It took us a full week to arrive at the third Crag, but I could feel the strength leaving my body as we approached. It was as if we had already entered the Crag's dark realm, but we were merely standing at the edge of the Crag.
"Something is inside..." Seldzar said. "I can feel it, the emptiness is growing strong enough to break through the barriers of the crystals."
"We should finish this quickly, Kazu is getting weak faster than we are." Konami said, noticing I was beginning to lose strength to even stand.
Several shards of the shattered teleport crystal resonated with my body, and we were soon teleported into the realm of Promyvion Mea. I could feel every bit of strength leaving my body almost as soon as we entered, and the sudden drain made my legs give out under the pressure.
"Kazu!" Konami said, just before a figure in dark armor appeared.
"You should be less worried about him, and more about the darkness of your own hearts." He said, just before vanishing off.
"Darkness... of our hearts?" Seldzar asked.
Konami didn't seem to know, and I felt too weak to even respond. Out from the dark mist, a young woman ran past and ran into Konami.
"Wait a second!" She said, catching the girl. "You can't just steal from people like that!"
"Oh yeah?" The girl said. "Why not?" When she revealed her face, we all noticed that the girl was actually Konami.
"Stealing is what keeps me able to live in this world, so why should I even think of stopping?" The Dark Konami told us.
"This... is what I was afraid of," Konami said. "that my mother would die before I could find a way to pay for a cure, and that I would continue stealing my entire life. Kazu... if I never met you, this would have been me."
"Wha?" The Dark Konami asked. "Kazu? Who is that?"
Konami held her dark self like an older sister would a young sibling, and then whispered something to her.
"M-mother..." The Dark Konami said while crying. "I'm... happy that you're still alive." She smiled, and vanished into the dark realm. Just as she did, I felt a part of my strength return, giving me the energy to stand a little.
"I don't think it's over yet." I said, pointing to a new shadow.
"True justice..." the shadow said. "can only be obtained with cleansing this world of all darkness! All those with impure hearts must be slain to protect the innocent, that is the one truth of this world!"
"Seldzar, that's you!" Konami said.
"What?" He said. "I would never consider that true justice, ever!"
"Wrong, Seldzar," I began. "you started gaining strength to avenge those who had been taken away from this world by Batosai... all the innocent lives that were taken before their time. However, it was your own ambition that soon took over, and will consume your heart in darkness. If this is truly what you desire, and that you believe killing me will avenge all those that I had slain as Batosai, then do what you must. But also remember, that killing me will not bring them back."
"By wanting to rid this world of evil..." Seldzar said. "I would become evil myself. No matter how badly I desire to have the souls of all the lost ones put to rest with their vengence achieved, I will not allow myself to be dragged down into the darkness."
The Dark Seldzar vanished just before slicing me with his blade, and the dark mist passed, allowing us to see a large door.
"This must lead to the fragment room of Promyvion Mea..." Konami said, staring at the door that would bring the answers I sought.
I opened the door, and inside saw the Dark Knight whom I once was, the legendary slayer of the Royal Knights, Batosai.
"It's about time you showed up, Kazu," He said, his cold words filling my heart with dread and sending a cold chill up my spine. "have you finally given up on your childish ideals to repent for your sins and come to finally accept the darkness that you truly are?"
"I will never give up on trying to repent for all the deeds I committed while I was the Dark Knight, Batosai," I began. "but I do accept that you are the darkness that resides within my heart. I will bear your mark as long as it takes for my amendment, and then I shall banish you into the darkness from wence you came."
"No one will ever forgive you for taking such purity from this world, Batosai!" The Dark Knight yelled, just before fading into a shadow that entered my body. I then knew the reason behind such weight on my mind, and could finally focus on helping those in need of it, and protecting the weak from abuse of the strong.
"Kazu..." Konami said, stopping herself from saying whatever she wanted to say.
"We've still got a long journey ahead of us, if you two still want to travel with me, that is." I said.
Konami nodded, and Seldzar did as well, saying, "I might as well, for all the trouble I helped cause."
"Alrighty then," I said. "let's go pick up Kalnor, Hogosha, Kirith, and Nighthawk and start travelling once again as Midori."