Diablo swings at Max's neck going to end it quickly, but Max was not having any of it, he caught it with his right hand which at the moment was glowing. "you're a coward you know that?" said Max with a tone off utter disgust, he then went on to snap the blade of the scythe and moved in closer. Max snapped his fingers beside Diablo's ear releasing a shockwave that knocked him out. Diablo passed out on Max's shoulder dropping the scythe, "the Eldlich rune" he whispered as a helmet forms around his head and his eyes glow a deep red. Max shoved Diablo trying to get some some distance to attack, then he noticed that he was not in a human state anymore, he was zombie like and as if in a trance Diablo rose his hand and spawned a purple blade. Max gets stabbed in the chest, but the blade cracked on impact, then Max announced " you're friend's gonna die if you don't do anything" tuning towards the other man watching, a thick haze arise as six other cloaked people appeared behind him." took you guys long enough" he said with a such if relief, Max sigh and asks " are you sure you want to do this??". Max starts to glow a bright golden color "because I'm tired of holding back". Max grabs Diablo by the neck and throws him aside to face the new challengers.
Meanwhile Stacy has Jack on a boat heading towards an island just outside the Asian sea boarder. Stacy hand control of the boat to her assistant Lucy and proceeds to call Diablo. the call was on for 2 mins before someone picked,and from the tone she was aware it wasn't Diablo."who is this" she asked in genuine concern and a bit of anger, " take care of Jack for me.... he gets to live his own life or your empress dies... also he is not to be restricted in anyway as a matter of fact, you are to obey his every whim until further notice, adhere to these wishes of mine and everything will go smoothly" the person cuts the line.
Max was now standing on a pillar of ice with his hand around Diablo's neck and seven unconscious bodies beaten almost to the point of death at his feet. " now that I've stretched out a bit and confirmed Jack's safety" he said dropping Diablo phone down the icy stream " how many of you are ready to die for your cause??" he asks with a childish smile. His smile suddenly fades as he drops Diablo and turns around to see a thousand giant swords in the sky. Max restores all eight of the people he destroyed and said " I'm gonna reshape this place so turn into a tourist attraction or something". Max takes a few steps forward and digs his foot in the ice, waves of energy flowing from all over the region combusted around his vein packed leg and he spins and kicks straight down just off the edge of the pillar. A hurricane fiend around the group even consuming Max himself and the last thing they heard was....
"GET ON WITH YOUR LIVES... I WON'T BE BACK FOR A WHILE"
The hurricane dropped and there was nothing to see but that single pillar and Miles if ocean, all the swords where gone, the entire region of ice disappeared and Max himself was nowhere to be seen. Diablo got up and said " this is where we go our separate ways..... It's been real" as he leap of the edge and into one the portal left behind during the fight. All of them went to a different portal and left the icy landmark now known as the edge.
Stacy and Jack got to the island and Lucy escorted them to the central cathedral. "Jack...you'll live here until further notice" Stacy says with a trauma expression on her face as if she was in a nightmare she knew wouldn't soon end. Jack then asked " did gramps put you up to this?? cause you don't have to...", " you're free" she cut him off" do whatever you want with no limitations... if you need anything just give the word and you'll have it" she said. before retiring to the guest house for a drink. Jack looked around the church and went to the dorms at the back " I wonder what Gramps is up to" he thought to himself " he sure went out of his way to set me up for life without him.... I guess I'll see him whenever he shows up". Jack walked around the male dormitory and looked for the room that matches the key card he was given on the boat, " this'll be interesting" he says as he walks into his new room and life.