"[Supernova]." With just a small chant to start charging up the star that was formed in front of them, the group trying to save Draxus had started to crumble in fear. With the lack of bravery within the team, only one person managed to stand up through the extreme fear of one ability that can destroy worlds. And she started singing with the tools given by her beloved to activate resonance magic to try and boost every ally within the group. That girl was Gwen, as she renewed her resolve after that one incident in her own country. With her song, everybody managed to get back on their feet as Wesley smiled and immediately got a strategy ready. "Juniper, prepare yourself with Pauleen, fly her when we get the chance to knock the Destroyer down." Juniper quickly understood the level of priority they have as they were instructed to stay safe until they were given the signal by Wesley.
Gayle who simply stayed down after getting knocked away by the micronova with Viceroy's perfect barrier broken, watched as Reito stared down at her with a sinister smile. "Have you said your prayers? Then, d-!" All of a sudden, Reito felt a major dizziness coursing through his body. He wasn't particularly expecting for a sudden shock into his mind as he stepped back after cancelling his supernova. "Tch, he's still fighting?!" Reito clutched his head with his left hand as he tried to snap back into himself completely. It was then he felt the resonance magic coming from Gwen which was trying to reawaken Draxus. When he turned his gaze towards her, he was instantly hit in the gut as Viceroy and Jevil following behind were charging in towards him. "Ghh!!!" He was hit by the blunt end of Viceroy's spear causing him to feel that his insides have been pushed inwards. "[Pulsing Effect]!" Viceroy activated a function in the spear as he sent a shockwave into the inner parts of Reito's body. However, instead of getting knocked away, he was only pushed back a little as he had strong resistance to any pulsation technology. "[Micronova]!" Reito quickly channeled to form a micro-star and instantly have it explode right in front of Viceroy to knock him away. But just in time for the explosion, he activated a shock absorber to prevent himself from getting knocked too far and protected Jevil from the blast. "Thanks Vice!" Jevil rushed in and struck Reito in the same place with the blunt end of his scythe. But before Reito could counterattack, Jevil swiftly moved around and landed slashes around him to start the damage. But before anymore damage could be done, Reito managed to grab Jevil's foot and pulled him for a powerful kick right in the chin, instantly reaping Jevil's consciousness and knocking him away. With nobody nearby, and nobody capable of forcing Reito into defense from firepower, they're slowly running out of ideas to stop him. In that second, Reito felt another surge of power trying to resist him from the inside. He was forced to kneel down and click his tongue in frustration. Wesley almost saw that as an opportunity until he foresaw another vision of Juniper getting struck by a powerful lightning strike, instantly killing her. "Not yet Juniper!" With Juniper poised to move, she quickly stopped herself from getting in further as multiple lightning strikes surrounded Reito and formed a giant lightning cage. While they were distracted as Reito stood up and started absorbing the life essence of the group, Gwen was getting attacked.
"Gwen!" Matilda shouted as she quickly defended Gwen from Crius who attempted to slash her. "Tch, so you were able to react..." Crius quickly retreated as magic attacks coming from Pauleen and Juniper were flung in towards him. "Matilda, stay on defense, keep an eye on Crius and Mnemosyne as we try to stop the Destroyer." Wesley handed down more orders which was immediately understood. "Got it!" Matilda stayed in front of Gwen as they were surrounded by Wesley's shadows. Reito, finally being able to return to himself, quickly looked on the surroundings as he located Gwen. He knew that with her around, all his enemies would be boosted and his channels would be cancelled as Draxus will be trying to contest him in every turn. And in that moment, he rushed to Gwen. "Tch, stop him!" Viceroy quickly intercepted Reito as he tried to attack from an off-angle, but that was easily dealt with as Reito swung the sword that's still absorbing their life essence to ensure that he retains his own self while fighting them. With the sword strengthened, Viceroy was easily knocked away back into Wesley's position. "Swap me with a shadow!" Wesley quickly understood Viceroy's idea and placed his hand on Viceroy's shoulder and swapped with a shadow. Viceroy brought out his perfected defense once more and blocked the sword from slashing down onto Gwen. It didn't last long, as the barrier was broken shortly after. Matilda defended the attack by blocking it with her own sword. Wesley added even more defense by blocking it with his daggers and Viceroy right in between them blocking with his spear. But despite their greatly balanced defense, the strength of Reito was far surpassing them combined. However, that wasn't everything they used to defend. A hook grabbed onto the sword from behind, and started pulling it away from the defenders. Keith was smiling despite being gravely injured from the impact as he pulled Reito's sword from slashing the three of them. "Tch! [Lunar Impact]!" Reito quickly summoned a moon on the size of a giant boulder and sent it towards Keith's position. "Shit!" Keith attempted to move but ended up kneeling down after the damage dealt to him. He stopped time for a moment to see if he's able to move around. But with the impact on his body being too much, he knew that it's going to be the end of the line.
"[Micronova]" Reito then activated another star detonation and blasted the three in front of him. But Viceroy had casted a barrier with the remaining bit of his power to protect Matilda and Gwen from the damage completely. With only Matilda defending Gwen, she ended up crouching down from the sheer strength Reito had, but with that desperate look and a timed resonance from Gwen, something resurfaced in Reito's mind. This caused him to align the presence of Matilda to a person that he used to remember. With a great amount of shock passing through him, he accidentally uttered the name of a person that's important to him. "Amy..." He stepped back and dropped his weapon as he felt another resonance that had become an actual attempt to remove his possession. "Guah!!!" A lamenting shout filled with disbelief and pain resonated throughout the area. Wesley, who was knocked away took the chance as the moon was dispelled after he retrieved Keith using his shadow. He then quickly went behind Reito who was agonizing over his memories and contested possession and took him down with a few of his shadows after letting most of them get massacred by baiting the lightning strikes. "Now!" With that signal, Juniper quickly flew in range as she brought Pauleen to start sealing the soul's power temporarily just to allow Draxus out.
How much time passed for them? Seconds? Minutes? They waited, until the hair color changed back to pure white and the agonizing movement had ended. Reito had effectively changed back to Draxus as his eyes covering the glowing cerulean colors became visible. "Sorry guys... I ended up nearly killing you..." His apology was easily forgotten as the smiles of the Sentinels and the extreme feeling of relief coursed through them.
Back in the skies watching the battle, Crius and Mnemosyne looked somewhat surprised as the group managed to bring back Draxus from the possession of the Destroyer soul. "What now?" Crius turned his gaze towards Mnemosyne as he thought about what to do next. "We have to return to the council, we got the info that we need." Mnemosyne and Crius then quickly retreated back to the skies.
Just as Draxus stood up after checking his body, he felt a part of the seal being completely undone. With two souls active now, he could easily use the abilities of the [Wanderer] and [Destroyer] races. Above that, he could now use the extra abilities that made the souls Zero, and Reito too strong. Just as he checked that, multiple portals were opened as they many people came out from them ready for combat. "Oh, so you guys managed to shut down a soul?" Serkyrio came out first as he noticed that Draxus looked pretty much fine. "They're exhausted man, but mind if you reward them on my behalf?" Serkyrio, simply facepalmed as he felt slightly relieved. "Sure."
On the flip side, Olivia who came with Wendy from Quisterion, quickly noticed that Draxus was completely okay after the major fiasco of another soul reawakening. She let out a heavy sigh of relief as she noticed that the Matilda and Gwen were heading towards her. "Ollie, you need to come with us for a second. Where's Lily and Julie?" Another portal opened in which Lily and Julie came out of. They remained in the imperial castle of Preeliance as a defensive measure for Sentinels. "Perfect timing, I need you two to come with me for a second." Gwen urged the fiancé group to follow her. Wendy tagged along as she noticed Gayle resting with Josh while Keith, Juniper, and Pauleen were watching over them. And the group went towards that group of five who are resting a bit far away from the group.