Chapter 41: Challenge of Sacrifice
Kelvin aweakened its core, Salaris’s talons struck from above, and Rhoam’s charge caused the beast to stagger. Kelvin’s blade severed the claw, and Darius caught it as the stalker dissolved.
The savanna faded away and the three returned to the arena. Veyne’s serpentlvin signaled, and they attacked together.
Xerion’s flames hissed as Veyne said. "Instinct is evaluated and smashed, now Harmony awaits."
****Trial of Harmony****
The final portal moved them into a void of swirling life, vines and water merged in a primal storm which are connected by bridges of soulstream energy.
Kaelus’s voice echoed: "Forge harmony with your bonds and defeat the Life Sovereign and claim its essence."
The sovereign emerged, a beast of three forms: a treant of vines, a serpent of water, and a stag of light.
Its presence shook the void, and the platforms quaked. Kelvin signaled his friends and they split with their beasts ready.
Kelvin and Xerion faced the treant, their flames clashed with its vines. Kelvin’s gauntlet amplified their Convergence, his blade sliced its roots.
Lyra and Salaris tackled the serpent, their shadow runes binded its coils as Salaris’s talons struck its core. Darius and Rhoam faced the stag, Rhoam’s armor deflected its light as Darius’s soulstone cracked its antlers.
The sovereign’s true form emerged, a fusion of all three with its essence pulsing.