As they ran towards the garden they encountered a tall and a thin stature man, a stunningly beautiful face with eyebrows that gave off a rugged expression, and long pale purple hair. He wore a suit of polished silver armor with a purple mantle, which had a crest with a cross going through a circle embroidered upon it.

Eugeo: Eldrie? I've heard that name.

Kirito: Eugeo, We're going to fight him. I'll face him first, and you want for my signal.

Eugeo: alright.

So he backs away as Kirito pullings out his chain.

Eldire: you're going to use those chains as your weapons? Then let me fight not with my sword but with this instead.

He pulls out his weapon which was a whip and spoke System Call: Enhance Armament. This made his weapon glow as Eugeo grew worried.

Kirito: don't worry. If it's a whip, as long as we keep an eye on the distance....

Eldire then attacks as the whip was heading straight towards them.

Kirito: It can't be possib-

The whip became longer which shocked Kirito.

Kirito: it extended!?

He holds his chain out to block the attack as the whip hits it and pushes Kirito.

Eldire: ah, so you've managed to withstand a blow from my Divine Object, the Frostscale Whip at first sight?

Eugeo: Kirito!!

He ran towards Kirito making sure he's okay and saw the chains.

Eugeo: these class 38 chains...

Kirito: Eugeo, I'll find a way to stop his whip, so you can strike him.

Eldire: are you done discussing, prisoners? Now then...try to keep me at least somewhat entertained!!
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Eugeo backed away as Kirito has his arm out.

Kirito: System Call: Generate Thermal Element!

Small red orbs appeared on Kirito's three fingers.

Eldire: Generate Cryogenic Elemeng.

Small blue orbs appeared on Eldire's fingers.

Kirito: form element, arrow shape!!

He moves his arms to imitate that he's wielding a bow.

Eldire; form element, bird shape.

Kirito and Eldire: Discharge.

Both attacks were send out and made in contact and exploded. Dust was on the air, Eldire couldn't see Kirito and then he charges towards the knight but he pulls the whip and it gotten shorting hitting Kirito. He spat out blood and land on the ground as Eldire walks towards him.

Eldire: did I overestimate you after all? Allow me to show you some mercy. I'll knock you unconsciousness quickly.

Then Eugeo rushes behind, jumps to the air to attack Eldire but he hits Eugeo sending him to the water fountain. Kirito charges towards him and swings his chain and Eldire catches the chain.

Kirito: not done yet!!

He grips Eldire's whip as both were trying to overpower each other.

Eldire: perhaps I should take back what I said about underestimating you? To think you could inflicted such a wound on me!!

Kirito: thanks I guess?

Eldire: still, that move...that combat style...strangely enough, it seems familiar to me-GUUUAAAAAA!!

His face was hit by a kick and he was send away from Kirito. He let go of the whip and Eldire let go of the chain.

Kirito: huh?

????: you didn't invite me to the party, Kirito? I'm heart broken.

He looks up to see Yami as Eldire got up as he has his whip up.

Kirito: you're here.

Yami: yeah, also Eldire, you fought a swordswoman of the Serlut Style before. Eugeo you heard his name before, right?

Eugeo: yeah from the start, I knew I'd heard that name before. You were this years's Norlangarth North Empire top representative swordsman.

Yami: and the winner of the Four-Empire Unification Tournament, Eldire Woolsburg.

Eldire: me, the North Empire top representative swordsman?

Eugeo: that's right. If I remember correctly, you won every match with a single point using your graceful sword skills.

Eldire: what are you talking about?

Yami: remember who you are.

Eldire: I'm the Integrity Knight, Eldire Synthesis Thirty One!!

Yami: no you're not. Remember your true self, Eldire Woolsburg.

Eldire: never heard of it!! I-I've never heard of it!! I was invited by the pontifex Administrator!!

He drop his whip as he start to freak out.

Yami: well maybe this will help.

He takes out a mirror and shows the reflection of Eldire. A triangle cylinder come out of his forehead as he screamed in pain. He dropped to his knees as his eyes were lifeless.

Eugeo: you are Eldire Woolsburg, first class noble, the eldest son of Eschdol Woolsburg, your father also the greatest commander of the Norlangarth North Empire and Almera, your mother.

Then a flash of his past life of his mother as tears flown out of his eyes.

Eldire: Al...me...ra....mo....ther...

Yami: fight it, Eldire Woolsburg!! Fight it for your family!! The Administrator has lied to you and kept you away from your family!! Remember your memories!!! Fight for your true self!!

A arrow hits Yami's right shoulder, he pulls it out to see a red knight riding on his dragon ready to shoot another bow.

Yami: heh been a long time. You guys get running!!

They nodded and ran away. Yami flies towards the knight.

Yami:....

Red Armor Knight:

Yami: Synthesis Seven Deusolbert, the one who take a sweet young girl who broke the Taboo Index, you were tasked with apprehending the girl and transporting her to the Central Cathedral. Am I wrong?

He pulls out another arrow and shot it but Yami catches out.

Yami: well you've may not remember who I'am today but maybe this will remember it.

Deusolbert:!!!

Yami: how about now, punk!?

Deusolbert: that armor so it's really you Forsaken.

Eugeo looks up to see Yami in the armor which shocked him as he remembered that same armor and voice.

Eugeo: it was Yami? He's Forsaken?

Yami: you gave a warning to The Administrator? If you didn't I would be upset and kill you.

The armor vanishes away as Yami takes out Rebellion.

Yami: well did you?

He pulls his bow and shot the armor but Yami dodges the attack.

Yami: that's a yes but I'll be saving my energy fighting you.

He joins Eugeo and Kirito as they see a door appeared.

Yami: dive!!

They all did and they were gone.

(Meanwhile)

Kirito: where are we?

The noise of the door closing. The three males turned around to see a small child in sage clothing.

????: we've been detected. Can't use this back door anymore.

Kirito: Um, thank you for rescuing us. Uh...

Eugeo: it's nice to meet you, I'm Eugeo.

Kirito: hey-

Yami:....

????: come with me.

So they followed the small sage.

Kirito: are we in the Central Catherdal?

????: you can say that we're in but not really. I deleted the original door it's still here. No one can get in unless it's at my invitation.

They stopped at the door, the sage raised her staff and the doors opened. It was bright so they had to cover their eyes until the light dimmed revealing a huge library.

Eugeo: a great...library?

????: Indeed. The records of all history and the structural formulae of all things under the heavens since this world was created, as well as every system command, or what you call the sacred arts, are storied here.

Kirito: wh-who are you, exactly?

????: my name is...

Yami: Cardinal the sage of the Library. You were once the regulator of the world, now you're the sole librarian of this great Library. Am I getting this correct?

Cardinal: yes that is all correct, Yami.

Then a blue door opened this surprised almost everyone.

Cardinal: I don't remember seeing a blue door.

Eugeo: a trap?

Yami: you guys continue I have some business to attend to.

Eugeo: wait Yami!!

He walks towards the door and walked in the door closes.

Kirito: I hope he's gonna be okay.

(Meanwhile in the Velvet Room)

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Margaret: welcome to the velvet room, Yami.

Yami: thank you, Margaret. So what's going on?

Elizabeth: well we actual have a new sister who arrived.

Yami: who is it?

????: hello, Observer.

He turns around to see a woman who has a platinum blond hair.

Yami: huh?

????: my name is Merope, it's an honor to meet you, my king?

Yami: did Igor created you?

Merope: no your sister was the one who created me, Igor came up with the name.

Yami: w-what? How? Did she even made contact!?

Merope: well since she was the last one to died. Her soul was able to reach Igor and she created me well Igor instructed her how to create a person like me. During her final moments she send me here to find you.

Yami: what for?

Merope: making sure that you'll be strong enough to fight not just your brother but your father and sister as they too have been corrupted.

Yami: what? Even they've been corrupted!?

Margaret: yes sadly it seems that their own negative emotions.

Yami: seems that they might have the same goal as Adam.

Elizabeth: anything else?

Yami: yeah did Yu, Minato, Minako, Tatsuya, Maya and Naoya fused to their personas making them demons?

Elizabeth: Fusing their personas?

Margaret: never heard about that.

Yami: well I know that Demi-Fiend is a half demon and Nahobino is fused with Aogami. Seraph and his group have transformed into demons.

Margaret: shall we do it?

Merope: yes.

He summons them and there confused.

Minako: wait Yami? Why did you summoned us?

Yami: well I want to know if you have thought of fusing your personas?

Maya: no never came to my head.

Yami: well I want to see if you guys can fuse your personas.

Minato: are you sure?

Tatsuya: we have to make sure if this will work.

They nodded and summon out their personas and explain to them.

Izanagi: I see fusing with us will make you half demons or half gods.

Maia: though it's been different from what Naoki, Nahobino and Seraph had been.

Apollo: this is a forbidden fusion that only those who are willing to fuse and have the highest level.

Naoya: okay we're ready.

So they grabbed their head and chanted in some unknown language and fused them.

(I couldn't find all of them so try to look them up)

Yami: so how do you feel?

Yu: I feel....powerful way more than before!!

Tatsuya: we have to be careful using our new transformations.

Apollo: the boy is correct, using this longer than 30 minutes will make you crazy with lust.

Minako who was in the female Orpheus form along with her brother who is also in the Messiah form.

Minako: wait what do you mean crazy with lust?

Thanatos: sex yeah I said it.

Minato: wait if 30 minutes passed so we go crazy with sex?

Messiah: yes.

They all blushed as Yami sweatdrop and continued speaking.

Yami: anyways I sense more people here.

Yu: really?

Yami: it's them. Naoto, Aigis, Fuuka and Labrys are here.

Minato: really?

Yami: yeah.

He walks in deeper to see a cell where they're held in. They are still alive but they're bruised.

Fuuka: what?

Aigis: who are you?

Yami: I'm Yami Minamoto, I'm also a persona user and I'm an Observer.

They all widen their eyes to meet one of the Observer.

Naoto: Observer!! It's an honor to meet you!!

Yami: woah calm down, I'm not some sort of god.

Fuuka: sorry forgive us, Yami.

Aigis: yes we were sealed by the god of control after a couple of months of defeating our enemies.

Labrys: every persona users that we known were killed off. He kept saying humanity will follow him.

Yami: geez that god really went to the deep end.

The girls start to form tears as Yami breaks the cell's door and quickly hugs them.

Naoto: why? What did we go wrong?

Yami: nothing, the god is making a huge mistake messing around. Well I'm-no we're going to defeat that god but now I gotta make sure nobody dies here

They got up and left the cell.

Aigis: oh we actual fused with our personas after you awaken them.

Yami: really?

Yu: we heard that.

Minato: well at least they're okay.

Yami: yeah well I gotta return back to the Great Library.

He leaves and returned back to the Great Library. He looks around to see Kirito and Cardinal still here but not Eugeo, he knew that he's in the bathroom.

Yami: okay what did you know?

Kirito: well Cardinal knows that we're from the outside. The gods from the myths are not really and they're just super accounts.

Yami: really? Huh...well I want to speak with her alone.

Kirito: why?

Yami: just go okay?

Kirito: okay, I'll go to the bathroom.

He walks towards the bathroom leaving the two alone.

Yami: okay, Cardinal. You know what I'm from?

Cardinal: yes, Reality or the Fourth Wall.

Yami: yes now have to make sure you, Eugeo even Quinella won't die.

Cardinal: making sure that the timeline will be different?

Yami: yes I would also have to give you a warning.

Cardinal: what warning?

Yami: a War against the Dark Territory, one person will use a dark knight account while the other person will uses the Vecta account will lead the fight. We have to be ready to make sure that less deaths will happen. One of them will be targeting Alice because he's fond of souls.

Cardinal: I see.

Yami: yes we have to make sure that you three won't die because we need the firepower that we can get.

Cardinal: you know what's going on?

Yami: kinda of. Quinella was doing sacred arts until she was old and figured out a sacred art to make her young.

Cardinal: yes that is correct.

Yami: you two fought for a long time.

While they were talking Kirito who was cleaning his face as he was in his mind.

Kirito: what's going on with Yami? I know he has these crazy powers but why he wants to speak alone with someone else? Does he not trust me, his boyfriend? Is he casting me away? No that's not like him....I gotta ask him. I don't want our relationship to be broken.

He clutches his chest where his heart is. He start to worry that Yami would leave him.

Kirito: stay cool, Kirito, stay cool.

End of chapter