Riddick was trying to suppress his anger but the weapons taken from the Dragonkin kept appearing in each and everyone of his arms that now added up to 4 while the Fire Crown in his head was increasing in size.
"How is my Uncle in such a state and all of you Bastards look so good?"
"Cough.. Calm down Rid, they did what they could"
The Elders all turned to look towards their impromptu leader among them with nervousness urging him to diffuse the situation. They never thought that Riddick could advance so fast on his own without the use of the Fires of Mount Doom.
The Elder took a step forward and said, "It is our fault that the situation could not be stopped in time. Barash created various diversions to decrease our presence inside of Mount Doom before carrying out his plan to dispose of Lord Annihilus and take control of the Demon Armies. We rushed back as quickly as we could but the damage was already done. It is common knowledge for us demons that there was nothing on this side of the Realm that could hurt your uncle. We just never thought that snake was working under direct order of the Great Poison Dragon, Venekious "
"Venekious?"
"Yes!!… He is the Master of one of the Realms in the Sky in the lands beyond the Shattering Scar. He is more devious than Barash and loves to watch the people affected by his poisons writhing in pain. The poison afflicting Lord Annihilus is definitely his work and due to his level we have no way to stop it from spreading "
"Cough… Riddick!!… I was hoping to see you before I died and now that you are here I have no regrets. I have already instructed my Summons to pass my armor on to you, bathed it in the blood of Venekious and show those lizards who is the real superior race… Cough … Use your inner flame on my body ... I did the same for your father long ago, let our strength become your strength… it is the Val'gun way"
"Uncle, I can't"
The dark green flame that was fighting the poison inside Lord Annihilus started to diminish and this gave free a lane to the aggressor that took no time to invade the rest. Lord Annihilus had six contracts that surrounded their master and look towards Riddicks waiting for him to use his flames.
"Do it now!! Young Master don't let his efforts go to waste... Burn them all and raise in strength" said Igor appearing out of nowhere besides Riddick's head.
Riddick shook his head while tears dissipated midway to the floor but his instinct still send a Dark Purple Flame towards his uncle and started to burn him away. Lord Annihilus felt the heat as a smile adorned his face and the subordinates cast a final spell.
CHAOS CHAINS
NOOOOO… PLEASE…. NOOOOO
The Elders looking at the scene grimace at the sounds of agony that reverberated through the Sanctum after realizing where the sounds were coming from. They thought the elders that sided with Barash had been destroyed by Lord Annihilus during the war, but they had been trapped inside his belly waiting to become nothing more than Energy for the new King of the Val'gun.
RAWR
The energy generated was massive and it came to Riddick in waves increasing his levels like nothing he had felt before. The Energy of 5 level 50 pour in as his level increased 51...52...53 mount doom shook and rocks started to fall on top of Riddick but he didn't care, the crown that had been giving off Dark Green Chaos fire started to change its color and became extremely Dark Purple.
Level 54!!
The energy inside of Riddick accumulated in such a way that it could be released at any moment wiping mount doom from the face of the Abyss.
"Young Master!! Please stop" Screamed Igor right by Riddick's ear.
Some Elders created Magic Barriers while others try to teleport away but the giant explosion they were preparing for never came. Riddick started decreasing in size until he was back looking like Rahz's twin brother and he just stood there.
(Silence)
"Ready the army, we are going to war"
It had been almost 17 years since Etta said goodbye to her son who was deviating more and more towards a path of senseless violence. She came back to her home town in search for a way to reverse the effects of an awakening ceremony but it was to no avail. It was then that she steeled her resolve and started to trained relentlessly in case there came a day when Rahz lost himself and she needed to cut him down. It was the future that she saw after the Helgahvall War when Rahz, just 10 year old was killing people that had surrendered without a shred of remorse.
Etta returned to the city of Elphenheim and reported to Elders that could not understand what went wrong. A prophecy of a passing elf had always being spot on, in their eyes, it was as certain as the fact that there were gods in the realm. There was also no precedent of an awakening ceremony reversal even after consulting with the Erudites in the north. The only solution left was to train for the worst.
Time passed and on a strange day, her grandfather that had been staying in the city of Shinjuku came back with much needed news. Rahz had reached the abyss on his quest to become a Dreadnought and was safe. The only problem that she saw, according to the news, was that he was looking less and less as a member of the races in the alliance and a lot more like something else.
Etta's heart took a blow but she kept preparing for the worst and before long, she received new information about the Tempering War, the conflict with the God of Justice and finally of how they were gone.
"Rahz?"
There was no way that Etta couldn't recognize the childish face of her own son but truth be told, she was expecting to see a monster.
"Is it really you?"
Rahz touch his face by reflex and nodded his head before stepping forward and giving her a big hug.
"I Missed you" Said Rahz
Tears started rolling down her face while she struggled in Rahz's embraced so that he will let her down. Etta regained her composure and took a moment and looked around. She saw a lot of new faces and even the face of the little girl hiding behind Elune was not lost in the background.
"Where is your brother?"
"He had something to take care of. Eleana come see your grandmother, say hi"
Etta turned to look at the little girl that walked hesitantly in front of her and looked up. The two looked at each other and then a smile came over Etta's face, "Can you give grandma a hug"
Nod!!
It was a very touching moment that finalized with an embrace between Elune and her mother in law.
"Thank you for taking care of my son"
The two weeks available to them passed by in a flash and the news that Eleana had to stay with her Grandmother hit her like truck but there was nothing to be done, her father was a champion of Elysian and her mother an Avatar Set chosen that had to go to war.
The meeting point was the area designated as the territory for the Tempering War and after 5 years, it was a busy as before. There were portals being opened and closed everywhere and any mage that was of sufficient level was taken to the lands beyond the shattering scar to see the entry point. This was done in order for the alliance to have more portals available for transport.
There were tanks and other machines moving around and a Giant tent that cover the sky. Rahz and the others were spotted the moment they arrived and directed towards the area where the Blackrock Port leadership were organizing their side of things.
"Do you feel that Jazz" asked Elune
Jazz nodded and continued forward while putting his hands together and praying to the sky, "Please be a cool design...please be a cool design".
The connection to the missing pieces of their sets that were somewhere in the building was in full effect and Jazz was in for a treat!