The next morning, the group awoke to a yell from outside. "We just cleared the third tower, now this shit..." muttered Lyonlu sleepily. The group got up and walked outside.
Meanwhile, in an underground factory:
"They cleared the third tower, brother. I'm getting worried."
"Ken, there's no need to panic, once my mech robot is complete, they won't stand a chance."
"You're right, I'll trust you, brother."
They both laugh evilly.
Back to the group:
Just then, a hooded figure floated in front of them, and she muttered the words "Zero Space." and Kyona and the group were taken to the expansive void known as Zero Space.
Once in Zero Space, Kyona said "So, this is it, the place where nothing exists, except things that were brought from the outside into here, that means, Clovis…" Kyona shook, Lyonlu comforted her and calmed her down. "It's okay Kyona, he won't be anywhere nearby, he was here long before us." Lyonlu hugged Kyona and patted her head. Kyona started to tear up and thanked Lyonlu.
The hooded figure walked up to an area and said "Materialize, Castle." She said this in an unusual tone, almost like a man's voice. Then, the white-hooded figure, started to transform, as her hood fell off, the figure coiled around the newly materialized castle and it perched its claws on the top. The dragon let out an explosive roar before breathing fire down at the group.
Kyona dodged the fire, she knew that figure, the golden scales, the golden claws, she realised this creature could be nobody other than Klawe. She had red eyes, just like the others before her.
Klawe then flew upwards off of the castle and flew towards the group, breathing fire as she did so. "Help me...." she muttered quietly. With quick thinking, Arachu used some silk to create a protective layer around the four. It barely contained the controlled Klawe's flames and scratches and then it broke. Klawe chased down the group and striked them all with her talons, leaving deep cuts on everyone. Several clashes of metal against metal was heard, while everyone was trying to fend for themselves against the attacks. Then, Kyona saw an opportunity and tried to dash in and jump off of the castle walls to get to Klawe, but Lyonlu warned her to not go any closer. Kyona was running too fast and was already too close. Klawe then span around in a circle and it looked like she had turned into a golden sawblade as her wings folded and her talons and claws were exposed even more and had become even sharper.
Lyonlu yelled "Kyona, look out!" as she ran in to try to push her away. Then, Anoyk came out and started to block the now sawblade like Klawe who was rolling towards her. She had fused Kyona's dual daggers into a single black rapier.
Klawe then stopped rolling and began to fly upwards again and breathed fire but Anoyk had snuck onto her back with almost blindingly fast speed and had begun stabbing the controlled Klawe in the back with the rapier. The controlled Dragon cried out in agony, tilting it's head backwards, which Anoyk swiftly cut down the control device in one strike and jumped off of Klawe, freeing Klawe from the enemy's control as she crashed to the ground.
After some time, Klawe awoke from the mind control and asked where she was.
Kyona explained that Klawe had taken the group to this place called Zero Space, the place where nothing exists. She asked Klawe how she could make something appear and she didn't seem to understand what Kyona was talking about.
"Wait, isn't that all four towers cleared? Where do we go next?" pointed out Kyona.
"Before you had to fight me, I overheard them talking about an underground factory as their base of operations. There's one nearby that we can give a shot! But we have to hurry because we are starting to disintegrate!" said Klawe.
Klawe then flew the group to their final destination, the door to the underground factory.
Meanwhile:
"When are you gonna be done with that robot of yours, brother?! They beat the final tower!" shouted Ken. "They'll be here any second!"
"I'm almost done, if you give me a little more time, I can finish it, I just need time!" shouted Zhaknir.
"The alarms are going off, they're here!" shouted Ken.
"Stall for time Ken, send out the Crescentals, if they get defeated, use yourself to buy more time! I'm very close to finishing the robot's creation!" shouted Zhaknir over the red lit, alarm sounding base.
"Okay brother!" shouted Ken to the shadows, as he wasn't able to see Zhaknir, he could only hear him. "That brother of mine will die at this rate, one of his cores has already been destroyed." muttered Zhaknir.
Ken pulled the lever to release the Crescentals and 20 of them came out from the shutters and flooded the hallway leading to the brothers' base. "Your orders, kill Kyona and her friends!" shouted Ken and the Crescentals hopped off down the hallway to where Kyona and her friends were approaching.
Chapter 4 End