They were surprised to see the bright white flame made from within Ezrael, they also see Moria lying on the ground defeated. But as they look at Ezrael, he started to gasp for air as the flame inside him soon diminished within him. But Gale quickly ran to his side helping if he feels drained, as was still surprised for Ezrael's unexpected powers as Ralian looked over and see Moria on the ground as she is being seen convulsing as one of her gills are seem to be burnt.
"Ezrael are you alright" Gale checking on Ezrael though being damaged.
"Yes... I am alright, Azulen" Ezrael out of breath "but for now we'll need to deal with that Siren".
As they approach Moria they can see getting up, they quickly brace for another attack, but it never happened. They only see her slowly getting up but stopped at her knees with her hands keeping her a bit up as she starts to cry in fear and despair as they can suddenly hear her mumbling.
"I have failed my task... I am dead... I cannot escape from this fate I have brought upon myself... why does this have to happen to me" but suddenly they see the back of her neck and the seal starts to glow.
"what is that?" Gale noticing the seal glowing behind Moria's neck.
"oh no. The seal" before they could take initiative everywhere around Moria suddenly stopped.
She looked around seeing everyone's with serious expression running towards her, but Moria knew something was about to happen as she looked around to see everyone still motionless. Breathing heavily she tried to look around her surroundings trying to see the sorcerer who cast the seal on her neck as she looked behind herself.
But then a chill down to her neck suddenly happened before her, she look back and sees the enchantress behind her. The fear rushed towards her, as she falls to her back and tries to shuffle away.
"Aftomólise" the enchantress saying her real name in a intimidating tone as Moria is terrified by her presence, as she couldn't move as her body was filled with fear unable to move.
"Was it not your mission I have tasked upon you, to held the people of Livestock hostage till my arrival. But all I see are the same people who bested one of my dear elites, as to you as well. Even the Unknown wasn't enough to best these adventures as I see the person wielding the power over wind bested a beast with intangible power" the enchantress showing Moria of a display of Jin defeating the Unknown, then shows him running towards her quarters.
"Not only that but you tried to use everything in your power to kill these people not once, twice, but a third, yet you still failed and was bested by a Druid... and... and..." the enchantress was shocked to see Gale's real face that was underneath the helmet, and Ezrael, two who may look human but are from different species.
"So they do still exist... a Changeling and a Dragon whom had taken an appearance of one their former friend, and one from a necklace that I have not proscribed. Interesting, perhaps this task wasn't such a failure after all" she smiled amusingly.
"so does that mean I'm safe?" She tried to ask, but the Enchantress looks at Moria with a stern look.
"Silence, do not talk when I speak. But that is not a phrase you will never hear again"
Moria suddenly felt fear surrounding her but wanted to live, "I will not let this be the end for me!" As she pulls out her spear and tries to attack the enchantress but her body stopped moving.
"Did you really think attacking me with a simple spear would be easy" then with one touch on Moria's spear it instantly desegregated as she felt a strong force being pushed away.
"My Spear!?" Shocked to see it broken so easily, gone to dust as it might be soon to her fate from further resistance.
"I knew you were planning to thwart me at any given turn, remember I see everything, I knew you had used those arrows you created to lead them here, and I knew what book you were trying to read"
Moria looked at the enchantress shocked to find out about her secret. "You knew all this time"
"Indeed, but now, it's time to relinquish a useless weapon" the enchantress had started to spark a black flame as fires it towards Moria as it started to get closer towards her.
But as her own demise was closed to be a hair away to the door below, she was quickly pushed away from the fire, the enchantress was surprised as she looked who had the power to define her domain and it was Gale as Gale then blocked the dark fire with the shield though felt a bit hot, but wasn't enough to harm Gale.
"You!" The enchantress shouted, cursing Gale's interference
"Yeah I know you, you were the one who attacked my village Offra"
"The changeling I should have killed you all these years, but your friend had to take your place. He would've been perfect for my army, for this world I have plans for" as the enchantress began to summon multiple black flames forming the attacks into multiple fireballs infused with the dark flames and ready to fire at them.
Gale looked back at Moria, "Moria got out of here the portal is just behind me. I'll distract her long enough"
Moria was shocked Gale's suddenly caring nature towards her, despite the damaged she had done to Gale, almost killing Gale when they turned into a falcon, then harming their friends, then forcing Gale to reveal Gale's true identity even cutting off the hair, and almost killing Gale again in her domain. But she had to let the thought of the past sway away, as she quickly listened to Gale without questions and began to run towards the portal where Gale came out from. The enchantress sees Moria trying to escape and tries to kill Moria firing another fireballs at her. But Gale would intervene with each blast blocking with their shield, making sure Moria is safe from any of the enchantress's attacks.
"I already had enough of you, begone from my sight, changeling"
As the prepares a more deviating attack that might actually do harm to Gale even if with the shield blocking most of the damage. Then from the floor, it begins to quake a bit, cracking as large tendril of appears from the ground and grabs Moria's leg as she was about to leave. Gale was shock to notice that the attack she was preparing was nothing but a fluke.
But Gale sees Moria in trouble and tries to help Moria but another tendril grabs Gale and slams them to the ground, breaking a piece of Gale's armour off a Gale was then raised as a should pad falls.
"This is my domain, and I will have what I need". The enchantress makes the tendrils to tighten their grip onto Moria, trying to literally squeeze the life out of her.
Then as Moria suddenly had her entire life flash before her eyes, from birth and the end of her mother, to now just fight Jin at the surface from the village of Livestock. Suddenly some wind blades were summon and thrown as it dismantled the shadow tendrils as it was Jin intervening the enchantress abilities.
"The wind caster, should have known you would come since you were the one to defeat my first elite"
"Yeah I know, but don't wear it out" as he began to levitate Moria and Gale with the wind, but shows signs of pain a bit, but ignoring the pain the best he could, while pulling them back through the portal.
"I will not let you both leave!" The Enchantress started to charge towards them.
But someone's hands began a crackle of lightning was summoned by Ralian, soon blasted the Enchantress back enough for Moria and Gale to be levitated through the portal as Jin and Ralian followed.
The Enchantress screamed at the top of her lungs but quickly changed her demeanor "no worries she doesn't matter, I will get them all as they least expect it. But for now the age of humanity is about to change forever"
Soon laughing maniacally as she dissolved into a puff of smoke as she returned to her true form in a hidden place that cannot be seen by the eyes of humans as she walks through her base and into a room with a giant core surgeon with power, she began to place her hand onto the core as a molten of energy began surge into the enchantress smiling deviously as she had plans for a special event.
(end of chapter 39)