Three Spheres

Chapter 45 - Alternative

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_ Do you want me to give you some light again, cuz...? Haha...

At that moment, Gamila smiles widely and exclaims, without hesitation:

_ Yeah! Cast a Lighthouse spell, the biggest one you can!! Fast!!

Mooya doesn't understand the reasoning, but obeys. Separating his hands, he mutters a few words and creates a great beam of light. All the creatures that come in contact with it start to melt little by little. The pair smiles. Gamila pulls out her megaphone again:

_ Their weakness is LIGHT!!!

Upon hearing these words, Amadeo retraces Gamila's reasoning: Whenever they attacked the monsters with non-yellow and white fire, the damage was whimsy, as was the case with the wall of flames they had previously built. In contrast, the common fireballs and the "Appeal to the Phoenix" were very effective! The Golems look like humanoid bats, as do some species of Vampires... It was never a coincidence.

"If their weakness is light, we need to find a way to light up this place up", he thinks. Through the megaphone, Gamila exclaims:

_ Vampires, get out of the field!! Amadeo!! Cast a Lighthouse!

The Paragon obeys.

With his limp legs, he goes down the hill.

Dreyfus approaches quickly, while Penan tries to free herself from the Golems that grab her legs. Simultaneously, Edgard is hit in the face and his blood gushes across the field. Gatsumiya feels the hot drips soak her clothes. In a desperate attempt to save herself and her colleague, she supports him on the shoulder and drags him along.

Amadeo crosses the Nurikabe to find himself, for the first time in that night, in the middle of the battle. Death scenes unfold before his eyes. He sees Johan approaching Gatsumiya and decides to move forward.

However, Penan's despair draws his attention. He hesitates. Phil reacts faster and tries to free her from another death embrace, but is hit in compensation. The Vampire defends her colleague, with red pulsating eyes.

A flash forms in the middle of the night, when Mooya tries to annihilate some creatures with the Lighthouse. Amadeo initiates the same spell and points the beam to the enemies. Unfortunately, the magic is less effective than expected.

Desperate, he runs towards the Majors while a crowd of creatures chase after him. As he approaches, he sees the survivors of the Mooya Lighthouse attacking him, vengeful. Gamila defends herself as she can, but her cousin pushes her away. Within seconds, he is buried by bodies that stack-up. His light goes out, forever.

Gamila screams; her eyes overflowing with tears. Amadeo's body stops, frozen. The woman's cries are mixed with the echo of Yago's voice, calling out for Penan and Phil. From of the corner of his eye, Amadeo sees the Vampire being quartered, s l o w l y.