A Collection Of Other Adventures

Stop The Geffenia Ritual

Date: December 6th, 2022

We slept peacefully through the night despite the looming presence of Dracula. We were all woken up by the sound of a loud terrifying noise. The screams of anguish of souls. "Those poor souls! They're crying out! Roan! We have to do something to save them." "I know but we can't fight on an empty stomach. Everyone, let's eat breakfast immediately and leave our tents here." I reply: "Good idea but there's not much time. We need to eat quickly. If we are to assume the souls are screaming because of a ritual, the ritual must be well underway. We have to stop it." Just then, Varmundt somehow gets inside of the magical barrier we're trapped in. Seyren greets him: "Lord Varmundt, what are you doing here? How did you get in here?" "It is a pleasure to see you again, Lord Knight Seyren. The caster of this barrier didn't cast it perfectly. We managed to break through it long enough for me to enter at last. I will help you on your journey. My followers have assured me that they can take care of matters themselves without my assistance. We must hurry. There is a ritual happening at the entrance at Geffenia. It must be stopped. There is no time." Judia says: "But we can't go into battle without eating! *Iruga Jr. wakes up and starts crying* There there, Iruga Jr. It's okay, mama's got you, sweet little boy. You must be hungry." Varmundt is concerned: "We cannot bring a child to such a dangerous place, Judia. You must stay behind with him to take care of him. Young life is very precious in this world. To let it be taken away recklessly is something only a fool would do. I assure you, we can stop the ritusl even without you. If we succeed, there are some individuals waiting for us to return safely." "Okay okay. I accept that. Just be careful, y'all." I add: "The kids should stay with Judia. They aren't nearly strong enough as of yet to be useful in this situation in battle. That being said, they can protect Judia just in case."

My counterpart agrees: "This is something far beyond much of what I've witnessed in my adventures. It is best if we leave all of the children here except Maya now that she's an alchemist." Varmundt replies: "Indeed. The magical energy is far stronger than the magic used to restrain me and make me lose my memories temporarily in Culvert. We will proceed with caution after all of you have had something to eat. Transformation potions have been prepared for us. I have them with me. We'll use them to disguise ourselves as monsters to infiltrate the floors below us without getting detected." "I thought you were too old for these kind of potions." "That's true for invisibility potions but not transformation potions, Swiftdrawer." We all quickly eat and drink some stuff. It looks like Maya bought an excess of food and drink for us outside in the city. Thank goodness. Otherwise, we'd be in seriously deep trouble. Once we're finished, Varmundt says: "Everyone coming with us, come to me and get a transformation potion and drink it. Swiftdrawer and I will lead the way to the site of the ritual. I sense the presence of Dracula. We'll get past him if we blend in perfectly as monsters." We all take a transformation potion from him. Varmundt and Swiftdrawer position themselves in front of all of us so we knew who to follow when we started moving while transformed. They end up transforming into Wraiths. Seyren, Roan, and I become Wind Ghosts. Maya, Herbsalvin, and Raygene become Devilruchi. Maria, Catherine, Yufa, Swiftdrawer's pet Lunatic, and Lillah become Marionette Dolls. We do our best to pretend to be frightening monsters on a meeting mission. It wasn't easy but we managed to get past all of the monsters, even Dracula.

I was even forced to claim that I despise humans. Actually, that isn't entirely false for obvious reasons at this point. The trip down to Geffenia is incident free and we decide to be quiet for the most part. We get to the area where the ritual is taking place. It is in fact by the entrance to Geffenia which strangely has no monsters coming out of it. Wait, hold on a second. Are those humans and monsters tied up in the ritual circle? Oh no! Just what is going on? A hooded figure in black is commencing the ritual and hasn't noticed us yet. However, one of the real Wraiths says: "I smell humans and passive monsters. Wait, why are you monsters over there staying so close together? Hold on, you're not monsters! You're humans and 2 of you are pet monsters! Let's kill them!" The hooded figure turns to see us and now that we've been exposed, the transformation potions become useless and we return to ourselves. They chuckle: "Oh, what do we have here? Most of the party I trapped in here? But how did YOU get in here, Great Sage?! It doesn't matter, you're all going to die now! I was wondering when you'd make it past all the monsters! You should have just battled and killed them all! Oh well, you won't survive for long!" Maria replies: "We won't let you get away with this! Catherine, get ready with your spells!" "Of course! We'll fight you in the memory of Takius!" "Aww isn't that just sweet? Is the widdle adventure party going to beat me up? Isn't that just adorable? Your souls will be mine, mortals!" I tense up at hearing that: "No way.. It can't be! You're not just some random figure, are you? Dark Lord Melvin!" Dark Lord Melvin puts his hood down: "Hahaha, it's been so long since I've gotten to play! I almost want to help myself to your faces!" Dark Lord Melvin has yellow eyes and eyebrows, a amulet around his neck, blue skin, crazy purple hair, and a cloak of various purples. With his black cloak off, he is back to full size. Basically, he's much bigger than us in reality.

Roan asks: "You know this monster?" "I've never faced him myself but my Miitopian counterpart, Kind Warrior Adam did. He caused terror throughout much of Miitopia. But how is he here when the miis who he came from are living their lives as comrades of mine? This doesn't make sense. Watch out. He can summon monsters and rocks, steal our faces and put them on monsters, put us to sleep into nightmares, and slap us individually very hard." "Hahaha, this is so amusing! I'll tell you before all of you die! That mysterious figure who goes around collecting defeated villains and is the reason for the return of this world's Dark Lord is why I'm here! That's all you get, prepare for your demises! I'll just help myself to your souls to aid in this ritual to make the Dark Lord even more powerful than he already has become! Freddie put me up to this and I gladly accepted! The souls of Geffenia were good but not good enough, I needed living souls! Behold, Varmundt, Swiftdrawer, and Seyren, say hello to some of your dear precious friends!" Lord Knight Swiftdrawer utters: "Noooo.. It can't be.." We're all shocked. Seyren adds: "He's captured Father Bamph, Kino, and the Loyal Knight.." Varmundt replies: "We must stop this ritual from succeeding! Get ready to fight, everyone." And just like that, we are surrounded by a lot of monsters but this time, it's even more dangerous and difficult to deal with. My counterpart is easily mowing them down but I'm having much more trouble. I'm not used to fighting these kind of monsters. Furthermore, I don't often fight such big monsters. "Damn it! Melvin must be really confident if he refuses to take our faces! Arg! Get out of our way, you pesky monsters! Haaaaaaa! Drawing Devastation! Just take this and leave this world forever! Let's keep this up! Continuous Extremely Risky Spin Slash: 100!" The monsters don't budge as much as other enemies but a few do fall to my attacks. But more just keep coming. There are just so damn many. "Guys, I don't know how long I can keep fighting like this! Poi Poi, we have to do better than this!"

"Stay close, everyone! We'll make sure that no one dies here! Sanctuary! Blessing! Agility Up!" I grit my teeth and decide to try something interesting due to being swarmed by so many monsters. Most of the others are taking down more of the monsters than I am so I must step it up. I shout as loud as I can: "It's time to link into the VRAINS!" But because I'm so far away from Den City, I don't get sent there. Instead, I transform into my avatar in the virtual world: "Now you're going to have a bad time! Duel board, come to me!" My duel board appears above and I mow down some monsters to hoist myself up onto it. With that done, I get as high as I can to be out of reach of the monsters. Unlike the ones we faced yesterday, these monsters aren't as loud and my yelling automatically activated my duel disk. "I activate the action field, Crossover! The action cards are dispersed! My comrades, pick up any action cards you find! They'll help you! Now, it's time! Let's skip all the details and just get to it. With various cards, I create a artistic composition on my field! Show yourselves! Regnes! Terror Fairy! Jammer! And 3 others that also bring the frights and arts! Now, do what you must to help us! I must get down to help our comrades too!" Regnes replies: "Go ahead. We'll fight alongside you while we can. We all have missions to go on so we won't be able to stay long." "I understand just please help us out! I would have asked about that if the monsters weren't so loud and I hadn't needed to transform into my Link VRAINS avatar!" "Don't worry, I know of your circumstances extensively. Just go, my friend! We'll back you and the others up!" I use my duel board to fly down at a level I can knock down the biggest monsters which are the Wind Ghosts and Wraiths. "Feel the power of physics! F=Ma, you bastards!" To add to this, I pull out my Link VRAINS sword and hold it out as I have my due, board accelerate to maximum possible velocity. But I'm not the only one being really awesome. Far from it.

As I knock down and stab through as many monsters as I can with the aid of my duel board, I see what the others are doing. Swiftdrawer is breaking a lot of joints and making monsters fall down as a result before burning all of them within a certain radius with Magnum Break and doing so much damage in the process. Not a single monster can even touch Varmundt as he obliterates any that try to attack him with ease with lightning and fireballs. Catherine and Maria are similarly wiping out monsters in a joint combination. Seyren is individually taking down monsters one after another really fast. Roan has trapped some monsters in Grand Cross and takes pain to deal them pain. Maya is knocking down monsters with her cart while Poi Poi distracts them. Yufa and Lillah are healing a lot but are also turning monster after monster to dust with light energy. It's a dazzling display. If there were fireworks in Geffen, they could replace those fireworks in terms of popularity. But fireworks are a Comodo thing, not a Geffen thing. Anyway, Raygene is using a lot of single target and multi target attacks like Lion Roar, Bash, Bowling Bash, etc. We have been completely underestimated and naturally, that's very bad news for Melvin. I have to say, all of them look more cool than I do as of right now but that matters not in the end. I am worried about dealing with Dark Lord Melvin. He might summon monsters to keep us busy for even longer and that's not very good. Okay, I've knocked down enough monsters. I'm going back down there but staying in my VRAINS avatar form. It's the best strategy for handling all of these monsters. I get back down and recall my board. Chaos speaks up: "Hey Adam, would you be cool with more chaos with my help?" "But your core almost overloaded yesterday!" "You forget! Now that my core has no active strain or is overheating, I'm fine!" "Alright, alright! Let's break through what's left of the monsters that have been knocked down then! Emblem Charge!" "Devastating Crushing Bite!" "With one shot, an immense amount of passion and force will be exerted. Bring on the chaos upon those who dare inflict pain onto others for selfish reasons, Chaos Wolg!"

And with that, many knocked down monsters get obliterated from the sheer force of that attack being done many times over. I put away Chaos again after I feel their core starting to get really hot. Whew. That's that. My artist comrades are also being awesome. Jammer is blasting many monsters into pieces by intensifying their normally gloomy tune. Regnes is cutting through monsters and staring at them so intensely that some just turn into stone out of fear for the number. Terror Fairy is flying around, screeching, and tearing apart monsters. The ritual monster I summoned is crushing some other monsters. The pendulum monster is painting monsters with acidic paint that is corrosive as hell. The link monster is freezing monsters before hitting the now ice solid monsters with a chisel, causing them to break apart in seconds into ice chunks. I so happen to notice something very important about this bottom level of the Geffen Underground. No, it's not the Geffenia ruins. I already knew about those. It's how far I'm from any walls and how high up the ceiling really is. I was too focused earlier to notice but now, I can state for certain that I can use my best and riskiest attack down here without bringing the entire tower down onto us and into ruin. I yell: "Someone better heal me! I'm about to risk my life again and again! This is what must be done! No matter how many monsters we beat, there's still so many monsters to get rid of! Haaaaaa! I'm doing it now! Great Infernal Tornado Slash! I have my groove now! Let's do this!" My attack goes off in a direction and destroys a lot of monsters with ease. I'm healed before my vision can even start going black. This allows me to keep unloading that same attack as much as it does put me though agony that is just hell. I actually stand a damn chance against bullcrap in this body so I'm standing up to bullcrap. It's the only thing to do in the situation. The right thing because without violent measures, Miitopia would be devastated and a mortal living hell. Same with Midgard, Kohnanix, Tomapie, and so on. "Everyone! We are getting close to getting rid of all of the monsters! We must not let up now! Great Infernal Tornado Slash!"

"Adam is correct. We will win and stop the ritual. We must. Lightning Bolt!" "Hold on, everyone! We're almost there! Magnus Exorcismus!" "Let's go, Poi Poi! Cart Revolution!" "You're all right! Shield Boomerang!" In minutes, the rest of the monsters are completely killed and crushed. Ash, smoke, bones, and items are scattered all throughout this floor of the underground. I'm healed once more and we group back together to confront Melvin. "What?! The widdle adventurer party defeated all of those monsters?! The ritual is almost done, just another hour until I can sacrifice all of these souls! That Dark Lord won't be the only one to benefit from this! Freddie and our mysterious friend have agreed to reward me for succeeding in this ritual! It's so ironic, a Dark Lord empowered by those who want to use them and not the other way around! But I'm so surprised that you survived all of those monsters. So be it. I'll bring back some of my old servants. Hahaha! They're more powerful than ever! Just look! Welcome back, my most loyal servants! Be facing you again if you survive, that is!" And with that, every boss created by Dark Lord Melvin in Miitopia shows up. I sigh: "This is going to be a problem. Be very careful. These monsters are all their own kind of nasty. I'll take on Pharaoh Trudge." With that, I confront the monster originally created using Genie Trudge's face by Dark Lord Melvin in Miitopia's Neksdor pyramid. The monster doesn't speak but is very dangerous. They immediately slam into me to try to deal damage but barely scratches my armor. I smirk: "It's my turn. *yells to others* Oh and I forgot to mention! Miitopian monsters have a respect that Midgardian ones just don't! They take turns attacking with whoever they're facing in battle if that helps! *turns attention back to Pharaoh Trudge* Let's dance, bastard. My concentration is now solely on you. You will not last too too long in the end. I expect difficulty from facing you but I expect it to be manageable. Take this on for size! Haaaaaa! Jump Slash!" The attack doesn't affect them. They counterattack. No damage. "You should know better than that by now. I know I do. I was just testing to see what a lower level Miitopian warrior move would do to you. Obviously, the answer is clearly nothing. Darkeye Slash!"

The attack does a little bit of damage. In response to actually getting damaged, they cast a spell on me. I watch as my outfit changes onto a pharaoh like outfit and lose control of myself. I fold my arms together and blankly say: "I am pharaoh." For a little while, I just stay there, doing that and literally nothing else. The words I said are the only way I react to the action around me. Since I'm no longer attacking, Pharaoh Trudge takes pleasure in summoning some servants and attacking me over and over along with them. Eventuality, there's a whole small army of servants for Pharaoh Trudge. The only reason I was cured of the spell is because Roan and Maya came to help me. Maya uses her carts to kill all of the servants with ease. Meanwhile, Roan uses Grand Cross to deal a lot of damage while hurting himself as well in the process. In under a minute, Pharaoh Trudge has taken a lot of damage. They try to curse Roan and Maya but it just doesn't work on them one bit. They glare and attack the enemy over and over until after 5 minutes, the boss monster is killed and drops some grub. Maya takes all that grub and I return to normal. "Adam, you're okay now. What happened to you? Why were you dressed like that monster?" "That monster has a move that can curse someone into saying 'I am pharaoh' and being dressed in that way. It's a strange move but it's caused a lot of trouble back when Melvin was causing trouble on Miitopia. I'm just glad you defeated them now. Let's go help the others, they all might be in trouble. Let's split up." "Okay. You go that way. I'll go this way. Maya, you go over there." We split up from there and I end up helping Maria who is almost done for after being separated from Catherine by Armor Austin. "Hey Maria, now that Pharaoh Trudge is gone, I'm helping you against this monster. Austin Armor. This one was already among the most powerful before. It took 4 strong adventurers to beat 'em. We should work together on doing this. Get behind me and eat this banana. It should be fine for your digestive system even though you're a dog. *gives banana over*"

"Thank you for saving me. I thought I would be the one saving you young people but I guess I'm not always right. *eats the banana* I feel much better now, thank you again. I'll fight with you against this monster to the very end." "Good! Let's do this!" I take advantage of the attack interval for our monster enemy to deal damage and crush them for good with Maria backing me up. She may be a dog but she's a magician so that matters not. It takes about 10 minutes. Fortunately for us, we have defeated all of the boss monsters reborn into reality by Melvin who is now staring at us angrily while Varmundt and Lord Knight Swiftdrawer investigate the ritual itself. By this point, we're all together and confronting him again. "You mortals keep beating everything and turning up like bad pennies! I'm tired of this! I'll kill all of you myself even if the ritual's progress has to stop for an entire day! Even if you interrupt it, it will not stop as long as I am here! Prepare to say goodbye to your lives! I can't wait to help myself to your precious souls!" We all get ready to battle him, Varmundt and Swiftdrawer even stop investigating the ritual to fight too. However, Melvin tries to crush us with some rocks but they do no damage. Instead, one Holy Cross from Roan and Melvin falls to the ground defeated. "You persistent mortals! I won't be defeated again! I've already been so humiliated by those miis! I won't lose again! NEVER! I call forth some servants! You haven't made me lose my power! You just haven't! I'll help myself to your faces and leave just one of you left to deal with them all as I draw in the power that was meant for this world's Dark Lord! The power I've collected for this ritual to sacrifice!" Seconds later, he calls forth a bunch of imps and steals the faces of everyone except Roan who stays strong despite seeing Yufa's face on an imp. I'm forced to watch and feel and hear as a body that isn't my own attacks Roan and our now faceless bodies. I feel the pain of my face being attack just as Roan hits the Imp my face is attached to with Holy Cross. It's agonizing and I can't express it or anything. It's like my brain and soul are both hurting at the same time.

Damn it. I can't do anything! Without a face, my body cannot effectively attack or speak! "You may have taken their faces away, Dark Lord Melvin. But I will not yield to your darkness! For Odin and to protect Yufa!" He continues fighting the imps but is unable to defeat a single one just yet. He's fighting alone and taking serious damage. His body is getting hurt and cut in so many places. He's losing and Melvin isn't even attacking him himself, he's just letting energy flow into him to grow much stronger. So much stronger. I have to do something. There must be something I can do even if my mind and soul have currently isolated but still connected enough to send information back and forth. Come on. What is there to do? There must be something! Wait. I know. Artist's Eye! Surely, I can get it to consciously activate with my will at least once. There's something missing in the composition of this battle. I activate my skill! Go, Artist's Eye! Come on! Defy all chains and bindings! ACTIVATE! Haaaaaaa! Suddenly, I find myself in my soul room. It's been a long time since I have seen it. It has changed a lot since I was last in it. For example, Andromeda and Willy as plushies are now present in it as are my current swords and Swiftdrawer mask. That's just a few examples of what's changed. More importantly, I get curious and decide to walk outside of my soul room. There's another room. Huh?! I go to it, open the door, and head inside. It's just dark and gloomy. There is nothing in there except a pitchfork. This must be the soul room of the Imp that my face is trapped onto. What would happen if I were to destroy this room? I go back to my room and grab the soul version of my main current sword. With it in hand, I go back to the other room and shout as I prepare a destructive attack: "Haaaaaaaaa! Continuous Extremely Risky Spin Slash: 100! Take this and see how you like it, Imp!" The force of the destruction forces me to run out of the room. I watch as the imp's soul room crumbles into dust because of my attack. I return to mine and put my sword back where I found it. And then, I find myself conscious and in full control of the imp's body now.

Roan is barely conscious. He's doing his best and has heavily damaged most of the imps but it isn't enough. He's exhausted and out of options. He can barely move now and his injuries are as fatal as they can get without quickly killing him. Just when one of the imps is about to deal the final blow, I still in the imp's body, jump in the way. The imp's body is destroyed in the attack. As a result, my face returns to my actual body and I immediately protect Roan with my armor: "Roan, just hold on a little longer. I'll free Yufa now. You two are much stronger together because of the bonds you share." "How did you do that? How did you take control of that monster like that?" "No time for questions, Roan. You're dying. You're bleeding out and about to pass out. Let's just say my left eye is a little special due to a growing power inside of me that I basically have no control over just yet. *turns to Imp Yufa* You're going down, Imp! I will finish you off for good! Haaaaaa! Darkeye Slash!" My attack easily frees Yufa's face as the Imp it was attached to turns into monster grub. I adopt a fierce fighting stance while Yufa heals Roan to full health: "Thanks for your help!" "Don't mention it. I'm just doing what needs to be done. I don't need to be thanked. Now come on, we have to save the others from being trapped as imps." "Except I won't let you widdle humans get the chance! *forms energy ball* Time to do what I wanted to do to that once pathetic warrior so long ago! So long, all of you! You mortals are finished for good!" "Are you sure about that? The 3 of us are at full strength. Get ready to watch your servants crumble and turn into edible grub for us to eat for lunch if we wish to." And before he can unleash the energy on us, his imps are all dead in the blink of an eye, freeing the faces of the others to return back to where they actually belong. Raygene cheers and touches his face in amazement: "It's back, my beautiful face is back! Now I can show off my suave again and be the hero they need me to be! Not to mention share off my sweet aroma!" Melvin laughs: "That is the most pathetic thing I have ever heard a mortal say, even more than when that widdle warrior said he was going to defeat me! But that time, that Great Sage got in my way!"

Varmundt replies: "I met her recently. I learned a lot about other worlds that exist." "HER?! Since when was the Great Sage a her?! That's so pathetic! But now that you have displeased me so much and even defeated my imps, I have no choice but to kill all of you myself!" The battle begins and its chaos. Melvin doesn't care about sticking with the attack physics of Miitopia. He just keeps attacking and attacking. So do we. As we fight, we all stay very aware of each other and our surroundings, using our special moves often but not to the point it's all we do. This way, we didn't wear ourselves out too quickly. Melvin was also smart about how he fought. Here's some of the dialogue up until we almost beat him: "You won't be killing anyone because we're fighting for the same goal right now. You can't stop our combined power. You can hurt us and bring us on the brink of death but no one and I mean no one is going to die today. Haaaaaaa! See it for yourself! Take this and more! Haaaaaaaaa! Continuous Extremely Risky Spin Slash: 100! Drawing Destruction!" "We will defeat you and ensure the safety of Rune. Lightning Bolt!" "You young people are so easy to excite. Frost Diver!" "Don't be so harsh, Maria! Spell Breaker!" "How dare you break my energy ball! You will pay most dearly, mortals!" "Don't be so dumb. You know better than to underestimate us. Drawing Devastation!" "Provoke! Endure! Sturdy Strike! Joint Break! Magnum Break!" "Blessing! Turn Undead! Magnus Exorcismus!" It just gets more chaotic from there. It's like a overwhelming blur of battling takes place. I get completely lost in the action. My body acts almost solely on muscle memory. But still, it really is pure chaos. We're all attacking, defending, whatever we can to win. Melvin is just as determined as us to win so he is far from a pushover. However, every time he tried to obliterate us with energy balls, someone would disrupt the gathering of energy completely. One Joint Break or Spell Breaker was enough to disrupt his doing that. As if that weren't chaotic enough, Roan and I crushed any rocks summoned to fall on everyone with our shields. My mind is very good at storing information especially when connected with the power of imagination.

That's how I have any specific details to note here. We push on as hard and for as long as we can. In 20 minutes, we finally get a lot closer to the finale to decide who would win. "You mortals! I can't believe how stubborn you are! It's so pathetic and I can't wait to end this once and for all! And I tricked you! The ritual is still going on without me! In just 5 minutes, it will be over and give me the power I need to kill all of you in an instant!" "Damn it! My counterpart and Varmundt, you must break the ritual circle! I'll cover you! Come at me, Melvin! You know you'd make a lot of individuals jealous if you killed me, right? Yappa Yappa, Pmurt Nedib, Freddie, you name it!" "You're right! That sounds fun! I'll kill you first! Prepare for your permanent demise!" "Everyone, do what you can to help break the ritual circle! I can take him on my own for a little bit!" "But you'll die!" "Don't underestimate anyone! I'm not going to die! You'll see!" Melvin grins: "You have a death wish, facing me alone! Now let me lull you asleep into the worst nightmare you have ever experienced! It'll be so bad, it'll hurt!" "NOW you want to use that sleep spell?! Unbelievable! You must be extremely confident to not even use it until just now! I guess I'll sleep tight but it won't go as well for you as you think! I know how it works! That means I know you can keep attacking me while I'm in the nightmare!" I'm sent into a nightmare that is an accumulation of all of my fears rolled into one. Losing those I care about. Being killed while weak and vulnerable. Fascism creating a new world order where only a few people are allowed to actually be free. And more. I get lost in the nightmare until someone manages to appear in it. Regnes. He pulls me out of it and I wake up to my body and armor still in great shape with a furious Melvin trying everything in his power to kill me off. I smirk: "Regnes saved me. It's too bad he and the others had to leave shortly after we defeated all of the Geffen Underground monsters on this level. Now then, let's go head to head." We fight one on one with neither of us getting the upper hand. We're pretty evenly matched in terms of hard to defeat.

He's doing more damage but my defenses are much higher than his. That's the difference between us. Still, we battle on as time runs out for the ritual to be stopped. Oh no, the ritual just changed colored. Melvin grins even as I break through his defenses and beat him to a pulp after suddenly getting the other hand and exhausting myself greatly but still pushing beyond my exhaustion: "That's it! 30 more seconds and I-" "Charge Arrow!" "WIN! Gah! Aaaaaaaaaaa!" We then hear a lot of Spell Breaker spells in unison being chanted above us that break the magical barrier around the Geffen Underground. Hundreds of knights, magicians/mages, and assassins show up en masse. "Judia! What are you doing here? The ritual is still going!" "That may be true but I let the kids watch over my sweet Iruga Jr. for me now that he's fast asleep." "You mortal have a pathetic child? I can't wait to *cough* kill *gag* him!" I smirk: "Leave him to me, Judia." I pick up Dark Lord Melvin with my hands after quickly sheathing my sword. And then, I throw him as hard as I can into the ritual circle while yelling loud enough for all to hear: "YEEEEEEET!" He lands with a crash that is so hard, we hear a loud crunch noise. Damn it. He's still not dead and the ritual is still going! What the hell are we supposed to do now with this going on? Melvin laughs weakly: "I'm protected from all attacks in this ritual and you can't stop it! Just 15 more seconds! Once it's complete, I will become the Greatest and Darkest Lord Melvin! Darker Lord Brayden will be nothing by comparison! Nothing! You mortals are done for! What is this feeling? *Gag* This pain.. My bones.. They're falling apart. Nooooo! I just have to live to see the end of this and then I will be immortal and unkillable!" A alien creature suddenly bursts out of Melvin. He screams as he coughs up blood: "What is that?! Aaaaaaaaa! Noooooooooo! Curse you all! This can't be happening!" The alien creature looks identical to the one we just dealt with in the Chamber Of The Sage. They jump out of the ritual circle and try to eat my counterpart. However, we all attack at once. "Drawing Devastation!" "Grand Cross!" "Turn Undead!" "Charge Arrow!" "Cart Revolution!" "Lightning Bolt(x123)!" "Magnum Break!(x159)!" "Joint Break!"

The alien creature screams as they're instantly turned to ash. We turn back to Melvin as the ritual starts pulling the souls of the captured into him. But before any can get into him, he lets out one last cough and gag before his body collapses into a blob with a barely audible soft thud and he falls completely still and silent. Dark Lord Melvin is dead. Completely dead. No part of him is alive. The ritual circle shatters and the souls return to where they belong. The gates to Geffenia close automatically as if guided by some force. The monsters whose souls would have been sacrificed go ahead and try to attack us but my counterpart captures them, hoping to have them as pets eventually. Ooooowwww. My body is so sore and hurt after all of that. But we did it. We took him down and stopped the ritual 2 seconds before it finished. And it wouldn't have happened so well of it weren't for the random alien mother parasite who tried to eat all of us and lay eggs to produce offspring. Gross. Dominic appears with several large capsules that can fit 10 foot tall creatures in them. He sighs and yawns at all of the damage: "What happened here? Is that Dark Lord Melvin? That shouldn't be possible. I need a really long nap after seeing all of this. Ugh, now I have a throbbing headache. This is just not my day. Oh well, I'll take all of the dead life forms here back for study and research purposes." With a wave of his hand, all dead cells from the killed life forms enter into the capsules: "Sorry for coming suddenly and being confusing but I can't stay to explain. Too busy, again. What a causation to want a nap. There, the mess has been mostly cleaned up. I'm leaving. All you need to know is that I'm a scientist from another place that you don't know of. Bye, I'll come back after the Dark Lord is defeated." With that, he leaves and we all end up going back outside into Geffen after getting all of our stuff together and helping clean up. Our team is now together again and we head back up together.

Waiting for us are Kidd, Herman the Captain Of The Knights, and Orbis Sha. I guess Bamph, Loyal Knight, and Kino are being examined or questioned by the knights and assassins. Kidd is an assassin with purple hair, light skin, brown eyes, and a assassin outfit. Orbis Sha has light skin, red hair that's combed up, and a Lord Knight outfit. Herman says to me specifically: "Hey, aren't you that person who was among many who ended up in Izlude a while back?" "Now you remember days after I helped save Prontera with you and others from Ignis?! Did defeating Melvin cause this?" "No, it did not, adventurer. Instead, it happened after Varmundt came to me after what happened a few days ago. But that's not why I'm here with Kidd and Orbis Sha. Kidd, I believe you're best for explaining." Kidd replies after ensuring all of us in the group are paying attention: "Listen, we have received words from our allies in Glast Heim. The Dark Lord will attack tomorrow if a party isn't sent to stop him there. We're asking you to head to Glast Heim tomorrow to deal with him. You will be backed up by us along with members of all guilds, some mercenaries, and a few adventurers in dealing with the threat." The sky turns back even though it's mid day. Then, a huge amount of energy bursts out of Geffen Tower and flies fast Northwest, the direction of Glast Heim from Geffen. Orbis Sha adds: "That's a telling sign. Now, that's not the only reason we're here. We're here to make sure Judia, the swordsman, and the acolyte change jobs today. Take these Butterfly Wings. But young swordsman, I apologize for being too busy to mentor you more. It looks like you've grown a lot recently. Please let me know if you want to become a knight or a crusader here. That'll decide if I go back to Prontera with you or not." "I want to become a knight!" "I see. I'll be going too. We'll all be back later this evening." With that, Butterfly Wings are all used and the 4 are gone.

Varmundt briefly looks deep in thought before saying: "The energy burst we saw is concerning." Swiftdrawer replies: "It can only mean one thing.." "Unfortunately, yes. The Dark Lord has gained power from the energy that was released from Geffen Tower. We must be prepared at all costs for tomorrow." Maya's stomach growls: "Can that wait until we have something to eat? I'm starving!" Most of us burst out laughing. Only Herman, Kidd, Seyren, myself, and Varmundt don't laugh. I don't laugh because it's harder to make me laugh in these situations than it used to be and I'm just so serious right now. We eat lunch together at a Geffen restaurant run by a knight, assassin, and sage. Very interesting and familiar combination. I end up sitting by Kidd and Swiftdrawer who catch up as they eat. "Swiftdrawer, you've truly grown so much since we first met. I haven't mentioned this before but I'm proud to see how far you've come. You've help us in the Assassins Guild a lot and it means so much to us. Marjana wanted to pass along a message but I'll save it for later. We can't keep our guards down. I heard about what happened to you and Seyren 2 days ago. Some rouge assassins have been causing trouble in Rune as of late. We need to be careful between them, the White Masks, Gunnr, and the Dark Lord." I end up talking to Varmundt for a bit after that. Very interesting to talk to another Great Sage. I wonder how many sages I will meet. I don't think Jiraya will be one of them. But I'm not worried about the interference by numbers of the operations of the Akatsuki just yet. More focused on the war in Miitopia, beating the Dark Lord without an alien bursting out of his bones, and so on. The rest of the day goes well. We all train to get stronger for the battle ahead. Orbis Sha, Judia, and the other 2 return. The swordsman is now a knight and the acolyte is now a priestess just like Yufa. So proud of them. They went through magical puberty and are now older and taller as a result. It's still too bad I forgot to bring up magical puberty at MFF. Oh well. That night after dinner at that same restaurant, we don't stay at an inn. We stay outside in tents by the gates closest to Glast Heim. We better be careful if we actually travel by mount or foot. Herbsalvin stays close to me during the night.

There are a lot of strong monsters on the way to Glast Heim not to mention actually inside of the ancient city which was ruled by a tyrant after he commanded the city be built. Now, it's a fascinating but creepy place that was only the capital of Rune during that tyrant's reign. I have a good sleep that night despite being weary. I hope we can get Takius, Iruga, and Keough back here tomorrow. We need them. To be continued. Outro: Tick tock, tick tock. Time is running out until the finale of this arc! But don't worry, you'll see more of Midgard in the future! In a upcoming war led by Roget, Yappa Yappa, and Don Thousand, it will be a target for attacks. I hope you liked how well elements of Miitopia fitted in with the world of Midgard in this chapter! I was going to have the hooded figure be some rando servant of the Dark Lord or something but then I thought about it more. Oh and FYI, the reason my alternate self will able to pick up and throw Dark Lord Melvin is because Melvin's body is mostly made of magic which in this case didn't have much weight. I mean, how else would Melvin be able to move around so seamlessly? So there you have it, another chapter complete. Hope to see you in the next one. Goodbye for now.