"You are different from the one before you , stronger." mordegan says seriously. jasper looks at mordegan in surprise. "you were there when the first luminary was around?" he asked in amazement. mordegan smirked as he thought back to that time. "yes you could say i knew the previous luminary quite closely." he said with a smug grin before turning his attention back to alastair who was waiting patiently. "it would seem you are superior to your predecessor in mentality as well as prowess , an impressive feat to be sure." he said seriously with narrowed eyes.
"Are you going to explain your grand plan now that we are here or are we just going to banter?" alastair asked with an neutral expression. mordegan and jasper were surprised by this question but replied in typical villain fashion by explaining how mordegan would take alastairs luminary power before stealing the power of Yggdrasil with it becoming the most powerful being alive. alastair nodded calmly to show his understanding of this plan before raising his right palm towards jasper. every hair on jaspers body stood on end as a wave of danger filled his being and before he could even react a pillar of yellow light slammed into him.
The dark barrier around him held for three seconds before shattering exposing him to the massive quantity of lightning that erased him faster than he could even scream. the pillar of lightning flew past the horizon shocking everyone who saw it before it vanished. mordegan wasn't as weak as jasper so he could follow the entire event that happened with his minds eye and dread filled him as a result. alastair lowered his hand satisfied that the only thing left of jasper was an overwhelming scent of burnt ozone.
Mordegan attempted to flee but alastair flexed his magic and denied him. another flex and mordegan found himself covered in holy chains that seared his flesh on contact. mordegan tried to free himself with his own considerable power but it was futile. alastair ignored the trapped dark one and with a wave of his hand healed all the humans here including hendrick and king carnelian. after a few moments everyone woke and saw the struggling mordegan and looked at alastair in awe. hendrick noticed the disappearance of jasper and questioned alastair about it. "i have removed him from this world." alastair said calmly.
Hendrick didn't look surprised at this answer merely replying with "i see" before going quiet and tending to king carnelian who had awoken but was feeling weak. "it is time to finally exorcise this darkness from the world." alastair says drawing the attention of everyone including mordegan who struggles even harder to escape the chains binding him. walking up to Yggdrasil's heart alastair reached out with his left hand which causes the protective vines to open before reaching in and removing the sword of light from the heart. a beam of light shoots into the sky followed by the symbol of the luminary before quieting down again.
Alastair walked past everyone who watched this moment in history carefully. soon he reached the struggling mordegan and stopped. "any final words you would like to leave before i sent you on your way?" he asked calmly. mordegan stopped struggling as the realization that escape is impossible began to set in. "my plan was nearly flawless but i still failed , i just don't understand why?" he questioned no one in particular. "as a final mercy i shall answer your question. what you neglected to consider is that not all luminaries are made the same , it is this small detail that ruined your plan."
"Of all the things that could have been the cause , it was my own misunderstanding of the luminary that beat me. i will not ask for my life as i am no fool i only ask you make it quick." mordegan said before closing his eyes and relaxing. alastair nodded and with a swing of the glowing sword of light split mordegan in half at which point his body shattered and turned into thick purple mana that soon dissipated. alastair then returned the sword of light to Yggdrasil before sitting next to the heart calmly.
Both king carnelian and hendrick apologized to the party for their actions alastair especially received the heaviest apologies since he was the one most effected by their actions. the party disbanded shortly after returning to arboria were they were showered with accolades and praise since news of the dark ones demise quickly spread through erdrea. erik had alastair remove a curse from his sister after the parade in arboria was over before alastair split up with everyone except rab and erisa who followed alastair to dundrasil. with a huge quantity of magic alastair rebuilt the capital of dundrasil with a few upgrades in his opinion.
Rab cried when he saw the rebuilt city as he had never thought he would see it done in his lifetime. alastair let rab know that he had only rebuilt the skeleton of the city but until people returned it would merely be empty buildings. after that alastair visited cobblestone where he was happy to meet the villagers who had in fact returned to rebuild. alastairs mother was the happiest to see him as she gave him a good look over before going back to help the others rebuild after telling him how proud she was of him.