Chapter 4: To those who care
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Back outside the freezing cold weather Ti'e'yong, Trivain and Zan had now left the temple and were now about to walk down the stairs engraved on the side of the cliff "so Zan do you know the way to the Mushroom Woods even if its foggy down the bottom of these stairs?" asked Trivain as they all walked down the stairs "what makes you think I wouldn't know, of course I know the way just follow me when we reach the bottom ok" said Zan as he continued to watch over Ti'e'yong which had Trivain curious "why are you fixing your eyes on Ti'e'yong? You got something you'd wish to say to her?" asked Trivain "she just too young, someone's got to keep her protected from harm's way" answered Zan "what are you two talking about?" asked Ti'e'yong who looked over at them which made Zan worried "watch where you're going, it's a nasty fall down there" warned Zan as Ti'e'yong quickly turned her head around to the front "I see what you mean but you don't have to worry I got Ti'e'yong covered" mentioned Trivain as she was now watching over Ti'e'yong while Zan laughed a little as they were now reaching towards the end of the long staircase.
"Seriously Zan you really need to do something about this" mentioned Trivain "what the mist?" asked Zan "no silly the staircase, it too tiring to scale" explained Ti'e'yong "well that the reason you see we druids need to be protected so we do stuff around our temples so we can turn the tide of any battle, me for instance I used my powerful magic to carve a staircase on the side of this mountain to set up a challenge for our unwanted foes, you see if I got a small war party coming after me then they'll have to scale the tall staircase while taking suppressive fire from my magical aura abilities and if I'm lucky sometimes the sun will shine down the stair blinding my enemies making the battle easy" explained Zan "well then we know where to go when there's a battle going on" laughed Ti'e'yong followed by the others "alright then, shall we make a move before my robe gets frozen" said Zan "well ok then let's make a move" replied Trivain, but before they moved on Ti'e'yong had just remembered something "but wait what about Fu-Fu is he going to be alright being all on his own over at Sun's Bay?" worried Ti'e'yong as they both turned towards her "don't worry while you were sleeping yesterday I used the flute and played a certain melody which meant to Fu-Fu that he can go and do whatever likes for now" explained Trivain "aww you could've woke me up so I could say goodbye to him" moaned Ti'e'yong "I tried to but you wouldn't come out of the sleeping bag, you was out like a light" giggled Trivain as Zan snickered a little bit, "don't worry my friend hopefully next time you'll get to say your goodbyes" said Zan as he put his wing around her neck while Trivain grew more suspicious "are you sure your protecting Ti'e'yong, more likely your making out with her" asked Trivain as Zan quickly removed his wing off from around Ti'e'yong's neck "I'm not hitting on her, I'm just cheering her up" replied Zan as he recomposed back into a more serious looking druid "you didn't had to do that after all I was fine, but thanks anyway" thanked Ti'e'yong while Zan felt a tad embarrass "so are we going to stand around in the frosty winds or are we going to move forward towards the Mushroom Woods" said Zan and lead the girls to their destination.
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Zan, Ti'e'yong and Trivain was now facing the entrance to the Mushroom Woods, as in its name the Mushroom Wood had very tall mushrooms about the size of an average tree and underneath it emitted purple poisonous fog "how can you live peacefully knowing that you live close by this deadly fog" asked Trivain as she looked at Zan who was watching the pair from behind especially Ti'e'yong "it's nothing really, it just that deep within this polluted fog lies a cave which contains the mighty Tangwon" explained Zan "who's Tangwon" asked a curious Ti'e'yong "well unlike those other elite demons Pokémon you already dealt with, Tangwon is by far the most powerful and dangerous elite demon Pokémon in their master's arsenal, rumours said that he has far greater power then his master that he tried to take him over, but in one final attempt he banished him in an unknown realm hidden here in the Mushroom Woods that even me and the other druids don't know" again explained Zan, "ok sounds very bad to me, let's hope the opal of sins isn't with him" said Ti'e'yong as they all now fixed their sights on the poisonous fog that was spiralling inside the Mushroom Woods "now then how are we going to make it through there, I mean we wouldn't survive for roughly a minute" wondered Trivain, from that moment Zan raised his right wing high in the sky then from out of nowhere descended 3 blobs of golden light and then threw on at Trivain, Ti'e'yong and Zan, when the blobs hit them it exploded as translucent sticky goo ran down all over their body until they were completely covered "eww what is this stuff? Is it honey?" worried Trivain as she tried to pull the sticky goo off but only repelled back at her, Ti'e'yong pulled the stretchy goo up to her tongue and had a little taste but then spat it back out "this isn't honey, more like out of date milkshake" replied Ti'e'yong as she brushed her taste buds out with her petals "this is just something so that the fog can't get to you I call it, the goo coat, and yes it will taste like out of date milkshake so please don't go eating it or you'll feel ill for quite awhile" clarified Zan.
They all then turned towards the entrance to the Mushroom woods and were ready to advance "so tell me how long will this... goo coat last?" asked Trivain who couldn't stand being covered in it "well to be honest, it lasts till either you, your friend or your enemies goes and eats it all" answered Zan "but wouldn't that method kill Trivain?" panicked Ti'e'yong as Trivain thought of a grim fate of being served "nonsense the goo coat is thick so the teeth won't reach you, unless they try to get you in the exact same spot" mentioned Zan and decided to drop the subject "well this coat sounds helpful, alright lets go" said Trivain as they all descended into the Mushroom Woods, after a short walk through the woods Ti'e'yong began to wonder "hay Zan do you know which to go?" asked Ti'e'yong and from there Zan just froze for a second "well to be truthful, I really don't know" he said, the girls froze with their frightened faces beaming at him almost like a arrow went through their heads, Trivain went up and lifted him up by the collar "you mean to say that we been wondering round here not knowing as to where we got to go?" Trivain said in an angry tone but before Zan could say anything they heard strange laughter from above "oh no, tell me it's not them" said Zan as Trivain dropped him.
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From out of the dense purple fog emerged several Sableyes which strike the exact same resemblance to the ones back over at the Crimson Woods "oh great not these guys again" moaned Ti'e'yong as she and Trivain readied their weapons while Zan was still shocked with what he is now looking at "but how can he summon them all here?" wondered Zan and his hands began to charge with magical golden light and all sprang into action, unlike the girls who were working as a pair Zan had everything under control as he shot out several bolts of pure energy and launched his enemies unconscious but as he stood there and watched the Sableyes explode into nothing but ash, one of them managed to sneak up behind him, the Sableye leapt up towards him and as Zan turned around to meet the oncoming foe he watched with surprise as the Sableye got sliced in half from the torso by Trivain scythe "well now how long has it been since your last combat" said Trivain as Zan smiled and went to cover her from the rear as a few more Sableyes surrounded them "nice, surrounded are we? Then there only one thing for it, Trivain hand over your scythe" asked Zan, Trivain did not know what was Zan up to so she gave him the scythe and before she could ask Zan charged it with golden energy until it shined very brightly then without hesitation he threw it like it was a boomerang, the scythe continued to go around in a circular pattern slicing all the Sableyes surrounding them until there was ash blowing through the fog, the surviving Sableyes glared at the three and then took off out of the forest "hay where do you think you're going all of a sudden!" shouted Ti'e'yong as she was about to pursuit them "let them go, they won't even think about interfering with our task, at least for awhile" said Zan as they all gathered round and withdrawn their weapons.
Ti'e'yong then began to think why was Zan was worried about the Sableyes appearance and it didn't took long until Zan had explained why, "those Sableyes are the most common enemies in Trifong's army" he mentioned "and who is this Trifong may I ask?" asked Trivain "Trifong is a very evil druid but wasn't like that a while ago, you see Trifong came up to the dream druid Jane and demanded more power for future purposes but Jane turned down his offer, shortly after Trifong began to study some devastating black arts so that he can rule over them, but soon we discover what he was doing so we had him removed from our clan permanently, this angered Trifong so he took refuge as to destroying us all, but it all failed he was no match against us all so using all our powers we sealed him in an alternative realm one where he could never reach us by himself, the only way he could be released from his chamber is to gather the seven gemstones and use them to boost his power tenfold which is enough to shatter the prison realm and if he succeeds then the whole coast is lost" explained Zan as he put both Ti'e'yong and Trivain into a bit of a shock "well then I guess that's why he sent these Sableyes to do his dirty work" said Ti'e'yong as she hid behind Trivain "and they will continue to serve under Trifong's command until he gets what he desirers" said Zan as they all set their sight to an even thicker purple fog "we must be getting close, the cave should be not far now, hopefully the opal is in there" said Zan "either that or we bump into Tangwon and then we'd be all screwed" said Trivain "please don't mention that Pokémon's name again, it frightens me" worried Ti'e'yong, without delay the trio made haste deeper into the thickest fog they've seen.
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The group continued to press on deeper and deeper into the woods and the more deeper they went the more thicker the poisonous fog was "I almost can't see where we are going" worried Ti'e'yong as she tried to find Trivain "I'm over here silly" said Trivain as Ti'e'yong looked to her left to see her hand reached out to her "this is proving to be a problem, fear not for I shall handle this" said Zan and began to charge his right wing up with bright golden energy which illuminated around them making it easy to navigate "well then, it was a good idea to bring you along now isn't it" giggled Ti'e'yong as Zan looked at her for a second and then looked towards the front "the cave should be up ahead, we should move on" informed Zan "not to be rude or anything but are you sure it's down that way?" asked Trivain, Zan remained silent and soon lead the girls forward and while they continued to walk down the beaten path Ti'e'yong soon accidently bumped into Trivain while she wasn't looking where she was going "umm why have we stopped?" asked Ti'e'yong and peaked over Trivain's shoulder to noticed a big cave right in front of them "you were saying Trivain" Zan said as he looked at her in a strange way "ok you were right, but who knows this might be the wrong cave" suggested Trivain, without hesitation they all took off into the dark cave.
"This cave is much colder than the one we slept in" said Ti'e'yong as she took a look around "well don't worry we're not sleeping in here besides its still daylight" mentioned Trivain "ok the opal of sins should be somewhere deep in this cave so let's make haste and retrieve it" said Zan as they all pressed on, suddenly Ti'e'yong began to hear faint noises "hay did you hear that?" asked Ti'e'yong as the sound grew louder and louder "brace yourself!" Zan called out and everyone readied their weapons when all of a sudden the ceiling exploded revealing a hole and one by one more Sableyes dropped down to engage them in a heat of battle only this time they were in greater numbers "great there are more of them, what should we do?" said Trivain as she looked all around her to only see a horde of Pokémon with their silver blades at the ready "we fight, any way we can" replied Zan and they all engaged into battled taking out as many Sableyes as they can, but the more times they taken out of the Pokémon's moral more kept coming through the hole making it difficult for the trio to continue "I don't think we can keep up with this" worried Ti'e'yong as she struggled to lash out more pain on the oncoming Sableyes "we must push these fiends back, if we don't then we're finished!" shouted Zan as he blasted another set of Sableyes with his golden bolts of light, but then everything took a turn for the worst as the Sableyes had trapped them all within a circle and were slowly moving towards them, Zan Ti'e'yong and Trivain gave it their all and tried to get free by mentally destroying as many Sableyes until they were unable to continue, they were all now on their knees and their weapons became heavy due to tiredness "I can't go on, I'm all warn out" panted Trivain "me to" replied Zan as his golden energy around his body began to fade away, Ti'e'yong looked at the scary Sableyes getting closer and closer "Trivain I'm scared" cried Ti'e'yong and went up close to her, but when they thought it was all over another explosion came from the left wall.
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"Oh no looks like there's going to be more of them!" wailed Ti'e'yong as she know all hope was lost, they all looked with fear as they looked over to the hole in the wall as well as the oncoming Sableyes, then as a few seconded had past two shadowy figures in a form of a Gardevoir and a Gallade ran out of the hole and began mashing tons of Sableyes with incredible speed "what? What's happening all of a sudden" said a puzzled Ti'e'yong "no time to go into detail quickly we must help them" said Zan as they all got back up on their feet and continued to fight, even though the Sableyes tried to fight back they were no match against the five warriors, then as soon as the Sableyes were down to their last wave the shadowy figures of Gallade cast a devastating fire attack and scorched the last set of Sableyes.
Once the battle was over the Gardevoir and Gallade had their sights locked on the other three "let me handle this, we don't know who we're dealing with" said Zan as they all still had their weapons at the ready "we don't not want to hurt you" said the Gardevoir who turned out to be a female "we know that but we like to know who you are and what is your purpose?" asked Zan, then the male Gallade slowly stepped forward "our purpose is the same task as to what you are doing, and who we are you might ask well I think Ti'e'yong and Trivain should already know" he said, from that moment Ti'e'yong began to build up with happiness "it can't be, is that you Welton?" asked Ti'e'yong hoping she was right the two looked at each other and walked closer to then revealing who they were and indeed Ti'e'yong was right it was Rhen the Gardevoir and Welton the Gallade who were very happy to see them again "Welton, Rhen I don't believe it you came back!" cried Ti'e'yong as she ran over to and embraced the pair as tears of joy wept down her face "we're really sorry for what we did back there, I promise that it would never happen again" said Welton as he and Rhen held the happy Roserade tightly "that doesn't matter all I care is that you are now here with us and I have never been more happier in my life" sniffed Ti'e'yong while Rhen brushed Ti'e'yong's hair trying to recompose her, after a minute of a happy reunion Ti'e'yong got up as Trivain and Zan walked over to them "I see Trivain has now joined you, and who's this?" asked Rhen who was looking at the Xatu "my name is Zan, I heard you met my other druid Jane, well she and I are the last druids on the whole coast, but with all that behind it's a pleasure to see you, Ti'e'yong told me all about you two, especially you Welton" introduced Zan as he look at Welton who was slightly sweating, when Welton pulled his act together he then noticed Trivain standing very close to Ti'e'yong "I guess you were right there is a kind heart in her after all right?" said Welton who made Trivain blushed slightly "oh you wouldn't imagine the good times we had yesterday, we had a laugh and we even slept in a cave over at Mist Mountains which was really pretty at night" said Ti'e'yong with glee "well now that must have been fun even when it's Trivain who's looking out for you" said Rhen, "trust us we did, maybe you and Welton should do the same" suggested Trivain which caused Rhen and Welton to blush heavily "umm I don't think today's a good day to be sleeping together" worried Welton "well if you're all ready we must press on, there a big chamber where the opal of sins resided" said Zan but then realized something "hang on a sec, how did you two survive to poisonous fog outside?" asked Zan with curiosity "we'll tell you that a little later but for now we really need to get that gemstone" said Rhen as the old group reformed and headed out.
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Eventually everyone had now manage to reach the large chamber deep within the cave and they were about to search for the opal of sins when all of a sudden they all noticed someone at one end of the chamber "who's there?" asked Rhen as her voice echoed across the cave as the Pokémon turned round towards the team, they all looked with surprise as he was a Scizor wearing strange dragon armor with a dragon head shaped helmet which covered his eyes "oh just someone on a little mission" said the Scizor and pulled out what looked like to be the opal of sins from behind his back and smiled "something tells me that he is not on our side" said Zan "well now what have we here, Zan long time no see, too bad you won't be seeing much anymore" again said the Scizor and planted the opal into a slot on the wall, all of a sudden the floor began to shake madly as everyone except the Scizor got down on their knees "well now I guess my job here is done, take care now, especially you Zan" the Scizor said and then took off through a hole in the ceiling, as the floor continued to shake our heroes they all then looked over at the opal which began to glow brightly and then opened a big dark blue portal "this isn't good" said Zan as he maintained his balance "what do you mean? What's not good about it?" questioned Ti'e'yong who was flat on the ground "he's brought back Tangwon from his imprisoned dimension" answered Zan, they all watched in fear as slowly a pair of gray hands reached out of the portal then came the body and head which turned out to be a Dusknoir "what on earth" said Welton as he looked at their dangerous foe, his clothing was ripped reveling nothing inside and his eye beamed with a mysterious yellow glow, his fangs were showing and he had a pair of black pointy horns on the side of his head.
"It's been so long since I found land, and now it all shall be destroyed said Tangwon when he then noticed the others from one end of the chamber "and what better way to get my powers back together then to destroy you lot" he called over to them "we're not letting you escape and terrorize the land" said Welton as everyone readied their weapons, Tangwon stood there and raised his arms up high in the air like he was summoning something and when he did two giant Sableyes which looked like the smaller ones squeezed out of the portal and towered behind Tangwon with their huge silver blades "my dear friends, show these lot what madness we can cause" ordered Tangwon as the giant Sableyes charged over to them and with each step they took it shaken the ground almost causing the team to fall, "stand your ground we can take this" said Zan "me and Rhen will take the left one" suggested Welton "fair enough, me Trivain and Ti'e'yong will handle the other one" replied Zan "here you might want this" said Rhen and pulled out the sunstone of time from out her pocket and chucked it over to Ti'e'yong, she thanked Rhen and shattered the sunstone which turned her into her blazing self again while Rhen got the emerald of loyalty and shattered it so that she can go back to her ninja self "ok all set? Then let's send these guys back" said Welton and they all split up into their given groups and engaged the two giant Sableyes while Tangwon leapt up onto a ledge and watched the battle from above, "this could be rather amusing, fighting them should bring back my powers in no time" Tangwon said to himself as he sat on the edge and continued to watch the team's every move so he could work out a strategy to destroy every one of them.
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Rhen and Welton who had long waited to use the full strength of their abilities were really holding the giant Sableye back "I see you been working out Rhen, but not as compared to my skills" said Welton as he leapt up and latched onto the giant's left shoulder, the giant Sableye tried his best to shake him off but it didn't work so Welton climbed up towards its neck and once he was there he pointed his thumb and index finger as all of a sudden a little but deadly bolt of lightning connected to two, without hesitation he trusted his fingers at the giant's neck causing it a lot of pain as it then dropped down on its knees clinging it's neck to ease the pain, Welton then ran back next to Rhen "well how was that then?" asked Welton thinking that he was better than her "that's nice but your forgetting one thing I'm in loyalty form so you'd see what I can come up with" said Rhen and charged towards the paralyzed giant, Rhen had just came up with a plan which would put Welton to shame so she grabbed out what looked a ball made out of paper and rolled it towards the giant, the giant looked at it in shock as it set alight and exploded which forced the giant up into the air from there Rhen leapt up while chucking a couple of kunaies down on the ground where the giant was going to land, it turned out to be a bed of needle, with the plan all set up Rhen was now above the giant and with one powerful leg trust she sent the giant down towards her trap and with one heavy impact the giant's back was heavily damage and was unable to battle, Rhen had then landed right next to Welton who was stunned "now Welton tell me, how was that?" asked Rhen "ok you beat me but there's still one more" shrugged Welton as they both turned their sights towards Ti'e'yong Trivain and Zan.
The other team were also doing very well the giant tried to hit them with his huge silver blade but he kept on missing he was also very tiered "shall we wrap this up?" asked Trivain "if that's the case then hand me your scythe I'll make it into a fine weapon" said Zan, without any delays she passed over the scythe to Zan and once it was in its hands he began to chant a spell over it and all of a sudden it began to shine with dazzling golden light "use this and smite that foul beast" said Zan and handed back the golden scythe to Trivain, Trivain glared at the giant in a seriously evil way and then charged towards it with her golden scythe held properly but was then caught off guard as the giant tried last resort and slammed the sword on the ground to course a small tremor, Trivain fell backwards and landed on her back as her golden scythe slid across the ground towards Ti'e'yong who was in time form, Ti'e'yong picked up the golden scythe and looked towards the giant who was now on its knees, with no time to lose she dashed towards the giant with the golden scythe glowing brightly which coursed Ti'e'yong's flaming body to glow even brighter which almost blinded everyone except Tangwon, with one clean strike she diced the giant in half and exploded into a huge cloud of dust "I'd say that was brave of you to take that giant on by yourself" Rhen called from a distance "don't forget to thank Zan and Trivain, they helped me too" Ti'e'yong called back, they all got back together and looked towards Tangwon who was applauding them "bravo I'd must say bravo, I haven't seen a better fight for awhile, now then..." Tangwon said before he jumped down till he was hovering above the ground facing his opponents "how about we get this under way" finished Tangwon as he positioned his hand in a stance as if he had know the ways of martial art experts.
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Everyone looked at Tangwon who stood there waiting for them to attack "this guy is begging to be defeated" said Rhen as she held her ninja tools at the ready "well what are we doing then, let's send this guy packing" said Trivain and all ran towards Tangwon who stood there with his hands at the ready and closed his eyes, "what's he doing?" wondered Ti'e'yong "making our battle easy that's what" replied Welton as they were all very close to him but when they were all about to lay the first hit he vanished instantly and then they all heard his voice "lesson one, tools are for amateurs" he said and all of a sudden Rhen and Ti'e'yong felt a strong impact from inside their chests, from that moment they both reverted back into their normal form "what the hay? My powers are gone" said Rhen "but how did that happen?" asked Ti'e'yong, from there Tangwon appeared behind them and held out his right hand revealing the emerald and the sunstone both in his possession "looking for these?" said Tangwon as he clicked his fingers and made the two gemstones disappear, "you give that back this instant!" shouted Rhen and charged at him with her sword held high and swung it down at him but then it was surprisingly blocked by Tangwon who was clenching it with his two hands "lesson two, anger shall get you nowhere" again said Tangwon and trusted his hands upwards and released Rhen's sword which unbalanced her giving Tangwon a chance, he slowly turned round and then came back with a roundhouse punch which sent Rhen trailing across the ground towards the others "Rhen are you ok?!" cried Ti'e'yong as Rhen lifted her head and spat out a heap of dirt which grossed the lot of them "I'm fine just get Tangwon!" ordered Rhen, the others looked at one another and then went to attack Tangwon as a single unit but then Tangwon just smiled "lesson three, group attacks courses problems" again said Tangwon and as they all had him surrounded they all began to attack but things didn't went as they thought it would, as Welton casted a ball of fire Tangwon leaned to one side and let the ball of fire hit Zan then Ti'e'yong tried to lash him but then he leapt up into the air as she accidently hit Welton, Trivain then tried to hit Tangwon with the blunt side of her scythe but he ducked and soon she hit Ti'e'yong and from there Zan couldn't take much more of this so he cast a big sphere of pure light and threw it at him like it was a bomb but Tangwon booted it up into the air and followed it and from there he hammered it back down at them which then exploded into a huge blinding light which sent them crashing into the cavern wall as their eyes were all blurry due to the light "what happened back there? We all got mashed" said Trivain who was sitting down with her head against the wall "I don't know, he seems to be more tougher than I expected" said Welton "of course he is, Tangwon said to be a much more powerful demon Pokémon then his master!" shouted Zan as he struggled to get up "but that doesn't mean we have to lose hope, come on get up and lets fight!" ordered Zan as everyone slowly got back up along with Rhen who had recomposed herself "but how are we going to beat him when he can find ways of beating us?" questioned Rhen "he's just toying with us, don't let him get to you" answered Zan "heh I beg to differ, you see I observed your battle with my demons and from what I can gather is that you lot aren't even ready for the battles ahead, why you're nothing more than a mix of children, teenagers and adult therefore you lot are uneven" said Tangwon who had folded his arms and shrugged to himself "you'll see, we are not just a mix but a mix that will put you out of commission, everyone destroy them!" ordered Rhen as they all attacked.
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Everybody put every ounce of energy into taking Tangwon out but to Tangwon's advantage the group kept knocked back feeling weaker with each attempt "it's no good, our moves aren't getting to him" grumbled Welton as he looked to see the girls struggle to keep their weapons upright "true, Tangwon monitored our moves don't you remember, so we got to come up with something new" suggested Zan, when Rhen heard what he had said to Welton she gathered the team together and whispered a plan "ok so you all what to do right?" asked Rhen "understood" replied the others and all turned to Tangwon hoping that this time they'll get him "when you're done, I'm ready to finish you off quickly, I've got places to bring down" said Tangwon, the team divided into two teams one had Rhen and Welton while the other group contained Ti'e'yong, Trivain and Zan "everyone bring him down!" ordered Rhen as Zan's group went to engage Tangwon in combat, "oh here we go again, the same thing over again" shrugged Tangwon as he readied himself to counter their attack, Zan stayed behind while Ti'e'yong and Trivain continue to run towards Tangwon but instead they both rushed right by him, Trivain quickly tossed Ti'e'yong up into the air before Tangwon could turn round to see what was going on, he looked at Trivain as she signaled him to look up and saw Ti'e'yong coming down at him with her whip at the ready but then out from behind her emerged Zan and chanted a blinding golden light which blinded him, Ti'e'yong saw her chance and lashed out a heavy blow to send him landing on his back, Tangwon quickly regained his vision and looked around to notice only Rhen and Welton standing on opposite sides, Rhen slowly walked up to him with her blade ready to attack him but as Tangwon set his focus on her he forgot to check on Welton who was running towards him with a strange blue light emitting from his staff, Tangwon quickly turned around only to be stuck down by Welton's staff and then followed by Rhen who uppercut him into the air and from that point they both leapt up to meet him from above, when they were in range they twirled their weapons for two seconds and slammed them down at Tangwon as he plummeted into the ground.
"Well then, have you had enough?" asked Rhen as joined the others, Tangwon struggled to get back on his feet "this is not how it's meant to be, I tower over you, I have far greater strength then you lot!" shouted Tangwon as they can tell his was filled with anger "face the fact Tangwon, you may have the strength but you haven't got the support" said Zan, Tangwon quickly ran over behind the portal and yanked the opal of sins off from the wall which then deactivated the portal "great, now we got to get that gemstone to send him back" moaned Trivain but that only one problem for then Tangwon crushed the opal and sent out several blue spheres as they drove into his chest "quick stop him from turning into something!" shouted Rhen as they all ran to him as fast as they can but then they stopped as they noticed a red pool of blood below Tangwon's body, suddenly a horde of bloody hands grabbed Tangwon by the robe and pulled him down into the pool until his whole body was completely submerged, Ti'e'yong hugged Trivain in fear as to what she had just saw "it's ok, that gemstone must've had a side effect" said Trivain as she held her tightly but unfortunately that wasn't the case as something slowly emerged from the bloody pool, it turned out to be Tangwon but he was now in sin form, he was covered head to toe with blood stained bandages and was wielding a enormous axe which he had to drag it with two hands.
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"He's too scary" worried Ti'e'yong as she hid behind Zan for once "I agree but we must take him down so he can't go and lay waste to every town across the coast" Rhen said bravely even though she was scared by the huge axe Tangwon was carrying, they all stood there ready as Tangwon came to them at snail's pace dragging the axe as it scrape across the ground "everyone ready? We need to be very careful with this one" warned Zan as Tangwon was getting closer, Welton sucked in a lot of courage and charged towards Tangwon with his staff emitting red light "Welton what are you doing?!" shouted Rhen as she worried as to what Welton's fate could be, when Welton was in range he strike Tangwon many times with his staff but something was not right since Tangwon didn't seem to finch to the attack, "Welton get away from there!" shouted Zan as Welton looked to see Barkson using his strength to swing the huge axe off from the ground, Welton decided to block the oncoming attack since it was too big to get away from, with one powerful swing the axe collided with Welton's staff and in an instant Welton's guard was down and was hit on a rebound from the axe as it came around again "Welton!" shouted Rhen as Welton was kissing the dirt as he trailed across the ground, Rhen ran over to him and held him up by his shoulders "are you ok? Please answer me" worried Rhen and with relief Welton coughed silently "I'm ok please don't pity me, go and help the others" said Welton as Rhen looked over to see the others fighting as much as they can "I'll carry you back when this is over ok" said Rhen as she put her right hand on Welton's cheek "that would be great, now please go, stop Tangwon" said Welton as Rhen gently placed his head back on the ground and stood up with her sword ready.
Everyone gave it their all to bring Tangwon down but he still emerged on top and dished out some painful strikes topped off with strange moans, screams and growls "I shall never go down, not until I take you down!" shouted Zan and chanted a powerful spell which caused him to glow with blinding golden light, Ti'e'yong and the other shielded their eyes as the light exploded within the chamber and as the light faded they all looked to see Tangwon back into his original form, all three gemstones fell to the ground and before he could claim them there were levitated and was flown over to Zan "you fool, even if you destroy me, I will return to destroy you all!" shouted Tangwon, Zan looked at the opal as he knew he would have to sacrifice himself to seal Tangwon away within the dimension, he dashed over and slammed the opal into the slot to bring out the portal which began to suck everyone in, everyone cling onto some rocks with dear life as the portal continued to suck them all in, Tangwon put all his effort into staying on the ground and slowly floated away from it, Ti'e'yong looked to see Tangwon trying to escape she knew she had to do something, she looked at everyone and then shouted "forgive me!" as she released herself from her rock and sailed through the air and collided with Tangwon sending them both into the portal "Ti'e'yong!!!" everyone shouted as Tangwon and Ti'e'yong vanished into the portal as it shrank into nothingness, the vacuuming had stop and everyone rushed over to where the portal stood "no this can't be! There must be a way to get her back!" panicked Rhen as she shoved Zan out of the way and tried reinserting the opal into the slot but nothing happened, "I'm sad to say this but, it's no use, she's gone" said Zan sadly as he and the others held their heads down as tears wept down their miserable face.