Chapter 4 With The Giants

Once the war was over for the most part, Everglade had become distant. He had very little time for visits. He told Battle Bot to only call him by Primus. Something had happened to Everglade and Battle Bot had to find out. One day while he was guarding the entrance, an old modron that had a cane was walking up the stairs. Battle Bot dropped his longsword to help the old modron. Once his guard was down, the old modron put a cable to his head. Since he was already free, perk for being a gladiator, nothing happened. So the old modron took out a butcher's knife and tried to stab him. Battle Bot took the blade and stabbed him with it. Then the old modron said the location of a battle field long abandoned. He then died; so Battle Bot went to see what he was talking about. He was truly terrified for what he saw.

To Pyrox

The Solar Stone had 10 charges. It allowed him to cast any fire spell he wished. The level of the spell determined the slots it used. It regains 1d10 charges at dawn. He gained immunity to fire damage. The reason it didn't do any of this during the fight with Primus was because he wasn't attuned to it.

Adam opened a portal to the Beastlands. They were in search of the Void Stone shard. The land was full of giant wildlife with the intelligence of humans, those of high intelligence could cast spells. Angels lived here as well as other beings.

As they entered, it was as if they had shrunk. The vegetation was huge in size compared to normal vegetation. Giant eagles flew overhead, the basic tulip was bigger than them. Pyrox had no idea where this shard would be found because no infamous landmarks were ever made. So James cast a spell to look for the shard. As they walked they ran into a forest. They couldn't go around the forest cause the shard was in its heart. So Pyrox did the only best thing in mind: to burn through the forest.

Pyrox held out his left hand and threw out flames. He kept his hand straight and walked forward. The fire tore through the leaves, branches, and trunks. They were in the heart of the forest within minutes. James couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the shard due to it bouncing off the trees. Pyrox told James to duck, he slowly spun around in a circle holding out his hand.

Through the fire, he could see an object lodged in a trunk. It was void of all color and had an obsidian look to it. It reflected the light of the fire's might. He cleared burning debris as he made his way towards the shard. He took hold of the shard, it had no texture when he felt it.

"You should not be here and should not know of this artifact!" yelled a divine voice from above.

Pyrox and James looked up and saw three planetars hovering with their majestic wings. The angels had flown in when they saw the fire. They were only wearing pants and were hairless. They held a firm grip on their great swords. "I knew you would come, just didn't want to deal with you." said Pyrox.

"Leave this place and leave the artifact and never come back you being evil." said the middle planetar.

"James, get us out of here," whispered Pyrox.

James was in the process of opening up a portal and the left planetar flew in front of him scaring him which made him lose concentration. "Do not do this James McAvoy, there is good in you." said the planetar in front of James. The other two flew in closer. James was conflicted with if this was right. "Ah screw this, you want a fight? I'll give you a fight!" exclaimed Pyrox, igniting his blade.

The Solar Stone glowed in Pyrox's hand as he cast Meteor Swarm on everyone pulling James out of the way. Giant flaming boulders came down from the sky. One was able to dodge most of it while the other two got hit point blank with a meteor. The two that got hit looked pretty beat up, the other one brushed off dust on his shoulder. Pyrox had only one charge left and it was nowhere near dawn, it wasn't even dusk. Pyrox swung his blade at the one that barely got hit. He swung it in an upward diagonal motion which missed and swung it downward which missed as well. He carried the momentum of the second swing into a spinning leap which cut the cheek of the planetar. The planetar touched the cut and saw blood on his fingers. A small stream of blood dripped from the cut. He smiled and declared a one on one in the name of honor. If Pyrox won he got to take the shard and freely leave. If the planetar won, Pyrox had to leave and never come back leaving the shard behind and uncorrupt James. Pyrox agreed to the match and ignited his blade.

The planetar swung horizontally twice hitting with the first one and Pyrox was able to block the second. When the planetar hit him, it took pieces of Pyrox's mechanical being off. Pyrox was taken aback from the power the planetar showed. The planetar was hard to hit, but was weakened as well. Pyrox slashed at him with three swings, all of them being deflected with his great sword. James saw that Pyrox was losing but there was nothing he could do about it. The planetar smiled at the ease of this win. He hit with his first swing but felt flames around him which came from Hellish Rebuke which damaged him and threw off his aim which made him miss. Pyrox put forward his right hand, burning his legs and swung with his sword; slashing the planetar's chest. He impaled the planetar in the stomach. Pyrox's eyes met his as the life drained from the angel, Pyrox soaked it all up in his. Pyrox took out his sword letting the angel sprawl as the body hit the floor. The other two planetar stood there in shock.

"Let's get out of here James," said Pyrox. James opened up a portal to Gehenna. Once it was opened one of the planetars yelled, "Don't do this James McAvoy, you are better than this." Towards James. Pyrox pulled James through before he could process what the planetar said. James felt a little hot and the gravity felt weird. It was as if he were standing on the slope of a mountain. "Do not follow me, it is too hot and you will die from the heat." explained Pyrox. Then he went on his way towards the second layer. The first layer, Khalas, was the most habitable.

The Chamada layer was the most volcanic of the four layers. Pyrox was suited to traverse the molten terrain. The lava lakes were filled with rocks floating on the lava. Pyrox made his way towards the largest volcano; the volcanos never went dormant. Once he reached the largest one, it had a large cave in it.

He knew it was here, it was as if the shard was guiding him there. As he entered, it glowed a soft orange on the walls. Little drops of lava dripped from the ceiling onto the ground. He saw a rock of pulsating magma. He punched at it, taking off a few chunks in the first swing. It took him a couple of swings to free the shard from the rock. He got out the other shard he got from the forest and combined them. His body turned into a being of pure blackness. The black being so powerful that the orange glow absorbed into the form. The green eyes glowed bright through the darkness. As the darkness seceded, the glow returned to the cave.

A great roar could be heard from behind, Pyrox turned around and saw a great wyrm pyroclastic dragon. Its size was colossal, with wings of the look of ash. Its scales resemble obsidian and molten rock. It's build was solid, Pyrox knew that there were fights he couldn't win. "I'll give you ten seconds to tell me why you are here," said the beast in a gruff female voice.

"As you can see, I have come to collect an artifact piece to destroy a being of immense good." explained Pyrox.

"You want to steal my artifact?" the dragon asked with a snarl.

"I can return it afterwards if you like," offered Pyrox, not really meaning it.

"You shall die for your insolence," said the dragon.

Pyrox saw that the dragon blocked all entrance to the cave. He would have to go between her legs to get out. The dragon rushed forward, so Pyrox did the same. The dragon jumped up planning to land on Pyrox. Pyrox slid beneath her just avoiding the landing. It caused the ground to break open on impact. Pyrox made his way out of the volcano. The impact from the dragon made the volcano unstable. Lava started to spew out, lava dripped from the mouth onto the floor. The lava would go for miles, as if mortars were being fired off. The dragon lumbered after him, the ground shook as she followed him. Pyrox was sprinting as fast as he could, but she was gaining on him. Pyrox was maneuvering around the rocks, mountains, and volcanoes to try and lose the dragon. She stopped and fired a green laser out of her mouth. It disintegrated anything it went through. Pyrox saw it coming but lost balance and tripped over a rock. He was able to not be hit by the laser because of the trip. He had to get out of here, the dragon would kill him if he didn't.

Pyrox knew he couldn't kill her or outrun her, so he decided to stop her from following. He held out his hands, and concentrated on the mountain in front of him; it was pretty big, steep, and had a sharp peek. The ground around the mountain started to break open. Rumbling could be heard, the ground was shaking. The dragon stopped to see what would happen next. She had never seen this before in her long life as the guardian of the Void Stone shard. Pyrox's hands were shaking, if he could sweat, he would be "sweating bullets" as they called it. He was using all of his being to stop her. The rumbling and the shaking of the ground stopped. The mountain started to shake and lift, Pyrox got it high and started to turn it upside down. The dragon was stunned by all belief that a mountain could be lifted. Pyrox got it over her, and stopped holding it. The mountain came crashing down on her, she was able to process it all too late for it to matter. Bits of the mountain scattered all around, dust came up as if a dust storm happened. When the dust settled, laid a pile of rubble where no movement came. Pyrox made his way back to James.

While Pyrox was off retrieving the shard, James thought about what the angel said. Do not do this James McAvoy, there is good in you. He said it as if he was being evil, he was just getting vengeance. The thing killed his father, does he not have the right to get even? Vengeance is considered a bad thing in society, but so many books are centered around it. All of the characters looking for it are the ones we are hoping to win. Cause we know what drives them, and no one could ever understand them. It makes them so deep, but afterwards it doesn't really satisfy them. Maybe he shouldn't be going after this. No, the thing has to pay for what he did to him. Because of it he had to go all over the multiverse and had to travel with a psychotic robot that is in search for power. Pyrox returned from his trip and told James they needed to go to the material realm. He needed to pick up a weapon that could keep the Beast damaged.

During one of Frost Beast's and Adam's hand to hand training sessions, Frost Beast just collapsed. Adam asked what had happened and Frost Beast said, "He has gotten a second celestial stone. I thought there was only one."

"Well guess we're going to have to beat him to wherever they are going." said Adam optimistically offering his hand to help Frost Beast off the ground.

"He is in the material plane at the moment, I can sense where he is because of the immense power he's resonating. I'm certain other forces of good and evil can sense it as well." explained Frost Beast, taking Adam's hand while explaining.

"Then let's not waste any time and get over there. Algore, we need a ride to the material plane." called out Adam.

"Welcome back Aberreen," said Dux with a smile on his face. "Let us go to my chambers, for I have missed you deeply."

"No, I will not let you. I am leaving now," said Aberreen strongly.

"I'm afraid you do have a choice," said Dux calmly snapping his fingers. A few seconds afterward, guards came and restrained Aberreen. Dux proceeded to lead them to his room where they threw her in. The door was locked and Aberreen was alone with Dux. All she could do was cry.

Tom gasped, breathing heavily and coughing. "I know what my purpose is now." said Tom.