A,N: Hello my dear readers. I have good news. Besides updating only 5 chapters are left before closing book 3 and begin the last book. Book 4. Yihar. Can't even believe I am this far in the story. It is all thanks to you readers and your encouragement and love for the story. Thank you so much. That and I have glasses now so less headache and sight problems. I am on a roll lol. Have fun reading the story. By the way this picture is this ruins number. Cool right.

Shark's p.o.v.

A little earlier.

"Reginald, Reginald Kastle!".

That was the first thing Shark heard as he woke up rather groggy. His whole body felt heavy and he sighed in distress. His head felt like it got slammed by a hammer. That and everything around him felt rather hot.

"What...?" He hissed annoyed. More to make the voice talking to him shut up than anything else. "Who's calling?".

That was until he opened his eyes and found him in a peculiar situation. He was surrounded in hot lava, on a not very solid rock formation, in the middle of this lava sea. To make matters worse, he was unable to move. His hands were clearly tied up. It felt like metal, so he figured he was stuck to some or tied up by it.

"What the heck?!" He hissed angrily as he tried to wiggle himself out of his bindings.

"I will recommend you not doing that. We are tied up together and your movements makes the metal cut into my wrist" Another voice then said, making Shark's eyes narrow in suspicion.

That had been the voice who had talked before and by the sounds of it was male. A voice he actually recognized.

"Dumon?!" he sneered in an angry tone "What are you doing here? Are you in on this? Is this some kind of barian trap?". He could hear the gray-haired boy snort.

"If It was, I would not be in the same predicament as you" the barian answered "I suspect this ruin's guardian captured you as well?". Shark growled angrily as he remembered how the wolves had attacked him earlier.

"Yeah" he then admitted "When I get my hands on whatever that thing is, I will kill her. Mark my words!".

He could hear Dumon hum at that. Shark found it a little annoying he couldn't get a good look at the gray barian, who was clearly sitting at the opposite direction of his. The closest thing was a close glans if he tried to turn his head, but that was difficult to do duo to the circumstances.

"Wait hold on? Why are you here Dumon? Are you here for this ruins number too?" Shark then questioned rather puzzled. Dumon sighed deeply at that.

"Believe it or not, I was not able to track this number ruin on our map. This guardian just appeared out of nowhere in barian world and succeeded in her attempt in kidnapping me" the barian replied "Something about Zaira and danger".

"Yeah. I heard something about that we are bargain tools for Zaira" Shark replied and hissed. It was weird having a normal conversation with his enemy. That was for sure.

"Oh. I do not like that" Dumon mused coldly "Zaira will be compelled to rescue us, and as she does, she will walk right into this guardian's trap. Whatever that might be". At that Shark snort coldly.

"Don't count Zaira out just yet. She is tough" he replied proudly.

"I do not doubt Zaira's abilities. I have been witnessing them firsthand myself" Dumon replied just as firmly "In sense of power, Zaira might have the upper hand, but this guardian uses trickery. You never know what to expect. It might use us as a means for Zaira to surrender. Our first priority would be for us to escape so Zaira does not need to worry about us".

"Great idea. Don't you think I have been thinking about that smarty pants!" Shark sneered at first, but then contained himself.

Now was not the time for arguing. As much as Shark hated working with his enemies, they might have to, in order to survive this ordeal. Silence uttered around them. None of them had anything to say to each other really. That until an idea struck Shark.

"Hey Dumon. You have these amazing Barian powers. Now would be a good time to use them" he began pointing out. Dumon sighed once again.

"I can't" was his only answer.

"What do you mean you can't?" Shark hissed "Just because we are enemies do...".

"That is not the reason" Dumon hissed back "To access my powers, I need my Lapiz around my wrist. With us tied together, I am unable to do so".

"Grr well that makes you totally useless" Shark sneered back. Something Dumon clearly didn't comment on. Silence once again was all around them.

That didn't last long however, because suddenly a video feed appeared in front of both of them revealing Zaira about to duel some weird version of herself.

"Zaira!" both boys ended up shouting in unison.

However, it seemed like she couldn't hear them. She wasn't replying them back. Funny enough both Dumon and Shark could hear her. They heard everything the guardian explained to Zaira. How she had to win the duel, or they would end up in the lava, that the guardian's name was Tala and shapeshifter, and lastly that she could see into people's hearts. Shark figured that was why she had taken the form of Rio when she approached him. What surprised him most though was Zaira picked him. Out of him and Dumon, Zaira picked him. Shark couldn't be prouder and happier at the same time.

"Congratulations" Shark could hear Dumon say behind him. A big sigh escaped the gray barian "She picked you. She apparently loves you higher than me. Just please promise me to treasure her. Zaira is one of a kind girl. She deserves the best happiness the universe can give her...".

Shark, who in that minute actually wanted to shout 'ha' in Dumon's face now, stopped up and bit his lip. Usually he was not a gloating person at all, but he had just been caught up in the moment. Now, he ended up biting his lip a little. Sure, Zaira had picked him, but then again, she had promised him she would regardless what in Spartan City. Was this really how she felt? It didn't help that the Guardian didn't seem to be agreeing? Apparently, it could read peoples heart. That and it was clear that Dumon was heartbroken after that realization and it made Shark a bit guilty. If Zaira had picked Dumon over him, he would surely feel the same way. If he was truly honest with himself.

However, that was the only good emotion Shark felt for a while, because Zaira's duel suddenly to a 180. Zaira was doing a good turn if you ask Shark. She managed to summon Cy on her first turn, and even strengthen her defense with a face down. After all, with Cy's special effect, she could stop 2 attacks per Ou, and when it was Zaira's turn, she could use an Ou to destroy 2 cards on the field. Problem was the guardian, dressed as Zaira in ancient times, was ten times better. With a couple of combo's, she managed to negate Cy's effect, cut its att in half and even summon an Xyz monster. All while still having 5 cards in her hands. If that was not impressive, Shark didn't know what was. But that of course put Zaira in serious trouble now. Tala of course attacked and destroyed Cy, dealing 950 points of damage to Zaira. This was not good.

"Guess the rumors has been true all along" Shark could hear Tala say as she ended her turn. "I heard you had been tamed by a male human and the Astral prince. If you want to prove me wrong, then show me the ferocity you had in ancient times Zaira. If not, they are going to pay".

That was all Shark managed to hear, before he was occupied with something else. Like the lava below. Shark, who had been having his legs hanging over the edge a little, had to redraw his feet extremely quickly. The rock they were on began crumbling underneath them.

"Did I forget to mention that their fates are tied to this duel. Oh, how forgetful of me" Tala said and send me an evil smirk "Whenever you lose life points, they lose a piece of footing so to speak, until they eventually will plummet to their deaths in the lava below. Their souls will forever become one of my minions while you Zaira will survive with the guilt of losing your loved ones forever!".

Both Shark and Dumon hissed at that. It really limited their options. Zaira in dueling and lose life points, and them not having any footing soon at all.

Zaira's p.o.v.

I sneered rather annoyed as I was staring down that double of mine. Tala as it was the name of the guardian and shapeshifter by that, but right now she was pissing me off big time. I knew Shark and Dumon's fate was to be doomed in lava but to literally connect them to my life points was another. I mean come on, they were enough danger as it is, so why, why put them in even more danger. If this was some kind of test, I didn't know what? I mean sure I had to win, but at what cost? Letting Shark and Dumon get burned to crisp before then? What kind of message was this? I mean every number we faced so far had some kind of reason to test us. Mach had self-sacrifice and friendship and Xinglong loyalty. I had no clue what this number was going for. Sacrifice your loved ones for power?! And what did she mean I had to access the ferocity I had in ancient times? She did mention I was tamed by Astral and Yuma, but that couldn't be the case could it? I hissed annoyed again.

"You are a very horrible person!" I sneered back at Tala "Dumon and Shark were already in a heap of trouble. They didn't need to get linked to my life points too".

"Oh, my dear isn't that a little harsh? I am you remember. Unless you are seeing yourself as a horrible person, it can't really offend me" Tala said and chuckled darkly. All which made me even more pissed.

"No, you are not! I am nothing like you!" I yelled back rather fiercely. "Besides, you are just pretending to Be me from ancient times...".

"...And we are nothing alike. That was what you were about to say, right my dear lost Zaira?" Tala interrupted and once again a version of me had that evil smirk plastered on their face "Who is to say that you weren't like this in ancient times? You have no memories of the event. Besides, I know you visited the other ruins and put two and two together. Just as you know Dumon is the loyal knight from the pegasus ruin You know the identity of the cruel prince who is also is reborn as a barian...".

"If you are implying the insane prince is my brother Vector, I already know!" I hissed back "But that has nothing to do with me!".

As soon as I said that I did in fact remember the legend from the labyrinth of screams. How the cruel insane prince had one girl he cared about and treasured, but when she died, he lost all reasoning, killing everyone and everything in his path. All which lead to suicide. I now knew that girl had truly been me. As unbelievable as it was. But to imply that I was like Vector in ancient times, was just not true! I was nothing like him!

"Hmm that is true. This has nothing to do with this ruin" Tala admitted and shrugged "But your sweethearts do my dear Zaira. Haven't you heard love shares all hardships as they conquer all? If you can't overcome this hardships together, you can't really consider yourself a couple at all".

"Love conquers all? Is that what this test is about?" I questioned rather puzzled. That was all I had gotten out of her blabbering after all. Tala giggled a little at that.

"Maybe" She admitted "But also so much more. Now show me your fierceness in this duel. If you don't your sweethearts will not survive. You are stalling". I sneered angrily. I will show her fierceness alright. She would regret messing with me and my friends. That was for sure.

I drew and started off my move by activating my facedown card. It was the trap "Xyz reborn" which brought back my Cy from the graveyard. Cy roared fiercely as he entered the field again. He even glared down at my double with a fierce wolfy glare. I couldn't be prouder of him. Then I activated the spell "Xyz treasure" from my hand. Since there was two Xyz monsters on the field, I could draw 2 cards. My hand lingered at my deck now. I just needed the right card in order to turn this duel around. What I didn't notice was that a certain aura appeared around my hand as I drew.

"I activate my 'Rank up magic full moon ascension' to rank my Cy into a chaos xyz monster!" I then shouted fiercely "Go chaos xyz evolution. Howl your thunderous roar and cry out your howl of victory! Arise Nb C24 Thunderous Cyclone Beast!".

As this golden thunderous cy appeared onto the field, everything was sparkling. Maybe because Cy's mane was stored with electricity. He was a rank 5 monster with 2500 att and 2000 def points. What did annoy me though was that Tala didn't seem faced by it. I hissed. I was gonna show her. I activated thunderous Cy's effect. By using one Ou it could cut the attack on a face up monster, like her tiger king, in half and add those to itself. Tiger king's att fell down from 2200 to 1100, and Cy's att points rose to 3600. (2500+1100=3600) I of course attacked right away with Cy. My opponent didn't have anything dangerous on the field, besides that facedown fire formation card, and that card couldn't stop Cy. Tala got the brute force of 2500 points of damage, as Cy destroyed her Xyz monster. She even got pushed backwards as her life points went down all the way to 1500. I snort confidently at that.

"You wanted my best!" I sneered at Tala "Well I say you got it. Now prepare yourself for a world of hurt. That is if you don't let my friends go right now". Surprisingly, Tala didn't look frightened at all. No, she was actually outright laughing right now. An insane creepy laughter who like before didn't fit my character at all.

"Yes! This is what I am talking about Zaira. Show me more of that fierceness! Show me what you are capable of if you ever hope to possess me Zaira Wroom. Just like in ancient times" She said and chuckled darkly again. Then she sends me a wicked smile. "But first things first. Let me reward you for your troubles my dear. Let us share your memories".

Then light suddenly admitted from her eyes and I felt myself getting dizzy. It was like I was lulled into sleep somehow.

Memory flashback.

I found myself on a balcony leading into a luxurious room that was fit for a princess. At least if it was in ancient times. I of course walked inside the room only to realize a stinging pain in my abdomen. A mirror was close by though and I recognized myself in it. I was dressed almost like how Tala had been in our duel, but the armor was stripped away, leaving me with only a white tunica and pants, while a purple belt was wrapped around my midsection. I eyed myself in the mirror and wondered where the hell I was and why I was injured. I think I could feel bandages wrapped around me, underneath my clothing. I groaned slightly and decided to walk back to the balcony. It was closer than the door at the end of this room, and besides maybe I could get a good enough view of where I was. A beautiful ocean view meets me. The sun was even about to go down and it made the ocean look even prettier. Sure, I could see some kind of courtyard underneath, and maybe a village a bit far away in the horizon, but the land really didn't interest me a lot. The ocean did.

"Ah it is so beautiful" I uttered in awe. I was even so occupied by it, that I didn't notice the door to the room open, and that someone was walking in. The voice that spoke however, brought me back to reality though.

"Princess. You should not be up and about just yet. You need a lot more resting". I turned surprised around to find Dumon standing inside the room. He was dressed in the same armor as Tala had shapeshifted into when we first met. He looked quite impressive in the glory of his gray armor. How he could move around like that, I had no idea.

"I apologize my dear knight, but I cannot do so" I said. Surprisingly, the words just floated out of my mouth. I had no control. It was like I was a spectator in my own body. I continued "It is so tedious to be in bed all the time and the view is breathtaking".

"But my sweet princess, you have several fractured ribs. Not to mention a deep wound in your abdomen. Your guardian would not approve, if your wounds opens up again" Dumon replied rather worried. I just send him a little smile.

"You worry to much Sir Dumon. I recover quickly" I replied dutifully and waved at him "Come join me. But please stop calling me princess. I am no such royalty and it would offend a real princess if she heard you call me that. Call me by my name". I could see how Dumon walked out on the balcony, with a surprisingly confused expression now.

"But I do not understand My... lady Zaira. Your name Zaira means princess does it not? So why can I not state its original meaning? As well as your last name Wroom meaning Ruler" Dumon then asked rather doubtful "Are you telling me you are using a ruling princess's name, without truly being one?".

I could feel myself sigh in content inside, mumbling something about that I should have come up with a better cover name. In the end I sighed deeply as I turned my back to the knight behind me.

"Truthfully, yes, I am indeed a real princess, but I rather not talk about my past" I then admitted who sounded like half a lie and half truth here. "I ruled a kingdom, you all know as Vector's kingdom now, but I ran away".

Tears peeked in the corner of my eyes as I looked down at the marbled edge of the balcony. If they were real or fake, I didn't know. I turned back toward Dumon once again.

"Please Sir Dumon" I begged "Please do not tell King Nash this yet. Not until I am ready to explain things myself".

"You have my word princess" Dumon replied as he kissed my hand. His own way of showing his commitment to his own oath.

Without warning light flashed around me, and before I knew it I was back at the duel in these underground ruins. I did quickly realize that I had never left the dueling field really, but it was a different thing with my mind and soul. Did Tala just send me back in time to relive my memories? It had been so vivid.

"Now my dear Zaira, did you like your sweet moment with your precious knight?" Tala then asked me and chuckled. I was still a little out of it, so needed to shake these images I had seen out of my headfirst.

"What the heck was that?!" I sneered angrily "Stop messing with me head!".

"Aw, are you disappointed?" Tala questioned rather confused, but at the same time I sensed teasing in her voice "I was sure you would enjoy it. Maybe because you couldn't have him in your present life. How thoughtless of me".

"No! That is not what I meant!" I tried defending, but Tala didn't listen. She had instead walked forward, alias back to her dueling spot and were beginning to stretch herself out of unknown reasons.

"Well how about this present then my sweet? How about I show you my true power? Then we can see who of us is the most ferocious" Tala said and send me an evil grin.

Then without warning once again, Tala drew and started off her move by special summoning "A.W loyal guan Yun" from her hand to the field. She could do so since I controlled a monster and she didn't. Surprisingly the new monster was a level 7 monster with 2500 att and 1800 def points. Did she xyz summon with level 7 monsters. Tala however continued by activating her face down spell card called "Fire formation – Tensu" who became an continuous spell card, who allowed her to normal summon twice per turn, while also add 100 att points to every beast warrior monster on her field. Her Guan Yun gained 100 att points, but even with that boost he couldn't match Cy's strength. She summoned however two ancient warriors to the field called "A.W. Virtuous Liu Xuan" and "A.W. Ingenious Zhuge Kong". Both of them were level 4 with under 1500 att points, and they were summoned in att mode onto the field. Lastly, she played the spell called "Harmonic waves". With this she could target one monster on the field, like her Loyal Guan, and it becomes level 4 until the end of this turn. I had finally caught up on what she was doing. She had 3 level 4 monsters. She was clearly going for an Xyz summon again.

"I overlay my three ancient warriors to build the overlay network and xyz summon" Tala then began saying "Come forth. The number of these ruins and card that holds my true power. Nb 60 wolf slayer Lupa!".

As Tala finished chanting light emitted from the number card inside the crystal behind her. A beam shot out hitting her duel disk and in front of me was an impressive warrior monster. Besides her white wolf ear and fluffy wolf tail, she looked quite human. Her long white hair was assembled as two big pig tails on the top of her head, and she had golden eyes. Besides that she was dressed rather punk stylish, with what looked like leather pants, a gray jacket with a red top maybe underneath. Black ribbons were in her hair too, had black fingernails and in her left hand she was carrying a giant sword that simmered with power. Lupa, as I guessed was the numbers name was a rank 4 monster with 2000 att and 2500 def points, and were surprisingly summoned in defense position, which was weird since Tala seemed like an aggressive attack strategist.

"Does my strategy puzzle you my dear?" Tala said and chuckled. I guess my confusion was written in my face. "Don't worry, Lupa is stronger than you think. Let's see if her power will make or break you Zaira".

"What do you mean? If you want to defeat Cy and I, you need to attack at some point" I questioned rather puzzled "Even in defense mode your monster is just a snack for my thunderous Cy". Tala chuckled.

"Oh, my dear Zaira. You are missing the big picture. A general doesn't just walk into a battlefield unprepared. He strategies his every move." Tala explained and giggled "Doesn't Wolf slayer mean any anything to you?". My eyes widened at that news. Don't tell me, her special effect is...

"Once per turn, my number can use an Ou to slay a monster on any field and if it is a beast type monster, like your precious Cy, the opponent, You, takes half of that monsters att as damage. Only drawback is that it can't attack on the turn it uses its effect it can't attack. Your Cy has 3600 att, so prepare yourself Zaira!" Tala stated and activated her numbers effect.

One Ou got used, she has 2 left, my Cy got destroyed again and I got sent flying to the ground losing 1800 life points. Her sword literally created that big of a wind pressure. It left me with 1250 life points remaining. With an effect like this, I now understood why Lupa was in def mode.

"And that is not all. No other beast or beast warrior monster on my field can be targeted by an attack. Not as long as Lupa is on my field" Tala said and chuckled darkly "Let's face it my dear Zaira. I am the worst opponent you could ever face".

Astral's p.o.v.

Around the same time.

"Ahr there is nothing to do!" Yuma uttered rather frustrated as he passed back and forth on the grassy field.

They were all currently waiting at the meadow for Zaira and Shark to show themselves again after what Astral thought would be the ruin guardian, took them underground. This had caused the others to just sit down and wait for them, which frustrated Yuma to know end. Astral understood his friend's impatience. He really did. After all, Zaira and Shark could be in deep trouble and they were all here doing nothing. To be honest this concept confused the Astral prince deeply. In all the ruins they had entered, the trial had a purpose. In the pegasus ruin they had been separated by Mach to create a complex puzzle. In the labyrinth, even though it was no guardian there, 96 and Vector used trickery against them to win, to shatter Yuma and his friendship. Literally at some point. In the Colosseum Alito had brainwashed Nistro in order to force Yuma to duel. Sure, Zaira had intervened, but the implication was still there. Lastly there was the Dragluon test with Kite defeating Xinglong. The old dragon wanted to see if Kite was loyal to the end, which of course made Astral wonder, what was different here with this Guardian at Zaira's ruin. It was clearly stated that the guardian here didn't wanted them to meddle, but for what reason? Because it was Zaira's ruin and only she could retrieve the number, or because they had another purpose here? Astral was rather thoughtful here.

"Calm down Yuma!" Tori sneered at him and caught Astral's attention "We all have nothing to do, but we don't flip out about it. So just sit and relax will you".

"But you don't understand Tori. Zaira and Shark could be in heap of trouble now!" Yuma complained rather loudly "And then we are just sitting here, doing nothing!".

"We know Yuma, but we can't do anything because of this barrier" Rio replied and sighed deeply "Don't you think I would be down there saving my brother if I could? Reginald always gets himself in trouble and needs my help... Hey!".

In that moment, Yuma had taken one of the small stones that was placed around them at the meadow and tossed one of them away in frustration. Some were big enough to sit on, others were small enough to be tossed. One of those stones however almost hit Rio in the face, which she of course was not happy about.

"Hey! What was that for?!" she sneered and would properly have maimed Yuma right then and there, hadn't it been for Astral interrupting them. He had noticed something when Yuma tossed that stone away. Something he was going to share with the others of course.

"Yuma grab another stone" he encouraged, which only enraged Rio more.

"What? Are you crazy Astral? What if Yuma really hits someone this time?" she yelled at him but was silenced by Kite who caught on his intention.

"What about the stones Astral?" He asked and roamed around for one in the deep grass "Did you notice something?".

"I noticed some weird scrimptions on the one Yuma tossed" Astral explained "If I stand correct, this must occur on each stone here".

"Really?" Yuma questioned and lifted a little stone piece up who was closest to him. As he turned it around in his hand, a weird line of text was shown on it.

"Orbital, what can you see?" Kite asked as he encouraged the robot to scan the stone in his hand. Orbital let a tiny light shine on the stone and went silent as he were processing its data. After a while, the robot replied:

"It is... a nor-mal sto-.ne mate-rial, but some-thing does... seem to be writ-ten... on it" Orbital explained slowly "Se-em to be... a bro-ken piece of... some-thing much big-ger. I can-not deci-pher its... meaning un-less I have... all of it tog-ether".

"So what? You are saying all the stones are having drawings on it" Yuma questioned.

"That is cor-rrect" Orbital stated slowly. He seemed tired.

"Like a giant puzzle" Tori uttered and clapped in her hand "I love puzzles. Wonder what it says if we put the pieces together".

"Let's find out!" Yuma uttered happily as they all began gathering the stone fragments.

"Wow it looks like a giant stone tablet!" Yuma uttered stunned as they finally had put all the stone pieces together. "My father showed me one as I was a kid. It was all gibberish to me though. Just like this one. I don't understand anything it is saying".

Astral hummed at that as he studied the stone tablet. It did look a lot like the mural he saw in the labyrinth of screams. The stone here clearly told a story in drawings, but Astral had no idea what it meant.

"Orbital. Scan this stone to find its..." Kite began but was interrupted by Rio.

"This is a terrible tale. An ancient tale about tragedy and love. How love conquers all or in this case didn't." Rio mused out slowly as she closed her eyes. As she opened them again her eyes sparked green "Once, long ago there was this wolf princess whose heart belonged to two guys. One royal and the other a common knight, as well as best friends, they were both battling for this girl's affections. The poor princess didn't know what to do as she loved them both so much and therefore asked for time to make a valid decision. She ended up on this meadow in order to clear her head and sat here for hours, making up her mind and heart. Finally, as the sun lingers, she had an informed decision, and were about to return to her loved ones, when the enemy stuck. Another kingdom was in this moment waging war against them and the princess was struck down by an arrow. Her loved ones, the royal and the knight, found her dead time later and as a memento to her, they created this grave tomb. Legends says though that this princess's soul might still wander this earth in search for her lost love, she could never tell loved him".

As Rio ended the tale, silence was all around them. Even as Rio returned back to normal. Apart from Tori who was sniffing slightly as she dubbed her tearful eyes in a tissue, mumbling this was the saddest thing ever, and Orbital stuttering in the background, Yuma was the first to say something important out of all of them.

"Well that was depressing" which only made Tori yell at him for not caring.

"I agree" was Kite's responds seconds later, surprising everyone "Depressing and insightful". All which was something Astral could agree to,

"Insightful! How can this depressing tale be insightful?" Tori yelled back at him.

"Because this is Zaira's tale" Kite defended "I mean how many reborn wolf princesses are there? Now we know why we can't join this ruin down there".

"I concur Kite" Astral mused out as well "This is clearly Zaira's ruin".

"I don't understand what the heck you are talking about" Yuma then uttered "why do you believe we can't enter the ruin down there?".

"Because of the legend Yuma" Astral explained and sighed deeply "Zaira's soul did indeed wander this earth once again, and just like ancient times, she has a decision to ,make. I believe that is the reason Shark fell down with her".

"Because she loved Shark?" Yuma questioned puzzled "But were there not two guys in the legend? Don't tell me there is a dead guy down there Zaira has to face...".

"No! Use your head moron!" Kite sneered "Who else in this world does Zaira supposedly love? There is only one answer".

"Dumon!" everyone else but Yuma replied in unison.

A,N: I am so sorry, but I will cut this chapter for now. It is getting way over my length and I can't even see the goal in sight. Good thing is that I updated earlier and I need a breather. Way to stressed. But things are getting intense. In the next chapter the duel will of course continue. Do you think Zaira wins? Hope you like Shark and Dumon conversations and this ruins legend. Some new flashbacks will happen in the next chapter too and then Dumon and the ruin guardian is having an interesting chat. Hope that sounds interesting. Please comment on what you think so far.