The Celestial Way

Final Interlude

FINAL INTERLUDE

From the perspective of one who sought redemption

It was time for me to go Home.

My eleventh-hour Scheme had paid off. Mentoria had risen in the skies of dark, her form mantled with the power of Divinity Itself, seeking Battle against me, certain in her Superiority over mine Ascendancy. Yet that Conflict was never destined to Be, for when she Descended to Strike, I used my Gift of Dominion, and her Will was No More. Master of her Unlimited Potential, I flung Wide Open the Gates of the Temple, and the Road to Eternal Paradise was at last Clear In View.

Triumphant, I set out to Work the Miracle of Ascension, to Light the Shard and start the Singularity. Impatient, I worked with Care; Excited, I checked myself with Temperance; for Time was Short and I had no Right to Mistake, for the Environs bore not the Marks of Before. The Reality Vortex raged like a Distant Kin to the Void Itself, tearing at the Cosmos in a state of downcast Control, and only the Command of my Will and the Shard's own Resonance kept its Hunger in check.

Thus Progress was Slow and I Advanced a Step At A Time, weaving Strands of Essence and lifting the Veils of Undone Reality. Time Passed, yet it carried No Meaning, for I was at the heart of Entropy, Focused and Poised to Heighten the Truest Purpose of the Temple, and Bring Forth the Greatest Legacy.

I was so close...

And then They came.

They all came – Desperate, Fierce, Defiant to the Last: the Knights, and the Soldiers, and the People – led by Airo and Veralla, now joined as One. They All Came. They Descended from the Heavens like Avatars of Justice, carrying their Light, their Hope, and a Leviathan from Days Past. They came to Defend, to Protect, to Ward, like True Knights Hallowed In Radiance.

It was magnificent.

In one Blazing, Final Collision, my Legacy would Endure the Tides of Chaos, in a Battle that was Beyond Good and Evil – it was a fight for the Unity of All.

With Strength borrowed from Mentoria, the Ancillary Primordial, once more I Called Forth my loyal Revenant, the Heralds of the Coming Age of Eternity, and cast them into Battle, Thrice as Stalwart, Hundredfold as Bright, and Incandescent as Ever. They clashed with Holy Passion against that Unwelcomed Interference, Bolstered by the Ancillary Primordial's Presence.

Oh, how foolish Those Against Me acted. The Knights, Valiant to a Fault, took headlong charge against my immortal Revenant. Veralla, filling my heart with Sorrow, faced Alone her Primordial Counterpart. And Airo, Warrior Unyielding, came Down to Lift a Bladed Sun against me.

And he tried to Make me see Reason.

Reason!? Blindness is within you, Dragonslayer! My Vision is Eternal!

We crossed Blades, as Words were without Dimension when such Future was At Stake. My Time was coming to an End, my Life seeping Away, yet Confidence guided my hand, for I was Invincible and Salvation was my Goal. I cast aside the Dragonslayer's mighty blows with Supremacy in Skill and defeated him, letting him to Breathe his Last.

Then Annihilation Happened.

In a hopeless Gambit, They made an astral vessel into a Falling Star – Erasing Everything in Pure Radiance.

I Held True within that Cleansing Storm, my Soul already beyond Light, and I Marveled at this Desperation given Beauty. Then I Rejoiced, for this Divine Judgment Purified the Temple, and now I needed a Mere Moment to bring forth Miracle.