Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 31: Day III; Landwind Ruins
Dungeon VI: Landwind Ruins
Landwind Ruins, like the Flare-Bolt Tower, it has two sides. The puzzles of both sides are relevant to each other, such as if Link solves the puzzle in the theistic side, nothing may happen in the Thystic Side but it will trigger the puzzle in the Gianet side, opening the path for Rucas and Terrus. Despite all of this, both teams can work on solving the puzzle without any problem because Terrus and Soryl, somehow, can teleport to each other and tell the other about their process in the dungeon.
Landwind Ruins, as the name suggests, is the earth and wind dungeon. While Gianet side is focused on the earth puzzle such as filling the sand or harden the sand using the Gianet Rod, the sand-controlling rod that can be found on the Gianet side of the dungeon, Thystic side is focused on the wind puzzle such as stop the gale that block the path or changing the wind direction so Link and his friends can fly using the Thystic Sailcloth, the Sailcloth that can be found on the Thystic side of the dungeon.
After solving the puzzle for a long time, Link's group and Rucas's group reunite with each other at the entrance to the boss room.
"Hi, Terrus, how about the sand in these ruins?" Soryl greets.
"… Delicious…" Terrus mumbles.
"Again?" Soryl says.
Link and his friends looks at the boss room. The boss key of this dungeon had been shattered into two pieces, located on both sides of the dungeon. Now Link and his friends had obtained both of them.
"Let's go, Link." Rucas says.
Link uses the boss key to open the entrance to the boss room, and then everyone enters the boss room…
Unlike the whole ruins, the boss room is the sand-filled room without the ceiling, enables everyone to see the vast sky. And… There is someone in the room. He is the same one that he met during his adventure for many times.
"… I see that you finally made your way here." Mysterious Demon says.
"What do you want this time?" Rucas says.
"You know… I follow the order from the god, to get the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare before you can. This is the reason why I am here." Mysterious Demon says.
"We won't let you to have it!" Navi says.
"Yes… The guardian of these ruins refuses to give it to me… So I will take my leave now… However… The god ordered me to give some gift to you in order if I can't get the thing that I desire…" Mysterious Demon says and disappears. And then…
"RRRRRRRR"
Link and his friends look around after hearing the roar, before a huge bird appears from the sky!
"What is that?!" Navi says.
"That must be the guardian of these ruins!" Rucas says.
"RRRRR!" The bird roars before it starts attacking Link and his friends!
Guardian of the Sky
Ho-Oh
"What's wrong with her?!" Soryl says and dodges Ho-Oh's attack.
"Someone had brainwashed her!" Terrus says.
"Then, how can we help her?!" Maxnet asks.
"We must fight her and win her!" Terrus says.
Ho-Oh attacks are mostly fire-based and wind-based, so Rucas will have a hard time resisting her fire-based attack, but the rest are fine. The method to defeat Ho-Oh is to use the Gianet Rod to harden the sand, imprisoned Ho-Oh in the middle of the sand block and attack her . Sometime Link has to use the Thystic Sailcloth to dodge her attack, but after a while, the battle is over with the victory of the Hero of Time.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" Ho-Oh roars, but then, she releases her ultimate attack, the Sacred Fire, to Link and his friends!
"!" Link and his friends are shocked, so they can't dodge Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire!
But…
After the cloud from the Sacred Fire disappears, Link realizes that he receives no damage!
"What?!" Navi says, because she receives no damage too!
"What happen?" Rucas says, he also receives no damage too.
"Arrr…"
Link and his friends look down and realizes that Terrus, Soryl and Maxnet are badly wound by the attack!
"What?!" Navi says.
"You shield us from the attack?!" Rucas says.
That's right. Before Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire hit Link, Navi and Rucas, Maxnet, Terrus and Soryl sacrificed themselves by shield Link, Rucas and Navi from the attack!
"We must do something!" Navi says.
"… N…No…" Maxnet mumbles.
"Maxnet! Can you hear me?!" Navi says.
"…This pain… I won't last long…" Maxnet says.
"Maxnet…" Link says.
"Don't…worry…Link…" Soryl says.
"We… will…return…to… Soulyn…the…place…where…we…belong…" Terrus says.
"What?! You came from Soulyn?!" Rucas says.
"Yes…We…were….living…in…Soulyn…But…" Terrus says.
"One…day…We…woke…up…in…Gianet….And….hear…someone….want….us…being…mercenary…." Soryl says.
"…" Link, Rucas and Navi say nothing.
"Don't…worry… we…will..return…to Soulyn…." Maxnet says.
"…Will…Will we ever meeting again?" Rucas asks.
"…." Maxnet, Soryl and Terrus say nothing, and then, they stop breathing…
"…"
"….I am sorry for the thing that I had done…"
Link, Rucas and Navi look at the source of the voice and realize that it is Ho-Oh's voice.
"I killed them…" Ho-Oh says.
"…No… You didn't kill them…The one who killed them… is Arceus and the Mysterious Demon." Rucas says.
"I will bury their body in this place. They are the brave warriors, so they deserve to sleep in this sacred place forever." Ho-Oh says.
"…Okay." Rucas says.
"Anyway, I assume that the reason for you to come here is to get the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare, right?" Ho-Oh asks.
"Yes." Navi says.
"I can sense that the world are falling into the chaos, but I believe that you will overcome this." Ho-Oh says.
After Ho-Oh finishes saying, a piece of the Mirror of Nightmare appears in front of Link.
"…Now we have another one, making we have three of them." Navi says.
"Ho-Oh, do you have any clue…" Rucas says, but then, he realizes that Ho-Oh is starting to fade away!
"Ho-Oh!" Navi says.
"…So… My time runs out too." Ho-Oh says.
"Why…Arceus!" Rucas says.
"Heroes, although I can't give you any help or any clue about another piece of the Mirror of Nightmare, but I believe that you will succeed in this mission…. Good luck." Ho-Oh says before she is completely vanishes.
"Ho-Oh…" Navi and Rucas says.
After that Link and Rucas bury the soulless body of Terrus, Soryl and Maxnet in the Landwind Ruins, and then they left the place.
Now Link has the third piece of the Mirror of Nightmare, but this is the third day already…
Will they succeed? Or will they fail?
To Be Continue…
LD: Hey! Now eight of thirteen main characters had died!
Pokedragon: Now we have only five left, Link, Rucas, Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval…
LD: Don't tell me that some of them will die again…
Pokedragon: Maybe yes, maybe no.