"So certain you want to keep moving, Galuf?" Exdeath's voice boomed. "Try to dispel this power and your precious crystals will shatter!"
Galuf didn't respond to Exdeath, attention only on his granddaughter. "Krile!"
Bratz couldn't see the crystal break. But he could feel it, feel the earth itself crying out in pain and dying. The second world's crystals might have been worth more than their own lives but they were nothing compared to Krile's.
With great effort, Bartz forced his head up to see. Krile lay on the ground, sobbing with pain as Galuf intercepted Exdeath's attack, a ring of flames tightening around him. Ignoring it completely, he gave a cry of rage and flung himself at Exdeath, striking the tree with everything he had. All the strength in his body, every spell he could muster.
Exdeath laughed.
"Now I'll show you my true power. Prepare yourself for the afterlife!"
Flare stuck the old man first. Holy next. Then Meteor. And Galuf still stood.
"Why- why won't you die!?" Exdeath almost sounded afraid.
"Takes a lot more than that... for me to kick the bucket." Galuf answered, amost coughing out the words. "I'll destroy you, Exdeath. Even if I have to take you into the afterlife myself!"
"Fool! All the hatred in the world would never be enough to defeat me!"
"This...isn't anger." Galuf said, trying to muster one last spell. "...isn't hatred. It's-"
And then it faded. Exdeath, Galuf, Krile, the tree, the crushing pressure of Exdeath's magic, all of it. Bartz remained still for a few more seconds before realizing he was being shaken and pushing himself up.
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Galuf didn't respond to Exdeath, attention only on his granddaughter. "Krile!"
Bratz couldn't see the crystal break. But he could feel it, feel the earth itself crying out in pain and dying. The second world's crystals might have been worth more than their own lives but they were nothing compared to Krile's.
With great effort, Bartz forced his head up to see. Krile lay on the ground, sobbing with pain as Galuf intercepted Exdeath's attack, a ring of flames tightening around him. Ignoring it completely, he gave a cry of rage and flung himself at Exdeath, striking the tree with everything he had. All the strength in his body, every spell he could muster.
Exdeath laughed.
"Now I'll show you my true power. Prepare yourself for the afterlife!"
Flare stuck the old man first. Holy next. Then Meteor. And Galuf still stood.
"Why- why won't you die!?" Exdeath almost sounded afraid.
"Takes a lot more than that... for me to kick the bucket." Galuf answered, amost coughing out the words. "I'll destroy you, Exdeath. Even if I have to take you into the afterlife myself!"
"Fool! All the hatred in the world would never be enough to defeat me!"
"This...isn't anger." Galuf said, trying to muster one last spell. "...isn't hatred. It's-"
And then it faded. Exdeath, Galuf, Krile, the tree, the crushing pressure of Exdeath's magic, all of it. Bartz remained still for a few more seconds before realizing he was being shaken and pushing himself up.
"...huh? What just- what?"