The cursed land of Echoesreach was a battlefield steeped in sorrow. Once the site of the War of Three Crowns, it now pulsed with lingering echoes—spectral visions of warriors doomed to fight forever.
As Twilight Zone reached the outer rim, a deep fog blanketed the land. Rael touched his head. "I can hear… voices."
"They're echoes," Solas said grimly. "This place exists where the veil is thin between life, death, and memory."
The Seventh Demon Key was said to be buried in the center, where time and death cross paths.
Julius guided them carefully. The voices grew louder, showing illusions meant to tear at their hearts. Lyra saw her mother screaming her name. Bloom stumbled upon her former comrades, begging her to return.
"Ignore them," Julius said. "They're not real. They feed on regret."
Still, when Rin saw the face of her fallen sister, she froze.
"I… I left her."
"No," Julius stepped in, his Chrono Flame flaring. "You survived. She gave you that gift."
The illusion dissolved. The path cleared.
In the heart of Echoesreach stood a sword embedded in stone. A spectral flame hovered above it—black and silver, crackling with divine sorrow.
But they weren't alone.
A figure waited beside the sword.
Xtermisus.
"You're late," he said. "But I waited."
Julius narrowed his eyes. "You want the Seventh Key too?"
Xtermisus nodded. "Not to use. To bury. So no god can abuse it again."
Solas stepped forward. "You were the one who destroyed the temples in the North."
Xtermisus didn't deny it. "They harbored gods who hid truths. My daughter's grave rests beneath their lies."
Julius walked toward the flame. "I won't let your hatred blind you. The world doesn't need destruction. It needs direction."
The flame responded.
It split—half moving to Julius, half to Xtermisus.
The sword shattered.
In its place, two keys floated.
The Seventh and Final Demon Keys.
"You see," Xtermisus said quietly, "perhaps we are not enemies, but parallel storms."
Julius reached out. "Then let's decide where we blow next."
The two warriors shook hands—as fate trembled.
Twilight Zone Guild – Members: 6
Julius (A-Rank Mage, Bronze Guild Master)
Lyra (C-Rank Mage, Ice-Make Magic)
Rael (C-Rank Mage, Lightning Magic)
Rin Ayana (C-Rank Mage, Whispering Blade Style – Memory Awakening)
Solas (B-Rank Mage?, Unknown Magic – Seal Fragment Holder)
Bloom (C-Rank Mage, Assassin-Herbalist, Crimson Veil Defector)
F Rank Quests Completed: 70/1000E Rank Quests Completed: 10/10000D Rank Quests Completed: 15/1000C Rank Quests Completed: 16/1000B Rank Quests Completed: 4/10000A Rank Quests Completed: 1/10000
Guild Status: Bronze Rank
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Xtermisus returns to his guild—Annihilation Void—with a new resolve. But an ancient being has awakened deep beneath the Necron Spire, threatening to shatter the fragile peace forged in Echoesreach.