p class="MsoNormal"Chapter 11: Wisdom of Solomon/p
p class="MsoNormal"As the people cheer, Cassim and his followers with weapons on their arm, walk through the palace gate as the people make a path for them./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's Cassim."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim's here."/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's Cassim from the Fog Troupe."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-san." Morgiana calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah." Vulpi replies as a man goes up to Cassim./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, you don't need to do this anymore. This country no longer has a king. Prince Alibaba said that the country belongs to the people."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim looks around the citizens and see that they are cheering for Alibaba. Then he continues to walk with his followers behind him near the palace and looks at Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""I heard that Balbadd has become a republic. That what was the king's country is now to be equally to the people." Cassim summarizes and Alibaba smiles as Vulpi narrows her eyes. "But putting it that way, Aren't you just cheating us? You said this country will be given to us. But isn't this entire country built upon our sweat and blood? Wasn't it ours to begin with? Who destroyed this country through incompetent policies? Who made us put up with a terrible government? Remember those days. When heavy taxes took everything from us. When starvation took our parents, our siblings. The dead won't ever come back! If the monarchy disappears, do the crimes of the monarchy disappear with it? Of course not! The monarchy is still an enemy we must defeat!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""How could he…!" Vulpi says as she glares at him./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's right."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi looks around and hears the other people agreeing with Cassim's statement./p
p class="MsoNormal""He's right. Even if we become a republic, my daughter will never come back to me."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Neither will my little sister."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Both Vulpi and Morgiana see the red mist and immediately, they cover their mouths and noses./p
p class="MsoNormal""To talk about equality now is unfair. It doesn't make any sense."/p
p class="MsoNormal""It doesn't make any sense."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Come!" Cassim points at Alibaba and the royal guards. "Now is the time we make a stand! Now is the time we punish the royalty, the nobles, and the military who stole our country from us!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"They all roar, agreeing with Cassim./p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-san, we should go to where Alibaba-san is!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi wraps around Morgiana's neck and Morgiana jumps up to the balcony where Alibaba is./p
p class="MsoNormal""Kill them all! Kill everyone in the palace! Kill all the nobles and powerful people in town!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"As the people charges at the palace, Morgiana lands and Vulpi gets off./p
p class="MsoNormal""We have a problem!" Vulpi tells them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Riots are spreading around the palace!" Morgiana finishes and Alibaba, Sahbmad, and the royal guards along with Sinbad immediately look at them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Damn it! What is going on?" Sinbad questions./p
p class="MsoNormal"When the guards block the people, some of the Fog Troupe members kill them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Deputy King!" Barkak calls. "Order the armed forces to go on the offensive!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Sahmbad turns to look at him./p
p class="MsoNormal""They may be our citizens, but this is an all-out war. The number of casualties in town and the plaza are growing."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Please give your orders!" Barkak requests. Sahbmad looks unsure and turns to Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""What should we do, Alibaba?" He asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Half of the military will head towards the main gates. See if they can stop the rebels from entering." Alibaba instructs. "The rest of the army is to try to gain control over the rebels that have already broken through. My brothers and those injured should take refuge in the inner sanctuary. As the former head of the enemy forces, I will take the lead. I will stop Cassim!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba immediately exits the palace to where Cassim is entering. Once Alibaba reaches there, he uses Amon's flames to circle around Cassim and several followers and Alibaba casually walks through the fire with his dagger already out. When Alibaba stops in front of them, he points his dagger at them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yo, Alibaba." Cassim greets. "What's the matter? That's one scary face you've got."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim, What are you planning?" Alibaba asks. "The monarchy is done for. There's no reason for all this bloodshed. Why are you doing this?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim looks away not answering Alibaba's question./p
p class="MsoNormal""Answer me, Cassim!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I could ask you the same thing, Alibaba." Cassim retorts. "Equality? A country without a king?" He sets his blade, causing black fog to come out. "When did I ever wish for something like that?" Cassim commands the fog to Alibaba, but Alibaba jumps back to evade it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim, you bastard!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Three of the followers point their weapon at Alibaba and the same black fog comes out, coming towards him, but he evades them./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"They also have Swords of Shackling Ebon Fog?"/em Alibaba thought. em"Doesn't matter. Amon's flames…"/em The followers again point their swords at Alibaba and the fog goes towards him. At that moment, Alibaba brings his dagger back and the flames appear when the eight-pointed star starts to glow em"Will cut right through the fog." /em He slashes along with his dagger at the fog, subsequently, letting the flames to burn them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sword of Phantasmal Crimson Fog!" The woman exclaims as the red fog shoots towards Alibaba, causing his vision to get warp./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"My vision!"/em He thought and Cassim walks towards him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Say, Alibaba." Cassim calls and stops with his blade up. "Do you think that a royal's kid should live as royalty?" Alibaba then glares at Cassim. "And that a kid from the slums should always live as a slum brat?" Two followers point their swords at Alibaba and the black fog ties around his wrists and pull them apart from each other, as the fog wraps around his body. "I don't. We're all humans." Cassim makes the black fog to condense to make a large sphere. "Which means that any one of us is qualified to become king!" the sphere gets bigger and Alibaba widens his eyes, then Cassim throws the condense sphere at him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Amon!" Alibaba calls out and he breaks free from the black fog before slicing the condense sphere with his transformed dagger into a black sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's that? Look at his sword!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""In other words, Cassim, you wanted to become king? Isn't that right?" Alibaba questions./p
p class="MsoNormal""Who knows?" Cassim replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then what?! Why have you involved so many people into this?" Cassim doesn't answers. "I won't let you do as you please!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Shut up already!" The man says as he runs towards him with his sword ready. "I'll melt your mouth with my Sword of Corroding Golden Fog!" Alibaba gets ready and when the man is about to slash him, Alibaba slashes through his sword, breaking it in the process. "What!" Alibaba quickly goes to Cassim and his followers, causing them to get ready, but Alibaba slashes all the blades into two and he stops at Cassim's neck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Call back your troops, Cassim." Alibaba demands. "Or I'll make you do it by force."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim stares at Alibaba before he speaks. "I won't fall back, Alibaba. I'd rather die than backing down here." Cassim slowly walks closer to Alibaba. "You came here determined to do the same, didn't you? So do it." Every time Cassim takes a step he says, 'do it.' Until the blade touches the skin of his neck, causing it to singe. "I'm telling you to kill me, Alibaba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim, you!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Please strike, Prince Alibaba!" Barkak requests. "One strike and all will end!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba becomes hesitates after hearing the last sentence as his arms trembles./p
p class="MsoNormal""Damn it!" Alibaba shouts as he brings his sword back and about to slash Cassim's neck, but his sword transforms back into a dagger, causing the flames around them to disappear and Alibaba slams his dagger and fist to the ground. "As if I could do that, you idiot!" Cassim turns his head to him and Alibaba quickly turns to him. "Cassim! If you withdraw your troops now, the revolt will stop! If that happens, there'll still be a chance for you too!" Alibaba grips his dagger tightly. "So please!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You're too soft, Alibaba." Cassim says and walks pass Alibaba before he puts his hand on Alibaba's back. "I'm nowhere near as naïve as you are. See ya." Cassim retrace his hand back and continues to walk behind Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim's followers are tying down by the royal guards. Cassim sees this and smiles as he closes his eyes. Then he opens them up and he looks at his sword and brings it up skyward. Suddenly, he stabs himself with the broken sword, causing everyone in the area to be shock at his action as his blood spills out. When he takes out his sword, Cassim staggers back as his blood spills more./p
p class="MsoNormal""Take a good look, people of the slums. Military, nobles, royalties too." Cassim speaks. "I'll show you proof that anyone can be a container for power! Come to me now!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"His sword starts to glow purple and waves like energy spread out. Then the swords of his followers respond glows as they all float toward Cassim and once they are above him, they all point their blades at him. After Cassim swings his sword, they all dive down, subsequently, stab him. Out from the wounds, small tentacles grows out as the blades go into his body and more tentacles grow out from his back. Suddenly, his body becomes larger and his skin turns black, the tentacles on his back turns into bat-like wings and a third eye opens on his forehead. Cassim turns himself into a black djinn./p
p class="MsoNormal""No way!" Sinbad says in disbelief. "It can't be!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""A… black… demon!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"The djinn flies up and he roars like a beast and makes multiple dark spheres around him and they all fire down to the guards, subsequently, killing them. When one of the spheres hits the tower and fall to where a guard is, Vulpi and Sylph get in front of the guard and Vulpi brings her hand up and Sylph uses the wind to stop. Then Morgiana dives under and carries the guard to safety and Vulpi moves away from the fallen tower as she follows Morgiana to Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san, get a hold of yourself!" Morgiana tells him. "Everyone will die if you don't!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba looks at Morgiana and looks back at the Cassim./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Is… that Cassim?" /emAlibaba thought as the djinn continues to throw the dark spheres at the guards and he turns to Ahbmad and Sahbmad who stayed in the palace./p
p class="MsoNormal""H-hey… he's looking this way!" Ahbmad says and the djinn dives down to them. Then Morgiana jumps up and kicks him to stop him from attacking both of Alibaba's half-brothers and he dives down to the ground in front of Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hurry, Alibaba-san!" Vulpi yells. "Use your sword."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Is that Cassim?" Alibaba says and he lifts his head up as a black sphere appears on his hand and attacks Alibaba. On instinct, Alibaba slices the djinn's left arm off along with a wing./p
p class="MsoNormal""One more time, Alibaba-san!" Morgiana yells./p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba looks at him as fire starts to envelop the blade and when the djinn roars, both his arm and wing regenerate back to their form./p
p class="MsoNormal""He's regenerating!" Alibaba says and Cassim grows bigger./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"He's getting bigger." /emMorgiana thought. em"We need to attack now!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"Morgiana runs up to him and he turns his head at her and closes his hand, causing Morgiana to pull towards him and pushes her over the gate and crashes into a building by an invisible force./p
p class="MsoNormal""What did he just-" Morgiana mutters./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's that?!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Morgiana opens her eyes and sees the djinn flying in the air with a dark sphere on his hand./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Not even Alibaba-san's sword can scratch that thing!"/em Morgiana thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"The sphere gets larger as he targets the palace./p
p class="MsoNormal""Damn it!" Alibaba curses. "I won't let you get away with that!" He runs towards the palace after he said that./p
p class="MsoNormal""Prince Alibaba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"In the palace, Ahbmad and Sahbmad are quivering in fear./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why is he only aiming at us?" Ahbmad questions./p
p class="MsoNormal"Stop it!" Alibaba shouts. Then Sinbad jumps on to his and Sinbad stabs him by the back of his neck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-kun, I'll hold him down." Sinbad says. "You need to finish him off! This thing wants to kill off everyone involved with the monarchy here in Balbadd! It wants a revolution! We can't let that happen! A revolution built on bloodshed will be used to justify violence by anyone with the smallest moral cause." The djinn stabs Sinbad on the back with his nails. "You're the only one who can save us from that and bring about a bloodless revolution! Alibaba-kun, kill him!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba roars as the blade from his sword gets envelop in flames and runs up to the djinn and stabs him. However, a barrier-like energy blocks the blade./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"I can't cut him!"/em Alibaba thought. em"The bits are repelling my sword!"/em Alibaba continues to push his sword to cut the djinn even though the barrier is in the way. em"Amon, please give me power! If I don't stop him now, it'll be too late! I need the power to pierce through him now!"/em Flames wrap around his arms and red armor appears from it. Once a small opening is made Alibaba could see Cassim's body in it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ali… baba?" He mutters./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Cassim?"/em The flames die down and suddenly, he is thrown away backwards to the wall. Then the djinn grabs Sinbad and throws him to where Alibaba is. As Alibaba braces himself for the impact, Morgiana catches Sinbad and Vulpi checks on their injuries./p
p class="MsoNormal""Are you all right?" Vulpi asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana! Vulpi!" Alibaba calls and the djinn stands up. "What is he doing?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Magoi manipulation." Sinbad answers. "His flow of magoi has been temporarily stopped. This is probably the only time he can't use gravity magic. Put all of your strength into a decisive blow. You should be able to cut him down now!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes!" The flames envelop his arms again into armor, but as he sees the djinn, he remembers Cassim is still in there, causing the armor to disappear. Alibaba looks back and concentrates as his armor reappear and disappear. "Dammit!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""All military forces! Prepare for attack! Don't let that monster take another step!" Sahbmad orders and Alibaba opens his eyes, seeing the army is in front of the black djinn./p
p class="MsoNormal""13supth/sup platoon, attack!" Barkak orders. "24supth/sup platoon, flank left!" The soldiers are charging at the djinn from Barkak's order./p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone…" Alibaba trails off./p
p class="MsoNormal""As if we'd let a monster take Balbadd."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We have to protect our country!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone is…" Alibaba says. "I need to get together!" Alibaba breaths deeply and concentrates his magoi to his sword. Then Sinbad touches his sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll help." He says./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm going to help out too." Vulpi says and closes her eyes. "O great dragon. Let thy answer to my call into this land and lend me thy strength." As she chants her body starts to shine. "Show me thy form and let thy carry me to the sky. Summon! Bahamut!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Bahamut dives through the clouds and stops where Vulpi is standing and she back flips to Bahamut's back./p
p class="MsoNormal""Let's go, Bahamut!" Vulpi says and Bahamut flies up to where the djinn is. As the army attacks the djinn, he swings his arm at them to make them stop, but the army continues to attack. Once Bahamut is above the djinn, Vulpi cups her mouth./p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone, move!" The army looks up and sees Bahamut above them. "Pulsar Burst!" Bahamut fires multiple beams at the djinn, but a barrier appears, preventing the beams to hit./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Everyone…" /emAlibaba thought and the blade is in flames and he runs towards the djinn. em"I'll put an end to all this…"/em Alibaba jumps up and about to stab him. em"In one fell swoop!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Go!" Alibaba shouts as he dives down for the attack, but suddenly, a man gets in Alibaba's way and smirks. Alibaba sees this and he is attack by the man, causing Alibaba to crash down to the ground and his djinn equip dissolves. In the air, they see that man was Judar./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"He's…"/em Sinbad thought./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san!" Vulpi calls out while sitting on Bahamut's back. Morgiana goes to where Alibaba crashed and Alibaba looks up to see Judar./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"This is bad!"/em Alibaba thought. em"The djinn equip that I used all of my concentration on was dispelled. I barely have any magoi left. How am I supposed to fight all of them? What do I do? What do I do?!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi's ears twitches and she turns her head and see a speck of light coming towards the palace./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"What's that?"/em She thought. Then in the corner of her eyes, she sees Judar is on the black djinn's back./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hurry up and become mine already!" Judar exclaims as he uses his lightning magic on the djinn. The djinn roars in pain and stop as he hangs his head. "So that's how it works." Judar lifts his wand up and the djinn lifts his head. "He's great."/p
p class="MsoNormal"em"This is terrible."/em Sinbad thought. em"I need to do something."/em Sinbad stands up./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sarg Arsarros!" Judar calls and several ice spears appear and shoot towards Sinbad, stabbing him and freezing part of his body to the wall./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sinbad-san!" Vulpi shouts./p
p class="MsoNormal""Be good, Sinbad. Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'll make you mine later too." Sinbad looks at Judar then Judar points at Alibaba with his wand. "Now, it's finally time to kill you!" After Judar swings his wand downward, the djinn crutches down and a second pair of wings grows out on his back. "My djinn is really strong." The djinn makes five black spheres and they all shoot at Alibaba, but Morgiana grabs Alibaba and quickly evades all the spheres./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"I won't able to keep dodging him!"/em Morgiana thought. em"All we can do right now is run!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana." Alibaba calls. "Do you think you could throw me up there?" Alibaba points at the Judar and the djinn. "I've gathered up all of my remaining power. I'm going to use it to stop them."/p
p class="MsoNormal""B-but…" Morgiana stutters. "There are more enemies now and the black djinn has been completely healed!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Then I'll just need to whip up something stronger! If I do as Sinbad-san says, and use all of my magoi inside of me, I should able to do that!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""But… but… If you do that, you might die!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""But at this rate, everything we've worked to protect will be for nothing! I've got to do this! Please, Morgiana!" Alibaba looks up at the djinn. "Amon!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba's dagger turns back to a black sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay." Morgiana says as she nods her head then she puts her hands on Alibaba's foot and pushes him upwards to the djinn. However, Judar stops him with magic and a large ice spear is made and the djinn grasps it./p
p class="MsoNormal""This sword is loaded with magoi from me and my djinn." Judar says as black fire envelops the spear. "Do you think you'll be able to withstand it?!" The djinn dives down and attacks Alibaba, but Alibaba blocks the attack. "Just die already!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Amon!" Alibaba calls. From the force of the attack, a crack appears on the sword and it breaks, causing Alibaba to fall on the ground./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san!" Morgiana calls as she runs up to him and as she gets closer, she sees the sword is broken. "The sword…"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba slams his broken sword as he gets up. "Morgiana, throw me up again!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""What are you saying? Your sword is broken!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's still here. I'm still here! I have to try again!" Alibaba says before turning towards Morgiana. "One more time, Morgiana!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san…" Vulpi mutters and focuses on the black djinn. "Bahamut, fire Obliterating Breath at the djinn!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Bahamut fires a beam at the djinn, but a barrier appears, preventing the attack to go through. Alibaba uses this chance to attack the djinn, but Judar does a slash movement and the djinn follows the action, causing Alibaba to crash on the ground. After that, Alibaba gets up as he slams his broken sword to the ground and the djinn does a downward slash to finish Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san!" Vulpi shouts and suddenly, a pillar of light comes down from the sky and everyone in the area covers their eyes. "What's going on?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Once the light gets dimmer, Alibaba lowers his arm and surprised when he sees a familiar young boy./p
p class="MsoNormal""I want to be your source of strength." The boy says. "I'll always reach my hand out to you." He turns around with his hand outstretch towards Alibaba. "I always will. Hey, Alibaba-kun."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin!" Alibaba calls and the boy turns out was Aladdin who is giving a hand to Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin!" Vulpi calls out as tears appear on her eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""There you are, shorty. I won't lose again." Judar says. "Cause now I've got a djinn too! Call out your djinn now!" Judar quickly makes an ice spear at Aladdin, but it gets disperse by Aladdin's barrier./p
p class="MsoNormal""You mean Ugo-kun?" Aladdin asks. "Well, Ugo-kun is…" Aladdin grabs the golden flute that doesn't have the eight-pointed star. "No longer here."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Everyone is surprised at the news that Aladdin shared except for Vulpi who looks away./p
p class="MsoNormal""What do you mean?" Judar questions. "If you can't bring out a djinn, then you're nothing but a dumb kid who needs to die."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The djinn does a downward slash at Aladdin as Aladdin crosses his arms./p
p class="MsoNormal""But…" Aladdin is protected by the aura from the rukh as streams of rukh come over to Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""What? The rukh protection? Wait, no."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The aura turns into large arms and they cover Aladdin from the djinn's attack. Also, the aura grows bigger until it's a giant and it spreads its arms as it deflects the djinn's weapon./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's a white giant!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""That has a shape of a djinn, but it's just a regular heat magic." Judar points out./p
p class="MsoNormal""You know how to use magic, Aladdin?" Sinbad asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""You're boring!" Judar exclaims. "Just die already!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin raises his staff with both hands holding it and the giant does the same action with its hands before a pink aura is made around the staff and its hands. Then Aladdin points his staff at both the djinn and Judar./p
p class="MsoNormal""Halharl Infigar!" Aladdin shouts and shoots his magic at them, causing a smoke to spread and heat envelops the area. From the heat, the ice melts and Sinbad is free. "Uncle, are you all right?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Y-yeah." Sinbad replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then, Mor-san, could you take Uncle Sinbad back into the city?" Aladdin asks Morgiana. "There are some people in there that he needs to see."/p
p class="MsoNormal""B-but!" Morgiana stutters./p
p class="MsoNormal""It'll be okay. Now go!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" "Bahamut, take me to where Aladdin is." Vulpi orders and Bahamut flies down to where Aladdin is./p
p class="MsoNormal"Once the smoke disperses, they see Judar uses his borg to protect himself and he starts to flies up from the ground./p
p class="MsoNormal""So what? That's all you've got?" Judar question and his borg immediately dissolves. "You've got my hopes up for nothing, you dumb shorty!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"em"That did work on him at all."/em Alibaba thought. em"But this newly-returned Aladdin seems like he'll be able to handle everything!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Hm… I guess I lose." Aladdin bluntly says./p
p class="MsoNormal"What?" Alibaba says./p
p class="MsoNormal""My magic is still incomplete." Aladdin explains. "There's no way I can go toe to toe with him." He then turns around to Alibaba. "I need your power. emYou /emcan defeat him and that black djinn!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""But…" Alibaba lowers his head. "I don't have a sword and I'm out of magoi. I can't fight anymore!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin walks up to him before Aladdin puts his hands on Alibaba's shoulder. "That's not true." Alibaba lifts his head. "Look carefully, Alibaba-kun." Aladdin lifts his staff and their bodies start to glow and a stream of light shoots out to the city. "Alibaba-kun, this country still holds the fire of hope. A righteous fire that will allow the people to get on with their lives and overcome their fate! You're the one who sparked that, aren't you? You're the one who raised their spirits."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone…" Alibaba calls as tears are on his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""The rukh are drawn by that desire to live! To forge onward! That's why we can still fight!" The rukh dives down into Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal""More heat magic?" Judar questions and the rukh circles around Aladdin's forehead and at the same time, a large spiral is made, subsequently, an eight-pointed star appears on his forehead./p
p class="MsoNormal"As the people cheer, Cassim and his followers with weapons on their arm, walk through the palace gate as the people make a path for them./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's Cassim."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim's here."/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's Cassim from the Fog Troupe."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-san." Morgiana calls./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah." Vulpi replies as a man goes up to Cassim./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, you don't need to do this anymore. This country no longer has a king. Prince Alibaba said that the country belongs to the people."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim looks around the citizens and see that they are cheering for Alibaba. Then he continues to walk with his followers behind him near the palace and looks at Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""I heard that Balbadd has become a republic. That what was the king's country is now to be equally to the people." Cassim summarizes and Alibaba smiles as Vulpi narrows her eyes. "But putting it that way, Aren't you just cheating us? You said this country will be given to us. But isn't this entire country built upon our sweat and blood? Wasn't it ours to begin with? Who destroyed this country through incompetent policies? Who made us put up with a terrible government? Remember those days. When heavy taxes took everything from us. When starvation took our parents, our siblings. The dead won't ever come back! If the monarchy disappears, do the crimes of the monarchy disappear with it? Of course not! The monarchy is still an enemy we must defeat!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""How could he…!" Vulpi says as she glares at him./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's right."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi looks around and hears the other people agreeing with Cassim's statement./p
p class="MsoNormal""He's right. Even if we become a republic, my daughter will never come back to me."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Neither will my little sister."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Both Vulpi and Morgiana see the red mist and immediately, they cover their mouths and noses./p
p class="MsoNormal""To talk about equality now is unfair. It doesn't make any sense."/p
p class="MsoNormal""It doesn't make any sense."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Come!" Cassim points at Alibaba and the royal guards. "Now is the time we make a stand! Now is the time we punish the royalty, the nobles, and the military who stole our country from us!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"They all roar, agreeing with Cassim./p
p class="MsoNormal""Vulpi-san, we should go to where Alibaba-san is!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi wraps around Morgiana's neck and Morgiana jumps up to the balcony where Alibaba is./p
p class="MsoNormal""Kill them all! Kill everyone in the palace! Kill all the nobles and powerful people in town!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"As the people charges at the palace, Morgiana lands and Vulpi gets off./p
p class="MsoNormal""We have a problem!" Vulpi tells them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Riots are spreading around the palace!" Morgiana finishes and Alibaba, Sahbmad, and the royal guards along with Sinbad immediately look at them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Damn it! What is going on?" Sinbad questions./p
p class="MsoNormal"When the guards block the people, some of the Fog Troupe members kill them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Deputy King!" Barkak calls. "Order the armed forces to go on the offensive!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Sahmbad turns to look at him./p
p class="MsoNormal""They may be our citizens, but this is an all-out war. The number of casualties in town and the plaza are growing."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Please give your orders!" Barkak requests. Sahbmad looks unsure and turns to Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""What should we do, Alibaba?" He asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Half of the military will head towards the main gates. See if they can stop the rebels from entering." Alibaba instructs. "The rest of the army is to try to gain control over the rebels that have already broken through. My brothers and those injured should take refuge in the inner sanctuary. As the former head of the enemy forces, I will take the lead. I will stop Cassim!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba immediately exits the palace to where Cassim is entering. Once Alibaba reaches there, he uses Amon's flames to circle around Cassim and several followers and Alibaba casually walks through the fire with his dagger already out. When Alibaba stops in front of them, he points his dagger at them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yo, Alibaba." Cassim greets. "What's the matter? That's one scary face you've got."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim, What are you planning?" Alibaba asks. "The monarchy is done for. There's no reason for all this bloodshed. Why are you doing this?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim looks away not answering Alibaba's question./p
p class="MsoNormal""Answer me, Cassim!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I could ask you the same thing, Alibaba." Cassim retorts. "Equality? A country without a king?" He sets his blade, causing black fog to come out. "When did I ever wish for something like that?" Cassim commands the fog to Alibaba, but Alibaba jumps back to evade it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim, you bastard!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Three of the followers point their weapon at Alibaba and the same black fog comes out, coming towards him, but he evades them./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"They also have Swords of Shackling Ebon Fog?"/em Alibaba thought. em"Doesn't matter. Amon's flames…"/em The followers again point their swords at Alibaba and the fog goes towards him. At that moment, Alibaba brings his dagger back and the flames appear when the eight-pointed star starts to glow em"Will cut right through the fog." /em He slashes along with his dagger at the fog, subsequently, letting the flames to burn them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sword of Phantasmal Crimson Fog!" The woman exclaims as the red fog shoots towards Alibaba, causing his vision to get warp./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"My vision!"/em He thought and Cassim walks towards him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Say, Alibaba." Cassim calls and stops with his blade up. "Do you think that a royal's kid should live as royalty?" Alibaba then glares at Cassim. "And that a kid from the slums should always live as a slum brat?" Two followers point their swords at Alibaba and the black fog ties around his wrists and pull them apart from each other, as the fog wraps around his body. "I don't. We're all humans." Cassim makes the black fog to condense to make a large sphere. "Which means that any one of us is qualified to become king!" the sphere gets bigger and Alibaba widens his eyes, then Cassim throws the condense sphere at him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Amon!" Alibaba calls out and he breaks free from the black fog before slicing the condense sphere with his transformed dagger into a black sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's that? Look at his sword!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""In other words, Cassim, you wanted to become king? Isn't that right?" Alibaba questions./p
p class="MsoNormal""Who knows?" Cassim replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then what?! Why have you involved so many people into this?" Cassim doesn't answers. "I won't let you do as you please!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Shut up already!" The man says as he runs towards him with his sword ready. "I'll melt your mouth with my Sword of Corroding Golden Fog!" Alibaba gets ready and when the man is about to slash him, Alibaba slashes through his sword, breaking it in the process. "What!" Alibaba quickly goes to Cassim and his followers, causing them to get ready, but Alibaba slashes all the blades into two and he stops at Cassim's neck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Call back your troops, Cassim." Alibaba demands. "Or I'll make you do it by force."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim stares at Alibaba before he speaks. "I won't fall back, Alibaba. I'd rather die than backing down here." Cassim slowly walks closer to Alibaba. "You came here determined to do the same, didn't you? So do it." Every time Cassim takes a step he says, 'do it.' Until the blade touches the skin of his neck, causing it to singe. "I'm telling you to kill me, Alibaba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cassim, you!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Please strike, Prince Alibaba!" Barkak requests. "One strike and all will end!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba becomes hesitates after hearing the last sentence as his arms trembles./p
p class="MsoNormal""Damn it!" Alibaba shouts as he brings his sword back and about to slash Cassim's neck, but his sword transforms back into a dagger, causing the flames around them to disappear and Alibaba slams his dagger and fist to the ground. "As if I could do that, you idiot!" Cassim turns his head to him and Alibaba quickly turns to him. "Cassim! If you withdraw your troops now, the revolt will stop! If that happens, there'll still be a chance for you too!" Alibaba grips his dagger tightly. "So please!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You're too soft, Alibaba." Cassim says and walks pass Alibaba before he puts his hand on Alibaba's back. "I'm nowhere near as naïve as you are. See ya." Cassim retrace his hand back and continues to walk behind Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal"Cassim's followers are tying down by the royal guards. Cassim sees this and smiles as he closes his eyes. Then he opens them up and he looks at his sword and brings it up skyward. Suddenly, he stabs himself with the broken sword, causing everyone in the area to be shock at his action as his blood spills out. When he takes out his sword, Cassim staggers back as his blood spills more./p
p class="MsoNormal""Take a good look, people of the slums. Military, nobles, royalties too." Cassim speaks. "I'll show you proof that anyone can be a container for power! Come to me now!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"His sword starts to glow purple and waves like energy spread out. Then the swords of his followers respond glows as they all float toward Cassim and once they are above him, they all point their blades at him. After Cassim swings his sword, they all dive down, subsequently, stab him. Out from the wounds, small tentacles grows out as the blades go into his body and more tentacles grow out from his back. Suddenly, his body becomes larger and his skin turns black, the tentacles on his back turns into bat-like wings and a third eye opens on his forehead. Cassim turns himself into a black djinn./p
p class="MsoNormal""No way!" Sinbad says in disbelief. "It can't be!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""A… black… demon!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"The djinn flies up and he roars like a beast and makes multiple dark spheres around him and they all fire down to the guards, subsequently, killing them. When one of the spheres hits the tower and fall to where a guard is, Vulpi and Sylph get in front of the guard and Vulpi brings her hand up and Sylph uses the wind to stop. Then Morgiana dives under and carries the guard to safety and Vulpi moves away from the fallen tower as she follows Morgiana to Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san, get a hold of yourself!" Morgiana tells him. "Everyone will die if you don't!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba looks at Morgiana and looks back at the Cassim./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Is… that Cassim?" /emAlibaba thought as the djinn continues to throw the dark spheres at the guards and he turns to Ahbmad and Sahbmad who stayed in the palace./p
p class="MsoNormal""H-hey… he's looking this way!" Ahbmad says and the djinn dives down to them. Then Morgiana jumps up and kicks him to stop him from attacking both of Alibaba's half-brothers and he dives down to the ground in front of Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hurry, Alibaba-san!" Vulpi yells. "Use your sword."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Is that Cassim?" Alibaba says and he lifts his head up as a black sphere appears on his hand and attacks Alibaba. On instinct, Alibaba slices the djinn's left arm off along with a wing./p
p class="MsoNormal""One more time, Alibaba-san!" Morgiana yells./p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba looks at him as fire starts to envelop the blade and when the djinn roars, both his arm and wing regenerate back to their form./p
p class="MsoNormal""He's regenerating!" Alibaba says and Cassim grows bigger./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"He's getting bigger." /emMorgiana thought. em"We need to attack now!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"Morgiana runs up to him and he turns his head at her and closes his hand, causing Morgiana to pull towards him and pushes her over the gate and crashes into a building by an invisible force./p
p class="MsoNormal""What did he just-" Morgiana mutters./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's that?!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Morgiana opens her eyes and sees the djinn flying in the air with a dark sphere on his hand./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Not even Alibaba-san's sword can scratch that thing!"/em Morgiana thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"The sphere gets larger as he targets the palace./p
p class="MsoNormal""Damn it!" Alibaba curses. "I won't let you get away with that!" He runs towards the palace after he said that./p
p class="MsoNormal""Prince Alibaba!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"In the palace, Ahbmad and Sahbmad are quivering in fear./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why is he only aiming at us?" Ahbmad questions./p
p class="MsoNormal"Stop it!" Alibaba shouts. Then Sinbad jumps on to his and Sinbad stabs him by the back of his neck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-kun, I'll hold him down." Sinbad says. "You need to finish him off! This thing wants to kill off everyone involved with the monarchy here in Balbadd! It wants a revolution! We can't let that happen! A revolution built on bloodshed will be used to justify violence by anyone with the smallest moral cause." The djinn stabs Sinbad on the back with his nails. "You're the only one who can save us from that and bring about a bloodless revolution! Alibaba-kun, kill him!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba roars as the blade from his sword gets envelop in flames and runs up to the djinn and stabs him. However, a barrier-like energy blocks the blade./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"I can't cut him!"/em Alibaba thought. em"The bits are repelling my sword!"/em Alibaba continues to push his sword to cut the djinn even though the barrier is in the way. em"Amon, please give me power! If I don't stop him now, it'll be too late! I need the power to pierce through him now!"/em Flames wrap around his arms and red armor appears from it. Once a small opening is made Alibaba could see Cassim's body in it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ali… baba?" He mutters./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Cassim?"/em The flames die down and suddenly, he is thrown away backwards to the wall. Then the djinn grabs Sinbad and throws him to where Alibaba is. As Alibaba braces himself for the impact, Morgiana catches Sinbad and Vulpi checks on their injuries./p
p class="MsoNormal""Are you all right?" Vulpi asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana! Vulpi!" Alibaba calls and the djinn stands up. "What is he doing?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Magoi manipulation." Sinbad answers. "His flow of magoi has been temporarily stopped. This is probably the only time he can't use gravity magic. Put all of your strength into a decisive blow. You should be able to cut him down now!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes!" The flames envelop his arms again into armor, but as he sees the djinn, he remembers Cassim is still in there, causing the armor to disappear. Alibaba looks back and concentrates as his armor reappear and disappear. "Dammit!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""All military forces! Prepare for attack! Don't let that monster take another step!" Sahbmad orders and Alibaba opens his eyes, seeing the army is in front of the black djinn./p
p class="MsoNormal""13supth/sup platoon, attack!" Barkak orders. "24supth/sup platoon, flank left!" The soldiers are charging at the djinn from Barkak's order./p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone…" Alibaba trails off./p
p class="MsoNormal""As if we'd let a monster take Balbadd."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We have to protect our country!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone is…" Alibaba says. "I need to get together!" Alibaba breaths deeply and concentrates his magoi to his sword. Then Sinbad touches his sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll help." He says./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm going to help out too." Vulpi says and closes her eyes. "O great dragon. Let thy answer to my call into this land and lend me thy strength." As she chants her body starts to shine. "Show me thy form and let thy carry me to the sky. Summon! Bahamut!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Bahamut dives through the clouds and stops where Vulpi is standing and she back flips to Bahamut's back./p
p class="MsoNormal""Let's go, Bahamut!" Vulpi says and Bahamut flies up to where the djinn is. As the army attacks the djinn, he swings his arm at them to make them stop, but the army continues to attack. Once Bahamut is above the djinn, Vulpi cups her mouth./p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone, move!" The army looks up and sees Bahamut above them. "Pulsar Burst!" Bahamut fires multiple beams at the djinn, but a barrier appears, preventing the beams to hit./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"Everyone…" /emAlibaba thought and the blade is in flames and he runs towards the djinn. em"I'll put an end to all this…"/em Alibaba jumps up and about to stab him. em"In one fell swoop!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Go!" Alibaba shouts as he dives down for the attack, but suddenly, a man gets in Alibaba's way and smirks. Alibaba sees this and he is attack by the man, causing Alibaba to crash down to the ground and his djinn equip dissolves. In the air, they see that man was Judar./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"He's…"/em Sinbad thought./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san!" Vulpi calls out while sitting on Bahamut's back. Morgiana goes to where Alibaba crashed and Alibaba looks up to see Judar./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"This is bad!"/em Alibaba thought. em"The djinn equip that I used all of my concentration on was dispelled. I barely have any magoi left. How am I supposed to fight all of them? What do I do? What do I do?!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"Vulpi's ears twitches and she turns her head and see a speck of light coming towards the palace./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"What's that?"/em She thought. Then in the corner of her eyes, she sees Judar is on the black djinn's back./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hurry up and become mine already!" Judar exclaims as he uses his lightning magic on the djinn. The djinn roars in pain and stop as he hangs his head. "So that's how it works." Judar lifts his wand up and the djinn lifts his head. "He's great."/p
p class="MsoNormal"em"This is terrible."/em Sinbad thought. em"I need to do something."/em Sinbad stands up./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sarg Arsarros!" Judar calls and several ice spears appear and shoot towards Sinbad, stabbing him and freezing part of his body to the wall./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sinbad-san!" Vulpi shouts./p
p class="MsoNormal""Be good, Sinbad. Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'll make you mine later too." Sinbad looks at Judar then Judar points at Alibaba with his wand. "Now, it's finally time to kill you!" After Judar swings his wand downward, the djinn crutches down and a second pair of wings grows out on his back. "My djinn is really strong." The djinn makes five black spheres and they all shoot at Alibaba, but Morgiana grabs Alibaba and quickly evades all the spheres./p
p class="MsoNormal"em"I won't able to keep dodging him!"/em Morgiana thought. em"All we can do right now is run!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Morgiana." Alibaba calls. "Do you think you could throw me up there?" Alibaba points at the Judar and the djinn. "I've gathered up all of my remaining power. I'm going to use it to stop them."/p
p class="MsoNormal""B-but…" Morgiana stutters. "There are more enemies now and the black djinn has been completely healed!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Then I'll just need to whip up something stronger! If I do as Sinbad-san says, and use all of my magoi inside of me, I should able to do that!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""But… but… If you do that, you might die!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""But at this rate, everything we've worked to protect will be for nothing! I've got to do this! Please, Morgiana!" Alibaba looks up at the djinn. "Amon!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba's dagger turns back to a black sword./p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay." Morgiana says as she nods her head then she puts her hands on Alibaba's foot and pushes him upwards to the djinn. However, Judar stops him with magic and a large ice spear is made and the djinn grasps it./p
p class="MsoNormal""This sword is loaded with magoi from me and my djinn." Judar says as black fire envelops the spear. "Do you think you'll be able to withstand it?!" The djinn dives down and attacks Alibaba, but Alibaba blocks the attack. "Just die already!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Amon!" Alibaba calls. From the force of the attack, a crack appears on the sword and it breaks, causing Alibaba to fall on the ground./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san!" Morgiana calls as she runs up to him and as she gets closer, she sees the sword is broken. "The sword…"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Alibaba slams his broken sword as he gets up. "Morgiana, throw me up again!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""What are you saying? Your sword is broken!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's still here. I'm still here! I have to try again!" Alibaba says before turning towards Morgiana. "One more time, Morgiana!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san…" Vulpi mutters and focuses on the black djinn. "Bahamut, fire Obliterating Breath at the djinn!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Bahamut fires a beam at the djinn, but a barrier appears, preventing the attack to go through. Alibaba uses this chance to attack the djinn, but Judar does a slash movement and the djinn follows the action, causing Alibaba to crash on the ground. After that, Alibaba gets up as he slams his broken sword to the ground and the djinn does a downward slash to finish Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alibaba-san!" Vulpi shouts and suddenly, a pillar of light comes down from the sky and everyone in the area covers their eyes. "What's going on?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Once the light gets dimmer, Alibaba lowers his arm and surprised when he sees a familiar young boy./p
p class="MsoNormal""I want to be your source of strength." The boy says. "I'll always reach my hand out to you." He turns around with his hand outstretch towards Alibaba. "I always will. Hey, Alibaba-kun."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin!" Alibaba calls and the boy turns out was Aladdin who is giving a hand to Alibaba./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aladdin!" Vulpi calls out as tears appear on her eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""There you are, shorty. I won't lose again." Judar says. "Cause now I've got a djinn too! Call out your djinn now!" Judar quickly makes an ice spear at Aladdin, but it gets disperse by Aladdin's barrier./p
p class="MsoNormal""You mean Ugo-kun?" Aladdin asks. "Well, Ugo-kun is…" Aladdin grabs the golden flute that doesn't have the eight-pointed star. "No longer here."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Everyone is surprised at the news that Aladdin shared except for Vulpi who looks away./p
p class="MsoNormal""What do you mean?" Judar questions. "If you can't bring out a djinn, then you're nothing but a dumb kid who needs to die."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The djinn does a downward slash at Aladdin as Aladdin crosses his arms./p
p class="MsoNormal""But…" Aladdin is protected by the aura from the rukh as streams of rukh come over to Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal""What? The rukh protection? Wait, no."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The aura turns into large arms and they cover Aladdin from the djinn's attack. Also, the aura grows bigger until it's a giant and it spreads its arms as it deflects the djinn's weapon./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's a white giant!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""That has a shape of a djinn, but it's just a regular heat magic." Judar points out./p
p class="MsoNormal""You know how to use magic, Aladdin?" Sinbad asks./p
p class="MsoNormal""You're boring!" Judar exclaims. "Just die already!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin raises his staff with both hands holding it and the giant does the same action with its hands before a pink aura is made around the staff and its hands. Then Aladdin points his staff at both the djinn and Judar./p
p class="MsoNormal""Halharl Infigar!" Aladdin shouts and shoots his magic at them, causing a smoke to spread and heat envelops the area. From the heat, the ice melts and Sinbad is free. "Uncle, are you all right?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Y-yeah." Sinbad replies./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then, Mor-san, could you take Uncle Sinbad back into the city?" Aladdin asks Morgiana. "There are some people in there that he needs to see."/p
p class="MsoNormal""B-but!" Morgiana stutters./p
p class="MsoNormal""It'll be okay. Now go!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" "Bahamut, take me to where Aladdin is." Vulpi orders and Bahamut flies down to where Aladdin is./p
p class="MsoNormal"Once the smoke disperses, they see Judar uses his borg to protect himself and he starts to flies up from the ground./p
p class="MsoNormal""So what? That's all you've got?" Judar question and his borg immediately dissolves. "You've got my hopes up for nothing, you dumb shorty!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"em"That did work on him at all."/em Alibaba thought. em"But this newly-returned Aladdin seems like he'll be able to handle everything!"/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Hm… I guess I lose." Aladdin bluntly says./p
p class="MsoNormal"What?" Alibaba says./p
p class="MsoNormal""My magic is still incomplete." Aladdin explains. "There's no way I can go toe to toe with him." He then turns around to Alibaba. "I need your power. emYou /emcan defeat him and that black djinn!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""But…" Alibaba lowers his head. "I don't have a sword and I'm out of magoi. I can't fight anymore!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Aladdin walks up to him before Aladdin puts his hands on Alibaba's shoulder. "That's not true." Alibaba lifts his head. "Look carefully, Alibaba-kun." Aladdin lifts his staff and their bodies start to glow and a stream of light shoots out to the city. "Alibaba-kun, this country still holds the fire of hope. A righteous fire that will allow the people to get on with their lives and overcome their fate! You're the one who sparked that, aren't you? You're the one who raised their spirits."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Everyone…" Alibaba calls as tears are on his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""The rukh are drawn by that desire to live! To forge onward! That's why we can still fight!" The rukh dives down into Aladdin./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal""More heat magic?" Judar questions and the rukh circles around Aladdin's forehead and at the same time, a large spiral is made, subsequently, an eight-pointed star appears on his forehead./p