Once Tirek was ready to move, which didn't take all that long since he had taken no damage and had expanded little of his energy during their invasion of the castle, Sarana stepped up to where the door was located and inserted the key she had found into the lock, where he and Martok heard the sound of something click before their companion carefully pushed open the door, though once the way was open she walked back down to where they were standing, knowing that Tirek was going to use his Infinity Gauntlet on anyone that happened to be inside the Grand Archives.
"So, out of curiosity, how did you know where to find that key?" Tirek asked, as he figured that he might as well as what was on his mind before they moved forward, though at the same time he was beginning to suspect that there was more to his main partner than what he originally started out with knowing, especially when he considered how she acted when they had been joined by Gotthard, one of the Black Hands he had heard about earlier, a group of hunters or assassins that served the rulers of Lothric, even if her actions had been the same as what she did all the time.
"When we took out Pontiff Sulyvhan, Gotthard told me that he'd stay with Kamui until our arrival and that he would place the key to the Grand Archives in one of my usual hiding spots," Sarana explained, though at the same time she shifted her gaze so that it was focused on the bridge that seemed to be connected to the top of the Grand Archives, a pillar that no doubt held a lift that connected this area to a later one, and to the stairs that would take them to where the Twin Princes rested, before she sighed for a moment and returned to staring at Tirek and Martok, like there was something that she needed to tell them before they moved forward, "let me remind you that Kamui and Gotthard are members of the Black Hand, the group that serves the ruling family of Lothric in whatever manner they desire, but, in truth, there are three members... and I am the third. When Prince Lothric turned his back on his duty, to become the next Lord of Cinder, Martok and I, as well as a number of others, were chosen to take his place, though each of us failed to take Prince Lothric's place, which caused the rise of the former Lords of Cinder to Link the Flame and prolong the Age of Fire, something that was followed by the Abyss Watchers, Aldrich, and even Yhorm turning their backs on their duties as they joined the Prince in his desire to plunge this world into darkness... which caused a number of Unkindled to rise from their graves, all so each of us could hunt down and return the Lords to their thrones, even if it picked those that had a bone to pick with the Lords that had run away."
"Like how Anri was hunting down Aldrich... or how you've been hunting Prince Lothric, for his crimes against you and the rest of the world," Tirek said, showing that he sort of understood what Sarana was talking about, making him wonder if Hawkwood, the depressed knight who sat around the Shrine, was connected to the Abyss Watchers in some manner, due to his weapon of choice looking like the greatsword of the Watchers, or if Siegward had some connection to Yhorm, not that he could figure that out since he had lost track of that knight a long time ago, though even as he said that he noticed something interesting, Sarana seemed to tilt her head a little, almost like she was annoyed by something, which was when he turned towards the doorway that was in front of them, "well, that gives us one more reason to take down Prince Lothric and whoever is guarding him."
Sarana said nothing to that as Tirek walked passed her and invaded the Grand Archives at long last, where he stepped up the stairs and started to glance around the area, finding books, scrolls, and everything else that one would find inside an ancient place of knowledge and learning, complete with candlesticks, though that was when a sage, like the Crystal Sage they had beaten before they reached the Cathedral of the Deep a long time ago, appeared in a flurry of cloth and stared at him for a moment, something that caused Tirek to tilt his head for a second as one of the Stones started to glow. Not even a few seconds later the sage loosed a crystalline blast of magic at him, where Tirek snapped open a set of portals and sent it back at his target, who quickly dived into the ground and teleported to another part of the archives, allowing the blast to collide with the wall that was behind it and left a trail of smoke behind, meaning this sage had to be scared of him, or at least that was his assumption on the matter, but from what he could see the sage had taken matters into its own hands as a number of copies appeared all over the upper reaches of the archives. Each of the sages appeared to be preparing their own spells to strike him down, not to mention Sarana and Martok for that matter, though that was when Tirek decided to change things up by using the Power Stone to unleash a burst of energy that was designed to target all of the copies that were in the building while, at the same time, channeling the power of the Soul Stone to locate the real sage, where each of his enemies recoiled at the touch of the mighty Power Stone and the copies were exterminated with ease, before he used the Space Stone to open a portal near him so he could grab the sage before it fled and yanked it though the opening he had created. As soon as he had the sage in his grasp he blasted it with a Forbidden Sun and torched part of the archives, which was no big loss since it would be restored when they rested at a bonfire, or maybe not since he was using several Stones that were resting inside a gauntlet forged from godly metal, but for now he turned his attention to the rest of the area and kept his eye out for enemies, just so he could plan out what he was going to do as they made their way up to the highest point of the archives, all so they could reach the area the Twin Princes were hiding in.
As soon as the sage was dead Tirek found that there were three paths to pick from, or what looked like three paths despite the fact that one of them connected to the one on their left and the one on their right seemed to serve as an area for them to backtrack to, especially since he felt that there was a hidden passage around here for later on, to which he headed over to the path on his left and followed it, though he ignored the crystal lizard that scurried away since that was something Sarana hunted down with ease. What was interesting was that part of the path forward seemed to be broken, as in it was a drop and nothing else, so Tirek just jumped down into the area that the lizard ran into and walked along the rest of the path, allowing his companions to deal with the lizard in question, where he came to a section of the archives that had what appeared to be a massive pool of wax in the center of the area, even if he had to round a corner to see if, before he found a few scholars standing near the odd pool, where each of them had wax covering their heads, something that made him tilt his head in confusion for a moment. Once he was done staring at the weird scholars, who turned towards his position when he came to a stop, he weaved the power of the Space Stone around the area that was in front of him and caught the magical soul bolts that were sent his way from the scholars, which were redirected back into the chests of his enemies a few seconds later, before he hurled miniature Lightning Spears that took care of the scholars as each of them were struck in the chest, allowing him to continue his march forward as Sarana and Martok claimed whatever he left behind, as well as take out some of the small thralls that seemed to be wandering around the archives. Tirek did find what appeared to be a path leading backwards and happened to have a lance knight patrolling it, who rushed at the area that he was standing in as soon as it spotted him, to which Tirek turned his head for a moment as he engaged the Space Stone and summoned a portal between them, though this time around the exit portal appeared behind the knight and it was stabbed by its own weapon, since it thrust its lance into the portal in front of it, where it basically killed itself in a few seconds and allowed him to continue moving without having to stop at all.
What Tirek found was that there was a ledge to his right, one that appeared to have been a rail at one point and had been broken at some point before he and the others arrived outside the archives, before he walked into a room that had some instruments that seemed important for stargazing, instead of working to preserve the tomes that were in this structure, to which he turned around and walked out of the room, as it didn't seem like there was a path in this area and that the area he had to be walking through was near the scholars he had taken down. The room in question looked like it was dark and that there were next to no lights in it, not that Tirek minded that all that much as he walked into the room and found that there was a lever off on the left side of the room, something for Sarana and Martok to worry about since they were busy collecting everything that he left behind, before he headed right over to where a set of stairs rested and found that there was a scholar over to the left of the top step, who stood no chance against his power as he hurled a Fire Orb into the chest of his foe and knocked it backwards, right into the wall that was behind it. From there he walked over to the doorway that would allow him to explore the rest of the archives and found another scholar waiting on the other side, one who he just threw off the walkway that he was walking on and he even kicked a ladder that dropped down into the first section of the archives that they had walked through earlier, to which he turned to the left and walked over to an area that seemed to be the correct path forward, even though he was sure that the open nature of this area would have allowed the sage he had beaten earlier to rain death upon him and anyone else that entered this area. As he walked over to a balcony that might allow him to climb to another part of the archives, however, Tirek spotted some thralls preparing some bombs as all three of them focused on him, to which he barely focused on them as he used the Space Stone's portals to hurt them with their own attacks, knocking all of them around with the force of the small bombs, before he walked up a set of stairs that led him up to the floor that was above the one he had been walking around, finding that the new floor had some scholars that needed to be taken out and the top of the ladder that connected the balcony that was outside this floor to the one that he had seen a minute or two ago.
He took a moment to study the area that was around him while channeling the power of the Space Stone so he could take the incoming attacks and redirect them back to those that hurled them at him, though once all of the scholars were done for the count Tirek resumed moving as Sarana and Martok made sure to collect the items he was leaving behind, where he headed up the nearby set of stairs and used the portals to redirect the bombs that a pair of thralls sent at him, blowing the pair away in seconds, before discovering that there were some cursed books resting on the ground in front of him, all so it would slow them down, even though Tirek used his magic to lift the tomes off the floor and returned them to the shelves that they had been resting on. Interestingly enough one of the books hit a scholar in the head and caused it to turn in the direction that Tirek happened to be standing in, who used the Space Stone to disappear from the area he was standing in and reappeared behind the scholar, where he switched to channeling the power of the Power Stone to punch the scholar in the chest and knocked it over the edge of the area he was walking in, causing it to fall and leave a crater in the ground that it landed in, allowing Tirek to chuckle for a moment as he continued forward. As he checked out what else there was to see in this area he found two things, the first being a ladder that lead to part of the floor below him, something he left for Sarana or Martok to deal with, while the second was a hidden wall near the ladder in question, one that happened to be hiding another Irithyll knight, one that rushed at him the moment it noticed him phase the wall that had been hiding it out of existence, though he stopped the incoming blade with the Space Stone's power and then punched his foe right in its chest, channeling the power of his Power Stone into the armor and sent it right into a wall that was right behind it, slaying the knight in seconds, though it appeared that enough of the armor had survived and Martok claimed it, as according to Sarana the armor of an Outrider Knight, the knights they had faced outside Irithyll, were rare and hard to claim, so this just mean they were better than some of the other Unkindled. Tirek, of course, didn't care about that sort of thing and left his companions do whatever it was that they wanted to do, so what he did was head through the opening and discovered a lone chair that had a spell resting on it, Soul Stream, which apparently was a burst of energy that took the form of a beam the user could direct, to which he added it to his spell tome and headed over to where the previous ladder rested, as he was sure the way forward was near it.
As such Tirek jumped down onto the wooden walkway that was below him, by using the busted rail section that was near where the newest ladder rested, where he noticed a lever resting off to the right and Sarana pulled it when she caught up with him, moving some bookshelves to reveal a way back into the other side of this floor, before he headed over the rest of the walkway and moved through the opening that had some stairs behind it, which brought him up to an area that just so happened to have a lift that had to go back to the start of the archives, something he was leaving to his companions as he headed for the other opening that was near the top of the stairs. On the other side of the opening he found another set of stairs that lead up to an area where a number of tables rested, not to mention a good number of bookshelves were resting near him and three scholars seemed to be patrolling the new area, though he paid them little mind as he used the Space Stone to redirect their attacks back at them, effectively taking out all three of his foes in rapid succession before he headed for the other doorway that was near him and headed up the stairs that rested on the other side. It took him a few moments to reach the upper floor that the stairs were connected to and found a doorway that was open, as in someone had opened it before their arrival and had decided to leave it open, though it let him walk out onto a stone balcony that did have a small section of the left side smashed open, allowing him to jump down a rather small drop and and walk away from the balcony he had just been standing on, as it appeared that he was now walking on part of the roof of the archives and was making his way up to the large bridge that was his destination. As he followed the path that was in front of him Tirek did notice that there were a few gargoyles scattered around the roof, as in one landed near him and tried to smash him into the roof, though he dodged the attack with ease and then punched it with the Power Stone's power, blasting it to pieces in seconds and scattering the fragments, before following the rest of the path so he could get to the higher levels of the roof, since he was sure there was an area that had a doorway back into the upper floor of the archives.
It didn't take him all that long to reach a section of the roof that two gargoyles decided to ambush him in, though neither of them lasted more than a few seconds as he lashed out with his left fist and smashed them to pieces with the Infinity Gauntlet that was infused with the power of the Power Stone, before moving forward and reached the part of the roof that was just above the stone balcony, even though that allowed him to reach another part of the archives' roof and found two more gargoyles guarding the area. Of course either of them lasted all that long as he forced them to stab each other, thanks to the Space Stone's power, before he punched the two enemies into the wall that was to his right, smashing them to pieces while leaving small craters behind, before he found a ledge that he could jump off of and land outside the glass of a part of the archives, where he was able to find that part of it was shattered and allowed him to enter the upper part of the last area they had moved through, complete with a scholar off to the right, who collapsed after Tirek redirected a spell into its chest. One of the things he discovered was that there was a chair that had someone resting on it, totally dead from what he could tell by looking at it, before he moved over to the area that a doorway rested in, as it seemed to be the way forward, though he kicked a ladder that happened to be along the way and that opened up a brand new shortcut for him and his companions to use, not that he cared about that since he knew none of them were going to be dying to the foes that were in his way, which was when he headed through the doorway so he could see what else he would have to take down before he reached the large stone bridge. What he discovered on the other side of the opening was an open area of sorts that had a few stone pillars that were holding up the part of the archives that were above them, a statue that looked like it was totally covered in wax, for some strange reason, and a set of stairs off in the distance, a rather wide and long set of steps from what he could see at the moment, before he discovered something interesting, there were four individuals standing on part of the stairs, clearly a last line of defense for the Twin Princes: one of them was Gotthard, who seemed like he had done this to save his life, another was the lady who attacked them outside the dark Shrine, the third was a knight who was decked out in different armor from what they had seen so far and had a large axe as his weapon, and the fourth was a man who wore dark armor, like Gotthard's attire, and carried a unique pair of blades.
"Kamui, Gotthard, Albert, Kriemhild, stand aside, our battle isn't with you." Sarana stated, where she and Martok came to a stop behind Tirek and stared at the figures that were standing in their way, not that such a thing mattered since their Lord had the power to overcome whatever attacks were sent his way due to the power of his Infinity Gauntlet, the five Infinity Stones he had inserted into the gauntlet, and the immense power that rested inside his body, a power that would have convinced the others of this world that he was a Lord of Cinder, something he clearly had no interest in, "We seek the Twin Princes, Lothric and Lorian, not a fight with our former allies."
"And that is why we must fight, because we won't let you kill the Twin Princes," Kamui replied, which was the moment that he, Kriemhild, and Albert readied their weapons, showing that they were ready for a the fight of their lives, though it was in the following seconds that Gotthard walked forward and left those that he had been standing near, surprising those that he had been standing with, even though Tirek was more impressed by the fact that the three guardians had retained some of their sanity and hadn't fallen into the mindless hollow state everyone else in this world was afflicted with, though not a few moments later Gotthard came to a stop near Sarana and turned to face those he had been standing with, "Gotthard, you would betray us as well?"
"No, I'm siding with the one Lord that will take over this world, especially since he's gotten far stronger since the last time I fought along side him," Gotthard said, referring to the battles he had joined as a helpful phantom, answering Sarana's call to take down one of the Lords of Cinder and one of the guardians that had been protecting a second one, though even as he said that he didn't draw his weapons and simply waited for Tirek to make the first move, since that seemed to be what Sarana and Martok were waiting for, before glancing at the last member of the Black Hand and the two allies that were trying to protect the Twin Princes, "I would suggest that you do the same, otherwise you won't be able to survive what's about to come your way."
Instead of saying anything Kriemhild raised her staff and loosed a burst of crystalline magic at them, where it failed to hit any of them as Tirek grinned, the Space Stone glowing as he redirected the portal into one of the walls that were near him and the others, as this time around he wanted to see if it was possible to convince these guardians to join him and allow the Twin Princes to be slain, though as the three of them watched was going on, as Tirek stepped away from the others so they wouldn't be bothered by their foes, they lashed out at him with haste. Albert was the first one to come at him, where he brought the axe head down on the area that Tirek was standing in, though the attack was stopped in its tracks by the aura of the Space Stone, something that surprised the knight as soon as it happened, though that was when he punched his foe in the chest with his normal gauntlet, sending him flying into the stairs that were behind him and his allies, though that fact didn't stop Kamui and Kriemhild from lashing out with their attacks. Kamui lashed out with a pair of swings from both of his blades, as in he jumped into the air and tried to perform a slash attack that would have formed an x, but Tirek didn't let that happen as both of his foe's blades were stopped in their tracks with the Space Stone's power, which was also true for the five homing soul spheres that Kriemhild fired at him while he was distracted, even though her thoughts on the matter were wrong and he was aware of what she was trying to do, hence why a portal opened and he swallowed all five of the spheres in seconds, before hitting her in the chest with her own spell. As Kriemhild stumbled Tirek opened a portal behind Kamui and launched the Black Hand through it, even though the exit side was right in front of his ally, so he ended up hitting Kriemhild in the chest and the two of them were knocked backwards, which caused them to hit the stairs and had to cough as they struck several steps, where Tirek waited for a few seconds, so all three of his foes could be looking at him and what he was about to do, before Kamui and Kriemhild separated from each other and Albert rushed into the spot that was behind him, forming a triangle around him, something that was followed by Tirek grinning as he channeled the power of the Power Stone and slammed his left fist right into the floor that rested below him.
The result of his attack was that the floor shattered as he blasted a hole into the archives' roof, one that easily stretched from one side of the area he was in to the other, scattering the three guardians as they were struck by the force of what he had done, though when each of them finally mustered the strength to stand, or push themselves into a sitting position to be more exact, Tirek could see that two of them, Kamui and Kriemhild, were shocked by what they were seeing and Albert, who was wearing a helm, seemed to be replicating the same expression that his allies were showing.
"This is a sample of my power... surrender and swear to serve me, or die where you stand." Tirek stated, where he turned around for a moment and walked on the air that rested around him, as he had used his magic to walk on the air as soon as he blasted the hole into the floor, displaying the sheer power that he was capable of commanding, even if this was just the power of the Power Stone and his magic at work, while his statement indicated that there was no middle road, either any or all of the guardians would submit to his power and accept them as their Lord, as Sarana and the others had, or he would channel his magic and wipe them out of existence, before using the Soul Stone in some manner, though he silently waited for them to tell him what was going to happen next.
The seconds ticked by as the guardians glanced at each other, appearing to be concerned about their chances now, before each of them knelt and made sure they were facing Tirek, showing that they understood that none of them would be able to take him down and that it was best if each of them swallowed whatever pride they had, or whatever might be fueling them to continue fighting, to which Tirek turned towards Sarana and nodded his head, mostly so she could rouse the three guardians and accept their oaths, since she likely knew them, before he engaged the power of the Time Stone and let it wash over the area as he walked towards the top of the stairs, allowing its power to return the area to what it had been like and that the wounds the guardians had sustained were healed. Once that was done the Stone in question returned to its normal state as he reached the top of the stairs and turned back for a moment, seeing that everything he had done had been reversed and that the three foes had been healed, before he marched into the small structure that was at the top of the steps and found that it was just a study chamber of some kind, complete with a lift that seemed to head back down to where the entrance of the Grand Archives rested, though his focus was on the opening to his left, one that was at the top of some steps and happened to bring him to the start of the stone bridge that would bring them to the Twin Princes, the final Lord that he needed to take out. Of course he had to walk up a second set of stairs after walking up the first set, even though there seemed to be a path or two around the opening, not that he cared about them, before he discovered that the rest of the enemies that were defending the last Lord of Cinder were a number of knights, wielding either swords or a greatsword, and a number of stumbling hollows, enemies that Tirek didn't really care about as he walked forward and had the Space Stone glow as he did so, where the blades of his enemies were stopped as he walked over the bridge and he tossed a few small orbs into some other portals, spells that struck his foes in their chests and scattered them around the bridge he was walking on. The knights were more imposing, since they had more skills than the hollows, but they suffered the same punishment that all of the hollows suffered, with Tirek's minor attacks scattering his targets into the walls that were around him, smashed several of the wooden barricades that were near him, and even threw a few of his foes into the stairs when he finally reached the other side of the bridge, leaving Sarana and the rest of their team, with all of their new allies watching his display of power.
In the end it didn't take Tirek long to reach the front of the castle area that seemed to be the last place of the entire world, or at least of Lothric itself, where he gathered his magic and pushed open the massive door that was in front of him, one that allowed him to notice that there was a carpet behind it that went right into a massive chamber, one that could have been a bedchamber or something, or at least he hoped he was right in what he was seeing, before he noticed a figure at the top of the highest level of this area, who was wearing a dark robe of some kind.
"Oh dear, another dogged contender." a voice said, where Tirek was certain that it came from the figure that he was now staring at, especially since the figure seemed to be moving as the voice echoed all over the chamber they were in, though as Tirek stepped into the open area he made sure that Sarana and the others were standing by a side of the chamber and made sure to put up a barrier around them, at least for now since he knew what one of them wanted, before he focused on the Prince that was talking as he heard the sound of shifting metal, where another figure seemed to be entering the chamber they were standing in, "Welcome, Unkindled One, purloiner of cinders, I knew one of your kind would be coming at some point... mind you, the mantle of lord interests me none. The fire-linking curse, the legacy of lords, just let it fade into nothingness at long last. You've done quite enough since you were brought back to life, now let us give you your well deserved rest as the world fades."
As the Prince finished talking, who Tirek could tell had to be Prince Lothric based on what Sarana had told him in the past, the other figure, a large imposing armored figure that seemed to be walking on his knees, came to a stop in front of where Prince Lothric was resting and stabbed the ground with his large greatsword before roaring, or at least that is what Tirek would have assumed the gesture was even though no sound came from Prince Lorian's mouth, before he vanished a few moments later in a flash of light and then appeared in the space to Tirek's left, standing on his feet, meaning he could walk normally, and brought the weapon down on where he was standing. As that happened Tirek caused the Power Stone to glow as he swung his fist up into the air, allowing the greatsword to make contact with the Infinity Gauntlet and there was a struggle between them as the two energies struck each other, causing the chamber to shudder for a moment as they did that, though in addition to that Tirek channeled his magic through the air and created a Lightning Spear that he threw into the air and let it strike his foe's chest, where it passed through the energies of the Power Stone and empowered itself so it knocked Lorian backwards, causing the massive Prince to crash into one of the pillars and smash it to pieces, which was when he returned to his kneeling stance and disappeared in a flash of light. It was easy for him to realize what was going on, the Prince he was fighting was using some form of magic to rapidly move around the chamber that they were fighting in and was trying to catch him off guard, so he could crush him into the ground and fulfill what his brother had said, that all of them were going to die, even if he was referring to the first person that had entered the chamber, before he switched to the Soul Stone for a moment and let its power flow throughout the chamber, seeking his foe's soul, which was when he moved to the side as Lorian swung his blade down on where he had been standing, the greatsword striking the stone and breaking part of it in the process. Given the fact that Prince Lothric was set on killing him, not to mention the others, Tirek knew that his brother had to be the same way and it was true a few seconds later as he yanked his weapon out of the floor and swung it at him a few more times, something that Tirek dodged for a few moments before his foe disappeared again and reappeared close by, where he swung the blade and loosed a wave of fire at him, which was when he switched to the Space Stone and used the vortex power to suck the flames up before they could reach him, something that was followed by him redirecting the flames towards Prince Lothric, who was either protected by a barrier or used his magic to stop the attack from hitting him, which meant Lorian had to be beaten first.
Of course their battle didn't last all that long, which was rather disappointing for Tirek, as Lorian thrust his blade forward and that was when the front half of it passed into one of Tirek's spacial portals so he could force his foe to stab himself in the back, something that caused his foe to shudder for a moment as that happened, before he collapsed on the ground and went still, hence the reason that Tirek walked away from where his first foe had fallen and stared up at the area that Prince Lothric was resting in, figuring he would either come down here and fight or he'd have to blow up most of this area and crush him after that.
"Oh, dear brother... I'm on my way..." Prince Lothric said, where it appeared that he raised his hands in a prayer motion as he said that, or at least that was what Tirek assumed he was doing, before he disappeared from the area that he had been resting in, and had been observing the battle from, and reappeared in the area that his brother had fallen in, to the left of his head to be exact, which was when he started to channel whatever power he commanded into his brother's body as he lowered his head to where one of his ears was, even if Tirek caught what he had to say, "My brother, unyielding sword of Lothric's prince... rise, if you would... for that is our curse."
What happened next was that Prince Lothric wrapped his arms around his brother's neck and the power raised Lorian, as in he was revived from where Tirek had dropped him and took up his kneeling stance once more, only this time around his brother remained wrapped around his neck, meaning that if Tirek were to take Lorian down it would give him a chance to deal some damage to Prince Lothric while the weak brother went to revive his brother, if he didn't want to target him while Lorian was moving, though this made things much easier for him and Sarana, who was patiently waiting for her chance to lash out at the Princes, as while the first revival was happening he opened the barrier a bit and allowed her to leave the area the others were being contained inside for the rest of the fight. The other thing that happened was that the embered state returned to the Twin Princes, just like what happened when all of the Abyss Watchers had been taken care of and the group of warriors had pooled their power into a single body, meaning that the brothers must be taking the fight seriously at long last, and Prince Lothric started by releasing a mass of light spheres into the air, before both he and Lorian vanished thanks to the light power they apparently had access to, where Tirek stood still for a moment as he engaged the power of the Soul Stone to seek his foes out while using the Space Stone to ready some small portals. A few moments later Tirek moved to the side for a moment and dodged the incoming attack as Lorian crushed the area he had been standing in with his greatsword, which was followed by Tirek redirecting Prince Lothric's attacks right into Lorian's chest, even though he also added a burst of smaller Lightning Spears into the mix to inflict some additional damage to the larger brother, due to the fact that he wanted to see what else the brothers had to use against him, before he brought them down and reduced them to ashes, after Sarana got her revenge anyway. His thoughts were proven a few moments later as Prince Lothric took a moment to gather his power for a few seconds and then fired a beam of light energy at Tirek's chest, who stood still as it came at him and grinned as another portal opened up, this one aimed right at Lorian's chest and was sharpened by a bit of his own magic, the force of which knocked the elder brother into the air for a moment and sent him flying into another stone pillar, one that was shattered as both of them took some damage from what Tirek had done.
Lorian's response to that attack was to teleport himself and his brother into the air so he could thrust his greatsword right down into the area Tirek was standing in, who weaved his magic into the Power Stone for a moment as he hurled his fist upwards, just like he had done earlier, where their powers collided for a moment and the entire chamber, and possibly the rest of the castle that was in their immediate area, shuddered under the weight of their powers fighting each other, and it was even more true since Prince Lothric had added his power to his brother's attack, so it was one against two right now, but while he wasn't using his full power against them he knew that he didn't need to do so, as he was able to push both of his foes backwards, causing the air to shake for a moment as everything died down. From that point it seemed like Prince Lothric understood that the homing light attack was useless in the grand scheme of things and focused solely on adding his power to what his brother was doing, so whenever Lorian lashed out with his greatsword Prince Lothric made sure to help his brother out, resulting in them clashing with each other and causing the chamber to shudder whenever their energies came into contact with each other, where several of their collisions actually opened the way for Tirek to hit the larger brother in the chest and knock him to the ground, something that caused Prince Lothric to fall off and rush over to where his defeated brother was resting, all so he could raise him again. Tirek took advantage of that as he channeled the power of his Forbidden Sun spell and blasted the weak Prince in the chest, sending him flying through the air and let him collide with one of the cracked pillars, not enough to do any damage to the pillar in question, but that was followed by Prince Lothric teleporting back to where Lorian was standing and raised him to do battle once more, making Tirek wonder if the weaker brother held his older brother's soul or if they were connected in some way. Either way it didn't matter in the grand scheme of things, as regardless of what Tirek did the weaker Prince managed to revive his brother and resume their fight, which he was fine with since the collisions of their powers was enough to shake and crack parts of the chamber, all while opening the way for him to deal some decent damage to his foes, and there was even a time where the brothers combined their flames and light into a single wave attack that carved up the ground and rushed at Tirek, who used one of the Space Stone's power to catch the attack and redirect it into Lorian's chest.
This time around, when Prince Lothric rushed forward to raise his brother for what seemed like the fifth time, despite the fact that Tirek wasn't really keeping track of that sort of thing since he could overcome their combined power on his own, though as the brothers tried to get back into the game Tirek grinned as Sarana jumped out of the section of the chamber that she had been hiding in and swung her blades through the air, slicing off the heads of the Twin Princes in the process, something that was followed by a flash of light as they transformed into some ashes that they would place on the empty throne that rested in the Shrine... not to mention the fact that Tirek greedily absorbed the power of their souls, just like he had done with the previous Lords of Cinder, restoring him to his full power at long last.
"The deed is done, the Twin Princes are no more." Tirek stated, though as he said that he waited for Sarana to collect the ashes of their foe, just like she had done after they defeated the other Lords of Cinder, before channeling the power of the Space Stone once she was ready, creating a portal that would take them back to the Shrine without using the bonfires, to which he glanced at the rest of the group for a moment and beckoned for them to head through the portal, "Come, let us head back to the Shrine and bring an end to this quest."
Sarana and Martok nodded their heads, as they were used to what Tirek was capable of doing and walked forward, which convinced Gotthard and the rest of their new allies to follow suit not a few seconds later, where they were surprised when they appeared inside the Shrine that held the five thrones that the Lords of Cinders, or their ashes in this case, which was followed by Tirek stepping into the building not a few seconds later and made sure to close the portal as soon as everyone was on this side of the portal, before noticing that Yuria seemed to have moved, as she was standing in the area that the Fire Keeper had been standing in, though she seemed to have something to tell him.
"My Lord, I have done some searching, and I believe that I have found something that can become the missing Stone that you mentioned earlier." Yuria said, where Tirek could easily tell that she was referring to the fact that he had might have said something about the Reality Stone he wanted to create, something that would allow him to complete his great Infinity Gauntlet and truly take control of the entire world, once they set the final ashes on the last throne and did whatever was supposed to happen after that event, "I have discovered that there is a second bonfire in the chamber that you fought the traitor in, one that should allow you to access the Ringed City, where you will find something to twist into the Reality Stone you mentioned some time ago."
Tirek grinned for a moment, as the thought of completing his Infinity Gauntlet was more than enough for him to head over to the area that he had fought Elfriede in and see if Yuria was telling the truth, which he believed she was doing since she had no reason to lie to him, to which he approached the bonfire that was in front of them and accessed it's power, as the power of the Stones didn't work in the Painted World and he was sure that the same would be true for this Ringed City, but he was fine with that as he and his companions started to head out once more, leaving Gotthard in charge of those that had just joined them, even though they would be back in due time for Tirek to claim this world.