Final Fantasy Online

Chapter 44: Trial of Leviathan

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Chapter 44: Trial of Leviathan

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{Final Fantasy XV: The Aggressors}

"Teleport: Altissia! Dammit, teleport: Altissia. Why isn't it working?" Aria cursed. "Teleport: Apollis! Come on!"

"Maybe the trial made the whole floor an anti-crystal zone. We can't teleport in there," Ronen said. "Then again, there's the glitch that forced us out."

"I don't really know if that was a glitch, it's as if someone set that trap for us," Tsukino muttered.

"Then we teleport to the city closest to the dungeon to floor 24 and make our way to Altissia from there," Yami explained removing a larger crystal.

"That'll take all day to get there!" Aria cried.

"Do you have any better options?!" Yami yelled silencing Kizuna's twin. "Listen, I know you're worried about your brother and Lily. We are too. But we can't get to floor 24 by teleporting and the gate was destroyed during the chaos. There's no faster way. We have to move."

"R-right." Aria agreed. She had never felt more fear in her life. She grabbed onto the crystal along with the rest of the party as Yami called out.

"Group Teleport: Fulgrae!" The animation played and the party was moved to the town closest to the dungeon on floor 23. Scarlet hastily whistled on the chocobo whistle as the party's chocobos appeared.

"Wait, Lumino's badly injured. It's not wise to let him come with us," Yami advised.

"I'll take him to the inn here," Tsukino offered grabbing the unconscious swordsman slinging him over her shoulder. Tsukino looked to the party and pleaded, "Please, get everybody out there safe."

"Right!" they said running off on their chocobos leaving the two behind in town. The yellow birds spread across the stormy plains of floor 23 towards the dungeon. Aria willed the bird to run faster and prayed for the safety of her brother, as a tear fell from her eye.

{End of Soundtrack}

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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

A cry of despair came from Lily as Kizuna disappeared into the violently swaying waves. In that moment, all of Lily's logical thinking switched off. She felt anger. She felt sorrow. She felt regret. Under normal circumstances, she would have switched personalities but her personalities knew not to interfere. She wouldn't clear the trial if she did.

Leviathan roared at Lily as if trying to catch her attention. Lily didn't budge and stared lifelessly at the waves where Kizuna crashed. She couldn't hear anything but her heart beating rapidly and her ragged breath. Her vision blacked out at the edges as if she were going blind.

Leviathan got impatient and swung her head at Lily in order to knock her over. In a fraction of a second, Lily tried to comprehend the situation. 'He's gone. Kizuna's dead. It's all her fault. It's all my fault. It's all…I…' Her eye shifted towards Leviathan.

Leviathan's head slammed against a rigid protect spell. Lily lifted her hand and cast Firaga blasting Leviathan back. The mage struggled to get to her feet to face the goddess. Pain that surged through her body faded away replaced by burning adrenaline. She summoned her flute and played [Ascension's Aria]. With that skill she could levitate as long as she had mana, however, the skill would drain her gauge incredibly fast.

Lily grit her teeth letting go of her flute, letting it faded away. She clenched her fists in rage. "I…" Her heart beat louder and louder in her ears. Her vision would have dyed red in the real world. "I…"