"Scatter, you pests! "
The force field that erupted from his cloak , pushed everyone away from the core where Mira lay.
" The Hour is here. Begin the process. "
There was not another moment of hesitation for Xen, Kian and Braze.
" Stay away from this if you want, but Mira is my personal concern. "Braze told his brother as they plunged themselves inside the core.
" What's with this girl! " Brian wondered as he decided to withhold the troop for the time being.
Kilian dived inside with his fleet as they began taking on one Dark Mage after another.
The Dark Lord had attached himself with Mira.
The sacrificial process had begun.
" You need to work together to make use of the power of the Staff! It is useless, no matter how much you work. "
Kilian poked Xen but he refused to pay any attention.
" This is the Dark Lord. He will have what he wants. My troops are not infinite. He will lose ground and Mira, unless you take action. Merge your powers. Attack together. " Kilian tried to tell Kian but it seemed like it fell on deaf ears.
" Don't tell me I didn't warn you all. My powers are limited. I am trying my best. Mira's mother is heaving her last breath. I hope it's not the same with her. "
Braze looked at him once but then resumed fighting solo.
But they were no match for the strength of Darkness.
He did not have to do anything. They got repelled like magnets as they tried breaking into the barrier.
" The link is almost complete. There is no way she will survive after this. Fine! Lend me your powers if you refuse to cooperate. Let me channelize the power of the Staff through me. "
He went down on his knee and stretched his arms.
The boys spared each other a glance.
It seemed doable and they did not hesitate for another moment.
Braze held one hand, Kian held the other. Xen grabbed his neck as the Staff materialized in Xen's arm followed by the bracelets on Braze's and Kian's arm.
The Chemorian became restless at the sight of the Staff yet their eyes marveled.
" Calex, your end will be signed with my seal. There goes nothing. Rot in hell for preying on my family. "
A brilliant force of light emitted from the boys and it went through Kilian's body before hitting the Dark Devil who seemed like he was in a trance.
A blood churning yell left his lips as million particles of darkness, scattered around the void.
The light kept purging the darkness within him as the connection that held him and Mira together, gradually severed.
Mira's body tumbled from the suspension.
" Gotcha! "
It was George who grabbed her as she kept falling and falling without any stop.
The boys could not discontinue with the process that they had begun.
It shook every fiber in their bodies but to eliminate the darkness, it needed a lot of work.
The Dark Devil was at his weakest, yet he was much stronger than all of them together.
Kian kept blasting him from all directions as howls echoed through the heavens.
With the purging of the Dark Lord, his minions fell as well.
It was like somebody was throwing dark sand all over the place.
The Dark Lord's stature was diminishing but the boys were also getting exhausted. However Kilian faced no such hindrance. In fact, the more power he channelised the more revitalized he felt.
Xen, Kian and Braze, fell on their knees one by one.
Exhaustion was etched on their face and they were losing feelings at their limbs.
Kilian stood up on the other hand.
He walked Calex and grabbed his chin.
" No so manly without the darkness, are we? " He spit on his face and then brought his ears up to his lips.
" Your curse has been purged but your kingdom is gone. Your beloved is fighting death and so is your daughter. What a pathetic end for the Dark Lord.
Oh ho! I feel so sorry for you.
Your minions killed my wife and my child in her womb while I begged you for mercy. I had to lose everything while trying to save your blood all in the name of filial piety but it never registered that it was my sister and you, who were responsible for all this in the first place.
It should have been nobody else's fault if she failed to keep it in her pants.
Now look at what I did to you.
I took away everything that was yours. I would have killed you but it's better this way.
The pain that you feel everyday will feed this power that is running through my veins at the moment.
I will thrive on your misery. "
Calex opened his eyes and stared into Kilian's eyes. He stared as he talked and he kept staring.
Suddenly he began laughing.
" The Darkness never goes away. It is always lurking where there is light.
You can never defeat the darkness but you can defeat me.
Look at your soul. It's fouler than me.
My thirst for power turned me into this. But your hatred was more powerful than my will to triumph over all.
You think that you purged me.
You are wrong.
The Darkness unlatched from me because it saw a better home in your black heart.
You were obsessed with me and your sister, weren't you?
You hated seeing us together.
You were the one who sent me to that cave.
You knew about the Darkness all along.
When Mira was born, it was your guilty conscience that forced you to help her out. But a snake never changes its nature.
You could not live with the fact that Mira and her mother lived well while you missed your dead wife and unborn, even today. "
Kilian let go of him.
He smirked.
" So you knew? " He asked Caleb, who looked frail and old.
" I know much more. I know how you used these boys to access the power of the Staff to use it for yourself.
Because of the curse on the user of the Staff.
But it doesn't matter, does it.
In today's story, you get to be the hero that saved the day.
I will leave as the villian that deserved this end. "