From Human to Skeleton: Revived with Infinite System Crystals

Chapter 36  A Climactic Explosion

Elithira landed back down just as Ty finished skillfully removing the head of the Yami King, while Sogetsu plunged his sword through the Yami King's chest.

A flood of blank-colored orbs began to pour from the headless Yami King, who had broken off a small chunk of himself and transformed it into a snake small enough to escape through the cracking ground. Sogetsu screamed out, "No! Not this time!" before a throbbing pain in his chest made him drop the sword. The sword spoke out, "Don't strain yourself too much."

"It's okay. I think we have bigger problems to worry about," The sword said as a huge section of the castle began to crumble and cave in, tumbling over, inching away from crushing Sogetsu and his sword.

With a gasping breath, he stated, "Shit," before crossing his arms above his head, closing his eyes, and bracing for the worst. Silence broke through as Elithira swooped in, Catching the large crumbling piece of the castle, and throwing it to the side.

"Ah, Master. It's nice to see you again, though I don't recall the large wings," he said, before passing out from exhaustion.

The sword inquired, "Will he be okay?"

"It's hard to say. Father mentioned we can figure something out," she said, as she attached large garments around him.

The sword, ever confused, asked, "What are those?"

With a bit of a worried look on her face, she explained, "Heat-resistant clothes."

"It's a long shot, but there's not much else we can do now," she mumbled.

"I'll explain later, but we need to get everyone out," she said, just as another large boom occurred. A strong gust of wind knocked everyone over, while Kieran slid over, removing Ty's grip from the decaying body of the Yami King.

"What's even going on here?" she cries out, as thousands of small orbs crash into Ty's skeleton. He begins to shimmer with a see-through color; his skeleton loses its red tint and glow, beginning to dawn a unique golden hue against his blackened, charred bones. Kieran notices Ty's soul begins to shimmer with a golden aura.

The realization hits her as the land slowly tilts in the opposite direction, flinging her away. Todd and Kieko run up alongside him, asking, "Are you okay?" as Ty regains his senses.

"Yeah, I think so. However, I feel a lot lighter right now," Ty states.

"We can talk about you being skinny later," Kieko retorts, as the bandaged Todd stares off, agreeing, which shocks Ty. "I thought you were dead? What happened?"

"The little girl didn't kill me; she simply made it seem like it after the other guy had left," Todd explains.

Elithira rushes over to Ty, stating, "We have to go now." She hands him an odd-looking crystal and instructs, "Flood your Reiesencia into this, and the moment it is full, it will send you back to Father's throne room."

"What about everyone else?" Ty asks, stress lingering on his face.

Elithira responds with a grim look, "There is no time; they wouldn't even survive the trip back without enough prep time."

Kieran lay in the corner, picking herself back up as her pocket watch clicked, signaling time was up. She realized there was nothing she could do right now except report what was going on with Ty. However, for a moment, as she stared at him, trying to help those around him, she had a moment of weakness before snapping back and using a Chromatic Diamond Cross spanning 5-6 inches.

"Ty, I trust you can get out of this," she said, as he blankly glanced at her before she faded into an array of particles.

Just then, the ground began to break apart, cutting 2-3 inches into the earth as a purple hue of energy began latching onto everything in sight, melting it down. A purplish color slowly consumed all the dead guards Kieran had left outside as screams and echoes of pain could be heard in the distance.

Ty turned his shoulder to see Elithira as she disappeared in an instant, holding what appeared to be a half dozen sets of rustic clothes bunched up, slightly confusing Ty.

As the seconds ticked by, Kieko put a hand on his boney hand, stating, "It's fine." n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Somehow, this is better than knowing that asshole won. I don't exactly understand what's going on here, but if it in some twisted way means no one wins, I'm okay with that," Ty reflected, further pondering what to do as everything began to fall apart around him, and exhaustion slowly took over.

Like a flame igniting with the power of gasoline, an idea came rushing forth; he screamed out to Todd and Kieko, "Grab Nana from the corner, who's bleeding out, and grab the half-dead Tusandro and anyone else you can!"

Not wasting a second, Todd decided to fully trust Ty, diving towards the knocked-out Nana, who lay in a pool of blood and was cold to the touch. "You'll be okay. Just hang in there, okay?" Todd reassured.

As Kieko dragged the knocked-out Tsuandro, who had a giant gash in his head, towards Ty, she remarked, "What, did you think it'd be better to just die in one big group?" Just as the rest of the castle crumbled and began to fall on top of the group, Ty slammed his hands together, declaring, "It's worth a shot!"

As the castle crumbled and fell, time seemed to slow as a giant wheel appeared in front of Ty once again. With every passing second, exhaustion overcame Ty faster. Before Ty could grab Masa's Soul orb, he noticed a pure black one and a set of five others that were lifeless with no color.

Not having another moment to ponder their meaning, Ty absorbed the soul, and time came flooding back in an instant.

"Okay, everyone! Hold on," Ty yelled as hundreds of barriers wrapped around each other. Ty began to pour his energy into the crystal Elithira had given him.

Kieko yells out, "I don't think you thought that part through, did you?"

"What do you mean?" Ty states, straining himself to the max as his black-flamed robe flutters across his shoulders.

"Oh, I don't know, the fact there's nothing to hold onto—" She is cut off as, within a moment, they blink away from the spot they are on and begin to be flung through space, igniting into a massive ball of fire. Everyone is thrown to one side of the barrier, and the only words Ty manages to get out are,

"Oh, sorry about that."