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Chapter 21 - From Within the Assassin

Galacor: He shot up, somehow alive, and sat inside a blank purple and blue void, the same color as The Phantom's body. "What-" He felt his chest, noticing that there was no hole. "What is going on, where am I..." A white light blinded him from the corner of his eye. He squinted his eyes before turning toward it. 

????: A female figure crafted by a blinding white light stood before him, her elegant hair covered her all-black eyes. "Love, what has become of you...Look what revenge has brought you."

Galacor: He held his arm, while his injuries were gone, there was still this phantom sense. "Lyth...How are you speaking to me?" He stared at his deceased lover, confused as to how she was speaking with him and where he was.

Lyth: "The amulet I gifted to you, has underworld magic within it, which allows me to speak with you. Which you have also been using to abuse the power of the Phantom..." She crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing showing a sign of frustration. "You know the Phantom was not made for destruction-"

Galacor: He slammed his fist into the ground, "I AM NOT-" He took a deep breath in, calming himself down before speaking again, "I was trying to locate that bastard Golden Warrior...I don't know if you remember but he took everything from me, from us! Yes, I had to capture or kill anyone who got in my way but it was for good reason!"

Lyth: "Revenge is never an excuse to murder innocent people!"

Galacor: "Innocent are they?! Most of them were murderers or worse, those kinds of beings do the same things as Star!"

Lyth: "And what about that ghost child?! Was he a murderer just like everyone as you claim?!"

Galacor: He paused for a moment, "He...He just got in the way! He was aligned with Star and he chose to combat against me!"

Lyth: "He is still just a child! You were okay with murdering a child just for knowing that figure you have grown so obsessed with and if that other man didn't pull up then you would have killed him!" 

Galacor: "If they know him, they are just as bad as him! You have no idea the things I have seen after..." He fell silent, catching himself on his own words. "The horrible things that I have witnessed in my travels, the abominations and disasters that have formed once he stepped foot into our world."

Lyth: "You are so far beyond the word obsession, I can hardly even recognize you anymore...What happened to the man I loved so long ago." She could hardly keep eye contact with him.

Galacor: He stared down at the floor, "He died long ago, along with our species...The man I used to be was weak, I can only be the Phantom Assasin now." He stood up, looking at her over his shoulder.

Lyth: She sighed, knowing she couldn't reason with him or if he would even hear her out, "I...I am at a complete loss of words, I don't know how you can just be okay with living like this, but there is no point in me arguing with you." She held out a fixed version of the amulet, this time the coloration of the gem seemed to look entirely different. "Here."

Galacor: He turned around, taking it slowly, "What did you do to it? The stone...it looks different, it feels different." 

Lyth: She crossed her arms, "I know that you are going to keep going on this mission to 'avenge' us and I know I cannot stop you either, no matter how much I want you to see things my way. So, I made a couple of changes to the amulet."

Galacor: As he held it, the stone suddenly shot force into his eye. "Augh damn it! What did you do!" He collapsed to the floor, holding his eye in agonizing pain. The glowing gemstone completely replaced his eye, the flowing color and energy of The Phantom were now a part of his body. 

Lyth: "The Phantom is now completely connected to your spirit essence, it will branch its capabilities out further to better serve your mind." 

Galacor: He stood up slowly, shrugging off the pain, he felt his face as his eye slowly turned back to its normal red color. "If you do not approve of what I am doing, then why would you help me in such a way?"

Lyth: "No matter how much you hurt me or do cruel things, you are still my one true lover, I would do anything for you. Just remember that I do not approve of this, and I probably never will, do not take my love for agreement." 

Galacor: He nodded slowly, as he tried to reach out toward her to hug her, his real body was awoken from the rubble. He felt around his body, noticing that all his wounds had been completely patched up. "Thank you, Lyth...", he turned his attention toward Amon as he was walking away, "Amon!"

Amon: He turned back toward Galacor, his smile dropping as he heard his voice, "You are still alive?! Stubbornness is one of the most pathetic characteristics someone could ever have and the fact that you refuse to just stay dead is astonishing to me!"

Galacor: "I hope you were not about to leave this place, thinking you had won! Because our fight has only begun." He balled his hands up, his wrist blades shooting out. "I refuse to fall to another being like you, Amon..." His right eye shifted and turned a deep blue and purple, The Phantom's new power was arising.