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// The Demon King's Conflict 
// Story: Wrath of Grogar 
// by Israel Yabuki 
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The battle against the Titan Demon had finally ended. But the bigger battle between two of Equestria's most dangerous tyrants has only just begun. With the girls still injured and shaken up from their fight with the Titan Demon, they had to find shelter and get treated for their injuries and fast. Luckily, the guys and Celestia were there to lend them a helping hand… well, except for the revived Demon King.

"Girls… I… I'm sorry. I… never should've… constantly blamed Eternal for the things he didn't do," Rainbow said, through her injured voice.

"We'll worry 'bout that later. But right no-- AGH! we all need to rest," AJ stated, holding her injured rib cage.

"He won't… stand a chance out there. We have to… help him," Sunset struggled saying through her injuries.

“You’re all unable to do anything in this state. You all need to rest up,” Starlight stated as she does her absolute best to treat their injuries; although, she has to do it hands-on due to her not having magic in this world.

The Dazzlings kept to themselves, though they’re scared out of their minds from the experience they had with the Titan Demon.

"And I thought I was brutal when I was in a bad mood," Aria said, wide-eyed and shaken up.

"Dagi? Aria? I don't think we're safe anymore," Sonata said, worried.

"Calm down girls. We made it out alive and that's all that matters. Just you wait, everything will die down and go back to normal," Dagi said, trying not to lose her cool.

While Adagio comforts her sisters, Celestia and Heat tended to this world’s Eternal Flames, who remain unconscious from having been KO’d by Inferno. It still broke her heart knowing her eldest son was that savage titan demon, but she was relieved to have him back. She gave him a warm hug and whispered into his ear.

"It's okay… I'm here for you now, sweetie. I promise I will never let anything happen to you," Celestia whispered. Tears kept trickling down from her eyes. 

Heat was also devastated as well. He still couldn’t believe that the demonic beast that hunted him and everyone else was his brother that had disappeared for weeks. He waited desperately for his return and now he was back home where he belongs.

"I'm still a bit confused. You're telling me that this guy… is your brother?" Lightning Burn asked, gesturing to their world's Eternal Flames.

“I’m still processing what you all are telling us,” Flash spoke, still unsure of everything that’s going on.

"Let me see if I can piece this together; This Eternal is the one that recently went missing because of… reasons I'm unsure of. And the other one that you, Sunset, and I traveled with during our search for the Moon Gem is originally from Equestria. Princess Luna did recognize her nephew and so did the guards of Equestria." Halo explained while stroking his chin.

"Gaaah!!! Now my brain is hurting! Just how many more Eternals are there?" Blazing Waters asked in frustration.

"Just the two, for all I know. But if we're talking about beyond our universe… who knows how many there are," Copper Plume said.

“Well, Death and Harmony did mention ‘multiverse’ while they gave us background on wraiths. So… That means there’s so many!” Pinkie stated.

"Oh please, no! As if two Eternals weren't enough, now there are other universes with that fiery knucklehead running loose?" Frostbite asked in shock.

"Hey, for all we know, there could also be more of us in the multiverse. Each with different kinds of realities." Israel shrugged.

"Uh… right. But back to the pandemic at hand, are we sure that demonic fiery knucklehead can take down those baddies by himself? If you ask me, he's just asking to get killed," Frostbite said.

“Really? That’s all you guys talk about? Have you forgotten about Mr. OP over there or are you not gonna address the elephant in the room?” Aria responded while pointing over to the wraith with amnesia, who was busy looking out the window and admiring the moon in the sky.

"Good point. I still can't believe Inferno's a wraith." Flash said in awe.

"It puts me at ease to know he's back, but I'm kinda worried he might turn against us. You heard what Harmony and Death told us about the last wraith that was summoned. None of us are even remotely strong enough, even as a team," Halo said. "But still… regardless, he's still our best friend and he deserves to be treated as such."

“Halo’s right. No matter what he looks or what he’s become, Inferno will always be a good friend to us.” Twilight added.

“Even if he’s now an omnipotent being of universal destruction?” Sonata responded in question.

"I'm still curious of one thing: how is his mother going to take the news? We have to tell the dear eventually, he is her child," Rarity stated.

"That's true. But for now, I think it's best if we wait a little longer until Inferno's completely recovered all of his memories," Fluttershy suggested.

“Has he regained his memories yet?” Halo asked.

"Only a small chunk of them. He knows we're his friends," Sunset said.

“So… barely,” Flash replied.

"Eeyup," AJ nodded.





Meanwhile, back with the Dark Trinity group, Light Ray was laughing out loud after having gotten the Demon Crystals and Moon Gem. Sombra had an evil grin on his face, but Chrysalis wasn't feeling too happy about it.

"You have done well for me, you two… and you certainly delivered big time. Now the power of these artifacts will belong to me!" Light Ray proclaimed. But as he began to absorb their power, the light from within them began to grow dim before falling to the ground. "WHAT?!"

"What is this?!" Sombra asked before inspecting the now-powerless magic artifacts. "DAMN!!! They must've had the majority of their power drained!" 

"That boy… he's responsible for this! I never should've let him take those crystals from me!" Light Ray growled, letting his dark energy flow out, short-circuiting any electronic devices within a 10-yard radius. "New plan… you two… are to find that boy… and TAKE back the demonic energy he's absorbed! Fail… and your powers become mine,” Light's voice turned deep and threatening, frightening both Sombra and Chrysalis.

"Understood. You shall have your powers back," Sombra replied before leaving him. Chrysalis said nothing and just hesitantly walked out.

Soon as they left the warehouse they were staying, Sombra stated that they should separate to cover more ground; mostly because they were more powerful than before, they don’t need to have strength in numbers.

Chrysalis took to the skies, hovering over the city. While Sombra searched from the ground while spreading his dark magic and dark crystals everywhere he goes, as a method to draw the target out. 

As he's doing this, Eternal is out in the city, searching for Sombra and Chrysalis when all of a sudden, he felt a surge of demonic energy coming from somewhere North of the city. "So… you have chosen death," he muttered to himself before zooming off into Sombra's direction. Though the former Crystal Empire tyrant was far from any normal human being, Eternal's demonic super speed was cutting that long trip short. 

As he goes to turn a corner, he's met with a sharp dark crystal, which hits him square in the face, knocking him back while it broke. He's sent crashing into a brick wall, leaving a large dent in it. He gets out and stares down at the man who attacked him.

"You're pathetically predictable… like a moth to the flame," Sombra called out as he slowly walked towards the young prince. "You are just as weak and feeble as those poor girls who tried so hard to stop that monster. You don't even pose a threat to me."

"Don't be so sure, Sombra! You were stopped twice before, I can stop you all by myself!" Eternal rebutted, clenching his fists. But Sombra laughed it off.

"You? By yourself? You must be joking. I have regained my full potential! I'm not the same as I was the last time I fell victim to your pathetic "Magic of Friendship" bullcrap! And after I finish dealing with you, Equestria will soon fall before me! Starting with your pathetic little friends" Sombra gloated.

"You will do no such thing! My friends might not have the Elements of Harmony anymore, but you forget they still have each other! And united, they will vanquish you time and again! But I'm gonna save them the trouble of defeating you. And I'll prove it by taking you down myself!" Eternal rebutted again, his demonic aura radiating strong.

"Then you and I have nothing more to speak about. Let's… end this," Sombra said, bringing out what looked like some kind of sword.

“Ladies first,” Eternal responds in mockery. His demonic aura shrouded his right arm and forged his signature Demon King sword. Both dark fighters charged in and clashed their weapons hard, taking a swing at each other, trying to overpower each other.





Meanwhile, as this epic clash was going down, Chrysalis revisited the one place where she and Celestia had the greatest time… The ruins of the Canterlot Mall. Silently, she wandered the entire building, revisiting the areas and shops where they did crazy activities with each other. She then arrived at the very clothing store Tia took her to get her a brand new wardrobe of clothes to wear.

Soon the former Changeling Queen entered the store and strolled through the store for several minutes. During her silent walk, she then sees something on the floor that caught her eye. She took a few steps towards the object she saw, reaches down, and picks it up with her hand. The object was a hair brooch… a sky-blue colored flower brooch with light cyan-colored leaves…. The very brooch that Tia gave her.

Soon Chrysalis was overcome with guilt and sadness as tears flowed from her eyes; however, she kept her composure, took the brooch, and placed it in her hair. Soon she felt a wave of anger and sorrow as she removed her crown and tossed it across the store, which shattered against one of the walls upon impact.

She then takes a couple of deep breathes to herself as the anger was replaced with remorse and regret. Later, she began to sing a sorrowful melody as she starts seeing images or mirages of Tia everywhere she looks.

Chrysalis could never forgive herself for the way she had betrayed Tia. All she wanted now was to hold her hand and tell her how sorry she was. But no amount of sorries in the world could make up for the grief she caused and put her sons in danger. So what if she's more powerful than ever before, what's the good of having all this power… if it means pushing away the one person… she loves so much.

For her entire life, all she did was manipulate and take the love of others to benefit herself. Not once did she opened her dark heart to others and only took advantage of theirs. But now… she had met the one person who had opened their heart to her… and she too had opened her heart to them. 

For the first time, she discovered what love truly is. But she let her fears and ignorance ruin her chance of ever experiencing that further. Starlight was right, she should've taken up on her offer to redeem herself. Now, what's she gonna do? What can she do?

She doesn’t know. She never experienced this before. And after she finished her song, she dropped to her knees and let loose with the tears, sobbing quietly to herself.

She sat there… full of regret after breaking the heart of the one she loved.





Back with Sombra and Eternal, the two warriors were clashing their swords against each other, causing massive shockwaves with every clash. But just then, Sombra got the upper-hand and swung down at Eternal and knocked him down to the ground. His movements were quicker due to Eternal's current injuries from the Titan Demon. Though he felt the blow, his returned demonic strength lessened the damage.

He stood back up and let go of his sword, glaring up at the smug tyrant. He zoomed after him, wrapped in his demonic aura, preparing for a punch, but Sombra blocks the attack using his sword, then grabbed Eternal by the head and flung him away from him. Eternal flipped backward and landed on his two feet perfectly.

After safely landing, Eternal then forms a demonic fire sphere in his hand and flings it straight towards Sombra. The fire orb makes direct contact with the evil king’s face, causing him to feel his whole face burnt and the smoke clouding his vision. In a second the smoke cleared and the shadow king’s face shows no damage whatsoever; Although, it did piss him off. In the palm of his hand, he conjured up a ball of black lightning and fired it at the former demon king. Eternal formed an X with his arms in an attempt to block it. He feels the electricity surging through his arms, but doesn't give in to the pain.

He stands his ground and channels the black lightning into the palm of his hands and fires it back at the evil tyrant with double the ferocity. This time, he sends Sombra flying a few feet away, making him lose his balance and hit the ground hard. 

"Is that… all… you've… GOT?!" Sombra yelled, standing back up and flowing with so much dark energy. His eyes turned from blood red to completely demonic yellow, his pupils were gone, just two glowing yellow eyes, brimming with rage.

"Believe me… I'm just getting WARMED UP!!!" Eternal yelled back. Both dark foes charged forward, locking their hands together in their epic clash, unleashing their hidden powers, shaking the earth through their sheer willpower.





Meanwhile, in Harmony and Death's dimension, they watched in horror as this epic clash prolonged and continued to make the earth tremble beneath their feet. Harmony and Death fear what the aftermath will be after all is said and done. However, their biggest fears were about what will be the outcome of this madness.

“The poor souls in that world.” Harmony softly said, saddened by what she saw. “Forced to be in the center of that destruction.” She added.

“And how many would be lost in this conflict?” Death asked. “What is the point of this battle if there is nothing to gain while everything around them is destroyed?”

"What's worse is we're powerless to get in between them. This is beyond our control," she replied, trembling in sorrow.

Death sees her distress and soon brought his arms up to pull her into an embrace, to give her a sense of comfort. “I know… I am distraught by this as well,” He responded, sorrowly.

While they embraced each other, two glowing lights, one of golden orange and a blue one, enters their realm, followed by two distinct voices. The Grim Reaper and the Goddess of Life turn to face them after sensing the aura they emitted. As they did, the voices from the lights were heard more clearly.

"Harmony, Death, your presence is requested effective immediately," a female voice calls out.

"This is a matter of keeping the natural order," the male voice says.

Death and Harmony stood still for a while, with confusion and worry of the message from the lights gave them. And before they could speak, the lights faded away without a trace.

“What do they want now?” Death asked, with his tone being confused and annoyed.

"I don't know, but you know they only hold a council meeting when it's far more serious," Harmony mentioned. "Let's go."

Death let out a groan of annoyance and displeasure. “If they are there as well, you know that it won’t be very civilized.” He stated.

"I know, but what choice do we have?" Harmony asked. She then held out her hand and used her magic to open up a portal. The two deities walk through the portal and enter an entirely different dimension, an entire white void with a round table and multiple thrones around it.

After the two had entered this domain, soon two other guests popped into the room. One of them, being the Lord of Chaos himself, Discord, and another draconequus. This one is a female, and had identical features as the Lord of Chaos; except her fur was snow-white with her eyes being blue.

The two draconequus didn’t notice the other two deities until Discord looked their way. And when he did, "Well, would you look at that, it's almost a full house in here," Discord said, "Care for a cup of singing tea?" he asked, snapping his fingers and causing a few singing tea bags to float around him, Harmony and Death.

Soon the female draconequus snaps her fingers and soon the singing teabags vanished from existence.

“Discord, you do know that Galaxia strictly forbids us to use our chaotic magic. And I cannot stand that witch’s complaints,” The female draconequus replied with annoyance.

“It’s wonderful to see you too, Eris,” Harmony spoke towards the female draconequus.

"Oh, you're no fun, sister," Discord huffed, turning away, folding his arms.

“Come on, little brother. You know I too enjoy making chaos, but this meeting is not the time or place to have our chaotic fun," Eris replied. “And I cannot bear to hear another word from Galaxia again!” She added.

“I see you still despise her, even after 2 centuries since our last meeting.” Death responded.

"Just like how you despise Grogar for attacking you when you went after Eternal's soul?" Discord rebutted

“Must you remind me?” Death growled in response to that reply, remembering that incident which then led to chaos that is going on today.

“Well, he isn’t wrong,” A voice called out from the darkness, catching everyone’s attention as they hear heavy footsteps approaching. As they turned around towards the source of the footsteps, a figure emerged from the darkness, wearing dark-red armor all over his body and a worn and torn red cape on his back, and on his belt is a sheath with a sword in it. His face is not shown, with only a frightening dark-red helmet with a visor that had two eye holes and small little holes that aligned below the eye holes. And from them, were glowing fiery-orange eyes. “Been a long time… brother.” the being replied with a dark tone of voice that would intimidate all others.

Death stared at the armored figure with an unforgiving glare and displeasure. “War.” He replied.

Then soon another individual appeared into the room, well more like jumped onto the table. The individual wore torn and ripped clothing, with his body being extremely thin as if he has been lack of nutrition and his skin was dark grey. He wore a small hood over his head and his face covered in bandages and wraps, leaving only his gray eyes and mouth, which had rows of sharp teeth. Soon the individual began chuckling with maniacal laughter.

“You didn’t forget about us, did ya, Death,” The humanoid creature chuckled before turning to Eris. “Why hello there, Eris. Been a while, hasn’t it?” He spoke.

Eris turns away in disgust and had her hand up towards his face as a rejection. “Bite your tongue, Famine.” She replied.

“Sorry about that… He tends to… Overstep his boundaries.” Another voice responded from the darkness. And walking into the room, was a strange individual wearing clothing that was identical to the clothing that plague doctors wear during the “Black Death”

"Thanks, Pestilence. At least your personality out-matches your disease," Eris commented with a nod of approval.

“Well… I aim to please…” Pestilence replied, with his voice sounding a bit raspy and lower pitch, while giving a bow as well.

“I was hoping none of you would come.” Death sternly stated while still glaring at his fellow Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

“Well, we would have loved to skip out; however, that pathetic Cosmos insisted that it wasn’t our choice to make,” War replied.

“And besides… How can we not attend?” Famine added. “After all, it gives us a chance to see some familiar faces after so long.” He added before he receives a wack in the head by Pestilence’s cane.

“And yet you… still keep to… the shadows.” He stated. “While... the rest of us... continue our work.”

“Hey! The Earth has already gone to shit and just because I laid low for a while doesn’t mean that I’m not still feasting off the souls of the greedy and hungry.” Famine responded. “And boy was there a lot!” He added.

“Even after so many millenniums, you still haven’t changed one bit.” Harmony stated.

“He’s… always been… a rat.” Pestilence replied, which Famine didn’t take kindly.

But before he could even respond to his brother’s words, a portal mysteriously appears in front of the ancient beings and draconequus. The portal lead to a fiery wasteland, which Harmony and Death remembered all too well; Tartarus. And emerging from the portal was none other than the new Alpha Drakai and King of Tartarus, Daris. Wearing his demonic armor that shows his rank as Alpha. After the drakai had entered the room, the portal behind him closed and disappeared.

“Who’s this guy?” Famine responded, curious about this newcomer that arrived uninvited to their sacred meeting.

"He is the new reigning King of Tartarus; Daris," Harmony stated. Which had the other three horsemen confused and surprised; although, War wasn’t pleased about it.

“This worthless creature? King of Tartarus? I find that hard to believe. From what I remembered, Grogar is the true ruler of Tartarus.” War argued.

“He… was,” Harmony responded.

“Was?... Why do you… say that?” Pestilence asked. And that’s when Daris could voice his words towards them all.

“Because… Grogar is dead.” Daris replied. “I… killed him.” His statement surprised the 3 horsemen and Eris herself was shocked to hear of Grogar’s demise.

“So he’s dead… As in for good?” Eris asked, wanting to be sure of what she’s hearing.

“Yes…” The Drakai King responded.

"If I recall correctly, you dealt a fatal blow to Grogar while Eternal Flames finished him off with a magic blast fueled by his rage," Death corrected.

"Either way, Grogar has fallen. We were there to witness it," Harmony added.

“Then that means this Eternal you speak of should have been the ruler instead of this slave!” War exclaimed.

“Eternal is unfit and unstable to be the ruler of Tartarus. Therefore, Eternal does not deserve the title.” Harmony stated.

“Oh, you mean when he had that role, he threatens to destroy the mortal realm and Equestria at the same time?” Famine asked. Death and Harmony turn towards the 3rd Horsemen with shocked and surprised expressions.

“How do you know!?” Death asked in anger and confusion until Pestilence answered.

“Word had spread… Of the supposed invasion… of the mortal realm. Given to... the rest of us… by Galaxia.” the first horseman replied.

“That bitch.” Eris spoke in response to Pestilence’s statement. “I wasn’t told about any of that?!” She exclaimed.

"Watch your tongue!" another female voice echoed. Sure enough, the orange and blue glowing lights appeared in front of everyone and formed in the shape of two anthropomorphic alicorns. One was a midnight blue alicorn in silver, blue and black armor. The other alicorn was cream white with long purple and red-ish orange mane.

Discord then leans into her sister’s ear and whispers. “Well that could have been worse.” he silently stated.

"That's no way to talk about my wife, Eris. And on the subject of my grandson, Eternal, even if he were deserving of the title of Ruler of Tartarus, he'd refuse to be a part of it," the male alicorn stated as he sat down at the table with his wife.

“I still say he’s a better choice than this pathetic creature,” War mutters to himself, but of course, Daris heard him and didn’t like it.

The Drakai King turned towards the horseman and glared at him with killing intentions. “Wanna say that again? I dare you.” He growled while having his claws out as he and War locked eyes.

Harmony then gets in between the two and separates the two apart. “There’s no need to have a conflict between us; even if we have different opinions.” She stated.

“Says the whore who brought eternal damnation down upon her precious creations,” War replied with a calm tone, as a means of taunting her.

And with that, Death had enough, and swiftly, he brought out his scythe and has the blade up at War’s neck. However, War responds to this by drawing out his sword and also had it up at Death’s neck.

“HAHA! Looks like we got ourselves a show!” Famine stated while chuckling.

“This never gets old…. Not one bit.” Pestilence commented while shaking his head as if he’s seen this many times and is still not amused by it.

“Whoa-oh! Somebody better get the popcorn!” Discord stated as he summons a bowl of popcorn in his hand and starts snacking on it.

"ENOUGH!!! As the organizer of this meeting, I, King Cosmos, command you all to SILENCE YOUR TONGUES!!!" Cosmos yells out in his Royal Canterlot voice that shook the entire dimension to its core.

Everyone in the room, besides Death and War, all silenced themselves and felt shivers in their spines. After the silence had now filled the room, Cosmos then turns his focus to the two horsemen that are threatening to slit each other’s throats.

“And as for you two. This is neutral ground! And as such, you will obey the rules and lay down your weapons.” He stated.

Death and War still kept their eyes and blades at each other, until they slowly brought their blades away from each other and placed them away while the two still kept their eyes on each other.

Then soon everyone walked slowly to their seats; with Harmony and Death sitting beside each other, with Daris sitting next to them; Discord and Eris sat down in their seats next to the Drakai King; the other three horsemen were the last to sit down in their thrones, with Pestilence sitting in between Eris and Famine, with the latter continuing to annoy the former. He was not gonna enjoy this meeting. War sat on the far end of his two fellow horsemen.

"Now then, let's get this meeting underway," Cosmos said. "Galaxia, you may fill everyone in on the predicament at hand."

"Of course, dear," Galaxia nodded. "Now, are you all familiar with our struggle against the forbidden creature known as… the wraith?"

“How… can any of us… forget.” Pestilence responded.

“Worse years of my eternal life.” Famine stated.

“It was fun while it lasted,” War commented.

“Are we seriously discussing that? I had to spend centuries to try and get Discord to stop having nightmares about that.” Eris exclaimed.

“No, I was not!” Discord rebutted.

“Well, your crying and whining said otherwise,” Eris replied.

While everyone was chatting over their encounter centuries ago, Harmony and Death were starting to grow curious and also anxious over the discussion. Daris was unsure of what the meeting was about; although, he had heard tales of wraiths and the destructive power they possess when he was young.

“Uh, is there a reason why you ask that question, Galaxia?” Harmony asked out of curiosity and any unsettling feeling she had.

"In recent events, Eternal and his friends fought hard to gather the Demon Crystals and Moon Gem to resurrect a friend of theirs, one who was lost in the conflict against the demons. The plan was a success… but the side effects were… alarming." Galaxia said. "It would seem, that in resurrecting their friend, he's also been brought back… as a wraith."

Everyone in the room, besides Harmony and Death, became shocked and horrified from what they heard. But... that’s impossible! Right? They ensure every measure they could to prevent any wraith from being summoned ever.

“How… is this possible?” Pestilence asked.

“Ugh, great! Another wraith!?” Famine complained.

“Interesting. Very interesting indeed.” War said to himself.

“But that can’t be possible! We took every precaution and every measure to ensure that they can't be summoned! How can this be true?!” Eris asked out of fear and confusion.

“Well… I’m gonna be packing my things when I get back home.” Discord commented.

“I’ve only heard stories about wraiths… But I never wish to see one up close.” Daris spoke with an unsettling feeling in his mind.

"It seems that by way of resurrection through the Demon Crystals and Moon Gem is what escaped our attention. However… it seems like this particular wraith has only shown hostility towards the Titan Demon that rampaged throughout the city." Galaxia said.

“That is true. Death and I were there to witness it.” Harmony commented.

"And he's already learned who his friends and enemies are, but it does raise concerns," Cosmos said.

“That seems… different? His behavior… is different… from the other wraith we faced.” Pestilence claimed.

"It's because he's confused. He's still trying to find out more about himself. When he was resurrected, the young man lost his memories of when he was alive. But, little by little, they’re returning to him. He's already learned that the girls are his friends when he saw them being attacked by the titan demon.” Death explained.

“And what would happen if he were to gain back all his memories?” Eris asked.

"Odds are he might help defend the city, maybe even the world. But that all depends on his mental state," Harmony said. “With every memory that returns to him, he’s forced to relive that memory in his mind, including the emotions that come with it.”

“So… If he were to remember a memory that is too painful and distraught to him…” Daris said in curiosity.

“He may be likely to lash out or it would drive him mad,” War added onto the drakai’s statement.

"That's not good. This could mean Multiverse War 2," Eris said, fearing the worst.

“I enjoy my fair share of chaos. But that is beyond the chaos I prefer.” Discord commented.

"I get it, you want us all to band together to banish this new wraith into an inescapable dimension with the other one. Why didn't you say so?" War asked, cracking his knuckles.

“NO!” Harmony protested. “While I would agree to such actions in the past. But this time, I will not allow Inferno to be banished. He’s shown that he’s different from the first wraith we fought. And even if we do decide to do so, Eternal and his friends will not allow it” She stated.

“Please… What can a bunch of puny mortals do? We’re beings of cosmic power.” War rebutted.

"Technically, Eternal is not a mere mortal. Remember when Harmony and Death mentioned how he used the Demon Crystals and Moon Gem to resurrect his friend?" Cosmos asked. "In doing so, he not only brought him back, but he also restored his demonic strength. So in a way, he's become an immortal being of his own." Cosmos said.

“Ugh! We get it. You’re grandkid’s the chosen one! BIG DEAL!” Famine sarcastically commented.

“Why do I even have you as a brother?” Pestilence muttered in mere annoyance by his fellow horseman’s tone.

“But Eternal is not entirely immortal.” Death protested against Cosmo’s statement. “While it would protect him against any powerful attacks from alicorns and Grogar himself. And it would even help defend him against Sombra’s attacks even after being empowered by the crystals. But we all know better of the power and immortality of wraiths.” He stated.

“Don’t remind me,” Eris responded.

"Let's not forget… attacks that are moon-powered… are poisonous to demons," Daris pointed out. “I would know.”

"Wait, if his friend is a wraith and he does help everyone out… why doesn't he just take down the main threat?" War implied.

"That's not gonna happen. Eternal Flames made it clear he's going to fight them on his own to redeem himself. He blames himself too much already for leading the demons in an all-out war against humanity and Equestria," Death said.

“And that stubbornness is gonna get him killed. He cannot face them all by himself, not while his power and demonic blood are impacted by the Moon Gem’s magic.” Harmony stated.

“Which meant he doesn’t have the might to challenge them all at once,” Daris said while becoming worried for his mortal friends on Earth.

“So that means… that he’s powerful… but it not enough.” Pestilence responded.

"Let me take down these cronies and show them what true strength is like!" War said.

"True strength? You were too stubborn to back out of that fight with the first wraith when he had his feet planted on your face," Famine retorted.

“Says the one who ran screaming like a little girl,” Discord commented.

"Look at the pot calling the kettle black. Last I checked, you transformed yourself into a whiny little puppy dog when things got too heated and ran away going "YIPE! YIPE! YIPE!" Famine rebutted, annoyed.

"Hmm… touché," Discord replied.

"So… what should… we do?" Pestilence asked.

“That is why we are all gathered here. To discuss what should our best course of action be.” Galaxia stated.

“Well, after constantly about your grandkid that you won’t shut up about… We’re pretty much stuck.” Famine pointed out.

“What my… immature companion…. Is trying to say… is that we are unsure how to approach this matter.” Pestilence commented.

"I propose the best course of action is to watch them closely and then step in if things get dicey for the group and Eternal," Discord chimed in.

“I vote for that,” Eris responded.

“That’s something I can agree with,” Harmony said.

“So do I,” Death added.

“As do I,” Daris commented.

"Then it is settled. We shall stand by and watch it plays out. If things become too dangerous and the wraith goes on a rampage, we stop it at all cost," Cosmos said.

"Let us hope it does not come to the latter," Galaxia added.





Meanwhile, back in the city, the two dark tyrants kept trying to overpower the other. Sombra's dark crystals kept popping out of the ground, the buildings and the roofs anytime Eternal tried dodging his attacks. But he wasn't fast enough to dodge one of his dark crystals at it pierced just above his heart enough to miss his vital spot, drawing a little blood.

Eternal stepped back, gripping his injured spot, growling at his adversary as he laughs at his pain like he was child’s play.

"What's that matter "demon king?" Did I hurt you? Oh, no, no, no… don't get up!" Sombra exclaimed before laughing it off maniacally. 

"You know something, Sombra. I was planning on letting you live as a principle I am forced to abide by, but considering your vile, black-hearted deeds up 'til now, I can see now that there's no point in holding back," Eternal rebutted, his voice getting deeper.

"You? Holding back? HAH! Don't make me laugh! You have yet to recover from your previous fight, you can't bluff your way out of--" But Sombra spoke too soon. For at that moment, a surge of black and deep scarlet red demonic energy shrouded Eternal Flames and the area around him, leaving only his blood-red, glowing eyes to illuminate amidst the shrouded energy.

Moments later, the shroud of demon energy began to disappear and out of the dark mass of energy, Sombra saw Eternal emerge out of it, wearing a new set of demon king armor. Sombra could sense that he wasn't bluffing; Eternal Flames, the Demon King… has returned.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared. Sombra blinked and couldn't find him. By the time he saw him, it was too late, he received an aggressive uppercut and sent flying 5,000 feet above the ground. Eternal's demon wings sprung out and he flew up to his prey. He grabbed him by the throat and spun him around in circles before tossing him against one of the abandoned buildings before he tackled him through the walls.

Sombra, with a little luck, managed to slip out of his grasp and backflipped to his feet back onto the ground and took out his sword again. His demonic foe touched the ground while Sombra kept his distance for the time being.

"Okay, so maybe there was some truth to your hidden powers, but that won't change the outcome of this fight!" Sombra exclaimed.

"Then prove your worth," Eternal provoked in his deep, demonic tone. Sombra had to make good on his threat. And right now, there's no room for failure. Sombra took his stance and concentrated all of his power, generating his dark energy into his entire being.

Black mass not only shaped his body but his armor and weapons, too. His entire skin had turned jet black, his eyes remaining all yellow and glowing, his armor turning blood red and his sword growing longer until it was at least 9 feet long and changed its appearance.

This was it. This was Sombra's true form. "Now you'll face the wrath of a true king!" Sombra said in a deep tone.

"We shall see," Eternal replied, drawing his dual-ended blade. These powerful foes soon clashed once more. Their swings were much faster with precise accuracy. They ran along the empty streets, up and down multiple buildings, leaping through the air. Neither foe was backing off from their relentless fury.

Soon they clashed in many parts of the cities; left to right, forth and back, back and forth; speeding across the entire city at speeds that were 100x faster than light. And yet they kept on clashing and bashing at each other with no end to their battle. Eventually, they came to a stalemate in the middle of Canterlot Time Square. They stood 50 feet apart, their energy levels surging like crazy and still growing. 

"Not bad, you're a lot quicker than I thought. Your power has grown quite exponentially, too," Sombra said.

"I could say the same to you, but it's only a matter of time before I take you down. And I intend to make you squirm and beg for mercy. You're nothing but a speck of dust in the black wind," Eternal rebutted.

“Well now… best to show action rather than speak words,” Sombra responded.

“Ladies first,” Eternal mocked the Shadow King.

The two combatants growled at each other as they charge straight at each other with their loudest battle cries they can give.





Meanwhile, as the battle in the city rages on, the group took refuge back at Sugar Cafe since it was closer to the school. And it also had a backup generator and running water supply, so it was a perfect spot to lay low for a while and rest up easily.

"What is this world coming to? I want it to just stop already. I'm… I'm scared," Fluttershy said, curling up into a ball and rocking back and forth. Israel sat by her side and wrapped his arms around her in an attempt to comfort her.

"Just think happy thoughts, Flutters. Think of a happy meadow where wild animals roam free, with no danger in within sight or sound," Israel replied trying to calm her down.

As Israel does his best to comfort his frightened girlfriend, Starlight, along with the help of the boys, Celestia, and the boys; all tended to the other girls’ injuries. Pinkie Pie showed them where Mr.Cake and Mrs.Cake kept the medical kit in the restaurant; in case of emergencies.

Starlight tends to Sunset and Twilight as she applies alcohol on their cuts and bruises; which stung like a bitch.

“OW! That... freaking hurts,” Sunset grunted.

“Sorry,” Starlight responded. “But at least you won’t get any infections.” She added.

“Is that suppose to make me feel better?” Sunset replied.

“Sunset, no need to act so aggressive,” Twilight replied. "Starlight's just trying to help."

"Sorry, Twilight. I guess I'm still worried about Eternal. He's out there fighting those… those… I don't even know how to describe them anymore." Sunset said, frustrated.

"I get that you're worried. Against all three he doesn't stand a chance. But what if he's fighting them all separately?" Copper brought up.

"It’s still suicide! They’re all boost up with magic powers," Applejack pointed out.

"Oh, how I loath being powerless to help my dear friends, even if it's only one doing all the fighting by themselves," Rarity pouted sadly.

"Then why are you all here and not with him? He’s your friend after all.” Sonata asked them all.

“He’s too stubborn. His guilt had overwhelmed his judgment, he won’t risk his friends getting hurt… more.” Twilight stated. “Even if we do go and help him, he’ll have us stay out of it. Besides we’re not in any good shape.”

“Well, what about him?” Aria asked the group while pointing over to their wraith friend standing by the window and looking up to the moon in the sky.

"If he got his memory back, maybe he could help fight off those three. I mean, you saw how he tossed that Titan Demon around like a rag doll, right? No offense, Celestia," Rainbow said.

"Well, I hope this pandemic passes by. This apocalyptic world is no place to raise my son in. Not after the Hell he's been through," Celestia said, looking at her unconscious son who was laying on the round table.

"So what's the story, Ms. Celestia? Why did he go AWOL all of a sudden?" Lightning asked.

Celestia just kept her gaze upon her knocked-out son and laid her head against his shoulders. "It all started a few weeks ago. Eternal was about to head out to the mall when Blaze Burn… my husband… he… he said some things he never should've said. He… he wanted to force his business onto Eternal, but Eternal didn't want to take over as a hotel tycoon. Blaze Burn kept insisting that he do so, or he'll never live a successful life." she explained, cringing at the memory of her husbands' cruel words.

Everyone was a bit taken back by that horrible experience this world’s Eternal had in the past. All of them were displeased by this information; Well, all beside the wraith in the room, who only paid attention to the light of the full moon like an insect to bright light.

"Eternal and I were so upset that we even argued with Blaze, but he was too stubborn and pig-headed to listen to reason. He wasn't the same man I fell in love with. But the final straw was when he told Eternal… "Fine, be a bum the rest of your life. But one day you'll be begging for my help and I won't be here when you come crawling back to me." Eternal lost it… and then he punched Blaze right in the jaw and cursed him to Hell. Afterward, he ran out the door… and didn't return ever since… until now," Celestia finished.

“But… how did he become like this? How did he become that… thing from earlier?” Flash asked.

"Supposedly, when we were still under Grogar's control, he recruited Eternal because of the intense amount of negative energy flowing inside of him. Grogar wanted to use that hate of his to not just crush his father… but also help him control the entire world. But his anger was far too unstable, not even we were able to subdue him. Our only option was to incase him in a giant demonic crystal and keep him under strict surveillance," Frostbite explained.

Everyone in the room was horrified and shocked hearing this information about Eternal’s becoming a Titan Demon. But soon the silence was broken by someone unexpected.

“You’re not telling them the full truth.” The voice spoke. It was familiar to everyone that they all turned to Inferno standing by the window. The tone he spoke with was one so familiar… it was that tone he once had when he first came to this world. Back when he was an assassin. “I know the real reason of how the young lad there became the demon bastard he once was.” He stated in an unpolite tone.

I-Inferno? Are you ok?” Starlight asked, feeling a bit worried and anxious.

“Thanks to that traitor there, I have a few more of my memories come back to me. Memories of my knowledge of demons… and my hate towards them.” The mercenary turned wraith growled in reply. “The only reason Grogar was able to have you all under his control, Frostbite… Was because you’re hearts were filled with Wrath, Envy, and Pride…. 3 of the seven deadly sins. And thus your sinned hearts were easy to manipulate… even when you were willing to allow it. That’s what happened to Eternal right there. His heart and soul are tainted with sins… Wrath, Pride, and Lust… Blood lust. And to only achieve the state of a Titan Demon, I once read information about that… to become a Titan Demon, you must complete a task… one that would damn your soul for all eternity. You would have to murder an innocent soul… and devour it.” He stated.

Celestia gasped. "Oh no!"

"But wait, who was it that he mu-- oh god," Sunset said before realizing.

“You should ask him instead of me. Besides… Dead men tell no tales.” Inferno replied before turning back to the window and soon was lost in a trance as he gazes at the moon.

"It can't be. My son would never murder someone," Celestia said, worried.

"This is all dad's fault! If he'd only acted like a real father he wouldn't have driven Eternal away as he did!" Heat said, grief-stricken.

“Is that all true? About… you know?” Fluttershy asked, barely keeping herself together.

“Well, Inferno is the demon expert so… I can’t even say it,” Halo responded which did not give Fluttershy any sense of relief.

"Uh… I think I know… who he might've killed to become the Titan Demon," Sunset said nervously. Everyone, except the wraith in the room, turned to her in curiosity and fearing of the answer they will hear.

"It was… a short while after the Demon War had ended. Eternal… that is… my boyfriend and I saw on the news that a man had been ripped in half while he was investigating the crumbled up castle."

“Who was he?” Frostbite asked.

"I...It was… Timber Spruce," Sunset hesitated, closing her eyes shut.

"Never heard of him, but DAMN! Did he die?" Israel asked.

"Afraid so. And to shed some light… he was Twilight's recent ex-boyfriend," Sunset said looking down. "A rather… obnoxious guy at that."

"In hindsight, I kinda had my doubts about the guy," Flash said.

“So how in hell is he even innocent?” Blazing asked in confusion.

“He had a family; a sister. And he’s always looked after her when their parents passed away and he’s never looked back on her.” Twilight replied. “Gloriosa told me after the events of Camp Everfree.” 

"So what made you break up with the guy in the first place?" Copper asked.

"Because of Heat. He was Twilight's first real friend back in preschool up until they separated during middle school. And when they finally met again… he had the displeasure of realizing he not only lost his childhood friend… but also his first crush," Halo explained.

"I… don't wanna sound rude, but jeez, Twi, how could you forget about your old friend for so long?" Blazing asked. Which he then receives a punch in the shoulder by Frostbite.

“Not cool, man.” He stated.

"And besides, we've put that behind us. Though, I wish he didn't die so horribly. Maybe if we get the artifacts back, we can bring him back to life," Heat suggested.

"Whoa! Bad idea! You seriously wanna bring back that hopeless flirt even after he went after your girlfriend?" Aria asked.

Twilight then got all confused. "Wait… hopeless flirt? Did I hear you correctly? What do you mean "hopeless flirt?" She asked, getting suspicious. "Are you saying you knew something about him that I wasn't aware of?"

"Well… we did have a few run-ins with him and kept talking about how "three hot girls such as ourselves" shouldn't be digging for table scraps and living in a van for the rest of our lives," Sonata chimed while cringing at those words.

"And on top of that, he'd keep shooting winks at us, but we kept telling him to back off," Adagio explained, living through that cringy memory again.

"Hold on, where's your proof that he did do all  those things?" Twilight asked, suspiciously. But just then…

"Uh, Twi? Maybe Ah can help with their claims," AJ said, pulling out her phone as she showed Twilight some pictures she took. The bookworm gasped at seeing Timber… flirting, not just with the Dazzlings… but other girls behind her back. "Ah shoulda come clean when Ah took these a few months ago."

“Can someone please tell me why this guy even innocent?!” Blazing asked again when he looked at the picture.

"I think it has something to do with his job. He probably volunteered to search the island for anything suspicious, He didn't hurt anybody there, nor did he seem aware the entire island was still too dangerous. And I guess… he paid the price with his life," Sunset said.

“Well, that’s just one thing, what else he did to make him innocent?” Blazing asked again.

While the group was conversing; unbeknownst to them, as Inferno was standing by the window looking at the moon in the sky, he started to feel his stomach ache as he grew hungry for strange reasons. And for some other stranges reasons, it keeps getting worse. He lets out inhuman growls as he gripped his stomach. The more the aching continued, the more he growled and snarled.

It wasn’t long before the others could hear the noise he was making.

"Whoa… I think we'd better steer clear of our "resurrected friend." He's not looking too happy right about now," Lightning warned

“He doesn’t look mad. He looks like he’s getting sick?” Frostbite suggested.

“He’s a Wraith. I don’t think they give a damn about being sick.” Flash commented.

As everyone kept their distance from their wraith companion as Starlight approached him carefully and with caution.

“Inferno? Are you ok?” She asked him.

“HUNGRY. I’m...hungry.” He responded with small growls and a deeper voice tone.

"Cupcake?" Pinkie asked, zooming over to him and handing him a cupcake.

Without warning, the assassin-turned-wraith snatched it from her hand, and with no manners at all, he munched down on the delicious pastry; with icing smudged on his face. Pinkie gave a cute giggle "Icing mustache!" she pointed out.

"Uh, Pinkie… I don't think you should provoke him like that," Copper said, feeling uneasy.

However, Inferno instead grabbed onto Pinkie as he stares into her eyes like he’s staring down into her soul. “More!” He demanded.

"Hold it right there! That's no way to talk to Pinkie Pie like that!" Rarity scolded.

Ignoring Rarity’s scolding and his hunger rising, Inferno bolted towards the kitchen of the restaurant; while pushing aside Frostbite and Copper, who was in the way,
with supernatural strength, sending them flying across the room as he entered the kitchen.

"HEY! DON'T BE MEAN TO MY PLUMEY!!!" Pinkie yelled, getting angry at Inferno.

And once again, ignoring everyone in the other room, Inferno ransacked the entire kitchen. Searching for anything to munch or devour. He then grabs a bag of sugar, cuts it open, and pours the whole quantity of the bag into his mouth. After having spent the whole bag, he tosses it to the side as he looks through the shelves and glass containers. He soon later finds the room where all the pastries, cakes, pies, and cupcakes are stored in. Without pause, he started to munch down on all of them at an alarming rate. And yet, he still felt hungry.

As Inferno was going on a feeding frenzy, everyone was shocked and amazed at how he was devouring large quantities of sweets and pastries without even putting on weight.

"I think we've unleashed a darker Pinkie Pie into this world," Lightning said in shock.





A roar rang throughout the highly deserted, broken city of Canterlot as the former Demon King Eternal and Sombra continued their epic clash for dominance. Both were at the peak of their strengths, giving it 110% to see which one will outclass the other. Sombra tried trapping him in a dark crystalized prison, but with his superior powers, he broke out without effort and a whole lot of anger.

He charged after Sombra and tackled him into the road, shattering the concrete as he dragged him down the road, his hands gripping his throat. Sombra used this momentum to kick him off and charge at him afterward, tackling Eternal into a building, nearly knocking it down.

But Eternal wasn't giving up that easily, he aimed a hand at Sombra and blasted him in the face with a wave of demonic energy, sending him flying out of the building while Eternal flew out just before the building could collapse right on top of him. Sombra was growing more and more frustrated with his adversary. All he wanted now was to kill Eternal Flames. In a fit of anger, he surged his energy and fired off a dark blast at the former Demon King. This time… Eternal did not budge and took the direct attack.

Sombra didn't stop his assault, he kept firing his attack at him, hoping he'd at least do a little bit of damage and wear him down. 'This has to work! It just HAS to! No mere mortal could withstand an attack this powerful! That should've at least slowed him down!' he thought to himself as he panted heavily.

While his breathing became more steady, the adrenaline in his body soon vanished… but at the absolute worst possible time. For as the dust settled, he stared in disbelief and shock and find two glowing red eyes, And no sooner than that, Eternal emerged, still in his armor and his powers seemed to have increased a great deal. 

"Did you forget, already?" Eternal asked in a low, distorted, demonic voice. "A demon can absorb whatever negative emotions that linger… especially if your negativity is channeled through your powers." Sombra's expression changed to one of shock before slumping down on one knee, exhausted from having shot an excessive amount of his dark magic, unable to think of another plan.

"You… You're a monster! You can't be real! No one! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME!!!" Sombra exclaimed, backing away.

"Not a very smart decision, Sombra. You're supposed to be a powerful tyrant… Where did all this fear come from?" Eternal asked in his demonic voice, lifting his fist in the air, shrouding it in a black mass of demonic energy. "Face your doom like a man!" he commanded. Sombra had no place to run… no place to hide… he was doomed… finished… done for.





Meanwhile, back with the others, the former assassin turned wraith suddenly felt a loud and strong eruption of power and sin. In the distance, he saw an enormous cloud of black mass erupting into the sky. And such an immense power can only come from the vilest… and most sinister of sinners. Inferno's stomach rumbled deeply, his hunger begging to be satisfied. His glowing purple eyes intensified as he walked out of the kitchen.

Everyone outside the room was conversing about something, likely about their wraith friend’s strange behavior until they see Inferno emerge from the kitchen and walking straight towards the doors of the restaurant. And seeing the strange behavioral expression on his face, made them all grow cautious and curious.

"Where's he going?" Rainbow asked.

"I… don't know. but I don't like where this is going. Inferno where are you going?" Starlight called out.

When she briefly caught his attention, Inferno turned his head to face their direction, showing them his now bright glowing purple eyes… and his newly razor-sharp teeth. They could hear unearthly growls coming from him as he stared at them. After a glance, he finally responds… with his tone of voice lower and raspy. “Must… feed.” He replied.

Fluttershy cowered behind her friends while the others backed away in fear. "Watch out, guys. Those eyes mean serious trouble!" Lightning warned.

Ignoring what the young man said, Inferno turned to face the doors of the restaurant which were made of entirely glass, with some steel features. He soon raised his hand at the door and with just the flick of his wrist; the glass shattered and dispelled straight out into the streets while the steel frame of the door was savagely pulled and bent with unforeseen force. With the door disposed of, the wraith assassin walks out of the restaurant and onto the streets of the town. As he stopped in the center of the streets, his raven-like wings sprouted open and he thrusts himself into the air and flies off somewhere else.

"Did you see the way he looked?" Starlight asked the others in shock.

"Oh, we saw it, alright! But why'd he go an' lose his mind like that?" AJ asked.

"It looks like he's going towards that explosion! But why?" Halo asked, worried.

"Didn't you hear him? He said "must feed," but… what the hell was he gonna feed on that caused that explosion?" Flash asked. The others looked at each other, questioning what his possible target could be, until…

"ETERNAL!!!" Sunset gasped. Everyone turned to her in confusion while some were worried.

“What are you talking about? He’s right here?” Aria responded while pointing over to the unconscious Eternal Flames of this world.

"No, her Eternal Flames, as in Princess Celestia's son? The one who's originally from Equestria! He's the one that's currently fighting on his own out there!" Flash specified.

"But, I don't understand, why would Inferno want to feed on Eternal? I thought those two got along like brothers," Rarity pointed out.

"Well my money is on that Inferno probably remembered Eternal betraying him and now he’s pissed about it.” Frostbite suggested.

"Sounds like a hell of a grudge if you ask me," Blazing said.

"It's the only logical conclusion we can come up with, so what do we do now?" Copper asked.

"We go after hi--" Rainbow jolted up, pumped with energy before feeling a jolt of agony in parts of her body. She grunted, feeling the intense pain coarse through her. "Ow! Celestia, I mean this in the nicest of ways when I say your son is a hell of a hard hitter!"

"Those eyes… those eyes… too… too… scary," Fluttershy squealed in fear, hiding in Israel's arms and whimpered.

"Shh… just don't think about it," Israel whispered.





At the battle area, a huge creator was formed and inside it was Sombra. His armor shattered and had nothing covering him, except for his torn-up black pants. He was unconscious while Eternal stood above the creator, shrouded in his immense demonic energy. "A shame you never changed your ways after losing 4 times. One to my mother and aunt, the 2nd time to Spike, Shining and Cadence, the 3rd time to Twilight and her friends… now… to me. Once a failure… always a failure."

"R. . .Radiant. . . p. . .please. . . forgive me. . . I'm. . .sorry." Sombra uttered through the pain. 

"What's this?" Eternal asked. "Who's this Radiant?" 

But just before he could get any answers from his fallen foe, Eternal is then suddenly tackled from behind. He and whoever tackled him, went flying and crashing down into the ground, far away from Sombra. The harsh landing caused whoever tackled him to lose their grip and fall next to him.

"Who did that?" Eternal grunted in his demonic voice, getting up and brushing off his armor. And as he turned around, he is met with someone he did not expect.

Standing before him is Inferno; growling and looking extremely pissed. And was already in his “Wrath form” with destructive energy emitting from his body. The wraith assassin stared at his prey; stenched of sin and dark energy; a perfect meal to satisfy his ever-growing hunger.

"Inferno? What's with that look in your eye and why did you attack me like that? Can you not see I'm on your side?" the young demon king asked.

The wraith assassin tilted his head in confusion. “What makes you say that you’re on my side… demon. The only ones on my side… are my friends. And your soul… is riddled and stenched of sin and corruption. A perfect meal… for a wraith.” Inferno replied with a dark and opportunistic tone as he lunges at Eternal, with his mouth of sharp teeth opened wide to take his first bite. Eternal acted quickly by uppercutting those chompers shut and then backed away from him.

"Have you gone insane? I'm not on the menu! What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked, his voice returning to normal.

Wraith Inferno turned around to face Eternal, this time with an angered expression, and then the former assassin reals back his fist and delivered an aggressive, piercing uppercut straight to Eternal’s gut. Time stood slowly for a while before it speeds back up as Inferno’s attack sent the young Demon King flying straight into the air. He crashed into a wall very high up on a building.

Eternal grunted, feeling the pain in his gut, despite his armor. He freed himself, trying to shake off the pain. He then brought out his demon wings and flew at high speeds towards his friend, tackling him with all his might.

However, just as he collided with Inferno, it proved useless and the wraith didn’t budge a bit. Inferno growled in annoyance as he grabs the young demon and then spun around with incredible speed before tossing Eternal over 1,000 yards. The wraith assassin faces the direction he threw his prey, then a second later, he is met with a full-powered punch straight to the face. Which then sent him flying about 20 yards before he regains composure and lands back on his feet while sliding backward along the streets of the city.

Inferno stands up straight while staring at the young demon king standing about 70 feet away from him. The wraith assassin moves his lower jaw around a bit before he soon has an appalled expression on his face. “Interesting.” He muttered to himself.

"He's no joke! I barely managed to knock him back with that punch," Eternal murmured between breaths, feeling on edge. His body tensed up and launched himself high in the air, creating a black and red energy ball the size of an XXXL beach ball, and fired it at high speeds.

Waiting patiently for the attack to reach him, Wraith Inferno raises his arm up and then catches the attack in his hand as its energy began to dwindle and negated. 

"WHAT?!" Eternal exclaimed. Now he's the one who was getting pissed and annoyed. Not thinking straight, he growled and summoned forth his signature blade. He dashed towards the wraith and began attacking him from all directions, swinging his dual blade with such force and tremendous speeds. His blows seemed to either get blocked or just gave him small grazes that didn't phase him at all.

Then soon the Wraith began to expertly dodge all of his swings, moving extremely faster than anything Eternal has seen before. Then the assassin decided to switch things up as dark energy forms in both of his hands and soon it began to take shape into twin katana blades, only there were much more of an improvement of his old ones in the past. He then brings blades upward to deflect an attack from Eternal.

He exclaims in shock at how he could deflect him so easily and steps back. He disperses his sword and brings up his own two swords.

Inferno looks at him with a blank, yet insulted expression. “Copycat.” He muttered before using one of his katanas to deflect an incoming attack from one of Eternal’s swords.

"It's not copying if I'm using my style," Eternal retorts, readying himself. He then comes at Inferno and clashes his swords with Inferno's blades. "And I don't know what your problem is, but I'm not gonna sit around and let you have your way with me!"

Soon the wraith assassin and demon king engaged in sword combat. There was no other option for the demon king, his only chance of survival was to fight his best friend. So, with a heavy heart, their epic clash continued. Inferno and Eternal clashed their swords repeatedly, moving throughout the broken city, Eternal barely managing to match his speed and power with the mighty wraith.

Inferno was dominating their fight, unlike the last time he faced Eternal was in his Demon King form. Eternal could barely maneuver through the attacks until he realized… the armor he was wearing was slowing him down, so he backed away for a moment and got rid of his armor… now only had his pants on and now protective top clothing. He had to be careful this time or he'll be skewered alive.

He charged back in and clashed at him much faster this time. But while Eternal had now slightly even the playing field of speed; matching Inferno’s power… was another thing.

The wraith assassin took to the skies and hovered above his prey. He summoned his magic once again, forming thousands of aura spears glowing in his destruction magic, all stationed in the air behind the wraith. He raised his hand high and then brings it down to point at Eternal. When he did, the aura spears then sped towards the ground and the demon king below. The demon king reacted just in time to deflect some of them while he dodges the others.

But he wasn't fast enough to dodge or block one of the spears that impaled his leg as he let out a pained cry of agony and fell to the ground, gripping his injured leg.

Hearing Eternal’s cries of agony, soon triggered memories in Inferno’s mind, taking him back to the time he accidentally stabbed him in the leg in the streets of which he does not know where. Then the memory switched to a discussion between the two and then they… somehow got along after that? This was confusing for the wraith, yes. And with that confusion, the former assassin halted his attacks and ignored his instincts has he tried to process these images in his head.

While he was processing them, Eternal powered down and looked around for any sort of cloth material he could use. The aura spear that pierced his leg had disappeared, but now he was bleeding and had to seal the wound shut.

“What?... Are… These images in my head?!” Inferno muttered to himself silently as he gripped the sides of his head with both his hands. “Why do I find myself conflicted of these memory?” He asked himself.

"Can't… let it… end like… this!" Eternal grunted, crawling around, trying to find something to stop his bleeding leg. He stared up at the wraith, wondering why he isn't doing anything.

Inferno paid no attention to the young prince crawling on the ground as he was struggling with confusion and slight insanity overtaking in his mind. In fact, he began hysterically laughing to himself. It started out small and quiet before it increased in sound and the wraith assassin was left laughing nonstop.

"Oh crap baskets, he's gone nuts!" Eternal said, feeling a twinge of fear. "Gotta… get outta here before he… creams me!" He then struggled onto one knee and unfurled his demon wings. He flew off the ground and took off away from the psychotic wraith. 'So long, old friend… Best wishes… from your fellow brother,' he thought as a single tear was shed from his eye.

Inferno remained where he is, laughing maniacally in confusion and his mentality crumbled.





Meanwhile, Light Ray was scouting multiple parts of the city for any survivors, trying to put his next plan into action. Naturally, he showed no fear in walking out in the open. He looked left and right, trying to detect any sign of humans lurking in the buildings or in the alleyways. Though he detected a few, he sensed them keeping their distance from him.

"Hmm… it seems these humans are more skittish than I thought. How disappointing. To think the humans can be such a cowardice, inferior race. Perhaps after I've claimed my full power, I will subjugate this world as my own… and turn it into a kingdom of my own. Yes. . . a kingdom just for my daughter and me." Light Ray smirked. 

As he was brainstorming, he heard multiple clicking sounds and stopped dead in his tracks. After a few seconds, Light Ray turns around and he is met with a group of humans with the same L-shaped objects that he saw in the hands of the humans he took care of days ago. And they were aiming these objects directly at him.

“What you doing in our streets, old man! Huh!?” one of the humans shouted to him.

"Who, me? No reason. Just looking for some. . . lucky candidates," Light said, smiling. "Tell me… is there anything you guys would love to have?" he turns to look at each of the guys who's still pointing their guns at him.

"Same as everyone else in this god-forsaken wasteland; Money, power, food, but I doubt you have what we're looking for. Tell us why we shouldn't shoot you right here and now!" another guy demanded.

"Good point. Well, if you're all aching for it that much, I have a… proposition," Light said. Some of the guys lowered their guns while the others kept them raised at him. Suddenly, Light's eyes shrunk and a big grin formed on his face as he swiftly got behind one of the guys and grabbed him by the neck, seeping his dark energy into the guy, making him squirm in agony. One of the guys shot Light, but he quickly caught the bullet in his hand. "Now, now… I'm merely demonstrating what I have in store… for all of you."

And soon, he let go of the guy's neck and watched him fall to the ground before getting back up, his body shrouded in a veil of darkness, overwhelming power surging through his entire body.

"Wha… what the hell?!" the empowered man asked in shock. 

"Congratulations… you now possess superhuman abilities far beyond your wildest dreams…" Light said in an ominous voice before looking at the others, who are backing away. "This power can be yours, too, if you wish. All you have to do is pledge your allegiance to me and do exactly as I say, then you shall all become powerful, rich and live the life of luxury you so desire. I'll even allow you to give your new powers a test run, if you wish. So… do we have a deal?" he grinned maliciously.

After saying his word and showing what he has to offer, It had the human gang in front of him thinking and discussing to themselves. They eventually look back at the ominous old man and soon agreed.

"Good, then before I assign you your first task…" Light paused before enveloping the group of gunmen in a shroud of black mist. The men were confused of the purpose behind this. But what they didn't realize is how they were inhaling the mist and suddenly, multiple dark powers skyrocketed like crazy, turning an entire small army into a superhuman dark syndicate. "...Now then… how do you feel?"

As the mist cleared up, multiple pairs of red eyes could be seen glowing brightly as his dark henchmen emerged, ready to cause hell.

"Powerful," one of them spoke for the rest.