Spiral was still shocked in awe and breathing heavily from Max piercing her chest, Spiral tries to muddle a word. But Max's sword then forms into a hand and grabs Spiral's core and uses all his might to rip the core out of Spiral's chest.
"Let this been known if you hurt any of my friends. I won't hold back."
Spiral coughing a bit of shards of crystal before falling to the ground almost lifeless. As Max's body suddenly stopped bleeding, along with those darks reddish sparks of lightning that was surging throughout Max's body suddenly started to diminish. As Max now examine the core Max got by ripping out from Spiral. While his friends coming towards Max as they see he defeated Spiral.
"Way to go Buddy" as Ray guys a high five to his best friend.
"Yeah thank you Rayn" as they both high five each other as Max then looked at Carmlien "and thank you Carm. Without that diamond that allows not only to enhance my endurance but summon another me."
"You're welcome. Also what are we going to do with that core, and don't look at me I do have a gallery. But I am not letting that piece of crystal near my museum, ever again."
"Maybe we should throw it out to see" Lensfer giving thoughts. But Rayn and Max looked at each other nervously.
"That is not a good idea" they said.
"What why'd you say that?" Max then explain to them about the black-fin tuna Max and Rayn found and how they found a piece of crystal inside the tuna.
"Wait, was that the reason why you guys had to throw the tuna away"
"Well yes it was the only option we don't want something that magically died on the boat"
"And you grabbed another piece of crystal that the fish coughed out"
"Well... Yes that too" they all sighed in disappointment. Until suddenly they all heard a voice coming from Max's arm.
Maybe I can help with that.
Then Orlov comes out of Max's arm showing off his true forms to everyone present and showing himself to be royalty.
"Hey Orlov took you a while"
"Max another crystal being!?" Everyone immediately gets ready to confront Orlov but were stopped by Max.
"Relax everyone his name is Orlov and he's on our side" Max quick to explain to the others of Orlov's involve met with Max's abilities.
"Thank you Max Rexxine"
"Please call me Max" Orlov nodded but something also stirred in Max's mind "also where were Shard and Glim they just suddenly disappeared?"
"I do apologize to the sudden deception but I was forced to let Shard and Glim onto another mission so sudden as I don't want my sons to witness their former teacher trying to kill you"
"It would be good to know sooner. But thanks for that speech you gave me"
"Indeed in all good times Max you are the most valiant when it comes to family" Max smiles as he looked down still holding Spiral's core in his palm. "Also what do I do with the core of Spiral."
"You shall bestow that duty upon to me Max, Spiral's core is too potent for you. With her darkened core it would easily corrupt you." Max immediately drops Spiral's core but Orlov quickly catches her core.
"please do be careful Max, our cores are fragile, when are contact with earth's minerals of solid".
And as soon as Spiral's core in onto Orlov's grasp. Orlov then brings out an amber and inserts it into the core and it turns the colour of Sprial's core form a bright white to a bright orange colour and moves towards Carmlien. Confused as to why Orlov is approaching her.
"I suppose you were captive to Miss Spiral first" Carmlien feeling uncomfortable with Spiral's core being near her.
"That's right, and why are you handing it out to me?"
"Since you're a curator amongst crystals, I shall give you this and I shall check on it daily to see the progress of the amber"
"The amber you added into Spiral's core? What does it do exactly"
"Though the amber you humans call organic minerals, it can do much higher to our crystal body"
"You say do mean by higher. Does it affect to your body?"
"Indeed, Miss Bling, the amber allows our crystal bodies to become fleshy humans such as yourself"
"Wait you mean there are crystal people living among us?!"
"Yes and no. You see if someone crushes the amber they do have the resemblance of a human, but it's only temporary, but if the amber is inserted to one of our cores it would need to be. As humans say it planting the seed till it sprouts"
"Wait so it's basically farming a actual human but from crystal"
"Indeed but when a Crystellions is sprouted from the amber they will still lose their memories temporarily, but now will live their lives as a mortal"
"Wait your saying Spiral can potentially still be the craze killer after she regains her memories"
"To be unfortunately honest, I never seen a mortal Crystellions regain their memories"
"Wait you said amber can turn a Crystellions into a human. What about me? I have crystals on me, what would happen when I take the amber" Max asked.
"Simple it would temporarily turn your crystal parts into your normal self"
"So when I can use it?" Max suddenly felt a little excitement almost ready to feel what it means to have his arm again.
"I suppose the curator might have in store"
"Well I do have some amber in the storage room" Max suddenly started to get excited that he would now temporarily be himself if he takes the amber.
"But I do warn you Max if you take the amber, then it would also temporarily prevent you from using your crystal powers, only for a few hours. So be wise when using such minerals. But you are worthy to make such decisions" as Orlve then kneels to Max as he is worthy of the power of Minrallia.
Then gets back up glowing brightly as he creates a portal "this portal will only lead you back to where I previously cast the portal"
"That's would be Carm's museum"
"Indeed" Orlov nodded "come along now everyone thus you should be home."
However they notice someone is missing, quickly they looked around to only see Lensfer looking at his destroyed boat. The others approached him with concern in their eyes and they tried to comfort him.
"Hey Lensfer are you okay?" Max asked
"My boat... it's completely ruined. All my life's work gone" Lensfer shedding tears from the sight of his ship the interior split into two.
"Lensfer don't you have insurance?" Rayn asked
Lensfer sighed "of course I do. But it's the cost that I need to redecorate my whole boat again back to its original shape" Max pats Lensfer on the shoulder showing a sign of comfort for him.
"Don't worry Lensfer we all pitch in" Lensfer groans a bit, but knows they are doing this to help him. Lensfer grabs his hat placing it against his chest as a sign of respect to his lost ship. But before they leave they allowed Lensfer to grab a souvenir from his ship, grabbing a family photo of his friends and family, along with a bag filled with equipment that he was supposed to use later when he's out in sea.
As Lensfer finishes coping along with the others supporting him for is major lost and grabbing his stuff. They then walk through the portal and they all feeling the intensity of the force within the portal, besides Max and Rayn. once through portal they made it back to Carmlien's museum before the portal closed behind them as they are all now back home.
(End of chapter 19)