Chapter three: A shocking discovery.

3rd person POV:

High above the grounds of Riviera, A blacked-winged angel is flying around in an area filled with demons. Wielding a normal sphere, he slashes and the demons drop dead on the ground. He then flies away into darkness. Where he truly belong… Asgard.

Back in the soils of Riviera, Elendia four young girls and a boy are picnicking in a forest full of apricot trees. They were celebrating the return of the whole of Rosalina and successfully defeating the demons at Rosalina and returning "home" safely. Everyone is glad but not necessarily happy… Cierra was the first to ask about this matter. "Ecthel… are you okay? You said you wanted to go home too. Maybe we also want to see where you live like we saw Serene's home three days ago. Will you take us to Asgard?"

Sighing Ecthel answered to the best he could. "… I… um… I don't think so… The pressure there will be more than too much for you sprites to handle… Besides, I don't think going back to Asgard will help much with defeating the demons here in Riviera. If it would have worked out I wouldn't be here right now. I'd be in Asgard trying to find help. Besides… I can't afford to leave Riviera at a time like this, I mean when Demons can start attacking anytime and anywhere… It's not safe. If I want to go home, it's going to have to wait! We'll need to take care of the demons first before we can go anywhere else. …" Ecthel explained.

"Then let's head out now. We should go check where there are Demons attacking. Then we can go and defeat them all! Don't forget your weapons this time Lina! I'll go and get some apricots. Meet ya at Elendia entrance!" Always full of spirit and ready for action Serene offered.

"I'll go tell Grandfather about this whole thing." Fia saidand left. "Alright. Ecthel, what do you say about this?" Cierra was still wondering and worried about Ecthel. "Let's get moving! We can't waste any more time here relaxing while Riviera is in danger. Let's go see what's going on!" With that said Ecthel went to get ready.

Rose however started to mock Ecthel (You're doing it again… You sound like…) but was cut sort by Ecthel's confused comment. "What are you talking about Rose? You aren't making any sense again. I didn't do anything. Now let's go!" But deep down he knew exactly what she was rambling about... Dismissing the thought he followed Cierra.

Serene came back to see what was taking so long and heard Lina's complains. "But Lina want to stay and finish our picnic!" "Lina! Elendia will be destroyed too. If that happens, where will we picnic? We better go beat those demons before they come here! If they do… everyone will die! All of Lina's friends too…" Serene tried to tell her but it came out blunt. "Nooooo! Lina will protect them! I won't let it happen!" "We can picnic later, we got to get going or it'll be too late!" Ecthel pointed out.

The group sets out seeking the demons to save Riviera. They decide to go to Nelde once again to see if any Demons have gotten to that forest. Finding that Demons has flooded the areas so they attacked! "Ambushed! There's too many of them! Six at a time?" Lina Complained.

Ecthel lead them into battle. "Let's battle! We can't escape this one!" Fia looked at the enemies trying to determine what to do. "Two Plants, two ghosts and two skeletons… Where do we go Ecthel?" "What can we do against them? If they are as powerful as the ones in Rosalina we don't have much chance six on three!" A moment of thinking and then Ecthel started instructing. "You are right but we have to try! We are here to stop them not toexplore. Cierra, Fia! Attack formation! Fia on the back! We'll use holy water, zypher, and Rosier and Blue stingers."

Battle begins.

Enemies' formation:

Front: Skeleton1 Skeleton2 Plant1

Back: Ghost1 Plant2 Ghost2

Fia: "Don't let your guard down!" Fia Exclaimed as the battle begun. Ecthel used the Rosier that hit one of the Skeletons three times. Fia and Cierra followed suit. But Cierra final blow was blocked by a guard up.

They are focusing on one of them to knock out one of them first while building up the overdrive. The Energy in the Overdrive hits Max after the second round. It was good that they had not taken too much damage yet. "Fia use your attack!" Ecthel yelled as he gave the skeleton another blow. "My resolve shall prevail Cadenza!" It scored six powerful hits but two were blocked by the guard up.

One of the skeleton is almost defeated now and Cierra rushed over and gave it another hit. But a Guard up was all it took to prevent it from losing. Ecthel's attacks were all blocked and Fia only scored one hitas Cierra got two. But once more took care of it. The group proceeds to attacking the other Skeleton as their the ones that are the toughest to beat.

Gaining the overdrive once again Fia used her skill again. "Fia!" Ecthel exclaimed as his attacks were all blocked off again. "My resolve shall prevail! Cadenza" This time all strikes scored devastating blows. The group continues to attack with the Rosier. But the group has taken quite a lot of damage.

It was fortunate that all the attacks scored enough energy to max out the overdrive again quickly too. Ecthel took this chance to heal the group by using Mimic Ray so they need not use the holy water. It has scored nine hitsthat restored a great deal and also killing the final skeleton. Ecthel switched to the blue stinger to kill the ghost and Cierra used the Zypher. Keeping up their efforts and building energy. It wasn't long before the energy maxed again.

Ecthel used it for another Mimic Ray. Scoring some damage while restoring and building for the overdrive it seems the intense battle will never end. But they continued and finally there was only one plant left. But it's evade was so good that most attacks missed. When the Overdrive was finally maxed another Mimic Ray to both Restore and finish it. It did not finish the plant so the battle continues. It was so tiring. Finally the battle ended when Ecthel attacked again. "I still need more training…" he muttered to himself...

Battle ends

When the battle was over the group collapsed and Serene broke the silence. "Oh man that was tough… But at least you did it…" "Just barely… We need some fire weapons…" Ecthel commented. Then a scream by Linadrew their attention."Would you look at this! Wow! It's a brand new whip!" Lina Exclaimed. "Great! We got another weapon now!" Cierra happily said. "Let's skill up with it." Serene exclaimed. "What kind of whip is it?" Lina wondered "… … I don't know… It looks pretty hot to me…" Ecthel said asFia examined it.

She then said "I think it's a crimson whip! It's found rarely… I heard of something about this… Only a few were made… It's one of the second strongest weapons we sprites can use. But if the plant has it… What does that mean?" Fia wondered. "It could mean that they have all developed a great amount when we last battled them. But how did they return after we defeated them all? Where did they all come from?" Cierra said.Trying to sort these things out. "Maybe Grandfather can tell us something." Fia said. "Let's go back to Elendia then…" They went back to Elendia…

On the way back they were ambushed by many demons… Upon defeating some more skeletons earned them a sword, a staff from a magician and a scythe from a chest in the middle of seeming nowhere therefore being ambushed by some archers… That won them a new bow too. Skill up with those gained them some power up. Ecthel's Hp went by 250 altogether Fia, 165, Lina, 125, Serene, 155 and Cierra, 175.

Here is the new Hp. Ecthel Hp 5300 Fia Hp 5085 Lina Hp 4995 Serene Hp 5125 Cierra Hp 5645

Meanwhile, In Asguard The same angel we saw earlier is talking to another person. Seemingly reporting some news to them. They were both in the shadow and have their back to us so it wasn't easy to see them. All was seen was their huge black wings. However it was a male and Female apparently. "Hey, you're back. Were you on a mission again?" the Female voice asked "No, I just defeated the demons in the Angel memorial…" The male answered "Really? I defeated some tough demons in another part close by. It seems they are targeting our home. We have to report this." The female stated. "You mean it? More demons near Asguard…? You are a grim angel like me aren't you? It shouldn't be too hard on you." He commented casually. "These ones are much stronger than those from ten years ago… You must have had a hard time too… especially since you don't have your Diviner!" She retorted "Yes I know. But then where are they all coming from?" "If only I knew… Let's go and report the situation…" So the angels flew off.

Back in Elendia the group sat within the Elder's House. They were talking about the demons. "Grandfather, Our proclamation has been confirmed… The demons have returned, they are more powerful than anything we have seen and they left behind some legendary weapons too…"Fia said. "We went to Rosalina because the population returned. Serene's family sent words to her that they want her home." Ecthel explained.

The Elder thought a bit then he started to speak."It looks like its true then; I heard that there is a chance of a group of population that was supposed to be sacrificed in the process of that legend… The gods will… After a particular time all those people will return… Not only that they will be tested… Some of the demons will also return and they'll be boosted to a very strong level… If all of them can be defeated in less than one year's time, Riviera will remain peaceful for another 1,000 years. If not… I am not sure of what's going to happen." The Elder said a little surprised.

Shocked and scared Lina shook herhead and pouted."Lina doesn't want to find out!We better go beat them soon!" She exclaimeda bit shaken.Serene in her high spirit asked "Where most likely will the demons be at?" and Fia wondered "So they also carry the legendary weapons?"

So many questions at once that some were not heard."It would seem that way. Fia, Show the weapons to me." The Elder commented. Ecthel carefullyreached into the traval bag."Here, these are it. We can use them." He said.

The Elder looked at them for a moment then he said."These are indeed the legendary weapons… Crimson whip, Icicle blade, Volcano bow, Sparkling staff and the Emerald arc. There is one more… The Meteor Katana! Please help us out, okay?" At this Ecthel said "We have come this far… on gaining true peace in Riviera… I will not let anything thing, anyone stop us from maintaining this peace! It took us about a year to end the Retribution and six years of battling demons; to obtain true peace. We can't lose it now!"

"We should go beat those demons now. Where do they appear the most? We should hurry to them too." Serene said repeating her question that seemed to have been ignored. "It would seem that the places where they have appeared before are the most likely place for them to be regenerated."

After getting thye location they made their dicision."Okay. We'll head off to make sure there is none left in Rosalina then to Nelde and so on. Oh yeah! Will there be demons at heaven's gates too? If so… What if Asgard is in danger?" Ecthel asked "Most likely there are… We should go over there too later." So the group leaves Elendia once again.

As Ecthel goes to save Riviera from demons, two angels decide on a plan that may help protect Asguard. They report to a Magi of the situation and ask permission to carry out this plan. We cannot see who is speaking but their voices are clear. "You two want to redo training!" "Yes. It should help us with defeating these threats." The Male angel answered.

"I see your point. But if you go train, who's going to fight the demons that will attack us?" The Magi asked. "We have discussed it before. When I'm in training He'll protect Asguard. When He's on training I'll Guard Asgard." The Female announced. "I have a mission for one of you though… But that'll have to be after you are ready. The source of Demons attacking is because of the Retribution… The test that Riviera has to go through… Of if they are worthy enough to keep the gods will for another century or not. See if they kept up with training and also if they will not use the powers of the gods in the wrong manner… But Attacking Heaven's gate was unexpected… So I need another Grim Angel… The one who defeated Hector ten years ago. The ones who stopped the retribution must be the one to kill all the demons within the time frame of a year or Riviera will be doomed. Tormented by disasters worse than destruction… I need one of you to go to Riviera and seek him out, tell him of this and to help him."

"So you disapprove of our plan?" The Female asked a bit disappointed. "He's right; Ecthel should be part of this too. I'll go find him and help him with this. You should stay here. See you later." "Ecthel? Is that the boy? How did you know him?" "I'll explain it later. I got to go get ready!" The angel leaves the room as the scene fades off.