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Damrius Watched everything that had happened, but only until about half way through the scene. That is when his energy level dropped, and he blacked out from the pain he had received. His adrenaline had receded, and he didn't seem to be breathing.

After Charon and Iris had been defeated, the other fighters had rushed over to help those in need of assistance. In a few short seconds, Silver and Dame would feel pretty good, what with the combined powers of Ryugi, Ryudo, and Vargus to help them out, along with Cruxis. Yes, everything was going just fine, but the victory was to be short lived...

A soft flutter of energy would be detected as a ball of glowing black energy rose from where Charon had fallen, soon followed down from the sky by a white/blue ball of energy that pulsed with the same soft glow... And then, a voice would flow over the group as they tended to their friends.

Heh...pitiful... Really, did you think it was going to be THAT easy...?

With another pulse of energy, as familiar form would land on the ground, the two balls of energy floating over to it and taking a position above and behind the figure. It was Ramiel, and he looked at the group, grinning malevolently...

The rest of the group spun around to face Ramiel as he grinned and spoke once more.

Lackeys? I prefer the term...minions... Either way, I won't be the one to die here...

As he grinned, the two orbs of light slowly surrounded his body, and merged with it, a massive jump in his power being registered by all who could feel such things...

That, Silver, is where you're wrong... I've grown much stronger since then, or can you not feel the power that surges through m--

It's about time you showed yourself again Ramiel!!

Ryugi cut him off, his sword surging with the energy from before. Ryugi hadn't lost his energy just yet, and his sword was still glowing with power.

Ryugi... You talk too much...

Ramiel said flatly, as he suddenly lifted his hand and raimed it at Ryugi as a massive jolt of energy surged around it. The light reflected off of Ramiel's face as his sadistic grin returned.

I'll finish you quickly this time... You should THANK ME!!

The blast of energy erupted with thunderous force towards Ryugi, the shockwave from the initial release alone being enough to send chunks of rock into the air, but Ryugi had been expecting this, and whipped to the side of the massive blast, and dashed forward towards Ramiel with the same frightening speed as he'd used on Charon! He came into contact with the clone almost instantly afterwards as the blast whipped by his form, detonating with a massive bright flash behind the group. The sword strikes were amazingly fast as Ramiel was hit again and again by the strikes from the sword, the force sending the pair up into the air! Then, Ryugi hit him with a final strike, sending him towards the group.

Cruxis!!

Cruxis leapt towards Ramiel as he flew towards the group, spinning gracefully as his glowing Hyouga slammed into Rameil's falling form, sending him careening into the dirt, then, as Cruxis finished the flip, he let loose with a massive barrage of ice energy that formed up around Ramiel's form as he hit ground, frozen solid in a block of ice. But Cruxis wasn't done yet! He zipped to the ground, Hyouga glowing with power as he cut away at the ice block with his sword, the strikes cleaving the ice into pieces as the shards damaged Ramiel's form. Then, with a final powerful strike, Cruxis chopped the remaining block in half, a massive explosion of energy ripping the ice apart, and sending Ramiel hurtling towards Ryudo.

Ryudo!!

Ryudo dissapeared into his shadow as the speeding form of Ramiel flew towards him, only to explode out of the shadow with energy trailing behind him, colliding with the clone with enough force to send the both of them skyward! Then, powerful bursts of psychic energy slammed into Ramiel's form again and again, sending him every which way until Ryudo sped towards him once more, enveloping Ramiel in a dark shadow energy sphere for only amoment, until dark black spikes shot out from the interior of the sphere, showing that Rameil would have been impaled by them as they erupted from the sphere's inner surfaces. The whole mess then exploded, Ramiel heading towards the ground once more as Ryudo sped onwards, following him down towards the earth. Then, with a final thunderous hit, shadow energy flowed around Ryudo's form, as Lethe joined in, their energies merging into the form of a massive black claw and arm which slammed into Rameil's falling body with a massive explosive punch, which not only sent him into the ground for massive damage, but sent the draconic clone tumbling and skidding across the ground towards the next party member!

Moonblade!!

Ryugi spun around to face the hurtling Ramiel as he came flying towards him one more, energy surging around him, another pulse of energy coming from his energized form. He made ready to unleash his next attack as he watched Rameil, and then, something happened that shouldn't have been possible. Ryugi watched in horror and Ramiel's face suddenly looked at him, and of all things...grinned wickedly as his hand moved forward towards Ryugi's form, and let loose with a massive ammount of energy.

The energy collided with Ryugi as he pushed all his weight behind Ragnarok to try and hold it off, unleashing all the energy he could muster, but that didn't last long, as the energy overpowered Ryugi, and sent him flying backwards into the trees, slamming into one, hard, where he lay unconscious, blood coming from the corner of his mouth...

RYUGI!!

Ramiel turned and laughed as he caught himself. As the group watched in horror, his wounds and bruises would heal before their eyes. Even the puncture woulnds made by Silver's spear...

Do you see now!? I am the ULTIMATE being on this continent, and NOTHING you can do can stop me!

He laughed wickedly as he floated into the air, both hands raised high above his head, a MASSIVE ball of multicolored energy forming within this grasp, and expanding to massive proportions.

And now, you'll all DIE and bear witness to my true strength!!

And with one final push, the massive energy ball descended on the group. All seemed lost. What else could they do? They'd fought as hard as they could, used every last bit of their strength, and pushed themselves beyond all limits. They were tired, beaten, and worn out beyond comprehension. Their stamina was next to gone, their energy was even lower, and their morale even lower than that. It seemed like this was the end, however, fate had one more surprise in store for the group of adventureres.

As the blast neared, Ryudo Kazamaru stepped foreward, and using every last ounce of his energy, every last ounce of his psychic prowess, every last bit of his cunning, did something that any normal person shouldn't have been able to do. His psychic abilities felt their way into the fabric of the planes, and pulled them apart, the quantum threads of existance pulling themselves apart as the blast neared the group. Ryudo's plan? Seal the energy in a place where it would never be able to harm anyone, within the fabric of existance, and time and space. At that very moment, if the group was still watching, they'd see a massive tear appear in thin air, and they'd see bits of the universe normally impossible to see. Trillions of universes, quantum filaments, and energy moved within the rip as he massive blast made contact with the hole.

Ramiel's eyes opened wide in shock as the blast and tear collided with one another.

You FOOL!! Do you have any idea what you're doing!? You're sealing your own demise!! I'll leave you to your fate, and until we meet again, IF that happens, I bid you adieu.

Ramiel dissapeared as quickly as he'd appeared, however, something was there in his place, and it wasn't something that should have been seen at all. A massive vortex had opened up where the rip and the blast had met, something that shouldn't have happened. The energy blast had been so utterly powerful, that when it collided with the fabric of the planes, it caused a rip in the space/time continuum, creating nothing less than a massive vortex of time, attempting to close itself by sucking anything that got too close. And as it so happened, Silver Moonblade and Damrius "Kazamaru" happened to be too close to the massive vortex. It didn't matter what they would try to hold onto or do, nothing would work, as the vortex would suck in chunks of ground, trees, and anything else that got in the way. It was all ryudo could do to protect himself, Vargus, and Cruxis from being drawn in as Ryugi was far enough away to be safe.



Then, with a massive flash of light, crackling energy, and howling winds and energy streamers, the vortex was gone, leaving a massive crater in the ground where it had sucked up the surrounding ground, as well as two of the party members...

Where they'd been sent, only time itself knew, and it wasn't letting anyone know...

As Silver exited the vortex, he'd catch a glimpse of something for just a moment. Something strangely famliliar, and yet not. However, as he looked, he might recognize the ground of the area as Durem, but it still looked ALOT different than anything he might have seen prior to this...



Wreckage filled the streets of the place, as Silver would soon find as he landed in a heap on top of...well, a heap of it. Luckily he'd landed on the remains of what had once been a matress emporium. Fate strikes again... Silver would then be able to sit on his landing spot, and check his surroundings. The air was thick with smoke rising from the tops of ruined buildings. And the air seemed to taste different. Thicker, more stagnant, less clear and fresh than he might have been used to. Whatever had happened here had really taken its toll...

It wouldn't be long before Silver came to rest in front of the area where his home SHOULD have been, however, he would be quite displeased to find that his mansion was not here. Infact, the streets seemed different as well. NOTHING in this new place seemed to add up at all. More wreckage greeted him around every bend and turn, and still, there wasn't human being, or even a meta human in sight...