As soon as all the preparations were ready, the Inter-World Spaceship floating above Noche City left for the troposphere of Lunaria. Within a few seconds of taking flight, it had reached the troposphere and continued going away from the planet, quickly gaining speed. By the time the spaceship reached the exosphere, the Magic Circles activated, and the spaceship vanished being transported to Earth.
“One spaceship left, but it does not matter. Someday, I’ll reach Earth! I am unescapable!” Jin-Woo said, looking up at the sky. “I guess it is time to destroy the spaceship right above this city!”
“Jin-Woo, Nicole and Roger are inside that spaceship!” Oliver said.
“Then, I guess I’ll have to kill my former friends!” Jin-Woo had a determined expression.
“I will never forgive you, Jin-Woo!” Aria yelled. “You’re a monster! I hate your guts and will continue to do so for all eternity! I know Yuri won’t forgive you either!”
“Don’t bring my sister into this, ARIA!!” Jin-Woo shouted.
Jin-Woo extended his open hand above his head and began gathering his Magical Energy. Oliver recognized that this attack was like the one Jin-Woo used at Achim. Oliver began to shoot at Jin-Woo using the Moon Unit’s Elemental Gun and Aria followed suit. Jin-Woo began dodging some of the attacks and the others he blocked with his Ice Sword.
“Damn it! I can’t concentrate enough! I need to evade all the attacks, but I can’t!” Jin-Woo became frustrated. Then he closed the gap between him and the couple, slashed at the Elemental Guns and destroyed them. “All you're left with is your blades!”
Jin-Woo once again began gathering Magical Energy for his attack. With no other option, Oliver and Aria rushed towards him and engaged in close combat with their Moon Units. Jin-Woo effortlessly dodged the attacks as he gathered Magical Energy. Oliver and Aria were in perfect sync as they attacked Jin-Woo, but their Moon Units were not fast enough to keep up with Jin-Woo. Once Jin-Woo gathered enough Magical Energy, he fired a Pure Magical Energy Beam aimed at the spaceship. The white beam leaving Jin-Woo’s arm shined brightly, the force coming from Jin-Woo pushed back the Moon Units. Oliver activated the overdrive mode on his Moon Unit and flew at full speed trying to catch the beam before it reached the spaceship. The sound of the engine was so powerful Oliver could not hear anything else. Little by little Oliver began to gain distance on the beam. At 100 meters before hitting the spaceship, Oliver managed to intercept the beam with his Moon Unit and began pushing back on it. He could feel the intensity of the attack as well as the damage the Moon Unit was suffering. He began to feed his Magical Energy into the Moon Unit to strengthen it. When he realized that Oliver was pushing back the beam, Jin-Woo added more power into the beam and Oliver began to be pushed back. Aria piloted her Moon Unit behind Oliver’ Moon Unit and began to push it as she made her Magical Energy flow into Oliver’s Moon Unit. Little by little Oliver and Aria were pushing back the beam down towards Jin-Woo.
Inside the spaceship, Nicole stood in front of Hajin and Mei.
“This can’t be happening! Oliver! My brother!!” Hajin was crying after hearing of his brother’s choice. “No!! NO!! I have already lost my parents and now my brother! Oliver, I don’t want to lose you!”
“Nicole, you've been my sister’s friend since childhood! Why couldn’t you stop her!?” Mei was crying. “JIN-WOO!! I HATE YOU!! I HATE YOU! Aria, I’ll always love you!”
“I am sorry, we’re powerless against Jin-Woo! Those two saw this as the only way for everyone else to survive!” Nicole cried as she hugged both teenagers. “Always have those two in your hearts! Their sacrifice will allow us to live! We, the ones that are left behind, must live with the suffering! How am I going to break the news to Roger!?”
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Once again Jin-Wo increased the power of the beam. Oliver and Aria kept feeding their Magical Energy into the Moon Unit’s but now they were getting pushed back and the Moon Units began to suffer damage. Oliver knew the Moon Units would give out soon.
DAMN IT!! Why haven’t they left? We are at our limit!! Oliver thought. I am about to run out of Magical Energy, and I can tell the same is true for Aria!
“Oliver, I can’t hold for much longer!” Aria was desperate.
“I hope they activate the Inter World Travel Module soon!!” Oliver was at his limit.
Inside the spaceship’s bridge, Ayano was crying. She found herself unable to activate the Inter World Travel Module to escape Lunaria.
"AYANO, DO IT NOW!!" Kenta yelled with tears in his eyes. "If you don't do it, we'll all die!! And then Aria’s and Oliver’s sacrifice would be meaningless!!!"
"But Kenta ... how can ... I do this ... to my own daughter and my apprentice?" Ayano asked between sobs. “They were supposed to get married soon! And now they will ... they will …”
“It has to be now, they won't hold any longer!" Kenta slapped Ayano. "You made this spaceship and you're the only one that knows how to use it."
"ARIA!! OLIVER!!" Ayano yelled as she activated the module. "I am sorry!! I AM SORRY!! I love you both so much! Thank you very much!!"
The spaceship began traveling at full speed towards the exosphere and within a couple of seconds it disappeared from the world. Oliver and Aria reached their limits as their Magical Energy ran out. The beam completely overwhelmed them and engulfed the Moon Units. The Moon Units were completely destroyed, and the couple crashed into the ground.
"I don't feel their Magic Power anymore. I am glad they escaped. ARIA!! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Oliver began to crawl on the ground using his arms, desperately looking for Aria. He could no longer feel his legs. After a couple of seconds, he spotted Aria collapsed on the ground covered in blood. As he crawled towards her, Oliver left a trail of blood. "ARIA!!"
"Oliver!" Aria opened her eyes and smiled weakly. "I can't move anymore. I can't feel my arms or my legs. But at least everyone else escaped."
Even though Aria was a few meters away from Oliver, Oliver felt like it was an eternity just to make his way towards her. When he reached her, he tightly hugged her.
"Aria, I love you!!" Oliver said, tears rolling down his cheeks. "I wish we could spend more time together!"
"I love you, too Oliver!" Aria said, looking into Oliver's eyes. "You know, I don't want to die. But we managed to let many people escape Lunaria and live. But dying next to you, makes confronting death easier. You have made me very happy, Oliver! Oliver, let's exchange vows. We are getting married now!"
“Aria, my wife, I promise to love you for all eternity. Even after we draw our last breath, I’ll continue to be your husband! I cherish every moment we have spent together as they have made me the happiest man in the world. We’ll be together for all eternity, my beloved wife!” Oliver vowed.
“Oliver, my husband, I’ll love you with all my being for eternity. Even after our death, we’ll be together even after the end of time. I am so blessed to have met you, you have made me the happiest woman in the world. My beloved husband, we have an eternity ahead of us to spend together!” Aria felt the happiest she had ever been.
"Aria, thank you for being by my side." Oliver said. "I am glad to share my final moments with you!"
Oliver hugged Aria tighter and could feel his pulse and her pulse getting weaker. He began to slowly lose consciousness. His final thoughts were focused on Aria and how happy he was by her side. Before everything became dark, Oliver could see Aria bright smile and in his last breath he also smiled.
“Oliver, Aria! What … did … I …? You two are still alive, right?” Jin-Woo’s voice shaked. “I can’t use Magic again, right? That’s why I can’t feel any Magic Power from any of you. OLIVER! ARIA! Please say something! This is a lie. It can’t be. You two are fine, right? RIGHT!?”
Jin-Woo walked towards Oliver and Aria. Tears began to fill his eyes. His eyes lingered on both of them; they seemed at peace.
“My rage is gone, but so are you two! Farewell my friends! You two look so happy in your eternal slumber!” Jin-Woo began to cry as he looked at the satisfied expressions of Oliver and Aria. “Your last resting place will be that field you two loved so much! Right next to Yuri!”
The island stood full of flowers with the blooming cherry blossom tree at the center, while the rest of Lunaria was left in a state of decay, unable to ever recover. The three graves were next to each other. In front of Yuri’s grave Jin-Woo had placed Yuri’s Pia stuffed animal, next to Oliver’s tombstone he placed his Elemental Gun Oliver had made for him, and next to Aria’s tombstone he placed a photograph of Platoon 12. After the burial, Jin-Woo proceeded to absorb all the Magical Energy on Lunaria; only Eternal Rest Island remained intact
“I am the one who destroyed everything I loved. There is nothing left for me anywhere. There is nowhere for me to go back to. God, please forgive Yuri. Let her find peace. She was just manipulated by her evil brother.” Jin-Woo took one last look at the graves before leaving the island. “May your souls rest in peace. I hope I don’t see you in the next life.”