We walked over to the entrance and Jallah placed his hand on a statue of Isabella.He grabbed the arm and raised it to make it look as if it were waving cutely at someone."I hate this cursed place..." Isabella mumbled as a secret passage lesson underground opened in the floor next to the wall."Rune and I will just...stand guard here. We don't really need to go down there..." Jallah said nervously.I'm getting a bad feeling about this...Isabella led the way and I followed after her.* * *I wasn't prepared for this.I don't think anyone could have been prepared for this sort of thing.When we entered the room, something sparked and a bunch of lights turned on.Actual lights. On Delvandal.I had no idea how they managed to do it, but I could only assume they had taken the technology from Elysium... Regardless, that wasn't the strangest thing in the room.The tomb didn't look like a tomb at all. There was a coffin with the image of a young man hugging Isabella while she looked loving

Mizik continued his rage-filled assault on Cain as Tyranus unsheathed Hopelessness and aimed it at Isabella."I've been meaning to pay you back for what happened at the estate all those years ago, you bitch..." Tyranus said as he glared at Isabella.Isabella allowed herself a slight smile as she raised her shield."You'll find me much harder to deal with than even that day!" She said."ENFORCERS, EXO FORMATION!!!" Leiso shouted.Immediately, Carlos and Leiso moved to Isabella's back as Jallah stood at her side."ADORABLE!!! I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR HEADS!!!" Tyranus shouted.He activated forms two and three just before instantly appearing in front of Isabella and striking her.She blocked it with her shield."SHIELD ENCHANT!! STRENGTHEN!!!" She shouted.Her shield started glowing brightly as she slashed Tyranus.At the same time, the voice of the centurion caused her strength to surge.He was sent back and clutched his chest in pain.Then Carlos threw several spikes of blood and rained f

"VAKRA!!! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!" Rastair shouted gleefully as she approached him completely unarmed."What do you want!? WHY ARE YOU BREACHING YOUR AGREEMENT!? DID I NOT MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?" Vakra roared."I just couldn't get enough of that wonderful body of yours. I came back for more. That a problem? I figured bringing the real Leviathan would get your attention a bit faster. Was I wrong?" Rastair said."I...what? Is that it!? YOU BOTHERED ME FOR SOMETHING THAT TRIVIAL!?" Vakra shouted angrily.Rastair smiled at him.Since the other members of the crew were around, she did her best to maintain her composure."Nah, not just that. See, I didn't have time to go back to Ripper Isle. This is kind of urgent. We have a bit of a situation here. Care to let us come ashore?" Rastair said as she came closer to Vakra."Hold it. What sort of situation?" Vakra said."Like, my companions here just got their hands on the legendary heart stones and some horrifying evil just showed up in o

We walked slowly and quietly towards the two gigantic thrones.One of them sat empty while the other had a young elven child in it.He had dark green eyes and short purple hair with pointed ears.He wore a golden crown on his head adorned with rubies and silver ornaments. Additionally, his clothing wasn't so different from ours, except it was far more intricate and beautiful.This kid was definitely not old enough to rule an Empire.Beside his throne, was a very large and imposing man.He was...grossly overweight. Not obese, but I could tell this man lived very luxuriously.He had on a similar robe to us.Vakra had mentioned that these robes were decreed as the appropriate attire for being in the Emperor's presence. For everyone except Vakra, of course. He was an exception to the rule due to being a skeleton half of the time.Vakra also mentioned that it was a rather...childish order...Regardless, the large man had a scruffy beard and a devious look on his face.I couldn't see the re

For the next three days, I tinkered with the heart stones in our chests using my Archmage Aspect.Seriously, the Archmage was probably my favorite of the two...Not only did it have basically limitless practical use, but it was also very fun to use. I still planned to modify the output of the stones more in the future, but for now, I would simply have to be patient.Carlos had been working closely with Vakra and Leiso to perfect the device. Although he believed further tinkering would be necessary after implementation.This was due to subtle differences between the energy signatures of the legendary stones, themselves, as well as what I have personally done to the ones in our chest.That is, transferring our souls to them.Vakra was impressed with Carlos' thinking and already considered him a valuable colleague.Meanwhile, Rune and Jallah were standing guard outside of the lab to prevent interference from anyone. Directly under the Supreme Admiral's orders.While all of this was goin