"Gee, that sure does happen often." Hogosha said sarcastically.
"Does anyone else find it unusual?" Kalnor asked.
"Yeah," Nighthawk responded. "but kind of cool at the same time."
"That light is in no way cool, Nighthawk," Scunex said, walking towards us on a cane. "that light is now connecting the four crags in the world, and the center point appears to be somewhere on Qufim Island."
"The four crags?" I asked.
"The Zilart used the crags to tap into the powers of the five crystals of Vana'diel," Scunex replied. "whoever is doing this must be stopped, or all life on Vana'diel will be lost forever."
That was reason enough for all of us to hurry to Qufim Island, and luckily Scunex brought warp scrolls for us, making our trip much faster. At Qufim Island, the four beams of light connected to none other than...
"Delkfutt's Tower!" Konami exclaimed as it came into view. Surely enough, Delkfutt's Tower was at the center of this entire thing, and whoever was using it had to be stopped.
After fighting our way up the tower through giants and gigas, we saw Kam'lanaut at what appeared to be the controls for the flow of energy.
"I've been expecting you all," he said with a smirk on his face. "that's why I put this barrier up, so that my plans won't be foiled by some group of meddling misfits!"
"Sidewinder!" Kirith yelled, firing a charged arrow that broke the shield Kam'lanaut had set in place.
"How did you? What is this!" He yelled as we disarmed him and held him away from the controls. "Brother, help me!"
"Why should I help the losing side?" Eald'narche, Kam'lanaut's brother, said. "I'm ashamed to have had you for a younger brother."
"What?" I asked.
"The power of the crystal warped me into this child body long ago... but also granted me great power," Eald'narche spoke. "and with it, I will open the gates to Paradise and become a god!"
He thrust his hands into the controls and began to glow, sending his energy into them, making the gate begin to open. The energy output ended up burning his eyepatch, allowing us to see that his eye was just a crystal burned into a blackened, warped eye-socket.
"Either I enter Paradise or Vana'diel is destroyed, either works just fine by me!" He yelled, seeming to be almost done with the process.
"No!" I shouted as I ran up with my lance ready. "I won't allow either to happen!" I rammed my lance into the crystal where his eye would have been, knocking him back in pain. The energy stored within the tower had nowhere to go anymore, and it overflowed.
"Kazu, get out of there!" Konami yelled.
"Promise me," I said, knowing there was no way out of the blast. "that you all will protect the innocent of Vana'diel."
They nodded, and with that, the energy Eald'narche and Kam'lanaut stored within Delkfutt's Tower was released through me in one blast. I could feel the heat tearing apart my armor, ripping my flesh to shreds.
'Please,' I thought. 'give the heroes of this world a safe trip home, so that they may live to protect the world another day.'
"KAZU!" Konami yelled again, this time crying. Yet, it was over. Eald'narche and Kam'lanaut had vanished without a trace, and all that was left of Kazu was Mikan, his wyvern, and the memories his friends had of him. Peace was finally being restored to the great world, of Vana'diel.