The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Benjamin, Lilia, and Ryn exchanged confused looks.They still could not understand where Esther could have sent Marcelos, especially after hearing her say that he would have a difficult time escaping.“Where did you put Marcelos?” Mike finally asked.Esther looked at them calmly. She replied, “In a prison world. A world I created for him, his Marcs, and his phoenixes. It is going to be difficult for him to get out of the prison world, so until then, we have to do whatever it is we need to do now that we have him off our backs.”Mike suddenly looked down at his chest. He asked, “Is it because you put Marcelos, his Marcs, and his phoenixes in the prison world that my wound suddenly disappeared?”Everyone turned toward him in surprise.Ryn immediately looked at Mike. She asked, “Are you sure your cut has closed up?”Mike replied, “Yes, it disappeared.”He showed everyone the place where the wound had been.They stared at his chest. There was no cut. Not

After countless attempts to open a portal to wherever Marcelos had been imprisoned, Zussorader had failed every time.No matter how much power he used or how many times he tried, the portal would either fail to open or collapse before it could connect to Marcelos's location.Zussorader refused to give up. He knew Marcelos was trapped somewhere beyond their world, and he knew that if he wanted to save his master, he needed to become powerful enough to tear open a passage to whatever dimension Esther had imprisoned him in.He thought carefully about what could give him enough power. Then he came up with an idea.Zussorader channeled the power of Philip and two Dark Druids. He gathered their power and forced it into the attempt to create the portal.For a moment, the space before him began to react, but it was not enough. The portal failed once again.Zussorader stood there, frustrated, but he refused to accept defeat. If the power of Philip and two Dark Druids was not enough, then he nee

After returning to Axrax with Philip, Zussorader, and the armies, Marcelos immediately regrouped with his forces. He did not waste any time.Marcelos personally led the purge of Earth, marching with his armies from one place to another and killing every being he and his soldiers encountered. Buildings were destroyed, homes were burned, and everything that stood in their path was left in ruins.However, while Marcelos led the purge, he had another objective. He was desperately trying to find his dark crystal.Marcelos used the connection between himself and the crystal, believing that the connection would lead him to its location.The dark crystal was extremely important to him. Not only did Marcelos need it, but he believed it was the only thing powerful enough to lead him to where his Marcs and phoenixes were being held so that he could rescue them.However, despite repeatedly trying to establish a connection with the crystal, Marcelos could not feel it. The connection remained absen

The battle continued until midnight once again before Marcelos finally ordered his armies to retreat.Throughout the battle, Marcelos had been watching Karl closely. A smile remained on his face as he observed the way she fought.Karl was not only skilled. She was brave. She continued fighting despite the overwhelming number of enemies surrounding her, never allowing fear to control her and never abandoning the soldiers fighting beside her.The more Marcelos watched her, the more interested he became.Eventually, Marcelos gave his armies a new order. He said, “Don't focus on Karl anymore.”The soldiers immediately adjusted their attacks.Marcelos continued watching her. He said, “I want her to join us. If you get the opportunity, capture her alive.”Marcelos still did not truly know who Karl was. He did not know the full extent of her abilities. And he certainly did not know that capturing Karl would be almost impossible.---Meanwhile, Hemdal, Karl, Dawson, Nelson, and the armies cont

Since there was no way for Esther to prove to everyone that she was from the future, and with no way of returning there, she eventually had no choice but to give in to King Raynold, Lord Emmanuel, and Zussorender's request to let them help her.As confusing and crazy as everything seemed, Esther decided to see their attempts to help her as an opportunity. If she allowed Zussorender to examine her, perhaps she could finally discover what was truly happening to her and why she had somehow become trapped in the past.Esther allowed Zussorender to examine her.Using his magic and various spells, Zussorender carefully checked Esther, believing that something must have affected her mind and caused her to believe that she was from the future and needed to return there.Test after test was performed... Magic was used to examine her mind and body. Spells were cast to determine whether something had interfered with her memories or altered her perception of reality.But every result was the same