After having rescued Elena, Elisa, and Anna from the malicious dreams, Elayne quickly decided to move toward the "end" of this malefic dungeon, the origin of everything, where the Boss that had created it existed.
Flying across the many corridors above Falco's large body, they followed the enormous amount of Mana they felt, which was also quite closer to where the other girls that were captured were located.
At the same time as they reached the last stop to their journey, a huge red door, everyone finished absorbing all the magic crystals they had acquired through this journey, with the help of Elayne.
She had divided the magic crystals evenly, without wanting to hoard them all for herself, knowing her friends needed as much of a boost in strength as she did.
And because of the sheer amount of crystals they acquired today, she was finally able to break through Tier 2!
FLAAASH!
As her Magical Aura expanded and grew stronger, her Magic Circle rotated, quickly generating a third circle around its core, being quickly filled with dozens of Spiritual Runes.
The Voice of the World quickly informed her of her growth, as if eager to make Elayne learn her new strength and abilities.
Although still monotonous, the voice sounded slightly excited, or so Elayne believed.
[You have absorbed a large quantity of Mana.]
[Dozens Runes have been inscribed within the Magic Circle.]
[Your Magic Circle has grown stronger.]
[Your Magic Circle Rank has increased from Rank 2 Tier 10 to Rank 3 Tier 1.]
[New Spells have been Generated: [Spirit Tempest] [Dream Spirit Call] [Dream Piercing Nightmare Spears]
[Your Magic Power has improved and your Mana has fully recovered.]
She acquired three new Spells as well, the last two were quite new to her, perhaps related with Morpheus existence, not only she could channel his own Spells, but she might begin learning Dream Spells herself.
Especially with something like [Dream Spirit Call], confirming the existence of Spirits within Dreams themselves! Even though she had never seen them before, she was sure they might come in handy.
The last spell was a special offensive spell that worked really well against Dreams themselves, her last trump card, aside from all the other powerful spells she had.
Naturally, everyone else was overflowing with their strengthened Magical Auras, although nobody had yet to breakthrough Tier 2, Elayne was the first to get to Tier 3 among everyone else.
"Is everyone ready?" Elayne asked with eyes flaring with determination.
"More than ready." Rita nodded, holding her handgun tightly.
"I am." Mark seemed ready.
"I'm still nervous but… There's no other way around this, let's end this and quickly go home!" Lily seemed to desperately want to go home.
Elayne couldn't blame her, they had gone through so much that it was ridiculous, and because this was Lily's first ever experience inside an Earth's Dungeon, she was much more nervous than in Arcadia, using her Avatar instead.
"Then let's go."
She stepped in with the rest of her friends, afraid of the unknown, but fully knowing that if they did nothing, those poor girls would eventually die.
BAAAAM!
With a powerful kick imbued with her Mana and Spiritual Energy, Elayne broke the gate open, which quickly flew into the depths of a huge, pink, and dark purple colored hall, colorful black and white floor and golden pillars stretching into the high ceiling above.
In the end of this enormous palace-like hall, there was a throne made of colorful fabric, sitting above were two girls, one was unconscious, sleeping in the arms of the other, Elayne recognized her, it was Monica.
And the one holding Monica, a pale-skinned girl with bright red eyes and long, silvery-white hair glanced at her new guests, there was no smile in her face but a very annoyed expression. She wore a dark purple and red dress; she looked like a princess straight out of a fairy tale.
"So you've made it here…" She sighed. "Despite how hard I've tried to kill you, despite all the attempts, you're really persistent. I guess I can see why you were able to defeat all those other Death Generals so far. Yggdrasil, you, and your accursed followers, are indeed quite strong."
"Who are you?! Are you also serving the Demon King Thanatos?!" Elayne asked angrily. "Where are the other girls?! I can sense their presences but-"
"My name is Dorothea Von Sorrow, and I am the niece of my master, Lord Thanatos." The girl said. "Perhaps you don't remember us at all, maybe you're indeed someone else that has inherited their powers, but our grudge against Yggdrasil will never end. You've inherited her powers, so you will pay for her sins."
"Sins?! What are you even talking about?!" Mark asked angrily. "We've never done anything against you guys! What is this thing about inheriting Yggdrasil's power?"
"You're too foolish." Dorothea laughed. "The cause of the fall of our Kingdom, the traitors of the Luminous Kingdom, allied with the Yggdrasil Church, it was all your fault! A Kingdom Alliance broken by your greed and selfishness! And your fear… your fear for my Lord, who had inherited the powers of an ancient, accursed being! But he never used such powers for evil! He has always been such a benevolent, good man…" The suddenly started crying.
"W-What is she talking about?" Lily was confused.
"No idea…" Rita sighed. "She talks as if we were there, when we perhaps we weren't even born yet!"
"The past…" Elayne sighed. "So that's what happened? Is this why you have such deep-rooted hate against me? Yggdrasil… So there was once a church around the World Tree? And they betrayed your Kingdom… But that's so long ago! All the people that betrayed you are long dead!"
"No, they remain, and you, Yggdrasil, you're one of them! You may have a different soul, a different mind! But your powers are hers! The Saintess of Yggdrasil that brought so much destruction to our land, that doomed us for eternity, and that forced my lord's powers to awaken when everything was gone. You're the cause of our current forms, it's your fault we are all cursed to be Undead! And you… you killed my lord's wife, and her beloved daughter! Unforgivable!" Dorothea cried. "I'll do the same to you! I will take away everything you love!"
FLAAASH!
Suddenly, the girls trapped inside the dungeon were finally revealed…
