Ebieria stayed silent, not knowing what to do anymore. The dark king who was busy thinking about whether to kill Rivana or not noticed Ebie's troubled expression
"and you there, face at me!" he called Ebie, then used a secret vision spell to know where she really came from.
"you are not from this timeline, are you?" the dark king asked Ebie, feeling amused at what he discovered.
"I-I..." Ebie who is too shock as to how the dark king found out, doesn't know what to say
Avria and Augustin then look at Ebie with a confused expression
"There's no reason to hide it from them "traveler", after all, you can't do anything further here in this past but to observe and look how the dark ages started, I gotta say, I'm grateful for the time stone from preventing you to use your great powers after all you have no choice but to stay still or the future where you live in will cease to exist, " Vladmond said looking at Ebie mischievously.
"H-how did you found out!?" Ebie shouted back at him, feeling guilty and unable to face the three royalties
Instead of answering, the dark king just smirked
"Ebie, is it true?" Avria went near Ebie since they are inside the same barrier
"Ebie, what he said is it true?" Avria asked with a sad voice then made Ebie face her.
Ebie nodded slowly with a guilty expression
"But why didn't you tell us ?" Avria asked
"I-I can't... if I did, I might trigger the time stone, and it'll instantly bring me back to my time without finding out what really happened in the past, I'm sorry.." Ebie explained trying to hold her tears.
Avria who was about to say something got cut off by the dark king by teleporting them inside 3 different places, Avria and Augustin inside a floating barrier on the very top, center of Enchantia, Rivana inside a cage not far from them, and Ebieria beside the dark king chained and unmoving, who is in front of the prisoned couple.
"WHY DID YOU BROUGHT US HERE!!?" Augustin shouted
"I brought all of you here to witness the world I created in a span of a short time!" and with that, Avria, Augustin, Ebieria, and Rivana noticed how the world that once looked peaceful, looks dull and destroyed already.
"This can't be happening..." Avria felt devastated
Rivana who is inside the cage noticed that the cage is slowly fading
"HEY!!" Rivana shouted trying to get the dark kings attention
"WHY IS MY CAGE FADING!? I'M GOING TO FALL ANY MINUTE!"
The dark king just laughed it off then ignored Rivana's screams
"Why are you ignoring my sister!? she's about to fall, can't you see!?" Avria said while looking at the dark king angrily
"That's my intention from the beginning, to kill all of you one by one, starting with the royalties, after all, I'm creating a new era where only my people live!"
Ebieria, who can't move, stayed silent and wondered if she would be able to survive the disaster she went in.
"HELP!!" Rivana on the other hand kept on shouting for help since the cage is almost disappearing
Augustin stayed silent while hugging Avria, but being worried is evident on his face
"Why are you doing this?" Ebieria who can't do anything but only to watch, asked the dark king.
The dark king looked at her with a weird expression
"of course, I'm doing this to satisfy myself and my people!"
"but wouldn't everything has its end?" Ebieria asked again
"what do you mean?" Vladmond asked Ebieria with a serious expression
"You started an era, in the future it will still be stopped," Ebieria said then smiled mischievously, then suddenly an idea popped in her mind, she can still save them without affecting her timeline and without the timestone interfering.
The dark king just continued to stare at her seriously with his piercing eyes signaling Ebieria to continue talking
"I mean, I'm from the future right, and even if you try to kill me here, you can't, since I don't belong in this timeline and the time stone forbids you to, and you know, the future is much stronger and I could easily end your reign there" Ebieria smirks even though she is mostly not telling the truth.
The dark king's expression suddenly darkened, then remained silent
Ebieria then tried to look in Rivana's direction even though she can't really move her neck and saw that the cage is barely seen, any second now, Rivana will start to fall
"I could make a deal or two though" Ebieria continued
Vladmond then look at her
"what deal!?"
"If you stop Rivana's cage from disappearing, I will stop thinking about ending your reign in my time and if you make a deal with Princess Avria right now, I will side with your kingdom and join forces with you, I want you to agree with her deal, after all, you already foresight almost my entire being, in exchange I will tell you everything about the future where I came from." Ebieria proposed a deal with a serious expression
Vladmond then thought of it deeply, but then he suddenly stabs Ebieria with his sword
"NO!!" Avria shouted
Vladmond took his sword out and thought that he already ended the creature who has a big hindrance to his plans, but then Ebieria's stomach, where Vladmond stabbed, suddenly glow in a blueish color, which made Ebieria's wound disappear
"w-what!?" Vladmond looked at Ebieria dumbfounded
"I told you, you can't kill me" Ebieria smirked, but is actually shaking mentally.
'I thought, I was actually gonna die there' Ebieria thought
Vladmond then roared because of the anger surging within him
"So Dark king, is it a deal?" Ebieria mischievously said
Vladmond looked at Ebieria darkly
"Fine, it's a deal, I will do my part, so make sure you do yours," Vladmond said coldly, then flicked his finger which made Rivana's cage fully visible again, and Rivana safe in it.
Avria then said her thank yous to Ebieria
"The second part of the deal?" Ebieria continued
Vladmond then looked at Avria darkly
"Let's make a deal." He said coldly
Avria already thought of a deal and said it loudly to Vladmond
"I want you to let go of Enchantia! and leave this world alone!" Avria said
Vladmond clutches the handle of his sword tightly and looks at Avria and Ebieria with a dark expression but then he remembered that this deal isn't one-sided.
"Fine, I will of course agree and for the part of my deal, I will place a curse on YOUR kingdom.." Vladmond said mischievously
"w-what!?" Avria asked while her face is growing pale
"and place a memory curse on Valorians, including your beloved prince"
Avria and Augustin grew pale on what they heard
"w-wait, that's already two!" Avria complained
"you also made two, Avria," Vladmond said then grinned
Augustin who is beside Avria held her hand and whispered to her that it's okay
"b-but.."
"Avria, you know better than this, saving Enchantia is the priority right? and keep in mind always that my memories might get erased, but my heart will always recognize you." Augustin smiled sadly at Avria, which made her tear up.
Avria knew what is about to happen, but this is the only choice on saving their world.
Avria then faced Vladmond
"Fine, it's a deal then!" Avria said
Vladmond then started chanting 2 long spells, then suddenly The kingdom of Elementia and the Elementians started to get surrounded by black smoke, same goes for Avria, Augustin, and the Valorians, after chanting, Augustin suddenly fainted together with the Valorians who are imprisoned below.
"What kind of curse did you place on him!?" Avria shouted,
"wanna know?" Vladmond asked mischievously
"JUST TELL ME ALREADY!" Avria shouted, couldn't contain her anger any longer
"The curse I placed in Elementia firstly, is that your kingdom will cease to exist whenever it falls from its current ranking, and for the Valorians, I altered their memories and making them think that Elementians is their mortal enemies,"
"w-wait what do you mean!?" Avria asked while starting to shake
"by now, even your lover sees you as a mutual rival."