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The white cloaked instructor failed to mention the functions of the scroll because portal summoning isn't part of its setting. Ruby mere suggested a way to travel and the way her sentence was interpreted by the White Jewel it made it happen. There is so much information submerged between her connection with the jewel that would have to wait until this mission is secure. The library resembled any other with books of different languages, philosophical ideas, remnants of past predicaments, and piles of dust to seal the package. The albino wasn't keen on reading and most of the time there, she discreetly lingered over to the window watching the beacons light one by one. She was scared but refused to express it much less say a word to her fellow mates. Eventually, much to her dismay, Alexis came across an article advising all of them to listen to her findings. Apparently, the masters of Hell went by many alias' to describe their malicious features and she should know because they were almost charred by En' radial. At least she lived up to her reputation despite being the weakest among her excelling brethren.

During the enthralling conversation, Ruby wondered off to the refreshments set up for them when they arrived. The management of this place seemed a little to excited of their visit instead of subjecting themselves to the prevail befalling Magic Earth. If she was working here, she would have fled home by now to spend whatever time she had left with her family. Pouring creamed coffee into a Styrofoam cup, she handled it to the wary Laxion by positioning it into his hands herself. He looked like he was going to drop it and spill it all over the ancient irreplaceable documents. Ruby wasn't totally obvious to the information and remembered the man named, Orysted, in case it became relevant later. Lucas believe he cracked the code anyway so now he needed to spit it out before they all had a heart attack from anticipation. Ruby once again wondered over to a bookshelf as if she was disinterest, but that wasn't her intention.

Her chest was pounding and it felt like the air was being ejected from her lungs. The jewel began to glow a hot white meaning something was on its way towards them and would be here soon. She collapsed her hands over the light hoping it would die down before the others noticed.

Once the light died down to the point where it was barely visible, she walked out and listened to Lucas intently. Lucifial, the master of deception, was their next enemy but would they have the power to beat him? En' raidal came in the form of a spider so what will be this lord's appearance? Hopefully, he wasn't an enormous ogre they fought at the fair because although they lacked in intelligence, they absorbed the groups' time and energy. The the time two were down, everyone was exhausted, and the jewel wanted to push her to her limits. Lucas dove into the depths of this demon's assets and it was no surprise that the beast fed off lies and darkness. When she looked over to Laxion, he seemed like he was ready to run out of the building screaming his head off. Alexis was praised for her research ethics, of course, but this sort of thing was her forte. Honestly, reading was a waste of time and Ruby wanted to be on the battlefield more than anything.

The scroll activated again, and a message from the High Court was imprinted on the parchment. A distress cry for their help in Zakernand, the place where Alexis' father disappeared. The Valorius and Guideam have been scanning the skies and areas around them continuously just to confirm what they already knew. That's not much help in their department because anyone could look outside and notify that darkness is above them. At least the Oracle gave specific information that they were in fact battling Luficial and not observing the atmosphere.

Laxion suddenly became aware that Skyfall was about to become one of the biggest war grounds in history. The waiting around was making her anxious and when she stepped over to the window, the city below was polluted in dark clouds. "Lucas, what should we do? All of us go to Zakernand now or stay? I think we need to split up." She intervened on Laxion's under answered question skipping right to their duties.

Lucas clutched the handle of his invisible weapon for dear life. The darkness was upon them and the only reason she knew this is because her jewel warned her earlier. The angelic instructor rejected her idea knowing that it was best to defend the territory they are in now. She understood what he meant by their downfall because of the massive armies of creatures that will be resurrected one person cannot repel them alone. Besides, they were Team Elixier for a reason and without them acting as one unit they would have been defeated in their first trial. Drawing his weapon elegantly, he assured her that the Elites from Unum and the Guardians from Occulas would subdue Lucifial until more aide could be administered. Ruby has seen the Elites in combat and their elemental powers are nothing to sneeze at because they could have obliterated Laxion, Kyne, and her in a second. Although, that was the most exciting encounter to come out of that rescue mission. To bad they no longer had Kyne's pyrotechnics to strengthen their side, but the four of them combine worked just as well.

The window was cracked open about an inch or so and a chilling sensation clung to the back of her neck. Her white hair stood on end when Laxion called out her name, exhorting the danger behind her. The glass shattered from behind her as balls of misty darkness came barging in. Miraculously, she didn't get one scratch on her even though she was practically in the line of fire. They rolled across the marvel floor resembling smoke bombs and began to take shade. The demons had a reptile body for the lower part, but no torso. A skull with one purple eye like a cyclopes with bony appendages sticking out of either side made up the rest of the monster. Accompanying the larger reptiles, were smaller demons that looked like aliens with enlarged foreheads clawing on all fours.

The child drew her twin guns in unison with her teammates, ran to their sides, and smirked. "You know something, its been a long time since we've fought together like this." Cocking each gun, she aimed and said, "Its rude that they didn't knock. I think our grotesque guest need to be taught some manners!" One of the smaller spawn hissed at her with its jagged mouth before she shot it in between the eyes with a bullet causing its head to explore and guts flying everywhere. This made its allies angry judging by their howling as they dove for the group in a wave of monsters.

Ruby felt arrogant at the moment and decided to take a small break by watching the others kick a**. Laxion was deftly a formidable opponent by combining his elemental powers with his moves. First, he penetrated on of the demons through the abdomen and thrust it into the ground, cracking the marvel accidentally. Gust of wind shot from the grounded spear like a sonic wave flinging the insignificant nuisances back giving him some space. He shoved the corpses off with the sole of his shoe, like a boss, and spun his double edge spear above his head. His long black locks flapped widely and the entrails from the demon was flung into oblivion. A hurricane was conjured and sense there was nothing the creatures could grip onto other than bookshelves, they got sucked into the vortex.

Lucas wasn't to shabby either considering he hadn't been in the field for a while so she assumed he would lose his touch. Nope! With a justifiable statement and a blade that shined brighter than the Heavens, he swung Purvelion releasing a wave of pure light. The hot white strip zoomed towards the tornado ripping apart everything in its path, mixing with the swirling turbulence, and turned into a furnace. The lot was cremated and their ashes rained over the rest. Alexis flew threw the curtain of ashes, she scythe reflecting the miserable hoard before their demise. Burring the tip of her weapon into one of the Watcher's bulbous eyes, and then jetted off of it. The skeleton screeched and didn't even notice the woman's cat like reflexes landing behind it. Siding the blade in between its legs, she lifted the scythe over her head, bringing the demon along for the ride, and then nailing it to the floor through the chest. The blonde was more brutal than she remembered, but she empathized with the knew side of her friend. Now, it was Ruby's turn and half of the Hellish army was incarcerated making them easy targets. "You rang?" The albino said, as she ran pasted Lucas and Laxion using their each of their shoulders to get a boost upward.

She formed ridiculous faces to make her two teammates laugh before seeing Lucas pull a 'quit messing around' look. Her two guns were already aligned together transforming into her infamous sword. Lifting a hand into the air while spend up high, she summoned the crystalline fire sword giving to her by Kyne. Crossing the blades, both were enveloped by white flames that didn't burn her as she plummeted towards the demons. On impact, flames spread out into different directions charring all beast in its path similar to her instructor's attack. The ones left alive were cut down by decapitation or one good stab through the back. Dancing through the demons that jumped for her, she sliced them right in two with one swift swing. At some point, she tossed the crystalline sword in the air like a javelin letting it pin a Watcher to the nearest wall by its chest. If it has a heart it would have been dead immediately.

Switching back fluently to guns, she killed more creatures. "Laxion, make a tornado around me." The demons began to build a wall enclosing them in which was a huge mistake. "Lucas, give the tornado a sample of your light and Alexis pin down as many enemies as you can. After that all of you duck or take shelter!" Ruby began antagonizing the swarm of demons, the ones that weren't collaborating with the others to build a fortress. They attacked her inflicting scratches and some of them cause a great deal of injured. She didn't fight back in the slightest, in fact she let them toss her about, stab, and bite her until the pain began to grow. This would active the jewel and force it to go into a protective state. A Watcher stood over her while she was on the ground, ready to strike, but when she opened her eyes they were lit white. A white aura encased her making the demon cower in fear. "Now." She said to the others, her voice distorted.

Laxion twirled his double edged spear like a baton until a tornado was gliding over to her. She stood in the middle of the storm's eyes and if she didn't have the white jewel in her the air would have been sucked out of her lungs. Her stringy white hair ripped through the turbulence wildly and her light weighted armored dress clanged together along with the belt accessories. Through the crevices of wind, she could see Lucas swinging his sword expertly and summoning the burning light from his blade adding it to the tornado. The swirling furnace brightened the dark room, and it resembled the fire tornado that God sent down to warded off the Egyptians from pursuing Noah. Expect, Ruby wasn't a holy apostle and the closest person to the heavens in the room was the angelic Lucas Purevelion. Alexis was equality as graceful as her scythe scrapped the tile cause sparks of neon blue to fly. However, the ear scrapping sound it made was music to her ears or at least what she could perceive of it over the wind. Glowing blue incantations circled the demons freezing them permanently, waiting for Ruby to annihilating them in one big bang. She wondered if they regenerated back in Hell, but either way the abominations were wiped from the surface of the earth.

Laxion twinged at the thought of her being mangled, but at least Lucas understood her plan advising the student that everything would be okay. Hopefully by now, they all took shelter somewhere far in the back of the building behind a bookshelf. All of the demons incarcerated near her, wanted desperately to snuff out the light; and bring the world into darkness. The albino detached her guns, but didn't bother to load any ammunition into the barrels. She could transfer the white jewels power into enhanced bullets that would catch fire and use the tornado to curve off into multiple directions. Anything that was located near the vortex would be pumped full of holes or ripped to sheds in a matter of seconds. This is unfortunate for the documents, but maybe there were never meant to be read and their secrets now reside with the departed. Flinging the guns out to each side, a white aura outlined them, she inhaled, and when she exhaled bullets were fired.

The demons screams and graveling reached her, but no sympathy was given to the hellspawn. The syringing holes burned outwards swallowing some of the demons until they were charred statues that soon crumbled into dust. The sound of bullets contacting demon's flesh, wood, paper, and ceramic vases were all picked up at some point. While Ruby was in spiritual form, inside of her mind, her body was curled into a ball and encased by a crystal formation. The substance around her will shatter when she regains control of her body again. The last bullets flew and with one last shebang, she put her guns together and slammed her blade into the tile, penetrating it. The flaming tornado distrust, taking any demons left with it, leaving Ruby behind. The ambiance of the jewel faded from her chest and eyes as the girl fell to her knees depleted of energy. She breathed heavily as she review the destruct she inflicted on the archives. Her sword slipped out of its upright position and automatically shifted back into the guns which she placed into their holsters.

Climbing to her feet weakly, she dragged herself over to her crystalline sword that was protruding from the wall, and reclaimed it. She leaned against the partially destroyed wall, exposing the outside, and waiting for the others to come out of hiding. The moment seemed to silent and tranquil to last and before she saw it coming a demonic oversize owl flew through the opening. The feather, sleek black skinned bird slammed its moving veiny claws into the already cracked titles. It had four red eyes with a glowing yellow pupil in the middle and mounds of winkles around the sockets. The wings were paper thin as well as deformed with sharp points at the ends, the same for the tail. The black beak looked like it was forged out of metal while its rib cage was visible; housing its rotting organs. By this time, Ruby pushed away from the wall alerted by the threat but was powerless to defeat it.

She ran towards the beast only to have it wrap a wing around her body, constricting her, and then throwing her to the ground. She hit the marvel so hard the it knocked the wind out of her and blood seeped onto her porcelain chin. The crystalline sword transformed back into a bracelet because its flames were extinguished needing time to rejuvenate like her. The jewel didn't have the strength to protect her any further so she was at the mercy of the owl. The malevolent demon pinned the girl down with its foot, the weight was crushing her anatomy, and it scooped her into its balled talons. Drawing in a crawl, the owl spread its wings and leaped out the opening carrying the unconscious Ruby with it.

Alexis' addressing her in terrified screams was the last thing she heard before everything went blank. The owl brought up its wing and impacted the missiles with its sharp flying needles without flinching. Once it was outside, its wings flapped up to the surface of the cloud coverage and its goal was to bring its prey to its master. The once wise creature pivoted its head all the way back seeing that it was indeed being followed by the elemental. He used the wind to his advantage, skated across the clouds, and his hostile gray eyes forced on its rear end. The older woman of the group, used an ancient form of magic that had been adapted over the years to fit ones personal assets. The male shrouded in white refused to pursue the owl which means he only had two to deal with. With the abilities of Hell that Lucifial himself bestowed upon him, the owl could defeat any potential threat. After all, the wise owl soul his soul in exchange for eternal life by trading its white amber tipped feathers, but it was aloud to keep its knowledge. The owl was no ordinary servant and their were many others like him in the underworld.

By adverting more of Alexis' missiles and Laxion's gust by aerial rolling or tipping from side to side. Fools, they couldn't catch the Spirit of Wind, which was he referred to as in Hell. It cranked its maniacal beak open, filling its dried lungs with air similar to a vacuum bag, and shot a beam of compressed air at the two. Unfortunately, they had techniques of their own to avoid his attacks. Suddenly, the ambiance broke away in front of him and when he turned his red eyeballs were blinded. The others had to cover their sensitive vision two, but if he wasn't so busy boasting to himself he would have seen this coming. The owl jetted back and flapped in one place as the rays of light cringed his wrinkled flesh.

The owl could flap as hard down that it was in pain and lowed itself loosing its grip on the child. An angel without a true identity plummeted down from Heaven's gateway, and stabbed a blade into its back. It whaled in distress knowing that it couldn't recover to the Redemption seeker's attack. Lysandiel called to Ruby to jump and dangled near the tips of the limping claws. Almost like a sleepwalking sequences, the girl lifted her body and leaned forward uncontrollable as gravity guided her downwards; not a jump but close enough. She would land safety into her friends out stretched arms and hugged tightly to their chests. The owl's stiffened exterior cracked and writhed making uncomfortable expressions before it started to fall back down to earth as well. Curse the light. Welcome the darkness. If only the owl capability of speech because those would be his last words.

As Ruby descended, she was completely unaware of what was going on outside of her. Inside her mind, Ruby was stranded in a white void with a crystallized version of herself in front of her. The twin grimaced at her counterpart as cracks chipped away at her once beautiful complexion. "Why would you damn me? To me times has my essences been exploited for your own benefits. I gave you life and I can take it away!" The yelling from the illusion pierced her ear drums as Ruby backed away from the terrifying image. She felt like reverting to insanity, if it would scare her enough to wake up from this nightmare. Usually, the jewel blessed her presences and showered her with protection but this time it was angered by the way she exploited its powers. But, this time when she used it she had ever intention of saving the people closet to her so why didn't encourage her efforts? "There was no other way. The demons would have devoured them. Are you saying me using your powers is an damaging you? Believe me when I say, I know how to control your powers and won't let you-" The jewel growled and stomped its foot down shattered its leg into pieces.

"It's to late. You abuse me! I am dying..Ruby. I'm being pushed to the limit and will be pushed further because of this darkness. I'm frightened because you're frightened. You know its coming. By the end of this battle I won't be able to substance myself or you. The light will fade, and I will crumble sealing out fates. You will die." The albino's eyes shuttered and tears rolled down her cheeks. This isn't real!? What will happen to her teammates and instructor if she is no longer there to protect them!? The ground underneath her turned transparent like glass and with on step it broke causing her to fall down into nothingness. No, if she had more time to explain herself maybe there was a way to figure out how to restore the jewel. She wouldn't allow herself to die not when her friends still needed her by their sides.

Ruby awoke gasping for air when she heard the sound of a scythe penetrate the ground. Her vision concentrated on Alexis as she whispered her name automatically. She looked around to see Laxion on his knees exasperated and Lucas shortly coming up behind him. Lysandiel, the faceless angel, drifted down with his golden wings of virtue. She had no idea what became of the owl, but instantly wiped her forehead of sweat and her chin of blood. "What happened?" She asked with wide eyes and a shakily demeanor. She was in no condition to even move, but she tired to get out of Alexis' arms anyway to go to Laxion and the others.