SailorStar9: With Chapter 37 uploaded, I present Chapter 38 and the final chapter of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.
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Chapter 38: Triumphant Warriors
"You spread your evil over the Dynasty and now you want to control the human realm." Anubis stood firm against Talpa. "I won't forgive you." he backflipped to dodge Talpa's punch.
"Just as the legend commands, no one shall stop me from fulfilling my ambitions." Talpa declared. "My thousand-year desire for vengeance against the Ancient Clan shall also be realized. Prepare yourselves, four Warlords."
With Ryo...
"To the inner sanctum." Ryo met up with Kento. "Athena's plan has already been set in motion."
"Ryo, is everyone alright?" Cye burst out from the nearby lake.
"If everything went well with Whiteblaze, Mia and Yuli should be with Rowen and Sage." Ryo replied.
With Sage...
"Sage!" Yuli called out, riding on Whiteblaze with Mia.
"Sage." Rowen peered out from the boat he was on. "Get in the boat. Ryo and Kento are heading for the castle."
"Kayura is one of the Ancient Clan." Mia explained. "She was just being manipulated by a curse. Now that Sailor Cosmo Mercury had freed her, the two are heading towards the pillar of human sacrifice so that they can destroy the bridge that links the Dynasty to the human realm."
With Talpa...
"You fools." Talpa snapped at his former minions. "You repay me for giving you immortality by breaking your vows."
"Shut up." Cale retorted. "You still think you can fool us?"
"Badamon has already told us about your red intentions." Sekhmet added.
"That we were about to share the same fate as Anubis." Dais remarked.
"Warlords," Talpa growled. "You think you will live after betraying me so?"
"At least you speak the truth." Anubis fired back.
"Anubis, you shall die just as the Warlords shall." Talpa declared.
"Hold it, Talpa!" Ryo shouted, he, Kento and Cye jumped into the fight. "Now that your Warlords have abandoned you, this will be the end of you, Talpa."
"It's already too late." Talpa bragged.
"Enough with your stupid talk." Kento retorted, blocking off Talpa's sword. "We're not defeated yet; not by some soulless armor."
"The insolence!" Talpa roared, expelling fire from his mouth.
Cye jumped to dodge the fire blast, allowing the flames to hit Ryo and charge him up.
"Flare Up Now!" Ryo released his attack, setting Talpa on fire.
"Talpa, you have lost." Athena arrived with Kayura in tow. "Your actions are unbefitting of you; you have lost the right to call yourself the Emperor of the Dynasty. I will henceforth seal you and your ambitions forever within this amphora." she brought out the Great Sealing Amphora, a glossy black urn with intricate scriptures on its body. "Until you realize your own shortcomings." she released the amphora's lid.
"Silence!" Talpa sneered. "I refuse to listen to a mere slip of a girl like you. It is you who should sleep forever." he struck his sword at Athena.
Kayura jumped in, parrying the blade away from Athena.
"Very well, Athena." Talpa remarked. "Ever since ancient times, you and I have always been enemies. And now, a thousand years have passed; the time has come upon us to decide which of us shall be the victor." the Emperor of the Dynasty instantly felt his evil aura was greatly suppressed by Athena's overwhelming divine Cosmo. "That's impossible... I refuse..."
"Talpa, even if you are the Emperor of the Dynasty, you have nothing but evil in your heart." Athena related. "Those like you, who toy with human lives, will never understand that the weak of body, but not in spirit, have no equal. Talpa, you who have underestimated the power of the human spirit, you have utterly failed." at her declaration, Talpa was restrained by the powerful energy whirlpools that emitted from the sealing amphora.
Athena raised the amphora in both hands, allowing Talpa's evil spirit to be sucked into the urn. The lid clamped down upon the jar's mouth and Athena's paper seal completed the sealing.
"It's finally over." Sage sighed in relief.
"In the end, it was Athena who ended this war." Rowen nodded.
"Kayura, four Warlords." Athena turned to the five residents of the Dynasty. "I am entrusting you to guard the amphora."
"We understand." Kayura claimed the urn.
"Now," Athena turned to the Ronin Warriors." Shall we return?"
"Yeah." Ryo answered for everyone else.
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