Venekious looked up and saw two giant hands coming down on his neck while the other two grabbed a hold of the double headed polearm that was stuck inside his body and was now about to make its way into Venekious head.
"HA HA HA, I KILLED ALL YOUR RELATIVES IN THIS WORLD AND NOW I AM ALSO TAKING YOUR FRIEND" Venekious couldn't accept his fate until the last moment and tried to hurt Riddick's psychic one last time but it failed.
Riddick looked into the dragon's eyes and said, "Not all of them"
Swoosh
The polearm entered the dragon skull and went out the bottom Jaw and into the floor. The deed was done and Riddick felt a sense of fatigue assail him but when he turned to look at Jazz that had been the star of the show, a jolt ran through his mind.
Thud
JAZZ!!
Jazz fell face first into the ground while his stone skin that usually had a bronze color was turning black.
Riddick changed into a humanoid form and picked up his friend that was grimacing and then said, "Jazz, What's wrong?"
"Take me to your brother…"
"My brother? You mean my sister in law.. She will make you better, don't worry"
Jazz gave a faint smile and closed his eyes to rest. It took everything he had to keep his stone skin from releasing and letting the poison flow a lot faster. What it started with a small scratch from Venekious turned into the kiss of death, especially after he stopped the resist songs to play the Death Requiem to finish the fight.
Riddick pick up Jazz in a princess carry and started to head back to the surface while the color of Jazz skin continued to deteriorate. The only good news was that they left a mage standing outside the sanctum to transport them to other places so at the very least they still had a chance.
Riddick ran frantically looking for the exit, he went up the stairs and passed huge halls and sometimes he even went through walls so he could save a few seconds all while seeing Jazz grimace.
"Everything is going to be ok … you'll be better soon".
BOOM... BOOM
The Tenebrous Sanctum was reestructored by Riddick that couldn't believe that he made it back in only a fraction of the time and that somehow he remembered the way.
"QUICK OPEN A PORTAL TO BONEMIRE"
"Wait… Why?"
"DO IT, NOW!!"
Riddick's eyes flare with chaos fire that scared the living shit out of the mage who opened the portal as requested and stayed as quiet as a mouse.
"Venekious is death"
Whoosh.
Riddick stepped through and came to a desolate place right outside the main building of Bonemire Island where a group of monks along another Erudite mage were surrounding the main elder from the Temple of the Rising Sun who was meditating in preparation for the upcoming fight against the Chaos Dragon Nefarious.
"HELP.. HELP HIM PLEASE"
Riddick shouted the moment he came out of the portal and a few healers came forward and cast many spells but to not avail. The Poison was too strong for even the level 50's around the camp but Riddick didn't give up, He took Jazz in his arms once more and started to head towards the building where Rahz was supposed to be but he was stopped by the Elder that with one touch seemed to be able to soothe his mind.
"This Child is going to pass soon and there is nothing anything in this realm can do, so shouldn't you be trying to fulfil his last wish?"
"R..AHzz… P..Romise" said Jazz while looking at the elder that frown at the words coming from the dying person in front of him. The elder recognized the word Rahz and knew that it meant going inside the building and looking for the realm champion; however, there was no way the little dwarf was going to make it.
"Sigh…Go! I'll try to prolong his life as much as possible" Said the elder.
Riddick stood up immediately and started to rush towards the lair of the chaos dragon, he was hopeful that Elune would be able to help Jazz recuperate and all of them will be together for a very long time.
Clank … Clank… Clank
The loud sound of gears turning stopped Riddick in his tracks and when he looked up, he saw the ceiling of the lair opened up and a platform with at least 60 people on it moved to the top.
Riddick couldn't see Rahz but he was able to determine that the people on the platform were the members of the God of Justice and the Elites from Blackrock city that followed his brother inside. There was no time to lose so Riddick changed to his demon form and screamed towards the roof of the building, "BROTHER, I NEED YOU"
Riddick's shout was like a scratch cd stopping a fun party and not a single person remained who didn't turned to look towards the source of the voice.
A very refined looking man encased in deep dark fire and electricity started to ascend to the sky while dark clouds started forming right on top of the building. Rahz saw Riddick and he knew that something was wrong.
The clouds kept amassing in the sky and Rahz knew he had a little bit of time before the fight was to begin. Nefarious personality was not as aggressive as he expected it to be but the chaos dragon was an existence that needed to be destroyed if they wanted to create unity in the realm.
Elune flew towards Riddick that pointed towards the camp and said, "Jazz is hurt and it needs your help...he has been poison"
Rahz who now was using the same spell that Xiao Bai to fly went straight to the camp where he saw the elder using his Ki to stop the poison to reaching Jazz heart, neck and head.
Elune didn't wait to reach the floor and from the air started to cast her most powerful healing and resist poison spell. The spells hit Jazz but they were like a drop of clean water in an Ocean full of crude oil after a massive spillage.
Rahz looked at his wife that threw spell after spell with teary eyes and he knew that there was nothing to be done.
"Yoou...PRomise" repeated Jazz looking at his best friend.
Rahz tears started to flow but he knew that he didn't have much time, he needed to fulfill his promise to Jazz and keep his soul from leaving Elysian. Rahz took out the best ale he had inside his bracelet and while holding Jazz's head up, he gave him a sip.
"I promise that when we meet again...there will be a better one waiting for you, so rest well my friend"
Apocalypse appeared in the form of a dagger and Jazz started to remove his stone skin for easy access to his heart .
"DON'T"
The screamed was faint and seemed to be carried by the wind, the majority of the people around Jazz heard it but at the same time they thought it had been an illusion. The scream belonged to a god that was resting among mountains of treasures and was cleaning his nails with the daggered in his hand. He was the king of thieves, he was always the one that did the taken and for the first time, he was losing a treasure of enormous proportions.
Jazz smiled and as the dagger penetrated his chest, his lips parted three times but no sound came out; however, Rahz who was so focused on his friend couldn't have missed it.
Apocalypse started to consume the abomination strap to Jazz's soul and at the same time, it created a space seal so that the pieces of the Entertainer Set couldn't escape. Balthazar cringed while looking at the scenes and knew he had been bested.
The energy rewarded by the realm also descended on Rahz increasing his level and from the devouring of the Avatar set came two new abilities that would help Rahz in his fight against Chaos Dragon. The first one was Lord of the Dance that boosted his evasion rate to 100% and the second one was the damage reflection skill that saved Jazz many times before. It was as if Jazz picked them up himself for his friend.
"What did Jazz say?" asked Riddick snapping Rahz from his trance.
With tears in his eyes but with a smile on his face, Rahz turned towards Riddick.
"He said... Fuck you Balthazar"