Don't you just love cliff hangers? I sure do. And, i'm sure a lot of you weren't expecting that, were you? No, i'm sure most of you thought I would move right along to Bakugo's match against Kendo. Well I say no! I can't just leave out the other world invaders like L'arc and Glass now, can I? They're such good characters. And then there's characters like Alex who shows us his battle prowess and tactical skills against Yaoyorozu. That was a fun fight to do. And honestly, figuring out things for Yaoyorozu to do was tougher than I thought it would be. Given how versatile her quirk is, it was tough for me to narrow down what she should use. Anyways, I'm gonna stop rambling. Three chapters have passed meaning it's world 2 time again! Enjoy!

-POV: Rishia-

"What are three little girls and a puny cat supposed to do to me, a demon of Tartaros!? Just give up now, you stand no chance!" Ezel shouted to all of us as he charged forward. 

"Split up and attack him from all sides!" Ashley shouted as each of us went different directions. I went to Ezel's right, Wendy to his left, and Ashley went forward to meet him head on. 

"Sky Dragon Roar! High Wind Slash!" Me and Wendy shouted simultaneously as we both unleashed powerful air attacks on Ezel. We both struck him and he went to block by crossing all his arms in front of his body. We pushed him back across the cave floor until he crashed into a large stalagmite in the ground. We blasted him right through it and he disappeared into a cloud of dust. 

"Looks like the girls can bite back. I like that. Makes things more fun for me!" Ezel shouted as he came bursting out of the dust cloud. He didn't even have a scratch on him. 

"That didn't hurt him at all? What're we supposed to do to take this monster down?" I thought to myself as Ezel rushed for Wendy. 

"Oh no you don't! Electro Magna Blaster!" Ashley shouted as she raised up both of her hands and fired a large bolt of lightning straight at Ezel. 

"You're the annoying one here, but i'll save you for last! That little attack won't do a thing to me!" Ezel shouted as he swiped his upper right arm across his body and knocked the lightning away. 

"But how!?" Ashley questioned as Ezel made it to Wendy. 

"Tenga Goken!" Ezel shouted as he thrusted all of his arms forward like before, creating slicing wind blasts that headed straight for Wendy. 

"Look out! Visible Light Blade!" Ashley shouted as she brought her hands together and spread them apart, creating a sword between them which she proceeded to throw in between Ezel's attack and Wendy. It made it in time and the sword deflected the wind blasts up into the ceiling.

"Thanks Ashley! Now, Sky Dragon Talon!" Wendy shouted as she covered her right foot in wind and flipped over to Ezel. She slammed her foot into his face and sent him stumbling back a bit. But, it didn't seem to phase Ezel much as he proceeded to reach out and grab Wendy's leg, holding her upside down in front of him. 

"Let me go, you ugly demon!" Wendy shouted as she tried to pry his grip open. 

"Ugly!? Why you little!" Ezel shouted as he threw Wendy across the cave tunnel. 

"Don't worry, I've got you!" Ashley shouted as she ran over and caught Wendy, but it caused both of them to fall over onto the ground. 

"Perfect, you're together now! Two kills for the price of one attack! Juzumaru!" Ezel shouted as we waved all four of his arms in an X formation in front of him, creating a crossed shaped wind blast that headed straight for them both. 

"Zweit Tornado!" I shouted as I thrusted both of my hands forward, launching a powerful tornado from them that collided into Ezel's attack. We seemed evenly matched as our attacks destroyed each other, but Ezel was one step ahead of me. While I was trying to stop his attack, he had rushed over and was now mere feet from me. He reached out and grabbed my upper body and forced me against the cave wall. 

"What an annoyance, you are! Perhaps I should kill you first!" Ezel shouted as he took me off of the wall and then slammed me against it again. He kept on doing this over and over until the wall behind me began to crack. He then brought me back one more time and then, with all his might, he threw me against the wall and I smashed right through it into a new section of the cave.

"Rishia, no!" I heard Wendy shout as my vision was starting to fade on me. I feel like I had broken bones and I could feel blood gushing out of some parts of my body. 

"Wendy, go take care of her! I'll take care of the demon!" Ashley shouted as I could see her rush over and hit Ezel with another electric blast. Meanwhile, Wendy ran over to me and crouched by my side, beginning to use her magic to heal my wounds.

"Wendy..... don't worry about me...... just..... just stop Ezel..... and stop Face....." I said to her as I looked up to see she was indeed healing me, but not actually looking at me. She was looking at something in this new section of the cave we were in. 

"There it is....." She said as I tried to focus on what she was looking at. We were in a circular portion of the cave now and in the centre was a stone sculpture, easily 50 feet tall and at the top it had a literal face engraved into it. 

"That's...... Face...... We found it....." I said as Ashley was knocked over to us, landing beside me and Wendy. 

"Yes, that thing before you is in fact Face. Too bad i'm gonna kill you all before you can even tough it!" Ezel shouted as Ashley stood back up to continue fighting.

"How's the healing process coming, Wendy? I don't know how much longer I can hold him off alone." Ashley asked her. 

"Just another minute. Just a bit longer and Rishia will be able to stand again." Wendy explained to her as Ashley began to emanate heat from her hands.

"Just hurry up! We don't have much time before Face goes off!" Ashley shouted as she went back into battle against Ezel. 

"Wendy..... Just forget about me. Go help Ashley." I said to her. 

"No way. We have the best chances of succeeding here if all three of us attack him together. We can't do this without you!" Wendy shouted as she took her hands away from me. 

"There! That'll have to do. I couldn't make all the pain go away but it was enough to seal up your wounds! Now, let's get back in this fight!" Wendy said as she helped me stand back up onto my feet. 

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!" Ashley began to scream as we both looked over and saw she was in Ezel's clutches. He had a grip on her head and was squeezing her tightly. 

"Let her go, now! Zweit Wind Arrow!" I shouted as I thrusted one of my hands forward, creating a spiraling wind projectile that shot towards Ezel. I hit him directly in the centre of his chest and the force of the attack made him let go of Ashley and sent him sliding backwards. 

"Ashley, are you alright!?" Wendy asked as we both ran over to her. She was able to stand which was a good sign she was okay to continue. 

"Yeah..... I'm fine. I can.... keep going....." She said while panting heavily. 

"Nothing we do seems to hurt him. How're we supposed to beat something if we can't even do any damage?" I questioned as Wendy began to calm her breathing and slowly started to suck in the air around her. 

"The air in this cave is so pure...... And it fills me with so much energy..... so much..... power........ Yes...... I can do it, just like Natsu! Just like Damos and Tetsa! I can awaken too!" Wendy yelled as she began to shout from the top of her lungs, her body beginning to glow with an intense white aura. Her hair changed from a dark blue color to a bright pink somehow, and small white wings appeared on her wrists. 

"She's become a true dragon slayer....." Ashley said in awe as we both stared at Wendy's transformation. 

"What!? What's happening to her!?" I questioned. 

"The dragon force." Ashley said as Wendy shot herself over to Ezel. Her speed exploded to the point where she was almost a blur. 

"Sky Dragon Wing Attack!" Wendy howled as she swung both of her arms at Ezel, creating a massive gust of wind that even threatened to blow us away, despite us being over 60 feet away. 

"What's this power all of a sudden!? It's so..... so strong!" Ezel questioned as Wendy's wind attack began to rip up Ezel's skin. 

"If she can go beyond then I can too! I can't let my rival best me now or ever! Magic Combine: Seven become one! Rainbow Wave!" Ashley shouted as she clapped her hands together and began to glow with different colors of the rainbow. She's combined all her different waves into one. And, even her white hair was glowing like a rainbow now. 

"Seven Color Heaven Piercer!" Ashley shouted as she made seven different colored spheres float above her in a semi-circle formation. 

"Now, fire!" She shouted as all of them launched beams that struck Ezel and started pushing him back towards the Face weapon.

"Both of them..... they're giving it their all...... but all I can do is nothing. I can't touch Ezel at all with my magic." I thought to myself as both Wendy and Ashley stopped their onslaught to inspect the damage on Ezel. He was shrouded in a cloud of smoke now so we were left to wonder if we finally did enough to harm him. 

"I'll admit..... that hurt....... Looks like it's time for me to get serious! Slash Form engage!" Ezel shouted as he came out of the smoke cloud, his body changing shape. All four of his arms were turning into steel blades and armor plating was appearing over his chest area and along his tentacles. 

"You mean he was just toying with us before? How strong is this demon!?" I thought as Ezel charged Wendy with all four of his blade arms pointed forward. 

"Sky Dragon Roar!" Wendy cried as she unleashed a tornado from her mouth that engulfed Ezel. 

"Is that all you've got!? Even for a dragon slayer using the dragon force, that's too weak!" Ezel shouted as he came right through the tornado and swiped his blades at Wendy. She attempted to dodge and, luckily for her, Ezel only left a small cut wound on her left arm. 

"But, as weak as you may be, you're faster too. From annoying to infuriating, I see!" Ezel shouted as he went after Wendy again. 

"Sky Dragon Talon!" Wendy shouted as she went to kick Ezel with her foot again. Her foot and one of his blades clashed but Wendy was the only one sent flying. I ran over and caught her in my arms and helped her to the ground. 

"Rishia, we really need your help! Even though me and Ashley are stronger now, Ezel's stronger too! We can't keep this up!" She said to me. 

"But..... I can't harm Ezel at all. He's too powerful for any of my attacks." I said to her as she gritted her teeth and slapped me across my face. 

"Get a hold of yourself! The only person saying that here is you! I believe you can go past your limits and so does Ashley and even Carla! You can do this! We can do this! Surpass even yourself and help us take him and Face down!" Wendy shouted as she turned away from me and ran over to Ahsley to continue attacking Ezel. 

"Surpass..... my limits? But how am I supposed to do that?" I thought to myself as I thought back to how Wendy unlocked her dragon force ability. 

"She said..... that the wind here was giving her strength..... and me and Wendy are nearly one and the same. If..... If her wind can grow even stronger from the air in this cavern..... then so can mine!" I said as I calmed my breathing and began to spread my mana throughout my entire body. 

"Feel the cool air moving through you..... breath it in...... And harness that pure energy....." I said as my body began to glow with a green outline. 

"As source of thy power, I order thee! Decipher the laws of creation and grant me the power to harness the strength of natures divine wind!" I chanted as visible wind began to swirl around my body. The wind became armor as it literally latched onto my upper chest, arms, waist, legs, and even giving me a small crown made of wind too on top of my head. 

"Windy Priestess!" I roared as a huge gust of wind shot everywhere from my body. It caught the attention of everyone else and they all stopped to look at me. 

"Alright! I knew you could do it, Rishia!" Wendy shouted to me. 

"Indeed. Maybe now we can defeat this monster." Ashley said as I walked over to them both and stood in between them. 

"No matter how strong any of you get, you can't beat me! Now, die!" Ezel shouted as he thrusted three of his sword arms at each of us.

"Mighty Shield of Air!" I shouted as I waved my arms in a circular motion in front of us, creating a layer of air that Ezel struck and was blown back by. 

"And yet another one of you little girls becomes infuriating to deal with! Your deaths will please me beyond belief when all this is finished! As long as I hold all of you off for 3 more minutes, Face will detonate and all your magic will be gone, and then our curse power will reign supreme!" Ezel shouted. 

"Only 3 minutes remaining!? We have to end this, now!" Wendy said as Ashley stepped forward. 

"What i'm about to do..... I do without choice. Just make sure you hit Ezel with everything you've got, understand?" She said to us as she ran forward towards Ezel.

"So the wave girl wants to die first, eh!? That's fine by me! You're the most infuriating of them all!" Ezel shouted as he lunged towards Ashley. 

"What's she going to do?" I questioned as we watched them approach each other. 

"I'm not sure. But whatever it is, it'll give us our opening to end this!" Wendy said as Ashley nd Ezel finally met. 

"Wendy, Rishia, get ready! This all ends, right now!" Ashley shouted as she held both of her arms out to her sides and just stood their in front of Ezel. 

"DDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Ezel roared as he drove one of his blades right through her body. 

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Both me and Wendy cried as we watched Ashley be impaled by Ezel's sword. But, she kept on fighting, despite her life threatening decision to sacrifice herself. She grabbed onto Ezel's sword arm to ensure she would stay there and distract him. 

"Get off of me, you little runt!" Ezel cried as he tried to swing Ashley off of him. 

"Wendy...... we have to...... we can't let her die because we did nothing...... Like Ashley said..... we have to end this!" I sadly said as Wendy agreed with me. With tears in our eyes, we prepared our finals attacks to finish this fight. 

"Get ready, Rishia! You're gonna be the one to beat Ezel! Now, Dragon slayer secret arts....." Wendy began to say as I stepped in front of her. She waved her arms in a specific formation and began charging up an immense amount of power. 

"Shattering Light! Sky Drill!!!" Wendy roared as she fired a massive tornado that engulfed me and sent me rocketing towards Ezel and Ashley. 

"Ahsley, move now!" I shouted to her as she gave me a slow nod. She let go of Ezel's sword arm so she could slip off of it which allowed me to go all out without having to hurt her too. 

"As source of thy power, I order thee! Decipher the laws od creation and bless me with a divine wind that pierces the very heavens!!!! Mother Goddess Sky Lance!!!" I roared as, on my right arm, an enormous lance made of spiraling wind appeared. 

"Your wind is no match for my steel blades, little girl! You're gonna die just like the rainbow one before!!!" Ezel shouted as he swung all four of his blade arms at me. Our attacks collided and a shock wave ensued, but neither of us were being pushed back. 

"I will not back down anymore! I won't be afraid! I'm a companion of the great shield hero, Naofumi! He's counting on me and I will not fail him!" I roared as I gave one final push against Ezel. His swords were beginning to crack and he was starting to howl in pain as I was now driving him backwards. 

"No! It's..... too..... much!" Ezel screamed as I broke through his sword arms, shattering them to pieces and driving my lance into his chest. We kept on going though and I smashed Ezel against the side of the face weapon. The force was so great that we broke right through it and I crashed Ezel into a wall on the other side of the cavern. I removed my lance from his chest and saw the hole on him I had made. His body was crumbling to pieces just like the Face weapon too. It was over. We've won.

"We did it!" Wendy cheered as she changed back out of her dragon force form, as did I change back to normal as well. We both ran over to Ashley who laid on the ground in a pool of her own blood. 

"Just hang on, Ahsley! You're not going to die on us! I'll heal you!" Wendy said as she placed her hands over Ashley's chest wound and began healing her. 

"Here, I can help. Wendy, take in my wind magic. It'll make you stronger." I said as I made a ball of wind in my hands. Wendy began to breath in the wind and her hands began to glow even brighter.

"Thank you, Rishia. That was amazing, what you did to Ezel." Wendy said to me. 

"No, I couldn't have done it without your support, Wendy. You should take the credit." I said to her as Ashley raised up her arms and put each on one of our shoulders. 

"No..... This victory is shared by all of us..... we each played our parts..... and we succeeded..... Face is destroyed.... and our magic is saved." Ashley said as we were both so happy to see her moving again. It meant her healing process was working. She wasn't dying on us anytime soon. 

"All of you, we still have a major problem!" We heard Carla shout as we all looked over to her. The little white cat was standing by the pile of rubble that used to be the Face weapon. And, there was still a countdown timer there, still ticking down to zero. Right now, it was at 1 and a half minutes left. 

"What? It's still going down..... but, we destroyed it." Ashley questioned. 

"I don't think it was enough! Face is still going to be set off!" Carla said as dread filled all of our hearts. 

"Even after we gave it our all..... Even after destroying Face and reducing it to nothing..... We failed....." I said as tears began to roll down my eyes. 

"But there may still be a way to fulfill our duty. But...... it'll come at the greatest of costs." Carla said as we all looked to her with surprise. 

"What do you mean!? Is there another way to stop the countdown!?" We all asked her as only 40 seconds remained. 

"Over here. There's a magic control panel. While you all were fighting that demon, I read over these statistics and determined that there is a self-destruct mechanism implanted within the weapon." Carla explained. 

"That's great! Then we'll just activate it and blow up Face!" Ashley said but Carla put her head down. 

"Rishia.... you may not know this but I have the ability to see the future. And, from what I saw.... the explosion is too large for any of us to escape....." Carla said as our hope suddenly dashed. 

"Then...... this is it, then. Either we sacrifice ourselves and save everyone and their magic..... or we do nothing and jeopardize the entire continent......." Wendy said as we both picked up Ashley and walked her over to Carla. Carla pulled up the control panel and pressed some button. Where the pile of rubble was, a magic circle appeared. 

"Once we press this circle, Face will detonate and we'll have saved everyone." Carla said as we all stood before the circle. 

"I'm sure we're all thinking the same thing right now.... And.... if that's the case..... then as short as it was, it was an honor to fight by your sides." Ashley said as we exchanged our last smiles to each other. 

"Hey...... let's be friends.... okay?" Wendy suggested as we all happily agreed. 

"Yeah..... that would be great...." I said as we all cried our last tears. 

"Together?" Carla asked as we all nodded in agreement. We all raised our hands up and moved them closer to the circle.

"I'm sorry, Naofumi. This is as far as my journey with you goes. But, while it may have been short, i'll treasure those happy moments for all eternity. I'm glad I was able to become part of your life." I thought to myself as we all pressed the circle. The cavern began to rumble and the pile of rubble started to glow an intense white light which engulfed us. And, as fast as everything started, a huge wave of magic spread throughout all of us and we blacked out. We'll never know if we succeeded or failed now. Our fight was over, and if we won, then it's up to all of our friends to finish the fight for us now.

-POV: Motoyasu-

Thanks to that Erza girl making that giant hole in the floating cube, all of us and the rest of the Fairy Tail guild were able to infiltrate Tartaros' base. And now, we were facing near endless waves of foot soldiers inside. They weren't any match for me and my cardinal weapon, of course. And, Naofumi and the rest of our team were doing pretty well too. My goal here was to find Neela. If I can save her, then maybe that'll finally put me on better terms with Ayuma. 

Everyone, split up and take down anyone who comes in your path! Tear this place apart!" Fairy Tail's master, Makarov ordered us as we listened, splitting into smaller groups to cover more ground. Me and Naofumi decided to stick together, but he seemed a little less excited about it. It was just the two of us and we starting rushing down hallway after hallway, mowing down any enemy that we came across. 

"These are all just the grunts of this whole operation! When exactly are these demons gonna show up and face us!?" I questioned as I threw my spear into a crowd of soldiers. My spear exploded on impact and knocked out all of the soldiers at once. 

"I'm guessing that's a question that'll be answered soon! For now, just stay focused and keep on pushing through!" Naofumi shouted as he bashed his shield against an enemy.

"They just keep coming!? How many of these guys are there!? Look, there's even more coming right now!" I yelled as I pointed down the hallway at a small platoon of soldiers coming right for us. But, when they got within 50 feet of us, an explosion occurred behind them all which sent them flying everywhere, knocking them out. 

"What the heck was that?" Naofumi questioned as 4 people came walking out of a smoke cloud. 

"More like "who was that," son. We're the Usurper Roar guild. Your backup." An older man said to us as he and his companions came over to greet themselves. 

"The name's Clayton. I'm the master of the guild. And this is Azura, Milo, and Melida. We received the call from Fairy Tail and we came as quickly as possible. What's the situation?" Clayton asked us. 

"Tartaros is planning on using a weapon called Face to destroy all magic on the continent. We know they've activated it so we just have to find a way to stop it before it detonates." Naofumi explained to them. 

"It's the same as the girls before. I sent another one of my guild members off with Wendy and a girl named Rishia. They were off to where this Face weapon was hidden to destroy it. They said it was going to go off in a little under 40 minutes, and, if my time tracking skills are correct, over 40 minutes have passed. And, we can still use our magic." Clayton explained. 

"So then..... they did it! Heck yeah, Rishia and the others destroyed Face! Now all we have to do is find Neela, and stop Tartaros!" I cheered as the other guilds members became curious.

"Who's this Neela person?" The girl named Melida asked us. 

"She's a friend of ours who came with us from our world. She was captured, along with another member of Fairy Tail named Tetsa." Naofumi explained as the Usurper Roar members became shocked. 

"Did you say, Tetsa!? Unbelievable! To think, someone of her caliber could be taken down so easily...." Clayton said in disbelief. 

"Tetsa and another Fairy Tail member named Damos used to be members of our guild for a few years. Even though they're back to being members of Fairy Tail, we still treat them like they're our family. If Tartaros has taken Tetsa, then we'll find her and save her, along with your friend as well." Azura said as he shook hands with Naofumi and then me. 

"So then it's personal for all of us here. Let's go kick these demons asses!" The wizard named Milo shouted as, all of a sudden, we started to hear the same voice projecting in our heads. 

"Can anyone hear me? This is Warren, and master Makarov is with me too." Warren said to us all using his telepathy magic. 

"Yeah, we hear you. What's the scoop?" I asked him. 

"We found Mira. She's alive and safe now. Lisanna's with us too. She says Natsu was able to escape with her. That just leaves Tetsa and Neela still somewhere inside this castle." Warren explained to us all. 

"We made it out too." We heard Neela say to him. 

"Neela, you're alright!" Naofumi said to her. 

"Yeah, i'm fine but Tetsa's in rough shape. One of the demons tried to change her into a demon too but I helped stopped the process. She's lost a lot of blood and can barely stand. She needs help." Neela explained to us. 

"Everyone, this is Lucy. Wendy, Carla, Rishia and Ashley pulled it off. I don't know how they did it but they stopped Face!" Lucy said as we heard everyone start to cheer. But, all was cut short when a new voice began to project itself. 

"Please pardon the interruption. I wish to speak with the wizard guild, Fairy Tail, as well as, the travelers from a different world." A man with an eerie voice said to us. 

"And just who the hell are you?" Milo asked him. 

"I am the underworld king of this world, Mard Geer. But knowing who I am won't save you. For none of you shall live to see tomorrow. I cast the ancient curse, Alegria!" Mard Geer said as the whole giant floating cube began to rumble. 

"What the hell has he done!?" Melida questioned as, from down the hallway, a squishing sound could suddenly be heard. 

"Everyone, stay sharp! Something's coming!" Clayton said as we all turned to face whatever it was. But, when it got closer, we could see what looked like a massive wave of flesh coming right for us. 

"What the heck is that supposed to be!?" I questioned as Azura stepped forward and aimed his hands at the moving flesh. 

"Blazing Lava Geyser!" He shouted as he unleashed two streams of magma from his hands that struck the flesh. But, it just absorbed it. His magic didn't do anything, despite literally being volcanic magma. 

"That's not good!" Melida shouted in disbelief. 

"If that stuff isn't effected by magic, then maybe we can at least use magic to defend ourselves! Shield Prison!" Naofumi shouted as he surrounded us all in his steel ball wrapped in chains. We could hear the foot soldiers we fought before screaming for help as the flesh consumed them too. We heard the flesh spread around the shield prison too, but to our relief, none of it got inside.

"Looks like we're lucky that this little defense spell of yours stopped that stuff from consuming us." Milo said as Naofumi shook his head. 

"I don't know if luck had anything to do with it. I think it's because our magic is from a different world than yours. It's not effected by this kind of curse." He explained as he then looked to me. 

"Alright, i'm going to remove the shield prison. I'm assuming we're surrounded by this flesh stuff, meaning it might try to consume us right when the prison is gone. Motoyasu, it'll be up to you to fend off this stuff in case that happens." Naofumi said to me as I gave him a nod. 

"I understand. Count on me." I said as I made the end of my spear burst into flames. 

"Ready? Now!" Naofumi said as he removed the shield prison and I took a ready position to defend us all. But, nothing happened. The flesh wasn't moving anymore. In fact, it looked like it had hardened. 

"Hey..... It's not trying to consume us anymore." Azura said as he knocked on the flesh. 

"Then that must mean Mard Geer stopped casting this curse. Given the fact it was an ancient one, it probably has a lot of power and range, meaning this flesh probably spread all throughout this castle. I'm sure some of our friends from Fairy Tail were caught in it and are now trapped." Clayton said as we all agreed. 

"Alright, then let's get out of here and save them!" I shouted as I thrusted my spear upward and shattered the hardened flesh, making an opening for us all to get out. When we exited our little pocket, we could see the entire hallway was covered in this flesh. The foot soldiers were fully encased in it, from head to toe and couldn't move even a millimeter.

"The Alegria swallowed up many a lives just now. But a small handful seem to have avoided its grasp. Yes, I count 8 magic lifeforms still moving within the castle." We heard Mard Geer say as he was referring to us. 

"Wait, did he say 8? There's 6 of us here right now, which means 2 more were able to escape as well!" Milo cheered. 

"Yeah, but thinK about it. Out of the dozens of wizards who came here to fight, only 8 can continue. Those odds aren't great against what may be even more foot soldiers, these demons and this Mard Geer guy." Naofumi explained as I sadly had to agree with him. The odds weren't looking good for us at all. 

"The chance of surviving the curse is less than one in a billion, and yet so many were able to escape its clutches. What fortune. But how tragic. 8 humans souls left to suffer in the underworld. My demons, your prey awaits you." Mard Geer said as his voice cut out. 

"So, they know we're still active. And, we're all that's left now besides whoever two wizards also got out of this Alegria curse." Clayton said. 

"We need to find a way to undo this curse and fast before we get overwhelmed by these demons! It's the only thing we can do now if we want to take down Tartaros once and for all!" I shouted as everyone seemed to agree with me. 

"May I take point?" Clayton asked me and Naofumi. 

"Sure, knock yourself out." Naofumi said to him. 

"Excellent. All of here are hat remains of our allied forces. Whether we can free our friends or not, we must do everything in our power to succeed! The continent..... no, the entire world is counting on us few to win! Do what must be done to achieve victory! We will win! We will save everyone from this curse!" Clayton spoke as we all raised our fists up into the air and cheered. 

"Milo, Melida, you go with the spear kid here. Shield kid, you're coming with me and Azura. If we spread out, that gives us a higher chance of finding the 2 other wizards and a faster chance of finding some way to reverse the effects of the curse." Clayton explained as we all nodded in agreement. 

"Sounds good to me. Let's go, you two!" Melida said as she took off running down the hallway. Me and Milo followed her, leaving the other three to go back down the other end of the hallway. 

Mard Geer put a major wrench in our plans by sealing everyone away with this powerful curse. And, i'm sure it won't be easy to fix it either. We just have to hope we can find these last two wizards and then find some sort of solution to our problem. Because if we can't, then we've all but lost this war in this world.