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Chapter 4 - THE FALSE ELYSIUM

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TIER 13: WISH

The castle is practically a world in itself. Grass, trees, flowers, bugs... The only bad thing is that the castle entrance is not there to be seen. Jamz wanders around in amazement and sees a man pruning trees. A small, old man with blue skin. "Excuse me! I came here by mistake, but... What do I need to do to get out?" he shouts to the man, hoping the man to hear him. The man slowly climbs down from the tree and comes to Jamz's side. "I'm stuck here too... Even though this is the work of my power. You see, if even I can't get out of here, nobody can." he says. Jamz turns to him and says, "Your power? What are you saying, old man? What do you mean we can't get out of here? I have something I need to do!" The man extends his hand for a handshake. "My name is Edy. As I see, you are an Eqia possessor... So am I." he says, showing the ring on his finger. Jamz, after sighing, shakes Edy's hand and says, "I'm Jamz." "So, care to explain? I mean... what kind of power could you have used to do this?" Edy begins to explain. "The time I awakened my Eqia was when I married my wife. My wedding ring is my Eqia. And it has the power to grant three wishes. I tried it on myself and it worked to my surprise. I wished for instant regeneration and absence of pain. I didn't know what I was doing, and in my excitement, I embarked on things I couldn't undo... My wife, my family, my children, my friends... They all died before my eyes. But I've been living for thousands of years because even when my time came, my body renewed itself and I continued to live. So my time never came... My last wish was this castle. A castle that wouldn't be destroyed even if everything else crumbled, a paradise-like castle with endless provisions. But like my first two wishes, I didn't know what I was doing when I did this, and now I'm a prisoner here." he says. Jamz equips Obisad, turns around, and asks Edy, "If I get you out of here, will I have three wishes?" Edy says, "Just get me out of here. Whatever you want is yours." Jamz crouches down, closes his eyes, and tries to focus. Jamz stands up and says, "That's the power of an Eqia, isn't it? Then another Eqia can easily break it. I know how we get out of here but I want to try collapsing the whole place." Jamz takes Obisad in his hand, holds it, and shakes it, turning on its dark light. "My Eqia is an awakened species, and awakened species can bend reality and time. It's impossible to break it." Edy says. The sky splits open, splitting in two. Edy's eyes widen in shock. "What were you saying, old man? I couldn't hear you." Jamz asks, turning to Edy. Edy smiles and replies, "It doesn't matter. I just underestimated your power a little, that's all." After a while, the sky remains only a cut, no break, no collapse... Jamz holds Obisad tightly, changes its color from black to yellow, and plunges it into the ground. The ground shakes, "I'm going to blow this place up. I hope you won't die!" he says to Edy. Edy nods in agreement. The ground shakes and shakes more, until Jamz decides to let go of the energy he collected, destroying an area of ​​approximately 1000 kilometers with an explosion. Both Jamz and Edy falls to the bottom of the crater Obisad just created but even that isn't enough to destroy the castle. Jamz snaps and talks to himself, "Cosmic... I knew that Ancient's power had something to do with cosmos power. Now I get it..." (...)

TIER 14: LOYALTY

Jamz stands up, grabs Obisad, and looks towards Edy. "That didn't work, I'll try something else." Jamz says. As Edy watches, Jamz lifts Obisad and turns it into that black color. He talks to himself once again, "My power wasn't just cosmic. It possesses the power of the universe's fundamental elements. Gravity, energy, radiation, even interdimensional travel is possible... I don't remember knowing this much about the cosmos before this whole rebirth thing, but now I know I'm informed. And that's the only important thing right now. But why- wait... Why am I here...?" He freezes. "Something just occurred to me, Edy... Just before I came here, I was cornered by an organization. And all I wanted was... to go to the leader of that organization and kill him... For some reason, Obisad teleported me here, to you... To the leader of the Orgukk organization!" Edy's eyes widen in shock and he says, "Orgukk, huh? So they've gotten strong enough to corner you... Or maybe you're just too weak, what do you say, Tes user?" Jamz points Obisad at Edy and, with a grin mixed with anger, says, "So I was right, you bastard!" Obisad's face darkens and Jamz lunges at Edy. Edy doesn't move and lets Obisad stab him. "Listen to me, Jamz. I really wanted to be honest with you because all I want is to get rid of this curse. And you're the only one I believe can do it. Because you might be strong enough to kill me. Kill me, Jamz, end this useless life of mine. Be my executioner..." he says. Jamz softens and pulls Obisad back. "I am showing you mercy, Edy. Let's get out of here. I have three more wishes to make." he says, extending his hand. Edy shakes Jamz's hand and says, "Always, young man." Jamz walks away, stabs Obisad to the ground, turns it black, and says, "If I have the power to bend an infinite amount of gravitational force with a single blow, I can use that force to bore a hole that will suck everything in... and thus demolish this fortress!" Obisad turns into a giant blackhole and the whole castle collapses from inside, throwing both Jamz and Edy to the outside before turning into its original state... (...)

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