Yegor and Mandy prepare to attack Darcie and her team and retrieve the Heartlin Stone from them. Yegor charged forward at Taski while Mandy retreated into the shadows and summoned duplicates of herself to confuse Darcie and her team. Mandy summoned 15 duplicates of herself, and all of them rushed in to attack. Yegor chose his first victim to be Taski over the rest, for his vengeance against him was still unsatisfied from their encounter at the Narngulu Topomnick village. While the rest of the team summoned their weapons and fought against the swarm of Mandy duplicates, as for the real Mandy, she went after Darcie to get the revenge she desperately coveted. Drake and Mikado fought against the rush of clones side by side; the clones were almost identical to the real Mandy and showed no differences. Drake combated multiple ones simultaneously with his incredible martial arts while Mikado took to the air and slammed boulders down on the clones. Mikado saw what looked to be more of them spawning out of the shadows, "(These clones just keep spawning out of the dark areas. What's going on? I really can't afford to fight in this small enclosed area; I might crush someone.)"
Mikado thought to herself while evading rubles and knives. Yegor was found near Taski, ravaging a malicious assault on him with no mercy, as well as holding no barriers back. Yegor swung his fist countless times at fantastic speed and power; however, Taski also had promising power and kept up in the fight. The two clashed and collided with each other's fists; Taski summoned his flame sword again to gain the advantage over his foe. Now Yegor didn't fight with man-made weapons when in combat, he instead had a body that was hard and strong against attacks, even attacks with sharp ends, like Taski's sword. However, our prince knew his foe had no intentions on stopping his assault and would only continue until the Heartlin Stone was his, Taski fought with his flame sword and didn't hold back against the mighty Yegor. The two continued their battle; now, further off in the distance, our hero, Darcie, fought against her rival, Mandy. Many of Mandy's clones surrounded her and spoke with their lips synced, "You have no hope of beating me; you should know that last time was only an introduction; this time, I'll finish the job and get the revenge I crave. I hope you're prepared for your death." Darcie gazed at her surrounding at all the clones, she had charged her light speed assault while being in combat with Mandy. Except for the fact that Mandy was much more powerful after she and Yegor were fired from the Solar Pyramids by their unknown and unseen boss, Yegor injected her with powerful drugs that caused her physical strength to increase.
Mandy wasn't welcomed easily, and all of Yegor's brothers were surprised by her appearance. For all the time they had before the raid of King David's castle in Treesape, Yegor gave Mandy multiple drugs to cause her body to strengthen; the effects of the drugs muzzled her mind and mentality, but it was what gave her the strength to win. Her eyes were itching for blood, and her body was shaking like a maniac at the sight of Darcie. Mandy pulled every knife she could hold, locked her sights on Darcie, and unleashed a knife assault; her clones likewise did the same. While Darcie charged her light-speed assault, her ability to move quickly was weakened, and she was at risk of receiving fatal damage if a wrong move was made. "Don't tell me you'll run around like a coward all day. That's Just Even More Fuel For ME!" Mandy screamed with her sanity out of control. Rushing through all the chaos and knives, Darcie dashes and dodges the knives and clones' attacks while maintaining her light-speed assault charge. However, two knifes cut her left leg, as well as her left rib, the immense pain flowed through her body and slowed her down tremendously. She then started losing much blood from the cuts, and her focus was abrupted due to the pain. "Tch... (I can't keep running like this; I must do something before I get shanked from behind. She's completely lost all control of herself.)" Darcie thought to herself while rushing through the dark and crumbling sanctuary.
Darcie then found an open room that was still in good condition. The room was an old altar, and Darcie led all the clones and Mandy into the room. What seemed to be a dead end for Darcie was her best option for escape; immediately, Darcie rushed up onto the statue quickly and jumped off from the top of the head of the statue and sent it falling on all of Mandy's clones; this then caused the room to begin collapsing on itself. Darcie rushed through all the falling stones and boulders, dodging and jumping out of the room before she was crushed under the heavy rumble of the stones and statues. Just when she made it out and thought she had taken care of Mandy, the psychopath killer then emerged out of the tall and gigantic pile of rubble and continued her assault. Darcie became shocked and jumped backwards out of fear, Mandy slashed aggressively and attempted to cut down our hero and take her life. Darcie summoned her sword to fight back; the two clashed and hit their weapons together hard and swiftly; however, Darcie was spitting blood out from her mouth and losing energy. "What's Wrong?! What happened to your speed? Why is it that you're holding back on me, huh? It would be disappointing to win this easily and not feel the satisfaction of ripping your spine out of real effort; FIGHT ME FOR REAL!" Mandy asks and shouts in her anger. Now, back in the main center of the sanctuary, Taski and Yegor are battling for the win of their prolonged battle. Taski slashes and bangs his weapons against Yegor's solid and thick muscles, but it seems then to Taski that his regular sword slashes are nothing to Yegor's upgraded body armor. "(I just need to find his weak point, although that isn't easy when he's constantly attacking me like this. At this rate, I'll be mincemeat to him; however, I think I may have an idea of what it is that makes him stagger.)" Taski wondered inside his mind while fending off against Yegor's strikes.
Yegor then grabbed Taski's sword with both hands and attempted to remove his weapon from his grip; Taski gripped it tightly, but then, Yegor took the sword, swung it around, and launched Taski into a wall nearby. Taski crashed into a wall with many stone arts engraved into it, and the structure damaged his back terribly. Taski's ears began ringing loudly, and his focus was horrible enough that his head couldn't properly adjust to the surrounding area. "Ugh..., my... head... is... spinning. Wh... where is... everyone?" Taski asked curiously while struggling to stand up. Yegor approached him slowly, asking, "Now, kid, we can make things easy. Give up the stone, and we'll leave this place, I'll even let you all escape too. However, I will not hesitate to kill you and your ridiculous sister." Taski knew the right decision but struggled to stand up from the impact of the wall. He then gathered the strength to stand and respond, "I made a promise, I... Taski Mandelen promised to keep Asalikth and my family and friends safe. I will never give up this stone for your easily noticeable lie. I won't fall for your lies, YEGOR!"Yegor began to lose his patience with him and grew infuriated. Ariah's roses stealthy began wrapping around Taski's right hand, empowering him and boosting his stats by 10; he then gripped his sword aggressively. Yegor began charging toward Taski with carnal intentions, he then jumped forward and slammed his fist down; however, Taski once again catches his fist and locks him in.
Taski then swings forward and delivers a mighty strike to Yegor's cheek. After he struck him, he took his sword and swung forward to slash at his armored chest; however, Yegor dodged this and swung his fist forward to strike back. The two clash and strike against each other, and the impact of their attacks causes some of the structures that have already been damaged to worsen and slowly crumble. "You're one tough kid I'll admit, I'll even admit that I am proud of your growth Taski. However, I am the one who's taking victory this time, and YOUR ANNOYING SISTER WON'T BE IN THE WAY!"Yegor cried loudly in his fierce anger. Taski argued back, "No Way; you're not going to get that chance here! I WON'T LET ANYTHING STAND IN MY WAY! Not Even You!"
The two once again clashed and struck each other on a hard impact, and the two even caught each other's fists in a wrestle to land the first attack, then crashed their heads against each other. Yegor then swung Taski into a pillar that smashed on impact and sent him flying near the previous room, where Darcie and her team retrieved their Heartlin stone. Taski stood up staggering with little breath in his breast, it was almost difficult for him to catch his breath due to the impact of the pillar he collided with. Yegor then raced into the room and unleashed a claw fury attack. Taski managed to roll out of the attack quickly; however, Yegor didn't let up and continued unleashing deadly attacks. "Where Do You Think You're Going? Running from your battles again, just like you and that girl did the last time."
Yegor stated outwardly. Taski then jumped out of the spot he hid in and let loose a flame sword slash attack without holding back, "I Tried to Give You A Chance, YEGOR! Now, I'm holding NO Punches! TAKE THIS!" Taski yelled in a battle cry to his foe. The flame sword attacks landed and impacted the armor on Yegor's body, the flames then began to puncture his chest and the pain finally began to make its way to his body. Taski then slashed multiple times at his body; however, Taski refused to impale his skin using a reduced ability force technique; his attacks would only hurt him and would avoid any fatal damage to his body. Taski still attempted to show mercy to his foes using this. Now, over to Mikado and Drake again, the two struggled to fight against the many clones that ceased spawning out of nowhere. Drake kept the pressure on the clones, but was slowly losing stamina due to exhaustion, Ariah then noticed the pressure he repetitively kept receiving. "Drake, restore stamina by 15%, boost physical resistance to 9%, and boost all other stats. Mikado, strength increase to 10%, and other stats increase by 7%." Ariah stated and boosted her allies. Drake then felt the incredible relief of the pressure from the clones and swung into action; he felt the excitement flowing through his veins, thanks to Ariah's boost. Mikado was able to hold up every bolder that was falling from the ceiling and assist Drake in his fight. "DRAKE! Heads Up, I'm Giving You Some Help." Mikado shouted proudly. Ariah then gasped and noticed Darcie's health was draining severely, "Darcie, No, I won't let you go down like this."
Ariah said in panic over her captain's condition. Ariah then used her healing love at 15% to restore Darcie's wounds and boosted her speed, strength, and defense of her body. Now, over to Darcie and Mandy. The two had continued their one-on-one battle for their long-running rivalry, but Darcie received her healing and stat boost from Ariah, which sped up her attacks. Mandy was then punctured at her nose bone, and she grew irritated at her remarkable speed and power; then, suddenly, Darcie smacked Mandy upward toward the ceiling of the room they fought in. Mandy impacted into the ceiling but was then smashed through the glass behind her and was thrown into the deep sea from Darice's light-speed assault. Darcie unleashed a multi-hit slam attack on Mandy, her rage and fury outbursts from the thought of her young brothers' life in the past and from their encounter at the Deepcrystal Forest. Mandy could then feel the unimaginable pressure of Darcie's attack, "(This is her at her maximum speed; I can't even wrap my mind around her.)" Mandy thought to herself, confused. Immediately, Darcie swung back around and zapped Mandy straight back into the room and slammed her into the ground, leaving her in a paralyzed-like state. Darcie dashed out of the room before she was crushed under the boulders falling from the side pillars and structures; she knew there was little to nothing left for Mandy, and there was no changing her ways. The room was then closed off and blocked by the stones and boulders from the collapsing of the room, "(I wish I could've helped her; some people just simply can't come to reality or admit their actions.)" Darcie thought to herself. Now, back to Taski and Yegor.
The two clashed their fists, kicks, and weapons; Yegor smacked Taski against the rib and sent him flying; however, Taski then attached himself to the wall behind him and launched himself straight back to Yegor for a counter-attack. Taski's heat began rising and burning heavily into his sword attacks; he then let loose various sword attacks with an onrush. Taski managed to pierce more of Yegor's armor under his suit, but then suddenly, Yegor roared, causing the entire place around the two to go into shock. He sent Taski flying backward to an entrance near him. Yegor's intense howl was loud enough to make the glass above them crack, causing water to fall in on both of them."(I can't afford to let this guy do any more damage; before I know it, the whole place is going to fall in on us all.)" Taski thought to himself while attempting to move forward through the loud screeching howl. Yegor's mighty and aggressive roar caused darkness and malice to emerge from his body. As he stood firm, Taski struggled to push forward with the horrible hurricane-like force. Taski then nearly lost his footing from the impact of the force; then, Yegor suddenly ceased screaming and stood in his place to stare down his prey. "You've awakened the untamable side of me; no one has ever pushed me this far; not even your sister could anger me like that," Yegor explained. The terrifying power beaming off his body shook Taski in fear, "(This power... I've never felt something like this before. This is not going to be good. He's about to let loose all hell on me. I can feel it.)" Taski thought to himself with fear. As soon as he finished his thinking, Yegor then suddenly rushed like a carnal psychopath, ready to slaughter his victim. "I'LL SLAUGHTER YAH! AAAGGGHHHH!"
Yegor cried with no sense in him or control. Taski then flinched from shock and terror; he then took a step back and leaped over him, causing him to crash into a pillar behind him. His heart was racing, his mind was spinning, and his body began to shake slightly from the rushing impact he felt. "This... this is total and complete madness. He seems to have lost all control of himself." Taski said to himself. Then, instantly, Yegor erupted from the pillars that had fallen on him and sprinted over to his foe's footing. The ceiling collapsed slowly, more structures began crumbling, and water filled the room due to Yegor's terrifying power. Taski then dashed forward with no choice but to fight with all he could. He was then greeted by defeat when Yegor crashed into him, knocking him into a structure with brutal force. The pain was unbearable, Taski's scream was dreadful, and his body was then weakened. Fortunately, Ariah found her way into the room where the two battled. "TASKI, NO!" She cried loudly. Yegor looked behind him and saw her fearful face in the distance; she dashed into the room quickly to save Taski. However, Taski was in a spot in which he had no escape; Yegor had trampled him and locked him down on the floor. "You Want To See Your BOYFRIEND AGAIN! Then Come and Save Him and Risk your Life!"
Yegor demanded her. Then, Yegor drove his teeth straight into Taski's rib cage and swung him around like a dog mercilessly killing its target. Ariah's heart sank, her irises shrunk, and her mouth opened in panic. She then heard the absolute, unbearable, agonizing scream of pain coming from Taski. Yegor then flung him into a wall in the room, and Ariah screamed in fear. Taski then laid waste in the water as his blood spilled from his rib, and his face almost completely blank. She then acted on her body's thoughts and rushed over to him without thinking about what Yegor would plan next. Yegor then charged at her with fury and rage and with the same intentions to kill and feast on her blood; she would then share the same fate as her love; suddenly, Darcie zapped into Yegor, sending him flying into rubble and stones. Ariah came to his aid, her eyes burst like a dam punctured through its wall, and she said to him, "Taski, please..., stay with me. I can't lose you, not now." She healed his rib cage with her healing love at 50%, enough that she could get him back on his feet. Taski puked out tons of blood while struggling to take a breath, and it was almost like his intestines were coming up from him. As she kept her hand on him tightly, water began to flood the entire room, and the water filled up quickly. Then unexpectedly, water erupted from a wall that burst through from another room; this startled Darcie and Ariah, even Yegor. However, Yegor only dashed over to Darcie and slammed her through the wall into the room that held Drake and Mikado; Darcie flopped to the floor in deep and excruciating pain. "*cough*, tch, Th-is guy is..., I can't... move. My legs are... deeply pained. *cough* *cough*."
Darcie warned the others but was cut off by the water flooding the entire room and covering her. She was taken by the current of the waves and floated off from her members. Back with Ariah, her heart was in turmoil as she attempted to keep her healing love from being interrupted. "TASKI..., Please..., Don't give up! I need you, we need you, THE KINGDOM AND ITS PEOPLE NEEDS YOU!" She cried out as the water began to engulf her. Taski only continued to cough up more blood and was staggering; the water began to run past her skirt and started building up past her shirtline. Ariah then ditched her sleeveless jacket and tossed it over. She grabbed Taski and laid him against a pillar the flood had not yet swallowed. She began to continue applying her healing love to his rib cage; the wounds had started sealing back up, and his blood found no escape from his body anymore. She knew her healing had been finalized, and he would be restored to himself again. Then, as soon as his wound was restored, he summoned his sword and shouted, "ARIAH! Now, Let's Move. It's Now or Never!" Taski and Ariah both dashed through the crumbling of the room and rushed through the flood and then, the two both jumped out from the high point above a deep abyss and landed on the floor of the room where Darcie and the others were. Taski then launched his sword over at Yegor's face in an attempt to ruin his plan of killing his sister; Yegor was then sliced on the face with a burn carving engraved to his mouth and cheeks. Mikado and Drake were surprised by his entry to the arena, "TASKI?! Boy, are we glad to see you here." Drake shouted.
Yegor then stands and is confronted by Darcie's team. He feels more wrath boiling deep in his head. "Surrender Now, Or Else! I won't ask you again, Yegor." Taski commands with power. Mikado then grabs Darice and removes her from the arena to protect her; Drake summons his nun-chucks and stands in a battle stance, ready for anything Yegor would scheme next. Taski then ordered Mikado, "Get her out of here Now. She's in unstable conditions and can't stand. Drake and I will handle this one. Now, GO!" Mikado felt unable to respond due to her fear of losing him, so she built the confidence to obey him and retreat out of the sanctuary. Taski and Drake stood their ground and faced the terrifying and powerful Titan, Yegor Antakov. Yegor rushed off like a wild beast and attacked Taski firsthand; Taski dodged and swayed to his side while Drake swung his nun-chuck powerfully at Yegor's eye. This caused blood to flow slightly out his left eye, but then, Yegor unleashed his forceful howl, causing the others to burn from the intense heat of the roar. Ariah slipped away from the battle and applied a leaf body shield to their ability force, allowing them to move through the scorching heat. Taski then turns up the heat in his sword while absorbing the heat from Yegor's howling and charges his attack, while Drake then slowly walks toward Yegor in synch with Taski's position. The two then are given a strength, defense, and ability boost from Ariah; then, both Taski and Drake immediately dash forward and attack Yegor together. The two unleash a flaming martial art ultimate on their target. Yegor then is flung across the room and lands into a wall, forming a crater and stuck within the wall. However, he removes himself from the crater and runs toward his prey; Taski and Drake likewise charge forward, and the three clash against each other.
The three clash and collide their fists together, as well as their weapons and Yegor's beast-like claws. Then, the surrounding water begins to rise and flood the entire room. Taski knew their time was limited; Drake then continued and remained consistent with his attacks, likewise Taski. Yegor then smacked them and flung them into a stone statue, with only more of the structure falling on them. Ariah then noticed the water level surrounding her, and she gasped out of fear due to her fear of massive bodies of deep water. Yegor then heard her voice and spotted her in the distance; he began marching toward her assertively. She then looked over and realized his appearance in the distance. Then she ran away from the pillar behind which she hid and rushed to find somewhere else. Her footing began to become lost, and the water started filling in around her; her heart beat incredibly fast out of anxiety. Then, unfortunately, Ariah was trapped at a dead end and could have no other option to run to. "Well, well, well. Look at this: your stupid and arrogant boyfriend couldn't stay alive to see his lovely girlfriend be killed before him. What a shame to come to the end of the road, yet you got so far in your journey of the knights. Any last words, Ariah?" She stood and grabbed the wall behind her, breathing heavily from the fear and losing herself. He then rushed over to her and slammed her against the wall, locking her in place with no escape. Ariah then screamed in agony, "TASKI!!! PLEASE, HELP ME!!! AAAUUUGGGHHH!!!" Yegor then opened his jaw with only the intention of eating away her flesh brutally; then, like a flash of lightning that struck, Taski impaled Yegor. Blood then gushed out from his mouth, and his heart rate rocketed up, "Don't... You... Dare... Touch Her! This time... I WIN!" Taski exclaims aggressively. He removed the sword from his abdomen and grabbed Ariah to free her from the corner. Ariah's body froze from what she had witnessed before her, and she could not find words to express it. Taski then grabbed her hands and escorted her out.
However, Ariah stopped Taski and redirected him back to Yegor. She explained, "Taski, we can't just leave him here to die; that wouldn't be what a true knight would do. We need to bring him out with us." Taski then realized his mistake, repented, and agreed with Ariah's point. The two then grab Yegor by the hand and quickly escort him out while also escorting Drake. The three then make way for the entrance and escape the collapsing sanctuary. It was a tight and close call for them, but our heroes safely escaped and arrived at the surface of Riches Beach. Taski then lays Yegor down on the beach shoreline and requests Ariah to use her healing love only to restore him enough to have a stance again.
"Ariah, listen to me. At your consent, I request that you heal Yegor enough for him to walk again. Whatever percentage you use is up to you." Ariah then agreed to his request and restored health to Yegor, her heart couldn't bear to watch his face bleed and looked away, she then finished and walked away from him to the others. "Killian, why did you escape and not aid us down there? We almost died today, and you stayed up here and didn't even think to return to help us?!" Darcie asked out of frustration. Killian didn't hesitate with his words and responded, "You ordered me to escape with the stone, and so I did. There's no telling who could've been up here to steal it, and besides, I know that Yegor guy has henchmen lurking around just waiting for an opportunity like that. The point is, no one died; we all survived, so why complain about it, huh?" The 5 suited themselves up and took off from the beach to their next destination, which was Tennessee over on the west side of the world. Our heroes have obtained their first Heartlin Stone and must retrieve the last three stones before anyone else gets the chance to steal them.