Mizik continued his rage-filled assault on Cain as Tyranus unsheathed Hopelessness and aimed it at Isabella.
"I've been meaning to pay you back for what happened at the estate all those years ago, you bitch..." Tyranus said as he glared at Isabella.
Isabella allowed herself a slight smile as she raised her shield.
"You'll find me much harder to deal with than even that day!" She said.
"ENFORCERS, EXO FORMATION!!!" Leiso shouted.
Immediately, Carlos and Leiso moved to Isabella's back as Jallah stood at her side.
"ADORABLE!!! I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR HEADS!!!" Tyranus shouted.
He activated forms two and three just before instantly appearing in front of Isabella and striking her.
She blocked it with her shield.
"SHIELD ENCHANT: LIGHT!!!STRENGTHEN!!!" She shouted.
Her shield started glowing brightly as she slashed Tyranus.
At the same time, the voice of the centurion caused her strength to surge.
He was sent back and clutched his chest in pain.
Then Carlos threw several spikes of blood and rained fire down on him as Leiso did the same with her metal Aspect.
Jallah raised his hand and lightning sparked around him with a loud buzzing sound.
Soon, a barrage of lightning bolts had slammed into Tyranus and he made great efforts to dodge them.
As he tried to come back over, Isabella felt a rising energy from Mizik as he finally realized that Tyranus was there as well.
"TYRANUS!!!!" Mizik screamed in rage.
"UGH, FINALLY!! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME, YOU FREAK!!!" Cain shouted.
Mizik shot towards Tyranus and immediately severed one of his arms. Then Mizik changed both of his swords into a single large hammer and hit Tyranus in the chest.
"KILL HIM!!! LEAVE NOTHING LEFT!!! THE OVERSEER DEMANDS BLOOD!!!" Mizik yelled.
Tyranus flew through a tree and fell helplessly to the ground.
"GAAAAHHHHH!!! DAMN YOU!!!" He shouted.
He quickly tried to get up as Mizik turned and continued attacking Cain. At once, Jallah was upon him.
He punched him multiple times as his hands sparked with electricity and Tyranus' body fragmented from the heavy blows.
He disappeared and moments later, came back behind Jallah with his sword and arm intact.
His blade tore into Jallah's flesh with ease and he quickly distanced himself from Tyranus.
Isabella raised her hand and immediately healed his wounds.
"You bitch! You're constantly being such an annoyance! Always getting in my way!!!" Tyranus growled.
He launched himself at Isabella and rapidly swung Hopelessness at her.
She easily guarded against his strikes and noticed something odd...
Willpower had a form called Phaseblades.
It allowed the user to ignore defense.
But for some reason, Bravery was unaffected.
It reminded Isabella that Cassandra had truly been made to deal with her for that very purpose.
Deception was far better at breaching her defense with its multiple piercing attacks due to its very nature of being a magic-based assassin weapon.
There was also something else that Isabella couldn't pinpoint... Something sinister about that dagger made for the purpose of defeating Bravery...
Regardless, since Tyranus couldn't break her, Isabella knew it would only be a matter of time before he fell to her might.
Isabella blasted him back with a burst of light from her shield and trapped him in a barrier.
Then she rained holy light down upon Tyranus and he screamed in pain.
Suddenly he glared at Isabella and was enveloped in darkness.
"CAIN!!! I NEED HELP OVER HERE!!!" Tyranus shouted.
Jallah, Leiso and Carlos also began attacking Tyranus at the same time.
"FINE, DAMMIT!!! TAKE THIS!!!" Cain shouted.
He snapped his fingers and a wave of dark-purple energy surrounded them both.
Suddenly, Cain's physical form began to change...
His hair turned white and he took on the form of a larger behemoth variant.
Almost identically to the form Isabella had seen in Lorelei.
"GRRRROOOOOOAAAARRRR!!! DIE, MIZIK!!!!" Cain shouted.
"GIVE ME A CHALLENGE, YOU PILE OF SHIT!" Mizik roared as he sliced one of Cain's arms off.
"YOU BASTARD CHILD!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!"
"I'VE SEEN THIS ALREADY, YOU UGLY ASSHOLE!!! BLEED FOR ME!!!"
"Wow...I've never seen darling so angry... It makes me want to do my best! Right, Isabella!? He's so...sexy when he's angry!"
"Not now, Cassandra!!!"
Suddenly, Tyranus began growing larger as well.
His sword became larger and he stomped his foot.
Isabella's barrier shattered and he slashed the three Enforcers...critically wounding all of them.
"NO!!!" Isabella shouted.
"DIE, YOU FILTHY PRINCESS!!!!" Tyranus shouted.
He slashed rapidly at Isabella and she blocked instinctively.
Unfortunately, he still managed to hurt her...
She cast healing magic to stabilize the three Enforcers just before glaring at Tyranus.
"BLAST NOVA!!! SUBLIGHT BLADE!!!" She shouted.
She rapidly unleashed both attacks and Tyranus simply smiled condescendingly at her.
"WORTHLESS!!! BRAVERY IS A DEFENSIVE WEAPON, YOU FOOL!!! ONLY GOOD FOR PROTECTING OTHERS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Tyranus mocked.
Isabella jumped back as she heard Cassandra speak again.
"Sister...that's Difar's power! We don't stand a chance!!!"
"WE CAN'T JUST GIVE UP!!! MIZIK NEEDS US!!!"
As she thought towards her sister, she saw Mizik now struggling to face Cain in battle.
"YOU IDIOT!!! THIS IS MY REAL POWER!!! DID YOU THINK THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT IN LORELEI!? THIS IS ACTUALLY MY OWN POWER!!!"
"KEEP TALKING, YOU UGLY BASTARD!!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL THE SAME!!!"
"YOU'RE LOSING!!! YOU'RE LOSING AND YOU CAN STILL SAY THIS CRAP TO ME!? DID THAT SWORD DRIVE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING!? MAYBE IT ROTTED YOUR BRAIN!!!"
Suddenly, Mizik stopped attacking.
"Fine then...if I can't beat you as I am, I'll just get more power!" Mizik said angrily.
Then Isabella's eyes went wide as Mizik pulled out the Heart of the World.
"What..WHAT IS HE DOING!? ISN'T THAT THING DANGEROUS!?"
"SISTER! USE THE HEART OF THE SKY!!!"
Isabella sighed as she also pulled out the Heart of the Sky.
Cain seemed confused for a moment after Mizik pulled out the stone and looked quizzically at it.
"What is that thing...?"
"DEATH!! IT'S WHAT I'LL USE TO KILL YOU! I'll ERASE YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO, DIFAR!!!"
"I'M CAIN! NOT DIFAR!!"
"I DON'T CARE!!! JUST DIE FOR ME!!!"
Mizik slammed the Heart of the World into his chest and it phased straight through.
His eyes went wide as he looked up at the sky and opened his mouth to scream.
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Mizik screamed in agony as magical energy exploded all around him and engulfed everything in the area.
Isabella also did the same.
She slammed the Heart of the Sky into her chest and it placed itself over her heart.
As she did this, she felt her entire body begin burning from the inside out.
She felt like she couldn't breathe as power exploded out of her.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Isabella screamed in agony as the energy violently covered the area.
The other Enforcers had all managed to get up and evacuate the area.
When the ordeal had finished, Isabella felt a power within her unlike any other. It was like all of her abilities had been boosted sky high.
Tyranus looked at her somewhat fearfully.
"What...? What was that!? What did you just do!?" He said.
Without responding, Isabella dropped a pillar of light onto Tyranus' head and he roared in agony as his body began to dissolve.
Then Isabella raised Bravery and prepared to strike.
"SHATTER!!! SUNLIGHT BLADE!!!" She shouted.
Isabella's voice caused Tyranus' defense to shatter...
Then she cleaved him in half down the middle and decapitated him.
His body burst into white flames.
"Thank...you... I'm finally...free..." He said softly.
He crumbled to ashes and Willpower fell to the ground.
Isabella quickly transferred the cursed sword to her inventory and looked at Mizik.
Energy was radiating so strongly from him that Cain drew back from it.
When he attacked, Mizik would just slice his arms off and shoot him in the face.
Over and over and over...
"STOP SHOOTING ME IN THE FACE!!! IT'S ANNOYING!!!"
"DESTROY!!!" Mizik said as he shot Cain in the face again.
Then Mizik unleashed Exterminatus and utterly annihilated Cain's body.
Once the dust had cleared, Cain's body reformed and he looked in Isabella's direction.
"TYRANUS!!! WHERE ARE YOU!?!? I NEED BACKUP!!!"
Isabella slowly walked forward.
Each step sent a wave of light energy outward from her body and she glared at Cain.
"Tyranus is dead. I just purified him. He's gone forever!"
Cain's face twisted in disgust as Mizik dropped to his knees.
"No...too much... Why...I have to kill him..." Mizik said.
Cain turned to Mizik and tried to attack immediately, but Isabella used divine teleportation to get between them. She blocked the attack with her shield.
"You won't hurt him... Not again! GIVE UP AND LEAVE THIS WORLD!!!" Isabella said angrily.
Cain assumed his normal form and jumped back.
"Tch...you're not worth the effort. Not right now, anyway. I'll take this world under my control and then I'll come back for you. Until then, try not to die, okay?" Cain said.
Then, before Isabella could attack him with her light magic, Cain sank into the ground and disappeared.
Moments later...Isabella dropped to her knees and passed out.
* * *
I wasn't sure what happened.
I was standing on the steps of the temple when I felt Vengeance take over my mind...
Now, I was laying in a bed onboard The Leviathan, next to Isabella.
I was also in horrific pain all over my body...specifically my chest area around my heart.
I felt so much power in me...but it hurt so badly...
I pulled up my status menu and checked myself only to discover something strange.
My status menu was heavily fragmented and glitched. More so than usual in the moments of extreme anger I had on occasion.
I was also level 151...
Which meant...
{WARNING: USER HAS ACQUIRED AN UNSTABLE POWER SOURCE AND HAS FORCEFULLY BREACHED THE LEVEL CAP. CURRENTLY NOT CONNECTED TO POWER SOURCE. THE USER WILL NOW DEGRADE TO DUST IN: 70:14:27}
I'm...degrading...?
I looked at Isabella and I could feel a similar energy coming off of her...
Also...her beautiful pink hair was beginning to fade to white.
I could also see parts of her skin had cracked very slightly.
I was horrified. I tried to use my magic to fix it, but...
Before I could use any of it, I suddenly felt a sensation akin to something about to explode.
If I used my magic right now...I might kill someone by accident.
DAMMIT!!! WHAT HAPPENED!?!? WHAT DID I DO!?!?
I checked my regular status as my entire menu contnued glitching out all over the place.
I had a new passive as well...
Heart of the World.
Did I...use the heart...?
I selected it, but got a strange message.
{Invalid Object}
I tried selecting other things and had other strange messages.
{ToO mUcH pOwEr.}
{NoT aGaIn...}
{MaKe It StOp...}
{I dOn'T wAnT tO dIe AgAiN...}
"What..." I said.
My voice sounded hoarse...like I had been yelling a lot...
Before I could do anything else, Isabella opened her eyes.