As the fight between Iado and Kellan began, the depths of the abyss stir.
Surtr wakes up in the deepest parts of the abyss, he sits up. He looks around to see where he is, but he recognizes nothing. As Surtr walks down the hall he realizes he's in a dimensional rift. As he reaches the end of the hall, he sees a throne. On the throne sits a man. Entirely armor clad, the only detail he can see is glowing purple eyes beneath the visor, and that he has no physical body, just dark fog around his armor.
"I'm guessing you brought me here. Who are you, and tell me what you want before I eliminate you." Surtr told him. He got up, and blinked in front of Surtr, before he could react, the man punched him with darkness on a level that he has never witnessed before. The man simply said.
"I am now your overlord, and so the abyss is my army." He opened a portal behind Surtr, and launched him through it, back into the abyss.
Iado and Kellan are almost evenly matched. Kellan has enclosed most of the arena in void energy, while Iado was bouncing around at speeds unfathomable, launching spikes of wind, taking swings at Kellan with his sword when he gets close enough. Kellan is observing Iado's patterns, and when Iado next went for an attack with his sword, Kellan brought the tendrils around to trap Iado, after Kellan did, he summoned countless spikes from the floor around Iado, making it impossible for him to move, mostly going for limb shots.
"Damn, well, I clearly can't use my mobility here. You win this time, Kellan." Iado laughs, Kellan dispels all of the void gel and energy. Sora gets up, and jumps down.
"Kellan, you have triumphed against many foes, and you have officially fought your way to the status of mage lord. My people, welcome our new mage lord into the empire!" He calls out to the crowd, everyone cheers. Kellan, Sora, and Iado all walk out of the arena together. As they go towards the palace, they all decide to talk about stuff happening in the empire.
"I felt something that I didn't think I'd ever feel again. A sense of fear overwhelmed me earlier, around the time the match between you began. I feel that the empire is threatened by the abyss, but, let's not make a repeat of what events led to the creation of the empire." Sora says, Urzael blinks in to join the three.
"That's concerning, I also hear that Kellan won? At least today has some good news." He said, Sora looked at him slightly confused.
"Yeah, I beat Iado, and now I'm a lord. Good to work with you as equals from here on, but what do you mean, by today has some good news?" Kellan asked. Urzael stared almost through Sora.
"You know how Yachrindl is the soul of light? There is a soul of darkness as well. His name is Nigeriol, and I've heard he's gathering an army. Yachrindl left your side to find Nigeriol, and I hope Yachrindl finds something, if... They? I'm not sure if they even have a 'pronoun'. Anyway, if they find something, they will tell me." Urzael explained, the other three were unnerved, at least a little.
"Well, at least we'll be ready, as Chino was working on creating a spacefaring vehicle. A spaceship, in simpler terms. We were going to need more soldiers if we were going to need to forcefully take over planets. Negotiation will be my top priority, unless this 'Nigeriol' attacks us." Sora told the rest, at this point, they are close to the palace. Iado says his farewell, then flies off. They now walk the halls of the palace. They stop to look out the windows, to gaze upon the city of Xalengard.
"Look how far we've come. military on our planet will simply become security, or a soon galactic military. I fear that we will not be able to keep our eyes on everything, though." Sora says, his eyes betray how overwhelmed he is, Sakura happened be walking in the same halls. She noticed them and decided to walk over.
"Sora, we'll be ready for anything. I promise that whatever happens, I'll be there, or maybe here, always waiting for you, always hoping for your safety. Urzael, I wonder if you could help Chino design the ships and their architecture?" She said, Urzael took his leave, Kellan saw that as his queue to leave the two of them alone, he blinked away.
"Sakura, every day, I hope to never have to fight again. To spend the eternity we have, together, on our own planet, if we find one that doesn't have people. That will be what we make of it." Sora told her, she turns towards him, and grabs his arm.
"A vacation world? I thought that our home was enough. But now that I think of it, I would like the idea of such a tranquil place, for just us.." She said. Sora relaxed as much as he really could at the time, with all the stress of potential war. But in that moment, he was happy, for the first time in a while, he truly felt happiness. They both started going towards their residence. A small island in a fairly large lake. surrounded by buildings of the empire, the island is entirely flattened and a japanese styled house. The house itself has two floors and a zen garden in the central area, which also acts as a small training area.
"Apparently, not as flashy as Urzael's home, but it's cozy enough for me." Sora told nobody in particular. Sakura nodded in agreement, and they went to their room, not before looking up at the stars on the patio they have.
"A peaceful life, for now and hopefully forever, even if we have to fight for it." Sora said, Sakura looked into his eyes, and smiled.
"Not even forever is enough time to be with you."
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Magic chronicles 2: Rise of the empire
FantasíaWhen Surtr was defeated, Sora started a nation, the magic empire. The strongest mages make up a council known as the mage lords, and Sora, at the top, is the mage king. Chino has been exploring a very long time, and she has found many things, but sh...
