The Book of Abbadon

The Contest

Once the cruiser lands, you see the doors open and a flight of stairs extends out from the doorway onto the ground outside. Before Tom exits the cruiser, he walks over to you and pulls The Holy Omniverse Transcript out from under his cloak.

" Here, Donny. You might wanna hold onto this. I'll come back and store it in my robes if you don't wanna constantly carry it after I'm done with these two. "

He says as he holds it out to you. You nod your head and take it before he walks off towards the doorway with Roary and Gareth. As the three of them leave the cruiser, you look down and try to open the book but the lock doesn't budge.

That's right. Tom said that the book wouldn't open after you used it to defeat the Valghul.

Once Tom, Gareth and Roary all exit the cruiser, the stairs retract and the doors shut. As the cruiser slowly ascends into the air, you and Mimi both look around puzzled.

One of Gareth's clones sees your confusion once he enters the room, so he speaks up to you as he approaches.

" Relax, Abbadon. I've set the cruiser to hover at a safe distance so that we don't unintentionally damage our only ride to Voldoor. "

The floor of the cruiser then becomes transparent and you can see the three of them all walk out into the ruined main plaza of the abandoned village. You look up and see that Mimi looks anxious, so you ask her a question.

" What's wrong, Mimi? "

Mimi looks up at you with nervous eyes as she responds.

" I don't want anybody to get hurt... "

You smile gently as you reassure her.

" Don't worry, Tom's very strong and he's more than capable of keeping everyone safe. Would you like to come sit with me? "

Mimi nods as she gets up and sits next to you on the couch. As you both look down at the crumbled buildings throughout the village, the cruiser automatically zooms in on the three of them and hones in on the sound on ground level so you can see and hear them perfectly from above. You see Tom standing by his lonesome on one side of the square with Roary and Gareth standing on the other side.

" Alright. The platter is right here in my left hand. "

Tom says as he holds it up.

" Whenever you guys are ready, feel free to- "

Roary cuts off Tom by immediately kneeling down and putting his hand on the ground, casting a powerful spell and causing the entire square to erupt as a spout of magma bursts from underneath Tom violently and shoots into the air. The ground around Tom crumbles into a pool of lava, but Tom simply levitates in the air as he siphons the Light from the magma and rocks that get too close to him causing them to disappear before they touch him or the platter. Gareth immediately reacts and fires a barrage of red bullets with his Eviscerators at Tom, and as the bullets explode through the magma and rocks that are mid-air, lava gets flung out in every direction. Tom simply holds out his glowing green hand as he's levitating and siphons the Light from the bullets before they reach him while the entire village catches fire from the lava spewing everywhere and the ruined buildings begin to crumble even more.

Seeing that Tom is simply dematerializing everything that's being thrown at him, Roary shouts in an irritated demeanor.

" That's bullshit! I thought you were holding back? "

Tom laughs as he responds.

" I am holding back. You don't like it when I use my powers? "

" It's not fair if you can just undo everything that we throw at you!! "