Esmeralda kept running and running through the maze. Until she grew tired, her feet were getting numb from pain. And yet, she pursued herself to continue because she remembered her promise with Valir. And still she holds onto her promise.
"The struggle is real. I could not stop now",
she mumbled and resumed searching with high hopes she could meet good allies. Whereas the dark allies led by Selena were still tailing the chase after Esmeralda. They seemed to lose Valir and only tracked her. Esmeralda was clever enough to lose the enemy against Valir but her life was in danger in return. Meanwhile, Leo suddenly became distracted after it tracks an incoming creature. Irithel knew the capability of her lion and quickly informed her team. Everyone positioned their selves by hiding in the bushes and ruined wall. Esmeralda running in their direction and she was panting, weak and almost certain to fall down. However, three dark allies were chasing her. Selena quickly morphed into a beast after her abyssal creatures captured Esmeralda. She was about to dashed towards Esmeralda when a laser burns her. Miya and Irithel showered their arrows simultaneously. Faramis and Karina quickly aided the abyssal queen whom was wounded by the surprise attacks. The dark alchemy Faramis bonded on the ground quickly regained Selena's strength.
"Have a taste of my most sinister magic!"
the dark alchemist shouted.
"My weapon is your shield",
Hilda approached dying Esmeralda. Hilda had sheltered Esmeralda to the safer side and returned to assist her teammates. Alucard followed a dash and wield his demon hunter sword which wounded Faramis in the back badly. Though, he was countered quickly by Karina'S now powerful blades.
"My pleasure",
Karina affirmed. Everyone was shocked after Karina's convert into one of the dark army. Selena then could not stop from laughing deviously at their reactions. Attacks continued to flash from every direction in either both teams. But the abyssal queen was so powerful that she luckily able to convert Gord into a dark ally after simultaneous attacks and vicious damage by her abyssal creatures. Gord first suffer extreme pain until sooner his eyes turned red and his color turned to half red and yellow.
"Im not a moster, I'm a demon!"
Gord yelled after being nourished by the dark powers. The heroes of light wanted to still pursue Selena and her dark allies but they could not suppress them specially Selena's renewed dark powers. Enemy was already dominating, after the queen of the abyss second attempt to convert Irithel and Leo int a dark ally. Hilda attempt to save Miya,
"The real warrior is here!"
but was only killed by Gord and Faramis. Selena's demonic laugh echoed in the maze bringing more horror to Miya, Alucard and Esmeralda.