Basking in the ambiance of the resurrection of a sealed creatine: William H. Christ stood grand and tall, enjoying the show playing on his glass screen. His partner, Archard was growing worried that if the events continued, then there won’t be no world to save before their arrival.

  Feeling frustrated and revolted about Bolverkr’s awakening, Archard cleared his throat to get his master's attention.

  “Uh, Sir William?”

  William’s pupils jolted to the right.

  “Mm?”

  “I know it’s not our problem yet, but I think it would be in our best interests to step in and stop before he goes berserk.”

  William grinned.

  “Indeed.”

  Archard groaned.

  “So, are we going to step in, then?”

  William chuckled.

  “Oh, my dear friend, Archard. Let us not haste. It’s our duty to observe, watch before we have to interject in their pesky squabble.”

  “But, sir?”

  “But, nothing, Archard. Be careful what you say next. I’m already annoyed enough by their actions.”

  Feeling off put by William’s recent decision making, Archard wanted to take matters into his own hands. He summoned a portal behind him that led to the battlefield.

  “Well, if you’re going by God’s actions, then I’ll do your work.”

  He turned to the portal.

  “I have unfinished business with all those fools,” he muttered.

  Before he could even take a step, his portal was vaporised into steam. William appeared behind the smoke and grabbed Archard’s neck, choking him.

  “S…ir…?!”

  William tilted his head with a still face.

  “You know, Archard, your mouth and actions as of lately have been really troublesome to my mental state.”

  He clutched harder, which made Archard struggle more for air.

  “I’ve been even asking myself, as to why I still have you by my side?”

  William’s golden eyes glinted.

  “I mean, for someone profoundly holy… you are the most sinful in my group.”

  Archard’s eyes watered and his struggling breathing made it worse as his windpipe was being crushed.

  “You may not be the most sinful in my group's history, but you have been the most troublesome, hateful, and envious I had thus far.”

  Archard’s eyes were beginning to roll back as William’s eyes began to glow.

  “You’ve committed murder, torture, damned—OUR GOD! Soly for the purpose of your greedy mindset. Sometimes, I wonder if it was best to leave you back at that jungle and have you fall in the hands of the veitkong like you were destined to.”

  William shut his eyes for a moment.

  “But, God told me to save you. He saw something in you, something I’ve yet to recognize. Heh, I was even beginning to doubt him at one point, especially when I found out you were labeled Archard the terrible by everyone else.”

  Archard’s let go of William’s arms and they hung, motionless.

  William let out a deep sigh and threw Archard to the side. He violently coughed and gagged, grabbing his throat, trying to catch his breath as he gasped repeatedly.

  William walked forward to go back to the screen.

  “You should consider yourself lucky that God wants your life spared. Otherwise, if it were up to me, friend or family, I would’ve disposed of you no matter the odds, despite our history I won’t hesitate exterminating you, Archard.”

  Archard slammed his fist on the ground and grunted.

  “I’m… so-sorry!”

  “Hmph, a fool you’ve become, Archard. Your emotions and hatred have bested you. You are lost and God has a path for you to take, which is why your life still continues.”

  William crossed his arms and summoned a chair to sit on.

  “And this time, I can’t intervene. Whatever happens to you, you shall accept and face your decision, no matter the consequences.”

  Archard weakly stood up and gasped again for more air.

  “I-I didn’t… me-mean to go against your—”

  “GOD!”

  “Go-God’s action… I’m just trying to have things settled before they get worse.”

  William sighed.

  “You must not worry, Archard. For God has a plan for me to step in. It’s not a matter of how, or why?”

  William squinted his eyes at the screen, smiling.

  “It’s a matter of when and who will activate my reason to step in and correct the flow of reality.”

  William’s smile turned upside down and his magical power turned the entire dimension into a flashing sparkling dust hell.

  “Isn’t that right, Witch of Envy…”

  The screen shattered into pieces and the shards of glass displayed Samantha, who was also watching the battle from her home. William’s eyes shook as he tapped his fingers on the edge of the chair. On other shards of glass the battle continued and was beginning to spiral more out of control.

  William lay back and blinked softly.

  “Sometimes, God… I loathe being your right hand, my lord.” he murmured.

  ***

  Explosions, violence, earthquakes repeatedly going off; Bolverkr just finished pummeling a barrage of punches to both men as his eyes caught Chelsea again.

  “Don’t worry, your death will be painful, my dear!”

  Chelsea clenched her fists and whistled for her hammer to return to her palms.

  “You, damned, devil!”

  “Bwahaha!”

  It twirled out from the distance and glued to her opened palms. She swirled it around to build momentum and swung it in her peripheral view. It sent rippling winds towards Bolverkr to which he took head on. He chuckled and with one more swing, it created an electrical sphere that was going out of control. She screamed and batted it to him. He caught it and she teleported behind him, swinging the hammer on his back. He furrowed his brows as she kept swinging with all her might. It did nothing but bounce off his back, but she was charging her swings with more and more momentum with each strike.

  “You’re becoming a pest,” he said.

  He shattered the ball and the pieces of mana erupted around him in a hot light.

  “Huh?”

  “Face your oblivion!” she shouted.

  Her hammer was molten hot and had a tremendous amount of mana built up around it. She quickly backed off and aimed it at his back.

  Bolverkr raised the edge of his lip.

  “Hmph, not bad.”

  The shattered pieces exploded and created a new rippling vortex. She fired the built up momentum and it spiraled around the vortex. Her eyes grew glinted and she rushed towards the atomic atom she made Bolverkr into. She spun and used her momentum to collide the hammer against one of the thick swirls and a silent devastating explosion occurred. A horrifying white noise conquered the area and everyone's ears were ringing. Everyone covered their ears as the massive explosion turned a white flash into a glorious sunset that drenched the sky. John was the only one along with Ravana who weren’t fazed by the sound. They remained where they were and watched in both terror and glory.

  Ravana took his head to the sky as the flash faded out.

  “You lying sack of shit, Chelsea.” he said while chuckling afterwards.

  He brought his glance back to where the explosion occurred and saw Bolverkr casually floating where he stood. Chelsea was out cold as her head leaned against the monster's pale chest. With a vile smile on his face, Bolverkr gently grabbed her chin and looked at her expressionless face.

  Ravana grinned.

  “You should consider yourself lucky, that he’ll be the one to kill you, and not I, Chelsea.”

  Bolverkr saw an open wound on her skinny arm and dug his finger into it. He twirled it to see if she’d react. To his surprise, she didn’t and remained a motionless corpse.

  He tilted his head and let her go.

  “You may not be dead, but you’ll soon see everyone else once I obliterate this whole reality!”

  Her body fell, like a feather and landed softly on a pile of rubble and dirt.

  Ravana laughed and clutched his face in anger.

  “Why didn’t he dispose of the trash?!”

  He loudly moaned, groaned and couldn’t retain every ounce of frustration he’s dealt with since the beginning of Leon’s assault.

  “I’m so sick of everyone!”

  Ravana powered up and screamed out his anger.

  “I WON’T ALLOW MY AMBITION TO FIDDLE AND DIE!”

  He charged forward and flew less than a second towards Bolverkr. The devil turned to see who’s about to be his next victim. Seeing Ravana’s glowing crimson eyes approaching him made him laugh hysterically.

  Ravana vilely grinned and shut his eyes for a moment.

  “Prepare to be vanquished by my almighty spell, LEON!”

  Bolverkr’s smile turned to a half grin that twitched half his face.

  “Then show me how you’ll do such a thing, fool!”

  The envious man opened his eyes and Bolverkr was frozen in place. He flew over him and tapped his chin, then flicked it. For a moment nothing happened, leaving Bolverkr dumbfounded. That was until his face erupted in fire and an atomic explosion went off, turning where Bolverkr was floating into a collapsing sun. A blackhole formed and his body was the collapsed source. The hole vanished along with the explosion and Bolverkr was nowhere to be seen.

  Ravana laughed and pointed where he once was.

  “IT IS YOU! Who’s the fool, Leon!”

  Sarah along with the others couldn’t believe their eyes. Seeing Ravana’s attack easily wipe out Bolverkr and have him vanish from reality had them gasping and shaking. Sarah thought her father was killed, and grew angry, firing up that flame hidden inside her soul. The confident Cult leader floated with his chest out and grinning maniacally, feeling unstoppable.

  He laughed and turned to the group, aiming his glare at John.

  “I was worried, all this time? over—Leon?!”

  He laughed out loud and put his hands to the sky.

  “Glorious! I’ve become! I’m even more powerful than I presumed to be!”

  John also laughed and shook his head, which halted Ravana’s self glorification.

  “What’s so funny? Malificus! Afraid that you’re laughing away your fear before succumbing to my awesomeness?!”

  John wiped his eyes and gently pointed his finger in Ravana's direction.

  “You should take a look behind you, you egotistical douchebag!”

  Huh?!”

  Ravana looked over his shoulder and a tiny white dot, the size of a penny was visible. He tilted his head at the light, but a thin smear emerged and it wrapped around his face. The light exploded and Bolverkr climbed out of the expanding light, laughing hysterically. The light submerged within his horrific aura and his hand began to make the Cult leaders face twitch. His veins were thick, enlarged from the sheer rage he was experiencing.

  Bolverkr gave him a vicious blow to his gut, which made him grunt.

  “You are a fool!” Bolverkr exclaimed.

  Ravana’s eyes grew redder and his body exploded with all the rage he had within him. The force of the explosion separated the two and Bolverkr was quick to attack him again. Ravana effortlessly dodged the punch that would’ve killed him. Swinging above him, he delivered a shattering kick to the side of his face. Bolverkr didn’t react, yet it wasn’t enough to have Ravana stop his assault. It motivated him to deliver another attack that he summoned from the heavens by slicing the air in his way. He ripped open reality and behind the cut was a red and black plasma dimension covered in clouds of crimson.

  “DIE!”

  A giant red beam emerged from the ripple, striking Bolverkr and sending him back down to the earth. Bolverkr roared and the beam split, scattered around the area. Ravana emerged in front, tapping his chest that sent electromagnetic shockwaves across his body. Each tap shook the ground, ripping it away. He backed off, shouting as he began tossing small balls of plasma at the destroyer. The destroyer stomped his way towards Ravana. Menacingly, he kept closing the gap while Ravana continued throwing balls and chucking them even faster to have him stop.

  “Just die already!” Ravana shouted.

  Bolverkr’s grin grew more as he was within arms reach of Ravana.

  Ravana gasped and tried flying back to grow distance, but the destroyer instantly vanished and reappeared in his face. He clotheslined the ego maniac until they made contact to a tall hill. It created a huge expanded crater behind Ravana and Bolverkr’s hand was covering Ravana’s face. He applied heavy pressure to push his head deeper into the hill until Ravana finally succumbed to his defeat.

  Bolverkr licked his lips and Ravana shut an eye.

  “So, you really are this pathetic, aren’t you?”

  He let go and Ravana fell face first to the dirt, although unscathed.

  “A true piece of trash.”

  Bolverkr then stomped on his back and created an earthquake from the heavy force. He laughed and flew off towards where Eligor was helping Chelsea get back on her feet. They were barely standing from all the damage they had consumed. He hovered above them and his vile grin told the two that their demise was set in stone.

  Eligor coughed and spat to the side, powering up the remainder of his tank.

  “Ba-babes… we have to leave.”

  Eligor had released the last of his mana and ignored his lover.

  “Babes!”

  Chelsea’s distraught tone hit home for Eligor. It reminded him of the time he found her crying alone back at the academy. She was sitting at the front of the school, hugging her legs as she sat against the wall of the building. Having been rejected by Leon and insulted by Samantha, she thought she would never find someone to be by her side. Eligor saw her and quickly went to check on his crush.

  “I don’ts understands why Samantha’s hates me! I did nothings to her…”

  Hearing the same tone, her expression, made him from that day forward resent Samantha, but also grow a rivalry towards Leon. Despite being there for her, her feelings for Leon never changed. Even when she finally accepted his feelings, he knew, deep down, she still loved Leon.

  Seeing the monster grinning at him, the same grin he expressed the day of the tournament fueled his anger. In spite of knowing he’d face his death, Eligor wasn’t going to back down, not without one final attack.

  He could smell his demise and Chelsea wasn’t accepting it.

  “Babes, I’m not leaving you alone!”

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  Eligor smiled and he turned round to her. He gave her one final kiss and grabbed her chin.

  “I love you. Now go!”

  Chelsea’s eyes glistened and she bumped heads with him.

  “I loves you too…”

  Bolverkr laughed and rushed them.

  “GO!”

  Eligor’s mana muscles erupted and he flung Chelsea away from the scene. She screamed, reaching her hand out to him as he shrunk away by the second. She crashed in front of the gang and John helped her up.

  She quickly ran to the front of the hill and hovered her hands at the edges of her mouth.

  “BABES!”

  Eligor heard her scream and he sighed.

  “Leon, I really am envious of you, my friend.”

  Bolverkr laughed and powered mildly.

  Eligor also powered up and charged towards the destroyer. The two collided palms and their clash sent a giant shockwave.

  “Ready to accept your fate?” Bolverkr said.

  Eligor expressed half a grin.

  “Whatever you say, you monster.”

  Eligor let out a war cry as he did his best to budge the destroyer forward. Unfortunately, he couldn’t even manage to make the destroyer scratch a pitch of dirt. He was glued to the ground and laughed at Eligor’s determined face. Eligor’s muscles shattered and he let go of the destroyer’s hands, surprising him. He fell forward and he pulled back his right knee, driving it fiercely at his face. It made him gasp as his knee met inbetween the destroyer’s eyes. The intensity of the knee strike was heard across the area, which had everyone surprised.

  Eligor punched him dozens of times and pulled one arm back.

  “I don’t care if you’re all powerful…!”

  He drove his arm forward with mana built into his fist. It landed directly onto the destroyer’s chest and created sparks around them. Bolverkr growled as his chest and Eligor’s fist were two nuclear fusions flashing the world in red and white.

  “...it will never stop me from protecting the person that I love!”

  Eligor drove his fist more and Bolverkr’s feet began to drag.

  “LEON! I WILL SURPASS YOU AND CLAIM CHELSEA’S HEART!”

  The two shouted and an electrical storm formed in-between them. It expanded and an deafening explosion went off. Dust particles and small specs of what was left of Eligor’s attack settled around the area and Chelsea collapsed to her knees.

  Eligor was caught in Bolverkr’s arms and he began to crush him with a bearhug. Eligor struggled to break free and his breathing grew heavier by the second.

  He coughed out blood as Bolverkr squeezed him more.

  “Did you really think an attack like that would put me down?”

  Eligor brokenly chuckled as he felt one of his lungs collapsed.

  I’m sorry… Chelsea. He thought.

  “Quite unfortunate. Here, let me put an end to your envy and misery.”

  Bolverkr let go and slammed his head to the ground. He grabbed his face and began spinning him around. His maniacal laughter echoed as he grew more malicious with his spinning. Eligor caught a glimpse of the gang and saw his lover's destroyed expression. He let out a tear as his vision blurred. Bolverkr abruptly stopped and suddenly flung Eligor to the sky and expanded it out to expose the sun to everyone. Eligor’s body grew smaller and smaller, until, eventually, he was nothing but a small dot.

  A tiny glint erupted onto the surface of the sun and Chelsea was devastated. She bawled her eyes out and screamed. Her screams were music to Bolverkr’s ears as well as Ravana’s who was watching in a sitting position.

  Bolverkr shook his head as he felt the rays of the sun sooth his chalked skin.

  “With the sun exposed to the atmosphere, it’s only a matter of seconds until everyone in this world succumbs to the solar winds.”

  He spread his arms out to feel the solar winds, but the sky had shut and it was back to being dark and gloomy. He groaned and felt someone approaching his area. He turned to the right and saw a small womanly figure walking to him. He squinted his blank eyes at the figure and saw who was coming. At first he growled in shock, but quickly shook his head and let out a nervous yet excited cackle.

  It was Sarah, who took one more step forward, pausing with her fists clenched. Her arms quivered both in anger and fear. She took a deep breath and revealed her serious glare towards the destroyer.

  The demon slowly opened his mouth to express a vile open mouth smile.

  “Aby…zou, so nice of you to join.”

  He grinded his teeth and deeply knit his brows.

  “I can’t wait to kill you with my bare hands, Saman…tha?”

  Sarah could hear her father’s voice interrupt his tone. It confidently gave her more of a reason to beat the demon and rescue her dad. The fact the demon is referring to both names is a telltale sign her father’s still in there.

  She had a serious face and didn’t answer him.

  Bolverkr brought out his horrendous aura and tilted his head.

  “Still won’t attack? Is the thought of dying too much for you to bear?” he chuckled.

  Sarah got in her fighting stance, similar to her father’s which threw off the destroyer and had him growling more.

  ***

  Back where the gang was at, while Shaman was comforting Chelsea over Eligor’s demise, Jack and John were watching closely.

  “Are you certain the key to getting Leon back is Sarah?” Jack asked.

  John nodded.

  “There’s no other being who can wake him up besides Samantha. And in fairness, the closest in resemblance would be her own flesh and blood, would it not?”

  “Damn, I hate that you’re more correct about that than the obvious.”

  “Precisely, and it’s even better that they’re practically identical!”

  “To the bone, even. I mean, the only difference between them is there hair, a little bit of the height—”

  “Remember, she wears heels, not Sarah.”

  “Right. And finally, I guess there… tits?”

  “Bwahaha, the young man even noticed!”

  Jack raised a brow as he turned to John.

  “Wait? That would mean you also noticed because you also were checking Sarah out, right?”

  John froze and nervously forced a cough.

  “Enough talk of sexual preference. Back to what’s happening.”

  He cleared his throat and got serious again.

  “In the past, whenever Leon’s mana would spiral out of control or potentially be consumed by that wretched thing attached to his soul; there was only one being who could succumb the beast.”

  He grinned and pointed in their direction.

  “And she’s the embodiment of his once peace. If he could be convinced that they’re not the same person, then we might have a chance in getting back our depressed friend.”

  Jack had high hopes for John’s words. Being someone oblivious to the supernatural and just started being introduced into it, there’s no one else who he had faith in right now. Feeling confident in his words, but worried for Sarah’s safety, the young man stayed on edge just in case things turned for the worse.

  He had his gun in one hand and intensed his grip.

  “If things don’t turn out the way you’re predicting, I won’t have a second thought in jumping in to save her.”

  John chuckled.

  “And I realize you would do something so heroic yet stupidly that’ll get yourself killed. Don’t worry—”

  John put one hand to his hip and softly grinned.

  “—She’s got this, Jack Samr.”

  ***

  At the battlefield, Sarah and Bolverkr were still glaring at each other. He was cackling maniacally. Sarah, meanwhile, remained calm and ambiguous. Sarah took a deep breath and once she had let out her breath, Bolverkr launched into the air, destroying the hill he was standing on. It avalanched and collapsed while Sarah began her charge at him. She leaped into the air and drove her right fist towards the destroyer who was flying straight at her. Sarah shouted but Bolverkr’s immense aura had absorbed her punch and stuck her in. He clotheslined her and she fell back to the earth, backside. The crater behind her almost collapsed but she quickly kicked back up. The destroyer was levitating fast to her and she gasped, flying away as he approached her. His aura expanded and captured her, rupturing, bursting her away for him to send a small blast of mana at her flung body.

  She was lying, face first on the ground and heard his horrid laughter.

  “Damn…”

  She got on fours and let out a breath.

  “How am I withstanding his attacks with as little as a scratch?”

  Hold up…

  She remembered her mothers blessing and realized that her father’s barrier was still protecting her, or what’s left of it.

  “If it weren’t for both of their barriers, I probably would’ve been flattened into a pancake.”

  She got back up and faced where Bolverkr was menacingly standing on the edge of a hill. He appeared irratated and twitched an eye.

  He growled beneath his breath and squinted his eyes.

  “Strange. Even from all that, you’re barely showing a scratch.”

  Sarah blew steam out her nostrils and charged again. She flew straight to him and he widened his eyes. Gravity hit Sarah’s direction, pinning her back to the earth as she struggled to get off on her fours. She grunted and felt the ground shaking. She struggled to look ahead, but once she could, she saw the destroyer running at her as he shook the earth with every step. She gasped and powered up her mana, flying off the ground. He leaped towards her, caught her ankle and pitched her back to the ground. She crashes face first, dragging for a mile. She moans in pain, but feels her skin still intact. She heard his approach and dug her hands into the earth.

  “You should be dead!” he shouted.

  She buried her arms deeper and scooped them out, erupting enormous mountains around them. Bolverkr yelled as one blocked his view from where he last saw her. He blasted the mountain into smithereens and saw her gone. His vile grin grew more as he turned to his right, throwing his arm and shooting a mana blast at a mountain. It blew the mountain up and exposed Sarah who was charging up her mana. She vanished and appeared below, shooting fire out of the centre of her palm. Bolverkr screamed and flew out of the wide flame that had swallowed him.

  He was high in the sky and screamed in anger, throwing multiple balls of mana from where she was floating.

  “Wretched—WITCH!”

  A multitude of explosions had Sarah in a panic as she ran, hopped, leaped, bounced from hills, mountains, edges, until she ultimately found herself out in the open. Bolverkr saw her and his speed had increased tenfold, shocking Sarah into a frozen state. She loudly gasped as he rushed her and gave her a devastating clothesline that made her pummel horribly to her backside. Denting the ground behind her body, coughing out spit, the destroyer jumped high into the air and drove his giant fist forward, diving straight into her abdomen.

  The impact shook the entire planet, making a horrible world ending crunch. Sarah’s face was whiter than before as she shook voilently from the pain she was given. She squirmed as he still had his fist jammed into her abdomen, screaming in pain. He laughed viciously and jumped again, repeating the same attack. Her screams were heard not only from everyone spectating, but even the whole globe could hear her horrid screams. His laughter grew more malicious with each fist jab, repeating the attack over and over again. She had become a trampoline for his fist and enjoyment as she began to spit out crimson with every traumatic force.

  Bolverkr gave her one more devastating fist jam and kept it embedded for a moment. He licked his lips and leaped off, hopping away as the ground behind her small body crumbled into the earth. Everyone watched in fear and grew worried for her well being, but more notably, Jack Samr was anxious about stepping in. John on the other hand was still confident and his smile hadn’t faded at all.

  That’s it, show him, express the side of you that makes you his flesh and blood. John thought.

  Bolverkr felt heat coming his way and saw a fiery red glow coming out of the entrance of the crater.

  “Tch…”

  Sarah’s aura was out, charged, and her face was as serious as before.

  “Why aren’t you taking damage?!”

  Sarah’s teeth were ground as she growled.

  How? How do I wake up my father?! I’ve used attacks he showed me. She thought.

  Bolverkr stood with his arms raised to his sides, fist clenched in anger. Sarah shook her head and thought about her next move. Then, it struck her: the flame attack she used on him made him panic, which gave her a reason as to why he freaked out.

  He screamed at me, calling me a Witch. My mother taught me to bend nature, especially fire. And dad, he’s still recovering from the trauma of my mother.

  She dropped her guard for a moment and shut her mouth, frowning.

  I have to stop thinking like my mother and behave like my father.

  “Otherwise, how else will I convince myself and my dad that I’m my own being and not just a—”

  Before Sarah could finish self monologuing, Bolverkr let out a war cry and began to charge her again.

  She tried to quickly regain her stance but he was too quick and he sent a huge ball of mana that trailed off his palm. It made an impact on Sarah, sending her away where she crashed against the side of a hill. She screamed and Bolverkr’s laughter grew more sadistic. She was sent drilling through the hill, eventually crashing back out in the open. Her body dragged, carving the earth, face first. She grunts as she coughs out in pain. The destroyer didn’t give her the chance to exhale and grabbed her ankle, hurtling her against another hill where she remained embedded with half a grin.

  Bolverkr flew away to grow some distance between them.

  “You vile… Witch. Why is it difficult to inflict a scar on you?” he said.

  He exploded a glare in her direction and the hill ruptured into a crashing explosion. A smoke cloud erupted to the sky, worrying Jack and the others. Meanwhile, John is still as calm as ever.

  The smoke was blown away from Sarah’s aura that exploded out again. She marched out of the debris and was in the open. She growled and squinted her eyes in anger at the destroyer.

  “Your persistence is annoying.” he said.

  Sarah raised a fist and repeatedly clenched it.

  “Fa…ther…” she muttered.

  Bolverkr powered up more and leaped off and ran at her. He was laughing hysterically, but brokenly as the distance between them kept on shortening.

  From John’s point of view, they heard a horrible crash of flesh and fist that sent shivers across everyone’s bodies: And Sarah’s wretched scream from the impact pushed Jack on the edge of impatience.

  “Damn it! I have to go help her!” he shouted.

  John put his arm forward, stopping him.

  “Don’t intervene, young man.”

  “But…?”

  “Don’t you have any faith in your friend?”

  Jack moaned and smacked his teeth.

  “I-I do… but-but—”

  “Then relax. Don’t make me repeat myself again.”

  John lowered his arm and combed his punk side bangs.

  “She’s got this.”

  Sarah was frustrated, panted, repeatedly growled beneath her breath.

  “No matter how much you think you’ve damaged me. Your attacks ar-are futile when I’m your—daughter!”

  Sarah clenched her fists and got in a charging pose.

  “BECAUSE IT’S ME—S-A-R-A-H, YOUR DAUGHTER!”

  Her yelling pinched a nerve in Bolverkr’s mind, making the destroyer twitch an eye, violently. He growled viciously and maintained his composure. The spectators were eager to see how she would beat him, and hearing her yell that was embodied with her true emotions only made this a true spectacle in the making. But, the earth began to shake violently, throwing everyone's balance off and they heard rocks crumble, being smashed by a tremendous force from the distance.

  “Come on, Sarah, just a little more and he’ll snap. Trust yourself.” John said.

  A mountain was being split in half by a momentum force, pushing something through it. Sarah was the chisel as Bolverkr pounded her abdomen repeatedly to push her body through the mountain. She screamed, yelled, spat blood, saliva and felt the terrible punches trying to break through the barrier around her body. Bolverkr’s expression was filled with determination, frustration, anger as he pounded Sarah into oblivion. He grunted and gave her a huge straight jab to her chest that sent her flying, crashing out of the mountain where she made contact to the side of another hill. He was quick to arrive to give her one more blow that pushed her body in, denting the hill behind her.

  She had half an eye open, one shut as she was doing her best to contain the pain.

  That broke the barriers. If-if I don’t resolve this now, I’m toast. She thought.

  Sarah coughed and Bolverkr smirked, backing off and growing distance.

  “You damn tricky… w-witch—Samantha!”

  Sarah knit her brows and growled beneath her breath.

  “You lasted longer than the rest of those fools. But, even you’re aware of your demise.”

  She shut her eyes for a moment and ground her teeth.

  “Not only will this world be free of your spell, Aby—amantha! But, it would be I! That will take your life, at long last.”

  Bolverkr clutched his head and heavily grunted.

  “You’re still here?! You damn sad man!”

  He moved erratically and violently shook but let out his frustrations with a barrage of maniacal laughter's.

  “After I’m done with you, Abyzou—”

  “Sarah…” she murmured.

  “I’ll make sure there won’t be anything left for you to resurrect!”

  Sarah’s anger was beginning to show. Her growling grew more intense, her nails were beginning to dig into the centre of her palms: She grinded her teeth and raised her head to the sky and gasped a huge breath.

  “For the last time, I’M YOUR DAUGHTER!”

  Bolverkr cackled and flew forward, hovering close to Sarah’s body.

  “Say goodbye, Witch, Sin Of Envy!”

  Sarah’s frustration with being compared to her mother for the past year in combination of being called her was unfolding. What John had told her before she decided to confront her father was the testament to what she might be. All the questions, references, and seeing how the destroyer’s struggling to name her was the final straw. She wanted to prove once and for all that she’s not her mother but her own being. Sarah’s eyes quivered, and the destroyer began to drive his fist forward with a frown that was nightmare fueled.

  She grunted repeatedly and caught his punch.

  “What?!”

  I’m going to prove to you once and for all, dad, that I’m not my wretched mother, and that your DNA flows in my viens!

  Sarah’s power began to show the same aura that dignifies her as Samantha but it changed to a darker colour. The molten red around the edges was turning to a more whine colour and purple electricity bolted around her body. Her power exploded out and destroyed the hill behind her, forcing Bolverkr to back away.

  “Wh-where is she getting all of this?” he said.

  Sarah lowered her arm and with her fists clenched, she blinked and her crimson eyes were glowing red.

  “You may have my fathers body, but his mind still hides behind your mask.”

  Bolverkr began to sweat and growl with anger.

  “And to prove that he’ll conquer back his body, with his power, I will convince him back to reality.”

  Bolverkr was gasping but he returned his sinister grin and brokenly chuckled.

  “Oh yeah?! And what if I say I am truly him?”

  Sarah was confident as she felt her father’s mana flow through her veins. Her aura grew more intense and it shot into the sky, piercing it.

  “Hmph, we’ll see about that. Because, devil, I still have yet to try.”

  He laughed out loud and also powered up. His aura also stabbed the sky as he continued laughing.

  “As of I! Wicked Witch of Envy!”

  Sarah’s fists were shaking and she took a deep breath.

  “Then, allow me to show you the strength that proves that I’m your daughter, father.”

  With their power growing, it began to shake the whole world and cause natural disasters across the globe. The sky was being torn apart with strikes of plasma coming from their energy. The earth began to rise from all parts around them. It was as if the world was coming to an end.

  Even John began to panic and grew a globe around the hill that they were on.

  “HEY!”

  Jack was covering his face with his arm and he couldn’t help but smile.

  “She really is something…”

  John, despite being in a small panic, also returned a smile.

  “Atta girl, but, I know you’re watching through your *daughter’s* eyes… right, Samantha?”

  The two were ready to make their next move. Sarah’s energy was still growing along with Bolverkr’s. The earth split between them, giving them two football fields of distance. Everything was rising to the sky and with their mana spiraling outta of control it caused a wormhole to form in between their glares. Bolverkr’s eyes bugged and he flew straight on, vanishing into the wormhole. Sarah also flew into it and the two were flying into a different outer dimension. Bolverkr grunted as they were a foot away from colliding. He reeled back his right arm and yelled. Sarah also pulled one of her arms back and as the two were closing in to collide fists, he shot his forward first. Sarah revealed her full strength in the blink of an eye to avoid his attack, ducking below the death blowing punch.

  “What?!” he shouted.

  Sarah flew right into Bolverkr’s chest and slowly wrapped her arms around his waist. Their energies collided, merged, and made a wonderful display of strobing, spiraling lights. The wormhole shattered and they exploded back out into reality. She hugged him tightly and shut her eyes, moaning in agony. Bolverkr froze and his body began to heat up.

  Sarah cried and began shaking.

  “Please, dad… WAKE UP!”

  Bolverkr’s face began to crack along with his body. Purple light began to emit in-between the cracking skin across his body as Sarah grew her hug even tighter.

  “Sa-sa…m…zoou…? Sa…ra—!”

  Sarah exploded her eyes open and she let go. She powered up her energy, but from her fathers side and as tears flowed out of them, she let out a war cry.

  “THIS IS THE SIDE THAT YOU HELPED CREATE… AND WILL BRING YOU BACK TO ME!”

  Sarah screamed and gave Bolverkr a gut wrenching punch. The punch was monumental as it was the breaking point to his shattering skin. He screamed in agony and his body began to implode. His screams were heard everywhere and his body exploded. Sarah was launched away from the explosion and she crashed to the earth. The spectators covered, averted their faces from the bright hellish explosion.

  John was laughing and fist pumped.

  “She did it!”

  The explosion died and the light faded. A thick smoke trail fell back to the earth and landed, swepping away to reveal Leon back. He was grunting, panting and appeared to be crying beneath his breath. Sarah grabbed her back as she got back to her feet. She looked up at the vacant sky and wondered where her father had landed. She sensed his presence and quickly flew to him. She saw his body and flew faster.

  “Dad!”

  For the first time, Leon didn’t hear Samantha’s voice, but the voice of his daughter, Sarah.

  “Sa…rah.” he mumbled.

  He sat himself up and coughed out blood.

  “I didn’t think she would be the voice of reason on my return,” he said.

  Sarah landed in front of him and reached for his hand, grabbing it. But she quickly remembered how he reacted to her touching him and she was quick to let go. Yet, Leon didn’t freak out and he too was even surprised by the revelation. He reached out to his daughter’s hand and grabbed it, gently rubbing his thick fingers on her tiny hand.

  He smiled at her and let out a tear.

  “I can finally grab your hand without thinking of your wretched mother. And I’m so happy to accept you as my adoring daughter, the very flesh and blood I helped bring into this world.”

  Sarah covered her mouth and began to cry.

  “Da…d…” she murmured.

  Leon wanted to hug her but he couldn’t bring himself to still do it. Instead, he patted her head and bumped her head afterwards.

  “You’re my only reason for living, Sarah. And my true purpose in life is for you to live on without being a mirrored image of the woman I mistakenly married.”

  Sarah shook her head and giggled.

  “That’s so mean…”

  He chuckled and he helped her back up. The two stood as he still held her hand. The others had just arrived from a small bubble that John used to transport them to the area. He was the first to leap out of it and went to wrap his arm around his close friend's shoulder, rubbing his knuckles on his head.

  “Jo-John, could you not?” Leon said.

  John laughed and continued annoying Leon.

  “Hey hey, finally it took someone other than Samantha to get you back into your senses!”

  “Mmm….”

  Sarah let go and she stepped back to let the two catch up. But she felt someone else grab her hand, which made her turn to her right. She saw Jack, all scarred, bruised, and bloodied. It made her feel awful but she couldn’t help but give him a huge heart warming hug.

  Jack wrapped his arms around her waist and finally felt relieved.

  “You did it.” he said.

  She blushed and didn’t say a word.

  Meanwhile, Shaman couldn’t refrain but also felt all warm and bubbly for the group. Ravana still had distaste towards Leon and the others for ruining his plan. Chelsea was alone but Leon saw her and wanted to approach her to apologies for killing Eligor, but Ravana began to clap.

  He clapped and clapped until he paused when he got everyone’s attention.

  “So? Is this it? You folks finished your short celebration? Because I’m still not finished in my conquest of world domintation.”

  Sarah grew furious and let go of Jack and hurried to step up, but her father’s power made her stop. She felt his animosity towards Ravana and she stepped back and he was the one to step up. John raised a brow and nodded his head. The two had the stage to themselves and Ravana was revolted by the sight he saw.

  He spat beside him and scrunched his face.

  “You really are something, you know that? Leon.”

  Leon slowly clenched his fists and shook his head.

  “It’s time you pay for your crimes, Ravana.”

  Ravana laughed and wiped his eyes.

  “Oh?! Is that so! Hey, earth to Leon, your energy is depleted, my friend. And that same demonic presence is no longer sensible. So, it’s kind of hard to believe how you’ll do such a thing?”

  Leon seemed oddly confident and calm, which threw Ravana off a little.

  “I don’t like that face. Actually, it reminds me of that stupid confidence you’ve always carried throughout the academy.”

  Ravana’s eyes grew wide and red.

  “How about I change that expression and wipe you all out with my twisted spell!”

  Leon took a toe step and his aura exploded out for a moment which made everyone freeze in fear. No longer he had the same colour, but it was just like Sarah’s; a purple lava encrusted aura that darkened the world. Ravana’s eyes were wide but he didn’t seem bothered and was ready for battle until Leon powered down.

  Ravana tilted his head and stomped.

  “You lying sack of shit!”

  Leon shook his head and could still hear the demon in his soul trying to remerge.

  “A migraine in the midst of our upcoming battle?! How dare you mock me and throw a handicap at me—!”

  “Ravana, it’s best you step down and let me finish the fight you have started.”

  “Huh?! Who in the hell said that!”

  A deep fierce voice forced Ravana to look over his shoulder, making him question who’d dare interrupt his monolgue. Approaching the area with an aura heavier than Leon’s, sending heat, and cold air to the area: his light emitted around the edges of his tall figure, his wild thick black hair were sharp and glistening with power. He was built just as strong as Leon and his clothing was nothing more than just mma shorts and boxing shoes. He gave an end boss feeling and was the second most powerful in the cult of Envy. A man who’s been absent as always to focus his training to enact his revenge on Leon.

  Ravana grimaced and raised the edge of his lip.

  “You finally show your stupid face, Corbin.”

  He stopped and glared at Leon with his twisted blue eyes. His fists clenched and his eyes were glowing with confidence and rage.

  “Long time no see, Leon Bolverkr, the destroyer.”

  Leon deeply sighed and recognized who it was.

  “Huh? To think you’d join this fools group just to grow more power to beat me after your two second lost? You truly are a pathetic man.”

  Corbin cracked his neck and frowned.

  “Hmph, talk as you’d like. But, I’ve grown thousands of times stronger since our last encounter.”

  “And?” Leon replied.

  Ravana felt like an afterthought and stepped in between their line of sights.

  “Hey! Dingus! Just attack him and beat him down so I can finish him off myself.”

  “Shut up, I don’t take orders from a loser like you, Ravana.”

  Ravana twitched an eye and forced a smile.

  “You don’t mean that do—”

  “Of course I do. I only joined so you can shut up and lay off my back. But, now that I’ve surpassed your powers you’re no longer a threat to me.”

  “Huh?!”

  Ravana grew tomatoe red and began to fire up his energy.

  “You lousy no good, meat headed d—!”

  Ravana then thought for a moment and quickly cooled down when he was able to see through his suppressed power.

  “Never mind, sir.”

  Ravana stepped aside and put his hands up.

  “You got this. You’re definitely stronger. Go enact your revenge.”

  John quickly caught on to Ravana’s fake act and chuckled.

  Corbin grinned and cracked his knuckles.

  “That’s more like it. Now, Leon, shall we have our rematch?”

  Leon didn’t seem worried and took a deep breath. Sarah was worried that she hurt her father with her attack. But he quickly calmed down her worries by waving behind him. She softly grinned and walked backwards, dragging Jack with her.

  John was eager and interested to see how much Corbin has grown since the academy.

  “This will be fun to watch,” he muttered.

  Leon furrowed his brows and took one last look at the sky.

  “I will not let my power consume me any longer.” he mumbled.

  He put one hand up and clenched it.

  “I’m ready when you are, Corbin.”

  Corbin’s eyes turned bloodshot and he began to shake with excitement.

  “Now, show me who you really are, Leon… Bolverkr!”

  Leon slowly brought his gaze back at him and nodded.

  “I’ll be doing more than just showing you who I am, because by the end of this… you’ll be dead before you’ll ever see my full strength, Corbin.”

  The two got in their respective fighting poses and the stage was set for the final battle of Leon’s past. Corbin expressed an open mouth smile and Leon’s expression grew still. Ravana crossed his arms and formed a barrier around himself and snapped Chelsea in it. John went to Jack and Sarah and also summoned a barrier.

  Sarah grabbed her chest and she felt confident in her father.

  “You got this, dad.” she murmured.

  Corbin’s power exploded out and it drenched the world in darkness.

  “No longer will I be humiliated by you like I have in the past. Leon, prepare to meet—your end!” Corbin shouted as he launched himself at Leon.