Rean after half an hour of traveling across the lake towards Lohengrin

Castle Rean, Laura, Elliot, Crow, Kurt, Juna, Altina, Ash, Musse, Toval,

and Millium reach their destination and begin making their way up the

pathway towards the front gate. " hey doesn't Millium seem a little

quiet to you " asks Juna in a whisper looking towards Millium who

seemed ready to faint " it looks she just realized were we are heading"

says Laura " realized?" asks Kurt also whispering " yeah its probably

hard to believe but Millium has a chronic fear of ghosts" answers Rean

whispering " ghosts?" asks Juna " oh yeah this place is swarming with

ghosts, possessed suits of armor, Nosferatu you name it if it can

possess and float through walls its probably here" says Toval which

ends up making Millium more and more fearful, realizing that he was

terrifying her Toval tries to ease her worries " though now that I'm

thinking about it i didn't run into any when i investigated so maybe we

won't run into any now" says Toval which makes Millium feel a little

better . A little bit later the group end up infront of the very large

front entrance of the castle " alright then now before we head in there

Rean even though your probably the only here who can locate it i think

we should be very careful when you follow that signal we don't want

you losing control and going berserk on us the very moment you feel

something wrong immediately cover yourself" says Toval " i understand"

Rean answers and with that Toval opens the door and the group head

into the castle. Once they were inside the group immediately begins to

immediately begins to take in their surroundings " well this is certainly

classy if it wasn't so aged" says Musse " yeah tell me about it the

interior looks like its about crumble in on itself" says Ash " hey guys i

don't know about this " says Millium who is hiding behind Rean " yo

what's up with her, she isn't scared is she" asks Ash " well you

see..."Laura begins to explain but is immediately cut off by Millium " I'm

not scared of thing " she objects then as if to prove her wrong the front

door immediately closes on its own behind them with a loud boom

immediately after Millium screams a little and dives behind Rean " yeah

sure you ain't" says Ash " alright then lets begin looking for the source of

our fog" Rean says who starts to take off his hood to allow the curse to

track the signature but is briefly stopped for a second by Laura " be

careful" she says " i know" he answers and takes off the hood. As soon

as he does the signature immediately hits his mind like a flying brick

causing him grab his head in pain but it felt more bearable seeing as he

didn't fall to the ground this time he then begins to follow the signature

through the castle while the group supported him. after following the

signature for about an hour the strength seemed to suddenly increase

dramatically when they end up infront of a huge doorway causing the

searing pain in Rean's head to triple dramatically turning the brick like

impact into the equivalent to of being crushed by Panzer Soldat this

sudden hit him so hard that he could barely stand " i...ts th..is way" he

struggles to say " Rean you should cover yourself theirs no telling what

could happen if you keep letting the pain get worse" says Laura " i...ts

f...ine" says Rean who instantly falls on one knee " like hell its fine you

can barely stand up " says Crow who picks him up and slings Rean's

arm over his shoulder " l...et me g..go just a little longer" says Rean "

fine" Crow says sighing " but the moment you drop again the hood is

coming back on" he warns while letting him go so he could stand on his

own " thank you" says Rean" the group then opens the doorway to reveal

a long hallway which ended with another door. While heading down the

long hallway the pain in Rean's head begins to fade and seemingly

becomes clearer he then seemingly stops at the end of the hallway

about a couple of feet away from the door which causes everyone "

Rean did you find it?" asks Elliot " its just behind this door" Rean says as

he puts the hood back over his head " i suggest we stay on guard we

have no idea what this "source" is or what its capable of" says Toval"

agreed " says Musse. The group then opens the door to reveal what

seems to be a throne room and in the far back where the throne would

be a huge jacket spikes with the same appearance as the crystal they

saw on those Archaisms seemed to be growing like weeds from its

place the crystals seemed to be producing the fog as they predicted

but it seems that they didn't find any source of the curse " are you

kidding more crystals we came all this way looking for the source of the

curse and we get jack but the same darn effect caused by the curse !? "

yells Ash annoyed as the group gets closer and stops about a few feet

away from it. Once the group had gotten close enough the group begin

trying to figure out their discovery " that's odd so the crystals are what's

causing the fog but i thought they were just an effect of the curse" says

Elliot " maybe the curse makes these crystals appear and they cause

the effect like with the pleroma grass assumes Juna " i don't think so if

that were the case then we see the effect of the higher elements but

the atmosphere here is unaffected" says Elliot. As the group were trying

to figure things out Rean seemed or what was left of Ishmelga's curse

seemed to be attracted to the crystals causing Rean to subconsciously

move closer " wait a minute what if the crystals aren't an effect caused

by the curse" says Elliot at the same Rean had gotten close enough to

the giant crystal growth his cursed hand seemed to softly tremble

causing Rean to slowly lift his hand as if the trembling was his hand

asking him to move with Rean responding he then subconsciously

places his hand on the crystal growth " what if the crystals are the

curse" says Elliot in realization then noticing Rean wasn't with in a split

second he whips his around immediately and calls out to Rean " Rean

don't touch that the crystals are the curse!!!!" Elliot's words immediately

snapped Rean out of his trance but it was to late suddenly the giant

crystal growth responds to Rean's touch immediately causing his

cursed hand to somehow magnetize to the crystal growth. Rean

immediately feels a sharp pain run through his whole body like it was

being forcefully torn apart and being sucked into the crystal through his

cursed hand causing him cry out in pain " darn it we got him away from

there" says Crow who immediately runs towards Rean only to be

stopped by some sort of barrier the crystal then seems to increase the

process of pulling something from Rean's hand into it self which

instantly causes Rean to lose control of himself as the remnants of

Ishmelga's curse forces him to transform into his berserk ogre form

and seemingly starts try and pry Rean's cursed arm away but it proves

be futile as his arm doesn't budge " what's happening to Rean" asks

Juna" i don't know but it's like the Ishmelga curse is trying to escape the

crystal" says Elliot after a bit of time the the crystal instantly stops

resonating with Rean's cursed hand and explodes causing a huge cloud

of dust to cover the throne room and throwing everyone towards the

back wall except Rean then everything goes quiet. It takes everyone

about a minute to recover from having the wind knocked out of them

from hitting the brick wall " what the hell was that?" asks Ash " no idea

but it seems like the crystal was reacting to the Ishmelga curse" says

Kurt " we should discuss that later we should make sure Rean is okay

first" says Toval " right" says Juna as the group begins to search for

Rean the dust cloud seems to settle a little allowing them to see Rean's

silhouette in the distance " their he is" says Laura the group then begins

to make their way towards him. As the group gets close enough to

Rean the dust cloud fully settles allowing them to see that some of

Ishmelga's curse seemed to have left Rean's body some what mostly

on his face seeing that some of the corrupted parts of Rean's face

seem to have vanished " Rean what did that crystal just do" asks Toval "

i don't know it felt like it was tearing something from my body and

before i knew it the crystal exploded in my face" he answers Elliot then

immediately starts trying to detect if anything has changed with an

analysis art " i wish Emma was here to help us she always was better at

detecting curses" he says " but from what i can tell something has

definitely changed " " i can confirm as well there has definitely been a

change from last time" says Altina also scanning Rean with Claimh

Solais " hey guys i think we should worry the changes to Rean after we

get out of here " says Toval " why is that ?" asks Kurt " well remember

what i said about ghosts" says Toval " yeah " says Juna "well it looks like

their coming back " he says as swarms of spirits start immediately

swarm around the interior of the castle and many Shadow Spirits,

Wandering Armors, and Wandering Swords begin appearing in the

throne room were the group was and surrounds them " so how are we

going get out this one?" asks Crow " we'll have to fight our through" says

Rean " but there's to many of them how are we supposed to fight our

through this?" asks Juna " then it's time for us to use our trump card "

says Rean " you mean? " asks Elliot "Class 7 activate your combat links

its the only way we can have an edge in this fight " says Rean who

immediately activates his combat link and connects with Toval " huh it's

been awhile since I've experienced the feeling of having a constant

sense of someone's presence" he says and activates his baton

immediately everyone else begins activating their combat links with

Kurt linking up with Juna, Ash with Musse, Altina with Millium" leaving

only Crow, Laura, and Elliot who haven't linked " I'll be on stand by incase

someone needs to tag out" says Crow " you two should hurry link up "

he says leaving Elliot and Laura who seem unsure about linking with

each other as they stare at their own Arcuses " we can this Elliot" says

Laura who gives a determined look " huh r..right" says Elliot pushing

their worries and the past behind them they immediately activate their

combat link and prepare for battle " Class 7 our objective is to escape

the castle fight with everything you got and push your way through !!! "

says Rean " right " responds everyone else as they charge forward

towards a group of shadow spirits and wandering armor fighting their

way through with arts and crafts while using their combat links to

support each other in the fight. After an hour of fighting their way

through the castle the group mange to escape the castle through the

front entrance. The sudden stop in adrenaline from the fight

immediately cause their exhaustion to catch up to them immediately

causing everyone collapse to their knees panting " you weren't kidding

when you said swarming " says Juna in between exhausted breaths " i

feel like I'm going to faint Rean could you hold me" says Musse

exhausted but obviously not serious about the fainting part " yeah if you

have enough time to say that your fine" says Ash " speaking of Rean "

says Kurt which makes everyone else look to Rean who was on one

knee panting " yeah ?" asks Rean noticing everyone looking at him " hey

your not falling unconscious and coughing up blood " says Crow " it

looks like you touching the crystal did more than change your

appearance physically " says Elliot " seems so and it looks like we also

fixed the issue with fog" says Rean causing everyone to look around the

area causing them to notice that the fog had drastically changed as

well" we should head back to the bracer guild I think we've overstayed

our welcome" says Toval everyone agrees and they all begin making

their way back to where they left their boats and begin heading back to

the lake town. As the group get closer to the lake town they begin to

notice that the people have noticed the change and begin cheering in

celebration as the group stop at the pier and begin making their way to

the bracer guild. Once in the bracer guild the group have a discussion

about what has happened then they begin to about their next move " so

what are you guys planning on doing next?" asks Toval the group thinks

for a minute " i think that while we are looking for the other members of

class 7 we should keep eye out for these crystals if their the only thing

keeping this curse we should destroy them" says Kurt " Kurt is right we

saw how big that growth got more than likely that could be an indicator

of how strong the curse must be in an area" says Elliot " we'll i hope you

guys succeed in bringing your friends back together sadly i can't go

with you I'll still have to keep these people safe" says Toval " then i

guess this is good bye then" says Laura " what do you mean" asks

Altina " we'll i mean i don't think anyone else in class 7 is gonna feel very

welcoming when I'm around" says Laura " Laura you can't keep thinking

like that" says Rean " but" says Laura " Rean's right beside i think it's less

of you think people won't welcome i think it's more you won't be able to

feel welcome yourself " says Elliot " i mean you didn't hesitate to forgive

me when you saw me you can't let those feelings of uncertainty come

back now" Laura then hangs her head a little then thet hear her laugh a

little as tears begin to fall from her eyes " your right all this time I've

done nothing but worry about how the others would think of me and

worried about my participation in that dispute but i know that if you can

forgive me for what I've said i know that the others could find it

themselves to forgive me and each other" says Laura " so i think i will

join you as well the spirit of class 7 has slumbered long enough its to re

awaken it" she says with a motivated tone " right" says Elliot " so then i

guess we should head back to Valimar and Ordine " says Crow " right

they should be fully charged to open the spirit path again" says Rean " i

guess i'll come with you to see you off" says Toval. so the group head

back to where they left Valimar and Ordine the trip happened to be a lot

faster thanks to not having to travel through a corrupted fog " its

honestly unbelievable i can't believe I'm seeing Valimar and Ordine

again" says Laura " I'm as surprised and pleased to see you as well" says

Valimar " Valimar are you charged well enough to move to the next

signature " asks Rean " affirmative " answers Valimar " Valimar do you

think you could gives an update on where the signatures are " asks

Crow " of course one moment it appears that one signature has again

moved.the same as the other two times" answers Valimar after a

couple of seconds of processing " okay who the heck keeps moving

around" asks Ash " no idea maybe that will be our next target" ponders

Rean " alright then Valimar lock on to the moving signature and then

open the spirit path" he says " you do the same Ordine" says Crow "

affirmative" says both divine knights " we'll it was nice seeing you guys

again" says Toval as the spirit path begins to open " right hopefully we'll

see each other again " says Rean " that would be great any ways good

luck " Toval says as the group is then transported to their next location.