GUARDIAN OF THE END

[ Amber, I think you should keep your powers in check. That divine energy feels highly unstable. ]

[ Flamey's divinity isn't considered an official divinity since she is no longer a goddess. The divine energy provided by it isn't going to be like the normal divine energy. ] Amber explained. [ Don't worry, I know of its dangers. ]

After saying that, Amber launched herself at GAle. The latter took no risks and started fighting at full power.

An armor made from water adorned his body while his trident brightly shone with a golden aura. The ground started shaking as multiple cyclones revolved around Gale.

"You are not the only one who can create cyclones." Amber moved her hands in a circular motion and ended up creating multiple cyclones.

The cyclones were made from her black flames but didn't emit any kind of smoke or hotness. Gale was guarded by his cyclones yet they weren't able to destroy the black flame cyclones.

[ Risa, can you deal some damage to him? ] Amber asked as she prevented Gale from making any advances towards them.

She knew that she wouldn't be able to control the divine energy for a long time so it was best to get rid of Gale before she ran out of power.

[ No problem. Also, just call me by my name from now onwards. It feels good to listen you speak that. ] Risa replied and turned into particles of light.

She moved through the space between the tornadoes and directly aimed for Gale's head. The latter struck the ground with his trident, releasing a powerful wave of divine water.

Risa countered it with a dark pulse attack and hit his forehead. This momentarily threw him off guard and allowed Amber to advance in with her flames.

But instead of targeting him, she hit his trident with her flames to prevent him from using major attacks.

Her black flames clashed with the divine aura of the weapon and came out as the superior. However, Amber felt a muscle or two tear inside her arm.

A pain shot out through both of her arms yet she maximized the power of the black flames.

[ Amber, you will end up permanently damaging your arms if you that much energy! ] Flamey hissed before jumping off Amber's shoulder. 𝒇𝐫e𝑒𝒘ℯ𝑏n𝑜ѵ𝐞𝑙.c𝗼𝐦

She directly went inside the stream of flames and shared half of Amber's burden. A smile appeared on her face as she pulled on her flames, taking the trident away from Gale.

"Give that back!" he shouted instinctively, reaching out for his trident.

"Take it." Amber let it fly back but not without enchanting it with a different rune.

It was a skill that Flamey had taught her. Since she was once the goddess of blacksmithing and crafting, Flamey knew how to enchant almost any object with a rune.

Since the trident had been melted by her flames, the protection on it had also worn off, allowing Amber to easily enchant it.

The moment Gale's hand wrapped around the trident, he realized he had fked up.

'I should have battled more in the past few years instead of living the luxurious life I had been living…'

Chains made from black flames wrapped around Gale's body. They burnt through his water armor and directly wrapped around his skin, causing burn marks to appear on his skin.

Gale gritted his teeth in pain and tried to destroy the chain. However, his trident was no longer working due to the new runes put on it.

Furthermore, Flamey had enchanted the chains herself to make sure Gale wouldn't be able to use his water magic to break free from them.

[ Risa… ]

[ I know. I am not going to kill him now though. Let me get inside his mind real quick. Protect us in the meantime. ] Risa replied and materialized in front of Gale.

"You are going to get inside my mind, aren't you?" Gale asked with a bittersweet smile.

"Exactly. I believe Julian told you about the exact details of what I can do." Risa smiled back before dislocating majority of Gale's joints.

She also used a mixture of dark and life magic to cut of his mana receptors, thus preventing him from casting any last minute magic.

"Its going to be quite useless to go in there but I don't think you care about that. You are going to go inside my brain regardless." Gale sighed and sent his trident away.

The divinity inside his body deactivated and the remaining parts of his armor vanished. He simply sat crosslegged on the ground and waited for Risa to proceed.

"You must be quite sure about the mind protector you are using. Let's see if I can crack it." Risa scoffed and tapped Gale's forehead with her right index finger.

She sat down in front of him and closed her eyes, entering a trance like state. Gale's eyes remained wide open and were staring into nothingness.

His irises had lost their shine and he looked half-dead. Despite that, his body remained firmly in its position.

Amber powered down and slowly sat on the ground. Her entire body was paining badly yet she couldn't relax at a crucial moment like that.

'At least I kept the flames burning till the end.' Amber sighed and stared at the chains that were still wrapped around Gale.

Since they had been created from divine flames and had been enchanted by Flamey herself, they weren't going to disappear even if Amber completely powered down.

[ You are crazy, girl. Do you know how much trouble you would be in if I didn't shelter that withdrawal? ] Flamey asked in an annoyed tone.

The guardian was secretly proud of Amber for being stubborn. Flamey herself had been pretty stubborn throughout her life which was the reason for her being there at the moment.

'I knew you were going to do that and that is why I continued on. I put my faith in you.' Amber smiled slightly.

[ Its not a good thing to trust someone hat much. I think its best if you don't trust anyone that much. It will help you in life later on. ]

'If I can't trust you, someone who stays with me at all times, who can I trust?'

[ Ha… what will I do with you? ] Flamey smiled and jumped on to Amber's neck, wrapping herself firmly around the girl's neck.

'I swear that one day I will die due to suffocation.' Amber joked and patiently waited for Risa to be done with her work.

Five minutes later, Risa opened her eyes and sighed.

"Sometimes I think that trusting Hiro is like using a double-edged sword. I do trust Zilan and his daughter, Aysel but Hir0 is someone entirely different." She murmured.

"What did you find out?" Amber asked curiously since she was curious to know more about their supposed ally.

"I don't know whether he actually wants us to win or whether he wants Julian to win. For all we know, he is playing both sides to ensure that no matter who wins, he will remain safe." Risa stared at the sky before continuing.

"But I guess I can't expect anything less from Julian and Silvia's son. He inherited both of their qualities and is equally smart. He also hold one of the most powerful relics of the royal family in his possession."

"But does he value Julian so much that he would risk all this just to help him? If Hiro wanted, he could have leaked many things to Julian and could have gotten away with it." Amber pointed out.

"As I said, he is likely playing both sides to make sure that no matter which side wins he will be able to get something in the future." Risa commented. "Like I said, he inherited his father's quality. There is no knowing what will happen."

"I see…"

_{𝑓r𝘦𝘦𝘄eb𝒏𝙤vel.c𝙤𝙢}

Both Amber and Risa fell silent as Gale returned back from his trance. He looked at Risa once and realized that his fate was sealed.

He closed his eyes again and started chanting a prayer.

"Using that moments before the chains had wrapped around you would have been more useful. A goddess can't descend into your body so quickly without facing major consequences." Risa reminded and tapped Gale's forehead.

Instead of entering a trance like-state like time, Gale's body simply went limp. While still touching his forehead, Risa sent forth a wave of dark magic that started disintegrating Gale's entire body.

In less than ten seconds, his body had turned into dust and vanished.

"It was an internally painful death but it still couldn't compare to the nasty things this guy had done. But then, he never had a big role to play in the endgame." Risa muttered and stood up.

Without saying a word to Amber, she looked at the Northern side of Duphia and narrowed her eyes.

"Amber, stay away from the Northern side. I will heal you and we will split up to help others in need." Risa instructed.

"What's in the north?" Amber asked in a confused tone.

"Something that we shouldn't interfere with unless we want to be electrocuted to death…