Chapter 33

A lost Pup

Elsword's PoV

Stark dropped us on landing platform and dissipated into purple particles. It was similar to The Spire, but this was a more ruined and straight ahead path that curved a bit. So it was essentially a climb.

"What is this dark presence?" Ara says a bit shaky. Well this is the last area, and after that we can close this.

I was in the front with sis, Aisha and Rena behind Raven and Chung then in the back was Ara and Eve.

We're walking though out the halls and jumped from platform to platform. The strange thing was, there were no glitters, or no alive glitters around. The glitters were scattered all over and all dead.

Their skin was purple but they had no wounds. It looked like they died from a internal disease. There was also no signs of fighting, like they just fell over and died.

"Youuu." We looked up and saw Berthe. He was different. His fur was jet black with red glowing lime tattoos along his body. He had black horns with red lines and his eyes were a deep yellow. His body was also much bigger and he had a bigger build and a bush of fur going down his back.

"Berthe..." Everyone drew their weapons. "Oh no, i won't fight you here. I want to kill you in a more...proper area." So he wants us to go all the way to the top huh. "It seems Stark has failed, no matter, i have enough power to kill the lot if you." He jumps up higher and climbed the wall.

"Better come quickly or else you will i will activate it." He said as he climbed up and laughed.

"Maybe a trap." Raven said shaking his head. Well we are on his terms so of course we have an disadvantage. "He have more power than when i met him. Somehow..." Elesis said.

"Well we have to go up there regardless. We still have to close that gate and finish up with these glitters." I swing Durendal over my back.

"Yes, He is the reason for all this, he needs to get what's coming to him and serve justice." Chung said determinedly. To be honest this isn't about justice. I'm a human or half i guess, but i know when something is driving me to do something.

Revenge...Revenge was the reason why. He attacked our village and killed the elves for the El jewel. He started this war made the whole world go into chaos. I guess my revenge could be my own justice for my love ones, or maybe its just a selfish feeling that us humans are bounded to.

We made it to the portal and went through a portal at the end of the hall and was transported to a new section of the Alter.

Berthe was standing there with a smirk on his face. His body began to give off a black aura. "It wont be that easy however." He said and the black aura became a mist that swarmed around us. We stood prepared in case of anything.

The mist began to take shape and black and red wolves were manifested. Berthe laughed and jumped up. "Oh great." Raven said. Well they should be simple.

Elesis fired a shockwave but the wolves took like a champ. We jumped back to avoid their claw swipes. Chung shot his magic cannons at them, but they bit them and spat it out.

Lets see if thus works. I swung Durendal but it fazed thought them and one if them managed to bite my arm. Damn, the bite was giving off some purple smoke, was it poison?

"Binding restraints!" Ara held out her hands and yellow glowing chains came from her palms. They latched around the wolves and made them stop in place. The wolves then had dark blue fur with a more normal appearance. "Ice spear!" The ice spear killed them instantly.

"Els, you alright?" Rena ran up along with sis. "Jeez Els be more careful." Rena tells me. "I-I can help.." Ara says timidly. Guess she's still not used to us, not that i blame her.

"Do what you can." Elesis says and Ara walks over to me. She gestures for me to put my arm up and i do. She made some hand sign and ended with her index and middle finger up while the other two were held down by her thumb.

"Suppression, Spector." She says and slammed her palm into the wound. I clenched my teeth, She was stronger than she lets on with her kind of body. Black energy swirled around it and the smoke came out of it.

"Thanks." I can still feel that pressure she put on it. Thought my arm was going to break... "Yea...you must be quiet strong to be able to take a suppression." Was this also sage arts?

"Elsword, be wary around this one. She is not a normal one." Regulus said in my head. She wasn't normal? hmm well i guess that would be true as none of us here are exactly normal.

I nod to myself. "Yea, i guess so. Anyway lets move." Ill just try and observe from afar and see how she fights.

We kept going through the halls until we made it out to a large opening. It had a large under view of the Spire and had the blue glow of the underground garden. Up ahead were some swaying chains around. and on the other side were more wolves waiting on us.

"Ill take them out." Rena drew her bow and charged with her nature force. The arrows pierced the wolves head but they didn't die. She kept firing at them while everyone else crossed the platforms.

While going through, we saw some strange wall. It looked like it was a bit hollowed out. When Eve pushed it, it caved in and and door was revealed. I opened it from its bottom base and raised it up and it lead down a tunnel.

We walked down it with Aisha using a flare for the light.

At the end of the tunnel were several runes tablets on pedestals. They were red, blue, green, white, purple and yellow. They were placed in circle like formation around a larger taller pedestal.

"Hmm, interesting." Eve was the first to walk over to them. I followed behind her in case of any traps. I still felt like i had to keep her safe since she used to be the queen of Altera and assigned as a knight there.

She touched one of the runes and it glowed and when she took her hand off it stopped glowing. "Elsword may i take time to inspect this." i nod my head. Knock your self out Eve.

"You shall stay with me." She points to Ara. Ara had a flustered face and Eve too her arm and dragged her with her. "Elsword, you may proceed." Uhh, ok i guess.

"Don't do an-" Eve put her hand on my mouth and pushed me out, not harshly. "You worry too much. I am not my sister, i can fend for myself. I also have someone with me. Go." Well i guess i shouldn't worry for Eve if she is so sure of herself.

We went out the passage and went up the stairs and into a long hall. The hall had purple carpet with black walls and gold trims. There were black and gold columns going down the hall.pp

Zombie glitters manifested from a black mist that appeared on the floor. Along with them were black coated mages with no skin on their faces and a mark on their head.

"Wind press." Rena fired a wind blast that homed in on the front mages. They put up their hands and dissolved the blast. "I guess magic doesn't work." Chung said and slammed his cannon the ground.

He twisted it back up and fired a cannon blast at them. They turned into a black mist and the blast dazed through them. "H-huh?" Well then.

I drew Durendal and set it to my side. I charged at them and the mages began to shoot fire blast at me. I blocked it with the flat of Durendal and and swung it around deflecting the blast with a strong gust.

"Shattering fire bomb." I shot the crackling flame at the ground. It split into smaller flames and shrouded them in flames. I heard a the clash of swords and looked behind me.

Sis was clashed with a large headless Knight. His armor was jet black with red lines and tattoos on its armor. Sis pushed him off and went back to back with me.

A shadow then came off the ground and took form into a shape that was similar to Mayrik but was different. His body was pure red with dark purple tattoos and horns all over his body.

It faced the others and the headless knight the descended down into the floor. "He couldn't do this last time..." I looked at her. "You faced him before?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yea, he should have been in the Velder Research's custody." So he must have escaped. "Over there!" I pointed to her left. The headless knight pointed its blade and a ball of energy formed. It then became a beam of energy.

We rolled out the way and it descended back into the ground. It appeared up in front of me and i parried its attack. I tried to slash him down but it defended with its shield. The shield glowed red and i rolled out of the way. It shot a beam and moved its shield, moving the beam as well.

i ducked under the beam since the bottom of the shield was sharp and it couldn't go lower. Sis came and tackled him, the beam was going out of control and destroyed some columns.

She thrust her blade downward but the headless knight descended back into the ground. "Are you kidding me?" She complained. It came back up but was slammed by Mayrik. "Guys." Aisha said and we regrouped.

"How are we going to get these guys." Chung said. "They are not our problem, we need to get to Berthe." I tell him. I need to think. Maybe. I look to Raven and he was still in good condition since he has fought until now. Maybe...

"Raven and Chung, You guys hold these two off, we will get to Berthe." I said and Raven nods but Chung had something to say. "Are you sure they will let you pass?" We have no choice, we can't let Berthe get away again.

"We have to. Aisha, Rena and Elesis are with me. Aisha use a wind spell, we will charge through." They nodded and we ran off. "Storm barricade!" The wind formed around us. The headless knight went into guard. Perfect.

I clasped my hands together. "Sin! scorching flame lanterns." I shot the fire around the wind and the wind carried the flames. He headless knight jumped out our way and we went right past them.

I believe in Raven, but I'm not sure on Chung since i haven't seen how he really fights. Hope he can prove himself to Raven.

We went up some stairs and was now, at the very top of the tower.

The other towers really did circled around this tower. Each shone one color of red, blue,white, and green. This tower had a large alter that looked to be a portal and it was glowing a deep red.

"I see the others have failed." Berthe's voice was heard and then manifested in front if us. He walked calmly over to us and then smirked.

"Well, well, well. The whole family is here. The grape, the elf and the two red rats" He eyed down all of us. Not sure what kind of family he was in buy none of those are even remotely related.

"Do you even know why i do what i do." He suddenly asked. I drew Durendal and pointed it at his neck and he didn't even flinch. "Why should we care. Why even tell us." I tell him.

"You think its chaos up here? ho you have not seen the demon realm." He slapped my sword away and growled. "So you decided to make ours a hell?" Aisha said angrily.

"Oh no, i have no care for here. I simply wanted the shard. But once i gain power here, i will overthrow Ran, and rule over the realm. I have goals." He says calmly now. His mood was going between furious, to angry.

"And you think power alone will accomplish that?" I asked him. He holds out his arms to his sides. "Power is everything in this world. Everywhere you go, power is the only thing that matters. Petty things like money means nothing if you can't do anything yourself!" He shouts.

"If power is the only thing that matters to you, it will be your downfall. If power is the only thing you see then you will be overthrown." I tell him and he growls. "Lust has an iron grip on his soul. He can't be persuaded.' Regulus says. His ideals are what i can't stand.

"Power will only blind you and sooner or later, someone more stronger than you will come down the line and take. you. out." Aisha speaks up.

"Then what it the alternative huh?! tell me. Power is the only thing that make things happen. Tell me, you have trained and acquired power through all you have been through to stop me. If you didn't, you would have had no chance to stop me." If that's what he really thinks.

"You know what, i agree with you." I say and he looks at me. "Your right, power is the only thing that matters in this world. Without it we are nothing." He then smirked.

"But, if you think that all you need is power to get by, your nothing but foolish wolf who thinks their ready for the world." He was going to try and say something but i kicked his chest and he skidded away.

"Enough talk." I pointed my sword at him and i could feel that familiar heat i haven't felt in a while. My body was glowing orange and i felt my energy spike in my body. "Ill teach you. Ill teach you that power isn't everything." Regulus begins laughing in my head. "Yes...that's it!"

He growled and got onto all fours. "We shall see." Here we go.

An

Next chapter shall be the end of this ark

I will have the aftermath but this story is not done yet