Chapter 10
"Now this is a dilemma," said Saga.
"What do you mean? We have to save Frus!" said Ivy.
"But, if you remember, the weapon that we need to fight him is mystical golden energy," explained Saga. "And we used up all of it that we know about fighting him the last time, and it seems that even that didn't work."
"No, he's dead. This is the world of the dead," said Vrust.
"Seriously?" asked Saga.
"Yes, now let's get back to the whole rescue plan thing," said Ivy.
"Okay, so we killed him. That might even make things worse. Even if we get more golden power, what's to say that it'll work? He's dead," said Saga.
"Wait, but doesn't that mean that those snakes Frus beat were dead?" asked Sprx.
"Well, yeah," said Ivy.
"Then if we can free Frus' mind, maybe he can take care of this himself," said Sprx.
"Somehow, I don't think that the Monkey Team wants Otto ripped apart," said Ivy.
"Well, whatever happens, we need a way to sever the connection between Eganrac and our friends," said Saga.
"Then our best hope might just be that amulet," said Vrust.
"Get out of our way, reptile," said Otto. Though the green monkey was much smaller than Ygrene, he was confident.
"Get out of my friends, demon!" commanded the dragon.
"Do you think that you can stand against me?" hissed Otto, now using Egenrac's voice. Frus, meanwhile, was getting tired of this talk. He lunged forward to attack Ygrene. He crashed into the dragon with dark energy surrounding him. Ygrene was knocked backwards, but he quickly got up.
"You're stronger than this! Fight him," said the dragon. He wasn't too keen on the idea of fighting his friends.
Otto scoffed and commanded Frus to continue fighting. But Frus wasn't sure. For a single instant his eyes glowed a golden color. Then he shook his head and slashed at Ygrene. The dragon dodged and tried to grab Frus. Frus dodged and struck out again, this time leaving a deep cut in Ygrene's side. The dragon roared in pain and instinctively shot a blast. Frus put up a shield of steel reinforced with dark energy. Otto, meanwhile, watched the show.
The others were alerted when they heard Ygrene's roar and they rushed towards the sound. They reached the site of the battle and stood in shocked awe for a moment. Then Ivy called out to Frus. Otto turned and threw a ball of dark energy. Vrust created a shield of metal, but it began to strain against the power immediately. Ivy and Saga tried to help, but it still didn't see to be enough. However, they had Frus' attention.
The half-Ethyal looked over at what has happening and his paws and the area around his eyes started to glow golden. He added to the shield and the energy fizzled out. But once it did, Frus returned to his fight, his fur once again dark. Meanwhile, Saga rushed over to Otto, charging his hands with energy. He knew that their best chance was if Eganrac didn't have time to charge dark energy for Otto to use.