Going back a few hours ago, on the battlefield, Hackilion is running away through an underground tunnel while carrying an unconscious Kukira on his shoulders.
"I escaped my death by immediately burrowing into the ground," he whispers while his index finger is settled on the side of his head, "Ranaliantra, I entrust everything to you and the others.
"I'll carry Kukira away and possibly hide him from Hemetus' vision."
Ranaliantra looks up. "You don't need to sacrifice yourself… we'll do this together and bring him back to himself."
Hackilion looks down a bit and inhales deeply. "I apologize… if I had treated him with kindness when we were younger then he wouldn't have committed any of his actions."
She closes her other hand. "He's blinded by his wrath. Bringing him back is unimaginable."
"Then watch me," Hackilion sniffs, "change the impossible to a possible circumstance."
He puts down his hand from the side of his head and remains running until he reaches the end of the tunnel.
Thereafter, he's standing on a terrain with soil.
Hence, he sticks his hands together and green energy occurs from his feet, and then it spreads everywhere; trees emerge from the ground along with grass, flowers, and mountains.
"Using this technique will decrease almost all of my energy," Hackilion moves his eyes beside him and sees Kukira who remains unconscious, "now, what I need is to let Hemetus find us so I can end him here."
A visible thin red wave flies all over the battlefield and it reaches Hackilion. Hence, he moves his eyes aside and jumps only to avoid a magma wall that arose from the ground where he stood.
He moves his eyes beside him and meets a pair of shining white pupils, and then a fist strikes his face but he catches it with his bare hand.
Hackilion throws him to the ground as he lands on the ground. He gazes at Kukira who attacked him. "Wake up, you're being controlled."
Kukira opens his mouth and releases waves of growls and he begins to run toward Hackilion.
Kukira breathes green lava towards Hackilion but a woman appears. She lands near Hackilion who's aiming his hand at Kukira.
She inhales and breathes lava, and both lava clashes against each other. Both lava flows in different directions whilst the woman removes the hood from half of her face.
Revealing herself, Maria. She raises her hand and points her index finger at Kukira.
She says, "Stop, this isn't you, Kukira. If I should have known how heavy that fate of yours is… I should have never abandoned you."
Kukira runs toward Maria whilst she moves her hands toward a sheath hanging on the back of her upper clothing; she holds the handle of a short sword and pulls it.
Maria breathes flames on her shortsword; the flames twirl around the reddening blade as smoke is emerging from it.
She swings her sword and Kukira strikes it with his knife; an explosion occurs after the clash of the blades.
Maria is pushed away by the explosion but she hits a nearby tree. She narrows her eyes as she steps forward a little.
"To stop you," Maria moves her eyes to the blade of her shortsword, "I must take a step from my boundaries."
Maria breathes flames into the blade of her shortsword; the blade is brightening as different letters are appearing on it.
She goes toward Kukira whilst round portals open near him, and so, multiple nagbabagane come out of the portals; running toward Maria.
The line appears on the whole terrain; the soil floats in different shapes as the numerous nagbabagane above it are being pinned on the ground by the vines from the ground they're standing on.
Maria is standing above a floating chunk of soil whilst Kukira turns around and runs away.
She throws her shortsword at Kukira as she begins to chase him. He turns around and swings his knife only to hit Maria's short sword.
Maria reaches his left side as he turns toward her but she strikes his waist with a swift kick.
The two throws fast punches and kicks at each other. Maria finally lands a fast punch at him which brings him down to the ground.
Maria breathes lava at him and a portal opens in-between him and the lava.
Maria stops breathing lava and jumps only to see Kukira heading towards her.
She breathes flames but he points his hand at it only for Maria to come out of the flame. She thrusts her hand towards him but it separates from her wrist.
"Arak is the only being that can slaughter me," Kukira holds her neck, "I'll end you right here, right now!"
He opens his other hand while levitating in the air while Maria is beginning to cough.
Veins emerge from the soil and they wrap around Kukira's neck, wrists, abdomen, and thighs. His grasp on Maria's neck loosens and then she touches his forehead and whispers unknown words.
Bright red words appear on his skin as the white color on his pupils is vanishing.
Hackilion smiles but the smile on his lip disappears, and he is hit by a magma ax.
Fortunately, a stone wall emerges from the ground; blocking the ax.
Kukira's white pupils disappear and he loses consciousness, thence, Maria smiles softly only for a fireball to hit both of them.
Maria and Kukira fall from the smoke, both of their eyes are closed and few burning marks can be seen on their exposed skin.
Tears escape Maria's eyes as she remembers a fragment of her memories as she falls to the ground.
In Maria's memory, inside a wide room, Maria is standing beside a wooden window while Escarfra is sitting on a bed.
She's holding a baby covered in clothing, her eyes are gazing at the sleeping infant whilst Maria is staring at her.
"Take care of my brother," Maria told her.
Escarfra looks at Maria. "You're truly neglecting your brother? The only biological brother you have?!"
Maria closes her eyes and clicks her tongue. She opens them and narrows them while staring at Escarfra.
"That child isn't my brother!" Maria turns to the other side and walks away, "I want to kill that newborn! He's lucky for I still have my philosophy!"
Escarfra inhales deeply as she closes her eyes, hence, she opens them and witnesses Maria stepping out of the room.
"Maybe, she's drunk," Escarfra moves her eyes downward, "to say such unreasonable words, I guess that alcohol did affect her too much to the brink of turning into an insane person."
Meanwhile, Maria rests her back on a wall in the hallway.
She opens her lip a bit, and then, she closes her hand and swings it backward while yelling, "That kid! If he wasn't born then they shouldn't have gone through all of that misery!"
Tears escape her eyes as she repeatedly slams her hand on the wall behind her.
Her thighs tremble and she falls to her knees while sobbing.
"I won't accept him as my brother! He deserved to die!" she roared.
Presently, trees emerge from the floating chunks of soil; catching Maria and Kukira.
A huge fireball strikes the tree which catches Kukira but was blocked by a tall stone wall.
Hackilion jumps toward Kukira and catches him. Thence, he turns toward where the fireball came from, and above a mountain, he sees a familiar nagbabagane.
"Bring that child to me," he told Hackilion.
Hackilion kneels and puts Kukira close to him. His eyes become narrow as his eyebrows meet. "I apologize, you stepped in the wrong territory."
Trees emerge from the ground where the nagbabagane is standing yet the trees melt.
"I am Revior and I am tasked to bring Lord Arak his victory," magma sticks are emerging on his elbow, "not even you a mere being can stop me."
"Try me then," Hackilion held his hands altogether.
A huge force strikes all over the ground; cracks form on the ground as tremendous trees emerge and strike the nagbabagane.
Red lines form on the trees as the nagbabagane is swinging his swords, hence, he throws the other one at Hackilion.
He steps aside and dodges the sword. He closes his eyes and a humongous wave of mud from every direction are going towards him.
Another wave of gigantic trees suddenly occurs from the ground, and they travel at great speed toward the nagbabagane.
He jumps but he cannot perform, so, he moves his eyes downward and sees his foot being pulled by a quicksand.
Tremendous stone pillars emerge from the ground near him whilst the wave of mud strikes him along with the tremendous trees.
"That was a great technique," the nagbabagane said.
Hackilion turns around him and sees the nagbabagane sitting on a nearby stone pillar.
"Is that?!" Hackilion closes his hands, "I can't believe this! But how did he–!"
The nagbabagane snaps his fingers, and so, everything around them vanishes.
He arises from the ground as Hackilion's eyes are widening while looking around him.
The nagbabagane smirks. "Scared that you lost your territory?"
Hackilion begins to step back. "He erased everything in just one snap?"
Trees emerge from the ground near the nagbabagane; they wrap his whole body and Maria comes running from behind the nagbabagane.
She kicks his face and thrusts her knife whilst the nagbabagane's red eyes glow.
"Sacrifice." the nagbabagane disappeared.
Maria blinks and she's now wrapped by the trees whilst the nagbabagane is holding her knife.
Hackilion thrusts his gigantic stone sword inward the nagbabagane's back.
"You dream too big." the nagbabagane turned around.
He releases magma blades from the ground which pierces Hackilion's flesh.
Maria's eyes are widening and she breathes a huge stream of lava towards the nagbabagane.
The nagbabagane holds her jaw and prevents her from breathing lava, hence, he lifts her from the trees and slams her on the ground.
He thrusts his remaining sword onto her abdomen, and then her eyes grow wide as she coughs repeatedly.
He turns around and walks toward Kukira and a wave of fireflies flies towards him. All of them release a huge wave of yellow flames at him.
He releases a magma wall from the ground in front of him, and the wall blocks the yellow flames.
Escarfra walks across the yellow flames while fireflies are surrounding her.
"Revior." she narrowed her eyes while gritting her teeth.
The magma wall crumbles, and Revior witnesses Escarfra.
"Step aside," he raises his hand at her, "I have no business to do with you."
"I will not do what you said," Escarfra says calmly, "but what is your main reason for doing all of this?"
"You are a respectful human," Revior utters soft laughter, "as a reward, I will answer your question with honesty.
"I am doing all of this for my daughter and for her dream to have a world where the balance between creatures exists."
Tears flow from her eyes and she wipes them. "Such a good dream."
"Trying to sympathize?" Revior pulls a magma sword from his chest, "Well, that won't work."
"He lost his memories?" Escarfra channels her flames toward her hands, "he's my father but he seems not to know his daughter."
Revior remains chuckling. "What's with talking with yourself? Are you afraid of me?
"Don't worry I will assure you that no one will remember you but only yourself, human."
Escarfra launches the fireflies toward him whilst Revior swings his sword; releasing flaming blades and they cut the fireflies in half only for the insects to explode.
Escarfra comes out of the smoke. She launches more fireflies toward Revior yet he summons lava from the ground; killing all the insects.
She halts and multiple fireflies above her breathes lava toward the lava. Her pupils become yellow and it glows as she summons more fireflies.
Revior pulls two magma axes from his back. Nagbabagane arises from the ground near Escarfra and all of them breathe flames at her, yet she slaughters them all.
Revior's dark skin moves like a wave as his red eyes glow a bit while his body is becoming muscular and bigger.
Escarfra launches the fireflies toward him; all of them surround him and twirl around him at great speed.
Revior thrusts his fist towards the spinning fireflies but his fist begins to melt.
His red glowing eyes become big. "They're getting brighter and hotter!"
The fireflies begin to fly closer to him while spinning. He looks upward and pulls two magma shortswords from his chest; swinging them upward only to block a tremendous yellow fire sphere.
Escarfra who's standing afar from the fireflies tornado is gazing at it while fluids are falling from her eyes.
"I apologize," Escarfra raises her hand and closes it, "I must be the one to bury you."
The fireflies burst as the tremendous yellow flaming sphere smashes Revior; an overwhelming explosion occurs and its force spreads throughout the battlefield.
"Is that?" Ranaliantra covered her whole face while standing and withstanding the extreme force.
A tremendous smoke is gliding on where Revior stood as a few embers are flying everywhere.
"That was a remarkable attack." Revior walked out of the tremendous smoke.
Cracks manifest on the ground near him as hot wind is emerging from his dark skin.
He runs toward Escarfra at great speed whilst she moves her fireflies, unfortunately, Revior appears closer to her face causing her eyes to grow wide.
He moves his hand toward her face; grabs her face and slams her on the ground.
"You only depend on your fireflies? What a shame," bright red fire appears on the palm of his other hand, "I need you… to die."
Escarfra holds his hand which is pinning her down as she remembers his teaching.
She channels yellow fire into his wrist, and his wrist explodes. He walks backward while swinging his bleeding wrist.
Revior yells at Escarfra. "How dare you?!"
She runs toward him and throws multiple swift punches and kicks at his throat down to his abdomen.
He falls to his knees, his eyes grow wide as he holds his chest while his breathing is getting faster.
"I remember what you said," Escarfra smiles lightly, "that 'my weakness lies in my chest for it is where my flame force flows'."
"How?!" Revior lifts his head, "I only told that to my daughter!"
"Because," Escarfra manipulates the fireflies, "I am your daughter, father."
The fireflies fly around them, and their butts glow a bit; changing Escarfra's appearance as her younger self.
Revior's eyes grow wide as his lip opens a bit. "How? I don't understand… is this a dream?"
"I speculated that you are resurrected when you were still in your prime," she serenely told him.
"If that's what happened," Revior moves his eyes down to his dark hands, "what occurred in my past life?"
Escarfra inhales deeply and she remains staring at him. "You saved me from Romina… she was trying to hit you but a woman, a strange woman hits you with blades.
"That's when you were defeated and you died. But before you died, you told me so many things like I'm written on the prophecy."
Revior looks up at his daughter's eyes which are fixated on him.
He says, "Yes, the prophecy! I must protect you before–!"
"I thought you were my comrade!" a masculine voice shouted.
Revior moves his eyes to the direction where the voice came from, and his eyes perceive a familiar figure.
"Obiel," Revior said.
All of a sudden, the ground begins to shake extremely; cracks form on the ground as it arises in pieces.
"It's starting to transpire," Obiel moves his eyes at the castle, "his arrival."
He moves his eyes aside but he is hit by a magma hammer. Obiel remains standing, pushed by the impact of the hammer.
He brushes his shoulders and his dark pants. "That was great but not enough to defeat me."
Magma sticks emerge on Revior's back, hence, he pulls them and pulls two magma-long swords.
Escarfra stops walking beside Revior. Both of them remain serious while staring at Obiel who's standing afar from them.
Obiel creates two fire spheres above his shoulders. "Is this your last answer, huh, Revior?"
Revior aims his long sword at him. "I'll fight for my daughter!"
"What vacuous words." Obiel launched the two fire spheres toward them.
During the interim, thousands of nagbabagane are walking towards the floating gigantic water orb.
Inside the gigantic water orb, Alamia is standing in front of Hemetus while holding her hands altogether.
Revior says, "You can just choose to set me free, Alamia. Stop making your situation harder."
"Shut up!" Alamia retorted.
The whole water sphere is hit by the fist of a colossal nagbabagane. He throws another punch and a crack grows on it whilst Alamia's eyes are widening as her breath is shaking.
"Do you think that you among those ignorant creatures can put a stop to his reign?" Hemetus narrows his eyes at her as they begin to glow, "I suggest that you give up before his arrival for you are the kind who value his own life."
Alamia shakes her head and she points her fishing rod at him; its edge extends toward his forehead.
She glares at him. "How dare you use those words against me?! Even if you are the one who signifies the meaning of your own words!"
"I went through a lot! More than what you think it can be," Hemetus yells at her, "you speak too much!"
The whole water sphere shakes once again. Alamia turns in a certain direction, therefore, she raises her hand a bit; her palm begins to generate water until it hardens and turns into an ice sphere.
She throws the water sphere and it wrecks the wall of the water sphere, and then it strikes the chest of the colossal nagbabagane.
The colossal nagbabagane falls backward as his eyes turn dull as his body crushes the other nagbabagane.
A wave of loud laughter can be heard by Alamia, hence, she looks at Hemetus whose lip is resembling a smile, and eyes that mimic a smile.
"Do you know what you did?" Hemetus released the heavy force of flames from his whole body.
The flames push Alamia from the water sphere as Hemetus flies out of the flames.
He goes toward her and kicks her abdomen, and she was pushed down to the ground.
Heavy flaming wings sprout from his back as he flies away. He remains smiling and says, "Her water orb put a stop to my mark and that was a clever move.
"But what she doesn't know is that once a nagbabagane is in a flaming environment: they are unstoppable."
A blue fishing line along with a hook hits the mark on his back. He glances behind him only to see Alamia holding onto a blue fishing rod.
She pulls herself by the fishing rod; reaching his back. Hemetus turns toward her and breathes numerous large fireballs at her.
Alamia swings her fishing rod and uses its fishing line as her platform, therefore, she jumps from the fishing line and spits water spheres at the fireballs.
She falls onto Hemetus and holds his throat. His eyes grow wide and he thrusts his other hand towards her, but his hand gets covered in ice.
"I can't comprehend why you need to betray those who treated you with kindness!" Alamia's blue eyes begin to shine, "I will sacrifice my life if that will bring you back to the Hemetus I know!
"The kind, tough, and calm Hemetus that is humble! That's the Hemetus I know!"
His eyes grow wide as his flaming wings are disappearing slowly. Both of them are descending from the red stormy sky.
He opens his dried lip. "But… is it fair that I mourned? When can I just live the life that I wanted?"
The mark on his back glows brighter along with the red lines on his skin. He holds her neck and flies in a certain direction.
Alamia throws her fishing rod and grimaces at him. "I understand your pain but I will put a stop to you!"
An image of Semfes smiling at her appears in her mind.
"Semfes, thank you," she speaks in her mind, "for everything and for being my sole reason to live… I am going to meet you there, just wait for me, my love."
A purple energy blade flies toward Hemetus, and the blade cuts his hand while Alamia falls from his grip.
Hemetus immediately spawns fire from his wrists; forming a new pair of magma hands.
He moves his eyes downward and it becomes small as his eyebrows meet.
"How dare you?!" he swung his hands in the direction of Ranaliantra who was carrying Alamia while flying.
The movement of his hands generates a flaming blade that strikes Ranaliantra's back; leaving a red glowing mark on her exposed skin.
"Ranaliantra, your back!" Alamia yelled at her.
She remains calm while her eyebrows are knitting while looking forward. "Don't be anxious about my condition… you've fought well and that's enough to say that."
She moves her eyes downward and sees Alamia's mug; scratches and a few burn marks can be seen on her cheeks down to her neck.
Ranaliantra smiles softly. "I'm proud of you, Alamia."
The red marks on Ranaliantra's back shine until it releases a devastating explosion.
Meanwhile, Kofta and Frek are laying on the crater with their eyes and mouth open; bruises and deep scratches can be seen on their whole body.
Tobias goes toward them and sits in between, and touches their wrists.
His eyes grow wide and says, "They almost died from their battle; their conditions are awful but it can be handled."
He removes his hands from their wrists and then he inhales deeply. "They cannot be condemned for losing because the enemies are overwhelming.
"We need someone to defeat them, someone who is capable of stopping the apocalypse."
Meanwhile, Revior is stuck by Obiel's fist inward a wall while Escarfra is laying on the ground.
Her eyes are closed as her lip is open, and multiple scratches, burn marks, and slices can be seen on her whole body.
Revior claps his hands but they immediately got cut by Obiel's magma knife which was Revior's knife.
"What does it feel to be slaughtered by your own weapon that came from your own flesh?" Obiel thrusts the knife on his throat, "just die for me will you?"
Revior holds his wrists and moves them away from the handle of the knife. Obiel moves his red eyes to Revior's eyes.
Revior's red eyes become bright along with his whole body. "Reverse."
The light dies, and Obiel's eyes grow wide as his lip opens a bit.
He's stuck inside the crater on the wall as the knife is pierced on his throat.
"Spiritual reversal," Revior smiles while scratching his throat, "looks like you've never used your brain, Obiel?
"I used the nagbabagane spirits that I consumed to do a reversal technique upon you."
Obiel frowns at him. "E-Even if you managed to reverse our situation that doesn't mean that you'll earn your victory!"
Revior pulls a magma sword from his belly, therefore, he swings it and cuts Obiel's arms, and thighs.
"Now," Revior tells him, "you won't see him because no one will be able to open the dimension."
Escarfra opens her eyes and she moves them in the direction of her father. She touches the ground and pushes herself until she's standing.
"He did it," she said.
Hemetus remains flying at a high level in the sky. Both of his irises begin to completely turn red as he begins to speak unknown words.
"That's," Revior is gazing at Hemetus, "no! This isn't happening!"
Maria tosses the magma sword aside and walks forward. "Don't just watch! Move your ass!"
Revior turns his eyes aside and witnesses Maria stepping forward.
Maria looks at him. "It doesn't matter that you attacked me. What matters is that we'll stop his insanity once and for all."
She moves her eyes in the direction of Hemetus. "It's time to put his pride down."
Escarfra yells as she summons multiple fireflies around her. "Let's embrace him with open flames!"