Chapter 22: Devine Retribution
Danny crawled out of the rubble. He couldn't see that well. He put his fingers into what once used to be his right eye. He felt only mush and screamed in fury. He was so tired so weak. He dropped on the floor once again and closed his eyes. "Danny, Danny my love, wake up" said a familiar, dreamy voice. "Lily?" whispered Danny as he tried to lift himself up. Although he couldn't see that well, it was indeed Lily, but she looked so hurt. "Lily, what happened? Come over here, let me try to tend to your wounds" Danny extended his hand to bring Lily to him, but to his horror, his hand passed right through her body. "Danny, I'm…dead now" Danny from pure shock scrambled up and tried once again to feel Lily's touch. No luck. "What happened to you?" "That won't make a difference anymore. Danny, you must go to the city of Flur. They need their hero to save them." Lily's spirit kissed Danny's scarred and dirty face. "I must go now." Lily looked up and a single ray of light started to take her up. "Wait! Please wait! Lily, don't leave me!" "I'm in good hands now and I can finally become a full fledged angel. Be happy for me Danny. I will always be…your little angel" Those were the last words spoken by Injection Angel Lily on this earth. The tears were burning his wounds but he didn't care. Obviously, the day of death came just as Rosa predicted. But he was still here, and as long as he still lived, hope would exist for this world. Danny got up, looked at the Eslydion, swung it slowly and started to jog toward Flur. "Wait up Danny!" cried two familiar voices. Danny stopped and turned around. It was Madalgo and Maho. They caught up to him and were taken aback by Danny's wounds. "Thank goodness, I thought you were dead when we saw the spirit temple being destroyed" cried Maho. "Danny my friend, please let us tend to your wounds" begged Madalgo. "No way" Danny refused, "The invasion of chaos is here. It's my time to once again to be a hero." Not by yourself you're not. We'll join you" said Madalgo. Maho brought out two seals from a pouch she had. She put one on her and Madalgo's chest. In a flash of light, the two turned into the dark magician knight and magician's valkerye. "Before we go…" said Danny to them, "I would just like to say I'm so honored to be in your acquaintance. "The two magical knights nodded and with Madalgo's own magic, they warped to Flur.
Paul finally came out of his daze. That chaos rider hit him hard. It would have not been so bad if he wasn't hurt so much already. He looked around. His barrel dragon was holding its own but was slowing down. And the chaos magician looked like it was failing against the three other chaos monsters. He had to help him. He tried to limp over there to aid his failing creatures, but before he could go much further, a woman round housed Paul from behind a building. Paul regained his balance and prepared to fight his assailant. When he caught sight of her, he couldn't believe his eyes. It was that warrior woman that was with Danny in the spirit temple. The one that he took out when he was getting the Masamune. He noticed that she had the seal of the dark ruler on her chest. Ha des must have got her said Paul to himself. No matter, she was easy before and she would be easy to take down again. Paul swung his entire body around with the Masamune, making it launch many crescent waves of energy at Rosa, but she dodged them easily. Paul, without much pause swung his sword overhead. He missed again. Rosa jumped and wrapped her legs around his head and neck and dropped him to the ground. She started to squeeze to break his neck and suffocate him. Some how Paul managed to get to his feet and pry her off of him. He slammed her to the floor, but Rosa fought back again by foot sweeping him bringing him down again. He needed help. He quickly found his dark blade card and summoned him to aid him in battle. Being a skilled swordsman himself, he was a better match for Rosa. While the dark blade was keeping Rosa at bay, Paul tried to catch his breath. He noticed four glowing beings flying toward the village he looked closely. Three more people were with them. It couldn't believe his eyes. It was Danny, along with the dark magicians and Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Zerato. Danny had the archangels with him. How did he survive? Paul asked himself with freight. Did Shinato give him his life back? Was Shinato and the Archangels finally going to step into this battle? Paul slowly got up and started to hide himself from Danny. He went into a small storehouse and sat down to rest.
Afar off, the seven soldiers finally made it to the village. On the way, Shinato transfigured again and called Archangel Zerato, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn from the sanctuary in the sky. He had a couple of things to tell Danny. One was that Lily and Demetra were gone. The next was that Paul was fighting in Flur and that the chaos monsters were released. The last was that Paul needed to be found so that the Masamune and Eslydion could unleash their true power. Legend says that when light and darkness fight for a common cause the two great swords will summon a being that can save the world from Chaos. After telling them these things, the archangels were instructed to destroy and bind the rouge fiends as well as seal the hole back up. It would be up to Danny and the magicians to find Paul and stop the chaos monsters. Shinato, Joan, Serenity, and Persus, would start restoring the lives of the slain people and bring them to safety. Shortly after arriving, Danny noticed Paul scurrying off. "Madalgo, Maho, there's Paul. Let's get him before he gets away. Archangels, back us up okay?" Danny instructed. The five archangels nodded and flew up. As soon as they were in the sky, they started to combine their powers into Zerato. With the combined power, Zerato raised his sword and beams of light started to rain on the land. Many of the fiends tried escaping into the wilderness but prior into entering Flur, the Danny and the angels put talismans and seals all around the city. Nothing of an evil heart could leave here. There only choice was to go back down, or receive early judgment. The invasion of chaos was now a battle between the realms of the sky and darkness.
. Paul went into a small storehouse and sat down to rest. He heard a noise under a crate. He quietly got up and kicked it over, almost spearing the little girl under it. "Please, please, don't kill me" cried the girl while cowering near the wall. Paul sighed. "If you get me some food, I won't kill you. Do we have a deal?" said Paul to the girl. The girl nodded slowly in fear and gathered some fruit that she had with her. She offered them to Paul. "Mister, you don't serve the dark ruler do you?" she asked in fear. "I serve no one" said Paul while eating the fruit. "I was here to see if I could stop this madness, but I was overpowered. Now that fool Danny is here to finish what we started. "Do you mean Master Chambers?" said the girl a little loudly. "Shut your mouth kid, I don't want…" The doors quickly flew open. Danny found Paul.