Crystalla
Lay Down Your Arms

Tartarus groaned as he fell to his knees, the dagger fell to the floor, his previously shiny armour now cut into his skin, broken from his transformation.

"I cannot... let this be it" Tartarus shook his head. Roisin approached as she summoned her Celestial Blade.

"It's over, accept it" Roisin frowned.

"No... it cannot all be for nothing, I cannot permit it" He yelled, as he picked up an old Crystech vial, filled with a dark black substance.

"The nanomachines!" Syl yelled as he ran toward Roisin. Tartarus thrust the vial into his skin, as the black substance evolved into the Crystech nanomachines. His wounds began to heal as he stood up.

"ROISIN!" Syl yelled as he pushed his sister out of the way, Tartarus created a spear in an instant, and it hit Syl, shooting through his torso. Roisin turned to look at her brother, to see Syl fall to the ground.

"Syl..." Ruby cried as she flew over, Tartarus now turned his attention to the dragonet, Roisin roared in anger, running towards Tartarus, with Twin Celestial Blades.

Tartarus turned just in time to see Roisin, the Celestial Blades plunged into Tartarus' weak body.

"Just die" Roisin growled, her pupils now red. She shot electricity through the blades, killing the nanomachines, before swiping the blades outwards, killing Tartarus. Roisin breathed deeply, as the blades faded, she now looked over to her brother, to see Dex healing him.

"Just hold him still, Ruby" Dex panicked. Ruby nodded as she held Syl's shoulders down, Dex used all his strength to heal Syl. Roisin ran over and looked Syl in the eyes.

"You idiot!" She cried, as she knelt down beside him.

"Hey..." Syl coughed. "You're the one who ran up to a literal god" He chuckled, painfully. Roisin smiled slightly. Dex continued to heal Syl. Atlas walked over to Tartarus, he kicked the corpse, to make sure he was dead, before casting a fireball upon him.

"He's stabilizing" Dex grunted, as the healing took its toll upon him.

Ruby let go of Syl's shoulders, as he stopped moving around in pain.

"Silly Syl should not go around risking his life!" Ruby smiled.

"I'd do it again, for any of you" Syl smiled weakly. Elyss smiled, as she walked over to Syl.

"Hey" She smiled.

"Hey" Syl chuckled. "We did it!" He added.

"Damn right we did" Elyss knelt down and kissed his forehead. Roisin smiled as she stood up, to let the two talk. She sat down on the steps in front of the throne.

"So, I have a question" Arwyn said, looking over at Roisin. "That woman who appeared, to defend us..." He pondered.

"That will have been Celestia, I think" Roisin nodded.

"Who was she?" Arwyn asked.

"Lumina and Abyssia's soul, made whole. I am perplexed by how she manifested though, given both Abyssia and Lumina died" Roisin nodded. Keegan sat beside Roisin.

"I'm not, remember what Aran said, about the Crystalla of Dark and Light?" Keegan asked.

"Oh... they were the Dark and Light?" Roisin asked.

"Seems so, they gave their power to Aran in the same way as you guys did" Keegan explained.

"Huh..." Roisin chuckled.

"Kinda fitting that this is where they finally fell" Roisin said, looking around the ruined Academy.

"What will happen to this place now?" Arwyn asked. "How did it move in the first place? Is it just going to stay here above the step?" He continued.

"Honestly... I don't really know" Roisin shrugged.

"I heard Ariel wants to bring an archaeological team up here, maybe they will discover something?" Keegan suggested.

"Like... controls for flying the continent?" Ariel chuckled as she wandered over. "I heard my name" She shrugged.

"That'd be one hell of an airship" Atlas smiled, as he looked at everyone.

"I doubt even you'd know how to fly this one" Lotte joked.

"I bet I could give it a go" He shrugged, as he smiled. As the sun began to set, Dex finally finished healing Syl, he and Roisin walked out of the grand doorway and looked down at the city below. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Now we can finally... just live" He smiled.

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