Trying to get himself off the floor, Cyrus says, "H-How are you still alive? Your mind shouldn't be able to retain that form anymore-re."
"Because fate itself warps around a god like me. But you should be able to hear it, can't you? His voice."
Cyrus begins to listen in and says, "Is Orb crying?"
"YES! It seems my liberator has fallen down to hell, and has released a wave of intense emotions from that boy. Enough to stabilise me."
Confused Cyrus says, "Just from one person. That shouldn't be possible?"
"No, it is, at least with someone like Orb. I should've been more cautious about Orb's mental state during his battle with Dragoste. Right now he is back to an unbeatable form you need to ru-."
"Too late." Angra grabs Cyrus by the throat and says, "Enjoy. Holistic battle arts; Spirit Bullet Barrage."
From Angra's arm, a series of small spheres made out of spirit energy crash into Cyrus's body over and over again like fists punching down on him until he is sent flying backwards out of Angra's arm into Balaur's bone.
He struggles in pain as he lies, and with laughter, Angra says, "Be proud you managed to shave away around 70% of the spirit energy in my body while I was rampaging, yet that 30% that remains is hundreds of times greater than what all of you have put together. Victory is mine, so I will give you a choice. Become my body, and live, or enjoy the sights of all your friend's head stuffed into Orb's corpse. Decide."
Cyrus tightens his grip on his swords. Then, using it and his tail, he picks himself up, and says, "I-I-I-I will never run away in fear ever again, if you threaten to hurt that which I love, my sword will come from you like all the rest who have come before you."
Standing up straight, he grips his sword and says, "Sorry, my prince, but would you be willing to die with me?"
"I've already died once; a second time sounds like a fun time. Let's go, Cyrus."
"RIGHT!"
"Huh. So be it. Turn into paste, Cyrus." Angra holds up his arm, charging another Spirit Canon to blast directly towards Cyrus.
Yet a tremor quickly moves through the area, followed by a repeating sound. Soon after, another tremor appears, and, in a repeating motion, tremors and sounds follow every 2 seconds.
Angra, turning his head towards Soarele Blestemat, says, "No."
Location: Church of the Cursed Land/Nolādēta Zeme; Emergency Medical Bay
Sitting in a medical bay, Dumnorix turns to Abbán, wrapped up body at his side, and says, "Can you hear that?"
Looking around the room, Abbán says, "I can feel it. Even more than the tremor that rips through the earth as Senán moves his body."
Turning his face to a nurse beside him, Dumnorix stares as tears fill her eyes, and says, "It seems something amazing is about to happen."
Location: Streets of Căderea-Dracului
Carrying Iancu and Suzuka on her back, Maple says, "Oh god, not another one!"
Iancu says, "Look over there."
Turning their heads, they see all of the Nightmares around them bowing on one knee, causing her to say, "Have they all gone mad?"
Suzuka, rubbing her tails against Maple's face, says, "No, they're happy overwhelmingly so. I think the situation up there has changed dramatically."
Location: Pinnacle of Balaur's Bones
Zahhak, placing his hand on Cyrus's head, says, "You've done well, Cyrus, but it seems that our part in this has come to an end."
Angra holds both of his hands together and says, "You can't be here, you can't be here, YOU CAN'T BE HERE! Holistic battle arts Ultimate art; Spirit Canon Nova!"
A large mass of spirit energy builds in Angra's hand, and he shouts, "DIEEEEEEEEE!"
-A few minutes earlier –
Location: Queen's Chambers
Φ Coursing through my body from my hair to my flesh down to my soul is a shockwave of pain that flows from me to Wadim as his shadows intertwine with my hair.
"I got it!" Wadim says, causing me to pull my hair off the Queen's heart and fall to my knees.
Gheorghe, standing at the side of us, says, "That's good, we only have one more area to shave off le-."
From inside my stomach, vomit surges out as blood drips from my nose and eyes. Behind me, my father shouts, "IVANA!" Yet my body can barely hear him.
Vėja says, "Stelara let her take a break if she doesn't, she might die."
Stelara, with pain strung across her face, says, "But we're almost there."
Stiprais says, "THAT'S MY DAUGHTER! NO WAY I WILL LET HER DIE!"
Wadim turns and says, "And that's not your choice. If she decides to continue, we'll do it."
Gheorghe takes a knee in front of me and says, "Ivana, big sister. Can you still go on?"
His face is full of worry, yet I can barely bring myself to string out words in between the breaths of pain that surge across my body. "I-I-I-."
-20 years ago-
Location: Outside Frumos Castle Blesteosteo
I remember that day clearly; it was a day of celebration for the vast majority of my family. The three ministers were invited to Frumos Castle as a way to congratulate Dragoste and Liina on their marriage, and they brought their entire families with them.
Just like always, I felt like nothing but a speck in the corner of such a ball surrounded by such amazing people, self-conscious of my every movement to not embarrass my father. Yet in the end, I still did, I tripped over the dining table and spilt food everywhere across the floor.
The Frumos forgave my mishap easily, but the look in my father's eye towards me was that of someone filled with anger and embarrassment at my very existence. In the face of that, I couldn't remain there any longer.
So I snuck out, I went to the bathroom, walked outside, and jumped over the wall with the aid of my curse, yet as I landed on the other side, I was greeted with two, "Huhs."
Turning my head left to right, I saw two more kids who had just hopped the wall, Gheorghe and Wadim. I quickly point at Gheorghe and say, "Aren't you the one who ripped all the girls' clothes with your scales!"
On the verge of tears, he said, "I didn't mean two; their fabric just got caught within it."
Wadim says, "Hey, you're the one who spilt all of the food that was expressly made for the meal!"
"It was a mistake, the heels my father forced me to wear are hard to walk in!"
Gheorghe, pointing at Wadim, says, "You're the man who pissed himself when trying to talk to a girl earlier."
"I DIDN'T I JUST SPILLED JUICE ON MY PANTS!"
The three of us pointed at each other, yet in that moment, a strange feeling overtook us all, calming our nerves. Wadim says, "I was planning to head into town to um, get a sandwich. Do you two want to join me?"
"Um, I guess, okay," I say as Gheorghe also nods his head.
Location: Cursed Sky District of Căderea-dracului
Walking in front of us in the large crowd, Wadim says, "While they're not as good as the sandwich back at home, the Cursed Sky District of Căderea-dracului are fantastic. I know some good places."
Struggling to move through the crowd, I say, "Could you slow down, please? I don't think I can keep up."
The force of the mass of people around me moves my small body all around, like I am being crushed by the waves. I can barely hold on.
A hand reaches out from behind me and grabs my waist, pulling me closer, and turning, I see the large Gheorghe behind me, who says, "If you find it hard to move around, you can stay close."
Turning to face him, I say, "Thank you, but it is a good idea not to touch a woman's waist unless they allow it."
In an instant, he starts to freak out, and says with tears, "I am sorry, daddy didn't tell me that, please, please forgive me, sorry, sorry, sorry! I will leave your presence immediately."
He quickly turns and rushes away, as I say, "No, don't run."
Yet like a rampaging cow, he bursts through the crowd faster than I can catch him. Wadim, walking up beside me, says, "You do realise he is 9, right?"
Staring at the Nightmare, bigger and taller than any other person in the area, I say, "9!!!?"
-Break-
Walking over to him sitting on a bench, I say, "Gheorghe!"
Looking at me, he quickly gets on the floor and bows as he says, "I am so sorry for being so disgusting!"
Lifting up his head, I say, "No problem. You didn't mean it like that. Thank you for trying to protect me."
His face lights up a bit, and in front of him, Wadim hands him a sandwich, saying, "Here, we already ate ours on our way."
Taking it, he says, "T-Thank you," And then throws the entire thing into his mouth, eating it all in one bite. "Yummy!"
"That's good to hear, now we should probably head back, but." Turning to the crowd overflowing with even more people, I say, "Thanks to rush hour, we aren't going to be moving anywhere soon."
Putting both of us in his chest, Gheorghe says, "I will get you guys out."
He moves forward and rushes through the crowd like an unstoppable cannon, yet his motion quickly slows, and his body starts to get dragged by the crowd as it heads towards a mass.
Turning to him, I ask, "What's wrong!"
Looking at me, he says, "Too much contact with people, brain feels sick."
"Oh no," Wadim says as we get pulled with the crowd.
The waves of people push us all around through the streets, and eventually, they all merge together into a large mass that stands still.
Turning to Wadim, I say, "Why are people gathering here?"
"No idea, but when they disperse, we should be able to ride the wave out of here. Until then, you can rest tight, Gheorghe."
Gheorghe nods, and then from deep within the crowd, I hear a voice shout, "SO YOU ALL ALREADY HEARD ME, BUT I WILL SAY IT AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE JUST ARRIVED. WHO WANTS TO COME TO ELPÍDA WITH ME AND XEVI!"
His powerful voice ripped through the area and hit me right in my heart, forcing my eyes onto him. A young Blestadrac with a smile spread across his face, and excitement oozing from every orifice of his body. As my eyes captured him for a moment, I had a thought: Am I even alive?
-Present-
"I can still go."
"IVANA!" my father shouts.
Standing up with Gheorghe and Wadim's support, I say, "Right now, the pain I have barely spent any time dealing with is coursing through the Queen's body at full power. She is taking all of that and struggling so she can come back to us. This is nothing compared to that. Right here, right now, I plan on accomplishing everything I need to do to save this wonder of a country. So please, Wadim, Gheorghe, stand by me."
Smiling, Wadim says, "Always have been ever since we all met that day."
Gheorghe says, "No matter what, I will always try to guide you all through the chaos."
"Thank you, guys. Now let's continue."
Name: Avram Bogdan
Age: 49
Birthday: Libra 8th
Hair: Dark blue. Has medium hair in a ponytail.
Eyes: Red
Height: 191 cm
Description: The father of Iancu, he is also a Blestadrac Nightmare. He was once considered the foremost scientist on Elpída. He moved to Elpída from his home country to fulfil his dream of building a robot, yet now stands beside Niflheim, to protect and guide Orb at the request of Captivant. With no chaos left in his heart he smiles each day helping the young forward.