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V: The Fight Against Panaimon

In the average thrilling night of Haibourg's night market, everything was normal. People were enjoying their lives, buying tasty food at stands and talking with eachother. But this changed when a massive mecha crashed right into the Astral Ferry port. The mecha was tall and strong. He ran around and grabbed the closest person in proximity, a Crystalline man.
"Bring me to your leader", the mecha said.
The Crystalline was squirming in fear and wasn't ready to reply yet.
"Where is Lord Shacc?!", the mecha said, much louder this time.
"I-I don't know", the Crystalline replied.
"Worthless", Panaimon said.
He threw the Crystalline off the platform, causing him to break his legs. People were screaming in fear and ran away.
"What is going on?", Intelligence Officer Tyrkys, who was busy with business in the city said, upon noticing the chaos. "Massive mecha, are you the person responsible for killing this innocent man?"
The mecha turned around and looked at the intelligence officer.
"Tyrkys, the intelligence officer of Sharjasania. I demand Lord Shacc right now", Panaimon said. "Why, may I ask?", Intelligence Officer Tyrkys asked.
 "Do as I say", Panaimon answered. "Quick".
"I am afraid that Lord Shacc is currently unavailable; he said he was recruiting two people for the Vurafou. Add up to that that you are currently under arrest, mecha for attempted murder".
"Bring me to Lord Shacc, or I'll find him and shock him to bits", Panaimon said, threatening.
"I am afraid that I have to stop you right here", Intelligence Officer Tyrkys said.
"Die", Panaimon replied to that information.
His mechanical suit used the power of electricity to enable him to ride magnetic waves and generate high-voltage shocks. He jumped up and hit Intelligence Officer Tyrkys, knocking him metres backwards. Intelligence Officer Tyrkys attempted to activate his cybersuit, however this failed.
"Thank you, Ketika, for simplifying our operation", Panaimon said.
"Halt, Panaimon", I said, walking in on the situation. "You are given one chance to leave Sharjasania for now and never come back".
"Ah, Lord Shacc", Panaimon said. "And you took with you, Victorinous, two unknown people and... Weraya".
"Are you injured, Tyrkys?", I asked. "No, however, my suit doesn't work right now, and I need to retreat. I'll be right back, please cover me", Intelligence Officer Tyrkys answered.
"Lord Shacc, the one who has constantly lied to his people about the safety of the planet, but has been profiting the most while letting the people under him stay powerless and weak", Panaimon began. "Weraya, the one who is recruited by this tyrant to secretly spy on everyone and obtain information".
"Panaimon, former Sharjasanian architect who went missing", Admnistrator Weraya said. "Is this information correct?"
"Luna wasn't wrong after all... Sharjasania's leading party is just a group of tyrants. And you dare to see us as the villains?", Panaimon began. "We, the Blinded Vassals stride to break order and to live for ourselves, under the will of those who are higher than us".
"Panaimon, you are currently Corrupted. You are unaware of what you are saying right now", I said. "The Seat Of Crabskiff Heaven may be the people with the most amount of power in the entirety of Sharjasania, but no one, absolutely no one except for the Blinded Vassals cares about this order. People can live happily, normally and carelessly and do whatever they want as long as it doesn't go at cost of another. When something is complicated, Justice Officer Dodogy will make sure it doesn't become a problem. Because of the order that we've created, Sharjasania is safe, even if this doesn't align with your principles".
"Luna personally told me to never trust your lies. She always repeated to every four of us that everything you promise and create is just a shiny version of your achievements, meant to deceive everyone into worshipping the Seat, and you in particular", Panaimon replied. "Quintet Of Iniquity? Maybe you are the reason that people are iniquite".

Panaimon charged his suit. Suddenly, Military Officer Victorinous stepped forward. His eyes turned pitch black, just like when he was Corrupted.
"Vic?", I asked.
"Actually, Shacc, I think that Panaimon is right. Everyone should break free from the order and do what they want!", Victorinous said.
"Military Officer Victorinous managed to maintain the same level of Corruption within his mind for around a month after the Luwigian invasion", Administrator Weraya said.
"Vic...", I said.
Even I was in shock. It seemed that Luna's Corruption even managed to control my first best friend, Vic. It's no surprise that this architect, Panaimon also became Corrupted then.
"And you, Weraya, can die, just like the rest of Sharjasania", Victorinous said, with a grin. He grabbed his air-pistol, a device that's able to use gusts of wind to shoot at Administrator Weraya, severely injuring her.
"Vic! Break free", I shouted.
"If only you had this amount of care for the rest of Sharjasania", Panaimon said. His mecha suit was shining brightly, its high-voltages shocking everything around it.
"Denden, Lemo, it's time to proof yourself as the new Vurafou captains", I said.
Victorinous was shocked to see that he was replaced not even a minute after he betrayed Sharjasania.
"I'll go for the mecha. Make sure that Victorinous isn't armed", I said.
Denden and lemo nodded. As I channeled the power of Shape, Panaimon jumped up, surfing the magnetic field of Sharjasania and flying towards me as a rocket. I dodged his attack, however, I felt the ground shaking. I grabbed my guandao tightly and tried to aim for the core of the suit. After a lot of jumping around, neither of us were even touched. It seemed like Panaimon had an AI that dodged every attack for him. If only I had a projectile that followed him, I'd be able to hit him.In the meantime, Victorinous wasn't restrained by Denden and Lemo. As he broke free, he decided to complicate the battle by using the gusts of wind to help Panaimon's electrical shocks hit me. I decided to end it quickly. I grabbed the mask of nihility and put it on. As the Void engulfed me, a massive black hole surrounded me, Victorinous, and Panaimon.
"You wil stay here", I said.
"So this is where all the Blinded Vassals went to?", Panaimon asked. "I'll break all of us free".
"Good luck with that", I replied.Panaimon tried flying forward, but he didn't move a metre. Due to the Void's effect, every person will remain in the same place forever. No matter how far you move in the void, you'll always end up in the same place, which is the void. Unfortunately, this only counted for human spirits. Panaimon used an electric thunderbolt to hit my mask. When the electricity hit the mask, both me and Panaimon returned to Sharjasania, with only Victorinous ending up trapped in the void.

"The entire Seat will die now!", Panaimon shouted.
Just when he said that, millions of icicle drones flew over to Panaimon, followed by a massive icicle helicopter, where a tall man in armour with long cream-coloured hair jumped off of. After that, Intelligence Officer Tyrkys also flew in, on a floating hoverboard. He was wearing the god armour, a highly technological suit that is able to send as many projectiles as possible. It possessed a bright pair of cyber glasses that allowed him to see infrared waves. It possessed nitrogen shooters and many small wing blades as an accessory.
"Who is this person?", I asked.
"Sukafu, the last Bulkkean warrior of the universe", the tall man said. "And with this lance, I shall avenge Bulkkoch by decimating that mecha over there that helped the destruction of our planet. Nice to meet you, Sharjasanian warrior".
"He's on our side", Intelligence Officer Tyrkys said. "Let's finish the mecha now. We'll impair him and you will send him to the Void".
I and Sukafu nodded. Intelligence Officer Tyrkys flew right over Panaimon and used the liquid nitrogen shooters in his God Armour to temporarily freeze Panaimon's suit. He flew over and over again, with icicle helicopters and missiles following him, also landing on Panaimon. Every time Panaimon used the electricity to melt the ice on his suit, more ice was applied. In the meantime, Sukafu used his lance to repeatedly hit Panaimon. His lance managed to create burning sparks, which helped break off Panaimon's suit. In the meantime, I was charging my powers to create another gate to the Void.
"Not yet... not yet!", Panaimon shouted. He broke free, smiting Sukafu metres away and scorching the ground once more. But it was already too late for him. The gate to the Void was ready, and I transported him right to it. Before Panaimon could react, he was gone.
"We are done now", I said. I looked behind me but Denden, Lemo and Weraya were missing. I assumed that both captains took Weraya to the hospital.
"Sukafu, welcome to Sharjasania, the planet of freedom. I am Lord Shacc, the leader of Sharjasania. As representative of the Seat Of Crabskiff Heaven, we thank you for your assistance in this battle", I said.
"Very glad to meet you, Lord Shacc. I'll go stroll around to search more Bulkkeans. I'll see you very soon again", Sukafu replied.
He walked away.

And that concludes the third battle against Corruption, one where I, as an individual lost my very first best friend to the will of Corruption. I am unaware how long it'll take before all powerful Blinded Vassals are eliminated, but I speculate it won't be very long.