The ruin had been like nothing I had seen before in my entire life. Lightning cracking all around us, the wind blowing as hard as it could possibly, we had made our way down the rocky cliffs and through what seemed like a time capsule.

There were columns and old buildings everywhere, crumbled and completely covered in dead seaplants and the corrosion of hundreds of years underwater. Old brick roadways criss-crossed, and it was astonishing for me to realize that people had once walked these paths.

Before too long, we had fought our way through wave after wave of monsters and arrived at what looked like an ancient version of the elemental guardian capsules. We knew what was inside.

"Is everybody ready!?" Aunt Angelina screamed against the roar of the wind. There was only one answer to that question as we walked through the arched doorway and witnessed a horrifying sight: An enormous, beautiful, dragonlike creature was engaging in battle against a dark-clad man. It was Mazell. He took a breath and lowered his blade for a second before looking in our direction.

"You came! I thought you might. Well, I'll have you know that my plan is only minutes from completion. You humans were too easy to dupe; fitting, given your utter stupidity over the past hundreds of years. Now it is time that we put the last of these Elemental Guardians out of their misery- misery that YOU all caused."

"We didn't cause it! We cannot be held responsible for the actions of our ancestors!" My father retorted viciously. "There are millions of innocent people in this world! Why are you doing this?"

Mazell gave a smirk, sheathed his sword, raised his hands, and floated into the air. "Why of course," he said slowly. "If I gain the powers of all of the Undying Forces, I will have the power to unlock the gate of time. I will have the ultimate power... the power to manipulate history, and change things! I will bring our world back to its beginnings, and rewrite it to my liking. I will create a new, pure world, without the disease that is humanity- a world where balance is not disrupted by the constant war between light and darkness! With my incredible powers, I can finally crush the Undying Force of Light once and for all, and we may enter a brand new era!"

Ancias roared and raised a weapon high before firing a watery spell at Mazell. Mazell was knocked back slightly, but countered with a definitive slice of his weapon. Ancias roared again.

"You see," Mazell seemed to speak with a thousand evil voices simultaneously as he wiped his brow, "Ancias is the last of the elemental guardians. If he is destroyed, my plan will be utterly unstoppable! Raise your weapons, fool humans; that is all you do, isn't it? Fight among yourselves. And the moment you do, ah ha ha... I will show you the pain and suffering that you cause each other, the guardian forces, and the world itself!!" "Be careful!!" I cried. "Ancias looks confused, but we cannot hurt him, even if he attacks us... or else all could be lost!! Let's get Mazell, once and for all!!"


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The strange door awaits...