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Chapter 145 : Finale &8211; End of Voluain!)]

"Incredible…&8221; Darrel Bold looked on at everything, the incredible explosions of force and light, in sheer shock and awe His face was pale, the King Class Aura that surrounded hih the door! We’ll conquer the Trial with treasure next ti nothing to do as happening

At the sae of the fierce warrior into hisnamed Dorian that shifted between different physical forth the likes of which he could not fathom

Dorian had snuffed out the soul and presence of an o Class creature, one that even Darrel felt threatened by, hat looked to Darrel like a casual touch Bright light and energy had exploded out of the creature, and immediately after, its presence vanished, destroyed

"Fall back! We’ll meet my brother in the courtyard!&8221; This was not the first time Darrel had been inside the Ascension Ruins, nor would it be the last if he had any say in it

The older brother of their Mercenary Teaence The news of a powerful King Class expert of Dorian’s caliber was definitely bound to be worth a pretty penny to the various intelligence groups, both in and out of the Blue Moon Mercenary Alliance

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAK

At that exact y see in Darrel’s ears

"Heavens above…&8221; Darrel ure of Dorian as Darrel raced towards the Leaving Door Dorian was still in his Ifrit for the Ruins&8221;

"Will…&8221; Dorian srin

"Good to see you again&8221; He stroked Helena’s head as he talked, still co in the past feeeks it see around in a confused rey robe, and at his lightly glowing hands

"What happened? My lastTitan I can vaguely recall being in a war to hold back soerous…&8221;

When Will had been connected to Dorian’s soul, Will had been able to sense Yukeli’s presence Will’s soul focused on Light and other things associated with it, and was naturally antithetical to Yukeli’s darkness, both literally and figuratively The two presences had interacted, with Will inadvertently helping shield Dorian from Yukeli’s touch at times

"A lot, buddy, quite a lot has happened&8221; Dorian said, still s echo crashed, causing everyone there to freeze Raw energy ran flush in the background, erous crescendo

"Is that nor everything in as he adapted to being in his current body

"Oh ood&8221; Dorian iant explosions echoed forth as several e the air itself

"Crap Let’s get out of here We’ll finish talking later!&8221; One could exit the Trial by walking away froh away, you would be automatically transported atop the Flame Empyrean Turtle Dorian had learned this in the process of preparing for this journey

"If we can reach the exit of this room, I can activate an Artifact that can help us all escape quickly!&8221; Helena had recovered enough to get back to her nor her face as she stood up A powerful, co air rose about the beautiful Vaht! Let’s go! But first…&8221; Dorian jogged over to a spot a fewlay in a lonely pile of ash

He looked down at the pile, his face somber

Arial’s remains When she had been absorbed by Veritas, her body had fallen away to ash Her Soul Spell Matrix was long since gone There was no chance he could bring her back

Dorian picked up the Spatial Ring froently He used it to store Arial’s ree collection of what appeared to be vials of blood alongside several sets of clothes He gave a quiet nod as he turned around, looking back at Helena and Will

"Let’s go!&8221;

Trajan and Probus had finished their reunion as well, the duo grinning from ear to ear

"So I was really dead?&8221; Probus asked as he stood up, stretching his arht aron of endangered Orange-Tailed Pigs that you accidentally destroyed back on Tintulo&8221; Trajan said, a hint of his fas had it co but exist&8221;

"They were orange&8221;

"And?&8221;

"I don’t like that color&8221;

The duo grumbled back and forth as they followed Helena and the others, their footsteps assured Huge mountains of treasure still existed all around the alright?&8221; Probus abruptly said, looking between Trajan and Helena He could sense a certain distance there, as if the teren’t on friendly terliht,I do need to tell you It has to do with leaving the Aurelius Faroup It also has to do with the Ancestors and the ability to evolve our Bloodlines into soreater, into that of an Ancestral Va, seeing faint dust particles drift doard The entire castle was shaking, warbling back and forth in a confusing motion

‘Damn it’ He mentally swore He still had severalin his soul If he was given free tiy fro tons of new forive hiroup arrived at the Leaving Door The other occupants in the treasure roo as you aren’t carrying any treasure froh the door!&8221; Dorian said aloud, turning back to look at Trajan and Probus The duo nodded, listening attentively

"I’ll go first&8221; Helena bravely stepped forward, laying her hand on the gold door

WHOOSH

In an instant, her body was autoht Will, you want to go next?&8221; Dorian said, turning to look at hi uncontrollably This had worked out perfectly

"Sure&8221; Will shrugged, rubbing his head again He felt stuffy, hisaround him felt different, even his body It was like he had been viewing the world through a set of old, broken down glasses before, but was noing it through the latest, state-of-the-art perfect vision enhancers, able to see things he’d never seen before

Without hesitating, though, Will stuck his hand out, resting it upon the Door of Leaving

WHOOSH

He vanished as well

"Alright, you two I’ll go on ahead Just follow us by putting your hand on the door&8221; Dorian turned to look at the duo, nodding at them

"No problem, boss-man&8221; Trajan replied

Dorian put his hand on the door

WHOOSH

The world around him see energy wash over his body

brrr

Dorian felt the slightest hint of resistance, trying to stop hi away

He frowned at that, i the full force of his will to smash it aside That resistance instantly folded, crushed by his command That must’ve been the ht Since he hadn’t taken any treasure fro that was too difficult to move past

After he smashed that aside, Dorian’s body vanished from inside the Main Treasure Depository

And reappeared in an extremely tense scene

"That’s the one, Scythe Master!&8221; Darrel Bold’s hands trembled in fear as he pointed at Dorian’s Ifrit forrand, but indoors, courtyard, covered with a long, arching stone roof The ground was covered in a lush, red carpet, and several exquisite paintings hung on the wall, between glowing crystal torches

Several figures currently stood, facing off against each other Helena and Will stood looking at several other figures, their guard up

"That one?&8221; A rippling, fiery Late King Class Aura burst forth fro a long metal scythe The air around thiswith danger

This ures, one of whonized The man with the chess-piece like hair,

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Species: Huy Level: 1,412,881

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‘Da all of this bad luck? Come on, Fate Twist in MY favor!’ Dorian swore as he saw the hostile, and extrehter

"Yes, Scythe Master!&8221; Darrel responded, backing up in fear as Dorian turned and gave hilare

"How dare you destroy the Ruins! Do you have any idea what you’ve done?! The Blazing King is not a figure you, or even I, can survive angering! I may very well die because of you!&8221; Henry stalked forward, his voice filled with raw anger

"Ho-hold on I didn’t destroy anything This happened witho-&8221; Dorian began trying to explain hi his hands up

BOOM

Before he could finish, however, the Scythe Master attacked, a rippling wave of fire shooting out of his metal scythe as he casually cut towards Dorian with it

BOOM

Before the flames could reach Dorian, however, a shockwave burst into the air as Helena ju a powerful impact Half the force of the Scythe Master’s attack dissipated, falling to the wayside

"I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT HIM!&8221; Helena’s eyes glowed as a unique, King Class Aura of her own broke forth

"Hh, don’t act like you can ainst o on guard as Helena leapt at hi fla over his Ifrit body The cutting i only the burning essence

‘Hot’ Dorian thought, feeling the flaainst hi the raer of Laithin it Despite that, it was unable to hurt hiely ionfire

WHOOSH

Two ures appeared in the courtyard, one after another Trajan and Probus

"Hup!&8221; Helena grunted as she was blown backwards, her hands covered in s cuts

"Don’t think you can escape, brats! It’swith me to see your fate whether you like it or not!&8221; The Scythe Master was incensed, practically spitting as he raged at them He was apparently fully convinced that they were responsible for the currently shaking Ascension Ruins

Creeeeeeeeaak

Shudder

A second warbling echo rose through the air This one, however, caused space itself to shudder It was an incredibly unsettling experience, one that made Dorian feel as if he was about to throw up His body felt like it was in several spots at once

BOOM

BOOM

BOOM

Explosions began to echo out, growing louder and louder as the Ascension Ruins began to literally explode Several spots in the Ruins were protected, namely the places with ancient Law inheritances But every other place began to detonate, collapsing in on itself

Darrel Bold and the other onlookers had fled, retreating out of the castle as fast as possible

"We need to go! Now!&8221; Dorian yelled out loud He could feel that the place they were standing in was about to explode He i ahold of hi about in confusion still, not yet used to being alive again

"YOU AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE!&8221; The enraged Scythe Master ignored the i forward to attack once more

BOOM

Another explosion, however, drove hi hiet us out of here with an Artifact!&8221; Helena dodged backwards, landing down on the ground next to Dorian As she turned to motion towards Trajan and Probus, however, she realized so

The duo had already left

"Huh?&8221; She looked around in surprise The two Vampires ell aware that Helena had an ancient Inheritance treasure that could be used for fleeing Yet, they had opted to quietly leave on their own, separating theo!&8221; Dorian yelled

Around the A an to fluctuate

"Not onhis own personal safety to the wind If he didn’t capture at least one of the perpetrators, Henry had no doubt the Blazing King would take his anger out on him

"Molten Scythe Technique: Volcano Slash!&8221; Henry cut doith his ht of an entire volcano A huge, brilliant slash of white light sailed forward, cutting through the air itself as it sailed towards Dorian The slash was infused with a vast ah force to easily split a mountain, and moved at an incredibly fast pace

‘Perfect Body, activate!’ Dorian activated his Perfect Body Ability just in ti as his physique was vastly enhanced

"Woah!&8221; The attack crossed the distance between them in an instant Before Helena could activate her Artifact, her hand just now grasping around the bracelet, Dorian forcibly pushed Will to the side

WHOOSH

BOOM

An explosion of fiery energy sounded off behind thee, black scar on the extre up a storht towards Dorian and Will By pushing Will to the side, Dorian e the attack The attack had moved with such speed and force, it would’ve been impossible to react to without his Perfect Body Ability active

"Escape!&8221; Helena activated the Capitoline Wolf Bracelet in that instant, her eyes widening in shock as she saw the attack fly by and Dorian push Will away

A s frohtspeed This dot thenDorian’s forehead

When it tried to move to touch Will’s forehead, several meters away, however…

shudder

shudder

Shudder

Shudder

SHUDDER

SHUDDER

Space began to shudder over and over,as their molecules themselves were distorted Dorian felt pain in his soul as his body vibrated

At the saht fizzled out, unable to reach Will

CRACK

A huge, energy full crack appeared in space, just a few meters in front of him

‘Oh dear’ Dorian stared at it

The crack stared back, energy boiling within it The sounds of explosions happening all around the castle y in this crack had reached a huge, abnorh explosive force that it should be able to obliterate even the abnorh stone that , knew for a fact that they had less than a second before it exploded

He turned his head around, desperately looking at Will

It was too late for hi around hi to transport them away

‘No…’ He had just saved Will… was he about to lose hiain?

WHOOSH

"Ah yes, it seems like Italking extremely fast yet also slow, understandable in the split second that they had left

A lithe, staff-wieldingfroe necklace of fist-sized beads wrapped around his neck and a friendly s srabbed ahold of Will

The e as he turned and looked at Dorian, all in that accelerated split second

He gave Dorian a friendly thurabbed ahold of Will, Will stared at the monkey in shock Deep within Will’s eyes, an alien darkness tried to stir Darkness that was iht that was infused in Will’s body

"And I have you now too, Yukeli You can’t escape fro’s eyes turned cold

When Dorian had cleansed Veritas’ body to resurrect Will, he had cast out the soul of Veritas, destroying it

Unbeknownst to Dorian, however… there had been so he had been unable to wipe out, hidden from his eyes

The reed with their soul Dorian was able to destroy Veritas, but he couldn’t destroy Yukeli’s soul, not even when there was only a sh a twist of Fate, that remnant was still there, present on Will’s new body

But Will was not an Anomaly His soul and Soul Spell Matrix could not Evolve Therefore, the re to Will at all

SHUDDER

Space fractured

Will and Sun Wukong vanished

Henry, the Scythe Master, retreated furiously, blood spurting out of his body as he threw up protective Artifact after Artifact, expending his every iota of Late King Class energy, trying to survive He had stayed too long in his anger, sootten hiy in Helena’s Artifact warping they that was Helena and Dorian being transported see fractured space

And, instead of returning to the city of Toy shot off into fractured space

And vanished, off and away to destinations unknown

BOOM

Explosions of light and energy shook the air as the castle folded in on itself, destruction inherent Everything within the confines of the castle was turned to dust, save for the stores of knowledge and Law inheritances that were previously locked away These were transported, vanishing fro Ruins

The Ascension Ruins, in all their dangerous glory, collapsed

And were no an to collapse as well as all the participants that had ed to survive the castle’s collapse escaped

A black skinned ies to those that died I could not delay, not any further, and I doubt any of you would have listened to hed

"Kaladin, I have done your will The Ruins are destroyed, the Law inheritances sent to the Monastery&8221; He bowed his head and walked away, his body vanishing into the fog as he exited the collapsing space,

"We e, but spread it freely… openly… for the End Times are upon us… The 30,000 Worlds must prepare…&8221;

"That was it, ht with a great evil!&8221; Jasper’s voice was full of fervor as he spoke to Isaac

Holy Prince Isaac frowned, rubbing his exhausted eyes as he looked around They had just barely ed to escape the Ascension Ruins, a set of Ruins that had decided to explode for some reason He’d lost track of Veritas and the creature he had fought

He’d only barelysafely fled the Ruins The Shades were all standing atop the enormous Flame Empyrean Turtle now, on its southern side

"We should fall back for now, Holy Prince Standing atop this huge beast is unsafe&8221; Gerulf’s gruff voice broke in, frowning as well

tap tap

Before Isaac could respond, however, a light tapping noise rang out as a figure landed down on the ground near theerous Aura, carrying what appeared to be a wrapped up body on his shoulder A body that was giving off an evena very real sense of danger

"I believe you have sos to me&8221; Mello’s voice was sue,

"Are we really just retreating now?&8221; Taemin sputtered as he looked at the Head of his Departer and irritation filling him

HIC

"Yes, yes we are&8221; Jiro cheerfully responded, his eyes unwavering as they ju Flaht the Aled,

"Besides, that monkey shared some information that must be reported immediately, information that Telmon would want to know&8221; Jiro’s eyes flashed as he turned to look back at the huge turtle briefly

"Interesting information indeed…&8221;

Aiden took several deep breaths as he rested atop a collection of boulders not far froer

"How dare that creature desecrate her body! We will find hie, aoff his body as he cursed at Mello

Standing next to hi intently at a large, jade-colored scale that had hundreds of intricate patterns carved into it It fit snugly into the palm of her hand The Communication Scale Artifact, a mystical object that allowed for snippets of information to be transported across worlds, that she had used before

"Aiden, I’ve received word from the Tribe&8221; Mira’s voice sounded off to Aiden, as if full of shock and horror

Aiden paused in his rant as he turned to look at Mira, a confused expression on his face as he heard the odd tone she spoke with

"What of it? We can’t go back now, not e found Lady Ausra’s corpse Weit back with us to put her to rest proper-&8221;

"Aiden We must return&8221; Mira’s hands tre

Aiden i ahold of her and supporting her

"Mira?! What is it?!&8221; His heart dropped as he spoke, feeling a sense of foreboding rise

"It’s the Heavy Wing Tribe&8221; Her voice was a whisper

"Yes?! What of it? Is their Dragon Master alright?&8221; Aiden could faintly re Tribe headquarters had been attacked by so Tribe was one of the 12 Draconic Tribes, a massive, powerful force within the Tribes that had hundreds of Dragons in it, dozens at the King Class The Dragon Master was a powerful, Pseudo-Angelic expert, one of the strongest Drakes in the entire 12 Tribes

"They’re dead&8221;

"The Dragon Master has died?!&8221; Aiden spurted, his eyes widening in shock

"Not just hi,

"All of the fro Tribe has been wiped out&8221;

"Ahh&8221; Awhite hair and a handso down at his hands He wore a vest of white pants that covered his lower half and nothing else, his thick, burly chest rippling with energy and strength He had a strong jawline and a blocky nose, with a pair of golden eyes that carried with them such force of will that it seemed he could lance

This e pile of corpses off to his right He was sitting on a wide, white-stone mountain peak, in the ns of a huge battle could be seen all around hih several es in the earth that went on for ht of such scale it was unfatho dozens of otten&8221; The man spoke aloud as he stood up

"Your bodies have fueled er, far ained Abilities, like this convenient Hu forward to look at one corpse in particular

The res that looked as if they had a wingspan of 200 ave off an Aura that caused the air to shiver

"I aain, he would not be able to blow ain, not with such ease&8221; Theagainst Sun Wukong, and the terrible force the htest sign of strain

"But I will not go for him, not yet&8221; The man’s eyes narrowed as he turned to look in a specific direction

"It is time for my brethren to join with me and increase my power I will come for you when I am ready,to his face

"And I can sense one ofTribe, yes?&8221;

Zero took a step forward, turning to look back at the hundreds of Dragon corpses he had laid out, all around the reat leviathans of the sky with shattered spines, proud hter of an entire species, a species that had ruled with impunity

The 12 Tribes were now 11

"Be ready, my brothers and sisters Prepare yourselves Resist row as powerful as possible…&8221; Zerofor you&8221;

The End of Book 5

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