Where it ends..

We meet again noble celestial.

Warden said with a manic grin, like a predator observing his prey. Holding his hand out, he ordered come to me, this confused David, but soon after Endless started to vibrate violently, David gripped harder but to no avail as the cherished spear liberated itself and returned back to it old wielder, and warden stored it away.

"I only gave you this spear because to allow you to stimulate your growth, do not get the wrong idea"

Warden said with a some what mocking tone, David paid him no mind, calmly composing himself he defiantly looked him in the eyes and question.

"What is your name and why do you keep referring to me as" noble celestial".

David said with a sturdy and resolute tone, his eyes glowing in the dimly lit room, his glare was unwavering and his demeanor was authoritative.

Warden's grin turned into a frown, his head

tilted slightly, his eyes widened.

"Quite arrogant, as expected of a celestial, but you are in my domain, know you place!"

Warden said flaunting his aura at the peak of the mortal sphere (lvl 12), the pressure he exuded was immense, immediately forcing David to bend, although he would have been completely forced to kneel, if his suit of armour hadn't reinforced him.

"I know you have it hand over NOW!"

Warden roared, still exuding pressure to intimidated and establish superiority, at his words was momentarily reminded of his encounter with the last Crystal tower's custodian.

"Congratulations, son of princess Osayana of Criesy, for.. for.. reaching taking another step towards the peak of the mortal sphere,

he are your birthright"

It's now shown what benefit he got from the last of the three Crystal towers he dismantled.

David watched as a small luminous object slowly drifted towards him, he stretched out his arm to grab it, and on contact, a list of information rushed into his head, he knew it name and origin.

[Name: Taotie]

[Item: Spacial ring(150 cubic meters)]

[Quality: Rank I]

Although most of the information was rather vague and knew to David, he was rather interested in what was in spatial ring, he could vaguely feel the inside of the ring and when he tried to hold on to the feeling, the object materialised in his hand.

It appeared to be either a crest, or an emblem, it was triangle shaped and was made of metal which was surprising familiar to David.

"Is this tungsten 2027"

David wondered slightly dubious, Tungsten 2027 is an alloy used in the manufacture of the imperial guard's fleets, it was said to be discovered by the imperial family, long before they were forced to flee the old home, it was almost as tough as adamantite, which has a higher toughness compared to Diamond.

However the important fact was that this should only be able to be found on Cassen where the imperial fleet has and will eternally be stationed.

The object started to glow, followed by a voice, the voice's tone couldn't be described, it couldn't even be considered a voice, it was more like a thought, yet every syllabus it spoke made the eardrum shake, and resonate with the pendant-like object's pulsating glow.

"Greeting noble celestial, do not be allarmed, I am identified as, Archive, this object you hold now is a correction chip, it contains my uncorrupted programming, my real body has probably held you hostage hear to find this, he believes if he is able to incorporate it into his system he will be able to finally enter the immortal sphere, but this is only a security feature my creators inserted, in case I go rogue, but non biological beings can't enter the immortal shpere, life force is required, bring this to him, he will not doubt you, and when he tries to assimilate with it, the correction will begin, if it fails his eyes will maintain an emerald glow, if it succeeds my eyes will glow with an azure hue. If I succeed in correction, I will fulfill any demands, within my scope of authority."

The voice abruptly stopped without warning, and David snapped out of his reminiscing, as planned he handed over the correction chip, he hoped it worked, but he wasn't counting on it to work.

Warden, or rather Evil-Archive, impatiently stretched out his hand and used his telekinesis to snatch the chip from David.

"Rude"

David remarked, staring at his hand were the chip used to be.

E-Archive paid him no mind admiring the pendant and simultaneously inspecting it, soon after he brought it to his chest, where a hole of similar shape appeared, and inserted it.

The moment it was inserted, he started to convulse violently, then the gleam in his eyes, dimmed, then he went silent.

David took this chance to retrieve Endless, and stepped back cautiously, observing the turn of events.

Suddenly, as if a rebooting computer, Archive rose his head, his eyes were greenish blue, not quite emerald, not quite azure, David was uncertain of his next course of action.

This uncertainty was soon clarified however, when Archive's eyes started to flicker with an emerald and azure hue, the correction failed, but not entirely.

E-Archive failed the correction but his astral force became unstable, oscillating between lvl 10 and lvl 9 of the mortal sphere, E-A tried to salvage the situation, but the process was rather violent, sparkles of astral energy burst out, laying waste to the sorrounding ambiance.

Having understood the current situation, David immediately used his new ability, or rather authority he gained as compensation for the delivery of the correction chip, the authority to enter and exit the independent space of the first great archive, as long as he had sufficient astral force.

David leveraged this authority to ingeniously move between spaces, first he left his current position by entering the great archive, the from the archive,he arrived at the place where the "life crystal" was kept, took the "life crystal" and returned to the great archive, then from the great archive, he reached where his journey began, the DSV's crush site.

These succession of actions took mere seconds, but required immense control and precision, but most importantly, tantamount amounts of astral force.

Meanwhile E-A who was trying to resist the correction's side effects, suddenly felt his connection to life crystal, severed, and his attempt to salvage his strenght, failed.

E-A immediately knew the life crystal had been taken, he no longer felt it's presence.

"BLOODY SUPREMA"

E-A roared as he conjured the last ounces of lvl 10 astral force that had not yet dissapated, to void walk in the direction of the life crystal.

*ZOOM

E-A instantly found himself suspended above what was once the heart of Locke, just like a withering flower, the life left the place, green turn dark, then nothingness, the Locken citizens withered and faded away with the wind, yet their faces were those of relief, they could finally rest in peace.

E-A however wasn't too keen on the turn of events, vowed to not let it pass, with his strenght now decreased to the 9th lvl, he flew off in the global direction of the life crystal, which he could vaguely sense.

Meanwhile David who had arrived at the DVS, was met with apparent opposition, precisely 1002 warrior locken stood between him and the DVS.