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Lucifer was taken aback the mont he saw the monstrous Zombie Dragon stopping its movents. The Miasma controlling her was finally gone, yet her darkest instincts as a Miasmic Monster, which was the composition of her very Miasmic Phantasm, were still there… Through sheer will, she managed to stop attacking her beloved, but the resistance she had to put into her body… it was too much.
"GRAAAAAARRGGGH!!! ROOOOAARRRR!"
She get groaning furiously, her mind constantly warping endlessly… she tried to fight it, but soon after, her berserk-like state ca back, the glimpse of consciousness within her gone.
"Crystal!"
Suddenly, the voice of Maria erged from atop the ceiling. The Zombie Dragon stopped its tracks once more, hearing that na made it sotis flinch.
FLAAASH!
Maria erged before everyone, quickly blocking the Zombie Dragon's path from reaching the weakened Lucifer, Brunhild, and Partner.
"That's enough…" She said, looking into the hollow eyes of the beast.
"GGRRRRRHHHH…"
However, it seed that the Undead was unable to concentrate, it continued roaring furiously, without stopping… It suddenly leaped from the ground, reaching Maria!
"RAAAAAAAHHH!"
"[Swarm Body]!"
BBBBBZZZZZZ!
Maria's entire body suddenly turned into a gigantic and multiplying swarm of flies, which quickly captured the Bone Zombie, pushing it away as they surrounded her body tightly.
"ROOOOAARRRRR!"
The beast continued struggling, as Maria gave it one last chance, trying to insert her soul into Crystal's mind… or whatever that remained within.
FLAAASH!
However, each ti she tried to get in, she saw endless darkness, and the cries of agony of Crystal.
She tried many tis to take away the Miasma, to find the soul fragnt… but the soul fragnt itself wasn't there at all.
It had lted altogether with the Miasma composing her Phantom, what remained were rely lingering emotions, and mories… of endless agony.
But despite that, there was still a small piece of her left from here, even when the rest of her soul had gone to Helheim or perhaps Valhalla.
However, amidst each ti she subrged her mind into hers, and always failed to save her, she heard her voice…
"Please… End this…"
"I don't want to hurt him anymore…"
"I don't want… to hurt anybody…"
"Please…"
"Maria…"
Maria heard her own na by Crystal's voice.
"Are you sure? I could… Maybe if I do sothing I could…!"
"It's… fine…"
"But!"
"Please… I'm begging you…"
No matter how hard Maria tried, without an actual complete soul to save, she was unable to do a single thing. With Crystal begging her to end this… she decided to do as she asked her.
"Eraldine!"
Maria called upon Eraldine, as a massive cannon made of wood she had made with the twins was readying itself. Large quantities of Mana and Spiritual Energy started gathering from within it, flashing brightly.
"Maria, get away from there!" Eraldine called.
"Maria!!!" Lucifer roared.
"If you stay there you'll get shot as well!" Cried Partner.
"Maria… what is she trying to do?" Sighed Brunhild.
Amidst everyone's confusion, Maria reassured Eraldine.
"Trust … Shoot it!"
Eraldine gritted her teeth, as branches and roots grew from her very skin, connecting to the giant Yggdrasil Cannon. Takeshi and Laura looked at the scene and seed to doubt as well, but ultimately decided to trust their adoptive mother.
"Let's trust mama!" Said Takeshi.
"Yeah, let's trust her, auntie Eraldine!" Laura said.
"Okay… I'll trust her… Whatever she's thinking of doing, I hope it's good!" Eraldine said, charging her Mana into the Cannon.
"Gyuh! Let's trust master!" Root was also there, as he had completely rged with Eraldine's Technique to ensure its power.
FLAAASH!
The Cannon flourished with flowers all over, as the tip of it blood a beautiful pink and golden flower, with long petals.
"[Yggdrasil's Spiritual Cannon]!!!"
FLAAAAAASSSHHHH!!!
An enormous beam of light erged from within the flower, reaching Maria and Crystal at the sa ti, engulfing them completely into the light…
BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!
The enormous explosion was so strong it quickly forced everyone to move to the corners of the enormous Boss Room, protected by barriers Eraldine created. However, even then, the light engulfed everyone else.
FLASH!
For a mont, it felt as if everything had changed… Everyone found themselves within a completely white space. They were all confused, just what was happening now? Maria looked around, finding everyone at her side, Lucifer, Brunhild, Partner, Eraldine, Takeshi, Laura, Root, and Nyx.
"Mama? Ah, papa!" Nyx flew towards her mama and then her papa, confused.
"Nyx…" Lucifer hugged his daughter, and then Maria. "What… is going on now?"
"We are… in sothing I was able to make in the very last mont." Maria sighed. "Once Crystal's soul was purified by Eraldine's attack, I was able to grab her soul and create this pseudo–Soul Scape… It is already beginning to disintegrate but…"
Maria looked into the distance, finding a beautiful crystal-scaled dragoness at the distance.
"It was all thanks to the Items I got… I was able to create the Sunshine Orb, which enchanted purification abilities. The Forbidden Watch helped stop this area's ti for a few seconds, perhaps a minute. And then… the Void Gazing Eye helped gaze through the void of Crystal's soul, dragging away and reassembling the last bits of her consciousness. Yet even now, I can't do anymore than this, her very being is slowly being purified… We don't have much ti." Maria explained what she utilized.
It seed as if the Swamp Dungeon's Core had predicted the very future, all the items it gifted to Maria were usable for this very mont… all only to create a minute and a few more seconds so they could talk with Crystal.
"Maria…" Lucifer cried.
"Co on now, everyone, let's go et her… We cannot waste a single second." Maria said, leading everyone towards the beautiful crystal scaled dragon in front of them.
Crystal seed as if she was a sculpture made of beautiful blue jewels. Her beautiful blue eyes curiously glanced everywhere, as she felt just as confused as everyone else about why she was here… and what had happened just now.
"Where… where am I?"
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