Stage 5~ Cold truth=heartbroken.

The truth…in another word, reality. It’s something which is usually connected to the darkness. A hard world which you hate, wishing for a better world. However would you be satisfied for a dream world? The very fact when you don’t know the difference between a dream and the real world. Wouldn’t you chose to live in a dream then reality? However, in the end no matter what you do, you can’t run away from it. The very truth that dreams aren’t real.

The storm continued to blow, Withe was hit with snow continuously. However it didn’t mattered to him. He just continued walking on, he left his pecopeco behind as it almost died in the snowstorm. In his mind, all he could think of was the girl he was now looking for. She was an archer when they last met, but now she has joined the third wills. Come to think of it, Reion joined as well. Seeing Scyren with the third wills as well could only mean that the friends he once knew before ‘are’ the third wills. He remembered when they were all in the same party, he used to see her sitting alone somewhere at night staring at the stars and the moon. He used to join her and they would chat for sometime before one of them fell asleep. Reion joined in quite frequently as well. They were happy times and memories which he wishes to treasure forever. However he forgotten it once, didn’t knew how he did but he did. He remembered them not too long ago. And now he realized that though they were friends and they were very close, the cold hard truth was that they were enemies now. If only there were some way he could change it…suddenly, a sasquatch attacked him from behind the trees. Withe drew his swords and with one dual bash, ended the battle. However, soon he realized that he was surrounded by them. He fought his way through, making a path from where he was. He soon realized that there were more than usual number of sasquatch to fight, and that could mean only one thing. A Garm was nearby. A Garm is one of the boss monsters of the world of ragnarok, it looked like a wolf which was mutated with ice, but what was it doing here? For the past few years there weren’t any sighting of them, but now…He continued to defeat the sasquatch one by one till their leader appeared. Normally any knight would just run from a Garm as it was too much for one person to handle, but it seems that he had no choice. The Garm was blocking the way to Lutie, he had to get there somehow…besides, he wanted to see if he had any chance to win. He tried to attack the Garm, but the Garm was too quick. It then used a freeze attack, a breath of cold ice was shot at Withe. He quickly deflected the blast with a bash attack, the force stopped the ice. Withe then used his two hand quicken to match the Garm’s speed. However was unsuccessful and was hit by the Garm, the blow was so massive that Withe was flung into the air and crashed into nearby trees. He got up and tried to escape the Garm. He ran towards the gates of Lutie as fast as he could, but the Garm quickly caught up. Just as Withe was at the entrance of Lutie, and the Garm was going to bite him. An arrow of great power was shot at it. The Garm was hit by the arrow and crashed into the snow.

It was a she, but first Withe had to fight the Garm. The Garm got angry, it once more fired a freeze breath but this time with more power and bigger effect. Withe saw it and ran to wards Lutie with all his might. As soon as he reached the walls he jumped over it and hid behind the wall to avoid the blast. The third will slayer stood on the wall and prepared to fire more arrows. However with each arrow, the Garm quickly froze it and thus reduced the power of the arrow. She decided to try another approach and she began to chant, “Darkness, can be associated with anything. Its power alone is just a source of power. Dark lighting, dark wind, dark fire, dark shadow…with this arrow I will strike the enemy with the sorrows of the darkness…” Before she could release her arrow, Withe shouted, “ Wait! There’s a better way to use that power, wait for my signal!” He then jumped over the wall, and ran towards the Garm. The Garm then used his ice breath once more. Withe quickly countered the blow with a dual bash, the two blasts hit dissolving one another. He then shouted, “ Now! Aim for his mouth!” The slayer then shot her arrow while shouting, “ Dark arrow aegis!” The arrow hit the right side of the Garm’s inner mouth, the dark energy caused the Garm to be shock and paralyzed it for a few seconds. With quickly took the chance and bashed the Garm, a hit on his left then to his right and with one hit from the bottom causing the Garm’s head to move up. Then with one final blow of concentrated energy of a bash, Withe’s sword stabbed through its neck and caused the Garm to crashed away into the snow.

The Garm lay there motionless, soon it disappeared into the air. Withe walked towards the slayer, she took a good look at Withe and shouted in astonishment, “It’...It’s you!” ……..Withe replied, “ Is that anyway to greet an old friend Triya?”

Meanwhile one by one of the seals began to have an outburst of power coming out from it. Soon weird looking creatures began to crawl out of the broken seals. Holyin was one of the first to spot them at morroc. The creatures were small, total body covered in black, walked on two feet and hands were equipped with scythes. They began to occupy the city and attack anyone who was in their way. Holyin fought with them with his katars but was soon over whelmed by their increasing numbers. Darkness falls on each city with their seals broken

Back in Lutie, Triya and Withe began to talk about their past right after their meeting. As the snow continues to fall, they chat as they haven’t seen each other for years. “This sword…it’s the one from before right?” Triya asked as she held it up towards the sky. Withe replied, “Yup, you guys got me this sword on my birthday. I always liked long swords…however when you guys got me this it was too long for me to carry around. At that time we were still young, so it wasn’t such a surprised. In the end I placed little wheels at the back of the sheath of the sword!” Triya giggled at the last part. After that she thought for a while and then said, “But now we are enemies…” Withe started to frown at the thought, he then said, “Indeed…” Triya grabbed Withe‘s hand and said, “Join us…you got back your past, those painful memories. Don’t tell me your still going to stay by their side…” Withe took back his hand and said, “However, what you guys are doing is the same. It may be something you believe in, but causing other people to suffer to fulfill it isn’t right. Our past is what makes us who we are, but you have to let it go sometimes…or you’ll suffer.” Triya looked up the sky and said, “ Perhaps so…still…I don’t want to fight you.” Withe grabbed his two swords and said, “ Our past and wounds interlace to keep us together, I no longer blame them for doing what they must, I don’t blame you for fighting for what you believe in, I can’t change your mind and you can’t change my mind. Fight for the will you believe in, never let anyone tell you what you must do and what you mustn’t, for our life is ours alone and no one else’s, fight with a strength we can be proud of, do what we chose to do, be who we chose to be! No?” Triya smiled and stood up as well, “Yes, indeed, lets settle it then.” “Agreed.”

Both of them stood a distance from each other, Withe shouted to her, “One attack! One final blow!” Triya nodded. She then thought to herself while charging her arrow, your right we can’t change our minds, I will fight with everything I have, no mercy. I’m proud to have know you and see what you have become today, but everything ends here…I guess. Withe closed his eyes and thought to himself as well, after everything it still comes down to this…with this two swords we will end it…but still, it would have been better if it didn’t had to come to this. Triya was ready and so was Withe. Triya released her arrow and shouted, “Sorrow is what lies with in every heart, strong or weak, it can do many things to a person, but it’s a type of strength as well. Dark angel arrow of heaven’s wrath!” An arrow of immense power was released flying towards Withe. Withe drew his two swords and said to him, “With the strongest blow I can physically manage then.” He then challenge the arrow’s power with his own, ‘Ultimate bash!’ Withe struggled to overcome the arrow, power was splurging out as the sword and arrow collided. Soon an explosion came from both and a cloud of smoke blocked Withe from Triya’s eyes. When the smoke cleared, she saw Withe holding his sword towards her, however one of the swords was now broken the other was at the brink of it. With tears in his eyes he said, “This is it then, severe all ties, with this sword which you guys gave me…with it broken now. You win…” He then walked away in his sorrow. Triya couldn’t help it but cry as well, her tears fell from her eyes and froze up in the snow. As Withe was walking back to Aldebaren, he turned back and saw Lutie in the darkness, the snow from a brightly colored white, to gray now. The end was coming soon, rune midguard would soon be covered in darkness.

Stage~5 :End

Stage 4~ Memory...

A memory, something you remember, but what happens when yours is all mixed up? To not know whom you are, to fight for a will of someone who is you and not you. Losing friends as you go by, forgetting them as time goes by. Fighting for something you thought you knew, but as you slowly began to remember. A conflict begins… who am I?

Geffen, Morroc and Pontera have fallen. Their seals broken, the city abandoned as darkness begins to shroud the place. The armies of rune midguard have gathered at the remaining cities. They wait to fight against the third wills, day-by-day the sky is covered with gray clouds but it never rains. Withe stared upon the dark sky, lots of thoughts came into his mind of who he was. Memories they were, faces that he couldn’t recognize. His mind was now in a mess but one thing still remained clear to him. He must protect this world he lives in from the darkness.

A horn was soon sounded, one of the third wills have arrived at the area of Payon. An army of knights, wizards and lots of the other jobs stood at the gate to stop the third will. Withe got ready as well, the third will Scyren the summoner slowly walked towards the army. The knights began to charge forward towards their enemy, drawing their swords they got ready to stabbed their target. Scyren took out his staff and waved it with his psychic force. A wave of psychic energy was released against the charging force, many knights were knocked off their pecopecos. The rest were either hit away together with their pecopecos or were able to brace through the force. Withe saw the knights flying away and thought to himself, what in the world… He then rode on his pecopecos and charged forth. Scyren continued to release his psychic waves, but some knights were still able to get close to him. Scyren quickly swung his staff at them with great force, the knights were quickly deposed of by Scyren’s great strength. Withe was now very close to Scyren, Scyren retaliate with another psychic wave. Withe quickly jumped off his pecopeco towards Scyren, the psychic wave hit his pecopeco and he landed in front of Scyren. Welding his two swords he swung them at Scyren. Scyren dodged them and attacked back with his staff, Withe managed to dodge his staff barely and tried a dual bash at Scyren. Scyren defended himself and was hit back by the force. He took a good look at Withe and said with astonishment, “It’s you! Rether…” “What? My names not Rether, its Withe!” Withe replied in doubt.

He thought to himself, this guy called me by that name as well… Scyren felt puzzled, he then did a mind scan on him. “No, you are him…a suppressed memory…” Withe then shouted, “Then tell me who I am!” Scyren turned his head away and said, “I’m afraid I can’t, there are some things that the mind has to find out on it’s own.” Withe got angry and began to attack Scyren, Scyren easily dodge the attacks, and his staff was now right under Withe’s throat. Withe diverts the staff and said, “ If you won’t say then I will fight for it!” Both of them then jumped away from each other. They then charged against each other once more, with each blow they use against the other, Withe felt more and more memories coming back. A time when he fought to beyond his limit. Both exchanged blows to each other and were now equally matched. Scyren closed his eyes and concentrated, his body glowed a bit before it stopped. He opened his eyes shone bright and they were both in different colors of orange and blue. He charged at Withe with great speed, he then punched Withe a few times before he kicked him away. He then summoned two knight of abyss to deal with the remaining army.

With each punch a great force was released on Withe. He lay on the ground motionless he felt that he couldn’t fight anymore, but in his mind he whispered, “A voice…whose was it?” he saw a memory when he was just a swordsman, a girl…he cared for a lot. A time when they would look upon the stars with great joy. There was also another boy, who like this girl a lot as well. Though the fact that they were only fourteen, the feeling for each other were strong. There were others as well, all of them were very close. All had been through a lot together, more and more memories soon returned to Withe. A war soon broke out and they were separated, but soon reunited and formed a group called the adria children. They were against the war and created small outbreaks in cities. They were soon stopped and separated once more. There was nothing they could do…that feeling of helplessness. “ I remember…” he said. He then stood up with closed eyes, when he opened them tears began to fall. However his eyes was clearer now. He charged against Scyren again, Scyren charge as well. Withe used his two hand quicken to increase his attack speed, he exchanged slashes of his swords before he used a bash attack. Scyren defended the attack with his staff. Right after the bash attack, in the next split second Withe used a dual coiling bash. He jumped and swung his body like a wheel towards Scyren, as he fell he bashed Scyren’s staff and it flew away leaving Scyren open for an attack. He then bashed a second time as he landed on the ground. Scyren’s body was flung overhead Withe. As he fell to the ground behind Withe he whispered to him, “Well done…next time I won’t go easy.” Withe then asked, “ Where is she?” Scyren replied. “ She should be finishing her battle in Aldebaren and heading for the never ending snowing town, Lutie. Goodbye then Rether.” Withe quickly corrected his sentence, “ Even though I got my memory back, I’m still named Withe…in debt to the person who saved me.” Scyren smiled and said, “Very well then.” He then teleported away.

Stage 4:End

Stage 3 ~ Broken will

A knight like figure walked towards the city of Geffen. He held a weird looking sword, and carried a weird looking shield equipped with claws on the other hand. As he walked towards the mage city, everyone who he passed all stared at him in weird confusion. All of them had the same question in their heads, why is he here, what does he want? A wizard and a sage guarded the doors of Geffen. As the weird looking knight wanted to enter Geffen, the sage and wizard raised their staffs stopping him. One of them then said, “ You can’t get into Geffen without getting past us first, stat your purpose here!” The weird looking knight raised his sword at the wizard’s neck and said, “ Didn’t you heard of the saying, curiosity killed the cat? If you want your heads, then you better get out of my way…” The wizard pointed his staff at the weird looking knight and used his spell called soul strike while he bend back to dodge the sword. The weird looking knight took back his sword and with one swing at the ground, an incredible force slashed and ripped the ground. That force also destroyed the soul strike. The wizard was left speechless, the sage however tried a frost diver spell. Spikes of ice were summoned from the sage towards the weird looking knight.
The weird looking knight once more swung his sword and struck the ground. The force broke the ice and caused the sage to be hit back by the force. That weird looking knight then continued to walk down the path towards the Geffen tower. A horn was sound and lots of wizards and sages quickly gathered to impose his march. The weird looking knight grinned and said, “ Bring it on! As a paladin, I will not lose! Sieru swordplay!” The paladin began to slay everything in his path with great force. The sages and wizards began to retreat back to cast their magic. The paladin continued slaying anyone in his path, as he slashed one wizard. That wizard would be slashed back so hard that he would fly back and knock down the wizards and sages behind him. Some wizards were able to charge long enough to cast their magic. Storm gusts and meteor storms were released onto the paladin. The paladin quickly slashed the meteors and slashed apart the storm gust with his sword. His sword had been enchanted with wind element, thus enabling the paladin to slash apart the storm gust. The wizards and sages seem helpless to stop the paladin’s impeding march towards Geffen tower. Many died trying, the paladin was now close to the tower. However standing before him was the left vanguard of the wizard guild, Krion rarecroft. He held up his hand and signaled the other wizards and sages to stop. He then shouted to the paladin, “ I, Krion rarecroft challenge you to a one on one battle! Show me what you got!” The paladin replied, “ Very well then, if you insist to die. I, Valkern accept your challenge!” Valkern charge on forward, while Krion began to cast his spell. Valkern tried to slash Krion, but Krion dodged and used his soul strike. Valkern countered it easily and tried to slash Krion again, Krion then blocked him with an ice wall technique. Valkern however destroyed the wall easily, and attacked Krion with a critical bash. Krion was slashed upwards with incredible force, Krion landed on top of a rooftop. Krion thought to himself, Is there really no way to stop this mad man? Valkern jumped on to the rooftop, Krion got up and prepared to defend himself. Valkern released another critical bash, the force ripped up the roof and cause Krion to crash into the building behind him. Krion got up once more after surviving that blow, he knew he couldn’t hold up the attacks much longer. Combining the three elements wind, fire and water, Krion tried to summon the strongest magic he ever could. Valkern saw the magic’s power and decided to match it with his own power. He enchanted his sword with the three elements all at the same time, he was now ready to do one of his strongest move. Both were now ready to unleash their moves, Krion shouted, “Crystal storm!” while Valkern shouted, “ Crystal strike!” A storm of spectacular colors was released, and a strike of power with the same spectacular colors was also unleashed. Both powers hit each other and exploded in a beautiful radiant of colored petals. Both of them grinned, Valkern then said, “ Beautiful…is it not? You did a similar move as mine, except that we unleashed it differently. Power that great can only be matched by the users will. Perhaps you are worthy to join us…” Krion shouted out before Valkern could finish his sentence, “ Enough of this crap! Lets finish the fight!” Valkern replied, “As you wish…” He then jumped towards Krion and grabbed his neck with the claws of his own shield. Krion thought to himself once more as Valkern jumped towards him, to defeat the forbidden job, I must use the forbidden magic! Krion remembered about something when he was young, he used to go to the room of his teacher to mess it up. One day, he found an old book, which wrote about magic of great power. Power so great that it was very hard to summon or some that they didn’t knew how, they were forbidden as the magic was too great for one person to summon. Some of them needed to pay a price as well. In the end, that book was lost and forgotten. His teacher must have found it in some ruins or something. He remembered one spell from the book before his teacher found out. It was written that the spell was a level 5 spell, the strongest level of magic there is. It was the magic of the heart. However Krion didn’t know what it meant when he read it, but know he had a pretty good hunch on what it meant. It was a magic of the inner soul, the power would come from the strong feelings that the user has. As Valkern held Krion with the claws of his shield, he unleashed another of his strongest move. “ Kaiser crush!” Krion was crush down to the floor so hard that just as his body hit the ground, he continued moving backwards due to the momentum and crashed into the Geffen tower. Lots of smoke acuminated at the place where Krion had crashed, a light began to shine through that smoke and dust. Krion chanted the words for the forbidden magic, as he chanted light particles began to gather. Krion thought about all the times where he had fought with Withe, the great feeling he felt as he exchanged blows with him. I won’t lose out Withe… he thought to himself. “Will, spirit, mind…feel the flames of my heart! No longer will I stand being weaker, I will prove my own might! Crisident flame-heart!” White flames began to spurt from Krion’s staff, soon a large beam of white flames was shot at Valkern. Valkern fought back with his crystal strike. However the force was too great for him to hold back, thus he couldn’t hold back for too long and soon was pushed back by the beam and crashed into a building behind him. As Valkern crashed, Krion smiled and then collapse in exhaustion. As he fell he whispered, “ I did it Withe, I made one of the second/third jobs fall.” However right after a few minutes, a great force was released where Valkern crashed. Valkern wasn’t defeated yet, he got up and was now really angry. His eyes narrowed together and his sword began to glow. Krion was shocked to see Valkern still able to stand. He tried to stand up and fight once more, but he was too badly injured and exhausted. Valkern now stood in front of Krion, and with one mighty swing from his sword. Krion flew towards Geffen tower and crashed into it. Valkern then swung his sword once more creating a wave of force flying towards Geffen tower. With that hit, everything on the first floor was crushed with great force. Krion couldn’t fight back and just took the beating. “Damn it! I won’t stand for this! I must fight!”, he cried out. However soon after another force hit him and he crashed through the tower. When Valkern walked towards Krion to finish him off, something caught his eye. It was a secret passageway leading to bellow the tower. I’ve found it!, he thought to himself. When he walked to the end of the passageway, what stood before him was a crystal that was identical to that of at Juno. “The first seal…” he whispered. He held his sword up high and swung it down with all his might, “Critical bash!” A great force was released and it hit the crystal. The crystal stood there holding the force but soon it gave in and broke. A great black gush of air began to spurt out. Valkern rejoiced in his victory and said to the unknown voice that had always been speaking to him. “Mission complete.”

Stage 3:End

Stage 2: To prove...

Withe walked down the streets of pontera, many merchants were promoting their stuff there. One of them called out to Withe in hope that Withe would be interested in his goods. However Withe was in another world of his own, he was pondering on what Krion had told him, “It wasn’t us who destroyed the crystal, we couldn’t even scratch it. A black wizard which had the ability to fly destroyed the crystal with a magic we had never seen before…” Withe thought to himself, could that guy be related to the gunner I met that day. That must mean that the third jobs have been released… Suddenly a dragon made of fire appeared, it attacked the merchants and then exploded at them. It was the black wizard that Krion told him about, that black wizard soon attacked Withe with another dragon made of fire. Withe destroyed the dragon with a dual bash attack. The flames of what remains of the dragon slowly extinguished, revealing the black wizard’s face. “It can’t be…” Withe thought to himself. The black wizard began to speak, “It’s been a long time no? Withe, or should I say Rether hikaru, and you have become a knight who I had thought you would be. Stronger than the rest, invented new moves from weaknesses, the ability to do the impossible!” Withe whispered the black wizard’s name as he stared at him with tearful eyes, “Larione…”

Meanwhile, a storm was brewing at izlude. Dark clouds gathered as if a dark force had arrived. That dark force was Reion, he had came to izlude to terrorize the town but now stood before him someone who wanted to defend this town. He was an assassin whose name was Holyin. The very same assassin who fought at Juno.They both stared at each other waiting for the other’s move, the thundered roared and soon it would began to rain. Reion pointed his Genblades at Holyin and shot at him. Holyin was surprised, as he had never seen such an attack before, an attack, which was both swift and powerful that it was almost impossible to dodge. Holyin quickly jumped to the skies, dodging the bullets and began to launch an aerial attack. Reion saw it coming and defended with the blades of his weapons. They fought in close combat, each trying to slash their target. Their moves and attacks were both equally swift and powerful. However they were equally skilled as well, soon Reion got some ground and began to shoot at Holyin. Holyin was at a range not too far, but quite close as well. So he decided to counter the bullets, he used a sonic blow attack at the bullets hopping one of his strikes would deflect the bullets. Surely enough it worked, he was able to deflect the bullets. Reion grinned and wasn’t worried, he chanted a few magic words and two spheres appeared at the tip of his weapons. He aimed at Holyin and fired a blast of great power. The bullet was filled with energy and flew even faster than ever. Holyin tried to counter it once more with his sonic blow, but he realized that he could see the bullet in the burst of energy from the bullet and thus it would be dumb to sonic blow an area when he could focus his attack on one point. However as time was short, he sonic blow the bullet instead of an area. The power of the sonic blow couldn’t stand up to the blast and thus, Holyin was hit back by the force. He crashed in to a nearby water fountain. However Holyin didn’t give up, he stood back up and was more focus than before. His eyes narrowed closer, he then said, “One more time…” Reion agreed and aimed his weapon once more at Holyin. Two spheres began to charge up once again. The bullet was fired, this time with an even greater force. Holyin just stood firmly, his arms crossed and close to his chest. “If you want to compare power than fine! Speed, strength, might…I will prove it all…” The bullet came closer, Holyin stood at a weird stance and said, “ I can see them Reion…you cannot escape…F-Center Blow!” Holyin released all his energy and might on to the bullet as swift as possible creating a momentum. He was dead on, the force had hit the tip of the bullet causing the bullet to stop and the force was released away on to all sides around the bullet. The bullet lost its momentum and fell to the ground. Reion laughed out loudly. “Again,…once again my bullets have been countered…you arrogant fool! Do you honestly think that is the limit to my power? Mark my words…the cold hard steel of my bullet will pierce your heart!” Reion shouted. He then charged his weapon once more, the dark clouds began to gather around him. As his weapon charged its energy, a lot of force was taken in causing even the ground to crack. Holyin wasn’t afraid, he stood his stance once more and prepared to counter. Reion’s weapon was ready, he pulled the trigger and shouted, “Chaos, darkness, feel the might of my sorrow! Death wade of the darkness!” A great shot was released with immense power. The bullet move with such power and speed that the ground crack, and pieces of the ground broke free flying into the air. Buildings were shook and windows broken, some even break and flew fell apart. Holyin tried to counter it once more, but was immediately forced back without even putting up a fight. Holyin was pushed and blown so hard that he crashed threw three buildings before he stopped. The bullet destroyed most of the town, almost everything was in a ruin stat by now. The bullet had hit its spot directly at Holyin’s heart. Reion walked away in his victory leaving Holyin there and everything as it is. However what he didn’t know was that Holyin was still alive, the bullet had hit Holyin’s chest but under the clothes and bandages was a plate amour that have cracked badly and the bullet already touching his chest. Withe had advised Holyin after his own encounter to wear it, and now it had saved his life. Holyin lay there injured badly, he closed his eyes and faced the sky as rain drops had began to fall and hit his face. “ Thank-you…” he whispered.

Meanwhile, Larione continued to attack Withe with his blazendra strike attack. “ Why, Larione, why! How in the world did you get back? I thought you died two years ago? I saw your tomb?” Withe shouted at Larione as he defended himself. Larione replied and continued attacking, “ I didn’t really die…at that time I really thought I was going to die when the Lord of death grabbed me. However he didn’t kill me…I can’t remember what he did to me after that…in the end I found myself lying on the grounds of a desert…but it doesn’t matter now! Dark Nova!” Larione summoned a great ball of darkness. He then launched it at Withe. Withe tried to match its power by using a dual bash. However the dark ball proved to be too strong for Withe’s strength and exploded in front of him. Withe crashed into a nearby building and fell back down to the ground. He opened his eyes and realized that he couldn’t see properly. Everything was blur and dark, he couldn’t use his skills or aim properly. He had been affected by the darkness status. However he was still determined to fight, he picked up his sword and prepared to attack again. If only I could get close, he thought to himself. Withe used his two-hand quicken skill and charged forward. Larione responded by blasting him with fire dragons. Withe slashed and dodged the attacks, he then ran as fast as he could towards Larione. When he got close, he used a dual bash against Larione. Larione defended with his scythe like staff, he then tried to slash Withe as well. Withe countered the attack easily and knew he could win if they fought in close combat. Larione realized this as well and flew to the skies. Withe jumped after him, but was stopped by another of Larione’s skills, aerial wall. Withe jumped to a nearby building and continued his chase on the rooftops. Larione then enclosed Withe with his aero walls. “ Time to end this Withe!” Larione shouted as he charged his final move. Withe shouted back while also preparing to counter the move, “There are still lots of things we have to settle first! I won’t lose, I won’t step down till we talk!” Larione was ready and released his move, “Dragonic soul strike!” Five dragon like souls attack Withe. Withe stood firmly and hit the ground with great force causing the ground to break and the rocks to defend him from the dragons. However the dragons destroyed the rocks instead and hit Withe before exploding at him. Withe was still suffering from the darkness status and couldn’t defend back in the end. He kneeled down in exhaustion, while Larione flew away. Withe thought to himself, damn I have to get stronger, it may be a fact that a knight can never win a wizard but I can’t except that! I will do the impossible!…in my memory after training, you was the only person I remembered…I need you to tell me who am I…I need to know! He then collapsed.

At the far end of the desert was morroc. A battle had started there, about the same time the other two battles had begun. A spirit summoner had summoned two knight of abyss to attack morroc, a crusader, sage, rouge and monk decided to protect morroc. The crusader fought one while the sage and the rouge fought the other. Meanwhile the monk went to look for the source, in this case the summoner. The crusader knocked back the knight of abyss with his shield charge attack. Then he combo it with his shield boomerang. However the knight of abyss was still able to stand up and fight. The crusader then tried to finish it off with his holy cross attack. Two beams of light slashed the knight of abyss. It endured the attack and was now close enough to attack the crusader. However the crusader was able to guard the attack as he had activate his auto guard move before the battle. Meanwhile the sage and rouge were having a hard time battling the other knight of abyss. Both of them weren’t able to withstand any of the enemy’s attack, thus they had to dodge and attack at the same time. The sage tried to distract the knight of abyss while the rogue tried to get to the back of it to do a backstab attack. They succeeded a few times before the knight of abyss was defeated. The monk was now chasing after the summoner as they jumped from building to building. The monk finally caught up and tried a triple blow attack on the summoner, but the summoner easily dodge all the attacks. He then strike back with a punch of incredible force. However the monk was able to withstand it, and tried a quadruplet blow, but once more the summoner dodge them with such ease like he knew where the monk was going to punch. The monk got fed up of missing that he tried to do a day of the dragon technique. The summoner predicted it and dodge the attack again by punching the rooftop below him causing him to fall into the building, dodging the attack. The monk jumped into the hole made up the summoner, he was quickly punched out of that building crashing into another. The monk got really angry, he shouted to the summoner, “ How? How do you know what I was going to do? Where I was going to punch?” The summoner replied calmly, “Haven’t you realized it yet? I’m psychic, I can read your mind and enhance my body’s capability with my mind.” With that power began to rise into the sky from the summoner’s body. His eyes glowed brightly, he then jumped towards the monk and then punched him through another three more buildings. The summoner then said, “ This is getting boring…” and teleported through a warp portal.

Soon enough other cities were attack by the second third jobholders. Each city was tested to be defenseless against the attacks. A meeting was then held with both the second second jobholders and the first second jobholders. After a very reluctant choice, they had decided to hold a peace treating thus ending the war of the two sides. They did this so that as they protect ragnarok, they won’t need to worry about fighting each other. However this marked also as the beginning of a new war against the third side. Meanwhile, the third jobholders had their own meeting with the secret voice they all hear as well. “Go to the capitals of ragnarok, there you will find the secret chambers of the seal. Break the seal by destroying all the crystals in the chambers. Then we will have the power and army to battle against the alliance, the people who caused the war which had you suffer so much. Then I will also be free to roam this world. Fight with the grudges you have from over the years of suffering, do not let anyone get the best of you! For you are the third jobholders, now go and obtain your victory over the alliance!”

~Stage 2 end.