The city of Paradise had been heavily ruined by the Kraton Empire, from a holy and sacred city to a heap of ashes. The Celestial Knights were fiercely attacked by the enemy and many were killed, their golden blood-stained feathers falling across the sky. And finally in the end, Everest and Vahalla faced off again. The two of them stood facing each other and looked at each other, Everest said:
"Vahalla, we meet again. Now, you see? Paradise is fallen, our sacred city is gone. Only one last step to rebirth this world."
Vahalla replied:
"You mocked our gods. I sent a messenger to invite you here in peace, but you still attacked on purpose."
Everest said:
"You really wanted to call me up here in peace. Why?"
Vahalla replied:
"Because I really understood what you said that day. You are right about the humans, they are killing themselves, and that the only way to preserve the legacy of the God Horux is to rebirth the Old World for a New World. I apologize for being so blind to my position and mission in observing humanity, perhaps their fate was too wrong. But it is unacceptable for you to destroy this holy city. You must be brought out and judged by the Council for this blasphemous act."
Everest said:
"You still fantasize about the heyday of the God Horux in Paradise. This city is nothing but its sparkle that hides the decay within. It doesn't deserve to exist, it doesn't have those old meanings anymore, it's just a remnant of a bygone era. We destroy the past and from the ashes we build a new future, a new world."
Vahalla replied angrily:
"Without the values of the past, there is no future. This city is our history, our lesson, our failure, new generations of the New World will need those things from the past to understand not to make our mistakes again. If you are willing to destroy everything on this Old World to create the most perfect New World, I will have to stop you now."
Everest said:
"I don't need anything from this world anymore, let it disappear forever. If you won't let me through that gate, then I will fight you. But the one who will fight you will not be me, but my most powerful Grand General, mankind's most powerful warrior, Rhohan Restruction."
Rhohan stepped out and looked up at Vahalla, who showed no fear of a Celestial Master more powerful than himself. Everest continued:
"And to make this battle even better, we need an audience, right?"
The three scouts of Alata brought out Elastor, Julia, and The Star, bound with their cloaks. Vahalla was surprised, he said:
"Let them go, they have nothing to do with us."
Everest replied:
"Oh no, I know, they're supposed to stop me, should I kill them now?"
Xanuguis was also present, she knelt before Everest and said:
"Your Majesty, the Crusadia team is coming."
Everest replied:
"Catch them for me, use The Evolution."
Xanuguis immediately turned around and looked at Grim, Belle and Lamalia approaching. Grim said:
"We can get close to Everest, kill him now!"
Xanuguis said:
"The Evolution!"
The Evolution was immediately summoned, Belle hastily said:
"Stop now! Or we will...."
The Evolution unleashed its psychic powers and released invisible energies at the three of them. Grim, Belle and Lamalia were caught by surprise, they thought to themselves:
"Damn it!"
Five members of the Crusadia team had been arrested, Everest confidently said:
"You believe that too, don't you? That they were brought here by fate to stop us. Now that's not going to happen."
Rhohan withdrew The Demigod and Eva said in surprise:
"What's wrong? It's chasing me."
Eva saw everyone being captured by Everest, she immediately flew there to save them. But before they could, both Eva and The Riser were captured by The Evolution. Everest said:
"Now that they've all been captured, where are my Grand Generals?"
Xanuguis looked at Ronin Katana on Grim's hip and said:
"Owl is dead. And look what do we have here?"
Xanuguis snatched the Book of Fates from Grim's waist and said:
"Book of Fates, the ultimate book of all things."
Rohan continued:
"Neither Jean, Bahamat, Onias and Zilan came here. Did they really defeat them?"
Everest replied:
"It's true, they did it. Xanuguis, finish them off."
But before Xanuguis could do anything, Vahalla hurriedly said:
"Stop! Don't kill them. Do you know how easy it is for me to get them out of here? If you want to fight, I agree with that."
Everest smirked and replied:
"Use your life for them? It's ridiculous."
Vahalla said:
"I don't know how the Book of Fates wrote about them. But I do know that they were still willing to fight against you to protect Paradise even though I betrayed their hopes.
Now, I owe them a lot, their lives are most important."
Everest replied:
"Good, if you want them alive that's fine."
Xanuguis shot six metal neck cuffs that flew at the six of them's necks and they tied their necks. The neck cuffs was activated and the red light in the middle of it lit up. Xanuguis said:
"Don't try to use the ability again, or you'll just blow up your neck."
Rhohan said:
"Stand back, Your Majesty. This battle will be fierce."
Everest, Rhohan, and the three scouts fell far behind. The soldiers guarding the emperor spread out to fight the Celestial Knights leaving a very wide area. Vahalla and Rhohan started the match against each other. Rhohan unleashed a lot of destructive darkness, it spread to surrounding buildings and a very large area to absorb them all. That power stopped at the right foot of Everest, he confidently watched his Grand General fight Vahalla. Rhohan said calmly:
"The Demigod."
Rhohan's dark aura released even more, The Demigod was summoned and it roared at Vahalla fiercely. The Demigod then fused with Rhohan, transforming him into his Destruction form. Rhohan's skin changes to black dragon scales with blood vessels turning purple, his eyes turn into dragon eyes and a layer of eyelids again, his claws grow on his back, arms and legs and a dragon's tail with the tip of the tail like a spear, he grew two dragon horns on his head and spread out his dark dragon wings. This was Rhohan's ultimate power, the purest power of darkness. Vahalla showed no fear of Rhohan's dark power, he said calmly:
"You think challenging me with the power of darkness can repel me? Then witness the power of God!"
Vahalla summoned The Sun, his Solar Elemental Spirit, the most powerful Elemental Spirit in the universe. The Sun was shaped like a small sun, it hovered over Vahalla's head and released rays of sunlight everywhere. The rays of the sun were so hot that it could cut through all things, its heat was the heat of the sun, its light was so bright that mortals couldn't look directly at it and would burn their eyes. The power of the light of The Sun cut into the darkness of Rhohan and clashed with it. The battle between light and darkness had begun. Confronted with each other's divine power, Vahalla and Rhohan summoned their swords and charged into battle. Rhohan lunged at the fastest speed and swung his sword hard at Vahalla, his blade releasing darkness and cutting through the air. Vahalla easily dodged to Rhohan's surprise, he also quickly stabbed Rhohan in the shoulder and burned the wound. Vahalla said:
"You cannot defeat the light, for no darkness can invade this world."
Vahalla spread out his four wings and glowed the most, it was the holy light of a Celestial Master. That light burned Rhohan's scales easily, the level of both of them was too obvious. Vahalla pushed Rhohan down far from the gates of the Temple, his darkness pushed back by the light. Rhohan tried to endure but all his darkness was fading away. Vahalla drew his sword from Rhohan's shoulder and launched a giant light beam at him. Rhohan raised his sword and blocked the light beam, its light and heat could not be stopped by anyone, The Sun continued to glow even more and made the surrounding darkness disappear even more. Rhohan couldn't take it much longer and fell to one knee because of Vahalla's divine power. Vahalla thought he was on the verge of victory but what surprised him was that Rhohan slowly rose to his feet and forcibly confronted his might. Rhohan unleashed more and more darkness, his destructive darkness was infinite, it was not only the darkness that brought destruction, but it was also the darkness of Rhohan's faith and loyalty. Rhohan unleashed the darkness of his dark blade and spread his wings. Rhohan charged and slashed Vahalla's light beam in half with his own darkness. Rhohan lunged forward and swung his sword, knocking Vahalla's blade up and delivering another slash on his chest armor that left a dark burn. Vahalla and Rhohan retreated, Rhohan slowly recovered from the burns and said strongly:
"But my darkness is not the darkness of chaos, it is my faith, my loyalty to my ideals. That without the power of light, I can still fight."
Vahalla looked at the slash on his armor, which slowly faded away but left a deep cut. Gripping the sword even more, Vahalla charged forward and swung a slash of light at Rhohan's face. Rhohan looked up with a slash on his left cheek but he wasn't worried at all. Rhohan unleashes a force of darkness at Vahalla and knocks him back. Vahalla stood up and felt his enemy's power growing more and more over time, he thought to himself:
"He's not simply a warrior, he fights with all his faith, it makes him stronger."
Rhohan flew to Vahalla and prepared his sword to stab him. The Sun released sunlight and burned Rhohan from afar with its holy light. Rhohan endured it all and suddenly leapt over Vahalla's head then thurst hard at The Sun. Rhohan flew away from The Sun wounded. Vahalla looked at The Sun about to explode and said in panic:
"No!"
The Sun explodes above Vahalla, destroying the clouds below. The explosion was so destructive that it created a huge hole in Paradise. Vahalla was mortally wounded, his four wings were burned and he crashed into the gates of the Temple of Horux and destroyed it. Rhohan stood up from that powerful battle, he turned back to normal and raised his sword. Along with Vahalla's defeat and when the remaining Celestial Knights defending Paradise were also destroyed, the Empire's soldiers shouted eloquently in praise of Rhohan's greatest victory. Then the entire army of the Kraton Empire entered the Temple of Horux, the last stand of the Celestials. Everest was about to reach his destination. While the three scouts and Everest didn't notice, hiding behind a broken wall was Alata. Alata put on a ghost cloak and said:
"It's the hero's time, again."
Alata became invisible and slowly approached the three scouts. Meanwhile, The Star is tied up, it says:
"Well, my life is really suck. And the world is about to be destroyed. And how the hell am I supposed to be the only Elemental Spirit to see that?"
Julia replied:
"Don't ask me, ask the world. And why don't you retreat inside Elastor?"
The Star said:
"I don't know, master is fainting and I don't know how to withdraw."
Alata got close enough, he immediately slashed the three scouts behind with his spear and released Elastor, The Star, and Julia. The Star launched lightning to hit Everest and Xanuguis behind, The Evolution immediately captured Elastor, The Star and Julia. Fortunately, Alata was unharmed because he turned into a ghost in time. The Evolution immediately threw members of the Crusadia team through the clouds from Paradise to the ground. Alata shouted in panic:
"Everyone! No!"
Alata immediately flew down to save his friends. Everyone was able to function normally again, but couldn't use their powers again. They were falling to the ground at a very fast speed. Grim said:
"Oh come on, am I not allowed to use my powers?"
Eva looked up and saw Alata flying down, she shouted:
"Alata!"
Alata shouted and tried to rush down as fast as possible. Back on Paradise, The Star's earlier attack did nothing to Xanuguis and Everest. Rhohan rushed to help Everest and said worriedly:
"Emperor, are you okay?"
Everest replied:
"I'm fine, but..."
Everest looked at the three scouts who had been killed by Alata, and said in disappointment:
"Fate makes good people die again, how sad it is. But everything must be done."
The Kraton Empire entered the Temple of Horux, they surrounded all the Celestials of knowledge within. Everest looked at Vahalla, who was badly injured lying on the floor, he said:
"Where is your god now?"
Rhohan created a dark cloud on which Vahalla lay to take him to the Chamber of the Council. All of the Celestials were shocked by the return of Everest and the fact that Vahalla, the most invincible Celestial had been defeated. They then entered the Chamber of the Council. Everest arrogantly entered and Rhohan took Vahalla with him to the surprise of the Elder Celestials. Wendsu said:
"Everest, What have you done?!"
Everest replied:
"I, have returned, to rebirth the Old World. But I will sympathize with you this once, the Council. Follow me or become nothingness of the past."
But all Elder Celestials will never surrender to Everest. They immediately took out their holy staff and launched seven light beams at Everest. Rhohan stepped out and cast a dark shield over Everest, then unleashed darkness on the Elder Celestials, devouring and killing them in the darkness. Everest said in disappointed:
"I had hoped to bring the wisest of knowledge to a New World, but they were too nostalgic for this world. Xanuguis, give me the Book of Fates."
Xanuguis gave the Book of Fates to Everest, he continued:
"Retreat to the zeppelins and fly out of Paradise. I will become a god and destroy this city."
Rhohan and Xanuguis bowed to Everest and they withdrew from Paradise with their troops. Everest looked at the blue flame of God Horux, then he looked at Vahalla and said:
"Farewell Vahalla. You will be reborn again."
Vahalla could say nothing but despair. Everest stepped into the fire, he kicked the floor to fall below the Chamber was a great source of blue fire, that was the true Soul of Horux, the power of a true god. Everest absorbed all the powers of the God Horux, his skin cracked and transformed into a New God. Returning to the Crusadia team, Alata controlled the wind and brought everyone to safety. Lamalia touched the cuffs and said:
"Damn it, we can't use our powers again."
Alata tried to turn into a ghost with Julia, but the neckcuffs stuck to their necks, Julia said:
"It's hopeless now."
Grim punched the cuffs and said angrily:
"Oh come on, am I not allowed to use powers?"
Elastor also woke up, he said with confusion:
"What the hell happened?"
Grim replied:
"Yeah let me tell you what the hell happened. We lost and the world is about to be destroyed in five minutes."
Elastor said with surprise:
"Oh shit."
Suddenly the sky darkened, the whole earth, no, the whole world shook violently. All over the world they feel the change of the whole world. The weather changed suddenly like a thunderstorm. Where the desert became snow, the cold place became hot again, the calm sea became stormy, the rocky mountains collapsed like bricks, the rivers dried up, the stars flew everywhere with no directions, the forest continuously died and came back to life, all living things could feel an impending disaster. In the Highland Continent, while people were rebuilding their homes, they also saw the changes in their surroundings. Laura looked up at the sky and said in confusion:
"What's going on?"
They saw a blue light in the sky, it was so clear that even though it was far away, no one could not see it. And then the whole continent was moving, it was moving towards land, all the continental plates were coming together again. The Crusadia team saw the Kraton fleet land on the ground and Rhohan and Xanuguis stepped out to witness the great moment of the birth of God Everest. Suddenly Bahamat rose from beneath the pile of rocks and transformed into his Warmaster form. His body became more than five meters huge and had long mammoth hairs on his shoulders, arms and legs, on his arms two huge tusks, on his chest were two more tusks and the mammoth symbol of The War engraved on his chest. Bahamat came and stood beside Rhohan. At the same time, Jean also rose from the wreck of a zeppelin commander. She has transformed into Faith form with a huge metal armor of triceratops. On his shoulders was the head of a triceratops and on his left hand was the shield of the triceratop's head, the armor had many spikes on the armor of his legs and back and made Jean three meters tall. Jean came and stood beside Xanuguis. The Crusadia team looked up at the sky, they saw Paradise erased from reality and all Celestials gone. The moment of God Everest's birth had come, he landed on the ground, taking the form of a giant with his head reaching the clouds. God Everest's whole body released a blue light and a golden halo behind it. On his body were the runes and symbols of all the creatures of the world. This form resembles the form of the God Horux depicted. The army of the Kraton Empire chanted:
"Glory to the God Everest!"
With the Crusadia team, after all their efforts, no matter how difficult, all their efforts were in vain. The journey had really failed, they fell into despair. Eva burst into tears and said:
"Sorry everyone, I really let you down, we tried too hard."
Lamia replied:
"We have come too far, even if we die, we must die together."
Elastor said:
"Yeah, we might let the Highland Continent down, but we're still together."
Elastor and Julia held hands, Julia said:
"Let's meet again in the New World. Let's hope we will continue to be friends in that world."
Alata said:
"It's good to know you guys are friends."
Grim held Belle's hand, he said:
"Well, at least we're still together here is more than enough for all my moments."
Belle replied:
"I don't want to hide my heart anymore for this moment. I love you Grim, thank you for always being with me."
Grim said happily:
"Love? It's an interesting emotional. I don't know since when, but every day I'm with you, I gradually get emotions, things that I don't think are right for me."
Grim and Belle hugged happily and they looked up at God Everest together. Everest looked at the Crusadia team below, he said in a divine voice:
"Crusadia team, your journey here is officially over forever. Your destiny to stop me is over, you have nothing left."
Eva replied strongly:
"We came here not by fate! We came here with all our determination, effort, effort, courage, sacrifice and determination to the end."
Everest said:
"Then say goodbye to the Old World."
Everest created a blue energy giant orb with its surroundings releasing light like the sun. He then threw the orb at the Crusadia team. But they didn't show any despair or sadness at death, they were ready to face it now, their faces showed no fear. After every journey, every battle created a young Crusadia team but strong and brave to the end. When everything was about to end, darkness and sand returned. Just as the orb was about to destroy the Crusadia team forever, a shout rang out:
"Dark Tornado!/ Sand Tornado!"
Two tornadoes flew over the Crusadia team's heads, one dark, one sand. They combined to form a giant dark tornado with rotating saw blades. That tornado deflected Everest's orb and pushed it into the Kraton Empire's army, destroying many of the soldiers behind. Rhohan looked at that and said in surprise:
"Who did that?"
Crusadia team was surprised when someone saved them, they continued to hear the words of those two, two very familiar voices:
"Geez, that was close. I said we should have attack soon."
The other replied:
"Nah, that's not cool, I want a great comeback in the world."
Eva immediately recognized the voice, she said:
"This voice belongs to..."
Eva turned around and saw the two people who had saved her. Returning from the afterlife, Zed Whitney and Edengaz Corput had returned to everyone's surprise. Zed in the new dark armor of the Horseman of Death and Edengaz in his gray tiger armor with tiger-striped arm and leg armor, behind them were the five thousand wolf warriors of the once Wolf Army. In their hands were two legendary swords, Devil Sword Dante and Spirit Sword Royalty. Zed looked at everyone and smiled brightly, he said:
"Hey, miss me?"