The Fall and Rise of the Last Talisman.

Chapter 9: Endurance's Pep Talk

"A little too brutal, don't you think?" A man with a mix of grey and black hair appeared after the fighting was over. "Not that it matters. Incarose was a mere failed creation and she was destined to be broken up to pieces, killed, destroyed by the likes of you. Ha ha ha." Endurance went on to talk further. "You have no heart, you have no empathy, most of all you definitely do not have what it takes to take on Graphite. My ultimate creation. Maybe, you should be planning for retirement before you end up killing yourself. This ain't a game you're playing that much I'll say. The skies are your limit. You would be better off giving up. No one wants to see you succeed." Endurance was mentally playing with Jumu's feelings after he killed her. The Horsemen of Conquest killed off.

"What do you know about her? You didn't know what she wanted. All you did was nothing when she was feeling alone!" Jumu argued feeling conflicted to the fact that what he was saying to him felt like literal poison and hate. "Are you really going to pretend that her destiny was just to die and nothing else? Creators aren't idiots, Gods shouldn't act like assholes, you are not a creator... you are a trash human who disposes people who have nothing left to offer you!" Jumu made some relatively good points towards Endurance's argument, but was it enough? That was the question.

"I wonder. Do you know the truth?" Endurance asked Jumu a specific question. "Why should I care? All you're doing is wasting my time, I could be defeating Graphite at this given moment and I would be able to shut you and your arguments once and for all." Jumu decided to shut down Endurance from speaking further.

"I'm going to let you on a little secret. Graphite is holding a vessel of a mortal that you know personally. I re-call his name was Gold." Endurance smirked after he said this and banged his foot on the ground to show that he was serious about this. "Are you going to shut me down now? I'm sure you're intending on saving him from this catastrophe." Jumu didn't know what to think. He looked down and felt a surge of memories flourished within his mind. "You need more power." Endurance replied after Jumu was thinking for a few minutes. "You need to open up and use 100% of your power. The Origin. The Source of your power is in the gifts you were given. You shouldn't feel afraid of your gifts."

Jumu sighed and looked back at Endurance and began to speak to him after a moment of silence to himself. "Fine, tell me what you know. I don't have all day." Endurance smiled. "Graphite holds the Key to the hacked world. There is Itarus, Concordia, Felgana, Sarius home of the gods, Vongar, Shinko, the broken world, and last but certainly not least. Vraymier. Home of the Forgotten. These worlds can be accessed because of the key, but I'm sure you already know that Itarus is a difficult place to be from what has happened to it. You are already in Concordia so that shouldn't stop you." Endurance put his finger on his magical pet cat on his shoulder as he laughed at himself for a little. "So, what's that little pet thing on your shoulder? What is it used for anyway?" Endurance looked at him for a moment and took some time to gather his thoughts for a moment. "I use it to tap into my Ultimate Form. Talismen have forms they can tap into; you just need the correct spirit animals to connect with first. You don't know what true power is, Talisman, you don't know until you... used all 150% of the gifts you were given by the Divine themselves. Push yourself, push your body like no tomorrow. You must, it is your only choice. This chaos, this broken world, all of its problems won't end unless you defeat Graphite." Endurance spoke quite a lot. He stopped and looked at the meteor that was coming down in the World of Itarus. "There's Graphite....I only hope you are prepared."

Jumu and the gang were ready. As the meteor crashed down and created such a gigantic crater. Koi and Silver looked at Jumu. "We are with you, till the end. Let us end his life and save Gold. Jumu, you must unlock almost all the powers you can with those gifts. You must become the Talisman fully one way or another, this is your chance. We only have one shot at this." Koi and Silver said reassuring that Jumu had no choice in the matter. "Yeah...let's kick some ass!" Jumu shouted confidently.