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Chapter 86 - Twisted Universe

One person sat down on the grass as he gazed over a dark void. He had a split hair color of cerulean and brown, with his eye colors having the same heterochromia nature. He kept his eyes on the black that was deeper than darkness and filled with nothingness. He turned his gaze behind him, seeing a large castle made up of black stone materials and purple energy. It was a dark world that was unfitting for him but, he still felt at home on that one castle. A woman came out from the castle, floated down as her black hair flutters from the slow drop of elevation. Her face was indescribably beautiful, as she held a worried expression. Her black, homely clothing stood out as her figure could easily be noticed. She had a commanding voice, yet felt very gentle when it's focused to him. "Hey... Something wrong? You haven't been showing around recently." She sat right beside him, placed her hand over his which was resting on the grass. They then both gazed at the voice below the floating sky. "It's nothing, my princess... Just some memories..." The man turned his head towards her with a wry smile as he remembered some bitter memories, of his time with his family, who wanders from world to world. The day where he contracted a disease, causing him to mutate in a world, making him capable of manipulating time along with the ability to warp and control the dimensions of a world. He was rejected, branded as a monster, and abandoned, by his race, lost his family. He wandered, world after world, seeking friends, gaining them, finding about his power, either getting praised or rejected for it. For those that rejected him, abandoned him immediately. For those that accepted him, either used him or tried to get closer, but as the people of that world found out, the ones closed to him are killed and eradicated to the point where restoration is impossible. He was weak at the heart, as he could only do nothing but escape. Eventually, he reached this dark sky island, where he met this young girl who lived in the island alone. They became friends, and then lovers, but as she was forcefully brought back to the surface realm, he followed. Upon seeing his power, they were scared against him, but that woman who was surprisingly younger than him, stood up for that person and tried to protect his heart at all costs. It became a lot better, as he began to learn skills of combat, to use his extremely powerful magic of time and dimension, only for it to end in the most unbearable way. That woman that protected him, was murdered and eradicated until restoration was impossible, right in front of him. It was then, he broke. Tried to turn back time or go back to the past to avoid the situation, but he was unable to. It's as if the universe itself rejected him. At one of her deaths, he finally snapped. The emotion of hatred, resentment, and wrath engulfed the world, and it was broken as the space was no longer reparable, and the flow of time had halted. As a result, even before he destroyed that world, his existence was erased by some unknown power.

Back in the Santuria capital, Draxus who was taken over by that person's memories had a single goal in mind, revenge. To at least break the life of the person who killed his most important people with an eternal event. To die, and to rewind time for a different death, and repeat. Draxus flew forward and clashed with Axel immediately. His swords that transcended the laws of time and space defied the ascendance of Axel's golden swords that can phase through objects, and break barriers. Axel was shocked, yet still managed to block him. He tried to perform a counterattack by teleporting but instead of doing so, he made his own teleports into defensive moves. Draxus thrust a sword through the portal as it appeared in many predicted locations. Axel teleported away but Draxus shrunk the dimensional distance between them and landed a dangerous slash from his sword. After cutting off Axel's right arm, the dimensional distance between them reverted to its former state. Blood gushed out from Axel's arm, tainting his gold and white armor with red stains as his right arm flops down to the ground. He clicked his tongue as he focused a huge amount of energy into the lopped off limb as it begins to instantly recover, but an enraged Draxus won't even notice that he isn't giving him a chance. Draxus shrunk the dimensional distance once more without holding back this time and closed his position to strike Axel down. "Ghh!!!" Axel barely dodged by teleporting to the side of the attack and fully regained his arm. He took the golden sword and tried for a counterattack once again, but the dimensional distance grew out and his time flow slowed down heavily. Because of that, Draxus's speed was unparalleled to the point where dodging became impossible as he received the sword piercing through his chest. Draxus twisted it and finally spoke, yet his voice was never the same as his normal tone. "You've taken everything from me..." Magic begins to flow inside Axel as another sword gets stabbed into his head. "You will die! Before I end this world's flow of time! And the dimensions here will be ruined, distance can't be felt, range can't be felt, time can't be felt, everything can't be felt. This twisted universe, is not a place for me. But it's also not a place for you." Draxus pulled the swords out which somewhat repairs his body. A portal then opened below Axel as he begins to fall into the deep black void.

The black void Axel fell into, was a world where he's suffocating, a world with no air, no light, no life, just emptiness, blackness, and death. He watched his surroundings but never felt anything change. Did I really turn? Which way was up or down? Which way am I facing at? Such questions arose from his mind before the thought of getting revenge floated. It was then light grew and he landed on grass. It was a sunny day as he checked his body, no injuries or whatsoever. He had survived, or so he thought as he was suddenly blown away by an unknown force. That unknown force crept up next to him as he tried to use his power, but there was no response. It wasn't because he was sealed, as even the hero card didn't work. It's because that his power, turned inexistent in the dimension he landed on. He was squashed to death, after resisting for a few seconds by a giant. But then he woke up once again, he tried to check himself as he thought he had died, but just as he celebrated his survival, he was stabbed by somebody with a knife from behind. He fell down, and tried to use his recovering abilities, but there was nothing happening, it all continued, as he woke up once more just to die, over, and over again.

Tears fell down on Draxus as he stabbed both swords into the ground. His hopeless expression let out a surge of magic from his body. He poured it all into the two swords as he shouted in despair. "This world, will be halted forever! I do not have any other wish! As all my possibilities ends! With her gone! With the ultimatum that struck me! This universe... Twisted universe, I shall leave this place and disappear completely, but I must leave a parting state, where this world will know no sense of direction, distance, and time. For this world had destroyed my heart, and to rewind the creation of the universe back to zero, and beyond it in hopes to never let it exist ever again. At the cost of my life, just for her." The two swords shined brightly as they combined into one, he pulled it out from the ground and held it up high. "[Compressing Tim-]" Just as he was about to finish his chant, a barrier covered him and sucked up all of his magic and air. He begins to suffocate as he starts to float over the ground a little bit. He struggled to breathe but he turns around to see one person holding a gray gem on his left hand, a moonstone that was processed to look like a beautiful crystal gem. He wore a monotone colored battle clothing and was gazing at him with a serious expression. "Seems like I have to seal you myself, Draxus Heimdal. No, the last survivor of the [Connected Souls], [Prince of Despair]." The person who stood there was Serkyrio Kaiser, a person whom the owner of the memories cannot remember, yet allowed the personality of Draxus Heimdal to resurface. "Behind Serkyrio, was Charnet along with Matilda, Lily, and Julie who began tending to the wounded. The three girls that were in love with Draxus, could only bear a small sight as they watched Draxus in endless agony. But their appearance made his real personality surface up and shout one last time before getting taken over again. "Emperor Serkyrio!" It was a shout seeking for help, and a little bit of hope over the endless amount of despair he's facing while being taken over. Serkyrio simply smiled as he ordered Charnet to keep an eye on them. Harold was seen healing the rest of the members who ended up unconscious. "Don't worry, my bravest disciple..." Serkyrio dispelled the barrier as he returned the moonstone into the interdimensional storage, and brought out a metallic staff. "I'll give you your salvation, and your life back."