Chapter 14: Mithos

The group leaves the Temple of Ice, but upon doing so they noticed something odd about the weather above them. The snow had vanished, and the sky has become covered in ominous grey clouds. There is a swirling mass of chaotic clouds in the distance, and as Riku glares over at it his body begins to twitch in pain. "Oh no…If my memories are correct, this is the time when…" As he whispers this to only himself, a blinding light strikes out from the center of the clouds, acting as the precursor to a large blast of electricity that strikes down upon an as-of-then unknown part of Tethe'alla with extreme prejudice.

"AUGHH!" Riku's body flares up in pain as he lets out an equally painful scream before he collapses onto his knees and clasps one fist tightly against his chest. This doesn't go unnoticed by the group, with most of them turning towards the boy as Zelos proclaims in bewilderment "What's going on?!"

Presea's eyes widen in concern as she notices something peculiar about where the bolt of lightning struck. "That's…the direction of Ozette…" When she brings this to the group's attention, Regal nods his head and says in a melancholy tone "…Yes."

Genis asks "What was that? That was a staggering amount of mana flowing from that lightning!" When the half-elf brings this up, Riku slowly creaks his eyelids open and says "M-Mana…? What's going on here…?"

With Presea and Riku's remarks looming on her worried mind, Raine comments quietly "I have a bad feeling about this." Meanwhile, Lloyd swings his right arm out and says with a great deal of urgency "Let's go!"

After Sheena helps Riku to his feet, the group makes a mad dash towards the Rheairds, boarding them and taking flight away from the icy land mass. They fly straight for Ozette without any diversions, but before they land they see a large quantity of smoke rising up towards the fading clouds. The village was set aflame, and the very sight of this fire caused Presea to bite the bottom of her lip and think to herself "Father…I pray your grave is ok…"

Once the group lands their Rheairds, they run into the lowest layer of smoke and climb the left side of the now burning tree. When they reach the main part of the village, they are left completely speechless by what they witness. Buried under the burning remnants of the once sturdy houses were the skeletal remains of the villagers that lived in them. Those villagers could consider themselves lucky to have died such a swift death, for the remaining villagers slowly had their flesh burned off, their bodies charring into blackened corpses.

Colette falls onto her knees with her arms limply hung beside herself, and she lets out a meek "No…" As the searing carnage proves too much for her to witness. Riku excuses himself off to the side, as a combination of the pain from the lightning bolt and this horrid sight causes him to throw up, which surprises him immensely as this was a sensation he had never experienced before.

"…This is…horrible." Presea murmurs out as she looks over the burning remnants of her former home. Lloyd was saddened by this, but his anger took a greater precedence over that emotion as he exclaimed "What happened here?!" With memories of a burning Iselia flowing through his head as he spoke.

As Colette lied on her knees, she looked through the flames and noticed something peculiar behind them. Lying directly on his face was a young boy with long yellow hair, an archaic looking white shirt, and two jeweled bracelets on his wrists. "Lloyd! Look!" Colette rises to her feet and points out the person.

Lloyd doesn't waste time in running through the fire towards the person, but as Colette looks up she notices burning debris falling from the tree and proclaims "Look out!" This warning came out fast enough for Lloyd to draw both of his swords and cut through the debris and continue his run as he sheathes his weapons. Once in front of the boy, Lloyd kneels down and lays his left hand atop his knee while asking "Hey, are you okay?!"

The boy twitches slightly and turns his head towards Lloyd, looking at him with his blue colored watering eyes before Lloyd extends his hand out and says "Grab my hand, we need to get you out of here!" The boy grabs on and allows Lloyd to help him onto his feet. The group then runs for the only safe spot in Ozette, and that was the surprisingly intact house Presea once lived in.

Gathered in front of the house, the group takes a few seconds to cough out any smoke they inhaled, and the boy wipes the water out of his eyes before standing in front of Lloyd and saying quietly "…T-Thank you…"

Once Riku has gathered his wits from the last few events that have occurred to his body, he flinches in shock upon hearing the boy's voice and slowly lifts his head up to look at him, where his face goes slightly pale. "…That's right…This is where he shows up…This isn't good for me…"

With many questions racing through his mind for once, Lloyd starts by asking the most obvious one of the only survivor "What the hell happened here?" The boy, dizzied by the events that unfolded, takes a moment to respond by waving his right hand out and saying in a rather polite and youthful voice "…I don't really know. Without warning, lightning fell from the sky, and angels attacked the village."

"Angels?" Raine said in a curious tone, leading to the boy looking at her and nodding his head while explaining "They had wings. Those with wings are angels…right?"

Lloyd, in a burst of anger, swings his right fist out, nearly decking Zelos in the face as he grits his teeth and exclaims "Damn it, it must have been Cruxis!" Presea's body tenses up with an emotion she hasn't felt before, and with only Regal in ear-shot she murmurs out "Cruxis…so angels destroyed the village…"

Regal glances down at her and asks empathetically "Presea, are you okay?" Presea nods her head and says "…I'm fine. But…this unsettling irritation…is this…anger?" It was an odd thing for her to feel, especially considering how the villagers treated her and her friends.

Zelos smiles and says "I'm impressed you survived. Are you the only survivor? What's your name?" The boy looks at the suavely dressed man and replies "My name is Mithos. I lived by myself on the outskirts of the village, so…"

Lloyd's attention focuses on the boy's name and he immediately interrupts him with "Wait, you have the same name as Mithos, the hero!" Mithos is taken aback by Lloyd's straight-forwardness, which leaves him vulnerable to an observation by Genis "…Wait, are you a half-elf?"

Mithos, in a flustered tone, murmurs out "I…I…no…" But his denial of the matter only makes his true nature obvious. Raine walks up to him and rests one hand on his left shoulder, saying to him calmly "Relax. You can tell, can't you? We have the same blood flowing through our veins as you do."

Mithos looks up at his fellow half-elf in surprise before glancing briefly at the group then back to Raine and saying "You're half-elves, too? But you're with humans!" Colette smiles brightly and reassures him with "It's okay, we're all friends."

The boy brushes aside Raine's grasp and steps back, stating in sheer disbelief "…Humans and half-elves as friends? You're lying!" Genis steps forward and looks Mithos straight in the eyes before stating "No, it's true. My sister and I are part of this group." Mithos' eyelids lower in concern as he mutters out "…Y…Yeah, but…"

Regal tries to help out on his own by stating "Your reaction is understandable. I've heard that the village of Ozette is particularly known for their contempt of half-elves. If you lived an isolated life in this village, you must have suffered."

Riku looks at Mithos in a disgusted manner, thinking to himself "I could oust you right now, but none of us are in any condition to deal with you…God, your bold-faced lies sicken me, Mithos." As he finishes that thought, he hears two sets of footsteps approaching from the left.

The group turns their heads to see both Tabitha and Altessa entering the village, the dwarf's eyes focusing on the fire burning in Ozette before he looks down at the group and asks "What happened here?"

Lloyd looks at the dwarf and says in confusion "Altessa…? What are you doing here?" Altessa replies with "I saw the lightning of judgment fall towards this village. But what in the world…"

His thoughts were interrupted by Presea mentioning "It was the work of Cruxis angels." Her voice snaps Altessa's attention directly towards her, leading to him exclaiming in disbelief "Presea? You've regained your true self?! How could they do this? Is this their punishment for failing the experiment…?"

Sheena asks "What do you mean, punishment?" Altessa realizes what he accidentally let slip and shakes his head while saying "Nothing. It's nothing…" The dwarf turns around and begins to depart, even as Lloyd exclaims "Wait!"

Altessa vanishes from sight, but Tabitha stays around for a bit and explains "THE MASTER BELIEVES THAT IT IS HIS FAULT THAT OZETTE WAS DESTROYED." Colette asks "Altessa is connected to Ozette?" Leading to the girl nodding her head and saying in an apologetic tone "EXCUSE ME. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE MASTER."

Tabitha turns around and leaves, but Presea steps in front of the group while saying quietly to Lloyd "I'm…going to follow him." Lloyd nods his head in agreement and says "Yeah, we need to find out more. Mithos, you should come with us."

Mithos says hesitantly "But I'm a half-elf and…" Lloyd interrupts him by bluntly pointing out "That doesn't matter. Besides, what are you going to do if you stay here and the angels come back?"

Genis then runs up to his fellow half-elf and smiles while exclaiming "Lloyd's right! Let's all go together!" Genis then takes his right hand out and grabs Mithos by his own, much to the boy's surprise, and with a little of his hesitation melting away Mithos follows Genis along as he goes back with the rest of the group.

As everyone heads to Altessa's house, Presea glances once back at Ozette and comments "…I no longer have a home to return to…" She holds one hand close to her chest and turns back towards the group while melancholy thoughts flow through her head.

As Genis and Mithos begin to converse with one another, Riku stands behind them, keeping his hands limp beside his body as he glares down at the newcomer with disdain. It pained him to have the half-elf around, and his thoughts reflected on this matter "If it wasn't for everyone else, I can just imagine you staring back at me and smirking…As if Kratos showing up wasn't bad enough." Riku lets out a subtle growl of annoyance, but didn't take action because events dictated that he couldn't do so.

Halfway to Altessa's house, Presea thought to ask of Raine and Regal "Why did Cruxis attack Ozette…I wonder?" But seeing as Lloyd was in the general vicinity at the time, he states his own thoughts calmly "Maybe it was because the village hated half-elves."

Raine shakes her head and comments "If that's all it was, it seems strange they'd suddenly do this now." Regal states afterwards "I'd tend to think it was more incidental than that."

"What do you mean?" Lloyd asks. As usual, Regal explains in a lengthy manner "They may have been searching for something…Or perhaps had something there they wanted to hide. In such a case, destroying the village would serve to conceal their actions."

Raine agrees with that theory and says "That's very possible. I believe Altessa is the only one who can shed light on this matter." The four in the conversation nod their heads in agreement.

Back with Genis and Mithos, Genis asks their new companion "Say Mithos…You lived by yourself, right?" Mithos nodded his head, leading to Genis asking curiously "Where are your mother and father?"

The question makes Mithos sink his head in a melancholy manner before replying with "…They're both dead." Genis flinches in surprise upon hearing this statement, and after glancing away from his fellow half-elf he says "Just like mine…"

Mithos perks his head up and says in a gentle tone "Really? …We're kind of alike, aren't we?" This bit of attention to their similarities rings true with Genis, who looks at Mithos and says "Yeah, you're right. Mithos, let's be friends, okay?"

The half-elf blinks a few times in surprise, but replies to the request with a simple and confused sounding "Friends? …Really?" Mithos then cracks a smile and says in an appreciative tone "Thanks, Genis!"

Riku sighs, but once again says nothing as the group walks the final stretch to Altessa's House. Once there, they find the dwarf approaching his door with Tabitha standing beside him. But hearing the twenty footsteps stopping behind him makes him sigh out, realizing that his past had finally caught up to him, and his earlier qualms with the group could now be soundly ignored. Turning around to face those gathered before him, Altessa leads the conversation off with a surprising bit of news "…I was a craftsman who worked for Cruxis."

Lloyd looks at the dwarf angrily and says "So you're on the side of the angels…Of Yggdrasill!" Altessa's eyes widen in surprise as he says to the boy "You know Lord Yggdrasill?!"

"Know him?!" Lloyd swings his right arm out while trying to get the dwarf back on subject by explaining "Because of him, Sylvarant and Tethe'alla into worlds that fight for each other's mana!"

Altessa pauses for a moment and looks at the group, examining the jewel on Colette's chest in particular and commenting "That's a Cruxis Crystal…I see. You must be the Chosen of the declining world Sylvarant. This must be fate…What happened to Ozette was my fault…"

Presea asks in a growing tone of anger "What…do you mean?" Altessa hangs his hands out and looks over the group before explaining in great detail "I came to hate the work I did, for it was indirectly taking people's lives. I ran away from Cruxis and hid myself in Ozette. But I was found by a Desian named Rodyle. He ordered me to create a Cruxis Crystal in exchange for my life."

Zelos murmurs for a few seconds before asking "So that means that the research on Presea was organized by Rodyle and the Pope, who then had you and Kate carry it out?" Altessa nods his head, further explains "Rodyle, while a Desian in service of Cruxis, was also planning to revolt against them. Because I supported his traitorous acts, Lord Yggdrasill grew angry and he…He destroyed the town of Ozette, which had protected me!"

Regal nods his head and rubs his chin, quietly pointed out to himself "So this is how Presea, this girl who reflects my distant memories…This is how she was caught up in this…This is terrible beyond words."

Altessa turns towards Presea and takes a few steps her way, saying in an honest tone "I'm sorry. I can never apologize enough, but…apologizing is all I can do now." Presea hangs her head and looks away from the dwarf while stating in a melancholy tone "…My time…will not come back. …The people of the village and Daddy will not come back."

Genis glances at the girl and says her name in an empathetic tone, while Altessa says again "I'm sorry…" Presea replies with "…Don't apologize. Even if you apologize…I can't forgive you right now." Altessa sinks his head down and then turns around, heading back into his house without another word.

Everyone was silent for a few seconds, until Tabitha surprisingly says to the girl "PRESEA…I BELIEVE YOUR LOSS HAS BEEN GREAT. BUT PLEASE, DO NOT LOSE YOURSELF AS WELL." Tabitha then follows her master back into the house.

"Take it from someone who has dealt with a great loss, the first step is always to forgive…Even if that means sometimes forgiving yourself." Riku says, while Mithos follows up by mentioning "I…can understand Presea's feelings a little. Some things…never come back…Even if he apologizes…even if you want to forgive, you can't control those feelings."

"Not being forgiven…that may be punishment enough." Regal says wisely, but Lloyd shakes his head in disagreement and says "I don't think that's right. Forgiving or not forgiving isn't a punishment…I can't really explain it well, but…"

Zelos snaps his fingers to grab everyone's attention, saying quickly and suavely to them "Ah, well, anyway, let's not get into a philosophical discussion right now. Presea doesn't need to force herself to forgive him or anything. Let's just think about what we can do now."

Raine is surprised by Zelos' choice of words, and she proceeds to say to the group "Yes, Zelos' right. Personally, I believe we should take this opportunity to ask Altessa about Cruxis. We currently don't have enough information, and he seems to be an ally."

"You're right Professor. Presea, do you want to wait here while we talk to him?" Lloyd asks, and Presea lifts her head up and shakes it in response while saying "No…I should listen as well." The group then walks into Altessa's house, where they find Tabitha hard at work cleaning the area while Altessa can be seen near his desk.

Lloyd and Colette take the lead and walk over to the dwarf, who turns to face them in surprise and asks "…What do you still require of me?" "Can you tell us about Cruxis?" Lloyd asks nicely.

"…If you are willing to stay for a while, I can tell you all I know." Altessa explains, leading to Colette nodding her head happily and saying "That's okay Altessa, we can wait." The dwarf then moves away from his desk and walks across his house, guiding Lloyd and Colette to the only table inside, where he stands behind it and commands Tabitha to wait off to the right of him.

With everyone gathered around the table, Altessa began to explain "Cruxis is an organization made up almost entirely of half-elves. There are a large number of dwarves besides myself involved as well. Their objectives are to begin the Age of Half-elves and the revival of Martel. For that purpose, they make use of the Church of Martel and try to fuse the Chosen with Martel's consciousness."

"If that's true, then why do the Desians try to kill the Chosen?" Genis asks, and the dwarf immediately replies "Exspheres and Cruxis Crystals awaken when stimulated by it's owner's fear, suffering, and combat instincts. That is why the Desians disrupt the declining world in order to the facilitate the angel transformation by deliberately putting the Chosen in danger."

"What is Rodyle scheming?" Regal asks afterwards, leading to Altessa naturally replying "The revival of the Mana Cannon. He obtained the plans to the Mana Cannon somehow and is constructing it in Sylvarant. He's also the master of his own ranch. It's like he's using his captives in the construction of the cannon. Once it's complete, he probably intends to build his own empire."

"How can he make everyone suffer for such a thing…?" Presea mutters out in utter disbelief, while Sheena asks "Say then, is it true that Yggdrasill made the two worlds?"

"Well, that's how I heard it. That he anchored the two worlds, which are never to come in contact, via four mana links, and placed the Great Seed in the center between them to guard it." Altessa explains. Lloyd then perks his head up slightly and says "…The Great Seed? Where have I heard that before?"

Mithos, almost too unnaturally, mentions to Lloyd "It comes up in the stories of the hero, Mithos. That's people called the soul of Mithos, who died on the Holy Ground of Kharlan after the closure of the Ancient War." But there was something suspicious in that sentence, though it was different than what Riku had on his mind. Genis says "…Wait a minute. That's true, but…Why does the same legend of Mithos from Sylvarant also exist over here? I've been wondering about this for a while now. There are two Holy Grounds of Kharlan, two Towers of Salvation, and now the legend of Mithos if the same, too?"

Altessa explains "It seems it's possible to travel between the two worlds at their poles. I don't know where those poles would be, but perhaps that person we know as Mithos used that to travel between the worlds?" This theory made Raine go into a sort-of trance as she murmurs to herself "…Bipolar…could it be…?"

Zelos takes note of her shift in behavior and says "Hey, Professor, what's up?" His concerns opens her eyelids and makes her explain her thoughts wisely "This is my theory. Perhaps Ancient War was in fact a war between Tethe'alla and Sylvarant, and the hero Mithos arranged the truce that ended the war."

"So that's why the legend of Mithos exists in both worlds." Lloyd states, leading to Raine nodding her head and further detailing "And if we assume that one of the two poles is the Holy Ground of Kharlan, then we can understand the meaning of existence of two Holy Grounds. That's the door between the two worlds."

"…Yes, that makes sense. I've heard many ideas regarding the bipolar structure of the worlds, but yours works from a logical standpoint." Regal says, leading to the half-elf professor asking "What other ideas have there been?"

Regal leans one hand against his chin and explains in detail "There is legend passed down in the city of Altamira about something called the Otherworldly Gate. Some say that it's one of the world's poles."

"The Otherworld Gate…" The name of this location resonates within Raine, causing her to close her eyelids and descend into deep thought while Colette looks at Altessa and gets back on track by asking "So what is the Great Seed?"

The dwarf shakes his head and says "I don't know that either. But Lord Yggdrasill said that it was more important than his life." While all this discussion was going on, Lloyd appeared rather dizzy, and he said as he swung his back and forth "…I can't wrap my head around all of this stuff at once…"

With the discussion seemingly at an end, Altessa looks at the group and says "You all must be tired by now. Why don't you rest here for the night? Mithos…right? If you don't have anywhere else to go, you should stay here at my place for a while."

"What? Are you sure that's okay? I mean…I'm a half-elf." Mithos explains, and Altessa replies empathetically "The only ones living here are Tabitha, who I made, and me, a dwarf. You do not need to fear discrimination."

"You made Tabatha?" Colette says in a tone of shock. Altessa turns towards the Chosen and states "Yes. Tabatha is an automated doll. So having a half-elf here isn't a problem."

"Tabatha…is a doll…" This bit of news makes Colette feel a bit of similarity with Tabitha, and she looks at the poor girl with an empathetic glance. With the dwarf explaining himself, Mithos replies with an accepting "Okay."

"Then we'll stay here for the night, too. Is that okay with you, Presea?" Lloyd turns and asks, and the girl replies honestly "…You don't need to worry about my, Lloyd."

Tabitha bows her head and says to the group "THEN I SHALL PREPARE DINNER." She walks off to the kitchen, with the group splitting up a bit to hold some conversations with each other until it was time to eat.

Riku continued to loom close by Mithos as the half-elf held a conversation with Genis. "Hey Mithos, let's play together after dinner!" Genis exclaims merrily, leading a nervous Mithos to reply "O-Ok…Are you really sure you're fine with being friends?"

"What are you talking about? You're the first half-elf friend I've ever had! Of course I'm fine with it!" Genis' enthusiasm was almost overwhelming for Mithos, and the boy couldn't respond until after Genis takes out his kendama and says "I'll teach you how to use the kendama! We'll have so much fun!"

"Hehe, thank you Genis!" Mithos says in an appreciative manner. Riku folds his arms in a perturbed manner and glances away from the two half-elves, looking at Lloyd as he was in the middle of a conversation with Raine.

"Heh, looks like Genis' has made a friend." Lloyd says in a happy tone. "Indeed…I'm glad he has someone from his own kind to associate with besides me." Raine replies in a relaxed tone.

"…Yeah, good for Genis." Riku says in a rather half-assed tone, leading to Raine glancing at the teenage Overlord and asking him bluntly "Is something the matter Riku? You've been acting strange since Ozette was destroyed."

Riku rubs the back of his head and says to Raine "I'm just a little winded…Saving Colette, fighting two Summon Spirits, and the carnage at Ozette…All that just took a lot out of me." The half-elf suggest afterwards "Then perhaps you should retreat early for the night. You said you don't require as much food as the rest of us, right?"

"Even so, a bit of food might help me get some of my energy back. Then I'll run guard duty outside the house just in case Cruxis tries another attempt on Altessa's life, especially now that all of you are staying here." Riku explains himself, leading to Lloyd nodding his head and saying "I didn't think about that. Thanks for covering us Riku."

The teenage Overlord nods his head in a thankful manner, and after glimpsing at Raine's suspicious glare he turns his head to look at Mithos one last time before Tabitha said it was time for dinner. When everyone gathered around the dinner table, Raine sat to the left of Mithos while Genis sat to the right. Riku sat across from the half-elf boy between Regal and Colette, and thought to himself "Hmm, got to stop acting so weary of Mithos when Raine's around. She's catching on to my actions, and it's only making ME look suspicious."

The dinner table was filled with merry conversation in the middle of food consumption, with treats abound filling the table. For an animatronic, Tabitha was a really good cook. Each soup was textured perfectly, the meats were cooked at the perfect temperature, and the vegetables were made with the finest of leaves. And oddly enough, there was a single bowl of curry that Riku was specifically given.

Asking around, the teenage Overlord found out that Zelos requested Tabitha make some for him. An appreciative comment was thrown at the Chosen before Riku took his first bite of curry. It was a surprisingly spicy experience, and it only took a few bites into the curry for Riku to start sweating. "I've never felt anything like this…And I've been near a couple suns…" He whispers out, but even with the spiciness inflicted upon his taste buds the teenage Overlord felt greatly compelled to continue.

Though unfortunately, Riku couldn't really eat much else after that. In fact, he spent the next ten minutes after the meal using his water powers to fill his mouth and dull the heat. To thank Tabitha for the meal, Riku helped with the clean-up process while everyone else began to retreat to bed for the night. The only people up by the time Riku was done helping were Lloyd, Mithos, Genis, Altessa, and Tabitha.

Lloyd was thanking Altessa for his hospitality, and Genis was having a little more fun with Mithos before he went to bed. When Mithos and Genis retreated into the guest room, Riku approached Altessa and said to him "Heh, guess you really haven't forgotten the Dwarven Vows after all."

"I never did…But this is only a fraction of what I can offer after all I've done." Altessa explains. "A start is better than nothing at all. It'll be nice to have you as an ally." Riku says in return. After staring at the dwarf for a few seconds, the teenage Overlord folded his arms and gave him a serious glare, saying in a hesitant tone "…Altessa, did Yggdrasill ever mention someone called the Elemental Overlord to you before?"

"You're talking about yourself, right?" Altessa first asks before he turns his body to face the boy fully and comments "You didn't do well to disguise yourself in that case. Off the top of my head, I can only remember a man meeting Lord Yggdrasill that had similar powers to yourself. I'm sorry I could not offer a better answer."

"…No problem Altessa. Good night." Riku replies as he relaxes his pose and sees Altessa off to bed. The teenage Overlord then takes a sit at the front of the table, looking out the window to see that the pale moon was casting it's light upon the outdoors. Though it was meant to act as a calm, Riku could not get rid of this underlying tension inside of his mind.

"…I can't ignore this matter. While everyone's asleep, there's something I have to do." With hesitant decisiveness, Riku glances back at the room he saw Mithos enter and rises to his feet, where he then slowly walks towards the guest room.

Inside, he finds Mithos kneeling at the edge of Colette's bed, his eyes focused on the girl's Cruxis Crystal above her chest as he glided a couple of his fingers over it and whispered to himself "Sister…Soon enough you'll have the perfect vessel…"

Upon hearing the presence of Riku's footsteps, Mithos turns his head to face him and sees his fierce looking glare. Mithos smirks slightly and says "Riku, you're still up? I would've thought you'd go to bed with everyone else."

The teenage Overlord doesn't stick to small talk with the half-elf, and immediately says to him in a tone quiet enough to avoid waking everyone up "Cut the crap, you know who I am, and I know who you are."

"…Hehe, how observant of you." Mithos says in a more chilling tone as he rises to his feet and looks at the boy, saying to him afterwards "It has been a while. Your appearance may have changed, but there's no mistaking your powers."

"…Mithos…No…" Riku folds his arms in front his chest and says in a firm tone of voice "Yggdrasill, leader of Cruxis, it's time we talk." Mithos walks closer to the teenage Overlord, barely flinching at his request as he stands before him and looks him straight in the eyes, cracking a smile as he states "Yes…This has been a long time coming…Elemental Overlord."

Next Time: The Reunion of Two Pasts