Patapon: The Return of the Hero

Chapter 17: Your Purpose and the Birth of a New Hero

Ton, Chin and Kan finally reached the third floor of Tomb of Tolerance. They ran towards the the center of the room.

"*huffs.....* Renki! Princess! Are you ok?!", Kan shouted. They all saw Princess standing still. "Princess?", Ton called out. "Guys.....", Princess replied. "Princess! You're fine! Where's Renki?", Kan asked. Then they saw she is carrying on her back.

"Um.... What's wrong with Renki?", Chin asked. "Well you see.....", Princess then started to explain.

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Inside Renki's mind......

"Huh.....? Am I back inside of my mind?", he asked himself.
"Yep."
Renki turned around and saw Hero, sitting on a tree. "Um.... Can you come down? I believe you have explanations to do.", Renki stated. "Ehhh...... Why do I have to come down? It's comfortable up here!", Hero lazily argued. "*sigh.....*, Fine....... I'm gonna climb up there......"

Renki then climbed up to the branch where Hero is. "So..... You finally defeated that monster, huh?", Hero said while eating an apple. "Yeah...... They will never return.", Renki replied. "Nope. They will return. Not the Archfiends but maybe some other evil being."

"Mhm. That's why you created me, right? To protect and guide the Patapons to the right path.", Renki stated. "Well..... There's more to that actually......", Hero said while scratching his head. "Hm...? Can you explain?", Renki asked while tilting his head.

"Well.... I have known from the start that to make the miracle I did, I have to sacrifice something.", he replied while raising his hand to the air. "Your soul.", Renki said. Hero nodded and then continued.
"Yeah. I used my soul to free the Patapons from the stone curse. Doing so, I will leave this place and never come back. In other words, I'm gonna die."

"But, I don't want to leave anyone behind to see them sad. That's why I created you, Renki. I created you in memory of  me so that they will never forget me even when I'm gone."

Renki stared in awe while Hero is explaining. "Then, can you explain my powers?", he asked. "Sure! I would gladly too!"

They both climbed down the tree.
"Firstly. Your ultimate power.", he said as he pointed on Renki's forehead. "What is this mark?", he asked curiously as he touch his forehead. "That mark is the Mark of The True Relic. That is your ultimate power. You can use unlimited amount of magic without any use of Mana! You can also use it to communicate with people's mind and heart.", Hero excitedly replied.

"The only backlash is that you can only use it twice per day. For now." Renki booed. "It doesn't need any Mana to activate?", he asked. "Yep! And with proper training, you can use it in a unlimited amount of times!"  Hero replied. "And then.... We're gonna talk about..... that...", his voice suddenly faded.

"What's wrong?", Renki asked. "*deep breathe* It's about your other form.....", Hero replied. Renki flinched a little when he heard it. "Is this about my 'Berserk Mode'?", he asked. Hero nodded at his reply.

"That form..... Is also a part of me."
"Wha-?", Renki was speechless. It was a part of him? "Can you explain?", he asked. He nodded and then began to speak.

"The Berserk Form you had is the darkness in my soul. When I was creating you, there was part of darkness in my soul. I didn't want to create you to become evil. I wanted to create a Relic that knows happiness and grief."
"If you had known that there was darkness in your soul, why didn't you thrown it away?", Renki asked confusingly. "Balance. I just can't create something without Hope and Evil. These two must be balanced. One must not disarranged the balance or else the world will go to ruin.", Hero replied in  wisely tone.