Light of the Ancients
Chapter 15
The Hero needs Help
"Let's go!" Raguna said as he barely mounted the cloud, "Ha ha!?" he looked at his blade, who's light started to fade out,
"What?" Lest looked at him,
"My Blade of Light!" Raguna yelled as he dismounted, "It's losing power!"
"What do you mean!?" Mist asked,
"Oh no!" Raguna groaned, "It's only as strong as the Sword of Oracles now!"
"Gr..." Lupux growled,
"Why!?" Frey cried,
"The Anger of a million souls has weakened the Power of the Blade, Raguna." a voice called out to him, and surely enough, the desert nomad returned,
"Huh?" Raguna turned, "Who are you?"
"I am help." the nomad smiled, "But yes... The anger stored in the world's souls against you has seriously debilitated your sword's power."
"Hm..." Raguna looked down, "It's what I deserve..."
"But there is a way to fix it..." the nomad told him, "If you meet with the 14 souls... each for the number of the Heroes, that still hold a hope in your return.. You will most certainly gain your power back."
"And where do we find them?" Frey asked the nomad,
"Find them?" the nomad chuckled, "No no, child... The Souls are waiting for you where the Paradise is, and the sun connects on the 14th day of the 1st month... Where the River of the Eden stops and where it all began." he told them,
"Hold on!" Lest yelled and started to solve the riddle, "Let's see..." he mumbled, "Paradise... Paradise... 14th day... sun... 1st month... River of the Eden... All began..." he started to connect the dots,
"My work is done here." the nomad chuckled and rode off on his camel, a sand storm taking him away.
"That is one odd man." Raguna muttered,
"Have you found something?" Frey asked Lest, who was still in deep thought,
"Paradise..." Lest mumbled, "Paradise... Gulch!" he exclaimed, "River of the Eden ends... where the Sun connects on the fourteenth day... and where it all began!" he yelled, "By golly, it's the Sealed Palace! The Spring Equinox connects the top to the sun, and the River of the Eden stops in its original entrance, which is underground!"
"Then let's go!" Raguna said, and the four dashed up the hill...
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"We're here..." Lest said as the four entered the top entrance of the Sealed Palace, "Now what?"
"The Pedestal..." Raguna muttered as old memories returned, "Ah..." he walked over to it, "Hah!" he placed his sword,
"Raguna!" several voices called out,
"He's back!" Iris' ghost appeared,
"I knew you'll be back, old chap!" Brodik's ghost laughed, "Still young as ever!"
"Let's see..." Frey started to count the ghosts, "Hm... There's only twelve..." she sighed,
"Only twelve souls are here, Raguna." Mist mumbled as she saw the ghosts of Brodik, Iris, Camus, Sharron, Cinnamon, Mei, Lara, Lynette, a blonde young man, and red headed young man with two accompanying red twins.
"Who are they?" Lest asked the newcomers,
"My name is Micah." the blonde youth responded, "I spent my life fighting the Dark Monster armies of the Terror, waiting for the Hero to return to save us all... It seems my hopes were realized."
"We are Aaron and Aria." the twins responded, "Leaders of the Coastal Resistance... we waited so long for you, Great Hero!"
"I am their Father, Kyle." the red head added, "I was their predecessor, my lord."
"We always knew you would return, Raguna." Lara told him, "I always had hope..."
"Why is there only twelve though?" Raguna asked,
"Because we are the other two..." Lest responded, "Raguna..."
"Hero, we also had hope in your return." Frey added as they join the ghosts, "All my life."
"Woah..." Raguna mumbled as he saw all fourteen united.
"Aahh..." all of them elevated a song,
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From the East, to the West...
Men rise up to the test...
But all are surpassed,
Because no one has passed,
Such as the Hero of Light!
He vanquished the evil,
He cast out the dark!
He drove back the night
And brought us the Light...
Upon his shoulders and heavenly blade,
Came forth the power that deities have laid!
The Peace of the Gods is over him..
He brought back the world from the chaotic brim!
There is no one like the Hero,
He rose up for us all!
He took on legions of monsters,
He made the Great Evil fall!
Our Prayers are for the Gods!
And our hope is for them too!
That they grant the Hero his power!
To uphold all good and true!
We have come through lands and ages
To sing this song of hope!
We pray that the Hero come back
The world is on a ro-ooo-ope!
For only he can take down the Wrath
Of the Terror drake!
Bring back his glorious might
Or the world is at stake!
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"For there is no love..." Mist finished as she sung softly to Leona, "Like what the Hero has shown... He spent it all.. on the ones he loves..."
TROOOO! The Blade of Light shone with such power that it blinded all of them, SHWEEEOOOOOOO!
"Ah ha!" Raguna said as he grabbed the Blade, which was freed from the curse of the hate,
SCHLING! A ray of shone from the Blade, and all the symbols of the Divine Dragons shone brighter than ever!
"I will slay the Terror!" Raguna yelled as he opened another entrance through the solid rock, "Lupux! We ride!" he told his steed, then made a cloud appear.
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"RAHHHHH!" The Terror roared as he reached the Great Wall,
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" the guards yelled as they tried to hold it and its dark monster army back with cannon fire,
"Men! Charge!" the last armies of the world charged towards the menace,
"RAHHH!" The Terror bellowed, then all his dark monsters charged to oppose the world's army.
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"We can't hold them back!" a soldier came up to the Supreme Commander, "We're losing!"
"It's over!" the Supreme commander cried as the Dark Monsters pushed back his army,
"RAHHH!" the Terror rolled up into a scaly ball, then rolled down, aiming to take down the wall.
"He's going to breech!" an artilleryman yelled in fear,
"It's over!" the guards started to abandon their posts,
"Men! We stay!" the Supreme Commander ordered, "We cannot let the South fall!"
TROOON TROOON TROOON! The earth trembled as the Terror rolled down,
"Ahh..." the Supreme Commander shook in fright,
"RAHHHH!" The Terror bellowed when it got closer and closer...
"FIERBLAST!" a voice boomed like thunder, and then a huge explosion of fire knocked back the rolling Terror.
"What!?" the Commander yelled in shock, and everyone was in pure surprise.
"Rahh..." The Terror groaned and unrolled, "RAH!" he roared and looked for his assailant,
"This is your end!" the voice yelled, revealing it to be the Hero of the Runes,
"Who is that?" the soldiers on the battlefield paused their attack,
"Is that the..."
"That's the Lost Hero..." the Supreme Commander looked through his binoculars, "That's the Lost Hero!" he exclaimed to his guards,
"The Hero from the Stories!?" the guards asked, their faces filled with joy,
"Yay!" the citizens behind them cheered in joy.
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"I am the Hero of the Runes!" Raguna told the men behind him, then turned to the Terror, "And I am your End!" he pointed his sword at him.
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"RAH!" a vision of the Terror launching a beam at him appeared,
"WOAH!" Raguna was engulfed by the attack.
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"RAH!" The Terror launched the beam,
"HMPHH!" Raguna growled and mounted Lupux, who's speed took them out of the danger zone,
"RAF!" Lupux attacked a shadow monster,
"Terrastorm!" Raguna yelled and huge meteors started to fall from the sky,
"WAH!" some dark monsters cried as they were struck and killed,
"ARGH!" The Terror roared as he was also hit,
"RAHHH!" The Dark Monsters screeched and the entire army started to fall back, knowing this new comer was too much for them.
"RAHH RAHH!" The Terror urged them to return, but they did not, "RAHHHHH!" he roared at Raguna,
"TELL THAT TO THE JUDGE!" Raguna yelled and lauched a sphere of light straight into its mouth,
"GULP!" The Terror swallowed it,
"HA!" Raguna jumped up into the air, then stabbed the Terror in the head, shutting its mouth close,
"GRRRRRA!" The Terror groaned as the magic swelled inside of him, "GRRRRRR!"
KRAKAKABOOOM! The Terror exploded in a brilliant flash of light,
"AHHHH!" the dark monsters screeched as they were burned alive by the flash...