<h4>Chapter 39:</h4>
"Sky, you shouldn''t have rushed in like that. You don''t know what''s inside. These disciples could be strong," Yumeko pointed out as they rushed through the forest.
"Yumeko, it doesn''t matter. These people are the reason my mom died. Why so many innocents died from my hometown, Skystone Town," Sky retorted.
"Still, we have to be careful. This is the ce where Wind Energy was born. We have to be cautious," La replied.
"I don''t care. I will defeat these monsters. For my mom," Sky said.
"Sky, I understand, but still," La said, stopping suddenly.
"What''s wrong, La?" Sky inquired.
"Look up there," she responded, pointing to a figure.
"What is that?" Yumeko questioned as she used her wind Aura to jump and look closer.
"Looks like a shrine, but it''s in ruins. It has no name, but it''s a shrine. There are a lot of corpses. All men, and they were all stabbed. One has his skull smashed in," Yumeko exined.
"I wonder if that''s the work of the disciples," La guessed.
"Correct. These are my sacrifices. I have collected so much blood," a male voice said as a man with ck hair and blue eyes with a purple robe that covered his body that has the symbol of Darkness. He was floating.
"Who are you?" Sky demanded.
"I am one of the five high priests of the disciples of darkness. I am Kuro Kage. And I shall free the pinnacle of Beauty trapped in the abyss and be rewarded," The man introduced himself.
"So you are a member of the disciples of darkness," Yumeko deduced.
"Yes, and I will kill all of you. Then I shall harvest the Wind like the other High priest will do in the other Kingdoms, and then we will use the energy collected to power the void and free the beautiful Void Queen Yami from loneliness. The goddess who will be with us for all eternity," Kuro dered.
"You idiot, you will kill everyone and everything, including yourself. You should know the void consumes all, and the stronger the creatures of Void that interact with the world, the more the world turns to nothingness. Just imagine what will happen if you free the strongest, the daughter of the void herself, Yami," Yumeko yelled.
"I know, and me and my fellow disciples are happy to die for her," Kuro said.
"You idiots. You will doom all the races," Yumeko eximed.
"I don''t care, I will destroy this world and start a new one with Yami," Kuro said as he summoned a staff with a giant void crystal.
"Wind de," Yumeko said, sending a de of wind at the man, only for him to dodge it and send a beam of void energy towards them.
"Dodge," La yelled as she grabbed Yumeko and flew away as Sky jumped into the air. The void energy went into the forest, turning everything in its path into nothingness, erasing it from existence.
"Shit, Higher Void Energy. La, Sky, don''t let that touch. It will erase anything it touches from existence," Yumeko yelled.
"Wind Sage Mode," Yumeko said as she transformed.
"How? Wind Sages are a legend." Kuro said as shock turned to a smile. "You... Sacrificing you and this energy will make our Goddess happy," Kuro dered, shooting a void energy beam at her only for her to dodge.
"Yumeko," Sky and La both yelled.
"Don''t worry about me. Just focus on the enemy," Yumeko urged.
"Void de," Kuro said, forming a ck sword, and rushed at Yumeko. She dodged and sent a st of wind.
"Wind Sage, I will defeat you," Kuro vowed.
"Void st," he said, firing a st at her, only for her to dodge.
"Damn it, I can''t let that touch me or La and Sky," Yumeko thought as she dodged another attack from Kuro.
"Wind de," Yumeko said, sending arge wind de at Kuro, aiming for the leg, but purple energy appeared, and when the wind sword touched the energy, it turned to nothing.
"Shit, he used the crystal to make a void energy shield. I can''t attack him, and my attacks aren''t powerful enough," Yumeko thought.
"Hahaha, the Wind Sage is all talk, weak like her father. I will kill you and then your friend," Kuro said as he raised his void sword and charged at her. She shut her eyes as the man brought the sword down on her. Hearing Sky, her Sky, the man she loved, and La scream for her to get out of the way.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, nothing happened. She didn''t feel contact. She opened her eyes to see a familiar figure. ck hair, a beard, gold and ck armor with a sword and shield. Noboru, The ck Star knight, had caught the Void sword with his bare hands.
"Noboru. How did you find us?" Yumeko asked.
"You and Sky, I can always sense your auras, and this man has an aura simr to that of the void," Noboru half lied. He was there to help them, but he only came here because this is where the next story event was taking ce.
"Impossible. How... How did you catch my Void Sword? It should have erased you from existence," Kuro said as Noboru smiled.
"I can''t be erased from existence. My existence is immune to being erased," Noboru said.
"You monster, you have no right to exist. You dare be immune to the power of the great Yami, the queen of the Void and Darkness," Kuro yelled.
"Monster, hmm, You have no idea. I am the biggest monster you will ever meet," Noboru said as he punched Kuro, punching through his Void Energy barrier. Kuro coughed up blood.
"You are just like her but unlike her who is a goddess, a queen, a beauty, you are a monster who can''t die," Kuro said.
"I don''t care," Noboru said as Kuro focused all of the void Energy the stone can conjure up and shot a concentrated beam of void energy into Noboru who stood there.
"How! How How!" Kuro yelled out getting louder each time.
"I told you before I am immune to being erased but not just that but I am immune to Void Energy and Void itself," Noboru said.
"Impossible!" Kuro yelled.
"I don''t care what you think. Die." Noboru said as he punched the guy through the stomach.
"How. How is that possible?" Kuro said, coughing out blood. "It doesn''t matter, the world and these new modern kingdoms, they will be absorbed, and we all shall be part of the Abyss Of Yami like Veridian, Argentum, Caelum, and Elysium were. I bet you didn''t know that the secrets the 4 gods hold," Kuro said with his dying breath as he closed his eyes and died.
"That
was a close one. Thank you, Noboru. You saved me," Yumeko said.
"I was just here in the area," Noboru lied.
"Still, you saved me. Thank you, and you saved Sky and La," Yumeko said as Sky and La arrived.
"Noboru," Sky said.
"What are you doing here? This is our mission," La yelled.
"Calm down, La. He saved us," Yumeko said.
"He''s an unlicensed person. He has no right to interfere in a Sentinel mission," La said.
"Calm down. If I didn''t, he would have killed you," Noboru said.
"We can handle ourselves," La retorted.
"Sure, running and barely avoiding death is called handling the situation, I guess you truly do share traits with the other nobles and royals, Ms. Skyward," Noboru said as La stayed quiet.
"Let''s go, I will lead the way," Noboru said as he and the group started walking, arriving at the Temple.
"Wow, this is huge," Sky observed.
After reaching a temple, Noboru saw the golden light. Knowing this Chapter of the story was done and time to leave.
"I have to go," Noboru said.
"Why? Don''t leave, Noboru," Yumeko begged.
"I have things to do, but don''t worry. You can handle the rest," Noboru assured.
"Okay. But if you need help, just ask. We owe you our lives," Yumeko promised.
"Thanks, I will keep that in mind. Farewell, Yumeko, Sky, La. Take care, and stay safe," Noboru said before disappearing.
Noboru appeared in an old rusty ruin. He walked around until he saw a beacon of light. When the light faded away, Noboru once again saw the Sage who had told him about the kingdoms when he first arrived here.
"So, Hero-Sama, or should I say Noboru, you have finally arrived. I think it''s about time I told you about the past, about how dangerous the Abyss Of Yami truly is," The sage said as he did a few hand gestures, and the ruins opened up to reveal a chamber.
"Well then, hero,e in and make yourself at home," The sage said as Noboru silently followed behind the sage.