'I want to take back Solus! I want to see Kami and Elysia again. I have yet to name my unborn son!' Anger and regret mixed as Lith's body was chopped into pieces small enough for the Yggdrasill's spells to vaporize them beyond recovery.
'I can't die and I won't!' He conjured a silver key with a spark of his life force and used it to fling the door to the Void open. 'Come out, you annoying bastards. Teach the World Fucker a lesson he won't forget!'
For the first time since Lith had discovered the power of the blue flames, he didn't fight it. He surrendered to the invasion of the parasitic souls completely in order to achieve victory.
'If I have to die, I might as well risk everything. If it means saving Solus and getting to see my family again, even for just one more minute, it will be worth it.'
***
Blood Desert, Salaark's Palace
"This doesn't look good." The Overlord looked at the horizon, feeling a massive disturbance in Mogar's world energy.
"Agreed." Leegaain sighed. "Do you think this is the choice Mogar talked about?"
"I don't know." Salaark shook her head. "If it is, however, our Featherling chose poorly."
***
The remaining bits of the Tiamat and his allies turned into Void Demon Dragons. The vitality of the Abomination took over the life forces of the five connected by the When All Are One array.
In such form, every bit of flesh they had left gulped down world energy, grass, and even bit at the Yggdrasill weapons in order to gain the energy and mass necessary to rebuild their bodies.
"A desperate move. Interesting, but still desperate." The World Tree knew about the blue flames and the Void Demon Dragon and had plenty of time to prepare.
The combined regenerative abilities of the Void and the Titania regenerated Lith and the others in the blink of an eye, withering everything around them. The Golems and the elves took several steps back, forming a defensive circle and surrounding their enemies.
"Come on, show me what you can do." The Yggdrasill taunted the Void Demon Dragons.
The parasitic souls flooded Lith and the others, screaming their pain inside their host's minds and breaking their focus.
'Don't try to control them, it would be a waste of time. Just follow my lead.' Lith took a deep breath and sparked the blue flames from inside his lungs, using them to consume the souls and empower his attacks.
The others did the same, finding relief from the voices in their heads.
The five regrouped and charged against the Golems, wreathed in blue flames. Their claws cut easily through the Yggdrasill wood and set the gaping wounds ablaze. Their feet scarred the ground black, draining it of life and world energy.
The infection of the Abomination and the blue flames was so deep that not only did it burn the influence of the World Tree, but it also tainted the Fringe. The spirits of the dead who escaped the consuming touch of the flames spread through the ground like a blight.
They took everything they could, using it to form new bodies that owed allegiance to no one. Lith didn't care about it. He lost himself in his newfound powers, in the Void's hate for the Tree and the Dragon's hope to be reunited with Solus.
As the dead spread and the Void Demon Dragons advanced, the blue flames grew and burned at everything. The Golems burned, the elves burned. Everything burned.
Everything.
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