"Are we there yet?" Ogilvie asked as he and Lancelot trekked the forest.

The ebony knight stopped and nodded. "We're here."

The lime-eyed azure hedgehog gasped as they arrived at a stone pillar.

"So," he said in awe. "must be a barrier stone…"

"Indeed, it is," Lancelot folded his arms and nodded.

"It's so amazing…" Ogilvie went forward, his tail wagging as he got closer. "Totally amazing…"

Even if he wasn't the type to look at tails, or at least be a perverted hedgehog looking under/in between people's legs, the ebony knight caught a glance of the other's wagging, causing him to blush under his visor.

He cleared his threat and took out his sword.

"Ogilvie," he began, catching the younger hedgehog knight's attention. "would you…like to help me…with the barrier?"

The lime-eyed azure knight blushed a deep crimson red under his visor but he still smiled and nodded. "S-Sure!"

Lancelot went over to him and placed the sword in his hands then he helped the other face the blade down before they both smashed the sword into the stone.

"Woah!" Ogilvie gasped as stone wall depicted some sort of writing when they both took a step back from it. "What does that say?"

The ebony knight looked closer to read it. "'This stone is what part of the wind that sealeth the Dark Hollow',"

"Dark Hollow?" the youngest triplet night gulped. "What is Merlina up to now?"

"I don't know but I fear it's nothing good," Lancelot shook his head.

"Uh…Lancelot?"

"Yes?"

"You can let go of me now. The job is done and I have to go help Sonic,"

The ebony knight's face burnt in embarrassment when he realized that he was still holding the other knight firmly. He gently let go and Ogilvie soared to the sky.

"I'll check on the others!" he told him, flying away. "I'll make sure they're okay!"

Lancelot nodded and watched as the knight descended to a different direction.

Meanwhile…

Gawain arrived at a stone pillar in the middle a part of another forest.

"Here it is." he raised his sword, the blade facing down before smashing it into the stone.

Like the first, the stone wall was depicted with more writing. As it did, Ogilvie caught sight of it and lowered down on the tree leaves to hear the knight but not be seen by him.

"'When the sacred sword pierces stone," the red knight read with narrowing eyes. "so shall return the power.' What of Excalibur, the greatest of all the sacred swords? The King wore its scabbard but I never saw the sword itself…"

"He's right!" Ogilvie gasped as he spoke to himself. "I gotta tell Sonic about this,"

With that, he soared into the clouds again and made his way to his older brother.

Meanwhile…

"This must be it." Percival said as she arrived at a stone pillar by the volcanic rocks she was in when she fought the triplets.

She smashed her sword into the stone and wall immediately depicted writing, just like the other two walls. Unfortunately, she did not heed what was written.

"Our fate is now in your hands, dear Sirs…"

Meanwhile…

"Sonic!"

"Ogilvie?!" Sonic turned to see his younger brother fly towards him and land in front of him. "What are you doing here?!"

"There's something on the wall the moment you smash your sword on the stone!" the youngest told him in panic. "It has something to do with the Excalibur and the Dark Hollow!"

"What's the Dark Hollow?"

"It's what is taking over the kingdom," Caliburn replied. "so we must act quickly and find the barrier stone,"

The brothers made their way through the cave and past the dark dragon then they make it to the stone pillar.

"This must be it." Sonic took out Caliburn then smashed him into the stone.

As in the three stones, the wall this stone depicted writing but neither of them understood what they meant so they just braced themselves for the barrier to open.

"Now Sonic!" Caliburn cried out.

"Here it goes!"

Meanwhile…

Nimue watched the map, with the barrier now holding up as Maurice watched beside her.

"Oh no!" she jumped into panic the moment the Dark Hollow continued to spread. "The barrier is too weak!"

She turned to the eldest triplet brother and said, "You must go and help them defeat Merlina or else the kingdom will fall!"

"Why should I?!" Maurice huffed, folding his arms as he turned his away. "They don't deserve my help! Nor does this Kingdom deserve it!"

"Maurice, your brothers need you. You said it yourself; you are the eldest triplet amongst the three of you. It will be YOUR responsibility on whatever may happen to them,"

"Still. I don't want to help them. They won't listen to me so why should I try?"

"If they won't listen to you, you have to be the older hedgehog and show what they NEED to listen to you because you're the only one to help strengthen their team,"

Maurice ears pinned in guilt before a sigh escaped his lips. "Fine. I will help them but not because I wanna save the kingdom. I just want my brothers to be safe…"

With that, Nimue watched as he used his crystal mist to teleport into the map and to where his brothers.

"Good luck, Sir Maurice…"