[Inside Mountain Kingdom castle]
[Linda point of view]
The heart of what was one, the God of Light, the god of those angelic under their leader Seraph. Now, taking form as the Holy Beast of Light, Angkasa, this holy heart of the goddess, is now our hand
The Doppelganger prince, when he showed us the heart, none, and by none, not even a single soul can refute. Deep inside, somehow, we all know this chunk of golden crystal is the real deal. Like the God of Light Theai herself, telling us that is indeed, her heart. From Ash to Princess Diana, to even me, we wholeheartedly accept the fact as the holiness of the heart resonate with our heart, especially
"..." [Singa]
Singa and I, who are the two most powerful space magic user in our current team, can't help but to keep staring at the heart. All the other heroes had the same look, but as someone with the highest affinity to space magic (which is closely related to light magic), he been staring at it the most intensely. It's like, he is trying to communicate with the heart, or rather, he is trying hard, to "listen" to what the heart has to say
"There's no one here left, now should be a good time to start" [Aries]
"Other, please watch the perimeter, and deal accordingly to the threat presented" [Diana]
"Right" [All]
As we successfully breach the castle through infiltration, and now getting to the first source of the doppelganger flower, Singa and I quickly resonate our space mana to that of the holy item. The mana required to match the spectrum of wave coming from the holy heart itself alone is high, but that's something within our expectation.
As the space mana keep filling up the hall
"You there! What happe..." [Castle magician]
A group of magician come rushing in, after detecting the high amount of mana emitted by us. Luckily the other are here to help us, as they swiftly deal with any potential threat of the castle guards and worker
"That's earlier than any of us expected" [Charlotte]
"Which show that they do actually take their job rather seriously" [Alaric]
"Are you happy as a fellow professional or are you pissed off?" [Qis]
Listening to their conversation, both Singa and I can tell that we are in a safe hand after all, and can continue performing this spell. After all, they're someone we trusted so deeply, sharing an almost unbreakable bond by this point of time
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"Here it come" [Singa]
"Are you ready Singa?" [Linda]
"Always be" [Singa]
Confidently saying that, the two of us try to detect and translocate the one trapped inside this gigantic meaty doppelganger flower. We can detect several people briefly before
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"Life! Why are you always start that topic with Achalasia and Death!?" [?]
"This topic again Theia..." [?]
This is... What is this? It feels like we are floating aimlessly while...
"Vincent, Maria, Estel, Kiara..." [?]
An angel with wing of white, radiating his holy mana all over the place, greets a group of people to his castle. It's a magnifying castle, something straight out of fairy tale. None of the castle I visited thus far can match this, even the current Demon Kingdom castle pale in comparison to this absolute beauty
"Iblis... You know that betraying your God will mean..." [?]
"I know that... The pain that I will..." [?]
"I'll try and ask the God of Earth... No... Now call Mother Earth to..." [?]
Iblis... As in... The First Demon King? If I'm not mistaken, this should be the start of a very very long throne issue on the demon side, spanning across multiple generation until the current Demon King, Druser (which was kidnapped along Rafiah and Seraph). Based on the intel we gather thus far, the doppelganger were born into this world because of his unique magic, as well as the help from Mother Earth to alleviate his pain and loneliness, giving rise to alternate version of life, doppelgangers. A conversation between a human, a demon king, and an Avery I presume take place, before the we watch the next memory
"You witch!" [Iblis]
"Theia and Seraph is there no more, Agnes and God of Life already... Now it's time for your..." [?]
"No! That is Seraph..." [Iblis]
What will that so call witch do with Iblis!? We try ro grasp more and more of it but couldn't find so, instead, before we get sucks out, we manage to glimpse into one final memory
"The red witch of the earth, can you please make a deal with me" [?]
"Regarding those three? Vincent, Maria and Ash? How about the female fetus Charlotte?" [?]
"Mahsuri and Time will deal with her..." [?]
A deal? Who made this deal with the witch? And Earth. Isn't that Ash was originally from?
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"Urghh..." [Linda]
"You two finally wake up!" [Savel]
"What... Happen?" [Singa]
Before we even realize it, we are surrounded by an angry mobs of fake doppelgangers, and just beside us are the equally confuse
"Just what happen?"
"Why are they so many of... Me?"
So, our operation is a success. The big doppelganger flower is there no more, but now
"So, you're here. Heroes, Fallen Paladin Aries, that damn vampire and Princess Diana of Estel as well" [Fawan]
"Long time no see Fawan. Enjoy escaping your prison sentence so far? Last I know, you're playing prince in this country as well as Lyrue" [Diana]
We are completely surrounded, not only by those doppelgangers but
(So, they manage to use the corpse of the lesser dragon to duplicate...) [Linda]
That number of lesser dragon should pose serious threat. Just how will we escape this?
(Singa... we should...) [Linda]
(Escape with all of them by using our combined magic? Already on it) [Singa]
As expected from one of the hero. He's quick to make split second judgement. We might win this, but it will come at a heavy cost no matter how we look at it, thus, escaping should be the better option
Hope this will all turn out well