The Tower of Damnation

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Cless and Mint stared at the monumental tower in front of them.

The tower was an almost eerie marble white, which must have stood at least in to the atmosphere's upper reaches.

Their trance was broken for some reason as they ascended the clear, almost transparent steps.

"The mana is even stronger here, we must be close."Klarth explained.

Chester looked over at Arche and said" Don't worry, I'll protect you."

"I will too."Arche whispered.

As they walked on the almost transparent pathway, Suzu looked down and gasped.

"That's horrible!" exclaimed Mint.

"That is infinitely grotesque."Klarth looking down.

What the saw were coffins, containing corpses, maybe even hundreds.

"We still have to continue, no matter how gruesome it may be," Said Cless.

They reached a room with a platform that looked like something was to be held at the center of it, and almost as if another platform watched over it.

"Stay back! The mana's stronger than it ever was here!" warned Klarth.

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Then a beam of light hit the platform above them, and from the light, a man stepped out.

He donned black light armor; his blonde hair tied neatly behind his back, one of his eyes was blue, while he wore an eye patch over the other eye.

"Who are you?" Said the man.

"Give us your name, and we shall give you our's."Said Cless

"I don't need to give my name to dogs!" the man replied arrogantly.

"What did you say?" said Cless raising his voice.

"Fine! I am...Loki. The last of Cruxis and guardian of time!

"Cruxis?"Cless replied confusedly.

"You are form Derris-Karlahn, correct?"Klarth answered.

"So you know the story of the ancient Karlahn war, but do you know why the world was split in two?" Loki questioned.

This statement was met with a collective "What?" from Cless's group.

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"It's simple, after the ancient Karlhan war, Mithos Yggdrassil had split the planet into two halves, Sylvarant, and Tehteh'alla,due to the fact that war consumes an appalling amount of mana,and the fact that this war took his sister,Martel from him.

"Those are the names of the moons! And if Mithos split the world in half, why is there just one planet now?" asked Mint

"You see, without the mana tree, the only way for the worlds to survive was for individuals called "Chosens"to release the seals at the temples of the Spirits, but at the expense of the Chosen's life and the other world's prosperity, this cycle of prosperity and

suffering continued for about 4000 years, one of Mithos's companions, Kratos, unaged by the Cruxis Crystal, Met a woman named Anna, whom became his wife,unfourtunatley was bound by an exsphere,they had fled from Cruxis with their son, one day, one of the

heads of Cruxis's subordinate organization, had found them, The man Kvar, removed the exsphere,turning Anna in to a horrible beast, forcing Kratos to kill her, he was ashamed of himself, even to ashamed to have his son call him father anymore, even though he believed they both were dead…."explained Loki.

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"And do you know what their son's name was?...his companions were;Genis and Raine Sage,Collete Brunel,Sheena Fujjyabashi,Presea Combatir and Regal Bryant, that man's name was Lloyd Irving, the hero who reunited the worlds of Sylvarant and Teteh'alla,and saved the mana tree." Continued Loki

"But why did you call us here!" said Klarth slightly annoyed.

"Simple. The ancient ones would be ashamed of all of you" Said Loki with a sneer

"That's why I'm going to wipe this pathetic time period from existence."

"You bastard!"Yelled Cless,"Why would the ancients be ashamed of us?"

"Let's start with you, Cless, You meddled with time and space for what..Revenge"said Loki stoically.

"That was.."Cless trailed off

"And you, Suzu Fujjyabashi, you couldn't cope with somebody else killing your own parents,your predecessor had to cope with being scorned and hated by her own people for

a deed no fault of her own." explained Loki

Suzu just stayed silent.

"And you, Mr.Lester, the you people treat the spirits as no more than weapons..Objects, every living thing has a right to exist." rambled Loki.

"Mmmm…"muttered Klarth

"Bastard! Shut up" shouted Chester drawing an arrow

Loki just knocked Chester down with a bolt of lightning

"I've had it with you!"Klarth said as he began to summon Origin

"Ahaha…Don't bother. Your pact with Origin said that you'd use the pact ring's power to wield the Eternal Sword and defeat Dahos, you broke the pact…Well I broke it for you" Explained Loki.

"What do you mean?" said Cless

Loki held out an exsphere containing Dahos's life, held out his hand, pulling the Eternal Sword away from Cless, which then transformed into a katana of the same colors, took of his eye patch to reveal a red, demonic looking eye.

"Dammit! Get ready everybody!" said Cless.

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Suzu dashed towards Loki trying to elude and damage him at the same time, he blocked all of her quick strikes easily. Loki than gave her a deep gash along her right arm, then giving her a fatal injury with the katana across her chest.

"Suzu!"Yelled Cless as Mint began to heal.

"Indigantion!"Shouted Loki, the spell hit Mint quickly, before she could use the healing magic, Loki teleported behind her and yelled "Sword Rain: Alpha, Twin Tiger Blade!" in quick succession, with that she fell.

"Klarth, any summons that can heal?" shouted Cless.

"No!" he replied.

"INDIGNATION JUDGEMENT"yelled their aggressor, as the spell rained down on Klarth, killing him and severely wounding Cless.

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Cless was using his weapon to hold himself up after the brutal battle, and uttered to the demonic warrior"Damn you!...Damn you to hell…"Loki than silted Cless's throat and with that he died.

"Muhahahahahha! Finally!"Said Loki, both his eyes turning that demonic red, holding up the Eternal Sword in it's original form.

"ETERNAL SWORD! MY WISH IS THAT YOU WIPE THESE PUTRID, PATHETIC FOUR MILLENIA FROM HISTORY!"

The sky then turned a fluctuating shade of red, purple, orange, black, and yellow.

Chester said"Arche…before we die,I have to tell you that…" He then pulled Arche's body up to his in a deep kiss oblivious to the world falling down around them.

"I love you." Chester finished.

"So do I, Chester…Never leave me…"Said Arche.

"I promise you….I will never leave you…"replied Chester.

Loki, then looking at the two, his eyes returned to their natural blue, and he thought "Is this truly what I've become…" He decided now that this was his atonement, he touched Dahos's exsphere and then motioned it towards Chester, His longevity, the longevity of a half-elf," I've done enough living"

He then waved his hand, and the two lovers disappeared in a flash of light, waved his hand once more.

Than sat down as the world came crashing down around him….

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That was pretty intense!

Wasn't it?

Anyway, just one more chapter, than I'm done.