Dalles, The Deranged

Chapter the Final: Tower Summit

Yunica climbed one final set of stairs to reach the very top of the tower. As Epona said, Lady Reah was locked in a purple bubble, and the Black Pearl was floating beside her jailer. Dalles' plan had worked. Yunica called out to Reah, and both Reah and Dalles were shocked to see her. Yunica doesn't care and demands he hands over the goddess and the pearl. Dalles says both are vital to his plan, which isn't just to bring down Ys, as Yunica assumed. Returning the floating lands to the planet is just a means. Dalles needs all of the power, and too much if it is being used to hoist Ys. Yunica calls him a monster and swings the sword at him. It bounces off a shield. Reah warns her friend that Dalles has absorbed the demon energy. To further prove how much of a power disparity there is between Yunica and himself, Dalles tries to kill her. He shoots a beam of magic at her, which she barely blocks with the Lotusblade. She's less capable against a wall of fire. Dalles then calls forth a death ball overhead and drops it on the girl. Yunica knows her time is up...

She's fine!? A sanctuary was cast around her, and reinforcements had arrived. All the Holy Knights, the sorcerers, and the freed Feena - who conjured the sanctuary- are here! There's no time to talk, and Feena tells her sister it's time. Despite being in an antimagic prison, the goddesses give their energy to Yunica. Her sword turns blue, and it allows her to shoot her own magic beam at Dalles, shattering his barrier. But he is undaunted. He brings forth his demon energy and seems to warp himself and Yunica to another dimension. The golden glyph around the tower is grey, and everyone is gone. Only Yunica and "the perfect fusion of man and demon," Dalles are prepared for a final climax.

The demon lord floated around the battlefield, spitting bubbles, homing bubbles, and fire meteors at Yunica. She targeted the flowing jewel on what she believed to be Dalles' chest. Her onslaught was largely continuous, only retreating to see how Dalles tried to counter.

But he was not done. The deranged summoned two guns that shot purple orbs through the battle, but Yunica tried her best to focus the Darkling lord. The demon's attacks didn't change much. A part of Dalles' barrier remained, but Yunica could remove it with an appropriately colored magic attack and a lot of patience. Dalles' incredible power in this form seemed limitless, but he could only last for three rounds here.

But still, he fought. Dalles made his guns stronger and used them to create a glyph between the three of them. It sucked Yunica in and would bring her to another new dimension to get free damage from the demon. Yunica thought this was cheap, buggy, and bullcrap! The guns also shot dragons while their master used arena sized fire and ice spells. A few quick wind spins took out the guns and stunned Dalles, sending him back to his first form for a moment. Roy's final wish came true, and he had help with it. Yunica fell during phase three, but the remains of her love's spirit gave her a second wind!

Dalles accepted defeat. He didn't understand how weaklings did it, but they did. Yunica explained to him that it's through those weaknesses that humans form friendships and make each other stronger, overcoming these supposed weaknesses. The loser doesn't understand and warns the humans that he'll be back. Demons and humans are two sides of the same coin. As long as humans desire power, evil will always remain. He laughed as he fell to the floor, and his evil spirit rose out of his body.

Reah and Feena knew what to do. They stood beside the demon energy in an attempt to seal it. Feena played her harmonica, and Reah prayed.

The Tower of Darm stopped glowing, and the spiked tendrils released Ys, falling to the earth but evaporating before they reached it. The cage around Ys dissipated, and the floating lands began to rise once more.

And Yunica was furious! Feena and Reah, how wingless from sealing the Black Pearl, could not return to Ys. It took their divine power to shut the demons away, and they'd soon have to sleep as well. Yunica lost her father, crush, and now her best friends. They promised to see Yunica the moment they woke up, but the girl had a feeling she'd be gone when that happened. The twins asked everyone to move them and the pearl to a remote location beneath the earth. This should remove any effects the pearl has on Ys, but it's not perfect. One day, the seal will break. The Ysians asked if they should prepare for that, but the goddesses said everything would be fine. They asked Yunica to see them off with a smile, which she happily but painfully obliged. Feena and Reah wrapped their arms around the Black Pearl, gleamed blue, and turned into statues.

They were moved beneath the earth as they requested, and the Ysians returned to the Elder Roda to prepare to return home. Just as the twins did, the Roda, too, would sleep. And with that, the teleportation spell was prepared. Shion, Dino, and Eolia asked everyone to stand between them, but only four of them did so. Rico, Miuscha, and Hugo chose to remain on the planet. A few short months ago, this area was their home, and they wanted to restore it. Yunica also wanted to protect the goddesses' statue. Galleon, Cadena, Ramona, and Cecilia were originally shocked, but their reasoning was sound and correct. They promised to inform the Six Priests of the news, and Galleon gave them one final order: protect their home!

We see the floating Ys reascend to the skies, but the ordeal this night damaged it. Several parts of the land couldn't rise with it and fell back to earth. And with that, the credits rolled, and we see a long look at the crater where Solomon Shrine was.

"To be continued..."

We're a third of the way through Ys Origins. I actually played on normal, so I got an achievement! I will revert to being a baby man and playing on easy mode for Hugo and Toal because I want to hurry through this before summer ends. I've got plenty of time!!!