magnificence. He and Kain took to the two stairways, Raziel in the center, and Kain to the left. They walked up to the center of the Pillars.
"Finally, the end is near," Raziel said.
"Not completely, Raziel, we cannot revive the whole Pillars, we must go back into the future to restore Nosgoth's future," Kain said. He drew the Soul Reaver. He held it in both hands and gave it to Raziel, who took it in his right hand.
Raziel felt the presence of his twin soul in both blades, and their madness of waiting for so long for this moment to come. The world around him began moving, as Raziel began experiencing the vertigo like feeling again. Everything around him warped and bent around him, all but the Pillars.
Raziel nodded a farewell to Kain, and beat his wings. He flew fast, and tirelessly, but even after he burst through the tops of the clouds, the Pillars still stretched further than his eyes could see.
He flew higher, for hours, but, as he gained more and more altitude, a pale light grew larger and brighter, he expected these to be the tops.
After about two hours of nonstop flight, Raziel finally came to the tops of the Pillars. He saw what was making the light. At the top of each Pillar was nothing solid, but pure white light.
The Reavers hummed a little, and pulled on Raziel's arm, to go forward. Raziel realized that these were no mere lights, they were forges. Just as he realized this, the Reavers hummed more. Raziel glided to the very left Pillar.
He stuck the Reavers in the Pillar, it hummed, and then, . . . nothing. Raziel pulled it out. There was no change. He flew to the next one, and inserted the Reavers into the Pillar, and nothing again. Panic began to swell up in his mind. He hurried over to the next one, and the next, repeating the process, but with the same results.
He bathed it in the Pillar to the very right. But this time, as he pulled it out, he felt the Reavers humming, and then, shaking, they pointed to the Balance Pillar, the only one he hadn't forged yet. Raziel smiled behind his cowl, and let out a sigh of relief. He flew over to the Pillar, and after a moment of hesitation, stuck the Reavers into the light.
They began shaking more, Raziel could feel something happening. Electricity surged around the Pillars, and then onto Raziel, as if testing him. The earth shook, and Raziel had to grab a hold of the Pillar so he wouldn't be thrown away.
Slowly, but surely, the commotion began dying down, the lights above the Pillars grew brighter, and then shot into the air, and arched, they joined into one light, and came down on the Balance Pillar. Raziel could feel the Wraith blade uncoiling, around the Reaver. They joined, and Raziel could feel the Soul Reaver transforming, white coils rapped around his arm.
The Balance Reaver ejected the Reaver, and Raziel looked at the astounding result of the commotion. The Reaver was no longer the terrifying weapon he knew.
Its blade was straight, and their was no skull on the hilt. There was a jewel, it held the symbol of the Balance Pillar in it, on the outer hilt, there were four smaller jewels and the same on the inner hilt, it did not bind to his hand, but the coils of the Wraith Blade still wrapped around his arm, and the Reaver. It spoke to him, just once it told him its name. This revival weapon was the Divine Reaver.
Raziel stared at this weapon, dumbfounded. When he snapped back to his senses, he let himself drop, it was much quicker than flying, after an hour of falling, he opened his wings, and returned to the ground. As he neared the earth, Kain spotted him and noticed he did not return with the objects he left with.
As Raziel neared even further, Kain made out what he was carrying. He stared, wide eyed and jaw dropped, as Raziel landed with the click of his claw like feet. But the open mouth soon became an excited smile.
"I have never seen this before, and now, even though I see nothing of the future, I can see that the salvation of Nosgoth will be soon," Kain said, satisfied.
"Indeed, now, let's return to our time," Raziel turned, and stopped, staring at the ground, at his own shadow. His own shadow was the same, deformed, but the shadow of the Divine Reaver was not even a shadow. On the ground of the base of the Pillars was an outline of the sword in light.
* * *
In less than an hour, Raziel and Kain arrived at the Pillars, just as before, only thousands of years later. What they found was not to their liking, however.
The Pillars were engulfed in shadow. And a power like none ever felt was surging from the darkness. Seconds later, the source stepped from the shadow.
"Welcome, Raziel, and Kain," He said Kian's name with a sneer. "You have meddled with my plans for too long, since my own minions cannot defeat you, I will kill you both, Spirit!!!"
"Who are you?" Raziel asked as Spirit came up from the ground and transformed into the form he had fought earlier.
"My name is Carnathor, the ruler of the Demons," Carnathor said. "I am the one who killed that meddlesome creator of the Pillars, and after centuries I have returned, to gain control of this world, and kill the one destined to save it. I am the source of all your humiliation, and sorrow, Raziel, use that, and make this fight interesting."
Author's Note: Sorry about that wait, but I didn't want to update until I got some reviews, I got one, after all this time. Please don't stop Reviewing, Please!!!! I'm not updating again until I get some reviews.
Chapter 17: The Revival Weapon
Raziel and Kain opened the gates leading to the Pillars, the sight was wonderful, but Raziel could not take too much time to marvel at the magnificence. He and Kain took to the two stairways, Raziel in the center, and Kain to the left. They walked up to the center of the Pillars.
"Finally, the end is near," Raziel said.
"Not completely, Raziel, we cannot revive the whole Pillars, we must go back into the future to restore Nosgoth's future," Kain said. He drew the Soul Reaver. He held it in both hands and gave it to Raziel, who took it in his right hand.
Raziel felt the presence of his twin soul in both blades, and their madness of waiting for so long for this moment to come. The world around him began moving, as Raziel began experiencing the vertigo like feeling again. Everything around him warped and bent around him, all but the Pillars.
Raziel nodded a farewell to Kain, and beat his wings. He flew fast, and tirelessly, but even after he burst through the tops of the clouds, the Pillars still stretched further than his eyes could see.
He flew higher, for hours, but, as he gained more and more altitude, a pale light grew larger and brighter, he expected these to be the tops.
After about two hours of nonstop flight, Raziel finally came to the tops of the Pillars. He saw what was making the light. At the top of each Pillar was nothing solid, but pure white light.
The Reavers hummed a little, and pulled on Raziel's arm, to go forward. Raziel realized that these were no mere lights, they were forges. Just as he realized this, the Reavers hummed more. Raziel glided to the very left Pillar.
He stuck the Reavers in the Pillar, it hummed, and then, . . . nothing. Raziel pulled it out. There was no change. He flew to the next one, and inserted the Reavers into the Pillar, and nothing again. Panic began to swell up in his mind. He hurried over to the next one, and the next, repeating the process, but with the same results.
He bathed it in the Pillar to the very right. But this time, as he pulled it out, he felt the Reavers humming, and then, shaking, they pointed to the Balance Pillar, the only one he hadn't forged yet. Raziel smiled behind his cowl, and let out a sigh of relief. He flew over to the Pillar, and after a moment of hesitation, stuck the Reavers into the light.
They began shaking more, Raziel could feel something happening. Electricity surged around the Pillars, and then onto Raziel, as if testing him. The earth shook, and Raziel had to grab a hold of the Pillar so he wouldn't be thrown away.
Slowly, but surely, the commotion began dying down, the lights above the Pillars grew brighter, and then shot into the air, and arched, they joined into one light, and came down on the Balance Pillar. Raziel could feel the Wraith blade uncoiling, around the Reaver. They joined, and Raziel could feel the Soul Reaver transforming, white coils rapped around his arm.
The Balance Reaver ejected the Reaver, and Raziel looked at the astounding result of the commotion. The Reaver was no longer the terrifying weapon he knew.
Its blade was straight, and their was no skull on the hilt. There was a jewel, it held the symbol of the Balance Pillar in it, on the outer hilt, there were four smaller jewels and the same on the inner hilt, it did not bind to his hand, but the coils of the Wraith Blade still wrapped around his arm, and the Reaver. It spoke to him, just once it told him its name. This revival weapon was the Divine Reaver.
Raziel stared at this weapon, dumbfounded. When he snapped back to his senses, he let himself drop, it was much quicker than flying, after an hour of falling, he opened his wings, and returned to the ground. As he neared the earth, Kain spotted him and noticed he did not return with the objects he left with.
As Raziel neared even further, Kain made out what he was carrying. He stared, wide eyed and jaw dropped, as Raziel landed with the click of his claw like feet. But the open mouth soon became an excited smile.
"I have never seen this before, and now, even though I see nothing of the future, I can see that the salvation of Nosgoth will be soon," Kain said, satisfied.
"Indeed, now, let's return to our time," Raziel turned, and stopped, staring at the ground, at his own shadow. His own shadow was the same, deformed, but the shadow of the Divine Reaver was not even a shadow. On the ground of the base of the Pillars was an outline of the sword in light.
* * *
In less than an hour, Raziel and Kain arrived at the Pillars, just as before, only thousands of years later. What they found was not to their liking, however.
The Pillars were engulfed in shadow. And a power like none ever felt was surging from the darkness. Seconds later, the source stepped from the shadow.
"Welcome, Raziel, and Kain," He said Kian's name with a sneer. "You have meddled with my plans for too long, since my own minions cannot defeat you, I will kill you both, Spirit!!!"
"Who are you?" Raziel asked as Spirit came up from the ground and transformed into the form he had fought earlier.
"My name is Carnathor, the ruler of the Demons," Carnathor said. "I am the one who killed that meddlesome creator of the Pillars, and after centuries I have returned, to gain control of this world, and kill the one destined to save it. I am the source of all your humiliation, and sorrow, Raziel, use that, and make this fight interesting."
Author's Note: Sorry about that wait, but I didn't want to update until I got some reviews, I got one, after all this time. Please don't stop Reviewing, Please!!!! I'm not updating again until I get some reviews.