Xers, in a moment of rage, lunged at Koberai. Their swords clashed within the gray space.
''How does it feel to fight after dying, Xers? Feels good?''
''Are you going to keep talking nonsense?''
''HAHA! Pathetic fool! FIGHT ME!''
Koberai suddenly teleports behind Xers.
''W-What?! Did he teleport? I thought G-Technic couldn't be used in heaven.''
''That's only a part of my ability, Xers!''
''Hah! Even if you have abilities, I don't think you can take me.''
''Don't underestimate me!''
Koberai strikes Xers with his sword. Xers rolls away across the gray space, tumbling far into the distance. However, no matter how far he moved, it felt as if he hadn't moved at all. He was barely five meters away from Koberai.
''Such a strange dimension. I think I'm losing my sense of reality...''
Xers stood up.
Picking up his sword from the ground, Xers charged at Koberai again. He had no mask and no abilities. Only pure swordsmanship...
''Leave yourself to me, Xers. Let's shake the world together!''
''NEVER!''
Xers began attacking fiercely with his sword.
Eventually, Xers landed a sword strike on Koberai. Koberai blocked it, but fell to the ground.
Xers was left panting.
''S-so you managed to knock me down, huh? I'll make you pay dearly for that.''
Koberai suddenly teleports behind Xers. He raises his sword and swings it down, but Xers manages to block with his own sword. The impact throws Xers meters away. At the same time, Xers's metal sword shatters.
''You are mine, Xers. I was supposed to be your mask first. But Gomerai—who would become my sister—prevented that. Now there is no one left to stop it. And now I will be your end.''
Koberai walks toward Xers and raises his sword.
''FROM NOW ON, THE END OF THE WORLD WILL COME BY MY HAND!''
Just as Koberai is about to bring his sword down, flames suddenly appear from behind.
''W-WHAT?!''
''T-T-THIS!''
Koberai:
''GOMERAI! H-HOW DID YOU GET HERE?!''
''XERS RUN! I WILL FIGHT KOBERAI!''
''G-Gomerai! How did you enter here?!''
''I accessed this place using our cosmic lineage.''
''You wretch!''
Koberai leaps toward Gomerai and they begin fighting.
Xers:
''W-Where am I? While fighting Nystral, I suddenly found myself in heaven between two beings fighting!''
Gomerai and Koberai continued battling endlessly with their abilities.
Suddenly, the battlefield shifted toward Xers. The two began fighting around him.
''A-ah! Their abilities are hitting me sometimes! I don't know what I should do!''
Meanwhile, Gomerai and Koberai:
''Gomerai, why are you trying to stop this?!''
''Because I don't want you to bring the end of the world, Koberai!''
''That's enough! Step aside, I will kill Xers!''
Koberai teleports behind Xers.
''X-Xers watch out!''
Koberai draws his sword and is about to stab Xers when—
Gomerai leaps from behind and stabs Koberai with her sword.
''W-What? G-GOMERAI! I-I can see the sword… going through my stomach...''
''I had to do this, Koberai...''
Koberai drops his sword. Suddenly, starting from his feet, his body begins to erase upward.
''I-I will never forget what you did… G-Gomerai...''
Koberai had almost erased up to his stomach.
''Rest in peace, brother...''
''I-I am Koberai! I will not die!''
With the remaining half of his body, Koberai grabs Xers by the head.
''W-What is Koberai doing? G-GOMERAI!''
Koberai bites the left side of Xers's head and his entire body disappears.
''N-No! Koberai entered Xers's body. If I don't enter as well, he will take control of Xers. I'm sorry, Xers!''
Gomerai thrusts her sword into Xers's heart.
''W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DO-DOING?!''
The gray dimension suddenly collapses...
Xers opens his eyes. He finds himself back in the normal world. He is lying among ruins. The fortress had completely collapsed, and about thirty meters ahead he sees Nystral tending to his wounds.
''I-I can't fully remember what just happened... I remember dying and two beings fighting. It felt like a dream...''
While Xers was trying to understand what happened, strange Spiritual Pressures suddenly flooded his body. His head spun and he collapsed to the ground. He tried to stand, but he couldn't.
A piece of broken glass on the ground reflected his image. When he saw his reflection, he was shocked.
The left side of his face had turned completely pure white — including his eyes and hair. As if it were absolute white.
''M-My head hurts! I-Is this me?''
Eventually, Xers managed to stand up.
He raised his hand toward his face to put on his mask. The mask instantly reacted with magic and appeared on his face.
He looked at his reflection once more. This time, the mask was not completely purple. The left side was pure white while the right side was deep purple. It was also emitting a very faint aura...