Chapter 72: The Skies Above

A Chapter by Shin

Meanwhile, the blue aura keeps out raging wickedly from Aureana, as she continues the assault on Satoshi, while Satoshi is still in the air, because of the hit, she takes the chance and kicks him right on his back, making him ascend through the air. He recovers, only to be surprised by her speed, she then takes her sword in hand and slashes Satoshi on the torso, in which he lets out a horrible scream. She then let’s go of the sword and continues throwing fists at Satoshi, in a brutal speed, Satoshi is barely able to defend himself, some fists land, and some don’t, Aureana gains a significant advantage. Soon enough, she punches Satoshi out of her way, into a ruined power plant.

“I warn you… Leave this city at once; this is my last warning, Satoshi. All I want is Lemuria’s peace and everyone’s safety.” Aureana warns with a powerful voice, as usual, Satoshi doesn’t listen.

“Hahaha… you may look powerful right now… but, what will you do when your Soul Blazer technique runs out?” Satoshi asks mockingly.

Aureana gasps, she looks at him with stunned eyes, while Satoshi has the glory to win the face of smother in her.

“Hahaha! Did you forget that I was one of the students of your father? Did you think I forgot that the Soul Blazer runz out!? That technique, the Soul Blazer descended from the Ancelians! You have too much to thank us for, you ungrateful Lemurians!” Satoshi shouts.

“Damn, my Soul Blazer is running out too quickly, it’s because I haven’t used it for so long… If I don’t take any action now while I have the chance, it’ll be the end of me and everything I hold dear.” Aureana thinks to herself, she then heads straight ahead against Satoshi, but after clashing with Satoshi, she soon realizes that the Soul Blazer is fading even faster, Satoshi can barely hold onto her, which he could not do before. He holds and as both struggle everything is being rendered apart, the ground cracking, Satoshi starts punching Aureana all over her body, and she flinches. This is another signal for her; she quickly grabs Satoshi and throws him in midair then jumping very high up after him, after reaching very high in the air she grabs Satoshi’s foot then descending at full speed. It seems she is trying to pull a seismic toss, luckily for her, it works, soon enough, Satoshi brutally crashes against the ground, and it seems he was down for the count. Aureana backs up, everything is covered in fog, but she’s surprised to see that Satoshi resists the fall, and is pulsing from the ground to rush a tackle directly to her, the tackle does it. It fades out the last of the Soul Blazer, to Satoshi’s convenience.

“No! Nooo! Nooo! It faded out! What do I do, now!? I’m toast! Please… I need help.” Aureana thinks as she takes the severe hit that Satoshi gives her.

“Hahaha! Now you’re even more pathetic! Look at you… the face of a perfect struggler.” Satoshi laughs.

Aureana is in problems, everything around them now looks deserted, everything is in ruins, in a mysteriously beautiful, orange colored dawn. Almost everything in this place, is coughing up smoke. Aureana and Satoshi are still sparring for Lemuria’s survival or destruction, Satoshi has the upper hand at this time, it seems Aureana is taking a great beating from Satoshi, she is severely weakened from her Soul Blazer ability.

“Hahaha! What will you do now!? This really turns out the result of the battle, huh!?” Satoshi asks mockingly while he severely punches Aureana repeatedly.

“Ugh…! Agh…! Hmph! Y-You… bas… b*****d!” Aureana says coughing blood.

“I had enough of you! You’re all alike, thinking you deserve everything… thinking that the world belongs to you… that kind of thought has brought evil and greed to the people’s hearts. It is so immense that they will never change. They’ll be like that, forever… pathetic!” Satoshi grabs Aureana by her neck and tries to throw her away, but somehow she manages to hold onto Satoshi.

“I… can’t give up now… I can’t! If I will be defeated… you can be sure that I’ll take you with me!” Aureana says.

She manages to break free, then she jumps to a building wall and expels herself towards Satoshi with a severe tackle directly to the torso. Fortunately for Aureana, Satoshi flinches; she grabs him from his back with great force and says. “Heh… what makes you think you’re superior to us?! When the Ancelians are living from the same greed that the humans have!? You’re all pathetic… to think that they would accomplish something like this… I shouldn’t be doing this… but I have no choice!”

Satoshi is nervous, he realizes the fact that this can be his end and the end of the Ancelian resurrection, he is terrified, he starts struggling against Aureana’s intent. He then moves from side to side in a meaningless struggle, she just doesn’t let go of Satoshi, Seshiro and the party notices that Aureana is the one up there, he runs as fast as he can. He arrives at the battle zone at great speed; Satoshi is surprised to look at the eyes of the one he chose to train himself.

“Seshiro! Everyone! Get out of here, now! This… will blow out in a while! Run!” Aureana has tells him in a loud voice.

“No, Aureana! Don’t do it!” Seshiro shouts.

It seems he knew her intentions.

“Chosen one! It is the chosen one!” Satoshi says joyfully.

Satoshi starts struggling even harder than before.

“Seshiro! Just go! Hyah!” Aureana says.

“Wait! Don’t!” Hisana yells.

“Damn! Her life force is accumulating! She’s going to blow up!” Sophia shouts.

Aureana sends a powerful clashing shockwave that sends everything in sight to the horizon, Seshiro and his friends are also sent flying, luckily they hold onto something.

“Huff, huff… this is the end, Satoshi! Lemuria lives! Farewell…” Aureana says.

She feels like she has no choice, all the tables are turned against her.

“Seshiro, Phil, everyone… I’m sorry… but, If I don’t do this, now… Satoshi will destroy Lemuria… and if I let him, then the whole world will be next… please, understand why do I have to go… I’m really, really sorry. Farewell…” Aureana says.

With these words, Aureana holds Satoshi tighter and sparks of light start to gather around, this is exactly the thing that Seshiro is afraid of, he knew that Aureana would give everything for her home; the radiance that she’s displaying doesn’t let any eye to see what is going on in there. Aureana’s eyes shine fluorescent blue and some kind of strange wall of energy that doesn’t let anyone see through, the light grows even stronger and strange gusts start blowing. It grows even more powerful by every moment, then, the sound that Seshiro mostly feared, a grand explosion comes out of the light. It eventually would obliterate everything in sight, still, Seshiro doesn’t let go, all of the sudden, the light fades away, only a gigantic fog remains.

“Aureanaaa! Nooo!” Seshiro screaming in pain, he goes to the fog to try to find Aureana.

“Seshiro! Wait!” Hisana says.

“Don’t go!” Sophia yells.

“Wait here! She’s alive, she’s alive, she’s alive… She has to be!” Seshiro says in denial.

While he keeps looking, Sophia points at the fog, Hisana looks, the fog is separating apart, with a giant gust, it’s him, the sacrifice wasn’t enough to defeat Ancelot’s lust for resurrection. Satoshi is alive. Seshiro is still looking for Aureana on the battlefield that these two had made, and then he stumbles on a body on the ground and sees her slightly through the fog.

“No… Just like last time, like Hitomi…” Seshiro closes his eyes as he lowers his head and covers his face with his hand.

“…Do you really believe that Lemuria can be saved? Not even she could stand against me! I’m indestructible! My devotion for revival makes me infinitely invincible! Hahahaha!” Satoshi laughs uncontrollably.

Sophia rushes to Seshiro’s aid as fast as she can.

“…Are you oka- huh?” Sophia notices that a huge amount of Spirit Force leaks out of Seshiro pulsating like a heart despite having Mortality Stone cuffs, electricity begins to spark from the cuffs and it begins to crack. The ground around him cracks open; more Spirit Force leaks out violently until the cuff completely break, Seshiro picks up his zweihänder from the ground, stands up and looks fiercely at Satoshi.

“Just as I planned, you have even more Spirit Force than I had originally imagined.” Satoshi says.

“Hisana, Sophia, don’t butt in, look behind you.” Seshiro says without taking his view off Satoshi.

Hisana and Sophia look back and notice Satoshi’s reinforcements heading towards them.

“But-” Sophia says looking back at Seshiro with a worried expression.

“Come Sophia, we have to stop them… Let Seshiro fight against Satoshi, it’s his fight.” Hisana says.

“Okay…” Sophia says closing her eyes and sighing.

“Evacuate the rest of the people after you finish them off.” Seshiro says still looking at Satoshi.

Sophia and Hisana leave them alone; Seshiro keeps staring at Satoshi with a very serious expression without moving an inch.

“I can feel his killing intent from over here.” Satoshi thinks to himself.

“Aureana sacrificed herself for everyone… She did not deserve to die…” Seshiro says breathing heavily containing his anger.

“Hmm… She died a fool’s death, what she forgot was that I was not using my Soul Blazer ability.” Satoshi says.

Seshiro widens his eyes.

“Then you better remember how to use it, you’re going to need it against me.” Seshiro comments.

“Haha, maybe if you increase more your power I’ll use it, you see, in my Soul Blazer form I’m at least four times stronger than what you are now and that’s without using even half its strength.” Satoshi says smugly.

“You say that, but Aureana’s Soul Blazer was not complete, it wasn’t even half of its original power and she still managed to beat you pretty badly.” Seshiro says.

“Heh, in case you didn’t know, I was letting her struggle because I knew she would not have the power to kill me, even if she had the Soul Blazer’s full power.” Satoshi explains.

“We’ll see who’s stronger.” Seshiro says.

“Just because you’ve increased a little your Spirit Force it doesn’t mean you can be cocky about it.” Satoshi remarks.

Seshiro disappears from Satoshi’s view and appears behind him looking at the distance, Satoshi widens his eyes looking back at Seshiro.

“Hahaha, go on, hurry and attack me.” Satoshi says chuckling.

Satoshi raises his sword and strikes down at Seshiro, but Seshiro simply blocks with his zweihänder without even looking back or budging one bit. Satoshi backs off and begins accumulating Spirit Force, the ground begins to shake and crack open.

“I guess you do deserve some credit, witness my Soul Blazer.” Satoshi says.

“Finally, faster than I expected.” Seshiro says.

“I won’t waste any more time with you, Ancelot is just moments away.” Satoshi comments.

Satoshi bursts in an even more powerful Spirit Force that even pushes Seshiro back, Seshiro thrusts his sword in the ground and holds tight because of all the pressure, Seshiro then falls on one knee unable to stand up.

“I warned you.” Satoshi says.

“Heh… Not bad master…” Seshiro smirks slightly.

“Now that you cannot move, your only bet is your Soul Blazer as well.” Satoshi states.

“You’re right; I can’t compete with you like this.” Seshiro says.

Seshiro stands up almost unable to, the same blue aura as before begins surging out of Seshiro, he then raises his sword up and in an instant his Spirit Force comes out pressuring the ground beneath him thus making a huge crater about ten feet deep. Seshiro walks slowly out of the crater and stand in front of Satoshi.

“It looks like we’re pretty even with our Soul Blazer.” Seshiro says.

“I wouldn’t expect less from my former student.” Satoshi comments.

Seshiro and Satoshi’s Spirit Force collide as it did with Aureana, but this time it’s even fiercer, their auras are so big that it literally covers a few miles, the rocks are floating in midair around them. Seshiro and Satoshi rapidly exchange blows with their swords, both moving at incredible speeds, Seshiro rapidly thrusts his blade in the ground making the whole area around him burst with energy pillars coming out from the ground. Satoshi evades jumping up and raising his hand, making a giant ice stalagmite under Seshiro, but Seshiro jumps to the side evading it and jumping towards Satoshi. Satoshi swiftly materializes blue energy balls around Seshiro, surrounding him and attacking him at once, but Seshiro explodes in Spirit Force therefore protecting himself from the attack and blowing Satoshi away. Seshiro grabs Satoshi by his leg as he flies and slams him against the ground, then thrusting him with his sword through his chest.

“Ugghhh.” Satoshi grunts.

“There, it didn’t even take my full power in my Soul Blazer to take you down.” Seshiro states.

“Haha, you think you defeated me?” Satoshi asks coughing blood.

“Having a zweihänder deep in your chest sounds pretty much like a defeat, more like almost dead.” Seshiro remarks.

Satoshi still lying on the ground starts gathering some kind of strange spectral energy waves while raising his hand, Seshiro backs off, a huge shadow covered Lemuria, it was a strange black sphere.

“Is that… Ancelot? Where did it come from?” Seshiro asks looking up to the sky.

“Haha…” Satoshi laughs.

Satoshi grabs Seshiro’s swords and pulls it out of his body, and throws it away; his deep wound healing very rapidly.

“What? But how?” Seshiro asks surprised.

Satoshi stands up from the ground and explains. “Ancelot gives me power… but in order to unlock it I must use more than vast amounts of Spirit Force, and you’re going to help me.”

“I will never help you.” Seshiro says.

“Hm, anyways, as I was saying, Ancelot is already here, thanks to many of the human sacrificed I did and all that Spirit Force Aureana and you used up, all that’s left is too use your remaining Spirit Force to unlock Ancelot.

Satoshi floats over to Ancelot.

“Yes… yes! At last! My dream will come true! Ancelot’s revival is at hand! Hahaha… I will let Lemuria have a slow, painful downfall…” Satoshi says as he looks at the destroyed Lemuria, and Ancelot’s descent into it. He then thinks of something. “Now everything is at hand…”

Satoshi’s hand start glowing in an immense black light; meanwhile Hisana and Sophia are fighting all of Satoshi’s soldiers, Hisana speedily dispatching many at almost the same time, Sophia is very fast and is keeping up with Hisana. Back at Satoshi, he keeps accumulating the black light in his hand, then powering himself up with the same energy, his Spirit Force bursts wildly, surpassing even Seshiro’s Soul Blazer power by a lot. Satoshi disappears and appears in front of Seshiro, Seshiro backs away, but Satoshi punches him very hard in the face knocking him on the ground, Seshiro is fainting because of the very strong impact on his head, Satoshi grabs him by his shirt and flies towards the black sphere, raising his hand making in shine in the same black aura. Seshiro abruptly wakes up in a dream, it looks like another dimension, everything is in white, with gray fogs surrounding the white colors, there is no surface, it’s an empty place, he stands there.

“You shouldn’t give up so easily, just because he’s surpassed your Soul Blazer!” A wild female voice says.

“Aureana!? No… it can’t be!” Seshiro says surprised.

“Right now… your friends are out there, fighting, everyone, not just against Satoshi, but against many other dangerous people like him. They’re all fighting because they believe that they can do something to end this chaos… “Aureana says.

“But… what can I do, Aureana? What can I do against him? Haven’t you seen how strong he’s become?” Seshiro asks unsure of himself, when unexpectedly in front of him Hitomi appears. “Hitomi!”

“Wake up, Seshiro… time to wake up, and stop slacking off for once! You know what you have to do… you’re ready, Seshiro. You’re ready, believe it or not… go out there and defeat the one you once called a master! Just look at it this way… don’t let my sacrifice as well as many others go to waste, please! You still haven’t used your full powers.” Hitomi says.

“Heh, you’re right, what am I thinking? Having both of you tell me, out of all the people.” Seshiro says and sighs.

It suddenly starts raining; the rains covers Ancelot and Lemuria as well.

“Let us begin, then…” Satoshi says.

Seshiro opens his eyes before Ancelot awakens and says. “Satoshi… I will not let you land Ancelot, I swear it on Lemuria’s name!”

Seshiro’s hair begins to grow and change color, crimson red fur begins to grow all over his body simultaneously except for his face, hands and part of his abdomen and chest. His nails begin to grow sharply in a black color, his eyes shine light blue, a mix of blue and crimson red aura begins flowing from his body.

“What is this? This form? What are you? This power? No! Impossible! No one has this kind of power!” Satoshi says shocked and in disbelief.

Seshiro squeezes Satoshi’s hand making him lose grip from his shirt, then falling down, picking up his zweihänder, then raising it up with his right hand, pointing it against Satoshi.

“I swear… every person’s lives that have been sacrificed to stop you will not be in vain! Let’s settle this, Satoshi!” Seshiro says.

Satoshi rushes towards Seshiro covered in the black aura and they clash swords against each other, he tries to push back Seshiro, but Seshiro doesn’t get back, he reflects and strikes again, only to make another clash.

“Why aren’t you countering me? Clearly you have more power.” Satoshi says then stretching his right hand to Seshiro’ torso and blows him away, the rain gets stronger and lightning can be seen from the clouds.

“You can’t fool me, this power you have is undeniable, you can actually do better than that… come on! Fight!” Satoshi says.

Satoshi headed towards Seshiro and lands a punch on his torso, he then kicks him to Lemuria’s plaza, Seshiro recovers from the hit, only to receive a wicked black beam that Satoshi had unleashed. Seshiro doesn’t evade the critical hit, he leaves a huge crater around the plaza, Satoshi is heading slowly towards Seshiro, only to receive a severe tackle, Seshiro had covered himself in a huge red mass of Soul Force.

“Gaaah… H-How c-could you…?” Satoshi asks with wide eyes,

Satoshi fell from on the ground in the middle of Lemuria’s plaza; he charged towards Seshiro once again, only to be received by a vertical upside slash from Seshiro.

“That’s it? I let you hit me all that time and you still can’t kill me?” Seshiro asks.

Seshiro rushes towards Satoshi and throws a severe kick towards Satoshi’s torso, Satoshi blocks, but is sent flying to a skyscraper near Lemuria’s plaza, he ends up crashing a window into a household ruin.

“Hehehe… Luminaaa!!!” Satoshi shouts.

Seshiro gets hit by moon-shaped beam slashes, only to see the surprise of his sword broken in pieces.

“…You broke it?” Seshiro says shocked.

Seshiro looks down, in sadness, and slowly he lets go of the hilt, which eventually falls on the ground.

“A simple sword, which in any way would’ve been meaningless, as soon as Ancelot would’ve been revived. Who wouldn’t kill to get the position of the chosen one? And you… you just ignored it. Pitiful.” Satoshi says with disappointment.

He slowly starts walking toward Seshiro, only to be surprised with the look on his eyes.

“…You b*****d! Hyaaa!” Seshiro yells angrily.

Satoshi wakes up on shock, but Seshiro lands a full-force tackle to Satoshi’s body, the battle between these two grows even fiercer by every minute. Satoshi then unleashes a particle cannon onto Seshiro’s face point blank which sends him flying away, but Seshiro doesn’t have even a scratch on him. Once he recovers in midair and lands on the ground, he then notices that there is a gold aura coming out of the ground. Seshiro is worried; he notices that the gold aura is all over the place, then he notices that Satoshi is shocked. It seems that he knows what this is, Ancelot, the black sphere grows even larger, the brilliant, beautiful gold aura seems to be gathering, after a while, the energy is gathered.

“Lemuria will now be destroyed! Nobody… but nobody is strong enough to take my resurrection away!” Satoshi shouts.

Seshiro swiftly disappears and appears in front of Satoshi attacking him with his fist covered in Soul Force, but Satoshi’s obliterating will withstands the powerful blow and reverses it back to Seshiro, Seshiro easily withstands it in his demon form, Ancelot grows even larger.

“Hahaha, finally, it’s complete, thank you Seshiro, it seems I didn’t have to sacrifice you after all; all this dense energy you’re exceeding from your body was enough, now you’ll witness Ancelot’s full power through me!” Satoshi says with his arms raised and looking upward towarfs the giant mass of dark Nature Force.

Ancelot’s dark Nature Force begins flowing into Satoshi, everything around, grass, animals and even a few people are dying because of this inhuman Nature Force.

“Oh no… He’s become more powerful than me in my demon form… What should I do?” Seshiro asks himself.

Seshiro once again notices the gold aura coming out from the ground, the aura that is being gathered by Ancelot.

“Nature Force, energy from the planet huh.” Seshiro says and raises what was left from his sword, the same energy from the planet begins accumulating in Seshiro’s hilt forming his same zweihänder, but in gold energy. “It worked!”

Satoshi completely engulfed in the black Nature Force he bursts once again, all the black energy forms six black angel-like wings on his back, his hair grows slightly longer and spiked up. Satoshi looks at the black energy flowing through his body and laughs.

“So it’s true, it really is an unimaginable power.” Satoshi says as he picks up his sword and walks towards Seshiro. “You see how much I’ve gained? I am Ancelot embodied! Not even you in your current state can stand a chance.”

“I’ve noticed you’re still using the Soul Blazer.” Seshiro says.

“I can withstand my Soul Blazer form for an indefinite time now, no need to revert anymore.” Satoshi says.

“You say that I am no longer a match for you in my demon form, but you’ve failed to notice we’re not too far apart in power.” Seshiro comments.

“Though it is true, you do not have the power to defeat me still, and much less energy to fight against me.” Satoshi remarks.

“You’re missing something.” Seshiro says.

“Haha, no more bluffs please, you look pathetic.” Satoshi says.

“I haven’t exceeded my limit in demon form…” Seshiro says.

“You mean to say that you haven’t used your Soul Blazer? Please, you already used it; I’m surprised you even have the strength to fight.” Satoshi states.

“I couldn’t use my full Soul Blazer, must’ve been a side effect from having my power restrained by the Mortality Stone, I was just using a very small portion of its power… now you’ll see me in my full strength… Soul Blazer.” Seshiro says with a grin.

“Wha-!” Satoshi widens his eyes.

Seshiro bursts in Soul Force, Satoshi is pushed back, it’s so powerful even the clouds disperse, the ground shakes, cracking up, many craters begin appearing because of the pressure, the wind blows even fiercer, and the oceans began to rise wildly.

“This power, plus what I now call Soul of Lemuria, this sword, should be more than enough to destroy you.” Seshiro says.

“Heh… I’m not worried, your Soul Blazer will run out, just as your Soul of Lemuria, my powers are infinite!” Satoshi remarks.

They are both very near the sea, Seshiro looks at the sword’s energy blade, Seshiro stands ready, as Satoshi’s eyes fill with rage, as if they planned to take all their fury out on Seshiro.

“You traitor, this is the dreamland in which I was destined to become a ruler, it is not yet too late, if you bow in front of me, I will forgive all of your sins and spare your life.” Satoshi comments.

Seshiro doesn’t move an inch, looking at Satoshi seriously, Seshiro then spit the ground, Satoshi rapidly gets angry, as black Nature Force starts to come out of his back.

“All you have for me… is more despair, Satoshi. This isn’t how I wanted things to be, you were my hero! Somebody I could look up at when I grew up. Now I see… that I chose the wrong person to look alike in the future, I… won’t become you! Never! I will never kill only for power!” Seshiro shouts angrily.

Seshiro charges in an impossible speed, even more Soul Force comes out from his body while rushing towards Satoshi. Satoshi blocks with his sword covered in the black Nature Force.

“Fine… if you don’t want to become like me… then watch me as I take out everyone in this world! When I do… who will you look after, when everybody’s dead?!” Satoshi asks mockingly.

Both of them clash swords at the same time very swiftly, blocking and countering many times repeatedly, Seshiro then pushes Satoshi with immense strength towards midair; Satoshi recovers and lands on the ground.

“Once I obliterate your pitiful soul out of the face of this planet people all over the world will bow to my might.” Satoshi says grinning.

Satoshi rushed towards Seshiro’ back, hitting him with full force, Seshiro luckily recovers, it’s hard to keep a balance because of the strong gusts of wind provoked by both they’re energies.

“Even if by chance you defeat me Seshiro, you too will end just like me in the near future.” Satoshi remarks.

Seshiro rushes towards Satoshi at extreme speed, unleashing a fierce slash combo, in which Satoshi defends against, he then pushes Seshiro away from him, Seshiro jumps back while guarding with his sword.

“No, Satoshi… you’re wrong! I was once blinded by the devotion I had towards you… but I never followed your morals! I never did what you ever wanted… this makes me different from you!” Seshiro says.

Seshiro, then rushes at full speed towards Satoshi and unleashes a severe tackle against Satoshi, Satoshi once again recovers throwing his sword right next to Seshiro, suddenly many black rays of energy come out from Satoshi’s sword upward in midair and come straight down striking Seshiro. Seshiro swiftly forms a barrier of Soul Force around him protecting him from the rays. Seshiro’s barrier breaks, Seshiro then thrusting his sword in the ground, Soul Force bursts wildly even bigger and stronger than Satoshi’s, striking Satoshi piercing his stomach and chest.

“Gah! You… where did you get such strength?!” Satoshi asks.

Seshiro’s left hand starts to be surrounded in Soul Force as he lets go of the sword, he then punches Satoshi’s face with wickedly tremendous strength sending him flying near the beach. Satoshi flinches, demonstrating his pain giving shelter to his face, after the tackle, he then catches the sword once again; Satoshi also grabs his sword as well.

“Heh…… hehehehe! Unbelievable, after all I have done to acquire Ancelot’s power; you’re still stronger than me… even if I have this undying amount of dark Nature Force…” Satoshi remarks.

Fatally wounded, Satoshi lets go of his sword, and stands there, his sword falls from his hands as his eyes gaze at the stunned Seshiro.

“You’re dying Satoshi, there’s no way you’ll survive a wound like that, but I need to know something, why did you need all that power for?” Seshiro asks.

“… Immortality, my dear disciple... Immortality.” Satoshi replies.

Satoshi then closes his eyes, in wait for his downfall.

“……I see… something as simple as that, sacrificing all those people just for immortality… I will show you that true immortality does not exist… master.” Seshiro says.

“By all means… show me.” Satoshi says with a grin.

Seshiro starts gathering Soul Force.

“I’ll finish this once and for all… for everyone that died trying to stop you.” Seshiro says.

His Soul Force continues to gather until his sword grows it’s blade in a brilliant white afterwards.

“This is the end… for my friends… family… and most importantly... myself!” Seshiro says leaning his sword back.

“Heh, I won’t die without taking you with me.” Satoshi says picking up his sword.

Seshiro charges in towards Satoshi, Satoshi readies himself with sword in hand, then engulfing his sword in pure dark energy and unleashing a vertical slash at Seshiro. Seshiro evades the dark slash, Satoshi unleashes even more dark slashes at Seshiro, but Seshiro evades each of his attacks and in a flash he rushes with his wild blade in hand towards Satoshi, Satoshi widens his eyes and is cut in half along with everything in its way. The seas are cut apart, the soils suffered little amount of damage and the sky clouds separated from the radiance, the end resulting in Satoshi’s complete banishment from the face of Terra. The ravishing beam overpowered his chance of survival; there is no trace of him anywhere, only a torn apart cloth can be seen falling from the sky. Seshiro catches the piece of falling cloth, and observes it.

Satoshi is no more, everything seems to have calmed down, Hisana and Sophia finishes the last of all of Satoshi’s reinforcements, the evacuation process slows down, thanks to Satoshi’s downfall. Hisana and Sophia walk towards Seshiro, Seshiro reverts to him human form, his clothes all torn up, his arm covered in blood as well as part of his chest and face.

“So many lives have been lost…” Sophia says saddened.

“Yes, a lot of sadness is all is left for the people of Lemuria.” Hisana says.

“Yeah…” Seshiro says as he looks up to the sky.

“Are you alright?” Hisana asks.

“I’ll live…” Seshiro says.

The sight of Lemuria, destroyed is too much to watch, what was once their home, now in ruins, many had lost their loved ones in battle, Lemuria was not happy with the fact that they were at peace once again. It served for no good, everything was already destroyed, then a helicopter could be seen, it seems to be from Gen-Exis, they pass by headed somewhere, the party notices this.

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