Coated in the blood of the watchers, Raxyas rises up the pillar. He could feel his consciousness fade, as the tar took control of his body. In the meantime, Bazren had came back to.
Bazren: Raxyas... RAXYAS!
She gets up quickly, but falls on the ground immediately after. Xayn was by her side, and catches her.
Xayn: It's alright, Bazren...
She pushes him to the side and walks closer to the pillar.
Bazren: WHY, RAXYAS?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!
Raxyas heard her voice... He wanted to answer, but his voice was not his to control anymore. No sound would come out.
Xayn: It's the only way at this point. Trust him.
Bazren: It's not fair, Xayn... It's not fair...
She sat on the ground, looking up at Raxyas as he got closer to Tentoria. Raxyas makes one final effort, reaching out for Tentoria, as his own vessel fights against him.
Tentoria: Please, Raxyas... There's no use... Not anymore...
Raxyas: There... Is still a chance...
He tries to grab her, but her vessel kept floating further and further out of his reach.
Tentoria: I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. This is all my fault. I did not create this world as a purgatory where anyone and everyone could get thrown into... It was supposed to be the perfect punishment, to be enforced only by the truest and most honourable, and only against the most cruel and wicked... But... I see now things could never be that way... Thanks to you, Raxyas... I understand our world could never be so black and white... This... Was all a mistake...
Tentoria blissfully smiled. The death of all those watchers flooded her mind with the pieces of her previous lives she was missing... All the people she met, all the moments they had spent together... She now remembered it all. Her wish had finally come true.
Tentoria: You must make sure the portal is opened, no matter what happens... Mortmundus cannot be saved anymore... But you may still save yourselves...
Then, he remembers. Trinity's words. Had the curse known all along this would happen...?
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Raxyas: Even if Mortmundus is gone... There is still hope of saving its people! We'll learn the secrets of white magic, and rescue everyone. That means you, too... I know where we must go. We'll find it. I'm sure of it!
Tentoria: Is there... Some place you'd like to go to...?
Raxyas: The Eluvian ocean.
Tentoria: Then, let me try to help you... I'll attempt to influence the portal's destination... Please Raxyas, turn our world into a better one. Please...
As she said her last words, her vessel cracked, and was slowly vaporized.
Raxyas: We will... I promise.
Raxyas' words reach Tentoria before she disintegrates completely. She smiled. After she was gone, the energy beam dissipated, giving birth to a small portal in its place .
Bazren: Raxyas...
Xayn: What are you doing, Raxyas?!
Raxyas: The only thing that's left for me to do now...
His power was clearly too much for himself to bear, his own vessel shaking and cracking as it overflowed with tar. Still, Raxyas casts an absorption circle. He begins absorbing the shards of Zal'kator and Pharisee... Charging even more power into his corrupted vessel. He then channels all of his energy and summons two more weapons. They spin and rotate around him, each emanating with a blinding glow.
Raxyas: Help me out here, you guys...
With the last of his breath, he creates a singular point of energy using his gauntlet. Then, he strikes it with all weapons simultaneously, creating a massive blast directed towards the unstable portal. Xayn, Bazren, Val'ens and Jangu fire energy from their own weapons, too. As their attacks connect with the portal, it begins to stabilize. Soon, an image of a completely different world could be clearly seen. The world of the living.
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Raxyas: Deep in the Eluvian ocean... Learn the secrets of white magic...
He says to his friends, as his vessel disintegrated rapidly, due to the strain placed upon it. In front of him, an ethereal gate, a window into another world lit the back of what remained of him. This window revealed a world where fields were green and the sky was blue. The portal had finally been opened. Raxyas smiled, before saying his final words.
Raxyas: Lights... Out...
His vessel turns to ash completely.
Xayn: It cannot be...
Bazren: He... Actually did it...?
The surviving four undead were amazed. They were finally a step away from returning to the world of the living. But, their joy and happiness were brief. Out of the ashes came only a part of Raxyas' soul... It was hollow. Its core was nowhere to be seen, a clear indication that the Raxyas they knew was no longer there. Only his amassed power remained.
Xayn: Where is it? Where is his soul, Bazren?
Bazren said nothing.
Xayn: ... Do you see it? Where... Where is it?
Bazren felt like she was about to cry.
Xayn: I cannot believe it... Could he really have...? Is he really...?
Bazren: Xayn... Xayn, the portal...!
The portal began phasing in and out of sight, as if it was about to close. As it fluctuated, so did the world around them itself. It felt as if reality was crumbling before their eyes. Like Mortmundus... Was about to be destroyed.
Xayn: So... This is truly how it ends, isn't it...?