Prologue 2: Flight of Darkness

-Three Galaxies, 1,000,000+ years ago

At last, it was finally over.

Two figures walked carefully through the still cooling ashes of what had once been the capital
of the greatest empire in the galaxy. Now all that was left was an endless wasteland of death
and devastation. The Dark Star Kingdom's reign of terror had been broken at last, and its master
Metall'a vanquished by the Cosmoknights and their allies. Her minions had fought to the bitter end,
until the very surface of the planet itself had been razed in order put an end to the Intelligence's evil.

No one would ever know how many sentient beings perished during that final day and night of celestial fury,
as thousands upon thousands of Cosmoknights unleashed the full force of their powers upon the
bastion of evil. The great oceans and much of the atmosphere had been vaporized and lost to the
dark clutches of cold space, while the land had burned and melted into an endless sea of craters
and great molten valleys that slashed across the face of the planet like raw bleeding wounds.
There were no trees, no birds, and no other signs of life aside from the two intruders to these broken
ruins. They moved like ghosts, for not a single sound could be heard.

Only silence. Perfect and unbroken. The silence of the grave.

The galaxy had been rid of a great menace. But at the cost of an entire living world. .

And that was why these two had come here.

The taller form paused as it reached the base of a small mound of rubble and smoldering embers.

He knelt down, the hood of his worn blue cloak falling back to reveal the weathered visage of Conner Vinstelar.
Never had the ancient Knight felt his age so much as he did now.

They'd won.

But the cost. Dear Forge, the price that they'd paid for this 'victory'.

He shut his eyes in pain as the features of the slain swam before him. Far too many of them
were Knights that he himself had trained over the centuries.

At the gentle touch of his companion's hand on his shoulder, he opened his eyes again.

"Yes, you're right. We had no choice at all."

Even so, it was a bitter draught indeed. But all of it would be for naught if they
did not finish their task at hand.

"Come, my student. Let us finally put an end to this."

Silently the second figure followed him as together they made their way towards
where the heart of the planet's capital had once stood.

-End Prologue II