"Just as there was a frozen continent up north, so too was there one south. A grand cathedral was erected there by unknown people, but there were only two young girls there now. They were twins and spoke with an eerie cadence, but they were the caretakers of an egg. They told us that the six orbs would revive Ramia the phoenix. Arusu placed the orbs on the pedestals around the egg, and they began to glow. The egg in the middle cracked, and a brilliantly beautiful bird rose from it. With white, red, and green plumage, it's easy to understand why such a creature would have a religion around it.
We guided Ramia (slowly) towards the Castle of the Archfiend. She let us down on a hill nearby, and we ventured in.
Inside were some of the hardest monsters we've seen. High powered mages, impenetrable golems, and worthless ice dragons all stood before us. But it was the metal babbles that took our interest. Splitting them open gave us advanced knowledge of magics. Cordy gained the ability to fully heal a friend and even all of us at the same time. Arusu learned from her, and I'm paying close attention now too. Because of the difficulty of this castle, we stayed around until we were confident in our ability to get below.
Baramos' Castle is a maze with many turnarounds, dead ends, and redundant passages. There's a shed nearby that's useless, and the main gates were also a fake entrance. The true way to the demon is in the back, around the east side of the trees. This is much of the same, but Baramos has added traps and damage floors to this route. But his minions fed us as we descended down until we reached the throne room of our enemy. He was shocked to see us but promised to eat our innards before beginning his attack.
His attacks were quick and powerful. Cordy and I tried our best to buff the team, but she had to quickly switch to healing. A few Barrier spells were vital to save us from Baramos' fire spell spam. Why did we think we were the only ones capable of teamwide spells? Fortunately, our all powerful opponent was susceptible to Cordy's Sap. Combine that with my Bikill, and Tryton and Arusu were chunking the demon. But still, he stood. So many times, all three healers had to hang back. We were running low on MP, and our bodies started slowing down. But still, we stood. For hours this war raged. For days, perhaps? Time lost all meaning during this adrenaline fed struggle. But, at last, with a perfectly swung Thunder Sword placed in the ideal spot, Lady Arusu slayed Baramos. His body faded away to the aether, and his last words condemned our futures. The light broke through, and I realized that we really were shrouded in a thin mist. A voice also rang out and congratulated us for saving the world, and she told us to return to Aliahan. In fact, I think she teleported us there.
The citizens welcomed us home and showered us with their praise and thanks. Arusu's mom reminded us to meet with the King. He, too, praised us, and his knights began to blow their trumpets for us. But then we learned we didn't do anything.
The world shook, and the top of the castle blew off. Lightning struck our poor trumpeters, killing all six of them. Another voice spoke to us, and a cloud appeared before us. Baramos was just an underling for the King of Destruction, Zoma. He told us he will plunge this world, just as he had the Underworld, into darkness. He will feed on our suffering. When he left, the King urged us to defeat this new threat.
We took Ramia back to Baramos' Castle. There was a pit there, and we figured it was important. Somehow, there were two guards here, but one fell into the pit during an earthquake. We jumped down and landed in a port. Two people were here, and it seems the guard survived too. One person gave us a boat to sail this new world. Apparently, Tintagel is to the east, and we took the long route to get here. The Dark World is a terrifying place..."
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