"We walk their earth. We breathe their air," murmured Mavislin as she glanced at the battle from her window.
She clenched her blanket tightly. The recent events have truly tuckered her out. She squeezed her eyes tight in an attempt to push away the bad memories.
The Time Mage felt the Valkyrie's shift in Aura and glitched upstairs. Mavislin spun her head around to see who was at her door but was met with two scrawny but firm arms.
"It has been only a few hours since I last saw you but I missed you so much, Mavy..." said Raiyen, snuggling his Valkyrie.
"Hours?" asked Mavislin, confused.
Oh crap, thought the poor Time Boy.
"How long since we last met?"
"About a week."
"That's not so bad."
"You've done worse, right?"
"Let's not go that route, shall we?" asked Raiyen, focusing back to the fight.
He snuggled his Valkyrie while Mavislin shook her head.
"You and your Time Hopping needs a rest."
"Hey, that wasn't my fault! Gillian sent me to do a mission..."
Raiyen froze as he realized what he was supposed to do.
"Oh, crap. But I don't think that's too much of a problem. The second wave of Husks is coming up, from the looks of things," said Raiyen, giving the little bunny a small smooch.
"You know it?"
"Nah, I just... Feel it..."
"Looks like I won't get anywhere with conversing with you, old pal. Let's settle this before the waves start again. By then, you'll be fighting the Corrupted One once more," warned Old Man Pond as the area was blanketed with thick, green fog.
"Well then, if you are going all out, then it is only common practice that I do so as well," said Gillian, bowing down with a sinister grin.
The fog was enough to kill any human on sight but the two beings stood strong. Aki vs Aki. Poison Vs Gates.
"Open! Gate of the Primordial Beasts!" yelled Gillian.
He threw a punch towards Old Man Pond, earning a sneer from the man. A green vortex appeared around his wrists. The vortex had a brown hue and soon had tree roots growing around Gillian's arms.
Small seedlings began growing around the area that he was standing on. His Aura shot through the roof as the area trembled. The Old Chapel braced for impact as she increased the defenses from within.
"Something the matter, Old Girl?" asked Ysabeau.
"Hmm... Something's not right, she's increasing defenses from outside instead of within. There's another attack coming..." explained Baldwin, as he signaled his Puka to come forth.
"Go and find out the disturbance."
The Puka neighed, raising up his front legs before galloping out of the Old Chapel's vines. Meanwhile, the children widened their eyes as they witnessed the actual power of the Gates. For so long, the Headmaster as he prevented himself from opening up the gates in front of the children.
With the recent events, the battle of the Umbras, Mavislin knew that the Umbra's imitation came nowhere close to the real thing. The one using Minwoo as a host body could barely use Celeste to her fullest potential. The one with Tiamat lost control.
But this time, it's the true expert opening up their gates. The seasoned fighter, the strongest amongst all of the Mages.
"We've fought Tiamat... Celeste... But this is truly formidable..." murmured Mavislin as she snuggled her old bunny.
Her eyes were wide with fear, unable to comprehend the power of the Gates before her. The Time Boy looked unfazed as he saw the Headmaster transformed into Yggdrasil, some form of it.
"Door of the Tree Of Life: Yggdrasil..." said Gillian as he fully transformed into the Connector of Nine Worlds.
Wings made out of large, bright green leaves sprouting out from his back. About three sets of gigantic wings. His entire body was hovering above the grasslands, with his Aura increasing. As he continued the transformation, his hair turned into a shade of purple.
Faded Pink petals adorned his waist, creating a skirt armor all around. The petals looked dry at the tips, twirling a bit as well. A large door appeared behind him, on it was the emblem of Yggdrasil, the writings of the Tree Of Life.
When the smoke cleared, Gillian was truly a sight to behold. He looked like a king, with vines woven to be his crown and wings that could rival a Valkyrie's. He finally but slowly opened his eyes to reveal two red orbs. He could say nothing as Yggdrasil was meant to be silent.
Only those that could enter his heart could hear his words. For the Tree Of Life calls out without needing the use of words. In battle, there's no need for such minor things. That's why all of the Primordial Beasts aren't able to talk, with their callout for spells being an exception.