Putting away his assassin life for the time being, Omega started searching for rare and powerful artifacts. He was pretty open minded so he would go after anything that caught his eye. However, what he really was searching for were two swords to replace his current ones. After 2 years of going from pub to pub listening to different rumors that mostly lead to false trails, Omega heard of a powerful sword that was supposedly on the planet Danar. The planet was known to be comprised of complete darkness without a single ray of light and also one of the most deadly planets because not many visit and return unharmed.

The sword itself was called the dark sword and was one of a pair with the light sword being its polar opposite. 'Whoever created these names didn't think very hard,' Omega thought. The legend of the two swords went on about a being of light and a being of dark that fought against each other for control over a galaxy. Each side was equipped with their respective sword and the commander of each army were experts with them. The armies fought for years and were evenly matched which lead to useless bloodshed with only the commanders left standing. The legend said they fought for hours until they were both dead lying next to each other. No one knows where the swords went or who took them so they think dark beings took the dark sword and light beings took the light sword. However, the people in the pub didn't really care about the light sword so Omega wasn't able to narrow down its location.

After the two years of searching, Omega spent another year making his way over to Danar to finally start his search. The planet was located on the far reaches of the plotted universe so it took the whole year just to travel there. Omega was a mix between surprised and not so surprised when he heard the entire universe hasn't been plotted. Surprised because he didn't know there was a line saying people should only cross at their own risk and not surprised because the universe is infinite.

When Danar finally came into his sights, or felt it since Omega couldn't see anything, he mist traveled onto the planet. The rumors really weren't kidding when they said the planet was complete darkness without a single glimmer of light. He couldn't even see outlines of anything around him. Omega really didn't want to step forward into the darkness because there was no telling what he would step on ... or in. Nonetheless, after steeling his nerves, he took a step forward and instantly sank a foot into the ground. He tried to stop himself but wasn't able to get any purchase until he hit the bottom.

He stood still for a second not knowing what he stepped into until he felt his pants and coat soaking up water and he recognized the texture of the ground he stepped into. He landed right in the middle of a swamp! Omega was at least happy it wasn't quicksand or something that could possibly pull him under the ground. After coming back to his thoughts, he concentrated on the water around him and thickened the water in the air to give him sight without light. He 'looked' around and saw there were a few trees here and there sprouting up from the swampy waters that looked gnarled and dead with spiky limbs jutting out from their sides. There was also slime like moss hanging off the branches which Omega decided he'd rather not know about.

After a quick shiver of imagining the texture of the moss, he trudged through the swamp not liking sinking with every step. He didn't know exactly which direction he was going but for some reason he had a strong feeling to head in a certain direction. Since he didn't have any other idea on where to go, he decided he might as well follow the mysterious feeling. About 30 minutes of cursing the swamp and its sinkhole like mud, he face palmed and froze the top layer of water. He stepped on top and continued down his icy path grumbling about how dense he was sometimes and hoped he could find something of interest.

Every once in a while, Omega would push out his senses for miles looking for anything other than the swamp terrain but it seemed like it just kept going and going. So far, he also had only felt plant life around him without any signs of intelligent beings and wondered why the planet was known to be deadly. He hadn't encountered anything yet but he guessed that didn't mean there wasn't anything on this planet that could possibly threaten him. So, he stayed alert.

After deciding it would be nighttime in a world with light, he found a relatively dry spot to set up camp. Omega came prepared for a long trip with purified water to use if anything came up, a tent, compass (that he found out didn't work on Danar), and some other essentials. He also wondered if the swamp had regular flood cycles so after setting up the tent, he froze water around it to prevent any water from leaking inside. The tent itself was pretty small with it being a 5X7X4 triangular shaped tent which he bought early on in his assassin days.

The frozen water around the tent was also meant for protection from anything that decided it wanted to find out what was inside the tent. Omega still hadn't sensed any beings but he didn't want to let down his guard and it be the last thing he did. He slept for about 7 hours without any disturbances which Omega was pleasantly surprised since something other than plant life must live on the planet. It seemed like a perfect habitat for anything that didn't have or require vision.

He continued his trek through the swamp lands for two weeks until he came upon solid land with a dense forest. After traveling through the forest for three weeks, he didn't know which terrain was better. The swamp stank with all the algae in the water and on the trees but the forest's trees were tightly compacted together so Omega had to weave his way through. After a while he got sick of it and made ice stairs above the trees and then continued to make an ice trail above the treetops. Then he could say he liked the forest terrain better.

As he went along with his journey following the weird feeling, it grew more and more noticeable. After another week through the forest terrain, he came upon a dilapidated manor, of course, without lights. Omega could feel strange waves of energy around the manor and wondered what was inside that could possible give off the aura. He hoped it was the dark sword but doubted it. It wasn't like Omega to get lucky and find the sword within 6 weeks of arriving.

As he got closer to the manor, he started to hear strange noises that sound like whispers in another language. Intrigued and hopeful that he found some type of being, he quickly got down from his ice pathway and headed towards the manor. As he got closer to the door and thickened the water in the room, he could tell whatever creatures were in there were looking at him through the window. The outline of the figures ranged from small and skinny to tall and large. Each one had pointy ears like an elf but had a goblin shaped head. The males had bumps all over them and females had recessions in their skin which was quite strange to Omega. However, he didn't want to give it much thought.

Before opening the door, he could see some small circular glows in the window that looked like eyes. He wondered if the glow in the creatures' eyes allowed them to see in the dark or something which was probably the case if they could live on Danar. After shrugging, he opened the manor door and he could see and feel all the eyes trained on him. Their stances didn't seem threatening but they were tense. Tense ready for a fight or a quick flee Omega didn't know. So, he just closed the manor door and confidently strode over to the counter to sit down on one the stools not by one of the troll creatures.

Soon, the whispers started again and Omega had a pretty good idea about what they were talking about ... or rather who. Omega watched the barman attentively as he slowly made his way over to Omega. He spoke in a language Omega had never heard of before. It was probably the species language since it was similar to all the other voices in the manor/pub. Omega looked into the eyes of the goblin creature and asked in his regular voice not even trying to pretend older, "Do you speak English?"

The whispers immediately stopped and Omega could feel the eyes on him again. He looked behind him to give the impression that he saw with his eyes and assessed the crowd. They still weren't in a threatening stance so he looked back to the bartender and waited for an answer. The goblin said in a gruff voice, "I asked, what would you like?" The whispers still hadn't picked up yet which worried Omega a little. However, as long as the creatures didn't do anything, Omega wouldn't worry about it.

Omega said, "I'm just passing through. However, information would be nice. I came to this planet looking to find the dark sword ..." Omega saw the goblin sport a grotesque smile at the dark sword part but Omega kept going. "... and I was wondering if you happened to have any information on where it could be?" Omega also saw the smiles on the other goblins faces so they must enjoy sending people after the dark sword which probably meant there was a high chance of death.

The goblin chuckled and said, "Yes, I know the location of the sword. However, are you prepared for the trials before the sword? Are you willing to risk your life for the sword?" Omega could feel the other goblins slowly get out of their chairs and pulling out weapons without making even the slightest sound. Omega had to give it to them that he wouldn't have known they were getting up if he didn't use his mist vision. They were stealthy buggers but Omega wasn't known as one of the most deadly assassins in the universe without reason.

Omega preferred not to fight the creatures already knowing he could kill all of them without breaking a sweat judging by how they were holding their weapons, so Omega came up with another idea. "Yes I am willing. However I know I won't die. But before you tell me I have a question. I don't know what kind of creatures you are but would you tell me how you react to light?" The goblin bartender had a wary look and said, "Why are you asking?" Omega could still see the goblins getting closer and he smiled. "You don't have to answer the question. I'll just find out since you plan to stab me in the back."

Omega lifted his right hand off the table with his elbow propped up and pointed at the ceiling. A steady, half foot flame shot out of his finger spreading light all across the area. Instantly, the goblins cried out and covered their eyes while backing away from the light. Omega smirked at their attempts to block out the light but since they probably hadn't been near any source of light in a long while, their eyes probably would have taken at least ten minutes to finally adjust.

Omega focused back on the bar tender and saw him cowering on the ground behind the counter. His skin was coal black and his shark like teeth were surprisingly white. Omega said in an uninterested tone, "I guess light affects you pretty good. I would be willing to put it out for information on the dark sword. What do you say?" Omega finished in a sickly sweet voice like caused shivers to go down the goblins' bodies. The goblin frantically said, "Yes! Yes! Just put the light out!" Omega chuckled and slowly dimmed the light until it went out, allowing the darkness to once again claim the room. It took a minute for the goblins to fully recover and Omega waited patiently sitting in the stool with his back leaning against the counter, whistling a soft tune like he was taking a stroll through the park.

After the goblins put their weapons away and returned to their seats, the bar man recovered and said, "The door all the way to the left. Go through and down the stairwell at the end of the hall. Knock on the door three times, wait two seconds, knock two times, wait one second, and knock one more time. You'll hear one lock click but don't touch the door yet. Wait ten seconds, knock once, then wait for the second lock to unlock. Wait 30 more seconds and the third lock will unlock. Then, you may open the door and find your way to the dark sword. Word of warning, no one who had entered that door had ever come out for the past 62 centuries. Are you sure you wish to die down there?" Omega looked the barman dead in the eye and the barman took in a sharp breath of air.

The barman saw that those weren't regular eyes. Those were the eyes of a person who had seen everything. Love, hate, kindness, cruelty, generosity, selfishness, sacrifices, betrayal, war, death, life, new beginnings, tragic ends, and everything else that could take lifetimes to see. However, the goblin heard how young the boy's voice was and wondered what he had to go through to see all the world's attributes. His respect for the boy rose to new levels and the goblin smiled. "I wish you the best of luck."

Omega nodded and went through the door to the left and followed his instructions. All the other goblins who didn't understand English wondered why they heard respect in the bar tender's tone and were even more confused when he smiled at the back of Omega. Not a malicious smile but a 'good luck' smile. The bartender watched Omega go through the door knowing that he could get to the sword. The only question was would he be able to wield it?

Omega went down a square, spiral staircase for at least 5 minutes. After the first minute, he got bored and started counting his steps. An odd thing he found was that two sides had 5 steps, one side had 6 steps, and another had 7 steps. He paused to think about it. Omega was going to assume north was facing towards the manor. Then, when he was going south there were two extra steps and when going east there was one extra step. It was almost like it wanted to take him out from below the manor. He just shrugged it off and continued walking. He knew he would figure it out when the time came so why worry now?

When he reached the bottom facing east, he walked forward a few steps until there was a door facing north. There weren't any windows to see what was on the other side and there weren't any cracks for him to push water through. Omega took a deep breath and took out his demigod sword in case something charged him when he opened the door. He highly assumed something would charge at him and scare the crap out of him so he froze ice armor on him to at least take most of the damage if whatever was inside got through his defenses. Omega reached for the knob and got into a ready position. He grabbed it, twisted and took another deep breath before yanking it open with a loud creak and quickly sending more water vapor inside.

Omega waited there for a second and saw nothing coming at him. He still stood there thinking, 'well that was anticlimactic.' He thickened more vapor in the air to see the entire room ... or should he say very large cave that housed an exact replica of the manor. The cave was above 50 feet tall and 100 feet wide with the manor smack dab in the middle with a large gated entrance before the manor. He slowly walked to the gate still prepared for an ambush attack from possible underground enemies. He might have used earthquake vibrations to see if anything was underground if he was on the surface but he didn't want to accidently cause aftershocks that have the potential to cave in the roof right on top of him.

He reached the gate with no disturbances which started to make him feel like what was inside was going to really get him. He sent water vapor inside the gate and this time saw many things moving ... or limping. Most of them looked like those goblin creatures just more sickly while some of the others looked more humanoid. They were just walking around the courtyard limping around like zombies. Maybe that was what they were.

Omega opened up the gates with a loud 'CREAK' and all the ... Omega was just going to call them limpers ... limpers stopped and turned towards him. Omega instantly became wary and stood still seeing what they would do. The ones closest to him started to slowly make their way over to him while the ones farther back just kept wondering around. When the first one came close enough, a quick movement of his wrist and its head went flying off and landed with a thud. This, however, attracted more limpers even though it wasn't a loud sound. He saw the headless body fall to the ground secreting some type of liquid that might have been the goblins blood. 'Maybe that was what was attracting them.'

Omega's conclusion proved to be correct when more gradually started to make their way over to him even though he didn't make a sound. Omega calmly took out his other sword and decided might as well slice and dice his way through. And that was what he did. Around 100 limpers later, he stood in front of the big wooden door that exactly resembled the manor door above ground. He was about to open up the door again when he felt one of the limpers get up near the gate entrance. Then two, then three, then etc. Omega quickly realized that they wouldn't stay dead so he opened up the door and shut it behind him, freezing the edges of the door to prevent them from coming in.

The inside was the exact same with a bar area straight ahead and tables and chairs spread out around the room. There were two doors on the opposite sides of the room leading to the different wings of the manor. However, one thing that was different was the tiles floor instead of the wooden planks. Also, there were small holes in the wall filled with projectiles. He really loved his mist vision that could fit into every nook and cranny. He assumed the tile floor triggered the trap so he cautiously stepped on the first tile ... Nothing ... He again took another step which lead to the same result. He slowly made his way to the bar counter but only made it halfway to all hell broke loose.

Omega felt the tile under his foot sink down under his weight and he only had one thought before he heard that click signaling the trap was triggered, "Oh SH ..." He instantly coated his body in ice and condensed and layered it many times hoping it would be enough to prevent the projectiles from piercing it. The room instantly filled with flying arrow/dart looking projectiles. Many hit his ice armor and embedded themselves at least 3 inches before they stopped. After a minute of the constant firing, Omega melted his ice armor returning it into the mist so he could see again. The holes in the wall were empty and the former occupants were now strung all over the ground with most around Omega.

Omega had no idea where the dark sword could be located so he decided to take the right side this time and see where it led him. Two hours later and after fighting off more advanced limpers that actually had some skill and triggering/dodging traps, he went to the left side since the dark sword was not on the right. Three hours later and fighting even more advanced limpers that have obviously been trained a very good bit, he made his way down a spiral staircase to a door that was slightly ajar. When he neared it, he could feel the dark aura that must be leaking off the dark sword and it sent shivers down his back at the amount of power it contained. Omega turned serious knowing the last challenge would be in this room.

He pushed open the door and thickened the water vapor in the air. What he saw confused him and actually instilled a little fear in him. There was the dark sword sitting on a stand in the middle of the room that could easily be picked up. That alone would make anyone cautious. However, there was a limper with a long beard sitting crisscross-applesauce behind it on a slightly raised platform so the sword didn't block his view. Now, it wasn't because he was frightened of getting hurt that made him wary. No, it was that old people usually used knowledge against you and asked riddles. Omega hated riddles.

Omega stared at the limper waiting for it to say something but realized it must be waiting on him for something. He slowly walked towards the dark sword and got 5 feet away when the limper spoke. The limper warned, "He who wishes to obtain the dark sword beware of its power. If you wield it, you may be consumed and forever want more power for yourself. But if power is not what you seek or have no wish to fight, then the sword will reject you and remain unwieldable. The commander who wielded this sword before was consumed by its power. Try at your own risk."

Omega waited a few seconds to see if it would say anything else before he walked up to the sword. Omega contemplated for half a second before he remembered the commitment he made. He wanted power to protect his friends. This would meet the requirement of wanting power and Omega guessed the sword like to be used to fight. He would definitely fight many battles ahead and knowing him, some major ones too. Omega took a deep breath before reaching over and grabbing the sword.

Right when he made contact, he felt a rush into his mind searching through all his memories. He didn't even think to let go and if he had tried he would have found out he couldn't. He could feel it searching through every single nook and cranny of his mind looking to see if it deemed Omega worthy of wielding it. The experience was borderline painful and it was definitely intrusive making it extremely uncomfortable. The shock of it also didn't help the experience. Apparently, it was satisfied with what it saw when he felt it leave his mind and he could pick up the sword.

Right when it left his mind, he could feel the power flowing through the sword. It was definitely the darkest aura he had ever felt but it also felt kind of like his own aura just only concentrating on the negative emotions he had. Like all the anger, hate, depression, loss, etc. People would think someone would instantly throw away a sword like that but it was somewhat comforting when Omega thought about it. It was almost like the sword understood all those emotions that many have never felt and can't hope to understand. He could also feel the sword wanting revenge against anyone who hurt its wielder but Omega didn't let those emotions overcome him. He took heart the warning he was given and pushed away any new desires.

He stood there for an hour coming to terms with the new feeling and when he came back to himself, he felt better than before. It was like he understood himself a little more. He didn't necessarily feel complete but closer than he was before. On Zaref, he felt like he came to terms with his past but now he felt like he got even closer. He could feel that he was one step away from fully feeling complete but didn't know what that step could be. He shrugged to himself having the same mindset as before thinking he would figure it out when the time came.

Right before leaving the room, the limper spoke up, "It seems it has accepted you. Go, wreak havoc on the battlefield and show your power with the sword. But be careful to not let it overwhelm you." With that, the limper sat as still as stone like it hadn't moved in centuries.

Omega made his way back through the manor. Of course, the limpers were back among the living and preceded in coming towards him. Omega decided he might as well test out his new sword and adjusted his stance ready to play. However, right when the limpers sensed the aura of the dark sword, they shied away to the edges of the hall completely out of Omega's way. Omega was a little disappointed but guessed it was like completing a dungeon in a game. It makes sure that you can't turn back until the dungeon is completely cleated. Then the way back is opened up with easy access.

Omega calmly walked back through the manor twirling his new sword while whistling a merry tune that reverberated of the walls and not commonly found in a pitch black manor crawling with dead creatures. However, Omega didn't care one bit and enjoying his stroll through the desolate manner. He made his way past the horde of limpers in the courtyard before shutting the gate. He hiked back up the stairs to the manor above the ground ready to leave the place and be able to see with his own eyes.

Before opening the staircase door, Omega made an ice scabbard that he attached to his back to hold the dark sword. He was surprised to feel the aura of the dark sword being dampened by the ice and it gave him a great idea for the future. He opened the door and strolled through the hallway back into the bar. Right when he opened the door, all eyes were on him. The bartender had a knowing smile on his face while the other goblins were flabbergasted to say the least. They must have not expected Omega to have even a remote chance.

Omega calmly strode over to the barman. "Thanks for the information. It was a great help." After a slight bow of thanks, Omega calmly walked out the doors into the forest. After making sure he was out of sight and nothing else was around him, he mist traveled back to his home on Vinesta. He was surprised that three years ago he built this house. Time seemed to fly by really fast now that he was immortal. He would now be around 79 years old since he left Earth at 22, spent four years on Zaref, another 50 becoming the Savior, and three retrieving the dark sword.

Now that he acquired the dark sword, he knew his next task was to find the light sword. Before starting his search, he went to an armorer and had him create a dual sword scabbard that attached to his back to hold the dark sword and soon to be light sword. Of course, Omega told the armorer the dimensions of the sword instead of letting him see it because Omega knew that the sword's dark aura would push away most people. After retrieving the scabbard and making sure the sword fitted, he froze ice around it to hide the dark aura coming off it so people wouldn't find out he had the sword. After making sure the ice trick actually worked, he set off in search of his next find ... the light sword.