Kratos's defiance
Once he reached the outskirts of the ranch Kratos knew it would be hard to get in undetected. He managed to fly over and find an entrance through the roof. He crept to Anna's cell and when he reached the cells he knocked out the Desian guard. He took the key and entered the cell. Anna was asleep. Kratos woke her up. Much to his dismay Anna was still very scared of him.
-"Please do not be afraid of me"- said Kratos
-"You're that man that came this morning"- said Anna. Her voice had a tone of scare
-"Yes. It is great to know you remembered me"-
-"How could I forget the man who helped me?"-
-"Helped you? What do you mean?"-
-"You made that evil man give me more food. Thank you"-
-"You are welcome"-
-"Why have you come"-
-"I wished to speak to you"-
-"To me?"-
-"Yes. You are incredibly beautiful, you made me feel what no other women has felt before… love"- said Kratos. Anna blushed for she also found Kratos to be quiet handsome. Kratos was now seeing how she had stopped fearing him. He was happy. Yet his happiness was not to last for the alarm was activated. Kratos was now in grave danger. He had to leave or else would have ended up being captured and killed by Yggdrasill for defying him.
-"I must leave"- said Kratos
-"Will you return?"- asked Anna
-"Yes, expect me tomorrow at night"-
-"Very well. I shall trust you but please tell me your name"-
-"My name is Kratos Aurion"- said Kratos. He then left for Welgaia. Soon the prisons were full of Desians. The soldier Kratos had knocked out couldn't remember who attacked him. They found out that he had lost the prison key. The Desians searched every prison and the whole base but they couldn't find the key. Word reached Yggdrasill of this intrusion. He was furious. He sentenced Kvar to remain in Sylvarant until his life ended. Kvar was also furious to know that someone had infiltrated his ranch. Kratos knew that this would mean a tighter security in the ranch. He knew he needed help. He then remembered the words Yuan said. He decided to ask for Yuan's help even if he didn't wish for it. However Yuan never showed up that day. He left to ask Yggdrasill where he was.
-"Yuan? I have not heard of him since yesterday"- Yggdrasill said
-"Thank You Lord Yggdrasill"- said Kratos
-"Why do you wish to know where he is?"-
-"He promised me something"-
-"You will have to wait I'm planning on sending you to protect the new chosen of Sylvarant"-
-"I am sorry Lord Yggdrasill but right now I can't"- said Kratos. He then left for his room. He knew that Yuan had to be in Sylvarant. He then thought that Yuan had deserted him. Kratos, now angry at Yuan, decided to attack the ranch alone. So that night he left for the ranch. He knew that unless Yggdrasill had sent him out he could not leave Welgaia. He reached the ranch. As he thought the ranch had even more tighter security than last time. He knew it would be hard to enter the ranch. He again flew over the ranch but this time the window through which he entered last time was now sealed. In a desperate attempt he unleashed a mighty attack on the window. He knew that this time he had to set Anna free. The alarm was now very loud. Every guard entered the cell. Kratos used "Judgment". Immediately the rays of light killed every Desian in the room. He jumped and quickly got the prison key. Anna was scared but at the sight of Kratos she got really happy. Kratos opened the prison cell.
-"We must leave"- said Kratos
-"Leave? You mean escape the ranch"-
-"Yes hurry!"- said Kratos. He didn't wish for Anna to be scared of him so he didn't transform into an angel. Instead he escorted her out of the ranch. He thought he had killed every guard on the ranch he was wrong. This mistake could have cost him his life as he was discovered by the Desians.
-"Look it's Lord Kratos"- said one of the Desians soldiers
-"Lord Kratos!"- said another guard. They all started whispering to each other. Then Kvar showed up.
-"I see so we have a traitor among us"- said Kvar
-"Lord Kvar do you think Lord Kratos really attacked the soldiers?"- said a soldier
-"Yes he truly is. Capture them both alive. I wish to see how Lord Yggdrasill will handle this traitor"- said Kvar. The soldiers now attacked Kratos. Problem was that Kratos was no pushover. He killed every Desian soldier in a matter of seconds. As Kvar witnessed this he decided he would attack Kratos himself. As Kratos was fending off the Desians Kvar used a "Lightning" attack. Kratos was hit by the attack and was numbed. The Desians then attacked Kratos with every thing they had. They did not count however on Yuan attacking them also from behind. But Yuan was shrouded behind some trees. Kratos saw this as an opportunity to escape with Anna. He sliced through any Desian in his way and managed to reach the exit of the ranch.
-"You okay Kratos?"- asked Yuan
-"Yes"- replied Kratos
-"Good. I have a ride for you outside"- said Yuan. They reached the outskirts of the ranch and Yuan presented them Noishe a half bird, half dog beast.
-"Are you sure we can escape with this?"- asked Kratos
-"Yes, now hurry"- Yuan said. Kratos mounted Anna onto Noishe's back and then he mounted Noishe. He left as fast as he could. He decided to run away as far as possible of the ranch. They had reached Hima where they then left for Izoold. Mean while Kvar was still planning on how to recover the exsphere. He knew that telling Yggdrasill that he lost the exsphere would mean that he would be attacked again by Yggdrasill. He decided to hunt down both Kratos and Anna. If he would catch Kratos he would have reached the leadership of the five grand cardinals. And with the exsphere he would have reached a seraphim level. He decided to set a full frontal assault on every city close by and that the one who would bring back both Kratos and the exsphere would be promoted to second in command of his ranch.