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Chapter 3 - THE SOUL

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STAGE 14: THEORY

Granq, arriving at Jilid, calls out, "Your Highness Solezma!" but Abrakmat and Deregerol have already entered Jilid. Abrakmat immediately lunges forward, planning to kill Granq, but freezes in place, for Solezma intervenes. This time, he appears fully white. Abrakmat, saying, "He who stands beside a devil is a devil." attacks him as well, but freezes upon touching Solezma and is repelled. Solezma speaks this time. "Isn't it inconsistent, Abrakmat, to call me a devil when you worked for a man who committed genocides and created a brand new race through horrific rituals?" This time, Deregerol steps forward confidently. "Solezma... The man behind you is someone who defeated the devil himself at the devil's own game. The one you are protecting is more dangerous, more evil than the devil." Solezma seriously asks, "On what basis do you say such things?" Granq tries to interject, but Solezma turns to him and says, "I don't recall giving you permission to speak." and begins listening to Deregerol. Deregerol explains what happened, but Solezma doesn't even react. "Nonsense." he says. Deregerol glares angrily at Solezma, and at that moment Vahura enters. Simultaneously, Solezma raises his hand and disappears along with Granq. Masruri pulls Granq into his own room. "May I speak, Your Highness Solezma?" Granq asks. Solezma replies, "Listening to you is just a waste of time, Granq. But go ahead, speak." Granq speaks hesitantly. "My only goal is to keep this Baz safe. I haven't killed anyone until now, and I won't unless forced to. If they attack me like they are now, I'll have to. I'm the one who saved you by imprisoning that devil in a Tes. Also I can't believe what Vahura said... If the devil itself died, why didn't it die in the Tes of Nothingness? He said all its minions died. Nonsense." Solezma replies, "I know what kind of filth you're thinking, Granq." and Masruri's white disappears, and after a while, lots of colorful Tes begin to spin around. Solezma continues, "I don't know what happened while the devil was controlling me. But I'm sure you saved me. How? Could you have made a deal with the devil?" Granq, without batting an eye, says, "If I had done such a thing, wouldn't you have understood my intentions immediately after you broke free from the devil's influence, Your Highness Solezma?" Solezma turns to him and says, "Tell me, Granq. Do you have the power to keep everything about your mind hidden?" They stare at each other for a moment, and Granq says, "No turning back for me, huh? It's now or never then." Solezma tries to move but is frozen in place. "What's happening? A seal? The devil?" he thinks. At that moment, Granq looks at all the Tes swirling around and finds and captures the Tes of Nothingness. Performing one of the forbidden rituals, he releases its Temseral, the devil's minion. Solezma, though late, says, "A ritual... A ritual holds me... My own power..." and is attacked by the devil. At that moment, Granq speaks... "The nothingness that attacks the concept destroys it... Common sense. But what happens when the concept disappears? Does everything disappear? No. As long as mind exists... Even if the concept disappears, theory remains..." Granq, who was watching the Solezma in the devil's hands with pleasure, finally turns around and says, "Ah, right. Where was the exit from here?" (...)

STAGE 15: UNBALANCED MOMENT AND RETURN

The moment Granq and Solezma enter Masruri, Vahura arrives and asks, "What's happening?" Abrakmat and Deregerol look at him, and Deregerol speaks. "We lost the battle... Solezma is our enemy. Hlle fled inside with Granq." he says, angrily but collectively. Vahura, surprised, says, "Solezma?" At that moment, the light of Jilid goes out. Deregerol and Vahura prepare themselves. Abrakmat speaks, "What the..." After a long wait, Vahura speaks, "Should we move? What are we waiting for?" but his words are interrupted by an explosion. Immediately afterward, a familiar voice begins to speak. "Shall we fight, Vahura, Deregerol?" Granq says, and Abrakmat begins to turn to dust. Although he wants to charge immediately, he is now disappeared enough to use his Tes. Before Deregerol can charge, Abrakmat's dusty body travels out of Baz, leaving Deregerol with only the Tes of Moment. "What the hell is going on?!" he says with emotions mixed. Meanwhile, Vahura watches Abrakmat's dusty body. "Can I trust you, Deregerol?" he asks. Deregerol replies, "And what about me? Can I trust you, Vahura?" Vahura nods in affirmation. Deregerol stands up, angrily squeezing the Tes of Moment and glaring at Granq. Vahura calmly says, "Abrakmat isn't dead. I'll look after him." and walks out of Jilid. Deregerol, relieved, thinks to himself, "I trust you, Vahura. As long as my brother is safe, there's no problem." and absorbs the Tes of Moment. At that moment, Vahura exits Baz thanks to the portal power of the Tes of Will. He gazes at the mesmerizing colors of the void for a while; he remembers Luwdes-Vun and Baz, where he has been brought back to life; remembers Jamz. Then, remembering his mission, he tries to sense Abrakmat's energy but senses nothing. So he enters the nearest Baz he sees. As soon as he enters the Baz, his eyes are opened to the familiar sight of the Baz. "Isn't this... the Baz where Edy was?" he says. He fixes his gaze on Moroklus and begins to move towards it, and as he moves, he notices a familiar soul reforming within Moroklus. Abrakmat's soul. "I forgot that the Eqia of Vision is still connected to me..." he says. He approaches Abrakmat, traversing outerverses, multiverses, parallel universes, and finally arriving in Morider. He descends into a forest of green and purple, looks around, and sees a village. He walks towards it, but the villagers, seeing him, hides inside their houses in fear. Entering the village, Vahura senses his surroundings to search for Abrakmat, finds his soul, and begins to walk towards him. He comes by to a house and calls out, "Abrakmat! I know you're there! I promised your brother I would protect you! Come on, let's go!"... But receives no answer. Until an old man comes out. Seeing the old man, Vahura says, "Excuse me sir, I had a friend in this house..." but stops. The old man begins to speak. "I know. Like everyone who has experienced this, he has lost his memory. This is a ritual, Vahura..." he says. Vahura replies, "I knew you looked familiar... What is your name, old man?" The old man speaks, "Derihio. That's the name. The man who made Obisad. A blacksmith. I guide those who are reborn here. That's my job." Vahura replies, "So Abrakmat was also made in the same ritual as Jamz. I understand, alright. As long as Abrakmat is safe, I suppose there's no problem." Derihio speaks again. "Even though you're a Tes user, I sense a powerful soul in you, Vahura." Vahura says, "I have an Eqia inside me. A powerful one." Derihio says, "You don't seem to be using it very well, would you like to master it?" At that moment, the door of Derihio's house opens, and Abrakmat comes out; he has purple skin, white hair, light blue eyes, resembles Evor, and wears the green clothes that the whole village wears. "Hey, Vahura." he says in a deep, resonant voice. Vahura replies, "Abrakmat. Do you remember me?" Abrakmat says, "Why wouldn't I remember?" Then he continues, "Seriously, my dumbness is gone, isn't it? While I'm still myself, let me tell you about the Tes of Moment." Without waiting for Vahura's reply, he continues, "The Tes of Moment is one of the most powerful Tes. It allows you to live in the moment, to move yoursf and others in the moment. But there's a side effect. Because you live in the moment, the concepts of past and future completely disappears. This causes your brain to decay, making you forget everything and turn you into a dumb. If I hadn't been the user of the Tes of Moment, it wouldn't be this powerful. Because it's not a Tes that can be used. When I was an Evor, I had exactly 3,988,001 intelligence levels. Of course, everyone in my verse had very high intelligence, but no one's was even close to mine. That's why even when using the Tes of Moment, I can force myself to remember things." And he finishes. But Vahura asks in horror, "What about your brother? What is his intelligence level?" Abrakmat looks at Vahura for a while and says, "Did he absorb the Tes of Moment?" Vahura nods in affirmation and an idea comes to his mind. "Derihio, improve us. But before that, I need to do something." he says and flies away. After flying a short distance, he begins to sense the souls around him to find a specific person. After a while, he finds what he is looking for and flies towards it. Towards the fortress of Moroklus... (...)

STAGE 16: THE PATH TO THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUL

Vahura descends to the entrance of the fortress, enters, and walks forward, looking around. "I know you're here. I'd like to ask you to reveal yourself. I have no ill intentions. We simply need all kinds of strength, and I know you are strong." he calls out. Red lights begin to appear, and Vahura gets paralyzed. "It's alright. It's normal you don't know who I am; you've never seen me before, after all. But I have something to tell you... I was one of those who fought alongside Edy." he says. And he finally reveals himself. Vahura continues. "Finally. It's good you've decided to reveal yourself, Avrutus." Avrutus speaks simply, "I can't come, stranger." Vahura replies, "My name is Vahura. Nice to meet you." Avrutus continues, "Nice to meet you too. But seriously... if I die, who will look after Moroklus?" Vahura says, "No one mentioned death. You won't die, don't worry. Besides, the devil is dead. There's nothing that can attack Moroklus... Actually, I think the one I want to fight will attack here. He's someone who always wants to be stronger." Avrutus lets go of Vahura and asks, "Is it certain?" Vahura replies, "It's certain." Avrutus thinks for a moment, looks around, and considers his thoughts and possibilities. "Okay." he says. Vahura is surprised but also happy. "Okay then. Follow me." he says and goes outside, with Avrutus following. Avrutus begins to speak. "Let's go, Vahura. But my way of moving is a little different." he says, and splits himself into atoms. Vahura is surprised, and they flies towards the village together. They approach the village and land. As Vahura goes to Derihio, Avrutus makes himself visible again. Vahura arrives in front of Derihio's house and knocks on the door. Derihio opens the door, and he steps outside with Abrakmat. Abrakmat asks, "Who is this?" Vahura replies, "This is Avrutus. The only surviving man of Edy." Abrakmat nods, and they go inside. Derihio begins to speak. "Abrakmat told me everything. I could already guess Granq would do something like this, but I couldn't have predicted he would eliminate Solezma. Anyway, let me start by explaining what I know about the soul. The 'soul' is divided into two branches: 'vision' and 'knowledge'. Both also have mental and physical aspects. If we separate vision into mental, it's your perspective; if we separate it into physical, it's your ability to see and feel. If we separate knowledge into mental, it's your ability to master the information you learn more quickly; if we separate it into physical, it's your ability to adapt more easily to the subject you're knowledgeable about. In short, vision is intuition and ideology, while knowledge is mastery and adaptation. If you've understood this far, I'll continue with Eqias. Eqias are mechanisms formed by the splitting of the soul into two. They occur after a remarkable event, when the soul level reaches an abnormal level, results in a piece breaking off from the main soul, taking a physical form according to the personality. As a result of the formation of an Eqia, the development of the main soul stops, and only the Eqia develops. Remember! With your Eqia... If you don't form a bond with your Eqia, it's never your friend. Just because it's a part of you doesn't mean you're the same person. Every soul training attempt you make is a painful experience for the Eqia. Therefore, if you can't connect with your Eqia, it's nothing more than a club used for attacking. This is where the terms of 'Superiority' and 'Awakening' come into play. Superiority is the term I named to the situation where, as a result of the Eqia being broken, shattered, or severely damaged in any way, it transitions from a physical state to a spiritual state and takes over the user's body. Because the person's soul development completely passes to the Eqia after its birth, the Eqia's spirit always prevails over the user's spirit. The user's body, sacrificed to superiority, is reshaped, and the user suffers until the Eqia takes its revenge. During this time, because it now has a body, it transforms into a fully powerful killing machine. Preventing this depends on the term of awakening. A perfect bond is formed between an awakened Eqia and the user. This completely eliminates the risk of it getting out of control. Of course, the term of awakened superiority also applies here. It means being in sync with your Eqia, which means using your full potential. It is very difficult to stop someone who has awakened superiority. There is nothing else to say. Neither there is time." Derihio concludes. (...)

STAGE 17: THE MIND GAME

Finishing his sentence, Derihio walks down to the basement, leaving the others alone for a short time. After a while, he emerges with an orange anvil on his right shoulder. Vahura immediately walks towards him and says, "Let me help." but Derihio raises his other hand as if to say "stop" and speaks. "This is my Eqia." he says, and continues, "I'm going somewhere. Remember that your time is limited, and act accordingly." He opens the door and goes outside, turning around and saying, "I don't think someone like Abrakmat would have trouble waking his Eqia. Good luck." and closes the door. Immediately afterward, Vahura goes outside, but Derihio is already gone. Avrutus gets up and walks outside, passing Vahura. "You wanted Eqia, didn't you? I was actually affiliated with an organization. Something like a revolutionary organization. The organization's base is right in that crater. We used to force some people to acquire Eqia. You said we didn't have time, right? Let's go then." He says this and begins to walk towards where the city used to be. Abrakmat also gets up and puts his hand on Vahura's shoulder. "Let's go." he says. Vahura embraces Abrakmat, Avrutus atomizes, and they move towards the crater. Meanwhile, Derihio has arrived at a place he set out to reach, a black hole. His body turns orange, "I hope I will find you, Ru-don..." he says and begins to glide towards the black hole. Vahura, Abrakmat, and Avrutus pass the temple-like structures and arrive at the crater. "The lava has risen..." Avrutus says, looking at the pool of lava inside the crater. Then he lunges at Abrakmat, pierces his stomach with his hand, and kicks him, sending him flying. Although Abrakmat tries to get up after hitting one of the temple-like structures, Avrutus's power has already locked him in place. Avrutus turns to Vahura and says, "I'm sorry, Vahura. Your friend, the Tes user, killed both of my brothers. I have to take my revenge..." referring to Jamz, and walks towards Vahura. Vahura recoils, and Avrutus turns to dust. "Think, Vahura. Wouldn't you want to unleash your Eqia?" he says. After a while, Avrutus's red light disappears, and Vahura takes his guard. Then Avrutus forms again... next to Abrakmat. Vahura instantly appears next to Avrutus and throws a powerful punch, but the punch passes through Avrutus and hits Abrakmat. Then Vahura goes berserk and throws millions of punches, each exceeding the speed of light many times over, shattering the sound barrier each time. But Avrutus turns to Vahura and calmly says, "You're not thinking, Vahura. Brute force is too weak of a tactic for someone like you." Vahura stops and dashes back. He raises his hand and forms a circle. The circle becomes a cylinder, the cylinder a rectangle, then a square and a triangle... The shapes change rapidly. Vahura's color begins to shift from white-yellow to black-red. Then a brand new shape forms... Vahura creates a hooked sword and plunges it into his head. His color returns to normal and he falls to the ground. He gasps, covered in blood and sweat. He reaches for the sword and forcibly pulls it out. He heals himself and gets up. Avrutus applauds, "There's progress, Vahura. Did you notice a change?" Vahura, breathless, says, "What are you talking about?" but inwardly thinks, "A sword? Healing myself? What is it, the Tes of Shape? The Eqia of Vision? My own Eqia? I need to understand what's happening..." Upon receiving this answer, Avrutus grabs Abrakmat and throws it at Vahura. Vahura, in turn, creates a soft substance to cushion Abrakmat's fall and, in astonishment, thinks, "What is this?" Avrutus begins to speak, "You can really see what's going on in my mind... I was thinking something of a soft substance before I threw Abrakmat at you, and you were busy reading my mind at that time. Understand that you haven't used your full potential, Vahura." Vahura thinks to himself, "Ru-un destroyed an entire army just by seeing it. The power of the Eqia of Vision is to make an entity or event within the field of vision interact with another entity or event within the field of vision. Just like the Tes of Will and the Tes of Grudge... Wait a minute, how do I know the powers of the Tes of Will and the Tes of Grudge? I use them, too?" Just then, Avrutus interrupts, "Didn't you think about it enough?" Vahura replies, "Avrutus. Let's continue." His color changes to blue, and he transforms into a large, imposing an Evor; his eyes become yellow, and his hair becomes white. Two metallic ovals form around his wrists, taking the shape of eyes. Avrutus speaks, "I think I'm done with you. Look at your wrists. They are your Eqia. The Eqia of Vision." And he begins to approach him. "We're done with you. He's next." he says, pointing to Abrakmat. (...)

STAGE 18: ORIGIN OF THE SOUL

As Avrutus approaches Abrakmat, he turns his power off, and Abrakmat regains the ability to move. He looks at Avrutus, but Avrutus pokes his eyes with his fingers, lifts him into the air, and says, "Maybe Derihio was wrong. What you say, you pathetic wretch?" Abrakmat, screaming in pain, is weakened and can only writhe. Avrutus throws him to the ground and says, "What are you doing, Abrakmat?" to Abrakmat, who is writhing on the ground screaming. Vahura steps forward and puts his arm in front of Avrutus as if to stop him. "Enough, Avrutus. I cannot allow you to hurt him any more. I promised someone that I would look after Abrakmat. And I will keep my promise." Avrutus looks at Abrakmat's pitiful state and says, "Useless creature." He turns to Vahura and says calmly, "I will do one last thing. If it doesn't work, you deal with it." Vahura waits a moment and moves his arm. Avrutus approaches Abrakmat, holds him from the hole on his chest, and throws him into the crater, into the lava. Just as Vahura is about to act, Avrutus speaks. "We'll wait a while. My Eqia can heal all kinds of wounds. I thought my Eqia was an Eqia of Virus, but it turns out it's an Eqia of Atom. In short... as long as the soul is present, I can even heal the dead." They wait a long time, but when no sound comes from Abrakmat, Vahura jumps down. Just then, Abrakmat climbs out through the lava. His body is healed and in black colors; his eyes are closed, and his white hair reaches his waist. Vahura stops and waits. Abrakmat emerges from the lava and begins to walk on it. Vahura calls out to him, "Abrakmat! Are you alright?" Abrakmat turns his head towards Vahura's voice and says, "Vahura! Can you help me? I can't see where I'm going..." Vahura comes down and carries Abrakmat up to Avrutus. "Did you awaken your Eqia, Abrakmat?" Vahura asks. Abrakmat replies, "I don't know... Maybe." Avrutus says, "Tell us what you saw." and Abrakmat begins to tell what happened. (...)

STAGE 19: WOMAN

After being thrown into lava by Avrutus, Abrakmat, while watching his skin burn to ashes in agony, suddenly finds himself in a completely different place; not physical, but mental, a pitch-black void. Opposite him is a woman, upside down, looking at him; her skin green, her hair long and black, her eyes burgundy... She begins to speak. "Greetings, Abrakmat! This is our first meeting, and I already like you." Her voice is completely feminine, her manner of speaking childish and cheerful; she is the complete opposite of Abrakmat. Abrakmat replies, "So you are my Eqia. This must be the inside of our minds." The woman responds, "Yes! You are very clever, congratulations!" After a short silence, Abrakmat asks, "So, what are your wishes?" The woman is surprised and says, "Wishes, wishes... I want us to be together forever, I want us to always fight together, and finally, I want your eyes." Abrakmat is astonished. "I am grateful for your love, but I don't understand your last request. My eyes?" he asks. The woman replies, "You cannot use your eyes right now... Unfortunately, you are blind. I am forming a bond with you by asking for your eyes. This agreement means you will never be able to see on your own. I will lend you my eyes! It will satisfy me that you can use them. Of course, you can use them whenever you want!" Abrakmat says without hesitation, "Okay. Agreed." The woman, overjoyed, exclaims, "Hooray!" and continues, "Then give me a name!" Abrakmat thinks and says, "Naine." The woman is surprised and says, "Naine... A strange name, but it's fine since it came from you." Abrakmat continues, "Naine is a word that means woman, wife, etc. Simple but effective. I think." Naine laughs and says, "Then we are together now, aren't we?" Abrakmat says, "Always. Come on, Naine. There are important things to do. If you're ready to die with me, of course..." Naine immediately replies, "Always!" and Abrakmat, inside the lava, activates his Eqia with a beam of light and comes to his senses. (...)

STAGE 20: THE STOP BEFORE THE ROAD

Before entering the black hole, Derihio completely closes his eyes and allows the black hole to pull him in. He focuses his soul and tries to find what he is looking for. He goes and goes... Finally, he freezes and stops because there is nowhere further to go. He slowly opens his eyes and is met with mesmerizing lights, and also with someone standing before him; a man as thin and long as a rope, with bulging eyes. Derihio begins to speak, hoping to be heard. "It's been a long time, Ru-don." he says. Hearing a voice after a long time, Ru-don begins to speak like someone who has lost his mind; his voice is thin and distorted. "WHO IS IT, WHO IS IT, WHO IS IT?!" he shouts, and surprised to hear his own voice, "WHO IS THIS, WHO IS THIS, WHO IS THIS?!" Derihio tries to calm him, saying, "I'm an old friend of yours, Ru-don." Ru-don raises and waves his arms, which are as outstretched as the rest of his body. "Wrong! Wrong! Not 'Ru-don'! 'd' is a consonant, you're mispronouncing it! It's pronounced 'Ur-don'! 'Ru-don' is just the spelling!" he insisted stubbornly. Derihio just laughed and brushed it off, saying, "Of course. My mistake. Ru-don... Do you want to leave here?" Ru-don slowly turned to him and asked, "Really? Are you lying? Can I leave here?" Derihio replied, "Probably possible." and placed his hand on his Eqia, the anvil, and created a spear. Then another, and another. "What do you remember from before you were isolated here, Ru-don?" Derihio asked, continuing to create spears. Ru-don doesn't think, doesn't even understand. "My name is Ru-don! I am the king!" he said. Derihio laughed and said, "Of course. You are the king." and continued. "I know you won't understand, but I'll explain. What you're in is a black hole. Time doesn't flow here, and no matter other than plasma exists. There's constant gravity, pulling you down to this point. A normal object would stretch and completely disappear as soon as it gets close to a black hole. But for exceptional beings like you and me, it's different. My Eqia allows me to shape the matter I touch; that includes my Eqia itself. And this Eqia is the most durable Eqia according to the Ru Kingdom's Eqia statistics. It is indestructible. So if I create a sufficiently large mass, the black hole will collapse. Consequently, black holes cannot swallow an indestructible entity..." Ru-don turns to Derihio, who continues to expand the mass of matter, and says, "I understand." Derihio, surprised, says, "Really?" The mass grows larger and larger, and Ru-don says, "No." Derihio laughs and says, "Thought so." At that moment, the center of the black hole disappears, the darkness filling it vanishes completely, and light begins to increase. Derihio speaks to himself, "So it was just a small black hole." Ru-don tries to understand what's happening, looking around. Derihio grabs him and begins to glide out of the black hole. Although Ru-don struggles a little while exiting, they manages to get out and, after a final glance at the collapsing black hole, arrives at Moroklus, Vahura, Avrutus, and Abrakmat. Vahura notices Derihio and turns towards him. "Ah, Derihio. So you've come." he says. Ru-don falls to the ground due to gravity, and Avrutus walks towards him. Derihio looks at him and says, "It's been a long time, hasn't it, Avrutus?" Avrutus says, "Hey Ru-don. Get up." and reshapes his body; his body turns purple, shrinks and grows, he has no hair on his head, no fur on his body, and his eyes and mind return. Ru-don regains consciousness, stands up, and is filled with rage. He begins to speak... (...)

STAGE 21: ROAD AND DIRECTION

"Long, long ago, in the time when Moroklus and Harutyk spent time together, before Karamistar existed, King Ru-edy of the 'Purple Field' Moroklus, gained his Eqia during his marriage and asked his wife to make a wish. She wished that their future children would also possess very powerful Eqias. Some time later, the king had a child, whom they named Ru-un. Ru-un was so powerful, so majestic, that even before gaining his Eqia, everyone admired him. Ru-un grew up, became a knight, and then began to lead soldiers, rising to the rank of general. He tried to manage all kinds of chaos that occurred in Morider. One such chaos occurred when the Ancient of Chaos and Disasters, 'Fezmenarial' emerged. The Ancient was so powerful that it defeated tons of soldiers and brought Ru-un down. At that moment, alongside the Eqia of Knowledge, the most powerful Eqia ever, the Eqia of Vision, was formed. Ru-un defeats Fezmenarial and returns home. After a long time, Karamistar, known as the 'Green Field,' where Ru-un reigns, is formed. The king of the 'White Field' Harutyk dies, and his son Tarkak takes his place. Around this time, Ru-edy has another son, Ru-don. A weak, frail child who cannot control his soul and cannot form his Eqia even after years. Using a wish granted to him, just like each of Ru-edy's children, Ru-don immediately wishes to be immortal like his father, but not to be instantly regenerated like his father, but to be unable to die. After a while, Ru-un begins to lose his mind as a side effect of the Eqia of Vision, and his body transforms into an animal hybrid. Learning this, Ru-edy announces that Ru-un is dead, and that he is just a name after that point. Because Ru-un is no longer himself and remembers nothing from his previous life, Ru-edy becomes attached to Ru-don. After long struggles, because his Eqia cannot be formed... Ru-edy completely loses his mind and, using his last wish, announces to all of Moroklus that he will build a castle, abandon the kingdom completely unattended, and live there with his wife. Before completely isolating himself, he angrily condemns Ru-don to a black hole to form his Eqia." The group, listening to Ru-don's story from his own mouth, is left speechless by his furious gaze. Ru-don continues, "That's why I'm going to find Ru-edy and kill him... no matter what." Vahura speaks, sad but collectively, "Everyone's dead, Ru-don. No one in your story is alive." But Ru-don only gets angrier. "Don't you dare call me 'Ru'! Just Don. Don is my name!" he shouts. "And what do you mean everyone's dead?! That man who was supposed to be my father was considered immortal, that idiot who was supposed to be my brother, even Tarkak?! Those two possessed the most powerful Eqias in history!" he adds. He is shocked, but his anger never subsides. Avrutus speaks. "Spoiled brat. You'd better stop shouting. We're explaining things properly here. Only we are left; me and Derihio. Those two aren't from around here, Abrakmat and Vahura." But Don rages, "I'M THE SPOILED ONE?! YOU'D BE THIS ANGRY, AVRUTUS, IF YOUR FATHER LED YOU BORN, GAVE YOU IMMORTALITY, AND THEN TRAPPED YOU IN A BLACK HOLE! What I feel is hate. ONLY. HATE!" And two different war scythes appear in his hands, one black and one white. Everyone except Avrutus is surprised to see the scythes. As Avrutus and Don approach at each other, Derihio intervenes. "We don't have time, soldiers. Ru-don. I mean... Don, the reason I'm taking you out of there is because we need strong soldiers. I see you've also activated your Eqia. The power we're facing now is unlike anything anyone has ever encountered before, or will ever encounter. So we must act quickly... Otherwise, it will be the end of everything." Avrutus turns and shakes himself. "My apologizes, Don. I jumped straight at you without considering your anger issues." Don sighs, calming down. "I'm the one who should apologize. Controlling my anger is something I am able to do." Derihio looks at Vahura and speaks. "If everything is alright, let's go." Vahura nods and forms a simple cube, enveloping everyone. It rises and rises, until it surpasses first Moroklus, then Baz... (...)

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