Teaming Up With System 225

Hero Helping... Again? (12)

Edited by: Kuro and Lille

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

With the death of the Demon King, their body slowly disintegrated into the air, leaving behind an ominous purple orb. Every Demon King dropped this orb and it was always absorbed by the Holy Sword to signify the end of the current Demon King.

Faylan was the first to run over to Evelyn and brought her into a big hug. "You did it, Evelyn! You really did it!" She was so happy that she couldn't control herself and began jumping up and down in excitement.

Evelyn was still a bit shocked, so even though she reached out to hug Faylan, she didn't move much.

Grey was also happy, but his job was not done just yet. He picked up the Demon King's core and handed it over to Evelyn.

"Evelyn, you have to let the Holy Sword absorb this core. After you do, you must leave the mountain with everyone else, do you understand me?"

Even if Evelyn didn't want to leave Grey behind, she knew that Grey had something to do and they would only get in his way if they tried to stop him or come with him.

"I understand. Remember your promise. You must come back safely."

She took the Demon King's core and brought it up to the sword. Everyone watched the sword absorbing the core, really emphasizing that they did, in fact, kill the Demon King, and their part in this quest was over.

Once all of the core was absorbed, the mountain began to rumble. The walls inside the opening began to crack and bits of rocks fell, hitting their bodies and the floor.

"Get out of here now! I will meet all of you outside!" Grey shouted and hugged Azul, pushed him forward, and then ran toward the throne that had cracks all over it. It started to crumble and showed a secret passageway.

The others began to run out of the opening. They gave one last look to Grey and saw pure white wings unfurl from his back.

*****

When his wings were ready, he launched himself off the ground and flew into the secret passage. It was just a long set of stairs that he bypassed.

With the shaking of the mountain, pieces of loose rocks came tumbling his way. He had to dodge the incoming debris and fly his way to the top of the mountain. The only way to access the top of the mountain was by these sets of stairs, or by flying.

It took him a few minutes, but he was finally able to leave the inside of the mountain and arrive at the summit.

The summit wasn't very large but the crystal housing the Fallen God was quite massive, taking up a third of the summit.

Inside, Grey could see a man standing in the crystal. He looked a bit similar to the Demon King but he was fully unclothed. His hair was white and long, reaching his ankles. His arms were crossed over on his chest like he was delicately placed in a coffin.

The air was extremely heavy at the summit. It was so heavy that Grey could not use his wings to fly over, so he safely landed on the ground. He began to walk over, his steps feeling as though someone was trying to hold his legs down.

He took his time, slowly moving his feet one after the other until he made it to the crystal. The crystal was extremely cold to the touch, but he ignored the sensation as best as he could and closed his eyes.

His hands began to glow with a tremendous amount of power. Grey was trying to purify hundreds of years of hatred and sadness. He could feel all of the Fallen God's emotions that were trying to keep him away from the crystal.