The moment the blinding white light faded, the group stumbled onto unfamiliar soil. The air was lighter, strangely sweet—almost too clean. A sky of turquoise clouds swirled overhead, glowing faintly like living auroras. The forest ahead pulsed with bioluminescent vines and crystal-like trees humming with energy.
They were finally across the bridge…
And Drago was nowhere in sight.
Ido tightened his grip on the Blue Shark Crescent Blade.
The weapon still pulsed faintly with the sapphire glow it awakened with—reacting to him, choosing him, claiming him. The others kept staring at it as if it were a ghost.
Fuffy whispered, "Ido… that thing picked you. But why?"
"I don't know," Ido said, trying to steady his breathing. "But Drago told me before he vanished—protect everyone. So that's what I'll do."
The group gathered themselves, disoriented, shaken, and unsure of what came next.
But then the ground trembled.
A New Planet… or a Massive Trap
Palma pointed toward the horizon.
Strange monolithic spires rose from the ground like blackened bones, each one marked with deep claw marks and shimmering runes. The air buzzed—something ancient was watching them.
Yul swallowed hard.
"…Are we sure Drago sent us to the right place?"
JS shook his head.
"Look at this place. This isn't a random world. It's… prepared. For something."
Pelon added quietly, "Or for someone."
The vines around the trees began to twitch.
Abi stepped forward, scanning the area. "This planet's alive. The energy here—it's the same as what Drago's weapons give off."
"Meaning this place is connected to him," Lui said.
"Or it's connected to the Fallen…" NJ muttered.
Their words hung cold in the air.
Meanwhile… Drago's Gambit
On the collapsing bridge far behind them, Drago stood alone, cloak whipping in the wind. The AAG forces were charging through the other side. Snow, Alex, and Rayan stood among them, confused and conflicted—but not stopping the AAG either.
"Traitors…" Drago whispered, his tone filled with exhaustion rather than anger. "I knew it."
The crystalized aura around him erupted.
Drago slammed both hands into the bridge's foundation.
"Dimension Sever: Draconian Rift."
Purple-black cracks spread like lightning.
The bridge shrieked.
Reality twisted.
In one final flash of light, the entire structure snapped—
—collapsing into the void between worlds.
No one could follow now.
His friends were safe… for the moment.
And Drago himself vanished into the swirling darkness.
Back on the New Planet: A Disturbance
Ido's blade suddenly vibrated violently in his hands.
WHUMMM—
A deep sound pulsed through the air, shaking the group.
The sapphire on the weapon flickered wildly, as if reacting to something unseen.
Abi backed away. "Ido… does it always do that?"
"No," Ido whispered. "It's sensing something."
Then the vines split open, revealing monstrous eyes hidden within.
A voice echoed across the forest—raspy, ancient, hungry.
"So… the heirs have arrived."
The group froze.
Rayan's betrayal, Snow's cold stare, Alex's lies—
All of it suddenly felt small compared to the presence radiating through the forest.
Fuffy stepped closer to Ido. "Is that… a Fallen?"
The voice laughed, shaking the crystal trees.
"Not Fallen… not yet.
But your arrival has awakened us."
The ground erupted.
A massive creature—shaped like living shadow and bone—crawled out, its body shimmering like liquid darkness.
Ido raised the Blue Shark Crescent Blade.
The moment he did, the weapon blazed brighter than ever before.
The creature stopped—
—and bowed its head.
The group stared.
"What the hell…?" Lui gasped.
Ido felt it in his chest, a sudden memory that wasn't his.
A whisper carried on ancient power.
"Wielder of Siltanium…
Descendant of the Azure Line…
We serve the blade."
Ido stepped back.
"Serve… me?"
The creature growled, lifting its head slowly.
"No…
Serve the one you must become."
Then the forest exploded with movement as dozens more shadows rushed toward them.
Ido tightened his grip.
"Everyone—get ready!"
The Awakening Begins
As the group prepared for battle, Abi glanced toward the broken sky, toward where the bridge once was.
"I hope Drago knows what he's doing…"
Fuffy whispered, "He always does."
But far beyond their view, in the void Drago disappeared into—
something stirred.
Something ancient.
Something Fallen.
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Chapter 5 – The Fallen Stir (Extended Battles Edition)
The new planet was beautiful…
But it was also a battlefield waiting to wake up.
As the sapphire glow of the Blue Shark Crescent Blade pulsed against Ido's palm, the silence of the alien forest shattered.
The ground cracked open.
Trees bent backward.
And shadows crawled from the depths like living nightmares.
The First Wave
A towering creature lunged from the treeline—twelve feet tall, body shaped from twisted bones and ink-black tendrils. Its jaw split open like a broken mask.
It roared, and the forest fell silent.
Ido stepped forward, blade raised.
"Everyone behind me!"
But NJ was already charging with the Heimdallr axe-sword.
"LIKE HELL WE ARE!"
He swung the weapon—
It split midair, shifting from axe to sword, slicing through black tendrils. Each piece evaporated into violet sparks.
JS leapt beside him, thrusting Lancelot forward.
"Camelot—deploy!"
A circular barrier of shimmering silver light formed around JS, Palma, and Abi, blocking the incoming projectiles launched by the creatures hiding in the trees.
Fuffy ran between them, Hera bracelet glowing a soft emerald.
"Stay close! Anyone hurt—tell me immediately!"
But the forest wasn't done.
More cracks formed beneath them, releasing smaller spider-like Fallen, their limbs scraping the earth like metal chains.
Yul slammed Fafnir into the ground—
A shockwave rippled outward, crushing a dozen of them instantly.
Pelon shouted, "DOMINO STYLE!"
He grabbed two Fallen by their limbs and slammed them together, creating a chain reaction as their bodies exploded into dark mist.
Luijo spun the Ibushi shuriken, activating the Monarch of Darkness for the first time.
The weapon's wind aura surrounded him, turning every step into a gust that sliced through attackers.
"MONARCH OF CALAMITY: SHADOW BRANCH!"
A giant dark wind blade shot forward, cleaving an entire tree—and the creature behind it—in half.
The group was holding their ground.
But the planet wasn't finished testing them.
The Second Wave – The Screaming Choir
A shrill tear echoed in the sky.
Crystal clouds split open, and dozens—no, hundreds—of floating creatures descended from above. They had no faces, only mouths stretching across their floating bodies, screaming like a thousand overlapping voices.
JS flinched. "Those things are—"
"—LOUD! COVER YOUR EARS!" Palma yelled.
But it wasn't sound.
The screams were psychic.
The group staggered.
Fuffy dropped to one knee, clutching her head.
Abi nearly collapsed.
Yul roared, "ENOUGH!"
He swung Fafnir upward. The earth beneath him rose, forming a stone dome around their injured teammates.
The psychic screams bounced harmlessly off the stone.
But the creatures dove downward like falling meteors.
Ido lifted the Blue Shark Crescent Blade.
The weapon's sapphire core ignited.
"Okay… let's try something new."
He slashed the air.
A wave of pressurized water—pure, sharp, impossibly fast—shot upward, slicing clean through three of the floating monsters.
The blade reacted again—guiding him.
Another slash.
Another wave.
Ten creatures fell.
Twenty.
The skies bled blue light.
Fuffy, recovering, stared in disbelief.
"Ido… you're fighting just like Drago."
Ido didn't answer.
He couldn't.
The blade was pulling him deeper—unlocking something inside him.
The Third Wave – The Fallen General
The ground trembled.
The trees bent.
A massive shadow stepped forward—armor-like bone plating covering its body, glowing cracks running across its chest. Its eyes burned like dying stars.
The Fallen General.
The group froze.
"That's… too big," Pelon whispered.
"No," Lui said, gripping Shingetsu. Lightning sparked across his arms.
"We fight together."
The General roared.
A shockwave sent everyone flying back.
Luijo slammed into a tree.
JS rolled across the ground, armor shattered.
Palma's leg was scraped raw.
The Fallen General charged, claws tearing through the soil.
Before it reached them—
A crackling chain of purple lightning shot out.
Lui pulled the bottom blade free from Shingetsu.
The chain extended, wrapping around the General's arm, holding it back with all his strength.
"GO—HIT IT!"
Yul leaped, slamming Fafnir into the creature's head—
But the monster caught the hammer mid-strike and flung Yul through two crystal pillars.
"YUL!" Abi screamed.
The General stomped the ground.
Spikes shot upward, aiming to impale Fuffy and Palma—
Ido skid in front of them, blade spinning.
"WATER WALL!"
A vortex formed around him, blocking the spikes. The pressure nearly crushed his arms, but he held the barrier firm.
JS rammed Lancelot forward, Camelot shield forming around him.
NJ charged from the side, Heimdallr glowing an icy blue.
Luijo leapt from above, Ibushi spinning at blinding speed.
Lui's chain sparked.
Abi fired a burst of energy she barely understood.
The General roared, raising its claws—
Ido shouted:
"NOW! EVERYONE—HIT HIM!"
Everything exploded at once.
The Kill Strike
The Blue Shark blinked.
Ido felt the words instinctively.
"FALLEN BREAK — AZURE DISSECTION!"
Ido dashed forward. The world blurred.
Blue light spiraled around his body.
The blade sliced upward—clean, perfect, guided by something ancient.
The Fallen General stopped moving.
Its massive body cracked.
Shattered.
And collapsed into dust.
Silence filled the forest.
The smaller creatures, sensing the fall of their leader, retreated into the shadows.
The forest dimmed—
—but did not return to peace.
Because the planet wasn't done with them.
A Warning in the Wind
Pelon pulled Ido up.
"Bro… you killed that thing."
Ido didn't answer.
He stared at the Blue Shark Crescent Blade trembling in his hand.
The weapon whispered to him—
a voice like running water.
"He is coming."
Ido's blood ran cold.
"Who's coming…?"
But the blade said nothing else.
Abi walked up beside him, breathing shallow.
"The Fallen?"
Ido shook his head slowly.
"…No."
His hand trembled.
"It felt like the blade was warning me about… Drago."
The group exchanged horrified looks.
Because somewhere beyond their reach—
in the darkness between worlds—
Drago wasn't just fighting to survive.
He was changing.