Draxus's state began entering rampage as he quickly regained all his mana back. He manipulated his time to continuously rewind to prevent any effects from getting stuck inside him, and injuries instantly closing. He then closed in the gap between him and Serkyrio with a flurry of strikes with the assistance of time and dimensions. Serkyrio simply performed a quick rotation in his staff to block all incoming attacks. Afterwards, he grabbed Draxus's hand as soon as he could and performed a quick grapple as he threw him into the ground without any breathing room. In his mind, he's quickly thinking of a plan to shut Draxus up as he recalled the effects of all his gems. In the meantime, he channeled a huge amount of energy into his fist which got Draxus to immediately roll away and stand up within a split second. The dimensions and timeflow that change weren't being reverted as to leave various kinds of traps within the area. Seeing that, Serkyrio immediately thought that his space is pretty limited, making even more ideas as he brought out the moonstone again. Draxus noticed that and immediately reacted by shortening the dimensional gap to slice of Serkyrio's arm, but since Serkyrio had that predicted, he calmly dodged while his other hand unnoticeably brought out an onyx gem. "[Kneel]!" Draxus instantly stiffened up as he began resisting Serkyrio's [Silent Command], but that single moment of immobilization was enough for him. However, the cerulean eye on Draxus glew even brighter as he warped the distance between him in Serkyrio despite being unable to move due to his attempt to resist the [Silent Command], preventing him from locking Draxus in the moonstone trap. Serkyrio clicked his tongue as he once again used [Silent Command]. "[Grovel]!" Strong resistance came from Draxus but ended up crouching against the unbending will Serkyrio had. Serkyrio then used his moonstone to trap Draxus but he created a portal below him to escape. "Tch, Charnet! Make sure everybody survives here! I'll follow Draxus in his [Warped Dimension]!" Charnet was surprised as she was suddenly called out, she made a quick response before telling Serkyrio "Good luck." Serkyrio simply nodded as he entered the portal before Draxus closed it. However, it was only closed the second he entered the realm, as if the goal was to trap him along with Draxus. "Quite a nice place here, but you're going to return my disciple's body, [Wandering Abomination] Zero."
Draxus no, Zero who was taking control of Draxus's body right now let out a small voice in surprise as his identity was easily known. "Interesting, to be able to know my name even though I have not spoken about it in this world?" Serkyrio simply shrugged his shoulders as he looked around the infinitely flat arena where distance and elevation could not be identified. Zero floats a little bit higher than Serkyrio as if setting himself on a place with high ground. "Can't help it, I have a gem that's basically capable of identifying my targets. There's also another person capable of identifying anything in this world. Besides, you used to be unable to kill people, let alone hurt them even. Seems like you have gotten yourself corrupted as soon as your lover was killed in front of you. But don't worry, you'll be struck down quicker than a split second, all the injuries you've dealt me have become nothing as everything inside me is always reverting back in time." Serkyrio brought out two different gems this time and activated one immediately. "{Eternal Regeneration}" He then dodged the predicted attacks Zero made as he activated the second gem that he held. "{Vehement Collector}!" Zero felt nothing from the new ability that was activated in Serkyrio's ruby gem, assuming that it was an ability that did not work. Zero continued his endlessly dangerous attacks as Serkyrio predicted and dodged it all just barely.
Strike, dodge, move, warp, and repeat. That process had been repeated many times one-sidedly as Serkyrio was trying to wait for something while dodging. "Enough!" Zero, begins to feel impatience as he quickly stops time in the plane to stop wasting more time. He floated slowly towards Serkyrio while he was running out of patience against the movements of Serkyrio who kept predicting his attacks. "Finally, nobody will be able to stand agains-!!!?" He was interrupted, he stopped time yet was still interrupted. But when he noticed, the ruby Serkyrio held was glowing brightly. In Zero's mind, he was thinking about how it was possible to control him in stopped time. But it was then a surge of pain reflected back in his mind. "Guhh!!!" He held his head after dropping both weapons in agony and anger. But those emotions only got the ruby gem to shine more. To which the effect is to inflict mental agony on the target when it absorbs negative emotions from the target. His control over time was interrupted which got Serkyrio to smile as he brought out the onyx gem. "It worked quite well, now that you're unable to control yourself, I'll control you now. [Grovel]!" Zero instantly fell flat mid air and became unable to move, it was then Serkyrio brought out the amethyst gem. "[Sleep]!" Zero then lost his consciousness from the [Silent Command] and the unparalleled will Serkyrio had. At that point, Draxus was no longer taken over by the memories of Zero as they all were sealed to somewhere in his mind. "[I beseech the ethereal chains. To limit and weaken the savage strength of one's soul. To enforce everlasting control in his mind, and prevent him from losing control. Come! Ewiges Siegel]! Chains of varied colors generated all over the unconscious body of Draxus which returned into the white haired young man that was often called as the [Prince of Despair].
"With this, now what we need is a way back... Which is..." Serkyrio created a return portal to where they were before. After dragging Draxus back through the portal, he immediately thought that he could use this to create a portal back to earth. But for now, he shrugged it off as he had more important things to do. He lowered down the unconscious Draxus to the ground as he called out to Charnet. "Yo, how's the injured?" Charnet was smiling as she seems to have good news in regards to the injured. "They're good now, they'll wake up in two days, but we have to do our cleanup for the time being." Serkyrio nodded as the three girls, Matilda, Lily, and Julie rushed towards Draxus with tears flowing down from their eyes. He looked at the three who were crying on Draxus who nearly lost his control and destroyed everything. All warped distances and broken timeflows have been reverted back to normal after Draxus was sealed. He kept his gaze at the crying girls who were worried while thinking of some things. "Quite a hard-worker..." He then turned his gaze as Harold walks towards them. "The other three were in much better shape than the four that were actually killed once, but everything's all good now." Serkyrio sighed a little bit as one person who was wearing priest-like clothing in her thirties arrived to the area. "W-Who are you people? What happened here? Gwen!" She rushed to Gwen's position in panic as Serkyrio looked at Charnet and Harold. "I'll take care of things from here, return to the castle and ask Remuel or Arlesk to carry Draxus back to the castle, have him in one of the hyperbaric capsule chambers in the lab." The two nodded from Serkyrio's command as Harold opened a portal back to the castle. Serkyrio walked towards the person who was hugging Gwen with all her might. "Is she the Deaconess?" The person hugging Gwen, who was her mother Niloufer, panicked as she saw Serkyrio's gaze as he asked for a simple question. "Y-Yes... Please spare her! She already went through a lot! You can do whatever you wish to me, just not my daughter!" Serkyrio sighed as he offered a hand to Niloufer. "My name is Serkyrio Kaiser Preeliance. I came here after sensing a major disturbance coming from my disciple, Draxus Heimdal Kingfisher. Everything's all good now." Niloufer widened her eyes in surprise as the three sentinels woke up drowsily. "W-What happened... Draxus lost control and..." Audrey noticed a powerful presence nearby and thought it was Axel at first, but seeing as the willpower far surpassed anything she ever knew, she looked around and saw Serkyrio. The other two noticed him and the three walked closer to kneel down before their emperor. "Emperor, we are grateful for gracing us with your presence and assisting us in our extreme trouble!" Audrey was slightly panicking while Niloufer could only watch as Serkyrio was almost no different from Draxus in terms of age. Maria continued Audrey's words in a form of a request. "Emperor, may I ask in regards to the states of everyone?" Serkyrio nodded simple while urging them to raise their head. "They're all good now, a portal will be opened in due time, I request you all to carry all the girls to their rooms. Jay, assist Remuel or Arlesk in carrying Draxus." Serkyrio shifted his attention while hearing the three go """Acknoledged!""" and went to their fallen party members. Serkyrio knelt down on one knee as he calmly talked to Niloufer. "Seeing as the deaconess is your daughter, then I presume you're the pope? I'll be taking over my disciple's job as investigator of your country's affairs." Niloufer finally calmed down as she offered a handshake immediately. "N-Niloufer Santuria... The Pope and the leader of this nation. May I ask of the hero's whereabouts?" Serkyrio turned his gaze towards the unconscious Draxus before turning it back to Niloufer. "I'm afraid that I do not know, once Draxus awakens... He'll likely come here to make a report on that. Anyways, may I request for a meeting regarding a possible alliance that will be formed between our countries?" Niloufer shook her head sideways slowly and made a response quickly before she was misunderstood. "There's no need... Lord Kingfisher has already offered the alliance to us, and we had accepted. Not only that, he saved my daughter from the ritual and death... And may I ask, Emperor of Preeliance... Are you really capable of defeating Draxus even in his full power? I apologize if I'm offending you, but your appearance, doesn't differ much from him in terms of age." Serkyrio shrugged his shoulders as he made a response. "Yeah, we're actually the same age, I'm older by a couple months. However, he asked to become a disciple after losing to me in a spar during our younger days. Now, he's turned to this powerful guy that could injure me. I can say that I'm quite proud of it." Serkyrio stood up straight as a portal opened up with Remuel coming out. Jay called out to Serkyrio and kneeled down before speaking. "Emperor, I have a report about the secret activities and the identity of the enemy that caused everything. I have faced one of them headfirst, and Draxus faced both enemies that resided in this country. They have unfortunately escaped for the time being." Serkyrio snorted because of the fact that somebody faced Draxus and managed to escape. "Remain here and tell me the details on the way, is there a facility?" Jay immediately made a positive response. "Yes, it's right below the cathedral." Niloufer interrupted them while everybody was carrying the unconscious people back to the castle. "Wait, Emperor of Preeliance, may ask you if you can erase the memories of the people in regards to the ritual?" Serkyrio tilted his head as he received the details of the ritual from Niloufer. Gwen woke up on the process as she saw Serkyrio standing right in front of her, and Draxus being carried by Remuel with his hand over his shoulders. "W-Who?!?" Gwen panicked as she tried to reach out to Draxus. "Interested in my disciple, go after him." Serkyrio simply smiled as he urged Gwen to follow Remuel who was carrying Draxus. "Before you go Remuel!" Remuel left Draxus to Harold who was keeping up the portal. He went towards Serkyrio without even kneeling. "It seems that the people who have been baptized can easily be controlled. Can you look for the source? It's likely to be within this country." Remuel nodded and brought out [Amalgam of Destiny]. "Roger that! [Amalgam of Secrets]! [Bring forth the secrets of this city]!" Beautiful crimson energy emerged from Remuel before he told them the location of the tool. Jay knew the way towards it as he offered himself as a guide. The rest of the sentinels and party members returned to the castle along with Remuel and Gwen who rushed to Draxus's side. It surprised Matilda, Lily, and Julie but the portal closed before knowing what happened there.
"Now, you may need a little bit of rest so don't worry about anything right now and return to your headquarters, I'll wait in Draxus's room in your headquarters when you wake up." Serkyrio and Jay walked towards the cathedral after urging Niloufer to return to her headquarters and sleep for the night in relief.