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Chapter 29: Market Town and Dungeon
Ky, Elena, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, Murray, Tor, and Roberta leave Meridell and return to the plains while dealing with the Black Xetis, Heartless, and Minions and they return to the crossroads of Brightvale to find out where Market Town is and later on, they find a sign that says 'Market Town' and so they follow that sign and make their way to Market Town and they arrive at a bridge. Just then, Black Xetis that look like dark armored knights appear and attack the group with their swords, but Ky attacks with his Keyblade while Elena casts Fire while Max bashes with his shield while Tails shoots four shots from his blaster while Blaze flame kicks while Shadow throws Chaos Spears while Storm unleashes electricity while Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker while Lucky uses Egg Roll while T.J. slashes with his knife while Sly attacks with his cane while Bentley wheelchair spins while Murray punches while Tor slashes with his sword while Roberta shoots her spells and they defeat the Dark Knight Black Xetis.
"This has to be Market Town." Tor said.
"I'm sure it is." Roberta said.
"Just like the other lands we've been to, it's clouded by darkness." Ky said.
"Let's go in and see what we can do and find a way to get that treasure." Sly said and the group go through the door, leading them to Market Town.
(Market Town)
The group are now in Market Town and they start finding the Trader's Guild, but Ky finds a sign that says 'Trader's Guild Hall' next to a big building and so the group enter the building.
(Trader's Guild Hall)
The group are now in a big hall, where they see four members of the Trader's Guild, who are purple due to the dark clouds and the three members are angry at the fourth member, which happens to be the leader.
"A plague! A pestilence! The customers have fled and the markets are collapsing!" One of the Trader's Guild members said.
"My junk bonds are nothing but junk! Those dreadful creatures have ruined Market Town!" Another Guild member said.
"Those awful dark clouds have even ruined the Bagguss' biggest crop!" The third Guild member said.
"Now, now, my fellow guildspeople! I understand your frustration..." The Guild leader said, trying to calm the members.
"But those monsters have ruined EVERYTHING!" The first Guild member said.
"The taxes are putting us out of business!" The second Guild member said.
"Indeed! The taxes are truly terrible!" The third Guild member said.
"Perhaps someone can help us. I'd even give the Market Town Guild Treasure to the heroes who could get rid of these terrible dark clouds." The Guild leader said.
"Really? He'd do that?" Elena asked.
"Sounds like luck's on our side now." Sly said.
"But no one has ever even dared to go the old keep of the Black Knight to stop this madness! He's the one because of those monsters around here!" The first Guild member said.
"Old keep of the Black Knight, huh?" Ky asked.
"If we find this keep, then we can rid this town of the dark clouds." Roberta said.
"Okay. Let's find this old keep." Tails said.
The group leave the Trader's Guild building and they start searching Market Town for the old keep, but while searching, there's purple fog around the town.
"Sheesh. Could those dark clouds even have fogs too?" T.J. asked.
"Quiet! I think someone's coming!" Shadow said and just then, Dark Knight Black Xetis appear.
"Everyone ready yourselves!" Ky said, taking out his Keyblade.
The Dark Knight Black Xetis attack the group with their swords, but Ky counters with his Keyblade followed by Spin Slash while Elena throws magic bombs, but the Dark Knight Black Xetis deliver a powerful kick, only for Tor to triple slash with his sword while Roberta shoots her spells, but the Dark Knight Black Xetis horizontal slash with their swords, but Max uses Shield Missiles while T.J. multi slashes with his knife. The Dark Knight Black Xetis keep slashing with their swords, but Tails tail swipes and then throws bombs while Sly attacks with his cane while Blaze uses Fire Drill while Murray uses Turbo Charge while Shadow multi punches followed by a flip kick while Bentley shoots electric darts. The Dark Knight Black Xetis deliver more powerful kicks, only for Storm to use Skullbash while Kiyo has Zatch use Zakeruga while Lucky uses Ground Pound, but the Dark Knight Black Xetis keep attacking, but Ky and his friends defeat the Dark Knight Black Xetis.
The group continue making their way through Market Town to find the old keep of the Black Knight while fighting off more Dark Knight Black Xetis and Heartless and later on, they find a gate leading to the end of the town and to the outside that has a broken bridge and so the group get by the broken bridge and Ky looks up to see a black castle tower.
"That has to be the old keep." Ky said.
"You might be right, Ky." Blaze said.
"Let's find a way to get in there." Bentley said.
(Black Knight's Keep)
The group make their way to the gate that could lead to the tower, but it's shut tight, but then, Ky finds something on the side of the gate and there is a pillar that has plants on it and so Ky gets an idea of using the plants to climb up and everyone else follows him and they manage to enter the yard of the keep, but they see Dark Knight Black Xetis attacking them, but the group defeat them and figure out how to get into the keep tower. They see a broken wall and Ky believes it can be used to get up and so the group climb up the broken wall and reach to the top of the wall and Ky finds a pole and sees a way to get across and so he uses his Keyblade to break the pole, making it fall and the group get on the pole and start going across to the next part of the wall and climb up to the higher part of the wall. They keep going until they climb to a watchtower of the wall, but the floor breaks and makes the group fall and into the lowest keep, but the group go through the inside while fighting off more Black Xetis, Heartless, and Minions and they find a ladder and start climbing up to the upper part of the inside and make their way out and to the different part of the wall and go through it until they climb their way up to part of the keep, but more Black Xetis appear, only for the group to defeat them and head inside into parts of the keep.
The group explore some of the inside and go upstairs, leading them to another part of the keep outside and they believe they're higher up and make their way through the outside again while dealing with more Black Xetis and Heartless and then they find another way into another part of the inside and go upstairs, leading them to a different floor, where Heartless appear and attack them, but Ky defeats them and the group find more stairs and so they climb their way up to another floor and as they reach the next floor, they find a huge double door.
"Where do you think this will lead us to?" Murray asked.
"Probably another Black Xeti waiting for us just like the other ones we've dealt with." Kiyo said.
"Let's find this source of this dark cloud and try to save Market Town. I'll bet there will be another Black Xetis waiting for us." Ky said.
The group open the double door, leading them to a different big room with two staircases and as they enter, they look around for any Black Xetis with caution, but just then, a loud thunder roars and lightning flashes outside and the group look around to see who is there and they see Tensia and the group get into their fighting stances.
"What do you want, Tensia?" Ky asked.
"You're doing quite well and getting through this keep, but let's see if you can defeat my Black Xeti." Tensia said, as thunder roars again.
"Where is it?" Zatch asked and thunder roars again.
"If it's hiding, then I guess it's shy to show itself." Elena said.
"Don't be so sure. Black Knight, I SUMMON you!" Tensia commanded and a Black Xeti with black armor with shoulder pads that have gold spikes on them, gold horns, crimson eyes, and carrying a gold sword.
"Just as we thought. Another Black Xeti responsible." Max said.
"Now then, Black Knight, would you like to play with your new friends? They've came all this way after all." Tensia said, as she disappears.
"Guys, watch yourselves." Ky said and the group prepare to fight.
(Boss Theme: Destiny's Force)
Black Knight charges at the group and slashes at them with its sword, but the group dodge and try to attack it back, but nothing is effecting it and so Black Knight slashes with its sword again.
"This Black Xeti seems invincible unlike the other Black Xetis." Blaze said.
"I doubt that. There has to be some sort of weakness." Ky said.
"You're right, Ky! I think what we need to do is to outsmart it!" Tails said.
"If we make it act stupid, its weakness is sure to be revealed." Elena said.
Black Knight slashes at the group again, but the group dodge, making Black Knight a little frustrated and so it tries to slash the group again, but the group dodge again and to the wall of one of the staircases, making Black Knight angry and so it charges at the group with its sword in an attempt to slash at them, but they move out of the way, making Black Knight hit the wall of one of the staircases, stunning it.
"What an idiot." T.J. said.
"Look! There's dark spots on its legs!" Roberta said, pointing at purple spots on Black Knight's legs.
"Those look weak. Let's attack those." Shadow said.
While Black Knight is still stunned, Ky attacks with his Keyblade followed by Spin Slash while Elena whacks with her staff followed by Fire while Max bashes with his shield while Tails tail swipes while Blaze double flame kicks while Shadow multi punches followed by a roundhouse kick while Storm electric punches while Kiyo has Zatck use Zaker while Lucky double kicks followed by Headbutt while T.J. slashes with his knife while Sly attacks with his cane while Bentley wheelchair spins while Murray punches while Tor triple slashes with his sword while Roberta shoots her spells and after a few attacks, they destroy the dark spots on Black Knight, who recovers and roars in rage.
Black Knight attempts to slash at the group again, but they dodge the sword slash, making Black Knight more angry and swings its sword again, but Ky blocks with his Keyblade and kicks Black Knight back, making it more angry and so it jumps into the air and tries to down slash at Ky, who dodges and makes it stab the ground instead and it's now stuck, showing a dark spot on its back. Ky uses Strike Raid while Elena shoots magic concussive blasts while Max uses Shield Boomerang while T.J. throws knives while Kiyo has Zatch use Zakeruga while Storm shoots electric shots while Tails shoots five shots from his blaster while Bentley throws electric darts while Blaze shoots fireballs while Sly uses Cane Push while Shadow throws Chaos Arrows while Murray picks up a rock nearby and throws it while Lucky uses Egg Roll while Tor multi slashes with his sword while Roberta shoots a big spell, destroying the next dark spot and Black Knight manages to get its sword off the ground and then screams angrily.
The group outsmart Black Knight even more, as it slashes at them a little faster and Black Knight is now enraged and keeps slashing at the group, who dodge, but Black Knight unleashes dark slash waves at the group, who also dodge the slash waves and are now under a chandelier, making Black Knight even more angry and so he tries to upper slash at the group, but they move, making Black Knight's sword hit the chandelier instead and is stuck, showing more dark spots under each arm. Ky attacks with his Keyblade followed by Edge Slash while Elena shoots magic bolts and then casts Blizzard while Max bashes with his shield while Tor triple slashes with his sword while Roberta shoots three spells while Storm uses Volt Tackle while Lucky uses Egg Roll on one side while Tails and Bentley throw bombs while Sly uses Cane Jump while Blaze uses Fire Drill while Murray uppercuts while Shadow spin dashes and then delivers a huge punch while T.J. dash slashes with his knife while Kiyo has Zatch use Bao Zakeruga on the other side, destroying both dark spots at the same time and Black Knight gets its sword off the chandelier and roars in rage again.
Black Knight slashes at the group in a blind and quick fury, but the group dodge, but Black Knight unleashes dark slash waves, but the group dodge those as well, only for Black Knight to keep attacking the group with its sword followed by another swing, but the group continue to dodge, but Black Knight throws the sword into the air, spins around himself, and then throws at the group with its mind, but the group dodge the sword throw. Black Knight unleashes more dark sword waves, but Black Knight gets tired after his rage attacks and the group see another dark spot on its neck and so Tor down slashes with his sword while Roberta shoots a big spell while Storm uses Quick Attack and then tail whips while Lucky uses Ground Pound while T.J. multi slashes with his knife while Max uses Shield Missile while Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker while Tails unleashes Magic Hand and it punches while Bentley throws dart bombs while Sly uses Cane Jump while Blaze uses Fire Tornado while Murray uses Turbo Charge while Shadow multi punches and then somersault kicks while Elena throws magic bombs and then casts Thunder while Ky uses Edge Slash, delivering his final attack on the dark spot, destroying it.
After Black Knight recovers from being tired it starts screaming while struggling to stay alive, but it lets out a scream of rage and agony so loud that it's shaking the room and the group cover their ears from the screaming and Black Knight sees black mist around itself and knows what it means and screams in rage once more, shattering the window of the room, showing the dark clouds disappearing and showing clear sky and Black Knight notices more black mist around it and it disappears into the black mist while letting out one final scream of rage.
"There. Done." Ky said and Tensia appears.
"I should have known better than to pick a stupid Black Xeti! Whatever. You still haven't have won. You still don't have the Light Crystal piece and you still haven't sealed the Keyhole to this world. Victory can still be ours." Tensia said.
"Shut up, Pigtails! We're going to win this fight!" Elena replied.
"Whatever. You keep having fun playing hero." Tensia said, as she disappears.
"Now that's over, Market Town should be freed from the darkness." Kiyo said.
"I'll bet. Let's get out of here." Tor said.
The group leave the keep and make their way back to Market Town by going through the front old gate and Market Town is in fact free from the dark clouds, like the other lands and everyone is going around town happy again and so the group hurry their way back to the Trader's Guild building and as they enter, they see Guild members also free from the dark clouds and the leader sees the group and gestures them to come over to him.
"We all thank you for your bravery and for what you have done for Market Town." The Guild leader said.
"It was nothing." Ky said.
"Now how about that Guild Treasure you promised." Sly said.
"I was sort of hoping you'd forget that." The Guild leader said.
"We didn't." Shadow said.
"I wasn't really in my right mind when I made that arrangement." The Guild leader said.
"But you did and if you make an arrangement, you have to stick by it." Elena said.
"I suppose that's right. A deal is a deal...even if it is a crazy one." The Guild leader said, giving the group the Guild Treasure. "Here. Use it well." The Guild leader said.
"Thanks." Ky said.
The group leave the Guild building and they leave Market Town.
"Now that we have what we came for, let's go talk to those thieves again." Tails said.
"And they will comply." Sly said.
"Yeah! Let's go back to Meridell." Zatch said.
The group make their way from the crossroads of Brightvale to the Meridell Plains and back to Meridell and they make their way back to the meerca thieves' hideout and Sly takes out the Guild treasure.
"Is that...?" The first meerca thief asked.
"Yes!" The second meerca thief said, trying to take the treasure, but Sly stops him.
"Not so fast. You need to fulfill you end of the deal first." Sly said.
"Or you won't see this treasure anymore." Elena said.
"Okay! Okay!" The second meerca thief said, as he pushes a crate and shows a sewer hole. "Down there is the old sewer tunnels. The entrance to the dungeons is down there." The second meerca thief said.
"Thanks. Here." Sly said, giving the treasure, as the group go into the sewer hole.
(Sewer Tunnels)
The group are now in the sewer entrance.
"Okay. This should lead us to the dungeon and then to the vault." Tor said.
"Let's find that dungeon entrance." Ky said.
The group start to make their way through the sewer tunnels and so far, they're not dealing with any Black Xetis or Heartless yet and they keep moving through the sewer until they reach a different area that has a stoned door.
"Wow. I think we found it." Max said.
"That looks like an entrance to the dungeons to me." Roberta said.
"Now we have to find a way to open it." Murray said.
"There's always a way." Tails said.
"Let's find what unlocks the door." Ky said.
Ky searches the room for something that will open the door and while exploring, he finds something behind the wall and breaks it, showing some gears on the wall and Ky assumes that those might open the door, so he searches the room for what will activate the gears and he finds three levers on the different wall and so Ky pulls down one lever and one gear starts to rotate and then Ky pulls down another, making the second rotate and then Ky pulls down the third and final lever, making the final gear rotate and all the gears rotating opens the door.
"You did it, Ky!" Elena said.
"Let's go." Ky said.
(Ruined Hall)
The group make their way into the entrance of the ruined room, but just then, skeletons start to come to life and attack the group, who fight back and defeat the skeletons and move on through the ruined room and later on arrive at a creepy looking cave with cobwebs around and Ky finds what looks like a broken bridge and crosses it and everyone else follows him and they see something inside and they believe they should check out what it is, but as they enter, a door closes behind them and they turn to see the door completely shut.
"Oh, no!" Tails said.
"Great..." Shadow said.
"Hey! Open up!" T.J. yelled, banging against the door.
"No good. We're trapped now." Ky said.
"We need to figure out how to get out." Roberta said.
"I agree. We need to hurry and find that vault." Bentley said.
"In that case, let's find a way out of here and find our way into the vault." Ky said and they start to explore the trapped dungeon.
(Dungeon Maze)
The group move through the dungeon, but skeletons appear from underground and attack the group, but they defeat the skeletons and continue their way through the dungeon find the entrance to the vault and then they find a room with a lever that has a green mark and so Ky pulls the lever down and they see a door with a green mark open and the group go through a hall with green marks while fighting off more skeletons and they arrive at another room with a lever with a red mark. After pulling the lever down, a door with the red mark opens, leading them to another hall with red marks until they enter another cell with another lever with a yellow mark and after it's pulled down, a door with a yellow mark opens, leading the group to another hall with yellow marks and they go through the hall. More skeletons attack, but the group defeat the skeletons and they find another cell, where they find another lever that has a blue mark and after lowering the lever, a door with the blue mark opens and the group follow the blue marks through another hallway until they arrive at a new room.
The group explore the different room while still fighting off skeletons and keep looking around until Ky finds a a lever with an orange mark and so he pulls the lever down and a door with an orange mark opens, leading the group to a different room and while exploring, Ky finds a tiny keyhole and so he places his Keyblade into the tiny keyhole.
"Something should happen." Ky said.
The group make their way through the dungeon and return to the entrance of the trapped dungeon and they see the door opened now.
"Now we can finally get out of here." Shadow said.
"Good. Let's go and find that vault." Ky said.
The group get out of the trapped dungeon and return to the ruined room and while they find the entrance to the vault, the floor starts to break and the group fall to the lower part of the ruined room and they see a door.
"Could this door lead us to the vault?" Zatch asked.
"Only one way to find out." Sly said, opening the door, but it's not budging.
"How can we open this?" Murray asked and Roberta sees another tiny keyhole on the door.
"I think we're supposed to unlock it." Roberta said.
"Yeah. My Keyblade can do that." Ky said, as he uses his Keyblade to unlock the keyhole and then opens the door. "Now, let's see if we can find that vault and the Rod." Ky said and the group go through the door.
And chapter end right here. I hope you guys enjoyed this one. There will be more. Hope this was fun to read. Next time, Ky and his friends finally arrive at the vault and finally find Fyora's Rod, save Meridell from the dark clouds, confront the Darkest Faerie, and stop her for good . I'll see you all in the next chapter. Don't forget to review and leave a favorite and a follow. Take care and goodbye for now.