(During Issue 10: WITCH saves Alborn and Miriadel)

"Viewpoint Second Technique—!" Vathek chants as he knocks out a large guard using his sword. "Bolting Glare!" he says as a continuous beams of lightning shocks blasts from his eyes as he stares down at the large guard.

"Arrghh!" the guard cries out as his body is thrown out from his feet and lands to the cold-bricked and stone floor.

Meanwhile, seven floors down to the basement from Eric's current position, Vathek and his one hundred volunteers, recruited by Grantaire before, finally clears out the seven basement guards. As Vathek and the Guardians went through the underground tunnel, the rebels also followed hidden in plain sight. When the Guardians made a piercing hole through the upper floors to save Alborn and Miriadel, the rebels also followed in but landed first on the lowest basement as they clear the each floor upwards.

"Is that every one of the guards?—Achoo! " he asks when Vathek's allergic sneeze from the furry and dusty atmosphere when he was inside the van earlier.

"That's everyone, Vathek, we already cleared the seven basement floors." One of the of the rebels replies as he breaks down the prison locks. "Lucky for us, the Guardians' appearance lessens the incoming guards. If were not for them we could still be at the second floor basement!"

"And how's the stairs coming along?" Vathek asks as he sniffs.

"The engineers are still on it…" the rebel replies. "…we're actually still waiting for the Vanguard's help—and are those the rebels?!" he unexpected yell as he sees a few men in brown peasant clothing as they run towards them with torches on their hands.

"Yet I can't see the Vanguard among them." Vathek suspiciously says as he looks for Ray or Eric among them. "Get behind me, it might be a trap."

As the peasant men arrive before them they then catch their breath. "Sir, we have a situation at the ground floor, we are from Raymondus—"

"I never seen you before." Vathek examines the arrived 'rebels' and holds on to his sword from his sheath. "How could I be so sure that you really came from Raymondus?"

The arrived 'rebels' look at each other in confusion as they catch their breath. "Does 'Bartholomew' ring a bell? That's what Raymondus said if ever you need to be sure." Rius asks.

As Vathek hears his former pupil's name, he truly believes that these rebels came from him. "Go on—Achoo!"

"We have an emergency!" says Rius. "We came all this way to quickly build the escape route. A hundred soldiers are coming to this way and Raymondus alone will buy us some time, so we must hurry!" Rius explains fearfully.

Meanwhile, at the ground floor outside the facade, Ray stands and blocks before the entry dungeon as he observes the soldier movements who are now almost at the peak of the hilltop in just a few minutes.

"Once again we're up to the said Frost's Corps!" Ray says as he uses as his Farsight. He recognizes the same soldiers he fought back at the 'Old Palace'. "Heck! I never knew who this Frost guys is! Nor Have I never seen this Jolras rebel leader either!" he sarcastically says as he gestures his hand like a binoculars.

"It's time I guess." He says as he materializes his bow. "Farsight Sixth Technique:—!" he says as three arrows appears perpendicular to his bow. "Grenade Barrage!" he chants as his arrows shoots toward the marching army. The shots duplicate and explosions occur a hundred feet away from him.

"Booom! Boom! BOooomm!" A bombard of explosions surprises them as the vanguard soldiers are once again fallen to the hillside road. "Arrghh!" "Not again! Urrghh!"

"Haven't they learned their lesson?" Ray snickers as he prepares another arrow launch at them. As the smoke clear out of the way, he sees the rest of the soldiers scramble from their position on the vast hill as they rush toward the building.

"Uh-oh! I was wrong they do have!" Ray frantically observes as the soldiers are now far away from each other as they run towards him. 'Distancing from each other could lessen the effect from the bombs! Which means fewer casualties on their side!'

"Grenade Barrage!" he says as he launches arrows on one side of the hill and when the arrows hit the ground, the explodes occur with only a few soldiers fallen. He the turns to the other side with the same procedure, then the next sides, yet still only fewer than that of the surprise attack. As the soldier offensive approaches Ray, he vanishes his bow into thin air.

"No use!" he says and grabs a nearby sword. 'If Eric or Nigel were here! I really hate hand-to-hand!'

The soldier then one-by-one as they approach the entry, Ray quickly swings his sword at them and successfully defeats them one-one-one with the mastery of the fundamentals of sword fighting. He then fights off the soldiers with his confident swings of his sword as he already takes down more than ten of them. He continues to fight on with no plan in my mind as he once again recklessly never gives ground.

"Urgh!" he says as a spear scratches his leg as he fights off a skilled spearman, his seventeenth opponent of the swordfight. He then blows the spearman off and sees at a glimpse of the soldiers as they run toward the dungeon and enters through it. 'Heck! I couldn't buy them time!' He says as he fights off another soldier.

"Raymondus! Get out of the way!" a vibrating echo calls from the dungeon entrance. Ray, as he familiarizes the voice, he quickly pushes the soldier front of him and rushes away from the dungeon entry opening without looking back. The soldiers then pour inside continuously, without anyone to stop them now.

"Third Technique: Flash and Expand!" the voice chants as an explosive large beam of light rays exits out of the dungeon doors. "Aarrghh!" "Ahhh!" The disarray of voices screams out as the energy causes the soldiers inside to be thrown out away once again.

Ray then quickly defeats another soldier with a horizontal blow and knocks him down. He finally drops his sword, materializes his bow and rushes to Vathek who appears at the dungeon doors. "You're the only one?" Ray sarcastically and chuckles as he calls out to Vathek, who now blocks the entrance. "I could finally use my bow and arrow you know!"

"Did you remember my introductory in the first day of class?" Vathek recalls as he clashes his sword with another approaching soldier. "I'm one of the greatest swordsmen in Meridian!" he says with one swoop of his blade, knocks down on another soldier.

Ray materializes his bow and quickly pulls his string. "Farsight First Technique: Snipe Shot!" he chants as he launches his arrow at the soldier at a distance, and rapidly pulls out again to hit another and another in a perfect shot in the limbs to stop them from advancing.

Vathek, by Ray's side, takes care of the incoming and approaching soldiers as his sword skillfully and swiftly takes them on before they could even try to swing their weapons at him. He spins his sword quickly around him after he strikes another and whirls again in a fast motion as he defeats them by ones, by twos or even threes, with just a heavy blow. Truly, he is a master of his own skills, without to rely on his powers alone.

"Never knew you could still fight on your own style even if you gain weight Vathek." Ray says as he continues to shoot rapid accuracy.

"Don't underestimate me Bartholo—Achoo!—Raymondus!" he sneezes as he swivels his sword once again as he blows a horizontal strike on a charging soldier and batters him off like a baseball! "Remember how effective Lyndon is with this style kind of fighting style—Achoo!" he sneezes once more.

"May your gods bless you!" Ray annoyingly says. "What's with the sneezes?!"

"Long story! Just keep on fighting and don't talk like you were back in the academe!—Achooo!" Vathek again sneezes as he bolsters a big kick from large and fat limbs. "Fourth Technique: Vast Rays, Flash & Expand!" he chants as his lightning flashes comes out from his eyes and electrocutes the soldiers within his line of sight. They then fall unconsciously to the ground electrified by the stream of lightning.

"You know you could've just instead of using your sword—Do you hear that, Vathek?" Ray cuts as he hears something peculiar.

"I told you to keep fighting—" Vathek continues.

"No, listen!" Ray says as he points his thumb back as they both hear an echo of cheers and a thunder of feet as they become louder and louder behind him, nearer and nearer to the prison entrance. "It's coming from the dungeons itself! And it seems as if those were—the prisoners!"

"Hurrah!" "We're free!" "Freedom!" the different yells cry out for joy as the cheers gets nearer as they turn around to take a quick glimpse of a large crowd of armed prisoners exit out the dungeons and rush to the outside atmosphere to once again taste the scent of freedom, which was stolen from Phobos. The crowd then pushes Vathek and Ray forward as they too join and blend in the rushing and cheering crowd.

The rest of the soldiers who still continue the pursuit as they confusingly and terrifyingly see large crowd of prisoners push forward as the descend the hill, retreats and runs back down to the foot of the hills. "Retreat!" "Fall back!" "The prisoners are free!" they cry out in fear and run back along the winding road.

"And I thought they were supposed to exit the underground—Ow!" Ray asks as he moves with the stampede as he tries to get out but to no avail. He then dematerializes his bow and secures his hood.

"I know but—Ouch!—I don't even know what happened—!" Vathek replies as he too follows with the joyous and parading crowd.

"Hurrah the Guardians!" "Praise the Guardians! Our saviors!" the free prisoners cry out.

Vathek and Ray look at each other in confusion and puzzlement amidst the rush as they turn around to take a noticeable glimpse on sea of Meridianites who carry five Earthling women, dressed in fancy outfit of colors violet, light-green and turquoise, out of the large main prison doors as they place the women on their extended upward arms.

"…unless the Guardians brought all of them out?" Vathek thinks.

After another fifteen minutes of descent down the hill, along the waving and winding bricked road the mob uprising finally reaches the foot of the hills and the town proper. A confusing chaos occurs among the townspeople as the news has spread out to them that the prisoners have now escaped and is about to start an uprising. The retreated and regrouped soldiers from Frost's Corps in the foothill settlements, told the citizens to protect themselves inside of their homes.

"Finally we are out!" Ray says as the dense and tight crowd disperses out when as they enter through the flat and even grounds. The few enable soldiers out front tries to control them as they try to shove their numbers back.

Ray and Vathek then move out to the side away from the parade as the hide beneath the shadows of a nearby house, not to be seen by the soldiers. They gaze the continuous procession of the multitudes that still carry the Guardians on their extended hands. "Hurrah!" "Praise the Guardians!" they still cry out.

"You know I wished we were praised as well." Ray says as he secures his hood of his uniform. "Having my back swim among hundreds of fans as they scream out my name…" he chuckles jokingly.

"And you we can't do that such as this." Vathek replies. "It's in the Code remember?"

"Sure sure! It was a joke Vathek! Don't you get it?" Ray cuts him before Vathek could lecture him once again. "I understood that. Yet what also irritates me the most is that this whole operation was useless after all, if they themselves can open those locks and let the thousand prisoners out!" he remarks as he crosses his arms and pouts. "I should have gone to bed after all this time!"

"You think we should get back, if they made it?" Vathek gazes the large dark yet empty dungeon.

"I think they'll be fine." Ray replies. "Our first rendezvous point is the underground as initially planned, yet we discussed earlier that we must all meet at the 'Sanctaury'—"

"The area is off limits! Move back peasant!" a commanding and grunting voice yells out from the front of the crowded prisoners. With his large and long whip, he begins to threaten a weak and scrawny Meridianite .

"You know what to do right?" Vathek rhetorically asks as he approaches the guard to stop hurting him.

"Why does everything today stop me from finishing my sentences completely?!" Ray wonders to himself and follows Vathek from behind. He then sees the crowd as they place the Guardians down because of the occurrence.

Wait! And who's that!' Ray says as he notices a hooded figure approaches the scene. It is a familiar petite size structure with hair braids down over her disguise, like he has seen 'her' somewhere before. 'Elyon?!' he says to himself, yet doubts.

The soldier then whips the ground as a warning as the prisoner falls back to the floor in fear "The prison is the only solution for a scum like you!"

"Hey—!" Vathek yells out but stops, when he hears a girly yet commanding and booming "NO!" from a hooded cloaked figure steps forward and toward them. It raises its arm on the soldier's hand as the whip flies off from his hand.

"That horrible place is no solution! It's a mistake!" the hooded figure says as a flash of beaming and flashing light energy shines out. The disguise couldn't stand the pressure, so it wears and explodes off to pieces. A small and beautiful yet brave young girl reveals herself before them.

'So it was Elyon! Eric might be so jealous if I saw her today!' Ray says to himself as he sees a great change in her. Last time he met her, she was more frail and confused to stand and represent among her people, but now is a different vibe. She has resolve and courage to stand on her own two feet.

She then waves her hand at the prison like some kind of magical spell on it and with a twitch on her skinny hands, a stream of mist circulates around the building as it covers up entirely by a curtain of fog. Then a cyclone magical mist twirls on the building itself and suddenly with a wink of an eye…

"The dungeon completely vanishes to thin air!" Ray exclaims as he sees nothing left on the hilltop.